\ Su. Castlegar News November 20, 1983 ICBC premiums on the rise VANCOUVER (CP) — Auto i will also eliminate its pre- P in British Columbia will rise an average six per cent next year, the Insurance Corp. of. B.C. announced Friday. The Crown corporation SPECIALS FOR YOU Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week CROSS RIB ROASTS ig OF BEEF. $4.17 KG.... mium financing prog » 80 motorists will have to ar- ° range their own financing. In general, vehicle owners who insure for pleasure use only will face the largest increases, the company said. The corporation also esti- PPWC serves notice VANCOUVER (CP) — The most militant of British Columbia’s three forest unions served notice Friday that work stoppages that plagued the industry earlier this fall could resume as early as Monday. The 5,500-member Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada served strike notice on three pulp mills Friday as a 21-day moratorium on strikes and lockouts expired. The union also asked special medi- ator Allan Hope to book out of its negotiations with the Pulp and Paper Industrial Relations Bureau, which Union president Jim Sloan said the union had served 72-hour notice on BC Timber in Castlegar and Prince Ru- pert. Notice also was served on Prince George Pulp and Paper, he added. Before the moratorium, the industry, retaliating against selective strikes by \ The industry is seeking a three: year " contract, with a first-year wage freeze, the union, had locked out union’mem- . bers at nine pulp and paper operations. Saunders said the pulp bureau might consider a lockout again if the strikes resume. WAIT FOR STRIKES “We have not been hit ‘as yet,” he : and language changes giving it more flexibility over scheduling and con- tracting out of work. Base rate in the industry is $12.96 an hour. ‘The union wants significant improve- ments in pensions. Meanwhile, negotiations with B.C’s other two forest unions are proceeding, Saunders said. Industry negotiators planned to meet officials of the. 40,000-member I we if America said.“All- we've done is BATHROOM mates that eliminating its bargains for the industry. premium financing plan, which enabled vehicle own- ers to pay in four stages, will add a net $4 million to its income. pulp bureau. = COMMUNITY Bulletin Board LUTHERAN MISSIONARY LEAGUE Invites everyone to a Tea and Boke Sale on Sat., Nov. 26, at St. Peter's Church. 713 4th St. 2/93 “At 2:20 this afternoon the mora- torium ran out,-and the PPWC was in position again to issue strike notice,” said Don Saunders, chairman of the notice.” Sloan said the end of the moratorium on work stoppages should also signal ‘today, and with the 9,000-member Canadian Paperworkers’ Union on Monday. Neil Men- the end of eff Hope. lorts, under a news blackout imposed by FOR TORY NOMINATION John chaltenges Brisco By CasNews Staff Beaver Valley resident Judith John this week an- nounced she will challenge’ Casth h LUNCHEON JUBILEE. 12 02. TIN cxruon 9] a ORAN BOX OF ORDER OF JOB'S BETHEL No. 60 Christmas Tea & Bake Sale on Sat., Nov. 26 from 2-4 p.m. at the Legion Hall. Tickets $1. 2/93 “UNDER THE GUN... A DISARMING REVUE" Will come to Castlegar on Thurs., Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. ot SHSS Activity Room. Theatre Company uses song, dance ‘and drama to talk about militarism here and in the Philip- pines. Tickets at local outlets and door. 4/93 VINTAGE CAR CLUB OF CANADA Will be having a table of rummage for sale at the Robson Hall on Sunday, Nov. 20 2/92 Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed here. The first 10 words are. $3 and additional words are 12¢ each. Boldfaced words {which must be used for headings) count as two words. There is no extra charge for a second consecutive inser. Bob Brisco for the Progressive Conservative nomination in cratic Party MP Lyle Kris-.: tiansen. 4 ay She. said'‘she is running because residents should see « more of their MP in.the rid-: ing on constituency business. “We haven't seen our MPs in the area at all,” she ard said his union is determined to keep negotiations going. needs a new candidate “who- is not resting on their laurels -+«I think the party could see |. alot more action than they’ve seen.” i A member of the PC party for one year, John says the ‘Tories can't win an election in one month. She said the NDP has already started its elec. tion campaign and the Tories need to get their campaign into full. swing as weil, Asked what she has to of- fer Kootenay West voters, John replied, “I think I could contribute a lot to the party and to the West Kootenay. CENTRAL FOODS Nity OveNe PERATED 2717 Columbia Ave. —_ CASTLEGAR Columbia Ave. COMMUNITY Builetin Board tion while the third concecutly Notices should be brought to the Castlegar News at197 charged. Brisco was Kootenay West with Joe Clark’s Tory gov- ernment. Kristiansen, who lost a 1979 fight to Brisco, beat the longtime Conser- vative in 1980. MP prior to 1980 when he # was swept out of office, along JUDITH JOHN ... for PC candidate A 81-year-old self-employ- ed music teacher, John is a third generation