Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 17, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free link Regan Calls provinces Bluff on Pool by the Canadian press sport minister Gerald like a Cool Gambler playing for High is calling the provinces Bluff and Wager ing they wont withhold Ottawa share of lottery income if he starts a National sports betting Pool As announced this Regan warned yesterday that if any withholds the governments share of lottery income a total of million annually Ottawa will feel free to reenter the lottery the Federal government once used lotteries to help bankroll the Montreal bound postage rate to Rise continued from Page 1 Harding stressed that while rates for mail to the Likely will no decision on the size of the increase has been announced by the question of rates is something that can Only be decided by our Cabinet and any figure that is Given is Specula Deputy postmaster general Jim Cor Kery signed the treaty on behalf of it also brings changes in other x Money orders sent to Canada from the will be in Canadian funds rather than american currency As was the Case with a previous Accord that ended with the new because substantially More mail is sent from the to with the postage going to than from Canada to the Washington has under past agreements paid Canada a yearly reimbursement for the Cost of handling that mail in this she said similar bilateral agree ments exist Between other All members of the Universal postal an organization of about 150 countries that establishes Basic Levels of service and agreements for co operation Between postal the estimates that 30 per cent of mail leaving that country goes to Cana Canadian officials calculate that 60 per cent of mail coming into the coun try originates in the olympic the Brief progressive conservative ton of 1979 gave the provinces jurisdiction Over lotteries return for annual from their earn because the payments Are in Ottawa now receives Mil regans following a net meeting at a resort at Beacht Lake in Quebec Gatineau was partially directed at Quebec pittance Minster Jacques who said province May withhold its share of the Ontario culture minister Reuben Baetz and Clint his Saskatchewan have also said the provinces May want to unite against paying the Federal government its Worth millions which added it May seek a court injunction against the Federal and Quebec independently run several lotteries the Western and Atlantic provinces each run combined the games pour millions of into provincial Regan has always objected to Provin Cial monopoly of the lottery Field and yesterday defended his decision to ask parliament to Amend the criminal code to permit the Federal betting pools based on scores of various such As hockey and provinces would be allowed Only under regans Pool gamblers would guess the scores of a num Ber of if they guessed All scores correctly they would win a sub Stantial amount of Hopes for million there also would be returns for guessing Only some Correct Regan Hopes the pools will bring Ottawa million annually for culture and Amateur Mary Albertas culture said she doubted the Federal scheme would make serious inroads into Albertas lottery she criticized Regan for not informing the provinces of his plans until the last Parizeau and Baetz have warned that if Regan goes ahead with the National Pool their provinces could decide to Start their own to compete against Regan says the Federal Pool would have no relationship to any lottery covered by the 1979 agreement and he purposely chose a program not occupied by the provinces to avoid con no easy solutions for Reagan grand up prime minister Trudeau and president Reagan were meeting today As a Dis Pute rages about nationalist Canadian economic policies and threats of american but there were fresh signs on the eve of the encounter in this Northern Michi Gan City that there Are no painless a top administration official described the differences As some would say two Canadian Cabinet ministers said the Trudeau government will not Back away from Canadia ownership goals in its Energy policy despite Busi Ness and political tense if we let ourselves be pushed around we will Only have ourselves to said Energy minister Marc Lalonde after an Ottawa Cabinet finance minister Allan Maceachen said following a Washington meeting with Treasury Secretary Donald Regan the Canadian goal is to con Tain the dispute so any damage to commercial relations is Canadian officials say privately that Canada can Roll with the limited retaliation promoted in at the same Trudeau and his minis ters Are warning american counter parts that any tougher commercial sanctions would damage the United states As much or More than Trudeau cautioned Reagan at earlier discussion of the dispute in the White House on july 10 that the United states risks More financial loss than Canada from punitive retaliation because there is More at stake for business in its Canadian investments and Trade than vice the canadians any severe american measures might strengthen the nationalist mood in can Ada and Foster the canadians any severe american measures might strengthen the nationalist mood in can Ada and Foster even As Trudeau and Reagan headed into their private afternoon session in grand a congressional com Mittee is scheduled to wrap up work on proposed legislation to impose More stringent rules on Canadian companies seeking ownership in Corpora panicked civilians Are led away by militiamen after bombing of Plo office in Lebanon today killed More than