Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, July 21, 1980

Issue date: Monday, July 21, 1980
Pages available: 72
Previous edition: Saturday, July 19, 1980

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 21, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4h Story no or tale of woe by Andy Becq Winnipeg Pree press if the Al files an the faces of visiting 4h club members from Are any Indica this is one news Story that will Likely have a Happy the Shock and disappointment the native Indian ohs Weken 4ti club bets Felt after an Oak Lake club backed out of an Exchange program last month have faded As they trate on enjoying themselves with the 4h club that All behind us were living fit the ohs Elm Tofe and trip org alter Flie Fesa Harris said 1 West dont want to think abort said Lepha i dont want to go Home its Nice do the Oak Lake Tab cancelled the Exchange trip after Teton my its Meffle Bers would tie staying with a fatties on the six nations Indian my we the Rose do lat area whose members have in an area about 250 Kilometres Northwest of snapped up the Opportunity to take pan in the Exchange funded by the Secre tary of states department area said is to have the Flippo finnity to go to ohs Weken with an Geordie also in Forward id said the ohs Weken tale prepared Tot including a Dabow wadis the Manitoba powwow and trip to nearby pm going to take him to Niagara Falls and pm going to take my to sky Ftp think its said Florence Turko when Sketl How she thought the is change is she is hosting two of the ohs Weken club the two girls paired off with item children have blended right it to the the ohs Weken the majority of whom Are staying in the Fork Eton area North of have taken pan in a variety of activities including horseback water skiing and a sports Day fifteen ohs Weken club members have been paired off 15 4h club members in the Rose follow ing a seven Day visit to the 30 4h plus will leave for ohs Weken Dave Mawn is Riding the old wave Clearing tonight 12 sunny tomorrow 28 july free press Sun sets Moon rises sets final 20c for Home Call 9570550 Downs strike to halt racing by Elman Guttormson Assiniboia Downs this morning can celled wednesday thoroughbred race and there will be no further racing at the Downs until a dispute Between the jockeys and horse owners and breeders is however tonight eight race card will go As the cancellation of wednesdays card came after jockeys went on strike and refused to accept mounts because horsemen refused to share in the Bonus Money they receive for Manitoba red three and four Jearolds which finish first to Bob Vic president of opera said the track had to cancel wednesdays card because there were insufficient entries and no jockeys were named on entered no further racing in fairness to the racing we Felt that until present difficulty Between the cts horse breeders and the hupa owners and trainers and the jockeys Benefit association is no further racing can be conducted at Assiniboia he emphasized that the Downs was remaining Neutral in the when Wright made the announce 64 horses had been none had jockeys named on Don executive Secretary of the jockeys benevolent said yesterday that unless the horsemen agree to give the riders 10 per cent of the Bonus Money they receive when Manitoba reds finish second or the jockeys accept mounts for wednesdays directors of the horsemen Benevo Lent protective association voted six to five not to share the Bonus Money with the at stake for the remainder of this racing season is an estimated and for about 20 jockeys system changes owners of Manitoba reds have been receiving Bonus which was previously distributed at the end of the racing for several years last the system was changed and the Bonus Money was deposited into the horsemen accounts after each purse Money listed Lor All Manitoba red stakes races includes the Bonus since the system was jockeys have said they Are entitled to 10 Pei cent of the Bonus Money they normally get 10 per cent of the second and third place Money if the value of the purse is or i dont think we should accede to he jockeys said Alexander Sandy a member of the horsemen association As far Asim concerned they Are using Winnipeg As an example there is a weak hupa so they can go after British Columbia where there Are millions of dollars Mcpher son when Hale was asked Why the jockeys haunt attempted to share in the Bonus Money in British he until i was of the opinion the jockeys did Well look after in a Kem seek to defect at the olympics from associated press Moscow As soviet athletes dominated the olympics in the absence of boycotting several Mem Bers of the team from Afghanistan announced they want to defect to the United thirty six including Cana a re Boycott ing the games Over the soviet invasion of and palestinian guerrilla chief Yasser whose