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Bennett said the govern | ment has to make tough choices that may not be poli- tically popular, but this is not the time to make .empty amt HOUSE ~ MEAT DINNERS sx $4.39 Save 296. Frozen. TASTE TELLS GREEN PEAS * sivaate sen? w4 oe P,: * Choice. 398 mi Tia......... for NABOB COFFEE Save 66¢. Regain, ¢ oe or extra fide. —SUNRYPE APPLE JUICE 719° WUibe Tota Bik. eeceseeeee 2 He said the government m will start a program of low-cost loans to business and begin bridge, dike and highway upgrading. Earlier, Bennett was jeer- ed and heckled by unem- ployed forest workers during @ a visit to Chemainus. vernment:” | SPECIAL VALENTINE'S oes Seniors enloyed cards. and music of the Old Time Fiddlers at speciai the fun. ‘the ‘community complex. More than 100 local seniors a uiied out for’ :Ceahewre Photo by Ron Norman ‘i Barble, He was 5 lucky enough ‘not to, ant. six, hanging ‘from 4 farm gate. : ve knows tay so. many, ‘pooplo % want tho scalp of the ‘Geatspo chief of the city in southeastern France. @ 6f women and children and, in one especially chilling i an “elderly ‘man: crucifie ith bayonets and left “Barbie tan only be a ia 8 sadist ‘who ‘gets pleasure from inflicting pain,” Chasse, a 59-year-old retired colonel of-the Canadian Forces, ‘said in an interview, ~All Chasse's painful.memories-came flooding back when he heard. of Barbie's arrest by France after’ ho was kicked out’ ‘of Bolivia. He'll be tried ‘for. war crimes. ‘You’ can’t ‘imagine how much’ hatred :and,"rancor Barbie’ 'é presence in Lyons will unloose,” he said: “And 'nt not talki g about afew dozen people, but thotisands.” JUMPS INTO LYON. As a 21-year-old captain in‘the Royal 22nd: Regiment, Chasse parachuted into the Lyons region in February, 1944, f F of the ao high comma: Deron esac al Ae “and become aware of Chasse’s. presence and offer a reward. to hit i ta ‘Gishasn targets on orders’, It didn’ t. take long for. Barbio's socret Police to infiltrate of two million’ francs for. his capture. i Once, an hour after the pair had fled from a hotel in the | : village of be Cheylard, the Germans arrived in force. After. . fruitless search, Chasso says, they set fire to the village and. slaughtered many of its.2,000 inhabitants. In August, 1944, after D-Day. and the arrival of Allied troops in ithe south of France, orders came to harass German ‘Troops. ° ! Resistance fighters were credited with halting much of the traffic:on the westside of the Rhone River valley and inflicting 5,000. casualties. “But the cost was high. Chasse considers Barbie respon- sible for the deaths of some 600 1 ‘men ‘of the Francs tireus, a . mainly Communist resistance group with. which he was chief Hinison: officer. © ‘ Y INFILTRATES RESISTANCE © i ‘Barbie's men infiltrated the different factions and:skil? fully haat the old quarrels between, ‘them. There were style: killin; and + assignment was:in occupied France. ~ Vander aes VICTORIA (CP) — Edu- cation Minister Bill Vander’ Zalm is holding firm on his position that teachers must accept no wage increases this-. year to help school boards valley landscape nursery Seeds - GROW. LAMPS &. FIXTURES = wypseay, DESIGN SERVICES B P.O; Box 34, Winlaw, B.C. ‘ESTIMATES 226-7220 Winter Vacation in VICTORIA, B.C. Colt See ee ae ne The Royal Scot offers you: + Complete, fully, equipped apartment * suites. * Indoor pool, saunas, jacuzzi whirlpool, récreation room. * Walk! to attractions, museums, BOLD OR OXYDOL Save $1.50 min. 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On Tuesday the education minister said more thah two: thirds of British Columbia's, 15 school districts are plan- ' ning to spend miore next year than is permitted under re- straints 3 ministry -but the ‘final bud gets are not due until May 1, end these, aaid Vander Zalm, minister — said the Vancouver budget of $168.8 million — $9.4 million over the _ Euidelincs — em- ‘must The education minister said the only way most of the | school boards will be able to balance -their budgets -with- eeaiee th tht they cannot have a salary increase with: out cutbacks. © At Vancouver stay ‘within 17.6 per cent Init year, forego