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1 The Oixwa Jourkal TTie Ottawa Journal Tuesday, September 81970 III I I Ml i I ill l( Wife's Aunt: One of Victims 1 I. Logger in Savage Charged 1 Despite cries of police harassment, 10,000 young people stayed to see Truck, one of the bands playing at the Shelburne, Ont, rock festival over the id', 4Q0 Drugliquorpharg Laid 1 SHELBURNE. (CP) An estimated 15,000 rock music fans attended a rock near here Saturday and Sunday and provincial police laid about 400 charges involving liquor and drug offences. The'crowd at the 200 acre park, 90 miles northwest of To generally remained in good spirits although there were 'some incidents of harassment involving fans and police men. -j STERNER LINE i.

police, smarting under criticism which followed their decision to. stay off the site of a rock, festival attended by about 55,000 people at Mo-, port Park, last month, took a sterner line A 250-man; police both uniformed and in plain clothes, was on duty. in the area: They searched fans- at the gates and oh ''the site, and also searched tents and cars for drugs and -i The young people started a game of spot the 'policeman. Plainclothes officers stood out ONLY 300 SHOW Miss Nude Turnout I Disappointing FREELTON. (CP) Despite a disappointing turnout at the Miss Nude World contest "during the weekend, its promoters plan to make it an annual '-1 i Thei contest ended Sunday with the crowning of Rhonda Lee -Stailan, 21, a Toronto' bookkeeper.

Annette Greef, 23, of Burlington, end Barbara Uuldricks, 27, of Campbell vill.e. were runners- -cpr Hans and Lisa 'Stein, pro- moters of the contest and owners of i Four Seasons Nature Park near this village IS miles north of Hamilton, had predicted that 3,000 persons from Canada and the United States would attend. They also had expected 38 contestants. 'Funeral' By The Canadian Press A funeral cortege, complete with coffin and mourners, sym- i bollzed labor! fight against the federal government's six-percent wage guidelines Monday as working men across the country celebrated Labor Day. The cortege, bearing the inscription "RIP six-per-cent Guidelines," was entered Ty mlllrighU in the annual Labor Day parade In Toronto.

Construction unions, which have won big pay Increases lately, dominated the parade. Other labor leaders across the country also hit at the su gested wage Increase limit and accused the government of de- liberately creating unemployment in the fight against 1 i AND THE BAND PLAYED ON at Rock Festival because of the newness of their "old" clothes. When they were surrounded by hooting youths, on at least twooccasions, Elwood Hill, promoter of second annual. Rock Hill Rock Festival, intervened to stop the harassment of 1 "Chief Superintendent L. R.

Gartner of the OPP told me there would' only be undercover men oh the grounds but the uniformed. police forced their way in," said Mr. Hill. WERE GUESTS "The property is owned by he added. "Because we 'seI admissions you" might calr it public property these kids my guests.1 Inspector Fred Bluchef of the OPP said: "It has been evident In the past that illicit liquor and 'drugs do find themselves onto the site of festivals and these- of course by law are illegal things and we are to see the laws are enforced." However, he added, the police didn't to spoil anyone's UP However, only 12 contestants entered and the crowd never numbered' more than 300.

Only about a dozen cars were from outside. Ontario, But Mrs Stein said in an interview they will hold the contest in Europe in 1972. The Steins have the Canadian copyright on the name Miss World Nude. The contestants were Judged in the nude by a panel, including broadcaster Gordon Sinclair and Arfgelo Mosca, Hamilton Tiger-Cats football player. Mr.

