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RECOUNTS HELD
~ Ferguson Retains 5th Kings With Margin Cut To 5 Votes
Ry . Lrheral Murray James
NEIL-MATHESON George “J. Ferguson, River nosed out PC MeConnell, . Georgetown in the recount -for Fifth Kings yesterday, bi not before’ the Georgetown man had throw: into Liberal ranks. The count was #93 for Mr ~guson, #88 for Mr. MeConnell fudge JS. DesRoches, .who nducted the in the rt house at Georgetown, had varned prior to the start of pro. ceedings, that he did not want to hear at amv time during the eday any reference to one man
recount
~ being so many votes ahead, et
was
}
@s the recount of ballots -pro- gressed = ; So there was no talk of that fort f thing, but mostly every- one in -the court rnom was men- tally ‘checking the margins throuzh most of the day This particularly true in: mid- afternoon®when Mr. MeConnell had closed the gap to three votes hetween himself and the Mur- ray "River Liberal. Mr..Ferguson had nine votes to the good when the recount got underway. at 10 9'clock in. the forenoon 5 Yestérday’ s trend in favor of
the Gav ernment tandidate ~ Mr. tires
a»
ing Liberals were very much ir
‘party with a chance of forming”
MeConnell in this case—reverses jolt when,the trend of yesterday's the ‘long established that recounts always react: in Jurmng officers through the dis- favor of the opposition candidate, ‘trict: apparently leaned over regardless of what party. is in backward to be fair in -many than their generos-
power more eases, ‘Prior to cvesterday’s: proceed- | ity. erred on the side of their ings there was a Strongly held. own party candi Returning
helief thate Arthur MacDonald, , officers are named by \the gZov- Laheral would definitely. win in ernment gry, in this case the
the recount he has applied ‘for :PCs. ee
in his Fifth Kings seat. where ps pe
PC. Dr. J.C, Sinnott finished erence MARKINGS ; with a victory margin of one ne of the intéfesting..argu-
ments yesterday developed over strange markings on many .of the ballots in’ the 1 East poll. Mr. Ferguson's bal-
Vite on election might. Last evening Liberals were not near- lv so sure. Indeed several lead-
dovbt about their party's chance to win this séat, where victory weld give—them-a tel margins
agents. naturally contended. that ths extra mark ‘ona ballot, in
in the 30 seats decided in the th jidate’ i ; general election of May 30. Lead- pg Pialgs Zz s name, invalidat- ing. party strategists were ae Pncaicolins did not
figuring this would. give them a definité advantage in. the defer- red election in First Kings. on July V1. The idea was that they could go into Fastern Kings and tell the voters ‘We're the only
“Agree, but he did put bo one side. all marked, When the Ferguson en- velope was completed, there-was a pile of 14 such hallots, Judge
were legally marked, suggesting
a government,” - ; there evidently That could possibly still hap- this: poll. ‘I don’t
pen, but the likelihood of it hap- done d i: ptf pening that’ way Rot a decided han ek. ae for-Me Mac
think if is
Dief Pleads For Aid To Veterans
OTTAWA (CP)—A plea that War. pensions. he paid to any veteran no matter what -his in: fome was mons Wednesday by Leader Diefenbaker.
His plea came as ‘the House approved’, the. 1966-67 spe@ding estimates of the veterans affairs department and those Af citizen- ship and immigration. MPs alsa
Opposition
got_.started -on—finance—depart: Mitary-eontribitisis Came “ec
ment -estimates ‘hefore the ‘sit- ting came to an end at & pm.
Mr. Diefenbaker made> his” point while the $369.496.700 ‘esti-
Mates of veterans affairs wer
“orphans,
_Abllities..affecting-—their- -emptoye
* H.W. Herridge (NDP—Koote- | nay West), who wears a. glove to cover a First World War
« wound, praised the department for having ““‘pioneered in=sthe developments of _artifietat ~ limhs. ay
A> RB. Patterson ‘SC. Fraser
“before the House
The annual income ceilings to qualify for. allowances — are: Single veterans, widows and widowers, $1,5%; married, $2,664; one orphan, $1.008: two orphans, $1,608: three or more $2.16
Male veterans qualify at 60, females at 55. Both categories qualify earlier {f they have dis-
ment. :
The maximum rate paid a veteran or widow who Is single {x $94 a month. The top = benefit Is $161.
‘FEEL INJUSTICE’
“These ‘men feel. a sense of deep injustice,’ said Mr.- Dief- enbaker.. Many «were. pushed over the they’ hegan receiving the $75-a- month old “age pension.
