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NEW YORK (CP) — Wash-
ington and | Méscow ’ have

squared. off over Poland,

Afghanistan and natural gas
‘sales 'to Europe.

Both’ accuse the other: of”
‘killing ‘detente and starting a»
"new, arms race. feds

But ‘the “latest salvo in
superpower politics is almed
at both and ‘comes from: an
unlikely source — Glen Cove,
N.Y2-

Mayor Alan Parente and

his city council have revoked.

beach passes ‘for | Russian

“diplomats living in a 49-room

nsion in the Long Island

didn’ t blink. Last peo they

voted 6 tu 1 to uphold the ba:

However, after catapulting :

Glen Cove to the frontpage of
the. New York Times and into

both ‘Time sand Newsweek

Department turned: the mat
ter over.to the Justice Depart-

“ment for possible legal action

on; the, grounds: Glen Cove
‘have’ vidlated'! interna-
“or. civil

i After elght hours of labor,’

Shepherd mix puppies foro fy

The move, while hardly ‘a

‘return to the Cold War, has
irked both the Soviets and the’

S. State Department.
¢\Parente’s' foray into. the
‘headyrealm of international
diplomacy ‘came’ after U.S.

"Antelligence agencies claimed ’

the ‘Soviets. “had installed
sophisticated
vices on the estate to eaves-

drop'‘on the many defence-

listening ‘de-.

igton’s warning
Moscow might take reciprocal
action against U.S. Diplom:
was laughed: off by

aren
‘who wondered. aloud’ if the!’

Volga ' River,’ would “be ‘de-
clared off, limits.
’ Feelings among Glen
7 nts

‘related : industries on “Long
d

‘Island.’
4: But Glen Cove's retribution
wasn’t ‘solely’ patriotic. ' Like

many U.S. local governments ©
‘feeling the pinch because of

federal financing cutbacks un-

: - der President ‘Reagan's’ ad-
ministration, Glen Cove faces"

projected S2-million ‘deficit

is year.
‘With its diplomatic -statu:
the Killenworth, estate ‘used’

“py the ‘Soviets dcesn’t” pay

property taxes, a loss of.

; $75,000 annually ‘to Glen +:
ence not only means a loss of

~ Cove. é
Glen Cove first voted to ban:

he Soviets from the beaches,

and lift their municipal tennis

nN MONEY. WOULD F HELP
The Soviets ‘complained ‘to.
Washington and the.-State

Department asked Glen Cove

to revegse its detision, calling”
,_the.ban ‘jan action that inter-.

feres in the conduct of foreign

affairs, a function within the
exclusive: competence of the
federal government.’”

© Parente and his council

. their. g

WASHINGTON * (CP,
‘The “U.S. Metric’:
going out of business \
swan’ song that;

wel as fahrenheit, Be fo

‘are confused about ‘whether
wants |

"groups to impose mandatory’ 'iitre after prices rose to more
” said. Roger. a «than $1 a Us: ‘gallon,

: them ‘to convert’ from: trad-
itional Anglo-Saxon _meas-
ures to metric.

“Some still’ believe the, it

country is being: forced to:

‘convert, while ‘others are im-
> patient with the slowness of
. ” ‘ouls

ger. The mayor's °
assistant, Maggie Poll
Glen Cove is willing to fightit it
out. She sald the mayor: has
fired off a letter to new State

ing
matter.
Polk said the Soviet. pres-

tax revenue to Glen Cove, but
also aiditional costs.for polic-
ing durin, occasional demon-

Polk’ said Glen Cove has,
received more than 300 let-:

ters, most of them supporting
its tough stand.” ¢

As for “the Soviets, we
“know they like to use the
beaches..."
Cove gets some satisfactions,.
the diplomats’ will have to
make do with the large swim-

+ “ming pool ‘on’ the - estate ,

grounds..

Vand" until . Glen:

Prog Lo
‘Polk says in the board's final

report...
The board is being: abol-
ished Sept. 80.as an

"vis, a ‘small t
member of the Metric Board, shelves er iten carry quan-
BUCKSTIDE “ tities in grams,. but the nor-

But the board’ got ‘this mal housewife pays little at-
statement from a university tention. And road signs, par-
in Albuquerque,.N:M. °°. ticuarly on the

in Celsius

bureau in the Co1
partment for ‘help ith
metric conversion The et
rics Board had
ting on a budget o}
million a year. |

“We don't think i

part.of
the government's ‘job to.

