Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 11, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free december 1981 7 polish counterrevolution on Tass says of vim twin a Nim 3t the continued Noliti ral Una Aurl in from the news services Moscow the official Tass news in its toughest commentary on the polish crisis in said yesterday counterrevolution is on the rampage in the lengthy which at tacked the Solidarity Union but also included Sharp criticism of the roman Catholic said counter revolution threatens the Warsaw gov Poland links with Moscow and socialism in Tasss strongly worded commentary ended a Long period of reticence by the soviet Media on polish developments and seemed to express Kremlin anger at the continued political upheaval in its Western Solidarity seemed unmoved by the criticism As they opened a meeting of their National commission in Gdansk the parliamentary like commission is meeting in the Lenin shipyard where Solidarity was born last year and the Agenda for the two Day session includes some potentially explosive one covers Union demands for free local elections Early year and another will require the commission to adopt a position on a Campaign for the release of so called political prison polish authorities yesterday joined levelling new criticism at the polish state whose main evening news bulletin has become a forum for attacks on again depicted the country yesterday As being in the grip of listing protests and the Warsaw Branch of the ruling communist known for its hard line simultaneously denounced what it said was a growing Campaign to evict communist cells from work the statement singled out a referendum on whether to allow the party to function at a Warsaw the organizers said they were holding the ballot in line with Leninist Solidarity maintains the authorities Are exaggerating the impression of disorder in the country to intimidate the Walesa in a press conference yesterday showed no signs of concern at the he said it was the authorities and not Solidarity who appeared to be seeking Tass said Solidarity has sent out dozens of emissaries to Industrial areas of Southern Poland who Are disseminating Antis Calist and ant soviet Gas pipeline survives fight in Congress it said clerical circles also have joined in attacks on the far More sermons aimed at discrediting the governments activities to defend socialism Are being read in it Tass said that at the same time demo logical demands Are being made for Poland withdrawal from the Warsaw pact and the East bloc economic grouping at the same time individual provocative elements Are raising questions Over the existing soviet polish Border and maliciously smear the history of the liberation of Poland from the Hitler invaders by the soviet Tass added All this justly angers the soviet reflecting Moscow apparent endorsement of any firm action by the Warsaw government against solidary Tass said the critical situation caused by the rampage of counterrevolution forces the authorities to take additional Mea sures to protect the constitutional foundations of the painting a Black picture of Poland on the verge of a Complete breakdown in Law and Tass quoted reports from Poland that Solidarity is develop ing commando units while there have been thefts of weapons and explosives from Washington up the Alaska Canada natural Gas pipeline project survived a rearguard political attack in the Congress it now faces a Likely Legal Challenge and the key test of whether world Finan Ciers will put up the construction the House of in a procedure with few historical Prece voted majority approval for the second time in 24 hours of government legislation designed to encourage Pri vate project the vote yesterday was 229 to a slight shift from the contested 233to173 result the previous on Way to Reagan the measure now goes to president Reagan to be signed into opening the Way for ownership participation in the pipeline by major Oil companies that own the Alaska Gas and including a provision whereby Gas custom ers could be billed in Advance for some project costs if completion is but senator Howard Metzenbaum whose opposition indirectly helped Force the second House said he would Challenge the legality of yesterdays procedure in consumer advocate Ralph Nader said other groups May contest the legislation arguing that the per missive financing measures go far be a did anything contemplated in the 1977 Law authorizing the opponents predicted court Battles will set Back the next major step in the delayed project raising the Neces sary billion to billion to build the biggest privately financed engineering Enterprise in even the a pipeline consortium led by Northwest Energy of Salt Lake acknowledge problems raising the failure to borrow enough in world Money markets prompted their request for the legislation just which amends earlier Law by both the sponsors and major new York Banks testified in congressional committees that even the new provi Sions May not be enough to generate the the project is to pipe vast quantities of North Alaska Gas discovered 13 years ago to markets through a pipeline system by Way of the British Columbia and promoters say it will be an Industrial Bonanza for Canada and reduce Reliance on imported the Canadian Section of the project is headed by Nova of Calgary and Westcoast transmission of South Ern stretches of the system have Al ready been built and Are exporting Alberta Gas pending the promised construction of the Alaska critics say the inability to borrow enough Money for the project Demon Strates it is even if they the costs would make the delivered Gas too expensive up to five times the current average Price and three times As much As the equivalent in to priced Nader and the opposing minority in Congress object especially to the pro vision whereby Gas customers could be billed for some project costs in Advance of completion if there were delays beyond a target Date to be set by Reg dilatory expected to be in the legislation divides the project into three parts North Alaska conditioning Plant to prepare the Gas for the pipe through rugged terrain in Alaska and the Canadian Sec Tion into 1 Simon says prime minister Trudeau and astronauts be Engle left made in Canada for use aboard space