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Jury says waterbeds should have warning

OTTAWA (CP) — A cor- oner’s jury has recommended that warnings should be is- sued with all new waterbeds saying they may be a risk to infants, following an inquest into the death of five-month- old twin boys.

The jury recommended the federal government co-ordin

ate research into the risks of waterbeds to infants and that the Canadian Waterbed Man- ufacturing Association set aside funds and take an ac- tive role in the research.

partment of Consumer aa Corporate Affairs add warning to its child salety literature on the possible risk of waterbeds.

After leper two days of

It also d the case be publicized in medical jour- nals to help in future inves- tigations and that the De-

B.C. jobless figure phoney?

VANCOUVER (CP) — En- couraging employment fig- ures released by Statistics Canada are phoney and hide the real situation in British Columbia, say labor officials and people who work with the unemployed.

StatsCan said 37,000 Brit- ish Columbians found jobs during May, although the figure does not take into a count seasonal fluctuations.

Mel Legan, i of

jobs. Sure, more people are employed, but in what kind of work?

“They're delivering papers to homes, delivering pizzas, or they've only found tem- porary work and are included in the statistics anyway.”

Vancouver Board of Trade president Bruce Pepper said he thought the new jobs were created “right across the board” in “small amounts which add up.”

the Unemployed Teachers’ Action Centre, said the last figures are “as phoney as a $3 bill.”

“They don't represent real

“It'sa bination of mod. est hiring on a more general basis.”

StatsCan said the largest providers of new jobs were service industries.

79-YEAR-OLD GRADUATES

SPOKANE, WASH. (AP) — She just missed graduating last June, but Neoma Hanrahan could wait a year — she'd al. ready waited more than half a century.

Hanrahan put on cap and gown for the first time Friday, 63 years after she dropped out of high school to sew suspenders for an overall company. parents died young, and all four children were

If it hadn't been for an off-the-cuff comment at the American Indian Commun. ity Centre, she nmtight never have gone back.

Hanrahan, 79, who tea ches knitting and crochet- ing at the centre, happened to say: “You know, I've al ways regretted that I never finished high school.”

Up jumped Mike Hil born, director of the cen- tre’s community education

sent to an orphanage, so program, to hand her a

earning $9.30 a week seem- sheaf of papers.

ed better than finishing “I found if I signed all

her junior year. the papers, I'd find myself “Then, of course, I got in school,” Hanrahan said.

married,” Hanrahan said. She she signed up.

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Castro, said she no longer had the man’s dental records »

because she had thrown them away after two years.

Dental records can provide a crucial tool for forensic experts trying to determine whether the skeleton in the grave was that of Mengele.

Forensic experts in Brazil and West Germany said it might not be possible to establish beyond all doubt that the bones belong to Mengele

The photograph of Rolf Mengele, identified by West German police agents helping with the investigation, was sent to the Bosserts at Christmas, 1983.

A former maid in the house in which the Bosserts say the Nazi war criminal lived confirmed that the man in the photograph — Rolf — visited in 1977

CONVINCES WIESENTAHL

The head of the Brazilian forensic team, Jose Antonio de Mello, told reporters that the examination should provide a picture of the man. But unless there are distinctive traits contained in his pre-war medical dossier it wayld not be possible to put a name to the bones, he added.

id the jury said it could not absolutely determine whether Lucas and Nicholas Sparling died April 13 of suffocation on a waterbed or of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

The twins were placed on their stomachs on a waterbed while their parents ate din. ner in the next room with a couple they were visiting.

They were found not breathing and with their faces straight into the water bed about a half hour later. Attempts to resuscitate them failed.

“But the implications Be two babies dying simulta: ously cannot rule out para cation on the waterbed,” the jury concluded.

Police file

A Castlegar woman was taken to hospital with minor injuries Thursday after her jeep left Broadwater Road and went over a bank.

Sharilyn Henshaw was taken to Castlegar and Dis. trict Hospital following the single-vehicle accident, said Castlegar RCMP. No damage estimate was available.

Man elected director

By CasNews Staff Castlegar Fire Chief Bob Mann has been elected a director to the Fire Chiefs’ Association of B.C.

Mann replaced Cominco Fire Chief George Swanson on the board. Mann, who was elected at the Associa. tion’s annual convention in Penticton last weekend, also becomes chairman of the East and West Kootenays Fire Chiefs’ Association.

