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Friday which forced Capt Lambert ana ueuu Marc Fortier to ball out from heir CF-5s. Storm Starts Fires VANCOUVER iCPh-h lightning atorm which swept across the province Monday.left a trail of 16J new forest fires to its wake, bring tag the number of fires to a record WW lor the season, the British Columbia forest services -The previous reeori Was t216 fires! 1967, VA'-. totei'of 1,13: 'atn aexi lighting; fires throughout the province. 4.... v-'.

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worn iiwuna ada's elusive Arctic char Tuesday. r' the couple Monday toured the settlement has the largest Eskimo population in Canada. Eskimos make up about of the i IOO.TesIdaiU. I couple also visited the co-op ot this village on the Southeastern coast of Baffin If land, about l.JOO milts north of Montreal They to leave odaf for visit to the High Arctic w'j Boosts Allowonces: TORONTO (CPV-The Ciitario'tvernment has tripled 1U allowances for the edacatioa of children of foreign services officers serving, la Germany, Austria and Italy. The allowance naa bees 50e year Ibf elementary; and secondary aducatioiw '-f An order In councjt approved this week by cabinet said this Is enough to provide educational equivalent to OnUrio standards for' children la the United Kingdom, but.

not enough In foreign-language countries, -vy; The province now will pay $1,500 to each, child for each school year to the equivalent -of Grade 13 in Ontario for officer! stationed In -the three European countries, Raps Freak Bicycles wrNNIPEG (CP A 41rector of the Wl nlpeg Safety Council says' freak bicycies have drastically increased the problem of bicycle safety. Maurice GUIman told a board of directors' meeting that 80 per cent of children who failed to pass a council bicycle test were driving what he Called "freak" bicycles containing such features as long handle bars, smaller-than-usual-sized tires and high backs' or head- rests on the seats; i Council President Rupert Whitehead said 90 per cent of bicycles sold in stores are un-safe because of various features. Oil ihff Inside JftlSWERS'-'CllTICS "A prime ministerial aide Answers trftlcs of holidaying Mr. Trudeau; says he didn't sign on for a 40-hour week. Page 21 V-C'-A WITi AT LAST Kicker MacMlllan's 13 Mblnte pace the OtUwa Rough Riders to first victory.

Sperts Pages WE GET LETTERS Readers "opinions on a variety, of subjects, fetow ttw Hill irtnt, utarrw BrMo CKntHM Adt Comics Crouowre Hlorll Bolefleiweettt Financial HooMcope Rodto IPHh ThtalrN Women Across U.S. em an ding Equal express their Page 7 YOUTH VS. ELDERS The First Canadian Contrail on Evangelism is showing signs of a split as youth delegates question the relevance of the conference and agenda. Page I Where to Find It 14, MtnatHHM afclwMait TV WMtMr 1 Wilton By the Associated Press In the streets, at work and on the homefront, women llbera-tionists today' are demanding equal rights with a United States-wide Strike for Equaliza-tJon. It is timed to coincide with -the 50th anniversary of granting' of the right to vote to women in the U.S.

The National Women's Strike Coalition, sponsor of the demonstration, has urged women to stay from work if possible, stop performing 1 menial household chores, boycott certain allegedly degrading products arid take children to husbands'' "offices to the need, for child-care centres, Rallies are scheduled In most major cities, including New Washington, San Francisco, Detroit and Boston, Some local 'e 1 1 groups have urged members to dump bras and cosmetics in trash cans, syrabollting opposition to women- being forced, to look sexy. NIXON JOINS CALL noting the suffrage, anniversary, Issued a proclamation Tuesday asking WIIKeep Going Little Effect Seen Iri Slowdown Stsrtihgfonignvi T0RC-iCP)--6mcIal of Ontarto Hydro' says general work slowdown by. 11,300 employee! scheduled to begin shortly after, midnight tonight Will have little effect on electrical services to the public "We will keep Hydro running with juperyisory personnel," laid Robert Hlllery, assistant chief engineer of Hydro. REPAIR DELAYS He -said the worst likely to happen will be delays in repair services. The elowdown, by Local 1,000 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, was announced Tuesday.

