Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 23, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 79 no. 202 Price 10 cents 15 cents tuesday May 23, 1972 Sunrise . Moonrise . Sunset . Moonset forecast mainly sunny 50 and 75 As Kremlin Bell tolls the hour Nixon confronts Brezhnev treaties set up on pollution disease from a Reuter. Moscow up the Moscow Summit produced its first modest results to Day with soviet and United states negotiators agree ing to sign blueprints for joint action against dread diseases and to counter environmental pollution. ceremony was to take place following an after noon session Between president Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev the communist party chief. Nixon and Brezhnev and full delegations from both countries please see Nixon Page 4 soviet communist party Secretary Leonid Brezhnev left greets president Nixon in Moscow monday. Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin is second from left. Hanoi blasts Summit talks Hong Kong a a North vietnamese broadcast at tacked president Nixon s trip to Moscow today As a dark and despicable political diplomatic attempt to undermine the Soli Darity of those who support the vietnamese in their struggle against . Imperialist Daggres despite the Nixon the broadcast said we remain confident of the support and the assistance of the socialist Broth Erly countries who love peace Freedom and Independence. Onsi a Reuter Saigon up the-. Command disclosed today that . Fighter bombers using laser guided smart destroyed six Bridges on North Vietnam s railway line to China and set off five Large secondary explosions in an attack on a Power station in the Hanoi area. In the ground War North vietnamese troops and tanks battled government troops for the third successive Day North of Hue the. Former Imperial capital South vietnamese forces re pulsed new attacks on the Northern defence line at the my Chanh River and on an Loc go Miles North of Saigon. But much guerrilla fighting was re ported in the Mekong Delta 45 North under stress Washington a the Nixon administration concerned about reports that the new . Bombing and mining in Vietnam has had Little effect on life in the North says splits Are starting to show in Hanoi s leadership. A White House official who would not be identified by name told a Small group of reporters monday that the stress in the regime is much More intensive than it was before pres ident Nixon ordered his new military policy two weeks ago. The six reporters were called to the White House in the Wake of a series of stories by new York times reporter Anthony Lewis describing life in Hanoi since the . Military Escala Tion. The times was not represented at the briefing but in to Day s editions identified the White House official As big. Gen. Alexander Hai of the National. Security Council staff. Lewis reported in today s times that the consensus of diplomats and other foreign observers in Hanoi is that Ameri c a n mining has effectively closed North vietnamese ports. He said direct evidence is difficult to obtain. Lewis last week quoted officials in Haiphong As saying . Mines were being cleared and ships were moving into and out of the Harbor. The White House official said reliable sources indicated the combined effect of Hanoi s in please see North Page 2 Miles Southeast of Saigon and Viet Cong forces there were re ported to have seized about 30 per cent of Dat do a District capital. The . Command said american bombers flew More than strikes against tar gets in North Vietnam during the last three Days. The Northwest rail line one of two Over which China sends supplies to Hanoi was reported please see Hanoi Page 4 my chief liberals Penticton . Up the British Columbia Liberal party sniffing political Power for the first time in two dec a d e s sunday took aboard David Anderson member of parliament for Esquimalt Stanich As the party s new provincial Leader. Or. Anderson a 34-year-old Bachelor who earned a reputation As an unpredictable Back Bench Maverick during four years in the commons succeeds or. Patrick Mcgeer a University of British Columbia brain researcher who has led Liberal forces in a losing cause since 1968. The Esquimalt Stanich my beat Back a Challenge from the party s right Wing defeating mayor William Vander Zalm of Surrey municipality 388 votes to 171 in the leadership balloting. I intend to be a full time Flat out i really think we can win this or. Anderson told reporters when asked to assess Liberal chances against Premier w. A. C. Bennett and his 20-year-old social credit government in a provincial election expected this year. I know that playing with Fig ures is a dangerous game for politicians and perhaps i please see my Page 2 today youth scene 3 around the world with Bryant 5 Over Garden Wall .14 Casper wields hockey pen. 47 classified 31 to 46, 55 comics 28, 29 deaths 6 finance .25 to 27 Jumble .31 movies 12 sports .30, 47 to 54, 58 television 11 women. 