~ #2 Casthégar News _ 1016.19 Stadium. her. Floyd Youmans of the during the past two baseball seasons. The allegations were made public by the Montreal Gazette in a front-page story which stated the newspaper had sworn statements from the women, aged 20 and 21. ‘The women asked that their names remain confidential. “T'm burt and humiliated,” game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at the Olympic ‘Youmans said prior to a He acknowledged that he knew the women, but said their allegations were-an attempt to get back at him because he had told one of them he would no longer date In its story, The Gazette says one of the women said Youmans used cocaine repeatedly in her presence during a five-day period two months ago when the Expos put him on a 15-day disabled list because he was overweight. She said if Youmans doesn't get help “the same thing is going to happen to him that happened to Len Bias,” a basketball star at the University of Maryland who died of a cocaine overdose last year. REFUSES TEST The Gazette says it confronted the club with this information earlier this month and the Expos asked Youmans to take a drug test and psychological Denies drug use MONTREAL (CP) — Montreal Expos has denied allegations by two women that he used cocaine extensively on several occasions evaluation, It says Youmans refused to take » drug test hia Loy vcesbodber eng Sens 3 hae si “It there was, we'd do somathing about it.” Brochu said. DOUBTSTORY Bill Stoneman, Expos general manager, said in the story that psychologists were woman's story. They said the alleged heavy consumption of cocaine would hav eleft Youmans unable to function. The Gazette reported the Expos said that Youmans has agreed to undergo counselling for the remainder of the season. The newspaper said team executives would ot elaborate on the reasons for the’ In a statement issued Friday, the Expos said it is “not in agreement with the conclusions drawn by The Gazette article.” about the Niekro appears on Letterman NEW YORK (AP) — Min- nesota Twins pitcher Joe Niekro has pleaded not guilty to baseball-scuffing charges again — this time to David Letterman and a national television audience. “Do I look like a doctor?” Niekro said wryly when the Late Night host asked him directly whether he scuffs or doctors baseballs. MINOR HOCKEY COACHES REQUIRED For Atom, Pee Wee and Ban- tam House; Bantam and Midget Rep. Application forms at Community Complex. COACHES LEVEL CLINIC Replaces Level 1 and 2 at Complex, Sept. 19 and 20. CONTACT DOUG COULSON 365-6987 TO REGISTER The studio audience how- led as he ambled onstage in a carpenter's apron, power sander in hand. Inside the apron pockets were two bot- tles of Kiwi Scuff Magic — one black and one white — as well as a tube of vaseline, two or three dozen emergy boards, sandpaper, tweezers, scissors, fingernail and toe- nail Lagos a nail file and clothes brush. And he had still more tricks up his sleeve. When Letterman asked him to demonstrate how one scuffs a baseball, Niekro produced a piece of sandpaper with a message on the back. He had Letterman read it. “Joe,” it said, “We've been using this in Cleveland. “It works great. It has a peel-off back. Stick it inside your pocket and the umps will never find it. Phil.” Phil is Phil Niekro, Joe's older brother, also an Amer- ican League pitcher who the Indians traded this week to the Toronto Blue Jays. Twice weekl ning and W. p.m. PAPER CARRIER Required for Route in Blueberry Creek deliveries, inesday evening. Please contact Heather: at 365-7266. Monday to Friday, between 9 a.m. to 4 Castlegar News Sunday mor- Luck of the draw sets tennis battle TORONTO (CP) — The proverbial luck of the draw set the stage Friday for an all-Canadian meeting between Helen Kelesi of Toronto and Jill Hethering- ton of Peterborough, Ont., in the first round of next week's $390,000 Player's Challenge women’s tennis champion- ships. The Federation Cup team members will square off Tuesday at the National Tennis Centre at York Uni- versity. Kelesi and Hetherington teamed up earlier this month at the Federation Cup in West Vancouver, to score an upset over Larissa Savchen- ko and Svetlana Parkhom- enko of the Soviet Union, the Rookie of the year Steve Handleg of the Trail Cardinals has been selected as the Kootenay Interna- tional Senior Baseball Leag- ues rookie of the year. He has also been picked as winner of the Lou DeRosa award. The Cardinals acquired Handley from the Trail Ori- oles at the start of season play in exchange for the Cards’ first round pick in the 1988 free agent draft. Ob- tained for his versatility at several positions, Handley filled the utility role in im- pressive fashion, fielding flawlessly while carving a .338 batting average. -GRIFONE TAXIDERMY 19:3 WALLEYE .., s:.. BASS .., i. RAINBOW TROUT.,...... GERRARD....... Approximately B-week delivery plete with Ook or Woinu! Ploc Plots at no Extra Chorge Per Uneet 3g ch All ith come com Ind Engroved Bross not out to be 1! We're out bigges: to tet the best! 99 WHITE TAILED MULE | DEER 5295 MT. GOAT OR SHEEP 1159 MULE DEER REGULAR SEASON ELK & MOOSE MT. GOAT % WANTED x CAPES — CAPES — CAPES & WHITETAIL :a.