The record, 21 avril 1981, mardi 21 avril 1981

Tuesday Rover turns heads A ’49 Rover runs through the streets of Sutton regularly, turning heads and stopping traffic.Merritt Clifton reports/3 Townshippers* file What do you call someone who lives in East Angus?Coaticook?Townshippers Association PR person Nelson Wyatt reveals the answers in his bi-monthly column/3 Boston Marathon Toshihiko Seko ended Bill Rodgers’ chances for four straight victories yesterday by winning in record time.Allison Roe won the women’s section and Montreal’s Jacqueline Gareau was fifth/12 Births, Deaths.7 Business.5 Classified.10 Comics.11 Editorial.4 Living.6 Sports.12 Bumper sticker on a farmer's truck: "(let high on milk - my cow s on grass." Cloudy Weather, Page 2 Sherbrooke, Tuesday, April 21,1981 25 cents Richmond study reveals lack of housing By Stephen McDougall RICHMOND — A new study has found that Richmond suffers a lack of adequate housing, especially in the downtown area along Main Street, and the plight of most residents along that stretch is difficult w hen it comes to pay ing rent and putting up with inadequate housing In December last year the Windsor Richmond social service clinic it'LSO launched a housing study to determine the condition of housing for residents of downtown Richmond The study is now complete and though only 375 of the 1500 residents questioned by mail or door-to-door responded.Simone Marchand, director of the study consul ers it a representative sample and said that it helped reveal the particular plight of low income residents living in the downtow n sector The study showed the average in come for tenants in Downtown Rich mood was $8,771.well Indow the pover t\ line set by the Quebec social affairs ministry in 1970 of $9.044 for a family of four The study also revealed that a large number of the downtow n residents were "non active" 41 per cent were classi tied as retired, unemployed, or stu K*': s M «ft % Ht JP*., r?\ >s*\; mb1 ^ ij* vXrs ^ -v ** - HI ( ORn/l'l KkV III ATON "Ue’ip been invited to Charles wedding—uncle Charles that is!" Big time burglars score $220,000 SHERBROOKE iCB> — In what police are calling the "biggest robbery ever" in city history, burglars got away with $220.000 from Alliance Blinde Ltee , an armored truck company office in a building which had no alarm system The thieves left no trace of their presence on either the door they entered by or the safe they rifled.Officials of the Hertel Street company could not be reached for comment yesterday, leaving unanswered the question why no alarm had been installed in the eight months the building had been in use for money storage.The theft was apparently discovered yesterday morning by employees arriving for work.When they opened the safe they discovered the $220.000 was missing The money was Easter weekend receipts from the various Eastern Townships branches of La Société d'Alcool du Quebec, gathered Saturday by Alliance armoured trucks.Sherbrooke's previous record theft involved $119.000 in jewelry stolen from a store in Le Carrefour de 1’Estrie in 1978 The weekend burglary was Alliance's second loss by theft in three weeks and the fourth in three years.On March 26 $2 4 million was stolen in a daring hijack on Montreal's St James Street.In a separate incident in Lake Megantic, a masked hold-up man locked a waitress and a teen-age husboy in the basement refrigerator of a restaurant at closing time and made off with $2.500 in receipts An irate customer heard the frozen pair crying for help while on his way out of the restaurant after being annoyed at the lack of service mw 'tm&S mille workers at Miner rubber have been off the job three weeks, the company's water pipe from the Yamaska River has been taking a leaky break.Granby fears violence over strikes By Sarah Scott GRANBY — The bitter weather on Easter Monday silenced rowdy picket lines in Granby, but there is still no end in sight to three strikes which have put nearly 1,000 employees here out of work Police reported a quiet holiday weekend, after last week was marred by vandalism at two local factories where workers are on strike But parents of school age children have nothing to cheer about today, as a bus strike goes into its fifth week About 150 workers walked off the job March 20 at Verreault Transport, which owns and operates most of the busses which normally drive children to elementary school in Granby and high school in Cowansville Since the strike began, parents have had to organize car pools to ferry their children to school every morning, bill now some parents are worrying about the children s safety One car pool ended in tragedy last week, when 9-year old Phillip Cahill died after an automobile crashed en route to school Two other children were injured in the accident "Parents are petrified to take other children to school now," said Granby resident Hazel Whitehorse “They worry when an accident like this See VIOLENCE, Pane l dents Some 177 families totalling 530 people, w ere reported on welfare Over 30 per cent of downtow n rosi dents paid more than 30 per cent of their income on rent alone while the Quebec average is 18 per cent.The See RICHMOND, Page 3 Police blast youth detention MONTREAL (CP) The lack of QiicIkv detention facilities for juvenile offenders is so acute outside the Montreal area that some teen agers are