Lethbridge Herald (Newspaper) - December 4, 1981, Lethbridge, Alberta LEFT HAND CORNER Homeland formed - The lack homeland of facing a future of poverty and international celebrated its independence from South Africa at midnight Thursday night with a 101-gun The South African flag was lowered for the last time in the partially built independence stadium at a wind-swept dusty future capital will be No foreign dignitaries attended the independence celebrations for the barren and impoverished territory lying between the Indian Ocean ports of East London and Port Ex-governor freed BALTIMORE - President Reagan ordered the prison doors opened for Marvin Mandel 19 months after the former Maryland governor began serving a three-year sentence for taking The 62-year-old Democrat when lawyer Arnold Weiner called Thursday to say the president had commuted the sentence three months before his release said Mandel's Along with five other was convicted of mail fraud and charges in the scheme to obtain favorable racing dates for the Marlboro Race State law said only one thoroughbred track may be open at a and there is keen competition for spring and summer 45 killed in tower NEW DELHI - A power failure today blacked out the Minar a popular Indian tourist panicking a crowd of visitors who ran for the exits in a stampede that killed 45 people and injured 24, the United News of India Many of the victims were news agency The 800-year-old tower on the southern edge of New Delhi is an architectural wonder that is 71 metres tall with 378 steps in an interior staircase that spirals to the UNI said Prime Minister Indira Gandhi visited the including nine at a Debate limited OTTAWA - The federal government served notice today it intends to allow only one more day of debate on legislation setting out new rules for energy development in the Arctic and off both the east and west The Progressive Conservatives and New Democratic Party grimaced at the use of time a tool available to the government under Commons rules but considered offensive by the the debate had appeared to be winding up and opposition spokesmen said they were not unduly concerned they would have only one more day - perhaps Wednesday or Friday - to discuss the The sweeping and controversial energy legislation has been before the Commons since last It is a cornerstone of the national energy program which aims to put more of the petroleum industry in Canadian TODAY Independent country 1 Apart from Canada is at last an Independent country with Its own Crook catchere police rank high nationally In their ability to catch and charge suspected a Statistics Canada study Index Weather LOW TONIGHT NEAR HIGH SATURDAY NEAR S SEEN AND HEARD About Town Cpl. John seen on a high-speed chase after a escaped from the bank roll he was and being asked by a concerned citizen if there had been a bank The Herald - 300 THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD - DECEMBER 4, 1981 30 CENTS VANCOUVER - Ron and Lynn were having a good perhaps a few drinks too but a good time In they were having such a good lime holidaying in Las Vegas that they decided to get Off they marched to the Candlelight Wedding when they sobered up the next they realized each of them was already married - 28, to a husband in and 26, to a wife in B.C. Somewhat Ron did it for a Both say they never intended to marry each other and have asked the B.C. Supreme Court to annul their C of C to send group to plead for PWA flight By PHILLIP JANG Herald Business Writer The Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce is organizing a delegation to visit Ottawa in an attempt to win back Lethbridge flight privileges for Pacific Western Airlines Ltd. The chairman Art Batty said will try to convince Transport Minister Jean-Luc Pepin to allow at least one PWA flight a connecting Cranbrook and Time Air Ltd. should be allowed to proceed with its Medicine Vancouver PWA officials said they are behind the and would be willing to operate one flight a day rather than the two they had Batty said the action was prompted by a large number of calls from The Canadian Transport Commission in granted both PWA and Time Air permission to fly a Time Air appealed in October saying PWA shouldn't be allowed to serve Pepin announced the day before PWA was to start its that he has upheld Time Air's appeal because there isn't enough traffic to support two the opinion of the jet service is essential to Batty badly need larger cargo capacity on a direct he A chamber resolution says service is essential to the well-being and future growth of the economy of Lethbridge and Southern PWA is a member of the Time Air is but has maintained cordial relations with the The chamber feels PWA made a mistake by saying it would offer two flights a said But Pepin should not penalize local residents for that mistake by eliminating jet service he In its application to the PWA had only mentioned one flight a connecting and But after the CTC approved its the airline said it would fly two flights a the second one in direct competition with Time Air's Vancouver The in addition to wanting PWA jet service to is encouraging the airline to apply