B2 CASTLEGAR NEWS, December'21, 1980 Wayne Gretzky: is top athlete By GORDON GRANT CP SPORTS EDITOR Wayne Gretzky has done it again. Not-yet 20, and already the subject of most super: latives used to describe a hockey player, he has added another award to his im- pressive collection — Cana- da’s male athlete of the year for 1980, Last year with Edmon- ton Oilers, his first season in the National Hockey League, he won the most valuable player award and the most gentlemanly player award, He was tied with Marcel Dionne for most points, but lost: the award because he had fewer goals than the Los Angeles Kings centre, He was not eligible for the rookie award because he had played asa pro inthe World Hockey Association, He won the Charlie Con- acher Award which goes to the NHL player who makes an outstanding contribution to humanitarian or commun- ity service projects. He works with handicapped chil- dren in Edmonton and helps in fund-raising projects. In the annual year-end poll conducted by The ‘Cana- in the Marathon of Hope to ald cancer research, Gretzky will receive the Lionel Conacher Award which honors Canada’s male athlete, of the first half century. Gretzky “received 50 first-place votes, 32 seconds and 10 thirds. Based on a 8-2-1 valuation, that gave him 224 points. Puhl received 11 firsts, 23. seconds and 18 thirds for 97 points and Fox got 25 firsts, two seconds and one third for 80 points. Golfer Dan Halldorson of Shilo, Man., who had his best year.on the U.S. professional golf tour, was fourth with 53 points, on four firsts, 11 sec- onds and 19 thirds. Dionne was fifth with four firsts, 12 seconds and eight thirds, good for 44 points, Others who received at least one first-place vote in- cluded skier Steve Podborski of Toronto; Guy Lafleur of Montreal Canadiens, the 1977 winner; Gord Singleton of Niagara Falls, Ont. who set three world cycling rec- ords; ski jumper Steve Col- lins of Thunder Bay; Cliff Thorburn of Toronto, world snooker champion; Gerry. Datillio, quarterback of Mon- dian Press, sp and broadcasters made Gretzky the overwhelming choice ahead of Terry Puhl of Mel- , ville, Sask. an outfielder with Houston Astros of base- ball’s National League. FOX PLACED THIRD In third place was Terry Fox whoran 5,000 kilometres from St. John's, Nfld. to Thunder Bay, Ont., on one good leg and an articifial limb Another ‘Mouth’? NEW YORK (AP) — Saying he. would quit again under the same circumstan- ces, Robert Duran admitted Friday he was ashamed of . the way in which he lost his welterweight title to Sugar Ray Leonard last month. ,. Duran retired from their World Boxing Council cham- pionship bout in New Orleans on Nov. 25 with 16 seconds left in the eighth round. He complained that stomach cramps forced him to quit. “I would quit again un- der the same circumstances," said Duranin an interview on ABC-TV following a replay of the fight. “I am not Super- man. “I want to fight Leonard again and demonstrate to all the fans that he cannot beat me.” Leonard reiterated he would not give Duran a re- turn match because “it’s not in the best interests of box- ing.” Duran, speaking through an interpreter, said: “We are even 1-1, I'll dem- onstrate to him that I'm much better.” treal Al skier Ken Read of Calgary; Bryan Trot- tier of New York Islanders; and Gaetan Boucher of St. Foy, Que., silver medallist in speedskating at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics. Gilles Villeneuve, a run- away winner in 1979, re- ceived no votes after strug- gling through an unproduc- tive year as a Ferrari driver on the Formula One auto racing circuit, AMONG TOP 10 Gretzky, averaging more than a point a game this season and among the top 10 NHL scorers, has been the centre of attention since he was eight years old in Brant- ford, Ont., scoring goals at an incredible clip. At 11,° he scored 378 goals in 68 games and, at 14, moved to Toronto his parents stayed in Brantford — to take advan- STANLEY HUMPHRIES Junior Rockettos started off their new basketball season last Monday with a 41-31 win over L.V. Rogers Junior Bomberettes in Nelson and here a Rockette shows arch-rival J.L. Crowe of: _Two_wins in 2 starts. tage of:bett re At 16, he -played with Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League and finished second in scoring with 182 points although he missed two weeks of the season to play for Canada in the junior World Cup of hockey, in which he was the top scorer despite being younger than most of the opposition, > As soon as he turned 17 in 1978, he signed a $1.75- million personal services con- tract with Nelson Skalbania, who then