Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 27, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Bulletin Washington a i. Patrick Gray 111, acting director of the Federal Bureau of investigation submitted Friday his resignation As head of the United slates chief Law enforcement Agency. Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 80 no. 177 Price 10 cents 15 cents Badii it Ima Sunrise . Sunset . Arkil Lyli Mono rest 1w . Moonset . Forecast mostly sunny 25 and 60 Greg Thayer 2, Ion of Chicago Black Hawks Trainer skip Thayer showed adaptability in Chicago when he came out on the ice after a Black Hawks workout. He tried his Luck at hitting the puck and fell Down so then he decided to see if the puck was Edi ble. That s developing a taste for the game for years to come. Unconditional Aid sought million Grant offer Winnipeg civic executive policy committee has in effect rejected a 52 million Grant from the provincial government that would mean a reduction of 1.8 Mills in i the City s tax rate. In a closed meeting thurs Day the committee voted unanimously to accept the Grant but Only if it were made unconditionally. The province has made it Clear that its applies Only if the City gives the senior government control of Assiniboine Park and administration of its health and welfare services. If the City were to accept the Grant it is estimated Many Winnipeg property tax Bills would decrease. Although the City s 1973 estimates show a s11.5 million spending hike from 1972, the education Levy is Down in All areas of the City and the province will refund a mini mum of to property owners for the school Levy mayor Steve Juba said thurs Day premiered Schreyer will again discuss the City s request with his Cabinet. Negotiations arc continuing Voith the province on the Mil lion and of a broader scale to arrive at a Long term fiscal agreement a formula presented by the City Calls for the province to turn Over five per cent of its Revenue from growth taxes this year graduating in five years. To 25 per cent finance committee chairman councillor Dick twinkling in dependent citizens election committee fort Garry presenting the estimates to the policy committee said they reflect the problems cities throughout North America Are continued lower City tax possible by Paul Pihi Chyn free press Urban reporter although the City of Winni Peg s 1973 operating estimates Are up million from last year Many property tax Bills in the City could drop this year especially if civic officials accept a million Grant offered by the provincial government. Two factors working in the taxpayers favor could go a Long Way towards reducing the total tax Bill this year or at least nearly maintaining last year s level. Education Mill Rales Are Down in each of the 12 school divisions local cd entirely or partially within Winnipeg. The emergency declared quake hits Hawaii from k eater a Honolulu up a state of emergency was in effect today on Hawaii largest Island in the hawaiian Chain after an earthquake that registered six on the open ended Richter scale left widespread damage throughout the Island. Eight persons were injured but there were no deaths. Island mayor Shunichi Kimura made the order and directed that parts of the City of Hilo largest City on the is land be scaled off until dam age can be assessed. The earthquake was Felt throughout the islands although no damage was reported except on Hawaii. Scientists at the hawaiian Volcano Observatory at first believed the quake was centred in the highly volcanic Interior of the Island. But later they said please Sec quake Page 4 non ran arcs front 0.2 Mills i 1 in the inner City to More than please Sec City Page 5 where do jets Start by Reyn Davis free press sports writer Houston the Only thing sure about the world hoc key association playoffs is that Winnipeg jets and new eng land whalers Are the finalists. The opening game site and times Are still questionable. The series for All the marbles will probably Start sunday in Boston. President Ben hat skin of the jets has circus problems for eight Days starting May 5 and he would dearly love to have the opening two games in win. In pc. But new England whalers also have circus problems in Boston Garden and they too want to play Host to the two opening games. Technically new England has earned the extra Home game in the championship series thanks to their higher local of Points during the Regul Lar season. J today it is expected there i will be a firm announcement on the series dates. Complicating matters is lbs television commitment sunday afternoon. It s unofficial hut the series should Start sunday in Boston. Nixon to tour floods St. Louis to. A Imu May Jiuu Majiu ii Unis 11 _ the City could come to agree p re s id ent Nixon makes an City 5.5 Mills in three suburban Divi j Sions. The of her Factor is the Mani Toba property tax credit plan j that will allow property owners a minimum rebate on this. Year s municipal taxes. I in addition there is a possibility that the municipal tax rate May drop about 1.8 Mills if ment with the province on a Aerial inspection today of flood. Million Grant offered by these areas in the Mississipp Nior government. Re Var "j000 persons have been left homeless assuming agreement is and Darla go estimates have climbed to More than Mil lion. Increase would be 5.58 Mills. The education Mill rate in the inner City has been set at 35.393 Mills with the 46.194 municipal Mill rate added the total rate would be 81.587 Mills resulting in a tax Bill of about on property assessed at last year the total Mill rate in the inner City was 75.09, which resulted in a tax Bill of about on a assess ment. However with last year s minimum tax credit offered by the province of the proper pm Cess see lower Page 5 medical fees Premier