Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 22, 1971, Winnipeg, Manitoba Overture Saves Concert SM 10 Winnipeg Free Press Final Edition 125 PRICE 10 CENTS 15 CENTS FEBRUARY 22. 1971 p.m. p.m. 10 and 30 Festival official Voyageur add color to Sunday St. Boniface Festival parade ON WEDNESDAY Joe Will Quit Or Apologize Highways Minister Joe Borowski is expected to either resign his cabinet post or gize for remarks he made about Remark A Jean New Democratic Party member of the Manitoba legislature for is considering a request by number of my constituents that he withdraw his support of the NDP because of statements attributed to Highways Minister Joe Mr. who said about 70 per cent of his constituents are of Indian or Metis said he wasn't asked to resign his but was asked to deny his support of minister who would make this kind of The reference was to ments made by Mr. Borowski last week regarding disabled veterans and Indians in Asked how he felt about Mr. Mr. lard his mirk in the case of I think it was a ridiculous and ungrateful at Regarding the that was a racist That's the only way you can describe it Allard said he hadn't made a decision on what action to slur against the Indians was perhaps more serious than the one about the veterans because it is racist in Mr. Allard Says Hotel In Cards Winnipeg may expect yet an- other large hotel to add to its Mayor Steve Juba of Winnipeg said He said the hotel will be built by a chain which has an inter- national are already being drawn Mayor Juba Broadview Girl Killed Sask. Valerie 18, of was killed Saturday when she was struck by a vehicle while standing beside a parked car 10 miles north of Broadview is 90 miles cast of disabled veterans the decision won't be known until Mr. Borowski wasn't a b 1 c for comment Monday but left his secretary that ho wouldn't be saying anything until Wednesday at n regular ing of the provincial at which time he will or The highways minister was reported to be out of town ing the weekend and didn't at- tend a cabinet meeting held Saturday to consider He arrived at his office in the Legislative Building late day morning but refused to see Premier Ed Schreyer said Friday he expected a statement from Mr. Borowski a Please See JOE Page 6 House Fire Claims Two A mother and daughter are dead as of a fire at 281 West St. shortly midnight Dead Irene Elizabeth 63, and Valerie 30. they declared dead on arrival St. Boniface police The neighbor said the fire broke out about p.m. Sunday and firemen were on the scene until about 6 a.m. Mr. an em- ployee of Manitoba was at the com- Seven camp when the fire A W. D. Could of 281 is also employed by Manitoba A Parade Jams Traffic All roads seemingly led to St. Boniface Sunday afternoon but they didn't go very U was parade day in the City an event held as part of the second annual tival du bikes and baby strollers begun jamming every street and sidewalk in several blocks of the parade route as much as an hour before the event was to get under No one really appeared to core where they abandoned their particular means of trans- on back lanes and back yards as long as it Please See PARADE Page 4 Israel Rejects Demand WASHINGTON Israel Sunday Egypt's expressed ness to reach a peace ment with a call for tional but firmly ruled out the return to prewar borders that Cairo has ed. After a four-hour the Israeli cabinet issued a nique inviting Cairo to enter into negotiations that would be subject to prior com- on the outstanding While Egypt has made its willingness to sign a peace agreement contingent upon total Israeli the Israeli cabinet communique government repents and sizes its decision that Israel will not return to the ar- line of June The communique appeared to be designed to maintain the momentum of the talks under United Nations mediator nar V. Jarring by responding to most positive aspects of Egypt's It did not re- iterate Israel's longstanding de- mands for direct which Egypt has but view is that sions should continue under the auspices of Ambassador Jarring on the positions of and of Israel in between the governments The communique government of Israel views the expression of ness of the Egyptian ment to enter into a pace agreement and expresses its own readiness for meaningful negotiations on all subjects evant to a peace agreement the government of Israel hopes for a positive response by Egypt and for progress in the negotiations in order to reach a peace agreement between the two Diplomatic sources were gen optimistic that tive talks now get under even though sides remain far While Egypt has finally accepted the ple of concluding a signed Please Sec ISRAEL Page G Baby's Father May Sue Authorities EASY Nationalism Rising of three By ANTHONY WESTELL OTTAWA The tedders of the National ers Union took up the banner of economic nationalism when they met the federal cabinet in Saskatoon recently and de- clared firmly that the food Shand Appeal Fails The Manitoba Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed the appeal of 32-year-old Thomas Mason Shand against his con- viction of killing a Winnipeg police detective last summer and his sentencing to be hanged June 10. The decision by the appeal handed clown means that the only way open for defence sel Harry Walsh is to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in an attempt to save the life of his Shand was tried before a 12- man jury last year on a charge of capital murder arising from the stabbing death June 27 of Please See SHAND Page 5 processing industry must be kept in Canadian Very replied Prime ister and he enquired politely if that meant that the government should control the sale of farms to make sure none passed to U. S. There was no answer from the NFU perhaps because farmers would be un- reluctant to render the freedom to sell their property to the highest be he Canadian or The brief exchange in toon