Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 22, 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba Today fish ban expected Page 3 where in the world Are we going Page 6 mine safety probe urged 8 financiers to hear Levesque Page 10 defective babies allowed to die Panama a Thorn in Side of Page 24 the unscientific the scientific Page 33 airlines threaten Calgary Boycott and deletion policy halted few metric problems Page 39 Bobby Hull injured Page 71 cold forces prices up Page 73 Jumble 4g entry id Puzzle 51 Leisure Magazine Friday scores nil Toronto ii Vancouver i Boston 5 Cleveland 2 wha Houston 6 Birmingham i Indianapolis l Calgary i Winnipeg 6 Cincinnati s Western Canada Saskatoon 2 Regina 2 flin flon 7 Portland s Brandon 5 Winnipeg j Calgary 3 Kamloops 3 details on Page 77 inside classified comics crossword finance focus for people Horoscope letters movies sports travel 7889 45 a 3 j5 h h77 u44 Taos ins f press weather sunny High Low 8 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets details Page 5 Winnipeg free press edition 84 95 january 15 cents 2sc with coloured comics Canada records Trade surplus Ottawa up record Levels of both exports and imports left the country with a merchandise Trade surplus of billion in a rever Sal from the 1975 deficit of statistics Canada said exports on a balance of payments basis Rose by 14 per cent to billion last while imports moved up by per cent to a value of the Federal Agency the merchandise Trade Fig ures Are Only a part of the Overall balance of payments which Are expected to show a deficit of Over billion this the total balance of payments also includes in vestment borrowing travel accounts and changes in foreign for much of the surplus was re corded in the third Quarter of 1976 when the country exported million More Mer Chandise than it increased exports to the which is Canadas major trading accounted for 84 per cent of the growth in exports during the statistics Canada said the increased Trade reflected the economic recovery in the the share of Canadian exports was per cent last about 43 per cent of the in crease to the was accounted for by a Rise in the value of motor vehicles and parts shipped by natural Gas deliveries were valued at million More and Forest products were Worth million More than Low Levels of Canadian sales to the euro Pean economic Community countries accounted for per cent of the Rise in sex Japan accounted for per cent and Central and South America per after the the largest Export markets in order were West Ger the soviet Netherlands and goods bought from the which supplied Canada with per cent of its imports in Rose in value by per cent to a total of motor vehicle and parts imported from the Rose by is about 47 per cent of the total Rise in 1 in p o r t s from All main overseas sources except the european economic Community countries Rose in the leading sources after the were West saudi Italy and the largest sin Gle supplier of Petroleum to Rose to third place among import sources from fifth in the previous As it displaced to some extent imports from the Middle drug gang arrested Vancouver up an International police investigation launched Here 17 Mouths ago has resulted in the arrests of key figures in a drug Syndicate police say was responsible Lor the distribution of i1 tons of police spokesman Stan Shillington said Friday the investigation led to the arrest of three persons in Hong Canadian authorities have charged Lii his wife Lui Shin 11 44 and Wong Kwok All of Hong and Chan Joe already in jail with conspiring to import and traffic in by Jim Shirley Cor Esmith surrounded by House plants Blossom into million business by Pat Zanger t h e Plant business has blossomed beautifully in Winnipeg since the first specially store opened Here about three years More than 55 City outlets sell plants and Plant they include 14 shops dealing exclusively with plants and and about 40 to 45 outlets in department Chain food stores and variety its a million Dollar the Green revolution has not Only brightened otherwise horticulture by bar re n plants also be coming an impressive inexpensive component in Interior you can create All kinds of things with Larry owner of Ruby be his shop put Down roots at 165 Lilac Street about 18 months he plants apes Homes and the occasional there a cheap Way to you can get a lot of Impact for Shirley who started the cites first Plant store tree and Leaf three years if want to fill a buy a she in addition to her two tree and Leaf outlets 291 Portage Avenue and 99 of Corne Street she has a Plant radio show on and still has enough Energy to plan greenery schemes for office res t a u r a n t s and shopping see plants Page 9 Pardon for draft evaders brings