Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 16, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free december 1978 chinese Phirne minister Hua Kuofeng right announces saturday 9 est Friday in peking that the Peoples Republic of China will establish a photo full diplomatic relations with the United states on at left is chinese foreign minister Huang move stuns nationalist strongest attack Ever on Taiwan longtime principal Chiang said the United states alone would Bear full responsibility for All the consequences that might arise As a result of this leading government officials were called to special meetings at Dawn saturday to assess the Impact of the american decision and to plan Tai wans next in the some Taiwan commentators have suggested such extreme measures As build ing an Independent nuclear weapons allying with the soviet Union or declaring the country for Mal Independence from the chinese but such drastic proposals continued have met Little favourable response from one Chu Liangchun of the English language China said the decision showed Carters human rights Campaign is Taiwan government officials have acknowledged in the Pas that they anticipate no chinese attempt to invade the Island by Force in the near peking forces Are ill equipped in Many areas and do not have nearly enough Landing Craft to make such an invasion seems preoccupied by soviet threats to its North Ern Border and its troubles with Viet Nam on its Southern the announcement is not expected to have any immediate Impact on the Island nations booming the Carter administration has promised american businessmen on Sev eral occasions that their considerable investment of an estimated Mil lion on the Island would be protected under any normalization the latest May increase the gradual but steady trickle of Taiwan residents Busin esses and Bank accounts to the United Many have also sent children to american in part to in crease their families chances of a secure future president Chiang Chingkum bitter attack on longtime ally Payas Couburn plan tried in towns the municipal spokesmen claim the Payas Yugo fire Protection plan is a Wayne former Secre tar treasurer of the pm of Corn Wallis said since the municipality began charging the full rate for fire everything has worked very the year before the municipality passed the fire Calls Cost a total of the Rural municipality pays the Bill to the City of Brandon and in turn we invoice the full amount of the charge to the property Woodman if the Bill is not it is added to continued the tax in hardship How special arrangements May be he now the Secretary treasurer of the town of Portage la said when he worked for the pm of a Complete explanation of the fire policy was mailed out with tax Bill Secretary Treasur or of the pm of Portage la Prairie said the system has worked very he there have been some snags in assigning the costs of the fire although neighbors May Call in the fire it is the property owner who must pay the sex i can Forsee where it could be a he in a Case where a number of Homes Are located close together and one is Well alight when firefighters the owner ends up with a vacant lot and he gets the Bill whereas youre protecting the although Mcmillan said the pro Gram has worked very the Portage la Prairie fire department dont come out if they have a fire of their own in the he noted that major insurers pro vide coverage for the fire Protection expense at the Cost of As Little As the Only problem weve Ever run into is where the Case of a Bush fire or Prairie fire came up and got into a party when asked How pm of Dauphin residents feel about the new plan for Reeve John Potoski said theres been no reaction what million in debts Cleveland defaults on payments Cleveland a Cleveland was plunged into default1 at Midnight Friday As mayor Dennis Kucinich and the City Council failed to reach agreement on a plan to Avert fiscal asked if the City was in the press Secretary Andrew Juniewicz it appears As if it z Cleveland owed six local Banks a total of million and the City Treasury another million but can not obtain the it was the largest municipal default since the great there will be six months of chaos in the City to pay for this one night of Kucinich the mayor said monday if no agreement could be he would have to Lay off on half of the cites police firefighters and maintenance Kucinich sought to forge an agree ment with the Council that would convince the Banks to extend Cleve lands credit into the politicians fought All Day about the Sale of the Cit owned municipal Light Plant and Hopes of a settlement disappeared at an Emer gency 11 Council Kucinich plan depended on coun cil approval of a tax increase referee but in the Las minute show the Council insisted on tying the referendum to the Sale of the earlier in the Council president George Forbes had said the cites largest Cleveland Trust would reject anything this provision was bitter Medicine for who has staked his political career on stopping the Light Plant the impasse brought default is an inability to pay the last major City to default was de troit in default differs from which involves a Legal determination that would put the City into re Kucinich asked the White House if the government could Advance Cleveland its 1979 Revenue Shar ing allotment and was told such action would be condition upon the implementation of palestinian autonomy provide a preview of Sinai Peninsula Security arrangements after five years set a Date for the Start of Auton omy in the West Bank and Gaza and dilute somewhat a clause Assur ing that the treaty would supersede Mutual defence pacts Between Egypt other Arab these demands Are inconsistent with the Camp David framework and Are not included in it and change substantially provisions of the peace they Are a accept Atule to Israel and Are rejected by begin announced after a five hour Cabinet the tone of finality in the cabinets in spite of begins assurances that Israel is prepared to resume negotiations is cer Tain to exacerbate tensions Between the Carter administration and the israeli on his arrival in Washington Fri Vance called the israeli Cabi nets statement but continued he said there would be no further comment from the government until he reports to president a senior official aboard Vances plane said the United states does not think the israeli Deci Sion advances the negotiations or brings us closer to a the official also charged that there Are inaccuracies in the israeli Cabi nets characterization of the rejected in the official it is misleading to say that the israeli government has been ready to sign the draft treaty proposed by the United states on at that the official Israel rejected the so called Side let Ter dealing with a timetable for palestinian autonomy and that was an integral part of the total treaty pack age proposed by the United the senior official also sized As misleading and inaccurate the israeli cabinets charges that various interpretive