owned Indianapolis Racers of the WHA. Later that year, Skal- bania sold the contract, and Gretzky, to Peter Pockling- ton, owner of Edmonton Oil- ers. On Jan. 26, 1979, his 18th birthday, Gretzky ‘signed an agreement extending his contract until 1999, BOWLING RESULTS Senior Citizens LHS Mary Owens 172. LHT Florence Ursulok 445, MHS Marshall Town 261. MHT Mar- shall T ‘Monday Night 7-9 p.m. LHS Judy MacDonold 237. LHT Nancy Donald’ ere Wichert 267, MHT ten Donald 645, THS Dial-o-Strike 1065. THT High Hopes 3011. Other 600's and 700's: Paul Kerekos 635, Ab Dunn 629, Ken Dewalt 626, Darrel Rourke 609, Joyce Adams 608, Frank Costa 601. Monday Night 9-11 p.m. LHS Lena Perevorzoff 239. LHT lena Pereverzol! 539. MHS Doug McBride 271. MHT Doug McBride 788. THS Spares 1256. THT Spares 3369. Other 600's and 700's: Ed Adshead 675, Don Quiding 635. Tuesday Coffee Break | LHS Bea Rnutson. 229 Dorothy Perehudoft 598. THs Mutfets 1106, THT Muttots oN cesday Afternoon Ladies LHS Linda Budey 241, LHT An- no Boel 644, THS Northwest Homes 1065. THT Woldie’s Plumbing 2979. Other 600's and 700s: Irene Cahill 602. Strike-o nice Smith, 78, MHT Marty Austin 690. THS Road Hogs 1154. THT Road Hogs 333}. Other, 600's . and 7008: Ed Adshead 662, Orlando Vecchio 637, Heather Bonnett 635, Doug Wood 607, Debbie Wood 600. 1111. THT Chovy's 3130. Other 600's and 700's: Elaine Martin 628, Moble Postnikolf 618, Koren Mykyte 608. Wednesday Ladies 7 p.m. LHS Annie Koochin 283. LHT - Judy Myers 672, THS Swallows 1144, THT Swallows 3213. Other 600's and 700’s: Annie Koochin 654, Erma Mykyte fednesday Night Mixed ws J. Butz 210. LHT J. ae Deliveries 1203. ar “special Deliveries 3342, Other 600's ond 700's: H, Sheridan 623, A Horswill 613, Thursday Afternoon Ladies LHS Fern Schwartzenhcver 261. LHT Anna Boel 697, TH: Wailers 1259. THT Wailers 3 600's and 700's: Helen Plctnkel 662. raday Night Mixed LHS. Ema Mykyte 268. LHT Er- ma Mykyte 728, MHS Orlando Vecchio 295. MHT Garry Rayner 738, THS Green City Gamblers 1037. THT Hit & Miss 2971, Other 600’s and 700's: Darrel Rourke 715, Sertho Vincent 675, Orlando Vecchio 606, Linda lucas’ 602, Bill Zarikoff 602. Youth Bowling Council Junior Division GHS Debbie Cheveldave 202 GHT Diono Churches 362, BS Mark Palmer 97, BHT Mark Palmer 274, Div Y GHT Sodi Campbell 400, NS Blaine Bortsoff 83, BHT Blaine Bor- tsoff 231, Pee Wee Division GHS Lorraine Pasaty 95. GHD Lorraine Paszty 182. \ all B.C. kicking records and is Trail they really mean business. Crowe ate crow and slumped home ofter the Rockettes, in their first home game Wednesday, thrashed them 44-20, —CasMewsFoto by Jorge Alvarez Keep your eyes ¢ on’ Rockettes Stanley Humphries Sec- ondary School's Junior Rock- ettes basketball team opened its 1980-81 season last Mon- day night in Nelson against the L.V. Rogers Jr. Bom- berettes. The girls got off to a surprisingly quick start and led 14-2 after five minutes. By halftime the margin had narrowed to 24-18 in favor of the locals. With eight minutes to play the score was tied at 28-28, defence to score 10 pointe; all on Iay-ups. The lack of game ex- perience showed, as the game was scrappy and loose- ly played throughout. Returning home on Wed- nesday the Jr. Rockettes took on arch-rival J.L. Crowe in front of an enthusiastic home gathering. The first half was again somewhat scrappy and the Castlegar girls held a 24-16 half-time edge. Aggressive defence and by Lisa The C: girls fi- nally got rolling late in the game and ran up 18 un- answered points to win going away 41-31. Gail Cheveldave led the local scorers with 11 points and 10 rebounds. The team’s veteran guard, Lisa Koochin, sifted through the Nelson Koochin and Kim Allen ig- nited the team to a 20-4 second-half blowout resulting in a 44-20 final score. Paulette Schreiber led the scoring with 14 points, all in the first half, while Lisa Koochin and rookie Julie Perehudoff chipped in eight After 27 years, Faragalli REGINA (CP) — Joe Faragalli joked Friday about his .new job with Saskat- chewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football. League. “What did it say on that contract I signed?" Faragalli asked Roughriders’ general manager Jim Spavital at a news conference ‘called to an- nounce finally kands job as head coach Eskimos, The club won three consecutive CFL champion- ships while Faragalli was of- fensive coach. - BEST CHANCE He began his career as a playing coach in 1954 with the U.S.: Army's 11th in- fantry division team. Since them, he has coached at sev- Pinan “Head coach, wasn't it?” He could be excused for feeling satisfied. Faragalli, 51, has been coaching