Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 26, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba R 7 t Liberal leadership convention vow t by Bob Cheshire and Victor Mackle selection of Winnipeg As site of the Liberal leadership convention March 28 to 30 should inject Riviore than million into the cites the general manager of the Winnipeg mention Centre said delegates Klaus Fuerniss said his i million estimate was with some Eastern Liberal officials claiming the expected convention delegates who will choose a Pierre Ted eau will leave up to million in their the National Liberal party executive was swayed to choose Winnipeg by arguments that it was essential to reestablish a Strong Liberal presence in the Winnipeg Pott Garry my Lloyd a himself a possible leadership last night said the Patty in part chose Winnipeg to demonstrate the importance of Western Canada to the the party has talked about the need to develop in Western of Refl Axworthy 1 tried to impress upon them that nothing Speaks louder that per haps the most important action at this time was choosing its a very important symbolic two votes decide site the National party executive took two votes to decide the convention Ort the first Toronto and Montreal were eliminated while on the second vote members voted 20 to 13 in favor of Winnipeg Over the leadership convention will Likely be the largest and most expensive in Canadian history and will be the first time either of the two major political parties has chosen a new at a site West of Liberal party president senator alas Dair who made the announce ment saturday to during a meeting of the 36member executive in a downtown Ottawa said he expects a record voting delegates will attend the this com pares with delegates when thu Deau replaced Lester Pearson in alternate report ers and party workers will raise the total attendance figure to about Fuerniss said he has confirmed Winnipeg hotel rooms will be available for delegates to the leadership Conven Denise Sweeney a Mother of from yesterday became the first declared candidate for the Post being vacated by Matas May seek leadership Liberal my Francis a former Cabinet and David an unsuccessful Liberal candidate in win Nipes Assiniboia during the last Feder Al both said yesterday they were considering running for the Lead a lawyer and specialist in constitutional joins Axworthy As the second Winnipeg Ger to be touted As a possible leadership Axworthy says he plans to talk to Manitoba liberals this week about the possibilities of entering the a Western regional Liberal meeting to Lay the groundwork for reestablish ing the party strength in the West will be held in Regina on 27 and according to a tentative decision made by the presidents of the Western Liberal party the meeting of the Western presidents was called by a it was agreed that the policy conference should be held in Advance of the leadership Cloudy tonight flurries tomorrow Low 11 High 6 1979 o Sun Moon rises final 200 for Home Call 9439331 weeks Tor s2 cry Ken free press Grey cup 1979 this Snow want considering its a coach Scannella not Alberta and not the Are to blame for Alou ettes Low i i y Vav aut Opac be repaid Green leads Louette attack Montreal David Green 26 tries to elude David Boone 64 and Pete Lavorato of Edmonton in Grey cup action in to debate iranian crisis United nations a the United nations Security Council was called into session to debate the iranian crisis in response to a request from Secretary general Kurt Wald last night he said the situation is the most serious threat to peace since the 1962 cuban missile the which for almost two weeks blocked an iranian request for the agreed because it believes the debate beginning today will result in a pension Mountain concerns cooled by new economic study by Carol Goar up news service Ottawa they Call it the pension Mountain and some economists fear it could bring about the collapse of the Canadian it begins in about 30 years when the postwar bulge in the population known As the baby Boom reaches retirement age and starts living off the country Pool of pension a new study released today by the economic Council Canada says there is no reason to fear the coming explosion in the country elderly population will jeopardize the Well being of the rest of the but plans must be made quickly to prepare for the in creased claim of pensioners on the country the a government funded advisory which alerts Federal policymakers to Lon term economic says fears of economic col lapse Are our Basic conclusion is that despite the future growth in the number of older people who will have a legitimate claim on the pension we can meet those claims and Correct any shortcomings without risk to the econ the Council feels it is essential this message reach the Public and the gov inside today Cartwright Dies John Robert former chief Justice of died he was known for his Many dissenting some of which led to changes in Canadian Uncle Joe wont go As the 100th anniversary of Josef Sta Lins birth it is Clear