Mr. Diefenbaker appealed to Veterans Affair$ Minister ‘Teil- _let to do something effective. “The Commons adjourned before the minister could reply.
Valley) urged further study:
Chiccigo Police Remain On Ale
CHICAGO (AP).-Police nied their cluster-busting egy into a second night Wed- nesday night. in. efforts to maintain peace in -a_riot-torn Puerto Rica district.
1. Whenever groups of residents gathered on_ sidewalks, police | moved quickly to disperse them, hoping to keep large mobs from taking shape. e8
ot
car- strat-
Doubling OF N. B. Sales Tax
-Met With Stiff
FREDERICTON A govern- ment: proposal to raise the, three per cent salas_tax to six per cent
tan into stiff asition in the New BrunswicR= Legislature
_._. Wednesday. , “Provincial SecrPtary JF. Le- Blané said the akerage expendi- ture’ annually .on clothing and Hootwear for childrénd js $43.82
’ The government 8. grabbing oe sour ; : :
The go wernment is proposing a rebate of $4 per year for young
people..up.-to..18..years-oldy-estt- mating fhat ipcreasing living costs will boost the average ex- penditure to between $67 and $70
Opposition Leader.C.B.-Sher= wood said that according to Dominion Bureau of Statistics figures, the average cost for clothing alone $9 a. Wear
ay
nade te the earn _SOUGHT-CHANGES—
concerning civiliai war. allow-
income ceiling’ when |
connell we med there were 37 with similar, markings, a total of 51-for both can- pol The same pattern did ; Not show up in any of the other polis. cca There were changes made in all but. two polls. These were Gaspereaux and Cambridge. Mr. McConnell gained two disatilits ‘pensions Pa veterans Votes in Annandale poll on hal-
He, felt, they were meeey lots that.had been put. into the i _\‘rejected"’ “Tipy ‘the ity ret C. W. Carter (L Sarin: Bur- Oot oe et geo) asked Mr, Teillet- to con-_ BALL-POINT PEN #
Mr. Ferguson lost two voles in the Woodville Mills poll. One had the ‘X"' placed in front of his mame, and slightly beneath: the new art definitely saves ‘the _ “Mark ‘should be ‘inthe Space following the name.’ The other
sider changes in the regulations
‘ances so that. greater numbers of Newfoundiand Foresters chuld qualify. The regiment's
fore the province joined Can-
ada {ongifiied on pare 3, col 1 Other regulations on fgnath "hf es eee Service: disallowed cert#in Fired) World. War-veterans:-from-allow-— Seaway. Talks: . “ances and these should ‘he amended, he said. To cover. all Will Continue survivors of, that war in Canada | at most would cost some 7,000. OTTAWA: (CP) Mediation 0 annually and likely only half talks in the St. Lawrence Sea- that. amount because many Way dispute adjourned ‘unexpec- would have earnings above the ‘edly Wednesday and were due ceiling to resume at 10 a.m. EDT today f Scns OER t , Henri Latulippe (Creditiste_- hours noe Aeedliné Cal inant a for Senator’ Norman MacKenzie, Kone ete ei. or__Honz__the.-federal--mediator:"told res g veterans @ ‘said they porters that hon-monetary _ is-
suffered atrocities at the hands sues hadi heen cleared awav and
of their Japangse captors and both sides had beén given extra oe: entitled to fair. compensa-_time—to prepare — their ~argu- ion.
ments on the, wage question.
|
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tradition. recount indicated that deputy reo~
Georgetown &
lots were counted first and PC |§
om the ballots that were so _
DesRoche ruled that the ballots .
is a pattern in
Last Effort
ff
'
addition to the X placed after, 2 A
A
Wilson Fails In New Bid.
To Strikers
LONDON
ter
Wilson list- -on_ election _ night Wednesday Night. ina new at-
(AP \—
apparent|; ly.
\
Prime Minis- failed
jtempt fo get. leaders of YBrit-
ain’s striking. seamen to prom- ise an ear{.end to their walkout
Const. Louis Gaal leaps into action Wednesday as one of two +escaped Highland steers makes an about-face on down- town ‘Sth Avenue,-S.W. in Cal
ne enna
ALL IN A DAY’S WORK |
The steer and his part-« then trotted into a. furni- store, ‘aéattering custom-
and were roped_in. an al.
after _ carefully pic
* gary ner ture ars,. ley
peer
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te °
their way
aisles. They had escaped from the Calgary | Stampede Grounds.
