Pacific storm track ds through 9 four degrees each day Sunrise Sunday 7:46a.m. SYNOPSIS: Cold Arctic air is deepening | over the southern Interior forcing the state. This will result in thinning clouds in the southern Interior and mean temperatures will fall two to Sunset Sunday 4 p.m. Reagan, Springsteen invited to party WASHINGTON (AP) — The party won't be held for 15 years, but the first 10 in- vitations have already been sent for what may be one of the most exclusive affairs of the last 2000 years. President Reagan, Prince Harry, rock singer Bruce invited by the Millennium Society to a New Years’ Eve bash at the Pyramids in Egypt on Dec. 31, 1999, to mark the arrival of the year Edward McNally, chair man of the Millennium So- ciety, says the 10 were nom- inated by the 3,000 members of the group, who live on six continents. The finalists were selected “for the message of hope in their lives,” he said. Others on the list were Olympic organizer Peter Ueberroth, U.S. astronaut Kathryn Sullivan, anthropo- logist Richard Leakey, co median George Burns, film maker Steven Spielberg and Dr. Masaki Nakajima, chair. man of the Mitsubishi Re search Institute. FAITH IN YOUTH Prince Harry, the son of the Prince and Princess of Wales who will be just 15 years old at the turn of the century, was chosen for his promise for the future, Me Nally said. Reagan, who NOTICE Jill Massine of Kokanee Tax Service wishes to notify her customers, fice will be Closed during the month of December, but will re-open January 7 Jill also wishes her customers a Safe and Happy Holiday! 278 Columbia Ave., Castlegar would be 88 at the time, was picked “for his faith in young leadership.” Reagan, 78, was not the senior person receiving an invitation. That honor went to the 88-year-old Burns, who was honored “for his immor- tal laughter.” Burns will be 108 at the time of the party. Also senior to Reagan among those honored is 81- year-old Nakajima, who was selected for his “vision.” “But I have the most promising of hopes for man- kind,” he added. Reagan also provided a response in the form of a tape-recorded message to the society offering thanks and expressing hope for the fu. ture RAISE FUNDS: Reagan's message to the group is scheduled to be played at a New Year's Eve party this year — the first of a series of fund-raising events the group plans in an effort to establish a college scholarship program. the of- 365-2416 TH Coming Soon ... . See the Castlegar News of Sun., Jan. 13 million a year. Stewart said the companies have tested the end of train unit under i for more normal di However, he said doing away with the caboose on CP and CN’s other runs would save the companies nearly $60 VERN WALSH . ‘they're unsate’ years, he modern-day than 30,000 kilometres and 700 hours without any problems. Railway companies in the U.S. have continued from front poge threatened to kill him if no ransom was feceived by last Wednesday. worked for Baker said van Es, who has no Europe. children, is back with his wife Cochabamba, 230 kilometres south of in Baker indicated security would be stepped up in the wake of van Es's the capital, and will likely take some time off work to recuperate from the ordeal. Bolivian military intelligence and crack police squads bad joined in the search for van Es on Friday. He had been kidnapped last Satur day as he drove away from his home. His maid, who was with him, was killed and a ransom note for $1 million left on her body. Two executives of the company flew to Bolivia to help authorities. been operating cabooseless trains for He said putting the caboose to rest in Canada would make GP and CN more competitive with the U.S. railways. , “We've got’ to keep>up with the “This is where it’s hurting us now.” Stewart said hot box detectors are placed every 40 kilometres and within 82 kilometres of any city with a popu- lation of more than 5,000 to detect any pr on the train. Stewart said the end of train unit will make trains “as safe as and more reliable” than caboose crews. BATA KIDNAPPERS Van Es had been in Bolivia for only three months, but had previously iowa: (Bata) operate in 100 countries around the world and are very cons- cious, and always have been, of these kinds of dangers,” he said. “He (van Es) will now sit back and say, ‘What could I have done differently.’ ” Van Es is the second foreign busi- nessman kidnapped in Bolivia in recent years. Michel Wurche, managing dir- ector in Bolivia of the West German airline Luftansa, was freed in 1983 after a ransom of $1.5 million was paid. market,” Stewart said. Bata in Singapore and LIARS, GOOF-OFFS goof-offs, gards, rebels, whiners, air heads and sloths — these are the eight banes of a boss's existence, says a survey and sins, each is advised to repent or risk an unemployed 1985. Inc. asked executives in 100 What bugs your boss? NEW YORK (AP) — Liars, egomaniacs, lag Burke Marketing Research the 1,000 largest U.S. who took on a job with a Nov 16 deadline even though he knew he'd be on vacation that week.” The seven other deadly in order of irritation: 2. Irresponsibility, goofing. off and doing personal busi ness on company time. “We found some people literally conducting their own ongoing behavior disturbs you the most?” ped the list. “If a company believes that an employee lacks integrity, countemps. who steals money from petty esh,” he explained. “It in cludes esty. We had one employer complain about an employee “What employ Dishonesty and lying top- all positive “This isn't just the guy intellectual dishon- WAS HOPP Silbert said. just a guy getting a phone call from his wife to pick up eggs on the way home. This is someone running a T-shirt business out of the office. It's time,” on company “It's not qualitiés — ranging from skill entrepreneurial behavior and experience to produce gone wild.” tivity and intelligence — be- 8. Arrogance, ego prob- come meaningless,” said Sil lems and excessive aggres bert, vice-president of Ac siveness. “Employees who spend more time boasting about their accomplishments than on actually getting the job done . being loud or boisterous will have a positive effect” bother their bosses, Silbert said. 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Such behavior is more serious in larger, more conservative companies, Sil bert said, citing “a guy work ing for a dark suit-and-sehool tie kind of company who wears an ‘I'm from Florida’ tie.” 6. Whining and complain ing. “There's one in every of fice. They always have a problem: ‘Do we have to do it by Thursday? 7. Absence of commitment, concern or dedication. This “often is grounds for absence of raises and promotions,” Silbert said 8. Laziness and lack of motivation. Both “demon. strate that these people don't care about the company, so why should the company care about them,” Silbert said. Former resident dies A former Castlegar resi- dent, Eleanor (Buzz) Kereiff of Victoria, died Dec. 21 at Vietoria General Hospital. She is survived by her husband Mike; daughters, Pat and Liewlyn; sons, Mi chael of Castlegar, and San- dy; six grandchildren, and four sisters, two in Alberta and two in B.C. A memorial service was held Friday at Saint John the Baptist Church, Victoria. In liew of flowers, dona- tions may be kde to 'the Canadian Cancer Society. Pierre Joseph Marcoux, a 36-year-old Quebec native, was killed after he fled on foot to a fast food restaurant civilian and then at a police officer and pulled the trigger several times. Police later determined Marcoux’s gun was a replica of a .357 Magnum revolver and contained no bullets. “Tt has the exact same appearance and weight of a real .” said police Insp. Dave Athans. “I'm not sure whether (the replica) could actually fire a shot.” Athans said Marcoux was arrested Dec. 22 in Vancouver and charged Monday with two counts of armed robbery and three weapons offences for two armed holdups of downtown stores. FALSE NAME When he was arrested, Athans said, Marcoux was carrying a .88-calibre handgun which contained four bullets. He gave his name as Jean Beaulac, and appeared 1 court Monday, and again Thursday. At the time, Mareoux was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for breach of parole and possession of a dangerous weapon in a bank holdup in Quebec City three years ago. Marcoux, whose criminal record dates from 1978, was ordered released from custody Thursday by Judge Kerry Smith, who ruled that Crown counsel could neither establish that Marcoux had a previous criminal record, nor that he was likely to commit another crime. Police say they had difficulty obtaining Marcoux's criminal record from computer files because of the false name he gave, and because the arrest was made and the charges were laid over the Christmas holidays. “We started an identification check on him by using his fingerprints, and we expected to get the results of that search by today (Friday),” Athans said. It was the second fatal shooting of a suspect by Vancouver police in less than three months. John Thomas Boles was shot Oct. 22 after stabbing a civilian and police officer in an altercation in a skid row food bank lineup. The last fatal police shooting was April 26, 1977, when Kenneth Norman Reid, 26, was killed after a seven-hour standoff in an apartment during which he terrorized the neighborhood with gunfire. Mareoux was chased from the bank — where Athans said he stole several thousand dollars from employees who were counting overnight deposits — by a passerby. Marcoux entered the rear of the fast food restaurant, and collided with