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By THE CANADIAN
PRESS

Canada is dropping out’
of the U.S.-led embargo on
grain sales to the Soviet
Union and will sell the Rus-
slans two million tonnes more
grain during the current crop
year than last year, Senator
Hazen Argue, the minister
responsible for the wheat
board, announced Friday.

Argue told a meeting of
the Alberta wheat pool in
Calgary the sale of red spring
and durham wheat and feed
barlety is worth about $450
million and will push sales to
the Soviety Union for the
current crop year to 5.9
million tonnes.

The sale is worth an av-
erage of, $3,000 for every
Prairie grain grower.

But Argue’ ‘said, this
does not mean Canada is
breaking its commitment to
the U.S. to not sell th Soviet
Union extra grain to make up
supplies denied to the Rus-
sians by the U.S.

CASTLEGAR NEWS, November 30, 1980

“More grain goes

Last January, the Pro-
gressive Conservative
government of Joe Clark
agreed to limit grain sales to
the Soviet Union to 3.8
million tonnes for the crop
year which ended July 81 as
part of the international pro-
test over the Russian in-
vasion of Afghanistan.

When the Liberals came
to power in March they fol-
lowed that pledge although
Argue served notice in July
that changes were coming.

In an another develop-
ment, a new Bank Act setting
out rules and regulations in
banking until 1991 goes into
effect Monday. However,
several sections will be de-.
layed for technical reasons,
the finance department said.

Rules on’ banks adver-
tising deposit and borrowing
rates will be delayed until
new regulations take force
while rules on operating the
new cheque-clearing system
are being held up until its

the Can-

print mill:

adian patie Association, .

at i ale in Quebec's
region, raising the

begins
Applications will be sent

out next week for subsidi-

aries of foreign banks to be-°
come full-fledged banks in
Canada. The foreign subsi-
diaries will have to show how
they will add to Canadian
banking competition, said
William Kennett, inspector-
general of banks.

He expects the first ap-
provals within two or three
months, after ‘banks have
provided information about
their Canadian and parent
operations, including a bus-
iness plan for activities of
their subsidiaries in Canada.

Foreign banks will also
have to show that, in their
own countries, Canadian
banks receive reciprocal
treatment,

In other developments:

— Consolidated-Bat- ~

hurst Inc. of Montreal said it
will spend $85 million to

Interest rates:

By KEN SMITH
CP BUSINESS EDITOR

Interest rates are flying
around again, busier than a
single elevator in a 50-storey
office building at - closing
time. Except that; at the
moment, everyone is pushing
the up button.

“The situation is confus-
ing and it raises even more
confusing -questions. Here
are some of the most common
questions and answers about
interest rates and how they
affect you and the economy.

Q: Where -do interest
rates stand now? |
A: The chartered banks’

prime rate — what. they -

charge on loans to their
top-rated corporatée. custom-
ers — now is 14.5 per’ cent,
‘That includes an increase of
three-quarters of a percen-
tage point the banks. tacked
on ast week. .

-Other interest alga are

measured against the prime.
Ifyou went into a bank today
to get a loan to buy a new car
or some furniture, you.could

expect to pay anywhere from *

16 per cent to 18.75 per cent,
depending chiefly on the
eredit rating you have es-
tablished,

if you're looking for a_
new mortgage, or renewing
an.old one, you will be
looking at a charge of 15 per
cent fo 15.75 per cent a ‘year

on the most common types.

Q: How quickly arerates
changing?

A: So fast, says one bank
public relations official, that
he's afraid to go to the office
every morning, because he's
never sure where the rates
will be. .

- REVISED 18 TIMES

So far this year, the
banks" prime rate — and re-
meinber its the one other

interest charges can be mea-
sured against — have been
revised 18 times. :

Five years ago, the
prime rate changed only four
times in 12 months,

Hard as it may be to ac-
cept now, in view of all the
recent headlines about. rising
interest charges,’ the prime
has actually declined 11 times
this year, while it has in-
creased only seven.

The reason is that the
rate started the year at the
unusually high level of 15 per
cent,
It climbed from there to
arecord level of 17.5 per cent
in April, before starting a
-steady drop of 12.25 per cent
in early August. Since then,
it’s been back to the up
button with only one small
interruption.

