Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 26, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Wishing Larry Hillman made a Christmas wish. Will it come True tonight see Page 52 parity bowl i a fantasy look at what might happen if parity or parody has its Way during this season s nil playoff games see Page 54 Macho it s True men Are the weaker sex see Page 17 Marina Oswald the ghastly events of that Nightmare Day in november of 1963, their aftermath and their effect on Marina see Page 6 sunny High -16, Low -24 tuesday december 26, 1978 15 cents 355 with Colon cd comics s6 no. 73 Thompson three men Are dead and a fourth is in Hospital after they attempted to walk about 12 Miles from their stalled four wheel drive vehicle to this Northern Manitoba City in -42 c tempera Tures. One of the dead Edward Roberts 26, managed to make it to the out skirts of the City and apparently died As he attempted to climb the Thompson Side Bank of the Burn Twood River. Also dead Are Gordon Moody 21, and Maxwell Dwyer 22. Gregory Patzer 25, is in satisfactory Condi Tion in Thompson general Hospital with severe frostbite to his feet. All of the men Are from Thompson. Thompson ramp said the four had gone four wheel Riding Satur Day night and during that night or Early in the morning of Christmas eve their 1972 jeep had a Flat tire and ran out of Gas. The group had been driving around on Bush Cut roads close to Manitoba Hydro Power lines about eight Miles As the Crow flies out of Thompson. But they were Between 12 and 15 Miles out by Way of roads and the Power line that runs into Thompson police said. It is not known whether the four started out for Thompson Ogeth police said monday the Lone survivor was still in Shock. Authorities were alerted to the incident Only after Patzer made it to the City at about . Sunday and was then taken to Hospital by a taxi Driver who spotted him on a City Street. The ramp launched a search and Rescue operation sunday morning using snowmobiles an air plane and other vehicles and were assisted by Manitoba Hydro which supplied additional four wheel drive vehicles. The body of Dwyer was discovered sunday underneath the Power line about three Miles from the stalled vehicle. Moody was also found Sun Day morning under the Power line although some distance closer to Thompson. Ramp const. Ron o Quinn said the search for Roberts was Given up at dark sunday but resumed Early Christmas Day. Roberts was found about noon monday on the Banks of the River just inside the perimeter of the City. On the night of the incident temperatures in the Thompson area plunged to -42 a one of the coldest nights in the area this year. Police said the four were not dressed for the extreme cold conditions nor was the vehicle equipped with emergency equipment. An inquest into the deaths is expected. Photo by a Avn Glowacki an explosion at 44 Dahlia Avenue reduced the House to rubble. Cause of the blast is still being investigated. The lord must have been sitting in their laps is the Way one Winnipeg fire department official described the miraculous survival of a West Kil Donan family of four after their House exploded and burned the Day before Christmas. De Bollenbach owner of the House at 44 Dahlia Avenue said he Man aged to escape with what was really important his wife and two Chil Dren. The explosion which reduced their Home to a pile of rubble erupted at . Sunday throwing Bollen Bach 37, and his wife Vivian 35, into a Back Yard Snow Bank and pinning their two children Chrissy 8, and Shane 6, underneath some rubble. All were later treated at Hospital and released except for Vivian who remained in Hospital and was reported monday in fair condition with two broken ribs. A fire department spokesman said the cause of the explosion and subsequent fire is still under investigation. Bollenbach said in an interview from his Mother s Home monday that while he is upset about being thrown out of his House the Day before Christmas he is thankful his family is alive. We were going to have Christmas dinner at my he said explaining the festive season of 1978 would probably be remembered for the presents and rubble strewn throughout the Yard rather than the smiling faces of his children opening their gifts on Christmas morning. But what the Heck i be still got my family. When Viv is feeling better Well just go out and Start All Over again somewhere Bollenbach a Mechanic at Dominion Bridge said. Well be spending Christmas he said referring to his Mother s Home. The explosion occurred just a few hours after Bollenbach had Given first Aid to Shane who woke up at about . With a bleeding nose. I think i was flying through thu air when i heard the bang. It All happened so Bollenbach said. I heard the bang and i found myself in the backyard with my wife beside me face Down in the he said. Bollenbach said he quickly Reco Vered from the Shock of being thrown through the air and moved his wife further from the House to the garage. Then As the House began to Burn Bollenbach with the help of neighbor John Perry and Perry s son located Chrissy pinned underneath part of a Wall or a after working her free Bollenbach and the neighbors found Shane who was also trapped underneath some rubble. We got him free and then the fire see children Page 4 Tehran a Shah Moham mad Reza Pahlavi is reported to have accepted in principle a new govern ment Deal that trims his Power but Falls Short of opposition demands that he step Down. The plan was under discussion monday even As opposition Leader Karim Sanjay told followers he recently said to the Monarch if you love the country you have to Shaft s support fragments see Page 62 Sanjay also praised exiled mos Lem Leader Ayatollah Khomeini who repeatedly has demanded the Shah s overthrow As the Only Leader we have As Sanjay spoke troops fought running Battles with anti Shah demonstrators and unconfirmed reports said three or four protesters were killed in a clash near the . Embassy. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi informed sources said under the new political plan former Interior minister Gholan Hossein Sadiqi would replace chief of staff Gen. Gholam Reza Azhari As Premier. See demonstrators Page 4 Ankara a the government imposed martial Law Early tuesday in Ankara Istanbul and 11 Southeastern turkish cities including Maras where about 93 persons were killed in political and religious fighting. The Council of ministers made the announcement in a statement re leased at the end of a Emer gency meeting. Its decision capped months of pressure from the right Wing Legisla Tive bloc on Premier Bulent Ece Vit to contain bloody fighting Between religious groups in Rural areas and ambush killings by political extremists in major Urban centres. Ece Vit said late monday that government troops had restored control in Maras near the syrian Border. The incidents there were a direct insurrection against the he told a meeting of his social Democrat party s executive Branch. In Maras troops searched houses and alleys of the moslem neighbor Hood hardest hit by the rioting for More bodies and officials said they feared the death toll would increase. Fighting Between two rival moslem sects the rightist sunnis and leftist alevis raged in Maras throughout the weekend. Score Board football nil playoffs Houston 17 Miami Atlanta 14 Philadelphia 13 hockey saturday nil Buffalo 4 Minnesota 5 Pittsburgh 3 Toronto 6 St. Louis 1 by islanders 9 by rangers 4 Chicago 5 Philadelphia 2 Montreal 3 Colorado 1 Washington 2 Detroit 2 Vancouver 2 los and pics 0 wha Cincinnati Quebec i new England 4 Birmingham 3 details in sports pages 51 57 inside anytime. 7 horoscope.21 bridse.20 jumble.45 comics.58 tetters.44 crossword.31 , 27 television w Sun rises a 27 . Sen do. Moon . Sets . People need to belong need to be wanted. People Are crying out in our society to belong to some group that will notice when Are not Here listen to them when they want to talk. Religious Cults give people this sense of Jim Pankratz academics Dean Winnipeg mennonite Brethren Bible College. By Steve Whysall a Young Man is walking the streets. He is depressed lonely confused. A Young girl comes up smiles and offers him a Flower. She asks if he wants to know the meaning of life. Does he want to find real happiness does he want to find a real purpose in life suddenly the Young Man feels wanted. He thinks he has found some one who really cares about him. The girl takes him and introduces him to other Happy smiling people. In the aftermath of the mass suicides by members of the people s Temple in Jonestown Guyana religious Cults Are coming under close scrutiny from governments theologians and the news Media. Today the free press starts a five part series by Steve Whysall examining the cult phenomenon and looking at the activities of four Cults Active in Manitoba today. They Tell him How they too were once depressed and unhappy. Before Long the Young Man finds himself taken in by the group which turns out to be a religious cult that makes him feel needed answers All his questions and gives him a Pur pose. The scenario is not a new one. Hundreds of Young men and women have been recruited from the streets of Winnipeg to join the new religious Cults that have sprung up from no where during the past decade. Others have been enlisted through door to door inquiries by friends or been attracted by advertisements. It has been estimated that 10 per cent of the . And Canadian Urban populations Are touched in one Way or another by the new Cults. In the aftermath of the mass suicides in Jonestown Guyana the Cults ars coming under close scrutiny from governments conventional churches and the news Media. In Ontario the provincial govern ment has set up a one Man commis Sion to investigate the Cults but critics say it is almost impossible to pass a Law that controls Cults while still preserving the Basic right of Freedom of religion. At the head of most Cults is a father figure the unification Church monies has Sun Myung Moon called the second the divine Light Mission has guru Maharaj i the perfect the children of god has Moses David est Erhard seminars training has Werner Erhard the Church of scientology has Ron l. Hubbard and syn anon has Chuck Dederich. Most of the Cults preach love and peace but they often Don t practise what they preach. Two syn anon members were charged recently by police in los Angeles after someone put a rattle Snake in a Mailbox in an apparent attempt to kill attorney Paul Morantz who won a court settlement against the sect. As Well 11 scientology leaders Are now under Federal indictment in the . On charges of conspiring to infiltrate Bug and burglarized govern ment agencies in an attempt to Dis credit critics. The Church of god has been accused of turning children against their parents. In an attempt to fight Back a parents group known As free cog has been formed to help parents get their children out of the cult. In Winnipeg some of the Cults have been prevented from soliciting on the streets by the civic charities endorsement Bureau. However two Cults that have been refused permits the Hare Krishna and children of god groups Are known to be actively soliciting on City streets. Police have been called in twice in the past month to Deal with Hare see theologians Page 4 ;