’ Sy. 2 a2__Castlégar News —Jonvory 22,1409 * Double $32, Quod $40 Triple $35 (Hei) 7900 King George Hwy. Surrey, B.C., Conode Phone (604) 598-1561 Centrally located budget hotel with spacious modern rooms only 10 minutes north of US/CANADA border on Hwy 99A. 45 minutes from downtown Van. couver, 8 to Victoria Ferry and only minutes trom major shopping cen tres (Surrey Place & Guilford) and Cloverdale Race Track Colour Cable TV and + Plenty of tree over Air-Conditioning gieed Parking Meetirig Room for Up to 20 + Restaurant, Lounge and ub Doctors Streich, Bullock, Tomaszewski of Castlegar Medical Associates Would like to welcome DR. TERESA C. MILIA To their Practice of Medicine “SiS eT — EERE CLAS: COME FLY WITH US Join the Castlegar No. 581 Air Cadets. The program offers leadership, citizenship, training in the field of aviation. If you are between the ages of 12-19 years, male or\ female and are interested in our program, phone Michelle Feeney — 365-7854 or Jan Neumann — 365-3692. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT _John & Nel Vander; Denman island are pleased to announce the engagement of their son and daughter Ken & Rhode wedding to take place in August, 1989 at Squamish Soviet Writing: An Overview — A series of lectures on Soviet and Russian Literature in preparation for the Soviet writers — Pyotr Proskurin, Vassily Belov, and Olga Fokina in March. Wed., Jan, 25 to March 1, 7-9 p.m. Fee $30 (6 sessions) Electronics Courses — Please call it you are interested in any of the following night time courses: 1. Introduction to Electric Circuits, 2. Basic Electronics, 3 Digital Techniques & Microprocessors, 4. Rotating Electrical Machinery, 5. Com puter Systems. If sufficient interest, courses will commence at the beginning of February Computer Phobia — A casual seminar designed for people who have never touched a computer in their lives. Mon., Jan. 30, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m, Fee $10 Jopanese Level | — (Conversational) — Wed., Feb. 1 — April 5, 7-9 p.m. Fee $45 Japanese Level 2 — (Must have Level | of some experience with the Japanese Language) — Mon., Jan. 30 — April 10. 7-9 p.m. Fee $45. Postnatal Cigss — A very informal class for new Moms an Dods; please feel free to bring baby along. Thurs. Feb. 2, 7.9 p.m. Fee $5. Please pre-register. (This class will take place at the Castlegar Health Unit CASTLEGAR CAMPUS 365-7292 ext 261 Selkirk College GREENSHIELDS INVESTMENT SEMINAR RRSP'S & BOND INVESTMENTS SIMPLIFIED Max Clark — Eldon Warobieff — Scott Clark will be hosting a FREE investment seminar on RRSPs and the Canadian Bond market This seminar will deal with and explain bonds and the bond market, and how different bonds meet different investor needs. Federal, provincial, municipal, and corporate bonds as well as gover- nment of Canada stripped bonds will be discussed The seminar will also cover RRSPs, contribution limits, spousal plans, tax free compounding, etc. LOCATION: Fireside Motor Inn January 23, Monday TIME: 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. There is not charge but seating is limited. Please call the Fireside Motor Inn at 365-2128 to reserve your seating! RICHARDSON GREENSHIELDS Investment advisors to Canadian enterprise and enterprising Canadians 489 Bernard Ave., Kelowna, B.C. © 763-0424 Health unit job still open. By CasNews Staff Applications for the job of medical health officer for the Central Koot- enay Health Unit are starting to trickle in, the Ministry of Health's acting manager of communications said this week. “We only have a handful in right now,'’ Graydon Gibson said Thurs: day. “It's not enqugh-to-feet-com fortable with closing competi tion."* The job became ‘vacant Nov. 1, 1988, when Monty Arnott left to take a position as director, of the Simon Fraser Health Unit in the Coqiitlam- New Westminster area. The Ministry of Health has adver- tised the vacancy in a number of Tentative agreement reached By CasNews Staff Negotiating committees for the Castlegar and District Teachers Ass ociation and the Castlegar schdol board have reached a tentative con- tract agreement, both sides announ- ced this week The tentative pact must’ now be ratified by district teachers and the full school board. “1 feet it’s a good, middle-of-the- road agreement," CDTA president Joyce-AdaMs Said. Details of the set- tlement will be made public after the deal is ratified, she said The teachers: will meet to vote on the contract. Wednesday, Adams said The school board's management committee which has been handling the negotiations will recommend the board accept the contract, committee chairman Ed Conroy said “I think it’s a good solid agree ment that will allow good security for the teachers,"’ Conroy said. ‘‘If the teachers accept, we're away and-run ning.” He said the board will likely meet Canadian , medical journals, Gibson said as spring. Gibson said the position requires place in the West Kootenay as early Meanwhile, the Central Kootenay and sometimes twice a month. Hunter-Oglow said that with to- day's technology, conference calls, and FAX the specialized” post-graduate training Health Unit is and expertise and hasn't been ad- vertised in large metropolitan daily newspapers such as the Vancouver Sun and the Globe and Mai He said he expects the full impact of the medical journal ads will be felt in about six weeks. The ministry would like to have 10 to 15 applications’ before closing the competition and starting the inter- cer.”