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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 12, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday october 12, 1973 Farmei 43% h by Doug Small i Ottawa up prices j paid Farmers for their products jumped an unprecedented 43 per cent Between August this year and last providing fur ther evidence of increasing a farm fortunes in a year of heavy d e a h d and rising prices. Statistics Canada reported thursday that farm prices Rose by 13 per cent Between july and August this year the largest i increase in More than a decade. Leading the increase was a considerable Rise in got i g differ n the Middle of the circular Lead table flanked by Lin a Giamei wife of the vice Premier and finance minister j Hsie Nieri her conversation appeared to be More subdued it she joined or. Trudeau Ater for a walk across the banquet chamber to congrats ate the people s liberation Irmy band for its repertoire f Canadian music. Interspersing its program Vith the Standard melodies and Arches of the chinese Rev Lii Ion the band played a Selec Ion of French Canadian Folk orig that included Louette i Ive la Ca Nadienne and a la Claire Fontaine. It also played me Western Canadian red River Valley. Suiting his speech to the mood of the occasion or. 3hou concentrated mainly on bilateral themes stressing the special feeling for Canada in China As a result of the contribution to the revolution by v or Man Bethune and enumerating the Progress that has been made in consolidating Haycock who will celebrate her froth birthday sunday. Mrs. May oct will be honoured at a Tea Given by her daughter Edna Olnick at 152 Havelock Avenue St. Vital. Mrs. Maycock to Canada from England in Soverel by Geoege c. Wilson Washington special tons the dark Art of electronic warfare so secret that Little is written about it will help decide who wins this latest Arab israeli War. The War communiques from both Cairo and Tel Aviv do Tell that Egypt s missiles Are pitted against Israel s planes in the Battle for the Sinai desert with losses of Israel s flying artillery of utmost Tel Aviv. But the communiques cannot describe the grim but silent struggle As technocrats on both sides try to give their fighting men the upper hand with modern weapons that can mean the difference Between Victory and defeat. How this part of the War comes out will provide a fresh measure of the relative merits of soviet and United states weapons a crucial measurement in this age when each superpower is hostage to the other s military might. Egypt is counting on its soviet made anti aircraft missiles the Sa-2 guideline Sa-3 Goa and Sa-6 gainful to offset israeli s f-4 and a-4 fighter bombers As Well As some French supplied aircraft. Israel is counting on tactics arid electronics to keep Egypt s missile men from knocking Down too Many of its planes so it can. Carry outfits War plan to rely primarily on firepower from the air. For High Altitude shooting and the Sa-3 for Low Altitude have been around for so Long wits 1 Ectro Nic Israel has armed itself with electronic counter measures to foil them As did the United states when it came up against the Sa-2 in Vietnam. But the Sa-6 is a newer anti aircraft missile although the soviet Union paraded it As far Back As the May Day Parade of nov. 7, 1967. So Israel bends every Effort to foil this Sa-6, an improved version of the Low Altitude Sa-3. Starting with the fundamentals o f electronic warfare the eyes of today s modern missiles Are radar Short for radio detecting and ranging. One Type called acquisition radar goes out a Long Way to search for an invading aircraft and acquire it in the form of a Blip on a radar scope. Another Type tracks the plane and a third guides the missile fired at it the fire control radar. Two Basic techniques for fouling up these radars Are to fuzz up the gunner s radar screen like blurring your Home television set or to make the Blip he is tracking appear far from its actual location. But to perform these and lots of other electronic cat and mouse tricks effectively the invader must know a lot about the radar being used against him such As frequency Power level and Width of the pulse. Israel and the United states does know those things about the Sa-2 and Sa-3. Collecting such electronic intelligence was the Mission of the . Liberty shot up during the War of 1967 the . Pueblo captured off won san arms Korea in 1968, and the ec-121 spy plane shot Down by North Korea in 1969. A Standard technique is to tape record these radar signals from anti aircraft batteries so that specialists Back in Laboratory can figure out ways to disrupt them. But to do this the enemy tracking and fire control radar must be turned modern nations for decades have been playing an electronic game of such As flying planes at another country s air de Fence to provoke antiaircraft batteries into turning on their radar so the signals can be recorded. But this game of Chicken costs lives with the Liberty and Navy ec-121 Only two of