aa: a2 Castlegar News December 17, 1986 Canadian engineer charged in Iran LONDON (CP) — Reports broadcast in Tehran say Canadian engineer Philip Engs has been formally charged with espionage, two officials of the oil servicing company that employs him said Tuesday Seth McCormick, manager of public relations at the New York headquarters of Schlumberger International Ltd., said in a telephone interview with The Canadian Press he was aware of the reports but stressed the company has not been able to confirm them through official channels. Andre Misk, director of communications at Schlum berger’s Paris office, said in a separate telephone interview Tuesday that Iranian television has reported Engs has been ‘indieted on charges of espionage and formally charged with taking pictures of restricted military ‘waterfront’ areas nd i fidential di out of the country Misk said the report, which quoted government authorities in Tehran, was monitored in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, site of Schlumberger's Persian Gulf The Iranian Foreign Ministry ended two weeks of confusion Monday when it confirmed that Engs, 29, of St Catharines, Ont., had been arrested Dec. 2 on suspicion of spying. It said then that an investigation was continuing AGENCY REPORTS A report distributed Tuesday by the London office of the Islamic Republic news agency, a voice of the Iranian government, was less specific about whether he has been formally charged but repeated the two suspected offences “Canadian citizen engineer Philip Engs was arrested on charges of taking photographs of key military centres in Iran and smuggling classified documents out of the country,” it said. Misk said top company executive Daniel Henri, who arrived in Tehran last weekend to try to obtain Engs's release, has spoken to Danis Ambassador Ib Andreasen who is personally handling the matter on behalf of Canada. which has no diplomats in Iran. Andreasen has refused all comment on the case when contacted previously by The Canadian Press and was unavailable for comment Tuesday. Andreasen met with Iranian Foreign Ministry officials earlier Tuesday but the External Affairs Department in Ottawa said it had no information on the outcome of the talks. External Affairs Minister Joe Clark said Monday in the Commons that Canada would seek “full information on the charges and also an undertaking that we will have the right of consular access to Mr. Engs.” Misk also said Tuesday that Henri is trying to arrange legal counsel for Engs and will remain in Tehran “as long as required to properly handle the situation.” The giant New York- and Paris-based oil servicing company “is doing everything we can to have him released,” he added. Efforts are being co-ordinated at “the highest possible level of management.” Both Misk and McCormick refused further comment on Henri’s activities. . Two reporters join the staff By JOHN CHARTERS at CasNews A Castlegar man was res- cued from a brush with dis aster Saturday after injuring The Castlegar News has two new reporters, Mike *s family has repeatedly denied he is involved in any ee tjeing. Engs was taken into custody shortly after returning to Tehran from a visit to Canada. - Russell Engs said his brother told him during the visit that the security-conscious Iranians had already spoken to him once about the photographs he had taken of ships. Russell Engs said his brother told him the photos had yothing to do with Iran and were taken at docks in Brazil and the United Arab Emirates Philip Engs is one of three known westerners currently being held in Iran on suspicion of espionage. The other two are British. Roger Cooper, 51, was arrested 12 months ago. The British government has been unable to contact him so far despite repeated pressure. He was charged last week with spying. Nicolas Nicola was arrested some time ago on Iran's southeast border with Pakistan while firing a gun at Pakistani border guards. He has also been formally charged U.S./JIRAN ARMS DEAL LOS ANGELES (AP) — North initially denied reports Te episode has been widely the former U.S. national sec his leg and lying helplessly in the snow for more than an hour and a half before being found. Roger Plant, a high school teacher in Trail, was cross- country skiing in the Nancy Greene Lake area when he dislocated his hip in a fall. It took rescuers an addi- tional 3% hours to remove Plant from the area. The ser ious nature of the injury and the rough terrain complica- ted the procedure. Plant's wife, Madeleine, praised the rescue party. “They were absolutely marvellous,” she said. “They worked like demons, without concern for themselves. Castlegar “It would have been terribly serious.” Plant was taken to the Trail Regional Hospital for treatment of the dislocated hip and to overcome the ef. fects of hypothermia. “We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of those wonderful people for what they have