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The Gazette from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 3

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The Gazettei
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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1 X. Th GAZETTE, Montreal, April 1971 3 1 will die with you -Viger vow By PAUL WATERS of The Gazette Only hours before Paul Rose was arrested last Dec. 28, Michel Viger expressed his willingness to "die for the a police witness testified yesterday. Crouched on the basement floor of a St. Luc farmhouse and speaking to Rose through concrete bricks concealing the convicted killer's subterranean hideway, Viger was quoted as saying: "If you want to die, Paul, I will die with you.

But the cause is still alive. You are needed." (Gazette, George Cree) foyer of the Mexican pavilion collapsed under the weight of the snow. The roof of a storage warehouse on He Notre Dame near Jacques Cartier Bridge also gave way during the winter. The winter's record snowfall, coupled with high winds, severely damaged two pavilions at Man and His World. At left the shredded red canvas roof of the Ethiopian exhibit awaits repairs.

Above, the roof of the entrance U.S.A. returns to dome Fun, folklore museum-type display. The displays will come alive through the use of artisans, craftsmen and performers, he said. Included will be singing, ethnic dancing and demonstrations of regional cooking, wine making, weaving, sand painting and Indian games. In addition, and as a special attraction throughout the summer, programs featuring top name American entertainers will be presented either at the pavilion itself or at Place des Nations.

America's association with the fair began with Expo 67 when the U.S. mounted a popular exhibit in the imposing geodesic dome. When the Americans The testimony came from Quebec Police Force Cpl. Jacques Gaboury as Crown Prosecutor Guy Boilard wrapped up his case in Viger's three-week-old jury trial. The 31-year-old Longueuil insurance salesman is accused of helping Paul Rose, Jacques Rose, and Francis Simard hide from police after the slaying of labor minister Pierre Laporte last Oct.

17. TWO COUNTS LESS The bearded and balding accused originally faced eight separate charges of complicity after the fact, but yesterday a court-directed verdict acquitted him of two charges. The jury, on instructions from Justice Antonio Lamer, cleared Viger of charges which alleged he nad helped 19-year-old Bernard Lor tie after the fact of murder and after the fact of kidnapping. Prosecutor Boilard asked for the "directed verdict" and explained to the judge there had been no proof linking the accused to Lortie. Earlier witnesses have already testified that the white frame farmhouse in St.

Luc was rented by Viger last September. The three alleged killers were arrested in a 20-foot-long tunnel dug under the basement floor. It was Cpl. Gaboury and his partner, Cst. Marcel Vig-neault, who first found the trio's hideaway.

The corporal told the jury yesterday that he visited the house on Dec. 27 at about 8:30 p.m. and found Viger in the living room. NO ONE HOME The two police officers had called at the house earlier, about 4:30 p.m., witness said, but there had been no one at home. But while there both men had heard a strange "muffled" noise coming from the basement, the corporal added.

When they returned at 8:30 p.m., Gaboury said, Viger led them to the basement furnace room, rapped on the con-' crete bricks ar.l called: "Paul." A few seconds later a voice, identified as Paul Rose's, answered: "Qui." Then Viger said: "The police are here, they know where you are." Lise Rose expelled by judge Lise Rose was ordered out of court yesterday after she shouted "don't give up" to friends in the prisoners' dock. Miss Rose, 25-year-old sister of convicted killer Paul Rose, appeared in the Court of Queen's Bench along with others linked with the outlawed FLQ. Her trial on a charge of being a member of the FLQ was postponed until May 3. After her outburst, an angry Justice Antonio Lamer ordered the girl to stand up and told her: "A few minutes ago you were gesturing as if this were a zoo. There is an important case going on here.

A man's life is at stake." Miss Rose giggled and 'sat down. "Stand up," Judge Lamer ordered again. "I expel you from the court." Miss Rose was released from prison only last week after serving a six -month term for contempt of court. She was given the sentence after she refused to testify at the coronor's inquest into the death of Pierre Laporte, Quebec labor minister. Miss Rose wasn't the only member of her family to appear in court yesterday.

Her 23-year-old brother, Jacques, also appeared briefly along with Francis Simard and Bernard Judge Lamer tentatively postponed until May 3 the trials of the three men on charges of murdering and kidnapping Laporte. Judge Lamer said he could not set a firm date because of the continuation of other trials arising from the crisis of last October. Eight other people charged with complicity after the fact for allegedly helping the Roses, Simard and Lortie hide Svzm police, also appeared in court yesterday. The trials of Helene and Denise Quesnel, Francine Be-lisle, Louise Verrault, Colette Therrien, Yvette Roy, Fran- cois 1 i 1 and Richard Therrien were postponed tentatively until May 3. police conduct probe of force for fair showed little interest in the son of Expo, the dome was filled by the city parks department with hanging gardens, exotic birds and called the Biosphere.

While Washburn allowed "the birds are very charming in themselves," he nevertheless heralded the infinitely more exciting prospect of "the return of the U.S. to Canada." The presentation is being put together by the United States Travel Service in cooperation with Washington's Smithsonian Institution. In an effort to generate maximum authenticity at the show, Walt Disney Productions was consulted on set designs. air hits district residents place the blame on tht Standard Chemical Ltd. plant located at 5070 St.

Ambroise. Standard Chemical fumes make you feel sick, said Mrs. Armstrong. But there are other, plants in the area, including the Canada Malting Company whose aroma makes residents think they are on a perpetual brewery tour. Henri Taylor, his wife, and neighbors Raymond Heneault and Ernest Michel, last night agreed the main problem is Standard Chemical and that "the city just has to do something about it now," as Taylor said forcefully.

