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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1963 Castro Offers Refug Hijacked Ship Believed Heading Towards Cuba By RICHARD C. MASSOCK CARACAS, Venezuela Wv Fidel Castro's regime offered asylum today to Communis is 'who seized the Venezuelan freighter Anzoategul while Venezuelan destroyers and Jet bombers hunted the fugi tive vessel across the Caribbean. The frei ghter wis believed heading (or the "Cuban port of Santiago, on the island' southeast coast. DESTROYERS CHASE IT Three Venezuelan destroyers were reported on the track of the captive ship.

But If its post- lion was known. was kept se cret by Venezuelan authorities. I he (-astro government, in a Statement broadcast bv Havana radio, said il the ship arrived at any Cuban port, "the revolu tionary government will grant aylum to Venezuelan revolu tionaries and members of the crew who solicit The broadcast Mid the ship nd the rest of the crew would be turned over to UN Secretary-General Thant. Reliable sources said US Navy planes spotted the freigh ter Thursday midway Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. Shipping circles in -Caracas said the motorship Sucre later reported sighting the Anzoategul in about the same This would have placed the freighter about 439 miles southeast of Santiago, 40 miles from the U.S.

naval base at Cuan-lanamo. HAS HEAD START Some observers believed the Hijackers naa not decided whether to try for the Cuban port or lor Mexico. The freighter has a top speed of JS knots. Considerably lest than the pur-Suing destroyers. But it had a -considerable start on the pursuers.

President Romulo Betancourt Drdered an all-out effort to In tercept the hijackers, identified as nine members of the Armed Forces for National Liberation FALINV a Communist organization wih link to Fidel Castro's regime. Betancourt called on friendly nations in the area to help. Seek Probe Of CLC Election MONTREAL (CP)-A Quebec faction of the Canadian Marl time Union (CLC) mil seek an Investigation into the election of new executives at the union's convention in Ottawa last eek- -iad, it Thursday Bight. The rcporti said the faction will ask the Canadian -Labor congress to ioox into tne tions. Mike Sheehan.

Si. who led the CMU since it was founded in 1961 to battle the influence of the Seafarers' International Union (Ind ot the Great Lakes, a- in Kia ki.1 In ilia viu iw ir main president, fected to succeed him was 7Jhn Staples ol Port Colborne, a wheelsman. 1 i JOE POIRIER Russell Tory Bid By Poirier Joe Poirier, Ottawa Rough Rider defensive halfback star. will contest the Tory nomina tion in Russell Riding. Mr.

Poirier's candidature was announced this morning by A. B. R. Lawrence, president of the 'RusseM Progressive Conservative Association. Other candidates mentioned tor me Kusseil nomination are Jules Barriere, and Kenneth C.

Bmki, both members of the legal profession. Mr. Lawrence indicated, however, that Mr. Poirier may be the overwhelming choice of the Russell Tory nominating convention Feb. 25 at Rideau High School.

Mr. Poirier is a graduate of McGill University and has been active as a detached worker with the Ottawa Youth Services Bureau. He was chosen East ern Canada defensive halfback all-star last year. 24 COUNTRIES, 4 CONTINENTS 18 Trade Missions Planned for 1963 (By The CP) Eighteen government bitked trade mis sionsincluding four "investigation" missions will be sent to 24 countries in the next trade department announced Thursday. Another six purchasing missions will-be brought to Canada to look at Canadian agricultural products and house building methods.

The 1963 trade missions pro gram compares with It out- going missions and one Ineonl-1 dustnatl machinery and equip mx mission last year. Some 17J Canadian businessmen went abroad on those missions. The Canadian sales missions. each with an average six mem bers and concentrating on specific' industries, will seek new markets overseas Tor prdducJs including lumber, chemicals, loods. textiles, steel and steel products, household goods, elec trical equipment, auto parts and communications and elec Ironies equipment.

They will cover markets in Gatineaii Bylaw Meeting Monday Gatineau ratepayers will be asked to approve a $230,000 borrowing bylaw 'at a public meeting Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Town Hall. The loan, aimed at paying off the town's accumulated deficit over a 20-year period, was approved by Town Council this week. Should 20 or more ratepayers object at the meeting, a referendum would be required to give final ratification" to the bylaw SALE NOW ON OPEN TONIGHT TILL 9 P.M. ALEXANIAN'S STORE-WIDE BUOAOLOOlv.

