Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 1, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday october 1, 1973 state election tests strength of Gandhi s Congress party by Walter Schwarz Lucknow India special the guardian a Large chunk of prime minister Indira Gandhi s electorate will soon have a Chance to pass judg ment on her. In four months utter Pravesh India s biggest state its population of 90 Mil lion would make it the world s seventh largest country is due to elect its state Assembly. Inflation and shortages of every kind have Given mrs. Gandhi a rougher time than she has Ever had before. If these ills Are to have a Politi Cal reflection its first coming will be in the utter Pravesh elections. Utter Pravesh is the King maker of Indian politics. From Here have come All three prime ministers. It sends More than 100 legislators to the Cen trial parliament a Formida ble bloc vote. A bad election result would be tangible proof of what mrs. Gandhi s critics have been saying for months that the Indira wave which swept through India five years ago and was at its height in the Bangladesh War is now spent. I there is no alternative to her Congress party. But if utter Pravesh fails to give her a vote of Confidence the party could split again or at any rate cast around for another Leader. That say the critic is Long overdue because of mrs. Gandhi s consistent fail ure to translate her populist slogans into effective policies. In a year of crisis utter Pravesh has come off As badly As any other state. Large parts of it have had a drought this year while most of India has had a Good Monsoon. Even where the Rains have been kind a crippling shortage of electricity has kept Well pumps Idle depriving crops of irrigation they still need after the Rains have passed. Fertilizer is also virtually unobtainable. Congress leaders like to argue that these rare Short Ages Are reflecting prosperous new demand for things people had no use for in the old Days. But the shortages Are Felt to be the result of bad planning and hoarding by Black marketeers. Worse they threaten to cripple the Winter crop of Rice due to be harvested in late november. Almost everything is in Short Supply including essentials like food grains cooking fat and kerosene. The conviction that All these things Are being cornered by politically Power Ful Black marketeers is bring ing demonstrators out into the streets in Many villages and towns. If Many of these demonstrators Are paid by political parties that hardly lessens their Impact in an election year. Violent discontent boiled Over last june in the revolt of the armed constabulary in support of wage and other demands an ominous rebellion in which the army besieged hundreds of strikers for four Days before it could disarm them mrs. Gandhi was obliged to suspend the elected Congress government and impose president s Rule which is still in Force. The suspended government of Kamalapati Tripathi had been a caricature of Congress party politics. It was flagrantly corrupt and Tripathi was so skillful in keeping All his legislators Happy that mrs. Gandhi now is finding it very hard to appoint a substitute Leader. Opposition groups have tried to unite to defeat the ruling Congress but have failed to agree. But Congress is far from complacent. It got Les seats than did the United opposition in 1967 another year of shortages and disgruntled ment. And now As then the moslem of the state Are disgruntled. Moslem Are Only 15 per cent of the electorate but they could hold the balance in As Many As 100 constituencies out of 425. Like other depressed groups they have traditionally voted for Congress As their 11 k e 1 i e s t protector. But their leaders now feel let Down on a number of issues. One of the most explosive is a recent act depriving the moslem University of its effective autonomy. The new government will not be elected by the disgruntled newspaper Reading townsman but by the. Illiterate villager. This remains the main Comfort for the Congress and it is treasure Trail not paved with Gold by Eric Sharp Miami Fla. A in 20 years of prowling reefs and wrecks across the Spanish main Robert Marx figures he Nas found about million Worth of sunken Gold Silver and jewels. He also figures that his share of that loot came to about it comes out to less than a year. A Street sweeper makes More than says the 40-year-old treasure Hunter and Marine archaeologist. Despite the Low returns Marx and others Are drawn irresistibly to scour the Waters off the Florida coast in search of sunken treasure. One group Mel Fisher and his Armada research corp., thinks it has located the watery grave of Nuestra Senora de Atocha a Galleon that went Down with 900 bars of Silver about 40 Miles of key West. The company has sunk about million into salvaging the wreck. Fisher s divers found