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CASTLEGAR NEWS, December 21, 1980 .

/Erma
( Bombeck.

I've rewritten my tombstone a thousand times.

It went from “I told you | was sick." to "l can't hear
you with long hair” to "You want thin. You're louking at
thin.” ‘i 7

Scratch those. I'm going for “Saint Erma: Our Lady
of Perpetual Holiday Shopping.” When you push a but-

ton, a recording will ploy. “What I Did for Love.”

Porents are such saps. Every year we gather our
children around our knees and inquire, “What do you
want for Christmas this year, sweetheart?”

An intant who has no contro! over his bladder, is
unable to feed himself and cannot focus both eyes in
the same direction, says clearly, “I want the Rattell

Pirate Ship, Catalogue No. 90456, made of non-toxic -

A qd

super. balsa and ped with a two-
masted square'rigger, a crew of 14, a dinghy, treasure
chest, cannons, adjustable sails, working anchor,
derrick for hoisting, and a crow's nest, cost $85. Don't
acept a substitute. Look for the stores in our area on
Channel 4." *

You'd think once in awhile your child would ask for

descript “dolly” ora car, but they never

do. | remember one year when all about me my con-
temporaries had goals of world peace and restorin:
America to its place of trust. You know what my goa
was? Finding a doll for my daughter that drank milk,
burped, rolled its ayes, said "I'm sleepy" and deposited
something very disgusting in its diaper. The stores sold
out of them in August. There is no doubt in my mind
that's how “Mommie Dearest" books are born.

Do childreh ever really appreciate what mothers
go through to accommodate their desires? They"do not.
! walked myself to death one year in search of an elec-

Symposium offer answer

Joint Doukhobor a
Research Committee 4
Release 4
Three main items of in

Canagy, to take over the
leadership of the community
we ‘who subsi

she considered as criticism
generally directed . toward

Pan q ly be-
came: he president — were

the F:
They were born of the

for

terest from the
latest. Doukhobor Research
Symposium — the 56th in the
series, :

Nicholai D. Arishenkoff,
pn elder member of the com-
munity from Grand Forks,
clarified the cause of Peter
Chiastikoff's 7 fs

she said and since
the’ 4 b

sway the other di 5
40d :;the people in general,
‘eyyard. making the loan that,
fr the end, caused the dis-
nite, lon of the CCUB Ltd.
: Popoff, speaking on
fa! ‘aracteristics ‘of the
By likened them to

‘from the presidency of the

former CCUB Corporation,
Eli A. Popoff expounded on
the characteristics of the
Freedomites, past and pres-
ent, a subject he acquainted
himself with by doing re-

search prior to writing his-

second book, “Katya” — a
sequel to “Tanya” — which is
to be published soon.

Mary Malakoff, and Flor-
ence Konkin, backed by a
group of supporters .from
Gilpin and Krestova, “ pre-
sented a brief, pressing for
the presence of S.S, Sorokin,
whom they declare tq, thefr
leader, :

Lawrence Popoff dealt
with plans of a local group,

avgoneh of the early Jesuits,
where some of their mem-
. bergurxere so zealous in

Re ging the “infallibility of
aith” that they found it
JdmHMbIe'to use robbery and

C ‘Wlobtain the funds
Beritsagr tito spread -‘theit
minegtou , cae

The extremes of},
Freadomites Popoff attri.
buted largely to.an inherent
syndgome stemming from the
severe persecution suffered
‘by predecessors in Russia,
evidence of which*he was
able to trace by following
fain of various peop)

ly .invol

themselves are not justified

.in the light.of the leaders’

teachings, they had no right
to criticize others. “You ask
us to’ repent, but for what?
We' hve no choice but to
remain that, what you brand
us to bel"

.Mary Malakoff read a
brief with 88 signatures of
her .friends present stating
that to their unreserved con-
viction, 5.8. Sorokin was ac-
tually Peter Verigin-Yastre-

erigin, visibly af.
at he heard, did
feelings as he
@tipeople, AL

i to be

has to arouse itself to the
need of curbing fahaticism,
He cited his own experjence
of terror when,, while living
with his grandparents at
Brilliant the Vexigin tomb’
was bombed. He was only six
years’ old’at the time. Ever
since then, he said, “I asked
God to réveal who was per-
petrating“'the terror. Now,
we know their identity. Let
us all dpi together to over.
come it} We are strong if we

‘work together, and we are

sure to'succeed.”
Over. 350 people present

stood and applauded. It was a

general concensus of those

who cannot accept the Freed- ;

omite philosophy of violence
and, even more so, the idea of
acknowledging Sorokin as
Yastrebow. .

