Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 8, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Thanks to you ibs working free press final edition vol. 82 no. 37 me with ulan coloured comics Friday november 8, 1974 Sunrise . Sunset . Moonrise . Moonset . Mostly Cloudy 40 and 50 by Elmo i Pivetti Ottawa up the on Tario progressive conservative party suffered a stinging defeat thursday As Liberal Paul Tay for clinched a narrow win Over the new democratic candidate in the Carleton East by election. Or. Taylor 35, parliament i Lary Bureau chid of new radio Ltd., is confident that the 236 vote margin of his Victory will be sustained in a recount re Quested for today by nip candidate Evelyn Gigantes. Ottawa mayor Pierre Benoit a Liberal who joined the conservative party two months ago and who was hailed As the Early favorite finished third. But he saw the Joss As the party s and not ins own. When All 226 polls had been counted the Winner had votes is. Gigantes had and or. Benoit the defeat was the fourth consecutive by election loss for the conservatives since the 1971 provincial general election. Conservatives openly admitted the loss was caused by the party image and not by their candidate. Sidney Handleman a min ister without portfolio in the Cabinet of Premier William Davis said in an interview that the voters Are obviously Vot ing against out it is clearer Here than in the three other he said. We had an outstanding candidate against two people who had no experience at All. It is obvious they were not voting against our in Pickering ont., Premier Davis called the defeat a disappointment and said it indicates that As a government we have not communicated As we but with 74 scats in the 117 seat legislature the conserva Tives still have an overriding majority Over the liberals now with 23 seals and the 20 in omber nip caucus. Please see liberals. Page i Paul Taylor Dirleton East Toronto up officials of the progressive conserva Tive party of Ontario were in a state of political Shock today. Thursday night s stunning hyc Mcelinn defeat of Ottawa mayor Pierre Benoit has confirmed the worst fears of some party strategists that there is a substantial and growing Dis affection in Ontario wit i the progressive conservative party. This is the fourth consecutive by election defeat for pre Mier William Davis and his government since they rolled to an overwhelming Victory in the 1071 general election. The party last Huron Toronto St. George and now Carle Ion East to the liberals and Stormont to the nip. Paul Taylor won a narrow Victory Over Evelyn Gigantes of the nip in Carleton East thursday. Or. Benoit finished a Distant third. The nip has asked for a recount. Bar. Davis s mandate from the people in was 78 seals compared with 20 for the liberals and for the nip. Please Sec tories Page i Toronto up Ontario Premier William Davis is Lucky he s a conservative Gambler. Or. Morton Shulman new democratic map for Toronto High the Premier a note in the Logi Lalure thursday predicting the conservatives would run third in the car Clfon East by election. Do you want to make Book on the Premier prodded in a return note. Please see Davis Page 4 links alleged with Oil firm Energy Czar nominee under fire Washington a the Ford administration is taking a second look at its nomination of Andrew Gibson to be United states Energy administrator after disclosure that Gibson has a lucrative agreement with an Oil transport company. White House press Secretary. Ron Nessen said thursday that Gibson s nomination will not be sent to the Striate for Confirma Tion until the Fri completes its background checks on him. Nessen s disclosure after the new York times re ported that Gibson received a separation agree ment with interstate Oil trans port co. Of Philadelphia. The times said the agree ment assures Gibson of about annually from the com Pany for 10 years. Gibson re signed As president of inter state in May after 16 months with the company. Later in an with the Gibson said he would receive a year please see nominee Page 4 higher taxi fares sought the greater Winnipeg taxi cab association has applied to the taxicab Board of Manitoba for an increase in taxi fares which if granted will give the City the highest cab fares in Canada. The association is asking that meters Start at for the first one sixth of a mile in Stead of the present 75 cents for the first two fifths of a mile. The application asks that the rate after that be increased to 10 cells for each additional one sixth of a mile instead of the present 10 cents for each additional one fifth of a mile. The charge for waiting time would remain unchanged at 10 cells a minute. Highways minister Peter Burtniak of m a n i t o h a announced Friday a Public meet ing will be held later this month to give the Public an Opportunity to present submit please see Iii lieu Page 4 Kent state troops granted acquittal Cleveland a . District judge Frank Battisti granted today a motion for acquittal of eight former Ohio National guardsmen indicted in the 1970 Kent stale shootings. Ballistic said the evidence at the conclusion of the United Stales government s Case was not sufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendants had a specific intent to Montreal up agree ment on a new contract for was reached thursday night be tween 11. Canadian railways the agreement he sail gives an extra bringing their Union members 1 salaries to mean full and Iain Wyder chief negotiator Lection of the purchasing Power i for Canadian Pacific railway and their almost of the wages we have been Able said the contract would Cost workers. Flo j million. It was hoped in we feel we have the Best the Union neg Otaling com costs be Scull Cmunt Union Milieu said