The Montreal Star du lieu suivant : Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 7

A-7 No ruling! ere come the brides Moscow court oh future jails Americans THE MONTREAL STAR SATURDAY AUGUST 2 1971 in drugs case MOSCOW (AP) The Moscow Court has ordered eight- seven- and five-year terms in labor camp for three Americans who admitted smuggling nearly 63 pounds of heroin into the Soviet Union Biosphere Administrators at Man and His World have not yet decided what to do with the 20-storey geodesic dome whose outer skin was destroyed by fire in May The city 'which purchased the former US Pavilion for a nominal fee in I960 is determined to maintain the structure and repaint the fire-scarred steel spokes Nothing further has been planned although several elaborate proposals have been entertained on future uses of the bubble including one by its designer Buckminster Fuller An uncovered dome could be used to house terraced gardens or for outdoor activities like concerts next summer said Jacques Pillion chairman of the board at MAHW but other options are expensive and we want to rush Into The board will not likely decide some time on any major renovations to the dome known as the Biosphere in recent years The sentences are to be served In a camp less severe than the "strict camps that provide the toughest conditions for prisoners The three-judge panel yesterday sentenced Gerald Amster 33 of New York City to eight years in a labor camp It said that Amster unemployed was responsible for the three men entering into a with Chinese dope traffickers to transport the heroin from Malaysia to Europe via Moscow's international airport Dennis Burn 26 a burglar alarm Installer from Whitestone NY received seven years and Paul rawer 31 a building manager from Las Vegas Nev five years The defendants' Soviet lawyers said that they will file appeals within the seven-day appeal period to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation One lawyer said the higher court will probably take about a month to hear the case The Americans were the first to be tried In the Soviet Union on any charge since 1968 Prosecutor Gennady Vazhenin had asked a nine-year sentence for Amster eight years for Bum and seven for Brawer He called Amster "the organizer of the criminal and said that the New Yorker was driven by urge for gain and a need for In their decision the judges said: court takes into account the high social danger of the crime as well as the extenuating circumstances" The judges noted that all three defendants had pleaded guilty to transporting narcotics into the Soviet Union -The three were charged under Article 78 of the Soviet criminal code which provides "deprivation of of from three to 10 years for smuggling contraband including narcotics The maximum sentence in the United States for smuggling narcotics is life in prison SUtl photo by Gorry DovMion Brott married Ardyth Webster of Hamilton Ont late of the Ontario ministry of culture Boris Brott is conductor of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and Denis is a professor of music at Winston-Salem University in North Carolina HAPPY FOURSOME: A cultural union of sorts took place yesterday when Montreal's musical Bnott family celebrated a double marriage Denis Brott (from left) married Julie Fraser formerly with the Ontario Arts Council and Boris The Star of Courage for the mother who died an from the top floor of a burning house in May 1975 RCMP constables Glenn Wilbert Menacho of Fort Norman for rescuing a boy drowning in the Mackenzie River in July 1975 No date has been set for the award presentations Brian Calder and Ronald David Noye of Coquitlam BC for freeing a man from a burning car in June 1975 and suffering severe burns in the process Frank Praia of Golden BC for rescuing a man from a burning truck in July 1975 mediator in a hostage-taking incident at a prison in June 1973 and for driving two heavily armed thieves to a police station at considerable personal risk in another incident-in February 1975 David Herrett of Toronto for rescuing a blind person who bad fallen from a subway platform in the path of an oncoming train in March 1975 Brian Webb of Grande Cache Alta for rescuing a schoolmate from a burning tent in May 1975 0 Osmond Yorke of Parrs boro NR for braving a stormy sea in May 1975 to save the life of a fisherman whose boat had been capsized by a tidal rip RCMP Cpl Bernard Lemay of Beaconsfield Que' for removing an elderly wom OTTAWA (CP) A British Columbia woman who died after saving her daughter from a falling boulder has been awarded the Star of Courage