ow AB Castlegar News November |, 1989 Doctor to face trial again HALIFAX (CP) Dr. Henry Morgentaler pleaded not guilty today to seven cor we Nova Scotia law by pertorn his Halifax clinic A provincial court judge set March’ ing abortions at for trial Morgentaler was not present in the The not guilty pleas were tered by his lawyer, Anne Derrick Derrick attempted to have the charges quashed on a technicality, arguing that the proper consent of the attorney general wasnot obtained before the prosecution again st Morgentaler had been launched “At the same time, she said Morgen taler would make himself available for the Crown to re-lay the charges should courtroom legal they be thrown out Bui Judge William Atton disz saying that the sworn information before h\m was in order Auton Said it be an abuse of court” to declare the in formation invalid, especially when the Crown could simply re-lay the charges ADMITS ACTS Morgentaler was chatged last Thur Medical Ser ‘seems it would almost sday: with violating the vives Act after he admitted io perfor ming seven abortions at his north-end Halitax clinic, Phe-act prohibits abor tions outside approved hospitals Meanwhile, government will ask the provincial Supreme Court on Friday for an injunction to shut the clinic down while the courts hear legal arguments on the charges Morgentaler has said he would be back atshe clinic Thursday and would lawyers perform more abortions Whe Morgentaler asked if she knew whether hold to. his Derrick L believe I'l be secing would previously stated intentions would only say him sometime” this week The doctor has said his Halifay clinic is necessary because about 500 women from the Maritimes travel to his Mon. treal clinic annually for abortions “They are determined to get me and Nova Scotia). week in an inter keep me out (of Morgantaler said thi view from his Toronio clinic. “They're getting outall heir gan Legal warfare is Morgentaler’s bed fellow, For more than 20 years the bearded, diminutive Montreal has been physigian from lighting to give 83-YEAR-OLD JOINS NDP RACE OTTAWA (CP) — An 83-year old retired pharmacist has joined the race for the leadership of the NDP LD. on., because he wants a platform from Johnson, of St. Thomas said Tuesday he’s running which to denounce Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's government and the handicapped Conservative speak up for seniors, and youth “You might as well go for the top,"’ he said when asked why he’s entering politics with a bid for a party leadership. “I think that’s the best way todoit I'm going more as an indeped candidate. My chief aim is doing my duty to my ent, thoughtful country and trying to make a prac tical, lovable mankind." Johnson said he has been in volved with the NDP on and oft ever since the party was created in 1961 Niagai and he will be a delegate from a Falls, Ont ship convention, which , at the leader ets under way in Winnipeg on Nov. 30 Party rules require leadership candidates to submit nomination papers signed by at least 50 New Democrats from at least eight dif ferent ridings or affiliated organizations. In addition, they must put down a non-refundable $2,500 deposit A party Tuesday that Johnson had filed the He will be an of spokesman said necessary papers. ficial candidate once the names on been party his nomination list have verified to ensure members ing they are od standing There are seven other candidate for the NDP leadership: MPs Dave Barrett, Audrey McLaughlin, Howard McCur and Steven Langdon dy, lan Waddell Jong, as well as Roger Lagasse, a Simon de B.C. school teacher women unfettered access to abortions The 66-year-old sui two Nazi death camps, who first perfor med an abortion in Montreal in 1968, has been tried by four juries on abor tion-related charges singe 1973 and acquitted éach time. Mis only convic tion — he spent nearly a year in jail came in April 1974 when a Quebec ap peal court overturned a jury acquittal His greatest legal triumph came in January 1988 when the Supreme Court of Canada,.in a 5-2 decision, struck down the country’s abortion law as unconstitutional BATTLEDSYSTEM “It was a culmination of more than 20 years of his battling the system,”” Robi the Canadian Abortion Rights Action League, said from Toronto. “He's a hero.” ivor of Rowe, national co-ordinator of There's nothing heroic about a man who spends his business days killing babies,"" Paul Dodds, a spokesman for- Campaign Life Coalition, countered in a separate in- terviews, also in