Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 1, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada s leading rotogravure Magazine cold Rush look who s buying it and Why Page 2 diamonds Symbol of love a Good buy. Page 6 sounds from silence teaching the deaf to speak Page 10 Caddy. Page 16 in Honor of the Bride Page 24 and in the Leisure Magazine wedding customs. 3 courageous canadians. 7 Winnipeg mayors meeting. 10 Manitoba election Battle. 10 Washington a visit to Austria 1 on the other hand neighbourhood pubs ii Royal visit photo 12, 13 Ottawa leadership and inflation. 14 education no real changes. 15 London waiting at Loch . 15 an unusual museum Quick House 24 accordion croup. 24 regular features word Wise 2 2 so main 4 it happened her., 4 Herron Folk 5 senior Nihim 6 your Antiques 7 our my Hoppe 7 Church news 8, 9 sump collector 16, Over the. Wall 16 Chi kidu notes 17 at tin zoo 18 Buci Iwald 18 teen to dint 19 Book 20, 21 Sketchbook 22 environment Mani Toba 22 world of now music 23 Cro word 23. And elsewhere in the paper color comics to radio diary Jumble winners 7 entry form 82 Puzzle 46 Bridge news 10 classified 43 64, 71 7s comics 82, 83 Community Calendar 24 Cynthia wine 24 deaths finance is to 41 june temperatures 82 labor scene 82 letters 70 movies 19 night heat 80 school calendars 24 sports 65 to 69, 80 travel women 26 to .10 youth scene 24 chances in Manitoba please see Vulje 25 final edition Winnipeg free press vol. 81 no. 208 -15 cents saturday june i 1974 Cloudy periods 65 and 40 no agreement to debate on election squelched by Dave blaik1e the Canadian press a Csc spokesman confirmed Friday that negotiations to arrange a face to face televised debate of party leaders before the. July 8 Federal election have broken Down. Election Trail review by the Canadian polless prime minister Trudeau began the week in Toronto denouncing progressive conservative and new democratic anti inflation policies and pledging that the liberals if re elected will bring rising costs under control. He flew tuesday to Sydney n.s., to open the first Federal Campaign rail trip since 1965, a leisurely paced four Day tour through Nova Scotia new Brunswick and Quebec. The trip ending in Montreal Friday included dozens of stops and several evening ral lies where he kept up his at lacks on opposition leaders and promised to unveil an entire new Liberal platform be fore the Campaign ends. His Pace and rhetoric were More subdued than the fight ing platform style he showed during the first week on the Campaign Trail but he promised repeatedly to wage a Tough Batlle to keep the liberals in Power. He flew to please see election Page 5 Gordon Cuningham acting Ottawa area supervisor for the network s Public affairs pro ramming said efforts to reach agreement among the four major parties have been abandoned. In Rouyn que., social credit Leader real Caouette released Friday from Hospital after free Days of diabetic tests said he was anxious for a de ate. "1 think whoever is stalling is guilty of treason to the people of please other stories on Page 12 the last nationally televised political debate among major party leaders was in 1968 when prime minister Trudeau conservative Leader Robert Stan Field former nip Leader . Douglas and or. Caouette met on the same platform. Meanwhile All National Lead ers but or. Caouette were Busy on the Campaign Trail. Or. Trudeau was in Quebec or. Slang iced in British Colum Bia and nip Leader David Lewis in Ontario. The Trudeau express a Spe Cial eight car train that left Sydney n.s., four Days ago i travelled from St. Foy near Quebec City to its final Desti nation in Montreal making five slops in route. The prime minister who seemed to enjoy the leisurely paced Lour carried the same please see to Page 5 free at last by the associated press joyous crowds in Damascus and Tel Aviv greeted the first returning prisoners of the october War today As Israel and Syria began the Exchange of wounded pos promised in their disengagement pact. Red Cross medical planes left the two cities minutes apart today carrying 38 repatriated prisoners some legless or in casts. An hour later 12 wounded israeli soldiers stepped off the chartered Fokker Friendship plane at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv to kisses tears and Flowers from min skirted women soldiers at about the same time 25 syrians and one moroccan arrived to an emotional Welcome in Damascus. Red berated Mil itary police forced a mob of hundreds from the plane to enable the pos to disembark. W o m e n wailed and men cheered in Damascus As the plane taxied to a halt. But a hush fell Over the mob As the first wounded Man was carried out by Stretcher. Legless he sat rigidly upright his right hand cocked in a military Salute. Please see free Page 4 Palestine leaders meet by Holger Jensen Cairo a palestinian Arab guerrilla leaders and politicians meet in the egyptian capital today to decide whether to join Arab israeli peace talks or to continue their 26-year War of liberation against Israel. The Palestine National coun cil a parliament in exile faces two Agenda items the ques Tion of in the Geneva peace talks and whether