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34 THE GAZETTE, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1968 i Business brisk Use of hashish way up BIRTHS DEATHS RCMP advises court Strike talks will continue in total hush OTTAWA (UPI) Union and treasury board officials By DEREK HILL I ing four minors between the Montreal's "pot" congregation has almost completely switched over to the stronger "kicks" of hashish, leaving the weaker marijuana to smoulder in the background. RCMP prosecutor Louis Philippe Landry revealed this yesterday when he brought three different cases of hashish possession before the courts. "In the last two or three months, all we have been seizing during party raids are supplies of hashish. Every once in a while we may come across small quantities of marijuana," Mr. Landry told Judge Maurice Rousseau.

In striking contrast, he explained that the "pot scene" was the exact opposite a year ago with scarcely a sign of hashish. He attributed the rise to big-time pushers who have been smuggling in large supplies from the Middle East. The next step and an extremely dangerous one according to Mr. Landry will be the switching from hashish to addictive heroin. "When Montreal's young people reach this stage, they will really be in serious trouble, not only with the law but also with their health and lives," he cautioned.

One of the three accused appearing in court yesterday on charges of possessing hashish was a 27-year-old resident of Dorval who has been teaching for the past four years in St. Laurent. He is Barry Spain of 420 Bourque Ave. When police raided his place Thursday night, the accused was host- ages of 15 and 18, testimony revealed. Hearing that Spain was allegedly encouraging these youths to smoke hashish, Judge Rousseau flatly refused to offer any bail and ordered the accused to jail until next Wednesday's preliminary hearing.

In a second case, shaggy-haired Jean Claude Gaudry of 5417 Casgrain was sentenced to eight days in jail after pleading guilty to possessing one cube of hashish. "You might see the world a little differently when you come out of jail with your hair cut shorter," remarked Judge Rousseau. The third man to appear yesterday pleaded guilty to possession of one cube but his sentence was postponed until today to allow the judge to study the case. Bearded 18-year-old Robert Gendron of 827 Outremont said he "just wanted to try it." When the judge asked him why, he simply shrugged his shoulders and said nothing. Been a long time BARSTOW, Calif.

(AP) An archaeologist associated with the Calico diggings says major breakthroughs in dating the arrival of man in North America have been made. Ruth D. Simpson, project field director, said Thursday evk dence of man dating back 80,000 years has been found at the California site. It previously had been theorized that man came to this continent about 37,000 years ago. or 15-year-old son Donald, occupies the couch when he leaves.

Gordon Whyte, liquor store manager, said the customary Friday liquor shipment has been delayed until next Wed 'All kinds of time' He's just waiting for Biafra mercy route still not settled OBITUARIES MARGARET CUTHBERT NEW YORK (CP) -Margaret Cuthbert, a native of Prince Albert, who was a pioneer in United States radio, died Thursday in hospital at Hyannis, following a month's illness. She was 81. Miss Cuthbert, once director of women's and children's programs for NBC, entered broadcasting in 1925 as a staff member of radio station WEAF, now known as WNBC in New York. At her retirement, she was executive supervisor of public affairs for NBC Radio. She won many honors during her career.

The long-running NBC Theatre which she developed and produced, among other programs, won a Peabody Award for excellence in drama. She was one of three children of Maj. Edward and Charlotte Cuthbert. Her father 'had been an assistant commissioner of the RCMP. She is survived by a brother, C.

Ross Cuthbert. Miss Cuthbert made her summer home at Orleans, and during the winter resided at Newton, Conn. W. G. THOMPSON CHATHAM, Ont.

(CP) -W. G. Thompson, 72, former Ontario lands and forests minister, died in hospital here Thursday night following a heart attack. Mr. Thompson became lands and forests minister when George Drew's Progressive Conservative government took office in 1943.

He resigned from the cabinet Nov. 28, 1946. A Blenheim businessman, he was member of the legislature for East Kent. His funeral will be held Monday in Chatham. DR.

CHARLES SMITH PRINCETON, N.J.-(AP)-Dr. Charles H. Smith, who proved in 1915 that it is better to burp babies after they eat than to lay them in a horizontal position, died Friday in his home here. He was 92. Dr.

