, az_Castlégar News February 7, 908 Belczyk departs By CasNews Staff Castlegar's Felix Belezyk was given a resounding send-off by a crowd of well-wishers Thursday morning as he left for the Canadian men's ski championships in Inveremere en route to the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. Belezyk towered over most of those in the crowd at Castlegar Airport. That was because about 20 of the 256 people on hand for his departure were pre-schoolers from Hobbit Hill Child Care Centre. The children made. a special trip to Adastra Aviation’s office to wish Belezyk good luck at the Olympic Games The children also presented Belezyk with their version of a gold medal — a gold paper pie plate with “#1” written on it. Belezyk travelled to Inveremere for the national championships held Friday and Saturday at Panorama. However, he and fellow national ski team member Rob Boyd did not participate. Belezyk will compete in the Olympics on Sunday, Feb. 14 in the downhill, on Monday, Feb. 15 in the combined downhill, and on Sunday, Feb. 21 in the super giant slalom Canada-to extradite suspected terrorist By RICK GIBBONS LONDON (CP) — Canadian authorities have been given two months to complete an investigation of a man wanted in Canada in connection with an explosion at a Tokyo airport in 1985 that killed two baggage handlers. A British court decided yesterday to delay the extradition hearings of Inderjit Singh Reyat until April 5. He was remanded in custody, Reyat was arrested Friday in Coventry by members of the West Midlands police who cond a long ii igati on behalf of the RCMP. Canadian authorites want Reyat extradited to Canada to face eight charges stemming from the Narita blast on June 23, 1985. It occurred when a bomb hidden in a suitcase exploded as the suitcase was being transferred to an Air-India flight from a CP Air jetliner that had arrived from Vancouver. The charges include the manslaughter of baggage handlers Hideo Asano and Hideharu Koda. Clive Nichols, a lawyer for the Canadian government, told the court today the prosecution plans to show that Reyat, 35, made the bomb that was put on the CP jet. Nichols told the court the investigators need more time Johnston questioned By CasNews Staff Concerns about specific issues affecting municipalities nearly overshadowed decentralization during the question period that followed Minister of State Rita Johnston's address Thursday in Castlegar. Castlegar Ald. Patti Richards questioned Johnston about the provincial task force studying inland ferries, while Ald. Bob MacBain asked for government help with CP Rail's plan to abandon the line between Midway and Castlegar In addition, Trail Ald. Sandy Santori criticized a provincial government proposal to assume responsibility for municipal industrial taxation “As a region, especially the Kootenays, I think it would be devastating,” he said, adding that Johnston should inform Premier Bill Vander Zalm that he shouldn't even consider such a scheme Johnston pointed out that the proposal came from an all-party committee looking into problems with municipal taxation. She said one of the problems is with one-industry communities when those industries successfully appeal their assessments. Johnston noted that the Union of B.C. municipalities is opposed to the province's industrial tax proposal. However, she said the proposal is not about to be put into legislation. Meanwhile, Ron Ross, a member of a group trying to get funding for a leisure centre in Castlegar, asked about the province reintroducing lottery funding for recreational facilities. Ross pointed out that under the old guidelines, Victoria provided up to one-third the cost of a facility. Johnston said that while the-province has discussed the issue, “there is nothing firmed up.” N She noted that recreational grants of up to $40,000 are being awarded. However, she said that the Expo 86 debt has to be paid first “The repayment of the Expo debt has been taking up a lot of money.” . Johnston also pledged to look into bringing the regional ambulance dispatch centre back to the Kootenays. The centre was relocated to Kamloops last yaar, but area politicians are unhappy with the move. Johnston also said she hasn't seen the Castlegar and Johnston said the municipalities then find th a not only faced with reduced annual revenue, but having to repay, in many cases, millions of dollars. This has really been devastating.” Johnston said another problem is with large industries located just outside municipal boundaries. While the municipalities have to provide the various services and facilities for the industry's employees, it doesn't receive any