Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 2, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weather sunny High 2, Low -5 Sun Clits sets Moon . Sets details Page j Winnipeg free press vol. 84 no. Tuesday november 2, 1976 15 cents with coloured comics final edition Clear skies give Edge to Carter in election finale Ford string finish Washington up contrary to pollsters predictions americans turned out in heavy numbers today in a voter preference appeared deadlocked Between pres ident Ford and challenger Jimmy Carter. Long lines were reported at polls in Massachusetts North Carolina. Pennsylvania Michigan Texas and at least a dozen other states. Sunny skies and Crisp autumn temperatures were reported across most of the United states. I be never seen anything like said a voting official in Waltham mass., a Bostc a. Suburb where voters were lined up before the 8 . Opening of polling places. How to follow . Election Page 15. Other coverage pages in one voting District in Dallas tex., an area of apartment complexes there were 250 persons in line when the polls opened at 7 . Unusually heavy voting reported in Alabama. Police cars had sent to polling places at schools in Bir Mingham because the voter traffic was so heavy children were having trouble getting to class. The voter turnout in new York City was astonishingly heavy the Board of elections reported. A democratic sur vey of Northern new York state areas indicated Early balloting was heavier than in 1972. The traditional political Wisdom is that a heavy voter turnout would favor demo Clear Page 4 Carter big Lead slips away he who fixes the tickets gets the votes in Chicago by Mike Royko chicane daily news Chicago the word has come Down from City Hall to the Ward Bosses and from the Ward Bosses to the hustling precinct captains never mind Jimmy Carter and you can forget about Mike Hewlett the democratic candidate for Illinois get de Egan elected As Cook county state s at Torney. And so when somebody like big Eddie Quigley sends his Gray Fedora army out into the 27th Ward their pockets filled with Bills fur and the ghetto vote they will be purchasing support fur Egan not for some Peanut picker from Georgia who wants to be president. The machine knows what its Priori ties Are. That s something the network pontificator never grasp when they talk about How Daley will deliver the Vole. They actually believe the machine to concerned about delivering it for the presidential candidate because a presidential election being held. The the presidency somewhere near the office of Cook county recorder of deeds As far As political priorities i in Chicago. The candidate for president is important Only if he has Strong coattails for dragging along local candidates. Beyond that he is on his own. The machine is Happy to throw a Parade for somebody like Jimmy Carter. But it throws extra ballots into the Box for somebody like Egan. That s Why Egan is at the Tup of the ticket As far As the machine is concerned. Michael Hewlett already has been written off As a landslide loser so they won t waste Energy trying to make him look respectable in defeat. If Carter wins that s Nice too. But Washington is so far from the Bridgeport neighbourhood that Daly s kids can t even get the insurance cover age on the White House. To the machine the slates attorney is far More important than a president because the machine s number one priority is survival. They can survive Republican presidents most of whom get along pretty Well with Daley anyway. But it is harder to survive a Republican states attorney. That s always been the biggest fear of the Daley crowd a hostile Stales attorney who would bold office Long enough to begin unravelling the fascinating mystery of Bow wealth seems to Force Ruelf upon Chicago politicians. This requires two terms. It takes Al see be Pace parents., govt. Don t care9 Parent teacher federation going broke president says by Ritchie Gage the Home and school and Parent teacher federation of Manitoba will go broke at the end of november and the organization s president says neither parents nor the Manitoba government care. In an interview monday Sophie Gordon said there is left in the Bank with november s rent and office staff salaries still unpaid. Local Home and school associations buy memberships in the provincial body through their local As she explained. Federation is supposed to get so cents on the is but she said the parents won t buy memberships. They won t Contri Bute. We re having a Bard time convincing them we need Money to the organization has. About paid up members com pared with about four Yean ago she said. Mrs. Gordon said the prov Ince has always Given a Grant of to the federa Tion but she said More Money is needed. Our executive has t decided on now much we need but 1 feel we need Parent teacher organizations in other Canadian provinces get she said mrs. Gordon said former education minister Ben Han Uschak would not see the federation s executive about a larger Grant. However the new Educa Tion minister Ian Turnbull said he will see she said. Mrs. Gordon interviewed during the federation s Annu Al fall conference at the r. B. Russell vocation school called the turnout of 31 parents a disappointment. Parents show interest when the problem is in their she said. If they can t handle it they Call us. They Don t realize a Strong provincial body in Stead of Many separate groups which Don t communicate would be today finance United Grain growers enjoys Best financial year in history. Page 24. Focus . Election bodes change Lor business and defence. Page 30. Sports local ctr telecast sunday of Cal Gary Edmonton game irks Lunsford. Page 47. Inside Bridge comics classified crossword .13 31 32-44, 30-55 .28 deaths 5, 32 finance.24-27 Horoscope w Jumble 35 movies. 