Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 28, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday june 28, 1974 child slaves set free each of us got Only one Small plate of Rice a meal said Laone who is two years older than the 12-year-old average of her fellow workers. The youngest is nine. If any girl did i cat properly the owner would give her salted Rice that she could t eat at Laone added. They gave us two pieces of bread every 10 Days. We lived on the lop floor of the factory and Allol us had to sleep on the floor. The owner usually allowed us to watch television on but sometimes even allow Laone Sab her parents sold her to an agent who promised them she would be Well paid fed and lodged and told the child that her Mother would visit her within 10 my Mother never visited Laone said. Starting from the first Day they beat us with shoes and Sticks if we did not work As they wished. Once i was Al most stabbed by a woman guard who told me she would Cut off my head and throw it in the police said some of the children were lured to work with offers of a month wages but Many were sold out right by their parents in Thailand a impoverished North cast Region for As Little As some of the children do not remember their own sur names of Home towns police said. Forty two of the slave children Are girls police said and officers thought at first they were raiding a Brothel. Acting on a lip from a newspaper a police squad entered the fortress like compound and found the children working at sewing machines behind closed painted Over windows. They questioned 10 girls at the police then returned to free the rest after first asking them whether they wanted to go Home. The thai Public welfare department said it will care for the children Many of whom Are suffering from Mal nutrition and skin diseases and try to Send them Home. But for the time being they Are living at the police station and being fed by the illegal spending denied continued staff circulated thursday new report dealing with presidential Campaign finances of democrats George Mcgovern and John Lindsay. H said Mcgovern is campaigning for re election to the Senate this year Wilh the Aid of in left Over 1972 pc Side Lial funds. The Transfer of funds from one Campaign to another is not illegal but the report said it raises a question of whether Mcgovern violated at least the spirit of a Federal Law Banning corporate gifts to Federal candidates. A Mcgovern spokesman said the 1 c f t o v e r presidential Money was shifted to the sen ate race on the orders of slate and local finance chairmen who controlled the Money. The report said in Cash was raised for former new York mayor Lindsay s presidential Campaign by a City Highway department official who Solie led the Money from contractors who later got a Job to Supply the City wit ii Asphalt h said the Money in Hills stuffed into an envelope passed through the hands of Lindsay s lop Campaign aide to Richard Aurclio and cannot be accounted for. Aurelio said All the Cash had Heck properly recorded and re ported publicly. A Humphrey aide said he believes senators on the water Gate committee will reject Many of the staff findings. Most of that stuff is going to be totally the aide said. We re just being used to balance off All this Nixon Rebozo the committee staff report disclosed that All records of Humphrey s Early Campaign finances were destroyed in 1972 by his Campaign manager Jack Chestnut whom the re port said apparently instigated an illegal corporate payment scheme and who refused to testify about it. "1 did t know that Jack Chestnut had done away with the Humphrey said. I Don t think that i should be made to look like a burglar because 1 did t violate the Horace won t Budge Saskatoon up Horace Waselich 37, thurs Day filed a lawsuit against Canadian National railways claiming the company terminated his services after he refused to Transfer to Winnipeg. Or. Waselich a cily Resi Dent has been a car employee for the last nine years working in the rail Way s engineering depart ment As a Surveyor. He said he was Given an ultimatum to cite accept the Transfer to Winnipeg seek a Transfer to another department or submit your resignation to the a letter from the car to or. Waselich said if you fail to submit your Resigna Tion your service will be terminated effective May 16, 1974." the company later advised or. Waselich he was Laid off effective june 21. As a Laid employee he says he is unable to receive a refund of company pension fund contributions unable to collect unemployment insurance benefits and unable to receive Severance pay. The Queen s Bench writ of summons and statement of claim were served on the car thursday. The com Pany has 15 Days to file an appearance and an additional eight Days to file a defence. The writ against the com Pany claims refund of pen Sion Severance pay equivalent to nine months salary refund of paid up insurance refund of Canada savings Bond deductions and Vaca Tion pay for 1973 and 1974. Bicycle race goes july 7 the second annual 50-mile Selkirk bicycle race will be held during the Selkirk fail and Rodeo july 7. The race will begin at 1 at the Manitoba legislative building grounds in Winnipeg. The finish line is at Selkirk Park in Selkirk Man. Registration opens at noon july 7 at the legislative build ing. Entrants will include Louis Corbeil and Lindsay Gauld competitors in the 1972 Munich olympics. Ransom demand reported Calgary up the Al i cretan says a Multi million Dollar Ransom demand for the release of hostages held by the 3 r i t r e a n liberation front . In Ethiopia figured in veda essay s release of Cal Lary Pilot Don Wederfort. The newspaper today quotes an unnamed source close to Tenn eco Oil s negotiations for he release of a Canadian and free americans still held by the guerrillas As saying thurs Day that a letter sent to the Oil company earlier this month de substantially More More or the