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family's © private | life, .

* popular - newspaper and: a.
former palace kitchen 3 worker
over an article about Prince
Andrew's romnance with
American actress Koo Stark.
:- The Law Society said the
High Court writ issued Tues-
‘day by the Queen's lawyer
Robert Clinton against The
Sun and Kieran Kenny, 20,
who sold the tabloid royal

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CITIZEN OF THE YEAR
The Castlegar district Good Citizen of the |
, Year for 1982 Is Mrs. Brita Haley.

A banquet at the Fireside Place at which, the
presentation will be made will be held on Wed., ‘
March 2. There will be a no-host bar at 6 p.m.
followed by a smorgasbord dinner at:7 p.m.
Tickets are $11 per person..

Friends of Mrs. Haley. who wish to‘attend the

_, banquet may lok “up; ti until noon on Tues.;

March 1 at Pharmasive; itCohoe: -Ineurance, Plaza:
Cleaners and id -the C

- “We cannot recall a case of
, ny monarch ever seehtag

LONDON (AP); Bick of
ruthless: intrusion into ‘her’
‘the’
, Queen is suing Britain's most’

damages from ‘8 Nowspape!

suid / society’ Official Nicola:

Watkins. |

appointed .: rather, ‘than
angry,” Buekingham Palace,
spokesman Victor Chapman
said of the Queen.

“This is a big step for a:

monarch to take because; of:

the publicity, but to her this
‘man has gone ‘against the
contract he signed.”

Clinton would not give the
figure: being sought in dam-
ages, but Watkins ,said’ it
could be “very high.”

Renu. deft! _Bugkingham

SAYS. ATARL INC.’

* SUNNYVALE® CALIF.
(AP) = Stiff competition in
the crowded video: game
industry has prompted Atari
Ine..to pack’ up Pac-Man and

clined to estimate ow. much

money. the company ‘would:

save through j its move to the
Far East. :

«Ataris decision to take its
.Teflects:a

move ing over-
seas, dumping’ 1,700 local
jobs for lower labor costs:and
the-hope of steady: profits
the Orient. 3

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" .Clttzen ot the Year Comriittee
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The iP: which sur-.
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“several weeks ago with lower
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‘a year, Bruce Entin, vice-
president for press relations,
said’ Tuesday. *,

‘ “While we think this is a
very painful move to make,
we feel it is the right move to

‘help assure our growth in the
. future,” said Entin, who de-

-SANTA MONICA, CALIF,
(AP) — George Fenneman,
Groucho Marx's sidekick on
says
Marx “picked up” after a long
period of despondency when
he became involved with
Erin Fleming.
vo He felteinvolved he ‘felt
wanted,” Fenneman testified
Tuesday at the trial ofa Bank
of America lawsuit against.
Fleming, daughter of a New
Liskeard, Ont. doctor.

Fenneman the comedian’s
straight man on the popular
quiz show, said when You Bet
.Your Life was cancelled in

1961 after 11 years on tele-
vision and three, years on

trend among the hotly com:
petitive video game ‘makers

“to reduce costa and’ stabilize’

pe finantial: “analysts

a eThis “vias: ‘widely antici-’,

pated ‘in the  finantial: com-
munity,” said Richard Little,

an analyst with Montgomery:

a San

“You: can ‘say “ho ‘is dis: ae

Palace hree wicks ag ago after
working in'the. royal kitetions
‘for’ two years, ‘

“It was nover.my intention
to‘ distress: Her) Majesty,”
The: Sun’ quoted Kenny ‘as
saying. “She's''a wonderfal
\person and. I Breatly admire
her.’

OK small crowd gathered
Tuesday outside the house at
Wigan'in Lancashire, north-
ern England, where ‘Kenny
lived .with his family. before
‘getting the” palace. job‘ and ‘
chanted » “Traitor, “traitor,”
the newspaper said, Tho”
ark was uated as saying a

Pac Mae. moves east —

‘ufacturing site and then set”
up operations in Hong. Kong

and Malaysia.

“Someone like ‘Coleco (In-.
dustries)’ is: ‘manufacutring
the bulk of its in the

sia

prankster ‘sent,
the house: ©

His divorced‘ mothe: Mary
Kenny, reportedly: said:’ “I
don't know where Kleran is, I
-haven't heard from him since
Inst week.” |“.

On. Monday, under the
headline Queen Koo’s Romps
at the Palace, The Sun pub-
lished the first instalment of
Kenny's’ palace stories.’ He
said Koo, 26, who dnce' star-
red in soft pdrn movies, reg-
ularly spent’ nights’ at the
palace with Andrew.”

The’ story’ 'said- Andrew
would hang a Do Not Disturb

their jobs by early: summer,
Entin said.