A spokesman for Standard Chemical said last night that "this is a problem that occurs every year." But he would not comment further on the citizens' complaints. NOW is fie time to appy BRACO Polluted St. Remi Pollution escaping into the air from a chemical plant in the St. Remi area has been particularly strong in recent days, St. Ambroise Street residents complained yesterday.

It reached such a high level yesterday that city health department officials an deven firemen were called to the scene, as fumes were making persons nauseous, they said. "I wouldn't let the kids out of the house," Mrs. Louis Armstrong said, noting that the pollution problem is "very bad" all year round but has been "terrible" lately. The area directly affected is St. Ambroise between St.

Remi and Cote St. Paul, in a depressed area immediately east of the towering Turcot interchange. The south side of the street is completely industrial, and At Both Det. Leo Babin, who handled the case for two days, and Det. Sgt.

Pierre Robidoux who took over and submitted the final report, should have been demoted to the rank of constable, Levreault's report said. The death under investigation was that of South Shore businessman Claude Ranger who was found shot in his Chambly Rd. music store. The revolver from which the fatal shot was fired had been returned to the victim by Jacques Cartier Police. Director Paul Charron, subsequent investigation showed.

A coroner's inquest found Ranger died "violently but without criminal cause." Levreault, 35, who was appointed to check into the affair by the new director following the merger, found that no layout of the shooting scene appeared in Robidoux's report and three small polaroid photos were taken only after the mortally wounded victim and revolver were removed. CROSS-EXAMINATION Levreault admitted under questioning by Laurian Barre, lawyer for the Longueuil police fraternity, that he had completed his investigation without contacting Robidoux. "You seemed to have a lot to reproach him (Robidoux) for. Yet you never bothesed to question i personally," Barre said. Levreault replied: "I read his report and felt that this was sufficient.

I didn't see the necessity of questioning him." Sloppy cited in By RENE LAURENT of The Gazette A Longueuil detective tried to explain to a Quebec Police Commission inquiry yesterday why he accepted $68 from a motorist involved in a 1968 accident. And a recommendation that two detectives be demoted for sloppy investigation of a 1969 shooting death was never acted upon, the four-week-old inquiry into Longueuil's police force was told. AGREED TO PAY Lieut. Det. Jean-Marc Tru-deau admitted pocketing the money which was destined as indemnity payment from one motorist to another.

But he insisted that he gave the driver a receipt and had "every intention" of completing the transaction. He told Judge Denys Dionne and Commissioner Romeo Courtemanche that he held back payment nearly 20 months because he sensed that a trap was being set for him. To further protect himself from being fired over the incident, Trudeau said he made a false statement during an internal investigation following merger of Jacques Cartier and Longueuil forces in Aug. 1969. "We were working under constant fear during this (merger) period.

It seemed like a bomb was being passed The Gazette telephones CIRCULATION 878-1821 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Births, Deaths, Miscellaneous 86M771 Rentals 864-1871 Employment 8M4511 GENERAL 861-1111 By HUBERT BAUCH of The Gazette A glittering galaxy of American folklore will be packed into Buckminster Fuller's big bubble at Man and His World this summer as the U.S. resumes participation in Montreal's permanent exhibition. The American effort at this year's version of was officially announced at a news conference yesterday by Mayor Drapeau and a battery of American tourism and trade officials. Dubbed Visit USA, the display at the fair will give visitors a capsule view of cultural diversities in America. At the same time it is a gentle come-on for Canadians to go and see the real thing on a south-of-the-border vacation.

Langhorne Washburn, assistant secretary for tourism for the U.S. department of commercej stressed the presentation will not be a static Ice cleared, Seaway open At 10:30 this morning, the first ship of the year will start its trip up the St. Lawrence in one of the latest season openings in recent history. The seaway opening has been delayed this year due to exceptionally heavy ice. More than three feet was recorded last night as two Canadian icebreakers forced open a narrow channel for the 35 ships waiting impatiently below the St.

Lambert Lock, near Montreal. The Seaway usually opens April 1, but delays this year have forced that date back two weeks. "It's going to cause quite a loss to shipping companies because they've got crew and vessels tied up," John Kroon, chief of planning for the St. Lawrence Seaway, said last night. "It's also going to cause quite a loss of revenue in tolls for the Seaway," he added.

The first ship up the channel will be the French vessel "Ondine." Suite 1538 I Piece Ville Morie languages GERMAN RUSSIAN JAPANE5E lobe from one to another," Trudeau, who served with the Jacques Cartier force, stated. Repeating that he was serving as a "bridge" between the two parties, Trudeau was taken to task by Judge Dionne who called it "one of the longest suspension bridges that ever existed!" No further details were given yesterday. Referring to the other incident, a shooting death that has been the centre of questioning during the past three hearings, Chief Insp. Jean-Yves Levreault said he found sufficient laxness in the handling of the case to recommend demoting the two investigators. Pollution here shows decline during March Pollution figures released by the Montreal Urban Community show the average sulphur dioxide pollution level for March dropped compared to last year.

For March, 1971, the average pollution level was 04 parts per million, while a year ago it was .07. The tolerable level for such pollution has been set at .10 parts per million. But the statistics also showed nine days during March when the pollution level surpassed that figure. For two days, March 12 and 13, the urban community maximum was a disturbing .22 and .21 parts per million. Carbon monoxide pollution also appears to have abated.

In March there were an average of .07 parts per million in the atmosphere. As a comparable figure, the MUC offers March, 1968, when the average was .08. The soiling index, which combines all types of pollutants has also been reduced. The statisticians say this March saw an average of .09 parts per million, while last year there were .11 for the March period. WW Photography PORTRAITS ttm BI MNESS PKOIH TEH IJOVTOS Stmdio 7th Tei; Hit-Mil ExU TAPE nAOS SRAC0 TREE DRESSWfi ft) 1 IX.

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