—c-cera s PAGE @, THE HERALD. Tuesday, October 18, 1977 . . e “{ [ rt brie . . e Protest stifled OTTAWA (CP) — A bearded Montreal protester was forcibly removed from the Commons public galleries Monday and taken off for questioning by security officers after he placed a gag over his mouth while watching question period. “] just put on this gag and sat there silently,” said the man who identified himself as Ray Joseph Cormier of Mon- eal, Security officers, who were leading him off with his arms ‘pinned behind his back, said Cormier was asked to leave the ‘gallery and refused. They then pulled him fron his seat. Cormier said he was protesting a court order, but it was not clear what the order contains. _“‘Itis a ban that is dictatorial in nature,” he shouted over his shoulder as he was taken into the security office in the Centre Block of Parliament. Dollar closes at 90.06: MONTREAL (CP) — The Canadian dollar dropped Monday toits lowest point since Sept. 16, 1939. __ The dollar closed at 90.06 U.S. cents following a day where its value fluctuated broadly, reaching a high of 90.59 U.S. cents. In 1939, the dollar was pegged at a buying-selling range of from 90.09 U.S. cents to 90.91 U.S. cents Hing rang Wagner won't be back OTTAWA (CP) — Progressive Conservative MP Claude Wagner is not expected to return to the Commons this year because of ill health, a senior party official said today. The official said the 52-yearold Wagner, Conservative ex- ternal affairs critic, is convalescing at home and was not expected to appear in the Commons this calendar year. Wagner, who placed second in the last party leadership contest, entered a Montreal hospital Sept. 2 suffering from an undisclosed serious illness. A few weeks later his con- dition improved and he was sent home. Both family and party officials have refused to comment on published reports that the MP for St. Hyacinthe near Montreal suffers from leukemia. Wagner's duties as external affairs critic will be tem- orarily assumed to Douglas Roche, MP for Edmonton- athcona. Rationing program ready TORONTO (CP) — Alastair Gillespie, federal energy minister, says an emergency gasoline rationing plan is “ready any time we need it.” He said Sunday that the federal plan, completed by the energy supplies allocation board last year, has been cleared with all the provinces so they can each implement their own lists of who would get first priority on gasoline. Hesaid motorists must learn to conserve gas or rationing might occur in the early 1986s, “We would need to pass some legislation through the House of Commons before we could introduce the rationing,” he said in an interview. ‘‘But I think we could have the schemein place ina very Short space of time.” Gillespie said Canada always has a 90-day reserve of oil to fali back on in case of catastrophe. He said the plan details who would get first priority on dwindling supplies. Hospitals and other vital services would be at the top, he said. Transportation, public and private, would be graded based on need. News of the plan came as a surprise to the head of the Sci- ence Council of Canada, which recently urged Ottawa to prepare for gas rationing by the early 1980s. Council chairman Josef Kates said Sunday the council was never told about the plan although the council is a part of the federal government. The emergency plan backs some recommendations made by the council, including favoring public transit, car pools and smaller automobiles. Concord cleared to land _ WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Supreme Court cleared the way today for landings of the Concorde supersonic jetliner to begin immediately at New York’s John F, Kennedy International Airport. — - The court turned down, without comment, a request by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey that it order a delay on all Concorde operations at Kennedy until a formal appeal could be filed with the court. Today’s action does not prevent the port authority from filing such an appeal. British Airways and Air France are the only airlines of- fering Concorde flights. To date, the only regularly sched- uled Concorde flights to the United States have been landing at Dulles International Airport near Washington. Defence review needed WASHINGTON (AP) — President Carter has called for a “searching organizational review” of critical United States defence command and management problems which he said have long resisted change. The President’s order came in a recent memorandum to Defence Secretary Harold Brown, The White House reorganization project staff, in outlining key issues to be studied now, warned Carter he would face resistance from the military services and intense political pressures resulting from base closures and various consoli- ons. “Serious questions persist about the effectiveness of the command structure for the conduct of war, for peacetime activities and for crisis management,” said Carter's reorganization staff in a paper the president forwarded to rown, The staff voiced concern about, among other things, the capability of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ‘to provide guidance (to the president and the secretary of defence), to review contingency plans and to resolve differences between commands regarding forces.” The paper said that ‘several conflicts that were not easily resolved have occurred between the Readiness Cohreadiness ommanand her unified commanderaver matters contingency pnning d the conductf operions.” It d not ginto details, Carter's staff said a review should propose measures aimed at "simplifying the decisionmaking process” and reducing some military staffs, with corresponding cuts in costs. Basic questions yet to be resolved, the memo said, include overlapping and duplication in staffs and, in effect, the growth in various bureaucratic practices which blur responsibility. - Arctic voyager nearly crushed by ice TOFINO, B.C. (CP) — Heavy winds and drifting Arctic opack iee nearly combined to ¢rush the. 42- foot ketch of “Dutch ad- venturer Willy de-Roos. De Roos, 54; who is ex- ted to reach Vancouver esday after becoming the first solo sailor to conqueor the Northwest Passage, said in an interview at this community on the west coast of Vancouver Island Sunday that the ice terrified him when he reached Melville Bay. “The ice seemed to ex- lode around me and the boat was lifted right out of the water onto the ice,” he said while sitting aboard the steel-hulled Williwaw. ‘‘ was stuck there for a day and thought that was the end. “My boat was completely sealed in. But then the winds cha , the pressure of the ice changed and I was able to use my engine to force my way back through the ice and carry on.” Canadian and Dutch flags flapped in a gentle breeze as the grey-bearded Dutchman talked about his adventures since leaving Falmouth England, May 21. After —_ crossing the Atlantic, de Roos entered First to sail northwest passage alone Lancaster Sound, the traditional starting point for the Northwest Passage, on Aug. 3, and emerged from Amundsen Gulf, the ending point, 33 days and 2,150 nautical miles later. RECEIVED CAKE As he spoke, sandwiches and a huge chocolate cake baked especially for him b the Canadian coast guard, was close at hand. “I don't think I’m a super- man,” he sald, “I feel very humble. .. very happy . ..it was a challenge. “T didn’t expect to get through in one summer—I thougnt it would take much longer. I had a year's provi- sions on board and wa prepared to spend one or two winters in the Arctic if I needed Williwaw on the ice and head for an Eskimo set- Hlement. I also leamed to build an igloo—just in case. “At times I was terrified. It’s normal to be afraid and several times I thought I wouldn't survive. It was a battle against . the elements—their power is unbelievable. : The Arctic ice stretched forever, “1 couldn’t believe it. The wind drives it and I had to sall through small breaks in the ice. By the time I sailed to one of the breaks, it would have closed. NO TIME TO SLEEP . “This means that when you are in ice like this, there is no time for sleep. There's SEATILE Seattle man has movie ictures of a higioot-like gure, which he calls “a North American ape,” ambling through the forest. Frank White said he was ina forest with his wife near Bellingham, Wash., on Oct. 7 taking pictures of autumn colors when she shouted, ‘““There’s a bear!" He trained his movie camera on the creature, then realized it was not a bear. It stood erect and appeared to be a huge ape. ‘’'d call it a North American ape,’’ he said. “You can c it a sasquatch or anything you like. He ¢ fb developed film turday and showed back (AP)—A — no respite. All the time you have to be careful. “Sometimes I went three or four days without sleep. And when I did sleep, I set an alarm clock every hour 8 I could get out gna see what was happening. De Roos mad he took no drugs because he has an ability te Suny keeping He was always sailboat in perfect order. He his own bread. lesson in ty,” he said of his voyage. ‘“‘I learned to the power of nature. plans a long rest when he reaches Vancouver ‘A North American ape’ Sasquatch captured on film to gaze back at . The second time. it stopped, White said the “ape” seemed to — glower menacingly. . “We got the hell out of there,’’ he said, In the film, the hairy. creature walks out of ‘a forest thicket and for a time is outlined in bright sun- shine as it moves along a trail. Its stride is slow, deliberate and very human- like. LIKE A SASQUATCH “The beast matches in every way the popular conception of a sasquatch,” said a reporter who at- tended the showing. White said he could not estimate the creature's size “because I was so surprised and so- operating the camera owever, in the movie the creature put hi hand on a tree that appeared ‘oot in ighting occurred at a low elevation on Mt. Baker, White said. He said he became in- terested in sasquatch reports last April and has kept a in the woods for them. But he was. not looking for a sasquatch when |. encowtered the ape. where he will also work on a book he has contracted to write about the voyage. Then he leaves for the next stage of his ti heading south to Antarctica where he will spend the winter and sail around Cape Horn, following Drake's passage to Europe. He anid he and his wile spent the previous 1 camped on the Lui inten Reservation, lured there by ‘a Heeeed of sasquate ‘sig reports. They saw - nothing, however, and de- cided to go on to Mt. Baker. White is vice president of : the Scientific Progress Association, which he says - is dedicated to keeping ¢ public informed of test sclentific developments encouraging young people to take up science careers and sitimulating interest in science. The organization, he said, does not promote “sasquatch sightings” or things of that nature. _ If you can answer “Yes” to these questions: >materials. 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