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'1 7SMIII By Carrier J3.CW Per Mont 56 PAGES VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, JULY 3, 1972 FOCNDKn ISM VOL, LXXXVI No. 2 liiftirtiiiitlon I Irriilnlitin lulft-li SEVEN DIE IN ULSTER wairifaire faired Deaths threaten flimsy ceasefire BELFAST (AP) Seven men were killed in Belfast during a violence-ridden weekend. The bloodshed threatened the flimsy ceasefire in Not Ireland and fanned fears of "eye for an eye" warfare between Protestant and Roman Catholic gunmen. All seven were shot in the head, and some were bound and hooded, the trademarks of the Irish Republican Army's execution squads. But at least two of the ic- Mm Pakistan, India in peace pact tims were Catholics.

Although there was some speculation they had been killed by IRA punishment squads, authorities believed they were the victims of Protestant extremists. Four of the victims were Protestants, and the fifth was a 19-year-old Jehovah's Witness from England who had been working in a camp for children since coming to Northern Ireland a week ago. His body was found on a garbage dump, and authorities believed he may have been killed by mistake. Soon after the seventh body was found early today, gunmen hidden in a factory in a Protestant zone fired about 4U shots into the Catholic Ander-sontown district nearby. Guerrillas fired back until British troops moved in and stopped the shooting.

Leaders of the militant Protestant Ulster Defence Association threatened reprisals against the IRA after Augustus (Gusty) Spence, a Protestant hero, was apparently kidnapped. Four men stopped the car taking Spence back to jail after a two-day parole to attend his daughter's wedding. He had been sentenced to hie imprisonment in 1966 for killing a Catholic. UDA chieftains said they would mount a rescue operation if Spence was not returned alive. The IRA denied taking Spence and charged the UDA staged a phoney kidnapping to free him.

CP Wirppholo battled to control it, rocks. SCHOOL'S OUT and the rocks are flying in St. Henri district of Montreal. But their target is school day and while firemen youngsters pelted it with an abandoned on in youngsters' neighborhood. Building was engulfed by four-alarm blaze Sun Dockers want move to stop cargo draining to Seattle SIMLA, India (AP) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India and President Zulfi-kar Ali Hliutlo of Pakistan reached their first peace agreement early today.

They promised lit! lire nego. liations on the other lie-tween their two nations, including Kashmir and the Pakistani war prisoners held by India. The agreement, which came after five days of talks in this Himalayan resort, said Indian and Pakistan forces will withdraw from the territories they seized last December along India's western border except in Kashmir. There they will maintain the ceasefire line established by the two-week war in December. The pact also contained a pledge to settle all disputes bilaterally and peacefully, and said steps should be taken to restore relations, which Pak-istan severed Dee.

5 when India recognized Bangladesh, the former East Pakistan. The agreement gave no timetable, but called for measures to resume communications and air links, page 2 Weather Sunny Tuesday. Low, near 50, High, upper 70s. Chichester in hospital Sun News Dispatches PLYMOUTH, England -Sir Francis Chichester, the ailing round the world solo yachtsman, was in hospital here today, his attempt to win the transatlantic race at an end. The 70 year old sailor slipped ashore here after an emergency crew brought his ketch Gipsy Moth into port after intercepting it at sea as he fought to overcome an illness and the side effects of a pain killer.

It was the British frigate HMS Salisbury that finally put a rescue crew, including his sou Giles, aboard the Chichester ketch. Divers seeking body SAAMCII Divers are searching for the body of a teen-age boy who is believed to have drowned today in Elk Lake near here. Poliee said the boy was swimming wilh three companions when he became tanglwl in weeds. Pandora out of race VICTORIA (CP) The Pandora, leader of the Victoria to Maui yacht race, was forced to withdraw from the race early today with a broken rudder, the U.S. Coast (Juard reported.

Court rejects McGovern WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. District Court Judge George Hart refused today to interfere wifh the action of the Democratic credentials committee in stripping Senator George McGovern of more than half the delegates he captured in California's winner-take-all primary. attract cargo through Vancouver, they work against the port, the union said. The International Long shoremen's and Warehousemen's Union said such diversions threaten the jobs of its members and the economy of Vancouver. It called for the immediate construction of container facilities and an end to discriminatory rail rales, fostered by outdated regulations.

The union also asked the Canadian Transportation Commission to set itself a new By CIIKISTY MtCOKMICK The B.C. dockers union appealed to federal authorities during the weekend to stop a Seattle takeover of Vancouver cargo. Every month 23,000 tons of Canadian cai'KO noes through the Port of Seattle, said the union's angry brief to members of Parliament. Carso drams away because of insufficient facilities here and because of the power of foreign steamship interests and even Canadian railway regulations. First designed to 500,000 Vegas recalled by GM DETROIT (AP) General Motors Corp.

announced today the recall of 500,000 Chevrolet Vega mini-cars for inspection and possible replacement of defective rear axle shafts. The recall involves virtually all 1971 and 1972 Vegas built prior to last May 5 and includes 23,000 sold in Canada. goal that Canadian cargo move through Canadian ports. And to control Canadian cargo, said the brief signed by union president Don Garcia, Canada needs a publicly-owned merchant fleet. Talk of the Seattle takeover has been looming large in shipping circles in recent weeks.