Smith used X-ray studies in developing his baby-burping theory, and his discoveries altered medical practices. ARTHUR WYNNE SYDNEY, Australia -(Reuters) Arthur Watkin Wynne, manager and secre? tary of Australian Associated Press for 20 years, died in hospital in Melbourne Thursday night. He was 75. Wynne served as manager and secretary of Australian Associated Press from its formation in 1935 until he retired in 1955. JACOBUS NIELSEN ROME (UPI) Dutch Carmelite Jacobus Melsen, 59, procurator general of the Carmelite order, died in a Rome clinic early yesterday.

Modern Pilate held in jail for crucifixion LONDON (Reuters) -An interior decorator has been remanded in custody for a week after another interior decorator was found nailed to a cross in a London park. Eric Leslie Leach, 41, was accused in court yesterday of causing grievous bodily harm to Joseph Richard de Havil-land, 30. De Havilland is recovering in hospital in Hampstead not far from where a park keeper found him Thursday nailed to the seven-foot cross propped up against a tree. He was stripped" to the waist and his hands impaled on the cross with eight-inch nails. Ambulance attendants lowered the cross and levered out the nails with a crowbar but left them impaled in his hands.

De Havilland, half-dazed but not apparently in great pain, told the attendants: "Please be careful with my fingers." The nails were removed in hospital. That's no way To rob a bank SYDNEY, Australia -(Reuters) A gunman wha robbed a bank here and fled down the street with a bag full of money got confused and jumped into a police car, a court was told. Reinhardt Fried el, 24, robbed a bank teller of $7,140 with a sawed-off shotgun and was being chased when he leaped into the back seat of the police car which was caught in a traffic jam. He was overpowered and the Judge yesterday sentenced him to 10 years in jail. for U.S.

mails along border ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) -Business is better than ever for Vermont's border post offices during the strike of Canadian postal workers. Volume of mail has increased in United States post offices all along the border since the strike began July 18. In Swanton, all postal boxes are rented, many by Canadian firms, officials said.

The St. Albans post office is handling a heavy volume of mail from Canada for all parts of the United States and abroad, says Postmaster Stanley Beauregard. Family Herald closing down on Sept. 26 Norman Mathieson, publisher of the Family Herald, announced yesterday that the 99-year-old weekly, aimed mainly at farmers, will cease publication Sept. 26.

Mr. Mathieson said in a statement that publication costs have risen steadily while revenue has declined in recent years until "the end was inevitable." The weekly is published by the Montreal Star. The statement did not disclose current circulation figures. Audit Bureau of Circulation figures for the six-month period ended June 30, 1967, gave the circulation as 424,303 for the half year. Blanket tossing a tough sport BARROW, Alaska (AP), When Dr.

Jerry L. Coles totted up the casualties from four blanket-toss festivals he found: one dislocated elbow, two foot fractures, one broken ankle, one fractured coccyx, four sprained one acute back strain and one knee injury. The blanket toss an Eskimo tradition in which one person is bounced high in the air from a taut blanket is part of the spring whaling festivals. Eden suggests east, west have military talks LONDON (AP) Lord Avon former British prime minister Anthony Eden yesterday proposed an East-West military conference to take the heat out of the Czech crisis. In an article published by The Daily Express, Avon wrote: "It would be a sad calamity if the Soviet Union's reaction to Prague's peaceful evolution within the framework of communism and the Warsaw pact were to halt, and even reverse, the hopeful process of improved relations between the Warsaw and NATO powers "That is the danger which now and it is one which we must understand if we are to make any progress in resolving it.

Avon added: "The right way to proceed is to prepare for direct talks between the Eastern and Western nations in their respective groupings, the Warsaw pact and NATO." U.S. airmen fired upon at Thai base BANGKOK (UPI) An unidentified force fired on U.S. airmen and planes at the American air base at Udorn, Thailand, U.S. embassy spokesmen said today. The attack last night was the first of its kind against a U.S.

base in Thailand. The embassy spokesmen said details of the attack were sketchy but that four Americans "possibly" had been wounded. Udorn is one of the American bases in Thailand where U.S. bombers who fly missions against North Vietnam are based. Mille-lles bridge repairs The Roads Department announced yesterday one of the north-bound lanes on the La-fontaine Bridge over the Mille-lles River will be closed down for three weeks starting Monday.