23 Sparts 45-4j television 21 nearly everyone reads the free press Tim item 1jm4j she said. Mrs. Gordon parents Don t join Home and school groups partly because they Are bored with education and also feel insecure about their ability to understand and help with their child s school is no longer a cup of Tea you can t leave everything up to the teacher. Teachers Are overworked. It s time that parents be came part of the education mrs. Gordon said there Are too Many other things to keep parents from getting involved in their children s de u c a t i o n Bingo favorite television programs and some Are working if parents wanted their children to read Well they should set an example she said. It s time for parents to opt in on their children s education instead of tuning while she admitted some Parent teacher groups have solved their problems she said the provincial body could move into areas which would Benefit from others experience. I m from a Well to do area. River Heights. The parents Are Active in the schools and there Are few problems. Maybe we can help in the Core she said. Golfers Jack Chester deft and Collin Beanie squeeze one More round of Golf in at the Canoe club course in Winnipeg before the Snow swirls. The pair who have played about 150 rounds this sum Mer enjoyed 13.3 degree weather somewhat below the photo by Gerry Cairns warmest nov. 1 on record 20.6 degrees in 1903. Today s Outlook Calls for mainly sunny skies and highs near 5. Winds will be brisk about 70 kilo metres per hour. Gale warn Ings have been issued for Lake Winnipeg Narrows. Forecast Low tonight is minus 5. Hundreds killed in Mozambique Salisbury up rhodesian government forces re turned from Mozambique today after a 36-hour invasion during which they killed hundreds of Black rhodesian guerrillas and destroyed seven guerrilla Camps Security sources reported. Casualties among the rho d e s i a n government forces were not known. Mozambique s Black government accused prime min i s t e r Ian Smith s White minority regime of a major military assault on an in dependent Sovereign it said its forces were battling fiercely to expel the in vaders. The rhodesian government said its forces were exercising the right of hot Pursuit of guerrillas who had been at tacking positions in Rhodesia. The zambian government newspaper accused Smith s government of trying to wreck the Geneva conference to negotiate the Transfer of Power to 6.4 million Blacks from the rhodesian Whites. It was the second major rhodesian attack inside Mozambique this year. The first was made in August after mortar fire from Mozambique killed four White Rhode Sian soldiers. Smith s govern Niento said its raiders killed 300 guerrillas. 30 mozambican soldiers and 10 civilians. The government of Mozambique said at least 618 persons were killed and said they were defenceless civilian men women and children. Quebec imports car fraud Mastermind fined the of a group Selling cars a Winnipeg with take odometer readings has been fined and four of his sales people Given either suspended sentences or conditional discharges. Bruno Jack Dau Dritch plea Deci guilty Friday in St. Boniface provincial judges court to 46 charges of fraud involving the Sale of cars misrepresented by rolled Back odometers paint jobs spraying and other body work. Judge Robert Trudel de scribed Dau Dritch monday As the brains behind a scheme to sell the cars brought in from Quebec. Judge Trudel said he agreed with Crown counsel George Dangerfield that the investment of Winnipeg peo ple who acted As salespeople for Dau Dritch was less serious. The publicity of course will certainly be embarrassing and i Hope it will be de Terrence enough so it will not be judge Trudel told the three men and one woman who pleaded guilty to fraud monday. Glen and Kathleen link of 351 Whyte Woid Road pleaded guilty to two fraud charges each and received six month conditional discharges. Joseph Gluey 960 Ashburn Street pleaded guilty to two charges of fraud and was Given a two year suspended sentence. Or. Dangerfield had not agreed to a conditional Dis charge for Gelly because tote Man had a criminal record. Raymond of 5w Johnson Avenue was Given a six month conditional Dis charge after pleading guilty to one fraud charge. Or. Dangerfield said that in each Case the fraud was worked in much the same Dau Dritch would bring the cars in from Quebec and get friends or acquaintances in Winnipeg to them through newspaper advertise ments. The cars would have had odometers rolled Back and surface repairs done to cover rust or damage. The sales Force would Tell prospective buyers that the car had belonged to either them or perhaps a relative none of those who appeared monday knew of the Roll backs court was told. Crown k to o r a e y Aimer Jacksteit said after the hear ing monday that charges against others involved in the scheme have either been stayed or Are still pending in some cases. Twenty four Winni Eggers including