now disbanded Black september terrorist Branch staged a bloody raid on the 1972 olym pics in strolled through Moscow olympic Village yesterday chairman of the Palestine liberation said in his tour of olympic facilities that he has seen that no no Boycott has succeeded in disrupting the Moscow the Black september a terror Arm of Arafat own Al Fatah Organiza staged the raid on the Munich olympics in which 11 members of the israeli team were the israelis Are among the nations the International olympic committee lists As boycotting the Moscow East germans pass lbs news reported yesterday that a member of the afghan team approached lbs to say several afghan athletes want to defect to the United there ate 17 athletes on the five members of our team want to go to the american or British Zembas Plo leaders presence mocks olympic spirit a team who said he has a brother in the United told an other we do not like it an australian basketball player said he had been with afghan athletes who talked to reporters about he said the athletes were led away by two men in Grey a embassy spokesman said the embassy was aware of the contacts but could do nothing to while a spokesman for the British embassy said he was unaware of any in a state department spokesman said 1 dont know any thing about a Man who identified himself As Secretary of the afghan but who refused to give his denied see Afghanistan Page 4 w pmo1u by James Lawton up news service Moscow it seems there is no indignity too great to place upon the crumpled shoulders of the olympic movement Yasser Arafat walked through the olympic almost precisely eight mine palestinian Lions to visited Emilii installation in Munich the terrorists took automatic weapons and they spilled the blood of ath polishing his diplomatic act As i key figure in the fight for the and funds and Oil of the Middle brought smiles and a and a sense of history which can Only be seen As grotesque his place in the broader history of affairs is no doubt something to be debated but there is no question thai his visit to the Village makes mockery of a claim Ioc president lord Killain let fall in the stadium at saturdays opening the olympics belong to the olympic he in see Arafat i Arafat bad taste visit preparing of Bills opposition Leader charges Gold in Prairie sky the sky Over cab Portage la Prairie glittered with Gold saturday As the Musket Gold formation display team executed a precision pass at the Portage Centennial air the ct134 Beechraft musketeers performed in a five hour program of Aerial ground exhibits and free fall by Ron Campbell the progressive conservative government of Manitoba has backed Down on major Points in seven of the 115 Bills introduced this legislative the opposition is blaming the rever Sals on poor preparation by the govern i have never seen As Many significant amendments since i have been a member since said opposition Leader Howard the government seems to be ill re pared in Many he include trying to Rush through too much legislation i too Short a time and ministers not being present to guide critical pieces of Inge lation through the House the result ill prepared legislation sloppily drawn coming in at the last conservative Deputy House Leader Warner Jorgenson gave the Short answer to Hawleys Loomus Toolate accusation so what else is new its a yearly no matter Vihani Pany is in he said the Only alternative would be to stack up Bills for the next legislative session which were planned for the current he said since july the legislature has been in the last Section of the annual legislative session in which members sit for morning afternoon and night sessions lasting As Long As government Mem Bers want As of the House has had 104 sitting Days since its 21 the most sitting Days legislature clerk Jack Reeves can remember its the governments responsibility to take the initiative and bring in the and the oppositions and Public function to Point out its the seven Bills on which the govern ment has made significant retreats from original positions include see Bills Page 4 powerful shield for most of its White South Africa s Economy has become a defensive shield so powerful no potential enemy dare ignore Watson wins Tom Watson broke a three year dry spell in winning his third British Garrison probe natural resources minister Brian Ransom plans to investigate reports that work will begin next year on the Lone tree dam in the Garrison 12 draft protested the military draft registration was met with protests yesterday As critics claimed hundreds of thousands May refuse to Index anytime Bihin Kott Birdex Bridge business Camp classified Cleversey comics deaths entertainment 18 focus 7 27 forum 6 7 Horoscope 16 16 Jumble 25 20 letters 6 49 movies 20 6 relax 27 21 sports 41 7 sports record 46 48 stocks 50 16 Tempo 2 21 to listings 27 i ;