TORR ext oreryne cnet es eMail Legislative Library, Parliament Bldgs.. 501 Victoria, B, Cc. V8V 1x4 Published at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” WEATHERCAST Cloudy with isolated showers today, High 18° and overnight low near 5%. Outlook for Monday Is clouds with occasional showers, VOL.35,NO.35 35 Cents Pe ed 3 Sections (A, B&C), * CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1982 BRITAIN BOMBS FALKLANDS By The As Waves of British jets attacked the eal and secondary airfields on the Argentine-held Falkland Islands Saturday and both sides reported enemy warplanes shot down in dogfights or by anti-aircraft fire. British frigates began shelling i around 1,220-metre asphalt runway at Stanley and also hit the secondary airfiold at a settlement called Goose Green, 65 kilometres west of Stanley. All the British planes returned safely, the report said. ‘The Argentine Embassy said Saturday night three British the capital city of Stanley, and. the Argentine government said they were attacked by jet fighters that’ seriously damaged three of the warships, forcing them to retreat. Both sides issued conflicting claims on the fighting. Argentina said its forces repelled the British air raiders, shooting down three planes and possibly a fourth with one pilot killed and another captured, and that its jets: briefly went into action over Britain's blockading war fleet. ° It said six Argentine soldiers were wounded in four waves of air attacks on the South Atlantic islands it seized April 2, but claimed the airstrips were undamaged. Britain claimed two Argentine Mirage jet fighters were shot down and that Argentine aircraft on the ground were it. It said the British warplanes “severely cratered” the! main ‘ ry attacked a Falkland Islands settlement with ,gunfire and were repulsed with one in flames and calling for help. ‘The embassy said Argentine planes shot down two more British Harrier jets making another attack on the islands, with the loss of two Argentine planes. Two more Harriers were damaged and probably destroyed, the embassy claimed. ‘The embassy’s fourth statement of the day brought to five the number of British Barriers claimed shot down by the Argentine forces. The two Argentine aircraft losses admitted were a Pucara and a Dagger. The air attack’ and ‘destroyer shelling occurred simul- taneously at 4:80 p.m. Argentine time (12:80 p.m. PDT), the statement said... ROBSON CLEAN-UP oA handful of. workers turned up at Robson Socie! at Robson swimming pool and tennis courts. Don (left) Meanwhile, Britain's Foreign Minister said Saturday night Britain's attacks on the Falklands Islands are intended ‘e a Argentina the lesson that “aggression does not etRecent events have brought this home rather sharply," Foreign Secretary Francis Pym said on arrival in Washington for conferences with U.S. State. Secretary Alexander Haig and Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger. “It’s necessary for Argentina to remove their forces from the islands. We intend to achieve this If possible Vulcans’ apparent main task was to crater the airfields, while the smaller Harriers, using rockets and 30-mm cannon fire, were likely sent in to strafe Argentine planes and missile positions, In Buenos Aires, the Argentine junta claimed its defences in Stanley were not damaged “in the least,” and that its gunners downed two British jets and damaged others, at least one of which A said may also have been lost. The phil issued a more detailed - peacefully ... but if necessary by force,” Pym said. “You achieve better ee by negotiating from strength.” Britain said its Vulcan bombers, carrying 450-kilogram (1,000-pound) bombs and refuelled in the air en route from Ascension Island 3,500 nautical miles northeast of Stanley, flew one raid during the night, followed by a pre-dawn attack by earrier-based Sea Harrier vertical takeoff jet fighters armed with rockets and cannon. Unconfirmed reports said the Vulcans also dropped anti-personnel mines te prevent repairs on the runways. The BOTH CELGAR MILLS i are A ti along with the claim that three Harriers were downed, one pilot was killed and a second captured. The embassy also said no Vulcans were used in the British attack. Argentina's official Telam news agency said six Dagger jets from a base in pursuit of five British Harrier jets and that the Daggers “were in action for 15 minutes over the British fleet.” There was no confirmation from London of action over the armada. * ‘Telam said the British attacked first at 4:40 a.m. (12:40 " a.m, PDT), again at 7:45 a.m. (8:45 a.m. PDT), again at 8:23 contiriued on page A2 Three week closure B.C. Timber announced this week it will close both its Celgar pulp mill and sawmill for three weeks later this summer, idling between 685 and 735 C Belton pointed out the clo sure will not be as severe as it appears because the mill is normally shut down for a week over Labor Day for Ron Belton, pulp mill in- dustrial relations manager, .. told the Castlegar News Thursday that 335 hourly employees and about 100 sal- aried workers will be off the job from Aug. 21 to Sept. 9, Belton said not all of the 435 employees will be laid off, ‘will be known once employee holidays have been finalized. ‘ Belton said the shutdown is necessary because of the growing inventory at the mill, in turn created by poor market conditions. He said the mill has started stock- piling pulp adjacent to the highway. Hospital He added that some oper- ators, in addition to the maintenance crew, will be ‘working during the shut- down. Meanwhile, Al Blessin, in- dustrial relations manager for the sawmill, said Friday that the’sawmill will close from Aug. | 23 to Sept. 13. He said the mill's 260 to 300 rkers will be. encouraged ke" holiday time during © the shutdown, and those that can't will be laid off. ~ Blessin said thes during the current economic downturn. Blessen added that B.C. Timber will monitor the situ- ation at the mill between now and Aug. 23 on a weekly basis. Elsewhere, B.C. Timber announced it will close its Skeena pulp operation on the north coast for six weeks later this summer because of pressures caused by the con- tinuing economic slowdown. The shutdown will be from July 1 to Aug. 16 and will affect nearly 800 mill- work- ers. Safeway, Boel By CasNews Staff Castlegar’s mall saga took yet another twist this week when local ‘Paul will coincide with the pulp mill closure because the saw- mill uses steam and high- pressure water from the pulpmill., He said it. isn't worth it-to run the sawmill when the pulp mill is down workers get word Monday Castlegar and District Hos- pital has decided to wait until