Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 22, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipi6 free april Quebec left with 2 tory maps Wagner appointed senator Ottawa up Claude one of the most enigmatic and controversial political resigned his commons seat Friday to be come a Only moments after the the beaming progressive conservative my for the Quebec Riding of Hyacinthe told reporters in Public one must always be available to new challenges and i think of this As a it is a prestige forum to speak out on National issues and serve my the appointment by prime minister Trudeau comes on the eve of an expected Feder Al election Campaign and re already weak conservative toehold on the largely Liberal province of although Wagner will sit As a he re places a Senate vacancy created when Jeanpierre a was appointed Quebec lieutenant Over the conservatives now have Only two maps from the province Roch Lasalle Joliette and Howard Graff Tey standing in the 264seat commons now is Liberal progressive conserva Tive nip social credit Independent vacant but the 53yearold who was drafted to the conservatives in 1972 to boost their Quebec up photo who resigned his commons seat Friday to become has been the tories leading spokesman for denied the suggestion that his departure from the com Mons will Hurt his party chances in the next i think the future of conservatives is if Only we could have a general said the fluently bilingual Man who had unsuccessfully tried to become Quebec Liberal Leader and the Federal conservative i dont consider anyone in either party is pcs try to defuse a leadership controversy 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 continued this Man can return the conservative party to Power Diefenbaker snort stabbing a newspaper clipping with a picture of i never heard of such a Murray arid friends since the Early actively supported former party president Dalton Camps Call in 1966 for a review of Diefenbaker a movement that eventually led to a convention that re placed the former prime minister with Robert Stan prime minis Ter Trudeau and other Liber als have attempted to make political mileage out of the latest internal conservative party a number of conservative candidates seem to be run Ning to replace tru Deau said in a reference to the Diefenbaker Crombie controversy Friday 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 engage ments 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 Pryne ministers said one organizer he does pretty much what he wants to we have Many Good Candi who served As the conservatives external affairs said he May Campaign for his party in the next it remains to be seen Way i can be if i do i dont think conservative Leader Joe Clark will Wagner had placed second to Clark in the party leadership convention and their relationship has often been strained since the handsome Wagner said Friday that their relationship is Excel Clark issued a statement congratulating Wagner he has already served his with distinction and his Broad knowledge of Canada and experience in International matters will be most Valu Able to the i am also pleased that his appointment will allow him to continue to play an important Rote in Public life and the Progress Ive conservative former prime minister John who had supported Wagner in his bid for the conservative Leader described him As distinguished and said in sorry Hes leaving the House of rumours that Wagner was heading for the Senate have been circulating since last autumn when he was seriously ill with a malady his family refused to Dis he says his health now is excellent Only two weeks when asked about a Senate a Wagner said he had not yet been flattered with such an the native of nurtured an interest in politics since his student Days at the University of Ottawa when studies were often sacrificed so he could debates in the his first dip into political Waters was successful when he won a seat As Liberal in the Quebec National Assem Bly in a 1964 the father of three was soon appointed Quebec jus Tice minister in the Cabinet of Jean in he lost to Robert Bourassa the Quebec Liberal leadership and returned to the two years former conservative Leader Robert Stanfield wooed him to Lead the party Quebec poll shows Schumacher leading Calgary up the Herald says two surveys recently conducted in the Bow River Federal constituency in Southern indicate Schumacher is ahead in a bid for a drum quit the conservative caucus in february to sit As an Independent in the House of com Schumacher was Defeated in a bid to win the party nomination in Bow River last october by Gordon an Independent member of the Alberta Schumacher had represented Palliser for 10 Palliser has since been eliminated under redistribution Survey of Canadian youth Federal setup facing test Montreal up a Survey of Cana Dian youth conducted by an International advertising Agency indicates that Many believe Quebec will not remain in con when asked to agree or disagree with the statement Quebec will no longer be part of confederation in the affirmative responses were obtained from 56 per cent of the French speaking youth and 41 per cent of the English speaking in 29 per cent of the French speaking youths and 15 per cent of the in Glis speaking youths agreed with the statement that Canada might one Day become part of the United commissioned by the new Yor based advertising Agency the statements appeared in an attitudes sur vey conducted last summer using a Sam ple of Canadian split in even English and French speaking half of the Sample population were in the 15 to 19 age group while the other half were in the 2025 age the Sample was also equally divided by one of the most striking differences Between the two groups was that 80 per cent of the Young French speaking canadians said they thought that in the future most educated people in Canada would be Able to speak both official while Only 46 per cent of the English youths agreed this was the Survey was part of a poll of attitudes among youth in 12 the results were released this week at a seminar during the cites first Salon inter National de la Ann senior Vic president of Mccanns International said the Survey which dealt with attitudes on everything from marijuana usage to communism indicated that the differences Between Canadas two language groups Are pretty translated for it Means that basically the same Selling message will reach Young English and French speaking Canadian described As the Labora Tor of International communications Strat egy for such clients As general coca cola Loreal and said she might advise clients to approach the