Winnipeg Free Press

Thursday, January 20, 1977

Issue date: Thursday, January 20, 1977
Pages available: 74
Previous edition: Wednesday, January 19, 1977

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 20, 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba F 4 Winnipeg free january lift Clark names 20member policy Council by Peter Thomson free press correspondent Ottawa progressive conservative Leader Joe Clark wednesday filled part of the Gap Between policy state ments and the next election by naming the personnel of a 20 member policy advisory the which includes six prominent the mayor of and people Well known is business or so Cial welfare will hold its first full fledged meeting this Clark said the councils function will be to develop innovative policy approaches to it will report through its Reva Gerstin of to Clark described the Council As an integral part of the progressive conserva Tive party process of preparation for forming a new Federal the Council includes five members of five members of various conservative and 10 outsiders who Are experts in various Clark said the Only re Striction in selection of outsiders was that they not be Active members of other poli tical replying to questions at a press Clark noted that Claude hyacinth a a member of the policy advisory the opposition Leader would say Little More about reports quoting Wagner As say ing he would consider quitting the party if his efforts to have some input into policy formulation continue to be frustrate Clark said he had not had an Opportunity to discuss the reports with Wagner at but added that As a member of the policy advisory Council and As chairman of the caucus committee on foreign Wagner has a prominent he said Wagner had been because of a to attend the party caucus yesterday morn matters would be discussed with and if there were problems they would meet the Clark was also questioned about recent criticisms by former prime minister John the new Leader Drew a Lauh As he said i try to restrain Dieter he added that he had a fruitful conversation with the former prime min ister monday 1 Antici Pate a if More Pri Access to a broader sector o Clark there might be better ways i h a n continuing with the he said he did not Antici Pate that the Council would to provided with research but hoped members would be Able to cause help from their Clark reiterated his position that he will not Rush into definitive positions on matters of National he said he would continue to have caucus members As Lias been done in the past to gain better understanding of members of the policy advisory named by were Reva nationally known psychologist and a member of the Ontario Council of univer sity former National director of the Canadian men t a 1 health a former member of provincial task and currently a member of the Board of directors of Inco Mcgraw Hill Ryerson and Avon products Reuben Ottawa executive director of the Ca Nadian Council of social development Connie Toronto chairperson of the economics department at Byerson col lege Calgary president of the University of Calgary and former Deputy minister of health in Alberta Louis Church Nova Scotia president of College Anne James Don Ontario director of policy and research for the Canad an federation of Independent Jacques Mon Treal partner in the Law firm of Par sons and president of the club de hockey Cana and an officer and director of a number of other companies David mayor of Toronto Peter Van Couver a chartered financial analyst president of Canad an venture fund and Vankann financial manage ment Gordon my for caucus chairman for Secretary of state and former attorney general of new Brunswick Alvin my for Quappelle Moose Mountain former minister of Northern National and minister of agriculture in the Diefenbaker government Geoffrey West mount Vic president of in engineering and planning and technology for Canadian International paper company Gerard Mon Treal chairman of the poli tical commission of the progressive conservative party of Quebec Don my for Vegreville caucus chairman o f government operations Treasury Jacques mayor of Sherbrooke Wayne White horse area teamsters Union local 213 Vic president of Yukon labor federation former representative of Public ser vice Alliance and former Al Derman in Whitehorse Gilles Quebec City president of the bar association of Quebec City Region senior partner in the Legal firm of Sirois and Lemieux Brenda Monc ton minister of new Brunswick Andy Vancouver student at the University of and Pas president of the British Columbia progressive conservative youth association and Claude my for Hyacinthe caucus chairman of external affairs former at Torne general and Justice minister of 190177 Arena pledged by City Council support such a the subcommittee but to build an Arena in View of the need for rationalisation in the Over expand de nil and be the subcommittee it recommended that the City undertake to provide an Arena Only when the league problems Are Over at wednesdays Council several councillors Felt that such an Assurance turn the City even then amounted to a Blank Che q