Winnipeg Free Press

Tuesday, April 16, 1974

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 16, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 81 no. 169 in. 1o 20c with coloured comics tuesday april 16, 1974 Sunrise . Sunset . Moonrise . Moonset . of Roy c. Brooks 48, with his wife mar Jorie held ticket no. 1426376 in the Canadian olympic sweep draw tuesday night. The ticket is Worth or. Brooks is a Cost accountant supervisor with Canadian general electric. They have four daughters. Montreal up a lot Tery stub removed from a safety Deposit Box in Quebec City this morning bears the magic number which make nine Levis que., girls a Tota of million Richer than they were monday. Although the girls had not yet contacted the olympic lot Tery office Here a spokesman for not Beans of pall mall Canada Ltd. In Quebec City said the stub was examined in a credit Union in the company building and it bears the Cor rect number. The nine girls have been identified As Raymonde Guay ten winning numbers Ottawa up following Are the winning numbers announced for the olympic lot Tery Canada draw monday and the amounts they represent 3093734 1426376 2138300 3241137 1801634 2101157 1627383 1g1t912 2248026 1713078 Pierette Blouin Jacqueline by Dard Therese Thivierge pier Rette Cote Rejeanne Racine Hugette Amyot Gaetane fur Cotte and Francoise Marti can their Ages were not immediately available. The ticket was purchased by Raymonde Guay from a que credit Union. A the winners will receive except Francoise Martineau who with two shares will receive the spokesman Laid. The girls he said Are ill1 employed in the rothmans fac Ory and earn an average of 150 a week apiece. The Winner the second the single biggest Money Winner in the been identified As Roy g. Brooks of Guelph ont. Reporters were standing by in the rothmans office waiting for the girls to appear to col Lect the ticket. The girls were supposed to been route from Levis across the St. Lawrence River from Quebec City. Although they were not due to report to work until 3 ., they had said they would come to the office at mid morning to talk to reporters. The third place Winner of please see nine Page 8 Quebec Row postal talks broken off by Vic Parsons Ottawa up talks aimed at settling a postal Dis Pute that has threatened to develop into a National walkout failed Early today amid charges from postmaster general Andre Ouellet that some Quebec Union leaders were being irresponsible. A spokesman for the Union said he expected members across would Back striking employees in Montreal and support a National walk out but or. Ouellet said he Hought a majority of the workers would slay on their jobs. The negotiations failed after More than nine hours of discussions monday with agree nent sometimes seeming near. But the talks broke off with claims from Union negotiators hat or. Ouellet had not guaranteed sufficient protect Ion for workers who feel their Obs May be lost because of Echo logical change. The dispute arises from sus pension last week of employees n Montreal who wore to shirts Irving a Boycott of the postal ode program. Action taken against the men led to a strike n Montreal which did not end Ven when an injunction was Rought ordering a return to Ork. Apparent internal disagree Lent among Union leaders Al Eady has led to the Resigna on of Jim Mccall the pres Lent of the Ca a d i a n Union of postal workers i Jean Claude Parrot Chiei Border raids Stop Israel lebanese ask at in by the associated press Lebanon has asked the United nations secur Ity Council to take appropriate and efficient Means to Stop israeli raids across the Border arguing that condemnation would not be enough. The Council debated monday for 2v hours on Lebanon s i complaint about an israeli raid Friday night on six lebanese villages. Israel was retaliating for thei attack by three Arab guerrillas the Day before on the town of i Ryan Shonah in. Which 18 israelis and the three arabs were killed. Foreign minister Fouad Naftal of Lebanon told the 15 member Council Israel would i react with indifference Ami contempt to a condemnation. Egyptian foreign minister is mail Fahmy accused Israel of endangering the fragile Middle East truce by its actions in Lebanon and on the syrian front. Israel must choose Between War and he said. Israeli ambassador Yosef Tekoah replied that Lebanon j legislature reports Asper wants inquiry into loan. Page 1 civil service Bill gets second Reading Page 1 minimum wage to go up in july. Page 3 lotteries Bill City Bill debated Page 27 Yuskiw explains two Bills Page 27 Industry department annual report tabled Page 27 Bank rate effect questioned. Page 27 opposition irked during private members hour Page 27 govt. Stands firm on convention Centre Page 