-.0 1-1, s.0.0.°50 525-540 BLACK BEAR HIDES *50 - *150 5295 ELK $495 ELK BUGGLING $595 MOOSE $495 APPROXIMATELY 12 WEEK DELIVERY TIME world’s second-ranked doub- les team. The win gave Canada a 2-1 second-round decision over the Soviet Union and assured Canada two direct entries in the 1988 summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Hetherington was pragma- tic about playing Kelesi. Carling Bassett of Toronto drew a first-round engage- ment with Etsuko Inoue of Japan. Bassett was ousted in the second-round of last yar's the second-round of last year's event by Eva Pfaff of West Germany after receiv- ing a first-round bye. * Karen Dewis of Toronto and Jillian Alexander of Oakville, Ont. are the other two Canadians to receive main draw berths in the Player's event, won last year by Helena Sukova of Czech- oslovakia. Dewis drew Argentina's Maria ~ Perez-Roldan while Alexander will take on Sara Gomer of Britain to get to top-seeded Chris Evert of the U.S. in the second-round. PAN-AM GAMES INDIANAPOLIS (CP) — Michelle Murphy found strength in the cheers of the crowd Saturday morning and raced to a gold medal to lead Canadian rowers to an at the Pa: Games. Murphy, 21, of Dorion, Que., won the women's lightweight single sculls by a large margin to capture the first of two Canadian medals. Brian Thorne and John Murphy of St. Catharines, Ont., won Canada’s other gold in the men’s lightweight double sculls. Jamie Schaffer of Kamloops, and Darby Berkhout of Port Colbourne, Ont., won a silver medal in the men's pair without cox. Canada won three bronze medals: women’s double sculls and the men's lightweight and heavyweight fours without ‘cox. The only event raced Saturday that Canada didn't wina medal in was the men’s single sculls where they didn't reach the final. Murphy, a 21-year-old university student, won the second race on the program by a margin of more than 11 seconds. “I was a little surprised by that,” she said after finishing in nine minutes 11.24 seconds. “I was surprised by how far ahead I was at 1,000 (metres).” Murphy stroked into an early lead over Merri Lisa Trigilio of the United States, who finished second in 9:22.86, and bronze medallist Veronika Schreiber of Mexico, 9:83.72. She began stretching the lead against a strong headwind after the quarter marker of the 2,000-metre course. By the time she approached 1,00 metres she was in control. “Then I heard the crowd cheering, thére are a lot of Canadians here. I thought, ‘Oh God, I'm going home.’ So I picked up my stroke, it was great.” FACED BATTLE Thorne, 84, and Murphy, 24, had to battle through the final marker to hold off the challenge of the Argentine pair of Jorge Lamo and Federico Querin. ‘The Canadians edged across the finish line less than a second ahead of the Argentines, who were second in 7:13.84. The United States took third. Schaffer, a 22-year-old University of Washington English student, and Berkhout, 21, a University of Victoria student, were overwhel: bya The Canadians took an early lead and at the halfway point were about four seconds ahead. But brothers Richardo and Ronaldo Caralho, Brazil's top oarsmen in recent years, picked up their stroke. “We led through the first 1,300 metres but the came up , about a seat every six to seven strokes,” said | Schaffer. “We tried to hold them off but we couldn't.” Brazil won in 7:19.5 with Canada second in 7:24.02 and Argentina third in 7:26.9. Cuba won the men’s heavyweight fours in 6:38.94 followed by the U.S. in 6:42.57 and Canada third in 6:44.09. The Canadian team consisted of Ray Collier of Coquitlam, Mike Rascher of Fernie, Bruce of Calgary and Scott Drossos of Penticton. * The U.S. claimed its only gold medal of the day in the men’s lightweight four. They finished in 7:01.87, followed by Mexico in 7:06.53 and Canada in 7:12.26. Rowing for Canada was Scott Anderson and Thomas Kent of St. Catharines and Wayne MacFarlane and Chris Flood of Saint John, N.B. Weekend Wrap-Up “World Track and Field “LONDON (AP) — Americans Edwin Moses and d their for the with comfort- able victories Friday at the International Athletes Club IAAF Mobil