Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 1, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weather sunny High 28 c Sun rises . Ids Moon rises . Seti a " details Page 2 Winnipeg free press v final edition vol. Us no. 210 tuesday june 1, 1976 15 cents 25c with coloured Comici business practice controls proposed Ottawa up a new Board with Broad Powers to control business practices and a Legal right for con Sumers to Start class actions against companies Are re commended to the govern ment in two outside reports published monday. The reports were prepared for the consumer and Cor p o r a t e affairs department and contain proposals to be included in the second stage of revisions to Federal com Bines Law. The reports recommendations Are not Federal policy the consumer and corporate affairs department says. But they Are being considered while legislation is drafted for introduction in the commons Likely later this year. The main report a complicated 360-Page document was prepared by a five Man com Mittee appointed in 1975 and headed by economist Lawrence Skeoch. A subsidiary report calling for the right to Start class actions for violations of the combines investigation act was prepared mainly by prof. Neil Williams of Toronto. The government won Pas Sage for stage one revisions to combines Laws tightening provisions against misleading advertising and bringing ser vice industries like real estate and insurance As Well As goods producing companies under combines regulation late last year. Most of the changes become effective Jan. 1. The main report published monday recommends against detailed government intervention in the Economy. The government s record it says in managing regulated Indus tries does not engender Confidence in the claim that it should assume a major role in economic decision making for the Economy As a the report on class actions says this right could be added into the combines Law to enable Consumers or Small businessmen to recover dam Ages for violations of the combines investigation act. In a class action All con Sumers who have suffered damages because a fraudulent business practice Are entitled to compensation with out each suing the company. While recommending against excessive government control of the Economy the main report says there is a need for a new body which it Calls the National markets Board with Broad civil Powers to regulate some Busi Ness practices. This Board would replace the existing restrictive Trade practices commission a n d could make orders affecting proposed mergers monopoly Trade practices misuses of Market Power Price Dis Crimi see business Page 4 lightning starts 21 fires by the Canadian press lightning caused 21 new fires overnight in the general area of the fire still burning out of control in the Valora Region of North Western Ontario. Adrian Vanfraassen. An official of the ministry of Natu ral resources said today six of the fires Are in the Ignace area seven in the Sious look out area seven near red Lake and one near Kenora. Or. Vanfraassen said All Are Small fires and Are not Likely to spread to the main Blaze at Valora 140 Miles East of Kenora. One of the fires in the red Lake area 150 Miles North East of Kenora is near the Pikangikum Indian Reserve and or. Vanfraassen said there Are reports that one building has been threatened but there Are no plans to evacuate the Reserve. He said the indians at the Reserve with the help of an experienced firefighter arc trying to control the fire. He said he did not know How Many indians arc on the re serve. Air bombers were brought in immediately and managed to hold the new fires in chock. Or. Vandra Abson said. Only Light showers accompanied the lightning and temperatures today Are forecast to Range Between 25 and 30 c. With no rain in sight. The main fire started May at wintering Lake about 15 Miles South of Valora and the dry weather contributed to its spread through 75 Square Miles of Spruce Jack Pine Balsam and air Trees. By Bob Lowery free press Northern reporter Thompson steel workers Here were scheduled to vote tuesday afternoon on whether to go along with mediation efforts by premiered Schreyer and again a peal the Rollback of their wage settlement with Inco limited. Meanwhile a group of about 100 Wildcat pickets blocked the main Entrance to the Inco Complex preventing any members of the United steelworkers o f America local 6166, from going to work. Martin president of the local called an outdoor mass meeting for 1 . At the Thompson Ball Park to discuss or. Schreyer s proposal. Secret balloting was to follow Between 2 . And 8 . At the recreation Centre. Monday night the is member Council of the Union decided to accept or. Schreyer s suggestion that the Union Appeal to the Feder Al Cabinet for help in its fight with the Federal anti inflation Board. In a Tele Gram delivered at 7 ., the Premier offered to set up and attend a meeting with prime minister Trudeau. Thus the strike planned for Midnight seemed to have been averted. But when Union members turned up for work tuesday see vote Page 4 evils of inflation cited in curbs test prime minister Trudeau and renowned United states architect inventor and Futurist Buckminster Fuller Chat while one of the Vancouver aquarium s two killer whales is put through its paces monday. More than 2.000 Habi Tat delegates dignitaries and diplomats joined or. Trudeau at an evening reception for those involved in the in conference on human settlements. A number of Federal Cabinet ministers were also in attendance. Violence forecast if Rich nations fail