Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, March 01, 1978

Issue date: Wednesday, March 1, 1978
Pages available: 235
Previous edition: Tuesday, February 28, 1978

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 1, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday March 1, 1978 briefly Constable s death probed Ottawa the Kemp is investigating he dealt of Constable trom Blairmore alia., who fell from a fifth floor at his hotel in Mazatlan Mexico. Lonnie Grant Neely died feb. 19 while on Vaca ten. He was buried at Home in Swan River Man. Last saturday. The circumstances of his death Are currently the subject of investigation by the supt. John Bentham said tuesday in a Brief statement from ump Headquarters. Assistance is being rendered by the external affairs department. Nuclear satellite ban urged Tokyo the japanese House of representatives adopted a Resolution tuesday calling for a ban on nuclear powered space satellites. The Resolution also called on the japanese govern ment to seek agreement Wilh other countries on establishing an International body to Monitor nuclear powered satellites already orbiting the Earth. Shooting incident appealed que bks Justice minister Marc Andre Bedard announced tuesday an Appeal has been filed of the acquittals of two Security guards involved in a shooting incident last summer outside the Hobin Hood Multi foods lid. Flour Mill. Bedard said the Appeal would be launched on Legal a Superior court jury acquitted he guards feb. I for criminal negligence after eight strikers were wounded by Shotgun pellets while stunning the factory gales. Cow calf subsidy Rise urged Ottawa Federal subsidy payments to cow calf producers for Are miserly lome Nystrom said Iii Day. The government Anno Tinc de Friday it would Regis red cow calf producers a cow up to cows bit Nystrom said the figure is inadequate because the banners Are losing a calf. Paper defamed Man jury Montreal a six person jury filled tuesday Ilia the m to real daily newspaper the defamed vol cram City councillor Gerald Snyder in a article and recommended Snailer be awarded in moral chief Justice Jules desc Hancs of Quebec Superior court reserved judgment on the amount of the award which he himself will Sel under Quebec Law. Renegade shot by Plo Niclout a renegade palestinian was Exeen de a guerrilla firing squad tuesday for complicity in the slaying of a Palestine liberation Organiza Tion official in Paris five years ago. The Palestine news Agency reported. The Agency said Salim Hassan Vasseni Abu Soboh confessed thai he had been in collusion with the israeli Al Illa Sharl head of Hie Plo s Paris office was killed when his apartment s Booby wrapped Telephone exploded As he picked up Llie receiver to answer a Call. Paris ponders cruise missile Paris president Valery Giscard d a Slang said tuesday that France is studying the possibility of building cruise missiles a new generation of nuclear weapons developed by the United slates. Tlx1 French Leader told a class of graduating air Force cadets in Southern France thai in Lite current Means of a Elerrena which France has will have been multiplied by laser sighted Rifle stolen London a special anti tar Rerisi Rifle Moi Inlet with a Liser beam sight has been stolen from an exhibition at he London science museum Scotland Yard Saifi tuesday. Police said the gun cannot be Marie to fire Bill Lite laser sight can be easily fitted to another Rifle making in extraordinarily accurate. The sight which is Worth about focuses a Bright Dot on i lie exact spot on a target. Lang sees Mirabel profit Ottawa Mirabel International Airport near Montreal will turn out to be one of Canada s greatest in vestments in transportation ill Hough it has loss million during ils firs two years of operation. Trims port minister Olio Lang said in the commons tuesday. Lang agreed Wilh George hoes pc Prince Edward Hayungs that expansion Al Montreal s other Airport Dorval would have been considerably cheaper than building another Airport. But he added that increased traffic at Dorval would have been an inconvenience for persons living nearby. High cuisine angers inmates the Hague prisoners at Schev Ningen jail rebelled when a new chef tried to give them French haute cuisine and they won. Inmates at the dutch prison on he outskirts of the Hague complained they were fed French style potatoes Venison and elaborate sauces. They they wanted meatballs Rispole and slew. The prison governor accepted the majority verdict and ordered a return to the old weekly menu. Compiled from dispatches Bayline cheers station Thicket Portage Man. Staff there is Joy along the Bayline this week Over news thai Canadian National railways won t re move its stations and agents from Thicket Portage Ilford and two other Northern Manitoba communities. Last fall in announced it filing applications with the Canadian transportation commission to close ils stations and remove its representatives from Cranberry Portage Sherridon chisel Lake As Well As the two Bay line towns. The railway wanted to streamline its Northern operations and shift services handled in the smaller communities to Large Servo centres in Thompson and the Pas. In of cals attempting to justify the move at Public meetings Here and at Ilford ran into Strong opposition. Official Community briefs were presented supported savings by speeches from trappers fishermen and businessmen. When he heard he news of in s decision to keep the services mayor Andy Kirk