The symposium will re-
sume at the same location on
Jan. 4, 1981. t

Wedding Belis- 7

ded fo Mr. and Mrs,

are

ictor Villebrun, whose marriage took place in®

an ieee Maas e
This. chur¢h.is
not always known.

HALIFAX (CP) — Be-
cause there are so few Chris-
tian Reformed churches in
the Maritimes, members
must often explain the
church's meaning to Chris:

Christian Reformed churches
in the Maritimes and three of
them are without pustors,

‘ LaGrand said. i
The church’ traces its
Canadian beginnings to iyo
‘ lished ‘in:

tians of other,d
says Rev. James LaGrand,
president of the Maritime
Consistorial Conference of
the church. :

There are only seven

Alberta! 75 years ago. Its‘
North American roots are
found in the arrival of Dutch
immigrants in ‘Michigan in
1847, é

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grit eral

- Urged to renew:

|) WASHINGTON (4P) —

. OTTAWA (CP) — The
Commons ‘forelgn affairs
committee urged the govern-.
ment Friday to renew. the ”
North Amerlean Air Defence
Ci A for an-

__ NORAD agreement

of the continent, is to ronow
the NORAD: agteement.” i
: In. addition, the report
recommended the govern-
ment look at the feasibility of

other five years, “ant

The committee said in a
report tabled in the Com-
“mons that the “most efficient
and cost-effective way ‘to
contribute to the defence of
North American. airspace
while assuring the protection
of Canadian sovereignity and
reaffirming Canadian com-
mitment to the joint: defence

ground radar

system to handle both com-
merical air traffic and mil-
itary needa,

‘ Aha it suggested Ottawa

- should press for ‘assignment
of many more Canadian ser-
vicemen to airborne warning
and control planes — sophis-  §
ticated new radar-carrying
aircraft.

: Afghanistan;
one year later.

iOne year after Soviet troops
‘marched into Afghanistan,
ithe Kremlin has failed. to
achieve its minimum political
‘and military objectives: und
‘faced continued powerful op- ss

today is down to about 25,000
to 30,000 as a result of a
steady series of defections,
The Soviet occupation ‘force,
numbering some 85,000, is
doing most of the fighting.
— The.resistence of Af-

3H

“

3 .An active Christmas

Carnival, spongbred
by the Band Booster
Club Carnival Com:.
mittee, was -j:held.
Friday afternoon at
Kinnaird Junior

f Secondary Schoo}

Ron Weir was among thi

_ without any let up of

activities from begin.
ning. to end. Mone:

’ realized will bared

to help purchase:new
band = uniforms,:in-
struments and music:
Activities inclidet
bing; a. cakewalk,
white elephant table,
french braiding,. rin

toss and much, mack

Pa tees Ne PAA SI

Paty Ae 4

CASTLEGAR NEWS,

tronic game called “Whacko” that cost $42. (Batteries

the Doukhobor Cultural As-
and sanity certification not included.) Our local stores nt

wet = lew! 2h: Victoria on Dec. 22..The bride, Laura dean, is the :

: position both within Afghan-
youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Shannon

ghan nationalists remains vi-

were all sold out and as | had business in New York, my
first act was to rush into the largest department store,
then lug the thing 3,000 miles on my lap. Two days
later, Whacko was sentenced to death by dust under

the bed.
Shopp’

ing for teens is no easier. I've rummaged

through “kinky” little shops where I’ve been the only
person wearing shoes. I've been overdosed by incense
and waited on by a guy with a ring in his nose and a

tattoo of a snake on his tongue..1 have been in record ,

stores with the decibels so high that not only my teeth
became loose, buy my child-bearing years came to a

alt. °
I'll be glad when they won't have Saint Erma to kick

around anymore.

Plan Christmas
Eve service

A special Christmas Eve
service is being planned by
the local Seventh-day Ad-
ventist Church,

The special service will
take place on Christmas Eve,
at 7:30 p.m. at the Sev-
enth-day Adventist Church,
1471 Columbia Ave. in Trail.
ew “Everyone is cordially
‘invited to join us at this

special event,” states Dirk
Zinner, pastor of the Sev-

‘Verigin, “its: first p:

rental housing complex for
senior. citiigns in Castlegar
under ‘thegicharter of the
Doukhobuyt

is sponsoring a
ject in Grand

rporation.:which received
its charter in 1917 under the
leadership, of Peter Lordly

novolent Soci-*

pre

ance‘ of evidence he uncov-
ered during his research,
His own grandmother, a
ig-Freedomite, capable

of unusual feats of spiritual
ness, who: was also
responsible for several burn-
ings, was one of the examples
Popoff cited. A greatgrand-
father of his grandmother
died as a martyr in a pil-
lory-box during the period
when Doukhot were

attempted @nce again to en-
lighten the public on the
all-important question of who

«as responsible for the initial

loan the directors made fol-
lowing Lordly’s death — the
loan that led in the end, to
the total confiscation of the

“multi-million dollar holdings

breaking away from the es-
tablished church.

