a2 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Reagan expl EL PASO, Tex. (AP) — President Reagan, decrying what he calls misconceptions about his Central America policy, said Saturday the United States wants to pre- Man charged in arson VANCOUVER (CP) — Police charged a 22-year-old Michigan man with arson Friday after an early morn- ing fire destroyed two book | stores specializing in radical literature and extensively damaged several other bus- inesses. Charged was Rolland De- Groot, of Royal Oak, Mich. The blaze started at both the front and the rear of the August 14, 1983 vent “ruthless Communist dictatorships” from taking power in the region. “We are on the side of peaceful, democratic change in Central America and our actions prove it daily,” Regan said in his weekly radio broadcast. “The Soviet Union and Cuba are intervening there Shuffle called TORONTO (CP) — Prime Minister Trudeau's cabinet shuffle Friday afternoon was “singularly unimpressive from beginning to end,” says Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Mulroney. “It is hard to get any good results when you are shuff- ling from an historically weak Enver Hosha Book named after the maverick Communist party leader of Albania. The store served as headquarters for the People's Front Against Racist and Fascist Violence. HOMEGOODS FURNITURE WAREHOUSE Tues. - Sat., China Creek “Drive a Little to Save a Lot” deck,” Mul ing for a federal byelection in Nova Scotia,. said in a tele- phone interview. Five cabinet ministers wer were dumped and five back- benchers promoted in the 330 - 5:30 because they believe they can exploit problems s0 as to install ruthless Communist dictatorships such as .we see in Cuba,” he continued. “We are not supporting dictators either of the far right or far left,” added Reagan, who acknowledged that public opinion polls show many Americans are con- shuffle. Mulroney said he sym- pathized with Trudeau be- cause the prime minister did not have many alternatives in filling portfolios, but added he would “keep an open mind” until the new ministers are familiar with their jobs. i The Tory leader said he ains U.S. policies | fused, about U.S. policy : letter highlighted what -he sald the United ‘ssid were common miscon- Reagan i 0 ; : {States is “working hard with ceptions about U.S.’ policy in’ Costa Rica and Honduras, ‘Central Am t which are true democracies, . (The letter discussed spec- andwe are helping El Sal- ulation that the United vador become one.” States had forced Nicaragua The president began his to ally itself with Cuba and five-minute broadcast by the Soviet Union and was reading a lette: in.a re- gion where democracy could r written by his staff. The unimpressive wag surprised there were not more new faces moved into cabinet. “There are some people in the ‘back-benches whom ob- jectivé researchers would see as competent,” but who were not elevated to cabinet, Mul- roney:said. He did not ela- borate. He said he was relieved former multiculturalism min- ister Jim Fleming was dropped from the cabinet, saying his performance had been disaster.” - not work, : Reagan. also, ymentioned concerns’ that. the . United States is supporting govern- ments that show little regard for. human rights. On the latter point, the re- sident conceded that “some members of El Salvador's secprity forces still misuse their public trust.” / Police Briefs ‘Legislation proposed by Fleming to limit growth of newspaper chains is flawed and “will be dealt with firmly (by the Tories):when Parlia- ment reconvenes,” Mulroney said. Bielection battle underway PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. (CP) — Progressive Conser- vative politics are nothing more than “Mulroney baloney,"’ Sophie Weremchuk, the NDP candi- date in the Aug. 29 Mission- Port Moody federal byelec- tion, said Friday. Weremchuk predicted that if the Brian Mulroney-led ‘Tories form the next federal government, they will follow the coi measures of B.C.’s Social Credit. government. : “I think we're being fed a diet of Mulroney baloney,” Weremchuk told a crowd of about 300 at a rally at the local centre. “You Tories isa vote for the and don’t forget it.” POSE RG On a-visit to BC. last wek, Mulroney said he agreed with the need for restraint in t, ‘but said he dis- look inside and there's really- little meat you can get your teeth into, just a lot of filler.” ‘ B.C. NDP Leader Dave Barrett, who had been under - pressure to run in the by- ; lecti A Total Home Insurance Plan in One Word “agreed with the Socred methods. The provincial gov- ment.’ progra - quest to advertise from a Castlegar RCMP. warn local businesses to be on the lookout for invoices received regarding advertising in a B.C. classified directory. These: are ‘meerely a re-< “firm in eastern Canada, They look ‘similar to an invoice and merchants should examine mail of this nature. (Bennett quietly | talks Baseball: INTO (CP) — British Columbia Premier Bill Rea treading softly in pursuit of Canada’s third major league baseball team. ‘ While in Toronto for the annual premiers’ con- ference, Bennett met privately with officials of the Blue Jays to learn some of the “dos and don'ts’ about baseball politics. One of the dos, he says, is patience. iY Bennett's Social Credit government has been pro- moting Vancouver as a major league baseball city since, construction began on B.C. Place, a $126-million, 60,000-seat domed facility which officially opened in June.; “The government, of course, isn't going to be; involved in owning a baseball team,” Bennett said in an interview Saturday before flying back to B.C. “But as builder, owner and operator of the stadium we want to get advice on the type of application that would be most acceptable to major league baseball HOME FOR LIONS | The new stadium is home for B.C. Lions of. the Canadian Football League and Vancouver Whitecaps of, the North American Soccer League. } “The crowds already indicate that Vancouver is a big league sporting city,” he said. “What we need to com-, plement the Whitecaps and the Lions is a major league’ franchise.” ‘ j Bennett said a number of groups have expressed interest in obtaining a franchise, including the owners of! Vancouver Canadians, a minor league team in the Pacific’ Coast League. + i While the B.C. government would not be directly involved with and bid for a franchise, Bennett knows his; support is vital to any group that makes a formal presen-; tation. Ontario Premier William Davis and Metro: Toronto Chairman Paul Godfrey were two of the biggest theerleaders in quest for an Amer-: jean League franchise. League. has’ court this week, Kenneth Horcoff was sentenced to nine days imprisonment in- for, ob id: “A vote for the | vice | a peace officer. . Twins of the American League have mentioned the poss-_ ibility of moving to Tampa, Fla., no other team has‘ seriously discussed transferring to another city. Sas BETTER TO BE PATIENT t But Bennett isn't worried about a particular time frame, saying it’s better to “patiently proceed to sucha; time as the opportunity presents itself.” “The big thing for us is to be cool and not make the ‘ political mistakes others have. “Political hype as we've seen in the U.S. — using headlines to go after franchises — is always It offends the owners and diminishes your chances.” Now that Bennett has met with the Blue Jays and Stephen Rogers, the minister responsible for B.C. Place, | has talked with Montreal Expos’ officials, the B.C. cabinet will discuss the next move. “The government's going to play a low-profile role, || hopefully a very effective role, in supporting the logical applicant for. the franchise.” But the figtit will hot be an easy one. Several U.S. cities — Tampa, Denver, Col., New Orleans, La., and Louisville, Ky. — have been pushing much harder and PET SHOW. . . Dog owners show judge dog intelligen- ce during kids’ pet day held Friday at Kinsman Park. ed by the Di WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major diplomatic standoff, the Soviet Union refused Sat- urday to permit U.S. author- ities to talk with a Soviet diplomat’s 16-year-old son who is reported to “shave begged President Reagan to permit: him to remain’ in the United States. i The refusal was delivered by Minister-Counsellor ‘Oleg Sokolov, the No. 2 official at gross violation of internatio- ‘nal Jaw’’ Reporters asked Sokolov if the youth was still in the country and he replied: “Yes,"" a 5 Asked if the youth will be allowed to be interviewed, he replied: ‘‘No.’” State’ Officials plomat’s son in defection scandal account and the airline said no passengers under the mame of Berezhkov were registered on the fijght. State Department officials were said to be accepting Sokolov’s assurances that the boy had not departed John Hughes, the State refused comment on the sub- stance of. the Burt-Sokolov meeting. FBI agents the Soviet Emb: :during a 30-minute meeting,,at’. the staked out the walled Soviet dipl ; in State D with :Rich- 's chief spokes- man, said Friday that the United States will ‘‘continue to insist that the young man not depart (the United States) prior to an interview which would permit us to ascertain his i ” ard Burt, the it t state secretary for European. aff- airs. t Sokolov quelled reports ‘4 ‘that 16-year-old Andrei Ber- Commission, attracted over. a dozen pet owners with Pets ranging from goldfish to guinea pigs. 3 — CosNews Photo by Chery! Calderbonk ezhkov had been spirited out ‘of the country, telling repor- ters at the State Department’s diplomatic entrance that the youth was still in the United States. Sokolov, the ranking Soviet diplomat in the United States » inthe absence of Ambassador Anatoly was said to peer- ing into all automobiles enter- , ing and leaving. The agents were said to be looking for the boy or his father, Embassy First Secretary Valentin Ber- ezhkov. FBI agents were also repor- ted at Dulles International Airport in nearby Virginia under orders to prevent the Berezhkov family from boar- ding flights leaving the Uni- ted States. ABC News said a network in Paris had been have told Burt that his coun- try regards the State Depart- ‘ment’s insistence on inter- viewing the youth as ‘‘unpre- cedented”’ and that it views its refusal to permit:him to leave the country.