Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 13, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday february 13, 1975 Dean apologizes for fee s Guelph on. Up Dean convicted watergate conspirator apologized to Stu dents at the University o Guelph wednesday for accept ing a fee for the lecture but added that his help in unravelling the watergate affair left him in serious debt. The question of fees has troubled me since i began my he told an overflow crowd at the University during the first of two Canadian stops of his tour. At first i planned to cancel my lecture tour but people convinced me to be said. I want to share what i saw and what i heard during be said the news Media exaggerated his potential income from the lecture tour arranged shortly after he was re leased from prison. Or. Dean spoke to a recep Tive audience at the with the Only disruption from a Small group of Waterloo uni v e r s i t y students who were booed Down when they tried to interrupt his speech. He blamed the watergate coverup on the White House it Moshere during former pres ident Nixon s administrate and said he was a willing participant because of Blind am or. Dean said there i never be another watergate. During an hour Long question. Period or. Dean said a water Gate might occur in Canara but said the Leader in Thi country would be remove much sooner. When asked about or. Nix on s Pardon he said he would not favor imprisoning a forme president but said the True should have been the Price of a Pardon. He said the watergate coverup was a piecemeal at empt to sweep things under the Rug rather than a co Ordin ated master conspiracy. The belief prevailed tha somehow some Way this god awful mess would go he added that it was Good the coverup was unravelled if we had got away with the coverup lord knows what the next coverup would have a Turkey s Gizzard is so Strong it can crush an in Hel cd Walnut. Woolco correction men s Wear and of feb. 12th item illustrated a should have read safari look coat inspired in the heat of a Tropic night moves into the 75 fashion scene. Fully lined in a 100% acetate. Top stitching four Flap Patch pockets. Brass Blue and beige colours sizes 36 to 44. Reg. Woolco Price each Snow blowing in Snow and blowing Snow were expected in most of Southern Manitoba today the Winnipeg weather office said this morn ing. Visibility was Likely to be reduced to less than one mile ii the Brandon and Dauphin re Gions and one to two inches o Snow were expected in South san areas of the province. We re on the Edge of a the forecaster most of the disturbance How Ever was expected to pass South of Manitoba into the a Olas. The forecaster said skies would probably Clear by to Morrow morning with no Dis Urbancek in sight this week 2nd. Temperatures were sex reeled to remain Low. The forecast for Winnipeg alled for increasing cloudiness Oday with Snow beginning be Bre noon and continuing to night. The High was expected o be near five below with winds from the Southeast at 20 . Low tonight was expected to e near 15 below with winds rom the East at 15 . The Long term Normal High or feb. 13 is 14 above and the of is six below. In 1924, it ent up to 39 above. In 1885, be thermometer dropped to 3d Clow. Seek blood pledges the 135th Winnipeg scout Roop will solicit pledges to do ate blood next week in the Ort Richmond and Kings Ark areas of fort Garry to organize a blood donor clinic to assist the red Cross. Chi consultants get Federal Money 5 Ottawa up a United Stales consulting firm cited for negligence and incompetence in the development of a Northern Manitoba forestry Complex has been Given s272.500 in Federal government contracts information tabled in commons revealed wednesday Arthur d. Little inc. Of Cam Bridge mass., obtained six contracts to do consulting work for five Federal departments Over the last several years Stew Democrat David Orlikov Winnipeg North was told in a written response to a question. The Little company and a number of other individuals and firms were criticized in he inquiry commission report ast october into losses incurred by the Churchill Forest industries Chi Complex at the Pas in Northern Manitoba. The project was heavily financed with Public funds. The three member commis Ion said a Chi Developer Alexander Krasser extracted excessive profits from the project and said that he left Canada with an estimated Mil lion from Chi transactions. The Little company he firm engaged to oversee the project for the Manitoba development fund was called negligent and incompetent several times in the six volume commission re port. Federal contracts awarded to the firm came from the communications Energy Trade and Supply and services depart ments and from the Central mortgage and housing corporation they ranged from an Chc contract in 1966 to make recommendations on development of 500 acres of land in Etobicoke a metropolitan Toronto Borough to a Trade department con tract to help produce an assessment of Canada s future role in the aerospace Industry. In reply to or. Orlikov s re quest for reasons