0. sign his bedroom door ‘ind

order footmdh to leave bacon

% ckpedtoa to 01 ome Before the
High Court in ondon in the

and eggs for two outelde in,

the morning. |.
The Sun’ pr
would be more from Kenny

“the ‘next’ day about “when

barefoot Di ‘buttered, ‘‘my
toast,” a reference to Diana,
21, wife of Prince: Charles,
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But acting’ on the Queen's
orders from the Royal Yacht
Britannia moored off Mexico,
where she hae been ona tour,
the. ‘palace ob
junetion from’ High, Court
Judge, Sir’ Derek, “Hodgson

ed an in-*

Then came Tussday’s High

Court writ suing Tho Sun and
Kenny. - “y

‘The writ, {saued in ‘the

name of Russell Wood, dep: *

uty treasurer of the:Queen's
household, alleges: Kenny.
broke the undertaking he had
signed not to disclose details
about his work to. outsiders
when he started his ‘palace
job March 18, 1981.

It’ further’ ‘accuses Nows
Group: ‘Newspapers, ‘Ltda.
publishers of De. Sun, of

banning p of the
rest of! Kenny's stories,
‘The Sun, commenting “We
are amazed,”: said. it would
fight to have the ban‘lifted.

oe Lawyers said the case was

Atari, employer of 7,000 -

Santa Clara County ‘workers
before’ the’ layoff and 11, en

United States right now, but
as their: level of: production
increases, I wouldn't be sur-'
‘Pred to see thom: go over-
”" Little said. 2

only a skeleton crew of
sales and administrative staff
will be left at Atari's head-
quarters in. Silicon Valley,

institutional broker and re-
-search firm.
«Little noted Mattel ‘Ine.,

which had ‘planned to manu-.
facture computer keyboards,
in the ‘United : States, ‘tried
unsuccessfully for two years:
to find a cost-effective man-

‘Groucho ‘felt Hote :

radio before that,’ Marx “felt
left. out.”

“He wasn't working,” Fea:
neman said. “He would have
liked to have. thes shows come
back’ on ‘the air.”

But. Marx cheered up when’
‘Fleming: started, working for..
*him-iff 1971; said -Femmeman”

:“When Erin came inte his
life, he picked up again and.
we. started<to have. lunch
again.’ Prior to their being
‘together, he Feally was. des-,
pondent.”

-Fenneman added that
Marx benefitted from Flem-,
ing’s efforts to return reruns
of the show to television.
. “I think she was very good

. fluence over Marx, who died

the high-tech centre
south of; San”
named for: the element used °
to make computer chips.

Six hundred workers in
Atari's Home Products Divi-
‘sion and Consumer Products
Group were laid off imme-
diately, and the rest will lose

for him,” he said. “That's
what kept him going all those
years.”

Fenneman was the latest
Hollywood figure to testify .
on Fleming’s behalf. ‘George
in Burns, Sally Kellerman -and
Bud Cort were among. the
others called by he her lawyer.

The bank; ‘as executor of
Marx's estate; sued ‘for the

return of $400,000 incash and ~

gifts which it claims the
42-year-old: former actress
obtained through undue in-

in 1977 at age 86.

Francisco ”

been the leader in the ‘me

“computer and video game in-

‘dustry, leaping from zero to.
$2:billion in Bales’ inside’ a
decade." :

market shrank to 85 to 40 per
cent in the last year from 70

- to 80 per cent two years ago,

analysts estimate.
‘The <'drop in earnings

knocked’ the ‘wind: out of

Warner C

: LOS, ANGELES (AP) = ~
Blows suffered in a scuffle

~-with police-have been ruled
~ But ‘Atari's share of ithe’

out as the cause of death for
actor. Raymond Anthony
Vitte, 83, a coroner's spokes-

man.said Tuesday.
Coroner's spokesman. Bill
Gold said an autopsy failed to
pinpoint why “the costar of
ion ser-

Atari’s parent. ‘company,

whose. stock dropped. more:

than 20 points the day. after
the company released | its es-
timates.

Despite that, ‘Warner can
thank its offspring for 47 per
cent of its $4.9 billion in sales
last_year and a hefty, 70 per

cent of $500 million in-opera-
ting earnings.

Alcohol
intake «

increasing.

VICTORIA (CP): —
straint seems to have tad te lit-

tle: effect on the ‘alcohol in- .

take of British Columbians.

An analysis ‘of the B.C.
spirit and wine market for
1982 showed 1 an increase of
two per cent in consumption
over” 1981, with imported

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increases was the 10-per-cent-
jump in white table wines,
the study said, thereby, in-.

°. the” white ; wine

‘share of the market to 59.1

per cent from 56.3 per cent.