football for 27 years, but the Sas- katchewan job is his first as a head coach of a professional team. He joins the Rough- riders, who finished the 1980 season with the worst record in the CFL, after three years as offensive coach of Grey Cup champion Edmonton Es- kimos. “He is the type of man Saskatchewan Roughriders need as.a head coach to turn our 2-14 record around," Spavital said. Faragalli, a tough but likeable competitor, has over- come professional and per- sonal problems. He suffered a heart attack during the 1978 season, but returned to the eral colleges and with two CFL teams. “I left.a great organ- ization in Edmonton,” he said. “I've always wanted to be a head coach and, looking ahead, I thought this would be my best chance." Terms of the multi-year contract Were not disclosed. Ron Lancaster, once an all-star quarterback with the team, quit as Roughrider ~ head coach in November less than 24 hours after he had announced he would return for another season, Saskatchewan won only .four games in two seasons under Lancaster. Fargalli said he would talk to the assistant coaches and decide whether they would stay in the 1981 season or whether new staff will be at both ends of the court. the Christmas break, the team resumes outstanding defensively — action on Jan. 7 in a league throughout the entire game game against Grand Forks. Need Money? 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But the tide haga to turn in the summer and now, says Clark, there is no ques- tion of the party voting in favor of a leadership review at a February convention in ttawa, “I don’t think that was ever really in question as to whether or not there would bea positive vote in the re- view.” He credited an improved image within the party to his high-profile battles against a JOE CLARK the government on constitu- tional, energy and foreign- policy issues, Despite Clark's assess- ment, there are continued grumblings about his leader- ship, especially in Ontario. John Gamble, Tory MP for York North, is instrumental in a movement urging Tories to call a leadership conven- tion, would be some”changes in cabinet. structure, there would be some changes in the approach we take to the public service. “There would be some changes in the approach we take to ensuring that the country is involved in de- cisions, There would certain- ly be a basic change in én-':) suring that our message ‘and what we were trying to do was understood by People." Clark was not asked to elaborate. on what those changes would entail, Heavy insulation “brings new problem ART CHAMBE! RONTO (CP) — ‘Canadians spent i230 ‘to get enough R in their ,homes, only to learn that their efforts might do more to make them il than to keep them warm. At parties, family gatherings and on coffee breaks R-values were a prime topic for discussion. For the blissful unitiated, anyone not paying home heating bills, R-values are the insulation industry's shorthand for rating its prod- ucts. The owner of a home with R12 in the attic is and d al- After adding more batts, . blowing in cellulose or foam- ing in urea formaldehyde, many homeowners turned their conservation and money-saving sights on the tiny cracks around windows and doors where the wind. blows and in the money slips out. COULD BE DANGER Then, late in the year after many homeowners thought they had prepared for winter, a federal official warned that sealing your home and adding insulation could be a health hazard, Dr. John Bucchini warned that keeping the cold air tout might leave the stale ir in, causing most. iredsouoigs The one with B20 is am-average Se: accepted, but "pot “followed while the prescient few with” posé.4 R-28 or more are the elite of the insulation-conscious 3. Thanks in part to a fed- ral di: i fa health problems. In addition, ‘funte: emicals such as lehyde could Nonsense, an architect replied. All the homeowner has to do is open a window to let some fresh air in, Un- he didn’t com- in- sulation in older homes and no thanks in large measure to high fuel prices, the energy conscious class is growing rapidly. Must be ment on what this would do to, the original goal, keeping warm without going broke. The human spirit being what it is it shouldn't be careful, don’t over-react OTTAWA (CP) — Man- power Minister Lloyd Ax- worthy says it would be a mistake to allow current high interest rates -to dictate a whole new set of programs to offset them, “We have to be a little careful not to over-react to short term problems,” he said while being interviewed for the CTV public appairs program Question Period, shown today. Interest rates had risen sharply earlier this year, only to decline as sharply a couple of months later, he noted. Current high rates might come down once he to be taken to cushion the ef- fects. “Let's just see how long- term it is before we start getting into a vast array of new programs — pushed into it by panic — which may be a mistake in terms of the longer economic pattern we face.” Axworthy predicted strong demand for skilled workers in the early 1980s and said the challenge is to Cans surprising that saving en- ergy has been turned into a competition. As their part in a U.S.