Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 10, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Food chains deny reports of Price War by Alice Krueger a Battle of words appears to be heating up among Winnipeg Superman but the chains deny its the Start of a Price War like those being waged in some Ontario so there is Little evidence of actual Price slashing dominions full Page newspaper advertisement this week of reduced meat prices not As super Valu had five pages of ads in yesterdays newspaper Outlin ing its pricing policy and comparing its everyday Low prices with those of unnamed for its Safeway was offering double value on coupons earlier this Safeway Public relations manager Larry Mclennan said while there Are reports the Price War May be spread ing to he sees Little evidence of it so there is no Price War at the to he attributing the current competitive atmosphere to the trans formation of lob Laws stores to super the situation in Winnipeg is very competitive with the changeover of lob Laws to super Val they Are very part of super Valus aggressive new stance has been its refusal to go along with a longstanding practice of allow ing competitors Price checkers into the store to see what there charge super Valu has posted signs at the front door of its stating that Price checkers Are not Welcome the change has reportedly led to some unpleasant scenes in which competitors undercover Price checkers were spotted and asked to leave the officials of super Valu have refused to comment on the current state of the Winnipeg contacted a company representative without even asking about the nature of the inquiry there was no comment see food Page 4 Michael foots attire fires tempers in delayed Cloudy tonight 5 sunny tomorrow 7 final 25c Home delivery 9570550 classified 9562330 second class mail registration number 0286 november 1981 Sun rises sets Moon rises sets am iams Fuff Prosr Quebec Battle by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Cool to Trot standards reds begin to As around Assiniboia Downs yesterday As horsemen prepared their Trotters and pacers for the Sexe from Canadian press Ottawa the Federal government has left the door open to changes in its new Constitution to accommodate que Bec and but Canadian women will probably not get their anticipated full guarantee of prime minister hoping to quell the outrage that greeted a Deci Sion to drop recognition of aboriginal and treaty rights from the new charter of gave inuit and Federal officials 48 hours to come up with a Way to reinstate these key native and Justice minister Jean Chretien again appealed for More talks to win the elusive support of the Call was rejected by Quebec Premier Rene Levesque who told the opening session of the National Assem Bly in Quebec City his government will Boycott All but the most essential Feder a provincial Leader Claude Ryan Sug that Levesques tac tic last the offer to native made during a meeting Between tru new Democrat my Peter Ittin car and other inuit was better Likely loser in rights charter Frt is in win after Trio Mao inn j after the the inuit group moved into private talks with representatives of other native Indian affairs minister John Munro also met with they will try to come up with a solution that will bind the provinces at least six of which Are said to have insisted on to eliminate native rights from the charter Well As the Federal the prime minister con firmed the new charter will contain limits on women there had been confusion because the limits were Only partially spelled out in the Accord signed by Trudeau and the nine pre sources blamed the confusion on a drafting error in the the Accord says the prov inces and Ottawa would be allowed to pass Laws overriding sections of the charter guaranteeing fundamental Legal rights and Equality which include Protection against discrimination based the guarantee of Equality Between the sexes was spelled out in another part of the charter Over which there were no specified but sources said the premiers clearly wanted the requests for More Aid lean heavily on budget Power to override it As there was never an question about said one source closely connected with drafting the Resolution to be presented to probably next this was confirmed by prime minis Ter Trudeau in the Trudeau statement brought imme Diate protests from opposition Flora progressive conservative women said her party has defended women rights and will continue to fight for but she ruled out plans for immediate action see Trudeau Page 4 Quebec Premier Rene Levesque has decided that now is not the time to face Down prime minister Trudeau powerful Quebec forces on the Constitution either in an election or in a new but in choosing a path of reflection coupled with unspecified promises of future the scrappy pre Mier who was outfoxed by Trudeau on the warned that a referendum or an election on the Constitution might still be Levesque said in the meantime he refuses to negotiate Federal provincial matters with Ottawa on anything but the most pressing matters such As the an election or referendum not Only has not been ruled but is a real were going to keep on assessing things and theres going to be further he but its up to us to define atmosphere of crisis instead of announcing either Sion Levesque told the National Assembly the new legislative session was opening in an atmosphere of crisis and unprecedented he told Quebe cers we Are from now on alone in our struggle As a result of unilateral action by English speaking premiers he described As a knife in the As Levesque was a crowd watching him in a special Section of the clapped and cheered spontaneously and so loudly that guards were forced to ask for he described the Federal move a properly totalitarian gesture of Bru and he described his former Premier allies As outright theres no reason to Deal with these people he said in apparent reference to the new Alliance of nine premiers and Levesque is in a critical position because he faces a meeting this week end of the powerful National Council of the parti a speech in his own territory by Trudeau and a meet ing of All pm delegates in the Early Days of Ottawa up interest rates have been sliding since but de mands for Relief from the still High Cost of Money continue to swamp the Feder Al government As it prepares to present its budget opposition critics and a growing num ber of economists say the High rates Are not Only squeezing individuals but Are bludgeoning the Maceachen with interest rates still six percent age Points higher than a year and in Light of the current state of the die accusations cannot be the Economy has virtually leaving about persons Unzem homeowners fear losing their Farmers their farms and businessmen their but the government has made its position Clear Tim and time again currently running at per is the chief villain and interest rates must remain High until it is brought under if and when inflation will be beaten is anybody forecasts have ranged from a dismal rate of 10 per cent or More continuing through the to what appears to be an Overly optimistic Zero inflation rate by the Only Concession wrought from the government is that those in what prime minister Trudeau nebulous by Calls dire Straits will find Relief in the As the government is keeping its fingers crossed that the United which is in a full blown recess will continue to allow its own interest rates to United Way 1981 target 1980 target now 10t with eight Days left in its 1981 the United Way has reached More than 76 per cent of its goal of Israel invades saudi skies often to Check things says Riyadh a saudi Arabia accused the israeli air Force of invading its air space and a military source said the israelis do it frequently a saudi communique broadcast said aircraft of the israeli enemy violated our airspace in the kingdoms North Western our fighter jets intercepted them and As a result the enemy planes returned to occupied Arab Israel refused to but officials in Washington said israeli reconnaissance planes made two flights yesterday in the Vicinity of saudi arabian Tabuk air 200 kilo metres Southeast of the southernmost tip of they operate there lots of said one it is common knowledge that the israelis Fly across the Border to Check things the reports received in Washington made no mention of interception by saudi planes or of any nor was it known whether the israeli intruders were detected by the two a acs radar planes stationed in saudi Arabia since the iraqi invasion of Iran to Monitor air traffic along the persian israels military chief of Raphael said in a newspaper interview last month that israeli planes were flying Over saudi Arabia for intelligence israeli planes also flew Over Northern saudi Arabia going to and from the attack which destroyed Iraq nuclear reactor june the Washington Post said a saudi see air Page 4 no paper remembrance Day the free press will not publish on remembrance Day As All government offices and most retail businesses will be some convenience stores and All theatres will remain open through out the while transportation including train bus depots and airports will operate on a Holiday there will be no wicket or letter Carrier service but Spe Cial delivery and Street Box Clear Ance will operate on a Holiday systems go the countdown for the space shuttle columbian encore flight was to Start at 7 Cost with launch at 8 Al stars perennial Allstar John Helton is among eight Winnipeg Blue bombers chosen for the Western football conference Allstar nuclear clock Jerome former president of is certain that disarmament will but will it be before or after the third world election 81 Premier Sterling Lyon yesterday called the nip the while nip Leader Howard Pawley promised jobs for i Index Ann 31 7 28 28 56 6 Rocus 43 Jumble 32 34 61 69 sports 76 to ;