Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 30, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weekend sports Roundup Winnipeg free press final edition vol. So no. 179 Price 10 cents with comics 15 cents milk Triay add ii an 1q13 Sunrise . Sunset ims . Manuat april 30, 1973 Moon rest . Moon at . Forecast sunny 25 and 55 Kleindienst quits floodwaters in the naj Waak Valley forced Many to evacuate their Homes. Devastating floods hundreds homeless in . By John Soosaar Fredericton up the swelling St. John River was expected to Crest today and then begin a slow Retreat leaving hundreds homeless and a Trail of devastation running along the normally picturesque River Valley. The flooding contributed to at least one death. A 22-year-old woman was killed near grand Falls when the car she was in struck an obstacle on a water covered Highway. Jeanne d arc Gagnon was thrown from the car and killed when it rolled Over on her. The rampaging floodwaters touched off by torrential week end Rains reached unprecedented Levels late sunday. This capital City was virtually isolated and communities were inundated along a 100-mile stretch of the River starting in the heart of the potato Belt at Hart land 75 Miles North of Here. The River was More than 22 feet above its Normal level of five or six feet above sea level and still rising. Estimates of damage ranged to the tens of millions of dollars and Premier Richard Hatfield and his Cabinet were to consult Federal officials today to deter mine assistance for the Home less brought Here in a Rescue operation that began Early Sun Day. About 700 volunteers armed costs hard to count by Mark Pedersen Fredericton up sit Ting quietly with his family in the Middle of a noisy bustling emergency dining room Here sunday Clyde Osborne tried to calculate the damage flood Waters had left on his 140-acre farm at Augerville about 20 Miles South of Here. "1 could t really say How much it s going to he said. But i can Tell you one thing it s going to be a big the seven members of the o s b o r u e family Are among about 500 people evacuated from their Homes sunday As the St. John and Nashwauk Rivers overflowed their Banks in the worst flooding to hit Central new Brunswick in the past 50 years. The evacuation was orderly and there were no reports of deaths or injuries As the floods spilled across the Flat marshy farmlands particularly in the Fredericton area. A spokesman for the Emer gency measures organization Eho Here said at least 500 More people might be moved to safer ground today if the Waters continue to Rise Over night. Five feet of water covered the Osborne farm Early sunday and the family was forced to flee the area to Fredericton where they were provided with emergency accor notations a t the University of new Bruns Wick. "1 had a pump in the base ment that did real Well in keep ing the water Down until about 2 o clock this morning Sun or. Osborne said. But then All of a sudden the water came up real fast and the in sandbagging halts along Mississippi St. Louis a major Crest at most Points in the sandbagging efforts on levees i Southern part of Missouri by tire basement filled to the lop grabbing clothes they would need until they can return to their Home the family fled North along the trans Canada Highway As the St. John River continued to spill Over its Banks and swept across the Roadway. Most of the family furnishings had been moved to the second floor of the Home saturday As heavy Rains added to the Spring Runoff along the is. John. Bui a new Furnace and water Heater disappeared beneath the Muddy water flowing into the basement and a farm tractor Worth nearly was abandoned in a Field near the Bouse. The last moving Walers also swept away a Chicken Coop on the Osborne farm but most of the chickens had been moved to the loft of the barn late Satur Day. With even less warning the water spilled rapidly into an is unit trailer Park at just South of the Fredericton City Boundary. By 3 . Sunday the water was up to two feet deep in Many trailers. Please see costs Page 4 forces personnel and police combed the River Valley in motorboats and rafts and carried off the Rescue without injury or loss of life. The Rescue Effort continued today but officials began to turn their attention to other serious flooding Here and in Hartland where the water sup ply was Cut off when the River Rose above the Lown s pumping station. In downtown Fredericton the City s largest hotel was closed after 50 guests were evacuated when the water reached the ground floor. An Art gallery on the Riverbank containing scores of valuable artworks was sur rounded by water and base ments in several Large build Ings including the legislature and the four Storey government office were flooded. The office building on Down town King Street lost Power heat and Telephone service and was not expected to reopen until Lale in the week. Business suffered losses in Stock. The City itself was virtually Cut off from commercial transportation. All main roads were closed commercial flights were discontinued and rail traffic was Cut because of washed out sections of Road to the Only railway Sta Tion at Fredericton Junction 30 Miles away. Bridges in the area of the City were closed to All but emergency traffic. At m a c t a q u a c 14 Miles upriver the massive Malta Quac Power dam was spewing Waler in great torrents through Slu Eways and a sandbagging operation saved the Power House. Below the dam however a Federal fisheries department hatchery was destroyed. Most seriously affected among the Small Riverbank please see hundreds Page 7 explosions wreck munitions train Sacramento Calif. A i was in the service but this is the closest i Ever got to said brakeman Allen wet Ter of the explosion of