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Nanaimo Daily News from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada • 3

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I NEWS FOR BUSY READERS Nanaimo Daily Free' Press, Friday, May 14, 1971 3 Chess Giants At Odds Over Spectators GET FIRST SUB CAPE TOWN (Router The South African Navy's first marine, ihe 867-ton French-biiilt Daphne class Mana van Rie-htk, arrived at Simonstovin iuval base near here Thursday. It was the first of three submarines of her class being built in France for South Africa's navy I FORD GLUM 7 VANCOUVER CP The World Chess Federation Thursday night Robert Fischer of the United States and Mark Taimanov of the Soviet Union to use facilities at the University of British Columbia's student union building for their world chess quarter-final match now scheduled to begin Sunday. The 10-round match was to have opened at UBC's graduate centre Thursday afternoon, but objections to those facilities from both sides started a search for another site Wednesday afternoon. Vaimanov insisted that tradition be observed and spectators be allowed to attend the match. Fischer, had demanded that spectators be excluded, claiming they interfere with his game.

TRAVEL DEATHS UP 1 iiL DETROIT "APi Henry Ford II said Thursday that tiie United States-buJt minicars have to halt the rising tide of imports and expressed doubt that the American industry can remain competitive in the world auto market. "Minicars make miniprofits," said the 53-year-old Ford Motor Co. board chairman. "1 frankly don't see how we're going to meet the competition," Ford said at a news conference after the firm's annual meeting. "We've tried to stem the tide unsuccessfully I might say to some extent." CANADA INTERESTED KUALA LUMPUR (AP) -Canadian airlines and ships are considering extending operations to this part of the world, the Canadian high commis ENTERTAINERS.

PERFORM HERE MAY 29 Ladies' SLEEP WEAR Cool to wear, easy to care for Truprest fortrel and cotton in delicate pastel shades. A must for your travel or at-home ensembles. Short Gowns Dainty lace and embroidery trim. Sizes and XL. 3.49 10.00 Long Gowns Sizes S.

and M. 4.98 5.98 Baby Rolls Peasant style, with trim and puff sleeves, or sleeveless. Sizes 3.98 to 6.98 Short Gown With matching duster coat. Sizes 11.95 and 12.95 at Anderson's Also in the cast are popular Scottish entertainer Johnny Forrest, champion old-time fiddler Graham Towiisend and champ step-dancer Gil Roy. The show is sponsored here by local Kiwanis and proceeds will go to club charities.

Three perennial favorites, Marg, Don and Charlie, stars of the Don Slesser Show, will be on stage at the Civic Arena May 29 in Nanaimo. Don Messer is on his last Canadian tour after 40 years entertaining coast to coast and in other countries. HENRY FORD II can't stem tide. YACHT EXPENSIVE LONDON (AP) The Queen's royal yacht Britannia has cost British taxpayers $20.4 million since the vessel was built in 1954, Parliament was told Thursday. Sailors' pay, re WASHINGTON (AP) The various forms of travel in the United States killed 59,220 persons last year, at the rate of about 162 a day.

The total was 1.251 less than in 1969 when fin.471 travellers were killed, the sioner to Malaysia, J. G. Had-wen, said Wednesday. Speaking to reporters at Miri Airport in the Malaysian Borneo state of Sarawak, the high commissioner said he could foresee an "increasing of trade" between Canada and Malaysia. Bridge Removal Poses Problem fits and running costs have de National Transportation Safety Pope Urges Political Action For The World's Christians voured the cash, the defence joint undersecretary, Peter CHASE, B.C.

(CP) More than 100 persons- from the community of Anglemont, about 28 miles north of here on Shuswap Lake in the British Columbia interior, were marooned Thursday when the department of high Board said Thursday. LOST KIDNEY SALONICA, Greece (Renter) The public prosecutor here is investigating a woman's charges that a team of surgeons removed one of her kidneys without her consent during an operation in February. OFFERS HOURS OPTION The Pope's letter marked the 80th anniversary of the Roman rcffwiriioiM'n- Tru Milium -ir at ways removed a log-jammea Catholic church first great social encyclical, Rerum Nova-rum (of new things) issued by Pope Leo XIII in 1891 to defend the working man against the Kirk, said in the House of Commons. Britannia cost $4.8 million to build. 747 HONORED WASHINGTON (AP) The United States aviation industry presented Thursday its top award, the Collier Trophy, to the world's largest commercial transport, the 747 jumbo jet.

President Nixon described as "richly deserved" the award to the builder, the Boeing Co. of Seattle, and associated presentations to its engine manufacturer, United Aircraft and the first line to operate the big jet, Pan American World Airways. ATLANTA. Ga. (AP) Sold and Serviced by Prescription Optical Co.

