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MONTREAL (CP) - The Parti ‘The actual presence of a minority language than French, and 1 don't think in its platform the option of holding Québécois is considering making should be visible, especially in small this would hurt the general direction of another referendum if constitutional changes to Quebec's French language stores or offices, where lots of services the French language charter.” talks fail. charter part of its platform in the next are provided to that minority,’’ he con "It is up to the federal government to provincial election, Gilbert Paquette tinued The controversial legislation, which prevent that by giving Quebec enough (PQ-Rosemonl) said Sunday. makes French the province’s official autonomy to satisfy the majority," he “We’re looking at Bill 101 and how The bill “was not designed to prevent language, was designed to ensure said government services are provided to small businesses from using another French is the language of business and language than French, especially in education. It also restricts the use of “If we think the majority is satisfied minorities,’’ Paquette, member of a with the negotiations, we certainly party platform committee, said in an ethnic areas. Small businesses should non-French advertising and signs won’t hold another referendum." interview on radio station CFCF. be allowed to operate in another Paquette added the party will retain Divided Democrats meet

NEW YORK (CP) - Policy con election since the Second World War brother Billy's acceptance of money a bid for support from the senator after cessions by President Carter to But he insisted Sunday: “The polls from the Libyan government. the nomination fight is over. challenger Teddy Kennedy promised that count in a democratic society like Before that statement, Carter and Carter campaign chairman Robert peace on at least one front as the ours are the polls conducted among the Kennedy were deadlocked, each sup Strauss has already conceded that divided Democratic party assembled people on election day." ported by 43 per cent of the party. Kennedy is likely to win a platform today in national convention to choose a A parallel polling of Democratic Afterwards, Carter was in the lead by fight Tuesday calling for commitment leader and a policy platform for the party members shows Carter took a 57 per cent to 32 for Kennedy to an economic policy that would con Nov. 4 U S. general election. decisive lead over Kennedy last week Despite this and other indications centrate on the plight of eight million The Massachusetts senator ac after the president’s Aug. 4 televised that Kennedy's run for the nomination unemployed Americans rather than the cepted a Carter promise for a more news conference denying any il Is unlikely to succeed, Carter yielded danger of inflation, with its anti w elfare liberal economic policy as a concession legalities or improprieties in his publicly to his rival on policy matters in bias. to the party majority, then pressed ahead with his underdog challenge for the presidential nomination. Record James Duff The public peacemaking gesture Brome-Missisquoi nomination victor Pierre Paradis em followed publication of a new opinion American conquers poll that shows Carter gaining a sub braces Liberal Leader Claude Ryan in an onstage bearhug. stantial lead over Kennedy within the Democratic party, but trailing weakly behind Republican party candidate Ronald Reagan among voters generally. Paradis lands Another eve-of-convention de velopment, potentially damaging to the president, highlighted differences within the Carter cabinet. State Secretary Edmund Muskie, a power in B-M nomination the party, told a group of reporters he was shut out of an important White By JAMES DUFF Roland Desourdy Arena as he told them House decision on defence policy this their presence on a hot summer af month. This provoked a flurry of COWANSVILLE — A good part of the ternoon was proof of the county’s in reports centring anew on the con village of Bedford withstood the siren terest in the closely-fought race. troversial Carter style of government. song of yesterday’s sunshine to be on There were cheering sections for all But Carter, due in New York on hand as favorite son Pierre Paradis three candidates as Lussier, Raymond Wednesday when nomination balloting captured the Brome-Missisquoi Liberal and Paradis each spoke for 15 minutes, takes place, expressed confidence in a nomination on the first ballot. but it was Paradis’ speech that ap television interview Sunday that he will Of the 2,675 votes cast by card- peared to have the greatest reaction. win both the nomination and the No carrying provincial Liberals, 1,430 went Two hours later, when the tallying of vember election. to the 30-year-old lawyer and former the votes was nearly complete, unof A series of polls taken before the member of the Union Nationale ficial word had it that Paradis had less convention give Carter no more than 27 executive Cowansville Mayor Rosaire than the required 50 per cent of the total per cent and as little as 22 per cent of Raymond, the pre-convention favorite, vote plus one, which would have meant national voter support against about 47 took 911 votes on his own home turf. a second ballot. But minutes later, it per