Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 8, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free june by Canada has largest Trade deficit Ottawa up a dismal Trade performance combined with a traditional shortfall itt International travel and service payments has left the coun try with a first Quarter deficit of billion with the rest of the government figures released Day show that during the 12 months ending March the country spent billion More abroad than it took in largest 12month deficit in All figures Are adjusted for seasonal this years fim Quarter deficit is More than double the Defi Cit for the first Quarter of it is a slight improvement from the current account deficit incurred in fourth Quarter of last the country spent billion More abroad than ii which released the said the merchandise Trade normally one of the strongest features of the country account with arabs twist Canadas Arm Ottawa up while Arab pressure external affairs minis Ter Flora Macdonald indicated yester Day the government has pushed to the Back Burner its plan to move the Cana Dian embassy in Israel to before meeting Arab she said in an interview there Are a lot of other things because of their Are of higher priority on the government Agenda than Transfer ring the embassy to Jerusalem from Tel representatives of nine Arab states had Little More to say following a meeting with miss Macdonald than was contained in a joint statement issued wednesday condemning the proposal and calling for its moroccan ambassador Noureddine Hannaoui said the Arab countries will obviously not sever Diplo Matic links with Canada before Ottawa actually moves the embassy to Jeru we Hope that everything will be said saudi arabian ambassador sheikh Mohammed Abdul Kadir muh he indicated there will be other meetings with the new progressive conservative the Council of Muslim communities of Canada said 200 to 300 people will demonstrate tomorrow out Side the parliament buildings and prime minister Clarks residence to protest the government while former prime minister Pierre Trudeau has criticized the conserva Tive Liberal my Herb a said the government should not give in to threats of trip to Quebec waste of time continued from Page 1 two annual federation with their reelection to the 50mem ber National Board of councillors Bill Mcgarva and Nordman will be Able to attend next years convention in As Well As other although sessions for the executive of the federation began on councillors Yanofsky and Ducharme and their wives were in Quebec last Nordman and his wife planned to stay in Quebec until this weekend at their own Winnipeg councillors were out in full Force for the conference opening ses Sions attending the mornings general Assembly and resolutions ses a free and an afternoon workshop on constitutional had apparently waned by another session on constitutional re form and other resolutions Drew four with lome Leech and Phil Rizzuto an afternoon workshop on Urban where Leech was Mak ing a presentation on behalf of Winni saw Only keeper and Nordman staying to the Ducharme and Yanofsky were not Visi ble at a workshop on Small Community problems held at the same All councillors made it to a free Al delegates dinner and dance atop Quebec cites historic Citadel tuesday a wednesday breakfast meeting again saw perfect attendance from the councillors later termed speaker Jeanmarc Cha puts humorist account of the school of hard knocks the highlight of the All councillors were on hand to elect the new National officers and the representatives of the provincial interest dwindled again As the Day wore with Leech and Mcgarva not at the afternoon resolutions except for who addressed delegates on nonprofit the preservation of historical constitutional Reform and capital Pun Winnipeg delegates had Little to say at the As none of the 67 resolutions discussed at the conference were raised by Winnipeg councillors agreed the conference haunt been As interesting As other a regular at past Confer termed it Dull not As Good As past everything was too Nordman said resolutions like those dealing with National Unity and the Constitution come up annually yet Noth ing seems to come of the Winnipeg councillors said the City continue its membership in the were part of the nation and we cant just opt said 65 other including Lon Windsor and have dropped out since with a membership of 225 municipal the federation represents Only about five per cent of Canadas cities and Winnipeg councillors also seem in the minority in their evaluation of the Many of the other 550 Al germanic delegates vowed they would never be Back because discussions focus on matters they never Deal such As constitutional Reform and Capi Talim not going to come said Leger of who termed the convention Rita Ubriaco of Thunder Bay called on delegates to scrap All silly conferences that have done Noth ing for years and councillors kept costs within their allowances councillor Don Smith probably have had any problems balancing his budget if he had joined fellow councillors in Quebec City this despite tourist the seven Winnipeg representatives to the 42nd an Nual conference of federation of Cana Dian municipalities were Able to keep their accommodation and food costs within their living allow Smith removed his name from the list of travellers when Council approved a new travel policy that provided a allowance to cover the costs of meals and incidental he said he almost turned Cannibal on his last out town trip because of inadequate did taxpayers want him to carry a can of Beans when he travelled he councillors got plenty of free Beans in Quebec free three course luncheons were provided each Day of the fou Day con Ference As Well As two evening Din Complete with free although breakfast was provided Only one Coffee and Orange juice was available throughout All Smith allowance too Small since the convention was held at the Quebec most of the seven coun cil members booked into the the five Star hotel offers i room bars and a Swiman Sauna councillors Cyril keeper and Al Ducharme stayed at older and less expend Sive hotels keeper to save Money and Ducharme for the old world Atmo the rest of the Ell to a disappointing million during the first three months of the this compares with a surplus of billion in the corresponding period last it also represents a substantial drop from the surplus in the previous although there was a slight increase in Export sales during the this was More than overtaken by a surge in Money paid to trading partners to import their products increased at a rate of per cent during the while receipts from exports increased by just per exports registering increases were crude Iron Copper imports showing increased sales were automotive Industrial communications equip agricultural machinery nonferrous metals and during the there was a travel deficit of 1348 there was a million deficit in the previous last Canadian travellers spent billion More outside the country than foreign tourists spent in although the merchandise surplus the country performance in service such As inter est and dividend was better in the latest Quarter than the previous this which always has a Large showed a deficit of billion in the first