Linesmen and 1 eratlng station operators will re-ifuse overtime work. after midnight and will not stand by on all for night-time repair work. Turn to Page 4-WILL KEEP Recapture: Escapees PRINCE ALBERT. Sask. CP) Llhree dangerousj)ris? oners who escaped from tne tea- cral prison fceri were- recaptured early today' by RCMP.

The three Robert Desjarlals, 28, Douglas Letendre, 20, and Glen Wayne. Burnett, 15 wera caught about 40 miles south of Prince Albert. Details the capture were not available; They escaped Monday night with four others who were re-captured within six RCMP used roadblocks, tracking dogs, aircraft In their search for the other three. Americans- "to recognize the great debt we owe to those who dedicated their life's, work to the cause of women's suffrage." Turn to Page 4 WOMEN rr WASHINGTON (CPy 4 ThV wayi and means committee of the" U.S.. House of Represents tives has recommended that President Nixon terminate the Canada-United States automotive agreement unlets progress Is made soon on achieving the agreement's objectlvei.

In a report pn trade matters made public this week, the committee said It expects urgent attention will be given by the Nixon administration to the a-talnment of the free-trade' agreement objectives. White House Gets Seven Policewomen SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (UPI) Seven women have been selected to serve on the White House police force marking the first time since the force formed in 1922 females will help protect the president; TtM annauncement of the elections by toe secret service coincided with Women's Liberation Day but the timing re portedly was -As one spokesman put in two of three weeks as part ot the executive protection service. They also, will be attached to diplomatlo missions in Washington, a new role for ths police which President Nixon initiated after several ambassadors and embassies were Most of the fls-omen formerly served with the Washington Metropolitan Police Department stad wiU M-flveo inservice" graining, pWiiihim ii wkmmTWM rm WOMEN'S LIBERATION "Gloria "Steinem, a writer and the Women's Liberation Movement, is shown with Dr. Edgar F.

Berman of Lutherville, who says that women are not physiologically fit for-leadership. atican uovnaraaes nNDOW API While a church officials in India had Vatican newspaper tried to de- profited from.the traffic. flat growing scandal over re- Mother Madeleine. head of Our Lady of Providence convent crultment of Indian alrls for ALLEGES BUYING The scandal erupted Sunday when the London Sunday Times reported that European convents short of novices- had "bought" more than 1,200 dian peasant girls for $600 "there are places where only $700 each. The Vatican admitted women can go." that had arisen in The first policewomen will be- connection with the recruiting gin serving at the White House and said the practice had been suspended in July and an inves tigation begun, In an attempt to counter the unfavorable publicity, the Vatican weekly a a i L'Osservaore della Domenica pulled its Tuesday edition back from.the presses to insert pictures" Interviews i showing that Indian nuns are happy In Father Puthenpur told a reporter, in India that his institute arable (AP-Journal Wirephoto) Scandal had sent nearly 500 "middle-class" girls to European convents In the last four years.

His archbishop, Benedict Mar'Gre- Roman Catholic convent, in of Trivandruv' denied rone, a British newsDaper oub- in novlcei to Rev. C. V. Puthen- there had been any profiteering new reports Implying that who operates a training institute lor girls in southern In dia's Kerala state. The mother superior said she believed the money was for the girls' air fares and expenses of their preparation in India.

The Daily Mirror reported another British convent, St. at Medstead, paid Father Puthenpura $650 each to have five novices sent from India. Airline officials in London estimated a one-way tourist class ticket from India to England via Rome would cost a maximum bf- $487. on the travel money. UK Faces Major LONDON (Reuters) Prime Minister Edward Heath has begun ground work on a new economic strategy as Britain faces a major industrial crisis and new pressure on its currency.