During the repair period, the department asks motorists heading north to use the Law-entian Autoroute Bridge, especially during peak traffic hours. tfcA6EUr.MT ANNOUNCEMENTS AM MOTKU BIRTHS ADELSON. Max and Irene (nee FVabinovitch) proudly announce the arrival of a son, 7 pounds 3 ounces. July 24th, 1968, at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Both well.

BAIKOWITZ. Doctor and Mrs. Harry (nee Nancy Rafman) proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Deena, on July 24th, 1968, at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Both well. CHEVALIER.

Michael and Joanne (nee Edwards) are proud to announce the birth of a daughter, Jennifer, 6 at the Ottawa Civic Hospital, on July 25th, 1968. Both well. FINDLAY. David and Carol (nee Dearing) happily announce the birth of their son, 6 pounds 14 ounces, on July 25th, 1968, at Lachln General Hospital. Both well.

HANNA. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hanna (nee Joan Armitage), a daughter, on July 23rd, at the Montreal General Hospital. Both well.

HOLDEN. Carolyn and David proudly announce the arrival of Katherine Ann. on July 25th, 1968, at the Queen Eliza beth Hospital. Both well. INGRAM.

Malcolm and Gloria, (nee proudly announce the birth of a son, at St. Mary's Hospital, on July 24th, 1968, brother for Judy Lynn ana stepnen. eotn wen. KUSTER. Mr.

and Mrs. R. G. Kuster (nee Penelope Hushion) announce the birth of their daughter, on July 25th, 1968, In Geneva, Switzerland. MITCHELL.

To Len and Peggy (nee Perks) a baby si iter to Philip, Fraser, Neil and Nancy, in the Royal Victoria Hospital, on July 24th, 1968. Both well. NELSON. To Judith and Warren, a son, on July 24th, 1968, at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Both well.

TURNER. Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Turner (nee Gayle Grinstead) proudly announce the birth of their daughter, on July 25th, 1968, at the Montr.eal General Hospital.

Both well. VINET. To Paul and Cathy (nee Keane), a daughter on July 24th, 1968, at Herbert Reddy Hospital, sister to Mark. Both wen. WEBB.

Michael and Carole an nounce the birth of a son, at the Harper Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, on July 22nd, 1968. Both well. DEATHS BAINES, Josephine. At the' Saint John General Hospital, July 25th, 1968, Josephine Baines, wife of the late J. Stephen Baines, motner of riaroia Dorval, Elsie Hampton, New Brunswick, Constance Saint John, New Brunswick, Robert Victoria, B.C.

and Raymond Saint John, New Brunswick. Resting at Brenan's Funeral Parlor, 111 Paradise Row. Funeral 2 p.m., Monday, July 29th. Interment Fernhill cemetery. BROWN, Stanley H.

At Montreal General Hospital, in his 73rd year, survived bv his wife. Bertha J. Davis. Funeral from Morin Heights United Church, Saturday, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart Foundation will be gratefully ac knowledged.

DUBUC, Gabrielle. At Montreal, on July 25th, 1968, age 83 years, Gabrielle Beauchemln, beloved wife of J. Henri Dubuc, 4551 Coolbrook Ave. Dear mother of Mrs. H.

L. Bisaillon (Mar celle), grandmother of Mrs. Marc La- gace (Marie), great-grandmother of Liette, sister of Mrs. Ernest Robitallle (Bernadette). Funeral July 29th from Urgel Bourgie Funeral Home, corner Decarle Blvd.

and N.D.G. for service at St. Antonin Church, at 9 a.m. Thence Cote des Neiges Cemetery. FRUCHTER, Louis.

On Friday, July 26th, 1968, beloved husband of Mary Fa ner. dear father of Mrs. L. Raokln (Lyla), Morty and Mrs. M.

Nadler (Sukie), brother of Myer, also survivea bv 10 grandchildren. Funeral service from Paperman and Sons, Cote des Neiges Chapel, 5605 Cote des Neiges Road, on Sunday, Juiy zatn at i p.m. Shiva private. FRY, Sydney. Suddenly, at Magog, on July 24th, 1968, Sydney Fry, golf professional at Hermitage Golf Club, beloved husband of Jeanne Leblanc, dear father of Robert (Bob) and Bruce, also survived by two grandchildren.