(Cc P Wirephoto)
Japanese Newsman Here
Tol Do pres Ga
Proving again the fanbida tion
Wilson made an appeal to the |of Anne of Green Gables for the
under a compromise agree- ment
nine-man__negofiating _ conmymit- tee, of the - National Union.—of S#amen, summoned ‘ta his of- fice_in a last- minute—-move —be-
fore
nsing
the emer gency
POW: ture -for ers granted “the _gesernmetit. b by , readers. eae ‘Parliament. 4
*
°
people of all the world, Kazuo.
“Tatstino, feature writer for the Tokyo, Japan, newspaper Asahi
Shimbun, has come to.this pro-.
vince to prepare a special fea- his, paper's
His newspaper fees beet rut
After a twoshour parley at 10 ‘ning ® series of articles entitled William). Ho- “Journeys With Classical - Liter- garth, «union secretary said he is not optimistic that journeyed to many parts of the
Downing.
his
vote’ for peace when
execut
today He said it is unlikely any de- Conan-Doyle.
cision for or against
Street
ive
ge
neral,
committee will world it meets such *authors
continiiing
the tie-up, now in its 32nd day;
would..he—known--before—-Friday-+the—wilds~ of-Venezueta~for his =
ature’’ and its writers have preparing features as Dostoyevsky,
Stendahl, Synge and Sir Arthur
Mr. Tatsuno has recently tra- velled up the Orinoco River in
5,000,000
on
b
sweat ae cence Panceeeneneennpcnmeeclnen
BOOT TIN
Later. Wilson ‘talked to the last assignment dealing: with H.. shipowners in his efforts to W- _. Hudson's. “Green Mar bring agreement. on the sea- ct a ee to the re men’s demands tfor mote pay .°° MEGA Ob ms paper, Mt " _and shorter workifig hours. Pa¥.Tatsuno was selected for. the KAZUO TATSUNO ea —: task of interpreting Anne in her r . native setting for his readers Montgomery “I can get my
Vancouver” Man Has Fea
the federal cabinet wilt be. any. “more .impressed’ than were 11 of the 12 on the jury which cone | victed him of capital mune last October. : : The Supreme Coutt-of Canada
cia_struggle— _ | teMpt
vat
Ht—-was—his-first~at=—
armed = robbery
al- pants though he had been imprisoned terial Previously for .othar offences.
7) DENIES DETERRENT IDEA
and’ providing them~< with back- ground material on places, per- sons and events relating to the of Lucey Maud Montgom-
‘ery. He is accompanied by his in-
Informants said all partict- in the three-day minis- conference were agreed on mentioning” the Vietnamese war, but there was’ disagree-
¢
hands on." Both visitors remark- ed on the tremendous interest in
Japan in the Anne books and aj}
desire for greater knowledge
about the place where they wefe written.
Gov d ( ha terpreter, Miss. Mitsue. Sato, a - ce e a Ng psychology graduate’ of a Tokyo ,, Since arriving here Mr ‘Tat- : : university. She believes she has suno hae arti in” ane ban “VANCOUVER (CP) — Roger |x % 'delibe c Sages read every one of the Anne George | FAReT;.-CIRGCOC. 0 ‘Allan Fulton, 25, believes thete 4 Gieme te tae onda ela An el ele die en ama S a strong _ possibility will. trust company which netted ‘ . - walk down death row, through ‘lhim $2,000 5 Ni Asi 5 ifi N . the “‘green door” ‘leading to ‘ I N I P I Ic ation if abandoned elevator hate snd “eres if he had deliberately ne p an, ac i Ss be hanged. illed he could just as well have F ; N Mili G He__says_there—is*-nothing he “ahead and killed four ~ orm a Oon- | itary. roup. . can do about’ it. other witnesses so ‘there would i , . Fulton is a murderer who be- i have been -no one to testify SEQUL CAP) Nine Asian were handing against anvone, lieves in: capital punishment in p] against him. . and/Pacifie. nations, banded to- but all are non-Communist na- _ certain cases—but not his. 4 y During his trial and in the in- Sefher ‘in’ a new non-military tions Japan. South Korea, He regrets his fatal shooting terview he said :Kilderman had afsociation cal'led ASPAC. South. Viet Nam, — Nationalist of Jan Kelderman, father of lunged at him and the gun had weighed .today a_ final commu- China.’ The Philippinés, — Thai- four, during an armed. holdup@: fone off. The .357 Magnum had’ nique on Viet Nam and @ de- land Malaysia, . Australia’ and in May, 1965, put he is not sure Zone off a second time during nunciation of nuclear tests. New Zealand.