Five years ago, when the
rates were comparateively
quiet, they moved in a range

mill's annual capacity to
416,000 tonnes, an intrease of
21 per cent. Equipment will
be added to speed up four

with

1970. Lumley, ‘eietosed at
the Commons finance com-
mittée, said sie has: encour-
aged business to establish’
closer ties with Taiwan. Can-
ada trades’ with Taiwan but
does not have official rep-

work completed by June,
1984; and pulp production
capacity will also be in-
creased. Wood handling will
be modernized to meet new
environmental standards,
and finishing and shipping
facilities are to be expanded.
Consolidated- Bathurst said
the added “production cap-
acity is intended to maintain
its shape of the publisher
grade newsprint market,

— Trade’ Minister Ed

Lumley said that Canadian .

companies and associations
have the government's bles-
sing to establish trade links
with Taiwan, with which
Canada broke official links
when it recognized the Peo-
ple's Republic of China in

there and .Can-
adians cannot use their pass-
ports to travel to’ Taiwan.

ing.to Taiw-

* On ‘the opposite end: of:
the ‘scale. is New Orleans,
dragging along. a 12-game
losing streak (15 if you count
exhibition games) but start-
ing a new four-game season
under’ interim coach Dick
Stanfel.

Stanfel, ‘the Saints’. of-
fensive line coach who was an
in San Francisco

an is offered by the federal

Export Development Corp.
LEADS IN PASSING
Brian Sipe, Cleveland's

quarterback, ranks.at as the

_No, 1 passer'in the’ league

with 25 touchdown tosses
and just nine it

when the ‘49ers fired Ditk
Nolan after the 1976 season,
was elevated to the top spot
in New Orleans last Tuesday

- when Nolan ‘got the axe

again.
“Buffalo, which suffered
its first loss of the season

‘The Eagles are gunning
for a club-record 12th victory
in a season and they're going
for it against San Diego, one
of the teams rated highly as

an AFC Super Bowl can: .’.

didate. The eight-game win-
ning streak Philadelphia is
riding is one shy of the nine it
posted in 1960, when it won
the NFL championship.

answers

from nine per cent ot 10.5 per
cent.

* Q@:, Why are rates so
much higher now than they
were in 1975?

A: It’s simple, really.
Like everything else, money
costs more these days. And
that's what interest is — the
eost of money.

Q: What are the Fates
costing you?

A: If you bought a house’
five years ago and took out a
$50,000 mortgage to be paid
back over 25 years; at 10 per
cent, your monthly payments
have been $447.25. That
same mortgage today, at 15. 5
per cent, would cost you’
$641.27.

If you borrowed $3,000
five years ago to buy a car,
and agreed to pay it back in
three years, your. monthly
payments would have been
about $100. Today, they
would be about $106.

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Q: Why are the rates so
high? -

A: There are so. many
interlocking factors, both do-
mestic and international, that
there is no simple, glib an-
swer. However, there are a

couple of factors worth look-

ing ‘at: The United States
situation, and inflation.

South of. the border,
banks are charging their best
customers up to 18 per cent
interest, compared with only
10.75 per cent last July. Last
April, while the Canadian
prime was at a record 17.5
per cent, the U.S. rate was a
record 20 per cent.

, So Canadian interest
rates follow the trend of U.S.
rates. Traditionally, Cana-
dian rates are higher ‘than
their U.S. ts but

against visits the
Colts hoping. to post its 10th
vietory of the season. That
would be a first for the Bills
since they went 10-83-1 in
1965, when they won the
Amergican Football League
championship. A victory this
time would also assure them
of retaining sole possession of
first place in the AFC East
ahead of the Patriots.

Canadian rates have climbed
at least partly in sympathy.
Economists. say the two
countries’ economies are 80
closely intertwined that it is
impossible for Canadian rates
to act independently of the
U.S. trend for any length of
time. -.

Inflation now is” con-
sidered the No. 1 enemy.in
Canada and ‘the U.S. Last
month, Canada's annual rate
was 10.9 per cent, about ‘a
percentage point better than
the U.S. performance.

There are two note-
worthy aspects of inflation's
relationship with interest
rates, ‘

First, inflation devalties
the real value of money. So
any lender is going to tack on
loss through

this year they have broken
that pattern.
But U.S. rates have been

visigg sharply: recently and,

nation even before he
charges you for the use of his
money and the, costs involved
in arranging the deal. .

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‘Altanta, too, is eee to
stay all alone in first place.
The Falcons;’on the verge of
a second playoff berth in
thelr 15-year history ‘and

itholr first 10-victory’ season
ever, lead Los Angeles by

one game in the NFC West
with: the: two teams Playing
each other on the. final Sun-
day of the season.

