, 4. ejaewal recalleglion There are probably not too many people who recall Brig- adier General Dr. Frederick W.E. Burnham, medical doc- tor, First World War hero, world traveller, author, hu- manist, reorganizer of the Montenegren, Serbian and Macedonian medical services, bist’ of 17 British:and for! hausted all other possiblo cures, suggested that I go to Halcyon Hot Springs for sev- eral weeks of treatment. | His recommendation was strongly reinforced ‘by the urging of two very fine people; . Mrs. Yeatman, the South Slocan postmistress and, her ‘husband,: who also’ ” to ‘be personal = White Cross of Cannan and owner-operator of the Halcyon Hot Springs Hotel and spa on the Arrow Lake. Nonetheless, he was an eminent Canadian and inter- national medical’ personality, and one who, ifI am:to write a hoped-for people-history of this area, cannot be forgot- ten. In this regard, Mr. A. Nielsen, and Mr. Matt Rohn “have. supplied me with some excellent source material which I will print later. First, however, I would like to offer wife: Bunny’s personal recol- <, lection of this quite remark- _ “able man, whois a part of our local history. * . It was either in late May or early June of 1948 that I first met General Burnham. I was still suffering the unpleasant after’ effects of rhumatold ‘arthritis and Dr. Auld of Nelson, after having ex- friends of the general. Since I valued their opinion, I made reservations for treatment at the hot springs. _In those days, the only, way, overnight at the Leland Ho- tel, then take the Minto down to the spa the next morning. : The Leland overlooked the’ lake and catered to a very - diverse clientele and staying’ ~ there was an experience in itself, as I soon found out. After a rather anxious night, therefore, I awoke toa bright and beautiful day and made my way down tq the Minto, which was busily taking on a great quantity and variety of freight. Once we were on our way, cases, beach where no dwell tee was visible. At each place it would unload mail, freight and passengers, then ‘with much ringing of bells and:,splashing of its paddle wheel, proceed with great dignity to its noxt port of call)" After some hours we final- ly arrived at ‘Halcyon, and as the ship edged ita the small but substantial di com- plete with a little pro at one end, we could see an elderly, + red-haired gentleman whom I Seok to be the porter, leading & pony,and cart down the steep path to the pier where we had tied’ up. The ship's crew unloaded 2 Fate Favre our bag- and freight’ unto the dock: and) the: elderly. man loaded: it, without:a word, into the cart. Once this was done, ‘we “all. proceeded. to make our way up the hill path toward the large ‘building lo- ‘cated: on: .the ‘river’ bench above us. Most of the passen- however, the progress down” the ‘scenic Arrow became slowed to almost a leisurely pace, since the good ship stopped at practically every .dock and, in some eine KOOTENAY | RESORT The four-storey building unde: ‘General Burnham acquired it in 1924, “+ ah it : Bill Henne g grew up around boats, marinas, motors, and ‘spent every boyhood summer at Christina Lake so it was ‘only natural that he would ‘someday grow up to own and run his own marina business. Bill and his partner, .Ron Giles, have been enjoying the challenging business of run- ning Henne’s Marina for seven years now. Bill was born in Trail and , moved to Castlegar when he was five. His dad, William _ Henne, ran Henne’s Cabins and Marina at Christina Lake where Bill spent every sum- mer either out on the lake or else helping his dad construct cabins. When Bill was only in Grade 8 he built his first boat, a 12-foot sailboat. - Except for.a short stint at the: Southern Alberta Insti- tute of Technology where he majored in structural . en- gineering, he has been in Castlegar ever since. He had * all his schooling here and also When at last’ the hotel came into view, we could see that it was_a long, rambling, three-storey brown wooden building, | trimmed* with white, It had many ‘large 3 windows facing'the lake, but very -few’ facing: the. treed hills behind. The” entrance lounge was also large with. dark high ceilings, but ‘easy. chairs and sofas ‘scattered casually about gave it a rather charming atmosphere. The lighting’ fixtures, :un- fortunately, were set into the high ceilings’ and equipped with 25-watt bulbs. The gen- eral had only a small gener- ating plant to provide electric power and this, ‘ito- gether with the high ceilings and small bulbs, made the in: terior of the. building very dim indeed, Heat was provided by hot water radiators located along the walls all over the’ build- ‘ing. Since the hot water came ‘from the thermal’ springs, these radiators cracked’ and Popped constantly. After one’s eyes had be- come accustomed ‘to. the gloom, one could see that there were ‘numerous huge paintings hanging on the walls, while a great variety of objects d'art sat on small ornate tables, newel posts Brigadion ¢ sneral Peederick . Burnham in ‘a’ very early picture wearing.’ the uniform. of the. Mon- tenegrin. army which’ he server In the” Firat World far. eventually. given a stool for the purpose. if As soon as we were settled in, we were given the ihe sizsple but rigid daily routine: 7:00 a.m. '— A bath in the j | and increased ! female —.Ibido, a. possible © Incentive to'get mobile.) JOHN CHARTERS’ Reflections & Recollections — i pparent | ‘curative powers, also tended to rot clothing male — but not, Evening © activities: were ‘extremely limited due to the _ dim lighting. A'few of the pa- | ents had had ‘the foresight to’ bring along a pack of cards, but most of us simply mense — almost as tall as I end Serie pues berating tones carried through : the: entire Our first meal at the hotel: was dinner and we:-were told 4 . that it was important that we be in our ‘places as soon as. ‘possible after the sounding of the gong, We were scarcely’: ‘seated and. making new sc- ‘quaintances when we were told’ ‘to ‘stand. in order ‘to meet the general, ~. .. He strode .in, “He ‘also felt that the ordin: ary rules and regulations of thé-:countrydid not apply to him. ‘Thus, he refused to pay the unemployment insurance as~part of ‘his employees’ wages tothe government and .in ‘consequence was’ on the receiving end of a number of visits from the RCMP. Rumor also had it that he had even had to serve a short jail sentence for his refusal. For the same reason he had ‘the greatest difficulty | in, keeping employees for any. length of time. ° The‘ dining table was for- mally set, but the food did not match the setting. That first evening and every lunch time and dinner. thereafter we were « served. heated tinned Irish stew, for’ the. cook did not arrive on any of the: boats during the two. weeks that I was there and tinned ‘stew was both the: level of Miss Burnham's eul- ‘and a in his World’ War. I dress hot springs in the basement... sy 7:16 — Wrap yourself in a sheet and blanket to “sweat.” and other, locations through... out the building — all col. ° + lected during the general's travels. We were soon shown to” our rooms. Mine was on the third floor, and since the general believed in'the seg- regation of the’ sexes, the“ only. other resident on that floor was the general's sister. ) All of the rooms were simply furnished but bright‘ ‘and -clean, The beds, however, were of the hospital variety from the previous era and 80 Halcyon Hot Springs hotal with the Halcyon wharf, high that it was next to im- nt many changes in its days, even when Brigadier- possible for one of my short: stature to get into one, Twas ‘ioanted by the gong. 9:00 — Rest, “10:00 — Walk to the shed “on the dock to get weighed. - + 10:80 — Another bath in the hot springs. 11:15 — Repeat’ previous procedures until lunch, also announced by the gong. 1:00 p.m. — ~ Rest, the repeat the morning proce- dures until dinner. 6:00 — Dinner. 7:00 — Repeat morning procedures or relax. {The patients soon found that the waters, besides their attended Selkirk College for a year. ‘When he was 19 he got his eye on the set of rundown white buildings beside the theatre. downtown. At one time they housed a pool hall, a restaurant, then a rock shop and various other short- lived businesses. To Bill and “Ron, these buildings spelled out a way to start their own business. ‘They. moved into the back two rooms, and began paint- ing, decorating and ‘re-wall- ‘ing these rooms into what is now Henne’s Marina. In April 1976 the ‘store was finally : opened to the public. “When we began it. was difficult,” recalls , Bill. “We TEST TANK . . . Bill Henne shows test tank deslane by himself and Ron Giles to be used when a motor is not were only 19 and when you're 19 .you’ think you. know everything. People were skeptical. They thought we would. be here ‘today gone tomorrow. It was hard to get people to trust us.” What was it like to live-in the. back of. your store? I asked