as soon as possible for Winnipeg Batty PWA had proposed a link to Regina and Winnipeg in conjunction with daytime service to but the CTC rejected the Batty doubts having both PWA and Time Air each flying a flight a day to Vancouver will mean excess seat PWA has told he that even though they would use a 117-seat Boeing 737 not all the seats would be filled by Lethbridge Passengers would also come from other points on the 737 is economically viable on this route and so is he Closure to stifle By KATHY KEUR Herald Legislature Bureau EDMONTON - The government announced plans Thursday to invoke closure on legislature apparently the first such move in Alberta And Opposition members charged immediately that the move is a taking away freedom of Government House Leader Neil Crawford said his motion to limit debate on Heritage Savings Trust Fund business will be introduced He predicted it will bring the house to a close about Dec. 17. Social Credit House Leader Ray Speaker said in an interview he will fight the motion by speaking as long as The rules allow the leader of the to speak for an unlimited length of time on a he a lot to say about freedom of Speaker said his research indicates this is the first time closure has been invoked in Crawford said his notion is not technically It doesn't fit the province's description of a closure motion but is rather scheduling of time available for he The move will end the longest fall sitting of an Alberta A united Opposition has been filibustering business since Oct. 2fi. Crawford said closure is always a matter of concern and not something the government want? to we looked at is the need to do the business all of us were elected to he is expected government will be able to process a certain amount of business per Go hit me if you r Jumbo challenges boxing champion Joe taunting him during the fifth round In a bout In Chicago The match ended In a Story on Slow trip seen for constitution OTTAWA - The government's constitutional package will be flown to London Tuesday evening but will likely not be approved by the British Parliament until British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told Prime Minister Trudeau in a 15-minuie telephone call today that first reading of the proposals in Westminster will likely occur before the British Parliament's scheduled Dec. 24 Christmas The British Commons would then give second and third reading early in the New Year of unemployed up 37,000 in November OTTAWA - The number of persons unable to find work jumped in November to 928,000, up 37,000 fiom October and 141,000 from the same month last Statistics Canada said But although the unemployment rate actually dipped slightly to 8.2 per cent from 8,3 on a an analysis of the figures indicates the decline is Statistics Canada 50,000 people dropped out of the labor force last month and aren't officially counted as If they returned to the job market but still couldn't find a the unemployment rate would tie the record high of 8.6 per cent set in 1978. David Progressive Conservative manpower said the most important statistic is that the number of people with jobs is down 40,000 in one month and about 120,000 since a heck of a with approval by the House of Lords and royal assent in February or said a spokesman for still hopeful it can be all wrapped up in the spokesman The Canadian Senate is expected to complete its debate on the constitutional measures Within the Speakers of the Senate and Commons are to deliver the proposals to Gov. Gen. Ed Esmond and Justice Minister Jean Chretien will then board a Defence Department plane for Butler presents the proposals to the Queen's private secretary and Chretien will begin a few days of discussions with British cabinet ministers on the Chretien told reporters he will not impose any deadline on the British Parliament to patriate the their legislation and they have to decide when they'll pass At a news conference Trudeau said he would be asking Thatcher to surrender the constitution as soon as he hoped before That now appears Trudeau's spokesman said today Thatcher was on the situation including the opposition of Quebec to the constitutional The Quebec claiming to have a veto over constitutional is asking its Court of Appeal to rule on whether the province's consent is necessary to amend the The prime minister reaffirmed Thursday he will not nor ask Thatcher to for the results of the ruling before patriating the Salim won't quit UN race UNITED NATIONS - Tanzanian Foreign Minister Salim Ahmed Salim has refused to withdraw from the deadlocked race for UN secretary and Security Council members indicated that they consider Austrian incumbent Kurt Waldheim is still a candidate despite his offer to step Ugandan Ambassador the Security Council president for said Thursday he has asked both men step aside so we can consider other and Waldheim African delegates met and decided the Third World should not is no question of Algerian Ambassador Mohammed said after the am still a said Trudeau coy about plans for future OTTAWA - Will he or won't And if he when will it Now that the constitution battle is almost questions are in the air again