the poor As a United nations conference began in Plush surroundings. M e x i c a n president Luis Echiverria delivered a Stern warning to the world s Rich nations the poor countries or face violent consequences. Or. Echiverria said to be interested in the in Secre tary general s Job said in a speech at the opening ses Sions of the habitat Confer ence that this largest in meeting Ever must not Settle into the usual comfortable diplomatic rut. If habitat is like other re cent International gatherings with decisions taken before hand 1 and Only minor Progress delegates will be assuming responsibility for leaving millions of poor peo ple without Hope he said. Or. Echeverria said that efforts by industrialized nations to manipulate the agony of Peoples to finance the eco nomic recovery of countries that have for so Long lived in abundance shows a Lack of foresight that can Only Lead to the gravest consequences. His speech was by far the toughest in a series of open ing addresses by world Lead ers like in Secretary general Kurt Waldheim and prime minister Trudeau to delegates from 11g countries at the 12-Day human Settle ments conference. Or. Echeverria struck at what he said was the industrialized world s unsympathetic reaction to a third world proposal for a common fund to finance commodity Buffer stocks. The United nations Confer ence on Trade and develop ment Unstad approved a Resolution monday calling for further negotiations on the common fund proposal next March. Major industrialized countries had opposed the fund but decided at the last minute not to make a state ment reserving the right not take part in the negotiations in March. Or. Echeverria said the developed world s reluctance to make concessions to help the poor nations must Slop. The subsistence of this state of affairs endangers peace and is destined to end in violence that will bring about an Era of authoritarianism and internal colonialism and unfair International economic relations condemned people in undeveloped countries to poverty he said. The in must adapt to the changed world where the Large numbers of underdeveloped countries arc clamor for. A bigger voice he said. The alternative was to administer an antiquated system that has been out stripped by Ottawa up the Legal test of Federal anti inflation controls opened in the supreme court of Canada Mon Day with Ottawa and Ontario arguing that inflation had be come a serious threat to the National Economy by last Lall. It had developed into an evil of National proportions comparable to a fall in the purchasing Power of the Ca Nadian Dollar Toronto lawyer j. J. Robinette argued for the Federal government. The integrity of our cur Rency is obviously a matter of serious National he said. He was trying to drive Home Ottawa s Point that inflation was enough of Tina tonal emergency to warrant the sweeping anti inflation act. Which places the country under wage and Price controls until dec. 3.1. Ontario attorney general Roy Mcmurtry agreed but said Ontario s position should not be construed As support ing any new restrictions on the the nine Man court will de cide the constitutionality of the act and of the Ottawa on Tario agreement placing the province s Public servants under the wage jurisdiction of the Federal anti inflation Board. The Federal argument is that its anti inflation actions were justified under the peace order and Good government provision of the Brit ish North America act. Thai act the country s Constitution outlines the Powers of the Federal and provincial governments. Alberta and the Canadian labor Congress Csc Are expected to argue later in the hearing that a National Emer gency did not exist and that the act is unconstitutional. They say it interferes with provincial Powers under the ban act. National air strike averted but language split lingers Ottawa up a National strike by air traffic controllers was averted monday night but the split in the controllers Union Over the language Issue remained. The controllers voted 70.2 per cent nationally in favor of the latest offer from the fed eral Treasury Board but que Bec controllers were Only 38.8 per cent in favor of the one year pact. The controllers had scheduled a National strike for Midnight monday night but the executive of the Canadian air traffic control Assoc a t i o n reached a tentative agreement with the govern ment on a new contract last week. Jim Livingston the association s National president announced results the ratification vote to reporters min u t c s before the Midnight deadline. He denied suggestions by reporters that the major Issue for the controllers was Rac ism against French speaking controllers. I think this was a vote on aviation in Winnipeg support for the government wage offer see air Page 4 housing project proposed to City by Baum by Ron Campbell free press Urban reporter Baum development Cor p o r a t i o n Ltd. Proposed a n i t housing develop ment in Southwest Winnipeg at civic environment commit tee monday. Committee referred the proposal to Community committees in Assiniboine Park fort Garry and fort Rouge for comment. Baum s proposed site is a 930 acres bounded by Wilkes a venue Waverley Street today finance Detroit is racing on different roads in the development of engine. Page 23. Focus How can a popular recreation area be protected from its own Success Page 28. Sports Backbone of the roughriders George Reed retires after Brilliant career. Page 41. Inside Bridge classified comics crossword deaths Horoscope Jumble movies television 29-10, 46-51 22 17 you r 17 32 -1 is nearly everyone