him. “It was wild, weird. I mean you could put your slippers on and go right. ‘ into the shop.” After a year-and-a-half Bil and Ron got places of their. own and converted their back bedroom and living room into an office and a store room. It ” took seven years but “now we're an.established busi- ness, and our name is more accepted.” easily removed from the boat. I toured their back work- shop and saw the’ “largest testing tank in western Can- ada,” ‘ine that Bill ‘and Ron and designed themselves. T looked down into. the dark murky water and Bill ex- plained to me how it is used. “He first showed me a-stan. dard test tank for motors, a square tank with a wooden side. The outboard motor is attached to the board and in - this way can be water-tested. Things get a little tricky, however, w when you go to test an Motor. tank, then securely chained to it, ‘20 when the miotor is turned on the boat doesn’t take off across the workshop! All Bill's. hard work’ and salesmanship © paid © off. In 1978 Bill was elected to the Dealer Congress which in-. cludes all the top dealers in | North America. Bill was one of. four dealers from: B.C. honored to -attend and has. fond .memories. of this..con- ference. They flew him, all expenses paid, to the Mer cury. factory ‘in Oshkosh, “We met the: They, can’t be so. easily Te-); moved from their boat. He and. Ron devised a tank’ to meet this problem. The trail. ard boat fa besked up io.this ” gelling period is in June. Cadillac you sell a Toyota.” president of the company. It was an nee.” Besides selling boats, Bill “and Ron service them, repair them, and he even showed “me a little cottage out back “where they do upholstery ver boat tops,’ and furni- Seatioe graphing their sales th Sales gradually. go down in July,:and start the upward | trend:again in February. ‘What kinds of boats are people buying now? I asked him. “A 16-foot boat with a 70 “horsepower engine,’ an econ- ‘omy. model, the equivalent of a Toyota or a Chevette.” Bill admits that high inter- est rates and the economic slump have been hard on the boat business, but “you have. to adjust your business to the. economy. If you can’t sell a He’ says tht instead. of buying that brand new. boat many are getting their old ones fixed up and he has almost: more work ‘than he can handle in the upholstery and repair end of his busi- ness. He has also begun sell- ing chain saws,’ kerosene heaters, lawn mowerd and, of course, all the. equipment related to. boating. ‘The one thing that Bill dis- likes about his work is that » legs. He made his way to the head. table and we. all ‘sat down again. We only then realized that he was the same elderly gentleman . with the vivid red hair. ‘ Amon; gst Whe guests, were. two Montenegran Bentlemes % ‘who: were always gree! wwith a formal Tandakake by our host. They told us the story of the beration of their country by the General and his troops and the undying adulation of the Montenegran _peoples, Others told us the General had never quite ad- * justed to living the life of an ordinary person in 1948 and this was why he continued to dress ‘in his uniform every evening. inary. solution to the dining prob- ‘sald that “all ‘young. women + smoked? (he had a poor opin- fon nA young; males) and that he .would,be:able to prove Bome days inte, he came to me and:a| _and said that it was true that I did not smoke, but warned me firmly never to start. We learned afterwards that*he would go into the “dungeons” as wo calledthem and exam- ine our “sweat sheets” to ace what impurities were coming out of'us. .” ‘The hot spring water hada fearful taste and most of us ‘felt, at times, that the cure was.worso than the ailment. ‘This same water ‘was also responsible for’ the’ ‘vivid color of the General's and his sister's red hair. _ Occasionally, in. the even- ‘ing, the General would join “us in the lounge. He enjoyed talking about his experiences in Montenegro, which ‘were fascinating to listen to, but * other than that, he seemed to ' have difficulty in relating to lem’ as far. as she.was con, «peopl cerned. “it and even the two Mon- tenegran guests, who hap- posed t to.be owners of the Premier restaurant: in Van- couver, ‘started .to balk after it became obvious that this was to be our daily menu, A few. days after his ar- rival, each patient had an in- ited terview with the General. At this time he or she was told of the efficacy of the water and how, besides bathing in it an average