By CasNews Staff Nelson poet Paulette Jiles won a Governor General's award Thursday for her book of poetry entitled Celéstial Navigations.

The 42-year-old poet's entry took the English lan- guage poetry category.

Jiles moved to Nelson in 1983, and .taught creative writing at David Thompson University Centre until it closed last year.

Originally from Missouri, she came to Canada in 1969, and worked as a public affairs reporter for CBC radio for four years while living in Toronto.

Court news

A Castlegar man arrested for stealing about $10,000 worth of electronic equip- ment last March was given a 60-day intermittent jail term and put on probation for one year in Castlegar provincial court Thursday.

John Vigue pleaded guilty to breaking and entering, and committing an indictable of- fence.

The “theft was from Union Peters store in Trail.

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Kenneth Jerome was put on nine months’ probation this week after pleading gui Ity to breaking and entering, and committing an indictable offence.

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Two concurrent 14-day in termittent jail terms were given to Arthur Miner after he pleaded guilty to impaired driving and failure to submit to a breathalyser test.

Mitch Blonski was put on see months’ probation after leading guilty to mischief to eco .

* A 14-day intermittent sen- tence was handed to Daniel Sheppard after he pleaded guilty to impaired driving.

Robson man dies

Michael Joseph Semancik, 81, of Robson, died June 6.

Mr. Semancik was born March 5, 1094 at Mt. Pleas- ant, Pa., and came to Canada with his family at an early age. He worked in many placed throughoyt Canada, and lived in the Castlegar Robson area for the past 19 years.

Mr. Semancik belonged to the Rod and Gun Club, and enjoyed boat-building, fish. ing, gardening and outdoor activities.

He is survived by one son, Lloyd of Cranbrook; two daughters, Lorraine Giraud of Robson and Darlene Jer. ome of Victoria; seven grand. children; and one sister, Anne Bogen of Bellevue, Alta. He was predeceased by his wife Harriet earlier this year.

A private graveside ser.

will be held Monday at

1 am. at Park Memorial Cemetery, with Rev. Ted Bristow officiating, followed by burial

Funeral arrangements un. der the direction of Castlegar Funeral Chapel.

Forensic work is expected to begin. Monday and last

about two weeks.

Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, originally skeptical of

claims the body was Mengele's, has since said he is inclined

to believe the reports.

He said in a U.S. television interview that a link with an employee of the Mengele family factory in West Germany had caused him to change his mind

It was in this employee's house, he said, that police had found the address in Sao Paulo which led to the grave and

exhumation.

Sao Paulo police chief Romeu Tuma has said he is 90-per-cent certain that the body is that of Mengele, dubbed the Angel of Death for his horrific medical experiments on Jews and other prisoneres at Auschwitz concentration camp. He has also being accused of personally ordering the

deaths of 400,000 prisoners

The Bosserts say the man living with them confessed to being Mengele and police found papers and photographs in their house which could provide further elues. But they say

they were afraid to report him for fear of ; which protect Nazis on the run

reprisal by groups

EXPO 86. . . David Podmore, or ye of the 8. Cc. more spoke to on 100 West Kootenay community d how

Pavilion at Expo 86, PI CosewsPnote can take part in the world fair Thdeedon night. Pod-

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continued from front pege said the Interior will participate static display of art work is not really “I think part of it is that people don't through tourism displays and food and appropriate,” he said really have an idea of how they can beverage sales at the B.C. Pavilion. Podmore suggested that if a com-

become involved. That's my principle In response to an audience question, munity wanted to feature its pottery objective in being here tonight,” he Podmore said Expo doesn’t want dis- for example, it might have a potter at said. plays such as local art work. the B.C. Pavilion making pottery and

As well as entertainment, Podmore “A static display of pottery and a explaining how it is done

FOR MERCEDES-BENZ

Expo head waspaying

VANCOUVER (CP) — The former ation until the end of the fair. day to discuss marketing strategy” president of Expo 86, Michael Bartlett, He said Bartlett was in line for a away from the office. was making payments on his expensive $300,000 bonus after the fair, although “The problem was that it should Mercedes and half the cost of an expe- Expo chairman Jim Pattison earlier have been held at Harrison Hot nsive California seminar was due to be denied a bonus payment allegation. Springs (in British Columbia) rather deducted from his final bonus, says Brown, president of Canarim Invest- than La Costa resort in California.” Expo vice-chairman Peter Brown. ment Corp., said Bartlett had a $385-a He said the $9,000 cost of the