industrial taxes. District I Board proposal for _ installing generators into Keenleyside dam. She suggested the proposal is probably sitting in Victoria awaiting the formation of the two regional committees. Slsewhere, Peter Kalesnikoff of Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. in Thrums criticized the province's new stumpage fees. “It's just unbearable,” Kalesnikoff told Johnston, adding that he wants her to relate that to the rest of cabinet. DECENTRALIZATION continued from front page “The air access problem has been identified by several communities as an impediment to possible economic development opportunities. “If one of the recommendations of the task force calls for provincial assistance, I'll give you my commitment that I will certainly assist in any way that I possibly can.” Johnston also addressed concerns about the size of the two regional committees. Castlegar council and the Regional District of Central Kootenay have criticized the committees for being too large “I know there is concern about the size and I share that concern. But we have to operate within certain constraints.” Johnston called the committees both a “starting point” and “compromise.” She said they provide a broad enough base for regional representation while still being “workable.” She also said the two committees will not be “check ‘SHOU venveueeavnveenvevneennevganvenruseoennegnnvoeonnonnasveesonunatit points” through which ideas have to be funnelled before reaching her. “The avenue of communication is from you to me . or if you wish, from your MLA to me,” she said She added that municipalities and school boards can still approach individual ministries when they want. “We're not out to undermine or short-circuit traditional lines of communication,” she said. In addition, Johnston dismissed the suggestion that decentralization is another level of government. “No one is forcing the MLAs or the general public to participate in the process.” Johnston said another concern has been that there will be a “headquarters” in one community “Wherever we set up the office in this region, it will not be a headquarters per se,” she said, adding that the regional liaison officer will travel “extensively” through out the region. Johnston closed by noting there won't be any “overnight miracles,” but suggested decentralization is more of a “planning process.” to pl their case. COURT PACKED Justice William Robins agreed to the request following a 10-minute appearance by Reyat in a small courtroom packed with spectators and reporters. Dressed in.a dark blue coat and black turban, the black- bearded Reyat sat quietly and displayed no emotion as Nichols reviewed the charges against him. On the same day as the Narita blast, an Air-India Boeing 747 jetliner flying from Toronto to Montreal crashed Investigations into the crash concluded that a bomb ripped through the cargo hold of the jetliner as it was flying to London for a refuelling stop before going to Bombay. A West Midlands police official said Reyat is a Sikh who has lived in Canada as well as Britain. The evidence Canadian authorities plan to present in April will include statements from Canadian and Japanese witnesses, said Nichols, DELAY SOUGHT However, many of the statements from Japa citizens have not been gathered, and therefore author! need an extra two months to complete their case, he In addition, the evidence will include “minute forensic information from the debris” gathered at the site of the bomb blast and “matters in his (Reyat's) possession” before and after the explosion. Nichols said Canadian authorities were forced to seek Reyat’s arrest on Friday before they would have liked. But they decided they had no choice because of “press coverage in Canada on this and an associated matter,” he said. He did not elaborate on the “associated matter.” Reyat’s lawyer, Harjit Singh, asked the judge to restrict reporters who are trying to contact members of Reyat's family. The judge refused. Reyat originally arrived in Britain in 1965 and lived there for 10 years before moving to Canada, said Tom Meffen, assistant chief constable of the West Midlands police crime squad. Reyat spent about 10 years in Canada before returning to Britain, Meffen said. In the last year, Reyat worked as an electrician at a Jaquar auto plant in Coventry, Meffen said, February 7, 1988 Castlegar News. a3 Test tube Seniors plead guilty'to quads born drug trafficking EDMONTON (CP) Quadruplets were born Fri day morning at University Hospital in Edmonton, the only major hospital in Al berta still fully functioning A hospital spokesmen said the mother and babies are doing well The