Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 28, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free november ens warnings Washington a president Carter has stepped up his War of words with saying his government will never submit to blackmail and that american Honor will take precedence Over the lives of the 49 hostages being held at the embassy in Commonwealth blasts aides the president will underline his stand in a televised news conference scheduled for 8 Cost tonight in which he Hopes to rally Public opinion and convince Iran of White House and state depart ment officials Are saying they want to keep the 24dayold iranian crisis from boiling Over until the in Security Council meets again the Carter administration fears Ira Nian leaders believe they can win some Battle for american Public Opin Ion and that the american people will end up supporting their demands Lor a trial of the deposed said a White House official who asked not to be the official said Carter hoped to dispel that impression at his news officials said yesterday it is possible some useful discussions May take place this weekend if Iran eign Abolhassan shows up for the in debate on the embassy traits leaders have demanded that the president return the Shah for trial on charges of murder and plundering the National Banisadr has said subsequently it would improve the climate7 if the would agree in Advance to allow some sort of International tribunal to hear iranian allegations against the deposed but while the administration seemed to be moving quietly toward private talks with the president seek Asylum in Canada two armed chileans on of Fence Chat with report ers from inside the Yard of the Canadian embassy in yesterday after threatening to commit suicide unless granted Asylum in the pair later surrendered to a spokesman said Canadian ambassador Glen Buick was assured the men would not be mistreated and that he could visit them in prison in postpones crisis debate Waldheim urges and Iran not to inflame9 hostage situation further United nations a the in Security Council has delayed the Start its debate on the crisis saturday waiting for the of Iran acting foreign minis Teh the Security Council launched its Public consideration of the crisis with a Brief session yesterday at which it Wieard speeches by Secretary general Waldheim and Council president Sergio Palacios de Vizzio of then it adjourned until Waldheim called on the United states and Iran to avoid any action which could inflame the situation Palacios de Vizzio urged Iran to release the 49 americans held hostage in the embassy in renewing an Appeal he made on behalf of the Council Iran in Mission said acting for eign minister Abolhassan Banisadr would be in new York for the Start of the debate saturday but Ayatollah Ruhollah the Leader of Iran revolutionary rejected in Advance any Council Resolution dictated by the Khomeini remarks appeared to reject the Only proposal for Council action that has surfaced so under that Iran would free the hostages and end the embassy occupation in Exchange for creation by the Council of an International commission to investigate Khomeini allegations that Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was responsible for the death of nearly martyrs and had plundered the Irani an the Ayatollah lumped together the charges against the Shah and his Alle gation that the hostages were saying any investigation into packaged produce offers More for the food Dollar continued from Page 1 bags of Grapefruit appear to contain More than the printed net weight most a bag of Hamlin Florida or Anges which was supposed to weigh five pounds actually weighed 5 while the weights of others were Over by one to eight at the family fare store at 1853 Grant five bags of Ontario macintosh apples were All the Survey showed that in All other packaged foods such As beets and radishes were also found to weigh More than the printed net Kopp said store management might not like people handling so Many for fear of bruising the but Canada Safeway spokesman Mike Sweeney says there would probably not be any it really depends on the but generally we would by All go ahead and Check the Sweeney said store produce manag ers perform inshore weight checks in addition to government inspections and spot he said the checks occur All the time but added the results of the spot tests Are Only revealed when something is it Kopp said his department has eight inspectors who Are responsible for the stores throughout the plus a part of the Northwest Terri with so few staff for such a Large spot checks cannot be conducted All the if we think a particular store is having a we try to get Back to if the problem int corrected by the next we take Legal action but that a difficult course we took one Independent store in Winnipeg to court three years ago because it was Short weighted on 27 packages the first time we and 14 the next the judge Dis missed the Case because he said the store had at least Kopp said that in five stores in Winnipeg and other parts of the prov Ince were taken to fines ranged from to no prosecutions have occurred since the Case of the deposed Shah and the spies must be carried out Only in Iran had sought to delay the Council meeting until next week while the demanded an earlier Public session to Call again for the release of the hos state department officials in Washington said the time had not come for a showdown and that the Carter administration was willing to wait through the end of this week for in Iran chief in Jamal told the Council that debate on the crisis would not be opportune and productive until after the shiite moslem Days of mourning to Morrow and attack rumoured As the holy Days rumours swept Tehran that the was plan Ning an attack to free the hostages and that american agents would incite the demonstrating crowds to break in to the embassy so that a Rescue could be attempted during the militant students holding the embassy since 4 announced they had mines planted throughout the embassy compound and would explode them if any attempt was made to break and the commanders of Khomeini revolutionary guards and the regular armed forces said their men were ready to defend Iran with the last drop of their a gallstone was removed from the bile duct of the Shah at new York Hospital where he has been a patient since his doctors said he would have to remain under Obser vation for several Days to determine if there were himself was escalating the War of Carter said yesterday that the of America is at stake in the embassy and that the hostages have been threatened at pistol Point and forced to make statements they do not speaking to a group of democrats working for his he said this is a reprehensible a Dis Grace to every person who believes in civilization and 1 will protect the Honor of our country and will not under any circumstances yield to Carter also told democratic congressional leaders that the release of the hostages would not wipe the slate that remark sent Carters chief Jody scurrying to deny that the remark meant Carter intends some sort of punishing action against Iran whether or not the hos tages Are eventually cheaper Fleet policy 3 says continued from Page 1 420 Are registered to company head quarters in of those vehicles with out town 420 Are registered in Brandon where aut Opac rates Are much cheaper than in we Are aware of that aut Opac policy and we use Smith we go by area or division we Register according to where