Winnipeg Free Press

Thursday, December 06, 1979

Issue date: Thursday, December 6, 1979
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Previous edition: Wednesday, December 5, 1979

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 6, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba It Iran crisis unites in defiant patriotism the associated fhe Battle cry of Reffie Aber Harbor was recalled yesterday As americans likened the holding of hos tages i Iran to the japanese sneak attack it years ago this in a show of patriotism rare since the second world there were prayers and petitions from the people and assurances from president Walter Mondale that we Are not going to forget until the 50 gags Are freed in win fight with As More iranians were ordered de historic Trinity which Wall Street in joined other churches across the country in pealing its Bells at the anniversary of the on Pearl new York cab Drivers will drive with their headlights on for one hour in a demonstration of support for the in country became United like it never was before and we beat attempts to take away our free Doms and said Howard president of the Independent taxi owners americans stand together again and remember Iran and remember the american hostages in some the anger of was More an anti iranian demonstration at Washington and Lee University in Lex on tuesday night Deve loped into a screaming Torch carrying mob of about 400 students that burned two iranian and effigies of and about 200 marched on neighbor ing Virginia military where nine iranians attend to look for to be re Swithin unidentified american hostage at the embassy in Tehran exercises in embassy grounds nip vows to reestablish aut Opac if tories implement Burn report continued from Page 1 i believe the air be cleared he joined the others in predicting higher crumbling service and a chaos of inefficiency if aut Opac be comes a private Pawley vowed that an nip govern ment would quickly reestablish Auto Pac and improve the no fault benefits if the government implements the rec we will be opposing this the Basic essence of he is totally and wholly unset Isaac Pawley blasted Harry minister responsible for for promising careful study of the saying this absolute departure from earlier tory assurances that aut Opac is Here to Enns must not Dill Dally for they must continue it or close it one or the i have no doubt in my mind that the government intends to dismantle Auto my Only doubt is their demands documentation the opposition Leader also demanded that the Burns committee document its charges of political interference in Pic operations and threats by Auto Pac against its insurance Pawley called the committees plan to open the Auto insurance Field to private companies unrealistic and said it would result in a Large number of High risk Drivers going without insure he criticized the bums committee for urging optional collision insurance despite the massive delays and in creased costs it would cause and polls showing 71 per cent of Manitoban in favor of compulsory the nip does not oppose recommendations for higher death and disability benefits and expansion of no fault Cov he but rejects the charge that Auto acs monopoly has caused it to become insensitive and who resigned from the nip tuesday to sit As an Independent new challenged Lyon to screw up his courage and test his convictions by calling an election on the aut Opac the tories should seek an immedi airlines must accommodate All nonsmoking Dassen Crews continued from Page 1 at that just about everyone got fired Eastern spokesman Gil Perlroth said the nonsmoker was first offered a seat on the next when he turned Down that and a Call for a Volunteer to change seats went the nonsmoking Section was the civil aeronautics Board says airlines must provide enough seats in a nonsmoking Section to accommodate All then the neighbouring passengers re fused to obey the pilots order to Stop ill show you How its a senior flight attendant quoted the non identified As Richard a tax As say ing to his companions just before the ruckus Lent denied making the saying All he wanted was a non smoking it was silly and said Emory a passenger from i Haven seen a Dis play like this since we had to land the plane and sort out everybody dollies and Metal Kristof said that after Lent threatened Legal action against the airline because those around him were assaulting him with Kinsey appealed to everyone sense of Rea then he said i cannot have an insurrection on my Kristof quoted the Pilot As saying that if the situation remained Usta he would land the passenger Harry executive Vic president of the new York news paper said the dispute began when Lent demanded that everyone near him Stop Fisdell the Pilot came on and said those in the smoking Fisdell said he and others continued to smoke while Lent continued to raise Fisdell said that Kinsey then announced in telling you this insurrection has to Stop or in going to land the two minutes the Pilot comes Over again and says the insurrection Hast in and he ate mandate from the people of Mani Toba to bring in other companies to engage in Competition with As this