CAPITOL MEDICAL DENTAL BUILDING Skinner Street Nanaimo Bos 158 Phone 754-2212 evils of the Industrial Revolu tion. The letter today was enti bridge caused by high water. The residents appealed to the department to divert the Sica-mous ferry, a two-hour trip, so they can get their vehicles out until the Ross River bridge is replaced. Mike Riley, one of the residents affected, said the high Mayor Sam Massell says he will give city employees the option of working a four-day 40-hour tled Octogesima Adveniens (of the 80th anniversary). MAKES APPRAISAL Pope Paul led off his message week rather than a five-day week.

The mayor said Thursday employees can decide whether to work 10 hours a day for four davs instead of eight hours a ways department has been un By PATRICK E. O'KEEFE VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Paul insisted today that all Christians plunge into political action. He said they should use the Gospel's ideals to conquer problems "that put the very future of man in jeopardy." The pontiff warned Christians against embracing Marxism and urged caution toward socialism and Western liberalism or capitalism. He said Christians should go "beyond every system" to assert "the specific character of the Christian contribution for a positive transformation of society." The 73-y a -o 1 pontiff sounded his call in a document that summed up and built upon the public social end political pronouncements of his nearly eight-year reign. The document was "an apostolic letter," similar to an encyclical addressed to Maurice Cardinal with a pessimistic appraisal of able to say when the bridge will the gaps between rich and poor be replaced, stating not until day for five days.

nations, the continuance of to the annual freshette is over. talitarian systems, the violence "That could take us to the The Vatican said the commission would spur national confer-erences of bishops into making a more detailed analysis of local situations and suggesting specific solutions for each country. SUGGESTS SWITCH In the letter, Pope Paul also "deplored the mindless pursuit of progress and profit" and suggested a switch from economics to politics as the basis for human activity, to achieve not national goals but the well-being of all men. He urged that nations adopt a charter to free women from sexual discrimination, but he also upheld women's role at "the heart of the family." The Pope also: Lashed racial discrimination, wherever it is practised. Called for a charter to give emigrants from one country to another a right to "professional advancement" and "access to decent housing." Charged that big cities foster "discrimination and also indifference" and suggested a need for small, congenial units on the streets or neighborhood level.

of revolutionaries, and confusion of many over rapid change ODDITIES IN THE NEWS end of June," he said. Mr. Riley explained the bridge became jammed Wednesday night after a heavy rainfall. A highways crew removed the decking Thursday, leaving only three rows of pilings. Questions that spring from these sources, he said, must "take first place among the pre-occupations of Christians, so that with other men the latter may dedicate themselves to solving the new difficulties which put the very future of Roy of Canada, the president of SCHOOL NOTICE Christopher Robin School for Mentally Retarded Children Christopher Robin School will be admitting new students for September, 1971.

Parents desiring admission for their children should contact the principal as soon as possible so plans can be made for the next term. Children who will be six years of age up to and including December 31st, 1971, are eligible for consideration. J. W. McPherrin, Secretary-Treasurer, School District No.

68 (Nanaimo) man in jeopardy." He said he meant his apos the Vatican Commission of Justice and Peace. Pope Paul chose the form of a letter addressed to Cardinal tolic letter to be "a fresh and insistent call to action" for all The twins said they're planning about $30,000 worth of renovating and eventually will have three apartments to rent WASHINGTON (AP) A paper-wrapped package overstayed its welcome in the driveway under the entrance steps of the U.S. Senate Thursday afternoon, and Capitol police, edgy after a bombing earlier this year, went into action. Police officials said technicians from the metropolitan bomb squad took the package apart. Their discovery: A copper fondue pot.

Christians. Roy, the Vatican said, to indi "It is not enough to recall cate he wanted the commission to develop his directions principles, state intentions MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Police were called to a church yard Thursday by neighbors concerned, about a minister who had himself buried alive May 7. Police said residents near Prospect Park Baptist Church reported that Rev. Claude J.

Smith had had himself placed in an underground chamber to atone for the sins of the Inspector Harris Cole said police found Milton Baily, a church deacon, standing above the grave and communicating with Smith through an air tube. Baily told police they could not talk with Smith because the minister was spending four hours a day in meditation and was in one of the periods of meditation. "So far as I know, there is no law against a man burying himself alive if he wants to," said the inspector. point to crying injustices and utter prophetic denunciations These words will lack real weight unless they are accompanied for each individual by a No Tax Boost. Surplus In Manitoba Budget livelier awareness of personal Rivers Rampage In Kootenays NELSON, B.C.

(CP) Rain in the Kootenay region "turned district rivers and creeks into boiling torrents Wednesday, washing out the main bridge on Highway 3A over nearby Duhamel Creek. At 28 miles southwest of Nelson, the elementary school had to be evacuated when the approaches to a bridge there were washed out by the rampaging Salmo River. Students helped in sandbagging operations. British Columbia Telephone Co. reported disruptions Wednesday-evening and Thursday morning when a 300-foot mudslide between Nakusp and Fauquier knocked out telephone lines to Burton on the Arrow Lakes.

