Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 7, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Thanks to you working Winnipeg free press final edition vol. 82 no. 30 me with coloured comics thursday november 7, 1974 Sunrise . Sunset . Moonrise------. Moonset . 30 and 45 Canadian National railways unveiled a proposal thursday for a. Major commercial residential development on the present site of its downtown Winnipeg rail Yards and for a to 30-acre Park at the Junction of the red and Assiniboine Rivers. The proposal which involves about 100 acres of land including the 65-acre East Yards was made at a joint meeting of the civic executive policy commit tee and members of the Mani Toba Cabinet including pre Mier de Schreyer. It involves an Exchange of property Between the City and the railway but no financial help is being sought at present from either the City or the provincial government said in vice president a. It. Williams. City Ami provincial officials indicated they want to investigate the possibility of turning the entire site Inlo a Park with the assistance of the Federal government before any de tailed planning begins. Or. Williams said the in proposal which involves a financial contribution by i e great West life Assurance company would require Relo cation of the railway s East Yard facilities and removal of All hut the main line tracks in the area. Plans would include construction of commercial build Ings residential development possibly involving the Mani Toba housing and renewal corporation and the Park which would run from the Junction of the Rivers to the Provencher Bridge. The Park would cover about 30 acres while the rail please see in Page 8 by the associated peeks state Secretary Henry Kis Singer of the United states has received a saudi arabian pledge to try to keep the Price of crude Oil from rising or to get a nominal reduction at the meeting of Oil exporting nations in Vienna next month. Saudi foreign minister Omar Sakkas gave Kissinger that Promise after Kissinger met for 0 minutes wednesday with King Faisal in Riyadh. He Canadian National railways proposed thurs Day that its Central Winnipeg rail Yards which extend Forti the Junction of the red and Assiniboine Rivers North to Provencher Bridge be developed for commercial and residential use. The area shown Here at the River Junction would be a Park. Buenos Aires a Genline terrorists today shot to death an army major and burned military vehicles in the first reaction to the govern ment s declaration of a state of siege. Police said maj. Hector Lopez was slain As he left his Home this morning in Santa be 300 Miles North of Here. The Shols came from a House across from residence killing the major instantly. Terrorist groups set fire to about 20 military buses at a factory North of Buenos Aires police sources said. Other guerrillas briefly seized the Railroad station at Avellaneda South of Buenos Aires painted revolutionary slogans land by Bill Coulthard Ottawa nearly j 0 0 0 expropriated property owners from Ste. Schb Lastique que., peacefully on parliament in protest terms of tile Federal government s takeover of i hair land. They did not get to see any Federal Liberal maps or Cabinet ministers but were told their representatives Are to Molj Public works minister c. M. Drury Friday to discuss the Case. The demonstration included speeches and chanting and the burning of models of the con Corde aircraft and a farm. About 650 properties have been expropriated at St. Scho of them to make room for a new Mon Treal International Airport. But the demonstrators said they have not been fairly treated and compared themselves with treatment of property o w n c i1 s at Pickering ont., where another new Airport for Toronto is planned. The proposal came from a government established conciliation committee the please Sec Page 8 and distributed literature of the outlawed people s revolutionary army. Police said.1 with political assassinations occurring at the Rale of More than one a Day president Isa Bel Peron returned Argentina to a state of siege wednesday. Her decree enables the government to hold anyone indefinitely out trial. Anyone can be banished to re Mote Corners of the country and Public meetings Are prohibited. The proclamation came As a Surprise but caused Little excitement. A state of siege has been in effect in Argentina for most of the past 40 years. Chile Brazil Paraguay and Uruguay also Are in a state of siege. The state of singe is a constitutional tool that will not alter Hie political life of the said Antonio Trocco see Argentina Page 5 the average Quality of this ear s Grain crop is the worst n Canadian history chief com missioner Del Pound of the Ca radian Grain commission said Ere thursday. And for the first time in his Ory be exporting 3 Utility wheat or. Pound Aid. Or. Pound said in an inner new that 26 per edit of this ear s Prairie crop amounting o Abonal 160 million bushels will be graded no. 3 Utility heat a Grade which usually s a catch All for Grain not making the better grades no. 3 Lilily usually amounts o three to four per cent of Ca Nadian crops. The Manitoba government has advanced a further million to Saunders aircraft corporation Ltd. Of Gimli man., bringing to million the total Public investment in through the Manitoba develop ment corporation hold an per cent interest in Saunders. The order in Council said the additional funds were needed As working capital to maintain the a i r c r a f t manufacturing the Gimli operation. The order comp any. Ill Council also refers to the the additional Money was fad thai the company employs authorized wednesday by a 010 people almost All of them provincial c