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CASTLEGAR NEWS, November 8, 1981

Ootischenia

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOCCE

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y School. From left: Front
row; Ross Kennedy, Chris Sandrin, Travis Green, Wade Schatz,
Michael Strobel and David Vecchio. Middle row; David Ackney,
Blaine Mather, Joey Wyatt, Darcy Hart, Ted Lowcay, Mark Jacob and

R champion: Ootischenia schoo!
left; Front row; Derek Kittson, Dean Osachoff, Myles Makortoff,
Danny Lewis and Chris Poohachoft. Middle row; Leslie Palmer,

Dolgo

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and Kinnaird win champ

Taking full advantage of
fine weather Wednesday,

Castlegar school district’

} elementary schools met at

the Twin Rivers and Stanley
Humphries Secondary school
sports fields to play for the
district elementary soccer
chamionships.

After the full slate of 10

games had been completed,

Allen Streliev. Back row; Coach Jim Corbett, Doub Gorcak, Trent

Ig |, Brennen Turner, Dane Jackson, Gordon Gjennestad,
Derrick Churchill and Jason Hughes. Missing from photo are Chad
Carr and David Kravski.

3 whad a victorious day on Sat-

|. From George Kalesnikoff, Stan Makortoff, Blaine Bartsoff, Denny Popoft
and Duane Samoyloff. Back row; Coach D. Lepsoe, Lorne Kanigan,
Scott Bole, Carl Overnnay and Scott Moorey.

Falcons and Rams looking up

By Bruce Lowitt
The Associated Press
When the National Foot-
ball League season began,
many observers figured San
Francisco '49ers would spend

most of the year looking up at
Atlanta Falcons and Los An-
geles Rams.

It hasn't quite worked out
that way. Heading into NFL
games today, the Falcons and

4

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jUNDAY

GENTLEMEN'S HOCKEY LEAGUE — Cohoe Insurance vs Trans-X

ct 4:15 p.m, in the new arena with Kalesnikoff vs Maloney at
.. 6:15 p.m, in the old arena.

COMMERCIAL HOCKEY — Williams Moving and Storage vs Badd
~ Manor Cabaret from 12:30 to 2 p.m. J

NATIONAL LEAGUE FOOTBALL — Pittsburgh Steelers at Seattle

Seahawks on Channel 6 at 1 p.m. beter

INDAY ©
GENTLEMEN'S HOCKEY LEAGUE — Kalesnikotf Lumber vs Goose

Creek in the old arena at 8:15 p.m. .
FOOTBALL — Buffalo Bills at the Dallas Cowboys on Channel 4 at

6p.m.

TUESDAY
KUHL — Trail Junior Smokeaters take on the Castlegar Rebels at
the Community Complex.

IDNESDAY
VOLLEYBALL — Senior Girls, Trail vs SHSS at 4:30 p.m.
NHL HOKCEY — Quebec Nordiques vs Vancouver Canucks on
Channel 13 at 7 p.m. .

THURSDAY
GENTLEMEN'S HOCKEY LEAGUE — Cohoe Insurance vs Maloney
at 8:15 in the ald arena.
COMMERCIAL HOCKEY — Mountain Sports Hut vs Badd Manor
Cabaret from 12:20 to2 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL — Senior Girls, SHSS at Rossland at 3:30 p.m.

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Rams are looking up at the
resurgent ‘49ers, the two-
game leaders in the National
Confernce West.

Since San Francisco lost
34-17 to the Falcons in At-
lanta, the ‘49ers have reeled
off a club-record six con-
secutive victories for a 7-2
mark, matching the league-
best record also held by
Dallas Cowboys and Philad-
elphia Eagles, the co-leaders
in the NFC East.

“Obviously San Francisco
is a much better team than
we played in September,”
says Leeman Benentt, coach
of the Falcons who visit the
"49ers today. “They have im-
proved dramatically.

“The acquisition of (defen-
sive end) Fred Dean and the
maturing of Joe Montana at

> quarterback have brought

their team together. They
are very similar to how we
were a year ago. They are
young and have won some
big games to gain the con-
fidence that is needed to win
down the stretch.”

