Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 25, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weather sunny High 22 c Sun rises . Sets . Moon . Sets . Details Pige 5 Winnipeg free press vol. 83 no. 204 tuesday. May 25, 1976 final edition coloured comics rep. Hays denies it Elizabeth Ray mistress Fri investigates mistress scandal Kelly ends gun siege North Bay ont. Up convicted murderer Donald Kelly surrendered today after what jail officials believe was a thwarted escape attempt late monday night from North Bay jail. Kelly 37, surrender at 6.45 . After isolating himself at 9.30 . Monday in a Corri Dor separated from the rest of the jail. Tony Celentano jail superintendent announced the surrender and said that a gun Kelly was believed to have armed himself with proved to be a toy pistol. It was a very realistic no tax cuts expected in Ottawa up finance minister Donald Macdonald brings Down his Erst budget tonight in the face of the twin problems of inflation and unemployment. Expected in it Are Mea sures to tighten anti inflation controls Over prices and to stimulate business invest ment but no major new Job creation programs. See stories pages 4, 7 significant tax cuts for individuals Are out. There May be some break for Low income earners but the inflation rate has been edging downward and or. Macdonald will not risk fuelling it by freeing More spending Power. In effect the 44-year-old finance minister Likely will steer a Neutral course avoid ing new measures that might Over stimulate economic recovery now under Way. Or any marked restraint that would quickly bring Down the inflation rate. The budget statement is basically a state of the Economy message and an outline of How the government expects to raise the Money to meet its spending announced in main estimates this Spring. The government said in february it would spend billion in the financial year ending next March 31, up 16 per cent from a year earlier. Opposition critics Are look ing for budget measures to night to indicate tighter spending controls by the Federal departments. No new programs Are expected and the government Likely will rely upon a strength ening economic recovery to draw Down the current 7.4 per cent National jobless the highest in 15 years. As the jobless rate has risen critical attention has focused on unemployment insurance Benefit payments estimated to total billion in 1976. Some moves to tighten the program by extending to 12 or 15 weeks the current eight week qualifying period of work before benefits can be claimed or by other Mea sures Are expected. Ottawa s share of the Cost of Benefit payments jumped 91 per cent to billion in order to cover 1975 Benefit payments. Among options that have been suggested for controlling costs is integrating the unemployment insurance commis Sion and the manpower department to make sure unemployed people accept jobs for which they Are qualified. Lagging Busio Fiss invest ment in new production machinery is another area of concern. The budget could contain several measures to stimulate investment. Possibilities Are Extension of the five per cent tax credit now permitted for investment in manufacturing and natural resource industries relaxing anti inflation profit rules for companies that invest or both. While some changes in anti inflation rules concerning prices May be included to help firms making new in vestment the Over All tone of any such changes will be to tighten them Board officials say. The government apparently is concerned that controls Over wages Are seen As. More restrictive than those on prices and wants to give a higher profile to its Price controls. The Washington Post Washington the Fri has started an investigation of allegations by a woman who says she was paid a year in Public funds to serve As mistress of rep. Wayne l. Hays Democrat the probe was ordered by the United states Justice department after the washing ton Post in its sunday editions detailed the charges by the woman. Elizabeth Ray. She said that Hays chair Man of the committee of House administration had placed her in a staff with the oversight subcommittee in Exchange for sexual favors. Hays 65. Who has denied tic charges. Monday fired Ray from the subcommittee. He also issued a statement calling Ray a very sick Young woman and charged that the Washington Post has sought to ruin my con Gressional career for some in a phone conversation with a Post reporter on sat urday Hays said that he had never been in Ray s apart ment except once months however the manager of Ray s apartment House in Arlington told the Post Mon Day that Hays had visited Ray frequently at the apart ment building. In addition to talking with the apartment manager Fri agents were known to be seeking an interview with r a y however informed sources said that As of Mon Day night they had been unable to locate her. The sources said the jus Tice department had ordered the Fri into the Case in order to determine whether any violations of Federal stat see Fri Png 4 doctors to fight open medical files by Manfred Jager free press medical reporter two Winnipeg physicians Are upset Over the Lack of confidentiality of medical re cords and have decided to do something about it. Or. Barry Kaufman an in t c r n i s to and or. James Brown a psychiatrist both full time staff members of the health sciences Centre emphasize that they Are concerned As individuals and not As representatives of the health institution where they work. In an interview or. Kauf Man said the confidentiality of medical records is breached in various ways involving among others the provincial motor vehicles Branch the provincial health department and the workers compensation Board. But