Laake Quest died Sunday

night after a screaming con-

frontation. with. officers who
subdued him with tear iy

-and batons,

“Superficial: injuries ton.
sistent -with struggle. wore
found, but (were). not. res-
ponsible for death,” Gold said
in'a statement. Vitte’s skull

‘had not been fractured .nor

was there any

Kenny to Bien his, terms’ of
employment. |”:

Wood fs’ in charge of em:
“ployment contracts for tide

gious * gayings “all. day.’
PLACES CURSE ON THEM
“Vitte. was~ wearing: only
shorts and a white shirt when
police. arrived. at his: home.
‘The actor ordered. the - offi-
cers to leave and “placed a
curse on them,” Lieut. Char-
cles Higbie said.

Vitte was struck with bat:
ons by officers Ronald Miller
and Douglas Caples after: he
was reported to have lunged
at the ‘policemen, Vitte ran
toward a: pool,- aan ie hs
concrete and partially fallin,

in the water. -

He was uandeutfed and ©
carried screaming intg a pat-
rol car by the officers,’ ‘who
said they intended to take
him to a Hoople for mental

in

ternal injury that could have
been caused by baton blows.
Lab tests and other studies
are being done'to see whe-
‘ther Vitte was under the in-

‘fluence of drugs or alcotol

breathing in me car arid was
driven. to ,:Sherman . Oaks
Gommunity ‘Hospitsl, - wher,
he was pronounced dead.

Vitte. appeared :,in such
films as Thank God It's Fri-
days Gor, Wash, Grambling,
White, -Tigers: and. UP

yy . Smoke.

‘apartment, Gold. said. .

The incident began. when
neighbors called police to
complain that Vitte vad been
shouting arid chanting reli-

He is survived by. hia wife,
Ernesta: A family _ spokes-
man,. Brandy . Burton, said
Mrs. .Vitte is expecting a
child. ‘

“Macdonald: says
he’s worth more

OTTAWA (CP) — Donald
Macdonald said Tuesday he is
worth more than the $800-a
day he is paid to head the
royal commission on the
economy.

‘The former Liberal finance
minister, in a, first’ spirited .
defence of the controversial
stipend, sqid it is ‘the usual

anfount paid lawyers work- .

ing for the government and is
“a reasonable return’ on my
services.”

“I don't think I'm worth

‘more than that — I know I'm

worth more.tnan that,” he
told reportera after a lun:

seheon.’ apesel ‘wedged be-

with.

ssioners earn $350 for each
day they work on commission
business. But Macdonald gets‘
$800, Montreal lawyer Michel
Robert gets $750 and com-
mission executive director
Gerald Godsoe ” “of Halifac
$700. =

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Macdonald . said ‘Tuesday
his group — formally known
as'the Royal Commission on
the Economic Union and De-

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ada — will look beyond ‘the
immediate concerns. dealt
_with by government toward
“Jong-term problems facing
Canada. High on the list is

the Investment Dealers
and the Canadian -

Sale of beer
jumped 25 per. cent in the
past year, most of it from the

United States. No figures

were released on domestic: Pro]
, beer: sales.

Labor Congress.
But Macdonald would not’
say What salary would be ap-

priate,
Hloven of the 18 commis-

between
Ottawa and the provinces, he
told the Women's Canadian
Club.

“I do believe the attairs of
our federation can be con-
ducted ina far more harmon-
ious way.”

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‘compulsory’ ‘core. curricul

saticu

‘that to

fall, - Chow, hopes io’ take

ut
“wouldn't be

graduate he’ must:; (pass &

.. Grade’ 12° course “fn a. Jan-

reach his) geal: under | the
jum,
outlined: Inst’ week by Edu-

iter’ Bill Vander

i ‘Chae: Ly Giade 12 student
dying French’af-
But, among

~ VANCOUVER (cP) —
good news-at The Bay eet
days is that December sales
figures* were up about five
per cent throughout Canada
from December, 1981, | ac-
cording to national president
Cw. ‘Evans. “

: The ‘bad’ news is that ‘an-"
‘alysts expect the giant re-—

tailer will report a record loss
of about. $100 million for the
12 months ended Jan. 81,
1988,

“Restraint. on . the part of
the consumer hit usall.ve
hard last year,” Evans said in;
an interview from Toronto. *
“They're concerned’ about
unemployment, ‘and (consu-
mer) savings are at a record
high. But we've: taken ‘as
rauch’ expense * gonservation
as ‘Possible ‘and no further
measures are’ planned.”

The Bay; ‘whieh will cut
capital expenditures by
about $40 million this year
and freeze employee‘ wages -
for‘six months, is just one of
many « large’: Canadian’ re-
tailers forced to slash costs
receritly-due to last year's
dismal sales figures.

