DISPLAYING their new w jackets are these. swaribers of the Robson a
Volunteer Fire Department. Front row, left to right, Fred Bojey,
Carson Raycraft, Lou Craig, Dennis La Hue, Jack Seville and Carey ‘

Bob Taylor,
lucas Joan

4 . gram dealgned to reduce the ©

Carl Linktetier, Dennis Bezaire, Geo

Wonijcft;.Tom’
Hall and Pete Evdokimoff. The jackets Nonre'e privided by
the Ladies. Auxiliary to the Rokson Volunteer Fire Department,.a

Webber, Back row, left to right, Stan Ozerolt, George Stein, Chuck - group which ds supported the fire départnient in various weve since

Tuma and Ron Lompman. Missing from the photo are Bill Marks,

its formation approximately t two! years ago...

Reactions vary after release

FROM REUTER-CP
International reaction to
the release of 52 U.S. hos-
tages from Iran after 14

months drew a wide range of.”

reactions today, from.a call
+ for the overthrow of the
. Tehran government to praise
for Iran's “victory.” Some
countries, including Canada,
moved to restore diplomatic
relations with Iran and drop
economic sanctions imposed
after the hostage-teking.:
‘The self-proclaimed Reza
Shah II welcomed the release

of the hostages and issued a
call for the overthrow of the -
Islamic of Aya-..

try. The hostages were taken
when his father was admitted
to the U.S. in 1979 for the
treatment of the cancer that-
eventually killed .

* Egypt last year.
On the other extreme, the
. Syrian press described the

hostages’ release as a victory
for. Iran.

‘External Affairs Minister -
Mark MacGuisan said Canada

thi
will drop economic sanctions

against Iran within weeks. ”

. JAPANHARDHIT - .
“Japan snd ther ‘European

~ tollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
In a message from ~ his
home-in-exile’. in Cairo, the
son of the late shah Moham-
med Reza Pahlavi referred to.
the Iranian: people as hos-
tages within their own coun

Mayor 'Colgur .
elected trial
by judge alone
CRANBROOK (CP} —
Mayor Tye Colgur elected
trial by judge alone after

pleading not guilty in pro-
vincial court Tuesday to

three fraud-related charges.

following offences in 1977 and

<No "tral date was set.
Colgur was charged with
stealing $1,100 and defraud-
ing Klink Holdings, formerly
of Graibrogk. ° ‘

Results from
Joy Keillor
Bridge Club

“Seven tables took part in
Monday evening’s play at
the Joy Keillor. Bridge club
resulting in an average of 84.

North-South — First, Bill
Marten and Bill Gorkoff with
100; second, Helen Ferguson
and Etuka Cameron with
90'2 and third, Ian Mac-
. Donald and Otto Walker with
8B,

East-West — First, Agnes
Chariton and Bev Swain with
100%; second, Dr. Ron Per-

“by Tranian militants on Nov..

4, 1979, were expected to lift .
them quickly. Japan,’ parti-
cularly hard hit-by Hho cut off
of Iranian-vil last April, said
it -will drop its. sanctions in|
two or three days,

In brussels, the EEC for-:

‘ eign ministers issued a state- ©

ment saying they will end:
their sanctions,
. Ganadg closed its embassy

‘in Tehran last January aft iro

In Damascus, the 8;
préss said the release of the
Americans was a victory for,
Tran and “a political defeat
for the United States.” .

“he state-controlled Dam-
ascus radio ‘said the U.S.
succumbed to the will of the
Iranian revolution in the first
defeat after Vietnam, when it
accepted all Iranian . condi-
tions.

Israeli Foreign Minister

The B.C. Government E
ployees Union provincial e:
ecutive has appointed.an
ternal shop steward. tas
force ‘which will hold -he:

Yitzhak Shamir. . congratu-
lated the U.S. and said Israel,
perhaps more than any other

country, 1 understood the pain
+ and. anxiety suffered by the

American people. :

* In an address to the World
Jewish’ American nation and”
share in the joys ‘of*,the
families over the conélusion
of this nightmare which was
Ike a heavy cloud over the.

world for, nearly” 16

B.C. increases
number of
jobs created

VANCOUVER cr)
BC, experienced a “pheno-
menal” growth in the number.
of jobs- created during. the
last year,a federal govern-
“ment economist said Tues-

. 1980, even ‘though it only has.

