Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 9, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press final edition vol 81 no. Cents with 20 cents tuesday october 9, 1973 forecast mainly Cloudy 45 and 60 i m Middle East Wak israeli bombers blast Arab cities residents of the israeli Village of Migdal a Eek View damage caused by syrian bombardment. Kingsley Reginald Baker 22, of no fixed has teen charged with capital murder in connection with the death of David James Bray Kennedy Street. I Baker made no plea when he appeared in provincial judges court tuesday. He was remanded one week. The Man s body was .found1 saturday in a downtown apart ment Block. Earlier reports said were holding an adult and juvenile in connection with the-death.--. An inner City police spokes Man police were called to the Kennedy at about Pini. Saturday where they found or. Bray s body. He refused to indicate How the Man died. The spokesman said a Man and a boy were taken into Cus Tody shortly after or. Bray s body was found. He confirmed earlier reports that police had used a fire department ladder truck sunday to search rooftops Monton Street for along de a weapon used in the Man s death. However the spokesman declined to say whether the weapon was found. Statements offered a Federal judge alleged by in Legal arguments monday also sought to defend reporters against Sib Perias issued Law yets and offered the Jii Gevan unusual private peek at the 6y against the vice president. I i thex government. Arguments were contained in a ape filed i United states is District judge who is to preside Over thib Sismore Federal jury Inyestiga-1 Tion of extortion. And bribery allegations again is Agnew the papers were filed in response to a demand by a new s lawyers that Hoffman halt the investigation on please see news Page 4 group candidates the Manitoba new demo cratic party has set up a com Mittee that will help nip candidates to get elected to local school boards and municipal councils. Party president Murdoch Mackay said tuesday that the committee will actively co ordinate the candidates and will utilize the provincial party s staff and offices. The decision to set up the committee was made at the party s provincial Council and Indian ammunition fears discounted Yellowknife . There is no reason to believe that indians in Wrig Ley ., who _ asked for treaty payments in ammunition had any ulterior motive Wally Gryba regional representative for the Indian affairs department said monday. He said the territorial government official the ammunition today Burin ii report 19 to 26 two Tiki away 60 classified 39 to s3 13 deaths 7 Jumble. 42 movies. 11 sports 55 to 62 television 10 women 37, 38 nearly everyone reads the free press City Lorn total .13mi7 the tiny settlement s efforts to Block nearby construction of the Mackenzie Highway had an irresponsible attitude. The official who did not want his name to be used said last week that rounds of .30-30 ammunition were head ing towards the settlement 290 Miles Northwest of Here and who related could Stop the Highway the shipment to pipeline and the american 6th Andy Theriault assistant to said monday Only rounds were sent to Wrig Ley from the Federal govern ment s Supply and services department in Edmonton. He explained that under treaty unsigned in 1921, Indi ans in the area receive in Cash and in supplies annually. The w r i g 1 e y settlement about one Quarter of the Dis Lance Down the Mackenzie River consisting of 185 people asked for its Supply Money in various kinds of ammunition instead of fishing nets traps and Canvas. The ammunition shipped to Wrigley from Yellowknife Fri Day included rounds of .30-30, .303 and .243 said or. Theriault. The residents of Wrigley so far have been successful in please Sec Indian Page 4 provincial caucus meetings aboard the is lord. Selkirk ii during the weekend. Last week progressive conservative Leader Sidney spi Vak of. Manitoba and Winnipeg City councillor Olga Fuga said party politics should be outlawed at the municipal and school Board scene h o w e v e r premiered Schreyer said Friday that he did not hold with this View since political parties Are the logical outgrowth of people s concern about How their communities Are run. Or. Mackay denied reports tuesday that the party s provincial Council considered a Resolution Over the weekend to oust Winnipeg school Board trustee i Rowland from the party. Her name was never mentioned even though we talked about the subject of municipal and school politics for Over an or. Mackay also said the party will renewed Effort to get individual financial contributions from its nearly members in a attempt to keep the Treasury from be coming reliant on business contributions. He said tie Council showed no aversion to accepting Busi Ness donations and took very mature approach to the problem. Pm o Tokyo up prime Riih heading for a seven Day trip to China stopped in Tokyo today and look his wife Margaret to an expensive downtown restauro rant. A 15-hour flight from Ottawa the official party went immediately to it restaurant where reservations had been made for eight persons. His guests included Ross Campbell c a n a i a h ambassador