CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 29, 1983 - CLARK continued from front page “I am a Canadian who to invent artificial symbols of allowed the ROMP to burn knows enough about this national pride. nation to know we don’t have “Before this government police force that was the neat SAVINGS FOR Graos 20% orr Shop Now For Your Special Day! 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(ecvartat tase Teall ding should be put to programs which have already been approved.” 5 Clark also commented that b the Liberals have ignored va and frustrated the private sector, scaring them away JOE CLARK .. . funds wasted with such programs as the National Energy Program 4 Mulroney lead speaker By Tho Canadian Presy Brian Mulroney waa picked, Friday as the lead speaker to * delegates prior tothe Pro- gressive Conservative lead- but “not displeased,” to find he would be filth, He told a cay. recent survey by The ~Canadian, Press’, of: 1,600 dinner’ in’, Lethb he would be pleased with any position. «-. riding delegates to the con- verition ‘showed. that 600 woro -olected ‘on: tho: basis ership vote’ but ment of the roster drew little enthusiasm from either Jéhn Crosbie or an aide to Joe Clark. pew a Representatives of the eight contenders drew lots in Ottawa at # meeting, of the convention organizing com- mittee to decide the order of crucial speeches on the eve of . tospeak, sing or do whatever the leadership vote. The order of the speakers will be: Mulroney, Michael Wilson, Crosbie, Peter Pock- lington, Clark, John Gamble, David Crombie and Neil Fra- SRAM n ser. \ ~ Both Crosbie and Bill.Mc- Aleer, Clark's campaign man- ager, played down the im- portance of the order of the speeches. |” “I don't think. the ‘ pres- ‘entation of the speeches is” going. to matter all: that much,” Crosbie said in Ot tawa. ete Although Clark will speak after both: his‘ major oppon- ents,-Mulroney and Crosbis “it’s not a’ gigantic edge, |. McAleer, said. Clark, campaigning in Al- berta, said he ‘was surprised, ine ime aa PC committee approves SPECIALS “FOR YOU.” Monday, Tuesday We (CE) — A battle oveE'88: Quebec del at He wouldn't elaborate: -pro-Mulroney selection ‘claiming the meeting was - and Wednesday this week large to the Progressive Con- servative leadership conven- tion ended Saturday with the national credentials commit- tee approving the full pro- Brian Mulroney slate selec- ted last: month, HOMESTYLE DINNER _ SAUSAGE 10....59°° PACIFIC EVAPORATED} — MILK. wea 9* Iced Tea Mix $999 JUBILEE Lunch Meat ‘$429 12 oz. tin ...... mittee said the April 22 meeting at which the dele- gates were elected “is rec- ognized as valid for technical reasol 750 gr. .... teow should be $20.19, Page 9, lows, reg. size, should A spokesman for the com-, be $15.99 ea. The BayCrest Thermal Blankets are delayed In ship: ment. Orders will be taken now, however. 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After -the - first meeting, and illegal. “Clark supporters appealed to the “credentials committee and threw out the first slate of delegates, A second slate was chosen by a pro-Clark majority of the. $1-member provincial council ade up of the executive. and regional pro-Mulroney slate by a maj- ority..of the. eight-member provincial. party: executi i ie cannabis mre\ean CORRECTION The Bay wishes to inform its customers of errors appearing in the White Sale flyer in today’s. paper. Poge 2, Item 8: Tho Elegance Bedskirts will not be available to our customers. Page 7: The double size sheets, flat or fitted, in “Tomorrow's Rai: inbow" pattern item’ A: The Quallofill Pil- age 10, Item D: ever, $59.49. Double, 99.99. Page 14: The Ellip- se ensemble by Katja will not be available to our cus- Cc E N T R A L tT cay would like to apologize to its customers “com re OWNED & OPERATED 2717 Columbia Ave CASTLEGAR offers you We have a guaranteed retread for most vehicles both Radial and Bias Ply. 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TIRES “BEAN IN THE JAR” CONTEST YOU COULD WIN — 4 New Firestone 721 Radials, oraTripto ‘Mulroney backers boycot- ted the second meeting, claiming it ‘to'be a lucky number, » Crosbie app’ positioning lightly. “Number three is supposed isn’t the ite” : None of -the other candi- dates or their spokesmen were available for comment,” GIVES 25 MINUTES Each is allowed 25 minutes they choose on the évening of Friday, June 10, the day be- fore the being to any one candidate, % A ‘brilliant | delivery: by, Mulroney, for example, could immediately capture dele- gate attention and- leave third-placed Crosbie and Clark, fifth inthe line up. powerless to match the Mon- treal businessmen, -A. poor’ presentation