Laos, ‘attended join.
A-10th country, as an observer, and. thay
Hong Kong
it on wording. Fulton said hé ~betievas ee ' , dt ; press, relies 0 grant him capital punishment for. pfison- A majority, headed by The B Fo ers serving life terms who" kill Philippines, South Viet | Nam races r
He is due, to be hanged Aug. | 8% a 9 unless the cabinet grants him} R.A, FULTON ilemeniy and the federal minis- :
ters. must take® into account that ‘Parliament recently voted to : a -reain. capital” punishmen.. Fulon’s feelings. were given in. an interview with lawyer Charles Maclean at’ British ,Co- lumbia penitentiary recently. ‘Opposition’ \They were published it The Sun pecs “Wednesday: 7 the last penny left in the piggy SAYS CHANC ES. REDI CED banks,.. he said, and ‘‘children i ’ will now be taxed from the dia- cae ie vine on a eee oe rusty herons HG shahone Mr. Sherwood said p4rents wil rane : g ; : pa 7 of being executed,”: he. said:
have. to_pay_at.least ‘$12 -in-taxes to get back $4. The slender, blonde man who Premier Robichatd dtiallong. has been in trouble with the ed. the $200 estimate and said it law «ince he stole some candy is not a DBS figure but -a CBS in Winnipeg St the age of six, ie B. © Sherwodd) figure amt igaid he believes tht“pthers were eee - - Sepa ater: influenced.by. alee a his , actions left a widow and four
George 5. Metnerney, P-C children :‘and’ that his inarticu:
yieeier. for Sea. SOne AY late nature prevented him. from called the sales taxtthe at TO. itt “showing His regret.
equal? form of taxation because :
it is not based’ on, ability to pay, Fultoh said he was shocked
Premier Robi¢haud retorted that when Parliament in. April voted
the tax is the fairest method that fo retain capital” punishment
can he deyised in North America He heheves he. shonid ot ‘he executed because. he
+ re
Zuards or other prisoners, those who. commit second sional skiHers:- He. helieves- “capi= -Jed...by.Japan,
time
and
for
murder
Q
for and South Korea, was said to
rofes-
a favor a.strong statement oh be-
half of South Viet Nam. Others,
tal punishment ‘for killers of po- Statement.
licemen
1s
no
ture killings.
Fulton
fig
¥ ures
detewrent
he
has
to fu-
been nuclear
convicted. 24 times on an ‘agsort-
“Ment
of —erimes
His Sentences France plans—tests
range from a few months in-re-
form school Yor auto theft to 15 years. degree ,bur- man. of Thailand said the new Qlary
-Mr
‘ofa tragic
an
‘His parents had separated and
his mother, had had to: support Three childret.— _ Of his: killing, Fulton said “I feel ‘sorry that +the man died.. He tett va witow andthe children, I had nothing. against the man myself. So, I. feel it’s a Waste that he Had to die on my account.” || If he ever, aot out of Ce tiary -he would attempt to help the family. perhaps financtalls “ft emild neCer rena rer. for
for
second in the United States, Maclean had told the jury criminals record and
underprivileged background
id not what happened to. her
There appeared no disagree- ment over the denunciation - of testing, which will ap- ply tosboth China; and. France. r inthe Pa- cific. ‘
Foreign Minister Thanat Kho-
association wilt be" informal and”
will require no treaty. The. founders. deriied.. that. they
INSIDE LQBAY.
Classified ...... 24, 25, Deaths Feeeuy ves 3 neal MODS crieerrrer ney thy BOONE Sly eaeky eh g 14, 15
MA cin ini, Pe Oe ee ee 6, 7 Finance, markets ..... 10
Rural churches Fditorials _....... Summerside _... » Kings, Queens, City
Prince County
favored..a-.mild
New ‘Storm
ore rain ‘is reported” on the ‘way toward «this sodden: bat- tered British colony where last
weekend's rains-were—feared—to have qeimed more than 80 vic- tims. a -A ‘storm. set off new Jand- slidessand flooding Wednesday. _Sheets...of Pain. Yeh@wed the “pounding of Hong Kong’s .4,000,- 000 inhTRitants. with. nearly an inch falling in“tO-minutes” Much of the reconstruction work since
Sunday's deluge was flattened. Latest afficial figures placed the death toll at 55.) Nine other” persons were - presumed dead -and "18 ~hsted as missing The total, of injured stood at 71
Food prices continued to-soar, |
tripling jin the cost of and. a water short- Cong island caused
with a vegetables, age on Hong K
hy damaged filtration ‘plants added the’ problems jhard-pressed authorities BD, . .
mains al
pumps and reser\ ors of. the
to
in Glasgow.
