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stuiAL suMMtR mm awa Journal BLOOD DONOR CLINIC THURSDAY-9 am -8 pm Tuesday, Wadnnday, Frlday.9 an -4 pm RED CROSS HOUSE 86 PLYMOUTH ST. 87th Year 173 365 Laurier Ave. West K1G 3K6 Phone 563-3731 Tuesday, July 4, 1972 Home 'Delivery, 60i Weekly 56 Pages Tfo Ott 1 on Hinneeded' airport Airlines get warning of terrorsit threat THE NATION Top consumer complaint TORONTO (CP) For the second consecutive the Ontario Consumer Protection Bureau received more complaints about magazine subscriptions than any other matter, the annual report'of the ministry of financial and commercial affairs shows. The report says the bureau received 556 complaints about magazine subscriptions during 1971, compared to 511 the year before. The second largest single source of complaint was home driveway paving with 453 complaints, an Increase of 53 over 1970.

There was a decrease in complaints about vacuum cleaners, sewing machines and apartment security deposits. Speeches to blame? CALGARY (CP) AM. Tom Prlddle says police should be empowered to throw sleepers off the downtown mall. "I've been invited to give speeches on the mall, and it upsets me to step over someone sleeping on the platform so that I can give my speech," he told city council Monday. But Aid.

John Ayer suggested there might be a reason for the platform sleepers. 1 wonder if the content of your speeches has anything to do with It," he said. Blackfly menace EDMONTON (CP) The Nackfly menace Is plaguing horses and cattle throughout Alberta but is most severe in the Athabasca area 100 miles north of here, R. D. Dixon of the provincial agriculture department said Monday.

A University of Alberta official said one bull and nine yearlings in the Athabasca area died from blackfly bites and other cattle are In danger. Mr. Dixon said the Maekfly outbreak lasts from two to three weeks. He said nothing can be done about the outbreaks. "We just don't have the Biggest exhibition TORONTO (CP) China will have the biggest foreign exhibition ever shown at the Canadian National Exhibition next month Its first major exhibit of industry and artistry in North 'America.

"Nothing, foreign or Canadian, will compare to it," Fred Van Der Velde, the CNE's assistant exhibit-space manager said today. The Peking government has taken over one re-foot building for the Aug. 16-Sept 4 exhibition. The next largest foreign exhibit is 3,000 square feet. The Canadian government's space allotment is 7,000 square feet Using new terminal? TORONTO (CP) A spokesman for Air Canada said Monday some of the airline's regularly scheduled flights may be moved to the new terminal at Toronto International Airport The new terminal opened recently to handle the growing number of charter flights while the regular flights continue through the original terminal building.

An Air Canada spokesman said nothing definite has been decided, but if the switch takes place it may involve the 747 Jumbo Jet operations. He said confusion at the airport on the weekend resulted from the limited facilities being taxed to the limit with a crush of holiday travellers. Air Canada estimated it handled an average of 9,000 passengers a day during the weekend. Last-minute rush QUEBEC (CP) The Quebec national assembly agreed Monday to sit from 10 a.m. to midnight six days a week until the summer recess.

A vote on the motion aimed at clearing up work before the summer holiday passed by a vote of 58-10 after the Opposition took the government to task for mismanaging the assembly's legislative work. Opposition speakers said that if the government had managed the legislation properly during the session, there would be no need for a last-minute rush to pass the legislation before the recess. Jll U1C U191UC ONTARIO SCHOLARS Ottawa board of education names its top students Page 3 END OF CHECKMATE Bobby Fischer accepts British banker's offer to double the pot for the world chess championship and flies to Iceland for first match with Soviet champion, Boris Spassky Page 37 SEASON KICK-OFF Winnipeg dumps Montreal 43-10 in first game of the CFL exhibition schedule. Sports Pages Where to find it a Haard Blrttia, DMthi Brldea ClaMlflad Ad! Comics Crossword Editorials Entertainment Financial Horoacopa II I 44-U 41, 41 41 a 11 t-ia 41 Lttttrs to tha Editors 4 Radio 41 Scram-Lfts 4J Sports 14-14 711 Why 41 TDMtrts 11 TV 1 Weathf 4 Woman's Naws M-t From Reuter-AP GENEVA (CP) Warnings have gone out to international airlines of a terrorist threat to act unless Israel frees Kozo Okamoto, lone survivor of the three Japanese who staged the Lod Airport massacre at Tel Aviv May 30. An International Air Transport Association spokesman confirmed reports of the threat and said it was made against all Jewish businesses, starting with the Israeli airline EI Al.