to Japan. Tried eau will leave Tokyo wednesday to begin a visit to China. Mrs expect ing their second child at the end of this year left their son Justin with her parents in Van Couver. The visit Wilt of the first to China by a Canadian prime minister and Trudeau s third. The-53-year old prime min ister and his entourage will land at peking Airport wednes. Day afternoon. They will be driven in a motorcade through peking s Centre along tree lined Chang an eternal peace Boulevard to the state guest House in the City s Western suburbs. Trudeau will immediately please see pm Page 4 Calgary girl Calgary up Linda file the Calgary girl reported to be Missig by her parents somewhere in Europe since the Middle of August is Back Home ending a International police search at her parents request. Miss Bra Ion 23, re turned Here from England d u r i n thanksgiving weekend saying she did t her parents due to some personal problems. Both sides claim Success from a Reuter both sides in the new Middle East War Are claim ing successes but there is no talk in Israel of a six Day Blitz to match their 1967 Victory. And on the Arab Side Syria at least also is controlling its optimism. A senior israeli air Force officer said monday that Israel had command of the skies but the egyptian and syrian air forces Are still basically we did not attack and eliminate them on the ground As in the six Day he said in a television interview. Another interviewed israeli officer fighting on the Suez canal front against Egypt praised the ferocity and discipline of the egyptian attack and said he was encountering weapons and tactics he had t seen before. On the Golan Heights front the responsibility of Syria in the arabs two pronged attack were no Victory claims from the syrian Side an indication that Israel s claims of advances there were accurate. Damascus radio has issued no new communiques since before merely repeat ing earlier information. Israel reported by monday afternoon that the syrian troops and Armor were flee ing in disarray toward Damascus but later admitted there were stubborn pockets of Resis Tance. Israeli chief of staff Gen David Elazary asked if israeli troops intended to move on Damascus replied i the troops Are moving from our territory against the we shall see in the next few Days the direction and the Israel s top military analyst and former military intelligence chief Gen. Chaim Herzog forecast monday night that a final decision could be a Lew More Days away. Egyptian communiques were More o p t i m i s t i the syrian. They said egyptian troops captured the town of Al Cantara of the East Bank of the Suez canal in hand to hand combat and raided a oilfield both held by Israel since the 1968 War. Cairo said fires were set at the oilfield a Driller was destroyed and our troops re turned safely to their there was no word on the at tack from the israelis. The Field supplies most of Israel s Domestic Oil needs. Egypt said today its forces had swept nine Miles from the canal into Sinai sending the israelis fleeing in disarray into the and were in the process of destroying an israeli tank brigade and Cap Turing its commander a Colo Nel. But a report from Tel Aviv said israeli forces were pushing the egyptians Back and were within four Miles of the waterway. Egypt said israeli planes caused some civilian casualties when Talfey attacked the City of port said at the Northern end of the Suez canal monday night. An israeli spokesman said the attacks lasted All Day insisted Only mis Sile batteries and other Mili tary targets around the City were hit. Egypt warned today it might make retaliatory air strikes against israeli towns. Please see both Page 6 dispute hinders in from Reuter a United nations up prospects for Swift Security Council end the mid dle East War Bleak after the 15-country body Cut Short a meeting monday night. Backstage negotiations continued. Disagreement was Over the positions the opposing armies should take up follow ing an end of hostilities. No Date was set for a further meeting but diplomatic sources said it could be held late today. The United states appeared alone monday with its proposal that the Council a re turn to military positions held before the outbreak of fighting saturday. China called the idea preposterous and with the soviet Union demanded israeli with. Drawl from All Arab lands occupied in the. 1967 War. Please see dispute Page 4 fierce ground Battles rage along Suez canal Golan Heights a Reuter israeli jets were reported to have launched bomb ing raids on Damascus and Cairo today in a major escalation of the fighting in the Middle East. Ground Battles raged along the Suez canal and the Golan Heights. Associated press correspondent c. C. Miniclier reported from Cairo that we Are in the Middle of an air he made the report in a Telephone Call to the a Bureau in Athens but the line then went dead. Israeli phantom jets bomb ing in Damascus were said to have damaged the syrian de Fence ministry and the govern ment radio station across the Street. The lebanese defence ministry said israeli jets struck an army radar station 18 Miles East of Beirut and there were reports of israeli Armor Cross ing into Lebanon so