u e As councillor Joe Lukea Lute election Cox Milter lord Selkirk put c o u u Magnus Eliason new democratic party Centennial said the recommendation left the City no escape motions that the City encourage construction of a privately owned Arena and that it build one itself were a motion by Muse Oshaughnessy Independent citizens election committee West Kudo Nau adding the condition of financial stability in any hockey franchise located Here was approved and added to the recommend scrap a1b or we Call a police association warns Toronto up the Ca n a d n police association said wednesday it will advocate strike action for police departments involved in con tract negotiations unless the Federal ant inflation Board is the association said in a statement that the Board should be removed immediately because it acts in an in consistent and arbitrary Man Ner when dealing with negotiated and arbitrated ments for association president Phil lip a Corporal from the police department in said in a news conference that police strikes Are a certainty i the Board continues its the men Are most unhappy Over Rotten deals from coast to coast and theres just so much they can Jamie soft said after Reading the approved ear Lier at an association meet police employed m neigh Boring municipalities who once enjoyed historical and contemporary relationships now Are subject to different wage the statement this has caused grave morale annoying our members and impairing our working it we Are loathe to take strike action As we have no desire to Hurt the people we Are sworn to protect but will have no alternative if the de Mand for Disso vement of the Board is Jamieson said that strikes might occur in on Tario and Alberta even though police in those provinces Are prohibited by Law from going on Joann of who in Washington for the inauguration of Jimmy Carter As president of the United stands in front of the reviewing Joann in Washington stand before today Joann ran As Carter in a mock election last Spring at Dakota collegiate she lost the election but won an invitation to attend the the free press paid her expenses to she will write about her experience for free press readers when she Tokyo Rose gets Pardon Chicago a now i have a government to protect said Iva Toguri Daquino after being cleared by president Ford of treason for her Tokyo Rose Broad casts during the second world after All these its hard for me to believe that its All Over and the Pardon is really said a 60year known to millions of wartime who spent More than six years in prison but consistently maintained her broadcasts did no harm to the Allied had lost two previous bids for a presidential the Pardon restores All her forfeited including Carter sworn in As 39th president couple rescued from car comte must the problem is caused by a co m b i n a t i o n of dryness and Little Snow dryness leads to shrinkage of the he which can shift the because of Little snowfall this a greater amount of Frost has penetrated the causing swelling of the because of the water from broken pipes int surfacing at the source of the break but flowing along underground and flooding he the flooded underpass created havoc for motorists and Traff police who supervised rerouting of North and southbound traffic on Pembina High northbound traffic was diverted along Jubilee Avenue to Osburne southbound traffic was diverted along Grant ave nue to Waverley and then Back to a spokesman for Winnipeg police traffic Divi Sion called the situation with Many reports of accidents coming none of the accidents of a serious fresh face in the old the american dream in we must once again have full Faith in our country in one stating that his inaugural t i o n symbolized a new spirt in the Carter cautioned that there Are limits restraining what he will be Able to we have Learned that More is not necessarily bet that even our great nation has its recognized and that we can neither answer All questions nor solve All we cannot afford to do nor can we afford to Lack boldness to meet the so in a spirit of individual sacrifice for the common we must Sim ply do our calling for a government that is both competent and Carter repeated Campaign promises continued to reduce unemployment and break Down racial and religious he also expressed the Hope that after his presidency it will be said he enabled our people to be proud of their own government once with president Gerald Ford seated near him on the step of the Capitol where he had sworn the oath of office moments Cartel began his address by stating for myself and for the a i want to thank my predecessor for All he has done to heal our if Carters speech was one of the briefest it Congress to hear pm Washington a p Jimmy Carters incoming administration has gained the approval o f congressional leaders for prime minister Trudeau to address the possibly in late february or Early House of representatives speaker 7homas Oneill said wednesday he had been asked by incoming vice president Walter Mondale to permit Trudeau and Mexico president Jose Lopez Portillo to address the joint houses of Oneill said he had