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V. ot Up and Slim Dawn Editorials tntertalnmanf Financial Horotcopa Ltltars to tha Editors Radio Scrom-lSts Sports Thoatrtt TV Woathsr Womsn't Ntwi f-U i 4i SI u-n M1 14- II 4 Dublin (From AP-Reuter) BELFAST (CP) Three leaders of the outlawed Irish Republican Army's Provisional wing were under detention in Dublin today as shootings and bombings continued in Northern Ireland, and there was an indication of Protestant backlash to thi tertorist attacks. In the neighboring Irish republic special branch police Wednesday, arrested Joe Cahill, once the spearhead of Provisional operations in Northern Ireland, and Rory-O'Brady, president of the Provisional political arm, Sinn Fein. They were held under the Offences Against the State Act, al? lowing police to keep' them for 4 8 hours, without charges. Prison authorities said they went on a hunger strike.

O'Brady's brother, Sean, pub-, licity director of Sinn Fein, was picked up today. There was some speculation that police were also searching for Sean MacStiofain, the Provisionals chief of staff in Dublin, who has decreed that the Pro-" vos will continue a campaign of violence in Northern Ireland despite a ceasefire by the IRA's other wing, the Officials. Turn to page 17 IRA Museum chief ousted TORONTO (CP) Dr. Peter Swann, controversial director of the Royal Ontario Mifceum since 1966, has been asked to're sign irora the pf by 5 p.m. today or be fired.

The ultimatum was made by the museum's board of directors after Dr. Swann asked for a decision oft a new contract immediately rather than in September when the current one expires, "I asked them to decide now, and 'they did indeed," Dr." Swann said in an interview Wednesday night. "Just say Dr. Swann was suffering from great shock and did not wish to say anything until he had consulted legal and other advisers," he continued. Noah Torno, chairman of the museum's board, said trustees were acting "in the best interests of the museum-and staff, who are the backbone of the museum." One of the trustees, Hugh Pryce-Jones, said in an "interview that he had resigned from the board to protest the treatment given Dr.

Swann. Pryce-Jones said he sent a letter of 'resignation directly, to Premier Davis after a meet ihg Monday-in which the board voted 13 to 1' against Dr. Swann. When Dr. Swann arrived in Canada from.

England in 1966, the museum- was a division of the University of Totonto. In 1968, it was made a separate entity with a government-appointed board of trustees and separate funding. Since Dr. Swann, 50, took over as museum membership has Increased to 3,000 from 400, attendance had doubled to 1.5 million a year, and the budget quadrupled to $4.5 million a year. However, ljr.

Swann has had. a running battle with many trustees and has described some of them as "more prehistoric than in the museum. BECAMStT 7HERES A. a a 1 h. MEAU TDM HAlE TO STRAIGHT I Sunny periods: 45 to 65 Suniat tsdoy 1.44 a.m.

IDT lunrlsa Jomorrew 1.17 a.m. IDT Car Three IRAleaders boh cali arrested in THE NATION Compensation denied TORONTO (CP) A 15-year-old vie- tlm of an assault last May, was denied com- pensation Wednesday under the Compensa- tion for Victims of Crime Act and repri-. manded for his behavior that led to the at-' tack. Edward Tutty, a hearing was told, had been blowing up frogs by putting firecrackers In their mouth at a quarry near Lucan, about 15 "miles north of London. V.

In refusing a $10 claim, the board said 'his conduct, "was most cruel and might well hinisejfjjaye been prosecuted for cruelty to an Robert Love, in a lettetjtp the board, said 'he had stopped for a picnic with, his family and became upset by the torture oKthe; frogs. He said that as he approached the boys, they taunted him. Love said he then struck Tutty in the face and' kicked another youth as he fled. Mr, Love later pleaded guilty to common assault and was fined $50. Tooth Vaccine on way VANCOUVER (CP) A vaccine to prevent tooth decay could be available within five "years, Dr.

Harold Hillenbrand, retired execu- tive of the American Dental As- sociation, said Wednesday. The Chicago dentist, interviewed prior to a talk today to the College of Dental Sur- geons of British Columbia, said researchers have been working on the development for. seven years. )' Although the vaccine is still in the. experimental -stage, it is not too far from being perfected, he said.

The vaccine would pre-- vent growth of bacteria that cause tooth decay Anglican ETV? TORONTO (CP)Afle Anglican Church of Canada Is considering producing Its own educational television programs. Suffragan Bishop S. Garnsworthy said Wednesday, the church has been considering programming on cable television, be- cause since 1960 Sunday school attendance has declined. steadily from 43,231 in -V All stores self-service TORONTO (CP) All future liquor stores built in Ontario will be self-service opera-tions, John Yaremko, provincial solicitor-general, has announced. The self-service type of store has been chosen because it is popular and has a "demonstrated efficiency," Mr.

