Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 12, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Rate tvs ii a peaceful method urged in crisis by Barry Mullin free press staff writer the current crisis in the Middle East should be settled by peaceful negotiation rather than with arms Federal progressive conservative Leader Robert Stanfield said thurs Day. Replying to a question Dur ing a meeting with Winnipeg s ethnic press in the International Centre or. Stanfield said i m anxious to see the fighting but he said the conflict would t be stopped by the fur ther supplying of arms to Israel and other Middle East countries. Bernard wind editor of the yiddish press asked or. Stan Field his position on great Bri Tain s embargo on arms to Israel. Or. Wind noted Russia is supplying weapons to Arab countries while the British Nave stopped the Sale of weapons to Israel. He wanted to know if it was possible to have the Canadian government make a Strong presentation to great Britain urging the lifting of the Embar go on arms to Israel. In an impassioned plea or. Wind said god knows what will happen to the Western world if the War swings in favor of the Arab countries. Or. Clanfield replied i understand the intensity of your concern but the situation cannot be resolved by arms but peacefully in the he t e r m e d the conflict dreadful but added i can t take the position that the most helpful thing is to begin ship Ping arms to the or. Stanfield was also urged to push for a reduction in pos Tal rates for newspapers. They increased postal rates Are killing one eth Nic press member said. A number of publications Nave ceased to exist because of the the member said. Or. Stanfield termed the pos Tal rate increase As a mistake at the time and suggested that they be rolled Back for newspapers. He also suggested the establishment of an ethnic press service Bureau in London. We the conservatives would support such a Bureau but Only in the basis of it being Independent of govern ment or. Stanfield also reiterated party policy on Multi Cul Elal reroutes Montreal up a spokesman for Al Al Israel airlines says the Normal twice weekly flights from Montreal to Tel Aviv have been rerouted to Start at new York City. He said the plan will be in operation indefinitely and that Many local customers anxious to Fly to Israel have been Mak ing the connection by flying air Canada and other carriers to new York. A spokesman for up air said this week the Canadian Carri e r s Normal three weekly flights from Toronto and Mon Treal to Tel Aviv will not be resumed until further notice due to the conflict in the Middle East. Up cancelled the service in july when it was hit with a strike by machinists. The strike ended one week ago. Both spokes men blamed the changes in schedules on the current hostilities in the mid dle East. The Al Al spokesman said that for the moment the air line wants to centralize flights Between North America and Israel. This is the reason for using new York City he said. Tural ism and referred to a speech he made in May to the Canadian ukrainian professional and business men s club in Edmonton. Earlier thursday Field said individual companies and organizations will have fewer opportunities to influence political parties if the com Mons approves an election expenses Bill now under study. During a discussion on a open line radio program the opposition Leader said Legisla Tion would discourage political parties from having Reliance on Large individual donations. Under the Bill political financing activities would be open to Public scrutiny. The Bill was introduced last summer and would Force Par ties to disclose All donations of More than there would also be limits placed on the amounts candidates and Par ties could spend on campaigns he added. Cool Cloudy Outlook seen for weekend Manitoban appear to be in for Cool Cloudy weather this weekend with intermittent rain to continue for most of today in the Winnipeg area. Winnipeg s weather of fice said this morning that .68 inches of rain fell in the 24 hours up to 6 . And the rain was expected to continue throughout Fri Day. High for today is expected to reach 40 to 45 de Grees with a Low tonight of 35. Winds will be northwesterly at 20 to 25 . Saturday is expected to remain Cloudy and Cool. Egyptian warning relayed Cairo Reuter Egypt has warned of possible Retalia Tion for israeli air strikes which it says have killed 500 civilians including Many Chil Dren. More than 100 were killed t h a r s d a y As israeli planes bombed and rocketed non Mili tary targets in the densely populated Nile Delta Region the authoritative Cairo newspaper Al ashram said today. In the United nations Gener Al Assembly thursday egyptian foreign minister to based Al Zayyat said 500 per sons have been murdered in israeli plane attacks in the Delta and in the suburbs of Cairo. Reporting thursday s casual ties Al ashram said president Anwar Sadat has instructed