and Dick truly seem to be imitating a Model of the Arm the shuttle astronauts were in Ottawa budget blamed for 140 continued from Page 1 tory Tom Siddon Richmon South Delta railed in the commons against mine layoffs from to Thetford and Broadbent said most canadians Are going to have their bleakest Christmas in his Broadbent attributes Job losses to the new Federal it will be a Christmas of heartache and despair for families who have lost jobs in mining cities across the Siddon echoing the nip Maceachen met representatives of Small business Over specific budget issues yesterday and his Promise in the commons was positive encourage ment for Farmers and Small business by the end of the Maceachen has flexibility on certain parts of the budget which lobby groups say Are unduly Farmers and Small businessmen Selling out to sons and daughters say removal of the inter est averaging annuity contract and its replacement with a Forward averaging system requiring upfront payments of tax on unusual income which comes in Lump sums Are particularly Maceachen yesterday seemed to indicate that the Lavacs will not be brought Back in precisely the same Farmers and Small businessmen will enjoy benefits at Par with those provided for under farm groups and agriculture minis Ter Eugene Whelan have been lobbying for a straight return of interest averaging annuity the protests come in the Wake of demands by 23 business groups for changes to the 12 the Bank of Canada in Terest rate yesterday dropped Only fractionally to per cent front Bank prime rates and mortgages rates Are set several percentage Points above the Central Bank columnist says defector source of officials names on hit5 list continued from Page 1 departure of american technicians from the North african country could have a Short term disruptive effect on Oil product Ion the state department said about 30 companies employ citizens in some Are involved in Oil production and and others Are agricultural and consulting Deputy Secretary of state William who announced reagans cabled the chief executive officers of the regretting any problems the move May their but defending it As essential to ensuring the safety of our Clark in the past Libya has broadened and accelerated its efforts to undermine neighbouring states and to work against As a Conse the Security climate for american citizens in Libya has hit squad identified syndicated columnist Jack Anderson announced that a defector professing to have direct knowledge of the libyan plot gave the administration the names of 14 terrorists sent to kill Reagan or other administration sources have acknowledged they received the report on the plot from an the terrorists Are being sought in an fallout Man appearing on abcs Good morning showed composite sketches of five men he referred to As members of the hit Clark said Reagan was prepared to resort to Legal Means to try to Force reluctant americans to leave by declaring Libya off limits to most Reagan was increasing pressure on khad Afy to pull Back from sponsoring terrorism and and setting the stage for possible stronger action against that country in the the administration also was trying to re move potential hostages from Khz Adays in the event relations with the Radical regime continue to a senior official who briefed report ers acknowledged that other options for action against including an Oil pm have been under most congressional leaders appeared to Welcome reagans and Senate re publican Leader Howard Baker said it was taken to prevent another iranian reagans action was announced by rather than by Reagan perhaps to avoid expanding the dimensions of the libyan senior administration advisers privately have lamented leaks about libyan assassination squads reportedly having been As signed to kill Reagan or other top one reason the administration wants to Dampen the juror Over Libya is that there is not much it can do in the Way of effective action against an embargo against libyan Oil being imported to the United states would not be because Oil is an or commodity and its move ments cannot easily be Oil imports an Energy department spokesman said the received about barrels of Oil a Day from Libya in september a relatively Small proportion of the total of lion barrels imported military which May be provoked by a successful libyan assassination of some would risk a confrontation with the soviet Union and Aliena Tion of the Arab the administration goal is to see khad Afy toppled and replaced by More moderate but achieving that goal if it is possible could take time and a Good Deal of behind Hestenes which is not necessarily facilitated by a prolonged crisis atmosphere that leaves Reagan look ing alternately like a bully paper ambulance changes urged continued from Page 1 efficient service from the Winnipeg ambulance the judge said his recommendations should be studied by the Mani Toba health services commission or another the study should determine a policy on when ambulances May be taken out of service for repairs or for any other reason nth number of ambulances required to adequately service the City d the qualifications and training of ambulance dispatchers and Telephone opera tors d whether or not fire Rescue units should be employed to assist the ambulance Reg executive director of the health services said yesterday the judges report will be taken seriously with a View to implementing the recon he said the commission Al ready has Many of the issues cited by the judge under but noted that the real responsibility for ambulance services lies with the Abe chairman of civic finance said Many of the judges concerns will be addressed when fire and ambulance services Are merged into a paramedic in City Council approved an initial budget of for the joint beginning in january with a train ing the merger was recommended a year ago by a consulting firm hired by the City at a Cost of such an amalgamation of the 114member ambulance department with the 950man fire department into one emergency organization would mean intensive Cross training for employees of both John manager of Winni Peg ambulance said he would not comment on the judges report until he has a Chance to read he offered assurances that the problems in Sarnas Case will not be o Ivo g c ssh ;