Full text of "The Daily Colonist (1976-05-16)"

3862121 TRKKl'ilONE 383 4111 ‘ Fftir, high 15 Vancouver Island^s Leading ISetcspaper since 1858 Heather Detaib On Page 3 No. 131-118th Year VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBU, SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1976 •Sicijc 15c Daily, 30c Sunday Two young packages of care Wilf Warhurst sees a lot of what goes on in down-toNVTi Victoria from his perch on the Jolinson Street bridge, but Saturday morning, he gaw something completely surprising—a IHtle ^ human kindness. Warhurst Is relief oper¬ ator at the bridge. For three years he has worked in the bridge’s little shack on weekends, holidays, and when regular opera¬ tors arc sick or on vaca¬ tion. On Saturday, he noticed an old man wander into the parking lot nekr the bridge. The old fellow ap- X>eared to have had “a bit too much.” ^Vhen he fell to the ground in the park¬ ing lot, Warhurst went down to see what could be done for him. The''old man insisted he would be all right, though, so Warhurst went back to ‘ his job. The extraordinary thing was not tlie old man, but two little girls who started to w'alk across the- park¬ ing lot a few minutes after Warhurst left. The youngest was only about eight, Warhui-sl said, and the other was about 10. When they came to the old man, one stationed herself at his side and the other ran all the way to the police station on Fifi- gard to get help. They must have spent half an hour. Warhurst said. The one who stayed with the old man saw a police car crossing the bridge and ran to the road to try to flag it down, but she didn’t get there in time, Warhurst said. After an ambulance came, the two girls went on their way and crossed the bridge. As they passed the operator’s shack, Wariiurst stopped them , and told them he thought they had done "a really nice thing.” He gave them som^ change to buy themselves ice cream. He was so touched by their concern for the old man that he had to tell someone, and so he called the Coloniat. “You just don’t expect that from kids that age,” he said. Several adults walked past the lot, but the girls were the only ones ^vho stopped. “I just didn’t ex- I)ect that.”

for hospitals

Bad vivatiom CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (UPI) — One of the celebrants In a drinking bout pulled a gun, joyfully shouted “Viva!” aiw accidentally fired a bullet into a case of dynamite, police reporfed Saturday. Five pei'sons died in the i^esulting explosion at a nearby ranch. The only person in the i-oom to escape alive was a late aiTival who was in the doorway when the blast occurred. He was senously injui'ed. ^

1,500 Cubans reported slain in Angola

LONDON (AP) - The Tele¬ graph says Cuban troops are .suffering heavy casualties in guerrilla warfare in Angola Rhodesia braces for long fight SALISBURY (AP) - Eight more black nationalist guer¬ rillas have been killed in fighting near the Mozambique border, Rhode^n authorities said Saturday. The white minority govern¬ ment, ordered the rail link be¬ tween Salisbury and the country’s third-largest city. Umtali, on the Mozambique border, closed ' to night pas¬ senger traffic because of in¬ creased attacks by guerrillas trying to overthrow the white government. three months after the Soviet- backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (.MPLA) proclaimed victory Over two pro-Western fac¬ tions. The newspaper says about 1,300 Cuban soldiers have been killed in guerrilla war- faire in recent weeks, leading to desertions from the Cuban forces. It said the deserters have provided information on the fighting between anti-Com- munist guerrillas and the gov¬ ernment of President Agos- tinho Neto. Massive Soviet aid and an estimated 12,000 Cuban sol¬ diers helped Neto’s Popular Movement defeat the two pro- Western factions after the souths est African country was granted independence by Portugal last November. The Telegraph said the hea- ^ viest fighting is in oil-rich Ca¬ binda -province in the north with 3,000 Cubans battling guerrillas who are being aided by the civilian popula¬ tion. It added there also have been reports of guerrillas lighting in the southwest.

FACING UP TO A BLOW

—CQlonUt photo by Alex Barta Help wore many faces Saturday as Femwood Neigh- borhexxJ Assex^iation staged fair to raise funds ‘to ^eep centre open after government funding is cut off in mid-June. Bob Stewart, 1702 Fernwood, offered, face painting at his Gi'eenpeace Foundation booth. But balloons were free to childi-en and Stewail didnT * seem to mind puffing. (Other picture^ story Page 2)

By LORRAINE ATIffiBTON Colanist Rapartar 'Fbe B.C. labor dcpi^-" ment’s attempts to bring to two sides in the escalating , hospital dispute back together ’have failed so far. Deputy Labor Minister * James Matkin was trying Fri¬ day to set up new meetings for both sides, following some preliminary discu.ssions with Hospital Employees’ Union secretary-business ' manager Jack Geraw. But Saturday afternoon he reported that the initiative had been unsuccessful. ‘T am disappointed, but not discouraged,” he said. He will try again early this week. He said he couldn’t dis¬ close details of his manoeu- vring because he did not want