an increase this year, wait until better times,” and that vn accomplish the same re- “If we can come down to zero increase, then we can have not only balanced ;bud- gets but full employment, and we can keep the pro- grams intact. This has been proven by the Abbotsford school boards have. oe his ministry in the. position of having to- scrutinize “them more closely than. would nor- . mally be done, Vander Zalm‘ said... Earlier Vander Zalm had warned that if school boards didn’t balance: their, budgets the-ministry would do it for fen But for now he wants. with submission, the Penticton out adding: to the’ ment rolls is by convincing teachers to not take a wage , increase., “We don't have ‘enough money to meet the demands * there now,” he said in an ins‘ he Tuesday to complete‘ their preliminary budgets which must be Submitted ‘to ‘the the guidelines it “would have’ to by the Kelowna submission which brought in balanced budgets based on “either we ask the: already- hard-pressed—taxpayers ” to ‘cough’ up millions; 6f. dollars more. or we go back to the teachers. and say ‘you got available, it wil l go to where the need is greatest, to those ‘school’ districts that have a lower’ per-pupil cost, he said. By submitting budgets ex- ceeding the guidelines, the the boards. “We've all got to recognize that the, monies simply wedo~tiot have. turn to the taxpayets : for substantial increases, and the cutting is somet that should be done: by elected people at the: local level as “well as in Victoria.” _Third-number calls change B.C, Tel has. announced plans to. verify. third-number calls. billed from coin tele- *, phones.. Verification will be intro- duced in two stages. As of if Foe. 15, long distance oper- tors will attempt to contact the billed’ party to confirm ‘ that the caller is known and that the charge is acceptable. If verification is not possible because the line is busy or “Jong distance callin, there.is no answer, the: call will still be connected. However, beginning May 2, all such’ numbers, must be verified before calls’ will be connected. If there is no answer ora busy. signal at the billing number, the caller will have the option of calling ‘another time, calling collect, paying by coin, or using a ig card. The - verification Proce: _ © BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES SCHOOL-DISTRICT. No: 9, CASTLEGAR - “IMPORTANT NOTICE In order to comply with a recent directive. | . from the Ministry of Education, all: District schools will be closed the week ‘of February. 21 - 25. This closure: applies to ot educational support servi : dures’ are being phased in year. over 12 weeks to allow cus-. tomers who regularly make third-number billed calls from coin telephones to ob- tain calling card. The cards allow the customer to charge long distance calls to a home or business number at regu- lar operator-assisted rates. “We are reacting to what has become an industry- ‘wide problem,” says’ Gil Auchin- “By ‘introducing third- number verification,”. Auchi- nleck says, “our objective is to reduce the number of fraudulent calls and, at the same time, to protect cus- tomers who are wrongfully charged for these calls.” Between 40 and 50 million calls a year are placed from the company’s 12,600 coin telephones located through- support. “Almost 50 per cent of charged toll calls from our coin telephones are billed to ‘third numbers Of this figure, ‘between 15 and 20 per cent are fraudulent.” He adds that B.C. Tel's total long distance write-offs, which include toll fraud, rose 14 per cent to $3.1-million in 1982.