\until: such told by passengers aboard at Trans World Airlines flight that the boy had arrived in Paris with his mother, then switched to a Soviet Aeroflot flight to Moscow. However, the network said it could not confirm the new defence N'DJAMENA (CP) — Chad government forces, re- treating before “murderous 6 beet 1 nerf od Yah RWE pe New WCC UNDERWRITTEN BY THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE THE BOOK ON INSURANCE A HOMEOWNER’S INSURANCE MecoVE (lonzes than Vancouver. : : wor hy fet SPECIALS FOR YOU Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week head elected VANCOUVER (Reuter) — Rev. Heinz Joachim Head of the Evangelical Church of West Germany was been elected moderator of the World Council of Churches’ central committee, council officials said. : PICKLING ___.ONIONS 1 ee soe bB, 79° PACKAGE THAT HAS IT ALL! f ti Held, 55, of Frankfurt is president of his denomina- tion’s office for foreign relations and an author of several theology books. He has been a member of the central committee since 1968. 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COMMUNITY Bulletin Board PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE Fil : Sun., Aug. 14 at 6 p.m. the Billy Graham Association will be enting a movie at the Pentecostal Tabernacl pte soar een, called he. Living Word", trac recious promi . All are invited to attend thi: emarkable motley, alaure i “3/63 VETA HEINZ TOMATO PASTE 89° CENTRAL FOODS 2717 Columbia Ave. R CASTLEGAI Notices shoul. Columbia Ave. UNITY : Bulletin Board The show, Solar system LOS ANGELES (AP( — The vast ring of objects around the star Vega is more likely “a super-duper ast- eroid belt” than a new solar system, some astronomers say. Stuart illing, an there, they wouldn't radiate (infrared energy) as strongly as a large number of small objects with a greater total surface. ‘That means there may be much more material the size of b ih Popcorn and astronomer with the Planet- ary Sciences Institute of Tuscon, Ariz., said Saturday the strong infrared signals coming from the region suggest an enormous number of small particles radiating at boulders surrounding Vega than revolve around the sun. If there are any large bodies, they are probable few and far betwen. George Wetherill, a Geo- physicist with the Carnegie of Washi the same freq compar- able to the- asteroid belt within the Earth's solar system. The Earth's belt consist of more than 100,000 fragments «believed to be leftovers from the formation of the solar system. They range in size from a few centimetres ‘to several hundred’ kilometres in dia- meter. cota The more than 24-billion- kilometre-wide shell of debris around Vega was discovered earlier this week. Vega is more than 240 trillion kilo- metres from Earth. The debris has yet to be glimpsed clearly, but it appears to be “a super-duper asteroid belt,” Weidenschill- ing said. “If there were just a few. big planet-sized objects agreed. find unlikely == top” Libyan air strikes, have set up new garrison in Qum Chalouba, 820 kilomentres southeast of Faya-Largeau, was still hold- ing out but was being sub- ABB. kilot inte: “There's got to be a lot of extraterrestrial life. None small stuff, debris, around has yet been found. Vega, and for that very i mit ‘said ue Soumaila said President Hissene Habre's forces have a new defe ‘north’ of the: capital, Infor- “HAROH™T WOE ache bigs jected toa non- ~ atop... bombardment"by, the Qum Chalouba is north of the Salal-Biltine line and Soumaila’s announcement reason I'd be reluctant to call it a planetary system,” he said. “In fact, you could even argue the evidence is agairist calling it a planetary system because it is such small- stuff.” Astronomers. have been searching for decades for evidence of: other solar systems. Some argue that uncountable millions of plan- ets must exist in the universe and some should harbor But the Vega particles line running east to west iggered guarded excitem ent that scientists might be on the trail of one. The particles were dis- covered by H.H. Aumann of the Jet Propulsion’ Labora- tory in Pasadena, Calif., and Fred Gillett of Arizona's Kitt Peak National Observatory, at a tracking station at Chilton, England, using a telescope sent into space in January to map the heavens. Security for Pope LOURDES, France (REU- TER) — A powerful bomb explosion and threats of more anti-religious attacks have undermined the festive air in the holy city of Lourdes as it awaits Pope John Paul’s arr- ival today. Police said a long-planned security operation, involving 3,600 men, has been tight- ened up for the two-day visit, which the Pope has said he wants to make as a simple pilgrim. A shadowy enti-clerical or- ganization, which claimed responsibility for the blast that destroyed a bronze statue of Pontius Pilate at Lourdes on Friday, has said there will be more attacks this weekend. The Pope, on the first papal visit to Lourdes, has stressed the purely