granted permission but said he does not want other foreign Lead ers to disrupt was also one of the More modest rhetorical debuts for a new you have Pivon me a great stay close to to be worthy of and to exemplify what you he let us create together a new National spirit of Unity and your strength can compensate for my and your Wisdom can help minimize my a president May sense and proclaim that new he but Only a people can provide As Carter prepared to move into the White House later this Ford departed from Capitol Hill by military helicopter for nearby Andrews air Force for and Ford were to Fly to California where they have purchased a new retirement worst Winter in recent times puts squeeze on Economy years and the sys tems Arent designed to take this kind of there not designed to put enough Gas the Only he is to shut Down Industry and Commerce so Gas can keep flowing to residential i continued i the consequences threaten the nations business inventories a i e said a Commerce department if a retailer runs Hes got to replenish his but if he cant get anything because the suppliers were shut Down for Lack of then the retailer loses if you Dout have you have a smaller Gross National the Gnu measures the nations total output of goods and ser this gloomy prediction of lost production was disputed by another government econ who foresaw overtime for plants and workers when the weather and it could squeeze too the California drought was followed by Good Rains and warm weather resulting in Abnor Mally Large supplies of the so Winni Eggers will be looking at lower prices on that item this week and Ron Branch manager of produce at Scot National onion on the other he will steadily climb throughout the As local supplies dwindle and demand for the imported products this week in with the Winter Stew promo Tion in Progress in Mani Tobas local products Are Good he Sydney engineers life threatened Sydney Reuter the wife of a train Engineer whose Sydney bound express crashed into a Bridge killing 80 passengers tuesday said today Telephone callers have called her husband a murderer and threatened to Lynch my husband is not god he do anything about said Josepha the distraught and sobbing woman had Learned of the full extent of the austra Lias worst rail Only hours she and her husband have been guarded by rail Union of f i c i a i s and sedated since tuesday when the locomotive of the Blue mountains express jumped the hit Bridge supports and brought Down an overhead Roadway onto the she sobbed everyone thinks Hes everyone thinks he killed but Hes a gentle Man and Hurt 1 cant stand it any if Only they would leave us alone we could he missed death by less than an was the first Oue to bit the they still blame landlord appeals Rollback i continued court of Queens Bench of Manitoba for an order to have the orders issued by the rent review Board set aside and our appeals reheard by the All that we Are asking is that we be permitted to in crease our rents to cover in creased expenses no More no in the event that our court application does not succeed we of immediately comply with the present Board order and make the refunds plus the increases ordered by the rent review Board for phase i to 1976 and phase ii after 1976 were 55 Nas 10 per cent and per cent Kil Tarton 10 per cent and eight per cent Fountain 10 per cent and per cent and sus sex 10 per cent and per officials of the review Board and Khan refused to say what increases the company had applied but another spokesman said they were substantially the maximum increases allowed without going to the rent re View Board 10 per cent in the first phase and eight per cent in the beef Board opposed by Robert Willaard Manitoba beef producers have launched a Freedom Campaign against Provin Cial government efforts to is t a b 1 i s h a beef marketing the first such Agency in As they charge Agri culture minister Sam Yuskiw of Manitoba with trying to Rig a producer referendum on the proposed marketing Board to be held Early next the a government con will Cost producers and taxpayers Money and could Force some meat packing facilities Here to close Down because of a beef production one pro Ducer said Tom co chairman of the newly formed Mani Toba cattle producers free Dom said creation of the marketing Board would in Many cases sharply increase cattle handling he said Yuskiw is try ing to Rig the plebiscite among Manitoba to beef producers by automatically registering the producers enrolled in the provinces co calf in come Assurance he Yuskiw must think Hes got their vote in the Ellison Ellison said the dead lines beef producers have until 28 to Register for the for which ballots will be sent out 1 and must be returned by 11 will be hard to meet considering the sometimes slow Rural postal the beef marketing Board has been proposed to Stabi Lize beef prices by taking Over All beef Elli son want Only some of the controls toe Board would exercise mostly housekeeping measures in govern ment the referendum Doest allow producers to say How much government c o u t r o 1 they Only whether they accept All the boards proposed be ;