IATA's security department has warned Interpol and the organization's 107 member airlines about the threat, which was received through Trans World Airlines, the spokesman said. He said such a warning is routine procedure. Many recent threats turned out to be hoaxes, but this ddd not mean LATA was not takJng this one seriously, the spokesman said. Sources said the threat was framed in a language other than Japanese, but they did not identify it. It demanded' that Israel free Okamoto, or allow him to commit suicide, and repay the cash compensation Japan gave Israel for the airport attack.

Torn to Page 2 AIRLINES 2 Koreas seeking to unite SEOUL (AP) South "and North Korea knoounqed today they have agreed 'In high-level secret meetings to set up machinery to work for unification of the long-divided peninsula. Simultaneous announcements in Seoul, the South Korean capital, and Pyongyang, capital of North Korea, said a new accord provides for a telephone hotline between the two cities to prevent accidental war and for a joint political committee to open exchanges in many fields and to promote unification of North and South through peaceful means without outside interference. The two governments also agreed to refrain form armed provocations and from slandering or defaming each other and to avoid accidental military incidents. The agreements were reached at meetings in Pyongyang May 2-5 and Seoul May 29-June 1. South Korean President Chung Hee Park and North Korean Premier Kim II Sung participated in the talks in their respective capitals, the announcement said.

Turn to Page 22 KOREAS Four Rough Riders put on waivers The Ottawa Rough Riders today placed four of its players on waivers without recall and transferred the rights to another. Pulled from the team's roster were Edward Payton, Willie Spencer, Bryce Tate and Harrison Wood. Rights to Dennis Dummit have been transferred to Edmonton. 'Ungodly mess' WASHINGTON (AP) New taxes on Or passengers went into effect during the weekend at five U.S. airports, but thousands of travellers refused to pay.

The collection of the new municipal head taxes, and the requirement that hold-out passengers fill out refusal forms, resulted in delays at the maor airport involved Philadelphia. The City of Brotherly Love has imposed the stiffest charge of any yet levied or proposed $2 a person for all air travellers arriving at the airport as well as for all of those departing. Dockers agree to -accept new pact MONTREAL (CP) Striking Montreal longshoremen voted today to accept conditionally return-to-work proposals worked out by federal labor department officials, a union official said. An executive of the International Longshoremen's Association said a closed-door meeting this morning voted to accept the proposals as long as certain changes are made. Brian Mulroney, lawyer for the Maritime Employers Association which is to consider the proposals later today, said longshoremen in Trois-Riviers also voted at a meeting this morning to accept the proposals.

Today's meetings follow separate talks during the weekend and Monday by the two federal labor troublesbooters and representatives of the union and the Maritime Employers Association. Bernard Wilson, deputy labor minister, talked to reporters Monday before returning to Ottawa where Parliament's summer recess has been delayed Trading halted TORONTO (CP) The Ontario Securities Commission today halted trading in the securities of Seaway Multi-Corp, Security Capital Corp, and La Lux Mines Ltd The order followed a request by the companies to have trading in their shares temporarily halted on the Toronto and Canadian stock exchanges. Security Capital and Seaway are involved in complicated merger talks. La Luz Mines is a subsidiary of Security. The commission said the order, for 15 days unless rescinded, amended or extended, "is to give the public an oppor tunity to assimilate news to be published by the corporations." Russian threat to checkmate chess match REYKJAVIK, Iceland (UP1) Russian chess champion Boris Spassky today filed a formal protest against U.S.

challenger Bobby Fischer and walked out on a meeting set to determine who would get the first move in the opening game of the scheduled world title bout. The president of the Inter-national Chess Federation (FIDE) said he was "pessimistic" the match would be held. "The situation is critical. I don't know if the match will be played at all," said Dr. Max Euwe.

