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VOL. LVIII NO. 292 PRICE NOT OVER 10 CENTS LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1965
TWO SECTIONS 28 PAGES
FLUORI DATI ON AND SUNDAY SPORT
DISAPPROVED BY SOCRED PARLEY
J^DMONTON ( CP) Al-
ber t a' s Social Credi t gov-
er nment was handed two
votes of di sapproval by its
lay support ers Tuesday at the
annual convention of the pr o-
vincial Social Credit League.
The 300 convention dele-
gat es voted agai nst proposal s
of t he gover nment on com-
mer ci al Sunday sport a n d
fluoridation.
The del egat es passed reso-
lutions aski ng:
That t her e be no change
in provi nci al legislation which
now requires a two thirds
majority in a municipal pleb-
iscite before water supplies
may be fluoridated;
That there be no move
to allow municipalities to
open Sunday to commercial
sport with the approval of a
simple maj ori t y in pl ebi sci t es.
NEW LEGISLATION
Pr emi er E, C. Manni ng sai d
in October t hat the gover nment
will i nt roduce meas ur es at jthk
next l egi sl at ure session lo a l i o*
fluoridation or commer ci al Surt-
day spor t on t he approval of
a si mpl e majority.
At pr esent t here is no pro-
vision for Al bert a municipalities
to allow commerci al Sunday
sport .
Mr. Manni ng, who attended
Tues day' s convention session,
said the opinion of t he conven-
tion is only one among many the
gover nment must consider in
drafting legislation.
"We get resolutions from 25
SOCREDS
(Concluded on Pa ge Two)
STRIK E
Govt. Proposals
Are Accepted By
Union Members
VANCOUVER (CP)Union spokesmen today accepted
a government formula for settling a strike by oil workers and
called off a threatened 48-hour province-wide general work
stoppage.
There was no immediate reaction to the government
proposals from the seven oil companies involved.
J. R. Duncan, national director of the Oil, Chemical
and Atomic Workers' Union (CLC) announced acceptance
I on behalf of the union.
CM&S
Takes
Action
- f f f l / t Stoppage
KI MBERLEY The Consoli-
dat ed Mining and Smel t i ng Com-
pany was grant ed an injunction
Tuesday night pr event i ng i t s 6,-
500 employees from joining a
general work st oppage in Brit-
ish Columbia at mi dni ght to-
night.
The st oppage was ur ged by
union officials, in support of an
oi l workers st ri ke agai nst B.C.
pet rol eum compani es, and a
vote by secret ballot was held
in Ki mberl ey and Trai l Tues-
day.
The injunction even pr event s
t he union from counting the bal -
lots.
INJUNCTION GRANTED
The injunction, gr ant ed by
County Court J udge Leo S. Gans-
ner in t he Nelson court house
Tuesday night and served on
t he union at 8:30 this morni ng,
pr event s union officials from
encouragi ng Cominco employ-
ees t o part i ci pat e in a st ri ke,
walkout, slowdown or in picket-
i ng.
The injunction will be in ef-
fect until next Monday when t he
company will put a motion be-
fore Judge Gansner to further
it, unless B.C.' s gener al st ri ke
is settled.
Named as defendant s in the
injunction were Har vey Murphy
and Al King of Vancouver, top
Mine-Mill and Smel t er Workers'
Union officials, and Bill Booth,
presi dent of Local 651 in Kim-
berl ey and J a m e s Pat t er son,
secr et ar y of the local.
A si mi l ar injunction was serv-
ed agai nst Local 480 in Trai l .
Ki mberl ey is t he home of
Cominco' s gi ant Sullivan Mine,
t he word' s l a r g e s t lead-zinc
COMINCO
(Concluded on Pa ge Two)
with
First Call!
DROP STRIKE PLANS
" The t er ms ar e not all we
would have liked, but we have a
responsibility to t he commun-
i t y, " Mr. Duncan said.
Pa t O' Neal, secr et ar y of the
B.C. Federat i on of Labor, sai d
at t he s ame t i me pl ans for a
g e n e r a l st ri ke would be
dropped.
