Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 15, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 79 no. 196 Price 10 cents 15 cents monday Hay 15, 1972 Sunrise Sunset . Moonrise . Moott . Forecast mainly sunny 45 and 75 Bourassa hits twice arrogant lashed Quebec up Premier Robert Bourassa lashed out sunday night at what he called arrogance of the fed eral government in present ing social legislation which Quebec finds totally Unac or. Bourassa said in an interview h e sympathized with two of his Cabinet ministers communications min ister Jean Paul l Allier and social affairs minister Claude Castonguay who were reported to have re signed last week because of the Federal government s interference with Quebec s jurisdiction in the Field of so Cial affairs. Both ministers said they would remain in the Cabinet because of the labor difficult t i e s the province is experiencing. The unilateral decisions of the Federal government in provincial Field health and welfare put heavy pressure on our social welfare Bud Premier Bourassa said. Intervention i other Sec tors economics for instance important but social affairs is extremely import in the past or. Bourassa has kept differences Between the two Levels of government behind dosed doors saying the provincial government in the past has too often is sued the social legislation or. Bourassa referred to was the increase in old age pensions contained in the Federal Bud get presented May 8 by finance minister John Turner. Unions inciting anarchy9 by Paul free press staff correspondent Quebec City Premier Bourassa last night accused Quebec s labor leaders of in citing anarchy As Union so k e s m e n promised another week of walkouts shutdowns and demonstrations to pro test the jailing of three labor leaders. In an impassioned television address or. Bourassa vowed that he will neither release three imprisoned leaders of the Quebec s unions common front nor repeal Bui 19, which ended last month s general strike of Public and Para Public employees. If they wish anarchy and to paralyse the Economy they will continue to Misin form their or. Bourassa said of the labor leaders. The acting Leader of the common front Norbert Rodrique said during the week end that Union leaders mar cel Pepin Louis Laberge and Yvon Charboneau told him that appealing their sentences was out of the ques Tion because workers have no Hope of getting Justice in the courts. The three men who were sentenced to one year jail terms for urging Hydro and Hospital workers to ignore Back to work injunctions Dur ing last month s strike could be released from prison if they launched an Appeal. Why do they persist in in please see unions Page 6 296-acre site for mint building the Winnipeg mint will be built on a 296-acre site at the Southwest Corner of the trans Canada Highway and Highway 59 better known As Warren s Corner Supply minister James Richardson announced monday. The site of the million mint Cost the Federal govern ment the site said or. Richardson will allow for future expansion which includes the possibility of a rolling Mill and other Light Metal fabricating soldiers quell gun Battle Belfast a British paratroops pushed through a crossfire of bullets Early today to establish a truce line be tween battling protestants and roman catholics in Belfast. Nine persons were killed in the weekend of violence including a 13-year-old girl. It was Northern Ireland s most violent weekend in 3% months since British Para troops killed 13 demonstrators on bloody sunday Jan. 30 in Londonderry. At least 327 per sons now have died in nearly three years of communal War fare in Northern Ireland. The army said quiet prevailed Early today on the Battle Field of Bullet scarred buildings Between the belly Murphy District one of the toughest Catho Lic enclaves in the and the protestant Spring Martin hous ing development. But there is still a lot of ten Sion in the one British officer said. It won t take much to touch things off More than shots were fired in the 36-hour Battle and More than 70 civilians and sol Diers were wounded. There were fears that the Long expected protestant counter offensive finally had been launched. The Battle began saturday afternoon when a bomb in a car blasted Kelly s bar on the Edge of Bally Murphy. The catholics please see soldiers Page 4 operations. Also included in possibilities on the site Are an apartment building and High Rise office accommodation. The confirmation of the site announced earlier this year by or. Richardson was made at an enthusiastic press Confer ence in the hotel fort Garry. One of the reasons for the enthusiasm is that or. Richard son will Likely be unopposed As the candidate in tonight s nominating convention for a Winnipeg South constituency. Or. Richardson also said that a team of seven Manitoba firms have been engaged for Engi Neering and structural work on the project which will have a floor space of about Square feet. The minister said More than 85 per cent of engineering and architectural work will be done by consulting firms with head offices in Manitoba. Detailed design work will commence immediately. The new site or. Richardson said was particularly Well located for visitors tourists and Winnipeg residents. All Highway traffic crossing Canada in either direction will pass the new mint and the heavy flow from the United states will pass the site on Highway 59. In addition to being a tourist and educational attraction for Manitoba the new mint will in crease the secondary manufacture of Canadian natural re sources of Nickel Copper and Silver. This Means that All Small change used in Canada will be made in Winnipeg and the mint will also manufacture for Export to other coun tries. Today youth