— The federal govern-
announced it has
awarded a $2.4-million con-
tract to build an additional
passenger gate area for the
terminal at. Vancouver In-
ternational rt. to Inter-
land Contractors Ltd. Inter-
land offered the loweat of five
bids, the transport depart-
ment said. Work is té begin
immediately and is scheduled:
for completion in November,
1981.

- Catieanivations Min-
ister Francis. Fox announced
a $2.2-million program aimed

at exploring the suse of sat- -

ellites to improve mobile
communications. Tho studies
are to be sponsored by his
department and by the U.S.
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, The
department said it is believed
a satellite-aided, mobile com-
munication-system could pro-
vides a variety of mobile
telephone service without
the distance restrictions of
land systems, It would also
be possible to communicate
from: home and office tele-
phones to ‘mobile telephones
anywhere in North America.

ro} Russians

Jacques . Parizeau has’ run;
Quebec $7-billion deeper into ;
debt since ‘the PQ’ came to
‘power four years‘ago. Trom-<
blay sajd the finance minister?
now is forced to cut back
spending for sthools and hos;
pitals. Parizeau said his de-
ficit for the fiscal year endin;
March’81, 1981, is moped
at $2.7 billion, He ackno
ledged the'spending cuts and
said he wasn't surprised hos-
pitals and school boards were.
complaining. . |

. > The Royal Bank or
Canada ‘raised its rate for

‘ one-year closed mortgages to

14.5 per cent Friday,-one day
after.a'jump in the Bank of
Canada rate prompted the
major chartered banks to
raise their prime lending’

rates to 14.5:per cent. Ear- °

lier, the’ Toronto Dominion
Bank had increased its one-

- year mortgage rate to 14 per

cent from 19.75. The Bank of

Nova Scotia has raised all its

mortgage rates by one-half'a
percentage point with new
rates at 15.75 for a five-year

-term, 16.6-per cent for a.

three-year, 15.25 for a two-
year and 14.76 for a one-year.
— Japanese steel inter-
ésts are hot considering
shelving indefinitely negoti-
ations on the purchase of
northeastern British Colum-
bia coal, Industry Minister ”
Don Phillips said in Victoria.
Phillips, who has just re-
turned from a trip to Japan
and Australia, said he rée-
mains optimistic although.
between the

who resigned from the Parti
Quebecois last year when he
was fired as industry min-
tet says Finance Minister

steel industry and B.C. coal
companies have been at a
standstill since the end of
October.

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ehigt

2 major NFL games’

Talk about showdowns
and late-season confronta-
tions, ‘there: are two major
ones in the National Football
League today.

Everybody knows about
Cleveland and Houston-going
head- to-head for fitat piece in

Trail
woman
winner.

RICHMOND (CP) ‘—
Hammer thrower Scott Neil-
son and high jumper Debbie

Brill were named Friday .

night as the outstanding male
and female athletes’ of 1980
by the B.C, Track and Field
Association.

The presentations were
made at) the association's

"annual awards banquet. in

this Vancouver suburb.

Neilson, 22, former Uni-
versity’ of Washington star
now studying. medicine. at
University of B.C., was un-
defeated this season in North
America in the hammer
throw. He was the B.C. and
Ganadian champion'this year,
with a best toss of 72.64
metres.

Brill, 27, rated in the top
five women high jumpers in -

the world, set Canadian and -

Commonwealth standards in
1980. Her best jump was 1.97
metkes. .
Neilgon and’ Brill. both
performed this year for Van-
couver Olympic Club. :
Several other B.C. track
and field athletes were hon-
ored, including Dave Steen
and Laurie Kern. They were
named the top senior per-
formers in the men's rend
women's: categories::
a=: Steen; performing. for
Burnaby Striders, had a best
store of .7,778 points. “in the’
decathalon this season: and-
7.60 metres in thé Jong jimp.-:
“Kern, ‘competing
Richmond Kajaks, set a Can
adian javelin record with/a_
throw of’ 57.42 me' Z

middle-distance ‘runner Ken.
Haney of Surrey, junior men;"
pentathlete Teresa Letiardon
of Trail, junior women, mid-
dle-distance Tunner

for ~

the AFC Central. But over in -

the NFC East, St. Louis and.
New York Giants -tied: for
third place (if you're an opti.

