Al Henne No, people are going to get stuck and you're going to “have accidents, “It's -going to be. harder’ for — wheelchair : people, how. around? older people to get around * = we're paying taxes so we are they going ’ to. a k _ streets were never cleared right (off, that was a few: years back, should be able to get some. 3 fo1 “OTTAWA (CP) —. Federal government. ‘prosecutions of former ‘and present’ RCMP . officers for wrongdoings. out- ‘ings or alleged vi of other federal-laws. ‘ The’ letter, was tabled Tuesday: by.the present jus: MacGui' lined in ‘the, McDonald: royal. . tice ‘minister’ Mar! conimission ‘would: not: be: warranted ‘“even if the evi- dence could‘ be’ secured,” a letter tabled before the Com- mons justice committee Tuesday said. The letter. was written by. former. federal justice min- ister. Jean Chretien ‘on: July 20 to: Solicitor - General ‘ ‘Rob- ert Kaplan. * Chretien, who became en- ergy. minister in September, was ‘writing to Kaplan to explain why the federal. gov- ernment would not prosecute’ any Mounties for illegal mail ‘Seniors enjoy -evening Members of the Senior Citizens Two Bit Club had an enjoyable evening 0 on Nov. 23 ther : knowledge of: what cept those under the, prompted Chretien to: make’ his decision, Chretien. wrote ‘that the McDonald : commission _re- port released in August, 1981, was not a body .of evi- cence? from’) which prosecu- tors could decide whether to lay charges. Instead, it consisted: of recommendations that “lit- erally. hundreds of investi-_’ gations. be ‘launched: to \de- termine whether any eviden- tiary basis for prosecutions exists.” . The report recommended into hundred: Office Act,’‘are subject 'to: statute of. limitations, mean- ing ‘a charge must ‘be laid The vnaled the: RCMP security '- service conducted | 94-:mail within a'certain time after it.’ sec occurred. The statute, of. limit for a “very: significant. num- ber’ of ‘the ‘suggested of- fences”. expired ‘during the ‘McDonald ion's four- Mail. was opened in'66/of ‘Trudeau's stop in Japanjand ia possible mid-January, visit: to the United States by. new: Trang] "86 which is being built on he Vancouver ‘waterfront. He will then fly to:Prince Rupert. to tour ‘the. Ridley; Island coal ;port, the: new :, gateway. for export of B coal to Japan. ” Ottawa late Frida make any 5) the trip and -is: scheduled ‘ Meet reporters’ for. only 16 “minutes ‘on: Thursday. ‘The news release announc- ing the trip was the first from { the PMO. to sport t the logo. of the government's straint program. the cases — 21 ‘times for: i of ivities, 11" year. inquiry. ‘into RCMP wrongdoing, he. wrote. “I would. not consider it justifiable to attempt to dis- tinguish between those who would now be protected bya of mail “openings and’ in- terceptions, ‘as’ well: as viol- ations of the Income Tax Act, Unemployment Insurance at‘their annual gi On behalf of the club mem- bers, Jessie Donnan extend- ed a welcome to all. Prior to the dinner, .the members sang the Doxology. A ‘chicken dinner’ was’ en- joyed’ as was ‘the mouth- watering desserts provided by the ladies of-the club. ‘Mr. John Mykyte, on. be- half-of the guests, extended thanks for the pleasant even- ing. After supper the tables were. cleared and several games of bingo were enjoyed with ‘several prize winners. This was followed by a vari- ety, of card games, bringing the evening to a close. tergid Orient ck TED ALLEN EWELLERY ° - 431 Baker St. Nelson who would not,” he wrote. 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He me $8,500 and said Td get'the other $1,500 its we ‘tone :of the players: had ‘com: ‘said ‘no! ipod ed “attended; the: meeting: but it two'or. three. of. them .were $3.04 for shareholders. “Tveibeen:a shareholder $22.8: since : before. the». Gardens question, fear players’ citing both restraint of trade” say, the’ players’ asso- etn doe8 not. hive the fi- | for’ such a battle. vere bult,” he said..“When I “But ‘after. 1 aigned it, he took it back:and: u “Congratulatio you're a shareholder in Maple Leaf Gardens.’ At that point, Thadn't even heard of Maple Leaf Gardens.. We were still “playing in the’ Mutual Street came; to; Toronto: in’ 2990 :to! Arena.’ VANCOUVER (CP) — who . said that pean ‘world ee e' » day. He had lived alone ina ‘illiams,.who represented cane at the 1928 and 1982 field’ performer ‘in the ''pre- vious 50 years by a Canadian Press poll. ‘Bo I'm supposed to be the world’s 100-metre' cham- pion,” he wrote’ in‘ his: diary July 80,1928, the ‘day he won ve. the event at the Olympics in ed 'as: hich neral of ‘Kathleen’. Rooney. Union sources say. two ma- bag mop of at jor areas of « contention in the * still-incomplete:- agreement are the union's insistence the... The players, ‘went on © -Sept.-21,:ended th nine-gaine, strike shorteted running. ‘Williams won the: race jin 10:8 seconds. His win was s0° unexpected ‘that the medal presentation was’ delayed while’ a: Canadian flag was found. The following day, he won the''200-metre race. in 21.8 seconds and is the only Can- ‘adian ‘to ever win both races ‘the: Olympics. =)“ vate | Williams * nal competition: the ‘is’ :total ‘no further e made. * : "1 was out there to boat tho, guy. beside’ me.”