Al Zayyat to Tell the Security Council that the israeli attacks will carry grave consequences. It said the foreign minister however has not been asked to complain formally to the Secu Rity Council because Egypt was not complaining and can retaliate. Al ashram said that while at tempting to raid egyptian air bases thursday two israeli planes hit a railway Junction i the Cairo Alexandria Road with bombs and rockets killing 35" persons and injuring More than 60. Another israeli bomb killed 30 persons sitting in a Coffee shop near the Junction a n o t h e r. 60 persons were killed or wounded when a bomb bus. The oldest Snake Ever re corded was a female Anaconda which lived for 31 years in Switzerland. Ship Cost Halifax up a gala dinner in Honor of Premier Gerald Regan wound up the visit of the Queen Elizabeth 2 to the Atlantic provinces thurs Day but it was t All roses for the Man who chartered the ship. The liner hired by Developer John Shaheen to take guests to the opening wednesday of a refinery in come by Chance the Canso Strait Early thurs Day to View the site of a proposed Shaheen refinery before coming Here for the dinner. A Small group of Stu dents and professors from St. Francis Xavier univer sity at Antigonish were the first to Greet the Shaheen party when it stepped ashore at Canso. Political science professor Peter Mith handed the industrialist a statement on behalf of the group which labelled the visit aboard the luxury liner a vulgar the visit was an attempt to manipulate local people by a blatant show of wealth and Power which h a r i y with what the students called the Uncertain status of the refinery project. Or. Shaheen did not reply to the group. However at a news conference later he said All parties involved in the refinery project were close to signing an agreement. M r Shaheen defended his use of the luxury liner to ferry guests from new York to the refinery Sites. He said it was necessary to give members of the inter National business Community a first hand look at the projects. He s a i d the charter fee for seven Days was about less than it would have Cost to charter jets and rent hotel space. Not a cent of Cost would directly for indirectly be passed on to the Canad , he said. Meanwhile a transport ministry spokesman said an investigation was under Way into allegations that the liner failed to give the required 24-hour notice of arrival in Canso Strait and that she anchored outside a specially designated an chorale area. A Public relations spokes Man for Cunard a owners of the the ship was in the hands of Cana-1 d i a n Pilotage authorities when she came into the Strait and any decisions made were later As the liner moved into Halifax Harbor she was escorted by Bluenose ii a replica of the famed fishing and racing schoo Ner and a Small Fleet of pleasure boats. Two Canadian forces Heli copters hovered above the ship. About 200 Nova Scot ians were invited to join the guests already aboard the ship for a formal dinner thursday night in Honor of Premier Regan. And his wife. The liner left Halifax Early today and headed for new York. Don Macpherson of , sask., president of the Canadian association for the mentally retarded Centre discusses the group s new system of services with Brian Holiday of Winnipeg executive director of the association and with Dolly Tarshis of Toronto who is the vice chairman of the National conference being held in Winnipeg. Burned out tanks litter Golan Heights Veteran correspondent Gerald Clark hat re turned to the Middle East to report on the War now raging in that area. Dispatches from the Battlefield Are appearing exclusively in this area in the free press. By Gerald Clark on the Golan Heights the israeli portion of the Golan Heights has been retaken and fighting some of it fierce As we can Tell from artillery bar rages is now going on in the syrian Side of the old ceasefire line. The main question is How far the israelis can or feel they want to continue to and Vance a particularly inter Esting question because we Are standing on the Road that leads to Damascus the syrian Capi Tal less than forty Miles away. The first press party permit Ted on the Golan Heights is eyewitness to the Story of the 1973 Battle for this uni posing piece of land Dull and treeless for much of its. Arid stretch yet because its weather beaten slopes Overlook the sea of Galilee and israeli settlements it is of Cru Cial importance. The syrians in their Surprise tank attack last saturday overran israeli positions and reached within seven Miles of the River Jor Dan the p r e -19 6 7 israeli Border. The israelis suffered severe losses. This is Clear from the charred hulks of israeli Centurion tanks i can see. But equally it is Plain that the israelis later attained a Sharp Victory in their counter attack. Syrian tanks t62s supplied by the russians litter the Fields in the hundreds some burned out arid blackened others their mottled deep Green and Tan