Castlegar News August 12, 1967 CALGARY (CP) — a search policy implemented two Post officials said Tuesday a beefed-up security force examining the possessions of up to 200 postal workers a day hasn't discovered, anything suspicious. Corporation spokesman Kate Campbell said the searches — which began June 8 in Calgary after an unsuccessful union challenge in Court of Queen's Bench — are meant to deter crime. “We weren't expecting to find anything,” she said. “We were trying to prevent abuse.” The daily inspections are part of a new security plan which includes closed-circuit television monitoring and construction of a wire-mesh fence around the northeast Calgary mail-processing plant. Calgary is the only city in Canada where postal Posties are ‘clean Steinhoff, president of the 800-member Cuigary toe eh the Gietaan pion ee Boiel wrens said the union will appeal the search policy in a higher court next month. “It's a program we hate and well do everything in unconstitutional and violate the collective agreement. “We've only filed a few so far, but we have hordes of Some employees have never been asked to submit their purses, bags and other items for inspection, while others have been searched as often as five times in & two-day period, Steinhoff added. Campbell said repeat searchés are coincidental, because employees are randomly selected for the “Campbell said she ‘doens't know why scheduled for London, Ont., Laval, Que., and Edmonton haven't been implemented. A panel is meeting next week in Ottawa to discuss setting up the procedure in other plants, she said. bya Canada Post contracts its security needs to a local m, said Campbell. She declined to reveal how many new wv security guards dre working at the mail-sorting plant as a result of the company's new inspection program. RUBBER STAMPS Made to Order CASTLEGAR NEWS 197 Columbia Ave. WASHINGTON (AP) — Phone 365-7266 President Ronald Reagan, { breaking a long silence, will TYPE tonight tell the American public his personal impres- sions of the Iran-Contra hearings that documented discord, deceit and possible newsletters. illegal actions by two White House officials. White House officials said Reagan's televised address would include not only his views of the congressional Give your meeting bulletins, etc., professional appearance. Camera-ready type for your photocopier. CASTLEGAR NEWS 365-7266 erm — PARENTS — Returning to work or school? 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Marlin Fitzwater, the pres- idential spokesman, said Reagan won't discuss the subject of pardons for two foremr aides — Rear Admiral John Poindexter and Lt. Col. Oliver North — who have ac- knowledged being targets of criminal investigations. Administration officials, speaking privately, said Rea- gan will say he accepts res- ponsibility for the affair and that it’s time to move on. Pojndexter, who resigned as the president’s national sec- urity adviser, had testified he shielded Reagan from infor- mation and that “the buck stops here with me.” Reagan has offered vary- ing opinions about the hear- ings, once dismissing the te- stimony as hearsay that would be inadmissable in court. Another time, he said he hadn't heard anything that suggested that any laws were broken. However, the White House modified that statement to leave open the possibility of criminal wrongdoing. RAISES QUESTION The affair has stained Rea- gan’s presidency and raised questions about his credibil- Reagan speaks tonight ity. Polls suggest most Amer- icans believe he hasn't told the truth about the affair. The sale of U.S. arms to Iran, conducted secretly since late in 1985, became public knowledge last No vember when a pro-Syrian magazine in Lebanan said that Regan'’s one‘time na- tional security adviser, Rob- ert McFarlane, had secretly visited Iran, Af the time, Reagan dis- missed the story as having no foundation, but as evidence accumulated he was forced to acknowledge it was true. In the intervening months, Reagan changed his story several times, rejecting and later accepting the notion that he traded arms for American hostages held in Lebanon. However, Reagan has de- nied any knowledge of the diversion of arms-sales prof- its to the N Contra CONCERNED CITIZENS . . . West Kootenay Power and Light customers voiced their opposition to the ap- proved sale of the utility company to a U.S. outfit at a rally in South Slocan Sunday. —— cosNews Photo by Mike Kelesniko BROADBENT EMBRACES VICTORS OTTAWA (CP) — The NDP started the special ses- sion of the Commons on a high note yesterday as the three victors in last month's byelections were officially sworn in as members of Parliament. NDP leader Ed Broadbent embraced each of his new MPs as they were sworn in a rebels, and there was no tes- timony in the 11 weeks of congressional hearings that contradicted that assertion. Poindexter, compelled to testify after receiving a grant of limited immunity, told Congress he didn't tell Rea- gan about the diversion, but he believed the president would have approved of it. North, a former National Security Council aide and the key player in arranging the secret flow of supplies to Contra rebels, said he had assumed Reagan knew about the ion, but never dis- CORRECTION NOTICE The following items are not available in this week's flyer: Page 5: Academic Agenda, Hi Liter Markers, 2-Pack Roller Pens. Page 6: Tropical Plants, Ribbed Planters. Page 8: Uncle Ben's Rice, Melitta Coffee, Lipton Noodle & Pasta, Pop Tarts, Monarch Cake Mix, Ravioli & Lasagna. Page 8: Halsa Shampoo. Page 10: Krickets Cords and Tops. Page 14: Frosted Jeans. We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused our valued customers. je 1280 Cedar Ave. Trail, B.C. cussed it with him. According to the testi- mony, Reagan ordered the White House staff to find ways to get around the con- gressional ban on military aid to the Contra rebels. 