* ector S| view process, Gibson said Dr. Keith Lowden, medical health officer for the East Kootenay Health Unit, is serving as consultant for the Central Kootenay unit. makes trips to Castlegar monthly, He said he expects the competition to close around the end of February or early March and that a new medical health officer could be in medical health officer, but acting dir- ley Hunter-Oglow said the unit needs a replacement for Arnott and the unit is entitled to one. without a health units can communicate back and forth in mihutes. “We also have a fine community of physicians which are at our finger- tips.”’ she said. “W are managing fine, she said. "We have a really competent team But we are looking forward to the day when we havea medical health offi- in The job of the medical health officer is to work with the physicians the community, Hunter-Oglow said. The Officer serves on many ities and makes p tions on medical topics such as AIDS. The medical health officer also works closely with the union board of health. Lowden VICTORIA (CP) — A joint B.C.-Washington committee on oil spills will be established in the wake of the Dec. 23th spill that fouled the Washington and Vancouver Island coasts. Premier Vander Zalm and Washington Governor Booth Gardner said the committee can coordinate cross-border efforts in any future oil spill emergency. Vander Zalm said the move will eliminate initial arguments about who is responsible, so the emer- gency could be dealt with immediate le. said questions of jurisdiction and: costs ne Sah with later. The committee will establish a procedure to respond to the emergency,as_well_as_share_tech- nology, he said. It will also set out ways to recover costs from polluters. The 875,000-litre spill from a damaged oil barge off Grays Harbor, on Washington's south coast, first blackened the state's beaches. Then it moved northwest to hit the ‘west coast of Vancouver Island, where cleanup is still underway Earlier this week Lew Little of Washington's ecology department, admitted he did not expect the oil slick to move up the coast to Canadian waters when he recommended the damaged oil barge be towed further out to sea. He said he told the Canadian Coast Guard one day before the slick began washing up on B.C. beaches that the spill was ‘‘no problem.”’ “We were lulled into a false sense of security Washington, B.C. ‘form committee that it was-only a small spill because all we saw was a-small amount of oil,"’ Kittle said in an interview from La Push, Wash., where he-was coordinating thes. cleanup effort on the Olympic Peninsula The committee will be co-chaired by Richard Dalon, British Columbi’s deputy environment min- ister, and Christine Gregoire, director of the Wash- ington State department of ecology. Federal officials in both countries will likely also be involved. Meanwhile, B.C. New Democrats called for a ban on offshore oil“and gas exploration in the wake of the spill. : Thie federal and provincial governments are cur- rently negotiating a deal to see which has jurisdiction over Hecate Strait between the north coast and the Queen Charlotte Islands. If an agreement is reached, it would clear the way for olf and gas exploration. NDP environment critic John Cashore said offshore drifting should never go ahead. He said the environment should not be sacrificed for what he called a few quick dollars. In Vancouver, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced the reopening of the Barkley Sound area of Vancouver Island to the harvesting of shellfish. The area was closed Jan. 6 as a pre- cautionary measure following the oil spill. = Harvesting of oysters by commercial lease hold- ers began in the area on Wednesday but it remains closed to the harvest of butter clams due to the presence of paralytic shellfish poison this week to vote on the)ag The teachers have ‘been without a contract since June 1988 and have since been haggling over issues such as job security, wages, class size and preparation time Vander Zalm leaves for Swiss Alps VICTORIA (CP) Premier Bill Vander Zalm. left Saturday for a mountain village in the Swiss Alps to try to séll British Columbia to the world. Vander Zalm has been invited to speak at the World Economic Forum, a conference that brings about 900 international business leaders to the Swiss resort of Davos beginning next Thursday “Davos is a coming together of the world's top business people," said Vander Zalm Brisco