CHARGED IN GOLD THEFT —

Winnipeg lawyer Harry Backlin has been charged after police discovered 10 of 12 missing bars of gold in a anowbank at Backlin'’s home.

since a March 1 hijacking at Winnipeg International Airport Police are still seeking the re- mainder of the gold. The total value of the shipment’ was in the vicinity of $383,000.

(CP Wirephote)

The . gold had been missing

Young Japanese Girl

Seeks Way

By MAUREEN DRISCOLL

Does life sometimes get a lit- tle trying? Do you sometimes feel like it's not worth the effort, that good-fortune and happiness have past you by? Perhaps: you fee] that life would be far more

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rewarding if you could. live LB

somewhere -exciting, in a coun | try with more to offer.

You awake in the morning to}

@ new snow storm or your yard | fg so muddy you sink to your) knees:~~-There's-~nothing—really— new except perhaps a new strike | somewhere and the politicians are still calling each other the) usual hames and life is very) humdrum, nothing to get -excite | ed about. That's what you | think! 2 |

There's a young girl in Japan who thinks that Canada and the | Canadian way of life is really; something special. Her name is, Kazuko Kanamori. She is 18 years old and will graduate) from Ikeda Senior High School |

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this month: mot a Buddhist.)"

Why would a young Japanese girl..want.to.. leave.. her_. native. land and come to live so far | way? »Here’s her reason, “I: vish tafeel by. my hands, my | cin my temperature, that | uman beings live searching for |

beauty which is a joy forever; § parching for a truth which is a | glitter forever, loving to know |

w to live and in a modest at- itude without attracting the | tyes of Destiny; in order to) hoot one arrow in sgnoreyt | arkness, in every country |

earth, however white, yellow’ red tleir complexion may |

DMIRES CANADA

ess of Canada. In her letter to p publisher of the Guardian- atriot she says, ‘I believe | anada is such a peaceful coun | y that you can leave space to

my writing in you news- aper withéut making it short-

She feels that she can watch

da with a ‘much calmer mind | in the country itself. Ka-!

|do flower arrangements, one of

To Canada

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Fe esi is SM MISS KANAMORI

zuko says, “I love Japan and Ja- panese rea Sie tgp er brought - up Japanese j ful tradition and custom. I cag

Japanese beautiful tradition and I love. it very much. (Bat I ain

The actual purpose of Ka-

zuko's_letter_is that. she wante

somebody to bring her to Cam ada to study or work, anything, as long as she gets here. says, ‘‘I never mind if the dura-

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tion be ever so long or so short.

If you make me study. abroad/1 am as happy as happy can/be. But if it would be impossible to study abroad would you mind giving me. any work, | will do — for example an | preter, a member of a company | or your maid. I am sure I will | accomplish admirably —all--work / I am given by doing my best.”

Kazako says that she has much more to tell about her life

is 369 Sakuragaoka, Mino Osaka, | Japan. 2

She closes her request by ‘bay | ing, ‘I am looking forward to a nice letter from nice you with | impatience.”

If any reader wishes to be the ‘nice you"’ named by Kuzake and help her reach Canada

dress and grant her “earnest, | earnest request.’ |

Expo 67 Adve

Aimed At New Yorkin May -

MONTREAL (CP) — The ontreal 1967 world's fair should.....spon....be...a.....household.. ord to New Yorkers because ofa. high-gear advertising cam- paign scheduled to start in New | York May’ 16. | Expo 67 officials believe the | New campaign will bring the | fair’s name to the attention of some 20,000,000 persons in the | New York area: | The campaign is being car- ried out in conjunction with the well - known Macy's depart-

ment store chain.

It will run for seven weeks, from May 16 to July 2 and will include a main display in the | Herald Square store with sup-

bport--promotions.in—11. other tinuous Expo notices throughout

New York area Macy outlets. The 20,000,000 figure is based om. 2,000,000 seeing the store displays plus another 18,000,000 covered by the advertising bud- get. ’ Total cost of the seven-week promotion is estimated at $50,- 000 with .$225,000 for. Macy's part of the display and adver- tising and the rest to, be spent

by supporting exhibitors and | advertising in’ New York

for other advertising and pro- motion

Paul Break. Expo's advertis- ing director, Said: “It will be the biggest’ non - commercial

store promotion ever attempted tring to. one-half mote, he sdid. |

By that I’ nedn is that nothin is for sale except the idea.

course they want to bring peo- plé into the stores.” )

COVERS 5.0% FEET.

The ‘main display, in the Her- would not, be so high. as normal. ' :

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rtising Drive

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ald Square store will cover 5,006 square feet on the fifth floor |

and.-...awill.have...for...the.-. theme. }..

“Expo 67—Canada today.” There will be a central Expo display surrounded by displays | by Air Canada, Hertz Rent-a- | Car, American Express, the Ca- | nadian government showings its participation in Expo, the cen- tennial commission and other organizations. | Other smaller displays will be

spread throughout the store- Every. one of Macy's 42 win- dows along 3th and Fifth

avenues will carry Expo rk

ture mention for the May 16 Spening and 10 will carry .con-

the seven-week period.

M:. Break said Expo and | Macy's. are hoping to get bill- |

board space on ‘‘the big sign off |.

Herald Square. It's, six: storeys | high and two-sided. It will cost $5,000 to get it painted./’ o-

He said one of the best. as pects of the deal for Expo jds that Macy's and its 11 other outlets will carry promotional, |

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Papers, every day during. th seven-week period.

If, Expo advertised on its own: account in the New York papers it would cost them from. two. |

department ‘stores have long. |

term advertising contracts with newspapers giving thém Cheaper rates, the cost to Expe

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