18 to 21 nearly everyone reads the free press City zone total 1ic women protest rhodesian pact turned Down Ira split wider Londonderry a the threat of a revolt by rom a n Catholic housewives enraged by the vigilante Justice of the Irish Republican army has sharpened the rivalry be tween the two factions of the Ira and endangered the guerrillas hold on Catholic districts of Londonderry. Two Hundred angry women marched on a Ira head quarters in the bog Side District of Londonderry monday pro testing the underground army s execution of a Young Irish sol Dier in the British army. The women threatened to open the barricaded areas of Northern Ireland s second largest City to British troops. The provisional Wing of the Ira known As the provos seized on the women s anger and demanded that the militant official Wing get out of free Derry As the Ira controlled bog Side and Creggan districts of Londonderry Are called. Some reports said fighting had broken out Between the two factions. But the usual information channels from inside the barricaded Catholic ghetto were not flowing normally and it was not possible to confirm the reports. T h e upheaval in London Derry s bog Side and Creggan please see split Page 4 by Harold Morrison London up rhodesian Blacks gave a big big no to Anglo rhodesian settlement terms that would have lifted sanctions and extended British diplomatic recognition to the Ian Smith regime. Unveiling the Long awaited p e a r c e commission report foreign Secretary sir Alec Douglas Home advised Parlia ment today that despite charges of intimidation it is overwhelmingly Clear that the vast major Ity of rhodesian Blacks reject the settlement proposals. Charged after Blaze a St. Norbert Man has been charged with three counts of at tempted murder in connection with a fire which destroyed his Home Early sunday morning. The Man Michael Turski 69, lot 71, St. Norbert appeared in provincial magistrate s court tuesday before magistrate Lawrie Mitchell and was remanded one week in custody for a psychiatric examination. Or. Turski s 55-year-old gift h i s .73-year-old Mother in Law and 16-year-old son escaped the fire with minor injuries. Firemen were called to the Home at . Sunday but were unable to save the House. The 71-year-old lord Pearce accompanied by three deputies and 20 special commissioners had sampled White and Black rhodesian opinion on the Settle ment proposal during a riot marked eight week rhodesian tour that began last january. Through Public meetings Pri vate talks letters and other submissions the commission soon Learned that the majority of the five million Black Afri cans outnumbering the Whites did not want to give up the Shadow of British Protection even though this Protection has had no material effect in Rhodesia for Many years. One of the Saddest declarations of rejection was that of the detained political Leader Joshua Nkomo. He said he realized that if he supported the settlement he might gain Politi Cal Freedom. To say no might mean another 10 years of detention. Yet he Felt he had no alternative. Pearce chairman of Britain s press Council sampled about 5.8 per cent of Rhodesia s adult population. They visited towns villages and outlying tribal re Gions. The terms reached last no vember would gradually extend the vote to More and More Black africans theoretically giving them the Chance one Day of ruling the country. But the terms had no ironclad guarantees and suspicion Lin gered that once he got official recognition prime minister Smith might change the rules of the game to suit his own Pur poses. He publicly declared there would be no Black african government in his lifetime nor would he predict when such a please see rhodesian Page 2 an angry Pope Paul left turns away after viewing disfigured Pieta in St. Peter s Bascilica Sun Day. Please see photo on Page 56. Damaged Vandal chips statue Vatican City a Vatican s Art experts said Mon Day they feared the vandalism which disfigured Michelangelo s Pieta might be contagious and endanger other masterpieces in St. Peter s Basilica. We can restore the said Bishop Giovanni Fallani president of the Vatican com Mission for sacred Art but who can Stop this wave of Vio despite the fears caused by sunday s vandalism Only the usual three Vatican guards patrolled the vast Interior of the biggest Basilica in Christendom on monday. A Hundred Vatican prelates walked in sorrowful procession please see Vandal Page 4 Holiday death toil 116 by the Canadian press sunny weather across most of the country sent canadians flock ing to cottages and re sort areas during the Victoria Day weekend and As a result the Acci dental death toll was the second highest in history for the holi Day. The 116 deaths including 80 traffic compare with the 129 in the 1966 Victoria Day weekend. The Canada safety Council had predicted 65 would die in traffic. A Survey by the Canadian press from 6 . Friday to Midnight monday night local times also showed 18 drown Ings seven killed in fires and 11 other deaths. The weekend traffic toll com pares with the 79 killed during the 1971 Victoria Day weekend. Ontario s 37 dead was the highest list in the country. It was made up of 25 traffic five drownings two in fires and five others. Quebec had 34 28 in Road mishaps three in drown ing one fire and two others. British Columbia s 21 dead was made up of 14 in traffic three drownings and four mis Cellaneous accidents. Seven died in Alberta. One was killed in traffic four drowned and two died in fires. Seven died in Saskatchewan six in traffic and me drowning. Manitoba had one traffic death. Please see death Page 9 firework devices blamed by the Canadian press fireworks killed three Chil Dren during the Victoria Day weekend. A 13-year old Toronto girl was killed when a rocket launched by firemen at a super Vised display exploded prematurely. A fire apparently caused by firecrackers tossed into a backyard tent killed two Chil Dren in Alberta. Lucy Innocente died when the rocket failed to go into the air and