Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 17, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg of fit March 1979 free press Freedom of Trade Equality of civil rights Liberty of religion published six Days a week at 300 Carlton Winnipeg r3c 3c1 by publications Western limited Telephone 9439331 Donald Nicol acting publisher r Malone chairman Peter Mclintock editorial Page editor Maurice Western Ottawa editor Shelford president general manager the Camp David rerun when the euphoria has died Down and the kissing and embracing has both the israelis and the egyptians will become aware unlike president Carter has not stopped the Sun and history has not come to an the never having known have a romantic vision of it something like the late general de Gaul Les concept of president the great has however Little time for he has agreed to sign the peace but his word binds him and Only for the time this is the harsh reality of authoritarian regimes whose leaders come and is so substantially different in great democracies the israelis will have read that on the very Day on which president Carter succeeded in working out an egyptian israeli in Washington both houses of Congress agreed by Good majorities to president Carters unilateral abrogation of the defence treaty with treaties can thus be abrogated by democracies As much As by dictatorships ambassadors can be expelled and solemn agreements reinterpreted to suit new especially those arising out of Domestic peace is a Complex process in which the ingredients of Domestic and foreign policies Are inextricably american reporters accompanying president Carter after the successful completion of the Cairo the glee among the presidential entourage whose members thought less about the prospects of peace it the Middle East than about the dump Carter movement now rampant among Premier has his Domestic hence the pre ratification debate in the Knesset parliament the same procedure president Carter followed when pushing through the Panama canal can this rerun of Camp David born out of a welter of contradictory considerations bring about a durable peace after Camp David the United states administration botched the largely because it was afraid to lean on saudi Arabia and obtain the saudis full in drastically changed circumstances with Iran gone and new soviet moves in the Southern tip of Arabia the egyptian israeli peace treaty will become the test of american saudi of these relations have shown Marks of Stark so much so that the saudis have pressing North Yemen to desist from accepting american the last North yemeni castigating both the soviet Union is supporting South Yemen the United states is the obvious result of saudi the saudi foreign Prince Saud All but admitted in a lebanese newspaper that saudi Arabia is seeking to establish diplomatic and Trade relations with the soviet and Moscow sees new alluring possibilities in a bloc rising in the Middle one encompassing saudi Iraq with which country the saudis now have fairly Friendly Syria and pro Western Lebanon no longer and of the four countries just mentioned Iraq and Are tied to if Moscow succeeds in creating this fou country and then masterminds further ties Between such a bloc and ant Western Iran As Well As Satelli Zed afghanis the West will face a situation in which much of the Middle East had been radicalized and All former achieve ments it is now up to Washington to prevent the new saudi soviet link from materializing and to obtain saudi arabian full backing for president Sadat peace if american diplomacy can achieve this then indeed the prospects for regional stability Are much brighter than they have been for a very Long president Sadat is left in the As happened last and once again will have to Start trimming his sails to the howling winds blowing from the then Carters triumphant return Home on wednesday might have improved his image in the next Public opinion but would have done nothing to stanch the Western losses and halt soviet advances in the Middle what the Western world needs Are firm backed by that clearly differentiate Between Friend and foe and that do not leave americas allies and enemies alike confused As to Washington real the stability of the entire Region is now at As Well As israels these Are grave problems that require Lon term not Short term Gim new threat to Europe Georg a senior member of the social demo cratic party spa and West Germany former defence has neatly summarized a vital Issue that has been worrying nato planners in general and West germans in because no Early solution is in he has advanced the thesis that the soviet Union and its Eastern european satraps might launch an attack on nato with conventional moving across West German soil swiftly enough to make natos ability to contain the attack at this the nato allies might warn the Kremlin that the Alliance might have to resort to nuclear retaliation if the attack were not the soviet reply might be to launch not a strategic nuclear attack on the West but a tactical nuclear attack on West German using the ss20 after the damage such missiles could the major question would be what would be the Alliance response the unspoken suggestion is that the United states might not be prepared to launch its strategic nuclear Force in response to a tactical nuclear strike on West one problem is that the ss20 is a tactical nuclear missile Only in terms of its current which is to strike targets inside Europe rather than across it is currently being deployed by the soviets As an Interne Diat Range ballistic with the Job of obliterating targets in West it is that the ss20 could travel considerable distances with a change of fuel and reduced payload certainly to targets in the Middle it is not regarded As a strategic missile but it is certainly far greater in its threat and damage capability than any Battlefield tactical nuclear