three Silver bars two months ago but they have found none since. Other treasure Hunters say they think pirates might have beaten Fisher to the horde by about 350 years. Fisher notes that two of the three Silver bars he found have markings that correspond to bars listed on the Atocha s Manifest. That wreck was scattered Over several Square Miles of o Cean we plan to work on her through at least 1975, so i m not Overly concerned that we did t hit the Mam pile right he says. There s a lot of sour grapes involved Here. Other people have been looking for the wreck for years and they Don t like to admit that i have whatever Fisher Marx and other treasure Hunters find in Florida Waters they must give the state a 25 per cent share. Marx estimates he has seen about 300 wrecks but Only a Tew yielded spectacular re sults. And most were salvaged for various employers so he got no More than a salary. His most recent find was the Maravilla which he discovered about two years ago on the Little Bahamas Bank. Marx and his divers raised several Silver bars and piles of Silver coins but the bahamian government impounded the loot and the question of who owns the trea sure is up in the air. Every time i finish a trea sure Hunt i swear i la never do it said Marx. I be got a framed Cheque on my Wall from one of my partners in a caper a few years ago. It s on the Wall because it Marx says he makes Money not from treasure but from the mystique that surrounds it. He has written 15 books about treasure and Marine history and spends most of his time flitting about the world As a consultant on underwater archaeological projects. Marx says he. Hopes to reconstruct a phoenician ship and sail it from Tyre to the Ameri Cas if he can find a wrecked specimen. He now is probing the harbours of Sidon bibles and Tyre for the lebanese government hoping to find a wreck buried under water and mud with much of its Hull still intact. But the problem is that no body will believe you. No mat Ter what you re working on they All think you re after trea he said. Francophone nations to meet in Belgium by Donat Valois Paris up the Agency de co operation Cul Turelle it technique supported by 24 French language coun tries to promote cultural and technical programs among its members will meet at Liege and Brussels in Belgium oct. 14 to 21. The acct was created in Nigeria in 1970 with Canada As one of its founding members. Since 1071, Quebec province has had the status of a participating government in its activities. The third general conference be asked to give final approval to a budget proposal for 1974 and 1975 which would Al most double this year s million spending an acct spokesman said. At a june administration meeting in Mon Aco a budget outline was pre pared increasing spending to More than million in 1974 and possibly million in 1375. Beyond budgetary considerations the delegates will examine and evaluate present and inter National exchanges publishing and tourism in the wilds of Nigeria Senegal Mali and a the emphasis will be on the third world develop ment notably French african countries the spokesman said. The conference will be asked to encourage co operation among underdeveloped nations. A country with a surplus of specialists in one skill would lend them to another country lacking that skill. Jean Marc l e g c r former journalist with Montrealle d v o i r and Secretary general of acct from its beginning said such co operation a been rare. He stressed its relatively Low Cost compared with Aid Givin by industrialized countries in the form of subsidies Loans and Grants. The acct recently inaugurated a third world Centre at its International school at Bor Deaux which already maintained a management training Centre for developing coun tries. Canada s contribution of about 35 per cent of the Bud get combined with those of France and Belgium made up More than 90 per cent of the acct s financing this year. Quebec pays 68 per cent of the Canadian total. If the present scale of contributions is continued in future budgets Canada will give million to the organization in 1974 and million in 1975. Trinidad s Leader resigns port of Spain Trinidad Reuter Trinidad and Toba go s ruling people s National movement pm decided sat urday to ask prime minister Eric Williams to remain As political Leader until his Succes Sor is named. The party leadership shocked by or. Williams announcement that he plans to leave politics to return to Pri vate life also decided to Post Pone All party elections Origi Nally due sunday. Williams announcement came in a keynote speech at the opening of the party s Congress Friday night. He did not indicate when he would step Down As prime min ister but it seemed Clear he intended to relinquish the party leadership immediately. Eskimo writing divided by Dave Blaikie the two Basic styles have in