A2 CASTLEGAR NEWS, iaiory 11, 1981- Polit cians. By Shawn Waddell . VANCOUVER (CP) - Local disc jockeys haye been assur- ing their Sisteners all week that they have no political aspirations. ns, ‘ It’s hard to tell tf they’re, . joking. Sun coluninist Denny Boyd ets version of snakes and ladders that might be called pols and gebbers,”" “Another year has Opentdin the nevet-fevor-land: thit is! B.C, polities}: vo ehtnaty wat Sotsundes way Tuesday h_thaisfection of, Hoajth, nse Bae Ma from the’ aa inp & seat befiind. logal.radio vatation s opensline show. ‘The burly, bearded Mair is not the fret BC; peli lend -his talents;to.whe ie . sth fa The big Joke: ateelestion ¥ time used to be that the Social Credit government,.was, run- by auto dealefs. But the ‘truth is that the thtee cabinet ministers with car lot connec-.* tions are outaumbered by those with broadcasting back- grounds, wake what happened Tues- day. Follow carefully. Mair’s predecessor in the health. ministry was Energy Minister Bob McClelland, who vaulted into politics from a little country-and-western station in Langley. REPLACES . _ Mair’s replacement in Jim Nielson — a former broad- caster at the same, station Mair is defecting to — who previously held the consumer » affairs portfolio. The new boy in consumer affairs is Peter Hyndman, who worked his way through law school as a broadcaster in Calgary. And then there's Finance Minister Hugh Curtis. The - dulcet tones that now Sellver: : budget speeches gtace the airwaves of vie ‘ore. That's only the beginning. Mair, a lawyer by trade, was recruited to replace John Reynolds, dumped by CJOR after he falled to improve the station’s perennial. brides- maid position behind ratings oe CKNW. . chain of restaurants but also pops up in television comm- erciais for a men’s | wear shop. The talk around town is’ that COR, owner Jim. ison, master of a business empire that includes car deal- erships, airlines: and soda, pop, was really after ‘Davo ' Barrett, leader of the NDP: 5 TO ACCEPT Barrett, riding high-in the polls after a year of Socred fumbles, turned it down flat, while “Maic was quick to it at a reported salary of accep! _ at least $100,000 a year. Ir Reynokts was Parlia ments gift to broadcastitig, it was to repay radio for Marke, Rain former’ opén-line) host who spent a quiet term; as'a Liberal ol ME for Burnaby:, before bowing out! . with the May, 1979 election. ' The list goes on: The late: Message for. sis et r,Anwar Sadat et ved message from yen President Nico- e, Ceausescu proposing an + tnternational conference in efforts to solve the Arab- Israeli conflict, the semi- official’:Al Abram news: r reported today. - It said the message was delivered to Sadat Satur- day by an unidentified Ceausescu emissary and that it proposed the United Nations play a major role in the conference. The newspaper offered no elaboration on whether the proposal suggested = return to the Geneva Coa. ® ference jon: the Middle . East; ‘co-sponsored by’ the ° United . States and, the _ Soviet Union, The ae ‘Sa visit to Israel in 1977. Ceausescu: was credited : for playing a major role {n' arranging Sadat’s visit, which paved the way for Egyptian-Israeli pe ce treaty signed the following AT, te 18 cabrio} a hotline: progra: couver, after her exile ‘from hol CK! Jailed for. “sdordye books. MEMPHIS,tenn, (AP) — woman jailed for five hours rs a dispute over 13 allegedly. overdue library books faces a court: hearing that could time behind bars.’ “The whole thing would funny ‘except that lian’ Dykes said of ber client; Lily Prymus. . Sinatra investigated ct wiseeare 18 books — fiction and nonfiction — Pry-. muss said tq have borrowed © from,Memphjs-Shelby Coun- ty, Ryglic pibrary Isat sum- + MenicPrumus. has said ‘she returned Aherbooks and never recejvelQany notice to the contrary mm - aiibrdryonecords show tho Memphisclavoman did not return. the ypooks and was notified’ oy, were overdue. ‘tor underworld ties By THE CANADIAN PRESS Nevada gaming authorities . said’ that further work is being done on a background probe. into Frank Sinatra, as a result of nt too sentimental over money, Sinatra wants a Nevada gaming licencé to “work as a consultant for Caesars palace in Las Vegas. The singer lost'a jcence in 1968 for being host to reput- ed mobster Sam Giancana at a Lake Tahoe club he owned. Inquest to query death of four VANCOUVER (CP) — An inquest into the deaths of four carpenters who fell "86 floors from. a downtown office building likely will be lurp! said “it should be relatively _ straightforward and should not take more than two days.” ‘He ‘said one of the main points to be determined is * the method used to secure the fly form carrying the men’ Pofore it plunged to the ground Wednesday at Bentall Centre's Tower alte. City pel lice are carrying out the major investigation on his behalf and officials of the Workers’ Compensa- tion Board are conducting their own. . Meanwhile, a spokesman for Dominion Construction which is building the tower, said most of its carpenters were back at work Friday. Nearly 40 carpenters, upset by the accident, had stayed off the job Thursday. ‘The four. carpenters died when a lumber and steel fly form used in pouring . concrete broke away from the top of the tower and — along. with the men — plunged about 100 metres to the ground. Popular fungus killer suspect VANCOUVER (CP) - An agrieuitural chemical that has been popular in B.C. for, years was. given. federal, approval on the basis af what: now is suspected as fraud-, ulent tests, Ron Koblynyk provincial’ pesticide centro} sdirector,said. : "-He eaid Captan, a fungicide . available in about. 