mixed reaction Here by Scott Edmonds a spokesman for a an organization that aids draft evaders and others with problems related to military registered both pleasure and disappoint ment Friday at the news that president j i m in y Carters first executive ordered pardoned Only draft Don Marks said in Winnipeg that he was disappointed the full unconditional Par Don didst extend to military personnel who deserted or went absent without leave Marks is the coordinator Here of the War resister information we knew that was going to happen All Marks said referring to the announcement of the Pardon granted All draft evaders not involved in any violent Don Marks amnesty preferred that makes us he disappointed though in president Carters plan to have a Caseb Case review of military he he estimated that out of the americans with military service problems now in were going to fall into the awol he said about to draft evaders would be Able to Benefit immediately from t h e Pardon announcement and return to the United states to visit friends and amnesty would also have been better than a Pardon since the word Pardon Means that some wrong was done which is being Marks he said he Felt the minority groups and poor were being discriminated against in the the Pardon was extended to draft see Pardon Page 4 Man gets years for fraud of credit Union by Cecil to Soctt a 48yearold Man who defrauded holy Cross credit Union of by misrepresenting his financial status was sentenced to 2vi years in prison Walter lome of win pleaded guilty to concealing the True value of his assets when applying for a loan of to build a Motel in Transcona Between 1975 and March credit unions Niak a Branch advanced about half a million dollars in funds for the project before Dis covering car had no other financing and virtually no col lateral for the county court judge envoy gets Kidnap threat the Hague Reuter members of the Baader Meinhoff terrorist group in West Germany have threat ened to Kidnap the Canadian ambassador Saul Rae in an attempt to free their comrades in custody in West the dutch Broad casting company Norv re ported the radio said ambassador has been Given a special police extra police guards have been posted at the Canadian embassy Norv without giving any that the Baader me Nhoc group or the West German Rote Armee red army faction planned to hold the ambassador in Exchange for the release of members of these groups in detention in West dutch police and the Cana Dian embassy declined to comment on the at the external affairs department said it received unconfirmed reports that Rae is the target of three alleged leaders of the Baader Meinhoff group have been on trial in Stuttgart since on charges of bomb and shooting attacks and Bank robberies in the Early reference to the Baader Meinhoff gang also came up in West where police Hunting the stranglers of a Bank his wife and their three Chil said they had found a note at the scene purporting to be from supporters of the guerrilla the note threatened More actions of looking for an accordion this want and under musical instruments 585 Button ask ing phone is among the hundreds of bargains in today Classi fied no matter what you shop and save in free press want Thompson said the Large amount of Money involved made the Offei ice a severe even though there May have been mitigating Circum court was told that who was left penniless because of his unsuccessful business had already spent two months in Crown counsel Jack Stein said who worked As a Miner in Bernic for five began investigating the possibility of building a hotel in Winnipeg in car made an unsuccessful attempt to raise Money for one and then was told by a contract ing firm that it would cps about million to build a Motel on prime land on re gent Avenue in Jacksteit said car approached various Banks to help him Fin Atice the Regent Avenue in each Case misrepresenting his assets and claiming he had equip ment and Stock Worth All his claims of owning extensive mining Stock and hotel equipment were since these were assets he never owned and never made any a Range Enesto Jacksteit car finally approached the credit Union and said the see Man Page 4 second resignation Rutherford quits Winnipeg Ballet by Barbara Cansino the associate director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet has quit his second senior Ballet officials Resig nation to become Public in the past four Richard associate director and production coordinator of the bal has resigned after a 19 year career with the com the resignation of the bal lets general Jim was announced in an interview from la where the Winnipeg company had been on rut Narford said his resignation is effective april 18 when the season Ive Beert