Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 31, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Boy fights allergy with a helmet 13 turn out for soccer 71 Homer raises Hopes for new Auto plants 16 phone system debt Load heavy police photos published 3 journalists charged 85 a Abji Dale Evans rides into Winnipeg 6 Bio Dex horoscope.28 bridge.28 comics.-.53 crossword.41 finance.54-5t for people.25-42 letters.49 jumble.62 movies.36 television.34 weather.5 weather report from showers High 15, Low 5 Sun rises . Sets . Moon rises . . Free final edition vol. 85 204 wednesday May 31, 1978 15 cents with coloured comics Pilutik tap was illegal Las told by Mary Ann Fitzgerald an illegal wiretap was put on a trunk Telephone line in Winnipeg s Public safety building during an investigation in 1975 into former provincial judge Anthony Pilutik j. K. Beatty general counsel for the Manitoba Telephone system said tuesday. That did t occur with proper authority. It was improperly Beatty told the legislature s Public utilities committee which was studying the govern ment owned phone system s annual report for 1976-77. Later he told reporters we consider it an illegal however former nip attorney general Howard Pawley said later he did t consider the tap illegal but rather improper resulting from the rather general wording of the court order authorizing the tapping of telephones used by Pilutik. Beatty suggested to committee the problem was t with the court order but with internal routines used to carry it out. He said the Telephone system received the written authority to tap the private residential telephones used by Pilutik. Subsequently a Telephone system employee was told by Winnipeg police an additional Telephone was to be tapped. That was by the employee without seeing the property authority to cover the additional tap on the line in the Public safety build the authority did not cover Beatty repeated. The Lack of authority was discovered when the employee made his written report and the tap at the safety building was immediately disconnected Beatty told the committee. Pawley outside committee told reporters the tap was ordered disconnected by his department when the Crown attorney who had filed the application for the tap had reported it to him. The tap was removed Only a Day or two after it had been installed Pawley said. The period it was in place was a Long weekend plus a Day he recalled. Pilutik resigned two years ago on the eve of a. Judicial committee inquiry into complaints about his conduct and last year was disbarred by the Manitoba Law society for a 30-month period. Pawley then attorney general said a year ago no grounds had been found for criminal prosecution see wiretap Page -1 nazi suspect held for questioning Sao Paulo Reuter brazilian police Are questioning an austrian suspected of being a High ranking officer at the nazi death Camps of Treblinka and so bib or during the second world War. Gustav Franz Wagner sur rendered to police monday and denied allegations by know the scores baseball National league Montreal 7 Chicago Philadelphia 6 Pittsburgh 1 Atlanta 4 Cincinnati 3 so. Louis 8 new York 2 san Francisco 1 Houston 0 los Angeles 10 san Diego 2 american league Boston 4 Toronto 0 Cleveland s new York 1 Detroit s Baltimore 2 Milwaukee 2 Oakland 1 Chicago 6 California 2 Minnesota 2 Texas 2 details i sports pages 71-77 nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal that he was a sub commandant at the polish Camps where millions of jews were murdered. Wagner told a news Confer ence he was a sergeant at sob ibor but never served at Treblinka. But he said he went to Bra Zil in 1950 at the suggestion of nazi War criminal Fritz Stangl who ran both Camps and was extradited to West Germany in 1967. Police said Wagner was not under arrest after voluntarily giving himself up at Ati Baia near Sao Paulo when he heard he was being hunted. West Germany has asked for his arrest and extradition if Wiesenthal s charges Are proved the brazilian foreign ministry said. Israel has also sought his arrest. Other european see nazi Page 4 response to soviet cuban threat Washington up French diplomatic sources say Canada will be asked to join other major Western Powers in Paris next week to discuss a possible joint Western and african response to soviet and cuban military involvement in Africa. But external affairs minister Don Jamieson attend ing the nato Summit conference Here said tuesday he was not aware of this proposal. In a television inter View he declined further comment because he said he has no details of the proposal. The French sources said participants would include the five Western members of the United nations Security Council Canada ., Britain France and West Many. Italy also May participate along with the leaders of some african countries. As the nato Summit session began tuesday presi Dent Carter and other leaders expressed concern Over the growth of soviet military strength in Europe and so Viet and cuban penetration in Africa. Prime minister Trudeau agreed that the West cannot remain indifferent to excessive soviet Power though he suggested the path to peace lies More in the Field of new constructive disarmament proposals than in simply piling up More arms. Nevertheless Trudeau added that we cannot wait for the soviet Union to develop such a preponderance of military capability that the balance will swing strongly in its favor enabling it to achieve Security on its own terms. The soviets Assurance of Complete Security cannot be bought at the Cost of our incapacity to protect our selves. That would be to basis either for Security for Jas the two Day meeting opened the State department announced that France has invited interested countries to Paris next week to discuss a response to the soviet cuban penetration in Africa. A state department spokesman said there is no Clear plan on How the response to the soviet cuban intervention is to be see soviet Page -1 a photo president and mrs. Carter Greet prime minister Trudeau at the White House tuesday night. Israeli Boycott Campaign warns companies Ottawa up minister Jack Homer warned tuesday that any company complying with the Arab Boycott of Israel Campaign will be named by the government. But the minister then re fused to name one company that the government knows did comply with the Boycott last year. Homer was giving some clarification in the govern ment s program designed to combat the Arab and any other International Commer Cial Boycott. Under government policy any company that complies with such Boycott prohibit ions As trading with Israel is denied the substantial Feder Al assistance offered to Ca Nadian foreign traders and businessmen. But up until now it has refused to name companies which have complied with the Boycott and thus lost government assistance. Now those companies will be named. Homer commented in an interview after tabling a re port on the application of the government anti Boycott pol icy covering the period aug. 1, 1977 to Jan. That report mentioned a company which agreed to a general Boycott clause in a million contract and had government services with drawn last August. Later it saturation traffic patrols Cut accidents ramp Sav saturation traffic patrols Are proving effective in reducing the number of Acci dents during Holiday Long weekends ramp spokesmen in Winnipeg say. The ramp conduct selective saturation patrol campaigns in subdivisions through out the province where they subject Large numbers of cars to routine spot checks. The last Campaign in the Winnipeg subdivision was during the Victoria Day week end when cars were checked. During the weekend there were no fatal car accidents although one Man died in a tractor Accident on a private Road. There were 20 accidents involving personal in jury and 54 which resulted in some property damage. The spokesman said 104 alcohol offences were detected during the checks and nine Drivers suspended. Another 278 liquor related offences were recorded. The spot checks also resulted in 15 drug related charges. 1.104 traffic related charges. 0 71 assorted charges. Looking for a boat this want and under boats and Marine Pliess 745 12 n. Hairs room beat . Motor. 5 oat 257-2203. I is among the Harj dress of j bargains in today s Das j sifted Section no Ettfer tial Roll need Scop Sere free press tougher Laws sought in . Addicts to swamp Prairies by Manfred Jager informed sources in the Manitoba health Field warned tuesday that Ibe in of Regis lation pro Viding for Jyce tre Anness of Heron addicts Iti British will so rate Ryor Prairie cities Fror to coast later this year. Under legislation Intro Dix red in the British Colum Bia legislature a Victoria monday by health my ruler my Cehand. Heroin addicts be Arr res Ted Graj for is Sutta for the treasure is being pro posed because no More than five per cent of addicts have Ever responded to voluntary treatment opportunities. The minister said the act would lace special care to keep enforcement 27jd Sot to Coastin ;