Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 25, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Copy nil demands equipment promotion fee by Barbara muck the National hockey league says it will remove or cover the Brand names on the equipment its team use if the manufacturers refuse to pay a promotional fee to the the move is the result of the league Brand name equipment which requires hockey equipment manufacturers to pay the nil for the privilege of displaying Brand names on their own equipment during league the Brand names of those that do not pay the fees will be removed moved or covered effective the adopted at the nil meetings in originally included demands that manufacturers Supply equipment free of charge and then pay for the right to display their Brand an outcry from suppliers caused the leagues Board of governors to rethink its position last week in to despite the the program has been denounced by the manufacturers who say the increased costs could Well be passed on to regular but according to Winnipeg jets governor Barry the programs main shortcoming is that it Doest go far was in favor of free Shenkarow i Felt that Montreal and new York All get a lot of their equipment simply be cause of the television exposure they and that the jets would really Benefit from the same kind of treat i thought the original Resolution to provide free equipment made nil president John Ziegler agreed but we were in the name of Public to withdraw that As a Ziegler contends the nil is simply following the Road paved by arrange ments of a similar sort Long in effect in a number of professional to All started when Jeanclaude Killy sighed with the professional ski said now golfers and european hockey teams All get free equipment and Are paid royalties to use if added we were just a Little slow in getting there is no question in the minds of the nil governors that manufacturers have Long been get Ting free its very Ziegler see nil Page 4 justices Ponder ruling in Cloudy tonight 7 Cloudy tomorrow 14 september 1981 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets n final 250 40t with supplements delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 letter to Cost 30 cents by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa the Cost of mailing a firs class letter in Canada will nearly double to 30 cents effective postmaster general Andre Ouellet was scheduled to make the announce ment of the 13cent increase later a senior Federal official told the free press that in proposing the 30cent Ouellet has left himself a margin to decrease the rate if Public opinion is Felt to be too it could go to 28 but would be unlikely to go to 25 the official postmaster general in the past have announced higher rates in order to test Public reaction and then adjusted their final the decision to radically increase mail is part of a larger plan to decrease Post office losses and ties in with a Bill which creates a new Crown corporation and separates manage ment from direct control of the govern ramp contract signed by Ingeborg Boyens Manitoba has reluctantly agreed to the terms of a 10year contract pro posed by Ottawa for ramp attorney general Gerry Mercier said Mercier said he had Little Choice but to sign after the seven other provinces serviced by the ramp agreed to the Federal Merciers colleagues finally authorized the contract after a bitter 10month dispute in which Federal solicitor Gen eral Robert Kaplan threatened to with draw ramp services the pact will add As much As million to the provinces ramp Mercier has the attorney general said the terms of agreement could be considered fair during the first five for in the current year the provinces and All municipalities with a population of less than will pay 56 see pact Page 4 a photo gun barrel diplomacy the unidentified Leader of an armenian terrorist group threatens a hostage with a gun and a hand grenade at a window of the turkish consulate in Paris last night while negotiating with French the terrorists surrendered Early this freeing All talks must be pm says by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa prime minister Trudeau has ruled out a conference on the Economy with the 10 premiers unless it can be held entirely in the premiers want at least the right to make opening statements and would prefer and entirely Public round of Premier Bill Bennett said Bennett said Trudeau turned Down economic talks he had originally favored because he was unable to get a Promise that the Federal government would escape i could not guarantee the prime minister that there would be no criticism by any Bennett said after talks at 24 Sussex Bennett has replaced Manitoba Sterling Lyon As spokesman for the the Canadian people demand a so Lution and its incumbent upon us not to worry about Bennett but an official of the prime ministers dispatched to give Trudeau Side of the squabble at a saw it Only work in private he said conferences of first ministers have Only worked in private and the private portions of Public ones Are the Only ones where gains were what we would want is a meeting that is a meeting that is free from political the offi Cial the premiers hold their own conferences in private and seven world Lead ers who met recently in Ottawa held theirs in yet the premiers have said they Are not going to meet with us unless they Are Given National television the official said Trudeau believes a round of statements preceding private talks Bennetts Compromise propos Al yesterday would still lend itself to fed bashing and leave the premiers in positions from which they would find it difficult to move Over a few Days of after a successful Energy agreement with Alberta and another with the official said Ottawa does not want to destroy the trend by participating in open warfare before the we really dont want to get Back into the state of