an employee. Marcoux slipped, police said, and the civilian chasing him tried to subdue him. As they wrestled Marcoux pointed a gun at the civilian's head and pulled the trigger several times. When Const. Gilbert Puder, who was making a routine search of the area following the robbery, entered the westaurant and moved close to Marcoux, Athans said, Marcoux aimed his gun at him and pulled the trigger twice. “Constable Puder told the suspect twice to drop his gun. He heard two clicks, and fired one shot.” Athans said Marcoux was shot once in the chest and died at the scene, where he lay in a pool of bloody $50 and $100 bills. Police file A glass front door at Pharmasave Drugs was smashed during an attemp ted break-in Thursday night, according to Castlegar RCMP. Police have no estimate of damage costs. A quantity of tools were stolen during a break-in last week from the shop at Stan ley Humphries Secondary School. RCMP had no estimate for the goods, which were re- ported missing Dec. 23. Bill outwitted two robbers SURREY (CP) outwit the robbers. In fact, staring down the barrel of a big black handgun, he was too scared to do anything but “give them everything they wanted” — including the key to the supermarket he manages and the combination to the safe. What he forgot to tell them, in the excitement of the moment, was to twirl the dial on the lock three times before putting the combination through its paces. Without that small detail, the lock won't open, as the two armed and masked bandits who held the 34-year-old manager hostage for a terrifying hour found out. Simenson's wife, Jennifer, and their nine-year-old daughter were visiting relatives when the two men, wearing ski masks, barged into his home and put a gun to his head. Simenson decided “not to be stupid and give them everything they wanted. I mean, we're insured.” He even volunteered to go to the store with the gunmen — a move that probably would have meant a successful cracking of the combination — but they declined. While one of the men stayed at Simenson's home in this Vancouver suburb to keep an eye on the store manager, the other one went to the store. “I guess he must have tried the safe a dozen times or more,” Simenson said. “The guy who was holding me, he was on the phone with him and he was getting pretty irate. He was cursing and swearing at him. I was tied up. in the hallway and I could hear them yelling at each other over the phone. It seems funny now. “Finally, the one who was with me said ‘the hell with it. Bill, you're a nice guy, we've been watching you pretty close. I'm not going to hurt you. You have a merry Christmas.’ And that was that.” Three minutes later, the trussed-up Simenson Bill Simenson didn’t mean to managed to craw! into the bedroom and use the The daring robbery attempt, which took place inst Sunday night, netted the two men only $54 they took from Simenson's home. COLD WEATHER The cruel grip of winter weather shattered at least three record low temperature readings in Alberta on Saturday. Weather office records show the -41 reading in Red Deer, Alta., surpassed the previous record low of -38 wi was set in 1968. The latest reading was the lowest since the weather office records began in 1939. Rocky Mountain House, Alta., fared just as bad. A reading there of -39 was the coldest Dec. 29 since 1945. The previous record low was -34. It was set in 1968. High Level, Alta., district residents, meanwhile, shivered amid a -44 reading which surpassed the old record of -41 set in 1978. AUTO EXPENSE TORONTO (CP) — Genera! Motors of Canada said Friday the base price of most of its vehicles will be increased by two per cent effective Jan. 2. In addition, prices for most optional V-6 and V-8 engines will increase $100. Other optional equipment will rise by an average of 1.6 per cent. The company said the latest rise brings the average annual price increase for its vehicles over the last three years to 3.6 per cent. NOT RETIRING EDMONTON (CP) — Premier Peter Lougheed says he isn’t considering retirement as he enters his 20th year as Alberta's Progressive Conservative leader “I'm kind of enjoying the job,” he told reporters. “I find it just as challenging as I did in the past. I just might surprise everyone and change my mind — stay around.” The probability that we will welcome in 1986 as Tory leader is “relatively high,” Lougheed said. MEN WATCHING LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Reagan, father-and-son actors Kirk and Michael Douglas and Johnny Carson's sidekick, Ed McMahon, are among the 10 most watchable men in the United States, Man Watchers Inc. says. Others making the list released this week were entertainer Dean Martin, actors David Hasselhoff and Mel Gibson, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana, game-show