Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 12, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba The Man who discovered Norval Charity stunt Stul m flu Nind ath is fat Fitusi chief car i mock Awty it Iron in tit i upstairs off Jefe knew it was Iff for i mtmk4 Tut about a asm Yorng wearing balaclavas and toting it calibre and if Pis into the main floor at Brandon City Hall yesterday morn ing it was a real life drama for a group of civic the kidnapping of Brandon mayor Kenneth Burgess at yester Day was supposed to be a a mock snatch to raise Money for that cites lagging United Way a clerk i the i think it i t sick they win scattering All Over the 1 you see that iranian situation on television every Day and when something comes right into your Oft work it set me t dont care if it was for find Lorraine also a said she was stunned by the one Guy came tight into the doorway of our he was wearing a ski mask and was Eaffy Ift a he told everyone to stay away from the he told a customer to stand against the 1 said break ing Down ii related the Inci Dent in an licensing office Ken my Viride was sitting at a desk near the the Guy was standing there with a single barrel the More 1 think about what happened the Cran Kier 1 if 1 see the id like to break his Burgess said his kidnapping for a Ransom from each Brandon resident was a publicity stunt he agreed to take part in when he was approached Mon Day by the Young people who wanted to help the fund raising Keti president of the Iran Don find District United Appeal and Campaign chairman Bruce Fraser said they knew nothing about the mock kidnapping until after it had acting police chief Elliott was parked a Block waiting to follow the kidnappers cars and pick the mayor up to bring him Back to the but neither were expecting such realism and Burgess didst Tell his staff of the said chief More kids got involved than it simply got out of guns we rent part of the original he an investigation is in i will discuss the matter with the Crown As to the possibility of laying flurries today Cloudy tonight High 12 Low 20 press december i vol 1 As no 11 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets final200 for Home Call 9439331 two weeks for outside City pcs deliver Tough times budget 1 gasoline up a litre smokers hit Ger Fly free Fless by Carol Goar up news service Ottawa canadians woke up this morning to a Forcen Salitre 18cent gallon increase in gasoline with further increases just months in his first finance minister John Crosbie also hit Consumers with increased taxes on liquor and it was a budget of few packed with Tough measures to cure the country of its reputation the worst Gas guzzler in the industrialized it is the first budget of a new Crosbie told the commons last As he unveiled his program to drag the country kicking and screaming if necessary out of its doldrums of serious persistent in profligate Energy use and near wine up cents while he the Price of filling an average Gas tank shot to from a package of cigarettes jumped cents in a 25ounce bottle of liquor went up by 11 cents and wine by the measures the government promised to include in the budget to help ease the country into the painful age of expensive Energy were there but most remained either vague or Well in the the expected improvements in the country Home insulation for have not yet been negotiated with the although Crosbie is prepared to set aside the necessary and the single major Relief measure in the a tax refund designed to protect Lowland Middle income canadians from the Brunt of sparing Energy does not come into effect until even the tax break will be introduced at per adult on the government is offering a refundable Energy tax credit to All families with annual incomes of less than of per adult and per in the minimum any taxpayer can claim next year is half the the government Felt it could hold off introducing the measure until next when Consumers will first Start to feel the Impact of significant Energy Price the budget confirmed that the government is determined to secure agree ment with Alberta to raise the Price of Oil by a barrel next year and but also made it Clear that no such Accord has been reached who has made no secret of his annoyance with the Federal govern ments seeming inability to reach agreement with reluctantly acknowledged that his budget had to be see budget Page 4 Crosbie gets Good Luck kiss from wife Jane before speech cheap booze still Here tippers who want to save some Money will have at least today to pick up their and beat the tax increases announced by finance minister John Crosbie last liquor will jump about 11 cents a leaving very few brands below the minimum Price of about a Beer will increase by 25 cents a 12pack driving up the Price to for a Case of Standard Beer and for Light while wine will jump about 13 cents a Alex acting chairman for the Manitoba liquor control commis said he was caught of guard by the Tevendale say when the increases would take affect or How much they would be until he finds out whether the taxes Are to be imposed at the retail level or at the if Ottawa came Down through some directive and said at Point of Sale youll collect 11 cents a bottle and turn it Over to we pretty Well have to Blanket it the Market with some sort of sur he said explaining that would mean higher prices by if it is Only an increase on the proof gallon at the Point of any Overall Price increase would take about three inside today Tito backs Campaign president Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia has Given