their written language the Canadian eskimos Are often foreigners to each other unable to communicate because of two vastly different writing styles. Eskimo writing or Ortho Graphy dates Back Little More than 100 years even though archaeologists have traced Eskimo history Back More than years. The two Basic styles have spread in spite of the tiny Eskimo population but neither originated with the eskimos themselves. Both Are the product of Christian missionaries. Syllables a system of phonetic symbols was devised by a Wesleyan missionary at nor Way House man., in the 1830s and first used by a number of Indian tribes the most commonly used style it was taken North about i860 and spread Ami Jug the Eskimo people by the anglican the second system the so called roman style originated with the moravian Mission in Labrador during the 1700s. Based on the roman alphabet it did not come into Vii spread use among eskimos until after 1930. Syllables Are found mainly in the Central Eastern and North Ern Quebec regions of the arc tic along with scattered Sec ions of Labrador. All other re Gions use roman orthography. This creates a major prob Lem for says Tagako cur Ley president of inuit Tapir sat of Canada the National Eskimo brotherhood. If we re Ever going to Over come our communications problems we must establish a Universal writing with this in mind the association has taken the first Steps to explore development of a now writing system that could be used by All eskimos. A six member inuit Lan Gunge commission has been formed and it leaders have applied for a Federal Grant to finance a detailed study. The organization Hopes to Send commission members to All areas of the Arctic in search of information that could Lead to a modern writing method acceptable to All Eskimo natives. True that where one politician looks very much like another it always seems safer and More sensible to vote for the one in Power. He at any rate has the most Money to throw around. So mrs. Gandhi As yet has Little reason to fear an outright defeat. The worst result will be a badly mauled majority. Much depends on the no vember Rice crop. Much also depends on mrs. Gandhi s own skill. Caught Short Frome England up snooker player Ian oarsman had Only seconds to go before resuming a vital match when he got locked in the women s lavatory at a Somerset club. To save time he had dashed for the nearest toilet without checking the signs but the key stuck and he had to Call for help. He was released with 20 seconds to spare. Unbroken spirit London up a West shop which had its win Dows shattered by a bomb in a recent wave of terrorist at tacks bore this sign pasted Over the broken Glass next Day it s a blasted nuisance but we re open for business As panic at sea was Captain murdered by Kevin Doyle Ennis Corty Ireland up by Early afternoon on april 27, 1859, the Cloud Over the West coast of England had disappeared. It became Clear Bright and brisk an Ideal Day for sailing. Captain Charles Merrihew was pleased. His american ship the Pomona had a full general cargo and about 400 Irish emigrants bound from Liverpool to new York and new Homes in the United states and Canada. A Swarthy native of the Bronx with years of. Sailing experience Merrihew shouted orders for the moorings to be taken aboard and his. Three masted Black hulled vessel swung Down the Mer sey towards the open sea. He hoped to reach new York in 18 Days. Most of Merrihew s Passen Gers were from the poverty stricken Rural regions of ire land headed for a fresh Start in North America. They were jammed in the Forward hold. Others More Well to do were in fairly comfortable Cabins. Minutes out of Liverpool families from All sections began gathering on deck introducing themselves As their children raced excitedly in All directions at 4 ., the watch logged Holyhead Wales South Eastby East 10 Miles off and the course was altered to come Down the Irish sea. Inexplicably the new course set was West South West when it should have been a few Points East of s o u w e s t. The wind in creased and visibility faded. Still the passengers lingered on deck enjoying their first Day at sea. Just after the 400-ton ship smashed against the Blackwater Bank per haps the Best known Hazard off the Irish coast. The vessel heeled Over. Freight was ripped Loose and passengers burst Ino a Blind panic. The Pomona was still under sail and the wind drove her again and again against the Bank As the Captain tried desperately to sail her off. 1 one of the Crew Philip Mulcahey whose Home was near this county Wexford town went below to Check for leaks. He found plenty and called for male passengers to Man the pumps. They died at fruitless Job. For eight hours the Stout Oak Hull withstood the Pound ing until Merrihew ordered the weather stays and masts to be Cut away. He also set adrift a Lifeboat