of six times daily, one should drink it, as well. We were also told to “stop ‘smoking” and that as we con- tinued to bathe, the evil of smoking would ‘work itself out of our bodies in the form of black sweat. I assured the General that T had never smoked, but he caught the Minto on its way up to Revelstoke rather than wait for its return trip. We the Minto the chief item on the menu was freshly pre- pared. Trish stew! Nonethe- less, ‘since ‘that time, I have never been seriously both- ered by arthritis. A postacript to the’ story: Several years later, we heard the news over the radio that the building at Halcyon Hot . Springs had burnéd to the ground and the General in it to a proud and independent ‘spirit: | - . vanks of army personnel” in Divers probe crash — WASHINGTON: (AP) — gested the, “salvage effort: Feeling thelr way past jag- “may go as ‘long as two to ged debris and “treacherous three wedks" because of vial- es divers pulled Hodies trotri* bility near’ zerd' uhderwater the crumpldd vretkage of-hn ‘and danger to divers from Air Floridajetlinet.Gaturday sharp, moving piodes . of) but recording devices that: wreckage and ice. may provide the cause of the . The Booing 787, bound for crash eluded recovery. Florida, hit a busy commuter By mid-afternoon, 18 addi- bridge after taking off. from tional bodies were. pulled National Airport, Seventy- from the waters, bringing to. eight people were killed, 86 the total number recov- including four ‘motorists ered from the: plane since | caught on the bride. Only five recovery operations. bégan rd the Hans were minutes after Wednesday's “rescut Federal investigators ‘sald the recorders, so-called black “ boxes housed in the tail sec- tion will provide a history of the final minutes before the plane crashed and are critical in determining why the plane failed to gain proper altitude. But Taylor said the divers may not be able to recover the recorders without first raising the entire tail section — a job ho said may not be* possible until a heavy crane’ arrives today. Danger - Nesta moving pieces of wreckage and ice a5 well as the poor visit has CASTLEGAR NEWs, January 17, 1982 Fourth communique A3 Dozier still. missing ROME (AP) — he Ret waste basket after an anony- slowed the salvage op “The diver is ‘essentially moving’ along the bottom, encountering things, : feeling it, and trying’ to figure out what it:is,":Navy Lt.-Cmdr. Stephen Delaplane, a project co-ordinator, told reporters. News\'media wore kept from the recovery scene and not allowed to talk with the military divers. their fourth coccinigee since they 8. ler told him whore to took for it. The editor saidt the leaflet Brig.-Gen. James Dozier but did not set any conditions for his release or give any in- formation about his fate, journalists who found the leaflet said. An editor at Rome's Il Giornale D'Italia said a jour- nalist for the newspaper found the communique in a owe re taking’ everything on a slow, controlled basis, Coast Guard .Cmdr, Mike: Taylor, who heads the diving operation, told reporters. A police spokesman sug- President Nimeiri not shot CAIRO (AP). —., Senior Sudanese officials: Saturday denied Libyan reports that President Gaafar ~'Nimeiri was shot and that there was widespread military unrest. “The if fine, % 4 ups ? DIRECTORS «".: .: Four directors were named at Thur- Cohoe, Tom Ogiow, Nick Chernoff and Richie Geronaz- sday's costleger and District Chamber of Commerce zo. + luncheon meeting. There are (left to right) Charlie good health and the situation in.the capital is calm," Sud- anese assistant presidential spokesman Salah Labib.told The Associated Press by tel- ephone from Khartoum. } + “There is no mutiny in the By TONY VAN ALPHEN army. Ifthere were we would : TORONTO: (CP).— As not Have been able to speak demonstrators chanted “Go on the telephone to start’ home” and “We don't want: you here,” Ian Paisley, the militant leader of Northern news agency | Ireland's P rushed report, earlier Saturday say- out, of Toronto International ing.Nimeiri had been shot Airport Friday night during twice while “indiscriminate a stormy -reception to his firing broke out within the week-long visit to the city. Paisley in Toronto for a with, Libya’ 's_ official JANA the Sudanese capital. REPORT MALICIOUS Labib called the report “a malicious attempt to depict unrest in Sudan.’ The neighboring African countries regularly trade in- sults and Libya recently de- nied a Sudanese report of an steam ees pilitery coup against Col. Moammar Khad- afy, the igen leader. series of interviews and speeches concerning the sit- uation in his country, darted * from one exit door to another at the customs area in an un- successful attempt to avoid a dozen angry demonstrators and a large group of.re- porters. As he stepped out of the last door of the customs area into the waiting room, the crowd stormed around him. “Out, out,” a heckler shouted, while another man grabbed Paisley by the arm. Paisley broke the man's grip and struggled toacar outside the airport. . Teh crush “of ‘the chasing Demonstrators greet Paisley Committee. Paisley, aBritish MP and a of the Free Pres- crowd stopped Paisley from getting into the car, and when he finally entered the vehicle it bolted forward, almost hitting a bus before, racing away into ithe night. “I think we made it quite clear that Mr. Paisley is not wanted here,”.-said Aidan Buckley, public relations of- ficer for the Toronto branch of the Irish Prisoners of War Mine workers divided VANCOUVER (CP) — Mine workers in-the south- eastern B.C. community of More on page. AG j in ( ——~mAP 4 — vou Yesterday's Region Seulement & Transportation in the ] Cakes » about 1915 SETTLEMENT MAP . . | Arrow Lakes about 1915 showing route of S.S. Minto. relations between Libya Sparwood have narrowly re- and pro-Western Sudan, Af- jected a: two-year contract : rica’s largest country, deter- offer from B.C, Coal but their iorated rapidly a year ago union said Friday that strike when Khadafy based an esti- action is still far off. mated 12,000 Libyan troops “We're not contemplating in Chad. - any job action,”: said Jim Nimeiri claimed the troops Caldwell, secretary treasurer planned next to move across of United Mine Workers Lo- Chad’s eastern border into cal 7292.:"We just want to Sudan. get back to the bargaining tablevand: Fesdlve our out- standing differences.”. The 1,600-member local voted 717 to 690 against the offer which would ‘have - boosted the laborers’ hourly rate from the current $10.50 to $12.94 in 1982 and $14.19 in 1983. ‘The tradesmen's hourly rate would have in- creased from $13.15 to $16.10 in 1982 and $18.52 in 1983. Caldwell blamed the rejec- tion on a host of issues | iaotdity egitto. ‘tar refusal to provide care allow. ance for workers commuting to work and its demands that the union members drop their previous right to ap- prove all subcontracting. Earlier this month, union negotiators signed a mem- orandum of agreement based on the company’s offer and then urged the membership to reject the proposed set- tlement. eter. byterian Church, isin Canada | because the U.S. State De- partment refused to grant. him a visa. He had said earlier that he came to Can- ada, where he does not need a visa because of his United Kingdom citizenship, to com- bat pro-Irish Republic Army propaganda and explain the Ulster cause of continuing union with Britain. While Paisley is in Canada, - his wife will represent him in the U.S. and read a speech for her husband to the na- slogans. There was no immediate comment from police, who earlier today said they had discovered a huge cache of lethal explosives and ar- rested five suspected ter- rorists in the search for Dozier, kidnapped last month from his Verona apartment. “Let's hope we find him this time,” 8 senior police officer said at his head- quarters near Biella, a north- ern Italian town in the foot- - hills of the Alps where ‘the arrests were made. He said , the suspects, charged with illegal posses- sion of explosives, were be- ing interrogated to see if they were members of the Red Brigades. Only one had a_criminal record. The discovery followed a sensational statement Friday by investigating Judge Fer- dinando Imposimato of Rome that the Soviet KGB secret police and Libya were pro- viding the Red Brigades and other urban guerrilla groups with guns, grenades and propaganda support. The respected judge said “his accusation was based on statements by jailed ter- rorists now co-operating with police, ; PROLETARIAN TRIAL Police were sent in to Biella from the nearby city of Turin. to help search the rugged terrain for Dozier, snatched Dec. 17 from. his home in Verona by gunmen posing as plumbers, The kid- nappers are reported to be interrogating the 50-year-old general at a “proletarian trial” and have not set con- ditions for his release. Officers of the carabinieri (paramilitary police) grilled the