Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 19, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 79 no. 200, Price 10 cents 15 cents Friday May 19, 1972 Sunrise . Sunset . Moonrise . . Forecast mainly Cloudy 40 and 65 no summer vote it s official by Victor mack1e free press staff correspondent Ottawa prime minister to ideas announced today there will be no summer election. He emerged from the Liberal caucus and said i want to announce that canadians can look for Ward to a prosperous sunny election free he said he wanted parliament to have the time to carry on with its work such As the foreign take Over legislation the election expenses legislation and other measures. He said we have a lot of legislation left and i want a Normal session ending in it had been a productive session to Date and he hoped it would continue. He said he did t want to inconvenience canadians this summer with an election following a major crisis or special circumstances. The prime minister said it was t a Canadian habit to have a summer election. He acknowledged however there were some caucus members who would have preferred a june election. He said he had told the caucus and Cabinet to Cool Down election talk. Que. Trio seeking parole May lie Lei out tuesday to join bargaining Quebec up three imprisoned Quebec labor leaders will not be freed before next tuesday from Orsainville jail Here despite requests for Day parole Justice minister Jerome Choquette said to Day. 27 fraud charges local lab accused Twenty seven charges of fraud were Laid against Bio science laboratories of Winnipeg thursday attorney general Al Mackling told the Manitoba legislature Friday. Or. Mackling said he could not comment on the charges in the legislature because the mat Ter was sub Judice before the courts however he indicated More charges might be Forth coming in the next few Days. The company which does lab oratory analyses for doctors and medical establishments in the City had its books seized by the ramp under direction of the attorney general s depart ment in april. At the time opposition members in the legislature said it was unfair that the com Pany a books should be seized if no charges were Laid. Or. Mackling told the Legisla Ture the charges had been Laid under a Section of the criminal code of Canada. Earlier Friday health min ister Rene Toupin said com plaints about Bio science laboratories had been registered with his department and were turned Over to the Manitoba health services commission. Health services commission after investigation turned the matter Over to the attorney general s department. Counsel for Bio science were scheduled to appear in Mani Toba court of Queen s Bench at please see local Page 9 or. Choquette s statement in the Quebec National Assembly May indicate no bargaining on new Public service contracts can begin before next week since unions have demanded the presence of their imprisoned leaders at the bargaining table. Legal technicalities were being worked out after receipt thursday by the Justice depart ment of requests from the three that they receive Day parole to enable them to join the bar gaining. They would return to prison at night. Premier Robert Bourassa said Early today after a two hour Liberal caucus meeting that ended in the Early morning hours that dealing with the re quests was essentially a Judi Cial or. Choquette had said earlier each Case will be studied before they Are released. The requests were made under the probation and detention establishments act which permits release of prisoners for Short periods of time. A Union common front pro testing the jailing said wednes Day it was up to the government to assure attendance of the Lead ers a negotiation sessions. Earlier thursday thousands of workers heeded a common front Call to return to their jobs after nine Days of protest. Please see que. Trio Page 4 squad Combs Ocean liner for bombs . Experts Parachute to ship after Telephone threat new York Reuter British bomb disposal experts flown to the luxury Cunard liner Queen Eliza Beth 2 in the mid Atlantic found nothing overnight in a Stem to Stern search for six bombs said to have been planted aboard. Cunard steam ship line officials now Are beginning to feel that an Anonymous threat to blow up the Pride of Britain s Industry top priority Evans by Paul Pihi Chyn free press legislative reporter Industry minister Leonard Evans made it Clear thursday that the provincial government intends to industrialize Mani Toba and that Public Money will be used if the private sector is reluctant to invest. In a major policy statement outlining the present directives of the Industry department or. Evans said Industrial develop ment is a major priority of the lunch at Palace Mckeage visit Princess by Dave Humphreys free press staff correspondent London Manitoba lieu tenant governor w. John Mckeag and mrs. Mckeag were guests of Princess Margaret and lord Snowdon for lunch thursday at their Home Kensington Palace. It was the first of two Royal courtesies to or. And mrs. Mckeag Here on an informal Pri vate visit. The Princess and her husband were returning the hospitality of or. And mrs. Mckeag hosts during their visit to Manitoba last fall. The lieutenant