Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 03, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free press saturday june Queen 9s birthday honors Laker becomes sir Freddie London Reuter the Queen Friday knighted Fred die Laker the British airline chief who pioneered Cut Price no frills flights across the North Atlantic. Sir Freddie As he now be comes is a bouncy former Pilot who Rose to head his own airline Laker airways and then successfully fought the giant airline corporations to introduce his cheap sky train services to and from new York and other centres. Sir Freddie 56, has been vindicated in his argument that the sky train service in which passengers show up in person and buy a one Way ticket within hours of take off would tap a whole new Market. He was the most colourful character to receive an award in the Queen s traditional birthday honors but other Well known personalities included actress Glenda Jackson who was among those made a commander of the order of the British Empire a Knighthood also went to another British transportation executive. Peter Parker who As chairman of the state owned British rail network has introduced High Speed trains and streamlined services. Matiy britons however still com Plain that their trains Are dirty and antiquated. The Queen created six new life sit in the House of lords without hereditary titles. They include Margaret Susan Ryder who set up the sue Ryder foundation for the sick and disabled. She is the wife of group capt. Leonard Cheshire one of Britain s War heroes Holder of the Victoria Cross and organizer of the Cheshire foundation which runs More than 100 Homes for the disabled in 35 countries. She becomes a Baroness along with Dame Evelyn Joyce Denington former chairman of the greater three canadians included in list London James Alexander Maclean 51, chairman of Gec Canada ltd., Toronto was made an officer in the order of the British Empire Obe in the Queen s honors list Friday. Maclean a Canadian Citi zen who was born in Inver Ness Scotland won his award for services to British commercial interests in can Ada. His company produces turbines generators and similar equipment. Also named in the list were Ian Richards Toronto and mrs. Clarissa Campbell. London Council the capital s civic authority. The Queen named four new Barons sir Edwin Rodney Smith former president of the Royal College of surgeons sir Paul Reilly for Mer director of the design Council sir Robert Brockie Hunter principal of Bir Mingham University and William John Blease former Trade Union Leader in strife torn Northern Ireland. The Queen s honors for sports were headed by a Knighthood for Denis Fol lost former Secretary of the English football association. Veteran motor racing Driver Raymond Mays was made a be. Member of the order of the British Empire be medals went to Britain s Star show jumper Lucinda prior Palmer sprinter Andrea Lynch golfer Brian Huggett Worcestershire and England cricketer Norman Gifford. And soccer player Martin Peters a member of the victorious England world cup team in 1966. In the arts in addition to miss Jackson be awards went to Trevor Nunn director of the Royal Shakespeare company which has won a reputation As one of Europe s finest theatre groups opera Singer Helen Watts pianist Louis Kentner composer William Alwyn and thriller writer Ralph Hammond Innes. Made an officer in the order of the British Empire Obe was dance band Leader Joe loss. Other awards went to hundreds of britons including Rescue workers who dug peo ple out of the blizzards which hit Scotland last january. Lilian o Reilly polisher of the Crown jewels got a British Empire medal Coronation anniversary saluted with some pointed patriotism Helen Greenbaum recognized her Mother Centre in this German photo shown during Abc s holocaust. Holocaust photo gives answer Ventnor . Than 25 years after she died in a nazi concentration Camp Debora Lee Fromer s image appeared on the Tele vision screen frightened and apparently minutes away from death. The forlorn woman stared into the German camera clutching the of three other women in White under clothes. Behind them scores of bodies Lay on the ground. Mrs. Fromer wore her husband s Long underwear and High leather boots. For Helen Greenbaum watching Abc s television drama holocaust the horror of the scene was Confirma Tion of her family s tragic past. The woman in the picture was her Mother. When i saw that picture on television i did t sleep until i found mrs. Greenbaum said. I said i won t rest until i see that picture i had to know whether i imagined it or mrs. Fromer a polish jew was pictured in one of the historical photographs that were used in the pro Gram telecast earlier this Spring. Mrs. Greenbaum and her sister Rosalie Wattenberg also of Ventnor had never Learned for sure what happened