Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 11, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday october 11, 1974, humiliated by incident a representative Wilbur Mills has de scribed himself As pm Biff humiliated by his involvement in an episode Dur ing which a woman jumped into the Washington tidal Basin. He says he is returning to work at the capital and then his re election to the houses ways a and Means Coit Mph soldered one us members of can of Ess has riot been seen this week. They else Saida . Emerged and that Mills stepped out of the car with his face bleeding and smelling of alcohol. They identified the woman As Annabel Battistella. No charges were filed in the incident written statement thursday Mills said mrs. Battistella was pne of a party of neighbors and friends he was entertaining that she became ill he tried to have her taken Home there was a struggle a n d her Elbow broke his glasses causing facial cuts. In his statement Mills said he and his wife Polly became close friends of mrs. Battis Tella and her husband Eduardo when the Millnes. Moved to a suburban apartment. Building in. Va., where the Battistella already had an said the events Sun Day n in g. And monday when he Arr ranged a party for Gloria Sanchez a Cousin and House guest of the Batt stellas to her native Argentina because mrs Mills had a . Launches satellite Cape renter a Pound Domestic communications Lite Vas launched into orbit by a Delta rocket Here thursday night l the satellite called Wester ii will be operated by Hie Western Union co and is deigned to carry television Tele phone Anil other comme Ciai traffic the company s Wester i sat launched last. April. The satellites can handle 12 channels ind Telephone Calls at one time Brok ii foot he said they could not entertain at Home and at mrs. Mills s insistence he. Arranged to friends to a. Public place we had fre que Nacri statement did not Specif 1 mention but continued we then visited an other Public place and after a few1 refreshments mrs Battis Tylla became ill a Ali. Enlisted the help of others in Oil group to assist me in seeing her Yafo i i asked to drive was unfamiliar my car and Shi orig other things in the Glare of the lighted streets neglected to turn in the head lamps Mills said. I account did not say Why i s. Battistella was try ing to leave the car and she has been unavailable for com ment. Police said she was at tempting suicide. Brezhnev issues warning Moscow renter soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev said today the Middle East might blow up like a powder Keg at any moment if a settlement is not quickly negotiated. Speaking in Kishinev capital of soviet Moldavia Brezhnev said that Israel is trying to hold on to occupied Arab Terri tories relying on the support of its traditional foreign patrons. He said troop disengagement agreement s that Israel made with Syria and tinted since last dle East Ful As first Steps. But he agree ments As did not a Complete solution of. The problem. Brezhnev Speke As to s state Secretary henry.1 Kissinger arrived in the Bynan capital of the second leg of a new Middle East Mission aimed at moving the arabs and Isiahs dig element also made what was seen As the strongest soviet statement of support yet forja National Roriie for Leut mans 1 it is essential Finall to carry out the decisions of the waited nations 3nd ensure the liberation of the lands seized by Israel the satisfaction of the lust it rests of the Arab people of Palestine and its right to a National he said. This must be done without delay if up want a stable peace to reign in the Middle East forces letter Halifax that Canadian servicemen have been ordered net to write in their members of parliament is a c p 1 e Misander rear Admiral Doug Las Boyle commander of time command said thursday. He said there has been a misinterpretation of a. Letter sent to All armed forces personnel in september which oily suggested they direct their to their superiors before maps. He said that in no Way. Were to write tit David Mac Oriald _ night said in ithe of commons thursday that servicemen have been ordered hot to write to their personal problems or. Macdonald said Yich an action constituted serious violation of the rights arid. Leges of maps Admiral Boyle said that until a directive was received from the defence minister s office Many members of the armed forces were bypassing their officers by writing to their maps about problems. The Only wanted first at solving the problem. A the forces is unhappy after dts cussing a problem Alth Supe i ors he has every right to write his he. Hatfield Calls election by Mark Petrsen Fredericton hard on the heels of two. Progressive Bielec Tion victories Premier Richard Hatfield today called a new Brunswick election for Mon Day 18. The Premier s announcement comes nearly four years after , government won office by defeating the former administration. Of pre Mier Louis a Robichaud. The. Election was Over the government s information ".service. Speculation of a election was a puked last month by stalls tics Canada figures which showed new Brunswick s in employment had dipped and i elected Public and Pii Yate investment was up the latest figures show unemployment up again. The speculation got an added boost with the sept 30 Monsei vatne b a election victories in Campbellton and York House colleague Ottawa Wally Firth nip Northwest Terri tories announced thursday he will Reiri Traduce a private Bill to give his 1.3-million-Square mile Riding at least two maps. I