Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 12, 1977, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winni fic free press saturday March 12, 1977 Church leaders take up the cudgels against of id. Seal Hunt pickets St. Johns wild. Up Newfoundland s religious leaders have joined the provincial government and is land fishermen in an Effort to discourage outside groups planning to protest this year s Seal Hunt which opens March 15 or 16. Fisheries minister Walter Carter said Friday clergymen representing the roman Catholic anglican United presbyterian and pentecostal churches and the salvation would give their views on the Hunt at a Public meet ing monday in St. Anthony near Newfoundland s North Ern tip. Carter who also will attend the meeting said statements by such protest groups As the Greenpeace foundation of British Columbia and by Brian Davies executive director of the Fredericton based International fund for animal welfare have Given newfound Landers a n undeserved reputation As a Barbaric cruel and brutal these people in their desperation to brainwash the so called do goobers of the Greenpeace keeps tactics secret Montreal up in its avar of nerves with the Feder Al government Over the yearly Seal Hunt Greenpeace foundation volunteers speak in terms of tactics and strategy to end the killings. Propaganda also has a use in such a Campaign so Greenpeace member Gerry Zimmerman was present at the showing Here Friday of a grisly film account of the Hunt. Our tactics to save the seals Are being kept secret until the last minute this year so that no one can prepare he told a conference. Last year the Greenpeace volunteers announced that they intended to Spray Seal pups with coloured Dye thus rendering their valuable fur useless to Hunters. T h e Federal government reacted with an amendment to the Law declaring the Mea sure illegal partly on the grounds that it could be dangerous to the pups. The Seal Hunt gets under Way March 15 or 16 near St. Anthony fld. Hunting has already begun in the less fruitful regions of the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Zimmerman leading a squad of 30 in route from Vancouver to protest the Hunt said the volunteers Are prepared to risk death in an textured ceilings still available at Low Winter rate of2mper8o.fr. Include material labour photo 1-338-4051 a nuns Plum Tow Deco tog Box 2. Niverville Effort to protect the Seal pups. We Are a non violent group so we can t fight Back if violence is employed against he said. Greenpeace is asking the Federal government to order the Hunt suspended for six years to let the Seal Popula Tion stabilize. To support its argument the foundation is throwing Back at the government a re port Ottawa itself requested and paid for. The report said the 1972 quota holding Hunters to a total limit of seals should be reduced to nothing by 1974. The moratorium would then have been continued until 1980 to allow the nerd to replenish itself. Zimmerman said last year Hunters from Canada and Norway exceeded the quota of by about 40.0w. The government raised the quota to this year in order to avoid the embarrassment of he said. No one was prosecuted list year for world have gone to unbelievable lengths to discredit our Newfoundland sealers and Are causing unknown damage to this province and indeed All of Carter said in a statement in the legislature. This is no longer a simple protest against the Seal Hunt but has emerged As a moral Issue in which the Good name of our people is at up to 200 members of .28 Newfoundland Community development associations began leaving their Homes in various parts of the province Friday for St. Anthony in preparation for demonstrations against the protesters. Spokesmen for the groups said plans for the Demon s t r a t i o a s would be made St. Proba Bly during monday s meeting. The St. Anthony citizens committee and another association was Given by the provincial government to study the Impact of the Seal Hunt on the local Economy and to help finance their trip. A dozen members of the Greenpeace foundation were travelling from Vancouver by train and were to drive to is. Anthony where they had reservations in a tourist Board ing Home they used last year. The Green pacers refused reveal details of How they plan to disrupt the Hunt. There was some suspicion Here they would form lines Between Hunters and seals. Davies and about 50 pro testers from his group were expected to arrive in St. Anthony during the weekend with seven helicopters and a fixed Wing aircraft. Special status denied Quebec Alice Jackson i Don t feel 100 years Spry centenarian spills the Beans St. Vital phone 2974873 Waverley Heights 4 bar. 2 Bath with dining room eat in Kitchen s1m0 Bonus 30 Day . Phone 2m-5197 Chesswood Charleswood 3 bar. 1 Bath with or. Eat in kit 1262 so. It. Phone Lote of Bath a shape Der or. Note Bonus m Day Possession phone 633-3101 Valley gardens display Home fridge stove drapes Central air. Phone mm971 mum at no extra Cost p. Guaranteed buy Back Buran it of pit to cow acc fort and and com 01 Copper wiring Lor additional All Wood windows for Oxtra kit Totton extra mutation i Wato r-12 n More 24 or. Telephone