Edmonton Journal du lieu suivant : Edmonton, Alberta, Canada • 3

THE EDMONTON JOURNAL, Monday, Sept. 2t 1964 Experienced Truck Driver Killed As Car Passenger 1 1 An Edmonton trucker with 13 years driving experience, died early Saturday following an accident in which he was an automobile passenger. Larkin Robert Palmer, 43, of 3501 127th was one of six Albertans who died in traffic accidents in the A si i l4 province during the weekend. Tl ii-Viih Mr Pa which Mr. Realistic Bus Fare Asked The car in Talmer was riding collided of a truck parked on highway 34 near with the rear Lab- 1 f7 's JS Candidate Quits Post On Board Valleyview.

RCMP said Mr. Palmer died several hours after the accident, about 14 miles north of Valley-view at about 8 p.m. Friday. Mr. Palmer and the driver of the car, Victor McLean, 46, also, of Edmonton, were taken to McLennan Hospital, 55 miles north ow Valleyview.

Mr. Palmer died in McLennan, but Mr. McLean was taken by air ambulance to University Hospital in Edmonton where he is in fair condition. A member of the parks and 1 recreation advisory board is resigning to run for alderman. Allan Welsh is quitting the board and will also give up his post as past president of the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues.

Mr. Welsh said he would have City council has been rapped by the Edmonton Public School Board for failing to agree upon "a realistic student's This failure, according to th board's 1963-64 annual report released Saturday, is hampering the board's efforts to ensure equitable treatment for all students in regard to school transportation. At present, students who ride yellow school buses (provided where there is no regular bus transportation) pay no fare, while the vast majority of students riding regular (ETS) buses must pay. The report points out that even if the board were to underwrite the cost of all "eligible" student transportation to and from school, at present, only the The three-ton truck involved trailer difficulty defending the two was towing a low-bed u-ih hav The nrrunants groups in the campaign it ne of the truck and a third pas-; does not resign, senger in the McLean car were Mr. Welsh ran in the 1963 not seriously hurt.

Valleyview election and resigned as presi-is about 180 miles northwest of dent of the community leagues Edmonton. He was re-elected presi- Mr. Palmer's immediate; "ent after his defeat at the polls. K''- i. i i i ii I 11 4 ft I i 2 I I I "r'' i 1 mm I expenses for those residing more than 1.5 miles from school could be recovered through the foundation program.

And for family survivors include his wife Olga, two sons Garry and James, and two daughters. Mrs. Evelyn Motz of Grande Prairie and Mrs. Elaine Phillips of Ono-way. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afteronon at Park Memorial and the Rev.

C. K. Hessels will perform them. Burial will be in Beechmount. School Costs Doubled the students riding regular ETS buses, only 90 per cent of this cost would be recoverable.

The report notes that although the board has considered several solutions to the prob SIMILAR ACCIDENT lem, it is reluctant to recommend them until city council A Fort Assiniboine man Ray-; the Edmonton public school sys. agrees upon a realistic student's fare. tern almost doubled between 1953-63. The board's annual report, re mond Cooper, 59, was killed in a similar accident Saturday night when the car in which he was a passenger collided with leased Saturday, indicates that High Level, about 1.50 miies cost per pupd dunng this period rose from $216 to $405: operat north of Edmonton SYSTEMATICALLY RIFLED every box emptied Thieves Take 'Thousands' ing expenses from $5,175,000 to $20,167,000 and student enrolment almost doubled, from to 51,140. "Financing the system has now become our most serious problem." retired superintendent W.

P. Wagner said in the report. GRANTS INCREASE Comparing revenues between 1953 and 1963, the report stated that the percentage of funds In a single-car accident two miles west of Duffield on Highway 16 at 1 a.m. today, one person was killed and another was taken to Royal Alexandra Hospital in serious condition. RCMP are withholding names and further details until relatives are told.

Two 16-year-old youths died when the cars they were driving were involved in separate 'Politics' Sours Two Aldermen The political situation at city hall could keep two aldermen out of the Oct. 14 civic election. Aldermen Gordon McClary and Fred Mitchell said this morning they do not expect to be candidates for re-election. Aid. McClary said the "bad political atmosphere" is taking up too much time.

Aid Mitchell said council meetings have become "to political." "The last council meeting did it for me," he said. "The meetings have been anything but businesslike over the past year." BOTH UNDECIDED Both aldermen said they have through the roof of an adjoining one storey section by stairs and ladders left by construction crews. Once inside, the thieves took as many watches and rings as they could find, leaving the empty boxes, piled chest high behind the counter. The break-in was not discovered until employees reported for work this morning. Hundreds of empty watch and ring cases and a hole in a newly-built wall were left this morning as mute evidence of a weekend break-in at Acme Novelty.