religious nature of his pilgrimage to this Roman Catholic shrine, where in 1858 a peasant girl said she had visions of the Virgin Mary. Hundreds of people claim to have been miraculously cured of illness and injury through contact with Lourdes’ holy places. Local authorities say they expect at least 250,000 pil- gtims to attend religious ceremonies presided over by the Pope on Sunday and Mon- day. The Pope had planned to make the pilgri to Lour- through the towns of Salal and Biltine, implying that the desert north of that line had been abandoned to the rebel forces of former president Goukouni Queddei and their libyan allies, In Salal and Biline, the government forces were at least temporarily out of range of the planes — iden- tified as Libyan Sukhoi and MiG-22 fighter bombers — operating from a base near the Libyan border. Soumaila said loyalist troops withdrew from the desert outpost of Koro Toro the night because it offered no cover from Libyan d that it, too, may be abandoned soon. It was re- captured from the rebels on the same day the rebels overran Faya-Largeau. The clandestine rebel radio reported that rebel forces had captured Biltine, 195 . kilomentres south of Oum Chalouba at the eastern ex- tremeity of Habre’s defen- sive line, but that was denied by Soumaila. There was no indenpend- ent confirmation of the com- bat situation as outlined by Soumaila, since all western reporters are barred from the area. But western mili- tary sources with access to satellite and intelligence in- formation said Habre's forces strafing and di Koro Toro is 210 kilo- mentres south of the strate- gic northern oasis of Faya- Largeau, lost to the rebels Wednesday in a massive assault of facked by planes, tanks and heavy artillery. Soumaila told a news con- ference the bulk of Faya- have h from vir- tually all the northern half of TAKE POLITICAL TWIST Hughes said the youth has been in school in the Soviet Union. and was in the United States this summer to visit his parents, something which off- icials say complicates the teenager’s legal and diplo- matic status. As related by Hughes, the incident began Wednesday when American diplomats were told by the Soviet Em- bassy that the boy was miss- ing from his home and could not be found. ‘‘As we under- stand it, his parents weren't aware that he could drive and therefore were disturbed when he disappeared with the car,”” Hughes said. He said local police were asked to search for the boy Attacke A3 but were called off when the embassy reported that he had returned to his parents’ apart- ment on his own at about 2: 30 a.m. Thursday. He said th State Depart- ment at first viewed the inci- dent as ‘‘a jaunt by a teen- ager.’” But Hughes said the epi- sode took a political character when it was learned Thursday that the Boy had written Rea- gan and the New York Times saying he wanted to remain in the United States. The letter to the Times also said in part: ‘I want to stay here. So I’m running away. ‘‘i will drive up to the U.S. Mission in New York. If the letter doesn't get to the pres- ident in time I hope you help me. I love your people and your. country.’’ It was signed ‘‘Andy Ber- . ezhkov.”” Valentin Berezhkov, 67, a veteran Soviet Diplomat, serves as with the Soviet Union's Insitute for the United States and Another Soviet official, Vic- tor Isakov, a minister-coun- sellor at the Soviet embassy, said Saturday that the Soviet Union considers the issue to be “‘a matter between his parents and himself.” rs killed by Irish police LONDONDERRY, North- ern Ireland (Azp) — Grun- men opened fire on police posts at two points near the border with the: Irish. re- »public Saturday and officials yan Planes. cnswnvgald,two officers were ‘; PLANS RETREAT? wounded and two of the atta- ckers ‘killed. One shooting took place at a police shack in Dungannon, * about 20 kilometres from the frontier. One policeman was wounded and two of the gun- men were killed. Two other attachers escaped. R In another shooting in Markethall, also about 20 kilometres from the’ border, two gunmen opened fire on a policeman manning a check- point. The policeman was slightly wounded and the gunmen fled. The shootings flared as thousands of Protestants ga- thered for their annual dis- play of h in the city by the Catholic forces of King James Tl in 1689. Friday night passed .with- out reported youths hijacked three vehicles in West -Rel- fast’s .Springfield;.Rgad, where an unarmed Catholic man was killed Tuesday in a scuffle with troops. An 18- year-old British soldier has been charged with murder. CANADIAN RELEASED _ The province's latest wave’ of violence started last Sun- day, marking the 12th anni- versary of internment with- out trial of Irish nationalist guerrilla suspects. The Bri- tish abandoned the policy in 1976. On Friday, a judge dis- missed rioting charges against Kevin Callaghan, a 80-year-old Montreal school- teacher who had been held without bail for four days. Magi Basil Mclvor 'y i ' Northern Ireland. , In 1969, the annual march by Protestants through the d-largest cit: ruled there