Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 31, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 Winnipeg free press wednesday May maps question defence chief Canada to maintain nuclear arms until 84 by Victor Mackie staff correspondent Ottawa Canada will not divest itself of its nuclear weapons for five or six years until around 1983-84, Admiral r. H. Falls chief of the defence staff told the commons defence committee tuesday. He said the voodoo aircraft May be re placed As Early As 1983 by the new fighters which the Canadian government is now in the Market to buy. On the Neutron bomb the defence chief told the committee that he considers it less ominous in that it contains blast than does the conventional nuclear War head. The defence chief was questioned in the committee by Allan b. Mckinnon Dan Mckenzie South Centre and Bob Wenman Val Ley later Mckinnon suggested in the com Mons that the defence chief by stating the Neutron bomb was less ominous than the alternatives was adopting a line that was divergent from that enunciated by prime minister Pierre Trudeau in his speech to the United nations. Deputy prime minister Allan Maceachen Neutron bomb kept on hold Washington up defence minister Barney Danson said tuesday that Admiral Robert Falls was Only giving a military judg ment about the Neutron bomb when the chief of defence staff commented favourably on the weapon in Ottawa. Danson told reporters Here Falls was not commenting on the advisability of making a political movement to employ it in nato when he made his remarks earlier tuesday at a commons committee meeting. Falls told the committee that chances of nuclear War will be reduced if the West deploys the weapon. The Neutron device is designed As an anti tank weapon which can kill people with minimum damage to property. It relies on intense radiation with less blast than Normal nuclear weapons. Danson who is Here for the nato Summit meeting said he does not think that Canada and other nato members should be panicked or pushed into a position on the Neutron weapon. Canada should wait for the soviet Union s response to president Jimmy Carter s recent decision to postpone production of the controversial weapon Danson said. Danson refused to say How much time he thinks the soviet Union should be allowed before the . Makes a decision on producing the Neutron weapon. Canada has yet to say whether it supports or opposes production of the weapon. Some nato countries such As Britain and West Germany favor the weapon while others oppose it. Disagreed. He said Canada supports the decision of the . To postpone production of the special Battlefield nuclear weapon and that Canada Hopes the soviet Union would show similar restraint in its deployment of forces. He suggested the United states and Canada had put the soviet Union clearly on the Mckinnon asked Maceachen to say if the Canadian government is in favor of or against the use and deployment of the Neu tron bomb. But the Deputy prime minister avoided that question by stating that the prime minister had enunciated the govern ment policy at the in. The West coast my said Trudeau s speech to the in had left the false impress Ion that Canada is moving out of nuclear weapons immediately and urged Maceachen to Correct that impression. He said it is Clear that Canada would not be divesting itself of nuclear weapons for at least five years. Maceachen said it is the government s intention to move out of nuclear weapons with the acquisition of new aircraft which would not be equipped with nuclear weapons of any kind. Mckinnon said in the committee it would probably be 1984 before the voodoo is entirely replaced in Canada. Adm. Falls said at first an operational training unit would have to be developed to train the pilots. They would then have to be introduced to the Squadron. He expressed Hope that the first squadrons of the replace ments would be ready by 1983. He said it was a pretty Good estimation to say it would be five or six years before Canada would be divested of its nuclear mis Siles. The Winnipeg my asked if the defence department had received any instructions that it should acquire a plane that could be built at Canad air in Quebec. He received answers in the negative. Wenman asked . Falls if from a Mili tary Point of View he would agree that the Neutron bomb would be less ominous than the existing and More destructive nuclear Battlefield weapon it is designed to re the defence staff chief said the term less ominous was subject to interpretation. He presumed the my was talking about the enhanced radiation weapon or the reduced blast weapon otherwise known As the Neu tron bomb. It is not really a said the Admiral. I think it is in the Eye of the beholder. Certainly in my View it is less ominous in the sense that it has All of the characteristics of the older style or class of a nuclear artillery piece without some of the High blast he added. This opinion a personal opinion or is this held generally by the military officials in Canada they would agree that in fact it is less asked Wenman. Adm. Falls replied in the context in which i stated it i think it is almost a fact that there is less blast for the equivalent size weapon than the conventional or the