Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 10, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 80 no. 237 Price to cents with comics 15 cents tuesday july 10, 1973 Sun Raj. Sunset . Moonrise . Moonset . Forecast sunny 55 and 85 Schreyer violated election and Penir charges by Alice Kueger free press political reporter the Validity of Provin Cial election results in premiered Schreyer s Home Riding of Rossmere has been challenged by Defeated progressive conservative candidate Alfred Penner because of an alleged violation of t h e Manitoba election act. Such a Challenge could nullify the election and cause a by election in the Riding. Councillor Penner ice East Kildonan told a press conference tuesday at the progressive conservative head quarters. 23 Kennedy Street the election act was violated by Premier Schreyer in lie appointment of the returning officer who under the provisions of the act cannot appointed. The returning officer in its Mere for the june 28 elec Tion was Liev. George Epp of Springfield Heights mennonite Church. Section six of the act Stales that ministers priests or ecclesiastics under any form or profession of religious Faith or worship May not be appointed As returning officers Deputy returning officers election clerks or poll clerks. Section 138, subsection one further Stales that where an election court determines and reports that an election offence has been committed by or with the actual knowledge and consent of a candidate he is Lien Ines Gible to Vole or run for any Public office for eight years. If Conn. Pc incr s Challenge should be upheld in court or. Schreyer would t be Able to vote or sit in the legislature for the next eight years. Coun. Penner said the whole matter now is in the hands of ills lawyers. He declined to say whether he would Lake Legal action himself to have the elec Tion nullified. He added or. Schr Cyr s respect for the Law is Well known and i feel confident that this having been drawn to his attention to will take the proper Steps Sci Sec that this situation is investigated and upon the same being verified will not Only Sec that Justice is clone but that it appears to be done. The clearest Way of Demon Strating this would to for a new returning officer to be Appo i n 1 e d and a by election or. Schreyer would not Incel reporters to discuss the charges. Through an assistant be Union Jack comes Down in Bahamas Independence for is Lind nation Nassau a after nearly three Cen Turies of Rule by Britain a new Era came to the Bahamas today. M Ore than cheering residents of this nation of islands proclaimed their Independence in m i d night ceremonies com Bining Royalty pageantry fireworks and a col Worful Salute to history. At . Monday the Union Jack came Down for the last time. Bahama s new Tri color took its place Alop he flood lit 45-foot flagpole two minutes later. The Flag raising in Nassau s huge Clifford Park was he signal of a new Era for our a said prime minister Lynden Pindling. He presided Over the ceremony Wilh Prince Charles and the outgoing Brit ish governor sir John Paul. Please Sec Bahamas Page 4 Viet Cong accept search guarantees copters stand by for Rescue Saigon up officials of Canada and i he International commission of control and supervision ices awaited word from the Viet Cong today on where they can pick up two Cana Dian officers missing since june 28. Canadian planners and copters on standby to take off on 30 minutes notice As soon As finial arrangements were made to pick up the men in an area about 35 Miles Northeast of Here. Prince Charles greets a Young patient in the children s Ward of Princess Margaret Hospital in Nassau. The Prince was in Nassau to celebrate the Independence of the Bahamas. Airline gears for fuel Cut Montreal up Avia disruption of Charters will re lion fuel Short arcs have reached a Slage in he United states where they May soon affect air Canada s scheduling of charter nights to the ., an airline spokesman says. John Sosnkowska air Canada s manager of Petroleum purchasing said the airline s Charters to Points could be the first affected particularly flights to places where i the airline docs not have stand ing fuel Supply contracts. So far the fuel shortage has nol affected our scheduled scr suit in the near future but the airline might have to Lake such measures As consolidating cer Tain flights making extra fuel slops or other arrangements. Steps were taken some time ago to Cut Down on aircraft fuel consumption by lowering cruising speeds slightly. The airline has guaranteed fuel supplies at International airports in Cities where in please Sec e Page 4 vices but we re concerned about Ihal he said. The situation May get worse before it starts to get he sent the message it i Cath coun. Penner was Defeated by the Premier by More than 500 Voles. Lie said a Church minister is belter and As an presumed to have undue have formed a com fluency in a Community and j Mitten to Analyse the Situa he said he thought it was for this reason that the act prohibit is not out of the question ils them from being appointed that we May have to Start As resuming officers. At the same time he noted that about thinking in terms of adjusting our schedule to the availability per a Cal of the or. Sosnkowska said it seems please Sec its smoke Page i u n i i k c 1 y any widespread doctor feared drowned Victoria up it did t take Long for one of Victoria s four summertime student policemen in learn the Dipti bullies of the life of n uniformed of ii of. The student fresh from n University atmosphere had gone through a Brief training period and had been on Hie Job in Victoria Only one week when he was accused of brutality. A youth arrested by the student was later asked by his father to explain bruises and scratches Oil his arms. The Yogi la told his father in was a Case of police brutality and the father talked to chief .1. K. Gre gory who is in charge of a