Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, October 24, 1973

Issue date: Wednesday, October 24, 1973
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 24, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday october 24, 1973 Toronto Singapore expedition planned by Charles Wyatt free press Stah writer a sleeping bag aha a genuine interest in promoting Canada in other parts of the world Are the Only prerequisites to join another 200 canadians on a four month mile trip from Toronto to Singapore. John Stevens Canadian coordinator of the sixth common wealth expedition come was in Winnipeg tuesday to explain and recruit Western deaths Chapple m a r y Margaret 89, of Brandon Man. Curd mrs. Percy John 83, of Ottawa for Merly of Winnipeg. Davidson Jane Beaumont 84, of 1293 Wolseley widow of Davidson. Or. Allan James Demuth Oscar 70 Poseidon Bay. Edmand William Wallace 84 of 159 Walnut Street retired dental technician Ewankevich Wasyl 81, of Steinbach Man. Faddick William of bran Don Man., formerly of Winnipeg. Flett Mary Elizabeth o Holiday Haven Home widow of Simon Flett Greaves Joseph of-17 St. Andrew Road St. Vital from Canadian. National railways. Hammond Turney w., 93, o 181 Beaverbrook Street. Harvey Arthur of 38 Street. Moulding Alice Maude of .247 Marion Street St. Boni face. Jenkins Guy Vincent so of Beacon Hill Lodge formerly of Belmont and Bowsman former Grain buyer for Cana Dian consolidated. Johannson Gestur 84, of it la e Betel Home Selkirk an. Johnson Frederick 71, of King Street suite 9. Kolczycki Peter 82, of 360 Kilbride Avenue West Kil Donan. Kulik Harry 89, of 707 Goulding Street. Long Kathleen 86, of. 252 King Sway Muir mrs. Flora of 112 Gaiden Road Assiniboia registered Sodat Martin Frederick of Neepawa Man., manager of Canadian Salt Pennek mrs. Henry 72, of 41 Deer Lodge place. Quail John Bernard Gallagher 70, of 347 Regent Avenue West Transcona re tired from Canadian National Quiring Aganetha 361 Campbell Street. Richardson Mary Louise 63, of 170 Hendon Avenue 517, Charleswood. Rougeau Julienne Marie of Selkirk widow of Ulric hence Henry James 66, of .5870 Jarvis Avenue formerly of Stonewall Man. Thickfoot Vernon i., 48, of Dallas Man. Wilson Margaret 94, of 445 k e n n e d y Street suite. 8, of James a. Wilson. Wright Audrey Darlene of Winnipeg. For further information please see classified death notices canadians for the expedition which leaves London England an. 15 for a journey by bus across 15 countries and two continents. The for each participant n c 1 u d e s air transportation from Toronto use of specially equipped buses bulk food and insurance. Or. Stevens said the expedit Ion is not a tour but a Genu be Exchange program Cul the expedition was organized a 1965 under the direction of Lionel Gregorg and Jawaharlal Nehru the late prime minister of India. The idea be Hind the expedition was to get Young people in common wealth countries to go to India for youth festivals or. Stevens said. He said come 6 will provide canadians with a real Opportunity to explain Canada to other Commonwealth nations. Last year there were Only seven canadians on the expedition. This year there Are already 90 peo ple signed up from Ontario and Quebec he said. Or. Stevens who went 01 last year s expedition said he wants a Broad Cross Section of Canadian society to be represented on the trip. Not just intellectuals bul anyone who has genuine inter est in explaining and getting across to other people wha Canada is All the. General aim of tile expedition is to arouse a Nev awareness in the common wealth association and to use i As the starting Point in bridging the barriers of color class Creed and or. Stevens said this was Thi first time lie had travelled across Canada explaining the expedition because there had never been enough Money. Unlike Britain where government and Industry gives support to the expeditions the Canadian administration is paid by the travellers he said if enough suitable people apply there will be about 630 people in come with 430 drawn from outside Canada. The expedition will be divided into 30 contingents of 2 people each. Each contingent will operate from a self sul Focient bus travelling Ai average of 300 Miles a Day. A r a v e 11 e r s will operate a Sither Drivers radio is navigators or Cooks. Train Jig in the various capacities will be Given during training period by the British army in England he said. Or. Stevens1 said the expend Tion will be divided into Fly groups of six buses each. The five groups will leave from London and travel by various routes through Europe the Middle East and Asia Meetin at along the a for special festivals. In addition to working on the buses the travellers will be involved in various cultural part Grams at the major stops. The travellers will perform in the tradition Art form of thei countries he said. Although the minimum age 18 years there is no a. Mum. Last year s cup edition included a British couple their 70s. Future expeditions have Bee planned to include Canada the United states and Sou America. Persons interested in joining the expedition May Conta John h. Stevens Canadian c Ordi Nator 415 University Street Windsor ont employees of the income tax department Parade tuesday outside their office on York Avenue and Edmonton Street protesting an offer of a even per cent pay increase Over a three year contract period. The wage raises would be three per cent the first year two the next and two More in the last year. The dispute will go to arbitration As the workers had opted for this Refus ing the strike right. The walkout during lunch hour was part of a nationwide demonstration of income tax employees who Are members of the Public service Alliance of Canada Benghazi express tests newsman s nerve by Jurat Kazickas Cairo a reporters trying to cover the egyptian Ide of the Middle East War and to conduct their own desert hair Rais n g gruelling drive across Libya to reach Cairo. With Egypt s airports closed or operating Only sporadically he 840-mile 24-to 30-hour drive rom Benghazi eastward to the tanks of was he few available routes