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Oshawa Times (1958-), 28 May 1964, p. 12

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12 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursdey, Mey 28, 1964 Sex Murderer Foiled Violent Jail-Break Bid QUEBEC (XP) -- -mur- @erer Leopold Dion failed in a bid to escape Quebec prison Wednesday using Prison Gover- nor Eugene Letourneau as a shield. Dion, awaiting the death pen- alty for strangling four young boys last spring, was clubbed into submission by the revolver butts of two city policemen less than 100 yards outside. the pri- son gates. Mr. Letourneau. was stabbed three times in the abdomen with a weapon resembling a let- ter opener. He spent three hours in a hospitali emergency ward OK'd Birth Bar Pills Safe Prober Says WASHINGTON (CP) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Adminis- tration said Wednesday ap- proved birth control pills are relatively safe and there are no plans to pull them off the mar- ket. Dr. Ralph Smith, director of the administration's new drugs division, said "we are watching the situation all the time and we still think these drugs are all right." He was commenting on a statement by Dr. Herbert Rat- ner, a public health officer at Qak Park, Ull., who said in a Torento interview Monday he is convinced 12 women have died in the U.S. from the effects of these pilis and urged the Cana- dian and US. governments to withdraw them from public use. Dr. Smith said he is not fam- iliar with the fatality figures ised by Dr. Ratner, but re- called that a panel of medical experts had thoroughly investi- gated the relationship between the pills and thrombo - embol- ism--blood-clotting which can lead to death. The experts had concluded the incidence of this disease among women was no higher among those taking the pills than among those who did not take them. Walter Janssen, head of the administration's public informa- tion division, said experts found bef ore authorities him out of danger. year-old daughter Ginette) watched in horror from their) apartment balcony overlooking the prison yard as he was dragged from his: office. A trail of blood marked the path of escapee and hostage out historic Plains of Abraham, foot of a monument marking the spot where General. James Wolfe died in the Battle of Que- bec 205 years ago. GRANTS INTERVIEW It began when Governor Le- tourneau granted Dion a private tice described as "'fairly com- mon" at the "prison. The governor already had been stabbed at least once when Dion burst out of the office, us- ing him as a shield. Guards held their fire as Dion made his way through the gates and across the grass. Dion was pulled down near the monument by Constables nac. who saw the escape while patrolling in their cruiser. They fired three warning shots over the convict's head, then jumped him. Dion was treated at the prison for four head cuts. Police went to hospital with the 64-year-old governor, a for- mer boxer and onetime presi- Federation. The burly Dion, who has spent 22 of his 41 years in pri- son for a number of sexual crimes, was taken first to pro vincial police headquarters and later was brought back to the prison. Truck Runs Over 3-Year-Old Girl BRANTFORD (CP) -- Three- year - old Deborah Kellas of Brantford was killed Wednes- day night when she ran under the wheels of a truck while her older sister and another girl waited on the curb for a woman| to take them safely across the) street. Deborah, her sister Susan-| pronounced| At the trial here last Decem-| | conversation (with the gover- : \ber when he was convicted of| nor) was a pretence," Mr. Can- The governor's wife and 16-|stranglifig 13 - year - old Pierre|tin said, 'In any case, he suc- of the grey stone prison on the| , '¢ ' It led across the grass to the] °. interview in his office, a -prac-| ;%" Guy Trudel and Ghislain Gig-| | dent of the Canadian Boxing| He was sentenced to be hanged after he admitted in court that he murdered young Marquis and three other boys ranging in age from eight to 12. Charles Edouard Cantin, dep- uty attorney-general, said Dion was being held in a_ prison block with six other hardened criminals. "T believe Dion's request for Marquis, Dion was described by| ceeded in getting the governor psychiatrist as "a sexual|to talk with him 'n the gover- monster with a human face."'nor's office." "8 rE. 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