Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 16, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weekend sports Roundup Winnipeg free press final edition vol 80 no. 242 Price 10 cents 15 cents monday july 16, 1973 forecast sunny 50 and 70 debut at races by Barry Muslim free pm staff writer Donna and Rick Stokes went to the hone races for the first time sunday and they came away from Assiniboia Downs Richer. Or. Stokes bet once. He lost mrs. Did t bet. She won it s All quite logical. Mrs. Stokes did t have to bet to win sunday because she was the Only and Lucky Mani Toban to have her ticket drawn in the final draw of the Mani Toba Golden sweepstakes lot Tery based on the outcome of the Manitoba Derby. And when Zaca spirit romped wire to wire to win the Winner s share of the Derby purse for his owners the three year old Colt also won for mrs. Stokes. I just can t believe i i just can t belive mrs. Stokes yelled As she kicked off her shoes and jumped around in the grass near the finish line seconds after Zaca spirit had crossed it first in the 11 horse Field. While mrs. Stokes pro claimed what a Beautiful horse Zaca spirit is Ivan in Gless a fireman from port Moody . Was checking the order of finish. When he found out that Royal chocolate favorite in the race had finished second he gave a shy but Happy smile. He was Richer because he held the ticket on the runner up. Albert Caouette of Edmonton won in the sweepstakes when impressive lady finished third. Or. Caouette who is somewhere Between Edmonton and Disneyland did t know his ticket had been drawn in the sweepstakes. His son Leon Ard and his wife represented him at the Derby. Please see other report and 22 17-Day ordeal in Jungle described hit by Rifle Butts on trek released canadians say Saigon my approach a pistol was put to my head and the adventure really be so capt. Ian Patten of Toronto described today the beginning of a 17-Day drama during which he another Canadian and two South Viet namese lived a gruelling Jungle life As prisoners of the Viet Cong. They disappeared june 28 and Thomson of Ottawa told a news conference of trekking Jungle trails while bound and of being hit by Rule Butts on More than one occasion. They were in the Xuan Loc area 45 Miles Northeast of Saigon. They told of daily Conversa t i 0 n s one five hours Long after an eight hour trek and sleepless nights As the Viet Cong sought to make them please see ordeal Page 4 registered nurse Donna Stokes almost needed medical attention her self sunday after she won in the Manitoba Golden sweepstakes based on the Manitoba Derby. I just Don t believe the 23 year old mrs. Stokes was saying As free press photographer Dave Bonner snapped the top photo. Then the pretty registered nurse still in a state of near hysteria thanked jockey Richard Crubb lower photo with a hug and a kiss for Riding Zaca spirit the horse she had drawn to a three length Hyrtl be real Happy with what he s said his son after the race. The blonde mrs. Stokes. 23, kept looking for her husband after she knew she had won thai final a bin Pic it when an interviewer i asked her How it Felt to win 1 she tossed her program in the air jumped around in the crass a few More tires and said. I till Don t her 26-year-old husband a speech therapist was waiting for her in the administration office at the Downs. After a big hug from his wife or. Stokes said he and i his wife made one bet before the race. When i lost that i did t bet any More. I never bet on the horse Zaca spirit because 1 did t really think he could or. Stokes said he did t re ally Start watching the horse until it started into the Home stretch. I knew he was still on top and then i really got interested. I m still in mrs. Stokes said she and her husband did t think they had much Hope of winning the top prize in the sweep stake after they read the sat urday sports pages giving the chances of All the horses entered in the Derby. We had a restless night and a restless said or. Stokes. The Young couple who live on the 13th floor of a Central Winnipeg High Rise apartment had their ticket drawn on Fri Day the 13th. They said they weren t superstitious. And after this who could be asked mrs Stokes. The Young couple have no immediate plans for the Money but said they might consider buying a House with the winnings. It is the second time that a Manitoban has won the first prize in the lottery based on the Derby. Last year Marie Ouellette won the top prize when Nice please Sec nurse Page 4 Dollar action urged liberals favor elected Senate Liberal Confidence restored by speech pm pledges personal commitment by Egon Frech free press