“No nation has ever‘con- are just beginning ‘to give
verted. without making ‘it. distances in kilometres.
mandatory or setting a date ‘The big surge in imported

for conversion. We are slone autos from Japan, West Ger-*

doa world of metric meas- many, Italy and France ies

measure, | with. a: ‘letter, of
, thanks from’ President Rea-
gan ‘for its 41-year job. “You

lly, .. the, sent meet
United States will be metric ‘metric tools, Other indistles
sbecause’a progressive world have’ fallen'-into line’ to’ in-
will:demand it.” \ crease their foreign sales —

ded in your objec-

tive of educating the Amer-

ican people about the mean-

ing of metric measurements

in everyday life,” Reagan
, wrote.

But Reagan realizes that
few Americans are comfort-
able. with ‘anything but the
traditional ‘system of’ miles,

+ quarts and pounds. Like his

predecessors, he Tefuses’ to
Prométe anything but: tvolyn- »:
tary conversion.to metric,
Americans. familiar . with’
the issue tend to have strong
opinions, and’ politicians ‘are ,
reluctant to antagonize them.

Actuall: i the
States is already on a metric most recent to start planning
standard. - ‘a conversion:

Since 1898, the yard. ‘has Now that ‘the board. is
been legally defined asa |
fraction’ of a metre and an =
inch as 2.64 centimetres. Le-
gally, the pound is 0.45359237 _
kilograms.

Beginning with the coniver-
sion of pharmacists and the ©
military . to metric in’ the
‘1950s, the system’ thas ‘be:
comé more and orb apartel bat

‘United data processing being the”

or
version to the metric’ sys-

» tem,” said Egil/Milburks, re-';

cently. named to head’ the
Commerce Department's: of-
fice of productivity, tech-

.. mology and. innovation. °

“Let the market place take’
care of it,” Milburks said in’a
telephone interview: “If' an;
industry wants ‘to convert
and there are regulations in
the way, we'll help get rid of
them.” §

“Automatic teller.
system a first

“"EDMONTON (CP) Lies

the'way Americans measure
things, whether they like it
or not.

Illuminated street, signs,

_ often sp red: by “banks,

was in the right. place at the right time."

It took more than timing, however, to become one of the:
founders, president and chief. executive ‘officer: of (the
Principal, Group,, an Edmonton-based / financial services /
company rapidly gaining international stature.

One, has to recognize it (opportunity), but I feel Ive
been lucky,”* says Cormie.

Cormie operates out of an office of unbridled elegance.’
But amid the mahogony fixtures and Italian, marble floors
there is a no-nonsense ‘business being carried on. 3

Cormie, 60, takes pride in opening’ a large wood cabinet
containing large chunks of cable, which are only part of miles:
of wire that are setting the stage fora North American first —

sedans: sit’-in’ George Gils
carport in suburban Surrey,
chrome gleaming, body work

“W haven't seen too many

‘learned assessments of what .
(Bee Bed oll's been in Britain,”

a the . Shetlands, A

. governments ‘tended’ ta, be

- < trampled in ‘the rush to de-

.- velop oll reserves by both the .

‘ ofl companies and the British

government. Rapid develop-

ment was said to bein the pa

\:/ national interest,’

wasa car-struck’ 16-year-old.
He'was'an Edsel driven by a

porrit friend: and vowed he.

shlaleg {their grills baring P

‘But:to Gill the. Edsel, 25 2
years old next month, is'a
work of -art and:/he has
yearned” ‘to. own: one ever.
since ‘he.was a boy. \

Gill's lover. affair ‘with what

VANCOUVER. (@) =,
When Hardy Verheyden left
for his holidays this:year, he
was looking for a taste of the
adventure that many ‘of
B.C.’s early settlers experi-

and friend Norbert. Tietze,

“Ho wouldn't'sell it to me,”

Gill 'recaled. “He said it-was .

too fancy and to big.”- é
Gill,” who’ has been the
owner, of seven’ ;Edsels, is
Canadian of the Edsel Own-
ers Glu, He has won eight

agent whee owns and has been
involved with horses for over
10 ‘years, “But I. wanted ‘to
see if it could be done.

“It was the kind ‘of thing
the! explorers beitt settlers
went through. I

do.

16, — found exactly what he

was looking for. i
“Phe trio spent 22 days on
horseback, . riding, 900

erior. By night, they slept’
under the stars while’'de-

well as fish and other wildlife
for their diet.