-Canada contest, em- ployees at the Royal Bank in Summerside, P.E.L, turned the thermostat down to 10 degrees Celsius and worked by candlelight. As its contribution, the small pulp and paper centre of Grand Falls-Windsor, Nfld., had a town crier stroll the streets: exhorting the townspeople to turn off un- necessary lights and appli- ances, CUTS OFF POWER Scarborough, part of Metropolitan Toronto, will have an electronic version of that crier tested in 1981. To see just how far customers are willing to go to save money, the local utility will sell certain customers power at a cheaper rate in return for the right, without warn- ing, tocut electricity supplies to a dishwasher, stove or dryer. A utility spokesman said that in addition to teating the equipment the company wants to find out just how its customers will react to var- ious inconveniences, But even among the sys- tem’s proponents, the betting is that most customers will not be thrilled by this in- truding Big Brother, even if he crosses up George Orwell and ‘heads straight for the hotwater tank. Prime rate: Takes record le ps NEW YORK (AP) — The prime rate at U.S. banks country-wide leaped to a rec- ord 21.5 per cent Friday, but interest rates in the bond markets fell sharply, promp- ting hopes the prime rate “may soon start to decline, Citibank, the second- largest U.S. commercial bank and often a trend-setter for the prime rate, initiated the jump from 21 per cent. Most other major banks followed suit, marking the fifth time quepec! ) = mier Réne e eral election in 1981, nd Be ke ability, of a winter apelin “Nothing is impossible, nothing is planned, nothing is. excluded,” he said, this month, and this past eek rate has risen. But even. as ‘the prime rate was rising,’ in rates in the country's ay markets were dropping. (In- vestors were anticipating a possible climax to'jthe .rate spiral that many balsvgtn will throw the econom: recession next year, ed Donald Maude, chief financial economist at Merrill. ynch and G0. he secon eo prima, ie cignty- speortattony rele diay las oa THis a ty He added that he has not | discussed possible election dates with his advisers yet. In setting byelection © dates since his the Parti Quebecois came to power in 1976, Levesque maintained that elections must be either in the spring or the fall be- cause Quebecers are on vaca- tion in summer and the weather is bad in winter. But when he announced in October he would go be yond the traditional four- year mandate, Levesque said he wouldn't rule out any date in 1981. Levesque summer up 1980 as a stressful year, ad- mitting that the was disap- Demand RENE LEVESQUE for holly on the increase VICTORIA (CP) — When Stan Hiscock bought the Rushwynd Holly Farm 12 years ago, Vancouver Island and the-southern B.C, main- land boasted nearly 40 holly farms and claimed to produce 90 per cent of Canada’s holly. Rising land values and taxes have. whittled the ranks until today there are fewer than 16 holly farms in B.C. — the only province with a climate ' moderate enough to support the deli- cate trees, But Hiscock says de- mand for the traditional holly boughs and wreaths is in- creasing. Last year's sales were his best ever and this year he expects to sell five tons of the green-leaved, red-berried sprigs. The quality of this year's crop is excellent, Hiscock says. The leaves are deep shiney green and the berries ‘as bright as he's ever seen. Hiscock started cutting holly sprigs the second week of November and says he'll still be trimming the thorny branches Christmas Eve. The holly is cut in 30- to 50-centimetre sprigs with plump berries nestled along the centre of the stem and dipped in a hormone mixture to prevent the berries from dropping off. It's then formed into wreaths or packed in bags and boxes for delivery to local florists or eager cus- tomers around the world. eae SEAN at Col. Sanders buried in white suit LOUISVILLE, KY. (AP) — With more than 1,200 people attending in freezing weather, Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Col. Harland