Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 25, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Peace talks the inside Story How Menachem begin warned Anwar Sadat of a libyan plot to i assassinate the egyptian Leader see Page 11 bad Omen . Quota on import pro soccer players raises fears for canadians playing pro hockey in that country see Page 59 the Spring look fashion designer Madame Mori says you ought to be tailored by Day but terrific by night see Page 21 Cloudy Low -25, High -12 thursday january 25, 1979 i5ckmts 2sc with coloured cows vol. 86 no. 98 compiled from dispatches Ottawa the task Force on Ca Nadian Unity Calls for a new Constitution which would strengthen the Powers of the provinces. The report Calls for a Canada wide referendum to be held on proposed constitutional changes. It said the approval of a new Constitution or amendments to the existing British North America act would require a majority vote in each of the four regions Atlantic que Bec Ontario and the West. The task Force also says minority language rights should be determined locally by each province including English language rights in Quebec. This would include removing pres ent constitutional obligations on que Bec to provide English language ser vices in its legislature. The commission lists changes it says Are needed in the country s political institutions to reflect the objectives of dualism and Region the primary should be to strengthen the provinces at the expense of Ottawa s Powers including granting the Junior governments All Powers not specifically awarded to the Central government. This is the opposite of the present Constitution. Each provincial legislature should have the right to determine an offi Cial language or official languages for that the Unity commis Sion says in one of 75 recommendations. The language of the report is frequently murky reflecting differences within the eight member Unity com Mission. The Unity commission acknowledges that there is no single answer to the question of keeping Canada United. But it insists that Quebe cers must be allowed to declare their political and constitutional preferences with out interference by the rest of the country. A referendum on Quebec Independence must be. Conducted in Quebec alone not across the country. But the Federal government must accept the Way in which the referendum is conducted. It is important. That whatever process is employed to determine the will of the people of Quebec is accepted As legitimate by both govern the 152-Page report says. But it is the quebecois themselves who must make the other recommendations include replacing the 104-seat federally appointed Senate with a 60-member Council of the federation appointed by the 10 provinces. Expanding the nine member supreme court by two with appoint ments ratified by the Council of the federation. Increasing by about 60 the 282 member House of commons. New see National Page 4 goes on deadly rampage by Al c.7 Chicago a police say the Driver of a Snow plow went on a Drunken rampage with his vehicle smashing into dozens of cars and crushing one Motorist to death by backing the plow Over his car. "1 hate my a witness quoted the Driver As saying after he was apprehended wednesday night. I want to see my kids 1 hate my the Driver Thomas Blair 46, of suburban Sauk Village was charged with reckless homicide and Drunken driving. Eighteen centimetres of Snow had fallen wednesday in Chicago where Snow removal Crews were still trying to Clear up the 50 Centi metres that had fallen 12 Days earlier. Investigators said a Road grader used in Clearing the Snow clogged streets first smashed into a series of parked cars then veered onto the Busy Dan Ryan expressway. When it struck the rear of a refuse truck the truck Driver slammed on his brakes and blocked the grader. But he put the grader in reverse and began backing said truck Driver Shelby Neylon 37. He hit about five cars before he backed right Over the one car crushing the Man inside it. His two rear wheels went right Over the top of that James Holman 45, was killed. A Young woman who fell through thin ice on Boston s Charles River wednesday was rescued by five police officers and an off duty fireman. A photos Judith Nicoll 19, was taken to Hospital for examination after being pulled from the cold water. The rescuers were being treated for exposure. Hydro diversion information inadequate by Cecil Rosner Manitoba Hydro and the provincial government often provided confusing inadequate and misleading information to native Indian communities when negotiations for Northern flood compensation were under Way the Tritschler inquiry was told wednes Day. Colin Gillespie a former consultant for the Northern flood committee said the Lack of relevant information about consequences of the Chur score Board hockey wha Winnipeg 5 Cincinnati 5 nil Washington 5 by rangers 1 los Angeles 4 Pittsburgh 1 Chicago 5 Vancouver 0 Toronto i Minnesota 2 sports 5967. Chill River diversion project pro longed negotiations unduly. Some of the data provided by government was worse than useless while other information was too misleading to be of any value he said. The committee negotiated for three years with the government on behalf at Cross Lake Norway House Nelson House split Lake and York Landing. It eventually signed an agreement in december 1977, which provided compensation for 900 acres of Reserve land flooded by the Churchill diversion. Hydro brochures and reports from a government appointed study Board left Northern communities with considerable confusion and distrust about How the diversion project would affect them said Gillespie who holds a doctorate degree in physics and is now a Law student at the University of Manitoba. See natives Page 4 paralysed Slature set inside anytime.7 horoscope.24 bridge.26 jumble.48 comics.34 letters.8 crossword.24 television.27 finance.40-44 weather.5 Sun rises Moon rises . Sets . Looking for a trailer this want and is under campers and trailers 715 74 scamp 17-ft. Sleeps 6, toilet 3-wav Trdoe Overn. Scare excellent condition. 