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Wrnfhrr Fli(lay cloudy intervals, Low-hili near HO, mid 4tis. Sub OP 1971 fir XSUNHt Information MS-'Mli 92 PAGES VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1971 rilU Per Month Id iirysse eakfrhroygh aft ROYAL FAMILY BACK AT WINDSOR CASTLE LONDON (CP) Tho Queen, Prince Philip and Princess Anno have returned lo Windsor Castle ail oi" Iheir 10 -day centennial tour of British Columbia. Their plane landed here early today, ending a flight, from Vancouver. Meanwhile, a telephoned homh throat forced Princess Margaret and 1,400 oilier persons to evacuate the Chichester festival theatre Wednesday night. No homh was found.

bod mi Major hurdles cleared at talks Lathers hit 7 more sites Jurisdictional dispute with carpenters widens Lathers' Union members picketed selectively at seven construction sites today in their jurisdictional dispute willi the Carpenters' Union. 11 The sin all Local 2(17 expand- Sun News Dispatches BRUSSELS Britain and the six Common Market nations made a major breakthrough early today in their negotiations on the British application for membership in the European Economic Community. "If I were you I would bet on success," chief British negotiator Geoffrey Rippon, beaming, told a dawn news conference, "We are now definitely in," added another British official. New mood in Paris PELLETIER TAKES OVER the 10-hour final negotiating session, broke out bottles of scotch for the participants. It was France, under the leadership of the late President Charles de Gaulle, who blackballed Britain in 1963 and 1967.

The other members of the Common Market are West Germany, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg. Still to be resolved are the questions of New Zealand's dau-y exports and the future of the pound sterling. The negotiators were optimistic that these can be resolved at the next, session June 7 in Luxembourg. Agreement was reached on three, important issues, including a formula to reckon Britain's payments into the joint, budget in its first years of membership. The budget now amounts lo about $1 billion a year, more than 90 per cent spent on sup-porting Western Europe's dwindling farm population.

A series of concessions by France paved Hie way for the breakthrough, indicating a new mood already exists in Paris. As if to underline this, French Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann, who chaired OTTAWA (CP)- Stale Sec rotary Gerad Pcllclier lias been named acting minister of communications a spokesman for Prime Minister Pierre El-liolt Tt'iideau said Wednesday. Eric Kie rans resigned as communications minister April 2a over disagreement with the government's economic policies. Immediately utter the resignation, Jean-Pierre Cote, minister responsible for the post office, was named acting communications minister. i There was no indication how long the portfolio would he held on an acting basis.

Denmark, Ireland near Hans rie Rosier of the Dutch foreign ministry predicted thai negotiations to admit Denmark and the Republic of Ireland could be completed al the same time. He said the future of Norway's application was less certain because its proposal on fisheries is unacceptable. Sigismund von Braon, the West German secretary of state for foreign affairs, said the time now is ripe for Britain lo join the Common Market. "Everyone is convinced of this and that we can now go forward," he said. "Both the Six and Britain are happy about this achievement." At; the all-night meeting the negotiators also agreed on favored producers of the Commonwealth, mainly Jamaica, Guyana and Mauritius; an elaborate calendar for the gradual increase of British farm prices to the much higher levels in the Common Market, and another calendar for reduction of British tariff protection against fruits and vegetables from the Continent.

As a sweetener, the British got, a promise that the last continental tariff walls against British industrial goods would come down six "Market" page 2 ed its picketing to projects in Cliilliwack, Burnaby and Vancouver, striking legally after mediator William Freeborn bowed out of the dispute late Wednesday. There was no immediate indication that Construction Labor Relations Association would invoke its lockout threat, or how many other building trades respected the picket lines. Local 207 business agent Courlenay Burton said the pickets went up at a Cliilliwack General Hospital extension and an Air Canada project at Vancouver International Airport lo house the Boeing 747 jumbo jet aircraft, The lathers were also picketing the new Ocean Cement, headquarters at a medical building at Tenth Avenue and Commercial, an office building at lootr West Pender, an apartment complex at. Halifax and Phillips, Burnaby, and the Alexander MacKenzie school annex. Companies involved in the dispute are Brown and McLennan, Wolfe and Innis and Whitehall contracting.