done for us,” said Plant's wife. “We would also like to replace any equipment damaged in the rescue.” Plant hopes to be trans ferred soon to Castlegar hos. to be closer to his will be together as a family at Christmas,” said Plant's wife Recovery is expected to take several weeks. Setting it straight A press release feceived by the CasNews and printed in the Dec. 14 sports section contained some information. The press release indicated the Canada-USSR Society will be hosting a luncheon at the Brilliant Cultural Centre Jan. 4 for Team Pacific and the Soviet Junior Team In fact, the luncheon, which is still only tentative, will be sponsored by the Union of Spiritual Commun ities of Christ and the Koot enay Youth Choir The hockey game between the two teams is set for Jan 5 in Trail FOR THE RECORD A letter to the editor from Harry Killough in the Dec. 14 Castlegar News entitled “WKPL sale a threat” read “Once WKPL goes out to Canadian ownership there is no way of knowing” which foreign interest will even tually come to control it The sentence should read: Once WKPL goes out of Canadian ownership there is no way of knowing which foreign interest will even tually come to control it.” incorrect Kalesniko and Surj Rattan. Kalesniko has been with CasNews almost three months. He replaced Simon Birch, who is now working for a small daily newspaper in California. A native of the West Kootenay, Kalesniko, 25, was born in Trail and grew up in Beaver Valley. He graduated from J.L. Crowe senior secondary school in 1979 and the University of Victoria with a double major degree in writing and English literature. Kalesniko worked for Comineo Ltd. in Trail for a year before attending university, and in Pine Point, Northwest Territories for several months immediately after graduation from university. A former reporter for a weekly newspaper in Saanich on Vancouver Island, Kalesniko has also held a number of other jobs such as high school substitute teacher in the Northwest Territories and bartender ih London, England His passions include traveling and movies. Kalesniko will be on the general news beat. Rattan came to the Castlegar News last week, replacing reporter Cheryl Calderbank, who is now residing in Toronto. MIKE KALESNIKO SURJ RATTAN . - local ... New to area graduate of the B.C. Institute of Technology's journalism program. Prior to that, he spent a year studying general arts at Capilano College Rattan worked as a freelance writer for the Vancouver Sun and North Shore News before coming to the CasNews. Some of his interests include “traveling whenever possible, especially to different parts of B.C.,” reading non-fiction and listening to rock music. “The most interesting part of being a reporter is the fact that I am able to learn about new things every day,” Rattan says. Rattan will be in charge of the sports desk and Rattan, 24, was born in North Vancouver and is a handle general news assignments. CIA linked NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency hauled arms and flew military missions against reb- els for since-deposed Uganda ruler Idi Amin at a tirff\the African country was under a U.S. military embargo for human rights violations, a newspaper said today The activity on behalf of the dictator a decade ago may have been illegal, but the CIA gave in to Amin's requests. The agency feared losing a spying operation it had established in Amin's air service, the New York paper Village Voice said The weekly said the spies in Amin’s four-plane air ser vice supplied Western intel ligence services with “extra ordinarily detailed informa tion about Amin’s activities.” Vice-President George Bush, the CIA head in 1976-77 when some of the flights occurred, said “No comment at this time” through his press office, the paper reported. The newspaper said the flights were made in planes sold to Amin by Page Air. ways of Rochester, N.Y., and by a Swiss dealer who ac. tually was an Israeli intelli. gence agent. CIA INVOLVED The air crews were sup- plied by Southern Air Trans- port of Miami, Fla., once se- cretly owned and operated by the CIA, which has re. cently flown weapons des. tined for Iran to the Middle East and also has shipped arms to Nicaraguan Contra rebels, the weekly said The Voice said its infor. mation came from selaed Tariff dispute talks continue WASHINGTON (CP) Talks aimed at settling the Canada-U.S. lumber dispute continued through the night Tuesday as both sides tried to iron out major differences U.S. industry sources said the overnight discussions by Canadian and U.S. officials are a positive sign but ‘it’s clear they have a lot of work to do.” The negotiating teams re fused comment as they broke after about 10 hours of talks. A smaller group met through the night trying to agree on wording for a potential agreement, the sources said Trade Minister Pat Carney said earlier Tuesday in Van couver she had “great hopes” a settlement could