A2 CASTLEGAR NEWS, June 6, 1982 HOUSEBOATS continued from page Al Trower, who has already appeared before the regional | district, to argue his case, has asked for another meeting in July now that the floathome issue has become more of a a problem. Another group — the Kootenay Resource Management Committee — has met and had intended to develop a policy, but because it was a provincial issue, recommendations were sent to Ben Marr, deputy. ministry of Environmental Land Use technical committee that he proceed with developing a policy for inland water ways, Trower said. “I will be notified within the next week or so if he is going to do that.” But Trower said it would be more resourceful for the management committee to work on the problem bécause of the number of floathome owners in the area. He noted that Pat Carney, MP for Vancouver Centre, says there are close to 1,000 houseboats and live-aboard boats in the Lower Mainland, and is trying to get legal status for floathomes. Trower said that one of the problems with floathome owners is getting a mortgage and funding. % “There are many. uses for inland water ways,” he said, and pointed to B.C. Timber, dams, sewage plants and sawmills, as some examples. “One float home takes up one-tenth of the area a log boom does.” ‘Trower argued that a floathome still benefits the public in that the builder must buy materials to build the home. He said the floathomes current housing problems. “With proper guidelines and regulations, there is no - reason to fear (floathomes).” are a viable alternative to He said the issue of floathomes encounters two basic problems: sewage and taxation. The taxation problem can be worked out very easily, he contends. And to conquer the sewage problem — “We have the technology to be able to meet-the needs,” he says. Trower said the government could set aside a designated area for floathomes. He said this is done in Europe and the United States, and said Canada is about 10 years behind the times. “T have travelled to those countries and I have seen it. “Inland waterways have been used for industrial and recreational uses. We don't feel it would be “cabinet {is practised in other juris- use them for residential (purposes), provided ouaars regulations and guidelines are set down.” - Trower is also trying to form a floathome organization in the Kootenays. “Tt seems strange that they are taking this action after ping a understand it.” policy. I just don’t SUMMIT The remarks were in sharp contrast to those made in late April after a special one-day cabinet session on the écon- omy. Ministers said then there ‘would be no budget. before the fall. However, since then GRAD continued from front page “He does not remember writing it, but after several days the nurse brought it to him and he asked if I would release this letter to the pub- lic. He said, ‘For all those people that take drugs and for those that push them, if only they knew the horror they create. I want them to know what they did to me.’ The letter is as follows: “Thereby state that when I get out of here I will find out who did this to me and punch him right in the mouth at least 20 times. Man is this horrible. My mind is not part of me it is part of another dimension. I can feel it slip- ping away from me but with God's help I will live my life to the fullest with no flash- backs. Please God in heaven I beg of you help me! I want to be around and have a normal knowledge of life and its ob- stacles. And if this can’t be done dear Lord I understand and will take the has risen toa post-Depression record — of 10.2 per cent and B Staff It's a common belief that when unemployment increas- es, so do the number of stu- dents enrolled at colleges and universities. That appears to be holding true in Castlegar, where the local campus of Selkirk Col- lege is reporting a 100 per cent increase in applications to the academic program. And campus director Jim Cromwell has warned that the college may be faced with said there is no prospect for much relief even in 1983 unless something is done soon, A-senior Finance Depart- ment official added that there *is a perception among many” investors “that some actions ‘of the government were, perhaps, not helpful.” He said there are several ways Ottawa could move to reverse that perception but declined to other restric- tions should the trend con- tinue. “Students should apply early and complete the ad-- mission process as soon as possible to ensure Space is available to-thém in’ courses: *Cromwell" of their choice,” said in a prepared release this week. Meanwhile, Selkirk Col- lege will offer a range of academic courses, career : Selkirk College : Student