Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 3, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Scott of inlays fight for mobility d r i a it is e temper of a r i tampering with the ancient and h o sunny High low18 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets flee explosions fed by Gas Edmonton up an estimated residents were evacuated from a 700squareblock area of the Mill Woods subdivision in Southeast Edmonton Friday after Gas leaking from a ruptured liquid Petroleum Gas pipeline set off a series of explosions and the residents found temporary shelter with friends and relatives and 600 to 700 were being cared for by armed forces personnel in three City High some people refused to leave and Jim City disaster services said they would not be forced to vacate their the evacuees were asked to turn off natural Gas supplies and Pilot lights which officials feared could ignite Gas that might leak into the ruptured pipeline is in a Utility corridor on the Northern Edge of a residential neighbor Hood with a total population of the Utility corridor contains a num ber of other Gas from the fractured pipeline apparently found its Way into the sub divisions sewer system and set off three or four explosions and the problem first came to Light about noon most when a truck driving near the Utility corridor was caught in an explosion which charred and twisted the the 22yearold Driver suffered serious four More less severe than the one involving the took place in the next six no one was injured in the secondary Winnipeg free press final 15 2bc with Colotel vol 86 no 1 of March 1979 a liquid Petroleum pipeline leak set off a series of explosions that led to the evacuation of a Large portion of the Mill Woods subdivision in Southeast Edmonton Border peace signs seen Bangkok a despite fierce fighting Friday for control of the strategic town of Lang China and Vietnam appeared to be moving slowly towards a settlement of their Border after heatedly rejecting a chinese proposal for made its own proposal for peace talks on the condition that peking first withdraw its there were growing signs in the chinese capital that such a withdrawal might be in soviet president Leon id Brezhnev demanded an immediate end to chivas invasion of Viet Nam and the withdrawal of All troops of the interventionists to the last but he threatened no specific action against the the Kremlin later published a direct warning to peking against invading vietnamese dominated recent soviet reports have claimed the chinese Are building up military forces on the chinese laotian Bor intelligence sources in the thai capital said chinese troops have Al most encircled the frontline town of Lang son and have Cut major High ways linking it with the rest of Viet including the route to 128 Kilometres to the the sources an official vietnamese broadcast indicated the chinese Are holding High ground near Lang a Provin Cial capital and historic Gateway to the broadcast claimed Hanoi see Border Page 4 Brezhnev tells China to withdraw troops Moscow a soviet president Leonid Brezhnev warned China on Friday to halt immediately its Bra zen Bandit attack against Vietnam and pull out its invasion troops to the last in a 65minute Brezhnev also said he Hopes to meet shortly with president Carter to sign a new strategic arms limitation treaty his comments marked the Krem Lins first mention of a desire for such score Board a Summit since the opening of chinese diplomatic relations and the recent Washington visit by chinese Vic Premier Teng Tengs visit was harshly denounced by relations have been strained further by allegations in the soviet news Media that Washington has encouraged the Chi Nese offensive against but Western analysts Here said they found Brezhnev remarks on the Chin Vietnam conflict surprisingly in he did see chinese Page 4 Leonid Brezhnev warns China to leave Vietnam fifth such body in 10 years new Agency created to Monitor inflation Ottawa up finance minister Jean Chretien announced Friday the government is setting up another inflation monitoring Agency the fifth in 10 years Powers to require provision of information on Price and profit the new National commission on inflation will have Powers to demand provision of information but will not be Able to Roll Back or defer in Chretien said the new commission will depend on general discussion and Arm twisting to con Vince business and labor to restrain Price and wage the commission was immediately labelled a reelection gimmick by both progressive conservative finance critic Sinclair Stevens and de Leader of the new demo cratic earlier this week Broadbent had proposed establishment of a fair prices commission with Powers to Roll Back unfair Price this is at Best a weak response from an uncommitted