heretofore conventional nuclear Dale Evans Rogers Waves to Well wishers from her open horse drawn Carriage. Photos by Wayne Glowacki festive Welcome greets mrs. Rogers in the experts Atmil diamonds by Philip Rodgers tuesday was Dale Evans Rogers Day in Winnipeg. At least it seemed that Way. Mrs. Rogers arrived at Winnipeg International Airport in a horse drawn Carriage after which she was made an honorary citizen of Winnipeg during a presentation. Wife and movie partner of Cowboy singing Star Roy Rogers As Well As a Singer and actress in her own right she s also an evangelist and the author of 16 books. And it is As an evangelist she is making her first visit to Winnipeg. Mrs. Rogers now a plump and matronly woman in her mid-60s, will be taking part in a three Day spectacular be ginning tonight in the Winnipeg convention Centre and sponsored by the Canadian women s crusade for Christ a local organization started a year ago. Mrs. Rogers speaking at a press conference tuesday in the International inn. Said although she participates in about 50 services a year this would be the first time she will conduct four in a Row. The services tonight and thursday Are for women Only and about 000 women Are expected to attend. The two ser vices Friday Are open to men. At the press conference she spoke of her life and the experiences which led her to begin preaching. The Only child she and her husband had together a girl was born a Border line mongoloid who died just before her second birthday. A result of this was an article commissioned by a Magazine which led to her first Best Selling Book and to others and from them mayor Robert Steen led the Welcome for mrs. Rogers. To platforms where she talked of her experiences and How she coped with them. She spoke with humor about the roles of men and women and of How she Felt about the importance of family life. She said she would prob ably have joined women s liberation if it had been around when she went through bad experiences before her second marriage to Roy Rogers. While advocating equal pay and equal rights for women she also Isis Ted that a woman s first responsibility is to her children. 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The study undertaken by into group consulting economists ltd., of Winnipeg and costing s220.000, says with imported Oil prices of be tween and a barrel it is technically possible to con Sider use of natural Gas and renewable resources to prod uce three billion Gallons of methanol by the mid-1980s. Imported Oil currently costs open 930 n. 930 p n Fri. 241 Portage ave. Pm. 942-6345 wholesale Ltd distributors suits suits suits thurs., Fri. Sat. We Are open to the Public for our annual Spring clearance of men s name Brand 3 pee. Suits in summer weight fabrics sizes 37 to 48 Reg. Short tall Sugg. Retail s165 to our Price to 125 charge fax via m it Cess St. 4th rom mm91s hours won Fri. 9 . 5 . Sat. 9 . 1 pin. A barrel. Environment minister Len Marchand who released the report tuesday said the idea looks promising and should be studied closely by govern ment and Industry Over the next several months. The methanol study does not constitute Federal government policy but i feel this report contains an idea that should be Given the widest possible debate As we plan for future Energy if reaction is favourable he added the next logical step would be construction of Pilot plants preferably by the private sector. Full scale development of a methanol Industry would require investments of billion to billion. It would provide up to 60.000 Perma nent jobs and up to 165.000 Man years in construction employment. The report says that in View of the time needed to introduce a new liquid fuel including changes in Auto motive engines decisions should be taken soon on whether to construct production plants. It describes methanol As the Best available alternative to gasoline. It could also be added to gasoline to stretch supplies of the Petro Leum. Using methanol blended with gasoline would require 1.6 billion Gallons of product Ion by 2005 and wot Sld Dis place about 100joo barrels of erode of a Day. Bet Bor Rittig Rne Thano a a Foci worm req Efre of ii Gal 30 escape ceiling fall Globe and mail Toronto Toronto about 30 shoppers some screaming. Ran from a Hudson s Bay co. Store in the Fairview mall in North York tuesday when a false ceiling fell. One woman standing near the jewelry counter on the second floor of the store was slightly Hurt. A Bay spokesman said the cause of the Cave in is not known but building inspectors Are investigating other false ceilings in the store. Witnesses and police said however it appeared water from leaking pipes of a sprinkler system weighed Down the ceiling causing it to collapse. Sparks from the Etc Tricas system closing some shoppers to freeze and others report boosts methanol fuel Industry ions and would displace 000 barrels of Oil a Day equal to the amount now imported from the world mar Ket. The report prepared by a Winnipeg government leadership is required to stimulate develop ment of a methanol Industry by private companies. Marchand said because of that copies of the study were being sent for comment to provincial governments and major companies which might want to get involved ;