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a2 CastlagarNews cecember 19

IWA, FIR.reach two-year deal

VANCOUVER (CP) — British Columbia's 20,000
striking woodworkers could be back to work as early as
Tuesday following a tentative agreement that calls for the

of a royal i and likely ends a bitter
strike that began in late July.

After two days of talks through Deputy Labor Minister
Graham Leslie, the International Woodworkers of America
and Forest Industrial Relations reached a two-year
agreement on Friday that expires June. 1988.

The proposed contract includes wage and pension
imereases and a moratorium on contracting out jobs. The
royal commission would examine the contracting out issue
and make non-binding recommendations.

“There's no winner in this kind of a thing,” said a
tired-looking Keith Bennett, chief negotiator for Forest
Industrial Relations. “We're both somewhat unhappy. I
don't think either one of us are showing any elation. In this

kind of a strike nobody wins. This has been going on too long
for there to be any winners.”

The strike, which began July 23, was both bitter and
expensive with the union holding firm that it would not
accept any contract unless union jobs were protected and
the companies not allowed to contract out work.

The strike has been called the most expensive in the
province's history by forestry consultant Charles Widman,
who estimated that it cost the economy $2 billion and forest
industry workers $500 million in wages and beiefits.

“We certainly got enough to justify terminating the
strike and getting our people back to work,” said union
president Jack Munro.

“We would hope the employers will make as few
deductions as possible before Christmas so that our people
will have a full cheque going into the Christmas season.”

But some union members like Klaus Fietz had mixed

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TOY DRIVE . . . Castlegar Fire Departments have
begun their annual toy drive for children of needy
families. The fire department gathers toys and does

| maintenance to them such as repairs and
cleaning before turning them over to the Canadian

ion for distribution. Toys may be dropped off at

er fire hall. Halls will be open Saturday, Dec. 13
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Monday, Dec. 15 until 10
p.m. Otherwise, toys may be dropped off at the No. |
hall anytime before Dec. |

Court news

In Castlegar provincial
court this week, Joe Dacosta

LONDON, ONT. (CP) —
Japanese fishermen are the
next target of Paul Watson
and the Sea Shepherd envir.

He was fined $150.
* 28 6
Michael Sherstobitoff was
fined $100 for remaining in a
licensed establishment after
being requested to leave.
ee
William Cohorst was fined
$262 under the Commercial
Transportation Act for oper
ating a vehicle deemed to be
overweight.

onmental commandos who
scuttled two ships in Reyk
javik harbor last month to
sabotage Iceland's whale
hunt

The group, widely criti-
cized for extreme action in
conservationist causes, plans
to “create an international
incident with Japanese com.
mercial fishermen who are

Japanese next target

year of 150,000 marine mam
mals such as porpoises and
1.5 million sea birds, as well
as disruption of salmon and
trout runs.

Watson said he hopes the
threat will scare off the fish
ermen.

“If it doesn't, we'll be pre
pared to steer into the nets
that cost about $1 million
each.”

“drama is used to get across
our message.”

The Sea Shepherd Conser-
vation Society and its presi.
dent got their message into
headlines worldwide when a
team from the U-S.-based or.
ganization stole aboard two
unmanned whaling vessels in
Reykjavik around Nov. 9.
They opened the sea cocks,
sending the ships to the bot
tom of the harbor, and slip

Full plans for the campaign 24 out of the country

will be outlined at a news

using illegal nets in the north

conference Thursday in Los

Iceland, which is party to

A monetary fine is set
according to the number of
pounds a vehicle is found to
be over the recommended
weight when weighed at
Ministry of Highways weigh sive

les.

Friday

Pacific,” Watson,
The society's
Shepherd, will be used next
spring to “disrupt the mas-
nets” that
seal blames for the deaths each

36, said

ship, Sea

Watson
Again, he

Angeles, Watson said. He
was on a brief visit to rela
tives in this southwestern
Ontario city where he spent
four years growing up. He
now lives in Vancouver.
said,

an international moratorium
on commercial whaling, is
still allowed to kill 200 of the
giant marine mammals each
year as part of a co-operative
research project with other

such countries.