Toronto. The Federal government has Promised to propose a new law before Christmas. The latest charges against Morgen- taler, of violating Nova Scotia's Medical Services Act, were brought last month after he admitted perfor- ming seven abortions at his Halifax clinic o] The doctor had no plans to be in court today, when the province is ex- pected to apply for an injunction to prohibit him from performing abor- tions at his Halifax clinic. He estimates his legal fees have top: ped $1 million, with pro-choice groups picking up most of the tab in recent years. Devil's Night fires plague Detroit DETROIT (AP) — Police rounded up 64 youths on the last night of a dusk-to-dawn curfew, and firefighters got some rest after scrambling 24 hours earlier to douse fires set by Devil’s Night mischief-makers The 6 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew for minors began Sunday, 169 arrests Sunday, and 165 Monday, Sgt. Christopher The arrests included four netting police Buck suspected of arson Police were allowed to detain youths under age 18 overnight if they were caught on the streets without a parent The curfew ended at 6 a.m. today One confirmed Tuesday, the final night of the three: day Devil's Night period Elsewhere, Halloween found scores rampaging through New York City, committing robberies on the streets and in businesses and in juring at least five people, police said Sixty-seven people were arrested taking part in Tuesday’s terror sprees, which began in the morning, New York City police spokestian house fire was of youths and charged for said **Halloween was the excuse for ran said Officer dom violence,” Jimmy “This day every year brings out the worst,”’ said Capt. Stephen Davis Detroit's one reported arson fire on Halloween contrasted sharply with Monday night when several homes were torched and dozens of blazes flared in trash bins and garages. 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Len Pasacreta Glen Tait oo George Brownlie Kelly Ca af Herb Knapp i Bob Taylor There have been 1,348 40-year service employees since the founding of Cominco in 1206 78 medallists are still working and 742 are retired Geoff Mason Jim Thatcher These are the 40-year service employees at Trail Operations who will be honoured with a banquet at the Uplander Hotel in Rossland on November 2,1989. Each will receive a special 40 - year gold medal and a gift from Cominco. Vic Mattiazzi Ray McDicken 1BzZ November 1/1989 61 Castlégar News PORTS \ RANE Talk to us today. KSI Savings Where You Belong Bradley ke VANCOUVER (CP) — Happiness at Hallowe: gular shift foram der-rated Brian Bradley-ot-the-Van- couver Canucks. Expecting to be the odd man out this slick stickhandler developed into.an offensive sparkplug in the Canucks’ rise to prominence in the NHL The smallish centre (170 pounds) is even: being double-shitted at times as season, the has his skillful playmaking becomes a key ingredient in Vancouver's surge in the Smythe Division Bradley scored once and set up a spectacular goal by Vladimir Krutov as the Canucks staged a furious third period comeback to defeat New Jersey 4:3 Tuesday night, handing the Devils their first road defeat after four wins, Great one outshines Lemieux By The Canadian Press Mario didn’t anything to say after his first showdown of the season with Wayne Gretzky It didn’t matter, however, since Gretzky already had made his statement on the ice. The Los Angeles Kings’ superstar scored three goals and added three assists to clearly outplay the slumping Lemieux, and Bernie Nicholls had two Lemieux have really goals and three assists as the Kings doubled the Pittsburgh Penguins 8-4 in one of six NHL games Tuesday Gretzky scored the first two goals a apart them handed, as the Kings took a 3-1 first period lead en route to their fifth vic tory in seven road games. It was Gret zky's 46th career hat trick and the first by the Kings this season minute one of short It was a typical Wayne Gretzky game,"’ Penguins goaltender Wendell Young said. **He dominated the game, he_ dominated dominated everybody on the ice Elsewhere, it was: Montreal Canadiens 3, New York Islanders 0; Chicago Blackhawks 5, Quebec Nor diques 3; Toronto Maple Leafs 6, Minnesota North Stars 4; Vancouver Canucks 4, New Jersey Devils 3; and St. Louis Blues 1, Washington Capitals 1 Gretzky, who hadn't scored agoal in four games and had just one in six games since breaking Gordie Howe's NHL scoring reocrd, said it was just a coineidence that his slump ended the faced