Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 16, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg press tuesday May 16, 1972 ticket but the Man said " the ticket was t even he said he had sold the car the ticket was written for in november and Al though the licence plates were on it they were sex in mid april a St. Boni face policeman had come to his House regarding the ticket but 1 told him it was t mine and he said and the Man said. Tag to cell Story told continued Connally Steps Down continued Connally had become a controversial figure in Canada As the result of pressing demands for Trade concessions from can Ada with sometimes Tough talk. Or. Nixon called or. Connally the architect of the drastic economic measures of last sum Mer. Or. Connally declined to comment on speculation that he might be or. Nixon s vice presidential running mate in the forthcoming election. Or. Connally is a Democrat and it was regarded As a great coup for or. Nixon to get him into the Cabinet particularly in the important Treasury Post. Or. Nixon praised him highly in announcing the resignation at a Surprise press conference tuesday. M r. Connally had spoken strongly on the economic Dis Pute Between Canada and the . On a number of occasions. He made Clear that he was unhappy with Canada s role in the world wide economic Settle ments of last december. At that time Canada resisted pres sure for actions which would have been of Benefit. To the United states balance of pay ments. In recent Days or. Connally had spoken in a similar vein referring to Canada As isolated in ongoing negotiations for a new world monetary and Trade arrangement. Contacted tuesday police chief Francois a. Muller of St. Buu face confirmed part of the Man s Story but said the circumstances leading up to the incident had prompted the presence of the policemen and the shot guns. He said the events Lead ing up to the arrest began about . Monday As t w o St. Vital policemen were returning from St. Boniface after chasing a car for a traffic offence. Chief Muller said the St. Vital policemen noticed two men attempting to Force the doors of a St. Mary s Road business establishment and kept them under observation. The two men then crossed the Roadway and met a third Man in the shadows of a building the chief said. One of the policemen noticed one of the suspects had a revolver in his hand and St. Boniface police were called for assistance. When help arrived the chief said the three men were arrested and taken to the St. Boniface police Sta Tion where the revolver was found to be a Carbon dioxide pistol. The chief said that under questioning the three men gave their address As the place where the 20-year-old Man and his wife lived and one of them said he ran a boarding House there. He gave permission for police to conduct a search at that address and two constables were dispatched. They took shotguns along because there was a revolver involved in the incident and they did t know what they d find at the boarding chief Muller said. When the policemen entered the boarding House they went into a room where they found a couple in bed. The chief said the Man showed the policemen through the House and that one of the officers recognized him As one for whom a Bench warrant had been issued. The Man was arrested and taken to jail. Since a warrant had been issued for his arrest the Man could t be released before appearing in court the next morning the chief said. He said the Man was to have appeared in St. Boni f a c e magistrate s court april 7 to pay the parking ticket. When he did t appear a warrant was issued for his arrest. The chief said the Man had t been arrested earlier because the address on the warrant was t the one at which the Man now lived. When the Man appeared in court monday morning he told his Story and the charges against him were dropped. Commenting on his arrest the Man said he asked the two policemen in his room what was going on but there was no re h e commented that they seemed like a Bunch of trigger Happy he said be was confused by the police visit because i Don t have any police record i never will have one. I m just working for an honest living i can t understand something like this if they d come to the door during the Day and said they had a search War rant or whatever i would be done whatever they d said. But achy d they have to come into Here with shot guns into my bedroom even if they d knocked on my door at that time of night i would be let them the Man who said he ran the Rooming House said All his tenants were roused by police and a thorough search was conducted. One of the tenants when asked to recount what had taken place said he could t because i was so nervous when i saw that hell of a big gun one of the when i asked them the policemen Why they had the shotguns they said that when we Deal with guns they Deal with the Man who was arrested for the parking ticket said. The tenant who was arrested for having the car Bon dioxide pistol was charged with Possession of a dangerous weapon Given a court appearance notice and released. Whatever happens to my tenants Okay. If they do something and they rear rested that s All right. But the police have no right in the Man said. He questioned Why the tenant with the pistol was released while he was kept in a cell All night. I was Given no blankets no nothing. Just a straight cell. The Guy with the Park ing ticket spent the night in jail while the Guy with the air Rifle went chief Muller said the Man arrested on the charge of possessing a dangerous weapon had been released under the new bail Reform act but that the Man with the parking ticket could not be released because he had been picked up on a Bench warrant and had to be re leased by a magistrate. Long feared tragedy strikes auction Sale tonight by Peter j. Wachniak auction Sale wednesday May 17 at . Pec. Loyalist rack dining roam set 6000. . Col spot air conditioner Bookcase bed pm. Set. General electric 10 eur. It. Fridge Tor or. Washer. Davenport Kitchen set Dresser Chest of drawers Titan accordion t.v., Beds studio lounge port record player cof fee and end tables lamps Small we Cor tape re Corder binoculars radios Glass Ware China chairs books Luggage Garden tools toys crib rugs ornaments stools and Many other interesting items. Peter s auction sales 324 Young St. North of Portage Peter Wachniuk auctioneer appraiser by Tim Traynor free press staff correspondent Washington at far Flung Campaign rallies you watched the excited Wallace crowds in their colourful Boater hats and Booster buttons. And often As you watched you won dered about the possibility of sudden attack. Monday amid the color of a Wallace Campaign appearance at Laurel Maryland the Sud Den attack came. It was described by mrs. Phyllis Chambers As she stood stiffly in the Entrance hallway of holy Cross Hospital near Washington shortly after . Monday. Above As she spoke governor George Wal lace was entering an operating room for examination by surgeons who were later to report a Bullet lodged by the spine and the possible crippling of his legs. 