enrolment increases either one first or second year psychology course. A range of college prep- aratory .courses are also math preparatory programs : will be offered in Trail. Two-year ‘diploma _pro- grams willbe offered in At DTUC diploma. pro- grams in Writing, Theatre, Visual Arts ‘and Music re- main alongside certificates in planned for the C: Forest Wildland and Graphic campus. English, math, phy- sics, chemistry and biology courses will be available for students requiring pre- requisites for entry to college academic and career technol- Recreation, Business Admin- istration, Nursing, Electron: ics and Aviation and one year certificates include Social Service Worker, Early Child- hood Education and Business ogy Biology and A Design. Most: of the offerings at Selkirk College's Rosemont campus remain intact. Auto- motive Mectianies, Heavy Expense methods to be reviewed: VICTORIA ‘(CP) — Fi nance ‘Minister Hugh Curtis says he plans to review how. ministerial expenses are filed after Auditor General Erma Morrison completes her in- |. vestigation into the oxpense vouchers of Consumer Af- fairs Minister Peter Hynd- man, Curtis said his ministry and the Comptroller General -will conduct the review, which will expand upon the Auditor General's report. British Columbians are en- titled to a clear statement of what should be practised by chers totalling $1,609 were tuted infor seven nights at 1a; Bcottsdale, Ariz, resort. , Cabinet ministers’ expense * Gecounts were thrust into the public eye again this week after Energy Minister Bob McClelland’s expenses for. a two-day trip to New York were released, again by the NDP. Among the vouchers for the trip were charges of $546.67 for a Cadillac limou- sine, including a $85 tip,- $878.69 for scalped tickets to the Broadway show Sugar Babies, and $377 95 for hotel for - himself and what dictions, Curtis said. ;-sMorrison's investigation :eomes as a result of the April ‘releasé by the NDP to the Vancouver Sun of some of Hyndman’s spending vouch- Sere. One claim, for $874 for a dinner for six at an expensive Vancouver restaurant, in- cluded four bottles of $37.50 wine. Another set of vou- Welding, Hairdressing, Ar- chitectural Mechanical Draft- ing, Office Administration, Ski Resort Operation and Management, Office Admin- istration and Licensed Prac- tical Nursing will be avail- able. Most adult basic education programs will continue to be the col- Duty hanics, Electrical, Electrical Entry, Millwright, lege region, Demonstrate for peace By The Associated Press - Western Europeans mar- ched and rallied by the hun- housands for or defence policies Saturday as Président Rea- gan met with the leaders of the other major industrial democracies in Versailles, France. Police clashed with leftist than to say that devaluation of the Canadian dollar is not contemplated because it would reignite inflation just “ when it was gradually be- ginning to come down. MacEachen said he is con- sidering several steps but (7, added that Canada can no nothing to match the positive impact lower U.S. interest rates would have. ~ He said it is crucial for the United States to cut its $100- billion budget deficit, which economists blame for fuelling inflationary expectations in the United States as well as for keeping interest rates high. MacGuigan * said he told U.S. State Secretary Alex- ander Haig the Americans should even slow down their massive increases in defence spending if that’s what it takes to cut budget deficit. But said the~ consequences may be be- cause if you my Lord feel this should be then my life is yours, Because I love you Lord and thank you for your moral support and thank your son Christ-Jesus in hea- ven for watching over me. pressure on Reagan was by no means unanimous from Britain, France, ° Japan and Italy, and other participants in the summit. Although he did not name them, he said some leaders were relatively quiet on the issue. Accident doesn't discourage Howell BROOKS, ALTA, (CP) — Blair Howell, far from being discouraged by an accident that put his escort motor- home out of commission, says he plans to extend his wheel- chair marathon to Newfound- land, Howell, a 31-year-old par- aplegic who left Vancouver April 21, planned to propel his wheelchair as far as Hal- ifax by Oct.15. He said he is making the journey to raise money for Canada’s disabled and to illustrate their cap- ability to do what they really want to do, But Howell made his new commitment to travel on to Newfoundland while rolling eastward along the Trans- Canada Highway on Thurs- day, hours before his escort vehicle was involved in an accident. “My trip would not really be coast to coast if I did