i SY, : : a2___Castlegar News November 13, 1983 - i: f Sy, t, November 13, 1983 Castlegar News A3 SPECIALS FOR YOU Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week CANADIAN BRANDS CIGARETTES gro 91279 EATWELL BONITA FLAKED TUNA TRAIN DERAILMENT Four killed in crash MARSHALL-TEX. (AP) —At least four people were killed and 24 admitted to hospital Saturday when five cars of the Amtrak train Eagle derailed near this eastern Texas city in the history, authorities said. “We don't expect it (the death toll) to go higher, but I'm told it may,” Amtrak spokesman R. Clifford Black said in Washington. The train, carrying 138 passengers, was heading from Chicago to San Antonio, Tex. at 10:10 a.m. CST when all five cars jumped the tracks, were no reports of any Can- adians among the passeng- Black said. There had Harrison County sheriff's dis- patcher Paula Hagan said 126 were hurt, at least six of them critically. She said 33 were taken to area hospitals. The deaths were the larg- est number in an Amtrak accident since the National Railroad Passenger Corp. was formed in 1971, Black said. RUNS LATE A ticket agent said the train had been running late, but the speed of the train at the time of the accident wasn't immediately known. One passenger said the train been speeding to get an ailing passenger to a doctor. Other passengers said they “Theard a little noise and I saw a couple of guys working on the tracks,” said Gary Larson, 89, of Minot, N.D. “I saw them walking away. They knew what was coming. The next thing I knew, I grabbed the seat in front of me and we were being dra- gged through the dirt.” Eighteen victims were taken to a Marshall city hos- pital, six of them critically injured, said. administrator Jim Pears, Another 15 people were taken to a county hospital in nearby Jefferson, said spokesman Trudy Rodgers,’ She said she could not specify * saw workmen near the tracks IDGE. . . Passmore Bridge under construction project is a new brid, = I * bs * t Slocan Park. Both bridges War dead. remembered | . By The From 8t. John's, Nfid., to Victoria, B.C., a country fell silent Friday as Canadians remembered their dead from two © world wars and the conflict in Korea three decades ago. For 80-year-old| Constance Wylie,’ this year’s Silver “Cross mother, Korean -53) was a war as devastating asthe First World War and the Second World. War. She 'placed a | wreath, on behalf of all bereaved mothers, at’the base of the National War Memorial in Ottawa in memory-of her son ‘WF -Lloyd,; killed in Korea on March 7, 1951, at the age of 20. In the capital's chilll drizzle, before a crowd. of thousands of citizens and‘ hundreds of. veterans on dress, % parade, Wylie walked along a red carpet in the company of ’| Gov. Gen Ed Schreyer to place the first of an eventual: garland of wreaths ‘at the memorial. ‘ Precisely at 11 a.m.,.65 years to thé minute of the signing of the armistice that ended the First World War in 1918, the crowd fell silent in remembrance. The first crack of Abbotsford teachers, . “VANCOUVER (CP) — A tentative seniority agree- + ment between the Abbots- ford school board and its tea- chers was approved Friday by Compensation Stabiliza- ytion.Program commissioner 4] Ed Peck: ; The) agreement sets. a framework for staff, reduc- issued termiantion notices, later rescinded, to 66 tea- chers. in September, ©1982. With both sides sure a res: traint program would con- tinue, they made a new agreement in May. In June, the government introduced Bill 8, giving it the fréedom to dismiss employees without board reach agreement missals if it has a system for releasing staff that is ap- proved by Peck. The agreement has senior- ity rights that stipulate that those with the greatest seni- ority will be retained if they have the necessary qualifica- tions. who are termin- tions, i pay. It was hammered out last’ May, before Bill 3, the Public Sector Restraint Act, was even introduced. “It is not. necessarily a. model that everybody else regard to r 2 ‘The bill has an exemption clause, which states that an employer, ip this case the school board, is exempt from. the bill's provisions on dis- ated may choose to go on a recall list or take severance pay, as much as 30 weeks pay for 15 years of consecutive service. a 21-gun memorial salute rang Toudly over ‘the ‘quiet will follow, but it does fit the tresses from the old Taghum — CasNews Photo by Katty Gerrand NEW BRI about 11 kilometres north of the junction of Highway 3A and Highway 6 Is part of a $1.3 million bridge .2v project by the Ministry of Highways. Included in the how many were seriously, in. provisions of Bill. 3," Peck jured. 7s said after releasing the writ- . “ten decision. : z However, the agreement downtown streets, a uN i The sad notes of the bugle, a piper’s wail, the tears in the eyes of many a bemedalled veteran — the scene was , are using some ste “We have no information Bridge west of Nelson. on the cause at this point,” he said. at the time of the accident. Mediator to help: BULK SLICED © Dance-9p.m.-? ‘asino & Dance it qa Castlegar Legion Hall Saturday, Nov. 19° ° Casino-7p.m.-? © Refreshments Available Black said at least 48 people were injured, while Grenada plans rescue scuttled? NEW YORK (CP) — Can- ada is investigating the pos- sibility that the United States and. some of its Cari- bbean allies deliberately scuttled an attempt to evac- uate Canadian and other for- eign nationals from Grenada in the hours leading up to the U.S.