Resting at Raoul Bourgie Funeral Home 1345 Notre Dame Lachine. Funeral service at St. Andrew's United Church, on Monday, July 29th, at 10 a.m. Interment Lake- view cemetery. Jack Spratt diet offers advantages TORONTO (CP) Jack Spratt could eat no fat but at least he could stay awake after a big meal.

His wife could eat no lean and probably became drowsy when she finished eating. The reason, says a University of Toronto scientist, is that fats such as cheese and butter make us sleepy. They act on your nerve cplls in the same way as alcohol, tranquilizers or anaesthetics. Dr. Philip Seeman, 34, director of graduate pharmacy studies at the university, has been studying the effects of these substances on body cells.

They make the membrane or skin of the cell more fluid slowing down nerve actions, thus creating drowsiness. Then why don't you get drunk on cheese? Dr. Seeman says this is because different substances are distributed through the body in different ways and affect different cells. Some, like a general anaesthetic or alcohol, can affect a great number of brain cells. Some hit cells of.

the nervous system that affect only certain regions. He says it is not yet known why activity is inhibited when the cell's membrane changes. That's one of the answers he and the Pharmacology Department are trying to discover at the new medical science building at Queen's Park. Wallace briefed WASHINGTON (AP) -President Johnson briefed independent presidential candidate George C. Wallace Friday on foreign affairs, including the Vietnam situation, the White House announced.

REQUIEM MASSES IN WSMCftlAlM A HO CARDS Of THANKS To Place These NOTICES op vital Statistics please call 866-4771 HOURS 9 A.M to 5.00 P.M. doily except Saturday 9.0C A.M. to 12 noon. SUNDAY and holidays (Sirtn and Death notices from 2 P.M. to 5.30 P.M.

only.) RATES St per word. Minimum charge $1.50. DEATHS GRAY. Elizabeth Mary. At the Mont real Protestant Hospital, on July 24th, 1968, Elizabeth Gray, beloved wife-of Walter T.

Gray, and dear mother of Marjorie (Mrs. H. Hemnes) of Ottawa, Eleen (Mrs. R. Pert) of Toronto, Clifford, Douglas (of New York) and Law rence.

Private tunerai service rrom in Armstrong Funeral Chapel, 3426 Park Avenue, on Friday, at 10 a.m., Interment In Mount Roval Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations to the Canadian Cancer Society will be gratefully acknowledged. HAAS, Cecilia. At the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, on July 26th, 1968, Cecilia Worsley, beloved wife of Harry Haas, dear sister of William, John and Robert and Mrs. M.

Low and Maryanne Thornton. Funeral from the Chapel of Jos. c. wray us Mountain Street, 11 a.m., Monday, to Mount Royal Cemetery. Legion service Flanders No.

63 will be held in the Chapel, 7.30 p.m., Sunday, July 28th, 1968. LEGAULT, Eva. At Polnte Claire, on July 25th, 1968, in her 68th year, beloved wife of Paul Legault and by first marriage of the late Henri Lau- rendeau. Resting at Raoul Bourgie Funeral Home 281 Lakeshore Road, Polnte Claire. Funeral service at St.

Joachim Church, on Monday, July 29th, at 9 a.m. interment cote des Neiges Cemetery. LeSAGE, Sarah. Suddenly, In Mont real, on July 25th, 1968, Sarah Ronan, beloved wife of the late Royal Lebage, mother of Mrs. Guy Savard (Annei Marie), Mrs.

George N. Bates of Toledo, Ohio (Louise), William Andre of St. John's Newfoundland, one son Philippe R. predeceased her, 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Resting at the Chapel of Jos.

Wray 1234 Mountain St. Funeral from the Church of the Ascension of Our Lord, 9 a.m., Saturday, to Cota des Neiges Cemetery. MclLWRICK, Arnold. At Queen Elizabeth Hospital, on July 26th, 1968, beloved husband of Annia Robb, dear father of Eric. Funeral from D.