political reporter minister Trudeau sunday ave Western canadians a Persona commitment that in will try to find ways to make the West feel More at ome in confederation. In his Windup speech to the Liberal conference on Western obey the prime by Egon Frech free press political reporter Vancouver we Stern their belief in an elected sen ate with equal representation from each of the 10 provinces As a Means of providing a Polit ical counterbalance to a House Sci m favor of Ontario and Bee. Que Washington Reuter the value of the United states Dollar has tank too far and the us. Government should act to bolster it French finance min ister Valery Giscard d Eiting said sunday. He said in an interview he had an agreement with . Treasury Secretary George Shilu that the . Govern ment would intervene if the Dollar s value dropped too far. We have an agreement with out american interlocutors on the necessary action to be taken Between the Central he said. Adoption of a Resolution Call ing for establishing an Cle cled Canadian Senate along the lines of the australian Senate was seen As a Victory for the Manitoba delegation at the lib Jeral conference on Western objectives Here. Leader Lay Asper of Manitoba said privately after As for when this machinery please see Dollar Page 6 death toll six six Manitoban died in accidents inside and outside the province this weekend. Another Manitoba Man was missing and presumed drowned. Dead arc Lawrence Abraham 27, of St. Francois Xavier Man. About 15 Miles West of Winnipeg. Larry Richard Thomas 21, of great Falls Man. Adoption of the Resolution that the Manitoba delegates would have walked out of the Confer ence if they had failed at get Ting it passed. This is the key to getting a new Deal for the West. The political Power represented by such a Senate would provide the Means for forcing the implementation of All the other things we fight ing for adoption of the Resolution along with or. Asper was e. B. Osier former member of parliament for Winnipeg South Centre who also called Senate Reform imperative for the West. The Resolution adopted by the conference attended by 160 delegates and a number of Al objectives Here us minister also promised there will be specific answers to specific problems when he meets the four Western premiers in Calgary next week. We have some answers and we intend to give them at the Western economic opportunities he told about 500 people at the Windup dinner. A please see Trudeau Page 4 please see elected Page 4 chief Liberal Hopes listed Vancouver up High lights of resolutions approved in the Liberal conference on Western objectives which concluded sunday following lengthy discussion sunday delegates approved a Resolution calling for govern ments to initiate efforts to control the Sale of Canadian Agri cultural and recreational land to persons who Are neither Canadian citizens nor landed immigrants. The Resolution was considerably amended and included the mention of landed immigrants after delegates objected that restriction on the Bret Michael Thompson 7, of Lynn Lake Man. Ivan William Symchych 42, and his son Michael Eugene Sale of Canadian land would prevent immigrants from settling in Canada. Also approved was a Resolution saying no Canadian lax Money should be made Avail ble in the form of outright Grants or Low interest Loans to foreign owned corporations j which wish to commence operations or to expand their operations in Canada. The convention approved a Broad Resolution calling for focus of Western economic strategy upon secondary Manu girl s body found Tampa Fla. A _ Pounee said today they found the body of a 13-year-old girl abducted by a hit and run Driver who apparently ran Over three Chil Dren deliberately killing the girl s five year old sister and injuring their 12-year-old brother. Police Lieut. E. J. Dixon said the body of Roxanne Talon was found in a Field on the North Side of the City a few hours after her sister. Radine died in a local Hospital of injuries received when she was struck by a car saturday night. Officers said they had not located the Long haired thin Young Man who struck Rox Annc. Radine and their brother. Curtis As they walked single file along a Street near their Home. Please see chief Page 6 House feeling Holiday Rush Call girl held 23, London a Norma Levy the Call girl who got lord Lambton into trouble was charged today with at tempting to induce a woman to turn prostitute. She was re i leased on bail and or the death penalty would be to appear again july 31. Pic Able Only to convicted the hearing lasted less than killers of policemen or prison a minute. The charge said her guards. Offence