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A beaming Broadbent said his party still hasn't reached the peak of its popularity. “By ‘no means,” he told re- porters when asked if his party was destined to slump following recent first place showings in public opinion surveys and the sweep on July 20 of all three byele- ctions, Lawyer Jack Harris was sworn in as the new member for St. John’s East in New- foundland, consultant Aud- rey McLaughlin will repre- sent Yukon and former Ot- tawa mayor Marion Dewar, the past president of the party, will represent the southern Ontario riding of Hamilton Mountain. Harris and McLaughlin were both elected in trad- itional Tory strongholds, while Dewar held on to the seat vacated by New Demo crat Ian Deans. The last Gallup poll sug- gested 41 per cent of Cana- dians favored the New Dem- ocrats. The L¥berals had 35 per cent and the Conser- vatives and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney trailed with 23 per cent. Broadbent said the byelec- tion results indicate the re- cent NDP surge in popularity can be translated into elec- toral success. “That should have sent a clear message out to Mr. Mulroney, as prime minister, that the people of Canada, right across Canada, are un- happy with his performance and they hope it will im- prove.” The NDP now has 33 MPs in the 282-seat house. The Liberals remain the official opposition with 40 seats, the Conservatives maintain an overwhelming majority of 208. Deal part of free-trade pact? VANCOUVER (CP) coalition charged Tuesday. — Canada’s new defence policy proposal to build up to 12 nuclear submarines may be part of a private free-trade agreement between Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and U.S. President Ronald Reagan, a spokesman for the End the Arms Race “I have the lingering suspicion that maybe a deal has already been cut,” Jack Gerow said. “Maybe it's the price of free trade that the defence spending budget is going to increase by 4.4 per cent. Maybe Canada has to spend those monies so the U.S. can instead divert those monies to the Oliver Norths.” Gerow, the chief executive officer of nation.” * The KASH KEG JACKPOT Now Stands At *825 Make Tonight Your Lucky Night In Nelson's Boiler Room Cabaret Find Out What's Happening in Nelson With “The Heritage Hotline”! 354-GOLD * 2 For 1 Specials ‘Til 10:30 JACKPOT PRIZE GROWS $25 EACH NIGHT IF IT ISN'T WON WED.-SAT. the Hospital Employees Union, made the comments at a news conference to announce a telegram sent by End the Arms Race to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Defence Minister Perrin Beatty calling for public hearings on the government's defence policy white paper released in June. Gerow said increased defence spend- ing will take money away from such social services as health care. “Mulroney shouldn't be spending horrendous amounts on defence under the false pretense of job creation,” he said. “That money should be going into creating peaceful jobs for a peaceful Defence witness confronted at trial JERUSALEM (AP) — A defence witness in John Demjanjuk’s war crimes trial was confronted Tuesday with new documents obtained from the Soviet Union, challenging her testimony that a key piece of prosecution evidence was forged. Earlier, expert witness Edna Robertson said the evidence — an SS identity card issued in Demjanjuk's name — is not authentic. The presideing judge said her explanation was illogical. Prosecutor Michael Shaked said he wanted to use the new evidence — three card similar to the one alleged to have belonged to Demjanjuk — to test the competence of Robertson, a documents expert from the United States. Defence lawyers and the witness tried to block the move, maintaining that Robertson could not be expected to give an opinion about the new documents on the spot. “This puts me in an unprecedented and awkward position,” Robertson said. “My credibility will be diminished not only in this court, but worldwide. I pray this court does not impose this discrediting task upon me.” Presiding Judge Dov Levine overruled her objections and told the witness: “You cannot refuse to look at these documents. A refusal to even glance at a document is unacceptable to us.” Robertson has said the card issued in Demjanjuk’s name — indicating that he was trained at the Trawniki training camp for Nazi death camp guards — was forged. She said it had been tampered with and she concluded that the signature on it was not in Demjanjuk's handwriting. BRUTAL GUARD The Ukrainian-born Demjanjuk, 67, is accused of being Ivan the Terrible, a brutal guard who operated gas chambers that killed 850,000 Jews at the Treblinka death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1942-43. Demjanjuk, a retired