camouflage marred Only by minor scars abandoned almost intact. But by no Means a Case of fleeing in the face of Battle. It was a rough and Tough conflict perhaps the Nas Tiest since Israel s Independence in 1948, and the Little outpost of Nayfah stands in grim illustration. Nayfah was once a syrian army base. The israelis took it in the six Day War of 1967 and converted it for their own military use. The syrians struck with such Surprise that some israeli sol Diers were in the showers. In the next four Days Nayfah changed hands four times coming Back into israeli pos session Only of one of the novel elements of this War is that the syrians who had a reputation in the past for avoiding combat at night fought for the first time in Large numbers in darkness As Well As Light and they fought stubbornly. Their proportion was approximately two infantrymen for every israeli infantryman and twelve tanks for every israeli tank. This estimate was Given yesterday by the assistant commander on the Northern front colonel i ska that is not his full name Only his first name because that is the Way israelis try to maintain Security. But colonel i ska is Well known to the arabs. Now 51, he has participated in All of the wars since 1948 and he says i m tired not Only from the last four Days but from the four wars. I be had enough of i ska Points to the red and Blue Chalk Marks on a Field map arrows pointing the direction of the initial syrian at tack and others the israeli counter offensive and out lines the main features. There were two phases the first in which regular israeli soldiers thinly spread out but with some Armor and air support fought from 2 . Saturday until monday morn ing when reserves Trefe Able to move into position. In unmarked vignettes there were fathers called from their civilian jobs who replaced their sons in the line. In the second phase israelis taking the initiative were Able tues Day to go beyond the Penetra Tion area of the main syrian thrust and to regain the 1967 ceasefire line. As i ska noted quietly there really is no line is there a syrian army left the syrians con omitted by israeli calculations 50 per cent of their forces and undoubtedly whole brigades and divisions have been shattered. But i ska too much of an old Soldier to write off any enemy entirely will go Only so far As to say that what re Mains of the syrian army needs to be reorganized. But what is left is being Given no time to regroup now. The Battle As we can hear from the sonic Boom of fighter aircraft overhead and the Dull pumping of Field guns closer by is not yet Over. We. Gave the syrians the Chance when to begin says i ska but not when to end How far will the israelis try to go to Damascus itself. If Only to demonstrate it can ? i this says i ska is not for him to say because it is a political decision. But he Points to the map and notes if i am not mistaken this is the Road that leads to Damascus and now As we proceed to Ward Kun Eitra the Gateway to we pass unshaven israeli s sprawled beside their tanks British centurions or american Sherman resting under Bushes and the few Low Trees. Field some under Canvas others in converted houses Are betrayed by the ambulances outside with their Star of David markings. No one needs reminders of casualties. Obviously they were heavy for the evidence of hard Battle and the excellence of Nixon gets bad poll rating new York a pollsters l o u i s Harris and Oliver Quayle say president Nixon is accorded an unfavourable rating by 65 per cent of americans asked about his performance in office. Harris said thursday that a Survey in late september showed 65 per cent of those polled answering Only fair or poor when asked to rate Nixon s Over All performance. Another 32 per cent replied Good or excellent while three per cent said Harris. He said the results equalled an All time Low rating for Nixon recorded in late August. Quayle organization s Telephone poll of 538. Persons showed a 65-per-cent unfavourable response with 35 per cent favourable. The poll was commissioned by Abc news. In the Harris poll based on a National Cross Section of households Nixon s rating on inspiring Confidence personally in the White House was 73 per cent negative 18 per cent lowest since Nimori took office. The Harris poll conducted sept. 22-25, indicated inflation and watergate As prime sources of unfavourable attitudes on Nixon. Syrian manoeuvre and gunfire is everywhere. Here Are the hulks of a dozen israeli tanks. They show How far the syrians infiltrated behind israeli positions for some tanks Are punctured by Armor piercing shells fired from the rear. But then As we drive on about two Miles the syrian wreckage Springs into sight first a Cluster of four t62s near the Roadside twisted and blackened. And in the Fields a half mile away the View of charred t62s in the hundreds As far As the Eye can see. Mute signs the entry of shells that exploded inside engines the holes in