Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 10, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday october 10, 1971 Canadian Content takes a dive by Jeff Carruthers Ottawa the heart planned new Auto Matic message handling net work for the armed forces will hot be built in can Ada despite a Small furore raised late last year Over Ca Nadian Content of the planned Samson network. Even though the contract for the six Multi million Dollar computers which will be used As the High Speed switches for Samson is one of the largest in the electronics Field from government Ottawa has decided against writing in a mini mum Canadian Content into its invitation to tenders govern ment sources confirmed tues v tenders were sent out secretly late this summer. And officials with the department of Supply and services the fed eral government s purchasing agent have steadfast edly re fused to make any of the invitation to tender documents Public so far. The Lack of Ca Nadian Content is in Stark con Trast to the 60 per cent mini mum Content asked for and obtained in the recently awarded Multi million Dollar air navigation system called jets for the Federal ministry of lians port. Some Industry observers ire looking upon the Samson contract As a possible major step backwards for Canadian Industry. _ in place of the minimum Ca Nadian Content the govern ment has called for what it terms offset agreements in other words promises by Industry to either use Canadian parts Likely to build other equipment in Canada government officials argue this sort of arrangement could be to the longer term Benefit of the country esp equally since Ottawa has already decided it cannot afford to have the six computers built in Canada the government has also said it will write the offset agreements into the contract on the Samson switches but in a number of inter views officials in government and Industry admitted that Price not the offset agree ments will be the major Factor in selecting a contractor for the switches in fact it is quite feasible that Canadian Content and offset agreements since they Are not mandatory under the invitation to tender might never be really considered As the the govern ment both have an absolutely Clear understanding of the work government has the option at its own discretion to award the contract after the first stage of the tenders nov. 14. Or it can that is change the specifications and go to a second stage involving Only a handful of the 10 to 12 companies expected to bid on the first round. Government will sup ply the High Speed cryptographic equipment and the special Telephone lines to the contractor who will be responsible for making the system work. The terminals Tele typewriter like devices being purchased via separate recently issued Public tender have been a number of changes in the system since december including the Addi Tion of a special Semi Auto Matic message Exchange at the secret military Bunker Complex at Carp near Ottawa of t w o Semi automatic exchanges to handle Marine radio signals on both coasts at Mill Cove . Arid Aldergrove . Of message concentrator units Small computers at Edmonton and1 Gage town and of two training de vices at Kingston ont. The planned com Puter message handling net work will replace the existing m a n u a 1, torn tape teletype message handling system for the Canadian armed forces late in 1975, according to the present schedule. Major factors contract. In awarding a meanwhile despite the hush hush Competition for the Sam son contract the following de fails about the tender and the Competition have been unearthed. Tender closing Date on finally scheduled for oct 11, has been postponed a month until nov despite the fact that the original invitation to tender stated that Ottawa would consider Only a two week Extension and then Only on the Price portion of the bid tender Date delay was granted at the request of in government officials say Competition involves a relatively rare two stage ten to make sure deaths Ayland Alfred William 74, of 115 Mai tin Avenue retired from Winnipeg Parks Board Damps mrs Arthur we Nina 81, of 300 Ros Lyn Road Degroot Gertrude Gertie 87, of Middle Church Man formerly of East Jyi Dow John Degroot. Henry fre v Derick .6.1, of 145. Egerton Road St. Vital. Dumas mrs. Alfred Mary 60, of 598 Elgin Avenue. French Irene Melvina 88, of a Amherst apartments. Suite a widow of John French. Gislason Gudmundur Ola fur 91, of Gimli Man., for Merly of Geyser Man., re tired from farming Hughes Laurie Alexander 62, of 1367 notre Dame ave nue employed by depart ment of National defence. Lane Allan 36, of 454 Edge Wood Street St. Boniface. Magas Andrew 89, of Box 203 court Street East Kil Donan retired from up rail. Malcolm Duncan David 89 of lunar Piazza Theresa Eugenia 86 of 871 Telfer. Street North East formerly o widow of ales Sandro i Iazza. Piette Joseph Henry 83, Benedict s Manor a Borg Man. Shannon John 74, of St John s Avenue. Kenneth Earl 48, in Calgary. St. Arnaud Ivanhoe Joseph 64, of 432 Furby Street suit 1, formerly of Montreal me chanic. Stuart Charles of Sorrento ., formerly of Winnipeg Rozenko Zachary 94, in Deer Lodge Hospital formerly of Zahara Dmytro 88, of la Dubonnet Man., Retiree from up rail. For further information Platie see classified