five suspects on the find — 1,000 sticks of gelignite, 764 detenators and more than 700 metres of fuse cable. Thatcher's son . gives a LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Margaret That- cher’s racing driver son apol- ogized Saturday for the “con- cern” he caused ‘by disap- pearing for six days in the Sahara during a.car rally. The prime minister broke down in tears before and after a speaking engagement Wednesday, the fifth day of her son's disappearance dur- ing the ' Paris-Dakar auto rally. “Perhaps I was wrong to do the rally,” Mark Thatcher, 28, said in a BBC television interview., “I regret very deeply having caused every- body concern, both my family and nationally.” Thatcher, whose . white Peugeot 504 broke -an axle “Jan. 8 in the middle of the desert, was reunited with his family Friday, a day after his rescue by an Algerian C-180 Hercules transport plane. ~ His father, Denis That- cher, had flown to Algeria to join the search.” Thatcher's French co-dri- ver, Anny-Charlotte Verney, 88, and mechanic Jacky Gar- nier, chose to continue on to Niono, Mali, on the rally pology route to the Senegalese capi- prim said that although he usually concentrates on circuit driv- ing, he entered the Paris to Dakar rally because “Jt. is probably the hardest in the world and was a challenge.” He said he and Verney “were very much where I wanted to be and we weren't straining the car,”.as they drove a 570-kilometre stretch of desert by compass bearing only. + “About 69 kilometres from where we should have fin- ished, we had some mechan- ical problems, which meant the car was not going any “farther, so we pitched a tent,” he said. Thatcher said the Algerian ari force conducted an “ex- emplary” search and rescue mission and. that he was “very, very thrilled” to see his mother again. “I was never really con- cerned from my point of view but I knew that the concern at home would be fairly aub- stantial and that worried me more than anything else,” he said. Strikers ordered back MONTREAL (CP) — Quebec national assembly came. down’ bard and fast Friday night on a strike by transit tional press club in va shing % eee ate 1 ona DENIED ENTRY The State Department de- nied him entry because they felt his presence’ was con- trary to the public’s interest. = The Reagan -administration . also came under ‘pressure’ from Irish-American politi- cians — including Senators Edward Kennedy and. Pat- rick Moynihan and. Thomas (Tip). O'Neil, speaker of the -house of representatives. ¢_maintenance workers ae tan waratheuities= locked, Gut’ “fess than 24 hours walked off the job. The strike, which threw the city into chaos Friday, “was. called “inhuman” by government house Leader Claude Charron. At a special emergency. session of the assembly that lasted until late in the even- ing, Parti Quebecois and Lib- eral opposition members unanimously adopted a law to force the 2,200 maintenance workers back to work as of workers’ right to strike for 12.01 a.m. EST on Sunday, 48 four months so their. union hours after their legal strike and the transit commission began. can get back to, bargaining Montrial teaiaie’ coumiie’ with the help of a conciliator. Ifthe workers defy thé i faw bus drivers and-subway oP- by not resuming work today, erators, shutting down thé and the union has threatened city's public transport for the 4., the mechanics are liable to eighth time in eight years. Another 700 office workers also struck Friday. Traffic was chaotic in fines of $25 to $100 a-day, their union to fines of $5,000 to $60,000. Union President Jacques Montreal all day as 600,000 Morrissette said the main- daily transit riders. sought tenance workers likely won't, other means of getting be back on the job until around, mostly using their Monday. They have: sched- care and hit uled a mass meeting for to- the day. hitcbhiking. ’ The law suspends (— SKIN TREATMENT is PITT MEADOWS (CP) — Chris Shirley, a 14-year-old resident of this Vancouver suburb, will be flying to Germany Wednesday for what his family hopes will be a cure for his rare and painful skin disease. Chris suffers from-epidermis bullosa, which has left qauch of his body in blisters and sores. He will be treated by Romanian-born biochemist Pavel Kozak. North American doctors consider the disease incur- able, though Canadian doctors have expressed interest in his treatment and have asked Kozak to publish his method. ‘Chris, confined to a wheelchair because of