Spassky, who has been waiting in Iceland for more than one week for the match which was at Philadelphia Thousands in U.S. fight air tax There was less difficulty initially at the other airports with lighter traffic and with a more modest $1 fee for departing passengers only Richmond, Huntsville, Ala. and Tri-City Airport at Saginaw, Mich. A spokesman for the Air Transport Association said because the head taxes went into effect July 1, a Saturday, they have not yet been fully tested. A U.S.

Supreme Court decision April 19 upheld the use-and-service charges in New Hampshire and Evansville, Ind. As for the situation at Philadelphia, the ATA vice-president for public affairs Warren N. because of the strike. He said the government will wait for the longshoremen's answer to the latest proposals before seeking a possible legislated end to the strike in Parliament Turn to Page 2 PROPOSALS 4k4 II I Ml 111 Vl STALLS PROTESTANT ACTION BELFAST Gen. Robert Ford, left, commander of the British forces in Northern Ireland, walks the streets of the Ainsworth Avenue section of West Belfast, Monday night, where he confronted group of masked members of the Ulster Defense Association who had planned to erect a barricade.

The UDA constructed three barricades earlier in the day, but the British drew the line at the fourth and showed up in strength' to prevent its realization, The UDA backed, off. (ApOoumol Wlctrntofey COM" f'Wn Balfost) Arbitrator: teacher's! iring from Algonquin not justified By CARROLL HOLLAND A independent arbitrator who chaired a grievance hearing launched by a French teacher fired by Algonquin College has found that there was no just scheduled to start'Sunday, filed a formal protest in Russian against Fischer's late arrival and walked out of a meeting where lots were to be drawn to see who had the first move. 4 Fischer, who finally agreed to play Spassky after a British banker said he would double the prize money, did not attend the meeting. He stayed in his room to sleep to get ready for the match, scheduled to start at 1 p.m. EDT, and sent his seconds.

Lother Schmid, official arbiter of the match, said he would need a translation of the Soviet protest before he could act upon it. Turn to Page SRUSSIAN Martin, described it as "an ungodly mess." "The head-tax collection problems, combined with the heavy holiday traffic, jammed the terminal area with long, long lines of passengers in front of all ticket counters," Martin said. "Thousands of people refused to pay the tax, upon which refusal most carriers asked the passenger to fill out and sign a special form. "When one person in the line started to fill out a form, the domino theory took effect and the rest of the line refused and went through the time-consuming Believed in Montreal Abducte si ayer to' Canada? cause for the dismissal. Arbitrator J.

F. W. Weath-erill, of Toronto, has ruled the grievance of Francisco Solinis, 39, must be allowed. The grievance award is that Mr. Solinis be reinstated in employment forthwith and that he be treated in all respects as though he' had not been discharged.

Under provincial law, the findings of a grievance hearing are binding. Mr. Solinis had joined Algonquin College's teaching staff in 1966, after about 12 years of experience in secondary and post-secondary education. He was fired last December. Mr.

Weatherill analyzed hearing evidence which he said related to a number of classroom situations as well as personality clashes with other faculty members in 1970 and 1971. He decided that difficulties Mr. Solinis was involved in in 2 drown in wine PARTINICO.S icily (Reuter) A 22-year-old Sicilian and his sister drowned in a 10-foot-deep wine vat here after being overcome by fumes from the wine. The man had apparently fallen into the vat and his 32-year-old sister slipped in while trying to rescue him. procedure of completing the form." Airline representatives said they are prohibited by law from refusing tickets to persons who paid the published fare, regardless of payment of the $2 tax.

Philadelphia city officials said steps would be taken to collect the dilinquent taxes. But airline representatives said some passengers even refused to give their names on the tax-denial forms and thus could not be traced. The city has proposed also to fine the airlines $100 to $300 for failure to collect the tax. flown jm- 1970 and 1971 were "ordinary difficulties of human relations" with colleagues. The problems which occurred in particular classes "have simply not been shown" to be have been mainly Mr.

Solinis' fault. Turn to Page 5 ARBITRATOR Bennett resignation delayed Controller Bennett's impending resignation from city council will be delayed again this time for about one month. Mayor Benoit at noon today following a private conference with the Ottawa South MPP and parliamentary assistant to Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Darcy McKeough said he had asked Mr. Bennett to remain in his board of control post until a restructure plan for city departments is taken to council. "Controller Bennett has agreed to stay until the restructure reaches council, or until the end of July, whichever comes first," the mayor told The Journal.

Controller Bennett earlier set today as the date for his resignation from council allowing him to devote full time to his provincial post. He originally intended to leave city hall in mid-April but became involved in the restructure program. Fischer favored LONDON (Reuter) Lad-broke's, London bookmakers, today quoted Bobby Fischer as a 5-to-2 favorite to win his world championship challenge in Reykjavik against Russia's Boris Spassky. (See story page 37) SIX FLEE COUNTRY MUNICH (Reuter) Five Czechoslovaks and a longtime Greek resident of Czechoslovakia fled to West Germany Sunday and requested political asylum, Bavarian frontier police said here Monday rish BELFAST (CP) The Belfast Telegraph says there is a possibility that abducted Protestant murderer Augustus (Gusty) Spence may have been flown to Canada from nearby Aldergrove airport Sunday night. Earlier, another report carried by The Associated Press quoted a usually-reliable source as saying Spence had been flown to Montreal via Prestwick airport in Scotland Monday.

The Telegraph says the reported departure from Aider-grove is only one of many lines of inquiry being followed by police in their search for Spence, who was imprisoned for life in 1966 for the murder of a Roman Catholic barman. Spence apparently was kidnapped Sunday night as he was returning te jail from a brief period of parole for his daughter's wedding. The Telegraph says police are checking the passenger list of a chartered plane which left Al-dergove at about 7 p.m. Belfast time (2 p.m. EDT) Sunday for Canada.

The plane was carrying a group of Canadian Orangemen back to Canada after a visit here. It apparently was flying to Montreal. Spence disappeared about p.m. Belfast time, which would have given his abductors time to get him to Aldergrove before the chartered plane left. Turn to Page 2 ABDUCTED Frenchman ahead in yacht race LONDON (AP) Frenchman Jean Yves Terlain today appeared racing ahead for a record-smashing victory in the single- handed transatlantic yacht contest.

The 25-year-old mariner Monday broke a radio silence maintained since the race started two weeks ago to report he is within 700 miles of the finish at Newport, R.I. Until the message came, the leader was believed to be Frenchman Alain Colas and his big trimaran Pen Duick. But Terlain, sailing the biggest and fastest boat in the race, reported Colas was behind him, evidently in second place. The race's best-known dropout, 70-year-old master British mariner Sir Francis Chichester, was today recovering in a Plymouth hospital after being taken ill at sea. Uonrassa, Davis to meet today QUEBEC (CP) Premier Robert Bourassa will meet Ontario Premier William Davis today in the Quebec premier's Montreal office.

Mr. Bourassa said on the weekend that ways to get more taxation powers for the provinces from the federal government would be a top item for discussion. it's AFtera MIDWI6HT rrwocvJ.rrs TH6 CAFFEIrJelUTrffJ I THAIS SUNNY 45 to 70 Sunwt today LU p.m. EDT tunritt tomorrow COT IT'S AFTerC MDWI6HTL I I.

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