Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 12, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 80 no. 239 Price 10 cents 15 cents thursday july 12, 1973 forecast sunny periods 50 and 75 lowering Boom Nixon purging staff Mitchell Washington John Mitchell said today president Nixon has been lowering us Boom on watergate participants since april doing exactly he should have done. False claims alleged Washington a the Nixon was accused today of making false statements about the proposed Alaska Oil pipeline and with holding information that would promote develop men of an Al Ter n alive pipeline Roulo through Canada. Senator Birch Bayh dem. Ind said in the Senate in is common knowledge thai the administration has Given its allegiance to the Oil companies that want to build the pipeline across Alaska. Bayh cited the state Duparl senator Daniel Inouye dem. Hawaii said he did t Sec much evidence inc Boom had been lowered on anyone except John Dean fired while House counsel. Mitchell had Lesli fied earlier he sought to from Ward of watergate involvement and of her wrongdoing for fear Hie president would take Strong action and damage his Oun re election Campaign. Inouye asked what Strong action Nixon took after he did find out. I think he has done so by. The appoint intent of a special j prosecutor removing the peo ple from the White House that were involved in the activities Mitchell said. Inouye said Hal cd Cpl in the Case of Dean fired april 30, Nixon did not appear to have reacted strongly. White House aides ii. R. Hal deman and John Ehrlichman resigned from Nixon s staff the same Day but Inouye noted Hal the Percsi Donl had said he regretted Hal and considered a cols recent letters Tot him Fino servants. Members of Congress that said this lowering the the Canadian government has j Inouye asked. No Strong current interest in i said Mitchell but in the construction of a Macken-1 shows a Streak in the Percsi Donl firemen rescuers and policemen surround the smoking wreckage of the Boeing 707 plane of the brazilian Varig airline after it crashed while attempting an Emir Ncncy Landing at orly Airport. A French government spokesman said 12 of 134 persons on Board survived. Crash toll Well below maximum Farmers wary on planting Ottawa up banners have fallen Back on traditional planting patterns this year Dis regarding government pleas for a full out production at a time of Short supplies and heavy world demand. Zic Valley our Sale department intelligence gathering must be rather poor since Canadian prime minister to Macau said on the floor of the parliament on May 14, our policy is still to indicate that the Mackenzie route is one which we would be prepared to consider if there is an application made in inc proper form Hal that we would be very Happy to follow up on Bayh said. Of warmth and kindness that most people Haven t attributed to him Mitchell implied Hal the resignations of Ilal deman and Ehrlichman were less Volun tary than they had been made to appear in the White House announcement. It s my opinion senator that particularly during the month of april and the succeeding intervening period of time he has done exactly what he said the statement is Only lie should have done in lower one of Many expressing Posi a he ulcer Paris up survivors from a brazilian Airliner in we i c h 22 persons died say the fire that apparently caused the crush started in the rear of the aircraft per haps in a toilet. The Pilot Captain Gilberto a Silva radioed that he had a fire aboard his Boeing 707 Jet As he approached orly Airport wednesday at the end of a too mile flight from Rio de Janeiro. The big Airport was prepared for an emergency Landing but the plane crash landed in an onion Field outside the Village of Long Jumeau 32 Miles South of Paris and six Miles Short of orly. Aviation experts said the fire May have caused a Power failure that forced a Silva to put the plane Down in the Field. A minute and a half More and the Boeing could have landed in said Jean Francois Frerot the control Tower chief at orly. But it appeared that those who died were victims of the fire inside the plane not of the Impact of the crash. T w e i v e of the 17 droughts i n West Central Africa Central America India and Bangladesh this year and 1972 crop failures in the . And China have severely taxed world Grain sup plies. The International wheat Council reported recently that demand for wheat is expected to exceed Supply by about 296 million bushels in the next 12 months. Yel Seal Islic Canada reported wednesday Hal Grain farm ers intend to keep production Well below maximum this year apparently with an Eye to stretching he Boom period for at least another year. Summer fallow acreage estimated on the basis of a june Survey is to be about 25.5 million acres this year Well below the 29 million acres out of production last year but considerably higher than the 20 million recommended by the government. Traditionally Farmers put land in summer allow one year in order to reap bigger crops the next. This practice also helps to keep lop soil from blowing away in the Spring a problem when big chunks of land arc cultivated. The acreage estimates con form closely to ones reported earlier this year by statistics Canada following a March sur vey. But that was taken at a time when Farmers feared drought themselves because of Light snowfalls last Winter and Little Early Spring rain. Please Sec Farmers Page 4 Small please see pause Page 7 grandmother kills Mountain lion ing the Boom by removing members including inc Pilot were pulled from the a acc please Sec staff Page 5 but 1i7 and the other five Crew members were killed As the fire roared through the fuse Page. All the survivors a j parc fitly were in the cockpit and the Section immediately behind it. The fire did not reach there. Rapid City . A he was just ripping the baby says a grandmother who killed a Mountain lion with a Butcher knife As it mauled her infant grandson. I did what 1 had to do Ihal s said mrs. Peter Underdahl of Anoka Minn. I think anyone with god s help could have done the same thing 1 the boy 18-month-old Jason Cowden was listed in serious condition wednesday in Hospital. He is the son of or. And mrs. James Cowden of Anoka. The 120-Pound lion leaped through a partially opened win Dow of a motor Home tuesday and began mauling the child in a tourist Ali action called Bear country. The boy was in inc motor Home with his Molher and her parents. The vehicle had stopped momentarily. Bear country is a fenced Park containing bears Buffa Loes wolves and Mountain Lions. The animals roam freely within inc fenced area and tourists drive their own vehicles through the Park eight Miles South of rapid cily. Mrs. Underdahl 53, a slender five fool Lall woman fought Back Lears As she described her ordeal in an interview it the Hospital. All i kept saying was bring me a knife bring me a finally my husband handed me a Butcher knife and i jammed in in and twisted in and inc lion went Slack and i knew 1 had pierced the heart. I said a prayer thai inc Good lord would give me the strength and inc right spot and lie mrs. Underdahl said the lion was about 10 feet away when mrs. Cowden stopped the motor Home and opened a Side window to Lake a photograph. "11, was just lying Down Ami Calm As could she said. She said the lion sprang when the baby came Lowerd inc window. I think in was the Quick motion and the baby s Small size the prey she said. You know those animals at tack anything smaller and weaker than they today recovery Garden will i All the survivors were taken to Hospital. A Silva and two others were reported in critical condition. A Silva is reported to have a broken Skull and Collar Bone and is severely burned. A Farmer who saw the crash s a i d suddenly the plane dipped one Wing straightened up a Little and then plunged to inc ground like a Stone. There was a terrible Shock and All around me the ground trembled As it under the in Pacl of a reporting from the crash scene later renter Corr z Sponden Gilbert Seddon said he plane was spilling charred bodies like a huge ruptured 5 coffin. The top of the aircraft g had been ripped open and the inside was burned out. Among those killed were i 5 Lento Muller president of the s brazilian Senate and the pros Ideal of inc military regime s official Al Kina party Agos g minho Dos Santos one of Bra s leading pop singers in the 1950s Yachtsman h Jorg Bruder and Mcleran Jour g palist Colso rib Cirn an Cuccu live of the Sao Paulo news g paper 0 St ado. Classified 19 to comics deaths finance movies sports television women 34 39 0, 40 to 46 55, 5fi 8 34 to 37 ii 15 47 to 54 13 31, 32 nearly everyone i reads the free press cily Zoni total 1jmi7 arms a id Ottawa up the gov Erna Cal will in Roduco Legisla Tion this fall to increase Assis Lance to Small business through an expanded Industrial development Bank made in dependent of the Bank of Canada. Trade minister Alastair Gil i c s p i c who made the announcement in the commons wednesday said legislation will be designed to solve a myriad of problems faced by Small businessmen. Ii will set up a new Crown corporation to be known As the Industrial Bank and develop ment Agency. His announcement was welcomed cautiously by the conservatives and new democrats but dismissed by social credit As merely another unnecessary Slop to expand the Federal bureaucracy. Or. Gillespie said the new Agency like the present sub will provide financing Only when in is unavailable from private lenders such As Char Lerud Banks on reasonable terms and conditions. As Well As the straight Finan Cial help the new Agency will provide technical management and information services. A a n a d a s smaller enterprises a n d entrepreneurs arc fundamental to a future where we As canadians gain greater Domestic control Over our own economic or. Gillespie said. The strength of our econ omy in the years ahead will depend to a Large extent on the Progress and growth of Small businesses in Canada. We Waul to assist Hal or. Gillespie said inc new Agency will build upon the existing strengths and organizational network of inc 1di3" which will be removed from under the Wing of the Bank of Canada. Please see Small Page 4 rail strike Likely conciliation i appears to have failed by Vic Parsons Ottawa up a strike by non operating railway workers seems certain by the last week of july following the apparent failure of a conciliation Board to re solve a contract dispute Union sources said wednesday. And any action taken by the non operating employees could spread to Oiler workers such As shop Craft employees and j4.000 trainmen who also Are engaged in contract talks. The re snot could be a a ional rail strike by july 24 or first since 19gg when parliament ordered the employees Back on the Job. The Bleak railway labor situation became apparent wednesday after or. Justice Munroe of the British Columbia supreme court submitted a conciliation Board re Orl to the Federal labor department. M r. Justice Munroe chairman of a three Mcmil Anel. Seeking a solution to till Ion operating employees con act dispute. The workers Are employed by up rail Canad 111 National railways and Mailer rail companies. Union and company nominees to the conciliation Board vere to submit separate re sign that there May be Little common ground by Wen the members of the Lance. The non operating employees ire legally entitled to begin a strike seven Days after labor minister John Munro receives he chairman s report. Union sources said this would give them the right to Valk off the Job tuesday but hat because of problems of organizing a strike it was unlike y any such action would be akan before july 24 or 25. Or. Munro was non Commil Al about the first Day of a Egal strike when asked in an please see Kail Page 5 liberals seek recount was by Ron Campbell free press political reporter the deadlocked Wolseley constituency ballot count was broken wednesday afternoon when Jim Maloway the Riding s returning officer declared new democratic party candidate Murdoch Mackay the Winner of the june 28 provincial election there. Or. Mackay whom premiered Schreyer favors As the next provincial attorney general now has votes compared to the votes of Liberal Leader Izzy Asper his chief opponent in the Riding. The liberals were to apply thursday for a judicial re count. Or. Asper represented Wol Seley in the last legislature and Peter Liba his executive Assis Tant indicated the liberals will immediately seek a Judi Cial recount of the ballots. Both candidates ended up in a tie after the count ing july 5 of the ballots of hos Pital patients who were registered voters in the constituency. A third candidate Winnipeg councillor Robert Sleen run Ning for the progressive conservatives trailed with votes. Or. Maloway As was his duty broke the me by casting his own vote for or. Mackay. It was the second time in Manitoba political history that this had to he done the first being in in Morris constituency and for 20-year-old or. Maloway it was a Tough decision. Please see Mackay Page 4 Rossmere action possible Winnipeg councillor Alfred Penner said wednesday he is seriously considering court action in an attempt to nullity provincial election results in hos Mere constituency because of an alleged violation of the Manitoba election act. Conn. Penner said he has 30 Days to Challenge the election of premiered Schreyer and so is in no hurry. But lie said he would Likely decide within the next week whether he will seek Legal action under the controverted elections act. Please see Rossmere Page 5 Penner gets obscene Calls councillor Alfred Penner the do sealed progressive conserva Tive candidate in Rossmere and his family have been subjected in the last few Days to a number of obscene and in one Case threatening Telephone Calls and letters. Conn. Penner is considering Legal action to nullify the re sults in Rossmere where pre Mier de Schreyer won by More than 500 votes. Mrs. Penner interviewed thursday said the family had received about 15 Telephone Calls All from male callers. One a Young voice called three times threatening to As Sault the Penner s eight year old daughter she said. Please see obscene Page 7 pm accuses opposition of undermining Board by Iain Hunter free press correspondent Ottawa prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau accused members of the opposition in he House of commons wednesday of trying to destroy he credibility of the food rices review Board before it even begins its work. He levelled the accusation Afler conservative and new a Moralis set up on the recommendation of a commons committee with the responsible minister con Sumer affairs minister Herb Gray and if he will instruct Gray to report to the House the Progress of the Board s work so far. Trudeau replied that he has not discussed the Maltor either please see Trudeau Page 4 maps repeatedly to broaden urged him Lowers of the Board and Donl Vith rising food costs As a Nailer of urgency. It was the second Day in a new in which inc minority lib ral government was subjected o criticism in the House on its allure to Deal effectively with Ising living costs in Canada. Statistics Canada reported tuesday that the Cost of living Lood last month 8.1 per cent Bovic its level of one year ago heroin Pusher gets 13 years n d food prices Hail ump cd in 12 months by 17.7 David Lewis cent. Nip Leader sked Trudeau wednesday he prime minister has Dis used inc work of the Board by Brian Mca Nulty free press police reporter attempting to take Over the heroin Market in Winnipeg has led to a 13-year Penitentiary term for a former Van Couver Man. Gun wielding ladies of David John Lucas 28, in his attempt to Corner the heroin Market i Lucas who boasted to arresting officers of the crimp narcotics squad that be had made in 1972, from his illegal heroin transactions pleaded guilty to the charge last wednesday and had been remanded one week for sentencing. The arrest of former heroin trafficking Kingpins had Cecal left vacant by the arrest a vacuum for Lucas in his former Kingpins were de Sci had when he appeared wednesday for sentencing in provincial judges court in the Public safety building on a charge of trafficking in heroin. Attempt to take Over the hard drug Field court bad been told when the Man first appeared in court. Please see heroin Page 5 Ottawa s cocktail 4 Iii ;