Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, June 11, 1979

Issue date: Monday, June 11, 1979
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Previous edition: Saturday, June 9, 1979

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 11, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free june major Battle fought in Nicaragua capital Managua a major Battle raged yesterday Between the nicaraguan to cml guard and sandinista guerrillas near Managua National Only my mocks from president Anas task Smotas fortified National guard rockets and heavy calibre machine guns were in voiced in the witnesses said fighting also was reported in Many poor neighbourhoods of the nicaraguan Shah arrives in Mexico Mexico City the Shah of Iran and his wife have moved to Mexico from the the deposed Mon Arch says they will be Here for several Shah Mohammad Reza pm press Farah and two boys arrived in Mexico City sunday afternoon with five a great Dane and a French they came in a Jet belonging to a mexican one of the boys was believed to be a son of the Royal Cou the state to service said it was hellfire spews Oil into sea Ciudad Del Mexico a a blazing Oil Well in the Gulf of Mexico belched tons of Oil into the sea sending a huge Slick floating Over Rich shrimp reports by the mexican Media on the length of the Slick varied Between 75 and 125 they said the More than Kilometres was Drifting West toward about 400 Kilometres the Intoc has been spewing natural Gas and barrels of Oil into the Gulf each Day since it caught fire june mexican officials from a the Well area is a bubbling cauldron of fire and smoke surging out of the the Slick has not approached the shores of Ciudad Del a shrimp port 80 Kilometres to the fishing Industry sources have expressed fear the Slick might severely damage the areas valuable shrimp Luciano Flores regional chief of Mexico stat owned Petroleum said he has received no complaints from engineers aboard the a pipe laying ship being used As a base for diving said it May be two Days before it is known if control valves Are working on the Brownout klan de Vries of the superintendent of the said if the valves work the flow May be shut but such attempts frequently if the flow cant be stopped that another Well will have to be drilled into the seabed to intersect Intoc 1 and Seal off the he Lemex officials had said flotation beams were being Laid to Corral the Oil but none were sighted during a flight Over the area Toltec Crew members said Oil recovery boats sucked up some of the escaping Oil last week but that they were withdrawn because they Are designed for Harbor use and not the open More Oil recovery equipment and Dis persion chemicals were unloaded at the Airstrip in Ciudad Del Carmen on the Pressman turn Down proposal Vancouver up members of the printing pressment Union yesterday to reject a proposed agree ment with Pacific undercutting optimism that the two daily newspapers in Vancouver would be Back on the streets Early next the Vancouver mailers Union had voted in favor of the but Harold co chairman of the joint Council of newspaper said the press men rejected on a pretty Good there Are slightly More than 100 Pressman at Pacific which prod uces the morning province and eve Ning Manning which determine How Many employees work on each had been the most contentious Issue during the seven Montgold but both sides agreed last week to submit the question to compulsory four other representing the rest of the Union members at Pacific Are to vote on the pact during the next few however Dieno said the joint Council has always taken the position that ail six unions must ratify any executives of All unions except the have recommended acceptance of the contract which would pro vide a wage increase Over 40 months retroactive to last the Day tic strike lockout n1ws Roundup believed they were staving at a private Home 72 Kilometres South of Mexico Winni Eggers killed Thunder Bay Elvina of Winnipeg and her son were among four persons killed Satur Day when their car was in a Headon collision with a transport police have not released the names of two other men killed in the Accident at about 50 Kilometres West of this Bryants daughter 16 months was in serious condition today in a Thunder Bay canadians told to leave Ottawa canadians in War torn Nicaragua have been advised by a Canadian Diplomat to consider leaving the latin american the Exter Nal affairs department said race press a department spokesman said the Canadian charge affaires in Costa Rica has informed the 45 canadians remaining in Nicaragua to think of leaving or at least to arrange departure of their Canada has no embassy in Nicaragua the embassy in Costa Rica is responsible for Nicara night and at least seven persons police v firemen sifted through the debris of the train which went through a darkened in search of other the fire at Luna Park sent thousands of persons fleeing from the flames and Coffee Price Rise in july language Case starts Toronto Canadian Consumers can expect to pay higher prices for their Coffee after a spokesman for general foods said George Public relations Man said general foods increased the retail Price of All ground coffees 10 cents a Pound last the increase Only partially keeps Pace with the Ris ing wholesale Cost of Coffee Beatty seven die in fire Australia a fire broke out in the ghost train ride at a Sydney amusement Park saturday la j Ottawa the nine judges of the supreme court of Canada will sit in judgment today on the controversial Law of the Quebec National Assembly that makes French the official Lan Guage of the provinces courts and two Quebec courts Superior court and the Quebec court of Appeal declared the Law but it remains in effect pending the decision of the supreme four killed in crash Long four per sons were killed and two others were ukrainian dissident Valentyn Moroz stirred his audience yesterday with a message of dissident stirs audience with ukrainian holy cause continued from Page 1 City would support him and Freedom fighters Norrie issued a proclamation that today would be Valentyn Moroz Day in Honor of the valiant Freedom fight Norries attempt at welcoming and praising the guest in ukrainian brought laughter and applause when he had difficulty in through an Moroz said he was thankful and moved by the he said he would accept the accolades for his countrymen who remained in the soviet Moroz said ukrainians living on the Prairies which reminded him of the Ukraine should use their influence on the Sale of wheat and natural re sources As a Power base to Force social change in the soviet gaunt