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400 Germans May Be Dead In loading CF from ReutersAP HAMBURG Flood stricken north Germany hit during the weekend by its worst flood disA aster since the Second World War today feared the death toll may climb to more than 400 The official count of bodies re covered remained at the 232 am bounced Monday night But tbs bodies of other victims were re covered during the night but had not yet been added to the official toll informed sources at city hall Hamburg hard hit by the rampaging flood waters said as many as 200 more may he added to the 208 known victims in the city The enormous task of rescue and repair continued through the night Car lights directed helicopters bringing emergency foodvaad clothing supplies Into the hardesthit sections of this devastated city An estimated 75000 were homeless here and thousands more lost their homes along the banks of the Elbe and laser rivers In the lowelying coastal areas bordering the North Sea and on the Fricsian Islands just off the coast The West German cabinet meets Wednesday to consider relief measures STILL UNDER WATER Much of Hamburg great portcity of 1800000 was still under sex tad of water Trains could only get as far as the southtm suburbs and the autobnhn which links the city with central Germany still was flooded Hamburg declared three days of official mourning and movie houses which were comedies were asked to replace them with something more suit able More than 20000 persons stayed in their water logged homes in Wilbelmsburg the southern suburb which bore the brunt of the flood They were being supplied with food and clothing by roofhop ping helicopters City officials were contemplating more avoc uatlons in the face of danger of epidemics SEARCH FOR FOOD In some parts of the city stores have been broken into by survin searching for food Po lice have been lenient explain lng that such incidents cannot be described as looting Reports of death and devasta tion were still coming in from other flooded areas Stado town 15 miles down the Elbe River from Hamburg largest showing was one of the hardest In areas in Lower Saxony Some 10 tictims of the flood have been reported and thousands of West German soldiers were working to repair the breached dikes at Stride About 40 square miles of land around Hamburg were still un der wattr Thousands of cattle and other livestock were drowned and relief workers had to bury their bloated carcases At Bremen West Germanys port after Hamburg more than 600 were homeless as the Weser River flooded about 20 square miles of land RETURN TO HOMES Much of the coast of Schles wig Holstein which juts out into the North was still under water but farmers were begin ning to return to their water filled homes It was expected to take months to rebuild the shat tered dikes On the Frieslnn Islands the sea walls were badly breached and hundreds were homeless and shortage of drinking wa ter was reported because wells had been contaminated by sea water lower Saxony state officials said 60 miles at the of dikes between the Elbe River and Dutch bordcrwera dam aged or destroyed by the floods West German officials urged $13000000 emergency pro gram to repair the Saxony dikes The bill for Schleswig Holstein has not yet been esti mated Blizzard Sweeps Maritimes find Heads For Newfoundland HALIFAX CPI blizzard swept Into the Maritimes today and headed for Newfoundland just beginning to recover from another snowstorm Five to 10 inches of snow were forecast for the Maritimes with the storm with even more fury tomorrow Ten inches or more is forecast storm that dropped up to two feet of snow in central New foundland northward Snowfall Hits US Midwest CHICAGO AP Heavy snows which whipped across tho US midwcst into the northeast diminished today as colder air spread across northern border regions More rain doused the water soeked areas of southern Cali fornia but tapered off after Mon days heavy downpours The belt of snow or snowflur ries extended from Indiana and the eastern upper Great Lakes to the Atlantic coast from Mary land and New Jersey northward into New England Skies were mostly clear in the mldwcst In New York state snow amounts ranged up to 20 inches in the northeast is in Albany and seven in Plattshurgh Arctic air from Canada spread into the north central region and dropped tempera turel to below zero in the east ern Dakotas and northwestern Minnesota nrllt fried lilllin WHERE NATIVES MAY RULE South Africas government has announced it will grant selfrule with an alibiack parliament and cabinet to Africans of the lranskei next year Map locates the area about onethird the size of Newfoundland on the east coast of South Africa It lies between the Great Kel River and the border of Natal and Cape Province with its capi tal at limtats News map Sevigny Says He Was justified In Warning Ol Reds Threat ST MAXIME Que CP Pierre Sevigny associate min istcr of national defence has said he is amply justified in calling attention to the threat of communism in Latin America During press conference Sunday in this village 30 miles south of Quebec City where he was on speaking tour Mr Se vigny said he had expressed himself poorly in an earlier statement that Communist rc gimes were ruling Britislh Guiana and Ecuador and that is why withdrew my remarks publicly on the floor of the House of Commons All the same the fact re mains that was amply insti fied in stressing the danger posed by the progressive march of communism across the world and especially in Latin Amer ica Mr Sevigny said based what said on an article written by Boris Miskew of The Canadian Press dated last Aug 24 which made men tion of the inquiry in progress in British Guiana on the subject of the well known Marxist and Leninist tendencies of Dr Cheddi Jagan premier of Brit ish Guiana An interpretative article on British Guiana written by Bo ris Miskew of The Canadian Press last August back grounded developments in that colonys moves towards inter nal selfrule It noted that Dr Jagan