Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 13, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday april 13, 1974 govt. Revives consumer Council Ottawa up after Nin month Sot inactivity the cans Dian consumer Council set u in 1968 to advise the consume affairs minister has been re Vived. Consumer affairs Minista i c r b Gray announced the names thursday of the 31 me and women who Wilt act a close advisers to him on con Sumer affairs policy making. Or. Gray also announced the names of a new six Memic consumer research Counci which Wil be responsible of contracting out research 01 consumer issues and issuing pertinent reports on its owl initiative. In All the total group a been increased from the 21 member consumer Counci which was allowed to fade inti oblivion last june. The Oli group concentrated mainly on research and was not As Closi to confidential information on departmental plans As or Gray says the new 31-Mcmbei group will be. Or. Gray however has reduced the body concerned with research to six and says i May not be possible for the larger body to Issue an Annua report because of its proximity to confidential and developing policy plans. Council represents a base of interest groups including the Consumers Asso elation of Canada the National anti poverty Organ nation the Montreal diet dispensary and the Dian federation of Independent business missing from the list of new Council member is Winnipeg lawyer Harold Buchwald former chairman of the old group. In an interview last month or. Buchwald charged that senior civil servants in the department were antagonistic towards the Council because of its outspoken criticism of foot dragging in. The consumer Field. He expressed fears that the revised Counci would be Cut Down in size and made less accessible to the Public. He also said he would be willing to accept a position on the new Council if invited. Said or. Gray All 1 can say is that nobody that a asked adding that he feels he has effectively eliminated any fear that the Council will be weakened. Research Council members have been appointed for two years effective immediately. Consumer Council members will serve one year renewable terms. The consumer Council has a budget for 1974-75, or. Gray said. The research coun cil has been allotted for the current fiscal year. 4 or. Gray said he would meet at least four times a year with the consumer Council in Pri vate. The first meeting is scheduled for Early May. Members of the old con Sumer Council appointed to the new body Are Maryon Bre Chin Toronto cac president David Kirk Ottawa executive Secretary of the Canadian federation of agriculture George s. May Vancouver general manager of the British Colum Bia Central Union to Mande Taylor Assis Tant professor of Hospital administration at the University of Montreal Bernice Walsh. St. Johns nfld., former Ca president and freelance Broa Caster. New members appointed the. Consumer Council Are Kenneth Aleluia Winnipeg la Reuben Bromsted Toronto counsel for the crib Lloyd Brown John Windso ont., political scientist aver Bush Calgary Home econ Mist William Dafoe Toront of the t. Eaton co. Ltd. Theodore Duffie Gran Falls n.b., barrister an ormer president of the unit of new Brunswick municipalities Ruth Fremes Toront 1bc consumer affairs commentator Marjoric Gillies Winnipeg newspaper Colum list Marjorie Hartling Otta w a executive director Napo Jean Paul Hetu mor real vice president of Cen Rale Des Syndicate Democrat ques Agnes Higgins exec Ive director of the mgr diet dispensary. Frederick l a d 1 y Toronto Canada packers Ltd. Ronal y. Lang Ottawa Canadia labor Congress Yolande la Nolette Ste. Foy que., Mou e m e n t Desjardins Michel Lejeune Sherbrooke que Cai Hoard member Allen Linden Oronto Law professor mar Ocke Hamilton ont., Home Naker Teresa Macneil an Ingonish n.s., Home Scono Mist Gilles Paquet Ottawa economics professor and chair Nan of the consumer re Carch Council Elizabeth peer son Standard Alta in Ulric Poirier Mon j a r m e 1, o.e.i., Inverness oysters cooperative Doroth Ratt Ottawa economic re Earcher Gerard St. Denis Montreal l Institute do promo Ion Des interests do condom Amateur James so Urbaniuk economist Arnold Teinberg Montreal Steinbert to. Howard Tennant Saska Oon sask administration pro lessor. Transcendental meditation by maharishi Mahesh Yogi a natural technique easily Learned by anyone brings deep rest to the body clarity to the mind removes inner tension and enriches All aspects of life introductory talk monday april 15th . Place main Street Kod Pacolor film developed a printed developed and printed jumbo size color prints now bordered on Leester silk paper. Birch photo Ltd. 224 notre Dame May 4 Wal Kathon scheduled May 4 has been set As Fli Wal Kathon to raise funds of rehabilitating Manitoba Judi n i i e offenders and Helpin under privileged teen agers. The 