Liberal and Conservatives
fielded full slates of can-
didates as nominations
closed Monday for six
federal byelections May 24,
five of them in Quebec rid-
ings and one in Prince

ward Island.

A total of 33 candidates
are in the race, including
Social Credit and Com-
munist hopefuls in the five
Quebec ridings. New Demo
crats have candidates in
three Quebec ridings and
the Prince Edward Island
riding of Malpeque.

Liberals held strong
majorities in four of the

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By BILLMARLES _
Special to the Herald

Bright lights at night, pop songs
blaring over a loudspeaker system,
excited screams of children being
whisked around on rides, testing your
skill at balloon-popping or ball-throwing,
junk food like candy floss and

hotdogs or just sitting back and feeling
* the energy of a mass of people enjoying
= themselves... this is what a carnival is

Summer weather brought many
ople out to the carnival in Terrace last

There were some teenagers and a few
= adults, but it was mainly children
% leading their parents around.

One parent commented, “My kid

Quebec ridings in the last
elections in 1974.

‘Three of the four became
vacant last fall with the
resignation of members of
Parliament to run for seats
in the Quebec national
assembly Nov. 15.

Jean Marchand had held
Langelier, a Quebec City
riding, by 10,277 votes over
his nearest opponent in 1974.
while Roland Comtois had
won Terrebonne by an
18,752-vote pluarlity and
Bryce Mackasey had left his
nearest opponent 9,711 votes
behind. Louls Hebert,
another Quebec City riding,

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Six major sites of Clark-Trudeau

was left vacant last year by

the death of Albanie Morin,
who had a 25,-612-vote
pluarlity in 1974.

Mackasey was elected to
the Quebec assembly Nov.
45, while Marchand and
Comtois were defeated in
their provincial bids.
Comtois is seeking re-elec-
tion as a federal MP.

Gilles Caouette will try to
hold the 7,630-vote lead his
father rolled up in Temisca-
mingue, a -northwestern
Quebec riding, in 1974.

The Prince Edward Island
riding of Malpeque was left
vacant last year when 25-

year veteran MP J. Angus
MacLean resigned ‘from
Parliament to become
Conservative leader in
P.E.I. MacLean won by 644
votes in 1974.
_ Dr. Ian MacQuarrie, 44, a
biologist, is Conservative
candidate this time. His
opponents are Donald Wood,
42, a food processing
executive in the rural
riding, businessman
Charles Sark, 40, runnin
for the NDP, and Nei
Harpham, 33, an inde-
pendent candidate. ‘
In Verdun, city councillor
Raymond Savard, 49, has

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take him
Another said, “Come on Jason, let’s go

there.”
money.”’,

they
em.

“Bingo” Hauser has been in the
business 35 years.

He worked for a

carnival when lie was younger, but soon

went into business himself. He started
with a little Merry-go-Round and built

his show up by adding a piece each year.

JUNE FIRST CUT

From March to september, the car-
nival tours B.C. and

fairs, rodeos, shopping centres and just .
about anywhere

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procedure in Terrace was‘to rent the
Cloverlawn grounds, get a local license
and get the Lions Club to participate.
The Elks of Kitimat and the Kiwanis ‘
Club of Prince Rupert are sponsors

inthose towns.

Hauser says Westcoast Amusements
Ltd. is so well known they play a lot of
fairs including the Penticton Peach |
Festival and the Kelowna Regatta. The
carnival has been playing at some fairs
every year for the past 15.
failing B.C. economy has in recent times
prompted this Langley-based company
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Bank rates declining |

Canada’s chartered
banks began reducing some
of their rates Monday
following the central bank's
lead, but in a somewhat
unprecedented move made
them effective June 1, more
than three weeks hence.

The move to make the cost
of borrowing money
cheaper began when the

Bank of Canada reduced its
lending rate by onehalf of a
percentage point to 742 per
cent, effective Monday.