committee Green he also argued that turning Auto Pac into a Mutual company owned by its policyholders is ridiculous because the Crown Agency is already just its already owned by the policy holders the people of he Bill nip minister responsible for Pic when the government changed hands in said the report is exactly what i would expect from a committee set up to do a he called the commission a total waste of Money since any private insurance company would have recommended the same Uruski also predicted the be cause it is harsh and would make the Lyon government look like pussycats if they adopt a modified version of he said the most Likely result is abolition of pics general insurance division As a Concession to the Lone Liberal la june Westbury said her constituents Are solidly opposed to returning automobile insurance to private Industry and called parts of the Burns report sheer Insan i think weve been ripped off on this whole report i think the committee knew very Well that they were expected to recommend it go Back into private Westbury said aut Opac would be left with the bad risks in a system of open Competition unless there Are rigid requirements for private insurers to take a she predicted the government would wait for protests against the bums report to die Down and then no in a modified version of London a Britain foreign Secretary predicts a final rhodesian settlement will be reached in a few concluding the London peace con Ference following agree ment yesterday on principles of a lord the foreign Secre told the House of lords he plans to Send a British governor to Zimbabwe Rhodesia in a few he will reestablish British control until Spring elections in the african whose White settlers proclaimed Independence in 1965 rather than submit to Black major Ity other officials said the governor will be lord Soninlaw of the late sir Winston Churchill and a former Cabinet Zimbabwe Rhode Sias Black prime minister elected last Abel agreed to step aside in the interests of a lasting work out details Carrington said military specialists will work out details of the truce in the next few Days to halt seven years of guerrilla warfare in which More than persons have been Points to be worked out Are the ceasefire the location of 15 Camps in which the patriotic front guerrillas will Assem we and organization of a Commonwealth Force to Monitor compliance with the patriotic front leaders Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo agreed to principles of a ceasefire after 13 weeks of bargaining with Carrington and Muzorewa that first produced agreement on a new Constitution curtailing the rights of the White minority and then political arrangements for the Transi Tion to a new elected a spokesman for the guerrilla Lead ers said there Are hazards ahead in the process of a Mili tary source in the rhodesian commented it might be All Over except for the shouting in but theres no Way to suddenly pull the curtain Down on this the London daily express gave two cheers for Britain Success at the peace conference but said the third cheer must wait until Carrington said the peacekeeping Force will surround the new guerrilla or Assembly As they Are As Well As Zimbabwe rhodesian army and air Wilt disarm All government combat planes and will control bomb and arms this is to allay the guerrillas fears that they would be put into concentration Camps and Carrington also said All external forces will have to leave the this was a reference to hundreds of South african soldiers known to stationed inside Zimbabwe Rhodesia despite denials from the South african government that it has forces in the changed change thinner the Royal Canadian mint is going to shrink your Money before it gets to your starting the one cent piece will be made thinner and it will be reduced to Grams from and in thickness to Milli metres from the change in the change wont affect vending machines since they dont take said Bob Winnipeg Branch manager of Coin acceptors the manufacturer of the mechanism in vending machine mechanism which accepts he said there will be a problem with Coin because two sizes of pennies will be operations such As the Manitoba Tele phone and transit will be fouled up for Yvon master of the said in a statement that the change will hardly be the new size will reduce production including minting and the Price of the which has exceeded the coins nominal liberals to blame for Oil Clark claims continued from Page 1 minister with questions about Energy supplies following a statement from Gulf Canada the principal importer of iranian that it has been Cut off from supplies due to the hostage Clark countered opposition charges of conservative government inaction to protect import dependent Eastern can Ada by criticizing the previous Liberal government for Lack of Clark told reporters outside the com Mons he did not know How severe the shortages might How Long they would last or where the Impact would be Felt the there would be More information in the Energy boards report on the Supply these things depend on the severity of the Winter and other factors but we have to plan for the worst possible circumstance