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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 30, 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday october 30, 1973 19 Gold of the gods treasure guarded by unknown visit from afar Wiarton ont. Up visitors from As far away As Van Couver were among about people who attended the first annual Wiarton rotary club Rade fair recently. An estimate id was raised for Crip pled children and Community projects from the fair s proceeds. By Erich von Daniken Erich von Dan Ken i a Swiss author woo Hai advanced thu theory that tract Lori from Moultr Span Al a Ltd Earth in Hie Distant past and Laid tin foundations for Man s Prisut Lvi Littlon. In his latest Book cont Nuti to Arsue that historians have overlooked seme obvious evidence of this theory trying instead to fit discoveries into More orthodox theories of development. On several occasions Moricz had stopped me taking photographs As we passed through the tunnels. He kept on making different excuses. Sometimes it was the radiation that would make the negatives unusable sometimes it was the Flash which might damage the Metal Library with its blinding Light. At first i could not under stand Why but after a few hours underground i began to sense the reason for Moricz s strange behaviour. You could not get rid of the feeling of being constantly watched of destroying something magic of unleashing a catastrophe. Would the entrances suddenly close would my Flash ignite a synchronized laser beam would we never see the Light 61 Day again childish ideas for men engaged on serious investigation perhaps. But if you had experienced what it was like Down there you would understand these absurd ideas. Teams equipped with modern technical aids will have to work Down there to see whether there Are any dangers to be overcome or avoided. When i first saw the pile of Gold i begged to be allowed to take just one photo. Once again i was refused. The lumps of Gold had to be levered from the pile and that might make a noise and Start stones falling from the roof like an Avalanche. Moricz noticed my frustration and laughed. You la be Able to photograph plenty of Gold later but not in such vast quantities. Will that today i know that the big Gest Gold treasure from the dark tunnels is not on show in South american museums. It lies in the Back Patio the Church of Maria Aux Tiadora at Cuenca in Ecuador some it. Above sea level. Father. Crespi the collector o t the treasure which is priceless just for its weight in Gold has been living in Cuenca for forty five years. He is accepted As a trustworthy Friend of the indians who during past decades fetched the most Valu Able Gold and Silver objects from their hiding places piece by piece and gave them to him and still do so today. I had been warned before hand that the Good father was fond pulling his visitors legs. I soon had a taste of this. In All seriousness he showed me an object that was obviously the lower part of a Flat Iron. He said that proves that the inca rulers had their trousers pressed even in those we laughed and father Crespi led us through his treasure Chambers. Room i houses Stonemason s work room ii contains inca artefacts of Gold Silver Copper and brass while room Iii holds the Gold treasure which he very Seldom shows anyone and then unwillingly. Cuenca has a Gold museum of its own but it cannot compare with father Crespi s. So if from now on i frequently mention Gold and pure Gold at that i am simply repeating my own and father Crespi s conviction it is indeed pure Gold that has now been brought to the notice of an incredulous and astonished world by my camera. The showpiece was a Stele 20v2 inches High inches wide and inches thick. 56 different characters Are stamped on its 56 squares. I had seen absolutely identical characters on the leaves in the Metal Library in the great Hall whoever made this Gold Stele used a code an with 56 letters or symbols arranged to form writing. What makes this All the More remarkable is the fact that Hith e r t o it has always been claimed that the South Ameri can cultures Mayas incas Etc possessed no alphabetical writing or script with alphabet ical characteristics. Have you seen this lady asked Moricz. She was 12vi inches High and naturally of solid Gold. Her head was formed of two Trian Gles whose planes seemed to have wings welded to them. Coiled cables emerged from her ears they were obviously not jewellery for the lady s earrings were clipped to her ear lobes. She had healthy if triangular proportions with Well formed breasts and stood with legs apart. The fact that she had no arms did not mar her Beauty. She wore Long elegant sphere floated above her head and i Felt that the stars on either Side referred to her origin. A Star from a past age a Maiden from the stars next came a Gold discus s a inches in diameter. It cannot have been a shield As the archaeologists would catalogue it. For one thing it is too heavy for another it has never had a hand hold on its smooth reverse Side. I believe that this discus too was intended to transmit information. It exhibits two stylized but incredibly accurate spermatozoa two laughing suns the sickle of a waning Moon a Large Star and two stylized Tri angular men s faces. In the Middle Are Small raised Cir cles arranged to give the be Holder visual pleasure but apparently intended to produce a different and More serious feet. Father Crespi put a heavy Gold plaque in front of the camera. Here is something special for you my Young Friend. This piece dates to the period be fore the flood three creatures holding a tall Tablet with some signs on it stared at me. The pair of eyes looked As if they were peering from behind goggles. The upper left hand monster pointed to a sphere the right land one was Clad from head o foot in an Overall which was fastened at the sides and proudly wore a three cornered Star on his head. Above the Tablet with signs floated two winged spheres. What were the monsters hold ing some kind of Morse code dots dashes sos a a switch Board for electric contacts anything is possible but i suspect technical analogies rather than letters on this Tablet. And according to the father who has been Given special Vatican permission to carry out