The Brandon Sun from Brandon, Manitoba, Canada • Page 2

Four men to seek Arthur nomination Quezon Four men are seeking the Progressive Conservative nomination in' the constituency of Arthur for the provincial general election expected this year. At a meeting in Melita yesterday, the party's constituency executive tentatively set a nomination meeting for March 1 in Reston. Sitting Conservative MLA for Arthur, Doug Watt, announced last year he would not be running for re-election. Mr. Watt has served for 18 years in the legislature.

Melita Mayor G. D. (Gerry) Morrow, Waskada Mayor Murray Hannah, Melita businessman and farmer Jim Downey and Virden businessman A. G. (Alex) Gabrielle have indicated they will seek the nomination.

Mr. Morrow, 43, is president and manager of Morrow's Pharmacy in Melita. He has served 8i years on the Melita town council, five of those years as mayor. He is president of the party's Brandon-Souris federal constituency association and president of the Highway 83 International Association. Jim Downey, 34, was born land raised in the Melita area.

He owns the Melita Auction Mart and also farms near Melita. Mr. Gabrielle, 46, is a partner in and Highway Grocers at Virden. Until July, 1976, he farmed 13 miles southeast of Virden. Mr.

Gabrielle a councillor for the RM of Sifton from 1970 to 1976. During that time, he was a member of the Virden District Hospital Board, the Sifton-Cameron Weed Control Board and was chairman of the Sifton RM machinery committee. Mr. Hannah, 51, farms near Waskada and lives in the village. He has been mayor of Waskada for 10 years, and was councillor before becoming mayor.

Mr. Hannah served as president of the Arthur Constituency Progressive Conservative Association for 12 years, and has sat on the executive of the Brandon-Souris federal constituency party association. iperiod With the carnival season fast approaching, I wonder if you could tell me where I might obtain patterns for some of the cartoon characters seen on TV. A search of the standard pattern books indicates to us, in this season of fast-approaching carnivals, that it might prove far easier to convince the little folk that they would much rather enjoy being clowns, devils or astronauts. Rabbits, cats, and tigers can also be fun things for children to mimic, especially if there is an appropriate costume to make the whole thing legitimate.

Angels are also nice and nice to be with. The Santa Claus season (alas!) maybe over for this winter, but a Santa Claus costume might serve for this year's carnival costume and still have some mileage left over for Christmas 1977 a mere liy2 months down the road. Why not go as a court jester? And what's wrong with witches, princesses and fairies? Fairy godmothers are good things to be too and for the price of a yard or two of cloth, some thread and a simple pattern from Simplicity, a child can be transformed into a genuine imitation chef. The above are. the common costume patterns available from Brandon textile stores.

As far as Question Man has been able to determine, however, patterns for TV cartoon character outfits are not commercially available. But that should not stop anyone from designing their own, perhaps using their ingenuity and those that are available as a basis from which to start. in brief Increase export tax Pay after court 1 wcLioiuM, duy companies in Saskatchewan should pay the provincial government $15 million owed in outstanding fees in light of Tuesday's ruling by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeals that the pro-rationing program is constitutional, Premier Allan Blakeney said Wednesday. He told a news conference most potash companies refused to pav the fees in 1975 following a ruling by the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench declaring the plan invalid. The premier said he expected the companies to pay the fees since the appeals court unanimously overturned the lower court's decision.

However, he said, the govern Safety first Whelan studying tariffs to protect agriculture Now that the cold weather is upon us a greater responsibility rests on the motorist especially when travelling through school zones. Visibility is restricted not only for the motorist, but also for the pedestrian as this photograph indicates. Jacqueline Askew, bundled up in snow suit and scarf waits for the 'all dear' from Sandra Barr of the Fleming school patrol during the noon hour on Victoria Avenue Wednesday. ment would not put special pressure on the companies, adding some might wait for a possible appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. Mr.

Blakeney said the appeal court's decision was significant in that the judges rejected the federal government's argument on behalf of Central Canada Potash as "without merit." "I am naturally pleased that this unusually aggressive federal action was unsuccessful," he said. The court also ruled in favor of the government's stand in the challenge to Saskatchewan's oil taxation policies, now before the Supreme Court of Canada, and Mr. Blakeney said some of the ground rules in both cases were similar. pesticide industry, would be welcome in Canada. "I would like to see basic pesticide production established in Canada and I would be interested in learning of any industrial projects that might be viable," he said.

The domestic industry was' unlikely to develop due to the relatively small market, he said. The major domestic markets for pesticides were cereal crops in the West and corn in the East. Almost all pesticides used in Canada are imported, the majority from the United States. Other commodities where Canada imposed no import surcharge but faced an export duty to the U.S. included flaxseed, rapeseed, soybean oilcake and meal, some forage seeds and blueberries.

And Canada has a small tariff on high-priced beef cuts, bacon and ham, some canned fruit and berries and most vegetables, but the U.S. 1 has a larger one, the agriculture minister said. "It is my hope that we can work out some of these disparities in the current round of GATT negotiations so that we can achieve a better balance," Mr. Whelan said. Vancouver robbery Vault considered bu rglar proof OTTAWA (CP) The export tax on oil shipped to the United States will be mcreased by 50 cents a barrel effective Feb.