cent for Reagan, with independent Third was Knowlton notary Guy was all over and Paradis had his John Anderson placed third. Carter’s Lussier, with 334 votes. majority. opinion rating places him far below that Liberal Leader Claude Ryan had to The victor, second of four children of of any president who has sought re- shout to be heard above the noisy, Sweetsburg jail guard Louison Paradis, sweaty crowd of about 3,000 in the was mobbed by delighted supporters as his mother Jeannette and wife Anne beamed their pleasure. “We always knew he’d do it,” said Mao one of the members of the St. Ignace Inside Church guild, out to cheer their man on. CONNAUGHT HOME Marc Turcot, a fellow lawyer who North Hatley's Connaught Home playeda key role in Paradis' campaign, attributed their success to the 250 played turned the sod for Its long- workers on their side, as many as the awaited extension over the other two candidates had put together. weekend, and launched a cam- “We ran a positive campaign all the campaign to fill some of the way. But we had no lackadaisical Home's proposed needs Page 3 people working for us. There are 5,360 down paid-up Liberals in the county, and BIRTHS, DEATHS...... 2 Pierre called on every single one - PEKING (AP) — China said today BUSINESS...... 5 never alone. If they weren't home, we that personality cults deifying the late CLASSIFIED ...... 8 left a pamphlet.” Chairman Mao Tse-tung and other COMICS...... 9 In 17 days, Paradis workers sold 2,400 Chinese leaders are being banned be Liberal party memberships at $3 a cause they foster “the incorrect view EDITORIAL...... 4 whack, more than the teams of Lussier that history is created by individuals.” LIVING...... 6 and Raymond combined, Turcot said The directive from the Chinese SPORTS...... 10-11 The county had 600 paid-up hard-core Communist party central committee Liberals before the campaign got un was published by the official Xinhua A wife* is just the opposite of a derway, and 2,000 when Paradis en news agency. The committee is the Record Perry Beaton fisherman : she brags about the ones tered the race. Rather than waste time most powerful political organ in China, Over 50,000 looked on as Asmuth com in Raymond territory, Paradis people MAGOG — Paul Asmuth, a 23-year- that got away and complains about laying down policy guidelines and pleted the gruelling course with a half- the one she caught. blanketed Bedford. making general decisions while the old American distance swimmer, won the “When you sell a card, you’ve got to politburo, the standing committee and second annual Memphremagog Traverse mile sprint to the finish line. Magog and make sure it counts. It’s like a full point the secretariat carry out day-to-day yesterday. He swam the 53-kilometre dis Quebec Provincial police managed to keep in baseball; if you win one and lose one, decisions. they cancel one another out We didn't The committee’s order bans the tance from Newport to Magog in nine people in line and traffic moving as the try to sell cards to people we knew were construction of new memorial halls for hours, 51 minutes and 39 seconds, well masses converged on the Magog water wavering.” Chinese leaders, specifically for Mao — ahead of last year's winner Claudio Flit of front. The swim capped an eventful week Turcot said it hadn’t hurt the Paradis who died four years ago next month, end. Water-skiing, windsurfing, sailing and team to have the cards of prominents calls for a strict limit on portraits of Argentina, who finished second. such as the Desourdys and former Mao and his inscriptions in public Ten of 21 swimmers completed the parachuting were among the many acti Brome Liberal MNA Glendon Brown to places ; and limits the publishing of bio crossing in less than 12 hours after set vities. show whose support their man had, or graphies and writings of individual Above, Asmuth and girlfriend-trainer that former Liberal MNA Paul Phaneuf Chinese leaders and reports on their ting out from the lake's south end about had stumped to posh hillsides of activities and speeches. 6:30 a.m. Light winds and warm water Maura Campin savor the victory. Train Bromont on his behalf Premier Hua Guofeng also joined in temperatures aided Asmuth's victory, his ers followed the swimmers down the lake, “You have to have the candidate, the the chorus of criticism of the late Com feeding them a variety of liquid concoc program, the organization and the third this season. He entered marathon munist party leader, calling him “not a swimming just this year and yesterday's tions to keep their energy levels up. “It’s Billy. He has workers, in that order. You just don’t god and therefore fallible.” Hua made a new scheme. Cheap win a convention without all four,” his remarks in response to written triumph earned him the world champion The top female finisher was Chicoutimi's Libyan oil sold Turcot said. Christine Cossette who finished eighth. in six-packs.” questions from the Yugoslav newspa ship. See PARADIS, Page 3. per Vjesnik. Grand prizes *2.1,000 MOVEABLE WINNING NUMBERS Number *250.000 009430 OI0IOIQ Dieioio drown 554122 J WAY» TO WIN 62.500 3 WAY* TO WIN • 250 4 W4YS TO WIN • 50 310107 54122 *2.500 316754 *250 No subsidiary prizes j tiMiw.ng* 309 I Winning tickets of $250. and $50. are cashable at any Banque Nationale Branch MON . AUGUST 11, I960 11 Memphremagog Traverse Asmuth shatters marathon mark ¥ By MATTHEW ELDER swim ten times the prize money for a week's work Asmuth took home $4,700 Only the top three fimsh- MAGOG — Records are for his ordeal — $4,000 for the eres received prize money in made to be broken, they say, top marathon time and a Magog yesterday — $3.000 and a new mark was set in $700 bonus for the fastest and $2.000 for second and Sunday’s Memphremagog time through the sprint. third respectively Kegley s Swim Marathon Over half Claudio Plit. last year’s sprint time w as good enough an hour was shaved off the champion, came in 40 min for second place and $100 1979 time of 10 hours. 