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Barrie Examiner, 15 Jun 1960, p. 1

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our TELEPHONES roi Examiner nnl Ad we pnone PA sun The telephon number to call on the Business or Editorial Dept in PA com LOCAL WEATHER Scattered shower tonight and Thunday Winds um Low to night so High Thursday 15 For full mmmnry to page chm Che Torrie Examiner BARRlE ONTARIO CANADA WEDNESDAY JUNE 15 l960 rnvm our World heavyweight champion lngemar Johansson gets face wiped by his girl friend Birgit Lundgren following workout at training camp in Grossingcr NY Johanssoa is tuning up or his rematch withformer champ Floyd Paueison June 20 in New Yorks Polo Grounds The ring she is wearing is an engagement or friendship ring FROM MYSTERY T0 MANHUNT Police Sure Suspect Is Hiding In Toronto TORONTO police toay said they are certain murder suspect wanted in con nection with the trunk slaying of CP Toronto 37yearold Mrs Marjorie Scott is hiding out in Toronto They called on all Toronto citi zens to assist in locating Leonard blade 39 warrant charging him with murder was issued Tuesday though no confirmation has yet been received what caused the death of the peroxide blonde former waitress whose body was shipped C0D in trunk from Toronto to Argentia Nfld police Spokesman here pre dicted an early arrest as more than 100 officers launched door todoor search for the suspect The man has tattoos on his arms and scar on his neck He may be holed up in cellar somewhere said Aubrey Potter sergeant of detectives Were working hard to get him LONG MYSTERY Inquiries in Canada and the United States had failed to iden tify the body since CNR express man Thomas Donovan pried open the unclaimed trunk June The battered trunk addressed to Mrs Williams had been at the station since May 16 An autopsy showed no signs of violence Parts of the body are being examined at RCMP crime laboratories Both poisoning and suffociation have been suggested as causes of death Police said Eade who had been living with Mrs Scott for about 10 years left the Toronto room ing house where they were stay ing May the day the trunk was shipped from the city Born in Delta Ont Eade also known as Ernest Ede is de scribed as slimly built five feet inches tall with brown hair and eyes He is said to have been machine operatorhy trade and to have worked for time as seaman Police said he has been known to them for some time THEFT SENTENCE Mrs Scott was sentenced at Whitby in 1944 to three months in reformatory for theft She was twice arrestedin Kingston on morals charge and for theft but was released on probation Her husband Clement Scott whom she married as teen ager served 18 months for the same offence He is believed to have hanged himself in New Westminster BC in 1958 Mrs Scottwhose maiden name was Sagar was born in Napanee Aibrother Maurice Vis Win45 Kingston sanitarium Mrs William Diminie of Belle ville who said she is Mrs Scotts sister said she received tale gram from Mrs Scott in Kings ton in 1956 asking her to go there quickly and adding Lifestill in danger Mrs Diminie said she received telephone call in February from man in Toronto who said her sister was fsick with dope She believed her sister lived in Toledo Ohio and Clayton NY PRESS TIME FLASHES Troops lllerted In Congo ELISABETHVILLE Belgian Congo Reuters Troops oe cupied key points in this African provincial capital today alter declaration of state of emergency in Katanga province Tuesday night Tension has been high in the province since part of it threatened last weekend to secede from the Congo and join Rhodesia 525 Rubber Workers To retard on OSHAWA cr Aboutszs rubber workers in nearby Whitby and 275 iron workers here will be laid oil for seven days next week because of industry slump in the farm implement Asks Land Deal Prob TORONTO CP The chairman of suburban North York Township ratepayers association says he will ask town ship council to investigate evidence that former reeve Frederick McMahon bought public land while he was councillor in 1951 Final Wheat Payment Announced OTTAWA CPAn aVerage final wheat payment of 92425 cents bushel on the 195850 pool was announced in the Com mons today by Agriculture Minister Harkness Thc pamem involving total distributic at 3119151322 to wheat farmers is slightly higher than the 1125758 pnnls final payment which animated to amass cents bushel for total at 538074398 from 1946 until she went to Kings ton in 1948 BLAMES DOPE GANG Mrs Diminie said she thought Mrs Scott had been killed by some dope gang Toronto landlady reported Mrs Scott and Newfoundland man were evicted from her home last December for failing to pay rent The landlady added that second man had beaten Mrs Scott and threatened her with gun Napanee woman who asked to remain anonymous said she attended reception following Mrs Scotts marriage to Eade in 1947 in Kingston where he worked in the shipyards The woman said Eade served in the Canadian navy during the Sec ond World War Mrs Mary Sweet