See a2 Castlégar News Avgust 21. 1985 z ’ WEATHER Sunrise 5:52a.m. Sunset 7:54 p.m. SYNOPSIS: Sunny skies from a ridge of High pressure along the coast today. However some clouds ‘on Saturday os a frontal band moves through to Alberta. Police file Castlegar RCMP are inves- tigating a two-car collision that occurred Saturday even- ing about nine kilometres west of Castlegar on High- way 3. - At. about 7‘p.m., a semi- truck driven by William Wade of New: Westminster collided with a 1977: Chev- rolet driven by Curtis Water- man of Calgary. Wade was taken to Castle- gar Hospital with undeter- mined injuries and Water- man was taken to Trail Hospital. The RCMP report that the Waterman car, westbound on Highway 3, crossed over into the opposite lane. No charges have been laid and the accident is still under. investigation, an RCMP spokesman said Tuesday. DONTPOKEMEAT | When barbecuing, use tongs instead of a fork when turning meat. Poking causes the loss of natural juices. MACKAY, BLAIS-GRENIER LOSERS Mulroney shuffles deck OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, his support down sharply in the Atlantic provinces and slipping in Quebec, bolstered both re- gions’ influence in the federal cabinet Tuesday as he shuffled nine ministers and added one from Nova Scotia. The newcomer is Halifax MP Ste- wart McInnes, former president of the provincial branch of the Canadian Bar Association, who becomes supply and services minister, replacing Harvie Andre, who becomes associate minister of defence. Tom McMillan of Prince Edward Is- land was tothe The Maritimes had been without a seat on the committee since Robert Coates resigned as defence minister in February following revelation of his visit toa West German strip club. The only other Atlantic member on the committee is Justice Minister John Crosbie. - Consumer Affairs Minister. Michel Cote was also elevated to the com- mittee Tuesday, pushing Quebec's rep- resentation on the 16-member group to four. Cote was also given responsibility for the Canada Post Corp. Department from the Ministry of State for Tourism. Elmer MacKay was demoted a notch from solicitor general to revenue minister, a move the Nova Scotian con- ceded “may well” have something to do with the controversy over his meeting with New Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield last fall while Hatfield was under investigation by the RCMP for alleged possession of marijuana. But MacKay, a friend of the prime minister's, was. simultaneously ele- vated to cabiinet’s powerful priorities and planning committee — in effect the inner cabinet — which begins a three-day meeting in Vancouver today as Mulroney tries to bolster the gov- ernment’s showing in that end of the country. Benoit was the other Que- becer promoted. He replaces Walter McLean as secretary of state after what many observers felt was an im- pressive stint as minister of state for transport, a junior ministry under ‘Transport Minister Don Mazankowski. The. biggest losers appeared to be McLean and Suzanne Blais-Grenier. McLean, looking grim as he left Government House, now is minister of state for immigration, reporting to Employment and Immigration Minister Flora MacDonald. He conceded he would have been “delighted” to remain secretary of state. Blais-Grenier, who as environment, minister once mused about the possibil- ity of opening up national parks to mining and was frequently criticized by environment groups, appeared equally stoic after her demotion to minister of state for transport. “One is always disappointed to lose what has become a personal baby and I think that with politics it will probably be the same thing next year,” she told reporters, alluding to the broader shake-up Mulroney said is possible in 1986. McMillan ruled out any thought of mining in public parks and, echoing the words of a Liberal predecessor, called acid rain “the rain of death.” Also among the winners Tuesday were two Ontario ministers: Perrin Beatty, promoted to solicitor general from revenue, and Sport Minister Otto. Jelinek, who now has the added res- ponsibility of the ministry of state for multiculturalism. Harvie- Andre's move from supply and services to associate minister of defence was also seen as a promotion, though it is unclear exactly what authority the Albertan will have as associate minister; a position last filled in the 1! Also shuffled was Jack Murta of Manitoba who moved laterally from the ministry of state for multiculturalism to the. ministry of state for tourism. No one was axed because “no one merited dismissal,” Mulroney told reporters before he left for Vancouver, though he said a much more extensive shuffle is likely in 1986 or 1987. Sikh leader mourned By DOUGLAS CURRAN LONGOWAL VILLAGE (AP) — temple near Sanigrur. He was appealing for peace between Throngs of mourners--Sikhs-and India’s Hindu maj- Extremeists rejected the ’ placed on alert in Punjab and agreement, and* Longowal's neighboring states. Security assassination cast doubt’ ori! was tightened in New Delhi, CLOSE QUARTERS ./. « Celgar pulp mill worker welds new pipes in place as maintenance work and mill's thr during the Simon Birch Strikers digi in heels = By PENNY MacRAE MONTREAL (CP).