Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 13, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition vol. 81 no. 218 15 cents thursday june 1974 . Sunset . Moon Rise . Moonset p.m1 mainly and 45 pension raise Ottawa up the Basic old age Security pension will Rise to from ?110.09 a month effective july the health and welfare department announced wednesday night. The maximum guaranteed income supplement for a single person or a married person whose spouse is not a pensioner will Rise to from added to the Basic old age payment will produce a monthly total of the boost is part of the third quarterly increase since the old age pension was pegged to the Cost of living. The maximum supplement for a married both pensioners will increase to from added to the Basic pension this will give each pensioner for a combined payment of presidents Sadat and Nixon wave to a crowd of workers reject mediator s ideas 7 e t a rom Nan travelling by train Nixon cheered by thousands Cairo a thousands of egyptian workers peasants and schoolchildren cheered president Nixon today As he and president Anwar Sadat t r a v e 11 e d to Alexandria by train. Nixon and Sadat sat on the open end of a Century old coach once used by Khedive is mail who opened the Suez canal. An american helicopter circled Over the train and some egyptian troops were deployed along the primarily to keep the surging throngs off the tracks. Egyptian Security agents predicted As Many As 10 Mil lion persons would turn out to s e e the Flag decked 13-Cai train As it moved through the Fertile Nile Delta to the ancient port the greeks founded on the Mediterranean. Nixon and Sadat were relaxed and obviously enjoying the dear weather enthusiastic crowds and Happy children running alongside the train. Following their mid afternoon arrival Sadat were to talk at the Rasel tin pal Ace then president and mrs. Nixon were giving a state Din Ner reciprocating for the ban Quet which Sadat and his wife gave for them wednesday see thousands Page 19 Kissinger threat alarms egyptians Cairo special tons Secretary of state Henry Kis Singer kept a Low Public profile Here wednesday following his threat tuesday in Salzburg to resign if attacks continue on his honesty and integrity. However Kissinger played his usual role in the conferences president Nixon held with egyptian president Anwar Sadat. Egyptian officials privately expressed alarm Over the pos s i b i 1 i t y that or. Kissinger might leave the Nixon administration. Like a number of Lead ers in the Middle East or. Sadat has developed an extremely close relationship with the Secretary of state and re Gards him As essential to fur incr Progress toward peace in the area. But or. Sadat understandably made no reference to Kissinger in his Public state ments although he did pay a personal tribute to the pres ident for his leadership and Wise there appeared to be a fierce the Nixon entourage regarding the wis Dom and the effect of the sur prise Kissinger press Confer please see threat Page 13 Kissinger Ottawa visitor by John Hay Ottawa up . State Secretary Henry Kissinger is to Fly Here from the Middle East next week in time for the Start of the nato foreign ministers meeting at which All 15 member countries Are expected to be represented. A . Embassy spokesman said wednesday that or. Kis Singer will arrive from the Middle he is tour ing with president probably monday night. The please see Kissinger Page 7 living costs vexing transportation plans could t hold the stage by Peter Lloyd the Canadian press prime minister Trudeau chose wednesday to unveil part of his new transportation policy but his announcement was the Campaign Trail by the latest details on soaring living costs. Announcement by statistics Canada that the May increase in the consumer Price Index further election coverage on Page 43 better facilities vital was the highest in 23 years evoked the wave of criticism or. Trudeau had predicted a Day earlier with progressive conservative Leader Bobert Stanfield leading the attack on the Liberal government. Campaigning around the Nia Gara Peninsula for the july 8 election or. Stanfield called the May increase of 1.7 per cent in the Index alarming and further proof that his proposed prices and income controls Are needed. There s now no doubt about the failure of the Trudeau government s anti inflation pro Gram and there can be no doubt about the appropriateness of our Ife told a packed High school auditorium in Hamilton or. Trudeau s anti inflation policy consists of do nothing and nothing the ethic of liberalism now could be described As eco nomic notion that those who have the least mat Ter the in Edmonton new demo Era t i c party Leader David Lewis said the latest consumer please see living Page 7 shades of 1912 by Manfred Jager free press medical reporter there is a renewed Indica Tion that a number of principal investigators of the Manitoba cancer treatment and re search foundation Are getting ready to pack it up and take jobs in More elaborate medical centres on this continent. If the move comes it will be linked to the growing frustration Over delays in expansion plans for the research and treatment Centre on Bannatyne Avenue or. Lionel