Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 1, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weekend sports Roundup Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 81 no. 2 Price 15 cents with comics 20 cents monday october 1, 1973 Sunrise . Sunset . . Moonset . Forecast mainly Cloudy 50 and 60 feed Chain debate sask. Applauds Larig Wilkie sask. Up jigs Tiee minister Otto Lang won a s to a n d i n g ovation saturday night after spending More than two hours defending Federal feed grafts policy before an audience of More than 300 doubting Farmers. Despite some critical questions and the Strong support in this area for the National Farmers Union one. Of or. Lang s strongest critics he won occasional bursts of applause during his remarks and Only about 20 persons remained seated after the chair Man asked the audience to express appreciation for his coming. As he had done earlier in Brandon or. Lang hammered Home his message that the agriculture products Board is the Farmer s Friend. Several questioners expressed concern that the Board which will buy feed Grain at prices lower than ten total paid by the Canadian wheat Board will be a competitor to the wheat Board. M r. Lang rejected state m e n t s that the agriculture Board would be a competitor saying the agriculture Board will not sell or move Grain except As the wheat Board directs. Or. Lang even won applause when he defended the controversial 1970 lift program lower inventory for Tomor Row that took wheat acreage out of production. We were never Likely to get the world to pay us a decent Price for Grain while we were sitting on a Mountain of or. Lang s reception in this Small town 100 Miles West of Saskatoon contrasted with his Brandon reception where there was virtually no applause for him but a significant amount for his critics. Earlier saturday he was questioned in Saskatoon by Del please see lans Page 4 Aid to embassy chilean regime gets Canadian recognition v Ottawa up despite some Public pressure against the move Canada has extended diplomatic re cognition to the new military government of Chile. External a f f a i r s minister Mitchell Sharp made the an la Al nou Cement saturday saying the formal recognition was desirable in order to Aid the Ca Nadian embassy in Santiago to assist Canadian citizens arid Many other persons affected1 by the sept. 11 coup. A number of persons have sought the help of the embassy in obtaining Safe conduct out of c h i 1 e following recent reports that the new govern men is arresting and executing supporters of the ousted government of president Salvador Allende. President Allende the first freely elected marxist Leader in the West died during the fighting that raged around the presidential Palace during the takeover. The new military Junta is led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet u g a r t e formerly Comman Der in chief of the chilean army. Or. Sharp had been under pressure from a number of groups to withhold recognition of the new government pending the restoration of democracy. He has repeatedly stressed that recognition is extended to the new regime because it is in please see chilean Page 4 too Hasty Lewis a s recognition of the new military regime la Chile was granted in indecent new democratic party Leader David Lewis said saturday. In an interview after a speech at a nominating convention in Glace Bay n.s., or. Lewis said i believe that the Canadian government should not have been in a hurry to recognize the military Junta in Chile. I appreciate that recognition does t mean approval of the government but the Mili tary Junta upset a president please see too Page 4 famed British poet w. H. Auden Dies Vienna up British poet w. H. Auden 66, one of during the summer months at Kirchstetter about 36 Miles the Century s major literary figures died in his sleep Fri Day night shortly after giving a poetry Reading in Vienna. He was found dead in his hotel room when he failed to respond to a Wake up Call. Kallman an Ameri can Friend who was staying with Auden in the hotel in Cen trial Vienna said the was not in very Good health and seemed tired before leaving the hotel Friday night to read his poems at a meeting of the austrian literary society at Vienna s Palffy Palace. Auden apparently died of a heart attack City officials said. Auden read poems for about 20 minutes at the literary society function. Friends who were present said he looked his years but did not seem particularly for the last 15 years Kall Man and Auden shared a House please see Auden Page 4 w. H. Auden Agnew hits Back Renews attack r on Justice Siept. A Reuters los Angeles up vice president Spiro Agnew angrily accused the Justice department saturday of trying to get him As a big Tro Phy to make up for bungling the watergate investigation and