.: ‘Williams suffered a ‘stroke five weeks ago, then had ‘an- other. stroke two. weeks age. *:year in'Hamilton, Ont. a By. GRANT KERR. (CP) —,Terry Ruskowski is smereing » as Angel 3. “when injuries “sidelined: fy ' idin ~ Bernie Nicholls, Doug Smith and Dan Bonar. | uakowski was a pain in, the si when he. collected: three assists Kings’ impressive 6-2 victory. Los Angeles scored three times in the final period and. Ruskowski assisted:on two of the goals. *T didn’t think he'd even be able to play in the third,” Los Angeles coach Don Perry said of Ruskowski. “He was white as white and sweating like crazy between periods. : “It was a gutsy. effort on his part, He was out.of shape when he came to us, but sil be a big contributor later in the season.” ; ROOKIE Gor WINNER “Rookie Ulf Isaksson. scored the winning goal for the : Kings at 8:07 of the final period, breaking a 2-2 tie with a He. was found dead at. his home after he failed to keep a doctor's ppointment .Mon- ‘West End apartment since < Williams was born May 19, :1908, in Vancouver. When he was 18, he placed him'to avolde 2 strenuous ex: ercise. Whenhe was 18) he ‘ac- cepted *'a challenge’ from ‘Wally Scott, then-Vahcouver . sprint champion, and rana dead heat. At), the: Vancouver’ high school 'track* championships the ‘following ‘year, ‘running on wet ‘grass; Williams won tlie 100-yard ‘dash in'10 sec- onds, setting a‘city record that stood until-1969.. is Williams won the B.C. 100- metre‘ and ‘200-metre cham- pionships in’1927, then’ won both events‘at the Canadian Olympic trials the following, ‘He joined the U.S: indoor track circuit\in 1929 and ran us 22'races in 21 ‘days. He won ‘ 21S of: the: ‘races*-and ‘was Second ‘in’ the’ other. ' ‘At the first British Empire Games, ‘now ‘the “Common- “wealth Games, in Hamilton in 1980, he'won the 100 yards in 9.6'seconds in. spite: of run- ning * with ‘'a”’ pulled “groin muscle: His time equalled the world record and set a Games reserd that stood until 1968. deflection off, a point shot by Larry Murphy. Steve Bozek ‘scored 87 seconds later and Bozek added a second “goal on ‘another deflection just over three minutes‘ ‘after Isaksson's marker. “We were trying to confuse them by jamming the front of the net,” said Bozek. “Something was bound to ge in after all those point, shots. : “This is dur firet’ road win sinco' October and will “definitely help us. We hope to catch Calgary napping tonight and gain on Edmonton.” ;'.' The win moved. Los ‘Angeles, 11-9,8, to within three -Glen Sonmor ‘is still the coach BLOOMINGTON (AP) — years), ‘everytime we hit a Lou: Nanne” just ‘shook. his slump it happens. head in disbelief. “But now we're third in the “I wish they: would quit league. Glen’ is second in firing my coach'and just let seniority in the whole league. ‘him coach,” the general man- Al. Arbour (coach of New ager of the Minnestoa North York’ Islanders) is ‘first ‘and Stars’ said. "Glen is our after Glen no one is close.” coach.” : KING SURPRISED Glen Sonmor ‘is coach of Minnesota: North Stars but published: reports have ‘had him on the verge of losing his Pemraared by ae Feports. job twice in two weeks with ave! fed to’ Min. successors waiting’.in the hesota,” said King. “The only wings. : was last year at the 'cham- ‘The first repl was We di djmy said to be Herb Brooks, coach | long-term interests but'noth- dian team to the world junior * of New. York Rangers and. ing concrete.” former University. of! Min- :, King, 34, said: he was in- nesota. and, 1980 Olympic terested’ in a Professional ; coach, The more recent 're- coaching.’ job’ but “on my ‘placement was Dave King, ; timetable.” coach at University’of Sas-.. The typically jovial. Son- katchewan and coach of the’ mor, in his fifth season, has Canadian entry-in the world, dealth with: the rumors each Junior tournament." ' it bothered him‘ at first. \Nanne and King both dis- “But there's been so much counted the rumor Tuesday. now. No, I don't pay much @. press keeps firing,~ attention to it: The toughest - tme,” ‘Nanne said. “Just thing to do is read about it. look back lover the last four. 80 I don't read about it.” King, who led the Cana-: crown last year, said he is” time I've talked to Mr. Nanne * year, This year he admitted ' coach Nelson. “We wanted to be 500 and now it will bea real scramble: to get there.” sufferod a mild concussion in the first period, would be ready’ a to play here Friday against Perry Flames, said his captain, defenceman Dave Lewis, is a starter for .tonig! game in Los the Flames. Lewis suffered a seven-stitch cut on his paar when clipped by stick of Vancouver rookie Patrik Sundstrom. Rookie netminder Gary:Laskoeki of the Kings played another steady game and said thé tips he got from backup netminder: Mario Lessard helped ‘considerably, especially against Vancouver centre Ivan Hlinka, + “We're atarting to get our confidence and we're ready to go.on a roll,” said Laskoski “It's.a:good sign the way we came back after they; tied the score in the third. “We haven't had rally like that in weeks. He could be tough to beat in the future.if we keep playing like this.” *. The Kings beat the Canucks at their own game by out-hitting. and out-grinding the Canucks in the corners before dart 12,700) fans at ‘the Pacific Coliseum. -Eafleur. will be - back Saturday MONTREAL (CP) — Right winger Guy Lafleur, the bro- ken toe on’ his left) foot healed, worked out Tuesday with Montreal Canadiens and said he will be ready to play. Saturday for the National nine games since he broke his toe in a game Nov. 9. against the North Stara, said the in- jury dragged on mainly be- cause of the pain he exper- ienced every time he put on his skate. “I couldn't turn to my right because of the pain and I took another week to make sure it healed properly.” He did not travel to Buffalo with the Canadiens, who play the Sabres in that city to. night, but said he would be ready for the game a; Boston Bruins Saturday night in Montreal,