Grand Prix meet. Moses, 31, won the 400-metre hurdles in 48.07 seconds. Kriss Akabusi of Britain was second in 49.34. Reynolds won the 400-metre dash in 44.42 seconds. Innocent Egbunike of Nigeria, the only ‘man to beat lds thi was din 44.80, with ritain's Derek Redmond third in 44.89. The meet also featured an attempt by Britain's Fatima Whitbread to retake the world women's javelin record from her East German rival, Petra Felke. Felke broke Whitbread’s record in Leipzig last month with a throw of 78.90 metres but Whitbread could manage only a best of 72.22 on her second attempt. YORK, ENGLAND, (AP) — Scotland's Sam Torrance and Bill Longmuir shared the lead after Friday's second round of the $300,000 US Benson and Hedges International golf tournament. Longmuir had a 3-under-par 69 and Torrance hada 70. Both were at 9-under-par 135 after 36 holes. West Germany's Bernhard Langer shot a 67 to tie Barry Lane at 136, one shot behind the leaders. Langer made six birdies and only one bogey, when he miscalculated the wind on the 10th hole, put his tee shot over the green on the 174-yard hole and had to chip before two-putting. He finished with three birdies on the last four holes. NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees second Willie ph from the 21-day disabled list Friday — four weeks after he underwent knee surgery. To make room on the roster, the club optioned outfielder Roberto Kelly to to the Columbus Clippers of the International League. Randolph was placed on the disabled list July 15 with torn cartilage in his left knee and underwent arthroscopic surgery two days later. Kelly was recalled from Columbus on July 29 and made his debut that afternoon against the Kansas City Royals. In 10 games, he batted .300 with one homer and a dive RBIs. The Yankees also sent outfielder Ron Kittle to Columbus under the major-league rehabilitation program. It was the second time that Kittle, who is ing from neck pi has been to the club for rehabilitation. SPARKS, NEV. (AP) — Greg LeMond, the first American to win the Tour de France, announced ‘Thursday that he has signed a letter of intent to ride for the Dutch cycling team PDM. LeMond made the announcement following the Squaw Valley-to-Reno stage of the Coors International Classic, where he presented an award to stage winner Sauro Varocchi of Italy. LeMond is recuperating from a hunting accident in April and an appendectomy in July and is not participating in the Coors Classic. He won the 1986 Tour de France riding for the French-based Toshiba-Look team, but said he will sign with PDM for a sum that his father, Bob LeMond, confirmed was in the “high six-figure range.” LeMond said he hoped to resume racing within three weeks. CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs placed pitcher Bob Tewksbury on the National League baseball team’s 15-day disabled list Thursday due to BASEBALL 5 f Hi i SSsrase SSeRES aed taseenssys. z i fee t suseeseee Ze BE BELL EDL ssseus x BRS88 PSssse SSSISEIIS W's sienple. 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The Cubs recalled pitcher Drew Hall from Iowa in the Class AAA American Association to take Tewksbury's place on the roster. Tewksbury is 0-4 with a 6.50 earned run average since being acquired from the New York Yankees in a trade just before the all-star break. The Cubs also assigned pitcher Dickie Noles and shortstop Shawon Dunston to Iowa for injury rehabilitation. Noles, 42- with a 4.04 ERA, had a broken right wrist and Dunstron has been out since June 16 with a fractured finger on his right hand. He was hitting .258 with five homers and 17 RBIs before the injury. INDIANAPOLIS (REUTER) — The Guardian Angels, whose distinctive red berets are familiar to U.S. city dwellers, have taken to the streets of Indian- apolis during the Pan-American Games in their fight against crime. “There are some bad gangs here, so we are helping police on patrols while the games are on,” said ‘Joe,’ one of three Angels strolling across the downtown Pan-Am Plaza. He said the local chapter of the New York-based crime-fighting group had offered to help protect ds of visitors to I is for the Games. Some criminal gangs had moved to the city from Chicago, he said. He said that after almost one week of competition, however, there have been no serious incidents. INDIANAPOLIS (CP) — A helicopter carrying Mario Vazquez Rana of Mexico, president of the Pan- American Sports Organization, and his entourage, was forced to make an unscheduled landing in a cow pasture Thursday afternoon. Rana was touring sties of Pan-American Games events being | held outside the city of Indianapolis when an air belt on the