the vehicles Are used most of the Mills said Hydro licensed vehicles Are registered where they Are based and not according to where they Are we have quite a bit of equipment that based in Winnipeg but spends a Good part of its life working in Northern or Rural he but if there based there registered Mills said registering vehicles in a topic territories where they Are used would cause some internal problems for Hydro because its staff is based in headquarter he said his own though driven outside the City More than half the is registered in Winnipeg because Hes based we also think it be fair for a person who lives in Winnipeg to Register his vehicle last the free press uncovered massive government vehicle registrations in qualifying the cars for Auto acs lower territory 2 aut Opac minister Harry who also controls the government vehicle has admitted provincial Laws May have to be changed to legalize the 1971 registration he also promised to consider extending the same right to private Fleet operators having vehicles in Rural the government had vehicles registered outside the City in 1977 but Only of them were actually based in Rural according to figures made Public by in 943 government cars and trucks were based in Winnipeg at that time but Only 200 of them were registered to the provincial garage the 1971 Deal Between the govern ment and aut Opac said provincial vehicles used More than 50 per cent of the time in Rural areas could be registered regardless of base Enns insisted monday that Only about 15 per cent of provincial vehicles Are used or considered to be Pri Marily used for Urban he said the 1971 policy allowed the other 85 per cent to be registered in Thompson or the no estimate of losses although the government paid Auto Pac in premiums on its Fleet last officials have not been Able to say How much More Revenue the Public insurance corporation would have received if All vehicles had been registered in aut Opac officials say every vehicle would have to be assessed for engine size and other factors in order to determine the its possible to prepare the inform but it would require several people locked in a room full time for a week or More to do an aide to Enns said the 1971 agreement Between the government and aut Opac clearly admits the purpose of allowing out town registrations was to Cash in on lower insurance rates in Rural it said that since place of residence or address As shown on the vehicle licence is the determining Factor for Auto acs three territorial areas of it has been agreed with the Pic that the government should maintain addresses for licence and insurance purposes outside of Winni tax brackets and exemptions to Rise next year Ottawa up personal exempt tax brackets and the refundable child tax credit will go up by per cent for the 1980 tax finance minister John Crosbie tabled the tax indexation details in the com Mons saying that while the information was to have been in his 11 he had decided to do it earlier to give employers time to make the necessary adjustments to the 1980 payroll deduction the increase will Benefit Federal taxpayers by billion in with the Basic personal exemption going up by to reach and the married exemption increasing by to the indexing adjustment for each year is based on the average annual increase in the consumer Price Index for the 12month period ending in sep the exemption for dependants under age 18 goes to from the exemption for those age 18 or to from and the age exempt to from As does the deduction for the Blind and the child tax credit for the 1980 taxation which will be claimed in will Rise to from for each Iraq lifts embargo on Oil exports to Canada t j 1 t j 1 t n m Imarn t it d Arf to Lull from the news services Toronto a Petrosina Canada official said yesterday that Iraq has lifted its unofficial embargo on Oil exports to Nick Van Vic president of sup ply and said the company received word that the firm could re sume importing the Type of crude Oil for which its Large Montreal refinery was first shipments were expected to arrive at in february or the embargo was imposed in protest Over plans to move Canadas embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel its removal came four weeks to the Day after prime minister Joe Clark announced that plans to move the embassy had been mudslide kills eight Kuala Bumpur Monsoon Rains mews Roundup caused a mudslide that ripped Down a Mountainside and covered a medical killing at least eight police reported they said 17 other persons were missing and presumed dead and nine were about 70 persons had sought Refuge in clinic from flood Waters of the per Gau police said most escaped As the Avalanche of mud and rocks roared toward the Plo involvement urged Cairo Egypt dominated by members of president Anwar Sadat governing National democratic yesterday called for involvement of the Palestine libera Tion organization in current talks with Israel on palestinian it is not immediately known whether this indicates a change in the policy of who has insisted that the ques Tion of including the Plo in the peace process should not be discussed Dur ing the three year transitional period specified by the Camp agreements for putting the Palestin ians on the Road to killer wins reprieve new York Alton a condemned killer in slated to die on Friday by a lethal won a Federal stay of execution while the Florida supreme court denied a request to delay the execution of another convicted in James Dupree Henry faces death in the electric chair next thursday for the March 1974 strangulation of an 81yearold Community Leader in the Quet River and Stream collapsed into the Florida supreme court rejected the request for a theologians rap Vatican abortion trial slated Netherlands thirty roman Catholic theologians from around the world have published a criticism of the Vatican secrecy in investigating their the statement was signed by theolo Gians from the United Bel Italy and the four die in flooding the bodies of four persons were pulled from a flood swollen Adirondack Mountain Stream yesterday after a Road col lapsed and at least three cars plunged into the troopers said a 60metre Section of Road just West of Here was undermined by a raging tributary of the Bou Spanish government plans to prosecute 13 women on Crim Inal abortion charges this a month after countrywide feminist demonstrations forced postponement of an abortion trial in Northern last the government postponed the abortion trial 11 women in the Basque Industrial town of Basauri after mass two of the defendants did not show up and no new Date has been set for the Basque workers strike san Spain Public transportation Banks and shops closed and heavy Industry was disrupted in a general strike in the Basque country left Wing strike organizers they estimated that about 60 per cent of workers in the four Basque provinces supported the strike against a worker statute agreed upon in parliament last Indian government reels new Delhi the ruling coalition of India suffered another setback yesterday with the resignation of two ministers Only five weeks before National elections Are to take last finance minister hem Wati Nandan Bahu Guna quit the government and later joined former prime minister Indira Gandhi Congress which is favored to win the Industry minister Brahmananda Reddi and minister of state for civil aviation Atine Edu Prasadarao resigned and also quit the official Congress a Junior partner in prime minister Charan Singh care taker ;