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Red Mountain Ski Shop AND SKI SCHOOL : |» 863-7616 By The Associated Press It might finally t be time for the Saints to go marching in. “It’s the biggest game in the history of the New Orleans Saints’ franchise,” says veteran nose tackle Derland Moore.: “And I ought to know, because I've been here for two-thirds of that history.” The big game is a | National Football League contest today with Los Angeles Rams.’ The wihner goes to the playoffs, ! The Saints have never been in the playoffs. In fact, they have never had a winning season in the 17 years since the MAYBE FIR ST CHANCE Reine having one of'his best ‘Seavons. “You ask yourself ir" why —) why, At least’a wild-card berth wil go 0 the winner, of the game, ‘The; eight victories ties the Saints’ record for most in'a season. STILL IN RUNNING Along with the Saints and’ Rams, Detroit Lions, Seattle Seawhawks and the 49ers also havea cjear-cut path to the team was formed. ; “So many times I've felt ‘bitter, aitting home watching other people play on television,; said | Moore, an 11-year © Suni playoffs. All they have to do js win to § it.in, The Lions are home to Tampa Bay and Seatie.cs ent inday. New England ox pn /playoffgame. "The Jets, who had no Playoff’ ‘chant . before: the game, finished 7-9, By NEIL: STEVENS Toronto (CP)—Gary Ny- lund wants only one thing for Christmas. The Toronto Maple Leaf defenceman, whose promising ‘career twice has been sidetracked by knee injuries, asks only that he get.a chance to play hockey Dec. 28, “I_ get tested on the 20th,” Nylund said after a brisk workout this week, “If it’s good, then I'll play on the 28rd in Detroit. “If not, [Dl have to wait a little longer.” He's getting tired of wait- ing. f Management’ considers Nylund, 20, six-foot-four and 210 pounds, a major part of the National Hockey League team's future. But, since joining the Leafs as the club's first choice in the 1982 entry draft and third pick overall from Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey -League, Nylund has appear- ed in only 16 games. He has not seen duty this season. Nylund’s hard-luck story began in an exhibition game in the autumn of 1982: when he tore the ligaments in his left knee. INJURED AGAIN After a lengthy recuper-. ation, he returned to play 16 games before hurting 7 knee™ : in’ a ie Gardens last Fabulous Gold STACKING RINGS * STACK ‘EM *ADD 'EM * COMBINE THEM * WEAR ONE OR SEVERAL AVAILABLE IN ALL DIAMOND OR... DIAMONDS WITH RUBIES, SAPPHIRES OR EMERALDS. Other games today with’ playoff. possibilities include Green Bay at Chicago, Buffalo at Atlanta and Pittsburgh’ at Cleveland. «In other. action, Philadelphia is at St. Louis, Denver: pans Gity, San Diogo at Loe Angeles Ralders and Houston f ‘at Baltimore. In a Friday night game, Miami safety Mike Kozlowski’ “returned two! interceptions thrown’ by Richard Tod touchdowns within a 61-sécond span of the fourth quarter the AFC ‘East-champion Dolphins rolled to 84. er. lew York Jets, |. 4 at ie triumph, the ninth in 10 games*t {Dolpbins, clinched the home-field advantage FIGURE four - ‘Ifthe Rams beat the Saints; they will need eithe Black Hawks. Further sur- to therapy, which can take eee but the thought of ¥* gery was required. The Surrey native has re- turned to playing condition, slowly working the knee back into shape through a strict rehabilitative prog me anywhere from one hour. to three hours, so I really. haven't. got time to be bored.” pn An leal with’) A bout of mononucleosis in September set him back. “The tests. will determine the ‘-speéd, strength and power of the leg,” Nylund - said of the diagnosis doctors will arrive. at next week. “They compare your good leg _ with your bad leg and, if they're both within 10 per cent, you're OK.” He's skated with his team- mates since October. “I practise every day with the guys. As soon as practice is over I go eat, then go right Yankees promise title NEW YORK (CP) — Mem- bers of New York Yankees, many of whom groused about the disciplinary rule of Billy