Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 2, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba The Bandleader Who Retire Please See Page 20 Winnipeg Free Press Final Edition VOL. 82 NO. 183 15 CENTS 2Sc WITH COLORED COMICS MAY 2, 1975 Sunrise a.m. Sunset 8MB p.m. Moonrise a.m. Moonset p.m. OC and IOC New Air Command Headquarters Change Becomes Effective This Year OTTAWA Defence Maritime Command in 1 Minister James Richardson an- peg will become the ers for the Canadian Air Com- mand later this A smiling Mr. Richardson he had received from armed forces leaders that the air command be based in and that the recommendations had been approved by The command will tie headed by deputy chief of de- fence William and will be the focal point for airmen in the an corresponding to the Mobile Command for soldiers in and the for The minister also announced p that Canada will soon control its own air space under a re- alignment of NORAD ries with the United p The minister said that under the new defence arrangements s with the there will be two NORAD regions in Canada of about the same A new regional operational g control centre for the western region will be located near g monton at a cost of including son The other regional control centre will continue to H operate from North s The North Bay region has Please See 5 H ON NATURAL CAS No Price Decision Until Next Week DOMINO THEORY PLAYED DOWN Steady Despite U.S. Told WASHINGTON De- spile Hanoi's total victory in the United States need fear no sudden tumbling of the dominoes in Southeast Asia and should move slowly in revising policies in the Secretary of De- fence James R. Schlesinger sadd Plainly intending to look ahead to a era in U.S. foreign Dr. Schlesinger tried to stress the of U.S. intentions even while he signaled it was time to bring to a close assumptions and the Nixon have a new We have a new presidential Dr. Schlesinger told reporters at a news conference which was called to discuss the Vietnam tion but which was broadened to discuss U.S. policy in But Dr. Schlesinger quence of the events in Southeast Asia has been to shake the confidence of many countries in American power and larly in American Under these it is particularly tune to contemplate major changes in the U.S posture abroad Dr. Schlesinger is virtually alone among Ford administration policy ad- visers in being untainted with an earlier commitment to the U.S. involvement in. and he appeared at times to be addressing other administration colleagues and Congress as much as the Asian allies he evidently was trying to In this he gave the first hint of the new direction would like U.S. cy throughout the world to take now the Please See KEEP Page 4 By JEFF Free Press Correspondent OTTAWA The federal still has not made a final decision on the proposed Canadian natural Energy Minister Donald Macdonald said A public announcement will be made within a and be- tore next Thursday's regular federal cabinet he The government is still ing for an effective date for the export increase of Aug. 1, Mr. Macdonald Before the public Ottawa to discuss the decision with United States and with gas producing Alberta and British The price increase is ed to be about 50 or 60 per resulting in a border price 51.50 to a thousand cubic One of the problems delaying a final decision might be the announcement earlier this week by an Alberta arbitration board of a new wellhead price of a thousand cubic feet for most gas leaving Alberta for g tic use in the east. If that which would g come into effect Nov. 1, is lowed to the export price g might have to be modified again in the Mr. Macdonald said that the was Ray 23, of wa picks up piles of tax forms at the Taxation Data Centre in Ottawa Wednesday the mailing deadline most Canadians had to get their forms on the way to the but Quebec residents have until May 19 because of postal export price issue might have to be referred to a cabinet com- but not full for a final the minister said the cabinet did make a final de- cision on an application by Pipeline Co. of Calgary to extend beyond a expiry date an existing temporary export He said a public Please See GAS Page 4 Nationwide Control Of Rent Predicted All Canadian provinces may have some form of rent control as a result of cial discussions on the broader federal program of Premier Ed Schreyer of toba said He was elaborating outside Ihe legislature on his ment Wednesday the government has been considering legislating degree of rent for a couple of In the he told Manitoba Progressive leader Sidney Spivak rent controls were much a part of at the first meeting in Ottawa two weeks ago when the whole question of inflation was dis- cussed and it was agreed some restraints were The federal government is