Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 10, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free press tuesday october 10, 1978 children in Creemore ont., waste Little time in taking advantage of the weekend storm caused Power blackouts of up to seven hours and do Sori first snowfall of the year. Nearly six inches of Snow fell Early sunday in the one Highway. Layouts of up to seven hours and closed town situated about 100 Kilometres North of Toronto. The Holiday synagogues full for yom kippur Jerusalem a israelis began observing Judaism s holiest Day today As shops closed Public transportation halted and thousands flocked to synagogues for evening prayers to usher in yom kippur. For five years this holy Day also known As the Day of atonement has served As a bitter reminder of the Arab Surprise attack that shattered the prayer filled Calm and sparked the 1973 Middle East War. The War is by no Means forgotten but fears that such holy Days could be interrupted in the future have been replaced by Hopes that the pending peace treaty with Egypt will Lead to similar agreements with Israel s other Arab neighbors. A spokesman for Menachem begin said the prime minister who has been resting at Home would at tend prayers at a Jerusalem Syna Gogue near his Home. Begin suffer ing from exhaustion was in Hospital for two Days two weeks ago and has not been to his office since then. The holy Day began at Sundown with the chanting of the Kol Nidre prayer but hours before the country came to a standstill. Public transportation stopped while stores offices and restaurants closed. The state radio and television ceased Broad casting until wednesday evening Al though special Crews were on duty in Case of an emergency. The military command announced that Israel was closed to travellers from the israeli occupied West Bank of the Jordan River and occupied Gaza strip. Police issued warnings to the Public to beware of suspicious objects. Yom kippur is a time when jews fast and ask forgiveness for their sins. How the holy Day is observed depends upon the orthodoxy of the individual. Some jews wrap them selves in the traditional prayer shawls and attend services at the synagogues while others May stay Home to observe the 25-hour fast which began one hour before Sun Down. Carter to attend peace conference Washington a president Carter will take part in the opening of the egyptian israeli peace talks Here thursday a White House official announced monday. Carter will participate in the open ing of the conference of defence and foreign ministers to underline the importance that we americans place on it and our continuing role in the official said. The official who declined to be identified also left open the possibility that the . President will meet at the White House with members of the israeli and egyptian delegations be fore the Start of the session. Israeli defence minister Ezer Weizman told reporters in Tel Aviv As he prepared to leave for the Washington conference that both sides very experienced in War but this is the first time we Are dealing in peace we have lots of detail to negotiate a lot on the essence of Good Weizman said. Frameworks for the peace treaty were announced sept. 17 by Carter israeli prime minister Menachem begin and egyptian president Anwar Sadat after 13 Days of intense negotiations at Camp David my. Meanwhile israeli foreign minis Ter Moshe Dayan who is heading the israeli delegation urged other Arab countries to join Egypt in the peace process. But he defended israeli control of All Jerusalem and jewish settlement of the West Bank of the Jordan River. In a speech to the United nations general Assembly on monday Dayan said Jerusalem is the one and Only eternal capital of Israel and added we have resolved never again to Compromise the Unity of egyptian defence minister Kamal Hassan am who with acting foreign minister Boutros Ghali Heads the egyptian delegation said in Cairo that he is carrying a draft treaty to the Washington conference. He said he expects the negotiations Here to last two to three weeks. Next jump in Oil Cost 5% plus Hamburg West Germany up the next increase in the Price of Oil will be More than five per cent Sheik a Chalifa Al Sabah president of the organization of Petroleum Export ing countries indicated sunday. Asked How much the increase would be the Ali Chalifa who is also Kuwait s Oil minister said he would not give exact figures but they sure Are not going to be Small our loss in Pur chasing Power averages around 30 per asked if open plans to in crease prices by 30 per cent he said no. But it is just As sure that no one is going to be satisfied with As Small a Rise As five per Csc Man tells of atrocities in Viet Cambodia Border War Csc correspondent Sheldon tur Cott has just returned from Viet Nam where he witnessed the Border War Between Vietnam and Cam Bodia. Here he describes the suffer ing inflicted on the peasants and the Impact of the War on the future of Vietnam. By Sheldon Turcott to Chi Minh City Vietnam up a vicious Border War be tween the vietnamese and cambo Dia s Khmer Rouge has resulted i shocking atrocities being commit Ted against innocent men women and children. The fighting which May explode into full conflict is linked to a bitter Power struggle Between the soviet Union and China for Domi Nance in Indochina. Cambodia is using chinese arms in Border raids on vietnamese Vil Lages slaughtering women and Chil Dren under darkness. Equipped by the soviet Union Vietnam has one of the largest armed forces in Asia. Until now Vietnam has been