in no area Are these breaches so severe and potentially dangerous As those concerning civil servants act ing under Section 46 of the Manitoba Public insurance act which governs aut Opac. Or. Kaufman explained it says that every duly medical practitioner chiropractor As defined in the chiropractic act dentist As de see doctors Page 4 unborn child shot in 90-cent robbery Chicago a a four Pound baby boy delivered by caesarean Section after he and his Mother were shot by the same Bullet in a 90-cent robbery is in very critical a Hospital spokes Man said today. Denise Ruffin 23, who was eight months pregnant was shot in the Abdomen sunday while trying to prevent four men from robbing and beat ing her Uncle police said. She was reported in fair condition. The Bullet went through the unborn baby s Chest and lodged in his right said a spokesman at St. Bernard Hospital. Hospital officials said they Are trying to reach mrs. Ruf Fin s husband who is reported is in the United states armed services. Police said two officers on patrol heard shots fired and saw a Man run from a build ing get in a car and drive away. The officers pursued and arrested the Man who carrying a .38-calibre gun which had been fired four tires. No charges were filed immediately. Police said others Are being sought in the robbery which netted 90 cents said Don Kerr director of information services for the ministry of correctional services. He said the toy Pis Tol was apparently concealed in a cast on Kelly s . It was not known How he got the toy. Or. Kerr said Kelly after telling a guard he had a gun and isolating himself in the corridor asked to speak to Don Gauthier. A North Bay Nugget reporter. Or. Gauthier spent More than 3vi hours in the cell with Kelly. The reporter said he was scared at first but later he joked and swapped stories with Kelly. Or. Gauthier said Kelly told him that he planned to break out of jail monday night after sawing through a bar in his Security cell but the Gap was too narrow the Gap was too narrow. Or. Kerr termed the incident a thwarted escape at he perhaps thought he would have a hostage when he made the said or. Kerr. He said Kelly in Dis association cell separated from other prisoners. The other disassociation cells were empty at the time. He also said Kelly was under 24-hour watch the time of the incident. Or. Kerr said Kelly apparently demanded to be re moved from the disassociation cell and the removal of the 24-hour watch. Neither of those demands was acceded he said. Or. Kerr said jail officials agreed to Kelly s demands that there be no retaliation for his action that he would not lose his visiting privileges nor his letter writ ing or cigarette privileges. He said Kelly asked to see or. Gauthier at a later time which was also accepted. The ministry official said an inspector from the ministry s inspection and Stan Dards Branch will be going to the jail today to conduct an investigation t o determine How Kelly got the toy pistol. Or. Kerr praised the reaction by or. Celentano and Gerald Rice North Bay Deputy police chief to Kelly s action. Sally davits was of of Manitoba who took advantage of perfect tanning weather Over the Long Victoria Day hol iday. Sally found a spot in Assiniboine to sunbathe saturday while Ether City flocked to beaches and campgrounds throughout Manitoba. Please see More photos on Page 4. Castro s troops s leaving Angola the Martin gym past Stockholm cuban Premier Fidel Castro has told swedish Premier Olof palme that cuban troops Are being withdrawn from Ango la at a systematic weekly rate a key aside to palme disclosed monday night. By the end of the year the cuban Leader wrote his forces in Angola will be reduced the letter delivered by special messenger to palme a few Days ago specified the number being pulled out each week but the number was t revealed. The contents of Castro s letter were passed to United states Secretary of state Henry Kissinger who was Here monday for talks with palme. If the letter is accurate and swedish officials can think of no conceivable Rea son for deception it holds out the Promise of relaxed tensions at several Points on the Globe. Washington was consider ing a resumption of Diplo Matic relations with Cuba until Havana sent troops to Angola. In addition washing ton has been deeply concerned Over uie possibility that the estimated cubans might be sent to sup port liberation movements in Rhodesia Namibia and ultimately South Africa. According to swedish officials familiar with the Mes Sage Castro wrote that the cubans Aren t going to be "20th centry he said he has no intention of sending them elsewhere i t h e r in Africa or latin America. Today focus dealing juvenile violence some kids pick things up very quickly. Page 20. For people new learning Centre stimulates children with problems. Page 35. Sports High flying jets meet Houston tonight for game three but without Ted Green. Page 53. Inside Bridge classified 21-33. 