‘is staying at Links Inn, Caven-
dish, tobe as -handy.as possible City's 450 Jongshoremen . voted’ to Green Gables so he can meet [Unanimously to accept the set- nd ‘talk with? old timers of the tlement and en to wark. to-
‘ whe tnew—the-—famous-day. -
He expects to return
wuthéress to New York on Sunday.
- Collector Has
oad
-Special VC og TORONTO (CP)—A_ Victoria 4 Cross” presented to the - winner \personally- by Queen Victoria’
and who now is broke.
He offer ‘lated will Watch
of $2,000 for it and~
return it to the
Regiment
was instituted — to L.-Sgt. Samuel McGaw for asanees in battle.
Mr. Rosen said the present ‘owner is a descendant of Mc- Gaw, who received the medal
|from the hands of the queen on
the a of Wight.
- Percent At A Glance.
By THE CANADIAN PRESS WEDNESDAY, June. 15, Labor Minister Nicholson told the Commons he hoped for settlement of a strike by Air Canada ground: staff em- ‘ployees before the. , midnight deadline for. the walkout.
Mediation talks on the scheduled strike by St. Lawr- ence Seaway workers at noon Friday ‘broke off with. ahe deadline only 2% hours away.
Senator Norman MacKen- | nie. federal. mediator; — ‘said only “Wage issiiés” remain . be resolved in the contract dispute. :
The Supreme Court of Can- ada “ordered anew trial—for Mr... Justice Adrien__Meunier, former Liberal MP convieted of perjury in 194. |
External Affairs Minister Martin confirmed in the Com- mons that special envoy Ches- ter Ronning has been ‘sent on another” mission~ to” Comm ‘nist North Viet Nam seeking possible avenues to peace
The Dominion — Bureau — of Statistics said planting on the Prairie grain belt” is | ahead of last- years"
The Commons : alheninad and passed 1966-67 spending estimates of the departments «of Veterans affairs and citizen ship and immigration. -THURSDAY, June 16
The Commons meets at 2.30, p-m..to continue study of “ankrupte ‘ et revisions
The Senate meets at 3 pm.
shop
ieee
couver man who was an RCAF hour officer in the Second World War Montreal.
1966 ;
+"
F Walkout do Been Cedack
‘MoNTRE tAL (C cP) A. atrike of 1,453. sales employees of Air Canada. that threatened to ground the airline at midnight has heen averted by a last-min- ute settlement, a spokesman for the airline said early today.
"We understand * agreenient has been achieved,’ the spakes- man said.
“We helieve -plovees! a statement to that effect.”
Neither side had made
the ‘sales em-
any
comment on the progress of ne- -
gotiations as the talks continued up to the strike’ deadline Details of the agreement were not immediately available. The Employees _ Association,
~association-is-drafting
whie : barepresents passenger agents, switchboard and com- munications operators — sought a two-year contract . providing for yearly 10-per-cent pay in: creases and a 37'4-hour week. The__airline. offered a 1i-per- cent increase over a 15-month period,
Air Canada sales clerks cur, rently earn.a_minimum. of $64.7 mh
a week, “increasing t6 $100.49 after S'2 years of service Farher Wednesday night in Toronto, an association spokes- man said members had heen |given the ‘green light"’ to strike at midnight unless told other-
wise oe the deadline.