to the egyptian Side of the War zone. About 100 reporters and photographers Tell similar tales of Leeping alongside the two Lane Macadam Road in the foggy night numerous Security checks customs chaos at the egyptian Border and night mares to the accompaniment of arabic music on the car radio. Reporters desperate to get to Cairo before1 a ceasefire Pak libyan taxi Drivers lip to for the trip. Others chose Means of travel that were less costly and More considerably longer. Pierre Bois of the Paris Figaro was reported missing a the front but actually was still in route from Paris he came via Khartoum in the Sudan and it took him More than week on two trains and a Steamer Down the Nile to reach Cairo. He said it was a Beautiful i 1 e shut Eye while the Driver for Joe Kamalick Long at 100-Miles an hour. Of West Brighouse broadcasting the Road is via straight and Jajjo a reporter was m o n o t b n o As any North american expressway with Only the brilliantly Blue Mediterranean of the left to ease he eyes. Most of the guards at the dozen checkpoints in route v e r e Friendly and sometimes carefully curious studying the front of a passport for Sev eral minutes and attempting conversation with whatever foreign words they knew. . Union to Boycott soviet bound cargoes , Fla. A head of a stevedores Union announced tuesday that United states maritime unions would soon begin a Boycott of russians Are going to try am keep us cold this Winter ii the maritime unions Are Goin to try and keep them this War has got to Gleason told reporters after immigrant cutoff final Ottawa up the Feder ,1 government will not extend lie period under which illegal immigrants May seek landed mra Grant status immigration minister Robert Andras said tuesday. The special 60-Day period when illegal immigrants could make application for landed Tatus ended oct. 15 but or Andras received representations from inside and outside he commons for an Extension. The minister said in answer a question from Gilbert Broadview hat 33 applications for landed Tatus were received after the Eadline. He said some were permitted for compassionate but added that this should not be taken As an sex elision of the 60-Day period. Some applied for legalisation of their status during hat time asked if illegal immigrants Low will be or. Andras said the Law will been Breed. But outside the or. Andras assured reporters there would not be a Witch Hunt to rack Down illegal immigrants. We Don t intend to Send out raiding parties or anything like the on compassionate grounds had landed about 20 of the 33 latecomers because they would have Quali fied before the special pro Gram went into effect. Or. Andras said criminals found to have entered the country illegally can expect no would be de ported immediately. Leaf first Enterprise Washington the first commercial Enterprise brazilian air crash kill five Rio de Janeiro a a brazilian Airliner carrying 65 crashed tuesday into Guanabara Bay off Rio de Janeiro s downtown District five persons were reported killed. Most of those aboard is taped with slight injuries a airline official said. Among the survivors were . Fibber Orr of Indiana and 10 othe members of. A Trade Mission trip and third class All that state Way from Khartoum Cost him less than but the Benghazi express travellers choose to ignore the Dull scenery and High expense to pile into Peugeot station wagons along with Luggage camera gear plastic water and quantities of sugar and Tea brought by the Drivers to bribe officials along the Way. Sleep is impossible As every one takes turns Riding in the front seat to grab the wheel from Drivers trying to sneak a t h e two engine Turboprop plane owned by Asp airline crashed on Takeoff from Santo Dumont City Ai part on the tiny s Edge. It floated about i minutes and then Sank except or the Tail Section. The plane was on a Shuttl flight to the Interior City .0 Belo Horizone. The cause o the crash Warnot immediately known. Survivors of the crash wer taken to several hospitals most swam the 200 Yards t Shore but some were Rescue from the plane s fuselage. old buddy in Calgary. It la Only Cost yous77. 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The tanks wer filled to the top with fuel tue Day then a Small amount fuel was drawn off to allow a air space in Case of fuel exp Sion. However a Large vacuum resulted which caused the domes to Cave inward. Execute official Vienna Reuter a r m a n i a n government office has been executed after Bein found guilty of taking crib from foreign businessmen to romanian press report today. Ion Tudora depart me chief of a state Industry a tried by a military court in b Charcot for betraying the i the rests of the Homeland Ai undermining the n a t i o n a the Agar pics tie1 Agency said. The death so tence for economic crimes unusual in Romania and t publicity Given to this Case a Pear cd intended As a deterrent cd the nationality sengers. Soviet cargoes that would last the Al Cio convention ende until the Middle East War ends Here. This thing the Boycott he said pointing is going into effect. The minut and Arab countries resume Oil the Frenchman. He said pointing Joe. The French have pro or hours Don t shipments to the . Alluding to the . Need for Gleason said he would meet maritime Union officials fourth largest farm Cash crop. Oil and Russia s need for Grain led Mirage jets to the in new York today and make annual sales of tobacco prod president Thomas Gleason of and libyans and the United acts primarily cigarettes sex arrangements to put the boy men s association s Dent Creme manpower or slim 11 limit 3 on t with thl Coupon Windbreak Cal on water French formula glut Ith thai Coupon Hur 13oi. Limit i Eini with thai Coupon 1 Coupon v 20 of 1-. Expires oct. 27.1973 limit 1 with this Coupon 1 Coupon per customer. Cash value v 20 of expires oct. 27.1973 Licorie assortment dry anti per Pirint diodoranuoi.s1.4l limit 2 Cana with Vittli Coupon 1 Coupon per customer. Cash value exp resort 27.1973 20-5limit 2 with this Coupon 1 Coupon Par customer. 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