CLRA president C. Con-naglian said the association wants to assess the extent, of the actual shutdown by other Irados refusing to cross the picket lines before it makes a move, ''Hut we have a number of options open to us," he said. lie charged the laters "have made a complete and utter farce out of collective bargaining by resorting to strike in a jurisdictional dispute with the carpenters." The lathers have refused to sign a proposed contract wilh CLRA unless it gives them jurisdiction over studding and boarding of walls and ceilings, a job also done by carpenters working for CLRA contractors. Except for this jurisdictional issue, all terms of the contract have been soiled, Burton said. An informal altenipt by the B.C.

Mediation Commission to find a compromise was unsuccessful Tuesday, whereupon Freeborn filed his report. Oficers of the B.C. -Yukon Building Trades Council are 'meeting today in a bid to end (he dispute between the two affiliated unions. Both unions have accused each other of indirect raiding and non compliance wilh an international joint board ruling on their conflict, Huge fire covers 48 square miles 'Wanted' notice out for Obote KAMPALA fAP) Uganda's military government put out a "wanted" notice for ex-President Mill ri Ohoie today with a reward of one million shillings $133,200 to anyone who brines him back alive. ftewards of each were offered for Obole's cousin, Akena Adoko, head of the disbanded general intelligence unit, and Oyitc Ojok, a senior Ugandan army officer loyal to Obote.

All three men are now living in exile in The army commander, (Jen. Idi Amin, caisted Obote in January. The official announcement of tho rewards said Obote was wanted to assist in inquiries into a number of mailers connected with his regime. These include eorriilinn and the murder of Brig. Picri-no Okoya, who was gunned down in January, 1070, the announcement said.

The rewards will be paid "either openly or secretly to Anyone, anywhere, in any currency he wishes," if added. Gains take over in early trade (Jains iiiilmimbercil losses in early trading on the Vancouver Stock Exchange today. In llie industrials, eapt. In-lernational put on 12 cents lo and Fields Stores gained 20 eenl.s to $11.75. Sun Staff Reporter PRICE GEORGE A huge forest fire, "running like crazy," reached 48 square miles in size Wednesday he-fore being slowed by drizzling rain.

The fire, east of Qtiesnel, jumped three natural firebreaks and outpaced the crews and aerial tankers trying to control it. "There was just no stopping il," said assistant district forester Bill Bishop. "We finally got a break last night with the rain and maybe we can get a guard around it now. "It. was really something.

First it jumped the Barker-ville Highway. Thai's a big, natural firebreak, "Then it went over the Cottonwood River. Then it went over Abhau Creek. II, just came straight north and nothing we could do would slop it." By daybreak today, officials estimated the fire was IB miles long and at least three miles wide. Bishop said the rain that helped contain llie big blaze, and a troublesome 600-acre fire 15 miles south of the city, brought some lightning wilh it and there will -probably be several new fires spotted today.

"It's kind of a murky, dank morning and we don't know when Hie spotters will he able to get out," he said. "But at least these are close lo being under control." Winds reached up to 50 m.p.h. around both fires Wednesday. The one south of town came within four miles of homes on (lie Buckhorn Lake Road, but, the winds generally blew away from the homes. "We thought that If the wind shifted we might have to fell the people to evacuate, hut it didn't happen," said Bishop.

Itnv Allan Pholo brown-headed cowbird, only Canadian species that does not build a nest. Like English cuckoo, it lays its eggs in other birds' nests. BIRD IN THE HAND delights nature lover Dick Nairn, 89, who has been tramping Slanley Park trails twice a week for last 45 years. Bird is female Huge northern power plan shaping up The company's first move into B.C. has been to buy majority interest in Iskut page.

2 thinking" based largely on the size of a similar project the company is involved with at Twin Falls, Lab. Everything is quite preliminary." He said the figure of 400,000 horsepower is "preliminary Jobless figure shows increase BIG MATCH POSTPONED Room for dispute in chess world A major eastern power company is moving into B.C. with a view to developing a 400,000 horsepower hydro-electric plant on the Iskut River, 200 miles northwest of Prince Rupert. The company Is the British Newfoundland Cor Ltd. (Brinco), builders of the million hydro power project al Churchill Falls, Labrador.