reads the free press total cily zone Mcgillivray Boulevard Ken Aston Boulevard and the in rail line. The City owns 250 acres of it. Mainly in a North South Centre strip. A Small City holding is in the Southwest Corner. Also in the median strip is 70 acres of Small private holdings and 66- acres owned by q u a 1 i c o developments Ltd., which Baum says favors the proposal. Baum owns the bulk of the land 570 acres. Sec Baum Page 4 syrians enter Lebanon Beirut a about syrian troops with 150 tanks crossed Lebanon s East Ern Border today and began disarming lebanese moslem and palestinian the palestinian command re ported. Beirut newspapers said an other syrian Force of troops with 65 tanks invaded Northern Lebanon to Stop moslem attacks on the besieged Christian towns of i boat and Andret. In the Akbar Region. Palestinian and syrian sources in Beirut speculated that syrian president Hafez Assad Vas starting an All out attempt to impose order in Lebanon and end the 14 month old civil War. However no syrian troops were seen in Beirut and there was no Independent confirmation of the reports of syrian troop operations. Some palestinian sources said they have information Assad plans to Send As Many As troops into Lebanon tee big Page 4 Mac May extend tantalum shares the Manitoba development corporation which owns 25 per cent of the shares of tantalum mining Corpora Tion s Bernic Lake develop ment is considering buying International Chenalloy corporation s shares develop ment corporation chairman Sydney j. Parsons said Mon Day. Chenalloy s 50.1 per cent share is in the hands of a receiver. Or. Parsons told the Mani Toba legislature s economic development committee that although acquisition of Che Malloy s share in t Neces sary at present it May be if the receivership continues for years. He said the possibility has Only been Dis cussed by the development corporation. Purchase of Kawecki see Mac Page 4 faulty kettles sold in Winnipeg stores Debbie King a chambermaid who found Worth of jewelry left behind by Johnny Cash s wife june Carter now is Richer. She found the jewelry last tuesday and Friday received a Cheque for a thank you letter from miss Carter and a copy of or. Cash s Book. The Man in Black. Several Winnipeg depart ment stores Are Selling kettles declared by the Canad an standards Assoc a to be hazardous. The association said last week that As a result of cer t a i n defects in manufacturing a number of the elec tric kettles have exploded or caused electric Shock. The kettles Are identified by the Trade names Jubilee lady Ascot lady Brent Wood or no Trade name and a plate on the Kettle base bearing Model number 10 or 11, the Cha Monogram and or 26791. A Telephone Check of a number of Winnipeg depart ment stores revealed that woolco and Kmart stores Are carrying the kettles under the store Brand name. Winnipeg woolco stores received official notice of the recall from their head office late Friday and All the kettles were removed by Satur Day Kmart stores in Winnipeg had received no notice of the recall As of tuesday. Several the stores Are still Selling the kettles and will continue to do so until they receive official notice while others have removed the kettles voluntarily until they receive further notice. Eaton s had been Selling see faulty Page 4 Kensington. My. A Daniel Gearhart a 34-year-old Vietnam Veteran left his wife four children and a mounting stack of Bills last february to fight for pro waste in forces in Angola s civil War. After less than a week in the War gear Hart disappeared. His whereabouts were a mystery until april 1 when the victorious soviet backed revolutionary government of Angola announced he had been captured. Gearhart and another captured Ameri can mercenary Gary Acker of Sacramento calif., arc scheduled to stand trial Juno 8 before a people s revolutionary Tribu Nal in Angola. And the . State depart ment says there is absolutely nothing the government can do to bail them out. Gearhart and Acker disappeared near the Zaire Border while fighting for the National front for the liberation of Angola in Kensington a suburb of Washington. D.c., Sheila Gearhart waited in her three bedroom Home for word of her husband s Fate. The Money he promised to Seivel never arrived so she applied for welfare. Since his return from Southeast Asia in where he sorted in the . Special forces Gearhart. Had fancied himself is an adventurer. He was a member of the Maryland National guard. His Hobby was skydiving. His civilian life however was not a Happy one. His most recent Job was maintaining cafeteria equipment at the National institutes of health in Beth soda my. To noticed each year he would become More and More Cense and would not communicate would not. mrs. Gearhart said. She took a part time Job to help with a pile of Hills that was piling up rapidly. Last summer Gearhart placed an and in Soldier of Fortune Magazine wanted employment us a mercenary on or Job contract basis preferably in South in Centra America hut Ity whore in the if you pay he wailed for an answer in december Gearhart started talking about Angola with his fellow guardsmen. He said there was big Money acc Cpl. James Hogg. A Friend recalled. I had read a lot about this Angola junk and i told him. You have got to be crazy or Bogg said. In january David Bufkin 3d, who claims 10 have been a Soldier of Fortune for 15 years said he spoiled Gearhart s application to be a mercenary in the Fla s Headquarters in Kinshasa Zaire. On Fob. 3. Gearhart called his wife at work and told her he was leaving the see mercenaries Page 4 ;