to their Mother after they were separated during the War. The Sisters traced the photograph to the Library of the american jewish committee in new York. For hours the women searched through volumes on polish jews. About to give up they flipped open a Book published in Germany depict ing prison Camps in that country. I just opened the Book and screamed it s mrs. Greenbaum said. She said the photo graph confirmed that her Mother had perished in the Camp. staff correspondent Ottawa mixing patriotism and politics maps broke into song some with gusto others smiling sheepishly to Mark the 25th anniversary Fri Day of Queen Elizabeth s Coronation. After the commons unanimously adopted a motion extending warmest greetings and sincere Best wishes to her majesty Nova Scotia conservative my Lloyd Crouse Rose at his desk and began singing god save the Queen. Briefly it was a Solo performance. Then other my s stood and joined in the musical tribute. Many remained silent including prime minister Trudeau. The rendition concluded maps took their seats. But Only for a few seconds. Tory House Leader Walter Baker a booming Baratone even in debate started into the words of 0 Canada. Again my s Rose from their seats Many singing along. While Trudeau stared at the opposition benches in silence some my s attempted to suppress Broad grins. No politician objects of course to the singing of either song. But no gesture is made in the commons without consideration being Given to the political Impact and the musical interventions of Crouse and Baker seemed pointed and hardly spontaneous. The crowds of school children and tourists in the Public galleries Rose during the singing. Several reporters in the parliamentary press gallery remained seated provoking criticism of some maps and visitors. In fact the reporters Job is to observe not participate in commons proceedings. But some news people apparently Felt that remaining seated during god save the Queen and 0 Canada is taking journalistic objectivity too far. While we All know the words the singing was tory my John Fraser Vancouver South wry commented to a reporter. Can you imagine us a party of separatists singing god save the quipped an aide to tory Leader Joe Clark referring to Liberal charges the conservatives Are too cozy with the parti quebecois. In fact neither god save the Queen nor 0 Canada has official status for the time being As a National Anthem. But that situation could soon change if the Senate As expected votes As sent to a Bill approved recently in the commons making the Anthem 0 Canada. Brezhnev joins czech Leader in blasting intervention in Zaire cyclist celebrates his birthday with removal of 200 stitches fort Nelson . Up italian bicyclist Giorgio Mazza mauled and dragged into the Bush by a Black Bear last saturday blew out 40 candles Friday on a cake baked by nurses at fort Nelson general Hospi Tal. Mazza had been admitted to Hospital in serious Condi Tion and received 300 stitches to his head and Torso after being attacked by a Black Bear 190 Kilometres Northwest of fort Nelson on the Alaska Highway. Now he s Back on the Road to recovery and the birthday party Friday marked another event the 200 stitches which patched together his tattered Scalp were removed and he May be released in a week. Or. Tony Kenyon said that when paramedics arrived at the scene by helicopter Mazza had no pulse or blood pressure. He was Given a blood transfusion on the spot and admitted to Hospital years of frustrated talk Lead up to fish Battle continued three hours after the Inci Dent. Mazza an avid cyclist who had cycled from Anchorage to Whitehorse Yukon last year was Fini skiing his alas a Highway trip Between Whitehorse and Dawson Creek when he was attacked. He said he dismounted when he saw the Bear a strategy he employs when attacked by dogs the Bear attacked grabbing him by the Back of the neck and dragged him 30 metres off the Road and through a barbed wire Fence. A passing Motorist witnessed the incident and distracted the Bear which was shot by another Motorist. Prague a soviet president Leonid Brezhnev in a joint statement Friday with czechoslovak Leader Gustav Husak denounced the Western intervention in Zaire and warned against provocations along the Borders of Angola and Mozambique. The 71-year-old Brezhnev and communist party chief Husak signed the declaration at the end of the soviet Leader s four Day visit to Czecho slovak a member of the so Viet led Warsaw pact Mili tary Alliance. Brezhnev then returned by plane to Moscow. Czechoslovakia in the declaration praised the Endeavor of the soviet Union at achieving an agreement in the course of . Talks on the limitation of strategic offensive weapons As Well As other agreements concerning the it expressed Hope that an Eastern sponsored Conven Tion Banning production of the