be reach ed We are negotiating in good faith but we can't pre dict the outcome The two sides were ex pected to meet again today They are trying to head off a final U.S. Commerce De partment ruling Dec. 30 on whether softwood lumber imports from Canada should be subject to a duty The department imposed a preliminary duty of 15 per cent in October after agree. ing with the U.S. lumber in- dustry’s that Canadian tim. ber-cutting fees are subsi dized Canada offered last month to impose an immediate ex. port tax of 15 per cent on its lumber exports to the United States, worth about $4 billion Cdn. last year, in exchange for the U.S. lumber industry withdrawing its duty peti tion The U.S. industry agreed to the export tax but the two sides are bogged down over Canada’s plan to phase out the tax as the provinces increase their timber-cutting fees. The U.S. industry also wants assurances there will to Idi Amin court papers it had obtained from a 1978 civil lawsuit in which the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission char ged Page Airways with mak ing bribes and questionable payments to foreign govern ment officials. The case was settled qui- etly two years later, with the SEC acknowledging it had taken into account “concerns raised by another agency of the U.S. government regard. ing matters of national inter. est.” The Voice said officials in volved in the case disclosed that the unnamed agency was the CIA. In one of the depositions, a Southern Air pilot described how Southern Air and Page employees transported wea pons, smuggied in stolen U.S. military equipment and en gaged in military operations against Ugandan rebels for Amin, the weekly said. Two Southern Air crew members said they were told “to transport weapons and assist in Ugandan military operations to ret in Amin's good graces,” the paper reported. Amin now is reported liv ing in Saudi Arabia. Reagan set for su WASHINGTON (AP) — President Ronald Reagan will undergo prostate sur gery in January to relieve what a spokesman called “mild, recurring discomfort” caused by an enlarged pros tate, the White House an nounced today Presidential spokesman Larry Speakes said Reagan would have what is techni cally called a transurethral resection of the prostate per formed by two civilian phy sicians at Bethesda Naval Hospital outside Washington on Jan. 5. rgery Reagan underwent a sim ilar procedure 20 years ago and was told he probably would have to have it done again at some time, Speakes said. The prostate is a sex gland surrounding the urethra at the base of the bladder. It often becomes enlarged in men as they grow older. It sometimes can be cancerous. Speakes said there is no evidence Reagan has cancer of the prostate, although ex amination of tissue removed during the procedure is nor mal the remaining $4,430 Ald. Albert Calderbank and on pins and badges. says. be no gap the time the penalty duty is lifted and the export tax is imple mented The drive for a settlement this week is spurred in part by a desire to get the issue cleared up before Parliament breaks for the Christmas and New Year's holidays Friday P even catch fish Hi, 'm Cas. will read: For fun, commerce and MASCOT continued from front poge with the Ministry of Economic Development picking up incorporated to formally represent the city in parades It will be something rather unique to the city,” he The material accompanying the fly officer Harry Stan says might Are you ready to invest, Expand, challenge or just plain rest? My mountains, rivers, streams and lakes, Offer you just what it takes Come! Explore my home. suggest Cas could even be which industry Lt.-Col. Oliver North initially labelled reports of the Iran Contra arms deal as disin formation and described a plan to trade American hos- tages in Lebanon for kid- napped relatives of Iranian officials, the Los Angeles Times says. The newspaper describes North as being inclined to make up dramatic stories. It reported today that North told a colleague at the National Security Council he had ordered Iranians kid- napped and held in cages or crates in Europe. The colleague, identified as anti-terrorism specialist Da- vid Major, subsequently used the National Security Coun- cil’s computer system to ion North, an discussed by staff members at the National Security Council, The Times said. An administration official who insisted on anonymity said today that Major “does not believe Lt.