Other games are Tamps
Bay Buccaneers at minnesota
Vikings, New Orleans Saints
at Los Angeles, Cincinnati
Bengals at San Diego Char-
gers, Cleveland Browns at
Denver Broncos, Pittsburgh
Steelers at Seattle Sea-

MacKINNON,
ALDERMAN

hawks, Philadelphia at St.
Louis Cardinals, Miami Dol-
phins at New England Pa-
triots, Oakland Raiders at
Houston Oilers, New York
Giants against Green Bay
Packers in Milwaukee, New
York Jets at Baltimore Colts,

“] thought every phase of
our defence was good against
New Orleans — yet against
San Francisco it will be an
even more difficult challenge
becaue the ‘49ers have more

weapons at their disposal,”*

said Bennett. Montana, who

Detroit Lions at
Redskins and Chicago Bears
at Kansas City Chiefs. Buf-
falo Bils visit Dallas on
Monday night.
LEADS LEAGUE

The Falcons played just
about their best football of
the year last Sunday in New
Orleans, where they routed
the Saints 41-10. Atlanta
limited George Rogers to 20
yards on 15 carries, while
Steve Bartkowski and Alfred
Jenkins teamed up on touch-
down pass plays covering 48,
60 and 47 yards. Bartkowski
leads the league in TD passes
with 21.

threw one
the 49ers 17-14 upset victory
over Pittsburgh (surviving
two interceptions by - the
Steelers along the way), is
the NFC's top-rated passer.

The buccaneers started
their season off right by
beating Minnesota 21-18.
Now they visit the Vikings,
tied with them for the NFC
Central lead at 5-4

The Rams, like the Fal-
cons, have been an on-and-off
team all seaon. Last week
they staggered past Detroit |
20-138 — but they lost quart-
erback Jeff Rutledge in the
process. ed

Ootischenia emerged unde-
feated as “A” division cham-

Captures two

The Stanley Humphries
Senior Secondary school
Rockettes field hockey teams
showed their dominance in
West Kootenay field hockey
by capturing both the junior
and senior field hockey cham-
pionships recently.

The senior championship
was billed as a close contest
between the Rockettes and
L.V. Rogers Bomberettes of
Nelson. In league play the
Rockettes had blanked the
Bomberettes 1.0.

The Rockettes were well
prepared for the title match.
From the opening bully the
Rockettes dominated play.
Andrea Belczyk scored early
on a prenalty stroke. The
second goal came off a goal-
mouth scramble when Dona
Kinakin tipped in the re-
bound.

The final tally was a pic-
ture perfect play from Lisa
Martini and Andrea Belezyk
with Beth Krug deflecting
the ball behind the Nelson
keeper. Celina Sookachoff
and Lynn Lefurgey play their
best games of the season and
held Nelson's top scorer to
only three shots on goal.

The win gave the Rock-
ettes their ninth West Koot-
enay title in the last 10 years.

The team now travels to
the provincial “AA” cham-
pionships in Burnanby Nov.
11-15.

The Junior Rockettes also

pions. Kinnaird elementary
came aut “BR division chan
pions. :

En route to the title,
Ootischenia defeated Pass
Creek 6-0, Tarrys in a shoot
out after a It draw, and
Twin Rivers in the "A" finals
3-0, Twin Rivers School had
previously beaten Kinnaird
elementary 2-1 and Rlue-
berry Creek 3:1.

Kinnaird elementary took

urday. The team has a lot of
potential; but, because of this
fall's wet weather conditions
was not able to prove it
earlier because several
games were cancelled.

In the opening match, the
Rockettes dominated Traf-
algar and came away with an
easy 2-0 victory. Alexis
Walsh, Collen Ehman, and
Kim Reibin played exception-
ally well by distributing the
ball and setting plays, coach
Verna Chernoff said.

The championship game
had the Rockettes playing
Rossland. Alexis | Walsh
scored early and then it be-
came a defensive game. Julie
Perehudoff and Kim Keraiff
played well on defense. Luci-
ana Alvarez recorded both
shut-outs.

The win gave the Junior
Rockettes the West Koot-
snag gone

ionships

the "B" division title by
blanking Woodland Park 2-0
and then turned on its full
power in the finals against
Robson Schoo! beating them
7-0,

‘All arrangements for the
tournament were undertaken
by Mr. E. Pellerine and Twin
Rivers School. All games
wore officiated by members
of the SHSS senior boys
soccer team.

titles

A new Grade 9 team was
also formed this season. The
team practiced at noon hour
and then entered the junior
tournament. In the first
game, the team lost a close
1-0 match to the Rossland
team which finished second
overall. Shauna Flynn, Vickie
Pruss and Paula Chaves
played very well in the
match.