‘Only ‘once in a while did
they indulge in macaroni- and:
cheese or other prepared

. lots. of ., people

He warned that local spec:
ulators, hoping to cash in on

inched ‘this’

year's Dick Fortune: trophy.

for the ‘beat Canadian vintage
car,

He won ‘that award’ for the

> second of his two Edsels — a

vill bring social

“ havos in some if
development isn't carefully

contrcited.
“ “PRICES JUMPED *
“Thy

In the'year after the an-
nouncement, hafe drop of
oll had been pumped ashore,
housing ‘prices rose by an-

other.20° per gent, The result.
it.

‘aS friend {
~Seattle and didn't have to'do
a thing to it. He paid $900 for.
the” 1959 ‘model’ and’)spent
d-

about $1,000, Eepalatin

and is still going. strong. ©
JOY TO DRIVE.
‘It isn't good for the ‘cars to

Jeave them sitting around,” .

aay and ih re were nd com 4
‘toughest.’

-
Leaving behind his’ wife
("She'd rather go to Europe’

,and: have a’good time”) ‘Ver-

heyden said the. first 400 kil-

that‘has’ “the: work’ ints
‘logged 172,000 kilometres.
‘vintage ‘car buffs-to-do their

“It's a matter of price'with

own engine and body work,”
he'said, adding that the 1959
model is’ one “of ‘the’: few.

‘restored Canadian Edeels in
e this country. It was made at’
:. Ford's Oakville Plant da On-*

; COUNTRY ROUGH
It was there the horses had
to travel through ‘the rocky.
terrain and «follow, narrow

nd.
“But that was before ‘they
‘got lost while in the; moun-

~ tains.without ‘food for almost

is, that\' young” or ‘single-
parent. families ‘sometimes
suitable housidg.

wick seid Atlantic Can-

“ada “should not be caught

trying to’ catch’ up on ‘such

"problems ‘and should be

working now to avoid them.
Irontcally, those with the

most information about the:

tacto:,

“Four-door sedans (are
worth: between $4,000 and
$6,000 buy. you can’t get that

kind of money right now,” he’

"The! Canadian Edsel Own-
about 50 mem-

bers, he’ said, and there are
about’ 900 :'members in. the
U.S. club. The international
Edsel ‘club has some 1,000
members, most of them: in
ida, the US. Europe and

two ans and their ration it

quaker cats was almost’ de-

pleted. '
“We |

‘weren't Foally

‘ seared,”., Verheyden' said.

“We knew we would get out.
Tjust told the kids to hang on
heeause-T! knew. we would
finda fishing. creek; or some
grouse sooner.or. later. .;

“We. finally : ‘shot. some

‘effects of. offshore develop:
ment are the multinational ofl
companies, he said.
PROVIDER CONTRAST
“Multinationals know more
about the > impact, :.they’ve
been living with’it,” he said,
“and the information must be
extecled: from ‘them some-.
ow.”

Fenwick's: comments come“

in stark ‘contrast to the rosy
predictions for’ offshore de-
velopment often’ heard from
politicians- and businessmen
in the Atlantic provinces.

He said people here seem |

named’ after’ Henry Ford's

son, Sept. '4,°1957 and with-
drew it Nov. 19, 1959.
Between those dates. Ford
sold about 110,000 of the cars
priced between $2,400 . and
$8,800.’ An. estimated 4,500
are around eae

The first: model had two
memorable “innovations” .-—
the horsecollar grill and a
push-button automatic trans-
mission in the centre of the
, steering wheel. pe

grouse. the second day and
had it over the open fire.”
He said it was clear‘sailing
the next 500 kilometres until
the horses. started to: hurt.
That's when “he discovered

the farrier had put the wrong — +

shoes on the horses, forcing
them to turn back to Killooét

‘for repairs before heading

home,

GASTIEGAR NEWS, ‘August 18,1982 BS.

evils

not to realize more of the’: - unemployment now ising in
employment ‘related ‘to ‘the’ the area has left’ many ‘people
« offshore’ will be in construc: /° wondering if offshore oil ever
tion, one-time jobs that van-~ did them any’ good.
ish when projects are com: “A very jaundiced view of
pleted. what was to be a boom has
Few in'north Britain real-’ arisen in many parts of Scot:
ined it at the time,’ and the | land,” said’ Fenwick.’

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_ goes on line, a client. will be able to transfer money between
chequing and mutual fund accounts.
The system is an example of Cormie’s desire to see the
company lead.the way it its-field.
“Profits: are down, . but we've ‘done well.” Global «
reputation -isa long-range goal. It’s time Canada ‘had a
“fi nancial enterprise with a world reputation.””
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expectations since its beginnings in 1954;
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