Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 7, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press final edition t vol. 81 no. 213 to pants me with 1o coloured comics Friday june 7, 1974 Sunrise . Sunset . Moonrise . Moon i . Cloudy periods 45 and 65 1iousiivc policy Aid plan under fire two political Leaden were campaigning in Winnipeg thursday. At left David Lewis out line the nip program to students at red River Community College. And prime minister Trudeau was chided by Veteran John Jones while he toured Deer Lodge Hospital. The Canadian press three opposition party Lead ers were Quick off the Mark thursday to criticize the Liber a government Home ownership assistance plans announced by prime minister Trudeau. Or. Trudeau announced part 2 the plan in Eegina thurs Day a Day after part 1 was unfolded in Vancouver. He told a Federal election meeting in Regina that an existing program called assisted Home ownership program shop will be broadened to ensure that average families need pay no More than 22 per cent of their income to own a decent that program approved by parliament last summer has provided subsidization of mortgage payments for eligible families earning be tween and annually. Under the Trudeau an Noii Cement the subsidy will be raised to depending on where a person lives the Eligi ble income Range can vary be tween and the maximum Home Price under the program will be in Toronto and Van Couver in Ottawa and Hamilton and scale Down to in other areas. Or. Trudeau said the propos Al Means that some persons please see housing Page 4 beef report raps govt. Branches Ottawa up the food prices review Board released a special report on ground beef thursday predicting lower prices in the next few months and criticizing two government branches for alleged failure to protect the Public. John Morris a beef specialist with the Board said retail ground beef prices which have been easing recently will continue to drop in the next few months due to decreases in the for i c e of imported Boneless beef. And the Board s report said it is alarming that so few tests have been done to ensure that Consumers Are protected against health hazards and economic fraud. The report says that Between january 1972, and december cancer Aid by Jeff Carruthers free press correspondent Ottawa the Manitoba cancer treatment and he search foundation has Pur chased a new b near accelerator for treating deep created cancer tutors. Described As the Rolls Royce of the cancer treatment the theriac 40 Sagit Taire will be installed in a new Wing next summer by atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., commercial products division. The unit is about 20 times As powerful As the Standard co balt 60 cancer treatment machines. The first such unit sold in Canada it is manufactured by please see cancer Page 8 1973, Only 165 tests for bacterial count health were done Protection by the Branch whereas review Board investigators show poor Quality beef in some stores particularly in outlying areas. Tests for economic fraud be tween March 1972, and March 1974, by the consumer affairs department showed unsatisfactory results for ground beef continued please see report Page 8 meat Union s vote snagged he s ii Appy now or. Jones raps pm Edmonton up snags have developed in completing the vote of locked out employees of three major packing companies a Union official said thursday and restaurant owners in Alberta began pre paring for hardships if the three Day old impasse continues. Maybe Well All have to eat vegetarian meals said Saul Reichert owner of an Edmonton restaurant. He said All available storage space has been filled but if the lockout extends More than two or three weeks we will have to go in for soups and restaurant owners in Alberta had been stocking up for two or three weeks in anticipation Williams convicted in Haslemere fire closure of Canada Ltd., Burns foods of the packers Ltd. And Swift Canadian co. The lockout affects plants in the province. Eight company officials have said they will not reopen the plants until they Are assured of a steady labor Supply. The Union members represented by the Canadian food and Allied workers Are considering a wage increase of an hour Over two years As Well As two Cost of living re views and other fringe Bene fits. The workers now earning a base rate of to an hour Are expected to learn by immigrant smuggle of 122 alleged monday whether they Willi be returning to work quickly. Votes to ratify or reject terms of the company offer were taken Friday at Swift s and Canada packers in win please see meat Page 4 by Frances Russell free press political reporter prime minister Trudeau and defence minister James a. Richardson received some Pep Pery words thursday from a sprightly 75-year-old constituent of the defence minister s Here. But it ended up in smiles All around. John Jones i Veteran of two wars who lives in Winnipeg by Charles Wyatt free press staff writer an Assize court jury found thursday that Herbert Wray Williams was guilty of Crimi Nal negligence and arson in causing the deaths of nine peo ple and injuring 20 others. Williams 21, has been in custody since feb. 9 and is to be sentenced