Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, March 17, 1978

Issue date: Friday, March 17, 1978
Pages available: 84
Previous edition: Thursday, March 16, 1978

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 17, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Builders Welcome Marc curbs 15 i weather report from 4dvance Cloudy high3 Sun rises Moon rises sets no 85 my mhm4s 1362s it 49004 i Mimi 9 russian flu cases reported Here i Manitoba Misic festival rent mediation Board under study anytime fish hatchery results and highlights i to use Selar heat 7 1522 34 31 Cut Swort deaths 31 11 31 85 142 March press 15 cents with coloured comics final edition official secrete act Toronto Sun to be charged Ottawa up Justice minister Ron Basford said today the Toronto Sun will be charged under the official secrets he said that he has decided that conservative Tom Cossitt will not be charged under the Basford said no charge in a court could be based on statements made in the commons by a member of he said Cossitt had not added substantially outside the House what he had said inside about soviet and other intelligence activities in Canada that Basford reiterated must have come from secret Security Docu he said the Sun is being charged for publishing secret information along the same lines As disclosed by Cossitt in the an investigation by the ramp had found no relation ship Between Cossitt and the information published by the Sun March Oil spill worst Ever France a the supertanker Amoco carrying 63 million Gallons of broke in two Early today on rocks off Frances Brittany coast and is pouring Oil onto beaches and fishing the wreck has the Poten tial to be the worst Tanker Oil spill on record if All tanks Are ruptured and it Dis charges its full but officials could not yet forecast the size of the even before the ship broke up about five kilo metres off leaking Oil had reached More than a Kilometre of authorities at this French Atlantic port ordered a full pollution Alert in a bid to save the lobster Rich coast but Navy ships loaded with Chalk and detergent were unable to move in be tween the supertanker and the Shore because of Rocky obstructions in the it was the fourth time the Brittany coast has been polluted by a Tanker spill since when the Torrey can Yon broke up 160 Kilometres to the off in glands Southwest the Torrey the worst Shipwreck spill on rec poured 29 million Gal Lons into the the Oil washed ashore in both England and helicopters took 41 per including a off the 320metre Amoco Cadiz during the leaving Only the Cap lain and first officer on Board the unlighted maritime authorities re ported that the front Section of the listing was Drifting toward rocks in the direction of the summer resort of officials who flew Over the wreckage said it was surrounded by Oil extending out for More than three the ship ran aground five pm offshore on the Portnall 40 pm North of after the steering mechanism failed during a bad storm late Mari time authorities an at tempt by the West German tug keep the ship off the rocks failed when the Tow line police and firemen were besieged with hundreds of complaining Telephone Calls overnight As fumes from the leaking Oil drifted the Tanker is owned by Amoco transport a subsidiary of the Amoco Oil and sails under the Libe Rian a maritime administration spokesman said the Tanker was listing 30 he said the built five years ago in was carrying tons of Middle East crude Oil and tons of engine there Are seven barrels of Oil to a ton and each barrel contains 42 the Tanker drifted on the rocks a few Kilometres from where the supertanker olympic bravery went ashore and broke up two years the olympic bravery was in but its engine Oil caused major damage to the picturesque last year the lobster Becks and tourist beaches of Sein 50 pm South of port Sall were saved after a six month Battle to destroy Oil trapped in an East Ger Man the which Sank offshore killing 26 Crew photo by Gerry Cairns lieutenant governor Bud joins limousine eases its Way through pickets at the legislative pc proposals Schreyer says the throne speech presented on behalf of Manitoba progressive conservative government thurs Day is really a Long series of platitudes linked together like Sau opposition Leader de Schreyer Schreyer said the speech was a very traditional document in style and Content and applies 1960s thinking to 1970s problems such As Northern develop ment and the declining farm econ what really counts today has to do with the fact our farm Economy is nose diving he Evi Dence of this is the almost Desper ate spontaneous eruption of farm demonstrations 10 Days ago the Canadian agricultural principally centred in Schreyer said he believes unemployment in the Industrial labor Force is at a pos second world War making the future Uncertain for Young especially those in Remote Northern these conditions mean migration from Manitoba in 1978 will Proba Bly be the highest out migration weve Ever had with the possible exception of he Schreyer said the speech emphasis the private sector is really Wishful thinking because it will take the Best efforts of both the Public and private sectors to improve unemployment and the even with the most optimistic interpretations of what the private sector can do for he its effect on the Economy and unemployment cant be measured in months or even Schreyer said the million the conservatives announced to construct health facilities was Only a Small part of the new demo cratic parlays Long Range plans for see pc Page 4 Jobin prays for jobs in an unusual departure from lieutenant governor Bud Jobin added a personal comment on unemployment to the text of the throne speech the government prepared for him to read May a solution be found to the unemployment Situa Tion not Only Here in Manitoba but throughout Jobin said near the end of