Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 31, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free press. Monday May 51, 1976 Waldheim issues warning As habitat about to begin merits for god s Sake slow the symposium members also forecast violent upheavals if the wealthy countries such As Canada do not share their riches with the poorer countries. Twenty per cent of the world s population lives in developed countries and owns 75 per cent the world s wealth the document says. This division had not changed much in the last 20 years it adds. Unless there Are rapid changes the world May be continue faced with widespread Vio Lence in the hungry eight the statement says. The symposium recommendations Are similar to a in draft document of general principles which will be Dis cussed at the conference. Or. Strong said the symposium demands Are intended to reinforce the in draft document so that it will not be diluted during discussion in the next two weeks. Like the in draft state m e n to the symposium members backed control of land use and demanded the Community get the unearned increment from land the Canadian position is understood to be that a proposal to tax land profits is too extreme As it would find considerable opposition in Cana Dian society. While the official in con Ference begins today with seeks food Aid listed As displaced persons is complicated because there is a shortage of trucks to haul food and other Relief supplies into the Bac country and the roads in the North Are in poor condition after the War. And Airlift was discussed and rejected As impractical ports in the North capable of because there Are few air ports in the North capable of taking heavy transport planes and because of the High Cost involved these officials said. The government has been exploring the possibility of chartering at least one dc-6 transport to Fly food from the South however where it is still relatively plentiful to other parts of the country suffering from a shortage of Staples including the capital. Continued i the angolan government has made a preliminary As s e s 5 m e n t of the refugee problem and provided the following estimates to in agencies refugees outside Angola including 400 000 in Zaire and in Zambia displaced persons from the civil War inside the country and refugees from former portuguese fortified peace Vil Lages. An angolan Relief official said the number of displaced persons was probably considerably More than the official estimate because there Are still a lot of people living in the forests or away from their Homes but we Don t know How the government s first con Cern is taking care of the the country. Only after their food and housing needs Are resolved will the repatriation of the refugees abroad begin the official said. A plan for the eventual repatriation of tree Refu gees in Zaire is being worked out Between the angolan and Zaire governments with the help of the u n High com Mission for refugees. So far the Only assistance National Community has been a recent donation of 62 tons food Medicine and school materials by Unicof. Discussions of additional Aid Are under Way Between angolan authorities and various in agencies including the High commission for refugees. Panic sweeps Romania after invasion rumours Vienna Reuter to mania was swept by rumours of an imminent soviet in Vasion after a sudden Call up of military reservists earlier this month diplomatic sources said saturday. The rumours accompanied by panic buying of Oil sugar and other goods started be cause a Call up for regular summer exercises was not announced in Advance. Some reservists were even summoned in the Middle of t h e night apparently to make the operation More realistic the sources said. But foreign military specialists detected no sign of unusual troop movements in dict Iii a real crisis in to mania s often tense relations with Moscow. X Konstantin Kate Shiv soviet communist party Secre tary in charge of relations with other ruling communist parties arrived in Bucharest on Friday for a visit apparently linked with plans for a european communist conference. Sources said popular nervousness in Romania s tightly controlled society probably explained the rumours and there were no official hints of unease. Romania s communist leadership concerned about protecting its Independence likes to keep opinion at Home and abroad discreetly aware of the Distant threat of soviet intervention. President Nicolae causes Cus strongly nationalistic policies in economic military and ideological Fields have frequently led him into conflict with the Kremlin. The latest irritant in the Moscow Bucharest r e 1 a tons help has been a soviet Campaign to boost the idea o f proletarian internationalism among communists. This traditional concept has been expanded to include socialist internationalism among communist ruled countries an idea opposed by the romanians. Statements from governor general