Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 19, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free press. Friday june 19, 1981 Competition from Canada irks . Ports Washington up the Canad an government was accused yesterday of doing everything it can to take away cargo Trade from . Seaports during a congressional committee hearing where bitter barbs were hurled at a rime minister Trudeau Montreal and a James Bond Type Canadian company. Richard Lidinsky appearing before the merchant Marine subcommittee of the . House of representatives on behalf of port terminal operators said Trudeau Clark Trade shots continued from Page 1 last year when it says it does t have the Money to help people Cope with High interest rates. Multiculturalism minister Jim Flem ing in charge of government ads said Ottawa wants to Tell canadians about the role of their National government. Clark snapped Back that one role the government in t fulfilling is to provide some Relief for Small businessmen Farmers and others going bankrupt. Trudeau with his head held Down mockingly said sarcastically he accepts humbly the lecture from the Leader of the but he added Clark concerned about another Type of bankruptcy and that is the moral bankruptcy that he has shown in this House the opposition Leader who still had the Chance to ask More questions remained in his seat. The Exchange was unusually Stormy considering that the Bank rate did not go up. In fact some Money Market analysts said the Bank of Canada trapped Between rebounding interest rates in the United states and a falling Canad an Dollar did Well to keep it where it major Atlantic ports like Boston new York City Philadelphia and Norfolk va., face a crisis situation because of Trade that is being diverted to Canada. Urging Quick passage of proposed legislation to regulate . Cargo diverted through Canadian ports As if it was moving through a . Port Udinsky charged that in 1979 alone american jobs were lost and cargo containers diverted to Canada. At the opening of the hearing a diplomatic note from the Canadian embassy in Washington was made pub tic expressing the serious concern with which the government of Canada views the proposed legislation which if enacted would appear to presume to regulate a part of the maritime Trade Between Canada and third such action would be seen by Canada As an attempt to exercise unacceptable extra territorial jurisdiction by the United the note said. Mysterious company much of Lidinsky s anger was directed at Canadian air sea transport North America ltd., a company he described As a very mysterious organization which solicits . Shippers to Send cargo through Canadian ports the company known As cast has its own trucking subsidiary to move . Goods across the Border and is the largest cargo he said. Cast has signed 15-year sweetheart leases with the port of Montreal Lidinsky said and is being fostered actively by the Canadian government. State owned Canadian National rail ways has invested More than Mil lion in cast shares he said and the company has become in effect the National Flag Carrier of the legislative proposals before con Gress would make carriers like cast transporting cargo Between the United states and foreign ports subject to the jurisdiction of the . Federal Mari time commission. Tariffs would have to be filed just As . Carriers must do which would reduce the opportunities for under bidding on cargo move ments against . Carriers. Iranian news Agency pars says photo shows one of president Bani Sadr s last visits to the War front with Iraq on june 9. Debate to begin on Banisadr s fitness continued from Page 1 revolutionary troubles inside the coun try our Borders Are not completely under the control of our Security forces and the possibility of being smuggled out there has been speculation in Tehran that the now powerless president who was stripped of his Post of commander in chief of the armed forces by revolutionary Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Kho Meini last week was planning to flee to Paris. Ground rules Bani Sadr s hard line islamic Republican party foes who control the majlis Iran s parliament have agreed on ground rules for the debate to begin today on the president s fitness to main As head of state. It is expected to end with a recommendation to Khomeini to fire Bani Sadr from the presidency and possibly make him to stand trial. The president s opponents have demanded he stand trial on charges of inciting violence in a speech at Tehran University in March when his sup porters set upon a group of hecklers leaving 40 injured. A quorum of Iso deputies in the formula established to set prices paid milk producers continued from Page i Gilson also said the commission has established a formula of Cost components to determine the Price paid producers. If producers costs Rise two per cent or More above the commission would be compelled to take a look at it he said. Fran Wershler agriculture chairman of the cac s Manitoba division said the proposed Price increase appears fair because producers seem to have been getting the Short end of the stick they put in tremendous hours of labor