° Toll fraud from coin telephones was estimated at more than $1 million for the out the i Of this number, between six and seven million are toll calls. Ilegally-billed third- number calls from residential and business numbers are leas common because. it’s easier to determine the ori- gins of such calls, Verification of third- number calls billed from coin telephones is already in place in other Canadian Provinces and in much of the U.S. SHIP AFTER 7:00 P.M: ON _ FRIDAYS AND SAVE 35%! with Free French Col. Jean Vauc Charles de Gaulle. Their _ mission:' blend: several guerilla cadres into a George® Burns testifies © BS; "(The Canadian knew, that is own ‘Fealstance group “paintings signed “Dorval” hang today in the official museum “contained traitors. : in Groucho Marx suit SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (AP)°"— Accompanied: by lights, cameras and. crowds, comedian George Burns came to court Tuesday: to testify - about his old. friend, Groucho Marx,. but said he really knew little about Marx's re- lationship with Erin Fleming, + The 87-year-old Burns walked to the witness box, * took the oath and appeared® startled when the court clerk asked him to spell his name, which he did. Jurora laughed. Fleniing’s : lawyer, ‘David’ Sabih, asked how long.Burns had know Marx. “Between 80 and 50 years,” Burns said, his voice booming through a’ microphone. ° “I used to see Groucho. He'd come to 'the club and we'd have lunch together. ’: -° “In the 1970s, he said Marx ‘frequently invited.“ him: to ‘parties at his Beverly Hills Home,: and : Fleming was at’ his side. “She was always there,” recalled Burns. “Did you ever hear Erin Fleming. threaten. to;., kill Groucho?” Sabih asked.’ . “No,” Burns said. “Did you see love and af- fection between them?” Burns paused and said: “There were 150 people there!” The courtroom .ex- ploded .in laughter. on Fleming’s: behalf as she battled e lawauit by Bank of America,. executor ‘of/ the. Marx ‘estate. ‘The bank: is seeking return of more than $400,000 in gifts Marx gave. her. during thelr six: year re- lationship. ° The bank's suit claims Fleming threatened an brow- . beat: Marx ‘into: giving. her . presents and money, allega- tions she vehemently denies, Marx died in 1977 at age 86. Bank ‘lawyer Brin Schul- man appeared hesitant to be- gin ‘quizzing Burns and ‘an- nounced: “I've never cross- examined. God ‘before. I'm going to be careful.” SN “Tia only God when I got paid,” said Burns, who in recent years ‘starred in the film Oh, God and its sequel, Oh.God, Book: II. ‘Ashe left the courtroom, followed. by’ ing lady. and he was one of the great comediens,’ he said. ¥ He also got off.a ‘quip asa reporter: asked -him: “Mr. Burns, do you think an 80-year-old’ man can ae with e 30-year-old ae often,” answered Burns, “only about: twice a yht.” : iwy' from 1974-76, testified of the warm relationship between Marx and Fleming, a former actress 50 years younger than her companion. ‘I saw a young lady wt ing a function for Burns: was asked what be thought: of the Felationship between Marx and Fleming. “I think she was a.charm- He-was forced: inte-deal LOS ANGELES (AP) — Automaker John DeLorean, in his first interview since being charged with drug. conspiracy, says undercover government agents threat ened him and his family and coerced him into participat- ing..in the cocaine scheme that led to his arrest. DeLorean, 57, was charged with conspiracy to import Clark finally. ‘steps " OTTAWA (CP) —. Pro gressive Conservative Lead- er Joe Clark,: who toyed briefly with the. idea of staying at the Tory helm while he seeks a new man- date, now has decided to step down: at the national ex- ecutive committee meeting Saturday. Clark, who ‘resigned the separate tt of Commons Opposition leader Feb. 2, said Tuesday he wants to be com- pletely free to run. his cam- paign. Meanwhile, party presi- dent Peter Elzinga repeated his warning that party offi-. cials who get involved in anyone's leadership . cam- paign will have to resign. Anti-Clark activist John Morrison ‘complained. from Toronto earlier Tuesday that Senator. Lowell Murray, the party’s > national down is a close friend and adviser. to Clark. Attewell has organ- ized a campaign meeting for Clark in Toronto today. In Montreal, full-time or- ganizer Denis Beaudoin has already been: fired by the provincial executive for al- aot showing favoritism to beta was” unaware. , of Clark's decision to set Sat- urday as the effective date $24 million in cocaine to prop up his failing carmaking oper- ations and is scheduled to go on trial'in April. Government prosecutors’, say DeLorean willingly en- tered into the scheme while the defence accuses the gov- ernment of entrapment, say- ing DeLorean had no criminal