kept in adult jails or motel rooms, a coalition ol social workers and police said Monday it said the lack of facilities is un dermining Quebec's Youth Protection \ct and may result in potentionully dangerous juvenile offenders being put back onto the streets without proper treatment Spokesman Jacques Perreault, an official of the Montreal Social Services Centre, said Montreal's south shore area is especially under equipped and there is also a lack of facilities for young English speaking offenders in Montreal "All the studies have been made,'' he added "Now it is time for the (provincial) social affairs department to act” Perreault said provincial juvenile centres are “already working at full capacity and there are few facilities for any long term rehabilitation programs "Our so called 'front line' facilities responsible for offenders immediately after their arrest are already working at full capacity and there are few facilities for any long term rehabilitation programs " Coalition members include the Quebec Association of Police Chiefs, Quebec Association of Social Services, Quebec Association of Welcoming Centres and the Youth Protection i ommittec The fact that police chiefs and social service associations have formed an alliance, he said, shows that the problem is acute but solutions are pi issihle ‘We live in a racist country’ — Metis leader OTTAWA (CP) — The president of the largest native group in the country threatened Monday to reject the federal government’s proposed constitutional package unless native peoples are given the same rights as other Canadians Calling Canada a racist country.Metis leader Harry Daniels demanded clauses be added to the proposed charter of human rights to clearly state that aboriginal rights take priority over tedcral and provincial laws and that native peoples can seek court action it they feel their constitutional rights are being violated Native peoples should also be given a veto on constitutional changes affecting their rights, something that Justice Minister Jean Chretien has rejected.I laniels said Irish MP Sands near death BELFAST (AP) — IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands was reported about to go into a coma in Belfast's Maze prison as young Roman Catholics rioted in Londonderry for the sixth night Monday Sands, 27, was in the 52nd day of a fast demanding political status for jailed members of the Irish Republican Army Government officials said he was growing "progressively weaker" and his family said he could no longer keep water dow n and was about to lose consciousness John O’Connell, a doctor who with two other members of the Irish Republic s parliament visited Sands on Monday, estimated that he had five to six days to live O'Connell said a prison doctor told him the starving man w as in danger of a cardiac arrest Another visitor said although Sands was suffering from headaches and (ailing eyesight, he was lucid and resolute "1 got the impression that Mr Sands was determined to die.' O'Connell said But the British government also was adamant “The government will neither negotiate with the prisoners nor concede to the principle of political status “ said David Mitchell, a spokesman for the Northern Ireland < iff ice R\ m.ES IMII.K K As Sands' condition worsened in the hospital wing of the Maze, his sup porters set vehicles ablaze, built street barricades and threw bombs at police in Belfast A member of the British Parliament.Sands is a hero to Northern Ireland republicans seeking British withdrawal from the region His last in Maze prison near Belfast sme March 1 and his recent election to the House of Commons have prompted demonstrations and rallies of support in Northern Ireland and in the Irish republic \t 27.Sands has spent almost one third of his life in prison He is currently serving the fourth year of a 14 year term for weapons possession He was captured after a gun battle w ith police following the bombing ol a warehouse in Belfast in 1976 In 1973 Sands was sentenced to live years in prison after being found guilty of the armed robbery of two gas stations and two more attempted robberies He was also convicted of membership in the Irish Republican Army In other aspects, his life has followed the pattern of many Roman Catholics in Belfast lie has said that he was born in llathcoole.a predominantly Protestant area of the city, hut his family was intimidated into leaving and moved to the safety of the Catholie areas of west Bellas! Ill I JOB Ho said that soon after this move he was intimidated until he left his job as a trainee mechanic and tl was this that made him gun the Provisional wing of the IBA tn prison, he has olten contributed to The Republican News Although the proposed charier of human rights stales that anyone can go to court it convinced his constitutional rights are being violated, Daniels said it is not clear whether that applies to the section containing aboriginal rights And the aboriginal tights section, which recognizes and affirms yet to be defined rights, does not clearly stale that it lakes priority over federal and provincial rights legislation as they do in the rest ol the charter, Daniels said It \( ISI ( fllMRY We live in a racist country," said Daniels, president ol the one million member Native Council of Canada We have human rights lor white people but not for