Lemieux me, .he same night he *When I was 21 or 22, (Guy) but [used to get Lafleur and just pumped up for (Marcel) Dionne. another game now it's you play hard and try to do your best,”” Gretzky said. ‘i'm sure when Mario is 28, he'll feel the same way Lemieux, off to his worst start since he entered the NHL five years ago, was held without a goal for the ninth time in 12 games in Pittsburgh's fourth con secutive home-ice loss. The Penguins 7-2 overall, are 0-5-1 in their last six games and Lemieux, the two-time NHL scoring champion, has produced just one goal. He had a pair of assists Tuesday John Steve Kings, Tonelli, Steve Kasper and Duchesne who led 7-2 after the second also scored for the period Kevin Stevens had three goals for Pittsburgh, and Dan Quinn scored on “Learning when to dish it off comes with experience,"? Bradley said noted as an offensive I've always been player “44'm glad to be playing regular and happy we got the two points, instéad of letting the game slip away Bradley's goalmouth pass to Krutov allowed the Canucks to tie the game at 3-3 in the third, setting the stage for the winner by Steve Bozek at 17:49. FIRST WIE Bozek scored his first goal of the season during a scramble after a spec tacular rush by Rich Sutter I'm glad we're starting to show some killer said Bradley “One of we'll fill the nets.” Bradley, 24, instinct,’ these nights had 45 points for the Canucks last and added another seven in the playoffs when he was-one_of Vancouver's most con sistent performers But during the off-season Canucks added Soviet newcomers Krutov and Igor Larionov, leaving Bradley confused and uncertain about his role on the team The bitterly disappointed Bradley sat out the first two league games, but since has recorded nine points in 11 games, including four goals. “With this team, we've now got the talent to get a few more scoring chan ces every game,”’ said Canucks coach Bob McCammon. “You must have talent to win and, more important, we're starting to believe we have the ability to win.” season . The Canucks, 7-5-1, are unbeaten in three games and have pulled to within a point of the leading Calgary Flames in the Smythe Division standings Vancouver took three of four points from the Flames last weekend in bake to-back games FUN TIMES ‘This team is pretty excited right now and so are the fans,"” said Van couver netminder Kirk McLean after stopping 33 shots. ‘We're having alot of fun and that’s important.” Greg Adams got his eighth goal of the season to complete the Vancouver The swift left winger played another strong game and had six shots on goal Brendan She the Devils, scoring nahan scored twice for giving the talented CLOSE CALL . . . Woodland Park Shell goalie Dan Wall with his det in front in C at the Community Complex. CRHL HEATING UP lace keeps his eye on the puck along R | Hockey League action Tuesday night Sandman still leadin By SIMON BIRC! iditor Sandman Inn split a pair of games in Castlegar Hockey League play this week at the Com: munity Complex, coming from behind to beat Woodland Park Shell 8-7 Tuesday after dropping a 9-5 decision to Hi Arrow Monday Recreational The third period was the difference Tuesday as Sandman, led by Ron Ash by’s two goals and an assist, scored four straight goats-to erase a 6-4 Woodland Park lead Dan Stelck with a hat trick and one assist, Kelly Keraiff with a pair of goals and an assist and Mal Stelck with a single marker had given Woodland Park the lead heading into the third period Clay Martini with two, and Adrian Markin and Mitch Quaedvlieg with singles had scored for Sandman before the second period ended Martini and Markin both goals in the third to help Sandman in the comeback Keraiff got the hat trick for Woodland Park with 30 seconds left in the game tocut the final margin to8-7 Dan Wallace for Woodland Park and Tim Swanson for Sandman han died the goaltending duties. added Each team iced eight skaters and eight minor pet toeach team On Monday, Hi Arrow built upan 8 2 lead early in the third period and cruised to the win over Sandman. Dean MacKinnon, Bob and Warren Weston each scored a pair of goals for Hi Arrow alties were called, four Essaunce Toronto ‘ripe’ for N TORONTO (CP) Landing an NBA franchise for Toronto is at least five years away, but Chuck Daly says the idea is more than wishful thinking There won't be any expansion for about five years but this town is very close to being ripe for a franchise,” Daly, the coach of the NBA champion Detroit Pistons A scllout crowd