Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 25, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winning fue us tugboat. Nov Pitt 25, ims ease marijuana Laws. Liberal senator urges som rain defy los Angel Ding National divorce rate up 20% last year Ottawa the a the rate per Popula Ottawa up the Lime meat of a special committee tie los Angeles times has come for canadians to re Vise their attitudes toward the drug problem and consider removing Possession of marijuana from the criminal code says a lateral senator. Senator Frederick Rowe Newfoundland said in the Senate monday night that six . States already Are imposing lesser penalties for Possession of marijuana. The liberalization of Mari Juana Laws in these states has not resulted in increased use of marijuana and a decrease May occur he said. The situation was reminiscent of the Early 1800s when 1 i b e r a 1 s in great Britain pressed for the abolition of hanging for offences such As poaching and robbery. Despite fears of increased crime abolition of the death penalty for these offences actually resulted in a lower rate of crime. Senator Rowe said. He was speaking on a sen to study crime and violence in Canadian society. He cited the Case of two women arrested at Gander nfld., and sentenced to seven years for importing Mari Juana. A Short time later a Man arrested for Drunken driving after knocking two children Down on a St. John s. Nfld., Street was Given a two year prison sentence. Senator Rowe also urged tighter gun control Laws. There is no reason we can not eliminate the use of hand he said. The incidence of murder was almost directly proportionate to the Avail ability of guns. He also urged reallocation of manpower in police forces. It was a waste of Talent and Money to have a trained Well paid ramp officer give out parking tickets when a 16-year-old High school Stu Dent could do the Job just As los Angeles it came like a. Rain of fire. Red hot embers cascaded through the smoke Laden skies falling on rooftops and in backyards. Some people dropped their Garden hoses and fled for their lives. Others defied the spreading contagion and stayed behind to fight. This was the scene monday in Glendale. La Crescenta Kagel Canyon and Lopez Canyon As the big Tujunga fire raged out of control burning Homes and forcing the evacuation of hundreds. George Mason and his wife live in a Cul de Sac in Glen Dale. About 5 . Police and firemen rolled through the neighbourhood urging Resi dents to flee. Homes Burn entire sky iras Black. I thought f god the Ivory is come to an flames moved toward their pretty much the same. Many ate motion urging establish Well. Govt is firm olympic fund Ottawa up progressive conservative maps Mon Day asked a series of questions related to olympic financing but the government persisted in its position that no More Federal funds will go directly to the Mon Treal games than already an Sinclair Stevens York Simcoe asked whether the government has been approached by the Quebec government or the City of Mon Treal to pick up part of the estimated deficit. Prime minister Trudeau re plied with a terse or. Stevens then asked whether the Federal govern ment has agreed to finance any projects ordinarily paid for by the Quebec govern ment in an agreement related to the olympics. Seven year old drowns in River a seven year old boy fell through the ice and drowned sunday at Berjis River Man. An Romp spokesman said Charles William Whiteway and his three Brothers were walking across the ice at he or. Trudeau asked for a specific example saying or. Stevens should be More explicit. Otto Jelinek pc High Park Humber Valley wanted to know if the1 Federal govern ment planned any new legis lation at a later Date to assist the olympics. The Federal government has already passed legislation allowing Coin and stamp pro Grams with the profits going to the olympic organizing committee. Treasury Board president Jean Chretien said no further legislation i s planned. In reply to another question he said any increases in Federal costs related to the games will be marginal. The Federal government is paying for ump and armed forces Security costs As Well As the installation of Broad cast facilities by the Csc. Estimated Cost of the olym pics now is More than Bil lion compared with an Origi Nal estimate of million. Frank 0 b c r Prince George peace River said the takeover by Quebec of control of the games will place a Strain on the Quebec he asked whether those extra costs would be considered in or. Mason s neighbors h e e d e d the warnings. He stayed behind. Climbing to the top of his one Storey stucco House with a Garden Hose he watered Down his House and As embers tumbled Down like a rain of fire 1 a fireman kept hollering to me to he said. But i decided hell at one Point part of the Flat roof caught fire bum ing a Hole through the ceiling but or. Mason was Able to extinguish it before it spread. For More than three hours he remained on the roof top protecting h i s Home and