Many examples of men killed collecting electronic intelligence. Israel if the Sa-6 is indeed taking a toll on its aircraft As Pentagon specialists believe now must collect More electronic intelligence on the Sa-6 and design electronic counter measures against the weapon. Diving Down on an Sa-6 Battery to record its firing signals would be highly dangerous if not suicidal since the missile is shot from close Range like a Bullet. Two less costly options Are using drones air planes without pilots or capturing an Sa-6 and then operating it to unlock its electronic secrets. Israel does indeed have drones an adaption Al the Ryan target drone made in the United states. The israeli version is the Ryan 124-1. So that possibility is in reach. Since the egyptians apparently have taken the Sa-6 with them across the Suez canal on tracked israeli forces May capture one before Long. The Sa-2 and Sa-3 Are also Mobile. The vehicles carrying the anti aircraft missiles May find it hard going in the1 Sands of the Sinai and stick to one of the three roads near the egyptian Landing site making it that much easier for the. Israelis to steal a missile. Ely heavily on Grain returns s reported smaller increases. 3oods Worth in August ast year were Worth Ilis year. But anticipated High Inal payments from the wheat j Ward would increase returns a that province substantially. Policy matters that the to prime ministers had when Ley met for their second ses Ion of talks earlier in the Day. It is evident enough however that neither Side intends to Illow their differences on International issues to sour the atmosphere of the visit which Las been marked thus far by a display of Public cordiality somewhat greater that prevailed during the visit of the ast Western Leader to journey Lere French president Georges Pompidou. This seems to derive in part rom the special respect that he chinese have for or. Tru Leau As the man., who wrote adorably about their Republic when he. Travelled Here in 1960 and who subsequently initiated he policy change that caused Canada to sever its relations Vith Taiwan and recognize the peking regime As the sole legitimate government of China. This warmth for the prime minister was very evident at the banquet in his Honor at the great Hall of the people where the chinese Premier began his speech with a reference to or. Trudeau s 1950 visit and went on to Hail the prime minister As our old a designation he has bestowed on no other government Leader in recent times. Or. Chou told a banquet audience of nearly including the diplomatic corps that dignitaries drawn from almost every sphere of chinese life that or. Trudeau has player a positive role in promoting Mutual understanding Between our two countries and made a valuable contribution to the normalization of sino Canadian relations. His present official visit to our country is a big event in the relations Between China and the warmth of the compliment was in Harmony with the general Tenor of the evening which saw the two prime ministers discoursing amiably Over the nine course dinner and trading frequent toasts in Mao Tia the potent spirit which or. Trudeau described in the boo he co authored after his 1960 visit As a formidable Variet of rot gut with a most suspicious there was a l Good Deal of humor in the conversation be to e in the two government leaders with or. Chou throwing his head Back and Laughin hard on several occasion perhaps at the prime minister s reminiscences of his escapades when he last visited peking. But there were serious moments when they appeared to be continuing the Exchange of views that they Are having in their formal sessions. While the. Prime minister sat beside the Premier his wife Margaret sat of the other Side of a huge Flower smashing into Syria they deliver Canadian wheat Board regulated Grain to elevators initial prices for wheat Rose to a record a Bushel from in August. The statistics Bureau added that the Price indexes would be revised when final payments r for Grain Are made by the wheat Board late next year. A since current International wheat prices Are More than a Bushel the increases would be considerably higher if full Grain payments to Farmers Are taken account. The Bureau reported that the Index for farm prices based on 1961 figures equal to 100, Rose to 190.9 in August compared with 132.7 in August 1972. Prices paid for farm goods went tip in All province but new Brunswick where lower potato prices brought the Index to 220.3 from 256.7 in july. But even there prices were up 58.7 percentage Points from August 1972, figures. Higher prices for livestock poultry and airy products also forced the Index up. The Price increases to Farmers Are reflected in two ways higher consumer prices and higher farm incomes. Wednesday the Bureau reported that food Price increases Between september 1972, arid last month amounted to 16 per cent and earlier it said that farm incomes in the first seven months this year had leaped by 25.9 per cent to More than billion. Prince Edward Island