iigun clears. ’ Thatcher LONDON (AP) — An in. quiry committee has deter- mined British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Conser- vative government could not © have foreseen or averted ‘Ar- gentina’s invasion of the dis- puted Falkland Islands, That- cher announced Tuesday. ‘Amid angry jeers from op- position MPs in Parliament, Thatcher quoted key cqnclu- sions from the six-month . (icleghone 365-52 10 Brian L. Brown Certified General - A by. a six ber gov 410 Columbia Avo. committee headed by. Lard Franks, 77, a former British ambassador to Washington. - The 105-page report con- cluded the British govern- ment “did not but could-not” have had earlier warning of Catena Ph, 365-2151 ‘Office Aid the decision by A military junta to seize the South Atlantic islands some 350 nautical miles off the Ar- gentine coast. “The invasion of the Falk- land Islands on April 2 could: - SO5:6658 = not have been foreseen,” "the report said. In an even more valuable conclusion from Thatcher's viewpoint, it found “no rea- . sonable . basis” to suggest Financial Statements Persone Income Tax. - futoring pata! Processing COMPETITIVERATES PH. LUELLA AT- Soligo, Koide ‘.& John Garters A Britain could have p the invasion, by acting dif- ferently once it knew an invasion was imminent March 81. The subsequent .74-day’ conflict, which ended in'Brit- ish victory, claimed 255 Brit- ish and 712 Argentin lives. 615 Columbia Ave. (Upstairs) Castlegar: ~ Phone 365-7745 Henry John, B.Sc., C.A. . Resident Partner insertions, cop chang i ellations for the ‘Castlega: Iness Directory, will bo bd jan. 25 fol eee RAE GOS y * * Storel and ‘e-OnSI Our New Program will be Wookly Starting at.12 noon and Commencing Nov. 6, 1982; Fl Sontact! Orville Kramer or James Donovan at 35; ‘Auctlon Youd rate les Every Saturday. > joor Sales — 7 Days a Week me S09, Salmo, B.C: HIGHLAND. : we AUTO PARTS For All Your Auto Needs 1402 la Ave. 365-7248 O88. Bs Saree CEILINGS : RENOVATIONS Most Cor : 365-2509 CASTLE TIRE Opposition MPs had hoped ° : the report would’ dent: That- cher's popularity ratings by pinning on’her ultimate res- ponsibility for plunging Brit- ain into its biggest military - conflict since the Second World War. Lord Carrington, foreign secretary at the time of the invasion, resigned three days after stormed the Falklands, Another British — spy jailed LONDON (AP) S A sol- dier in British military intel- ligence was sentenced Tues- day to four years in after admitting he “stole 2 top-secret Defence Ministry - document on Exocet missiles . and. tried. unsuccessfully to sell it to the Soviet Union. Lance-Cpl. Philip Aldridge, 20, pleaded guilty to violating Britain's Official Secrets Act. ‘The prosecution said. the ., document dealt with ‘the Exocet missiles that Argen- tina used to sink two British ships during last year's Falk- land Islands co'sSict.. It was the fourth espionage conviction in London in three months and followed a string of expulsions of Soviet. offi- cials for alleged spying. London's Old Bailey Crim- inal Court was told that Ald- ridge, stationed at the army's Aldershot barracks 65 kil- ometres southwest of Lon- don, was assigned to the De- fence Ministry ‘last August and employed in the dispatch “MOROSO, MARKIN & . ‘BLAIN Certified General Accountants "241 Columbia Ave. Castlegar Ph. 365-7287 Argentine. troops -« (1977) Lid. SALES & SERVICE ALL BIAS TIRES IN STOCK” _ NOW REDUCED _BUY:1 — GET. 2nd - MATCHING TIRE ‘AT % PRICE Tilendef January. - Hour Sp 365-71 45 Service '1050 Columbia Avenue. E Pash Contracting “The Complete jaytag — Gen bei Aid — _ —Gibsor “THE BEST WARRANTY SERVICE INSTALLATION SERVICE EXPERT. REPAIR SERVICE on all major gppliances including fridges by qualified technicians. Authorized Repair Service . Large Stock of Parts 365- 3388 1008 Columbia Ave. < “We've Got Your _ Muffler. - MAIN ST. 2045 Coluinbia Ave., Trail © Renovations © Custom-Built “ Kitchen Cabinets © Residential & Commercial ©: Big Job or Small ' ‘368-5911 CABINET CENTER... CallBobat . 