1, the National Energy Board said Wednesday. The new rates will be $4.40 for light and medium crude oil, $4 for designated heavy crude and $3.55 for Lloydminster-blend heavy crude oil. The board attributed the increase to rising world oil prices and fluctuations in the value of the Canadian dollar. Man identified REGINA (CP) Police have identified Ira Ronald MacDonald, 23, of Regiria as the man whose partially clad body was found frozen Monday-afternoon in a garbage box in a back near the downtown business district. Det.

Sgt. Bill Dejong said cross-Canada warrants on a charge of murder have been sworn out for three Regina men. Named in the warrants are Daniel Scott Homer, 18, Craig Norman James Hill, 24, and Vincent Roland Martin, 19. Offices raided MONTREAL (CP) The Montreal offices of the Seafarers International Union (SIU) were raided by RCMP officers today, a union spokesman confirmed. One unconfirmed report said the RCMP has also raided SIU offices in Halifax, Toronto and the Ontario centres of Thorold and Thunder Bay, The union spokesman here said the RCMP action resulted from an investigation begun in 1975 dealing with allegations of violence made against the SIU by union dissidents.

No arrests were made and the matter has been referred to the federal justice department. the city Six accidents Brandon city police report five. two-vehicle accidents in fh ritv OTTAWA (CP) Canadian agriculture needs better protection in the form of tariffs to keep casts at reasonable levels, Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan told a United States audience' "Wednesday. "Everyone talks about free trade but in practice it is difficult to obtain," Mr. Whelan told an Ohio Pesticide convention meeting in Columbus.

The text of his -speech was released here. The agriculture minister complained that the Canadian pesticide industry was being undercut by duty-free imports from the United States, although Canadian exports were subject to a 12. percent tariff entering the U.S. He said he was looking into the situation but that changes may be necessary for many other commodities as well. "Apart from that aspect, it is possible that in the long run, Canadian farmers may not be well served by the current tariff structure.

Of course, any changes in Canada will be made well within the GATT agreement and may take some time to achieve." Mr. Whelan hinted that U.S. investment, to develop a Canadian police at the Vancouver airport, but police said it would be some time before they know if all the stolen goods have been recovered. Mr. Easton, who was named custodian of the vault iy2 years ago, said he discovered the looting of the vault at 7:45 a.m.

Monday when he arrived at work to open vault. He said he closed the vault last Friday night after setting the time-clock system that locked the vault doors for the weekend. 1 He said the robbers "knew something about this place because of the way they prepared for getting through those concrete and steel barriers." Angry depositers descended on the building Tuesday and Wednesday while police were stilt knee-deep in millions of dollars of valuables left scattered around the vault by the robbers. VANCOUVER (CP) The vault containing valuables worth tens of millions of dollars in safety deposit boxes which was robbed during the weekend was considered burglar-proof because of the thickness of the, walls, Deputy Police Chief Tom Dixon of Vancouver said Wednesday. The carefully-executed raid, considered one of the biggest robberies ever in the world, was foiled when a baggage handler at Vancouver International airport in suburban Richmond became suspicious early Monday when he found a suitcase almost too heavy to lift.

Police arrested three men at the airport and two other men later in Winnipeg and charged them here with possession of stolen property. The five Kenneth Fisher, 30, Robert Johnston, 36, both of Montreal, Harry Jones, 44, and Thomas Bruce Weir, 35, both of no fixed address, and John Ellsworth Colbert, 49, of Surrey, B.C. were remanded Tuesday in provincial court until Friday. No bail was set. Deputy Chief Dixon said in an Manitoba East coast fishing limits source of negotiations interview that city police considered the vaults at Vancouver Safety Deposit Vaults on West Pender Street to be burglar proof.

"We even went over what we had here in connection with that big vault robbery in Nice and came to the conclusion the same thing could not happen to our vault," vault custodian Andy Easton said' The 1 Societe Generale Bank branch in Nice, France, was robbed in July, 1976, of more than $10 million by a six-member gang that escaped through sewers in a rubber dinghy after tunnelling into the bank and rifling more than 300 deposit boxes. Police have estimated the theft here to be in the "tens of millions of dollars," but said it would be weeks before the actual amount is known. The thieves tunnelled their way through three feet of steel and concrete from the basement boiler room of the building and seized gold bars, jewelry and cash from some of the 2,000 safety deposit boxes, Nine suitcases were grabbed by will be discussing long-term fisheries arrangements. A reciprocal fisheries treaty expires in April and new arrangements will be needed to allow, fishermen to fish in each other's waters. Georges Bank presents a good example of the difficulties that the negotiators face and the kind of problems that could arise without an interim agreement.