intent. The interview will appear in the Rolling Stone. maga- zine scheduled to go on sale Feb. 28, managing editor Da- vid Rosenthal said Tuesday. In the interview, .DeLor- ean told of being approached in June, 1982, by undercover agent Timothy Hoffman, who offered financing to .rescue DeLorean’s ‘alling company. | was Groucho Marx, that Groucho wanted very badly,” Perl- stein said. “Groucho was looking for someone to take care of him and she was fulfilling that funetion.” Keillor . Bridge The. Joy ‘Keillor Bridge. Club this week saw seven tables in play Feb. 14 with an average of 84 and the follow- and Bert Tyson with 99, sec- ond was Dan Horan and Nigel Doyle with 89%, third was Pauline Marquie and Helen Bayes with 89. East-West First was Helen Batchelor and Mary Stewart with 106, second was Heather Pottle and Rita Perrier .with 97, third was Dr.- Ron - Perrier and Bill Gorkoff with 85. for his resignation as party leader, noting that only a few days ago, while Clark was vacationing Clark’s staff “wasn’t sure what he was going to do.” Clark said Tuesday it would be up to the Tory exe- cutive whether to appoint an interim leader, and: doubted he would offor the committee any advice. : in. Florida, © $33.00 : WEERLY RAVES AVALAGLE ON ADOUEST AN. WHEELS CANADA chairman, and Bill Attewell, the party’s campaign mana- ger in Toronto, are both heavily involved in Clark's leadership bid. . NEUTRALITY REQUIRED Elzinga said in a telephone interview: from Edmonton that all paid officials and staff a group that includes Mur- . ray. — have been told, they must remain neutral “as a condition of their employ- ment.” Attewell is not paid, but should resign if he intends to continue working for Clark, he said.. Murray could not be - reached for comment, but he @ NO SHOTS © NO DRUGS © NO CONTRACTS THE DIET CENTER PROGRAM Is . FAST . SAFE. INEXPENSIVE AND WE'LL TEACH YOU HOW TO KEEP. ITOFF, PERMANENTLY! « owls AT THE Losi @ DELICIOUS 2 spy petite Chasse — code-named Transcopt — and find = On'the night of Aug. 25, acting on “ "We were so suspicious in June and ivagaak of 1944 that neyer spoke to Vaucheret without first taking him aside.” He reckons there were 10,000 Nazi collaborators of varying degrees ‘in .the Lyons region, and recalls the disgust he felt when a group of captured German - soldiers turned out to include a French officer. Chasse grew up in Quebec City, the son of the first commanding officer of the Van Doos when the regiment was formed during the First World War. ‘'He joined the militia in 1940 at age 17 and the regular army the following year. . ‘ in. 1944, Gen. Georges Vanier, later to be‘ governor general of Canada but then serving as Canadian envoy at Free French headquarters in Algiers, asked the Van Docs for two French-speaking volunteers to-serve as Maison. officers, ostensibly with Free French units in Italy. NOTICE In order to improve our service to you our PARTS DEPT. WILL BE OPEN SATURDAYS from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 5 beginning Sat., Jan. 29, 1983 : We are also open 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Mon. thru Fri. MALONEY PONTIAC BUICK Castlegar 365-2155 Trail customers 364-0213 But’ when Chasse and another Canadian, Paul-Emile Labelle of Montreal, reported for orders, they learned _ In Algiers, Chasse was given as alias, Pierre Dorval, and drilled relentlessly in French slang and mannerisms. He - was to move ubout the countryside as an artist — a charade he could carry off as a hobby painter. Several drawings and of the resistance. :’, Inthe meantime, Chasse was officially declared missing fe action, ‘After three peactice parachute jumps and the briefest of : Vaucheret were dropped into France. Labelle, the other Canned, ok “part in different operations in Southern after the success of the hitand: -run guerrilla operations and the Allied invasion of Europe, Chasse spent his time dissuading the ‘emboldened resistance fighters from engaging in pitched battles with German troops. ’ “FEARS FOR SAFETY: ‘: He was then contacted by a German general who offered him the surrender .of his 7,000 troops. 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