Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 27, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday april 27, 197s a division of the f. Woolworth co. Limited Frim to fittin tit cd sing slur def april ilk it Merit tin Riffil it limit red Grille feature Steak of a Bui rut eve Long criwpkm1t Yard 10" portable t v 94.88 boys club style jackets Golf hmm Baus tourist tent Woods 46.77. Peat Moss your Llort thai Spring. I cd. Ii. Big. Each 4.67 n Lawnmower 54.88 25% is of fiesta paint or is num. Van _ up Wool Price 8.99 Gal. Go briquettes charcoal briquettes. Quick Startina easy burning Lor Iron by. Frn backyard Bir Buquing. 20 b. Bag Ich 1.66 elephant Hie. Do 50 in. Big. You la charge it 1080 Grant Avenue Grant Park Plaza. 1580 Regent ave. W., Crossroads shopping Centre. Pre flight customs continued also involved is the continuing Battle Between Ola a am Washington for new route being assigned to Canadian car Ricks allowing hem to Fly inti the by cancelling the pro clearance facilities the Canad an government Hopes to Cher some muscle Power in the negotiations according to the minister. Canada has indicated a desire to establish a service Between Winnipeg and Chicago and be tween Vancouver and los an Geles. Similarly the . Has expressed interest in direct Access to Montreal from Chicago. We have been in negotiation with the . Government for nearly four years. We have failed to reach agreement to Date not Only on the outstanding route requests but also on i variety of new routes Many o them affecting important growth centres in Western can said or. Marchand. This situation must be 1m. Proved we Are to maintain an adequate route pattern which will permit the increased flow of goods and passengers be tween the two countries which is so vital to our on going relationships and affect the Travell ing pattern of so Many canadians for business recreation or a variety of other he added. The Issue of pre clearance had of be examined against the background of the negotiations hat have been bogged Down for Carly four years officials said. The Canadian government an Loyed at the discrimination the . Handling of the pre clearance question was causing against air Canada has re. Quested the . Government to withdraw the present unsafe factory Myslem for pre clearance which its airlines enjoy in Canada it has asked that pos clearance be established in the . Within 90 Days. Air Canada meantime is Raak i n g arrangements for Post clearance in the . This will be effective out of Canadian Points commencing april 29 the Date on which air Canada s new separate terminal is opened at Toronto s International Airport. Or. Marchand stressed that the Canadian government is very interested in a re Neotia lion of the existing bilateral agreement which will provide the greatest possible convenience for the travelling canadians. This can be achieved by improving direct Access to a number of major . Centres from existing As Well As new Points in said the minister. He said the government was particularly interested in get Ting new routes into the . From we Stern Canadian can arcs such As Calgary. Within the context of the discussions on the bilateral agreement we Are prepared to discuss arrangements for pre clearance if they can be established in a practical and equitable Means and on a basis that does not discriminate so markedly against Canadian air lines competing against . He said. Such an agreement could in clude provision for Canada to provide pre clearance services at . Airports for air Passen Gers destined to Canada should Canada wish to do so he added. The present agreement was signed in 19g6. He said it declared the route patters to be operated should be established on the basis of actual and potential traffic below can the two countries free from discriminatory it also said they should be based on an equitable Exchange of economic benefits to the two coun tries. The . Actions on pre clearance had constituted discriminatory practice against air Canada he charged. It was originally established with a View to. Facilitating the flow of traffic Between the two countries. In practice it had benefited passengers who Origi Nate their trip at some Canad an gateways to the . But it was inconvenient to other canadians originating their trips elsewhere in Canada who had to disembark and unload their Luggage at these gateways to be examined by . Customs be fore proceeding on to their destination Point in the United states. Further problems arose last year when the . Customs re fused to pc Clear air Canada s 747 flights Between Montreal and Miami. In addition when the special air Canada terminal at Toronto was being planned in 1969 the . Authorities announced they would not provide pc clearance facilities in that special Termi Nal. Accordingly the