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BUSINESS

VANCOUVER (CP)

geonomy will slow Uown during the

British Columbia's
EXE TWO Years as
demand for its forest and mining products declines and
the prosincial housing market softens, the Royal Bank
suid.

Lhe bank predicted cconomig growth: in the
province, which hit four per cent last year, will drop to
2.4 pler cont this year ‘and to 1.4 per cent in 1990.

the North

residential construction that began last year is expected

American cyclical slowdown in

to lead to weakness in the Lorestry sector in both 1989
and 1990,

Second, slower economic growth in the provin

the bank's lorecast said

ce’s major export. markets and expected price increases
tor key commodities will likely
curtail growth in resource-based industries.

copper, zing, pulp

Third, continued, though declining, high real in
ierest rates are expected'to signiticantly wealen growth
ii consumer spending and will likely sotten housing
astruction in the province,” the report said, adding
housing Starts probably * will decline 2,000 units to
2,000 this year
The bright spot is that business investment spen
ding should ensure the economy continues Lo BLOW

(The Royal expects uiflation to rise, “but not (into)

Bank predicts two-year
slow in B.C. economy

the scary double-digit range,” bank economist Bob

ey Wold reporters Ga informal ‘media session
yday
Interest rates would go a lot higher it we did not
othe tight-monetary. policy being lollowed by the
fof Canada,” be said. That policy should Cdn
4 inflation continues ity upward spiral
He predicted rates for One-year mortgages, now
running up to 13.5 percent, should drop to 12 per cent
by the end of this year and 1 per cent next year
Thi risk of a recession in Canada is higher now than
ihe bank predicted six to eight months ago, he said. But
he said the bank believes Canada will experience a *’solt
landing" rather than a tull-blown recession
Baguley had good news for the province's Lorest
and mining industries which depend on a low-value
Canadian dollar oO improve their competitiveness inthe
world market
Some experts estimate that every one-cent rise in
he Canadian dollar relative to the LS. dollar costs the
forest industry $50 million.
The Canadian currency is overvalued and we will
art to see 4 downward movement of the Canadian
cents by the end of 1990.

dollar 10 80 he said. The

dollar iy currently worth about 84 cents.

Ottawa to buy control

of publishing companies

OLTAWA, (CP) The
government has announced it will buy

federal

cent of Gin Co. Canada and $1
per cent of GLC Publishers Lid. will

close within three week

Susan Katz, @ Communications
Department spokesman, said the wo
companies, which both publish and

Utilicorp
announces
record
net income

UtiliCorp United has announced it
had record first quarter net income of
$17.6 million, 14 per cent highér than
the $15.5 million. earned in the same
period of 1988.

Operating revenues for the Three
months ended March 31, 1989; were
$220 million compared to $227 millios
a year earlier

Primary earnings per share for the
quarter were 82 cents, up from 80 cents
in the 1988 quarter. Average common
shares outstanding increased to 20.7
miflion from 18.6 million in last year's
period, primarily.due to a public ol
fering of two million shares in August
1988

Results tor the quarter were
achieved in spite of milder than normal
Winter weather throughout much of
Richard

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Flames smother
Hawks in opener

CALGARY (CP) — The Chicago Blackhawks were
asking themselves what happened after the Calgary Flames
trampled'them 3-0 in Tuesday's opening game of the NHL
Campbell Conference final
“It just ‘wasn’t a very good night for us," said Adam
Creighton, trying to find some answers for Chicago's
anemic performance that saw them outshot 39-19 and held
scoreless in six power-play chances
“We have to regroup. We didn't grind tonight, we didn’t
do anything.”
The Flames, who finished a whopping 51 points ahead
of Chicago in the final Standings, didn’t play that great a
game. They didn’t have to
As Steve Larmer admitted, the Blackhawks weren't
the same club that beat Detroit and St. Louis to win the
Norris Division championship.
“We've got a long ways to go. We have to pick it up
another step and get back to working hard
Joe Nieuwendyk, Jamie Macoun and Brian
MacLellan seored for the Flames while goaltender Mike
Vernon stopped 19 shots for his third shutout of the playot
fs.

tacular for the Blackhawks

He made 32'saves before mercifully being replaced by
Darren Pang midway through the third period

“L think L was pulled for two reasons: to get a break
and maybe wake the guys up,"” said the little goalie who
stood his ground and refused to erode under wave aftet
wave of Flame shots.

