Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 20, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Janet Cooke s pulitzer lie Sparks intense probe at it Foo parcel delays feed polish anger by Anthony Barbieri or. Scandal about postal inefficiency that a. .u._____, by Anthony Barbieri or. The Baltimore Sun Warsaw _ at the Central Post of fice in downtown Warsaw As Well As at the Airport outside the City there Are mountains of parcels from abroad that did not reach their intended recipients before the Start of the easter Holiday weekend. The packages belong to people Lucky enough to have a Friend or relative in the West but not so Lucky As to have heir packages processed before the Holiday by postal and customs officials swamped with work. The delays have caused a scandal Here and not just the Type of routine scandal about postal inefficiency that gets reported even in communist coun tries. People Are angry because the packages their packages contain food food from places like the United states France West Germany any place where there Are Large polish communities to a country where food is becoming More and More scarce. Solidarity Aid almost nine months of economic disruption combined with two bad agricultural years in a Row have caught up with Poland this Spring to make this easter weekend the bleakest in the last 30 years. The Long seemingly endless lines in the shops the shortages of almost everything the food rationing already begun or about to begin have All worked to sharply temper the Joy and Pride most poles feel in the momentous political events that Are reshaping pol ish society. It was better in 1945 than it is a 70-year-old Warsaw professor who lived through the nazi occupation said not Long ago. The germans took everything from us but still there was somehow enough left the shortages Are hitting especially hard Over easter because they Are depriving poles of the things they like to eat most the hams for which this Clear tonight 2 Cloudy tomorrow 20 country is so famous the sugar and Rich creams indispensable to polish baking the chocolate candies for easter baskets the tangy cheeses that used to be so abundant. In their place there Are lines lines that food rationing has done Little to shorten lines that begin Early in the morning on a Rumor and a prayer lines longer than anywhere else in Eastern Europe lines longer and More ubiquitous than even in the soviet Union where indifference to the consumer is almost a government policy. Cost is tremendous immense in social and political terms As Well As see parcel Page 4 monday april free press Sun rises . Sets . Moon rises . Sets . I final for Home delivery 957-0550 or 942-2161 classified 956-2330 convict recaptured Calgary ambulance attendants take a Man identified As Harvey Calgary. Police said an ramp officer and Andres a convicted Andres 32, an Escapee from the maximum Security Edmonton murderer were wounded. Both Andres and sgt. Ray Forsythe Institute to Hospital following a shooting incident in downtown 33. Are reported in Good condition with gunshot wounds. World violence Mars easter by the associated press As pilgrims of different faiths shared the holy City of Jerusalem on easter sunday Pope John Paul extended holi Day greetings from Rome in 43 languages and devoted part of his easter Blessing to condemning abortion. The Day of worship was marred by incidents of violence around the world several exploding hand grenades killed at least 11 and wounded about 155 in a crowded Church in the Philippines two youths were knocked Down and killed by a British army land Rover in Bel fast Northern Ireland following celebrations of the 1916 easter uprising against British Rule and a new round of artillery Battles and factional Vio Lence brought death and destruction to Lebanon. A Sunrise mass of the resurrection said by the latin patriarch of Jerusa Lem Giacomo Giuseppe Belt Ritti ushered in. Easter to the holy land with nearly people taking communion in the Church of the holy sepulchre traditional site of Christ s Tomb. Shroud test results the roman Catholic mass was Fol Lowed on a tight schedule drawn in accordance with Century old agree ments by a Palm sunday divine Liturgy celebrated by patriarch Deodorov. The greek orthodox under the Julian Ca Lendar Are just beginning the week of observances leading up to easter. Protestants celebrated outside the Jerusalem City Walls at the Garden Tomb a Skull shaped Hill which some scholars believe was the site of the crucifixion. At the wailing Wall a remnant of the Temple of Christ s time Early morning prayers marked the first Day of the jewish passover commemorating the israelite flight from Egypt. In Jeru Salem and elsewhere around the world saturday night jews began the eight Day festival with a traditional seder dinner recounting the Story of the exodus. In a ceremony televised live by Satel Lite to 28 countries the Pope greeted the people of the world in Many Oil glut to lower Cost saudi says by James l. Rowe or. The Washington Post Washington an Oil glut engineered by saudi Arabia will continue until other Petroleum exporting coun tries agree to a lower uniform Oil Price that is increased gradually through a formula linked to inflation the saudi Oil minister said yesterday. But Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani in an appearance on meet the press said he doubted that such an agreement would come out of the next meeting of the organization of Petroleum Export ing countries May 25. It will take some he said probably until sometime in 1982. Yamani also said the saudis still expect to Purchase five advanced elec tronic surveillance aircraft from the United states As part of a package of military plane sales approved by the administration earlier this month. He said he was not aware of Reagan administration attempts to persuade the saudis to delay Purchase of the surveillance planes called Azacs in order to forestall a political fight Over the Sale in Congress. Opposition to the Sale has been Strong in Israel where prime minister Mena chem begin faces a general elec Tion june 30. The Reagan administration reportedly is considering putting off the whole package until Midsummer after the israeli elections or holding Back the Azacs while submit Ting the rest of the package to con Gress. The proposed Deal can be killed if both the Senate and the House vote to disapprove. Yamani said . Refusal to give the surveillance planes to saudi Arabia would be judged in the context of .