Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 14, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba There s no excuse for unwanted Puppy 12 defence lab decision final Danson Page 7 How to Tell when Spring arrives 17 Screyer won t be stepping Down 3 trial told 2-year-old i Manitoba music festival beaten with Belt Hanger i results and highlights 5 weather report from Advance Cloudy Low-12, High-5 Sun rises . Sels . Moon rises . Sels . Winnipeg free press inside . 7 Bio Dex horoscope.21 comics.27 crossword deaths.6, 31 for jumble.36 movies._.24 television.22 . J vol. 85 139 tuesday March 14, 1978 15 cents 2m with coloured comics the strained faces of two hostages Mirror the ordeal they suffered while being held by South moluccan terrorists in Assen Netherlands. Dutch government troops today swarmed the provincial administration Bull Din and captured the terrorists. Four people were wounded in the attack. Marines storm moluccan terrorists dutch Rescue 70 hostages o Assen Netherlands a dutch marines firing heavily stormed a government building in this Northern City today and freed cd hostages held by South moluccan terrorists since Mon Day a government spokesman said. First reports indicated the gunmen killed at least one of the hostages at the Start of the assault by the 100-Man Marine anti terror squad the same one that broke a siege by South moluccan terrorists last year. It was later reported that three hos tages also were slightly wounded Dur ing the attack and another was badly wounded by the terrorists. Three Young South moluccan gunmen were reported captured in the 20-Mi Nute operation which came 10 minutes after the 7 . Deadline set by tile terrorists for the government to meet their demands or face the killing of hostages. Earlier reports had indicated five or terrorists in he building. They re free they re a Marine officer yelled into his radio As tiie marines secured the four Storey Trent provincial government Headquarters in wooded suburban Parkland. The marines went in after a shot was heard inside the Concrete and Glass building and the terrorists telephoned the government crisis Centre and claimed they had killed a male hostage the spokesman said. As soon As we heard that he marines were ordered to he said. Crts rejects pay to system Federal regulatory Agency on broadcasting has rejected for the second Lime the introduction of a National pay television system at least for the present time. The Canadian radio television and Tele communications commis Sion crts said in Mak ing the report monday the Federal government should Start work now to develop a National pay to policy for the future. Doug Smith assistant Deputy minister of con Sumer services in Manitoba said he did t think there was any great Clam or from the Public for pay to. Estimated Cost of a potential system would be in the neighbor Hood of per month which might provide four or five films on rotating nights he said. Smith said Manitoba has affirmed the Federal government s jurisdiction in All matters relating to pay to. Communications minis Ter Jeanne Sauve who initiated the latest study had no the report which said All proposals for starting pay to were turned Down be cause they did not meet Legal broadcasting objectives. The report was Wal see crts Page i Over a million canadians out of work see dutch Page 4 know the scores hockey nil Montreal 5 Minnesota 2 Western Canada Calgary 5 Portland i Central senior Brandon 7 Transcona 4 Brandon leads Semi finals 1-0 Curling world Junior Canada leads the world Junior Curling championships at Grin de Wald Switzerland with a win no loss record after Liv rounds. Baseball exhibition new York Elj 4 Pittsburgh 2 Houston 2 Montreal 1 Kansas City 4 Cincinnati 3 Minnesota 7 los anoles 5 Toronto 4 Chicago Al 3 Philadelphia 4 St. Lou is 0 Detroit 9 Boston 3 san Francisco 4 Oakland i California to Chicago Milwaukee 9 san Diego 4 Seattle 10 Cleveland 1 details in sports pages 45-50 looking for a desk this want and under miscellaneous articles for Sale extra Largo desk Metal Excel Lent condition. 