20-mile walk on a Salui Day is sponsored by the life line division of greater Winnipeg youth fur Christ Lac sponsor pledges a Certai amount for every mile a part Cippant walks. Money raised will be use or lifeline s program inc Luc no summer and Winter Camp no and the Volunteer. Money raised will finance lifelines activities including summer and Winter Campin and the Volunteer program in which an adult be friends a youth on a Conli Nuin Lasis. The walk will begin at the South Gate of Assiniboine Park in the new conservatory Park no lot. From there the walkers will so through the Tuxedo fort Garry and St James Assiniboia areas ending at the Royal Canadian legion memorial sports ground a Ilver Avenue and Rulam Street St. James Assiniboia. Registration will be at 8 o 10 . Walkers will not have to col act the Money from sponsors sponsors will be billed from he youth for Christ office donors of and More will be ent receipts for income tax reductions. Wal Kathon sponsor forms May be obtained by Telephone in or writing to the lifeline office 186 Furby Street or Are available from lifeline representatives in churches through it the City. Ext Raly outlets sought Winnipeg Videon Ltd. Has a lied to the Canadian radio television commission for per Mission to extend Cable Televik Ion service to 30-other centres n Manitoba. A statement by Moffat communications Ltd., the Parent company says the application s dependent on Winnipeg i Eon r e c e i v i n permission the Federal government 0 construct its own microwave system and entering a rental Keement with Manitoba Tele hone system for use of the astern s Telephone poles. The company said the Exten on is expected to take six ears to Complete and sub criers in All communities Ould pay a month. Sky to Winnipeg a Moffat action also has an application 1 establish rebroadcasting Sta on at the Pas flin flon now and a org in the Interlake Region his application will be consid at a crts. Hearing in Winnipeg May 14. Elderly Home care conference planned the Home welfare Assoc a Ion s meals on wheels will old a one Day conference on ome care and nutrition for in aged at 9 . To . Pril 20 in the Holiday inn. Conference officials in v c sked persons interested in at ending the conference to con act the organization 1000 Ore Dame Avenue. School reunion set Ellen Douglass school will old. A reunion for past Stu ends at . June 7 at be Empress lanes St. Matth w s Avenue and Empress reel. Tickets for the event May be Itai cd by contacting Jan Argie at the society for Crip de children twins and triplets the Winnipeg parents of wins and triplets organization ill meet at 8 . April 22 in be Norquay building Auditori a 401 York Avenue. Terry Thomas right snaps a souvenir Pic Ture of his fellow members of the Royal Winnipeg Ballof at Winnipeg International Airport just before departure. The Ballet left last week on a nine week tour of nine latin american countries including Cuba. Posing for Terry Are left to right Ana Maria de Corrie Louise Naughton and Craig Sterling. Meat visitors shortage forecast Montreal up a major Eastern Canadian sup plier of smoked meat and Sau Sage products said Friday can Ada s ban on United states beef and cattle imports cause meat shortages production cutbacks and employee a offs in the smoked meat Industry. M o c Lester president o Ester foods Ltd. Of suburban Laval said the ban announced monday will cause a serious shortfall in the Supply of Bris Ket the meat Cut used to manufacture smoked meat ant sausage products. Or. Lester whose Man fac and wholesale firm sup plies almost half the retailers n Eastern Canada said Canada can Supply Only 45 per Cen of brisket and the rest must ome from the . The Federal government do Cidad to ban import of beef and cattle treated with the Hor Mone Des which has been linked to Ancer growth in animals and Lumans. M r. Lester said Banning meat treated with Des is the perfect excuse for the gov e r n m e n t to Force up beef rices in Canada. Do you think 300 million americans would be allowed to eat treated meal if Des was harmful to their or. Ester said. Describing t he Industry s Light As desperate or. Lester appealed this week by a ram to several Cabinet min sters including prime minister Pierre Trudeau and Agricula ure minister Eugene Whelan o immediately remove the ref embargo. He said if our Supply is Cut o per cent our production will e Down 50 per cent and we will have to Lay off Many of or his firm now employs 120 persons. Or. Lester also said or. Whelan is Selling out every Ody in an Effort to buy votes Rora Western Canadian beef producers. From space Toronto up a United states nuclear physicist Salt Friday there is overwhelming evidence in favor of the Thor. That intelligent beings Frorer outer space visit the Earth Gul arly. S t a n t o n Friedman 39, physicist in Industry for 14 years before he took to a Lee Ture