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0 Whu IBoinitrfial Star Telephone I Monday through Saturday: 844-2211 Cimlalteu and Hmm Delimy Bervieo: Monday through Friday from 1:30 am to 8:00 pm 'Saturday from 8:00 a to 8:30 pm 842-2211 Editorial: Nlghta Sunday Holidaya Want Ada 842-71 31 a a to A pm daily Saturday I 11 noon Bead Office 343 St Jamea St Branch Office 1013 Dominion Souara 142-2174 and 142-1515 97th Year No 296 MONTREAL MONDAY DECEMBER 20 1963 PRICE SEVEN CENTS System 9 Meeting New Credit Laws Sought By WALTEB FORONOVKH The Confederation of National Trade Unions (CNTU) in wide-ranging issues dealt with at its day-long meeting here Saturday decided to press for studies of consumer credit problems with a view to bringing in new laws govera- ing financial housea History Lesson Snares Feared By LISA BALFOUR Michel Brunet director of the University of Montreal'! history department warned Saturday that the teaching of history in Quebec could become veritable nightman" due to the province's system" of education The of professor also The CNTU also: for an Immediate and uniform minimum wage of $133 and standard fringe benefits for those under 18 to contribute $25000 toward a labor pavilion and the organization of the recent provincial-federal conference on poverty for having failed to invite the CNTU and other Interested Quebec bodies to participate in the talks In a late afternoon press conference following the CNTU' meeting of top officer at the Sheraton-Mount Royal Hotel CNTU president Marcel P4pin said the Provincial Government wa asked last July 3 to raise the minimum wage to $123 throughout the province Instead ho said the hourly wage has been set from 80 to 83 eents In various ones He also said the labor body has gone on record favoring the hourly rata paid to youths aged 18 to 18 to bo commensurate with that paid to adults He said youths at present are being exploited through lower wages and are receiving no retirement benefits Mr Pdpin said a special commission should be set up to deal with credit consumer prior to legislation on controlling operations of financial houses which in the long run touches the taxpayer The $25000 voted by the CNTU towards a labor pavilion would only be part of the general support of labor aerosa Canada City Hall Project Rejected Montreal North property owner have rejected a 81B33-000 borrowing project for new city halt The vote was' 1733 to 727 Mayor Yves Ryan laid after the vole Saturday that in hit view the marked opposition wai due to fear that the project would came a raiae in taxes although he had promised that it would not "The verdict is dear" he said "And I accept it This la democracy in action" The project Included the addition of a floor over the existing arena for the city hall a public library the centralisation of all administrative services and substantial repain to the arena Mayor Ryan said he did not think fear of annexation had any bearing on the decision The opposition insisted that there was no need tor such an expenditure when knows that Montreal North might be annexed to Montreal sooner or of the opposition were Aldermen Lawrence Myers and fa Bloodin The atmosphere on Montreal Island is not towards annexations at this time Mayor Ryan said It la rather for cooper ation said that several recommendations concerning the teaching of history contained in the Parent Report on Education lack realism because the commission did not take account of the way historical interpretation changes according to the mood of the sociological milieu which writes 1L history which is taught in the schools is Inseparable from the society which produces its children" Prof Brunet told members of the Quebec Society of History Professors meeting at the of two types of historical instruction exist in Quebec it is because the population of this province is composed of two distinct groups which have experienced separate historical evolutions" said Mr Brunet But added the professor no longer have the image of themselves which used to fit the Ideals of the traditional Mite Canadians are watching a new future unroll before their eyes" he said adding that men change their interpretation of history as they reorient themselves to a changing collective society proposing a single program of history the authors of the Parent Report have falsely Imagined that the Quebec population forms only one community sharing the same cultural he said Professor Brunet added that homogeneous societies teach the new generation one interpretation of the pasL" "Nevertheless" said the history professor Parent Report recommendations will help the majority to fully assume its responsibilities in the organization of our system of Professor Brunet also participated along with Denis Vaugeois head of the history division within the education department and Michel Tremblay professor of the Jesuit College of Quebec in a round table discussion concerning subjects connected with the teach ing of history Members of the history professors' society also formed committees to debate teaching methods teacher training the writing of history textbooks and the objectives desirable in teaching history Switched Plea Brings Mistrial By STEWART NEBBS Cyriaque Delisle 29 the last man still before the courts as the result of a five-man raid on a Bleury street arms store in August 1964 changed his mind at the last minute when he appeared on a noncapital murder charge today with the result that a mistrial was declared and the case was postponed to February Two men were slain in the raid