West Koot- enay resident. She is enter- ing her fourth year as a trus- tee on the Trail school board ,_and is chairman of the West ! KSdtenay® Union Board of * Heal x Showcase of Values! From Nov. 15 To Nov. 30 SAVE th. She is also-chairman of the Beaver Valley Library and president of the Trail branch of the Registered Music Tea- chers. John said in an interview that she is running against Brisco in the Dec. 4 nom- ination because the Kootenay West “needs a new face.” “I think it's for a new candidate who supports the new leader,” .John said. “After the next federal election, this area could well LYLE KRISTIANSEN :.. listened on portable radio JFK'S DEATH continued from front pege president, remembers: “I was standing in a service station in Moscow, Idaho talking to a friend who I went to college with. (I was) shocked, numb, it was a real shock.” Kennedy's assassination also came as a shock to Selkirk College principal'Leo Perra. “I was walking into the faculty of education building in the University of Alberta. A couple of students I didn’t know were just standing around talking and I heard one of them say Kennedy had been assassinated. I was stopped in my tracks, it was such a shock.” Former Castlegar school trustee Anne Jones was an articling student for a law firm on the 16th floor of the Royal Bank building on Granville and Hastings in’ Van- couver when she heard the news. They had news criers in those days who yelled out the headlines as they sold papers. Said Jones: “I remember there was just pandemonium on the streets — screaming and yelling to such an extent that one fellow decided he would go down and investigate.” ‘What he found when he went out on the street were boys with newspapers that read “Kennedy Shot” in headlines five inches high. “Two hours later,” Jones recalls, “it (the headline) came out ‘Kennedy Dead.’ It was a very tense time.” Kootenay West MP Lyle Kristiansen also remem- bers exactly where he was and what he was doing. “I was ona train from Ottawa to Toronto. I had a radio with me.” BURT CAMPBELL ... heart almost stopped havea on the” government. side of the House of Commons. With the tremendous appeal of Brian Mulroney, Conservatives have never had such an op- Portunity for finally being able to show the Canadian people-a superior alterna- tive,” she said in a prepared release. John added, “I believe that in a democracy people have. to take responsibility for’ running. If that kind of com- mitment isn't made, we get the kind of government we deserve.”" She says she wants to give the Tories “an alternative. Election by acclamation is a Kristiansen was federal secretary for the Young New Democrats at the time and was on his way toa NDP Youth convention in Hamilton. He said he took his radio and stood on an-outside platform at the rear of the train and listened to the broadcast. i Chris D'Arcy, MLA for Rossland-Trail, remembers he too. was shocked to hear of Kennedy's assassination. D'Arcy was shopping in Castlegar at the time. “In fact, I was just walking out of the Castlegar Post Office and somebody mentioned to me as I came out of the door that Kennedy had) been assassinated.”, . ., D'Arcy said he felt a'sense of loss “not only of the individual, but also our society and social order was also under attack by wanton terrorism.” It was the first time in D'Arcy's memory that a prominent citizen in the western world had been assassinated. But. he wasn't a believer in the Kennedy Camelot. CasNews columnist John Charters was the vice- poor of de- mocracy. “The West Kootenay Pro- gressive Conservative party needs a fresh new candidate who is 100 per cent behind Brisco was a strong sup- porter of former leader Joe Clark. building up the local ” John also said the area John added. ee ENTERTAINMENT Shamrock Motel j. 1629 Sprague Avenue Spokane, Wash., U.S.A. 99202 Phone (509) 535-0388 Brian Mulroney and who is 100 per cent committed to incipal at Train Junior Secondary School in Trail. He remembers the announcement was made by the principal over, the school’s P.A. system about 11 a.m. that morning. G “There was sort of a stunned silence,” Charters recalls. “Then a whole bunch of students burst out crying ... to see the children dissolve into tears, it was some- thing.” The school war shut down at noon hour and the students sent home. 3 a VANCOUVER (CP) — The British Columbia govern- ment made no concessions to the Solidarity: Coalition to reach an agreement ending the ‘public sector strikes that rocked the province earlier this month, Premier Bill Bennett said Friday, sg A The r for the kind of. i on legislation the government’ wanted all along, Bennett told television interviewer Jack ‘Webster! its : “We're doing exactly the kind of, consultation’ we've been inviting and Solidarity rejected, and’ pursued: their course of encouraging civil disobedience,” he \said:”’ Bennett, ‘disclosing publicly’ what he’ and forests union, head Jack Munro agreed ‘to'at their meéting Nov: 18 at series of public sector, walkouts that spread from the striking g pl to include teach and school support workers, before