in a statement into consideration by the Goli Alor Dick Smith told a news entire contract package include Federal Cabinet in its current conference following announce ment of the contract which pro Vides for a 15-pcr-Ccnt wage in crease in 1975 and a Bonus for each worker to off Sci Cost of living increases in 1974. Smith represents the brotherhood of railway and airline clerks one of 18 unions which banded together to form the common front bargaining unit known As the asocial cd rail Way unions. I paing fringe benefits such Asim review of freight rates. Classified ice is 57 to 111 comics 62, deaths n Kim dict in Jumble Iii movies i 21 to is television 112 women ill to 11 reads the free press City Zono total p Rove d pensions insurance shift benefits and holidays is Worth the equivalent of a 21.ti per a Cal wage boost. Included is a clause which stipulates n eos of living adjustment in 1075 if the con Sumer Price Index increases by More than .10 Pur cent during the year. Or. Smith said the bargain ing unit would recommend thai members accept the agreement although a ratification Vole could take up to a month. The agreement would bring the minimum average salaries of Canadian National railway s non operating w o r k c r s to in a increase of Over Llu in current salary. The n o n o p s wit i members Are us i Nijim the i Iii Iii Ilif Olla. Then arc 2h.uoo shop Craft. W o r k c r s transport workers and engineers. Shop Craft personnel working for in would receive a mini mum wage of under terms of tie now agreement nil increase of trainmen would get a boost of firemen Mure than they currently earn while engineers would receive please see railway Page 4 remembrance Day monday november 11 the free press will be published and delivered on a regular saturday schedule. Classified advertising for tile convenience of classifier Advertis ers the main floor of fice will be open from i to . Sunday and monday nov. 10 and 11. Phone 943-9331 All department s for direct line after business hours please consult your Telephone directory. Deprive anyone of their civil Rigels. He said we re nol dealing Wilh grossly. Negligent Dis charge of weapons we re not dealing with the intention to wound or maim but Only with specific intention to deprive one of certain he told the jury that at the Start of this irial i Lold you that you would decide certain facts but at the conclusion of the government s Case there Are no facts to be decided by As a Mailer of Law the defendants must be acquitted of the offences with which they Are Battisti went on. I found no intention of the part of any defendant to de p r i v e anyone of his civil the eight were charged with wilfully assaulting and in Limi Daling the victims of the May 4, 1970, flare up at the University in which four slide nos were killed and nine others wounded. The eight also were charged Wilh depriving the victims and others of the rights to Protection against lose of Freedom without due Legal process. Five also were charged with aiding and encouraging each Nihar in their actions. The shootings capped a four Day series of demonstrations protesting . Military in Volvo men in Cambodia. The guardsmen were ordered to the Campus May 2, when a Campus building was burned during a night Lime demonstration. The eight were indicted by a please. See court Page 6 Hank president leads troops in Battle bolivian Melny cil by Rob Bull free press staff correspondent Montreal the Star says a Mammoth construction project by Canadian Pacific Bias been delayed at the re quest of the Bank of Montreal which it says is in financial difficulties s the Bank has denied it is Baving Money problems. Demolition of the downtown Laurentien hotel scheduled for closing in mid november has been put off for 18 months the paper said at the demand of the Bank which had planned to use part of the planned development As its new head office. T h e newspaper says the Bank is heavily committed to a million project in Toronto that its shares have dropped from a High earlier this year on the Stock Market of to and quotes an analyst at Wood Gundy As saying the Bank has a capital problem and would have difficulty Rais ing Money by a debenture is sued today. The Star also says there has been talk in the financial Community of the Bank s losses on i t s entry into the master charge credit card scheme. The newspaper says further that the Bank of Montreal like Lloyds Bank of England and the Franklin Bank of new York has suffered heavy losses in foreign Exchange dealings. Please see Bank Page 4 some Tuxedo residents. Feel terrorized b y vandals who have been knocking Over fences throwing eggs at houses and burning cars. The most recent incident occurred nov. 1, when the Jack Shapira family s pet Fox terrier was found strangled in their Kelvin Boulevard Back Yard. This is the most heinous incident i have heard air. Shapira said in an inter View thursday. Vandals Are terrorizing the he said he plans to offer a Reward for information about the person or people who killed the dog. A n Anonymous Telephone caller told my nine year old that the dog was said or. Shapira managing director of Rainbow stage. I had a postmortem done on saturday and they said the dog had been please see dog Page 4 smashed la Paz Heuter bolivian president Hugo Banzer has smashed an attempted coup after personally leading loyalist troops in a 2vi-Honr Battle thursday against military and civilian rebels. The extreme right Wing re Volt in the City of Santa Cruz 330 Miles East of Here was the most dangerous Gen. Banzer has faced since he seized Power in 1971 after a Brief but bloody civil War which also began in Santa Cruz. Official statements said thursday s revolt was led by army generals Julio Prado and Armando