Icene 3 you and Law. 38 Willie s Homer scuttles giants 41 classified 14 to 28, 36, 37 comics 34, 35 deaths 54 finance 51 to 53 Jumble 17 movies 33 sports 38 41 to 46 television 32 women 29, 30 nearly everyone reads the free press City Zoni total a Tornado touching Down on the Northeast Side of Indianapolis flattened the houses in this new sub division. The roof of an apartment Complex was ripped off and a Church heavily damaged. Damage Esti mates from the sunday afternoon storm Are Over million. Ten people were injured. City braces for onslaught of labor1 chaos Montreal prime tame shutdown threatened by Paul Jackson free press staff correspondent Montreal this City Waits in suspense today for a threatened on Slaught of labor chaos that most residents of Canada s largest Metropolis Hope will not materialize. But their Hopes Are unlikely to be fulfilled. Officials of the com Mon front of Public service workers unions hive threatened to shut Down liquor stores colleges High schools govern ment offices and hospitals. There Are substantial fears the strike will flood Over into the private sector too. A Glimmer of Hope appeared this morning when first reports showed no walk offs at construction Sites and All schools open. The make it or break it Point should come tonight when transit workers will vote whether or not to walk off to Morrow. The avowed determination to bring much of Montreal and other parts of the province of Quebec to a virtual standstill by walkouts and other disruptive tactics follows similar actions last week in protest against one year prison terms handed Down on the three leaders of the common front Marcel Pepin Louis Laberge and Yvon Charbonneau. Please see Montreal Page 4 White collars wooed by Dudley Magnus free press staff writer Ottawa the drive to organize into unions the country s White Collar workers will be boosted by extra funds from the Canadian labor Congress if a Resolution from the pub c ser vice Alliance of Canada Csc for two cents increase in per capita tax is passed at the Csc convention Here this week. Donald Macdonald president of the Congress holding its Bien Nial convention Here monday to Friday said at a press Confer ence sunday at the chateau Laurier hotel that his executive s wish was that the Addi t i o n a 1 tax at present is 13 go to Aid efforts to bring in More White Collar employees. I Hope it will be used for organizational purposes particularly among White Collar he said. This would in clude clerical staffs and other non Blue Collar workers particularly it is expected in some civil service sectors though or. Macdonald did t specify groups. Asked about Csc s View of the president of the american federation of labor Congress of Industrial organizations say ing that strikes Are not virtually outmoded or. Macdonald said Al Cio president George Mcany was1 entitled to his please see White Page 6 Quebec City hit As 800 walk out upheaval lifts election pressure by Victor mack1e free press staff writer Ottawa the upheaval in Quebec has. Removed the pres sure from prime minister Pierre Trudeau to Call an Early summer election. Labor unrest in that province together with reports that que Bec judge Claude Wagner has agreed to enter the election on the Side of the progressive conservatives has led Quebec Liber als to ease up on their demands for an Early Campaign. Judge Wagner is reported now ready to declare himself prepared to seek a nomination once the election writ has been issued. He would have a Power Ful Appeal As a Law and order Man attracting much support in that strife weary province. The new outburst of riots and demonstrations in the French speaking province had brought Many who were pressing for a summer vote to realize that the current climate there could Lead to Stormy scenes during a Campaign and perhaps even violence on voting Day. This has strengthened those in the Liber Al caucus who have been advocating an october vote. One of the leading advocates of the election in october is known to be consumer and corporate affairs minister Robert Andras the English co chair Man of the government s elec Tion Campaign committee. His French speaking opposite number As co chairman Region Al expansion minister Jean please see upheaval Page 6 Quebec up the second week of province wide labor unrest began 8 . Today with a 24-hour walkout of 800 Blue Collar workers in this provincial capital. The Surprise action by the Quebec City workers came As Public interest was split be tween threatening developments in the North Shore St. Lawrence River port of sept lies and sprawling Montreal. After a weekend in which labor and government dug in their respective heels on the crisis not Oveis que. Cabinet rift deep by William Johnson Quebec City the inter Nal crisis in the Quebec govern ment has been postponed not resolved. The Long knives arc for the time sheathed. Social affairs minister Claude Castonguay after leaking on wednesday his irreversible decision to resign that very night called a press conference late thursday night to announce that his conscience did not allow him to quit in the midst of the top comedians bunkers win emmy prizes Hollywood a Glenda Jackson and Keith a regal pair from Britain and All in the family based on an English comedy reigned Over the 24th annual emmy presentations sunday. Miss Jackson won two emmy for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth Best actress in a series and for a single performance. The show Elizabeth a was named out standing dramatic series and outstanding new series. It was shown by the Public broadcast ing system. Michell who portrayed King Henry Viii from the beginning of his reign until his death was named outstanding actor in a single performance for