Quarter of the in the fourth Quarter of the deficit was statistics Canada attributed the shrinking to a Sharp reduction in dividend payments flowing out of the country and an increase in interest and dividends coming the Federal Agency reported that billion in Lon term capital Money borrowed from foreign Banks entered during the the Federal government was responsible for billion of this with Loans in Japan and up photo horseman rides High Alan Brand of guides Sibi lation Over a jump National horse show just South of the event was during the Atco Welcome stakes at the Spruce Meadows won by Graeme Thomas of san Ballet manager resigns continued from Page 1 Porteous said he was also very concerned about what shape the com Pany would be in next Porteous joined the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in after work ing in several performing arts compan ies in Eastern including the National Ballet of where he was assistant company and the Shaw where he was administrative negotiations Between the Ballet and actors which represents the have come to a the major stumbling Block is a equity representative Bernard Chadwick said yesterday after negotiations had broken the current agreement runs out at mid night june if the dispute int resolved by the end of it could mean More Resig nations for the already Hurt by the departure of 11 if the matter int resolved it might not get resolved until said dancer David and a dancer cant go six months without the equity proposals would have put the Rob dancers salaries within Range of those paid to members of the National Ballet of the Gap would have been closed Over a three year a principal dancer with the Royal Winnipeg received a week last equity proposed to increase this to a week for the first a week for the second and a week for the third the company agreed to the firs year pro and offered in the second year and in the third rent increases to be held to continued from Page 1 Between 1979 and 1980 Are d per cent when the landlord pays for both heating and Domestic d five per cent when the tenant pays for but not both o per cent when the tenant pays both heat and Power landlords must give three months notice to their tenants of any if landlords find the allowable in creases Are too Low to offset increased operating they can apply to the rent stabilization Board for higher in Jorgenson opposition housing critic Wilson Parasiuk nip Transcona was pleased by the Low level of he said he is concerned about whether there is rent gouging in de controlled especially those occupied by Low income where vacancy rates Are a government promised report on rent increases in de controlled units Hast been he Jorgenson said present indications Are that rent restraint wont be needed after the june official end of the the final decision will be made in a review of whether there is a continuing need after that he Ottawa mediates in strike the Federal government sent Bill the labor departments top me to Vancouver yesterday to intervene in the longshoremen strike that has shut West coast ports since the action came As Manitoba joined other Western provinces in calling for Federal intervention to end the Premier Sterling Lyon said yesterday the country Economy and its integrity As a trading partner in the world would be damaged by a prolonged tie up of West coast Federal transport minister Don Mazankowski has said the Federal Parlia ment would probably have to act if the strike Doest end the last collective agreement be tween the British Columbia maritime employers association and the International longshoremen and warehousemen Union expired most Manitoba Grain is shipped through East coast ports or the North Ern port of agriculture min ister Jim Downey apathy in european vote Brussels As the polls closed yesterday in Ireland and the Netherlands apathy emerged As a Winner in the first round of the european voting figures in All four countries appeared Low with the dutch set to Register the highest turnout at per cent of the nine million in some observers said they thought the turnout could have been less then 50 per cent compared with 76 per cent in the election that swept prime minister Margaret Thatcher to Power last Greenland which recently gained Home Rule but is part of Denmark for purposes of the election votes Satur West Italy and Luxembourg vote counting begins late planes blast Plo bases Tel Aviv israeli planes blasted palestinian guerrilla bases in Southern Lebanon Early today for the first time in 16 the israeli military com Mand in Yasser Arafat Palestine liberation organization said israeli artillery also attacked palestinian to news Roundup Canadian climbers lost Lima two canadians who disappeared nearly two weeks ago on Perus Alp Amayo Mountain were last seen May 25 near the Kenneth Harley of the Canadian embassy Here identified the missing men yesterday As Alan Pierre and William both from the Calgary nazi toys to end firm new York the largest toy manufacturer has agreed to Stop producing toys with nazi the american jewish Congress announced the Congress had threatened to raise the Issue at next weeks annual meeting of of said Julius director of the Congress commission on jewish life and wont lift sanctions Washington president Carter yesterday refused to lift economic sanctions against Zimbabwe saying that recent elections there were neither fair nor free and that they excluded significant elements of the country but the president said he would re consider his decision if the new Black led government of prime minister Abel Muzorewa takes Steps to broaden its political base and move toward More adequate majority in a statement that he read in the White House press Carter con ceded that his decision May be Over turned by he said his stand probably was opposed by a majority of the Senate and would face difficulty in the House As truckers plan protests los Angeles a Independent truckers who blocked highways in More than a dozen states to protest rising diesel fuel prices want to organize their scattered groups for a countrywide Effort to be sure Washington takes them including some that began choked highways thursday from Florida to where organizer Dave Crandall said the whole West coast would be shut Down by the no violence incidents were in most a threatened court order or an appearance by police and Tow trucks was enough to Send the truckers on their the shutdowns by owner operators have not been sanctioned by the inde pendent truckers but there were indications that might in los Angeles the Ita planned to show off a communication Centre that would enable it to coordinate strike efforts across the Ita official Mike Parkhurst said the while not planning a will determine if one is necessary so we can then formulate our position Over the huge tumor removed san Francisco a huge ovarian tumor weighing More than 200 pounds has been removed successfully from a 30yearold woman by a team of doctors at the University of California medical the teams chief surgeon said the benign estimated at one metre in had been growing inside her for about 15 said Russell head of the seven Mem ber team which performed the hour operation May he described the tumor As one of the largest in medical the services i ;