. Page 2, The Herald, Friday, July 13, 1979 Tories praise late party rebel | - OTTAWA (CP) .— Leading Progressive Conservatives directed words of praise Thursday at the late Senator Claude Wagnér, a mah who had become the party’a black sheep since narrowly loging the 1976 leadership contest, Prime Minister Clark, who had feuded sporadically with -thehS4-year-old Quebec politician for three years, ‘said in a statement that Wagner “served his province and country with dignity and courage.” "His decision to come to Parliament contributed immeasurably to a better understanding among Canadians and brought his colleagues the benefit of a broad comprehenylon of . Canada.” In one of Wagner's last speeches in the Senate, Oct. 19, 1978, he indirectly criticized Clark for trying to “downplay the truly perilous nature" of national disunity and praised then prime. minister Pierre Trudeau for displaying ‘‘encouraging signs of movement in the right direction.” Funeral services for Wagner, who died in a Montreal hospital Wed- nesday evening following a lengthy illness, ‘will be held at 2 p.m, EDT Monday from St. Joseph de Bordeaux Roman Catholic Church in Montreal.’ Family members would not give the cause of death and for two years refused to confirm or deny reports that Wagner had leukemia, Former prime minister John Diefenbaker, who had supported Wagner in his bid ta become Conservative so much to contributehyet."”’ Robert Stanfield, the former Conservative leader whe had wooed Wagner to the party in 1972 a3 his Quebec strongman, said he was shavked by the death. “We were good, close friends.” + leader, sald in an interview: “He was one of my closest friends through the years. He was a man of tremendous ability, a man of courtesy, always willing to see the other side.of an argument. “T shall miss him greatly. It’s a loss for Canada. He had Following. the May 22 federal election, Swhen Clark said he would appoint Quebec senators to the cabinet because only two Conservative MPs were elected from the province, Senator Wagner volunteered his services but was rebuffed. , Wardair head says he needs the expansion OTTAWA (CP): — Max Ward told the Air Transport Committee Thursday he -must branch out into some scheduled air services if his charter business is’ to sur- The president of Wardair Canada Ltd, said he wants to set aside 33 1-3 per cent of hia . charter seating capacity of 1,60) for passengers who want scheduled air services. vive. “Economy alrfares might MASON JARS Home preserving jars 12, 14 fl. oz. jars In a box Kmart Reg. Price 4.27 SATURDAY ONLY Box of 12 LOOK HOW YOU SAVE SAVE 14% Joe WIDE MOUTH: | by ety SAVE 45% im Leaf MR. 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TO 9:30 PM fall by 10 to 12 per cent on some routes’ Ward told the committee, warning however’ that- charter air fares are.,heading for a similar decrease. Ward said changes in charter regulations being proposed by the committee would give charter carriers greater access to the marketplace while giving the public a more useful charter service. “Such regulatory amend- ments provide a partial solution but I question if they fully address the problem facing charter air carriers today,” he aaid. &'A charter carrier that ~ does nat provide a passenger szwt reservation service, equivalent or near equivalent flight frequency : to that of scheduled carriers, on-going passenger handling . services at those stations being served, will no longer retain any significant market share,’ he warned. “The charter passenger receives all of these services from scheduled airlines at charter air fares so why “would they accept less from a charter carrier?’’ he - asked, Ward said his airline required ‘the ‘‘part- scheduled service” so as nat ‘to be crushed by scheduled airlines. “Scheduled ‘airlines can meet any reasonable charter air fare by averaging their charter yields ‘with high- yield scheduled airfares," he said. : “The charter carrler must. | also. have -access /to high ” aq aylelding: air fire. Gaffic “in order to survive,” he con- cluded. Ward said hig airline had good load factors so far’ in 1979 “but the airfare yields ‘(are) too low to meet costs.” He said the only maior effect his proposal would have on the airline ‘industry “would be to assure charter carriers are still around to compete.” Tn an interview Ward said that he would increase the frequency of hig charters so that some routes would have daily service, Passengers other than charter passengers would pay more ‘or -their seats but consid- erably less for the same flight as economy passengers on scheduled airlines. of staff, told reporters Clark had a long list of cabinet hopefuls to chose from but the list “is not that long.” There now are two vacant Senate seals from Quebec, Clark has three French- Canadian senators in the cabinet — Jacques Flynn, Martial Asselin and Robert de Cotret. - - -Standing in the 104-seat Senate is Liberals 72, Con- servatives 18, independent 2, independent Liberal 1, Social Cradit 1, vacant. 10, Senator Allister Grosart, deputy government leader in the Senate, praised Wagner's lifelong devotion to ‘the cause of national unity, Wagner ‘‘‘understaod the. problems facing federalism as few people did.” _ In one of Wagner's last Commons speeches before his appointment to the Senate April 21, 1978, he said: “I choose to be a Canadian because [ will not be lured by the sirens of doubtful sover- eignty whose benefits have - not been proved. 