Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 18, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba I i i Iii pc Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 79 no. 199 Price 10 cents 15 cents thursday May 18, 1972 Sunrise . Sunset . Moonrise . Moonlit . Forecast mainly sunny 55 and 85 million from govt. 71 Chi figures Given a total of million in Public funds was paid out by the Manitoba govern ment last year to Complete construction of the Chur chill Forest industries com plex at the Pas Man., and bring it into production the legislature has been informed. The figure of total funds sup plied by receiver l. J. Hall Grimson in 1971 was contained in the annual report on the first year of operations of the forestry Complex. The annual report was tabled in the Manitoba legislature wednesday by Industry minister Leonard Evans. However the report does not include expenses of the receivership which was initiated by the Manitoba government on Jan. The report shows a total of supplied by the receiver and other receipts of approximately for a total of approximately of this amount was used for completion of construction for increase in inventories and for Start up expenses. Assets of the forestry com plex As of dec. 31 totalled according to the re port. Total capital expenditures in 1971 for All divisions were according to the report there was a problem in terms of payment with some suppliers due to the record of poor pay m e n t prior to receivership. Many of the suppliers on whom please see 1971 Page 9 Trade curbs hinted by Tim Traynor free press staff correspondent Washington sales of Canadian aluminium ingots to the United states Are to come under . Government study a study which could Lead to higher . Duties against the ingots. In 1971 More than million Worth of Canadian Alu Minum ingots were sold in the . The announcement wednes Day by the . Treasury department was the second such in less than a week. Imports of tires manufactured at the Michelin tire Complex in Nova Scotia Are being studied in a move which could pave the Way for higher duties duties which would impede sales to the . Market. The two moves come against the background of the continuing .-Canadian Trade Dis Pute. The announcements have not been publicly linked to that but observers Here wednesday were calling attention to recent comments by the official who made Public the aluminium ingot investigation. Please see Trade Page 2 Alabama governor George Wallace reads details of his primary victories from his bed in holy Cross Hospital Silver Springs Maryland wednesday. His wife Cornelia is at his Side. Wallace scored double triumphs in presidential primary votes held monday in Michigan and Maryland. Doctors turn pessimistic Wallace s chances less than half of escaping permanent paralysis from a renter Silver Spring Maryland up although in Good spirits and politically enthusiastic gov. George c. Wallace of Alabama paralysed by an Assassin s Bullet probably will be unable to resume his fight for the democratic presidential Nomina action even from a wheelchair. Doctors say one of the .38 calibre bullets that ripped into his body May leave Wallace crippled for life. He is paralysed from the Waist Down. Wallace shot four or five times at close Range monday was Alert and vigorous wednes Day when visited by his family and friends but doctors attend ing the 52-year-old governor were becoming increasingly pessimistic about his chances of walking again. Galbraith a University of Alabama neurosurgeon called to holy Cross hos Pital to attend Wallace said his chances of walking Are less than 50-50 and if he can it probably will be Only with the braces. Or. Galbraith said one of the bullets which Cut Wallace Down please see doctors Page 5 marijuana advice divided make Possession Legal but discourage it by Jeff Carruthers Ottawa on the one hand the majority of the Ledain commission wants the government to remove All penalties for Possession of cannabis plants and for cultivation of cannabis plants for personal use. This would in effect transform cannabis into something like the Irish sweepstakes an accepted if technically illegal part of life for a Large number of canadians. On the other hand chairman Gerald Ledain says the intent of the majority opinion in the Ledain commission s cannabis report is to discourage the use of cannabis in Canada. The principle Praise damnation follow report by the Canadian press the recommendation from the Ledain commission on the use of non medical drugs that penalties for simple Possession of and a removed Drew Praise and damnation wednesday. Spokesmen for some Church social and medical groups welcomed the move while Justice and police officials took an opposite View. Premier w. A. C. Bennett of British Columbia left Little room for doubt where his feelings Lay. I m opposed to the legalize contradictions noted locally by Gordon Arnold free press staff writer concern Over apparent contradictions was the one theme agreed upon in local reaction to the Ledain report on the non medical use of drugs. Proposals to legalize posses Sion of marijuana and hashish were opposed by two Pollice chiefs and favored by a spokesman for clinic. Attorney general Ai Mackling 4o . Idea Monorail explained today around the world with Bryant. 