Yaremko said in an Interview after making "the announce- ment Ii the legislature Tuesday. Third child dies FROBISHER BAY, N.W.T. (CP) A third child died aodthree more were admitted to' hospital hereNajesday suffering from a respiratory diseasetentatlvely identified as adeno virus. A hospital spokesman said 14 children ranging in age from two months to sfx years have been flown in from their settlement homes in Cape Dorset and Lake'n Harbour since the outbreak began last Fri-' day. Nurse Christine Brantnell said the medi-cal staff is still unsure what disease It Is fighting.

"It has iome symptoms of pneumonia, but the X-rays show no lung" congestion, and it seems to affett only children so 'far," she said. Giant pot plant. WATERLOO. Ont. (CP) Police raided a small apartment Tuesday and dragged away a seven-foot 'marijuana plant, stripped to within a foot of its top of Insp.

Gerald Amlinger said It was the tallest cannabis plant he has ever seen, add-In that it probably reached that height' bemuse artificial lights were strung overhead to stimulate growth. On the inside QUICK ACTION WANTED Committee urges "Immediate" action on forming 11 wards within Ottawa Page 3 HOW HIGH? IOW LONG? The Journal's Eddie MacCabe talks with Ottawa owner Doug Michel about the future of the World Hockey Association. Sports Paget WILDERNESS MOUNTAINEER Famed New Zealand 'mountaineer. Sir- Edmund Hillary sets out to tackle the wilderness of Quebec's LaVerehdrye Park. Page 25 Where to find it Ba Heard Bslow ttn Hill.

Births; Dtaths Brldgt Classified Ads 44 "--40 "5145 Camlet f.MiaNvrf PM BULLETIN Prime Minister Trudeau. in the Commons this afternoon came out firmly in support of the merit principle in civil service staffing. He told the House on the first' opening piece of business of the day that the consensus report of Mayor Pierre Benoii is seen in his citv hall executive suite Wednesday trying on a $4,000 crown with, help from this year's Canadian tulip festival queen Judy Rayner. But the crown is not his. The 'jewelled headpiece, designed by the advanced class in gem-polishing and jewelry-making in a course offered by the Ottawa board of education's adult education 'division, will be wornby future tulip festival queens.

The silver plated crown whichris topped by tulfp took 300hours to make and is styled after tjie St Edward's crown which appears on the city's coat of arms. It is encrusted with 24 semiprecious stones that total 1,135 carats. The stones were all found Within 100 miles Of Ottawa. (journal' Photo by Tn. Canadian Proa) Israel urges airlines to boycott Lebanon By PETER GROSE (c) New York Times Service JERUSALEM The Israel government called Wednesday for an international aviation boycott of Lebanon where, the Israelis charged, extremist Arab guerrillas plan and perpetrate repreated acts of terrorism against innocent air Prime Minister Golda Meir lambasted Arab governments for "rejoicing" over Tuesday night's' massacre of 25 passengers at Lydda airport.

In bitter-, ness and sarcasm, she laid the blame squarely on Arab guerrilla leaders who recruited fanatic Japanese gunmen, to do their dirty In equally strong language before the nation's Mrs. Meir criticized Air France i Canadian killed in massacre TEL AVTV (Reuter)' A Montreal woman was killed and her daughter wounded in the airport massacre by a Japanese suicide squad Tuesday night, the Canadian embassy disclosed today. Luna- Sabbah, 52, an Israeli citizen who emigrated, to Canada, was among the 25 persons killed when three Japanese terrorists a crowded customs 'hall iii Lod Airport with sub-machine-gun fire and used hand orenedes. The embassy said Mrs. Bab bob died of wounds.

Her daughter Mimi, is in hospital but reported out of danger. Mrs. Sabbah arid her daughter left Monday night of an Air France flight for Tel Aviv, where they fanned to vacation five or six weeks. n. the Public Service Commission would be sent to a Commons committee and Chairman John Carson be called before it for questioning.

There is no question," said the prime minister, "of the position of the government. The government 1 NOT A BAD FIT and foreign governments for. failing to take seriously long-, urged security precautions. A representative of Air France in Tel Aviv confirmed that there had been no inspecton at Rome airport of the checked suitcases from which the three Air France passengers drew ont machine guns and' hand' gre- nades to spray aimlessly across the crowded customs hall of Israel's busy international air terminal, Israel, meanwhile, said it is taking tough new secret, measures to protect air travellers from a recurrence of the mas-sacre. Security has already been tightened at several' world air-, pouts; including London's Heathrow, Rome, Milan, Paris? Am1 sterdam and Sydney, 'Australia.

Various -airlines also announced stricter precautions. The Lebanese army was placed on a state alert and TYPICAL CST merft system has stood squarely for the merit principle and will continue to stand." The prime minister expressed concern that what he suspected was "mis interpretation" in the morning newspapers n. day of the commission's report was causing a lot of worry. '1- 7 'J extraordinary security measures were taken to guard against any Israeli retaliation for the attack, informed sources inrBeirut said. The Lebanese feared a reprisal raid on the Beirut airport because of guerrilla organization based in the Lebanese capital, tne fopuiar ront tor tne Mir ation of Palestine said it was responsible, ior the massacre.