10. per ‘cent \of the ‘total
+ population. - Total B.C. em-
ployment. as of : December,

.., 1960, according . to figures
. dust released by Employment

awart that is why we,

pres y people b ave 'nat been unde

tragic, resulta’ of combining

* driving with the consumption

of alcohol to the impairment

level, fi 3
‘Traffie «accidents... clatm
more lives than wars, During”
rear period of WWI,

_ such great risk because most‘
people do nof' drink nearly 50°.
‘heavily as'do those who are
most frequently involved: in
fatal. and serious ‘crashes, Int
any. case, we are particularly |
after. drinking, very. poor
*, judges of risk. It is the nature

17,682 Canadians died ‘of bat-.: of accidents that we get little

tle injuries, For the last six.
than 86,000 peo-*
led: on (Canadian

our: efforts on. leg
el

tte 80
veent of ‘all: traffic -acei-
‘reault “of \: v

cent of ©

our gross ato product; _
$22: billios

Approximately 40 per cent

ooiea at the

: Why. the
ment? Forty. per cent ofall
highway deaths" involve’

Alcohol is‘

* youths 16 to 24 years of age.
in half

-Sments: of “our environment

‘chance ‘ta. learn by-expe:
“enee; our, Srl is all too ‘tly
to. be our. las!

Binge decidents ret front
eqirould

roads,’ and. the, other, elq-

: safer? Certainly, much can be
: achieved in this way aif not -

Feguine Geocoake box-

ing champ Mubsnimad Ali

“used his famous mouth Mon-

day t to ‘dissuade young man "

“The incident began whe’ a

man, apparently . suffering”
Victnam flashbacks, climbed

to a ninth-floor: window ‘of s

Los Angeles office tower and

threatened to jump,,

to reduce the damage and In-
Jury that result: from them;
Unfortunately,: our” ‘com.

:, North Americans:.

“must atop ‘impairing ‘their «“/
ability to handle this complex ?

environment”. with’: drugs,. :
‘They must learn to live with

alcohol or ‘dle By: violence, a

* movie stag." :
But after a few houra, the
mani said -he wat definitely ».

‘All, ‘
ing.a business sult, rah up “the

Stairs in'the building, leaned
out a marie window and

‘Ali happened to be across talked to

the street on business whe:

help, saying, “We don’t want
people getting in‘ crisis: si
vations abd then

* (60 ‘per sen); ! these > atal

Ine., by Robert’ B: Voas.

It is important to note that'‘
all accidents are the result of
multiple factors. Alcohol plus
wet, slippery pavement;” al-
coho! plus.bad brakes; aleohol ©
plus emotional upset; alcohol.
plus a loaded, gun: together
these cause accidents. -

Since several different

“causes” must come together. -

~ and: Sealy he. gets hoe oe

without being arrested. This ~
leads the public to the feeling -

“that th the | apes of dri bt drinking

-The' quality ds'yc

today!

dn d!our pri
by: most. printing; pone Drop in and.get a

Asm

A EGAR
3S 197 Ealmbla

the p

ings
in order to receive rank and-

file input. concerning ‘the role’ ‘

of the steward within” the’

union,

"BCGEU. president, Norm
Richards said, “The role “of
the steward ‘within a union is

helping six A

the country ‘and nimpased
trade sanctions on Iran to-put -
pressure on:Jran to rélease,
the hostages.

-MacGuigan and Prime Min-
ister Trudeau both praised”
former president Jimmy Car-
ter’s handling of the crisis.

“That you have succeeded -

+ “The ea is usually the:

first link in 1

ture ‘and as suche is the first :
’ hearing.on Friday in Nelson: ff’

approach if he ¢

problem, Naturally because’

of the direct link to the rank

in reaching an

«with Iran which allows all the ”
hostages to return home safe’.

and sound is to. the great

. credit of. the patience and”

wisdom which you and your:
advisers .have “shown
throughout the crisis,” Tru-
deau said in ‘a letter “to
Carter. . .
Conservative leader Joe
Clark said he is pleased his
government had. played a
role in the hostage drama by

instructing Ken Taytor, then °

Canadian ambassador to
Tran,’ to: hide | aix U.S, em-
bassy employees in'the. Can-
adian Embassy in. Tehran,
then spirit fhem out of: me
country... -
: “LOST NO TIME
Britain ‘Tost ° no time in
its

rier: and -Hubert

with 90% and third; Lorne
Musclow and Chuck Clarkson
with 89%,

representation in Iran —-two
British diplomats flew from
London’ to Tehran on Tues-
day. PSE TIN : ‘

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Phone 368-6686 .

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