expected to define more ly its desired guidelines within the next three Mr. Schreyer later told Pending more definite word on the federal government's restraint he said Manitoba is looking at possibly Please See CONTROLS Page 4 LEGISLATURE HIGHLIGHTS Rent controls being Schreyer Page million system for Page Paulley enters hospital More information sought on cartage firm Page Cuban officials here to discuss hotel Page Small business criticized Page Motives for tax shift queried Page Manitoba health care criticized Page Government has failed Sherman Page More federal aid sought for fish ladders Page Welfare Ministers Revamp Social Security Programs By VIC PARSONS Welfare ministers agreed Thursday to move into a new phase of their overhaul of social security grams by investigating the levels of assistance and other details of a proposed guaranteed income The agreement came wards the end of a two-day federal provincial conference of ministers which at one point seemed ready to fall apart over a basic divergence of views between Quebec and some other provinces on one hand and the federal But Thursday federal ister Marc Lalonde and Mr. Lalonde stressed later that this did not mean all inces felt it was the besl ble plan but that the various governments were all willing lo go along with it. The questions raised by Mr. who drew port from other will be investigated jointly now by federal and provincial 1 Pledge Fast I Action i By GINNY GALT OTTAWA S tion Minister Robert Andras said Thursday the government H will very to bring South Vietnamese refugees to He said in the Commons g Canada will lake of the H refugees evacuated from s gon by the United States and 1 an additional who left the s Southeast Asian country on g their H Outside the Mr. Andras said the provinces are s being consulted on where the H refugees will H Normal immigration would be waived for M those who could satisfy the government that they H persecution if they were to re- turn Andras said the cabinet has not yet decided whether to recognize the new regime in South Saigon surrendered Tuesday to the ending 35 years of The Viet backed Provisional Government has taken over control of the Before the country 122 war orphans were flown to Canada and Mr. Andras promised priority on They are expected to report Please See WELFARE Page 4 Inquiry Learns Why Money Paid By ROB BULL Free Press Staff Correspondent MONTREAL When treal travel agent R. Y. gor stepped down from the witness stand a eral inquiry was a little closer to understanding why Air da gave him The reason Mr. McGregor of- for the payment was not the reason slated in the letters accompanying the cheques paid to by the airline lo their good faith and confirm their in- terest in plans lo in a The covering say the money was for work he was to undertake as a consultant to in- fluence governments in Lalin America and the Mid- dle East in favor of Air The under Mr. landed immigrant status to South Vietnamese who have relatives in it is doubtful that very many of those people did gel he said He predicted that more than of those persons will make it lo Mr. Andras said the lice Willard Z. I E s I. e y of He says the money was given Please See INQUIRY Page 4 bee's Claude For- were playing down their On Mr. Lalonde had proposed one income gram for persons unable to work and another for the ing The or income program would come into effect next year wilh income supplements for the working poor in 1977. Ottawa would pay about 70 per cent of the estimated billion more than current costs that was required to bring the program lo Mr. londe But Mr. who wilh several other provincial opposed the separation of a guaranteed income gram imo two called Mr. proposals vague and He asked for more of voters during j Sinn which urged a As the sixth Thursdays election for a con- of Ihe had since the overhaul was i representatives stationed out- net's decision Thursday to take 3.000 refugees who are not re- lated to Canadians was ly due lo a United they have evacuated people and asked us i lo help He could not when Ibe will arrive we want to move very quickly on Immigration Please See FAST Page 4 U.S. House Rejects Aid For Refugees WASHINGTON The House of Representatives re- President Ford's aid request for South Vietnamese refugees Thursday because it still bore authority for U.S. military Hours Ford issued a statement declaring the House's decision was worthy of a people which has lived by the philosophy in the Statue of He appealed to Congress to draw up new and House leaders indicated they would draft a new ing the money The written before the Saigon government was Tip for final approval It was rejected 246 to 1G2 despite an appeal from Ford that its evacuation was now useless and the money was