Wednesday evening rain undermined Highway 3A, causing trees to fall onto the telephone line, cutting service to Balfour and Duncan Lake for a short period. The carryover included $12.6 million in speed-up payments and $6.7 million from a federal equalization adjustment for the fiscal year 1968-69. responsibility and by effective action." COMMENTS ON PROBLEMS The Pope had these comments on current problems in the world: Urbanization: "Instead, of favoring fraternal encounter and mutual aid, the city fosters dis-crimination and also indifference. Behind the facades, such misery is hidden, unsuspected even by the closest neighbors; other forms of misery spread where human dignity founders: delinquency, criminality, abuse of drugs and eroticism." This extra $19.3 million from Ottawa led opposition critics to question whether or not Mr. Cherniack had produced a bal WINNIPEG (CP) For the second year in a row, Manitoba's New Democratic Party government has brought down a provincial budget containing no tax increases and forecasting a slight operating surplus.

The expansionary budget, presented in the legislature Thursday night by Finance Minister Saul Cherniack. forecasts revenues of $517.1 million for the 1971-72 fiscal year and expenditures of $516.8 million, leaving a surplus of slightly less than $300,000. The budget, the third under Manitoba's 22-month-old NDP anced budget. Opposition Leader Sidney Spi- LOUISVILLE, Ky- 'AP) -At the age of 90, Emma W. Evans and her twin, Ettie Chandler, thought it- was time to remodel their home.

Officials of the Urban Renewal Agency agreed and approved the loan application Wednesday. vak said outside the legislature the extra money from Ottawa cannot be counted on again and will have to be raised by other THERE'S A BUSHEL OF jhjn SAVINGS. AT NURSERY lM A i Ml 1 DAYS i Iff I till ste i administration, contained surprises, with the only tax break going indirectly to prop means to continue government programs next year. The province showed a surplus of $600,000 on its operating accounts for the 1970-71 fiscal year, which ended last March 31, with revenues totalling $459.1 million and expenditures equalling $458.5 million. In his budget address last year, Mr.

Cherniack had predicted a surplus of $825,000. erty taxpayers who this year will have a total of S12 million in education costs lifted from their shoulders. The pledge of aid to municipal taxpayers and a promise to hold the line on tax increases were both made by the government during the successful cam paigns leading up to provincial bvelections April 5. Mr. Cherniack told the house the increased aid for education Hydrangeas 1.49 SUDS KILL FISH LIBOURNE, France (Reuter) Thousands of fish died when the Barbane River in southwest France was flooded with liquid soap from a truck after an accident near here.

Local fishermen are considering legal action against the owner of the truck and an inquiry has opened to determine responsibility for the cause of the accident. Each costs would be covered mainly by an unanticipated $19.3 million payment from the federal government, which was carried Hypericum Sun-gold flowers all summer. Each 1.49 1.49 ever into the current fiscal Potentillia 2 for year. Flowers all sum -ill f'-ssrl -M Pi T-i ul Yellow flowers Perennial Phlox mer. Red, blue and pink for 1.49 1.49 1.49 1.49 1.49 Golden Euonymous 4 JQ Each I il Delphinium 4 Af All shades for I Red Hot Poker 3 for 1.49 Star of Bethlehem A JQ Large plants.

Each Geraniums for 1.49 Iry Geraniums 4 AQ Each I Fuchsias 3 for 1 .49 Anemone St. rig id Huge clumps, 4 A flowering Cm for I Axaleas 2 for 1.49 Asparagus Fern 2 for 1.49 Rhubarb Huge clumps. 4 ilQ Ready to eat. Each I 20 20-20 Hisol 2 lbs. 1.49 Spirea Estilbe Red, pink and white.

Each Veronica 2 for Broom Pink, white and Yellow. Each Honeysuckle Ivy Ideal ground cover for dry area. Each Ajuga Ideal ground cover for a shady area Weigelea SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 68 (NANAIMO) A CHORAL CONCERT from New Westminster, B.C. THE PACIFIC EVERGREEN YOUTH CHOIR (Director: Betty Monring) and from Nanaimo, the host choir THE NEW GENERATION CHORUS (Director: Alastair Highet) Saturday, May 15 8:00 p.m.

St. Andrew's United Church Auditorium NO CHARGE 3 1 .49 2 1 .49 2 1 3 fa, 1 .49 I tw Ellwoodii Privet For hedging SALE May 14, 15. 16 and 17 i 'ii i if i Phone 753-2816 Chase River, just south of the underpass Thit it rial pvbhshud by th Ikjuot Contfot Botd or by lh Government of Bnliih Columbi..

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