Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 8, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free press monday May 8, 1978 participants in the fifth annual jewish youth Parade celebrate Israel s 30th anniversary sunday. After hearing speeches from photo by Paul Del Csc various officials on the grounds of the legislative building the marchers went to the Nymha Community Centre on Margrave Street. Stars help to celebrate israeli birthday los Angeles a amid tight Security about people gathered in los Angeles on sunday for a Star studded Celebration of Israel s 30th birthday As a country. Simultaneously in the grand Ball room of the Jerusalem Hilton hotel about others viewed via Satel Lite performances by barbra Strei Sand George Burns Ben Vereen Wilson Jean Stapleton Barry Manilow Henry Fonda Henry Winkler conductor Zubin Mehta and the los Angeles philharmonic and others. The taped show will be broadcast at 8 . Cd today on Abc television. Vicc president Waller Mondale who served As chairman of the Spon Soring american committee to celebrate Israel s 30th anniversary saluted the israeli state in Brief taped comments. Mondale said the . And Israel share Many ties of blood kinship history and common religious principles As Well As a commitment to democracy Liberty and human jus Tice. No other nation has served those principles More faithfully under More Adverse conditions than Isra he said. What the audience at Home won t see Are three Brief Impromptu soft shoe routines by dancer Gene Kelly who was told to fill in for about six minutes when several cameras failed. The finale the singing of the israeli National Anthem with the los an Geles and Jerusalem audiences led by miss Streisand and the los an Geles philharmonic features both audiences raising candles to Salute. Israel. However because of fire Laws the los Angeles audience was Given chemical safety lights. Also appearing on the show were Debby bronc Pat bronc Norm Crosby Sammy Davis ornate Jackson Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward Ballet dancers Galina and Valery Panov Bernadette Peters Shields and Yarnell and Natalie Wood. Israel invincible begin declares nearly four months ago will be Ren ewed x there is always Hope because both of us want begin said. If egyptian president Anwar Sadat were pres ent he said i would Tell him let us renew the spirit. This is the real basis for the negotiations he also said president Carter s pro posed package Sale of fighter planes to Egypt saudi Arabia and Israel is very dangerous to the Security of he i continued refused to say whether he would favor dropping the Sale altogether if Carter insists on Selling the planes to All three countries. The air plane Sale Issue was the main topic at his meeting with Carter at the White House last week. Although the two men parted on friendlier terms than they did when they met in March neither budged from his stated positions on the Sale or on conditions for renewed peace negotiations in the mid dle East. Besides Washington and new York begin s trip took him to los Angeles and Chicago. In each City head dressed jewish groups repeating his vow to bring peace to the Middle East but Only if Israel s Security is assured. Begin Plo claims its rockets hit Jerusalem Jerusalem a Yasser Arafat s palestinian guerrillas claimed responsibility sunday for the first rocket attack on Jerusalem since 197g and said it was timed to coincide with this week s 30th anniversary of israeli Independence. Authorities Here said a woman was injured when a soviet made Katy Sha rocket exploded. The Palestine liberation organization Plo in Beirut Lebanon said several people were killed or injured in a heavy rocket attack and israeli govern ment buildings were damaged. Independence Day celebrations have been traditional targets for Arab terrorism and israeli police and civilians were placed on Alert against possible attacks. Israeli authorities said the woman was Cut by flying Glass when the rocket exploded in an apartment courtyard saturday night smashing windows and packing the Stone Walls of the building. A Plo command spokesman said an underground squad s rocket at tack on government buildings resulted in the killing and wounding of several israelis in addition to the destruction and damage to several buildings and he said the squad was named after the Martyr Dalai the palestinian guerrilla who purportedly led the March 11 raid on the Tel Aviv Haifa Highway that killed 35 israelis. Nine of 11 guerrillas died. Israeli soldiers combed Hills and villages around Jerusalem for the launcher of the rocket one of Arab guerrillas heaviest weapons. Rocket attacks Are frequent along the israeli lebanese Border. Television and radio broadcasts warned israelis to watch for pack aces. Last bomb exploded in an empty Jerusalem bus and a second blast injured four persons in the Northern israeli town of acre. In the israeli occupied West Bank of the Jordan River israeli authorities announced the release of Ray Monda Tawil a 51-year-old Palestin Ian journalist and unofficial spokes Man for West Bank arabs. Held 45 Days without trial on suspicion of Contact with palestinian guerrillas and for disturbing Public order she was arrested during a wave of West Bank unrest following Israel s March 15 invasion of Southern Leba non. Tawil sail israeli Anth Oritis tried psychological and physical but she mentioned no specific mistreatment. White Shell plan rejected by Cabinet ment to occur As Moffatt s reference to easement was the granting of a right to build a Road Over Crown land to the Complex. However the Road by this time had already been built. The Parks executive said he based his recommendation on five reasons 1 the building capacity in the area had reached its limit. 