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2 Noocimo DcMy Fre Wed rr ol rfnesaymenl (Environmental Groups Ruled out Urge N-Test Shift it- i -J I 4 5 i VANCOUVER CP) Mr. Jus tice' E. E. Hinkson of the British VANCOUVER CP TojScience Centre, points out that "In the event of leakage from British Columbia environmental Amchitka is only about 800 miles Cannik.n (code name for th Columbia Supreme Court ruled from the Russian Amchitka test', the prevailing 1.500 miles from Japan and, west-to-east winds will deposit groups urged the Atomic Energy-Commission Tuesday to shift in proposed underground nuclear about the same distance from any vented radioactive debns Tuesday that provincial court judges have no jurisdiction under the Summary Convictions' Act to grant time extensions en payment of fines. The ruling was announced as test set for Amchitka Island in: Canada.

on us along with the heaify precipitation which is encountered in B.C. during the autumn and winter months. It said because the U.S. has the power to explode or not explode the nuclear device, it f'H should be willing to accept any) jn response to AEC claims risk associated with earthquake from the he dismissed an application to free James Brian McPhillips. jailed April 1 for failure to pay an $8,500 assessment under the in central should explode it the Aleutians for this fall to the geographic centre of the! United States rather than threa-l ten Canada, Russia and Japan.

In briefs to presented today in Juneau, Alaska, the B.C. Environmental Council said the planned five-megaton blast "presents an undoubted threat to the Pacific fisheries, in particular those of Canada, Japan and the Soviet." geographi Kansas, its own centre. Social Services Act, levied i.i 1968. McPhillips had already been test would be unlikely, Mr. Bohlen quotes Dr.

James N. Brume of the California Institute of Technology, as saying in September, 1969: "There is no logical reason why a nuclear explosion couldn't be the initiating event in a series of events causing a major DANGER WARNLNG James Bohlen. a composite materials researcher from Vancouver who will present the Sierra Club submission, said the test site is located between granted two one-year extensions to pay the money by provincial court judge D. D. Jones when he appeared in court again earlier this year to apply for a further The Sierra Club of B.C.

calls the test "ecological vandalism" and says giving the AEC the earthquake. The larger the ex extension. plosion, the greater the possi At the time he was told Judge authority to conduct hearings on its own is "somewhat analagous to the fox being given the job bility of triggering iuch a Jones was away for a year and series." FEARS QUAKES the 51st and 52nd parallels about 2,500 miles west of the lower half of B.C., "the home of two million people." "Practically all of Canada's populated areas lie within the vicinity of these parallels," he says in the brief. hrr that no other judge could hear his application. Subsequently, he was sent to Haney Correctional Institute for failure to make to watch over the chickens.

The council, whose brief is to be presented by Patrick A. Moore, a graduate student at the University of B.C. Resource 'Can anyone state with abso lute certainty," Mr. Bohlen said. "that the underground testing Mr.

Justice Hinkson ruled it of nuclear devices in the Nev ada desert had no part in con would not appear there W3s any jurisdiction for a provincial court judge to extend time for pay tributing to the recent earthquakes in Los Angeles, which Women Urged To Lobby For Salary Equality resulted in loss of life and mil ment once the original payment period had been set. Such pro lions of dollars worth of pr cedure is allowed in criminal pcrty damage." i cases. Mr. Moore said there, may I a "relatively ambivalent" Cat. adian government policyion the rather work for less money ihan risk losing their jobs." WOMEN THE KEY question, but silence In the 1 i.

k-, case does not mean consent, but simply reflects the existence of Douk Women Force Fed In Oakalla Joan Wallace of the status of PENTICTON, B.C. (CP) A researcher for the British Columbia Labor Federation said Monday a preliminary survey of salary and wage rates in the province shovs women earning less than men in every category except one. Phyllis Young was speaking a very delicate and very diffi women action co ordinatin; cult problem in international council of B.C. told the panel that women themselves hold the relations. key to improving the situation He makes no mention of the They could not leave it up to VANCOUVER (CP)-Sons of in a panel discussion on the Feb.