Popoff concluded that
the motivations of the Free-
domites could possibly be
understood, but one must
know how to properly direct
any given action so that’ the
means would justify the end.

of the D

enth-day Ad i Church,

Arish also ex-

Popoff's were
* met with deep interest.’ His
iction was that fanatic-

“It will be a most i iz

service on the theme of the

first advent of Christ," con-

tinues Zinner, “as we listen

and participate in this service
ing of 5

plained the reason why P.P.
Chisti ho d

ism had to be eradicated,

wi
Peter Lordly as leader and
president of the corporation,
igned from the

mu-
sieat selections and congre-
gational singing.”
Prete

Enjoy offering

of ‘Godfather’

Over 80 guests enjoyed
the offerings of the “Cod-
father”, Olaf Gundersen, and
a superb kitchen committee
at the annual Christmas din-
ner and Lutefisk Feast held
Dec. 17 in the Nordic Hall.

President J. Christen-
sen, was hostess for the
evening. A highlight was the
presentation of golden wed-
ding anniversary commemor-
ative Sons of Norway plaques
to Mr. and Mrs. G. Erickson
and Mr. and Mrs. T. Kring-
haug. Following the Norwe-
gian Christmas tradition, the
guests sang carols around the
Christmas tree accompanied
by T. Brattebo and R. Gat-
tinger. Dancing followed

with Gattinger's band in at-
tendance. .

A draw at midnight de-
termined that B. Hutton of
Trail was the winner of the
beautiful quilt made by Mrs.
Erickson and the lodge wom-
en's auxiliary.

Preparations are under-
way for Sant’s visit to the
lodge childrens’ party on
Sunday when the children of
lodge members will be
treated to sbngs, films, food
and gifts.

The annua) installation
of lodge officers is set for
Jan. 17, 1981. The public is
welcome to attend the instal-
lation dance at the Nordic
Hall at 9 p.m., Jan. 17.

(COURT NEWS 7

In provincial court
Thursday three separate
charges of driving with a
blood alcohol count of over
.08 were heard. Found guilty
were Mike Osachoff, who was
fined $400 or in default 30
days in jail; George Clarke,
who was fined $350 or in de-
fault 30 days in jail and Philip
Graham, who was fined $200
or in default 30 days in jail,

« 2 4

Philip Graham was fined
$300 on each count or in de-
fault 30 days in jail after
pleading guilty to two sep-
arate charges of being in
Possession of stolen prop-
erty.

“ 26 -«

Blair Flanagan was fined
$300 or in default 30 days in
jail after he pleaded guilty to
a charge of refusing to take a
breathalyzer test.

* 0

Six separate charges of
driving with a blood alcohol
count of over .08 were heard
in provincial court Tuesday.

Found guilty and fined
$350 each or in default 20
days in jail were Gordon
Matheson, Edward Bradford
and Frank Costa. Richard
Johnson was fined $400 or in
default 20 days in jail. David
Raheock was fined $100 or in

default 10-days. He was also
placed on five months’ pro-
bation. Donald Weir was
given a 14-day jail sentence
to be served ittentl:

presidency. s
The answer

ae

both

ly the
that included placing bombs
under pylons or even acts
such as disrobing at the sym-

these questions, according to |

Arishenkoff, was one and the
same: the failure of the dir-
ectors to seek advice and
consent of the already desig-
nated new leader and presi-
dent before contracting for
the loan, of $350,000, and on
their own initiative unwisely
signing a blanket mortgage
on the communal holdings,
The new leader, arriving
on the scene discovered what
Arishenkoff called “the
greatest betrayal of trust in
Doukhobor history” and re-
alised he was not the com-
plete master of the communal
material affairs. He under-
took the responsibility of
paying all the debts (over a
million dollars) accrued dur-
ing his father's stewardship.
After accomplishing his
momentous task during the
time of a deep economie crisis
in the country, he -left the
responsibility to the direc.
tors themselves to deal with
the loan incurred without his
consent, advising them how
they could raise the neces-

sary funds by collecting ac-« .

