Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 24, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free March James fat press Spring has and so did a Watermain which along with melting Snow created a Small Lake on Cumberland undoubtedly a Stern Welcome from but for a Canoe might have been More Avenue across from Central Park during the for two boys the water meant and the Watermain break was discovered saturday night and was repaired last Iran hostage Transfer Deal failed by Doyle Mcmanus the los Angeles times Iran president Abol Hassan Banisadr and foreign minister Sadegh Ghotb Zadeh said Early today that they tried to arrange a last i Nute Transfer of the 50 american hos tages out of the embassy in Exchange for a Promise from Panama to prevent the Shah from but they ran out of Panama asked us for some kind of gesture toward the hostages within 24 Ghotb Zadeh i promised the Transfer of the hos tages and medical checkups for the foreign minister then they decided to move the Banisadr confirmed in an interview that a possible Transfer of the hostages had been but another source said the iranian officials had not promised clearly that the hostages would be of the hands of the militants Only that they would try to arrange such a an attempt earlier this month to trans Fer control of the hostages was foiled when the backed by Ayatollah Ruhollah opposed the terms of the panamanian and american Sadat stands by Shah offer of Asylum further defines protest orientation by Edward Cody the Washington Post Cairo president Anwar founding his hospitality on islamic tra has ended up As the Only world Leader publicly willing to Wel come the deposed Shah of the offer of Asylum to the Shah also further defines Sadat pro Western orientation and his readiness to Brave the current of islamic fundamentalism that has rolled from Iran across much of the Middle but Sadat has cited islam own tenets in defending his repeated offers to the Shah to take up permanent residence in it is an act of moslem he told parliamentary critics who questioned the Wisdom of allowing the Shah into Egypt after his flight from Iran in january last but Sadat hospitality also is the Reward for past favors accorded by the Shah to a struggling egyptian econ Iran donated about billion to the strained Sadat government after the 1973 Middle East War and the following year helped Avert an Oil crisis Sadat braves criticism by shipping to Egypt about 48 million barrels of crude it seemed natural then for the Shah to Stop first in Egypt after being driven from his from there he moved to the Bahamas and Mexico weekend fires cause in damage an estimated in damage was caused by four Winnipeg fires during the about damage was caused when a fire burned the living room and contents of a House at 489 Young suite at yester the ceiling and contents of uniroyal 771 Marion were damaged by a Blaze at Satur damage was estimated at at the same a fire at a House at 589 Cote caused damage and sent a husband and wife to Yvonne was later but her Hus band remains in guarded condition with firsthand second degree Burns to his face and an estimated damage was caused by a fire at 60 Paramount Road at the fire department spokesman said fireman was injured in the Blaze when he slipped and bruising his ribs and until his Transfer to new York for a cancer but Mexico refused to take him the rest of the world shunned him As Only after intervention did Panama accept Sadat stood firm on his offer of to underline his Ges Sadat had his ruling National democratic party pass a Resolution in the egyptian parliament formally of Fering the Shah a place to the offer was not accepted for a variety of for one the United states was reluctant to see the Shah take up residence further complicating Sadat re lations with other Arab nations whose support was sought for the Middle East peace negotiations set up at Camp the Shah health made it questionable whether he could get proper medical care in the egyptian government was exceptionally secretive about the Shah travel plans last Long after reports from Panama and Washington said the Shah was on his Security heavy Security precautions at Cairo Airport were especially heavy with soldiers carrying ak47 assault rifles with fixed bayonets standing guard As passengers alighted from air planes and picked up their baggage inside the Egypt Security forces Are consid ered by Western experts to be capable of protecting the Shah particularly because of the Large numbers of troopers often deployed around observers predicted that demonstrations were unlikely in any even among egyptians for whom the Shah presence would be leftist groups the progressive unionist the socialist labor party and the moslem brotherhood have officially criticized Sadat willingness to Harbor the but none of these groups has stirred any popular show of resentment at the repeated offers of officials had discussed a Trade off for three a source close to the negotiations Iran wanted the de posed Shah to remain in Panama so it could present its Case today to the panamanian government for his extradition on charges of Mur Der and but the Irani ans asked for delay after delay on the Transfer of the and finally the United states and Panama ran out of source he said panamanian Leader Omar Torrijos had Given the iranians a 24 hour ultimatum saturday to agree to move the hostages or the Shah would be permitted to leave Ghotb Zadeh and Banisadr pleaded for an Extension of the deadline in two Tele phone Calls to but the source extradition hearings even after the Shah took Ghotb Zadeh said he was still willing to make a Deal if the Shah were arrested at some Stopover Point and returned to Ghotb Zadeh and other iranian officials had said they considered their request that Panama hold extradition hearings on the Shah an essential part of the Compromise Iran wanted to present its they to see the Shah treated As a criminal perhaps even to see him arrested by yesterday Ghotb Zadeh pre chemical Levels High continued from Page 1 Hamish Manitoba director of the Federal environmental Protection said i cant say How much Gavin said in a Telephone interview from his Macgregor Field it really mean very we May just be hitting the hot air tests done at the Edge of the site showed concentrations of one part Vinyl Chloride per Gavin no traces of Vinyl Chloride were found in tests done at spots further including two Kilometres to the Gavin said testing of the entire spill site must be done before conclusions can be drawn about How much of the chemical remains on the saturdays samples were taken from the spot where the two leaking tankers had been both cars were shipped yesterday Tole fort Sakatch Plant of Dow the Federal inquiry into the derail ment and chemical spill is scheduled to Start in Winnipeg City Council Cham Bers april seated the plan to Khomeini but Kho Meini did not totally approve of the the source Ghotb Zadeh then asked Torrijos