notes proposed this week the Basic character of the these the official Are merely clarifications of unclear Points in the treaty As to the criticism of the United states in the israeli officials were clearly angry and said that who had been Given no Advance indication that the state ment would contain such considered it unworthy of in an interview Friday night on israeli said Israel had reached the limit of our conces asked whether a situation could develop in which the peace treaty would not be Dayan such a situation could definitely we have reached the limit of our concessions if they the egyptians will now withdraw their consent and refuse to there will be no peace that definitely is a realistic Dennis Kucinich predicts six months of chaos China end hostility of 3 decades continued one years notice is required to terminate the Mutual defense treaty with and thus it will remain in Force legally until this apparently will mean that military supplies May continue to flow to the nationalist regime during that the Broad effect of the one years notice is Likely to be minimal the United states also announced that it will be withdrawing its remaining military now fewer than from Taiwan within four obviously also announced that vice Premier Teng Hsiaoping of the Peoples Republic of China has accepted his invitation to visit Here at the end of Jan his visit will give our govern ments the Opportunity to consult with each other on global issues and to begin working together to enhance the cause of world Carter who ranks third in the chinese is recognized As the driving Force behind a nation that just in recent times has emerged from virtual isolation to reach out in Many directions for International co operation culturally and As China has opened its doors to More International visitors Teng frequently has emphasized that he wanted to visit the United but he always stipulated that he would not visit As Long As the United states recognized although Carters action was the culmination of a Chain of events set in motion by president Richard Nixon historic trip to China in the announcement Drew bitter reaction from some conservatives who Long have supported Barry called it one of the most cowardly acts by any president in John the ranking Republican on the Senate armed services called the action unconscionable and in a years Taiwan will be abandoned to her the integrity of our defense perimeter in the Western Pacific will be Compro former president Gerald who visited China in approved Carters based on my understanding of the terms for normalization of relations Between the United states of America and the Peoples Republic of i approve of the action Henry a hardliner in dealing with the soviet also i have sup ported normalization of relations from the he Carters move was hailed by Frank who takes Over next month As chairman of the Senate foreign relations in a statement from his Home in Church said the Deci Sion to recognize China finally brings american policy into line with asian in his television Carter said the diplomatic development resulted from Long and serious negotiations begun by Nixon in 1972 and continued by by giving such credit to Nixon and Carter May have sought to Blunt some of the criticism that has started already and is sure to increase from conservatives who have not Only supported Taiwan but have steadfastly opposed establishing relations with the chinese comm the Taiwan government apparently was Given notice several hours before Carter announced the government leaders in Taiwan were awakened during the night and told to meet at 7 saturday for a meet ing presided Over by president Chiang until Carter consistently had said he knew of no plans for normalization of relations or for visits by chinese dignitaries to the United after his broadcast Friday Carter told reporters that Only in the last few weeks has there been an increasing demonstration to us that Premier Hua Kuofeng and vice Premier Teng have been ready to normalize the new relationship has profound implications for relations with the soviet which has had increasingly Cool relations with How it May affect the strategic arms limitation treaty talks remains to be Bateman Calls a political football continued egyptian demands rejected by Israel Menachem begin of oneside Ness the inquiry was told Bateman said on a number of occasions that Hydro decision to build its Lake Winnipeg regulation project before Churchill River diversion was based on findings of a 1970 task Force he but Bateman admitted the task Force actually recommended a differ ent course for Northern and that former chairman David Cas Beggs had really made the ultimate he denied the suggestion that he deliberately misled the legislature in order to save his and pointed out that he could have gone to Compa Rable consulting jobs in private prac Tice or other Bateman said he stayed on because he believed he could make a contribution to the even though the chairman frankly admitted being careless and pos Sibly misleading in his testimony to the he said any la would have known the True situation about Hydro Northern development if he had done his but the Public utilities committee of the legislature often uses Hydro As a political football and he said he had to endure flak in the committee meetings As a result of problems i had said it is More important to have a Good Hydro than to have some worry or some concern about the political Points that Are being raised during that commit tee where Manitoba Hydro has often been put in the position where it is really a political a whipping boy of that commit inquiry lawyer Scott said it was unfair to suggest Las could have known the details of Hydro his since there were even Many senior Hydro engineers who did not know the True Story about the North Era development decisions until very Bateman lashed out at former Hydro chairman who was parachuted into the Organiza Tion in he accused Cas Beggs of using Hydro staff As a tool to implement his own to some extent his mind seemed to be made up despite the said he also com Promise the positions of senior Hydro and deliberately lied to the Public utilities committee when asked about estimated costs of the Lake Winnipeg when asked Why he or other Hydro engineers didst Correct the former chairman lies in Bateman said this would have been futile and would Only have affected the Utility adversely by creating an open we took the flak because we had a feeling of obligation to the said under questioning by Hydro lawyer Robert Bateman provided supplementary answers to a number of questions which had been raised in previous although he originally testified there were no contingency plans in the late 1960s to Hydro proposed High level diversion of the Churchill Bateman said the Board had plans to utilize Thermal Power or perhaps Power from nearby utilities if the scheme but he stressed that Hydro had no idea there would be any difficulty in getting a licence for the ;