by Mulroney ‘could | benefit either Clark or Crosbie. However, Clark is followed diately on the platf 3, delegates‘cast their votes. Indications are that) the race, will be. won. on the ‘convention floor’ because’ of an apparently large number of undecided voters, making the final performance of the ‘candidates prior to the vote particularly important, ° by Gamble, one of his tough- est critics, + Analysts “cited: a. poor speech by Clark immediately before the leadership-review vote in 1981 in’ Ottawa as the reason why one-third of the delegates voted in favor of a review. : Police search for Vancouver rapist VANCOUVER (CP) — Po- - lice fear that one man is res- ponsible for as many as 50 sexual attacks on Vancouver-. area children during the past five‘ years. The man plans his ambush in advance; preys on young girls and sexually assaults or rapes them after luring them _ into bush areas, Usually, his victims are girls between five and 12 years old. In almost all cases, he uses excuses — such as wanting help in finding his lost rabbits — to lure the girls into isolated areas. - . And despite a co-ordinated hunt by Lower i Po. Inspector Jim Birnie said the attacks in Delta: were almost a replay..of. the five previous cases in the.munici- pality south of Vancouver. ‘The general description of the attacker has been of a ‘man about 6-foot-10, medium build, brownish hair. He is often reported..to have a moustache and sunglasses, The other similarity is that he picks on girls. either in pairs or in threes. © He threatens-them as he carries out his ‘attacks and often holds a knife to his vic- tims while they are lying face down, '- ‘lice departments, the rapist has so far managed to avoid detection, mainly young children vary in their descriptions of him. Delta police are convinced tat ti irls, both 12, sex- . ted Wednesday: + one of them was raped “may be his latest victims. i “The latest attacks follow: similar assaults against girls Details of these and other job opportunities are ayallable at: Trall Canada Employment Centre 835 Spokane Street Phone: 368-5566 An Occupational Therapist is required for Trall areg. Perma- nent Part-time position. Must be experienced. Wages $1784- $2119/month undar negotiation. (846) rca! * is required in North V ~ Port Coquitlam, Surrey, New W ich: and because © Police Briefs : gat vault meter at Selkirk Col- lege. The meter is valued at $265. Meanwhile, police have checked 618 vehicles so far in their crackdown on seatbelt legislation. A total of 66 tic- south Vancouver. kets have been handed. out. ~ Reading program coming here The B.C. Library Associa- tion ‘is sponsoring a children’s summer reading program throughout the province, In Castlegar this Cultural A for Trall area. A part-time posi- tion, Must have own transporta- tlon. (847) * * * An experienced Legal Secre- tary is required for Costlegor crea, (939) * * * An experienced Pet Handler, capable of managing office, required for Trail area. (975) * x ok A Speech Therapist is required for Castlegar, Permanent Full- time position. Wage ranges $20- $40,000 per year. DOE qualifica- tion, (974) kk A Certified Machinist is tequired for Trail area shop.. (966) Herit Project, entitled “Around B.C. in '83,” is to be under the guidance of Yvon- | ne McGuire. McGuire. is from Castlegar, and a third-year Bachelor of Science student at the University of B.C. She has had previous experience with summer programs for children: McGuire will be visiting” the elementary schools to publicize the program and will also be seeking parental co-operation in bringing chil- dren to the library. YVONNE McGUIRE «+. feading workshop AM Ar PRICES 1965 ‘You can find out about thi which include a wide selection of food you like. Peanut butter, popcom and even cheeseburge! THROUGH JUNE 4th ONLY! Weight e «wine, beer, rs, -1963 price to join for a limited time only! First meeting and registration fee, just $5. ~ NORDIC HALL TUESDAY, 7:00 PM. WEIGHT WATCHERS* INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION . Park was the site of a first al Summit cunenucccceccgcuuigctnintcuceecitnvneccceeecnaccnnreecgteseesnctnecrnicneencinncc nea NILE STEAMER DISASTER 38 crewmen charged CAIRO (AP) — Police said Saturday the Nile steamer that sank in flames last week had no functioning fire ex- tinguishers and that 38 crew members will be charged with negligence in ‘the dis- aster, believed to have killed 317 people. Maj.