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CORRECTION

In the $1.44 Day ad in Sunday's Castlegar News
Fleecy Fabric Softener under Monday Extra Buys
read 5 litres for $2.84; it should have read 3.6
litres for $2.84.

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caused our customers

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Kennedy
elected
to House

BOSTON\ (Reuter) —
Joseph Kennpdy, son of the
late senator! Robert Ken-
nedy, bee:
member
American political family to

win publje office with an

PLEASE VOTE ON NOV. 15

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Serves the
Community

ELECT
Lawrence Chernoff for Alderman

overwhelming election to the

House of Representatives.
The nephew of the late

president john Kennedy and

Tip O'Neill by a three-to-one
margin over Republican op-
ponent Clark Abt, a Cam-
bridge businessman, in Tues-
day's congressional elections.

In doing so, the 34-year-old
Kennedy continued a family
tradition of never losing a
political race in Massachu-
setts.

But in Maryland's second
congressional district, Ken-
nedy’s sister, Kathleeen

Kennedy Townsend, failed in

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her attempt to join her
brother in the House.

Townsend was defeated by
Republican Representative
Helen Bentley, 62, who took
about 60 per cent of the vote.

The Massachusetts seat
won by Joseph Kennedy
served as the launching pad
for the political career of
John Kennedy.

Joseph Kennedy's election
was a foregone conclusion
once he won the Democratic
primary in September over
eight opponents. The eighth
district is the most heavily
Democratic in the U.S. and,
with 28 per cent of the pre-

cinets reporting.

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No plans for drug testing

VANCOUVER (CP) — The
federal government does not
plan mandatory testing to
counteract drug abuse, Solici
tor-General James Kelleher
said Tuesday.

However, he told a news
conference a national drug
strategy “to reduce both the
supply and demand for
drugs,” will be announced by
the end of the year.

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The strategy will involve
federal and provincial gov:
ernments, police and com
munity groups.

“We have no plans for
testing,” he said.

Earlier, Kelleher told more
than 100 people at a work
shop that drug abuse in
Canada is one of his min
istry's three highest prior.
ities “and from a personal
point of view, I have made it
my No. 1 priority.”

He identified alcohol and

tranquilizers as legal drugs
that can be abused as easily
as illegal heroin or cocaine.

“The drug problem. is not
limited to illicit drugs, those
that are the prime concern of
my ministry. The problem
extends to the abuse of legal
drugs. The person with a de
pendence on tranquilizers or
the person drinking alcohol
to excess is also abusing a
drug.”

President resigns

VANCOUVER (CP)
Gary Livingstone has re
signed as president of
Westar Mining Ltd. the
company, which is 67-per
cent owned by B.C. Re
sources, said Tuesday

Jack Smith, vice-chairman
of Westar and president and
chief executive officer of B.C
Resources, will succeed Liv
ingstone.

Westar did not give any
specific reasons for Living
stone's departure except to
say in a news release he

Meanwhile, Edwin Phillips
has been elected chairman of
the B.C. Resources Invest
ment Corp., the company an
nounced Tuesday

Phillips has been a B.C
Resources director since 1981
and is a retired chairman of
Westcoast Transmission Co
Ltd., where his career span
ned 17 years.

He is currently vice-chair
man of Belkin Inc. and a di
rector of a number of comp
anies, including Barclays
Bank of Canada, Foothills

Democrats
steal control
of Senate

By NORMA GREENWAY
Canadian Press ‘

WASHINGTON — Democrats threw a wrench into
Ronald Reagan's plans for his final two years in the presi
dency Tuesday, stealing control of the Senate and strength
ening their grip on the House of Representatives in con.
gressional elections. . -

‘The Democrats ended the Republicans’ supremacy in
the powerful 100-member Senate, robbing Reagan of the
clout he has enjoyed on Capitol Hill since his landslide win in
1980. oe

“If there was a Reagan revolution, it’s over, said re.
tiring House Speaker Tip O'Neill, adding that the popular
Republican president will have to rely on the “art of govern
ment by compromise” during his final two years in office.

Democrats needed to win 16 of the 34 seats at stake, a
net gain of four. Late results showed they were elected in 19
and leading in one, pointing to a 55-45 majority in the 100th
Congress that opens Jan. 3.

A shift to Democratic control of the Senate was
expected to jeopardize efforts to negotiate a freer-trade
agreement between Canada and the United States.

‘The Senate finance committee, which will play a key
role should a trade agreement be reached, now will be
headed by Texas Democrat Lloyd Bentsen who has dis.
played a strong protectionist bend. Republican Bob Pack
wood of Oregon, the former chairman, was instrumental in
salvaging Reagan's request to open the talks last spring
despite concerns in his home state about Canadian lumber
imports.

IMPROVES CHANCES

On the environmental! front, Democratic majorities in
the Senate and House should improve chances of Congress
approving stiff new controls on U.S. chemical emissions that
cause acid rain on both sides of the border

The only consolation for the Republicans was their
significant gains in 36 governors’ races where they
threatened to upset the Democratic majority hold on the 50
top state posts for the first time since 1969.

Conceding Republican defeat at the federal level, Bob
Dole, outgoing Republican majority leader in the Senate,
glumly coneluded: “It's going to make it more difficult for
Ronald Reagan.”

Anticipating stormy partisan struggles over trade,
farm, employment and budget policies, Dole said the Demo
crats are going to have to work with the Republican min
ority. “It's going to take some conciliation.”

Vice-President George Bush said the Democratic
majority will require a tougher selling job of Reagan's
initiatives on Capitol Hill but added: “There's no way we're
going to change the agenda.”

Reagan had leaned heavily on the Republican majority
in the Senate to push his conservative agenda through Con
gress, despite opposition from the Democratic-controlled
House.

RESHAPE PLA:

Democrat Robert Byrd, who hopes to become the new
majority leader in the Senate, was clearly relishing the
prospect of using combined Democratic majorities in the two
congressional bodies to reshape Reagan's plans for the
country.

He pointed to the Reagan administration's trade, farm
and budget policies as chief Democratic targets, warning
that the party is prepared to drop tough new legislation on
the president's desk unless Reagan is willing to co-operate
and compromise

Big drug bust
grows bigger

MIAMI (Reuter) The On Monday, U.S. Customs
biggest drug haul in U.S. inspectors drilled into a sec

SKI SWAP . . . Geneine Wishlow tries on ski boots at Red Mountain Racers’ annual
ski swap held Sunday at Castlegar Community Complex

CosNewsPhoto by Ryan Wilson

1} 8:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.

Another interesting event coming up is the “Mr. anc
Ms: Stanley Humphries contest.” A spoof of beauty
pageants such as Miss USA or Miss Universe, a girl and
guy from cach Grade 12 homeroom is choosen to run as

VANCOUVER (CP) —
British Columbia unions
could be asked to begin ro-
tating strikes to support
striking woodworkers if
there is no settlement soon in
the province's forest industry
dispute, says the president of
the B.C. Federation of Labor.

The federation is immed-
iately beginning a six-point
program to put pressure on
forest companies to settle
their dispute with the Inter.
national Woodworkers of
America, Art Kube told a
news conference Tuesday.

He announced the plan fol-
lowing a meeting of repre
sentatives of 600 union locals

SERVICE TONIGHT

Castlegar man dies

William J. Poohachoff of
Castlegar passed away Mon
day at the age of 81

Mr. Poohachoff was born
Sept. 25, 1905 in Saskatche
want and came to B.C. with
his parents, settling at Win
law. He grew up and married
Irene Makortoff at Winlaw in
1925.