A. Collins Chapel, 5610 Sherbrooke Street West, on Monday, at 2 p.m.; thence to Mount Royal Crematorium. MILLOY, Andrew. Suddenly, at hit residence, on Friday, July 26th, 1968, Andrew Mi Hoy, aged 41 years, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Andrew Milloy, dear brother of James, John, Jean, Greta and Maureen. Resting at the J. F. Wilson and Sons Funeral Home, 5784 Verdun Avenue. Service in the Chapel, Monday, July 29th, at 10 a.m.

Interment Lakeview Cemetery. NIEDERER, Jack. At' Mount Sinai, Ste. Agathe Hospital, July 26th, 1968, aged 60, Jack Niederer, beloved husband of Blanche Pratt, dear father of Bruce. Funeral Saturday, July 27th, from J.

R. Deslauriers Funeral Chapel, at 10.45 a.m. Interment Montreal Memorial Park. NORWOOD, Frederick John. At Montreal General Hospital, on July 25th, 1968, in his 87th year, beloved husband of the late Minnie Askew, dear father of Pearl (Mrs.

J. L. Denner of Town of Mount Royal) and Fred of Edmonton, also survived by five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral from D. A.

Collins Memorial Chapel, 222 Metropolitan Polnte Claire on Saturday, at 11 a.m. to Montreal Memorial Park. RICARD, J. Marc, M.D. At his residence, In Dorval, on July 25th, 1968, J.

Marc Ricard, M.D., oelovea husband of Francoise Groulx and dear father of Johanne. Resting at the Fetterly Lakeshore Funeral Home, 560 Lakeohore Drive, Dorval, from 7 p.m. Friday. Funeral from St. Jeanne ve Chantal Church (Valols), on Monday, July 29th, at 2 p.m.

Interment Rigaud. in lieu of tiowers donations may be made to Canadian Cancer Research. triinDMAUU. Antnn On Inlv 24th, 1968, at the Montreal Convalescent Hospital, Anton Schormann, beloved husband of Wllma Greschner, dear father of Joseph, Mrs. Hilda Steinhubl and Mrs.

E. S. Evans (Mary). Resting at tht Clarke Funeral Home, 5580 Sherbrooke Street, West. Requiem Mass In St.

Boniface Church, 3760 City Hall on Saturday, at 9 m. interment cote oei Neiges ceme tery. cuccnv William Jnunh. Suddenly. on July 24th, 1968, William (Bill) aneeay, in no in year, nuwanu wi the late Rose Balrd and dear brother of Ellen Conlin, Agnes Downey and Grace Cannon.

Resting at the Kane Fetterly Funeral Home, 5301 Decarle Boulevard. Funeral service at Our Lady of Fatima, on Saturday, July 27th, at 9 a.m.. To lots aes neiges temeiery. SMITH, Edward. At his lata residence, on July 26th, 1968, In his 83rd year, dearly beloved husband of Har-rlette Thomson and iear father of Margaret (Mrs.

J. W. Fraser) and Andrew, also survived by 3 grandchildren. Funeral from Rosedale Chapel, 4911 Cote des Neiges Road, at 2 p.m., Monday. Interment Mount Royal Cemetery.

SMYTH, Ada Jane. After a long Illness, In Montreal, on July 25th, 1968, Ada Jane Smyth, beloved daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jonn smytn ana dear sister of Grace L. and the lale Lome Howard and Mildred (Mrs.

W. Paxman). Funeral from the Chapel of Jos. C. Wray 1234 Mountain 10 a Saturday, to Mount Royal Cemetery.

STEVENSON, Cecelia Ruth. Mrs. Cecelia Ruin Stevenson (nee Preston), aged 77 years. In Montreal after a lengthy Illness, molhf of Doctor Ken White of Baltimore, Maryland, Doctor lan Stevenson of Charlottesville, Vir ginia, Ronald Stevenson and Edith (Mrs. Harold Malsner) of Montreal.

Funeral private Friday. Pleas omit flowers. THOMPSON, Kathleen Jean. At home, on Friday, July 26th, 1968, Kathleen Jean Patterson, In her 60th year, fa of Ca urn Thompson and dearly beloved mother of Eric, Michael, Marion and Patricia (Mrs. I.