‘ mist) or last place (if you're

not) go against each ‘other.
Also interested is Washing-

. ton which shares the three-

way deadlock.
*~ Go with the Browns in
the major showdown and the

-. Giants in the minor‘one. © |
, . Last week's 9-4 (6-7 with
the points) left the-season's .

record at '100-65-1 (66-100

with points). The picks: ~ -
GIANTS 20 CARDS 14
‘The winner moves out of

the NFC East basement. Can

New York’ stand: the big- d

game pressure?. St. |
favored by 2 points.
BROWNS 21 OILERS 13
A second chance at the
top for Cleveland. Brian Sipe

won't let it get away.'Hous-

ton favored by 3's.
RAMS 30 JETS 24 «

‘New. York: should have ‘-

-lost last. week, blowing 3

21-point fourth quarter lead

at home. Los Angeles fa-°

vored by 10. E
FALCONS 24 REDSKINS 13
Steve
playing the best football of
his career for Atlanta, Most.
Redskins are not, Atlanta
favored by 9'/. s
STEELERS 20 |
DOLPHINS 10
Is there a rule that you
must have 45 men on the
roster? Pittsburgh may have
that many on injured

re.
serve. Pittsburgh favored by

6%.
VIKINGS 23 SAINTS 7
New Orleans has to win

‘one eventually, right? Not

necessarily. Minnesota fa
vored by 6%. y
PACKERS 13 BUCS 10
‘These teams tied the last
time they played, but Green

Bay has improved since then®

land, an enticing aroma. Buf- ,
falo favored by 1%." . -
“CHIEFS 21 BENGALS 13 .

Chiefs are among the
league's most improved
teams and are on’ the road
back to success. Kansas City
favored: by ‘7.

PATRIOTS 33 49ERS 17
+ This is' no ‘time. for a

‘ letdown by the Pats, who are-
_ Dave.;

occasionally prone to that

and
sprinter Andrew Phillips of:
Coquitlam, juvenile men;"
long jumper Yvonne Coehlo:
of Vancouver, juvenile wom-
en; Ivor’ Davies, coaches
award; Graham Cooper, ad-

New England fa-
‘vored by % .

CHARGERS 24 EAGLES 17

~ San ‘Diego “has three

pen days of rest'and prep-

aration, and tha€; makes a

ministration; the late’ Noel ve

Marples, officials; Andy Fal-

coner and 'Ann‘Kirk, Hall of L :

Fame award.

Olympic.
skater.
now fourth

WEST BERLIN (CP) —_
Gaetan Boucher of Ste. Foy,
Que., an Olympic silver med-
allist, slipped to fourth place
Saturday after a session of a
two-day international speed
skating meet.

Boucher, troubled’ by
skate and technique prob-
lems, could do no better than
eighth in the opening 500-
metre race. Then, he placed
only sixth in his specialy, the
1,000 metres,

At the 1980 Olympics in
Lake Placid, N.Y., the Can-
adian finished second to Am-
erican Eric Heiden in the.
1,000-metre race.

“Pm not putting my left
(inside) foot in the right place
going into the corners and it
ecausés my skate to slip,”
Boucher said. “I slipped on
the last three comers of the
1,000."

Three skated’ from the
Soviet Union led the season-
opening competition, . which
ends today with another
series of §50- and 1,000-metre

= gal Statf

“Jim Plunkett's: amazing
couche keeps Oakland tied

‘for the AFC West lead. Oak-_
, land favored by: 4.0.

Regal Stafford
wins Stakes’

TORONTO (CP) —
ridden by Huo.
Dittfach,; broke his maiden
Saturday in the $27,550 Dis-
play® Stakes for two-year-
olds, rallying in the stretch to
defeat heavy favorite Val de
Roi by a head at Greenwood
Racetrack. . .

Running for the estate of

.the last Conn Smythe, the

gelding by Vice Regent ran

. the mile on a muddy track in

1:40 1-5. é
Sent off at odds of 8-1 in
a field of six, Regal Stafford

returned $18.10, $3.80 and

$2.60. Val de Roi, owned by
the BKY Stable, paid $2.70
and $2.30.

Native Fisher finished
third, 2'/ lengths behind Val
de Roi, and paid 2.60. The
exactor of Regal Stafford and
Val de Roi was worth $48.90.

Wayover wound up
fourth, followed by Parnitha
and Plymouth Rock.

