Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, March 17, 1979

Issue date: Saturday, March 17, 1979
Pages available: 239
Previous edition: Friday, March 16, 1979

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 17, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Fam Tiff fat the briefly soviets want to try Menten Moscow the soviet Union has requested the extradition of dutch aft collector Pieter Menten to face charges that he committed War crimes on soviet territory in a dutch embassy spokes Man said Friday the Mission has received a formal extradition request alleging that was involved in mass executions of civilians in the Gentert was released last december by a dutch court which was to retry him on War crimes he had been sentenced to 15 years jail in 1977 but the conviction was set aside on Legal grounds by the dutch supreme court last Israel also has asked for me tens scientists warn on quakes Washington government earthquake experts warned Friday that a series of quakes which Shook Southern California on thursday could be a signal of worse ones to their they stems from the location of the latest shocks atop a 400kilometrelong swelling of the Earth known As the Southern California uplift that was discovered Only three years Rhodesia hits guerrilla Camp Salisbury rhodesian military planes at tacked a Black nationalist guerrilla Camp in Mozambique today in the third such raid in five the military command Here the guerrilla Supply Camp is about 32 Kilometres Northwest of Mozambique second largest a communique no information on casualties or damage was germans protest Power West Germany protesters blocked off a nuclear storage construction site Friday and staged siting at churches in three West German cities to demand a halt to nuclear Power environmentalists also announced plans for weekend rally at where the govern ment Hopes to build an underground storage facility for nuclear drug Bill veto overturned members of the North Dakota Senate voted to Over turn Arthur links veto of a Bill to revise the states drug the Bill would reduce the penal ties for Possession of Small amounts of but would raise penalties for Possession of hashish or Large amounts of if the House of representatives follows the senates the Bill will become Law Over links Hijacker nabbed on Airliner Tucson a stewardess who kept her Cool and Fri agents who crept into a hijacked Continental airlines Jet through a cockpit window combined to capture a Man accused of demanding and a trip to John Carleton of san was being held today in the Pima county jail in lieu of million a1189 passengers aboard the plane and seven of the eight Crew members were released Arab gunman gets life London an Arab gunman was sentenced Friday to life in prison after being convicted of murdering former iraqi prime minister Abdulrazaq a Naif Here last but an iraqi government Saadi Abdul Rahman was acquitted of the charge by the jury of seven men and five women after a two week the Salem Ahmed had changed his plea to guilty during the trial and was alleged to have told police his 44yearold who was Iraq pre Mier briefly in was a traitor to the palestinian Man convicted of Hijack try Montreal a Quebec Superior court jury convicted a 45yearold Man Friday of attempt ing to Hijack a new Yor Montreal flight on Laurier who at the time of the attempted hijacking was being deported from the United states accompanied by two immigration failed to divert the Eastern airlines Boeing 727 to Boutin will be sentenced on March 23 for the punishable by a maximum of 14 years in africans charge three Johannesburg three South african men in leg Irons appeared in court Here Friday on charges of receiving training in China that could As Sist them in setting up terrorist the South african press association the news Agency said All three pleaded not guilty to charges under South Africa terrorism swindled of Washington a couple living in Switzer land is accused of defrauding the government out of More than the Justice department said assistant attorney Raymond ban Oun said Amo Arndt and his wife Marlise Are alleged to have obtained the Money illegally in the form of refunds from the internal Revenue compiled from dispatches annual stereo Trade it save event own a new color for less 1300 7866541 309 9435531 Condo Forecki h High pressure l Low pressure cold front warm front forecast for Interlake and red River regions occasional Cloudy periods with Early morning fog High near expected Low near Outlook for sunday Cloudy periods and extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mostly sunny monday and tues seasonable Northern Manitoba mostly sunny with seasonable Northwestern Ontario Cloudy mostly sunny monday and temperatures near to slightly above winds much lighter than usual windchill Factor for Winter of offers cold Comfort by Jay Anderson it really Hast been All that cold this although temperatures Between november and March Are the Sec on lowest for this its just As cold As the numbers with Little effect from the windchill fac winds have been much lighter and when the windchill is calculated from the average wind and average it shows that there were 11 colder Winters since and this year was Only a touch colder than last but this weeks weather has deviated from the past four not Only has it been colder than but also mean temperatures for the Sec Ond week in March were below nor at this is also the week that brought an end to 97 Days of below freezing As mondays High reached wednesdays 11 hours of Sunshine was the most in several several weak Low pressure disturbances and one major storm also marked the weeks Snow fell on five of the seven by total snowfall since no vember 1 had passed 100 tuesdays storm developed Over Northern Alberta and announced its arrival at Manitoba Doorstep with Southeast winds of up to 50 winds gusting to 74 Kwh brought blowing Snow which plugged drive ways and closed tem which had fell quickly As North winds replaced those from the tuesday mornings Rush hour had to contend with of new 50 Kwh and windchill near As the winds dropped off tuesday temperatures fell to a major change in the circulation pattern Over North Ameri Ca was already evident in other parts of Southern Manitoba thurs Day afternoon As temperatures Rose above Zero for the second Winnipeg had to be Content with a High of As the heavier cold air was reluctant to but Winters Days Are and Friday brought melting tempera Tures once next weeks Outlook is prom colder air is expected Sun but should not persist for any length of and melting Snow should become a familiar flood advisory issued for grand River Basin temperatures 2 11 4 8 0 5 0 4 b 19 6 2 0 14 3 15 Thunder 1 in 4 9 2 14 10 13 5 10 5 9 6 9 4 7 2 6 5 0 22 13 3 1 t 3 12 5 2 l 9 2 5 1 20 10 3 6 resort spots los 15 13 Las Clear 17 11 Cloudy 21 14 28 22 24 16 partly 24 19 partly 20 15 Clear 25 19 30 24 partly 29 23 partly 25 22 Winnipeg temperature comparisons mean March last highest on record in 1929 lowest on record in 18b5 precipitation Normal up the grand River could flood if the area gets warm weather and rain forecast de for this an official of the grand River conservation authority said the authority has issued a flood advisory to Munici pal flood coordinators in the River which includes the cities of Waterloo and flood coordinators were cautioned to watch for ice jams that could cause Ilmar assistant Gen of Beau husband of Dorothy of 475 Salter widow of Sidney of formerly of Hus band of Tennie of 702 Rathar wife of Joseph Michael of 4414 Hender son son of Michael and Bonnie of 163 Harbison East widow of William Alfred of Lowe band of Eleanor Nee of for Merly of of 187 cathedrals suite formerly of St husband of Mea of 118 Lipton wife of Steve William Ferguson of Sherwood Park husband of Pat deaths Charles of 400 Albany Kathleen of Beacon Hill of husband of Jessie Janice of 224 Lamont Boule daughter of Helen and Melvin Velma Anne of 605 River of Edward of Winnipeg of 1865 sperring East widow of Dirk John of Hus band of Katherine of formerly of wife of Robinson Pearson Rudolf of 842 Corydon of Winnipeg husband of Pauline William North of 275 Annes suite husband of Clara 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