insertions, copy ‘Parliament Bidgs.,. 501 Victorian) Be Cc. ——¥8V—154— 4 ASSASSIN HIRED TO KILL GOUZENKO? By GERARD McNEIL OTTAWA (CP) — Author William S| saysin his latest book, Intrepid's Last Case, that the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa instructed an assassin to kill Igor Gouzenko 10 years ago. Stevenson says Anton Sabotki, a “sleeper” planted in | Canada in 1960 by the KGB, was told by embassy Oleg Kh ko to kill G : The assassination was to occur when Gouzenko, who defected from the embassy in 1945 to give the West details of the Soviet espionage apparatus, met British intelligence agents at a Toronto hotel, The author says Sabotki instead turned himself in to the RCMP. The RCMP, asked about the account, say Sabotki was arrested by RCMP in Edmonton and there is no evidence of a plot to slay Gouzenko. Stevenson, in Toronto this week to promote his book, says his account is an “inte: placed on Sab Presence in Canada. 2 He said in an interview the assassination theory was first suggested to him by a former KGB man who had defected. SUPPORT THEORY The KGB man's theory was supported by people in Washington who believed Sabotki had been dto kill Gouzenko, i The “Intrepid” of his book is Winnipeg-born Sir William Stephenson, whose wartime espionage exploits were made famous by Stevenson in his book A Man Called Intrepid. Intrepid’s Last Case deals with the 87-year-old Stephenson's chagrin at reports that his chief wartime aide, Charles (Dick) Ellis, was a German-Soviet mole in the British Intelligence Service. Stephenson is outraged that Ellis, who is mysterious Elli whose code was disclosed by Gouzenko after he defected in 1945. Stephenson and Stevenson are unable to reach any conclusions about Ellis. most of the 1945 players are dead and the allegations about the identity of Ellis are bathed in murk. However, an opportunity isn’t lost to bash a few heads. VICTIM OF KGB Gouzenko, who died last year, is said to have been “the victim of a delib ign of chi assas- sination” orchestrated by the KGB, The late prime minister Mackenzie King, who had just led Canada through a world war when Gouzenko appeared at his door, is d ibed as a bumbling incompent in his handling of the defector. In the book's foreward, Maj.-Gen. Richard Heath Rohmer, the Toronto novelist, takes a shot at nuclear protesters, “The KGB agents who populate every Soviet ncoura; Telephone | 365-5210. Bellovilie st * BIG DEAL THIS 1S THE vs LINGUINES: LOOK ‘|. COLEMAN COUNTRY p BOYSERVICE - Sump & Septic Tank Pumping Phone 365-5013 3400 - 4th Avenue Castlegar Brian L. 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Christmas concert held Thursday evening. i : Ave. —CosNews Photo by Chris Gratham Pythian Sisters note active fall -Kootenay Temple No. 37 Pythian Sisters have had an active fall. In October mem- bers officially welcomed Grand Chief Mildred Turner of Cranbrook. Throughout the months of September and October sev- eral of the sisters and one brave knight attended meet- ings in Trail, Rossland, Salmo and Fruitvale in honor of the grand chief's visits to those temples. Faith Bontron was initia- ted into the Order of Pythian Sisters at the grand chief visit to the temple. In October the sisters of Kootenay Temple No. 37, and Knights of Pythias Twin Rivers No. 70 held a supper and dance which was a finan- cial success. On Nov. 6 the temple held its annual Tea and bazaar with MEC Joy Saunders as general con- venor for a successful event. Remembrance Day was observed with Anton Sch- wiertz (Knights of Pythias) and Joy Saunders (Pythian Sisters) taking part with the placing of a wreath. Devoted Sister Edith Wilson again skated her 100 laps in the Kiwanis Annual Skatethon. Sister Jan Neumann also took part, and money raised will be divided between the Pythian Sisters and Kiwanis, The degree staff of Koot- enay Temple No. 37 motored to Rossland and Salmo were they took part in the initia. tion of two new members in Salmo and one in Rossland. At the last meeting in November roll call was held and first nominations of new officers. For the first meeting in December, a dinner was SSS held at The Fireside Place with 29 sisters and six knights in attendance. MEC Joy Saunders pre- JERRY'S DRYWALL FUNERAL CHAPEL Dedicated to kindly, thoughtful service. Granite, Marble and Bronze Plaques Phone 365-3222 © Drywall Call 365-3783 LOG BUILDERS. Handcrafted Homes 428-9678 Greston —_——— ee | HIGHLAND - Newspaper carrier for bot! editions Is only 60€ a week (collected monthly). 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Phone 365-6534 — FIVE KILLED, 77 INJURED | Bomb rips through London store LONDON (AP) — ‘At least ‘five people -were killed and 77 injured Saturday when a car. bomb ripped - through four floors of Harrods depart- ment store at the height of lunchtime Christmas shopping. David Powis, deputy assistant police commissioner, said there was -“no doubt” the bombing was the work of the Irish Republican Army — the first fatal attack of a feartd Christmas bombing blitz. ‘ There was no immediate claim of responsibility by the Irish ‘nationalist group which is waging a violent cam- paign to remove the British from Northern Ireland. The explosion, heard several kilo- metres away, sent throngs of shoppers running through flying glass and debris in the jammed department store. “People were .. . running from the scene, their faces