90 prod- ucis sold in Canads, will continue to be licenced pen- ding a review by the federal government. The reviews were ordered after disclosure almost two. years ago that a private U.S. laboratory “had cut corners “and had some very shoddy testing procedures in gather- ing information leading to Heensing. applications,” he Captan ‘has been used for. about 20 years by Interior _orchardists and. grape growers, Fraser Valley rasp- berry. growers and backyard _gatdeners throughout B.C. to. qontnol svch things as mil- daw, applo seab, leaf spots and summer rot, _ "The fungicide now is sus- pected of’ contributing to intestinal and liver tumors in mice. Four months ago the U.8. Environmental Protec- tion Agency said Captan is “Capable of inducing gene mutations, DNA damage and chromosomal aberrations.” Kobylnyk said that be- cause Captan has been used in B.C. for years, nobody questioned the original tost- ing. In addition, there have been no reported adverse effects. Gaming Control | Board chairman -Richard “Bunker said his itivestigators have been aware “for some time” about allegations against Sinatra by Jimmy (The Wea- seal) ‘Fratianno,’ an uiider- world tip gemn ture! governs mentink eli es sy Frattsitho**baid “recenthy’ that -Sinatra ‘asked him through an emissary to break . the legs. of a former body-. Reporters: Thieves steal : 43,678. quarters: MONTREAL (CP) Somewhere out there, some thieves have bulging pockets. ° Proviricial police said that. someone stole $10,917 worth of quarters from, a: highway toll booth north of. Montreal 4 overnight, : Police said the 43,678 quar- ters were kept in eight metal: ° atrongboxes, -each’ weighing - 87 kilograms, ’/'The-. boxes, were locked, ‘but: police said, the thieves —~ they think thre ged the boxes on‘a toboggan to a waiting car... '. Carried milk snake n his bag . cron nah aeuned when bi passenger Walter Sondereg- ger said his suitease contain- ed three snake bags and an’ empty -hot water bottle. But Sonderegger, the: Van-~ couver Aquarium’s resident reptile expert, wasn’t joking. He was on‘his way to Seattle to pick up a South American milk snake for the aquarium. ; On his return trip, check- ing through Canadian: Cus- toms, Sonderegger was ask- ed what he had in his bag. “A milk snake,” be replied. in his slight Dutch accent. “A milk shake?” the cas- toms officer asked. | — “No, I said a milk snake.” “OK, wise guy,” replied the customs officer, “open the bag and let’s see ‘the mitk shake.” Sonderegger complied, ‘un- zipping the bag‘to reveal a long brown snake withsblack “and white bands. there wer no further ques- tions. n summotis'to appear in‘court on Aug. 28 because of: over- due books. After calling the library and being told there. was no record of any such overdue books, Prymus. for- got about it, Two. nionths ter, was told that she either had to pay for the books or go to Z to police, and spent almost five + hours behind, bars ‘until 're- leased on ithe $50, bond. - guard who was “sae” now presides over show, on the CBC’s: British atrovetatal ST eee and’ chestrs is te in the legislature, ‘said 1 Callaghan. Politicians do bring certian “talents to the job, but are not- Busranteed success, said Rod: rose’ sere tan the firat: rescued rec Counties a River fear Rob- son Thursday’ afernopn. i odthe. river and aadea out toa thouse moored 300 yatds fromthe Robson, store.’ The raft freed itself, and left the: bis ea almost empty apd buys 16: or 18 gallons, he could save $8 or $9," 2 ». Statisties “Canada said. tal be eld bridge tolls, he could save my fo it's worth it.” * The Sineeat draws’ were ‘gas stations in Winds or, Ont, and Fort Erie, Ont:, which Bistfal boys stranded on the boat- house. ‘ ‘A passing motorist noticed. the boys waving : ‘frantically’ > and notified'the'local RCMP.. Whe: alles attended at the boat in' 2 boat loaned | to” ‘them : by. John” . Ekroos of Castlegar they dis- covered. a Castlegar citizen . had already rescued the boys. : y pr esident ? format. trail the tausic stations mt the : ratings. - me Vancouver. listeners’ . pre- ference for.talk over tunes is shared in other cities on the Pacific Coast, he’ said. The top stations: in: Seattle,’ San’ Francisco’ ‘and: Los