Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 31, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 81 no. 207 20c with coloured comics Friday May 31, 1974 Sunrise . Sunset . Moon Lee . Moonset . Mainly sunny 40 and 65 to halt fighting Mideast pact signed Geneva and Israel signed an agree ment today committing them to silence their guns on the Golan Heights and move toward a lasting settlement in the Middle East. I a Hall hour after the signing the guns that boomed across the Bleak and Barren front for the last 81 Days fell silent an israeli military communique said. Artillery duels that started in the Early morning continued intermittently past the deadline and finally fizzled out Al together correspondents re ported from the front. A United nations spokesman said All signatures were completed at . Cd after a last minute delay caused by Syria s apparent reluctance to sign the pact in the presence of reporters. The Snag developed about 30 minutes earlier after israeli representatives had signed the disengagement agreement. The syrians expected to follow sat still and made no move. At that time . Ensio Finland com Mander of the United nations emergency Force in the mid dle East who chaired the meet ing announced a 15-minute recess. Reporters were asked to leave the marbled Council please see Mideast Page 5 United nations vehicles move Down a Street in the syrian town of in the Golan Heights. The town has been a. Battleground for syrian and israeli forces since 1967. At right a. Tara Ali Soldier Calls Home from his front line position in the Golan Heights while his buddy reads about the disengagement agreement. Wet and cold Field work at standstill by vein Fowlie free press staff writer the Manitoba Pool Eleva tors first crop report this year says All districts have reported wet and cold conditions which have prevented any Field work in All but a few isolated areas. It says about four Days to two weeks of warm dry weather Are needed in most areas and there Aren t yet any big planning change seen by Paul Piru Cizyn free Pregi Urban reporter major changes in the approach to civic planning including a virtual rewriting of the entire greater Winnipeg development plan have been proposed by Winnipeg s chief civic commissioner d. I. Mac Donald. Or. Macdonald told civic sex e c u t i v e policy committee thursday that most of the planning schemes inherited by the City from the former metro administration Are obsolete. He said this obsolescence is caused by changed Circum stances and policies since the Start of the Central City form of civic government in 1972. A substantial overhaul of the greater Winnipeg development plan is essential. We should dispense with an arrangement which presumes to operate on the basis of the development plan a downtown sunny Side up this May be the weekend Many Green thumbed win nip Eggers for. Have been waiting the Winnipeg weather office said this morning that Tomor Row will be mainly sunny with an expected High of 60 to 65, with an overnight Low near 40. Today s forecast was for fre quent Cloudy periods with the Chance of showers and a North West wind at 20 Miles an hour. The High temperature was expected to be 65. The Outlook for sunday is similar to that for tomorrow. It please Sec weekend Page 4 plan a transportation plan a water and waste disposal plan and so or. Macdonald told commit tee a revised plan for develop ment should incorporate All these systems and services into one new plan. The new plan should reflect the established development please see planning Page 4 firm indications of changes in planting intentions. However some change appears inevitable in Many areas because of recent additional rain. The report indicates Weed and pasture growth have been slow due to the Cool weather nut fall Rye and tame Hay crops appear to have wintered Well and Are mainly in fair to Good condition. Some fall Rye apparently has been drowned out. Here is a detailed report by districts District 1 Melita Cool wet conditions have prevented any extensive Field work to Date. Some seeding has begun but another three to four Days of warm sunny weather Are generally needed to dry out the land enough to permit operations to get into full swing. Pasture growth is improving with the recent warm Days. Considerable Spring flooding was reported at Deloraine while most of the District re ported minor floods. District 2 Killarney some seeding activity is reported in the lighter soils North of High Way 2, at Glenboro Cypress please see Field Page 4 Industrial nations ban Trade curbs Paris up industrialized major Industrial countries with countries including Canada the United states and Britain agreed thursday not to engage in Trade wars As a Means of fighting inflation and High Oil prices. The gentlemen s agreement or code of Good conduct was adopted for one year by the 25 country organization for eco nomic co operation and development no sanctions were devised for countries which break their pledge. A number of countries have been hit particularly hard by the big increase in Arab Oil prices. Deficit foreign Trade balances have eaten into their foreign Exchange reserves and weakened currencies and economies. William Eberle president Nixon s special Trade negotiator said the United Stales stands ready to help countries hit by such deficits to the