The Smythe horses will
continue to race for a year
and the money they earn will
go to the Conn Smythe
Foundation,

races. Serghei C!
had 78.645 time points, An-
atoli Medennikov had 79.320
and Vladimir Lobanov,
bronze edallist at Lake Pla-
cid, had 79.635.:

t Boucher, 22, was next
with 79.840 time points.

for the
last Saturday of the Ontario
Jockey Club thoroughbred
season was 13,206. Wagering
was $1,881,850 on the nine-
Tace card,

The 0JC seasons Wed-
nesday ven

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Alberta wins Vanier Cup

TORONTO (CP) — For.
‘reat: Kennerd parlayed Ot-
tawa’s inabllity to cope with
man-on-man coverage of his

. wide’ receivers Saturday to
~ plek apart the Gee-Gees’ pass:

defence for a record 3816
yards — 293 in the first lialf
—_as Alberta Golden Bears
rolled toa 40-21 College Bowl

@ :football victory for the Van-

tour

that ends today. Here Ed Lawton of Fruitvale shows his style..

Rangers 4 2
PITTSBURGH (AP) —.
posito each scored goals late
in‘ the third period to help
New York Rangers to a 4-2
National Hockey. League win:

over Pittebirgh Penguins on.

Saturday night.

New York's Dave Silk‘

broke a 1-1 tie at 2:35 of the:

final period, backhanding a
shot past Pittsburgh goalie
Rob Holland. Vickers scored

, at 16:47 of the period on a

two-on-one-break.
Pittsburgh's Rick Kehoe

* scored his. 17th. goal of ‘the

.8eason 96 seconds later to cut
the Ranger lead to 3-2, but
Esposito put the game away
for’ New York with 1:95
remaining as he scored his
sixth of the season,
Pittsburgh had a 1-0 lead
after one period on a power-
play goal by George Fergu-
son, ‘but New York tied the
score late in the second per-
iod on a goal by Barry Beck.
Islandefs 5 Detroit 1
UNIONDALE; N.Y. (AP)
— Clark Gillies opened : the
scoring, then set ‘up the

Islanders’ third goal — Mike .

Boslsy’s National ' Hockey
League-leading. 26th goal —

to pace New York to a 51°
victory over Detroit: Red

behind the Red Wings’ ‘de
fence to take a perfect return
pass, break in alone on
Detroit goaltender - Gilles
Gilbert - and; blast’. home .a
slapshot from the top of the
faceoff circle.”

“The Wings ‘thed the: score
57 seconds into the second
period when John Ogrodnick
sent-a slapshot at Islanders’
goaltender Billy Smith from
inside the New York blue-
line. Smith ‘dropped to his
knees. but the puck went
under him.

Ten minutes later, Steve
Tambellini.got the winning
goal when he picked up a
loose, puck: outside the De-
troit blueline and sent a
slapshot past Gilbert high on
the stick side.

Bossy clinched the victory
by grabbing the puck after it,
hopped into the air during a
seramble in front of Gilbert
and poking it home. He has
21-goals in the last 15 games.

Anders Kallur and Potvin

added unassisted goals in the _

third period.

- _ Vancouver 3-Phila 3
VANCOUVER (CP) —

Three second-period goals

and the alert netminding of .

: Gary Bromley allowed Van-
~ couver Canucks to come from

behind for a 33 tie with

Wings on | night.
The

Ph hia Flyers in a.
isingly tame National

“their unbeaten streak to 18
games, while the. Wings are
winless in nine.
Midway through the first
period, Gillies took the puck
at Centre icesfed defencemah
Denis Potvin, the broke

pees “League game Satur-

he Canucks, now 9-2-2 at
the Pacific Coliseum, got
goals from Stan Smyl, Ivan
Boldirev and rookie Rick

_Lanz in the middle period

before 15,687 fans to wipe out
a 3-0 Philadelphia lead.

The Flyers, who lead the .
over-all standings

ier Cup.

“They tried to manhan-
dle Peter "Eshenko and Dave
Brown and you just can’t do
“'that,” ‘said Kennerd, who

d with for

will be denied him

three touchdown passes and

‘one to Brown, to equal a

couple of other College Bowl
marks which brought him
most valuable player honors
in the game. “They're just
the two best wide receivers
I've ever . been associated
with.. - :
“Ottawa gambled by
blitzing me “and manning
them ( and

because of his size, used the
pass to destroy Ottawa's.
confidence in the first half as
the Golden Bears jumped toa
365-0 lead.

Gord Syme Hicked off .a
Rick Zmich pass’. and. re-
turned it 45 yards for another
Alberta score. Frank’ Bo-
ehres converted all five

they lost because of it.”
Kennerd, | who stands

just five feet, 5’ inches and

longs for a pro career that

Rick Magee
kicked a 21-yard field goal
and Brown punted for two
loureh-quarter, singles of 87
and 46 verde

‘CAHA bows to Regan

OTTAWA (CP) — A dis-
pute between Sport Minister
. Gerald Regan and the Can-
adian Amateur Hockey Asso-
ciation has been eased by an
association decision to drop
rules the minister said dis-
criminated, against a small
Saskatchewan college.

_ Regan told the Commons
on Friday that the CAHA
will revert to last year’s rules
to decide which teams will
compete for the national
midget hockey championship
in the spring.

After Notre Dame Col-

in ie. last six games.
ce Palmateer had an
gatetandne night in goal,

the title last year, the CAHA:

introduced rule changes that

would block the college from
using players from other
provinces and thus from
competing this year.

The college, which Re:
gan and others say has one of
the best hockey programs in
Canada and attracts players
from many areas, then took
its.casé ‘to. the minister ‘and
sought a court injunction to
block the CAHA action.

CAHA ‘president Mur-
ray Costello said Friday the

dalle lege of Merdid Sask., wor association decided to revert

» Jo's other goals in the third

period,
. A last-minute goal by

with 88 facing 45. Leaf shots, Jiri Warren Miller accounted for

points, took the early lead on ‘Crha faced. 28 Washington Hartford’s.other goal. .

by Bill-Barber’ sod
er from Rick MacLeis!

“Bromley faced 91 Phliedal
ate shots. and. played a
steady game after the first:
period.'Netminder Pete Peet-
ers of the Flyers had 27 shots
fired his way by the feisty
Canucks. . 2

shots before. a crowd of
16,485.
~ The win lifted Washington '12-6-8
two games above .500.:The,:
gaps have won eight and tied
nine in 23 games, The Leafs’
record fell to 9-10-3.

. Toronto has lost seven of
its 11 home games so far this

a

Buffalo continues to lead

Minn 4 Montreal a
MONTREAL (CP) —
by Smith scored on a macs
play at 12:87 of. the third

There were on six minor ‘season. The Leafs play nine period and linemate’ Steve

penalties’ and two majors °

Balled by referee Wally rn
ris; the teams had
minutés in penalties the it
time they played here Feb.
22.0f last season, ~~

of their next 13 es at
Maple Leaf Gardens. a

* Buffalo 5 Hartford 2
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)
— Andre Savard scored two

Payne added another goal 12 °

seconds later to snap a 2-2 tie
and lift -Minnesota North
Stars to.a 4-2 victory over
Montreal Canadiens in a
National Hockey League con-

Philadelphia remained in second-period goals'to power test Saturday night. -
firat place in the. Patrick Buffalo Sabres to a 6-2: ; Montreal defenceman
National Hockey League vic- Brian Engblom was ‘serving
the Canucks moved to within tory over Hartford Whalera his second penalty of the Tina

Division with 38 points, while

one point of leading St. Louis
Blues in the Smythe Division.

“| Wash 7 Toronto 3

“TORONTO (CP) — Bob Kel-
ly, Mike Gartner and Wes
Jarvis each

wer Capitals

on Saturday night. -
Savard's first goal tied the
game 1-1 and was disputed

"by ‘Hartford ‘players . and

coaches,
The Whalers claimed Sav-

Gordie Roberts

period when ‘Smith ‘Beat
goaltender Michel Larocque
from a sharp angle after
Payne had hit the goal post.
Payne beat Larocque with
a slap shot from just outside

scored twice to ard tripped Hartford de- the left faceoff circle mo-

ments later for his second

po
toa 7-8 victory over Toronto while stealing the puck, but goal of the’ game..

Maple Leafs in a National
Hockey League game Satur-
day night.

The triumph’ gave the
Capitals their first-ever back-
to-back wins over the ne epi
Leafs. Washington had beat-
en Toronto 6-2 Friday night
in Landover,’ Md.

Dennis Maruk, with his

rounded out the Washington
scoring. John Anderson, Dan

no penalty was called. After
stealing the puck, Savard
scored off a three-on-one
break.