have reaped the biggest Price increases since the Index was established in 1961. They received in August for the same produce they sold in August 1972, for and in 1961 for Nova Scotia farm prices however More closely reflected National averages. Goods Worth in August a year ago sold for two months ago. In Quebec farm prices based on the Index Rose to in August this year compared with in August a year ago. Ontario farm prices Rose to from in the same period. were close behind those in Central Canada. Goods Worth in August 1972, were Worth this year. And in Manitoba prices increase to from in August 1972. British Columbia farm goods that sold for in August ago sold for last August. Saskatchewan Farmers the fourth Arab israeli Var went into its seventh Day Srael said that its missile deals Sank two syrian boats in i Battle at the approaches to on the syrian coast rhe israelis said All their boats safely. Syria said that its boats Sank Siree israeli boats and its air defences brought Down an israeli helicopter. At the United nations the Security Council resumed its Middle East debate thursday night after Secretary general Kurt Waldheim urged the deadlocked body to do something to end the fighting. Another Council session was scheduled this afternoon but neither the United states supporting Israel nor the arabs soviet and chinese backers were expected ground. Egyptian foreign minister Mohamed Al Zayyat told the Council that israeli bombing air bases. Israeli foreign min killed 500 egyptian civilians in the Nile Delta where Israel has admitted attacking three air bases israeli foreign minister Abba Eban replied that the arabs started the fighting and he said the Side thai begins a War is responsible for All casualties on All sides. Egypt and Syria said they brought Down a record 112 israeli planes thursday bringing their total claimed kills in the first six Days of the War to 409 planes. The israeli air Force is estimated to have a total of 488 planes with 367 of them combat aircraft. Neither Israel nor the arabs Given any figures on their own 1 o s s e s but . Intelligence sources in Washington Gav e these estimates for the three countries in the first five Days of Battle 75 fighter planes 600 tanks to dead and g y i t 8 0 aircraft of them figr Tersi tanks amt Sizoo to dead and wounded. 85 aircraft up to 650 tanks to dead and wounded. Damascus radio said today that israeli pilots have become so demoralized that they often bail out the moment they reach syrian and it said the israeli commanders were chaining the pilots to their plane the syrian news Agency distributed a photograph of a burned Corpse wrapped in chains. Utter said an israeli military spokesman. In Washington Pentagon sources said the . Government is preparing plan loads of artillery shells and anti tank ammunition to be rushed to Israel but plans to Send planes and tanks were still in the tentative stage. Between the two since diplomatic relations were established three years ago tomorrow or. Chou s speech last night was moderate in tone perhaps reflecting a chinese acknowledgement that Canada is not he country to determine How a the West s rapprochement with the soviet Union will go. Couching his argument in terms of. China s concern for Western Security rather than for its own which is inextricably bound up with any agreements that allow the soviet Union to lower its guard in the West or. Chou said China sympathized with the desire to seek peace through detente. However a Good wish was one thing and reality another and there was no sign that the superpowers had Given up their struggle for Power. What merits vigilance is that the exploiting the Good wishes of the Peoples of various countries for relaxing tension Are energetically creating illusions of detente in an attempt to Lull the people of the world and cover up their own True features As aggressors and he added. In his reply or. Trudeau dwelt mainly on philosophical themes but appeared to offer an oblique reply to the chinese fears in a passage dealing with Canada s perspectives in foreign affairs. Canada he said unaware of the danger of War in an imperfect world but regarded it As its responsibility to seek an easing of underlying causes of the danger. While doing this however it would continue to count in Mutual assistance As the Means to deter an apparent re f e r e n c e to nato whose strength in Europe China is most anxious copyright 1973 the Globe and is still the advancing toward his second line of defence Are getting closer to Israel s big Aunch of Armor and aircraft bases. Bir i Fagafa near a Road function in the Hill country has been Israel s military Headquarters for Sinai operations. That base is under a heavy umbrella of Airpower which can be spread from air strips just behind the second line of defence. Bir Hasana is such an air base for israeli warplanes. It lies behind the second line of defence and puts pilots within a few minutes flying time of invading troops and Armor. The israelis have modernized and fortified