counts receivable, selling
various inventories of prod-
ucts on hand, and disposing
of certain city properties held
by the community. Then,
considering his moral res-
ponsibility to the community

and placed on probation.
. 8

Michael Fitzpatrick was
fined $75 or in default 10 days
in jail after pleading guilty to
a charge of being in pos-
session of a narcotic.

os #8

Johnny Postnekoff was
given a suspended sentence
and placed on four months
probation for causing a dis-
turbance. $

s 8

Edward Arishenkoff was
fined $250 or in, default 10
days in jail after pleading
guilty to a charge of being in
Possession of a narcotic.

e 4 4
Arishenkoff quoted an

extract from a Chistiakoff
letter where he stated, in
effect, that it was beneath his
dignity to remain in a posi-
tion where, at any time “the
real master (the bank man-
ager through whom the in-
famous loan was made)"
could arrive on the scene and
demand his removal by force.

Arishenkoff was of the
opinion that Michael Kaz-
akoff, the vice-president of
the CCUB Ltd. at ‘the time
and N.M. Plotnikoff, one of
the delégates sent to Russia
in 1925 to invite Peter Ver-
igin the second to come to

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applause. It was immediately
followed by a disorderly .
Freedomite response. Flor
ence Konkin read an -emo-
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business meeting which fol-
lowed the supper.

Final nominations of new
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Christmas party was held
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carols and a few games.

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* had between 90,00

istan and from the world
community, a senior - U.S,
official says. -

“The official offered this
assessment in a briefing to
reporters; conceding that his

able if not strénger than a”
year ago, although the official M
refused to say whether these *
forces have been aided by
clandestine shipments of U.S.
weaponry. The Russians -be-

lieved that a massive show of
* force would intimidate the

before the pub-
the first anni-

inigtration has

: ibing the So.
into Afghanistan.
stident Carter once’

to peace since the Second.
World War. But the official
said almost nothing has gone
right for the Russians since -
the Red Army went on the

week last: year.
SUPPORTS ARGUMENT

The - official, who re-
quested anonymity, made the
following points: — Despite
Soviety efforts, rival ‘Com-
munist factions in Afghan-
istan have been unable to
patch up their differences,
fai current president, Bab-
zak Karmal, is’ .widely. per-
Sbived as-a Soviet puppet
with minimal‘ support from
the populace,

— At the time the first
Pro-Soviet government too!

power in Afghi in

rebels: but, instead, it ap-
peared to increase their will
ches, to resist.

—_The number of Af-
ghans fleeing to neighboring *
Pakistan and Iran has aver- &
aged about 80,000 a month.
More than 1.25 million Af-
ghans have fled the country,
about 10 per cent of the nor.
mal population.
tinued exodus of Afghans
suggests that Soviet efforts
to pacify the ‘countryside
have not succeded.

- — Opposition to the So-
viet occupation from the
world community has not
diminished. Twice,
United Nations General ‘As-
sembly has called for the
withdrawal of all foreign
forces from Afghanistan by
margins of more than five to -*
one. Beyond that,-there- has: . ie
been almost no‘progress -to-« ty =
ward a political solution. The *2>
Russians continue to reject

* withdrawal proposals while
the Afghan government's

The con-

the

¥

seem aimed at

own p
“April 1978, the Afghan army
$ and
100,000 troops. ‘The figure

legitimizing its rule without
addressing the issue of the
Soviet military presence.

‘
Bingo was a relaxed affair

.

PAPER PASTES FACTORY

PEKING (AP) — A Chinese
newspaper has rebuked a state-run
toothpaste manufacturer for acting
like “4 mother-in-law” and told it to
stop trying to censor the movie
industry. _ -

The Tianjin factory that makes
Blue Sky toothpaste wrote to the
. Worker's Daily newspaper demand-
ing changes in a film that shows the
hero murdered by Poisoned tooth-
paste. 4

The Peking Evening News res-
ponded with an editorial criticizing
film censorship. “Movies already
have enough mothers-in-law,” it
said. “We never expected the ap-
pearance of a toothpaste mother-in-
law.”