quadruplets — three boys and a girl — were in stable condition in the hos. WINNIPEG (CP) — Twe elderly men were given two- year suspended sentences after they pleaded guilty to possession of drugs for the purposes of trafficking. Provincial court Judge Raymond Harris was told that undercover police offi cers bought some of the drugs from the 79-year-old man last June and raided the 70-year-old man's home and in the North Atlantic off the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 people on board. Inmate says escape due to inside unrest NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. (CP) — For several days before a mass breakout Jan. 1, prisoners being held in segregation at the Lower Mainland Regional Correct- ional Centre were being taken to hospital after being beaten by guards, an inmate told a judicial inquiry. The prisoner, who cannot be identified because he is facing charges in connection with the escape of 13 in mates, said he saw the hos pital-bound prisoners when they picked up their shoes near his cell in the old seg- regation unit under a former cow barn. One prisoner “looked like he was in quite a bit of pain,” he said, and “by the way he was walking” it appeared as if his stomach and legs had been injured. He said another prisoner taken to hospital could not walk on one of his legs. County court Judge Ian Drost is investigating the reasons and causes for the mass escape of 13 prisoners from the provincial jail, com- monly known as Oakalla, in nearby Burnaby. Eleven of the escapees have been re captured. The inquiry, which began this week, is expected to last a month. the hearing has been told a serious prisoner disturbance preceded the escape, with several prisoners who were awaiting trial in the prison's remand wing being the main source of the disturbances. BANNED NAMES Drost ordered a ban Fri. day on the publication of the names of any individuals — either prisoners and guards — involved in the incidents in ABORTION continued from front page question at the jail until those persons alleged to have committed any “impropriet- ies” testify. The inmate said the trans- fer of prisoners to the cow barn followed two days of dis- turbances Dec. 20 and 21. The disturbance escalated the night of Dec. 21, he said, when prisoners became upset athaving their cells searched after being told the search was to have been conducted earlier in the day. “The guards brought out the (water) hoses right after that,” he said, and several prisoners were hosed by the guards. The next day, some pris- oners were hauled out of their cells by guards pulling them by their hair and arms, he said. When guards approached him in his cell, he said he told them he would go peacefully but he was hit in the groin and legs by helmeted guards armed with billyclubs. The prisoner said he and three others were taken to the cow barn and placed in underground cells measuring about 1% metres by 2% metres — about the size of a sheet of plywood. The cells contained a bucket for a toilet and a mat- tress on the floor, he said. “I asked why I was there. A guard said it was brought on by myself,” the prisoner said. “I had no idea how long we'd be in there.” On New Year's Eve, he said, he heard a commotion outside his cell and saw “lots of bodies going by. “I thought I might as well get a break from this, too. I ran into the thing, got my runners on and I left, too.” Reyat's neighbors described him Friday as a respect- able man with “three lovely children.” River topic of discussion By CasNews Staff Canadian and American groups interested in devel- oping the Upper Columbia River met recently in Castle- gar. The meeting, sponsored by the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce, discussed devel- oping the Columbia in terms of its fishery, water quality, water level, and potential for tourism. An American interest group, the Lake Roosevelt Development Association, ..is actively seeking to restore the fishery on the river and minimize the effects of the dams. In 1987 The Columbia was stocked with more than 138,000 Rainbow and Ger- rard trout, and the projected figure for 1988 is more than 500,000. At one time the Columbia was the second largest Chi- nook salmon river in the world. But when the Grand Coulee dam was built in 1938, no environmental impaet studies were done. “Fifty years later we fully understand the environmen- tal and economic impact,” said Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco, who also attended the meeting. " “It is important that we identify our concerns and benefits before we renegot- iate the Columbia River Treaty, which will expire in the 1990s,” Brisco