Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 15, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba We Mno sports Roundup Winnipeg free press final edition z vol. 81 no. 168 re Sov a with 10 l.imn1q coloured comics monday april is 1974 Sunrise Unitt Moi Rose . . Us Jinx and Ana Bank of Canada rate raised to 8% per cent increase of one percentage Point makes figure highest Ever by Bud Jorgensen Ottawa up the Bank of Ca Nada has moved to Dampen the Pace of economic expansion by raising the Bank rate to per cent the highest it has Ever been. In a sunday announcement the Central Bank raised its rate for Loans to chartered Banks by one percentage Point. Heavy fighting Guin Boom i in Mideast y the associated press israeli and syrian gunners traded artillery and tank fire on the Golan Heights Froid today after a weekend of the hardest fighting since the october War. Damascus radio said Syria s defence minister . Mustafa Tias made a Quick trip to the Forward command Headquarters of forces Jaunt this was i dirt official Syria refer ence to such a command since october Mand said Shell chg resumed today along of the 300-so.uare-mile bulge captured by october fighting. The announcement made n mention of casualties. The command also announced the appointment o . Rafael Eytan we led Israel s thrust into Syria ii october to command Israel Northern front with both Syria and Lebanon. Eytan promoted to major general takes Over from . Mordechai Gur promoted to chief of staff. Israeli. At tacked syrian forces on Moun Hermon and the Golan Heights below them the irites iof the two countries with tanks am artillery. The israeli military com please see Mideast Page 10 it was the first time since 1967 that the Bank has made thit Large a change in its loan rate and it was the sixth in crease since last april 9, when the rate went to 5vt per cent from Gerald Bouey governor of the Bank said in. A statement the increase was unavoidable if reasonable control was to be exercised Over the rate of monetary expansion in the move comes As the Ca Nadian Economy is expanding at a rapid rate and it Rupee sents concern by fiscal policy makers that Strong demand for goods will Chase prices higher. The Bank rate is the rate the Central Bank charges for Loans to chartered Banks. The retail Banks from the Bank of Canada but the Bank rate is a key policy tool by which Federal fiscal authorities i n f 1 u e n c e the interest rate Structure. The Sharp jump in the rate is a Clear signal that Federal authorities believe the econ omy is expanding too rapidly. Or. Bouey said factors influencing the dec Sipp to crease the rate were ing intense demand for credit sharply rising prices and Cosfa and the recent substantial up Ward adjustment of Market in Terest rates in Canada the United states and the euro Dollar please see Bank Page 4 . Speaks a Assembly warns Oil states Kissinger urges to United economic action United nations . State Secretary Henry Kissinger warned Oil producing countries today against charging prices that risk world Prosperity and provoke economic Des pair. But in a Call for internal ional co operation to solve world raw materials problems be said the United states will help the Oil producers to diver Ify their economies to Indus realize and to take a greater Ole in International financial organizations. Speaking at a special United nations general Assembly ses Ion on raw materials Kis Inger proposed a possible so ution to two major world prob rising ii prices and re utlant fertilizer shortages that ave threatened food product Lon in Many developing coun the ., Kissinger said will her its technological skills to develop new fertilizer Indus Ries in Oil producing countries using the raw materials and capital they uniquely the Price of fertilizer has sen in direct proportion to be Price of Oil putting it beyond the reach of Many of lie poorest nations thus Bonturi pitting to worldwide food Kissinger said. Building fertilizer plants in i or Dueing countries n flew r the Cost of fertilizer As veil As give the producers a supplementary source of in ome he added. Please see warns Page 4 s Toush Bargi Unin firemen still irked Ottawa up Federal Airport firefighters especially those in the West who have walked off the Job were almost As angry at their own bar gainers As they were at the Feder Al negotiators by the time a tentative agreement was announced sunday night. They were expected to learn some time today details the agreement reached by the Treasury Board and the Public service Alliance of Canada in their Long standing grievance the firefighters Are seeking wage parity with municipal firemen in their regions. Ten Days ago this disparity led to a walkout by Federal Airport fire fighters in British Columbia who said their pay was less annually than their municipal counterparts. Sympathy walkouts have taken place at Edmonton and Winnipeg International airports