Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 6, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday january 6, 1976 japanese Consul Tamotsu Furu to exchanged himself for eight stewardess hostages held by gun men on a Japan air lines Jet. Gunmen s surrender ends siege at Manila Airport Manila a two gun men peacefully surrendered Early tuesday ending a nearly 12-hour siege at Manila air port during which they held 219 persons captive aboard a jetliner in a vain bid for free passage to Japan. No one was Hurt. Philippines government broadcasts said the identities and nationalities of the hijackers Are still but a japanese Diplomat who took part in flip negotiations said they Are filipino Brothers aged 18 and 24, and that the older one carried an Airport identification card. A freed Crew member Purser Zeni Liiro Watanabe said the hijackers claimed they wanted to study in military sources said the hijackers had demanded anonymity As the Price for giving up and Jamaai air lines officials in Tokyo said other conditions were special forgiveness and Pardon and better living it was not known whether the Philippines government met these demands but ear Lier the philippine air Force chief said he would recon flood Waters recede Gale winds diminish in european storm London a Rem Nants of a storm that killed at least 55 persons in Northern Europe changed wind direct lion and diminished monday. Floodwaters began to re cede in Belgium but West German authorities said a wind i v e n storm tide surged into the Mouth of uie Elbe River and through a partially repaired breach in the River Dike. About acres already were under water from week end flooding. Officials said some of the area s inhabitants were evacuated monday afternoon but hundreds chose to stay in the upper floors of their flooded Homes. The danish weather Bureau revised an earlier forecast that another storm around Iceland was aimed at Scandinavia saying the worst is Over. We Don t expect More bad weather tomorrow tues officials said a change in wind direction spared storm damaged dikes on Denmark s Jutland Peninsula where persons had been evacuated saturday and the rest of Denmark began returning to Normal. Seven norwegian fishermen w Ere missing and feared drowned after their fishing boat Fritz Erick Sank Mon Day off Norway s Senja is land officials said and the search continued in vain for 11 Crew members from the East German coastal freighter Capella which Sank saturday off the dutch Island of Schierman Nikoof. Authorities in Graz aus Tria said two viennese died in a raging blizzard during the weekend while climbing scam Realpe Mountain North of Graz. The storm packing winds with gusts More than 100 Miles an hour began Friday night. As the winds began to Abate after the weekend Bri Tain reported 26 dead West Germany 12, Denmark four Belgium four the nether lands t h r e a Sweden two Austria two and France and Switzerland one each. As storm winds moved East and lessened officials said 21 people who had been stranded on the Falzareno pass in the italian Alps when their cars were trapped Fay heavy Snow were found unharmed in a hut by Rescue teams. Authorities in Ankara said High winds and heavy Snow hit Eastern Turkey monday tearing off roofs snarling traffic and knocking Down Power lines. Mend a presidential Pardon for the hijackers if they sur rendered without a fight the hijackers boarded the plane monday afternoon with out the usual boarding passes and tickets. However it was presumed they slipped through the passenger line on the strength of Airport Iden Tity cards giving Rise to speculation they were Airport employees. The gunmen told Passen Gers they wanted free Pas Sage out of the country acid that everyone would be freed unharmed in Osaka Japan. They released one passenger almost immediately a Fili Pino woman with a heart condition. She told reporters the two had a snub nosed revolver and plastic explosives lied around their waists. The gunmen surrendered their weapons to Philippines officials who went aboard the Japan air lines pcs parked about 50 Yards from the Ter Minal building for the final surrender negotiations. Before giving up the gun men freed the passengers then released eight Stewar Desses in Exchange for Japa Nese Consul Tamotsu Aurtita and Japan air line s manager in Manila Sakae Seike military officials said. To addition to the Diplomat and the airline official the hijackers held 12 male Crew members at the time they surrendered. 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He said that Jur. Jagjit Singh Chohan who made the threats dec. 27 at a Community meeting on the ques Tion of a separate state represents almost nobody and just stirs up he said that the leaders of 28 sikh societies Here decided saturday to advise their members to ignore the threats. Or. Chohan a former finance minister in the Indian state of Punjab from 1967 to 1969, had warned during his visit Here that if India did not move to establish a separate sikh stale sikhs in Canada would take reprisals against All Indian government employees stationed in Canada. Israeli markings on arms Beirut renter a Leader of Lebanon s left Wing moslem says weapons with israeli markings were among arms ammunition and explosives seized by his forces from a Christian sect in Beirut. Ibrahim Koleilat whose in dependent