host Chuck Woolery and singer Jackie Jackson KEPT CORPSE FRAMLINGHAM, ENGLAND (REUTER) A devoted daughter kept the corpse of her 90-year-old mother at their home for six months because she couldn't live without her, neighbors said Friday Hazel Whiting, in her 60s, kept the body in her bed before it was discovered by social welfare workers who alerted police just before Christmas. Neighbors in Framlingham, northeast of London, became suspicious after noticing that only Whiting’s washing appeared on a line to dry “Hazel really worshipped her mother . . . and she could not accept it when her mother died,” one neighbor said NO WOMEN LONDON (REUTER) — A British clergyman has attacked the ordination of women, saying they are no more fit to be priests than monkeys, London's Daily Mail said Saturday Rev. Andrew Reakes- Williams said in a state ment: “If you take the argument for the ordination of women to its logical conclusion you have to agree to the ordination of chimpanzees to act as chaplains to the animals.” Women have campaigned for years to be allowed entry to the priesthood and the vicar's remarks fol lowed a recent decision by the Church of England to start a process by which women could be ordained by 1990 SOVIET WINTER MOSCOW (REUTER) — At least two energy officials have been fired and several others rep rimanded for failing to prepare adequately for severe winter that has left Siberians shivering in their apart ments, a Soviet daily said Saturday Sovietskaya Rossiya said in different areas of Siberia that dropped as low as -75. It said local energy and housing authorities failed to ensure efficient heating and adequate fuel supplies early enough and inhabitants were forced to huddle in coats and felt boots around improvised reports from temperatures had scarves, stoves. FEW CROSS WALL WEST BERLIN (AP) — Fewer East Germans escaped across the heavily guarded border between the two Germanys in 1984 than in any year since the Berlin Wall was erected, a private watchdog agency said Saturday Working Group August 13, a private watchdog agency that monitors escape attempts, said 190 East Germans broke through the border during 1984. By comparison, more than 14,000 East Germans made it to the West in escape attempts during the first 12 months that followed the building of the Berlin Wall, the August 13 group said in a statement. The wall was erected on Aug. 13, 1961 WINTER SCENE . . . Selkirk College recently photographed from across the Columbia River. Moun tains, trees and snow combine to frame the college in a majestic setting CosNews Photo by Jobless n OTTAWA (CP) The unemployed and others suffering from Canada’s economic troubles need “concrete assistance” in the new year, Gov. Gen. Jeanne uve says. “Qur common joy in this beautiful country should not prevent us from taking a moment to thank Providence for all the advantages that are ours and to think of those among us who are lonely, ill or bereaved,” the first message to Canadians ‘Let us support them war, terrorism, freedom effects of the economic situation ment and concrete assistance.” Sauve’s call was echoed by Dennis McDermott, mott added. Sauve said the holiday spirit diminished by thoughts of those countries ravaged by violence, woman Governor General said in her first New Year's as well as those feeling the with both encourage president of the two-million-member Canadian Labor Congress “Protection of the weak — whether poor, sick or old is one rheasure of the social well-being of a nation,” the country's top union leader said in his New Year's message “On that basis, Canada's record is miserly,” McDer “is in no way hunger and the denial of eed help “Nor is the excitement of our gatherings and the pleasure of this season dampened when we look for ways to share something of our ease and abundance with those less fortunate “It is not enough for people of goodwill merely to enjoy their own prosperity, for they know their happiness will be incomplete as long as others in the world are in need “We can no longer forget them or ignore their plight.” McDermott took a tougher, more specific tone The CLC president criticized federal and provincial governments for cutting spending on social programs and threatening more in the name of deficit reduction And he warned against any move that would make social assistance dependent on means tests, which are ‘degrading to the persons and families in our society for whom the network of social services in Canada has slowly been built The unemployed and working poor need social programs, McDermott said Governments should consider tax reform based on ability to pay — rather than social program cuts — if they want to better balance revenues and expenditures, he added. Not rosy