Ness of Ilford said it s sounds damned Nice. There d have been a hell of a lot of chaos on the Bayline if he other service had gone into mayor Bob Mccleverty of Thicket Portage was head of the protest which was sup ported by he Thompson chamber of Commerce Northern affairs minister Ken Macmaster and Cecil Smith progressive conservative my for Churchill. Smith commented the concerns expressed by local people made the railway of finals sit up and listen. They have been forced to recognize the importance of their role in servicing and devel Oping Northern commune service hot lie 786-5583 free estimates in shop in Home . Service 1300 Portage ave. Pm. 786-6541 forecast for Winnipeg hissed. In Wrlak Linns sunny Loday. Will noun. Hitch Loday. Near -12" c. Extended weather Outlook Smith run Manitoba mainly sunny. Seasonal Imi lures thursday and Friday. Turning a Lillic colder Salu Northern Manitoba mainly sunny and cold. Northwest Ontario mainly sunny Wilh seasonal Lem lures. T in ii Flor Para period Iliili Lemper Alun Rhmon Lon Wen Winnipeg Dauphin Thunder Toronto Ottawa Montreal Halifax said i Minneapolis new York Loi an Nyics Boston Amsterdam Athens Bolln he Kaki temperatures arc minimum a a Peralis a for i lit1 12-hour ended Al 7 . and the maximum in for the 12-hour period that ended at 7 . Honolulu Lisbon Loi Ulon my drat Moscow Romo Stockholm Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Min. Mean a .-1.1 a jul i -71 s Labi your 7.0 -23.0 Iso ib.9 -13.3 highest on record 7.8 in 1932 Lowes on record in 1897 precipitation nov. I to Fob. N 65.0 Normal 92.7 your tax return the less we charge at our Price is based on the complexity of your rectum not on your income or amount of refund. And last year nearly three quarters of a million canadians were helped by our specially trained tax experts at an average fee of under at Block we Are income tax specialists. Block the income tax people 565 Portage ave. 774-6927 1o10 main St. 218 Henderson Hwy. 943 notre Dame 213 is. Mary s re. 2621 Portage ave. 837 Corydon ave. 1383 Pembina Hwy 136 Regent ave. W. 993 Mcphillips St. 3505 Roblin blvd. 159 Provencher blvd. 1050 St. Mary s re. 98 Sherbrook St. Open 9 . 9 . Weekdays 9-5 saturday in today to appoint Nunt Etc Essiy also in downtown in laity Canada Trust 230 Portage ave. During regular store hours other area offices Altona Brandon Carman Dauphin flin flon Melita Minnedosa Neepawa Grandview Pilot Mound Selkirk Steinbach Stonewall the Pas Thompson Virden Winkler Portage la Prairie Vancouver Edmonton Regina Winnipeg Toronto Ottawa Montreal is John s Vancouver 94.5 Edmonton 203 Regina 20j Winnipeg 279 Toronto 64.0 Ottawa Montreal 4 Halifax ins is John s i3ji Winnipeg can expect temperatures near the Normal and less precipitation than the Normal 27.9 my in the next 30 Days according to the Long Range fore cast produced by the United states weather service. Leader Calls off protest plans St. Johns fld. It 1 aul Wal Sun says i has abandoned the idea of leading a Crew of protesters from his Earth Force or tip i to Seal Hunt opening off Nort Liuji a Newfoundland March 10. It looks like just another Media circus shaping up and i Don t want o Sci Watson said tuesday in a Telephone interview from Vancouver with the Canadian press. Lie also repealed accusations hat his former associates in the Greenpeace foundation of British Columbia Are turning their protest into a Moncy making venture. Watson said earlier this month he planned to Spray Green Dye on Seal pups to make their skins worthless commercially. The White coated pups Are the main prey of Hunters from Canadian and norwegian ships. The pups Horn on the Arctic Drift Icet Iorli of Newfoundland in late february and Early March will have reached prime condition by the time the Hun opens. Wilson quit the Greenpeace last year after a disagreement about proles methods. One of the original organisers of the first Greenpeace Seal proles in he was a leading proponent of a plan to use Green Dye. The plan was dropped by Greenpeace Hal year Al the request of a Newfoundland group. In i1i77, Walson pulled a Back muscle after shackling himself to a wire being used in Winch Seal Pells aboard the Halifax based vessel Martin Kurnen. He fell Inlo the wafer As the vessel rolled amid the ice but was pulled out and cared fur by the Crew. Walson Sid this year s Greenpeace proles is being car ried Oul by paid exc Culic lie said hat when lie was a member protesters were volunteers. Greenpeace has booked rooms Al a boarding House in is. Anal my in Northern Newfoundland their Headquarters for Hie 1u7u proles. Last year icy opened from Blanc Palilon a Iione William ii7. Of penning iame Street husband of Lena Achorne. Ciiab1nyc, Harry lib of Dayton Ohio formerly of Winnipeg husband of Mary Chabinyc. Fyk Gilson. Frank Theo Dore i of Man., husband of kit Ali Florence Ferguson. Pm Casio Michael of. I Washington Avenue fast Kildonan. Kikm Mingko Kosine of Thalberg District widow of Herman Lemminger. Ii Kmak Sobert la Rolce. Of is. Vital husband of Valeric Herman. Atli non Kose Anna. Of is. N Roberl Lodge formerly of St. Boniface. , Henry of win Nipon. Mackay. Marion. Ii7, of Sackville is reel wife of Alex Mackay. March., Oscar Iii ii Slon Ewall Man. , Paul. Lis. Husband of Ici Eanor Olynyk. Pic ii John 7ii. Of Elma Man. Sarapu Teofili. Of Lac do Bonnet Man., husband of Marie Sarapu. Alexander. Of 152 main is reel. , Edith Georgina is. Of Ronald is reel. Suite 1215. Stamos As Sini Lajoia. Wife ;