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The Vancouver Sun from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • 4

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Wpnther Fl'itlay cloudy intervals. I.owhigh: mid 4fls, near 60, BUXi 00 1971 SUNNY 1 7.VI-2II1 i.v;--J.H,i Ry Curler Sloo Per Munih 92 PAGES VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1971 TRANSPORT COMMISSION RULES i.C. ir iraoll wvm nil CPR wins round in coal battle 1 Six Egyptian ministers quit CAIKO (LTI) Six raliini't ministers have resigned their posts, Cairo Kadio said loiiifthl. 'Hie radio said thai the siv included War Minister (icn. Favvi as well as Interior Minister and Yice-I'ii'inicr Sharawi (iomaa.

It said three members of the. Arab Socialist I'nion, the nation's highest policy-malting body, also had resigned. (Earlier story, V. 13 Black Panthers acquitted NI'AV VOIUv (Al') All 13 Black I'aiithcrs charged with conspiring to bomh buildings and murder policemen were acquitted on all counts hy a jury today. The verdict came less than four hours alter deliberation began.

Ity JOHN MihA Sun Ottawa Bureau OTTAWA The Canadian Transport Commission loday said a private R.C. railway and the biggest U.S. line cannot combine to syphon $1 billion worth of coal traffic away from Ihe Canadian Pacific Railway. The landmark judgment written by CTC chair man Pierre Taschereau ends 18 months of involved and expensive litigation. The stage is now sel for final rounds to he fought in the Supreme Court of Canada on legal questions and in the federal Cabinet on economic and policy questions.

In Drivers can get licences back Ity IAIN HUNTER Sun Victoria Bureau VICTORIA At loi'iiry-Cfnei'til Lcs Pc-lci'son said today thai drivers' licences which have been suspended for days for impaired driving will he returned lo moiorisls on request. Signed bv all three tribunal numbers who heard Ihe case, Ihe decisions specifically turn down three applications by the Koolenay and Elk Railway, a subsidiary of Crow's Nest Industries and the Burlington Northern for permission lo creale a 731-mile rnule through (lie U.S. for hauling Kootenay coal to Roberts Bank port. The CTC found Ihe proposed cross-border linkup al Itoose-ville Wesl on the boundary was illegal, The applicants had been officially and slrongly supported by both provincial governments of B.C. and Alberta.

Winner was CP Rail, which had bitterly opposed the applications with support from a variety of municipalities, labor organizations and federal MPs who claimed the application would allow Ihe U.S. railway lo steal Canadian revenues and jobs. The proposed to build SO miles of track from ils bine Creek coalfield, 12 miles north of Sparwood in Hie East Kootenays lo connect wilh a proposed 10-mile spur off Hie existing Burlinglon Northern main line, Cost of Ihe project would have been more than $,00 million, Bui CP Rail would have losl 5.5 million Ions annually of new coal traffic worth an av-earfie of $15 a Ion, almost ope I bird of if in hauling charges. Over 15 years the total would have bit $1 billion, Kven before it got into Ihe CTC courtroom, the struggle between the Iwo railway gianls had completely shaken "Cl'lt" page 2 EVEREST FEUD 'She threw rocks at my tent' KATMANDU, Nepal (Renter) The joint leader of the international Everest expedition today accused a dissident Swiss woman climber of throwing rocks bis lent following a dispute over climbing roules. Norman Dylircnhirth, 52, a 52 year -old Swiss-American who had to leave the dissension lorn expedition after an attack of glandular fever, nevertheless predicted success for climbers attempting the unsealed rotilc straight up Ihe southwest lace of the world's highest mountain.

Dyhrenfurth conceded Ihe experiment in international co-operation had been only parity successful because of personalities, ego and vanity, He said that following a dispute over roules Swiss climber Yveltc Vaucher, the expedition's only woman member, was so angry she threw rocks al his lent at the base camp. fsi 4 Seasons compromise collapses Hy AL Kill- KHAN Negotiations have collapsed for a compromise lo the controversial Four Seasons aparl-nient-hotel complex at Ihe entrance lo Stanley Park. Mayor Tom Campbell said today there is no room for further negotiations because Ihe park board has relleraled an "all or nothing" policy. Park board chairman Sandy Robertson said today the board agreed al a meeting Wednesday that it opposes the project unless there are "radical and extensive changes" in the buildings planned next lo Ihe park, "We reileraled our stand that the block next lo Stanley Park must be left for open space lo protect the entrance lo Ihe park," Robertson said. Campbell, who has been talking to the board and the developers in an effort lo reach a compromise, described the stand as "Ihe park board's folly of (lie century," Cily council has approved pulling a money plebiscite to property owners, probably during the week of June 28, and has asked for an independent appraisal of the Four Seasons waterfront sile to determine Hie cost of acquiring it for parkland.

