Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 6, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ree my Jhm pfc uni sukh t97b people As footballs Iff Adf by Stiffl a Firth Tel w Tufis Cal tire 18 offis we fee it i is Tref Fly Opit of Fofi Wurf Thrif Itsel if Jolt std it a Tif opinion wits few the of this fight was the Cable customers should not have the football in the Easto Mefs in Brandon and Portage la Prairie to be to Gay Tooi the and neither Itol Cable operators nor the Manitoba Telephone system to Fine out of the weekend Row with Ntreh the mt9 Gordon said the Nadian and telecommunications com Mission probably have something to say about this it to to be hoped that Backhouse is cause the fight Between the Cable companies and the proof ncia1yowned Telephone system has taken on Many of the characteristics of an Alley perhaps it is time for the or the Federal department of to hold a full investigation into the matter and sort things out so that customers Are not caught in the there Are Many problems to be first is the continued use by the its of part of the Cable spectrum to deliver signals Between two Winnipeg this particular Exchange is taking place in something of a Legal vacuum because different Federal departments find themselves on opposite sides of the after the Manitoba Telephone systems Proee Dure in attempting to acquire ownership of the entire Rural Cable hardware system should be this ownership by a common Carrier is contrary to the policies established by the but is approved in an agreement signed by the department of communication with Manito in allowing an Extension of ownership the crts said that it is not establishing a this is in that its which will be cited in arguments to be made in at least one other will not be considered in future All the fighting so far has been conducted on what Are really Side the main Issue is whether Cable customers in Winnipeg can be made the subject of a special tax levied on them alone to achieve the equalization of what the previous government used to Call the Quality of life in the its wants to charge each of these customers an additional a year to subsidize Rural and offers nothing in there can be Justice in a political decision to equalize the Quality of life in the and Levy the taxes necessary to carry out the but to hide this tax in higher fees for a luxury and to offer nothing in is singling out Winnipeg Cable customers to be the real football in the present it was wrong for the Winnipeg Cable companies to use Rural customers As a football to make their it is wrong for the govern through its the Manitoba Telephone to turn Winnipeg customers into a financial football to achieve its political it was bar nun who said theres a sucker born every and it was Edwin Francis not who said never give a sucker an even but it is Gra Ham Mcdonald who appears Likely to prove the truth of both who is Graham Mcdon Ald he is the assistant Deputy postmaster general of in charge of of what is he plan Ning to do Graham has told the postal users conference in Toronto that the Post office has a strike proof National courier ser vice ready to once the Treasury Board gives its Graham appears to have taken a Leaf out of the bureaucrats the one that says look at a successful operation in the private and use tax funds to compete with his department has been quietly testing a postal Cou Rier providing free indeed intercity service for government departments and 18 unnamed private com he is proud of the fact that this service has bags of mail moving around the at a time when it is some thing of a minor Miracle to have anything touched by the Post office move at grahams Pride is in if the Federal Treasury Board approves the establishment of yet another form of Competition for us own Post of it will be underlining Barnum and if canadians go along with any attempt by the Post office to climb on the bandwagon that was created by its own Ineffie if they believe that Graham can negotiate a strike proof contract with a group of employees when he cannot persuade others to stay at they will prove that Albee knew whereof he a change of mind in March of this year fed than a question of Money in eral sports minister Lona Canada its our National Campagnolo said that she supported the idea of As u turned out there w85 merger the of keeping major league hockey in those in Campagno to announced that she bad urged the National hookey league to arrive at an accommodation or a merger with the world hockey As Swiatlon in order to save major league hockey in those if we lost Quebec City Winnipeg and we would lose More than Uuele pod tee key we would pm of the Canadas culture hockey is Awe today scripture net thyself to a Way in it could not have survived for Long without the expanded Arena that has now been approved by City without that was there any Tope of the City acquiring an nil one would that Campagnolo would be pleased that Winnipeg is to have an expanded Arena paid for by the Winnipeg taxpayers with out a cents Worth of sup i the Federal Fiul this week she the pity Sion on the grounds thai it isl bit Ctol up us Dell Zajf that could Law Tern used for Public am facilities there is an old Wing that it is a is privilege to her mad after Camp paved Tel Avi Cairo one ingot or two a demonstration for Canadian Armour experts German leopards at Shilo considering that the closest Active Canad an army tanks Are More than Miles the decision of the Royal Cana Dian armoured corps association to hold its annual convention at Camp might be consid ered to be a bit but members of the As a powerful lobby group that helped change the Canadian governments mind and so kept tanks in Canadas military invent knew exactly what they were most of them wanted a