Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 17, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press vol. 79 no. Price 10 cents 15 cents wednesday May 17, 1972 Sureff . Moon rest . We Onset . Final edition forecast sunny 50 and 90 fistfights Mark que. Rally theme Sparks construction How Quebec up fistfights broke out at a rally of construction workers in Montreal Early today As sup porters and opponents of Quebec labor protests clashed Over the Issue of a return to work. A Natuk ivs Meit Rostat goes wild Fry Here nip North three men were beaten up at the 7 . Rally in a Montreal Arena parking lot before 50 motorcycle police broke up the fighting. Later police escorted construction workers to another Arena in suburban Longueuil across the St. Lawrence River where a strike vote was to be held later in the Day. Elsewhere in the province rocked by More than a week of labor turmoil Over the jailing of three top labor leaders there were contradictory indications that some workers want to end illegal strikes occupations and demonstrations and others want the actions continued. Thirty three labor Union officials about half of them women were to try again today to enter jail Here after failing to do so tuesday because of a technicality. Justice minister Jerome Cho Quette told the National Assem Bly tuesday that 187 persons have been arrested so far in the wave of unrest and charged see fist fighting Page 6 by Paul Roberton free press staff writer an erratic Mother nature played tricks All Over Manitoba yesterday shattering at least six records for High tempera Tures in the Southern part of the province while leaving the North shivering beneath snowy skies. The. Mercury shot to a sweltering 92 degrees in Winnipeg making it Canada s hot spot and surpassing the previous record of 88 degrees set in 1917. Five other Manitoba centres Aiso recorded record tempera Tures. They were Portage la Prairie with 91 degrees. Previous record was 88, set in 1886. Gimli 90 degrees. Pre Vious record was 88 in 1958. Brandon 88, up six de Grees from its 1958 record. Pilot Mound 88. Previous High there had been 79 last year. Bissett 85, a gain of three degrees Over its 1958 record. But at Thompson tempera Tures dipped As Low As 31, and by last night Snow had started to fall on the Manitoba mining City. A spokesman for the Winnipeg weather office said it was unusual for cold fronts to sweep so far South at this time of year. Elsewhere across Western Canada yesterday was warm but not unduly so. It was 59 at Vancouver 70 at Calgary 61 at Edmonton 80 at Regina 72 at Saskatoon and 70 at Thunder Bay. The weather office spokes Man said today s expected High was 80 with Cloudy periods. The Outlook is for about 90 Tomor Row with sunny skies. Wallace to keep up Campaign Hospital hints governor May avoid paralysis Silver Spring Maryland a George c. Wallace elated by smashing presidential primary triumphs in Michigan and Maryland showed continued improvement from gunshot wounds today. Courts May be relieved of labor adjudications Union Leaden attempt to turn themselves in to Pelke in Quebec City tuesday glitter and goons by Ian Porter Canadian press labor writer Ottawa up the role of the courts in labor disputes May have to be reviewed to protect the judicial system from loss of Public respect labor minister Martin o con Nell said tuesday. The bargaining process May indeed put too much Strain on the or. O Connell told a news conference after an Plant gearing Back up by Bill Pethick free press staff writer the general manager of co Lumbia Forest products Ltd. Said tuesday he expected the chipboard manufacturing Plant at Sprague Man. To be Back in full operation three shifts a Day by the Start of next week. The Plant which employs about 100 to 120 workers was placed into receivership on an application by the Manitoba development corporation by the m a n i t o b a court of Queen s Bench last thursday. Currently the Plant has been operating Only one shift during a Normal working Day employing about 20 to 25 people. Kenneth Maccharles general manager of Columbia said he had talked to the receiver manager named by the court and that full production would probably be resumed very shortly. Well probably get cranked up into full production within a couple of or. Mac please see Plant Page 12 address to the Canadian labor Congress convention. Labor courts might be a suit Able alternative he agreed in an interview later but they alone could not resolve the Basic Issue of obedience to authority. Or. O Connell said the role of the courts in the collective bar gaining system is a matter i Haven t been Able to give enough attention to in my own for that reason he emphasized that his comments were tentative and definitely did not apply to the current labor crisis i Quebec touched off in Large part by court action against labor leaders. He said however that with out Public respect for the court system society would head to Ward anarchy. The minister also said he is not opposed to the use of court injunctions to halt strikes. If the collective bargaining system in effect Breaks Down in an essential service then you have to take the government also has a duty to limit the damage that can result from strikes he said. Has faces looking for a window air conditioner this want and under miscellaneous articles for Sale 59 window air conditioner Good condition. Phone 783-5861. Is among the hundreds of bargain s in today s classified Section. No matter what you need shop and save in free Prada won arc postal bypass set up Edmonton up the Al Berta government will bypass the postal service to