government and More accurately a deceptive re Broadbent said in a state ment from Thunder the government decided its got to have some Type of body at election time to Point to when voters ask what they Are doing about Ste Vens the commission will replace the Centre for the study of inflation and productivity set up at the governments request last year by the economic Council of clip had no Powers to compel companies to provide information and Chretien said some had not been notably Dow chemical of Canada clip had been set up at the request of the provinces to Monitor prices and wages in the wage and Price controls the ant inflation which had Rollback has All but wound up with the end of wage and Price controls in the new commission is to be head up photo Harold chairman of the new National commission on looks on As finance minister Jean Chretien announces its de by Harold ant inflation Board Chretien said in a statement the mandate of the commission will be g to Monitor changes in compensation and costs in particular industries and in the econ omy As a g to promote Public understanding of inflationary pressures and its implications for the Economy As a la to single Cut increases in profits or wages which might be out of consult with the parties in assess if they Are appropriate and decide whether to report this to the la to Tell the government of any increases in profits or wages it considers to be Thomson pledges Handoff policy Ottawa probes move on Bay Toronto up newspaper tycoon Kenneth Thomson vowed to maintain a Handoff policy if his bid for control of Hudson Bay a few hours before the Federal government decided Friday to launch an investigation of the proposed the Stock Market reacted favourably to the takeover pushing Hudson Bay Stock to a share at the close of trading an increase of from the Price it commanded when trading was halted the Thomson family interests thursday offered Cash a share for 51 per cent of the million of the common shares of Hudson commonly known As the Bay for the string of department stores it oper if it the offer will Cost Thomson Thomson said his companies have no intention of Selling any assets or interfering in the current manage ment of Hudson the Bay is a fabulous Organiza Tion and extremely Well he our objective would not be to Start stripping it but to add to the we Are looking at this As a Lon term investors were offering for the Bay Stock when the Market but the Price dropped after prime minister Trudeau announced in the commons that the proposal would be investigated by the com Bines investigation Branch to deter mine if it was in the Public inter the new democratic party member for Nanai Mccowi Cha the charged that the takeover would further concentrate Power in the marketplace in the hands of a powerful Obligar Trudeau admitted the legislation governing combines had serious the government has a new Bill to Deal with combines but Trudeau confessed it was not Likely to get parliamentary approval apparently a reference to an Immi nent Federal several maps expressed doubt in the commons the government has Suffi see Ottawa Page 4 wha new England 4 Winnipeg 1 Edmonton Cincinnati 2 Nhi Atlanta 3 by islanders 2 Washington 6 Vancouver Chicago 4 Colorado 0 symphony set for big night inside 9 by Barbara Cansino new York a visibly tired Piero Gamba has been working around the clock and Winnipeg sym phony orchestra members Are in High spirits in their anticipation of playing Carnegie Hall As vips and symphony supporters from Winnipeg were rolling into the Sheraton the new York times and the new York Post were singing the tenacity and Energy of Gamba before tonight Star studded sym Pho Nicum Europe gala concert in Carnegie the Benefit concert Marks the Winnipeg symphony orchestras new York prime minister Trudeau will be guest artists include Jorge Maureen Jose Nana Yehudi Jean Pierre Andres Gary Byron Jeremy Roberta Ruggiero masters of ceremonies Are Peter Ustinov and Jose Fer the symph Nicum Europe with Gamba As Aims to achieve a greater spiritual fusion of Man through the at the Gamba Aims to raise with tickets from to almost sold the funds will go to create an International orchestra of 100 musicians sort of the United nations of said the Young Peoples International music Karnba has been in and out of new York with this aim in mind since see symphony Page 4 your souvenir of the eclipse next readers of the Winnipeg free press will find a special memento of the total solar eclipse inserted in their daily were reproducing an by 11 Inch Quality color print of the photograph that appeared on the front Page the Day after the there were Many requests for copies of this Multi ple exposure picture after it a and were Happy to offer watch for yours wednesday in the Winnipeg free ;