israels executive director of the foundation said wednesday. The news of the various Job offers major researchers and clinicians in the 12-Man team first revealed by the free press More than a year ago when two of the scientists said they were tempted to move away from Winnipeg was received from Winnipeg Art dealer mrs. Elvie Blum wednesday. Mrs. Blum said in an inter View the cancer specialists have been plastered with written contract offers from major research centres Here in Canada and in the United states where they would not see researchers Page 19 terrorists kill women Tel Aviv a Arab guerrillas infiltrated an israeli farming settlement today and killed three women hostages one from new zealand then died in a Hail of bullets and explosives the commander the Northern front said. In Beirut the popular front for the liberation of Palestine general command claimed responsibility for the attack and said the raid was our reaction to the Nixon visit to the Arab that is How every Arab should receive Nixon the chief imperialist in the said spokesman Abul Abbas. He said the attack was still on and denied the guerrillas had been killed. Sec terrorists Page 17 8 pcs walk out charge closure Gold freeze ends new agreement permits use As collateral Washington special t p n s c p the United other leading Indus trial nations have agreed in principle that Gold could be used As. Collateral for International the Treasury announced wednesday. This major breakthrough in effect unfree zing Gold re serves As Long demanded by european nations was greeted with open Relief in Italy which had just about run out of cred it to meet its mounting balance of payments deficit. The Compromise agreement amounting to recognition by the United states for the first time that the official an ounce Price for Gold is unrealistic was reached tuesday night at a watergate hotel Din Ner hosted by italian Central banker Guido Carli for the so called group of it came on the eve of a two Day session of the International monetary fund s committee of Twenty which met wednesday to approve a package of interim monetary Reform Steps As Well As a plan by its Man aging director Johannes Witteveen for the Sale of some of its Gold for the Benefit of poor nations. In Rome officials said that the new ability to use Gold re serves As collateral for Loans will amount to a virtual revaluation close to the unofficial Market Price of 5156. At that level Italy s Gold preserves would be Worth about Bil lion instead of billion. France also hard pressed because of mounting costs for Oil was enthusiastic about the please Sec Gold Page 17 three major meat packing companies wednesday offered the Canadian food and Allied workers Union a five Point plan to resolve labor prob lems in the Industry. The companies Canada packers limited Burns foods Ltd. And Swift Canadian. Co. Limited made the offer Fol lowing the rejection by Union members across Canada of a mediator s proposal to end the dispute. The problems Centre ground a contract dispute with the Union executive having been authorized to Call a National strike although no deadline has yet been set. The three companies have countered the strike threat by announcing that beginning sat u r d a a they will lock out workers from packing houses throughout the country. Wednesday the companies offered to sign contracts in the 11 plants where employees voted to accept the mediator s settlement. The contracts would give the employees of those plants the benefits of the mediator s proposal immediately including retroactive wages from april 1. The second Point in the companies plan would sub Mission of the questions of wages fringe benefits and con tract duration to binding National arbitration. Benefits and other changes resulting from arbitration would be passed on to workers in plants which had already signed contracts under the first Point in the plan. The last two Points in the plan Call for the companies to withdraw the lockout notices and for the Union to urge its members to return to work and to remain there throughout the arbitration process. Please see packing Page 8 Leger return nearer by Gerry Flaherty Sherbrooke que. Up the continuing recovery of . Jules Leger from a stroke five Days ago has led aides and family members to begin discussing How Long it will be before he resumes his duties. A spokesman said wednes Day night that questions now Centre on the period of recovery compared to the concern when or. Leger was Given the last rites the roman Catho lie Church saturday by his brother Paul Eunile Cardinal Leger. Aide Hoger Nantel said the governor general now can eat what he very Good sign according to he spends a great part of the Day seated in a chair rather than in he said or. Lager is trying to walk As much As possible and has been out of his room and Down a hallway. However there still is a speech problem which or. Nantel said is natural in such cases. He said it still is too Early for doctors at the univer sity of Sherbrooke medical please see Leger Page 17 Portage ave. Fire injures 2 women by Stephen b. Hyde free press staff writer two women were injured in a fire wednesday night at Adams furniture company limited 339 Portage Avenue. Both