Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 12, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 81 no 20 cents Price 15 cents Friday october 12, 1973 Sunrise . Sunset . Moonrise . Moonset . Forecast a few Clouds 35 and 55 Cistar Rina Melnick talks with volunteers canadians Volunteer for duty Montreal up no Canadian citizens can t harried registrar Rina Melnick shouts into the phone. I mean there s an israeli Rule against she adds quickly. You have to be 30 and if you can make your own Way to Israel Rina and others like her have compiled a list of Young canadians not All jewish who have indicated they wish to Israel and perform civilian tasks director myer Bick of the Canada Israel committee said thurs Day. There have been applicants in Montreal in Toronto and the rest from other Canada. He said the first contingent of 80 persons will leave Montreal for Israel in two groups sunday and monday. Or. Bick said in an interview that Israel has not As Ceci for volunteers so those persons leaving Are going under regular programs sponsored by the youth depart ment of the Canadian zionist federation. He said they will work on a Kibbutz for three to six months and receive free room and Board. They pay their own air fare. They la take in the he said. It s Peak of the season for the Citrus the Canada Israel committee he said is the representative voice of the Canadian jewish Community on can Ada Israel Public affairs. It groups All major organizations such As the Canadian zionist federation Canadian jewish Congress and b Nai b Rith. 1 he said that if a Call for volunteers comes from Israel the most suitable applicants win be selected from the lists and the committee will handle scheduling air fares and the like. Or. Bick said that Israel has appealed for Money to be used for social welfare purposes like hospitals youth villages and absorption centres. He said no figures Are available on How much the United Israel Appeal has raised across Canada. Spokesmen in Ottawa said that technically it would be illegal for Canadian citizens to fight with Middle East or any other forces. The foreign enlistment act says foreign nationals May not recruit canadians in Canada and canadians May not fight in foreign forces. But Legal authorities in Ottawa believe that the provi Sion against fighting in foreign armies is unenforceable. The act was passed in 1939 in an attempt to Stop canadians participating in the Spanish civil War but the Sec Tion on fighting in foreign forces was never used. Some canadians voluntarily fought with the americans in Vietnam but no action was taken against them. If one Side or the other in the Middle East started recruiting in Canada we d certainly Stop an external affairs official said. City Council urged to freeze rail overpass land purchases by Frances Bidewell free press Urban reporter c i v i c. Administrators have advised Winnipeg City Council to suspend its policy of buying property in the area of the pro posed Sherbrook Mcgregor overpass. A report from City solicitor Duncan Lennox and j. H. Phi lips director of land surveys and real estate recommends no further land be acquired for the overpass until the City has made a decision on whether to build it. The report which has been endorsed by the City s Board of commissioners was received thursday by civic executive policy committee but was tabled until the commit tee s next meeting. At present the City land that would be needed Lor construction of the overpass As it is offered for Sale but does not initiate land transactions in the area. Residents have pro tested the policy saying that Lack of a decision on the Over pass and sporadic land acquisition by the City have contributed to feelings of uncertainty and decay of the Community. If the City decides to build the overpass it should immediately proceed with expropriation of All necessary property the report recommends. A report from the Board of commissioners says it would be unrealistic for the City to attempt to reach a decision on the overpass until it is known whether the up Hail Marshall ing Yards Are to be relocated. Otherwise the City would run the risk of owning a costly Structure spanning non existent rail Yards. In the meantime the City should aggressively pursue the objective of relocation of the up rail Yards says the report. It raises the possibility however that a decision by the City to halt property Acquini please see overpass Page 7 2 petitions by seen editions to have the june 28 Democrat John got tried we re election results in two More Nixon decides Washington Cap pres ident Nixon selected today a nominee to succeed Spiro Agnew As .. Vice president and will disclose his selection in a television address at 8 . Cd the White House announced. Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler said Nixon reviewed potential candidates thursday during an overnight stay at Camp David narrowed the list Down to five and made his final Choice today. Constituencies declared invalid under the controverted elections act were expected to be filed Friday afternoon in Mani Toba court of Queen s Bench. This would bring to five the total number of seats to be contested in the courts As a re sult of the provincial election. Lawrie Pollard the Defeated progressive conservative candidate in Crescent Wood and Ted the conservative loser in Gimli were both expected to file their de posits with the clerk of the court before 4 . Conservative sources would not confirm or deny that the petitions were being filed but or Pollard confirmed that he was proceeding. However the Gimli petition is a Surprise since there has seen no word recently of plans to set aside the election of new a spokesman for the Ca Nadian broadcasting corp. Said Csc television will carry the speech by presi Dent Nixon on the full Tele vision network including Channel 6 in Winnipeg. U of Manitoba picket lines Back up Pembina traffic by Nick Hunter free press education reporter traffic was backed up More than a mile along Pembina Highway Friday morning As striking University of Manitoba service workers set up picket lines at the fort Garry Campus. All four University entrances the University s medical col lege in downtown Winnipeg and University president or. Ernest sir Luck s residence were being picketed by about 250 of the 500 striking workers. Classes were disrupted Fri Day morning clue to traffic tie but were expected to resume on a somewhat regular basis later in the Day. It is believed that this is the first strike at i he University and several striking service workers said they hoped to eventually close Down the school. The striking employees arc members of the Canadian association of Industrial mechanical and Allied workers traffic was moving slowly through three of the University s entrances Friday morning but was stopped completely at today the main Waverley Street in trance. The Only motorists who were getting through the main in trance we re those driving up on the grass and bypassing the pickets. One striker said he was struck by a car but was not Hurt. Fort Garry police removed murder Island new with foods 13 14 classified 29 to a 52 to 55 comics.23, 24 deaths ii finance 19 to k movies 26, 27 sports 45 to 51 television 25 women 18 to won by 52 votes following a judicial recount and an Appeal. Friday morning or. Revel was reported to be on his Way into Winnipeg to sign the Peti Tion at a lawyer s office. The conservatives had alleged irregularities in the rid ing saying that several Fisher men s polls which could have had an effect on the Gimli re sults were not set up and that a number of fishermen were thus disenfranchised. In Crescent Wood or. Pollard is claiming that a number of ineligible voters cast ballots that one ballot Box was opened with a Hacksaw after election night that some people voted More than once that some people not on the voters list c a s t i ballots without Bein sworn in and that six ballots originally classified As spoiled later showed up in nip win please see pcs Page 7 Trudeau Chou split on detente nearly everyone reads the free press ally total the strikers blockade from the University s main Entrance later in the morning. Motorists were asked by the drive slowly through the in trance and traffic remained badly clogged. Service workers primarily maintenance and catering employees went on strike at 6 . To Back demands for a 50 cent an hour increase Over n one contract. City transit buses were not crossing the picket lines but University powerhouse workers who recently signed a contract which said they could t sympathy were on the Job. George Bruce president Oil Plonsk see St Nikurs Page a by John Burns free press correspondent Chou in Lai lavished the Best of chinese hospitality on prime minister Pierre try Deau at a state banquet Here last night but of the two leaders underscored their Dif Fering views on one of the Prin Cipal International issues or. Trudeau is Here to Tente Between the West and the soviet Union. The wide Gap Between the positions of the two sides on the War in the Middle East was also apparent when Chin Ese officials called Canadian newsmen together before the banquet and distributed copies of messages dispatched earlier in the Day in which Premier Chou called on presidents Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Hafez Al Assad of Syria to persist in protracted and unremitting struggle against Israel. Although Canadian officials gave no details it was a fair surmise that differences on these two issues received a thorough i airing in the nearly three hours of discussion on please see Trudeau Page 7 attack at Dawn israeli forces smashing Way through Syria artillery duels resume after quiet night on Suez canal cup pay hiked increases will show at end of january by Iain Hunter free press correspondent Ottawa the fed eral and provincial governments reached agree ment thursday on a new Canada pension plan formula to provide higher monthly pen Sions with automatic yearly increases to reflect the rising Cost of living. For the canadians Al receiving cup benefits the agreement Means that the pension cheques they receive at the end of next january will in from eight to 20 per cent higher than their end of de Cember cheques. It Means that at some Point in the by the maximum amount of earnings on which pensions my contributions Are based will be the same As the average earnings of All Canad an workers. For the eight million Cana employers and con tribute to the plan the agree ment Means contributions will