SS az Castlégar News Jowory 15.1909 = ‘Testimony over WKP proposal OLIVER (CP) The B.C, Utilities Commission wrapped up four weeks of testimony Friday. on the fate of West Kootenay ‘Power and Light's proposed gas-oil turbine generator The company, a subsidiary of U.S. owned Utilicorp United, and oppon: ents of the $32.7-million project proposed for this southern Okanagan community gave their final argu ments to the commission West Kootenay claims it réquires the turbine to reduce its need to huy more expensive power from “B.C Hydro: during peak winter months, and to provide back-up for less reliable electricity from Cominco Ltd. After additional written summa: tions are submitted, the commission will review the evidence and make its recommendation to provincial Envir- onment Minister Bruce Strachan and Jack Davis, Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. The final decision rests with the two ministers, who” will” get” advice This semester you will receive your Continuing Education Brochure in the mail the week of the 15th-20th. If you do not receive one please notify us and we will send you one. Some courses have limited registration so please register early WHMIS Materials Systems) Sat. Jan. 28, 9 p.m.-4 p.m., $55 (materials included) Soviet Writing: An Overview — In preparation for Soviet writers Pyotr Proskurin, Vassily Belov. and Olga Fokina in March, the Languages and Literature Department is setting up a series of lectures on Soviet and Russian Literature. This series starts Wed., Jan. 25 to March 1, 7-9 p.m. Fee is $30 Radon Gas Concerns? Topics covered: Current test results, available testing methads. current safety guidelines, 1988 Ventilation Building Code Update. new home construction, precautions, general air quality problems — allergy and asthma and the effects of the home, humidity and respiratory problems Jan. 26 & 27,7-9 p.m Computer Phobia: A casual seminar designed for people who-have never touched a computer. Mon., Jan. 30, 6:30-9:30 p.m., $10. Introduction to Microcomputers: Jan. 31-Feb. 1, Tues, & Thyrs sessions, $45. Japanese Level 1 & 2: For more information call 365-7292, local 353. industrial First Aid: Jon, 30-March 4, Mon. & Wed., 7-10 p.m., Sot p.m, Fee $300. 7.10 p.m., (3 9 a.m.-4 CASTLEGAR CAMPUS 365-7292 ext 261 Selkirk College COME FLY WITH US Join the Castlegar No. 581 Air Cadets. The program offers leadership, citizenship, training in the field of aviation. If you are between the ages of 12-19 years, male or female and are interested in our program, phone Michelle Feeney — 365-7854 or Jan Neumann — 365-3692. ? Castlegar Chamber of Commerce LUNCHEON Jan. 19 — Noon Cost $7.00 ” Eastgate Gardens Guest Speaker: Royal Bank of Canada, Dominion Securities Representative Please call the Chamber office if you plan to attend, 365-6313. “Instant Tax Receipts during January and February” SEE US TODAY! RRSP. CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION Your Community Financial Center CASTLEGAR STOTAN PARK 601-18th St., 365-7232 Hwy. 6 © 226-7212 uy NOTICE BRITISH COLUMBIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION KOOTENAY REGION Annual General Meeting Friday, January 20, 1989 RAY DEMARCHI, REGIONAL WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST, KOOTENAY REGION, will be the guest speaker at our annual luncheon Mr. Demarchi will be talking about land use strategy planning whether you're considering your first plan or adding RANDY fo an existing one HAUFF ] An RRSP reduces your taxable income. An RRSP increases your net investment yield. An RRSP fund accumulates tax free to provide 3 a larger estate. 4 An RRSP provides a larger retirement income. C3 Cohoe Insurance ~~ 1127-4th St., Castlegar 365-3301 from the rest of the cabinet. There was no word on when a decision would be handed down. The utility's lawyer, George Mac- intosh, told the commission that ‘‘in- stalling the turbines. will gain for West Kootenay more autonomy and more independence ‘from B.C. “Hy- dro."" Despite opponents’ fears about the pollution the plant’ may produ Macintosh described its effect on the environment as “benign.” ~* “It's my submission that-the proj ect could not -be better from. an wholesalé power from West Koot- enay, including Penticton, Kelowna, point,"” lie said, noting it would not be operating all the time, would use’ natural gas instead of oil and include a water- injection system to cut down on pollutants. He characterized some of the turbine opponents’ views as a.'*sky is falling’’ attitude. However, Robert Bauman, a law- yer representing municipal buyers of ‘Council solid By CasNews Staff Mayor Audrey Moore said this week she doesn't think Castlegar city I's solidarity is threatened by the controversy surrounding her role on: council's standing committees Responding to questions from the media on Shaw Cable's Municipal Tuesday's council meeting’ designed to clarify the committee situation fol- lowing the mayor's appointment of herself in December as an ex officio member of all of souncil’s standing committees. Rogers said Moore's appointment of herself to the committees has cre- ated confi and an imb: on Forum open line show W day night, Moore said “think a little controversy is good for any council.’ The ruckus over Moore's role oc curred after Ald. Berry Rogers intto- duced a series of motions at last CKQR continued from front page “It was a misunderstanding.” However; Rheaume-did-not- sound as positive as Brady that the mis- understanding has been cleared up. * “As far as the misunderstanding is. unless he provides us with in- formation proving that certain selec: tions are Canadian where we found they were not, there's no misunder- standing: possible,"" she said in ‘a telephone interview Friday’ from CRTC headquarters in Hull, Quebec. Meanwhile, Brady has written to CBS Records Canada, Ltd., asking for a determination .whether the Bonuses continued from front page But the bonuses are retroactive to Dec. 30 when the employees. were first transferred Arnie White, general manager for Johnson Matthey in Trail, said the company had no intention of paying the transferring Cominco employees the bonus until it became a major issue It wasn't part of the plan. . . it wasn't something agreed to in the sale," he told the Castlegar News It was a response to all the atten- tion it received. I think it's a very nice gesture by a new employer Bar continued from front page the committees. However, following a closed meet ing of council late Tuesday to which council referred all but one of Rogers’ motions, Moore agreed to a compromise whereby she will con- record qualifies under the MAPL designation or riot “On the strength of this they are calling for Gs to appear at the next public hearing which I think is bloody well ridiculous and_therefore need your support,*-Brady says in the letter. However, Rheaume said the CRTC has ‘‘definitely not’’ decided at this time whether to require Brady or another QR representative to appear at the Feb. 20 public hearing in Vancouver. Brady is part owner of the 19-year old radio station with Serge Plotni- koff All the. full-time employees who transferred: to Johnson Matthey at the time of the sale of Cominco's electronics division: will receive the bonus, White said Approximately 120 people are now working for Johnson’ Matthey in Trail. The other 200 are divided between the company’s Spokane and Victoria locations. The bonuses for part-time and permanent part-time workers will be less than the $1,000 given to perman- ent full-time staffers s land, Grand Forks and Nel- son, reaffirmed his clients’ oppos tion to the turbine project He said the evidence ‘‘leads to the irresistable conclusion that this proj- ect is at least exceedingly marginal as a ‘preferred new resource’ and potentially poses serious digadvan- tages for the ratepayers of West Kootenay and the residents. of the South Okanagan valley."" He said West Kootenay's parent firm would earn a substantial return, on its investment in the turbine, ‘a return it does not enjoy with respect to purchases from B.C, Hydro." Joan Vance, a lawyer representing B.C. consumer and seniors groups, also blasted the project. She pointed out the net benefits to consumers over the 20-year lifespan of the gas turbine cannot be exactly _deter~ mined, but suggested rate reductions could be as low as 2.5 per cent , mayor says tinue to. sit on the committees but will not vote and wil not affect the two-member quorum of the commit- tees. “Tl really didn’t think an-ex officio member was jeopardizing the bal ance of power in the committees at all," Moore said. ‘'! didn’t realize it was troubling them (the members) ¢o that extent."’ Also on the open line show, the first of the Municipal Forum series televised live by Shaw Cable, Moore fielded questions from callers on a possible mall for Castlegar and the controversial closure of the Robson ferry by the provincial goverriment Moore said there are’ two active proposals for a shopping mall in Castlegar. But when a mall will be council built is anyone's guess. “I'd like to see the fellow who's going to build the mall in at city hall with his plans taking out his building permit," Moore told the caller. “Then we could all celebrate that we'd have some new shopping in the area,” As for the Robson ferry, Moore sail Robson. residents should per- haps “look for a miracle."’ It doesn’t please me any more than it pleases the residents of Rob- so that’the ferry is not operational,"” the mayor said Shaw Cable is scheduled to repeat the open line show today at 1 p.m Joining Moore on the forum were Trail Mayor Mare Marcolin and Bill Trewhella, mayor of Warfield Lease deal expected By CasNews Staft The Canada Post depot in Robson is expected to’get a one-year exten. sion, a corporation spokesman in Vancouver says. Janet Austin told the Castlegar News the lease has not been signed yet but is expected to be finalized “in the near future.” The lease extension follows a year of negotiations between Canada Post and Gordon Ferguson, owner of the building which currently serves as the Robson post office. “The lease has not been signed yet but; we are in the final negotiation phase,” Austin said. “We expect it to be a one-year extension.” However, Ferguson. was a little more cautious. - “Negotiations are going on_but is definite yet,” Ferguson ttawa hasn't contacted me The negotiations between Canada Court news Boyer said the ag ant does give himself and Southwell the right to renovate Dexter's if they want but he said that isn't in their immediate plans. He added he is hopeful that he and Southwell can make the pub successful “Just give the patrons some good service you just have to go-in there and do your best,"” Boyer said Robson Recreation Society ANNUAL General Meeting Wed., Jan. 25 7 p.m. Robson Hall Everyone Welcome SAR, NEWS CASTLEG yo pean 2097 © In Castlegar provincial court last week, Terry Beck was fined $450 after pleading guilty to impaired driving and driving with a blood alcohol reading over-.08 Robert McKay was given 30 days probation for failing to appear for a scheduled court date FIELDS CORRECTION There is on error in our flyer effective Jonvery 1-Janvory 21. Please be edvised that the clearance on slip. pers and snowboots should read SLIPPERS Our Reg. $1.99 10 $12.99 Sale .99 to $7.99 SNOWBOOTS Our Reg. $5.99 to $39.99 Sale $2.99 to $24.99 ~ till up to 72% It We regret any inconvenience this may have caused our customers Savings or. Tommy Larsen was given-a six month jail sentence for causing a disturbance in a public place and mischief. Donald Shaw was fined $600 for driving with a blood alcohol reading over .08. Tyrrel Dams received 12 months probation for trespassing MAKE IT RESOLUTION: Lose weight Eat Healthier Sove Money On Grocery Bills LAURA WILLIAMS, ¢. Nutritionist Phone: 365-7616 PAINTING & DECORATING 2649 FOURTH CASTLEGAR 8 \ Gary Fleming Dianna Kootnikoft ADVERTISING SALES N Avenue c 36 = A.M. FORD SALES LTD, Post and Ferguson have been fraught with difficulties in the past year. As early as November 1987, Canada Post threatened to move unless Ferguson complied with the Crown corporation's requests for building renovations. Canada Post had been looking at alternatives to leasing the building, said one source who wished to remain anonymous. Alternatives to leasing the build- ing included finding a new location, privatizing the service or supplying “Supermailboxes” for Robson postal service. Despite Canada Post's insistence that Ferguson renovate the building, he refused to do s0. But the corporation still appears to be willing to lease the building for another year. We won't be contemplating any change in the year,” explained Aus. tin, adding she was unsure of Canada Post's intentions for postal service in Robson in 1990. There are currently two Canada Post employees working in Robson — the~post~master—and-a~ part-time employee. Lottery numbers The following are the winning numbers drawn in Thursday's lot tery The Pick: 9, 15, 17,20. and 53 The winning numbers in Wednes day's lotteries were Lotto 6/49: 11, 17, 20, 31, 33 and 35. The bonus number was 22. The jackpot of $1,983,275.60 was won by a ticket purchased in Ontario. Extra: winning numbers for British Columbia were 61, 81, 94 and 99. The Pick: 18, 21, 23, 27, 28, 31, 40 and 48 ie These numbers, provided by The Canadian Press, must be considered unofficial WE’LL WASH THE SALT OFF And You Won't Even have to Wait in Line! 34, 44, 52 Our Mobile Pressure Wash Will Come to You and Wash Your Vehicle. HOT WASH &HOT WAX 99 Seniors ae | Castlegar Pressure Wash 365-7021 sim. > a Janudry 15, 1989 Castlegar News A3 Briefly Teen given life sentence NEW WESTMINSTER (CP) — A teenager has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for 10 years for killing his roomate after the man insulted his girlfriend. Sean Blair, 18, was convicted of’ second-degree murder in the death of taxi driver Henry Janzen, who was shot in the head while lying on a couch in their home. \ The slaying occurred Feb. 5, 1988, when Blair was 17 and living with Janzen, 28; in Matsqui, about 60 kilometres east of Vancouver Firemen probing the ruins discovered the body. Ski lift fall kills eight GRENOBLE, FRANCE (REUTER) — “investigators believe an accident that killed eight workers in one of France's worst ‘ski lift tragedies was probably ‘caused by a faulty coupling, a spokesman for the cable car operators’ association said Jean-Charles Simiand of the French Association of Ski Lift and Cable Car Operators said experts believe a faulty or improperly tightened bolt sent the new car plunging about 200° metres to the ground below I'Alpe d'Huez ski resort Friday The workers had been carrying out tests on the giant, 160-place car ahead of its planned inauguration next Saturday. There were no survivors The two-car lift, one of the biggest iri the world, is capable