fo B.C. grads says new study VANCOUVER (CP) — Rosy predictions of more jobs for university graduates in 1985 do not necessarily apply to British Columbians. A new study from the Public Serviee Staff Relations Board, released Thursday, indicates hiring prospects are improving for engineering, science, business and bachelor of arts graduates across Canada But spokesmen for major British Columbia companies which participated in the study gave gloomier predictions of their hiring needs next year. They said that although other Canadian companies may be recruiting more graduates next year, B.C. companies are unlikely to follow suit because of the poor provincial economy The most unlikely place for a B.C. grad to find a job this spring is with B.C. Hydro, which is still looking for ways to trim staff. “We would love to be forced to hire more people in 1985 but as we see the economy and our portion of it, we don't see hiring any people in 1985,” said John Sheehan, Hydro vice-president of finance and administration, adding that the Crown corporation has not hired graduates in several years. PAY RISES The nation-wide study also indicates most Canadian firms will raise their starting pay levels an average 4.2 per cent Sheehan said the three year collective agreements signed with Hydro’s unions earlier this year provide no wage increases in 1985 and there are no raises scheduled for non-union staff in the new year He said the bulk of staff reductions has already taken place B.C. Telephone won't be looking for recruits in 1985 either, said company spokesman Ed Clark. “We haven't really been hiring for three years now.” At Cominco Ltd., company officials are planning to recruit about five university graduates, compared with 10 this year and none hired in 1983, said company spokesman John Giovanetto. But Cominco has operations all over western Canada and does not restrict its hiring to B.C. grads. The recruits are mainly mining, metallurgy and chemistry students. The other three B.C. companies participating in the study were B.C. Systems Corp., MacMillan Bloedel and Microtel. Officials for those companies were not available for comment The study of 89 Canadian corporations says that 76 per cent plan to hire some additional graduate-level staff in 1985, compared with only 52 per cent in 1984 Most of those hired will hold bachelor's degrees Employers expect to hire 1,364 engineering, science and business graduates at an average wage of $1,686 a month, compared with 466 hired this year The survey found that companies also plan to hire 396 college and university computer graduates, compared with 235 in 1984. University arts graduates would find 196 jobs at an average wage of $1,603 a month. In 1984 this group of companies employed 96 graduates from arts courses World record stock sale ‘IT WAS A MISTAKE,’ HE SAYS Lotto winner on theft charge PARMA, OHIO (AP) — A man who won $3.8 million in the Ohio Lottery in June says his conviction for shoplifting three jars of coffee was a mistake Michael Grayson, 70, pleaded no contest to the Newsprint exports cut OTTAWA (CP) Canada has signed a deal which will restrict shipments of duty free newsprint to European Communities countries to 600,000 tonnes a year. Trade Minister James Kelleher applauded the agreement but Liberal for estry critic Brian Tobin con demned it saying it will cost the industry thousands of jobs over the next year or so and lead to the closing of several mills in Eastern Can. ada. The agreement signed in Brussels ends a dispute which began last year when the ope: charge in Parma municipal court and was sentenced to one-year probation, a $1,000 fine and a 30-day suspended jail term “It was a mistake,” Gray son said this week. “I don't want to talk about it Canada shipped about 700,000 tonnes of newsprint prior to the imposition of the quota last year The former Liberal gov ernment appealed the move by the European Commun ities. And the while in opposition, had crit icized the former Liberal government for not doing enough to increase the quota of newsprint which is Can ada’s fourth largest export to Europe CRITICIZES AGREEMENT Tobin, MP for Humber Port au Port-St. Barbe, Nfld Conservatives. C formerty known as the Eur C d at his home Friday, said for Kelleher to sign an which reduces opean E or Common Market, reduced its duty-free tariff quota on newsprint to 500,000 tonnes from 1.5 million tonnes. potential newsprint exports to Europe by 60 per cent without discussing its impact on jobs and the industry “is ide his coat but was going to return it because she said she didn't Cleveland store with three want it. He was apprehended jars of Sanka, pricec@f,$2.99 before he could return it, she each, when he was stopped said Nov. 8 Last June 30, His wife, Idell, said