the sisenne: hasbeen on a waiting list for five months. “We're really going,” said mother Sue Shirley. “T can't believe it after all this waiting. Chris is so excited.” Whn Chris met Kozak in last WORLD NEWS BRIEFS Frank Kawagucki said increased labor and. material costs combined with drastic price jumps for parts are also helping: price auto boty’ shops | out of the market, said the write-offs have ina it's cheaper for ICBC to replace: rather- than repair many damaged vehicles. _, Kawagucki said parts prices are the main reason for the development, noting that some have gone up 50 per cent in only two years, ‘TRUCK FIRM LAYOFFS KELOWNA. (CP) —: Western Stat Trucks Inc. “wil reduce its Production by one. third and layoff 82 Kozak safd curing him would be “no problem.”-Chris will. receive his treatment at Vital a in Tchelbach, West. Germany. ‘VINTAGE WINE SEIZED Customs officials have seized another 1,200 bottles of - imported vintage wines in Victoria, says a Customs spokesman. Vice Catonguay said the seizure,” made earlier this week, involved wines that are similar in age to ther1,200 VANCOUVER (CP) — The RCMP and Canada . ive Monday, Harold Becksheimer, man: and i 1 relations, said Friday. six and 65 hourly-rated employees plus 17 salaried staff will be laid off indefinitely, Becksheimer said in a‘news release. The Pp which i-trailer tractor cabs, initially reduced production Oct. 19 to eight cabs from 10 a day. , Becksheimer said the production cuts were caused by the slump in-the Canadian and U.S. economies and in the main industries that use trucks. bottles seized last month for three’ men. Canada Customs is not sure whether the two seizures - are connected, said Castonguay. : “TAKING RUNATPWA KAMLOOPS (CP) — The president of a Kelowna: based _ airline says he intends to'give Pacific Western Airlines a run for its money — ifthe federal government grants him a licence to schedule comn ercial flights to Vancouver from the B,C, Interior. * Barry.Lapointe, president of Via Flighteraft Ltd., said in a speech that he is seeking support for his application to expand his flights linking Kamloops, Kelowna and Penticton to Vancouver and. Spokane. -. ‘The company applied to Transport Canada over a year ago, but was turned down because it lacked public support, he said, ANNOUNCES LAYOFF TORONTO (CP) — from the 1 ifecti plant in ve Api rl 9. affected workforce of ae ‘ARS WRITTEN OFF VERNON rh — The number of damaged cars being written of by the Insurance Corp. of B.C. has increased dramatically since Jan. 1 in part because the new, higher rates the corporation pays auto body shops, said the Gaui of a Vernon auto body shop. : International Harvester Canada Ltd. announced Friday an dodanie layoff of about 3002 are production and support staff, about’ 16/per cent of the A total of 310 employees will continue with their jobs at the plant, he: said. NEW HOMES FOR DOGS VANCOUVER (CP) — A humane society has received : 86 offers of homes: for 20 dogs recently seized by city pound officers. One other puppy was dead when pound officers seized the dogs and another died during the week at the pound. Lifeforce, a Burnaby-based humane society, purchased ‘the remaining 20 dogs from the pound Friday after the 72-hour period expired when the former owner could have claimed them. A committee has been established by Lifeforce to decide which of the 86 people offering to take the dogs will get to take them home, said Lifeforce director Peter - Hamilton. Most of the dogs will be able to go to their new homes early next week after receiving shots to prevent parvo, & virus "which pound officials say apparently caused the death of at least one dog seized from the home of Patricia Allender. Poundkeeper Victor Warren said that Lifeforce had paid the $20 a head for 12 of the doga and $12 for the eight j puppies still being nursed by their mother. + A spokesman for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals sald they were awaiting results of autopsies performed on the two dead dogs before deciding whether to lay any charges. greatly ESSO PULLS OUT TORONTO (CP) — Esso Chemical Canada, a division of Toronto-based Imperial Oil Ltd., says it will pull out of its partnership with Alberta Energy Co. Ltd. to build a * $850-million petrochemical project in Alberta. “/ Esso president J.B: Akitt said Friday the company is withdrawing from the Petalta venture, in which it has a 60-per-cent interest, because last fall's Ottawa-Alberta energy agreement and the federal budget have reduced the cash it has available for reinvesting in big projects. The project, to be completed in 1984 at Bruderheim, 30 cails for a $350-million benzene plant and a Corman styrene plant. Benzene and styrene are_used seed ff in the manufacturing of tires; yand . plastic packing” “A series ctisttore nye caused the: company to! revise , its business plans and to choose from among a number, of attractive funds, Akitt said i in’ a statement. CO-ED PRISON OTTAWA {CP).