Bennett and Munro reached their agreement. y f yi 3 \ ‘TIME FOR HEALING The premier said the government plans no action - against people who went on what he considers to be illegal strikes, because now.is “a time for healing.” - _ ‘Bennett and Munro had agreed not to disclose details of their pact until Bennett met with the Social Credit éaucus. - The premier said Friday much of the confusion: over what was di: d came from made by Larry: Kuehn, president of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation, whose Bennett's Westbank home, ‘said the ‘ made no concessions to’ the coalition, an amalgam'of labor and social” Groups. opposed to his legislative restraint package. The Bennett-Munro pact came just hours. after’ the government and the B.C. Government Employees Union reached a” at included . contract language allowing the $5,000 union members'to escape the sweepihg layoff powers of the Public Sector. Restraint ‘Act. That act, limiting public’ sector. unio bargaining powers, ‘and other legis! ting the Ren and the Human Rights Conimission were the‘catalyst for a Trudeau visit first ever DHAKA (CP) — Prime Minister Trudeau heading for the Commonwealth summit Wednesday in New Delhi, arrived in Bangladesh on Saturday for a three-day look’ at both the largest recipient of Canadian foreign aid and one of the poorest countries | in the world. Arriving from Tokyo and what he described as an en- couraging 90-minute meeting on his East-West peace ini- tiative with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, Trudeau was met at the air- port by Lt.-Gen. Hossain Mohammad Ershad, the ‘country’s military leader. He was also greeted by a receiving line of about 120 other cabinet ministers, mili- tary personnel and members of the diplomatic corps.‘ Portraits of a younger- looking Trudeau decorated the airport building and were placed in several spots along CHEERS... Gordon (left) and Maureen Gray and Laurie Lyons toast . ottles of the highly touted Beaujolais Nouveau. Tradition has it the young, fruity red wine goes on sale the route into the capital of with Castlegar's first about three million people. were on strike for three days over the layoff, > legislation and education funding levels. : Bennett said the $18 million to $20 million saved in salaries not paid to teachets during their strike will be kept. in the school system. However, he said he expected teachers to make up the three lost days. * Meanwhile, defending his decision to comment on the Munro-Bennett talks, Kuehn said he had a to November 20, 1983 Castlegar News AS 'No.concessions, says Bennett rity Coalition co-ch Art Kube, p: of the B.C. Fed of Labor, said that while the major labor tell teachers why they were going back to work. And he said the premier is welching on the agreement by. insisting teachers make up the three days missed during the strike. He also said it was his understanding the money saved if unpaid wages would go to offset next year's $27-million cut... i Kuehn said if the government doesn't live up to its promi: je teachers and O; i the labor arm of the coaltion, will consider another strike.’ . ; REDUCE SIZE : Bennett said the g empl rs will allow the government to continue toward its goal of. reducing the size of the civil service by 25 per cent. And he ; Said contract language in the agreement means Bill 2, which governed productivity and other working conditions, can die “on the order’ paper. +} ‘The Solidarity Coalition had originally demanded that the all the I with But‘ unchanged are plans to cut $27 million next year. f Bennett also said he expects Education Minister Jack Heinrich to use “moral suasion” to persuade school boards to reach layoff agreements with teachers. |” au Vi es the July 7 budget. But the Bennett-Munro truce agreed to by Operation Solidarity appéars to provide only for consultation on some of the more contentious pieces of : legislation. “J throughout Sature the world at one second past midnight on Nov. 15. But issues that led to the -public sector strikes have been resolved for the most part, Operation Solidarity is prepared to mobilize its forces again to support teachers if they can't resolve their problems. Meanwhile, Munro said Bennett wasn't as positive or specific about the accord as he had hoped the premier would be. Bennett said he was surprised at the criticism sparked by the government's pian to dismantle the Human Rights Branch and Ct since its repl is i to ‘improve and broaden protection of human rights. MMITTEE CREATE CO! u However, he said an advisory committee will be put in place to make recommendations to Labor Minister Bob McClelland on what shape the new human rights body will take. ; Also unchanged are plans to abolish rent controls and the office of the Rentalsman, which mediated landlord- tenant di but the g is open to on how landlord-tenant disagreements can be worked out. Munro, meanwhile, said he and Bennett talked specifically about a rent review panel. Dixon denies killing CRANBROOK (CP) — Accused murderer John Dixon, 28, took the witness stand for a second day