and at smaller centres in the West where Federal firefighters Are employed. The Treasury Board announced the tentative agreement but there was no similar announcement sunday night to local officials by the Sac which bargains nationally for the fire fighters. Tom Stoyanoff Toronto area adviser for the firefighters expressed their feelings Here after spending the weekend meeting separately with Treasury Board and Sac officials outside their closed meetings. I m going to have something to say when i talk with them he said in an interview sunday. I be been meeting with them All weekend please see firemen Page 4 postal solution elusive by John Ward Ottawa up the nine Man executive committee of the Canadian Union of postal workers adjourned sunday night with no fast solution apparent for work stoppages and suspensions at Montreal postal stations. Despite hours of discussions within the committee and a Long meeting sat urday night with postmaster general Andre Ouellet there was no agreement on what action if any the Union should take. The situation developed last week when a number of Montreal postal workers showed up for work wearing t shirts with a slogan urging people not to use tile new postal code system. About 20 employees were suspended and other workers protested with work stoppages. The stoppages and suspensions continued through the weekend despite. A Quebec Superior court injunction issued Friday ordering workers to return to work and fulfil the Job requirements. Their contracts Are in Force until dec. 31. The total number of suspensions was not known. The Union claims Between 300 and 400 and or. Ouellet claims 96 workers Are affected. Or. Ouellet has promised that no disciplinary action will be taken against those involved in the incident and has pledged that All workers suspended will be re instated As soon As they return to work. He told reporters sunday the work stoppage constituted an illegal and irresponsible action. Please see postal Page 4 health pay at Issue the following is a news analysis by Manfred Jager free press medical reporter. There s a split showing in the ranks of the health sciences Centre workers who will be marching Down to 635 Sargent Avenue All Day tues Day to take a strike vote but it s not the kind of split management could Ever rejoice it is simply Over the technical ques Tion will there be a strike some of the members of local 1550 of the Canadian Unju of Public employees believe that once they have demonstrated their resolve to strike things will come unstuck at he bar gaining table. Those differing with them say it will take an actual strike not just the vote to achieve the breakthrough. That however is where the split ends. For people on sides of the question agree that they Are caught up in a curious ritual around the bargaining table these weeks a dance they perform without really knowing Why it was required in the first place. As Hospital maids orderlies Ward clerks housekeeping Kitchen main. Tenancy and Many other staff at the medical Centre understand the facts they Are simple we earn less Money than anyone in our jobs in All of Canada with the exception of they say. Our orderlies earn a Mouth their counterparts at the municipal hospitals please see health Page 4 photo by Gerry Cairns Eaton 9s Penney linked Toronto special the t. Eaton company limited and j. C. Penney company inc., the . Department store and catalogue Chain headquartered in new York announced Oday that they Are conducting a joint study of retailing oppor unifies ill Canada. R. J. Butler president of Eaton a said we believe there May be opportunities for a on s and j. C. Penney to. Join skills in developing a new re ail activity in he continued when we invited j. C. Pen Ley to join with us in this pre Minary review we did so in he knowledge both com zanies have remarkably Simi a business philosophies. Both 7 i m o t h y Eaton and James lash Penney believed that the companies they founded would drive Best on the principles of integrity and concern for their customers satisfaction. Suc lease see Eaton s Page 4 Stacey flows 2, stands head and shoulders Over the Flowers in the conservatory in tin Boine Park where lilies hyacinths daffodils and Tii lips were on show during the weekend. Stacey who ii the daughter of or. And mrs. Dave Pleat was on a visit to her in Winnipeg for the easter Holiday. Mger coup reported Bamako Mali a radio reports heard Here today said that military forces have taken Over the government in niger. The reports Niamey radio said . Sheyni Koun tie chief of staff of the niger armed forces has taken Power. Niger has been one of the Moat stable of the former French colonies in Africa. Since its accession to Independence in in president Hainan Diori has been the Only chief of slate. Niger is a landlocked country of Square Miles and a population of less than five million persons in North Central Africa. The dior