If you're one of the millions of people who hold Canada Savings Bonds, the Bank of Canada has something for you. Sorry, it’s not a bonus interest payment on your holdings. But it can help you make sure you get all the benefits the bonds entitle you to. It’s a brief, easy-to-read pamphlet called Information for Bondholders. It can guide you through the increasingly complex world of what interest various savings bonds are paying, how you can figure out what your holdings are worth and even what you may face in taxes on the interest your bonds offer. Canadians now hold about $40 billion worth of savings bonds, according to the latest Bank of Canada figures. That's $1,600 for every man, woman and child — and about 30 per cent of the national debt Buying and holding savings bonds used to be simple. They offered you a fixed rate of interest on your money for a fixed period of time. RATES CHANGE Life has become complicated since those happy days, however, and so has the matter of figuring out what your savings bonds are worth and will return to you. During the last few years, for example, interest rates have gone crazy. To try to stop a threatened run of people cashing in their older bonds to get a higher rate of return here, Ottawa decided to increase interest rates on some of these issues. OTTAWA (CP) — Cana, dians were hot to travel last a putting a record dent in the country’s balance of pay- ments. What it all adds up to is bad news — a record travel deficit that will easily top ‘$2 billion and-surpass the record deficit of $1.7 billion set in 1978. Lured by cheap gasoline in South TORONTO (CP) — Sout- ham Inc. of Toronto reported a doubling of profit last year as the recovery helped’ boost the performance of its var. ious icati and Mi year, and 17 per cent more than during 1962, said Stat- istics Canada travel specialist Paul Paradis. Adding to balance-of- payments woes was the fact thy seared ‘oft | "by. pede fr a gli pe am profits double, about 31 per cent of Canadian daily newspaper circulation. In addition, it owns Coles Book Stores, other printing operations and specialty ines and has interests In some cases bonuses were offered if you held your old bonds until they matured. You'd have to be a pretty keen and astute reader of news stories to keep up with the changes. These changes effectively challenge one of the big attractions savings bonds offered: They were an easy-to understand investment and you always knew where you stood with them. That's why the central bank has come out with its new explanatory booklet. It tells you, for instance, that the latest issue of bonds, dated Nov. 1, 1983, pays 9.25-per-cent interest for the first year and not less than seven per cent each year until the bonds mature in 1990. The previous sale, ended Nov. 1, 1982, also pays 9.25 per cent through until next Oct. 31, but then it offers not less than 8.5 per cent each year until it matures. Earlier bonds are guaranteed to pay at least 10.5 per cent a year. There have been changes, too, in how you can declare the interest earned for tax purposes, assuming the revenue puts you over the automatic $1,000 deduction offered for interest income. Banking sources say there have been cases where people have cashed bonds and not collected their full benefits because they didn’t know what they were entitled to — nor did the cashier with whom they were dealing. These are not, fortunately, common occurrances. But if reading a pamphlet, soon available at bank branches and other financial institutions, can help you avoid this danger, it's worth a few mindtes’ reading. VSE stock prices VANCOUVER (CP) — Prices were mixed in heavy trading Friday on the Van- couver Stock Exchange. Vol- ume at close was 12,885,535 shares. ; Of issues traded, 218 ad vanced, 261 declined and 396 were unchanged. The VSE index stood at 1046.01, up 1.3 from Thursday's close. In the industrials, putrex Centres was Com- Goldbest Mines warrants was steady at .27 on 404,500, Triple-Crown Resources war- rants advanced .06 to .23 on 239,500, Brace Resources dropped .18 to $1.33 on 223,033 and Goldbelt Mines Ine. gained 8.13 to $1.88 on 167,289. Windmill Enter- prises was steady at .25 and Triple Crown Resources gained .07 to .63. at .33 on 12,600, American Resources Preferred A rose .05 to $3.40 on 8,300, Dyna tronics Laser was unmoved at .78 on 8,100 and B.C. Re sources advanced .10 to $4,10 on 7,540. Datatech Systems was up .10 to $3.35 and H.R.S. Industries warrants dropped .01 to .06. On the resource board, Slight increase On the board, Starlight Energy dropped .04 to .43 on 560,533, Canfic Re- sources warrants gai 05 to .11 on 499,400, Canfi sources advanced .10 to .58 on 490,500 and Nolan Re- sources warrants rose .01 to -15 on 423,500. Nolan Re- sources advanced .04 to .44 and Ansco Resources war- rants dropped .05 to .50. Bank rate up to 10 OTTAWA (CP) — The Bank of Canada rate edged up to 10 per cent this week from the 9.98 per cent it had been stuck at for three weeks. It is the