367-9833... or 367-9316 iy 3A, Fruitvale: Columb (Bottom tiie Hill) Mon. - Sat. 8:30 ='10:30 p.m. Sun. i. Hal. is 10:30 p.i Tobacco, * confectionary & Gencral - Phone 365-6534 _DISCO “DISCO © Custom-r id Dra ‘MUFFLER : ‘Located at Castlegar Turbo : . apnea Service JOHN'S BOOKS 1570 - 2nd Ave., Trail — 368-8078 (Across from Sofeway) ‘OVER 10,000 BOOKS IN STOCK AT I Ye OF NEW PRICE wise involving Britain's suc- cessful attempt to reclaim the Falklands from Argen- tina. During that time he made several attempts to contact officals at the Soviet Em- bassy — at least one by means of aclassified ad in the ~ London newspaper Daily Tel- egraph — in hopes of ex- changing information for enough money to buy a car, the prosecutor ‘Attorney General Sir Michae] Havers, said. Aldridge actually stole one top-secret document on Ar- gentine arms sales from a ministry waste basket but never passed it to the So- viets, Havers added. “He phoned the Soviet - Embassy on a number of oc- casions with the object of giving them top-secret infor- mation for money,” Havers told the court. “But no meeting actually . took place because he failed to. make contact and the: document was actually des- troyed.” HOME APPLIANCE REPAIR LTD. 2am CARPETS ain INSTALL ised -WELCOME] ° a) & D DRYWALL Digby Stetsko © Commercial © Residential © Custom Work e Residential - © Commercial - @ Drywall Call 365-3783 "O sin inger Sewing Centre Castleaird Plaza §-3810 ses CASTLEGAR - FUNERAL CHAPEL « Ded eaied tokindly, “thoughtful service. five Jou to Sl ao moving esti ey representative fait you: pour: the mai mony aervices which have |. made Williams the most respec- ted’ ‘name in. the moving what we sell and our 2 Prices are right. / jon't buy-another Honda until you check our price’ or.you may be paying ° + too much, Elliot Motors Ltd. . WATERBEDS & QUILTS. : 354-4858 636 Beker $t., Nelson a2 ford Ave. Castlegar * Yellow Pages — Electrical Applicncos © Large Stock of Parts 7 © Authorized Service _Depot for Major ‘Appliances _ Hotpoint -—G. _ Inglis 1 — Moffatt — Others 364-2545 365-5451 ' SHELDON’S CARPET CLEANING ~~ PROFESSIONAL SERVICE upholstered ormiture : FOR FREEESTIMATECALL 365-3260 “| Trail TOP QUALITY CLOTHING INFLATION FIGHTER PRICES NEARLY RLY NEW SHOP Phone Rossicnd Ave., Trail 368-3517 Clothes token on consignment. BOBCAT . IN. SERVICES e sNOW REMOVAL © Septic Tank ' * Backhoe * Landscaping * LOW, LOW RATES 365-3015 -@ Savings ‘Loans -: e Mortgages - e Insurance Credit Union SouthSlocan Nakusp New Denver] Fruitvale Castlegar Salmo WISE’S HARDWARE 2044 Washington st. Shotguns & Rifles 362-5171 waeba Trail Honda Dealer D6014) ‘ : House Design ~ Renovation Design Graphic a ‘Phone 962-5533 Rossland, B.C. Waneta Plaza |= OPTOMETRIST © 366 Baker St. Nelson, B.C. : -; Phone 352-5152 Bus. 365-6087 Res. ~ 365-7572 Center aC VIN GW { A : COLEMAN-COUNTRY: ° TOG & Diz] THE COLANDER For Reservations’, Phone 364-1816 . 1478 Coder Ans i ‘BOY SERVICE | Sump: & Septic Tank’ apn iu j@ Shoe Repair” | Keith Pendergast “PROPRIETOR OFESSICNAL “20 Tee Topping, Shaping="; > Remaral & Pell free Prowl, Pest Trea Service Ltd. - 368-6114 J8N Upholstery Studio . For all your‘: holstary needs Sten Hardin Harding pice “WITELL AUTO PARTS” ATTENTION LocGeas . "CHOKES — MAINUINES : 365-7248 | “1402: Catania Aye. : “SPAGHETTI HOUSE “Specializing Inltallan cuisine. "Bartle % Gibson” ie & Heating Supplies Industrial Piping gigi Industrial: Sales & Service * Gov't. Certified ¢ 25 Years Experience : _ REFRIGERATION | 2317 - 6th Ava.;, Castl 365-7702". * Serving the West Kootenay Sete conor . 269 Fe rn Dic! 365-3301. © Providing fe ~Peppercom atthe: H insurance service © We have licence plates © Open 6 days o week to serve you better * Afordable Prices TERRA NOVA MOTORINN 1001 Rossland Ave., Trail: *® Private auto Insurance Reservations 364-2222 ~ Dining Under the Palms | - atu 368-5302 * 102 Waneta Plaza; Trail SS : necenscrlos * Lightings Bath Accessories: , You'll _ Look. Goed | in the” Castlegar News ADVERTISING 965-5210. MEAIaERcASt 6 vland every” ‘Thursday: after : i ed use of the Speedway building, will plek’ up items Friday. Demke says, those who need the groceries can drop by the ' : . 27 ‘per_cent.”