firsthand look at Canadas new Battle the German made and Camp Shilo has More Leopard tanks than any other Canadian base or is Likely to the 60 leopards at Camp Shilo Are owned by the West German army and for the past seven years have been used to train German tank since they Are rotated every three or four when they have accumulated be tween and most Are recent members of the Canadian group were Given an impressive which included practical examples of the versatility of the gun Stabilizer sys at one Point a tank was turned 360 degrees on its own with the gun remaining fixed on a target throughout the the stability of the sys tem was demonstrated by hooking up an Independent control Box outside the and placing it on a so that it covered half of a 15 visitors were invited to try to get the Bill out without moving the with the prize for Success the Bill the Lack of Success was evident after several visitors made the the German who owned the pocketed but Only after he lifted the control an action which demonstrated that any movement of the Box moved the but the visit to Camp by Fred Cleverley Shilo than a Sim ple mechanical demonstration for the men who Are often referred to As the brains Trust of Canadian to was an Opportunity to obtain firsthand knowl Edge from men who Are part of an army whose so Cial responsibilities do not get in the Way of its fort seven year old col Onel Klaus the commander of the German army training does not mince words when asked about his he firmly believes that sol Diers must believe in their own ability to and to in order to be of the or More West German soldiers who Are airlifted each summer in two and three battalion groups get no Holiday in their 21day train ing periods Are so crammed with work that they Are Lucky to get a single today the intensive control program has effectively eliminated any incidents to mar the training agree in the marriages that have taken place Between members of the permanent German staff and Canadian girls show that cooperation goes much farther than a hand the Canadian armoured officers Learned last week Why the germans Are in and Why the West German army is prepared to spend the Money Neces sary to continue the pro the answer is More effective there is no training area in Germany that can com pare to the Battle runs that extend seven Miles or More each in Camp Pietscher says the firing ranges in Germany have been in use so Long that every tank officer Worth his Salt already is too familiar with the terrain and distances by next the Canadian Battle runs will All be equipped with Popup tar permitting tank com Manders in the Case of the German army they Are Cor canadians have sergeants to practise All tactical the Canadian runs can be varied so that command ers Are presented with Dif Ferent situations every if the Canadian association members were expect ing an efficient operation on the part of the German training they were not every Economy has been taken into even the transporting of troops by bus from the Camp to the Battle to save mileage on the and since the leopards engine can be changed in 30 minutes in the the Only return trips for maintenance involve the other systems in the the canadians were particularly interested in the tactics that have been developed at Camp Shilo for cooperative action be tween regiments of tanks and of mechanized infant besides the the germans Jive More than two dozen Marder personnel carriers based at the having weathered a period when they saw their Branch of the military slowly Drain ing their aging Cen turion tanks slowly wearing and fighting a govern ment attitude that seemed to be planning a thankless revelled in the pres ence of so much equip their lobby has been and Canada will stay in the tank Welcom ing the association Mem said he was pleased to again be surrounded by so Many armoured corps offi the canadians were obviously pleased to be sur rounded by so much equip israeli Witt israelis to travel of of Aviv to Cairo when the egged bos opens its mss line to the egyptian some time Early nest which amounted the fare Only a few Days after die successful Letlon of the Camp David has also made plans to give its drive guides a crash course on Egypt in preparation for Tours of that country tourist and while Al israels National has yet to say How much it will charge for nights to it has already decided to ask for Landing rights in Alexandria and this will permit Al Al of with Egypt talk and other lines to eater to the millions of americans and europeans who Are expected to Book joint Tours of Jerusalem and kibbutzim and other companies looking Forward to economic Bene fits from the improvement of relations with Egypt in clude Haifa which already Sells that country tons a year of potassium a Chemi Cal fertilizer vital to egyptian but now must Tran ship it through a third once this subterfuge can be the company will be Able to offer its potassium nitrate to the egyptians at a lower which should Spur exports of israeli goods to finance ministry researchers should reach a volume of Mil lion to million a year at with particularly Bright prospects for insect fertilizers and Agri cultural at the same Egypt will probably sell this coun try agricultural goods and the latter perhaps com ing from the Sinai Fields developed by Israel herself during the past few one import that Israel can do without and is that of cheap for Given the oppor egyptian workers who have an annual per capita income of would come flooding into Israel where annual per capita income is and once no matter what Legal Tern Dew Vij the Long run from a Ira ton of the lathes Ittin in the Short Ron her Economy win suffer As a Matt vat it fill Tomk result of Ine Vamp Avra it will Cost an estimated million to build