continued from front page whether a refugee is here legitimate ly The board was created under the federal government's new refugee and immigration legislation Brisco will serve on the two-mem ber panel along with a civil servant with immigration experience who will act as an ‘‘adjudicator."" Brisco said—he—has —dealt~ with immigration and refugee matters previously as a member of parlia- ment and oll should be well! Yes, by 9.a.m. Sundays, you should be enjoying your Sunday Castlegar News ifyou're not, we want to correct the matter Hf you foil consistently to get your Sun legor News by 9 a.m. then us Monday ond complain Coll 365-7266 and ask for circulation. Castlegar News 197 Columbia Ave 365-7266 Ferry continued from front page their type that were located on a direct route from Robson, using our ferry,"’ Dalton writes He also points out the high number of rental vacancies in Robson and says the ferry closure ‘has had a very adverse effect on local tourism."’ = “One of the real tragedies of the ferry closure is that the resultant property value loss and the business and tourism losses, has degraded the value of our tax base far beyond the $300,000 per year it would cost to run our ferry,’ Dalton writes. In addition, Dalton said the provincial government is treating Castlegar and Robson unfairly in comparison to Vancouver and Victoria, noting the government's recent announcement it will spend $34 million to upgrade Vancouver and Victoria's transit systems and reports that B.C. Ferries is considering buying new ferries for the Vancouver-Victoria run at a cost of $90 million to $140 million each ‘If the average cost (of the new ferries) is $115 million and the financing rate is 10 per cent annually, the $11.5 million first annual interest payment alone could run our ferry at its present cost for 38 years to the year 2027,""Dalton writes. s ~ As for the upgrading of the transit systems for $34 million, Dalton says ‘‘it seems important to remember that the annual cost to operate our ferry is less than one-tenth of one per cent of the $34 million grant.’’ Noting that Municipal Affairs Minister Rita John- ston says in the January Provincial Report that every dollar invested in transit brings three times the amount of financial benefit to an area, Dalton said the reverse of that theory. can apply to the ferry closure. “If we use the reverse of her trickle-down theory, the cost to our area of the ferry closure would be $300,000 times three, or $900,000,’’ Dalton said. Dalton_is hopeful Vander Zalm, who left Saturday for the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, will soon see things the ferry users’ way “Maybe one night in Europe he’s going to read this stuff and phone back and say, ‘I really have the picture. I really see it's unfair. I'm beginning to see that if we don't start the ferry, it is political suicide.’ ’’ But if Vander Zalm does not order the ferry restarted, Dalton said the ferry users will not quit “The government must understand that this will go on and on until the ferry is returned to service,’’ he said. ‘‘For the government, it will never get better, it will only get worse.” ‘Strike talks to resume VANCOUVER (CP) — Negotia- tions aimed at resolving strikes by teachers in tyo British Columbia school districts were set to resume this weekend with the help of private mediators tish Columbia. called into the contract dispute in Terrace, where teachers have been off the job for three weeks, affecting 5,200 students in northwestern Bri- Stephen Kelleher, a former chair- man of the B.C. Labor Relations Board, will mediate talks between Cowichan Valley teachers and their school board today. y q Hie sy Briefly Mediator Vince Ready has be@h Individual In memory to appear for assault Ackney By CasNews Staff Charges of assault causing bodily harm have been laid against an indi- vidual after an.incident that took place Jan. 14 at Woodland Park Shell The name of the individual is being withheld until he appears in court next_month. He has been charged with—one count of assault causing bodily harm. According to RCMP, the incident occurred at about 1:10 a.m. Jan. 14 when the accused person entered the service station and advised the lone attendant to put his hands up. He did not receive any money or goods. The accused then allegedly assaulted the attendant and two other people who went to the attendant’s assistance. Police say the Crown prosecutor will be reviewing all the facts in the case and additional charges may be laid Carol Lynn Ackney of Castlegar passed away Jan. 20 after a lengthy illness at the age of 36 years. Miss Ackney was born April 7, 1952 at Trail and lived in various communities in Western Canada. She graduated from Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in 1972. During her life she worked in the insurance field in Alberta Some of her hobbies were teaching English to new Canadians, reading, ceramics and crafts and she especially enjoyed devoting