Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 22, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canadians 15 Happy 50th Shirley Temple weekend firm sprolls to world markets 21 elderly May lose welfare cards sour notes 33 Leisure Shes knocking on doors again Page 39 inside anytime 74 102 for 45 Jumble weather report from Cloudy Low High 12 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets 85 172 Peg free press april final edition up air offers lower rates Montreal up up air will offer a new Low fare passenger service starting May 1 Between Winnipeg and to Ronto at a roundtrip Cost of a one Way flight plus one Dol the airline announced tie new courier Jet ser vice will operate monday to All year Long on off Peak hours for round trips passengers must stay a minimum of six Days and a maximum of 30 in the City to which they Are no Advance booking will be but the return reservation must be con firmed before the outbound the airline the airline offers discount services for certain Domestic including a charter class Canada fare and an Advance booking but both of these require reservations at least Days in by Paul Deleske Doug Macdonald Randy Bright Centre and Todd Rath Well put on a smile to hide slightly but Young Trio will try again egg racers fail to crack record Mackasey calling it quits Mackasey ready to quit politics Montreal up vet eran Liberal Bryce Macka who announced Friday he intends to resign his seat in the Quebec National As apparently is ready to Call it quits after 16 years in politics and return to the business starting monday All about allergies millions of canadians suf Fer from some kind of Al whether it be Hay fever or asthma or some super sensitive reaction to associated press writer John Barbour has compiled All the facts and noted the fictions about allergies and allergy victims in an eight part series starting monday in the free press by Robert vie Laird their Green machine took a commanding Lead in the opening round carrying a fresh Chick in egg for but the performance left Randy Todd Rathwell and Doug both for the three Grade 5 students at Brandon George Fitton school know the world record for egg racing in the 13yearoldandunder category is a whopping 91 at school it ran 113 metres Randy said the egg was off Centre a Todd and it Only weighed 70 Doug the three Are participating in the great egg race in the Manitoba museum of Man and nature a preliminary event for the great International egg race to be held in Toronto this egg racing is serious As anyone can see today and sunday when the preliminary International event continues on the smooth tiles of the museum lobby starting at each anyone can participate and organizers expect at least 20 entrants to take up the games which is to design a vehicle or device which uses Only the Energy which can be stored in a Small rubber band to transport its payload one fresh Chicken egg As far As the rules Are simple the rubber band to propel the device or vehicle can Only be a Viceroy rubber the egg must weigh no less than 70 Grams and gets three with the longest run counting for the Todd and Doug say be Back feeling they can do much better than Little More than 37 which is almost two runs across the museum lobby although fridays performance of their vehicle dubbed the Green machine them they easily beat the Only two other entrants in the race so University of Manitoba students Chris Hinton and Caroline both entered a Slingshot driven vehicle that ran for Only May try the Green machine used to be a Pale Green Lazy Suzy rotating Stor age shelves for pots an jars that otherwise clutter tilt it and the shelves become wheels that have an elastic band As an the egg hangs from the Axle band on another band wrapped around the to allow the Green machine to Start on its own the boys push it up and Down the winding the Elas tic Axle its important that once the band is wound up the egg hangs exactly in the Randy egg racing was born in 1976 when officials of the British broadcasting corporation and the Ontario science Centre met in Toronto to discuss the possibility of an International the idea was to have competitions in great Britain and Canada and to pick teams for an International event at the Centre in the summer of since then the International aspect has been expanded to include participants from the United verdict negligent homicide in death of epileptic exorcists sentences suspended West Germany a two roman Catholic priests and the parents of a Young epileptic woman who starved to death during bizarre exorcism rites received suspended prison sentences they were convicted of negligent the court held they should and must have been Able to recognize that 23yearold Anneliese Michel emaciated to near skeletal 70 pounds when she died needed medical Atten Josef his wife and the two priests who performed nine months of exorcism rites Ernst and Wilhelm 67 were convicted and ordered to share costs of the the sentences were stiffer than those sought by chief prosecutor Karl who recommended fines for the two priests but asked that the parents be spared punishment after the ordeal of losing their in a highly publicized the exorcists amazed most listeners by assert ing miss Michel was possessed by six demons including nazi Leader Adolf Hitler and roman emperor but medical and psychiatric experts testified that miss Michels demonic Possession was caused by epilepsy and the psychological effects of her fiercely religious upbringing in the Rural Bavar Ian Village of near the dark haired theology Stu Dent underwent More than 60 exorcism sessions at her parents refusing nourishment and medical care during the last few months before she died july Craik ties up Swiss Deal i Manitoba Sells Bonds Premier Sterling Lyon said Friday the Manitoba government has negotiated the Sale of million Worth of provincial Bonds in Switzerland at an interest rate of four per the lowest on announcing the Sale in the said the 15year Bond Issue has been negotiated to provide funds needed by Manitoba Hydro for Power projects in North Ern the Premier said the Sale was completed Friday by finance minister Don who flew to Switzerland