. She said. Cruikshank .and: building : inspector, She idea for. a Castlegar. food ‘aepat ‘actually: came to : Deike when she visited Nelson and saw. their Christmas +’ drop-off centre for the needy.” PA "But that centre was only a temporary ‘setup.for special han 24 hours after. Demke conc ved’ the ide depot will be located in'the old Christmas hampers, Demko had something more Jong term in mind, but she couldn't quite put ier finge where they po with municipal administrator Larry Cruikshank, “He was fantastic,” Demke anid. “He was bebind it 100 Gecrge Braman said the two didn't need a business licence to operate: the food depot because it is a non-profit, venture. The two women then asked about available space for the depot ‘and: Braman's first suggestion was the old- ‘business, also livein the Arrow Lakes _ sand Zurek ‘approached Shirley’ Wel De that city’s needy. Ree & ae ‘Ah rah, that’s support for the depot... - +. Welt noted that because the bubing is stil up. for sale,- still received over. the is ‘ But that suits Demke and Zurek | just fine. That will give them a chance ‘to see if the depot is really need ae c mameasedonieeae As! house rented by four of the five, said he: was alerted in December that Police were 1 his nel “The RCMP phoned us up one time and said they (his ‘-neighbors) ‘were under sur- ‘veillance and not to. get too clude dynamiting a. Vancou- ver Island: hydro substatio firebombing ’ three Greater } a the Eaith’s surface about’ : Despite ridicule from the’! So-, 7.5 kilometres lower than re-. viet Union, rapid response crews were on.the alert. in Canada, the. U.S.. and’ elée- . . where around the world Sat. urday- for. the expected ré- ri ported: late Friday. Dr. Richard’ “Wagner,” nue clear gdviser to U.S. Defence Secretary Caspar: Weinber- of scientists: who rushed ‘to the. spot? could’ not immed- -iately de object was from the crippled. soviet nuclear: pemeret: ger’s, said in ‘a telephone i in- entry. ofa Soviet SPY satellite." | Pentagon apaco Speclalinta say:'the.” satellite, “ Cosmos 1402, will probably: re-enter the’. stroosphers sometime Sunday evening. 5... + As of 8:18 a.m.’ EST Satur-, day, the satellite ; was travel- lingi an orbit which brought it within 64.4 kilometres of terview or when: the: satellite would conie down, stg Ss oye - However, Sri La: 's atate radio: said’ Saturday ‘that a : strange ‘object described as’ the size of a tennis ball had ‘fallen ‘from the sky about 80 kilometres north of Colombo. The broadcast said a team it-was still, “hard to’ ‘ predict” just where © ‘out of-orbit, burn up in atmosphere, and possibly spew radioactive debris on Earth today (Sunday), the Pentagon reports. * > Moscow also predicts a Sunday. re-entry, most likely “over ‘the region .- ‘of the Boundary changes e ed OTTAWA’ (CP) — “British Columbia MPs had no imme- diate complaints. Friday about retommendations to create five’ new electoral boundaries in: the province and to rearrange the existing . 28 ridings. “T feel pretty good about the changes in my riding,” said’ New Democrat Ian Wad- dell, MP. for Vancouver- Kingsway. : “There are none.” An i di i most untouched. ’ the urban Vancouver, giving the province 33 MPs. But it ‘suggested federal - ridings . in Vancouver, , the Fraser Valley and -northern. and eastern B.C, be left al- are. part. ofa $8-muillion 5 pro- cess.to expand the Commons to $10 seats from 282: -~ . The changes: will be: dis- cussed ‘at public hearings: throughout the: country and then debated ‘ in ‘Parliament. The“ ion’ recom- mended. a: wholesale ‘redraft- ing of the Vancouver Island electoral’ map to’ take into account. population, growth and.‘shifts and to nad. one "more riding. It also ji in B.C. on March 28,” i : However, ‘the ‘new. boun- : daries aren't expected to, be in place before October, 1984, most likely too late for the “next federal election... of bedroom boundaries commission, headed by county court Judge Bruce Macdonald; rec- ommended five new seats be carved out of ‘the fast- growing regions of southern Vancouver Island, the central Okanagan Valley ‘and sub- communities south and east of Vancouver’ to, create three new seats. ' The ‘fifth: new seat would take in the Okanagan city of Kelowna and surrounding area. The recommended changes Prog Conservative MP Pat Carney was smiling when she discovered’ there would be no changes to Van- couver's five ridings.’ Three of those. ridings, including Carney’s Vancouver Centre seat, are held by Tories and two by New Democrats. A2 Arabian Sea.” "But it ridicules western fears of: radioactive contamination. ‘The; Saviet news agéncy . Tass said Friday, in Moscow that most. of the radioactive debris would. burn up in the upper: atmosphere and ‘that , the danger from any remain- ing fragments would not ex- + ceed ini paNionaliy secepted “Er gency: teams of Us. nuclear experts are on 24- hour’alert to rush anywhere ‘in the : world to retrieve radioactive ..material that might . survive the fiery re Pentagon spokeman Henry (Catto said there is a 70-per- ‘cent chance the Cosmos de; -bris — if it des the fiery re-entry —will come down over an ocean, 16-per-cent chance over the Soviet Union, three-per-cent chance over Canada ° and “two-per- cent chance over the United : States. ss The Defence Department reported late Friday that Cosmos 1042 had falled 16 kilometres in 32 hours’ and had! dipped to within 167 kilometres of Earth. Track- ing experts estimated the 3,648-kilogram section would - re-enter the atmosphere. be- . tween 6:46 a.m. Sunday. ant 8:17 a.m, Monday, with 81 _ day evening. the amps, likely =. Hime. lt is not’ ‘yet. ‘name a. general’srea of the: world over ‘which re-entry will occur,” said the Penta- gon statement. . ‘ ‘Happy Birthday — Barney SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — ‘Doctors, nurses and relatives wished artificial heart recipi- “ent Barney Clark a “hearty” 62nd ‘birthday Friday, but kept the celebration low-key because he is a “very sick man.” A nurse asked Clark in the morning if he knew what day ‘it was and “he said, ‘Sure, it’s my. birthday,’ -" hospital John Dwan said. A rectangular chocolate- fudge cake with a.heart-. shaped top layer was baked for Clark by the pastry chef at the University ..of ‘Utah Medical Centre, where Clark received the Plastic heart Dec. 2. Hospital officials paid they did not know whether Clark would be permitted to eat any cake. He has eaten a milk shake and pie during his re- covery. ‘stares that, : adult films, and conspiracy to e sabotage an armed forces * base and an icebreaker. ‘Toronto police.also are in- ‘vestigating 2. possible link with: the. bombing Oct.. 14, 1982, of Litton Systems ‘of Politicic an's ex-wife | ‘slain. had yet to establish a pos- sible motive Saturday in the # brutal slaying a day earlier of Joann Wilson, former wife of Colin Thatcher, noted pro- # vincial politician. Wilson's body was found about 6 p.m: CST lying in a pool of blood between two ‘ears in the garage of her three-storey, .Tudor-style house across the street from >. the: Saskatchewan : legis- lature. ie There were extensive head wounds which indicated the attractive 43-year-old blonde had been beaten and shot. _. Her former husband, who resigned earlier in the week - as the province’s energy minister, was not available for comment on the slaying, Police are seeking a dark- haired, bearded suspect, about five feet-10 inches tall. He was said to be driving a blue, full-sized .sedan _be- lieved to be a late 1960s’ or early "70s model with little chrome. Thatcher, son of former Liberal premier Ross That- cher, and Wilson were div- orced in November, 1979, after 17 years of marriage. Wilson was awarded more than $750,000 from her mil- lionaire husband. -of ‘slides. on the. twisting Squamish Highway, which hugs the cliffs ‘along ‘Howe ~ Sound. A “They said the suspects of-° or’ fered no resistance. REGINA (CP) — Police’}) Bf ° Theatre Energy thought. Pubroaniels s to schools, for details S00 page RS © The Pay-TV saga continues os protest groups condemn Playboy on TV. But protests ore not hurting sales. For story see page A3 © Chamber of Commerce elected its directors for 1983. See story on page AB © For Kot I Voll ment action see page BI. yball tourna-