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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 18, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press final edition wednesday july 18, 1973 Una let . Limit . Moon run . Montt . Forecast mainly sunny 50 and 75 senator alleges lying secret bombings in Cambodia protested Washington Pentagon disclosure of More than secret bombings sorties in Cam Bodia in 1969 and Early 1970 has provoked charges that administration officials deliberately lied to the Senate armed services committee. Senator Harold Hughes dem. Iowa said tuesday that still classified reports of Indochina air operations furnished for the committee in 1971 and Early 1973 show a Long list of zeros for b 52 bombing in Cambodia for every month up to May 1970. I they deliberately lied Loi the Hughes told reporters after the very major Campaign was Dis closed by Pentagon spokesman Jerry Friedheim. Hughes said senator Stuart Symington dem. Acting chairman of the committee has agreed to Call administration officials under oath to Tell us precisely what happened in these bombing operations and falsification of re ports who ordered them and How they were the Pentagon admitted the secret bombing for the first time monday after former air Force major Hal Knight told the committee that he helped carry out secret raids against North vietnamese sanctuaries in Cambodia in March and april 1970. He said that he obeyed orders to Burn documentary evidence and falsify reports. Nemo a 450-Pound lion receives a shampoo and cold water rinse from Jeannie Carozza 20, during tuesday s 85-degree weather at the War Ner Bros. Jungle habitat in West Milford new Jersey. Nemo one of 45 Lions at the simulated Jungle attraction gets a shampoo about once a month. Wk.steh1v production hike sought a Ron Campbell free press staff writer the four Western Canadian provincial pre Miers will submit proposals in three major areas of agricultural policy when they meet prime min ister Trudeau next week at the Western economic opportunities conference in Calgary. P r e m i e r de Schreyer Manitoba. Premier Allan Blaj Keney of Saskatchewan pre Mier Peter Lougheed of Alberta and Premier Dave Barrett of British Columbia prepared the 10-Page agriculture position areas of agricultural develop ment Market development and income stabilization and co ordination of Federal programs. Their proposals in these paper released wednesday. Fields have the support of All a position paper the pc i provinces in Canada the pre Miers prepared on financial in a Micro claim Sti Tutins and economic Duvel they say world demand of paper on transportation will be i need for increased agriculture released Friday. Production the premiers agriculture to a continue sit Ion paper takes stands in the i Sec production Page 4 ., Alberta Lead West s Economy by Paul Jackson 1 manufacturing employment is free press staff correspondent below its share of population Ottawa Western Canada outpaced All other regions in Canada except Ontario in Over All economic performance Over the past decade the fed eral government said tuesday in a Batch of three position and capital investment in the combined four Western prov inces in manufacturing is also below the National average. The three position on Mineral resource develop m e n to Industrial and Trade i however the Federal govern defence Secretary James r. I mint noted that this achieve Schlesiger told the committee i mint was mainly due to the in a letter that the bombing. Missions in Cambodia were fully authorized and thai special Security precautions surrounded them because of a sensitive operational and Diplo Matic situation. I up Amii in c u i Inu Sinai Ana Traa papers prepared for next i development and regional Dev week s Federal provincial Elope Cut frence on Western economic j tabled in the House of com opportunities. Mons by prime minister extraordinary growth in the two provinces of British co Lumbia and Alberta and that generally the West s share of Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Last week or. Trudeau tabled two earlier position papers in the commons on agriculture and financial institutions. Please see Page 6 Tariff cuts okayed 5% reductions already in effect by Allan Bartley Ottawa Ern ment Good intentions finally came to fruition tuesday night As the commons passed a Bill to reduce import tariffs on a wide Range of items including fruit and vege table products and manufactured goods. The amendments to the Cus t o m s Tariff act were announced in the feb. 20 budget speech and the reductions have been in effect since then. The cuts average five per cent Over a Range of imported goods valued at about Bil lion. It includes fruits vegetables meat products seafood and a variety of manufactured goods including typewriters eyeglass frames and Power lawnmowers. The Tariff reductions which will be in effect until feb. 19, 1974, were introduced to slow please see Tariff Page 4 . Oil companies charged first Steps