Sanders was buried Saturday wearing the white double- breasted suit that he made famous. Entertainer Pat Boone sang What A Friend We Have’ In Jesus and He Touched Me during the fu- neral services, Sanders had asked Boone last year to sing at his funeral. + Boone said Sanders, who founded and became the international symbol of the Kentucky Fried Chicken res- taurant chain, was an am- bassador of goodwill, “AN around the world there are people who don't speak English,”’ Boone said, “but feel this little round man with a white goatee is their friend, And he is.” Also attending the ser- vices were Gov. John Brown, * who made his fortune when he bought the Kentucky Fried Chicken business from Sanders, an Gov. Mar- tha-Layne . y (CP) — The wo main West- > groups are says politiealeientist Roger ‘ibbins, The Western Federation Association and the Western Canada Concept will soon re- alize their message isn't ap- pealing to many outside Al- berta and will have to narrow the scope of their plans, he sayd. And the right-wing bent of most of their supporters will force the groups to take a more prominent ideological line, despite their claims that they're not interested in what kind of society a sep- arate-West should have, Gib- bins said. Gibbins keeps an eye on. separatism from his seventh- floor office in the University of Calgary's social sciences tower. A specialist in Western Canadian polities, he Bek ducted a survey in Calgai five years ago which focussed on much the same discontent making news in Western Canada today. Gibbins found respon- dents angry at Ottawa and Central Canada for their attitude towards the West, but he saw little support for separatism. The same conclusion ap- plies today, he said. CASTLEGAR NEWS, December 21, 1980 B3 Right on,. Gerry, we'll take a trip’ By ANN RUSSELL OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Trudeau and New Democratic Party Leader Ed Broadbent are ignoring the advice of Gerald Bouey, gov- ernor of the Bank of Canada, by spending at least some of their Christmas holidays abroad. But most MPs are com- plying with Bouey's sugges- tion that Canadians could help restore the economy to health by staying home and spending their dollars in Canada. “Don't go to Florida,” he added, Key West, Fla. is exactly where you'll find Broadbent, whose party has castigated the government for policies that caused the dollar to slip toits lowest value since 1933, Christmas cards with sour note TORONTO (CP) — Letter carriers received Christmas cards from Post- master-General !Andre Ouellet with their pay this past week but the ‘festive greetings contained a sour note. The paycheques were $100 to $280 less than usual because of the strike by federal | eevernment clerks this fall, The 10,000 letter car- riers lost the money be- cause of the strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in September and October, when letter car- riers were sent home with- out work because post office truck drivers refused to cross picket lines, “This just shows the inhuman attitude of the. government with their machines,” said Robert McGarry, national presi- dent of the Letter Carriers Union of Canada, “They ‘could at least have given them an advance to get them throiigh“Ohvistnas,” = Post office spokesman ‘Ed Roworth said it was “one of those things that happen.” Wy certainly was not by desi "Martin Gaudry, who heads union Local 190, said he got a Christmas card and $140 off his pay. “.«» Their timing is so perfect. And they wonder why there is no harmony in the post office.” Gaudry said the de- ductions “should have been taken off long ago." “They should have been taken off the follow- ing month.” Blah session marathon ends By JIM SHEPPARD OTTAWA (CP) — The fall sitting of Parliament ended Friday as it began more than two months ago — in and bitter train to hold such jobs, A cabinet committee was putting together a blue- print strategy for Western Canada “which will involve ina pretty major Reagan sworn in in the United States next month, “There are some things just beyond our control,” he said of interest rates. i REJECTS CONTROLS He rejected foreign ex- change controls as a way to bring interest rated down. Such controls would be a severe blow to trade. If high interest rates persisted, steps would have To fund New Years bus service VICTORIA (CP) — The provincial government will fund fare-free New Year's Eve bus service in a number of B.C. communities in an ef- fort ‘to keep drinkers away from their automobiles, The municipal affairs ministry announced bus ser- vice will be free in Greater Vancouver, Victoria, Kam- loops, Kelowna, , Prince