increase by up to a year n 1974 for. Employees and pm please see Canada 7 by the associated press israeli tanks and planes resumed their offensive inside Syria at Dawn today after an overnight Lull in ground fighting. Israeli and syrian missile boats battled off the syrian coast for the second night in succession. Israel reported a quiet night also along the Suez canal but said artillery duels Between the israeli and egyptian forces there resumed at Dawn. Israel said thursday that its tanks had crossed the Golan Heights ceasefire line with Syria and moved six Miles Down the Road to Damascus. Israeli forces in the Golan Heights took up their initiative of attack from the first israeli communique of the Day said. The israeli air Force this morning resumed its extensive support for the land Israel said nothing about the Dawn position of its armoured Force resistance by the syrians or How far the israelis planned to push toward the syrian capital which is 40 Washington a. Miles North of the 1967 cease won t Send jets state Secretary Henry Kis Singer said today that while the soviet Union has not been entirely helpful during the mid dle East conflict it has not acted with As to endanger the world de Tente. In a 50-minute news Confer ence Kissinger also indicated that the soviet attitude concerning support of the arabs does not warrant shipments of major United states arms such As tanks and planes to Israel. He said that if the soviets s h o a l d act in a manner deemed irresponsible by the., the Nixon administration 7 please see won t Page fire line syrian communiques ignored the claims of israeli advances saying Only that ground fight ing resumed at the front line while its Jet fighters and antiaircraft batteries shot Down six israeli planes Between and Gen. Haim Herzog the israeli state radio s authorial t i v e military commentator said thursday night that there remained Between the israelis and Damascus two syrian de Fence lines and a bristling military base around Qun Eitra 16 Miles Southeast of the City. Continued please see israelis Page 7 Sinai Campaign holds key to course of Mideast War by George c. Wilson Washington special tons Long stand us War plan for the Sinai Calls Lor launching its main counter attack against the egyptians Tom a second line of defence Well Back from the Suez canal. The israelis if they follow this plan will attempt to exploit the natural advantages of he Sinai desert the Way the russians in past wars used Winter to repulse French and German invaders. This Means that the Egypt Ian buildup on the East Bank of the Suez canal May Well be tolerated until Arab soldiers and Armor penetrate further into the desert where they Are More vulnerable. Therefore the crucial Point of the Battle for the Sinai desert has not been reached yet for either the israelis or the egyptians despite the War communiques which dra in a t i z e the big beachhead Egypt has established on the East Bank of the canal. It. Gen. Itshak Rabin for Merly Israel s military chief of staff and ambassador to the United Stales explained to in a Calmer time what is the really crucial ground of the Sinai Fryni a military standpoint. He said it is an arc cutting across the Mitra and Gidi passes in the Sinai Hill country which starts some 30 Miles Inland from the canal. In contrast the highly publicized bar lev line on the Banks canal breached by the egyptians is Little More than a lightly manned trip wire to provide warning time for the much More vital second line of defence behind those passes through the Hills. Consequently. Continued please see Sinai Page 7 propane Export Ottawa up the across the Border. Al government clamped might not leave enough i control on propane and Canadian requirements he gases and heavy fuel oils. Is used in several Tive monday the National As a substitute for Natu Ergy Board neb Gas in heating and cooking. Is used to improve qua r. A. Stead neb of gasoline and heavy said in Ait interview that have Industrial uses. Controls were prompted by is the intent under these usually heavy flow to. The to retain As far ased states which is the established trading facing an Energy in these products to there was a danger that extent that products ing fuel prices in the. Would draw even continued please see propane Page 7 Don t dare a woman Kitchener ont. Up a woman Driver was Given a one year suspended sentence wednesday for dangerous driving because she twice ran Down a Man who dared her to do so. Sentence was suspended for Jean Hue of the Kitchener Wii Loi Loo area after Slio pleaded guilty to the charge that had been reduced from one of criminal negligence. Judge j. R. H. Kirkpatrick said the victim should also have been in and won dered Why the Man Hao not been charged. He himself would never Tell a woman Driver to run him Down. "1 have too much respect for women s court was told that he woman s car brushed the Man while it was backing out of a hotel parking lot. The woman and two women companions were harassed in the lot by the Man and a male com Panion. The Man involved told the woman that the Only Way she could get her car out of a dead end Street seas to run him Down. So she bumped him. The second time he dared the woman he was hit again and thrown on to the Hood of the car ;