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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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The GAZETTE, Jon. 11, 1971 SGWU riot osfies fight an TorreiTS, fines total $104,750 office work on Saturday Montreal postal workers demonstrated outside several post offices here Saturday protesting a government decision to return to a six-day work week. Saturday was the first time in almost a year that Montreal district postal stations were open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. But despite the orderly protests the new schedules will not be changed for the time being.

In April, Jean Pierre Cote, newly-appointed minister without portfolio responsible for the post office, will reassess the new schedule and a definite decision will be taken then. PROTESTS TO GO ON Meanwhile, the Montreal local of the Canadian Union of Postal Employees say it will continue protests against the change. Local president Marcel Perreault said yesterday that the move to lengthen the work week is the first step in a vast government campaign to restore full postal services again on Saturdays. He also charged that the workers were not asked about the changes. "We would prefer working extra hours Thursday nights," he said.

"And I think the public would prefer such an arrangement also." Letter carriers are not involved in the changes. Levesque to stay, PQ ally insists i. 4 V- By LEON LEVINSON of The Gazette Fines and cash baill forfeitures in the Sir George Williams University riot cases have dropped $104750 into the public purse. The figure topped the mark when the $15,000 cash bail put up by ex-student Kennedy J. Frederick was finally ordered confiscated without further delay.

Mr. Justice Roger Ouimet issued the order Friday when special prosecutor Fred Kaufman advised him that the 31-year-old Grenada man still facing trial on 12 counts in the February, 1969 events had been out of the country for some time. COMPUTER CENTRE He is alleged to have been one of the leading spirits in the two-week sit-in at the SGWU computer centre which ended in fire and the wanton destruction of $1,600,000 worth of equipment on Feb. 11, 1969. Close to 100 persons were arrested as they fled by a rear Insufficient postage trips pot mailer When shipping contraband, it pays to pay the postman, Jean-Marice Saucier of Quebec City found out Saturday.

Mexican federal police agents arrested the 21-year-old youth at an Acapulco post office claiming he had mailed an eve lope containing 35 grams of marijuana to his home address in Quebec City. Police said he would have gotten away with the ploy except the envelope had insufficient postage on it. The marijuana was discovered by postal officials after they took a closer look at the package. Further checks at the post office unearthed 68 other arijuana-bearing envelopes addressed to Quebec, Montreal, Washington, Detroit and Los Angeles. The envelopes contained from 10 to 50 grams of marijuana each.

exit from the burning computer room amid heavy clouds of black smoke. There were 87 male and female students and some non-students formally charged with counts including arson, illegal occupation of "private property, and damaging-property. NO JAIL TERMS Of this total, 61 either have pleaded guilty or been found guilty and have received fines ranging from $1,000 to $15,000, totalling $87,500. There have been no prison sentences imposed. In all cases where guilty pleas were entered the only charge presented finally by the Crown was that of participating in the sit-in.

With the fines went a demand to post a bond to keep the peace for two years. There are 14 cases still pending before the Court of Queen's Bench and another nine are awaiting disposal in the Court of Sessions. Last March saw the completion of the only cases tried before the Assizes. Ten persons from Trinidad-Tobago faced the court on conspiracy charges. Eight of them were found guilty on the sit-in conpiracy and acquitted on another five conspiracy counts, including arson.

Two were acquitted on all counts by the jury. GOVERNMENT PAYS The six men and two women received fines varying up to $15,000 imposed by Mr Justice Kenneth C. Mackay. All fines were "paid by the Trinidad-Tobago government. Remaining charges against the group have been dropped by the Crown.

Among the court echoes last week of the ugly events of February, 1969, were citations for contempt of court by Mr. Justice Antonio Lamer in the cases of two of the SGWU accused who were present at the opening of the Assizes to have dates fixed for their trial. Both were ordered to the cells to await sentence on Jan. 18, after expressing their contempt for Quebec justice. (Gazette Photo: George Cree) End of the line Clear skies and snowy hills made Saturday a good found the landing a trifle rough after a mini-tobog-time to enjoy Montreal winter, but this youngster gan run down the slopes beside Beaver Lake.

links security, Act policies will be discussed and the plans for its future will also be thrashed out by the party's senior officials. The Parti Quebecois will hold its national convention next month, but all candidates seeking elected posts on the PQ's executive committee must declare their intentions to seek a position before January 27. So if Mr. Levesque decides not to seek the Parti Quebecois presidency, he must declare his desire to resign before January 27. Mr.

Levesque was not available on the weekend to comment one way or the other on his decision regarding his future with the Parti Parti Quebecois executive committee president Jacques Parizeau is convinced that Rene Levesque will seek reelection as president of the separatist party at a PQ national convention next month. Though Mr. Levesque has never denied that he will seek re-election as PQ chieftain, rumors have been circulating throughout party ranks that he no longer wants the job. In a weekend statement, Mr. Parizeau said he is "annoyed" by the rumors about Mr.

Levesque. Mr. Levesque will attend a national council meeting of the Parti Quebecois scheduled for next weekend in Trois-Rivieres. At this meeting the PQ's HO. 1 tUK SAHUWIUntS Party Plan The Easy Way With PEGROID'S FANCY SANDWICHES jobs is still feasible It is still the No.

1 priority of my government. There is no question of my government dropping it." In fact, Mr. Bourassa added, the unemployment figure in the province late last year was lower than in other regions because the government is taking a firm hand in generating new activity. Returning to the field of to begin kidnapping and non-capital murder. The other key suspects, Jacques Rose, Francis Simard and Bernard Lortie, will be brought to trial separately beginning Feb.

