Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 19, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Give yourself away give of yourself this in give with the Doit yourself Home cloning see Page 17 Bay wins struggle financial analysts Are mystified by the Simpsons decision to drop plans to merge with Simpsons Sears and to recommend the Bay takeover bid see Page 32 Snow Low High 6 december 1978 a special love Story Mary meets Joseph the Carpenter Groom see Page 28 Jylli it 15 cents 351 with coloured comics vol 86 68 air release Montreal up Jacques and Louise charged with kidnapping British Diplomat James Cross in were released monday on bail with strict conditions imposed on their chief judge Yves Mayrand of ses Sions court allowed them out on bail of paid in collateral by a third until their preliminary hearing begins the 17 conditions of their release include bans on to the Public statements concerning their Case or participation in Demon parades or the who voluntarily returned from Paris last wednesday after eight years in exile in Cuba and must also live together at a relatives Home in Mon inform police of any absences longer than 24 hours from the Home and obtain the courts permission be fore changing As tight controls on their movements were these include remaining within the informing police of any trips outside the Montreal area and turning in their the Cossette Rudels were ordered to avoid Contact with any people having a criminal record or to visit or write to prisoners or former prison without mentioning any the judge looking sternly at the i am sure that you know to whom i am his reference appeared to be to other former front de liberation do Quebec members still in prison or who have been released on charged with conspiracy to attempted extortion and forcible the both aged looked slightly nervous when the hearing Cossette Trudel played with his full Beard and stared at the his wife smiled briefly when she entered the courtroom and saw Mem Bers of her but was later motionless and maintained a sad sex they showed Little emotion when the decision was but their Law yer Serge Menard appeared Security was tight at the with armed police officers on the identities of spectators and re porters were checked at the door and at least one person was publication of the bail which took judge Mayrand about 20 minutes to fell under the same publication ban imposed last week at the request of the the judge turned Down a request by Menard that he lift the publication ban on the reasons for his but maintain the ban on evidence and arguments mentioned by the judge Mayrand said it was not irregular for Linin to have taken the Case himself rat her than give it to one of hear sessions court some cases Are More difficult than i told the hushed court room if there is the chief Juder is there to take he must protect his judge is a solitary but he to not be indifferent to the society he lives society gives judges important Only throujj1 order can free Dorp Taipei a most of the police guarding the embassy withdrew today As protests eased but barbed wire barricades remained in thousands of people demonstrated at the embassy during the weekend to protest the decision to recognize the peking Only about 200 were there monday night and no overnight incidents were the demonstrators Sang patriotic songs and distributed hand Bills condemning the govern american closed reopened americans had been warned monday to stay off the Taiwan to bolster defence see Page 8 recognition will help Canadian sales see Page 13 president Chiang in a policy statement called the United states the biggest in history and rejected any negotiations Between his government and peking to unify the rival chinese son of the late Chiang Kai told 500 members of the ruling Kuomintang party at an Allday Cen trial committee meeting that Alist chinese held Taiwan will never consider dealing with any communist regime under any any any the party session was called to discuss president Carters Deci Sion to sever relations with Tai wan and establish diplomatic relations with Chiang told his party the communists in Mainland China Are on the verge of collapse at this the United states establishment of relations with the communists is to help save a Bandit regime that massacres millions and millions of com America is the biggest sinner in there have been numerous reports of secret meetings Between the Taipei and peking but the taiwanese deny All such score Board photo by Gerry Cairns frosty the 10 feet is both seasonal and decorative on the Lawn of the Seitz Home at 2112 Henderson East Hes so tall that Jacqualine had to climb a ladder and then she Only reached his Jacqueline is the daughter of and Jack Cost of living up in past year Ottawa up the Cost of living Rose eight tenths of one per cent Dur ing Down slightly from the on percent Rise in statistics Canada reported As a the 12month Rise in the consumer Price Index Between no and stood at per up slightly from the per cent annual rate of Rise in prices up to the Federal Agency attributed part of last months Rise to higher transportation particularly for new food which have contributed heavily to costo living increases in the last Rose Only three tenths of one per statistics Canada said most of the Rise in food prices in november was the result of higher prices for restau rant prices for food at Home Rose Only on tenth of one per cent As lower prices for some beef and pork cuts and fresh fruit offset higher prices for Turkey and some fresh higher new car up per cent Over october after adjustments for Quality and higher