Jules Leger prime minister Trudeau and other world leaders an unofficial parallel meeting has been under Way for several Days Here. Between 10.000 and persons Are expected to at tend this parallel conference called habitat forum which will end the same Day As the main conference. Non governmental organi z a t i o n s attending habitat forum Are hoping to in fluence debate in the main conference. As various dignitaries arrived during the weekend including mexican president Luis Echeverria the ramp was faced with a major Security headache. An ramp official said some delegations were hotel hopping making it impossible to keep track of them. The official conference is supposed to stay away from Touchy political matters but already chilean and pales Tinian refugee groups have said they will seek discussion of their problems at the con Ference. The Palestine liberation organization delegation was reported to have tried to move to a More modern hotel but was twice turned Down. The cuban and egyptian delegations Are also understood to have sought other accommodation. The ramp is also concerned because identification tags for delegates and report ers do not earn pictures meaning anyone can pick up a stray tag and enter restricted areas. As the weekend Drew to a close the 71-member Canad an delegation broke into com Mittee to Deal with the Agenda behind closed doors. Urban affairs minister bar Ney Danson said the Canad an delegation will propose that All audio visual material presented Here by foreign countries be stored at the University of British Colum Bia s newly created Centre on human settlements. Strike vote furore erupts continued defence minister James. Richardson left enjoys a laugh with Tom f. Williams. 90, As the pair examines some of the rules for flying old open cockpit aircraft. The occasion was a reunion in Winnipeg of first world War pilots. Or. Williams flew in two squadrons and brought Down 16 enemy aircraft. Rule no. 9 learn to gauge Altitude especially on Landing. Rule no. 14 pilots will not Wear spurs while flying. Ford seeks Summit meet on International problems prices meet planned Washington a cuter president Ford has invited several others Heads of government to hold a Summit meeting with him soon on International problems. Ford administration officials said sunday. The officials plans Are to hold the Summit somewhere in the Caribbean before mid August when the Republican party chooses its candidate for the november United states presidential election. The Summit is Likely soon after the last primary elections june 8, the officials . The first hint of the meet ing came in the current Issue of Newsweek Magazine which quotes White House aides As denying the talks will be held to enhance Ford s political fortunes. The president is locked in a tight race with former Cali Gan for the Republican nomination. Most political analysts believe neither Man will win it on the first ballot at the party s convention in Kansas City to. Asked about the projected Summit White House spokes Man Larry up cakes said we have nothing to an his comment was the Stan Dard formula used the White House does not want to reveal plans still being made. Other officials said plans Are being made for the sum Mit. It was not immediately known which world leaders have been approached by Ford. The president had hoped to visit the Middle East in april or May but tentative plans fell through when it became Clear that no further Progress was possible in resolving the Arab israeli conflict in a . Presidential election year. Leather boat following Saint across Atlantic Donegal Ireland a the leather boat Brendan with its Crew trying to prove that an Irish Saint May have used such a vessel to sail to America 900 years before co 1 u m b needs a photographer. The English skipper Histo Rian Tim Severin said Satur Day he is looking for a Good sailing photographer to re place Peter Mullet on the five Man Crew. Mullet a 33-year-old Lon Doner who is a experienced navigator and was the official photographer for the voyage pulled a muscle when the Craft was off aran Island county Donegal. He was brought ashore during a Brief Stopover at this port and a doctor said he needs at least two weeks of rest. Severin told reporters that he and the three other Crew members will Row on to Lona Island off Western Scotland and Hope a replacement for Mullet would join them there. They left from Southwest Ern Ireland May 17 with bos ton mass., As their final destination. Their 36-foot cow hide Craft has twin Masta and four oars. Severin claims that such a primitive boat could have been used by the Irish Monk St. Brendan to reach America in the sixth Century. During the journey from aran Island to Donegal the boat was blown 100 Miles out to sea Severin said put we Ahvay managed to get Back safely toward the Brendan has a radio but Severin said it is used As Little As possible to avoid dependence on others. Envoy s daughter