Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 15, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba R Winnipeg free press thursday january 15, 1976 15 private dinner set Turner s future plans rumoured Ottawa up there Are indications former finance minister John Turner who resigned from the Feder Al Cabinet a month before imposition of the anti inflation program May tip his baud soon on plans for the future. I be got nothing to or. Turner said wednesday when pressed on that subject. But he confirmed he has a private dinner set for Mon Treal Jan. 22, largely with old friends and supporters in the City where he was first elected in 1962. I May and i May he said when asked whether he will Tell the to As the Turner Kitchen Ca where he is headed. After his resignation sept. 10, there were reports that he might resume Agal career in cities from Montreal to Toronto and Vancouver. There also was speculation not encouraged by or. He might yield to pressure to seek the leadership of the Ontario Liberal parly or Ever the Federal progressive conservatives. Some observers Sec the Montreal dinner which Turner aides Are downplaying As one of Many lie has had recently As the logical place for him to reveal plans to backers who supported him in past election campaigns and Iii his hid for the Liberal leadership in 1968. When he resigned he was widely regarded As heir apparent to prime minister tru Deau. Or. Turner also has agreed to address a fund raising Din Ner by two charitable organizations in Ottawa feb. 5. The appearance is regarded with some interest in View of his infrequent recent Public showings since his Cabinet resignation. I be spoken to others off the record when no reporters were the 46-year old up for Ottawa Carleton Riding said. Invitations to the event say or. Turner enthusiastically agreed to speak at the dinner but prefers not to divulge his topic or. Turner said wednesday the organizations Are local and he will be talking about local situations. He has held on to his com Mons seat so far. He told the Riding executive in october he wanted to remain in that office indefinitely. Now says a spokesman from his office he is working full time As an my. Life goes on he s still an Tom Lamothe president of the Carle Loii Riding association wednesday said or. Turner has said he will notify the association executive if he is going to leave politics in order to give the Riding ample time to prepare for the future. The last time we spoke before Christmas he had t made up his said or. Lamothe. The executive has no meeting scheduled before mid february he added. If he s made up his mind he has t told me says another source close to the former finance minister. Yet another says the Turner program following his resignation was to keep a Low profile for three months and that or. Turner s plans for a higher visibility now is right on or. Turner s attendance in the commons has dropped off considerably and he has not spoken in parliament since he resigned. He also made a Point of being in Mexico during the Liberal convention last fall when in party opponents of or. Trudeau were trying to Muster support for a Leader ship review. Or. Turner did have a Pri vate lunch with or. Trudeau at the prime minister s 24 Sussex drive residence just before Christmas but informants say it was of Little significance. Although willing to confirm the lunch Date or. Turner says Little about the meeting. When the prime minister invites you to lunch you go to he says. We Dis cussed what he wanted to Dis sources in the prime min ister s office say the lunch meeting had no special Pur or. Trudeau has such meetings from time to time with Cabinet ministers and senior liberals. Informants say the meeting was a gesture to show there Are no hard feelings. Nip to Appeal vote recount Victoria up the executive of the provincial new democratic party will Appeal a judicial recount which shows that former Premier Dave Barrett lost his Coquet Luin seat in the dec. 11 Brit ish Columbia election by a narrow margin. Or. Barrett said tuesday he would consider the results of the judicial recount final but nip president Yvonne Cocke said wednesday the caucus had persuaded him to change is mind. The official recount figures will not he available until today but lawyers for or. Barrett and social credit s George Kerster have agreed that or. Kerster is in the Lead by about 23 votes. Mrs. Cocke said the Appeal should be Complete in about two weeks. She said the party Felt there were enough ballots not counted to make a difference search called ii Toronto up the search for an eight year old girl from the Toronto Borough of of Etobicoke who has been missing since noon monday was called off by police wednesday. F n s p William Palmer search coordinator said in an interview thai he explained to 300 civilian Volun Teers and about 100 policemen that since they had been Over the same ground three times without finding any Trace of the girl further searching would be fruitless. Lisa Kowalski was reported missing by her Mother a t r i c i a Kowalski monday night after the Hild did not return from an errand to a milk store. Police said the girl forgot to take a Bill her Mother gave her for the errand May have thought she lost it and is afraid to return Home. And also the ballots that were counted should be Given a second look. Or. Barrett said he would not comment on his political future until after the Appeal has been completed. Judge Stewart Mcsporran completed the judicial re count tuesday in provincial court after deciding not to count about 50 previously unopened and uncounted Absen tee ballot envelopes. The bal lots had been misplaced. He said he felt1 the . Elections act prohibited him from considering the ballots. Mrs. Cocke also said the nip caucus gave a unanimous vote Confidence in or. Barrett As. Party Leader. She did not elaborate. The caucus was to continue meeting today and consider the appointment of a House Leader in Case the legislature is called Back in session. Silo fall aids police probe Mississauga ont. Car Peel regional police said tuesday night s heavy Snow fall helped them make an arrest. Police were told Early wednesday by a 19-year-old woman that she had been awakened by the sound of someone in her bedroom. A Man had grabbed her but fled when she struggled and screamed she said. Outside the Back door of the Home police found fresh foot prints in the Snow and Fol Lowed them to a nearby Home where a youth was arrested. More footprints led to two other Homes where it appeared someone had attempted unsuccessfully to break in. 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