‘ : ehh

Statistics Canada, reports
that. department store sales
in Canada declined 0.1, per
cent ‘last’ year. while. Van-

. couver-area sales dropped 5.3

per cent. Total ‘retail sales,

$97.3 billion while Vancouver
sales ‘dropped . about three
per cent to slightly less than
$6 billion,

Dopartinent’ store sales
across Canada totalled $1.6

~ billion,’ a -5.8-per-cent in-

crease over December, 1981,
sales. Largest sales”, gains
were roported in repairs : and
services. ‘departments and.

plumbing, heating’and build- :

ing. supplies, while: sthe larg:
est in

guage other: than English,
Both Chow*and classmate
Dennis Tom’ are’ already

‘bilingual! but Chinese is not

among, the’ languages ap-
proved for credit. |: ~

These students,” both 11,”

are gtaduatinig in

‘money. ‘tals year:0
tions, . though’ littl

“from its staff last year and |

restructured ‘several’ corpor-
ate’ ‘departments. ‘Wood-

ward's . recently . asked . its -

10,000 employees to take un-
paid time off for as long as 40
working days, °

“That's not to say.every:

Vocational: Taare and'Tom

gare hey’
that if they 3 piers 1 Grade 11

now they'd. be. worried. °
“T'd just never be able to
graduate,” said Chow during
an interview. at Sir Winston
Churchill secondary. school,
“French wouldn't: help in

ut -¥. probably.
ableto get into

the program ‘without it.”

“y dropped French in

- Grade 8:80 I'd'be in trouble,

too,”'sdid Tom, “I think a lot
more kids will drop out."

ig,

‘These t two ‘students won't
be affected. by Vander Zalm's

“proposal, but’ about half’ a

million others ‘will be.

In ‘the ‘wake of his an-
nouncement last ”. week,
British) Columbia on both
sides of the back-to-the-
basics fence are riled up.

“We're appalled at what is
coming down from the min-
ister,” said Helene Minishka,
president of the B.C, Home
and School Federation. “I've.
had so many parents phoning

saying, ‘What are we going to

do?’ Asa parent, I'm puzzled.
I don't know where he's
getting his information
from.”

‘The changes, to take effect
in September, mean that B.C.
students will have to take 10
“required courses: ‘ English,
another language, math, sci-
enc@ and social studies, all at
both the Grade 11 and 12
levels.

G 1

nada,” p
eight-per‘cent -~ increase: ‘in,

sales yvolume':
Canada this, “year,
would into a real

throughout

which

‘ganization in the: pie half of

1982; were’ due’ to bank-'

ruptcies ‘or, poor’ business,
d° with a. normal

cont rate of about two per

ae said about $6 billion.

hing ‘is: down,” Evans said. BY

“We've had some very ‘strong
. sales areas auch as sporting
goods. and’ other leisure-
oriented. departments. : But
big-ticket items, which rep-
resent big, Me vole, ‘ae
way down.” ) |<

Reduced Canadian housing

starts, which dropped to a
80-year-low - of. 126,000 ‘last
year, have crippled the sale
of big-ticket goods such as
furniture and appliances, But
Evans said sales should show
a modest‘ improvement in
1983 .as ‘housing ‘starts, ac-
cording to the Housing and
Urban ' Development. Asso-

‘sumer savings ever:return to
traditional levels. Canadian
consumers currently save
about 18 ‘cont of their
disposable * le compared

average of about 10 or 15 per
tes " 4

- Startup predicts’ ‘a slow re-
covery. in the. sale’ of more

‘expensive: goods | this year as"

consumer confidence in the
economy. grows’ and more
big-ticket items are sold since
there.are'‘a lot of very good
sales out, there.”

only four cours-

“es are required: English 11-

and 12, social studies 11 and
physical education “11. The
remaining -credits. must be
made up of electives, courses
students. choose within the
guidelines of their individual
programs,

Vander, Zalm has said toe
many with

lunes poses problems 2

rar Ken Young and Alan Me

Millan, director of admissions

at Simon Fraser University,
explained they aren't really
concorned with the require-
ments for a high school dip-
loma, but rather with what
courses best prepare stu-
dents for university.

“Our entrance require-
ments are much
more stringent than what the
minister, is proposing, so it
would have no difference to
‘students coming to UBC,”

. Young said.

Only 20 per cent of high
school students go on to uni-
versity and many of the
courses Vander Zalm dispar-
ages meet the needs of the
other 80 per cent who have
different goals, according to
Larry Kuehn, , president. of
the B.C. Teachers Feder-

‘ation, ,
But VVI_ principal ‘Hans

Rerup applauded the prop-
osed changes because “we
bave. high school graduates
without . the: math, science
and language skills to suc-
ceed.”

VVI ‘requires Grade: 12
graduation. for most of its

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