12 Cincinnati Riding High 54 Over Garden Wall 65 classified 22 to 36, 44 to 48 comics 03, 64 deaths.7 finance ill to 51 Jumble 25 movies 41 sports 20, 53 to 62 television.40 women.37 to 39 nearly everyone reads the free press City zone Vancouver special if mayor Steve Juba is set on a relatively Low Cost Monorail system for Winnipeg it quickly becomes obvious Why he selected Habegger industries Ltd. Of West Vancouver to make a proposal. The Swiss controlled firm is the Only company that produces medium Speed Monorail sys tems. Other manufacturers pro d u c e either expensive High Speed models or pleasure models too slow for rapid mass transit. Instead of travelling at 70 Miles per hour like the big monorails the Habegger Model hits speeds of about 40, possibly 45 if the station stops Are far enough apart but costs less. At the moment we have no Competition in this Kurt Hohrn Warter president eral manager of Habegger said wednesday. We arc at least five years ahead of our Competition. No one else has even got out a prototype yet. In about 10 years when the demand will be there everybody is going to jump into the act with both Habegger got into the Mono rail business in 1961 when the company began designing a Small Model in response to Hie government o f Switzerland s open Competition for a transportation system for the expo 64 fair scheduled in Lausanne three years later. The company based in Thun near the capital of Berne came up with the Only proposal cheap enough to be acceptable. The eight mile per hour mini rail featured Habegger s patented system and was portable. When the fair ended after six months the mini rail was dismounted and eventually bought by Mon Treal for one of its two rail sys tems at expo 67. The company built More rail systems including ones in Mun please see firm Page 10 wanted a Chance to study the report in detail As did Richard Sprague executive director of the Manitoba medical association. Recommendations i the Ledain report indicate commis Sion members were not in touch with what the situation is not at the grass roots said chief Norman Stewart of Winnipeg s inner City police department. The commission decision was influenced by a Small vocal minority who favor legalization of marijuana. Had a Public referendum been held the results would have been chief Stewart said. A a t h e r was chief Francois a. Muller s re action. Pot should not be Lega said the St. Boniface police chief. It s a beginning of involvement in hard additionally if trafficking re Mains illegal As proposed in the report Why bother reducing the John Andrews a staff worker at clinic set up to Deal with drug problems and particularly those among transient youths said the majority report did not go far enough. Existing penalties Are too harsh or. Andrews said but he had hoped the report would recommend outright legalization with strict government controls. I Don t like keeping the sales please see contrasts Page 10 More details on pages 2, 19 legislature highlights govt. Paid million to Chi last year Page 1 drug substitution Bill debated Page 12 restricted movies at University condemned Page 21 Gonick attacks doctors incomes Page 21 Mackling says no charge yet against firm Page 65 Spivak question goes unanswered Page i i trying to create dissension my Kunzic told Page 64 Tion of these drugs period Dou ble period triple Premier William Davis of on t a r i o had no comment on wednesday s report but announced the establishment of a committee to assess its findings and recommendations. Eldon woo Liams progressive conservative Justice critic in parliament said he and his party oppose the recommendation. The report tabled in the commons wednesday recommended that trafficking remain a criminal offence. But the commissioners suggested definitions for trafficking which could exclude a person giving another person cannabis without seek ing or making a profit. In addition the report recommends in effect that the onus be on the police to prove intent to traffic. Newfoundland s Justice min ister t. Alex Hickman was unhappy with the legalization recommendation. He said penalties for traffickers should be harsh. John Anderson of the United Church of Canada however saw it As an obvious please see Praise Page 7 9 years on drug charge by Ritchie Gage free press courts reporter a Vancouver Man was sentenced to nine years in prison thursday by or. Justice a. C. Hamilton after being convicted by an Assize court jury of pos session of Worth of mad a restricted drug for the purpose of trafficking. The jury deliberated nine hours before finding John Dow Nie 23, guilty As charged. The seizure of the drug was made by the ramp drug squad aug. 16, 1971. It is the largest seizure of mad in Manitoba history. Downie is now serving a five year prison term for the same Type of offence involving mad valued at about the nine year term is consecutive to this term. D o w n i e s partner Michael Tracey 23, of Montreal was sentenced to four years in Pris on when he pleaded guilty in county court judge s criminal court to the same charge. Prior to Tracey s sentencing one of several letters attesting to his character was received from manpower and immigration minister Bryce Mackassy. The letter tendered As Evi Dence was signed by or. Mac i Kascy and dated feb. It read i have known or. Tracey i and his family for several i years. 