her spare time to her_nieces and nephews. She is survived by -her parents, Harold and Marguerite Ackney of Castlegar; brother and sister-in-law, James Walter and Maria Ackney of Edmonton; brother, Robert Arthur Ackney of Fort McMurray, Alta.; sister and brother-in-law, Janice and Wayne Gauthier of Fort McMurray; four nieces and one nephew; grandmother, Mrs. V. Gannon of Vancouver; one uncle, Jack Gannon of Winnipeg: three aunts, Kay Gannon of Vancouver, Grace Ackney of Castlegar and Esther Berry of Sidney, B.C There will be no funeral by request and cremation has taken place Should friegfis desire, contributions may be made to the Cancer Fund. Box 3294. Castlegars, B.C. V1N-3H6 in-memory of Carot Crematién arrangements Were under the direction of the Castlegar Haneral Chapel Licences recognized OTTAWA (CP) — Canada and the United States have agreed to recognize each other's commercial drivers licences, two. federal ministers announced. The understanding between the two countries eliminates -a potential obstacle to transportation across the border, said a release from External Affairs Minister Joe Clark and Transport Minister Benoit Bouchard Police get teddy bears KITCHENER, ONT. (CP) — Provincial police in southern Ontario want to make the lives of injured or victimized children a bit more “bearable."* So by the end of January, police officers in Waterloo region, as well as Wellington, Bruce, Grey,-Huron and Perth counties, will carry teddy bears to soothe children they encounter on the job. About 300 of the furry partners are destined for police cruisers, where they will ride in trunks until called upon for duty. If a child is injured in an accident or victimized by abuse, for instance, the teddy bear will help ease the trauma Emergency landing LONDON (AP) — A British Airways Boeing 757 jetliner carrying 82 people made a safe emergency landing Saturday at Heathrow Airport after one of its two engines developed problems in flight, the airline said “‘It landed perfectly safely,’ said British Airways spokesman Linda John. The plane, flying from Edinburgh, Scotland to London, was_able to taxi to the boarding ramp under its own power. Fire engines and ambulances stood by on the runway as a precaution during the landing Burnaby man sentenced VANCOUVER (CP) "A man who sexually assaulted an admitted AIDS victim has been sentenced to three years in prison Angus Lester Croswell, 29, of Burnaby, was convicted by a jury of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old Vancouver prostitute while carrying a weapon on March 26, 1988. “During the two-day trial, the complainant testified she did not tell Croswell she is an AIDS carrier when he pulled a knife and forced her to submit to sexual intercourse . The defence was based, in part, on the contention the woman could have ended the assault by telling Croswell she had AIDS. Prosecutor George Angelomatis argued the woman could have angered Croswell and risked her life by telling him she carried the disease Drug crackdown NICOSIA (AP) — A tough Iranian crackdown on drug traffickers is now in effect with a mandatory death penalty. for anyone found with small amounts of narcotics. At least 75 smugglers already have been executed this month in the fiercest crackdown since the early days of the Islamic revolution, when hundreds of alleged drug users and pushers were rounded up and killed The new campaign followed the Aug. 20 ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq war and an alarming surge in drug abuse blamed on hardships caused by the eight-year conflict. worsening unemployment and Iran's religious ban on alcohol Abductor not guilty EDMONTON (CP) — A man who fashioned himself the ‘‘creator of the universe’ has been found.not guilty by reason of insanity of abducting a three-year-old boy Dean Frank Vickers, 28, took the boy-from his father at a central Edmonton cafe and arcade last April and kept him at his apartment for 13 hours until police finaly rescued the youngster = Marcos improves HONOLULU (REUTER) — Surgeons have removed shrapnel \ relics of the Second World War, from the left lung of deposed Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, his spokesman, Gemmo Trinidad, said A spokesman at St. Francis Medical Centre, where Marcos is being treated in an intensive care unit for pneumonia, said only that foreign objects were removed, but she said Marcos's condition had improved slightly —Rewerd- offered = TORONTO (CP) — The parents of three of five Canadians missing since last month on a Caribbean cruise have offered rewards totalling $20,000 for their safe return, the Canadian High Commission in Barbados said An official air and sea search for the vacationers and their nine-metre speedboat was called off about two weeks ago after more than a week scanning an area stretching south of Grenada to the north of Dominica ‘ Byelection called OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has called a federal