a b i n e i. Order in i Council. Manitoba please see Saunders Page 4 London renter British women arc taking jobs in Lebanon and finding they Are the virtual slaves of their employers says British attorney general Sam Silkin. He released wednesday a letter from the Deputy foreign Secretary David ennals which reported that the British Consul in Beirut was discouraging Young women from accepting slavery appears the aral governments enforce harshly the work contract signed by these women in ignorance the letter said. Or. Silkin said the department of Trade and a local City Council arc employment agencies re cruising women Lor work in inc Middle Easl and one of inc agencies had already slopped ils acc railing. Or. Ennals s Ilter in or. Silkin said most of Hose unfortunate girls go to work in night clubs in Muir us at i a Csc Sec ills Page 8 by Victor Mackie free press staff correspondent Ottawa prime minister Pierre Trudeau told the coir Nious wednesday air Canada will be accelerating action on the establishment of an Over haul base Al Winnipeg Al the Federal government s request. Questioned about an inter View the Winnipeg free press had with an air Canada vice i president he said he had not seen the report in that news paper. David Orlikov Nipes North said a vice pres ident of air Camarda had told the newspaper thai air Canada did not propose to build the base in Winnipeg until 1973. In Light of the prime min ister s statement in Winnipeg during the election Campaign i w o n d e r whether thai Date meets with his asked or. Orlikov. Please see base Page 4 co. To Utility or. Pound said at the United Grain grower s g8tb annual meeting that co per cent of the no. 3 Utility will have to go to Export. And he added there will be a Market for it because of the world Cereal Grain shortage. Also for the first time ii his tory the Canadian Grain com Mission has set mini mum for no. 3 Utility wheat the minimum has been set at 64 pounds to a Bushel in Orde to provide uniformity for the Utility wheat going into the Export Market. Or. Pom id said thursday that following recent Delibera please see Quality Page 8 a major increase in West coast elevator capacity is i coded to help improve the area s poor track record of Export clearance and the Low Lily of this year s crop also s creating marketing prob Enis a Canadian wheat Board commissioner said wednesday. The commissioner c. W. Gibbings called for the in creased capacity in a speech to he Manitoba Pool elevators a n u u a 1 meeting just weeks after parliament ended the prolonged Grain handlers Dis Pute which disrupted Grain exports earlier this fall. The lowest Quality crop in 20 years has he in harvested with an unusually Small amount of Grain qualifying for the two top protein segregated grades but a Large amount of wheat of the please Sec Gibbings Page Kissinger receives saudi Oil Promise made Clear however that saudi Arabia would not break ranks and Cut its prices unilaterally. The policy of my kingdom and my government is that we keep the prices As they Are and at the same time work Tor the lowering of the prices to bring them Down albeit Symbol Sakkas said. And if we could bring them Down More than symbolically we it was the second Oil Price Promise Kissinger has received on his current tour. The Shah of Iran said last weekend he would propose that the posted Price of crude artificial Price on which part of the Oil countries take is calculated he Cut to from a bar Rel. But he indicated that he would do this Only if the profits of foreign Oil companies were drastically reduced and if the i please see Kissinger Page 5 Price i i limbs bread milk sugar a Tiong major factors by Bud Torgensen Ottawa up higher prices for bread milk and sugar were among major contributing factors to a nine tenths of one per cent Rise in the consumer Price Index in october statistics Canada said today. The food Price Index which historically has declined be tween september and october was up by 1.4 per cent mainly due to Price gains for those three products. An increase in the housing Index of nine tenths of one per cent was another major contributor to the Rise in the All items tax rates mortgage interest rates and re pair costs were cited As factors there was a decline of two tenths of one per cent in the transportation Index due to lower gasoline prices and train fares. Please see Price Page 4 cooler to 1lsl by Jack Foisie Cairo special tons president Anwar Sadat be coming disenchanted with United states policy in the mid dle East is belatedly heeding his advisers who have been urging him to rebuild relations with the soviet Union. The revised thinking seems to he at mid Point with president Sadat represented by egyptian sources As hav ing adopted a two Way one beckoning to the United states in a last Chance and the other inviting the1 renew a Friendship which while never cordial provided Egypt with modern weapons in return for egyptian Long Fibre Choice Cotton. Which president Sadat and . Secre tary of state Henry a. Kissinger developed during the past year As or. Kissinger negotiated ceasefires by Arab nations with Israel is still present and both men expressed it As or. Kissinger departed from Here on his cur rent Middle East round of diplomacy. But in their Brief appearance together president Sadat omitted his usual description of or. Kissinger As my and or. Kissinger s smile was barely visible. The Strain Between them is occasioned by the Arab Summit decision last week to fully support the claim of the stateless palestinian guerrillas to establish a National please see Cairo Page 4 s Ottawa up the Basic family allowance payment of will go to in Jan uary figures released today