REBELS ATTACK BUS

MANILA (. — . Moslem
rebels ambushed a bus in the
southern Philippines, ‘killing two
policemen and two children, a
Manila newspaper reported. It said
20 passengers were seriously
wounded in the attack.

es

3 . a
While mother helps with the white elephant table, Leanne and
Andrew Peterson take to their coloring books

who has not uttered a work in court

since the trial began Nov. 20, the -

* official Xinhua news agency re-

ported. :

Xinhua said Prosecutor Ma
Chunyi told the court that Zhang, a
former vice-premier and member of
the Communist party politburo, has
shown a defiant attitude throughout
the: tria). i

After the prosecution's closing
argument, Xinhua said, Judge Zeng
Hanzhou asked Zhang twice: “Have
you anything to say in your de-

. fence?”

It said that after waiting two .

minutes, the - judge ! said: “The
defendant did not make any state-

- ment and this’ will he recorded.”

Zhang, 63, is reported suffering
from cancer. He has refused to
accept the indictment ‘that charges
him and nine others with crimes

during the 1966-76 Cultural Revol-*

ution that might bring the death
penalty.

DEFY BAN 3
- NEW DELHI (AP) — Police

The Bulletin Today riewspap

d about 1,500 d

said the attack last week in
the Mindanao region 800 kilometres
southeast of Manila. The region has
been the base of Moslems fighting

* for self-rule in the'last eight years,

.___ AQUIET DEATH

PRETORIA (AP) — The grave-
diggers’ union’ died a quiet death
last week. .

A city official -said the union
disappeared because the use of
‘mechanical diggers created a sur-
plus of graves. “We have a stock-
pile,” he said. “We did our holes in
advance,” a

The Rand Daily Mail reported
that the union bank account still has
money in it, but government offi-
cials have been unable to find a
living member of the union to take
the funds. : ‘

‘SEVERE PUNISHMENT’

PEKING (AP) — The pros-
ecution demanded “severe punish-
ment” Saturday for Zhang Chun-
qiao, the Gang of Four's theoretician

ternal Affairs Minister Y.B. Chavan,
for violating a government ban on

- rallies, the United News of ‘India

reported,

It said Chavan, an opposition
leader in Parliament, and the others
were seized during a Peaceful march
near Amravati, 430 kilometres
north of Bombay, to buck farmers
demanding higher support prices
for sugar cane and onions.

The farmers: launched their
protests in October. At least six

former “Ex. |

people have died since then in re-"

lated protests and large-scale sab-
otage of railway tracks and tele-
communications also has. been re-
ported. :

KIDNAP JUDGE
MILAN (AP) — The Red Brig-
ades said Saturday the judge they
kidnapped was a “hangman” and
will face a “proletariat tribunal in
which all of us,. proletariat pris-
oners, will act as public accusers.”
In their fifth message since

——| NEWS CAPSULE}

" they grabbed Giovanni D'Urso, 49,

the leftist terrorists did not state
conditions for his release. a
D'Urso is the first political
kidnap victim since the abduction
and murder of former premier Aldo
Moro by the Red Brigades in 1978,
He was seized Dec. 12 as he was
returning home from his office in
Rome. .

RC CHURCH TO OPEN ..
PEKING (REUTER) —° A
second Roman Catholic church will

open in Peking on Wednesday, with °

Bishop Michael Fu conducting the
traditional late-night mass on
Christmas eve.

The reason for reopening the.
church of St. Joseph's, founded by
the French Jesuit.Father Verbiest
in 1666, was because of the increas-
ing numbers of Catholics attending
services in the Chinese capital,

Authorities have said that the
two other Catholic churches in

* Peking might be reopened if num-

bers warrant. :
WANTS ALLIANCE -
PEKING (AP). — China has
warned the West it will “either fight
and be defeated or abjectly surren-
der without struggle” to the Soviet

- Union unless there is a strong

alliance between the U.S., Western
Europe and Japan. z
“In the'face of the growing war
threat, Western Europe and Japan
cannot prevail without United

. States’ co-operation and the U.S.

also needs both Western Europe
and Japan,” -it said.

The warning, a repetition of
China’s position, was issued in a

* year-end commentary on the inter-

national situation by’ the official
Xinhua news agency,

ON HUNGER STRIKE"
WARSAW (AP) — Two dissi-

* dents were reported on a hunger

strike in a'Warsaw prison Saturday
as delegates from 195 factories in
central Poland continued occupying

a district government building to -

protest meat shortages.
Dissidents Zygmunt Golawski’

and Wojiech Ziembinski were fast-
ing in the same jail, sympathizers
said. They said they did not know
when Golawski began his strike, but
that Ziembinski started his fast
early this month, ,
Details of lawski's arrest
were not known. Ziembinski, openly
anti-Comniunist, was seized Nov. 11
at a demonstration at the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw.
Solidarity, the country's largeat
independent!’ union, reported the
meat protest by workers in the
Piotrkow area of central Poland.

