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VISIT UPPER CANADA VILLAGE itrr ageur Colonial SATURDAY SMCIAL On the Inside IXPLOM CANADA'S PAST ONtY (AMI DAY MTUtN I ptTAiu CALL 236-9681 j- 85th Year 216 If THE NATION Heads Sask. Centre REGINA A former Ottawa radio announcer is the director general of the sew $8,000,000 Saskatchewan Centre of the which was officially opened Monday night. lie is T. R. (Mike) Wood, son of Dr.

and Mrs. E. H. Wood, 101 Ruskin Avenue, Ottawa. The centre was officially opened by the'.

Governor-General. Former prime minister John Diefenbaker was a platform guest, as -chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan, Plan Mini Appeal MONTREAL (CP)-Two of this city's ad- vertising men think it's high time that -some- thing be done about the onslaught of the midl and max! skirs and the resulting death of the 'i: T'Theyintend tfr erect billboards appealing 'to Montreal women's community, spirit 'and sense of fair play. two men, Weir' Ross, an account "supervisor at Vlckers and Benson and Jack Bush; the company's creative director, have harbored the idea for some time, but until a short while ago did little about it. "Then with the fall approaching and the problem growing, we developed the 'Keep Montreal beautiful' idea," says Mr. Bush.

planned billboard shows the legs of a miniskirted girl and reads: "Keep Montreal beautiful. Wear a miniskirt Raps Waste Methods. HALIFAX (CP) George A. Kerr, Ontario's minister of energy and resources, said today he is disappointed in the progress being made in solving the problem of disposing of wastes. Addressing the first conference of the As- sociation of the Scientific, Engineering and-, Technological Community of he asked how much real research had been made into the question of recycling products which now "end up on our garbage come up with a better way of getting rid of oil wastes than pouring them into a hole in the.

ground?" 1 Canada's scientific -community has not really started to apply itself to this task, he said. Narwhal Arrives VANCOUVER (CP) The only living narwhal in captivity arrived here by plane Monday to move into its new home at the Vancouver Public Aquarium. The 10-foot-long, mammal was trapped by -Eskimo hunters in Grise Fiord on Ellesmere The whale was taken into captivity by a team from the Vancouver aquarium headed by Murray Newman. The aquarium crew has a permit from the federal fisheries department to catch four narwhals tusked whales. Only one other narwhal is known to have been captured.

died in New York shortly af(er being put on exhibition. SLIMMER TAKE-HOME PAY Canadians' pay after taxes has declined in the April, May, June period Page 8 HOW ABOUT THAT! A "Liberated Woman" wants a "be-nice-to-a-man-day. Page 15 FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH Thousands of elderly people believe they have discovered the fabled fountain of youth through two controversial drugs. Page 7 OFFERED HOUSING A' new housing project is promised Hull residents who will be displaced by construction of the' Portage Bridge. Page Where to Find It "Si Harif Bilew th HII) Blrthi, Dolhi SrMg CloiilflM Adt Comics Crossword Editorials nttrlolnmint J1 11 Flnortcloi" i Horoscop Radio Sports Thoofrts Toll Mt Why TV Woalhtr Womtn'i Ntws HO 11 ji 1 J7 The Phono 236-7511 I Mi BLAZE RUINS SCHOOL LIBRARY An estimated $150,000 damage was caused in fires set by arsonists at Mazenod Intermediate Separate School on the Smyth Road Monday.

Flames caused PHILADELPHIA (AP) A Trans World Airlinesjetliner hijacked to Cuba by a husky young man who wore a United States Army uniform and fooled safe" ly early today at Philadelphia International Airport. The Boeing 727 touched down- at 4.53 a.m. EDT 9 hours after it. was originally scheduled to arrive Monday at 7.33 p.m. on a flight from Las Vegas.

The hijacker, who boarded the plane on a military half-fare ticket, left the plane at Havana. The other 79 passengers and a crew of six turned to- Philadelphia after a stop in Miami. Two FBI agents also returned with the plane from Miami- PRINCE ALBERT (CP)-Pt-lice early today captured four of seven prisoners who espaped from the federal maximum-security penitentiary Monday night; The seven were described as highly dangerous: Warden John Nofield said Charles E. Dorrlngton, 23, and Stafford Lake, 21. were apprehended In a stolen car on i i I'M; 4 i 4 Tuesday, August 25, 1970 heavy structural damage, burned furniture and hundreds of books in the school library, seen (Journot Photo by.j.c.

$150,000 Damage Ottawa RC Sc Fire-Bo By CLARENCE METCALFE Arsonists fire-bombed Maze-nod Intermediate Separate School at 623 Smyth Road, Monday" At 'least'' five MOlotov cock tail-style bombs fuel-filled, 30-ounce soft drink bottles were found at the scene of two fires which erupted shortly after 5.30 p.m. in the school. Fires caused an estimated. $150,000 damage to the school library and a principal's office, both on the second floor jf the school. Firemen and cleaning staff personnel of the school said there" was no indication the bombs had been thrown.