Brown said that the car and the month car allowance, which is normal seminar was “taken very seriously” seminar had nothing to do with Bart- for a top executive. because it involved public funds and lett’s departure and praised the former He said the fair bought the car and Pattison refused to sign the bill president's “forceful personality” for Bartlett used his allowance to pay the making the fair on time and on budget. interest on the purchase and he per. f But he said the time had come for a sonally paid another $300 a month on ‘Tittee and I dealt with it,” said Brown. man of “local understanding” in that the principal. It was bad judgment but we had to hey ‘job. “We had an agreement with Mike P#Y the bill. We agreed that half the

Bartlett resigned last week after that after the fair he would purchase ©°St Would be deducted from Bartlett's he was publicly criticized by fair the car — it was a standard sort of nus at the end of the fair chairman Jim Pattison for the incidents deal,” said Brown. Brown said Bartlett took a drop in involving the Mercedes-Benz and the “But it fell apart because the chair- salary of more than 30 per cent when seminar in California. In a later news man (Pattison) didn't like the per- he joined Expo but he was due to re conference, Pattison said Bartlett's ception — rightly so — of a Crown i iscretionary” bonus of up to departure was due to his having corporation owning a fancy Mercedes $300,000 when the fair was over if his completed most of his work. in times of restraint. So, he ordered the performance merited it

Brown, who is also chairman of car sold and personally absorbed the Bartlett's contract is being examined Expo's finance committee, also said loss.” by lawyers and final payment from the large termination bonuses are paid to Brown said it was a good idea to hold _ fair will be decided by a compensation Expo staff who stay with the corpor- a “think-tank sort of meeting 12hoursa committee.

Forest firms say ‘no’

“It was referred to the finance com.

BRIEFLY

FONYO HAPPY

VANCOUVER (CP) — Steve Fonyo is relaxing in

the sunshine, away from crowds on an outer island of the Cook Islands group in the South Pacific. “T'm very happy with the weather right now, I'm having a great time just relaxing and just sitting in the sun,” the 19-year-old one-legged Journey for Lives cancer fundraiser said by radiotelephone from Aitutaki, a speck of land eight kilometres long and less than two kilometres wide, just north of the Tropic of Capricorn and east of the International Date Line.

“The food over here is great and the people are just fantastic.”

HEROIN SMUGGLER

VICTORIA (CP) — A 56-year-old father of four and former member of the Cowichan Valley regional board was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his part in a heroin-smuggling conspiracy.

“Your case is a sad and disturbing one,” B.C. Supreme Court Justice Ross Lander told Norman Rooke who Lander said had financed the attempt to import heroin with an estimated street value of $6 million.

“Your conduct is paradoxical. I don't doubt you have been a helpful person in the past, but you have effectively destroyed anything you have previously done.”

FERRY CROSSING

VICTORIA (CP) — A new ferry crossing in the Strait of Georgia has been proposed by Jack Davis, the Social Credit member of the legislature for North Vancouver-Seymour.

David suggested a ferry link between Point Grey in Vancouver and Gabriola Island, off Nanaimo.

‘We need a short crossing, a time-saver and energy-saver,” he said, adding that the province should prepare to open such a ferry route in the 1990s.

The proposed link would cost about $150 million, and provide ease of access for travellers who now must drive outside Vancouver to catch a ferry, he said.

MURDER CHARGE

HULL, QUE. (CP) — A Quebec man has been charged with first-degree murder after a coroner's inquest was told his common-law wife was shot during an argument over the television show, The A-Team:

The man appeared briefly in provincial court after he was found criminally responsible for his wife's death by coroner Charles’ Letellier.

The inquest was told that Lise Charbonneau, 26, was shot May 26 in the head during an argument over comments her husband made about a woman in the show. The incident occurred at the couple's home about 50 kilometres northeast of Ottawa.

MINERS DIE

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A wall of rock collapsed in a gold mine passage about 3'/: kilometres underground, killing at least eight miners, operators of the Western Deep Levels Gold Mine said Saturday.

They said one man was still missing and two injured workers were rescued.

The collapse Friday was caused by a tremor that measured 2.8 on the Richter scale, a company spokesman said. He said emergency crews rescued the pair of workers during the night and recovered eight bodies.

