Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 1, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free August plans retaliation in Border War Over to to retaliate against a Canadian Lent that discourages this Purchase of Cowf Tfir cats in Affef Scafi Border television stations beamed if to in aft use of a 19m Trade act against a broadcasting Sef an try the office of Trade representative Reubin Askew said president Carter would propose enactment of a Law by Congress Compa Rable a the Canadian to Means that americans would be unable to deduct the Cost of buying commercials on Canadian to beamed at americans in calculating thus making Stich advertising prohibitively the wit fee House gave no when the bin might 66 presented to although the decision by the Carter administration proposes Milder Retalia Tiofil than demanded by Kcf fief Canadian authorities expressed disappointment at the Ameri can finding that the Canadian to tax Law is an unreasonable and Bur Trade external affairs minister Mark Mac in a statement issued by the Canadian embassy reaffirmed that the Canadian Law is an important pan of Canadas cultural policy rather than a Trade in Trade minister Herb Gray said his be jets the but noted that the proposed retaliation fans far Short of some drastic measures suggested by american one can understand that they see this As a Domestic just As we have viewed the Canadian Broad casting Taw As a Domestic Gray Bart a lawyer representing american Border broadcasters who fought the Canadian Law for four remarked of the ruling that basically we Are to is not As Strong As it could but it is certainly Strong enough to bring the matter squarely to the Atten Tion of the Canadian Fisher estimated that the practical Impact of a retaliatory Law would Cost radio and television stations in about million a year in advertising that May otherwise be purchased by Detroit area businesses aiming at listeners and viewers on the american Side of the he said the broadcasters will press Congress to act quickly on the proposed legislation to get it into Force before the end of the to the Ameri can broadcasters will continue to press congressmen to keep the Canadian Law in mind when dealing with other issues of interest to but a Canadian embassy spokesman said the Canadian government is heartened by the fact that the Carter administration declined to link the Bor Der to dispute with other bilateral such As coastal fishing mat the decision to adopt a parallel Mea sure in the United states constitutes a relatively mild retaliation against the disputed Canadian United states Border television stations had pressed the government to retaliate with a Broad Range of including barriers against imports of Canadian records and the protested 1978 Canadian designed to Stem a flow 01 advertising dollars away from Canadian television stations in favor of broadcasts beamed into withdrew the right of Canadian businesses to de duct the Cost of commercial time on american stations As a business expense in calculating income Askews announcement said the Ca Nadian Law denies Border Broad casters Access to a substantial amounting to approximately billion to billion of the advertising Market in 10 jump in natural Gas Price forecast Arnold Schwartz of a g Auto parts sits beside his jacked up Van holding summonses issued to four wheel drive police harassment charged four wheel drive vehicles target of Auto parts dealer says by Kevin Prokosh Drivers Riding High in their jacked up four wheel drive vehicles Are being Cut Down to size by a police according to Winnipeg Auto parts Arnold president of a g Auto said police harassment of owners of four wheel drive vehicles Are costing him and other store hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost he said police have parked in front of his notre Dame Avenue shop for up to three slowing considerably the Sale of parts to Jack up suspension and super size he said owners of High Riding vehicles Are being ticketed with increasing frequency this More tickets but traffic Harry Forgie said there has been no More tickets Are being handed out because there Are More vehicles on the Road with altered most of the tickets being issued Are for vehicles in violation of Section of the Highway traffic it states no person shall alter a motor vehicle so As to raise or lower the suspension system of the motor vehicle higher or lower than the height of the motor vehicle at the time of its Man fac going to Stop in editor a Iii the said if we see a vehicle that is cranked up in the air the police Are going to Stop if you took the Highway traffic act As it reads you be Able to change a tire on your car at any Schwarz Forgie said jacked up vehicles lose much of their steering our main concern is we Are not concerned with Selling cars or parts for he if we have a vehicle which is going from one Lane to another at Over 32 we dont want it on the Road because not Only can it kill the occupants of the vehicle but it can kill someone he Schwarz said the products he Sells Are approved by the department of transport and Many of his suspension kits Are better and stronger than what the manufacturers Schwarz said the height of a vehicle Doest effect its handling whats he said vehicles with altered avers Irwi responsible for few the reason for said is because we Are on top of we get them to take the Springs off or we get then off the what bothers Schwarz almost As much As the financial loss he said he is loosing sales of to a month is the manner in which the police Are ticketing these he said hours and hours of police time Are being spent watching for four wheel drive in a letter to the Deputy registrar of the motor vehicle Schwarz said police Are going As far As to stake out and watch for vehicles being moved Crew members missing after boats collide in fog and then trying to Issue suspensions and most Auto parts shops contacted yesterday Are feeling the effects of customers reluctance to buy suspension kits and oversized Gordon for owner of the drag Mart Speed shop on notre Dame estimated he is losing a he said he has been told by four wheel Drivers thai there is an area of town that seems to have a couple of overzealous enforcing Law but because one particular police officer gets overzealous you cant say Hes harassing and picking on us be cause it is a Law which we Are paying him to said he said he would like to get to the Root of the problem and have the Law Schwarz and other Auto part dealers will circulate a petition to give to highways minister Don Orchard requesting changes to the Highway traffic up photo continued from Page 1 sides might be Able to get Back to the bargaining table before then even though he has no specific intentions of making a new offer to he said that the uncertainty in Energy pricing will have to be resolved one Way or another by the time of the Federal