MIAMI (AP) — A Imife-

” wielding hijacker. was
overpowered by passengers ..

and crew aboard an Eastern
Airlines jetliner Thursday
after he had ordered the pilot
to divert to Cuba. ‘
The plare landed safely at
Miami where the suspect,
identified by. the FBI ag
Allah Roland Kagan, 24, of
Holyoke, Mass., was

‘

arrested ‘and charged with

air piracy. :
A Federal Aviation ‘Ad-

‘ministration spokeaman said

* the ineident began when a

man “approached - the
stewardess with a-knife and
said, “We're going to Cuba."
. The incident aboard the

‘Miami-bound flight oceurred

* just after takeoff from

Guatemala, the FAA said.

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There were 84 passengers.
and six crew members:

aboard the flight, the agency
said. ‘

James Westendorf, a
Hollywood, Fla., passenger
who helped subdue the man,
sald the hijacker and the
stewardess went to. the ‘first-
class section:and sat down.
Westendorf said he did not
See a weapon,

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“All of a sudden we were
going to Cuba,” he said. “We
had dropped our wheels and
were getting ready to land in|
Havana,” He said a. crew
member tried to persuade
the hijacker it would be
better if the plane went to

_ Key West, Fla.

The'crew member then re-
turned to the cockpit and the

Fishermen throughout the area seem to be pleased

with their catches this year,
Jim's Tackle Shop, said Thursday the

and Jim Culp, owner of
ré are more

good times ahead for fishing enthusiasts.
“This is the best time of the-year in the Skeena for
steelhead,’ he explained, “since the steelhead are

migrating through
right by Terrace.”

the.Skeena right now and pass

Culp said the fishermen, most having good luck with
‘spin and glo’ lures or the same lures and roe, are
finding sandbars along Highway 16 the best fishing

on Ferry Island.

Both tourists and residents alike, said

. Spots, but said fish are still being caught by campers

Culp, should

TOM BERGER:

Native claims mor

- education, health and social

VANCOUVER (CP) — A
settlement of native claims
will not be merely a matter
of providing land and money,
aays Mr. Justice Thomaa
Berger of the British

* Columbia Supreme Court.

Berger said Wednesday
that the claims extend to
renewable and  non-
renewable resources,

services, public order and
“over-arching all of these,
the future shape and com-
position of political in-
stitutions.” .
_Speaking to the In-

ternational Congress of
Americanists, he sdid native
claims are founded on
something as important to

Telkwa resident David Helkenberg tries his luck

- Fishing excell

Photo by Greg Middleton

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pay attention to the regulations for sport fishing laid
out by the B.C. Fish and Wildlife Branch, which are

available at sport shops,

These restrictions include limits on the number of
fish which can be kept according to species, restrie-
tions on the types of bait and hooks allowed in specific
areas, and dates when certain rivers are closed,

One local fisherman said more fishermen are
releasing their catch in an effort to conserve the

Sport’s resources.

“The fish and wildlife branch heartily endorses this
philosophy of voluntary catch and release,” says the

regulations book. .

The book also gives guidelines for fishermen in-
terested in releasing thelr catch unharmed.

the urban native as it is to
the rural native,

“Thelr determination to
remaln dibtinct. peoples is
; on their conviction
that individual identity
depends on  cdilective
identity — knowing Who you
are means knowing who your
people are, where your home
3,” .

Berger sald native people
do not wish to retim to the
past. -

“They donot wish to be the
objects of mere sentimental-
ity,” he sald. “They do not
say that native culture,
native communities and the
native economy should be
preserved In amber for our

amusement and edification.

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rival

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captain came aut to speak the hijacker. He (the cap-

wer

reread

with the hijacker. Westen-_
dorf said he was seated

immediately behind. the-

hijacker in ‘the _ firstclass .
section,

“I. thought to myself,
“Maybe there's something |
can do to help.’ The captain
was on his knees talking io

OTTAWA (CP) — mhe
body of John George
Diefenbaker will be-aid in
state today " in , the
Parliament buildings/just a
few dozen yards from the
Commons chamber where
the former prime minister
became a living legend
during the last 89 years,

‘A full state funeraf will be
held Sunday for the 83-year-
old father of the Bll of
Rights who died Thursday
from a heart attack in his
home.