first time since mid-December that the rate has moved to the 10-per-cent level but the increase was too slight to affect other lending rates, money traders said. Interest rates likely will remain at present levels for some time, said one trader. Government deficits here and in the U.S. are too high to permit rates to fall much, say many economists, but with an election this year in the U.S., and probably here as well, it is unlikely rates will be allowed to rise much. The diversified media chain said it had net earnings of $41.2 million or $3.21 a share for the year, up from $20.6 million or $1.51 a share in 1982. Revenue jumped to $898 million from $810 mil- lion. Southam, with 14 daily newspapers, has a share of in ision and radio broad- casting and cable TV. In a statement to share- holders, Southam president Gordon Fisher said the com. pany’s various divisons all enjoyed improved _ perfor. mances over recession- plagued 1982, especially in the October-December quar- ter. In that three-month per- iod, profits rose to $16.2 million on revenues of $268 million from $11.8 million on revenues of $218 million. Fisher said Canadian news- paper revenues and profit- ability’ returned to pre- recession levels in the fourth quarter. Ad linage increased 8.6 per cent for the quarter and 3.6 per cent for the year. However, the improve- ment wasn’t widely spread. 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Playotf action begins Mon goals scored against Grand Forks Border Bruins Saturday night in the day against Nelson Jr. Maple Leats Races postponed again By JOHN McKINNON SARAJEVO (CP) — Bobsledder Wolfgang Hoppe gave East Germany the lead in the gold medal table at the Winter Olympics Saturday but continuing snow and winds on the nearby ski slopes kept the downhill races in doubt. Saturday's planned training run for today's men’s downhill race, already twice postponed, was put off until this morning. Practice for Monday's women’s downhill was also puslg@ back to today. Hoppe combined with teammate Dietmar Schauerham mer to win the two-man bobsled title today, the first medal for either competitor in a major international event. World champion Peter Angerer of West Germany wen the biathlon 20-4eilemetre event te collect the only other gold medal of the day. East Germany now leads the medal table with three gold and four silver. The Soviet Union has two gold, two silver and three bronze. The East Germans appeared set to add at least one more gold today after the fourth and final run of the NHL ROUNDUP Bruins def BOSTON (AP) — Dave Silk, who played for the U.S. Olympic team four years ago, scored two goals in ‘a decisive second period Saturday as Boston Bruins snapped a three game National Hockey League losing streak with a 4-1 victory over Edmonton Oilers. Playing without injured scoring leaders Wayne Gretzky and Jarri Kurri, the Oilers managed only 15 shots on goal in losing their fourth game in a row. Mike Gillis and Mike Krushelnyski tallied the other Boston goals while defenceman Randy Gregg replied for Edmonton after the Bruins had opened a 3-1 lead in the second period. Pete Peeters, last year's Vezina Trophy winner as the NHL's top goaltender, returned to action after missing five games with a sinus infection and had a fairly easy game. ISLANDERS 6 VANCOUVER 4 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Brent Sutter returned from an 11-game absence and scored two goals, including the tie-breaker midway through the second period, as New York defeated Vancouver 6-4 for Al Arbour’s 500th regular-season victory as a coach in the National Hockey League. Sutter, who had been sidelined with an infected hand, scored the third of four New York goals in the first period. He then added the game-winner on a power play at 10:29 of the second period when he deflected Stefan Persson's shot past Vancouver goalie John Garrett for lhis 28rd goal of the season. John Tonelli closed out the scoring at 10:55 of the third period with a power-play goal. CALGARY 6 HARTFORD 3 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Richard Kromm and Lanny McDonald each scared twice and goalie Don Edwards sparked the Flames with five quick saves to stifle a Hartford two-man advantage in the first period as Calgary defeated thw Whalers, 6-3. > The Flames took a 3-0 lead and scored on six of their first 16 shots at beleagured Hartford goalie Ed Staniowski. They were up 62 after two periods and fought off 12 Whalers’ shots in the third ti improve their record to 7-2-4 in their last 13 games and 23-21-11 on the season. The loss snapped Hartford's longest unbeaten streak of the season at five games, 3-0-2. BUFFALO 4 MONTREAL 3 MONTREAL (CP) — Centre Dave Andreychuk's second goal of the game broke a tie at 4:06 of the third period and lifted Buffalo Sabres to a 4-8 triumph over Montreal. The victory continued the Sabres’ mastery over Montreal. They have won all six games against the Canadiens this season after defeating them three straight times in the preliminary round of the playoffs last year. Andreychuk, whose 26 goals are second to the 30 notelied by Gilbert Pereault, had an empty net to shoot at on hie_-winning goal, with Montreal goaltender Mark Holden down on the ice after an initial save. . Holden, recalled the previous day to replace Rick Wamsley, out with a sprained ankle, was injured himself } t women's luge event. In Saturday's third run, East Germans Steffi Martin, Bettina Schmidt and Ute Weiss maintained their 1-2-3 lock on the first three places with combined times of two minutes, 4.988 seconds, 2:05.227 and 2:05.646. Susan Veltman-Rossi of Burlington, Ont., remained ir 23rd position at 2:14.897. ITALIAN LEADING Italian veteran Paul Hildgartner was the leader after the third run of the men’s luge with a combined time of 2:18.324, In second spot was East German Michael Walter at 2:18.859 and third was Ergei Danilin of the Soviet Union at 2:18.893. The winning time for Hoppe and Schauerhammer over the four bobsied runs, two Friday and two,Saturday, was a total of 3:25.56. Bernhard Lehmann and Bogdan Musiol of East Germany won the silver medal in 3:26.04. Zintis Ekmanis and Viadimir Alexandrov of the Soviet Union were third in 3:26.16. Alan MacLachlan of Toronto and Bob Wilson of Montreal placed 14th with a combined time of 3:30.74. eat Oilers with just over eight minutes to play, taking a Mike Foligno slap shot flush on the mask. TORONTO 5 QUEBEC 2 TORONTO (CP) — Rookie Allan Bester registered his fourth consecutive goaltending victory as Toronto defeated Quebec 5-2 for their third straight triumph. Dan Daoust, John Anderson and Stewart Gavin put the Leafs up 3-0 in the first period. Tony McKegney got one back for the Nordiques in the second but Jim Benning offset it to send Toronto to the third period with a 4-1 lead. The Nordiques were to have played Friday night in Winnipeg but the game was postponed when heavy fog closed the airport and forced the team to spend the night in Saskatoon. McKegney scored his second of the night to conclude the scoring with 2:15 remaining. PITTSBURGH 3 NEW JERSEY 2 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Doug Sheden's goal late in the second period carried Pittsburgh to a 3-2 win over New Jersey, ending the Penguins’ four-game losing streak. Shedden put in a rebound off a shot by Andy Brickley, slipping the puck under the leg of goalie Ron Low. Pittsburgh had taken a 2-1 lead earlier in the period when Mike Bullard scored his 87th goal of the season off a rebound by Shedden during « power play. DETROIT 6 MINNESOTA 4 BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Detroit's John Ogrodnick notched his 39th and 40th goals to hoist the Red Wings to their first victory over Minnesota North Stars in 26 months, a 6-4 decision. The North Stars had a 15-0-2 record against Detoit, dating back to Dec. 10, 1981. But Ogrodnick, the NHL's fifth-leading goal scorer coming into the game, scored in each of the first two periods to upend the Norris Division-leading North Stars. CHICAGO 1 ST, LOUIS 1 - ST. LOUIS (AP) — Chicago's Bill Gardner scored his second short-handed goal of the year to give Chicago Blackm Hawks a 1-1 tie with St. Louis Blues. With St. Louis leading 1-0 and pressing on the power play late in the second period, Chicago's Steve Ludzik broke up a cross-ice pass deep in the Black Hawks’ zone passited it ahead to Gardner. Gardner moved in alone on Blues goalie Mike Liut and slid it in the short side at 14:07. It was Gardner's 18th goal of the season. ss CAPITALS 6 FLYERS 3. - LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Scott Stevens, Alan Haworth and Mike Gartner each scored twice as Washington stretched their unbeaten streak to 10 games with a 6-3 victory over Philadelphia. The win enabled the who have won seven straight, to move past Philadelphia into the third place in the Patrick Division. CasNewsPhoto by Phil Calderbank Fans cheer Leveille BOSTON (AP) — Normand Leveille, who suffered a par. alysing stroke while playing with Boston Bruins last sea- son, received a standing ova tion at Boston Garden on Saturday, a day after he reached a court settlement with the National Hockey League club for $162,500. Leveille, who has shown remarkable recovery but is still incapacitated since suf- fering the stroke in October 1982, was introduced before the start of a game between the Bruins and Edmonton Qilers as “a very special Bruin.” Canadian squad One win away By JOHN MacKINNON SARAJEVO (CP) — The Canadian Olympie hockey squad is flying high after a come-from-behind 4-2 victory Saturday over Finland to move within one win of qual ifying for the medal round The result left lightly regarded Canada and Czech oslovakia both with 3-0 rec ords and tied for their group lead. Finland dropped to third place at 2-1. Only the top two teams advance to the medal round. Canada next plays Norway on Monday (4:30 a.m. PST), while Finland meets Czech oslovakia. The preliminary round ends Wednesday with Canada taking on Czechos