The formula was put forward
earl i er today by Labor Minis-
t er. Lesl i e Pet er s on' and was a n -
nounced at a press conference
presi ded over by Pr emi er W. A. '
C. Bennet t , who sai d:
"We ask earl y accept ance by
both sides of this solution. "
The proposed set t l ement for-
mul a came little mor e t han 12
hours before the oil wor ker s'
st ri ke was scheduled to spr ead
to all m a j o r oil compani es
acr oss t he provi nce, touching off
a 48-hour gener al work st op-
page called by t he B.C. Feder a-
tion of Labor as a demonst ra-
tion of support.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The proposed formul a contains
r ecommendat i ons on job secur-
i t y, advance not i ce of layoffs
due t o aut omat i on and included
wage i ncreases.
The aut omat i on i ssue is the
key to t he oil wor ker s' dispute.
The formula calls for:
A commi t t ee w i t h equal
r epr esent at i ves of labor and
i ndust ry for continuing discus-
sions on aut omat i on;
Six mont hs notice by man-
agement of any technological
changes l eadi ng to lay-off or
di scharge of any empl oyee
empl oyed by t he company
as of Aug. 31, 1965;
Severance pay of one week
for each year of empl oyment
up lo a maxi mum of 26 weeks
for any empl oyee di scharged
or laid off;
A 35 - cent - an - hour basic
wage i ncrease spread o v e r
two year s.
The agr eement to be ret ro-
act i ve to April 16, 1965.
SUPPORT FROM 60,000
More t han 60,000 member s of
ot her unions had indicated sup-
por t for the general work stop-
page.
However, t he key Teams t er s
Union, 11,000 st rong in the B.C.
t ransport at i on i ndust ry, refused
to join in the mas s walkout,
t er mi ng it illegal.
READY TO ROLL Ralph (Sonny) Barger, f r ont r ow, centre, presi dent of t he Hells
Angel s motorcycl e cl ub of Oakl and, announced at a press conference t hat t he mem-
bers of t he notori ous Cal i f or ni a gr oup are r eady to go to Vi et Nam t o act as guer r i l l a
f i ght ers behi nd enemy lines. Barger said he sent a t el egram t o President Johnson of f er-
i ng the group' s services to "demor al i ze the Vi et Cong and advance the cause of f r ee-
dom. "
Communist Casualties Heavy
la Drang Valley Battle
Is Costly To Americans
SAIGON ( AP ) - Th e bat t l e of
l a Dr ang Valley pushed Amer-
ican casual t i es in Viet Na m l ast
week to 240 killed i n action, , t he
U.S. mi l i t ary announced t oday.
It was near l y t hr ee t i mes t he
highest total announced for any
previ ous week.
The U. S. command also re-
port ed 470 Amer i cans w e r e
wounded duri ng t he week end-
ing mi dni ght Nov. 20 and six
ar e mi ssi ng in action;
A record number of Commu-
nist casual t i es also was re-
ported2,262 dead and 136 cap-
t ured. South Vi et namese forces
report ed 357 dead and 807
wounded, mor e t han double the
previous week.
The exact count of Amer i can
casual t i es duri ng t he week was
b e l i e v e d to be significantly
higher t han t he t o t a l s an-
nounced. The full toll will not
be avai l abl e until l at er due to
pr ocedur e which r equi r es t hat
each A m e r i c a n casual t y be
identified by name before being
car r i ed on a casual t y list.
The aver age for the Korean
War was about 210 Ameri can
bat t l e dead a week, but at
t i mes it rose far higher.
TOTAL DEAD- 1, 30
The r epor t today brought t he
t ot al of U.S. casualties report ed
in near l y five year s of fighting
in Viet Nam to 1,300 dead and
about 6,000 wounded. Half the
$ "Somehow, the idea of
this wall begins to strike
me as pretty stupid."
Farewell Party
For Royal Guests
NEW YORK ( AP) - Pr i nces r -
Mar gar et and the Ear l of Snow-
don l eave for Ber muda l at e to-
day, ending a 20-day tour of t he
United St at es.