for an Extension of the deadline so that he could work on the but Torrijos Ghotb Zadeh said that Iran intended to go ahead and present its charges against the Shah to the panamanian government if Only to get them on he claimed the extradition petition was he complained that Panama should have arrested or detained the deposed who had taken Refuge on an Island off the country Pacific from the first Day Iran notified Pana Manian officials of its intention to seek his two months they have broken their own the foreign minister the foreign minister noted that Pana Manian Law prohibits extraditing any defendant who would face execution in his Home but he said Iran was prepared to meet that we eliminated All their and then they made the decision to let the Shah Ghotb Zadeh Iran National radio network reported the Shah departure from Panama without any official score party hangs Fate on by election Jet service could be costly by John Mcmanus daily Jet service tying Brandon to Toronto and Calgary could Cost the Canadian taxpayer million to up Grade the Brandon Albert owned Pacific Western air lines has applied for the which would give it reentry into the lucrative Toronto Calgary in its takeover of trans air a year had to drop Winnipeg to Ronto service As a transport Canada said it will take immediately to upgrade the Brandon facility to handle if the service continued after a two year trial the Bill would be More than pea has told the Canadian trans port commission it could Start service in but said this week that timetable could be set Back if a decision is Etc commissioner Bemie Wolfe said in an interview he has recommended to the commission that a Public hearing on the pea and other applications be held in transport Canada Doest operate the municipally owned but supplies air traffic services and navigational aids and imposes regulations and two proposals it is also the conduit for Federal funding for Canadian Terry manager of Airport operations for the Central said transport Canada prepared two proposals to handle Jet aircraft of More than pounds on an Airport that normally is used by aircraft on tenth the size and on third the Gibson said the Airport would have to have a new visual approach slope Indi Cator system Vasis As Well As a new runway sweeper and plough truck As minimum requirements at a Cost of the first proposal is based on a two year runway Wear and navigation and support needs known to be needed Over the Long term would be assessed As to handle jets Brandon would need High intensity approach reinforcement of the runways and an instrument Landing system ils to raise standards at the Western Manitoba these along with garage expansion and possible increase in air traffic control staff would mean an outlay of More than million Over a five year Gibson expensive system ils will Cost Gibson said there could be some restriction on the payload of the jets using pea would be using Boeing 737 twin jets weighing pounds with an additional when full loaded with As Well As concern Over regular use of the present trans port Canada is concerned about limit ing the loads of the jets on the leg Between Brandon and Brandon is 915 nautical Miles from Toronto Over a route that has a Scarcity of major airports that could be used As alternate Landing f from the news services Thetford a fed Era by election in the Eastern town ships Riding of Frontenac May hold the key to the Fate of the social credit sacred Leader Fabien Roy is hoping for Strong support to Send him to Ottawa and revive a party which was wiped out in the 18 general standing in his Way is Leopold Corri a Liberal who has held the Riding for 10 years and who predicts hell win this time by double his margin of Victory in the the by election was called after Nel son sacred candidate for the general died during the Cam also on the ballot today Are nip candidate Jeandenis Marx is Leninist Jean Nolin and independents Patricia Hugues Gil Bert and John the latter a Maverick social credited who ran As an Independent in Ottaw Centre last reactors shut Down equipment problems prompted the shutdown yesterday of reactors at two nuclear Power plants in the United including one in Connecticut that went out of service for the fifth time in five officials at the Millstone nuclear Plant in said opera tors shut Down the 2 unit after discovering a there was no release of officials in the 1 nuclear reactor at the Brunswick Plant automatically shut Down at 1 when a water level indicator Small amounts of radiation were re leased inside the containment but they were Well within permissible none was released Atlantic Region buffeted Halifax winds gusting to 100 Kilometres an hour battered the Atlan tic provinces forcing air Canada to cancel All flights in and out of this City and causing delays in ferry about 10 centimetres of Snow fell in most of Nova Scotia and Eastern Prince Edward where heavy Drifting was highways were Treacher Ous in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward rain fell in Newfoundland and heavy winds delayed the Docking of the in ferry Marine Nautica at port Aux basques for More than 10 news Roundup poles cast ballots Warsaw polish voters cast bal lots yesterday for a new selecting candidates from a single list prepared by the communist dissidents claimed that thousands boycotted the results Are not expected to be announced by the government until late today or Early a total of 460 deputies were to be elected to the or the highest authority in the country under the in the communist party political Bureau led by Edward Gierek makes All important decisions and parliament approves the communists on sorted front of National Unity named 646 candidates to run for the 444 an additional 16 seats were allowed to no party violence continues san Salvador a student was reported killed saturday and 25 peas ants yesterday As violence continued in the Wake of sweeping land Reform and Bank nationalization the student was reportedly killed when gunmen fired machine guns at the Central american University build the peasants were killed in a clash with salvadorean Security forces near 65 Kilometres North of the ruling Junta decreed its Mea sures Early this month in a bid to Avert a civil Chad ceasefire broken Paris dispatches reaching the French capital said leaders of rival moslem factions in Chad agreed yesterday to a but there were reports of new intensive fighting in the capital of the turbulent Central african under terms of the reported president go Kouni of Eddei and prime minister his Sene Habre agreed to withdraw their respective troops behind lines running through the and to have members of both armies and French troops patrol the area in bomb gute consulate London a 100pound bomb exploded at the italian consulate in Cen trial London Early starting a fire that gutted the the six floor police no one was Hurt in the blast or which forced the evacuation of More than 100 people living ;