taken towards possible breakup of firms Washington special tons the fed eral Trade commission took a first step tuesday toward the possible eventual breakup of the eight largest United states Oil companies. The Independent regulatory Agency filed a complaint first of its kind charging the companies with having combined or agreed to engage in anti competitive practices at least since 1950. Specifically the complaint said the companies individually and with each other have maintained and rein forced a non competitive mar Ket Structure in the redning of crude Oil into Petroleum products on the East and Gulf coasts and in parts of the mid continent. The complaint does not specify what remedies May be sought saying instead that the commission May order such Relief As is necessary or appropriate to restore Competition in the relevant Market or interest conflict tackled by Dave Blaikie Ottawa up the gov e r n m e n t tabled a working paper in the commons tuesday that May brighten the some the companies in descend-1 ing order of rank in the Petro Umes Public image Leum Industry Are Exxon Tex members 01__i__a Aco. Gulf Mobil. Standard Oil of California. Standard Oil of Indiana Shell and Atlantic Wienfield together they represent staggering array of economic lower. Their assets As of last Tec. 31 aggregated at least billion. Their 1972 sales totalled billion. Exxon s assets. Billion Ink it first among All corporations and its sales billion rank it second. Only is corporations of any kind have Mora assets than Aroc s billion and seven of them Are 11 companies. Only 24 comm ies had More sales than Arco and again seven were in companies. Parliament the 70-Page document in eludes recommendations to eliminate potential conflict of interest situations and reduce the suspicion that sometimes surrounds those who handle tax Money. Government House Leader Allan Maceachen. Who tabled the document said it does nol reflect on the moral standards of maps and senators. He Sim Piper will serve As the basis for debate and a Bill win probably be introduced Dor inf the next session of parliament. The paper would prohibit please see interest Page 6 guilty. A i led Battle shifts to . House pipeline faces last hurdle Washington up stung by defeat in the Senate environmentalists moved to the House of representatives today in their Battle to Block construction of the Alaska Oil pipeline. The shift came after the sen Ite tuesday passed a Bill to remove All Legal barriers to immediate construction of the pipeline. We re hoping that Wiser Heads will prevail in the said Bichard Olson of he wilderness society. If the Louse should follow the same Aulty line of reasoning As the Senate that would be the end of the Ball the Senate Bill declared that he Federal government gave adequate consideration to an iterative pipeline route rough Canada in preparing n environmental Impact state Lent. By Lisa Binsse Montreal up j a c ques Rose s Long series c. Trials came to an end tuesday when he was found guilty of being an accessory after the fact of the kids Pierre Laporte and on three related charges. Defence lawyer Robert Lemieux greeted the verdict angrily telling or. Justice Guy Mathieu that the conviction was due to the fact he had or d e r e d a single i charge split into three separate a the Bill written and guided trough the Senate by senator airy Jackson dem. Iso Calls for removal of right of Way restrictions which have ailed construction of the illion trans Alaska line. Similar provisions were in lured in a pipeline Bill reported out of a House Interior sub committee tuesday. The two issues were the Isis for the lawsuit filed by in wilderness society and Khor environmental Organiza on that have blocked con auction of the pipeline for More than three years. Environmentalists oppose the Peline out of concern it would and to widespread Oil spills at would despoil the Arctic Tundra and Northwest coast. If the House upholds the sen e. Olson said. I think this would be the end of the Law i Don t know of any basis r a Legal most observers predict the ouse will concur in the sen e action. If so construction could begin by late fall or Early Pring. Backers of the pipeline con and immediate construction is Sencial to bring crude Oil Jiromi the North slope to the lower 48 states to alleviate the Oil spills feared by the Canadian press Canada must give priority to negotiations on shipping routes for tankers carrying alaskan Oil to the Continental United states if the . Rules out the proposed Mackenzie Valley Oil pipeline. Energy minister Don Ald Macdonald said tuesday. One of our objective i should be by negotiation with the . To seek the avoidance of big Tanker movements into puget sound just South of Van he said. The minister was comment ing in a Halifax interview on a . Senate decision to approve construction of a trans alaskan Oil pipeline. If the House of representatives follows suit it would virtually Rule out a Macken Zie Valley Oil pipeline through Canadian territory. But