— Air Canada and its 3,300 striking flight attendants dug in their heels Tuesday over who must make the first move to break the logjam in their contract dispute. “All Air Canada has to do is pick up the telephone,” said Bure Zeviar, an official of the Canadian Air Line Flight Attendants’ Association, whose Air Canada mem- bers walked out at midnight Sunday night after voting down a tentative agreement. “We're vehement about the fact that it's their move,” Air Canada ‘ierre Jerome. “We're making a better offer than CALFAA has/accepted at, two other airlines /. . . so if they won't talk to us — forget it.” Air Canada has said it needs i to remain but we're of putting forward an injunction,” said Jerome, adding that the have no. bt ing cargo terminals. “They should stay in their own ball park.” Val Udvarhely, the union's chief negotiator, warned that the real crunch would come Thursday as the union ‘expands its picket lines and asks other unions — including the International Association of Machinists. and the Canadian Airline Employees Association — not to cross them. ILLEGAL STRIKE Workers who don't report to work, however, might be conducting an illegal strike. When Air Canada ticket agents were on strike for three weeks in May, flight competitive with other airlines, which have been getting concessions from their unions, including the flight attendants. The rejected settlement would have raised the ceiling on maximum flying time to 80 hours a month from 75, with the five extra hours compulsory only for new employees, and only when required. They would be paid extra at the regular rate for the five hours. 80 HOUR CEILING All CP Air attendants have an 80-hour ceiling and can be ordered to work up to 85 hours three months a year, while Wardair is 80 hours across the board. A union spokesman said, however, that employees at those airlines always put more stress on money while Air Canada workers traditionally emphasize working condi- . tions. Air Canada also wants to lengthen the duty day in some situations. : The strikers gained more labor support Tuesday. Members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, who deliver cargo to airport terminals, refused to cross picket lines in MOntreal, Vancouver and Toronto, union officials report. “We don't know to what extent it’s affecting crossed their picket lines. The attendarits’. union has also asked workers overseas not to’ service Air Canada planes starting Thursday. Zeviar, president of the Montreal local, said the strikers’ were solidly behind the walkout’ — their first-ever against Air Canada — even though many said they were already feeling the financial pinch. The union has a $2.8 million strike fund, but it will only pay $50 a week to strikers starting next month. The two-million-member Canadian Labor Congress pledged its backing for the strikers. Spokesman Charles Bauer said it was “in discussions now with the union to see how to make that support as effective as possible.” SEEK INCREASES In addition to refusing concessions, the attendants are seeking wage increases totalling nine per cent over three years, the first three per cent retroactive to Aug. 31, 1984. The rejected agreement included lump-sum pay- ments of $900 to $1,100 in lieu of retroactive pay, plus a two-per-cent increase upon ratification and another four-per-cent Nov. 1, 1986. It also called for lowering of the starting salary for new attendants to $17 an hour from $20.81 an hour. Castlégar News TREET TALK GRAND FORKS, through its Chamber of Com- merce, has now registered “Sasha” as its official trade- mark. Lynne Burch, Grand Forks charabér manager, says Sasha was chosen for its marketing capabilities and not to promote any one ethnic group. The little Russian man symbolizes. something unique ‘about the community, says Burch, and ‘will remembered -by. visitoi Sasha was created six years-ago and-now appears on T-shirts, pins, buttons, trophies and signs. i Not everyone likes Sasha. People have suggested “better” symbols: the peace dove, or “a round-eyed . . . kerchiefed girl holding out the universal Slavic symbols of hospitality and goodwill — a plate of bread, salt and water. ..,” or Matroshka dolls that stack into each other. Comments the Boundary Community News: “Whether these other suggestions are better or not, it's interesting that in every instance they are somehow tied to the Russian culture of our community. “Sasha will evolve to look different from what he is BILL TURNER =. Moving to Sooke today, just as Mickey Mouse has changed over time. “The consequences of having this Russian character as our trademark means that in time this community will become known for its Russian flavor. Capitalizing on a Russian-based theme in order to market and promote Grand Forks has advantages which should be obvious. “Sasha, as a symbol, is merely a starting point for us to work from, in creating an identity which will be unique to all North America.” A FAMILIAR NAME in area newspapers for “many a moon,” that