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Show , f 9-- JK 1" 3 Discriminating Thieves Rob Both Sides Tough Museum of $2 Million in Art MONTREAL ( A P ) Thieves stole 2 million worth of art treasures early Mondav from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, exhibiting quite discriminating taste4 m paintings but less certain judgment of other specimens, museum officials said Among the 18 paintings stolen was a Rembrandt worth $1 million. The burglars, who broke through a skylight to bring off the largest robbery in the museum's history, also nabbed 39 figurines and pieces of jewelry. The watchmen described two of the three men as longhaired, standing aoout 5 feet. 8 inches Police were alerted to watch for a panel tiuck containing three men described as very danger ous. Discriminating Taste They had stacked about 18 other paintings and left behin far more important works , than they took. said Bill the puseum's director of public relations. . Trips Alarm The accidental tripping of an alarm one by burglar apparently saved the museum a greater loss. The robbery took place at about 2 am. Officials said three armed men wearing masks overpowered a guard on the second floor and two other watchmen who went to All were bound investigate. and gagged and put into a conference room uninjured. 2 of 3 Bantey said the three men tne guard just overpowered after he finished his rounds on the second floor. - India and the deadline for delineation of new ceasefire line in Kash- mir They did show quite dism taste, however, criminating terms of paintings, though as far as the objects are concerned, they could do with more art and historical training. The stolen paintings included works by Gustave Courbet, In Belfast, the UDA, which set itself up as a counter-terroris- t group, announced it was donnmg paramilitary' uniforms to protest harassment" by the British Army. In Dublin, the IRA provisionals rejected pleas to discuss an end to their bomb and bullet violence campaign in Ulster. It earlier was reported that the provisionals were considering a change in tactics, One thief kept the guards under surveillance in the conference room while his partners selected and stacked art works for the next half-hou- 1 4 in demarcation of what Indians call the l.ne of actual control in Kashmir would delay the with-- : drawal of troops from the Rajasthan and Punjab borders. The officials' meeting set Sept 15 as the deadlire for in these troop withdrawals sectors. to Indian official According S1XZ. sources the delay the survey teams had cleared four nut of 23 maps There was no indication of how many more meetings the two military teams would require for completing the of the Kashmir line (Copyright) Do You HEAR India has one inch to a mile while Pakistan has one inch to 0 789 miles." the state ment said Indian defense ministry statement said, however, that "substantial progress" had been made at the meeting between local armv commanders An But Not UNDERSTAND? The statement said so far STANDARD OPTICAL WILL: Test your hearing no tost or obligation Recommend a hearing aid if you need help. Offer a Trial Rental Plan be sure before you decide! Rodney Riggins Ban-tey- They told him to lie down, and when he didnt move as quickly as they wished they fired a shot in the air," he said. This brought the two other guards on duty on the mam floor. The statement said the "main difficulty" was the difference in the scales of the maps that the survey teams of each side were using The deadline, w hich w as set by a joint agreement between officials of the two countries last week, expired Monday strife. rides dollar for with us because dol'ar we ve got the biggest Makes 20 different hearing aid models for a broad range bargain in the transportation world today' Comfortable, reclining seats rest room aboard and climate conditioning at low low pi. cs ON of NERVE DEAFNESS Bontlnents! Tpsih joya 77 Wes South Temple 328-812- 1 59 Ss. Msir PHONE 1 328-484- 1 Long-Haire- The stolen Rembrandt was a oil on a wood panel titled Landscape with Cottage." The Dutch master painted it m 1654, 10-b- NEW DELHI - Men Overpower Guard 122-ye- Th? army commandors have been working on tl.o delineation since Sunday at Wagah border post, about 250 miles northwest of here Pakistan announced Monday that they were unable to meet BELFAST (FFI) The extremist provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) rejected oleas from moderates Monday to end to their campaign of violence. The Protestant Ulster Defense Association (UDA) said it was resumstyle in ing its paramilitary public. Both sides of the political fence in Northern Ireland toughened their positions in advance of political talks aimed at ending three years of The other stolen items were mainly jewelry, such as an 18th century gold watch belonging to Mrs Jacques Viger, wife of the first mayor of Montreal, and a 17th century Spanish seed pearl necklace. of the two sides New York Times Service Games-boroug- Rembrandt. (tjPSnV JVfit India, Pakistan Past Deadline In Ireland Andre Daumier, Eugene Delacroix and Thomas m addition to tne Museum officials said the thieves probably would have taken more from the museum if one of them had not tripped the alarm as they left with the first load. lit I 1 h Passengers Stranded In Moscow New York Times Service MOSCOW Aeroflot, the Soviet airline, in evident eagerness to sell tickets on regular flights to Americans and other international travelers going to various destinations via Moscow, overbooked and stranded nearly 100 persons this weekend. cut-rat- e The bulk of the passengers were flown out Monday night to, London after a delay of at leqst 30 hours, dunng which some passengers were indig-nah- t at being kept locked on their floors in the Aeroflot Hotel in downtown Moscow. Passengers were forbidden to shift to other airlines even though flights were departing with empty seats. Soviet Prisoners , Were not guests of the Soviet state, were its prisoners, protested Miss Robaut a West German Bomfort, teacher who arrived here Friday for what sne expected to r be a stopover while exchanging planes enroute to Tokyo. She was still here tonight. I think New Yorkers should be warned about this, said Miss Zara Habibullah, an New Yorker who Afghan-borworks for the United Nations. This is not a charter flight, this is a international airline. one-hou- n She and several dozen othwere stranded in the Soviet capital when they landed here yesterday at 11 a.m. enroute from Tehran to London and then New York, only to find that Aeroflots ongoing flight w'as already booked solid and about to leave. ers . A Pan American flight left an hour later with 70 seats empty, but the stranded pas- sengers were not permitted to board it. Wants The Money An Aeroflot boohing agent said the Soviet airline had not allowed the passengers, to book on Pan American or other airlines "because Aeroflot doesnt want to give these passengers to other airlines. Aeroflot wanLs to keep the money. After being kept at the airport for more than six hours, the passengers were taken by bus to the Aeroflot Hotel. Their tickets and passports we "e taken away from them. ana meals Accommodation were provided free and an excursion around Moscow was arranged this morning. But they were told they would not be leaving Moscow until Wednesday morning Poor Guarded When some passengers tried to go downstairs at other than meainmes, mey touna a padlock on the elevator and a stout matron guardmg the stairway , Reporters who tried to make contact with them were warned that they had !no right to talk to people "withn't visas. 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