Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 25, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday june 25, 1969 que. Citizens ready to take on bandits Knowlton que. Up provincial police against recent residents of Brome county Southeast of Montreal Are fed up with what they feel is invade hit and run attacks by armed gangs of men. The residents now Are ready quate Protection from Quebec j to fight Back. At a citizens meeting held Here sunday night. Claude Noiseaux Cowansville Crown at Torney told the citizens they could take any Means Neces Madame Pompidou a modern first lady by Leo Ryan Paris special tall and blonde Claude Pompi Dou with her ready laugh spontaneity and natural outspokenness will be one of the most unusual ladies that France has Ever known and a stunning con Trast from her predecessor Madame de Gaulle. She will also be a resigned rather than a delighted occupant of the staid Elysee Palace which with its salons and brooding gardens wears its 250 years of history including Over a decade of prudish gaullist rather heavily. For Madame Pompidou who is in her mid fifties had hoped that when her son Alain grew up she would be a working woman. I have always dreamed of running an Art gallery on the left said recently this engaging woman who will for seven years in principle be the trend and style setter for millions of frenchwoman. Despite her husband s career in Public service which started 20 years ago Madame Pompidou has always had a distinctly private life. She realizes that she will miss this terribly. Her idea of an enjoyable evening is to invite close friends like Painter Bernard Buffet and write Francoise Sagan around to the Pompi Dou apartment on the he Saint Louis for an intimate summer. There would be simple provincial cooking relaxed talk accompanied by some music by Bach or an Avant Garde composer. When Georges Pompidou acknowledged the cheers of his supporters at his Campaign Headquarters on june 15, he was alone. Unlike the Case of . Presidents there was no smartly dressed smiling wife and Well groomed children at his Side. This was because of or. Pompidou s wish for her private life to be protected As Long As possible. In the Pinch Madame Pompidou backs her Hus band fiercely. When he was almost single hand edly hold ing the gaullist regime together during last year s mini revolution she was constantly with him at the hotel matignon the Resi Dence of the prime minister. I had to be close to him then we were practically alone it was pretty Ter she recalls. The new first lady of France has an angular striking figure. Her often Short and Natul blonde hair gives her an almost Tomboyish look. She keeps very close and sometimes a slight jump ahead of fashion. Born Claude Cahour to a hardworking country doctor in the Mayenne District of South West France she lost her Mother when she was three. She and her sister Jacqueline were brought up As boys received a Large dose of discipline and some healthy walloping. This is probably Why i have my Garcon look and my Strong taste for sports like swim Ming Riding she says. And from my father i also get my Frank Way of talking which sometimes worries my husband but More often makes him she declares. From her father she also got her love of animals. She has two dogs a Labrador and an algerian Saluki. The Pompidou also have two moroccan thoroughbreds Given to them by the King of Morocco an a score of sheep. These Are at their converted farmhouse in Calarc set in the harsh but Beautiful Limestone plateau Region in South West France. Like her husband Madame Pompidou is profoundly attached to the Countryside. They have an other country place nearer Paris at Orviller which by remarkable coincidence is called the while but it is not comparable to the washing ton version. It used to be a Village Bistro and still has a billiard room and a dance Hall. When she met the future president of the Republic he was a teacher and she was a first year Law student at the sorbonne. They have been living in their four room Flat on he Saint Louis for Over ten years. It is rented from Helena Ruben Stein. The Flat is decorated in her favorite colors Blue White and Grey. It is filled with elaborately bound books including much poetry her husband published a n anthology of French poetry and mod Ern abstract paintings. One of her pet peeves is decoration. She can now turn her attention to the Elysee Palace which Andre Malraux one Day rather harshly described As a though she real izes she will be somewhat tied Down by protocol she intends to modernize the furnishings. She likes Gay colors and comfortable chairs Good news for Cor respondents attending future press she dresses like the modern woman who takes into account the circumstances in which Var ious clothes should be worn. She wears clothes designed by Chanel Laroche and Cardin but by no Means snubs the department stores. In a reference to t a n t e Yvonne As Madame de Gaule was sometimes called a satirical weekly has just published a cartoon which shows or. Pompidou telling his wife looking forlorn you will learn to her answer too this would be probably something along the lines of not bloody sary to protect themselves. One resident shouted shoot first and ask questions after Call in the said another. Observers Here have suggested that local town councils May deputized dozens and perhaps hundreds of residents to Cope with the gangs trying to halt construction activity in this area. More than construction workers affiliated with the con federation of National Trade unions Are on strike in the que Bec City Region and the Eastern townships Over wage and Job Security issues. The current wave of violence follows the hiring of non Union construction workers from around the Community. Glen Liberal member of the National Assembly for Brome described the people terrorized As essentially farm viands who make a living at Odd jobs during the in the last few weeks Many Homes and farms have suffered thousands of dollars damage at the hands of roving squads armed with chains at least one Rifle baseball bats and axe handles. Contractors have had tools and equipment destroyed and men working on construction Sites have been threatened. Citizens at the sunday meet ing were particularly critical of the App for nol supplying what they feel is adequate Protection for residents and their property. Knowlton has Only one full time policeman and although the regional App Force has Are gently been increased to 54 men from five the provincial police said they Are unable to guard every construction site in the area. Use schools More Stangl plans should be made to assure maximum use of space j and personnel in the schools says Joe Stangl Liberal Candi Date in St. Vital. In a press release he said Post graduate training in the use of our resources for schools paid for by the department of education would help to prevent school drop outs. He urged More courses in economics and political science and recommended the voting age be lowered to 18 years. He suggested that better organization of Leisure time would help prevent experimentation with drugs. He said the department of health should inform All Manitoban about the. Drug situation. 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