Rajai said Saturday the demand for
returning the last shah’s wealth is
the only potential problem among
Iranian terms for release of the 52
U.S. hostages, \

Tehran radio said it is up to
Washington to decide whether to
accept the terms or “leave its
Christmas tree unlighted next year,
too.”

In an interview with Iranian
state radio, Rajai said Iran has “no

precise information about the exact

amount” of the wealth of the late
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who
fled Iran during the 1979 Iranian

revolution and died at his Cairo-

home-in-exile last summer.
“Therefore, we have suggested
the U.S. place a guaranteed deposit

submarine is believed to have been

developed to deal with deep-sea
submarine accidents. '

The defence agency believes
the Soviet ships are heading to their
Far East naval base at Vladivos-
tock.

2 ‘Meanwhile Kyodo news service
said it is unclear why such a flotilla

would be cruising in Far Eastern .

waters since there has been no
reports of a recent Soviet submar-
ine accident. : :

EXTENSIVE FLOODING

MADRID (AP) — Police said
rain-swollen rivers and melting
snow ‘caused extensive flooding in

. Jarge areas of northern and central

Spain on Saturday, damaging crops

-and property but taking no lives.

Officials evacuated scores of
people from small villages along the
rivers and reported rail and tele-
phone communications cut in por-
tions of the Basque area including
Santander, Leon and Burgos prov-
inces. -

VOLCANO ERUPTS
MARION ISLAND, INDIAN
OCEAN (AP) — A long-silent vol-
cano has erupted on this remote

-island 1,000 nautical miles southeast

of Cape Town causing no injuries or
Property damage, the South African
transport affairs department said.

The island, one of the Prince

Edward chain, is a South African

with the Algeri ‘and
whatever amount of the shah’s
wealth is cleared up we will take
from that deposit,” he said.

SOVIET SUB SPOTTED
. TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese
maritime self-defence force said
Saturday its planes have sighted
what appears to be a new model
Soviet submarine moving north in
the East China Sea southwest of the

- Japanese island of Okinawa.

The defence agency said the
ship, identified as a new model

I-class rescue submarine, was cruis- *

ing north with four other Soviet
naval craft. :
The agency said the I-class 5

P ion, About 20 weather and
research. technicians are its only

inhabitants,

The eruption scattered ele-

: phant seals that normally feed near

the volcano but attracted penguins
which warmed themselves near the
lava.

ISLAND RAIDED

KOTA KINABALU, MALAY-
SIA (AP) — Twenty men armed
with automatic weapons raided a
fishing island off Semporna on the
east coash of Borneo and robbed the
islanders of $20,000 in money and
valuables, police said.

It was the second such raid in
the region this month, officials said.

Armed attackers plundered another
fishing village near Lahad Date in
northeast Borneo earlier this
month, taking about $8,600 in cash
and valuables.

15TOBESHOT
. MANILA (AP) — A Philippines
military tribunal has sentenced 15
men to death by firing squad in
what could’ be one of the last
military trials of civilians,

President Ferdinand Marcos,
who ‘promised to end martial law
next month, proclaimed martial law
in September, 1972.

The official Philippine News
Agency said the court acquitted two
other people in the same criminal
case as the 15 convicted men. They
had been accused of conspiracy in
the 1978 holdup of a cigarette
company delivery van in which the
driver was killed and a salesman left
for dead.

SYRIA SHELLS LEBANON
TEL AVIV (AP) — Syrian
heavy artillery in Lebanon Saturday
fired almost 1,000 shells at southern

. Lebanese towns held by the Israeli-
- backed Christian militia, wounding

a number, of Lebanese,
military sources said.

Syria said its artillery pounded
Israeli tanks inside Lebanon in
retaliation for an Israeli shelling of
Syrian positions in the area Friday
that killed three Syrian soldiers.

Syrian army communique,

issued in Damascus and Beirut, said
the cannon fire inflicted heavy dam-
age on Israeli tanks “present within
Lebanese territory.”

The Israeli military command
denied it had any armor in Lebanon.

Meanwhile, UN spokesman
James Holger said a volley of more
than 40 Katyusha rockets, appar-
ently fired by Palestinian guerrillas,
caused heavy damage at two UN
positions manned by Norwegian and
Ghanaian peacekeeping forces in
southern Lebanon.

Israeli