-Gen. Farouk Noured- din, security director for the southern province of Aswan, said two more bodies were found Saturday in the waters of Lake Nasser, where the ferry 10th of Ramadan sank at dawn last Wednesday. That raised the official death toll to 196, with 121 still missing. Noureddin said 325 people survived out of the 600 passengers and 42 crew members aboard when the steamer caught fire and sank about 850 kilometres south of Cairo, The newspaper Al-Ahram, which has a team of reporters Police search for fireworks owner BENTON, TENN. (AP) — Authorities issued a U.S.- wide warrant Saturday for the owner of a bait farm that allegedly fronted an illegal explosives factory where 11 workers were killed in a ser- ies of explosions, the sheriff said. Polk County Sheriff Frank Payne said Dan Lee Webb was charged Saturday with the manufacture and posses- sion of illegal explosives. Webb's: wife, Linda Sue Webb, who wasin their home next. door to the barn that was shredded by Friday's blast, has told officials she thinks her husband is in the New York or New Jersey area, Payne said. “I'd say the likelihood is now that he is aware of what happened here,” Payne said. “And he may be on his way here.” Seven bodies had been at the scene, said 75 more bodies were recovered Fri- day and that this brought the confirmed dead to 272. Noureddin said the search would continue, but Aswan police Capt. Samir Aly said he did not think all the missing ever would be found because of the crocodiles in the area. DETAIN CREW In a telept interview CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 29, 1983 Soviet statement may put chill on talks alliance said BI that it would station more nuclear weapons in Europe if NATO deploys new missiles, and diplomats said that it could chill the climate of arms'control_ talks. A spok at NATO head said that alliance defence ministers would discuss a detailed reaction to BRUSSELS (REUTER) — The NATO it ited Moscow's One diplomat said the Sovict hint that it might put missiles into Eastern Europe was apparently foreshadowed in a recent speech by East German leader Erich Honecker, who said his country would take its share of any necessary sacrifices, “It (the Soviet statement) doesn’t offer hope for Geneva," the diplomat said. “It doesn't seem to offer Saturday's Soviet warning against the dep! of cruise and Pershing 2 missiles at a scheduled meeting in Brussels later this week. He said the warning, which also hinted that Soviet missiles could be put into other Warsaw Pact countries, was not the first time the Soviets had made such threats. “We can only regret this," the spokesman said, “They {the threats) do not ‘contribute to a favorable. political climate.” ¢ NATO diplomats said the Soviet statement, published by the official daily Pravda and carried by the Tass news agency, appeared to make much more explicit threats than previously, stepping. up what they called a Soviet ‘. propaganda war aimed at peace movements in Western Europe. INTENSIFIES THREAT The dipl said the a clearer 5 2 a | =] =i =} = ing, but could not say how many extinguishers were on board. Survivors have said the crewmen who fled the flames also took the only lifeboat aboard, but Noureddin said he did not know how many lifeboats were on the steamer or two smaller vessels in tow that also were gutted by fire. State television and the from Aswan, Noureddin said 38 crew members who sur- vived the fiery sinking had been detained b: iti g Middle East news agency said the fire was started by an exploding bu- tane gas cylinder, but Maj.- y and that they would be charged with negligence. “The crew threw them- selves into the water (after the fire started) and were picked up by rescue teams,” y said Dr. William Bass, an anthro- pologist from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He said it probably will be “a couple of weeks” before all 11 are identified. Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents on Saturday continued searching the charred wreck- age at the isolated hillside farm in this southeastern Tennessee town of 1,000 peo- ple. Tom Stokes, head of the bureau's office in Nashville, said his agents found nothing to indicate the operation was anything more than an illegal fireworks factory. He noted that a similar operation in Orangeburg, S.C., blew up Tuesday, killing two people. Stokes said the cause of Friday's explosion may never be determined. said. The crew- men, he added, “did not do anything” to control the fire or help the passengers. Noureddin said the fire ex- tinguishers aboard the steamer were not function- Gen. d Youssef, director of the rescue oper- ation, said an investigation was under way to determine the cause. “Maybe somebody started it when they wanted to make food or tea," he suggested. Noureddin said large amounts of paper refuse ap- parently helped the flames spread, but did not comment on how the fire