The prime minister has scheduled with labor union and industrial leaders employment, sluggish produc tion, wage claims and a series of wildcat strikes. The move comes as more than 25,000 workers in British car and truck factories are laid off because of strikes in component supply firms. Union officials warned Tues- formula is found to end the strikes over pay. Also Tuesday a bout of selling sent sterling plunging to its lowest level against the U.S. dollar for nearly a year.

Auto Pact Unless Free -Trade Objective Realized iThe report Is only an expres-" lion of the committee's lentl--menti on the agreement and will not be proposed as legislation. Any decision on the matter would be up to President Nixon. "While our automotive exports to Canada have multU plied," the report "Imports have grown even rapidly, and our bilateral surplus In this sector has disap peared." 6 '(ft the agreement of allowing market forces to. determine the most economic pattern of vestment, production and trade. For example, it states, although the retail price differential between automobiles In the U.S.

and Canada have been reduced, prlcei remain higher in Canada, 1he Teport said. Failure to eliminate the price differential is a consequence of the fact that under terms of the agreement market forces have The committee said no step! "not yet been allowed to operate had been taken that will assure freely. attainment of the objective of The committee notes "with concern" that "five years aTter the agreement was signed the Canadian duty renfains virtually unchanged and Canadian citizens still cannot import automobiles duty-free from the U.S., although there Is no such restriction, on Imports from Canada. "Should there not be progress In obtaining the. agreement objectives, your committee lieves that consideration should be given to the president's exer- cising hii authority to terminate the agreement." Turn to Page 4-URGE END By MARJORIE NICHOLS The Cabinet meets today to discuss the postaLdispute amid reports that mediation talks have reached a crucial stage, and that there will be an indication within a day about whether they will succeed.

The Cabinet is not. expected, however, to take any action at today's meeting. Prime Minister Trudeau has given the two sides until -this weekend to produce can be settled, and it is com sidered "unlikely that the government would intervene before that deadline. The mediator in the dispute, Thomas O'Connor, issued a statement night, declaring that there is still a "considerable gap" between the two parties. Although the mediator's statement sounded a pessimistic note, sources close to the talks say Mr.

O'Connor could simply have been trying to appease the union negotiators, who registered displeasure at optimistic statements' made earlier by the mediator. Mr. O'Connor, who' commended the unions for their decision to call a halt to the rotating strikes for three days to enable delivery of government pension cheques," said the parties got down to "the meat of the issue" at Tuesday's session. The central issues still out-' standing in the 11-month-old dispute are wages, fringe benefits and job security. Sources said the two sides have come to agreement on several smaller including higher pay for casual labor, and notice for shift changes.

Although postal, workers in Ottawa and most other centres are on the job todav, union oni- i SHIP AMY PACKAGE CALL 236-9681 80 Pages' 83th Yor-2i7 PhoiM 23-7511 Wedneiday, August 26, 1970 I0e Home Delivery, 60c Weekly Liberation Day! Cabinet Reviews Postal Dispute VarjrColonblC3NJ fl It MTU Win MM fill I 1 1 turn eat rum nrtne I THE NATION Narwhal Unsettled VANCOUVER XCP) Keel luguk, the world's only. captive narwhal, hain't been since hill arrival at the city" public aquarium Monday, but hit keepers aren't wor- ried. v- t- "It's natural lor tuch an animal to be Utl 1.11 I. .1 I UU US JCCU tUI WU11V UW BCUIg UIU1BJJU11CU air mat way, aquarium curator vince ren- fllrl aafd Tuadv" i -'V ilbf' Body Found BAGOTVTLLE, Que. (CP) After an tensive flveiey search, the body of Capt.