not continue on to St. John’s,” the Belleville, Ont., radio commentator said. “But I'm not going to say when I hope to be there." Although no one was in- jured in the accident near thissouthern Alberta com- munity near Calgary, Howell and vehicle driver Rusty Downey have been delayed for several days because the collision caused a two-metre- square hole on the left side of the motorhome. progi voca- tional and trades training as well as college preparatory and adult basic education courses in the next year. Students entering the first year of the academic pro- gram at Selkirk College in in in Paris, and new anti-American bombings occurred in the French: cap- ital and West Berline. In Rome, more than 200,000 protesters shouting “No to missiles!" marches past bolt the American oad A will be able to choose courses from 14 disciplines. In addi- tion, Selkirk College will be offering 13 disciplines at David Thompson University Centre in Nelson. The offerings will allow students to receive a diploma in Arts and Sciences after two years of study at the Castlegar campus. At DTUC, the offerings provide stu- dents with the necessary re- quirements for second year transfer credit in English and History. “Students can complete second year transfer require- ments for English and His- tory at DTUC, and at Castle- gar, Psychology and Physical Sciences, except Biological Sciences,” considerable re- gret that the college is no longer able to provide second year university transfer re- quirements in biology. Stu- dents who completed first year biology at Selkirk Col- lege last year, who intend to major in biology should apply to a university as soon as possible,” he said. Cromwell said students who have difficulty in apply- ing to universities should contact the college. “We'd like ‘to be able to provide some assistance to these stu- dents,” Cromwell said. In addition, Selkirk College in Castlegar will be offering first year commerce and en- gineering requirements for entry to the programs at the University of B.C. and a core program in Physical Edu- cation. Some credit courses will be available in Trail this year. According to Cromwell, the courses have been reinsti- tued in response to requests from residents of the area, The courses are: English 110/111, Math 100/101, An- thropology 100/101 and one ot the Italian capital's largest peace demonstrations in. recent history. In Bonn and Munich, more than 100,000 West Germans identifying themselves as the “silent majority” and waving such placards as “Where Would We Be Without Amer- ica?” demonstrated. support for West Germany's contin- ued alliance with the United States. The smallest demonstra- tion took place in Paris, only a.few kilometres from the Versailles summit, when about 3,000 leftists pesaded against “A contacts between Berlin fam- ilies and U.S. forces in West Berlin. No one claimed res- for. warmongering policie: At the end of the march to the Place de la Bastille, small groups of youths threw stones and other objects at police, who then attacked with rubber. truncheons and dispersed them with tear gas. A few minor dures 9 but oe Taal attdeh? The line of snarebiess- in Rome stretched for three kil- ometres along the route from Piazza Esedra to Piazza del Popolo. The mostly youthful protesters chanted slogans cry was.against Rea: is schdduted t to'visit Rome on * against both NATO and the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact, but the most frequently heard Monday. Several demonstrators car- ried posters of the U.S. leader in a cowboy suit with the word “Wanted” written over it. no arrests were rep: Anti-American Teeth Ox: ploded in new bombings Sat- urday in Paris and West Ber- lin. No injuires were re- ported in either attack. An early-morning bomb damaged the Paris offices of the World Bank and Inter- national Monetary Fund. A leftist extremist group called Direct Action later claimed © responsibility, ‘ calling the World Bank a “driving force of U.S. imperialism.” In West Berlin, a firebomb hurled at an American-Ger- man friendship office caused asmall blaze, police said. The office is used by Friendship Force, a group co-ordinating (COURT NEWS _/ In Castlegar provincial court June 8 Peter Johnstone was given a suspended sen- tence and placed on six months’ probation for com- mon assault, * 8 A juvenile, with three counts of breach of probation, was given three months’ in Willingdon correctional cen- tre. = 8 # In court June 1 there were four charges against the In- come..Tax Act. Kootenay- Columbia Heavy Duty Re- pairs Ltd. was fined $200 on each of two counts as was Tim Cavaghan. . 