Sinclair walked on to the stage and raised Us MIL, He was wearing baggy boxer shorts of the same Only members of nudist World Guidel Symbolizes Fight by Labor The federal government has tried to place full blame for inflation on the shoulders of the workers, said Donald Mac-Donald, president of the Canadian Labor Congress. His annual Labor Day message said that despite pressure from the CLC and other groups the government has failed to provide relief from rising prices to older people 'and others on pensions or fixed Incomes. BIG SHOWS CLOSE Labor held the spotlight as many Canadians attended the final day of Canada's two largest exhibitions. Montreal tabor mediator Carl Goldenberg warned at Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition luncheon that compulsory arbitration of labor disputes will not necessarily eliminate strikes. Elwood Hill, owner of of the park and organizer pf the festival, said police dumped food and personal belong- -logs on the ground during a pre-dawn search for drugs.

(CP-Joufiwf Wlrpholo)i fun, and persons charged with liquor or drug offences had appeared before a justice of the peace and were released on their own recognizance. BAD TRIPS' Most of the cases treated at a makeshift hospital set up by the armed, forces irt army tents at nearby Camp Borden involved bad drug reactions. Attorney-General Wishart had said the government intends to Murder Rate Rising (By The CP) ireliminary federal statistics-vindicate that the number, of murders and the rate" of murder are increasing in According to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.i the num ber increased to 341. in 1969 from 220 in 1966; the rate in creased to 1.9 murders per population over seven years of age from murders per 100,000. camps could enter and observe the contest.

All except Miss Stallan and two other contestants were married and most said it was their husbands who were the most' enthusiastic about nudism and had urged to enter the contest. "The only thing I was about In the contest," Miss Stallan said, "was certain pictures being r. Other contestants were Lucy Letawsky, 24, of formerly of Edmonton; Evelyn Kane, 29, of Rochester, NY; and from Hamilton, Lucia Jones, 28; Siggi Grotjahn, 26, Judy i 22, and Nachita Jamison, formerly of Churchill, Man. mes Monday also was the last day for Man and his World in Montreal. The day also marked the final trip home this year from cottages or areas for many Canadians and the end of the summer, vacation from schoolr The annual holiday brought death to some.

At least' 76 persons died in accidents across Canada during the long holiday weekend that began et 6 p.m. Friday and ended i at midnight. Monday, local Ssnty-four of the deaths came on the highways. The Canadian Highway Safety Council had predicted 70 persons would die on the roads during the long weekend. Last year there were 112 ac5l dental deaths, 82 of them on the high ways.

bill the promoters for the cost of policing the. event. Inspector Blucher said the provincial government had issued an order-in-council making the festival site "public property until the festival is over." Hill said he had not heard of any order-in-council and indicated he was considering legal action over what he considered ah unwarranted police trespass on private property. s' The figures for the' intervening 'years are; 1967281 mur rate of "1.6; 314 murders, rate of 1.8. Cases of attempted murder also show an increase, to 216 in 1969 from 181 in 1968'.

The rate of attempted murder in that period increased to 1.2 per 100,000 persons over seven from one per 100,000. The statistics were obtained from DBS and made public by British Columbia New Democrat Barry Mather, MP for Surrey, in light of the slaying last weekend of eight persons in BC's Creston Valley. Mr. Mather, an opponent of capital punishment, has kept, murder statistics since 1966 when Parliament abolished the death, penalty, for all except the slayers of police and prison guards, for a five-year trial 1 i 0 nf Slay CRESTON, B.C.' (CP) Dale Merle Nelspn, 31, was to appear in'' court, today charged with non-capital piiirder 'in -the sav age slayings' of 1 five children and 1 three 1 members of two farm Nelson, blond, part time 'log ger, was bowled over by a police dog and seized Sunday after a tense 40-hour manhunt in the hills west of this mountain com. mfies tast of Van couver.

He was charged Sunday with the death of one of the victims, Mrs. who was shot, stabbed and hit on the bead. One of Wasyk's three, daughters was also slain and was found decapitated. Seven foodies, shot or stabbed, were found In their cabin homes Saturday. Five, oil of one family, were mutilated with a knife.