new air eases in the Negev to re place these that fee abandoned in and even though the eminent has promised to provide most of the required the Cost of these airfields and of other facilities rails 1987 Borders have to be borne this in turn will demand a Cut in expenditure on civilian development and even on social and Edu National the donations from overseas jews which help to maintain these vital ser vices will probably As donors More readily open their hearts and pocketbooks when the cannons Are roaring than when peace and quiet reigns in the holy also serious for Israel is the loss of Sinai which this year provided about ten per cent of israels Petroleum million to million More will have to be spent on importing of from Egypt or else but these burdens will be borne willingly and indeed gratefully by people Here if peace is really for peace has a very per Sonal this was forcefully brought Home to my family last week because on the very same Day that the Camp David agreements were announced in the White Here in Reno Vot our eldest son received his preliminary callup no thanks to presi dents Carter and Sadat and prime minister we have some basis for hoping that when he visits he will be Riding in an israeli bus rather than in an israeli Swap now officially nonaligned prejudging Southwest Africa future u senseless violence violent crimes of any kind Are a matter of serious to but Sel Dom More m than when the victims Are helpless and the violence two such incidents Oes a tog within Days of each have been reported the Winnipeg it it Blind Man was attacked Fey two men while waiting at a bus one Man Frold Thip victim White the other head they then Robba him if la the second incident 74 year old Man was two Mea who Beai him Only to find that he was Money in both the victims were unable to offer any effective these Are not isolated this kind of mugging to he becoming More in i and attempted to Rob needs to be res padded to to the exemplary jus Tice would perhaps do something to discourage Hie to tags who engage in these cowardly and acts and persons convicted of the pain receive severest the Tew United new York the non aligned movement is run Ning Short of International issues on which its 88 Mem Bers can take an unequivocal unified it was perhaps for this reason that the foreign ministers of the group met Here this week and decided to elevate Swap from observer to full membership the decision prejudge the future of the area which the Southwest african Peoples organization Swap aspires to tool after South Africa leaves that iong4isputed it does not make it easier for the United France and West Germany to persuade the new government in Pretoria that Southwest Africa future is Best entrusted to the United the in has a plan under which Swap would get an even Chance with other political forces in Southwest both Black and to compete in a unsupervised electoral Cam Aid Elac Ioas new but swaps still claims that it is the Sale and legitimate represent by Jeff Endrst this implies that elections would be super flu should Swap they of Ted be come in ties the non ministers did the Only possible balancing they noted in a communique that the in Security Council had authorized the creation of a in military and civilian Force to supervise South West Africa transition to Independence through free and fair then they conferred a de Facto statehood on Swap As if it were synonymous with Southwest Africa and its the nonaligned have no problem supporting the Lestine liberation organs gation against Israel com plications set in when one of its founding members Egypt agreed at Camp Pavid to negotiate a peace treaty with the nonaligned communique handled us dilemma with political it m Only did Hui denounce the Camp Pavid accords or their Lack of Imit Divite with the Palestin Ian it Meo turned Camp but to balance the com Rau que reiterated the Aona Gued View oust Lite Plo is the sate of the the of is not hip Luu of thas if 49 for a special in general Assembly session on the Palestine this could be taken As an attack on the Camp David negotiating process because the majority sentiment in the isolation Assembly re Mains pro palestinian and but the non aligned countries carefully avoided saying when this Assembly should take the Best guess is sometime next Spring or by that Rael and Egypt May to Well on their Way to practising Good the intended effect of the Spe Cial session would be in but the Assembly would no doubt pass r solutions saying that an Israel peace treaty without an explicit Resolution of the Palestine question is null and there was reportedly seme unhappiness pressed during the foreign ministers1 discussions Blaut the to hold the next Noil m of w a Lull member of the grou Bui the decision but not in Cam Vietnam or even in the Case of Nicara they had to respect the fact that the latin can countries Are divided on this the Nique therefore said that the ministers expressed deep concern and decided to follow the situation there was no attempt by the nonaligned countries to mediate the War Between Cambodia and or the simmering dispute tween Ethiopia and there was no mention in the communique about the fight Between Algeria and Morocco Tor the control of the former Spanish Hara a spokesman for the said in answer to that China cannot i Picoff Lotf m Long to roil ii Alliance with the soviet he tary her Ninfi a w Arm of the soviet Ahab reject Wai Aofia a to Call b Wypp 9 Asp for ship a the group when Aifred Why the non a Frfd countries did ism get involved the tragic Stiitt bytes to an Whf Lwow 5mr Fri Fiman Rool iad that on thus Aad other issues the of que has difference m he said a Lar 1jbpmpf in a refit lot Ipp a tit mar countries to St Vej Bithea their g is necessary to Way from such ;