“Handgun reat to: chauffeur ” WASHINGTON: (cP) — . threat to the chauffeur of Canadian Ambassador ” Allan Gotlieb caused a security ‘scare Monday, but city police said later the incident involved two youths and a toy gun. Two young men arrested soon after were charged | th possessing a: prohibited: weapon, said Jim . Battle, spokeaman for the District of Columbia police. Anyone using even an ‘imitation pistol or. knife in furtherance of a threatened crime Is liable to such a charge under istrict criminal law, the spokesman said, Battle identified the arrested youths, both . 20 years old’ and from neighboring Virginia com- menities, as Christopher Andrew Young of Falls Church and Mark ‘Barnes of Arlington. Mexican president. warns of. war - OTTAWA (CP) — Mexican President Miguel de ‘la Madrid warned a black-tle dinner group ‘of - Canada’s political and business elite Monday night that “the outbreak of a generalized wards beginning to become a reality” in Central America. Speaking to an audience that included . Prime Minister Trudeau and Gov, Gen, Ed Schreyer at Government House, dela Madrid appealed for help . from rich northern industrial nations to help poorer Southern hemisphere countries “recover from economic and politteal instability. © is More than dry holes finance minister says OTTAWA (CP) — Finance Minister .Marc Lalonde said Monday the search for oil in the Beaufort Sea has turned up more than just dry holes and he chided an NDP MP for impatience. The minister was replying to questions from New Democrat Ray Skelly who questioned Canadian exploration efforts in the Beaufort. Shell Oil of- ficlals in Houston have confirmed a major find in the area. “I find itsomewhat astonishing that my colleague has concluded so easily that there is no oil to be found in the Arctic Sea in Canada,” Lalonde told the British Columbia MP. Lalonde said the recent major discovery by Shell off the Alaska coast Indicates that the expensive search for oll in the frontier ia not fruitless. The NDP has harshly criticized the government's petroleum incentive program which finances a major chunk of exploration work In the frontier. Lalonde brought in the. program when he was enerey minister. — Housing, Starts fall again OnTAWA (CPi — seca straight month in April, and a. federal analyst says he’s concerned by the ahiggish pace of home-building so far this spring. Figures from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. show starts dropped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 126,000 last month. That’s down from the March rate of 131,000 and the February rate of 153,000. “Pm getting a little bit worried, because the ‘jin- terest-rate direction during the last two weeks is not helping,” Tony Stukel, director of statistics for the federal housing agency, said Monday. An’ apparent ‘handgun Tasing start i fell for for. “the =n Michael Smornay, left, wards off a blow frorn ‘Caledonia Sentor Secondary School. Pam Liimatainen. The two are members of Other club members are Shad Liimatainen, the Terrace Alkido Club, one of the many 12, Sally-Anne Garrett, visible on the tight, community groups who put on demonstrations Maureen Bostock, and. ‘sensel or Instructor, at the weekend arts and crafts show at Liz McKinley. Killer received credit card MONTREAL (CP) ~~ American Express opened an Monday to determine how convicted killer Wayne Clifford Boden, recaptured Saturday after escaping from his prison escort 36 - hours earlier, obtained and kept ane of the company’s credit. cards. . Bill Inwood, American Express vice-president and general counsel in Canada, confirmed Monday that Boden applied for and received an American Express card in 1977 — five years after he was sentenced to concurrent life terms for the murders - of three women in Montreal and one in Calgary. Inwood said the address on Boden’s application was Correctional Ser- vices Canada, but he said company officials probably thought Boden was an employee. The American Express executive HONOLULU (AP) — said there is no-recora the card was used but the annual $35 fee had been paid regularly. HAD CARD? ‘There have been conflicting reports on. whether Boden had the card when he gave an unarmed prison arts and crafts teacher the slip in Montreal while on a day pass from Laval - maximum-security prison Friday, Laval prison director Robert Caron, who handed Boden: $300 in. cash the inmate earned in prison, said Boden left his card in the prison before being let out to buy books on computers. However, newspapers in Montreal have quoted - unidentified police sources assaying Boden had the card. on him when he was recaptured by police Saturday. Boden’ sescape was ralsed. Monday. Se ‘Hotel fire kills one smoke inhalation at the ‘Sori : SCOUTS CANADA