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foe eee . . West Vancouver yachtsman | John Newton flew.
_ TTR ee : ~ | home from London, England, Wednesday,
- counting his blessings that he and his crew of eight

had come unscathed through the storm that sank

Admiral’s. Cup Race:

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Back at work Thursday,
Newton, who owns the
Vancouver’ company
Fletcher’s Fine Foods,
commented on the storm:

JOHN NEWTON
evaporated when we got on

shore and people were being
dropping out they certainly brought in dead in rafts.

“I must say we were very
concerned and.I think if we
had any doubts about

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Trustees © get message :

An imaginary escape raft ran into stormy seas
and may have been sunk for good — together with
other «elements of a controversial

program — at Tuesday's crowded and noisy
meeting of North Vancouver School Board.

The uproar arose over the
proposed career develop-
ment course for secondary
schools reported in last
week's Sunday News. Parent
and teacher protests at the
meeting centred specifically
on a section of the program
entitled “Choose Your
Crew.”

The section calls on a
student to pick four out of
nine survivors of a plane
crash on a desert island to
share an escape raft that will
only hold five.

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, 7 ate rn eal 3 atin
TRAGEDY STRUCK atthe Dow Construction Site in North Vancouver, Wednesday,
as this crane overbalanced and a workman was killed when struck by its load, An
unidentified wotkman points out the tipped up vehicle to Dale McLane, the branch

manager of Sterling Crane, rnd the insert shows the entire crane. For full story see
page A7. (Ian Smith photo)

The survivors — of mixed
racial and social

| But crew and yachts are. safe.

“People. had lifejackets on

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22-boats.and killed ai least” 17 competitors: in the

School ‘mind g

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“and were in life rafts but the

-$ea was so vicious they

Newton, who lives at-3794,_
Southridge, is a member. of |
West. vancouver : o ¥acht. |

“July: 20 especially to: sail. the’
race in “his 41-ft. yacht. .
Pachena, which was shipped
via the Panama Canal.

Four of his crew —-
Stewart Jones, Glenn Shugg,
Mike Schnetzler and
navigator Pat Leslie — also
live on the North Shore.

Newton is a champion in
competitive yachting and for
years he had dreamed of
entering the Admiral’s Cup.
Race.

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TODAY: Malnly sunny
with a few cloudy
periods. MONDAY;
Increasing cloud.