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OUR TELEPHONES For Bumper Want Ads Tele phone PA Blet The telephone number to call for tborflusloear or Editorial Dept tr PA 36531 98th YearNo 78 THREE CHILDREN died early Sunday when fire swept through their lidstorey homo Flood Evacuation Threat Facing Chciudiere Valley LAC MEGANTIC Que CPt Residents of tho Choudlere River Valley faced danger of largescale floodingrtoday from water around the Gayhurst dam but the darn itself wasnt caus ing the immediate danger The Quebec Civil Protection Service issued warning Sun day night that opening of channel early today to allow ex cess wafer to flow from the dam probably would cause the river to overflow its banks The Chaudiere runs some as miles north from Lee Megantic and the Gayhurst than to the St Lawrence River near Levis Que Water was expected to start flowing through the channel at speed of 10 miles an hour in Civil Protection Service Hoffa Squares Makes Light Of narrow AP Teamsters President James Hoffa was out on the political road today with blast at George Romney and the Kennedy administration and good word for Nelson Rocke roller He accused the US adminis tration of interfering in the steel negotiations in what he called political manoeuvre The union chief opening his unions DRIVE movement Sun day night let go with salvo on Michigan state and national politics before an audience of more than 2000 union members DRIVE is the Teamsters newly announced Democratic Republican Independent Voter Education rogra which Hoffa says he hopes his huge in Woodstock Ont The chil drens parents fled the house with two other children Kili warncd the areas 10000 rcs dents to listen to their radios for flood wnrnings Wet on fell shiwgu the area most of the night and tom perntures hovered around the freezing point Water level in the dam was 1137 feet above sea level13 feet from the danger level for the earthen dam declared in deteriorating tion by Rene Levesque Quebec natural resources minister in the legis lature two weeks ago EVACUATION POSSIBLE Pear was expressed at the time that Chaudiere Valley res ldcnts might have to be evacu ated if the dam burst and some 4000000 cubic feet of water flowed down the valley to the St Lawrence River gainst JFK New Steel Pact organization can wield political influence Hoffa says the Team sters represent more than 000000 votes Hoffa rapping Romney the probable Republican candidate for governor of Michigan said So far all that Romney has accepted across the bargaining table as American Motors pres ident he seems to be trying to escape through legislation Referring to the labor con trat agreement in steel ha 851 sure to settle the contract so that there would be no increase in prices This was political manoeuvre and Ill wager cer tain grades of steel will go up in price in few months any way Porter Denies Knowledge Improper Activities In Office TORONTO CWChief Jus tics Dona Porter of Ontario to day took the stand before the royal commission on crime and denied any knowledge of im proper activities in his depart ment while he was attorney general between 1040 and 1955 He was asked by ccnunission counsel Roland Wilson about allegations by Liberal Leader John Wintermeyer of such ac tivities among senior officials The chief justice was asked if he had any knowledge of im proper relationships on the part of senior officials in his depart ment or any improper termin ations of investigations or pay ments of money None whatever replied the chief justice who was on the witness stand only briefly as the hearing resumed this morning The only other point on which the chief justice was queried concerned an incident in No vember 1954 after the arrest of 34 persons in raid on gambling club at Cooksville Last week the commission heard indirect and inconclusive evidence that then attorneygen eral Porter had ordered the questioning of this group stopped DENIES EARLYTESTIMONY Chief Justice Porters evid ence today contradicted this suggestion He said that on the morning after the raid on the Centre Road Vetcrnns Club he had call from Kennedy who was later to become pre mier but who then was pri vate member of the legislature for Peel in the county in which the club is located He said Mr Kennedy had stated he had heard people were being held in custody and wanted to know what it was all about The chief justice said he spoke to Clifford Magone deputy at torney general and asked him if he could find out the situation as he himself had not heard any particulars The government usedprdsf cd were Marié 11 Jimmy and Sheiylc children of Mr and Mrs omscy McDonald