Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 12, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 79 no. 194 Price 10 cents with 15 cents Friday May 12, 1972 . Sunset . Moonset . Forecast Cloudy periods 40 and 70 British freighter right and iberian Tanker bum after collision in plate River Estuary thursday 82 persons Penev warns Auto firms Trade punches thrown Ottawa up Trade min ister Jean Luc Pepin looked bruised but still pugnacious at the end of thursday s round of the . Economic prize fight during which the . Threw All the big punches. Or Pepin told the commons Canada lose american automotive investment because of us. Tax subsidies 1o Iii car exporters through new Domestic International sales corporations or disc. He then warned Canadian subsidiaries of .-controlled Auto companies that Ottawa expect them to use tax conces Sions in last monday s budget to reduce their prices to the Ca Nadian consumer relative to the prices the . Consumer pays. This would weaken the Cana Dian Market for cars the . Parent companies might try to Export Here through their disc operations. Ford already has begun such exports. He also said that while the government feels the budgetary tax Breaks put Canadian based please see Trade Page 8 Sharp says rift illusion Vancouver up Exter Nal affairs minister Mitchell Sharp said thursday the apparent rift in Canada United states relations is an illusion and this country is prepared to help the americans reassert their leadership responsibilities in world Trade and monetary re form. Or. Sharp told a West coast business Outlook conference that president Nixon under stands us pretty Well and has reflected deeply on relations be tween the United states and Why is it then that relations Between Canada and the United states seem to have been so bedevilled in the last year in part. The Devil ment is an illusion. In All sorts of old ways and in some important new ones the relationship has please see Sharp Page 4 . Approves Alaska route for pipeline Al by Rod Currie Washington Secretary Rogers Morton has approved the construction of the Transf Alaska pipeline choosing the route Over a Canadian alternative through the Macken Zie Valley. The decision announced thursday was hailed by . Oil spokesmen hut brought dismay from Canadian government spokesmen As Well As conservationists in both countries. Despite Morton s Long awaited announcement Legal challenges facing the Alaska route could delay beginning of actual construction of the line for several years. Morton said he had approved the trans Alaska because it was in the National interest of the . To have a pipeline under Complete american Juris diction for its exclusive Edward l. Patton president of the Alyeska pipeline service co., said the seven member consortium formed to build the 780-mile Alaska route was extremely gratified at Morton s approval. Spokesmen at the consortium s office in Anchorage said construction would not begin please see Alaska Page 4 Trueman blisters health minister by Alice Krueger free press legislative reporter a blistering attack on health minister Rene Toupin and his department was delivered in the Manitoba legislature thurs Day by Inez Trueman pc fort who said health and welfare services in the province deteriorated Al most beyond belief due to Lack of leadership from the minister. The conservative health and welfare critic rising on a per Sonal grievance said she had considered calling for or. Tou pin s resignation but in a government riddled with incompetence and wedded to socialist Dogma i can see no one Capa ble of taking the minister sat express s i o n 1 e s s throughout the 40 minute attack and stomped out of the chamber As soon As mrs. Trueman had finished. Pursued by reporters later in the hallway or. Toupin refused to comment on the charges saying Only it was mrs. Trueman began by say ing she wanted to protest the wretched treatment which the provincial government is inflicting on the disadvantaged and dependent people of the province. The deterioration of the ser vices administered by the department of health and social development is almost beyond belief and can Only reflect a grave Lack of leadership and discipline at the top she said. The example set by the min ister of a department by Way of enthusiasm for his work self discipline in faithfully accomplishing the tedious things like acknowledging letters just generally respecting other people permeates the Bureau Cracy and affects the attitudes efficiency and integrity with which the work is carried out. This attitude is sadly Lack ing she said there is a wide con Trast in the application of Wel fare regulations from laxity bordering on profligacy in the use of Public funds to the mean est and most miserable amounts of amendments widening eligibility have accounted for much please see health Page 6 feared dead ships collide in fog Montevideo