get around delays in the mail that Are hurting efficiency provincial treasurer Gordon miniely announced today. He said the government has initiated its own courier service Between the province s two major centres Edmonton and Calgary to improve communications Between govern ment agencies and departments in the two locations. The same Day service will result in a savings of to a year on postage and handling costs or. Miniely said in a statement. He did not say however what the courier ser vice would Cost. He said that in some cases delivery of mail is being delayed to the Point where depart mental efficiency is being affected. The government will use Reg ular scheduled runs Between inc Uii ius by Louinia courier service. Parliament has acted seven times i the last 30 years to end strikes in essential ser vices an admission that All human systems have their Limi he said. But his preference he said will always be to give prefer ence to collective bargaining it s still the Best system. If you rely on arbitration you re saying that you Don t Trust the parties to be please see courts Page 10 by Paul Jackson free press staff correspondent Montreal night after night and Day after Day the tur Moil goes on. The glittering facade of a civilized and sophisticated Mon Treal is ripped apart by a lawlessness thinly disguised As a Campaign for the preservation of the common Man. By Day most Montre Alers quietly get Down to their fas Bay woolco plan St. James stores the Hudson s Bay company and woolco department stores will both locate new stores in the proposed uni City mall on Portage Avenue West in St. James Assiniboia according to the president of Kowall holdings Ltd. Of Calgary one of the developers of the million shopping Centre. The development to be located on the North Side of Portage Avenue Between Knox and David streets is a joint venture Between Fred Morton holdings Ltd. Of Winnipeg and Kowall holdings. Morris Kowall said in an interview that the two department stores have signed for locations on the mall and he hoped to announce the signing of an other department store in three or four weeks time. George t. Richardson governor of the Bay said tuesday at the company s annual meeting he hoped to announce the location of a new Winnipeg. Store very he said location had been approved by the Board but there Are still some zoning problems. Or. Kowall said rezoning necessary for the project has t been approved yet but the Normal procedure has started. Please see Bay Page 6 Cina Ting array of chores which make this great cosmopolitan City tick. But by night roaming gangs of Goon squads spill out into the darkened streets on a reign of terror that police find impossible to hold in Check. They commandeer garbage trucks tip the contents into the streets and set the rotting and stinking mess ablaze. They break into one of the City s largest bus depots and then escape leaving a vehicle engulfed in flames. They pitch Molotov cocktails through the air and rough up innocent workers. Montreal is often said to be a City of two cultures. But it is also a City of two City of two faces. One is the face vigorously promoted to the world As part of a High pressure tourist at traction Campaign. This is the face built up by expo 67, soon to be Given an added slickness by the olympic games a n d carefully sustained in Between by All the services and activities a City of this size can bring Forth. Please see Montreal Page 10 legislature highlights Manitoba unemployment lowest in Canada Page 1 Amilt working for Saunders Evans Page l Twenty minutes Cut from the stewardesses Page 3 who threw eggs Page 27 sask. Govt. Insurance can be sold Here Pawley Page 42 82 complaints registered against dry cleaners Page 42 More Churchill development urged Page 42 charges Bill would create Bank Page 42 Patrick asks about King Choy investigation Page 42 election fever grows Ottawa up election fever appeared to be waxing in the commons tuesday As maps sped some goodies for the voters through the processes of consideration. The thought that prime min ister Trudeau has to Call an election sometime soon seems to be in the Back of Many minds As maps Deal with Legisla Tion. Members rushed through Sec Ond Reading tuesday of a Bill that would increase veterans pensions and tic them to actual increases in the Cost of living. It now goes to committee for presumably rapid consideration. On deck is a Bill to increase old age pensions which already has received committee consideration. Speaker Lucien Lamoureux ruled tuesday night that social credit and progressive conservative amendments to that Bill which were do n n i in n f7 please see election Page 13 drop Possession penalties Ledain favors legalizing Tot by Jeff b. Cake Ltd hers Ottawa special the majority of the five member be dam commission on drug use today recommended elimination of penalties for simple posses Sion of cannabis marijuana and hashish. And the majority three com Mission members led by chair Man Gerald Ledain proposed reduced maximum penalties for trafficking or Possession for the purpose of trafficking in cannabis stating that the pre sent penalty Structure for the illegal distribution of cannabis is grossly in effect the three commissioners recommend legalizing private use of cannabis and the cultivation of the cannabis plants for private use. Surveys by the commission indicate that As Many As 1.5 million canadians May have tried the drug at least once. The two remaining commis Sion members Marie Andree Bertrand of the University of Montreal and Ian l. Campbell of sir George Williams univer sity in Montreal deviate in both