‘Lock. IN, began Friday morning at both of Bee Tol buildings here as “out. Shown here are TWU members, left to right, "Hugh Small, Bill ‘Yackel, Tem Crockett, Terrie Simmons and Rich Davis. The union's "1,000 ‘Taaelers have been without a contract since, Dec. 31, neha : = Ne ews Capsule— DIAMOND SWINDLE TORONTO (CP) — A 35- year-old Toronlo woman who lest three diamonds warth $60,000 in a swindle has found out the hard way that diamonds .aren’t al- ways a gitl’s best friend. The unidentified woman - buy two diamonds worth met three men in a down- town restaurant and accom- * panied one of them to her jewelry’ appraiser who. val- , wed the two diamonds, al- Russia, at $335,000. Police said the woman met the same men at the + :restaumat a. few hours fater. She insisted on taking learned of an opportunity to _ + $335,000 for $75,000. She. legedly smuggled .out of ° the’ rings back, to’her ap- praiser for a check before giving the men a: cheque, She gave the men three of her diamond. rings as col- , lateral whileshe. went back to the appraiser. The three .men, | however;.xiy had switched the real diamonds ‘for two exact::replicasswf glass. an 4 BBUDS ” When the woman gotdg the appraiser,, she disedy: .ered she had been: taken and “returned:.to:.thenxeke taurant, only: “toofindSthe 6 to walt it “ and are bitter over prokosed vehicle pensions are scl re ‘Ss ied et a ted PC. bolting ran ua" Conservative MP for Edmon- - “ton East, has announced’ he in not successfully parted during. the currety try, “the nation will experience consid: erably more turmoil.” - “Indeed, I consider if we :-fail this time that this will probably be one’ of the most 's forceful weapons: we could patitutional reform’: pack: a ‘Yurko; who advised his volleagues mid-week about hi decision ealled‘en other Tory: ~ MPs to join -him. , 20, He said'in-a long letter to, aimed vat} roatenee « later fore Par on, Feb.- 16." ala natural: gas awill tap into ‘a .26-trillion-; cubic-foot reserve when the,’ | 9; : western leg of the. 7,700-; “ kilometre Alaska ‘gas. pipe-; line is finished in October, ‘ officials say. | " But the cost of that += roughly 10 per. cerit“o! the proven reserves in the’ United States — depends — jon haw mutch; the pipeline © ‘from Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay .- + winds up costing, said Jean ‘Adamson, . Pacific. Gas. Transmission Co. vice" of, : three men h two real diamonds shé Was supposed: to” buyjand:ilier three diamond. rings: & SPOKANE, WASHi(AP) —-Northwestsand:.Callfor- "The: pipeline’s price tag is already put at $15 billion. - HANDICAP VANCOUVER (CP) —. report on the disabled to ‘s brought before a parlia- nithis vest ea recommend eeui Haman It is headed by Toronto MP.” David Smith. her's - commis: He anes more tegal tights for : ‘federal ‘anti-discrimination os sion acts as watchdog over ployment‘! of: capped only,”" He said in an * interview: this week, ‘but the. Smith ‘report will -be broadened to proscribe the provision of goods and ser- ‘vices to the Physically ahn- dicapped. . He was referring tothe _ report: of:the special com- mittee of the disabled and handicapped which he said was set fo be brought be- + ployment discrimination on em- grounds of.a mores han-: dicap. E VANCOUVER oe - the ‘Fraser. Valley ‘munici- ‘pality of Surrey, has over- ‘taken the Vancouver sub-. -urb of Burnaby, as the sec- ond fatgest municipality in the Greater Vancouver Re- gional District. Surrey now. is’ 142,000, | surpassed only by Vancou- ver with'401,500. Burnaby Is 133.000. ‘ lr you see a gold Celica ‘with a‘white vinyl custom aunroof don’t call