Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 22, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Clear tonight sunny tomorrow Low 10 High 3 final Orth comes of h6me cad two weeks for outside City 25 sum s6ts Moon rises sets no by Mary Janigan up news service Ottawa he quit just before he was forced to he did it with with traces of with a Rose and a bittersweet smile most with but Pierre Trudeau and the Liberal party executive due to meet Here this weekend also know that he Dir fit simply because he had no other sources say that the fallout from Trudeau new York disco Jaunt two weeks ago was the event that finally fanned smouldering party resent ment into open Liberal executives warned him last weekend at a Toron to meeting that he was facing an Multi or be forced out and the Prospect of party rebellion this disco frolic Clark reaction is mixed on his performance so far As pm after 6 pm still puzzles Joe Clarks first half year As prime minister has been remarkably free of up news service reporter Walter Stewart discovered in a series of Cros Canada interviews that canadians feel they got what they expected few but not much by Walter Stewart up news service Ottawa canadians grudgingly ushered prime minister Clark into Power last May 22 and six months later there still wondering if they made a a Man with the physique of an eel and the Charisma of a Frozen Floun Der has been Given charge of the nations with mixed interviews across the land indicate that canadians Are not disappointed in their new prime possibly because they never expected but they Are not these talks suggest it is no Surprise that he Hast budged in the opinion nor that the conservatives lost two Federal by elections monday and now Are within a single vote of even with sacred it is hard to say whether the Clark government is swinging or hanging in the yesterdays Surprise resignation of Liberal Leader Pierre Trudeau merely adds to the Clark was seen As a Man in the Shade of the former prime with that Shadow re he will find the Light All that much As canadians catalogue his Good and bad see after Page 4 disco frolic began when the for Mer Liberal Leader told his British co Lumbia flock that he could not attend a three Day party revival conference be cause he had the shortly he was photographed while entering a new York club with a Lovely that was the British Columbia liberals could forgive his lacklustre forays into the House of his obvious boredom and his sad mus Ings about the bygone Days of Liberal but they could not forget an insult and a throughout last Liberal head quarters and fru Deaus office were bombarded with a Hail of abusive letters and irate Telephone leadership contender Art Phillips Vancou ver Centre publicly denounced tru Deau and then repeated his charges during a conversation with last some angry Liberal executives and some disturbed British Columbia liberals cornered Trudeau in his hotel room at the Ontario Liberal they told him the Blunt truth about the mood of the party and they warned him that he had provoked them into issuing the Ultima Tum at the upcoming full executive sources stress that Trudeau would Likely have resigned at but they say that ultimatum came on the heels of two crucial by elections this week which slashed prime minis Ter Joe Clarks majority into a slim on vote party with an election in the wind and a dispirited and disorganized party snap Ping at his Trudeau simply said the timing was forced but he could not let them leave him with his Back to the Wall he had to leave with a Surprise rather than waiting until they drummed him says a his timing was the timing of a dramatic he knew it would have been fairly serious this weekend that this was the final they the executive told him that they had no Choice but the source who insisted on anonymity and for the past few people who have been Loyal to the Teeth started telling him that something was very the time to an election is getting awfully close an election that he Doest want to fight and he knew he would have been hated and totally see Trudeau Page 4 Trudeau Era at an end a leadership bid would be logical move for Lloyd Margaret and the children May have played a big part in his decision to leadership Campaign can help in bringing the Liberal party Back to despite intellect and Trudeau failed in Walter St former prime minister Pierre with assistant press officer Susan informs news conference Hes 12 schools May close report cites drop in Junior High enrolment by Laurie Streich at least 12 elementary and Junior High schools in the Winnipeg school division have been identified for pos sible consolidation or alternative use As Early As next in a planning and building committee report presented to the Winnipeg school tentative guidelines have been set out for schools that should be reevaluated because of declining these included elementary schools having less than 120 Grade 16 pupils and Junior High schools with less than 100 pupils per Grade division superintendent Harold pol lock said yesterday there were eight elementary and four Junior High schools that fell within the tentative guidelines and where there were difficulties in providing programs because of a drop in he said there were also about half a dozen schools that needed extensive another criterion the committee said should be used in any school closing Pollock would not identify the schools faced with the most severe enrolment it be fair to the Community he they should be the first ones to enrolment declines enrolment in the division has declined from More than students in 1970 to this about 40 classrooms within the divisions schools have been locked up or Are being used for other rooms have been converted into music and Art and areas for Community Pollock said the division May close another 10 to 15 classrooms by next but we dont want to Cut out space if its although Pollock admitted it is Possi he said he didst want to say that we will be closing any that Hast been decided last years superintendents report projected a decrease in enrolment of about students a year for the next four years tapering off in enrolment in 1979 declined about from last we have to look at this problem logically and involve the Community every step of the Board chair Man Mira Spivak said some schools could she but there Are other the As outlined in the include closing empty class using empty classrooms for storage or other offering alternative programming and Transfer ing building refurbishment or repairs for older or possible closing of some inside today mib Aid request denied Jake Epp rejects request Federal Indian affairs minister Jake Epp has denied a request from Manitoba Indian chiefs to release in Federal payments to the financially troubled Manitoba Indian fresh look for 1980s Canadian designers have focused on the shape of things to come and delivered their forecast for it Doest depend on the ghosts of Springs past or present but is a new look for the new aircraft grounded some 100 aircraft belonging to transport departments Fleet were grounded last May because of possible safety milk Price review called a new Public milk Price hearing called by the provincial milk control Board jul make Farmers seeking a raise look like heartless with decisions based on emotional issues rather than a producer spokesman predicted City seeks strike ban Winnipeg City Council voted 18to7 yesterday to ask the province to remove the right of Manitoba police departments to go on Broadbent faces test the new democratic party rank and file will put party Leader de Broadbent position on sovereignty association to the test at the party fou Day policy convention which begins today in Experiment reviewed a Liberal my says she has joined forces with a conservative to demand a commons committee investigation into experiments in Winnipeg during which she says aborted living human fetuses vote of Confidence although Canadian diplomats have periodically expressed concern that the Public in Canada is becoming tired of in peacekeeping a delegation of maps gave peacekeeping a vote of waiting for parole Allwyn Mcfall will be eligible for parole april years to the Day after he walked into a cell to serve a life sentence for second degree he has spent 4y2 years at Stony Mountain jets bite big Apple Winnipeg jets came to new York and discovered themselves last amazing including they Defeated the rangers 64 before disbelieving fans in Madison Square Index scores 45 51 45 56 80 38 56 Doug 5 7 28 Jumble 6 36 45 45 25 hockey nil Winnipeg 6 by rangers 4 Minnesota 3 by islanders 1 Philadelphia 6 los Angeles 4 Atlanta 4 Detroit 1 Chicago 4 Washington 0 Hartford 5 Buffalo 3 Pittsburgh 5 Louis 2 Edmonton 4 Toronto 4 winners Western express for 2828927 1791046 1460184 2074373 1954755 other i i 4 i ;