thus it is having the effect of reducing the stability of the Central european front by creating a new level of threat that several influential voices in nato say should be matched by a similar nato nuclear what Leber and other West germans feel is that the soviet ss20 option is one that might cause american hesitation about instituting a strategic nuclear they would like to have something that would match the ss20 so that if Munich and Dusseldorf were to be intermediate Range nato missiles could instantly wipe out Leipzig and cities in the Western soviet this would require the Warsaw pact to face a presumably unacceptable retaliation risk at a level lower than that of the final Exchange Between the soviet Union and the nothing could be More dangerous than for the Krem Lin War planners to perceive a Way of destroying Western Europe without paying a severe if nato is not going to match the ss20 then it must be made Clear to Moscow that an ss20 strike on West Germany will bring doomsday to the entire soviet Empire by an immediate launch of the entire icbms Arsenal of the United medium and message Are the legislators concerned about their Public image As a rules committee meeting visual Impact is a major that accounted for the rejection of a request new democratic party that the House rules on attire be giving each member the Opportunity to express individual taste in instead of being compelled to Wear a jacket and tie during proper House while the physical appearance seemed to be of great verbal impression was Given More despite the suggestion for a More organized question with a definite set of that Issue remained unsettled when opposition members complained that More restrictions might mean less Democrat the nip members did not want to limit television coverage of their maintaining the Public should have the Opportunity to see Quappelle crossing Portage ramp harassment in the current Public hearings in Saskatchewan on the recreational and natural environmental aspects of the Quappelle no mention has been made of the Manitoba con the after a 260mile journey from the drains a few Miles East into Manitoba to join the old fort Ellice near the Junction was inter provincial cooperation and coordination might be most useful in the Quappelle development and pro Robert Moon Moose River a few Days ago a group of people defended their rights to Cross the Portage main intersection by staging a led by City councillor Joe the essential part of this group were people in wheelchairs and senior claiming that free Dom is being taken away from i regret very much i was not because being a cabbie i have never yet seen a person in a wheelchair trying to Cross this famous because As we All these second class citizens As they Call Are using the Blessing of the Doort door service of hand transit for a Token fee of 50 they should read newspapers or listen to radio they obviously do not know that the taxpayer is putting up half a million dollars to cover the As far As it concerns senior i have seen Many of them trying to Cross this intersection and having because it is very wide in any direction and the signals Are not Long enough for Many of when they can get across comfortably and they Are cry ing Crocodile Jaroslav Chytry Winnipeg congratulations i should like to congratulate the free press for its circulation of the picture of the please convey my thanks to the photographers and those involved in this thoughtful Graham Winnipeg 1 operate a Small use car lot at 505 Sargent on March 13 at approximately i was on my lot sweeping off my used Sheji i was approached by a Man who asked to see when i walked into my office he then flashed his badge at identifying himself As an ramp i asked what i could do to help and he explained to me that after an extensive investigation that they were convinced that i was Deal ing in some kind of i asked them if this was some kind of a their response was shut sit we Are going to search your place of i asked for a search warrant and he informed me that they did not need while the four of them were searching i asked where they got the idea that i was dealing in one of the officers informed me that he did not have to explain any me and to shut when they first approached me we were talking to customers on one of the trucks we have for he had ordered my service Man not to touch that which did not look very Good in front of our they then proceeded with their search of my premises and my ser vice Man and naturally came up with i questioned the officer As to what kind of investigation they were con ducting if they had checked to see if i had a criminal record if their source of information was or did some Crank just phone them and make a statement which was Invar again he informed me that he did steam is not dead yet the age of steam in rail travel is not completely in Odd parts of the the South american Andes for steam locomotives Are still doing Trojan work pulling freight and passengers up impossible looking in South which has an extensive rail system that has not yet been outdated by air steam locomotives still do important even if most locomotives Are electric or the reason Why this Industrial Economy still uses steam Power is the need to import almost All its whereas Coal is both plentiful and cheap to Canadas railways have Long moved out of the steam Era but it is not inconceivable that one Day the Trail of smoke from a steam locomotive could again Drift across the Canada too has abundant Coal much of which now goes to Japan or the United states but which could be diverted to Domestic use if the world Energy picture were to in our is an instrument for economic and now religious vengeance on Western africans and latin americans Are failing Over each other in a Rush either to Cut Oil supplies to the West or to practise mafia Cartel tactics in because of greed and a desire to damage