Manager Bryee Van Dusen, surveying the ransacked premises of the discount house at 10147 112th said the loss "will be in the thousands of dollars. "We won't know how much is msising until we check our stock lists against the empty boxes." Thieves entered the store sometime over the weekend using a sledge hammer and chisel to chop a hole in the second storey concrete block wall of an unoccupied section of the building. They were helped in getting raised through tax levies had Walter Gibson of Carbon died decreased, with government en route to hospital Saturday grants increasing. Revenue from after his car rolled off the road taxes in 1953 was 84.5 per cent into a ditch 13 miles southeast 0f total revenues, from govern-of Three Hills. ment grants 13.4 per cent.

RCMP said another person in In 1963, 66.8 per cent as raised the vehicle was not seriously through taxes, 31.9 per cent from hurt. The youth as being taken government grants, to Calgary hospital by ambu-. During that same period, ex-lance when he died. Three Hills penditures for instruction rose is about 50 miles northeast Of hv 7 5 nor ppnt In K7.5 twr rent MRS. MADELEINE ANDERSON' polices own property Axe-Wielding Woman Routs Male Intruders Calgary.

James Edward Sword. Nan-ton, was killed when his car of total operating costs. Expenditures for debt charges in 1963 was 12.9 Der cent, corn- I son was ready. As the men approached, she hit one of them over the head with the blunt not yet decided definitely but probably will not run again. went out of control on a two- pared with 19.1 per cent 10 years lane highway one mile south of earlier.

They said they would make fuller statements Tuesday. School Board Wants Design Rules Fixed School trustees and the city are being called upon to take a definite stand on what are "frills" and what are necessities in today's schools. The annual report of the Edmonton Public School Board, released Saturday, raps indecision and lack of precision in local policies on the basic design of facilities in new schools. The crux of the issue is that many innovations and facilities in school building are not covered under the School Buildings Act. Hence if trustee and aldermen don't authorize going to city taxpayers for supplementary requisitions, schools must be built without them.

Nanton at 12:45 a.m. Saturdav M)0 Somewhere in Edmonton there's a man with a very sore head, according to Mrs. Madeleine Anderson, of 13532 St. Mrs. Anderson says she phoned police early this morning when she noticed three men around a panel delivery truck in her back yard.

When police arrived the three had gone. After police had gone, the three men returned with two friends. When police returned rgain, the five disappeared. On the third visit Mrs. Ander- DEPT INCREASE Debenture debt, according to the report, has risen from 11 million in 1953 to $25 million in 1963.

It added that since 1946, the beginning of the post-war expansion, $57.5 million has been spent on construction of new schools RCMP said no decision has been made as to an inquest. TWO INJURED Two passengers in the Sword vehicle were seriously injured and taken to Calgary General Hospital. Their names are not immediately available. Nanton side of an axe. She says she took a swing at two of the others but they dodged the blow.

She then struck the man on the ground a second blow. His friends scooped him up, carried him to the car, and made good their escape. City police say they are investigating the accident. They have had no report of any man in hospital suffering from head injuries. is about 50 miles south of Cal-'and additions.

Of this, jOOO was obtained from federal Herbert Binning, a 72-year-old and provincial governments. Lacombe farmer, died in Bre-1 Estimated operating costs for ton Hospital Sunday morning of the 1964-65 school year is almost Why stay awake at ight tossing and turning? Why unit for sleep that never seems to come? Just take two CALMEX tablet before retiring. Awake refreshed, relaxed and ready for a bright new day. Also keep CALMEX handy to relieve nervous tensions during the day. Boy Mauled To Death By Four Sleigh-Dogs injuries received in a car-truck $22 million, with more than 70 collision west of Winfield Fri per cent for instruction.

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day evening. Mr. Binning and his wife, who is being treated for a broken leg, facial and head injuries in University Hospital, were passengers in a car driven by their granddaughter when it collided with the rear of a moving coal truck. Available at alt drugstores without prescription Help came too late, however, and the boy died. Mr.

Kreutzer destroyed the dogs on the order of town police. Police say that they do not expect any inquest will be held. The day after the tragedy, the boy's mother gave birth to a baby girl. Mr. Scott, a truck driver, is believed to have moved to Fort McMurray from the Lacombe area.

FORT McMURRAY A three-year old boy, Richard Dean Scott, was mauled to death by four sleigh-dogs in this town last week. The child, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scott who came here just half a year ago, was outside playing in the late afternoon, when he is believed to have wandered into an open field where the dogs were tied. His cries were heard by the dogs' owner, Joe Kreutzer, who ran to release the child from the attacking dogs.

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