june 20 in Mani Toba court of Queen s Bench after psychiatric reports by the defence and Crown. The 10-Man, two woman jury deliberated six hours before finding Williams guilty on nine charges of causing death by criminal negligence 20 counts of causing bodily harm by criminal negligence and one charge of arson. All charges were in connection with the Jan. 18 fire which destroyed the Haslemere apartments 559 Ellice Avenue. Defence counsel Paul Walsh said the defence would Appeal the conviction. Crown counsel William w. Morton after the jury s verdict was read told court Williams is a very very dangerous who had a propensity to set fires. Although he has no criminal record the Crown was going to ask the court for the maximum sentence of life imprisonment or. Morton said. During the trial which began monday defence counsel agreed to a statement of facts admitting a fire took place Jan. 18 in the apartment Block and caused the death of nine people and injured 20 others including three firefighters. Or. Justice j. A Solomon of Manitoba court of Queen s Bench who presided Over the trial in the Law courts build ing in his address to the jury thursday said the jury should please see Williams Page 4 South and makes a career out of fighting for veterans rights and pensions was on hand string of medals pinned to his Chest when or Trudeau arrived at Deer Lodge Hospital. Or. Jones who joined the army at 14, waited until the prime minister was half Way Down the Row of veterans lined up to shake his hand and then he collared him. He demanded the prime min ister remove All Means tests from the veterans act return 10 him he had unfairly been denied and make it easier for new democratic party my Stanley Knowles to get action from the veterans Board. Then or. Jones upbraided or. Trudeau for the require ment on British subjects to be come Canadian citizens to vote in future elections. Or. Jones did t mind becoming a Citi zen he said. He just did t want to pay the suddenly or. Jones broke into a Broad smile and told the prime minister i wish you All the Luck. I Don t wish you no harm. I m 75 years of age but i bet 1 can outrun you after or. Trudeau had moved away or. Jones assured one of the seated Veter ans he intended to go after pm the other party Lead and he told reporters i m Happy but a while later or. Jones spotted his member or. Richardson and buttonhole him. Please see Jones Page Kissinger hounded on watergate role Montreal up Canad an immigration department Vest gators and the i temp thursday arrested per sons they described As principals in an attempt to smug Gle 122 residents of the Domini can Republic into Canada and the United states. Authorities said they Are still looking for two professional . two of the three persons arrested Are naturalized canadians from Cuba and the Domin ican Republic while the third is a citizen of the dominican re Public. Forty two of the visitors Here illegally since Midnight monday night Are in custody. Eighty others still Are at Large. The 130-member group arrived in Montreal Friday and was to Fly Home monday night. Only eight arrived at Montreal International Airport for the return flight. They departed tuesday after the monday flight was postponed. Visas for the group expired legislature reports medical report awaited 12 committee processes compensation Bills Cage 12 amusement us Bill outlined Vage 13 Mcbryde Weald be pm Spivak Page 13 Titis try Branck data requested Page 1.1 rights Art can aired Page n monday night and those who have remained in Canada have no status the immigration department has said. John Lovejoy of the . Border Parol at Swanton vt., said five persons involved in the Case have been charged in Burlington i. Four of them All Domini cans face criminal charges of illegal entry while the fifth was charged with illegal entry and the smuggling of he said. Andre Gene tic a Canadian immigration official said All but two of the 4h persons in custody ill Montreal have been ordered deported. He said the other two have not been processed yet. See immigrant Page 4 to Day a Day secret sewing by Sci 15 classified 20 to 33, 41 to 51 comics 66, 67 deaths 7 finance 35 to 40 Jumble 23 movies 13 to 65 sports 53 to Lio television 61 women 15, 16 nearly everyone reads the free press cily Zont Telal by Lars Erik Nelson Washington renter Henry Kissinger strode into a state department news Confer ence thursday As the confident conqueror of suspicion and hostility in the Middle East. He left the room 45 minutes later hounded by the questions that have turned the lives of president Nixon and his closest advisers into a Nightmare. Instead of receiving the plaudits he might have expected after the exhausting month Jong trip that produced his lat est diplomatic Triumph the israeli syrian disengagement of forces the . State Secre tary was battered by questions please see newsmen Page 4 Premier still sees need for controls Schreyer Lewis rift Narrows by Egon Frech free press political writer the rift Between premiered Schreyer and fed eral new democratic party Leader David Lewis Over the Issue of wage and Price controls closed slightly thursday after an hour Long meeting Between two in the Premier s