Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 13, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba We wont fail9 to get Carter pledges continued is officials nonetheless set aside Only about an hour for Carters Airport meeting with it was to review negotiations in asked whether Carters six Day Middle East Gamble could be judged a White House press Secretary Jody Powell told reporters you will have to draw your own i have no Way of knowing what happens Powell the press Secretary had said in Washington before Carter set out that Success would be immediately recognizable and that there would be no mistaking failure it was significant that Carter was taking Vance the president had considered Leav ing him if conditions seemed to continue the peace talks or to Brief other Middle East leaders if the negotiations had made sufficient if Carter had been sufficiently in it was understood that he would have sent Vance to Cairo alone to bring israels treaty Deci Sions to and Carter would have remained in Jerusalem to keep Hopes alive for continuing the peace officials were clearly disappointed with decisions reached by begins Cabinet at a meet ing that ended shortly before Dawn the officials were disappoint with israeli responses to efforts to negotiate those when officials ran out of suggestions and asked the israelis whether they had the israelis Are reported to have answered it was understood that the officials Felt there was no Glimmer of Powell said both sides agreed to end the Yasser head of the pales Tine liberation warned in Lebanon on monday that Palestin Ian guerrillas will Burn everything to prevent a separate peace be tween Egypt and egyptian newspapers blamed Israel for blocking Carters courageous peace Cairo radio said israeli leaders must raise their Heads from the it called Carters Mission a last Chance to save the peace pro Winnipeg free March vie Section in City act attacked continued a photo israeli prime minister Media chem begin Centre looks at a heckler in the food prices to drop As Ottawa Lowers tariffs about which includes a 10per cent rate of under the new provisions the duty will be reduced to five per resulting in a saving of about seven d a 28ounce can of vegetable juice now Sells for about 70 this includes a under the new the Taroff will be reduced to 15 per resulting in a saving of about two Chretien announcement came less than an hour after colleague consumer affairs minister Warren Allmand hinted in the commons that important food announcements will come this statistics Canada figures show the Price of food went up by per cent during the last 12 continued Chretien Tariff reduction program is aimed directly at the High Cost of imported the finance minister gave no Indi cation How much Impact the Tariff reductions would have on general Price but predicted reductions in the monthly Rise in the consumer Price the Tariff revision program is a two stage during the when fresh prod uce has to be brought into the coun the tariffs on these goods will be lowering the final Selling Price of these on when Canadian producers put their fresh produce on the tariffs on imports which compete with the Domestic crop will be this will give Canadian Farmers an advantage in the Home Market and will affect Consumers Only marginally because they will be buying primarily Canadian fresh earlier delegation fix his Back Lane Ligertwood Harold Piercy attacked the clause of the Winnipeg act which stipulates that major informational signs in Central offices shall be in both English and its this kind of approach by the Federal government that creates Disu were going to be creating More tensions in Winnipeg if it the Winni Peg act clause Piercy Piercy championed a 32 vote Call ing for the cites official delegation to ask the province to Amend the Winni Peg act so that bilingual signs would be required Only at civic build Ings in where the majority of Winnipeg Franco phone Community Alf Skowron said approval of the signs is obviously not the this is the Skowron next Well have to hire More Eldon Ross said it was Ludi Crous to install a total of 89 new bilingual signs at the pan am Pool at a Cost of Ross ice Deer Lodge was successful in a second motion that the committee not concur in the administrations appearing As a reminded the committee the City must install the signs according to the Winnipeg he said the com Mittee should not be tempted to use a very minor group of Public Opin Ion to apply the on a motion by Bob Bock Stael following the previous two the committee opted to recommend spending for signs at seven civic office build Maginot and Bertrand and Bon vital All in the vital Seal Hunters reap on first Day up Ca Nadian and norwegian ships took seals monday As the annual Hunt went through its first Day on the ice 140 nautical Miles North of Anth the As reported by Federal fisheries represented a Good Start on the quota of Harp Seal pups for the seven Canadian and four norwegian ships taking part in this years the originally located 20 Nau tical Miles East of spotted Island off the Labrador was Drifting Northeast at a Speed of knots because of a powerful South although the forecast for today was for Strong Northwest the Drift was taking the Herd farther from and a continuation of that move ment could put the Seal Hunt out of reach of de Chavies of the Greenpeace an organization that has been protesting the Hunt for the last four was planning to take advantage of his Federal observer permit of was recipient of the single on Day permit issued to the Vancouver based Greenpeace or Chavies plan was for a mid morn ing Takeoff aboard a chartered Heli copter which would have to refuel at Black Pickle near spotted another helicopter was scheduled to precede the Greenpeace aircraft to Airlift fuel in Slung 45gallon