Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, July 07, 1978

Issue date: Friday, July 7, 1978
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Previous edition: Thursday, July 6, 1978

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 7, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Gzowski just Plain folks win Tario 9542s series nine 95280 series 38500 series 38 73266 series 10 series 61 ref full so hts to misty Price promises Job figures 19 the Complete medical exam 40 Lauch mom to cot roster Down to Cal Legal limit 49 Cal Hills 8 27 in Viress report ims for Peaple Jumble 33 to vacs 28 Yate Villi weather report prom Advance sunny High Low 10 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Winnipeg free press Al Titre v 18 to with final edition 85 235 july 1978 ministers agree to end sales tax split Over lottery a on Day Federal provincial finance ministers conference in Winnipeg thursday wound up in apparent agree ment about ending Federal Aid for temporary sales tax split Over Otta was plan to extend its lottery pro Gram and by shelving Manitoba Call for reduced mining and gasoline after the Manitoba finance minister Donald Craik said Manitoba sales tax will return to five per cent after the Federal subsidy Federal finance minister Jean Chretien announced finance and resource ministers will discuss mining taxes at an october disappointed that the mining study promised at the february first ministers conference haunt got off the said he Felt things Are moving along while admitting the mining Industry is also concerned about provincial Craik said the effective Federal rates Are higher now than in his Call on the Federal government to reduce its 10centagalion gasoline excise tax Drew a Cool its a Chretien re in a statement to the close door Craik noted the excise tax generates to million More than needed to subsidize imported Oil in East Ern its removal or reduction would fight inflation and Aid purchasing he Chretien said the Federal government will not continue financial Aid for temporary provincial sales tax cuts after he said the the main feature of his april have effectively stimulated consumer de Mand and extending too expensive and might not Lead to further spending Chretien said his government feel sol is entitled to extend loto the Federal after its scheduled expiry in its not a provincial he its open to us several provinces objected to extend ing the Federal lottery As interference 1n provincial loto set up in 1976 to help finance the olympic games in Montre was extended to this years Commonwealth games in the Federal provincial agreement authorizing it ends next Craik told a briefing the Issue of which generate a total million to the provinces about Mil lion to remained a stand its a Case of who gives int considering following British Columbia in notifying distributors they wont be licenced if they attempt to handle both provincial and Federal he asked about the lottery Chretien first said it was not his he said he brought it in but now it is the responsibility of Lona fitness and Amateur sport see Manitoba Page 4 israeli warplanes flying Over Beirut warning to Syria Paul Wiktorowicz left of Transcona and Dean Koks of South Dale warm up their instruments thursday afternoon while waiting for friends in Birds Hill provincial More tents can be seen in the background As the Campground fills these Young people will join thousands of others at the Manitoba Folk festival which opens Friday in the Park europeans map plan on economics West Germany a leaders of nine West european countries moved toward a common strategy thursday on ways to Deal with inflation and a employ lining up bargaining positions for their forthcoming world economic Summit meeting with the United states and West with eur ropes strongest held a Pivotal position in the Chancellor Hel Mut Schmidt appeared to be resisting pressure to stimulate the West German econ omy until he sees whether Washington will produce an effective Energy conference sources said West Germany appeared ready to agree in principle strikers picket at Safeway store a group of 300 Trade unionists picketed a Canada Safeway store at Mountain Avenue and Mcgregor Street thursday the Ketaki store employees Union was joined on the picket line by fellow strikers from other police were called in on a complaint about unruly pick eters across entrances to the Safeway parking equal paternity leave Given expectant9 men Ottawa up expectant men now Are getting equal time at City they now Are eligible for paternity leave of up to six just As the women dont know of another municipality with this kind of the City personnel John said he said the newly negotiated contract for the civic Institute of professional personnel Cupp allows expectant fathers and mothers up to Sis months leave of absence without pay following the birth or adoption of a the oneyear retroactive to january includes an amended clause deleting the word female and substituting parental leave or the term maternity leave for such workers As regional and City planners and the Public service Alliance of Canada Sac rep resenting Federal government employees has provision for one Day off with pay for lathers to the event of a birth or a police spokesman said that a number of picketers were jeering at custom ers As they entered the the police spokesman said there were no Bernard Busi Ness agent of the said in an interview there May be More such mass pickets As the Union closed ranks and got we want to show we have a lot of support in the Community and there May be More of these with the intent of convince the company and the consumer we would pre Fer them not to shop at that Christophe said in an he said that support by other members of the Mani Toba federation of labor was a followup of the mfrs decision of general on the picket line were strik ing Canadian food and Al lied workers and other in that countries with Low inflation and Trade surpluses like an Obliga Tion to stimulate their economies to some the leaders met in this Northern West German port City behind a Wall of anti Ter ror about youths denouncing nuclear Power and armaments knocked Down barricades and threw firecrackers outside the meeting but were held by a double rank of police carrying Batons and automatic Wear the leaders remained apart on some Britain and Italy Are understood to be wary of a plan for Reform ing West Europe Money system to create a common proposed by see eco Page 4 Beirut a Israel sent seven War planes screaming Over the battered heart of Beirut on thursday in a show of Force and Clear warning to Syria to ease its strangle hold on the cites hemmed in in the White House issued a statement by president Carter calling for a saying the syrian Christian fighting adds to the hatred and suffering accumulated Over several years of tragedy in the israeli jets roared in at rooftop level after hundreds of syrian rockets set the Christian half of the City aflame in the sixth Day of a syrian siege aimed at subduing the Independent minded Christian Mili syrian antiaircraft batteries opened fire when the jets witnesses but no hits were the israeli military command said the jets were on a reconnaissance Mission and took no the government in Jerusalem Howe it is committed to protecting the Christian population in the lebanese christians have aided Israel in the fight against palestinians in South israeli officials in Tel Aviv also said tie were concerned about syrian domination of israels Northern israeli officials would not say what further moves might be but the deaf ening overflight by israeli air Force shattering window Glass and panicking Resi dents throughout was a grim re minder to Syria of israels proximity and military ability to intervene on the Side of the hard pressed the lebanese state radio said president Elias a Christian who has tried to mediate Lebanon Multi sided had decided to resign but that other National both Christian and were trying to dissuade the predawn rain of rocket lasting seven pounded six Christian neighbourhoods in East Beirut and the Christianso minted port it set at least 10 Ings afire and collapsed several the Christian phalanges party radio station said More than rockets a police spokesman said 17 lebanese were killed and 30 wounded in the bombard raising the reported lebanese casualty toll in six Days of syrian Christian fighting to 184 killed and 115 see israeli Page i Jerusalem hits egyptian plan from Tel Aviv up peace proposal is an extreme document calling on Israel to make far reaching concessions but does not mention treaties or agreements Israel would receive in a foreign ministry spokes Man said reporting on a briefing that foreign min ister Moshe Dayan gave his senior staff on the the spokesman said conces Sions demanded from Israel Are the announced by Egypt on Call for israeli withdrawal from the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River and the Gaza abandonment of All jewish settlements in occupied Arab Ter abolition of the military govern ment in the two and the Transfer of administration to Egypt and the West including Eastern to Jor there has been a definite hardening of Egypt position on the the spokesman they now demand that the palestinians determine their future he said an earlier formula that president Sio Jerusalem Page i Man leaves Aib amid rumours of rift lady by 1avl Whitelaw stuff correspondent Ottawa William Ladyman of Winnipeg has quit As Prairie representative on the Amii Fla Tion saying his action should not be seen As a protest against Aib there Are widespread rumours in government circles that the resignation was prompted by a policy rift in the wag Price monitoring noting he is said in an interview thursday that he simply wants a rest after Voan Dahal years As one of the Albs five regional see Page t tourism from shows big drop by 4kpv bi40j despite attempts by the provincial government to persuade americans to visit statistics Canada figures show 26 per cent fewer americans entered the country by car in the first five months of this year than the same period in the statistics show the number of americans arriving motto jew to my Fey car Feu to from in May last the number of american arriving by other forms of transportation fell by 23 per a statistics Canada spokesman in Ottawa said with the exception of Nova Manitoba suffered the greatest decline in american Manitoba is joined by on Quebec and Alberta in showing a decline while Brit is Columbia and new Brunswick attracted More Stan Provin Cial director of said in an interview thursday the statistics Canada figures Are totally representative of the number of americans crossing the provincially compiled statistics Are More Gorchynski Only 40 per cent of the final provincial tourism figures come from statistics Canada he he said april figures were holding Par with previous statistics Canada figures show the number of americans arriving by car this april fell to this year from in be Twat and see 4uikk4n w 4 number of american tourists entering Manitoba fell to million from million but this year the provincial government launched a Campaign to attract american tourists into the tourism minister Bob Anniao announced in april the 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