Bir Hasana since taking it Over from the egyptians in the six Day War. If the egyptians should Adl Vance through the heavily defended Mitra and Gidi passes the israelis would have to worry about the. Arabs re establishing their old air base s in the Flatland East of the Hills at such places , Gebel Keibni arid Bir Hamma. Al Arish is Only about 100 flying Miles from Tel Aviv the israeli capital the israeli High command obviously decided it had some breathing time before combating the arabs on the. full Force. Tie command optic for crushing Syria on its Northern Ilahka i be f Brt turning toward the Sinai. If Syria and its. Armor hiked the ceiling on pensionable a r n i n g s will be exempted rom contributions to cup. Lalonde calculated that Ina num contributions under the than which Are now year per employee and employer and scheduled to Esca Aie two per cent at the beginning of next year to will be raised under the new formula to for 1974. For those Are self employed the maximum Annua contribution will Rise from to Maxi aim yearly pensions under Jas prow will go up under the new formula to in 1974. Officials Calcut ated that for those receiving Canada pension plan benefits he change will mean an and by up to a year for self employed persons. With All provincial governments representing the major parties in the House of i com Nons in agreement the parliamentary approval required o bring the new scheme into effect next year is virtually assured. Federal welfare minister Marc Lalonde announced the new scheme at the end of the first Day of a two Day conference with his provincial counterparts. He. Said it was the unanimous agreement of the Provin Cial ministers that pensions paid under both the Canada and Quebec pension plans should be fully escalated to re Fleet increases in the Cost of living starting next year. The two per cent ceiling on toe Cost of living increase first applied of cup benefits in 1967, is to be removed. Lalonde also announced thai he meeting agreed that the Levels of earnings on which benefits and contributions under the two plans Are based should be increased and made identical under both schemes. Thus this conference has succeeded both in improving the benefits of the Canada Anc Quebec pension plans and in restoring parallelism As be tween two of the most important elements of the two he said Reading from a communique issued at the end of the Day s meeting. The minister said that pen Sions under the two plans no longer will be eroded by in creases in the Cost of living. He noted that the formula agreed to unanimously by the ministers goes slower but far ther in the Long run to increase maximum earnings on which cup benefits and contribution Are based than he had pro posed in april. But he said that actuarial experts had persuaded the ministers that More Canadian would Benefit from the mor gradual approach. On the eve of a federa provincial conference of we fare ministers in april la Monde proposed raising Max i m u m pensionable earning under the plan from the pre sent level of a year b stages to a year by Ontario had countered the Sci ing on pensionable earning should he raised to an . Had argued for a Cecilin of by j975. T v or at the Meetin i thursday the ministers agree the m a x i m u m pensionable earn has should be increase to in 1974 and there afle s be increased by 12.5 per Cen each year until it reaches the a average of the earnings of Ca Nadian workers As represent j by the Industrial composite o s weekly wages and salaries a published by statistics Cana this will raise the ceiling t by 1975, and Lalonde estimated that it would pass the Mark by 1980. R the amount of earnings to b exempted from contributions 1 the plan now a year i o be raised to a year i 3 1974, so that persons earning 8 Between and no year and their employers i a contribute e in each year after tha u n d c r the new agreement earnings up in 10 per cent buying halt urged e on i by Ken pole Ottawa parliament resumes monday after a summer recess interrupted by the National rail strike and the minority Liberal government is expected to have its hands full maintaining its slim backing. Higher family allowances and Canada pension plan cup increments tied directly to the rising Cost of living Are High on the list of commons priorities. Interim family allowance to a Flat non taxable a child from the old monthly average of already Are in effect and the government wants to raise it to an average of subject to in come tax. The interim increases were passed during the aug. 30-sept 2 1 emergency session tha dealt with the rail strike. Also approved were higher old a pensions and increased Benefit for retired government employ Ces. The final increase in family allowances and tying Petrisior t raises to the consumer pric Index Are seen by some observers As one Way for the Trudeau government to be Back on its feet As far As pub lie opinion is concerned. Others argue however tha living costs will continue i skyrocket nullifying any Rea benefits from the package o i anti