prices for dental haircuts and hairdressing services As Well As Alco hol consumed in licensed premises All contributed to the Rise in the the increase for All items in the consumer Price Index excluding food was nine tenths of one per cent in for the to the Rise in the Index for All items excluding food seas per the Overall consumer Price which measures a Basket of goods and services the average consumer is Likely to stood at in no up from in it was in this Means that Basket of goods that Cost in would have Cost in october and in in it would have Cost statistics Canada said that the Pur chasing Power of a 1971 Dollar was 55 cents in the rate of As measured by the consumer Price is expected to moderate somewhat during the next few months As a result of a Cut in the fed eral retail sales 12 per cent to nine per announced in the 16 Stock Abu Dahabi up fears of increasing world recession followed a big jump in 1979 world Oil prices set by Oil who were surprised but unmoved by a Wall of International Wall along with the Ameri can and Canadian plunged monday while perplexed washing ton officials watched their Antii Fla Tion plans go Down the Drain As major Oil exporting countries announced the Oil Price will Rise by per cent in Quarter stages next this will mean an average increase of 10 per cent for the whole of 1979 about double what Washington officials had this Likely will Lead to a further deterioration in the foreign Trade High prices at american gasoline a jump in Home fuel costs and a general Rise in consumer prices that would leave holes in president Carters ant inflation since Canada gets about 35 per cent of its Oil from open the Overall increase will Cost canadians about million a the state department immediately appealed to the organization of Petroleum exporting countries open to reconsider the unexpected Price jump but open spokesmen rejected the growing they should be Happy they Are getting a gradual said a senior algerian Delegate before leaving the today open meeting which ended our Only alternative would have been to raise prices immediately by a much larger he saudi Oil minister Ahmed who had led a two year fight to hold Oil prices in Check and who had predicted a five percent Price said he was unhappy with the in but he figured the world Economy could absorb while Yamani had pledged to fight to hold the increase to five per conference sources said he played Only a minor role in the Oil leaving the major argument to his the sources said in there was Little argument about the final result and Only minor discussions on ways of achieving a 10percent Rise for the whole of beginning with a five percent increase was never Al though some countries pro posed a Muff jump three quite sri on april july 1 id bring the oilbarn1 pc by from its current in it icings estimated the pric 01 May go up about three or cents a the i tour fifths of the v of the Dollar and an showed a big decline m Sinck the amen can Deen hit by a widening d Uci foreign see Page 4 scuttle demands or no p pit Wal o Montreal up the Deci Sion by the Crim nation of Petroleum countries open to Oil is ices by per cent next year sent Dollar Tum bling on not in a Merit an Money markets at Tho of a quiet trading session in Ine min Bank wholesale the ski our was changing hands Ai of Down nearly a third of a cent from Fri Days brought the Dollar to its it Chi since the Oil Price Init ase by open also pushed the Dollar sharply lower yen and major european currencies Mon the Canadian Dollar usually follows the trend set by the a trader m Mont real noted that december is traditionally a poor month for the Canadian Dollar since see open Page 1 the Washington Post Jerusalem israeli foreign minister Moshe Dayan said monday that Israel would not renew negotiations with Egypt except on a Clear understanding that the ported egyptian amendments to the draft Middle East peace treaty Are apparently shutting the door on any dialogue on Egypt attempt to affix interpretive notes to the draft i think we should but not on that if the conditions to resume negotiations Are acceptance by Israel of the new then i think there will be no Dayan told the senior staff of the foreign ministry in a closed meeting his remarks were relayed to reporters by a ministry we can resume negotiations if Egypt understands that we do not accept her new Dayan was quoted As the foreign ministers remarks appeared to be an oblique rejection of Secretary of state Cyrus Vances suggestion sunday that Israel reconsider the egyptian Amend speaking on the television radio program meet the Vance i think and Hope that there would be a further consideration of the proposals which i took to and that the discussions will be Able to get started Dayan said the whole negotiating process is in a difficult and he accused the state department of compounding the problem by issuing a Legal opinion supporting Egypt attempt to dilute a treaty that clause would assure that the pact would supersede Mutual de sense pacts Between Egypt and Oiler Arab also contributing to a hardening of Egypt Dayan were threats of sanctions against Egypt by other Arab states following the Arab league conference in including tacit threats by saudi Arabia of a cutback in financial it appears Sadat a Dayan told his Sitf in a lengthy review of the deterioration of the be foreign ministry sources dismissed not Likely rumours circulating in Jerusalem that Israel is pc Pang an alternative peace plan proposals for palestinian Arab autonomy on the West Bank would be for the time Kaiui Egypt would be asked to separate autonomy scheme for Tho Gaza ;