Moore) and dearly loved grandmother if siobhan and Lisa, private funeral from D. A. Collins Chapel, 5610 Sherbrooke St. West. WETSTEIN, Eva.

On July 25th, 1968, Eva Strlgl, beloved wife of Joseph Wotsfeln ard drar molher of Mrs. James H. Lang (Marlon) and dear grandmother of Nancy and Jimmy. Resting at the Clark Funeral Home, 5580 Sherbrooke St. West.

Requiem Mass in St. Boniface Church, 3760 City Hall on Saturday, at 10 a.m. Interment Cole des Nelgei Cemetery. negotiating in the strike of Canada 24,000 postal workers clamped a tight security lid on talks yesterday. The secrecy pact, apparent ly agreed to by treasury board negotiator Douglas Love, union representative Romeo Mathieu and mediator Judge Rene Lippe, came shortly after the three had completed a day-long discussion on working conditions Thursday.

"We had a very good discussion. They (the negotiators) have reached a crucial stage in non-monetary items," was all that Judge Lippe would admit to newsmen. "We had a free exchange. There was nothing negative exchanged," Mathieu said. Treasury representative Love slipped out quietly from the downtown hotel room and avoided reporters.

The three men will meet Monday evening to continue discussions. Although the working conditions are a main issue in the 10-day old walkout, wage discussions, described by a treasury board spokesman as "the main crunch yet to come" have yet to reach the bargaining table. Armed bandits make escapes alter holdups Armed bandits held up three banking establishments yesterday, making off with an undetermined amount of money. Montreal police are investigating the first holdup which netted two armed men some $1,000. The robbery took place at 10.35 a.m.

yesterday at the Banque Canadienne Nationale branch at 9351 Lajeunesse St. Police said the getaway car, stolen earlier from Villeray was located shortly afterwards, empty except for a sawed-off M-I semi-automatic rifle. The second bank raid was carried out by four hooded men armed with revolvers and machine guns in suburb-St. Leonard. Police said the thugs made off with some $1,300 from the Metropolitan branch of the Provincial Bank of Canada.

Provincial police reported that three armed men escaped with an undetermined amount of cash following a holdup in Tingwick some 80 miles northwest of here. Investigators said the trio raided a Caisse Populaire and fled in a car stolen earlier in Sherbrooke. No shots were fired during the three holdups. CBC employees in production seek pay raise The Canadian Union of Public Employees announced yesterday it is seeking a 34 per cent pay increase for 1,700 CBC production employees across Canada. A breakdown of the demands provides for a 4 per cent hike for 1968, and 15 per cent each for the two subsequent years.

Negotiations will open Tuesday and may last four days. Fernand Daoust, chief union negotiator, said he had deposited a list of the demands with the corporation last month. CUPE took over the contract after the International Alliance of Theatre and Stage Employees (CLC), an old-established union, had been decertified. Bad bill seller bound for trial A 33-year-old Belanger St. resident was committed to fall trial yesterday on charges of possessing and uttering $3,990 worth of counterfeit $10 bills.

Judge John O'Meara said he heard enough evidence at yesterday's preliminary hearing to justify a trial for Real Boyte. Montreal police arrested Boyte July 10 when undercover agents allegedly caught the accused red handed selling his supply, of counterfeit money. ARNPRIOR, Ont. (CP) Dennis Stencell says he'd rather rest than fight. i "But now I'm doing both and that's just fine, see," said the 50-year-old chiropractor, adjusting his outdoor bed for more comfort.

Mr. Stencell has been lying on a sun cot near the back door of a liquor store in this town 36 miles west of Ottawa since Tuesday night. He said in an interview he owns the land that provides access to the retail outlet and he plans to block all traffic, including a liquor shipment, until "the courts see this thing in the proper light." He explained that the dispute over the tiny parcel of land, about 16 feet square, has been raging between himself and County Newspapers Ltd. since 1964. The firm owns the building housing the liquor store.

The Supreme Court of Ontario issued an injunction Thursday ordering him to stop his blockade which would prevent delivery of a $50,000 shipment of liquor to the store expected within a week. "Oh, I'll obey their silly injunction all right, but that's ii when this thing starts to get interesting." i The injunction, he said, orders him not to block a nine-foot-wide right-of-way leading to the liquor store. "Now, how can a tractor-trailer back up to the store to unload without going off that nine-foot strip, see." Mr. Stencell declined to elaborate. "I'm getting a good tan, a rest it's a bit of a holiday.