Fire broke out in a reom at the Princess Kaiulani Hotel on Waikiki Beach early Monday, killing an employee and forcing hundreds of guests, some of them Canadians, to evacuate, atithorities said. At least two people were kept in hospital and dozens of others were treated for scene and at a hospital. - Guests in the hotel's 640: room Tower Wing were evacuated soon after the fire was reported at 12:34 am. and smoke began pouring through hallways. Some fled to the roof when heavy smoke prevented them from descending a Stairway. in the House of Commons where Solitictor General Robert Kaplan said that prison employees who allowed .the inmate out of the maximum-security Laval Institute | could be fired, Pressed. by Opposition Con- servative justice critic Allan Lawrence, Kaplan sald he was not satisfied with the reasons justifying Boden's release. “I think giving out the pass was a mistake,” Kaplan said he had already met with Corrections Commissioner Donald Yeomans and expects more meetings with him to discuss the incident. t “Tl expect disciplinary measures to follow,” he said. “I’m not prepared to _Say yet what I consider to be adequate because I'm not certain of ‘all the facts and where the orders. _. Regina *. The body of JoAnn - Wilson, 43, was found in a . pool of ‘blood about sup- ‘Wilson after: The Heraid, Tuesday, May 8 1904 | Thatch er faces charges financial ; Colin Thateher, the only a son of Ross Thatcher, -' murder REGINA (CP) — Colin Thatcher, a flamboyant Saskatchewan politician who enjoyed his image as a millionaire rancher, was _ charged Monday with first- degree .murder in the January 1963 death of his former wife, JoAnn Wilson. Thatcher, the province's former energy minister, was arrested by Regina and Moose Jaw police officers at his Moose Jaw home, 60 kilometres west’ of Regina. He was atraigned in provincial court Monday _ on the murder charge and a bail hearing was set for today in Court of Queen's Bench, “The arrest took place without incident,” Regina Police Chief Vern New told a news conference after Thatcher’s court ap- pearance. -The six-foot, 200-pound Thatcher was impassive as he stood before provincial court Judge Dennis Fenwick in blue jeans, a rumpled brown shirt and grey sweatshirt, his face unshaven and his hair ‘umcombed. ‘ Thatcher, 45, did not enter a plea, He was remanded in custody in the ' Correctional pertime Jan, 21, 1983, in the garage of the stylish ‘Regina home of steel company executive Tony Wilson. She had married divorcing Thatcher in 1979 to end a 17-year marriage. BEATEN ON HEAD An autopsy found she had been beaten about the head with a cleaver-like instrument and shot once in the head. The Wilson house is across the street from: the Saskatchewan legislature, Four days before the murder, Premier Grant Devine = announced. Thatcher would: leave ‘the. “came: trons Tt: could dancin: ‘firing: "provincial ‘cabinet’ “fers - - provincial _ have exclusively handled “any action dealing with family and TEasons. former gliberal premler-of Saskatchewan, was. first elected to the legislature in 1975 as a Liberal] for the rural riding of: Thunder Creek, which surrounds Moose Jaw. He crossed the floor in 1977 to join the Progressive Conservat- ives. He remains a member of the legislature. There ts no legislation in Saskatchewan prohibiting a member from sitting in the legislature if he faces criminal —_ charges, Although some provinces have passed laws automatically expelling legislature members if convicted of criminal offences, no such provision exists in Saskatchewan. Section 682 of the Criminal Code requires any elected member convicted and sentenced to more than five years’ imprisonment to resign as a sitting member. But legislatures their members in the past. CULTIVATE IMAGE Thatcher, who also owns a house in Palm Springs, Calif,, liked to cultivate an image of a wealthy ran- cher, Depending: on his mood, he would roll up to * the legislature either in a - half-tonne truck or a bright yellow Corvette. : *T like to play the role of a rancher,” he said in a 1960 Interview. “T'can slide into a pair of jeans and cowboy boots, cowboy hat and chaps and western shirt just as quickly ag I can put on a pinstripe suit.” At the police news conference, New refused comment on- whether charges against anyone else in the murder were ¢ pending. He also would not comment on -- whether charges will be laid in the shooting of: ‘Wilson’ 20 a WITHTHE TERRACE DISTRICT COUNCIL'S - Spring og Carnival | Saturday, May 12th| 12 noon - 4 pm — at the Corpentors Hall (Corner of Sparks & Davis) ' Bring your quarters! Proceeds to District. Council activities to enhance ‘the Scouting movement in Terrace. lutely free May Oth | only! 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