added. Local man passes away Colin Carl Waters of Castlegar passed away Fri day, Feb. 5 at the Vancouver General Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was 20. Mr. Waters is survived by his parents, Doreen and Maur: ice; sister, Karen; grand. mother, Mary Olson of Kim berley; Ron, Brenda and Veronica Olson of Calgary; Keith and Dorothy — Bruce, Heather and Brian McKay of Calgary. Services will be held at the Sacred Heart Catholic Chureh in Kimberley, Wed nesday, Feb. 10 at 3 p.m. Internment is to take place in the Kimberley Cemetery. Local woman passes away Ethel Oborne of Asheroft, B.C., formerly of Robson, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 3. A memorial service is set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Robson Community Mem orial Church with Rev. Ted Bristow officiating. Memorial donations may be sent to the charity of one’s choice. Condolences: Ross Oborne, Box 1291 Ashcroft, B.C. VOK 1A0. during a nurses’ strike that began 12 days ago. Nurses at the hospital belong to the Staff Nurses Association, while the nurses involved in an illegal strike that began Jan. 24 are repre sented by the United Nurses of Alberta. The mother of the quad ruplets, Cheryl Delahunt, had been a patient in another Edmonton hospital for two months but was transferred to University Hospital Thursday afternoon. Get Your Message Across Fast! CALL Classified Ads 365-2212 pital’s neonatal intensive care unit. They were the first children for Cheryl and Kev in Delahunt of Edmonton Dr. David Shiff said quad ruplets were born about once in every 500,000 births and were the first he had seen in 16 years at the hospital University Hospital is pro- viding most of the obstetric services in Edmonton. It has been delivering about 20 babies a day since the strike began, compared with a norma] daily average of six. Hospital president Donald Schurman said Thursday medical, nursing and support staff “are growing increas ingly tired” because of the heavy workload and the long hours worked since the strike started. “I wanted a little money, that was all,” said the elder of the pair, who were nabbed by police with the drugs Ritalin and Talwin, two prescription painkillers. “At my age, I should be ashamed of my. self.” found drugs and syringes, Defence lawyer David Margolis said the 70-year-old became addicted to Talwin when he started taking it for heart problems, and turned to the streets for his supplies once he couldn't get it legally. CORRECTION Last Sunday's edition of the Castlegar News reported that Cominco president Rob- ert Hallbauer said the Cominco fertilizer plant in Trail had been offered for sale and would be sold if the price is right. Hallbauer was in fact re- ferring to the fertilizer op- erations in the United States. “There is no way we will ever sell the Trail fertilizer plant,” says Cominco spokes man Richard Fish. “It's es. sential to our business .. . It's our major pollution control centre. The Castlegar News apol ogizes for any inconvenience caused by the erroneous report. guidelines, are funded by the Health Ministry. When told the abortion committee currently functioning at the hospital may be unconstitutional Van Vliet said: bet you won't see us refuse any” abortions.” Hospital said the hospital is aw: administrator Talarico ing some kind of decision or directive from the Provincial health ministry. “We're waiting for the provincial government to come forward with a specific recommendation as to how an abortion should be carried out,” Tal- arico said. But Van Viiet made it clear about what the doctors are prepared to accept in terms of abortion policy. “The doctors on abortion commit: tees will not continue to serve if the only purpose is to see which ones (abortions) are going to be paid for by the provincial government,” he said. The Castlegar and District Hos- pital performed 43 abortions last year and rejected five applications. FERRIES continued from front pege Castlegar Ald. Patti Richards ex pressed concern at a meeting on the government's decentralization _pro- gram Thursday in Castlegar that the province intends to place user fees on the ferries. Johnston said the task force's recommendations won't go to provin cial cabinet until March. Johnston added that while she hasn't travelled on any of the ferries, she had them pointed out to her while on a tour of the region this week. And she said that she plans to find out more about the ferries before the task ‘force recommendations come before cabinet. The deadline for the findings was initially set for May 1, however, the province moved it forward so that Victoria has the recommendations in time