Indians and half breeds The National Indian Brotherhood, which represents :too.onn Indians who receive benefits under federal jurisdiction, rejected the constitutional package last week because they are not included in the amending formula Daniels warned that if the council's demands .ire not met by Thursday, he might travel to London to lobby against patrialion “We now see that aboriginal rights have been recognized, not entrenched " Parliament begins a threeday défraie on constitutional amendments this week before referring the package to the Supreme Court of Canada, which will determine its legality While the government has rejected a native veto on constitutional changes that affect aboriginal rights, it has agreed to accept a New Democratic Party amendment to ensure that aboriginal rights clauses cannot tn* changed without approval from a combination of six provinces and the federal government.Israeli gunners fire on Lebanese stronghold Constitution: Last chance today OTTAWA i CP i — Government officials are expecting a harried day of back room negotiations in the Commons today the last opportunity for all political parties to table amendments to Prime Minister Trudeau's constitutional package "There will be a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, one official said in an interview Monday A colleague predicted: “It will be fascinating While Trudeau has agreed to accept New Democratic Partv amendments boosting rights for women and natives, the government is unsure of the sub stance of all opposition amendments “'Justice Minister Jean Chretien” people will be waiting anxiously." one of the officials said Should some of these amendments he “something likeable, hut not quite right." the government may draft a replacement and introduce it later in the day Intensive all party negotiations could ncciir throughout much of the dav as government negotiators attempt to revise opposition amendments in ways the Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats could find acceptable Except for such compromise amendments, the government was not expected to introduce any other changes to its package The government does not have to table its amendments until four hours after the 6 p m EST deadline imposed on the opposition to Winnipeg veMerdav Manitoba Premier Sterling Lyon again branded as false a Montreal newspaper report of a Hosed meet g of premiers last week in Ottawa In St John s.Newfoundland.Premier Brian Peckford on Monday mined the chorus o( premiers who have condemned as untrue the Gazette storv 1 There is absolutely no substance whatever to the story zero." Peckford said at a news conference BKIKt’T Reuter> Heavy artillery buttles raged in south Lebanon early today following Israeli air strikes against Palestinian guerrilla positions, the official Palestine news agency, Wafa, reported Wafa said Israeli and rightist militia gunners were concentrating artillery lire on an area around the Palestinian Lebanese leftist stronghold of Nabatiyeh They were also hitting Dier /.ahrani to the north as Israeli planes flew repeated night missions over the sector, dropping flares, the agency added It quoted a spokesman for the mint Palestinian leftist forcesa$ saying Israeli gunboats had also been sighted cruising off the Lebanese coast The latest action followed Monday’s Israeli air bombardment of the Palestinian stronghold of Beaufort ( astir, about to kilometres north of the Israeli border A squadron of six Israeli planes wa’ reported to have blasted guerrilla targets for more than an hour Palestinian guerrillas said they responded with a rocket attack on northern Israel At least 21 people have been killed and 70 wounded in fighting Sunday and Monday The bloodshed has capped three weeks of renewed fighting in liebanon, described as among the most serious since the 1975-76 civil war, Iwbanese security sources said Monday’s air attack coincided with a major flare-up in Beirut between troops from the all Syrian Arab Deterrent Force and militiamen from the right wing Phalangist party Syrian forces blasted predominantly (’hristian east Beirut wdh salvos of rockets A Phalangist spokesman described the action as "open hell," as shells rained down during a battle lasting more than two hours At one point Monday, the shelling extended as far as the Christian town of Jounieh.15 kilometres north of Beirut N 2 TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1981 Getting there costs us 14 per cent more in 1981 TORONTO « post this vo ir based on 24,(KM) kilometres of driving annually is 41 cents a kilometre, compared with 35.7 cents a kilometre last year, the association said The figures were prepared for the association by Kunzheimer and Co of Rochester, Wis, which provides a servire for niiomobile standard allowances used by more than 750 business firms and government agencies in Canada and the U S with a combined fleet of cars covering 170,00(1 drivers The car type used for the national average cost figures was a standard- size 1981 Chevrolet Malibu with a six-cylinder 1229 cubic inch engine and standard accessories — radio, automatic transmission.power steering and power brakes Calculations were based on variable costs such as gas and oil and fixed costs including insurance, depreciation and financing charges The figures show the combination of gasoline costs, maintenance, and