A2 CASTLEGAR NEWS, November 22, 1981 Information By RON NORMAN Editor B.C. Hydro's proposed Murphy Creek dam reservoir will raise the level of the Columbia River 14 metres (46 feet) at Castlegar — from an average 410 metres (1,376 feet) now, to 424 metres (1892 feet), Hydro said Thursday. Peter Calder, Hydro's Murphy Creek dam project co-ordinator, made the dis- closure to Castlegar council and some 70 residents at a special information meeting at city hall. But that was about all Hydro would tell the resi- dents. Bill Mykes, Hydro's com- munity relations officer, said most of the 17 studies on the dam and its impact won't be complete until early in the new year. Until the studies have been finished, the crown corpor- ation isn’t ready to answer questions on property ac- quisition, and environmental and social impacts. Mykes said the studies should be ready by February, at which time Hydro will hold an “in-depth” public forum, detailing all aspects of the project. Mykes added the studies will be available to the public at its office on Meanwhile, Calder said the Murphy Creek dam will em- ploy “something over 1,000" people at its peak, and the K id { next major decision will come in the spring of 1982 when Hydro will decide whether to apply to the B.C. Utilities for a water proj- ect will hire between 360 and 400 workers. Calder added that initially some 500-700 workers will be needed at the Murphy Creek project. In response to a question from Ald. Carl Henne, Calder said he estimates about 50-60 per cent of the workers will live outside the Hydro work camp and a good proportion of those will be local trades- men. However, he said the num- ber of local tradesmen em- ployed depends on the trades. He noted dam proj- ects call for a heavy emphasis on mechanical trades because electrical and mechanical costs make up one-half the project costs. He pointed out this area has a predominance of car- pentry-type, trades. He said about 40-50 per cent of the dam workers live in Hydro camps on a per- manent basis. Hydro is currently scout- ing the area for suitable camp locations for both the Mur- phy Creek and Keenleyside projects, he said. Mykes outlined Hydro's i le for Murphy Creek Columbia Ave. and Keenleyside. He said the licence. That will mean the cor- poration is pushing ahead with the projects, he said. He said homeowners at or below the 424 metre level won't necessarily have to sell their homes or move them. The impact may vary ac- cording to the variability of, the slope, the “take” line, the “safe” line, and the various types of protective measures, he said. Protective measures in- clude raising homes and filling in land, among other things. ‘Mykes said he could not’ indicate how many home- owners will be affected until the slope stability study has been completed. That study will provide data to establish the “safe” and “take” lines, he said. The “safe” and “take” lines are levels about the 424 metre mark. Rhys Jenkins, Hydro's senior lands super- visor in charge of all property matters for the Murphy Creek project, said the safe line is “the operating line of the reservoir which will allow for wave action and bank stability.” He said human habitation B.C. HYDRO representatives Rhys er lev spend Dec. 2 inspecting var- fous properties: He noted a B jocal real estate firm has and residents during recent Murphy Jenkins (right), Peter Calder (centre) Creek Dam information meeting. and Bill Mykes under fire from council is allowed above the safe line, but only farming and grazing is allowed between the take line and the safe line. Jenkins added that just because homes are above the 424 metre mark does not mean they will be “free and clear.” Meanwhile, former alder- man Jim Gouk asked if Hydro will offer assistance to home- owners who are having trou- ble selling their homes be- cause of the uncertainties of the proposed dam. Mykes said studies to date show no “discernable change to the real estate market in this area.” He said Hydro will meet with d However, he said Hydro will not make any offers until after the corporation applies to the utilities commission for a water licence. Jenkins said he will be available in the Hydro infor- mation office Dec. 1 and 3 to discuss individual concerns. He asked residents to make about their property — and has already met with several. with inf tion officer Alex Lutz. Jenkins added he will agreed to monitor the mar- ket, but Hydro hasn't heard any word on the study yet. In response to two inquir- jes about a lock in the new Murphy Creck dam to allow pleasure boaters to navigate the river, Calder said such a scheme would cost $80 mil- lion. He said the lock is “ob- viously not justified,” al- though Hydro will look at other means of transporting boats around the dam. Calder also said there is no requirement for the lock as part of navigational law on the Columbia River. Ald. Charlie Cohoe asked if a Hydro application to build a dam had ever been turned down by government. Mykes said, “I don't be- lieve that we have .. . but I don’t think it should be a foregone conclusion Murphy will go through.” Mykes stressed the appli- cation process to the BCUS is completely new and, “Hydro is not sure what to expect.” Mykes added that it is pos- sible for Keenleyside to pro- ceed without Murphy Creek, should Hydro dump Murphy Creek or if the BCUC rejects it. Mykes confirmed Murphy Creek is number three of el Hydro's priority list — bo- hind Site C in northeastern B.C, and Hat Creek coal plant in the Cariboo. Meanwhile, teacher Jim Young presented Hydro with a series of questions on be- half of the Castlegar and Dis- trict Wildlife Association, The questions touched on sewage disposal, water qual- ity, effluent from B.C. Tim- ber, “sink holes” created by fluctuating water tables (as they have in Nakusp), com- pensation for residents, a fish ladder for Keenleyside Dam, and protection of a number of fish spawning grounds. Norman Fields said he just “can't see a massive body of polluted water sitting there.” He said the river is difficult to enjoy now. “Already it stinks. What's going to happen when it’s a dam?” Calder said only one day's flow will be held in the res- ervoir, but Fields countered that the flow now isn’t al- ways sufficient. Mel McMullen asked if the dam is “really necessary” and if it would be delayed if Hydro’s energy growth fore- cast is low. Calder said Hat Creek has been delayed a year, and there is a possibility Murphy Creek could be delayed be- yond its 1989 startup date if the energy forecast is low. Flood victims block highway SQUAMISH (CP) — Angry Squamish residents blocked Highway 99 for about two hours Saturday to protest a lack of government aid to victims of recent floods. An RCMP spokesman said about 100 people blocked the highway, stopping traffic. After police diverted traffic around .the.. blockade, the protesters marched to. the main intersection in town where they hindered, but did not block, traffic. Const. Julio Krenz said no charges were laid. floods. They were demanding quick action by the municipal and provincial governments to stop the floods by com- pleting dike construction. After flooding earlier this month, a spokesman for Squamish ratepayers said the government has been stalling on finishing local dikes that are 90-per-cent complete. = Peter Gordon . said the flooding could have been prevented. Squamish is about 60 kilo- metres north of Vancouver. Nine people were ‘:illed on = He said the p were mainly from the areas of town affected by the the hig! y to on Oct. 28 when a bridge was washed out by heavy rains. No user fee for Selkirk College By CHERYL WISHLOW Staff Writer . Community users of Sel- kirk College library can breathe easier. The college board voted Tuesday at David Thompson | University Centre not to im- pose a $7.50 charge per item on inter-library loans. The board voted against the proposal after the col- lege’s program advisory com- mittee recommended the fee not be established. The com- mittee hid examined infor- mation from a wide variety of sources. Community user P. Lewty said he was quite prepared to pay the $10 annual member- ship fee — which was adopted — but was rather concerned, as were other community users, about the inter-loan fee. “Both individuals and local libraries rely on Selkirk to run the inter-library loan system,” he said. “Seven fifty would be a very heavy burden to pay for each indi- vidual.” Inquest called An inquest has been called by coronor Paul Oglow into the death of 10-year-old Mar- rissa Westhoff of Castlegar who died Sept. 12 after she was dug out from five feet of dirt while playing on a bank on South Ridge Drive. Westhoff was pronounced dead on arrival at the Castle- gar and District Hospital. The inquest will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 26 at the court house located in the Kinnaird Hall. Lewty said if the college was in financial difficulty then the importance of these services should be made known to other government departments. Paul Forestell, library ad- visory committee chairman, asked the board to clearly state where it stands with respect to the loan fee. He ssid if the board felt community use is a high priority than it should get sufficient funds to look after it. : Forestell said it is costing the college $5,000 for inter- library loans, of which $750 is spent for community users. By reducing the amount of community use more energy would be freely directed to student use, he said. “The money couild be spent for buying books;,” he sug- gested. “To charge the community $7.50 may not be: the entire answer. For that :reason I ask the board to give a clear statement.” Selkirk head lit John By CasNews Staff A pair of Castlegar resi- dents Thursday were named winners of the provincial tourism ministry's “Good Show” award for helping four stranded tourists earlier this fall. Bill Maartman, Pacific Western Airlines customer Could By CasNews Staff Selkirk College land could be used for agricultural pur- poses in the future. Don Harasym, Regional District of Central Kootenay planner told the college board Tuesday the regional district hopes some consid- eration will be given to va- cant college land for agri- cultural use. Tourism B.C.'s Brigit Mallett (left) pins “Good Show” awards on Joyce Brindley and Bill Maartman Good Show: aids marooned visitors service agent, and Joyce Brindley, Tilden car rental's counterperson at Castlegar Airport, were given good show pins and certificates in 8 special ceremony. Kootenay Boundary Visi- tors Association head Denny Edgar said the award stems from an incident one evening in September at the airport. Edgar said four Japanese tourists were “literally mar- ooned” in the airport when their flight into Castlegar was cancelled and they had to bus in from Penticton. The tourists — who couldn't speak English — made it known to Maartman and Brindley that they wanted to get to the “Kokan- ee Springs Hotel.” There was just one prob- lem — there isn't a Kokanee Springs Hotel — but there is a Kokanee Springs Resort. So Maartman and Brindley arranged a car, maps and a complete set of directions for the bewildered visitors. “What could have been play role in agriculture some consideration could be given to the vacant land for agriculture.” One-third of the college land is suitable for agricul- ture, he said. Harasym also suggested the board consider in its long-range plans the possibil- ity of offering agricultural management courses — something the provincial go- is it in, Mansbridge, who has always been opposed to the fee, noted that the community has no regional or imunicipal library in the area. As well, one-third of the circulation is to non-college personnel, he said. College principal Leo Perra said this week the policy as it stands now will probably be in place for a couple of years. WINTER DRIVING Longer nights require greater use of all lights. Take a walk arcund your car and make sure that all the lights are working. ym was on the Castlegar Fringe Set- tlement Plan, and ificall, He said the RDCK and the u I min. on Ootischenia, in which the college and its 160 acres lies. Agriculture, he said, was the first option of the resi- dents in an earlier question- naire. Presently, the RDCK is trying to determine through a mail ballot, how much de- velopment will be included in- the fringe settlement plan. “We recognize that there is aconsiderable amount of land within the college property not being used intensively,” he said. “If it is identified as the most important land use in the future, the RDCK hopes istry are studying the poten- tial of agriculture in the Slo- can Valley. The valley alone has the potential of generating $10 million of agricultural pro- ducts, he told the board, em- phasizing the agricultural ial of the C: “At the moment the col- lege is ining a Perra didn't forsee a two- known as ‘appropriate tech- nology,’ which deals with energy sources and food pro- duction means,” he said. year P as areality because it is already available at two other com- munity colleges in the prov- ince. Declare Reagan's offer a ‘gimmick’ MOSCOW (AP) — On the eve of Leonid Brezhnev's first trip to the West in al- most two years, the Soviet’ Union declared Saturday that President Reagan's arms reduction offer was a “gimmick” that could lead to a “more dangerous spiral of the nuclear arms race.” area. College principal Leo Per- ra said this week the only impact the of ing to _pacifying cosmetics, the United States is seeking to create a situ- Brezhnev, the party leader and president who is making his first trip to the West since the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan in December, 1979, flies to Bonn today and begins hold- ing talks Monday with West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Senior Pravda commenta- ‘tor Yuri Zhukov, a member of the Communist party Cen- tral Committee, in a TV ation political: for agriculture courses would be in terms of offering short- term courses for farmers of “gelf formers,” not to large economic units. the i 1 of NATO's decision to deploy new medium-range missiles in Europe,” said an article in Pravda, the Communist party pap night, their worst night in Canada turned into their best,” said Edgar. The four made it to Kok- anee Springs Resort, where they were treated to a sim- ilar welcome. In all, they stayed three or four days in the region before returning to their tour group in Van- couver, Edgar said. He predicted those four would pass along their story of their fine treatment and spur other visitors to come to the area. Orders end to illegal walkout ELKFORD (CP) — Union members returned to work at the Fording Coal operation late Friday after the B.C. Labor Relations Board or- dered the workers to end an illegal walkout. Chris Anderson, a spokes- man for the 1,200-member local of the United Steel- workers of America, said picket lines were set up Wednesday to protest the firing of an pl who Local president George Burton acknowledged from the start that the walkout was illegal and urged the strikers to return to work pending arbitration of the dispute. He said Friday he received an assurance from the com- pany that there would be no suspensions until an inves- tigation was completed. The Labor Relations Board did not address the issue of was suspected of stealing. ipline for the particip: of the walkout. Urges designation of Indian site Selkirk College board voted Tuesday to urge the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to designate the Indian village site at Vallican as a provincial heritage site. praised West for maintaining strong economic ties with the Soviet Union, and said Brezhnev’s trip kept the door open for expansion ofr Archeological investi- gations at a site adjacent to the Slocan River in Vallican have revealed an Indian vil- lage which has been occupied for at least 3,000 years. The designation of the site as a provincial heritage site will ensure that the site will be further investigated and will provide an educational resource for the West Koot- enay. The site is on 12 acres owned by Ernie Mason of MacDonald-Mason Realty. He has offered to sell the site for $37,000. @ i \ | Unveils plan for to Ae ar wnhouses . Cc F Tabernacle unvoiled plans Tuesday for a proposed 40-unit townhouse devel- opment and 400-seat church on 2.74 acres be- tween 7th and 8th Streets beside Twin Rivers elem- entary school.’ Pastor Roy Hubbeard and architect David Ho told about a dozen people at a public hearing the church will be located at the north end of the prop- erty and the housing com- plex at the south end. Parking will be provided adjacent to the housing complex, as well as be- tween. the church and townhouse. The housing project will consist of two levels, in- cluding 11 units for senior citizens. Rent in the units will vary according to the occupant’s income, Hub- beard said. A lounge and children's play area will also be’ in- cluded. Residents at the hearing d about said the church will oper- ate the housing complex and set down rules of con- duct for tenants. ‘ There were’ some ques- tions about keeping the property clean and the buildings cared for .and Hubbeard said they will be. Some residents sug- gested changes in the housing layout, with the one-bedroom units moved to the east side of the property and the three- bedroom units relocated on the west side adjacent to the school. The church also said -it must remove the Lom- bardy poplars in the park- ing area because they may be a hazard in high winds. One nearby homeowner objected to the proposal on the grounds it could be- come a “slum” area. CASTLEGAR NEWS, November 22, 198) a A3 Netherlands biggest demonstration ever By JAMES SMITH AMSTERDAM (AP) — An estimated 350,000 people pro- testing the nuclear arms race jammed the streets of Am- sterdam on Saturday in the Netherlands biggest demon- stration ever and the largest of this fall's anti-nuclear protest in Western Europe. Premier Andries van Agt told a meeting of his Chris- tiari Democratic party in the Dutch town of Breda that he sympathized with the demon- strators, but disarmament had to be a two-way street involving East as well as West. The protest, on an overcast but dry and relatively warm day, was often sombre, with church bells tolling repeated- ly along the march routes. But jazz bands and folk groups also serenaded the marchers from numerous ex- plained that CMHC re- quires a tenancy with a the layout, accessibility and location of the church and housing project. The housing project will be expensive, but will also be subsidized by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., church tion of wages to ensure lower income fam- ilies are subsidized by the higher income families. It will be subsidized housing, not low cost hous- ing, he said. Residents also sug- said. The church has also formed a housing society — the Castlegar Pentacostal Benevolent Association of B.C. — to manage the con- struction and take appli- cations for housing. Concern was also -ex- pressed about whether the units would be available to the general public or just to church members. Church officials said the units will be available to the public. Hubbeard added the church is under- taking a survey to see how many people are interested in the housing. sand 5th Ave. — should not gested of a footpath from the end of 6th Ave. to 8th Street to 5th Ave. There was also a feeling that the east portion of the property — at 8th Street be developed because it would create a “dangerous junction.” He noted the recom- mendations and said he will work on them and re- turn to council. The church must still re- ceive approval for changes in the community plan and rezoning from single family to multi-family before the roject can go ahead. Proj go oo, Reagan; Awaits delive By DAVID ESPO WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional negotiators struggled with each other and a threatened veto Sat- urday in an effort to draft an emergency spending bill that could rescue the U.S. gov- ernment from its day-old insolvency. President Reagan, stand- ing by at the White House, was waiting to see whether Congress would deliver an acceptable bill in time for him to leave Sunday as scheduled for a Thanksgiving vacation in California. The House of Represen- tatives and Senate were standing by as well, ready to debate any compromise that might emerge. But despite progress on some relatively minor differences, major dis- agreements remained. “J don't see any give,” said Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee. “Tm not optimistic.” About an hour after con- gressional negotiators re- sumed their talks, Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) said four major areas were un- resolved: spending on de- fence, social programs and foreign aid, and the expir- ation date fo the legislation. Technically, the govern- ment ran out of money at midnight Friday night when existing stopgap spending legislation expired. But the White House conceded no one would notice the differ- ence, at least for the time being. The new. measure is needed because, except for a measure covering its own operations, Congress has ot yet passed any of the regular money bills for the current 1, Hunger-strikers deaths studied more violations of prisoners’ rights, the official Radio tions were or whoat viola- tes prisoners rights BEIRUT, LEBANON (AP) and said 80 were killed by —. Iran's supreme leader, ‘helicopter gunfire when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khom- troops surprised them load- eini, said Saturday he wants ing weapons into a truck. Islamic regulations enforced The broadcast on Khom- in Iranian prisons and n0 ini didnot in that per- and many more whiteface or Reagan and Brezhnev masks. Police, who estimated the crowd at 350,000, said there was no violence and that they made no arrests. Banners proclaimed “Take the toys away from the boys,” and “No Battlefields in Europe.” Planes buzzed over- head towing messages for and against the protest, such as “Democratic Freedom thanks to NATO” and “Spread Hollanditis (pacif- ism) all over Europe.” Several hundred soldiers, many from a draftee's union, Adulterated cooking oil kills again MADRID (AP) — A 19- year-old girl and a 20-year- old soldier have died in Mad- rid, bringing to 200 the num- ber of deaths caused by adul- ealth Ministry said Saturday. Meanwhile, 569 of the more than 17,000 people 1,516 iod._ Rajavi and Bani-Sadr fled to Paris together July 29 and organized an expatirate to overthrow on what the Islamic prison regula- new fighting between sec- urity forces and Kurdis! tions might be taking place. But Kh i's i came amid increasing criti- cism of his Islamic funda- for rebels were killed “in the mmistreating, torturing and fiscal year, which began Oct. past few days” in clashes in illing prisoners with anti- the northwestern provinces _ Khomeini sentiments. Radio Tehran said Khom- eini met Chief Justice Aya- tollay Abdolkarin Ardabili and members of the Supreme Judicial Council to take about “the importance of carrying out the law in prisons, and The deaths of the IRA have shown that loss of 50 hunger-strikers earlier this per cent of one’s body protein creeahs Sere s year at Maze Prison in results in death. Northern Ireland can be at- tributed to loss of body fat, not loss of body protein, says Dr. Errol Marliss of the Uni- versity of Toronto. Marliss, a research speci- alist in i studied all the it il about the medical condition of the strikers and concluded that they could not have lost more than 80 per cent of their body protein during their fast. Studies of kwashorkor, or protein-deficienty disease, liss that the maximum period for complete fasting, on the part 2,800 of a young non-obese man, is have.been executed in the about 60 days and that the limitation is due to running dismissed President Abolhas- out of body fat, not body On Friday, the Paris office The strikers, Dr. Marliss of Iranian guerrilla chief says, “appeared to be losing Massoud Rajavi said two their lives at the moment at pregnant members of his which they lost every last Mujahedeen Khalq insurgent gram of their body fat.” group were recently exe- cuted in Iran. EXECUTES 2,800 Rajavi's office said about Khomeini’s government. Khomeini's protege, Aya- tollah Husgein Ali MOnta- zeri, was quoted by Radio Tehran as warning Iranian youth to remain united and “stay away from group in- es.’ Montazeri did not elabor- ate on what he meant by “group intrigues,” but Iran- ian officials have recently ex- pressed alarm over guerrillas infiltrating Islamic ‘groups, es ly the Rvolutionary Guards, Iran's militia. hout ‘Spain made ill by the oil are still in hospital, 444 of them in Madrid, the officials said. About 2.6 million liters of the oil —: most of it collected by. officials from lower-class families — is to be burned in a plant at Ponferrada, a town near central Spanish city of Leon. The officials said most of ‘the olive oil, which had been adulterated with industrial rapeseed oil, was sold out- side normal retail markets. The Health Ministry has since prohibited the sale of almost 20 brands of olive oil, and more than 25 persons have been arrested and are facing trial in the. scandal. 45 killed when roof collapses ‘ JIDDA (AP) — Ferty- five people, were-killed ‘and... more than 90 injured when a» ceiling collapsed on two wed- ding parties in a reception hall put up without a licence, five months since Khomeini san Bani-Sadr. Iran has offi- cially it d Saudi said Sat- urday. They said most of the vic- tims were women but that the brides and r4 The..collapse occurred Thursday evening in Taif, not far from the Moslem holy city of Mecca. The newspapers said rescue teams pulled many of the 850 guests from the rubble and saved their lives by speeding them to hospitals. is under Sate An igatic way. demonstrated in uniform in defiance of a ban by Defence Minister Hans van: Mierlo. Folksingre Donovan enter- tained from th epodium with protest songs, including one withthe refrain’ “neutron, you're a real estate bomb.” + HUMAN LOGJAM +The demonstrators, des- pite walking between 20 and 80. abreast, caused human logjams.as some got back to the Museum Square rallying point before ‘others could even leave the square. “Hollanditis is a ‘chronic disease which will snot be cured tomorrow,” said Mient Jan Faber, director of the Inter-Church Peace Council, in one of many speeches. “The express trains and buses of peace will roll on.” Faber said the high degree of organization in the Dutch peace movement, including 400 local branches of the Church Peace Council, ac- counted for the size of the gathering. * The Dutch railway added 17 extra “peace trains” to meet demand, and 38,200 chartered buses brought pro- testers from all over the ccuntry and from Belgium, West Germany and Britain. Bernard Dijkhuizen, spokesman for the Amster- dam. police, said “at least 300,000 demonstrators were here and possibly more.” Assassins’ trial opened Saturday CAIRO (AP) — The mili- tary trial of two dozen Mos- lem fundamentalists charged in the assassination of Pres- ident Anwar Sadat opened on Saturday with ‘some of the accused ‘claiming they: had been tortured and all of them saying their actions were divinely inspired, * The chief ‘judge, . Gen. Samir Fadel Atteya, set the next session for Nov. 30 after reading the indictment .and listening to shouted denials to some of the charges from the defendants, several. of whom had undressed wounds on their shaven heads. The two-storey, white- washed court building at an army camp outside Cairo was surrounded by armed para- troopers and military police. Floor-to-ceiling sandbags blocked the main corridors of the building, and reporters were frisked before entering the courthouse. ' ~ Before the judges entered the courtroom, the man §c-” cused of leading the ‘assas- sins, army Lieut. Khaled Ah- med Shanky el-Islanbouly, shouted: “I am Khaled el- Islambouly and I am the one who killed the tyrant.” As the judge called out the names of the defendants and asked their ages, occupa- tions, addresses and the names of their defence law- yers, el-Islambouly said he relied only on God. a The 28 defendants who were in court — a 24th was undergoing medical treat- ment — chanted that they -‘ were not part of any group or party. “We did what we did for God’s cause!” they yelled. “God is great!” The defendants, all men, were divided into four sec- tions in a 12-metre-long steel cage that served as a pris- oners’ dock. A number of defendants, addressing the three-judge military tribunal, claimed they were beaten and tor- tured by state security per- sonnel during their inter- rogation and detention in civilian prisons. But they said treatment improved marked- ly once they were trans- ferred to a military prison several days before the trial began. The four men accused of shooting Sadat to death dur- ing’a military:parade Oct-’6" aré! charged’ with ‘premedi-: tated’ murder ‘and ‘the 20 others are accused of con- spiracy to commit premedi- tated murder. . In addition to Sadat, seven other people were killed and 27 wounded when four men in army uniforms jumped from a truck and fired auto- matic weapons into the re- viewing stand. Reagan victories _ harder WASHINGTON (AP) — President Reagan may. be losing his footing as the king of Capitol Hill, with Repub- licans and. Democrats alike acknowledging that it will be harder for him’ to. gain’ fur- ther congressional victories a i to gain per cent. But that move fared no better in the Republican- run Senate’ Appropriations Committee, which refused to trim even two per cent. “A lot of them want to show their independence,” Conte said of the House Re- n his r “You can only march the troops to the trenches, so. much,” said Republican Rep- resentative Silvio Conte of Massachusetts. Conte was:one of 18 Re- publicans in the House of Representatives who helped defeat a move last week to. cut five per cent from a ‘con- tinuing spending resolution that Reagan's congressional allies say is over budget and might face a presidential veto. Reagan actually asked for 12-per-cent cuts but relented and said he would take five who voted against the cut. “They feel they've been pulled around by the nose enough. There was a strong feeling out there that we've done our job” by sup- porting the first round of budget cuts. “We're ‘back to normal now,” House Democratic leader Jim Wright of Texas said. “The significant differ- ence was not that we lost 29 Democrats — that's par for the course — but rather that Republicans lost 18 of theirs. They did not march with that lock-step precision” seen in earlier votes. , By THE CANADIAN PRESS SOCRED WOMEN ANGRY Social Credit women in British Columbia are angry. And leading the pack is Annie Bennett, mother of Premier Bill Bennett. To make a point, Bennett’s mother was one of several women who wore green and white toa meeting Thursday of the B.C. Socieal Credit Women's Auxillary. _ The women, who voted for the traditional party colors of green and white at last year’s convention, are angry because red and blue were abundantly used in party brochures and other material. A resolution passed this week stated that the party brass is defying the democratic will of the membership, Barbara Foxwell, president of the.auxillary, said “the thing that really irks people is the red. Because this is, - really, a left-wing color.” FISH DISH WINS- » v A Winnipeg chef has won the Wiser's Deluxe Culinary Classic. Yoshitak Chubaci, 30, won the cook-off with his version ofa fish dish stuffed with crab meat and garnished with ... WORLD BRIEFS... Chubaci, a native of Japan, was one of 17 contestants from across Canada who competed in the fourth annual competition. Other winners include: Francois Keller of Montreal for hors d'oeuvres, Richard Bergeron of Montreal for poultry-game, Dominique Lazartiques of Toronto for meat and Bernard Mayer of Digby, N.S., for the best desert. 3 AID TO INDIA NEW DELHI (AP) — The Canadian International Development Agency has signed three agreements to provide India with $125’ million in development aid. One agreement provides for a $50-million loan to India’s Agricul Corp., which in turn will make loans available to small, marginal farms. 5 A second agreement will make available $45 million for oil exploration, with a third loan of $80 million for Manitoba golden caviar and little in electric power production. iP! The accords were signed Saturday by CIDA president Marcel Masse and R.N. Malhotra, secretary of India’s Economic Affairs Department. 5 RUBIK’S CUBE CHAMP It took Danny DeAngelis one minute and eight seconds to solve that nerve-racking puzzle known as Rubik's Cube —and his time was good enough to make him the Rubik's Cube Champion of Welland, Ont. DeAngelis, 12, from Port Colborne, Ont., managed to break his own personal record of 1:20 to beat 50 other contestants for the title. He was surprised that he won the contest because he had heard older contestants brag they were-able to solve the cube in a minute flat. 74-YEAR-OLD MACHO MAN Claude Kremer was stunned when he received the bill from a hospital in Richland, Wash. But it wasn't the cost that surprised him. It was the services provided. labor room, delivery room, delivery material and maternity recovery for his wife's hospital stay. Kremer's wife, Charlotte, 74, had been in hospital for a The 74-year-old man received a bill for the use of ey back problem. Although the hospital corrected the bill on another page of the statement, Kremer felt obliged to write to the hospital anyway. “I told them my first impression was one of joy and macho,” he said. “I think I can appreciate how good old Abraham (of the Bible) felt about his wife, Sarah, who was approximately 65 (when she gave birth). - DOUBLE WINNER Friday turned out to be more than the end of the week for Mike King of Kamloops, B.C. When he opened his Coffee Crisp chocolate bar for he di fast in the e winner of a bottle of Pepsi-Cola. For lunch, he had a bottle of Pepsi, and when he looked at the bottle cap liner, he discovered he was a winner again. What did he win? A free Coffee Crisp, of course. d that he was the