The body will then be
carried across the country
by train to Saskatoon for’

' burial Wednesday, stopping

at cities and towns en route
where the people Diefen-'
baker’ called “my fellow:

Canadians” will have an
opportunity to pay their last
~ respects

Dieferibaker, -who served
as prime minister from 1957-
68, will be -buried at. the

 ‘Defenbaker Centre‘near-the
‘University of Saakatchewan  -
“Oa the Dew Tithe
Saskatchewan River, ~

‘According to ~Diefen-

[IE CHIEF’ DEAD AT 8

‘THE CHIEF’ DEAD AT 83

baker's wishes, the remains '

"of his second wife, Olive, will

be exhumed from an Ottawa
cemetery and also be
transported by train for

where he first studied law

- and later served as chan-

cellor, Mrs. Diefenbaker
died in December, 1974.
NICKNAME FAMOUS

Dief the Chief, as he was
known. to Canadians in-'
cluding the Saskatchewan
voters who sent the staunch

“ burial at the university, ,

monarchist to the Heuse of

Commons following every,

election gince 1940; died
clutching some. pariia-
Mentary papers.

“I think it was the way he
‘would have wanted 'to- go,"
Keith Martin, hia executive
assistant, told reporters. .

+ Moments after Martin an- -

nounced the death of the

-former Progressive Con-

servative leader, flags on
Parliament Hilt were
lowered to half mast and
black bunting surrounded his.
portrait in a corridor near
the Commons, |

tented ar 5ci8 Thureday
morning at 6:15 aim, T
and began reading “some
papers concerned with the
opening Oct. 9 of the first
Parliament dominated by
the Conservatives since
‘Lester Pearson defeated
,Diefenbaker’s splintered
party im 1963. ;

Archie McQueen, who has
been epending summers with
Diefenbaker as a special
assistant, found the. body
about 7a.m. sprawled on a
couch in the study of his
home in posh Rockeliffe
Park, an Ottawa suburb. The
study was filled with
momentos of his greatest
hero, Sir John A. Macdonald,
the first prime minister, .

Efforts to revive
Diefenbaker were  un-
successful. and he was
pronounced dead by his long-

e than land

“Rather, they wish to
ensure that their culture can
continue to grow and change
— In directions they choose
for themselves,"

The settlement of native
claims should provide the
means to enable native
people to thrive and native
culture lo develop, said
Berger.

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Pat

tain) grabbed him.

“grabbed him around the
neck and told the captain to
bust him in the old you .
knowwhat,”” said Westen-.
dori.

The hijacker was tied up“
with neckties and part of a*
seatbelt,, Westendorf said.

“He was a conspicuous.

time physician, Dr. J.C.
Samis

-Biefenbaker recently
recovered from a bout of
pneumonia he claimed had
brought him uncomfortably
close to death. Less than a
week ago, he was boaating
about his newly-regained
health and was excited about
Planned trips to China and
the North Pole.

His last. full day, Wed-
nesday, was spent in his
memorabiliafilled

‘Parliament, Hill. office,

preparing for the new
Parliament. He also made ‘a
Tare appearance at the
National Press Club to
celebrate the acquisition of a
new billiard table. .

That evening at home, he

continued working and

watched part of ‘a baseball
game on television before

Id

character,” said passenger
Gary Shapiro, 25, of Athens,
Ga, “H 1 was going to pick
someone who was going to be
a hijacker, I'd say he was
just too conspicuous.”
Shapiro said the hijacker
was blond, wearing a red
scarf on his head, a white
shirt, brown vest, and black
pants that were too short.
The man attracted at-

retiring at 10p.m.
Diefenbaker was to have
gone to the Yukon today to

_ parilelpate in the opening of

the Dempster Highway,
linking the Yukon to Inuvik,
N.W.T, — a project con
ceived during his days as
prime minister,

Parliament Hill was
loaded by tributes moments
after his death,

“Canada has lost a man of ,
great stature,” the Queen
said in a statement Issued
from London.

’ Prime Minister Clark, who —

occagonally ‘suffered the
sting of Diefenbaker’s sharp
longue, said: ‘

“We have lost a rare man.

’ His imprint on this nation is

- permanent and all of us who
were privileged to work with
him know that we will never
see his likes again.”

Tributes pouria

SORENESS ierac ane ante Sree

.Méments. after John 1957, to April 22, 1969, and
‘Diefenbaker's death the member of Parliament for
tributes started and withine the Saskatchewan riding of
few hours they were pouring Prince Albert — was a great

in — from his former cabinet.
ministers, from the longtime
friends. who spoke. of his
decéncy and honesty and
from his political enemies.

A theme emerged from
thelr comments: John
George Diefenbaker

‘ prime minister from June 21,

POINTE-AU-PIC, Que.
(CP) — The 10 provincial
premiers. see tough times
ahead for Canada's economy’
and want the federal
government to take im-
mediate action to counter
looming unemployment and
inflation problems.

But determined to have
their say, they agreed at
their 20th annual conference
Thuraday to organize a
federal-provincial —_ finance
ministers’ meeting before a
federal budget is presented
in the fall.