two language groups differently in the area of Job recruit ziment and investment French Canadian youth place a higher Premium on Lon term Security in choosing a Job than do either european or English speaking Canadian according to the English speaking canadians placed exciting challenging work and the Opportunity to get ahead above Job Securi Survey results indicated that Young peo ple in All 12 including France and consid ered finding a Job their of Federal electoral Boun the Herald said preliminary returns from a questionnaire mailed by Schu Macher to Bow River Homes indicate residents of the Riding do not think the conservatives will form the next government and May prefer an Independent my Over a party member As their the afternoon daily said 64 per cent of the 300 respondents said they feel the liberals will retain Power in the while 33 per cent picked the conservatives and three per cent were in asked about representation in 41 per cent of the respondents said they think an Independent my perform better than a party Only 18 per cent said an Independent my would serve his constituents 25 per cent said the same service would prevail and 16 per cent were the liberals conducted their own Survey by placing informal phone Calls throughout the their Survey showed Schu Macher would be a hard Man to the newspaper it added the liberals also Are having a difficult time recruiting a candidate for Bow at least six persons have been approached by the liberals but none have commit Ted the Herald the party is to hold a Nomi nation meeting in on april korean air lines Cho Cho Nhoon leaves for Finland to await release of passengers and Crew of plane downed by soviet Jet fighters two passengers were two reported thirteen injured soviets release Kal survivors Moscow a a United states Jet was heading to the far Northern port of Murmansk today to pick up the survivors and the dead of the South korean Airliner forced to a Frozen Lake by shoot ing soviet two of the 110 persons aboard the korean air lines plane were killed and 13 two when the plane was officials but it was not known whether the casualties were due to the soviet Jet fighters or the korean jetliner forced the pan am Boeing 727 was leaving Berlin at 1 est and was to land in Kilometres to the two or three hours How Long it would remain in Murmansk was from it was flying to the finnish capital of Kilometres to the where a waiting korean air lines plane was to take the survivors to Seoul via Anchorage and Tokyo on the release of the downed Airliner is to be negotiated after the pan am plane leaves the Kore an a Boeing carried 48 51 five two two West germans and two officials one of the dead is a the other casualties were not South Korea and the soviet Union do not have diplomatic so the United states offered every pos sible assistance and worked out the pan am flight with soviet the drama began thursday after flight 902 left Paris for with a refuelling Stop scheduled in Anchor the last radio transmission re ported its position near Ellesmere Canadas northernmost and and Canadian planes immediately mounted a but the on a trans Polar for some unkown reason deviated from its turned South Over the Arctic crossed the Barents sea and entered soviet air space near soviet Jet fighters forc ing the Airliner to an ice shattering crash Landing on a Lake near 500 Kilometres South of Murmansk and 250 Kilometres from the finnish Bor Carter delays troop withdrawal Washington Reuter president Carter has announced a delay in the planned withdrawal of troops in South Korea in a move seen As applying pressure on Congress to approve expenditure of million for military equip ment for that approval has been held up because of the Kore an bribery investigation now under Way in Congress and Many legislators Are Loath to approve funds for South Korea until the matter is cleared the scandal involves South korean businessman Tong Sun Park and others who gave Money to the investigation has brought indictments against both South koreans and americans and it is not known How Long the it will in his announcement Fri Day that he was delaying the scheduled withdrawal of 600 Carter noted that Congress May not approve the Aid this session because of a crowded Calendar and also because of other mat ters concerning the president announced last that he would with draw All combat troops now numbering about soldiers from South Korea during a four or five year at that time he proposed the military equipment program and stressed that it was essential to improve South Korea defensive military capability to maintain a balance of Power on the korean Carter said Friday that there has been no change in plans to bolster the air Force presence in South the administration official said the number of f4 fight a bombers will be increased to 72 from 60 by this despite the timing of the the official stressed that the statement was in no Way related to the forced Landing of a South korean Jet liner in the soviet Union in South Korea welcomed Carters South korean foreign ministry and defence ministry officials said they welcomed the delay and Park a spokesman for the governing democratic Republican said it was encourage apparently the United states government has accepted our position that it would be dangerous to with draw the american ground troops before sufficient compensatory measures have been he die cries foul at mint takeover Bill Ottawa up former prime minister John Diefenbaker accused the govern ment Friday of trying to make a eunuch of Parlia ment with its proposal to give the cab act Power Over the production of Gold its a dangerous Bill some trickery is being worked said die Fen he also criticized Supply minister Jeanpierre Coyer for not being in the commons when the Bill was goers portfolio includes responsibility for the Canadian Diefenbaker noted that Only four of the 33 Cabinet ministers were in the com he said he wanted some one to explain Why the Cabi net wanted the sole Power to determine the size and de nomination of Gold coins As Well As their design and Gold the which received second also prohibits Consumers from using More than one Gold Coin As Legal tender in any one pay ment of Money More than Aideen parliamentary Secretary to told the commons the world annual Market for Numis Matic coins is estimated at about Canadian sales were about million in the government believes the mint should continue its efforts to gain for Canada a substantial share of the world the Toronto my Arnold Peters nip to mis Kaming said issuing Gold coins could Lead to the reopening of Many Gold mines in the Northern areas of Ontario and Man ;