inflation measures. The new democratic part 1 has no love for Robert Stai e Field s conservatives however o and conceivably could continue supporting the liberals Rathe than taking their chances wit i the electorate. Another major Bill introduced Jan. Is solicitor general Warren Allmand s pc posed Extension of the Partia n ban on capital punishment y this would extend for a further five years a moratorium o hanging except for killers o e policemen or prison guards e previous partial ban expire e dec. 31. This Bill now at repo 8 stage also is a Touchy Issue a far As the voters Are co i cer cd. If the Abol n zionists will be unhappy if d t feat cd the retention its we f want All murderers Hange o will be displeased. T another Bill voters Are Mac is Lori in is the proposal by May Basford minister of Urban affairs to set up a Crown corporation that would buy and sell residential mortgages. V now in committee it would establish the Federal mortgage Exchange corp. With million in capital and the Power to borrow an additional million. It also would provide for special mortgage investment companies to help individuals and organizations invest in mortgages with special tax treatment for shareholders in such companies. For at least the first four Days the liberals will be in the hands of external affairs minister Mitchell Sharp. Prime minister Trudeau in China is not due Back until Early Fri oct. Force Art destroyed Israel almost certainly will then order most of its warplanes to attack the egyptians in the Sinai. Once that moment arrives the immediate survival of Egypt s troops on the Lex posed Sinai will depend on egyptian anti aircraft missiles an planes. For the big Powers this Bat tie will confront the in item states and the soviet Union with some of their most agonizing decisions of the War. If Israel cannot Muster the strength to repulse the arabs on the Sinai How much More military help can the states extend without putting itself directly in the War if Egypt cannot protect its troops from annihilation in the desert How far should the Sovie Union go to redress the bal Ance barring some breakthrough in diplomatic efforts to achieve a ceasefire the imminent Bat tie in the Sinai desert is thu life and death for Israel and Egypt Ani a highly inflammable situation for the rest of the they receive at the end of january. I by 1980, Lalonde estimated maximum retirement benefits under the plan will be More hah a year Over and above the old age Security pension. The minister also stated that effective in 1974, retirement tensions will be made to any Erson reaching the age of 65 who has ceased to contribute o the plan regardless of his or her earnings. In other w or d s the much criticized earnings test which was applied to canadians Between 65 and 69 will be eliminated. Lalonde said that legislation will be introduced in the House of commons shortly after Par lament resumes sitting next monday to remove the two per cent limitation on the Cost of living increase of cup benefits and to raise the level of the earnings ceiling of 1974 to it is recognized that there is urgent need for immediate action on these two questions if the changes Are to come into effect in january he said. He Addeb that the remaining amendments necessary to implement the new cup scheme agreed to by the provinces would be introduced As soon As possible while still providing ample time for Public discussion and parliamentary debate on the various issues in the communique noted thai the Federal and provincial governments must still Deal with a number of questions concern ing the Canada and Quebec pension plans and stated they will receive priority Atten these include Equality be tween men and women As con Tri Huters and receivers of Bene 1 fits under the plans Benefit r for non contributing spouses t the suggestion that Early re e tire mint provisions should i built in and the level of sur i visors and disability benefits in the area might raise protest from residents concerned Over the loss of any Market for their Homes. Policy committee also tabled a report from civic environment commissioner David g. H e rid e r s on on the Environ Menta Impact of the proposed overpass on surrounding communities. Will no doubt be devaluation of properties for the existing use a dislocation of that portion of the existing Copula Tiomi which might have he resources to acquire Homes in quieter1 residential areas of he City and external pressures of have the character of cer Ain lands drastically says the report. The real Environ Enlal Impact of the proposed overpass says the report would be or the communities North of Floi c Avenue and South of Logan Avenue. To reduce the Impact the City should study the land acquisition program landscaping a policy of land use adjacent to the rights of Way the design of the thoroughfare slur clues and implement Alibi of neighbourhood improvement programs. Current plans for property acquisition provide for the Bare minimum that would b required for the overpass ant traffic