The royal couple attended a
farewell par t y Tuesday night a;
a posh r est aur ant , rent ed for
t he night by host ess Shar mar
Dougl as.
The guest s included Bette Da-
vis, Leonard Bernst ei n, Et hel
Mer man, Henr y Fonda, Sammy
Davi s Jr . , Sybil Burt on Chris-
t opher, Van Johnsonand ono
grocery delivery boy, Tommj
Cole.
Tommy, 31, was weari ng his
first t ux i n 10 year s , dri nki np
champagne.
Tommy was invited when ono
of the guest s, act r ess El ai no
Stritch, i nadvert ent l y gave him
her invitation by writing her
grocery list on it. Tommy re-
t urned it, and for his thoughtful-
ness, was asked to come, too.
"I t was swi ngi ng, " he said.
"Gr eat . Dance and musi c and
food. " He didn' t, however, get
to meet t he pri ncess.
At 3:20 a. m. , t he r oyal couplo
left the par t y.
10 Millers
K illed In
Explosion
ALBI, Fr ance (AP)Ten min-
er s wer e killed today and two
ot hers ar e mi ssi ng after an ex-
plosion at t he Car maux coal
mi ne in south-cenfral Fr ance.
Rescuer s recovered 10 bodies
and pressed a search for the
mi ssi ng who w e r e believed
t r apped near t he mi ne face.
The bl ast , believed to have
been caused by coal dust,
ripped t hrough t he mi ne about
750 feet below t he surface. It
caused cave-ins and filled the
ai r with poisonous carbon mon-
oxide.
dead and a t h i r d of t he
wounded wer e cut down in t he
last t hr ee mont hs as U.S. com-
bat troops who began ar r i vi ng
in Viet Nam in Febr uar y took
a bi gger and bi gger par t in the
war .
Before Febr uar y t he U.S. role
was an advi sory one, coupled
with provi di ng helicopter and
ot her ai r support for South Vi et
namese units.
The j ump in Amer i can and
Communi st casual t i es l ast week
was pr i mar i l y due to the har d
fighting in t he l a Dr ang Vallev
210 mi l es north of Saigon neai
the Cambodi an border. Troops
of t he U.S. 1st Caval ry Divisior
bat t l ed Nort h Vi et namese regi -
ment s all week t her e.
Meanwhi l e, new fighting wasi
report ed on t he cent r al coast asi
500 South Vi et namese troopsi
cl ashed with about 200 Viet'
Cong 330 mi l es nort h of Saigon
near t he pr ovi nci al capi t al ol!
Quang Ngai . South Vi et namese
officials cl ai med 150 guerrillar-
wer e killed before t hey with-
drew.
12 Die
In Flash
Floods
-New Threat
LOS ANGELES ( AP) - Sat -
iirday southern California,
plagued by flash floods in
which at least 12 persons have
died, braced today for a fresh
storm expected to bring heavy
downpours.
Rescue workers and cl eanup
crews feared new mudsl i des
and t orrent s of wat er tonight
and hoped for a respi t e Thurs-
day, when only light r ai ns wer e
predi ct ed.
In t he heavi est November
r ai ns ever recorded in sout hern
California, f l o o d s in deser t
ar eas r aked car s off hi ghways
and into washes and resi dent s
of hillside ar eas fought oozing
mud as it i nundat ed homes and
yar ds .
The deser t resort of P a l f n
Springs, a wi nt er mecca for
smog - tired Los Angeles resi -
dent s, was virtually isolated and
cut in two by a flood t hai
rushed down from the San J a-
cinto Mount ai ns.
Witnesses said t hr ee persons
wer e car r i ed away in their car s
and a man wadi ng out to help
was swept away in t he t orrent .
Only one body was found; t he
ot hers p r e s u m a b l y wer e
drowned, authorities said.
Floods hi t other ar eas in San
Bernardi no County between Los
Angeles and San Bernardi no
60 miles east .