about whether Pierre Trudeau plans to keep a promise to But the 62-year-old prime who said two years ago he wouldn't fight another federal hinted Thursday Canadians might see him on the hustings Whatever he Trudeau's fight for a new constitution and his accomplishments of the past two years assure him a greater place in Canadian history books than he would have received had he stuck to retirement plans in 1979. Trudeau said Thursday he might be convinced to stay in office if the Parti follows through on an idea to run candidates in the next federal which could be more than three years just might be roped into he told It wouldn't be my mind I'm nol anxious to fight another But sometimes you can't resist a can In recent Trudeau has titillated political opponents with hints he plans to as with Thursday's hints to stay his clues seem designed to lay a false scent for anyone foolish enough to try to predict his No one but a few close friends will know what the secretive prime minister plans to do until he makes an agree the only thing predictable about Trudeau is his He played with retirement rumors answering questions on the issue with a straight At one when asked about the chance he might someday become United Nations secretary Trudeau said Austrian Kurt the might only be re-elected for two Debate on trust fund capital estimates must end Dec. U under the Discussion of trust fund appropriations which pour resource revenue into the is also Crawford said by the end of estimate the legislature will have discussed the capital projects for 23 sitting only two days less than the limit on debate of the entire federal NDP Leader Grant Notley said the filibuster has not held up public Only items have been The Opposition had vowed to keep the session going until it received auditor-general documents on fund details on investment decisions which lost the fund million over three years and an assurance that future auditor-general letters would be given to the Notley called the government's closure move a a jackboot He said government holiday plans are more important to the Tories than legislature Speaker called the move a sad day in the legislature but said it shows put the government in such a corner they had to come back with The government offered a carrot along with the stick Treasurer Lou Hyndman announced the auditor-general has been asked to prepare a special report to satisfy some contentious questions about Hyndman said an impression may have been left that investments might be unaccounted for and that the government has not reacted satisfactorily to the recommendations on those He said the special report has been ordered to the Auditor-General Douglas Rogers is asked to report on whether assets were adequately whether there is any evidence of including fraud or collusion relating to fund and whether the government took satisfactory action on audit Premier Peter Lougheed said in the legislature the report will probably not be available until several weeks after the end of the Speaker asked in the legislature if the auditor-general will make public investment notes on the lost Lougheed replied that would be up to the Hyndman said in an interview he feels satisfied in his reports and testimony to the legislature has already answered as clear as I thought ii the He added tlic report should for greater certainty and make tlie issue Bui Opposition members aren't happy with the apparent Notley said the honorable thing for the government to do would be to recess the legislature until the auditor report is ready for report should be discussed the estimates are said Independent MLA Tom Sindlinger said if this new report varies from the leaked management letter he the legislature should have the opportunity to ask In the furor of activity after Crawford and Hyndman's the government managed to slip two capital estimate Opposition members left the legislature unattended while talking to the press and acting government leader Dave King called the vote on a transportation estimate and on money needed for Southern Alberta Children's King said each of the two voles had been debated for at least two hours with the Opposition He said he didn't call any further votes because it was close lo 4;30 p.m. when other items of business were Speaker was angered by King's He said the announced Wednesday night that Thursday would be a day for private noi government do in a responsible Speaker said in an in two years I'll be ready to I don't He opened the news conference by saying he had a reminding reporters of Dec. 17, 1979, when Trudeau entered the same theatre to announce whether he would renounce retirement to lead the Liberals against the Progressive He went in that day with a statement to cover each then read the one saying he would come Laughter erupted Thursday when his turned out to be an announcement of a federal grant to a New Brunswick forest They need your help Christmas means children and children mean the underprivileged of Open your heart to them this Christmas season with a donation to the Herald's Cup of Milk Fund on behalf of the Unitarian Committee of Our goal is and * every penny H Details on I Our I