rcphoto Water flowing through the channel is expected to cause rise in the Chaudioren water lcvcl of up to eightfcctsnd overflow its banks Meanwhile some 2700 army personnel remained on standby orders at Camp Valeartier near Quebec City ready to move into theoroa to assist in any evacu ation which might take place Army engineers have been dynamiting ice in the Chaudiere for more than week to pre vent ice jams when the spring thnw reaches its maximum in the next few days The Chaudiore Rivera per ennial spring problem because of its northerly flowhas its source at Loe Mega Viet Nam Troops Kill 40 Commies SAIGON AP South Viet Nam troops supported by US Army helicopters mounted threeprongcd attack on Com munist mountain stronghold this weekend killing about in Viet Cong in the first two days of fighting The operation was reported by Jack Foisie special corre spondent for the San Francisco Chronicle who accompanied the mission No details were avail able from any military source The attack was described as the largest yet conducted in the Corps area of Central Viet Jia Tilibsftack began Saturday in remote mountainous section 270 miles North of Saigon Twelve US helicopters based at the coastal town of Qui Nhon carried 100 Vietnamese troops into battle In the course of Sundays lighting another 30 Viet Cong were reported killedand the government death tolf rose to V5 The operation was continuing today but US andViétnamese sources declined even to con firm it was under way More Bombings Shatter Algiers By FINLAY CAMPBELL ALGIERS Reuters The terrorist Secret Army Organiza tion today launched new wave of shootings bombings and hnldups in Algiers After the quietest Sunday this year in Algeria the Secret Army today wounded five Mos lems with plastic bombs gre nade and submachinegun at tack end got away with 249000 new francs $49800 in three armed robberies Three Moslems were wounded when grenade was thrown intoa Moslem store on the fringe of the Cosbah another in one of six plastic bomb cxplo sinus and fifth by subma chinegun burst fired from car as the grenade throwers sned sway requirement Barrio Ontario Gando rosarer STUNSMA Iraminer Monday April I962 LOCAL WEATHER Sunny continued cool warm lag trend lootL Law tonight la High tomorrow 45 For full summary turn to page two Not More Than 76 per Copyl2 Pagu Three Children Perish As Fire Razes House WOODSTOCK fCPThree of the five children of Mr and Mrs Ramsay McDonald were killed early Sunday when fire creating intense heat raced through their liestorey home Mr and Mrs McDonald sleeping in downstairs bed room were awakened by smoke as the fire began to sweep through the frame house Mrs McDonald fled outside with Donna and Barbara both sleeping downstairs Mr McDonald attempted to extinguish the fire which was spouting he said from the bot tom of on oil space heater in the room where Donna and Bar bara were sleeping The flames spread too rap idly ond Mr McDonald was forced to flee the house The three children who died all sleeping upstairs were Marie 11 Jimmy and Sheryl Marie was found by firemen on the kitchen floor They said she probably tried to escape but was overcome The other two children were found in their beds The flames were so intense that Capt Fruit of the Woodstock fire department said Longer Industry vacations Seen It Steel Pact Imitated By NORMAN WALKER PITTSBURGH Per AP Considerany longer vacations for United States workers gen erally can be expected if the terms of the new steel labor settlement are imitated in other industriesas they usually are The steel pact ratified over the weekend extends worker vacations to the point thnt in few years it will be common thing for veteran steel indus try cmpioyce to take two months off every year at full 03 Longer vacations wrll mean not only more leisure time but will mean more jobs will be opened up to fill the places of vacationing workers Paint Bright Picture For North Areas By JACK VAN DUSEN OTTAWA fCPA bright pic ture of northern development but one still shaded with lack of education and poor healthwas painted today by Gordon Rob ertson deputy minister of north cro affairs Mr Robertson also commis sinner of the Northwest Terrié tories sketched bright hori zon for the 23000 people of the north colored by prospects of great mineral wealth and devel opment over the 1200000 square miles But in his opening address to the twoday meeting of the Es kimo affairs committee he stressed the need for greater education and health facilities for the Eskimos Chief concern of the commit tee is the welfare of the some 7000 Eskimos of the north most of them living in the as yet unnamed