with the com Pany a great Many things have changed in my time and i feel id like to do some other kind of Rutherford expects to move to where he and a partner plan to set up a plan sitting he Rutherford replied that he had no comment on the Way things have been going in the past two years when asked whether he had been fairly treated by i of my own personal opinions they make Good but its not Worth i would Racher go out like t came which was very i just want to Start a new i really dont think it would have made any difference who was in that position Ca my decision would be the Cameron might have made it but it would still have been the Rutherford entire Ca reer has been spent with the he joined the com Pany in one year before artistic director Arnold see Rutherford Page 4 landlord faces Fine if rebates withheld by Debbie Sproat Ruttan development has been advised it is liable for fines ranging from to a Day for each suite if it Doest pay tenants rent rebates ordered by the rent i View the fines apply even if Ruttan decides to Appeal the rent rollbacks to the Mani Toba court of Queens Vivian Rosenberg executive director of the rent review said in a letter Deli Vered to the company and its earlier this Mohammed general Man Ager for notified ten ants the company was going to Appeal the rollbacks or dered by the rent review Board because they Felt higher rents were necessary to meet Khan told tenants they receive the rent rebates or dered by the Board or have their rents rolled Back until the court application is Rosenberg said Fri Day she wrote to Khan after numerous tenants complained they been told to continue paying the rent written in their the tenants affected live in four blocks a 38storey apartment at 55 Kilter ton towers at 171012 por Tage Fountain House at 300 Roslyn Road and sus sex House at 230 Roslyn the blocks have a total of 780 in her letter to which was also delivered to Rosenberg said it was the company demo cratic right to Appeal the rent review boards it is not within your jurisdiction to instruct tenants to pay the amount of rent that is written in their her letter that rent is no longer the full amount of the re Bate must be made within the next rental payment period to All those tenants affected by the and All rents must be rolled Back to the amount arrived at in the if the company does not see landlord Page 4 bring Home Constitution fast or face Wrangle pm by Iain Hunter free press correspondent Ottawa prime Miu Beer Pierre Trudeau has urged the provinces to bring Hie Constitution to Canada i ther with amendments or to be amended Here later in if they fail to agree to Early he the Only alternative is a Long and controversial Overall Housti Tuti Oual Federal constitutional sex Perls were doubtful Friday whether the prime ministers latest proposals for Patina relayed to the 10 pre in i e r s earlier this would be acceptable to tie a failure by Trudeau to get provincial agreement to Bis proposals would place m jeopardy one of his major objectives us prime giving canadians the Power to change their own Constitution without having to go to the British parliament for a although the officials insist us that the election of Tae separatist parti quebecois government in Quebec 15 had Little if any effect on Trudeau latest they acknowledged that the prime minister would not go ahead with Patriot Iii without agreement from Premier Reue the prime minister also stressed a Bis letter to Alberta Premier Peter outlining ways of Patriot Iii acceptable to that at least two Shreyer us Manitoba and Alex Cain Ubell of Prince Edward taut provincial consensus on constitutional changes wanted by the provinces is not needed to bring the Constitution to can Ada Lor later Lougheed is chairman of the premiers constitutional com Levesque has already shown far More interest in gelling More Powers for Bis province from Ottawa before pulling Quebec out of confederation wit Biu four he is not expected Here to go along with simple Patriot ii without guarantees of greater in removing guarantees for preserving the French culture a his re Vised constitutional Procla leaving Only Guaran tees for French is not offering Levesque As much As be offered his Liberal predecessor Robert at tue same the prime minister appeals to have rejected demands from British Columbia and Alberta Lor what amount to veto Powers Over constitutional changes once the document has been brought Back to in his letter Trudeau criticized the premiers in their constitutional meetings last year Tor pressing Lor changes in the distribution of Powers Between the provinces and which he and tie premiers had tried to avoid in their discussions alter the abortive Victoria constitutional Cou see bring Page 4 ;