George, Prince Rupert, Pen- ticton and Trail. ‘discussion about how to re- / develop the economy. SITUATION TRAGIC “The tragedy right now is that we have such an enormous opportunity with the western boom and that we're allowing this (fraction- alism) to really push us away from that opportunity.” Both Ottawa and Alber- ta had to mellow in their : dispute over oil prices. “We're prepared to neg- otiate,” Axworthy said. -“We've said that we'll go anywhere and talk to any- body. So far there hasn't “been a great deal forthcom- ing from the other side." The federal blueprint would be discussed’ with westerners, It wasn’t just a question of how to spend $4 billion Ottawa has set aside for a western development fund. “What we're trying todo is reorient government think- ing and policy ‘to take into account that Western Canada is going to be the dynamo ‘that really drives the Can- adian economy for the next decade ...’ feeling, For a record 28 conse- cutive hours, MPs fought over whether the govern- ment can take new, expert, said. MPs, speaking and sleeping in shifts, covered every possible angle on the economy, often repeating themselves endlessly to a half-empty chamber. But opposition spokes- men said the fact they forced the emergency debate, allow- ing their back the steps to counteract record interest rates and soaring in- flation. | Government House Leader Yvon Pinard told re- porters the debate was use- less and proved nothing. But Progressive Conser- vative Leader Joe Clark dis- agreed. Opposition MPs dem- onstrated during the mar- athon session that the budget unveiled Oct. 28 by Finance Minister Allan MacEachen “doesn’t deal with economic problems.” Flora MacDonald, Con- servative member for King- ston and the Islands, “One can only hope that they listened.” AT RECORD LEVELS - The debate was touched off by the said. chance to voice concerns, was an important victory over a government they have often criticized as inflexible. It was an appropriate conclusion to a sittle domin- ated by angry debates about Prime Minister Trudeau's tacks on the government and erideat 5 to win the first round of the battle by agreeing to conces- won over in his own caucus who initially feared his tough stand on Trudeau's sions that ati d the sup- port of the New Democratic Party caucus. But the Liberals use of closure to cut off the first round of parliamentary de- bate sparked a dramatic pro- test on the floor of the House and touched off anger across the country, Conservative MPs stormed the Speaker's chair demanding to be heard and argued with Liberal cabinet ministers in a display un- and the government's new econ- omic and energy measures. Debate also cited in- creasing alienation and sep- aratist feeling in the four western provinces. ANNOUNCED PLANS Just days before Parli- ament opened Oct. 6, Tru- deau announced he intended to ask Britain to send the constitution to Canada with a controversial two-part amending formula that held out the ility of national Thursday that interest rates had reached record levels and inflation is at levels not seen since Prime Minister Trudeau introduced wage and price controls five years ago, It was the longest single sitting in Canadain history, NDP member _ Stanley Knowles, a parliamentary referendums on future changes and an hed in the last 25 years. Threats of violence filled the air. ‘CAUGHT ATTENTION The incident caught the attention of what had been an apathetic public. The most recent Gallup poll indicated strong opposition to unilat- eral federal action on the constitution, More abuse was heaped on the government after Fi- nance Minister Allan Mac- Eachen unveiled his first budget Oct. 28. Energy Min- ister Mare Lalonde produced charter of human and lan- guage rights, Clark staked his political future on what most people thought would be a risky and lonely stand — absolute op- the 1 the energy package the same night. Bitter western premiers threatened court action over new federal energy taxes and what they saw as an attempt by Ottawa to grab oil and gas .Tevenues and contro) over Position to the plan. Seven of energy Clark sharpened his at- plans would not wash with the public. Little legislation got through the House this fall. Trudeau's constitutional Proposals are still being studied by a joint Commons- Senate committee which is due to report to Parliament on Feb. 6. The original deadline of Dec. 9 was one of the cas- ualties of growing public re- action against the package but the government still is {nsiating the new constitution be proclaimed by July 1, the 114th anniversary of