Uruguay Reuter Navy officers who today boarded the smouldering Hulk of the British freighter Royston Grange said they found no survivors among the ship s 74 passengers and Crew. It had collided with a Tanker in the River plate. One officer said that after the Royston Grange rammed the liberian Tanker Tien Chee 40 Miles Southeast of Here an explosion apparently set the freighter ablaze and destroyed its lifeboats. Eight of the Tanker Tien Che s 40 Crew members Are missing in the inferno which swept both ships after their collision thursday. Firemen and seamen who boarded the Royston Grange said they saw bodies strewn on deck. They reported that some parts of the ship were still on fire. The freighter arrived Here under Tow by three uruguayan Navy vessels. Please see ships Page 5 operation at Sprague Plant goes to receiver Columbia Forest pro ducts ltd., a Chip Board manufacturing Plant at Sprague Man., has been put into receivership by or. Jus Tice Israel Nitikman of Manitoba court of Queen s Bench. The application was made by the Manitoba development corporation thursday. Named As receiver manager was Frederick Geoffrey Patrick a Winnipeg accountant with touche Ross and com Pany. Counsel for the management of Columbia Forest industries the Bank account of which was Frozen by the development corporation told court that not All of the company s funds were tied up and that there was Money to run the Plant. Barry Hughes acting for the management of Columbia said the receiver could if he wished please see Sprague Page 6 decision is Mac s Premier by Alice Krueger free press legislative reporter the Manitoba development corporation will have to decide for itself if the Columbia Forest products Sawmill and Chip Board factory at Sprague Man., is a viable pre Mier de Schreyer told the provincial legislature thursday. The Premier was replying to a question by Gordon Beard ind. Who had first asked about a delegation from Sprague which asked pre Mier Schreyer tuesday morn ing to have the development please see decision Page 6 Quebec labor unrest Over jailing of Union leaders gains momentum throughout province Quebec up Industrial and government facilities schools hospitals newspapers and radio stations were hit again today in Quebec fourth Day of a groundswell of labor unrest that began with imprisonment of three top provincial Union leaders tuesday. Reports of new walkouts and demonstrations came in hourly rom widely separated a Jeas of he province. The first death linked directly to the turmoil was reported today. A Man struck by a car wednesday Dur ing a demonstration died Over night in sept Fles 30 Miles North of Quebec City. The protests began with jail ing of the three Union leaders for contempt of court but some local unions said they were pro testing lagging contract talks. The situation was described As a crisis by one of two Quebec Cabinet ministers who please see Quebec Page 2 some seeing red City cadets face change Cheeks court Rose jury can t agree looking for a bicycle this want and under bicycles 86 deluxe Large tr1ke, Chrome tendered phone 533-9-179. Is among the hundreds of bargains in today s classified Section. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Montreal up cheers applause and Joyful tears erupted thursday in court of Queen s Bench when the 12-Man jury at the Jacques Rose kid Nap trial declared it was unable to reach a unanimous verdict after deliberating for 15 hours. When the Foreman told or. Justice Eugene Marquis there was no Chance of reaching agreement., spectators in the courtroom mostly friends of Rose and his family began cheering. Although the court contained Quebec provincial police guards and plainclothes officers there was no attempt to control the crowd of about 50 persons As it chanted be n est Quin debut continuous be Only a beginning let s continue the fight. Rose a 25-year-old former Mechanic known for his fiery outbursts at previous trials but Calm during his own made no comment As he was led from please Sec Rose Page 5 by Vern Fowlie free press staff writer the Navy cadets in Mani Toba will be getting Green uniforms to replace their Blue ones and some of them Are seeing red about the whole thing. The Green uniforms Stem directly from the unification of the three Canadian armed forces a few years ago. The army air and Navy cadets in Canada All Are now to be issued the Green uniforms in line with regular military personnel. But Tom dancer pres i d e n t of the provincial Branch of the Navy league of Canada said Here Fri Day we re not Loo Happy about he said he thought the new uniforms could Hurt the Success of the Navy Cadet group. An official of the Mani Toba Branch of the air Ca det league of Canada said most information on the new uniforms still is at the provincial committee level and thus there has t been much feed Back from the cadets. 