the Catherine Howard segment of the six wives of Henry Viii on lbs. Peter Falk was named Best actor in a dramatic series for his slouching plodding Cigar chomping portrayal of Columbo in the Abc mystery movie. Lbs s All in the family adapted from a similar British the biggest Over All Winner with six awards at the ceremonies at the Hollywood palladium. It was named outstanding comedy series and emmy went to three members of the Archie Bunker please see bunkers Page 4 labor turmoil rolling in the province. Communications minister Jean Paul l Allier who also had made known his firm Deci Sion to resign rushed off his statement of reconsideration at 3 o clock Friday morning. He could not Call a press con Ference then As almost All the parliamentary correspondents had gone to bed so or. L Allier confided his scruples to a com Mercial wire service. It is essential that All who Are conscious of the Public in Terest and who wish to work to maintain the e social equilibrium realize today the Gravity of the stakes and shoulder their re he said. He was staying on at least for the present. In the National Assembly Friday All seemed Back to nor Mal As or. L Allier repeated his statement of Fidelity to duty. Or. Castonguay was Back at his seat that had been empty the Day before Premier Robert Bourassa occasionally smiled and waved at a col league the members Rose on the usual Points of privilege please see Cabinet Page 5 chinese pm blasts . Move Chou predicts mining of ports won t prevent american defeat by John Burns peking chinese Premier Chou in Lai last night described president Nixon s moves to Cut off War supplies to North Vietnam As a grave escalation of the conflict but he predicted that the moves would not save the United states from defeat. In his first Public comment on the president s decision to mine North Vietnam s ports and to attempt to Cut off its land and water communications the Premier re traced the themes sounded ear Lier in an official government statement. This is a grave escalation of the he said in a speech at a state banquet in Honor of Mohammed Siad Barre the visiting president of somali s supreme revolutionary Council. The Premier said the . Moves would not intimidate the vietnamese people. On contrary they would stiffen their resolve to carry the War against . Aggression and for National salvation to the to the Complete defeat of the . Aggressors. The Premier pledged China s continuing support of the anti government forces operating in South Vietnam Cambodia and Laos. He did not say what forms this support would take but most observers in peking expect that it win continue to take the form of economic and Root causes of the unrest there were plans by businessmen in the Ore shipping port of sept lies 320 Miles Northeast of Here to end what they called a please see que. Page 4 military Aid. Please see chinese Page 4 Saigon army takes fire base Bastogne Saigon a South Viet namese forces reoccupied fire base Bastogne 12 Miles West of Hue today after 36 hours of fierce fighting and b-52 Satura Tion strikes Field reports said. The base fell to the North vietnamese april 28. The counterattack that took it was the second on the Northern front in three Days by South vietnamese forces who in six weeks of set backs had retreated 30 Miles below the so called demilitarized zone and Given up the provincial capital of Quang Tri City. Associated press correspondent Peter Arnett reported from the Northern front that South vietnamese infantrymen were Only a Stone s throw from important fire base called checkmate on a Hill overlooking Bastogne. In the Central Highlands North vietnamese forces made fresh probes during the night of the defences of Korntum City and sources said they believed looking for a pet this want and under dogs cats Birds tropical fish 21 Black Labrador pups. For information phone 253-0902. Is among the hundreds of bargains in today s classified Section. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Reward posted Norm Turner president of the Liberal party in Manitoba today announced the posting of a Reward for information leading to the conviction of anyone defacing or stealing Lawn signs of any of the three candidates in the Wolseley Bye Lection. It is the inherent right of citizens to Back the candidate of their Choice with out the kind of vandalism and intimidation we have seen to Date in Wolseley where some people have had their Lawn signs stolen for the third and fourth or. Turner said. He said the posting of the Reward followed further vandalism in Wolseley Dur please see Page 4 it to be preliminary to an All out assault. . B-52s dropped More than 900 tons of bombs on North vietnamese positions three to 10 Miles North Northwest and Northeast of the provincial Capi t a 1. The South vietnamese claimed 173 of the North Viet please see Saigon Page 6 weekend death toll seven people died in mishaps in Manitoba during the week in two in traffic and five in other accidents. Dead Are Raymond catch Way 40, of the Pine Creek Indian re serve. Morris Fleischhacker 17, of pillar sask. John William Glowatzke 53, of 790 Inkster Boulevard. James Earl Arthur Lam Bert 27, of 716 Logan Avenue. Derwyn Myles Markin 5, of Benito Man. Nicole Danielle Nault daughter of Lucien Nault of Bel Mont Man. An unidentified woman about 20 years old. Or. Catch Way drowned in the Pine River saturday while attempting to Rescue his four year old son from the water ramp said. The boy was later saved by an older brother. Or. Fleischhacker was killed Early sunday while trying to Cross Highway 15 near Bates Street in Transcona Transcona police said. He was in collision with a car driven by William Dmytruk 71, of 904 Selkirk Avenue. Please Sec weekend Page 4 ;