As the banks opened for
business Monday, the Royal
Bank of Canada, the
nation’s largest, announced
it would reduce its prime
lending rate to 8% per cent
from 8% per cent,neffective

Tax man claims —
old French dubloon

OTTAWA (CP) — A
treasurehunter who par-
ticipated in the discovery of
ancient gold and silver coins
off the Cape Breton coast in
1965 has lost a fouryear
battle to have his share
declared as a non-taxable
receipt rather than income
from business.

D. A. MacEachern, an
employee of the parks
branch of the federal

overnment, made $26,422

om the discovery of the
1th-century French war-
ship Le Chameau which
sank in 1725 about 12 miles
from the old fortress of
Louisbourg, N.S.

MacEachen was in a
partnership with two other
men, Alex Storm and,
Harvey MacLeod, when the
wreck, which included the
coins and numerous other
artifacts, was found.

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The coins, after con-
giderpble litigation, were
eventually sold for about
$280,000. .

MacEachen's share was
considered taxable by the
revenue department in a
1973 decision.

MacEachen appealed the
decision to the Tax Review
Board, contending that his
participation in the part-
nership, since dissolved,

ay in the interests of
his hobby of deep-sea diving
and his interest in history. It
was not a business part-
nership.

Although the discovery
had contributed to
knowledge of the early
history of the country, this
did not change the financia!
aspects of the case for
taxation purposes, the
decision said.

June 1,

The Royal also said it
would cut interest on non-
chequing savings accounts
to5% from 64% per cent, also
effective June 1.

Others, including the
Bank of Montreal, the Bank
of Nova Scotia, Toronto
Dominion Bank and Unity
Bank, followed with similar
reductions with the same
effective date.

While they ‘said other

rates were under review,

the Provincial Bank o
Canada, soon to he merged
with Unity, sald it plans to
cut interest on consumer
loans to 13 from 13% per
cent, effective June 1.

The lag between the Bank
of Canada's reduction—the
fourth since November—
and the chartered bank’s
moves wag described as
unprecedented,

Several bank spokesmen,
economists and analysts
said the lag, particularly in
the prime rate, would not
have much impact on the
market.

June 1 was described as
the “‘most practical date,”
considering that banks
prefer to alter thelr rates on
the first of a month. This is

‘because computers are

wregrammed to calculate

yments zt certain dates
and to change :{ would be
costly and time-consuming.

The cheaper money trend
had an effect Monday in
other markets.

DEPORTATION
TO NEGLECT ?

OTTAWA (CP) — The
immigration department
will deport a 37-year-old
retarde
possible, after assurances
that he will receive all
Necessary care in Guyana.

No date has been set for
the deportation of Ayube
Bacchus, a department
official said Monday.
Bacchus’ family has said
he will be abandoned to the
streets and will die of
neglect if he is deported.

But Immigration Minister
Bud Cullen, who has
reviewed Bacchus’
situation, said he has
received assurances from
Robert Moore, Guyana’'s
high commissioner to
Canada, that Bacchus will
receive all appropriate
care.

But Hallema Etwaroo,
Bacchus’ sister, said
Monday in a telephone in-
terview from Toronto she
doesn’t trust. the .as-
surances.

- She said she also fears for
her brother's life because he
threatened to kill himself

when he was told by an’

immigration officer about
the deportation.

Bacchus was brought to
Canada, where all his close
relatives live, 19 months ago
on a six-month visitor's

visa.

He failed to leave or to
report to immigration
authorities at the end of the
six months because his
family did not understand
the immigration rules.

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inherited the Liberal mantle
from Mackasey in the

‘historically Liberal blue

collar riding.

Savard faces competition
from consumer rights ad-
vyoeate Phil Edmonston, 32,
running for the first time for
the New Democrats, and

‘ogressive © Conservative
candidate Pierrette Lucas,
36, a former public relations
officer.’

Social Credit party official
Michel Dansereau, Louise
Ouimet ‘of the North
American Workers Party
and Quebec Communist

Party president Sam Walsh:

are also running in Verdun.

In Terrebonne, Com#tois,
who first won the riding in
1965, will be faced by six
candidates in his attempt to
regain his seat,

Former radio show host
Roger Delorme, whose anti-
Zionist remarks of a few
years ago came back to

aunt him after his
nomination last month, car-
ries the Conservative
banner against Comtois.

Social Democrat J. Noel
St. Michel, Social Crediter
Jean Leveille, Gilles
Melancon, an independent,
and Communist Claude

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get a few weeks holdiay,” says Hauser, =

. Bob, the son, looks after the con-
cessions and two of the rides. Heruns the
other unit, when the carnival splits up to
play smaller towns. Daughter Laura is
incharge of the candy floss and popcorn.
Daughter-in-law Wendy runs the soft ice
cream booth.
books and takes care of the general
business end. Hauser is the general

When the carnival is in full swing it
employs 125 people.
people work full-time.

Some of his employees have been with"
him for 20 years, but Hauser still says
that his biggest problem is lack of good

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Demers also will seek.
election in Terrebonne.
Real Caouette held
Temiscamingue for - Social
Credit from 1962 until his
death last year. His son,
Gilles, 37, is being opposed
‘dy Conservative’ Normand
Grimard, a well-known
Rouyn Jawyer. The Liberals
are fielding 45-year-old
insurance agent Gaston

Pratte.

” Bookseller Guy Desautels
is the Communist candidate
and unemployed Real
Bellehumeur is seeking
election for the NDP.

In Langeller, Quebec City
~ Mayor Gilles Lamontagne, _

58,'will try to retain for the |

showdown —

Liberals the seat Senator
Marchand vacated when he
ran unsuecess in the
Nov. 15 election.

He will be opposed by
Conservative aurice
Hamel, a businessman and
son of a former Quebec
mayor,and sociologist Jean
Daoust, Tunning for the

Social Credit’s Sauveur . ,
third

Fradette is making his

consecutive try for election
in Langelier, along with
Communist party organizer
Jeanette Walsh and in-
dependent candidates
Gerard Langlois and Jean-
Marie Beland. ns

NEW CONTRACT

ICBC employees
ready to. sign

VANCOUVER: (CP) —
The Sun says workers at the
Insurance Corp. of British
Columbia (ICBC) have
voted in favor of a
management offer to settle
a long-delayed labor
dispute. |

e evening newspaper
said Monday the surprise

* vote, which goes against a

union recommendation for
rejection, is the behind-the-
scenes reason for a con-
troversy which developed
during the weekend about
the status of a related

hearing at the British

Columbia/jabor relations
board on‘whether the Office
and Technical Employees’.
Union,. Local 378, had with-
drawn an unfair labor
practice complaint laid at
the board against ICBC
Vice-chairman Ed Peck of

*. the board said the hearing
& had been postponed in-
= definitely and indicated the
® union had withdrawn, but
= union spokesman Fred

Hausers bring amusement to many |

= finally opened its ballot

Trotter said the union hadn't
withdrawn” its fomplait-
The sun said the union had-

boxes after first deciding to

wait until the jabor board
degision came duwn. | .
The count favoring the

ICBC offer caught the union. _ .

by surprise and left its
leaders to decide whether to
drop the fight or pursue the
complaint.even harder,

General manager Norm
Bortnick of ICBC earlier
had urg:
accept ICBC’s offer any
warned them a secon
strike in as many bar-
gaining years could close
own the government in-
surance plan and turn car

insurance over to private .

industry again, ‘ Trotter
accused Bortnick of trying
to intimidate the workers..

IGBC offered the workers”

$1,-000a month ina two-year
contract, with a provision to
reopen the pact in the

second year, and other -

benefits, The union contract
expired Sept. 30, 1976.

Bev Penhall, spokesman’
for ICBC, said Monday he .

had::not “heard: “about - the
union vote and the cor-
poration had no comment

TORONTO

$1 million blaze
hitsdowntown core.

TORONTO (CP) —
Scores of firefighters suc-
ceefled in keeping a $1
million, three-alarm fire
from spreading through the
downtown core early
Monday as high winds
whisked embers which
igneted buildings blocks
away.

Poor suffer by plan

.OTTAWA (CP) —
Canada Pension Plan (CPP)
amendments allowing
parents to leave the labor
‘orce to raise young children
without later hurting their
benefits’ discriminate
against the poor, Lincoln

exander (PC—Hamilton
West) said Monday.

Speaking in Commons
debate on proposed CPP
changes, Alexander praised
the government's intent to
recognize the work of
women in the home but said
the poor often cannot afford
to stay home to look after
their children. .

These
the workforce, paying
pension contributions, while
those who are wealthier can
dropout of the work force
without facing loss. of
benefits, he said. ;

Paul McRae,
patliamentary secretary to
Welfare Minister Marc
Lalonde, said the dropout
provisions in the bill would
add only minimally to the
cost of the CPP.

McRae said an important
section of the bill would
allow couples to split
benefits equally if their
marriages broke up, even if
one of the spouses had not

worked or contributed tn the

lan.

The government would
split credits earned by one
or both partners equally
either one applied within
three years of divorce or
annulment.

people remain in

McRae said the CPP
amendments require the
approval of provinces
representing twothirds of
the population except

‘Quebec which has a,

separate plan.

But Ontario, with nearly
half the pulation outside
Quebec, is refusing to fo
along with some of the

proposed amendments,.:he
ot a j

The other eight provinces
with the changes,

Alexander said Ontario is
concerned that the dropout
clause moves the CPP into
the area of - secial
assistance. It was intnded
strictly as an insurance
plan.

Amsterdam fire
claims four lives

AMSTERDAM (Reuter)
— Four persons are known
dead, 60 injured and 17
rhissing in the aftermath of
a fire which destroyed a
four-storey tourist hotel in
the centre of Amsterdam
early Monday.

A hospital spokesman said
$1 of those injured have been
released. Police said two of
the victims fell to their
deaths as flames engulfed
the Polen Hotel. n

Police had said 12 persons
were dead but ef In-
spector Jan Veestra told a
news conference later there
was a misunderstanding
and the confirmed toll is

four,

He said the dead have not
been identified but 17 of
those stil] missing are
believed to be members of a
Swedish tourist group which
included several pensioners
scheduled to leave the hotel

for home Monday.

An ambulance taidng two
injured guests to a hospital
overturned shortly after
leaving the scene and burst
into flames, police said, The
two ‘injured passengers
were rescued quickly and
taken to the hospital with
two of the ambulance at-
tendants who were slightly
injured.

As firemen picked
through the blackened
rubble, police said the

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Schipol (Amsterdam)
Airport...
The Amsterdam fire chiet

said it is too early to state
the cause or origin of the
fire. It might have started in
a furniture showroom on the
ground floor of the hotel, he
said.

The army of 150
firefighters took about three
hours to control the blaze,
which had threatened. the
new multi-million-dollar
Eaton’s Centre, old city hall,

‘historic Trinity Anglican

Church, and office towers on
Bay Street. .

The fire broke out at about
1:30 a.m. near the old
Eaton's Annex—a former
bargain store adjacent to
the recently-closed Eaton's
main store on Queen Street.
The annex was to. be

The fire; whipped on by
gusting winds, destroyed the
annex, Eaton’s warehouse
on Bay Street and seriously.
damaged Trinity Churc
and an offeampus teaching
building ‘of Ryerson
Polytechnical Institute at
Albert and Bay streets,

It caused smoke and
water damage to Eaton’s

- demolished,

“ Centre and old city hall as

well as fire damage to the
roofs of several buildings,
including the old Bank of
Nova Scotia building at Bay
and King, the Crown Trust
building opposite, the
Canadian Imperial Bank of
Conimerce at Bay and Rich-
mond and the Salvation
Army office building on
Albert Street. .

A Toronto fire department
Spolresimian said estimates
damage were: $500,000 to
the old city

$200,000 to Trinity Church;
$200,000 ta Eaton’s Centre;

$50,000 to the Bank of Nova

Scotia, $40,000 to old ci
hall and ‘$5,000 to ihe
Salvation Army building.

Thomas Speakman, chief
of fire investigation services
for the Ontario fire mar-
shal’s office, said there was
no strong indication of ar-

‘Son.

Dave Exley. an in-
vestigator with the fire
marshal’s office, said trying
to pinndown the cause of the
fire might be difficult.

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