At rocky Cucamonga wash, a
r oar i ng flood caught a dozen
car s and swept t hem half a
block, tumbling over and over,
some with their lights still burn-
ing.
BRITISH BEAUTY - Great Bri tai n' s Lesley Langl ey,
2 1 , wear s her cr own and a br i ght smile af t er bei ng
named Miss Wor l d in London. Di anna Lynn Batts, of
the Uni ted States, f i ni shed second.
3
Guards K illed
By 'Mad' Convicts
In Prison Riot
Bert Leboe
To Oppose
Thompson
EDMONTON ( CP) Ber t
Leboe, 56, Social Credit Mem-
ber of Par l i ament for Cariboo,
said today he will accept a
nomination for the nat i onal
par t y l eadershi p.
Mr. Leboe sai d a "smal l
gr oup" of del egat es to the na-
tional par t y convention her e
Thursday and Fr i day has asked
him t o let his name st and in a
challenge to cur r ent l eader
Robert Thompson of Red Deer.
Mr. Thompson sai d in an in-
terview he wel comes the chal-
lenge ' because he want s any
question surroundi ng hi s l ead-
ershi p cl eared before the con-
vention is over.
The name of H. A. ( Bud)
Olson, Social Credit member for
Medicine Hat, has also been
mentioned as a l eadershi p can-
di dat e.
Seen and Heard
ABOUT TOWN
J J ENRY FLOCK. 95 in Janu-
ar y, sayi ng t here ar e
not enough persons in south-
ern Al bert a "and t hat in-
cludes all those in Montana,
t oo, " to support a six - day
Let hbri dge fair . . .Calgary
St ampeder fan Al Pearson
sayi ng I j ' s not in mourning,
that he just looks that way
. . . Bob Crowe, after riding
to work this morning on his
mot orbi ke, aski ng a fellow
w"- ker to war m up the
machi ne, whenever he went
out to st ar t up his car
Belgium Mourns
Dowager Queen
BRUSSELS ( AP) The Bel-
gian cour t went into mour ni ng
today for dowager Queen El i s-
abet h, a heroi ne in two world
war s and one of Eur ope' s lead-
ing pat r onesses of t he ar t s.
The queen, 89, suffered a
hear t at t ack Nov. 4. She had
anot her at t ack Tuesday night
and died within a few mi nut es.
El i sabet h was the widow of
King Al bert , t he mot her of
f or mer Ki ng Leopold I I I and
the gr andmot her of t he rei gni ng
monar ch, King B a u d o u i n,
For me r Queen Mar i e Jose of
It al y is he r d a u g h t e r , and
Grand Duchess Josephine-Char-
lotte of Luxembourg is a grand-
daught er.
Although born a G e r m a n
pri ncess, she won the hear t s of
the Belgians duri ng the two
war s in which her nat i ve coun-
t r y was the enemy.
Her son, Crown Pr i nce Leo-
pold succeeded his fat her but
was forced, to abdicate in favor
of Baudoiu'n after the Second
World War.
The funeral will be next Tues-
day. The body will he in st at e
i n t he royal pal ace in Brussel s
Sat ur day, Sunday and Monday.
CHESTER, HI. (AP)Minor
complaints about prison con-
ditions apparently caused the
bloody four-hour convict riot
at Menard State Prison Tues-
day night in which three
guards were killed and s i x'
others were injured.
Ross Randol ph, Illinois pub-
lic safety di rect or who talked
convicts into rel easi ng three
guard host ages and surrender-
ing, st art ed an investigation
i nt o, the cause of the riot.
" MADMEN" CONVICTS
He saftl' four
:
-
M
toadrii'en'' con-
vi ct s i nst i gat ed the upri si ng,
maki ng knives out of steel bars
and t hrowi ng a fire bomb into
a guar d cage in the dining hall
at d i n n e r . They said they
want ed bet t er food, more radios
and mor e recreat i on.
The four convicts wer e talked
into submission by Randolph
and Menard Warden Max Fr ye
a s 300 guar ds and st at e troop-
er s surrounded the prison kit-
chen in which t he convicts had
bar r i caded t h e m selves with
t hr ee guard host ages.