including Leslie McWilliams 56 an official of the International Firearms Company 1011 Bleury When the charge was read to him today DeUsle told Mr Justice Peter Shorteno: refuse to plead guilty although mv lawyer suggested it he can withdraw I am ready to plead guilty to manslaughter" can tell you that the Crown is far from accepting your magnificent offer" eut in Judge Shorteno lawyer Yves May-rand had uid that his client would plead guilty to non-capital murder as two co-accused had done Non-capital murder carries a manditory life sentence Delisle uid he was prepared to nroceed but this posed a nrohlem for Crown prosecutor Jacques Cltment who uid he now was not prepared as he had been advised there would be a guilty plea and the 40 witnesses he would need to call had not been subpoenaed Said Pelisle: "If lawyer May-rand isn't ready to defend me 111 get another There was a brief adjournment at this point and when court reconvened Mr Mayrand wm asked what the situation was He said it could perhans best be explained by Delisle who said he was asking Mr Mavrand to and I will ask for Mr Guerin (lawyer Guy Gudrin)" opened an exhibition of 65 the Mount Royal Art Centre shows his work to visitors Miss Roseline Gagnon and Mrs Ivanhoe Fortier right The exhibition will be open until Jan 20 Pro-Mayor James Beilin officiated at the opening Leisurely Weekend Burglary QLBJob Firings Protested Laval Bank Loot About $400000 Interviews with safety deposit box holders in the new city of Laval during the weekend and today indicate that loot from a bank burglary may go up to $400000 police said was 1 pm before the first of the handcuffed employes managed to get loose and sound the alarm Detectives Pierre Drolet and Maurice Legault said the robbers very professional in their approach They had obviously cased the bank carefully'' It was the first big robbery on lie Jesus since several communities combined to form the City of Laval few months ago Some 200 part-time employes of the Quebec Liquor Board 140 of whom were engaged for the pre-Christmas season rush were laid off during the weekend Rend Chartrand head of the Quebec Liquor Board Employes' Union (CNTU) said 60 of the workers were about to become permanent QLB employes- He said that since last strike which resulted in the closing down of all liquor outlets over Yulctide in the province management has adopted a policy of not engaging employes who will become More stories on Expo will be found on Page 19 sub-contracted to the Miron Co Ltd of Montreal It was the latter company which started work Saturday The completed pavilion will Vf'K Batournay OD Baisvarb OD rs v- 5 Croney OD Groundwork Gets Started On US Expo Pavilion OPTOMETRISTS This estimate includes $23-000 from the bank itself the Banque Provinciate du Canada branch at Bertmi and Cartier atreets 1 It was first estimated that the 30 box holders may have lost up to a million dollars in cash bonds and jewelry in the unhurried looting job done at the weekend by four armed masked bandits The gang made a mysterious entry Friday night apparently uaing a false key They also managed to shut and lock the door from the inside without triggering the burglar alarm The intruders toiled all through the night with crowbars hammers and maula Henri Franc oeur assistant director of Laval police and chief of its detective bureau said 62 of 67 bank safety deposit boxes were rented but "not all" of those were forced He said he didn't think that the cuh haul would be large there may be a larger amount in bonds missing" The thieves were interrupted at about 9 am Saturday by the arrival of four employes to do some auditing work They were given gunpoint greetings one by one and overpowered without difficulty The gang using Japanese-made handcuffs secured the staffers together around a cement post in the basement Then the gang continued its assault on the boxes until around 1130 am They departed after one of them remarked in English: get out of here before we get Killed The quartet fled in a car It Work started Saturday on the US spherical pavilion designed by Buckminster Fuller for Expo 67 It will cost an estimated $9000000 In an announcement from Washington Leonard Marks director of the US Information Agency said that the US is ewn 7th Moor IToWvtow-NinNi Clam The Mag among the first dozen countries be 250 feet in diameter and to start work on pavilions atl87 feet high The basic struc Our vary best wishes for merry old-fashioned Christmas go out to all our customers May you enjoy all of the happiness that the season brings Pierre-Roland Dinel who etchings and sculptures at 1260 Remembrance road Traffic Warning The city's traffic department ha announced that the following streeta are cloaed to traffic because of subway work Decarie expressway and other construction: DEMONTIGNY between de Lorimier and FTontenac FERRIER between Mountain Sights and Decarie ATWATER TUNNEL east tube tonight and tomorrow night between 10 pm and 6 am WORKMAN between Roae de Lima and Bourget MONKLAND between Decarie and Coolbrook DUPUIS between Decarie and Coolbrook VAN HORNE between Ddcarie and Coolbrook ST CATHERINE between Gladstone and Clone in immediate vicinity of Forum ST MATTHEW between SL Luke and Lincoln CATHEDRAL between Dorchester and SL Antoine VITRE between University and Beaver Hall Hill and St Alexander and Bleury LAGAUCHETIERE between Stanley and Mansfield HERMINE between Craig and Lagauchetiere MONTEE ST LEONARD from Sherbrooke street to d'Anjou limits Blind Pig Found-ins Fined $100 A flourishing pig" which was dispensing