27 Steward of the Union said prevent the use of its the meetings ended today for attacks no agreement could be Between the Union and the lebanese government Mcnol Lebanon to become a he said he had no doubt Gangland it is obvious Union members across its neighbors will treat it country would support a a he said. Tonal walkout. The Union spokesman for the United ers were meeting again to Israel s traditional ally 1 cide How to Surprise reporters that any con continues please see postal Page see lebanese Page 8 firemen govt. Wage firefighters at Winnipeg the present salary of Ter National Airport have firemen Mously rejected the latest this rate Well never eral government wage up. To the City or Ledoux said. But could still be Back on never even get close Job tuesday the City firemen Wil Barry Ledoux shop have negotiated Ai for the Union of one contract by the end transport employees s a i the Airport firefighters that 27 of the 36 met monday afternoon explained firefighters in two other groups in addition to voted unanimously to Union of Canadian trans Down the employees Are represented air. Ledoux said he the Public service Alliance stood that firefighters at Canada. Other airports had rejected transport firefighters Are offer but were intending to by members of turn to other two groups he said if that information is All three will be voting on rect then there s a Good contract offer. Sivility Well be Back to if the others accept it tuesday Fie said the transport employ Day night. Sirl 1hf stuck with it and that s All be can or. Ledoux said Cost spiral less Recd report shows Canada below average Ottawa up a i report from the organisation for economic co operation and develop ment Recd shows the year Over year rate of inflation in Canada to the end of february below average and better than that of its major trading partners. The rate in Canada for the 12 months to the end of february was 9.g per cent compared Vith a 12-per-cent average for the 24 Industrial countries which Are members of Recd. The Canadian figures Foi March however show inflation running at a rate of More thai 0 per cent. The rates for Canada s top lire. Hading partners were United states 10 per cent Japan 26.3 per cent and unit d kingdom 13.2 per cent. Germany with a rate of 7.6 please see Cost Page 8 the Fri has released this picture taken by a hidden surveillance camera in a san Francisco Bank admitting that it resembles Patricia Hearst kidnapped daughter of Randolph Hearst. Coercion suspected san Francisco a the Fri is Hunting newspaper1 heiress Patricia Hearst on a material witness warrant which identifies her As a1 b i o n e s e Sla Are liberation army being sought on Bank robbery charges after the Holdup monday. Automatic photographs taken member of a heavily armed inside the Bank and accounts gang that robbed a Bank by. Show nine shot and wounded two passers persons were involved the v four women and an uni Den Auto forties said she May i Tif cd Man who entered Tho have been forced into taking j Bank and four persons who Jart in the stick up. Three other women previous y linked to the terrorist sym waited in one of two cars out i continued i please Sec Hearst Page 6 Power civil service Bill hearing gets Basic approval delayed More than two months after the Liberal members of the i it was introduced in the Mani legislature voted with the new t o b a legislature for second Reading a controversial civil democratic party government to give the Bill approval pro posed contract would give the firefighters salary increases to Talling 30 per cent Over 26 months. This would bring their salaries to almost were members of the other two groups would accept the offer although transport employees please see firemen Page 8 Turner sets out reasons for increase in Bank rate by Victor. Mackie free press staff correspondent Ottawa the increase in the Money Supply in Canada has Bank of Canada governor Gerald Bouey greatly concerned finance minister John Turner told the commons Mon Day. He was commenting on the buy jets group gets a boost a private citizens group has comm ended that the request be received its first open support endorsed. From within Winnipeg City Council on its request for a loan to help finance b 1 u j. U 1 v ii we Lullu the Purchase of the Winnipeg the request to City Council for jets. I a final decision wednesday. Executive policy committee was to consider the recommendation at a meeting tuesday afternoon before forwarding the support has come from a subcommittee of civic executive policy committee which met with he citizens group monday and unanimously rec the citizens group has asked the City for a Long term interest free loan to help please see group Page 6 Bank of Canada announcement Itiat it has