of Bill Turner, will be missing starting in September when “The Reptile” (as he is affec- tionately. known) moves with his wife to Sooke on Vancouver Island. A journeyman electrician by trade, Bill took early retirement from Cominco three years ago. His wife, Audrey (Woody), retires this month as secretary to the of Trail i He While he was an electrician by trade, Bill's major interests are photography and sports. His photos of area happenings, particularly major sporting events, have been appearing in the Castlegar. News, Trail Times and Nelson News for years. — An avid golfer, Bill was born in Nelson. He moved with-his family to Columbia Gardens and then to Trail at an early age. He spent 3'/z. years in the army and joined Cominco at the end of World War II. He and Audrey have two children, Perrie and Anita, both living in Vancouver. SHOP THESE FOOD BUYS! wept and prayed for calm in troubled: Punjab state today as the body of a slain Sikh leader who tried to make peace with India’s central government was consumed in a funeral pyre in his home village. The body of Harchand Sin- - gh- Longowal, a preacher gunned down by Sikh mil- itants on Tuesday, was wreathed in roses and mari- golds as thousands of mour- ners marched 20 kilometres in a funeral cortege from Sangrur to this village. “Longowal forever,” shouted. rorism.” The 57-year-old Longowal, leader of the main faction of they “Down with” ter- ority. His body arrived in this village of 9,000 atop a car in a motorcade of 200 vehicles. -A Sikh high priest from the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines, prayed over the remains of the white-bearded moderate. In New Delhi, Prime Min- ister Rajiv Gandhi, who sign- ed a peace agreement with Longowal on July 24 in the hope of ending Punjab's cri- sis, told parliament that India would not yield to terrorism. The accord signed’ by Longowal and Gandhi was ed nding three years of violence in Punjab by Sikhs seeking greater auto- nomy for the 13-million mem- the settlement. Longowal was killed three days after Gandhi announced elections in Punjab. Long- owal and other opposition . politicians have warned the government that Punjab is not ready for elections and that the decision might trig- ger violence. Chief Election Commis- sioner R.K. Trivedi. asked Punjab authorities today to assess the situation to decide whether the elections should be held Sept. 22 as d and a curfew was ordered in most parts of Ludhiana, Pun- jab's largest city and indus- trial centre. Gandhi, whose mother, Prime Minister Indira Gan- dhi, was assassinated last Oct. 31, allegedly by Sikhs to avenge a bloody army attack that Miller to resign as Ontario leader By JIM COYLE and SCOTT WHITE TORONTO (CP) — Frank on the Golden Temple, said i in L was “a man of faith and sin- cerity, dedicated to nation- al unity and development of Punjab.” “The beloved saint stood for and ‘Shops. businesses, oat Punjab shut down in a statewide strike called by brotherhood of Hindus and Sikhs,” joined the long line of mar- Miller d Tuesday he will resign as leader of the Ontario Conservatives — three months after he led the y ina disastrous election that ended 42 consecutive years of Tory rule. Miller said he. made the e "Gandhi said. “With rough+the ultimate sacrifice, he has docs ale tyrs from the Sikh realizing he could not defeat Liberal Premier David Pe- terson in the next election. was the person who could do that,” Miller said.“And I con- Miller, 58, succeeded Wil- cluded that, indeed, the liam Davis as premier in chances were better with February in a race that split somebody else.” the party. Miller said he Miller's resignation be- feared the party would be comes ¢ffective one week af- further fractured by the un- ter the next leadership con- official. campaigning of as- vention is held, probably in piring successors — most early November. Party pres- er cabinet_min- ident David McFadden said very carefully if I thought I “already taken full personal responsbility for the set- back” that set the stage for Ontario's first non-Conserva- tive gcvernment since 1943. Miller inherited a majority government — 72 of 125 seats in the legislature — from Davis, but the Tories drop- ped 20 seats in the May 2 election while the Liberals under Peterson jumped to 48 ‘Names in By The Canadian Press After almost a year of un- answered letters, phone calls and an unsuccessful trip to Greece to find the man she loves and feared she had lost, DAWN WILLIS, 19, is hear- ing wedding bells. Ina telephone call Monday to Patras, Greece, Willis finally reached, John Bartzis and heard the words she never dreamed she's hear from him again. “Do I love you? Can't you tell from my voice?” the for- mer Athens policeman said joyfully. “Yes, yes, I love the news you.” “I can't believe this,” Willis said, fighting back tears. “Will you marry me?” “Of course, I'll marry you,” Bartzis, 27, replied. Bartzis was born in Tor- onto but moved to Greece about 10 years ago. He met Prince Philip unveils plaque at Hot Springs BANFF, ALTA. (CP) — Canadians shouldn't become complacent now that their national park