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Calgary Herald from Calgary, Alberta, Canada • 8

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Calgary Heraldi
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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U.S. committee 'positive' PoWs transferred to China 8 THE CALGARY HERALD July 5, 1972 1 1 it 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 It 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 III I II 1 1M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 tllllll 1 II II 1 1 1 1 111 II lilt 1 1 111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 rillltll I II 1 1 Mill 1 1 Mill MM II III II I III I1IIMIM Mllllllll 1 1 1 II II1IIMI II It 1 1 11 1 1 II 1 1 III! 1 1 Ml 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 British financier sets stage When you love chess, and have money, He said that transports of American prisoners to China mainly by boat had been speeded up since April mi. He said that as recently as June 4 to 6, nine American pilots had been transferred from North Vietnam camps to China. He claimed that Henry A. Kissinger had tried, but failed, to get these or any other prisoners released.

COPENHAGEN MP' lte Paul A. Linstrom, chair man of the Remember Die Pueblo Committee, said Tues-ila he had "positive informa tion" dial American prisoners of war were being trnsferred from North Vietnam to China Lindstrom gave a news conference during an airport stopover in the Danish capital on his way to Sweden. i I IMPORTED I onship chess match against Boris Spassky a move spurred by Slater's offer of $125,000 lo double the chess purse. "I'm very delighted that Fischer has accepted my financial offer and I hope that the match will now proceed," the millionaire said in a statement. "I'm sure it will be a very interesting and exciting championship." The subdued words were a sharp contrast to Monday's comment to Bobby Fischer, who was demanding more money.

Slater had said simply: "Fischer has said that money is the problem. Well here it is my message to Fischer is come on out, chicken." lTh Ntw York Tlmti, Copyrionf, LONDON Promptly at 10 a.m. a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce glides to a halt at a building in the shadow of St. Paul's Cathedral. The car door opens, and Slater, a lean, dapper figure steps out quickly to move into a waiting elevator that takes him to his office for the morning round of phone calls to bankers in Hong Kong, industrialists in South Africa, investors in Australia and, today, to chess experts in London.

The London phone calls clearly pleased the 43-year-old investment banker. He was assured that Bobby Fischer had finally flown to Iceland for the world champi would give chess a certain status in the world of competitive sports." Although Slater sometimes manages to fit in a game at Hmchtime, and still plays chess by correspondence, his principal activity is, of course, finance. At present he is known in The City, Lon-d 's financial district, as MM of the most razzle-dazzle investment bankers of the past decade. In the space of eight years. Slater lias turned a mere $5,000 of savings into an investment banking complex which is today valued at about $550 million.

His personal fortune is estimated at more than $6 million. James Derrick Slater was Although Slater declined to speak to newsmen Tuesday, his associates made it clear that (he chess-playing investment banker and chairman of Slater Walker Securities was exultant. "He had been waiting for so long for the match to take place and was so disappointed when Fischer didn't show up." said one associate. "When he heard it was be-cause of money, well, he wanted to put Fischer behind the eight-ball ami prove this was the reason." Another associate said: "He's absorbed by chess, he loves it. Its an intellectual ex-e i with him.

He very much wanted the match to take place because, he felt, it kom coti-awd I t. born March 13, IMS), In BM town of Wiiral in Cheshire. His fattier, Hubert, was a local businessman. Slater attended state schools, and, by the age of II. had played his first game of chess.

The game fascinated him: as a youngster he played fatal J. A. Fuller, who became British boy's champion and later drew against former i i li champion Sir Gaorgt Thomas. Slater's investment a k-ing, insurance and property schemes have impressed British financiers. He is now moving overseas in a massive way, with investments in Canada, Australia, South Africa and Singapore.

