Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 29, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Find somebody in Winnipeg prettier than me Barking in floor of Jet unleashes search for Pooch Vancouver up passengers air Canada flight 149 from Oronto did t see an Aerial dogfight did hear muffled Barking As they ised the stratosphere above Manila by Alberta Light personnel had a systematic search of the Boe ing 747 perhaps some passenger had smuggled a Pooch aboard the non Stop ride to Vancou or. It was the dam dest air Canada spokesman Henry Thow said ter Day. While on a taxi in Toronto a flight attendant heard a dog Barking but just assumed it was in the but during the search later an Atten Dant spotted a canine nose poking through the Louvres of a ventilation duct at floor level in the passenger area. The first officer removed the vent cover and took out a poodle a Grey said Thow. The medium sized dog appearing somewhat thin eagerly consumed a Steak brought from the Galley and washed it Down with a Large drink of water. Thow said it s anyone s guess As to How the animal turned up in the Venti lation system. What we do know is that the dog was booked on a flight from Paris to Toron he said. The owner an m. Hansen of Markham ont., has been notified of the dog s the spokesman said chief stewardess Mary Cliff took the animal Home yesterday after the flight s . Arrival and that it will be taken to a veterinarian today for a checkup before being returned to Ontario. Sunny today 24 Cloudy tonight 15 monday june free press Sun rises . Sets . Moon rises . Sets . Final Home delivery 957-0550 classified 956-2330 second class mail registration number 02b6 Terry Fox Dies at 23 surrounded by love new Westminster . Up Terry Fox conquered the hopelessness of cancer even though he succumbed to the killer disease. Even though he died he beat cancer society spokesman Blair Mack Enzie said yesterday after announcing the heroic runner would be buried at private services thursday afternoon. He beat cancer by his determination by the Way he fought it. I think they other cancer patients got a lot of Hope from him. They knew that he fought Fox died peacefully at . Cd one month before his 23rd birth Ken gigliota Winnipeg free press Day and one year to the Day after he ran into Ontario on his Marathon of Hope. At his bedside were his parents sister two Brothers one with his Fiancee his grandmother and a minister. He died surrounded by love the love of his family All of whom were with him and the love and prayers of the entire an emotion choked Ali son Sinson Deputy director of nursing at Royal columbian Hospital told re porters just after Sunrise. Fox died a National hero a Symbol of courage and Hope for All cancer patients. Fuelled by simple Faith and raw courage he ran More than kilo Arthur Wilkinson 86, was among last evacuated from building. Fire forces residents to flee apartment Block by Andy Blicq a two alarm fire in an six Storey downtown apartment building last night sent scores of residents scurrying to the Street some clutching shoes and clothes. No one was reported to have suffered serious injury in the fire which broke out at . In the ceiling area of the fifth floor of the Devon court apartments 376 Broadway. A few firefighters suffered minor smoke inhalation cuts and Burns but none required Hospital treatment. Cause of the fire which sent Clouds of smoke billowing Over the downtown and Drew a crowd of about 100, is still under investigation. Residents said the evacuation caused no panic with Many adding the alarm in the 70-year-old building rang so frequently in the part they were sur prised to find it was not a false alarm again last night. See evacuees Page 4 metres across the country his one Good leg and artificial limb creating a Peculiar hop skip gait that became known As the Fox Trot. Within hours of his death yesterday flags were lowered to half staff at most Public buildings an unprecedented tribute to an Ordinary citizen. A private Multi denominational funeral service for the tenacious cancer crusader will be held at 2 . Thurs Day at the Trinity United Church in nearby port Coquitlam followed by a private burial. See Fox Page 4 tributes pour in for Fox by the Canadian press canadians from All social ranks and parts of the country paused yesterday to pay tribute to Terry Fox the Man who helped to bring canadians closer together by his struggle against can cer. In an unprecedented move the Feder Al government ordered All its flags to Fly at half Mast in Honor of the Young runner whose Marathon of Hope ended last september an Honor generally reserved for distinguished politicians or statesmen. A message from Manitoba Premier Sterling Lyon was among the outpourings of sympathy for the Fox family. Determined Lyon s message sent to or. And mrs. Rolland Fox read the people of Manitoba join me in tribute to a Young Canadian who by his courageous and inspiring example has truly captured the hearts of canadians everywhere. Please accept our deeply Felt Condo Lences. We mourn with you for in Terry we All have lost a son and brother he was very much a part of us Terry Fox s