circuit said the cancellations of air Force ufos unidentified flying objects Sluder was Only a Public relations the real information Wini deeper into the Pentagon Anc has remained secret he said. And people Are wrong if they think it s impossible for secrets to be kept in the United or. Friedman said the Rea information is not released be cause it would bring about political chaos and Stock Market anic. He said his approach is to present scientific facts anal Ysis of reliable sightings and of chemical changes in soils where landings have been re ported. F or. Friedman is in Toronto to appear on a television show night. Sentenced in torture Killin Trudeau in Barbados Ottawa although lost maps will be Back at their o m m o desks monday rime minister Trudeau has one ahead with his planned Aster and. His Amily flew to the Barbados riday morning. The prime minister mrs White Shell elections Rudeau and their two is tin and Sacha flew to the councillor Jim Ernst an in Caribbean resort Island on a dependent citizens election Ransport department aircraft. I committee member of win the trip was not announced n i p e City Council for St. Jacksonville Fla. A John Dobbert or. Was sentenced Friday to death n the electric chair the torture killing of his nine year old daughter Kelley. Circuit court judge Hudson Guiff ignored a jury recommendation for life imprison ment saying aggravating circumstances made this an especially heinous atrocious and cruel crime More cruel Han any i have Guiff also sentenced Dobbert o 30 years for second degree murder in the death of his son Ryder 7 15 years for torture if his son Ernest John Iii and me year for child abuse of his daughter Honore 7. The judge made the sen fences consecutive. An exec Ion Date was not set pending peal. Advance. A spokesman in the prime minister s office said or. Tru eau has not set an exact Date r his return to the capital. "1 expect it will be a few ays the spokesman Aid. James Assiniboia has been elected president of the White Shell District association. Other 1974 executive elected were treasurer a. W. Sandy Japan s strike eases Tokyo a the wors transportation strike in Japa history eased somewhat Friday but there were threat it will continue As negotiation bogged Down Over the right o government employees t strike. Workers on the govern ment run rail and bus lines Sale they will continue their strike today unless talks Between the unions and government make substantial Progress. The Union members have been demanding 30 per a Cal nay raises or the equivalent o about monthly and the of Covern mint pm plovers to Sli inc. The Law avs they cannot strike but it t As done Litin to half in acc Cal municipal transport Worken in to Avo and Osaka scheduled a half Dav strike today if negotiators fail to reach agreement other Public workers planning to walk off the Job include teachers postmen garbage collectors and Telephone and Eio graph workers. The general transportation strike stopped nearly All Public transport in Japan beginning thursday morning. Millions of people either stayed Home my work slept in their offices or had to drive to work and try to find a parking place on Japan s crowded streets. The strike eased slightly Fri Day when four major private always readied agreement with the unions on wage Dis Putes. Most other private rail a a subway and bus line workers also planned to return o their jobs today. This would allow life to re urn to Normal for Many Japa Lese. But millions rely on the government run commuter Rains and on the government s Japan National railways which operates All Long Dis nce trains. Deaths Asplund Edwin Nils 87, of 371 Riverton Avenue. Berg Matthew Robert 82, of Bethany Man. Bly tiie Mary Alda 85, of 63 Robert service Bay. Brandson Gestur g., 58, of 1032 Clifton Bay. Burday Peter 79, of Fisher Branch. Chapman Hannah 82, of Middle Church Home formerly of Highland apartments. Widow of Albert Chapman. Feculak William of Vancouver. Roux Gary 27, of 432 St. Mary s Road. Reed Ernest John 55, of Galveston Texas formerly of Winnipeg and Santa bar Bara. Calif. Ii Ebert Diedrick 77. Of Kelwood. Man. Kucyk Steve 41, of 1048 Bur rows ave. Mcdowell Eleanor Bell Nellie 82, of Conquist nursing Home formerly of s a n f o r d Man., widow of Harry Mcdowell. Cox vice president Bob pol-1 Makowski Bronislawa 70, of lard and Secretary Norma Meneer. Monthly average water elevations in feet above mean sea level March 1974 monthly average water elevations Are prepared by the department of the environment water Survey of Canada the Levels Are Given in feet above sea level As a reference the City of Winnipeg is 786 feet above sea level. Average for month last year s average for month maximum average for month year minimum average for month year average for month All years period of record Lake Manitoba at Steep Rock 812.16 111.m 814.80 1953 81.033 1943 112.04 1923 to Date Winnie mitosis at Winnipeg Winnipegosis at Gimli 714.88 714.22 715.91 1970 709.71 1941 830.53 832.91 1959 827.32 1942 829.97 712.89 .1913 to Date 1913 to Date Garson Man., formerly of Faulkner. Man. Partridge Margaret there a 66, of 131 Carman ave nue widow of Leslie Bob Partridge. Rossini David Liddell 84. Of 70 Poseidon Bay formerly of Lanark gardens. Shier mrs. Lloyd l. Myrtle 61. Of 242 Lockwood Street retired employee of Eaton s. Surcouf John Francis 71, of 230 Vernon Road. Syrotiuk mrs. Alex of 1156 Logan Avenue. Verdonck Octiff of Swan Lake. Wesner Robert 71, of Spra Guc. Zema William 56, of 152 Scotia Street. Former employee of Labatt s brewery. For further information please see classified death notices nuclear sales to arabs hinted Beirut up Trade min s t c r Alastair Gillespic advanced a new plan to sell nuclear technology to the Arab Oil slates before leaving Here Oday for a tour of saudi Ara Bia Iraq and Iran. He said during his one-nigh1 Ilo Pover in Beirut that he Wil offer to sell Canadian techno orgy for making heavy water used in the Canadian reactor the three govern ments for use in their own countries and installation in developing countries. The Benefit to Canada aside Tom licence fees establish ment of More nuclear pro Grams abroad to provide Cus omers million re actors built by atomic Energy f Canada Ltd. Gillespie said in an interview h e heavy water production system can be adapted to the ctr chemical industries the of to Duccos and Many develop no countries arc trying to is abolish. Countries such As Iran. Saudi Arabia or India could thus Combine infant Feril incr Indus Ries with nuclear capability in said. As an Aid project construe Ion of the plants in poor coun Ries would be a Good Way for he three Oil countries to spend sonic of the billion in extra they would gain this from higher Oil prices. At an Carling Stop in London Gillespie made a similar pitch divorce Laws supported Rome a the former Boot of St. Paul s Basilica Tore announced Friday he will favor of retaining Ita y s divorce Law in a referee Dum scheduled format 12. The controversial Law per mits divorce after a five year separation period based on my Ual consent. We cannot impose our con on the cab it Giovanni Franzoni said be joined other roman Catho in dissidents some of them priests who claim the Vatican and priests should not try to influence the decision of their Rock on divorce. Franzoni a 45-year-old Benc Octine noted for his marxist Ricks resigned As Abbot last Ummer accusing the roman Catholic Church of pc occupy on with Power and wealth. The scheduled referendum As led to a bitter Campaign training the marxist Catholic of caning Alliance of Premier Lariano Rumor. Rumor s Christian Democrat party the largest political organization in Italy opposes divorce while its two leftist co lotion partners favor retaining in Law. Italy s principal Public Opin on organization Doxa has re sorted that 50.3 per cent of Ita an voters favor retaining the Law 35.7 per cent pose it and 14 per cent have o option. To British Energy Secretary Eric Earlcy and Oiler Cabinet members. He said Ottawa would be willing to sell Canadian reactor know How to Britain share British technology and use British capital to help finance shared sales to third countries. British ministers were non committal replying that their decision would conic after a commons debate on Britain s nuclear policy. Sales of nuclear equipment emerged As inc Centrepiece of the Broad based Middle East Trade Mission even before the first official Call of the trip at Jeddah saudi Arabia. About 20 Canadian business men Wil also be pressing their own goods and services on the Oil Rich Region. The goods in clude air conditioning tracked vehicles suited to serving Oil Wells in the deserts electric turbines and engineering con suiting. Gillsepie has been stressing engineering capacity. Because of experience in novel and in Mcnac Canadian projects Ca Nadian engineers know How to think big and deliver on a big1 Jacques Gignac Canadian ambassador to Lebanon saudi Arabia Iraq Syria and Jor Dan said Canada May have an Edge among the wheller of Industrial count pics looking for action in Arab Oil Money. Canada had no great history in the Region and cannot be suspected to having any Politi Cal and Canada was a developing country with concerns comparable to ceo nomic Aims in the Middle East. Diabetic association the Canadian diabolic Asso Calion will meet at 8 . Wednesday in Kinsmen Centre 820 Sherbrook Street. Meet a Diamond please meet John Silver Man a Diamond consultant at Ben Moss jewellers. John has achieved excellent sales on diamonds and we congratulate him John Silverman meet John Silverman in person by coming in to the Portage and Edmonton store or phone 943 0694 for an appointment. 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