Under its 200-mtle limit, Canada claims the northeastern section of the rich fishing grounds. The U.S limit claims all of Georges Bank. Canada has agreed to fishing quotas for the area for 1977 through the International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (ICNAF). The quotas are low as elsewhere off the East Coast to allow for recovery of fish stocks and only Canadian and U.S fishermen will be licensed for the area. But the U.S.

has withdrawn from ICNAF and will have its own quotas and licensing system. Without an interim agreement there could be fishermen from both countries in the northeast Banks area under their own national licence and quotas systems. That would likely upset any conservation program and leave fishermen open to arrest and heavy fines and confiscation of their catches and boats for not having proper licences. Want blasting procedure THOMPSON, Man. (CP) Union officials in this northern mining city are.

pressing for better' ns Ruction in blasti(1S Procedures following the death Tuesday of Stanley Ferguson, 21, a native of Surrey, B.C. Mr. Ferguson, a driller for Inco was setting off explosives at the time of his death Dick Martin, president of Local 6166, United Steelworkers of America, said Wednesday there is concern that workers are becoming careless on the He said there is an extensive health and safety committee and Inco has been very co-operative in implementing the committee's recommendations But he said only a month ago there was another blasting accident in which a man lost his eye and nearly his life. No date has been set for an inquest into Mr Ferguson's death. all resulting in damages of more "than $200.

Police also report a minor single-vehicle accident. A 1974 International Scout was taken from the Safeway parking lot at the Brandon Shoppers Mall, police said. It was later recovered at Erickson. Police arrested a man in connection with the theft of a purse from the Crystal Hotel. A window in the Grand Valley Tack Shop in the 600 block of Princess Avenue was broken, police said.

Vacancy rate low Sewage treatment costly WINNIPEG (CP) -The city of Winnipeg has informed the provincial government that an increase in the treatment of sewage would cost an estimated $110 million. The figure was quoted in response to a question from the province what the expense would likely be if sewage treatment was improved in Winnipeg Alexander Penman, director of the city's waterworks, waste and disposal branch, said Wednesday the province also wants to know how the city can increase its effluents controls. He added administrative discussions have been under way for about three months on the matter. Lottery winners picked WINNIPEG (CP) Winner of the $100,000 top prize in Wednesday's Western Express Lottery draw is the holder of ticket No. 31386 in series four series letter B.

The same number in series four with any other series letter is worth $50,000. The $20,000 cash prize goes to ticket No. 57509 in series three with the $10,000 award goine to ticket No. 30113 in series one. Tickets in any series containing the same numbers as the major prize winners and those in which the last four and last three numbers coincide with those winning tickets, are eligible for cash prizes ranging from $25 to $1,000.

The next draw is Jan. 26. Teachers get 1 4 per cent WINNIPEG (CP) A three-man arbitration board has awarded teachers in Souris Valley Rhineland and Tiger Hills school divisions salary increases of 14 per cent, 14.4 per cent and 14.7 per cent respectively, subject to the approval of the federal anti-inflation board. The three arbitration settlements were announced Wednesday, leaving just eight of the province's 57 bargaining units without a 1976 settlement, So far, in rulings on eight settlements, the AIB has allowed increases ranging from nine to 11 per cent. clear Cloudy with snow this morning clearing by this afternoon.

Highs minus 18 to minus 20. Mainly clear tonight and Friday. Lows tonight minus 28 to minus 30. Winds north 20 to 30 kmh Friday. Highs minus 25 to minus 27.

temperatures OTTAWA (CP) Canadian and U.S. officials resume negotiations Monday in Los Angeles for an interim agreement on fishing in waters which both countries claim under 200-mile offshore jurisdictions. Unless there is agreement, there could be some difficult problems. A situation could arise where vessels of one country would be arrested by the other for fishing in disputed waters. The meeting starts six weeks before the U.S.

200-mile limit becomes law. Canada extended its jurisdiction Jan. 1. There are three areas where unsettled boundaries promise difficulties for the negotiators. And whatever arrangements are reached, these will just be a holding action while negotiations begin on final boundary lines.

Government officials said in interviews this week that the rich Georges Bank fishing ground off southern Nova Scotia could be the most difficult spot for both an interim agreement and a boundary line decision. Interim fishing agreements also have to be worked out for the 200 miles off the Strait of Juan de Fuca between British Columbia and Washington State and the Dixon Entrance between B.C. and Alaska. Besides the disputed waters issue, the negotiators in Los Angeles WINNIPEG (CP) The apartment vacancy rate in Winnipeg is the lowest it has been in 14 years, a recent Central Mortgage and Housing survey indicates. Karl Falk, a CMHC economist, said Wednesday the reason for the drop, the second within a 12-month period, is the same as before a continuing in the number of new apartments.

He said the decline was prompted In part by the unsteady nature of tax breaks available to prospective builders. Mr. Falk said Manitoba's rent control program has likely had little effect on the vacancy rate The survey reports that the city's vacancy rate in October, 1976 1.3 per cent coincides exactly with the national average. It represents a decline from 1.5 per cent in April and. 1.9 per cent in October, 1975, CMHC sampled more than three-quarters of the city's apartment units to arrive at its estimate.

It indicated that the greatest declines in the vacancy rates are in suburban areas; in the downtown area the rate actually increased slightly..