Western there Are ways in which Industrial economies can protect themselves nuclear Power can be developed at High research into alternative Energy sources can be greater use can be made of Public trans and transit systems that were thought to be such As steam can be it would be no Surprise to find that South Africa was considering enlarging the role of steam in its rail system after the religious fanatics who now dominate Iran have said that they will not sell Oil to Israel or South this removes a major source of South african Supply and must Lead to a reassessment of Domestic transportation there will be difficulties with environmentalists if Coal smoke is to be brought Back in a big but when a country economic survival is at Public support for environmental fears must necessarily what could happen in South Africa could happen it would be but not if steam locomotives were again to become important in Canadian the idea is unlikely just now but it is an Ace in the Hole for Canada that should not be ruled dog dictatorship about four years ago the sunday times of London published an article which made a Stab at estimating the millions of Gallons and thousands of tons of waste that Britain dogs were depositing on Parks and sometimes the main Point of the article was the grave danger to Public especially that of Young of dog droppings in it was explained that children touch ing the infected grass could Transfer to their eyes an organism that would give them a condition known As eyesight could be seriously some times lost it was suggested that if the British love affair with the dog was to continue then strict controls were needed either to keep dogs out of City Parks or to ensure that they did not run free and foul where they there was a tremendous Row from dog who invoked the spectre of anarchy and the collapse of civilization if their dogs were not allowed to do As they Britain began to enforce Long ignored Laws requiring dog owners to make their dogs do their business in the Gutter and not on the in some such As Holland Park on Kensington High Street in Doggie toilets were set up in sandboxes at Park accompanied by dire threats for failure to use the revolt against having to walk a Zigzag pattern on sidewalks spread to new York where a recent regulation requires dog owners to pick up after their careless now the scene has swung Back to where an Industrial town in the Northeast has banned dogs from three of five City Parks and has Learned How highly political the whole matter can the dog owners Are incensed Over what they regard As rather than pay the tiny fines the British authorities assess for disobeying dog some owners have served Small jail some of them have travelled Down to London to picket the residence of the prime a curious gesture since he has no authority Over a City councils somewhere among the cries of dictatorship it would seem that the dog lovers should pause to consider a nearly everyone likes but there is not nearly such a majority in favor of fouled sidewalks and placing children in danger of if dog owners could concede that they have a duty to either or clean up their pets then there would probably be less support for drastic measures of the Type taken in that Northeast English not have to disclose the information to me and to shut i question the right of the to walk in to someones or even on the Street and verbally to abuse treat them like a com Mon Dennis Cook Winnipeg Birds in eclipse an Effort is being made to gather reports on Bird behaviour during the total eclipse of the Sun on february we at looking for details of Bird activity during and after the interruptions of Normal or anything else of we require information on sightings anywhere in the path of the eclipse on All a summary of the results of the Survey will be made available to everyone All reports Are Welcome and will be please Forward information to John 811 Stewart win Manitoba r2y Morgan Winnipeg misleading head the heading on our letter appear ing in the free press of february speaking for jews was at no time did the United jewish Peoples order claim to speak on behalf of the entire jewish commune the heading was in contradiction to the Content of our Brupsy Secretary City committee United jewish Peoples order Winnipeg better its service i really have to laugh when i see Manitoba Telephone system once again raising or rather our and then trying to claim that it is in the interests of better better service to i would like to know possibly to those of us in the its the same old joke six family party no repair service on the week poor Public relations dealing with complaint no buried demands from repairmen to move Cut Down replace Hydro lines that were there before the phone lines were Bridgwater Canadian first i believe the main reason for our so called Unity problem is that we in Canada do not look on ourselves As canadians i consider myself a Canadian second and until we Start looking at ourselves As canadians then we will always have a if we were Ever attacked by another for people Are killed in Toronto and an other in Montreal by dropping of As we gathered the would we this is a this is a this is an and so on i doubt that As i am sure the blood from each body will look the i believe if that time were to come we would then look at ourselves As Andy Nab Ess letters Ali letters to the editor must Bear the writers phone number and address addresses not but Only signed letters will be used names will not be withheld All letters Are subject to editing Dollar value there is Only one honest Way to raise the value of our Dollar without Selling More of Canada to it is by keeping the rate of growth of the Money Supply close to the rates of real growth and inflation along with a determination and action to improve productivity and Quality of Canadian goods and services and competing on world markets Buff Norman ;