to set the budget for the 1989 fiscal year. The Kootenays are home to eight of the 19 inland ferries. Missiles approved ST-JEAN, Que. (CP) — Oerlikon Aerospace Inc, said that production of the ADATS missile will go ahead after the successful test firing of the weapon at the Canadian Forces Low Level Air Defence test site in Suffield, Alta. The ground-to-ground firing, carried out in extreme cold conditions, scored a direct hit on a target located more than nine kilometres away, the company said in a statement. Food tested MONTREAL (CP) — A group calling itself the Action Group for the Liberation of Israel threatened to poison perishable food at Steinberg grocery stores but tests of the food revealed no poison, the Montreal newspaper Le Voir said. The pap ites an source with the Montreal police as saying that Steinberg officials received the threats on Jan. 27 but kept the news secret in order “to avoid panic.” Aid approved WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan said he will work with Congress on an aid package for the Nicaraguan rebels but will not agree to any plan that is “little more than a disguise for surrender and abandonment.” Reagan's proposal for $36.2 million U.S. in military and other aid was rejected by the House of Rep i last W . It was approved, however, by the Senate the next day in a vote that had no practical effect but was welcomed by the administration for its symbolic value. Scandinavians kidnapped BEIRUT (AP) — Two Scandinavian employees of a UN agency were kid d apparently in r iati for a probe into the theft of supplies that led to the dismissal of several Arab workers, officials in Lebanon said. UN officials in Beirut said they expected the two Scandinavians, who work for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, to be released soon. Test conducted MOSCOW (Reuter) — The Soviet Union conducted an underground nuclear test explosion yes- terday at its site in Semipalatinsk in Central Asia, Tass news agency reported. Tass said the explosion was carried out “with a view to checking the results of studies in the field of physics of the nuclear explosion.” The strength was 20 kilo- tonnes. Rebels attack MANILA (CP) — A band of 150 Communist rebels burned down a town hall then used women and children’ to shield them from pursuing soldiers and police in a northern Philippine province, the state-run news agency said. A military spokesman said the guerrillas also took hostage 10 women who were wives of local policemen and soldiers. Bomb explodes BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb exploded Saturday in a Shiite Muslim district in south Beirut and killed a militia commander. Police said another car bomb was defused near an Air France office in Christian east Beirut. The commander was identified as Abbass Awa- dah, better known as Abu Rabih, 33, a security commander of Justice Minister Nabih Berri’s main- stream Shiite Amal movement in suburban Haret Hreik. Rebel resigns SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Alfonso Robelo. said that he is resigning as a director of the anti-Sand- inista rebel organization but would remain active in Contra politics. Robelo said he was giving up his directorship of the Nicaraguan Resistance so that he would not have to leave Costa Rica. Africans clash PRETORIA (Reuter) — A girl and an old man were among five people killed in the latest black-against-black fighting in Natal province, South African police said. The worst clash on Friday was at Mafakatini near Pietermaritzburg. Black men firebombed the house of a tribal headman and fired shots at his family as they fled. Rebels charged MANILA (AP) — Military officials in the Phil- ippines said yesterday that 13 people were charged with ion and pons offenses following raids on communist hideouts, and a spokesman indicated further arrests were possible. A leading human rights group denounced the raids as “reminiscent of the Gestapo-like tactics” of ousted President Ferdinand Marcos and said its lawyers would petition the Supreme Court for the release of some of those arrested. Gas leaks KENSINGTON, P.E.I. (CP) — A chlorine gas leak at the Cavendish Farms frozen food plant in western Prince Edward Island forced the evacuation of 53 workers. Plant manager Scott Smith said the workers were evacuated after a slow leak was discovered at about 4 a.m. in a small room containing 15 cylinders of the gas. Films seized KELOWNA, B.C. (CP) — A Kelowna business- man and four local companies were charged for violating the Motion Picture Act following the seizure of 9,700 adult video films in a police raid in late January. Dissidents released EAST