Turn to page 2 ISRAEL Aussie war cost CANBERRA (Reuter) Australia's participation in the Vietnam, war cost slightly more than $473. million intheM years to last March, Defence Minister Davis FairbmrjPsald Thursday. Fairbairn said this figure represented the excess cost of main-, tainlng the forces in Vietnam, compared with what they would have cost if they were in. Australia. PSC By CLIFF COWAN John Carson, chairman" the Public Service Corhfnissioi says the future of the public service in Canada belongs to a far different of civil servant than those now making up its management core.

The white Anglo-Saxon male bureaucratic public; servant of the past Is to be changed'. In his recent annual report, Mr. Carson said the present "has given us top quality 'Corruptible public service and one which early retirement plan an-Canada and Canadian; are nounced a year ago is not being proua oi," But the chairman, In a speech given today to an Ottawa conference of the Public Personnel By RICHARD JACKSON 'and CLIFF COWAN Ottawa Liberal MP Gordon Blir today called for a "full Parliamentary inquiry" into 5 the Public Service Commission, This afternoon he moved for adjournment of the regular busi- ness oi uic nuuse luc issue which he says in his motion is gravely damaging mo rale in the public service, During the. morning he had made representations to caoi- net, taking strong objections to the attack, as he saw it, by the commission on the merit sys tem. Jt is.

seldom a member of 'the government side of the House moves such a motion which is, in essence, a form of censure or criticism of government action. He and fellow Ottawa Liberal -MP Lloyd Francis, Parliamentary secretary to Veterans Affairs Minister Laing, ap peared in a state of shock over the commission's, report which pinpoints bias in public service hiring procedures. "I am -stunned by the' "blunt--ness of the attack on the merit system," said Mr. Francis (Ottawa West). The report as they read it, rules in effect that merit no longer is the sole guiding prin ciple in staffing government departments; since, -along 'with merit, the commission is using language and sex to provide Teachers advised to resign SSB pay talks stalled; November deadline set.

down By KEN SCOTT Otawa's 1,600 separate school teachers have been advised to resign en masse in November no satisfactory wage settlement is reached by theiv" it was learned today. This advice was given last week at two. separate rallies attended by 1,200 teachers from the city's 110 English and French separate, schools. It came from officials of the two provincial federations to which all Catholic school teachers be-' Doug Knott, teacher' welfare co-ordinator with the' Ontario English Catholic Teachers 'Association said todajr Ottawa teachers "will have to consider mass resignations if, salary negotiations have not reached a satisfactory stage by November." Salary negotiations have been in a. stalemate since April 4.

when teachers submitted demands for a package increase of 10 per cent. They have received no reply to their brief. Turn to Page 5 TEACHERS I more opportunities ror iranco-phone women and "The cynical attack, on the! merit system described by the commission in its as 'sa- ored is I an unbe-s lievable assault on the tounaa tions on which the public serv ice has been, established," said Mr. BlaW. This morning Con-" servative Opposition was working on a motion for the House this afternoon to bring the issue to the floor of the The PSC report says the merit-system of hiring for the pubb'c service has-been applied 'too narrowly in the past and it In- tends translate its require-' ment? more broadly in the future: It says this is to be to broaden the scope of so that more en and native peoples can; be brought into the" service.

Claude Edwards, president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, bargaining agent for 140,000 public says "you cannot, have an elastic merit system." He faars that such tampering may lead to abandonment of the system, which has provided Ca-nada with a fine 'civil service for 54 years. -The plan to broaden the merit system may run afoul of law, suggested Mr. Edwards. "People' can appeal against any commission decision and the commission's stand may not be held up in law," Mr. Edwards said.

The report recalls the bierit system was introduced in 1918 to take political patronage out of the civil service and the civil service out of politics. The Public Service Employment Act, as it stands, reads: "The commission; in prescribing or applying selection -standards shall not "di criminate any person by reason of sex, race, national ori-gin, color or religion." tJHder legislation now before Parliament, but not yet law, the an 1 1-discriminationi provision would be altered with a clause allowing relaxation of the rule-in the application of special -programs "designed to elimi- nate, reduce or prevent discrimination against any group of The annual' report of the Public Service Commission of Ca-ada says the demand for qualified executive talent in Canada exceeds the supply. "The search, for well-qualified executives outside the service is always In addition, the report says, the government move towards-" bilingualisril has required it to increase its recruiting of bilingual executive personnel in 1971. Figures show the' percentage of bilingual hiring' for executive position for, the year; increased byfiyeWr'cent. Turn to pagei-BIAS 'cases, with noajoss of retirement benefits.

He reported few "had been willing to leave their comfort-able 'pews." CARSON slobs' 7 chairman roasts some CS Association, turned his back on U.the pesent civil servant The current-system has turned -off. the most earnest trainees he saKh- "Is-it our. faul if it is only the' corruptible slobs who stay on?" he askctl. Fromv iis speech It clear the ideal Canadian civil servant of the future would be female, French with a touch of Indian-Eskimo, very young and clutching a master's degree from a university. Carson also Indicated the well received by those eligible (o Theplan Would permit Tctire-- menr from aee S5 in man; Jv" I.

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