Martin, promise they will win for Berra the American Lea- gue baseball title they failed to win for Martin. “We have a team with so 8 Guelph, Ont.,, zits dealer ‘ also. helped -Nylund keep busy. ‘during the months (of inactivity. He .considers himself for; tunate to be living with rela: tives, an aunt and=her two sons, in the city. “If it wasn't for them ra probably still be. sick,”- ‘he said of the mono - complica- tion. He's | confident he's eee, that first night back inithe lineup plays on his mind: “I think about it when I-go* -to'sleep at night,” he said: , “Other: than that, what' ‘going to-have to:happen that;I'm really going to have’ to get bumped hard and come out ‘of it OK to get my con- ‘Afidence: ‘back, ) re going for rookie. of the year, “All that's ‘gone. now. But I think T'ye been: given:. «another. chance and the Mee feels pretty good.” © Junior Rockettes win a pair The Stanley Humphries, Secondary School | Junior Rockettes completed the pre- Christmas portion of their ee by winning a pair of. erAlthough the girls won .victory. Halisheff led all Jr: Rockette scorers with nine points’ ‘while’ Karen. Popoff ‘contributed eight points. _ Tt;was'a ‘different sort of a -*" game when the. team visited Rossland Wednesday night. both games, the between the games’ ended there. much Mbility that we're going’ ! tS to-make 1 ¥ogi look like the: ‘great nianager who" ever. lived,” second baseman: Wil- lie Randolph promised. Martin was fired as Yan- kee manager for the third time Friday, although Yank- Showing excellent pre-g 1) Wetrolt, 8-7; can clinch, the } NFC,Central 0 218 ‘Tampa Bay. But if the Bucks win, and Green Chicago, the Packers would’take the Central Di i and a spot in the play atts Tf both the Lions and Packers nd: finish at:8-8; Detroit get the playoff Spot,’ ! Seattle, 87, has only to beat New England, also’ 87, to -lineh the AFC's’ secord card. iThe Patriots can Rae ‘AFC wild-card spot by ‘beating ~Béattle, while Cleveland loses to Pittsburgh. Cleveland, 8-7; could get the spot by beating Pittsburgh if Seattle also loses, * Butfalo, 8-7 needs a victory, a Cleveland loss anda tid by” ‘Seattle and New En; in aie t0.make the playoffs, San Francisco will win the NFC West by beating Dallas. If the 49ers losé and the Rams win, the Rams will be division champions, and if the 49ers lose and the Packers win, San Francisco will be out of the playoffs. At any time over the last three weeka the Rams could have locked up atjleast the wild-card berth, but ‘Los ‘rapara: 3 has 'lost two eam bie \ Jets’ Steen out of action — WINNIPEG (GP) —‘Cén- Sunday's game’ by Murray tre Thomas Steen is out’ of Eaves from Sherbrooke Jets of the American Hoskey League, Winnlpeg’a club. Eaves, 23, is leading Bher-, and ton the girls exploded toa” ee owner George Steinbren- ner did not use the word “fire”... Steinbrenner — said Martin was being shifted into an advisory role while Berra was being shifted to manager from first base coach. “I simply couldn't commun-. icate with Billy,” said. out- fielder Steve Kemp, who ~ signed with the Yankees asa ‘| free agent, then squabbled : with Martin over playing - time. “It wasn't his fault and it wasn't my fault.” “I. just couldn't talk to all over with Yogi.” Other Yankees are equivo- VERY SPECIAL from $795° Os ae ee any time a manager is fired ° BOSSE’S JEWELLERY 1979 LTD. 1104 - 3rd. St., Castlegar you feel you had something. ° to do with. it,” said -desig- nated hitter Don Baylor, 365-7141 another Yankee who had P with Martin, and 24-20 after three quar- ters’ Leigh Get The Basics Free alt Your Credit Union. The Basics |s co handy booklet that explains RRSPs, RHOSPs°* and Retirement Income Options in simple, everyday language. Developed by credit unions as an information service, the booklet is available free of charge while quantities last. Pick up your copy today. Koote Credit Union tough Trafalgar Totems, last week, the girls played lethar: gically before pulling ‘them: selves together in the second half. several key hoops to tie the - game 28-28 and send it into overtime, Halisheff again hitting a eru= cial free throw to provide the winning margin him,” he added. “I'm starting : LEIGH HALISHEFF So¢ 0p. scorer | KIM TARASOFF ... best game ‘In Nelson, deateat the quick.