ss _, January 10, 1990 Central planning will SOFIA (Reuter) The Soviet-led trading “block Comecon will move today to shed 40 Years of rigid central planning, with members arguing over how far and how tadigo vo Meeting’ for thi Cc rule began coll in irst time since ce Minister Vaclav Klaus told a news conference jn Sofia on Tuesday. Comecon members, meeting for their 45th annual congress, adopted a Polish proposal to set up a commission to redraw the organization's statutes to Eastern Europe, prime ministers of the 10° Comecon countries were unanimous at their talks in the Bulgarian capital on the need to make ita profitable trading mechanism. ‘What we want to do is business, bep in March, The move siggalled an end to four decades in which Comecon — which groups the seven Warsaw Pact coun- tries plus Cuba, Mongolia and Viet- nam + decreed what each member produced, to whom it sold it, and for not co-operation, a profitable ae much and we do not see how this can be‘done “The changes must be dramatic and in the old way,"’ Czechoslovak Finan- TOP SALESMAN BRIAN BEBELMAN Neil W. Kalawsky, President and General Manager of Kalawsky Pontiac Buick (1989) Ltd. is proud to an nounce that Brian Bebelman is our Top Salesman for December 1989. 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Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki suggested supplies of oil and raw materials be guaranteed until 1995 although other trade could be freed fi nl is which would put the East EB in with western Czechoslovakia welcomed the proposal when Ryzhkov repeated il in Sofia but said it would need two to four years to adjust. Czechoslovak deputy premier Viadimir Dlouhy said that while the idea was a step | in the right direction, i appeared to favor a Hungarian proposal for an inner Comecon grouping linking the two reform.minded countriues with Czechoslovakia. “Poland is ready almost im- mediately to work with other countries that have new ideas, in an economic ‘its would be catastrophic for Czechoslovak: He said that for 40 years, Czechoslovakia’s economy had been confined within the Soviet block, ad- ding: ‘‘We are paying now for being tied too much to this bloc. We believe thé Soviet Union should share the cost y which might then en- courage other countries to join,"’ he said. In an ‘apparent softening of the. Soviet position, Soviet delegate Stepan Sitaryan told journalists the move would be made gradually on a bilateral basis. Romanian leader defends fast change BUCHAREST (Reuter) —_ Romania’s new leaders are moving quickly to end” the country’s con- stitutional limbo. But a genior figure in the ruling National ‘Salvation Front responded angrily to charges that democracy was the first casualty of the breakneck pace of change since the bloody end of Nicolae Ceausescu’s rule. Silviu Brucan, a member of the front’s 11-member executive commit- tee, said Tuesday that Romanians will be able to consider a draft constitution and electoral law next week. **We expect them to become the sub- ject of wide public debate and we shall include all pertinent suggestions in the final draft,’’ Brucan said in an inter- view. The new constitution will replace the one that served Ceausescu well for 24 years before he was executed by firing squad on Christmas Day after a sum- mary trial Ibrucan was criticized by poet Doina Cornea, who said Monday that ex- Cc like him are running the front and that the Dec. 22 revolution may be in peril. Brucan said Cornea is not serious, responsible or fair “IT think she is very naive politically,’” Brucan said in response to Cornea’s call for workers to demon- Strate on the streets rather than lose control of the revolution. Brucan is in his 70s and was a Ceausescu envoy in New York and Washington before moving to open dissent. * Martial law to be lifted in Beijing BEIJING (AFP) — MartiaHawais to be lifted in Beijing from Thursady Prime Minister Li Peng announced today. Martial law has been imposed since May 20% two weeks before the army crushed /a student-led pro-reform demonstration in Tiananmen Square in the centre of the Chinese capital. 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The diplomats said the end to mar- tial law does not suggest a softening in the policies of the government, which has been openly hostile to pro- democracy reforms in Eastern Europe and to the perestroika reform policies of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. PASTOR STUART LAURIE * 365.3278 Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Nursery & Children’s Church provided Mid-Week Service & Study Wednesdays 6:30-8:00 p.m Bible teaching for all ages A Non-Denominational Family Church Preaching the Word of Faith! GRACE PRESBYTERIAN 2605 Columbia Ave. Morning Worship 11:30 a.m Church School 11:30 a.m. 365-2438 CHURCH OF GOD © 2404 Columbia Avenue Church