Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 23, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free press tuesday june Hua Guofeng resignation signals end of Era in China continued from Page 1 government spokesman said yester Day they could not comment on these accounts of the meeting nor even con firm yet that the formal session had begun. Usually Well informed officials that the meeting was held under heightened secrecy because of the controversy surrounding several questions including the Mao Appari Sal and Hua s replacement. Hua s resignation which came Al most at the outset of the meeting was reportedly accepted in a vote by a Large majority of the Central committee members demonstrating the Success Deng has had with Compromise and cajole by in rebuilding his consensus Over the past six months. Deng had sought to replace Hua Mao s chosen successor with he last autumn and even secured Hua s agree ment to step aside but the Deal col lapsed when Hua accused Deng of reneging on its terms. The principal James free press Bill and Lucille Merritt Are determined to keep their Home. Lifestyles changed but two determined to keep their Home continued from Page 1 room Bungalow they now Call Home. We had no idea the mortgage pay ments would be going this said the homemaker Mother. Since the family moved into the Home two years ago monthly Mort Gage Bills have risen from to As Well they have to Cope with an annual tax Bill. There is no saying How High the Bill will be when the one year mortgage is renewed again in october she said yet they have already done All they can to make ends meet. The Mother of two has taken in boarders and is baby sitting. Enter is limited to Home activities except an occasional movie. We can t Cut Back. We Cut Back last she said. Bill Merritt has come to accept the increase of iy2 per cent in his Mort Gage rate. It tacked to his monthly Bills and changed his life style. Monthly charges on the family s mortgage renewed just three ago Are now taxes and services will add about another a month. Merritt business manager for the Winnipeg Folk festival and his wife Lucille an office manager earn about a year. Yet even two incomes can t support the four Mem Ber family the lifestyle they Are accustomed to and their Riverview House. Merritt is now doing evening stints playing the Bass in nightspots though he worries about How his 65-hour-a-week work schedule cuts into family time. It s like waving hello in the Hall he said of time with his Chil Dren. Movies dinners and evenings out have dropped to a Bare minimum. Despite it All Merritt said he to hang on to his House. I m Adamant that we Don t move because i want the kids later to re member this As their he said. I had no Choice but to Pat and Don Vandale have wanted to Trade their Home of six years for 3 larger House. But with rising Mort Gage rates they have decided to stay in their two bedroom Arden Avenue dome. T when they last renewed their Mort Gage at 16% per cent their monthly payments Rose by to while Pat concedes the Bills Aren t prohibitive the family is not pre pared to Cut out entertainment. I want to she said. Even lenders interviewed said they would t risk buying a House with interest rates As High As they Are. I Don t want a said Shel Ley Sklepowich of Crown Trust. It s too Susan Bauer of guarantee Trust said she can t afford to buy the Home she has been looking for. Brian Decka mortgage manager for Montreal Trust and president of the mortgage loan association said people have come to accept the Stag Gering interest rates. Doug Maughan assistant Branch manager of household realty agreed. Despite spite it All people Are still borrowing he said. They Are afraid of what might happen next Maughan said most shoppers accustomed to paying 24 per cent inter est on department store Bills meekly accept High mortgage rates. They Don t think it s he said. Most of today s business is generated by innovative financing schemes such As Vendor take backs and Blanket mortgages said Decka. The houses everyone wants Are those with lower assumable Mort gages. At least half the listings in weekday papers tout palatable inter est rate s. Don Ayre executive director of the Manitoba Home builders association predicted new housing starts will slow Down considerably by fall. Already Many companies Are constructing Homes Only on Den and. During the past year builders have arranged special Block financing schemes with lenders in an at tempt to attract buyers. Rates Here have ranged from 11% to 13% per cent in other centres rates Are 13 to 17 per cent. But despite the lower mortgage charges Many new buyers find they Don t qualify. Maybank said that while customers need Only pay 13% per cent interest they must show they could pay 17% per