Navy bombs loaded on railway cars in a switching Yard near Here. Wetter was aboard a train in the sprawling Roseville Yard about 15 Miles Northeast of Sacramento at the time of the first explosion saturday morn ing. Fire still burned today Ham Pering efforts to Clear the area of unexploded bombs and to de t e r m i n e Why the munitions train erupted in flame smoke and shrapnel. More than bombs were on the 21 defence department cars when a fire in one car touched off a series of explosions that were heard 40 Miles away. Eighteen carloads of the 250 Pound bombs erupted. It was estimated that about half the bombs aboard those 18 cars exploded. The rest were scattered throughout the area. Three cars on a separate siding were not affected. Fifty two persons were injured none seriously. About 400 Homes were damaged and 10 please see explosion Page 4 along the Mississippi River North of the St. Louis area have halted for the first time in Days the North. Today while continuing to fall slowly at St. Louis and Points to As the mighty River began flattening out along Soulhas Tern Missouri southward. And cresting the River stood at 43 feel late sunday at St. Louis after hit Ting a record Crest of 43.3 feet late saturday 13.3 feet above flood stage and breaking the previous record of 42 feet set in More than 10 million acres of land much of it prime farm land remained under water along the Mississippi s mile route and thousands appreciable rainfall 1785. The weather service said families were left homeless. The . Army corps of in the River will drop below flood Levels at Hannibal May 9 and i infers said persons have jul. Louis May 14. Been evacuated along the mis-1 the Missouri River was re Sis Sippi from the area Between i ported falling rapidly in the Hannibal mo., to the Gulf of j Central part of the state drop Mexico. Some were being placed in Federal and state housing projects. The National weather service said the Mississippi River will Ping below the 23-foot flood stage at Jefferson City with a Reading of 22.9 feet sunday. Please see sandbags Page 7 trading Post Burns at wounded knee today school bowl cart african Power 40 11 classified 41 to 54, 58, 59 comics is 19 deaths i finance 55 to 57 Jumble 43 movies 17 sports 34 to 40 television 14 women. 12 nearly everyone reads the free press City Zont Toul teachers donate to Snow Leopard fund the school children s Snow Leopard fund received one of its biggest single boosts yet Dur ing the weekend with a con Iri Bulion of from Manitoba school teachers. The donation which Pul the local raised in the four week Campaign Al Aboul was made on behalf of the teachers b y the Manitoba teachers credit Union. With the latest donation the fund Campaign to buy a female Himalayan Snow Leopard for the Assiniboine Park zoo is quickly approaching the half Way Point. The school children Are trying to raise to buy a female mate for Shadow Assiniboine Park zoo s male Snow Leopard whose original male Suki died in Lale March. The teachers credit Union is also sponsoring an Art contest open to All Winnipeg school children who want to draw a picture of a female Snow Leop Ard. The contest runs until May 10, and letters outlining the con test will go out to All schools this week. Other activities planned for this week Are please see teachers Fagi 7 copter viewed Viet Cong backed by Kevin Doyle Saigon spokes men for Canada s delegation to the Vietnam peace observer Force said today they believe an observer helicopter was off course when it went Down april 7 and that the wreckage was not moved. The comment was made by Gen. Duncan Mcalpine senior Canadian military Delegate to the International commission of control and supervision after a 12-Man delegation visited the site where the Heli Copler went Down. The helicopter inspected by the delegation was one which carried 11 persons and landed without serious damage. An other helicopter involved in the same incident Wai hit by t mis s i 1 e and All nine persons aboard including capt. Charles Laviolette of Quebec City were killed. The helicopter went Down in Viet Cong controlled territory i the Northwest Corner of South Vietnam. The Viet Cong has de Nied it shot Down the aircraft. After the incident . Sources were quoted As saying the Viet Cong might have moved the helicopter wreckage to Back up their slate mint that it was off course when it went Down. The inspection team included s u r v i v o r s of the helicopter which was downed by gunfire including capt. Ray Parsons of red Deer Alia. The site of the crashed helicopter in which All nine occupants were killed was riot inspected. Surely this was no excuse for an attack on a helicopter bearing personnel whose mis Sion is to assist both parties South Vietnam and the Viet Cong in the problems they Laid Gen. Mcalpine in referring to his belief the Heli copter was off course. There can be no ultimate Guarani be that this won t Hap p e n Gen. Mcalpine said. We Are doing everything humanly possible to guarantee safety. But if people do not have control of their forces it could happen a Canadian member of the investigating team acknowledged to the Viet Cong that the helicopter the team examined see canadians Page 4 Haldeman Ehrl Climan Dean leave White House staff Washington a president Nixon announced today the resignations of Richard g. Kleindienst As attorney general and three key White House aides. He named defence Secretary Elliott Richardson to be act ing attorney general and top coordinator of All Federal investigations of the watergate bugging conspiracy. Resigning from the while House staff were h. R. Hal deman As chief of staff John d. Ehrlichman As Domestic pol icy assistant and John Dean As presidential counsel. After making these announce ments press