governor and his wife have an audience with the Queen on tuesday. In an interview at Claridge thursday or. Mckeag said the audience is coming at an opportune time As one of the Queen s first official engagements after her visit to France this week. The Queen s visit symbolized Britain s new european ties negotiated with the common mar Ket since or. Mckeag last Vir sited Here in 1967. I find a much greater air of optimism and a positive attitude or. Mckeag said. As a member of a Manitoba Trade Mission five years ago he had sensed the gloom and frustration arising out of failure to join the common Market. At the same time Canadian interest in Britain and Europe generally had declined partly because of increased Trade with please Sec Mckeage Page 9 legislature highlights new democratic party govern ment. The minister made the policy statement in the Manitoba legislature As he introduced the current million spending estimates of his department. If a desirable and viable project has been identified that meets our selective growth Cri Teria and if it is not possible to find adequate backing in the private sector to establish such an Enterprise then we will use Public funds through the Mani Toba development the minister said. He said industries will be devel oped As joint ventures with the private sector through the sup port of co operatives or through a Crown corporation. However the minister stressed in an obvious refer ence to Churchill Forest Indus tries there will be no More giveaways to foreign in please see Industry Page 4 deny bastion stormed labor s Mace polls disturb Lewis by Dudley Magnus free press staff writer Ottawa Gallup polls on Public opinion of the labor movement Are causing Federal new democratic party Leader David Lewis grave concern delegates at the ninth Conven Tion of the Canadian labor Congress were told thursday. Or. Lewis was guest speaker Here. Indeed i have been shocked by results in Gallup polls on this general he said to More than delegates at the Ottawa civic Centre. It is important to note one such poll in particular published last were asked whether they believed big please see polls Page 9 Trudeau temper Breaks Loose by Victor Mackie free press staff correspondent Ottawa the customary Cool of prime minister Trudeau has shattered under the Strain of trying to make up his mind whether to have a summer election or put it off until the fall. His anger flared in confrontations with the press As the Dis solution deadline grew near. The tension was apparent in the commons and press gallery thursday. Friday was the last Day for dissolution if the election is to take place july 17. Maps were convinced if july 17 were Dis looking for a Lawnmower this want and under Lawn mowers 29 hand Mower is Cut plus grass Catcher used i season s18. Is among the hundreds of bargains in today s classified Section. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Carded the election would not take place until october at the earliest. Or. Trudeau flared when he was questioned by the press about his views on How pre Mier Robert Bourassa s govern ment had handled the labor upheaval in Quebec. Opposition maps earlier in the House had suggested that or. Trudeau in an interview with the Toronto Star appeared to imply that the Quebec Liberal government was a weak government. Not snapped or. Tru Deau. He explained that his answer to a question in the Star inter View should be related to the question and not be taken out of context. He told the commons i think the history of the last few Days demonstrates to the contrary the government of Quebec has acted with a Good Deal of Mas Tery and that it is effectively a Strong later outside the House his exasperation was evident when French and English speaking reporters asked him to go to the special press room to appear on television cameras and please see Trudeau Page 4 on property in w1mmpeg 72 rate nearly 39 Mills a civic tax rate of 38.314 Mills on property has been struck by Winnipeg City coun cil Friday for this year. Original budgetary estimates prepared by Winnipeg s Board j of commissioners and executive i policy committee would have required a civic tax rate of 40.329 Mills but increases in Revenue and the deferring of certain expenditures helped re Duce the figure to 38.814. Added to the civic tax rate will be school costs which will see a Gross increase in property taxes in 14 areas of Winnipeg and a Gross decrease in three areas. The 38.814 Mills for civic Pur poses compares with an average tax rate of 35.754 Mills last year in. The municipalities now making up the new City of Winnipeg. The of what used to be the City of East Kildonan what used to be the City of Transcona and a Small portion of what used to be municipality of fort Garry in the s e i be River school division will have slight reductions in their tax rates this year compared with last year s figures. All other areas will face increases. But the provincial govern please see tax Page 15 passenger Fleet As it steamed towards Cherbourg France carrying passengers and 850 to 900 Crew is a Gigantic hoax. But to make doubly sure the bomb search was being con t i n u e d the liner docks at Cherbourg saturday. In new York a Ransom of was kept