775-7645 after 5. Is among the hundreds of bargains in today s classified Section pages 31 44, 52 5-1 to matter what Yot need save Wilt fret press want ads. Begin vows vengeance on palestinian terrorists . Dollar plan flops London Dpi an american German plan to bolster the . Dollar fell on world Money markets with a Dull thud today. In Tokyo the Dollar set a Post War Low. In Frankfurt and Zurich is lost substantially. Other markets trimmed its value slightly. By the associated press prime minister Menachim begin has vowed to Cut off the of the palestinian guerrilla organization responsible for the weekend massacre of israelis. Mourners at victims funerals called for revenge. In Southern Lebanon travellers said Villag ers fearing israeli retaliatory raids left their Homes and trekked North in a driving rain away from the israeli Border. Israeli officials say the 11 terrorists who carried out saturday s terror killings of sightseers and passersby on the Tel Aviv Haifa Road came from Lebanon by sea. V in Cairo egyptian president Anwar Sadat today condemned the raid in Israel calling it sad and tragic event. At the same Lime the egyptian Leader urged restraint and called for an end to the vicious Circle of and counter strike thai has engulfed the Middle Easl for three decades. Anything against the civilians i shall always Sadat said in the first Arab denunciation of the raid. He spoke to reporters in the Nile Valley town of Beni surf about 110 Kilometres South of Cairo. What happened to the plan Page 54 but in Montreal the . Dollar in terms of Canadian funds opened up 3-20 at in new York the Canadian Dollar was Down 3-25 at mountains were in labor but Only a laughable mouse was one German newspaper commented on the plan to Rescue the Dollar. Ottawa up unemployment passed the one million Mark for the first time Ever in february but the jobless Rale when adjusted for seasonal changes remained As it was in Jan uary at 8.3 per cent. Statis tics Canada said today. The Federal Agency reported that the actual number of unemployed was persons last month. There were jobless in Jan uary and unemployed in february 1977. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate which indicates labor Force trends was eight per cent in february 1977. Unemployment Rose in Manitoba to from g.2 per cent in january. The actual Valiona unemployment rate was 9.5 per cent also the same As Jan uary but up from the 9.1 per cent figure recorded in february 1977. The actual rate remained the same As in january in spite of higher unemployment because the labor Force grew. Last month there were persons in the work Force and had jobs. In january there were in the labor Force and were employed. The unemployment rate increased in four provinces including Ontario last month and declined in six including Quebec progressive conservative finance critic Sinclair Ste Vens said after the figures were released that the Job less total confirms the need for a new Federal budget to change the government s Fis Cal and monetary policies. There s no Way this coun try should be tolerating Over one million out of Stevens said. Finance minis Ter Jean Chretien should act now he added. Despite a decrease in its seasonally adjusted unemployment rate to 10.i per cent from per cell in january Quebec remained the province with the largest total of unemployed. There were unemployed compared with in january with the increase accounted for by a Rise of in the province s labor Force. Newfoundland kept its Sla Lus As the province with the highest jobless Rale at 15.8 per cent. This was a de crease from i per cent in january. There was a substantial decline of 2.5 per cent in the jobless rate for Prince Edward Island. The february Rale was 8.2 per cent. In Nova Scotia the jobless Rale fell to 10.3 per cent from 10.7 per cent in january but in new Brunswick unemployment Rose to per cent last month from 12.7 Pel cent in january. Ontario s unemployment rate Rose by one tenth of one per cent to seven per cent and the actual number of jobless increased to from in january. In Saskatchewan the rate dropped to 5.1 per cell from 5.1 per cent ill january. Alberta. Despite an in crease in its unemployment rate to 5.1 per cell from per cell. Remained the prov Ince with the lowest jobless Rale. See More Page 1 pcs to close Churchill Plant by. David Lee the province will shut Down a government owned pre fabricated housing Plant at Churchill this month leaving 28 without jobs in the Small Northern Community. And while officials won t confirm it the province plans to close Down or sell several other government owned firms in Northern Manitoba All of them established by he former new democratic parly administration to train and employ native people. The free press Learned in interviews monday inc Northern affairs department has approved an offer for Misti Creek logging co. Ltd. Of Cranberry Portage and is considering a bid for min ago contractors Ltd. At Thompson. Sources said the department will also seek bids shortly for at least two other firms it now operates ath Apap builders Al Cranberry Portage