Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 13, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Every weekend weekend Canada s leading rotogravure Magazine unsinkable Katie Cooke a powerful swimmer against a tide of discrimination. Page 2 Are you sure helpful citizens often clearly mistaken Page 6 Avalanche thousands of tons of Snow at 60 Miles an hour. Page 10 Emble mania Page 16 tour director tells All Page 18 and in the easter egg a Symbol please Sec Page 3, new Leisure Magazine Linn Winnipeg free press vol. 81 no. 167 15 cents saturday april 13, 1974 10 sunny periods 40 and 20 talks May Beope miners pay hike history of easter eggs starvation in Canada. 6 Winnipeg provincial watchdog. 10 Ottawa Battle Over football. 10 Potpourri Vienna s Prater. 1.1 Square dancers to meet. 12 serving a captive audience. On the other hand not just birth control h Washington Call to arms 14 London stewardesses unite is a moment of glory 17 wheelchair basketball. 24 regular features word wide 2 Horoscope z sportsman 4 it happened Here 4 the Herron Folk 5 whimsy 5 your Antiques 6 Church news 7. 8, 9 the stamp collector 16 Over the Garden Wall 16 Chickadee notes 17 at the zoo 18 teen tidings 19 Book reviews 20, 21 the Sketchbook 22 our picturesque past 22 the world of now music 23 crossword 23. And elsewhere in the paper color. Comics to radio diary Jumble winners 39 entry form 73 47 Bridge news 2? movies. 16 classified 41-59, 74-77 night beat 29 comics 72, 73 sports.61 to 66 Community Calendar 29 travel.6s to 71 deaths 5 women.21 to 27 finance so to 37 yoiithsccne.3 letters 28, 29 by Bob Lowery free press staff writer Thompson Man. The possibility wage re openers on contracts involving the n of t h c r n Manitoba mining companies and the United steelworkers of America locals in Thompson Lynn Lake Leaf rapids and flin flon is Likely in the near future a Union official said thursday. The official Blake Mcgrath president of local 6166 of the steelworkers Union said discussions have been going on for some weeks with representatives of International Nickel co. Of Canada regarding a wage increase in View pi1 the tremendous Cost of. Living in crease which has occurred since the present agreement was signed in March 1973, the possibility of a Cost of living increase for the More than hourly rated Inco employees covered by the con tract received a major boost with the announcement in Toronto thursday that the company s employees in the Sudbury District and port Colborne ont., will receive a special allowance of per month effective from april 1 to june this announcement came from a regular Semi annual please see mine Page 4 men defy order a spokesman for the Montreal local of the Canadian Union of postal workers said today the Union s Quebec members began returning to work at Midnight Friday night but still Are staging work stoppages. Guy Senecal vice president of the local said the disruptions Are taking place despite an injunction issued in Quebec Superior court Friday prohibit ing work stoppages by the pos Tal employees. Marcel Perreault president of the local said his Union has no intention for the moment of changing our tactics and called on All Union members to remain in Solidarity with those employees who were sus postal department a Thori ties were not available for comment but a postal Security guard at the main Post office in downtown Montreal con firmed that the workers there were showing up. On. Time for their shifts but refusing to work. The temporary injunction granted by or. Justice Roger Ouimet of Quebec Superior court said postal workers please see postal Page 4 looking foe an air conditioner this want and under mis Cellaneous articles for Sale 59 air conditioner 10.mb . 2-Jo volts excellent condition phone is Anfeng the hundreds of bargains in today s Classi fied Section. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. More firemen to strike Edmonton walkout due today Edmonton up firefighters at Edmon ton International air port plan to walk off i heir jobs at 6 . Local time saturday and join Airport firemen who re main off work in Van Couver and Winnipeg. I a spokesman for Edmonton firefighters said a Telegram has been sent to the Treasury Board in Ottawa demanding immediate action to increase wages in the face of today s deadline. Airport firemen across Canada have complained that the Federal government has re fused their wage p a r i t y with municipal fire fighters who earn about More a year than their Airport counterparts. We Are All fighting a com Mon said Gary Leroy quo a spokesman for the Edmonton local of the Union of Canadian transport employees. Edmonton Airport fire fighters now earn about they Are asking for an annual salary of he added. In Vancouver a spokesman for. Airport firefighters who walked out across the province last week said the men will stay their jobs until the Treasury Board makes a Satis factory offer. Almost All commercial air traffic has been halted in Brit ish Columbia but Vancouver Airport has reopened for a few please Page 4 partial ban Likely arms pact Hopes dashed Washington a state Secretary Henry Friday virtually ruled out a permanent agreement this year with the soviet Union limiting offensive nuclear weapons. First Crest monday Fargo . Up the United states National weather service has adjusted its flood forecasts and says first crests on the red River will occur within a few Days. However As forecast in the past the Only major flooding is seen in the upper reaches of the red. The timing of the crests in the u.s., if current forecasts Are Correct could mean a re d u c e d flooding problem in Southern Manitoba since the crests would pass before Snow there has a Chance to melt thoroughly. Moderate to heavy Rains varying up to 1.32 inches fell Over the red River Basin necessitating the upward adjust ment of the flood said Vernon Hendrickson meteorologist in charge of the Fargo District. The weather service said the first Crest of the red River at Wahpeton would occur monday with the River rising to eight feet about three feet Over flood stage. At Fargo the Crest was fore please see 1st Page 4 Dean Toncy 10, of Miami looks at hit bandaged hand Friday after being treated at a Miami hos Pital for a fish which almost levered one of his fingers. Schools of hungry fish terrorized bathers at a Public Beach in Miami sending several children and a 17-year-old youth to Hospital. Officials closed the Beach and a police