Friday and continued to deny charges he kidnapped and killed a young Calgary-woman in August, 1982. Dixon, charged’ with ‘first-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old Jill Venker, told a B.C. Supreme Court jury here he did not abuct, rape or murder Venker. As the only defence witness, Dixon related his version of the hours leading up to and following Venker’s disappearance Aug. 18, 1982." : Venker'’s body was found Aug. 24 in an isolated brush area just west of Golden. Police alleged Dixon led | them to Venker who had been severely beaten before she was_killed by a single gun shot through the back. But Dixon denied leading police to the body and he denied stealing a rifle the same day Venker disappeared. Under questioning by Crown prosecutor Richard Cairns, Dixon said his sister, Anne Cochrane, lied when she testified that she noticed a .803 rifle missing shortly after Dixon left her Golden home Aug. 18. He said his sister would lie because she “doesn't like me very much.” _ |" | Cottirane and’her husband were “convinced that I yrdid what thepolfée told them I did,”’Dixon added. After leaving the Cochrane’s Aug. 18, Dixon admitted he “felt bad” because of a fight he lost to his brother-in-law. : And he agreed with Cairn’s suggestion he was disturbed at the time because his girlfriend had left him lay was just fine for this trio. ” Salmo man killed Funeral held _ for Robson man Stanley George Apel of one nephew, David J. Dom- Robson passed away Friday, beck. Nov. 18 at the age of 43. He Funeral services will be A 28-year-old Salmo man was killed and another man injured Friday even- ing in a single-vehicle accident on Highway 8, eight kilometres east of Castlegar, RCMP. report. Lorrie Dale Steininger was fatally injured in the accident which took place about 7 p.m: Dominic Paul Archam- bault, also of Salmo, suffered undeter-: mined injuries, police say. truck at the junction of Highway 3 and Highway 22. No injuries resulted. Investigation of “both accidents continues. A third accident in South Castlegar on Columbia Ave. about 6:20 p.m. Friday resulted in impaired driving charges to a Castlegar woman. The vehicle sustained damage, but no cost © estimate is avail enue An RCMP vehicle from the Cast! detachment responding to the accident became involved in a collision with a + The name of the woman involved has not been released. 30% 100 PATTERNS Biggest selection ever of Noritake Formal China, Casual Dinnerware e NewT.V.’s and New Queen Beds ¢ New Queen Waterbeds © All New Movies Every Week! was born Nov. 28, 1989 at Alma, Wis. and worked as an electronics designer. Mr. Apel is survived by his parents, Stanley A. and Mar- SHOWTIME T.V. PRIVATE ADULT MOVIES garet Apel of Cochrane, Wis.; held this week at the Stohr- Hagen Funeral Home, at Alma. Burial will be in the Alma cemetery. ‘ Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Castle- U.S. slams Soviet plan WASHINGTON (AP) — Reagan administration offi- cials size up the latest Soviet move in the arms control talks as a “smokescreen” de- signed to isolate the United States from its European al- lies. They say they find no Yuli h devi more negoti- ations, the French and Brit- ish missiles might be con- sidered. 3 But the administration has insisted on excluding these weapons from the current in- termediate-range missile talks, and the’allies are just Kvitsinsky’s informal offer to accept the right of France and Britain to have an in- dependent nuclear missile force. But whatever purpose -Kvitsinsky had in sounding out chief U.S. negotiator Paul Nitze, the Soviets denied making any formal change in as stubb insisting on the right to a “last-resort” mis- sile defence of their own. At the same time, though, the stalemate in Geneva of 48 missiles each. A USS official, taking a critical view of Kvitsinsky’s move, said Friday it was in- tended to “decouple” the United States from its allies and was a “smokescreen” rather than a breakthrough. Besides, said the official, the 162 French and British missiles are dwarfed by the commanding Soviet lead over the United States in all types three weeks earlier. But Dixon denied Cairn’s charges he threatened Venker with the upper portion of a beer bottle smashed on the door sill of his car. He said glass fragments recovered from the door sill could have come from anywhere. Dixon had no explanation for the beer bottle piece bearing his finger prints discovered on the Trans-Canada Highway near. Venker's abandoned vehicle. The vehicle and bottle were found about 17 kilometres west of Banff, Alta., the same day Venker disappeared. Dixon said he spent the evening of Aug. 18 with a female hitchhiker he drove from Banff to Golden. He said he slept in his car after the girl left him early Aug. 19. Dixon then drove to Revelstoke, where he visited bars and tried to sell his car, he testified. Dixon rejected Cairn's accusations that he fabricated the story of the hitchhiker after hearing evidence at the prelimihary hearing in Dec. 1982. “I did not base my story on the preliminary hearing,” said Dixon in an emotional outburst. He said police refused to listen when he first mentioned the hitchhiker and he accused Cairns of trying to his story. of nuclear poses severe political prob- lems within the NATO alli- ance. 9,000 to 7,800. Although U.S. ‘heads — about Officials closing West Germany, which is gave K: due to receive 108 U.S. Per- 's the brushoff, “they clearly The trial continues Monday when defence lawyer Brian Coleman and Cairns are expected to give their Irish and Stoneware Save Now on Open Stock, Place Settings and Sets! For yourself and for gift giving, choose now froma tremendous selection seldom offered. 