and Young s Point woodworking and Cabinet co. At the Pas. It also plans to advertise at least a couple of others soon or close them. Department officials refused to talk or did not re Sec Manitoba Page 1 airline denies Manning illegal Ottawa air Canada is engaging in an illegal prac Tice by failing to have the mandatory licensed flight engineers on Boeing 727 Crews Dan Mckenzie Winnipeg South Centre said monday. Mckenzie armed with memoranda Loback his Alle gation said it was evident tile government is worried about its politic ill skin rather than the safety of the Canad an flying the memoranda Between senior transport department officials stale Hal air Canada s Boeing 727 operation is illegal and action must be Laken to avoid a political embarrassment to the govern ment. He gave copies of the material to reporters saying they were obtained from concerned transport department officials. A spokesman for air Canada flight operations in Winni Peg denied the charge by Mckenzie. Air Canada said a three Man flight deck Crew three pilots one qualified As a flight Engi operate its 727s. He added that All other airlines Crew the Jet with three offi see air Canada Page did Man hand get Toronto up a payment was made in 1972 to the re election Campaign of Jean Marchand then Federal transport minister after the Federal govern Mcnol finally awarded a contract for dredging near trois rivieras qtie., a former dredging company president Lesli fied monday. Pros culion witness Horace Grant Rindress former presi Dent of j. P. Porter co. Ltd., Montreal said he issued the Chinue on the instructions of Porter director Bruno Desjar dins. Rindress was testifying under Protection of the can Ada evidence act which prevents any testimony he gives from being used against him in any future court proceedings. Eleven executives and their nine companies Are charged with defrauding the Federal and Ontario governments and the Hamilton and Toronto Harbor commissioners of about million. Rindress told the Ontario supreme court jury he had arranged to pay Ihrcke other dredging companies to bid High so that a Porlar subsidiary Richelieu dredging corp. Inc. Would get the contract. Civic crackdown on sex Industry strict enforcement of Laws urged by Steve Pona a two listed crackdown on the location and number of sex shops adult oriented movie houses Mas Sage and amusement Parlours in downtown Winnipeg was recommended by civic environment com Mittee for Council approval Mon Day. Committee voted to endorse a wide ranging amendment to the City s general zoning bylaw designating sex oriented businesses As prohibited and non conforming land uses in downtown Winnipeg the Only area in which they Are at present allowed to operate. While it would do Little to curb existing operations which would be classed As non conforming land uses councillor Jim Ernst said the proposed amendment would Block their proliferation by prohibiting additional lands from being developed for those purposes. Only if an existing operation is left vacant for More than a year would the City be empowered to unilaterally revoke its non con forming land use Stalus Ernst in dependent citizens election com Mill explained. The plan developed by Environ ment commissioner Dave Hender son also Calls for strict enforce ment of the Massage parlor licence bylaw currently being stalled by court challenges from the Manitoba Massage parlor association. The association is appealing the legality of the 1075 City bylaw to the supreme court of Canada. The bylaw was upheld recently by inc Manitoba court of Appeal among other things the bylaw requires the names and addresses of Massage parlor patrons to be recorded employees to be certified free of infectious diseases once a year and operating hours to be from eight in the morn ing to 11 . Only four of the 15 Massage Par lors in Winnipeg have of Blancd operating licences costing an owner a employee Jim bar Rie the City s chief licencing in Spector Lold committee. The bylaw probably won t been forced before the association decides whether to pursue its ease against it to the supreme court of Canada a process Hal could take As Long As two years Ernst said. Otherwise the City could be found liable for any losses incurred by the businesses during that Lime if it is overturned which could be a Ernst said. In the meantime Barric said the City is accumulating evidence against the operations and will be in a position to act once it gets the political Green Light to proceed with a crackdown. Ernst who criticized judges for being too in incl on inc Issue see sex Page 4 ;