22 note the Canadian government sent to the U.S. stale men to formulate action, but Freedom Doukhobor women on could learn a lesson from the department, expressing Canada's an extended hunger strike in ami way men fought the federal serious concern over the risk Oakalla prison in suburban white paper on taxation. to Canadian territory from Burnaby are being checked by the prison doctor weekly and a Businessmen didn sit bacK further nuclear tests in the iniffciiiiiiiitoirnir'iiiiiiini I'limiii 'miii'w if trtfir if -rfrt Tmamm iwr-T and talk politely to each other lorce-feeding diet has been prescribed, Malcolm Matheson, His brief warns that the Am about those tax proposals, Mrs. Wallace said. B.C.

CENTENNIAL CANOE PAGEANT IN JULY chitka experiment should not be" provincial deputy superinten "They formed organizations viewed in isolation from its in dent of corrections, said Tues They prepared briefs by the day. tended purpose the develop status of women report during the three-day annual convention of the Business and Professional Women's Clubs of B.C. and the Yukon which ended Monday. She said the higher a woman goes up the ladder of skill and responsibility, the greater the difference in pay. Male accounting clerks earned 11 per cent more than women in the same job.

Male bookkeepers earned 35 per cent more and male office managers 41 per cent more. She did not say in which category women did not earn less than men. "Present legislation on equal hundreds and wrote letters by ment of the long-range Spartan and territory in Canada. Shown here is part of the 1967 Voy-ageur canoe race from the Rockies to Exdo '67. Chief Voy-ageur then, as this year, is Lt.

Col. W. H. V. Matthews of Gabriola Island, B.C.

He said he has been getting The British Columbia Centennial Canoe Pageant starts July 25 at Fort St. James, B.C., follows the Fraser and Thompson Rivers, and ends in Victoria three weeks later. The pageant will have a canoe and team representing each province Anti-Balhstic Missile system, the thousands. They flew back and forth to Ottawa to appear periodic reports from the warden who told him the women designed to intercept and des before the Senate and Commons were still good condition. troy incoming mter-continental ballistic missiles in the event committees to state their case Their fast began almost six She said that when Finance RCROSS THE PROVINCE of a nuclear attack.

months ago. Minister Benson presents hi; Six freedomite women first tax changes in June, the fight by businessmen will probably staged hunger strikes last year when they were held on arson charges following a fire at the be proved worthwhile. "If businessmen can exert pay is completely ineffective," Long-Time Coombs Man Dies At 85 A long-time Coombs resident Gordon Weber, 85, of Ocean Ter race, Parksville, died 'in Nan Mr. Moore said without the ABM, a nuclear attack would result in a large number of atmospheric detonations over cities in the U.S. However, he said, with the ABM, an attack would mean nuclear detonations over Canada, possibly over areas of considerable population.

this much pressure on govern Miss Young said, because it requires the individual to file Grand Forks, B.C., home of orthodox Doukhobor leader John Verigin. Stamp Thief An Expert the complaint. U.S. Player Retains Lead In Chess Play VANCOUVER 'CP) Grandmasters Bobby Fischer of the United States and Mark Taima-nov of the Soviet Union adjourned Tuesday night the fourth game in their world chess quarter-final elimination match. At adjournment on the 41st ment, so can women.

We may not have the funds to wage as large a battle, but we do have the votes. Women now make up The onus is on a woman to prove that discrimination ha; That fast ended after 30 days and later two of the women were transferred to the Kingston, women's prison. more than half of the population taken place. This intimidates most women workers who would aimo Regional General Hospital of Canada. on Monday.

TRUCKS BURNED Born at Dundee, he had lived in Parksville for the past IN COURT lour years. Previously he lived at Coombs move, Fischer held a slight posi $30,000 Haul At Woodward's VICTORIA (CP) Items total for more than 30 years. He was a member of Mount Arrowsmith branch of the Royal Canadian Legion at Parksville, and had Pair Admit Burglaries; served overseas during the First ling more than $30,000 were World War with the 10th Cana Held After Speedy Chase dian Infantry Battalion. Two youths arrested after a with surety while Mr. Milligan stolen during the weekend from a Woodward's department store in one of the biggest break-ins in the history.jf Greater Victoria, police said Tuesday.

Police said it would be later in the week before a complete list was compiled of the items high-speed chase through the is to be kept custody. tional advantage but Taimanov was defending crisply with the black pieces. Using a variation of the Sicilian defence. Taimanov managed to trade off material early. By the 24th move, Fischer's rook and bishop were matched against Taimanov's knight and bishop.