fighting a defensive War fending off attacks striking occasionally inside Cambodia. Now the raids have increased intensified by vietnamese air sup port and artillery fire. Aside from fear of chinese intervention Only the weather appears to be holding up a full vietnamese invasion of Cambodia. During this reporter s tour of the Border area he saw convoys of trucks delivering new arms and ammunition to the front soviet t-54 tanks and heavy guns and truckloads of sol Diers. But Vietnam is unlikely to achieve any permanent peace through inva Sion. In chinese eyes Indochina will never be a zone of peace if it is dominated by Vietnam which depends on the soviet Union for economic survival. Vietnam is virtually bankrupt unable to feed or clothe itself. After years of fighting american forces the communist regime was hit by drought followed by floods that now cover a huge area of the productive Mekong Delta. The country s Grain shortage this year May run to three million tons or 20 per cent of the Basic needs of the 50 million vietnamese. Even now every vital commodity in the country is rationed. The monthly food ration for each per son is 13 kilograms of Rice or other grains. To get More vietnamese must buy on the open Market. At the time of the american withdrawal from Vietnam Rice Cost 20 cents a kilogram now it costs More than each vietnamese is allowed five metres of cloth a year for one pair of trousers and two tops for a very Small person. Three years ago an extra Blouse Cost now it costs Medicine is virtually unavailable. Maps give top priority to Economy Ottawa up National Unity ranked a definite second to the problem plagued Economy with maps tuesday As they gathered for the resumption of parliament after a 14-week summer recess. Measures to curb unemployment and inflation and boost a dropping Dollar appeared the top priority for both Liberal government strategists and opposition parties. There s no question about it peo ple Are talking about the Economy and we re hearing less about National said Liberal Frank Philbrook Halton in a recent interview. Prime minister Trudeau and his Cabinet must decide on specific Mea sures to follow a series of eco nomic restraint announcements made after the prime minister s nationally televised address aug. 1 in which he promised tax cuts still unspecified and spending restraints. The government will Likely make its intentions clearer wednesday when it announces its legislative plans for what is expected to be a Stormy new session in the speech from the throne. Today was the last Day of the current parliamentary session. Finance minister Jean Chretien has promised a budget before Christ Mas and is expected to include per Sonal tax cuts. Prominent economic groups have warned that without such tax cuts the government restraint program will Only increase already High Levels of unemployment and inflation in the coming year. Maps interviewed across the coun try last week said constituents have made it Clear they Are worried about the unsettled economic state of the country. Quebec Liberal my Hal Herbert Vaudreuil said this is True As Well in his Riding where the constituents Are half English and half French. He added that criticism of tru Deau s leadership has grown in re cent months although he could t specify Why. John Fraser South said economic insecurity has caused an anti government mood among his constituents. It s gone beyond an anti tru Deau he said. Conservative Jim Mcgrath St. John s East said economic prob lems in the rest of the country Are usually magnified in Newfoundland. He singled out unemployment As the most pressing local concern. Waiter Baker conservative House Leader said it was up to the govern ment what tone the session took. We want the economic problems of this country to be confronted by a Strong government with a Strong he said. We Don t want a 10-month elec Tion letter carriers Settle Ottawa up the Mem Bers of the letter carriers Union of Canada have ratified a Compromise settlement with the Post office a government spokesman said today. Union officials Are to announce the margin of acceptance later. But As the letter carriers settled the Canadian Union of postal work ers appeared headed for a full scale strike. The Union rep resenting inside workers is in a Legal strike position thursday but some members at Belleville ont., jumped the gun and left their posts monday night. Unemployment rate higher in Manitoba continued three tenths of one per cent to 14.7 per cent among men 15 to 24. Jobless rates for women 15 to 24 and men 25 and Over remained steady at 14.1 per cent and 5.5 per cent respectively. The jobless rate Rose in six prov inces and fell in four. Newfoundland s unemployment rate worst in the country Rose to 16.9 per cent last month from 16.5 per cent in August. There were improvements in Nova Scotia and new Brunswick As the unemployment rates fell significantly. Nova Scotia s rate in september was 9.8 per cent compared with 10.4 per cent a month earlier and new Brunswick s fell to 12.8 per cent from 13.6 per cent. But in Prince Edward Island the jobless rate jumped to 10.1 per cent from 8.8. Quebec with the largest number of unemployed at saw a modest improvement in the jobless rate to 10.9 per cent in september from 11 per cent in August. Ontario the largest Industrial prov Ince had its unemployment rate climb to 7.5 per cent from 7.1 per cent. There were actual unemployed in the province. Jobless rates across the Prairies Rose last month but the Region still had the lowest unemployment. Saskatchewan remained with