February 25, 1967 aa a A yt Beis observer will be called — was, first spotted about 10 pm. EST Monday, oes et een two old,” said VISIBLE TO EYE ‘ But, he added, only people in the Southern Hemisphere will be able to witness the spectacle, which will be visible to the naked eye for up to a week and as long as 4 month, LY é using a {ocentimete taleape ~ Hay tsuneo wren) circles. “This is the brightest and nearest supernova sich since 1604,” an excited Prof, Bob of the y Gn the type of nova it turns out to be. It should peak within a few days and will be visible both day and night, he added. Shelton, 30, maris the university's tiny observatory atop astronomy department said ‘Tuesday. “It's one of the mat spectacular events in the universe,” The supernoya is about 150,000 light years away, on the large Magellanic Cloud, which is one of two small galaxies »that are suburbs to the Earth's galaxy. A ‘supernova is a massive star that, exh Las Ci living alone in a small building nearby. Surrounding him in the prime star-gazing acunte>. are “mountains bristling with telescopes” manned by American and European observers, said Garrison. When asked why the bigger stations hadn't first sighted of fuel, and Shelton — as the one sighted by the University of Toronto Fishermen to take strike vote in B.C. the sup said: “They were twiddling their thumbs, looking at other things,” The supernova, which looks like a pinky-grey star, is SIKHS ON TRIAL for 17 months. Green slams evidence PRINCE RUPERT (CP) — Members of the United Fish- ermen and Allied Workers Union are taking a strike vote as,the lucrative roe her- ring season draws near. Spokesman Jim .Rushton said Tuesday the union ex- ecutive is recommending members reject the latest price offer by the major pro- cessing companies which have proposed 10-per-cent increases over 1986 prices. Prices last year were $490 a tonne for seine fishermen and $908 a tonne for gillnet- caught herring. There was a bonus provision of $10 a tonne for seine-caught her- ring if prices on the fishing grounds reached a certain level. Ron Morley, spokesman for the Fish Processors Bar- gaining Association, said ex- Porters are concerned about the prices they can get for herring roe in Japan, where it is considered a delicacy. He said it might be difficult to maintain prices when this year's herring quota has been doubled over last year. The 1986 quota was 13,666 ton- nes, the lowest since the first quota of 11,000 tonnes was set in 1971. The highest quota was 80,000 tonnes in the peak year of 1979. INZSS IS Za ia GREATLY REDUCED! : EN © Fabrics * Notions © Gift Items etc. CLASSIC FABRICS 1114-4th Street, Castlegar i Joinus in celebrating our 10th Anniversary! ! ALL MERCHANDISE Phone 365-3214 NEW WESTMINSTER (CP) — Four Sikh men charged with attempting to murder a Punjab cabinet minister should not be con- vieted by “innuendo, circum- stance and suspicion” enter- ed as prosecution evidence, the British Columbia Su- preme Court was told Tues- day. “Shame on the prosecu- tion,” defence lawyer . Jeff Green told the jury of eight men and four women. “You can't take a sow’s ear and make a silk purse out of it. You can’t take a multitude of suspicions and make a proof out of it.” Lawyers Jeff Green, John Green and David Gibbons declined to present defence evidence after the conclusion of the Crown's case against the four. Instead, they al- lowed the Crown to present its concluding arguments first. Otherwise, “the prosecutor would have been allowed to go last and I would not have +ad-the-opportumity to. point -oWt errors ari misstatements to you,” Jeff Green told the jury. Charged with attempting to murder Punjab planning minister Malkiat Singh Sidhu on V: Island last May Saturday, February Bring Your Teddy Bear to the Mall Administration, February 26th & 27th for display. Deadline Feb. 27th at 5:00 p.m. Categories: Biggest, Smallest, Most Antique, Most Loveable, Most Unusual. New Teddy Bear Awarded to the Winner of each category. Magician — Saturday, February 28th - 1:00 p.m. cy Chahko- Mika Mall 1150 Lakeside Drive, Nelson Open Thursday and Friday Nights Until 9 p.m. are Jasbir Singh Atwal, 26, Jaspal Singh Atwal (no rela- tion), 31, Sukhdial Singh Gill, 27, and Amarjit Singh Dhin- dsa, 25. MINISTER AMBUSHED Sidhu, visiting British Col- umbia to attend the New Westminster wedding of his nephew, was réturning from a visit to Tahsis on Van- couver Island when the car he was travelling in was am- bushed on a remote gravel logging road. About an hour after ‘the ambush, the four accused were apprehended in 3 van by RCMP on the only road leading out of the area. Jeff Green said there was no evidence that directly pla- ced his two clients, Dhindsa and Gill, at the scene of the crime, and even if evidence did put them there, there is no evidence they participated