Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 25, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnick Futee hubs Friday july 25. 1975 5 major scandal hinted by tory my by Ken pole Ottawa up progressive conservative Ron Hunting ton believes he is on to one of the biggest political scandals in Canadian history but he said thursday night he wants que area 34 Miles Northwest of Montreal is touted As Canada s first Airport designed for the jumbo Jet Era and has been the Centre of controversy from the Day it was proposed. Property owners have com the proof in his hands before i planned steadily about not get he takes further action. I Ting enough Money for sex or. Huntington Capulano Sai the affair involves Possi Bly massive fraud in consulting contracts for the new Mirabel Airport near Montreal. He said in an interview that he got what scanty information he has from a transport department employee who was absolutely by porn railed land. Hundreds of lawsuits arose from the take Over of More than acres of land. Expropriations began in 1969. Mirabel eventually is to have six runways and six terminals to handle traffic not Only from Montreal but also from Ottawa 90 Miles West. The discovery. It basically is that the contracts which should have Cost about Mil lion Are costing the taxpayer million he said. I m told they Are 10 times higher than they should be. Taking this historical Pat Tern into account even accounting for or. Huntington placed writ ten questions on the commons order paper july 15, but said he does not expect answers before parliament adjourns for a summer recess. He has asked for documents relating to consulting and feasibility studies done by the transport department on the Airport since 1968. He wants to know the names of companies and individuals involved details of bidding of contracts for runways Passen Ger facilities Airport Access and environmental Impact Stu Dies. Or. Huntington said the run Way work was done by the department while consulting con tracts for approaches Termi nals and environmental studies were put out for bids. He had been led to believe by other sources that the ramp already Are investigating the Case and that it could erupt publicly before he gets the answers. When it Breaks it s a big passenger potential is put at 60 to 70 million annually and the government has said it Hopes to see the Airport be come the main air cargo Gate Way to the East. One. That s what i transport minister Jean Marchand said later he is in mayor urges Supply Yards be moved mayor Steve Juba wants City s main works and operations Supply Yards at Ross Avenue and Tecumseh Street re located. He brought the matter up thursday at a civic executive policy committee meeting. The committee agreed to his suggestion to turn the subject Over to the Board of commissioners and especially to works and operations commissioner Nick Diakiw for a report. In an interview later mayor Juba proposed that the Supply Yards be relocated near Indus trial areas in the City s six works and operations districts. The location at Ross and Tecumseh was incompatible with health sciences Centre expansion in the District he said. The mayor who has a Home in the area told policy com Mittee the Supply Yards have an Adverse effect on the residential character of the com the opulent Harold Lloyd estate in Beverly Hills calif., is on the auction ing Block for anyone who can come up with a letter of credit. Auctioneers estimate however that fewer than 100 in the world can afford Cree acres which features Gold Leaf ceilings 14-Inch-thick Walls and a perennial Nightmare of maintenance costs. Reid receives partial apology Montreal up in its i competence by the reporter or Reid issues denial Menard connection disclosed continued continued Lead editorial today the Gazette made a partial apology to parliamentary Secretary John Reid while reaffirming its claim that or. Reid told the newspaper he had Access to confidential budget information. Aware of or. Huntington s order paper questions and declined comment until the Issue comes up orally in the House. A so million he said with a laugh that s quite a Mirable in the St. Scholasti Mummy. He said it is deplorable to have mountains of gravel in front of Homes and to create noise by mixing Asphalt at night. Environmental groups had indicated their opposition to just such situations. Be discovered corp Hong Kong special a f p the Well preserved Corpse of a Man who died years ago Lias been discovered in a Tomb in Supeh province in Central China the new China news Agency has re ported. The Agency said the Man whose body was immersed in a dark red fluid believed to be a kind of preservative was More deaths Altman Rosetta Beatrice of 1450 Wellington Crescent. A t t r e e e Ellen Mary Walker 92, of Gordon Man., retired from teaching widow of Joseph Attree. Bender John c., 79, of 290 Ottawa Avenue East Kil Donan husband of Elizabeth Bender. Blomme Joseph of 95 Tamarac Bay St. Boniface re tired from Canada packers husband of armander Blomme. Burke Dorothy Evelyn 62, of Brandon formerly of Toronto widow of W. Burke. Cox Sarah 82, of Regina Haven nursing Home wife of Arthur Cox Elagin Annie 8fi, of Van c o u v e r formerly of Winnipeg. Giles Lena of 40 Bernier Bay St. Boniface formerly of Dundee Scotland wife of Thomas Giles. Heuchert Johann. 