was insufficient evidence to convict Callaghan, who had been tt three days of riots in the staunchly Roman Cath- olic Bogside quarter of Lon- the former French colony. The key city guarded by the new defensive line is Abeche, 80 kilometres south of Biltine and 650 kilometres east of N'Djamena, where some 200 French marine had set up an ad- des in 1981, but was preven- ted by an attempt on his life in St. Peter's Square in May of that year. L ‘3 pulled back 950 kilometres to Salal. In the eastern sector, Soumaila said, a government vance position Friday night. They insist they are in Chad only on a training mission to Habre's army. \ That rioting marked the start of Protestant-Catholic violence that was swept the British province for the last 14 years, claiming at lease 2,806 lives. The march by members and supporters of the mili- tant Protestant Apprentice Boys of Derry marks the anniversary of Protestants breaking a 105-day siege of d Tuesday di rioting in Catholic West Bel- fast. Also Friday, Stephen Lich, 28, of the Irish Northern Aid Committee, a New York- based fund-raising organiza- tion, was convicted in Belfast Magistrates’ Court of rioting. He was fined 100 pounds, or $148, and ordered to leave the province. Lich, of Indianapolis, was held in jail for four days. He had pleaded innocent, main- taining he was a bystander when arrested. - Junior cabinet ministers sworn in ran OTTAWA(CP) — A telephone call from Prime Minister Trudeau and a brief ceremony at Government House ‘a group of k Liberal MPs into smiling junior cabinet ministers Friday. Trudeau reached into the Commons back-benches to Ray Perrault, who was dumped. “I think the future is certainly that leisure time should be occupied more with sports and taking care of ourselves than in sitting and h: a resources. He was a high school principal before entering politics, and one of the teachers he supervised was was first elected in a 1979 One of the first calls Collenette plans to make is to his friend Jim Fleming, who held the multiculturalism job until Friday. Coll Hervieux-Payette said three hours after receiving news: of her promote two ambitious lawyers, a teacher, put and longtime party worker to ministers of state. Three of the new faces are from the Toronto area, whose vast number of voters can swing a federal election. David Smith acquired responsibilities for tourism. and small busi: David C for CRITICIZES BUDGET Hervieux-Payette appeared to have diminished her chances at a cabinet post when she was one of 10 Liberal MPs whose letter to the prime minister criticizing the Ni ber, 1981, budget was made public. and Roy MacLaren for financial matters. Celine Her- vieux-Payette of Quebec becomes fitness and amateur Simmons, the 44-year-old MP for Burin-St. George's in Newfoundland, admitted he knows little about mining, sport minister and Roger Si: of News becomes mines minister. : All but MacLaren, on vacation in Europe, were sworn in Friday by Mme. Justice Bertha Wilson and toasted their good fortune at a champagne reception. Hervieux-Payette, an attractive 42-year-old lawyer and MP for Montreal-Mercier, is the third woman in Ya crudests 96-member cabinet. She replaced B.C. Senator but p: es to learn. He was brought into the cabinet to fill the vacancy created by the dismissal of Small Business Minister Bill of assumes duties held by Judy Erola, the new consumer affairs minister. Simmons suspects his presence in cabinet might add a unique touch to the continuing dispute between Ottawa and Newfoundland over control of the province's offshore Newfoundland Premier Brian Peckford. i called to to replace Don now high London. But he spent only one day in the Commons before the Joe Clark government feel and he was back on the campaign trail. His maiden speech was the last heard before the Conservatives were defeated. SEES SIGNIFICANCES Smith, the Toronto lawyer who was parliamentary secretary to Government House Leader Yvon Pinard, sees political significance in the appointment of three new ministers from Toronto. “Obviously, we're going into the fourth year of our mandate,” said Smith, 42, MP for Don Valley East since 1980. Collenette said it's premature to indicate what he'll do in the multiculturalism portfolio until he talks with his officials and new cabinet colleagues. 87, has been managing political cam- paigns since he was 26. He was planning to enter law school in 1974, but ran for Parliament instead. He was defeated in 1979 and re-elected in 1980 in the Toronto riding of York East. MacLaren, co-chairman for the joint Commons- Senate committee on Senate reform, will be sworn into the cabinet at a later date. Roy Phillips, president of the Canadian Manu- facturers’ Association, said he is pleased with MacLaren's appointment as junior minister to assist Finance Minister Marc Lalonde. “He deserves a cabinet post,” Phillips said. “It's good to see a businessman in there.” The 48-year-old MP for Etobicoke North is a publisher who also served in the diplomatic corps, with postings in Viet Nam, the United Nations, Prague and Geneva.