byelection in the Alberta riding of Beaver River for Monday, March 13. The vote will fill the seat left va t when Conservative John Dahmer died of bone cancer five days after the Nov. 21 federal election. He won the riding by more than 6,000 votes but was never sworn in as an MP. Dahmer's widow Donna, a 49-year-old. school teacher, has nnounced she will try for the party nomination at a Conservative convention scheduled Jan. 28: The only confirmed candidate for the seat already announced is Deborah Grey of the Reform party Cost escalates MONTREAL (CP) The company installing the Olympic Stadium roof has asked for an additional $24 million to finish the job, Olympic Installations Board official Pierre Durand says Durand said the board received a $24-million bill Monday from Socodec, the Lavalin Inc. subsidiary awarded a $117-million contract in 1986 to finish the roof. The $24-million jolt is in addition to an $18-million claim Socodec sent to the board last year for what it said was work not covered under the 1986 contract January 22, 1969 ‘Castlegar News a3 HOCKEY WEEKEND . . . Castlegar mayor Audrey Moore prepares to drop puck between Castlegar team captain Darren Pottle (left) and Victoria Atom Reps player Mike Pansel. Referee Graham Read and Castlegar and District Minor Hockey Association president John Leo were also on hand for the Minor Hockey’ Weekend opening ceremonies Saturday at the Community Complex Peckford announces resignation ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. (CP) = New foundland Premier Brian Peckford is calling it quits After 10- years as premier of Canada’s poorest province. Peckford told reporters Saturday he is step ping down. The resignation will take effect at the end of March to give the party a chance to hold a leadership convention An election, which has been expec ted for some time, probably won't be held until after another session of the legislature to give the new premier a chance to build his profile Peckford’s announcement cafes after months of speculation about his future. The colorful, cigar-chomping politician has led the provincial Tories trough three successful elec tion campaigns Peckford46, at times unpredic table and outragéoys, was re-elected April 2, 1985, partially on the prom ise of offshore riches. The premier came }ne step closer tq delivering on that promise last July, when he“ obtained a multi billion*dotfar agreement with Ottawa to develop the Hibernia oil field off \ Newfoundland “git that achievement has been somewhat overshadowed by acon troversy involving a giant greenhouse near St. John’s Peckford’s agriculture minister Charlie Power, resigned from cabinet earlier-this-month—after-a massive failure at the Sprung operation. | —Power-aceused-the—Tory—governt ment of lying about the feasibility of the project, subsidized to the tune of $16 million. His allegations prompted the Liberals to call for a judicial inquiry SPIRITED FIGHTS In his early years, Peckford’s spir ited fights with Ottawa earned him a reputation as the bad boy of Cana dian premiers Fiercely protective of Newfound land's interests, he accused the fe deral government of conspiring to keep his province in poverty The premier, who divorced and re married while. in” office, mellowed somewhat over the years, And insid ers said the former schoolteacher from tiny Whitbourne, Nfld.. is anxious to try his hand in the private sector. Lanky and boyishly handsome when he took office, Peckford thrilled Newfoundlanders with his fiery speeches and emotional appeals During his early campaigns. the dark-eyed premier roared into out port gymnasiums like a rock star leaping on to stages and kissing women supporters As the years passed and his dark haif thinned, Peckford toned down his style, adopting a more states mantike approach Peckford had to ction. His resignation means that Liberal Lead er Clyde Wells and NDP Leader Peter Fenwick will face an untried K leader in the next campaign. Bush takes office LONDON (AP) — World leaders showered U.S President George Bush with congratulations as he took office, with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev hoping he would bring peace and Pope John Paul wishing him ‘an abundance of divine blessings.”* The- Nicaraguan government extended an olive branch and Arab leaders were optimistic that Bush would move the United States from former president Ronald Reagan's staunch pro-Israeli position |in the Middle-East One European newspaper hailed the return of pragmatists to the U.S. government and another ‘‘the down-to-earth Bush"’ over ‘‘Reagan the romantic."" A British daily said Bush would need some of Reagan's luck While the sendoffs for Reagan were mostly warm about 5,000 Panamanians shot off fireworks in Panama City and Nicaraguan's danced in the streets of Managua to celebrate his departure. Gorbachev told Bush he hoped his term would bring “*stable and diverse’ development of relations between our countries," and said Moscow was ready to work in that direction, the official news agency Tass said Gorbachev said: ‘'Further joint efforts by the Soviet Union and the United States will make it possible to substantially bring closer the’ solution of the most painful problems of the present time. above all, then need to eliminate the threat of war.’ Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sent Busha congratulatory message, as did West German Chancel- lor Helmut Kohl, President--Francois Mitterrand of France and other European leaders. In Vatican City, the Pope wished Bush and the United States “an abundancé of divine blessings Also among the well-wishers were King Juan Carlos of Spain and presidents Kenneth. Kaunda of Zambia, Jose Sarney of Brazil and Carlos Salinas de Gortari of Mexico. Panamanians, led by Gen. Manuel Antonio Norie- ga. celebrated Reagan's departure by shooting off fireworks and dancing to bands in’a plaza on Panama City’s main thoroughfare. Norioega denies U.S. drug charges against him and has outlasted U.S. efforts to force him to quit as Panama's de facto leader In Managua, Nicaraguans celebrated the end of the Reagan era with dancing in the streets and parades that mocked him. Reagan's administration has financed the One float Friday showed Uncle Sam throwing dollars and the local opposition picking them up However, Foreign Minister Miguel saying he was optimistic U.S.-Nicaraguan “‘relations under Bush, announced that it would begin issuing visas for U.S. officials anti-government Contra rebels since 1981 D’Escoto, will improve Nicaragua imposed’ visa restrictions after each eight of the diplomats, including the ambassadors, during a diplomatic tiff in July country expelled other's Job loss expected VANCOUVER (CP) — The job loss caused by the merger of Molson and Carling-O'Keefe breweries is just the beginning, Ken Georgetti, president of the B.C. Federation of Labor, said. day “The -Hational job Toss from the The new firm to part-time and casual, others will suffer wage reductions The merger between the two brew ing giants was announced Wednes an equal partner merger is anticipated to be 3,500 but ship between Molson and Carling thats fist the tip of the iceberg! Georgetti said in a news release Australia, will “In fact. the merger will impact Breweries 35,000 jobs to one degree or another The dedl, to because for every job lost, 10 more are also affected negatively in some w cash payments. “Some of those jobs will also be Marshall Cohen lost outright. others will be reduced “O"Keefc-ownersFiders Xi-Ltd—of called ~Molson which Molson and Carling bring about $1 billion and $560 million repsectively, involved no Molson said at a president news conference announcing the merger Texaco mega-deal worries groups KEN GEORGETTI By The Canadian Press And truckers said if higher prices just the beginning do result consumers Under the deal Fears of higher prices and employ ee layoffs have overtaken the latest of three nounced in as many days business mega-deals an On Friday, U.S.-based Texaco Inc said |it was selling its 78-per-cent share of Canadian subsidiary Texaco Canada to oil giant Imperial Oil. The The pricetag: almost $S billion Cdn jobs of While the announcement ended months of speculation and courting by a number of suitors, it began to worry consumer groups and workers Passage refinery Marketers Association of ‘Canada predicted the agreement will increase gas and home-heating oil prices by as much as two cents a litre Bob Kerton association of Canada said the sale wag good news for investors, but a bad deal for those who use petroleum and gas products Workers Union workers’ jobs are they'll Imperial will gake over Texaco's service stations. along with refineries in and Dartmouth, N.S and gas plants in Western Canada Nanticoke, Ont more than Texaco Canada employees are guar anteed under the agreement. But Texaco’s Eastern just outside Dart some workers at mean the end of their plant A spokesman forthe Petroleum — Frank Carmichael independent, 97-member Atlantic Oil said fears of job losses are legitimate. But he said he's confident_union layoffs to do occur, management and other office positions would more likely be eliminated be passed on to He said the venture will control more than half the Canadian market gwhile ranking as the sixth latgest brewer in North America and 20th largest slightly and several oil in the world Georgetti said labor must force the 3.000 federal government to regulat such them only impact of the analysed and mergers “and approve when the over. mergers h addressed mouth, are worried the deal might He said while corporations are ex ercising their right to merge. they are also demanding that govern Ment Feduce social services that pro president of the tect workes who lose their jobs’as a result of takeovers secure and that if The two companies have not re leased any job-loss figures as a result of the merger but-have said some breweries will close