Secretary Ronald l. Ziegler said Nixon has asked for 8 . Cd radio and Tele vision time to talk on the watergate Case which involves the bugging of the democratic party s Headquarters at the watergate building Here during last year s presidential election. Nixon in a statement said Kleindienst asked to be relieved As attorney general be cause he Felt that he could not appropriately continue As head of the Justice department now that it appears its investigation of the watergate and related cases May implicate individuals with whom he has had a close personal and professional Asso saying he would nominate i Kissinger to Moscow soviet visit set Chardson As attorney general Nixon said that pending Senate action to confirm his Choice i have asked him to involve him self immediately in the investigative process surrounding the watergate he went on As attorney general or. I Chardson will assume full responsibility and authority for coordinating All Federal Agen cies in uncovering the whole truth about this matter and re commending appropriate changes in the Law to prevent future Campaign abuses of the sort recently uncovered. He will please see Nixon Page 4 Washington a presidential adviser Henry a. Kissinger will go to cow May 4 for discussions with soviet leaders on a variety of matters including the scheduled United states visit of communist party Leader Leonid Brezhnev it was Learned today. There Wen no immediate de tails of the Kissinger trip but it was expected will involved in for Thi Summit meeting of Frei Dent Nixon and Brezhnev. Datt of the soviet Leader i visit Hai not please see Kissinger Page 7 Fri makes error couple terrorized Collinsville Iii. A a Man and his wife terrorized i their bedroom by Federal agents say they will decide today whether to file criminal charges against members of a narcotics squad who have admitted they raided the wrong address. Imagine How horrible it was to have my wife having to watch me beg for my said Herbert Giglotto a 29 year old Collins Vule boiler maker of the raid last monday night. He and his 28-year-old wife Louise said sunday they would meet with their lawyer today in St. Louis. Another couple victimized by a similar raid the same night at their Home a few Miles North of the Giglotto s apartment filed a damage suit wednes Day in . District court in Springfield. Donald Askew 40, and his wife Virginia 37, said that As in the raid on the Giglotto apartment agents did not show search warrants but simply smashed through doors. St. Louis officials of the cd please see Fri Page 7 Federal agent grading seized Manitoba eggs looking for a motorcycle this want and under motor cycles 87 71 Honda 175 . Good condition. 8374791. Is among the hundreds of bargains in today s classified Section. No Mailer what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Abbotsford . Up a Federal department of Agri culture inspector came Here Friday to Grade dozen Manitoba eggs seized april 16 from West Kootenay super markets by the British Colum Bia egg marketing Board. De Morgan executive Secre Lary of the egg Board said first results indicate that Only a few of the eggs Cost imaged to be More than two weeks old would qualify As Grade a. The egg Board has said seized the eggs from f and w wholesale lid. In Trail Boss land Castlegar Nelson and grand Forks under Board regulations eggs cannot be brought in from other prov inces for Sale in . Sam Yuskiw minister of Agri culture in Manitoba said thursday no complaint could be registered if the importation of Manitoba eggs violated . Law unless these Laws were in conflict with the Federal constr it tuition. Wounded knee . A the trading Post Centre of this Indian occupied Village burned to the ground late sunday night an Interior department spokesman snid. Thomas oxen line director of communications for the Bureau of Indian affairs said some unidentified smaller buildings also were burned. Federal officers maintaining a perimeter about Yards outside the Village said they do not know the cause of the fire which they observed through binoculars. They did not think anyone was injured Oxndine. Said. Members of the american in Dian movement who took Over the Village feb. 2t, i had Hen using the trading Post is a sleeping quarters and gathering place. All of a.. Food had been stockpiled in one room of the building. Oxndine said it was not known whether the food was destroyed. The trading Post was owned by or. And mrs. Clive Gil see trading Page 7 co 11 if ident after 25 by Marcus cities in and joining the million Parade Kirschon of new of ils Arab of the self Confidence that a 35-year-old Arlisle Jerusalem a p Pale and emaciated fled. Elderly jews Sun themselves in the cafes Amir has few worries about Isreal s Borders on Drew cartoons for Playboy and now writes years in Carmel sipping Amir is a Sabra i i i f v Only comic strip Camps her family watching the name for a w Lanks Anu guns Bones. The strip at out by nazi bestiality Donia Roschli stared which handles More than five million tons Laken from the country s prickly but Jerusalem past the walled Arab City thai contains the jewish the bureaucracy the inefficiency and the Zirri the rail of a Rusty a captured in the of life in Israel Al ship at the port of today Donia was born in the War Kirschon insists life it was 1948, Donia was attractive blonde of 42 As Israel 1948, a n the newer Pluti Sanlor and More Nat and the streets were of a government up in War stunningly than in new York. Trolled by British tracing gentiles a sense of economic buildings a n Israel could with arabs and jews jews in the underline the says Kirschon who ing from the War worries celebrate its 251 past and continued today Haifa is one of is losing ils sense 7 with see israelis Paft 4 ;