Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 12, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Frie press. Thursday. July 12, 1973 obscene Calls for Penners others said or. Pennor was a crazy Lold him to drop dead or made stronger remarks. She said she suspected the Calls were from a Small group of people As All made an abrupt statement and Hung up without giving an Opportunity for reply or for asking what their objections were. Mrs. Penner said the family had not reported the Calls to either the police or the Tele phone company but because Conn. Penner is on City Council and residents May have legitimate reasons to Call him they did t feel they could have their Telephone changed or unlisted. Number three letters have also been received. Mrs. Pennor read one signed with an illegible signature and liberally sprinkled with the English Lan Guage s strongest obscenity which called coun. Pennor a and accused him of shooting off his Rotten Mouth with in said he would never win another election and every time 1 Sec your Rotten face it makes me want to two other letters were unsigned. One with Long live nip at top and Bottom called coun. Pennor a greedy creature of the vulture Type you Are a liar swindler Cheater Kook it said Don t you feel cheap to accuse Nice people like the nip there Are Good Ger mans and dirty germans like a third enclosing coun. Pen nor s picture called him a demented mrs. Penner said her Hus band was leaving his plans to have the Kos Mere election nullified to conservative head quarters and to the wishes of the area. She said her husband was polling Campaign workers and a Cross Section of the voters to determine what kind j of support there was for such j action and so far the support i was Strong. Calls have conic from All Over Winnipeg including some from liberals pledging sup port if a by election is called she said. Grounds for nullifying the election Are in an alleged Vio lation of the Manitoba election act in the appointment of George Epp a Mennom to Lay minister As returning officer in Rossmery. The election act forbids clergymen serving As returning officers. Union War is Loblaw s local 832, retail store pm p i o y e e s Union Al Cio Csc has warned Loblaw Gro Ceteria co. Limited that it will the possibility of a strike if Hie company does t Settle with the Union on terms already agreed upon by Union and other supermarket firms in Winnipeg. There arc six Loblaw s stores located in the City area which would be affected where from 120 to to workers Are employed. Bernard Christophe pres ident of the local said in in interview thursday no definite time limit has been Given the company before a decision by the firm must be made i we Are not going to let it drag air. Cd Kristophe said he could not slate facts about a strike but the company certainly faced tiie possibility of one he indicated because to continue without a settlement was out of the question. The company has been offered a settlement for wage in creases and joint Union employer administered pension plan As Safeway and shop easy agreed to on a contract with tie pension plan. Dominion stores after a strike settled with the Union granting certain benefits and 10 cents an hour More in wages in lieu of a pension plan. The strike against Dominion stores which was settled recently giving the extra 10 cents and virtually free drug benefits began May 11. At the time Safeway and shop easy agreed to the pension plan arrange ment and avoided a strike while lob Laws could not make up its mind and was Given inc by the Union to decide what it would do. False claims alleged continued Csc delays ruling Ottawa up the Cana Dian labor Congress Csc put off a decision wednesday that could have caused a major split in the labor move ment bul in doing so apparently pleased none of inc parties to uie dispute. About 20 members of the Csc executive Council met to decide whether the country s second Lar bust Cana Dian Union of Public employees have com plete jurisdiction Over Provin Cial employees or whether As s o c i a t i o n s of provincial workers should have rights to direct affiliation with inc Congress. They concluded Ihal a Deci Sion should be put off until the september meeting of inc Csc executive Council to be held in l Harlow Clown. To result was that labor leaders were accused by Lead ers of the provincial groups who want to affiliate Dirac Fly with the Congress of dereliction of cupe s u p p o r i e r s voted against he delay hoping Csc leaders could nol Muster the two thirds of Voles needed to Al group s 62ml Annu five interest by the Canadian government. Yet our slate department just three weeks ago provided totally contradictory information to the sen the senator also said the stale department sought to withhold information from the Canadian government to questions slate had asked relative to the possibility of a Macken Zie Valley Oil Bayli said the answers to those questions showed Canada a indeed willing to co oper ate with us and expedite an Oil pipeline through he said the state department did not inform Congress of the existence of those questions and answers. When his office asked for a copy of the papers he added the slate department responded thai Juicy were considered working papers and would not lie made available to Gideons no longer hidden Waterloo out. Up Canadian hotel chains now arc placing Gideon bibles i in Plain View of their guests rather than hiding them away in Dresser drawers a Gideons convention was told Here. Winston a. Sleeves pres ident of Gideons incr National in Canada Lold about 350 Dele override their Challenge to i convention Lylial one Large direct affiliation for provincial lot cd Dali Llic. Groups open Al Scle cled pages for new the dispute threatened Unity of Hie Csc As cupe leaders had said they would hold Back i hair por Capila fees it they lost the Vole. After three months of nol paying fees the n n i o n would have been automatically sus Pended from inc Congress. Hotel guests. The Gideons placed about 13 million bibles in hotels and other Public places around the world last year. There arc about members in the worldwide group. Ronald crossly a ineral government employee in Yel provincial employee groups n.w.t., Lold the con from Alberta Newfoundland i air planes in Prince Edward Island and have asked inc Congress to be come Csc affiliates. However. Cupe has challenged their rights claiming icy have been Given exclusive Jeri sic lion Over workers employed by Hie provincial governments. Stanley Little Cui e pres ident said after the meeting thai his Union would probably step up efforts la attract provincial workers to prove Evi Dence of interest in lie organization. Mill Road of Hie civil ser vice of Alberta my Max Dyke of inc Newfoundland association of Public employees said that in failing to m a k c ;