1 understand he is on trial in Winnipeg and 1 would like to add my support to his please Sec n years Page m concern is to keep marijuana and hashish away from adolescents the ones most Likely to be harmed physiologically and psychologically by cannabis in the Opin Ion of four of the five Ledain commission members. Whether most canadians who would consider using cannabis lion this read the Correct meaning of the Ledain commission s majority recommendation to eliminate the penalties for simple Possession is a Questin that even or. Ledain refuses to speculate about. See marijuana Page 5 Ledain Points listed by the Canadian press majority recommendation that penalties for simple pos session of marijuana and hashish be abolished. Minority recommendation for government run distribution of marijuana and hashish As for alcohol. Second minority recommendation for Fine for first time convictions for posses Sion and for repeaters. Research has not clearly established harmful effects of cannabis but serious grounds exist for social concern about use. Cost of maintaining prohibition on cannabis distribution acceptable Only if penalties reasonable. Cannabis use displays very Sharp increase Over last five years. Options recommended Type of trial and fines prison terms. For or labor strife in Quebec subsides unionists end protest walkouts new bargaining talks expected Quebec up Union members who had been protesting the jailing of three labor leaders went Back to work today ending nine Days of unrest and instability. The Union members whose protest walkouts broke out across the province both willingly and under coercion from militant Union factions re turned to their jobs at the urging of Union officials. There were Strong indications that bargaining talks would re sume today Between provincial government representatives and officials of Public ser vice workers whose 11-Day Legal strike in april was ended by emergency Back to work Legisla Tion. Spokesman for a common front of Public service unions had demanded that the three imprisoned Union leaders attend any new negotiation sessions. Please see labor Page 6 reported on Queen e 2 bombs aboard ship London a the de Fen c e ministry said today bombs Are reported to have been planted aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2 at sea and that four bomb disposal experts were being flown out to mid Atlantic to Deal with them. Unofficial reports in London said the. Captain of the big liner had been advised bombs were planted in new York the ship s last port of Call and would explode if a huge Ransom was not paid. There Are passengers aboard the vessel the Pride of the British merchant Navy. Defence ministry sources said the bomb experts will be parachuted Down As close to the vessel As possible. First reports said the Ransom demand originated in Copenhagen. The Cunard company owners of the ship immediately made Contact with British defence ministry officials. And a Raf transport took off from Lyneham in Wiltshire heading out to the Atlantic. The defence ministry said the plane carried four bomb disposal experts. Copenhagen Reuter a Man facing arson and fraud charges walked out of jail on the strength of a release order distinguished by grammatical errors and More than 20 spell ing mistakes. He wrote it him self. Newspapers say Georg Fol Mer Hansen 38, a restaurateur already is on his Way to Argentina. Hansen charged with tax insurance frauds totalling began with a Sheet of paper on which he persuaded someone at police Headquarters Here at the weekend to put an official stamp. He took a prison typewriter to his cell to compose the order setting him free. And he signed it in the name of the state prosecutor. When Hansen was transferred to a provincial jail lie asked his police escort to give the letter to the governor. Next morning he was told he was free. Hansen did t hurry out. He asked a prison officer to Call him a taxi. Twon men killed spy Hill sask. Up an Engineer and a trainman died wednesday As fire engulfed their diesel engine when it Collid Eck with a gasoline Tanker truck at a level crossing. The fireman of the car freight is in serious condition in a r e g i n a Hospital suffering from severe Burns. The truck Driver and a Little girl also suffered Burns but their injuries were not believed to be serious. Killed in the flaming crash which set two engines and 15 boxcars on fire were Engineer Gilbert Cox about 40, of Mel Ville and the head end train Man Gordon Rathgaber 21, of Goodeve. Injured were the firemen Erwin Schmidt the truck Driver Oswald Renner of Regina and nine year old Irene Hedley of spy Hill. Rom said the Little girl apparently was Riding her bicycle near the crossing when the collision and resulting explosion took place. Please see two in Page 10 unreal demands deplored by Dudley Magnus free press staff writer Ottawa staff David Lewis National Leader of the new democratic party told More than delegates at the Canadian labor Congress convention Here thursday that unions should abandon the old fashioned habit of making Ini tial demands which they know to be extravagant and Unreich or. Lewis said in a 40-minute speech As a guest at the convention extravagant demands see Story on Page 13 raise expectations in the membership which cannot be Ful filled. The dynamics of the situation result in frustration and resentment and sometimes strikes which might have been or. Lewis labor lawyer re minded delegates in the Ottawa civic Centre that he had been in Many labor disputes As a labor counsel. 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