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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 10, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba 12 Winnipeg free press monday March 10, 1975 italian turmoil spills Over into armed forces by Victor l. Simpson Home a Italy s social and political turmoil has spilled Over into the armed forces. Recently a police anti terrorist squad arrested a draftee on charges of furnishing classified information to a left extremist group previously linked to Bank robberies and Kidnap pings. A judicial inquiry into a re ported right Wing plan for a coup d eat has swept eral High ranking officers. Under arrest accused of conspiracy is the former head of the defence information ser vice Italy s equivalent of the Central intelligence Agency. The developments have come at a time of rapid political change in the Mediterranean. Greece has pulled out of the North Atlantic treaty Alliance and has announced its intention to re examine the treaty granting bases to the United states. Portugal s right Wing dictatorship has fallen leaving a legacy of uncertainty and a swing to the left. The future of Spain after Gen. Francisco Franco and Yugoslavia after president Tito both men in their 80s, is a question Mark. Italy shares an unsettled Border with Yugoslavia and the Frontier Issue flared into controversy earlier this year. Italy with nearly half a Mil lion men in uniform remains the last nato bastion Between Gibraltar and the Eastern Mediterranean. But from the left extremist groups Are openly attempting to politicize the troops trying to make political capital out of the fact that recruits make less than a Day. Particularly troubling to the West Are the potential consequences to the already Trou bled nato Alliance should the italian communist party larg est in the West finally succeed in getting a hand on Power. Enlisted men openly carry copies of l Yabuta the Commux nist party daily newspaper and read Marx s Das capital n army Barracks. Officially the military bars All political propaganda whether from the right or the Eft. John Mueller Tallahassee Fla. A being drunk in Public is no crime Florida lawmakers Lave decided. It s a sickness. No longer can the stumbling neb Riate be hauled into jail looked and told to sleep it off. Police can take an inebriated lome they can detain him for in to 12 hours or they can drive him directly to a treat ment said s. George Larke Deputy chief of the state s Bureau of alcoholic re habilitation. The Only thing he police cannot do is arrest him something that is costly unjust and ineffective line ups ruled Legal Ottawa up suspected criminals have the right to keep quiet when confronted by police but police still have the right to Parade them in identification line ups the supreme court of Canada ruled Here. The court said police identification line ups where wit Nesses to crime Are asked to identify the culprit from a group do not violate the rights of the suspected criminal. In an unanimous judgment the nine member court said the right against self incrimination includes the right to remain silent but does not prevent police from using line ups photographs fingerprints body markings clothing or other Means of identification. The court threw out an a peal by two men convicted of breaking into a Toronto Motel room and snatching a Wallet. One of the two refused to appear in a police line up bul was identified in a face to face confrontation with the owner lawyers argued that the jury which convicted them should have been instructed to disregard the fact that the line up appearance was refused. Italy has an army of men a Navy of and air Force of plus about uniformed carib Nieri the paramilitary National police. With about 70 per cent of the military drafted for periods of 15 to 24 months the armed forces in the words of a de Fence department spokesman arc a Good Mirror of italian society. One of every four italians votes for the communist party and military officials acknowledge that some proportion of those drafted have communist sympathies. Perhaps with this in mind the communist party has changed its line overcoming our anti military As its Leader Enrico Berlinguer recently put it in a party policy paper. An army of conscripts is a guarantee for the safeguarding jails closed to Florida drunks a new Florida Law which took effect last july assures jail and a Crim Inal Public drunks. Its enforcement is expected to Cost the state million this year most of it to be used for operating 26 treatment or detoxification centres which opened their doors Jan. 1. We project a million Sav ing in incarceration costs for the Public intoxication arrests made last said rehabilitation Bureau chief James Alford. We May be spending More but we feel we re getting More for our Caouette allegations unproven says report Ottawa up Lack of in Terest has forced a parliament Ary committee investigating charges that reporters had taken bribes from maps to con clude that the allegations could not be proved. Committee chairman Rod Blaker tabled his report in the commons saying Only two per sons appeared As witnesses Des Pite an open invitation. Or. Blaker la Chine Lakeshore said the com Nitte e is forced to conclude there was no evidence to sup port the social credit Leader real Rouette said he had paid re porters twice for publicity and who suggested another my had done the same did not appear before the committee. Or. Blaker said or. Gaouette wrote a letter in Stead which the committee said satisfied it that the re Marks were intended to be receive Dina Light hearted or. Caouette rocked the o m m o n s before Christmas with his announcement that he had paid a Csc reporter a total of and a reporter for an unnamed Quebec newspaper he said at the time that he saw nothing wrong it was simply a fee for services Ren dered. But he had suggested that r o c h Lasalle had paid for publicity and it was this that led to the com Mittee inquiry. Or. Lasalle was one of the two witnesses. The other was commons Law clerk Joseph Maingot consulted mainly on a Legal basis. The conservative my strongly denied he had paid any re Porter for a Story on his Active Les or a