tire costs rose to 13 28 cents a kilometre from less than 12 cents Fixed costs rose to $7.08 cents a day from $6 11 Based on driving 24.000 kilometres at 13 2 cents a kilometre plus $7 08 cents a day for fixed costs for 365 days th< average annual cost is $3.815.In the Toronto area, the annual cosi of operating a domestic compact cat would be $522 less than for an eight cylinder standard-size car and the sub compact cost would be $1,124 lower Weather News-in-brief Cloudy with sunny breaks today.Winds will be moderate from the northwest.Wednesday, mainly cloudy.High today, 3, low tonight, -10.High Wednesday, 8.Townships’ Crier Townships’ Crier COURTESY OF ItROOKKUKY 5(K) Card Parties will be held at the Bury Municipal Hall on April 22 and 29, 8:00 p.m., for the benefit of St.John’s Church, Brookbury.Prizes and refreshments.KNOW I .TON Faster Tea at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 22 at St.Paul’s Church Hall under sponsorship of the A C W The speaker, Brenda Louson will be showing slides of The Oberamagau.ROCK ISLAND Stanstead Chapter IODE coffee party for members and guests at the home of Mrs.Vivian Davis at 1():(K) a m on April 24 SHFHBKOOKF.The Sherbrooke Hospital Ladies Auxiliary will hold a Bake Sale in the Main l/ibby of the hospital from 1 p.m.on Friday, April 24.All the goodies will be home made.STANSTKAI) The Allegro Unit of Centenary United Church will hold a rummage sale in the church hall on Friday, April 24, 2 8 p.m and Saturday, April 25, 9 -11 a m LFNNOXV1LLF Lennoxville Flementary School Committee is sponsoring a Children's Used Clothing Sale, Friday, April 24, 2:30 i 30 p.m and 7 - 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published the following day.To place a death notice in the paper, call 569 4856.If any other Record number is called, The Record cannot guar antee publication the same day Old woman mugged in Montreal MONTREAL (CP) An 86-year-old woman died Sunday after she struck her head when knocked to the ground by a group of young purse snatchers in the city's west end.Ida Mendelsohn and a 74-year-old friend were walking home from a Passover gathering at a senior citizens' association when they were set upon by five young men The younger woman’s purse, containing $20, was stolen Mendelsohn was pushed to the ground and struck her head.She was pronounced dead at hospital.The attack, the third fatal mugging in the area since September, has rekindled fears by elderly residents in the (|uiet residential quarter who say they are afraid to go out alone at night.Gazette appoints new editor MONTREAL (CP) Richard Conrad has been appointed business editor of The Gazette succeeding Clair Balfour who has been promoted to assistant managing editor, it was announced today.Conrad, 36, a native of Simcoe, Ont., was financial editor of the Toronto Star before joining The Gazette.A graduate of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, Conrad later was a staff writer with The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business anil also contributed to such publications as the New York Times and Newsweek.God doesn’t ride a bike MONTREAL (CP) Members of a local cyling organization, fed up with the lack of response from city authorities to their request to allow bicycles on bridges and the subway, turned to God for help Monday.He didn’t answer.Dressed as Moses, cyclist Philippe Couture tried parting the waters of the St.Lawrence River to make a bicycle path.About 30 members of Citizens on Cycles, dressed as ancient Hebrews, watched but the river just kept on flowing Suicide investigated MONTREAL (CP) Quebec provincial police are investigating the apparent suicide of a 27-year-old prisoner awaiting trial for the slaying of his wife.Michel Julien was found hanging in his cell in the provincial police Parthenais detention Centre here Monday from a noose fahioned from bed covers.Julien was arrested Oct 3.hours after his wife was stabbed to death before her two young children.Poisoned air cadets recovering OTTAWA (CP) Twenty of 32 New Brunswick air cadets who suffered food poisoning on Easter Sunday were released from Ottawa hospitals Monday ''Most of the boys ranging in age from 13 to 16 years l'ave been released from hospital," said Lt.-Col Gaétan Bolhumeur, spokesman for the National Defence Medical Centre.He said the remaining dozen cadets will remain in hospital for another day of observation Bolhumeur said the cadets, members of the Canadian Air Cadets 527 squadron in Saint John, N.B , ate Easter dinner at a Canadian Forces base in Montreal before travelling to Ottawa to tour the National War Museum Most were admitted to the defence medical centre with stomach cramps; three were taken to the nearby Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.Polish sailor changes his mind ST.JOHN'S, Mid.