Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 11, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Press final edition 20 cents wit Price 15 cents comics thursday october 11, 1973 Sunrise . Sunset . Moonrise . Moonset . Forecast mainly Cloudy 35 and 55 superpowers dragged in puts Strain on detente state department hints . May Supply arms to israeli forces Washington special tons High rank ing United states officials and israeli military sources said wednesday that the soviet Union had begun a major Airlift 1 to both Egypt and Syria. Disclosure appeared to open the Way for the immediate Supply of . Equipment to Israel to re place that country s heavy losses sustained thus far during the five Days of fighting. While state department spokesman Robert j. Mccluskey said he could not confirm for the record re ports of the soviet shipments to the Middle East he said that any massive Airlift would tend to put a new face on the the implication of his remarks was that it would affect the . Posture in the Middle East and beyond that . Soviet detente. Or. Mccloskey recalled that Secretary of state Henry a. Kissinger had said in a speech monday evening that detente cannot survive irresponsibility in any area including he mid dle it appeared that the United states had already begun responding to the. Soviet action. Neither. . Nor israeli officials would comment in any Way on the military Supply situation but there were indications that equipment was Al ready on its a Boeing 707 with israeli markings was seen at Norfolk being loaded with sidewinder and Sparrow air to air missiles used by israeli phantom jets. The plane took off immediately after loading. . Government sources say it is Likely that there will be other arms airlifts to Israel including shells bombs and tactical missiles. At the beginning the United states had taken a hands off attitude clearly in the expectation that the israelis would be Able to respond to the Arab at tack with ease and dispatch. The prolonged Battle has created an entirely new situation. A major reason for wishing to stay outside the Battle beyond the desire to keep the conflict a local one isolated please see Airlift Page 6 the if Syria Falls Back a renter israeli forces crossed t 1967 ceasefire line on the Golan Heights today and attacked syrian armoured and infantry guarding the Road to Damascus the israeli military command announced. Israel also Ite ported its gun boats shelled Latakia Syria s chief port and the Banias Minal for the iraqi Oil pipeline during the night and its com Mandos crossed the Suez canal Tor a hit and run raid on con Voys and rear echelons be Hind the egyptian lines. The israeli command gave no indication How far its forces had advanced toward the syrian capital than 40 Miles Plain from the ceasefire line less Flat please see Syria Page 15 Chi link denied italian financier testifies by Vern Fowlie free press staff writer new financier Michele sin Dona denied in sworn testimony Here wednes Day that he had any thing to do with the development of t h e Churchill Forest Indus tries Complex at the Pas. The Multi millionaire also old How he had been connected with the Siace paper Mill project in Sicily a few years ago until or. Alexander please see other reports pages 7, 14 a s s e a president of tech no pulp inc., of Montclair new Ersey got involved in what or. Sindona considered to be a conflict of interest position in he Siace project. Indications Are the celanese corporation which had bought nto the Siace project in the 1960s ultimately lost about million. Jay Prober counsel for the commission of inquiry into the Churchill Forest. Industries Complex said the inquiry was seeking or. Sindona s help in understanding the Siace. Project and referred to Siace As seeming to be a trial run for he Chi Complex. Or. Kasser had emerged As the prime mover behind the Chi Complex. Please see Chi Page 15 Washington theft Herbolt resignation of Agnew jolts party i have today resigned the office of vice president by Peter Buckley w ing Rcck faced with one of the gravest political developments in unit id states president of has consultations to Agnew As vice i who had insisted for to. Months that lie had done Lothing wrong and had nil the Rig to resigned Day contest in income a evasion. Was fined placed on three ears probation. In return the Justice depart Egypt urges saudi Arabia to halt production of Oil Cairo special Egypt wednesday urged King Faisal of saudi Arabia to halt Oil production at his Wells the United states moved to replace Israel s losses in military equipment. Meanwhile an egyptian gov. Ern ment spokesman reaffirmed his country s willingness to re Cognize and conclude a peace agreement with Israel once egyptian territory lost in the 1967 War had been returned. Conflict widens in Middle East Beirut special tons the Middle East is widening rapidly into a major conflict Between Israel and the Arab world. A third Arab nation Iraq confirmed its full scale entry into the War wednesday with the disclosure that both air and ground forces have been committed to the Golan Heights this substantiated earlier re ports that iraqi jets took part in the Battle against the israeli planes that raided Damascus monday. Previously iraqi air units had been in action Only in the Sinai. Jordan also deemed on the verge of joining the conflict As King Hussein issued a Royal decree ordering All military reservists to duty the Man jordanian army already was on full Alert. An announcement that air further Middle East reports on Page 22 maroc Morocco s commercial airline was cancelling All flights due to unavailability of aircraft indicated Morocco also was stepping up its Partick please see Mideast Page 6 married amid War Tel Aviv a an israeli Soldier took time out from the Middle East War wednesday night to get married on the Battlefield. The Bride wore while at the ceremony on the Golan Heights. The Groom and the rabbi who married them wore steel helmets. The israeli Rifleman who ended his Bachelor Hood Lur ing a respite in the fighting was Back on the front line an hour inter and his wife was on her Way Home. President Anwar Sadat wednesday sent his assistant Sayed Marei a former Deputy Premier to Jeddah saudi Ara Bia. Or. Marei s Mission according to informed sources is to get King Faisal to wan Washington that he will impose Oil sanctions if the United states sends Israel More Mili tary material. The egyptians Are particularly concerned about the immediate possibility of sixth Fleet phantom jets being flown into Israel sources said 1 the sixth Fleet left its Mediterranean ports sunday. Ai egyptian official said wed nos Day that it would be a matter of minutes to paint stars o David on the phantoms of the Fleet s aircraft carriers and Fly them to please see Egypt Page 6 for evasion ;