helicopter circled the area ordering bathers and surfers to leave the water. Fish bite Back Miami Beach Fla. A schools of fish terrorized bathers at a Public Beach Fri Day sending five children to hospitals. One boy had a Finger almost severed. The fish were jumping All Over the place. I be never seen anything like said life guard Jeff Fuller. People were coming to us bleeding from lifeguards at haul Over Beach North of Miami Beach and one of Southern Florida s largest Public beaches estimated that As Many As 15 bathers were treated for fish bites at the Beach s first Aid Centre. Dale Brockway another life guard said Jack and bluefish were chasing schools of Mullet swimming near the Shore. The fish did t attack the bathers. The bathers just got in their Way As they pursued the Brockway added. Both Kissinger and soviet foreign minister. Andrei Myko indicated to they now Are their efforts on a partial we did not yet define photo by Gerry character of the Gromyko said after a luncheon session with Singer at the state department. Limited May be Good As Kissinger said the United slates and the soviet were making a serious Effort to conclude a treaty that president Nixon could sign in Moscow Early this there is a he said. But earlier at the a thousands of Christian greek orthodox archbishop Chrissanthos o 1 House Kissinger said the Strat e g i c arms limitation talks Salt will not be hurried As a result of an artificial Halifax up Nova Scotia has presented the first provincial Challenge to Oil Christ s Steps through Jerusalem s ancient walled City to Calvary on Good Friday carrying heavy helped shoulder a heavy 10-foot Cross to begin the first of Many processions by various religious Deomina he suggested that Price increases by to commemorate conf Nuet most Likely subject to. Imperial Oil Ltd. To Roll Back its Price on Bunker see Calvary Page 4 agreed on by the time police and sees soviet Leader Leonit Brezhnev is missiles with independently targeted heavy fuel Oil. The Public utilities Board gave the company on up Security precautions patrolling alleyways and roofs to guard against Days to make rebates violence As the Kissinger had begun a Day arrangements followed the Way of v diplomatic ebb and flow by declaring flatly Well not to customers for the 2.4-cent-a-gallon increase to the Church of the holy a permanent agreement Jan. 4. The Rollback is police spokesman said but As the Day wore on he appeared to backtrack somewhat saying Nixon s in effect last dec. 12. About 100 customers including the Nova Scotia Power corp., Are expected to was bolstered following the massacre by palestinian gunmen in the Northern Galilee town of i Ryan meeting will be held and the 18 men women and died looks As if it will be a please see arms Page see Oil Page patriarch g. G. Belt Ritti i pretty Good weekend for Jerusalem led roman easter finery. Police hold pilgrims Down the winding paths of Christ s last walk and paused to say prayers at the Winnipeg weather office said today it will not be Overly warm but a decent week of the Cross before in St. B raid the 800-year-old crus a d e r Church. The stations Mark tile important events along the route to the overcast sky that greeted Early risers this morning is expected to Clear by mid morning and is expected to remain seventeen people were taken into custody after police in Telenko s two Brothers Jim 21 and Alvin 18, inside the cavernous Church of the holy. Sepulchre the in the Winnipeg area except for some overcast periods Boniface swooped Down on from the Rural prayed at the last in the Day. Apartment Block Friday of St. Andrews where Christian forecaster said easter within minutes after a group broke into the says Christ died on should be pretty estimated at 25 to 30 had where he was Ken into a suite and was overturned resurrected. Please see Fine Page two Young set smashed and St. Boniface police arrested the 17 males eight adults and nine juveniles and were assisted by the Winnipeg against the floor and Wall. Four or five carloads had pulled up in front of the City police in transporting and improperly parked group to the St. Boniface police station. Some others managed to were blocking traffic police said. St. Boniface police Cape from the police when minutes after the arrived at the Lith floor of at the chateau Aviv a their bodies were found chateau Guay apartments units blew up 20 the rubble of a demolished Goulet Street around 10 Telenko said six villages in Southern police said. Been any Chance to Friday and minister Moshe police seized whips after the group 10 suspected terrorists said the raid was a and tire Irons from those the for the Arab action to warn the were did t have a Chance massacre at i Ryan government. He said the group had gained the police but we the military israeli raiders cleared All to the building through a glad to see residents out of the Rity door and gone to the Telenko who was struck Beirut lebanese before blowing them floor suite of Garry face by one of the Nasri Maalouf said and if two civilians were and Garry Helm. They and her continued not at see 17, Page were killed in see lebanese Page 4 potato men to be Cut ont please see these Page 4 Toronto up concerned about the concentration of wholesale potato distribution in Toronto a supermarket Chain has revealed plans to Deal directly with growers in Prince Edward Island. A spokesman for Loblaw Gro Ceteria co. Ltd. Said Paul Pappis vice president of pro Duce will go to , next month to help growers and packers develop a marketing Board to sell directly to retailers without going through Toronto wholesalers. Or. Pappas said he is going directly to growers and packers to take it away from the Guys playing this came in referring to a conglomerate of three Large Toronto wholesalers that banded together last year. Potato growers in the Lake Simcoe area also expressed concern at the takeover of the Toronto wholesale Market by the conglomerate. Some Farmers said they Are switching from growing fresh table potatoes to potatoes for processing which Are not sold through the Toronto whole salers. C. W. Leach Ontario s larg est potato grower with More than acres near Allston ont., said he is growing More for processors than for the table Market because we Don t want to get boxed by decreasing outlets. They might try to buy cheaper from the grower and hold their margin at the other please see potato 4
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