76, Brandon formerly of win-1 Nipes. J a n d r i s h David of 667 Nairn Avenue husband of Frances Jandrist. Middleton Frederick George 58, of Petersfield Man. Miller Edward Edgar 65, of Winnipeg husband of Mae Miller. Palmer Robert Cochrane 76, of 474 Larson Avenue. East Kildonan husband of Isabel Palmer. Prevost Ronald Pierre 14, of 231 Goulet Street suite 1104, St. Boniface son of or. And mrs. Leon Prevost. Than 50 years old when he died. The skin remained Elas tic the joints of the limbs were still movable and the internal organs remained intact the Agency stated. There was a Complete set of Teeth. The Date of burial was known from a record written on a Bamboo Tab let one of 500 objects buried with the Corpse. The Tablet identified the Man As a medium ranking official with the rank of we to the ninth Grade from the Boom on a scale of 20 ranks awarded for valiant military con duct during the Chin and Han dynasties. It was equivalent to the position of a county magistrate. The Tomb was excavated on Rengh Tangshan Phoenix Hill in the town of Chinan Cheng in Chingling county of Supeh province. New China news Agency said the Corpse was enclosed in a series of three receptacles an outer coffin and two inner caskets. The outer coffin and casket which were not tightly sealed were found to have water in them but the in Side casket containing the Corpse was watertight. In its thursday editions the Gazette quoted or. Reid As saying he had prior knowledge of a proposed Federal exise tax on larger motorboats and motors. Or. Reid ueberal my for Kenora Rainy River and Secre t a to government House Leader Mitchell Sharp denied the newspaper report later thursday in the House of com Mons and demanded a retraction and an apology. In today s editorial the Gazette said the proposed excise tax was first introduced in the May 1974, budget and reappeared in the november Bud get. Or. Reid said in the com Mons he suspected the govern ment woj ild remove the excise tax after the november Bud get. He had no Advance information he said but relying on of malicious intent of the worst or. Reid is indulging in an excess of language that would make an editorialist the editorial continued. Or. Reid said in the com Mons thursday the matter would be referred to the stand ing committee on privileges and elections if today s Issue of the Gazette did not carry a re traction. Or. Reid said the newspaper Story suggested that the no vember budget exempted boats Story As totally or. Reid stated he had never had communication with finance minister John Turner s office on the substance of the nov. 18 budget either before or after the budget was brought Down. The my for Kenora Rainy River said he had made Strong representations to or. Turne and to other ministers that the new tax on boats be reduced. From their response i like other members came to the and tax motors from the excise but the amendment sex knowledge he did not sever inks with a former employer Werdt and Charton inc., when e joined the airline in.1970. Herdt and Charton the inquiry was told supplied air Canada with red wine for Domestic flights during or. Menard s employment with the airline. Or. Menard described his re 1 a t i o n s h i p with Herdt and Charton after 1970 As that of a counsel to the Board of directors a function he de scribed As similar to that of a regular Board member. In return or. Menard said he received free use of a car from the firm which special conclusion that the government Empting boats was not introduced until Jan. 28. Also he said he did not get the impression that the tax would be re moved until Long after the he defended in the commons Lis right to lobby against government provisions on behalf to he a relieving added. On amendment of his constituents and right to make predictions. His a Hunch he sent a letter to a manufacturing company last dec. 19 predicting that the government would withdraw the excise tax. An amendment re moving the excise tax was introduced Jan. 28. The Gazette editorial said smaller boats were already excluded in the november Bud get provision and a reporter thought or. Reid was referring to this in an interview rather ban to a Post budget Amend ment of Jan. 28 under which boats were exempted entirely no matter of what or. Reid has confirmed to us he told our reporter that we put. On a lobby and we knew about six weeks before it was announced that it was coming off the boats but no slow Gin not sold in pubs would agree Jan. 28 such an was introduced. Or. Reid said that he had asked the newspaper to publish a retraction and apology. If they fail to do so i can Only conclude that it the Story was or Reid added. If