five couples were charged july 15 with 95 counts of fraud involving the Sale of used cars in Mani Toba. The charges were Laid after nearly 17 months invest t i g a t i o n by ramp which were part of a nation wide investigation in odometer altering. Ramp said the vehicles Nold in Winnipeg and throughout the province were not stolen but were brought into Manitoba from Quebec. Convictions from odometer tampering have been obtained in a provinces except Nova Scotia where St Are under investigation. Que. Hopes dim in Hydro dispute Montreal up _ an unlimited province wide strike by my Hydro Quebec workers made itself Felt quickly monday As about 112 Power failures left an is t i m a t e d customers across Quebec without electricity. With temperatures hovering around freezing the Public Utility reported a steady flow of Power failures after Hydro tradesmen technicians and office workers launched the strike Early in the morning and manned picket lines throughout the Day. Hopes for a Quick Settle ment to the 11-month contract dispute dimmed when Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa said the provincial govern ment supported the Hydro and Mii stration s refusal to accept return to work conditions set by the Canadian Union of Public employees speaking on a radio open line program the Premier blamed Union leaders for the Lack of Progress in negotiations which broke Down on the Issue of a return to work protocol last Friday. Or. Bourassa described As unacceptable Union demands that Hydro cancel plans to take court action against some employees who allegedly engaged in sabotage and Fiat the company pay them each in compensation for wage losses during a series of rotating walkouts Between last March and july. Bourassa facing language pressure Montreal up Liber Al Premier Robert Bourassa campaigning for the upcoming provincial election faced increased pressure monday to modify application of the official language act As it re lates to immigrant school children or possibly lose the powerful immigrant vote Here. Pressured by groups and individuals outside and within the party to restore Freedom for immigrant parents in choosing the language of instruction for their children the Premier said he would make an announcement on the act at a news conference later today. The party said education minister Jean Bienvenue solicitor general Fernand la Londe responsible for apply ing of the act and Therese Lavoie Roux former chair Man of the Montreal Catholic school commission would also attend. All four have so far resisted demands to change application of the act. Air. Bourassa said earlier he would not sue Cumb to ultimatums or be pushed into amending the legislation. Earlier monday the Ita Lian Canadian education Council had issued an Ultima Tum to or. Bourassa modify application of the Law before see Bourassa Page 4 Aib will Monitor rising Candy bar prices by Paul polonet the Penny Candy business has become a Nickel and dime Enterprise and the Prospect of the 23-cent Choco late bar did t alarm a hand Ful of Winnipeg store owners surveyed monday. Manufacturers Are expected to announce plans to raise chocolate bar prices to a Quarter from 20 cents owing to a doubling of Cocoa prices from last year and higher labor costs. The anti inflation Board mid monday however it plans to Monitor the Price of Candy bars. The written announcement issued one Day after Hallow e in said major Candy manufacturers have been re Quested to review their Cost increases with the Board prior to any Price the retailers surveyed Felt inflation of children s allow ances would keep Pace with higher Candy prices. Three store owners close to elementary schools Don t expect a drop in the noon hour and after school Trade if the Price goes up. Possibly by year end. Joe Landi who runs Wellington grocery at Wellington Avenue and Simcoe Street for his father said children often show up with As much As to spend on Candy. A kid came in one Day with and kept coming Back until he had it All or. Lindi said. He Felt volume would increase if manufacturers pushed smaller bars for a dime. Whenever he can get 10-cent bars they just this suggestion was repeated by a woman who along with her husband operates Martin s grocery at .487 Sargent Avenue. The woman who refused to be named said Candy makers usually increase bar sizes slightly when they raise the Price but they should hold prices and sizes Down. However she Felt people who patronize variety Ami convenience stores hardly Check the Price of articles they buy. They willingly pay a Premium for the convenience and then complain about inflation she said. This willingness to pay is Why we have inflation. It s she said. A clerk at Dominion Pood store at 946 Sargent said de Mand for Candy is High among schoolchildren from nearby Sargent Park school. She said children go in and spend up to although she sometimes teus them not to waste their Money on Candy. Owner Frank Albo echoed other owners who Felt the planned chocolate bar Price increase is a warning of Price increases in All Choco late products. Or. Albo like the others faces resignation. The manager of a 7-Ejeven store at Sargent and Arling ton Street did t think the in crease would Hurt business. If people want something they la pay for be said. And kids have As much Money to spend As anyone else. They get it one Way or another half of them steal ;