Harbor sources say current labor talks between dockers and the B.C. Maritime Employers Association have been less abrasive than usual. In fact, the employers sent a memorandum to all members of the union saying: "Too much business is now flowing through the neighboring port of Seattle." The memorandum, signed by Ed Strang, president of the employers association, urged union members to consider this when deciding on contract proposals. It has already been reported that both sides are working to avoid a strike this year because of the Seattle threat. The union brief pointed out that for every ton of cargo crossing the docks, $20 is page 2 TU1 Hanoi hijacker tricked to death 4 i 'i Dock strike delays MPs' holiday break 1 SAIGON (AP) A young Vietnamese man who tried to hijack a jumbo jet with 153 persons aboard to Hanoi in revenge for U.S.

bombing of North Vietnam was over-pnv ererf by the pilot and shot to death by an armed passenger Sunday. The hijacker was identified today as a speaker at antiwar rallies at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he had studied fishery science on a U.S. government scholarship and graduated with honors last month. The young man, carrying a South Vietnamese passport in the name of Nguyen Thai Binh, met violent death after the pilot of the Pan American World Airways plane tricked him and landed at Saigon, the flight's scheduled destination, in defiance of Ins demand to fly to North Vietnam. The other passengers were evacuated by sliding down emergency chutes, used to empty the plane quickly in case of explosion.

Several persons suffered minor scratches "Hijack" page 2 By VICTOR MACKIE Sun Ottawa Bureau OTTAWA The seven-week strike that has shut down the St. Lawrence River ports forced the government to cancel its plans to close Parliament for the summer last week. The Commons will resume sittings Tuesday. Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau had an adjournment motion on the order paper for the Commons Fri day. But when the striking longshoremen voted Friday to continue their walkout the government abundoned its hopes to start the summer recess June 30.

Shouts of disappointment from the unhappy members of Parliament greeted Government House leader Allan Mac-Eachcn's announcement that the situation in the ports of Montreal, Quebec and Trois Bivieres remained unclear and "Commons" page 2 Index 4 '1 Bridge 12 Comics VJ Crossword 12 Dr. Alvarez 28 Finance XI Interior 2.1 LitliTS 5 Lively Arts 29 Living an Nam 7 Neshltt 22 Sport 15 Theatres 23 TV 2S Weather 3 V.jj $130,000 SWEETENS CHESS POT Next gambit up to R7' it; Fisch er PAN' in "I like chess and have played it for years. Many want to see this match and everything has been arranged. If Fischer does not go to Iceland, many will be disappointed. "The idea is to remove the problem of money from Fischer and see if he has any others." London bookmaker William Hill made Fischer odds-on favorite to defeat Spassky and gain the world championship.

Some chess experts have gathered In Reykjavik from distant parts of the world for what promised to be the match of the century pressed a belief that Fischer, in the end, would sabotage the championship. Fischer's 24-game match with the Russian world's champion was to have begun Sunday, federation president Euwe announced if the American challenger failed to show up by noon Tuesday he would risk forfeiting his chance at the title. The Russians reluctantly accepted Euwe's decision to delay the match. Asked what he thought of the situation, Spassky replied: "I came to play." An Icelandic chess player and longtime friend of Fischer, Freystrinn Thorberberg-sson, flew to New York and said he would try to persuade Fischer to meet the Tuesday deadline. Fischer continued to hide out from newsmen In New York but was reported to have stayed until Friday at the home of friends on Long Island.

Fischer and Spassky had earlier agreed to split a purse, with the winner LONDON (AP) A British banker today offered Bobby Fischer a deal worth $130,000 to try to entice Fischer to play Soviet rival Boris Spas-sky for the world chess title. James Slater, an Investment bunker, said in making the offer: "Fischer has said that money is the problem. Well, here It is. "What I am saying to Fischer now is, 'Come out and play'." Slater's offer was made through Dr. Max Euwe, president of the International Chess Federation, and was relayed to Fischer ill New Vork, a spokesman for Slater said.

Fischer faces a deadline of noon Tuesday to be in Reykjavik, Iceland, for his match wilh defending champion Spassky. The American challenger was reported as saying he would not appear in Iceland unless his demands for more money were met by the tournament organizers. And their answer today was: No deal. Slater, chairman of Slater Walker Securities which has worldwide business affairs, has proposed a package containing several alternative offers. One is to double the prize money for the match which now is $125,000, The winner would get under present terms.

An increased prize would mean that the winner gets (156,000 and the loser $104,000. The alternative is to give a straight $130,000 extra to the winner, boosting his prize money to $208,000. "The money Is mine," said Slater. "I hope the offer is being considered. taking five-eighths, wilh each to get three per cent, of the sale of film and television rights.

But Fischer suddenly demanded an additional 30 per cent of the gate receipts, and his representatives had been negotiating this point wilh sponsors of the match. Among the more optimistic was Larry Evans, a former American champion who knows Fischer well. He said, "I'd say there was a 50-50 chance he will come." One Swedish expert left for home In disgust. Icelanders themselves, though they may not belirve Fischer will come, have made no great rush to return the tickets they purchased for the match. Euwe said his personal opinion was that "there will be no play at all." i I.

Glenn Hniilo I'JuUo TllARS OF JOY end 45 years of separation for sisters Alicia Witzke and Lea Witzke at Vancouver airport Sunday. They lasl saw each other in the Ukraine in 1928 when Alicia loft to come to Canada. (Story, P. 6.) 0'.

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