Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 30, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 81 no. 206 i a or arc my with 1ft coloured comics thursday May 30, 1974 . Moon Row . Monnet sunny intervals 40 and 60 greek Turk clash looms armed forces alerted Istanbul Reuter turkish Navy army and air Force units were put on a state of Alert today Fol lowing a dispute with Greece Over exploration for Oil in the Aegean sea military sources said. T h e greek armed forces were placed on a state of Alert wednesday night and greek planes were reported flying Over the Aegean today on reconnaissance missions a t e i Turkey said it sent a ship to Start Oil exploration. The turkish military sources said a Large area along the Greece Turkey Border ii Thrace was declared a prohibited military zone for civil ians and All troops along the Aegean sea have occupied War a Navy source in Izmir said 53 turkish Navy ships Are patrolling Turkey s Western coast. A turkish defence ministry source in Ankara said All Mili tary leave has been cancelled since wednesday night. In Athens there was no of f i c i a 1 announcement of the greek state of Alert and greek newspapers obeyed govern ment orders to publish nothing about the turkish reports that the naval research ship can Darli escorted by minesweepers and submarines was on its please see Ahmed Page 13 talks seek solution in Ulster Mol Battles troops if deny attacks by snipers reported Belfast a Northern Ireland s British administrator held crisis talks with Ulster s political leaders today after a night of violence in the predominantly roman Catholic City of Londonderry. The army said a band of 300, Many armed with pick handles and Garden shears attacked troops during the night. Soldiers fought Back rubber bullets and anti riot Gas. Seven sniper attacks without casualties were also reported. Merlyn Rees Britain s min ister for Northern Ireland met with Brian Faulkner head of the toppled Ulster coalition government hoping to Salvage something of the collapsed Power sharing Experiment be tween protestants and catholics. _ i have made it very Clear we will co operate in every Way possible to see a new partnership administration Faulkner said. Rees said his meetings today included talks with Hartline protestant leaders Rev. Ian Paisley Harry West and please see Ulster Page 4. Humble potato High in Price by Barbara Robson the Canadian press Coffee drinkers who sweeten their brew and enjoy potatoes were hardest hit by rising food prices in May. But those who Barbecue hamburgers and hot dogs got some Relief. A Cross Canada Survey of 13 the Canadian press showed steady increases in the Otal Price of 17 Standard items n most Urban centres. Mining Bill sets base Royalty rate by Egon Frech free press legislative reporter Manitoba s new mining tax scheme will require mining companies to surrender to the government 50 per cent of any profits in excess of their pre Vious five year profit average in addition to the present 15 per cent Basic mining Royalty mines minister Sidney Green said wednesday. A Bill that would establish the government s new variable volumetric mining tax introduced in the legislature for first Reading earlier this week was distributed wednesday to members of the legislature. It Calls for a Basic Royalty rate of 3314 per cent but or. Green explained in an inter View that the rate is higher merely because the tax is calculated on a different base and it is designed to produce the same amount of Revenue As now is produced by the 15 per cent Royalty. Or. Green said that to guar Antee that the Basic tax won t be More one Section of the Bill stipulates that payment of the present 15 per cent royally will be accepted As full payment of the new 33 1-3 nor cent Basic Royalty. Or. Green said the additional tax to be collected above the Basic rate would be based on the average profit of a company s previous five years of operation Only if the company had t made any new capital investments in its Manitoba operations during that time. Any such new in continued please see Bill Page 4 potatoes topped the list with increases As High As 85 cents above april prices of for a 10-Pound bag in Winnipeg. A Pound of Coffee Cost More than last month in several cities and sugar prices continued to climb. However near month s end wholesale sugar prices dipped 75 cents a 100 pounds and a spokesman for one major re finery predicted sugar would once again be the cheapest thing in the food a reduction in the Federal beef subsidy to three cents a Pound from five cents april 29 appeared to have Little effect on supermarket prices. Expensive cuts were up slightly in May but All beef w i e n e r s and ground Chuck dropped Between 10 and 50 cells a Pound in several cities. The Canadian press Survey is based on a shopping Basket of 17 items priced on the last tuesday of each month. It is not intended to compare prices among cities. Items Are priced in the same supermarkets each month and show the lowest regular Price for the same items or nearest comparable items. The Survey began in april 1973. The shopping Basket includes please see Humble Page 8 insurers offer Dent icare plan Ottawa up Accident and sickness insurance firms advanced proposals for a combined Public and private Den tic Are plan wednesday that