represent the largest sin Gle constituency in the he said in the commons. I think Weare in the guinness Book of records but it is a record of which no one can be very or first native northerner elected to Parlia ment twice in parliament to give his constituency increased representation private went no further than first read ing. Or Firth said it is important to take a fresh look How at the Issue will soon be r e be. Ing constituency boundaries in. All parts can Ada. If nothing is done it. Will be years before the problem is tackled again he said. Legislation passed last year Sels dec 3i As the deadline form is to devise a new formula for changing . Of the 264 commons Ridings to take changing population Pat terns into account. A., g government proposal submitted earlier this year called Lor. A. Number of sepia if i c referee cell More membership Forth . Currently there Are Only two Yukon and Northwest Terri tones j or Firth said it is impossible for pne Man to repress edit his Riding. The residents of the Northwest. Territories live m 80 widely scattered communities Hel said. Including travel time it would take eight months to visit All communities and stay for two Days in he is limited. Housing Industry gloomy Montreal up hous ing Industry spokesmen were thursday among a Host of economic fore Short term but Bright Long term predictions to a conference Board in Canada seminar. William Teion president of the Central mortgage and housing corp forecast 200 000 housing starts in 1975 against a Normal target of he said that without an effective mechanism to stimulate the. Market the number 61 stalls could go below 200 of closer to the conference Board s estimate of 172000 Bailie Arthur j r Smith president of the i conference braid had predicted an imme d i housing construction slump of major proportions lasting Well into 1975 George Currie chairman of Macmillan Bloedel Ltd expected the building materials Market to repair depressed for the next. To quarters Morgan Simpsons Sears presented a More optimistic View of 1975 conference speaker but he too was gloomy about housing pros peels. V i look for real Gross National product growth of three per cent to four per cent an Strong capital investment in Al h o i n he said. Robert m. Macintosh executive vice president of the ban of Nova Scotia said Short term Rales could fall by two to three percentage Points before Thi end of 1974. In Canada the 30-Day com m e r c i a 1 paper mainly involves Money trans acted Between corporations has fallen from a May Peak o 11.75 per cent to a More recen 10.75 per cent he said. J. Page Wadsworth chair Man of the Canadian Imperia Bank of Commerce said Finan Cial markets will remain Uhde pressure next year. Inflation is no longer propelled by generalize excess demand said Carl e. Beigie executive director of the c. D. Howe re search Institute. The factors that continue t provide momentum to the inflationary spiral Are selected shortages particularly in the area of food and Cost pus pressures particularly in the form of said or. Bei Gie. As part of a anti inflation package he recommended la Bor management govern ment Compromise to develop policy towards Cost push pres sures. His views conflicted with these of Joseph Morris pres Ideal of the Canadian Labo Congress who said Canadia workers would not restrain wage demands in 1975 Merel because of a worldwide con Cern Over inflation. Or. Beigie also recommend i de a temporary ceiling o about six per cent on nil average. National unemployment rate and selective tax cuts to provide Relief for those without Power to adjust their incomes to inflation. I Brodbent taints liberals by Victor Mackie Ottawa waving aloft a wok consisting of 287 pages Edward Broadbent new dem party parliamentary eader told the commons thursday it was made up of lie Jarge number of Liberal r o Xvi s e s made during the Lection Campaign. It should be entitled great i pc stations " h e told the b use. Or. Broadbent recalled Hal peaking in Vancouver june 5, n g the election prime Linister Pierre Trudeau Dis missing housing problems said Down payments Are too High rest rates too High and monthly payments too to the nip Lead a the prime minister had con inked his speech by saying lat action had to be taken immediately to meet the housing Risis. How did the prime minister reconcile that statement in Vancouver with his suggestion n the House earlier this week lat solution to the housing Risis could now. Be postponed or two years asked r. Broadbent. I ask the prime minister if be government plans to do something this year about the using or if they intend wait a Jear or or free " the nip Leader per sted i Trudeau replied the a n a a n people Are Well Noigh informed to realize that can do every Hing at the same time that is Why they he ind Leader Jtb end him a copy of the big look As he d like to look up the to by or. Broadbent. He also renewed his Call for Reform program to eventual y give the Northwest Terri ories full provincial status. It s currently governed by an peeled a federally a printed commissioner. Cabinet Sils beside fire Paris Buier the French cab net met with pres Den Val re Giscard d Esta Uig Ved fulesday on a Small room a Elysee Palace heated Only y a Chimney Fife the Cabine meetings Are usually held in helpmate my at Salon by he president decided on the Niove because the Elysee Wil not be healed until oct 15 As Art of the governments of o its to conserve fuel. Robbers Elpaso Tex. A eleven boys or youths have been charged with larceny in the disappearance of