Hopes for my pact by year s end premiered Schreyer told the provincial Legi Slature thursday he is certain the confrontation Between the government and the Manitoba medical association threatened by the association in a press conference earlier in the Day can be avoided and a full settlement be reached before the end of the year. The Premier made the state ment during a reply to questions in. The legislature on the Progress of negotiations with the medical profession denying medical association charges that the government has steadfastly refused to bargain on higher pay for the medical men. It was unfortunate the pre Mier said that the medical As Quebec doctors protest Montreal up about psychiatric patients were left with Only emergency ser vices As the majority of general practitioners in psychiatric institutions across Quebec called in sick thursday to protest government salary offers. Four Large psychiatric Hospi tals. Nine addiction clinics and several smaller centres were affected. Four years of negotiations with the provincial department of social affairs have ended in a Blind Alley after the govern ment made its first so rods but insufficient offer Early this Mouth said or. George Boileau a spokesman for the federation of general practitioners of Quebec although the 80 general practitioners involved in the negotiations wanted salary parity please see Quebec Page 6 Socia Tion press conference with its threat of confrontation had taken place just hours before the association received a government letter which he Salt had been written wednesday. The letter the Premier said stated that an adjustment in fees could Likely be expected by the end of 1973. He said the Manitoba health services commission and the medical association have been negotiating for some time now adding that he had no reason to believe there was anything other than worthwhile discus Sion taking place. Some members of the medi Cal association have interpreted comments by All Canadian health ministers to mean tha there would be no fee increase for doctors the Premier said but there had been adjustment in British Columbia and alter to and Manitoba were still no Goti Aling. Meanwhile the medical ass elation said late thursday it is out of patience with the gov please see Hopes Page 5 police find Brink s charge Laid by Dan slov1tt Toronto up Katharine Craig 21, and Ernest William Barker 41, both from Saint John n.b., appeared in provincial court Here to Day charged with posses Sion of stolen Money in connection with the theft of More than from Brink s Canada both were remanded in Cus Ody until monday. They were picked up thurs Lay As a nationwide search for to other men allegedly in olved in the easter weekend robbery terminated Here. Leslie James Dominey 32, and Melvin Edward Downs 37, brinks employees in Saint Ohn surrendered to Melro poli an Toronto police Early thurs a morning. Police said they were expect d to be returned to Saint John to face charges f robbery Over the time their return was Uncertain. Dominey and Downs apparently gave themselves up Long with three heavy Brown u i t c a s e s containing some another was found brinks Page 5 documents reported destroyed top . Official announces unexpected resignation Washington a the sudden unexpected resignation of former Nixon Campaign Deputy Jeb Magruder from the . Commerce department adds a new dimension to the watergate scandal. Hanoi denies plan Paris a the North vietnamese embassy threw cold water today on United states Alk of a meeting Between Henry Kissinger and be due. Tho saying it knows nothing about such a meeting to discuss enforcement of the vietnamese ceasefire. The embassy issued a state ment saying news about such a meeting had been issued unilaterally by the United states. The North vietnamese state ment was issued As William Sullivan . Deputy assistant Secretary of state and Nguyen cd t h a c h Hanoi s Deputy foreign minister began talks on ways to carry out the ceasefire agreement signed in Paris free months ago today. Please see Hanoi Page 4 japanese get Holiday Tokyo a millions of japanese got a Holiday today thanks to a three Day transport strike kicking off the annual Spring labor offensive for . More than three million workers went on strike at Dawn for 72 hours. The walkout was cd. By employees of the govern ment and private railway com antics but they were joined by Arbor workers Telephone and Cle graph operators Post office employees Hospital staffs teachers and workers in government offices. Workers on the privately owned railways called of their walkout this afternoon after winning a monthly image increase. But the employees of the National railways stayed out As negotiations continued on their demands for an average increase of monthly the right to go on strike for them selves and All Oiler government employees and an admission from the government that Pas disciplinary action against them was too harsh. Please see japanese Page it was the first resignation of any High administration official involved in the widening wire a affair. In another development the Washington Post the new York times and new York daily news quote sources As saying that acting Fri director l. A Rick Gray destroyed documents belonging to convicted Yaler ate conspirator e. Howard runt or. After being told by presidential aides John Ehrlich Man and John Dean that the documents should never see he Light of Ehrlichman issued a state ment through the White House press office confirming that at a june 1972, meeting in his White House office Dean gave Gray a scaled envelope contain. Please see documents Page 5 fund now near More events planned ten persons have lost the ii lives in the flooding along the i Mississippi Missouri and Lulli by Ron Campbell free press staff writer sending