Neutron bomb would be treated with full responsibility by the United states and other Western members of the United nations. Concerning Africa the declaration said Czecho Slovakia and the soviet Union resolutely condemn the nato states intervention in the internal affairs of the Zaire the Central african country for Merly called the belgian Congo and ruled since 1965 by president Mobutu sese seko. The . Furnished c-141 transports for the Airlift of French and belgian Para strike at Star averted troops who relieved the rebel besieged City of Kolwe i in Zaire s Southeastern Shaba province last month. . President Carter s press Secretary Jody Powell said Friday in Washington that there is a very real possibility . Planes will be used to take a pan african peacekeeping Force to Zaire if such a Force is assembled. The Carter administration has repeatedly criticized so Viet military involvement in Africa including the use of soviet advisers in Ethiopia s War against secessionists in the Ogaden desert. Carter says Cuba trained and equipped the rebels who invaded Shaba. The Brezhnev Husak declaration also spoke of continuing armed provocations by racist regimes and their imperialist protectors on the frontiers of Angola and to South african troops and planes raided South West african guerrilla Camps in Angola Early last month and rhodesian forces have made several attacks on Black guerrilla positions along Rhodesia s Border with Mozambique. In both cases the guerrillas and the Black governments claimed civilians were killed. External affairs minister Don Jamieson announced the Canadian action in the com Mons Friday afternoon. The . Govern ment said it had no Choice but to take Simi Lar action against Canadian fishermen and did so. Jamieson told the House he hoped the dispute would not be portrayed As a new cod War such As developed Between Britain and Iceland. The Federal Cabinet decided to take the of sigh line with the americans at a Reg ular Cabinet meeting thursday. Exasperated by failure to make Progress in negotiations that had dragged on for months the Cabinet decided to get the Cabinet had decided that the 1978 interim reciprocal fishery agreement could not be implemented in a manner compatible with preserving and protecting Canadian fishing interests. Accordingly . Ambassador to Canada Thomas Enders was called in and handed a diplomatic note stating that the Canadian government is not prepared at this time to continue provisional implementation of the agreement shortly afterwards the . State depart ment issued a statement that the . Had no option but to close its Waters to fishermen from Canada. The americans said they did not believe the Canadian action was warranted by any action taken by the . Government both Canada and the . In Light of the re cent developments have agreed to Redou ble their efforts to conclude a Jong term agreement the special negotiators Ambas Sador Marcel Cadieux of Canada and Lloyd Cutler of the . Agreed to meet in mid icae and a Jain Rhoniy afterwards to pc Rae the negotiations actively. To new sessions of treaty Neetia toss Are expected Sotil Jane 19. Calf to be the East coast fisheries area be Trees of win cafe is territory. Canadian charges that . Fisher men Are Over fishing scallops and Pollock on Georges Bank Are one reason for the break Down in negotiations. Canada has suggested that each nation police its own boats in the area but canadians and american will be fishing Side by Side in that area and tempers could flare. Canadians Are Aiso charged in the dispute by the . With taking under sized Salmon off the West coast the fish confrontation has been building for months. The showdown became inevitable one week ago when the Canadian and american negotiators at a meeting in Washington failed to reach an agreement on disputed fishing rights. The Canadian move to bar their Waters to americans was delayed while prime min ister Trudeau and Jamieson were in Washington for the nato Summit this week. The fish War will further exacerbate relations Between the two countries. The to countries have been trying to work out Long term arrangements for mapping out fishing territories As a result of the two nations extending their zones to 200 Miles. A temporary agreement was reached in 1977. It was renewed and extended for 1978 with extended areas for Canadian Fisher men particularly for British Columbia Salm on fishermen off the state of washing ton. However court action last Mouth by a Washington state fishermen s group and an Indian band blocked Canadian Access be cause the . Congress had failed to ratify a 1978 agreement officials explained Here. Shortly after the , court action fisheries minister Romeo Lebinac m Canada waned that failure by fee americans to five up to the 1578 Moid bring Canadian retaliation. the Wess is that Coa Trai