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Barrie Examiner, 22 Apr 1959, p. 1

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union Bilslncsa and Editorial PA 66537 Examiner Want Ad PA 82414 95th YearNo 93 onshore ExaminerI strung ammo and Jim County 164 BARR ONTARIO CANADA WEDNESDAY APRIL 22 1959 ATHOLIC SIEEPLE COLLAPSES IN FIRE Fire destroyed the 91year old landmark at Westphalia Midn at an estimated $600000 loss Tuesday Firs picture she the flaming steeple stlll stan ng Second shows the start of collapse and the third tlle finnl fall Ballerina Is coated jPclnamaSeeksSpouse PANAMA 1A Panamas government sent British ballerina Margot Fonteyn out of the coun try by plane today and pressed search for her Panamanian hus band wanted on charges of trying to lead revolution The dancer tank off for Miami before dawn Earlier reports said she had been released from cus today Tuesday night but later it appeared that she was held in the Panama City jail until plane time Minister of Govcmmeotleara Heurtcmatte escorted her to the airport National Guardsmen pre ented reporters from taking pic tures Thc ballerina one of the worlds greatest had been held since Monday night and ques tioned for three hours about the Ilrrive for Funeral Oi Dr Johnson TORONTO CHGeorge Drew Canadas high commissioner to the United Kingdom and his wife Fiorenza arrived at Malton air port early today from London England The Drews returned to attend the funeral of Mrs Drews father fir Edward Johnson of Guelph Dr Johnson singer and general manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City died Monday The fu dneral will be heldin Guelph Fris ay former opera 11 activities of her husband Rob erto Arias former ambassador to Britain gt It was believed Miss Fanteyn Would not stop in Miami but would go on to New York and possibly to London as soon as she could get flight SEEK HUSBAND Frcsident Ernesto dc la Guardis government said Dame Margots presence in Panama is fineonyenient in the present cir cumstancu She was ordered Huron theJirst plane after her release from jail The national guard was be lieved tin Arias around Santa Clara 75 miles west of the capital where officials claimed he brought loman armed hand ashore Sunday night The go ve rnnleot announced that it had found the body of Cubanin an area near Santa Clara where the national guafil swapped shots with part of the band Monday The government has charged that opponents of de la Guardia have been forming hired force in Cuba to invade Panama The government ordered the arrest of Arias during the week end accusing him of plotting an attack on national guard garri son at Chorrera 20 mileswestof the capital At the time he and is wife were cruising in the Gulf of Panama on their 12foot yacht Hola otficials charged that during last week the couple ferried the of Arias landing PRESS TIME FLIISHES TORONTO CP Wildcat Strike Worsens One man hasheen arrestedvand other scattered cases of violence were reported as wildcat strike of truckers in Ontarlo iOrder Report in PerjuryCasé firm THESSALON Ont GP public prosecutions in Ontario William bawman director of has been ordered to prepare report on the case of American George Powers former Thessalon restaurant owner charged with perjury force out to shrimp boat and had raised sunken boatload of arms to equip it The government said Arias then transferred to the shrimp boat for the landing near Santa Clara where Arias fam ily has large ranch Dame Margot was arrested Monday night and lodged in spe cial quarters for distinguished prisoners on the top floor of the Panama City jail Frogman Finishes ISOMile Battle QUEBEC CPlFrogman Louis Laurmais tl pounded Into ex haustion and agonizing pain has completed fivestage lwmile swim to Quebec City from Mont real crowd of 2000 watched from the Chouinard dock at 1030 pln Tuesday night as the Frenchman accompanied by his wile the last 12 miles was hauled from the icy St Lawrence RtVer alter five day ordeal He was taken to bospitalfor observation his lips swollen so large he was unable to speak his eyes puffed to slits and with se vere body pain from the contin uous chafing of his rubber frog mans suit Lourmais who started Friday had hoped to swim down the river nonslap with the aid of tides But strong winds blinding sunshine and temperatures hover ing around freezing forced him to make five stops AIM OF FEAT The stunt sponsored by brew ery was planned by Lourmais to interest Canadian scientists in un derwater exploration of cold wat ers La year he swam 600 miles down British Columbias turbu lent Fraser