might have started. Gunmen kill officer NAPLES, ITALY (AP) — Gunmen killed a police officer Friday night and an uniden- tified man in his 30s early Saturday, raising the 1983 death toll in a bloody gang war to 101, officials said. Police said four men armed with hand guns killed the 22-year-old paramilitary po- lice officer Friday night be- fore making off in a speeding car. An unidentified man in his early 30s was shot to death Ssturday morning in the countryside outside this southern port city. Both killings appeared to be gangland murders, offi- cials said. A battle for control of the city’s lucrative cig- arette smuggling racket among rival gangs of the Camorra, a Mafia-styled crime, gang, claimed 265 lives last year. suggestion that Soviet missiles could be based in Warsaw Pact countries and a more explicit threat to end the ME d on medit ige weapons devel- iP opment. NATO plans to start positioning the first of 672 new U.S, missiles in Europe in December unless an agreement is reached at U.S.-Soviet talks in Geneva on limiting intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe. y ig except an in the war of words." The NATO diplomats said Moscow clearly intends to make the peace movements in Western Europe more energetic in their opposition to the U.S. missiles by fostering concern that their deployment will lead to a new arms race. The diplomats said they suspect the timing of the Soviet was not inciding with this k 's summit of seven major industrialized countries in William- sburg, Va., and coming just ahead of the NATO defence ministers’ talks. The NATO ministers are due to meet Wednesday and Thursday, with the progress of, the Geneva, Switzerland, talks likely to top the agenda. West Germany officially denied on Friday that Chancellor Helmut Kohl would be seeking new assurances of U.S. flexibility at Geneva when he meets with President Reagan in Williamsburg. But West German Chancellery and Foreign Ministry officials have indicated in recent weeks that Bonn sees positive elements in an informal accord reached by Soviet and U.S. negotiators at Geneva last year, which was sub- sequently rejected by both Moscow and Washington. The tentative agreement would have led to the West deploying fewer missiles than the planned 572 and the Soviets reducing their medium-range missiles in Europe. WILLIAMSBURG, VA. (CP) — Adjusting a slipping red rose in the lapel. of his light brown suit and wavinga ‘ white planter's hat, Prime Minister Trudeau arrived ‘for the economic summit con- ference on Saturday to the rarely heard music of The Maple Leaf Forever. While Trudeau walked with host Ronald Reagan from a reviewing stand dur- ing the official welcoming ceremony, the American mil- d out for summit itary band nearby struck up § the old song celebrating Brit- ain’s conquest of Canada in 1759. The song, which memor- ializes the victory of Gen. [James Wolfe:over’a’ Frerich “army led by Louls de Mont- calm at Quebec, has been abandoned in official Cana- dian usage as a relic of col- onial days and an affront to Quebecers. . Trudeau, who was fifth among the seven visiting leaders to be welcomed in the closely spaced arrivals throughout the afternoon, was the only one of the men not dressed in a dark suit for the ritual. Each flew to nearby Lang- ley Air Force Base and then by helicopter to a grassy square in the middle of the reconstructed colonial Wil- id 5 PIERRE TRUDEAU ++. waves hat liamsburg, a centre of. agi tation against British ruje_at. about the time of Britain's conquest. of Canada, WAVES HAT Riding to the reviewing stand in a horse-drawn lan- dau for the. playing of O Canada and The Star-Span- gled Banner, Trudeau was accompanied by Selwa Roosevelt, chief of protoco} for Reagan. He waved the big white plantation hat, the brim down, and had to adjust the lapel rose as it slipped. Photographers later shouted “Put the hat on” and Trudeau obliged. One aide joked that the Retail sales up nine per cent OTTAWA (CP) — Con- sumer confidence is finally translating into consumer spending, something which economists say is crucial to economic recovery. Statistics Canada figures released Friday show retail , sales totalled a relatively healthy $8.13 billion in March, nine per cent more than a year earlier and the fidence and the extra spend- ing money available to con- sumers as a result of in- creased employment, fewer strikes and wage rollbacks and dropping inflation, Alasdair McKichan, Retail Council of Canada prime minister was trying to look like “the owner of the plantation,” the old estate 4 where the leaders later met for a barbecue dinner. Trudeau and Reagan chat- ted animatedly as they walked together