tells of kidnapping ordeal countries had opposed the fund. No explanation was made for the switch in plan but it was Clear that such a state ment would have provoked an angry reaction from develop i n g countries which Piatt sought a firm commitment to the fund. The endorsement of the commodity fund was the last of three defeats for the United states during the final ses Sion. Earlier a plan for an inter National resources Bank presented in a major policy speech by . State Secre tary Henry Kissinger was Defeated in a Roll Call vote. The proposal to give Early consideration to the Bank was submitted by Belgium on be half of the non communist Industrial countries and was Defeated by 33 votes to 31 44 abstentions and 45 absent. The purpose of the Bank would have been to stimulate the output of raw materials b y channelling Large scale private investment into High Cost resource projects such As mining in the third world. Pollution choking people to death specialist says Montreal tre Alcris Are slowly choking to death from pollution an environmental specialist told the inaugural meeting of a citizens planning commission during the weekend. Prof. Fred Knelman of con Cordia University told the citizens committee on the future of Montreal the incidence of deaths caused by cancer Here is increasing so rapidly that by the year 2000 there will be As Many cancer related deaths in Montreal As there Are now for the whole country. He said it was up to citizens to Force authorities into re thinking policies adding we could make the City an ecological Model. No one is in control any More conventional solutions no longer prof. Knelman who is con ducting a government sponsored study on the of pollution said that with More efficient use of Energy to Light and heat Homes consumption could be reduced by one half and make the Homes More comfortable in the Montreal consumes 10 per cent of All Energy used in Canada he said and one downtown office building. Place Ville Marie uses As much Energy the City of trois rivieras. It s he said. We have to shake off this live now pay later approach to Energy use if we Are to sur Vive for the commission organized by the save Montreal anti pollution group heard from about 30 architects housing experts and specialists in pol Lution studies. Organizers complained that Montreal is one of the few major North american cities which does not have an advisory group on Urban planning and the commission was organized they said in response to the City s refusal to initiate a Public planning committee. Duties rights of citizens to be spelled out in India Mexico City a the belgian ambassador s 16-year-old daughter ransomed for said she feels Fine but during her four Day kidnapping the feeling of being closed in bothered n a d i n e Cha Val was re leased late saturday night by leftist guerrillas who took her from her father s limousine tuesday As a chauffeur was driving her to school. The kidnappers apparently had planned to Kidnap the ambassador but he was not in the car that morning. Nadine Chavalis Fine. She slept very Well last night and right now she s enjoying a Glass of said the girl pretending to be an employee at the embassy Whyna reporter called sunday. After admitting her identity she said of her or Deal pay authors International. Peace card in on the Manitoba North Dakota Bor Der up Canadian authors should be paid More for their work or. Samuel Rothstein told Manitoba librarians Here saturday. But he said charging the Public at libraries or schools for using the writers products is not the Way to do it. New Delhi a a leaders of prime minister Indira Gandhi s Congress party has for Mally endorsed a proposal to include in India s Constitution a statement specifying the duties of Indian citizens along with their rights. In a speech to Congress party leaders before the endorsement saturday m r s Gandhi said she favors changes in the Constitution to spell out an Indian s fundamental obligations and the proposal said those duties Are to include Suste Nance of the Unity and integ Rity of the country action in accordance with the Constitution and Laws of the land maintenance of discipline in every sphere performance of Public duties and safeguard ing of Publ property. Any such changes will have to be approved by Parlia ment. But Congress party Ensor so men makes virtually cer Tain the Constitution will soon be changed since the party controls parliament with bet Ter than a two thirds majority. Rights have no meaning it a citizen has no responsibilities or duty to the nation and the mrs. Gandhi said in her speech. Day vote be declared invalid. The company says it has reason to Buwe the voting was t in accordance with the labor relations act which requires strike votes by written ballots cast in such a manner that a person voting cannot be identified with the ballot he casts and no person can Tell whether any person voting for or against a the company also asked