School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m Pastor Ira Johnson * 365-6762 FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP (A.C.0.P.) Briefly y Pulp mill owners stand trial FORTST, JOHN, B.C. (CP) — The owners of one of British Colum- bia’s newest pulp mills went on trial Tuesday, charged with violating the B.C. Waste Management Act. Fibreco’s mill in the small community of Ti 1988, allegedly dumped highly toxic wastes into t November 1988 and last February. Fibreco pleaded not guilty to three counts of exceeding waste permit standards. But company lawyer, Edward Chiasson, did not challenge the test figures introduced by the Crown. fa Crown witnesses testified that a cold winter slowed the ability of micro-organisms to break down waste in the plant’s effluent treatment ponds. That meant the toxic wastes poured into the river. Tests taken on two separate days showed the mill’s ace River in concentrations more than 10 times the ‘aylor, which opened in he Peace River between effluent was pouring into the Pe: legal limit, court wastold. Each of the three charges carries amaximum Clean-up bids over estimate VANCOUVER (CP) — Bids to clean up the former Expo 86 site are more than twice as high as the government's estimate. Companies bidding for the giant cleanup contract said their tenders are in the $40-million to $65-million range. The government estimated the 120,000 cubic metres of polluted soil could be removed and decontaminated for about $18 million But Environment Minister John Reynolds said the area will have to be cleaned regardless of the cost. The government sold the 82.5 hectares to Concord Pacific, owned by Hong Kong billionaire Li-Ka Shing, for $145 million in 1988. Under the deal, taxpayers pay the cleanup bill. Man's U.S. surgery hits hitch VICTORIA (CP) — A hitch in provincial Health Ministry funding for a Vancouver man could slow the flow of British Columbia heart patients depending on quick surgery in the U.S. George Yetman, 37, was to become the first heart-| bypass patient out- side of Ontario to get a government-funded operation Tuesday under a special arrangement with a Detroit hospital. By Yetman forgot to get B.C. government approval first, leaving an Ontario-based volunteer group scrambling hours after Yetman’s surgery to ensure the $20,000 to $30,000 Cdn. operation would be paid for. Heartbeat Windsor,.a volunteer group of heart patients based in Windsor, Ont., has arranged surgeries for 90 Ontario heart patients at Detroit hospitals. fine of $55,000. Lithuanians found supportive MOSCOW (Reuter) — A vast majority of Lithuaniahs support an independent Communist party for the Baltic republic, Radio Moscow said today. A correspondent in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, said an Opinion poll showed 82 per cent of those polled support last month’s move by the Lithuanian Communist party to break away from the Kremlin. It also said Kremlin leader Mikhail Gorbachev's popularity has in- creased of late, while that of the Lithuanian independence mass movement, Sajudis, has fallen. Ex-leader to be investigated SOFIA (AP) — A special parliamentary panel has found grounds to investigate ousted Communist leadet Todor Zhivkov for possible Prosecution on charges of illegally stashing state funds in Swiss bank ac- counts. Lyuben Koulishev, a member of the panel set up after Zhivkov's Nov. 10 ouster, said on television Tuesday night the committee has enough information to pursue an investigation against Zhivkov. “*The huge amount of state money used to publish numerous books by the former Bulgarian leader gives grounds to bring a case against him,”” Pu Janwary 10, 1990 Castlegar News as SAF FWAY ($ Dollar Valu Day's Check Our Flyer! — FROM OUR MEAT DEPARTMENT — Coho Salmon Or Spring Average Size 1-2 66 mad : 99 h © Farm Raised Stewing Bee Try a Heart Stew Tonight! INFORMATION SESSION . . . Darcy Su on the Pulp mill ree (ciPe) The at Selkrik Coll possible about xpansion. Cosews photo s of the d ion of the Castl: jay rThe coalition wa recently | formed to gather as much informatio: Victoria to go back to court VICTORIA (CP) — The provincial government is going back to court to try and keep passenger rail service rolling on Vancouver Island. The B.C. Supreme Court ruled Dec. 28 that,the federal government has a constitutional obligation tied to the province's entry into Cs to rail service between the Victoria suburb of. Esquimalt and Nanaimo. But the federal government still plans to close the sec- tion of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway route that runs another 90 kilometres from Nanaimo to Courtney, Attor- ney General Bud Smith said. The court found no such obligation existed to main- tain the extension, which was added as a result of an agreement between the railway company and the province. The federal government planned to close the once- daily run Jan. 15 as part of overall cutbacks to VIA Rail service. The Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway carried about 45,000 tourists, residents and business travellers last year Smith said he was ‘‘somewaht surprised”’ to be an- nouncing the new court action. “I’m surprised for a couple of reasons,’’ Smith said. “First of all, we had expected that the Ministry of Justice in Ottawa would comply with the spirit as well as the words of (B,C. Supreme Court) Justice{ William) Esson’s decision. “We're also of the view that the law requires Canada to maintain the rail line in continuing operation right to Courtenay.’’ Smith said the provincial governmént gave Ottawa un- til noon Tuesday to respond to demands to rescind that or- der or face further,court action. « When there was no response, he filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court, he said. The matter could be in court in Vancouver by Thursday. ‘That Privy Council order used the words Victoria to Courtenay apd we are of the view that it is not severable. That you can’t simply, by court order, amend the Privy Council order. The whole thing has to be rescinded.’"” He intends to raise the constitutional argument that the order onp' i authority, he said. The province passes legislation to provide grants and tax exemptions that applied to the rail link between Nanaimo and Courtenay, Smith said. “*We believe . . . that it is not within Canada’s power to be able to effectively amend or rescind provincial legislation simply through the operation of an order by the Privy Council,’’ Smith said. “We believe. it would require a special act of Parliament or action by Parliament,’’ he said It would also be more practical to continue operating the entire rail link while the issue is fought in court instead of ending it at Nanaimo about 90 kilometres northwest of Victoria, Smith said. “It seems to me a bit silly to run rail cars up to Nanaimo and pay crews to do nothing until it’s time to drive baek again,”’ he said anadian action was mistake, expert says WASHINGTON (CP) — Canada new ambassador about an hour later. Latin America in his job the state news agency RTA quoted the panel as saying. Attend the Church ~ choice! 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Larry Birns, director of the Council ont ic Affairs, a think-tank, said in an interview Tuesday that Gorham’s expertise at the OAS is needed now to smoogh over relations with Central American coun- “triesupset the U.S. invasion of Panama. Canada officially became a member of the OAS on Monday. Since 1972, it had only observer status and Gorham has acted as Canada’s permanent ob- server to the Pan-American body for morg than two years. Last week, Ottawa named Jean- Paul Hubert, a former ambassador to Senegal, © be its first OAS am- bassador. Gorham will retain his position as roving ambassador for Latin America. Birns attended the ceremony Mon- day when Gorham signed the OAS charter, making Canada a full-fledged member. Hubert was welcomed as the over Canada’s suppert for —_Birns: “I spoke toa number of people from Latin American countries (who atten- ded the signing ceremony) and they couldn't understand why Gorham was being replaced at this time,’’ Birns said. “They were immensely surprised because they felt there wassa very dif- ficult and big job to do in storing fe traditional high standing of ins, the minds of most Latin Americans b' that disastrous move by the Mulroney government of actively supporting the U.S. invasion of Panama.’ Hubert be a distinguished representative to the OAS," but leaving Gorham at the OAS — at least on an interim basis — would have been a wise move on Canada’s part. “There was a lot of work to be done’’ to smooth over relations with Latin American countries, Birns said. “Since Gorham had the contacts and was immensely respected by his Latin American colleagues, I think External Affairs made a big mistake in yanking him out."" A spokesman for the External Af- fairs Department in Ottawa said Gorham will still play.an important role in Canada’s foreign policy on TH Coming Soon . . . See the Castlegar News of Wed., Jan. 17 **He’s done an exemplary role as a roving ambassador for Latin America and will continue to do so at a time when we want to intensify the relation- ship”’ with that part of the world, said spokesman Abbie Dann. While Birns said Canada has damaged its reputation by backing the U.S. invasion of Panama, Dann said Canada has received no official com- laints from any Latin American “countries over its position. External Affairs Minister Joe Clark hassaid Canada regrets the use of U.S. stands the circumstances that led to the invasion. Snug as a bug?! Probably not yet. if you've just moved in. 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