the police. .2he little car, reported miss- ing. Jan..26 ‘from an under- Jground sparked’ in. Vaneou- ‘The car was Peers last kend on Bast Hastings by Burnaby - police. . MacBain '._ fsays it was recovered Jan, 30 and: they gained possession ithe next day. Y The‘: vehicle suffered a ibroken “headlight and the ‘handle of the’ sunroof .was .. ‘slightly broken but still oper- ‘able. . a “The “vehicle . was filty,”, ‘MacBain. said. The sunroof ‘had been left open so the in- ‘terior-was soaked and had to be dried out. There was a set ‘of keys in the car which . didn't belong to us and since ‘entry ‘was not ‘forced they ‘must have been used to get ‘White the glove compart- ‘Greek gov't. okays former -Queen’s burial ATHENS (AP): — The Greek govenment has agreed to @ request by the exiled ‘royal family ta allow the burial of former Queen Fred- erika in Greece, a govern- ment spokesman said Satur- day. The spokesman said the. body of the former Greek: queen mother would be flown tq Athens from Madrid, where she died Friday night, and buried'in the family cem- -etery at, Tatoi’ outside the capital. Frederika, 63, had travelled to Madrid from her home in India to, visit her seldest daughter nd son-in- law, Queen Sofia and King Juan Carlos of Spain. Greek President Constan- tine Caramanlis asked the Greek ambassador of Spain to arrange for the body to be moved, the spokesman said. ‘ articles “to Castlegar owners ment was empty, it contained a couple of plastic glasses and the car's manual, a change purse with coins, two rain coats, an umbrella, fire ex- -tinguisher were among the Bennett will name date NEW YORK (CP) — Brit- ish Columbia Premier - Bill Bennett says he plans to an‘ -nounce in Vancouver on Tuesday when the legislature. will be called back into ses- sion. : The B.C. legislature pro- rogued following a week-long session in December and it is Only:-a.. d-that Bennett will {quarter-of-a-tank-of-gas had «call “it: back™the= second “or ‘Been burned, eeie ‘MacBain. third week of March, « _ B.C. Tel employees take over company From pagel © turn into a traditional strike- lockout, both“ company ‘spokesman: Keith Matthews and TWU president Bill Clark said Friday. STRIKE WON'T WORK -However, the TWU ad- opted the sit-in because “we knew we.couldn’t win with a ditional atrike-lockout be- cents across the board, 6.72 per cent retroactive to Jan. 1,, 1980,. five per’ cent retro- active to July 1, 1980, and'10 per cent July 1, 1981. Jour- neymen linemen, with a cur- rent base rate of $11.15 an hour, would niake $19.75, after July 1, 1981. . Instead of the 75 cents, the cause B.C. Tel has about 2,000 supervisors who are virtually strikebreakers " * trained to perform our jobs,” Clark said. | The union is bitter about the company’s rejection- of a “federal conciliator's proposed settlement last fall. . Talks aimed at resurrecting bar- gaining broke off Jan. 14 and no further talks are sched- Concilintor Ed Peck prop- osed a wage increase of 75 “Firemen respond to’ -* Friday fire Little damage occurred Fri- day afternoon when ‘the Castlegar Volunteer Fire De- partment responded to a call at Unit 10 of the apartments at Eleventh Avenue and Fifth Street. The unit, which was unoc-” cupied at the time, suffered a burn to the carpet in an area | in which a flower pot sat. Fire chief Dan Fitger was unable to determine how the incident _ occurred. The cali wa sput in by a tenant in one of the other. | units, , HOMEGOODS -— FURNITURE | WAREHOUSE -. Tues. - Sat. 9:30 - 5:30 China Creek “Drive a Litte to SaveaLot" now has offered each employee $1,400, Pro- - rated for time worked ‘in 1980, a raise of-13 per cent . from 1979 wages as of Jan. 1, 1981, 10 per cent more by July 1 and 12 per cent more on Jan. 1, 198% 2°. The company proposal would make the journeyman lineman rate $15.52 an hour, after Jan. 1, 1982. freed,” VICTORIA : (CP) Quesnel, company has been awarded a $290,000 develop-. - ment incentive: grant from the ‘federal government. to establish a plant to manu- facture’ diatomaceous earth rod — As } Opposition Leader Joe Clark « ‘and. the Tory: caucus he is Teonvinced’ the . constitution, - ‘must be patriated now. Pro-” vineial resource rights and “greater regional ropresenta- tion atthe federal,level can come’ later through consti-, tutional amendments.’ “This I must do, for-if I don't,. T-shall not be a ‘peace ‘with my. conscience for the ‘reat of my life,” he saysin the. : that if the eonatttution Castlegar. man _ to be feted . - by B. C, Hydro. Harry W. Holuboff -of Castlegar will be one of 14 South: Interior, former - em- * Ployees of B.C, Hydro who be among ‘107° to. be ~ honored at a special luncheon Feb. aes at. 's Hotel give to’ (Quebec Premier Rene} Levesque.” He said he does not expect to leave the Tory caucus be-, cause he is breaking: oth his on the constitution. eed ‘if his decision to ,, break party ranks might hurt ” Joe Clark's chances of sur- ‘viving a possible leadership teat in Inte February, Yurko GROCETERIA & LAUNDROMAT We Are Open 364 “Days a Year ee ace Sunday & Holidays . 9 - 10:30 p.m. N circuletlon Dept, * Kg, to vote Bs Costleger Nows, Box Gg Castlegar, B.C. VIN SH4 Yes, I'm interested In ting the Costlegar N foliows: O corrter * Please: contact mi wl details. Name (Please Print): Address 1038 Columbia wotli Or better:still, phone. * 965-6534 365-7266 - ~ Holabott,e @ customer ser-. | vices representative, has been with the: company 16" years, two months.” covbary gets gr ant Elvis : Prasley: - for kitty. litter _ autopsy record ds kept secret - " MEMPHIS, ‘TENN. *(AP) ig —~ A judge ruled Friday that market for kitty litter,” says Jim. Sinclair, president of . Cariboo Diatomite Ltd. be the Elvis’ Presle utopsy report is not a public record, _pemarig an 18-month effort Kitty lite. Britons held in Iran said "to be healthy TEHRAN (REUTER) — - ny vished four Briish t-, Provincial: draw izens imprisoned in Iran since - Swedish diplomats on ‘Satur- Jast August and said they.are in excellent health. It was the first time Irantan authorities allowed diplomatic access to the Britons, who are”. apparently being held without’ charges. Diplomat °; ae ‘Beltrage, ‘on : % fines, +, Used a5, an additive for the making of pozzalan cement. Sinclair ‘said his company has: carried_ out - extensive- drilling, “testing: and’ feasi- © bility work over the past 15 years to determine the ex-- porte :vo obtain the sear “enol read se Sand ‘Charlee tay ‘fifed sult to get” the’ ‘autopsy sort after.” the: network's” 20-20 show Teported that the sing- ‘er's death was drug related. « Presley, 42, : was ' found ‘dead at bis mansion in Mem- ‘phis on gto 297. 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Woodland Park right: ; Pattl, MacKinrion, Liber and St Leanne siren senic honored ‘ ait hing junior Saeed “Editors are People ae ler, hi : = Kim. nedaty =e olin hy weokly |: Sunday “ no-longer: appear, I do: Bape, you ‘allow’ me space to reply to Pat Romaine's letter in: last .Wednesday’s paper. ‘Romaine .'wrote ‘a- well- thought-out letter, but erred in‘one vital aap 1) my. column of Feb, lon CHETWYND: (CP). - it $8.5: million worth of hands in ‘The’: com panies ‘recently; “signed | 16-year ‘contract to. Howe oune