there was no retraction and apology the member said he would propose to move that the matter be referred to the com Mittee on privileges and elections. Nip Leader de Broadbent i said his party was satisfied with or. Reid s proposal and would wait to see what action i the newspaper took. Conservative members How i Ever probed other aspects of in this complicated age it s the question and also proposed Nice to have one less thing to that the Issue be referred to the izes in the Sale of spirits wine cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. The former air Canada executive vehemently denied How Ever that he used his position with Herdt and Charton to in fluence the airline s purchases. Closed door testimony re leased to the press thursday showed that air Canada chair Man Yves Pratte told the in Quiry after wednesday s Public session that he would not have accepted this arrangement had he known of it while or. Men Ard was employed by the air line. Or. Pratte added he did t learn of the arrange ment until recently. I would not tolerate he testified. And mind you i have to say i m sure he did All of that in All Good con science but nevertheless this is the kind of conflict i can t Dominium on the airline s be half. He reaffirmed thursday that the Deal had not been improper. As for the payment by air Canada to Montreal travel agent . Mcgregor in november 1974, which he authorized or. Menard said that if he was still with the airline he would Complete the Deal. That transaction the inquiry has already been told was for the acquisition of Stock in a proposed National travel Agency being promoted by or. Mcgregor. For Legal reasons the pay ment was described in letters of agreement As being made for consulting services the travel agent would provide. My Conception of the con suiting said or. Menard., were essentially things which could be logically done by him or. Mcgregor As an individual. But not for getting this thing was for the Reagan strength explained Washington a pres Ideal Ford s Campaign manager says Ronald Reagan now leads the president in almost i every Southern state and the i primary reason is Nelson Rockefeller the Washington Post reported thursday. Ronald Reagan leads the president in almost every Southern state and the no. 1 problem is vice president Rockefeller s place on the Akk the Post quotes Howard to Callaway As saying. Callaway said if the former California governor announces that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination he would Start ahead of Ford in California Florida and any Southern largely due to opposition to Rockefeller the Post reported. Reagan last week authorized a Campaign committee to Orga Nize and raise Money for a potential run but stopped Short of throwing his hat into the ring. Callaway was reported As saying All the information i have is that Reagan has not made up his mind on the race. We have to go on the As sumption that he is going to be a full fledged Well financed Callaway said. However Callaway denied he was leading a dump Rockefeller movement. He said Ford is very High on Rocke Feller but added it May be his judgment that he wants a younger Man As we re hearing from a great Many people in the the vice president is 67. Acquisition of Stock. He said when the transaction became Public he never fell he had to Back track or try to cover up his actions. My Conception of the testified or. Menard was that it was a perfectly Legal thing and i did t know Why we airline officials were getting All wound Orry about. When you order Gin onic in a Manitoba pub you Simcoe noted that in testifying been the last scheduled witness on t have to worry about get b of or e a committee some to testify. However or. For no Low alcohol Gin. The said. The editorial committee. And Sinclair Stevens or. Pratte who concluded i his testimony wednesday had months ago or. Reid had stat tier brought or d amour air when the provincial liquored that maps have Access to that Canada s group vice president control commission introduced kind of information which allow for sales and services briefly Brand of Gin with 35 per cent them with greater certainty to to the stand thursday morn Cohol compared with 40 per arrange their affairs to possibly ing then summoned or. Men ent in conventional brands it take advantage of a change. Ard for further testimony made sure the slow Gin or. Reid on that occasion Jar Menard resigned from would a t be sold in pubs. It s had referred specifically to the air Canada in february 1975 available Only from liquor excise tax on boats or. Ste Over his controversial Purchase stores and vendors where it Vens noted. M 1973 of a Villa from a bar Sells for 45 cents a bottle less responding to questions in Developer. Or. Menard ban regular brands. 