Inviting,
chilly
but
cool
while
remain
U.S.
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Canadian
under
WATERBURY,
Conn.
(AP)
A
former
convict
accused
of
slaying
his
foster
brother's
family
in
Connecticut's
worst
mass
killing
stood
silently
through
a
brief
court
hearing
today
at
which
his
arraignment
was
delayed
until
Aug.
2.
Lome
Acquin,
a
native
of
Quebec,
wore
dungarees
and
a
T-shirt
at
the
proceedings
before
Superior
Court
Judge
Francis
O'Brien.
'
Acquin,
27,
is
charged
with
the
slaying
of
Frederick
Beaudoin's
wife,
seven
children
and
a
niece.
He
also
is
charged
with
arson
in
a
fire
that
destroyed
the
family's
in
home
in
nearby
Prospect.
Lawyer
John
Williams,
who
said
he
wants
to
be
appointed
to
represent
Acquin,
asked
O'Brien
for
the
continuance
because
he
had
not
seen
the
or
arrest
warrant.
The
judge
rejected
a
request
by
Assistant
State
Attorney
Walter
Scanlon
for
an
increase
on
in
the
bond
to
$1
million
from
1250,000.
Williams,
who
has
accused
police
of
"gross
misbehavior"
FERRY
DISTURBANCE
Bikers
SAINT
JOHN,
N.B.
(CP)
Six
members
of
the
Ontario-based
Vagabonds
motorcycle
club
and
two
Saint
John
area
residents
pleaded
not
guilty
in
provincial
court
today
to
a
total
of
12
charges
resulting
from
a
disturbance
aboard
the
CN
ferry
Princess
of
Acadia
during
the
weekend.
Riot-equipped
police
arrested
17
men
and
one
woman
early
Sunday
after
complaints
that
members
of
two
motorcycle
gangs
had
terrorized
passengers
on
the
ferry,
danced
in
the
nude
and
used
obscene
language.
One
of
the
defendants
wore
a
motorcycle
jacket
with
the
name
Odin's
Wrath
MC,
a
The
sun's
slanting
rays
transform
Buckhorn
Lake.
Temperature
of
the
bejewelled
water
however
is
still
and
prompts
one
youngster
to
remain
fully
clothed
gingerly
wading.
His
more
hardy
companions
close
to
shore.
ACQUIN
the
investigation,
said
Acquin
probably
will
remain
in
custody
because
he
will
be
unable
to
raise
the
bond.
Police
have
refused
comment
on
Williams's
allegations
on
a
published
report
that
Acquin
told
them
he
bludgeoned
his
victims
with
a
tire
iron
and
then
set
their
home
fire
with
gasoline
early
Friday
A
report
in
the
New
Haven
Register
quotes
sources
as
saying
Acquin,
who
had
lived
plead
not
Saint
John
motorcycle
club,
written
on
it.
Several
others
wore
Tshirts
.with
Vagabonds
mu
written
on
them.
Harry
Restmage,
27,
who
gave
his
address
as
Ontario
was
charged
with
assaulting
a
police
officer.
Restmage
was
also
charged
with
the
misdemeanor
of
theft
of
liquor
valued
at
under
$200
from
the
ship's
bar.
Samuel
Irvine
Hull
of
Ontario
was
charged
with
two
counts
of
common
assault
and
-one
charge
of
causing
a
disturbance.
Beverley
Bowe
of
Grand
Bay,
N.B.
was
charged
with
causing
a
disturbance
on
the
.
wharf
by
using
obscene
lan-
tiuMn
pnoio
oy
uoug
wvuvr
arrest
several
years
ago
with
the
Beaudoin
family,
told
state
police
he
arrived
at
the
Beau-'
doin
home
between
2:30
and
3:30
a.m.
Friday.
The
Register
quotes
the
sources
as
saying
that
Acquin
told
police
he
talked
in
the
kitchen
with
Beaudoin's
wife,
Cheryl,
29.