occurred some time in detailed1 another is a Bill to raise she entered no plea and for an nearly million for the l97g did not speak. Half by Ken pole Ottawa up the House of commons with the exception of its standing committees where most of the detailed average of hours a week. I olympic games at Montreal. Mrs Lew 26 put us if ii i Fuff. I _ k so if government House million from the Sale of the bail and her Mother put up Leader Allan Maceachon s coins Stamps and other the rest the court was told. Hope last week that we can postal products. Mrs. Levy was arrested Sun a supreme court one by company nominee s. E. Dins Dale and one by Union representative John Ecklon Are widely divergent on the Issue of " Ages. Cost the railways Sim million 1 or Bustier Munroe s pro Xis als Call for a Basic pay in crease of 30 cents an Hiir re Sec rail Page 4 today i Victory in the please Sec Nur rail stoppage looms larger Ottawa cl1 the or. Justice Llu Roe Calls for ability of an end of the Mon he a minimum two year wage and strike by non operating j Benefit package of 20.7 per railway workers looms larger j a settlement rejected by today after the release Satur Luthc companies because of its Day of three conciliation Board High Cost. Reports. Air. Drisdale representing the reports one by Board cl1 rail Canadian National chairman or. Justice i Rai railways and nine smaller Munro of the British c Olum firms said the package would Symchych both of 24 Street West Kildonan. Howard John Einarson try i n Norn s a n h l m t la c 264 is Bill to increase family allow she resumed from Spain. She no As would appear to have pressure ances to an average s20 a and her husband Colin Levy missing and p r e s u m c d i on them this week if they re to month from c u r r c n t had fled to Morocco after two drowned. J avoid Long hours. Average of unlike the old sunday newspapers reported Winnipeg ramp said or among the Bills still to re allowances however the new i that Scotland Yard was invest Abraham was killed in a third Reading is the con ones would be subject to in Ligating members on collision on Highway Trover Sial capital punishment come tax. One to re establish a partial please see death Page 4 ban on hanging for five years please Sec House Page 4 of prime minister Edward Heath s gov please see murder Page 4 Amprimo slim feminist theatre 2 10 classified comics deaths finance movies sports television women 29 to m 18, 19 6 15 to 17 14 k to 28 12 10, 11 portuguese pups visit protested nearly everyone reads the free press City Zont Tot it i London Reuter for to guest prime minister mar cello Caetano arrived in Lon Don today amidst a furore caused by a negations of massacres by portuguese troops in Mozambique. The prime minister arrived at a Remote terminal at Lon Don s Heathrow Airport. Police n n d rain deterred planned demonstrations. Caetano was met by British foreign office officials and representatives from the portuguese embassy then was driven to the embassy in Lon Don. His four Day official visit to Mark the anniversary of Bri Tain s 600-year Alliance with Portugal is the first by a portuguese prime minister to Bri protests began sunday when except for a minor scuffle i and shouted slogans declaring demonstrators marched outside the portuguese pm their opposition to Portugal s peacefully through the streets j Bassy there were no incidents of London. As the protesters carried signs Lar the alleged massacres. African policies and in Partick Stanfield says he d win vote if. Ottawa up Progress maintaining the minority gov they have been since the 2sth Sive conservative Leader Rob Crement s grip on office do r cart Stanfield says his party not want an election. Could run All Over the go or. Stanfield told questioners sure we could bring to boar o Vernig liberals if an election on the ctr television network the government with regard t were called now. Program question period compelling the government but he adds that he sees lit taped in Advance for sunday to do something about the Cost tic likelihood of the govern i showing that the conserva of living.11 mint falling in the near future lives arc just As anxious to dec j because new democrats cat the government now Asi please Sec Stani Ieli Pic 1 hostility to Caetano grew last week following a news paper article by roman Catho Lic priest Hev. Adrian Hastings that portuguese forces Mas sacred african villagers in Mozambique last year including Liam Cut opened in we be brought All the pics Al 10 of we Yam sure we could bring to boar on Gallons carried a letter from him Mlay in which he pin led the Village As being 15 Miles South of the plea so Seo Page 4 ;