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By CasNews Staff

The mop-up of the B fire
east of Castlegar on the
SalmoCastlegar highway
summit is proving tougher
than expected.

“The mop-up has become
difficult due to the dry
weather,”

PROVES
TOUGH

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f@ been mopping up

iph shows 'B' fires!

the Arrow Forest
said Saturday.

a spokesman for

tubborn blaze f.
ding going difficult.

However, he added that
the 100-hectare blaze is
still under control and
“hasn't gained in any size.”

A total of 85 firefighters area,
are on the scene: 55 from
the Ministry of Forests and
30 from Atco Lumber Co.

lor nearly two weeks and are fin-

Costtews Photo by Ron Mormon

District of Fruitvale, which owns
the property.

Meanwhile, three new
fires were reported Friday:
one near Nakusp, a second
in the Deer Creek drainage
ind a third near Slo-
can City. All were extin-
guished by forestry fire-
fighters.

FOREST STUDY

continued trom troat poge
this facility an edge over competitors
located hundreds of miles away.”

The study also says transportation
costs from Central Kootenay to Ameri
can markets is less expensive than
costs from coastal B.C. facilities.

For example, the study cites “piggy
back” (closed containers on flatbed
railears) freight rates from Castlegar
(via Spokane) to Atlanta, Ga. at $92.18
per 1,000 board feet — almost $1 less
than the $93.15 per 1,000 board feet
cost from Vancouver to Atlanta.

Similar savings occur on railcar
shipments, the study says.

With production capacity at the
Kootenay facility estimated in the
report at 16 million board feet per year,
the saving in transportation costs
compared to a coastal facility with the
same output amounts to about $16,000
per year.

The study estimates the capital cost
of a red cedar
turing facility in central Kootenay at
about $1 million.

“No allowance has been made for the
cost of land since this could vary sub
stantially within the region and could
even be on a nominal lease basis.”

Taking into account several factors
such as price of raw materials, mar
keting costs and income taxes, the
study calculates the return on invest
ment (ROI) of the facility after tax to
be 17.5 per cent.

“The ROI of 17.5 per cent is not

sensitivity is relatively low.
“On the other hand, with the
flexibility of production that exists in

opportunity to improve profitability.”

Remanufacturing of red cedar prod.
uets involves turning the basic output
of sawmills into higher value

the principal uncertainties that exist
regarding an operation in the CKRD
relate more to whether it can be
economically viable than to a concern
about the market.”

An edge glued board facility, es-
timated in the study to have a start-up
capital cost of $1.7 million, would have
a higher return on i — about

glued pine and is now in the process of
expanding to the U.S.

“Canadian manufacturers still have
the belief that it is preferrable to buy a
less-expensive and lower quality raw
material which they can remanufacture
into the component they require.”

Although the study says there is “an

34 per cent — than a red cedar
remanufacturing facility, the study
says.

‘Again, the study does not make an
allowance for the cost of land.

Edge glued boards — lengths of
lumber glued edge to edge to produce a
wide sheet — are of a higher-quality
than plywood and particle board and
are used in the manufacture of cab-
inets, tables and other articles of fur-
niture.

The study says there are about 15
companies in North America producing
softwood — mainly pine — edged glued
boards.

The market for edge glued boards
appears to be more promising in the
U.S. than in Canada, the study says,
citing the Swedish company Ikea which
uses “a substantial amount” of edge

COLLEGE IN

continued trom tront pege
zero per cent in the first year, two per
cent in the second and two in the third
year.

“Members definitely will be looking
for an increase next year despite the
financial situation of the college,” he
said.

Major changes in the contract in-
cluded the removal of the “13th step”
to the schedule and a revised grievance
procedure

Gibson said the removal of the right

pr
through the process of careful grading,
trimming, resawing and planing, the

has been for many years. Consequently

to reduce indivi dur-
ing the year was a major item in the
contract

Gibson explained that this item had
caused a lot of conflict between faculty
and administration.

The college had the right to reduce
employees, for instance, on a 100 per

ial” for an edge glued
board facility in the Central Kootenay,
it notes there are ri:

“The main risk is that the market is
still in the developmental stages and is
not certain. On the other hand, all the
indications are that the outlook ap-
pears promising.”

‘The study is now in the hands of the
RDCK which Berg said will try to
“promote interest” in the study's prop-
osals.

Copies of the’study are available, in
limited quantities, at no charge from
the RDCK office in Nelson.

The Central Kootenay Community
Adjustment Committee is funded un-
der the Modified Industry and Labor
Adjustment Program (MILAP) of the
federal government.

CKCAC's 1*/-year contract expires
June 21.

STRUCTORS

cent contract with the college to 70 or
80 per cent, Gibson said

Other changes in the
inelude:

@ reductions of the notice period for
layoffs of recently-appointed faculty.
For faculty who have been with the
college less than five years, the college
will have to give six months’ notice plus
one month for each year of service,
rather than one year’s notice;

@ pro-rated payment for severence;

@ a slight decrease in nursing clinical
hours;

e@ a small increase in non-instruc-
tional personnels weekly hours. This
will include audiovisual and library
management staff,

@ reduction in sick leave benefits for
probationary and temporary instruc-
tors.

contract

CAMPBELL SAYS

McCarthy best choice

Reaction to Grace McCarthy's announcement to seek
the leadership of the Social Credit Party and thus the
premiership of B.C. was swift from one of her biggest local
boosters.

Cashews publlches {Pur Sengiys 5 sansa Soest

premier, =
evenings and weekends required to see this province reach
its full potential.”

Campbell said the provincial secretary, who at various
times has been human resources minister, tourism minister
and deputy premier, “is a person who can take a problem,
turn it around, and turn it into an asset.” He predicted she'd

“personally take charge of any area that needed special
assistance to do a good job.”

The former MLA for Revelstoke-Slocan said he urged
McCarthy to seek the leadership because he believes “she's
proven in the past she isn't personally ambitious, and she
isn't to this day.”

: “I don’t see any candidate with all her abilities

he suggested, comes close “and he hasn't decided one way or
the other.”

Referring to the party's rebuilding process with which
McCarthy was so involved in the years of the NDP under
Dave Daret oeemetell the Socreds would
become “Unity” Party under her
Snlerakigs

He ex confidence she would lead a party
renewal process “that will again provide a home for people
with no particular party label . . . a home for Tories and
Liberals and those Social Crediters unhappy with the extent
to which Bill Bennett's contentious policies have been
carried.”

He added that Socreds in ridings now held by the NDP
should look very closely at McCarthy.

He speculated she won't rush into an election. “If there
is a surge in the public opinion polls as a result of the spinoff

GRACE McCARTHY
. ‘top salesperson

that will benefit the party generally, but be especially
helpful to the party in opposition ridings such as
Rossland-Trail.
Campbell, who had earlier told the Trail Times he is not
considering a return bid for office, said he will not be a
i for the Socred in Trail when
a i jon is held.

from the leadership race and Expo, some de
candidates would likely call an early election.”
Not so, McCarthy, suggests Campbell. He believes she'll

“I have no intention whatsoever of seeking elected
office,” he repeated. “Small businessmen have to keep their

hold policy and foster gi

noses to the gri these days.”

VANCOUVER (CP) — Vestgron Mines Lid. a
subsidiary of Cominco Ltd., has agreed to sell its Greenex
zinc mine in Greenland to a Swedish company.

Under the agreement between Vestgron, Cominco
and Boliden AB, Vestgron will receive about $850,000 or

in Greenex.

Cominco for its loan to Greenex, as well as 1.6 million
kroner in interest, Vestgron said in a news ‘

Additional amounts would be payable to the extent
Greenex receives more than $727.20 U.S. a tonne for the
metal content of the first 57,207 tonnes of zinc
concentrate shipped in 1986.

Of those additional amounts, the first 15 million
kroner would be paid to Cominco to complete repayment
of the subordinated loan, and the would go to

Vestgron sells zinc mine

factors in the agreement, including escalator clauses, he
could not give Canadian dollar figures for the deal.

The Danish kroner was worth 16.9 cents Canadian on
Friday.

SUBJECT TO AGREEMENT

Vestgron said completion of the sale is subject to
agreement by the banks with loans outstanding to
Greenex to both the terms of the sales agreement and a
plan proposed by Boliden to the banks for repayment of
the outstanding loans.

The nt has been approved by Vestgron's
directors but still must be approved by shareholders.

If the sale is appr , the company said di
will propose to shareholders that Vestgron be liquidated.
A mesting has been called for July 8 to approve the
ion and the sale of Greenex shares.

Vv

Vestgron said only if the average value received for
the metal content of the zine concentrate exceeds about
$825 U.S. a tonne will any amount over the original
$850,000 be received by Vestgron.

A Cominco spokesman said because of various

Late last month, the government of Greenland
sought a bankruptcy declaration against the mine.
Vestgron said there was no basis for the action, because
“the company has adequate funds and assets on hand to
meet its obligations and has met ajl its contractual
obligations.”

Valhalla trail delayed

By CasNews Staff
Completion of a new eight-
kilometre trail from Slocan

City to Evans Lake in Val
halla Park has been delayed

for about 1% months, a
spokesman for B.C.’s Minis.
try of Lands, Parks and
Housing said Friday.

“Last year, the fellows
working on (the trail) didn’t
finish,” said Dan Harlow,
Selkirk area supervisor in
the Nelson office of the parks
and outdoor recreation divi-
sion of the ministry. “They're
out there working on it right
now.”

Harlow said the delay oc-
curred because of a late start
on construction of the trail
last year.

“The contract didn’t get let
until late in the fall,” he said.
“When the ground froze and
snow fell, they had to put off

TWAATE CHALLENGE .
trail stretching 10, 000 ktiometres from coast to coas

Map locotes B.C. sections of the proposed national

columnist Tony Eberts in
Thursday's Vancouver Prov-
ince says.

In the Kootenays, the trail

ary to Valhalla Provincial

,and the Purcell conservancy
area on a well-established
prem the Slocan Valley, route, over Earl Grey Pass

Lake, while the other would heard of the coast-to-coast

go down through part of trail proposal, but added that
Kokanee

Glacier National the inclusion of Valhalla Park
Park and on to Kaslo. would be acceptable “so long

“From there, the trail like- as it fit into our park and fit
ly will go through Argenta into our plans.”

Briefly

SEVEN CHARGED

TORONTO (CP) — Seven people in Ontario and
British Columbia have been arrested and charged with
conspiracy to commit .an indictable offence after a
series of police searches Saturday. 4

The seven, being held in custody, were to appear
in Hamilton provincial court Monday where the
specifics of the charge would be disclosed.

Hardev Singh Parmar, 42, also known as
Talwinder Singh Parmar, of Burnaby, was arrested in
the Hamilton area Saturday, along with Rampal Singh
Dhillon, 27, of Brampton, near Toronto, Sadhu Singh

44, Tejinder Singh Kalob, Kurmukh Singh
. 32, and Daljit Singh Deol, 27, all of
Hamilton.

Police also arrested Ajaib Singh Bagri, 27, of
Kamloops, in that city.

The RCMP, four local police forces and the
Canadian Security Intelligence Service worked
together on the investigation, whieh got under way
earlier this year

TV ADDRESS MONDAY

OTTAWA (CP) — Prime
Minister Brian Mulroney
will deliver his first tele-
vision address to the nat
ion Monday on the eve of
freer trade negotiations,
with the United States, his
office says.

Mulroney will speak at 5
p.m. Castlegar time on the
CBC English and French
language networks, press
aide Bernard Bujold said.

Michel Gratton, Mulron-
ey's chief press secretary,
would not disclose details
about what the prime min.
ister intends to say. He
said the address will be
taped in advance

BRIAN MULRONEY
. on freer trade

AIRSTRIP DEFENDED

MONTREAL (CP) — Federal Treasury Board
President Robert de Cotret has defended the
installation of million-dollar poor-weather landing
systems at three village airstrips in Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney's riding

Although the systems are not in place at some
airports with 10 times the traffic, De Cotret said the
installations in Mulroney's Quebec riding are “not
awkward.”

Manicouagan “is a very large riding and many
areas are literally inaccessible by road or other means
of transportation,” he said

LERNER DEAD

NEW YORK (AP) Alan Jay Lerner, the
composer, playwright and lyricist who penned such
Broadway successes as Brigadoon, My Fair Lady and
Gigi. died Saturday of lung cancer. He was 67.

Lerner died at 10:15 a.m. at Sloan-Kettering
Memorial Cancer Centre, said hospital spokesman
Sally Benjamin Young.

GOLD PAIL LOST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Postal Service
inspectors are searching for a 31-kilogram pail of gold
in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City officials said. The
gold is worth $329,000 U.S.