ewer the fisheries us. Resides nuts a Ujj tool seven children father killed in apartment fire Cohoes. . A seven children and one Man. All from the same family were killed in an apartment fire in the Albany suburb of Cohoes police said. Police said several firemen were also injured in the Blaze which started at about . Not Friday and was not controlled for about three hours. It was not Clear How Many others lived in the four apartment building but Cohoes police sergeant John Szy Maszek said it was believed All of them escaped the two Storey Wood Frame building without injury. Neighbors said the dead were John Gratto and his seven children aged 4 months to 9 years. They said the children s pregnant Mother. Sue. Had not been injured. Toronto chem Plo yees of the Star voted Friday to accept an 18-month contract with the newspaper averting a strike at Canada s largest daily newspaper a newspaper official said. A Union spokesman said the contract provides an in crease of six per cent in the first year and three per cent in the next six months. It also provides four weeks of vacation for employees with five years of service compared with the previous arrangement of four weeks for those with eight years. The settlement also pro Vides an improvement in pension benefits the spokes Man said. It is the same contract proposal rejected earlier this week by Guild members in the newspaper s editorial advertising circulation and business office departments. The employees had voted to go on strike at Midnight Friday night unless there was a better offer from the Star. Internal strife hits liberals continued paper says millionaire drugs kidnaps sister Montreal up the Gazette says an algerian millionaire kidnapped his sister and had her flown to their native country in april because she refused to marry the go year of Man she had been promised to at birth. 36es on is a 3ft tins new cry. The paper jays Delila Mas nine who was brow Fet a moslem to corred Fer Jim a Isy it Frysig jars chm. An algerian Christian. I Paris five years ago. The couple arrived Here in 1973 and Denis began study ing at Mcgill University the paper says. Quoting unidentified sources. The Gazette says the Nuriu Klaire chartered a pcs Jet at a Cost of sim.0m. Drugged ins while Feer the Gazette adds that fed eral authorities have been unable to convince algerian officials to let the woman return to her husband. Canada and Algeria do not have an extradition treaty and there is no Way charges can be pressed unless the millionaire in Teiss to Canada. Exams and her aboard Jed papers. Officials were for wave w Bis wife s Leader was never Able to resolve his differences with what came to be recognized As the Diefenbaker Rump in the party maps like Jack Horner Stan Schumacher and others. Clark has had More Success. For one thing. Horner bolted party ranks for a seat in Trudeau s Cabinet More than a year ago ending his often Rocky relationship with Post Diefenbaker conservative Lead ers. Schumacher after embarrassing Clark by refusing to give the Leader a Clear shot at the party s nomination in the Alberta Riding of Bow River eventually lost the Nomina Tion himself. Since then he too has left the party to sit As an Independent. Claude Wagner runner up to Gark during a party Leader ship race 27 months ago was another Thorn in the 38-year-old opposition Leader s Side. The two clashed Over party organization in Quebec and other issues. Now Wagner also is gone appointed to the Senate by Trudeau. Equally important Clark appears to have resolved any differences he had with Diefenbaker. The 82-year-old my for Prince Albert who once identified Clark with the forces behind the 1967 overthrow. Diefenbaker has quashed suggestions that he prefers to Ronto mayor David Crombie to Clark As party head. And this week the former prime minister joined forces with Clark during a Day Long commons assault on govern ment human rights policies. Trudeau meanwhile has generated some resentment among Liberal maps who said they favored a summer elec Tion this year. And government maps acknowledge that party morale could degenerate further if As some reports suggest new opinion polls show More slippage in Liberal popularity. On the other hand. Conservatives have been buoyed recently by polls that indicate their party is regarded More competent to govern than the Liberal party dark has cautioned conservatives privately about internal fights arguing that they Are a sure Way to undermine what he perceives As rising party fortunes. Woman claims threat on life a Man and a boy were arrested Friday morning after a woman said she was threatened with death. Ramp said the woman. Edith chief of scanner Berrr. Man., pfc wed Selkirk Rural detachment a wat a.m., Isay Jug two carrying Scot Gas. Were Ferea be wig to Kin Feer. Names arrested the Watere coca res ;