photographer for a picture in a newspaper. I never offered a Nickel to he told the commit be adding that the charge As absurd. He said it was made in con Section with publicity Given to Lim when he violated com Mons dress rules by appearing without a tie. He said it would e impossible to pay All the newspapers carrying accounts f the incidents. The committee after it had card or. Lasalle agreed to invite or. Caouette to testify iut there appeared to be Little interest in forcing him to do so he refused. Or. Caouette had said he would not appear and he has refused to disclose the names f the reporters he says he bribed. Executive members of the parliamentary press gallery have complained that or. Rouette s remarks smeared All 160 parliamentary report is. The mood of the meeting in a s not or. Laker said of the Lasalle appearance. It came As a remarkable Surprise to have 30 vips sitting around a table and get absolute grim silence kid loves is just not Good enough o describe what investment being Cut major Japa. Nese corporations Are drastically reducing plans to invest in new Plant and equipment As a result of Uncertain future business prospects Japan Dey elopement Bank Ltd. Said today the Bank said difficulties in securing raw materials and prob lems connected with obtaining new Plant Sites in Japan Are also contributing to a Cooling of investment enthusiasm. Monday s tuesday you tasteless at lunch time in our House of lords dining room and lounge there s a special Buffet each Day. On monday the feature is hot stroganoff. Tuesdays and thursdays it s hip roast of beef. On wednesdays it s the chef s special. The Friday feature is magnificent Mounds of curried seafood. Of the great eating that goes on of the arguments about which Day s fare is Superior come judge for yourself regular menu available too we re up High downtown up hotels u Northstar inn similar legislation has been enacted in 17 other states but Florida officials feel their pro Gram goes further than most. The treatment centres with a total of 572 Beds Are de signed to provide close Obser vation of drunks in the first six to eight said Ernest Haar the Bureau s Community programs coordinator. The period will involve physical evaluation t o detect health problems. After eight hours the patient is allowed some in dependent mobility such As walking around the room. We expect that about 40 per cent won t need medical care and can be referred for other services after sobering the new Law affects Public intoxication Only not persons arrested for Drunken driving or performing other crimes while drunk. Our initial reports Are that the program is al Ford said. The biggest Hal Lenge right now is training the personnel the inner City treatment centres located in each of the state s 23 mental health districts Are not universally Wel come. If a Guy wants to get off drinking i m All for one alcoholic told the Pensacola but it s not Foi Martin As he was called in the newspaper article said i be had All that counselling and i m just not ready to change. Besides there s Noah no to do Down there in the de Tox place. I just Don t like hem telling me i can t come he said he had been arrested 1 o r Public intoxication 129 Imes in five years. We feel we can help these people who repeatedly Are humiliated by their al Ford said. But the skid Row drunk represents Only five to eight per cent of those arrested. The others Are working people like you and me. We have to reach those people and motivate them before they Ever become so reds struggling to stay alive in Alta. By John Dodd Edmonton up with the March 26 provincial elec Tion approaching the social credit party is struggling to i Emain a political Force in al Berta. The party which four years ago held 54 of 65 legislature picked up All of Calgary in. 11 seats 1971 but Cabinet shuffle rumoured Montreal up the Star says Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa will soon an Lounce the biggest Cabinet shuffle in the history of que quoting a government source the newspaper says the changes will affect almost every department in the gov e r n m e n to particularly the labor department which is going to be changed from top to the newspaper quotes the source As saying Premier Bourassa has already told close aides the changes will come following release of the cliche commission report due the end of May. The Royal commission into construction Union freedoms presided by judge Robert cliche ended Friday after hearing 68 Days of testimony about the construction Industry including tales of alleged government corruption influence peddling and Trade Union violence. He s got to save face and make some changes or take the risk of losing any credibility the government the source is quoted As saying. The Only one whose Job won t be changed will be the pre describes Erb Toronto up the Mother of Brian Erb the skip per of the troubled freighter answer described him Here As a kind Loving boy who always stands up for what is he always takes the Side of the said Mae Erb a widow who moved Here two ago from Montreal. I know this in t his she said in an interview. They make him out like the villain and i m afraid he s going to get the Brunt of the whole thing., Why do they make such a and Northern Birds in peril by Stuart Lake n w t up at least 20 species o Northern Canada Birds Are vulnerable to human activities such As the construction of a Mackenzie Valley natural Gas pipeline an inquiry was told last week. Have in common certain vulnerability to potential in prof. John Livingstone of York University told or. Justice Thomas Berger s inquiry into the social economic and environmental Impact of the proposed project to bring Alaska and Mackenzie Delta Gas to Southern markets. Prof. Livingstone listed All four species of loons the White Pelican the whistling Swan the Snow Goose ducks eiders All Birds of prey Sandhill cranes and owls As Northern Birds whose existence in the North could be threatened unless close care is taken. This first week of the inquiry is designed to acquaint participants with background information on possible effects of the pipeline. A two Man presentation on fish warned that when fish concentrate in Large