GEORGETTI PRESIDENT

continued from front pege

Convention delegates unanimously
voted to support an action plan calling
for escalating job action to support the
woodworkers.

Under the plan, the strikes would
occur only after all 30,000 woodwork
ers’ union members are on strike.

The plan also called for the federa
tion to demand an immediate meeting
with Premier Bill Vander Zalm to
discuss the forest industry dispute

Georgetti immediately placed a call
to Victoria. There was no immediate
word on whether a meeting had been
arranged

More than 20,000 woodworkers have
been on strike in a dispute over
eqntracting out which started July 23,

but negotiations resumed Thursday
following a proposal by an unidentified
third party.

Negotiations were continuing today,
and Vander Zalm said in Victoria that if
no settlement were reached today, he
would recall the legislature next week
to pass back-to-work legislation

Under the federation’s plan, the
woodworkers would finish escalating
their strike until all members are off
the job before any federation affiliates
with collective agreements are asked
to join the strike.

The plan says the federation and the
IWA realize those who sit on boards
ofdirectors of major forest companies
also sit on other boards as well.

“It is our intention to carry the TWA
dispute to all companies which have

interlocking boards of directors,” it
says.

At a date to be set by federation
officers, in consultation with its affili
ates, any company in British Columbia
which has a board member who also
sits on a forest company board will be
targeted for picketing and other ac
tivity, to be carried out in an escalating
manner

Federation officers are determined
that “we will not allow the Labor
Relations Board or the courts to deter
us from the course of action necessary
to bring an end to this dispute

“For reasons that should become
obvious to the delegates, we are not
Prepared to advise anyone of the
people or companies targetted for this
action or when such action will occur.”

feelings about the agreement. The MacMillan Bloedel
employee at Franklin River near Port Alberni said; "It's not
over yet. Job security will be an issue for a long time to
come. It's not only an issue in the forest industry.”

Munro ack: iged there was no the issue
of contracting out would be resolved by the commission or
that it won't be an issue in the 1988 negotiations.

“I don't think it will be an issue,” he said, hopefully.
“People have to learn from a dispute of this magnitude.”

The contract allows for no wage increase in the first
year and 40 cents an hour on the base rate of $14.08 in the
second.

Foose chaneve include full retirement at 60 with a
provision for early retirement at 55 at 85 per cent pension.
Bennett said that adds 29 cents an hour to the cost of the
agreement for the companies.

The agreement includes a separate letter of understand

ing to set up a royal commission to study flexibility of
scheduling and contracting out. The letter also says there
will be no changes in the present policy until after the
three-member commission reports back by March 1, 1988.

Premier Bill Vander Zalm, who kept in touch with
Leslie during negotiations, called the settlement “great
news.” He said the long strike demonstrated the need to find
other whys to deal with such disputes.

Leslie credited the B.C. Truck Loggers Association with
getting the talks started again.

“This far into the dispute even the most sensitive and
imaginative of proposals were viewed with skepticism by
both parties,” he said. “This settlement was quite an
achievement.”

Leslie said the process started out as “a simplistic
outline of a proposed settlement” on Wednesday that nearly
fell apart Friday afternoon over an undisclosed “glitch.”

Work begins on house

By JOHN CHARTERS

The insurance money for the torched chapel house on
Zuckerberg Island Heritage Park has started coming in.
Replacement of damaged parts of the building was set at
$13,600, and now with the money coming in, work on the
house has begun.

Alex Lutz, restoration superintendent for the Castlegar
Heritage Advisory Committee, reported last Thursday to
the committee that a carefully itemized list of repairs had
been drawn up and that the work can be done within the
limits of the insurance settlement.