Nieuwendyk’s goal was his sixth of the playoffs and
fifth on the power play. He said the gam
tedious to play as it was for the crowd of 19,842
200 less than a sellout to watch

Nieuwendyk credited Chevrier with keeping his head
While the rest of the Blackhawks seemed to be playing
without theirs

“He played outstanding and has been solid all playOt
fs,"" said Nieuwendyk. ‘We had a few quality shots at him
and he came up big time and time again.”

Macoun scored on a blistering shot while MacLellan
shovelled a puck into an open net after Chevrier was buried
undgr a pile of bodies in the third period

Chevier said things would change when the best-of
seven series resumes Thursday in Calgary

¢ was as slow and
about

control of two book publishing com
pan rom U.S. | industrial
to: ate Gull and Western tor $8
>Y mation and then sell the

ares to Canadian interests
Marcel

Masse and Privatization Minister John

Communications Minister
4s possible,

McDermid said the deal to’buy $1 per release

Program cut said hard
on low-income people

OLLAWA(CP)— Elpination of a was that tl
$55-million tederal prg@gram that

provided financial help tor landlords

term tundir

to improve rental property will mean a The fed-ral
educed standard of living tor low
ome people, a national housing — provinces.
association said

The cut was announced m fast
Weeks tederal budget

Ihe program, administered by
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp
is*part_of-a larger one that provides
Torgivabte-toans-tor-improvement-tt
housing tor low-income homeowners,
renters, Indians on reserves and the
disabled

Only the provision dealing with wid
© owners of rental property 1s being
dropped. The budget says it was not et
lectively geared to people needing
housing assistance

But Bob Player, vice-president of
ad Renewal
aid the program helped

he Canadian Houss
Association,
people lis ing in rooming houses
MEL TINGSOUGHE
the dclation, Which wall
arrange a meeting with H
Minister Alan Redway to discus:
change, Was surprised by the move
Our understanding trom: CMH¢

A tinal price is still being negouated
Jor the two Loronto-bases companies

1 is our intention that (the gover
Ament) selll its shares in the (wo firms to
acceptable Canadian interests as soon
McDermid

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For the 12: months ended March 31
1989, revenues were $666 million and
net income was $43.1 million, versus
revenues of $646 million and net in
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from
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earlier

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“Somerimes it gets wtittte frustrating-and-you're-not
Vernon said about facing only nine shots
during the first 40 minutes while Calgary built a 2-0 lead
After failing to earn a shutout during a league-leading
37 wins in the regular season, Vernon twice blanked Van
couver by 4-0 counts in the Smythe Division semifinal. He
extended his playoff record to nine wins against two losses
as the Flames won their sixth straight game at home
Chicago's Alain Chevrier, the goaltender deemed ex
pendable by the Winmpeg Jets earlier this year, was spec

into the gar

NO BITTERNESS

“They probably skate better than St. 1 ouis but-we can
* skate better too,"*
tonight that played against St.Louis and Detroit. We have
a pretty good club and I think you'll see it Thursday.”
Flames notes: Chicago's 66 regular season points are
the fewest of any team 10 reach the semifinals
won their three regular season gamesiagainst Chicago, out
scoring the Blackhawks 18-12
teams met in the playoffs. was 1981 when the Flames swept
the Blackhawks in a best-of-five preliminary round —

he said. ‘This isn't the same team

Calgary

The last time the two

Ftorek ousted in LA

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The
Los Angeles Kings are in the market
for a coach who is technically sound
and has a knack for dealing with stars.