— The government . is considering making the only federal prison for women coed, Solicitor General Robert Kaplan said Friday. Kaplan. said the government is committed to maintaining the women's prison in Kingston, Ont., but peeds to find ways of reducing the high cost of keeping it ope! Tt some men prisoners were brought in either on a full-time basis or part-time to partiipate in training programs, the per capita costs could be reduced, he said. Kaplat, who said a decision will be made within a month, was commenting after hearing a strong pitch to improve the lot of women prisoners from the National Council of Women of Canada. * PARALLEL TO HITLER'S GERMANY _ WASHINGTON (AP) — Zbigniew Brzezinski, former U.S.- national security adviser, said Saturday that de- velopments in West Germany “bear a parallel” to the 1989 Hitler-Stalin pact and other agreements for mili co-operation with the Soviet Union between the two world wars. “This is not a new thing, but there i is a tradition toit, a backgvound to it,”. Brzezinski said in a Cable News. projects that are competing for available : . But he sharply criticized Bonn's reluctance to join in ) the economic sanctions that President Reagan imposed on the Soviet Union after the imposition of martial law in Poland. Despite “a i i ion of ” western unity,” Brzezinski ad there is a revival in West Germany of the country's historical orientation toward the East. ~ BUSBOY CONVICTED LAS VEGAS (AP) — Philip Cline, a former busboy, was convicted of murder and arson Friday for starting a fire that killéd eight people and injured 200 at the posh Las Vegas Hilton hotel last Feb. 10. Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty for the 24-year-old when the District Court jury returns for” the penalty phase of the trial Wednesday. The verdict came after seven days. of deliberation. Cline, who had worked at the hotel only two days . before the blaze, was the first to report fire in drapes in ; an-eighth-floor elevator lobby. - The fire raced from the eighth to the 29th floors,’ ” asphyxiating seven people: An eighth person died when he fell or jumped.to tennis courts beneath his‘window. The hotel, the’ second! largest in the world, sustained $14 million in damage. ‘The fire came three months after one at the MGM ~ Grand Hotel that left 84 dead and 700 injured. ‘A videotape played to the j iy stowed Cline told police he set the fire while engaged in a Lacomeais act with a man he identified only as Joe. FIRE GUTS HOTEL MANILA (AP) — A fire gutted a fully-booked tourist class hotel in the Philippine capital Saturday, forcing many guests to climb down curtains and blankets strung from upper floor windows, Firemen and officials of the Hote} Otani said there were no serious injuries. Among more than a dozen people who broke through windows and were helped down ladders by firemen was Morris Kirsh, 62, s hotel owner from Toronto. “I was sleeping and I started to choke, soI went to the window,” said Kirsh, who was rescued from his fifth-floor room. : NATIONALIZATION BILL REJECTED PARIS (AFP) — A bill put forward by France's Socialist government aimed at nationalizing major dustrial groups, private banks and finance companies Network interview. “If this is very serious is happening in the western alliance.” The former Carter administration official was careful not to criticize German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt by name. And he-said he does not think the relationship / between West Germany and the Soviet Union has gone as far as the 1989 pact that partitioned Poland and helped set the stage for the Second World War. was rejected Saturday by the Constitutional Council. ‘The council is a watchdog body that decides whether bills or treatics arc constituional. The council decided that three articles in the bill, relating to compensation for shareholders of the companies concerned, do not conform with the constitution.