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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-05-08, Page 7• . 11. ‘-ok, .04,,941 44 941 44 44 0,4 . . 4 •,,st. • 4, • foe 00.. .4,• 0•,, 04* .1 • ' ^4.• 4.# * 4.4*40,44.1, telt°,1::.04+41,44•fi!".° • '4011,0,".111,/m1.3. 400, :144V 4,0 •`,. 1 , • , • 44' . as f t • IS worth v't• C O. 111 44 Road goe,s to pot—hole Roads superintendent Stan Meriam pokes away some fill from a cave-in on Elgin Avenue as police chief Pat King and con- stable Thomas Fortner look on. The hole resulted after fill around the sewer pipe washed away leaving a vacuum under the asphalt. The warm sun caved in leaving a four foot hble (Staff photo) expanded the 'road surface and it approximately two feet aeross. Hearing in hospital Valencia! — ° • The extradition hearing of Rosenda Ruiz Valencia ac- cused of kidnapping has been set for Friday at 2 p.m. in Provincial court. The 47 -year-old Valinda, Califohia man was remanded in custody at a remand hearing from his hospital room at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital. Valencia was taken to hospital shortly before 5 p.m. Monday after he collapsed in the prisoner's box at the hearing. Tuesday, Huron County Judge. F.G. Carter granted adjournment of the trial until Friday after being advised by hospital , staff that Valencia ' could not be moYed for 24 to' '36' hours.'' Valencia is wanted :by Los Angeles police for the kid- napping of Maria Riyera 'and her four. year- old daughter Deneyse of Valinda,talifprnia. The hearing concerns the ex, tradition •,of Valencia from Canada to California under the terms ' of the ' Canada Extradition Act. Valencia has been held in custody in the Bruce County, Jail, in Walkerton since his apprehension except for an April 28 court appearance to set the extradition hearing date. At the Monday hearing Mrs. Rivera testified that ,she and her daughter were taken from their home by knifepoint after young man and woman came to the door asking for use of the telephone. A tall, blonde -haired, skinny • man asked Mrs. Rivera for use of the phone to get assistance for his female companion whom he claimed had injured her foot. Valencia then entered the .premises armed—with a knife and apparently paid the couple $400 fortheir part. Mrs. Rivera then said Valencia, pulled a gun and' threatened to kill her If she did not come with him. Mrs. Rivera and Deneyse were then led to Valencia's car outside the House and began their 40 -day sojourn that covered thousands of miles across Canada andthe United States. The following day the group had made their way into the state of New Mexico -and Mrs. Rivera testified that .'they crossed the Canadian border only four days la -ter. On April 18 they were stopped at the • Vancouver airport for questioning by the Vancouver -police. Mrs. Rivera said they were questioned for eight hours before beingyeleased by police,' In reply to a question from. Crown Attorney William Cochrane Mrs. Rivera said she was unable to relate any in- cident to police because Valencia had threatened her. She understood that she would be freed ,if her sister whom Valencia had lived with, would return to him along with a seven-year-old son. Mrs. Rivera told the court that Valencia placed several phone calls to California in mid- April to make arrangements to colla By Keith fioulston Ontario's, fanners, were warned ThttOday night to cut down "on the accident rate on farms or face, tough ' govern- ment safety regulations. Paul Steckle of Zurich, chairman of the Huron Farm Safety 94.4pmmittee, told members of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture. at their monthlymeeting in 'Clinton that he can foresee in the near 'future the Ontario governMent bringing in a Farm Safety , Act to force tighter safety regulations on the a gTr c:r ley t u 1 .ai nl already r Yiegislation in effect in California, British Columbia and Michigan he said, which en -forced roll-over 'protection on farm tractors. It won't be lo'ng before it comes into effect in Ontario, he said. "If we don't pull up our boot- straps," he warned, "we'll be dealing • with an act that isn't viable for us to live with." He said the safety record of the agricultural industry is not good. Every industry but agriculture, he said, has safety standards. He said that if farmers could tidy up hei.r own industry and bring down ac- cident rates, they would not only cut down on the waste .of one of the most important resources, human life, but would also lower the Work- ses.In court room meet Mrs. Rivera's sister in Ontario. Mrs. Rivera placed a call to her husband from the Vancouver airport and simply told him she would explain the situation when she got home. In an earlier statement Mrs. Rivera claimed that she was only allowed ,to read a note that Valencia had prepared to her husband over the phone. • -talking loud.' ' MI-. Rivera also testified that he had made arrangerrients for his 'sister-in-law to meet Valencia in Canada .after he had threatened to come and take his daughter because his wife had failed to report the Kidnapping to authorities. Mr. Rivera is a native of Under instructions from Valencia she told her husband that she had left of her own free will, a statement she also rendered to police 'under questioning fearing . harm or death might come, to one of the members of her family. Under cross-examination by defence lawyer Paul Rivers, Mrs. Rivera agreed that she had several chances. to tell police the story of the kid- napping during the 40 days in which, she and„ her • daugh- ter were held captive. She rejected the insinuation that she told the story to Goderich police because her husband . Dennis had threatened to -take their daughter away. Mr. Rivera , testified that he was confident his wife acted out of fear throughout her 'Cap- tivity. Early in the year he had. helped his sister-in-law move from Valencia's house. Valencia visited the Rivera house in February to find out where she had moved but Mr,. 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