autoworker who lived in the U.S., says he spent the period in Nazi prisoner-of-war camps as a Red Army soldier and was never at Treblinka. He sayshe'sa victim of mistaken identity. WORK BEGINS continued from front page Rotering said the Japanese ambas- sador to Canada could not understand why 747s from Tokyo could not land directly at Castlegar. “Bob,” he said, pointing to Mt. Sentinel behind him. “We need that mountain removed.” Brisco, a member of the Trail flying club, said that Castlegar Airport's traffic exceeds that of Penticton. He said such traffic volume would ensure that the tower remain open despite previous rumors of its closure. The new airport terminal, once complete, will include customs offices, indoor baggage claims, ticket counters, airline offices and concessions. West awarded ship contract VANCOUVER (CP) — A $350-million federal ice breaker contract that will mean 1,000 jobs for the of work by the shipyard and its parent, Versatile Corp., to complete a financial restruc- turing that Ottawa had in TAMIL: REFUGEES Risked their lives 8ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. (CP) — It's been a year since Capt. Gus Dalton found 155 Tamil refugees and instant fame in the fog waters off land. a Since then, most of the refugees have found work in Toronto and Montreal, the Admiral’s Beach town council has given Dalton a plaque for his humanitarian act, and at least one grateful Tamil has remembered the man who plucked him from the frigid Atlantic. “He sent me a nice Christmas card from Montreal, thanking me for what I did and saying he'd pray for me,” Dalton said in an interview from Admiral's Beach on Tuesday, the anniversary of the Tamils’ arrival. “He told me they'd almost given up hope when I came along. The arrival of the Sri Lankans made Dalton an overnight celebrity and put tiny Admiral's Beach, population 400, on the map. It also raised questions about he still thinks about the strange episode “every time I go out in the bay.” “The only thing I can think of is that God must have sent us there,” he said. “I was right on the spot at a time when the fog was so thick you couldn't see anything.” Dalton was fishing six nautical miles off St. Shott’s that Monday afternoon, manoeuvring his 16-metre longliner, the Atlantic Reaper, through dense fog. At 3 p.m. he spotted two lifeboats at the longliner’s stern. “They were packed into the boats and yelling and waving when I saw them,” he said. “The first thing I thought was that a ship might have sunk.” The skipper alerted the coast guard. The longliners Mary Theresa, owned by Dalton’s brother Alban, and the Beckford, owned by Admiral's Beach fisherman Felix Dobbin, arrived from Gull Island Point to take aboard the boat people Dalton couldn't Canada's i policy — that ii last month when 174 Asians were smuggled into Charlesville, N.S. Those questions spilled over in the House of Commons on Tuesday when members debated legislation aimed at tightening up the immigration process. MIXED FEELINGS Dalton has mixed feelings about Canada’s immigra- tion laws and the treatment of would-be refugees. But he’s glad he rescued the cold, hungry Sri Lankans and he’s glad they've prospered in Canada. One year later, the 30-year veteran of the seas says James Corcoran stood by with the Mona B. “They didn’t know the name of the ship that had brought them or much else,” said Dalton, describing the refugees. “They were hungry and thirsty, really thirsty.” FEEDS TAMILS Dalton exhausted all provisions on board to feed the Tamils — 132 litres of water, tins of Irish stew and meat, porridge, crackers, whatever was on board was gulped down. He regretfully cut loose his catch — 1,043 kilograms of cod. Dalton said he admires the refugees for “risking their lives” to come to Canada. SUPER FOOD BUYS AT CENTRAL FOODS. WHOLE OR HALF CUT INTO CHOPS PORK LOIN $769 STEAKS $1 5 CANADA $] 99 9. 9593), GRADE A kg. $373), GROUND BEEF ROASTS $ CROSS RIB. CROSS RIB. BONELESS kp. 562%. 9. 743% /n. Connor to talk on Hanford issue Tim Connor, an investiga- tive journalist and staff re- searcher for the Spokane- based Hanford Education Action League, will be a guest speaker Aug. 13, 7-10 p.m. at the David Thompson Library reading room in Nel- son. The Hanford update is part of “Changing Our Ways of Thinking '87,". a summer school sponsored by the Kootenay Centre for a Sus- tainable Future. Connor has twice testified before U.S. Congressional committees examining waste practices and safety concerns at Hanford. His reports in clude a comaprison of the Hanford N-Reactor and the ill-fated Chernobyl No. 4 plant, and a book length study of Hanford groundw- aster contamination. Another book-length report, co- authored with Larry Shook, was published in January 1985 and looked at Hanford's role in America’s nuclear weapons program and Hanf- ord health worker studies. Other participants in the Hanford update include Lyle Kristiansen, former MP for Kootenay West; John J. Verigin, Jr. who represents Operation Dismantle at the United Nations; Bonnie Williams of the B.C. Hanford Action Group; and Sandra Hartline, who coorinated Our Nuclear Backyard: A Conference About Hanford in Nelson last April. For registration and fur- ther information, call 352-9495 or 352-5887. 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