territory that will be leftwith the formation of the new Mackenzie territory approved at the January meet ing of the Northwest Territories Council vx Excess Vitamin Alarms Doctors ABOARD EMPRESS OF ENGLAND CPiTbe number of foods and food preparation in Canada that have excess vit amin added is somcwhat alarming leading child doc tor said today Dr WilliamCochrane assoc ate professor of pediatrics at Dalbousie University Halifax told meeting of family doc tors aboard this Canadian Pa cific cruise ship that despite readily available vitamins there are certain vitamin defic iencies among children in vari ous parts of Canadaparticu larly of thiamine vitamin E6 ascorbic acid and vitamin lt is also necessary perhaps that the physician be aware of the potential danger of exces slve amounts of vitamin In Canada ltis somewhat alan ing to record the number of foods and food preparations that have excess vitamin added flt now is possible that young children may receive up to 3500 international units of vit amin daily when their actual is no greater than 400 international units call Negotiators for the 11 major US stch companies arranged to meet with separate Stoeh workers union bargaining teams today to translate the economic terms agreed upon Saturday into individual con tracts They hope to get finished for signing ceremonies next Fri clay Besides the new vacation ben efits described by Union Pres idcnt deid McDonald as major breakthrough in collec tive bargaining the settlement for improved opinions layo benefits grievance proce dures seniority and minimum weekly pay guarantees KENNEDY PRAISES President Kennedy warmly praised the union and industry for meeting his appeal for an early and responsible agree ment The president said the settlement was obviously non inflationary and called it in dustrial statesmanship of the it would have been suicide to enter when he arrived neighbor Arthur Clark said he was watching television about 130 am when he saw smoke coming from the McDon ald house When he get outside he said the house was already in flames Joan Smith 18 and three companions were driving past the McDonald house she said when saw man and woman come running out of the house They looked panicstricken TRY TO ENTER Miss Kennedy drove off to phone the fire department while two of her companions tried to enter the house but were forced back by the heat Deputy Fire ChitI Harold Lennox 56 suffcrcd disla cated shoulder when he fell while dragging host and Ron crt liewitt operator of nearby restaurant was also injured fighting the blaze Mr Hewitt an amateur skin diver ran to the scene with an air tank and mouthpiece lie climbed small porm and broke window suffering deep cut as he tried to get into the house The heat however was too intense and he was forced to jump to the ground Sonb Surrenders After Bombing NELSON 30 CPIA Sons of Freedom Doukhobor sur rendered to police at road block near here Saturday after bomb blast wrecked power pole The 00yearold suspect was to appear in court today with another Freedomito arrested in connection with the bombing of RAIN RITIMES Roads Bridges Power Lines Knocked Out By Flooding HALIFAX CF Floods spmvncd by torrential rain and melting snow blocked highways washed out bridges knocked down power lines and damaged buildings in many parts of the Maritime provinces todayf Damage was counted in the hundreds of thousands of do lars and was mounting Homes had to be evacuated in several communities including the New Brunswick city of hfoncton Residents there called it the worst flood in memory Flooded roads and wnshod out bridges to highway traffic on all main routcs load ing out of Nova Scotin The Nova Scotia town of Parrsboro and surrounding area lost its power service when the ram paging Maccan River tore out transmission line Part of Qxford MS was also without power All roads into the town were impassable ex cept for large trucks The main street was under water flood on the Margaret River knocked out power lines sewing section of northern Cape Breton island Emergency gen erators were pressed into use in the town of Chcticamp NS GIRL MISSING 15ycarold girl was miss ing at Pleasant Bay 25 miles north of Cheticamp She was feared to have drowned when highway was washed away Floodwatcrs th ned sinallldamat Harrison Lake near Maccan in northern Nova Scotia Canada Electric Com pany workmen toiled all night trying to save the structure The lake supplies water for cooling at the companys nearby Mac can power plant Provincial highways depart ments reported heavy damage to bridges What span near Middleton NS went out due ing the night Prince Edwardl