declared he would not re sign even if indicted. In a fighting speech to Republican women he accused in highest career official in the . Department of Justice assistant attorney general Henry Petersen of trying to drive Tim from office and of leaking allegations against him of the press. I am innocent of the charges against me i have not used my office nor abused my Public Trust As county executive As governor or As vice president to enrich myself at the expense of my fellow i intend to stay and even if indicted he said. He intended to go to court and Force top Justice depart ment officials to give state ments under oath about the handling of his Case. He said the officials Are trying to destroy me deliberately through the use of the criminal Justice system of the United he said he is being subjected to a Kangaroo trial through leaks to the papers and accused mentioning him by being a principal source of the leaks. Agnew was making his first formal Public appearance since recent allegations about the investigation of him for political kickbacks and corruption in Maryland. He called the charges against him a Frame up resulting from a refusal to use his office of vice president to halt a Federal investigation of others in Maryland. He termed the leaks con trived actions of the officials. Agnew said if their denials do not stand up he will ask pres ident Nixon to fire them. Agnew said the leaks had subverted the system of jus Tice and had caused great harm to him. I be been living in Purgat he said. I have found my self the recipient of undefined unclear i attributed accusations Agnew did not name any of the persons he said were responsible for the Frame up or for the leaks. Please Sec Agnew Page 4 soviet jews arrive refugee Camp remains open photo by Gerry cyclists in Winnipeg Are getting in their last Days of the sport before the cold we at h e r sets in. These children ride along one of the City s favorite bicycle areas the red River Bank in St. Boniface. From a Reuter Vienna up jewish refugees from the soviet Union Are continuing to arrive at the Schoe Nau transit Camp despite the austrian govern ment s Promise to Arab terrorists to close it. V 1 informed sources said at Al least two groups of soviet jews arrived in Austria sunday and were taken to the Camp 70 Miles South of Vienna under heavy police escort. A spokesman for the israeli embassy said that to his knowledge the Camp will continue for the time being to process 40 to 120 jews a Day. It has no plans to Stop processing soviet demonstrators marched in London and new York to pro test Austria s capitulation to the terrorists. Premier Golda Meir of Israel said in Stras Bourg that Austria had be Meir voices fears by Michael Goldsmith Strasbourg France a israeli Premier Golda Meir said today the austrian Deci Sion to close the transit Camp for soviet a great Victory for the arabs and appealed to the austrian govern ment to reconsider it. Clearly deeply moved by the events following the Arab terrorist attack on a train carry ing soviet jews mrs. Meir Dis carded a prepared speech she was to have delivered to the european parliament and spoke almost exclusively of the dangers of Austria s sur Render to sources close to the israeli please see Meir Page 4 traded her own greatness and she hoped the decision is provisional or perhaps due to a the austrian has not said when it will fulfil its pledge to close the Camp a Promise extracted during the weekend by two Arab guerrillas who kidnapped four hos tages and held them for 15 hours. Arab sources said the guerrillas action was the first step in a plan to Stop the flow of soviet jews to Israel. Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky himself a promised his government would please see Camp Page 4 october off to sunny Start october got off to a much better Start this year than last with Winnipeg s Weatherman prediction Bright sunny skies and a High of 75 degrees for today. By contrast most Mani to bans on this Day last year were huddled under their umbrellas As Light rain showers fell throughout most of the Day and temperatures barely reached 60 degrees. By oct. 1 last year some areas of the province had Al ready experienced then first snowfall and Winnipeg was Only three Days away from its first taste of the White stuff. Two weeks later the streets please see october Page 4 two people shot Man woman in Hospital a u unidentified couple Are in Hospital following a shooting incident in a North end Winnipeg Home Early monday. Inner City police said the shooting occurred about . At 1165 Prit Chard said the Man was reported in poor condition i general Centre and his estranged wife was reported in fair condition. A spokesman for the detective division said it appeared the Man first shot his wife and then attempted suicide. The i n c i d e n t is still under investigation. The names of the couple and further details were expected to be announced later monday. 