CLEARANCE to OFF The Ottawa Journal The Third Pago Log Strike Settlement Nearihg KAPUSKAS1NG CP Plans were made here today to take a back-to-work vote tomorrow among 1.500 Northern Ontario bushworkers who have been idle' for a month in a strike that Drought three deaths this week In a shooting outburst. A marathon company-union meeting had agreed on a basis for settlement at Toronto Thurs day night. The lumbar and saw mill worker union (CLC) sent out a call to the scattered woods camps for. meeting here Saturday morning to hear union officials explain the agreement further. A favorable vole by the woodsmen employed by two companies could get the workers back on the job by Monday.

Labor Minister Leslie Rown-tree said after union and com pany officials had met almost continually for IS hours that he regarded the agreement as a basis for ultimate settlement of the dispute and for an agreement on a new contract. Police said Paul-Em i) Cou- lombe, about 43, who was in charge of operations at a rail way tiding near Kapuskating where the fatal clash between strikers and independent sett! ers occurred Monday, turrend ered to his lawyers in Kapus kasing early today. Coulomb was the last of 19 settlers charged with non-capi tal murder to turn himself in A pickup order had been issued for him after he failed to re turn from Montreal where he had taken his ailing wife. the Americas, Britain, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The department said the four nvestigation missions will be an.

innovation in the trade missions program. Two will be groups of furni ture manutacturers, wno win visit Europe in June and the United States in September. The other two will be in the industrial equipment field. Their main purpose will be to seek licensing arrangements with foreign producer for. the manufacture in Canada of in ment.

19 Million Population This Year (By The CP) Canada's es timated population at the begtn ning of 1963 was 18.767.000 and should rise to the 19.000,000 mark before the end of the year. The bureau of statistics said today that the 1 population figure represented aC gain of 3.000 or I I per cent over the corresponding date In 1961. when It was 18.434.000 Me Jan. I total is a gam of 529.000 or 2.9 per cent compared with the June I. 1961.

census total of 18.238,000. Among the provinces Quebec registered the biggest gain. The population rose by 108.000 or two per cent to 5.430,000 from Jan. 1, 1962. Ontario's population rose by 103.000 or I per cent to from 1.298.000.

Brand name, carpeting Jrom the world's leading mills. Wool, nylon, arrilan broadloom in over 200 colon to choose from. CARPET BUDGET PLAN As llifi. iet an. wim i 3S stflnlliB a fcalanc.

724 Ul Uvk St. ((5(841 Union Local Head Paid $95,000 HOBOKEN. NJ (AP) A J50.000 pay Increase was voted to Anthony Tony Pro) Proveh- zano. president of Teamsters local S60. bringing tus yearly salary from the local to 195.000, the Hudson Dispatch reports.

The paper quoies a spokesman of Provenzano's as saying the raise was passed by 400 union members present at a closed meeting. There were approxi mately 23 dissenting votes, the spokesman said. Local 560 has 14 000 members and is the third largest Teamster local in the country. According to Oeorge Phillips, spokesman for the anti-Proven- zano forces in the local, Pro- venzano receives another 000 a year as international vice- president and JS. 000 from the joint council.

Ottawa, Deaths LEONARD PERRY, -maintenance foreman at Atomic Energy of: Canada, 26 Laur-entian Street, Deep River. MRS. JOACHIM BAZINET, 96, widow, at Clarence Creek S. ROBERT MARTIN. S3, retired dentist, 104 Main Street.

Aylmer. MRS MARY ANN COOK, 77, widow, 3 froment Street, Hull. MRS. MARY HELENA BENNETT, w.idow. 335 Cooper Street.

MRS. MARIE ROBERTSON BROWNE. widow, formerlvof Ottawa. ROBERT JOHNSON DRUCE. of 428 Rideau Street LEO ALFRED SMALL-WOOD, lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian 32 Toronto Street.

LAC OSWALD HUTT. 30. of South Gloucester. JANE BAIRD HART1N, -49, housewife, of JOHN JACK JENKJNS. 75.

Canadian' National Railway trainman. 1299 Dorchester Street. MRS. WILHE.LMIN A CAU-LEY, 82. widow.

837 Rex Avenue. UBALD JEAN (1, wood manufacturer, 323 Winona Street. MRS. JOSEPH P1LON. 87.

-widow, 2S Martineau Street. MRS. AGNES MAY ANDERSON. 85. widow, 334 Ath-lone Avenue.