Nas Serite move ment dominates the leftist coalition opposing right Wing forces in Lebanon s civil War said sunday the Cache had been in the hands of some members of the syriac Christian sect. The Cache was found Fri Day in the largely moslem m a z r a a area of Beirut which contains a syriac Christian Quarter. Koleilat said he is reluctant to give details of the Sei Zure including what Mark Ings were found on the weapons for fear of sectarian reprisals against the syriac Christian Community. Both sides play Down the religious aspects the conflict saying they represent the interests of the people As a whole whether moslem or Christian. Left Wing factions have often accused their foes of having pro israeli sympathies and of receiving israeli arms charges which the rightists have de Nied. Failures a record Tokyo a Japan s business failures in 1975 to tales cases with combined liabilities of s6.079 Bil lion a record in both volume and value a major japanese credit research Centre said the Agency said bankruptcies so far in de c e m b e r totalled 602 with combined liabilities of million. . Quota ends meat prices won t drop of f Ocial Lebanon postpones vote Ottawa up meat prices Are expected to remain fairly Static despite the re Moval last week of quotas on american beef imports the director of the agriculture department s livestock division said today. Frank Payne said this is because Canadian exports to the United states consist mainly of cow beef while imports Are largely special cuts such As steaks. When the quotas were lifted dec. 31, agriculture minister Eugene Whelan said the move cleared the Way. Lor restoration of Normal beef Trade. Two Way Trade in live Ani Mals was restored last a gust. That came a year after president Gerald Ford slapped quotas on shipments of Canadian beef veal hogs and their products into the . In retaliation for Canada s imposition of beef quotas. The United states now has a meat import Law which a s i c a 11 y would implement mandatory controls if Ameri can trading partners exceed voluntary Export quotas. Although Freer movement of animals and meat might be expected to increase Supply and theoretically mean reduced prices this will not be the Case. Or. Payne said imports from the . Arc destined mainly for the restaurant Market which demands Spe Cial costs. If somebody wanted a car Load of loins and to Bones he d have difficulty getting it from our or. Payne said explaining that Canadian processors prefer to sell sides of beef. The american system be cause of its size was Able to Supply the special cuts and absorb the rest of the animal with no Beirut a Premier Rashid Kan uni said monday that parliamentary elections Are being postponed indefinitely because of uncontrolled violence and disorder spawned by Lebanon s War. The decision raised the risk of a new outcry from left w i n g moslem who fear president Suleiman Franjieh will use a constitutional vacuum to prolong his mandate expiring in August. The 99-member Assembly has played almost no role in the nine months conflict that have wrecked Lebanon meeting Only a handful of times. But it has the Power to elect the next president and a. Maronite Chris Tian is the main target of leftist moslem. Karami is a moslem. Parliament s term expires next month. Karami suggested it remain beyond that but said nothing about resolving the presidential Issue. T i e present parliament could elect a new president. But this would draw fire from leftists since christians hold a c-to-5 majority and thus could pick another president to their liking. A goal of the leftist moslem in the civil War is to get a larger share of political Power. Karami made his announcement to a group of lebanese newspaper editors As a two week truce appeared to be slipping away into renewed violence. Police reported 47 persons remained in the custody of moslem and Christian gun men who erected barricades and stopped cars around Beirut. Generally the situation is said a police spokes Man. Most roads Are unsafe and Beirut is virtually Para going Only 60 costs Toronto Man Toronto up a Toronto Motorist who thought he was being especially care Ful to abide by Ontario s new Speed limits has been fined for driving too slowly on the Queen Elizabeth Way. Police said Murray Jravis was pulled Over for travelling at co Miles an hour in a Lane in which he should have been going 70. I was wearing my seat Belt and concentrating on doing exactly or. Davis said in an interview adding that to could not help it that two lanes of cars were pass ing him on the right. He told police he was Only observing new Speed limits which he said he had heard would Start Jan. 1. The switch 60 Milo an hour limit from 70 has been delayed until feb. 1. A police officer said that going 10 Miles under the Speed limit in a fast Lane is As dangerous As going 10 Miles Over it As it forces people to Brake and shift lanes to the right where Many cars have no rear View mirrors. In memory of or. Morris Kaplan Osborne Auto parts 167 Osborne will be closed on tuesday january 6, 1976 Carnegie course enthusiasm tension memory training on All memberships new years Resolution offer if you re sensitive about being overweight limited offer Start this week and save Call Nowil this new year s Resolution offer Rah in the .a. 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