for a Small she also said the Price increase is roughly comparable to the consumer Price Index. The commission was established last year to replace the former Manitoba milk control Board which set prices for producers processors and retailers. The commission sets producer and has been conducting a one year Experiment to Monitor rather than control retail prices. Gilson said the commission has the Legal Power to control any rapid retail increases should they occur. He said stores will continue to be monitored after july 1 to see How they respond to the producers Price increase. Canada Safeway spokesman Larry Mclennan said Consumers doubt edly see an increase in the retail Price next month. But he expects it will be limited to the three cent a litre increase producers will receive. We pass along the increased Cost and that s he said. 38 Irish i free doll Royal protest Prince Charles headed Home from new York City yesterday after a frustrating visit that saw vocal Irish Republican army sympathizers dog his footsteps and the City s mayor Edward Koch broadcast the Prince s thoughts on the problem. Couple awarded million Buffalo . A Fisher Price toys must pay an Ottawa couple and their handicapped son the . Equivalent of million in Canadian currency because the youngster was disabled by choking on a toy a . District court jury has ruled. Judge John Curtin ordered lawyers for both parties into court today to determine the Exchange rate. Curtin announced the verdict thurs Day afternoon about 23 hours after he charged the six member jury. Iain Cunningham 11, received the largest share in the award million. He has been physically and mentally handicapped since Swallow ing a figurine As a child. The jury also awarded his Mother Margaret 000 and his father Ronald the Cunningham received a total of for medical care provided for their son since the swallowing and million for the loss of his companion ship. Iain received for future med ical expenses and apiece for damages and future lost earnings. Iain was 14 months old on Jan. 30, 1971, when he swallowed a figurine from the company s play family line. Doctors said he suffered brain damage because the oxygen Supply to the brain was Cut off when he choked on the toy. It s been such a Long mrs. Cunningham said. The couple filed suit in 1973, Alleg ing that Fisher Price was negligent in making a toy a child could Swallow. A prepared statement read by com Pany spokesman Hal Tolley said fish or Price believes the verdict reflected unfairly on the company s reputation and probably will Appeal. Fisher Price is a division of Quaker Oats co. 217-seat majlis is required for the parliament to take action. Former prime minister Mehdi Bazargan head of Iran s first Post revolutionary government told the associated press in Beirut by Telephone from Tehran that he and his supporters will Boycott today s debate. Bazargan Heads the Freedom move ment of Iran. Other Bank Sadr sup porters from the National front is sued statements in Tehran pledging to Boycott the debate in an. Apparent at tempt to Block a quorum. But observers in Tehran said the islamic Republican party is certain to get the necessary number of deputies to debate and vote on Bani Sadr s competence. The boy Cotters thus far do not exceed 12, they added. Physical danger we Are being threatened and insulted and we Are All in physical Dan said Bazargan who quit As prime minister in november 1979, after the seizure of the . Embassy and american hostages by moslem Mili Tants. We have decided to Boycott All Public sessions of the majlis As Long As we Are not allowed Freedom of express the 12-Man Council of guardians whose approval is mandatory for every parliamentary Bill has endorsed a four article Law the majlis voted on wednesday prescribing the process of proclaiming the president incompetent. The president and his opponents were each allotted five hours to argue their cases and a two thirds majority of deputies attending is required for an impeachment vote under the new Bill. Simple i do frees Iran s prisoners Tehran Reuter the brides assorted drunks prostitutes and other condemned criminals wore Pink with White headscarves and some of them cried. The bridegrooms thieves Rob Bers and drug dealers beamed. At Tehran s Qasir prison yesterday they came together and were mar ried in one of the strangest wedding ceremonies Ever witnessed. Seventeen male convicts and 17 female convicts were matched up by prison authorities to celebrate the birthday of the Imam Mahdi the so called hidden Imam believed by moslem of Iran s majority shiite sect to have disappeared in the 10th Century Only to return one Day to establish Justice on Earth. Two mullahs moslem clergymen performed the religious marriage rites minutes for each Cou ple. Eight Little boys in White Sang a religious song and about 250 other prisoners prison officials and guests including relatives of the couples looked on. Abo Qassem Sarhaddi Zadeh a prisons official who had himself spent 16 years in jail during the reign of the deposed Shah said All prisoners who married other prisoners would be re leased. 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