(CP) A 29-year old Polish sailor returned to his fishing boat in St.John’s harbor Monday after he decided not to defect to Canada.'The sailor walked into a police lockup near the water-tront Sunday He could not speak English but it was presumed he wanted to stay in Canada • An immigration spokesman said a conversation with' the man Monday revealed he only wanted to stay in Canada for a few months to w ork, and w hen he w as told he would have to go through proper channels, he returned to his boat Police begin work-to-rule HALIFAX iCP) I nionized city police vowed Monday night to turn a blind eye to minor misdeeds as they began a work-to-rule campaign described as a prelude to a strike, for which no date was set However, the Halifax Police Patrolmen's Association, by holding off a walkout, left the door open to renewed contract negotiations But the union executive said chances were slim the first police strike in this city of 120,WM) could be averted.The union, whose 1% members represent about 60 per cent of the force, said police could be pulled off the job at any moment, but probably would not begin a strike this week Deaths WOODSTOCK.N B I P) RCMP today released the identities of three students w ho died w hen they plunged 30 metres into a river gorge near here early Monday Dead are Janet Mary Lynn Taylor, 18.of St Lambert, Que , Nels Anderson.22.of Greenbelt, Md , and Paul Frederick Graham, 19.of Westmount, Que All were believed to be students at the University of New Brunswick RCMP said the three died when they fell from the top of Hay s Falls to rocks below Religious council in trouble TORONTO i CP' The Canadian Council of Christians and Jews one of Canada's largest charities — is in financial troubleand has been living beyond its means, its president says V ictor Goldbloom.a former Quebec cabinet minister who resigned his seat to take over the foundering organization 18 months ago.said the council has had deficits of $250,000 in 1980.$150,000 in 1979 and $100.000 in 1978 The council’s $900,000 reserve fund has been pared to $400.000 in three years and Goldbloom said until he began cutting staff and programs, the projected deficit for this year was about $400,000 Alcan-Manitoba reach agreement WINNIPEG (CP) — Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd.and the Manitoba government have agreed in principle to share the cost of a giant hydroelectric power plant to supply a proposed aluminum smelter With a guarantee of power, Alcan will now spend at least $5 million to study the feasibility of constructing the $500-million smelter in Manitoba.Alcan president Patrick Rich said Monday the com pany’s minority share of the hydro generating station could be another $500 million, raising the company’s potential total investment to $1 billion.Eaton’s reviewing security policy WINNIPEG (CP) — A spokesman for Eaton’s said Monday the company is reviewing its security system after being ordered last week to compensate a young man held in handcuffs.Edward Marks had been trying to cash his payroll cheque at the store in 1977 when he was detained by store security officers.He was released only after police arrived and quickly determined the cheque was not one of a batch stolen from the restaurant where Marks was employed.Quebecers to trace voyageur route FORT MCMURRAY, Alta.(CP) —Six Quebec men are planning to travel from Fort McMurray to Montreal by canoe this summer, retracing the route used by Northwest company voyageurs in the days of the fur trade.The 4,800-kilometre trip, dubbed Expedition Voyageur 81, will start May 15 in Fort McMurray.The paddlers, led by Pierre Beauchamp, plan to travel along the Athabasca, Clearwater and Churchill rivers and across Lake Winnipeg and Lake Superior to reach Montreal sometime in August.The men plan to cover 40 kilometres a day, less than the voyageurs, who averaged 80 kilometres a day with loaded canoes.They have estimated the trip will cost $15,000 including the cost of canoes and camping equipment.The other members of the expedition are Guy Maillie, Mario Perron, Henri Amyotte, Denis Laurence, and Charles Jobin.RCMP officer shot CALGARY (CP) — An RCMP sergeant and a convicted murderer who escaped from the Edmonton Institution last month remain in hospital following a shootout in downtown Calgary on Sunday.Sgt.Ray Forsythe, 33, and Harvey Harold Andres, 32, were both hit by police bullets, said police.Forsythe, a 13-year RCMP veteran, is in satisfactory condition and Andres is in good condition.Police say the shooting occurred when RCMP officers stopped a car carrying four people.Two women and a man got out of the vehicle but Andres slipped into the driver's seat and drove away.Greyhound prepares for strike CALGARY (CP) — Greyhound bus depots in Western Canada have stopped selling tickets on long runs in preparation for a shutdown of services Wednesday.Alxiut 1,400 Greyhound Bus Lines of Canada employees, members of the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local l374, will walk out at midnight tonight to back contract demands.Passengers treated as baggage EDMONTON ( CP ) Passengers were forced last week to stand in the baggage compartment of a train on a Calgary to Edmonton trip because a normal car was unavailable, Mike Williams, manager of public relations for Via Rail in Western Canada, said Monday.He said there are normally three dayliners available for use.but one 80-seat car was being repaired and another was damaged in an accident at a level crossing near Edmonton Thursday.I he combination forced a 44-seat car into use and left about 15 passengers standing or sitting in the baggage compartment last Thursday.Williams said all the standees were warned they would have to stand before they boarded the train.Airline food competition heats up VANCOUVER (UP) Competition is increasing for the right to prepare those steak, ham