The eighth victim, Cathy Phipps, 8, believed taken as a hostage, was found dead Sun day, apparently from knife wounds. i Nelson's wife Annette and her three children were reported staying with relatives here. Neighbors, said Wasyk, who lived near Nelson's West Creston shack, was an aunt of Mrs. Nelson. -J One of the Wasyk girls, Debbie, 12, ran to the home of Maurine MacKay early Satur day and said a man had shot her mother and sister Tracey, 8, and was headed for the MacKay home.

MacKay called RCMP. FOUND UNDER TREE Sunday evening, police spot ted Nelson lying under a tree near his cabin. He rose to meet Count, a police German shepherd, and the dog knocked him down. Nelson, bearded and barefoot, was handcuffed. A loaded rifle was in the crook of a tree near him.

Police found about a dozen rounds of ammunition. They said the weapon used in the killings was a rifle of the 7mm Mauser type. The victims were: John 42, an alfalfa farmer, found gunned down ana mutilated in two pool of blood at the door of his two- room cabin; His wife Isabella, 26, found shot and mutilated in the door way of the bedroom; Paul Phipps, 10, shot and mu tilated in his bunk bed; Bryan Phipps, 7, shot and mutilated in his bunk bed; Kenneth Phipps, 18 months, shot and mutilated in his crib; Cathy Phipps, 8, taken away by the killer, found knifed Sun day; Shirley Wasyk, 30, dead of stab wounds or cerebral haemorrhage from a blow to the head; she was also' shotN Tracey Wasyk, 8, knifed, mutilated. BODY STOLEN While police were absent from the Wasyk home about 15 minutes early Saturday, Tra- cey's body was removed. It was FREE BALLERINA Natalie Makarova, one of Russia's top ballerinas, defected to the west Friday night and was granted political asylum in Britain, the Home Office said.

She was to have performed, with the Kirov Ballet of Lenin- grade In London, but before the performance, she disappeared from her hotel joom. Shse Is shown eating while still a member of the Kirov troupe about a week ago. (AMeurnel Wlrtetwto) found Sunday, near a car that had been abandoned a few miles' away. The two "surviving Wasyk girls, Debbie and another girl found cowering in bushes outside her home, were treated for shock. Mr.

Wasyk was away, working in a logging camp near After Mrs. 'MacKay called po lice, RCMP found the bodies of Mrs: Wasyk and Tracey, then went to the MacKay. house to evacuate the 'MacKay family. During A this period. Tracers body was removed.

Checking other homes in the West Creston area, police found the Phipps bodies. There was no blood on the sheets of Cathy's bed and police theorized the killer' took her alive as a hostage. About 50 armed police officers and three tracker dogs began to scan the area. A military helicopter joined the hunt. An RCMP dog found a beer bottle and cap and a Cigarette pack age.

The search was suspended because of darkness Saturday night and resumed Sunday. The search concentrated on the area 'of; 'the- Nelson shack had slit open a plastic window t'1 li 'e:" I 1 -mP MANHUNT ENDS 'Dale Merle Nelson, 31, is escorted by police into the RCMP's office at Creston, BC, Sunday. He later was charged with non-capital murder in the killing of five children and three adults. The picture was taken 30 minutes after Nelson was captured near his house. He's wearing khaki work clothes and a green jacket.

1 (CP-Journol Wlrtphoto) 875,000 Gallons of Oil Barge To Beaches in DARTMOUTH, N.S. (CP) Transport department officials were scheduled to travel to a spot in the Gulf of St Lawrence today about 60 miles northwest of Summerside, P.E.I, to deter mine what action can be taken in the sinking of an oil barge arrylng 875,000 gallons of bunker oil. The 260-foot Irving Whale, an unmanned barge owned. by K. Irving Interests in Saint John, N.B., was being towed from Halifax to Bathurst, N.B., when it sank in about 250 feet of water Monday morning.