' Quebec Longshoremen Call
MONTREAL (CP) Que- bec's 4,250 longshoremen, who have been tying up millions of
- dollars worth of geods in three’
St. Lawrence River ports since May. 9, will be back on the job today,
In
x
Montreal Wednesday a
imase méesting of cheering long. According “|
shoremen -voted to accept the
ays ‘vf a ‘settlement reached
eC S Oo Fy : Ottawa under — the personal
- imediation of Prime -Minister
‘ Pearson. A Montreal ILA
local newspapers. “He has ob- spokesman said the men will be
tained a fund of. information on the job at-® a. m., ending | ~----fram—publiecations—and—question-the i day-old strike, Snes
ing Island people. At present he Later -Wednesday, Quehbee:
‘audineteen at Trois Ri vieres, who voted Sunday night jto accept an offer made hy the \Shipping Federation of Canada, began: work at 8 a.m. Wednes-
|day:
Jean-Paul Walsh, president of the Quebec ILA local, called the settlement ‘‘a faBulous con-
ract.”’ ‘
!has-—come«-into-—the—-hands-—of--—--Quehec-Jongshoremen-—.w-b14
Toronto collector Albert Rosen. have wage parity with, their
He said: it was-turned over 3,508 fellow-workers “in Mont- to him by a man he would real: for the first. time~ For- ‘identify—only—as-a former Van- merly salaries were 10 cents an
less than those paid in
| In brief, the contract
said the man refused.an'longshoremen a pay increase of stipu- 40 cents retroactive to it be sold to someone who 1966, plus an additional 15 cent» grades ‘of milk receive as much Black an hour hour beginning Jan. 1, headquarters en It_was presented. in. 1874—18 years after the dpe
Jan. 1,
1967 |
Home D
ce the . store New Contract ‘Fabulous’ ‘
and 25 cents. an hour more after May 1, 1967.
Quebec longshoremen will get 10 cents above. this to bring
their wages to parity with those paid. in Montreal, who -received an average basic rate of -$2.53 in the old contract:
athe —terns— work gangs—a main point of contention between the federa-
tion’ and the union-—are not te -be.. reduced until the eontract ends. Jan. I, 1968...
Ont. Farmers « Demonstrate
_ST, MARYS; On... (CP). More than 65 farmers tractors concentrated in this southwestern Ontarto town Wednesday morning and pa- raded the 20 miles along High- way 7 between Elginfield and Stratford. ‘
The farmers were demonstrat- ing their opposition to low milk prices.
The farmers: want negotia- tions with the--Ontarie -govern- ment on an established $4 -a hundredweight price for milk.
Complaints have been that the $4 price is ‘fon paper only” and that a 75-cent subsidy from the government is nét forth-
gives* coming. In addition, 30 rents is
deducted for and farmers
trucking charges shipping lower
‘as 10 / ‘as 10 cents Jess in their chetjues.
estoyed
* At Kelvin Grove
SUMMERSIDE Fire’ which broke out shortly before mid- night last night “destroyed the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Doug Webster, .Kelvin Grove; some eight miles from here. ¢
Mr. Webster said ~ he and smelled. smoked. When he went downstairs in the storey and a_half frame dwelling he found fire around the back door _Its origin was unknown.
Accused Robber. lees
awoke -
In the..house in addition of Mr, and Mrs. Webster _ were
three children and a maid. All escaped without injury. Firemen were .called from...
Kensington and Summerside but -
were unable to save the build- ing. A brisk wind? was blowing There was no estimate—of-the
amount of the loss, partially Co- \vered by insurance.
From-Montreal Police
MONTRE AL. (CPT Andre Daoust,-25,.- whofigured- in ‘the Quebec Provincial Police's first 10-most-wanted~ men list last year before his capture in Oc- tober, escaped from custody Wednesday while in a_ hospital for treatment :
Daoust was awaiting trial en two. charges...of. armed. crobbery,_: conspitacy tard possession . of offensive weapons, Police de- scribe him as dangerous
Police ‘said Daoust had been brought to the hospital for treat-- _ment,..to...a—.cut... band... Shortly after he arrived with two guards he was given permission to go to ap washroom in the emer- gency ‘ward, t “y said
An aceenfplice was waiting in they washroom and while oe held the guards ‘at bay with a gun, ‘Daoust shipped out of. his -handciiffs. Then ihe pair dashed out cof. the hospital and sped (away
in @ taxi.
cruising patrol car. wel ee cutting off the taxi Roth, men_leaped—out-and-began—tun- hing down a lane. A policeman levelled his gun at the fugitives, but it jammed and failed to fire, The two men disappeared Daoust was sought. last vear in connection “with ~ the “ST 541 rebery of a-.Caisse Populaire (Credit Union) in suburban Stl Leonard in May, 1965. A women hostage and a passerby were on- jured by gunfire as the bandits fled tie" seéne “of the robbery
Daoust was captured in October °
Georges Normand, 24,
Laurentian farmhouse
with in
‘in the robbery. Raymond ta jJeunessen, .25, has heen score teanced to 12 years and, Thomas 21, to 13 years fdr: th jparts in the holdup,
Guay
¥ 1
° 3 a
with |
Normanthhas since heen sen- tenced to fouk years for his part
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gra