8. All four were sent to trial by preferred indictment after a coroner's inquest headed by Judge Jacques Trahan found them criminally responsible for the death of the former labor minister. SKIP HEARING Under the preferred indictment clause, persons can be sent directly to trial without going through the usual preliminary hearing stage. Also on Feb. 8, five women and a 20-year-old student will go to trial to face charges of being accessories after the fact of murder a charge which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

RECEPTIONS OFFICE CARD PARTIES COCKTAIL FANCY ASSORTED SANDWICHES ON WHITE AND BROWN BREAD 'Sandwiches profession" oily prepared in attractive! shapes triangles, I I double-decker ribbons, etc. Generously filled with sliced horn, sliced turkey, chicken salad, egg salad. 48 for AS Premier Quebec wants the Public Order Act kept in effect so it will have "the tools necessary" to fight terrorist activity in case it recurs, Premier Robert Bourassa reiterated during the weekend. "We could not take a risk with the security of the population," he said, commenting on the provincial cabinet decision not to ask for repeal of the federal legislation which replaced the tough War Measures Act. Speaking on CJAD's Quebec Report, the premier also made it clear that his much-publicized goal of 100,000 new jobs had been dealt a blow by the Front de Liberation du Quebec crisis.

SECURITY AND PROFIT Private investors are primarily concerned with "security and profit," he said, and with what has happened, "we have to show them there is security in Quebec. "The fact that we acted quickly, that we did not hesitate to act strongly, shows that we are very concerned with this aspect," Mr. Bourassa said. But a firm government policy in matters of public order is not sufficient insurance for private capital, he admitted. The economic climate must be stabilized, and this is being done in part by stepped-up government activity in combatting unemployment.

"WTe can use the public purse to create new jobs, but A cordial invitation to exquisite in delightful settings. Families flee fires, one tot hospitalized cocktail sandwiches are plenty 6-8 persons and cost only SHOWN ABOVE $3.25 we also need private investment," he said. In the last seven months, the premier said, the Quebec government has bolstered its programs in housing, road construction and reforestation to open up new jobs. TOP PRIORITY "We hope very much that the creation of 100,000 new FLQ trial The first in a lengthy series of trials arising from the October kidnappings of Pierre Laporte and James Cross begins today. Facing the court on charges of sedition will be five suspected members of a Front de Liberation du Quebec propaganda cell.

The group includes Jean Boisjoly, Gilles Cormier and his brother Raymond, Robert Langevin and Come Leblanc. All are also charged with being members of and espousing the aims of the FLQ which was outlawed by the War Measures Act. Presiding at the trial will be Sessions Judge Roger Ouimet. MAJOR FIGURE The major trial of the month will open Jan. 25 when Paul Rose, the leading figure in the Laporte kidnap-murder case, will appear to answer to a number of charges including cuisine OUR 10th ANNIVERSARY (near Queen Mary) 731-8221 PegroicTs ILM.

4075 ST. DENIS STREET We Deliver All Over Montreal call us today 844-3901 ta public order, the premier said authorities are not overly concerned about new notes received from self-styled terrorist groups, including one from the Andre Ouimet cell of the FLQ. "We receive all kinds of communiques almost every day and every week. We cannot base our policies on these. Otherwise we will always be in a state of alert." today Richard Therrien, his sister Colette, 22, Francine Belisle, 22, Louise Verreault, 20, Denise Quesnel and her 18-year-old daughter Helene are all suspected of having aided the prime suspects in their flight from the law.

CHARTRAND, LEMIEUX Another well-publicized trial begins Feb. 1 when CNTU boss Michel Chartrand, lawyer Robert Lemieux, writer Pierre Vallieres, ex-professor Charles Gagnon and rnalist Jacques Larue-Langlois face the court. All five are facing a number of charges under the terms of the War Measures Act, including membership in the FLQ and seditious conspiracy. They have staged highly vocal performances during their court appearances so far to protest their arrests and the charges against them. Multiple decimal setting dial Glare free digitron numerals Negative calculations True credit balances FIRST TIME IN MONTREAL JANUARY CLEARANCE By JAMES DUFF of The Gazette Two early-morning fires Saturday, one in Westmount and the other in the downtown area, sent three members of one family to hospital and left 25 temporarily homeless in 15-below temperatures.

Arson is suspected in the downtown fire. Blake Cabot, 31, and his two young sons were taken to hospital after a passing motorist spotted smoke pouring from their three-storey brick home at 202 Cote St. Antoine Rd. in Westmount. Mr.

Cabot and seven-year-old Blake Jr. were treated in The Gazette telephones CIRCULATION 878-1821 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Births, Deaths, Miscellaneous 866-4771 Rentals 66-1871 Employment 866-6511 GENERAL 861-1111 LOWEST PRICE EVER FOR A FULL PERFORMANCE ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR The latest in electronics commodloro Rlstorante Top Quality 100 BR0ADL00M installed WALL TO WALL with separate underpadding hospital for shock and smoke inhalation and discharged. But three-year-old Quincey remains in serious condition at the Montreal Children's Hospital from the smoke he inhaled. Westmount police said the alarm was received at 12:39 a.m. Their firemen were joined by trucks from the Town of Mount Royal, Ville St.

Laurent and Qutremont. When the first firemen arrived, they spotted the housekeeper, Mrs. Mary Smith, 36, holding Blake Jr. at arm's length out a second-storey window. As they watched, she dropped him to a snowbank below, where police bundled him up and took him to hospital.

Two aerial ladders were raised, and the other three occupants were rescued. Police said the fire may have started in the living room. 'A two-alarm fire four hours later at 2257 St. Mark St. sent 25 residents out into the subzero temperatures as the 17-apartment wing filled with smoke from a locker room fire.

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