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Labor force losing full-time jobs

QUEBEC (CP) — The trend in the
industrialized West to replace full
time jobs with part-time, temporary
and contract work will continye, par:

“Some thought it was a tendency
that would rectify itself after the re-
cession of the early "80s, and to date
that has not tended to be the case,”
he said in an interview. “It seems to

significant proportion are “driven
onto the margins of the labor force.”

Firms in Toronto and Montreal, for
example, cut costs by paying piece

He said that in the climate of opin
ion under U.S. President Ronald
Reagan, “there is a lot of anger,
which has been repressed by the

“In principle, the unions are open,
but they remain skeptical on this
question of flexibility,” he said,
adding that too often it means cut-

“For instance, on the auto as-
sembly line, with the new team
approach the sweeper's job — which
has traditionally been done by in-

PoRTS

ticipants at an international labor
relations forum predicted

In Canada, the proportion of
full-time dropped by 50 per cent
of the labor force in 1981 from 70 per
cent 30 years earlier, said Gregor
Murray, a professor of - industrial
relations at Laval University

be a permanent change.”

Murray echoed the opinions of
other European and U.S. experts at
the last day of the two-day forum on
the labor market.

He said some workers who don't
have full-time jobs do well but a

workers to assemble computer com
ponents and other products at home.

Michael Piore, an economies pro
fessor at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, predicted social un
rest in the 1990s when U.S. workers
realize they are not to blame for

political atmosphere of blame-the-
victim if you are not doing well.”
LABOR SUSPICIOUS
David Robertson, a Canadian Auto
Workers official, told the forum he is
suspicious about managers’ inten
tions when they ask labor to adopt a

ting jobs and salaries and attacking’
unionism.

Murray argued that fl can

dustrial injured — would be done by
a rotating member of the team.”
Guy ist with

eliminate a lot of soft-job options —
positions traditionally given to those
who have been injured on the job and
who can't keep up with production

an
the International Labor Organiza-
tion, a United Nations agency based
in Geneva, said in an interview that
full-time jobs continue to disappear

Ben smashes record, takes gold

By GRANT KERR

from the age of 14, was mostly humble after his vietory

in a victory signal before the finish line.

defeat, much more so than after the Rome race last year

losing their full-time job status. more flexible attitude. ‘EASED OFF"

at bookstore

demands. Canadian Press
SEOUL — Ben Johnson is a man of his word. He
simply lets his athletic ability to do most of the talking.

—_ The humble Toronto sprinter; already world
Try us first for h

watched by about 70,000 stadium fans and a world-wide
television audience.

“Anybody could break a world record,” he said.
“The gold medal is mine.”

The time broke the record.of 9.83 set by Johnson in
August 1987 at the world championships in Rome.
Lewis was second in 9.92, the third fastest 100 in

when he was critical of Johnson, once suggesting that
“1 knew I was ready to run in practice the last few Johnson may have used drugs.
days,” Johnson said. “I was ready to give it my best ‘I don't believe being
shot disappointing,” Lewis said,
“I could have gone through in 9.75. I eased off. Now Games. I did the best I could
I'm saving it for next year.”
Strangely, Johnson did not get off to his usually

in Western Europe.
ee

second in a race is
“This is the Olymipie

, kept the promise he made his mother before
the. sprint race of the century.

Johnson claimed the Olympic gold medal in the 100 “No matter what place I came in, I'm pleased with

Hurtig

VANCOUVER (CP) — Publisher
Mel Hurtig says he's just had the

angry

of the previous edition getting $50 off
for turning in their used copies which

Tuesday he was shocked that his
company's policy on the encyclopedia

what Coles did to us is unheard of. Its
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metres today, setting a new world record of 9.79
seconds while winning the event no other Canadian had
captured in 60 years.

history.

In all, four runners broke the 10-second barrier on

quick start. He was smooth out of the blocks, but not as

far ahead as usual.

my race. I didn't focus on (Johnson)

My focus’ was

running a good race.