-saudi relations but he did not suggest any possible repercussions. See stable Pace 4 of their languages wishing a blessed easter to you nearly people gathered in St. Peter s Square for an open air mass and the Pope s Blessing. Wearing a Brilliant White and Gold Robe and a Gold trimmed Mitre John Paul took the occasion to renew his criticism of abortion saying easter carries with it the message of life freed from death of life saved from celebrated in peking easter was celebrated in peking s two roman Catholic churches for the first time since the cultural revolution began in 1966. Nearly chinese and about 300 foreigners jammed the Church of the immaculate Conception and the Church of St. Joseph to hear the latin mass and take communion. In Poland where the Church counts 90 per cent of the 36 million population As members prayers were read from pulpits across the country for Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski the ailing roman Catholic Leader. Bishop Jerzy Modzelewski celebrated easter mass at Warsaw s holy Cross Cathedral saying the resurrection of Christ is the resurrection of our nation. We Are full of the mass was broadcast nationally and beamed to polish sailors and fish Ermen at sea. Christians also celebrated easter and appealed for peace in Moscow Vilnius Riga Lvov and other soviet cities the official soviet news Agency Tass reported. Quebec . Deny by on scuttled talks from the news services Manitoba Premier Sterling Lyon got support saturday from Quebec and British Columbia in his denial of a Story that blamed him and Quebec Premier Rene Levesque for scuttling chances of a Federal provincial Compromise on a treating the Constitution. Quebec intergovernmental affairs minister Claude Morin told the Canad an press in a Telephone interview the Story in the Montreal Gazette is completely false and a total like Lyon he said he suspects Federal sources provided information for the article. British Columbia Premier Bill Ben Nett said Lyon and Levesque would be right in calling for an apology from the source of the Story and from those who carried i want to categorically deny Bennett said in a Telephone Call to the Vancouver Sun. He said the premiers never even discussed the question of a charter of rights during their meeting in Ottawa thursday. Premiers reported angry the article dateline Ottawa ran on the Gazette s front Page saturday. It said most of the eight premiers who met in Ottawa were willing to accept prime minister Trudeau s rights Char Ter if he agreed to their amending formula but that Lyon and Levesque refused to go along. It said that while the premiers were angry with Levesque they could under stand his position to some extent. But they reportedly were truly furious with Lyon who was seen As dogmatic to the Point of pig headed Ness. The meeting then reportedly almost broke up with some premiers threaten ing privately to walk out and change sides joining Trudeau. Instead they went Public with their limited agreement on Canadian control and their amending for Mula knowing full Well that Trudeau would reject it out of hand. The Basic premise of the Story is a Lyon told reporters saturday. Calling it a blatant example of Dishon est the Premier said he is demanding an immediate retraction and apology from the Montreal paper. He said he has also contacted the offices of the seven other first ministers who attended last week s meetings. I have to wonder to what degree some people will stoop to denigrate the provinces stand on constitutional re Lyon said he May sue the Gazette. Why not people can t go around publishing lies. That kind of a a tonal enquirer journalism we Haven t had in Lyon said saturday the charter of rights was t discussed during the meeting. He said there was a Secretary present but that there was no written record of what went on. Lyon said the article serves the Case of the Federal government and its constitutional proposals which include the charter of rights. Morin supported Lyon s stand say ing it seems they Are intentionally misinterpreting the discussions which took place Between the pre the Quebec minister added that Federal officials had deliberately misunderstood the agreement. In Montreal a spokesman for the a see Lyon Page 4 Lyon suspects Ottawa blast splits phone Booth in half like a banana who could blame Gary Rozenko for not wanting to use a Telephone Booth especially after what happened Satur Day morning Rozenko 19, of River Oaks drive was on his Way Home from a drive in movie about . When the Tele phone Booth at Portage Avenue and Sharp Boulevard blew up. He said the Manitoba Telephone sys tem Booth split in half like a Bana Rozenko said he was waiting in his idling car for the Light to change when the blast wiped out the Booth on the Northeast Corner of the St. James Assiniboia intersection. Rozenko who was about four metres away and had his car window up was t injured. The blast however chipped the Paini on the car. Rozenko could t immediately estimate the financial damage. A police spokesman said the blast blew the Glass As far As 22 metres. The its phone Booth was Worth about the spokesman said. The Winnipeg police department s bomb squad has began an investigation into the explosion. So far there have been no arrests and few leads in who is responsible for the explosion police said last night. Alberta Happy Alberta teams were victorious in nil playoff action As Edmonton upset the islanders and Calgary edged Philadelphia. 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