Confederation. WON APPROVAL The budget and energy policies won approval in principle at the end of a special six-day debate in November. But only the govern- ment’s use of the 1975 Pet- roleum Administration Act to set oil prices for the next. few years and impose a new tax on all natural gas prod- ucts for both domestic and that made it all the way to! royal assent was a new Bank Act, which set out the basic rules for the operation of all banks in Canada for the next decade and authorization for government spending of more than $61 billion during the 1980-81 fiscal year which ends March 31. PASSED AMENDMENTS The Commons and Sen- ate sped through amend- ments to the Clean Air Act earlier this past week, Tech- nical in nature, they are de- signed to help press the United States into negoti- ating a treaty to control acid rain. The only other bills to complete their journey through the legislative mill were housekeeping in nature or of limited appeal. The government hopes to finish «consideration of legislation turning the post office into a Crown corpor- ation soon after Parliament resumes Jan. 12, The government made clear near the end of the sitting that MPs will concen- trate on economic issues when they return next year. Legislation dealing with foreign markets has received formal } Bills enacting the other aspects of Ottawa’s fiscal and energy plans must still be either introduced or ap- proved. The process may not be complete before the sum- mer. Highlighting greater public to government information must wait, Meanwhile, early in the .hew year public attention will be focused outside the Commons. Clark's leadership is on the line at a February Conservative convention. . Broadbent will spend Christmas at his home in Oshawa, Ont., and may go to Vermont to ski if snow conditions are favorable, New Year's will be spent in his riding, followed by a short Florida vacation, Trudeau is venturing even farther afield. After spending Christmas with his three sons in Ottawa at his Sussex Drive home, the prime minister plans to head for the Alps to ski. His office refused to further Teveal his chedule, TRIP PRIVATE “It isa private trip and when he's leaving or where he's going will not be re- leased,” an aide explained, Trudeau will begin an official six-country tour in Austria Jan. 5. Progressive Conserva- tive Leader Joe Clark will spend the holidays with his family in Ottawa. His office says he may go away for two or three days after New Year's, but they don't know where or when. * Solicitor-General Robert Kaplan, who represents the Toronto riding of York Cen- tre, is taking his family to Yellowknife for Christmas because he “hates crowded beaches and thought it would be an interesting place to spend the holidays.” The MPs' vacations started Friday and ends Jan. 12. Like the rest of Cana- dians, many of their plans were uncertain because of possible Air’ Canada labor disruptions. If MPs get stranded in their ridings, the transport department and armed forces will make sure they get back to Ottawa for the opening of Parliament. GOING TO LONDON Environment Minister John Roberts, who repre- sents Toronto-St. Paul's rid- ing, is planning a trip to London, England, some time after Christmas to visit rel- atives “if he can get a flight.” The old fashioned, fam- ily-style Christmas seems to, be what most MPs are opting for, John : Crosbie, former Qonservative , finance. minis- ter, and the whole Crosbie élan are going home to St. John's from various jobs and universities for a “real down- home” celebration. Walter Baker, Conser- - vative House. Leader, anti- cipates no travel problems over the holidays, He's stay- ing home with his family in Nepean, 15 minutes away from his parlidmentary of- fice. “The farthest south I will be going,” he chuckled, “is Prescott, Ont.” Cardiac arrest takes life of Alexei Kosygin MOSCOW (AP) — For- mer premier Alexei Kosygin died as a result “of sudden cardiac arrest” at the age of 76, the Soviet government announced Saturday, about 48 hours after his death. Kosygin “succumbed to a grave long illness” on Thursday, said a mid-day an- nouncement distributed by the official Soviet news agency Tass. It said he will be accorded the honor of ALEXEI KOSYGIN burial on Red Square near the Kremlin wall. Soviet and diplomatic sources had reported his death to Western correspon- dents Friday, saying the former premier died of as heart attack while under treatment for heart and cir- culatory ailments at a VIP clinic. Western observers spec- ulated the reason the an- nouncement was withheld was so details could be worked out on the state honors.