his archaeological research it does Date to the period before the flood i take my word for it when you catch sight the trea sures in the. Back Patio of Maria auxiliador you have to be very Strong willed not. To gel Gold drunk but it was not the Large amounts of Gold that impressed me it was the representation of stars Moons suns and snakes that gleamed on hundreds of Metal plaques nearly All of them unequivocal symbols of space travel. Excerpted from Goia or gods by Erich von Daniken. Copy right c by the publishers. Published by arrangement with the publishers. Ford takes lumps from British press by Murrey Marder Washington special tons How does Hep. Gerald h. Ford measure up As a p o t e n t i a 1 counter weight against soviet Leader Leonid i. Brezhnev in a future world crisis or against chinese pre Mier Chou in Lai to most people in the United states such questions May sound preposterously irrelevant. But to Many foreigners especially in Allied nations the a a e s tons Are profoundly serious very disturbing and according to some Early press reaction even frightening. Western europeans in partic ular Are acutely aware As few americans Are that their Fate literally May hang on the split second. Sagacity and states Manship of a . President. That realization was thrust upon them As a Rock in the 1962 cuban missile crisis that raised an imminent threat of nuclear War Between the United states and the soviet Union. Normally questions a b o it the International competency of a . Vice president never eve n arise in time for the out Side world to express its views with any Chance for Impact As the selection comes top swiftly in political conventions. Ford s confirmation process Breaks that pattern. While americans Are preoccupied with the Domestic implications of president Nixon s nomination of Gerald Ford to succeed to the vice presidency the outside world is looking at what is in it for them. The guardian of London took a Quick look at the implications and reached a dismayed conclusion in an editorial acidly entitled after a Crook a mediocrity. . Political analysts have focused on the advantages for president Nixon in avoiding a Battle Over replacing vice president Spiro t. Agnew by selecting a domestically non controversial caretaker Suc Cessor whose designation simultaneously May help Bridge the turbulent Gulf Between the White House and Capitol Hill. But the Takeoff Point for International reaction As the guardian editorial and other foreign commentary Illus trates is strikingly different. Or. Ford is totally unsuited to be the Leader of the most powerful nation in the the guardian said bluntly his record As the Leader o the republicans in the House of representatives is undistinguished. The newspaper s appraisal continued or. Ford has neither Charisma nor executive experience. He lacks flair imagine lion and authority. Unlike the Republican Leader in the sen ifs Green. It s open. Moray Village another living Community by Lake Lew properties Ltd. Ate he has failed to try to tamp ideas on the administration s policies but in Tead has faithfully followed tie . He would be a lad Choice under any Circum Tances but in the present situation his nomination is Inex what provoked this unusually Larsh outburst from a very Iro american journal was unusual concern that the Ford nomination carries a higher ban Ordinary risk one a might become president. If As the guardian said or. Ford is approved by Congress he is going to be significantly nearer 6 the presidency than the pro Verbial Legal As Rell As medical developments Ould. Still overtake or. Nixon because although a watergate impeachment remains i prob ble it is not a less dire but also Trou led Outlook was expressed by the times of London. In an editorial entitled pres Dent Nixon plays Safe the lines said most vice presidents have Leen chosen for reasons Large y unconnected with the a ional interest and America is Lucky that the absurdities of he Job have been exposed with relative because the president did not have to think of his own the times said an Appeal by him to put country above party and sectional in Erest would probably have Een successful but or. Toon did not pose the Chal Ford represents the better Side of conservative Middle America and is probably the right Man to pour Oil on the troubled water of Domestic pol however it said the most important consideration is whether he is the right Man to be t h e newspaper described Ford As a worthy and honest Man who is liked and respected but his limitations Are Well the United states now aces several years of extremely difficult adjustment to the new pattern of world poli tics. Apart from the immediate dangers of the Middle East War there is the Long term task of reshaping relations with the soviet Union Europe China Japan and latin America where the chilean disaster May still have repercussions. All this requires More than diplomatic re quires sensitive minds with the sort of experience in foreign affairs that cannot be gained from a few briefings by officials or a few Hasty trips the times added fortunately the lines have already been set and with or. Kissinger in the state department there Wil he no Lack of momentum if or. Nixon survives for i full term the right vice president could be a Grea asset. If he does not the wrong vice president could be a disaster in its on the other hand Ca cat the times said or Ford is unlikely to be a disaster and he could Well Surprise everyone by surpassing the rather limited expectation with which he the times along with Many other abroad is aching to be sur prised while it fears the worst each foreign nation inevitably will be scrutinizing Ford 25 years in Congress in scare of his voting record on its Owr National interests. Lacks suspense of All timed sports the brie fest if the Quick draw in shoot ing in which times of .06 of a second have been recorded. Valuable Strad the highest Price for a violin is paid in 1968 at Soth Eby s in London for a 1709 Stradivarius. Mom Ami. False Teeth talking afraid false Teeth null drop at the. Can Neil. Ciufu Wii Nivea dentures a longer firmer Steadler hold. Wily be emf Carryee Ava powder. That ene tial to health. So your Den list regularly. 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