ready in a Bank in Case the mystery extortionist Calls again. The caller in a five minute conversation o n wednesday with an executive of Cunard claimed he had two confederates aboard the sex convict and a Man with Termi please see squad Page 2 City Hydro hike today top four dominate All Stan 45 acts reds Burn up no. 47 classified 20 to 28, 30 to 40 comics.53, 54 deaths 29 finance.40 to 43 Jumble 23 movies 12, 13 sports 45 to 52 television 11 women 18, 19 nearly everyone reads the free press City Zont total Gnel. To use Public Money to Aid Evans i age 1 takeover by Mac being considered Page 3 sunday horse racing introduced for second Reading Page i aut Opac hit in highways estimates debate Page Filc Dain commission findings discussed Page 6 Lyon questions turned aside i. Page 6 Public utilities committee holds first meet Page 10 poor economic climate denied by Evans Page 10 South Indian Lake decision soon Schreyer Page 39 Schreyer says civil service salaries arc in line Page 44 Holiday schedule no paper will be published Victoria Day monday May 22 to enable free press carriers and staff Mem Bers to take advantage of the Long weekend. The main floor office so will be open on Sun w Day from . P.m., to receive classified advertising. W phone number w 943-9331 All departments for direct line after business hours please consult your Telephone directory please see guerrilla Page 2 Belfast up British troops swept up to a guerrilla stronghold in Londonderry Early today and smashed Down barricades aimed at extending the frontiers of the bastion. The army reported minimal opposition from either guerrillas or any of the roman catholics living in free the Irish Republican army during a Day of fierce shootouts in Northern Ireland thrust for Ward thursday from i to bog Side stronghold and erected Street barricades within 20 Yards of the City Centre. This extended Londonderry s no go troops and police Don t enter and where the writ of British Law docs not run by a Quarter mile. Que. Outside observer by Paul Jackson free press staff correspondent Montreal Quebec says an overseas businessman is finding itself. And that s something that the rest of Canada does t understand and probably does t try to says the businessman a top executive with a european company that is a household name in hundreds of cities in dozens of countries. The Man a close Friend of Fly Kidnap victim James Cross says he believes English speaking canadians react with too much emotion to the various disputes that tend to blast away the serenity of que Bec at almost regular inter Vals. As a person of great Charm culture and obviously an impeccable background it comes As something of a Surprise to hear him say that he can on occasion sympathize with the Aims of the common front in Quebec a group of unions that has wreaked havoc in the prov Ince during the past 10 Days or so. What s More he says Politi Cal aspects aside the swiftness with which Louis Laberge mar cel Pepin and Yvon Charbon Neau seized on their opportunities to focus All Canada s Atten Tion on the alleged plight of the Quebec Public service workers was a plan that must at least be recognized for its boldness. I think Many Quebec workers have a legitimate com plaint. Would you like to work for or a week in this Day and age one can t condone the violence which has erupted in Montreal in the past few Days but one should before condemning absolutely the common front wave of protests at least try to understand Why things like this happen in Quebec. For instance you won t find a harder worker than the French Canadian. True by nature he s a latin and so when please see que. Page 4 there will be no increases in Manitoba Hydro rates to con Sumers next year premiered Schreyer told the Manitoba legislature Friday. And said the Premier it is unlikely that there will be any rate increases in 1974 either. The Premier said Hydro has a Cash Reserve position of More than million in various funds and no immediate in creases Are necessary. Later the Premier said at a news conference that Winnipeg Hydro customers May still face some rate increase As a result of rate equalization Between them and Manitoba Hydro customers in the Winnipeg area. The Premier said negotiations on the subject of rate equalization Are under Way and should be completed by sept. 1. Equalization would also mean a rate decrease for Manitoba Hydro customers within the new City. War Centre blasted Washington a an explosion shattered a restroom in the Pentagon Early today minutes after an anti War organization claimed it had bombed the office of the air Force Secre tary. A defence department spokes Man said the blast could have been caused by a bomb. There were no injuries. The restroom and adjoining corridor were heavily damaged. The explosion came six hours before stringent Security provi Sions requiring inspection of All packages and briefcases brought into the Pentagon the world s largest office building housing the . Military head quarters were to have gone into effect because of planned Antiwar demonstrations in Washington. . Daniel James Dep Uty assistant defence Secretary for Public affairs said the explosion occurred at 1 . 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