terminal design was revamped to exclude facilities for pre clearance by . Customs. But late in March when air Canada indicated it would Dis continue All pre clearance in Canada if there was not to be or clearance facilities at Toron to at ils new terminal the . Government altered its position. The . Offered an arrange m e n t that ruled out pre clearance on All the Long haul flights out of Toronto. The . Did agree to provide pc clearance of customs for Shorter routes served principally by dc-9 halted at that Point the negotiations broke Down and now the Cana Dian government has announce its firm stand. Quake hits Hawaii continued they thought the Centre was in the Ocean East of the Island i the past major quakes have often preceded volcanic eruptions on the Island. The Road into Hilo was Cut by three landslides Maroo Ning about 25 persons in their cars on the Highway. Hawaii Island police said the people were being evacuated by helicopters. The most serious injury re ported to police was a broken leg. That injury occurred when the roof of a Frame building col lapsed pinning a Man beneath the debris for a time. Structural damage caused by the quake was confined to the Hilo area. Many stores in the downtown area suffered broken display windows. Schools were evacuated Pend ing damage assessments. Hilo a City of popular lion is the county scat. It has Only a few tall buildings. It was the third quake to shake the Hilo area during the ast five Days. No damage or injuries were reported after earthquakes sunday and tues Day. Trudeau away from earthquake Vancouver up prime minister Trudeau his wife mar Faret and son Justin were unaffected by a Large earthquake hat hit the hawaiian islands thursday. The prime minister and his Amily have been vacationing or the past several Days on the stand of Maui at a hotel owned by Canadian millionaire Gordon Ibson. Mrs. Gibson said in a Telephone interview from Kihei Maui that the earthquake was lately Felt there. There Are no problems Here at All not even a picture off the she said. The earthquake which Regis ered six Points on the opened de Richler scale was centred n the Pacific about 12 Miles Northeast of Hilo. It was earlier reported to have centred in i area Volcano. Mrs. Gibson said the Earth quake struck Maui just after unch. The Trudeau she said lad been swimming just before lunch and they re relaxing the prime minister was to re turn Here late today for visits o Kamloops and Vancouver. Table Tennis for 79 hours Canberra Reuter an australian has claimed a world endurance record for playing 79 hours of continuous table ten Nis. Alan Nock a Rugby player rom Queanbeyan near Here played non Stop apart from ivc minute rest Breaks every Lour and claimed to have Bro in the previous world record y two hours. Nock who raised for Charity and Defeated most of Lis opponents was prevented rom continuing further by a damaged shoulder muscle. Japanese get Holiday continued More than 24 million persons were unable to get to work. The private rail workers agreed to Settle Early in the afternoon but by then nearly trains iad been immobilized. About 380 helmeted Radical students demonstrating in sup port of the strikers were arrested outside a Tokyo station and charged with obstructing police. The big department stores and Many other businesses die not open. Some companies got their employees to work by car or special buses while others Laid out mattresses on the pre Mises Lor those who refused to go Home thursday night. Auto traffic was unusually heavy but moved relatively briskly. One of the two major domes tic airlines was hit by a strike. The High Speed trains of the to Kyo Osaka Okayama line thinned out to one every two hours normally they leave Tokyo and Osaka every 15 min utes. In contrast to tuesday and wednesday when enraged com Muters went berserk because of a workers slowdown on the National railways no serious Vio ence was reported. Pledged for House continued a Good Job it seems to me we should do something for them. We believe it s Worth or. Desjardins said the state ment by or. Martin that the society is in debt is pro ably the worst possible Pic lure and that the statement was Likely made in order to encourage Public support. Part of the problem with the project is that the society has been insisting on restoring the Louse exactly the Way it was when sir Hugh lived in it while he project would probably Cost considerably less if the society did t insist on having every thing the same. The society bought the House n 1971 for saving it rom demolition by a Developer and is committed to spending an additional to restore t. Or. Desjardins said the society received at govern ment Grant last year for Gener Al purposes but the Grant is being raised to this year and is earmarked for the