three Tenn eco employ is. Clifford James 27, of Wai it s a lot of Money and it could be yours if you have a ticket on the new Western Canadian lottery draw to be held oct. 23. The new lottery scheme which Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia will operate jointly was officially launched thursday. Eying the wheel Barrows filled with Worth of pay dirt Are left to right Craig Sterling of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet a Security guard from Loomis armoured car service Don Jonas of the Winnipeg Blue bombers and tourism minister Rene thu pin. Western lottery starts continued the officials said books of tickets have been printed for the first draw each containing 12 tickets at each and it is expected 1.8 million will be sold. If expectations Are met they added it will mean one ticket sold for every four residents of Western Canada. Thursday s Kickoff ceremony which brought about 200 government ticket Agency and lottery officials to the Holiday inn _ was held simultaneously with similar events in the four other Western Canadian Capi Lais. The ceremony saw Little fan fare with recreation minister Rene Toupin of Manitoba read ing a Brief speech and two guests bringing in in Cash in two wheelbarrows from downstairs Bank. Jets seem saved continued goal is near individuals business and corporations Wili continue to contribute to the fund for additional working Campaign offices will remain open until july 15. Also see Story Page 47 Hospital Wing adds 45 Beds Portage l a Prairie Man. Special a Mil lion addition to the Portage District general Hospital was officially opened thursday. The new portion adds a 35 bed extended treatment unit and 10 general care Beds to the 94-bed Hospital. The addition has been under construction since february 1972. The official opening ceremony included a Fly past of air Craft from Canadian forces base Portage. Who invented the Moscow mule Mirnoff the Vodka that leaves you breathless. Priority for cancer facilities Stanfield would meet provinces continued this is not a situation in which we Are prepared to Sil patiently and wait for the government to acl. This is literally a life or death she said her committee would assess All the statements made by government officials and then decide what further action to Lake. Before thurs Day s meeting the group has planned to launch a door to door Campaign throughout the province to inform residents of the government s neglect of cancer research. Mrs. Blum and her commit tee have been extremely critical of the government for with holding. Donated by Manitoban for the expansion of the cancer foundation. An equal amount of Federal Money is available once the expansion plans Are approved and will cover the entire Cost of construction. Our committee is going to keep a Day to Day watch on the Progress of the construction plans which were promised today and we sincerely Hope the government and health administrators will live up to their she said. Or. Lionel israels executive director of the cancer treat ment and research foundation said he was pleased Wilh the results of the meeting with or. Schreyer and or. Miller at which he was present. It appears that we might get the addition in the very near he said. Or. Israels had stated earlier that members of his research team including himself were contemplating leaving the province because of inadequate facilities. Or. Israels said there is an immediate need for an additional two floors at the. Cancer foundation building with an other three floors to follow later. Total staff of the foundation islands at 130. The annual Bud get for their support is million with an additional in Grants from other Canadian and . Sources. The new addition would Cost million of which has been raised by Public campaigns and the Federal govern ment would contribute the remainder. Mail ends up As pulp Bergamo Italy Router italian magistrates or dered an inquiry thursday into How Public mails be came paper pulp. Police have sifted through one ton of recirculated paper at a berm ago paper Mill to discover the remains of registered letters pension books and valuables entrusted to the italian postal system. Police sources said it is Al most certain that whole sacks of correspondence in transit through the Milan railway station ended up As waste paper. Chaos has reigned in the italian postal system for More than a year As an undermanned staff struggles to Clear a vast backlog. Letters Tike up to two months to arrive and ionic never make their destination. Continued on or. Diefenbaker s assertion prime minister Pierre Trudeau was not seeking to extradite the kidnappers of James Cross .0 woo thousands of Fly votes in Quebec. Or. Stanfield said he did t want to comment on the matter and suggested the newsman ask or. Diefenbaker or his explanation. The conservative Leader said ii merely wanted the Federal government to clarify its Posi Tion on the kidnappers Situa Tion and on the arrangements that accompanied their Depar ure from Canada in late 1970. On the matter of anti French campaigns b y conservative candidates or. Stanfield declined to make a direct com ment saying Only his own and Lis party s position was Clear. It is not my policy to run this election against any part of the country neither Quebec nor returning to economic mat ters or. Stanfield repeated his earlier assertion the liberals re election would usher Canada into a serious economic races Ion. When questioned further by newsmen. Or. Stanfield said he could t guarantee his elec Tion would avoid a recession but i Hope we would be Able in addition to announcing the Federal provincial conference or. Stanfield repeated and enlarged upon some of his earlier pledges to combat inflation through controlling government expenditure. He said a conservative government would reduce govern ment spending by five per cent in addition to balancing the Federal budget. It would abolish the