Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 21, 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 pm planning begins for referendum on Independence Winnipeg frer press monday february 21, 1977 dance As inevitable be cause each succeeding generation of Quebe cers has in creased National later Premier Rene Levesque told reporters that the creation of a referendum committee is partly in response to prime minister Trudeau s recent creation of a special anti separatist task Force. Continued Independence is our goal and we have to work hard to win so we must organize on the party he said he sees no conflict of interest in the fact that three Cabinet ministers Are participating on the commit role is to advise Quebec culture in peril Munro warns the time has come to bring organized labor in out of the he said. Labor has been ostracized in this country far too Long denied rightful place in the main Stream of our social economic and political Quebe cers would have to learn English in school to carry on business the ., or. Munro said. Quebec Premier Rene Levesque was flying in the lace of All history by arguing that Independence was needed to preserve the homogeneity of the people of Quebec said the labor minister. He said Only countries with a True sense of nationhood have survived and countries trying to preserve a minority culture have disappeared be cause they became easy prey for larger countries. Quebec could be prevented from separating if Canada was prepared to accept the discipline necessary to pre serve freedoms and learn to live together and not from threats scare tactics or negative arguments. Senator Jean Marchand the meeting that a new confederation must be fashioned to prevent a break away not Only of Quebec but of other increasingly strong1 provinces. The government on the mechanics of the referendum. Joining or. Leger on the committee will be inter governmental affairs min ister Claude Morin Ana min ister for parliamentary re form Robert Burns the referendum Law will be prepared like any other be will be studied in a committee of the legislature and the opposition will have full rights to debate it in the National he said. The period of time for the referendum Campaign will be stated in the Law As for any other or. Levesque said legally a 51 per cent majority on the referendum would suffice but politically it would be the important thing is to determine the collective poli tical will of he said that if the Federal government itself does t get a mandate to negotiate separation with Quebec that s their he also said the increasing number of declarations by Federal Cabinet ministers on the Independence Issue May Force his government to take the offensive even More. Ait Allen of Cedar rapids Iowa shares his winning of the Pas trappers festival world championship dog race with his team saturday by Bob after finishing the three Lap 105-mile race in a time of he and his dogs won for their efforts. Northwest trappers Ponder Boycott of 1978 championship dog Derby Mideast desperate for peace Vance continued Syria s president Hafez sad. Who had agreed to meet the Leader in Europe next May. Vance said both Arab and israeli leaders had agreed that arms salts to the Middle Kast should be nil on an equal basis. He said they All agreed that peace was necessary stress ing the importance of cutting military expenditure and channelling resources into economic and social areas. On sunday the state Secre tary met with Assad who said Liis terms Lor peace with Israel Are withdrawal territory seized in and full recognition of the National rights of the a . Assad is reported As believe there Little Chance the National Council of the Plo will rewrite the organization s covenant to Call for Israel. The syrian Leader also is to believe the israelis would raise Oiler objections to peace talks if hat position were changed. Protest brings refund by Bob Lowery the Pas Man. Trap pers from Northwest Mani Toba plan to Boycott the Pas trappers festival w o r i d championship dog Derby next year unless ii is restored to a 150-mile race from the present 105 Miles. Three time Derby Winner Swanson Highway of Broch i said at a banquet saturday alter this year s race he would t be Back unless the change was made. Lie predicted no teams from Crochet would finer unless the length was changed. Most Northern Manitoba in Ushers said the Shorter Dis Laife favors United states teams bred specially for Rac ing. They said Iho be teams have taken Over the in the last two years. Northern mushers claim their dogs Are trained to work on trap lines and Are bred Lor stamina and toughness. Call this a trappers festival but the Way things Are Kojis they might As Well Call it a one m usher said. This year As last Arl Allen of Cedar rapids Iowa won and Collet led his win Ning time for