FAMINE DEATHS

VANCOUVER (CP) — Two major forest companies have rejected a request that they donate to the British Columbia Pavilion at Expo 86.

B.C. Forest Products and Canfor have both turned down the invitation from the B.C. Council of Forest In- dustries to contribute to the cost of the pavilion.

Ken Benson, chairman of B.C. Forest Products, said there’s no way his company will make a donation.

Benson, reacting to a coun cil pledge of $4 million to the pavilion, said he knew noth ing about the pledge.

“We were never asked, and if we had been the answer would be no,” Benson said.

Canfor president Peter

Bentley said that although he supports Expo, “we cannot justify making a contribution at this time. ‘With the present circum stances we face in the forest industry, Canfor will not be able to participate in this COFI voluntary project.”

Donald McLauchlin, execu: tive vice-president opera- tions for MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., said his company had not yet made up its mind whether to make a contri- bution.

Jack Munro, president of the International Woodwork. ers of America, said he was “pleasantly surprised that fi nally after all those years someone in the industry had the courage to stand up to the Soereds and say, ‘No thank you.’ ”

Council vice-president Al lan Sinclair announced Tues- day that member companies would contribute toward a $4-million donation for exhi- bits at the B.C. Pavilion, under a special formula based on the amount of timber each company harvests.

But Benson, whose com pany is a council member, said there is no agreement to participate and his company isn't interested.

“We're in the middle of a bloody recession,” he said. “How can we give money to Expo when I can't give

anything to the shareholders nating money to prop up the and I can’t give anything to Sotial Credit government. the unions?” Council chairman John

The announced donation Kerr, who among others was roundly criticized by made Tuesday’s announce- union leaders, who accused ment, was unavailable for the forest industry of do comment

Pattison looks at Expo contract

VANCOUVER (CP) — Ex- contract was awarded to po 86 chairman Jim Pattison Specialty Manufacturing Ltd. is investigating a company of British Columbia, but. an awarded a $75 million con. Expo official confirmed that tract to supply souvenirs for the contract was guaranteed the world’s fair in Vancouver by Specialty's parent firm, because it is associated with Ace Novelty Ltd. of Seattle & company convicted of Ace Novelty was named in fraud. a New Orleans fraud indict

ment as benefactor of a

The Vancouver Sun said in scheme to obtain money from a copyrighted story today the U.S. fair under false that the company, which was pretenses. awarded Expo's largest con Pattisonm, who said he re. tract, has been linked with ceiveda telephone call from a another firm that paid a New crime task force official in Orleans world’s fair official New Orleans, indicated Fri $25,000 and was convicted of day he would undertake a defrauding the fair. full-seale investigation into

The Expo 86 souvenir the Ace Novelty connection.

AL FASHIR (REUTER) — Almost half of Sudan's 22 million people now are victims of drought and the death rate from famine is creeping steadily higher, relief workers say

And, while grain and other food aid has piled up on the docks at Port Sudan, it cannot be moved fast enough to remote areas because of poor road and rail links, they say

Brian O'Neil, an adviser for a new relief program adopted by the Eruopean Economic Community, said eight million Sudanese are suffering from the drought The UN office in Khartoum said the figure may be closer to 10 million.

MONSOON HAVOC

DHAKA (REUTER) Monsoon rains are disrupting efforts to ship relief supplies to islands in the Bay of Bengal devastated by a cyclone last month, officials said Saturday.

The rains, causing flooding up to one metre deep in spots, threatened to prevent helicopters carrying relief supplies from reaching the seven islands, officials said

The islands are still reeling from the May tidal wave which killed thousands of people and left at least 250,000 homeless.

SOVIET TANKS

ISLAMABAD (REUTER) Soviet tanks have entered a garrison in eastern Afghanistan in a final push to relieve the base from a 10-month rebel seige, Afghan exiles said Saturday

They said tanks and other vehicles entered the Barikot garrison in Kunar Valley bordering Pakistan on Thursday night or early Friday after helicopter borne commandos cleared the way.

Exiles in Peshawar, Pakistan said heavy fighting was continuing near Barikot and the siege was not

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Lions club rodeo in Castlegar

Photos by Ron Norman and Doug Harvey

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MAKE MY DAY, COWBOY. - - Bull rider Jim tong (right) exchanges a look with a bull which just ungracetully dismounted him. Meanwhile rodeo clown Mel Harrison closes in to distract the bull.

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