directly in an attempted murder. He added that, based on the descriptions of the four from witnesses called to tes- tify about the movements of the! ecused on the weekend of the ambush, “16 individ- uals ... three carloads” were at one time or another iden- tified with the accused. Crown counsel Jim Taylor argued evidence clearly pla ces the four men at the scene of the attack. He said Jaspal Atwal fired the gun at Sidhu, Gill drove the rented car in which they fled, Jasbir Singh Atwal] used an axe handle to smash the windows in the Sidhu car to provide a clear line of fire and Dhindsa used a heavy chain to smash the windows in the vehicle, exposing Sidhu to direct hits. Sidhu was hit in the chest and the arm by bullets fired from a .82-calibre handgun, Taylor said the four were inept assassins but their in- tentions were clear. “I don't think it really mat- ters’ who the shooter was. The fact is that all four were there. “To fire a gun at six-foot range at a person is to intend the death of that person. It could have been for no other purpose. It matters now, quite frankly, who shot the weapon.” 4 Spokesman says help needed VICTORIA (CP) — The $1- billion B.C. coal industry is a victim of oversupply and in desperate need of help, said Giacomo Capabianco, chair- man of the Coal Association of Canada. The industry wants major cuts in taxes and fees as well as additional incentives. The $137-million-a-year package includes eliminating the coal royalty — the amount paid to extract ore regardless of whether the company makes a profit. “The net result of all the taxes in this province is that we pay 89 per cent of taxes unrelated to whether we make a profit or not,” Capa- bianco said. The oversupply of metal- lurgical or coking coal is worldwide. Steel production has dropped and coal prices have declined to near record lows. B.C. has€ontributed to the ovérsupply: With Ottawa, it spent $1.5 billion to develop the northeast coalfields. The two metallurgical coal mines which opened in 1984 can produce 12 million tonnes annually, and the glut has put them in jeopardy. ” * Denison Mines Ltd.,!whiich owns 51 per cent of the Quin‘ tette mine, is threatening to close it unless Japanese buy- ers moderate their request to cut the price to $60 a tonne from $102 a tonne. Teck Corp. is managing better with lower production costs and hasn't been asked by its Japanese customers to cut the price. “Nobody said ‘Let's build an oversupply,’ ” Capabianco said. “When people suggested northeast coal would be about $965 a tonne, we all said ‘that sounds like a good num- ber, that’s where the price is going in the future. “We didn’t see prices going to $44 American, which is where it is.” Breath test not valid, court told OTTAWA (CP — A Crim- inal Code provision authoriz- ing roadside breath tests is unconstitutional because it isn't operative in every prov. ince, the Supreme Court of Canada was told Tuesday. The provision was enacted by Parliament 10 years ago and quickly proclaimed in all provinces but British Colum- bia and Quebec, “a balkan- ization of Canadian criminal law,” lawyer Irvin Sherman told the court. Sherman was representing Werner Hufsky of Agincourt, Ont., who was convicted of refusing to provide a breath sample and fined $100. All sides agree Hufsky was driv- ing normally when he was stopped by Toronto police one night in 1983 and asked to take a roadside breath test. Sherman, Hufsky’s lawyer, is asking the Supreme Court to declare the Criminal Code provision unconstitutional because it violates Hufsky’s right to “equality before the law.” “Conduct in one province is proclaimed to be criminal and yet similar condutt in ano- ther province is non-criminal and goes unpunished,” said Sherman. NEW CHANGES VANCOUVER (CP) — Planned r the British Columbia Labor Code will be : my will upset both labor and management, Vander Zalm said Tuesday. He also said in a speech to the Investment Dealers Association a negative reaction is to be expected when dealing: with legislature which affects so many people. The premier said the new labor laws will ensure ‘amend to lengthy work stoppages, like last year's 4'-month strike by the International Woodworkers of America, but won't interfere with the ‘collective ining process. Meas es anid there will be good news: for the province's teachers in the planned changes but would not say whether it includes collective bargaining rights. Labor Minister Lyall Hanson, who has not submitted his report on provincewide hearings he has ‘been conducting on the Labor Code, appeared slightly confused by Vander Zalm's remarks. Hanson said he had not shown any part of his report to the premier and did not expect to submit it until this weekend. HAS OPINIONS had his own opinions.” “Pm the minister and I know what we (the ministry) have in mind, but I