8 Giving false information to a conservation officer. re- ‘sulted in a $100 fine for Roderick Anderson, as well as $50 for not having an an- gler's licence. - * & Brian Pion was given a suspended sentence and three months’ probation for remaining in a public estab- lishment after being re- quested to leave. r “AB, LONDON. (AP) — Whatever the outcome of the Falklands Islands war, the exposure of serious weak- esses in the British fleet has given the designers of tomorrow’s navies a lot to think about. Weapon designers Sea Dart, the oldest system in use, “takes too long to aim, fire and reload,” said Gunaton. “If three Skyhawks come in, it'll shoot down two. But the third will sink the ship. Future systems should be multi-barrel silo systems who.. —~,. “Naval architects and weapon systems designers throughout the world, as well as tacticians, will be rethinking their theories drastically,” said Britain's Flight International, a professional journal which has found much to criticize in the British fleet. “T'm sure the jians will be bound watching how our ships and missiles performed,” said Bill *Gunston, a missile expert and consultant with the ive Jane's series: “T reckon they've learned as Tach as we have.” The British fleet has suffered for its decision to rely on smaller, lighter ships, protected by missiles rather than traditional guns. The missiles have not protected the British ships against Jow-flying attacks, - and the aluminum superstructures of the ships have turned into infernoes once hit. The most modern British defensive missile, the Sea Wolf, is designed to shoot down high-flying missiles and planes, not low-flying missiles like the French-built Exocets that sunk the, destroyer Sheffield and the transport ship Atlantic Conveyor. DIDN'T STOP MISSILES British sources say that of the five Exocets fired by the Argentines, none were shot down by British defences and three missed their targets. Defence Secretary John Nott has acknowledged to reporters that the older Sea Dart which protected the Sheffield “is not too good against incoming missiles.” The British defensive missiles have also proven (_ ineffective against waves of Argentine jets coming in low. that can be loaded quickly.” Surprisingly, one of the most effective weapons the British have had against the low-flying Argentine planes is the old-fashioned machine-gun. Sailors have lashed them to the railings and used them to put up a curtain of fire ‘that has taken its toll of Argentine planes. One reason the British ships are under-gunned is the desire to save weight and money by building smaller, . lighter ships, full of aluminum and plastic. Designers did not put Sea Wolf missiles on the frigates Antelope and Ardent, because the missiles were heavy and bulky for the ships. Both were sunk by bombing in the narrow waters of San Carlos, the beathhead Britain established on the Falklands May 21. Another area concerning British critics is the fleet's radar.. “The navy is virtually blind,” said Flight International. Naval planners say the 100-ship task force was hastily bled and sailed without radar and air cover. Many do not have radar that spots missiles coming in head-on. One reason is that Britain has tailored it: fleet to the needs of NATO in the North Atlantic, where other allied forces would presumably supply air and radar support. “If we hadn't scrapped our big carriers, we could have provided the task force with all the air cover it needed and sunk the Argentine fleet if we'd wanted to,” said Sir Patrick Wall, a Conservative MP and —_ specialist. 2 and deputy ministry Roy I ling. McClelland said he wasn't aware the theatre tickets were billed to the govern- ment and that he and his deputy would reimburse the’ government. He said the mix-up. re- sulted because of a break- down and an obvious fault in the government's billing sys- tem. When asked about the cur- rent system of filing. claims, Curtis said reasonableness is still required. However, he says, a certain amount of judgment must be used, “which is not easily definable on paper.” Meanwhile, Premier Ben- nett said the review will examine new methods to deal, with the way foreign trips’ are financed. Start-up delayed two months B.C. Timber announced this week that its Celgar Woodlands Division will de- lay start-up of all logging op- erations in the Revelstoke and Nakusp areas for another two months. Logging and related ac- tivities had been scheduled to begin:tomorrow but-because of continuing poor markets for forest products, the start- up date has been pushed back to mid-August. A lower than anticipated log usage at the company's sawmill and pulp operations in Castlegar was part of the reason for the delay. Roger Crossley, recently