So . As Castlegar News May 1, 1985 |___ FORECLOSURE Fronting Columbia Avenue, directly across from Sandman Inn. Property is 96’ frontage x 200' depth. The home is 2 bedroom with self- contained suite including separate heating, hot water tank, meter, etc. UPSET PRICE IN MID $40s! Phone: Walter T. of Western Best Sellers Inc. Paes “ne Home: 365-3250. Office: 365-3347. ether Solidarity setivints Workers mark May Day By The Associated Press Millions of workers mar- ched in officially sanctioned and anti-government dem- onstrations worldwide to mark the May Day labor holiday. Two people were killed in a bombing in Bel- gium linked to the obser- vance. Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa was turned back by riot police as he at- tempted to join an official parade in his hometown of Gdansk, but several hundred stormed the procession and were d by police. In Moscow, Soviet Com- cident. ago WANTED Vehicles of the West Kootenay for Special Discount Prices on Paint & Bodywork! Rock guarding at no extra charge with every complete paint job. DROP IN AND ARRANGE YOUR SPECIAL DEAL! REMEMBER: We meet our friends by ac- FREE ESTIMATES — FREE COURTESY CAR — NO OBLIGATION! Maloney Pontiac Buick Columbia Ave., Castlegar munist party leader Mikhail Gorbachev presided over a parade of thousands of work- ers carrying paper flowers, balloons and placards. Pres- ident Ronald Reagan's son, Ronald, was among the spec- tators. Leftist terrorists in Brus- sels claimed responsibility for a bombing that killed two firemen and wounded 12 people, saying the attack was in “solidarity with workers on Labor Day.” The firemen had respond- ed to a report of a burning van, and the van exploded as they approached, police said. Walesea attempted to walk with supporters from his apartment to the parade in Gdansk, but he was turned back by of riot police about 1.5 kilometres from the parade route. “In spite of the clearly peaceful character of it, we were prevented by force from reaching the routes of this year's parade of the working people,” Walesa said. NS IL4 NEW HOURS FOR sa da VISITS . . . Tom Siddon, federal Science and servatives during the group's annual general meetin: sr ees i , chats with K West Con- held Sunday in Castlegar CasNews Photo by Ryen Wilson Tories reorganize By CasNews Staff campaign offices in Trail, Castlegar and Nelson with The Kootenay West Progressive Conservative Party activi overseen by a central committee. has embarked on a reorganization of its constituency Under the new system the association is divided into association. four zones: Rossland, Trail and Beaver Valley; Castlegar, A motion to reorganize was passed by about 75 Salmo and Slocan Valley; Nelson and Kootenay Lake; members on Sunday at the association's annual general Nakusp and the Upper Arrow Lake. ; meeting in Castlegar. It was part of a package of In each zone, a vice-president and a director were of amendments to the group's constitution. elected. In the Trail zone, Terry Elliott was chosen - vice-pr€sident and Judith John director; Castlegar zone Tim Barry, a Nelson small businessman, who wa$ jack Chernoff is vice-president and Barry Buchanan elected president by acclamation at the meeting said & Girector; in Nelson it will be Gaetane Lepiere, and Ken “ ful” election led to the Wilson; and in Nakusp, Ken Marshall and Floyd Lillies. Barry added that the zone executive will recruit “Under the old constitution we were very interested Conservatives in their area to organize events centralized,” Barry explained in an interview. in their own area “without everybody driving over to It was a different group, he said explaining that the Castlegar (for one meeting).” president, two vice-presidents, secretary, treasurer and In other elections, Grace Wilson of Nelson and Brian 25 directors had no real job definition, and the group had _Rennison of Rossland were returned by acclamation as to meet at a central location in order for any activities to secretary and treasurer, respectively. take place. Elsewhere, Conservatives heard an address by Tom reorganization. The new structure will be much the same approach Siddon, Minister of State for Science and Technology VIDEO RENTALS Mon. to Thurs. and Sat. — 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. Fridays — 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. S\ Sundays — 12 noon to 5 p.m. ~~ Located at Pete's TV Ltd 365-6455 ZAVIAN ~~ as during the summer when the Tories had major Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco also gave a report. Conductor rescues boy VANCOUVER (CP) — Quick action by a train con. ductor helped rescue a 12 year-old Vancouver boy whose right foot was cut off as he apparently tried to jump on the Seattle-bound train. “I happed to be the only one there,” David McFarlan said Tuesday in an interview from his home at Kirkland, Wash., a Seattle suburb. The boy, Nataline Socie dadie, was in good condition Tuesday at Children’s Hos. pital in Vancouver where doctors determined the sev ered foot could not be reat tached. The boy and two compan. ions were fishing in a ditch near the tracks in east Van couver when the slow-mov ing train passed Monday McFarlan, 44, conductor of the Burlington Northern freight and a 20-year railroad worker, said the train was coming out of Vancouver. Tom Siddon Castlegar The federal government would like some provincial help if it agrees to a $60 million industrial incentive grant for a new lead smelter for Cominco’s Trail opera- tions, federal Science and Technology Minister Tom Siddon said Sunday. Siddon was in Castlegar for the Kootenay West Pro- gressive Conservative annual general meeting. After touring the aging smelter in Trail, Siddon said the need to fight unemploy- ment is greatest in Trail. He later travelled to Kel- owna and Vernon where he said the same kind of aid being considered for Cominco would also be made available for any regional economic development in the Okana- gan. While at the local Tory meeting, Siddon pledged sup- port for the proposal to es- tablish a forest research cen- tre on the campus of the former David Thompson Uni- versity Centre in Nelson. Rhino party folds MONTREAL (CP) — After more than two decades of avoiding “the ultimate humil- iation of being elected to public office,” the satirical Rhinoceros party charged out of the Canadian political zoo