Monday to announce the measures it will take to bring costs into line with its 1982 . budget,:board chairman John and Russ Livingstone repair old doors of change rooms. so Sosllews Phote by Chery! Weshlow Dalziel said Friday. Dalziel said, “Some plans have been made,” but there is nothing definite at this stage. A spokesman at the hos- pital said the hospital re- continued on page A2 Boel announced he has reached an agreement with Canada Safeway Ltd. to jointly build a mall on his property on Columbia Ave. just north of the -Hi-Arrow Arms Motor Hotel. Boel disclosed the agree- ment in a letter to Castlegar council. City public works super- intendent Igor Zahynacz said Friday that Boel has also reached an agreement with the city to relocate 17th Street. Zahynacz said the road will be moved to tie in with the road beside Mal- oney's GMC dealership. He added that work on the relocation is scheduled to start tomorrow (Monday). pian new maii iisteasta Safeway has also indicated it wants to be “operational” in its new lo- cation’ before Christmas. However, both Boel and Canada Safeway officials were unavailable for com- ment. . Meanwhile, council has also asked its solicitor to negotiate terms and condi- tions for development of the eliptical site behind the Castleaird Plaza. First Commercial Proper- ties Ltd. of Winnipeg has in- dicated interest in the site as a shopping mall. First . City Investments Ltd. of Vancouver has also expressed interest in devel- oping a mall at 1502 Columbia Ave., and has asked council for another meeting, Zahy- nacz said. Airport expansion eyed By CasNews Staff Plans for an addition near- ly three times the size of ex- isting facilities at Castlegar Airport were revealed this week — and if all goes well construction should begin by March, 1984. John Williams, Transport Canada supervisor of airport services, spoke of proposed plans at a meeting with members of the Castlegar Municipal Airport advisory committee and the flight schedule committee of Lyle Kristiansen's advisory com- mittee council, Also at the meeting were Kristiansen and Pacific Western Airlines representative Jack Potman. Plans call for 1,300 square metres to be added to the present 600-metre facilities, plus a fairly major expansion of the existing carpark. | Other facilities in the build- ing include facilities for the airport manager, clerks and a ‘small conference room which Williams said could double up as an emergency co-ordin- ation centre and would also ‘be available for a first aid room, and to customs officers and ‘coroners. There we will also be an indoor baggage pickup. The coffee shop will be part of this building. The temporary building would be removed. ' The plans come out of a feasibility study by a consul- . tant, and are a combination of two alternatives accepted by the Ministry of Transport. One alternative, Williams said, called for a completely new air terminal building separate and away from the existing buliding. “All available: land would be used up,” he said, if that plan had been followed. It would also have involved construction of a new apron and taxi way. The plans must now be - submitted to the ministry. Williams said program deadline for submission to the ministry is June 30. As well, a submission must be filed with the federal govern- ment’s treasury board. He said ‘hopefully the trea- sury board will give approval in principle. The next step would be preliminary plan- ning. JOHN WILLIAMS .a. presents plans B.C. Tel mak By bags aieeew BC. Telephone Gatpiy Hee to eliminate operator assisted long distance telephone calls in Castlegar, as well as across the province, B.C. Tel vice-president Bob Stevens told the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce Thursday the company plans to ic number i (ANI) which will do away with the need for operators on Tong distance calls. But the move's a delicate one. “Every time we introduce more newer technology we eliminate jobs,” he said. “We have some obligations to keep employment up.” Stevens was speaking to the chamber on computers and telecommunications, but it was evident in the question period that members were more interested in BA at els. plans for the Castlegar area. compat ny new ination | in Castlegar on 14th Ave. near Highway 3. The completion of the new building here will mean the elimination of the operators, Stevens said. John Dormer, B.C. Tel public affairs ing changes| onthe lines, which Stevens said they have received some complaints about. Stevens eaid the problem in and sround the Cominco smelter is a result of an electromechanical action introduced on the lines by a high voltage power. That power affects the lines that run through the plant on Cominco hill. He said B.C. Tel is working jointly on the problem with Cominco and West Kootenay Power. Dormer said the next step is finding out where the problem is and what kind of equipment is needed to correct it. One question raised was if toll charges between Trail and Castlegar will be eliminated. Stevens said there are no plans to eliminate the charges between Trail, Nelson and Castlegar. “T wouldn’t be so naive to say it would never happen,” he said. He pointed out that long distance calls and other services like swi and pink are the moneymakers for the company. said later in an interview that ANI will be installed in the South Slocan and Slocan areas Sept. 7 and by March, 1983 the entire area will have the service. He noted that the company is trying to “walk the line” between totally automating the system and throwing a large number of employees out of work, so it is taking the situation on a “control basis.” Another improvement in the area is the problem of having to re-dial because of “ringing and ringing” when long distance telephone calls are pla: Stevens said this problem should be d shortly. or single business lines are not a moneymaker,” he said. Brian Pritchard pointed out that there are no toll charges between White Rock and Vancouver. “I can't justify that,” Stevens said. “I wasn't a party to that decision.” He said that once a service is introduced to an area, it is difficult to take it away. Another area of change for Castlegar is the gradual of visible telephone lines. Stevens said a _B00d percentage of lines are now ly, more than 100 per cent of the “This is one area we didn’t anticipate business in some areas would continue to grow,” he said. “We didn't doas much provisioning as we should have.” Another problem in the process of being solved is noise lines will be underground, he said. He added if B.C. Tel has the money to afford this change, it could take place in about five years. continued on page AZ