Resto ration project. Norwegian Trot Champ Trieste Italy Reuler Elf Thorensen of Norway won the world trotting Drivers championship monday after scoring 52 Points during the races Here the last in the four championship series. Thorensen who won two of monday s heats scored 149 Points Well ahead of his nearest rival John Smolensk of new zealand who placed Sec Ond with 124 Points. Herve Filion of angers quo., came third with 320 Points while Giuseppe Guzzi Nati of Italy who won the championship last year was fourth Vilh 97 Points. The runners and jockeys were matched by lot for each heat. Fund inches near mate for Shadow is China to give you sonic idea of the difficulty of the whole project. But the school children Are forging ahead raising Money despite the possible hurdles to buying a new Snow Leopard. At Ness Junior High school 330 Ness Avenue St. James Assiniboia the school s bed Cross group is Selling food at the school s production of the play Oliver which has been running wednesday and thursday night and finishes Friday night. Also Friday night a student dance at Cecil Rhodes Junior High school is expected to raise about said Grade 9 Mathe Matics teacher Maurice Lakusta one the energetic teacher organizers behind the Leopard Campaign. It s a Small gym one of the smallest in the City but we can pack anywhere from 200 to 250 kids in he said optimistically. The dance starts at 8 ., with the students parents As Volunteer chaperones. Cecil Rhodes is one of the very rare species of non com Mission ire at dances or. Lakusta said adding that the school is proud of Parent involvement in this re Gard. At noon Friday fund organizers were to meet with credit Union officials at the Crosstown credit Union 171 Donald Street to try to Orga Nize a Leopard drawing contest among participating students. The credit Union building was a hive of activity thursday morning As students under or. Lakusta s supervision packed Leopard fund kits donated by lie co operative credit Union society of Manitoba to Send to every school in Winnipeg. Each kit contains a letter inviting participation in the Leop Ard fund instructions on How to contribute Money posters and example of a press release. High schools in the City we notified that the singing duo of Maclean Maclean Are Avail Able to do Leopard fund Benefit concerts for free and How to get Lold of them. Maclean Maclean Brothers Gary and Goose and Gomez Gerry Gacek and Guy managed by Brad a Irick and the family band Courtesy of cup agencies have agreed to do free concerts at City High schools on behalf of he Snow Leopard fund. Maclean Maclean and Goose and Gomez performed wednes Day at red River Community College and helped raise some of it coming from the family band who have been organizing ukrainian wedding presentations on behalf of the und. Cwt Channel 6, Winnipeg s television outlet joined the Snow Leopard drive thursday airing free film clips on behalf if the fund. Karen Horner a teacher librarian for kindergarten to Grade 6 students at Victoria Al Bert and Queenston schools and teacher organizer with the fund said the students were thrilled with the s Snow Leopard commercial. It s on Channel g at a.m., And Friday and again at Saturday. Time slots after that Lave yet to be scheduled mrs. Horner said. Que Conston s school s 385 Rade 1 to g slide nos All turned out to watch the commercial on he school s three television sets thursday. Each floor has its own to so they just piled into the Halls o mrs. Horner said. The kids were just spell Wund. We had the whole of Queenston school in front of free tvs today. You could have heard a pin drop. We were afraid a plane would go Over and spoil our Pic ure. They were so the thrill was especially acute for nine year old Debbie Kagen a Grade 5 student at Snow Leopard continued fund poster is featured in the commercial along with three posters by students from Vic Toria Albert school. Film footage in another part of the commercial shows Shadow and Suki together in Hap pier Days when Suki was still alive. All Day monday Hester Peters Grade 2 class is holding a carnival on behalf of the Snow Leopard fund. There will be Booths Selling fudge drinks comic books and Popcorn and a couple of game Booths. Every thing will Cost a Nickel. Snow Leopard fans will also be interested to know that Snow Leopard concerts will be held tuesday at Victoria Albert school and wednesday at Queenston school. Donations to the Snow Leopard fund May be deposited it any Winnipeg Branch of the Toron to d o m i n i o n Bank or any Branch of the City s credit unions. Letters with contributions May be mailed to the Manitoba teachers credit Union postal Box 97, Winnipeg. Canada pension changing continued want the increase made by 1975. Or. Lalonde fold reporters outside the closed