1 Farmland threatened Sofia Bulgaria a country of 8.6 million people has a varied Topography that includes 11 million acres of arable land. But 70 per cent of this area is endangered by erosion 20 per cent of it severely so. Western red Cedar is completely no resinous and highly decay resistant. Kenya to expel Churchman Nairobi the kenyan government has or dered the immediate Deporta Tion of or. Carl Mcintire United states president of the International Council of Christian churches which has been hold ing its world Congress Here. The deportation was announced in parliament today by vice president Daniel Arap Moi who said he signed the order himself. The order follows two weeks of controversy Over the views expressed by Mcintire and other delegates to the Congress chiefly aimed at at tacking the rival world Council of churches acc and its support for african liberation the commons or. Reid later subsequently contracted with it will be several months explained that after the budget Developer to lease con billion n loan set Paris a saudi Arabia has decided to Grant France a Oan exceeding billion Well informed sources said. The French government was informed of the decision by saudi Crown Prince fahd currently on an official visit to France the sources said. It was his first trip to a non Arab nation since becoming Crown Prince and vice Premier follow ing the assassination of King Faisal. The sources said no official announcement of the loan was we apologize for putting i disclosures in the wrong time Frame in an article on the front Pace of yesterday s Gazette of info to a Bisundei the editorial said. The divulge once of inside in formation on a tax Chang prior to Public announcement is. However just As Serroi whether that tax change is included in the budget or in an amendment. So ions As the intended tax remains secret from the neral Public there is and vant Ftp. To particular Ron pwned in giving them fore warning of what is to in editorial sail. To Statini that he article is Riter the result of Cross in before it crops up in j. Had been brought Down he and Frank Syms commission other members had lobbied for i chairman said thursday. Relief from the excise tax on he said it would t cause a pleasure Craft problem in bars which can he said he had spoken to the i charge what they like but minister of finance minister of might pose difficulties in Bev Revenue and minister of trans rage rooms where the Price of port in addition to some govern-1 drinks is fixed at 85 cents. It ment officials will be difficult to split 45 the response he said had cents Over 25 led him to believe that there charging 83 cents for the would be some Relief from the lower alcohol Gin might irritate lax. On that basis he had writ staff and customers alike with ten a letter to Garth m. Nelson i the irregular change he said president. Nelson s Leisure certainly in the Low alcohol Gin land Ltd. In which lie said i appeared in bars and cocktail have spoken to. Department of movements. Claims by Mclntyre that the acc to which most kenyan churches belong is com and backs communist leaning liberation movements have brought Strong reaction from the government Media and Church men Here. Woolco correction and of july 23rd, mens and boys Wear summer clearance. Two tone tank tops and t shirts. Made of 100% Cotton should have read 67% Cotton and 33% Rayon. Use. Keep. Buy. Use expected during fahd s visit which winds up Friday. Then the saudi Leader starts a Pri Vale vacation in Man and boy arrested after break in lounges consumer should know they were getting 35 per cent alcohol instead of 40 per cent. The Low alcohol Gin and a variety of 35-per-cent Rye rum and Vodka anticipated in about a month won t be available by the Glass until More than one Brand is stocked on the commission s shelves. Or. An 18-year-old Winnipeg Man has been charged with 11 counts of housebreaking enter ing and theft after being Syms said. A m e c h a n i s m for distinguishing the Low alcohol products from regular ones in bars has t been worked out he finance officials As Well As to the minister and understand they Are Likely to relieve the excise tax on boats although not on motors. When the Situa Tion becomes clearer i will be in touch with you the letter was written dec. 19. Still available red River a cartwheels Good anyplace in greater Winnipeg until october 15. 1975 arrested wednesday in connection with a break in at a House Arm is trapped Farmer killed Eustache Man. Rock Annie of on Royal Avenue. West Donan. A 31-year-old Man from the a Winnipeg police spokes a Neepawa area was killed Man said a 17-Ycar-ow boy j thursday afternoon when he also was arrested and drawn inside a piece of exact sum of the loan had not i Over to juvenile authorities farm machinery and crushed. Yet been settled agreed that it billion. But it was exceed is after three males were a Conj the ramp in Winnipeg said Toronto Street widow David Rock. Mith Robert Grant. 53. 836 Dominion Street. Win. Repayment terms or with what r of no information was available on How the loan would be paid Nipes transit Driver of May Smith. Stone Esme Elizabeth 96, of Clearwater. Man., widow of Thomas Stone. Thom. William 67 of the Mclaren hotel ;