Robbie Ftorek, fired Tuesday after
18 months as the Kings’ coach, was
technically sound,

But he apparently had difficulty in
his relations with the team’s veterans,
including Wayne Gretzky

“Robbie is a teacher, a good
technician, but now we have a team
that is older,"” Kings general manager
Rogie Vachon said during a news con
ference to announce that Ftorek’s con
tract was not be

“We have a lot of players who have
been in the Stanley Cup -tinals, and it

g extended

becomes a more difficult team to
manage
have to know how to deal with stars

Our next coach is going to

Communication will be very impor
tant .
Vachon, however, said the players
had no hand in the decision to dismiss
Ftorek
MANAGEMENT'S IDEA
Asked about triction on the team,
Vachon said
You cannot keep 20 players happy all

“It happens every year

the time. This was a management
decision. Ihe players had nothing to
dowithit

Ftorek told reporters he telt no bit
terness.

The organization was great to me,
the fans were great," he said. “We've
got a great group of players. They did
the best they could. I couldn't have
asked any more of them

We did the best job we could and it

wasn't good enough. They think they

can find somebody better, that's the
way it should be.

Ftorek, fired despite guiding the
Kings to their third-best regular-season
finish and fourth-best in the league this
year, said he didn’t believe that com
munication between himself and the
players was a problem

1 think I can communicate with
he said. “If that’s a
flaw of mine, I'll have to work on it

In a game last November, Gretzky
hit his stick on the back of the net in
anger after he made a mistake. In the
dressing room between periods,
Ftorek is reported to have announced

most players,”’

Ftorek had a 42-31-7 record this
season as Los Angeles made it past the
opening round of the playoffs for the
first time in seven years.

Fiorek, under added pressure ater
the acquisition of Gretzky last August
brought the Kings into the NHL
limelight, was hired while Jerry Buss
owned the Kings. Bruce McNall
boughi out Buss in March of 198 and
later in the year acquired Gretzky

“This year, we had a lot of pressure
towin,” Vachon said

“We expect to do better next year
There will be pressure on the new

coach

‘We did the best job we could and it
wasn't good enough. They think they
can find somebody better, that's the

way it should be
—ex-Kings coach Robbie Ftorek

that Gretzky would be benched to start
the next period because Ftorek wanted
to teach the young players to have
patience and be disciplined

“HERE TOWIN

Gretzky was quoted as responding:
‘Robbie, if you want to teach, go back
to New Haven. We're here to win the
Stanley Cup

Later in the year, high-scoring cen
ter Bernie Nicholls complained about a
lack of ice time.

Ftorek was criticized for his con:
stant juggling of line combinations
often teaming the prolific Gretzky with
low-scoring wingers — and alleged
favoritism.

Blazer touted
~-as top pick

TORONTO (CP) David
Chyzowski, a hard-shooting left
winger with the Kamloops Blazers
of the Western Hockey League,
has been ranked as the top North
American prospect for next mon
th’s NHL draft, the Hockey News
says

In its current edition, the weekly
publication said Chyzowski, 17,
is listed No. I by the NHL's Cen
tral Scouting Bureau. The Hockey
News obtained a copy of the con:
fidential list

When Chyzowski heard of his
ranking, he phoned home to Ed
monton to relay the good news.
But his mother “said for me not to
worry about the draft and stick to
school,”’ he told the Hockey News:

“There isn't a day goes by
when I don’t think of the draft, but
I have to finish school first,’
‘Chyzowskt said: **My-mon-wan
ted to remind me of that.”

Chyzowski, who has two older

brothers in minor pro hockey, will
graduate from Grade 12 in June.
By that time, he’s expected to be at
or near the top of the 1989 draft
class when the entry draft is held
June 17 in Bloomington, Minn,

The Hockey News said Mats
Sundin, a torward from Sweden, is
also a candidate for No. | overall
this year, but the scouting bureau
doesn’t rate Europeans and North
Americans on the same list

The Quebec Nordiques hold first
pick in the draft

Other North Americans listed in
the scouting buréaui’s top five in
clude: Jason Herter, 18, a deten
ceman with North Dakota of the
Western Collegiate Hockey
Association;* centre Scott Thor
nton, 18, with Belleville of the On
tario Hockey League; defenceman
Kevin Haller, 18, of Regina of the
WHE, and Bill Guerin, 18, ator
ward with Springfield of the New
England Junior League