the Side of the 40 ton giants Tes t i f y that now the israelis struck at the enemy flanks. Not All the t62s Are Burnt out some Are merely immobile from damage and their Crews got out but not without leaving behind the perennial and human touches of any War a shaving Brush with its bristles worn to the last Inch an unopened1 package of biscuits a Blue Denim jacket that needs a Patch in one sleeve. Maybe the users Are in israeli prison compounds maybe they got away to fight again. For though the sense of a for m i d a b 1 e israeli Victory at least in the Northern front is in the air the War is not yet won. If we need any reminder of this we soon receive it. A syrian artillery Battery opens up suddenly its shells Landing with flaming rapidity not quite a mile away. It is an intense barrage and it lasts five min utes and there must he one Hundred bursts. It is obviously heavy stuff possibly one Hundred and Twenty millimetre and too close for us. We pull Back. Israeli soldiers of course have no much Choice and As we drive homeward we pass con Voys moving toward the front whenever its fluidity now de fines it. The Moon is up but it is hard to distinguish the faces of the men in the tank turrets and half tracks. But one compelling touch is visible. This is a jew ish Holiday Succoth and the custom is to erect fragile Little huts or canopies to recall the temporary shelters of the israelite in their exodus from Egypt thousands of years ago now some of the tanks Are festooned with branches of Palm Trees their occupants Way of improvising Observance a s the centurions rumble Forward. From a Reuter Blackpool England up Britain s ruling conserva Tives defied the advice of government leaders thursday and voted to restore hanging Fot ilk. Tories hanging restored in derailed Edmonton up three diesel engines and five cars of the Canadian National rail w a y s supercontinent Al were derailed thursday when the train collided with a Semi trailer truck driven by Richard Dyck of Duck Lake sask., at an Edmonton level crossing. Five persons including or. Dyck were released after treatment at Hospital. The three engines were pushed to their sides by the collision. The five others including three baggage cars a passenger coach and a Crew Sleeper car remained upright but left the tracks. The train Jackknife cd after the collision and hit a Yard engine and caboose on an adjacent track. Or. Dyck s truck owned by North Star transport of Edmonton was carrying a Road gravel when the Lead engine of the train struck the trailer just behind the cab. The Load was carried about 50 Yards Down the track but the cab broke Loose and remained upright. A car spokesman said a warning equipment at the level crossing in Northeast Edmonton were working when the Accident occurred about 5 . The passenger train was eastbound to Montreal from Vancouver. The Ink spokes Man said a up to six hours could be expected by passengers. Freed on pretence Huntington . A red faced officers at the Ca Bell county jail were on the Lookout wednesday for a teen Ager who won his Freedom by posing As another prisoner. Jail director Arthur Baum Gardner said Marvin Kearney a 19-year-old armed robbery suspect from Richmond a. Was released by mistake Early wednesday. Premeditated murder including Rish guerrilla killings. The vote at the party s Annu in convention does not bind prime minister Edward Heath s government to bring acc the Hangman s noose banned since 1965. It reflected spreading popu Lar concern however Over in creasing crimes of violence up in the first half of 1973 by 21.6 Jer cent compared with 1972. T also dramatized Public worry Over the spread of Irish guerrilla warfare attacks to English cities. The setback to the party leadership came after Enoch Powell the Foremost right Wing critic within the party loosed an embittered onslaught against Heath personally and his government s policies generally charging conservative principles have been betrayed. Powell s attack Drew a Swift denunciation from Chancellor of the exchequer Anthony Barber. He branded Powell As a frustrated fanatic and said be was morally conceited and intellectually arrogant. Powell said the Heath government has produced unprecedented inflation extended state ownership imposed wages and Price the sort of actions tories had for years Jeen attacking Harold Wilson s former labor government for doing. He said state spending lad soared and state intervene Ion in Industry was spreading Ern ment has also abandoned the Powers of Parlia ment and the country s in dependence by joining the Lommon Market he charged. He insisted the. Authorities Lave been faking the statistics of non White immigration. Earlier it had taken three by ministers to beat Back rank and file onslaughts government s economic poli claims that Britain at Long last was heading to Ward a Boom. This was the key debate at the four Day conference. 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