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Chambers had Walker with the governor s party Clad in the uniform of the ardent supporter red tunic White Slacks and colourful beater hat the Laurel crowd had seemed Friendly with its boaters and Wallace pins. Nothing to indicate that one of the crowd a Young Man displaying his share of Wallace badges would suddenly thrust his be tween two spectators and at Point Blank Range fire five shots at the governor from a .38 calibre pistol. Amid the uproar mrs. Chambers remembered getting her wounded Friend Dora Thompson to an ambulance and Riding to the Hospital with everyone in a state of Shock. Wallace staff members later said the governor in the pre ceding ambulance had remained conscious and towards the end had talked about pain in his and As the governor entered the operating room mrs. Chambers stood in the Hall in her colourful clothes fresh from the Wallace rally where after a thousand such the hot Tongue dogged Little governor of Alabama had finally come to grief. In her hand mrs. Chambers one among Many Many Wall cites around the country held tightly to an up Side Down Wallace Boater con Taining an ashtray into which she continually butted cigarettes. She did not know whether Wallace would live or die but her thoughts were Clear i worked for him in the 1968 Campaign and god willing i la work for him later As encouraging word came from the operating room aides to the governor commenced talking of the Continua Tion of the Wallace bid to be come the democratic party s presidential candidate. Said Charles National Campaign director he certainly is a viable candidate he seems to be doing Well i feel under the circumstances he would want us to carry will mrs. Chambers indeed have another Day of Campaign ing for Wallace maybe but no one can pretend it is the same Campaign. Stanfield urges tax to fight inflation one act drama ten drama groups will participate in the 1972 one act drama festival to be held june 3 and 4 at the Western Mani Toba Centennial auditorium in Brandon. There will be three groups from Winnipeg and one each from Brandon Hartney Killarney Lac Dubonnet mor Dan Seine River and St. Nor Bart. Fixed stare an owl has eyes that Are fixed in their sockets and must i rate. Taxation would be on the Ottawa up inflation would become a personal in come tax deduction under government headed by Bobert Stanfield. The Man who Hopes to b prime minister after the nex election whenever that is said this in the commons Anc added that he would increase old age pensions by nearly a month. The election promises were delivered by the conservative Leader during an attack on the budget delivered by finance minister John Turner a week ago. Or. Stanfield proposed a new taxation system under which individual taxpayers could compensate for increases in tin Cost of living. He charged tha the budget did nothing Abou unemployment gave Little to pensioners and increased the Load on individual taxpayers. Later a non Confidence motion proposed by the new democratic party saying the gov eminent should have reduce personal income taxes in the budget was swamped in a for Mal vote. Nip Leader David Lewis said the government is biased in favor of corporations which had reaped the Only real Bene fits in the budget. The nip motion was sunk 158 to 31. Liberals and conservatives voted against and social credit supported the nip. Standing in the 264-seat com Mons is Liberal 148. Conserva 72, new Democrat 25, so Cial credit 13, Independent Liberal 1, Independent 2, vacant 3. External affairs minister Mit Chell Sharp a former finance minister argued that Alt parties should support the budget s dramatic tax reductions for manufacturing industries. He said they would help Ca Nadian manufacturers and processors to produce More cheap y and efficiently to meet inter National Competition at Home and abroad. The budget proposes to re Duce the corporation tax rate or manufacturing industries to 40 per cent from 49 per cent. It also increases the Basic old age pension by this under a Cost of living and increases old age supplementary payments by for Ingle persons and for mar ried couples. The supplements of Only to pensioners with Little in no outside income. Both or. Stanfield and or. Ewis said the increase Vas not enough. Or. Lewis called it an insult my or. Stanfield said i have 10 hesitation in saying that the government i expect to Lead shortly would increase the asic pension by nearly month. Or. Stanfield proposed that individual income tax should be reduced by the amount the Cost of living increased in the pre Vious 12 months. Using 1971 As a base year he said that if the Cost of living in any year increased by 10 per cent above 1971, then that per c e n t a g e would be deducted from the individual taxable in come. As the Leader of a govern he would implement the proposal fully As of Jan. 1, 1973. The Cost of living increases used for the calculations would be based on a comparison be tween the consumer Price Index for the 12 months ending sept. And the 12 months end ing sept. 30, 1971. For the balance of 1972 there would be an interim arrange ment. Or. Stanfield said that under his system taxpayers would not have to pay More tax simply because their income and the Cost of living Rose at the same turn its head As it looks from one place to another. Basis of real income. The same time the govern ment would be prevented from having represented b y Cost of living from doing its dirty work in collecting increased taxes. Under the graduated taxation rate the higher the income the higher the tax rate. A hot time 20 degrees above Normal for the second straight Day a High temperature in the 80s was forecast today for Southern Manitoba. The Winnipeg weather office predicted the temperature today would be 80 to 85, with winds from the South at about 15 . However he warned there is the possibility of thundershowers tonight. The Low tonight is expected to be 45 to 50. Yesterday the temperature reached 85, just under the record High for May 15 of 87, set in 1917. The Normal High temperature Here for May 15 is 64 and the Normal Low 38. The coldest May 15 on record was in 1888, when the thermometer dropped to 17. While the Southern half of the province was bathed in warm Sunshine rain and Cool temperatures continued in the flin flon area. 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