Each had similar pawn structures on the wings. Taimanov, who had asked postponement of Sunday's game because of illness, manoeuvred well against Fischer's pressure in the centre and at adjournment had good drawing chances. CAN TAKE ALL KINDS OF WEATHER Lower mainland, east Vancouver Island regions: Small craft warning in effect for adjacent waters. Thursday, sunny and continuing cool. High Thursday 65, low tonight 40.

Yesterday's Temperalurei min max precip Thunder Bay 47 38 .40 city and onto the Island Highway admitted breaking and entry and VANCOUVER CP) Stephen Lozin of Vancouver told police Monday a thief entered a bedroom suite in the basement of his home sometime since May 1 and made off with stamp and coin collections valued at an estimated $30,000. He said only the most expensive stamps were taken common stamps were left untouched. BYLAW REJECTED VICTORIA fCP) Municipal Affairs Minister Dan CampDell said Tuesday he has told Okanagan Similkameen Regional District for the second time! that its general zoning bylaw for an area near Pentic-ton will not be approved until the area is designated as a development area. The district board two months ago zoned the area forestry-grazing to prevent electrical interference with the White Lake radio astrophysical observatory. INQUEST ORDERED KAMLOOPS (CP) An inquest has been ordered into the death last Friday of Darryl Richard Court was told police were informed ot a breaking and entry at Ajac's at 180 Cliff street, and when they arrived two youths theft charges before provincial court Judge William Philpott on stolen in the break-in which was He is survived by his wife, Catherine, at home, two daughters, Mrs.

Evelyn Buttler, Bur-naby, and Mrs. Grace Topliffe, Coombs, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral will be in the chapel of Mount Benson Funeral Home under Legion auspices, Friday at 1 p.m. Revf William Youngman of the Anglican Church will officiate. Interment will be in the Field of Honor, Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens.

Saturday morning. discovered Monday afternoon. fled on motorcycles. Among the items the thieves made off with were an esti Thomas Wayne Gamble, 17, of Cedar, admitted breaking and The two were chased along Hali-burton Street onto the Island Highway at speeds of 80 and 100 mated $15,000 worth of watches entry and theft at Aiac Equip $5,080 in cameras, film and bin miles an hour. ment Sales and Service and breaking and entry with intent oculars and about $4,000 worth of perfume.

to commit an offence at J. Mr. Gamble lost control of his vehicle at the Cedar cutoff and was arrested. Mr. Milligan was Van Shaik and Son early Fischer leads the 10-game match 3-0.

Winner of the match must score 5' points to advance in the candidates' series to pick a challenger for world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet KITIMAT (CP)-One logging truck was destroyed and one heavily damaged Tuesday night when fire broke out at a truck fueling depot causing damage estimated by Fire Chief Aubrey Creed at $80,000 to $100,000. Also destroyed were two diesel fuel storage tanks with capacities of 1,000 and 5,000 gallons. BLOCK CONSTRUCTION COQUITLAM (CP) About 20 residents stood by in Glen Park Tuesday to prevent a municipal works crew from starting construction on a planned gravel park. Mayor Jack Ballard has said construction of the $20,000 road diversion would probably start this week, but residents in the area say they will block the necessary removal of about 200 trees. RAISE $8,000 VANCOUVER (CP) University of B.C.

undergraduate engineers have presented an $8,000 cheque to the Easter Seal Fund for handicapped children. The money was raised by encouraging students, who receive a five-per-cent rebate in April on books bought during the winter session, to leave their sales slips in a box in the university bookstore. OFFICER RECOVERS KAMLOOPS (CP) RCMP Constable Geoffrey Tourond, 20, who was seriously wounded by a prisoner May 4 in his patrol car, has been released from Royal Inland Hospital. He was shot in the abdomen by a man he had picked up for questioning. A struggle ensued and Constable Tourond shot and killed Douglas Higginbottom, 40.

Saturday. Charged identically was Wil arrested later. Winnipeg 63 Regina 73 Prince Albert 76 Swift Current 78 Medicine Hat 83 Calgary 76 Penticton 69 Castlegar 63 Prince Rupert 54 Prince George 63 Mackenzie 65 Victoria 62 Court was told Mr. Milligan had an extensive juvenile court liam Lennard Milligan, 17, of Nanaimo who also admitted .13 Bilingual Packaging Attacked By Peterson Union. breaking and entry and theft at record.