Marathon of Hope raised More than million for cancer re search and almost million of that came from Manitoban said Murray Bater executive director of the Mani Toba division of the Canadian cancer society. It s a terrible Thrig when a 22-year old boy he said. It s a crushing blow for the family and i know that All canadians Are going to feel very strongly about it. The thing that Terry Fox Means to said Bater is that through his real courage and tenacity he has made people better understand cancer and the tremendous Battle we have with the Terry s Uncle Roderick Fox of Winnipeg flew to Vancouver with his wife last week in order to be with the family said Bater. They had been told i suppose about a week ago that it was really an hourly apart from the official reaction that poured in yesterday Heartfelt Admira Tion also came from dozens of average citizens polled across the country by the Canadian press. It took the foreign Ness out of can said Debbie Walsh a 26-year-old student in St. Johns fld. My aunt is dying of cancer and she wants to continue living her life exactly As she did before. I think it is exposure see pm Page 4 Terry Fox s hop skip gait was a Symbol of Hope and courage. Iranian leaders killed in blast Tehran renter Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti and 63 other iranian political leaders were killed when a massive bomb blast destroyed the Headquarters of the dominant islamic Republican party the official pars news Agency reported today. The Agency said the figure had been confirmed by the Tehran Coroner s of fice. Beheshti 52, chief Justice of Iran s supreme court four Cabinet ministers six Deputy ministers and 20 parliamentary deputies were among those who died last night in the blast under tons of masonry and rubble state radio said Early today. The Only senior iranian figure not at the meeting appeared to be Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini the country s 81 year old revolutionary and spiritual Leader Security sources reported. The bomb went off in the Irp head quarters in Southern Tehran As Beheshti founder and general Secretary of the party was addressing More than 90 leading politicians including prime minister Mohammad Ali Rajai and majlis parliament speaker Hashemi a Sfanjani. Both Rajai and a Sfanjani were re ported Safe. The dead Cabinet ministers were identified As Moussa Kalantari 33, roads and transportation Mahmoud Randi 37, posts and telecommunications Hassan Abbaspour 37, Power Mohammad Ali Fayyaz Bakhsh 44, minister of state and head of welfare. Tehran s revolutionary prosecutor Assadollah la Verdi also was said to have been killed. Pars said the bomb was in a garbage can close to the platform where Beheshti was speaking. The blast was so great that the roof caved in and the explosion was heard five Kilometres away according to area residents. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion. Ten hours after the blast state radio had not informed iranians of the death of Beheshti. But the daily islamic re Public declared in a Banner front Page headline by the . Criminals and murder ers in the bomb explosion at the Cen trial office of the islamic Republican party the great crusader Ayatollah syyed Mohammad Beheshti along with tens of his friends was mar see Iran Page 4 postal Union rejects talks walkout Likely at Midnight by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa the Canadian Union of postal workers rejected a second offer from the Federal government to go Back to the bargaining table late yesterday making a National postal strike Likely at Midnight tonight. Cup president Jean Claude Parrot said yesterday that neither weekend offer was serious and unless the government is willing to talk today on measures in a conciliation report then a strike is inevitable. We have received two invitations from the employer to go Back to the bargaining Parrot said in an interview. But we said we would not go Back unless they were serious and their offers were strictly a Public relations Winnipeg s 825 inside postal work ers Are preparing for the strike. They re As ready As they la Ever said Winnipeg cup president Ross Tascona from his Ottawa hotel room last night. The Winnipeg local is just going to be sitting Pat like the rest of the country waiting for the results of the there Are about cup members in Manitoba. Tascona said picketing will Start immediately at the main downtown see Post Page 4 old issues when leaders of the world s industrialized democracies meet at Montebello que. In three weeks they la find some familiar issues on the draw the line m the soviet Union is if sending foreign minister w Andrei Gromyko to of Poland presumably to Tell the communist party where to draw the line at the party 1 Point Jerry Pate s two stroke Victory yesterday in the professional golfers association tournament May serve As a major career turning Point for up India and China have agreed to mend strained relations and negotiate an end to their decades old Border entertainment 29 97 Puzzle 44 Landers 22 Klady 29 63 relax 35 40 sports 55 .7 sports record 60 52 stocks 64 2 40 to listings 35 letters 6 yet Len 35 ;