Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 7, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ontario 95425 series nine 95280 series tight 38500 series 38 73265 series 10 18970 61 Blacks take over Argus 14 The Complete Medical Exam 21 140 moves to cut raster ti CFL legal limit 49 WEATHER REPORT FROM Cloudy low 8 high 20 SUM: Rises Sets p.m Rises Sets Winnipeg Free Press VOL 235 FRIDAY JULY 15 CENTS WITH COLORED COMICS For 31 FINAL EDITION Government efforts fail to halt tourist decline By ANDY BLICQ Despite attempts by the cial government to persuade Americans to visit Manitoba Canada figures show 26 per cent fewer Americans entered the province by car in the first five months of this year than the same period in 1977 The statistics show the number of Americans arriving in ba in May by car fell to from in May last year The number of Americans ar- riving by other forms of tation fell by 23 per cent A Statistics Canada spokesman in Ottawa said with the exception of Nova Scotia Manitoba suffered the greatest decline in U.S tors Manitoba is joined by Ontario Quebec and Alberta in showing a decline while British Columbia and New Brunswick attracted more tourists Stan Gorchynski provincial director of tourism said in an interview Thursday the Statistics Canada figures are not totally representative of the number of Americans crossing the border Provincially compiled statistics are more accurate Gorchynski said Only 40 per cent of the final provincial tourism figures come from Statistics Canada records he added He said April figures were holding par with previous years However Statistics da figures show the number of Americans arriving by car this April fell drastically to this year from in 1977 between 1975 and 1977 the ber of American tourists entering Manitoba fell to 2.95 million from 3.15 million but this year the government launched a campaign to attract American tourists into the province Tourism Minister Bob Banman announced in April the provincia government would mount an awareness blitz designed to at tract Americans to Manitoba where the devalued Canadian dol lar would make their money worth more A group of government visited Minneapolis in May to promote tourism Banman said in an interview Thursday he is disappointed See TOURIST page 4 Winnipeg Jets get Houston franchise HOUSTON AP Kenneth Schnitzer owner of the two- time World Hockey Association champion Houston Aeros announced today he has sold the Aeros franchise and all existing player contracts to the WHA Winnipeg Jets announcement ended lengthy attempts to secure a franchise in the National Hockey League It's not a lot of fun when you have tried and failed and fans don't understand but at least in this case I think the fans know that I Schnitzer said He said existing contracts of 13 Aeros players plus the WHA franchise would go to the Jets All we kept was the name Aeros and the office Schnitzer said The Aeros lost in excess of million last season Schnitzer said Ministers agree to end break on sales tax By MARY ANN FitzGERALD DANZKER 3 honored in province Two Winnipeggers and a town councillor from Flin Flon were among 60 ans named today by Jules as members or officers in the Order of Canada Howard Templeton a engineer and a er for environmental tion was named an officer of the order one of 18 from across Canada Former Winnipeg city councillor Mark and Gunnar tone a town councillor from Flin Flon were named bers of the order A complete list of the 50 awards recipients is on page 4 Know the scores Toronto 2 Baltimore 0 Detroit t Cleveland 4 California 9 Kansas City 2 Mew York 7 Texas 2 Boston 7 Chicago 6 Los Angeles 5 Atlanta 1 San Francisco 5 San 4 7 Montreal New York 9 6 Louis 3 Pittsburgh 2 A one-day finance ministers conference in Winnipeg Thursday wound up in apparent agreement about ending federal aid for temporary sales tax cuts split over Ottawa's plan to extend its lottery program and by shelving Manitoba's call for reduced mining and gasoline taxes After the meeting Manitoba Finance Minister Donald Craik said Manitoba's sales tax will return to five per cent after the federal subsidy ends Federal Finance Minister Jean Chretien announced nance and resource ministers will discuss mining taxes at an October meeting Craik disappointed that the mining study promised at the February first minister's conference hadn't got off the ground said he felt things are moving along now While admitting the mining industry is also concerned about provincial taxes Craik said the effective federal rates are higher now than in 1970 His call on the federal government to reduce its gasoline excise tax drew a cool reception It's a Chretien remarked In a statement to the conference Craik noted the excise tax generates to million more than needed to subsidize imported oil in eastern Canada Its removal or reduction would fight inflation and aid ing power he argued Chretien said the federal government will not continue financial aid for temporary provincial sales tax cuts after October He said the reductions the main feature of his April budget have effectively stimulated consumer demand and extending them was too expensive and might not lead to further spending increases Chretien said his government feels it is entitled to extend Loto Canada the federal lottery after its BEIRUT AP