or chicken dinners served on airline flights.A Vancouver-based flight-kitchen chain has been launched to make airline meals at Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto airports.Eagle Flight Catering Ltd.will become Canada’s third major flight-catering service behind Cara Operations Ltd., the industry leader, and CP Hotels' Chateau Flight Kitchens, a close second Eagle has signed agreements to provide meals for Pacific Western Airlines, Laker Airways, British Airtours and others.Van.swamped with jury volunteers VANCOUVER (CP) About 600 people have surprised court officials and volunteered to serve as jurors in what could be British Columbia’s longest criminal trial.Sheriff's officer Hector Simpson said it's unbelievable that more of the 2,100 potential jurors selected from the provincial voter s list didn t ask to be excused from the trial of 20 persons accused of conspiring to traffic in heroin or conspiring to traffic in cocaine, or both Ontario Hydro joins nuclear group PALO ALTO, Calif.(AFP) — Ontario Hydro Corp , the largest Canadian producer of nuclear energy , has become the fifth foreign member of the Nuclear Safety Analysis Centre here, it was announced Monday The centre, which conducts research and provides information on nuclear safety, has a membership including nuclear energy producers in the United States.France.Japan.Sweden and Taiwan Ontario Hydro has nine nuclear power stations in operation, eight others under construction and four more being planned Thirty-two per cent, or 8,956 megawatts, of its total electrical production comes from nuclear generating plants IMF issues S5.2 billion in loans WASHINGTON — The International Monetary-Fund issued a record $5.2 billion in loans during the first quarter of 1981 to help 35 countries meet surging costs for oil and food, figures released Monday show .First-quarter loans were up sharply from the first three months of 1980, when new commitments totalled $14 billion.For all of 1980.IMF loans reached a record $8.8 billion.Sneezer destroys four cars OCEAN CITY.N.J.(AP) — Before anyone could tell Janice Ball “Gesundheit,” police say, four cars were mangled.Police said Ball, 20, of Haddonfield, sneezed as she was pulling her car Sunday into the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant The sneeze caused her car to hit a parked car, which jumped a median in the lot and slammed into another parked car, police said.Ball's car then swerved backward, hitting a third parked car before coming to a halt, police said.The parked cars were unoccupied and no one was hurt, police said London violence continues LONDON (AP) — Black youths hurled stones at police Monday night during an Easter fair in a north London suburb and another fair in west London was closed after about 300 blacks “ran amok,” police reported.They said 40 young people, mainly blacks of West Indian descent, were arrested and more than 20 people, including eight policemen, were injured when violence erupted during a fair organized by blacks in Finsbury Park, north London, Another body found in Atlanta ATLANTA ( AP ) — A body was found Monday afternoon in the Chattahoochee River southwest of Atlanta, authorities said.Officer R.W.Denison of the Fulton County police department said the body was discovered about 4 p.m.EST in the river.He said it has not been determined whether the body was that of an adult or a child.The body was found off Brown's Lake Road, Denison said.On Sunday, the body of 15-year-old Joseph Bell was pulled from the South River in DeKalb County.He is considered the 24th victim in a string of slayings of young blacks that began in July, 1979.US sailors released HAVANA (AP) — A Cuban naval patrol vessel seized four U S.sailors Sunday when their recreation boats strayed into Cuban waters near the U S.Naval Base at Guantanamo on Cuba's southern coast, but American diplomats gained their release Monday, officials reported The sailors had been fishing in two small boats borrowed from the base and their craft apparently strayed from the U S.jurisdictional waters at Grantanamo.Homosexuals want a vear TORRE PEL1CE, Italy ( AP) — Homosexuals attending an international conference called Monday for the United Nations to declare a special year for homosexuals.More than 300 homosexuals from 30 countries attended the conference in this northern Italian town outside Turin.It was the third conference organized by the International Gay Association.Marcos warns terrorists MANILA (AP) — Terrorist attacks, like the bloody Easter Sunday cathedral bombing at Davao City, must stop or strong steps will be taken, “elections or no elections,” Phillipines President Ferdinand Marcos warned Monday.Marcos issued his warning as the military announced it is holding two young Marxists as suspects in the grenade attack, which killed 13 people and wounded 161 on Mindanao.Elias Lopez, governor of the mostly-Roman Catholic municipality, said 96 people are still in hospital, 13 in serious condition.Striking CBC pools resources MONTREAL iCP> — Four unions representing 3,300 ( Bt employees in Quebec pooled their efforts Monday to develop a joint negotiating strategy in contract talks with the Crown corporation "The unions negotiated separately before — it will be a group effort from now on,” said Celestin Hubert, president of the union cartel.Hubert said