LIE IN PATH Prince Edward Island's prime north shore beaches lie in the path of the oil, but a statement issued by Atlantic Towing a division of D. Irving Ltd. of Saint John, the company which was. operating tne tug irving Maple, said there was "no evidence" of bunker oil escaping Monday. The statement said a "small quantity" of light heating oil was carried 'on the barge for heating purposes and "as the oil surfaced, It was being dispersed by heavy seas." Premier- Alex Campbell of Prince Edward Island said late Monday that an aircraft from CFB Summerside had sighted a slick more than a mile long and 100 yards wide.

after police discovered someone and entered. At about 4:30 p.m. Sunday, police spotted Nelson lying in grass near his shack. Police and dogs surrounded him. Mrs.

Nelson, at the cabin picking up belongings, was driven away. "This is the RCMP," called superintendent Terrence Stewart through a loudhailer. are surrounded. Stand up, put your hands in the air and walk towards the cabin. All units, hold your fire." Nelson didn't respond and the dog Count was sent in and knocked down the 200-pound man.

A few minutes later, a voice called from behind the cabin: "Keep the press the hell away from me." Nelson, wearing khaki work clothes and a green jacket, was put into a police car and taken to an RCMP cell in Creston. i Police said sleeping pills may have been taken from the Nelson cabin. A spokesman said that after. Nelson was behind a doctor was called and Nelson's stomach was pumped out. "He' didn't make.

any state ment after we got him," said RCMP corporal James Barr. Sinking Clive Stewart, deputy minister of community services, was sent to Summerside to co-operate any required cleanup for the provincial government. DEPTH IS PROBLEM A transport department official here said removing oil cargo from the barge would be a "pretty formidable" task for divers' because of the water depth. The Irving Whale would present a "more serious diving problem" than the Liberian tanker Arrow when, it went aground in Nova Scotia's Cheda-bucto Bay last February, spilling most of her 3,800,000 gallons of bunker' oil. Ironically, it was the barge Irving Whale which waj used by the transport department during oil removal operations on the Arrow, The Canadian Coast Guard vessels Tupper and Wolf were expected to arrive at the scene today with loads of peat moss which can be used to soak up oil.

Maritime command headquar ters ordered 100 military personnel to stand by at CFB Summerside to assist In spreading peat tnoss or otherwise assist in any cleanup operation. Industrialist K. C. Irvine said in an interview from his home "But he answered 'yes to soma of our questions." Later police found Cathy Phipps' body near Nelson's cabin. CAR FOUND During the manhunt, police found Saturday a 1966 model believed used by the killer, in a ditch four miles from the Nelson cabin.

It appeared that attempts had been made to get it back on the road. Tracey Wasyk's body was found nearby. Corporal Barr said Nelson apparently went to bis shack early Sunday morning and slit the plastic window to get food and water. "We didn't have any members stationed at the shack but they were in the vicinity and didn't hear or see anything," said corporal Barr. One RCMP man had been 100 yards away.

The Wasyk and Phipps cabins are about four mjles apart in West Creston, across the Ko-otenay River from Creston, a town of 3,000. The shack Nelson used is about a mile from the Wasyk home. The Creston Valley is a fruit growing area just north of the Idaho border. Th reat PEI In Saint John late Monday his company was "prepared to take any action to keep pollution at a minimum." Although his company had never experienced a similar situation, he was aware of the potential threat of oil pollution but "we're not sure at this moment what action can be. taken." Mr.

Irving flew home from Philadelphia Monday when he heard of the sinking to await reports from company personnel who flew to the scene aboard a company aircraft. The aircraft would return to the scene today, he said, and was watching the situation "like a cat watching for a mouse." Premier Campbell said responsibility for the sinking would be determined later. "I would rather not get In- volved as to whose responsible -ity it is, if the contents of the Irving Whale drift ashore," he said. A spokesman for Atlantic Towing described the barge as -a "particularly good piece of equipment" about three years old. He attributed the sinking pri- marily to rough seas but added that "for the sinking tohappeh, there would have to be a failure of some sort.".