cent. Homeowners lenders and realtors were unanimous in their Hopes that rates will come Down. We Are not in the business of taking Homes away from said Decka. We want to get people into Issue. Chinese sources said then was the harshness of the proposed Mao assessment and the degree to which Mao s policies were to be abandoned. Deng convened a series of major conferences through november de Cember and january in an attempt to Force Hua out charging him with opposing the country s new Post Mao Force. But Deng encountered intense resistance within the party bureaucracy the military and even among groups that supported his goals but objected to his tactics. The setback by far Deng s greatest since he returned to Power after the cultural revolution threw the country into political turmoil requiring Exten Sive efforts to Calm it. Preparations for this meeting As a result have been meticulous each item of the Agenda has been discussed Down to the grass roots level of the party every major political interest has been consulted compromises have been worked out to meet most of the remaining objections and then the pro Cess was repeated. For something rather momentous this is actually one Well informed chinese said yesterday. We have known for six months that Hua would go and that Mao would be criticized for his mistakes and now that it is happening nobody is sur prised. This of course is what Deng despite the wide acceptance now of Hua s replacement one senior chinese official urged yesterday that reports of his resignation be treated with some caution. The Central committee is supreme and it might after discussion decide not to go along with the arrange ment the leadership has he said. That has happened before. Noth ing is settled until the meeting Hua s replacement has been controversial because he is a Symbol of the leftists who Rose to Power during the decade Long cultural revolution. Terry Fox not doing too Well doctors say condition of Marathon of Hope runner has deteriorated new Westminster . Up Marathon of Hope runner Terry Fox is in increasing pain and under heavy sedation today As he continues his Battle against cancer in Royal Colum Bian Hospital. Doctors say the Young runner who raised millions of Doii ars for cancer research is not doing too and his condition has deteriorated since being readmitted to Hospital Friday. Objectively he would appear to be Fox s personal physician or. R. M. Heffelfinger said in an inter View from his nearby port Coquitlam office. Fox 22, was readmitted to Hospital Friday morning for treatment of a bronchitis like Chest infection and re 2 Metis facing charges continued from Page 1 wives and children began their pro test in a steady drizzle. One Small girl carried a placard Reading my dad is not a pig or a a reference to the racial abuse which the car Foreman had allegedly directed at the workers. Louis Malcolm spokesman for the Western regional tribal Council of the four nations confederacy said that chiefs and representatives of nine area Indian bands have supported the pro test and May join in the demonstration today. Spokesmen for the demonstrators said the dismantling of track May take place at other locations in the prov Ince. Manitoba Metis federation president John Morrisseau said the demonstrations May escalate unless car re sponds to the demands. He said the protesters Are willing to negotiate on some of the demands but they will continue the demonstrations at least until the Foreman of the extra gang is fired and the workers Are reinstated. He said he questioned Why car officials needed a written list of complaints now since they refused to come to a meeting last Friday where workers presented their grievances. But he said he will Immes Calely Send the list by Telegram to car vice pres ident Ralph Hansen. Tax Bill gets final Okay in commons Ottawa up a controversial and wide ranging tax Bill was Given final approval yesterday in the commons in an anti climactic ending to months of often bitter debate. Two Energy taxes in the Bill have particularly drawn the ire of the Preo Gressie conservatives and new democrats but the liberals used their majority to defeat the combined opposition forces 133 to 85. Other taxes in the Bill include d a tax on Beer liquor and wine that will be tied to increases in the Cost-6f living. The government will be Able to increase the tax automatically once a year without having to ask parliament for approval. A nine per cent tax on prosthetic devices except for those used on legs and Ankles. Opposition maps have argued All aids for the handicapped should be exempt. Tax on and supplements a nine per cent tax on advertising supplements which the newspaper Industry especially Small newspapers has objected to. A tax on certain forms of Art not