46-51 comics crossword 7 deaths Horoscope 37 Jumble 21 movies 2 television 10 nearly everyone reads the free press n total cily 7oni the ministry is very appreciative of the prompt response of Deputy chief Rice and his men and the Assis Tance provided by newsman Don said or. Kerr. He said Kelly has been placed in another cell in the disassociation Ward. Kelly was sentenced april 23 to two concurrent terms of life imprisonment for the 1969 shooting deaths of Carol Mac Williams 20. And her brother in Law Jack Mac Wiliams 27. He is scheduled to appear in court wednesday on 28 other charges including abduction and unlawfully escaping custody. During his trial in april on charges of murder punishable by life imprisonment Kelly was described by Crown attorney John Greenwood As an emotional deranged thug. Milk decision coming thursday by John Sullivan free press staff writer a decision on last month s application by milk processors and producers seeking a raise of eight cents a quart in retail milk prices will be announced thursday by the Manitoba milk control Noaim. Board administrative Secretary Steve Dorey said tuesday a decision on the application has been made and will be announced at a press conference thursday morning in the City Centre hotel. But spokesmen for All major Winnipeg dairies and milk producers said tuesday they Haven t been told of any decision on their application and had t been informed of the impending Board announcement. At a control Board meeting in m i d a p r i 1, Winnipeg dairies asked for a retail Price increase of Between 6.3 and 6.5 cents a quart to cover increased processing costs. About four cents of this was needed to return the spread Between raw milk costs and the dairies Selling Price to july 1974 Levels and see milk Page 4 rationing bad judgment9 toilet Roll crisis proves tissue thin Newark . A there s no toilet paper crisis at Sussex Avenue elementary school the Board of Edu cation says. The school s principal Herbert Johnson used bad judgment in ordering the rationing of toilet paper at the school a spokesman for the Board said monday night. The situation came to Light when Johnson earlier in the Day rejected a janitorial Supply firm s offer of Rolls of tissue. Melvin Hantman of Abram . Inc., the Supply firm said he was angered by a newspaper report that toilet paper was being rationed at the Sussex Avenue school on Johnson s orders. So Hantman said he loaded a truck with Rolls of toilet paper Ted tried to give them to the school. Johnson rejected the offer so Hantman said he gave the Rolls to passersby near the school. Issuing the order was bad judgment on principal Johnson s a school Board spokesman said. We do not have a toilet paper crisis in our he said. Even if we had to Send an emergency shipment we would not limit the amount of toilet paper anyone would Johnson reached at the school earlier monday denied that toilet paper had Ever been rationed. But a May 14 letter addressed attention All person Nel and written by the principal said due to a serious shortage in our system and school of toilet paper the following will be in effect until further notice from the administration. The Type of paper that we Are receiving at this time is not the Roll kind but the folded kind. Classrooms and special programs will receive from the head custodian a pack of toilet paper for use when needed. Classroom teachers will give their pupils two folds when they go to the bathroom. Adults will take their folds with them when they go to the restroom. Please use with care and do not waste we May never receive another Johnson did t comment on his memo. Tel Aviv blast kills 2 Tel Aviv a a suit Case exploded at Israel s Ben Gurion Airport today and officials said at least two per sons were killed by the blast. An unknown number of per sons were wounded. Wit Nesses reported eight or nine persons injured by shattered Glass when windows in the terminal burst from the Force of the blast. Several of the wounded were carried out on stretchers. Ambulance sirens wailed through the streets of Tel Aviv 10 Miles from the air port. A second explosion was heard shortly after the first blast. Security agents said police had found a second bomb and detonated it in a nearby Field. S w a r m s of paramilitary Border police sealed off the Airport and a military Heli copter flew above the build ing. A woman Security agent said she saw flames in part of the i building. I think a suitcase explode said mrs. Batya Cohen a Tel Aviv housewife who was waiting for her husband at the Airport. There was a pile of baggage in front of Glass partition and suddenly the partition broke in a million it was the same Glass Wall that was blasted three years ago when a three Man Japa Nese suicide squad working for Arab guerrillas killed 26 persons in the the Airport Ter Minal. Confiscation of unearned land profits urged Ottawa up govern ments in Canada should con f i s c a t e unearned Windfall profits by land speculators in order to reduce housing costs says a report released today by the Canadian habitat secretariat. Moreover if runaway land prices Are to be controlled in major Urban centres such As Toronto Vancouver and Ottawa governments should move to break the Monopolis tic control that a few major developers have in those cities to ensure that find conies on to the Market at a faster rate. The Canadian secretariat is composed of Federal govern ment employees responsible for the operation of the con Ference and its physical set up. The 100-Page report re leased by Urban affairs min ister Barney Danson notes that speculation in itself does not directly increase the Price of land because of the Large number of individuals involved and their inability to influence significantly the direction of growth in Urban areas. Bui where vacant land is held by a few they can re lease it a Little at a time in order to keep prices up. Governments do not escape blame for increased prices. The report says that reluctance on the part of local governments to accept new div e i o e n t car. Result in drawn out approval proce dures that restrict Supply and increase prices. The minimum development approval time in Toronto and Ottawa is is months and in Vancouver nine months. This compares with three months in Calgary and Regina where a new detached House Cost in 1d74. In Toronto it was g 5 0 0 0 in Ottawa and in Vancouver. S50.000. In Montreal and Hull. Que. Across the River from see report Page 4 ;