Savard later scored a
short-handed goal into an
empty net after beating
Hartford goaltender John
Garret to a loose puck.

Whaler Mark Howe open-

power-play goal'in the first
period.

Glen Sharpley scored the
other goal for the North
Stars, while Mario Tremblay
and Keith Acton replied for
the Canadiens. \

Each team lost the services
of a defenceman in the game.

‘Minnesota’s Craig Hartsbur;

C3
was struck on the helmet by
a Guy Lapointe shot from the

-20th goal of the season, ed the game's scoring with a blue line in the first period,

and Lapointe was helped
from the ice in the second

Maloney and Rocky Saganiuk _—Ric Seiling, Lindy Ruffand period after suffering a char-

replied for Toronto, winless

Craig Ramsay scored Buffa-

CASTLEGAR MIDGET REPS spent 12 hours pa
Providing full service at Woodland Park Esso in efforts

i

ed
rs

ton Bruins

" game Benaey afternoon.

ley horse to his left leg.

The victory was Minneso-
ta’s first against the Cana-
diens in regul:

, Bie
to last year's rules to clarify,
“the situation for everyone.”

Meanwhile, the associ-
ation hopes to come up with
tule changes at a board of
directors meeting in Toronto
in January to present at the
annual meeting in Halifax in
May. |

Those changes could pro-
duce national championships ~
for club teams as well as elite
squads from various prov-
inces. i

The changes would like-
ly satisfy Notre Dame Col-
lege, Costello said.

bast night’ s NHL action

the count for the Oilers.

ick Middleton of the
Bruins and Mark Messier of
-the Oilers scored in the sec-
ond period to tie the score

ig-with" his" sec:
‘ond pest game, his 10th
of the season, in the final
period.

LosAng5Chi2 ..
LOS ANGELES (AP). —
Harris

of the season 2:19 apart in
the opening period to trigger
Los Angeles to a 5-2 National

: Saturday night. .

The victory, their fifth in‘
their last six outings, raised
the Kings’ league-leading rec-
ord in the Norlris Division to
16-6-1.and maintained a five-
point lead over Montreal.

The Hawks dropped to)
9-12-6.

Marcel Dionne picked up
two assists for Los Angeles
with perfect passes to tie
Simmer for the NHL scoring
lead with 45 points.

Harris. got the Kings rol; .
ling 5:17 into the opening -
period when he drilled a 20-
footer with Los Angeles
shorthanded. Simmer rifled
in his 25th score after taking,
a pass from Dionne at the
goal mouth -7:86 into the
period.

Steve Jensen, skating in
his first shift after sitting out
the last three games, came
off the bench to beat Hawk
goalie Murrary Bannermann
ona goal.

play
since Nov. 7, 1977. Last ‘April
27, the: North Stars elimin-
ated Montreal in the seventh
game of a best-of-seven Stan-
ley Cup quarter-final round.

Boston 6 Edm 3

_ .BOSTON (AP) — Goals
by Peter McNab and Bobby
Lalonde Jate in a furious
second period propelled Bos-
to a 6-3 victory
over Edmonton Oilers in a
National Hockey League

“MeNal
. broke a 8-3 tie, and Lalonde’s
score came at 19:51 as the
Bruins fired 14 shots on
goalie Ron Low in the period,

Wayne Gretsky’s 11th
goal of the season put Ed-
monton in front at 1:51 of the

. first period. But Jean Ratelle

to raise money to send the team to Sweden for an in-
vitational round of games in January.

Can tioersPete ly Lele Munghos

tied it for the Bruins less
than a minute later.
Wayne Cashman sent
Boston into a 2-1 lead on a
power play in the same per-

- fod. But Dave Hunter evened

ys goal‘at 18:17"

St. Louis 9 Calgary 3

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mike
Zuke, Wayne Babych, Bernie
Federko and Brian Sutter
each contributed two goals as
St. Louis trimmed
Flames 98 in a National
Hockey League game Satuf- .
day night, extending the
Blues’ unbeaten streak to
five games.

After spotting the Flames’
Kent Nilsson a goal

, seconds into the contest, the
. Blues exploded for seven'

straight goals against Cal-
gary netminder Pat Riggin —
including three consecutive
power-play goals in the first
period. The Blues had been
held to just one power-
play goal in their last 14
games.

The nine-goal outburst tied
the St, Louis club record.

Zuke boosted the Blues to -
a 2-1 lead when he netted a
pair of power-play goals just
over four’ minutes apart,