Titera part of the country is in the Southern reaches of the Sahara. The country has been hit hard by the severe drought that has afflicted the Nib Sahara in recent please see niger Page 4 maps Back at work after easter break pact fails by Victor Mackie free press staff correspondent Ottawa with strikes threatening to shut Down Canada s major airports and Post office and inflationary pres sures straining the Economy members of parliament were Back on the Job monday be. Cause the government and opposition could not reach agree ment on plans for an easter recess. Prime minister Pierre tru Deau however refused to let the political manoeuvring in parliament interfere with his easter vacation in the bar Bados. Accompanied by mrs. Trudeau and their two sons he flew Friday to the Caribbean resort Island on a transport department aircraft. Liberal minority govern meat in an election tense Atmo sphere on parliament Hill will come under heavy fire from the combined opposition this week As irate he s continue their attack on the govern ment s anti inflation policies. They have been branded As a failure by the combined conservative and new demo crat opposition. The temper of the members please see maps Page 4 out. Hard hit by storm Toronto up some residents in on Tario were asked to conserve electricity today because of a storm that damaged a one mile Section of Hydro transmission lines and precipitated a Power blackout along a Corri Dor. The storm Cut a Swath through Southern Ontario Sun Day afternoon and uprooted Rees blew Down buildings caused some flooding and injured a 12-year-old Brantford ont boy who was playing baseball in a Toronto school Yard. David Flemming was struck was stand ing on first base. Three companions were knocked to the ground and dazed. Flemming was Given Mouth to Mouth resuscitation and external heart Massage by two residents of the neighbourhood. He was in satisfactory Condi please see ont. Page 4 olympic draw on to tonight Dumol not Star Chat of Gamt howl Ottawa up close to million will be Given away lax f r e e today when the first olympic lottery drawing takes place at the Ottawa civic Centre during a 90-minute show to be televised at 8 . Cost on the Csc French and English networks. Top prize in the lottery is million with ticket holders fac ing Odds of million to one for the big Money. Julien Cote vice president of olympic lottery Canada says the Winner can do anything he wants with the Money but would be Well and please see olympic Page 4 Winkler flood averted hooding in some areas of the town of Winkler 70 Miles Southwest of Winnipeg was averted Early monday when emergency measures Crews water resources officials and town workmen scrambled to unblock a diversion ditch. Nels Stavenjord an Emer gency measures organization official in Winnipeg said the ditch was blocked by ice and Snow and culverts to alleviate the local Runoff were blocked causing a backup of water Crews were working on the problem Well into the night and he tension was relieved about i or. Stavenjord said monday. He said work Crews Leared a Channel along a Vater resources diversion that swings by the town and with a bit of sandbagging relieved the situation. Please see Winkler Page 4 looking for a living room and bedroom suite this want and under mis Cellaneous articles for Sale 59 living room suite bed room suite. Phone a flirt 4. 253 is among the hundreds of bargains in today s Classi fied Section. No matter what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Stanfield blasts housing prices Ottawa up opposition Leader Robert Stanfield Sayi to is scandalous and Rotten that the Piree of housing has been allowed to Rise As far and As fast u h has in the last year. Or. Sunfield interviewed on the ctr program question period broadcast sunday said High housing prices Are part of an inflationary psychology the government has allowed to flourish. It s scandalous that the Cost of housing has been allowed to go up the Way it s be said. Plebe see Stanfield Page 4 today on Cia foil up 11 12 to Coblis 18, deaths 7 17 Moriet 21 sports. 24tol2 Der Lytal. Women 14 nearly everyone reads the free press fire strikes a a Montreal up Quebec provincial police Are investigating the second fire in less than a month at the 16-Biliion James Bay Hydro electric project 600 Miles Northwest of Here. Spokesmen for the App and the James Bay development corp. Said today that damage in the fire which broke out shortly bed re Midnight Satur Day is estimated at about million. A spokesman for Francon construction ltd., on Whoso property the fire occurred called these damage estimates ridiculous and a development corporation spokesman said the fire involved a trailer containing two diesel generators a warehouse containing machine parts and garage used for storing tires. A spokesman in the Francon office at the site said in a j phone interview that damage i please see fire Page 4 ;