They said it appeared the bottles had been placed on the 'This was not carelessness," said Raymond Groulx, Ottawa Uniformed CMari Forces JtoCuBa ruined above. Metafile) hool mbed Separate School Board administrator and secretary-treasurer. "This was premeditated." Mr. Groulx and firemen said Twttles containing fuel wer found Inside- the library doors, and, in the corridor at the principal's office door. It was not immediately known how- the; bombs were ignited- One bottle which had not ignited was taken to the Ottawa police station for chemical analysis.

Police would not comment on the nature of the fuel, but it appeared to be gasoline. Turn to Page 14 OTTAWA Communist Attackers Driven Off PHNOM PENH (AP) South Cong forces to the north, and southofPhnomJPenhtodayL military spokesmen reported. Communist assaults were -launched overnight against-the-battered village of Prek nine miles northeast of Phnom and against the frequently attacked town of Saang, 19 miles south of the capital. Fighter-bombers and Cambodian gunboats on' the Mekong River came to the defence of Prek Tameak, which was overrun last week' by a strong communist The village is on the eastern side of the Mekong, while Phnom Penh is on the western bank. THREE STILL AT LARGE way .2 about 12 'miles South' of Prince Albert, Neither man -was; armed, and neither offered resistance when taken at 3 a.m.

CST, about one' hour after a pop 'michine was broken into and a car stolen at a motel just south' of the city. About two hours earlier, police arrested Wilfred Eadie, 22, of Calgary and Patrick Shan- i (By The CP) Postal me-. diation talks enter their fifth day today under a shroud of silence but with a solemn assurance from the unions that no rotating strikes will be held from Thursday to The Council of Postal Unions announced Monday night all workers will be on the job Thursday, Friday' and Monday to deliver old-age pension cheques which go in the mail at the end of the week. workers would be working in full; strength Saturday' and Sunday, as well, the spokesman said, to sort the 500,000 or so old-age pension 7 Still lying undelivered' are There'll Be Mail Today Ottawa, Area Posties Back On the Job in' Ottawa and other centred throughout Eastern Ontario, postal service returned to normal today for the first time in six days-i; i i. Three gaps in the generally improved' situation 'are Mani-waki, Which is closed by a strike, and'Arnprior and Nap-' anee, where service has been suspended by post, office due to at) insufficient volume.

Of mail. Both Inside workers and let ter carriers walked off the job last Thursday morning. A skeleton staff returned to work at Ottawa's- main post office over the weekend to sort some of the huge mail backlog, but householders haven't seen their mailman, since last Wednesday. A spokesman for the local postal union said priority would be given today to distributing several thousand family allowance cehques which have been lying undelivered in the Ottawa post office since the workers walked out last week'. A small group of irate Ot? tawa mothers Monday launched a counter demonstration against the local postal workers to protest the non-delivery' of the baby bonus cheques.

'Fern Lachance, business agent for the Ottawa local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, has pledged that local employees will make every SEOUL (AP) Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew conferred for nearly six hours today with President Chung Hee Park of South Korea about the troop withdrawals the United. States wants to. make from South Korea and the U.S. aid Park wants to offset the reduction in American forces- Agnew said the talks went "very well," but they lasted far, beyond the two hours that had been scheduled.

The vice-president said he expects to resume his discussibn with the South Korean leader at dinner tonight. I0e In Mail at End of Week Four Highly -Dangerous Convicts Nabbed After Jail Break in Sask. non, 21, in a lane In downtown Prince Albert. Both surrendered without struggle. Included In the three still -sought-are a convicted -mur--derer and a kidnapper both serving life terms.

Dorrington, recently transferred from Kingston penitentiary, had been serving eight nearly a million family-allowance cheques, most of them in post offices in Montreal and Ottawa. A council spokesman said these cheques would be deliy-' ered gradually as strikes changed td other Postal workers have been staging rotating strikes to support their contract demands UNITED NATIONS (AP) With United Nations envoy Gunnar V. Jarring as go-between, Israel, Jordan and Egypt today open the talks called for in the United States peace plan for the Middle East. Ambassadors from the three Middle East adversaries had appointments in succession at UN headquarters with the Swedish mediator who for nearly three years has been trying to nudge the Arabs and Israelis toward a This procedure of talking to one government and then to another is the one Jarring has followed in the past, and this procedure will continue. The Arabs refus io negotiate face- to-face with the Israelis, and while Arab agreement to talk in the same place with their foe was some concession on their part, there was no indication that Egypt and Jordan would-ever agree to sit down-at the same negotiating table with Israel jarring told reporters he feels sure the three governments have "the firm intention of finding a solution." Deny Girls Sold To Convents NEW DELHI.