watching four neighbors Homes two on either Side of his Burn to the ground. When i saw my neigh houses go up i i d had he recalled. But i really was too Busy to worry about my own when approached by a re Porter after the fire threat had subsided or. Mason was calmly washing his car covered with dirt and Ash Gail Martin a los Angeles county sheriff s Deputy his wife and four children were asleep when the evacuation Call was sounded. They Glendale Home. They hurriedly roused their children and fled. When they returned three hours later All that remained of their Home were the Walls. The roof had collapsed and the Interior was completely gutted. What can i said or. Martin. It s just a or. Martin s wife said nothing staring blankly at the blackened ruins. Or. M a r t i n s neighbor Earl Clapp was luckier. A e came Home from Church about noon sunday and took a he said. The entire sky was Black. I thought my god the world s come to an end. The Sun was actually red. About 3 . The sheriffs told us to evacuate. There were literally firestorm All Over the Mountain. 1 was half asleep and kind of Stum bled around. I went out the door and there was fire everywhere. I could hardly or. Clapp took his wife pet dog and turtles to safety but returned to protect his Home spraying it Down with a Garden Hose. His Home was unscathed. For those who fled an evacuation Centre was established inside a gymnasium at a la Crescenta High school. De Hinshaw the shelter manager said about 500 per sons were being cared for there with the help of the red Cross. No injuries the spirit Here has been he said. We is finding them places to stay either with rela Tives or with he he knew of no injuries to evacuated residents. The Centre will remain in operation As Long As Neces sary. To the West in the Kagel awoke about an hour later As Canyon area the. Story was persons fled Many stayed behind ignoring commands to evacuate. Fire is right behind my House. I can t talk now because i be got stuff out there that s going to Douglas Chandler said frantically As he interrupted a Telephone conversation with a caller. I be got to try to save my House Paula Dore another Kagel Canyon resident said the Blaze came within 40 feet of burning her House. The fire was so she said it burned face As it was coming Down the Hill. It was really scary because we knew there was nothing we could do. It burned All the Way Down the Hill near our House and into a Gully. I grabbed my jewel Box and some makeup and took my husband s underwear. That s All i had time to while mrs. Dore was Gath ering up her belongings her husband wet Down the roof. The neighbors from nearby areas came to help us but we knew there was no Way to she continued. evacuated and we thought we d never come Back to our House. Wind changes _ then the " wind changed just As the fire was about to take our House and miraculously everything is now 7 another Lucky resident was Tina Henry 16, a student who lives with her family in Kagel Canyon. At first the fire looked like it was going to go to the right of she said but the wind changed and it started the fire swirling All around us. It got so hot i had. To change my top because i was sweating so much. We got everything together in our Vaa. And it seemed we had a couple of minutes before our House would eaten fire. Wind changed again just in time to save our House but the whole Moun Tain behind us is teen Queen to join Santa fort Frances ont. Special miss teen do minion of Canada 18-year old Lynn Hore is scheduled to arrive Here Friday to participate in the rotary club s annual Santa Claus Parade saturday. Several other social functions Are planned for her during her 48-hour visit to fort Frances. Lional divorce rate last year lion and the percentage in creases from 1973 in other provinces Prince Edward Island 82.1, up 74.7 per cent Nova Scotia 195.5, up per cent new Brunswick 113.9. Up 29.4 per cent Quebec 199.s, up 50.1 per cent Ontario 1ss.5, up 17.1 per cent British Colum Bia 254.8, up per Cut Northwest territories 155.3 up 40.5 per cent. Was up 20.6 per cent from 1973, statistics Canada re ported monday. There were divorces in 1974, resulting in a rate of 200-3 divorces per population. This was up from divorces and a rate of 166.1 per in 1973. The Agency said the divorce rate has been increasing since legislative changes in 196s simplified the process. Alberta had the highest rate in the country at 288.1 per up 9.3 per cent from 1973. Newfoundland had the lowest rate at 55.4, up 33.s per cent from 1973. The Rale increased in All areas except the Yukon where the rate dropped to 242.1, Down 19.3 per cent from 1973. Officers elected fort Frances ont. Special Larry Cousineau has been elected president of the fort Frances chamber of Commerce for 1976. Other officers Are Ken Mosher Rob Ert Cummings and Lyle Tut Geon vice presidents j in Donovan treasurer and Karen Bennett Secretary. Order your aluminium Awn for Quick Deli Hui custom the folding awning a kit 1 t a e de r n l a ;