exile said West also stand by tent Germany will and be helpful West Germany and possibly the . Appear to be the Only a Chance of showing substantial balance of payments sur pluses this year. Eberle said the Recd meet ing did not reach a firm agree ment on How extensive the deficits May run. Italy has already imposed import curbs As a Means of re please see Trade Page 5 British plan spurned Ulster protestants see Independence As alternative Belfast pro Testant leaders proposed thursday Independence Cor Northern Ireland As one of three alternatives after rejecting a British attempt to restore a government that shares Power with the roman catholics. Commerce and Industry meanwhile returned to Normal in Ulster after a 15-Day protes Tant strike which toppled the previous government. Stores and Public transportation were operating and Many Light industries were Back in full production. The big Belfast Slu p Yard was reported Only a Day or two from Normal operations. Continued please see Ulster Page 4 potatoes not up in its monthly Survey of selected food prices in 13 cities published t h u r s d a in the free press the Canadian press reported that potatoes were Selling in Winnipeg at for 10 pounds up sharply from april. The Price quoted was for California reds whereas previous reports were based on Mani Toba potatoes. In fact Manitoba potatoes Are still Selling at for a 10-Pound bag unchanged from the april Price. Stanfield attacked no support says Lewis by Dave Blaikie the Canadian press progressive conservative party Leader Robert Stani held his proposed wage and Price controls program already under attack by opponents was accused thursday of mis representing the support the policy would receive from provincial premiers. Campaigning for the july 8 election in Brantford ont new democratic party Leader further election coverage on Page 31, 45 David Lewis said or. Stanfield was wrong when the. Previous Day he claimed that six pre Miers including three Western nip premiers have indicated support for a Federal controls program. He can t get the support of his own party for controls and now he s leaning on others whom he has no authority to speak or. Lewis told re porters on his Campaign bus. It s a false statement by or Stanfield that there is any support for his policy among the three nip premiers. Or. Stanfield is leaning on a Reed that in t the conservative Leader who flew from Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan and later in the Day to Vancouver had Little to say on the reaction to his com ments. But he reiterated on an open line radio program in Sas Katoon that his remarks were based on newspaper reports indicating that at least six prov inces would co operate. Please see support Page 5 out to get me Veillet denies i allegations by David Lee free press staff writer de Veillet former director of a major ticket Selling Agency for the Manitoba Golden. Sweepstakes denied thursday several alleged irregularities in the Agency s operations. Or. Teullet who was asked to resign last july As director of the Agency the Manitoba citizens Campaign said he will ask that criminal charges be Laid against him to Clear up the matter. I will ask that charges be Laid so the matter will go to said or. Veillet. Only that Way will i be Able to Clear my name once and for or. Veillet made the re Marks in an interview after a report was published in the free press thursday outlining an investigation of the citizens Campaign last year by k. Ziprick provincial auditor. In the report or. Ziprick said several irregularities were found in the operation of the ticket Selling Agency which led to or. Veillet being asked to resign. Or. Veillet said it was obvious the auditor s report was made available to the free press because someone was out to get me and it is pretty obvious please see Veillet Page 4 no coverup it. Was some time in Early fall last year premiered Schreyer told the provincial legislature thursday that he first Bec Airie aware of alleged irregularities in a major sell ing Agency of the Manitoba Golden sweepstakes lottery. The Premier was replying during the question period to Wally Mckenzie who had asked him when he first the apparent coverup by the depart ment of tourism and Redrea Premier Schreyer said he did t subscribe to the cover up charge. He said that last november after receiving the report on the subject from pin can t understand pc goal Premier legislature reports lottery cover up denied Page 1 Schreyer Bland on wage Price controls Page 1 civil servants and politics Don t mix opposition Page 3 Park properly or Chance the Page 5 credit unions oppose Treasury branches Page k Treasury Branch Bill debated Page pensioners to get full entitlement Page 3 move to Northern democracy introduced Page 15 air fares not like freight rates Page 16 seven Bills get third Reading Page 16 land study committee named. Page 46 historical preservation endorsed Page 46 premiered Schreyer trod the narrow path in the Mani Toba legislature thursday be tween questions from Liberal and progressive conservative members seeking his views on the wage and Price controls advocated by Federal conserva Tive Leader Robert Stanfield. The Premier said he cannot support or. Stanfield s pro Gram because he does t understand it but he couched this View in mild terms. Or. Stanfield said in Halifax wednesday that six premiers including the three nip pre Miers supported his program of wage and Price controls. Premier Allan Blakeney of Saskatchewan says he did not support or. Stanfield s propos Al. The third nip Leader pre Mier Dave Barrett of British Columbia has not yet commented on the report. In the legislature thursday Liberal Leader Izzy Asper asked the Premier if or. Stan fiend was Correct when he said that or. Schreyer supported see Schreyer Page 4 looking for a piano this want and under Musi Cal instruments 66 Bell Centennial piano contemporary Styll Tig 4 years old immaculate condition. 