He showed his amazing power, developed through

“That's what I did.”

the Seoul track built especially for the Olympic Games.

worst week of his life because Can Johnson had run here once previously, just after the

were to have been sent to needy should upset Hurtig. Hurtig says, he is sending a tele- With his mother Gloria in the packed stands of a rigid weight-lifting program, in mid-race when he Johnson began running for Francis in 1978 and

ada’s chain bookstores are selling his
new encyclopedia at $75 below the
suggested retail price.

This will cost his company more
than $500,000 in potential revenue,
Hurtig said during the
promote the encyclopedia

His company sold 20,000 sets of the
second edition of The Canadian En.
cyelopedia to Coles Bookstores at a
55-per-cent discount off the retail
price of $175 and another 20,000 to
W.H. Smith at the same discount

By comparison, a large indepen
dent store which ordered 500 copies
would get a 44-per-cent discount and
schools and libraries as little as 10
per cent off

Hurtig had expected all bookstores
to sell the encyclopedias for approx
imately $175 (the price was to rise to
$225 after Christmas), with owners

tour to

families across Canada

But Coles announced it would sell
the encyclopedias for $99.95 and
W.H. Smith followed. Other book
stores, including the independents,
were drawn in with one grocery
chain in Edmonton going as low as
$85 with a food order.

ALL MAD

“The independent book stores are
mad at us —so are the schools, the
libraries and I can understand
why,” Hurtig said

He said the independent stores
can’t undersell the chains without
taking a loss and that schools and
libraries are angry that they could
buy the sets cheaper through the
chains than through his company.

In a statement ed from cor.
porate headquarters in Toronto,
Coles’ president William Ardell said

Weekly stocks

TORONTO (CP) — Rebounding
resource issues and higher share
prices in New York led the Toronto
market up slightly Friday to end the
week virtually unchanged

The Toronto Stock Exchange 300
composite index was up 8.09 points in
slow trading to close at 3,260.38. On
the week, the index was down 1.45
points.

In New York, the Dow Jones av
erage of 30 industrials, down about

four points early in the session,

Hydro
buys
power

Evans Products of Golden. has
signed a contract to sell its surplus
electricty to B.C. Hydro.

The sawmill has a long association
with Hydro, and with its predec
essor, Kicking Horse Forest Prod
ucts, has been providing power to the
Hydro grid for more than 20 years

The new contract, signed today by
Bill Schmirler, Evans Products vice
president of manufacturing, is the
first to be
pleted since the

major agreement com
announcement of
Hydro’s new policy encouraging pur
chase of from the
sector

“Evans Products will be providing
us with power which is surplus to its

power private

needs, and will also be ina position to
support our domestic load if we have
problems with our supply to Golden,’
Einar Field, Hydro’s area manager,
said in a prepared release

“Golden is connected to the
provincial Hydro grid by a 69 kilovolt
transmission line from Invermere
Golden Products runs its own 7.5
megawatt generation plant, using
wood waste from Golden and Donald
‘as fuel, and when we have outages
they always try to provide back-up
power,” Field said

Commenting on the agreement
local MLA Duane Crandel added: “I
am very pleased to see this long
standing opportunity realized, par.
ticularly so soon after Hydro Chair.
mani Larry Bell's visit to the area. It
not only supplies power to the
system but also makes excellent use
of a by-product of the
dustry.”

forest in

gained 10.67 points to close at
2,098.68. The index lost 7.47 on the
week

Toronto share prices were buoyed
slightly by the mild rally in New
York and by strengthening resource
issues such as metals and gold, said
analyst Laird Grantham of Davidson
Partners.

“Some of the commodity stocks
have been just hammered and came
back a bit,” he said

In New York, bond and stock
traders were unsettled by the U.S
Commerce Department's report that
new factory orders for durable goods
had increased six per cent in August
This contradicted previous indica
tions that economic growth had been
cooling

Later in the session, however, blue
chip stocks attracted some investors
and bonds recovered most of their
early losses.