to create a separate state on the West Bank of the River Jordan and Egypt s Gaza strip if those territories Are relinquished by israeli occupation forces. Both have caused a major split among the guerrilla groups that dominate the 179 member Council. There Are a few Independent nonaligned members but most observers see the Cairo conclave As a contest Between moderate and Radical guerrilla factions. The moderates Are headed by Over All guerrilla Leader Yasir Arafat chairman of the Palestine liberation Organiza Tion and head of the Large Al Fatah group. They also include the syrian backed Saika guerrilla group headed by Zohair Mohsen and Nayef Hawat m e h s popular democratic front. This faction would postpone see Palestine Page 4 for Public staff conflict of interest Bill coming by Carol Partridge free press legislative reporter premiered Schreyer said Friday he will Intro Duce As soon As possible legislation setting Forth conflict of interest guidelines for All Public officials. Replying to questions from Liberal Leader Izzy Asper in the Manitoba legislature the Premier said he Hopes to present a Bill this session but if there in t enough time the matter would be referred to a committee to study with the in tent of bringing in such Legisla Tion next year. H i s announcement follows controversy Over the actions of a former manager of the Mani Toba citizens Campaign Jane peach a student at the University of Manitoba takes time out from her work to Admire some of the tulips Blooming in Kildonan Park. Miss fetch who photo by Gerry Cairns operates the Power mowers and Doe other jobs around the Park is one of seven girls hired to work in the Park during the summer. Could Cut mines work mining activity in Manitoba could be drastically reduced if the government s proposed Prin Cipal minerals Royalty act is passed says David Thonas the president of Sherritt Gordon mines. The proposed taxation Law would give the Cabinet Power to regulate mining activities and control not Only the level of profits but also the amount which each mine will be permitted to produce he said Fri Day in a statement. Or. Thomas said the passage of the proposed Royalty tax act which in some cases would result in a virtual confiscation of could mean a company would have to pay a tax of up to 200 per cent on its White tribe seen legislature highlights s Schreyer deals with conflict of interest matters Page 1 mining act not effective until 1975 Page 7 three Bills for second Reading Page 3 slanders aircraft to be tested soon Page 13 Wabowden flares in committee Page 13 conservatives attempt Treasury Bill stall Page 13 Shell accused of corporate rip off Page 9 looking for a bicycle this want and under bicycles 86 like new woman s Bike s3s. Is among the hundreds of bargains in today s Classi fied Section. No Mailer what you need shop and save in free press want ads. Rio de Janeiro Reuler a tribe of naked White skinned and Blue eyed per sons has been spotted by an explorer in the Northwestern amazonian Jungles of Brazil a report by the National Indian foundation Funai said Fri Day. Funai ordered the dispatch of an expedition to the area and also arranged for an air Craft of Fly Over the Region where Veteran Amazon explorer Raimundo Alves made his discovery Funai sources said. Aives found eight of the tribe bathing in a tributary of the Amazon after scouring the area for a month. He had received hints from other tribes. Alves reported Hal the newly found group also have Chest Nul Brown hair and most go about con Jse Tely naked. The White skinned tribe has been estimated by Alves to number about 100. Lie said their customs Are primitive. Profits in order to satisfy provincial and Federal taxation requirements. Exact Rales Are impossible to calculate because of the vague form of the Bill he said. The legislation would Dis courage the efficient mine operator and would also Force in p r o f i i a b 1 e mines such As Sherill s Lynn mine Oul of production because losses could no longer be offset against profits from successful mines. Companies cannot make Long term plans or difficult operating decisions when the rate of tax and ils application Are Uncertain he said. He said preliminary estimates of the proposed Laxa lion indicate that for every Dol Lar of Profil earned Over a base profit determined by the Cabinet Sherritt might have to pay a provincial Royalty and Federal tax of further More the husbandry surcharge see could Cut Page 4 teen age gunmen give up Rancho Cordova Calif. A two teen aged gun men walked calmly out of a Sacramento area Bank and surrendered Friday after hold ing 25 hostage some for More thai seven hours. They left behind 17 uninjured captives and million in ran som the Money stacked neatly in six Inch High bundles along one Wall of the Bank. The drama began shortly be fore noon Friday and ended after Bank officials collected the Ransom and dropped it through the Bank s night collection Chute in 91 Brown paper bags. Please see teen Ace Page 4 new Dollar Ottawa up the newly designed note the fourth in Hie series of new Canadian currency will be released to chartered Banks monday the Bank of Canada announced Friday. The