system is 100 years old because the parks will face inevitable pressure from an increasing popula- tion, Prince Philip said Tues- day. “This is not the moment to relax,” the prince said, add- ing that the public should support planned expansion of the park system. Prince Philip, speaking toa crowd of 500 at the entrance to the-Cave and Basin Hot Springs, praised the national parks wardens’ service for its dedicated preservation of parkland. He then unveiled a plaque commemorating the historic significance of the facility, which was reopened June 15 after a $12.5-million reno- vation. The Hot Springs are rec- ognized as the birthplace of Canada’s national park sys- tem. About 26 square kil- ometres around them was declared a federal reserve in 1885. Federal Environment De- partment officials were scrambling all day to find a replacement for former en- to meet Prince Philip. Earlier in the day, the prince presented three new banners to the Royal Cana- dian Army Cadets at their camp on the eastern edge of the Banff townsite. After the hour-long ceremony, includ- ing a review of the cadets, Prince Philip took a lunch break before travelling to Banff Centre of the Arts. After a walking tour of the centre, the prince comment- ed on how greatly it had been transformed since his first visit there in 1951. “If you can't produce gen- ius out of this, you probably shouldn't come here,” he joked. Prince Philip also noted there was no question that a studio he visited was oc- cupied by an artist. “He spilt as much paint on the floor as he did on the can- vas.” Prince Philip attends cer- emonies today to dedicate four mountain parks — Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho — as world heritage sites be- fore he returns to Britain. Willis, who lives near New- castle, England,, in 1982 while she was vacationing in Greece. A long-distance romance ensued. Last September, Bartzis asked Willis to marry him an dmove to Canada, but she re- fused because she was un- sure about leaving her fam- ily. However, back in Eng- land, she had _ second thoughts and so began her almost year-long search, which ended after a letter she wrote to the Toronto Star helped put her in touch with Bartzis's cousin. y KATHY SYLCORD doesn't. mind when people say she resembles a chicken. The genetic researcher clucked, squawked, screech- ed and cooed her way Mon- day to another Iowa State Fair chieken-éalling cham pionship. sare Slycord began with a ser- ies of eardrum-shattering screeches and squawks. “That's what hungry chic- kens in a barnyard sound like," she- explained. . Then her screeches turned to soft coos and trills. > isters Larry Grossman and Tuesday the party executive Dennis Timbrell — if he tried would meet after Labor Day the Sikhs’ Akali Dal party, was shot as he addressed a Longowal’s Akali Dal party to protest the assassination. 432, *"d Punjab: who religious gathering in a Sikh 8 forma slight majority in Pun- jab. gave their lives for India’s in- The Indian army has been tegrity.” Relatives see crash sit TOKYO (AP) — Sobbing and praying. dozens o Pilots tossed flowers, cho- 2) Sumiko’Ono asked a heli- the flights in response to Alert 3 Here is the RCMP: Tourist Alert for Wednesday, Aug. roter choppers circled for 15 minutes above 1,650-metre Japan Air Linds Boeing 747 Mount Osudaka, about 110 crashed 10 days ago, killing kilometres northwest of Tok- all but four of 524 people yo. aboard. taintop todayf w About 80 people rode on Rain stopped at midday to permit the first of several flights by the helicopters, chartered by the airline af the request of families of victims whose ‘bodies have * either not be€n found or not been identified. the first four trips. Five JAL officials accompanied them. Below, workers continued to search for bodies and pie- ces of the jumbo jet that might help'explain the worst single-plane disaster in his- copter pilot to pour whisky from the cockpit because her husband “liked it very much,” Kyodo News Service re] E ' It quoted Masako Akashi, whose husband and daughter were killed, as saying: “I would have liked to jump from the window.” _ At Fujioka, a city 40 kil- ometres east of the crash site, where bodies have been sesceaae and identified in a mporary morgue, JAL Spobeswea' Yoshitaka Kuchi- ba said the airline arranged strong requests from about 400 relatives of the more than 100 victims still not ac- counted for. Police spokesman . Yoshi- nobu Shibukawa said 489 bodies have been recovered and 412 identified. Doctors say some of the bodies may never be identified. JAL Flight 123 crashed af- ter its tail fin disintegrated and its hydraulic systems failed during a flight from Tokyo to Osaka. Four female passengers survived. to hang on. “The first responsibility of a leader is to lead a party ‘oa victory and I had to decide Tourist to decide when and where the convention would take place. Miller said Tuesday he has from 28. The Liberals then entered into a formal agree- ment with the third-place New Democrats to defeat the Tories and install Peterson as premier. VANCOUVER (CP) — 21. The following people are PREMIERS: