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Ha en resigns over conflict issue

Constitution Act. mn

Premier Bill Vander Zalm said deputy attorney general
Ted Tughes will head the inquiry and will report by Aug. 5.
The results will be made public.

Attorney General Brian Smith will have responsibility
for the ministry until the inquiry is completed.

“I believe it’s important these kinds of inquiries be
made quickly to ensure the public has full confidence in my
administration and it is equally important that we move
swiftly so no individual is left with his under a

on June 3.

Tie Goioent osiietar oras the teliniaspa tisder in April

cleated and the cloud that is there can be cleared and that
we or the

government ¢an get on with it.”
Hagan vaid he didn’t believe he'd done anything

of the Advanced Education Ministry.
THIRD TO QUIT

Hagen is the third minister from the Vander Zalm

government to resign this year.
Jack Kempf resigned

Credit party and now sits as an Independent.
Stephen Rogers
a conflict of interest im

cloud,” Vander Zalm said.

Hagen had listed himself as manager of Comox Valley
Ready-Mix Ltd. on his financial disclosure form until Friday
when he filed a correction. He had also signed another

affairs.
Hagen, 47, was shaken When he told reporters he

“T felt that it was proper to do (resign), he said. “I think
this is the best way to handle it so that my name can be

NEW LIBRARY . . . Librarian Judy Wearmouth at the has been delayed several weeks vntil new shelving

as forests minister over
management to travel funds in his office. He quit the Social

as environment minister over
‘8 family trust fund. A few
hours later he was back in the cabinet as minister of inter-

takes full responsibility for what had

company to his wife in November and for failing to file
Papers showing ie renee ot BOORE Hrs. Pe:

The legal miscues were exacerbated earlier this week

when pepe) gtlleaceyarlapnage gtd form that
repeated the error that he was of the

look into Hagen’s possible breach ‘of the Constitution Act.
‘The act says no member of the legislature shall accept
money from the government for any goods, services or
work, or be a direétor, senior officer of shareholder in a
company that does business with the government.
Harcourt called it “a very serious situation” but said
Hagen should be allowed to continue as advanced education
minister because of the presumption of innocence.
Vander Zalm said his accepted Hagen’s resignation with

“Mr. Hagen has clearly demonstrated an outstanding ~

his time to handle an important portfolio

DIDN'T READ
When a reporter told him of the error, Hagen said he

had rushed out of a cabinet meeting and didn't bother to
read the form before he signed it. ~

Earlier Friday, Opposition Leader Mike

Harcourt said
when the legislature reconvenes in the fall the New
Democrats would ask for a special legislative committee to

frst well,” the premier said.

“He has made it clear that he does not believe that he
has committed any willful acts of misconduct or acted
intentionally in a manner that would place him ina position
of being unable to serve in cabinet in our government.”

The premier said if the inquiry determines there was no
breach, Hagen could be reappointed to cabinet.

United Way plans
revamped campaign

Castlegar and District United Way is ing the

every other kind of campaigning we do,” said Nielsen.
cording to Nielsen, the Canadian Labor Congress

focus of its fund-raising campaign this year to inchade a
revamped door-to-door effort and a focus on nati

that employ donate the equivalent of one
day's pay per year but he said the decrease in the total

food retailers, according to area president Dale iid

Nielsen said the new campaign will include the use of
local ke’ in which a p of
the money spent i in the stores will go into local United
Way coffers.

“We hope to get people into the stores as part of the
promotion,” explained Nielsen, who hopes it wij] kick in
within the year. “We're trying to increase our exposure.”

The door-to-door campaign will also change from the
one-night “blitz” of the entire district to a week-long
campaign to cover several areas.

“That way if someone has questions we have time to,
stay and talk,” he said, “rather than having to rush off.

“Outlying areas are covered better too,” said
Nielsen, who pointed to a planned increased effort in
Ootischenia, Shoreacres, Thrums and Blueberry Creek.
“They're tough areas to canvass in one evening because
everything is so spread apart.”

Nielsen, who has been directly involved in the
United Way for four years and president for two, said the
downturn in the local economy has hurt the agency.

“Payroll deductions (with money going toward the
United Way) brings a lot more money than just about

number of emp! means less money.

“We would like to sign as many up for employee
payroll plans as possible,” said Nielsen. The plan would
mean a small donation deducted from pay cheques every
month. “Then the United Way would have a steadier
source of income.”

Nielsen also said that small businesses have “so
many people knocking on their doors” that donations
there are limited and he said even Cominco Ltd., which
used to match employee donations dollar-for-dollar, now
only chips in 60 cents and employs fewer people.

The United Way, which represents 21 local and
district agencies such as Kootenay Society for the
Handicapped, the Red Cross and the Castlegar Public
Library, to name a few, does not allow its member
agencies to do their own soliciting.

“If not for us we would have 21 agencies going
door-to-door,” he said. “And we don't refuse any agencies.
If we did, they would go out and compete with us.”

The United Way also plans to begin an annual local
telethon beginning in 1989.

“We're looking forward to it,” said Nielsen. “It gives
us lots of time to plan.”

counter in the new Castlegar Library. Library opening arrives.

ABOUT BACTERIA

Meat warning issued

By MIKE KALESNIKO
Staff Writer

Public health officials are warning
cooks — especially backyard barbecu-
ing enthusiasts — to guard against a
particularly dangerous bacteria found
in undercooked meats.

Last month, a three-year-old Ross-
land girl became ill after contracting
the strain and several people across
Canada, including a two-year-old girl in
Calgary, have died from the bacteria.

Dr. Monty Arnott, medical health
officer in Castlegar, said E. coli
bacteria, which is commonly found in
meat, particularly hamburger, is gen-
erally destroyed if the meat is well
cooked.

But infection from the strain has
made a sharp rise coinciding with the
summer outdoor cooking months and

Arnott emphasizes that the organism is
particularly dangerous to the very
young and the very old.

“You and I may have been exposed
to it some time or another and have
developed an immunity,” he said. “But
this has recently been noted to be a
more toxic form of E. coli.

Arnott said E. coli, or Escherichia
coli, can be found in the bowels of most
people and animals afd is commonly
found in many meats including beef,
pork, lamb and poultry.

However, Arnott added that people
may not be as careful during the
summer about washing their hands
before eating.

Symptoms of the bacteria include
severe diarrhea, fever, vomiting and,
in extreme cases, renal shutdown
(passing of urine) which eventually

impairs the kidney functions.

Arnott does not recommend invi-
dividuals rush to the hospital if a
person appears to have some of the
symptoms. Since most strains may
take up to a week to become serious, he
recommends the individual simply
have it checked by a doctor.

Still, Arnott does not attribute the
rise in the bacterial infection during
summer months to the possibility of in-
experienced male cooks taking over the
grills. Instead, he believes people are
just not being as careful as they should
because of the easy-going time of year.

Arnott encourages everyone to
enjoy their summer picnics and barbe-
cues, “but please ensure that all meats
are well cooked to prevent possible
infection with this potentially lethal
organism.”

Workers vote on offers

MONTREAL (CP) —

Catharines, Ont.,

walked off accept the agreement, they mills in Quebec — at Gatin

About 4,500 workers at three
CIP Inc. paper mills in Que-
bec and another in New
Brunswick could be back on
the job by Monday, but em-
ployees at a mill in Ontario
have walked off the job.
About 20 members of the
International Association of

the job late Thursday night
to protest contracting out of
work.

The walkout affects some
750 workers belonging to
eight other union locals
which have reached a ten-
tative agreement. Workers

could be back on the job im-
mediately if they decide to
cross the picket line,” said
Gary Smith, Ontario Paper's
director of communications.

Meanwhile, about 1,000
workers at the CIP paper
mill in Dalhousie, N.B. began

eauj La Tuque, and Trois.
eres — are voting over
the weekend.

“The three Quebec mills
have been shut since Monday
and the Dalhousie mill since
Tuesday. Canadian Paper-
workers Union members

Machinists at Ontario Paper
Co. in Thorold,

were secheduled to vote on
the offer Friday afternoon.

near St. “If the other eight locals

voting Friday on a new con-
tract offer.

have been asking for parity
with their counterparts at

Workers at the three CIP Abitibi-Price Ine.

COMINCO
WORKERS
WAITING

The Canadian Press

It could be some time before Cominco workers in
Trail again line up outside Carlo's Cafe, waiting for Jean
McEvoy to open for breakfast.

Instead, they'll be lining up outside a vacant store in
the Waneta Mall outside town to get a weekly food
hamper and $35 strike pay.

A contract settlement ratified last week by 2,000
production and maintenance workers at Cominco Ltd. did
not end a strike that shut down the lead-zinc operation
almost 2‘ months ago.

All it meant was a $15 increase in strike pay.

Local 480 of the United Steelworkers of America

says it will not order its members back to work until
Local 9705 — which speaks for 450 office and technical
workers — settles its contract.

But beneath the union solidarity flows an undercur-
rent of impatience, a feeling the smaller union is holding
up a return to work by the majority.

Despite deep cuts in its labor force over the last few
years, Cominco remains the No. 1 employer in the south
eastern British Columbia community of 9,000 and the
surrounding area.

Talks between Cominco and Local 9705, which
represents clerical workers such as secretaries and
professionals such as engineers and draftsmen, broke off
Friday.

Only 18 pickets from Local 9705 guard the entrances
to the Trail plant, usually lounging in lawn chairs. Their
number was limited by a court injunction even though the
strike has been unmarred by violence

Union leaders at Local 480 are diplomatic. Despite a
jurisdictional dispute with Local 9705, the two bargaining
units see eye to eye on efforts by Cominco’s new owner —
Teck Corp. of Vancouver — to win cost-cutting
concessions, says Bobby Schmidt, president of Local 480.

Premier orders inquiry

VICTORIA (CP) — An in-
quiry commission was set up
Friday to investigate the sig-
nificant cost overruns on the
Coquihalla Highway and

pected to be over budget, the
total cost is likely to be closer
to $600 million than the orig-
inal $375-million estimate.
“We have asked for a thor-

used improperly.”

The inquiry was welcomed
by the Opposition's highway
critic, Dan Miller, who more
than a week ago called for an

other recent high proj-
ects in British Columbia.

The commission will have
the power to subpoena wit-
nesses.

The 119-kilometre first
phase of the highway from
Hope to Merritt cost $409.1
million instead of the $250
million originally anticipated.

With completion of the
second phase from Merritt to
Kamloops, which is also ex-

ough ii into pro-
cedures, into costing, into es-
timating, into how it's dealt
with and how it’s accounted
for, so it's the whole gamut,”
Premier Bill Vander Zalm
said Friday.

He said the inquiry was
called to show that “our
government will not coun-
tenance any procedure that
results in the taxpayers see-
ing their dollars wasted or

RCMP boat starts

patrollin

By CasNews Staff

Boat patrols will be start-
ing today on the Arrow
Lakes to deal with com
plaints of impaired boaters
and dangerous operation of
vessels,

The Castlegar RCMP, in
conjunction with the Fish and
Wildlife Branch, will be con-
ducting the patrols.

‘The patrols will be watch
ing for any liquor infractions
and breaches of the small

g Arrow

vessel regulations of the
Canada Shipping Act.

The Castlegar Develop-
ment Board and Scotties
Marina have received com-
plaints about boating infrac-
tions on the lake.

Const. Schmidt is in charge
of coordinating the checks
and the RCMP urges boaters
to have proper equipment
aboard and observe safe
boating procedures.

Matthew Kavalo
funeral Monday

George Matthew Kavalo,
son of Richard and Deborah
Kavalo, passed away Tues-
day, July 21, at the age of 12.

Matthew attended Central
school in Trail and Glenrosa
school in Westbank. He was a
member of the Westbank
Karate Club and the West
Side football and soccer
clubs.

He is survived by his par-
ents, Richard of Trail and
Deborah of Westbani
Lisa; grandparents, Mike and
Grace Kavalo of Trail and
Dick and Pat Paul of Castle.
gar; three uncles, Richard
Paul of Cranbrook, Dan Paul
of Slocan and Bob Kavalo of

Trail; four aunts, Andrea and
Doug McGuiness of Trail,
Shelley Rourke of Robson,
Patty and Gerri Kabatoff of
Shoreacres, and Katherine
Paul of Thunder Bay; and
many cousins.

A mass of Christian burial
will be celebrated in Our
Lady of Lourdes Roman
Catholic church in Westbank
Monday at 10 a.m.

Father Steven Kersten
will be celebrant. Interment
will follow in Kelowna City
Cemetery. Prayers will be
recited in the church on
Sunday at 7 p.m.

Garden Chapel of Kelowna
is in charge of funeral ar-
rangements.

“It appears that we may be
heading for the $1-billion
mark on the Coquihalla,

which may be a story of

highway robbery,” said Mill-
er, the NDP member for
Prince Rupert.

The inquiry commissioner
is expected to be named next
week and the report due, if
possible, by the end of Sep-
tember. The premier did not
rule out the possibility of
public hearings and he said
the report will be made pub-
lic.

The commissioner will also

be responsible for looking
into any other projects that
have cost overruns of more
than 20 per cent.

Earlier this week, Vander
Zalm said he was shocked to
learn ministry officials be-
lieve overruns of 20 to 30 per
cent are normal, and said
there must be a problem
within the ministry if that is
a regular occurrence.

“I thought a few days ago
(when an internal investiga-
tion was begun) that we were
only talking about the Coqui-
halla,” Vander Zalm said Fri-
day. “But we do have other
concerns in other areas .. .
(I've been told) that overruns
are not uncommon, it's hap-
pened fairly regularly and I
say we can’t stand for this.”

Police file

Two Castlegar residents
were taken to hospital with
minor injuries Friday after a
two-car collision that result-
ed in a total of $4,000 dam-
age.

According to Castlegar
RCMP, a 1976 Chevrolet
pickup, by Scott
Blackman, 21, of Castlegar,
collided with a 1987 Suzuki
Jeep driven by an 18-year-old
Edmonton, Alta. man on the
Deer Park road late Friday
afternoon.

Loree Campbell, 18, and
Jennifer Stroes, 17, both of
Castlegar were riding in the
Blackman vehicle when they
were injured.

Further details were un
available.

driven

A rear-end accident on
Columbia Avenue last week-
end resulted in a total of
$1,300 damage.

According to Castlegar
RCMP, Kathryn Trusz, 42, of
Castlegar, was driving a 1986
Toyota when it was struck
from behind by Raymond
Kerfoot, 28, of Slocan Park
driving a 1987 Firebird.

RCMP say Trusz pulled
out of her parking spot in
front of a motor home with

out yielding to traffic and
was subsequently rear
ended.
No charges are being laid.
. 2

Approximately $300 worth
of tools were taken from an
unlocked Shaw Cable vehicle
sometime Wednesday while
the vehicle was parked in
front of the Shaw Cable
offices.

The investigation ° contin-
ues.

Court news

Castlegar provincial

theft under $200.

Weather

Sunny today with cloudy
periods. Widely scattered
showers or thundersto-
rms. Highs 23. Outlook for
Monday is little change.
Chance of precipitation
both days is 40 per cent.

VICTORIA (CP) — All the bingo paper used in
British Columbia will now be made in this province
with the opening of a new printing plant in Richmond,
says Nick Loenen, the Social Credit member for that
riding.

Loenen said the Bazaar and Novelty printing
plant will employ 45 people and 100 per

shot dead

GENEVA (REUTERS-AP) — A Lebanese Shiite
Moslem gunman who hijacked an Air Afrique jetliner and
shot dead'a French passenger had just agreed to free the
lone Canadian passenger and two Belgians on board as a sign
of good faith when he was overpowered, a Palestinian who
negotiated with him said on Saturday.

“He told me the three would leave the plane

eent of bingo paper used in B.C. Until now, only about
90 per cent of bingo paper used in the province was
printed here.

Provincial Secretary Elwood Veitch, the minister
responsible for the B.C. Lottery Corp., said the plant's
printing press is the first of its kind in Western
Canada.

Hotel explosion

HONOLULU (AP) — An explosion on the 22nd
floor of a high-rise Waikiki hotel forced the evacuation
of 350 guests, police said. There were no injuries
reported from the explosion at the Outrigger Prince
Kuhio Hotel. The explosion shattered three windows
and damaged the door of a service elevator, said Capt.
G. Makiki of the Waikiki Fire Station.

Vatican denies

VATICAN CITY (REUTER) — The Vatican
denied on Saturday that its bank was responsible for
the 1982 crash of Italy's Banco Ambrosiano, saying its
officials were unaware of illegal activities attributed to
the late Roberto Calvi.

The denial came in a broadcast by Vatican radio
commenting on a controverisal Italian Supreme Court
decision annulling arrest warrants issued against
three Vatican bank executives accused of complicity in
fraudulent bankruptcy.

Religious clash

PORT-AU-PRINCE (REUTER) — At least 235
people were killed in a battle between Protestant and
Roman Catholic groups locked in a land dispute in a
remote Haitian town, a Protestant minister said
Saturday.

“There were at least 235 people killed,” Rev.
Robert Elus, a missionary working in the town of
Jean-Rabel, 225 kilometres northwest of Port-au-
Prince, said in an interview with Radio Lumiere, a
Protestant station.

Elus said about 2,000 peasants from rival Roman
Catholic and Protestant groups fought each other with
machetes, picks and clubs in a simmering dispute over
land.

Sign accord

COLOMBO (REUTER) — President Junius
Jayewardene said on Saturday he will sign an accord
with Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi which he
hopes will bring an end to the rebellion by Sri Lanka's
Tamil minority.

“I am signing an agreement with Rajiv Gendht
next Wednesday and terrorism will end on Monday,”
Jayewardens said.

1,000 killed

NICOSIA, CYPRUS (AP-REUTERS) — Iran said
Saturday its forces killed or wounded more than 1,000
Iraqi soldiers in the first major ground battle since the
United Nations Security Council called for a ceasefire.

The official Iranian news agency IRNA, moni.
tored in Nicosia, also quoted a military spokesman as
saying Iran shot down an Iraqi Mirage warplane and a
helicopter.

The state-run Iraqi news agency, also monitored
in Micosia, denied any aircraft were downed.

Families homeless
MOSCOW (REUTER) — Twenty-five people
were killed and 500 families were left homeless when a
mudslide swept through parts of the Soviet Trans-
caucasian republic of Azerbaijan, the Communist
party newspaper Pravda said Saturday.

Stands trial
MOSCOW (AP) — A Soviet court will try a West
German teenager who braved Soviet border defences
and landed his light plane in Moscow's Red Square, a
West German Embassy official confirmed on Satur.
day.

Soviet officials told the West German Embassy on
Friday that Mathias Rust would be tried, embassy
legal counsellor Gerhard Enver Schroembgens said,
adding that the Soviets did not say what charges Rust
would face or when the trial would start.

Leader threatens

BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese militia leader says
kidnappers might take action against hostages to
support Iran against the United States and France, a
magazine reported Saturday.

Hussein Musawi, leader of the Islamic Amal
militia, did not disclose what he thought would happen
to the hostages seized in Lebanon. He was quoted in
the French-l weekly

River kills

NICOSIA, CYPRUS (AP) — At least 147 people
were killed after a rain-swollen river surged over its
banks in northeastern Iran, the official Iranian news
agency IRNA reported Saturday.

The agency, monitored in Micosia, said the
Boojhan River overflowed Friday night after
torrential rain in the region. It said a wave of water
covered the nearby village of Boojhan

Titanic treasures

PARIS (AP) — A crew searching for treasure
from the sunken ocean liner Titanic made its first dive
Saturday in a small submarine

The minisub plunged about 2.5 nautical miles to
the floor of the North Atlantic off New ac-

Isaw people start to leave and thought | it was
them,” Nabil , Palestine Lib Or
representative in Geneva, told Reuters news agency of the.
events at the Geneva airport on Friday. “Then I was
surprised to see everybody pouring out. We realized
something had happened inside the plane.”

After the Frenchman was killed at the Geneva airport
Friday while the aircraft was being refueled, passengers at
the rear of the plane, including Canadian Walt Cholewa,
opened emergency exits and fled the plane. The hijacker was
distracted by the commotion and was overpower by the
plane's crew, including the steward who was shot and
seriously wounded.

About 30 of the fleeing passengers were hurt during
their escape. Cholewa, who identified himself only as a
teacher who was flying back to Toronto after a vacation in
Brazzaville, Congo, was unhurt. He declined to give his age
or Canadian home town.

HIJACKS PLANE

The gunman, identified as Hussein Ali Mohammed
Hariri, 21, a member of the proIran Lebanese group
Hezbollah, hijacked the DC-10 carrying 163 people while on
aflight to Paris from Rome and demanded it be flown to
Beirut, Lebanon. The flight originated in Brazzaville.

When the plane stopped in Geneva to be refuelled, the
gunman, who also had explosives, killed the French
passenger but was overpowered by the Air Afrique crew as

fled down ‘gency slides.

The flight stewart was reported in satisfactory
condition at Geneva's Cantonal Hospital. About 10 other
passengers remained in hospital with bone fractures
suffered while escaping the jet.

Ramlawi also said the hijacker was part of a

ll-pl d ion to free pro-Iranian extremists jailed
in France and West Germany.

Ramlawi, called in by Swiss authorities to negotiate
with the hijacker, said the man was on a mission run by
pro-Iranian groups in southern Lebanon.

CUTS TIES

He also said he believes the hijacking was linked to a
dispute between France and Iran, which cut ties more than a
week ago in a diplomatic row and have surrounded each
other's embassies.

The hijacker chose Air Afrique, which is partly financed
with French capital, and a flight bound from Brazzaville to
Paris, ensuring French nationals would be on board, the
negotiator noted.

UNVEILING .
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loce baskets of flowers at

statue of Leo heritage.

Tolstoy. The bronze statue, one of two in Canada,

TOLSTOY

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people was negative,” and he wrote
articles against drinking, racism, dis-
crimination and even the dangers of
nationalism.

“We shall understand how deep the
connections of Tolstoy are with life it-

self,” he said.

Ilya Tolstoy, who teaches in the
faculty of Journalism in Moscow Uni-
veristy, described the influence of
journalism on society.

“There exists two kinds of journa-
lism,” he said. “Journalism that exists
for today, and journalism not just for

If convicted, Hariri, 21, faces life impri He is
being held in the maximum-security section of Geneva's
Champ-Dollon jail.

JOAN COLLINS
WINS CLASH
KEEPS CASH

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dynasty star Joan Collins's
riches. are protected from her estranged husband by a
prenuptial agreement, a judge ruled after four days of
testimony about Hollywood-style love, money and greed.

“I'm absolutely happy,” a beaming Collins said after
the ruling Friday. Asked what she would demand in any
future long-term relationship, Collins said: “Freedom.
Freedom from all entanglements.”

The court rulled valid an agreement Collins, 54, and
former Swedish pop star Peter Holm, 40, signed in
October 1985, two weeks before their marriage. The
one-page document limited Holm to 20 per cent of her
earnings, as long as they stayed together.

The actress's lawyer, Marvin Mitchelson, said the
ruling means Holm has lost the right to have Collins's
property divided by the court in a divorce.

Holm had argued that the prenuptial agreement
affected only how money would be divided during
marriage, and not in the event of a divorce.

During the 13 months before Collins asked for an
annulment, she gave Holm $1.3 million US and picked up
his $700,000 tab for personal expenses, testimony shows.

Superior Court Judge Earl Riley said he will decide
on Aug. 18 whether to hold a hearing on Holm’s request
for $80,000 a month in temporary support until a
property settlement can be worked out.

Collins, who is paid $95,000 an episode for playing
the conniving Alexis Carrington Colby on the popular
nighttime Dynasty soap opera, gave Mitchelson a hug
after the ruling.

‘FEEL SORRY’

“T feel sorry it had to end like this,” a jubilant Collins
told reporters. “I'm very happy that justice has been
done.”

Collins testified that the couple bickered over the
prenuptial agreement. She said she didn’t want to marry
without it.

“This lady had been married three times before and
knew what it was like,” Mitchelson said. “She just
finished paying off her last husband more than $1 million.
She was entitled to bargain and not have it happen
again.”

Frank Steinschriber, Holm's lawyer, said he was
disappointed in Riley's decision, and that an appeal was
under consideration.

Holm said: “My reaction is mixed.”

Mitchelson described Holm as greedy and scheming.

Holm is “healthy as a horse” and has no disabilities
that would prevent him from getting work, Mitchelson
said. “He's not suffering from anything except delusions
of grandeur.”

The hearing, which drew scores of Dynasty fans,
included allegations about a secret, torrid extramarital
love affair between Holm and Romina Danielson. Holm
denied it

Mrs. Danielson, 23, had testified that Holm called her
his Passion Flower and urged her to marry the rich Axel

companied by a robot named Robin.

High winds frustrated attempts to dive Friday,
but the weather improved enough Saturday to allow
divers to begin a survey of the site some 350 nautical
miles off Newfoundland.

Dani 80, so she and Holm could share their wealth
later.

Mrs. Danielson fainted on the witness stand
Thursday while testifying about the alleged affair and
was not in court Friday. Mitchelson said she was still ill.
The judge threw out the incomplete testimony.

aries but that which is ap-

plied to future generations.”

He described how Tolstoy lived a life
of alienation because of his beliefs.

“He suffered because he had no res-
ponse. No response, both as a human
being and as a writer,” he said. “He
hoped his works would be effective and
Tolstoy knew his contemporaries
would not hear him.

“Tolstoy was a very lonely man,” he
said. “He was lonely, not at his home,
not with his family; he was lonely in his

speeding train who can see a crevasse
ahead which the train will soon to
plunge into.

“] think we, all of us, are far closer to
Tolstoy than his contemporaries,” he
said. “We understand him better .
we believe him.”

Alexander Fodor, an author and
specialist in the works of Tolstoy, said
describing Tolstoy “was like describing
an ocean.”

He said it took several years — until
long after the Russian revolution and
around the time of Hitler's attack on
the Soviet Union — before Tolstoy's
War and Peace was read by the ordin-
ary Soviet citizens.

Today, Fodor described Tolstoy as
an honored and revered man in the
Soviet Union.

“You wouldn't have many friends in
the Soviet Union if you were to say the
War and Peace was a badly written
book,” he said.

Soviet Cultural Minister Yuri Mel-
entyev said Friday that relations be-
tween the Soviet Union and Canada
have _ Sbanged dramatically since the
of Mikhail Gorbachev's

time, with his ies. He was
lonely with millions of people around
him.”

Tolstoy likened his great-grandfa
ther to a man riding at the front of a

glasnost, Russian for “openness.”
“Our relations have become un-

doubtedly better,” he said. “If you

want to know how we feel here . . . we

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feel great. Most warmly received by all
people.”

Melentyev encouraged reporters at
the press conference to ask anyone on
the panel any question they wanted.

“You can put questions to all our
people,” he said. “We will answer all
questions.”

But Melentyev admitted that ties
between the Soviet Union and United
States do not compare to that between
Canada and the Soviet Union.

“They are a different people there,”
he said through an interpreter. “As a
rule, the people there who do not go
into polities daily, they like the Soviet
Union.

“We hope that in the U.S. there will
be a deeper and better understanding
of our propositions,” he said.

how
citizens were excited about the tour of
the Bolshoi Ballet, but he said one of
the performances in the U.S. was
marred by a bomb threat.

“But our ballet girls are quite fear-
less and danced even with a bomb in
the hall,” he said.

Melentyev said the entire event, in-
cluding the unveilings of both statues,
will be covered by the Soviet media
and he said all of those on the tour will
be asked to discuss the trip on Soviet
television.

FAMILY THOUGHTS...
Ilya Tolstoy, great-
grandson of Leo Tolstoy,
talks about his great-
grandfather throu:
interpreter Edw: om
Solovyov Friday.
evening. Tolstoy isa
professor in the faculty
of journalism at the
Moscow State
University in the Soviet
Union.

CostewsPhoto by Mike Kalesmko