victims were from Thunder Bay out., and were treated for their injuries at the health sciences Centre and then released. Maude Greer 72, received cuts to her head from falling Glass and Jean Ferguson 74, suffered a Cut to her leg and cuts to her head. Although the fire was con fined to the third floor of the six Storey building it made its presence known by an explosion which blew out the win Dows of the top floor sending a Shower of Glass across por Tage Avenue. Edward Montgomery jr., 2461 Portage suite in St. James Assiniboia said that everything was quiet and then there was just one hell of an explosion. Everything just blew out up there on top i be seen a lot of demolition explosions and that sure looked like one another five seconds and i d have been under or. Montgomery said that he was walking by the Imperial Bank of Commerce located be Side the Adam s store and i saw All that Glass coming Down. Please see women Page 10 by Egon Frech free press legislative reporter eight progressive conserva Tive members of the Manitoba legislature walked out of the legislature s Law amendments committee Early thursday morning charging that the government had invoked clo sure on a Section of a Bill to Amend the consume Protection act. The eight including progressive conservative Leader Sid Ney Spivak walked out of the committee at . After labor minister a r. Russ Paulley the acting government House Leader put a motion to Toronto up motor Cycle dress a Little differently since George die k e n s o n 94, patrolled the roads 62 years ago. In 1912, when sgt. Dickon son and three other men be came Toronto s first motor Cycle policemen the uniform was a business suit. And or. Dickinson added to it by wearing a Carnation in his Lapel. We wore business suits so we could sneak up on speeders without arousing their suspicion. 1 thought the Carnation made me look even less like a policeman so 1 wore a fresh one every when the motorcycle was introduced he did t really need one because the Speed limit was 15 . And he could run 22 . Often sgt. Dickenson Trot Ted up beside a speeding car rapped on the window and pulled the Driver to the Side. Later motorcycles were please see shades Page 17 looking for an Organ this want and under Klusti Cal instruments 66 fido Hammond extra voice Organ s350, 284-w7s evenings. 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. Call the question on Section 5 of Bill 7. The Section was passed but immediately after the eight members walked out the com Mittee adjourned on the suggestion of or. Lloyd Axworthy l fort the Only Liberal present who said it would be improper to continue without representation from the official opposition. The incident was preceded by an argument Between Harry Shafransky nip Radisson and j. Frank Johnston pc Sturgeon Creek Over a possible conflict of interest on the part of or. Johnston. The Section of the Bill in question would make it Manda tory for a Salesman who sold a piece of merchandise and also was paid a commission by a Bank or finance company to fill out a financing contract on the item to disclose the commis Sion he was paid for filling out the finance contract. Or. Johnston told the com Mittee he is a commission Salesman he is a manufacturer s agent Selling Machin Ery and is paid a commission on his sales but docs not have please see 8 pcs Page t today inner space 12 Noah s Ark 16 classified 44 to 63, 75 to 79 comics.80, 81 deaths. 20 finance 35 to 40 Jumble 47 movies 32, 33 snorts. 65 to 74 television 31 women 24 to 27 nearly everyone reads the free press ally Zont total aut Opac claims Rise nearly 20% the Manitoba Public insurance corporation has shown a continued increase in claims Over last year and claims for the first seven months of 1974 Are up 19.5 per cent from the comparable period a year ago general manager j. 0. Button said wednesday. Public insurance minister Bill Uruski asked about the figures said aut Opac appears to be headed for another sub Stantial deficit on top of the legislature reports 0 opposition Las walk our. Credit Union opposed to Treasury brandies Las raise Bill gets second Reading Oil tax Bill gets second Reading pension improvement Bills sex pained four minor Bills get second Reading wants fish marketing corporation action trading corporation Bill gets Basic of dams can t control Lake Wal Nipes Levels Page 1 Page .1 Page 9 Page 10 Page 40 Page 40 Page 41 Page 41 Page 41 million loss experienced last year. He has previously warned that the insurance company which is operated As a non profit co operative would again have to raise its rates if it incurred another loss. A rate increase this year was designed to allow the in s u r a n c e company to break even if claims did not Rise fur ther and or. Uruski has warned that if claims continue to Rise s rate increase is inevitable. The company operates on s november to november fiscal year but Premium increases Are put into effect when licence plates Are renewed at the end of february. Or. Dutton said in a state mint that claims for May were Down slightly to from april s but or. Uruski said this do inward trend is Normal in the insurance Busi Ness even though it did t occur last year. Please see a Tobac 1 ;