budget expected in late octo opposition Leader Howard Pawley estimated the Price Rise will Cost Manitoban an extra million and add Between million and million to the provincial the increased revenues to Manitoba will result from recent budgetary changes under which the province will collect a 20 per cent tax on retail gasoline sales instead of four cents on the Pawley urged the Manitoba govern ment not to collect the 20 per cent close on heels the Oil Price increases for Consumers comes less than a month after in a Surprise House of commons state imposed a Canad wide Centa gallon Halfa cent a litre in crease in prices of Home heating Oil and All other Petroleum effective july greater Winnipeg Gas raised its rates june 1 by an average of 85 cents a month for City that increase followed a seven per cent natural Gas increase March driving up the Cost of Gas an average of per month per provincial Energy experts calculated yesterday that Manitoban Oil and Gas products Bills will go up an estimated million Between now and years end As a result of the new round of Price Manitoba Energy minister Don Craik want available for comment and pre Mier Sterling Lyon was out of the Jim director of communications for the provincial said the government has said it Doest necessarily want to see an increase in any Energy but realizes the need to achieve the reality of the present Price from the news services searchers Here held Little Hope late last night of finding four Crew members missing after a 35metre Scallop dragger Sank minutes after being rammed in dense morning fog by a Stern fourteen some in a Dory from the stricken dragger Margaret Jane and others who were cast from the vessel into the were rescued As the scalloped went Down yesterday morn the the Cape was on a trial cruise when it collided with the Margaret Jane four nautical Miles from the Scallo pers Desti nation after a fishing trip was Cut Short by an injury to a Crew workers held hostage a Veteran autoworkers who said he was harassed by fellow employees held 17 people at gunpoint yesterday in a general motors Plant before releasing the last of them unharmed 54 hours the gunman was identified by the company As Franklin of pm spokesman Ron Actis said Rainey talked with fellow workers and was persuaded to surrender by a Pon Mac attorney who knew news Roundup musicians May strike Hollywood film and television producers met with american federa Tion of musicians officials yesterday in a Las ditch Effort to Avert a musicians strike Over Home video its the same Issue which triggered the 10dayold walkout by Mem Bers of the screen actors Guild and the american federation of television and radio actors on july a strike by about members of the american federation of musicians who play in films and television shows would halt All scoring sessions at most major studios and Cuba salutes Portillo Havana a 21gun the cheers of hundreds of thousands of Flag waving cubans and a warm embrace from president Fidel Castro greeted mexican president Jose Lopez Portillo As he arrived in the cuban capital yesterday for three Days of Trade and cultural Lopez Portillo and Castro have scheduled two extensive meetings during the visit and the mexican including 10 Cabinet will meet with their cuban counterparts 10 negotiate a wide Range of possible Trade and cultural near collision reported Toronto an air Canada dc9 carrying 93 passengers had to make a Sharp turn and overshoot a runway to avoid a Small aircraft while approach ing Toronto International Airport on a spokesman for air Canada said the spokesman said no one was injured As a result of the the dc9 landed sued Over deaths san Francisco survivors of a congressman and a news Camerman who were killed near the doomed Peoples Temple Colony at filed suit in Federal court yesterday seeking million in dam the separate wrongful death actions were filed for the five children of representative Leo Ryan and for the wife and three children of pc news Camerman Don the suits allege that the state department knew of the extreme risk involved in the Mission but negligently failed to provide Ryan and his party with adequate Security and military Doest guarantee he the increase confirmed what had been suggested on a number of Occa Armit Pawley said the additional Levy by Alberta will further swell Oil company profits to a level of billion a 40 per cent increase in one canadians would Benefit from less of this Mashan grab attitude to Oil Price plus More commitment to a Forward looking Madei Canada Energy he Oil company executives said yester Day that Drivers and homeowners wont feel the effect of Albertas decision for 60 As it has become Standard for the Oil companies to delay passing on new increases As existing stocks of Lowe Price crude Are used in another related Lalonde said yesterday that the Federal govern ment will soon announce creation of a new Petroleum profits monitoring Agency to keep a close watch on profits and Cash movement within the Indus the new Agency will have More Powers than originally envisaged by the Liberal government when it first announced during the 18 election Campaign it would establish such a the original idea was for a Primeau dating Agency to help the government decide on the rate of Domestic Oil Price increases Over the next several the new Agency is to determine exactly How much Revenue the Industry should be loft with to allow an acceptable level of exploration and development without providing excessive profit collective shrug despite the which will uni laterally add million a year to their record leaders of Canadas Oil Industry reacted with a collective spokesmen for Oil consuming prov inces and showed Little if any excitement on hearing that the Alberta which represents a tenth of Canadas will make the country pay an extra billion for Oil next Oil Industry executives emphasis j that the increase does nothing to provide the comprehensive Price and tax Structure needed to per Mit Lon term investment in future Energy cup meeting stalls continued from Page 1 David Mitchell of was injured in i hours of today to get through the Moun Tain of business they still Parrot appealed for cooperation and suggested the Fate of the Union was at 1 think it has to be done for the Sake of the Union for whats going to be the future of this Union parrots first language is French but he spoke in standing alone at the podium where Hes been flanked All week by executive 1 dont need translation because there is a group he said the remaining delegates gave him a standing ovation and Sang Solidarity forever when he finished his state bitter remarks were made privately by the including some who characterized the Quebec walkout As intimidation and used unprintable language to Row Xvan u Parrot appeared visibly by the events which late a turbulent Day during which the Union was denied a 17 6percent ;