and we Are trying to Lay plans that will minimize hardship in the american recipient of Arifi he i see no need to invoke the emergency provisions Cyril nip Energy said appointment of members to the Alloca Tion Board was just the first step in the process of preparing for Oil and gasoline the government should make certain the infrastructure is in place in Case the allocation of Petroleum products becomes Neces the new Democrat my also asked Clark to comment on the status of negotiations with Mexico and Venezuela for new Oil Supply the prime minister replied that he hoped to announce a formal Deal with Mexico by next Spring in Advance of a state visit by that country the mexican Deal called for the possibility of shipments of barrels a Day by late this year or Early i from the news services Santa one of two american patients who last week received transfusions of artificial blood died it was Learned the a 65yearold male who was not entered doctors Hospital five Days earlier in Shock due to massive bleeding in the gastrointestinal Ron l Lapin both patients were Jehovah wit a religious sect that refuses to accept human blood transfusions but allows use of artificial there is no reason to believe that the artificial blood was a Factor in causing his Lapin autopsy findings on the deceased Man Are St Ftp he missile put on rocket car Rogers California a sidewinder missile was fitted yester Day to the rocket vehicle driven by film stuntman Stan Barrett to give him More Power to try news Roundup to become the first Man to break the sound Barrier on the Needle nosed rocket vehicle later made a test run across this dry Lake bed at a Speed of Between 560 and 640 the sound Barrier Speed is about first bodies recovered Auckland the first 114 bodies recovered from the crash of an air new zealand dc10 jetliner in Antarctica were flown Back to Auckland a total of 152 bodies have been Reco Vered from the crash site on the slopes of mount an Active Volcano on Ross the crash killed All 257 persons aboard the dc10 which was on a sightseeing Hospital of Trews five through a this English fire swept r of a mental Hospital in islands Village at Dawn killing five elderly women patients and injuring three one report said the dead patients May have been trapped inside a locked nurses at the 103yearold Crispin Hospital helped to evacuate More than 150 some in karate master regrets Tokyo Mas japans master of Ful Contact says life has become unbearably unpleasant and full of regrets since he bowed to Arab pressure and barred israeli competitors from an International Tournai it was a Case in which japans concern for a steady flow of Oil per cent of which comes from the mid East seeped into i did not want to contribute to the country he adding he regrets his decision to ask the israeli team to stay away from the second world open karate tournament journal editors seized Moscow secret police agents searched the Homes of six editors of an underground journal and held two of them for dissident Leader Andrei Sakharov said Sakharov told Western correspondents the six were involved with pub Lishing Poi ski of which six issues have appeared in two he said Viktor Sorokin and Valery Abra Rakin were taken away for questioning by Kab who also confiscated typewriters and typing Tram crash reported Spain a commuter train collided with a freight train North of Barcelona today and railway officials said there reports of scores of injured and an undetermined number of the officials said victims were being taken to hospitals at about 30 Kilometres North of authorities said Rescue workers were struggling through the wreckage to reach a number of Passen Gers trapped inside shattered asphyxiation blamed Pope to stay in Rome Ohio the 11 Young people killed when Rock music fans pushed their Way into riverfront Coli Seum for a concert by the who died of a Coroner said Frank Cleveland of Hamilton county said in a preliminary report that the victims were pressed under the weight of others who stepped and fell on he said he would make an official ruling after testing blood and tissue Foster Wall to be closed peking peking democracy Wall will be closed on but people will still be Able to put up posters in a Park after registering their names and addresses with the author City officials announced today the closure of the Wall had been expected following a Campaign against the forum for political activist by members of the press and City Vatican City Pope John Paul ii will celebrate Midnight Christmas mass at Peters Basilica and deliver a Christmas message from the main Balcony of the huge Basilica at noon the made wednesday by a Vatican dispelled rumours that the polish bom Pope might go to Bethlehem for Christ fix office under siege troops Are reported besieging the Tripoli office of Yasser Arafat Palestine liberation organization and rounding up Plo officials in the libyan the official iraqi news Agency said the Plo radio station in Algiers reported the Arab diplomats in Beirut said Libya Moa mar was trying to Force the various palestinian guerrilla movements to they did not Plo Headquarters in Beirut would not comment cd the ;