Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 2, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Out on the Street residents of the Alexandria Block evicted find out who makes the Best Blue jeans for your child and Why they Are Good for some it was Home for two decades see Page 3 see Page 17 f a h new w i he p i i m i j Nasty habits can be broken anyone who x says no is underestimating himself. 1 see Page 49 Cloudy High is Low 6 Winnipeg free press final monday october 2, 1978 15 cents with coloured comics vol. 86-no. 3 distress signal baffling hoax suspected Seattle a Canadian and . Cast guard officials Are baffled by a distress signal which has resulted in a widespread search along the Washington coast for a life raft carrying 12 survivors of a sinking yacht. We Don t know a thing More than we did yesterday and that s next to Dick Johnson a . Coast guard Petty officer said late sunday. He said the signal might have been a hoax but added generally it is a truthful distress Call until we can verify the weak distress Call picked up by a Ham radio operator saturday reported that three persons were sick. In a later transmission the raft radio operator reported one person had died said Petty officer Mike Foster. The raft radio operator stated that the 40-foot vessel fathom Blue was of . Registry but it s not he said. We re hoping to spread the word around and maybe someone will hear it that knows who these people Are. We Don t know its Home port its port of departure or where it was going to. It seems like every Lead we be had we wind up hitting our Heads on a Brick efforts to establish two Way communication were unsuccessful. The raft transmissions had been picked up by Ham radio operators As far away As new zealand and the East coast Foster said. A . Coast guard air plane and a Canadian coast guard vessel were searching for the raft late sunday. The two primary search areas were centred 800 Kilometres West Southwest of Cape wash., and 94-i Southwest of Cape flattery. Of restores signal Rural Cable to on again photo by pc for Bajck new Craig Byman rappers a method of descent where a climber slides Down the rope rather than climbing Down the Rock to the ground it successful Rock climb. The difficult dangerous sport is growing in popularity. See Story on Page 16 Cairo confirms talks on Mideast accords will switch to . Cairo a egyptian govern ment sources confirmed sunday that ., egyptian and israeli negotiators will meet in Washington on oct. 12 to begin talks leading to the sign ing of an egyptian israeli peace treaty. The sources who would not be identified said the location was changed from the Suez canal City of Ismail a to Washington so . Officials would be More available. The talks Are the next step outlined by the Camp David agreements signed by president Carter egyptian president Anwar Sadat and israeli prime minister Menachem begin last month. They Hope the accords will end 30 years of Middle East warfare. The egyptian sources said the talks would be held in a place flying the in Flag As stipulated by the agreements. The egyptian delegation will include War minister Gen. Mohamed Abdel Ghany Tamassy acting foreign Minster Butros Ghali and others the sources said. There was no official comment on the Date and location of the peace talks. Sadat is scheduled to address parliament today. The negotiators will try to work out a timetable for a two phased israeli troop withdrawal from Sinai Penin Sula. They also will seek ways to replace the israeli military Rule on the West Bank of the Jordan River and in the Gaza strip with a local palestinian administration. In Jerusalem almost 100 West Bank leaders gathered in an unusual political meeting sunday and issued a statement asking their palestinian followers to Boycott elections for an administrative Council and thereby undermine the Camp David agree ments. Israeli prime minister Menachem begin meanwhile was quoted As saying his country would not Toler ate any declaration of an Independent palestinian state by such a Council. Begin who was admitted to a Hospi Tal Friday after complaining of feel ing weak went Home sunday. In the Gulf of Aqaba near Israel s Southeastern Corner an israeli gun boat Sank a palestinian guerrilla boat whose Crew intended to blast inc israeli port of Eilat with rockets the military said. The West Bank palestinians nor Mally forbidden by Israel to meet in a political Assembly said they absolutely and completely reject the peace accords worked out Between begin and egyptian president Anwar Sadat last month. See Cairo Page 4 by Ritchie Gage Cable television was on again Sun Day in Brandon and Portage la Prai Rie after a weekend telecast skirmish Between Manitoba Telephone sys tem and Winnipeg Cablevision companies. The Cable service was official on then off then on again then off and then finally restored by Videon by an act Goodwill will by the company. The three networks Abc lbs and pcs were beamed into the two Rural locations Friday then they were interfered with by Videon Cable to. They were restored saturday when its pirated i Deon s signal which Videon then jammed again the same Day leaving viewers in an uproar. The assistant general manager of Videon Jack Baigrie said the ser vice was finally restored sunday by an act of Baigrie said it Cut the service be cause its is in violation of its con tract with Videon Over transmission of the television signal. Videon has submitted its contract with its for binding arbitration Over the manner in which the Tele phone company started the service to the three Rural Cable companies Westman Media co operative bran Don Portage Community television in Portage la Prairie and Interlake Cable to in Selkirk. Gordon Backhouse director of marketing and administrative ser vice for its said he expects that the service will stay on and that the contractual disagreement will go on. But he said that Videon had no right to Jam