the three 35 Milc laps was second place went to John Tredik of Slanc Hield minn., who took Home Raymond Cook of Hazel Dell sask., placed third win Ning and fourth place finisher Tim White of Taylor Falls minn., won a r 1 e i g h of grand 1u. Minn., 1 in i h e d fifth winning Henry Morin. Of Heindeil Lake. Sask. Finished sixth and won and Horace Cook of Broch i won Lor a seventy place finish. Five other competitors w Ere Given expense Money. The Manitoba born Allen who Learned his dog mushing in the Pas said he would compete next year no matter what the distance. He won the Derby in 1958 when it was a 150-mile event Ana competed earlier when it Fol Lowed a course of 200 Miles from the Pas to flin flon and Back. Kenya paper critical of Amin the los Angeles times Nairobi in an unusual editorial that All but called for the overthrow of pres ident Idi Amin Kenya s most influential newspaper said sunday it was time that Afri can states acted to emancipate the ugandan people from their reign of terror. The editorial in the in Dependently published Sun Day nation was uncommon of directness and because it departed from the Long standing tradition i n East Africa that Heads of neighbouring states Are not criticizes publicly. We in Africa whether we like it or not. Have an Obliga Tion to our Brethren in Ugan the editorial said. An obligation to see to it that the merciless extermination of the sons and daughters of Africa in Uganda is brought to an end to suggest As some have done that the people of Uganda must themselves look for a solution to the problems posed by heinous regime of president Amin is to abdicate our moral responsibility and by default approve of a regime that deals ruthlessly with any opposition real or imagined. Clearly therefore it is time african states acted collectively and singly to emancipate the people of Uganda from the reign of Syria puts heat on Plo to achieve Mideast peace the Washington Posl Damascus Syria has intensified political and military pressure on the pal Estine liberation Organiza Tion by moving against offices and training Camps in this country informed sources said Here. While relaxing ring of tanks and mortars surround ing the palestinian Camps in Beirut last week the syrian authorities closed the Plo s military training facilities Here. At the same time they banned the palestinian guerrillas from carrying Light arms automatic rifles in their offices in Damascus. They Are trying to disarm said one palestinian fighter guarding the Damas Cus office of Fatah the Lar West and Best trained of the Plo commando groups. He was carrying no arms today two weeks ago he had stood just inside the office door cradling a Kalashnikov. A soviet made automatic Rifle favored by the palestinians. T h e moves against the Plo Here Are part of a concerted Effort by the syrians to tame them so they will not Block the Arab Powers drive to achieve a Middle East peace settlement. T h e palestinians facing the Superior might of the syrian army in Lebanon and Here have decided to give in Little by Little to the pres sures. We think that if we play it smart and go along with their silly Little games we can said a Plo executive committee member in Beirut. Think we Are stronger than the Arab re he added voicing the familiar Plo theme that at least one of the pressuring Arab regimes of Egypt Ana Syria is liable to collapse be fore they succeed in completely subjugating the palestinians. Company changed again and again for about a month she during that time the trans Mission Xot worse she said. By november when she was Lold Slie minho have to wait three Days for the com Pany to take the car in she decide d to have world i27f vain Street do the work which she was assured would be covered by her warranty. She said she could t Wail any longer because she needed the car for her work As a messenger courier. The second company told her there was a Washer and Spring missing from tiie transmission. While awaiting the necessary parts Dat Sun world fixed the car with makeshift parts. For a week the car worked better than it Ever had Al though miss Ross still had some trouble with the gear shift. But after the new parts were installed the gears de v e 1 o p e d a grind and a Clunk. And finally the car ground to a halt and went Back to Dat Sun world. At this Point miss Ross decided she wanted a new car and went Back to Gladstone Dat Sun she said. There it was discovered a Loose Bolt had fallen into the transmission and destroyed it. And Back again it went to Dat Sun world. Eventually Gladstone offered miss Ross a new 1977 car which would have Cost her More than what she d paid Back in sep tember. Macdonald making Little Progress easing secrecy aspects of budget Ottawa staff _ Nance minister Donald Mac Donald is Nii rising thai his next budget speech in the