Tuesday. Hatched in the kitchen of Quehee novelist, poet and philosopher Jacques Ferron in 1964, the party has fielded “296.5 candidates in eight federal election campaigns” and proposed such bizarre schemes as moving the Rock- ies to Central Canada. “In the 1984 election cam- paign we promised sex, drugs an drock ‘n’ roll, and rock videos 24 hours a day,” recalls Charlie McKenize, former chief janitor and agent for the Rhinoceros party McKenzie says the party is being laid to rest “not with our heads bowed low, but our horns held high, mindful that — after 22 years in the mud- died trenches of front line polities — we have preserved our dignity” by not being elected. The party, which adopted the rhinoceros as its symbol because like politicians it lumbered through life, has come close to electing mem bers to the Quebec national assembly and House of Com. mons. VANCOUVER (CP) — A subsidiary of Toronto-based real estate giant Cadillac Fairview Corp. Ltd. has made a takeover offer for Woodward's Stores Ltd. Cadillac Fairview spokesman Bert Petlock said Tuesday that if the offer to buy all the outstanding shares is successful his firm will acquire Woodward's real estate interests. A company headed by Woodward's president Grant MacLaren would take over the chain's retail and food operations, which would keep the Woodward's name and continue under the same management. SAYS PWA_ HEAD No air fare cuts CALGARY (CP) — The inability of airlines to cut costs means passengers should not expect any significant fare reductions during the next couple of years, the president of Pacific Western Airlines said Tuesday. Rhys Eyton told the firm's annual meeting there won't be any noticeable fare cuts until airlines reduce their operating costs by 15 to 20 per cent. But doing that is a tough job when about half of those costs are tied up in fuel, terminal charges, landing fees and other items beyond their control. “The fares are down as low as I' think they can come right now,” Eyton told reporters after the meeting. The federal government's deregulation of the industry last year, allowing more competition and more among airlines to react to consumer demands, created public expectations that air fares would drop. C.N. would retire as chief executive officer of the chain. Although he said he “ jasti di ” the offer because it would ensure the continuance of the family name, Wood told a news fe Tuesday it was a Most haven't. “traumatic” day for him, noting that he had been chief executive officer for nearly 30 years and had seen the company's annual sales soar from $70 million to over $1 billion. The store has operated in British Columbia since 1898. He stressed that all existing stgff members will keep their jobs. “It looks like the only c: Y will be me but I'm past retirement age anyway,” he said. Woodward-is 61 and the store's retirement age is 60. He emphasized that, under terms of the deal, no Cadillac Fairview people will be “parachuted in” to manage store operations. “Sooner or later, it was inevitable that the family control block (of shares) would have to go,” Woodward said. “My main concern was for the staff and continued operation of Woodward's stores.” He said faltering economic conditions in Western Canada had no bearing on the decision to accept the Cadillac Fairview offer. “We're very positive on B.C. and Alberta,” Woodward said. “There's still a big market out there that Woodward's hasn't tapped. John Winter, senior associate with Clayton Research Associates of Toronto, said that this year, Woodward's “are not in good shape. “They have been putting a lot of money into rebuilding and refurnishing their network. Presumably their results for the full year are bad or they wouldn't have sold their assets.” Woodward's recorded a net profit for the year ended Jan. 26 of $26.4 million or $1.72 a share — but only after an extraordinary gain because of the sale of the assets of Lansdowne Park Shopping Centre Ltd. in Richmond. Without the extraordinary gain, net income was $2.8 million or 18 cents a share compared with $4.8 million or 31 cents a share the previous year. “Cadillac Fairview has bought just at the right time,” Winter said. “Alberta has already started to turn around and I think sales in B.C. in the last couple of months are showing improvement.” Woodward and his family holding company have agreed to tender their shares, which amount to about 25 per cent of the 16 million outstanding shares. Suspect says he's not guilty TERRACE (CP) — An_ tempted murder, kidnapping, 18-year-old man charged in unlawful confinement, the attack on cab driver aggravated sexual assault, near this And that is largely because Canadian airlines are receiving about a five-per-cent return on investment, or nothing near what they need to replace equipment and other depreciating capital assets, Eyton = He also said the biggest chunk of an airline's operating costs that it can control is salaries. But wage reductions or layoffs are bound to be unpopular. Job security is the main issue in a current strike by 3,000 Air Canada ticket agents. About 5,000 of CP Air's 7,200 workers have also voted recently to strike if contract talks fail. Two unions representing some of Pacific Western's 2,800 staff members have clauses saying they can refuse to cross picket lines established by union colleagues from other airlines. But Eyton said-he is confident most of his company’s workers will continue coming to work, and those who don’t will not disrupt service. Pacifie Western's 1984 net profit was up 74 per cent to $18.8 million from $10.8 million in 1983 and $6.3 million in 1982. ; HOMEGOODS. ’ FURNITURE | WAREHOUSE Mon. - Sat., 9:30 - 5:30 China Creek “Drive a Little to Save a Lot” DISCOVERY OUR FINAL ONE! 5% TO 50% OFF So, if you want to save a hatful of money, just head for Discovery Day, this Thursday at the Bay! THURSDAY ONLY AT ALL BAY STORES PERSONAL SHOPPING ONLY, PLEASE Joyce G northwestern British Colum. bia community last year withdrew his guilty pleas to two charges Tuesday. Errol Hillis of Terrace withdrew guilty pleas to charges of attempted murder and sexual assault with a weapon, but pleaded guilty to sexual assault and robbery with violence. Hillis will stand trial on of a weapon dan- gerous to the public peace, possession of stolen property and theft over $200. 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