his personal backing to a Campaign to prevent the spread of pan islamic revolutionary ideas among Europe most important moslem police found guilty Canadian Law has permitted police evidence obtained through unfair or illegal Means to be admitted at for detectives Gerald Stevenson and Robert Mclean that same system brought a guilty Economy debated both government and opposition members were armed with statistics budget 8o highlights j tax on alcoholic beverages is increased immediately by 11 cents for a bottle of 24 cents for 24 regular 12 cents for 24 Light cents for most bottles of tax on tobacco is raised immediately by 10 per in no change in personal income except for a new Energy tax credit to be phased in Over two i i unemployment insurance premiums for employees increase to from for each employer contributions increase to from i j excise tax on gasoline increases immediately to 25 cents a gallon from seven fishermen and Public Urban transit will receive corporate amounting to five per cent of regular Federal income tax is effective immediately until j court ordered payments to a common Law spouse or illegitimate children become tax Michael Thornton of Winnipeg managed to beat the Rise in Gas prices by filling up Rhodesia Independence ends Salisbury a the Zimbabwe rhodesian parliament voted unanimously yesterday to end 14 years of self declared Independence and restore direct British the action will end in Trade sanctions and move the country closer to legitimate prime minister Abel Muzorewa told maps before the vote that Briti Shap pointed governor lord Soames will assume office immediately on his arrival today from lifting sanctions when the governor touches Down at Salisbury sanctions will disappear into the said who is stepping Down As the country first Black prime a Post he assumed after elections in Soames negotiated in London during the last three months by Muzorewa biracial Britain and the patriotic front guerrilla Alli will be to end the seven year guerrilla prepare the country for new elections and ultimately for inter nationally recognized the raising of the Union Jack today will be the first time the Standard has flown in Africa since Swaziland gained Independence in in British prime minister Margaret Thatcher told the House of commons that Soames will begin his duties although the patriotic front leaders have not yet confirmed they will accept his the British government Hopes the Black nationalist guerrillas will accept the peace plan within several front leaders Are still negotiating final details of a ceasefire to the civil War that has Cost the conflict began in when White leaders of the British Colony unilaterally declared Independence rather than submit to Rule by the overwhelmingly Black the see Rhodesia Page 4 ease up on minorities or face civil Khomeini warned Tehran a the religious Leader of Iran rebellious ethnic turks warned yesterday that the revolution Ary regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Kho Meini must liberalize its policies to Ward the troubled Northwest Azerbaijan Region or face civil in an interview at his Home in the holy City of qum where Khomeini also has the country Sec Ond ranking Mohammed Kazem said he has no evidence of involvement in the azerbaijani fighting and indicated his displeasure with Khomeini tactic of blaming the United states and Zion ism for internal foreign minister Sadegh Ghotb Zadeh said International observers will be allowed to see the Ameri cans held hostage at the embassy and that efforts Are under Way to As semble an International grand jury to hear charges against the deposed Ghotb Zadeh told a news conference we Are going to have International observers to go and visit the prison ers i a very Short time and afterwards 1 Hope that visits will be made a spokesman for the Stu dents at the embassy refused to con firm or deny Ghotb Zadess assertions see Iran Page 4 grits fear Stampede Large tournament Index anytime a group of liberals fearing a sort of Stampede or steamroller at their leadership convention next March says the party should put on the brakes and consider other issues on the the International extravaganza which begins tonight at the Winnipeg convention Centre like the biggest women basketball tournament Ever held Core deteriorating soviets Superior Leader waiting Donald Macdonald is the Leader waiting of the Federal Liberal and the fact that he Hast announced his intention to seek the leadership is but yesterday to prove the provincial Economy or Dairy farms drop the Manitoba milk producers Coop association says another 22 families stopped producing milk in Manitoba during bringing the total for the first 11 months of 1979 to 125 families who have sold out or dropped out of the Dairy Winnipeg Cor Earea residential neighbourhoods Are deteriorating As rapidly As those in new York the director of the University of Winnipeg Institute of Urban studies has 2 the head of natos military committee said yesterday the deployment of new nuclear missiles in Western Europe will not tip the military balance in favor of the anytime 61 Bridge 29 business 62 comics 98 crossword 28 deaths 68 Doug 5 food 49 Horoscope 31 Jumble puzites 72 Kruijer movies 39 scores Clark wins round Cheque hassles hockey Jane Crosbie was determined not to sell the handful of shares she had acquired with some sacrifice just because her husband had but a smooth talking Joe Clark changed her Fred Favel made a few purchases in a store recently and tried to pay by he had 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