Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 15, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 Winnipeg free june 1979 area missionaries leave Nicaragua eleven evangelical mennonite missionaries from Steinbach Are on their Way to Winnipeg after being evacuated from troubled Nicaragua by a United states air Force transport plane an external affairs spokesman said the missionaries were flown out of the nicaraguan to the Panama canal a embassy spokesman in Pana in a Telephone interview this morn told the free press the Canadian evacuees were at the Airport and were malay to oust Viet exiles Kuala Bumpur a the malaysian government said today it will ship out to sea the vietnamese refugees now sheltered in its territory and officials vowed to enact legislation to shoot on sight any vietnamese boat people entering malaysian we will be harsh with said Deputy prime minister Mah Athir to he said eviction of the refugees will begin immediately and will be carried out in the malaysian action was announced As the government joined with Thailand and Indonesia in saying it will drive away All vietnamese refugees trying to land on their Home affairs minister Ghazali Sha Fie said a joint naval Force will patrol the South China sea to curb the influx of boat people into the three the shoot insight Law will take effect Mohamad he said the action is being taken because West Ern countries Are not accepting As Many refugees for permanent Settle ment As Are arriving on malaysian sent out in stages As the third countries Are not accepting As Many refugees As there Are we will Start sending All the vietnamese refugees in the country out in boats into International Waters in he malaysian officials previously have protested to Hanoi the exodus of boat people and demanded that Vietnam quickly launch a program assisted by the in to facilitate their direct Emi Gration from Vietnam to Western coun the malaysian government action came while the International commit tee of the red based in Gen issued an urgent worldwide Appeal for support in dealing with the increasing number of indo chinese the United states this week endorsed a British Call for an emergency International conference to resolve the refugee the proposed conference would be aimed at finding More resettlement Sites for refuges and at provid ing funding for countries that Are willing to accept refugees but cannot afford the costs waiting Relief officials estimate there Are refugees awaiting resettlement in Southeast Many of them in Hong Kong and the France and the United states have been receiving Refu gees in Large and those countries have indicated their backing for the British Call for a United nations sponsored conference on diplomatic sources in Washington expected to leave for at 9 he identified the Manitoban As Wil Patrick and Doris Friesen Jason and Andrea Reimer and Louella two other canadians were taken to the Airport with the Manitoba Evascu they were identified As Geoffrey a landed and to Van a vietnamese immigrant and Montreal the embassy spokesman said a Canadian external affairs representative planned to get them out As soom As the missionaries spent the night in Panama As guests of a fraternal Orga another religious Only hours before the Convoy carry ing the canadians and other foreigners set a military Convoy bound for president Anastasio Somoza private Airstrip was ambushed by the Nicaragua National guard the guard said about 25 rebels were killed and three guardsmen wounded before the Road to the Airstrip was embassy sources said some bodies were still on the ground near the ambush site As the Convoy carry ing the 70 11 three britons and five panamanians drove by in route to the air Force transport flight to the evacuees arrived in Panama several hours about 300 persons have left from Somoza private Field in four flights since tuesday and officials said More Are waiting to the external affairs department has sent a Canadian based in Costa to the canal zone to Deal with any consular problems the missionaries May there Are other canadians that have expressed a desire to leave the country and they will be evacuated in a subsequent american an external affairs official about 34 canadians still were in Nicaragua yesterday most of them Are outside the Battle zones in the principal in roving bands of looters pillaged shops in Managua As a wave of lawlessness gripped the National guard fighter planes raided the Northern City of Leon with rockets and machine gun fighting broke out in the capital last weekend As the sandinista who have vowed to end the Somoza family 40year launched their final thousands of people have been reported Wayne free press miss Manitoba finalists go to government House miss Manitoba 1979 will be selected from among 10 finalists and crowned june 27 at this years red River the Lucky finalists had lunch at government House with Bud Jobin and his wife from left to right Are Cindy Louise 20 Leslie Diane 21 Deborah Sharon 21 Ingrid Lily 22 Elaine Marie 18 joins aide Bev Johnson Jobin and his wife Sherry Lynn 21 Monika Janine 18 Leslie Susan 20 Esther 19 and Anne Elizabeth pms Friend not talking longshoremen Ottawa up prime minister Clarks longtime Friend Harvie Andre declined comment on revelations thursday about his involvement in a financially troubled real estate Compa Andres association with Abacus cities was the reason the Calgary Centre my gave reporters two weeks ago for his unexpected exclusion from Clarks he was considered a Strong candidate for a major economic on the advice of his Andre has decided to say nothing until All investigations of the Calgary com Pany the of which Andre was a director until Early now is in Andre is taking a Brief but an aide said thursday he is determined to remain Andre earlier told reporters he and Clark Felt it Wisest to avoid possible scandal by excluding him from Cabinet while his financial dealings Are being with the 38yearold chemical Engineer turned Down the prime ministers offer of a major port he said he hoped and expected to become a Cabinet minister in the near this week a report compiled for the company annual meeting was re leased showing a former director of the development had received a Large inter est free loan from Abacus cities he was one of 19 senior directors and former directors who borrowed Money from the the report said Andre took out a interest free loan now repaid from the company which he used to buy a by mid april he had in outstanding a second report on the which could contain More has been prepared for the Ontario securities but has not yet been made the Alberta supreme court has been asked to Rule on whether this report can be Abacus cities went into receivership in Midway when i could not repay it owed the Bank of company spokesmen say the firm is merely in a liquidity crunch and should be on its feet three of the company eight directors including Andre have re signed and others have indicated they May do in february five senior executives Andre has said he expects investigations of the by several Security the Federal depart ment of insurance and the department of National to be Complete within a few with holdings in British the maritime and the United states was established in the company builds shopping Sells land and Man Ages rental it is intricately linked with about 35 other com a key area under Andre was reelected to what was considered a Safe conservative seat in the May 22 election with a margin of More than he became an my in Andre probably is Clarks closest Friend in he acted As Clarks convention chairman in 1976 when the prime minister surprised most of the country by capturing the Leader ship of his accept contract terms Vancouver up longshore men at seven West coast ports were to return to work today after agreeing to accept the latest offer by the British Columbia maritime employers Asso the longshoremen voted 54 per cent in favor of the three year ending an 11day strike that has halted vital shipments of Potash and lumber through major the latest reached with the assistance of Federal mediator Bill Calls for renegotiation of wages and other issues if inflation exceeds 20 per cent in the first two years of the which is retroactive to last Bob president of the inter National longshoremen and warehousemen said thursday night that the workers probably would be Back at work by 7 cd the longshoremen walked off the Job june 4 at new Prince Chemainus and port the which provides wage increases of 90 cents an hour in each year on a base rate of was agreed to Early sunday after 20 hours of Intel Stive mediation by Federal Deputy labor he had been dispatched by new fed eral labor minister Lincoln Alexander after the governments of the three Prairie provinces and business groups All appealed to prime minister Joe Clark to take Quick action to resolve the during previous negotiations for the three tentative agreements were rejected by either Union negotiators or the the last to be turned Down was rejected by Only one supporting of liberals by business revealed Montreal executives worried by separatism in testimony shows Montreal up an interesting glimpse at relations Between the Cream of Montreal business Community and the Liberal party of Canada is revealed testimony presented three years ago in senator Louis Giguere breach of Trust Case but released for Publica Tion Only this part of the testimony concerns a meeting in among some of the cites top executives at the Home of p0wer chairman Paul Des it was called because All were concerned with the trend of events in in the words of Buck then chief executive officer of Canadian a i called to testify at Giguere preliminary said the major concern was a Rise in separatism at that moment As indicated by a Public opinion poll published a Day earlier in la the Montreal newspaper controlled by the poll showed the parti quebecois and the provincial liberals running neck and neck in the Montreal area during the election Campaign then in now was charged in with pocketing collected on behalf of the Federal lib his preliminary hearing was held two months but procedural delays held up the Start of his trial until last the trial ran Only 90 minutes before it was adjourned another six weeks to await the return of fellow senator Maurice Riel from a european Riel is to appear As a prosecution wit Ness in the until it was produced As evidence at the testimony at the preliminary hearing fell under a publication ban at the request of Giguere Bruno Only about on third of the 200 or so pages of stenographic notes from the hearing remain on file at the Montreal the rest have been signed out by messengers acting for a reporters who visited Pateras of fice were told they could not see the transcripts material that remained on file showed the meeting at Desmarais Home was held april just 10 Days before the election that was to bring Robert Bourassa and his provincial liberals to it was indicated that the Federal liberals were interested in establishing a special fund to fight Quebec separa and a Day later the Royal Bank of the Bank of Cana Dian Pacific and distillers each issued cheques for to Giguere in Steinbergs Quebec largest supermarket issued a Cheque for and a Day later Power of Canada followed with a Cheque of it is from this total of in donations that then a Liberal is accused of misappropriating among those who have been subpoenaed to appear As witnesses in the trial Are now Liv ing in retirement in Charles Bronfman of distillers Earle Mclaughlin of the Royal former chairman Arnold Han of the Bank of and Arnold brother of the late Steinbergs chairman Sam other witnesses include senator Jean former Justice minister Marc Lalonde the Only witness to have appeared so far senator Riel and a Host of Bankers and account Many of these same people testified at the preliminary hearing in but most of their comments Are among the documents signed out of the clerks office by another witness is former senator Lazarus a Liberal fundraiser who is alleged to have urged the chief executives mentioned to Issue the cheques to Bronfman said at preliminary hear ing the contributions had to do with the printing and distribution of a brochure having to do with the Avan tages or the benefits the province of of the Federal systems of Desmarais said he thought very vaguely it was a contribution to the Liberal party to be used for a project they and i think it must Nave had something to do with the provincial election at that the trial is scheduled to resume july 20 in sessions Giguere on trial ;