appointed manager of the woodlands division, said that reduced sawmill production and a scheduled two and a half week shutdown at the Celgar pulp and lumber div- isions made it unnecessary to resume logging as originally scheduled. A former sawmill manager at Kootenay Forest Products in Nelson, Crossley replaces Dick Roberts as woodlands manager. Roberts assumes his former post as area log- ging manager in Nakusp. ’ Crossley added that when logging does resume it will likely be on a limited basis because of current high in- ventories and continuing poor markets for both lumber and pulp. As well, none of the usual construction, maintenance and equipment overhaul will be undertaken during the summer, Thousands are left homeless NEW DELHI (REUTER) — At least 100 people were killed and tens of thousands made homeless by a cyclone that devastated parts of In-. dia’s east coast on Thursday, the Press Trust of India re- ported Saturday. Several thousand houses were destroyed in torrential rains and raging winds. Worst hit was Orissa state's densely-populated Cuttack district where 75 pe- ople were reported to have died, Other fatalities were in the districts of Balasore, Puri and Dhenkan. Orissa Chief Minister J.B. Patnaik, appealing .to New Delhi for relief, said. the storm caused extensive dam- age to irrigation projects, electric power and telecom: munications in the coastal region, ‘ers’ TRUCK TOTALLED . . accident one mile north of Ro The 1981 brown Ford pick-up was unoccupied when discovered Local RCMP are investigating a single-vehicle ad. press time. coroner of the owner was not available at Falklands Patrols playing ‘cat-and-mouse’ From AP-REUTERS British and Argentine pat- rols playing “cat-and-mouse” with each other clashed in the freezing fog outside Stan- ley, reports from the Falk- land Islands said Saturday. But the British ground com- mander said he was in no hurry to retake the Falklands capital. Argentina reasserted its determination to fight. For- eign Minister Nicanor Costa Mendez spoke of “surprises” in store for the British, and an Argentine military source in Buenos Aires said “every- thing is ready” for the de- fence of Stanley. News reports in Argentina quoted unidentified sources as saying 1,600 Argentine troops were setting up a sec- Cominco penalties to.remain suspended VANCOUVER (CP) — Commissioners of the Work- Compensation Board have reconfirmed a previous decision which suspended penalties against Cominco Ltd. for pollution at its lead-zinc smelter in Trail, BC. Both the United Steel- workers of America, which represents workers at the operation, and the Canadian Asaneiation ' “of : Cominco to clean the envir- onment in the Trail - oper- ation, the board said. It said last fall that because Cominco was carrying out a moder- nization program to reduce pollution, the penalty was unnecessary. The Steelworkers objec- ted, saying that Cominco was violating air contamination levels set by the board's industrial health and safety Mechanical and Allied Work- ers, which attempted to take over certification, reacted to the announcement Friday with The association also sub- mitted a lengthy .brief ob- jecting, but the board de- cision Friday discussed only the lwo decision said. “As long as Cominco con- tinued to provide proper protective equipment and biological monitoring pro- grams for its employees in the period needed to carry out the modernization, their health would not suffer, and the penalty assessments could not ensure a greater degree of protection for them.” Cominco . plant manager Guy Downie said after last fall’s decision that the com- pany has no firm schedule for _ modernizing the plant, al- The board ruled last Sep- tember that an ongoing pen- alty, first imposed against Cominco in 1974, should be suspended. The original penalty was to provide an incentive for “Continuing the penalty- assessment would serve no purpose since it would be serving as an incentive. for Cominco to do something which it was, in any event, certainly going to do,” the Israeili ambassador Condition critical LONDON (REUTER) — Israeli Ambassador Shlomo Argov remained in critical condition Saturday after be- pe shot through the head. ception at a London hotel. The bullet passed through his head and doctors fighting to save his life had to cut away portions of his brain. A hospital said he id arrests te ree foiled a series of terrorist attacks, Israel retaliated against: Thursday's attack with a series of air raids against Palestinian targets in Leb- anon. Four Arabs were arrested after the shooting. They were a Jordanian wounded has not regained conscious- ness and “we cannot predict what the outcome