raised the Bank rate to Svi per cent the highest it has Ever been. The monetary policy set by the Bank has As its rationale or reason to increase the Money Supply at a rate sufficient to accommodate reasonable expansion of the Economy but no or. Turner explained. He was responding to questions from the official opposition including James Gillies Valley who said j there appeared to be some misunderstanding concerning precisely what the government is trying to do with its Mono and fiscal policy. He asked the minister to explain the rationale for increasing the Money Supply Ami thereby accommodating business on the one hand and increasing inter est rates thereby discouraging investment. Or. Turner promised oppose please see Bank Page 5 . Firms warned on discrimination Washington a the Nixon administration used the signing monday of a historic Job discrimination settlement with nine major steel Compa Nies to serve notice that it will take similar action against other industries. Undersecretary of labor Richard Schubert said that in industries where race and sex discrimination exists we will be knocking on their doors and moving Forward against them As we did with at and t and the steel Schubert declined to identify the next civil rights targets but government sources said these Are Likely to be the cop per and aluminium industries. The voluntary agreement negotiated with the United steel workers Union and the nine companies which produce 73 per cent of the steel in the please see . Page 8 by Bruce Levett Washington up the Federal Power commission will take a new look at the question of electricity for a band of Canadian indians near Kenora ont. The pc monday granted Roseau electric co operative inc., a Northern Minnesota Power concern a rehearing of its application to Export Worth of electricity a year from that state to Northwest Angle Indian Reserve no. 33 a settlement of 170 Ojibwa in please see Power Page 8 service Bill finally received ap-1 principle while the Progress Proval in principle monday endive conservative opposition a 32 19 vote. Voted against it. Bill 7, proposed amendments interviewed outside the to the civil service Liberal Leader Izzy allow Manitoba civil servants to be politically Active during election campaigns and would Asper said the five members of his caucus in the legislature had voted to pass the Bill give the provincial second Reading be greater Powers Over the provincial civil service. Please see service Page 8 looking for a Mobile Home this want and under Mobile Homes 82 8 x 33 Good condition. 1 . 4 piece Bath. Reasonable. 256-2960. 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. Probe sought of cartage loan today business report 11-18 languages Daisy 46 classified 31 to 38, 39 to 45 comics 21, 25 2 Jumble 34 movies 27 snorts 17 to 51 television 26 women.19 to 23 nearly everyone reads the free press City Zon. Tola Liberal Leader Izzy Asper unit lie name of his brother in Law Manitoba has called for a full and that or. Thompson was scale inquiry into the granting the real owner of Schmidt car of a loan by the limited. The Liberal Lead Cial communities economic or said he had affidavits which development fund to a Thomp indicated that or. Thompson son man., cartage company. Was the manager of the Corn or. Asper alleged monday Pany and not Walter la that a former Board member min do to whom the loan was of the fund Ben Thompson Given. Used what he called a cute gimmick to obtain the loan in i least Sec probe Page 8 we file Belfast guards look on from a Reuter Belfast up Ivor Bell former Irish Republican army Ira can of in Belfast escaped from a top Security prison monday by changing places with a parolee and walking out unrecognized prison officials said. A full scale manhunt was under Way for the 37-year-old Bell. British troops action on a tip arrested Bell feb. 23 in the predominately r a in Catholic Andersontown District of this Ulster casual. His detention followed by Only a few months the arrest of Gerry Adams. Bell had succeeded Adams As Belfast com Mander of the Ira s provision Al Wing. The Long easter weekend i wound up monday with relatively few serious incidents re ported. Final easter parades commemorating the 1916 uprising in Dublin against the Brit ish were held in Antrim. Bel fast and Londonderry without further disturbance. Bombings and shootings marked the pcs Levities sunday. Thirty persons including four teen aged girls Are being held in jail As a result of last week s fire bombing attacks in i i e 1 f a s t and other major Northern Ireland cities. Orders to detain them for 28 Days were announced monday at the end of interrogation by e of More than go persons by the British army Over i he last five Days. Please see Ira Page 8 ;