Israel and Syria expiry in 1979 squared off against each other today It's not a provincial he said It's open to because of the Syrian attack on us too nesc Christians and Lebanese Several provinces objected to extending the federal dent Elias Sarkis threatened to resign lory as interference in provincial jurisdiction unless both Syria and the Christians Loto Canada set up in 1976 to help finance the Olympic gave him a free hand to govern Games in Montreal was extended to this year's Com- An Israeli army spokesman in Tel Games in Edmonton The Aviv confirmed a report by Radio authorizing it ends next year el that the Jewish state has Craik told a briefing the issue of lotteries which ened its forces along the entire crate a total million to the provinces about der to the north The reinforcements lion to remained a It's a case of who gives in Manitoba however isn't considering following British Columbia in notifying distributors they won't be licenced if they attempt to handle both provincial and federal lotteries he said Asked about the lottery Chretien first said it was not his responsibility He said he brought it in initially but now it is the responsibility of lona fitness and amateur sport minister Then he said the provinces are only complaining now because the federal lottery is operating profitably Agreement about ending the sales tax cats means in many provinces the tax will rise two or three percentage Photos by Dave Bonner Paul toft of and Dean of Southdate warm up their Thursday white waiting for friends to congregate in Birds Hill Provincial Park for today's start of the Manitoba Folk Festival Thousands of people are expected to jam the park for the three-day event See page 3 for an interview with festival host television and radio performer Peter Gzowski Israeli Syrian troops square off were sent up as another warning to Syria to stop its attack on Israel's Christian allies in Lebanon the wing Phalange and National Liberal parties and their militias To counter the Israeli threat Syrian President Hafez Assad put his armed forces on full alert the usually reliable Middle East Reporter said It said forces facing Israeli troops across the UN buffer zone on the Golan Heights were put on a war footing The troop movement followed a fligh of seven Israeli planes over Beirut or Thursday and a warning by Defence Minister Weizman that would have to do more than just tak note of the pounding Syrian guns hav given Beirut's Christian quarter The Israeli spokesman said the rein also was designed to deter See ISRAELI page 4 Mass pickets hit Safeway store Sec SALES page 4 A group of 309 trade unionists ed a Canada Safeway Store at Mountain Avenue and McGregor Street Thursday night The Retail Store Employees Union was joined on the picket line by fellow strikers from other onions Police were called hi on a complaint a boat unruly across en- trances to the Safeway parking lot A police spokesman said that a ber of picketers were jeering at the customers as they entered the store The police spokesman said there were no arrests Bernard Christophe business agent of the union said in an interview there may be more such mass pickets as the union closed ranks and got tougher We want to show we have a lot of support hi the community and there may he more of these with the intent of convincing the company and the consumer we would prefer them not to shop at that store said in an interview He said that support by other bers of the Manitoba Federation of Labor was a followup of the decision of general support On the picket line were striking Canadian Food and Allied Workers and other un- ionists paternity leave OTTAWA CP Ex- men now are ting equal time at city hall They now are ble for paternity leave of up to six months just as the women arc I don't know of another municipality with this kind of leave the city personnel manager John Cyr said Thursday He said the tiated contract for the Civic Institute of Personnel allows expectant fathers and mothers up to six months leave of absence without pay following the birth or adoption of a child The one-year contract is active to Jan 1.1978 LOOKING FOR A DESK? want ad 575 I 1 I madwne I is among the of 1 I bargains in today's j section waar Europe trying for common economic strategy BREMEN West Germany AP Leaders of nine West European countries moved toward a strategy always to deal with inflation P late the West German economy he sees whether Washington win an effective energy tne anv widi said west Gel appeared ready to agree II I frV SB mat win law mmi trade She haw MI to JN their youths nuclear power and knocked down and threw crackers outside we meeting hail vpt were new ey a of carrying shields Tne reawmev same mi wne ee wary piaw fcr French President Vatery Giscard many issues as possible at this The Europeans moved forward on a tent problem They said they their affairs take action to eVal with the matter works British said they think the system wwM be de- at the meeting Dec in with their meeting with U.S Carter nese Prime Minister Talon fimi for JWy in readi xs West Germany is eager 10 tain its low annual inflation rate of 2.7 per cent bet is being to increase government spending or order a massive tax cut to late its economy Other Europeans and the United States rrt West Gemun then new le raw to the rest fcs