River His wife Lilliaue joined him in the water after he stopped at St DENIES also CHARGE Tibet Fugitive Stands Pat Denouncing Rule By China MUSSOORIE India APThe Dalai Lama today said he stands byhis statement denouncingChi naseCommunist rule in Tibet Tibets fugitive religious and political leader denied Red Chi nas charge that he was not re sponsible for the statement issued at Tezpur India Saturday The Dalai Lamas denial of the Communist charge coincided with speech in Peiping by the Recover Body 0f Barrie Man LATCHFDRD CPThe body of Fred Durant 26 of Barrie drowned Oct 31 in quadruple fatality has been recovered from the Montreal River here Rene Garreau l7 and Law rence Macbeske 16 both of LathDldhdiscuVeljed the body floating in shallow water on feet off shore Tuesday Mr Durant one of party of four had set out in choppy windy weather on hunting trip nine miles to Trout Lake Their over turncd lafoot boat was discov ered the next day when the bad ies of William Realty 25 of Barrie and Mrs Louise Chris tina Lee 40 of Latchiord were recovered Stlll missing is Beattys father William 45 of Latchford Try Moral PersuqSién To Halt WildCat Strike TORONTO or Support is weakening for wildcat strike of some 1500 truckers in Ontario and Quebec but spokesman for the men says they are standing meetingai topteamsters un fon officials in Detroit decided not to support the strike and to make an attempt Tuesday night to end picketing of trucking com panies in Ontario and Quebec by moral persuasion truckers spokesman in Tor onto said about 40 per cent of the 600 men wanking on nightvshifts had reported for work Two convoys of transports be longing to Smith and Direct Win ters Transport companies moved west with police escorts Provincial police said they re ceived requests for escartsbut were unable to provide complete protection from Toronto to Wind sor or Toronto to Mntreal awarr REPRESENTA rvas Two representatives teams sters international head James Hoffa were to arrive here from Windsor today in an attempt to end the dispute Ten of the 30 dock staff of Di rect Winters here did not report for work group of five Windsor highway drivers brought loads to the Toronto depot butrefused to take their trucks back Transport companies hit by the walkout said Tuesday they will not deal with the striking truckers and said they must return to work before any discussions can start The motor transport relations bureau spokesmen or 100 On tario transport operators said it would deal only with responsible representatives of the three on 35 teamsters locals that nego ed the existing agreement an agreement that is the centre of dispute within teamsters Local 939 here The bureaus statement was in reply to move by the strikers to set up 45man steward body to meet with management to he gotiate backtawark conditions Duke Thompson repre sentative of the teamsters central conference in Canada was to come to Toronto today wfth Mr IIotfas representatives They Were to confer with the team sters joint council then with the rebels and later seek meeting with company representatives usurper of his throne the Com munistinstalled Panchen Lama who defended the Chinese Corn niunists story that his holy col league was captive at reac tianaries The 23yearoldDalai Lama said he hadnt intended to make another statement at this stage but he had seen the Communist report implying that was not responsible for the one issued in Tezpur STANDS BY 11 wish to make it clear that the earlier statement was issued under my authority and indicated my views and stand by it he said do not propose to state any thing more at present he added The Dalai Lamaohsrged invhis Blind Taxi Driver Pleads Guilty Ross Grant Barrie man who received pension for having less than ll per cent vision pleaded guilty in Barrie Magis trates Court today to driving car while his license was under suspension Sentence will be passed by Magistrate Gordon Foster QC later this afternoon Grant was charged earlier in the year with driving for Al Taxi Company in Allandale with out having drivers license At the time police found that Grant had been driving cab around Barrie althoughhis vis ion was so poor that he was en titled to government pension Knives In Side Augustin 12 miles uprivcr be cause of fatigue and unfavorable currents At that time he was re ported near collnpsc and an nm bulnnce and intern were sent there But whenthe this started to ebb Lourmnis of his wife plunged into the river side by side and took off again She had accompanied him briefly earlier in the trip but at Sorel Que 45 miles