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saturday is for window on the world Island of refugees Pulau Bidong is an 85acre Island thats become temporary home for 30000 Vietnamese refugees fleeing their country See todays theme page for photo feature on the plight of these homeless refugees l975 CP Photo William Andrew Cecil Bennett whose 500 watt smile electrified the British Columbia campaign trail for more than two decades succeeded himself as premier six times in an unprecedented string of election victories He liked to boast that during his 20 years as Social Credit premier that he transform ed BC from havenot province to the No have province in Canada His many critics could and did at tack his economic statistics but even the harshest had to concede the often controversial politician had at least some grounds for his grandiose oratory as he surveyed BC rise to riches But on Au 30 1972 he saw the Social Another eclipse warning TORONTO Cpl Ontario Health Minister Dennis Timbrell issued warning Friday against watching the eclipse of the sun through filters or by reverse projection There is only one absolutely safe way to watch the eclipse he said That is on your television set Timbrell said the slightest imperfection in filter could allow intense light rays to damage viewers retina if reverse pro jection unit malfunctioned the viewer might be tempted to turn and look directly at the eclipse His comments were sup ported by the Ontario Medical Association The eclipse will occur across intario on Feb 26 at varying times between 1045 am and 145 pm CHCTV telecast will begin at 11 am EST Seals on highways PORT HAWKIISHURY NS fCPt Residents around the St Georges Bay area are meeting seals in their backyards and on local highways as result of freezeup of the bay and the seals airholes lands and forest department marine biologist here said Friday Robert Bancroft said ice conditions in St Georges Bay at the eastern end of the Nor thumberland Strait have caused the seals to head inland Bancroft warns residents not to approach the seals as they have vicious bite and will attack if frightened He suggests residents who encounter seal to chase the animal away The biologist said the seals will return to their normal environment when ice condi tions in the bay improve Iniured in collision Three men were taken to Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie Friday night following threecar pileup on Highway 90 west of County Road 28 An eastbound vehicle driven by Milton Carr 17 of Angus and westbound vehicle driven by William Power 38 of DoWnsview Bennett Soclal Credit Premier of BC who dominated politics in the province for 20 years died Friday night He is shown right with his son newlyelected Premier Bill Bennett shortly after election in Kelowno BC in Former BC premier Bennett dies redit party he had carried to seven proviir cial electoral victories from 1052 to 1909 fall in tatters around him and the New Democratic Party he had feared sweep into power on Aug 30 1072 Less than year later the political Mcthuselah bowed out of public life Hut he did not have to wait long to see his defeat avenged WA the initials gaye him his nickname Wacky stood at the back of packed convention hall choking back sobs of pride as his son Hill was chosen Social Credit leader in November 1973 And on Dec 11 1975 revitalized party led by Hill was voted back to the govern ment benches met in headon collision at about 1143 pm Friday said HarrieOPl Moments later while the Power vehicle lay across the westbound lane it was struck broadside by westbound car driven by Horst Karlein 113 of ampbell Avenue in Harrie All three men were admitted to hospital Karlcin is in intensive care for observation of head injuries Power and Varr were treated for minor injuries and released All three vehicles were written off said Harrie OPP Power is charged with iin paired driving Sniper to stand trial SAN DIEGO alif tAPi judge has ordered 16yearold girl to stand trial as an adult fora sniper assault on an elemen tary school that left two dead and nine in jurcd Superior Court Judge William Todd an nounced the ruling Friday and ordered Brenda Spencer to appear in municipal court Tuesday to enter pleas on two counts of murder and nine of assault As an adult she might receive life sentence if convicted on all counts If tried as juvenile she might bcjailcd until she is 21 The burst of gunfire shortly before class time at Cleveland elementary school on Jan 29 killed principal Hurton Wragg 53 and custodian Mike Suchar 56 Eight students and policeman were wounded Police said Miss Spencer who lived across the street left her home after sixhour siege and surrendered weather Mostly cloudy today with occasional flurries and increasing northerly winds Temperatures steady around Sunny Sunday with few cloudy periods Northerly winds gusting to 50 kmh Lows overnight to i0 Highs Sunday to You day isnt complete without The Examiner Call 7266539 for home delivery 115th year No 47 Saturday February 24 1979 the examiner in NS col GLACE BAY NS CP At least 10 miners were killed and six injured early today in an explosion at the No 26 colliery here Cape Breton Development Corp Devco said no one