design includes he same engraved portrait of the Queen As appears on Bills. The scene on the Back of the Nole shows parliament Hill from the Quebec Side of the Ottawa River with pulp Ivity pictured in the fore ground previously it was a Prairie scene. Current notes will continue in use until withdrawn from circulation As being unfit for transaction. Major lottery ticket Agency in awarding nearly Worth of printing last year to a firm owned by lome Leech chair Man of the Manitoba lotteries commission a provincial government Agency. It also follows renewed questioning in the legislature by or. Asper regarding employees of the Manitoba housing and renewal corporation an other government Agency who allegedly purchased land about to he expropriated for the Assiniboine Forest Park. In regard to the lottery a Neey the free press revealed details of a confidential report by provincial auditor w. K. Ziprick which claimed there please see conflict Page 4 auditor states stand by Egon Frecie free press legislative reporter w. K. Ziprick provincial auditor says he would be willing to disclose confidential matters involving government personnel to members of the Manitoba legislature at closed door meet Ings. Or. Ziprick said in an inter View he would prefer to maintain his present policy of keeping matters such As the firing of de Veillet the former manager of the Manitoba Citi Zens Campaign which sold Manitoba lottery tickets con please see auditor Page 4 denies airing reported toil lot charged with alleged irregularities in Mani Toba citizens Campaign operations harassed the director of the Manitoba lotteries commis Sion with threats and Interior ence before being asked to re sign former recreation min ister Larry Desjardins of Manitoba says. Or. Desjardins now chair Man of the Manitoba health services commission said Fri Day in a Telephone interview that or. Veillet was a political nuisance and on my Back since about last july. Or. Desjardins headed the lotteries commission before he got the health commission Job or. Desjardins said he had nothing to do with the release of an account of or. Veillet s alleged misdeeds to the press thursday hut freely admitted to being a logical suspect. The free press thursday published an outline of the confidential report by the Provin Cial auditor which had resulted in or. Veillet s involuntary resignation last july. The report dealt with irregularities in the operation of the Manitoba citizens Campaign a major ticket Selling Agency for the Manitoba Gol Den sweepstakes lottery. Friday or. Veillet was quoted referring to or. Desjardins As being responsible for the re lease of the auditors report. The minister s motive he said was political or. Desjardins said or. Teil let As director of the Manitoba citizens Campaign worked for the Manitoba Centennial corporation which reported to the minister of recreation. Or. Desjardins said he first heard of the irregularities in the ticket Agency when Provin please see denies Page 4 spending cutback planned Schreyer the Manitoba government in tends to Cut Back on us capital expenditures for the year in the face of rising interest rates and almost full employment premiered Schreyer said at a press conference Friday. The Premier also said the province will be More selective from Here on about the Munici pal projects for which it approves forgivable Loans for the amount of the labor costs involved. Every project that even appears to be to Sponable will be looked he expected the province would save several millions o f dollars in construction please Sec sch Keyek Page 4 nurse s Hunch led to Kettle investigation Toronto up a Toronto nurse s Hunch about two months ago resulted in the Canada wide investigation of Lead emissions from elec tric kettles. Do Rolica Jakob 27, a part time Public health nurse was assigned to find out Why a seven month old Haby showed a Sharp increase in ils blood Lead Levels Between two tests in december and february. The baby lives in an area where Lead pollution is suspected and so had been routinely tested mrs. Jakob was told by the baby s Mother in april thai the infant had been breast fed for the first four months then switched to conceal rated for Mula. When the Mother said she used Waler from an electric Kettle to prepare the formula immediately the Chimes started to said mrs. Jakob in an interview with Canadian press. Upon my estimation mrs. Than the Normal Safe limit of m per _ g w is he water my it and never used a celtic Deanor mrs. Jakob told the woman to using her Kelloc. Subsequent tests showed that the water from the Kettle contained 15 times More leaded t Board meeting that kettles were a source of Lead pollution. Tests by the City s Public department the provincial ministry of the environment and the Federal do Parment of consumer and corporate affairs put the blame on Lead solder used in the manufacture of the kettles. The Federal government announced thursday thai 32 of 53 models of elect rec kettles Lested exceed the health safely limits Foi Lead omissions. Mrs. Jakob upon hearing of the announcement said that All dangerous models should be removed immediately from the shelves of Ca Nadian stores ;