numbers As they do in the North during freeze up they Are More vulnerable to disruption caused by environment change. Because of their slow growth rate Northern fish were less resilient to disruption. There has been concern expressed about the Large volume of gravel a pipeline would re quire for bedding. Gravel would be taken from River and Lake Bottoms in the North. Fish species requiring Clear water environments and clean gravel for spawning Are Proba Bly More vulnerable to natural and Man made environmental disruptions from said the consultants. To these populations clean gravel of an appropriate size is As important to species survival As the water they added. The Vancouver consultants also noted the importance of fish in the pipeline area for native use As food both for them selves and for their dogs. But or. Livingstone told the inquiry he attached Little importance to Birds As a resource for the native people. The inquiry also was told that aside from the Polar Bear there were few animals we the endangered species list. For example the territorial government in 1960 had place the Caribou on the endangered list. Ross Jakinchuk an expert from Edmonton suggested tha this listing was out of Date along with similar listings. Or. Jakinchuk who has been doing studies for Canadian seats South nobody is convinced it can re peat that performance. One of the first moves progressive conservative Premier Peter Lougheed made after calling the election was to travel into the Southern constituency of Taber Warner where social credit Leader Werner Schmidt is seeking election his third try for a legislature seat. Lii that part of the province irrigation is of prime importance since Many residents still remember the dust bowl Days of t e 1930s. So or. Lougheed made his first major monetary Promise of the million for irrigation. Or. Schmidt a 42-year-old specialist in ministration educational and says he expects to spend at least half his time seeking election in Taber Warner. His conservative opponent in the Riding is Bob Bogle a school teacher and business Man who lost to social credit in the 1971 election by 700 votes. Social credit problems How ver extend beyond the South. The Media is almost overwhelmingly predicting a con Ergative landslide and near elimination of social credit party m the province. When the last legislature was dissolved the conservatives Neld 49 seats social credit 24, Stop one and Independent one. Social credit officials say privately that their greatest problem is a split into various Camps. This trouble surfaced just As the Campaign started when Veteran campaigner Gordon Taylor former Cabinet min ister quit the party to run As an Independent social credit candidate in Drumheller. He charged that Bob Clark party House Leader was under the thumb of la Albert Lud wig and. Did t like what he called or. Ludwig s Imma Ture the party has admitted hav i n g problems finding candidates to run in Many of the conservative strongholds in the last election. Almost three weeks after the Campaign started the social credit part still had about 25 More candidates to find for the 75-sea House. Social credit has lost seve Rural party stalwarts who a i the constitutional regime and for the efficiency of the National Berlinguer Aid. We Are for National de ence and against the Black lots threatening constitutional a reference to re Orts of alleged Neo fascist Insp Isacics. Attempts to politicize the rooms Are being made by groups to the left of the communists that have been linked Vith student unrest and civil an terrorism. Most of these groups operate underground with Little notice ble Success. But recently a roup calling itself the move ment of democratic soldiers eld a meeting in Rome bring no 200 enlisted men together Vith labor Union represent Tives and left Wing politicians o demand higher pay Aioli Ion of military courts and realized links with labor unions. A poll taken by the respected o x a opinion organization found 45 per cent of youths be Ween 17 and 28 listed the Mili Ary As the most repressive and authoritative institution in he country. Reports of right Wing plots Lave taken on serious Imp Lica ions if Only because of the uncertainty they add to the al tense social and political climate. When word leaked out that Prince Valerio Borghese a fascist War hero had plotted an red takeover of the Interior ministry in december 1970 Only to Call it pm on account o newspapers called it the Spaghetti but judicial probes have since disclosed what is Callec sch Mozzle out of my boy his boat when a boy can go put Arctic Gas pipelines Ltd., we and rape a Little girl and no body is mrs. Erb described her son As resourceful and intelligent. When he was 12, she said he was first trombonist in the band of mount Assumption Institute at Pittsburgh . Later he built his own go i arts. Want to build the pipeline also said Caribou i or lion probably would not be adversely affected if propel environmental care was taken. This would include reve Geta lion of the ground under Whid the pipeline was buried a step Arctic Gas says it intends Lake. Not seeking re election inc Luc ing former Premier Harr Strom. Jim Henderson forme health minister and an effective campaigner abandoned social credit during the last legislature where he had Bee opposition House Leader. He sat As an and decided not helped conservative. Independen to run the nominate the Rosa de Venlo or Rose of the winds affair. This is said of be a military group that collected funds from industrialists and planned bombings and other subversive acts to prompt a right Wing takeover. The investigation followed allegations that some top intelligence officials knew of the lot but covered them up. Gen. Vito Miceli former head of the intelligence service was arrested on conspiracy charges and Gen. Ugo Ricci was arrested on charges of plotting subversive activities. Despite the affair moderate voices such As Giulio Andreotti a former Premier and de Fence Secretary have repeatedly maintained that the army is Loyal and above politics. The army in the meantime is moving to make life More bearable for the troops. 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