of 25,009 way on hand Monday night SkyDome played host to the Pistony Focrs. I was the attendance in the when the and Philadelphia second-largest history of the NBA's preseason While there upper-deck were problems — the seating isn’t ideal, the acoustics leave a lot to be desired, and the $550-million facility doesn't have a proper basketball floor so one had to be borrowed from a local university {think if they got a heavy hitter up here who wants a team, it'll happen,”” Daly said} “If Lever find a lot of money, 1 would love to be an owner of a team in Toronto, acity J can’t get hough of Toronto is @ good city, and all the like Detroit's all-star guard, Isiah Thomas “I like the SkyDome. I really is a lot like the Silverdome.”” Detroit played out of the Silverdome Mich., lace in Auburn Hills guys coming here,’* echoed in Pontiac, before moving to the new F The Pistons aren't the only NBA club to perform under the dome The Seattle Supersonics called the and the Kingdome home at one time, expansion Minnesota Timberwolves drew an exhibition-record 35,000 fans when played in Angeles Lakers last week “(The SkyDome) is going to be a great basketball facility,”” said Daly, disputing a comment that the building is too cavernous for hoops. “I love this place MAY BEBETTER This sta the Kingdome or Silverdome; in fact, it might be a little better,"* added Ernie Grunfeld, a former NBA player who now is an assistant coach with the New York Knicks Some game feel there is plenty of support for apro basketball team in the city “Toronto has a lot of people who like professional sport,” they new Jium is no different from fans attending Monday's said Doug Darrel Bojecko, Frank Costa and Bobby Larsh added singles. Larsh also assisted on three goals while Doug Knowler, Dave MacKinnon and Costa each added a pair of helpers for Hi Arrow Ian Stewart, Ross Saunders, Dave Rugg, Dwayne Weir and Quaedvlieg scored for Sandman Lorne Anderson notched three assists Tim Horkoff for Hi Arrow Swanson for Sandman were and the goalies. No penalties were called jn the game Sandman’s record now stands at 5 2-1, good for a five-point lead over second place Hi Arrow at 3-3-0 Woodland Park remains in the cellar witha 1-4-1 record Next game is Thursday when Woodland Park takes on Hi Arrow BA franchise all-star forward at the Waterloo works in London, Ont Vance, a forme University of who now To have a major-league game like this come to Toronto, I think the people are ready to support ateam “1 would come down as many times (for an NBA) game as I would for the NHL (Maple Leat’s),"’ said Brian Cat brewery representative from If they can get 25,000 for rules football, to, a London Aussie they didn't get more for this. Talk about a pro basketball fran chise for Toronto has been around sin ce the NBA was formed in 1948 and the Toronto Huskies played their one and only sea You skates when ways think of strapping on you talk about winte youngster points in eight straight games. Mark Johnson got the other New Jersey marker Devils coach Jim Schoenfeld was not a happy camper on Halloween night. He blamed the defensive pairing of Craig Wolanin and Tommy Albelin for letting the game get away “Every pitcher has to pay the price and we didn’t at Schoenfeld. **1t cost us the game “From the blue line in, you have to take the body. It’s pretty much an un forgiveable mistake.” Schoenfeld felt his defence should have knocked Bozek down after net minder Sean Burke made ‘he initial save on Sutter. Bozek swept the winner into the net on the rebound to Canucks surge BRIAN BRADLEY . . Slick with puck Rebels rocky road show It was a weekend of breakdowns for the Castlegar Rebels — first on the road, then in communication but surprisingly enough for a hockey team with a 3-6 record, not on theice The two-game, two-day road trip to Sparwood and Invermere began in disastrous fashion for the Rebels when the team bus broke down in Creston on Saturday, stranding the team there for five hours until alternate transpor tation arrived But despite the delay, the Rebels, when they finally arrived in Sparwood three hours late for the game, managed to snap their three-game losing streak by beating the Elk Valley Raiders 7-6 Remi Lavallee scored twice and had one assist, and Dale Bonderud had one goal and two assists to spark the Rebels. After the game, the players boarded a functioning bus — the original one was left in Creston — and arrived in Invermere at about 4:30 a.m. It was just enough time for the players to