with the ship s name and plight strapped inside in the futile Hope that it might bring help. With full tide and heavier Feas the ship was lifted and swept right across the Bank. Then Merrihew made his last fatal mistake. He ordered both anchors out. The Captain had probably wished to hold the Pomona steady until Daybreak when he could get his bearings again. Instead she Sank quickly into the raging sea taking with her .400 people in eluding passengers and part of the Crew. Had the anchors not been dropped she Proba Bly would have swept ashore safely. The Ennis Orthy museum has collected fragments of the Pomona along with diaries logs and other Docu ments saved from the ship to produce a Stark and impressive memorial to the tragedy one of the worst disasters on the Irish coast. There was no inkling ashore of the wreck until the body of a woman on the rocks near Here. It was the first of hundreds to be picked up in the following weeks. Days later two boatloads of 17 men most of them Crew members landed. Gradually the Story emerged of How they had fought among them selves and against other Pas sengers to grab the lifeboats and escape. Not a woman or child survived. Mulcahey wrote after wards the first group of bodies Laid out lipid the features set in straight lines of terror so terrible that viewers shrank away from them. Others clasped rosaries and their eyes faced upward to the Only Salv icon they could Hope for the full horror was not known until divers from Liverpool descended to Salvage the cargo which Lay in fairly water. It was in the battened Down holds that they found the most appalling Evi Dence of suffering. One diver wrote that a compartment held More bodies than i could conceive it could accommodate with them another found that when he pulled free the body of a woman there were seven dead children still clinging rigidly to her. They were buried together near Dublin. Strapped to the Mast was the body of Captain Merri hew. Did he wish to make certain he did not live after seeing the horror or was he bound there by his angry Crew and left to drown the inquiries which Fol Lowed never answered the question but they condemned the cowardice of the Crew and the baffling error which led to the loss of the Pomona. Officials at the Ennis Orthy museum seem determined to prevent the tragedy being lost to memory. But to the local people at least their efforts seem unnecessary. There is hardly a graveyard on the Wexford coast without the re Mains of at least one of its victims. Salvage couple Busy Edmonton coed and Ernestine Simon spent this sum Mer in the midst of rubble doing what a Bulldozer might have done More quickly but also More carelessly. The husband and wife demolition and Salvage company took apart All saints Parish Hall Brick by Brick and Board by Board. Or. And mrs. Simon bought demolition and Salvage rights on the 53-year-old building for about this included the right to keep or sell any part of the downtown building and its contents that All saints anglican Cathedral did not wish to preserve or donate to museums. Today we sold the grand piano and a lot of people have bought Spruce and fir Panell or. Simon said in an interview after he had been on the Job three months. One lady is using it to finish her basement. The Church kept Many of the stained Glass windows Hilt we re keeping the big yellow one As a memory of this the lumber they salvaged is a better Grade than you can buy today even though it s used it s Strong and but perhaps the most Valu Able things the couple re claimed Are the thousands of old red fired bricks that Are becoming so difficult to find and Are fashionable for Home decorating. My guess is we should be Able to save in or. Simon said. Most of the bricks were contracted to an Edmonton masonry firm. Or. Simon saved about bricks for his own Home which he plans to Start building this Winter. The rest were Stock piled on an Edmonton lot to be cleaned and sold this Winter. The Simons can clean an average of bricks a Day. I Don t believe in hauling any stuff to the garbage said or. Simon. What i can t sell i haul Home. Not a stitch of this material will go to or. And mrs. Resi dents of Drayton Valley alia., rented an apartment in the City and worked 17 hours a Day seven week painstakingly taking the building apart. We Don t want to destroy the feelings that Edmonton ans have for the very Rev. Randall Ivany Dean of Edmon ton and Cathedral director said. That s Why we did t Send a Bulldozer through prices effective monday Through wednesday oct. 3 in All greater Winnipeg Selkirk Safeway stores. We Reserve the right to limit quantities. Mushrooms Garden Side. Pieces stems. 10 Al. Of. Assorted peas Orange crystals j s2se 5 i 5 7 Cranberry sauce Lemon juice 0 townhouse. A i Sealemon o 14 Al. 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