don’t know what will be accepted and what won't be,” he said, adding the premier “obviously Vander Zalm told reporters the amendments would be introduced after the budget speech March 19. “T'm very grateful for all the good input we've had and we're going to move on legislation, but, as I it will be hide from anyone on this.” “What we're asking, Columbians... specific group.” ‘sial and I don't want to He said poor labor-management relations have had a serious impact on the province’s economy. “We should try to find ways and means of eliminating prolonged strikes, not by taking away any rights, but by providing the necessary vehicles to prevent long strikes,” he said. However, he said he “would not in any way interfere with the right to strike or lock out. however, is that British will try and undérstand that we're not out to get anybody, whether it be business or labor or some Wineries can't afford hike ~,PENTICTON. (CP) — Brit: ish Columbia wineries can't afford the 20-per-cent price increase for grapes ordered by the Grape Marketing Board because their profit- ability has dropped, a hear- ing was told Tuesday. Lawyer John Hunter, who is representing seven of the eight commercial wineries in the province plus an estate winery, told the B.C. Mar- keting Board wineries get $2.07 from the sale of a $4.90 bottle of wine, the average price last year. The wineries are appealing a Nov. 7 decision by the Grape Marketing Board to raise prices 20 per cent for B.C. growers who produce up to 11,700 tonnes of grapes per year and supply the B.C. wine industry with 80 per cent of its grape require- ments. The wineries say if the 1986 crop price hike is al lowed it will cost the industry an additional $1 million. Hunter said the $2.07 reven- ue is two cents lower than in 1983 and leaves a very small profit margin. A wine industry spokes- man told the board one rea- son profitability is being squeezed is that the provin- cial government has taken in $5 million from consumers in a tax that was only supposed to raise $1 million. Rob Domville said govern- ment taxes such as the 12- per-cent-per-litre wine sur- charge institued in April 1985 to compensate growers for an oversupply of red wine grapes is making the indus- try less competitive. “We've been asking for an accounting from the Liquor ki oo COOPERATIVE AUTOMOTIVE ) APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING EARNING & LEARNING A unique program which allows you to earn and learn towards Automotive Mechanical Repair Certification. Program includes: 2. Two years of industrial experience 3. Two six month paid work terms CEC Sponsorship may be available Program begins March 16. Information and Applications available from NELSON CAMPUS 2001 Silver King Road, Nelson, B.C. VIL I1C8 Phone 352-6601, local 204 ~Distribution Branch, saying ‘we think. you'ye .recovered your money, can you remdve it? " Domville said. “Un- fortunately we're asking at a time when they are really on a revenue drive, and I think they are going to post higher taxes instead of taking some off.” Domville said in an inter- view the surcharge is added to a bottle of wine before liquor stores mark the price up 50 per cent so the true cost to consumers could total $7 million. He said when the sur- charge was introduced, the provincial government ex- pected to pay more than $1 million for the program. However, Peter Choate, communications director for the distribution branch, said in an interview the cost of the program was more than $1 million. “The figures I am not at liberty to give... except that the figure you got in tes- timony is not the same as our figure,” Choate said. “Our figures are quite a bit high- er.” Choate said the program is a temporary measure that is under review by the gov- ernment. Robert Holt, chairman of the Grape Marketing Board, said 166 hectares of red grapevines were ripped out of B.C. vineyards under the surplus program. Grape growers have until 1989 to make claims under the pro- gram. Officials almost kill prisoner WALLA WALLA, WASH. (AP) — State prison officials didn’t know for two months that a prisoner's execution had been stopped by the state Supreme Court, and learned of the stay only when they asked him how he wanted to die, “He declined to make a choice and indicated to us that ‘perhaps you're nv aware this is (still) on ap- Peal,’ " corrections spokes man Veltry Johnson said. Seceee (CP) — Nove Bestia! may think he's too hot to handle, but the \ Rep ed mares ade ccc tnt a8 " Lire init mis + of Port Hawkes- tive Eero of Pome oe uchaan nin et charged with 10 counts of uttering forged | documents and fraud. In a publicized trial last fall, he pleaded guilty to four counts of uttering forged documents to collect expenses of nearly $22,000, making him the first serving member in the history of the 228-year-old