directions from the major Ity Middle of the Road opinion. Miss Bertrand Calls for com plete legalization of cannabis distribution in Canada via Federal provincial agreements. Bonn approves pacts Bonn a the West Ger Man bundestag voted narrowly today to ratify Chancellor Willy Brandt s tension easing treaty with the soviet Union. It gave 248 votes for ratification 10 votes against and there were 238 abstentions. The treaties negotiated by Brandt on trips to Moscow and Warsaw in 1970, renounce the use of Force and recognize Ger Man territorial losses to the so Viet Union and Poland during the second world War. A series of further Steps toward relaxation of tensions in Europe is dependent on acceptance of the pacts. Final debate on the treaties in the bundestag the lower House of parliament coincided with reopening of the Berlin please see Bonn Page 6 she made a similar recommendation in the 1970 interim re port of the commission. Arts Dean Campbell fears that any repeal of the prohibition of cannabis use would be misinterpreted particularly by the Young As meaning the drug is Safe. He recommends there fore that the present prohibitions be maintained. Please see Ledain Page 14 2-Way tug on taxes Winnipeg ratepayers May have to wait for their tax Bills until the City and provincial governments agree on who will pick up the Tab for. Local government unification. Civic and provincial officials met twice tuesday in attempts to reach agreement on the problem of a jump from the area s 1971 operating budget to the City s 1972 Budge tary estimate of million. Nothing was finally agreed after the meetings which lasted a total of 3vi hours. Apparently it was not even agreed what constitutes a Cost of the Initia Tion of the Central City govern ment Jan. 1. The City has requested the whole amount from the Provin Cial government which initially promised million. It is understood that the province s offer has been raised by in the legislature premiered Schreyer said it was Gener ally agreed at the meeting that please see 2-Way Page 6 today youth scene 7 letters to editor 39 Ranger fan collects on Bruins 59 classified 43 to 58, 68, 69 comics 70 comic Page features 71 deaths 5 finance 31 to 34 Jumble in movies if sports 59 to 65 television fifi women 19 to 2-1 nearly everyone reads the free press City total unemployment in Manitoba in april was the lowest in All Canada with Only 4.6 per cent of the labor Force Here out of work compared to the National figure of 6.8 per cent labor minister a. R. Russ Paulley told the Manitoba legislature tuesday. Or. Paulley said the Mani Toba rate was Down 1.2 per cent from March and that there were More people employed Here this month than last month. The minister said there were More people in the labor Force Here in april and that the total increase in the labor Force in Canada was Only lie added that the number of people in Manitoba with jobs was up from april of last year. Progressive conservative Leader Sidney Spivak disputed the figures and said they boggled the the source of the figures was statistics Canada. A medical bulletin giving the latest word on the condition of the Alabama governor partially paralysed since being hit by bullets monday during an elec Tion rally said the governor spent a comfortable night. He is very Alert and aware of his surroundings. He is Reading the paper avidly. He is continuing to improve. All of his bodily functions Are nor Mal and stable. Paralysis of the legs re Mains unchanged. At this time despite reports to the contrary the exact nature of injury to the spinal Cord cannot be determined until sur Gery is the bulletin issued by or. Joseph Schanno appeared to Challenge published reports that Wallace already faced Perma nent paralysis from the hips Down because of damage to the spinal column. Billy Joe Camp Wallace s press Secretary told a reporter that the reports Are unbound Camp said the governor had asked him this morning to get the latest vote totals from the two primaries. He was in Good Camp said. There had been indications that Wallace s gunshot wound affecting the spine might not be As serious As had been feared. Wallace had been paralysed from the Waist Down since he was shot at a Campaign rally in Laurel md., monday afternoon. But his Campaign manager said tuesday night the governor has some slight sensation in one the encouraging news came As Wallace was receiving word of his big doubleheader primary please see Wallace Page 2 Trade Relief expected by Victor Mackie free press staff correspondent Ottawa an improvement in Trade relations Between can Ada and the United states is expected to follow the departure of John Connally from the Post of Secretary of the Treasury in the american administration it was Learned wednesday. Or. Connally announced his resignation tuesday declaring he was returning to private business. Canadian Trade and finance officials will now breathe a Little easier and look Forward to an Opportunity to resume the interrupted Trade negotiations in the near future. Or. Connally had taken a hard line with can Ada s negotiators. His successor George Shultz is known to be a much More moderate Man and friendlier to Canada. When John Turner took Over the portfolio of finance he was disturbed to learn of the deeply strained relations existing be tween Canada s negotiators and or. Connally. Please see Trade Page 4 fire kills family Newton mass. A five members of a family died Early tuesday and two others escaped when fire swept their Brick House police reported. The victims were identified by police As Francis Tesoro sr., 42, two of his sons and two Daugh ters ;