it is still possible that at an Early Date we will be receiving an application for a Mackenzie Valley Gas pipe the minister said. The Senate decision brought immediate concern from Cana Dian government leaders and environmentalists Over the future of the Mackenzie Valley proposal and Protection of the British Columbia coast from Oil spills. Today you and the lao 12 at Horn. 33 classified 37 to 47, 55 to in comics10, 31 deaths a finance 26 to movies 2-1 sports 111 to 52 television women in nearly everyone reads the free press pay offer urged City com total members of the Manitoba government employees association will vote within the next few weeks on whether to accept a government Wase in crease offer of 14.5 per cent Over two years. T a r t h Metcalfe. Executive director of the association said a meeting of the association s Central Council tuesday night turned Down the offer Ami will strongly recommend to the general membership that in nol he accepted. The government s offer was for seven per cent in the first year and 7.5 per cent in the second year. The association is seeking a 10 per cent in crease. Or. Metcalfe said ballots will be sent out to All association members and counting of votes will Likely Start Aua. Should the Genera membership reject the offer the next step would be arbitration he said t h e association executive had earlier rejected the offer and asked its negotiating com a Millee to renew discussions with government Nemjo tailors about three weeks ago. Or. Metcalfe said Only a few minor please see pay Page 4 Jac Ries o tac Day guilty of Ter the ring o quilted Ertle it Guy eviction had Rose was acquitted o two of them and of a charge of forcible detention. Or. Lemieux was sentenced moments later to years in prison for nine contempt o court citations incurred during the trial which began june 13. Rose 26, was found guilty of being an accessory after the fact of the october 1971, kid napping of or. Laporte by assisting Bis older brother Paul o avoid capture. He will be sentenced july 24. Maximum sentence is 14 years. Rose was acquitted of help no Francis Simard and Bernard Lortie avoid arrest. He was also acquitted earlier of kidnapping and murdering or. Laporte. Immediately after the verdict or. Justice Mathieu sen ended or. Lemieux for each of nine contempt citations. The ast one included advising Simard not to testify at the Rose rial. Continued please see Rose Page crisis. Davis or Oil spill by Arlene Billinkoff free press staff writer the decisions tuesday by the United states Senate to construct the trans Alaska pipe Ine and to exempt the pipeline rom further review under the environmental Protection act Lave aroused the concern of environment minister Jack Davis of Canada. At a press conference tuesday in the hotel fort Garry or. Davis said it s a remarkable he noted hat expensive studies were made of the environmental effects and he was surprised see Oil Page 6 id Erlines defence the senators write off any environment the move by the Senate will cause a lot of concern or Davis said and it frustrates the purpose of the environment Law. At this moment the legislation does t Call for any Protection. He said the Canadian government had Many discussions about the effects of Transfer a i n g Oil from Alaska and would t give up discussing the problem. Well be Back hammering at their continued please see Oil spill Page 6 5 i i s i i Iii Tiwi Dies while some people complain about not get Ting their unemployment insurance commission monthly cheques Sandra Holobetz of Vancouver has a problem of another sort. Sixteen cheques totalling arrived in the mail. The commission did not know whether the cheques were computer errors or legitimate payments. Film Star Jack Hawkins died in Hospital Here today. He was 62. His condition had been deteriorating gradually after a series of operations for Throat cancer dating Back to 1966. Hawkins was admitted to Hospital a month ago for an emergency operation after a Throat Haemorrhage. This Fol Lowed an unsuccessful attempt in new York last May to give him an artificial voice Box Hawkins went to Hollywood in the Early 1950s after becom ing a screen heart throb in Bri Tain. Since he lost his voice in j.1966, he continued acting in films with other actors dub Bing the voice parts. I he made his first stage appearance in London while still 1 in his teens and in 1929 played Jack Hawkins alongside Laurence Olivier in a production of Beau Geste. Later the same year he made his new York debut in r. C. Sheriff s famed drama of the first world Ney s end. He served i the British army during the second world War and in the late 40s his film career got under Way. Some of his move important films included the fallen idol the cruel sea the league of gentlemen Bridge on the River kwai. When Hawkins was first told of his illness his first reaction was of course i la never act again but i m resigned to several months later he had signed up to play the part of a please see actor Page 6 ;