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January 10, 1990

Nystrom acquitted of shoplifting

OTTAWA (CP) — New Democrat MP Lorne Nystrom walked away from provincial court with an acquittal and a sense of relief Tuesday after convincing the judge he didn’t mean to steal eight dollars worth of drugstore merchandise ~

“Back to normal,"’ the 43-year-old Nystrom told reporters after Judge Brian Lennox delivered the verdict of not guilty.

Lennox, who heard. the case without a jury, observed the Saskatchewan MP only needed to raise a reasonable doubt of criminal intent to win acquittal on a shoplifting charge. ‘ But Nystrom did more, arguing that he was distracted and pre-occupied by political duties and personal ills the day he absént-mindedly walked out of Shoppers Drug Mart with two contact lens cleaning discs valued at $7.79.

When Crown attorney Hilary McCormack suggested

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he had intentionally pocketed the discs, a cool and com: posed Nystrom responded: ‘I’m not that kind of person. I have never done that and I will never do that,

“If it was honest mistake, | would have known it was a mistake,’’ she insisted. But Nystrom said he was pre-occupied with thoughts

Lenn&x accepted the defence of ab: saying Nystrom’s explanation was more than reasonable “Lam satisfied, on the basis of his evidence alone, that it is true."”

Mindy Gosman, a drugstore security guard, had testified she watched last Nov. 29 as Nystrom picked up a package of lens cleaning discs, took the two discs from the box and put them in his pocket. He then put the package back on the display shelf, she said

DIDN'T PAY

On his way out of the store, Nystrom paid for two toothbrushes, but not for the discs.

Under intense cross-examination by defence lawyer Clayton Ruby, Gosman rejected the idea that Nystrom had been merely forgetful

of the NDP then coming up in Win- nipeg, and tired after long hours on a committee studying the government's proposed sales tax.

He also was bothered by eye trouble that n been an allergy and might have been an infection.

He said he opened the lens cleaners to see if they were the kind he needed, decidéd against buying them, and thought he had put the discs back into the box before retur- ning it to the shelf.

ight have

MP ‘HORRIFIED’

When Gosman chased him outside and suggested he had stolen some merchandise, said Nystrom, he checked his pocket and was “‘horrified’’ to find the discs.

lea why I put them in my pocket It's se of being distracted, an honest mistake."’

T’S OUR BIG ONE!

Mobbed by reporters after the acquittal, Nystrom said he was.glad to be rid of the case and the heavy, publicity it generated

“It’s more horrible than I can even describe, because it was so public, in terms of my friends and my family and my party,” he said.

Nystrom thanked political colleagues who went out of their way to help, including former NDP House Leader lan Deffhs, Liberal MP Jim Peterson and Conservative MP David Kilgour

All testified as character witnesses, with Kilgour set ting the tone when he declared (hat oh Parliament Hill “the consensus is clearly that (Nystrom) is a person of the highest integrity who would never knowingly steal anything."’

Gosman was the sole withess for the Crown on the charge of theft under $1,000, A conviction could have brought ‘a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $2,000 fine, although the maximum is rarely imposed.

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Turner can stay a while Liberals say

OTTAWA (CP) — Sen months ago, federal Liberals were handing John Turner his hat. Now they're saying there’s no rush to go

It was widely speculated. Tusner would leave politics for a law practice in Toronto long before the campaign to replace him June 23 in Calgary heated up .

Since last May 3 when he said he would retire as party leader — an an. nouncement greeted with relief by a divided caucus and membership — Turner has not revealed the date he plans to leave Ottawa

But with the Liberals outpacing the Tories among decided voters by more than 10 per cent in the latest national public opinion poll, Turner is under Pressure to stay until well into the next sitting of the Commons that begins Jan. 22

That’s why it was a relief when Tur- ner t Id his caucus at its last meeting before Christmas he would be back af- ter the holidays, at least long enough to lead them through the Atlantic

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By ED MILLS Staff Writer On page 5 of the Castlegar Rebel's program you'll find two pictures /of Taylor Harding, But until this bn you couldn't havé found his name on the team’s roster - That situation changed Tuesday as Harding, who scored 42 points in 26 games for the Rebels last year, retur-

ned to play for the team.

The six-foot, 210-pound forward quit the Rebels at the beginning of this season citing a conflict with the coaching staff but has apparently had a change of heart and will begin prac- tising with the team Thursday.

Harding, 19, met with Rebels co- coaches Don Soroke and Ed Cooper to discuss his future with team prior to the Rebels’ Tuesday night practice at the Community Complex -

Afterwards, Harding said he was pleased with the way the meeting went and say he now just wants to get into

the lineup as quickly as possible and start playing hockey.

“*They (Soroke and Cooper) told me straight out that they didn’t expect me to carry thé team, they just want me to fit in and that's what I want to do,"’ he said.

Harding said when he quit in November he felt the coaches were ex- pecting too much of him at a time when he wasn’t sure he could giveit.

“1 wasn’t getting along from day one with coaches,’ he said. ‘‘At the beginning of the year I didn’t have the desire and stuff. I knew it and they knew it so they benched me. ‘‘I had lost interest and I guess I was blaming it on the coaches.""

After going home to Kelowna for two months, Harding said he thought aboyt it and decided he wanted to give hockey another shot.

“This place has been pretty good to me and I just thought I wouldn’t mind getting another,chance to play. Now I

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TAYLOR HARDING . .. change of heart

feel good (about hockey) again.”” Voted most inspirational player on

the Rebelf last year, Harding’s pictures

on page 5 in the program have been a

Oilers have learned to live without Gretzky

By NEIL STEVENS The Canadian Press

The future is now for the Edmonton - Oilers.

When they traded Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings in {f® summer of 1988, left winger Martin Gelinas was one of the building blocks they ob- tained

Gelinas had been the Kings’ 4irst

_ pickin the 1988 NHL entry draft after

scoring 63 goals for his Hull, Que., junior team, but any contribution he would make to the Oilers was seen as being far down the road

Alas, the Oilers are riding high atop the Smythe Division and Gelinas, who is only 19, is having an impact

The . Shawinigan, > Qué:, native scored 2:11 into overtime Tuesday night, giving the Oilers a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames.

AHEAD OF CHAMPS

“L thought it was great to score because I’ve been playing hard,” Gelinas said of his goal which moved the Oilers five points ahead of the defending Stanley Cup champions.

Elsewhere, it was Quebec Nordiques 5. