Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 18, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free press tuesday july 18, 1978 ramp anti terrorist squad wanted to take More drastic action Ottawa up a Small group of mounties who formed the anti terrorist squad in Mon Treal in the 1970s wanted to take More drastic action against members of the front de libera Tion Dpi Quebec the former squad Leader told a Royal com Mission into ramp wrongdoing monday. If they had had carte Blanche. God knows what would have chief supt. Donald Cobb told the commis Sion headed by or. Justice David c. Mcdonald. Cobb identified former staff sergeant Donald Mccleary As one of the mounties who favored such proposals As arranging to put terrorists into incriminating the ramp officer said he was glad Only two questionable Inci dents arose while he was head of the squad set up after terrorist activity in the Early 1970s in Montreal. Their Job was to head off any further terrorist out Breaks. Asked by Mcdonald to identify the two questionable incidents Cobb said they were the burning of a barn at Ste. Anne de la Rochelle in May 1972, and the theft of dynamite around the same time. He said he had not been in formed of the two incidents and added that when an ramp investigation brought them to his attention i was sick at heart profoundly Dis As head of the squad and the Field commander who made most of the decisions Cobb said he accepted moral responsibility for the two erts. But he said he could t explain Why his men had committed these acts. The men themselves would have to say Cobb explained that Bureau cratic delays in getting Permis Sion for Field operations had been getting very serious. He favored giving Field command ers the right to approve actions against terrorist groups. At one Point he described such actions As on the Edge of the Law and in the spirit if not the letter of the Law. Cobb said Reynald Michaud of Montreal was t fired from his Job because of things said to his employer by Cpl. Bernard Dubuc a member of the g-4 unit who visited the employer after Michaud refused to become an informer. Commissioner Guy Gilbert then read from a transcript in which Cobb told bounties Exa mining him last summer in and Vance of the Royal commission hearings that the Dubuc visit was deliberately conceived to Cost Michaud his Job. Gilbert also questioned Cobb about the g-4 unit s actions in trying to recruit two other Mon Trealer Andre Chamard and Andre Laforest As informers. Cobb said he did t think the mounties should have ordered Laforest to stand in a Motel room Corner during a lengthy session. Beer workers to hold vote on final offer i brewery workers in Winnipeg will meet today to con a final contract offer submitted to their Union negotiators monday. Len Johnson president of the 475-inember United brewery and soft drink workers. Local 330, said the offer is on an Industry wide basis which the workers still object to. However he said it will be presented to the membership without prejudice. If the workers accept the offer it would mean an end to the dispute which Lias shut off the Supply of Domestic Beer in Manitoba. We re leaving it entirely up to our Johnson said. While it had been hinted earlier the Union might waive its objections to Industry wide ratification provided the brew Ery made a wage offer Johnson described the final offer As not All that brewery workers at Lavatts have been on strike since Early june and workers at carting o Keefe. Molson s and the jointly owned associated Beer distributors have been locked out of their jobs. Throughout the strike a main Issue has been Indus try wide ratification demanded by the breweries. Johnson said the result of the Vole would be released later today. Million to clean l. Erie Windsor. Out. Up an advisory group to the International joint commission 1jc says ii will Cost .s22n million to reduce phosphorus in Lake Krie to acceptable Levels. The pollution from land i m activities research group released a report following a s-0-million study of pollution in the great lakes. The report said More than tons of the chemical flow into Lake Erie every year. Phosphorus promotes growth of algae. Addressing the 1jc monday during its first Day of annual hearings on great lakes pollution the group estimated it will Cost a ton to decrease Levels to one part per million of phosphorus. Murray Johnson the group s Canadian chairman said phosphorus is a major pollutant in All five lakes but said Levels in Lake Krie do not pose a disastrous prob Lem. The Levels of the chemical Are Down Many thou Sands of tons annually from the level five years he told commissioners. The group suggested it would be less costly to re Duce phosphorus in sewage effluent than try to enforce strict controls on All agricultural and Urban land use. The group recommended that measures to combat pol Lution be designed to alleviate specific water Quality prob lems in each of the lakes. The group s study also cited Mercury Lead and to in chlorinated biphenyl d lbs As major pollutants in the great lakes. It said the 37 million people living near the lakes face tougher and More expensive pollution control measures if the lakes Are to be saved. Earlier monday the Canadian chairman of the 1jc de published reports that the lakes Are dead and argued that cleanup cannot be achieved overnight. It s a forever Job not just something for Maxwell Cohen said in an interview. Other Canadian and l a. Officials at the hearing condemned the study group s findings us contradictory and documentation. Tough anti Hijack proposals approved by Summit leaders photo Derek Bernaza 15, of Trail b. C., competes in the slalom event at the West Kootenay finals despite a dislocated Elbow. Bernaza injured himself while skate boarding but plans to be fully recovered for the skateboard championships to be held in Vancouver next month. Korchow Karpov draw at opening of chess tilt strike will Cut festivity plans Toronto up an official for the Canadian National exhibition s Lowith anniversary celebrations beginning ill says thai if a province wide strike by carpenters continues some of the planned festivities will not be completed. Michael Filey. Special Centennial projects manager said monday the even still can be salvaged but it will not be As extravagant As originally planned. If the carpet users decide to Call off the strike tomorrow there would be just enough time to finish Centennial Square and it might mean that they would work double time and triple he said. Hutte rites win pension refund Ottawa special Manitoba Hutie rites have won the right to refunds plus interest for Canada pension plan contributions Marie under protest before the Hurt writes. Who their Community life to be Coull provide More than adequately for Eider will receive a total of a refund plus interest on cup payments made before 1972. Manitoba Huhe rites. Campaigning for ends on religious grounds first managed to convince the Inver Sineni m i Liance the Law -.1 they be exempt from cup Baguio City. Philip Pines a challenger Viktor Korchnoy and world chess Champion Anatoly Karpov played to a draw today in the opening game of Korchnoy s grudge match for the title. Karpov offered Korchnoy i draw after is moves and the game which experts de scribed As ended after iwo hours of play. Korchnoy. The 17-year-Olci defector from the soviet Union made a traditional English opening one of i favourites. The 27-year-old russian Champion transposed it into a Queen s Gam bit which Korchnoy declined. The tournament will continue until one of the players wins six games. Experts Sav they May have to play 20 to 30 or More games and this May take iwo or three months. Along with the title tin Winner will get while the loser will fid oof. Sav the purse the richest in Rhoss history was. Raised from Pri business. Korchnoy. Who left the so Viet Union in ls7fi. . He wants revenge again the chess he says kept him from defeating Karpov at their last meeting in 1971. He Calls the play chess not politics. We Are both stronger so i think it s a 50-50 match a political but said Korchnoy. Who will win Karpov says he s Here to will be the Bonn Cap leaders of the seven major Industrial countries meeting to discuss economic problems have approved Tough measures suggested by Canada s prime minister Trudeau to discourage countries from Harbor ing aircraft hijackers. The leaders of Canada the United states Japan France Britain. West Ger Many and Italy have agreed to cease All flights to and from a country that refuses extradition or prosecution of hijackers or to return the hijacked plane. They also called on other governments to join in the agreement. Trudeau said monday he had suggested the measures at a luncheon meeting with the other leaders sunday. He added that although the Issue had not been on the Summit meeting s Agenda everyone found that that was a Good Trudeau said he has Long been a proponent of combined action by world Lead ers to combat International terrorism but a lot of air lines Are going to have fits when they see what we have agreed he said. He added that he also suspects there might be opposition from some businessmen hand sign not exactly Emily Post Bonn up prime min ister Trudeau of Canada set tongues wagging monday when he jokingly made Whai appeared to be a rude Ges Ture to reporters at a formal picture taking session at the Bonn Summit meeting. After 10 minutes As the leaders turned to leave the photographers called out to them urging them to re main. At this Point Trudeau placed his left hand on the inside of his right Elbow and raised his forearm. His left hand was open. A . Reporter interpreted Trudeau s gesture As giving us the Bird while a Canadian reporter said he thought it meant something stronger. Who will now be travelling by Steamer to get to certain the statement said Isi cases in which a coun try refuses to extradite or legally prosecute air plane i Jac cers or to give Back such air planes the Heads of state and government Are unanimously agreed through their governments to see to it immediately that All flights will be terminated into that coun try. At the same time their governments will implement Steps to ban incoming flights from that country As Well As flights by airlines of that country flying from any other . To reduce imports of Oil continued agreed to Monitor closely their implementation and to hold another economic Summit next year. British prime minister James Callahan said there had been much rhetoric before the Summit on How to work together to resolve world economic problems. We have translated that rhetoric into action Loda Scmidt said i think we can say How very satisfied we Are by our Trudeau said Canada would Likely immediately Benefit from Japan s commitment to import More uranium inn Diatel to reduce its Trade surplus. Trudeau and Carter the communique expressed their firm intention to cd Chinue As reliable suppliers of nuclear fuel within the framework of effective in an Overall agreement on Energy the leaders said tin further development of nuclear Energy is external affairs minister Don Jamieson said Japan agreed to increase imports by the same percentage from Canada As from the United states. Industry minister Jean Chretien also attended. Trudeau reported Only limited Progress on freeing Trade which Canada As a major trading nation has a Large stake in while a commitment to resist protectionism made at the London Summit last year was repealed. Trudeau said hard bargaining he said Canada s demands for easier Access to foreign markets for Industrial agricultural and fisheries products Are still to be met. Negotiations to world Trude through revising the Genera agreement on tariffs and Trade Gatt Are to resume shortly in Geneva with dec. 15 us a dead line for conclusion. Canada has been pressing for Liff reductions on More highly processed raw materials to create jobs. An unexpected agreement at the Summit was a policy to combat aircraft hijacking by hailing All flights to or from countries refusing extradition or prosecution of Hijack ers or to return planes. Trudeau suggested the measures at a luncheon with the leaders sunday. Trudeau will stay on in West Germany for a three Day official visit including meetings with top business leaders and Schmidt. The two also plan to sail in tin Baltic sea near Schmidt s Hamburg Home. Roof ripped off As storm strikes continued Dauphin area residents win expropriation halt continued if the legislature had intended to give the minister such wide Powers it would have said so in Crystal Clear language he said. The provincial government had argued that its decision to expropriate was by Way of exercise of ministerial discretion and there fore beyond the reach of the court. Judge Wilson ruled however that the Power to expropriate is not absolute and must Only be exercised fairly and on the basis of factual information. Jack do Zeeuw. Director of the land acquisition Branch of he Public works depart ment said in an interview monday the dam via a joint Federal provincial project which Chr catered to Hood part of the owned Riding Mountain National Park in compensation the province to expo pan e farmlands about 20 Miles Northwest of the site in order to give it to the Federal government As compensation the government negotiated with the owners of the land for is months but could t agree on a Price. Finally the minis Ter decided to Issue an expropriation order. The judge s decision will have no effect on the River project de Zeeuw said. The dam is expected to be finished by next Spring. De Zeeuw Sarif it was the first time he could retail a minister trying to expropriate land not needed specifically for a project. The government first tried to take the Lane under Erms of the Public works act. But further investigation showed that the land was t needed Dir try for the project so to could t be classified As a Public the government then proceeded under the land acquisition act. Which gives ministers Broad Powers to expropriate Wilson ruled that the expropriated land had nothing to do with the proposed Flam on the Fermi Iii in River. Tin Winnipeg weather office could t confirm that there had been a Tornado monday but the Public forecaster said from the description of damage at the Meyers Home thai if was Likely a Tornado. He said there were reports of Tornado Force winds in tin area As the storm tracked North towards Gimli. Frances Chapman who works at the Oasis resort was quite certain what she saw and experienced was a Tornado. She said they could see it coming across the Back Fields from the direction of the flood Way. When it hit the resort it pulled up Trees and overturned four trailers As Well a Flatic Ning Many tents. Two of the trailers were split by falling Trees she said. A Shack at the Entrance to the resort was also torn apart. The closest anyone came to being injured appeared to hav e been the Chapman cat which was thrown about 25 feet in tin air but was t Hurt. Hydro lines were Down in scattered areas through tin province but Here was no major problem a Manitoba Hydro spokesman said. Service still had t been restored to parts of Selkirk. Levellier and Piney District late monday evening. The spokesman said there were lengthy outage in parts of the City served by Manitoba Hydro. Winnipeg police Ano reported that lines were Cloven in various parts of the inner City putting Man Light mostly in the West end and on Portage Avenue out of order Winnipeg and operation department Aid my i in the problems treated by uie storm were Tret Down were 211 reports. Some subways in particular the Undt Pas on pen temporarily making it necessary Lor rerouted the water ran off. There . T Fine report of a flooded a works and o spokesman Hen ;