that even 26 years after his stains hand is still if figuration the Tiller of soviet gruelling disease Haemophilia is a gruelling maddening in its one a wrench of a muscle or bump of the knee can touch off internal Hemor As Long As existing fears about the economic repercussions of committing a larger share of the country wealth to the elderly Are allowed to the report decision makers will be Frozen into if the uncertainty can be government will be Able to move boldly to improve the pension alleviating the suffering of today older citizens some of whom Are in desperate Straits and pro Viding for a better future for the next generation of the 24member a group of so called Wise men and women which see pension Page 4 the rough and Tumble leaves the sufferer something for dad this is something for my said Jet Jimmy fondling the puck that had become his first nil the Winner in a w Victory Over the Vancouver canucks ultimatum rejected Zimbabwe guerrilla leaders said yesterday they will reject Britain ultimatum for a ceasefire Strong Resolution demanding release of the 49 americans held hostage in the embassy in Tehran for three a state department official Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini urged his islamic followers today to mobilize everything against the United states and said All iranians must learn to handle a break in crisis in a speech to revolutionary guards As the occupation of the embassy entered its 23rd Khomeini envisaged his nation of 35 million producing a 20millionmember array within a few America is our enemy now and we should have everything mobilized against the shiite moslem Patri Arch and revolutionary our islamic principles say everyone should know How to shoot and How to ride a our youth should learn these skills and teach them to others so that in several years time if we have 20 million youths we shall have 20 million see in Page 4 by John Sullivan the Manitoba government should repay aut Opac for Revenue lost to what he called illegal registration of provincial vehicles in nip Leader Howard Pawley said the opposition Leader and former attorney general said the results of a free press carried in a Story indicate the government is breaking the Law by registering most of its vehicles in Brandon to Cash in on cheaper aut Opac Grey cup is on a government cant break the Law and expect its citizens to respect Pawley the government must change the registrations and pay Back All the Money they owe to but Harry minister responsible for aut Opac and the government vehicle said he preferred to watch the Grey cup pregame show rather than answer questions on the move to Cash in on cheaper insurance although two provincial Laws under Enns control require All vehicle owners including the government to give their primary address on Regis the minister was not Overly its sunday you and the Grey cup is he said when contacted by i think its rather presumptuous of you to go after me on this right can we let it go and watch the Grey cup he the minister could not be reached later in the same rationale attorney general Gerry Mercier re fused to comment on the Issue yester before he Hung Enns said he was not specifically aware that Many government vehicles had out town but added i understand the rationale for the minister argued that any Spe Cial advantage the government gets by registering in Brandon is offset by higher Premium payments to aut Opac if the Accident claims involving the provincial Fleet become the same rationale was used by aut Opac chairman Dutton last although initially unaware of the government Dutton later excused it on the grounds that aut Opac didst lose any Money on the but Dutton also admitted that private motorists and Fleet owners would have their aut Opac coverage voided and their Accident claims rejected if they knowingly mis registered see Enns Page 4 pilgrims die in crash Jidida up a pakistani Airliner flying moslem pilgrims Home from Mecca caught exploded and crashed shortly after taking off Early today from All 157 persons aboard were believed Paki International airlines a saudi arabian air Force helicopter landed at the crash scene but there was no report of any Surv airline officials said they did not Rule out but engineers in the planes said they believe a Short circuit caused the fire and an airline spokesman said the Boe ing 707 crashed about 20 minutes after taking off from this red sea port the wreck was about 110 Kilometres Northeast of in rough and mountainous desert to the North of site of islam holiest China to compete in 1980 olympics Switzerland Reuter won the right today to compete in the 1980 olympic games when the International olympic committee voted to accept its an Ioc official thank the marines Index and not pakistani saved 90 persons trapped in the besieged embassy in Islamabad last says an american journalist who was among those Shadow of fear a Shadow of fear hovers Over a crowded refugee Camp in Thailand where members of Cambodia ousted 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