Quebec Premier Rene Le-
vesque, hosting the con-
ference, told reporters after
Thursday's closed nieeting
that economy and energy

talks filled most of the day. &

Levesque said the
premiers want to know as
soon as possible what will be
on the agenda at the
November economic

meeting to outline priorities.
trite we'll have dis-- mn

Canadian who would become. '

an integral chapter in the
country's history books,

And from the sorrow and

‘ admiration of those who

praised him came heartfelt

eulogies that the history

books can never capture.
There was Ellen Fair-

SEESTORYPAGES
Tougher times seen

appointing results aa in
1978,” he sald,

The start of the conference
Thuraday was overshadowed
by the death of former prime
minister John Diefenbaker.
The premiers paid tribute to
“The Chief" which required -
‘some of them to swallow.
Political and even personal
antagonism before buckling

_ Supreme

ing hijack

tention before the flight
because he was playing loud
music on a cassette tape
recorder, said Shapiro, an
archeologist who was
studying ruins in Central
America,

After the jet landed at
Miami International Airport,
the passengers were
questioned by the FBI.

But it was all forgotten
when Knowles and
Diefenbaker’s wife, Olive,
discovered that their an-
eeatora both came to the
United States from Britain.
on the Mayflower centuries
ago. |,

“From then on, John and I
were very good friends,"
Knowles said. .

Others who knew
Diefenbaker had similar
comments.

E.Davie Fulton, justice
minister in the Diefenbaker
cabinet and now a justice of
the Br%ish Columbia
Court: ‘His
judgments may sometimes
have been clouded, but his
sense of purpose waa not and
he was capable of great
generosity.”

g in

elough of
secretary of state in
Diefenbaker's cabinet, on
her way to work in a Toronto
ice building when a man
larted from a bookstore in a
hotel mall and shocked her
with the news,

“I don’t think he'll evér be
forgotten,” she said. “In my
opinion he had the greatest
impact on the Canadian
seene of anybody since Sir
John A.Macdonald.”

dowh to the first of three
business sessions.

Duting the session, the
Premiers also endorsed a
Proposal by Nova Scotla
Premier John Buchanan
calling for more tax shelters
for industry and a general
loosening of the tax system
to help poorer provinces
attract investors,

U.S. BANK RATE UP

. WASHINGTON (AP) —
The U.S. Federal Reserve
Board increased ite bank
lending rate to a record 10.5
per cent Thursday, virtually
ensuring higher interest
rates that likely will worsen
the recession in the United
ales,

Theincrease in the board's
discount rate from 10 per
cent means that banks which
borrow from the Federal
Reserve Hoard will have to
y more to borrow, and
thus charge more when they

lend the money to business
and consumers.

Even before the board an-
nounced the increase, there
was plenty of new evidence
that the U.S. was slipping
deeper into the recession’
that most economists believe
will continue into 1960.

‘The commerce depart-
ment said housing starts in
July declined seven per cent
from June and an 1¢-per-cent
decline from a year earlier,

WASHINGTON (CP) —
Inflation is increasing in
most of the world’s in-
dustriallzed countries but
there are some signs of a
decline in Canada, the In-
ternational Monetary
Fund reported Thursday.

The United States was
well among the leaders in
the Inflation boost.
Canada, Austria and the
Netherlands reported a
downward trend = in
consumer prices in May.

The IMF lists 14
countries as industrial. In
the 12 thal gave figures
for the month of May —
ail bui Italy and Denmark
consumers were
paying an average of 8.3
per cent more for thelr

IT’S WORSE ELSEWHERE

purchases than they had
doing a year before, -
The U.S. figure was 10.8
per cent in May and 10.9
percent in June. The May
figure for the U.S. was the
highest among the 12
countries ring. In
June, Britain's figure
rose to 11,3 per pa
@ upward tendency
also was visible in 'Weat
Germany, Japan,
Belgium, Sweden, Nor-
way and Switzerland,
Among the 12, Swit-
terland still had the
ee ee in May, a
ce rise of only 2.9 per
cent for the preceding 12
months, closely followed
by Japan and Austria —
with 3.1 per cent. But

‘Memorandum that the

Switzerland showed a
considerable jump to an
annual rate of four per
cent in June, for which
the Japanese and
Austrian figures were not
available.

France remained
stable at the high rate of
10,1 per cent,

The IMF reported in a

rich industrial countries
are going deeper into the
red ion hele Pea gue!

ade. They 3
ballton worth of goods in
May, a record figure and
nearly $10 billion more
than they gold. That defi-
eit was more than twice
as large as April's,

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