absolutely covered in blood — children, old people, men and women,” said Jackie McPherson of Hamilton, Scotland, who was in a store 50 metres from Harrods. “There was a tremendous explo- sion,” said Michael Francis, 22, who was standing outside the store when the bomb exploded. TRIGSERS BOMB “Police said the bomb was by remote control as officers, acting on a tip, examined a car parked on Hans Crescent, a side street of fashionable boutiques running alongside in the fashionable Knightsbridge dis- trict. Three policemen and one police- woman were reported among the dead. The bombers gave warning but it was unclear how much time store officials and police had to act. A spokesman for the Samaritans, a British suicide crisis centre, said it re- ceived a warning call from a man with an Irish accent at 12:44 p.m., 86 minutes before the explosion. “He said there was a car bomb out- continued on page Az Government plans management cuts VICTORIA (CP) — The British Col- umbia government will cut down on the number of management staff in prop- He said that organizations are to be “streamlined so that senior staff have wider spans of control, if applicable, ortion to the number of employees who are fired under its controversial re- straint program. In a memorandum to all deputy ministers, deputy provincial secretary Bob Plecas disclosed that: the gov- ernment has decided to speed up its staff cuts, and wants all lay-offs and firings to be completed by April 1 instead of by next September, as originally announced by Premier Bill Bennett. The goal is for a 25-per-cent reduc- tion of “all personnel and personnel- related staff,” with commendurate re- ductions in excluded staff, the memo said. ' Plecas, who was appointed to the $65,000-a-year-plus post last month, told the deputies they were to make sure their minister were briefed and ready “to bring forward any critical issue that would prevent the goal being reached on time.” and pi given to the number of senior managers such as down on hiring and Plecas said none will be permitted until targets for staff reductions are reached “except for life, health and safety reasons.” “Any vacancy not now filled on a 1 basis by an auxiliary is deputy mini: directors and directors; and their scope of operation.” The government also has clamped o eliminated.” However, the managers were urged to keep in mind that the primary focus remains service to the public. “Lay-offs, if possible, should be in non-direct public serving areas. If pro- gram service is to be reduced, organ- izations should be restricted to em- phasize public service.” The government had just over 50,000 employees on the payroll, including 1,500 managers, Tears, sighs at acquittal verdict VANCOUVER (CP) — Catherine , Wheelock and her three children spent three tense hours Friday waiting for B.C. Supreme Court jury to determine whether the petite, 62-year-old grand- mother was guilty of the second-degree murder of her brutish husband. When the not guity verdict was read by the jury foreman, a great sigh went up from her youngest child, 30-year-old Bobby. His two sisters, Sharon John- son, 34, and Patricia Farnese, 31, buried their faces as tears of relief streamed down. Smiling and composed, Wheelock said “Happy now” as she stepped from the prisoner's dock after being formally discharged by Justice William H. Davies. Before Friday's verdict, there were seven days of hearing evidence that became a public autopsy of a night- marish 84-year marriage that ended when Robert Milton Wheelock, 64, died of a single stab wound Jan. 5 from a knife wielded by his wife. She told the jury that that night her drunken husband picked her up by the ankles and swung her around upside down before throwing her along the living room floor of their home in suburban Richmond. She said she picked up a knife and was holding it when he lunged at her. WAS SCARED Asked by defence counsel Bob Wright if she was trying to kill him, she said: “No I wasn't trying to kill him. I just touched his shoulder and ran into the bathroom and locked myself in.” The prosecution said the knife thrust was made by a battered woman “at the end of her rope” and that she intended to cause her husband “grevious bodily harm.” The defence said the knife was wielded in self-defence against an ex- tremely violent man in the grip of alcoholism and an ‘addiction to a wide-range of prescription drugs. During the trial, Wheelock’s children described their father as “a big hairy monster” who terrorized his family for 380 years with continued vicious beat- ings when he drank or took pres- eription drugs. Many of the childhood memories they recounted as defence witnesses at the trial were of Christmas in small- town southern Ontario, They said their father never per- mitted gift-giving and “god help her” if continved on pege A2 Mercury drops to record low By CasNews Staff If you thought it was cold Friday night, you weren't just imagining. Temperatures dipped to a record -18.6° Celsius, breaking the record for the same day of -9.4°, set in 1967, E Canada sp Jim Richards said the reason for the cold weather is an arctic air mass, which had moved across almost all of the province by Saturday. But a warming trend is not in the immediate forecast. Richards said the cold conditions could remain for days and even weeks, which is traditional. “I wouldn't expect it to disappear quickly,” he said.