Drums to Southern Manitoba hit by overnight snowstorm continued no flights were leaving the City Early today and the Airport was waiting for the weather to Clear before scheduling any ramp reported at 6 the Tran Canada Highway West was passable while Selkirk detachment said Highway 9 Between Selkirk and Winnipeg was particularly bad although most other roads were Manitoba highways department officials said travel outside the City this morning was not City police said most roads were passable with the possible exception of those in outlying visibility on the outskirts of the City is absolutely a spokes Man some trains were running late this morning and greyhound buses were behind Winnipeg transit had its vehicles on the Street but buses were expected to be running late this the weather office was predict ing occasional Light Snow and Drift ing Snow today with moderate northerly skies will Clear this evening and the Outlook for wednesday is for sunny skies and cold usually with these North winds a big Arctic High is building which will keep us pretty the weather office spokesman president of the fund for Cleveland holds baby Seal while the Gulf of the group has been spraying seals with red Dye Black Pickle from 320 Kilometres North of this was necessary to avoid the possibility of the Greenpeace and other helicopters running out of some helicopter pilots believe the continuing Drift would put the seals out of the seven member Greenpeace contingent in Anthony was keep ing secret any intent to carry out a protest that might follow today Legal visit to the ice by a photo on the deck of the sea Shepherd in to make the fur Chavies and Greenpeace spokes Man John Frizell sidestepped questions about possible protest Frizell said Greenpeace had no intention of breaking Federal sealing regulations while exercising the use of the unemployment total Down to per cent continued crts report on television Competition private stations do better than Csc Ottawa up the Csc is not coping As Well As private television stations in meeting the Competition from american networks and More Money alone is not the says a special report on Broad casting tabled monday in the com if the Csc is to remain indispensable to new and imaginative Steps must be taken immediately to adapt Csc programming to the contemporary broadcasting says the report prepared by the Canadian radio television and telecommunications the report said one reason the private networks have done bet Ter than the Csc against foreign Competition is the increased use of american entertainment shows in the prime evening viewing it also Points out that Csc also is losing viewers in its news and Public affairs an area in which Competition is not a the covering the period Between 1968 and says the Extension of broadcast services has been a significant and important it says per cent of English speaking canadians outside of que Bec now can receive cd ctr ser vices and per cent can receive other Canadian television in Quebec 99 per cent of the popu lation receives Rad Ocanada television services and French language service has been extended to per cent of English speaking Cana the report says there Are enor Mous financial and technical difficulties in providing Basic Canadian services in the last two or three per cent of the unnerved growth in Cable stations meant by 1977 English speaking canadians had a wider Choice of than Canadian the report says this is a very important especially As it relates to the Broad casting act objective of the predominance of programming using Cana Dian creative and other the report Canadian programming Only attracts an Overall audience of All stations in English speaking Canada of 29 per most canadians watch entertain ment programs which Are overwhelmingly Canadian programs Are More and More being pushed to the edges of prime it and cites the argument of broadcasters that they must schedule american shows in evenings to compete with american the report says Broad who must ensure the pre dominance of Canadian programs in should not expect to show less than 50 per cent of Canadian programming in the prime viewing other industrialized countries were per cent in for West per cent in per cent in per cent in Italy and per cent in the Federal Agency said the Grea test improvement was for women aged 15 to the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for this group dropped by percentage but still remained at a disturbingly High per men 25 years and Over also experienced a better Job picture in in with their unemployment rate falling by percentage Points to per men in the 15to24 age bracket faced a percentage Point increase in their seasonal unemployment which stood at per one relatively unusual characteristic of the february Job picture was that rate of those either working or actively seeking work dropped by percentage Points from january to a seasonally adjusted rate of per Well wishers Call Hospital with greetings for Steen the Misericordia Hospital has received numerous get Well Telephone Calls for mayor Robert who remained in critical but stable Condi Tion in Hospital Early was admitted to Hospital last monday for what was said to be a severe Chest cold and on Manly medical director at revealed that Steens illness had been diag nosed As at certain times during the last few Days the Hospital switchboard has been swamped with Telephone Calls from Winnipeg said a Nurs ing supervisor adding that Many Flowers had been sent by friends and several fellow City councillors and close friends have been received As visitors at the Hospital in addition to the mayors immediate the mayors condition was listed As stable Over the weekend although deteriorating slightly on Steen is being treated by a team of physicians and was not on life sup port equipment ;