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Get your copy today! Smallwood mentioned in probe ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) -A royal commission report on alleged irregularities in Newfoundland liquor store leases will be tabled in the provincial Legislature today, Conservative Premier Frank Moores said Tuesday night. The name of the former Liberal premier, Joseph Smallwood, has been mentioned in connection with the investigation but Mr. Small-wood, interviewed by telephone in London, denied any knowledge of liquor store ownership.

Radio station VOCM here quoted the former premier Tuesday as saying he has nothing to fear from the royal commission inquiry. The commission is headed by Fabian O'Dea, a former lieutenant-governor. It was appointed Feb. 29 by the Moores government after it took office from the Liberals. Before the government change two opposition members charged in the Legislature that exorbitant rentals were being paid by the liquor eommission.

They ealled them "a great scandal" and "stinking corruption." LOOK, NO WHEELS! Salvage tug heads for Squamish, B.C., at the head of Howe Sound with floating freight car dumped into the Sound when 14 cars loaded with lumber and pulp were derailed on the British Columbia Railway line near Porteau, 20 miles north of Vancouver. Safer bumpers toughen job of tow trucks TORONTO (CP Most automobile companies may provide ones that can easily be used in towing, an Ontario Motor League official said Tuesday. Herb Ronson. director of service, said only the Ford Motor Co was able to demonstrate that its new model designs had bumpers strong enough for towing. "Strange as it may seem, most of the automobile manufacturers neglected to ensure that their 1973 models could be lifted and towed with normal tow truck equipment," he said.

This year, all makes and models with the exception of Ford products were designed with energy absorbing bumpers to withstand impact with a stationary object at five miles per hour. Mr. Ronson said the shock-resistant bumpers cannot be towed out of a snowbank. SCHUMANN SETS PEKING TRIP PARIS (Reuteri French Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann leaves Thursday for Peking, the first West Eu-r a foreign minister to make an official visit to the People's Republic of China. He will have talks with Prime Minister Chou En-lai and other Chinese leaders to step up co-operation in thj economic, political, technological and cultural fields.

The five-day visit will set the seal on Sino-French relations, which have been exceptionally cordial since they were first established in 1964 Schumann's visit is expected to pave the way for a visit to France by Chou. ami possibly a visit to China by French President Georges Pompidou Vasectomy complications reported VANCOUVER (CP) Ten per cent of vasectomies in the United States have led to complications from sperm 1 a i from the severed ducts, said Dr. Stanwood S. Shmidt told the 48th annual meeting of the western section of the American Urologi-cal Association Tuesday. The Eureka.

physician said since the current emphasis on male birth control, vasectomies have become the second most common operation in the U.S. on males after circumcision, and the most common operation for adults. But the complication known as spermatic Granuloma can KINNEY'S STAMPEDE SPECIAL aaW aaaPaV. -aI EVERYTHING MUST GO! fri. sat.

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A remedy for "blowouts," he said, "seems to be the use of a hot wire to burn the in-sides of the severances, "leaving the muscles alive and making a much better seal." Office staff joins Hydro walkouts TORONTO (CP) New walkouts by Ontario Hydro workers today affected the Toronto head "office and the seven provincial district offices, the union representing employees announced. Also involved in the latest rotatng strikes are workers at Hydro's Lennox and Nanti-coke steam plants. Those not reporting lor work today bring the number on strike to more than 10,500 of the 11.700 members of Local 1000 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. The union spokesman said 800 employees at the Kipling Ave. service and research centre in Toronto would be back in the job today.

This is the nirst time since the strikes began 11 days ago that a significant number of men have returned to work. A spokesman for Ontario Hydro said all generating stations would continue to be operated by supervisory personnel. Only the nuclear plant at Pickering and the coal-fired station at Thunder Bay have been closed down. WASTES COULD GET A BOOST OTTAWA (CP Environment Canada announced today it will make a study to determine if sewage can be transported through pipelines at high pressure like gas and oil. "Current methods of moving sewage are based on gravity flow and go back to the days of the Roman aque-d said Environment Minister Jack Davis, announcing the study.

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