Vachon said he hopes to have a new
coach before the NHL entry draft in
mid-June,

Asked if he had thought about his
future plans, Ftorek replied

No, not really. It's another move
for the kids (his three children) and
that’s tough on them

After finishing second in the Smythe
Division — the first time they finished
higher than fourth in the division
the Kings came trom a 3-1 deticit-t¢
beat Gretzky's former team,£dmon
ton Oilers, the defending Stanley Cup
champions, in the tisst round of the
playoffs s

Los Angeles” was swept in tour
games-by the Calgary Flames in the
division final, which ended April 24

During the regular season, the Kings
linished 26 points behind the Flames
and seven ahead of the Vilers. I heir 42
Victories were one shy of the club
record and they won a record 25 home
games

They also set club records tor
highest attendance (595,000) and most
sell outs (24).

Ftorek, 37, was hired on Dec. 9,
1987 as the 15th head coach in King
history, when the club fired Mike
Murphy

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grounds Blue Jays

TORONTO (CP)
wasn't surprised to see George Bell

Gene Nelson

charging him like a snorting bull

With iwo out in the ninth inning,
Mark McGwire had hit a monstrous
grand slam off Tom Henke to give the
Oakland Auliletics an 8-5 lead over the
Toronto Blue Jays

The lead held, making a first-inning
grand slam, by Rance Mulliniks just
another statistic

It spoiled the return of Tony Fer
nandez, who was back in the Toronto
lineup tor the first time since April 7
when a bone in his cheek was fractured
by a pitched ball

Rick Honeycutt, 1-0, got two quick
outs in the bottom of the ninth betore
Oakland manager Tony LaRussa
prought in Nelson

His pitch hit Bett high, inches below
the jaw broken by a pitched ball in
1982

Nelson recalled a minor league game
in 1979. Bell was playing in the Phillies
organization with Class A Spartan:
burg. Nelson was
Asheville

They had the bases loaded and we
Nelson said. **Our
pitcher hit him by accident and he

pitching for

were up by arun,

charged the mound

‘So he came to our (stadium) and
we heard that the next time he charged
the mound, their guys weren't going to
help him. He got hit and the guys
didn’t help him.”

Ihis time, a throughly-trustrated
Toronto club spilled out of the dugout
after Bell bowled over Nelson. Coming
off a 1-6 road trip, Toronto was taking
its fifth straight loss.

“We can’t close them out," said
Mulliniks in an angry clubhouse. “For
me, it’s just frustrating and disappoin
ting to lose

KICKED QUI

In the tussle, Henke pushed and
shoved with Oakland player Dave
Stewart

Bell was ejected for his charge and
manager Jimy Williams also got the
hook after arguing with umpire Dave
Phillips

Nelson said he didn’t throw at Bell
La Russa agreed, but pulled Nelson.

Johnson ru

TORONIO (CP)
sprinter Ben Johnson has run a taster
60-metre dash in training than his
world record 6.41 seconds, says Perey
Duncan, wh® wants to be his next

Disgraced

coach.

Duneah, 74, a former sprint cham
pion, said Johnson ran-a-hand-timed
6.2 seconds tor the 60-metre dash. His
would record lor the distance ts 6.41
seconds

Believe if or not, he did it Wwice,
said Duncan

Johnson was stripped of his Olym
pic 100-metre, sprint medal from the
Seoul Olympics after he tested positive

for use of anabolic steroids. A federal
inquiry is looking into abuse of banned
substances in Canadian sport

Duncan once stared the world
record for the 100-yard dash with the
legendary Jesse Owens. Duncan
coached Johnson's former coach,
Charlie Francis, during the late 1960s
and carly 1970s while with the North
York Achulles Club. ‘

Francis, suspended with pay tor his
role_in_ Johnson's disqualification at
the Seoul Games, is expected to lose his
job officially once the inquiry ends,
and Duncan says he feels well

Bell wouldn't comment

The brawl nearly overshadowed a
dramatic ninth inning, capped by
McGwire’s blast that landed 20 rows
deep in the lett field stands. The homer
sunned the sparse—remnants—of—a
crowd of 23,439 — they'd outlasted a
halt-hour rain delay anda chilly wind

Toronto, recovering from a four-
run Oakland comeback, had taken a 5
4 lead in the eighth. Pinch hitter Tom
Lawless drew a leadoff walk, went to
second on a bunt and scored on Pat

Borders’ single.

in the ninth Duane Ward, 1-4, twice
came-within-a strike of ending the
game. But Luis Polonia and Dave
Henderson recovered hit singles.