On the other Canadian markets,
the Vancouver Stock Exchange was
down 7.79 points to 871.73 on Friday,
falling 54 points on the week. The
Montreal Exchange portfolio index
closed up 7.75 to 1,628.22, losing 10
points on the week

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“Not only did we buy 20,000 copies

over 13 per cent of the total print
run — but we co-ordinated a national
advertising campaign, created an ex
citing in-store contest, produced
signage and staff sweatshirts, and
have made the encyclopedia acces
sible to more Canadians than ever
before,” said Ardell.

Coles’ policies on buying, mer
chandising and selling stock “are not
determined in conjunction with Mel
Hurtig or with anyone else — those
decisions are ours to make,” he
added.

Hurtig said he didn’t mind dis
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stores to tell them they can return all
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monton

“We'll also have to deal with the
problems of the schools and the
libraries to see that they don’t lose
money as well,” he said.

Because the chains were not ac:
cepting old copies of the encyclo
pedia, he said, the program to dis-
tribute them to needy families would
likely not go ahead.

Ardell said that the trade-in offer
on the encyclopedia was difficult to
implement and confusing for the cus-
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Olympie Stadium, the muscular Johnson answered even

1984 Olympics when Lewis won the gold and Johnson a

the severest of his critics while defeating arch-rival Carl

Lewis of the U.S.

“Whenever I run, she always prays for me,”
Johnson told a packed news conference after the
historic race. “I bring her here and win this gold medal

for\ her.”

The last Canadian to win the Olympic 100 was
Percy Williams of Vancouver in 1928 at Amsterdam. He

did it in 10.8 seconds.

Johnson, 26, born in Jamaica and raised in Toronto

Christie

fourth in 9.99.

third-place bronze at Los Angeles.
inford of Britain, another of Jamaica
descent, was third in 9.97, while Calvin Smith was

Desai Williams of Toronto, who helped Johnson

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Chiefs tie Americans in
WHL exhibition action

By CasNews Staff

Castlegar's Travis Green and Ste.
phen Junker each scored a goal in a
closely-contested Western Hockey
League exhibition game at the Com.
munity Complex Friday night as the
Spokane Chiefs and the Tri-Cities
Americans battled to a 5-5 draw

In a fight-filled game that was
littered with penalties, the Chiefs
and the Americans looked like they
were playing a playoff game instead
of a pre-season warmup. Spokane
coach Butch Goring — a former NHL
player and coach — said his team
performed well but could have
improved on defence.

“We have to play in our own end,”
he said. “You can’t just think about
playing offence all the time.”

Spokane took the lead as Junker
got the game's first goal with 3:24
remaining in the opening frame.
Greg Dellcourt and Kevin St. Jaques
provided the assists. Just under a
minute later, Craig Kalawsky con.
verted on a play set up by Green and

Scott Farrell to make it 2-0 as the
Chiefs went into the dressing room at
the end of the first period with the
lead.

But Tri-Cities came storming back
to score four goals in the middle
frame. Calvin Knibbs scored with a
minute gone to start the comeback. -
Darren Kwiatkowski provided the
lone assist. The two reversed roles as
the Americans tied it up when
Kwiatkowski scored from Knibbs
just 24 seconds later.

The Americans continued to role
when Mike Hawes put the puck past
Spokane netminder Jamie McLennan
with 14:16 still remaining on the
clock. Stu Barnes and Calvin Wilk
shire got the helpers. The final
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éame from Steve Wienke after
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in the clear.

The Chiefs fought back as St
Jaques scored from Farrell and Pat
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to go in the period. Green tied the

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Jaques assisted on the final goal of
the period. It was 4-4 after two.

Derksen staked the Americans to a
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chiefs managed to get the
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Kaban and Chris Rowland assisted as
the game ended in a 5.5 tie

Goring said the Chiefs are a young
club with good promise and added he
likes what he sees in Junker and
Green.

“Travis is going to be a great
player for us, there's no doubt about
that,” he said. “And Steve Junker
has a brilliant future in front of him.
He plays well. He just has to get
more consistent. All our young kids
are playing very, very hard.”

Tri-Cities goalie Frank Furlan
stopped 30 of the 35 shots he faced
and Spokane’s McLennan stopped 24
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New rule up in air

A funny thing happened on the way to the fights
the other night; a riot broke out. But while the dust
has yet to settle on the Olympic boxing arena in
Seoul, the KIJHL has its own brouhaha.

The controversy stems from the KIJHL's new
rule concerning 21-year-old hockey players . . . they
can’t play this season, according to the league. But
the results of the recent B.C. Amateur Hockey
Association meeting have thrown a wrinkle into the
KIJHL's plans. And the Grand Forks Border Bruins
are leading the charge to get 21-year-old players
back into the league.

Sporti ing
Views

By Brendan Nagle,

A classic case of conflict of interest prevails
here. You've got the governing body of amateur
hockey in this province advocating the use of
21-year-old plyers — it was a narrow 11-10 infavor
vote at the BCAHA annual general meeting — and
the KIJHL standing by its decision to keep over-age
juniors off the ice.

Stuck in the middle is Grand Forks Border Bruin
president Ron Hooge, who has carded two
21-year-olds already and will be cardipg.two more
with the BCAHA before the KIJHL starts
regular-season play.

The KIJHL has threatened Hooge’s club with
fines if he plays the over-age juniors in any KIJHL
games. The league says it will fine the club $100 for
each 21-year-old who plays his first game in the
KIJHL this season and an additional $200 per player
per game if they play.

But Hooge said he is just trying to get the
league to take another vote on the issue. Prior to the
BCAHA meeting, the KIJHL league and team
officials voted in favor of dropping 21-year-old
players.,

“What we're trying to dojis bring the KIJHL
vote back again,” he says. “The KIJHL had a 148
vote prior to going to the BCAHA convention that
they would support no 21-year-olds in the league.”

So Hooge is stuck between a rock and a hard

place. The Border Bruins are in Spokane today to

play the Braves in a pre-season matchup and the
team will dress two 21-year-olds — Michael Loftus
and Robert McLaughlin. Hooge says he will look to
the BCAHA to help his club if the KIJHL imposes
any fines.

“At this point we don't have any money to pay
the fines if we receive them,” he says. “We are
considering legal advice and are waiting for a reply
from the BCAHA on where we stand if we play the
21-year-old players.”

But Hooge won't say if the players will play
today.

League president Ian Currie says the KIJHL
Voted over-age juniors out of the league in June at
the annual general meeting. He is also quick to point
out the league stands behind the decision.

“We are quite within our boundaries to keep
21-year-olds from playing in the KIJHL,” he says.
“The league voted to keep them out this season.”

Currie says there is a small possibility that the
situation may change this season at the league's next
meeting in October, but adds: “I think it’s getting a
little late.”

While Hooge and the Border Bruins are forcing
the issue, Castlegar Rebel president Rod Zavaduk is
taking a low-key approach

“The legal way is to go back into the league and
vote it in,” he says of the current controversy.
“Write the proper letters and set up a vote.”

Zavaduk, while not advocating the Border
Bruins’ approach to the issue, says he would like to
see 21-year-old players back in the KIJHL.

“I think the major issue is that it takes four
players away,” he says, while sharpening a pair of
skates at his store. “It weakens a team because a
21-year-old is a seasoned hockey player and the fans
don't get their money's worth.”

Zavaduk is confident the Rebels can. perform
well without 21-year-olds this season becasue there
are a lot of young players with great speed and
playmaking skills. But he still feels the team would
definitely improve — as would the rest of the teams
in the league — if the older players were allowed to
play. The Rebels could dress players like defenceman
Kevin Koorbatoff if 21-year-olds were allowed to
play this season. As well, Walter Sheloff could return
to play, along with Andrew Zibin

So Zavaduk is in favor of gettinge over-age
juniors back in the league and will be in touch with
other teams and the league.

“We're going to work at it,” he says. “I'm hoping
that by November we can get the whole thing
cleared.”

Meanwhile, the BCAHA, the KIJHL and the
Border Bruins will set the tone of the controversy in
the next few days. And you thought trying to sort
out the mess in the Olympic boxing ring was tough.

pulled away from the field.

The news conference was delayed by more than one

raced against Lewis for the first time in 1980 at the

hour after the race when Johnson had to report for

doping testing.

Johnson said there was no special tactic for the race
which he started from Lane 6, with Lewis in Lane 3. He
“the man to beat” and “I
concentrated on the first 30 metres.

“I didn’t see anyone,” Johnson said. “I do my best

noted that Lewis was

to hold my form through the race.”

Lewis, 27, of Houstin was particularly graceful in

Pan-American junior championship in Sudbury, Ont

Johnson now has beaten Lewis in six of their last

Oct. 8.

seven meetings. They likely will race again at Tokyo on

But first, Johnson will run for Canada in the

Olympe 4x100 relay, while Lewis competes in three

more events.

Lewis had attempted to become the first sprinter

to successfully retain his Olympic sprint title.

WHL EXHIBITION

. . More than 500 people
packed into the Community Complex Friday night

to watch the Spokane Chiefs play the Tri-Cities

Americans in a WHL pre-season matchup
Chiefs and the Americans played to a 5-5 draw

The

CANADIAN BOXER

Downy wins bout

SEOUL (CP) — Dave Downey got
into boxing because he had to. Ray
Downey started the sport because he
wanted to.

| Father and son are together in the
Sbuth Korean capital, one in the
boxing ring chasing a -dream, the
other, anxiously watching him go
after it.

Ray Downey, Canada’s light-mid
dleweight entry in the Olympic
boxing tournament, is one-third of
the way toward a gold medal after he
won a 3-2 decision Saturday over
Norbert Nieroba of West Germany

Both Ray and father Dave, a
former Canadian professional middle
weight champion who came to Seoul
to watch his son fight, know the next
two-thirds of the road to gold will be
a lot tougher.

The light-middleweight division is
one of the largest at the Olympics,

with 87 fighters originally entered. If

Downey is to make it to the final, he
will have to fight another four times
over the next week

Downey, who at age 20 is the
second youngest member of the
Canadian team, has never had to face
such a tough schedule. But after
winning his second-round fight Sat
urday, he was ready for the chal
lenge

“It's the mark of a champion to go
all the way through,” he said. “I'm

not expecting any gifts.”

Downey js following in some
famous fighting’ footsteps. Dave,
champion from 1966-69 and in ‘71-72,
is just the tip of the Downey iceberg
that has spawned two generations of
boxers from the Halifax area

“| had nine brothers and they were
all in boxing at one time or another,”
Dave said after congratulating his
son. “I was the youngest so I had to
learn to defend myself.”

Fortunately,’ Ray's introduction to
the sport was an option, not a neces
sity

“Raymond used to come to the
gym and watch me train,” said Dave
“But he used to spend a lot of time
playing outside the gym with his
cousins.”

The cousins, Don and Billy Dow
ney, went on to have successful
amateur careers at the national level
and Ray said that's what got him int
erested in boxing

“My dad was finishing his career
when I was young. I don't think I
ever saw him fight or if I did, I don't
remember it.”

Neither father nor son know if a
pro career is in Ray's future. Re
gardless of his finish heré, he expects
to remain an amateur and fight again
at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona

Downey is scheduled to fight his
third-round bout Monday against
Abrar-Hussain Syed of Pakistan. On
the say day, super-heavyweight
Lennox Lewis of Kitchener, Ont
considered one of Canada’s
chances for a medal at the Games
appears in his first fight at the
Games.

Boxers from the Soviet Union re
mained on target for showdowns
with the United States in most divi
sions

The Soviets have won 14 of
bouts, but had their first taste
defeat when welterweight Viadirr
Erechtchenko was stopped by Dimus
Chisala of Zambia because of a bad
cut over the Soviet's left eye.

The Soviets have put nine fighters
through to the third round

Seven of nine Americans who have
boxed remain in, Ahe competition

The latest to win light
middleweight Roy Jones, who knock.
ed out Mtendere Makalamba of
Malawi at 1:44 of the first round, of
the second round bout with a smash
ing right to the jaw

best

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It was the Americans’
straight win

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Adegbusi r@
corded the knockout of
the tournament, so far, when he
floored Darye Josedh of Antigua 49
seconds into the fight