representatives of the unions agreed on two points during a meeting Monday: that CBC employees should receive parity with their competitors and that an indexation clause be incorporated in the contract to protect them against inflation.Hubert said the inflation rate is running at almost 13 per cent and some employees are earning as much as $5,000 a year less than their counterparts at private television networks, such as Tele-Metropole 1 he cartel represents French-and English-speaking employees who are members of five unions, one of which was not represented at Monday's meeting They include: — 1 echnicians.who recently voted 78 per cent in favor of a strike I heir contract expired last June; —Announcers, office staff and truck drivers affiliated with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), who are also threatening strike action Their contract also expired last June, —¦Journalists who have been on strike since October 30; —Production staff, who are just beginning contract talks with the corporation; —And maintenance workers, who were not present at Monday's meeting Jean Boisjoli, spokesman for the CUPE members, said the 1.150 employees who voted 68 per cent in favor of a strike last week are seeking an indépendant mediator to settle their dispute He said a walkout was possible “whenever it is felt appropriate ' * s James Riddle, a Miner employee who retired shortly after the strike began ' If they haven't got the money, they won't be buying That's for damn sure." he said What worries Granby residents right now is the prospect of violence on the picket lines Officials at the Miner Company woke up one morning last week to find a dead pig hanging m the doorway of the company office Union officials deny any responsibility for the incident, but it will probably heighten tensions on both sides nonetheless Union and company negotiators have held no talks since the strike began, and there are none planned in the immediate future At Bow Plastics Ltd guards found severed telephone wires, broken windows, fences and plastic tubes on company property last week.But the vandalism stopped last Friday when a Montreal bast'd company.Industrial Detectives, started protecting the premises, said the company's manager Steve Sosnowski Now there are 12 guards on duty 24 hours a da\ "1 don't anticipate violence the way things are going now." he said, ex plaining that the guards do not carry guns on duty But the chief guard, Hubert Vendetti predicts a noisy confrontation between strikers and the company if Bow tries to send trucks loaded with plastic tubes out the front entrance.Bow officials and union negotiators are meeting today to try to resolve the contract dispute, which revolves around questions of seniority, holidays, and salaries, said Marcel Chabot, president of the International Union of Rubber Workers This is the third strike in Bow’s 40 > ear history.he added Bow employees can never expect to recoup their losses during the strike, but Chabot insisted that the strikers are taking the losses for future generations of Bow workers Townshippers' BY NELSON WYATT Lennoxvillois or East Angussien?Setting the record straight dept.: Townshippers' Health and Social Services program officer Ruth Atto tells us some Lennoxville residents have been confusing the association's recently established regional table with the social service-oriented Aide Communautaire Lennoxville et environs.Whoa.While both groups are community spirited and worthy of support, a few diffirences do exist in their objectives and scope.The Townshippers' table, founded at a public meeting in Lennoxville on March 30, is mainly concerned with several areas already established as priorities by the Townshippers' Association These areas include health and social services, education, employment, heritage and cultural affairs and participation in Quebec society.Though the table has a full executive, headed by president Norma Siddiqui, the local chapter is still in its fledgling stages and still has to appoint chairmen to its various standing committees.Aide Communautaire Lennoxville et environs has been around a little longer.Created through the efforts of local citizens, the Eastern Townships Regional School Board and the Townshippers' Association, Aide Communautaire was organized to provide services that were desperately lacking in town and a 10 mile radius beyond.Taking a cue from the experiences of the Stanstead-Beebe-Rock Island Benevolent Society.Aide Communautaire first established itself with a provisional Board of Directors, headed by GeTdld Frost.This group set about trying to obtain a charter, funding and to conduct a survey to ascertain local needs.About $1,000 was received from Centraide-Estrie for the group and efforts to date have been directed towards transportation and home care services for the elderly and handicapped.Atto, who served as one of the resource persons in the group's founding, says the eight-month-old community organization is planning to achieve its goals in stages.She says that while the bulk of the work will be carried out by volunteers, with the addition of more funds in the future, a co-ordinator for the expanded services could be hired.Currently, monies are being sought from the CRSSS-05, which distributes grants for similar types of organizations in the region Office space is now being sought to house the group.Persons who would like more information on Aide Communautiare, or who would like to volunteer or take advantage of their services, should contact Gerald Frost at 563-0613.