heli flew off and the unit began smoking. The pilot put the helicopter down in a cow field. After the pilot checked the air conditioning to make sure it would not catch fire, the group continued back | to Indianapolis with the windows open. BUSINESS industry in trouble VANCOUVER (CP) — A_ unique, industry was envisioned for British Columbia, one to employ hundreds of workers making millions of chopsticks. But one plant in Prince George is in receivership, another in Kelowna is closed until new finishing Bensted said private investors raised nearly $1 million to start up the Canaspen business. The company involved Quesnel! business people among others and was headed by Korean-born Jay Ahn who, Bensted said, did not make a arrives and a third, established at 100 Mile House as a pilot Project, cannot find the funds to reopen and begin production. The provincial and federal governments invested $1.6 million in the busi Private to at least $2.5 million. But not a single chopstick is being produced in B.C. The idea seemed tailor-made for the province when proposals for the three separate factories surfaced several years ago. The raw materials — trees such as aspen and birch — were plentiful and otherwise commercially useless. Jobs would be created in high-unemployment areas. And there was a large market for di in “It (Ci was d,” Bensted said. “And we had an argument with the Korean end of the business.” As a result, Bensted said he left the company in May 1986, shortly after production began. He added that Ahn is overseas and cannot return to Korea or Canada. Earlier this year, the Region Development Corp. confirmed reports that Ahn was in Japan, having difficulties with | the immigration department in returning to Canada. Canada k: said dnesday that Offer turned down CALGARY (CP) — Dome Petroleum Ltd. turned. down @ $190-million offer in 1965 for oil-rich land it could be forced to sell to Amoco Canada Petroleum Ltd. for less than half that. Court transcripts show Amoco's takeover bid in- cludes a penalty clause which says Dome must sell its Primrose properties to- Amoco for $79 million even if the overall deal falls through. federal privacy ees forbids them to discuss specifics Korea and Japan. But “poor management and lack of start-up capital,” caused the demise of Canaspen Manufacturing Ltd. in Prince George, said Sonja Filitovic, i for of an Canaspen rented ‘its building in the city's industrial park from a bankrupt glass company, sai _He said he has not been able to close 8 a value on the Region Development Corp., a municipal agency in Prince George that investigated the collapse. Canaspen was placed in receivership May 26 by the secured creditor, the B.C. Development Corp. — a provincial government corporation. Trustee Murry Carle said the corporation had invested $500,000 in the form of a loan. NO OFFERS Carle said several buyers have expressed interest in the empty plant, but none have made firm cash offers. Tony Bensted, a forestry consultant in Quesnel and a shareholder in the Canaspen venture, said a combination of poor and pi ig a finished rather than a rough product all contributed to the company's downfall. “It costs as much to finish them (the chopsticks) as it does to make them,” he said. BREWERIES left inside the empty plant, but said, “The plant is in good working order and it could start up tomorrow if we could find a buyer.” At 100 Mile House, Ernie Mills-Hodgins, president of that community's co-operative chopstick factory; said a pilot project was started in March 1986. Daphne Cant, with Employ Canada’s futures program, said the Northern Aspen Co-operative received $345,000 in federal funding from September 1985 to August 1986, in the form of a non-repayable grant. After making a few shipments to California and Vancouver, the small factory, which employed 20 workers, shut down May 1. The co-operative's president said it won't reopen its doors until capital’ can be raised. Mills-Hodgins said a Vancouver consultant has lined up buyers for chopsticks, but he still has a problem trying to attract investment. Maritime competition HALIFAX (CP) — A fierce competition brews in the Maritime beer-making industry. On one side is an Oland, on the other, an Oland. Neither the Labatt subsidiary Oland Breweries Ltd. nor the Oland family-owned Moosehead Breweries Ltd. can so much as burp without the other noticing — and more often than not, responding. “We watch their packaging, their changes, we test their products — and I know they test ours — to make sure we know what's happening in the market,” says Derek Oland, president of Moosehead. “How closely do we watch them?” muses Gary