said he would seek finan cial aid from the United states and also that be will accept aid from the Soviet Union The article speculated on Washingtons reaction to this and raised the point whether the Americans would make it nec essary for British Guiana to choose between Communist and Western associated It added To force the issue could drive Jagan and his followerssome are described as pure Commu nistsaway from the Western bloc or even result in Cuba type in the side of the 115 Mr Sevlgny said certain jour nalists who make poor use of their pens had accusedhim of an absolute lack of knowledge but believe that the lack of knowledge is to be found on the part of those who have attacked me He said newspaper headlines at the end of the week reported disorders in British Guiana and it had been stated that the dem onstrations were against tendencies Journalists are customarily objective he said but sen sational journalism has no place among us He wished to protest against those who by deforming the truth attack injure and vilify public men and harm the dig nity of the noble profession of journalism and the freedom of the press which since it is based on law truth and justice is one of the main benefits of our democrch system government of leftist Monday night leaving many roads blocked At the central Newfoundland airport town of Gander 75 inches of snow has fallen this month beating the record for month by 10 inches High winds knocked out the power In most parts of the town Sunday and airport power was not restored until Monday night The weather office in Mont real said the storm belting the Maritimcs is new and more intense than one that Monday dumped four to eight inches of snow in Ontario and Quebec The low pressure system from the earlier storm was centred in the St Lawrence Valley where snow was still falling This storm was expected to move eastward during the day GOVERNMENT GETS TRUCK LETHBEIDGE Alta CPLDr Douqu Fow ler has agreed to let the federal government have its truck back But he wont let any mora trucks on his prop erty until the government pays the rent The truck hired from private transport company last week attempted to re move small but which can ed navigation aids or Kenyon Field airport Dr Fowler physician and farmer lomed his farm gates and refused to allow the truck to leave He claims the federal gov ernment put the but on his land 15 years ago and he wants the government to pay him rent Department of transport officials had no comment DaysiIail For Killing Her Attacker PORT ARTHUR CF Mrs Maria Gutta 10 Fort William mother of five was sentenced to one day in jail and two years probation Monday after being found guilty Friday of re duced charge of manslaughter follcllwing noncapital murder tria Mrs Gutta had been charged with noncapital murder in the shooting death Nov so of Co simo Cordi as whom she said she shut as he was attempting to rape her Ontario Supreme Court Juslt lice Landreville in pass ing sentence said he was tak ing into account the brutal at in her home the months already spent in custody her good character and her lack of previous record He said the attack by Corbi was based on sexual motives and Mrs Gutta had committed crime of passion Cordis death came on the eve of his leaving for his native it aly from where he was to bring his wife and family to Carla arm PRES IIIA PARADISE miles Evacuees from Wilhelms burg suburb of Hamburg Germany line up for food at an openAaIr distribution cen Iluto Replaces House As Symbol 0f Keeping Up TORONTO CF The house has replaced the automobile as the No status symbol In the United States Vance Packard author of The Status Seekers said Monday In luncheon address to the second annual institute of ethics at the Beth Tzedec Synagogue he said cigars are sold as sym bols of virility automobiles as expressions of til ity and houses as status symbols Mr Packard said advertise ments carried such phrases as Manor Estates Executive Homes and For the Family that has Arrived The address must be near the country club on high ground near the water or near an im NORTH BAY CPThe bell of St Phllomenes Roman Cath olic Church in nearby Bonfleld tolled slowly Monday to mark the death of five children and their two teenaged babysitters in an early morning fire there The parents of the dead chil dren Mr and Mrs John Henry FoIsy left the youngsters in the charge of the sitters when they went on business trip Sunday night They returned hours later to find their new selfbuilt frame home in ashes The children had been inside when fire roared through and reduced it to ground level within 10 min utes Dead are Rachelle 11 months Micheline Angelle Gerald and iuiien and babysitters Denise Fcisy 14 relative daughter of Mr and Mrs Medcric Foley and TiMMiNS CF field representative from the Ontario department of agriculture will he sent here this week to re view fhe governments re lief program in the light of charges that farmers in the area are reduced to digging spoiled feed out of the snow Lands and Forests Minister Spanner said Monday William Montcalm will be here Thurs day and Friday to see that ev eryone eligible is being assisted under government plan to pay 50 per cent of the cost of pur chasing feed for farmers who can prove they need help to continue in business The statement that farmers were FAMOUS PLAYERS Now SHOWING THEATRE Evenings at 720 and 925 MATINEE WED 0f SONG tro Wilhelmsburg was Isolat ed by flood waters Flags flow at halfmast on govern ment buildings throughout West Germany and three days FOR FOOD of public mourning were pro claimed in Hamburg the city hardest Why the weekend storm AP Wircphoto via rad in from Frankfurt Ottawa Sends Men To Talks But Includes None From CCF OTTAWA CPA Canadian parliamentary delegation with out representation from the COP New Democratic Party is to attend conference open ing today in Bermuda Prime Minister Diefenbaiter announced Monday The conference will bring to gather parliamentary and corn gressional representatives of the United Kingdom the