Lutz also reported that a triple sprinkler has been
installed to cover the area around the house to a
cireumference of about 30 metres. This will maintain lawn
and shrub growth as well as act as a fire .

He also expects to let the contract for the construction
of all upstairs windows on the house, which will then be
installed by the volunteer carpenters.

Plans for the first of the new year include covering the
washrooms and storage building with slabs to keep it in
context with the house, and the construction of a screen in
front of it.

A tourist map, made by Gordie Hill, will be installed at
the entrance to the island and a descriptive sign will be
placed at the model kukuli Indian winter house constructed
last year for the park by the Selkirk College anthropology
class.

Security and surveillance for the island was discussed
and it was felt that this was best achieved with the
cooperation of vigilant citizens and visitors.

However, since the park is becoming more widely
known (over 2,000 visitors alone signed in during July and
August), and since the park is registered with the Provincial
Tourist Bureau, the committee accepted a motion by Dr.
Roy Ward that a Friends of the Island Society be
established.

The committee already has five volunteer guides for
tourist groups around the island. More could be used, as well
as volunteers to act as hosts to keep the chapel house open to
visitors and prevent vandalism. Steps will be taken
immediately after Christmas, with Castlegar council's
permission, to organize such a group.

The construction of a waterwheel such as Alexander
Zuckerberg had on the island to pump water from the river,
and used widely on the river in earlier days was also

discussed.

A letter will be sent to the Union of Spiritual
Communities of Christ to seek their assistance in locating an
older Doukhobor craftsman who might be acquainted with
the construction of the wheels.

Meanwhile, Dr. Bill Sloan of Selkirk College is
proceeding with the preparation of a guide brochure for the
park, grant research and the preparation of a flora
identification program to supplement the science studies of
the local schools, which are already using the island as an
ecolab.

Other discussion centred around the Castlegar CP Rail
station. CPR area superintendent Gilmore, the Heritage
Advisory Committee and other local groups are anxious to
see negotiations move forward quickly. A CP Rail
sub-committee was struck to deal with the matter
specifically. This committee will include chairman Alex Lutz,
Betty Price, Gerry Rempel and Verna Keraiff

In informal di: with a V. h ing
contractor, Lutz has determined that the station could be
moved from its present position to adjacent city property for
a cost of $1,700 — less if the contractor wag working in the
area.

The Castlegar station, which is one of the best originally
intact stations in the province and a prime part of the city's
heritage, is felt to have great potential in the future
development of the City of Castlegar.

Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco has been active in this
support of the statue project and has forwarded consider
able information and advice, including a railway information
kit for the conservation of heritage railway stations.

Castlegar and District Development Board executive
directors Richard Maddocks and Harry Stan also came to the
meeting to discuss plans for the construction of a launching
ramp and floating boat dock in the vicinity of Zuckerberg
Island. The dock would serve as an emergency facility and a
part of the broader Columbia River development plan.

The Heritage Advisory Committee, while sympathetic
with the concept, was strongly opposed to any infringement
on the integrity’ and uniqueness of the island, and suggested
further studies relating to the developing of a mainland
facility.

These plans were discussed at a meeting on Tuesday
chaired by Ald. Bob Pakula. Heritage Advisory Committee
chairman John Charters, Lutz and Verna Keraiff attended,