serves only to illustrate that while the rising tide of is probably the most significant political force in TODAY INDEX Tix Tips 9 Stir Check Contest 22 Classified 26 to 39 Comics 2J, 25 Deaths 10 Finance 12 Jumble 28 Movies 9 to 23 Television 8 14 NEARLY EVERYONE READS the FREE PRESS Cily Zone Total Canada at there is a vast difference between ing and and that ex- difficult questions of policy remain to be an- It's easy to present a brief to the Or to sign a petition telling ment that you are concerned about the problem of national which is all that the Committee for an Independent Canada asks of its tens of thousands of It's far harder to define what the problem really and even more difficult to suggest ble The CIC knows this very and is content at this stage to gather signatures to try to con- vince the politicians that the voters are concerned and do want something If it tried to go deeper into the the whole organization would bly fly apart in See NATIONALISM Page 2 Bombers Sign Smith As Coach Winnipeg Blue Bombers today announced the signing of Dave formerly a coach at Southern Methodist as assistant Signing of confirmed during the completes the Bomber coaching staff for the 1971 Jim a defensive coach last season at the U.S. Naval signed last week as defensive coach under head coach Jim The father of Esther Marie the Saskatchewan baby girl who was made a ward of Manitoba and under- went surgery is con- templating legal bly against the RCMP or dren's Aid Society atives in Manitoba or In an interview Saturday Raymond Randall of said he was handcuffed after RCMP stopped him and his wife outside Wednesday after they had re- moved their baby from a Re- gina He said they were taken to Grace Hospital without being asked which doctor they wanted to see or what hospital they wanted to go didn't resist he we were in- Painter Top Musher By JIM WOROBEC THE The World Championship Dog the feature event of the three-day Northern Manitoba Trapper's ended here Saturday when a 35-year-old house painter from The John broke all previous speed records for the race and won the Labatt The called the toughest ever saw only six of the original record number of 24 entries finish the The ex- high speed of the race took its toll as dogs from other teams dropped from Mr. who has already won three other major an dog races this broke the previous set in 1970, Please See PAINTER Page 4 with and taken to h c Saskatchewan people Please See FATHER Page PM Says Que. Key Be The Poorer If It Infringed English MONTREAL Prime Minister Trudeau said Sunday Quebec would plunge itself into self- if it did away with existing language Addressing about federal Liberal party supporters at a fund raising Mr. deau said Quebec must pre- serve its bilingual and tural experiences the duality where it he is part of its deepest Quebec were to or to claim to lessen or neglect this vital dimension of its it would commit an a betrayal of its responsibility which would result in ing In a answer sion following his Mr. Trudeau said that whether mi- LASH 1IKLTA Storms Spread Death From Miss. Dozens of tornadoes lashed 100-mile strip of the Mississippi River late Of- f I c 1 a 1 s reported 65 persons 59 In Mississippi and six In Hundreds were erty damage was The death toll climbed ly early when authorities reported additional victims in 6 u n t y and in Miss. Mississippi officials reported 10 killed in rural including 16 at City a deputy sheriff only seven of the SO houses were left The twisters also struck n e s s c c and causing many injuries and considerable property The National Guard was called in to help rescue tions in two of the Mississippi Most of the damage was in the fertile cotton and soybean producing areas of the This area is covered mainly by small although there are some large plantations Please See STORMS Page 2 HELPING HAND FUND language rights would be Continued Please PM Page 0 Laotian Drive Stalled SAIGON More heavy North Vietnamese attacks stalled the south Vietnamese drive into Laos today for the fifth successive Forward elements of Saigon's force were still only miles from the border they crossed two weeks Military sources said the campaign also had not achieved its to cut the flow of Communist supplies down the Ho Chi sources the North Vietnamese had doubled the truck from 1.000 to about a and diverted them to the west to routes beyond the South enemy conducted at least 10 indirect fire attacks with rockets and mortar rounds against South Vietnamese fire bases and field positions in the southern panhandle of Laos causing light over-all a South Vietnamese communiquee A spokesman said they were the heaviest attacks since troops moved into Laos Feb. 8. He would not disclose specific but over-all indicated some units may have suffered moderate heavy The U.S. command announced the loss of two more helicopters Please See LAOTIAN Page 2 This Palestine refugee mother has brought her baby for a checkup to an infant health centre in The Unitarian Service Committee in Canada is working with the United Nations Re- lief and Works Agency in the Middle East in ing after the Readers may help by contributing to the Free Press Helping Hand 300 Carlton Winnipeg 2. Cash donations may be brought to the Temporary and permanent receipts will be issued for the for which tax deductions may be Quebec NDP Changing By PAUL WHITELAW Quebec The Quebec wing of the New Democratic Party has decided to pull out of provincial politics and has approved a resolution calling for Quebec's right of The aim of the which were approved with little opposition by 175 delegates at- tending a weekend convention is to build a new image among Quebec voters in pre- paration for the next federal general expected to place in 1972. The resolution supporting Quebec's right to de- cide for itself the degree of it needs in all and the decision not to run Please See QUEBEC Page 5 i