first ministers conferences that Are really a constructive and that contribute to the official he admitted Trudeau at tempted to secure an Antifoe bashing clause from Calls for an economic conference have been coming from various prov inces including which has lined up with Ottawa on a variety of Federal provincial issues in the Bennett said Trudeau new position was markedly different from that in an earlier letter in which the prime minis Ter lauded the premiers for their approach and said there was plenty in their nine Point economic proposal that he could live had said he would not hold the conference before the Federal budget comes Likely next month or Early provincial finance ministers meet 1 and 2 with finance minister Allan Maceachen for a pre budget ses Sion at secluded Meach Banks reject Ottawa aiding homeowners Ottawa up Hopes for Mort Gage Relief in the next Federal budget dimmed yesterday As officials of lend ing institutions told finance minister Allan Maceachen they can handle hardship cases on their nearly three dozen executives of Trust companies and other Finan Cial institutions met Maceachen and housing minister Paul Cosgrove to As sess the problems homeowners face in renewing their mortgages at near record rates this Robert president of the Canadian Bankers said afterwards that the lenders believe they can Deal with each problem individually and can do without Blanket asked if new government programs Are needed to help homeowners in dire he replied we say that the people in dire Straits Are being taken care of Case by Maceachen said he presented no new proposals at the but he did agree to a suggestion from one banker to set up a joint study group to explore further ways of helping homeowners through hard the minister gave Little other information about the group and would not say if he expects recommendations before the budget comes the meeting was held at the Confer ence Centre at Meach about 25 Kilometres North of Ottawa in the Gatineau Hills of and lasted a Little More than two Maceachen and others agreed that High mortgage rates will be a severe see Banks Page 4 delayed mortgage payment tactic urged by Mary Ann Fitzgerald a group of Winnipeg homeowners protesting High interest rates has called on other homeowners in the province and across the country to delay for 29 Days making their mortgage payments which Are due its not a mortgage its just a delaying tactic to give a loud message to mortgage Norman an organizer of the newly formed mortgage action told 40 people attending a meeting at the University of Winnipeg last its fairly Strong but its not breaking the no one will lose a said Vic chairman of the meeting called to find ways to mobilize angry Home buyers facing mortgage rates of about 22 per cent double the rate they would have paid years interest gained on banked Money would go a Long Way toward offsetting any penalties for late but if it costs me or think it would be Worth Oman to pressure government if enough people cooperated with the mortgage companies would Possi Bly begin to pressure the Federal government to lower mortgage he he said immediate action is Neces sary before the Federal budget comes Down this Federal housing minis Ter Paul Cosgrove has promised some help to people in dire Straits because of mortgage other plans of the committee in clude d setting up wooden instead of paper in shopping centres 2 and for paper is too easy to toss Leslie the groups Media told the she outlined plans to have the signed by unhappy mortgage transported to Ottawa for presentation to prime minister d a bombardment of protest mail to the Federal government and members of d asking Premier Sterling Lyon to Host a meeting of similar action groups across the country with provincial governments paying the costs of possibly 10 delegates from each a possible mass meeting in Winni Peg Early in october and attempts to organize such a meeting on a National Ron spokesman for an other group dedicated to bringing Down mortgage told the meeting his association for Relief of mortgage see protest Page 4 Bank puts brakes on sliding rate Ottawa up the Bank of Canada applied the brakes to a three week slide in its trendsetting rate holding it to per just a fraction below last weeks per in what one Money trader As close to a record As Ive the Bank Over the week dumped More than Worth of government trea sury Bills on the Market to slow the slide in the finance minister Allan following a meeting yesterday on Mort Gage rates with senior banking officials it has never been the intention of the Bank of Canada to maintain High interest weve had the experience of a roller coaster with interest they shoot Down and then shoot up again and it seems to me that the action of the Bank of Canada is always to avoid those rather unhappy the rate which determines other in Terest is set a Quarter of a percentage Point above the yield on 90day Treasury Bills auctioned every thursday by the the Banks Selling spree flooded the Market and in turn reduced the Price on the Bills which increased the effective yield on them at yesterdays the move by the combined with a Stern warning wednesday by its Gerald that interest rates must remain High until made in Canada inflation is brought under con dashes Hopes for any immediate or see Bank Page 4 glasses raised prime minister Trudeau and Premier Bill Bennett have toasted a new Energy agreement that drops Federal tax on natural Gas exports from reaganomics if president Ronald reagans latest Cost paring program proves to be third time canadians and others would also 56 metric after 11 Canadas program of conversion to metric measure is Only 56 per cent were just a few Steps ahead of our major trading expos leading Index Montreal expos have increased their Lead Over the Louis cardinals to 1 Ann 24 35 24 12 36 7 64 23 36 8 22 Jumble 35 55 sports 62 15 21 to ;