Denis Lambert, after an in-flight collision between two CF-5 supersonic jets, was found Tuesday in a dense and desolate wood- ed area about 85 miles north of Bagotville. Li Capt. Lambert's body was spotted, by low-flying Huey helicopter about 3 miles southeast of the wreckage of his CF-5." "The cause of the pffof death was not de- termined. I V' He had been the object of a massive search invnlvino 40A men. IncludlnE 10 Indian trappers, and several aircraft since the collision last Strike Rights Medoatoir depots service in central Ontario, th'e second consecutive day.

About 6,000 "workers in this area, bounded Orillia and Collingwood on the north and Lake Ontario, on the south, west to Milton and through Toronto to Coburg on the east, walked off the job Tuesday morning. A union official said, however, these workers will be back on the job Thursday some evidence that the dispute morning and will continue work continue-working until at least next Tuesday, to comply with the national union's order to get pension; cheques delivered on timej In Ottawa, the postal workers have guaranteed to have the mail backlog? cleaned up by Friday afternoon, and to have all government cheques delivered to householders by the weekend.1 Suspend Peace Talks Negotiations Halt One Day As Israeli Flies Home UN1TED. NATIONS (AP) iThe Middle East peace talks were in suspension today after an opening round Tuesday that brought no indication of any -movement toward a comprom cials said there will be no mail Israeli Ambassador Josef Te- Fighters just Miss Jetliner HONG KONG (Reuters) The United States Navy has accepted responsibility Tor a near-collision off South Vietnam between a BOAC airliner with 124 persons aboard and three United States jetfighters, an airline spokesman said today. But the jetfighters apparently did not deliberately bu the airliner. Whose passengers were hurled out of their seats when it banked harply-to avert col -lision.

1 The pilot; Capt. Stuart Robert- son. said-, the fighters came as close asM to 80 feet, two above and one. below th' jetliner. Fourteen passengers were taken landed here Tuesday but.

only two stayed there ov8rnight. The spokesman said Robertson reported the incident by radio to Saigon air traffic authorities who made an immediate inquiry. A U.S. aircraft carrier reported that three of its" iets had. been involved in day that 40,000 workers will be-U a miss" and accepted re- come idle unless a peace goonslbib'ty for the incident.

-VThl lTC nflvv nlnnpft wera frying tarn the carrier in the South China Sea to Subic Point naval air station in the Philippines. Fake Tickets Cost Airlines $6 Million MONTREAL (CP) Counterfeit airline tickets "one of the most negotiable documents in the world" may be costing airlines as much as ft million a year, the International Air Transport Association said Tuesday. I ATA said in a statement the use of counterfeit tickets is more widespread than ever. NINE-STOREY SURVIVAL HONG KONG (AP) A seven-year-old boy. Tang Kwok-hin, fell from the window of his fam-1 1 's ninth-storey apartment Tuesday-, landed on the awning of a ground-floor shop and bounced to (he ground.

He was jchattlng away when the ambulance arrived. if KOan new to Jerusalem to report on the opening of the talks at United Nations headquarters with special UN representative Gunnar V. Jarring as go-between. Tekoah's departure was no surprise, having been announced last weekend. Jordanian Ambassador Abdul Hamid Sharaf returned to his post in Washington, saying he would return whenever Jarring called him back.

The third participant in the talks, Mohammed Hassan El-Zayyat of Egypt, remained in New York. i Turn to Page" 2 SUSPEND North Viet Assault Slackens PHNOM PENH (AP) North and-Viet-Cohg- forces jkept up their attacks against Phnom Penh's outer defences for 'the third day today, but a Cambodian military spokesman said: "The worst of this latest Communist assault appears to be over." Two Communist battalions attacked Cambodian forces at Prek Tameak on the Mekong River nine miles north of Phnom Penh. A communique from the Cambodian command indicated that the attack was' mainly to test the positions of troops protecting the capital from rocket and mortar assaults-. At last word jhe fighting was continuing, but apparently on a smaller scale than during two previous A spokesman said there were casualties, but he gave no figures. NAW! A ARE YOU SPARROW WITH A A SUMWWJCP ROBlM FROriTl.

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