Alvarez and by Carlos Valverde Barberi a former health minister under Banzer. All of them backed his 1971 coup. A communique said part of a rangers regiment based in Santa Cruz and armed civil ians took Over the City Lor seven hours before Banzer Defeated Vliem with tanks troops and planes after flying in from la Paz at the head of Loyal troops. A state of siege was clamped immediately on the country by the government and censorship of Domestic and foreign correspondents limited information available on the coup attempt. In Buenos Aires radio re Portes monitored from la Paz thursday night said an official communique had stated there had been an unspecified number of casualties in the fighting and that the leaders of the attempted coup were being pursued by loyalist troops in the Montero Region just North of Santa Cruz. Some of the rebels had been captured it added. Another monitored report said Banzer made a Brief address from the Balcony of the Santa please see bolivian Page 2 to be raised Prairie Farmers can expect to receive higher initial pay ments for wheat Barley and Oats delivered to the Canadian wheat Board probably before the end of the year Federal Justice minister Otto Lang announced thursday. At a press conference after a speech at the Manitoba Pool elevators annual meeting he said thought had been Given to an adjustment of the initial Price of january but now he was considering an earlier change. Or. Lang minister responsible for the wheal Board also told the delegates there would be a significant increase in final payments this year. Final payments Are determined after wheat Board expenses and pay ments Are deducted from earn Ings the initial payments for wheat Board grains currently Are no. 1 Canada Western red Spring wheat a Bushel no. 2 cd Barley and no. 2 cd Oats Selling prices for some of the please see Board Page 4 Jerusalem a state Secretary Henry Kissinger of the United states and israeli officials today discussed tech Toronto Cdr. Use Nical details of new israeli egyptian negotiations to arrange another withdrawal of israeli forces in the Sinai desert. Israeli sources said Kissinger wants negotiations to Slart As soon As possible and that both Jerusalem and Cairo Are will ing. Informed sources said pre Mier Yizhak Rabin Lold Kis Fortier president elect of that his government would not neg Lialo. With the looking for an accordion this want and under Musi Cal instruments 66 accordion for Sale. Call 582-3328. Is among the hundreds of bargains in today s Classi fied Section. No matter what you need shop and save in1 free press Vanl ads. Soc icly of obstetricians and gynaecologists of Canada said thursday governments should consider limiting the number of children a couple can have to prevent the world from being swamped with iconic. Or. Fortier addressing about 150 nurses at an annual meeting of he nurses association of fhe american colleges of obstetricians a n d gynaecologists said governments have the Means to control population. Since the governments have incr Ferod Wilh the Afler males of bedroom activities through such things As abortion Laws please see wants Page 4 Palestine liberation Organiza Tion Plo under any Ireum a lances. The Arab Summit conference last week recognized the Plo As the government of a future palc Linian slate on the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River and King Hussein of Jur clan said that ended his participation in negotiations for the end of the israeli occupation Here. The israelis feared . Pres sure to drive Vliem to the table with the Plo after president Ford said this week that Israel should be neg Otaling Wilh i please see talks Page 4 Voi to disappointing crops Bis year in Many exporting countries have brought the world to ils worst food crisis in nearly 30 g. N. Vogel chief commissioner of the Canadian wheat Board said thursday. I a speech prepared for the annual meeting of the United Grain growers Ltd. In Winnipeg or. Voc said if is nol known where extra quantities of Grain can be obtained to meet the needs of have not countries. The Only significant flu Atili lius of in committed wheal in the world were an estimated six million to seven million in the uni cd Stales. Fir Aiu around there is vol enough extra to meet the minimum needs of the Indian sub continent and certainly not enough to permit. The rising trend in world Grain consumption to he said. Bells will be tightened and diets adjusted As Rood prices Rise in virtually every country of Llic one major Factor in world Grain supplies available for human consumption Over the next few years was the amount of Grain used As animal feed. In North America or. Vogl said livestock herds have been please see not Page 2 nations Vocel outlines problem meet in Liy James Tusk copyright Toronto Gloch and mail Rome after for iwo Days Hie world food conference has finally showed signs of moving. Major brain Radii ii nations held a secret acct uni with and Duke b o c r m a Secretary general of the food and Agri culture organization to Sec whal icy can come up Wilh in the Way of food grains urgently needed in the next six months to prevent starvation in a number of areas of the world. Committee work which had been held up Liy one of i Hose exotic procedural wrangles that Only a in conference can produce got under Way and while Colin lies Are still going to the podium to make their general Salem cats on the problem the Commil Lucs Are drafting the resolutions Hal will be presented on he con Ler Cnoc floor at the end of next week. The Grain traders who have been meeting Are Canada the United Stales the european economic Community austra Argentina China and rus Sia. They have held two meetings Villi or. Borrma in an Al please Sec food Page 2 ;