the speech in what he de scribed As More a prayer than a the Only other reference to jobs in the speech was a statement that prospects for significant economic expansion in Canada and Manito higher employment Levels and better Price performance would Only follow sound economic leadership by the Federal Premier Sterling Lyon admitted it was unusual for a lieutenant governor to add his own comments to the throne but said he didst find it it want out of keeping with the theme of the opposition Leader de Schreyer described the move As very who can get elected on a program of curing unemployment through prayer when we were in govern they blamed unemployment on the now were in they Are blaming unemployment on Sidney Green Inkster Kidnap Auto found Rome a police said today they found the second car used in the escape of the terrorists who kidnapped Aldo increasing their belief that they were hiding the political Leader in North West the car was parked on the same Street where the first one was found thursday of several Kilometres from the site of the Kidnap a police spokesman he said there were blood stains on and in the first tests were being made to determine whether it was the blood of the 61yearold president of Italy dominant Christian demo cratic police have expressed the belief that Moro was unhurt in he abduction in which his five police body guards were they said one of the officers got off three probably wound ing one of the As troops and police commandos accused of killing refugees Pope Paul condemns Israel Pope Paul profoundly saddened compiled from dispatches residents of the area North of Tyre today accused israeli forces of killing at least 20 refugees in a commando raid similar to palestinian attack that touched off the invasion of Southern according to the israeli commandos landed at a coastal town and shot two carloads of civilian Refu killing at least 20 people including 10 israeli radio reports denied the Pope Paul has accused is Rael of indiscriminate bombing of defenceless refugee Camps in the Vatican said the Pope is profoundly saddened by the huge number of victims caused by israels indiscriminate bombardments on defenceless refugee Camps and Leb anese a Telegram sent by Vati can state Secretary Jean Cardinal Vil lot the sent to Alfredo papal Nuncio in said the Pope expressed his deepest Condo Lences for the your excellency is authorized to express in the name of holiness the deepest condolences to the the families of the lebanese victims and the Telegram stat Pope Paul had said monday that he hoped the palestinian guerrilla attack on a civilian bus in Israel last sat urday would not Lead to a new Chain of bloody syrian planes have taken to the air to help defend positions held by Arab peacekeeping forces in Lebanon from israeli the head of the Palestine liberation organizations military forces said israeli operating behind lethal see Pope Page 1 government Grants fall u of m president claims see terrorists Page 4 by Debbie Lyon in a strongly worded statement about re cent announced government Ralph Campbell says the work of the univer sity of Manitoba requires support and in not a one per cent president of the warned the prospects for 197879 Are indeed grave and described As dramatic the differences in government support to universities Between Manitoba and provinces like Saskatchewan and his statement was distributed to the varsity Community through its weekly Bulle tin last the provincial universities Grants commission announced Grants total Ling about million for the University of while the operating Grant in creased about three per Overall sup port to the University was up Only about one per cent from see University Page 4 British maps watch that redeye London up British members of parliament have been warned to Cut Down on booze before appearing on television because it might turn their noses and ears Bright bbl newscaster Timothy a prospective conservative candidate for says u the House of com Mons Magazine if you Are offered a drink before a to dont have More than for modern cameras can pick up the slightest Trace of colouring transform it into glorious living the unfortunate politician will then appear before millions of voters looking like a re nosed even if he is perfectly both the state run bbl and the com Mercial Independent television net work usually take important guests into the Green room before a to broadcast and drinks Are provided As the program is participants in such programs would do Well to Fly on one not Only because of the color problem but be cause of the need for Quick thinking when answering a political Brinton he has advice for candidates and elected members speaking on television for the first time dont smile too much you May look dont get up too quickly at the end of an interview it May look As if you Are running dont use too Many statistics they mean Little to Canada takes title Switzer land up Paul Gow Sells perfect two Rock takeout in the final end gave Canada a 42 win Over Sweden today and the Gold medal in the world Junior Curling Champi it was the Calgary curlers second world Junior he won before in 1976 at Avie 1 think it was one of the Best curled games i have Ever said Canadian team coach Warren Lead Kelly Stearne said it was the toughest game we played Paul made it and that got to be Why he is the world Champion Doug the Canadian second Canadas Only loss during the tournament was a 53 de feat by the see Page 58 for scores hockey wha Quebec 5 Indianapolis 2 nil Buffalo 3 Philadelphia 1 Detroit 3 los Angeles 3 Boston 7 Minnesota 2 Western Canada Seattle 5 Billings 4 Brandon 5 flan flon 3 Medicine Regina 4 details in sports 57 looking for a Buffet this want and under furniture modern 5 8 4 18 256 is among the hundreds of bargains in today classified pages no Neaffer what you need save with free press want ;