considered original works As those either not painted drawn or done in pastels. Senate approval and Royal assent Are the Only Steps left before the taxes most of which have been in effect since being outlined in the Federal budget last fall formally become Law. The government limited debate on the Bill twice to Force it through the commons a move that increased the anger of maps already arguing the taxes Are illegal or unfair. The most roundly condemned levies Are the two applying to Energy eight per cent on Revenue from All Oil and natural Gas production and 30 cents per thousand cubic feet on All Gas sold in Canada and abroad. Evaluation of his condition. It s bronchitis quite common at this time of year with the rain we be Heffelfinger said. He s More susceptible because of his lowered resistance due to his condition and the medication he s Heffelfinger Salu Fox was treated for the Chest infection at his parents port Coquitlam Home for about a month before developing a reaction to the antibiotics a persistent cough and in creasing shortness of breath. Fox resumed treatment with the experimental anti cancer agent interferon yesterday and will receive daily injections for the next two weeks. Fox stopped taking interferon june 7 to allow his body time to rest. We re just going to have to see How he Heffelfinger said. The doctor said interferon appears to have slowed the spread of Fox s tutors. He Hopes the second course of interferon will be parents at his bedside Fox parents remain at his bedside pretty Well around the Heffel Finger said and Are very support Fox spends most of his time sleeping in his Fourtly floor private room partly because of the sedation. Terry has been fighting his cancer of course right up to the present Heffelfinger said. With his sedation he s not As with shall we Heffelfinger could not say How Long Fux Iii remain in Hospital mis May be a temporary we know there has. Been metastasis spread of cancer the possibility of them increasing is our concern hence he s getting further Heffelfinger said the Young runner has not been this sick since he under went emergency heart surgery feb. 20 to Drain fluid from the Sac surrounding heart. He was in critical condition for two Days. Doctors began treating Fox with interferon in january when it was disco Vered that cancer had spread from his lungs into the Lymph glands in his Abdomen. They said at the time Only a Miracle could save his life. Fox who will be 23 on july 28, has raised about million for cancer research and inspired the country with his courage and determination. He Cut Short his Cross Canada Mara Thon of Hope sept. 2 in Thunder Bay Ontario when doctors discovered that Fox under heavy sedation the rare form of Bone cancer which forced amputation of his right leg above the knee had spread to his lungs. He began his Marathon april in St. Johns nfld., and planned to be Home by late september or Early octo Ber by running about 50 Kilometres a Day. Lack of negotiation deplored in postal talks Ottawa up Post office and the Union representing its inside workers put More Effort into con fronting each other than they do in negotiating a new labor contract says a conciliator s report released yester Day. Pierre Jasmin chairman of a three member conciliation Board said that confrontation had Long since replaced negotiation when the Board was appointed in March. Release of the report Means the Canadian Union of postal workers can legally go on strike next monday. Re sults of a nationwide strike vote Are expected to be announced tomorrow a Union spokesman said. The Union May also comment the report today. Treasury Board president Donald Johnston said he Hopes to discuss the report with Cabinet colleagues today. He said he did not see any need to become personally involved in the negotiations because his officials were quite Able to handle the Issue. Jasmin said he and fellow Concilia tors Jacques Desmarais representing the Union and Francois Gregoire rep resenting the government found no real negotiations had taken place. But Desmarais and Gregoire filed separate reports backing claims and demands of their sides. The Union had merely outlined its main demands without going into de Tail while the employer had responded to these demands in part and formulated some of its Jasmin s report said. The last time the inside workers members of the Canadian Union of postal workers on strike was in 1978 and they had to ordered Back tip work by parliament. Last year the Post office and the Union negotiated contract without a strike. New Benson Hedges Ioc s lights because the pleasure lasts longer. Warning health and welfare Canada advises thai danger to health increases with amount smoked avoid inhaling. Average per cigarette tar 12mg, Nic. 1.1 my ;