food prices review Board and information Canada it would put a freeze on civil service hiring except to re place those who retire. And in would appoint former federa auditor general Maxwell Hen Derson at the head of a task Force to investigate ways of trimming fat and eliminating waste from expenditures. Despite repeated questions or. Stanfield declined to term his economic program one of austerity. We Are putting Forward our determination to put ithe country s financial affairs in order to make a careful re View of government activities and to eliminate waste and fal in the government or. Stanfield said he had difficulties in the first 10 Days of his Campaign focusing to the extent he wished on inflation there were certain distractions such As the dropping of mayor Leonard Jones of Monc ton n.b., from the conserva Tive ticket for his anti bilingualism stand and the questions on the conservative s controls policy. But since then we have been Able to concentrate on the message a chanted. I find the spirits of our people very Good and our meetings have been excellent in size and spirit compared to 1972." boy 16, held after break in a 16-year-old youth was arrested Early thursday in connection with a break in and fire about . Thursday which caused about damage to Kristen store 1403 main Street. Inner City police said the Joy was turned Over to Juve Nile authorities. He was also referred to juvenile authorities n connection Wilh an attempted break in thursday at com n u n i t y music school 1402 Wain a theft from a garage on Bannerman Avenue and two j r e a k i n s wednesday. One break in was at Avenue elec Ric 536 Broadway and the other was at International he dial assistance 145 Colony Street. In each Case some Money was stolen. The fire at Kristen store also caused some water damage to Pollock hardware at 1407 main Street. Increase approved Tokyo a the Japa Nese government has approved requests by 29 International Avi a t i o n companies including Japan air lines to raise their passenger fares by four Pei cent across the Hoard on every route to and from Japan a Fec live july a the transport ministry said Here. Social Security Man due july 23 Paul Vang representative o the United states social Security office in a Tola will be at the Uniec slates consulate in Winnipeg july 23. Anyone wishing an appoint ment. To discuss . Social Security matters May write t the social Security office 81 Hill Avenue Grafton . Anderson sidelined Cincinnati a manager George Sparky Anderson of Cincinnati keds was taken to Hospital tuesday night suffer ing from neck and Back pains Kerton and two Ameri cans were on a prospecting trip for Tenn eco Oil when they were captured with or. Weder Ort March 26. The third Amer ican was a United nations employee and was being Given a lift by or. Wederfort at the Ime of the capture. The guerrillas were told by Tenn eco to release some More hostages after Grant Wyatt s release to show that they were bargaining in Good Faith before Money would be said the source who says he has seen the . Letter to Tenn eco. G. H. Meason chairman of the Oil company s Board said in a Telephone interview from Houston tex., thursday night that the Houston office has neither received nor responded to such a or. Meason added however that communications with both negotiators in Ethiopia and the guerrillas were very poor. He said he expects or. Wederfort will bring Back demands from the . For the remaining hostages and we Hope to know of those demands Short or. Wederfort 27, president of can West aviation Ltd. Of Calgary was released we docs Day night in Sudan Ami was believed to be in Khartoum Hurt Kiy. He is expected to Fly to London England soon to meet his wife Rose. The letter sent Tenn eco by the . Also outlined How negotiations were to be con ducted with the use of an in Ter Media r y named by the . And no other Messen go r s said the Alec Ryan s detente tops list continued flanking Brezhnev were president Nikolai Podgorny and Premier Alexei Kosygin with foreign minister Andrei Gromyko and Anatoly Obryn in the soviet ambassador to the United states Farthur Down the table. The two leaders met with Only interpreters present for 70 minutes shortly after the pres ident and mrs. Nixon began their visit thursday. Aides said they mapped the Agenda for Nixon s week Long stay and started negotiations toward limiting nuclear weapons and improving Trade Between their two countries. The White House press office said in a statement that Nixon and Brezhnev expressed Mil t u a 1 conviction that their talks would make a new contribution to the further development of relations Between the soviet Union and the United states and in this Way to the strengthening of Universal later at a banquet in the Kremlin Brezhnev attacked american opponents of Sovil american detente who favor whipping up the arms is Are confident however that the people will support those who seek to assure their peaceful future and tranquil life for millions of people not those who sow enmity and Dis Brezhnev said. Nixon in reply assured his Host that detente is overwhelmingly supported by the people of the United he pledged to strive for agreements giving every individual in each of our countries a positive stake in peace be cause it is in this Way that two Peoples with different systems of government can establish relationships that will not be broken in the he also forecast a fourth meeting next year saying to Brezhnev i Trust that on your next visit to the United states next year you will be Able to see More of our Nixon s schedule today included a visit to the Iamb of the soviet Union s unknown Soldier More talks with Brezhnev and other soviet leaders and an evening at the Bolshoi theatre. Mrs. Nixon was to visit the school where performers for the Moscow circus Are trained and mrs. Brezhnev was giving a Tea for her in the afternoon. 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