commons be televised and that the contributions by opposition critics leading off the budget debate he Tele Vised too. In last budget. Or. Macdonald complained about the tight secrecy rules that make Job doubly difficult. He would like to see these e r e e y aspects the preparation of a budget in i he finance department eased. But in an interview he said. We have made almost Carter urges end to Garrison funding continued formed by the White House this weekend of the budget proposal termed the action disastrous for his state. Although the president could change his mind after a 60-Day review or. Andrews said Garrison will probably be killed if or. Carter listens t o the environmental sex without the support of the White House it will make it extremely difficult to get Congress to vote Money for the Canada has opposed Garri son fearing that the project As currently would seriously pollute the Souris and red Rivers flow ing into neighbouring Mani Toba. In a related development the United states agreed Fri Day to Canada s demand for a moratorium on construction of a key Section of the pro Lonetree dam. The moratorium announced Only three Days be fore prime minister tru Deau s arrival Here today for talks with president Carter was aimed at defusing Garri son As a major sore Point of Canada-. Relations. Construction of the Lone tree dam. For which Congress voted funds last year was to have begun this Spring. Or. Trud Cali will address a joint meeting of the Senate and House of representatives tuesday becoming the first Canadian prime minister to do so. No Progress. The matter stalemated within the government. The internal discus Sions come up against the great concern that somebody somehow gel information in Advance which could be used to their personal Benefit or to the advantage of their organizations. Ii has been stressed to me that it is important to continue these Crecy. We seem to around in he said. A budget is the occasion when the government reports to parliament on the stale of the Economy and on own fiscal position. Changes in taxation and tariffs and alterations in other aspects of economic policy Are set out. Secrecy prior to the budget speech in the commons is in tended to deny anyone Finan Cial advantage from Advance information and ensure that major statements of govern ment economic policy Are disclosed first in parliament. A committee headed by commons speaker James Jerome is looking into the televising of the parliamentary proceedings. The finance minister said there is considerable factual information and statistical details dealing with the state of the Economy that could be released Well in Advance of the debate. Some of that in formation is contained in the first Section of the budget now issued a Day or two in Advance to the press. Nairobi. Kenya a More than worshippers some openly weeping packed Nairobi s All saints Cathedral on sunday to mourn the death of ugandan archbishop Jan Ani Lowum. And the methodist Bishop of Kenya said it is time for the Church to speak out against the Amin regime. In Kampala Kadio Uganda said president Idi Amin told a departing Diplomat that the anglican archbishop and two government ministers killed with him had been part of .1 plot by ousted president Mil ton Obote to get rid of Amin and then Call government and Security officials into the parliament building and gun them Down. Lowum was to have been buried in Kampala on sunday and Christian leaders from across Africa had planned to try to enter Uganda for his funeral. But they radio Uganda subsequently the archbishop had been buried either Fri Day or saturday near his native Village of Xingu at the request of the two ministers also were reported to have been buried by the government. Anglican churchmen in Nairobi tried to reach the archbishop s widow in Kam Pala on Telephone lines were Down. Bio Dex a copyright k j m marketing it. Feb. By Ken j. Michaels your computerized biorhythm big How d a do planned for Trudeau pained by his wife and trailed by about 80 members of the Ottawa press corps. The meeting Vil be the first for the two leaders although Margaret Trudeau struck up an acquaintance with first lady Rosalynn Carter during a visit to Washington Early this month. After posing for photographers the president and the prime minister will begin the first of two scheduled 90 mute discussion of the world Situa Tion in general and Canada-. Relations in particular. The substance of the talks will be weighty at least judging by a Ca Nadian briefing Book distributed to re porters who will be covering the two and a half Day visit. The Book with biographical material on or. Trudeau mrs. Tru Deau. External affairs minister Don Tarn Meson. Old press releases ail speeches weighs two and three Quarter pounds. 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