gross, vice-president of marketing at Oland Breweries. “Quite a bit.” In 1984, Moosehead switched to long-necked bottles for its James Ready's brand and sales took off. Oland Breweries fought back by putting itstop brands in similar bottles, with twist-off caps. The quirky cross-over of the established Oland name is one of history's ironies, rooted in the 1920s, when the battle for the drinking man began in earnest under the command of brothers Sidney C. and George B. Oland. ENTERS MARKET The family, originally from Sweden via Bristol, England, first entered the Maritime brewing business in 1867. Over 50 years later, George W.C. Oland gave his son George B. the Simeon Jones brewery in Saint John, N.B. His second son Sidney C. got the newly built Oland brewery in Halifax. The Halifax Olands also controlled two breweries in Halifax, including the old Keith's plant. George B.'s branch, the Saint Jhn Olands, maintained a foothold in the New Brunswick city with ownership of the Ready’s brewery and eventually built the Moosehead brewery in Dartmouth, across the harbor from Halifax. Today, Oland Breweries and Moosehead account for up to 96 per cent of the $100 million worth of beer sold annually in the three Maritime provinces. Moosehead prides itself on remaining independent and operating the largest plant in the region, in Saint John. It is the country's fourth-largest brewer, behind Labatt, Molson and Carling O'Keefe. “We could have sold many times, but we like working for ourselves for a living,” says Derek Oland. Although the Sidney C. branch of the family no longer directly owns theOland Breweries, it still has a hand in running it. John Labatt Ltd. of London, Ont. bought Oland’s plants in‘1971. REMAINS IN TOUCH Sidnéy M. Oland — Sidney C.'s grandson — is today president of Labatt’s brewing division, based in Toronto. His brother, Peter, is involved in promotions in Halifax. Both were on holidays and unavailable for comment. Oland Breweries now operates two plants, one each in Saint John and Halifax, employing about 500 workers. They produce roughly the equivalent of 9.5-million cases each year of brands that include Oland Export, Oland h The record the testimony of a Petro-Canada Inc. official behind closed doors July 16. James Stan- ford, president of PetroCan- ada » was called as a witness for the Bank of Montreal, which is trying to get bidding for Dome re- opened. Stanford said Petro-Can- ada made the $190-million offer along with Texaco Can- ada Ltd. in April 1985. The two companies had made another offer in 1984 for $200 million, but it was also rejected, he said. “The price wasn't as high as Dome thought the land shoudl get,” Stanford said of the initial offer. Dome sold some of the property a short time later to Suncor Inc. for $79 million. Because of the reduced hold- ings, the next Petro-Canada offer was lowered to $190 million. TURNED DOWN Dome president John Bed- dome turned that offer down in a letter dated April 3, 1985, because it was “unac- ceptably low.” Dome also indicated it wanted something other than a straight cash arrange- ment. The company said it was afraid creditors would snap up the proceeds instead of reinvesting them in other holdings, Stanford said. Petro-Canada wasn't inter- ested in other deals and Tex- aco lost interest. The Bank of Montreal, which is owned $850 million by Dome, feels the company coud] have held out for a bet- ter deal than the $6.2-billion Keith’s, and Old Scotia. Moosehead, also with a plant in each province, employs 450 in the busy summer season. Its products include Moosehead Export, James Ready’s, Golden Light, Alpine and Moosehead Canadian Lager. As for the Oland family rivalry, Moosehead’s president says the disagreements have passed with the years and only business rivalry is left. Asked if the two branches of the family ever get together, Derek Oland says he does see Sidney M. Oland from time to time — “at an industry meeting last week in Toronto. We keep in touch. “There's competition now — but with Labatt's — the same as there is between Labatt's and Molson and Carling O'Keefe.” Renting Quality Cars at Great Prices 8 95 . RATES $08 COMPACTS 2 oe * STATION WAGONS MID SIZE [Smatl km. Che: FULL SIZE ( = ee) CASTLEGAR co-oP ‘Sell everything’ for firm EDMONTON (CP) — Bus- vessman Peter Pocklington was ready to sell every- thing, except his wife,” to buy the Gainers Inc. meat- processing firm, says a fed- eral tax court judgment. The written ruling by Jus- tice Roland St.