During his life he worked
at many different jobs, but
from 1947 until his retire
ment in 1971 he worked for
West Kootenay Power and
Light Co. He was a member

of the USCC, and enjoyed
gardening and singing. He
moved to Castlegar in 1973

Mr. Poohachoff is survived
by his wife Irene; two sons,
Mike of Shoreacres and Wal
ter of Kamloops; four daugh
ters, Mrs. Alex (Mary) Pop
off of Kelowna, Mrs. Anne
Kootnikoff and Mrs. Ken
(Nancy) Russell both of
Burnaby and Mrs Bob
(Ruby) DeVille of Surrey; 18
grandchildren; 10 great
grandchildren; and two
brothers, John of Castlegar

and Fred of Slocan Park.

He was predeceased by
one son, Bill, and two sisters,
Martha Samarodin and Mary
Nevokshonoff.

Funeral services are being
held at the Castlegar Funeral
Chapel tonight at 7 p.m. and
will continue at the Brilliant
Cultural Centre on Thursday
at 10 a.m. with burial at 1
p.m. in the Brilliant Cem
etery

Funeral arrangements are
under the direction of the
Castlegar Funeral Chapel

with a combined membership
of 100,000.

If the program to pressure
the forest industry fails, he
said, “the federation will ac.
celerate support action” on
behalf of the woodworkers by
launching rotating strikes.

Jack Munro, woodworkers
regional president, said it is
obvious there is more at
stake in the dispute than the
forest companies’ ability to
function competitively and
record company profits an
nounced Monday prove that.

“It's got to do with des.
troying the collective bar.
gaining power of the trade
union movement,” he said

CONTINUE TO WORK

About two-thirds of the
union's 30,000 members have

“In the past, only the guys could run, but this year
| girls wanted in on this hilarious pageant. The Mr. and Ms,
Stanley Humphries pageant will be held at noon ho

‘This Gelicious citrus fruit is fresher than can be found in
Hany store, and students are still taking orders.
&

Rotating strikes
could begin

been on strike since late July
over the issue of contracting
out union jobs to non-union
companies. The rest have
continued to work at comp-
anies which broke ranks with

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This week, however, some
woodworkers angry that
their fellow union members
are collecting paycheques
while they survive on strike
pay have closed some op
erations on Vancouver Island
by setting up picket lines.

As part of its program, the
federation promised to step
up efforts to raise funds for
striking woodworkers, to
mount a major public aware-
ness campaign, organize ral
lies and investigate other
means of supporting the
union.

Federation officials also
will meet with Premier Bill
Vander Zalm to advise
against legislating an end to
the strike.

Meantime, net income for
the giant for products
company MacMillan Bloedel
Ltd. increased dramatically

company reported
Tuesday that net earnings
for the nine months ended
Sept. 30 jumped to $110
million compared with $22.5
million in the corresponding
same period last year.

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General

PUBLIC
MEETING

Re:

The Sale of
West Kootenay
Power & Light
to UtiliCorp of
the U.S.A.

Thursday,

history has grown even big
ger. with drug agents now
estimating last month's seiz
ure at close to three tonnes of
cocaine worth $620 million
US, authorities in Florida
said Tuesday.

Last week federal drug
agents announced the con
fiscation of 2,100 kilograms of
cocaine found hidden in the
false wall of a shipping con
tainer unloaded from a
freighter at the port of West
Palm Beach

their sacrifice

ond metal shipping container
from the same vessel and
found more cocaine, bringing
the total haul to more than
2.800 kilograms, officials
said

Drug agents estimated
that the cocaine is worth $61
million wholesale and more
than $620 million on the
street

Clif Stallings, a spokesman
for U.S. Customs, said the
method of hiding the cocaine
delayed discovery of the
second batch

Customs officials uncov
ered the first load when they
became suspicious about
empty secret compartments
built into furniture shipped in
the metal containers.

They used power drills to
Pierce the walls of the con
tainers and extracted hun
dreds of small packages of
cocaine

By that time, the Ven
ezuelan-registered ship and
its crew had already left port,
authorities said

Although no one has been
taken into custody in the in
vestigation, drug agents said
arrests are expected.

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