may ba” World PARIS (AP) — A bomb though studies have been done. “The decision is absolutely outrageous,” said Cathy Wal- ker, health and safety spec- ialist with the association. “If traffic safety was treated as cavalierly as the board treats its own health and safety rules, the roads would be chaos," she said. “The board has abandoned ‘ enforcement of its regula- tions based on promises from. the company.” “It's odd that when Com- inco is slowing down its ex- isting modernization scédule, the board is still sticking to its decision that the company is showing good faith with a modernization program,” said Steelworkers local pres- ident Ken Georgetti. ond front that would catch the British in a crossfire, No details were available. © Meanwhile, new calls came from the non-aligned move- ment, meeting in Havana, Cuba, and from Spain for a ceasefire in the two-month- old conflict, but no diplomatic solution appeared in sight. A pool dispatch written by Alastair McQueen of the London Daily Mirror said British forces ringing Stanley have begun a “deadly game of cat-and-mouse” with the 7,000 to. 8,000 Argentine troops holding out in the port town at the far eastern tip of the main East Falkland Is- land. PROBES DEFENCES McQueen said there were several clashes as patrols from eéach side probed the other's defences. His dis- patch, which was subjected to military consorship, did not provide details or say when the skirmishes occured. Robert Fox of the British Broadcasting Corp, reported British forces were “racing” into position around Stanley. “Already, (Stanley's) outer defences have come under British artillery fire, and British gunners are prepar- ing their biggest barrage since Korea or World War II,” Fox said. : * Maj-Gen. Jeremy Moore, commanding about 7,500 British troops ringing Stan- ley, was interviewed by Brit- ish reporters at Darwin, 80 kilometres west of the Falk- lands capital. Darwin was captured by the British May 29, eight days after they ‘had established a beachhead at San _ Carlos, 30 kilometres north of Darwin. KEPT ‘GUESSING’ “I don't want us dashing in there,” Moore said in refus- ing to discuss a timetable for retaking Stanley. “We will do it in a proper, sensible, well- balanced military way. Keep bank bombed said ‘the “Lahouari Farid by Argov’s police a Jordanian and- an Iraqi caught ina getaway car and a Syrian picked up when police loded early at the offices of the Interna- tional Monetary Fund and the World Bank, blowing out in several hellal combat unit” of Direct Action placed six kilo- grams of dynamite at the building. raised a home in lg south of London, Police also raided! a hostel police said. Responsibility for the the second in the in Wimbled arms included oe pistols, four grenades and ammuni- tion, ’ David Powis, a deputy as- sistant police commissioner, told reporters Friday night: “We believe we have frus- trated a series of terrorist outrages.” A lone gunman shot Ar- gov, 62, late Thursday as he was leaving a diplomatic re- Paris region since the leaders of the West's seven most ad- vanced industrial countries began arriving for a three- day economic summit meet- ing, was claimed by a small French group of left-wing extremists called Direct Ac- tion. An anonymous caller tele- phoned Agence France- Presse after the blasts and “Today, 5 June, 1982, we, combat until Lah- ouari Farid Benchallal, greet cheques. In spite of the large ex- plosion, damage was des- cribed as light, with most of the force blowing out toward the street, police said. There were no reported injuries. The damaged building is the the swine by attacking one of the essential driving forces of U.S. im- perialism, the World Bank,” the caller said. NAMED FOR MILITANT Lahouari Benchella was a French militant of the ex- treme left who hanged him- self in his cell while under arrest in Helsinki, Finland, last year on charges of trying to sell stolen travellers ters of the World Bank and the Paris headquarters of the Inter- national Monetary Fund. On Friday, Direct Action claimed responsibility for a bombing at the American School in suburban Saint- Cloud. Damage in that ex- plosion also was slight, most- ly shattered windows, and there were no injuries in the empty building. him (the Argentine com- mander) guessing. That's good for him.” British press reports said the weather on the Falklands continued to be poor, with fog, frigid temperatures, rain and some snow. But British defence, sources said these would not deter a British attack should it be ordered. CASTLEGAR NEWS, June 6, 1982 HS -Recommendations won't stop future killings VANCOUVER (CP) — Criminal justice experts doubt that a series of