death Leger receives ovation Brussels up about 200 businessmen and diplomats from Canada and Belgium gave a standing ovation this week to ambassador Jules Leger recently named As the next Canadian governor general. Sharing the applause Wai mrs Leger who along with her husband was attending a thanksgiving Day dinner sponsored by the Belgo Canadian Chambers of Commerce. One report circulating Here says Leger May stay at his Brussels Post which he has held since april 4, until about Christmas before returning to Canada. The Silver haired 60-year-Dld Diplomat has been presiding Over arrangements for a move by his embassy to new quarters in downtown Brussels. The monday night dinner Nad Long been planned with Leger As guest of Honor in his role . But the announcement of his new appointment transformed into the Canadian social highlight of the year in Brus Els meanwhile Praise for Leger ame from Paris where he was Canadian ambassador Dur no the years of deepest Strain tween Ottawa and the late Charles de Gaulle s govern ment. Reporting Leger s new a the Paris news paper be Monde said that de spite the Challenge posted by us ambassadorial duties in the France of 1964-68, Leger s simplicity frankness ant Reat dualities of heart pre served for him in the mos difficult moments the esteem f All those who met Japan s Appeal fails Moscow renter Nese Premier Kakuei Tanaka made a passionate but unsuccessful Appeal to the soviet Union tuesday for the return of four disputed islands Japa Nese sources said. The sources said Tanaka made the Appeal during a three hour meeting with soviet leaders in the Kremlin. Earlier the soviet Union had hinted that negotiations toward a soviet japanese peace treaty had run into serious difficulties. Reporting on monday s Kremlin talks Tass news Agency said the soviet relations and peaceful co operation with Japan even in the absence of a peace the japanese Are insisting that the peace treaty be linked Ith the return of four islands of Northern Japan annexed by e soviet Union after the Sec and world War. Both Tanaka and soviet communist party chief Leonid Brezhnev called monday for e conclusion of. A peace Eaty formally ending second fared War hostilities As a bunder basis for the develop est of relations Between the Bun tries. Both statesmen however voided reference to the Terry rial dispute and Brezhnev d m i 11 e d there were Dif fences of opinion Between the to countries sues. At a lunch Given for his so let hosts tuesday by Tanaka Oviet Premier Alexei Kosygin Nade a speech without any reference to the peace treaty sue although he said that u r i n g the soviet japanese a 1 k i problems had been ruched on which the View Points of the two sides did not ship afire passengers escape Ardrossan Scotland a a ferry from Northern lie and caught fire in the Irish a tuesday night and 70 Pas engers took to lifeboats the Oast guard reported. The Pas in g e r s were later landed Ere. The Blaze began in the in me room of the ton ferry Aon As it sailed from Belfast o Ai dross an in southwestern Scotland. The coast guard received a in stage that the ship was fire and that the passengers and abandoned Craft Crew members stayed aboard tugs took up position along Ide the ship which has been he object of several bomb threats by the Irish Republican Irmy cause of the fire was of known. Radiation standards announced Washington a pro posed standards to Preven excess radiation from a a machines used to detect Possi de Aerial hijackers at maj United states airports were announced recently by the food and drug administrate the proposed emission Limi of 0.5 Mill Roentgen in one Hou at about two inches would hav 10 Adverse health effect and i similar to guidelines dist rib cited to slate radiation Contro agencies last april the fat said. A open Gen is a measure ment of radiation rays. The Standard would apply i enclosed Cabinet machine used in Post offices transportation terminals Man fac hiring plants and scientific laboratories to identify Art orig nals detect product flaws so contraband and study the internal Structure of matter. An Fra Survey found mor than 30 major . Airport were using the machines b july 31 to search for weapon and other devices in Luggage and packages carried aboard airlines. The proposed Standard Wou require a number of sat go a r d s including safety i tar locks and warning signals protect workers from radiation Over exposure. Standards Are in effect i diagnostic a Ray machines use by doctors and dentists. Injunction decision reserved chief Justice a. S. Dewar of he Manitoba court of Queen s Inch reserved decision tucs Lay injunction sought by atomic Energy of Canada to top striking tradesmen from interfering with other employees at the Pinawa nuclear re actor site. the tuesday a film was shown of men walk no Between cars on the High Vay leading to the Plant. T h e administrator of. The p 1 a n to r. M. Sak members of , the International association of machinist and aerospace were walking be Ween cars causing move than too other workers to be two hours late for work. The striking Union consists o about .125 skilled tradesmen who have been on a. Lega strike at Pinawa since sept. Or better wages and working benefits. Or. Smith said that. 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