Food?ees " yELLowKNIFE! Nwr (CP) — Unless the territoriaky: government comes through’ with food subsidies for’ Pelly: Bay, the isolated Inuit settle- ‘ment will slowly’ be, aban-- ‘doned, a community spokes- man says. +Food: costs in the small hamlet are already so that most of Pelly Bay's 262 ‘residents can't afford te eat a “balanced diet, Aubrey -Hol- iland: told the, NW.T. Jegis- jlature. : 3 { Hollands Ceieiel OE the - ‘community's only. store, said. :that : friéght’ ‘costs ‘are’'so “jastronomical that most. food ‘tems are regarded as luxur- + ifes by the local Inuit.’ “The way. it’s going, Pelly Bay will eventually disap- pear. We lost. five ‘tamailies last year. They-had to move. (Ita the cost of living.” * -bzoaghe in by Hereales is : é a Seat of $17,000 8 trip. vive in the north, something has to be done immediately,” he said. “I've been living in: . Pelly Bay 17 months, and be- eve me, it hurts my. pocket- book. sates Holland said that for a -family ‘of seven to eat what are. considered: ei Polly 1 Bay is situated about 1,200 kik t of Yellowknife.: ‘NO OTHER CHOICE. In an. interview, Holland Lord he aidn't Heathen ask oe ora ‘ VANCOUVER (cP): — It looks ‘as'though Carlo Guer- reiro will either have to give up his quest ' ‘to be an atheist tin the Boy, Scouts or give 1 up th scouts: altogether. : “Bailier this: week a B.C. government “lawyer. ruled that the Burnaby boy’s case does not fail within the juris- -dication of the B.C. human = “rights branch on the grounds ‘that the Boy | Scout organiza- - tion {s exempt~.from: the human rights code. Last ‘month, Carlo, 12, was: Food for the gooperatively owned and run store must be | Boy Scout : -every right to say, ‘We don't: 898-millilitre can of apple.’ ‘sauce that ‘would wholesale. for about 49 cents in Edmon- ton costs $1.74 in Pelly Bay. ‘A ‘can “of apple’: juice $4.69 and two idlograne of of sugar $6.18. SUBSIDY NEEDED - Holland, who ‘was: ‘accom-: . questio - anled by Pelly Bay. Mayor & uy: Kakkani asked. the ‘TORONTO’ (CP) - — Most , middle spanagenient employ Ours a week ‘and have “ ‘Tew = paid holidsys each year than their. ‘Canadian counter gare ifeyou sing like Beverly! ‘denied admission . into his, Ideal South Burnaby scout ‘troop for refusing to promise “te love'and serve. God in:his scout oath. ‘His: stepfather, Robert Clarke, then took the . dispute to the human rights *. “branch, But human ‘righits . officer a ilian MacGregor said that, ‘because scouts is a nonprofit, ‘charitable: organization . that .* the of'a igpeelfie group, it, does not fall cwithin the purview: of the ‘fuman rights branch. ~! “aps the samo'as' if you ‘wanted to join the Mormon, “Tabernacle, Choir without among other. things, the. apir- itual development of a ‘boy, _ they: have no choice. but to deny admission’ to: any: ap plicant. who will not-ackno' ledge the existence of God. ~ AFFORDABLE HOUSING | ae bouble wides: irom 960 8q."° ft. to 1440 sq. ft; Dealer fo , Modoline-ond Manco. az people in the community, eat. a lot of raw’ bou and fish sao Forest 1: Produet'a bush operation east of Rosebery, said NOTHING: about “th export. of sawlogs.” He what I: wrote on:page AS: “Morrison says BFP. would . will: truly lke to find a'market for | pulpwood and: now. has:'an application - before’ the B.C. cabinet‘ setking a concession ‘.. from the Forests Act to allow — it to export such logs.” Note; no mention of sawlogs. Quite frankly, like Romain: I, too, would get.’ So ety. of Willow "Grove, :Pa., reported that €6°per ¢e! maintain’ a five per cent work more’and 29 per cont work fewor thai, cost : gno r Sets: eee... .