exploded on the ground at a Toronto Park. The death came on the first Victoria Day on which fire crackers have been banned in metropolitan Toronto. Fire works displays still Are allowed. The girl s father Gino in Nocente said he had allowed his daughter to go to the Dis play because it was supervised and she was going with neigh Bors who were adults. Another Toronto girl Susan Levasseur was taken to Hospi t a 1 for an emergency Eye operation after she was hit in the Eye with a piece of plastic from an exploding rocket at an other Public display. It was not known whether her sight would be affected. In St. Albert alta., Kim Berley Hammer 9, and Diane Rosenberg 10, died when a tent in which five children were sleeping caught fire. Bruce Hammer 5, and Karen Bergman 10, were in serious condition in an Edmonton Hospi Tal. Keir Hammer 3, also was in Hospital but in less serious condition. Police said they believe a firecracker May have caused the fire. Please see firework Page 4 heading Ley prisoners end rampage 18 inmates barricade Cellblock reason unknown superintendent by Ron Kustra free press staff writer heading Ley Man. Staff a five hour ram Page by 18 inmates at heading Ley jail ended about 8 . Monday when the prisoners agreed to leave their wet and Smoky Cellblock. Behind in of the jail smashed looking for a a Small bicycle this want and under miscellaneous articles for Sale 59 Spring horse and Small bicycle 338-89.12. Is among the hundreds of bargains in today s classified Section. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Cretu divided q Bebee labor split Quebec up a Long Sim me read Mering split within the conned sons Are not known he said. N n 4 n act 1 m of to _ 1 a basement area the inmates left toilets and sinks burned mattresses broken win Dows and an Inch of water Cov ering the floor. Health minister Rene Toupin said tuesday dam age amounted to about nobody was injured. Heading Ley jail superintendent Eric Cox said the incident apparently was precipitated by a fight Between two prisoners in the hous ing prisoners on remand those prisoners being held in custody while awaiting court appearances. Or. Cox promised a full in Quiry into the incident one which had come without warn ing and the first since the mid 1950s. While the fight May have been the catalyst the real Rea ration of National Trade v a v a Xiaoe no Miu Ajuis unions widened dramatically the inmates had any monday when a majority of More than dissident Cantu labor officials voted to break away from the group and form a new labor federation. At a closed door meeting supporters of the Cantu s vice president Paul Emile d a 1 p e treasurer Jacques Dion and ser vices director Amedee Daigle voted 758 in favor a new group 266 for revamping the Cantu with election of new leaders and 15 for maintaining the status quo. The officials came from about 270 unions and several of the 11 Union federations belonging to the Cantu. They represent More than members about a third of the Cantu s membership. Cantu economist Yvon Valcin said the majority of the Union executives at the meeting Al ready have Clear mandates from their members to act. Those who he said will be going Back to their locals and asking for ratification of their in a statement sunday from Orsainville prison where he is serving a one year term for contempt of court Cantu pres ident Marcel Pepin denounced the treachery within our ranks and called for counter measures against the three dissident leaders. Dissension within the Cantu stems from the recent trend to Ward Union concern with Politi Cal issues and Union strategy during labor disputes. Most of the dissidents were angered by publication of the please see Quebec Page 4 Bourassa adviser defects Montreal up Premier Robert Bourassa says he Hopes his former constitutional adviser will be just As objective in his new role As a member of the separatist parti quebecois As he was As a critic of federalism. The Premier had been asked to comment on an announce ment earlier sunday that Claude Morin has joined the pm or. Morin said As chief constitutional adviser to four que premiers Over the last 10 years he had hoped Quebec could find its place within con federation. But he had come to the conclusion that never in the political regime that we know at present will Quebec re i ally be Able to be or. Bourassa commented sunday. J i Hope or. Morin can be j equally precise in justifying separatism As he was in his Cri Tique of federalism. It s one thing to criticize federalism but it s another thing to show that separatism is Cox said he did not be major grievances but an at tempt will be made to determine if legitimate grievances do exist. The inquiry was to begin tuesday. No charges however will be Laid or. Cox said at a press see heading Ley Page 4 Ford fails tests Washington a Ford motor co s 1973 cars cannot be certified under current air pollution emission Laws but Congress can change the Laws to permit delivery before certification a Nixon administration official says. But in the event the Law is changed William d. Ruckel Shaus environmental Protection Agency head told Congress monday that Ford would be faced with a costly Large scale recall if the cars did not meet emission control standards. As things stand now Ruckel Shaus said Ford would be required to Start testing 1973 prototypes All Over again. He said new tests would take at least three months and will delay by that time the Normal july Start ing Date by which Ford is in full ;