The second contest was
against the Trafalgar squad.
The nine Rockettes were
outplayed in the contest and
went down to a 2-0 defeat.
Shelley Chernoff and Kim
Thors came up with the best
effort for the nine Rockettes.

FOR MAYOR
VOTE

Audrey Moore

The Castlegar & District
Project Society

will meet
TUES. NOV. 10

7:30 p.m.
in the hall of the Community Complex.

All citizens interested in the construction of ad-
ditional recreational facilities are invited to at-

tend.

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DESTROYERS

HALIFAX (CP) — Two of 16 Canadian warships taken
out of service Friday for inspection of possible boiler
pastures have resumed active duty after no cracks were

A Defence Department spokesman in Halifax, Lt.-Cdr.
Doug Caie, said Saturday both ships returned to service
are based at Esquimalt, B.C,

‘Two other affected ships, the Fraser and Skeena are
undergoing refit in Montreal,

WITHHOLD STRIKE PAY
‘ RICHMOND (CP) — The B.C. Teachers’ Federation
lecided Friday not to withhold strike pay from teachers
who walk off the job this fall.

A motion by the West Vancouver Teachers’
Association to withhold money from the federation’s
reserve fund Pending an affirmative vote in next
February's province-wide referendum was rejected by a
majority of the 116 delegates at the federation’s
assembly.

The ref will ask the p 's 28,000 teachers
whether they want the right to strike as an alternative to
binding arbitration at the local level.

POLAND LABOR

WARSAW (AP) — Communist party chief Wojciech
saic that “fi M ditions” exist

for settling Poland’s labor crisis.
But more than 160,000 strikers angry over food
ges and other I d off the job and
horities were rep to

negotiate with them.

BOMB

BELFAST (AP) — Irish Republican Army guerrillas
set off a bomb in a tractor in the main square of a
Northern Ireland farming village Saturday, slightly
wounding three British soldiers on patrol and six
vicilians, police said.

The almost exclusively Roman Catholic IRA claimed
responsibility for the attack, which occurred a few hours
after.it condemned a new Anglo-Irish initiative to end
.sectarian strife in the British province.

Militant Protestants also opposed the initiative.

ANGUS MacLEAN

CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) — Angus MacLean, the man
who served more years in elected office than any other
Islander, said goodlby goodbye to Progressive Con-
servative party faithful in an emotional address
Saturday.

MacLean, 67, is retiring after 2'/ as premier of Prince
Edward Island.

MacLean. told about 1,500 Tories gathered in a
university gymnasium for the party's leadership con-
vention on the weekend he was thankful for their faith in
him over the years. He said he had entered and won more
elections and the biggest majorities overall of anyone in
PEI political history.

MOURNERS

BEIRUT, LABANON (AP) — Millions of Iranian
mourners, marking the death of a Shiite Moslem leader
13 ago, di d with

hest- gs and other rites, Tehran Radio

cadcast said the

8 for the rites
z Lei thie sei hey % iii Bled
in amassacre in Iraq in the year 680.
NDPCONVENTION 3
ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. (CP) — The Newfoundland New
De Part; started

'y got

without national leader Ed Broadbent, who had been
scheduled to give an opening address. Broadbent
remained in Ottawa for a meeting with Prime Mlnister
Trudeau on the constitution.

_ ‘The annual convention will chose a new leader today to
replace Fonse Faour who said last month he was stepping
down.

FAISALABAD (AP) — Two buses carrying Moslem
pilgrims home from a holy shrine crashed within hours of
each other, killing 14 passengers and injuring at leust 59
others, police officials in this northern Pakistani city said
Saturday.

The buses were returning from the Saint Sultan Bahu
shrine near Jhang on Friday night. 4

In one of the crashes, police said, many of the:
passengers were sitting on the roof of the bus when it
crashed into a tree. Details on the other accident were ot
immediately available. 5

EARTHQUAKE

SANTIAGO (AP) — A strong earthquake jolted
central Chile early Saturday, authoriteis said. No injuries
wer reported and damage was minor.

The quake lasted only 90 seconds and caused sporadic
power outages and shattered windows, the officials said.
‘The-quake was flet 1,850 kilometres north of the capital,
725 kilometres south and at least 150 kilometres across
the Andes. |

The U of Chile’s said
the quake measured 7 on the Richter scale, which is
considered a major earthquake capable of causing major
damage.

WOMAN KIDNAPPED

GALLARATE, ITALY (AP) — A pregnant woman
kidnapped 19 days ago was Saturday after her family
paid an undisclosed ransom, police reported.

Wally Tiboni, 32, was taken to a hospital for a checkup
but her husband said she was in good condition. She is
sven months pregnant and expecting by January.

Itboni was abducted at gunpoint Oct. 19 from her
husband's meatpacking plant near this northern Italian
town.

At least 27 people have been kidnapped in Italy this
year. Three of them have been found dead and six remain
in captivity.

ih MINE EXPLODES

White, will be displaying

POPPY DISTRIBUTION took place throughout the city
Friday and Saturday. Many persons like Ray Gat-
tinger, shown here receiving his poppy from Molly

@ poppy now until W

nesday’s Remembrance Day when special services

will take place throughout Canada in memory of those

who gave their lives durin;
Remembrance Day will ta

two world wars. The local
e place at Kinsmen Park. '

See front page story for details, — —coewsFotoby Ron Norman

u
CASTLEGAR NEWS, November 8, 1981 B3

Seek increase:

Continued from page Al
Teachers have already cut
every demand by half “or
more,” Medvedeff said. +
have dropped
their demand for class prep-
aration time for elementary
teachers from 800 minutes a
week to 180, he said.
Elementary school teach-
ers now receive 80 minutes a

“There is no justification
for this. Teachers are doing
their part,” he said.

“Only two years ago one of
our schools made the head-
lines and was labelled ‘super
school’ after undergoing the
‘education ministry's accredi-
tation process.”

Medvedeff

week for class preparation. — the

Medvedeff said teachers
also backed off on their
demand for relief from all
supervision duties. He said
teachers had asked the board
to get supervisors for before.
school, recess, lunch, and af-

ter school. ul

However, teachers sug-
gested instead. that small
schools receive a 45-minute
duty-free lunch hour starting
in January, while the other
schools ‘ would ‘receive the
same benefit beginning next

But he said the board failed

respond.

to “They were
using stalling tactics.”

By CasNews Staff
A Central Kootenay Re-
gional District director Sat-
urday accused the provincial
government of trying to
blame local g: for

Formula could

‘son told the board ‘the. pro-
vinciah government's. new
property tax assessment for-
mula could mean trouble for
the district.

said the provin-

inflation.
Area J director Martin
Vanderpol said he is “sick
and tired” of federal and pro-
vincial governments making
local government a “scape-
goat” for rising costs.
Vanderpol made ‘the com-
ment after regional district
administrator Reid Hender-

By CasNews Staff |
Communities on the out-
|_ skirts of Castlegar without
er Ng :
fire department for help un-
less a prior agreement has
been signed.

Council at a recent meeting
said city firefighters will not
provide fire service to any
facility — residences, schools
or churches — outside city
limits unless under written
agreement,

The move was sparked by
arequest from Blueberry and
Ovtischenia elementary
schools for fire ion.
Both schools are in areas
without fire departments.

Protective services chair-
man Ald. Carl Loeblich said

ommended the move.

Loeblich said neither Oot-
ischenia nor Blueberry
schools have fire hydrants
and Castlegar's four tanker/
pumpers each have just a
500-gallon capacity.

Once they're out there,
there’s no place to refill,
Loeblich said. The firemen

Toll-free.
One:‘way

By CasNews Staff

B.C. Telephone Co. cus-
tomers in Slocan will be get-
ting one-way toll-free calling
to Nelson, but Salmo cus-
tomers will still have to pay
to call the Queen city.

Harry Dryndahi, B.C. Tel's
district customer service
manager said the decision to
have one-way toll-free calling
from Slocan to Nelson was
based on the- results of a
recent plebiscite and follow-
up research which showed
67.4 per cent of the cus-
tomers were in favor of the
service.

By the same token, a pleb-
iscite in the Salmo area in-
dicated only 24 per cent of

‘the road between San Mateo
about 198 kilometres from Guatemala City.

The same day an armed band attacked the village of
San Juan Camala, 160 kilometzes southwest of the
capital, and killed seven peasants, police said. No group
claimed responsibility for either attack.

NEW LEADER

CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) — The premier-elect and
new leader of the Prince Edward Island Progressive
Conservative party is James Lee, 44, chosen in a
leadership convention Saturday to replace the retiring

Ge Angus Lee aly),

the favored the
- one-way toll-free service,
Dryndahl said.

“Prior to seeking approval
of the Canadian Radio-tele-
vision and Telecommunica-
tions Commission, B.C. Tel is
required to obtain an affir-
mative vote from the major-
ity (60 per cent plus one) of
the total telephone custom-
ers in the exchange.”

He said of the 864 ballots

mailed out, 601 valid ballots

protection won't be able
PE iigarys (vulinteer gar'starts te’ protect outlying”

fire chief Dan Fitger rec-

cial government recently an-
nounced that residential
property values will be taxed
at a rate of 10 per cent in
1982 — down one per cent
from the 11 per cent rate in
1981.

It is the third straight year
the tax rate has decreased. In
1980 it was 14.5 per cent, but

No agreement;
no fire coverage

would just have to sit back
and watch the blaze burn,
added another alderman.
“Loeblich sald that i Cas

areas, it could leave the city
undermanned.

“If, we conduct a shuttle
service we leave our own
town unprotected,” he ex-

numerous requests from out-
side the city limits for assis-
tance, he said.

“It’s an ar.> we don't feel
we should get involved in.”
He also noted that if the city
accepts these requests it will
have to look at similar re-
quests.

Ald. Len Embree said
council can only take the one
position, pointing out Blue-
berry residents were invited
te share costs and hook into
the new water supply sys-
tem, but declined.

Council indicated it would

mean trouble —

the provincial government
reduced it to just 11 per cent
to offset in resi-

He added the provincial
government is forcing local

dential property values.
However, Henderson said
some areas — particularly
those with low development
— could actually lose tax
dollars from the new formula.
He pointed to Robson/
y fire i

g to increase the
mill rate just to collect the
same amount of money it did

the year before. ty
But at the same time it
appears the local government
is responsible for rising taxes
— when in fact it is simply
t of

area as an example.

In 1980 Robson/Raspberry
collected 15 mills to pay for
fire protection — or $48,212.

In 1981 at the 11 per cent
tax rate, the area levied the
same 15 mills, but only col-
lected $41,142, a decrease of
more than $7,000. At the
same time inflation was run-
ning near 18 per cent.

In 1982 the tax rate will be
10 per cent, and in order for
the area to collect the same
amount of money as last

house, values.

raise as much as it did last
year. However, the Robson/
Raspberry area has a limit of
15 mills, placed on it at the
time it went to referendum.

In order to raise any more
money the area will:be forced
to go to another referendum,
and raise the mill rate.

Henderson said the area
lost $11,891 last year in
taxes, and stands to lose
another $17,185 in 1982 — for.
a total of nearly $30,000 over
two years.

He said other services
throughout the regional dis-
trict will also be hit, including
recreation facilities, ceme-
tery operations, garbage
dumps, and libraries.

The regional board agreed
to send a letter to other re-

ional districts asking for

consider such when
di water

gi
support in a bid to have the.

stop
tax

the
money, Vanderpol explained.
Area H. director Corky
Evans suggested the board
approach other regional dis-
tricts and demand the prov-
incial gc allow re-

deff said b

board
showing
Castlegar now ranks 67th
the 75 B.C. school districts in
class size, and in the last
eight years has dropped from
82nd to GS4th in per pupil

ding on ‘ 3

provided
statistics that
of

teaching
However, Jones .gaid su-
is part of teachers’
duties and is set ‘out in the
regulations. Spat ers

a cost of $60,000 a year.
She added ‘present ' prep-
aration time'for.elementary)
teachers’ costs: the district
$100,000 ‘a year. “This is ‘a
yet expensive “item,”.‘ she

- Chasftises.

her fellow”

Progressive
Conservatives |

SASKATOON (CP) — An
89-year-old woman ‘Saturday
fellow:

Opportunity —
to hear all —
candidates
Castlegar voters will

have’ an opportunity to

hear and question candi-
dates in’ the upcoming

gional districts to collect
their own taxes.

Pearce suggested the gov-
erninent should have reduced
the tax rate everywhere but

be Xs

Sma
By Glenn Somerville

HOUSTON (CP) — U.S.

space officials announced Sat-

urday they will try again to
launch the space shuttle Co-

Lape BR en

at an
all-candidates meeting 7:80
p.m. Thursday at Stanley:
Humphries Senior Second-
ary school on 7th Ave. and

the forum, Voters go to the
‘polls Nov. 21.

weitesinAnoe abe cpenrrremte!

“We've. got @, young man
here, and I don’t want to hear
about a leadership review,”

_erisp comments

d off a. standing. ova-

tion: from ‘the 600 delegates
who interupted her talk with.

ah Gs

odap
We ea

feels can be made, an official
with the National Acronau-
ties and Space A

aunch Thursday

Canadian-made cargo arm

tion said in a prepared state-
ment.
ce three

jumbia on satisfied

a problem that stopped it on
the pad just 81 seconds from
blastoff last Wednesday. is
solved. i

Working round-the-clock
shifts, engineers determined
that draining and flushing
a power units that
showed excessive pressure
and changing their filters
makes them fit to fly. Chang-
ing the units would have
meant a launch delay into
next week.

At 7:30 am. EST liftoff
Thursday is a very tight

were available in outlying
communities.

for Slocan

were returned. Only 210 (42
per cent of those who voted,
but only 24 per cent overall)
were in favor of the service.
Dryndshl said B.C. Tel will
now turn its attention to the
Slocan area where it will
order and install the equip-
ment needed to. make toll-
free calling possible.
Tentative implementation
date for the service is May,
1983. The date is subject to
construction and other dela:

the p
rate.
Vanderpol said he is con-
cerned about the effects of
the policy and would like to
see the provincial: .govern-
ment examine some form:of
alleviating. the problems.
“(It) is endangering the fu-
ture of the fire department in
Robson,” Vanderpol said. .

GM joins

in dealer

incentives
TORONTO (CP) = Gen-

eral Motors of Canada Ltd.
has joined other major North

ys
and final approval by the™
CRTC.

The Slocan plebiscite was
conducted by B.C. Tel in
June, 1981 and showed 68.6
per cent of the voters, in
favor. However, that was
still less than the total num-
ber of eligible voters.

In order to provide the
CRTC with a “clear opinion”
on the one-way toll-free sys-
tem, B.C. Tel surveyed a

of those

car

in offering dealer incentives
to stimulate lagging car sales
in Canada.

In an attempt to counter
the rebate programs an-
nounced last month by its
competitors, GM Canada said
it will reduce the interest it
charges on 1981-new-car
loans, a move it says could
save car. buyers more than
$50 million.

GM, the largest Canadian

who did not respond and
. compared the results with’
those in the plebiscite.

The combined results
showed a clear majority in
favor.

said that through
participating dealers it will
offer interest rates of 14.2
per cent on all new 1981 cars
and light-duty trucks bought
between Nov. 2 and the end
of the month.

hedule but one which the
mission management team

Say military.
bases should -
‘be removed

LONDON (REUTER) — A
majority of Britons think
U.S. military bases in Britain
should be removed, an opin-
ion poll shows.

The survey, published in
the newspaper The Oberver
Saturday, said 53 per cent og
those questioned wanted the
bases removed. No figure
was given on the number of
people who wanted the bases
to remain or on those who
had no opinion.

About 57 per cent of those
polled said they thought U.S.
President Reagan's defence
and foreign policies made
nuclear war more likely.
Eight per cent felt his
policies made nuclear less
likely.

But 67 per cent of the same
sample favored Britain keep-
ing its own independent nu-
clear force, against 28 per
cent who wanted to abandon
it.

The poll found 73 per cent
of those polled thought Bri-
tain should stay in NATO,
with 12 per cent in favor of
withdrawal.

power units are vital for
launching and landing the
spaceship. They control hy-
draulic movement of its three
huge. engines at liftoff and
drop the landing gear and

brake the shuttle when it re-,.

turns to earth,

space when & computer
halted te launch because of a
pressure rise in the shuttle’s
oxygen tanks. That wasn't
considered critical, but dis-
covery of high pressure in
the auxiliary power units
caused George Page, launch
director at Cape Canaveral,
Fla,, to scrub the attempt.
CLOGGED FILTERS
NASA officials said filters

on the power units were.. elites.

clogged by'a waxy matérial

by. contamination,
from the fuel hydrazine that

mixed with lubricating ofl in
the high-revving units, The
units that caused the prob-
lem haven't been serviced
since Columbia’s maiden
-flight last April.

The mission seven months
ago proved Columbia’s flight-
worthiness, but now NASA
wants to start testing its
abilty to become a reuseable
workhorse capable of ferry-
ing commerical and military
cargo into space for up to 100
flights.

Astronauts Joe Engle and
Dick Truly ‘will be putting a

through four of their five-day
mission, Engle and Truly‘will

go bay doors for a total of
about 13 hours to see how the
multi-jointed arm works in
space before it is put to work
on two more scheduled shut-
tle test flights next year.

No paper
Wednesday