Beaudoin
was
at
work
on
the
night
shift
at
Pratt
and
Whitney
aerospace
plant
in
New
Haven.
After
the
fire,
investigators
found
her
body
in
the
kitchen.
An
autopsy
indicated
that
she
died
of
head
injuries
and
a
stab
wound
to
the
chest,
Chief
State
Medical
Examiner
Elliot
Gross
said
Sunday.
Six
of
the
Beaudoin
children,
ranging
from
four
to
12
years,
died
from
smoke
inhalation
and
head
injuries
from
a
"blunt
force,"
while
the
seventh
died
of
head
injuries,
the
autopsy
report
said.
An
autopy
was
to
be
performed
today
on
the
ninth
victim,
Jennifer
Santoro,
6,
a
Beaudoin
niece
who
was
,
spending
the
night
at
(heir
home.
guilty
guage
and
with
resisting
arrest.
David
Francis
Gilles,
28,
of-Saint
John
was
charged
with
indecent
exposure.
Gilles
and
Miss
Bowe
were
released
on
their
own
recogniz-ance,
All
the
others
were
remanded
to
jail
pending
bail
hearings
Wednesday
and
Thursday.
Wayne
Richard
Fernley,
28,
of
Toronto
was
charged
with
possession
of
a
stolen
wallet
containing
less
than
$200.
Stephen
Paul
Clark
of
Toronto;
Richard
Kliki,
27,
of
Ontario;
and
John
Wayne
Brown,
28,
of
Ontario
were
charged
with
resisting
a
police
officer,
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STRIKE
INCIDENT
Police
charge
Montreal
trio
MONTREAL
(CP)
-
Three
security
guards
accused
of
firing
on
strikers
demonstrating
at
the
Robin
Hood
Multifoods
Ltd.
flour
mill
Friday
were
arraigned
in
court
on
Saturday.
'
Roger
Rousseau,
34,
Marc
Levesque,
24,
and
Antonio
Rol-land,
42,
pleaded
not
guilty
to
discharging
a
firearm
with
intent
to
maim
or
wound.
The
offence
carries
a
maximum
penalty
of
14
years
in
prison.
The
men
were
released
by
sessions
court
Judge
Marcel
Allard
on
$1,000
bail
and
told
to
appear
for
preliminary
hearing
Aug.
12.
Judge
Allard
also
barred
the
men
from
getting
in
touch
with
any
of
the
eight
injured
demonstrators
or
their
families.
He
also
said
the
three
are
not
to
carry
firearms
and
must
not
return
to
the
Robin
Hood
mill
until
their
case
is
decided.
Defence
counsel
Clement
Bluteau
had
argued
heatedly
for
their
release,
saying
the
men
were
responsible
citizens
in
good
standing
with
their
employer,
the
Bureau
des
Detectives
Industriels,
Inc.
Crown
Prosecutor
Rene
Duval,
who
asked
that
a
preliminary
hearing
be
held
as
early
as
next
Tuesday,
had
recommended
the
accused
spend
the
weekend
in
jail.
After
hearing
a
statement
by
Sgt.
Jacques
Hogue
of
the
Montreal
police
force,
Judge
Allard
said
the
men
were
not
a
threat
to
the
general
public
and
decided
on
their
conditional
release.
The
violence
began
when
demonstrators
forced
their
way
through
the
main
gate
at
the
Robin
Hood
mill.
About
200
workers
had
converged
on
the
mill
to
protest
against
a
strike
by
more
than
500
flour
mill
workers.
Sgt.
Hogue
said
the
shooting
began
four
minutes
after
demonstrators
crashed
the
gate.
Eight
strikers
were
wounded,
two
of
them
seriously.
All
were
listed
in
stable
condition
in
two
city
hospitals.
Police,
who
seized
four
shotguns
and
a
cache
of
anti-riot
gadgets
from
the
security
force
at
the
plant,
said
a
fourth
guard
taken
into
custody
after
the
shooting
was
later
released.