and Moroz said he will return to the Ukraine if it Breaks away from the communist preaching ukrainian which he termed a holy Moroz told the receptive crowd the Ukraine would Only be free when ukrainians write on the Flag death to soviet imperialism and Long live the Moroz said he was Lucky to get out of the soviet but said he would continue fighting for those behind the Iron the who left his wife and 17yearold son told his Audi ence they be passive in their outlooks and he said at one time while imprisoned he Felt he could not go but the spirit of nationalism enabled him to Contin Moroz said he was glad Joe Clark was elected prime minister and he admired Clarks stand on the Transfer ring of the embassy from Tel Aviv to Moroz added that he disliked the hard and fast politics of Pierre tru he urged the audience not to build a ukrainian Quebec in As he said ukrainians can Only continue to exist As an ethnic group if they remain Loyal to their roots and to the goals of ukrainian repair to Broadway halted by injunction City lawyers will attempt today to have an injunction blocking Road repair work on Broadway set the granted Friday by Justice John temporarily prevents the City from starting the Road which were to begin in two phases businessmen along Broadway have criticized the City for failing to provide adequate notice of the last some of them threatened to take the City to court Over the injured saturday when a Small plane crashed onto the san Diego freeway moments after struck a truck and burst into police Long Beach police described the air Craft As a four passenger Carters popularity dips new York president Carters popularity has plunged to an Al time Low of 90 per cent in the Wake of rising Energy shortages and grow ing do affections in his own democratic an opinion poll reported Satur approval of Carters handling of the presidency has dropped to 30 per cent from the 42percent recorded in the lbs news new York times poll amins aide in prison Kampala Bob ousted Dic Tator Idi amins British born was escorted Back to Uganda on saturday Pope leaves countrymen with new Hope to wait in a prison cell for his trial for its Nice to be said the hand cuffed Astles As he stepped onto the rain soaked Tarmac at Entebbe Airport after being extradited from neighbor ing the 55yearold Grey haired native of Shook hands with tanzanian soldiers at the Airport before being driven to Luz Ira prison fighter plane crashes Niagara an f10i air National guard fighter plane crashed in flames saturday while Tak ing off from the Niagara Falls air killing both men a base spokesman said the voodoo fighter took off with another plane for a routine air defence training Mission Over Lake one plane suddenly fell to Earth on Airport property and burst into the other plane circled Back and from the news services Rome Pope John Paul ended an emotional nine Day visit to his native Poland and returned to the Vatican before leaving he kissed polish soil and saluted his historic Homecoming As an event without Farewell to Farewell to my the Pope his voice breaking with emotion As he Knelt Down to kiss the Krakow Airport tar i wish you Luck in All your i say goodbye to the but it is so hard to he then boarded a polish lot air lines jetliner for the two hour flight to he was greeted in the italian capital by Premier Giulio in a Brief the pontiff said he brought Back a message of optimism and Hope from a trip that brought him ineffable the head of the 700 million member roman Catholic Church celebrated the final mass of his pilgrimage to his Homeland before a crowd estimated at one million countrymen who had Gath ered since Dawn for the service yester Day in a Field on the outskirts of Kra in a hoarse and wavering the Pope urged the worshippers to be Strong with the strength that comes from we must work for peace and reconciliation Between the people and the nations of the whole he we must try to come closer to one we must open the fron there was heavy the mass was nearly marred when a handful of apparently overexcited spectators rushed the Popes departing entourage after the the Popes successor As archbishop of Franciszek was among those who held off the shouting and pushing As he did the pontiff did not appear to notice the Inci there were no from the the Pope went to the he told polish president president Henryk Jablonski that the visit the first by a Pope to a comm Nis ruled country was an event with out it was a Brave act on both sides but our times demand such words of reconciliation during his the Pope had made numerous references to religious free Dom that were widely reported As being critical of the atheist oriented Warsaw on his remarks were laced with words of reconciliation As he told an audience the Church wants to find a common language with All systems of at the Farewell mass celebrating the 900th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Pope urged believers to never lose your spiritual Freedom with which Christ makes a human being the service was marked by political messages and symbolism aimed at Eastern european communist whose offi Cial doctrines Are polish roman Catholic churchmen Hope to use the enthusiasm whipped up by Pope John Pauls triumphal Home coming As a catalyst to strengthen the ranks of believers in the Tough struggle with the communist from the news services freeze on Hydro rates rapped continued from Page 1 would have he suggested that Hydro could have handled its own affairs with Only a to million Cash outlay in 197980 simply by not rolling Over a 100million Swiss franc combined with More Export the two nip members said the five year projections on which the government decided to freeze the rates showed Only two rate increases in the to be offset by two projected rate As they said the value of the Dollar had increased since the project ions were prepared in in 1978 Hydro projected rate increases of per cent for 197879 and per cent for with reductions totalling per cent Over the next two years followed by a per cent increase in Cherniack and Green argued this situation and Export revenues eliminated any need for government initiated rate Wedepohl told the committee the government action and exploding Export Power sales turned around a very Bleak picture for we have enough uncertainty with out watching the Dollar the government has removed the awesome uncertainty of watching these flu Tua up photo rooftop drama retired Rhode patrolman George Gre Goire holds a gun to his head above and threatens suicide while holding off police atop the police station for nearly two hours officers right lunge and subdue ;