Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 3, 1971, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday december 3, 1971 7 cast members of the Winnipeg Community theatre Are shown in a scene from Juno and the Haycock by Sean o Casey which opened wednesday in the auditorium of the Centennial planetarium. They Are left to Swan Del As Captain Jack Boyle Nornia harrs As Juno Boyle and Brian Richardson As Boxer Daly. Police will be charged Vancouver up As Sault charges will be Laid against five Vancouver police men in connection with a disturbance in the City s Gas town area aug. 7, the police commis Sion said thursday night. A report on the disturbance was turned Over to the commis Sion earlier thursday by City prosecutor Stewart Mcmorran who said there was sufficient evidence to proceed with charges of common assault against the five officers. The five were not named. A commission statement said the names would be made Public when summons were issued expected to be within a week. Police chief John Fisk was urged by the commission to take disciplinary action against the five men As soon As Possi ble for their behaviour in Clear ing the streets following a pro marijuana smoke in in Gas town a rejuvenated water front area popular As an off beat shopping dining and entertainment Centre. Or. Justice Thomas Dohm of the British Columbia supreme court who conducted a Public inquiry into the August disturbance said in an earlier report that some police used excessive Force in dealing with the crowd. Or. Mcmorran said three of the assault charges Likely will be Laid by the police depart ment itself. In the other two cases charges could be Laid by civilians. . Eager to talk with Canadian pm crowded hives there Are about bees in jailed Ira men vanish in fog Belfast up the Irish Republican army appeared today to have driven a big Hole into Northern Ireland s Security setup by whisking three of its top operatives out of Belfast s Crumlin Road prison fortress. The Trio s disappearance into a thick fog shrouding the Capi Tal came Only two weeks after nine other suspected Ira agents broke out clambering Over the jail s towering Walls with the Aid of rope ladders. Republican sources claimed the three were safely Over the Border in the Irish Republic. As the Republic would almost certainly regard the men As freed political prisoners extradition would seem out of the question. Six of the men who escaped nov. 19 later surfaced in Dublin to give a news conference. Only two were they drove South toward the Frontier disguised As priests. Two of the three latest is Capers were identified by in formed sources As Martin Mee Han and Anthony dutch do Harty. British army intelligence regard them As among the most important captures since internment without trial was in trod iced in August to crush the Ira. Meehan was said by the sources to be the Leader of Bel fast s Ardoyne District com Mand of the Ira which is fighting to bring protest ant dominated Northern Ireland under the Rule the roman Catholic Republic. Doherty is widely reported to be a top guerrilla gunman. The sources said he had been questioned in connection with the killing of three off duty British soldiers in March. I the three were missed at . Thursday during a routine Roll Call at the prison a grim 19th-Century Penitentiary j which holds about 860 prisoners. More than 100 of them under the internment Laws. There was no official com ment on the breakout from the army police or Home office. But Security sources said privately the operation was a marked propaganda coup for the a bitter disappointment for the army which was delighted when the men were seized three weeks ago during a search of the Ardoyne. There was widespread speculation today that the Ira May j have succeeded in infiltrating the Crumlin Security system. A wave of terror bombings hit Northern Ireland the today i wounding at least 32 including four children a Belfast Londonderry Neary and Niagh. None was seriously Hurt. Bat a 17-year-old girl shot by guerrillas attacking police last saturday ;