Gray Store manager Bob Loeb sack said Grayson was walk ing out of his swburban son put the coffee i Grayson picked the six winning num bers in the Ohio Lotto and won $3.8-million, which he will receive in 20 annual in sallments of $190,216.15 You know what I don't like?” Grayson said. “I don't like when they say I won all these millions. It's spread out over 20 years. I don't even another cheque until simply unpardonable . . . is at worst criminal and at best negligent.” “This kind of matter should have come back to the House &°* of Commons for discussion,” August ! Tobin said. The Graysons said they The agreement will lead to didn't fight the charge be the closing of some newsprint cause they didn't want pub mills in Quebec, Nova Seotia licity and didn't want to ag and Newfoundland and the gravate Grayson’s heart con loss of thousands of jobs, he dition. He has had three i heart attacks since 1977 andsuffered a mild stroke Christmas Eve Mrs. Grayson said the fine levied against her husband was higher than normal Court bailiff Louis Keszei said the family protested the amount in court, claiming disability and social security income, until Municipal Court Judge Gertrude Polear point ed out that Grayson had won the lottery. said. Kelleher was not available for comment on the agree ment. But in a news release the minister stated: “Canadian authorities are satisfied that the agreement signed today affords Canada’s newsprint industry a degree of access to the EC that will enable Can adian exporters to maintain their traditional market share.” By EDITH LEDERER LONDON (AP) Bask ing in the success of the world's biggest stock sale, Britain's Conservative gov ernment hopes the two mil lion small investors in the communications giant British Telecom will become the vanguard of an army of people's capitalists.” In a country where small investors had become an en dangered species, the popu larity of the British Telecom sale has enhanced prospects for the government's selloff of other state-owned cor porations, including British Airways. It has also boosted Prime Minister Margaret That cher's dream of entrenching capitalism so strongly in Britain that the socialism preached by the opposition Labor party will never again triumph at the polls Labor has pledged to “ren ationalize” all governments industries sold to the public But the government's finan cial chief, Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson, said in a recent speech that is is too late to stop the march toward individual ownership “Two million people have put their money on the table and they have put it on the blue square.” Lawson said. referring to the Conservative party's traditional color “They will not countenance a return to faceless state cor poratism.” Although some stock bro kers believe the mass inter est in buying British Telecom was a onetime event, the official in charge of the gov ernment's de-nationalization program, John Moore, said he believes it could be the tip of an unexploited market WANTS TO INVEST “I think that there's an in nate desire for long-term serious investment in any free society. I saw it in the United States. I thought it existed here, but just didn’t think it had been property tapped or understood Moore, financial secretary to the Treasury, said in an interview Over the past 20 years, as brokers and financial institu tions concentrated on big in stitutional investors, the per centage of British stockhold ings owned by individuals dropped to 28 per cent at the end of 1981 from 54 per cent in 1963. Although no figures have been released on how many of the British Telecom appli cants were first-time inves tors, the government has said it was probably about one million “I think many of the finan cial institutions have sud denly said: ‘My goodness, there is a huge marketplace out there,’ ” Moore said Moore said he was de lighted to see that the finan cial community had begun advertising to small investor with the question: “Where do you go after British Tele com?” LACKS OWNERS An advocate of what he calls “people's capitalism,” Moore said, “what I think we lacked in Britain for gen erations is a nation of owners as well as earners “If there's been any criti cism in Britain, it’s been the way in which so many people regard the management and bosses as ‘them’ and the workers as ‘us.’ ~ Moore said the govern ment was working “with a passion™ to break that belief and make Britons feel their long-term success depends on the success of their business, and they should have a stake in them If you get that established not only will we see more jobs accrue. not only will we be more successful competi but yet. as a Con socialism will never rule again and never have the opportunity to try.” Moore said servative,