posthumously the Governor-General's honors secretarial announced yester-day Margaret Lucretla Pitkethly of Hedley and her daughter were collecting rock specimens in a quarry in July 1976 when a heavy boulder became dislodged Then aged 65 Mrs Pitkethly pushed her daughter out of the way but died of the injuries she suffered ss a result Nine other Canadians have been awarded the Medal of Bravery for acts of courage They are: Claude Poirier a Montreal radio reporter for acting as miRACLEmARTT Vou are invited to Miracle Exciting Showing of Fall and Winter Fashions RUHION JHCW BMiC WINTER Stonehouse quits as MP LONDON (Reuter) Former cabinet minister I John Stonehouse has resigned his House of Commons seat His resignation was sent from the prison cell where he is serving a seven-year sentence for fraud theft and conspiracy The resignation was a relief for the Labor government which wants his seat occupied as soon as possible by a loyal Labor voter in order to in-1 crease its narrow majority in the Commons Earlier Stonehouse 51 quit the Labor party but held on to his seat in Parliament resignation avoided the necessity for expulsion Juror Win a one week trip for two to IfflexSctii Cswtasf afAaromaxka sad Aadoaol Motahra Ont trip will bt drawn at tach Showl The prize-winning couples will enjoy this exciting one-week holiday In Mexico FLIGHT Return air fare to Mexico from Montreal Courtesy of thb airlinc or- Mexico ACCOMMODATIONS Double occupancy 3 nights 4 days at Hotel Del Prado in Mexico City -with breakfast only Double occupancy 3 nights 4 days witn breakfast and dinner at the Hotel el Presidents In Ixtapa Courtesy of hotelera cepting a bribe to do so insisted his actions had been based on fear following direct threats to his wife and two children In yesterday's pre-sentence hearing Renaud repeated his original explanation that his brother-in-law Serge Genest had approached him first with threats against the family and then an offer of money money 92000 was offered me following the trial" Renaud told Justice Ducros He insisted that when the Jury was polled individually the threats led him to declare the accused not guilty "I was told that the Dubois' were happy about the results of the case and that the money was being given me as a token of their appreciation so 1 accepted Renaud said By PAUL DUBOIS JeaorPierre Renaud 28-year-old juror charged with interfering with the normal course of Justice repeated in court yesterday he had voted for the acquittal of two murder-accused for fear of his family's safety Renaud was Juror No 9 at the murder trial last spring of Jean-Guy Dubois and Jacques Ouimet who had been charged with the October 1975 murder of JeanJuy Fournier whose beaten body was found in the Lachine Canal His vote resulted in a hung Jury and the murder case is to be retried Renaud appearing before Justice Jacques Ducros of Superior Court on charges of interfering with the normal' of Justice and ac (Set your free tickets tt fonrica CiwWi mi Csth lagMir Sa Nndi Mart Sam HUM Mins starttai NMiy Asput 30tk Data Fashion Show Location Alsxte Nihon Plan Pises Longusuil Pises Versailles Carrsfour Laval Free Tickets AvefsMs at Alexis Nihon Plaza Plezs CAte dee Nslgss Place LongucuH A Greenfield Park Plaza Place Versailles A 4325 Jean Talon East Carrsfour Laval Pont Vlau Shopping centra A 8k Martin Shopping centra September 13th 14th September 15th 16th September 20th A 21st Ssptsmbsr 22nd Singer admitted sniffing heroin CONDITIONS All wfniMrs must corractly answer a aUK-teedng question Prizes ars non-transferabie and no compansaUon will ba made rt prize la not claimed Winners must make arrangements at least 3 weeks prior to departure data Tnpa must ba taken between October 20th 1976 and December 1st 1876 or between May 15th 1977 and December let 1977 Employees of Stem berg's Limited Mirecie Mart their affiliates or subsidiaries end their Immediate families are not eligible to enter this drawing AM Shams wU taka pfata at 9:00 pm atttpt hr tka Saptamkar Htk Show wkitb is scktduM for 9:00 pm before the group was to begin an Australian tour A detective testified that other members of the group said the singer was not an addict of "bard" drugs although 'he ovcasjobalty smoked marijuana But later singer George Allen said that Walker had admitted heroin the detective testified SYDNEY (Reuter) Kenneth Walker lead singer of the American group The Platters admitted sniffing heroin three weeks before he died from methadone poisoning a inquest was told yesterday Walker 25 of Los Angeles was found dead in his hotel bedroom on My 10 shortly.