Williams replaced Ward with Henke
to face Dave Parker. Parker walked on
a full count, filling the bases for
McGwire

**Parker’s a low-ball hitter and I’m a
low-ball pitcher,” said Ward, who
struck out three in two innings. “I feel
Jimy possibly made the right move.”

Expos get
by Reds 6-4

MONTREAL (CP) — Montreal
Expos manager Buck Rodgers got
more than he bargained for when he
went to his bullpen Tuesday night

Rodgers summoned Tim Burke to
open the eighth inning in place of star-
ting pitcher Randy Johnson, who
limited the Cincinnati Reds to four hits
in the first seven innings and had a 3-2
lead when he left

But it was the insertion of Otis
Nixon into Burke's spot in the batting
order that made Rodgers seem like a
genius when the Expos emerged with a
6-4 victory

Johnson, 0-3 in five ‘starts this
season, watched in dismay as Herm
Winningham’s two-out, bloop double
and Todd Benzinger’s run-scoring
single tied the score 3-3 in the eighth

But in the bottom half of the inning,
facing reliever Kent Tekulve, 0-1,
Spike Owen hit a two-out double down
the right-field line, bringing Nixon to
the plate

Nixon singled to right field to score
Owen with the go-ahead run.

Then Nixon raced home trom first
base on Tim Raines’s single toward the
right-field corner. Raines took second
on the throw to the plate and he came
home when Tom Foley followed witha
single

Nixon's run proved to be the game:
winner when Burke, 2-1, yielded a solo

home run to Ken Griffey in the ninth

“Otis was stealing on the pitch, so
that gave hima head start,” said Jackie
Moore, the Expos third-base coach
“The way he can run, he’s on his own

He was going all the way. The
credit is all his.””

Rodgers praised Nixon and John:
son, who may have been one ineffec
tive outing away from a demotion

He! showed tonight,
Rodgers said of Johnson. ‘*Base run

poise

ners didn’t bother him, guys stealing
didn’t bother him, and he seemed in
control of things.

“It he does that, he’s going to get a
lot of wins. One got away from him
tonight. He didn’t win, but we won

Johnson struck out seven baiters
and walked four but noted: “1 was
ahead in the count tor most of the
Walks. [he important thing is that |
think | threw seven quality innings.

Not only is it a boost to my con.
fidence, but 1 think it shows my team
mates I'm a gamer and can get out of
tough situations.”

Reds manager Pete Rose, still
bothered by the flu, was absent tor
the second straight day. He was joined
on the sidelines by star centre fielder
Eric Davis, who strained his left ham
string trying to chase down an RBI
double by Mike Fitzgerald in the third
inning

ns a fast 60

qualified to take over the job of
training Johnson.

If there’s anyone who could con
linue his training to that level, it would
be-me, "said Duncan: +-don't see
anyone else on the horizon who could
doit.”

Duncan, who tied Owens’ world
record of 9.40 seconds for the 100-
yard dash in 1947 in his native Guyana,
said he helped Johnson develop the ex
Plosive start that made him such a for
cv on the world track scene.

I worked with him on
mechanics of his start,”” he said,

“| explained to him the different
types of starts.’
Duncan said he is convinced John
son can be the best without steroids,
He could-have done what he did
without anything,"’ said Duncan
I'm not saying steroids didn’t give
him muscle mass, but he could have
gotten, the same strength through
training
*Ivhe makes up his mind to avenge
what took place and just trains, he
vould do it. Nothing in the world could
prevent him from getting back to
where he was because he's got the
body. It's just a matter of the work