of Napanee Mrs Scotts aunt described her as high flyer Borden Private Now Committed In Dads Death CHATHAM CPlPte Wayne Boyes 17 of Camp Borden was committed for up reme Court trial Tuesday on charge of murder after the testimony of 15 crown witnesses at his pre liminary hearing Hé is charged with the shot gun slaying of his father John Boyes 37 at the familys Raleigh Towaship farm home Mayda Mr Boyes died from head wound 13 hours after the shooting succession of witnesses pres ent in Boyes home immediately prior to the shooting told the court of an allnight drinking party Pte IanMunro of Camp Borv den who arrived with Pic Bayes early May 14 said he and the accused drank liquor on the way from Barrie He said they continued to drink when they reached the Boyes home Mrs Wilma Boyes mother of the accused said she and her husband spent about two hours in the beverage room of Chat ham hotel the night of May 13 She said her husbarid became enraged after fist fight with Pte Boyes grabbed shotgun and threatened to kill his son NEW MORMON CHURCH LONDON ReutersThe cor nerstone of new Mormon church was laid by the president of the Mormons in Europe Tuese day in Londons fashionable Kenlt sington ditrict Alvin Dyer laid the cornerstone of church to be known as the Hyde Park mammogram branch It will be ready larva 17 Iron COMPANIES rmra IN PRICE aux Execute Rebels In Cuba SANTIAGO Cuba APlA fir ing squad executed antiCastro rebel leader Manuel Benton and two accomplices at down today The end came for the Myeamld former anny captain his brother Cipriano and Felipe Martinez little more than 24 hours after military tribunal convicted them of leading an abortive revolt against Fidel Castro in the Sierra Maestro last spring and killing peasant militia leader The tribunal deliberated only minutes in reaching its ver dict Ecaton and his tinyband of in surgents were captured last week after roaming the mountains of eastern Cuba for more than six months Five other members of the band were sentenced to prison terms ranging from five to 30 years Seven youths wereordered to reformatories until they reach maturityane was acquitted The three condemned men were accused specifically of killing Mai Francisco Pancho Ta mayo an officer of Fidel Cas tros forces who went unarmed into the Oriente province hills to persuade the gang to surrender The executions marked tho first return to action by firing squads to deal with Castros enemies in five months They brought to 560 the unofficial total of those executed during the Gas tro regime ESCAPED FROM PRISON Todays executions marred the end of the most publicized at tempt at insurrection against the Castro regime to date Beaton and his followers eluded pursuers for months after the for mer captain escaped from Hav anas La Cabana prison and mado his way to the same mountains where Castro had begun his suc cesstul drive to power PARK EXPANSION Stanley McMahon the he mit of Tossorontio Township may have to evacuate his log hut in the bush near Earl Rowe Provincial Park accord ing to William Braden Park Warden Park plans include expansion which would almost certainly force the hermit to move his establishment story mesday said the 48yearold McMahon had Icsidcd near Alliston for some five years after escaping world of endless aimless work and news of wars and more wars bachelor he says he has tested town life and not en joyed it He prefers the air and the earth in his home makeshift mud and log lean May Evict Illlislon Hermit to built into the side of hill near buginfested bog lfomc includes stove table and homemade bed and one enters same through the standard type of door boat windshield is his only window to the outside world of gar bage and rotten clothing McMahon works in the dis trict as farm hand He lives within few hundred yards of what could only be described as hovel owned and operated by his two sis tors He says dont want to work for wealth people spend their lives working to riches but must become slaves of unhealthy towns and cities in world which has war alter war per Copyl Page Schemed Years Against MONTREAL PiSeventeen pulp and paper companies today were found guilty of conspiring to restrain trade over seven year period and were lined total of $240000 Judgment was rendered by Mr Justice Harry Batshaw of Queens Bench Court The companies were charged with conspiracy to fix prices paid for pulpwond to farmers in Que bec and New Brunswick before 1953 The companies and fines Abit Power and Paper Co Ltd $15000 Anglo Canadian Pulp and Paper Mills Ltd $20 000 Armstrong Forest Co $8000 Canadian International Paper Co $25000 Consolidated TOKYO CDAt least three students were killed and hun dreds more were injured today in bloody clash between police and left wing students who stormed the Diet parliament buildings in protest against the Too Many Posts Leaves committee Reeve mantles Spmule of In nesigmd from the tour ism and industmial cmmmt bee at noon today He reminded Simone county council it is against the rules to participate