269-5044. 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. Vinci Al auditor w. K. Ziprick the government moved to carry out the auditor s recommendations. A High ranking civil servant was appointed chairman of the Board of the Agency and an other was appointed to work with the Agency s accounting procedures or. Schreyer said. Or. Mckenzie s questions to the Premier were prompted by a front Page article in thurs Day s free press based on or. Ziprick s report on the Mani Toba citizens Campaign a major Agency of the Manitoba Golden sweepstakes lottery. The auditor said he found that de Veillet the Agency s director had channelled of the Agency work through Maclaren advertising co. Ltd. And of printing work through Lance publishing co. Ltd., owned by councillor lome Leech of Winnipeg who is also Manitoba lotteries com Mission chairman. Or. Ziprick also found that or. Veillet who resigned As Agency director july 26, had committed the province in an unauthorized Way to paying extra Money to fourth place winners in the 1972 Manitoba Derby on which the Golden sweepstakes lottery . He reported also that or. Veillet had been lax in his duties As Manitoba citizens Campaign director and had run up a not justified Tab at the Centennial concert Hall restaurant in Winnipeg. Responding to further questions from or. Mckenzie pro Micro Schreyer told the Legisla Ture thursday that he was first advised of the irregularities the auditor discovered Between the time the auditor s report was completed and the time in november when the provincial see Schreyer Page 5 Accord with Bla r London up the Brit ish Cabinet is giving close scrutiny to a new flurry of reports that a agreement is near be tween Rhodesia s White minority government and the country s restless Black major Ity. Spokesmen for the foreign of fice Here say they have received no official confirmation at the reports which have been appearing with increasing fre Quency in British newspapers. But official sources say they have reason to think that negotiations Between Rio design Premier Ian Smith and Bishop Abel Muzorewa head of the largest Black african group in the country Are about to reach a final stage. They say they Are seeking through informal contacts to acquire More details on the talks which have been going on for some time speculation that a settlement May be approach ing has been heightened by Smith s visit to South Africa earlier this week. Some observers believe the main purpose of the trip was to Brief the South african government on details of the negotiations before making any announcement about the talks. See rhode8ian Page 4 today pol. Vault record a tract 47 56 classified 18 to 30, 34 to 44 comics 32, 33 deaths u finance 10 to 14 Jumble 21 movies 58, 59 spurts 47 to 55 television 57 women 9 nearly everyone reads the free press City Tolic children main concern in Kettle Lead review Ottawa up the Dis covery that some electric kettles release unsafe quantities of Lead into the water they Are boiling has prompted a review of regulations affecting a wide Range of Small appliances a consumer and corporate affairs department spokesman said today. Adults can tolerate a fair amount of Lead but our main concern is children especially infants whose feedings Are prepared with boiled water. The spokesman said con Sumer affairs minister Herb Gray Hopes to have a Cabinet order Banning the Sale of the dangerous kettles before Cabi net perhaps sometime next week. He said the minister also is considering regulations affect ing the Sale of All electric appliances used in the preparation serving and storage of the statement made in an interview today follows the re lease by the department wednesday of statistics gained from tests of Sample kettles. Fifty three kettles were tested representing 40 different designs from 15 Man fac please see children Page 5 fifty six people were injured none seriously when a Ca Nadian National rail ways passenger train was in collision with a freight train at in Ersoll ont. Train riders Lucky 1ngeksoll, out. Up a Canadian National passenger train going through town at 80 Miles an hour collided wit i a freight train thursday but none of the 70 passengers was seriously injured. Seven persons remained in Hospital and 49 others were treated for minor injuries and released. In officials said the six car Tempo heading for London and Windsor from Toronto was thrown from the track when the last 13 boxcars of a 22-car in freight derailed and veered into the passenger train s i Csc. With a grinding scream of Metal the trains flew off the track amid dust and debris while the front nine cars and the engine of the freight continued on the rails. Please see train Page 5 xxk9cxxxxxxxxkxxxxxxsk ;