office. But Premier Schreyer insisted shortly afterwards that he still believes economic restraints including some in come controls Are needed to curb inflation. The Premier left the meeting with or. Lewis to tape a radio program on which he said he believes Low income people should be exempted from com tools but that those in higher income brackets must be subjected to wage controls if anti inflationary measures Are to work. Sharp words passed Between or. Lewis s Campaign office and the Premier s office wednesday after Premier Schreyer was quoted in the further election coverage on Page 14, 51 Toronto Star As saying that it just in t sensible to leave in comes out of any restraint. Nip National Headquarters saw the Story As undermining the party s position in Toronto where the nip is fighting to retain several seats including or. Lewis s own. Or. Lewis has called for selective Price controls but is opposed to any interference with the collective bargaining process or any ceiling on wages. Continued please see Schreyer Page 4 Kettle ban issued Ottawa up regulations Banning the advertising or Sale of electric kettles that re lease Lead into water in excess of 50 parts per billion went into effect thursday the consumer affairs department has announced. At the same time the department released a list of 85 brands of electric kettles tested by the department s product safety Branch. Forty three kettles were found to release too much Lead while 42 were judged Safe for human use. Some of the models under different Brand names were tested More than once. Consumer affairs minister Herb Gray said in a news re lease the list represents All kettles of recent production known to be manufactured in Canada prior to May it was on that Day that the Plo Iise see Kettle Page 8 new declaration for nato hinted Brussels Router it is almost certain that a new declaration of Atlantic principles will be signed by nato for eign ministers in Ottawa june 18-19, Well informed sources said today. Nato ambassadors met at Alliance Headquarters in Brus Sels today to put the finishing touches to the declaration More than a year after the idea was first mentioned by United states state Secretary Henry Kissinger. Work on the new declaration aimed at redefining relations Between nato member slates 25 years after the formation of the defensive Alliance came to a near standstill at the begin Ning of this year. The reason for the hold up was Sotir relations Between the United states and the Europe common Market eight of whose members Are also in nato. A separate .-Market declaration dealing mainly with nomic and Trade matters was shelved As transatlantic relations worsened and for Many months it looked As though the nato statement concentrating More on defence would suffer the same Fate. But last Mouth the new Brit please see nato Page 4 now to gut a Buffer zone Between the White House end Washington Post looking for an air plane this want and under air planes 91 Cessna to Box 127, red Lake Ontario. 756-2101 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. Chi report finished by Egon Frech free press legislative reporter the Churchill Forest Indus tries inquiry commission has finished its work and is in the final stages of preparing its re port which could be made Public before the july 8 Federal election. Publication of the report be fore the election could be a political Bombshell for the progressive conservatives who were in Power in Manitoba when the original Deal on the forestry Complex at the Pas Man., was signed. Please see of Page 8 skip the Hospital the Royal York s cheaper Toronto up in an operating room in the Royal York hotel Here patients undergo surgery to lift their faces straighten their noses or rid them of eyelid Sag. Or. Harold Silver the cos Metic surgeon who opened the mini Hospital in the hotel two months ago says the unusual location is better than a conventional Hospital for Sev eral reasons. For one thing he said wednesday in an interview it s cheaper. The Ontario health insurance plan ship does not cover Hospital costs or Doc tors fees for cosmetic sur Gery. The patient must pay his own expenses which in clude an average of a Day for a Hospital room plus the added Cost of using the operating room. A hotel room costs about. But taxes tips and food would be on top of this. Or. Silver did not disclose his fee. Or. Silver said another Rea son Why he considers the hotel better is that patients con go Home on the Day of their surgery. He said that hospitals tend to make people feel sick. There is something about a he said. People go to them and tend to stay in but modern anaesthesia makes it possible for patients to have cosmetic surgery in the morning and wearing dark glasses and a Scarf to cover so inches walk out late in the afternoon. At the hotel or. Silver per forms largely what he Calls rejuvenation he takes tucks in necks checks or eyebrows to remove the signs of aging. Stitches come out two Days later and a patient can return to work in three Days. On Llic average he per forms two operations a Day and eventually plans to to four. There is a four bed re covery room adjoining the operating room and a nurse is always on duty. ;