the Union to rescind its Deci Sion to strike at Midnight monday so that the employees could vote in accordance with the act but at the same time it began to shut Down operations. Murdoch Mackay chair Man of the Manitoba labor Board said in a Telephone interview monday the Board would hear an application on the vote As quickly As Possi ble. He had Only heard news reports of the company s application and had t yet re c e i v e d any official Docu ments. By Law. The Union could have a week to file a reply once the documents of the application were served on it. Or Mackay said. But time is tight in this he said referring to the tuesday strike deadline. In similar situations in the past the Board has held hearings within one or two Days. In this Case or. Mac Kay did t Rule out the possibility of the going to Thompson where the Evi Dence rank and file workers vented their feelings on or. Stevens and or. Hudson sat urday afternoon in a 2vi-hour phone in show on radio Sta Tion chem the Way that Union meet ing was conducted was t democratic and if this continues we May have to look for another one caller commented. Another Man said if you want a Good solid strike against the anti inflation Board you have to have a Good solid majority. All you be got now is most callers complained that acoustics and noise in the c. A. Nesbitt Arena Fri Day were so bad that it was impossible to hear. Some claimed Union members wanting to speak against the strike had time get Ting near microphones. One Man wanted to know Why his motion requesting a postponement of the vote until a new company propos Al could be studied was never voted on although it was duly seconded. A number of callers said they were Able to hear and go t the information they needed before voting. Many complained that men were surrounded by people As they marked their ballots. A Miner who voted against the strike said no one directly influenced Ine while i was voting but in that Atmo sphere i kept my ballot close to my Chest As i marked a general complaint was that the company s new proposal based on the revised anti inflation Board ruling was never clearly presented either in writing or Over the Public address system and that there was not time to digest it. The proposal offered an 80 cent an hour increase in the first year of the three year contract compared with 90 cents in the original agree ment negotiated last february. All other benefits in the original agreement would re main intact except improve ments to the pension plan which would be delayed until the second year. Forest Way had been closed since thursday. No property damage has been reported from the fire in the last iwo Days. The ministry said a ave fire in the Minaki area about 40 Miles North of Ken Ora was being held sunday. Some of the 80 firefighters in the area were working to Clear the Centre of the fire from which about 24 cottage owners have reported losses. New or. Latiece said variable wind directions and hot dry weather continued to cause p r o b 1 e m s for firefighters. When winds change suddenly firefighters must reorganize tactics to adjust to the new direction he said. Weather officials said they expect variable winds and warm weather to continue for the next few Days. On saturday Ontario re sources minister Leo Bernier toured the two fire areas and said the Ignace fire would give the ministry a mor anxious Days. The minister said at a press conference that about cords of potential marketable Wood have been destroyed in the Ignace fire. He also said ministry re ports indicate that a car Crew May have been responsible for the fire in the Minaki area which started near rail Way tracks. Or. Keith Reynolds Deputy said Tho car May be charged with costs for fighting the Minaki fire. Car officials in Winnipeg have denied responsibility for the Blaze. A car statement Friday said a full investigation into the cause of the five would exonerate the railway. Or. Reynolds said it is Cost ing the government about a Day to fight All Forest fires burning in the province. The ministry re ported 48 fires burning Sun Day. Meanwhile efforts by 20 residents of the Indian Village of Deer Lake and the opera Tor of a nearby tourist resort resulted in the successful control of another fire not reported until saturday a ministry spokesman said. The five in a 20-Acve area about 200 Miles North of Ken Ora Stav cd Friday but was not observed by detection aircraft the spokesman said. He said Al Johnston owner of Deer West Lodge and the native population of the Vil Lage fought the five until Sun Day when they reported to the ministry it was under control. Colin Williams fire control supervisor for the area said or. Johnston and the Resi dents fought with limited re sources and were continuing to pal vol the area and handle clean up operations. Lie said residents were Able to control the five because Many were trained or experienced auxiliary fire fight tvs for the ministry ;