-led invasion of the is- Twice a special flight ar- ranged by the Canadian gov- ernment was cancelled on direct orders from Caribbean leaders, the sccond tims only minutes before the plane was about to fly from Barbados to MacBain FOR ALDERMAN Bridge results The Joy Keillor Bridge Club saw 13 pairs compete for “Beat the Champs” night Nov. 7. Average was 60 with the following winners: First was Stewart and Helen Batchelor with 75, second was Dr. Ron Perrier 70%, third was Helen Fer- guson and Agnes Charlton with 68, fourth was Joy Ramsden and Judy Sheppard with 66, fifth was Rita Per- and Hubert Hunchak’ with” Grenada where 29 Canadians together with the other for- eign nationals had been. as- sembled for evacuation. - As a result, the Canadians were forced to remain, at times in areas of heavy fight-- ing, despite earlier clearance to leave from leaders of-the week-old military coup. : deputy. state:secretary, Rich: ard Burt, assistant state sec- retary for Europe and Can-” ada, and James Medas, the’ deputy assistant for Canada. The External Affairs source said the discussion will focus on the invasion of Grenada and the i igome areas it moved us closer to an ~ settlement is reached. ind government offices and halting highway maintenance, forcing closure of some roads due to snow. { Spector, asked about whether a union proposal tabled Friday night had brought the two sides closer to an agreement, said “it defined both areas of agreement and disagreement, so in escalation. agreement; in some areas it moved us further away from an agreement.” , The private talks involved leaders of ment Spector was Andy McKechnie of the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers Union — the key union in Monday’s planned The ferries provide the, only link other than air travel between the mainland and Vancouver Island. Last week, the union became the first public sector union to reach tenta- tive agreement on exemption from the Public Sector Restraint Act. On Friday, Spector fuelled optimism by referring to labor's “significant the coaliti f in what had been escal- ating demands.” ’ He referred to a conciliatory state- Canadian Paperworkers Union head Art Gruntman, He reiterated that the union will prolong its strike if public service-wide seniority rights and a social policy package with Solidarity are not settled. mands who Meanwhile, a mediator has been ap- pointed to help negotiate emergenty Highways Ministry ferry service be- tween Vancouver Island and the upper Gulf Islands, union official Jack Adams said. i _ The Labor Relations Board made the appointment at the union's request be- catise of unacceptable government de- “asking us to break our own strike,” Adams said. ‘He said the union will let its mém- bers ferry essential supplies such as food, fuel and animal feed to the But it insists vehicle and PP Soli .darity’s broad set of demands for an overall ‘settlement. Gruntman indicated Solidarity would accept a government promise of mean- ingful discussions on some social issues if a BCGEU contract and seniority rights for all government workers can " Operation Solidarity has vowed to pull as many as 220,000 public sector workers off the job by Nov. 18 if no The leaders included Mike Kramer, secretary treasurer of the B.C. Feder- ation of Labor, Jack Munro, Interna- tional Woodworkers of America boss, be settled. issue. te Although U.S. officials have made no official com- ment, it has been: reported that on the day the Canadian fight was chnediled’ the U.S. ordered its representaitves on Grenada to stop discuss- ing plans to evacuate Amer- icans on grounds this might have pushed the increasingly o and B.C. Teach presi- dent Larry Kuehn. UPPED DEMANDS ¥ When 46,000 teachers and schoo! support staff joined the strike Tues- legislation cutting’ education funding, WANTS AGREEMENT ., Government employees’ union nego- tiator Cliff Andstein said the union would like to settle by tonight. Andstein reported progress in most areas, including seniority provisions, contract language and bumping rights. day,’ Operation ‘Solidarity: upped “its: -But' there- was ‘little-movement on- demands: to‘ include’: changes to! the!""wages ‘and'on the, lerigth of ‘contract! except passenger traffic should not be handled for medical reasons, that no fares be charged and that union mem- bers not be paid for providing emer- unaccept- able” government demands that if the a full its a thi loosening human rights and eliminating “The The g want y pact, the union favors a one-year deal. rent controls and the ‘3 ice. a three-year contract,” Andstein said. is not going to get ? ¢ Music by McCarthy D.J. NO ADMISSION CHARGE Sponsored by Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club rier and Heather Pottle with 64, and sixth was Hugh Auld and Gwen Krueger with 62. cans hostage. desperate military council to consider taking the Ameri- Neither Spector nor the Operation Solidarity leaders would comment on their discussions. Included in the group meeting with B. 1881@ ROGERS®: SILVERPLATE ~ BE , minded getting to Vancouver Island in everything from canoes to to get gasoline and Friday, in less than two Only two kilometres of hours arrangements were Water separate Denman from made to minimize the prob- Buckley Bay on Vancouver lems. An oil, company’ will Island, but Georgia Strait has barge gasoline to the island been whipped by winds and on Monday! A local yacht rain squalls since the strike owner will ferry in essentials. *tarted Nov. 1. such as cattle feed. And a . “This isn't the time of year committee was set up to ar- to be out in a 14-foot boat,” range for generators if B.C. said farmer and logger Den- Hydro workers join the strike. ‘a In spite of the optimistic meeting, there are some nis Pay. “There's bound to be an accident soon.” “Since the strike started, Denman residents have been other supplies. Teenage en- trepreneurs have ferried gas back to Denman and sold five-gallon containers of it for $18.50. The many potters and ar- tists on Denman, who depend on pre-Christmas craft fairs for much of their income, could be most seriously hurt by the strike. Some potters plan to char- ter a sailboat to take their works to Vancouver Island for a big sale in Victoria starting Nov. 17. But they are concerned that unloading ~the boat at the floats will mean more than norma} breakage. Potter Tom Dennis is also concerned that because of the strike people will have less money to spend. School children on Denman are doing their lessons at home. The three-room, kin- dergarten to grade 6 school closed before the teachers’ strike began because the three teachers couldn't get to the island from their homes on Vancouver Island.