1-753-8416. It is among the hundreds of bargains in classified starting on Page 45 Western express winners 46589 in serial 12 29198 in series 11 96770 in c9 47303 interim 01 70364 in series 13 by Mary Ann Fitzgerald the Spring session of the Manitoba legislature expected to be Short on major legislation but Long on poli ticking will open feb. 15. In announcing the third session of the province s 31st legislature wednesday Premier Sterling Lyon told reporters a number of pieces of legislation would be of but the workload will not be quite so heavy As the last when 50 Public Bills were introduced. The nip s new Leader Howard Pawley and nip opposition House Leader Sidney Green both said wednesday they Don t expect much in the Way of legislation although Green said he expected some Nega Tive Pawley named nip Leader until the party s november leadership convention after Edward Schrever resigned to become governor Gener Al said the opposition will be aggressive in its criticism of the government. The opposition s attack is expected to be sharpened by the fact that in addition to Pawley there Are sever Al potential leadership candidates in the nip caucus. They include Green Bill Uruski St. George and Wilson Parasiuk the government is again expected to place major emphasis on its Bud get and its restraint program. Finance minister Don Craik said wednesday it is too Early to say whether Manitoban can expect any tax Breaks but he hinted that the government May be Able to lower the five per cent sales tax on selected items but not on any Blanket see legislature Page 4 London a Britain s railway engineers staged their fourth 24-hour strike in nine Days paralysing the state run rail system today and adding to the woes of Snow bound strike plagued britons. Only 40 of 600 trains ran leaving most of the commuters into London every weekday to look for other transportation. Some of the few that ran jammed with passengers took three hours to travel 10 kilo metres. Commuters who took to the icy roads fared Little better. Traffic jams snarled London streets Slippery be cause the workmen who usually Sand them Are on strike. The forecast was for worse weather and More strikes. The civil and pub Lic services association biggest of the civil service unions voted 2 to 1 for a one Day strike next month plus other slowdowns to emphasize de mands for a 20-per-cent pay raise. About 1.25 million construction Industry workers also threatened to go on strike and rejected an offer of a five per cent pay increase. Their Union did not specify How much it wants but officials said it was a substantial increase far More than the labor government s five per cent limit. The government s pay policy to combat inflation is being tested by unions that say workers need More Money to meet a higher Cost of Liv ing. About 1.5 million Public service employees ranging from ambulance Drivers to gravediggers Are waging strikes and slowdowns that have badly hit hospitals schools and other social services. A strike by truckers has blockaded ports and factories for three weeks. Washington a president Carter told Congress today that reducing inflation must be the top economic priority in the United states because Price increases Threa ten to erode jobs and income gains of the last two years and plunge the . Into a recession. We must act forcefully and effectively to combat inflation and we must persist until the Battle is Carter said in his annual economic report to Congress. The president and his economic advisers said for the first time that the rapid decline in unemployment since 1976 to a Low of cent May have contributed to worsening inflation in 1978, when prices increased by nine per cent the worst in four years. While the drop in the level of joblessness from 7.7 per cent in 1976 was not a chief cause pressures associated with the Speed of the decline in unemployment were an important source of increased wage the president s report said. But labor Secretary Ray Marshall said he does t think the forecast for a higher jobless rate is the final word on the subject despite the forecast i think there is a fighting Chance that we can keep it under six per cent throughout he said. In his message to Congress Carter said a failure to control inflation would Worsen unemployment in the Long run. Inflation endangers the gains in employment and income that we have made during the past two he said. But Success against inflation now while it will require some sacrifices in increased unemployment and a slowdown in the recent gains in living standards will pay off in the Long run he said. If we make Progress in reducing inflation the prospects Are Good for a successful transition from a period of economic recovery to a period of moderate but sustained meanwhile the Republican party it also said that the danger of accelerating wages begins to mount wednesday began a week Long series As the rate of unemployment Falls of riposte to president Carter s state significantly below six per of Union message saying the the administration forecast a Rise speech glossed Over the decline of in unemployment to 6.25 per cent both our purchasing Dollar at Home and this year and next warning that a our prestige and influence continued decline would not be help Ful in the fight against inflation. In the closing session of the re pub in View of the acceleration in mean National committee s Midwin inflation which has occurred a fur Ter meeting Here gop leaders said her reduction of the unemployment that Carter s anti inflation budget is rate during 1979 would run some risk by no Means tight enough and his of generating excess demand and foreign policy reflects a strangely creating inflationary pressures in detached View of America s role in labor the report said. The world. Canadian Dollar remains below the 84-cent Mark from Canadian press the Canadian Dollar remained below 84 . Cents today opening at in new York. The Dollar last dipped below that Mark Jan. 2, the first Day of currency trading of the new year. Traders said the drop was not significant and that an expected decline in the . Interest rate would re Lieve month end commercial demand for . Currency Here. One Montreal banker said this Fri Day s Trade figures would also affect the recent position of the Dollar. Before beginning to slip monday the Canadian currency had been gaining in quiet markets on the strength of rumours that the Federal government was seeking Loans abroad. Bank of Canada officials acknowledged monday they had recently secured Loans in Japan to bolster the Canadian Dollar ;