India (AP) Roman Catholic leaders in India -Vietnamese tru (rCambodianenortto nave au otner govern that girls from, warplanes drpve back attacking ment cheques delivered to Ot- Kerala state have been sent to North VletnmaSa anrf tawa Agnew, rarK conrer practice. Oh Forces Shifts sionai trainine Jjut denied, there tre. Homo Dilivery, 60c Wttkly since May. The government has retaliated by closing down regional offices In some areas affected. A total of 69 post offices were closed by strikes in Ontario and Quebec Monday with 7,560 employees on strike.

An additional 14 offices were closed by the government, leav UN Envoy Go-Between pLTD Mm Yd "I hope that with goodwill and understanding will in time reach agreement on a just and 'lasting peace," he said. THANT HOPEFUL UN Secretary Genearl Thant, in Ottawa, expressed "cautious optimism." Turn to Page 2-OPEN Crowds "Bigger At Ex 1HI ..52,797 112,527 I1.8M 52,717 291,417 Saturday Monday Friday I7 52 82 1M.778 41,481 76,742 52,872 282,872 with some 76,742 persons pass- Monday, the Ex's attendance is now just 7,624 behind last year's figures. And attendance at the grandstand show showed a marked indrease Monday, with 4,000 per ns in the. stands. -Today's forecast sunny skies should bring out large numbers of patrons.

If trends continue the vast majority will be in the 25 and under category. A check on Monday's attendance revealed that such was the case. Not withstanding the fact it was children's day, youths were clearly in command. The midway, the Where's It And at times youngper- sons take over ha Woman's Europe for religious and-Profes World attraction Jn-flie JClvic Ce is anything wrong with this Monday night about 400 "There is absolutely no ques tion of exchange of money, -said -the -Archbishop of TrivarF drum, the capital of Kerala. Addressing a news conference in Trivandrum, Archbishop Bern edict Mar Gregarious denied allegations made by The Sunday Times of London that the Kerala Catholic hierarchy was paid about 5720 each for sending at least 1,200 girls to European convents in the last several He said all travel expenses for each girl were paid by the convents which received The Indian government said a full debate on the matter would be held today.

years for armed robbery, Lake, four years for possession of an offensive weapon, Eadie three years for robbery with violence' and assault and 'Shannon three'' years, 'nine months for robbery. Mr. Norfield said the men escaped under, a newly Installed gate about 8.45 p.m. Turn to Page 14 FOUR youtns listened to a rok group at the CBC stage. Some adults were vocal in eir.

displeasure- a "There's nothing here for adults," said one disgruntled adult ''Why, there aren't even any free samples anymore." There was concern about the fact the horticultural competition has been cancelled. And one farmer complain that the agricultural aspect is "a thing of the past." 500 British Troops To Leave N. Ireland BELFAST (Reuters) The" British Army announced Mon-. day it will withdraw more' troops from Northern Ireland foHowing a period of relative calm. A military spokesman said 500 Infantrymen will be pulled out during the next three days.

This will leave about 9,000 soldiers still stationed in Ulster. The spokesman said more withdrawals might be expected if calm continues. Film-In 70 Today's screenings at The Journal's mini-theatre in the Where It's At Pavilion of the ral Canada Ride for. Your Life, To See or Not to See, Walking, Once Upon a Prime Time. Buster Keaton Rides Again.

(Today's screening times: 5.30 p.m. and 8.30 p.m.) 38 Pages Posties Assure Pensioners They'll Get Their Cheques ing 254 postal workers off the job. The council spokesman said he did' not know why the unions had decided to change their strategy and deliver old-age pensions' on. time after leaving family allowance cheques undistributed. Turn to Page 2 POSTIE GUNNAR JARRING Toronto Shootout Kills Two Police Slay Men In Battle Hour After Bank Holdup TORONTO (CP) Police today were searching for at least one more suspect in Monday's 57,000 armed bank robbery which led to a suburban shootout in 'which two men Carl' Rosen, 40, proprietor the antique, shop where the' charged with being an accessory after the fact in the robbery of a downtown branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia.

The robbery occurred an hour be-fore the shootings. A quantity of money was re-' covered at the antique shop. Police chief Harold Adamson defended the action of the police who shot and killed the two men, still unidentified. An inquest would be held but the chief was "completely satisfied" with the conduct of the officers. It was unclear if the slain men shot at police but this was.

not important, the chief said. An arrested man was led from the store in handcuffs, a trickle of blood running from his nose. Police said he was cut by flying glass. The shop, Monique's Antiques, had been under police surveillance all day as part of an investigation of 19 robberies in Toronto Over the last 18 months. Monday's holdup was the.

year's 41st in the city. Turn to Page 2 TORONTO 5THAT A STOM CWUP COMING THismrf trsutte X'PKHOtJ CLOUDY, SHOWERS; 55 to 73.

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