on the october consumer Price Index indicate. The report indicates an in crease of to 5120.00 in january in the old age Security payments. Old age Security the Basic Flat rate payment for 1.88 Mil lion persons Over 65, is one of four Federal Transfer payments indexed to provide higher pay ments As the consumer Price Index rises. Old age Security and guaranteed income supple ments Are adjusted quarterly while Canada pension plan a and family allowance pay ments Are adjusted annually. Payment rates for All four go up in january. The october Index level re leased today by statistics can Ada was 172.2, up from 170.6 in september and indicated in creases in payment Levels arc please Sec baby Page 8 Ati Topaz Man by Alice Krueger free press legislative reporter a director of the Manitoba Public insurance corporation has resigned in disagreement about the Way aut Opac is being allowed to pile up huge deficits without substantial rate in Crea ses to cover the losses. The director Floyd Keller said wednesday a rate in crease of about 20 per cent would be required in Auto insurance premiums for the corporation to break even at this Point. He accused the Mani Toba government of operating the insurance scheme on the basis of political expediency rather than on sound business practice. Or. Keller a founding dire Tor of the corporation has Sal on the Board of directors since aut Opac s inception More than three years ago. His Resigna Tion was accepted wednesday by the Manitoba Cabinet. Public insurance minister Bill Uruski says the financial problems of the corporation arc not the True reason for or. Keller s disenchantment. He wanted a Job on the m a n a g e m e n t team of a the minister said in a please see aut Opac Page .4 the Canadian government was accused by . Moffat general manager of Manitoba Pool elevators of purposely driving Farmers into the open Market to provide cheap feed Grain to Eastern Canadian livestock producers. Or. M o f f a t s accusation came after a Volley of questions and a Resolution by Pool members to Canadian wheat Board officials on the Low Ini tial Board payment for Grain compared to the higher prices offered on the open Market or on the Export Market. The 84 Delegate members at tending the annual meeting of Manitoba Pool elevators had earlier passed a Resolution de manding that the initial Price of wheat Barley and Oats be increased immediately by sub Stantial amounts. The Resolution said this please see Moffat Page 5 looking l or a horse this want and under live Stock 22 7-year-old Pinto Geld ing or Sale. Phone 77-1-3287 after 8 . 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. By Marjorie Nichols free press correspondent Halifax the Federal equalization formula will be altered to accommodate distortions in relative provincial in come created by Petroleum Price increases finance min ister John Turner announced Here wednesday. Turner said he will be presenting a proposition for adjustment to the formula when he meets in Ottawa dec. 9-10 with the 10 provincial finance ministers. If the provinces cannot conic to agreement on the new Feder Al proposals the finance min ister indicated that he would consider asking parliament to take legislative action to for Mally change the formula. The finance minister provided no details but cd carry the proposed amendments could have serious consequence for Al least one province Saskatchewan. Asked whether the changes to the formula could elevate Saskatchewan from its present status As a have not prov ice to membership within the a Eccl have group the finance minister replied that is an interesting Turner s announcement o f the pending changes to the for m u i a under which Ottawa seeks to equalize Revenue creating capacity among the see Petroleum Page 4 in Middle 36 defence shift 31 classified 31 to 55 comics 10, ii 17 finance 32 to 35 Jumble 12 movies 30 sports 57 to 17 to 70 television women 21 to 25 re ads the free press City Zoni total 13s.770 new York a Josof Cardinal Mindszenty of Hun Gary sees himself a sacrifice in .-Sovicl detente caught in the Middle Between former tormentors and former Bene factors an obstacle to be from Liliu path of peaceful now 82, the Prince of the Koinzan Catholic Church once celebrated in the Western world As a Monument of re Sis acc to the communists bitterly tells his Story from what he Calls Complete and absolute exile the former primate of Hun Gary in his newly published memoirs Macmillin publish ing co. Inc., new York cells How former president Rich Ard Nixon s attitude con Vinced him he had become an unwelcome guest after .15 years in Asylum in the . Embassy in Budapest he cause 1. Blood in the Way of the policy of after 25 years of stubborn big talc with the communists the Cardinal is obviously bit Lor As Well Al the Vatican which he says forced his voluntary abdication of his a cd episcopal see Al Eszler gom. The Vatican announced the vacancy on the 25111 anniversary of the Cardinal s arrest by the communists. And on the anniversary of his show trial the Vatican made a Public of minds City s removal As pro male. The bitterness toward Washington and the holy Sec alike comes through strongly Al the end of what is a hair raising account of persecution and torture at the hands of the so vice Dirac cd hungarian communists from the time they began a syst Emilic takeover of the country during the rus Sian military occupation mini. Followed the second Wol Lii War. Liberated from his confine ment by inc 1956 revolution against inc communists soon to he crushed by soviet arms the Cardinal thereafter had been in what had appeared to he perpetual Asylum in the embassy his health severely please Sec Cardinal Pye ;