If the scheme for the Iskut goes ahead it could mean major development for the area rich in minerals and limber so far untapped for lack of power and transportation. The transportation lack could lie met by extension of the provincially-owncd Pacific Ureal Kaslcrn Railway. David Willock, director of public relations for Brinco, confirmed the company's interest in the scheme here today. However, he added: "It's all pretty iffy at the moment. slowerlhaniisiial growth of job opportunities (bis spring, the report said.

actual figures show the percentage of the work force that is actually unemployed. The seasonally-adjusted figure Is computed to lake into account llie factors such as winter or spring seasons that usually affect employment figures over a period of several months, If is regarded by economists as a betler Indicator of unemployment trends. The report said the increase In ni 1 in between March and April "was considerably less than usual for this li in of year," The number nf people employed In April was an estimated 7,737,003, compared wilh ill March an Increase of only 51,000 while there were (10,000 more people in the labor force. While there was an 11,000 reduction in the number of page 2 OTTAWA (CP) Unemployment In Canada rose lo (i.iO.noo last month, an increase of during a time when jobless figures usually go down, the manpower department and Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported today. There were OliO.OOO unemployed in March and in April last year.

In British Columbia, 72,000 tropin or 8.1 per cent of the work force were looking for jobs last month, 14,000 more Hunt in April ot 1070. last month's figure for llie province whs a marginal Improvement over March this jear, when the actual unemployment rule was fill per lent. In actual terms, tho nation-vide unemployment rale remained unchanged at 7 8 per cent. The Kf asonally-adjusted unemployment rale whs B.7 per cent in Apiil, mainly dun lo chosen by Canadian Chess Federation officials as (lie site of the match. Both claimed the room was loo small.

"I cannot breathe in this room," said Taimanov to his Russian Interpreter, grandmaster Alexel Kotov, when he first saw llie arrangements Wednesday afternoon. Fischer was less adamant about the size of the room, roughly the size of a large basement recreation room, but complained about llie lighting and llie possibility of crowd noises from the adjoining corridor. Their rejection brought on a 'frantic search of remaining rooms In the centre, which culminated in a sometimes healed discussion between Kulov and classics dean Malcolm McGregor, UBC's Ity BILL JtAYNFiR A dispute over playing conditions has forced postponement of the world chess championship quarter-final match at the University of B.C. between grandmasters Bobby Fischer and Mark Tai-niaiiov. Fischer, of the U.S., and a I a of the Soviet Tuiiiianov versatile, I.

47 Union, were lo begin the 10-game match today at UBC's Graduate Centre, However, an official Involved In negotiations lold The Sun Wednesday night that the first, game has been rescheduled for Sunday to allow lime for a suitable playing room to be. chosen. The dispute arose when both Fischer and Taimannv rejected the TV room al the centre. The only room in the building which was acceptable lo both factions was the centre's library. However, McGregor refused to allow use of the library.

He said the centre was a private club and he could not bar students from one of their molt popular gathering places. "It's like strangers coming Into a private home," he said, He also look die position Hint the TV room was accepted for play by the t'CF as representatives of llie players, and that the players should be lold lo play In il. McGregor's adamant sland brought a flood nf antl-Canadian and antl (JBC rhetoric from Kotov. He accused both UBC and Canada of a lack nf pige 2 Index l.lvllKT TmlHy Ml rwiliie no (umiis 00 Ho Flna m' 37 (iiinlrnn Pi 117 IslHMlf NOW 8 lf) l.i'lti-i'j 5 1 .1 VPly A I'll '10 Mil men lit News Hi Sport TlHtiiliPS fix TV -IK Va llpy Np'd -Ki WnssiTiniin 40 WciitiiiT llHlph Rowpr Phnlo ftOMJY HNCIIKIC, MARK TAIMANOV with lcfcrcfi IJu.iilar Kiulc.