downstream from Montreal was ordered to stop by doctor because she was in poor physical condition 1c sans BAY ron 127 oars The ice wentout of thebay late yesterday eveninglles day April 21 fresh west wind taak it gradually past Bcar Pointinta Lake Simcoc The bulk of Lake Simcoe however is reported to be still frown Kempenfclt Bay became frozen over on Dec 15 1958 and was scaled up for 127 days This comes within five days of the record set in 1555 56 of 132 days But records kept by Judge vArdagh give the date of the breakup in 1875 as May Russian Note To US Is Secret Vlarn Germany MOSCOW Reuters The So viet Union has sent new note to the United States but its con tents have not been disclosed The delivery of the note coin Iinne Remembers Queens Birthday WINDSOR England AP Princess Anne wished her mother happy 33rd birthday by tele phone The eightyeurald princess was in bed Tuesday with chickenpox in another part of Windsor Castle and the Queen was keeping away danger of war first statement that the Chinese Communists broke their pledge of selfrule for Tibet destroyed mon asteries killed Buddhist holy men and sent others into China with slave labor gangsi And in Peiping today the Pan ehen Lama said the socalled statement of the Dalai Lama was imposed on him by foreign ers Against Arms cides with Soviet note to West Germany Tuesday warning that the nuclear arming of the federal republic and the concentration of foreign nuclear weapons on her territory could considerably in crease the danger of military clash Monday it was disclosed In Washington that President Eisen hower sent letter to Nikita Khrushchev Aprillfl proposing limited nuclear test banto pra hibit tests below an altitude of 30 miles The latest Russian note to the West German government warned again that West German rearnrament with Ssupplied nuclear weopo the In such war tbsnatesald the Gennan position willbe lmil itarily hopeless Diplomats in Moscow say that Soviet leaders are even more concerned in some respectsby West Germans remarkable post war recovery than bythe cold war compétitionwith the United Sbteshug The Soviet pressthas stepped up attacks chancellor Konrad Adenaucrts government recent days and chargedit wi putting roadblocks in front of East West talls TheWest German foreign of fice dismissed the latest Suviet warning as the usual propa ganda campaign before every big internstionalconference Royal Ladies VATICAN CITY Reuters Sambrely dressed in black with black veils and mantlllas Queen Mother and Princess Margaret today were received in private audience by Pope John XXIII It was Princess Margarets sec ond audience with PopePius XII received her to yearssgo when she spenta holiday in Italy Sir Marcus Choke British min ister to the Vatican has denied press reports thattodays audi ence means the princess wishes to join the Roman Catholic Church or that the papal repre sentative in London will be ele vated from apostolic delegate to papal nuncio The Queen Mother and the Princess made slight curiseys but did notkneel as Roman Catbalirs do when meeting the Pope Tbeconversationwasio French whichthe Pope Queen Mother and Princess all speak fluently Tbe Pontiif opened the 20 HoursMan Captive By Mental Patients BUFFALO NY AWA man who was held captivein his autu mobile for 20 hours by four es capees from mental hospital says they told him theyd kill him if didnt play along Henry Landry was forced to drive from his hometown Ash burnham Mass north to the Ca nadian line and than wést across New York state by four youths he picked up as hitchhikers They had miss out all the time he said Most oftbe way it seemed one of them Was pressed into my side The Szyearold furniture de signer dumped from his car when they stopped for gas in suburban Amherst Tuesday ran right intatraiflc and across the street and into this mans office he said shouted Im was He called the it was all overJ mammal quickly rounded up theIIouru The FBI charged themwith kidnapping and taking stolen car across state line They were Carl Kasper 22 and JelliesRob iasan 24 police and being coarse andtbar audience by apologizing for be ing unable to speak English It will he the next language that will learn he said Britains militant Protestant Truth Society had complained about the audiencebecause of Queen Elizabeths position as tit ular head of the Church of Eng land The QueengtMotber replied that she was calling on the Pope as head of the Vatican state dur ing her state iiiItaly and that the visit im lied no aneur rence in his rebgiau bell were bluifing POpeReceives sum and um today with sunny