pre-Christmas cheer yesterday morning produced expensive court hangovers for five customers today Four were sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or spend the next three months in jail after they pleaded guilty before Judge Rend Thdberge The sentences passed after the prosecutor Pidvoat told the judge that the $100 fine or three-month sentence was required by the law as minmum penalty The fifth customer Jean Voyer of 987 St Lawrence boulevard was given the maximum sentence of $300 and costs or three months in jail The stiffer sentence was handed out after Mr Prdvost told the judge that Voyer had a record of 175 conviction) mainly for drunkenness loitering or illegal purchase of alcohol A sixth man Yvan Ringuette pleaded guilty to running the blind pig at 1002 SL Dominique streeL He was sentenced to $300 end coats or three months in lail When police made the raid at 843 yesterday morning thev seized 23 bottles of wine and 13 quarts of beer 94le0rpp Drnn Recorded in O' tv Montrealers were greeted by an icy blast from the east this morning which drove temperatures down 24 degrees in leas than 24 hours The plunge stopped at two degrees below zero this morning before beginning its climb to an estimated high nfs13 above tore will be a filigree of steel tubing supporting a clear acrylic skin Protection from the sun will be provided by electronically controlled move- able sunshades The theme of the participation in Expo is "crea- tive Supporting exhi- bits will be devoted to the fine arts lunar exploration new technology American heritage and America" multi- screen color film find this ultra smart purie-sizs ball pen outstanding in style looks and performance Order yours today Chrome 89-3 Regular price $295 Gold Plated 8919 Regular price $395 (complete with plastic easel saaii Csaft Children in Vancouver PC IAASEST nsTNKRT MAIN S1WC EAITIW GUAM it nm a iHC 1 -i-' I Contact Unread It vkiA i Vi 842-324 1 Im 7 497-4870 let I WATERMAN'S FLAIR WATCHMAN'S WORLD FAMOUS UNCONDITIONAL CUARANTII SKAUaiCN HS-NSI US ST LAURENT OU I -SMI I NT ROYAL IUT LA 4I0SI Ml BECAAII INC HEARING SERVICE INC tllf SlMiOiwfea It MastisM WE S-5293 ISIS It CHuOm It I Mt 1H VI 9-6440 Balent Jailed One 100 Mac aad whits tracks ta ssrvs yaa hatter the island Expo site So far 70 countries have committed themselves to participation in the world exhibition The US pavilion is to be a 20-storey transparent geodesic bubble enclosing some 7000000 cubic feet of interior space George A Fuller Co Inc of New York and Boston is responsible for construction of i the spherical pavilion the excavation of which has been cused left for the cells to begin his sentence Present in the court was Rev Serafin Viatica of the Croatian parish of St Nicholas Tavelic to which the Balents belong you do anything to help these Judge Langlois asked the priest who had said previously that he knew the couple "very well" hate to say this but conditions in the household are very Father Vlstica replied "The four children went to Vancouver because of them They are very good children both from a scholastic and religious point of view far the parents are concerned if they want help I'll see that they get iL but if they nothing can be the priest said He added that both parents STATIONERS THE WORLD'S FINEST HEARING INSTRUMENT MAICO MAKES THE NEXT FINEST INSTRUMENT By NORMAN WILLIAMS Vinco BalenL 45-year-old father of four children who ran away to establish their own home in Vancouver was sentenced to a month in jail today by Municipal Court Judge Roland Langlois for grievously assaulting hia 42-year-old wife The assault Mrs Balent testified at her husband's hearing ended a bitter verbal quarrel during which each blamed the other for their children running away from home "He hit me and I fell down then he pushed me with his foot" she testified Bslent was declared guilty when he declined to give his side of the story "The offence is a very serious one" the judge said in referring to the badly bruised face of the'wife "Even the children left home because of conditions there Taking into Month things don't work out both have agreed to go theii separate he uid He added that the wife wanted to withdraw her charge impossible the judge uid and ordered the raw to proceed Mrs Balent admitted she had had a glau of wine prior to the asuult whirh occurred in the morning of Dec 3 She had taken the wine she uid because she sleep or eat because her children had left her love my children and don't want to lose she said bursting into tears She said she and her husband were quarrelling over the children each blaming the other for their leaving "Finally he hit me in the face with his fist and I fell down Then he pushed me with hia foot" she added are at fault for conditions at rnnslrirrstinn all the facts home and that he would help ven'nce the accused to a them on'y if they both prom-mnnh In ised to gn to church and try At this noint Mrs Balent i to stay sober hurst into tears love him Mathias Kozina attorney for and want him she Balent suggested that the case sobbed be postponed and that thr sc- Mrs Balent was escorted cused who has been in jail alnce nurse's aide to support herself i from the court by one of the I his arthlon Dee 4 be allowed and hrothrr Andrt 13 and sis-attending constables as the se-lto ret a to his home 'ter Mllicia and Drags nine When Balent refused to testify nn his own behalf hr was declared guilty and sentence followed Thr couple's four children have been living in Vancouver since last September The eldest Maria' 17 is working as a.