Route the main highway through the Annapolis Valley was flooded in several places including Brickton west of Dig by and Paradise near Middle ion Many residents of northern Nova Scotin and southeastern New Brunswick stayed up all niyit trying to save furniture and heating equipment from the floodsi Residents from western sec tions of hioncton were forced to take alternate routes to work in the city today few families had evacuated their homes One report said garage near lake was severely flooded Six trucks three cars and trailer truck vcrc parked near the garage All that was visible of the vehicles early today was the top of the trailertruck Moncton Alderman Vaughan Harvey said This is the worst have seen in my 50 years her New Berlin Crack Down BERLIN AP Soviet Mar shal Ivan Konev cracked down Saturday on the freedom of United States military obser vers to move about in Soviet occupled East Germany Konev ordered watch on movements of the small US smilitarymission in suburban Potsdam And he forbade its membersa halfdozen officers and score of mento leave town without permission of his high command spokesman for the US Army command at Heidelberg West Germany said however that the Soviet order would have limited impact because the Americans themseies had pre viously decided to limit their school bus at Grand Forks island reported many small own movements in East Ger highest order southwest of here bridges carried away many WORLDWIDE LINK Wirephotio etwork kaminer The Barrie Examiner today started Canadian Press wire photo network service giving it access to worldwide news photos in matter of minutes The Examiner becomes the 40th Canadian newspaper in five provinces served by GP wirephoto on day and night basis Wirephoto expansion has been rapid in recent years The network was established as far as Winnipeg May 1961and then across Saskatche won and Alberta Oct the first time wirephoto service has been provided on regular basis across the Prairies Points served on the network receive pictures eight hours day on circuit operating from Tomato using Photofax receivers machines that deé liver wired picture in little more than eight minutes Photofax works on the same principle as fire equipment used for any years to transmit of ficial weather maps across the count Recently this facsim ile pro css has beenirnproved and th quality of pictures it deliversJ is satisfactory for re production in newspapers TRANMITTING At transmitting end which ma hundreds of miles from re photograph is mount on the rotating drum of rephoto transmitter By an urieate photoelectric process ected light from white and ck parts of the photograph changed into an electric of varying strength he Photofox process at the ingend sensitized paper constant speed be steel writinghiiado rotating cylinder that has surface curved metal the thread of screw 15 Serving IN THIS PHOTO Bill WII fiams editor The Barrie Ex aminer clips from Photo fax receiver picture which took about eight minutes to color depends on the strength of the signal received bywire from the transmitting point Because transmitter and re celver run at exactly the same speed atiny white paint on the original photograph is duplicat edby tiny white point at the same place on the sensi ed paper at the receivert The tvhoie picture is built up on Photofax by nearly 000 thin horizontal lines traced on the paper each line about halfsecond The Canadian Presswirephotd network was established in 1954 mm completed in manuals inde um be transmitted by wire from point possibly hundreds of miles from the receiver The picture has been received on sensitized paper Electric cur illustration today of todays news At first all receivers cop ied pictures on photographic paper which had to be pro ceSsad ina darkroom In 1955 the first Photofaxre ceiver was introduced on the network Photofax made it possible to eliminate the time consuming and expensive da lt room step Pictures are rece cdexactly as they will look in the newspaper The CP ntwork in Ontario and Quebec porates 231 hours day alt be extendedas necessary Mr ews ers with Alla rent passing through the pap er causes dark coloration corresponding to the dark tones on the picture being transmitted not served regularly by the net work gt The CP operation also has be come an international network with pictures flowing both ways across the border as well as between Canadian es it is used by The Asso ated Press UnitedStatas agency with the worlds largest wirephoto net work tosend world news pier tures to itsflanadian subscr crs ictures moveover the CP network at the rate of 320 wecku The network is able to vim