BERLIN (Reuter) — East Germany has released another two dissidents facing possible treason charges and sent them to West Germany, the official East German news agency ADN said Saturday. RECOGNITION . . . Castlegar RCMP Staff Sgt. Jack Keddy and Mayor Audrey Moore present Tom Canadian Humane CasNewsPhoto by Ron Norman Garrett with the Royal Association Bronze Medal. Man receives bravery medal for rescue By CasNews Staff An Osoyoos man re ceived a medal for bravery this week for pulling a man from a burning vehicle in a Christina Lake accident last fall. Castlegar RCMP Staff Sgt. Jack Keddy and Mayor Audrey Moore pre. sented Tom Garrett with the Royal Canadian Hu. mane Association Bronze Medal for his “bravery and presence of mind” at the scene of the accident. Gar. rett also received a CHA certificate. Garrett was one of two men to be recognized for their actions after coming upon two vehicles in a ditch which came to rest near each other. Fred Perchie received the Canadian Humane As. sociation award in an earlier ceremony in Nelson for his involvement in the rescue. After one of the vehicles burst into flames, Perchie used a fire extinguisher to force the flames away from the trapped driver, while Garrett released him. Perchie and Garrett went back and led the driver of the other vehicle to safety. s Legislation to pass soon on free-trade WASHINGTON (CP) — A deal could soon be struck to end a dispute between the U.S. administration and Con- gress over when to pass i ion i ing the retary James Baker, who ex- pressed concern.a June date wouldn't give Congress enough time to pass the free- trade legislation before the proposed Canada-U.S., free- trade deal. In a move to resolve the impasse, congressional leaders have assured the ad- ministration the U.S. Senate and House of “Representa tives will vote on the free- trade bill this year as long as the government consults thoroughly with the two chambers while drafting the legislation. “Our main concern is mak. ing sure the legislation gets passed in time, and we're now receiving assurances from Congress it will be voted on by the end of the year,” Gary Holmes, spokes- man for U.S. Trade Repre. sentative Clayton Yeutter, said Friday. The free-trade agreement signed Jan. 2 to eliminate all tariffs between the two countries and loosen restric- tions on investment, energy and auto trade remains sub- ject to approval of Parlia- ment and Congress. A battle loomed between Congress and the Republican administration over when legislation implementing the trade deal should be tabled and voted on by the Demo- cratic party-controlled Sen- ate and House. The leaders of two power- ful congressional committees aske dthe administration not to table the legislation until June 1 so Congress could complete work on a sweeping omnibus trade bill aimed at rewriting U.S. trade-remedy laws. DENY REQUEST The request was denied by Yeutter and Treasury Sec- rs nt goes into effect. They also said they feared a June date would give con gressional opponents of the deal the opportunity to delay a vote until after the pres- idential and congressional elections in November. With the possibility the November vote could produce a more protectionist-minded Con- gress, such a delay could doom the trade pact. At a meeting Thursday between Baker, Yeutter's deputy Alan Holmer and Lloyd Bentsen, chairman of the Senate finance com. mittee, the two sides ap. peared to make progress to wards resolving their dis- pute. Bentsen emerged from the private talks to say he as. sured the administration both House Speaker Jim Wright (D-Tex.) and Senate majority leader Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) would guarantee a free-trade vote this year in return for congressional in. put into the bill's drafting. Congress wants an active role in drafting the imple- menting legislation because under the fast-track pro- cedure governing the bill's approval, the House and Senate can vote only to support or oppose it, not change. it. “I told them I had met with the leadership of the House and the leadership of the Senate, Mr. Byrd and Mr. Wright, and they decided that if there is appropriate consultation with the ad- ministration, they might be prepared to guarantee a vote on it,” Bentsen said. “But there has to be this consult ation.” No major tax increases predicted VICTORIA (CP) — There will likely be no major tax in- creases in the next British Columbia budget, says Fin. ance Minister Mel Couvelier. Couvelier also said in an interview Friday the. gov- ernment will attempt to con. trol health-care costs by em. phasizing “holistic” and pre- ventive medicine. Interviewed on CHEK