Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, March 21, 1979

Issue date: Wednesday, March 21, 1979
Pages available: 126
Previous edition: Tuesday, March 20, 1979

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 21, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Why China finds it easier to relax at the Duchess trades love letters for Royal Mike Chere Wyk a Home owning Cloudy Low High 2 Sun rises sets p Moon rises sets 11 12 Winnipeg free press March final 86 145 begin offers apology for translation error in peace treaty text Jerusalem up prime min ister Menachem begin apologized today to the israeli Knesset Parlia ment for errors that appeared tues Day in the text of Israel egyptian peace treaty begin admitted that in the English language text placed before the Knesset there were some not very important he explained that the final version of the military covering Isra Els withdrawal from the egyptian was not completed until late because the text had to be presented to the Knesset at the opening of a peace treaty members were Given a version in which a few final corrections were he perhaps i must but its a technical he we had to present the military Annex As Well As the treaty otherwise we would have been asked where it we had the draft so we presented he added the state department need not have been in such u of m poet wins literary award from Canadian press Ottawa Patrick poet in residence at the University is to receive the Gover no generals literary award for his poems new and the Canada Council announced Lane has 10 volumes of poetry behind him and his award winning published by the Oxford University contains several works that had appeared previously in some of a native of British Al though he now lives in Lane is one of the founders of Van covers very Stone House Alice of is to receive her second governor generals the Council an Munro award is for who do you think you collection of 10 Short stories about a woman living in a South Western Ontario it is published by Macmillan and is the fourth Book by who was the first Canadian to win the Canad Australia literary in Munro won her first award from former governor general Roland Michener in 1968 for dance of the Happy other award winners announced tuesday Are Roger for go boy Francois Marc for Paulemile Borduas Jacques for Les Grandes marees and Gilbert for Mon re Fuge est in governor general Edward Schreyer will present the chosen by an 18member commit tee which considered Over 600 Ca Nadian with Cash prizes and specially bound copies of their work during an april 4 ceremony at government a hurry to complain about inac in the state depart ment said tuesday that parts of the text appeared to be a draft pre pared before the current round of department officials said they had expected to be consulted before either Israel or Egypt issued the official English language begin promised the correction would be presented to the the debate opened tuesday and was dominated by begins angry rejection of recent statements by egyptian prime minister Mustapha Kola lil that Israel would withdraw to Borders which existed before the 1967 Middle East a Large majority of the Knesset parliament is expected to approve the treaty at the conclusion of the debate tonight or Early thurs Day and begins remarks Are not delay the signing of the pact next in House speaker Thomas Oneill said president Carter informed him that egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Carter will sign the treaty 1 Cost monday in the begin opened the Knesset debate with a vow that Israel will never permit the division of Jerusalem will never allow a palestinian state to be established West of the Jordan River and will never return to the Borders it had before the 1967 who provoked begins state ment by saying last week that the peace agreement provided for the eventual return of East Jerusalem to the said begins reply spoils the atmosphere of the peace pro but when asked if it might Block the treaty he said i dont think begins reiterating a stand endorsed by most was As a move to placate right Wing Hawks demanding assurances see israeli Page 4 by John Mcmanus patience was a virtue tuesday As travellers waited for ice logged Winnipeg International Airport to Winnipeg Calgary air Canada flight engine dc9 makes a Safe emergency Landing Ottawa to review Pic rules for fishermen Ottawa up conservative my Jake Epp got a Promise from the government tuesday to review rules which deny Manitoba inshore Fisher men the same unemployment insurance benefits granted to coastal and offshore Jack Deputy employment promised an immediate investigation of the Issue and review of the rules after Epp said at a com Mons committee that Northern Mani Toba Indian and Metis leaders Are last week in a Small Northern Manitoba in Dian and Metis fishermen protested the rules by Locking provincial government officials into a Community Hall for a Epp i believe the situation is said who represents the Manitoba constituency of the Manitoba fishermen Are not eligible for the same unemployment insurance benefits As their coastal and offshore counterparts because they fish during different Larry head of the unemployment insurance said the problem must have Arisen from see Ottawa Page 4 by John Mcmanus a Calgary bound air Canada do 9 with 102 passengers and six Crew members aboard had to make an emergency Landing tuesday at Winnipeg International no one was a spokesman said the which had just taken off in route to lost the use of an engine and had wheel and gear prob the aircraft circled the City for More than an hour before Mak ing the the twin engine flight was the first air Canada aircraft to take off from Winnipeg tuesday after the airline waited for More than 12 hours to commence operations after the Airport was closed because of icy runway immediately after the Jet cleared the runway at Chris Pedersen reported that the left engine had failed and the air Craft had possible damage to the nose wheel and left Landing major emergency standby proce dures went in to effect at the Airport with crash Crews backed by the Winnipeg fire City police and ramp deployed around the hospitals were notified of a possible major after a flight around the Region to reduce the Pilot landed the Jet on the main North South runway shortly after 6 an Airport spokesman said the Landing was smooth As silk and the Pilot made a textbook land ing under emergency the cause and extent of the Mal function was under investigation tuesday air Canada said the passengers took the incident very calmly and few expressed most of the passengers left on another Jet for Calgary about an hour those who did not take the second flight cancelled because they had missed officials closed the Airport at 4 tuesday when equipment see engine Page 4 kurd resist in iranian City Jake Epp says fishermen plight critical Iran up heavy fighting raged in the streets of this Western kurdish City near the iraqi Border today As Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini sent religious leaders to the scene on a desperate Mission to secure kurdish rebels surrounding the 28th iranian infantry division bar Racks exchanged Rifle and machine gun fire with the besieged troops for the third consecutive Day after yet another ceasefire attempt broke As mortar fire burst Over the kurdish guerrillas dashed from tree to tree up the main firing rapid automatic rounds toward the army it was impossible to calculate the but the kurdish fighters reported 80 of their own men killed since the fighting began last sunday night and that 20 soldiers had the voice of the revolution radio in Teheran said Ayatollah Khomeini chief religious representative in the capital and other moslem leaders had been sent to see kurdish Page 4 score Board wha Cincinnati 5 Birmingham 2 Edmonton Roland 4 England i7 Quebec 6 finance committee recommendation by 2 Washington Detroit Chicago g los angles 4 Atlanta 3 Grant from City to symphony urged Winnipeg civic finance committee tuesday recommended the Winnipeg symphony orchestra receive a Grant of and the committee sent its recommendation for funding to a special meeting of the executive policy com Mittee just prior to a ing of the full moving its Grant recommendation to the special executive committee meeting Means Council will Deal with it at least a week earlier than if the Grant request went through Normal com Mittee should Council give the anticipated stamp of approval to the the symphony will be Able to get the funds in time to meet its Friday although the Grant is less than what was requested by the or the symphony general manager Mark Walker said tuesday that he Delight while the loss of the was he said the symphony had guessed that the City be Able to provide the total sum request particularly in a period of civic a treasurers report outlining the precarious financial position of the orchestra showed the company had Only budgeted for an dont Iqal from the the civic if will be used to cover the orchestras monthly said finance committee councillors were miffed monday at learning about the symphony deficits through newspaper reports and not from orchestra one Alan Wade nip notre suggested the symphony get any civic funding at All unless it fulfilled us Side of the gain and presented City with a submission on How it intended to Deal with its but the five committee councillors evidently ironed out any differences at a special meeting held before tuesdays Public session of the finance the Grant was recommended with out comment after the committee it was satisfied that the syn phony would do what it could reduce its present after the said see orchestra Page 4 i ;