2 boating on the Lake had also reached its limit. Based an one boat per 10 acres of water there were 65 boats too Many already being used in the summer. There was not sound economic data available to assess the venture and that should it go ahead it would have a negative Impact on other Large operators in the area. 3 there would be a significant Impact environmentally. Continued 4 a condominium development would mean government would have to Deal with 200 individual owners As opposed to one. 5 the development would establish a rather dangerous Prece Danyluk sent the memo to Gallagher advising against going ahead with the development. In Danyluk s memorandum Gallagher was advised that Jarmoc had tried and failed to interest the gov eminent in a similar scheme. The memo said that the earlier proposition submitted by Jarmoc fell by the Wayside after the tour ism department had expended great Effort to further the proposal. Danyluk reported that there was not a great Deal in the Way of Back ground to judge whether the earlier proposal was largely imaginary or had sufficient finance to warrant it change in the department s current practice of opposing Large scale lakefront development. The earlier project was to have been located at Mckenzie Point a few Miles North of the government s Lac Dubonnet Airstrip. Jarmoc had attempted to drum up with both the Federal and provincial government lending Agen cies the department of regional and economic expansion the Manitoba development corporation and the communities economic development fund. His White Shell condominium project raised a storm of protests in the legislature after tourism minis Ter Bob Banman denied knowledge of the agreement one Day then remembered the signing two Days later. So far neither Jarmoc Gallagher or Banman have disclosed the names of people backing the project. All Gallagher will say is that he has met the people behind the million project. Jarmoc bought the land earlier last year for a reported further controversy followed when it was revealed that a Winnipeg lawyer representing Jarmoc was the same person representing a trading group which had brought a civil action against Gallagher. Banman has promised a full report to the legislature. Talks on Namibia stalled As Zambia recalls delegates United nations Router talks scheduled for today on the future of Namibia South West Afri Ca were cancelled when the Black nationalists who were to have taken part withdrew. The South West Africa people s organization which was to have joined delegates of Canada the United states Britain France and West Germany in the talks announced that its negotiations had been recalled to their Zambia Headquarters. The talks to discuss a plan by the five Western countries had been scheduled in a mood of pessimism after South Africa s raid into an Gola last thursday against what Pretoria said were Swap guerrilla bases. The Western countries want to convince Swap president san Nujoma and his colleagues that their plan accepted by South Africa on april 25 is the Best Way of ending hostilities in Mineral Rich Namibia and leading it to Independence from South Africa. Open looking ahead the plan Calls for a cease fire in Namibia a pull out by All but South african troops and United nations supervised elections leading to Namibia s Independence perhaps by the end of the year. All five Western Powers joined the unanimous use purity Council condemnation saturday of the South Afri can raid. The Council demanded an immediate pullout by the invading Force and threatened punitive measures possibly including sanctions if South Africa violates angolan territory again. South Africa rules Nami Bia under a league of nations mandate ended by the in general Assembly in 196g. Its continued occupation of the huge territory twice the size of France is Ille Gal As far As the United nations is concerned. Prof elected sacred Leader continued continued Rise in 1978 and indicated they might remain unchanged until into the Early 1980s. Sheikh Ahmed Zakiya Mani told a news conference that some open members will seek an increase when the organization s Oil minis ters meet formally at Geneva in june but this will not change the reality of the Situ Yamani did not refer directly to reports that saudi Arabia had told the closed door conference that Market conditions might not make a Price increase possible until 1981 or 1982. However he said there will be a glut of Oil on the Market until the end of 1979 and this would be followed by a period of balance Between Supply and demand. The fight to replace the . Currency As the basis for Oil transactions because of its decline in value in re cent months had been led by Iraq. However Iraq failed to convince the other 12 Mem Bers of open that the action was necessary. Many of the ministers de fended the Dollar and expressed satisfaction with what they called its growing strength in the last month. An automobile Caouette Temica Mongue and son of the late party Leader real Caouette resigned As interim Leader along with Rene Matte my for Champlain. Both had insisted that the leadership convention should be held in Ottawa or Quebec in june but a mid March policy convention in Winni Peg turned Down the idea. Reznowski said he will meet with the Quebec Wing of the party to discuss the possibility of a second Conven Tion to elect a Deputy Leader in that province. The party is expected to turn out As Many As 200 candidates for the Federal elec Tion but Hattersley said the number would depend on How soon the election is called. Reznowski will run in the Winnipeg Riding of St. Boni face a constituency held by Revenue minister Joe Guay from 1903 