TV's For The Record show to be broadcast Sunday, Cou- velier said the Social Credit government remains firmly committed to bringing in a balanced budget and paying off the $6-billion accumulated deficit by the time it calls the next election two or three years from now. “There should not be the significant taxation changes that you saw in the first years's budget,” Couvelier said. Asked if he was saying there will be no major tax increases in the next budget expected to be introduced in mid-March, Couvelier re plied: “I would . . . let you get away with that.” The current budget — for the fiseal year ending March 31 — will have a lower deficit than the $850-million forecast in the budget. Couvelier ad- mitted it will be difficult to achieve the government's goal of paying off a growing $6-billion deficit in three or four years. To do that, he said, will require some tough choices to be made in key areas that absorb most of the tax dollars. About 40 per cent of all government revenues go for health-care costs, he said, and any changes in that area will have to be done “sens: itively and, I hope, intel ligently.” OK...rl Mulroney By The Canadian Press Only days after he sacked a cabinet minister for ignoring federal conflict-of-interest rules, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was accused of committing the same sin by not registering a loan from Tory coffers. 0 iti 's i that Mul y should have reported the $158,000 he received from the PC Canada Fund to fix up his official residences in 1984 and 1985. And the government official who administers the conflict guidelines that M y established for himself and his cabinet agrees. But Deputy Prime Minister Don Mazankowski, while not affirming that the money went unreported, told the Commons it was “not a loan in the traditional sense” because it came from petty cash. Mulroney, on a campaign-style swing through New Brunswick and Nova Seotia, brushed by reporters and would not comment, on the matter. On Tuesday, he abruptly and angrily dumped fellow Quebecer Michel Cote as supply and services minister when he found out Cote had never reported a $250,000 loan from a Quebec City friend and businessman. Jean-Pierre Kingsley, the associate deputy registrar general, said Friday that he considers the money Mulroney received from the party to be a liability and therefore to fall under the conflict guidelines. SEEN AS LIABILITY “I consider a liability something whereby a person owes another person money — that’s a liability,” Kingsley said ina interview. He would not say if Mulroney had registered the loan with him. In Vancouver, Liberal Leader John Turner said he hopes Mulroney hasn't set one standard for himself and another for Cote. Liberal House Leader Herb Gray said he should resign if he has. New Democrat Leader Ed Broadbent demanded to know why money that was considered a loan last year is no NAZI CRIMES under fire longer being called a loan. “He can't have it both ways,” Broadbent told a news conference. The party spent some $300,000 renovating 24 Sussex Drive and the prime minister's country home at Harrington Lake. Mulroney is reported to have paid back a good portion of the money and the party agreed to pick up about $150,000. Explaining the arrangement last April, PC Canada Fund chairman David Angus said the money was in the form of a personal loan. Angus was out of the country Friday and not available for comment. PAYMENTS MADE . Mazankowski told reporters: “As far as I'm concerned, these were payments that were made on behalf of the prime minister which were then reimbursed by the prime minister on a regular basis.” He accused the opposition of being on a witchhunt, a remark Mulroney followed up on later in addressing 1,600 party faithful in Halifax. - “History will pay little attention and no honor to those who traffic in smear and half-truch,” he said. He made only passing reference to the problems that have plagued his government during the last week. “We arg not going to perfect human nature in the next few years, no one ever will,” he said. “But we are going to ensure that accountability is pervasive in our institutions in Canada.” Tory cabinet ministers were forced last year to fill out a 19-page questionnaire that probed almost every detail of their financial affairs. It was followed by interviews to detect any activity that could embarrass the government. But Cote slipped through the net. The difficulties he caused Mulroney were compounded by revelations this week that Energy Minister Marcel Masse broke the law in his 1984 campaign spending but was never charged. Waldheim accused again By The Associated Press The