was trapped in the mine This morning at approximately am AST an nition occurred at No 26 colliery ollowed immediate ly by an explosion company statement said Cause of the igni tion is unknown At this time we have knowledge of 10 fatalities and six injured all of whom have been removed from the mine and are being transferred to Halifax Devco said conditions at the mine have returned to normal although mining had not resumed Names of the victims had not been released The entrance road to the mine was cordoned off and unauthorized people were not being allowed in Hundreds of people crowded along the entrance road awaiting word of their relatives fate The explosion occurred deep in the mine at level known as the No 12 south wall About 150 men work in the mine on normal night shift 5° Per Copy Carrier Home Dollvory 90 Weekly serving barrie and simcoe county l0 killed six injured liery blast Miners at No 26 Colliery Glace Bay await news of mine explosion this morning An ambulance operator said every ambulance in the Cape Breton industrial area was being pressed into service to evacuate the injured and that some private vehicles were also being used He said at least eight injured were on their way to Halifax by ambulance by 930 am local time Clciim hundreds of Chinese killed Vietnamese launch counterattack BANGKOK Thailand iAPi Vietnamese forces counterattacked Chinese troops in three border provinces killing hundreds of the invaders Hanoi broadcast said today But Peking official was quoted as saying the battle will continue until the border is drawn to hinas satisfaction Rhodesians bomb base casualties in hundreds 11SAKA Zambia iAPi Hundreds of casualties were reported as Rhodesian bombers blasted black nationalist guerrilla in Zambia less than tw0 weeks after guerrilla missile blew Rhodesian civilian airliner out of the sky killingall 59 aboard Witnesses said long convoys of ambulances and trucks rumbled Friday night carrying the dead and wounded to Lusaka hospital from one of guerrilla chief Joshua Nkomos largest camps 35 kilometres west of the Zam bian capital Troops and police cordoned off the hospital and their was no official casualty toll Witnesses said hundreds were killed or The offiCial Voice of Vietnam said the counterattacks were launched Friday and that in ao Hang province north of Hanoi the Vietnamese hit hiiiesc unit on Highway between Dong Rho and ao Hang ity In Hoang Lien Son provinci in the nor thWest Vietnamese armed forces killed hunr wounded and the extensive rescue operation appeared to back up their reports The Witnesses said four of Ithixlesias 20 yearold anberra jets dropped many bombs on the camp before being driven off by Zanr bian fighters They said the raiders came back two hours later and dropped single bomb on rescue teams SAYS PLANES OWNED Zambian government and guerrilla sources said two Rhodesian planes were shot down and their pilots and crews killed Rhodesian communique said all aircraft returned safely after striking the guerrilla base Iran to reclaim $21 billion taken out by TEIIRAN iAP The revolutionar government of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took action to reclaim $21 billion it says Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi his family and friends took out of Iran It also announced to day lt will resumeoil exports within 15 days The provisional regime of Premier Mehdi Hazargan said Friday it is nationalizing the shahs foreign holdings and asked Switzerland to freeze any of his assets there The Swiss had no immediate reply to the re quest Swiss sources said the Swiss govern ment has no authority to order freeze without evidence of crime and that Iran probably will be told to initiate court actions in each of the Swiss states where it believes the assets are held Irans justice minister Assadolah Mobacheri said the shah tranferred $15 shah family billion from Iran before he fled on Jan 16 His twin sister Princess Ashraf and group of associates tranfcrrcd $3 billion each he said He gave no indication how much is believed to be in Switzerland but the shah is known to own at least one Swiss villa ski retreat at St Moritz The total of $21 billion which these traitors have sent abroad is more than the combined gross national product of the worlds 21 orest countries Mobachcii said The illions that left our country belong to the Ira nian people The shah fled after yearlong street rebellion directed by Khomeini the 7tlltyear old Shiite Moslem leader After brief stop in Egypt the shah flew to Morocco where he now is living with his family under the protec tion of King Hassan ll Escape via Montreal subwa Airborne bandits haul is I2000 MONTREAL CP They swooped out of the sky Friday in fake police helicopter robbed shopping centre bank of $12000 and then took to the air again finally eluding police in the citys subway And today Montreal police are looking for man and woman who pulled off what they believe was Canadas first helicopter bank holdup Police said the bank robbers reserved helicopter with pilot Thursday from Olymv pic Helicopters of nearby St Hubert for what they said was to be trip to Quebec City When they arrived Friday at the helicopter office they gave Toronto