on more than two oommittem Named to fill vacancy on the country roads committee Tuesday Mr Sproule is also member of the prop erty committee Police Set Up Hunt For Slayer Release Man Iii TORONTO CPI Detectives today continued one of their most intensive investigations in years to find the slayer of Mrs Mar garet Bennett The body of the 36yearold mother of three was found last Friday in parking lot in sub urban Scarborough Police wrote off Tuesday what appeared at first to be the best lead to date in the mgder They released man deta ed in Lon don Oat alter questioning him in connection with the slaying The man had amused suspicion because of redstain and dam age to his car He said both re sulted from collision with road barrier NO GOOD LEADS Scarborough detectives they had detained persons alight ing from buses in the area Sev eral hundred had been ques tioned and there were still some to go ter Qiiestioning The questioning failed to turn up any concrete leads They have also failed to find taxi driver who might have seen the murdered woman leave an east end hotel They know she entered the hotel early Thurs day evening male friend who said he delivered her there in his sports car saw several taxis at Vtheihotel door 77 if An autopsy showed Mrs Ben nett died about am POWERFUL KILLER Detectives think they know the type of man who committed the murder He is sadistic and powerful The body had 16 stab wounds the nose was broken and the bend almost severed from the body Discovery of one of the womans shoes some distance from the parking lot seemed to indicate the slaying might have taken place there RJ Rankin Named Seaway OTTAWA CPlR Rankin 63 vicechairman of the national harbors board and former Hali fax newspaper man has been appointed president of the St Lawrence Seaway Authority ef fective Aug Announcement of the new pres identfourth for the seaway ate thority since it was formedin 1954 was made today in the Commons by Transport Minister Hees Mr Rankin is to succeed Roberts 67 veteran govern ment official who took over the seaway command two years ago before the deep water ocean route to the Great Lakes was opened in 1959 Mr Roberts also former newspaper man is to retire July 31 after career in government service spanning more than 40 yearsa career that included work as assistant deputy minis ot finance and chairman of mutual harbors hohrd President Born in Chatham Ont Mr Rankin played wide rolein Maritime affairsparticularly in marine and economic develop mentprior to his appointment Feb 1959 as vicechairman of the national harbors board Mr Rankin joined the staff of the Halifax Herald in 1921 and rose to the post of managing editor of the Halifax Chronicle Herald later becoming vice president and member of the board of directors of the news paper He is former president of The Canadian Press starting twoyear term as head of Can adas national cooperative news gathering agency in 1954 He was chairman of the Port of Halifax commission for five years He also took major role in the economic development of the Atlantic provinces and was president of the Atlantic Prov meowdonning Students In Tokyo Brawl new United StatesJapaii secure itytreaty Police waded into the mob with nightsticks after the students had battered down the gate to the Diet grounds and surged through shouting God Damn Yankees God Damn Yankees The dead included one girl Police estimated the injured at between 400 and 500 but said it mighttop L000 More than 170 of the injured were reported in seri ous condition INCITED BY LEADERS The demonstrators fled in bloodyv disorder in the face of the counterattack by 500 clubswing ing police But some 3000 reas sembled in front of thenntional police headquarters where their leaders incited them to more demonstrations Ambulancesirens wailed throughout the city as the police regrouped behind their barri cades in the Diet grounds Meanwhile thousands more demonstrators joined in giant snakedance outside the Amerilt can embassy carrying placards protesting against Japans alli ance with the United States and demanding the resignation of Premier Nobusuke Kisbi BURN POLICE TRUCK Policetried to avoid an allout battle at the Diet until the stu dents set fire to police truck in side the gate Then they turned highpressure hoses on the riot MANILA AP President Eisenhower dedared today that the United States must remain stron and faithful to its friends in the face of Russias current antiAmerican offensive The Anierican leader bailed again by thousands of friendly Filipinos after tremendous wel come Tuesday assailed interna tiooal communism as the single most important breeder of world tension Eisenhower spoke out in ma jor foreign policy address to joint session of the Philippine Congress It was the first in series he willmake during his 10day tour of the Philippines Formosa Okinawa Japan and Korea The president said the actions of the us must make clear that propaganda pressures rocket rattling and even open aggres sion are bound to fail Cheers