would include participation by the companies government and the denial profession. The plan was revealed d at an annual meeting of the Canad an association of Accident and sickness insurers which represents about 95 percent of the Industry in the country. The idea was greeted cautiously by a spokesman for the Canadian dental association who said the proposals seemed acceptable in principle to tile profession. But or. Ronald Dickson chairman of the dental Assoc a please see insurers Page 4 but Cuns s till Boom peace pact praised from a Reuter Jerusalem up Henry Kissinger finally left for Cairo and Home today ending a 33 Day Marathon peace Mission that won an agreement to sep Arate hostile israeli and syrian armies on the Golan Heights. The . State Secretary termed the Accord a possible turning Point in the history of the Middle there is now Hope we can move to a More lasting peace in the Middle Kissinger told a Farewell Airport news conference. Kissinger shuttled 13 times Between Jerusalem and Damascus in his search for the ceasefire agreement. Kissinger arrived in Cairo for a Stop Over of several hours to give egyptian pics ident Anwar Sadat a personal report As israeli and syrian leaders studied the agreement. Premier Golda Meir was presenting the Accord to the Knesset Israel s parliament and in Damascus the Council of Syria s governing baath party was meeting to consider it. Meanwhile an israeli team left today for Geneva to sign the pact under United nations auspices Friday. The agree ment was to take effect then and fighting was to cease and prisoners held by both sides to be freed. The artillery Duel on the Golan Heights tapered to a halt wednesday As news of the agreement reached front line troops. But the syrian military command said shelling began again today for the 80th consecutive Day. A spokesman in Damascus said syrian forces pounded enemy positions with artillery in four areas and there were please see peace Page 5 Ottawa lists kettles Ottawa up consumer affairs department tests of 53 different designs of electric kettles found 32 of them exceeded Safe limits of Lead Par tide emissions the department announced wednesday. Twenty of the 32 hazardous kettles had Lead particle Levels 20 limes or More greater than the Safe level of 50 parts per billion which has been set by the Federal health Protection Branch. Just three kettles were found that did not contaminate test water with any Lead at All. They Are a general electric Model ke62a, a toasters Ca Price Model 725 and a Filatro Model k67. One Kettle a Sunbeam Model no. Kill exceeded the safety limit by 640 times with Lead particles per billion. The electric Kettle found to produce the second highest Lead Levels in boiled water was a Mcgraw Edison Model ek3034b with Lead parti cles per billion. Of 10 general electric kettles tested Only a Reading of More than 50 parts Lead per billion. Four of five Sunbeam kettles failed the tests. The company s please see Ottawa Page 13 map depicts probable disengagement lines Between Israel and Syria according to israeli sources close to the negotiations. Centre Black area would be the Buffer zone with the shaded area to be the approximate 12 mile zone on Eithe Side of the Buffer where armaments will be restricted. Forsake nip workers urged lottery Man forced to resign auditor finds irregularities in printing for Campaign by Katie Fitzrandolph free press legislative reporter Manitoba s provincial auditor says that de Veillet director of the Manitoba citizens Campaign a major lottery Agency was asked to tender his resignation after the discovery of irregularities in the operation of the Agency. A report signed by w. K. Ziprick provincial auditor indicates that or. Veillet had spent close to without calling for tenders on printing and publishing. The work was done by Lance publishing co. Ltd., a firm owned by coun. Lome Leech who is also chair by Frances Russell free press staff writer Federal health minister Marc Lalonde appealed wednesday for workers to forsake the new democratic party and vote Liberal july 8 to avoid being Hurt by progressive conservative wage and Price controls. Or. Lalonde said controls Are effective Only in holding Down wages and Don t hold Down prices professional in comes or profits. The conservative program would be implemented on the backs of the working men and women of this country and a vote for the nip was really a vote for a conservative government. The health minister was speaking to about 80 people at the Winnipeg North Liberal nominating meeting. The meeting please see forsake Page 5 Stanfield sure he has support by Iain Hunter free press correspondent Halifax conservative Leader Lobert Stanfield said wednesday that he is sure All tory maps in the last Parlia ment support his position on language rights even though 16 of them refused to reaffirm the principles of the official languages act. He gave this As the reason for not considering the rejection of any sitting my As conservative candidate in the july 8 election. In Moncton earlier in the Day he had declared that he is placing his leadership and further election coverage on pages 16, 13, 22 Man of the Manitoba lotteries commission. Three pages of the report that portion dealing with or. Veillet were received recently by the free press. They do