latexvii tomorrow our cough Pontif IOIIDIII III my 54 Gopyl6 P0965 CANADA auteur HITS NEW AlliTIMEw iHIGH Economic Health Blooming IIs 195859 Slump Overcome OTTAWA CF Industrial production in Canada hit an all tlme high in February the hu reau of statistics reported today Regaining its stride after the 195768 slump the production in dexbased on 1949 equalling 100 Energyligency To Be Created OTTAWA CP The govern ment startedtparliamentary ma chinery rolling today to create national no rgy board which would exercise measure of con trol aver Canadas gas and all industries Trade Minister Churchill gave customary notice on the Com mons order paper of resolution to precede formal introduction of the necessary legislation The brief notice gave no details of how the board would function or how much control it would have over the industries The Borden energy commission which recommended that the board he set up suggested that it have power to fix company profit rates through company financing andselling prices for gas and oil This brought deep concern in the industry but various government spokesmen have made clear that not all of the commissions rec ommendations are being ae eepted The Borden commission in its report last October urged tighter federal control over the industries The sixman commission headed by Toronto lawyer Henry Borden now is in the midst of writing second report dealing with the feasibility of building an AlbertatoMontreal oil pipeline as proposed by independent Cana dian oil companies rose for six consecutive months to reach record 1609 in Febru ary up 81 points from January and 97 polan from February last year This 91point rise in the index adjusted for shifts in Canadas production sea compared with drop of 93 poian in the similar 12month period year ago All major segments of the in dustriat production index showed gains in Febnlary The min indm rose to 2564 from 243112 January and 242 in February last year manufacturing to 1434 from 1414 and 1352 IESPCC lively electric power and gas utilities to 2536 from 2617 and 7373 Industrial production is key indicator of Canadas economic health Febnlarya gains and em 1113515 to the forecast of Finance Minister Fleming ln his April recovery budget that Canadas national production this year would xlstgt by seven per cent to record 334500000000 Hope to Increase Pensions lor Vets MONTREAL CP Veterans Affairs Minister Brooks says the government hopes to increase pension benefits for disabled war veterans The minister later told report era standing committee from his department has studied tha implications of increasing disabil ity assistance slnca lashswbenit opened review of aflecting veterans in his address to the meeting MrBrooks said the government all legislation also plans to extend to Sept 30 1962 the deadline for reestablish meat edit under veterans land settlement and home dastruetlon assistance legislation neatly DidntWant No Hostages San Quentin Convicts BIuIIing SAIl QUENTIN CalifAAP Two small time burglars who es caped from San Quentin prison and held woman hostage at knifepoint for sixbours say they We really didnt want no hoslt tagc just car to get away said Billy Joe Wright 26 Auburn haired Mrs Louise Gschwend 54 agreed hope these boys get break she de clared They didnt me They gave me break dont think they ever would have killed me she added At the beginning of the ordeal Tuaday she continued was scared felt sick and was faint When almost fainted one of the boys wrapped my coat around me TRAPPED 0N PIER They broke away from work parties outside the huge prison 20 miles northgof San Francisco Failing to find car they ran down the halfmile long wharf that ius into San Francisco Bay near the priso entrance Mrs Gschwend beauty pan2 ior Operator was fishing there with Doug Harrison 62 hotel man and friend of 35 years Her husband Walter was working as hotel bellman All live in sea Francisco Harrison recalled that Louise letout scream and saw they had knife at her neck He added that Wright told officers dont come any closer or Ill trill her but think they were just bluffing all the time WONT PROSECUTE The prisoners gave up when Ma County prosecutor William Wei ich promised not in prose cute them for escaping and they were given chance to tell their grievances to newspaper men Weissich later said Ill keep my word butit breaks my prose cutors heart to do it Wright was asked what he would have done if guards had rushed the end of the pier We would just have given up he re plied We did them people

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