legislature to be convicted of an indictable offence, He was fined $6,000 and sentenced to a day in jail. The other charges were After public and party probate: == MacLean said he would resign his seat in the legislature. But he later changed his mind, saying he intended to stay on as the member for Inverness South, a riding he's represented since 1981, While Conservatives muttered in private about the embarrassment MacLean caused the party, many Nova Seotians publicly rallied to his defence. DESERVES AWARD “It is difficult to express my anger over the and ie of this devoted public servant,” Alexander Murray, of Trenton, N.S., wrote in Port y's weekly The “He deserves an Order of Canada for his impeccable service and I believe that he would make an excellent premier,” Murray suggested. Paul Page, president of the Inverness South NDP association, said MacLean made the riding the brunt of bad jokes across the province. Even Dr. Jim MacLean, the member of the legislature for the adjacent riding of Inverness North, called on his younger brother to step aside. Buchanan called the legislature back into session to evict Billy Joe, a longtime, personal friend, with a bill tailor-made for the occasion. MacLean showed up for the one-day session, flanked by two of his sons and holding hands with his wife, Glenda. He accused his Conservative colleagues of dropping him like a hot potato for the sake of political expediency. The legislation, dubbed “the Billy Joe Bij,” barred MacLean from seeking re-election for five years. He said that .was unconstitutional, challenged it in court and won, claring the way for him to run in the byelection. sogree, Reg. $2.29 SAVE $1.30 99° Bassett’s Alisorts Liquorice 250 G Box Reg. $2.29 SAVE $1.00 $129 JAnother cruise test on Friday COLD LAKE, ALTA. (CP) — There will be another test of an unarmed, air-launched U.S. cruise missile over northwestern Canada on Friday, the Defence Depart- ment announced today. The announcement was made from Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake less than 24 hours after the successful test of an unarmed cruise missile on Tuesday gave the United States and Canadian military a boost of confidence. The flight, which military spokesmen said went without a hitch, was the seventh in a continuing series and the first since two cruise missiles crashed last winter. The Canadian government had ordered the tests halted until technical problems were solved. On Tuesday, a spokesman for the External Affairs Department announced that the agreement allowing missile tests over Canada has been extended for five years. Maj. Fred Harrop, a spokesman for the U.S. Air Force, was happy. with the initial results of the test. “A lot of people started to doubt the validity of the testing program, at least the safety aspect ...so I think it was a public confidence booster,” said Maj. Fred Harrop, a spokesman for the U.S. Air Force, at the Canadian Forces base where the test missile parachuted to a planning landing. The cigar-shaped missile, released from a B-52 jet bomber over the Beaufort Sea, flew its 2,200-kilometre route without incident and landed at 11:24 a.m. MST, within a minute of its designated arrival time, said Col. David Kinsman, commander of CFB Cold Lake, in east-central Alberta. WEAPON TRAVELS The $2.3-million weapon travelled up the Mackenzie River Valley into northeastern British Columbia, then swung eastward across Alberta to a target on the Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range, which straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary. Kinsman said military search teams found no trace of three members of the it 1 group G! inside a 300-square-kilometre area which included the missile-landing site. “We feel certain there was no one unauthorized near where the missile landed,” he said. Greenpeace said the three — two men and a woman — had been hiding on the 10,000-square-kilometre weapons range. ‘Simon Waters, one of the three, said in a telephone interview from Pierceland, Sask., he was near the landing site but didn’t hear or see the missile. Eaters, 39, of Vancouver, said he heard on his transistor radio that the missile had landed. Fresh .Safeway Meats Pork Shoulder Butt Steak or Roast Bone-In Steaks Boneless Roasts. $4.17 kg Rib Roast $399 Australian Lamb Shoulder Roast Fresh $4.39 kg Cut From Canada Grade A $8.80 ko oasting Chicken Fresh Utility Grade $3.19 tg. de Toilet Tissue 4roll While poole last. Number 7 — Reg. or Light apap: Soo = $ ] 499 Open Sunday Carton mot 5 Pkgs. ot x. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Advertised specials this week in effect until 6 p.m. Saturday. / $1 Fleischmann’s Light Margarine Porgy hen resin 95 . SAVE 66¢ $129 bh ) Hom m™ $1 rx) White or 60% Whole Wheat. 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