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that he would inhcril the farm if he remained as hired hand.s.Mi a monrn ana Doarn. Copithorne promise his entireIn 1924 the farmer took sick estate if he would remain.uncorroborated claimant qgainsFour TakenIn Matsqui Jail BreakABBOTSFORD (CP — Four of five convicts who escaped from the medium security Matsqui prison Monday by ramming a car through the main gate were recaptured by Monday afternoon.U.K. SetsGiant mAlertLONDON (UPI) — The British government ordered the higgest bomb alert since the Second World War Monday, and instructed its embassies around the world to lake emergency precautions against a bomb campaign suspected of being the work of the Irish Republican army.A bomb, apparently concealed in a diplomatic pouch, exploded in the Washington embassy Monday morning, seriously injuring a woman secretary. Washington officials declined to speculate whether the bomb was connected with the current terrorist campaign in England, but the foreign office said the bomb was similar to those found here.Prime Minister Edward Heath was scheduled to begin a two-day. visit to Northern Ireland today. He said: “If the IRA think they are going to pressurize or blackmail the British into surrendering Northern Ireland by this sort of tactic, they could not be more wrong.”Scotland Yard said it increased its bomb squad from 40 to 120 men. A spokesman said police have answered more than 1.250 alarms since the . first, bombs appeared eight days ago. Only 36 turned out be be bombs.In Belfast, police said three Roman Catholics killed in an explosion Saturday were shot before the blast, indicating they* may have been' victims of Protestant gunmen.A convicted murderer, Roger Allan Williams. 28. was the only man remaining free.Donald Kennealy. 35. of Vancouver, serving 12 years for robbery, and Dennis Warren Smith. 24. of Vancouver, serving seven years for possession of stolen property and possessing of an offensive weapon, were the first to be recaptured.Hugo Leech, chief pilot of Northern Helicopters Ltd., said he saw one of the two police dogmasters in the search “waving like crazy” to indicate he had recaptured Kennealy and Smith.We hovered overhead so the other searchers could see where he (the dogmaster) was.” said Leech.,He said the spot was about 1*2 miles west of the prison in an area of farmland, hush and some tree cover.Larry George Mason, 26, of Edmonton, serving two years and 10 months for theft, robbery and breaking and entering. and Harry Roy Cook, 23, of Vancouver, serving six years and three months for breaking and entering, robbery and escaping custody, were recaptured a few hours after Kenrtealy and Smith. Matsqui director Jim Phelps said.Matsqui police had no details on the second capture, only to say the men were seized in bushland.Williams was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1968 for non-capital murder. Williams, formerly of Edmonton, was convicted of murdering his fiancee. Linda Anne Wood, in, Vancouver on April 8. 1968.Phelps said he believed Williams was unarmed, but was to be considered dangerous. Tie warned motorists from picking up hitchhikers in the area.The five escaped from the prison by driving a car they stole from the prison auto body shop through the main gate.Gunman’s PickDeath: BrotherSTOCKHOLM (AP — Swedish police today moved more personnel and equipment into a downtown Stockholm bank where a gunman has held four hostages since Thursday. ■j.Officials said they had a new plan to flush out the gunman and claimed that “time is working for the police.The gunman's brother declared late Monday night that the arjned man “would never give up voluntarily on his own without shooting.“He thinks he has nothing to lose, only $ choice between death and spending the rest of his life in prison. He would choose to die.” ithat would make him known - and pull it off or die.”He told rejorters:“I am the only one who could persuade my brother and prevent a massacre. He trusts me and would listen toHe said his brother hdd told him two weeks ago that “he would do something really bigPolice refused to comment on the brother’s statements, except to confirm that he had offered his assistance.Commissioner Kurt Lin-droth, comparing the cops-and-robbers drama with a high-stakes poker game, said the gunman seemed to he keeping a step' ahead of the authorities.The gunman was unofficially identified a? Jan-Erik Ols-son, 32. With him Were four bank-teller hostages — three of them women and a convicted murderer whose freedom Olsson had demanded.AFTER FINISHING speech that recalled Parliament to deal with rail strike. Prime .’Minister Trudeau shows anticipation for cooling drinkNew StrIn ChilSANTIAGO lt;AP Storg and cafe owners called a 21-hour strike today and the commander of Chile's navy resigned from the cabinet, deepening the crisis faced by Marxist President Salvador Allemle.Admiral Raul Montero. who said he turned in his resignation as finance minister Friday, is the third military chief to resign from the government within a week. He said he will retain his military command.Allende was reported ready to reshuffle his 15-member cabinet, naming civilians lo ministerial posts. Allende placed the x military men in the cabinet Aug. 9 in an attempt to find a way out of his domestic problems.Chile is plagued by strikes and a floundering economy.Last week Gen. Cesar Ruiz, the air forec chief, started the exodus of military commanders by leaving his posts as service chief and transportation minister. Then Gen. Carlas Prats, commander of the army, resigned from the defence ministry and the military.Foreign Minister Clodomiro Almeyda announced Monday night that Allende might not attend the non-aligned nations’ conference Sept. 5 in Algeria.Rafael Cumsille, president of the Small Businessmen’s Confederation, said the organization's 140,000 members would close their doors for 24 hours today. They went on a two-day strike list week protesting alleged government discrimination against private enterprise in the distribution of fopd-*nd goods.Chilian Medical Association \and pe Confederation of ProfejejpriaLs both publicly asked tor the resignation of Allende, accusing him of seeking to destroy the labor unionand professions Chile as he pur ist programs.They singled owners, who strike since Ju mands for new spare parts, ii tariffs and a they will not beMany; bus ar later joined strike, with lt;Slt;wCHICAGO ( mour is no long Seymour, tl cobra” that northwest sub Grove on a thi hunt with ordc kill, turned ou artist.Police calk search for the day night al Pauley, curatoi Brookfield Zap, Seymour was cobra and that poisonous. Pauley madeWater jD3.5 Tons Opium Seized: ChinaBANGKOK (UPI) - Narcotics agents seized 3.5 tons of raw opium valued at $300,000 after a gunbattle with traffickers in the northern province of Chiangmai, authorities reported Monday.PROVIDENC - A U.S. orgai to defend Pr against charge with the Watt espionage scan raised $86,000 i: including one eery money former presic counsel Charles
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Victoria Daily Colonist
Victoria, British Columbia, CA
Tue, Aug 28, 1973
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