rec- ommendations made by ite ignation wouldn't catch a fu- ture Olson, They also doubted it would be practical to insist on a mass killings by Button Robert Olson would prevent a similar killer from oper- ating under the noses of the authorities in the future. Olson prosecuter John Hall, federal'prison official Al Byman and lawyer John Conroy all said in interviews Friday that the recommen- dation for the reintroduction of the habitual criminal des- Y P 85: essment as a condition for release from a federal peni- ‘tentiary. But Marguerite Parthing- ton, mother of murder victim Simon Partingon, 9, said the recommendations are good although she wonders if they will ever be implemented. . Another victim's relative, Brigitte Kozma, said the rec- Proposal would have saved jobs TRAIL (CP) — The United Steelworkers of America says Cominco Ltd. has shown its arrogance and incom- petence by rejecting a union Proposal to save jobs at the company's smelter operation in this southeastern B.C. city, Local 480 president Ken Georgetti said Friday the company rejected without explanation a proposal made four months ago which he estimates would save 850 jobs during the next year. Union workers currently can retire at 58 years of age with full benefits after 30 years of service. The union proposed trimming a total of two years off the age and service requirements. For example, a worker with 29 years service could retire at 57 or at 56 with 20 years ser- vice and receive retirement benefits. ~ “We thought it was a very positive proposal,” said Geo- rgetti, whose union has 3,000 members still working for Cominco, “It would have had nominal Police crack heroin ring BALTIMORE (AP) — A heroin distribution ring earn- ing more than $50 million annually began with sales from snow-coné stands and eventually grew to include a delivery fleet of youngsters riding mopeds, police say. As many as 100 people were involved in the organ- ization cracked by police Fri- day, said city prosecutor William Swisher. A city grand jury Friday indicted 11 people on charges they participated in the ring, dubbed the Peanut King Or- ganization by police. Three people were being held on $250,000 bail after‘a series of raids that began. early in the day and con- tinued through the evening, said Police Commissioner Frank Battaglia. Police continued to search costs in the short term and meant a savings in the long gramendations ‘are useless “Olson should have been stopped a long time ago. The whole thing is disgusting.” The report by Kootenay coroner Dr. Alan Askey rec- ommended changes to the police, prison and court sys- tems after reviewing the deaths of Olson's 11 victims who were found to have been beaten to death with a ham- mer and rocks, strangled or stabbed. Four of the. deaths oc- curred after Olson came un- der suspicion in the killings. Askey said that since the age of 17, Olson spent 21 of his 24 adult years in jail yet was never designated a dan- gerous offender. Under for- mer regulations an habitual ° criminal would receive an in- determinate sentence. Olson probably “wouldn't have qualified as run. We our proposal with a fact base that demonstrated it was more economical to let senior mem- bers retire rather than lay off skilled operators and trades people.” Since the beginning of the year, Cominco has reduced by 700 employees it's work- force of 6,000 at Trail through attrition and layoffs because of technological changes and the poor state of world metals market. A fur- ther reduction of 350 jobs is planned over the next nine months, offender baceiise’ he “didn't, look potentially dangerous,” Hall said. Conroy said the habitual criminal regulations were only removed about five years ago and were never used against Olson even though he had a career as a persistent criminal when they were on the books. Byman, whois the regional penitentiary program design director and knew Olson in prison, said people declared habitual criminals in the past were not really dangerous, B.C. unemployment at 10.8 per cent VANCOUVER (CP) — Un- employment in British Col- umbia now is 10.8 per cent, an increase of 0.6 per cent in May, Statistics Canada re- ported Friday. Particularly hard-hit . are the forestry. and mining in- dustries. Once the mainstays of a booming economy, they now face major layoffs and closures this summer as Can- -ada’s recession shows no signs of a let-up. A total of 12,837 workers —more than one-quarter of the members — of the Inter- national + of for eight others, incl the alleged ringleader, Mau- rice Davis (Peanut) King, 28, of Baltimore. ‘The raids netted two kilo- grams of high-quality heroin valued at $6.5 million, $302,650 tn