till his recent appointment to the Senate. In his Campaign speech Reznowski suggested that maps should answer to the people for their conduct. He said dissatisfied constituents should be allowed to lower their my s salary. At a press conference after his Victory announcement Reznowski answered questions slipping easily from French to English. He called prime minister Trudeau a spoiled brat millionaire s son who has treated the Economy like a toy. Trudeau has broken that Reznowski said. Pezonowski claims that Trudeau has created a de generate country plagued by homosexuals abortion Mills sterilization euthanasia and High finance. He said social credit eco nomic reforms would cure current unemployment and inflationary difficulties. Social credit economic policy Calls for a guaranteed income supplement for All canadians. The party also believes in a decentralized Federal bureaucracy with in creased provincial Auton omy. Police probe slaying wonder Why no live to social credit party officials want to know Why their National leadership convention held sunday in Winnipeg did t get live Csc news coverage. Lorne Reznowski the newly elected party Leader says hell urge his eight Man Federal caucus to ask the govern ment Why we were not Given the same privileges As the other three parties had at their leadership conventions. More than 20 Csc employees at the convention pre pared English and French network broadcasts for delayed newscasts. Reznowski says the Csc is being unfair by providing on the spot live coverage for the Federal conservative Liberal and new democratic party leadership conventions but not for the social creditors. He says he wants Clear answers straight answers on the Issue of coverage. I deadly diseases still surfacing continued an intensive ramp investigation is under Way into the slaying of a 70-year-old Man whose body was found in his Home in the Rhodes District near Ethelbert Man., at . Friday. Ramp identified the Vic Tim As Petro Yury. The victim died from Sev eral blows to his head. The House had been forcibly entered and a robbery had taken place police said. Woman elephant Trainer gored to death Rock Forest que. Up Michel Gatien owner of the gating circus troupe says his circus will never use elephants again after an elephant Trainer was gored to death in front of 600 spectators. Eloise Berchtold 42, of Wood land wash., was gored and Tram pled Friday night by a Bull elephant named teak who was later shot to death by police. A second mole elephant named thai crashed through the circus tent and , apparently frightened by the commotion Fol lowing the incident. Its former owner Morgan Berry of Washington was flown in after the african elephant was surrounded in a nearby Forest. She was standing there in the Woods completely Berry said. I just asked her to come and she followed me right into the Berry said the attack on is. Berchtold probably started As an Accident when the elephant knocked her to the ground. But once she was Down teak reacted by he said. You see he was used to being controlled by her when she s on her once she fell she no longer had the same control Over is. Berchtold had worked with elephants since she Vas in. She never talked about the danger but she knew it was always Berry said. Leo Duplessis general manager of the circus said teak was Worth but even if the elephant had Cost million i would have had it i waited to have powerful enough weapons and i did not Hesi Tate a moment to have it said Duplessis. I did not want to put in danger the life of any citizen of Rock for est knowing that an elephant that had already killed could Start Ken Stevens who has been trucking the elephants across North America since december said the Goring was no it was just Plain mean that Stevens said. A police spokesman said circus workers attempted several times to remove the woman s body from the ring after she was gored. But the elephant would t let anybody near he said. Diphtheria a killer disease at one time is still a constant threat and about nine cases Are diagnosed in the province each year. The last death Here from diphtheria was in 1975. The Bug killer Dot brought a momentary Victory in the Battle against malaria but now the disease is again gaining strength. Teh or 11-cases of malaria Are reported Here each year in variably involving people coming from overseas. Whooping cough also still keeps doctors Busy anywhere Between 15 and 90 cases being reported annually. There were two deaths Here in 1975, but no fatalities since then. One killer disease doctors Aren t worried about anymore is smallpox the last Case was diagnosed in Merka City in Southern Somalia last october. Since then there has not been a single Case of smallpox reported anywhere in the world. Polio is next on the list. Massive immunization programs in the Early 60s have succeeded in stamping out polio Here. There were three cases in 1963, but nothing since then. An on going program of vaccination of All children at two months of age is aimed at keeping the crippling disease out of Manitoba forever. Flu epidemics continue to claim lives and medical experts Are nervous about the new african fevers Lassa fever ebola fever and marburg disease but canadians can generally feel Safe from most of the exotic diseases. So what is killing us if the exotic diseases Arent heart Dis ease lung cancer and accidents arc still the three biggest killers in Canada today. At the turn of the Century germ caused infection was among the most serious threat to life. Now about canadians die each year 90 per cent of them from heart disease cancer strokes accidents Dia betes cirrhosis of the liver and arteriosclerosis. None of these is a contagious disease caused by germs ;