explosion devastates ply office 20 75 wounded in blast second Lebanon bombing claims 10 lives Beirut a an explosion ripped through the regional Headquarters of the Palestine liberation organization at Sidon killing at least 20 people and wounding 75 obscene re ports another blast killed 10 people at Chukka in Northern it was witnesses said the explosion at a Mediterranean port was caused by two Boob trapped cars sent window Glass flying 500 but Lebanon state radio reported the blast was caused by a truck rigged with 120 kilograms of rightists responsible an Anonymous Telephone caller speaking in arabic said a rightist group called the front for the liberation of Lebanon from aliens was responsible for both the France press news Agency Little is known about the which has claimed responsibility for previous bombings against life Plo and leftist targets and says it seeks to drive out the Plo and syrian peacekeeping the Plo and leftist moslem militias issued a statement saying israeli terrorists set off the Sidon blast and listed 100 killed or wounded without giving a associated press reporter Edmond Shedid in Sidon said the explosion lev Elled the seven Storey Headquarters and damaged eight neighbouring apart ment he said the explosion occurred just 50 minutes before Plo officials and lebanese leftist militia were to Convene a Shedid said he counted 20 bodies being taken out of the the privately owned voice of Lebanon said 35 people died and 80 were the state radio said at least 10 bodies were dug out from the rubble of the building which houses the military of cyclist sets record for hot desert ride Furnace Reuter a 48yearold Gordon has become what organizers said was the first Man to ride a bicycle both ways nonstop across the scorching death Valley Allen completed the 421kilometre journey yesterday in a time of 16 hours and 39 minutes and temperatures around 48 degrees said the organizers of the which was staged to raise funds for an australian i feel that i have been punched All Allen said when he completed his rations regional command of the Plo in Southern the broadcast said the wounded were rushed to hospitals in Sidon and to about 48 Kilometres to the x the rightist voice of Lebanon radio station reported 10 workers killed and another 10 injured at the Chukka Cement factory inthe Syria controlled coastal about 59 Kilometres North of the explosions occurred two Days after a joint Force of palestinian guerrillas and their leftist moslem Leba Nese allies moved into the embattled town of 12 Kilometres South of the Mediterranean port and Dis armed warring pro iranian and Proso Viet militiamen police said most of the disarmed militiamen belonged to the moslem shiite amal organization which is Loyal to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini revolution in Lebanon 197576 civil War Between rightist Christian forces and an Alliance of leftist moslem and palestinians left More than 40 private armies vying for local dominance in various parts of the half moslem nation of three the Palestine liberation Organiza Tion has controlled Lebanon third largest and most of the rest of Southern Lebanon since the civil Chukka is controlled by the syrians who police Lebanon 56monthold civil War armistice under an Arab the town Falls within the area controlled by supporters of former Christian president Suleiman a staunch advocate of Syrias military presence in Lebanon and an Arch foe of the phalanges the nations big Gest rightist Christian Farmers wont lose argue by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa Prairie Farmers will lose absolutely no Money As a result of the recent strike by Thunder Bay Grain according to senator Hazen minister responsible for the Canadian wheat argue said yesterday he is not responsible for a wheat Board statement saying the strike would Cost million a the wheat Board said they lost in sales theres quite a Little difference Between loss in Revenue and loss in sales argue the sales will be made up and made up very quickly because custom ers All Over the world Are knocking on our doors wanting to buy High Quality Canadian wheat that out there in record As for therell be no he for a few Days they haul their Grain to a particular elevator Point because it was now the main will move very the Grain handlers in Canadas busiest Grain port ratified a tentative agreement to end the 16day Between 80 and 90 per cent of the members of the Canadian Lakehead Grain handlers turned out for the ratification Union president Frank Mazur said a great majority accepted the Accord in a show of hands and would be Back at work within the argue lashed out at those who suggested that parliament be recalled to Deal with the Grain the worst possible mistake for me to have and the minister of is to have taken the advice of Hothead who said Call Back Parlia ment and legislate the with a negotiated morale is High and the Grain will be moved the minister what weve had in Thunder Bay is peace on the labor front for the past 12 years except for these few Days of he in very pleased and very in this i think everybody has won the the Grain companies and the i think theres Over a number of absolutely no loss at he Mitchell o your Diamond ring Stork Sale continues come visit our Beautiful new store and received Roun free gift at location in place great prices on All items free bottle of jewellery cleaner limit 1 Cut Tom Quantity no Purchase entire Stock on Sale Fok this opening dont miss it Vross 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