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Weekend weather brings fire and ice to area Wuebecers Sunday began to dig dumped up to 23 inches of snow and runways Emile was killed Frida> night streets slippery themselves out of the drifts of a on the province and was respon­ plate glass windows of the uled to meet Philadelphia Flyers Buses were running again al­ when he was run over b\ a Wind> of up to 50 miles an hour two-day bhzzard which raged all sible for at least three deaths library ot the Quebec Cit\ at the Forum The game ended in though mans were still behind snowplow while working on toppled hydro and telephone over the province during the Many pei sons spent the morn­ newspaper l Action causing an a 2 2 tie schedule and others had been street-clearing operations m pole> and brought down the weekend dumping up to 23 inches ing digging their cars out of root estimated $30 000 worth ot cancelled because of closed Quebec Cityts Lower Town beltrs of a church at St David of snow on the ground and high drifts, pausing only to curst' damage to books and din uments However, other Quebec roads m the northern I'm ted France Desruisseaux and near Quebec Cit\ causing at least three deaths passing road graders as they left exposed to the snow sportsmen found the weather States Lucie Cote, both 14 year-old re­ The Sherbrooke area was no piled up new roadside heaps and the snow more to then liking Trains were also returning to sidents of the St Lawrence FIR F TAKES FOI I exception clearing driveways and schedule and airports reported River community of Ste Croix In Montreal, tour fires during Not even Montreal Canadiens Skiers and snowmobile enthu The storm left behind about 20 sidewalks an increasing number of landings died the same night of exposure the height of the storm claimed a of the National Hockev League siasts were out in force in the inches of snow in the area as it Municipal and provincial road and takeoffs although flights to and cold when they were unable total ot six lives including finir were spared from the storm s Laurentians and Fastern Town spent itself over a 24-hour crews were also at work and from the east were to find their way home in the children and left 23 families effects ships, and children got their first period It was accompanied b\ clearing city streets and cancelled blowing snow after an ice-fish mg homeless chance to play with new high winds and freezing rain at roads By 8p m Sunday all The Canadiens were unable to MAM ACCIDENTS excursion I he tires all in a seven-hour Christmas sleds and toboggans times and scattered areas of the roads were reported clear reaeh Montreal from Detroit bv In addition to the three deaths Several persons suffered period Friday night and Saturday region were completely although still slippery air Friday night and were fot ivd The Montreal weather office the storm also resulted in minor injuries in collisions dur morning were fanned by the paralvzed for varying periods Transportation was returning to spend the night in Toronto Sundas forecast clearing skies m several minor traffic accidents ing the storm Fndav and Satur strong winds Fire-tight mg Quebecers Sunday began to dig to normal after a weekend w hich western Quebec and noticeable and thousands of dollars worth of day when the drifting snow cut el torts were hampered bs swirl themselves out of the drifts left saw schedules disrupted The\ arrived by train in improvement m the weather in damage visibility on some roads to as mg snow and freezing fire hoses by a two-day blizzard which generally by blocked roads, rails Montreal Saturday, only five the eastern part of the province Donald Boissinot. 56 of St little as 10 feet and made citv Violent winds blew m the hours before they were sched foi (inlay oi Tuesday \ WÉMAM trtE. THE SHERBROOKE ♦WTiïïr RENT A water per 569 " Naturally it s good HEATER 3.57month 9744 IT S Periods of snow ending this morning. Becoming mainly sunny and colder farccAdk* today and Tuesday. High today and LTD low tonight at Sherbrooke 20 and 10. ISJ0 K.ng Wttt - Séf SfIT tNfRfteÔok* ESTABLISHED 1897 THF. SHFRBROOKF RFCORD MON OK' 29 1969 10 CENTS As new prosperity looms Mayor to retire Four arrested for shooting 6 */• MONTREAL (CP' — Four men were arrested during the weekend in connection with the shooting death Dec. 10 of a at end of term Brink’s Express guard during a $127.000 holdup of an east-end credit union, police said / They are being held as material witnesses in a coroner’s in­ quest into the death of Real Champagne. 