38 min after .Asmuth. but seven giving him $2,300 for his utes. American Paul Asmuth minutes better 110:31:00) day’s work swam the 53-kilometre (32- than his time last August. Asmuth swam for seven mile) length of Lake Mem The crowd acknowledged hours in the La Tuque mara phremagog in nine hours. 51 the Argentinian’s previous minutes and 39 seconds, thon and won $8.000. He was triumph and fine showing part of a relay team that making him the third — and yesterday with a long ova won the event fastest — to accomplish the tion. Three minutes later, feat. another American — James "Here. I swim for 10 hours Kegley — came in, followed and get $4.000." he said Asmuth, 23, churned into by countryman James Barry He swam the Lac St. Jean view just after 4 p.m. to a at 10:57:51 and Jorge Vil marathon last month and warm ovation. As he sped legas of Mexico at 11:03:33. found the going a lot rough towards the packed Magog er than Memphremagog waterfront area, he was ob Asmuth led the pack right It wasn’t poor weather, Record Perry Beaton livious to the cheers. “All from the 6:35 a m. Newport either. Asmuth tapped the finish board nine hours, 31 minutes after leaving Newport at 6:35 a.m. Sunday morning. you see are a few waving start. He never let up and arms, There's no noise,” “It was perfectly calm, a was an hour ahead by the lowed by the first female starters swam the entire he said. rare thing for that lake," he earth Two Egyptians — time the Three Sisters swimmer, Christine Cossette length of the lake Prize said, "but there were so Nassar El Shasly and Mo CARRIER WANTED islands came into view. of Chicoutimi, at 11:21:45 money was up from last His main concern w-as many boats there were two- hamed Meseery, displayed What is particularly incred Last year's top woman, year, and as the marathon where his guide boat was foot waves and it was a heck fine team spirit as they Galt 7th Avenue S., Patricia, Allen, Place des ible about the feat is that Laureen Passfield. managed gains momentum, the purse leading him. The swimmers uva time.” crossed the line together in Asmuth is a newcomer to will likely grow. Ormeaux. entered a sprint course sixth place They were fol an 11:57:06 Ten of the 21 marathon swimming. Until Asmuth said that if the But the swimmers are in about 500 feet offshore, doub last year, he had competed swimmers had raced Satur it for the satisfaction of ac ling back to a buoy before Apply to only in middle-distance day, it could have added two complishment The money the final turn towards the events for the Arizona State hours to the times. Heavy worries come later, after finish line. Asmuth thought ...... University swim team. winds made Saturday the the marathon — the turn towards the back roughest day of the summer. “Maybe we can get a free buoy was a little wide. All Why, he was asked, did he meal at...” Asmuth was he wanted to do was get abandon his amateur status But yesterday the lake jsecanf heard in the lobby of the through the sprint as quickly to compete in long distance was relatively calm and Union Hotel last night. Let’s Circulation Dept.—569-9528 as possible. But the course swimming? “It sure wasn’t spectator craft politely kept hope he did was quickly corrected and for the money,” Asmuth their distance, patrolled he soon clasped the finish quipped He finds it incredi closely by RCMP boats. board, winner of the second ble that professional golf Security was tough on both annual official lake-length ers can earn often more than land and lake. Quebec Po '&YEAR SERVICE STORES lice Force officers joined Magog Police and private security officers and held a tight rein on the 50,000 or so holiday-minded onlookers. GAS The competitors reported the boat drivers also did an exceptional job. “Mine was SAVER just super and I’d like to compliment the organizers,” the winner said. “The other INCLUDES 3 ELECTRONIC CHECK-UPS boats were very considerate. TO KEEP YOUR CAR TUNED AND That’s the way it should be, FUEL-EFFICIENT ALL YEAR LONG. not like at Lac St Jean.” Asmuth’s original boat broke down and another official craft came on the scene as a replacement. But the swimmer was not left unattended as two boats were provided per swimmer. “I don’t like to swim in water that’s too cold. It was ^ perfect here today (about 22 degrees),” Asmuth said. He knows veterans like Plit are better under adverse I conditions. He had warm words for his trainer-girlfriend, Maura Campin. “She's great. She never HERE’S HOW IT WORKS! stops encouraging me and Under this special service policy, goes to every meet with me. 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