"It's going to cost the. cily of Vancouver $25,000 to find out what everybody knows now Dial Ihe plebiscite will be defeated," Campbell said, The decision lo return Ihe licences and not lo proceed with any automatic 30 day suspensions for impaired driving results from an Appeal Court of B.C. decision declaring that superintendent of motor vehicles Ray lladfiuld exceeded his jurisdiction In imposing the automatic suspensions. But Pelerson warned in an interview that lladlield still as the power to suspend licenses on his own discretion. And he indicated legislation may be introduced next year so that automatic licence suspension for 30 days on first conviction of impaired driving can he resumed, "The public should knuw thai this is not a get-soft policy on drinking drivers," he said.

"Probably it will end up the reverse." Peterson said he had read Ihe court decision and cannot quarrel with if In any way. "What it really boils down lo is Hint, in Ihe suspension of licences following impaired convictions there has been a procedural delect insofar as the department, is concerned and Ihis will be remedied." lie added that lie decision doesn't affect cases where there has been a "valid exercise of discrelion" by lladlield. Pelerson said Hint about one-third of licence suspensions for impaired drivers are. for more than 30 days and in those cases Ihe suspensions will stand. "But where Ihe discrelion was not exercised where there were aulomatic 30-riay suspensions following a conviction for impaired, these will be the suspensions thai will be affected.

"Where we have not yet picked up the licences, we won't do so, and if we have, they'll be returned upon rc-1 quest," Peterson said. "Maybe we need legislative authority so that when a driver mixes driving and drink, them will he an automatic suspension, and if is going lo apply lo everyone whether they are cabinet minislers or what have you," he said. if-. Ken OhI(is I'hnlii bninrj used in radical reloresting experiments north ol Hanay, (More pictures, story, P. 59.) BOMBER PILOT Bill Keith piopurr.g lor vita! mission planling Iroes from tho air.

Snodling bombs are Breakthrough in Euromart talks QUEEN BACK AT WINDSOR Fish officials leery of plan for north hydro development CASTLE Sun News Dispatches BRUSSELS Britain and Ihe Six Common Market nations made a major breakthrough early today in their negotiations on the Brilish application for membership in Ihe European Economic Community. "If I were you I would bel on success," chief British negotiator Oenffrey Rippon, beaming, told a dawn news conference, "We are now definitely in," added another British official. Agreement, was reached on three important issues, including a formula to reckon Brit ain's payments into the joint budget in ils first years of membership. The budget, now amounts lo about $4 billion a year, more I ban 30 per cent spent on sup-porting Western Europe's dwindling farm population. A series of concessions by France paved the way for the breakthrough, indicating a new mood already exisls In Paris.

As if lo underline Ihis, French Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann, who chaired Hie JO hour Imal negotiating "lliilaiii" page 2 LONDON (CP) t- The Queen, Prince Philip and Princess Anne have returned to Windsor Castle after their 10-day centennial lour of British Columbia. Their plane landed here early today, ending a flight from Vancouver. Meanwhile, a telephoned linml) threat forced Princess Margaret, and 1,400 olher per. sons lo evacuate Ihe Chichester theatre Wednesday night, No bomh was found. Index Mini a dam depending on its localion could he "critical" for salmon.

However, the provincial government appears to he Mipimrtiiiu the new dam pin- ptIMll. Asknl today if Ihe govcrn-nienl would allow power development, baud and Forests Minister Kay Willislon replied: "I would say ha bally, yes. Because don't see how can develop Ihe couiilry willioul energy, Otherwise you're filing In lui Ihe conn try up and throw away Ihe key. Cause of Hie lalrM powci-vcimis fish diNpule Id Ihe nil- Fisheries officials expressed concern today over plans to put. a 400,000 horsepower hydro-electric dam on the River 200 miles northwest of Prince Rupert Dixon MacKinnon, chief hi ologisl for the resources blanch of the federal depart-nient of fisheries, said a dam on Ihe river would "ecrlninly create prolilems," Maurice Houghton, chief of Hie department's conservation and protection branch, said Hie scheme would lie "looked at very carelully hy our dc pa i inciil And a spokesman for Ihe provincial fisheries Inamh .1 vf 1 1 or Today 00 HO 00 .17 nrlilBC umirij ri'MSKWOI it KitlHIIfP fiO 1fl JN'iinie-H in Na Knurl 'l'liin I res H'J, TV Wium'i man IS '1(1 .1 55, H7 Illfl'lll' I.

I'll cm 5 Lively Ails -I'l BIG MATCH POSTPONED Room for dispute in chess world Lathers' Union calls off pickets nouncenient by the giant Newfoundlund Corp. Ltd. iBrinco) thai it will send crews mlo the aica this summer to probe the possibilities of hydro development. Brineo has hoiitdil majority Interest in a B.C. company that has already done studies and appears lo be allracled by Ihe Idea of pro hling power for an area rich in minerals and limber.

At Ihis hla(i Ihe company calls Ihe development "iffy" mid Ihe plans preliminary. And on that basis they can't answer Ihe major question posed llV the fisheries people Just where on the river will the dam he and how liili it will be. If II is aliove spawning grounds, Hie scheme may (jel IhroucJi without a finhl. Bui if ll is below, the finhl would be on. For, as Ihe provincial spokesman put it: "If the dam Is low on the Iskut, salmon would be cut out, period MacKinnon and llouhlon also slressed Ihe Importance of localion.

MacKinnon said all five species of tahunn spawn on Ihe l.kut, Imludlnii "important klorkS of coho." He said his department will Investigate Ihe proposed site as soon as II is known am', if necessary, Indue an ohjecllon lo a water licence being gianleib I Illusion also saiil Hie department would Inveallgale and ensure proper protection lor Ihe fishery. The federal officials pointed mil Ihe Iskul runs Into the SUkiiiP which reaches Ihe sea Ihrouidi Hie Alaskan Isheiy" page 2 night while a frantic search was made of Ihe centre for a room suitable to both Fischer and Taimanov, The TV room, it seemed, was loo small, "I cannot breathe In this room," said Taimanov lo his Russian Interpreter, grandmaster Alexel Kolov. Fischer also rejected Ihe loom at first glance Wednesday, but biter changed his mind and agreed In play, Al one point during Ihe day Kofov and classics dean Malcolm McGregor, UIIC's representative, held a heated discussion over use of lha cenlre's library, II was Ihe only room acceptable lo both factious, bid McGregor refused lo allow Ils use. lie said the centre was a prlvale club and he could not bar students from one of Iheir most popular gathering places. "Il's like strangers coming into a private home," he said.

lie also look Ihe. p.silion that Ihe TV room was ac-cepled for play by the CCF as representatives of Ihe players, and lhal the players should be told lo plsy in it. "Tell them lo slop acting like children," he shuI McGregor's adamant sland brought a flood of anli-Canadian and anil UBC rhetoric from Kolov, lie accused bolh UBC and Canada of a lack of hospilali-ly, and at one point Hire lo lake Hie four msn Russian team home lo Moscow, Earlier, Kolov had de clarcil, wilh heavily accented sarcasm, thai Canada was a lies" page 2 Ky BILL BAYNtCR A "Nyel!" rang through the. hallowed halls of the University of B.C.'a Graduate Centra Wednesday, thereby stalling the world chess championship match between grandmasters Bobby Fischer and Mark Tai-niunov. Fischer, of the U.S., and a I a of the Soviet Union, were lo begin Hie ThIiiihiiiiv versatile, I'.

41 Hi-game match today, bill a dispute over playing condi-lions has forced postponement of tlin first game Willi Sunday. The Russian growls of proles! began In Ihe afternoon over Ihe centre's TV naiin, chosen by Ihe Canadian Uhess Federation as sile of Ihe match. They continued during Ihe The Lathers' Union has agreed to lilt lis picket lines Friday nnd lukn pari in a continuous effort lo solve Ms work jurisdiction dispute Willi the Carpenters' Union, The decision was inndr In day at a nieeliuit between the two unions v-ilh irilicnil of Ihe II C. and Yukon Building Trades Council, Ihe central administrative body of nil Ihe building unions In the province. Council M'crelnrv l.d Fav announced Hint the hillicis and carpenters will meet con tiniiniisly until Ihcir ill-pole composite news on building Jobs.

The emergency inceiliifl fob lowed the appeal nine of Lathers' Union pickets on seven roiiMiurtion sites today In Heir bid In settle the depute With the rarpciilcn The muall bond 207 expand ed lis pii kelinn In pru I in lulllw in lluinahy and Vancouver, KlilklOK legally alter inrdlalor William Freelmi howed out of Ihe dispute late Wednesday. boi a I 207 biiilf ai'enl t'ouilenav Minion said Ihe pdkrU went up at a Mulll-walk General lluspllal extension and an Air Canada pro) ret al Vam ouver allien" pane I over studding and walllinaid Wnrlf in rfifciiluitfl III, hultf lllrt Iliiliih Rimer I'hnlo HOIHIY I'lSCIIKIt, MAItK TAIMANOV pohc, willi referee llo.iilar Kiilc rank and file nirmhrr will meanwhile wink loucihcr as.

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