THOMAS BOSWELL. MAC-MILLAN. 73. at Smiths Falls. New York State Hard Hit by Snow ALBANY.

NY. -Pi Wind 9 7 i blown squalls off lakes Ene and Ontario dumped up to a foot of snow today on some areas of New York Slate and travel troubles, in a belt stretching from southwestern New York through Rochester to Utica and north to the Oswego area. Many, rural schools were closed Snow plows bucked blow-in; snow that made visibility nearly zero in many places. SWITCH HATS LONDON d'PI) A group of Red Army singers and dancers arrived from Moscow wearing traditional British tnlb-hats Ipsrcdf of 'hr-r famed Losiat k-si le 1 i i JTH I i v'' I-' ill II ii II 1 NWWM4ki. i.

r. 4 CANADA'S NEW SKIING HOPES These two Indians. Ben Charlie and Martha Benjamin, arrived in Ottawa todav, ready to compete in their first ski competitions at f-ranconia. New Hampshire, Saturday. are part of a crack Indian ski team from Old Crow, a remote' settlement in the Yukon, and their training includes a nine-mile, cross-country run daily.

Martha, 23, it the mother of five children. -After the New Hampshire meet, the skiers hope to compete in the North American championships in Colorado next week for a berth on Canada's Olympic cross-country team. lJnurn.it PhMo by Domwunn Wide We'll Bury Capitalism Says Mr. MOSCOW (AP) Premier Khrushchev declared tonight that when the time comes for communism to bury capitalism, the Soviet Union and Communist China together will throw in the last spadeful of earth. Khrushchev told correspondents across a table at a recep tion given by the King of Laos that co-operation between Com munist China and the Soviet Union is old, it continuing and will continue.

"When the last spadeful of earth is thrown on the grave of capitalism." the premier said, after a warm handshake with the new Chinese ambassa dor, "we will do it together with China." Khrushchev's statement ap parently was made to discredit stories that the two poweis have reached such a bad point in their relations that a break could be imminent. Two Get Jail Terms In Theft Case An Eastview man and a Gatineau plumber were each sentenced to 15 months in jail when they appeared in Hull Court today in connection with the theft of $10,000 worth of plumbing materials from a Hull firm. Charles Eugene Morin 27, of 374 Mana Goretli Street, East-view, and Edmund Mincault. 31. of 301 East Street.

Gatineau, had pleaded guilty Jan. 21 to charges in connection with the from Guy Chenevert Ltd Montcalm STreet. Hull Morin, who had been employed at the Chenevert firm 'for the past two years, accused of stealing the goods "Ind Mineault of receiving about $5,000 worth-Judge Avila Labelle made the Jail termt non-concurrent with three-month terms the two men "received recentlV in Ottawa cm similar charges connected with thefts of merchandise valued at pearly $6,000 from Emcb 363 St. Pal-rick Street. Ottawa.

WEATHER Dominion- Public Weather Office Forecast: Sunny with a few cloudy intervals today and Saturday. Very cold, winds westerly 20, becoming light tonight. Low tonight and high Saturday at Ottawa 10 below and 8 above Low last night and high Thursday at Dawson 2. S. Vancouver 37.

50; Victoria 41, 52; Ednonton 14. IS. Prince Albert -16, R. Rc-gina Winnipeg '12. zero; Churchill -23, -15.

North Bay -9, 16; Sudbury -12. 11; Windsor 2. 2.3; London 3, 23; Toronto. 3, 25, Ottawa -2, 23; Montreal 4 2.1; -Quebec 19. Saint John 2.

27; Halu, Tilt 18. 27. Chicago rem. 14. Bton 21.

34. New York 21. 31. Washington 20. 3f; Tampd 42.

60; Miami S3, h'l L'enxer 2j. 4v, Tjo.iti 37, i 5. Stole Father's Car, Draws 2 Months Jail the car after he was' refused permission by his father. Lucien Patenaude. 'If it was anybody else's car you would be going to the reformatory for a long time," Magistrate Sherwood said.

with Ottawa marine Uncover The plot was announced -is the trial continued for nine men charged with trying in assassinate the French president with a burst of machine-gun bullets last August. Most of those defendants are army officers or former members of the mi nary De Gauilc has been consi ered a traitor by a segment wf' the' French oflicer class since he agreed to independence for Algeria This group was influential in bringing de Gaulle to power because it believed he would keep Algeria French One defendant at. the current I assassination trial, a veteran of Bien Phu. told the court de Gaulle had been condemned i to death by the 'National Coun-, cil of he Resistance. This is an ultra-right underground headed 'by Georges Bidauli.