-Onge outlines why Pocklington’s appeal of tax reassessment was dis- missed July 22. The case was heard in private. The judge described Pock lington, owner of the Na tional Hockey League's Ed- monton Oilers, as “a bright individual id a shrewd businessman,” who traded a high-rise apartment building in the city for all shares of Gainers in February 1978. At the time the apartment building was valued at more than $6.5 million. The asking price for Gainers was million cash or $7 million in trade, the written judgment said. It shows Pocklington made a profit on paper. of $1.7 million by trading the build: ing. Pocklington called the figure a capital gain and paid taxes on half the amount. The federal tax depart ment reassessed the trans. action and ordered him to pay tax on the full $1.7 million. The department also re jected a $126,000 deduction Pocklington claimed for spon- soring actor Paul Newman's Can-Am racing car in 1977- 78. Pocklington said the money was spent to boost the Oilers’ public profile. The judge ruled it wasn't a deductible expense. St.-Onge rejected Pocklin- gton’s contention the apart- ment building was acquired as a long-term investment so any profit on the sale should be treated as a capital gain. “From the moment he ac- quired the subject property his intention was to dispose of it, and his policy in that respect was not different than that of his other trans- actions,” the judge wrote. “He was ready to sell everything, except his wife.” The written judgment of. fers other insights into Pock lington's wheelings and deal ings: — When Pockington ac- quired a half-interest in the Oilers from Vancouver bus inessman Nelson Skalbania he gave up a seven-carat diamond ring, a Rolls-Royce and some paintings by Can adian artists Cornelius Kri eghoff and A.Y. Jackson. Pocklington later bought the other half of the team, then in the World Hockey Association, for $500,000 in real estate. — When he bought the team he intended to earn a profit by promoting the club and securing a NHL fran- chises. At the same time he bought properties by using the cash flow from a car dealership. — Pocklington was int- erested in buying Gainers to improve his company's cash Government wants flow and subsidize his hockey club's losses. — In 1977, hockey reven- ues were estimated at $2 million. They rose to $10 million by 1981. Pocklington has three months to appeal the ruling by St.-Onge. grant repaid MONTREAL (CP) — The Quebec government is asking Canada’s major thread man- ufacturer to pay back a $120,000 modernization grant because the firm is leaving the province. g J. and P. Coats (Canada) Inc. was given the money in 1984 to modernize its build ings, some of which date back to 1908, and will now be asked to repay it, said Joce- lyn Dumas, an aide to Indus. try and Commerce Minister Daniel Johnson. The firm announced in May that despite extensive mod ernization of the plant's ma. chinery, they couldn't over. come the innate inefficiency of the old buildings. They said they were moving to Kingston, Ont., because of its proximity to its main markets of Montreal and Toronto. But a member of the plant union charged that Coats was moving to Kingston because there they could pay min- imum wage — about half of the $8.50 an hour paid Mon- treal workers. “The workers in Ontario will be paid less,” said Yves Pilon, a spokesman for the union local, which is affiliated with the Confederation of National Trade Unions. The local represents 100 workers at the plant in Montreal's east end. The thread workers have worked there an average of 25 years and will receive severance pay of one week's salary for every two years of service, he said. Company officials could not be reached for comment. with ‘Amoco. Dome is $6.3 billion in debt. Montreal wants agency MONTREAL (CP) — Mon- treal’s two biggest business groups have joined forces with seven French-language media outlets to try to con- vinee the federal government that “Montreal is Spatial” and should be picked as the site for the proposed Cana- dian space agency. “It’s elementary that this is where it should be,” Pierre MacDonald, Quebec minister of technological develop- ment, told a news conference on Tuesday. a He said that more than 50 per cent of the Cangdian aer- ospace industry is concen- trated in the Montreal re- gion, adding that almost 80 per cent of aerospace re- search and development in Canada is done in Quebec, mostly in the Montreal re- gion. The Montreal Board of Trade and the city’s chamber of commerce have convinced four french-language radio stations, two newspapers, and a Montreal TV outlet to spend an estimated $750,000 to encourage Quebecers to pressure their MPs on behalf of the region. About 10,000 buttons will also be distri buted. 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