service pm. 233-2411 Calico developments Ltd. By Pat Zanger Alice Jackson does t worry about her age As tar As she s concerned it s just another number. But sunday it la be no. 100. Still the Middle Church Home resident seems to be the Only one among Well wishing relatives friends and personal care staff who in t ruffled about it. So what is miss Jackson s attitude. I Don t bother my she said in a pre birthday interview Friday. Wearing a Pink and purple Orchid and Carnation Corsage on a mauve Blue and White birthday dress which had to be hand Taik ired to fit her Petite five foot Frame. Miss Jackson dismissed the years with a laugh. She definitely does t feel 100 years old. Is the emphatic reply. Believe and Blid Dechurch s eldest resident is More Chipper than some of her juniors. Some old lady sat beside me said describing lunch. She looked 110." longevity runs a the Jack Ion family. Father George who left England for Quebec a a d eventually settled in Toronto lived to 84. It was in Toronto that Alice Maude Mary Jackson was born. As a girl one of her favor ite activities was skating. Figure and fancy she recalled. I used to love she also Learned to sew easy As pie and with her talents As a seamstress was won earning her own living. Miss Jackson then moved to Winnipeg to live with her eldest sister Louise whose Home was on St. Mary s place now the site of the Bay s parking lot. She continued sewing m a d e formal gowns for Many of this City a fashion Able women. When her parents too came West miss Jackson gave up her business to care for them. She used to play the Organ by ear and enjoyed Reading. But her eyesight is failing and hearing is More difficult so she spends much of her time now just visiting with friends. Otherwise her health hat been excellent but she does t know the secret. The doctor said take daily naps. And she does. Miss Jackson said. Earlier she advised a nurse on living to 0t work hard and the harder you work the better looking you get. Miss Jackson said. Sunday she will hive a family parly including nieces Vera Ali Tuker of Calgary and Labelle m. Richardson of Winnipeg. Monday afternoon. Middle Church is holding a Tea in her Hoitorp. But miss Jackson who has already said no to a birthday speech will Proba Bly Welcome her one Hundredth year with Dif Ferent beverage. I like a bit of said the near centenarian. Ottawa up the fed eral government has refused to give special status to que Bec at a United nations con Ference despite a threat by the province to Boycott the meetings officials said Fri Day. They said the province demanded special status on a Federal provincial delegation that will attend the in con Ference on water in mar Del Plata Argentina next week. In the end the province got no More than Prince Edward Island Ontario Saskatchewan and Dele Gates each on a Canadian de legation of 20 persons and All the advisers they want. The in conference is to look at the water resources around the world to see first How they can be preserved and second How the Ever widening dry areas of the world can be served. Quebec and the other four provinces expressed Strong interest in the conference and talks started last summer on their involvement in the Dele gation that will be led by Ray Perrault of British Columbia government Leader in the sen ate. Government officials said an apparent agreement on provincial participation unstuck in january when the new separatist government of Quebec called for special status for itself. The officials were vague on. Hie special status requested by Quebec other than to say t h e province would have gained More prominence than other provinces partly through the use of the Quebec Flag and partly in the manner in which the provincial Dele gation addressed the Confer ence. Both Quebec and Prince Edward Island demanded two representatives on the delegation and in the end the Federal government agreed that the live provinces that requested to go should have two each one Inore than usual. The officials said that was the Only change from Standard manner of Provin Cial participation on delegations to International conferences. In Quebec City earlier Fri Day Quebec environment minister Marcel Leger issued a statement saying that que Bec has agreed to participate in the conference As part of the Canadian delegation. The statement said that Only after a series of discus Sions did the Federal govern ment agree to two delegates Lor Quebec instead of one. The Federal attitude in this matter was unnecessarily the statement said. Quebec represented 36 per cent of the Canadian Popula Tion but had Only seven per cent of the delegation. He also said Quebec will be Able to talk in the name of Quebec at the conference. Federal officials said All de Legates will speak in the name of Canada but that provincial delegates will of course speak with some sex about their province s resources. Deputy Leader of the delegation will be Sidney Green natural resources minister for Manitoba. The dispute Over provincial participation on such a Dele gation was the first involving the new separatist govern ment. But it in t the first involving the province. Some years ago there was Strong Dis