United States and Canada for private discussions on EastWest cold war and economic problems Mr Diefenhaker announced portant persons home Decoration also is important Books are purchased by the foot furniture must be antique and the latest thing is carpets in the kitchen THEIR HOME IS IN ASHES St Philomenes Bell Tolls For Children Monica Bourdon 15 daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Bourdon The fire left only the chim noy standing The floor of the fiveroom house fell into heap of ashes in the basement Searchers found few human remains not enough to identify any of the children The Foisy couple were under sedation Bout had collapsed when po llce told them outside the smok ing remains of their house the seven children were still some where inside Police believe the children never left their beds Cause of the fire was undc termined The Foisys had left their chil dren with Denise and Monica while they visited at Kiosk about 50 miles southeast of here They had only recently moved into the house which Timmins Farmers In Trouble Inspector Sent To District came from Lennard Mahoney president of the Porcupine Farmers Union He estimated that losses to farmers ran as high as $70000 to $100000 fol lowing two floods and heavy summer rains last year Finance Minister Fleming will head the delegation which will also include lilincs Minister Flynn Paul Martin LEssex East John Hamilton PC York West and Gerald Baldwin PCPeace River Herridge ncwlyclccted House leader of the CCFNcw Democratic Party group com plained about this united and forwardlooking group not being accorded membership ilis description of the CCF NDP brought laughter from other MP5 in view of the resig nation by former House leader Hazen Argue iCCFAssiniboia from the NDP Mr Dicfenhaker said the third party had not been represented at previous conference of the same kind Mr Foisy built himself it was not quite complete Emile Foisy brother of Mrs John Fnisy saw the fire from his home half mile away He drove to it through drifting snow while another relative tried to telephone for aid Emile forced the front door of the burning home but was forced back by the heat The house he said was going like furnace The nearest fire department is at North Bay 20 miles north west of Bonficld Rev Roebford parish priest ordered the bells of St Philomenes to be tolled while the search went on for the bod res lEGlON BINGO WEDNESDAY FEB 2i I962 745 pm JACKPOT $30000 36 Numbers Called lEGlON HALI 7i COLLIER ST PLYMOUTH BARRIE MINER TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20 1992 By DAVID EXASON PARIS AP Thc 7éycar old Algerian rebellion muvtd swiftly toward climax today Franco and life Algerian reb els were reported ready for peace but the rightwing secret army pledged to keep Algeria French seemed prepared for major insurrection Rebel sources predicted ceasefire may be proclaimed In Algeria early next week fol lowing two stop approval by UZ Pilot Will Take Lie Test WASHINGTON iAPU2 plA lot Francis Gary Powers has agreed to take lie detector tests during interrogation by US sources said today Use of polygraph or iii de tector is not unusual in such sessions the sources reported The informants also said that Powers is not being injected with truth serum during his extensive questioning and that he is cooperating fully with im teliigcnce agents Where Powers is being ques tioned has not been revealed He has been kept under wraps since his release by the Soviets Feb 10 The sources said however that Powers period of interrogation may take longer than had been expected Originally offi cials would last about two weeks Now qualified sources say it could take longer than that for experts to piece from Powers story on accurate picture of what caused his highflying re connaissance plane to go down during flight over Russia May 1960 How he was shot down was one of the critical mysteries surrounding his illstarred flight because of the question of whether the Soviets had delt veloped highaltitude antiair craft rocket The Soviets said they had such rocket and that they had shot Powers out of the sky at height of 08000 feet US officials challenged that claim believing the plane was out of reach of any Soviet weapon They were inclined to think the U2 was felled by mechanical trouble in the grog of file nu Intelligence officials informcd thought the questioning internationalisation mlnnigmiptnwnggnwanaer Mnm urnnu tanninat EVENINGS AT 645 and pm Algeria Paris Said Ready To End War the Algerian nationalists of the tentative peace agreement reached with the French and possible last minute French rehel meeting to iron out de tails The rightist secretarmy how ever warned anew that it would try to stop peace pact with bullets Stepping up in terror ist attacks the secret army seemed preparing for major uprising to block President do Gaulles plans for Algerian pcace MEET TODAY The rebel cabinet arranged to meet in Tunis today to take up the tentative accord which runs to about lOO pages rebel iri formants said They said it is complete except for some minor points concerning the provi sional institutions which will govern Algeria pending self dctormination referendum De Gaulle expects such vote to decide in favor of independ encc Following expected cabinet approval the informants said the accord will he submitted to the rebel parliament the 60 momber National Council of the Algerian Revolution The coun cil had been called to meet Wednesday in Tripoli Libya but rebel sources said today it will not convene until Thurslt day The French cabinet meets Wednesday to give formal ap proval to the agreement worked out in secret talks in France near the Swiss border which ended Sunday night Rebel sources predicted the national council will question the negotiators closely on some of the reported concessions made to France on the status of Algerias European minority but they foresaw no difficulty in getting the councils aplt proval As hopes for peace rose in 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