from six Banks. One Bank official said that apparently the robbers Sim ply strolled out of the Banks unnoticed with the Cash. The 11, All Elpaso Resl deals ranged in age from 10 to 20. Fri agents said the Case involved Banks in Elpaso Fabens and Van Horn Tex., and Anthony . The disappearances occurred during a 30-month period. The Fri refused to disclose any details of How the Money was Laken. Ford threatens election Washington president Ford has threat Cne d to disrupt congressional elec Tion campaigning unless the House of representatives aban dons its insistence on an imme Diate United states arms pm Barge against Turkey because of country s invasion of Cyprus officials said today. The president told a Republican party rally in Detroit thursday night that the pro posed arms cutoff would be a catastrophe for nato and might Lead to Turkey s withdrawal from the Alliance. Officials said Ford informed Republican leaders thursday that he might veto the pro posed legislation unless the House accepts a softer version Swallow Airlift warned against Paris a an International Effort to Fly stranded and starving swallows across the Alps in commercial jets has brought warnings from French Bird lovers that the rescuers Are tampering with nature. V hundreds of thousands of swallows grounded North of the Alps by a cold spell have breaking scaffold kills 18 Manila a yorkers. Were filled thursday when their scaffolding broke and they plunged 18 floors to Bank under construction in this Philippines capita la officials said. V aul homilies said three other workers survived. but were badly injured Tyken they landed. In top of theft Ottier Vic Tims. One worker escaped the which chief of the private Security Force at the construction site said the men were putting the finishing touches on the outside of the building when the scaffolding broke. Not certain1 what made the Cable snap but Gauigan said a Strong wind a blowing at the time police said they filled Oul the possibility that the scaffold was overloaded. T Wil House like first Hal ional City is in the posh Makati us Heb of Manila when completed ithe 21 Storey Structure will be the tallest building in the Philippines. Been a tiered by an army of Swiss German volunteers and flown in card Board boxes Over the gains so they can continue their annual migration South. Fifth thousand were flown South thursday. But some reports say Many of the Birds Are arriving dead. The French league for the Protection of Birds urged that the dispatch of swallows from. The North must be stopped at league Calle Rescue Effort sym pathetic but swallows have a Long brooding said an official. Those who begin too late have their Little ones born too Uvea pc to Fly off with them across the Alps so the parents stay with them and their Only Chance of survival is on the those dying in the Moun he said were being Eli m i n a t e d by the natural process of survival of the fit test. Willi Thoenen a senior ornithologist from Switzerland denied that most of the Birds were dying on the., jets and said the shuttle will continue As Long As necessary according to our own re ports from All Over the South most of the roughly. Swallows airlifted could be re Thoenen said. Had we done Birds would All he dead by now that s the cold spell struck about Thiee , before the last fourth of Northern Europe s swallows had Hur died the Alps in Jehu annual Nugia Tion to Africa noi5ial by the Birds who cat flying insects feed and rest up Foi a few Days before crossing the mountains but the cold kept insects from venturing away from i elective leaves de priv Iii the swallows of food. F the Bill which die Senate Al Cady has approved. The Senate version would live the president authority to i postpone the arms embargo for 60 Days during which time a of the Cyprus Dis Iule would be sought. I the House is scheduled to debate the Senate version later Oday. A presidential the legislation cause a severe problem ration because the turkish Aid provision is part of a Resolution Lermit Tingir. S government. To to spend Money Levels until new appropriations have been approved. Congress is due to by his weekend for the Campaign for the nov. 5 congressional elections if the president vetos what tie believes to be an unacceptable Resolution congressmen would have to choose Between campaigning and technically leaving the government bankrupt or returning to Washington for a special ses Sion before nov. 5 to consider overruling the veto. Misc Tyg bars . Reporters Washington a the soviet Union plans to bar United states reporters from View ing the launching i of russian cosmonauts during next year s joint .-Soviei space Mission. But russian be Welcome at Cape canaveral for the liftoff of the . Astro nauts. That policy has emerged from 18 months of negotiations d a r i n g which space Agency officials said the Sovi e t s repeatedly rejected re quests that they Ope their launch site at Bay Konur to . Reporters. I. But the . Aside from Bay Konur ets have agreed to open up their space program a never before on this Mission provid ing the same Type coverage characteristic of the ? pro Gram. The . Has a completely open policy on its scientific and manned space projects. The russians promised to provide live voice and Tele vision throughout Seg ment of the liftoff to splashdown some thing they be be fore but rep Niteis wishing to Oner the flight in Russia will be restricted to a press site n downtown Moscow the associated Piess has protested the action on behalf of its members. 449 St. Mary s Road s ;