to the old Virginia Governor's Mansion, the prime minister apparent- ly not taking any notice of the accompanying Maple Leaf music. There was mild dismay among some watching Cana- dians about the playing of the song, whose ringing lyrics recall; “In days of yore, from -Britain’s shore, Wolfe, the dauntless hero came, and planted firm Britannia’s flag on Canada’s fair domain. “Long may it wave, our boast, our pride, and join in love together the thistle, shamrock, rose entwined, and the maple leaf forever. focus on economic growth political controversies. | Economy © focus of summit WILLIMSBURG, VA. (CP) — President Reagan and leaders of the six other major industrial countries opened the ninth annual economic summit Saturday, hoping to “I don’t foresee a confrontation,” Reagan said Friday last-minut i while avoiding trade and ashe views, Reagan said. But diplomats, noting at five this sun-washed replica of ‘an 18th century American ge. French President Francois Mitterrand — strongest critic of big U.S. budget deficits — will have “every opportunity to express himself’ and hear contrasting Soviet Union that it will upgrade its European nuclear-missile force if western countries do the same, said East-West relations were likely to be a key item of before flying to tough statements by the between now ant Tuesday. Moscow warned the West on Saturday it will regard new U.S. missile deployment in Europe as the start of an arms race and indicated it is ready to station its own missiles beyond Soviet borders in reply. Reagan held a final shirtsleeves breakfast session Saturday with top advisers including State Secretary George Shultz and Treasury Secretary Donald Regan before greeting each arriving leader from Japan, West Germany, Canada, Britain, Italy, France and the a ‘ E. ie Commissi “agreed Friday the sales fig- ures signal consumer confi- dence is translating into con- sumer spending. retailers are re- largest. year-to-y increase since December, 1981. “It's quite spectacular,” said an agency analyst. Department store sales, which account for about 10 per cent of all retail sales, rose 4,9 per cent during the month to a seasonally ad- justed $928.4 million — the best performance since June, 1981, when sales jumped 20.8 per cent, Not adjusted for seasonal variations, department store sales in March were 13.5 per cent higher than a year ear- lier, also the best year-to- year performance since June, 1981. The improved sales picture follows Statistics Canada’s assessment this week that the economic recovery is widespread and has firmly taken hold. Inits monthly analysis, the agency said the outlook for consumer spending is good, pointing to the combination of increased consumer con- porting they didn’t do as well in April as March, Sales were still up from last year but not as much as in March, said McKichan, who blamed a cool April, which hurt clothing sales es- pecially. Statistics Canada figures for March showed gains in retail sales were widespread with only one of 28 types of businesses covered showing a year-to-year drop. Sales by garages were down 0.7 per cent from a year earlier. The nine-per-cent gain in retail sales is more impres- sive in light of revised figures that showed sales in Febru- ary were only 3.7 per cent higher than a year earlier and in January only 3.3 per cent higher. But despite March's strong showing, retail sales for the first quarter of the year re- mained relatively weak, be- ing only 5.6 per cent higher than a year earlier. opened this summit. Thatcher. \ capital away from France. Pi iP The colorful arrival ceremonies, featuring an honor guard, fife-and-drum band, cannon salutes and a short trip for each leader by open carriage to Williamsburg’s historic governor's palace — a reminder of its colonial past — lasted most of Saturday afternoon. Reagan held the first of a series of bilateral meetings late in the day before the formal dinner at a nearby slave-era plantation called Carter's Grove, that officially In the garden behind the 200-year-old residence where he is staying until Tuesday, the president briefly met Mitterrand and British Prime Minister Margaret It was an opportunity for Reagan to consult both his staunchest ally, Thatcher, as well as the French leader who blames high U.S. budget deficits for contributing to persistent French inflation and for drawing investment _/ Gas poisons three FORT McCLELLAN, ALA. (REUTER) — A baby girl and a serviceman died and a soldier's wife was in critical condition Saturday after a welding gas was used instead of oxygen at a mil- itary hospital, a U.S. Army spokesman said. Lt.-Col. 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