for the con tract awards the departments said the company possessed the necessary experience to do specialized consulting work. Goblet dangers probed 48 Coffee Breaks costs firm Kennewick Wash. A Ken Nekk City manager Art Colby and a Seattle consulting firm have agreed that Coffee Breaks for 48 Days Are Worth s500. Ken Nekk had contracted with sound business sys tems inc., of Seattle to revamp the City s filing system for an fee but the company told Colby it needed a time Extension costing to Complete the Job. In response Colby said he billed the company because the person doing the work was taking an hour a Day on Coffee Breaks or 48 hours through Jan. 29. Colby said he and the firm then agreed that would be Cut from the City s Bill and the employee will get a 15-minute break each morning and afternoon. A spokesman for the company said the employee took Coffee Breaks Only when the City employees Washington a the United states food and drug administration Fra launched an investigation wednesday into potential Lead poisoning hazards from Silver plated holloware such As baby cups Tea sets and goblets. The Fra said that its testing of 90 different Silver plate ves Sels last year disclosed that some leached up to 316 parts of Lead per million compared with the Federal limit of seven parts per million for Ceramic dinnerware. Leaching occurs when High acid foods and liquids absorb Lead out of the Silver plate. Most of the items leaching excessive Lead appear to have been manufactured in the United states the Fra said. The source of the Lead base metals spouts and fluxes used in manufacturing. This limited Survey in d i c a t e s that the excessive leaching of Lead from Silver plated holloware is not limited to a few manufacturers but is potentially widespread through out the Silver plate Industry both Domestic and the Fra said in a notice ask ing manufacturers for tech Nical information. The Fra said that repeated use of Silver plated cups and bowls leaching excessive Lead May pose a chronic Lead poisoning Hazard to infants and children. They Are More susceptible than adults to brain damage from Lead and absorb five times More of the heavy Metal which is stored in the body. Budget in Spring possible Turner by Victor mack1e free press staff correspondent Ottawa finance min ister John Turner said thurs Day he is watching economic developments in the United states and Canada closely to determine whether the Chang ing situation would require the preparation of a Spring budget. The employment figures he pointed out that in his november budget last year he anticipated a decline in the growth of the . Economy and a flattening of the european Economy. It was in anticipation of this is t u a t i o n that we injected the stimulus that we did in the or i. I t Olini Riuo Mac ulu 111 lilt i have not ruled out a november budget. That Stimus Spring budget nor have i ruled one in at this he told t publications. Later in the commons in response to questions from opposition Leader Robert Stanfield he said it would be pre mature to add greater slim us to the Canadian Economy at this time until we see How he measures taken in the United states will affect this or. Turner said he and his officials Are keeping closely in touch with the situation across he Border where the american government reacting to the deepening recession has introduced major tax cuts for individuals and businesses. In the House of commons under questioning from the opposition that at the moment the depth of the recession in the Ameri can Economy exceeded our exlus is starting to bite in terms of monthly pay he said the take Home pay of canadians will reflect the tax cuts introduced for 1975. We want to Analyse just what the evolving United states policy will mean in terms of stimulus in the . As it affects exports from can Ada. We will also want to examine the effect that the Stim u 1 injected in november has on our own said or. Turner. The minister is waiting to learn from prime min ister Trudeau who is to be his new Deputy minister. Simon Reisman Veteran pub Lic servant and the present minister of finance be stations. Clearly the projections on which the Canadian financial experts in his department based the november budget have become outdated with the unexpected severity of the american recession. Or. Turner said however we Are watching the american situation and the budgetary measures proposed by the president to see How they affect the growth in the . And has decided to retire Early at _ the age of 55. He resigned effective Jan. 1 this year but agreed to stay on to the end of the fiscal year March 31. He has done a first rate Job in finance and is hard to replace. A Deputy minister plays a major role in the preparation of a new budget and if the m i n i s t e r decides the deteriorating economic situation around the world warrants additional budgetary action in Canada he will bring in a Spring budget. But he would want to wait until he knows who is to be the Deputy before that decision is made. 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