1 choose to . be a Canadian because my fellow countrymen in other provinces need a Canadian Quebec.” . Wagner joined the Con- seryatives in 1872 after a judicial career and a term as justice minister for the’. Quebec Liberal . ad- ministration of Jean Lesage, In 1970 he lost the Quebec leadership to “ Robert Bourassa, who subsequently became provincial premier, and in 1976 fost the Con- servative leadership to Clark, who then became prime minister. oe Since 1976, Wagner batt] with Clark and -Roch LaSalle, Clark's leading French-Canadian MP, about . party policy.::. Wagner refused to campaign for the - party in In Toronto, . Canadians have lost a great friend. . “He was'a man who believed dearly that French and English Canadians could live together and trust in a common destiny based on respect and tolerance.” . . Robert: Coates, ‘national’ * president. of...the:.: Con; servative party, said ‘the country has “lost a very special Canadian iat a crit- ical moment in our history," The esteem of his coleagues ‘‘was clearly evident in the substantial support he received from the caucus’’ during the 1976 leadership contest, Coates said in o written statement. - “Claude Wagner's speech in accepting defeat on the final ballot endorsing Joe Clark, the winner, was one of the finest every heard by Canabians,” Wagner, who once billeb hpmself ‘‘the scourge of the mafia,’’o because of his crime-busting career as a Crown attorney, © Was described by Ron Atkey, em- ployment and immigration minister, as ‘‘a staunch defender of civii libertizy.” 4 | NEWS IN BRIEF | Bill Neville, Clark's chief - OTTAWA (CP) — An Ontarlo government official . has questioned the need for increased exports of natural gas from Western Canada, saying it might be'better to. conserve supplies for domestic needs, . Donald Rogers, counsel for the provincial - energy department, made the comments Thursday during ‘National Energy Board hearings into 10 competing Newspaper ABBOTSFORD, B.C, (CP) — The Daily News will not publish until its owner returns from hiding, a spokesman for the morning -newapaper said Thursday, Rick Mcllwain sald in an interview that publisher Peter Lasch went into hiding after the paper published a’ - story dealing with Saudia- Arabia in its Monday edition. The newspaper has not published since then. applications to increase exporta to the United States in thz 1990s, . The lawyer said he was un- certain about any economic benefits-to Canada from the export of surplus Alberta as. But the, vice-president of _one of the competing firms said increased exports are needed to pay for fature exploration and ‘develop- . ment. - _ man hiding Mellwain, who described himself as one of his em- ployer's right-hand men, raid Lasch had gone un- derground for two or three days until he feels safe. He said Lasch told him he | would probably return by the weekend and that Lasch has: been in contact with the paper which is based in this lower Fraser Valley com- munity and .printed in the Vancouver suburb of of Burnaby. Need for exports queried OTTAWA (CP) — A 90-day freeze on Prairie branchline abandonmenta was an- nounced Thursday by Transport Minister ‘Don Mazankowski, clearing the tracks for major grainhandling an. nouncements next week. Mazankowski also an- nounced at a news con: ference the appointment of Saskatchewan MP Doug Neil as special adviser on wh- zther 2,900 killometres of the little-used rail, branch lines should be abandoned. Next: week he will release the Booz-Allen report Son ways to improve the utilization of railway grain cara and announce creation of a committee of three Conservative MPs to tae action to unsnarl the grain- handling system. “Mafia head murdered. NEW YORK (AP) — Underworld leader Carmine ’ Galante — free on bail and Ontarlo - . Premler William Davis said reportedly running the 200- member Joseph Bonanno mob — was shg}.to. death Thursday afternoon in an apparent underworld hit at a Brooklyn restaurant, police - sald, Two other men died and a fourth was critically wounded in the. spray of _ gunfire from three masked men: at “Joe -and. Mary's Restaurant, police said. Police said that four men got out of a car in front of the Italian restaurant. Three went in and began firing at Looking for - EPHRATA, Wash, (AP) — Officials. are looking for a twogallon jug of the lethal poison parathion which apparently bounced off a truck someplace along High: way 17 between Omak and Moses lake in eastern Washington. Three other jugs of the in- secticide which fell off the truck Wednesday had been found, said Capt. Norm Erickson of the Washington State Patrol, -3{6/9/5 [1] 8] I ; 8 ; “ i 4 Fi If the last six. live or four digits on your ticket are identical to and in the same order as the winning numbers above, your ticket is eligible to win the corrasponding prize. last 6 digits WIN $1,000 last 5 digits WIN - $100 last 4 digits WIN $25 NOTE: All cash prizes up to and including $1.000 may be cashed al any branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce only In British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Yukon. Instant cash vouchers of $2, $5 or $25 may aiso be cashed at participating retailers. . 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One of the containers was leaking and David Scallon, 48, of the state department of transportation was decon- taminated at the Coulee Dam Medical Clinic after he took it to a Grant County . waste dropbox, The fumes are deadly and can be absorbed through the skin, officials said; The Grant County department of emergency services sealed off con-— _ taminated areas and spread sawdust and lime chlorine to counteract the toxico spills. The three containers were found along the highway be- tween ‘Soap Lake and Sun ‘Lakes State Park, They fell off a truck that was tran- sporting 30 of the containers from Wenatchee to -Moses Lake, the state patrol said, The missing container waa described as a bucket-type jug with blue labels. | Soviets buying LJ grain WASHINGTON (AP) — The Soviet Union has bought another 775,000 metric tons of U.S. grain, boosting’ its total purchases to near the Hmit of 15 million metric tons set for this year, the U.S, agriculture department said Thureday. — Officials said the latest sales included 225,000 metric . ’ tons of wheat and 550,000 of corn. That boosted total Soviet purchases te about 14.7 million metric tens of grain for delivery in the 1978- 79 year that will end on Sept. 0 ' a Under a five-year agreement, the Soviet Union is committed to buy at least six million metric tons of wheat and corn annually. It can buy a total of elght million without further discussions with the U.S., ac- cording to the pact. But for 1978-79, as It did last year, the U.S, told the Soviet Union it could buy up to 15 milllon metric tons of wheat and corn. A metric ton is equal to 34.7 bushels of wheat or 38.4 bushels of corn. ve Earl eet eT ON te See. >