and whistles greeted therpresident on his arrival in the legislative chamber which was packed with eoatless seaar tors and congressmen in the open neck shirts that Filipino men wear outside their trousers even on formal occasions Eisen bower wore brown business sult complete with vest despite 85 degree heat Communist leaders fear conr structive nationalism as mortal foe he said This fear is evi dent in the continuing efforts of the Communist conspiracy to pen ctrato nationalist movements to prevent them and to pirate them for their own evil objectives 19571 when use Alcoa aodthrook of Dead ors and waded in with night sticks it was the first time in several weeks of demonstrations here that police bad faced the students and leftwing unionists in open combat In matter of seconds the students were fleeing in all directions Antigovernment forces mobil ized an estimated 20000 demon strators throughout the city in the protest At the Diet the students came in wave after wave against the gate using battering rams to break through the walls Creemore Girl Dies its Result 0t Crash HAMILTON CPlnloan Aikins 19 of Creemore 0nt died in hos pital today from injuries received in twocar headon crash Fri day Miss Aikins an Ontario Agricul tural College student was pas senger in one of the cars She suffered two broken arms and two broken leg and burns to do per cent of her body when the car ignited Jean Crosskill 25 RR Mea ford driver of the car is in fair condition Diane Clinton 19 of Aylmer passenger in the second car re mains on the critical bst Ike rrPledgese Plots By Reds Will Fail force subversion and bribery propaganda andspurious prom ises They deny the dignity of men and have subjected many millionsto the execution of mas ter plans dictated In faraway places Farmers Papcr Corp Ltd $20000 Donna cona Paper Co $0000 Eddy Co $20000 Gair Company of Canada Ltd $8000 Gaspesia Sulphite CoLtd $15000 How ard Smith Paper Mills Ltd 25 000 KVP Co Ltd 510000 James lilaclarcn Co Ltd $8000 Ontario Paper Co Ltd $10000 Richmond Pulp and Paper Co of Canada Ltd $0000 Ste Anne Paper Co $1000th St Lawrence Corp Ltd $20000 Spruce Falls Co Ltd $8000 TRIAL ENDED 1N APRIL The trial opened last Oct and ended April 11 hearings tak ing place two or three times week during the fall and being re sumed in the new year At the outset of the trial the Crown stated it would show that the companies maintained an agreement to fix their pulpwond purchase prices starting in April 1947 All the companies had pleaded not guilty gt City Evacuated In Flood Threat SANTIAGO Chile Reuters Inhabitants of the earthquake battered southern city of Val divia prepared for zero hour today as flood waters surged xv lentlessly down toward them While engineers battled through Tuesday night to slowdown the deluge by hulldnzing drainage canals in its path city authorilt ties completed plans for evacua tion and protection of the 25000 citizensall that remain of the original 110000 population The rest have left for hilltop army camps and cities not threatened by the flood Waters from Lake Rinihue now termed the cursed lake by Valdiviansare swelling along 53 mile long valley from the Andes range to the seaboard their natural outlets dammed by landslides thrown up by dis astrous earthquakes last month The lakeside town of Riaihue already flooded and the tops of tall trees are all that can be seen of forests in the area Plane Wreck Found All 14 Rheard Dead ANCHORAGE Alaska AP An airliner crashed near the peak of SIMSfoot Mount Gilbert Tues day killing all 14 persons aboard Among the nine passengers were two childrenone only 22 months oldand the wife of wealthyAlaskan Vii The Pacific Northern Airlines Constellation vanished into clouds and drizzle after taking off from Cordova on the last leg of flight from Seattle to Anchorage Among the passengers was Mrs Joan Edgman of Anchorage and her two children Mark and William 22 months Another passenger was Mrs Julie Odom 42 Wife of wealthy Anchorage banker and beverage distributor Milton Odom Attorney General Roberts Hosts Legal Officials In Barrie Today Legal officials from Simcoe County will be among the guests at conference sponsored by Attorney General Kelso Roberts in Barrie today Conference is aimed mainly at the work of the coroner and pro cedure in cases of deattrwhere police are involved Barrie coroner Dr Shannon Police Chief Edward Tschirhart Crown Attorney Thompson and assistant crown attorney Kennedy will be present Orillia and Bradford police do pertinean will also be repre sented Mr Roberts and chief coroner Dr Smirle Lawson will be hosts for the meeting to be held at the county buildings from pm to pm today Guest speakers will be Mr iLawson who will give lecture on the Coroners Act Silk assis ant attorney general who will ivo advice on lnquests Russell whose topic will be The Free Schedule Dr ll Frank KELSO ROBERTS the attorney Eenerals labora tory and Dr Paadman who will discuss coroners and Wssiege

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