evacuation has been Ford said in a ter to the Congress may be assured that Please See U.S. Page 5 Return Demanded Of Gold By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS T h e new government of South Vietnam demanded today that all properly taken out of the country by fleeing including combat planes and be government inside and outside of Vietnam belongs to the people and is at the disposal of their new The statement added that this is in accordance with law on property A broadcast froin of the Provisional More than 125 South air force planes and helicopters are in They were flown there by ing air force and the Thai government at first said Please See RETURN Page 5 Government in Saigon charges lhat of and hundreds of cargo and combat were taken 11 said all property owned by the South Vietnamese Divided On Economic Plans IRA Intimidation Alleged In Election From BELFAST A ern Ireland politician said j slopped from going to the He said Ihe Provisional Irish today there was widespread in- Republican A r m y s political hi ou need two years Social Democratic and Labor the ministers said j Party candidate Austin Curric they had agreed j said he has reports of 347 to look al Ihe of wilh j pic struck and side polling booths the names of those who Voters general responded Please Sec IRA Page 5 TODAY Staid Diplomats 10 Business Report 45 lo 52 Classified 22 to 31. 33 to Comics 62, 63 Deaths 7 For to 20 2fi Movies 17 to Sports to Bi Television 15 NEARLY EVERYONE READS the FREE PRESS Cily Zone Total Jamaica Commonwealth leaders are expected to pick a committee of wise men to sort through conflicting proposals for changes in the world economic order lo see if a concensus is Suggestion for such a com- was made lo Ihe Com- conference here Thursday by Prime Minister Forbes Burnham of Guyana and supported by Canadian Prime Minister among Burnham made his tion in the course of a speech on the Third World demand for a new economic cal change in the and monetary system to give the poor countries a chance to catch This and its call for such things as commodity tels that would wave a big stick over s u m e r s the heads of con- lo stabilize came after a speech by British Prime Minister Harold Wilson which called for a general world agreement on Sec NEW ORDER Page 5 Holdup Suspects Held By Police Physicians Close Doors In SAN FRANCISCO Hundreds of northern nia physicians stayed out of operating r o o m s bringing gery to a virtual standstill in a protest at spiralling insurance deadline for tors in eight counties to renew their agreement with Argonaut Insurance Co. of Menlo passed at Many of Ihc doctors refused pay higher rates ranging up lo 322 per cent. A spol check of 25 hospitals by The Associated Press and the Council of ern California revealed ly all had restricted surgical admission to critically ill Only emergency surgery was being performed at most with some continuing lo operations lhat re- quired only a local dors not seem to be any real said spokesman for the it will lake a couple of days lo get a true of the Medical societies in the area said it was impossible to mine how many doctors had closed their but ran up to 50 per cent. In Los the 300- Los Angeles County Society of said it. was sponsoring a one- day walkout next Tuesday lo focus public attention on the malpractice insurance The malpractice crisis as triggered by Argonaut's deci- sion lo get out of the mal practice insurance The firm said it had lost and of dollar writing malpractice The agreed to renew coverage on an individual basis for periods al higher High risk rales for which have been averaging a were increased lo as much as Rales for low risk practice such as psychiatry or internal medicine went from a low of lo lo a gh of 54.912. The California Hospital has reported that paid See Page 5 By RON CAMPBELL Free Press Staff Writer A bank robbery at- tempi at a branch of the Royal Bank of William and Main was 1 foiled about 10 minutes after started j s Winnipeg police answered j the holdup alarm aboul s p.m. ami flanked the bank on i H the William and Main j at the j s In aboul five they i had hvo in custody j If young men thought lo be be- H and 25 and look 1 them lo the Public Safety H a block for 1 i Helen 10, of 302 j Gwendoline strew in i on the attempted robbery as il was in walked in and the one guy told me to hold Miss lie asked Ihe girl al Ihe till if he had a and she said so I said Tin going lo cash my Miss Christie said neither man appeared They were dressed in and Two policemen came in shortly and one grabbed one of the while the other policeman drew his Both suspects were warned to keep she Miss Christie said one of the officers jumped over the counter to apprehend the ond who had been scooping money out of the