\22-0 lead and never ilooked. back. Kim Tarasoff season netting 18 points, 16 of them in the’first half. Trailing 14-10 at halftime Halisheff scored scored eight and six points respectively. Final score was 61-16. The team will continue to practice over the’ holiday break before starting their In the extra session it was in a 29:28 ary. may Savings Trail South Slocan Contioge stlegar Salmo" Woneta Plaza ‘ly | REGIONAL ee RECREATION COMMISSION# 1 DEC. 18 — Public Skating 2:15 to 4:00 Admissi ren 50¢, Students. 758, Adults $1 00 Ly ret: DEC. 19 — Lunch Hour Hockey 12 1 p.m. Public’Skating 2:90 B.m. Drop-in Fitness 7 - 8 p.m. Complex $2 per — Adult noon’ skate 12-1:00. Bal skating 2:30. “4:30. Drop in fitness 7-8. Complex $2 perclass: + DEC. 21 — tunch Hour Hockey, 12-1 p.m. Public Skating 10:30 - 12:00; 2:30 - 4:30 p. DEC. aaaTe Adult Noon Skate 12 - p.m. Public Skating 2:30. P.m. Drop-in Fitness 7 - 8 p.m. Complex $2 per previ DEC. 23 — Public Skating 10:30 - 12:00; 2:30 - 4:30 p. m. | eaprretned OFFICE ee, » DEC. 26 and TUES., Christmas ond best wt wiehos In the new yeor. a iearPor ferona. 2601-6th Ave., Castlegar - Phone 365-3386 brooke in scoring: this season. with 17 goals and 24 assists, ; after 81 games. & League A Jets’ parcirhert said Steen. will be replaced: in Weekend Wrap-up Richard er, oa ‘Autiria, aan) 7e78: 72. forma Sere clin, : i pero enies 70.8 6 (only fans une) yee esl: SREERE pRBUH sree, SRULS NBBBE REdES zeeset e Fs! ESBBRS SbbSEE Bye) own gEreessers PLACID, To-matre even! ‘played her best game of the poate Halisheff notched 12 points «4. while veterans Rochelle Mor- andini and Lube Sapriken™ ve 3. Wed. 1'Dee. 14 — Dalry Queen 13, Hi Arrow wtere Comee 7 Si saintew Avene, 4:18 iS pm league conipetition in Janu-~ Arrow 19 =, Old Arena, #:30 p.m., ol Arena, a ena, 9:30 p.m. Hi Gu-Dor Sports Castlegar INDAY FOOTBALL — NFL: Buffalo at BYTES ‘Denver at Kansos City or’ CHNEOToH ot Cleveland, « channels 6and 13, 10.a.m. ‘skit Cup, coverage of the men's downhill from Val Gardena, Itdly, channel 9at aes HOCKEY — NHL, Vancouver Canucks at Buffolo Sabres, 4 . m., channel 13. Li Sports Hut vs Carling O'’Keofe, 12:30 Pp.m,, SSenmmbnity complex and Williams vs Green Machine 9:30 . NFL: Dallas Cowboys at San Franelsco 49ers, chan- pape Vancouver Canucks at Deiroit Red. ‘Wings, p.m. WEDNESDAY. Selkirk, 5 HOCKEY & FIGURE SKATES . NEW & USED 0 Fitted & Sharpened BUSINESS December 18, 1983 CastlégarNews 0s ‘By, KEN! SMItH Cp Economies, Writer.” ee like pormothiig’ ‘out of: tartoon. You have this big, pushy, woman at the bie counter ati Christmas, forcing her way Ete front of'a lineup, saying: “me first.” Others in the lineap mutter to thenlbelves uit;don't do much about it. Cluthing the woman's’ hand ‘and taeyine right slong) with her — is a small tyke who looks Seeeraoog en ‘to give the impression ’to' the others: » “Hey, it's not my fault, 'm just being pulled along with her.” : That more or less,’ is what's happening today in inter- national money markets — the big, pushy United States dollar has charged to the front, and the little Canadian dollar has ‘been pulled along behind it. ~~ *,Hold on, you say. The Canadian dollar recently slipped IG Gas than 80°cents in United States ee Rta, but big deal. Unease over sing OTTAWA (CP) — ‘The trend-setting Bank of Canada rate edged up’ to 10:06 per « cent this Week from 9.92 last week, prompting a sense of . “unease over what will happen to corporate and consumer * lending rates. The rate, breaking the 10- “per-cent mark-for the first’ ely time this year, is not expec- ted to set off round of increases on other lending rates. But money market traders ‘ and economists.say the next week or so will be critical. - Future interest rates hinge largely on what happens to the value of the Canadian dollar, which has lost ground * to its an immediate. - rates tral bank ‘could’ respond ae pushing. its ‘rate, up. ‘enough that other lending institu- tions will follow. = The ‘thinking -appears to -suggest that as. long as the central bank keeps: the rate close to 10 percent,’ other rates will not take off — larg- the: demand for Hames weak. ; ‘For the: time. being, .the ‘Bank sof: Canada appears reluctant tosend out a strong signal’ that’ other. interest Fates s should move up, some “That could cause the very tenuous recovery. we have to take a hiccup,” said Mike McCracken, } of the .in -Fecent weeks and closed Tuesday at a 16-month low of 79.99 cents U.S. The ‘dollar recovered slightly Wednesday to close at 80.06 and was trading at 80.04 at mid-day Thursday. If ©; eee Hess Sabove the baal private forecasting firm In- formetrica Ltd. People contemplating ma- jor business investments or major purchases of consumer goods could be:put off by.an increase in rates and sit tight i ‘a few more months, a de- and ‘stabilizes, ‘th t should Borne. Sad 16" booat" Bode well far the central bank rate’ signi: « ficantly, market. analysts said. 4 But should the. dollar fall below that mark and appear Asa result, MeCracken predicted the Bank of Canada will continue to walk a fine line of trying to protect the -dollar: without substantially ereoaine its rate. lar r follows U i Intent terme the Canadian dollar is one of the Firat, you’ bie to Shae that there are two major ways of;looking at the value of the Canadian dollar. ~\ Onemeasures its international worth against that of the U.S. dollar. There's nothing unusual about this; it's been ‘done since the end of the Second ‘World War when American ‘currency became accepted’ as the real norm for all trading )and financial transactions‘among countries. The other looks at Canada’s dollar in terms of the currencies of other countries, such as Britain, Germany, Japan and Switzerland. In the first ‘situation, one dollar Canadian has been worth about four-fifths of its.U.S. counterpart for some time. It’s staying in that range, and: experts expect it. will remain there at least through, next_ year. Meanwhile, the’ U.S. dollar,has’ been rising steadily in value compared with most currencies. Since Canada has maintained its value compared withthe U.S. dollar, it has moved up too, What does it mean? Everything depends on whero ‘the value of the U. 8. dollar goes. i DEFIES EXPERTS ; Experts have been predicting for two or more years that it would drop in value. Instead, it has risen steadily. The basic reason is that the United States has kept/its ‘interest levels high, so big international money has gone into U.S. investments. Dealers have to buy U.S. dollars to do this and that creates a demand, pushing up their price. * A Canadian economist noted recently that, while it may. .S. lead Why? Canadian authorities let the country’s interest rates slip close to or even slightly below those available in the U.S. So the U.S. dollar suddenly became a marginally better investment for those dealing in currencies. U REDUCED DEMAND Less demand for Canadian dollars equals a fall in the international value of the Canadian currency. What of the future? Many experts still are saying the U.8. dollar has to fall in value. Possibly. But the U.S. government is facing a deficit in its financing of about $200 billion, and it's going to have to borrow a lot of money to meet those obligations. That its interest rates are going to stay high. be a blow to national pride, many look on Canada as an adjunct of the U.S. So they've put money. into Canadian dollars in a smaller- way — but enough to keep support | behind it, Recently, however, the Canadiah dollar slipped to its . - lowest level — ‘conj with U.S. currency — since ‘August 1982.. x i 2 If U.S. rates are high, can Canada's:be far behind? No, say the experts, In fact, they should be even slightly. higher. : That should ensure that funds don't leave Canada ” looking for a better return in the U.S.,.as well as attracting'a : fair share of international investment. LOCAL ARTWORK. ;. '. Castlegar Chamber ot Com-' merce secretary Cindy Siluch displays the calendar ~ student artists. CHAMBER. CALENDAR AVAILABLE By. CasNews Stait The first-ever Castlegar Chamber of oseieres calendar went onsale this week. The 1984 calendar was produced under the direction of chamber manager Bob . Stansbury and features 12 sketches by six Stanley. Ham: 5 phries Secondary School students. ‘The calendar is attractively packaged in a red ind: ‘white glossy cover. Inside, the sketches are, for thé most * © part in black and white on grey bond paper, , with | some that lectures scenes of local interest drawn by —CotNews Photo BANKRUPTCIES ON THE RISE Farmers § WINNIPEG (CP) — Farm bankruptcies across the Prairies doubled this year Meanwhile, the — overall business bankruptcy picture more bankruptcies east of . Farmers were. hard hit in the Red River alone in the the past year by low prices first six months of next sketches highlighted by red. The six artists who took part in the project aré:” Laura Adams, Luciana Alvarez, Aaron Friesen, Lynda Guymer, George Koochin and Jeff Mair. Scenes featured in the calendar include the CPR. train station, Robson Ferry, Portuguese Social Centre, BC Timber mill, Doukhobot Suspension Bridge, Castle- gar Golf Club, Syringa Creek,Provincial Park, Verigin's Tomb, Selkirk College, Early Settlement, Zuckerberg - Island house and Keenleyside Dam. 3 “ The calendar also contains explanatory notes on Castlegar and a brief message from chamber president Mike O'Connor. _ The calendars are available’ at the chamber office, Carl's Drugs, Ph and the L y Action Centre for $5. still reeling fromr recession bankruptcy rate among far- mers. Rattai’ said the current The percentage of farmers, we've lost in this to be sticking there, the cen- Pizza workers lose certification BURNABY (CP) — Three . hearing, but by board chair- weeks into: a fitst-contract man Stephen Kelleher. atrike by a handful of.em- In November 1982, the ployees at a Pizza “Hut granted:the union an if fast-food: restaurant,: the automatic’ certification after ‘chairman of the B.C. Labor: a board investigation verified ach Relations Board has taken .the’ union's’ application and back the union certification determined more than 55 per the board gave them’ more cent of the workers had than a year ago. - joined the union. “For most of them, it was The company appealed the their first experience in board's decision, but the taking a.stand and fighting board dismissed the appeal - for themselves,” said Frank last June. Gilbert, 27, the cook who re-. In a written judgment cruited 15 of the 19 employ- Tuesday, however, Kelleher. ees on the Pizza Hut’s work effectively reversed both schedule in October 1982.- earlier board secisicns. Hu Gilbert organized the em- reasons boil down to the ployees-into the Food and company’s omission ste sin- “Service Workers of Canada; a gle heme bay nine-month-old small 2,500. “employee sean unten wy The authenticity of the list as a‘credible account of the A month’ later, the board 5:7) Hut’s payroll was the and agriculture spokesman expect the trend to continue’ déspite an ‘overall: drop in “business failures. Federal statistics show that 146 western farmers went under. so far-this year, * compared with 78 the year before. Figures from the Depart- ‘ment of Consumer and Cor- porate Affairs show that Saskatchewan and Alberta had’ 44 farm failures, compared with the. 24 each had the year before. Mani- toba had 58 so far this year compared with 80-in 1982. has improved.’ In Manitoba, there were 281 business fail-. ures as of Nov. 80, compared. with 848 during the same period lat year. Richard Rattai, of the Can- aidan, Agricultural Move- ment, which captured ‘head- lines this year when it block- aded farms to prevent sei- zure of machihery and equip- ment, said he expects: the number of farm failures to worsen again this year. ‘EXPECT MORE’ “I've had provincial Agri-, culture Department repre- sentatives ‘tell me confiden- tially. they. expect at least 50 year,” said Rattai, who is president of the Manitoba chapter of the movement. Lois Shlosser, special, as- sistant to Manitoba Agricul- ture Minister Bill Uruski, said her department's projec- tions were not as specific as Rattai’s but said she was not surprised by the almost'100- foe to a world glut of grain of live- Bea: ‘And financial problems they faced over the past few years due to high interest rates .and difficulty in ob- taining credit continued to haunt them this year. INCOME TO RISE Meanwhile, the federal Agricultural Department an- nounced Tuesday that net farm income across Canada should hit $3,9-biflion next . year. “Even though we've taken steps to improve the situ- ation, some operations were just too far gone to save.” That would be the first increase since 1981, but still five per cent below that year and too little to reduce the . ght By NEW YORK (CP) — granted the union automatic subject ‘of evi- certification. The union‘ met ‘ 1s board with company negotiators for dence at the nine months and failed to get a collective agreement, so the workers set up picket assistant . manager, the Nov. 28. names of several people who Two weeks after the'strike ‘the union maintains were not EMPLOYEES NAMED It includes the name of an began, the company sent ® employees when’ it applied , letter to the union by courier. for ‘certification, anda 12- saying that the labor board year-old boy who was paid $5 had said the union “did not to sweep the store's parking have the requisite member- jot on weekends.: — ship support for automatic Kelleher said he made his certification.” decision “following arequest STRIKE ILLEGAL by the Pizza Hut owner, P.H. “Accordingly, it is our Foods Ltd., for a clarification position that your present of the board's ruling in June. strike is illegal,"the company “It’s an unusual situation,” stated. “We demand that you Kelleher said. “I'll grant you immediately cease your that.” strike.” He declined to comment on The company’s lawyers the effect of his decision. were referring to a Dec. 1 The union says it will apply letter from board vice-chair- for an order to “vary” man Peter Sheen to both the’ order, which it says Kelleher union and the comany. made without advance notice The decision to cancel the to the union, and has asked From Canadian or two. backers of While 2 championing free trade in it has -been -busily, erecting : some barriers of.jts, own. Ottawa, too, is not without sin:in protecting-its own. ©. potatoes to Bombardier subway'ca cars and B.C. lumber, Ottawa and Washington have had their share of drawn-out protectionist uur in the last year ‘Building higher protectionist walls can save domestic jobs but what is the true cost of such a policy to the consumer-taxpayer? A new private research study contends the cost is staggering in the case of the United States, the world’s largest market and Canada’s main: trading partner. Protectionism can be costly AL COLLETTI system of restricting imports such as Japanese cars entering the North American markets. One reason is that the cost to the consumer is “hidden.” Most outright quotas are prohibited by international treaty. But orderly marketing agreements and voluntary, quotas; have the same effects. In recent years, Washington has imposed d autos, cement and certain kinds of Ottawa lost the ‘potato but won the transport and lumber fights after costly legal challenges. Now a university business researcher has come up with figures challenging arguments of business and ism who insist it's competition. American Business at necessary to save the jobs of U.S. workers from foreign Michael Munger of* the Centre for the Biudy of marketplace. estimates the annual cost of evenarest e U.S. consumers is more than $58 billion. Munger uses 1980 figures. U.S. tariffs and quotas snatched $58.4 billion from the pocketbooks of Americans — $255 for every man, woman and child, Munger says. Meanwhile, the United States is running a record trade deficit. Its current account is deep in the red, nearing $50 billion for 1983, another record. An over-valued U.S. dollar is partially to blame, making American exports less competitive in the Under these deficit trade conditions, more and more are seeking gi ress to union's certification was fora stay of p dings and made “on the board's own that the cancellation of the motion” Tuesday — not by a certification not proceed be- survive. Wider play already is being given to the quota quotas on imp steel. Tronically, says Munger, quotas are more ¢ harmful than tariffs. Foreign manufacturers faced with a tariff can still compete with U.S. manufacturers by cutting costs. But quota offer no such incentive. Japanese auto- makers, limited by voluntary export quotas to North America, simply shipped fewer economy cars and more luxury models in an effort to keep profits up. DETROIT PROFITS Thus, the Big Three automakers feel less pressure to keep prices down. The costs of other trade barriers have not been calculated, Munger says. For example, under federal and state Buy America laws, domestic producers can submit bids for government work up to 60-per-cent higher than foreign competitors and still win contracts. Taxpayers ‘make up the difference. While backers claim that protectionism is a neces- sary evil to save jobs, Munger believes that in many cases it would make more sense to pay workers to.stay home. that di figures are only the tip of a much larger problem. “The farmer who shows ie province have called it-quits before the end arrives.” In Manitoba, mixed farm- ing operations suffered the most, with 21 farms going inthe the naive farmer, andI don’t mean that in'a nasty way,” he z “He's waited until the bitter end and has refused to see the writing on the wall. pt. Grain farms were “next on the list, with 20 failures, followed by 16 live- stock operations and one speciality farm. There are about 29,500 farms in Manitoba, Alberta still lags behind in recovery EDMONTON (CP) — bertans are tapping their sa- vings for (Christmas cheer, but analyst content | Munger for the auto industry, still kicking around in Congress, would impose costs of $85,000 a year for every job pre- served by increasing sticker prices; Detroit's average worker now earns $24,000. Rather than build higher tariff walls, the United States should fund job retraining for workers in industries hit by foreign compatiticn, Munger asserts. panel ofthe board at a formal fore further h TT is Cynthia Rose-Martel : says retailers shouldn't hold their breath waiting for record purchases. . Rose-Martel, of Richardson Greenshields of Canada in Winnipeg, says Alberta's economic performance has been well behind the rest of Canada for most of this year. “You're lagging Newfound- land... but there seems to be a timid little recovery,” she said. Based on figures to the end of October, the Conference Board of Canada is fore- casting a 2.1-per-cent growth in retail spending in Alberta for 1988, compared with a national average of 7.9 per cent. When adjustments are made for inflation, there is actually a decline in retail sales in Alberta, compared with a 2.9-per-cent real growth rate for the rest of . Canada. But Rose-Martel says re- tail sales are expected to im- prove slightly in Alberta this month, with growth figures from the third to fourth quarter nearing the national: average. z That's good news for rev- enue-hungry store operators who have faced a fairly flat retail season so far this year. Retailers are still cautious, but some are predicting ear- nings improvements in 1983 compared with last year. Special promotions and sales abound as stores spar for bigger shares of the con- sumer pie. But the desperate price-cutting of last year is not as common. NO INVENTORY LOAD “You're not seeing the January clearance sales in November this year,” says Rose-Martel. “Last year, a lot of companies had a lot of in- ventory that they were car- rying at very .high interest rates. There's nothing in the back, it’s all out front and when it's sold out, they’ re-order. It ig very hand-to- mouth,” Rose-Martel says: much of the apparent increase in re- tail spending is possible be- cause many consumers have paid off or renegotiated debts.