-Col. North kidnapped Iran officials.” North, a marine, was fired as an NSC aide Nov. 25, when Attorney General Edwin Meese announced that up to $30 million U.S. in profits from secret arms Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan Contra rebels. “VINTAGE OLLIE? Sources told The Times a move by North to try a coverup with a dramatic kid- napping tale would be typi- cal, and he has a penchant for wild schemes. source told the newspaper. North twice ignored the queries. The Times reports that when he was asked a third timé if/he"haa ordered kidnappings, he tapped out a one-word reply: “Yes.” One ini source described the kidnap story as “vintage Ollie.” North is said to have first told the story to Major on Nov. 3, the day a Beirut magazine, Al Shiraa, reveal- ed that Robert McFarlane, urity adviser, had flown se- eretly to Tehran last May with arms and spare parts. According to several sour ces to whom Major recounted the story, North burst into Major's office and indignant ly declared that the Lebanese report was disinformation, and demanded an FBI inves. tigation into leaks from the NSC, The Times dai. The paper said when Major asked if the story was true, North replied that he had undertaken a different pro- gram for gaining release of American hostages in Leb- anon: His friends were kid napping the relatives of se. nior Irania officials and hold ing them in cages in Europe. North has told other off. beat stories, the paper said. One source said North told colleagues his family dog had been poisoned in retaliation for his support of the Con. tras, although the dog in fact died of cancer and old age Ambassador seeks abduction info LONDON (CP) — Canada's ambassador to South Africa plans to meet Thursday with representatives of P.W. Botha’s government to seek information about Grace Cele, an employee of the Ot tawa-based Unitarian Ser- vice Committee who was ab- ducted Friday by gunmen in Swaziland. Irene Mathias, a counsellor at the Canadian Embassy, Car sales surge WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy, bolstered by a surge in car sales, expanded at an annual rate of 2.8 per cent from July through September, the gov ernment reported today The Commerce Depart ment said the revived per. formance of the gross nation al product, the broadest measure of economic health, was accompanied by a sub- stantial pick-up in inflation as well An inflation index tied to the GNP was rising at an an nual rate of 3.6 per cent in the third quarter, double the pace from April through June The GNP implicit price de flator, which measures price changes and changes in pur chasing patterns, had risen just 1.8 per cent in the second quarter, the lowest inflation rate since the spring of 1967 Analysts blamed a rise in food prices for much of the increase in prices. The 2.8-per-cent rise in the GNP represented a revision from a slightly higher gov ernment estimate last month that put third-quarter gTOWMaMAne? per cent. said in a telephone interview from Pretoria today that there has been speculation in the media in South Africa and Swaziland that Cele was one of four people taken cap- tive by operatives of the South African security ser. vice. But the embassy is not yet “absolutely positive” that is the case and has been unable to confirm that the women is in South Africa, she added. Ambassador R.S. MacLean will attempt to find out what's happening when he meets government officials to discuss the abduction and other issues, Mathias said The embassy has also been in touch with the government of Swaziland to express its concern about the incident, she added. A Swiss couple, Corinne Bischoff and her fiance Dan iel Schneider, were seized in the raids by South African security agents who appar. ently crossed the border into neighboring Swaziland in search of people with links to African National Congress guerrillas. COUPLE RELEASED The two Swiss citizens were later released by the South Africans but there has been no information on the fate of two others, including Cele, a citizen of Swaziland who worked as a secretary for the Canadian aid group in the capital city of Mbabane. Bruce Levy, an External Affairs Department official. said Tuesday in Ottawa that Cele had no political involve ment and speculated that her abduction may have been a case of “mistaken identity.” BOAT DOCK continued trom front page “We have no reasonable access if we need it,” she said, adding that municipal emergency program coordinator Frank Steven has endorsed the proposal. The Castlegar Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Business Association have also supported the dock and launching ramp. Andreashuk added that the ramp could be used to attract boaters from the U.S. to visit Castlegar, newly-named as the “Gateway to the Arrow Lakes.” “We think it is a very viable way of going,” she said “We're hoping that we can open up the river a little more.” Andreashuk called the river “a sleeping giant” which residents have taken for granted Future plans for the site include installing a telephone booth and picnic tables Andreashuk said the development board is hoping to have the dock in place in time for the Proposed jet boat races on the Columbia River in early May She said the Castlegar and Trail development boards are working jointly to sponsor the races, which will be held the first weekend in M. 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