of carrying 1,800 skiers an hour up a four-kilometre-long cable to the slopes. It cost about $24 million US Computer virus festers LONDON. (AP) — A Friday the 13th virus struck personal computers in Britain in what experts said may have been a new manifestation of a computer virus that originated in Israel Hundreds of personal computer users found the virus was programmed to delete files on Friday the 13th, said Alan Solomon, managing director of S and S Enterprises, a data recoyery centre in “Chesham “It has been frisky and hundreds of people, including a large firm with over 400 comp . have teleph with their p o he said The identity-of the hacker who devised the virus may_never_be known, said Solomon, who is also chairman of an IBM personal computer users-group. “» "The important thing is not to panic and start trying to delete everything in a bid to remove the virus as that can do’ untold damage."' he said As long as master disks are free from the virus, files can simly be copied from them and used again, he said Curtis suing First City VANCOUVER (CP) — A Former British: Columbia finance minister is suing First City Trust’ for wrongful dismissal from his position as senior vice-president of corporate and government services In_his_suit-against First City, the corporate flagship of the Vancouver-based Belzberg family, Hugh Curtis is claiming that he was fired without cause and is seeking general damages. Curtis filed the writ against the company Dec. 2. In defence papers, First City says Curtis was given ‘standard notice.”’ Curtis was appointed senior vice-president in early 1987 after he decided not to ryn in the 1986 provincial election Clash leads to arrests TORONTO (CP) — About 80 people were arrested in a continuing clash between anti-abortion and pro-choice activists outside a Toronto clinic Police said no charges were laid as~ the demonstrators were removed durigg the mid-morning confrontation at Dr. Henry Morgen taler’s clinic, but the’ rally by an anti-abortion group continued as scheduled. Sailors rescued LONDON (AP) — Two U.S. helicopers have rescued 32 people from a Cypriot freighter battered by galé-force winds and-heavy waves in the Atlantic “Everyone is off,"' a duty officer at the Coast Guard Maritime. Rescue Centre at Falmouth reported, about an hour and 15 minutes after the two MHS3-J helicopters had reached the 42,000-ton Yarrowanga There was no report of any injuriess to the crew members, who were lifted by winche&into the helicopters, the officer said Two British Royal Air Force Nimrod reconnaissance planes from St. Mawgan in Cornall, southwest England, reached the bulk carriet before dark on Friday and took pictures, showing a gaping hole in its left side and three hatches open Relays of Nimrods, designed for long searching at sea, circled the ship overnight ‘ Logger kills self OTTAWA (CP) — A 41-year-old injured logger who felt’ he was being given:the runaround by the Ontario Workers’ Compensation Board fired a shot in the board's office building lobby and then fatally shot himself, Police said George Alig, 41, of Navan, Ont., entered the 20-storey midtown office tower in which the board has offices at about 3:40 p.m. carrying two rifles After firing one shot at a |security guard seated near the entrance, Alig dashed to an elevator corridor, where he shot himself in the head Goetz jailed for a year NEW YORK (REUTER) — Bernhard Goetz has been resentenced to a year in jail for shooting four black teenagers on a New York subway in what he called an act of self-defence. The sentence is the minimum that state law requires. As well, he was fined $5,000 for possessing the gun he used in the shooting four Goetz’s original six-month sentence for illegally carrying a hand gun was overturned by an appeals court in November because it fell below the minimum sentence for state gun laws. Those laws call for a sentence of between one and seven years. ‘I feel the case is really more about the deterioration of society than it is about me,"’ he told the judge Hansen named chairman VANCOUV (CP) — Rick Hansen has been named honorary chairman of a provincial advisory council on the disabled, Premier Bill Vander Zalm said. Vander Zalm first announced the government's intentions to form the council to advise the government on matters affecting the disabled in May 1987, after Hansen finished his wheelchair trek afound the world “The appointment of this council delivers a clear message of the . to g the quality of government's w life for the disabled in B.C Legislation unlikely PRINCE GEORGE (CP) — Attorney General Bud Smith said it's unlikely legislation regulating Sunday and holiday shopping in British Columbia will be revived Smith said he is stilt fooking at options for changing’the Holiday Shopping Regulation Act, which was struck down by the B.C. Court-of Vander 7 Appeal GENEROUS DONATION .. . local coordinators of the “Armenian Ear- thquake Relief Campaign (left to right) Len