ear Lier this he said the government was particularly encouraged to have attracted such a favourable interest Lyon said the Sale of the Bond Issue was arranged by a consortium managed by the Union Bank of Switzer Swiss Bank Corpora Tion and credit nip Leader de Schreyer said he was pleased with the Sale and had to compliment Lyon on he noted that the Sale was coming at a time when the value of the Canad an Dollar is seriously de despite his welcoming of the Schreyer suggested it was probably bittersweet to the conservative government As it proves the provinces credit rating is obviously still very the opposition Leader was referring to past criticisms by the conservatives of his former nip governments huge which have left Manitoba with almost the highest per capita debt Load in illegally assessed licence surcharges being refunded the Manitoba motor vehicles Branch is refunding Drivers licence surcharges imposed because of Demerit Points Ille Gally assessed for out province traffic Manitoba ombudsman George Maltby stated in his 1977 annual filed in the provincial legislature last week that neither the Manitoba Highway traffic act nor the Manitoba Public insurance corporation act provided for such Demerit he that the government intends to pass retroactive legislation covering the matter at the next legislative a spokesman for the motor vehicles Branch said Friday the ranch is refunding out province Demerit surcharges on such people Are they will be billed for the amount if the retroactive legislation is a Manitoba Motorist is allowed five Demerit Points on his licence before being for six is surcharged on the rising to for 20 demerits or the motor vehicles Branch has kept no count of the num Ber of motorists requesting refunds thus or of the total amount refunded to the spokesman free Pope begs in Appeal to kidnappers Rome Pope Paul issued a dramatic Appeal to the red saying he was praying on his Knees for the unconditional libera Tion of political Leader Aldo Moro As the death deadline set by the terrorists i am writing to men of the red said the plea from the 80yearold a personal Friend of i dont know i have no Contact with free unknown and implacable adversaries of this deserving and Ujj Nocent Man i Pray to you my liberate Aldo simply and without any the Appeal was signed by the Pope and dated but the Vatican released it to journalists then had it broadcast on the Vatican and state radios in Spanish and in a message attributed to the militants who grabbed the 61yearold Christian democratic party president and former Premier five weeks ago gave the govern ment until 3 8 Cost today to signal it will Trade him for communist prisoners or risk his on Premier Giulio Andreottis backed by key parliamentary rejected talks with the red but re plied to an Appeal from Moros family by naming Caritas internationals to seek possible ways for his beef prices Rise 18 cents in april the average retail beef Price in Winnipeg went up 18 cents a Pound in the last according to calculations by the Manitoba beef growers the associations Price monitoring based on March 21 and april 19 comparisons at five retail outlets show a Rise to per Pound from calculations include a retail markup of per cent average wholesale per cent plus a byproduct value of on each carcass and 61 cents out of each retail Dollar paid to the average Price Rise comparisons of March 21 and april 19 included sirloin Steak up from to prime rib roast from to and ground beef from to per pcs scramble to Patch apparent rift Over Joe Clark leadership Ottawa up progressive conservatives Are scrambling to Patch up a perceived party rift Over Joe Clarks leadership on the eve of an expected general at the same liberals Are attempting to capitalize on the apparent brought on by suggestions this week that for Mer prime minister John Diefenbaker wants Clark replaced As Leader by Toronto mayor David Diefenbaker himself moved Friday to Crank Down the Contro but he gave no hint that he is upset with the events that caused it All began when he told sup porters at his 13th consecutive nomination meeting in Prince on wednesday that Crombie would one Day hold the highest office in the Dominion of during a Chat in his he insisted that he used the word not As a he he was doing nothing More than painting Hopes of a Bright future for party candidate for the Toronto Riding of Rosedale during the next Federal there had been no specific mention of Crombie becoming conservative Leader or that he should replace Diefenbaker support for leadership has not been and there Are indications that his endorsement of Crombie has opened old party even As he attempted to Cool the Diefenbaker made Clear that he has no use for Clarks National Campaign chairman Lowell a Man he associated with his overthrow As Leader in this Man can return the conservative party to Power Diefenbaker stabbing a newspaper clipping with a Pic Ture of i never heard of such a Murray and friends since the Early actively supported former party presi Dent Dalton Camps Call in 1966 for a review of Diefenbaker a movement that eventually led to a convention that replaced the former prime minister with Robert prime minister Trudeau and other liberals have attempted to make political mileage out of the latest internal conservative party a number of conservative candidates seem to be running to replace Trudeau said in a reference to the die Fen bake Crombie controversy Fri Day during a pre Campaign walk Down the streets of conservative sources say Clark and others in the party Are upset with the publicity Given the mayor and his 82yearold supporter during the Prince Albert but they say there is very Little they can do about other than to try to Correct the impression that Diefenbaker wants Clark out and Crombie As the election Diefenbaker has made Clear that he plans to play an Active role whether the party wants him to or he has accepted speaking engagements in a number of i including one for Crombie to help the mayors attempt to capture Rosedale Over Liberal hopeful John Clarks has Little idea of the former prime ministers said one organizer he does pretty much what he wants to ;