Hamel released on bail

By ROBERT RUSSO
MONTREAL (CP) — Mar.
io Hamel, charged with ac.
cepting a $25,000 bribe while
he sat on the jury of the his family
Hell's Angels murder trial, Since his arrest Monday,
was feleased on bail Friday Hamel had been held in pro-
while the man charged with tective custody at a provin-
making the bribe was ar- cial detention centre.
raigned and pleaded not guil- Hamel, his head bowed,
ty appeared subdued through-
Denis Larocque, 27, who out the hearing Friday.
gave himself up to police “I don’t think he even
Thursday, is charged with heard half the words the
attempting to bribe a mem- judge said,” Schneider said of
ber of the Hell's Angels jury. his client. “He was in a state
He made a two-minute ap- of bewilderment at being an
pearance in sessions court accused.
and was remanded in custody “Last week he was a mem.
until Dec. 9 when his bail ber of a jury.”
hearing will be held. Earlier this week, a Que-
Earlier, Hamel was order- bec provincial police officer
ed to post $1,000 bail and testified that Hamel gave po-
report to police once a week lice statement in which he
as a condition for release. said he had been offered
Sessions Judge Claude Jon- $100,000 if the four members
cas also ordered him not to of the Hell's Angels were
communicate with Larocque. found not guilty, or $50,000 if
Hamel’s lawyer, Philip the case resulted in a hung
Schneider, said Hamel, his jury.
common-law wife and their Hamel, 28, and Larocque
three children will stay at an are charged under a section
undisclosed location until of the Criminal Code dealing
Jan. 8 when a date will be set with obstruction of justice. If

Police File

Two charges are pending Woykin was killed when
against a young offender the 1971 Triumph convertible
from Grand Forks in connee- in which he was riding left
tion with a motor vehicle ac- the road on Highway 3 about
cident last Aug. 30 which re- 19 kilometres west of Castle-
sulted in the death of 18-year- gar.
old Jackie Thomas Woykin of Woykin was thrown from
Grand Forks. the car and killed instantly.

One charge of operating a Neither occupants were
motor vehicle that was dan- wearing seat belts at the
gerous to the public causing time
death and one charge of Also, two young offenders
operating a motor vehicle are presently under investi
while impaired are pending gation in connection with an
against the youth whose arson fire on Zuckerberg
name cannot be made public Island last summer.
under jon of the Again, the names cannot
Young Offenders Act. be published.

for a preliminary hearing.
“He's not worried about his

own safety, but he's very

worried about the safety of

convicted, they face a max
imum prison term of 10
years.

Hamel was charged after a

“I have been bought —
Hell's Angels. Juror No. 8,”
read the note.

Three of the bikers were
juror sent anote to Mr. Jus- convicted of first-degree
tice Jean-Guy Boilard of murder on Wednesday while
Quebec Superior Court say- the remaining 11 jurors
ing he had been bribed to found the fourth accused not
sway the jury guilty

LETTER
Time for action

group has put in untold hours
to provide Castlegar with
plans for proper library facil
ities. How do we ask hard
workers like these to con
tinue to serve our community
if we turn them down? They
deserve our support

Come on Castlegar, let's
give ourselves a long overdue
Christmas present and give
our financial support to the
library. This project will
benefit all of us.

Jeremy Palmer
Castlegar

Our community has heard
some excellent arguments in
favor of a new library. We
have also heard some con.
cerns from citizens that see
the expansion of the district
library in a different light.
We can certainly discuss the
merits of libraries for ano
ther 10 years, but where will
it get us?

This issue has dragged on
long enough. Now is the time
for action, not words. The
library board and its support

Last chance for
Santa letters

By CasNews Staff with a special copy of the
This is the last chance for paper going by airmail to
area children to have the Santa himself.
Castlegar News deliver their As well, the Castlegar
letters to Santa Claus at the News and Santa will draw 10
North Pole. Santa has asked letters from those submitted
the CasNews to help him and each of the 10 letter
deliver the many letters he writers will receive two tic
receives from children in this kets to the Castle Theatre
area. So remember to put your
However, deadline for re- name, age and address at the
ceiving the letters at the bottom of your letter.
Castlegar News office is noon Just bring your letter to
on Wednesday, Dec. 10. The the Castlegar News office at
letters will be published in 197 Columbia Ave. before
the Dee. 17 Castlegar News noon Wednesday

Chief makes prediction

VANCOUVER (CP) — South Africa will
eventually become a one-party Marxist state if it is
abandoned by western nations, says black South
African leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.

The chief of the seven-million Zulu nation
predicted in Vancouver Friday that a one-party state
would become “one-party tyranny” forcing South
Africa into many years of revolution and counter-
revolution.

“There is groundswell demand for the normaliza-
tion of South Africa as a modern, industrial
multi-party democrgcy,” said Buthelezi to a meeting of
the Fraser Institute. “We will eradicate apartheid. We
will change our government. Believe in us because we
believe in you.”

While the chief spoke to 500 people inside the
Hotel Vancouver, about 50 people picketed outside to
protest his appearance. Spokesman Zayed Gamiet of
the South Africa Coalition said the protesters, who
carried placards favoring economic sanctions against
South Africa, objected to Buthelezi’s opposition to
sanctions.

Big Ben misses chime

LONDON (AP) — Big Ben missed a chime Friday,
and for Londoners it was like skipping a heartbeat.

At 6:45 a.m., when the famous clock above the
Houses of Parliament should have been pealing out a
melodious ding-dong-ding-dong, it left out the second
ding.

Alarmed clock’doctors hurried to the belfry and
found that a 128-year-old rod had snapped on the bell
that plays the note E in the sequence of G sharp, F
sharp, E and C.

The rod was fixed with a temporary bolt, and at
9:30 a.m. Big Ben was back to normal

Big Ben originally was the nickname given to the
large, deep-toned bell that rings on the hour, but most
Londoners have come to know the whole clock, with
its bells and four faces, collectively as Big Ben.

Mistakes were made

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Ronald
Reagan, taking on a conciliatory tone amid unrelenting
criticism over his secret arms dealings with Iran, said
today that mistakes were made in carrying out his
policies.

While he refused to say that his policy of reaching
out to Iran was in error, Reagan said in his weekly
radio address to the American people: “It's obvious
that the execution of these policies were flawed and
mistakes were made.”

Reagan again denied he had attempted to swap
arms for American hostages held by pro-lranian
groups in Lebanon, and promised his administration
would get to the bottom of how U.S. arms were sold to
Iran and some proceeds sent to U.S.-backed
Nicaraguan Contra rebels.

“I will set things right,” the president pledged.

Reagan, asking for understanding from the
American people for his policies, admitted the
controversy had distressed him.

Canadian infant dies

LOMA LINDA, CALIF. (AP) — A Canadian
infant who received a transplanted heart four days ago
died Saturday, the hospital announced

Baby Kari, a nine-year-old girl from Saskatoon
born with a fatal heart defect, received a new heart
Tuesday in a transplant operation performed by the
same surgeon who put a baboon’s heart in Baby Fae in
1984

Baby Kari died at 2:07 a.m. local time at Loma
Linda University Medical Centre, said hospital
spokesman Anita Rockwell.

“Her new little heart was not able to sustain an
adequate blood pressure despite maximum supportive
measures,” Rockwell said.

Kari, whose full name was not disclosed at the
family's request, was Dr. Leonard Bailey's eighth
infant human heart transplant. Four babies have
survived — babies Moses, Rachel, Eve and Jesse Dean
Sepulveda.

Kari suffered from hypoplastic left heart
syndrome, a condition in which the left side of the
heart is seriously underdeveloped. The same fatal
defect afflicted Baby Fae, who died 20'/: days after her
controversial surgery

Vodka sales limited

MOSCOW (AFP) — With sales of vodka severely
limited in the Soviet Union, about 100 people have
died in 22 months from drinking poisonous liquids,
the official government newspaper Izvestia reports.

The newspaper said Friday quoting a report by
the Interior Ministry that during the same period 350
cases of intoxication from methylated spirits,
dissolvants and insecticides were recorded

Izvestia cited many cases of alcoholics having died
after drinking industrial fluid, allegedly stolen from
factories, because vodka has become too expensive
and difficult to obtain.

Jobs not in jeopardy

EDMONTON (CP) — More jobs will result from
Pacific Western Airline's takeover of Canadian Pacific
Air Lines, says PWA vice-president Ken Gray

“I don't think jobs should be in jeopardy,” Gray
said Thursday, two days after the airline announced
the $300-million takeover deal

Labor groups and opposition politicians, along
with other critics, say the deal will mean lost jobs,
service cuts and hikes in air fares.

Gray told reporters after a speech to the Rotary
Club of Edmonton PWA expects growth to spur
employment in its expanded operations.

STUDENTS WELCOMED . . .

Selkirk College board education @irector observes. Selkirk has: seven

chairman Dr. Jack Colbert presents commemorative
pin to international student at reception held Wed-
nesday at the college. Craig Andrews, international

students from Hong Kong, three from the U.S. and one
from Fiji attending the institution.

s CesNaws Photo by Chery! Celderbant

PM unconcerned about
‘Lyin Brian’ image

By The Canadian Press

Prime Minister Brian Mul
roney says he's unconcerned
both with people who call him
“Lyin’ Brian” and with in
creasing public criticism from
Tory MPs who are demand
ing that he fulfil his election
campaign promises.

During his first formal
news conference in Ottawa
since April, Mulroney had
sharp words for the media on
Friday when asked if he can
overcome his “Lyin’-Brian”
image before the next elec
tion

“I think you're going to
find that in the long run that
people who read bitter per
sonal attacks and carping er
sonal criticism on a daily
basis usually find the author
more offensive than the tar
get,” he told Toronto Sun
columnist Claire Hoy

Hoy has written scathing

stories and commentaries
about the prime miffister and
his wife, Mila.

Liberals and New Demo-
crats have said Mulroney's
credibility and integrity will
be an issue in the next elec
tion — especially his failure
to act on campaign promises.

Mulroney, who opposes the
death penalty, also told re
porters he plans to hold a
free vote — meaning MPs can
vote according to their con.
science rather than along
party lines — before the next
election

Mulroney also told the
news conference that he
never promised to pay all of
the $1 billion in aid to
hard-hit farmers during this
fiseal year, which ends March
31. More details on the aid
package will be announced
next week, he said.

Mulroney also hinted that

Gov't buys
Gainers meat

WINNIPEG (CP) The

federal government has
bought $100,000 worth of
meat from the strike bound
Gainers plant in Edmonton, a
spokesman for the»Depart
ment of Supply and Services
has confirmed.

Ron McKinnon said the
department's Winnipeg office
has purchases 4,000 kilo
grams of Gainers’ products in
the last six weeks for Trans
port Canada, the Department
of Corrections and the De
partment of National De
fence.

He adds the meat will be
used at military bases, Trans

port Canada’s northern in
stallations and at Stony
Mountain Penitentiary out
side Winnipeg

Gainers got the business
because it submitted the
lowest bid in a call for ten
ders, McKinnon said.

Manitoba New Democrat
Rod Murphy, the MP for the
northern riding of Churchill,
was quick to condemn the
purchase, saying Ottawa has
now taken a side in the
five-month-old strike

“In effect, Supply and Ser.
vices is buying goods and
destroying the strike, des
troying the boycott said
Murphy

the government may not
allow the post office to go
ahead with cuts in rural mail
service

The prime minister said
he’s not going to lose sleep
over reports that U.S. lum
ber coalition plans to reject
Canada’s latest proposal to
settle the bitter lumber dis.
pute

“We don't deal with the
coalition,” he said. “We deal
with the administration.

“We have an undertaking
with the. administration by
Mr. (Malcolm) Baldridge, the
secretary of commerce, in
this regard which guides our
conduct and with which we're
satisfied. We'll see how it all
comes out.”

Mulroney sidestepped the
issue of appointing women in
equal numbers with men to
the Senate, saying only that
he believes in parity and
fairness.

Mulroney also told the
news conference:

Mulroney also told the new

conference:

— Amendments to rein-
force the Official Languages
Act will be introduced soon.
The government promised
two years ago to reform the
17-year-old legislation which
governs bilingual services in
federal departments and
Crown corporations.

— Revisions to the War
Measures Act, promised by
successive governments for
more than 15 years, are in
the final drafting stages, The
1914 act. can be used in
domestic emergencies as well
as wartime to grant the gov-
ernment sweeping powers,
including arrest and deten-
tion without charge.

— And, he still strongly
supports the Access to Infor
mation Act which was passed
3%, years ago. However, he
said the application of the
legislation concerns him. His
government has often been
embarrassed by travel and
entertainment expenses un
covered through the act

SOVIET UN
RENEWS
COMMITMENT

The Soviet Union, seeking to portray itself as a

the unratified SALT Il — by renewing its commitment to
the agreement. .

The Soviet government issued a statement Frida:
condemning the United States for deliberately exceeding
the limits of the 1979 strategic arms limitation treaty but
the tone was as much in sorrow as in anger.

Moscow would now be fully justified in freeing itself
from its i under the ag and its
interim version of 1972 but because of the importance of
arms control, it would stand by them for the time being,
the statement said.

Kremlin leader Mikhail Gorbachev has similarly

ded hi 1 i on nuclear tests
despite Washington's repeated refusals to join it
although, since the failed Reyjavik summit, hints have
been growing that he could soon lose patience and end it.

The official Soviet media have sharply attacked the
U.S. decision to abandon SALT II, which has also been
criticized in western Europe, and warned that Moscow
would take appropriate steps to secure its defence.

The U.S. Congress never ratified the accord but
Washington said it abided by it until last month, when it
deployed an extra B-62 bomber carrying cruise missiles
without dismantling an equivalent nuclear weapon
delivery system.

Both superpowers accused each other of violating
the agreement while it was still in force.

TREATY IMPORTANT

The Soviet statement said the treaty had been an
important element of an arms control system worked out
in the 1970s to ensure strategic parity between the
superpowers, but that Washington has trampled on it in a
bid to gain military superiority.

Moscow said that after Washington's break with
SALT II, the anti-ballistic missile treaty appeared to be
its next target for demolition.

The Soviet Union urged the United States to change
its stand on arms control before talks on nuclear and
space weapons resume in January, but Washington said
it would not be stampeded into a deal.

“The Soviet Union . . . urged the United States to
alter its position and take steps to permit initiation of
practical work at the next neogitating round,” chief
Soviet negotiator Viktor Karpov said in Geneva,
Switzerland, on Friday.

But U.S. chief negotiator Max Kampelman said: “It
is necessary to be patient, and we are patient.”

The two men were speaking after a four-day special
meeting on arms control which, said Karpov, showed the
talks to be deadlocked. Kampelman felt some progress
was made. z

In Brussels, meanwhile, the NATO defence ministers
went out oftheir way Friday to re-affirm that a “credible
nuclear deterrent posture” underpinned alliance defen-
sive strategy against the Warsaw Pact.

The 15 allies — all except France which does not
belong to NATO's integrated military structure —
welcomed progress made by the United States at
Reykjavik toward agreement over intermediate-range
missiles and 50-per-cent cuts in strategic missiles.

But they avoided endorsing U.S. President Ronald
Reagan's more sweeping proposal at the October summit
in Iceland for eliminating all nuclear ballistic missiles in
10 years.

D'Arcy gets news assignment

Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy
has been re-appointed the New Demo-
cratic Party corporate relations critic
from his former position as energy
critic as part of an overall shuffle of all

opposition MLAs.

D'Arcy, who has held the energy
post on and off for 11 years, told the
Castlegar News this week that the new
assignment was a party decision. He
said part of his new duties will now be
“covering the need for more job oppor
tunities.”