address and paid $030 cash for the flight Once in the airythe man and woman pulled guns forcing pilm Nguyen Huu Le to land in field on the northeastern up of the island police said There they put Montreal Urban Community police decals on the helicopter While they were disguising the helicopter 33yearold Nguyen tried to escape but they fired three warning shots and handcuffed him to the controls police said The couple then forced him to circle over the city for about an hour while they debated which shopping centre to rob The pilot started to land at one suburban centre but the two changed their orders IIANGED MINI When they did Set down in second west end mall the man went into the building but changed his mind again They finally chose centre in St Laurent where the woman held agun on the pilot spokesman for the airsea search and rescue centre in Halifax said Canadian Forces helicopters and airplanes were standing by to fly injured miners to the burn centre at Victoria General Hospital in Halifax However the aircraft re mained at their bases in Summer side PEI and Shearwater NS dreds of troops and destroyed 71 vehicles in cluding four tanks the broadcast said In Lang Son province hundreds of eneiiiy troops were wiped out with one battalion lt Boeing aircraft Ive got good news ouve won the contract to sell us 100000 jumbo jets inside today footon mmlnmont window on the world upon 10 cornlcotv gulde classified 141 Food prices up per cent OTTAWA CP Hefty increases in the rice of beef flour and fresh produce pushed food prices up 31 per cent in the fourvweek period ended Feb 15 the antiinflation board reported Friday The board said the survey of supermarket prices in 12 cities showed food prices now are 21 per cent higher than year ago highest an nual increase since the index was created in 1974 while the man ran into branch of the Royal Bank of Canada with machine gun and made off with money from eight tellers Although 15 customers were there at the time of the robbery no one was injured Fleeing again in the aircraft the two com manded the pilot to land outside nearby subway station The pilot at iid the robbers would shoot him if he landed in an isolated field again set the chopper down in the mid die of busy intersection where the pair jumped out They disappeared into the subway Transit police said they were spotted getting off train two stops south each carrying sat chel The woman WildQSrlIl by witnesses as because fog and freezing rain made it impossible to fly over Cape Breton Telephone lines in the Glace Bay area were jammed with calls from concerned relatives and people were being urged not to place calls to the area trounced in battle southeast of lra Linh district kilometres from the hinese border the broadcast said Japans Kyodo news service meanwhile quoted Peking official as saying hinas overall pullout wont come ttxlay or tomor row because China needs togive bit more lessons to Vietnam IIJ DECIDE BORDER The official who was not identified also said hinese troops ultimately are to withdraw to what hina claims is the border line and not the border line Vietnam insists upon hinese troops were reported besieging the strategic city of Lang Son on Friday after seizing third provincial capital in Viet nams northern border region Kyodo quoted dispatches from the Japanese embassy in Hanoi as saying Peking troops were pounding Lang Son just six days after pouring across the frontier The city 128 kilometres north of Hanoi and 20 kilometres smith of the border has guard ed the invasion routes from hina for cen turies and analysts believe the decisive battle of the current war will be fought there Civil servants to get raises OTIAWA 1Pt The government anv nounccd Friday it plans to give 2000 senior civil servants pay raises of up to $100 week to top range of $78700 year In statement at the close of business the federal treasury board said executivcrlcvel bureaucrats would receive scvcnpcrccnt pay increases this year That boosts maximum pay to deputy ministers by about $100 week to $1500 week ly Minimums at the lowest executive level would increase about $42 to about $050 week The government said it had considered recommendation frotn an outside advisory group for 75percent increase in salaries but decided on seven per cent because cur rent circumstances required continued restraint Last year the government said it expected wage increases in the private sector not to ex ceed six per cent Prime Minister Trudeau this year received SApercent pay increase as did all MP5 bringing his salary to $70700 year Gov Gen Edward Schreycr receives $48000 while Opposition Leader Joe lark and cabinet ministers get $02500 being about 30 and very ugly and the man as about 25 bank official said later the helicopter did not arouse suspicion at first because it car ried police markings Police were alerted to the robbery by bank employees who tripped an alarm and by the helicopter pilot who managed to radio the lorval Airport control tower as he flew back still handcuffed to the controls to lyinpics base Nguyen Vienamesc pilot who has been With tiic company less than month was shaken but unharmed was really scared he Still thought they were going to kill me