National scheme to put Law a Ludens on the heal in the summer. Chief Gregory said monday an invest ligation de Lenn ined the youth actually had fallen off a motor Cycle while trying to get away Iron the arresting officers. Wolseley by Alice Krueger free press legislative reporter provincial election results in Wolseley Consoli Nency remain unchanged Wilh Liberal Leader Izzy Asper of Manitoba and new Democrat Murdoch Mac Kay still lied Afler consideration monday of four additional Hospital ballots none of which could lie counted to break the deadlock. Of the four ballots consid ered monday by returning officer Jim Maloway three were rejected and the fourth was not opened because of an interim court order initiated by or. Asper which prevented he re turning officer from consider ing it. The ballot in question had earlier been rejected by or. Maloway and whether it should be counted will be considered in court of Queen s Bench monday by 11 r. Justice j. R. Soloman. Handy Mcnicol Legal coun Sel for or. Asper said the interim court order was obtained on the grounds that or. Malo Way had already adjudicated on the Validity of the ballot and had rejected in along with la other votes. Of Hie remaining three bal lots considered monday one was rejected because it was cast by someone not on the voters list the second was rejected because it was marked nip with no candidate s name and the third was a vote for Einar Arnason the Defeated conservative candidate in is. Matthews Riding. Or. Maloway a 20-year-old card carrying member of the please Sec Wolseley Page 4 the Viet Cong s provisional revolutionary government pro announced monday that the canadians cats. Ian fal Len of Toronto and Flelcher Thomson of Ottawa Are in Viet Cong hands. But it said the men and their two vietnamese. Ices employees have been moved from the rubber Plantation near Cam Tarn 10 Miles West of their ices base at Xuan Loe where icy were detained. Canadians wailed today for the Viet Cong to locale the new position of the men. It was reported Early Loday that ices officials had delivered to the pro South Viet namese guarantees of safety for helicopter going into the area. The pro found he guarantees acceptable. Provision of Hose guarantees meant that a major hurdle had been overcome and barring m o r e unexpected develop meals the Rescue of the canadians appeared to be just a matter of time. Canadian ambassador Michel Gauvin told the regular meeting of the ices monday that Hie pro wanted a cease fire Over a Large area and that was making Rescue operations difficult. Lie asked that the ices com missioners conduct no routine business until the canadians Are Back in ices hands. The meeting was immediately adjourned a scr the request. It was to meet again wednesday but no business was expect cd to be concluded if he canadians have not been returned. Canadians have not extended this idea to the seven ices re Gions so that investigations and requests for investigation of alleged ceasefire violations still arc being dealt Wilh. But no requests were being bungling on Deal charged Washington special tons United states farm ers Consumers and taxpayers were All Short changed because of the failure of the Department of agriculture to pro Perly assess the rising world demand for wheat congressional investigators concluded Mon Day. It was the soviet Union with ils massive purchases at Low prices in the summer of 1972 which Ijen filled most from the processed through the ices commissioners in Saigon where almost All pro com plaints of alleged violations arc filed. J please see copters Page 4 a the agriculture department s Parent inability to gauge prospects for wheat sales. In a Dalai cd 84-Page report in general accounting office cited reports showing that As Early As january 1072, the Embassy in the Netherlands commented that Wheat dominated the mar is e t because of competitive pricing the report also cited rus s i a n activity in purchasing wheat in March at approximately the same time that principal Competitors Australia and Canada were pulling out of the Export Market. Finally in Ciles repeated reports from the Agricultural Allacc in Moscow Starling on feb. 18 saying thai the soviet wheat crop would he adversely affected by freeze the report Stales that be cause agriculture s estimates of the extent of damage and the expected shot Call in Grain. Production could not be Veri a died they were not released to the in an accompany ing communication included As an appendix to the report Sec continued please see report Page 4 i june figure increases 1.3 Wilh food leading Ottawa up prices of consumer goods and services Rose at a faster rate than Normal for june with food prices leading the Way statistics Canada reported today. The consumer Price Index jumped to 149.7 in june from 148.4 in May while food prices bounded upward at a rate of two per cent. The Index Means that household goods and ser vices in May Rose to in june. Food costs make up about 25 per cent of the total Index while housing costs which in creased one half of one per cent constitute 31 per cent of the Index. The latest food Price in crease is in contrast to food Price rises of 0.2 per cent and 0.1 per cent Between May and june of 1972 and 1971 respectively. Since january the spiralling Cost of food items considered in the Index has risen to 160.5 from 150.0. This Means food Cooling in january now costs Hie consumer just Over a Dollar More. Other items in the Price Index Rose by the following percentages weights of items in the Index Are in brackets clothing 11 per cent of Index Rose by 0.4 per cent transport Lalion 15 per cent of Index 0.9 per cent health and per Sonal care five per cent of Index unchanged recreation education and Reading seven per cent of Index 0.1 per cent and tobacco and alcohol six per cent of Index 0.1 per cent. Evidence called lie Washington a John Mitchell today denied sworn Lesli Mony ulat he approved the watergate wiretapping b u t conceded that he went along with some cover up Steps. The former attorney general also said lie believes president Nixon was not aware of the cover up. I m not aware of it and i have every reason to believe because of my discussions and encounters with him up through the 22nd of March i have very Strong opinions that he was Mitchell said. Mitchell told the Senate watergate committee he rejected wiretapping schemes three times and thought each time his disapproval had been final. He described the statement of former aide Job Stuart Magruder who said he showed please see evidence Page 4 dental rates going i 10% by Manfred Jager free press medical i Teporter Starling today your cavities Cost you More. The Manitoba denial association has issued a new fee schedule raising rates charged by most dentists in the prov Ince by per cent. Or. S. M. Daman president of the 230-Mcmbcr association said during a conference monday the new schedule was completed last week and went feed products ban extended an air and Waler search for a is. James Assiniboia doctor who has been missing and presumed drowned on Cross Lake since saturday has failed to Lurn any sign of the doctor. A spokesman for Winnipeg Hump said or. William a. Gorrie of 203 Oak Dean Boule Vard was boating on Cross Lake Wilh his family saturday a w k i. L 1 n g t 0 n . At about . When the Keuler protest yacht Ottawa up in continued reaction to a series of control measures taken in the United states the government announced monday night it is widening the Export controls in imposed june 29 on soybeans flax rapeseed cottonseed and linseed oils and their Bypro ducks. Trade minister Alastair Lille spic said the list would be tended effective Midnight monday night to a series of edible oils animal fats and livestock protein feeds. Esmond Jarvis coordinator of the Trade department grains group said the main effect of the controls will be to Gener ally hold the prices Down to the the new commodities include Sunflower seed cake and meal Alfalfa products pack ing House products such As meat Bone blood and Feather meal vegetable oils All mixed feeds for livestock and Pool try lard in 20-Pound units or Over please Sec feud Page 4 today boutique project 9 business report 13 20 classified .3 to 50 comics 33 comic Page features 7 deaths i movies n sports ,11 to Sli television 7 women ii to ii nearly everyone reads the free press City Zons total into the mail to association members Friday. H is effective immediately and is the first fee revision since 1971. The association has reviewed fees every two years since 3007 and the new fees will stand until 1975. Or. Jack Stool Ion chairman of the association s fee Sci Cal i ulc commit cd said a recent Survey among association members showed thai 80 per cent of dentists charge the fees recommended by the commit tee. About 10 per cent of the membership charge less Ihan Pic schedule and another to per cent Bills beyond. Or. Stockton said new fees applying to Oral surgeons and other dentistry specialists in the province Are under consideration and will be known later this year. There Are 28 such specialists in practice in Mani Toba. The nine member review commit cd Slart cd work last March trying to determine How much of an increase would be justified. When the 10 per cent was decided on. It became effective for practically All procedures in the schedule. Or. Stockton said both uncomplicated extractions a n d simple fillings were raised by is in the new schedule. They please see dental Page 4 yacht won t leave a test zone boat encountered difficulties because of winds and High Waves. An i temp patrol boat from grand rapids was in the Vicin Ity of the Gorrie boat and look or. Gorrie s wife and iwo Chil Dren off the boat the doctor stayed on his boat to try and bring in Back to l i Fri has warned that it plans to stay in the danger zone off the French nuclear lest site on muru Roa atoll in the Pacific i Enlil the bomb goes Fri s message was received monday night aboard the new zealand frigate Otago As speculation mounted that the first blast of the French lest pro Gram is imminent. New zealand prime minister Norman Kirk has appealed to private protest vessels to leave the area now that the govern Paci mint Lias sent in lie Otago. But a new zealand press As social Ion correspondent David Barber aboard the Lago re por cd Loday that Fri told the frigate by radio we shall slay Here. This has been our intention from the beginning. We shall slay Shore through the the Inu Arra off Hiir my i iils of w he 105-fool Kelch is Spon Mic an Noui winds on Mil is slim to by new me mile radius around the i peace Media organization. A the boat headed into Shore with he Gorrie Boal Fol lowing bul when the Gorrie boat could no longer be seen muru Roa atoll lost site which i ranci1 has declared a forbid Den zone. Other protest vessel tin1 Yaw Anvin left Rarotonga in the Cook islands More Ihan a week the ramp Lur cd Hack and searched for or. Gorrie. Women is six months pregnant. Please Sec doctor Page -1 i Kri is Only 45 Miles off the ago carrying four French pro. Atoll Wilh ils Crew of 10 men e s i o r s and urgently needed i and three women. One of inc Jolores for Fri. Fri radioed monday nig i we have a commitment to i meet the Anven which is carrying four prominent r ranch monday France warned All aircraft to keep Clear of the lest site. The warning followed another to shipping issued Sun Day. Some reports in France said the explosions May coincide Wilh has Lille Day celebrations saturday. The new zealand govern ment is expected to order the carrying immigration minister Fraser Side the 72-mile zone. However. Prime minister Kirk has or dered that the Crew should not in Pul in danger and then1 should be Lio confrontation with 1 please see won t Page i Jan Tawanan Sitf of off Inch Nacif test 1 this is the site of the expected nuclear test ;