their own signal to pre vent the service from being sup plied to the two locations. Backhouse said that Videon did t get the jamming equipment on a 24 hour Call. He claimed the company had planned for the jamming for at least two months. The Canadian radio television and telecommunication commission crts will probably have some thing to say about this he said. Videon has rights granted to it by the crts to collect three . Television channels. Videon rents Micro wave relay from its to bring the channels to Winnipeg for distribution on a customer pay basis. Both the Canadian ctr and Csc television networks Are free and arc fed on the same Cable. They weren t interfered with. Baigrie admitted the Cable service was intentionally jammed Friday by Videon. Baigrie charged its with High handed behaviour and pirating the Cable company s own signal. Baigrie said the return to service had nothing to do with Many Calls he received saturday from people in Brandon. His name and number were shown on the television screen As being responsible for the Cut in Cable service. I did t take my phone off the Hook. I gave them Gordon Holland s eight perish As fire Levels resort hotel in Quebec aver s Cliff que. Up eight elderly people died and three were missing after a fire swept through a resort hotel in this town on Lake mass Alippi no kilo metres Southeast of Montreal Early sunday. Quebec provincial police in nearby Sherbrooke confirmed late sunday that three not four members of a group of-17 elderly from Barrie ont. Were missing in the fire. The people members of a horticultural society were touring Quebec during the weekend to View the Bright fall foliage. Early reports said eight bodies had been found in the nibble of the rip Lecove inn. And that the search for the other three would continue Al Dawn today. See Quebec Page i said liaigre. Holland is general manager of its. The two Rural centres had just received the signal Friday night and it was jammed 40 minutes after the service began. Baigrie said the Cut in the service is part of a Complex dispute Between its and the two major Cablevision companies Over a future develop ment of satellite television feeds. Videon wants to ensure that the Rural companies have contractual agreements with it to have Satel Lite feeds As an option to underground Cable provided by its. Televisions signals can be Deli Vered cheaper by satellite according to Baigrie. This would eliminate the Cost of paying its for use of its microwave setup to beam television channels and use of underground cables. Baigrie said that its does t want to lose its slice of the Revenue pie from Cable television. Videon and greater Winnipeg cab Levision have the crts granted rights to collect Abc lbs and pcs television networks and beam them to Winnipeg on its s rented Micro wave. The corporations disagree Over the prospects for satellite beamed television. This would provide such things arc pay television and direct proceedings in the House of commons. Up photo searchers probe ruins for bodies of four missing victims following fire. Roar of big guns wrecks fragile truce in Lebanon Beirut neuter the Roar of big guns wrecked a fragile ceasefire in Beirut sunday As a defiant right Wing Leader vowed that his forces will fight until the last syrian Soldier had been forced out of Lebanon. Sporadic mortar and automatic weapons fire gained in intensity shortly after president Elias Sarkis held urgent talks aimed at prolonging Las vegas show goes on but Edgar Bergen is dead Las vegas Router the show went on As usual into the Early hours sunday morning but the Brash fast talking piece of White Pine named Charlie Mccarthy was locked in a trunk backstage. The work s most famous ventriloquist Edgar Bergen 75, was found dead by his wife Frances in their hotel suite hero saturday afternoon As she went to awaken him. A Coro Ner said he apparently died of a heart attack. His body was flown to los an Geles on sunday and a memorial sen ice was scheduled for tuesday in Beverly Hills. The service is to be followed by a private interment. Show business personalities were stunned by the death of the gentle mild mannered Bergen who had provided the insults and quips for the i m m a c u1 a t e1y-d r c s s c d Mccarthy in his White tie tails and top hat for to years. He had received standing ovations at cae sars Palace nightclub each night leading up to what was to have been his final performance before retire ment on oct. Ii. Close friends knew he had heart trouble and had been advised to take it easy hut former bandleader i Lii Harris said entertaining peo ple was Edgar s whole life. I could never have imagined him not work re Gen was a High school student when to had a woodcarver make Charlie for Mccarthy spent his life trading insults with Bergen and with the stars of show Busi a photo there will be ,10 More insults from Edgar Bergen s wooden headed wisecracking Charlie Mccarthy his voice is forever stilled. An uneasy truce which ended a 10 hour Battle in the Christian East Side of the City saturday. In Damascus. Syrian newspapers accused the United states and Israel of being behind the latest outbreak of fighting. See Roar Page i Mississauga Oil refinery ablaze Mississauga ont. Up More than residents of a subdivision in this Community just West of Toron to were evacuated Early this morning when fire broke out at a Texaco Canada lid. Oil refinery officials said. Witnesses said the which had been burning since about i . Not could be seen for several kilo mores As Oil Drums exploded and flames shot High into the air. A go transit spokesman said thai because of the fire commuter trains would be cancelled this morning West of the port credit station. Points affected Are Hamilton Burlington Bronte Oakville and Clarkson the spokesman said adding that go officials were trying to arrange a bus service to accommodate commuters. 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