“It's our idea that most of the jobs
under this present government will
come under private initiative rather
than public,” he said. “I'll be making
sure that the climate is adequate for

“We still have 200,000 unemployed
and another 200,000 are getting social
assistance,” he said. “And it's through
no fault of their own.”

D'Arcy said he will also be respon
sible for scrutinizing the decisions of
Mel Couvelier, the newly-appointed
finance minister, and he will be work
ing closely with NDP’s finance critic
Dave Stupich.

D'Arcy added that he will also
oversee all taxation matters, parti
euarly those that effect the cost of
running a business, including the res
taurant and hotel tax, fuel tax and sales
tax.

D'Arcy has previously held oppoint
ments as consumer services critic.

Stock

report

TORONTO (CP) — The
Toronto Stock Exchange
ended trading Friday slightly
ahead of a week earlier on
the strength of gains by the
management and forestry
subgroups

The TSE 300 composite
index increased 20.26 points
on the week after losing five
points Friday to close at
3067.06 while Wall Street
dropped for the third day be
cause of tumbling bond prices
and continuing nervousness
about the insider trading
scandal involving top spec
ulator Ivan Boesky

Despite sliding 15 points.
the Dow Jones industrial av
erage of 30 industrials stil!
posted a weekly gain of 10.83
to 1925.06 after hitting a
record high of 1955.57 on
Tuesday

On Bay Street, the man
agement subgroup jumped
4.04 per cent and paper and
forest products gained 3.74
per cent during the week
Transportation was up 1.78
cents and utilities improved
1.42 per cent

Merchandising led the four
decliners, dropping
cent while metals an
erals fell 2.40 per cent
close at its lowest point since
Aug

John Ing, an analyst for
Maison Placements Canada
Inc., said it
market is stuck between the
2950 and 3200 marks waiting
for some indication of what
direction the
take and if oil
though stable now, will
move

appears the

economy will

prices, al

growth and development and I'll wateh
that proper use is made of human
resources.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

CHRIS D'ARCY
corporate relations

health critic and mining critic and
served as corporate relations spokes
man in 1983-84

Board explains expansion

Although there has been consid
erable discussion of the proposed
expansion of the Castlegar and District
Public Library, not everyone is aware
of all the facts. Therefore. the library
board is taking this opportunity to
explain the reasons for its decisions
We have outgrown our space
standards
collection

According to provincial
for libraries, our present
requires 3,500 sq.ft
that only houses the books
for desks, filing cabinets.
ete.

of space — and
No space
work area,

What we now have between our two
branches, is a total of 3,000 sq.ft and
that includes space for desks. filing
cabinets, work area, bathrooms and
furnace room.

Our new library will have space for

all these, plus all the books including

those now kept in storage for lack of
shelf space — plus areas for study and
quiet reading. Hours of service will be
extended, since the staff from both
branches will be combined, and, in
addition, the quantity and quality of
services and programs will be in
creaased. Time that is now spent
ferrying books between branches will
be available for more direct service to
the public

And the staff will have adequate
working space. Library
Branch recommends 150 square feet of
space, for one full-time-equivalent
(FTE) staff person. Our two branches
combined now offer 100 square feet for
four FTE staff persons

Services

We have not provided good working
conditions for our staff. It is to their
credit and our good fortune that their

dedication has kept them going thro
ugh flooding (from broken water
pipes), stifling heat. and cramped
quarters.

WHY THIS PARTICULAR SITE?

The board chose the downtown site
for the new expansion because the land
was available at no cost. With a budget
as small as ours, there is simply no
money for land purchase. City council
also indicated that this was the
preferred site

The original pian was to expand
around the existing building, but this
was found to be more expensive than
removing it entirely. So the basement
will be retained and as much material
as can be salvaged in the demolition
will be used in the new building. The
cost of this demolition is not a major
factor in the total cost of construction:

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