Quebec
Labor
Minister
Pierre-Marc
Johnson
said
late
Friday
that
Justice
Minister
Marc-Andre
Bedard
has
ordered
an
"in-depth"
investigation
into
the
entire
affair.
Workers
at
four
area
flour
mills
have
been
off
the
job
since
Feb.
2
to
protest
a
wage
rollback
by
the
federal
anti-Iriflation
board,
but
two
of
the
mills
Ogilvie
Mills
Ltd.
and
Phenix
Flour
Ltd.
reached
a
settlement
with
their
employees
July
15.
TODAY
FEATURED
INSIDE)
"When
I
said
there
was
nothing
wrong
with
a
pipeline
In
an
area
I
was
not
speaking
about
our
area,
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WEATHER
A
solid
ridge
of
high
pressure
covering
most
of
the
province
is
expected
to
bring
Prince
George
sunny
skies
today
and
Tuesday.
The
forecast
high
today
is
26,
the
low
9.
The
high
Sunday
was
24,
the
low
10
with
no
preciptiation.
On
this
date
last
year
the
high
was
22,
the
low
4.
NOW
HEAR
THIS)
Two
American
tourists
think
Prince
George
residents
nave
gone
too
far
in
extending
hospitality
to
their
pet.
The
couple
from
Denver,
Colorado,
let
their
'four-month-old
female
Samoyed
pup
out
of
their
vehicle
on
Fifth
Avenue
while
they
washed
their
vehicle
on
the
weekend
at
a
car-wash.
A
car
drove
up,
and
someone
picked
up
the
pup
and
drove
away,
The
owners
are
hoping
that
those
Prince
George
residents
taking
care
of
the
pup
will
phone
them
at
562-1603.
t
Workers
at
those
mills
were
to
return
Monday,
but
union
officials
say
the
men
may
meet
again
to
decide
whether
to
remain
out
in
support
of
the
Robin
Hood
workers
who
are
not
part
of
the
back-to-work
agreement.
A
fourth
mill,
Maple
Leaf
Mills,
has
not
been
negotiating
with
its
workers,
but
indicated
it
may
match
the
terms
offered
by
Ogilvie
and
Phenix:
Robin
Hood
obtained
a
court
injunction
in
March
to
try
to
end
the
walkout.
When
that
was
ignored,
the
company
fired
the
strikers
and
began
hiring
new
employees
and
protecting
them
with
private
security
guards.
See
photos
page
7
Fires
claim
two
Two
persons
died
in
fires
during
the
weekend
in
the
North
Central
Interior.
In
Prince
George
Phylis
Evelyn
Clement,
54,
was
found
dead
at
262
Harper
St.
in
a
smoke-filled
room
Sunday,
while
Abraham
Jake
Fehr,
24,
died
in
a
house
fire
Saturday
in
Vanderhoof.
Prince
George
fire
chief
Harold
Dornbierer
said
the
cause
of
the
Clement
death
is
believed
to
be
careless
use
of
smoking
materials.
"The
fire
started
in
a
sofa,"
he
said.
In
Vanderhoof
RCMP
said
no
;foul
play
is
suspected
in
the
Fehr
death,
but
an
inquest
will
be
held,
no
date
has
been
set.
Clement
was
Prince
George's
second
fire
victim
of
1977.
On
May
31,
Katherine
Michalchyshyn,
79,
died
in
a
fire
at
the
senior
citizens'
home
on
Laurier
Cresc.
Fehr
was
Vanderhoof's
first
fire
fatality
of
the
year.
'Radar
detects
'beast'
POHENEGAMOOK,
Que.
(CP)
Three
Toronto
divers
searching
for
Lake
Pohenegamook's
fabled
monster,
Ponik,
say
their
marine
radar
has
detected
"something
big
and
long."
Bob
Murray,
Josef
Vykydal
and
Don
McPhee
said
Sunday
they
haven't
succeeded
in
photographing
the
"beast"
but
have
detected
a
mass
25
feet
long
which
passed
under
their
boat
last
week.
"I
don't
know
what
there
is
here,
but
there's
something
big
and
long,"
Murray
said.
Murray
discounted
theories
it
could
have
been
a
sturgeon,
"or
it
would
have
been
the
biggest
one
ever
seen."
The
three,
who
have
put
up
$5,000
each
for
the
search
for
the
"monster"
allegedly
seen
by
several
persons,
are
equipped
with
a
motorized
rubber
raft,
non-directional
marine
radar,
an
underwater
movie
camera
and
a
35-mm
camera
that
can
be
submerged.
Elzear
Sirois,
63-year-old
native
of
the
region
100
miles
northeast
of
Quebec
City,
said
the
story
of
Ponik
has
been
told
for
generations.
"The
witnesses
all
talk
about
something
resembling
a
water
cow,"
The
Torontonians
said
they
came
to
the
six-mile-long
lake
to
look
for
Ponik
after
reading
about
it
in
magazines.
Dief
stable,
says
hospital
OTTAWA
(CP)
Former
prime
minister
John
Diefen-baker
was
reported
in
good
spirits
and
in
stable
condition
today
after
being
admitted
to
Civic
Hospital
on
Saturday
suffering
from
internal
bleeding.
'
Dief
enbaker,
81
,
first
elected
to
the
Commons
In
1940
and
prime
minister
between
June,
1957
and
April,
1963,
is
believed
to
be
suffering
from
recurrence
of
a
problem
caused
by
an
injury
during
army
training
in
1916
in
England,'.
Anna
Mellos
of
Penny,
is
helped
off
the
last
way
treignt
by
conductor
John
Hopson,
MeBRIDB
RUN
End
of
in
rail
by
AL
IRWIN
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
A
colorful
chapter
in
local
Canadian
National
Railways
history
ended
almost
unnoticed
in
Prince
George
Saturday.
CN's
mixed
freight,
or
way
freight
arrived
here
from
McBride
for
the
last
time
after
57
years
of
service.
For
CNR,
the
discontinuation
of
the
thrice-weekly
freight
and
passenger
service
was
an
economy
move.
For-
isolated
residents
along
the
146-mile
line,
it
was
a
further
erosion
of
what
they
say
is
already
an
inadequate
service.
The
way
freight
picked
up
and
delivered
boxcar
loads
of
lumber
and
other
freight
along
the
line,
and
also
carried
passengers,
one
of
the
last
mixed
freights
in
B.C.
For
residents
of
Penny
a
community
of
about
60
people
60
miles
east
of
Prince
George,
the
railway
is
the
only
direct
link
to
the
outside.
And
though
the
CN
will
continue
to
offer
a
passenger
service,
Penny
residents
say
the
end
of
the
way
freight
may
force
many
older
people
out
of
the
area.
A
rough
two-mile
road
leads
from
Highway
16
to
the
Fraser
River.
There
is
Round-trip
service
The
way
freight
arrived
about
11
a.m.
at
Prince
George,
returning
the
next
morning.
And
although
the
passenger
train
runs
daily
during
summer,
it
iscut
back
to
thrice-weekly
trips
during
winter.
In
winter,
the
way
freight,
operated
on
alternate
days
to
McBride,
offering
six
day-a-week
access
to
the
outside.
Kinnon
directs
me
to
the
home
of
Anna
Mellos,
who
has
lived
in
Penny
for
more
than
40
years.
bhe
lives
in
a
large
two-
storey
house
she
once
operated
as
a
stopping
place.
Her
husband
ran
a
grocery
store
in
Penny
for
20
years.
A
short
energetic
lady
in
her
late
sixties,
Mrs.
Mellos
Is
rattling
around
in
her
back
porch.