31. No date has been set for the inquest The guard was killed by a burst of gunfire when at least four in November ’70 men held up the credit union at the CPR's Angus repair shop Police said the suspects were picked up during eight weekend By RICHARD SPALDING raids. SHERBROOKE (Staff! Sherbroolu- Mayor Armand Nadeau announced fins weekend he will Brink's has offered a $15.000 reward for information leading give up municipal politics when his term of office expires next November to the arrest and conviction of the killer or killers. When he retires. Mayor Nadeau wdl have r un,deled 16 years at the helm of the Sherbrooke city government. The mayor s retirement announcement coincides with an upsurge in the .•.tv economy wh.eh was heralded last w ek by Bombardier Ltd s announcement that it 75 fight St. Lambert fire will establish a manufacturing filant in the city. Mr Nadeau said in an compensated for the loss of its MONTREAL (CP) — Seventy-five firemen fought a fire in was cheered by a number of suburban St. Lambert for eight hours before bringing it under interview with the Record voluntary tax. the mayor calmly concerned people, the control Saturday night. yesterday he had made his replied, "there is no establishment of such a decision one month ago with his compensation for illegality." No one was injured but one family was left homeless and specialized firm will provide damage to the building, which housed a beauty salon and of­ family not to run for another Mr Nadeau predicted a new work for skilled technicians and fices. was estimated at about $75.000 term outlook for Sherbrooke in years set a new trend in industrial The mayor said he had been to come. citing the employment. Mr Nadeau appointed a director with the establishment of the Bombardier commented Blaze destroys motel recently-established Quebec Ski-dor firm in Sherbrooke RIYIERE-DU-LOUP. Que (CP) — A fire Saturday night THE SHADOW OF HIS SMILE — Sherbrooke Mayor Corporation for Operating The city of Sherbrooke sold a Included in his plans for the destroyed 10 motel units valued at about $100 000 in this Armand Nadeau smiles broadly as he parries a Lotteries and Races, but said the total of 1.168.000 square feet of next months is the coming of a French firm to Sherbrooke, community 125 miles northeast of Quebec City. reporter’s question. The mayor announced his decision appointment was not his reason land to the Valeourt based for resigning from municipal which, he says, is almost “fait No one was injured. Cause of the fire was believed to be a to retire from municipal polities next November when company to build a plant faultv electrical system politics. accompli ’’ his current term expires. He has been at the helm of the "The coming of Bombardier is "Let’s give somebody else a a prestigious affair for Sherbrooke city government for 16 years and moves on I carry an interesting feeling chance to do something for Sherbrooke," Mr Nadeau said of the future for Sherbrooke, to a job as a member of the newly-established crown Girl’s frozen body found Sherbrooke," Mr Nadeau said pointing out it would provide with the university center corporation to control lotteries in the province. noting he will have completed 15 work for about 250 STE CROIX. Que. (CP) — The frozen body of a 14-year-old growing, and firms like <Record photo: Gerry Lemay> years of service as mayor next Although the coming of girl was found Saturday on ice spanning the St Lawrence River Bombardier coming here to set­ near here. Bombardier within citv walls up business.” Last Tuesday, the Quebec Found frozen to death was Lucie Cote, of Joly. Que., who government had announced the had been visiting a family in Ste Croix. 25 miles northwest of establishment of a corporation to Quebec City. Avalanche kills seven-year-old operate a provincial lottery and Stocking defects Found dead earlier was France Desruisseaux. 14. who had other games of chance accompanied her brother. Guy. 16. and Lucie on an icefishing Tragedy struck twice in the observation. Mr. Nadeau said his new expedition late Friday. The victoriaville fire broke out Eastern Townships during the Young Vallee was found by his Sunday evening in the city’s responsibilities with the The trio lost its way in high winds and drifting snow Guy mean poor science weekend as a seven-year-old boy father who had joined the rescue business district The seven corporation would be to Desruisseaux found his way to safety. was buried alive in a snow slide team He was stuck head first in injured suffered only relatively administer a new provincial BOSTON (AP) The “built-in obsole scence" of women’s at Thetford Mines and seven the snow directly above the body minor injuries and damages lottery along with two other stockings is typical of what is wrong with science today, a persons were burned in a fire at of his playmate.

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