children to do the Nois Rivers and their tributaries i Man size Job of raising Money to buy a Himalayan Snow Leop Ard for Assiniboine Park zoo is in seven states. In some areas the highest flood Levels in recorded history were expected to Worsen after new Rains last week fell tin top of earlier heavy Spring Down pours. The Mississippi River at St. Louis reached 42.16 feet overnight and was rising. The previous record of 42 feet was set in 1785. Pleas see Nixon Page 5 paying off. There arc quite a few fund raising ideas planned by the organizers and the children Are having fun implementing them. So far the school children s Snow Leopard fund stands at nearly they need to raise by May 15, the Day when their permit from the civic charities endorsement Bureau expires. Nine school divisions in Winnipeg Are involved in the Campaign but so far Only one Rural school Lynn Lake has sent in a contribution. All the Money will go to buy a female mate for Shadow As s i n i b o i n e zoo s lonely male Snow Leopard whose original Nat Suki died in late March. The likeliest source for a new please Sec fund Page 4 today women priests won t hippy 20 25 classified 33 to 48, 60 to 63 comics 30, 31 deaths. 7 finance 25 to 29 Jumble 36 movies 22, 23 sports 48 to 59 television 21 women 20 nearly everyone reads the free press City slide kills 25 Quito Ecuador renter an Avalanche of mud swept Down a Mountainside in South Western Quito thursday Leav ing at least 25 dead and forcing people to leave their Homes. The mud loosened by Torren tial rain crushed seven houses and damaged Many others in the poor District at the foot of mount Pic Hincha. In neighbouring Peru officials reported that 15 people were killed when a landslide swept through several houses in the Village of Chiulla 420 Miles North of Lima. ,000 pledged for Home the Manitoba government has approved at Grant for the Manitoba historical society to help it restore the sir Hugh John Macdonald House at 01 Carlton Street. The society said earlier this week it is in financial difficulty with the project and May have to sell the House if it does t get some funds. W. Steward Martin chairman of the restoration committee said the society is in debt and sees no Way of raising the Money. Recreation minister Larry Desjardins said however that the provincial Grant approved by an order in Council passed at wednesday s Cabinet meeting will not be paid unless the society commits itself to not Selling the House. In order to qualify for Hie provincial grand he said the society must prove to the gov e r n m e n t that it is solvent enough to Complete the project. We re not giving them the Money to bail them or. Desjardins said. They re doing please see Page 4 Canada pension plan changes ready in fall Liv Dave Blaikie Ottawa up welfare minister Marc Lalonde won Swift approval from his Provin Cial counterparts thursday for changes in the Canada pension plan cup and said later legislation May be introduced in parliament this fall. The changes proposed in the Federal working paper on social Security released last week would eliminate the two percent ceiling on annual Cost of living increases in pension benefits and raise the maximum pen is o n a b i e earnings level on which benefits Are calculated. Precise details will be worked out by a committee of Deputy ministers which the conference agreed should hold its first meeting next month. One of the questions it will have to decide is How High the earnings level should be raised above the current Cut off Point of or. Lalonde has suggested but Ontario would like it pegged at both please see Canada Page 4 legislature highlights Schreyer hopeful on settlement with doctors la Wauls no More bad language in House no alternative seen to diversion project Schreyer promises mayoralty Hill returning officers for 38 constituencies named Enns Sparks civil service debate Mcc Llor says annual aut Opac report misleading govt. Still formulating Day Ore policy charges govt. Undermines civil service Gonick says new labor act has shortcomings Cape Malnam named wildlife management area Page i Page 2 Page 2 Page 2 Page 2 Page 7 Page 7 Page 1 1 Page 11 Page ii Page ii pre flight customs halted by Victor Mackie free press staff correspondent Ottawa the Canadian government has notified the United states government that effective sunday april 29 this country will terminate the pc clearance through customs of air passengers flying from Ca Nadian terminals into the . Affecting about Passen Gers a year. Passengers flying to the . Via Canadian airlines starting sunday must have their bag Gage Post cleared through Cus Toms at their first . Stop. If they Are travelling from Canada aboard a United Stales airline however they will be Able to get their baggage pc cleared through customs at Winnipeg Vancouver Montreal and Toronto for up to about 90 Days after the end of the month transport minister Jean Marchand said at a press con Ference thursday. He announced that air Canada the government owned air line has terminated its arrange ments for pre clearance effective april 29. Up air the privately owned Canadian line ceased utilizing pre clearance facilities in 1971. Or. Marchand however left the door open for new negotiations with the . Author tics. Me said Canada has advised Washington that the question can be discussed within the context of inc re Nego Viallon of the existing bilateral air agreement which has been under discussion Between the two countries for More than three years. At present there Are pre clearance facilities for Passyn g c r s getting their baggage passed through . Customs at Winnipeg Vancouver Toronto and Montreal. Those facilities will be closed up 90 Days after april. 29 unless a new agree ment is reached with washing ton. Please see pre fight Page 4 ;