Voykin, Brenda Hadikin and Kate Varabioff this week presented the money the campaign president of raised —$4,500— to Keith Merritt and Denise Reed of the Red Crass which will direct the money to help the earthquake victims. Merritt is the local organization's regional vice president for the West Kootenay Red Cross branch while Reed is—the Locals raise over $29,000 The devastating’ earthquake that occurred in Armenia, a small repub- lic. of the Soviet Union, attracted global efforts of help. Canada, a northern neighbor of the Soviet Union, donated over $5.5 million in-aid-to the grief-stricken Ar menian people. The B.C. government donated $50,000. Students leave office VANCOUVER (CP) — A group of high school students ended an occu- pation of the federal cabinet offices in downtown Vancouver on Saturday after getting assurances that the search for five Canadians misSing in the Caribbean will resume. Frank Oberle, minister of state for science and technology, told the stu dents the Venezuelan Coast Guard had resumed the search “They have agreed to resume the search for the time being,’’ said Abbie Dann, deputy “director of media retations for External Affairs in Ottawa The students began occupying the offices on Saturday. One of their classmates — Acron Eger — is among the five Canadians who disap peared Dec. 20 in a nine-metre boat Oberle said he discussed the sitwa tion_with_External Affairs Minister Joe Clark on Friday “Tt was decided that it would be appropriate to launch an extended search," he said The U.S. Coast Guard ‘and local authorities called off the search last Sunday Northern university questioned PRINCE GEORGE (CP) — The Social Credit cabinet has not softened its support for a university to serve northern British Columbia, Bruce Strachan, Socred member for Prince George South, said Mayor John Backhouse and Elsie Gerdes, president of a society lob bying for a northern university, said earlier in the week that Premier Bill Vander Zalm and cabinet appeared to be backtracking on their support for a Prince George-based university Backhouse And Gerdes were upset by a news release issued by Ad vanced Education Minister , Stan Hagen praising the strong support shown by 1,100 Okanagan residents They signed a petition supporting ‘Okanagan College's proposal to in crease access to university degree programs by permitting B.C."s three existing universities to offer third and fourth-year university programs at community colleges The Interior University Society has said- that approach won't work in northern British Columbia Geddes said the demand for health and other professions . with post graduate degrees won't be met by degree-granting community colleges Attorney General Bud Smith told a chamber of commerce meeting here that a northern university is needed “LT have a0 difficulty to offer my support to the considerable efforts By Bruce Strachan to get that for this area,"’ he said Locally, in the West Kootenay and Boundary areas, the USCC (Orthodox Doukhobors) spearheaded an aid campaign known as the ‘Armenian Earthquake Relief Campaign ‘We are pleased to inform the eCe, eeaees public that to date-we have raised in excess of $29,500,"" local coordina tors Len Voykin, Brenda Hadikin and Corttributions COAST OIL SPILL Kate Varabioff said. ‘*This-campaign is still ongoing and further contri butions will be graciously accepted The . donations $25,000 in voluntary issued by the USCC office made through the branches of our unions, The Book Shop and Johnny's Grocery & Gas Sales*include; * Individual donations — $3,415 * The Canadian Doukhobor Society $900 *_Canada-USSR_ Association __— ‘$185 These individual donators will be issued an income. tax deductible re- ceipt from the Red Cross Society collected include donations by Receipts—witt be two. local credit Slick dissipating TOFINO (CP) — The sign ata greasy spoon cafe here epitomizes life since globs of oil began washing up on Vancouver Island's west coast 12 days ago “Take off your oily boots!” residents of this tiny fishing village are ordered in bright ted fettering from a felt pen It’s a demand the hardy residents of this craggy windswept coast have been getting used to since Jan. 3 when they began mopping up a stubborn slick of Bunker C oil polluting white sand beaches and rocky inlets I don’t want oil on my new carpet,"” said motel owner Rita Vari Wieren as she asked a guest if he would be walking the beaches spotted with oil That oil is part of 875,000 litres of bunker C fuel that spilled off the Washington coast Dec. 22 when a barge and tug collided Since then, blobs of sticky oil and thousands of dead seabirds have drifted onto 500 kilometres of coastline from Oregon to northern Vancouver Island Canadian Coast Guard officials say the oil slick represents a small portion of the larger spill, which would have filled 24 oi! company tank trucks MOVING NORTH By week's end, the slick in Canadian waters “appeared to be dissipating, though currents were taking some of the-oil further north toward two colonies of sea otters, an endangered species Biologists reported late Friday that the otters were so far unaffected by oil floating near the remote colonies that contaig as many as S00 of the animals. “At this point they look like they're fine, bobbing up and down and having fun,” said Deborah Phelan, a spokesman with the Department of Fishegies and Oceans. Residents in charge of organizing volunteers to clean up beaches said as many as.200 people would arrive’ over the weekend to help “We're going to be cleaning up for months,’ said Dave LeBlanc, an environmentalist “Some of the oil we won't ever be able to get because it’s just too inaccessible,” he said from the town's firehall, whose floor is stained with oil. © A bird's eye view of the polluted beaches from a Coast Guard helicopter confirmed LeBlanc’s opinion > ROCKY INLET “Can you imagine trying to clean that?" asked flight engineer -Glen- Wesanke,—pointing—down—to typical rocky inlet lashed by foaming -waves and inaccesible by land It would be impossible to get oil there." It was difficult. to spot oil from the air during the low level flight and most of the beaches appeared clean In a few locations, however, oil could be seen in rock crevices and tidal pools Green garbage bags full of hardened oil and seaweed, waiting to be picked up by helicopters. were on almost every beach Since the slick hit Canadian shores. about 1.500 seabirds have washed onto Vancouver Island beaches. The dead birds, now bound for an incinerator. looked as though they had been dipped in tar . The oil's going to get into the ecosystem,”’ said Mac Elder. chief warden of Pacific Rim National Park $4,000 hectares of forest and ocean visited by 600,000 people every year It may take months to understand the impact of this he warned from -his office, located between Tofino and Ucluelet VIENNA (AP-CP) and troops across Europe The agreement was the final element of an accord designed to enhance freedom in the Soviet bloc and boost East-West contacts. It was initialled aftér a last-minute compromise solved a dispute between Greece and Turkey Diplomats who have spent more than two years haggling over that accord informally accepted it minus the mandate for the new atms talks — Friday Negotiators at the 3S-country conference had said late: Friday they- would formally adopt—the> final statement Saturday . The conference, to review the 1975 Helsinki Accords on economic co-opetation and human rights. convened in November 1986 and involved the Soviet Union, United States, Canada and—all—European countries except Albania The U.S Ledogar, said the arms negotiations could start the week of March 6. They were dubbed CAFE, or talks of Conventional Armed Forces in Europe DISPUTE RESOLVED Ledogar told reporters the mandate for the arms signed by NATO and Warsaw Pag negotiators after last-minute telephone calls between Vienna and the Turkish capital, Ankara, resulted in a compromise on a Greek-Furkish dispute that stymied diplomats for the past week Greece had objected to the exclusion of a triangle “Of Turkish territory close to the border fronr the arms talks The territory includes the eastern Mediterran ambassador to the talks Stephen talks was Syrian East and West agree to hold new weapons talks NATO and the Warsaw Pact have agreed after two years of negotiations to hold new talks on reducing convnetional weapons ean port of Mersin, which Greece says is used to ship arms to northern Cyprus, controlled by Turkey Turkey had agreed with the Soviet Union to exclude the territory and feared that reopening the issue might prompt Moscow ‘to reiterate earlier denjands to include the nearby U.S. air base of Incirlinck in the talks The text of the new mandate left open whether the zone for the new talks would include or exclude Mersin The new talks will aimrto reduce troops, tanks, artillery “and other weapons continent, from the Atlantic to the Ural mountains deep ‘inside the Soviet Union. ~ heavy across the The new accord foresees greater freedom for religious believers in the east bloc precise regulations on emigration and travel from the psychiatry and to the jamming-of-western fadio stations and increased East-West tourism and business deals It also for the first time creates’ a mechanism to raise human rights issues at any time on a bilateral level with any other Helsinki signatory One of the most disupted issues at the Helsinki was a 1991 human rights conference in The United States and Britain anriounced jast week they would go, but only on condition that Soviet reforms continue and are institutionatized by then much more East, an end to abuse of conference Moscow Canada held out on Moscow until the last minute, seeking exit visas,for a Jewish couple in Leningrad refused emigration for 10 grounds of national security Canadian Ambassador William Bauer said Saturday the Soviets promised to review the case years on