the lowest unemployment rate at 4.9 per cent up from 4.6 per cent in a gust. In Alberta the unemployment rate was 5.1 per cent up from 4.9 per cent in August. The jobless rate in British Colum Bia fell to 8.1 per cent from 8.4 per cent. The figures show that after sea Sonal adjustment there were More persons of working age in the labor Force in september than in August. The participation rate for last month was 62.9 per cent compared with 62.8 per cent in the previous month. The proportion of women who were in the labor Force was up and participation by men was Down. Statistics Canada released the Fig ures Only hours before parliament is to resume with the government due to come under fire for its handling of the Economy. Consumer prices Fig ures will be released wednesday. Ramp used High Quebec official As counter liar Tama i ----1 refers to a particular Type of ramp he would not reveal the exact nature of this operation but said the prefix was completely appropriate to the Type of activity described in the documents. The first message a directive from ramp Ottawa Headquarters on the carte Blanche operation dated nov. 25, 1971, instructed that top priority be Given to securing information on French diplomatic person Nel in Quebec City and Montreal suspected of hav ing links to the Quebec separatist movement. The main target in this area was Philippe Bey cultural attache to the French consulate in Quebec City at the time it says. According to the consulate Bey was stationed in Quebec City in 1971 but re turned to France in 1975 after a stint in Beirut. The ramp s Quebec government informant code named Mc-83 was to be used As bait for any recruitment attempt by Bey the message says. This is in effect a counter espionage it added. Other goals of the operation were Priori Zed in the following order to identify and determine the influence of separatists employed by the Quebec government and other key to determine the Impact on the Quebec govern ment of pressure groups either controlled or influenced by revolutionary or Independent St factions continued to discover any influence that separatists or radicals May have exerted on Quebec cultural affairs policy and provincial relations with other French speaking coun tries. Cossitt said monday his ramp sources have confirmed the existence of carte Blanche As a surveillance operation designed to Trace French government funding of separatists. Cossitt s source said Bey was actually a French intelligence officer who posed As a consular official to funnel Money to separatists. His main Contact in Quebec City was an information officer in a Quebec government department Cossitt said. The documents received by the free press contained a covering letter naming a High ranking Quebec government aide As the ramp s informant. The second document received by the free Pree ostensibly a reply to the Ottawa directive from the ramp s g Section in Montreal confirmed these goals and relayed Mc-83 s opinion that the Federal estimate of parti quebecois political strength was virtually worthless. "Mc-83 commented that the above information on the pm is of no real significance As such but he nevertheless brought it to our attention because of Mon Geau s close relation with or. Cloutier and of the pre dominant position Mongeau holds near or. Lalonde and or. The ramp report says. "Mc-83 urged us to be extremely careful in the dissemination of information which could indicate that we have a Well placed source in the Quebec ministry of cultural affairs and eventually become known to or. Cloutier thus jeopardizing the whole both messages also discussed specific terms for the handling of Mc-83 by local officers which until then had been on an and hoc the Ottawa directive indicated an unwillingness to guarantee a permanent Job for the informant but said he could be allowed to try for a civilian member position in the ramp. If Mc-83 failed to qualify the Force would assist him once in finding suitable employment including any necessary move to a new it said. Ottawa Security service Headquarters also said my 83 could qualify for a pension provided he had satisfactorily performed his this would be calculated on his maximum authority times years of service divided by the message said. The second message from Montreal Branch agreed with Ottawa that Mc-83 should be handled by a single spy officer in Quebec City. It said ramp Corporal Serge Boisvert of Montreal g Section would gradually turn Over Mc-83 to a new Cpl. Richard Boucher of the Quebec City Security service. An ramp spokesman in Montreal confirmed last week that both officers were or Are with the Force adding that Boisvert was attached to Montreal s g-2 recruiting Section. The message also suggests an additional incentive for Mc-83 an unexplained status within the Force Complete with an official swearing in Cere Mony and recognition papers signed by ramp Security service head John k. Starnes. Testimony by senior ramp officers before the Mcdon Ald Royal commission and the Quebec government s Keable inquiry earlier this year confirmed that the mounties feared a recurrence of terrorist action in the fall of 1971, the first anniversary of the Fly crisis in october 1970. Several officers also said part of the ramp s con Cern was based on suspicions of foreign support for the Quebec Independence movement. Chief ramp superintendent Howard Draper for Mer Deputy director of the Security service testified in february that his division suspected the parti quebecois of receiving a contribution from a foreign country in the Early 1970s ;