1973 Campaign takes off by Wally Dennison free press staff writer the 1973 United Way of Winnipeg Campaign jumped off monday morning with the highest amount Ever in the till on opening Day of the annual Appeal. The total was announced by Campaign chairman Allan m. Moore at a Kickoff breakfast in the Polo Park shopping Centre mall. The represents 13.4 per cent of the month Long drive s objective of and is More than the collected on kick off Day in 1972. A u r o 1 y this is a great United Way Board president Archie k. Micah told about 150 campaigners. Is there a better Way of serving the Community than giving a helping hand to those who need or. Moore cited some really outstanding Winnipeg s doctors and dentists Lead their professions in contributions and participation among major Canadian United campaigns the City s lawyers Are first in donations and third in participation provincial government employees Are third in per capita giving and Winnipeg s schools arc third in participation he said. A a j o r corporations arc please see United Page 4 today Hunting limit 9 life in the mafia. 10 classified 21 to 28, 32 to 40 comics 42, 43 deaths 6 finance Jumble movies snorts television women 29 to 31 12 45 to 52 11 19, 20 nearly everyone reads the free press City Zont total any sign weekend toll five traffic death record topped a record was set for the number of people killed in Winnipeg traffic accidents in one year when a woman died sunday in general Centre. Evelyn Dorothy Tanner 49, of 1639 Arlington Street was Al Al Al one of five people who died in nun. Accidents in Manitoba during the weekend. Mrs. Tanner was the 30th Winnipeg traffic fatality in 1973. The previous record for traffic fatalities was 29 m 1967. Wilfred Mcleod pedestrian became the ?9th victim at . On nov. 11, 1967, inner City police said monday. Police said mrs. Tanner ran Between two parked cars around 2 . Sunday into the path of a taxi driven by John Richardson 42, of 4247 Hender son Highway. She died four hours later in Hospital. Mrs. Tanner who was injured on Mcgregor Street be tween Pritchard and Manitoba avenues was admitted to Gen eral Centre with internal injuries and a fractured left and right leg. Also killed in accidents in Manitoba during the weekend were m a t h e w Christoper Mckay 21, of the Berens River Indian Reserve. Bryon Thomas Abercrombie alias Clark 21, of Grandview Man. See woman Page 4 Chute jumps fatal by the Canadian press two Ontario parachutists who plunged to their deaths were among at least 74 persons who died accidentally across the country during the week end. Only two Days after a Coroner s jury recommended to h a t Parachute jumping be government controlled one Man dropped into a Pond near Toronto and another hit Power lines near Welland on his Maiden jump. Of the total dead 59 lost their lives on roads six were drowned four died in fires one was killed by a rain one died in a fall one was shot Accident please see Chute Page 4 Joy of reunion blinds woman Carlisle England up doctors have begun a series of tests to see whether they can partially restore the sight of a 70-year-old widow who became totally Blind after being reunited with her brother from Canada. Emily Thomson entered hos Pital monday for examination hours after her brother George Watson 66, flew Back to his Home in St. Genevieve Man., near Winnipeg. Mrs. Thomson had not seen her brother since he emigrated to Canada in 1927 and they lost touch. Earlier this year Watson asked the salvation army in Canada to help locate his sister and officers were Able to con tact the family Here. Mrs. Thomson who has been partially Blind for several years lost her sight completely four Days after meeting her brother. The excitement of seeing George after All these years was too mrs. Thomson please see Joy Page 4 Quebec shots9 fired by the Canadian press Battle lines have begun Tak ing shape for the oct. 29 que Bec provincial elections As two of the four parties involved traded jibes during weekend campaigning. At Jon Miere quo., 115 Miles North of Quebec City parti quebecois Leader Rene la pcs que told a pm nominating meeting that the elections provide the Opportunity for Quebec to obtain a quiet in dependence. We have this miraculous Opportunity to be a Strong nation with tics with neighbouring he said and we Are going to do it without turn ing everything upside if we work hard enough we have a real Chance this time of seeing the election of the first government by the people of Quebec for the people of que or. Love quo called on pre Mier Robert Bourassa to keep his pledge of 1970 to eliminate secret Campaign please Sec Quebec Page 4 United Way starts today give generously ;