Five pails were supposed to have been sent May
28 from Salt Lake City to the world airmail facility at
Los Angeles International Airport. Only four pails
arrived

$20,000 FOR MODEL

NEW YORK (REUTER) — A model whose face
was slashed in a brutal razor attack that police said
was paid for by her vindictive landlord will receive
$20,000 a year for life from a millionaire who chooses
his charities from the headlines.

New Yorkers saw huge headlines and grisly
front-page photos last week depicting the attack on
Texas model Marla Hanson, 21. Doctors used nearly
150 stitches to close three bone-deep slashes across
her face made by two men police said were hired by
her landlord

Milton Petrie, 83, multimillionaire owner of a
national chain of retail stores, didn't hesitate when he
read about Hanson's story

I was very moved by her plight. I had my
secretary go right over with a cheque for $20,000
(U.S.) and a letter telling her to expect the same thing
every year for the rest of her life,” Petrie said in an
interview with the New York Post.

BORGES DIES

GENEVA (CP) — Jorge Luis Borges, an
Argentine who was one of Latin America’s greatest
writers and a major figure in modern literature, died
Saturday in this Swiss city. He was 86

In Buenos Aires, Osvaldo Vidaurre, the executor
of the writer's estate, said Borges died of liver cancer.

FIRE KILLS 14

AGUEDA, PORTUGAL (AP) — A huge forest
fire swept close to villages in central Portugal
Saturday, and killed 14 people, seven of them
firefighters, authorities said.

Several other firefighters were missing, said a
fire service official who spoke on condition of
anonymity

One of six firefighters being treated for burra was
in serious condition, said a spokesman at the hospital
in this town 259 kilometres north of the capital,
Lisbon.

top awards at an ewords dinner.

Jack
Pp the I's Silver Medal to

McNicholas (left) while Ellen Kj
Lieutenant-Governor of Briti
behalf of her daughter.

AT _SELKIRK COLLEGE

(right) receives
Columbia Medal on

Costiews Photos by CherybC aiderbonk

McNicholas top student

Selkirk College's top scholastic hon-
ors went to two Trail residents at an
awards dinner Friday night in Castle-

The Governor-General's Silver
Medal for outstanding academic
achievement was presented to James
McNicholas, a 1984 graduate of J.L.
Crowe senior secondary school, who
maintained a 3.95 grade point average
during his two years at Selkirk College
taking university courses.

Katherine Griffith is the winner of
this year’s Lieutenant-Governor of
British Columbia Medal. A graduate of
the college's Legal Secretary program
in Office Administration, Griffith, who
is a single parent, attended the 11
month program at the Trail Campus.

While enrolled in the demanding
Legal Secretary option, she maintained
a 98 per cent average and assumed an
active role on campus organizing social
events and serving on the Selkirk
College Foundation Advisory Commit.
tee. Griffith also initiated a campaign
with the City of Trail to lower student
parking fees.

Her award was accepted on her be
half by her parents, Gary and Ellen
Kjolberg. Since graduating, Griffith
has relocated to Victoria where she is
employed by a legal firm.

Both medals were presented by Dr.
Jack Colbert, chairman of the Selkirk
College board.

The ceremonies were held at the
Fireside Inn where donors, recipients
and guests enjoyed a buffet dinner

(UT) by Mr. W.L.M. Phillips. Andrew
H. Chernoff (Electronics) won the Ap-
plied Seience Technicians and Tech.
nologists of B.C. President's Award.

The Dick Fowler Prize in English
was presented to Brad Mair (UT) by
Jean Fowler. Inge Lamont presented
the Marilyn Cooper Memorial Scholar-
ship to Gail Hama-Dagg (Nursing). The
Registered Nurse's Association (Trail
Chapter) Scholarship was presented to
Catherine Morgenthaler (Nursing.

Julie Binatto (UT) received the Dis-
trict Teacher's Association (Trail)
Scholarship from Hugo Smecher.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Knight pre.
sented the Margaret Knight-Letts
Memorial Scholarship to Louise Nelson
(UT). Brian Savage (CIST) was-
presented the Digital Equipment of
Canada Ltd. Award of Medrit.

The Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship was
awarded to Julie Donaghy (UT). Laura
Adams (Bus. Adm.) was presented the
Cominco Business Administration
Scholarship by Joseph Robertson
Dean Civitarese (Bus. Adm.) received
the Certified General Accountants As
sociation of B.C. Scholarship from Gary
Exner, a Selkirk College board mem
ber,

The Society of Management Ac
countants of B.C. scholarships were
presented by fred Fominoff to Business
Administration graduates Lorne An
derson and Ariens Bunce. The Society

Aaron Grill (Engineering), Anne Jarry
(Forestry), Timothy Jones (Engineer-
ing), Peter Karcol (UT), Jodie Lippa
(UT), Ian Lorimer (UT), Don Merritt
(Engineering), Kenneth Perrier (UT),
Brian Savage (CIST), Karl Sjodin
(Wildland Rec.), Shannon Smithers
(UT), Andrew Tarasoff (Engineering),
Therese Toner (CIST), and Raymond
Winters (Electronics).

Selkirk College Merit Awards were
presented to John Bonderoff (Weld-
ing), Elena Cristofanetti (ABE), Anne-
Marie Gruden (Graphic Comm.), Corey
Kennedy (Fine Woodwork), Cheryl
Anne North (UT), and Carolyn Waage
(Office Adm.) by Fred Merriman,
Selkirk College board member.

Students maintaining a 3.5 grade
point average, taking no less than an 80
per cent course load and earning no
grade lower than a B- are named to the
Dean's list.

Dr. Richard Hallett, dean of program
services at Selkirk College, presented
Dean's List certificates to: Laura
Adams (Bus. Adm.), Diane Ailman
(Nursing), Lorne Anderson (Bus.
Adm.), Katherine Armstrong (Graphic
Comm.), Donna Barbour (Nursing),
Marilyn Joy Barton (Office Adm.),
Shelley Bayoff (Bus. Adm.), Alanna
Bowman (Nursing), Donna Brown
(UT), Arlene Bunce (Bus. Adm.), Paula
Campana (UT), Andrew Chernoff
(Elec.), Terrance Delong (UT), Ann

of of B.C.
(Castlegar branch) scholarships were
presented to Stephan Joyce and Tracy

prior to award pr

Greetings were conveyed by College
principal Leo Perra, and grace was said
by Pastor Tom Mulder of the Castlegar
Evanglical Free Church. The award
ceremony opening address was deliv
ered by Colbert.

Other award winners at Friday's
ceremony were: Anne Jarry (Forest:;!
received the William Barchard Mem
orial Scholarship. James Cory Rob
erston (Forestry) was presented the
Russell Gilchrist Memorial Scholar
ship.

The Dal Sweeney Memorial Schol
arship was presented to Garry Comba
(Aviation) by Mr. and Mrs. Wilf Swee-
ney. Peter Smith (Aviation) received
the Curtis McDonnell Memorial Schol.
arship from Don Merritt.

The Ferraro Aviation Scholarship
went to Gre; Warren (Aviation),
while the Ferraro University Transfer
Scholarship was conferred upon James
MeNicholas (UT).

Jack Rebagliati presented the B.C.
Telephone Company Scholarship to
Richard Simmons (Electronics). Dawn
McBridge UT) received the Jim John.
son Memorial Scholarship from Sally
Johnson-Knight. Mr. and Mrs. Gerry
Wichert presented the Mike Wichert
Memorial Scholarship to Gary Maw
(UT).

The Diane Phillips Memorial Schol
arship was presented to Jodie Lippa

Ss ff, who P! their first
year in Business Administration.

The South Kootenay Electronics
Scholarship was presented to Richard
Simmons (Electronics). Shannon Hill
(UT) received the University Women's
Club Scholarship. Terry Hughes pre
sented the Columbia Brewery Scholar
ship to Nadine Plotnikoff (UT)

Winners of the Selkirk College Bio-
logy Scholarship were Kenneth Perrier
(UT II), Shannon Smithers (UT II),
Paula Compana (UT I), Joseph Hall,
(UT II), Judity Kenning (UT I), and
Roderick Clark (UT I)

Selkirk College Faculty Association
Scholarships were awarded to Janet
Williams (Nursing), Connie Susut (UT),
Ted Grav (Electronics), and John Ross
(UT)

Elizabeth Fleet, vice-chairman of the
Selkirk College board, presented Sel.
kirk College scholarships to: Katherine
Armstrong (Graphic Comm.), Marilyn
joy Barton (Office Adm.), Andrew
Unernott (Electronics), Ann Demoskoff
(ABE), David Einarson (Wildland
Rec.), Patrice Gordon (Nursing), Kath
erine Griffith (Office Adm.), Barbara
Little (Graphic Comm.), Leni Norming
ton (Graphic Comm.), Glen Sorenson
(Electronics), Tleene Voykin (Office
Adm.), Diane Ailman (Nursing), Shel
ley Bayoff (Bus. Adm.), Terrance
Delong (UT), Broderick Fisher (Elec
Lynn Funk

tronics). (Electronics),

[ skoff (ABE), Mark Doubinin (El
ectronics), David Einarson (Wildland
Rec.), Lynn Funk (Elec.), Gerry
George (Forestry), Patrice Gordon
(Nursing), Ted Grav (Elec.), Katherine
Griffith (Office Adm.), Aaron Grill
(Engineering), Judith Hawley (SSW),
Shannon Hill (UT), John Irving (SSW),
Anne Jarry (Forestry), Timothy Jones
(Engineering), Peter Karcol (UT),
Robin Konchak (Wildland Rec.), Mar-
garet Lefebvre (SSW), Jodie Lippa
(UT), Barbara Little (Graphic Comm.),
lan Lorimer (UT), Brad Mair (UT),
William Malloff (Nursing), David Mar-
tin (Electronics), Dawn McBride (UT)
Gary McBryde (Wildland Ree.), Nor-
man McCarvell (Nursing), James Mc
Nicholas (UT), Cyril Nevakshonoff
(UT), Leni Normington (Graphic
Comm.), Cherly-Anne North (UT),
Kenneth Perrier (UT), James Robert-
son (Forestry), John Ross (UT), Brian
Savage (CIST), Michael Schwarz
(CIST), Richard Simmons (Electron
ies), Karl Sjodin (Wildland Rec.),
Shannon Smithers (UT), Glen Sorenson
(Electronics), Christine Sturgeon
(Nursing), Connie Susut (UT), Andrew
Tarasoff (Engineering), Mark Teindl
(CIST), Therese Toner (CIST), Ileene
Voykin (Office Adm.), Janet Williams
(Nursing), Wendy-Ann Willows (SSW),
Raymond Winters (Elec.), Anthony
Zanderbergen (Bus. Adm.).

Following the awards presentation
closing remarks were made by Doreen
Smecher, chairman of the Selkirk Col
lege Foundation.

Gas to be deregulated

VICTORIA (CP) — The
price of natural gas in British
Columbia will be deregulated
this fall, but the move is
expected to have little effect
on the price of home heating
fuel.

Energy Minister Tony Bru-
mmet said that, effegtive
Nov. 1, the price will be set

market forces, the same

te that gas- producing prov.

inces have agreed to deregu-

late interprovincial gas_pri-
cing.

From that day on, the price
of all natural gas sold in
British Columbia will be de-

“It means that cabinet will
no longer set the
wholesale price to gas dis

tributors.

The impact on prices

rather
a higher deemed price,

transaction — prices
average

there will be a minimum
valty of 14 per cent of the

wellhead price

“practically nothing as far The minimum royalty ap.

for home use,
the foreseeable
ministry

certainly
future a
spokesman said pe

F o all natural gas sold in
he province except sales to

chemical industries,

“For industry, it givesthema which will not be subject to

chance to deal and get better

prices.”

The cost of natural gas

the minimum rate until Nov
1, 1987

Until Nov. 1, the minister

home heating is 40 per cent said, he will permit the con
lower than oil and nearly 50 tinuation of a recent arrange

per cent cheaper than elec

tricity.

ment under which industries
can get their gas at discount

June1s.1906 Castlegar News _ as
ZAMBIA

UNCOVERS
WAR PLAN

CHONGWE, ZAMBIA (CP) — President Kenneth Kaunda
put the country on military alert Saturday after uncovering
weet eh ver enieien Hane SOR SPR

were waved through the only roadblock on the way.
Kaunda said a South African engineer had admitted
planning to blow up bridges to assist the assault.

Two other South Africans working in Zambian mines
hind bast, hides prapestig to tube bck te, ie RO
secret information about the vital copper industry, he added.

“The plan of the South African regime is to attack
Zambia massively,” Kaunda told a press conference.

According to the saboteur’s confession, he said, the
South Africans “wanted to destroy many bridges and cut off
a lot of provinces . . . They wanted to attack many of these
provinces and use that as their base for advancing on
Lusaka.”

Altogether, nine whites from South Africa have been
detained, Kaunda said. Six, however, were still being
questioned and may turn out to be innocent tourists.

On May 19, the South African air force bombed what
Pretoria said was a black nationalist guerrilla base in a
refugee camp near Lusaka, killing two people. South African

raided and the same day.

Kaunda called for extreme vigilance, and said he had
ordered a “partial military mobilization of the nation.” He
gave few details but large numbers of troops were visible
Saturday in residential areas of Lusaka and on the road to
Chongwe, 48 kilometres east of the capital.

CITES COMPUTER USE

The president told reporters the arrested South
Africans included two mining officials who had-fed classified
information on the copper industry into their computer and
were planning to take the data back to South Africa.

Asked what the partial mobilization meant, Kaunda
said: “Human rights under this partial mobilization will
continue to be observed but that does not mean kissing the
enemy.

“We must be more than ever before very vigilant, very
vigilant indeed,” he said at the news near
Chongwe.

Kaunda said names of the detainees would be published
in due course but it had not yet been decided if they would
all be

Kaunda strongly condemned South Africa for introdue-
ing a nationwide state of emergency on Thursday, and said it
indicated that “the racist regime is not interested in any
form of negotiations.”

Dozens of foreigners have been picked up for question: \
ing in Zambia in the last few weeks, but most have bees:
released after a few hours.

Kaunda alleged that South African commandos were
ready in Namibia, which adjoins southwestern Zambia, near
the Zambian border town of Seshake.

He stressed he had no plans at the moment to asi
outsiders’ help. “It's our struggle and anyone wanting to”
come and help may do so,” he said.

“Let them (the South Africans) come — many people
will die, but not all of them will get out of Zambia,” Kaunda
said, adding that he was speaking in his capacity as
commander-in-chief of Zambia's armed forces.

Kaunda praised the United Nations security council for
its strong condemnation on Friday of the state of emergency
in Soluth Africa and the Canadian government for imposing
new against the whi inority regime.

He said however he had been gravely disheartened by

to from the United States

and Britain.

Queen ignores
security fears

LONDON (AP) — Despite
fears of possible terrorist at

her cabinet
Media reports said there

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tacks, the Queen rode her
favorite horse out of Buck.
ingham Palace Saturday to
take part in the annual
trooping the color ceremony
celebrating her official birth
day

Thousands of spectators
lining the parade route cheer
ed as the Queen, wearing a
searlet uniform and riding
sidesaddle on her 24-year-old
black mare, Burmese, headed
for Horse Guards Parade less
than 1.6 kilometres away to
take the salute from the
Scots Guards.

It was one of the warmest
days of the year, and the
sunny skies attracted a large
turnout, although no crowd
estimate was immediately
available

The ceremony, one of the
most colorful pageants in
England, dates from the 19th
century but has its origins in
the earliest days of of the
monarchy when flags or ‘col
ors’ were used as rallying
points in battle

Scotland Yard maintained
its policy of refusing to dis
cuss security measures, but
policemen mingled with the
crowds along the route and
marksmen with binoculars
were spotted on rooftops.

British media said secur
ity would be almost unprec
edented, especially following
this week's murder convic
tion of Patrick Magee for the
Irish Republican Army
bombing of a Brighton hotel
that killed five people and
narrowly missed Prime Min
ister Margaret Thatcher and

were also fears of a possible
reprisal attack by Libyan
leader Moammar Gadhafi for
Britain's support of the April
15 U.S. bombing. raids on
Libya

Michael Shea, the Queen's
press secretary, dismissed as
“totally untrue” a report in
The Mail last Sunday that the
Queen had refused a request
by Scotland Yard chief Sir
Kenneth Newman to switch
from her horse to a bullet
proof car to reduce the risk of
a terrorist attack

“There has been no such
request,” he said.

Shortly before the 60-year
old monarch left the palace,
the Queen Mother and Diana,
the Princess of Wales, drove
to Horse Guards Parade in an
open carriage, the 24-year
old princess holding tightly
to her red hat

Riding behind the Queen
on horseback were Prince
Philip and Prince Charles.
Both men wore scarlet tun
ies

Earlier this week, British
news reports said security
had been stepped up for the
Royal Family, politicians, and
at military bases following
reports that an IRA terrorist
cell was believed to be plot
ting to assassinate a member
of the Royal Family, possibly
the Queen, and a member of
Parliament

In a statement, the IRA
dismissed stories of an assa.
ssination plot against the
Queen or other members of
the royal family as “media.
generated hysteria.”

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