far not involved in the fighting As the four Day conflict widened polish diplomatic evacuees leaving Syria after their embassy was hit during the israeli air raid on Damascus called the strike a terrible tragedy that killed Many i saw so Many dead and wounded it was said a sobbing Marta Servic a polish official s wife arriving at a Border Post in a group of 20 women and children from embassy families we saw Many and wounded in the the israeli strikes on Cairo and Damascus were taken As an indication israeli air Power was having its Way in the mid dle East skies despite egyptian and syrian reports that they have downed nearly a third of Tel Aviv s approximately 490 planes. But Cairo said that on the ground its tanks were pushing Back israeli Armor in the Sinai and had stabbed nine Miles into the desert captured by Israel in the 1967 War. Please see ground Page 6 Sharp urges talks Ottawa up external affairs minister Mitchell Sharp reaffirmed monday his conviction that negotiation is the Only Road to settlement of the Middle Bast situation. Negotiation is the Only pos sible he told reporters at a news conference. It s quite Clear now that if you Don t have a negotiated settlement one War leads to another almost endlessly certainly any attempts that have been made to Settle it by War have Only made the Situa Tion or. Sharp repeated he had said in a statement re leased saturday night. He remained convinced that a United nations Security Council Resolution passed in november 1967, after the six Day Israel and Egypt offered the Best Frame work for settlement. Please see Sharp Page 6 Kuwait Calls for talks on use of Oil As weapon Kuwait a Oil Rich Kuwait called today for an urgent conference of the Arab Oil countries to debate the role of Oil in the new Arab israeli Rar. The kuwaiti government said Oil minister Abdul Rahman Salem Al Tiki was communicating the proposal to saudi Arabia Iraq Libya Al Geria Qatar and Abu Dahabi. Most of the Oil ministers Are meeting in Vienna for Price negotiations with the major West Ern Oil companies. The announcement said Kuwait is prepared to play Host to the conference to determine How their Oil could be used As a weapon against Israel. Since the War began Satur Day there have been a number of Arab Calls for a halt in Oil shipments to the United states Israel s chief Backer. But the Only action was Iraq s nationalization sunday of the Small iraqi holdings of two american Oil firms Exxon and Mobil. They were considered of no significance i the Over All production picture. Oil company and shipping sources in London reported today the first cutbacks in fuel supplies to Western Europe due to the War. But they blamed geography rather than politics. Israelis keep Calm in face of crisis by Harry Trimborn Jerusalem Spe Cial tons a Young Kib Butnik recalled an old joke about How jews be have in the face of Adver sity an Angel came Down from heaven and announced that the entire world would soon be sub merged under 200 fathoms of water. People threw themselves on their Knees and bewailed their Fate except for the jews they went Home and told their families it s going to be difficult. Living under 200 fathoms of such was the attitude of Many israelis on the fourth Day of the yom kippur War with Syria and Egypt. As jews have for centuries the israelis were bracing themselves for please see israelis Page 4 indicate War Cost for Washington special while israeli ground and air forces appeared to be successfully counter attacking on two fronts monday there were also indications that the four Day of d War in the Middle East May turn out to be among the most costly for the israelis. Reports reaching Washington monday and con firmed in general by United states officials indicate that Between 40 to 50 israeli jets have been shot Down thus far by Arab missile defences. That figure is said to be slightly higher already than lie plane losses suffered during the All out six Day War fought in june 19c7. About 90 israeli tanks More than were reported lost in the Sinai Campaign of 1967 were also said to be knocked out of action in the first three Days of Bat the by egyptian and syrian tanks and artillery. Most of the israeli air losses thus far have come during intensive attacks against surface to air mis s i 1 e Sam defences in Syria. These soviet built missiles were providing Protection against air at tack for the syrian or Morud forces that pushed into the israeli occupied Golan Heights on Satur Day. If the israelis do Send troops and tanks across the canal it could be As part of a ground air Effort to in o c k out the massive Sam missile defences on he egyptian Side of the Suez. . Military sources said that while the israeli air blows against the syrian air defences had largely put those defences out of action the egyptian air defence which numbers Between 300-500 fun missiles still is toning effectively. Knocking out Many of those Sam missiles and anti aircraft guns is viewed As essential for the israelis if they Are to trap some 500 egyptian tanks and men in two armoured divisions that have crossed the canal into israeli occupied Sinai. The soviet built Sam-2 missile has a Range of please Sec reports Page 4 ;