agreement Over Quebec representation to a French Lan Guage educational conference in Gabon. Canada suspended Diplo m a t i c relations with the country Alten it insisted on dealing with Quebec As a separate country. Alberta to hold natural Gas Price women s group lauds Lalonde Toronto up the National action committee on the status of women has sent a Telegram to Marc la Londe Federal health min ister commending him for his plans to provide abortion counselling services in family planning centres across Canada. The Telegram signed by committee pres ident Lorna Marsden also urged Lalonde to press for a rapid implementation. Block has seventeen reasons Why you should i let them prepare your income tax reason number seven h r Block has offices open All year Long. Preparing income tax returns is their business and that requires being available to help whatever time of year that help is needed. You can know that Block will be there. Block the come tax people 98 Sherbrook St. 7744027 1010 main St. 218 hand Araon Hwy. Notro Dama 220 St. Rel. Of St Coryton am. 1383 Ombina Hwy. 138 w. 993 St 3505 Roblin blvd. 159 Provo Char blvd. 992 St re. 1010 Sinclair St opon 0 . 9 . Weekdays 9-5 saturday also in downtown Polo Park Gordon City 230 Portage Ava. In fatty of tact jutt4 am Lon met neuf Stoi Katl Mojta to Pat it Edmonton up expansion of a program which natural Gas Price in creases for Alberta con Sumers highlighted a i2.229 billion budget presented to the legislature Friday night by provincial treasurer Al cry Leitch. Leitch said spending on the natural Gas Price Protection plan up 50 per cent to million was one of the few items exempt from this car s to per cent limit on government spending in creases. Home heating Bills will Rise but he said Alber tans Wil continue to pay Jess for Gas than canadians in any other province. The budget for the fiscal year beginning april 1. Also promised increased unconditional assistance to municipalities More Money for Public and senior citizens housing a dramatic increase in Library Grants and expand e d educational programs especially for smaller schools. A projected s24s-million budgetary surplus would be eaten up by non budgetary spending on the Alberta hous ing corp. And Alberta Home mortgage corp. The two would account for most of the million of expenses not included in the budget Leav ing the government in need of million to balance its Gen eral Revenue fund. But Leitch that both the surplus and the predicted billion in reve nue were based on existing prices for Oil and natural Gas. Those prices Are expected to Rise july 1, and the treasurer explained Lii that a increase in the bar Rel Price of crude Oil with a comparable Rise in Cas prices would yield an additional million in Revenue. Thirty per cent of All renewable resource Revenue goes to the Alberta he Rilke savings Trust fund which not included in general reve Nues. Leitch predicted re source revenues and interest would add million to the fund this year bringing its total assets to billion by the end of next March. No tax increases were announced in the budget but Leitch said some albertan would find their tax rates changing marginally due to a new Federal provincial fiscal agreement. The agreement provides for a Transfer of some Federal Money and tax Points to the provinces allowing them to take Over certain programs such As medical care and Post secondary education. The m e c h a n i c s of the Transfer would result in minor changes to tax rates said Leitch for example a person with a taxable income of would pay less in taxes this year while some one earning in taxable income would pay More than he did last year. Provincial assistance t n municipalities in the form of unconditional will in crease by per cent Over last year s Bud get estimates. Towns or cities having difficulty coping with unprecedented growth such As fort Mcmurray would get an extra million. Hatfield probe planned on interference charge Fredericton up a judicial inquiry will be set up to investigate unprecedented allegations by opposition Leader Robert Higgins thai the provincial Justice depart ment interfered in ramp investigations for political Pur poses Premier Richard Hal Field announced Friday. But the announcement contained in a speech in the legislature was immediately followed by a vow from Hig gins not to participate in the inquiry. Us Liberal Leader repeated his insistence that a Royal commission be set up to investigate All his charges including allegations denied emphatically by h a t f i e 1 d again Friday that the pre Mier knows try kickbacks collected by the progressive conservatives on government business. The Premier rejected the demand for a Royal commis Sion saying Higgins was try ing to Short circuit current police investigations. Thompson Man killed in Accident Thompson. Man. Staff Joseph William Doucet 31, was killed Here Friday while working in the Loco Ltd. Smelter. At the time of the Accident which occurred about ., Doucet was adjusting tie rods on the Steelwork of the no. 3 Furnace. He died shortly after arriving at the Thompson Hospital. Doncet is a native of Campbellton n.b., and had been employed by Inco since april is74 ;