•4" 4“ “f* A quick look in the mail bag yields a note from Louise Orr at the ETRSB's Adult Ed Service.She tells us that there will be a founding meeting for the Lennoxville Women's Centre at the Lennoxville Elementary School, 1 Academy Street, on April 29.The Wednesday night meeting will commence at 7:30 p.m The centre's objectives are to encourage women to participate fully in their communities, to provide formal and informal learning opportunities and to serve as an information and referral centre for women.For further information, call Louise Orr at the ETRSB (569-9468.ext.52) or Bette Napier at Champlain College (564-0211).+ + + The Magog regional table of the Townshippers’ Association also welcomes the general public to its annual general meeting, to be held on April 29 at 7:30.Association president Jim Ross will address the gathering, which will take place at the Princess Elizabeth Elementary School in Magog.Elections for the executive of the regional table will also take place.+ + + Finding yourself was a big deal back in the sixties and the seventies, but latest word from the Office de la langue française seems to have ruled out such tasks as a concern for the eighties The Office has just released a list of names for people who live in the various towns and villages around here The list tells us that residents of Ayer's Cliff are Ayer's Cliffo .; people who hang their hat in Coaticook are Coaticookois: folks in East Angus are East Angussien and those who dwell in Farnham are Farnhamien And don't call them Lennoxvillers anymore - they're Lennoxvillois.Aren't you glad you asked0 FOK r.*c',esS NOMINATED FOR ACADEMY AWARDS Rare 1949 Rover traffic stopper I’HOIO/MI KKII I ( I IITON The odometer on Armand Bourget's '49 Rover has gone around past zero more than once.Richmond shortage hits elderly Continued from Page One average rent was $130 per month for a 412-room apartment Thirty-nine per cent of these tenants had to pay extra for services such as hot water, heating, and electricity.Downtown residenLs indicated the inadequate conditions of their shelter were affecting them personally, with irritability, depression and impatience among the tenant families the main result.The study shows the elderly have been hit hard Richmond has an above average percentage of people over 65 years of age: 11.7 per cent versus 8 per cent for the province as a whole.They have been hurt in terms of housing be- cause their revenues have not kept up with the average income of working people.According to Statistics Canada, says the study, average incomes went up 189 per cent between 1970 and 1980.In that same period, a retired person's income went up only 85 per cent.And according to the study, 31 per cent of downtown residenLs are retired Taken as a w'hole, the general hous mg picture for Richmond is no better than the downtown area's.According to the study’s statistics over 42 per cent of the houses and apart ment buildings are 35 years old or over.That compares with a provincial average of 38 per cent.Further, a large portion of apartment residents believe their dwellings are in dire need of basic repairs to such things as broken windows and doors that leak expensive heat, and poor heating and plumbing.But only 18 per cent of land lords agreed with the tenants that immediate repairs were needed.As a result, the study indicated that 57 per cent of downtown Richmond ten ants were planning to move because of difficulties with their landlords and the lack of repairs to their apartments.Only 48 per cent ot tenants had any formal lease drawn up and signed, and 39 lier cent of tenants responded that they didn’t know who to contact if repairs had to be requested, the study showed.By Merritt (.'lit'ton SUTTON Most 33 year old classic cars appear on the roads only for special occasions, but Armand Bourget still drives his rare 1949 Rover model 73 Always unusual, it's become a traffic stopper Built in England for export, this Rover doesn’t have the right handed cockpit peculiar to most British ears of that ora But it does have front doors that hinge backward, turn signals that emerge from Ix'tween the passenger doors instead of turning lights, and it can be crank started "Handy," the mechanics at Corry Motors in Cowansville say, "when the battery's low, or in very cold weather " Glass skirts along the tops of the side windows allow passengers to catch fresh air without suffering a breeze Though not a large car, the Rover also offers plenty of leg and head space, with a capacity of four The interior clock doesn't work, but the wooden dashboard and window sills remain in ex collent condition Originally the Rover 75 featured a sunroof It deteriorated, however, and when Bourget had Corry repair the l>ody two years ago, he ordered it closed off This lowered the Rover's still considerable resale value, but restoring the sunroof would have cost $700 to$800, Corry estimates, at a specialty shop in Montreal Vs is, the Rover 75 might fetch $10,000 at a classic car auction In mint condition, it could bring $15,000, The original disc hubcaps have Ix'en 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