routes says the report it recommends that proper acquisition be expanded to i sure adequate open space an a High Standard of landscaping. Propane Export Tofu i 2 deemed surplus to Canadian requirements Are available for the Board said in a Brief news release. Or. Stead said that Normal quantities Are Likely to be exported under the controls. Canadian marketers of these fuels were being notified by the neb about How to apply for permission to Export. The neb Secretary said that shortages of natural Gas in the . Led to increasing demands on Canadian suppliers pushing up prices. These fuels were heading South i sub Lantia the government control were imposed before there was a crisis situation in Canada. T Here have been Severa forecasts in the . That ther would be a substantial Short age of fuels oils for heating and other purposes in tha country this Winter. The out break of the Middle East a has heightened that concern the . Gets a substantial portion of its Oil imports fron that area. At present there Are Severa applications before the neb b Canadian Oil companies to i port or increase exports of a ural Gas products to the . The Board stated in its announcement that it has Bee charged with the implementation and operation of the o port controls. It. Is expected that Barrin any unusual Canadian demand there will not be any signify cant variance from histories Export the slalom or t to visit j Ottawa t Washington . Secre 1 la by of state Henry kissing plans to visit Ottawa nex f month to discuss Energy am other bilateral issues with Ca Nadian government officials i was Learned last night. The exact Dales of or. Kis b Singer s visit Are Uncertain r but officials in both govern 11 mints believe it will be in the first half of november. The visit was scheduled when or. Kissinger me external affairs minister Mil 1 chill Sharp at the United a Lions earlier this month. R the primary Issue to be Dis cussed is Energy specifically the question of How much Ca j Nadian Oil the United state can expect to import durin the next few years t lob. And won t Send jets to Harvey Patterson s Enve Lope. A third controverted election petition has already been Filec by the conservatives again premiered Schreyer in Ross Mere alleging that the return ing officer George Epp was i m i n i s t e r of the mennonite Church and was thus not Eligi ble to hold the office. The nip has filed two petitions both against the Liber i . In St. Boniface Alec ratio minister Larry Desjardins 1 who lost by one vote to Pau j m a Rio n that som voters who were not eligible t vote cast ballots. In Wol Sulcy where nip pro i n c i a 1 president Murdocl r Mackay lost narrowly to lib Cral Leader Izzy Asper the pc 1 tuition makes a similar claim. N if the conservatives Are successful in having the results i 1 All three of the Ridings the y have challenged declared in valid and winning the subset quent by elections while the nip loses both its cases or the subsequent by elections t h n nip majority in the Legisla Ture would be reduced to 2 from the present 31 scats. This would put the Govan i ment in a minority position the 56-seat House because would have to appoint ims Al 1 its members As speaker we it would not he Able to Vole o Rcpt in inn Case of a would take appropriate Steps 1 he declined to detail what Thi might mean. In Oiher matters discussed a his first news conference ii Washington As Secretary o state Kissinger also said the Pace of discussions with Wesl e Ern Europe Over declaration e of principle for Security an economic matters is continuing t at an acceptable Pace. He said that he expected conclusion of the declaration within a reasonable Dies new Delhi a Barka Tullah Khan 53, chief minister of the Indian stale of Raja Sll an died thursday of a head attack in Jaipur the state Cai Hal. A Follower of Mohandas i Gandhi in the Independent 1 struggle against the British Barkatullah Khan was a Saron i partisan of prime minister 1 y Dira Gandhi. Arthur Menken Dies new York a Arthu e Menken 70, onetime newsreel photographer and explore i e died wednesday at his Home i o Florence Italy a famil 1 spokesman said Here. Minke n won a reputation for his Pho g to Graphy of the Spanish Civ t War the sino japanese Wai 11 the finnish russian War the second world War. He too films for Paramount the March of time and the comr if bin . Fleet bolstered 8 Washington Reuter a the United states he Liconte Carrier iwo Jima has been d Vertex from manoeuvres of the East coast and ordered t join the . Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Navy official declined to link the moved a ii sailing orders for the iwo Jim to the Arab israeli War. The 0 iwo Lima will be the third Aii Craft Currier in the longest Mousta Iii e the longest moustache c k record belongs to Maturij e Din of India who Between 19 i and 1962 grew in in a length 102 inches. Longest and heaviest the longest and heaviest up o pics of Snake is the Anaconda d one was reported in soul America to be 3714, feel Lon w High i n k More Ifni n ;