a formei premier, nnd foreign minister who is a fugitive outside France In September, 1961, a can of gasoline exploded on the road-tide as the president was driven past on- his way to his country home. De Gaulle's car drove through a sheet, of flame but he was not hurt. Investigators found th.u the gasoline was to have set off nine pounds of explosive rtlastlc. but the plastic did not explode J.M. Forgie Seeking Re-election PEMBROKE (Staff) James Furgie.

MP for Renfrew North, will definitely seek reelection nn April 8. he announced Thursdd He withheld final decision until after a meeting of the Renfrew North, Liberal Association. President Frank Lynch ta.d Liberal nominations would be hcld.at 2 pm. March 9 in the Pembroite Collegiate Institute TWO KILLED BRISBANE. Australia Two men died accidentally e-terday from electric shock, bringing" to eighf (he total of Siich deaths in Queensland Slate in 1o days.

Alan Chap man, 30. died when a portable light short Tirruited a he. work ed on his ml B-tslry 2'v was killed when he touched car. IN NEPEAN Borden Farm Plan Given Partial OIC Nepean council. Thursday I.

That the area reserved for approved plans of the S40.000- Carleton HeighU recreation 000 Borden Farm Project park be discussed before final provided two mors changes are acceptance; maae. i The partial hod was given yesterday after council's eighth meeting with the projects designers. Project Planning As sociates of Toronto. Council's reservations were: CSFAsks Parties Take Stand The Civil Service Federation hat called on the four federal political parties to slate official views on development of collective bargaining procedures for the Civil Service, C. A.

Edwards, president of the federation, said the request for information on party post Hon and view on CSF propot als for negotiation and arbitra tion was forwarded Thursday to Prime Minister Diefenbaker and the other party leaders. It called attention to the Ontario government bill to provide collective bargaining for Ontario civil servants, which is now before the legis lature. Andre Patenaude. 18. of 73 a mr.

Putnam Avenue, was sentenced pcr to two months in County Jail Thursday after he pleaded guilty before Magistrate Sherwood in City Police Court tb stealing his father's car Detective Howard' Devlin testified vnung Patenaude took ceni oi an employees oi pro- vincial governments would be covered by collective bargaining processes Mr. Edwards said hope had been expressed that replies would be received byilarch 1. Prince Better the effects of an attack of influenza which has left him bedridden for the last two days The 28-year-old brother of King Baudouin of Belgium was to decide later today after a medical examination whether it will be possible for him to join a delegation of Belgian trade officials in Calgary That a church site on Fisher Avenue be changed to a com mferrial site. JOINT PROJECT The Borden Farm land it being developed jointly oy Ontario and Central Mortgage and Housing corporation, it will provide dwellings for 6.500 persona. The township also offered two additions to Parkwood Hills by Minto Construction Company Limited.

Cinm tHitiinln nrf aVfl of the subdivision consists of 130 houses in a 30-acre area. The other is a 104-unit apart ment house on Meadowlands Drive. Cost of the additions hn not yet been estimated. Construction will begin la Sprint Cites Need For Flexible Relief Dept The city's Social Service Department needs a "conscious philosophy, clear tinea of authority, and a firm policy com bined with flexibility and op portunity for individual imtia tive," if it wants to attract and hold top calibre social workers, the Eastern Ontario branch of the Canadian Association of Social Workers says. In a letter to Board of the association says it would welcome a chance to discuss With civic authorities wayt in which it might help the Social Service Department.

"We are convinced that a Prince Albert of Belgium was 1 comprehensive Magistrate Sherwood noted, 'K' 'rem Patenaude was on probation and directed that after sentence the youth be- further charged with breach of probation. welfare pro gram in any large community must have an adequate municipal department at Itt centre." the letter states. JAIL TREASURER ROME (Reuters) Giovanni -Battista Ricciardi, Italy's- former central treasurer, was jailed Thursday for misappropriating 228,000,000 lire ($368,. 00) in state A FIRST IN OTTAWA cameraland i suMiits emi nrPQPnk TONIGHT mi ill DAT SATURDAY EXACTA DEMONSTRATION for all professional and amateur photographers The factory representative. Mr.

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