conference he is prepared to consider a figure above if there is a con census favouring it. Cup changes require consent from at least seven provinces and they must represent at least two thirds of the Popula Tion. Or. Lalonde said the changes could come As Early As this fall but he could t imagine making them any faster than that. He said other details on cup alterations including the final decision on timing and the effect of the Cost of living changes on related private pen Sion plans will also be decided by the committee. A deadline for the group s first report Mil be set before the conference ends today. The provinces agreed with a Manitoba suggestion that cup Benefit be made available to persons at age 60. Federal hesitation however prompted a recommendation that the proposal to referred to the committee. Or. Lalonde said if persons did decide to opt for the pen Sion at age 60, there could be no turning Back later. They could not try later for the higher pension available after age 65. Manitoba welfare minister Rene Toupin said if the Federal government really believed in the need to make cup Bene fits optional at age 60, it would simply implement the change. No provinces object to the committee will also work out remaining details on the Federal proposal to boost average family allowances universally to but make them from he current average level of a child. There was unanimous agree ment to move ahead with the Federal proposal to bring the new Rales into effect Jan. 1. Or. Lalonde was also urged during the Day to tie family allowances to the consumer Price Index by adding an escalator clause. His working paper recommended a periodic review to offset the effect of inflation but he told reporters thursday any decision to move ahead in this area must be approved by Cabi net. Among other topics the con Ference discussed unemployment insurance social services and a still unspecified Federal proposal to pay a guaranteed income to All Pioso unable to work and supplement the in comes of the so called working poor. Or. Lalonde said the Confer ence seemed generally in favor of the principle behind his in come proposals but there could be snags when the time comes to consider them in specific terms. On unemployment two prov inces in Saskatchewan and new Brunswick complained about delays in get Ting unemployment insurance cheques out promptly. Both Brenda Robertson of new Brunswick and Alex Tay Lor of Saskatchewan said delays in mailing the initial cheques to recipients have forced Many to seek welfare urns boosting provincial expenditures. Mark Macguigan parliamentary Secretary to manpower minister Robert Andras told the conference efforts Are being made to tighten procedures and shorten delays. Although the idea was questioned by some or. Lalonde said he plans to go ahead quickly with plans to exempt special groups from Canada pension plan Bly those of the Hutt Erite and mennonite religious sects. Or. Toupin said he does not oppose the plan but questioned whether it might not set awkward precedent. Norman Levi of British co Lumbia said the decision while not an Issue in Bis province could affect such sects the Dou Kobors in . Most ministers seemed Gener ally satisfied with the Progress rate at the conference. A. J. M u r p h y of _ Newfoundland said lie is optimistic that the entire social Security system can be overhauled and changes made ahead of the three to five year timetable Sug tested by or. Lalonde.1 that is the Way this Confer ence is going. Everybody seems to be on the same wave Hanoi denies plan continued those negotiations were announced simultaneously wednesday by the United states and North Vietnam. The announcements said nothing about meeting Between president Nix on s National Security adviser and the North vietnamese Polit Huro member with whom he negotiated the ceasefire agree ment but sources at the White House then said the talks be tween Sullivan and Thach would be a preliminary to a Kissinger Tho meeting in mid May. The North vietnamese com Munique today said Accord ing to Western news Agency dispatches the White House has announced that there would be a meeting Between special counsellor be due Tho and or. Kissinger around mid May 1973. This is a report made uni laterally by the United states. Tho embassy of the democratic Republic of Vietnam does not yet have any information on the subject of this in Spain they say . It s Andalusia for the truest flamenco and san Sebastian or the most skillful Pelota but for the finest whisky you find it just about everywhere in Spain Canadian club. It s Nice to know the world can get together about something. Around the world when people think of the finest lightest smoothest whisky they think of Canadian club. 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