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SYRIA PLANNED?

Is a British-French-Israeli attack on Syria being planned
under cover of. a propaganda campaign centred around al-
leged Soviet influence in Syria and tense relations with neigh-
boring Iraq? This is the question being raised in diplomatic
circles, supported by charges made to the United Nations by

the Syrian government.

In its protest to the UN,
Syria charged that British
and French forces were
faking part in what it des
cribed as a ‘massive con
centration’ of Israeli
troops along the Jordan-Is-
raeli and  Syrian-Israeli
borders.

Farid Zeineddine,

Syrian

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delegate, warned the UN As-
sembly that his government
feared an imminent attack.

The Syrian cable to the UN
read:

“In spite of the resolutions
adopted. by the UN Assembly
calling for a cease-fire, Israel
has carried out a massive con-
centration of troops along the
demarcation line between Is-
rael and Syria and Israel and
Jordan.

“British and French forces
participated in this operation

together with Israeli armed
forces.

“This concerted Franco-Bri-
tish-Israeli action threatens
peace and_ security in the
Middle East, and is evidence
of the aggressive intentions of
those who engage in it.”

Dr. Zeineddine charged that
for more than two weeks Bri-
tish, French and Israeli planes
had been fiying over Syrian
territory. There had been en-

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Death of two B.C. Electric
bus drivers while operating
their vehicles this month has
sparked a campaign by the
Street Railwaymen’s Union to
ease the strain on transit oper-
ators. Bus drivers are bitter
about company speedup and
failure of City Council to deal

effectively with the traffic
snarls. in downtown Van-
couver.

The latest victim is James
Denby, who collapsed at the
steering wheel of his bus in
Burnaby last Sunday. Six pas-
sengers were injured when the
bus ran off the road and
smashed into a telephone pole
in the 550 block East Hastings.

A witness at the coroner’s
inquest testified that Denby
had complained of ill health
shortly before the fatal acci-
dent. The deceased bus driver
said he was not feeling well

Bus drivers‘ deaths
at wheel blamed
on speedup, traffic

and blamed his condition on
the tension from driving
through heavy fog.

Denby was the third opera-
tor to die at the wheel of a
bus this year. Spokesman for
the union blame the “nerve-
wracking” traffic conditions of
downtown Vancouver for these
deaths. They point out that
traffic in the main business
areas is increasing by 10 per-
cent a year.

One of the worst hazards the
bus driver has to contend with
is In getting back into the traf-
fic lane after picking up or
discharging passengers at the
curb.

A telegram from the union
to provincial Labor Minister,
Lyle Wicks, himself a former
bus driver, carries an implied
criticism of the B.C. Electric.

Continued on Page 4
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Exclusive interview
with Premier Kadar

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