cat cha few hours sleep before their 2 p.m Field hockey By EDMILLS Staff Writer Sudden death is supposed to be quick and painless. But for the Stanley Humphries secondary school junior and senior girls field hockey teams, sudden death overtime was a lot more like slow tor ture, as both lost heart breakers in the West Kootenay Championships here onthe weekend. It took regulation time, scoreless overtime periods, and finally sudden death to de both the seniors’ game against Nelson and the juniors’ match with Rossland secondary school For the senior Rockettes, the end came with just 20 seconds left on the clock, and two tired teams on the field, as Nelson scored to take the game 2-1 Amanda Fayant had the Rockettes lone goal, with an assist going to Kelly Davidoff It was almost a carbon copy in the juniors contest, except they lost to Rossland on the only goal of the game with just 15 seconds left in sudden death The mean the end of the season for both Rockettes while Nelson and Rossland go on to he provincial championships in Kelowna Rockettes coach Verna Chernoff said the girls were naturally disappoin ted, but from a coaching standpoint, she couldn't complain at all with the two de a winner in losses teams, sports in Canada,” said Mark Ap pleman, national accounts ma‘ for NBA Properties, the licensing agent of basketball merchandise. “Lame here eight weeks ago for the first time, and everyone knows (Larry) Bird, Magic (Johnson) and (Michael) Jordan.”* Rob Millman, sales NBA said Canadian sales have increased from $1 million in 1987 to $10 million in 1989 are 20 licensees of NBA nada, compared with twoa couple of years ago. Daly said the city’s best bet may be toland a struggling franchise vive-president. of for Properties, There now merchandise in € ‘There are rumbles that some teams could be sold and moved to new cities,” he said game _aghinst_the Columbia Valley Rockies At least the Rebels thought the game The Rockies had a I'p:m start penciled in and weren't about to change it. But again the Rebels scrambling to get dressed for the game in 10 minutes — played some of their best hockey of the young season and had the Eastern’ Division-leading Rockies down by a goal with urider two minutes to go in the game But a Rebels penalty Rockies—all- the opportunity needed to get back into it and they took was al m after gave the they advantage, scoring on the power play and then again in overtime to steal a 6-5 win from the Rebels. Dwayne Dergousoff led the Rebels with a goal and an assist, while Dan Lavallee picked up two assists. Bon: derud, Keith Semenoff, Shawn Mc- Cuddie and Rodger added singles for the Rebels Goaltending duties were split over the two games, with Rick Edwards in the nets against Sparwood and Stan Makortoff taking the loss in Inver mere Carlson heart break way her teams performed “The kids played| as hard as they could possibly play, | have no problem with that,” she said With the field hockey just its second year at Stanley Hum- phries, after three years without one, program in Chernoff says the results this season bode well for the coming years ‘No question it showing,” Chernoff said. was a We only good had two grade 12s on our senior team this year and six Grade 10s, so we’re really looking good for next year Becker's on track in Paris Open PARIS (AP) Wimbledon champion Boris Becker, returned to tournament play Tuesday after an injury layoff and beat qualifier Milan Sjreber of Czechoslovakiak 6-3, 6-3, in the first round of the Paris Open tennis tournament France's Yannick Noah, Olym pic gold medallist Miloslav Mecir of Czechoslovakia, No. 4 Brad Gilbert and qualifier Ronald Agenor the second round American 1987 winner finalist in all three editions of the seed also advanced to Tim Mayotte, the and at least a semi Paris indoor event, fell in the first Jakob Hlasek of Swit zerland, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 Noah fired 17 aces en route to his . 3-6, 6-4 Thomas Muster of Austria Gilbert. edged Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4. Mecir routed Spain's Emilio San chez, 6-2, 6-2 outlasted Paolo Cane of Italy round to win over and Agenof 16, Becker, had a knee injury that forced him to withdraw from two tournamen who ts since winning the U.S September, said the Sjreber was something taken for g “1 was surprised at the way I played. I thought | was going to be Becker saids “Ht Sjreber Open in victory he hadn't over anted worse, wasn't that. easy because has a good serve and volley