0 f f i c i a 1 s of the army see Story on Page 43 cadets weren t available for comment. Or. Dancer said the Navy cadets Aren t too interested in style but Are interested in the Blue color. He said the Navy cadets have a successful operation please see cadets Page 9 Bobby Orr Rihr Huft teammate Dallas Smith As Boston Bruins win Stanley cup thursday. Of lilt gets awa1id Bruins win Stanley cup new York up Bobby Orr playing with a Gimpy left knee scored one goal and set up another thursday night As Boston Bruins Defeated new York rangers 3-0 and won the Best of seven Stanley cup hoc key final 4-2. Following the game Orr was awarded the Conn smythe trophy As the Best player in the cup playoffs. It was the third major award for Orr this year. Earlier the 24-year-old native of Parry sound ont had received the Hart trophy As the National hockey league s most valuable player and the Norris trophy As the top defence Man. Orr led All scorers in the playoffs with 24 Points. Wayne Cashman scored two goals for Boston one on a de Flection of a snapshot by Orr while goalie Gerry Cheevers blanked the rangers stopping 33 shots. Boston won its second Stanley cup in three years and also finished on top of the standings in More details on Page 47 the nil s East division. Mon Treal canadians won the cup last year eliminating the Bruins in the first round. The canadians were ruminated in the first round this year by the rangers. The rangers gave the credit to Orr for the Boston Victory. Please see Bruins Page 4 unions course suicidal by Joseph Macsween Quebec up Quebec labor unions Are being led Down a suicidal Road by Radical strategists whose is to wreck the present system says a vet eran Industrial relations expert. Abbe Gerard Dion 59, professor of Industrial relations at Laval University and Long time social reformer sees anarchist tendencies coming from the left and right of Quebec s volatile political spectrum. The priest professor editor said in an interview thursday certain Union strategists bluntly espouse destruction of the sys tem apparently not thinking that the result of what they want would finish please see unions Page 9 Moscow Summit is it on or off legislature highlights Mac must decide Columbia s viability Premier Page 1 Trueman hits health 1 Toupin to review mount Carmel criticism Page 3 govt. Blamed for predicted tax Rise Page 3 Law commission concerned about civic Power Page 4 resources pollution meetings set Page 7 Johnston storms out of committee meeting Page 7 no psycho drama at Mac Briant Page 7 talks still needed on bus Deal Cherniack Page 7 Assiniboine level to drop Page 4g Manitoba gets million Swiss loan Page 18 disband Mac Enns says Page 42 Green says Mac More open than free Enterprise Page 46 Washington a pres ident Nixon met thursday with a soviet Trade minister who later said we never had any doubts about the May 22 mos cow Summit. The comment by foreign Trade minister Nikolai Paoli Chev came after a Surprise White House meeting described officially As a Courtesy Call by the minister and soviet ambassador Anatoly f. Dobrynin. However after walking with Nixon to a helicopter which flew the president to his Camp David md., Retreat presiden tial adviser Henry Kissinger was asked by reporters whether the Summit was still on. We just Don t Kissinger re plied. The session which opened in a display of cordiality came soon after the soviet govern ment denounced Nixon s mining of North vietnamese ports. The Moscow statement was More reserved than some . Officials had expected and made no reference to the mos cow talks Between Nixon and i s o v i e t leaders scheduled to begin in 11 Days. This could be an indication i the officials said that Kremlin i leaders still were pondering i Steps to counter Nixon s Stern i moves intended to choke off the flow of War supplies to North Vietnam. The White House and stale department had no official com ment on the soviet statement. The defence department said that before the minefields be came Active at 7 . Edt thursday five ships left Haiphong Harbor. Four were soviet the fifth a Hong Kong based British vessel. This left 31 foreign merchant ships still in Haiphong including 12 soviet flags. So far Friedheim reported there were no min sweeping operations going on in the entrances to the seven North Viet namese ports. The tone of the first High level soviet reaction to Nixon s monday night announcement and the cordial Public exchanges Between the president and his soviet callers were viewed As indications that the Long planned Moscow Summit talks were still on. White House press Secretary Ronald l. Ziegler refused to say whether the Summit was please see Summit Page 9 today Boston wins Stanley cup 47 giants Romp without Willie 48 classified 18 to 30, 34 to 41 comics.-14, -15 deaths 42 finance 54 to 58 Jumble 21 movies 12, 13 sports 47 to 53 television women 31 to 33 nearly everyone reads the free press City total ;