I have all kinds of time," was all he would say. Mr. Stencell leaves the sun cot to eat in his nearby apartment. His wife, Connie, NAIMEY, Niger-(CP-Reuters) The preliminary peace talks here between representatives of Nigeria's federal government and secessionist Biafra ended yesterday without final agreement on a mercy food corridor through the civil war lines for starving Biafrans. President Hamani Diori of Niger, Nigeria's neighbor, said the two sides agreed only on some points of the relief program.

Diori said the two sides adopted an agenda for full-scale peace talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, next month. The agenda includes discussions on arrangements for a permanent settlement of the civil war, terms for cessation of hostilities and concrete proposals for the transportation of relief supplies to the civilian victims of the war. Diori said the two sides (Gazette Photo Service) CROWN PRINCE: Prince Bi-rendra Bit Bickram, Crown Prince of Nepal, made an informal visit of Man and His World yesterday, which included a ride on the Minirail, visits to eight pavilions and lunch at Helene de Champlain restaurant. booze truck nesday, giving Mr. Stencell time to consider the injunction.

"Like I said, I have all kinds of time, see," said Mr. Stencell, when told of the delay. examined in minute detail proposals for the transportation of relief supplies to civilian victims of the war, but reached agreement only on a number of points in this respect. Radio Biafra, in a broadcast monitored in Lagos, the Nigerian federal capital, said earlier that the two sides had agreed on a "relief corridor" through the war lines into the breakaway Biafra region but still disagreed on how it was to be supervised. In Umuahia, the secessionist Biafra region's defence headquarters announced that Nigerian federal troops launched two major assaults on Biafran positions Wednesday and Thursday.

The anouuncement said that after heavy fighting in the Onitsha sector Wednesday, Biafran troops "chased the enemy out of their trenches and occupied them." Citing "substantial advantages" in adopting metrics, Benn added: "All the Commonwealth countries except Canada have changed to the metric system or are about to do so and studies are in progress in the U.S.A. and Canada." Hints of impatience at British failure to get the metrication ball really rolling emerges from the standing committee's report, which notes that the announced s.upport far the change in industry back in 1965. Experts say Britain's switch to decimal currency in February, 1971, can only bring maximum efficiency to business if weights and measures also go metric. The committee says British practice should be aligned with the systeme Internationale, which lays down basic and derived units, because it is "likely to become the only system of units in the world in due course." The Consumer Council, which advises the government, supports general metrication by 1975 "by staying imperial, Britain would belong to a steadily-diminishing group of countries." Metric system by 75 recommended in UK LONDON (CP) The government announced yesterday that the country should aim to complete adoption of the metric system of weights and measures by the end of 1975. Technology Minister Anthony Wedgewood Benn said the government largely accepts recommendations speed the switch to metres, grams and litres from feet, pounds and quarts throughout Britain.

The recommendations were published yesterday in a report of the two-year-old standing committee on metrication, a group of 16 industrialists, senior civil servants and trade union officials advising on introduction of the metric system in Britain industry. Benn said an advisory metrication board to co-ordinate metric programs In various social and economic sectors would be established "as soon as possible." He said more time is needed to introduce enabling legislation. The committee urged legislation by 1969 or 1970. Bonn said the 1975 target date would be flexible. The government would not compel acceptance of the metric system, nor would it compensate business for costs involved in the change.

Inquest ordered at penitentiary following death An inquest will be held next week into the apparent suicide of 31-year-old St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary convict Claude Provencher. Provencher was found dead in a psychiatric ward cell late Thursday evening. He is said to have 'fashioned a noose his belt. t' The convict was serving a 12-year sentence for armed robbery.

He had been in prison since 1964, and was under psychiatric treatment at the prison for some time before his death. He became the second prison inmats to be found hanged this week. On Sunday, convicted murder and escape artist Claude Levasseur was found dead in his cell. Authorities said he had hanged himself with a noose fashioned from radio headset wires. 4 a..