&ne
welcomes
me
into
her
kitchen,
apologizing
for
not
offering
me
coffee.
She
is
leaving.
on
the
way
freight
to
visit
relatives
in
Prince
George
and
Calgary,
ane
remembers
when
Penny
was
a
bustling
community
of
500,
boasting
a
two-room
school
to
Grade
8,
a
church,
movies
every
week
and
a
dance
hall
attended
by
people
all
along
the
line,
The
mill,
the
heart
of
Penny,
closed
in
the
late
sixties,
as
did
many
others
along
the
line,
when
timber
rights
were
bought
up
by
a
larger
company.
Many
of
the
residents,
like
Kinnon,
earn
their
living
now
planting
trees,
or
burning
slash
for
the
company,
Northwood
Pulp
and
Timber,
Mrs,
Mellos
keens
an
immense
yard
neatly
trimmed,
tends
a
small
garden,
packs
water
from
a
nearby
creek,
and
splits
an
era
service
no
bridge
to
Penny
on
the
other
side.
.
Residents
use
boats
when
the
river
is
clear.
They
build
an
ice
bridge
for
cars
during
the
winter.
But
for
about
one-and-one-half
months
during
spring
breakup,
the
river
is
impassable.
Longworth,
a
community
of
about
50
residents
10
miles
west
of
Prince
George,
and
other
smaller
places,,
are
similarly
isolated.
At
6:30
a.m.
Saturday,
David
Kinnon
is
waiting
at
the
river
to
take
Herb
Badey
and
me
across
the
river
to
Penny
in
his
canoe.
Badey
is
filming
the
last
way
freight
for
CBC.
Way
freight
operators
know
all
the
residents
along
the
line,
and
often
stop
right
at
their
homes,
rather
than
at
designated
stations,
especially
if
there
are
groceries
to
be
carried.
Shopping
trips
to
Prince
George
will
take
longer
and
cost
more
now,
says
Kinnon.
The
passenger
train
from
McBride
reaches
Prince
George
at
11
p.m.,
and
returns
at
7
a.m.
the
next
day.
Without
a
two-night
stay
in
Prince
George,
a
shopping
trip
or
visit
to
the
doctor
or
dentist
is
impossible.
much
of
her
own
wood.
She
likes
the
life
and
doesn't
want
to
leave.
But
she
says
it
will
be
hard
in
winter
to
leave
her
house
unattended
for
two
nights,
and
the
added
cost
of
a
two-night
stay
in
Prince
George
will
be
hard
on
her
pension.
She
is
also
afraid
the
passenger
train
will
not
have
room
for
her
groceries,
and
expensive
freight
rates
will
be
charged
in
the
baggage
car.
Way
freight
crews
took
passengers
and
groceries
for
the
price
of
a
passenger
ticket,
Mrs.
Mellos
is
not
bitter.
"It's
progress,
I
guess.
CN
has
been
good
to
us,
but
we
need
the
local.
We
are
really
one
of
the
most
isolated
places
in
Canada."
She
doesn't
relish
the
thought
of
moving
to
Prince
George.
"We
have
nice
clean
air
and
water
here.
When
you
get
to
Airport
Hill
(in
Prince
George)
the
smell
starts.
"Eventually
we
have
to
move,
but
we
do
hate
it,
We
bought
our
homes
here
years
ago
and
we
are
sort
of
stuck
with
our
places."
She
is
also
worried
about
the
high
rent
in
Prince
George.
Later
at
the
CN
station
that
looks
like
part
of
the
set
for
the
Waltons,
Mrs.
Mellos,
Badey
and
I
buy
tickets
from
operator
Sue
Kinnon,
David's
wife.
'
Residents
are
also
disturbed
the
CN
intends
to
remove
the
station
and
the
agent.
The
Canadian
Transport
Commission
will
hold
a
public
hearing
In
Prince
George
Aug.
10
and
11
See
FREIGHT
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