lovakia and Finland meeting the United States. The Canadians, who now have won three straight games after winning only twice in their previous 22 games leading to the Olym- pics including a 3-2 loss to Finland in the Izvestia tour nament in Moscow last De- cember, had all the pressure during the first and third periods, outshooting the Finns 32-24 for the game. Kirk Muller of Kingston, Ont., Darren Lowe of Tor- onto, Craig Redmond of Langley, and Dave Gagner of Chatham, Ont. scored for Canada Harri Tuohimaa and Petri Skriko scored in the second period to give Finland a 2-1 lead. But the Canadians worked hard from the start of the third period for the tying goal, which finally came at 3:56 when Muller picked up a loose puck at the Canada blue line and had a 2-on-1 break away with Lowe, who put a picture backhander into the top corner past goalie Kari Takko's glove hand WINNING GOAL Then, after both teams survived power-play situa. tions, Canada gained control of the puck in the Finnish zone midway in the. period. The Finns played like they were at a man disadvantage, the defence sagged and Red mond’s slap shot from the left point got through the Finn goalie with Carey Wilson of Winnipeg acting as a screen. Four minutes later, Gag. ner clinched the win, sweep- ing home a picture pass by Russ Cournall of Duncan. Canada dominated the opening period, outshooting the Finns 15-9, but could manage only a 1-0 lead on Muller's goal. Dave Tippett got the puck in the corner and passed out to Dave Driver of Toronto, whose shot from the right point was tipped by Muller The puck hit the post, the back of Takko's leg and into the goal. Unlucky bounches and off. the-net shots by Canada kept the Finns in the game until they got untracked in the second period. Tuohimaa tied the game at 1:44 of the middle period when he picked up the re bound of his own shot on goalie Mario Gosselin's door step and backhanded the puck home. Skriko’s goal several min utes latér was almost a duplicate of the other when he flipped home from point blank range the rebound of a shot. U.S. ties Norway 3-3 SARAJEVO (AP) — The United States hockey team hung onto only the slimmest of medal hopes in the Winter Olympics as it had to fight back to tie a weak Norway squad, 3-3 Saturday. ‘The Americans, ‘0-2-1; had to hope for a tie in a game later between Finland and Canada to retain even a slim chance of reaching the medal round. As defending gold medal lists, the United States began the competition with high hopes for a medal. But any chance for that all but dis- appeared when the Ameri cans lost their first two games, 4-2 to Canada and 4-1 to Czechoslovakia Norway lost its first two games, 10-4 to Czechoslo- vakia and 16-2 to Finland, but went ahead of the United States, 3-2, on a goal by Geir- tore Myhre at 7:11 of the third period while holding a two-man advantage. Myhre connected on a 25-foot blast from the right circle while teammate Oey- ving Loesamoen was leaning on goalie Bob Mason. ROCKERS’ VICTORY . . : Stenley Humphries Jr, Rocker battles with Laurie Tigers (Cranbrook) in feature game of Hi-Arrow classic Friday night. Rockers got by vi team with a score of 54-51 ting CostewsPhote by Ryan Wilson The United States averted its first loss to Norway since 1951 and the second in his tory when Ed Olezyk scored a power-play goal at 9:23 of the third period. David A. Jensen passed the puck from the slot to Ole zyk at the left corner of the crease, and the 17-year-old forward stuffed it past goalie Joern Goldstein. Going for a victory, U.S. coach Lou Vairo lifted Mason for an extra skater with 27 seconds left, but a faceoff at centre ice with three seconds left forced Mason back into the game. The U.S. squad continued to have trouble completing passes and mounting a co ordinated attack. Their checking game was off, the same problem they had against Canada. Norway began the scoring when Arne Bergseng pounc ed on a rebound of a shot by Bjoern Skaare and beat Mason 11:31 into the game. The United States tied the score whep Paul Guay took a precise lead pass from Scott Fusco, skated in on the left and shot the puck to the far side over Goldstein's glove at 15:15 of the first period. Pat LaFontaine put the Americans ahead less than three minutes later. Gold. stein stopped LaFontaine's shot with a skate, but the puck ricocheted off the post and then off Goldstein and into the net. Aage Ellingsen tied the score, 3-2, at 2:37 of the second period. He smacked a 25-foot shot from the right circle through Mason's pads. . Hi Arrow thrashes . ' Bill's By CasNews Staff Hi Arrow Arms thrashed Bill's Heavy Duty 10-1 in Castlegar Gentlemen's Hockey League play Wednes- day night. In another game, on Thursday, first-place Gander Creek defeated Dairy Queen 7-3. Gander Creek leads the league with 53 points, fol- lowed by Kalesnikoff with 50. Dairy Queen is third with 28, followed by Bill's with 27, Trans-X Oldtimers with 23 and Hi Arrow with 21. For complete statisties, see Weekend Wrap-Up, page B2.