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Minister Dmitri Ustinov re- peated his government's in- sistence that the French and British missiles are part of NATO's nuclear strength. shing 2 ballistic rockets and 96 ground-hugging cruise missiles through 1988, is bracing for a parliamentary debate on the subject early next week. | Anti-nuclear demonstra- tions greeted the arrival of. the first wave of American cruise missiles in Britain last Monday, and Belgium and he Neth took it seriously despite Soviet statements that Kre- milin policy had not changed. Traditionally, much of the serious bargaining in Geneva is done informally, away from the table. Last year, for in- stance, Nitze and Kvitsinsky, in a famous “walk-in the woods” in the Jural moun- tains, made considerable _ Stanley Orris dead VANCOUVER (CP) — Fu- neral services were held Thursday.in Grand Forks for Erwin Stanley Orris, former eidtor of the Grand Forks Gazette and a past president of the B.C. and Yukon Com- have not yet given final approval to the d toward a ise agreement. munity paper Associ- ation. : Orris, who died in hospital last Sunday at the age of 77, was born and raised in Win- nipeg. He moved to Grand Forks in 1943 and bought the Gazette Printing Co. He also served as a director of the Canadian Community News- paper Association. CARL'S DRUG MART Castleaird Plaza OPEN THIS SUNDAY 12 Noon - 1 p.m. &6-7 p.m. underground de Progress. V. Sto ge sy a If you would like to receive an up-to-date report written by an independ lyst you are wel to call or write. ¥ Evch hal di d drilling currently in UT MR. 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Sponsored by the Castlegar Kiwanis Club, the annual event held Saturday attracted more than 90 skaters who had secured signed pledged cards from friends, neighbors and local businesses. Five-year-old Wade Donald, son of Charmaine and Wayne Donald of Castlegar, ded in sk 9, 100 laps — vivalent of 10 miles. The service club splits the money raised with organizations who ge their to.skate including the air cadets, Pythian Sisters, Castlegar Gym Club, Minor Hockey, Pee Wee Hockey, the Castlegar Figure Skating Club and Gymnastic Club. c —CorNewsPhoto When Kvitsinsky made the suggestion on missiles last Sunday during a chat with Nitze, the Soviet negotiator appeared to be giving ground on a major roadblock to any pact. Until then, the Soviets had insisted on the right to match the 162 sea and ground- based missiles that France and’ Britain are aiming’ at Soviet territory. INCREASE NUMBER That would mean if an agreement were struck with the United States for equal missiles levels, the Soviets would be entitled to 162 above the ceiling. U.8. Vice-President George Bush and others have hinted that eventually, in City hall unhappy with ‘buzzing’ By CasNews Staff Castlegar city hall is buzzing these days, but not just with business. . “Our telephones are emitting a very loud noise” when in use, Ald. Bob MacBain told a recent council meeting. And MacBain says the problem has been going on for the last two or three months, ; But that’s not all. Long distance calls are being cut off — sometimes as many as three times during a single call. And Mayor Audrey Moore says Vancouver residents have told her “the clicking starts and the buzzing starts” every time they call the Kootenays. But Harry Dryndahl, B.C. Tel's service supervisor in Nelson, said he was “shocked to hear we were having a problem in the City of Castlegar with long distance.” Dryndahl made the in a He said there isn't any single factor creating the trouble. “We have found a few things that... special meeting with council. “I want to assure this council... the problem has been looked at,” Dryndahl said. He told council the B.C. Tel has put together a “task force” to look into the issue. The task force will be together until Christmas, by which time Dryndahl hopes the problem will be solved. However, he said solving the prob- lem isn't going to be easy. “If it was something we could put our fingers on... we wouldn't have let it go as long.” will d: improve the service,” For instance, six Castlegar custom- ers are high toll users and one of them is on the same telephone series as city hall. “Only time will tell” if that is the problem, Dryndahl said. “We are not taking this lightly,” he added. Meanwhile, city clerk Ron Skillings said Friday that the telephone noise problem still hasn't been cleared up. Skillings said B.C. Tel is “still checking it out.”