cash, seven hand- guns, four rifles — including a M-15 — six fur coats, and an assortment of jewelry, Bat- taglia said. The ring was blamed for four homicides, including the death of an innocent teenage mother who was shot when ring members fired on a rival heroin distributor, the com- missioner said. America, the province's larg- est forestry union, was out of work the last week of May. About 900 members of the 9,000-strong Canadian Paper- workers Union also were out of work, and the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada also says - its ‘are ers in the mining sector, will feel the impact in some way. Biggest blow for the in- dustry is the five-week scheduled shutdown of Com- inco Ltd.'s massive Trail lead-zinc smelting oper- ations. The shutdown, which be- gins June 30, will idle’ 4,800 workers and an additional 1,500 miners at Cominco's associated Sullivan mine at . Kimberley. Company chief executive Norman Anderson conceded at the company’s annual meeting in April that the shutdown could be extended if lead and zinc prices fall even more. Cominco has also slated a . three-week shutdown at its subsidiary, Bethlehem Cop- per Corp., _ affecting 430 hurting, although it doesn't have specific figures. Nearly 50 per cent of all mine workers in B.C. are af- fected by layoffs and ex tended mine shutdowns this summer. The Mining Association of B.C. says 9,094 workers, 47 per cent of the 19,284 work- 90 per- manent layoffs. The once-dominant copper sector is being buffeted by unprecedented low prices — currently hovering around 60 cents (U.S.) a pound, the lowest ever in modern times, Analysts agree that no copper mine is profitable at today's copper price. Israeili tanks CrossesLebanese border BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli tanks were reported moving more than seven hours into the late afternoon. across the Lebanese border Saturday as Israeli jets, ships and artillery pounded an 80-kilometre stretch of coastline in one of the biggest assaults ever against Palestinian guerrillas in southern Lebanon. Palestine Liberation Organization forces fired barrage after barrage of Katyusha rockets and artillery shells across the border tinto Israel, and Israeli gunners responded in duels that lasted into the night. PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat vowed his guerrillas would “teach Israel a lesson,” and Israel said it would “liquidate” the PLO. Lebanese police said more than 460 people have been killed or wounded since Friday in the worst breakdown yet in the 10-month ceasefire negotiated last July by the United States and the United Nations. A spokesman for the UN peacekeeping forces at Nagoura in southern Lebanon said forward listening posts reported Israeli tanks and artillery units moved across the border under cover of darkness into a thin strip of land controlled by Lebanese militias under command of Christian Maj. Saad Haddad. JOINS ASSAULT Two Israeli i off the h Israeli planes rocketed and bombed Palestinian strongholds from the Beirut suburb of Khalde, 13 kilometres south of the capital, to the towns of Arnoun and Nabatiyeh, where the PLO has rocket launchers trained on northern Israel less than 16 kilometres to the south. Israel said it was trying to silence Palestinian gunners who had fired 500 to 600 shells into northern Israel since Friday. HITS 38 SITES The Associated Press bureau in Beirut, using infor- mation compiled from various sources, calculated that Israeli planed bombed at least 38 different sites Saturday. In one strike, jets pulverized a 500-metre stretch of the main coastal road that connects Beirut with southern Lebanon, cutting off caravans of Lebanese seeking shelter in the apie. PLO said used anti-aircraft shells and SAm-7 shoulder-fired missiles to knock down three Israeli jets and hit another. There was no comment from Israel on this report. The fighting was sparked by Israe!'s claim the PLO was behind the d murder of its to Britain. Lebanese coast earlier had joined the assault by shelling near the Rashidiyeh Palestinian refugee camp, 18 kilometres north of the Israeli frontier, and the village of Ras el Ain. Saturday's air raids began about 10:15 a.m. (4:15 a.m. EDT) when Israel ordered its pilots to retaliate for Palestinian shelling across the border, and they continued Shlomo Argov, who was shot through the head in the attack Thursday night, was reported in critical condition Saturday. London police arrested four Arabs and one Iranian in connection with the attack, and a source close to the investigation said they were part of a terrorist death squad that planned to attack leading Jews in Britain and elsewhere in Europe.