Times of London newspaper said it has found a British Foreign Office letter saying six British prisoners believed executed by the Nazis were handed over to Kurt Waldheim’s German army unit shortly beforé they dis- appeared. In another report on the controversy surrounding the Austrian president's wartime past, the New York Times newspaper said a newly found German army dispatch shows Waldheim knew more about Nazi atrocities than he has acknowledged. But Waldheim also criticized some killings of civilians in Greece in 1944, said the dispatch, disclosed by a South Carolina Historian. Six historians commissioned by the Austrian govern ment to investigate allegations Waldheim was involved in Nazi war crimes during the Second World War are due to present their report shortly. Waldheim's wartime service in the German army in the Balkans was first disclosed in March 1986. Waldheim, who was secretary general of the United Nations from 1972 to 1982, was elected president of Austria in June 1986. Waldheim has consistently denied any link with, or knowledge of, Nazi atrocities during his Balkan service from 1942 to 1945. KNEW OF DEPORTATIONS? The New York-based World Jewish Congress and other critics have accused him of involvement in massacres of civilians and have said he knew of deportations of Jews to Nazi death camps. Austrian Chancellor Franz Vranitzky was quoted in the Paris newspaper Le Quotidien on Friday as saying his government could not force Waldheim to resign, even if a commission found that he participated in Nazi war crimes. The Times of London said the letter to the stepfather of one of the six captured British commandos said they were handed over to representatives of Lt.-Col. Herbert Warn. storff, Waldheim's immediate superior in a German intelli- gence unit. The Times speculated one of the two representatives was Waldheim. The newspaper said seven British servicemen were captured by German forces while on a secret mission in the Greek Dodecanese islands in April 1944. Six of them sub- sequently disappeared and were almost certainly executed by German secret police, it said. BEARS SIGNATURE The intelligence report cited by the New York Times was written by Waldheim and bore the “W” he often used as a signature. It was discovered last year in Munich by Robert Herzstein, a professor at the University of South Carolina. Herzstein, a specialist in captured German records, used the document for a biography of Waldheim to be published by Arbor House-William Morrow next month. Copies of the book's d ion were made available to the paper. The report was written March 25, 1944, by Waldheim to superiors against a background of mounting partisan attacks against the weakening German forces in the Balkans, the Times said. It portrays Waldheim as critical of what he termed “exaggerated reprisal methods,” although for practical rather than moral reasons. “The reprisal measures imposed in response to acts of sabotage and ambush have, despite their severity, failed to achieve any noteworthy success . . . have only caused embitterment and have been useful to the bands,” the dispatch said. Soviet jet intercepted OTTAWA (CP) — There was cheering in the control room at NORAD regional headquarters in North Bay, Ont., when Canadian jet jets and two U.S. air force fighters intercepted two fighters intercepted two of Soviet Bear H aircraft inthe the Soviet long-range Western Arctic for the first bombers, which can be used time. to launch cruise missiles. Maj..Gen. Brian Smith, U.S. fighter aircraft based in commander of the flight Alaska have intercepted group at North Bay, said Soviet bombers in the Wes- Friday there was a “tremen- tern Arctic in the past. dous feeling of pride here — Smith said there has been Tm sure Canadians would a marked increase in combat have been proud of us. “There's no free ride over Canada's North.” Three Canadian Forces practice flights by the Bear H bombers. There were five such flights in 1986, 14 last year, and four already in 1988. “We've got to show them consistently that they can't come close to Canadian air. space or penetrate our air. space and get away with it,”, Smith said in a telephone interview from his office at NORAD headquarters. The Soviet bombers re mained over international waters and did not penetrate Canadian airspace. Their closest approach to land was 290 kilometres north of Shingle Point, Y.T. The incident marked the fourth time in the last seven days that Soviet military air. craft have been intercepted, identified and tracked off Canada's shores by NORAD fighter interceptors under operational control of NORAD regional headquar- ters at North Bay.