The ri ngl eaders permi t t ed a
doctor to give one guard,- Tom
Gross, 52, of Chester, 111., a
blood t r a n s f u s i o n through
p r i s on bar s. They rel eased
Gross when his condition be-
c a me obviously seri ous. Gross
had been st abbed.
' REAL REASON OBSCURE*
"We don' t know what the real
r eason wa s , " Randol ph said
"Ther e seemed to be some
planning. The four men worked
t oget her i n t he vocational t rai n-
ing depar t ment . The bomb ap-
par ent l y was a pai nt t hi nner,
possibly in a vi negar bot t l e. "
Randol ph s a i d aut hori t i es
would decide what char ges to
file agai nst t he r i ot er s.
The other two h o s t a g e s ,
guar ds Albert W. Rohlfing, 59,
and Art hur Gene Bierm?.n, 37,
both of Spart a, 111., wer e r e-
l eased unhar med when t he four
men sur r ender ed. The convicts
held a knife at Rohlfing' s t hroat
while they t al ked to Randol ph,
a former M e n a r d warden,
through a bar r ed door.
Guar ds fatally st abbed in the
riot wer e Lieut. Lewis M. Paul ,
36, o<" Murphysboro, 111., Art hur
L. Ki sro, 45, of Chest er, and
George L. Wilson, 62, of West
Fr ankf or t .
St abbed s e r i o u s l y were
guar ds John Russel l , 58, of
Grand Tower, III., and Clinto
Alsup, 59, of Desoto, Til. Less
seriously st abbed wer e guar ds
Paul W. Simpson, 50, of Ches-
t er and Melvin K. Staton, 27,
of Heri n. All wer e in hospital.
Guard Wilburg A. Mortiz, 56,
of Jacob, III., was' seriously
burned when t he fire bomb was
thrown into the cage wher e he
sat with a shotgun, wat chi ng
convicts eat dinner. Then a
half-dozen convicts began scuf-
fling, guards rushed to break it
up, and the convicts brought
out their home-made knives.
More than 1,000 prisoners
were in the dining hall when
the not started. Most of them
went back to their cells. Frye
said they did not want to get
involved.
groes
Give Up
-In Rhodesia
By JAMES BROWN
BULAWAYO ( Reut er s) - A
general st ri ke of Negro work-
ers in prot est agai nst the seiz-
ur e of i ndependence by I an
Smi t h' s white-minority Rhodc-
sian gover nment appear ed t o
have pet ered out her e t oday,
the t hi rd day of t he protest.
Negro workers s t r eamed i nt o
this city, Rhodesi a' s mai n in-
dust ri al c e n t r e , from t hei r
townships.
Shots were hear d in the cent r e
of Bulawayo Tuesday night, but
no further i nci dent s wer e r e-
port ed duri ng t he night. The
shooting was unexplained.
Pol i ce and ot her official de-
par t ment s have refused t o give
det ai l s of incidents to the pr ess.
Pol i ce opened fire Tuesday
on a crowd which was stoning
a bus in Mpopoma Township,
killing one Negro. His deat h
was t he first known killing i n
di st urbances a r i s i n g from
Rhodesi a' s uni l at eral decl ara-
tion of independence from Brit-
ai n Nov. 11.
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FLASHES
Sheikh Dies
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP)
K uwait's ruler, Sheikh Abdul-
lah as-Salim as Sabah, died
today following a heart attack,
K uwait radio announced.
Second Delay
VANDENBERG BASE, Calif.
(CP) Launching of Can-
ada's Alouette II satellite was
postponed today for the second
time and the decision on re-
scheduling is not expected un-
til this afternoon.
France Drops Hint
PARIS (Reuters) France
today dropped a strong hint
that it would welcome and
. support a new< application by
Britain to join the six-nation
European Common Market.
Haul Increases
LONDON (AP) As the
estimated haul by thieves
from Carrington's, the royal
jewellers, mounted to 750,000
($2,250,000) today, police of-
fered protection to frightened
witnesses.