In other appearances, Teresa the two businesses May 9. 1 1 T7; Both were remanded to June 15 Kathlene McMillan. 17, of Men-zies Road, Duncan, Tuesday for pre-sentence reports. Mr. 63 Nanaimo inces give French-speaking con pleaded guilty to shoplifting.

Gamble will be allowed $500 bail 30 45 45 49 60 46 49 50 42 37 33 47 45 49 39 39 36 40 38 43 46 52 50 44 44 40 sumers the right to ask for a .05 .03 .06 Lindquist, 26, of Ashcroft who died after he was crushed by a heavy machine he fell in front of. He was employed by View Construction Ltd. at Highland Valley, about 30 miles southwest of Kamloops. No date was set for the inquest. Provincial court Judge Stanley Wardill ordered her to return for contract in French.

PARKSVILLE STARTS THURSDAY "THE SICILIAN CLAN" Shows Thurs. Sat. p.m. Friday 7 and 9 m. Ron Basford, federal minister of consumer affairs, upheld the Wind Fells Forest Giants sentencing June 14 after a presentence report.

"Do you know how long you could be put in jail for this? Two years," he told the girl who federal position but said he hopes any differences can be Revelstoke 62 Fort Nelson 62 Peace River 61 Whitehorse 59 St. John 64 St. John's 55 Halifax 52 Montreal 56 Ottawa 71 Toronto 67 North Bay 57 Churchill 70 The Pas 70 .06 worked out. At the outset of the meeting. admitted taking a hair holder NOW SHOWING AT 7:00 and 9:00 P.M.

he and some provincial minis PMMOUNT flClUtfS PJfSfMS ters stressed the importance of I4 I El I 1 Fin co-operation between the two wmtmrni) government levels in a comparatively new and rapidly developing field. He said federal and provincial Brought to you by governments should start now to see what legislative steps are valued at a few dollars from Little John Discount May 15. Ako in court Tuesday, John Miller, 529 High Street, Lady-smith, admitted being the registered owner of a car that failed to yield right of way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk recently. He was fined $25 by Judge War-dill. A Nanaimo man, George Chad-wick.

44, admitted impaired driving May 14 and was fined $350 and prohibited from driving for three months when he appeared before Judge Wardill Tuesday. His blood-alcohol content was .28 per cent court was told. tJ 1 1 OTTAWA (CP) Attorney-General Leslie Peterson of British Columbia took a stand Tuesday against mandatory bilingual packaging and labelling of products sold in the province. Such labelling would become compulsory by 1975 under proposals discussed at a closed meeting of provincial and federal ministers on consumer affairs. Mr.

Peterson issued a statement saying that imposition of such requirements on Western producers selling goods locally was the height of folly and would unnecessarily increase production costs in an area serving comparatively few French-speaking Canadians. He also objected to federal legislation in areas of consumer protection already under British Columbia law. These included prohibitions of tampering witn automobile odometers and referral selling. Quebec, supporting the federal language initiative, tried to encourage acceptance of the concept that language should be a consumer right in legislation. William Tetley, Quebec minister of financial institutions, asked the conference what was the use of legislating on consumer credit or warranties if a French-speaking consumer had PRIN'EVILLE, Ore.

(AP) -A 12-mile wide stand of huge Ponderosa pine lies in ruin after a devastating wind smashed through the Ochoco and Malheur National Forests in central Oregon. Estimates of the damage range from $4 million to $6 million representing some 140 million board feet of timber. The forests are adjacent, about 150 miles southeast of Portland. Forest Service officials said high winds whipped through both forests, apparently reaching tornado force in the centre of the storm. The earth was saturated with winter rain and the trees toppled.

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Ben Hanuschak. Manitoba's minister of consumer affairs, said there should be one clear way of figuring out service charges for consumer loans and it should be made standard Much of the timber can be salvaged, officials said. OTTAWA 'CP Projects worth $1,152,511 have been approved and will be funded through the Opportunities for Youth program, the secretary of state department announced Tuesday. Regional totals are: Atlantic $108,421: Quebec S610.235: Ontario Manitoba $65,047: Saskatchewan $145,952: and British Columbia $173,732. No projects in the program, with spending up to $25 million this summer, have been approved yet for Alberta.

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