not indicate the Date of the report but say that various questionable practices were discussed with miss Bayer Mary. Elizabeth Bayer associate Deputy minister of tourism recreation and cultural development july 25, 1973, at which time she informed me that Iri Light of my comments and discussions she had with the honorable Laurent l. Des Jardins and the honorable or. Justice a. M. Monnin vice chairman of the Board she had decided to ask. Or. Veillet to tender his resignation. This was done effective july 26, or. Veillet was employed by the Manitoba citizens Campaign from april 1, 1969 to july 1973, As director of the Campaign working under a Volunteer committee. Miss Bayer formerly executive director of the Manitoba Centennial Centre which the citizens Campaign operates said in an interview wednes Day that or. Veillet had Man aged the sweepstakes operations of the Campaign As Well As administering details of col Leuling pledges from fund Rais ing drives for both Canada s and Manitoba s Centennial operations. She said she had no knowl Edge of any conflict of interest implications any controversy Over contracts and that she did t know Why or. Veillet had resigned Frony the citizens Campaign. Or. Ziprick s report said during the year ending March please see lottery Page 5 leaning to co. Looking for a motorcycle this want and under motorcycles 87 250 . Customized. Best offer. Phone 334-01 20. 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. Election As prime minister. On the line in enforcing his party s bilingualism policy. He rejected Moncton mayor Leonard Jones As a tory candidate As soon As he was nominated in that Riding on the grounds that he was associated with efforts to deny the French speaking minority in Moncton equal language rights with English speaking citizens. Jones had refused to Institute bilingualism in municipal ser vices and had challenged in please see support Page 8 denied by David Lee free press staff writer Manitoba lottery officials said thursday the Lance pub Lishing co. Ltd. Has never received an inordinate amount of work from the Sweepstake operation or from any of its ticket Selling agencies. The officials said in inter views they were aware that giving work to the company could be a conflict of interest since it is owned by lome Leech who is also chairman of the lotteries commission. The lottery officials were commenting on a report that the director of the Manitoba citizens Campaign a major please see leaning Page 13 today track result golfers 60 65 classified 39 to 57, 71 to 75 comics 69, 70 deaths. It finance 30 to 34 Jumble i movies 36, 37 sports 59 to 68 television 35 women 23 to 26 nearly everyone reads the free press City Zont Tomu toll legislature reports Hydro line approval sought Page 3 new Western Canadian lottery to Start soon Page j charges May be Laid in Tudor Home dispute Page 3 Spivak criticizes omnibus tax Bill Page 17 labor Board ruling questioned by Banman Page 17. Ombudsman puts in committee appearance 27 movie code of ethics suggested in Jef 38 historical buildings artefacts to be protected pass 38 High water hits White Shell lakes photo by Gerry Carni at Nuti Mik Lake the Lake front ii badly eroded and boat Houriet have suffered heavy damage. By Barry Mullin free press staff writer High water Levels As much As six feet higher than Desira ble along the string of lakes in White Shell provincial Park have caused serious damage to beaches boat houses and docks and Are threatening some cottages. Most serious flooding has occurred along Nuti Mik Lake a popular summer cottage area where water Levels six feet higher than the highest average have washed away docks and destroyed beaches and boat houses. If High water Levels continue in he White Shell Southern Manitoba s most used Camp ing and cottage area Camp grounds will remain closed and some cottage owners will have difficulties reaching their cab ins by Road. The new Camp grounds at Nuti Mik Lake Are closed Al ready and the provincial Camp grounds at nearby Otter Falls Are closed and under water. Boat houses along Nuti Mik Lake Are reported under As much As six to eight feet of water and Only the roofs of Many of the boat houses can be seen above water. Gerald Kulin co owner of Wil son s store at a Ulisnik Lake said in a Telephone interview wednesday that High water has done a lot of damage or. Kuhn said much of the damage was caused because the ice was going out about the time water Levels started to he said the water Levels arc worse than 1952 when the White Shell area along the Winnipeg River system in Eastern Manitoba was hard hit by High water. Power dams along the Winnipeg River system Are releasing As much water As possible to keep the area draining and Aren t storing any water which May create problems. Or. Kuhn said All Rivers in the area Are running at full capacity. It s really something to the Beach at Nuti Mik Lake is under water and permanent damage on the popular Beach could result. A second Beach primarily used for Docking boats in t quite so bad. At Eleanor Lake next to no timid water Levels Are just As High and several cottages arc surrounded by water and May be flooded unless Waters re cede. Water on most of the nine major lakes in the while shall Park area is above desirable Levels. Please Sec lakes Page 4 ;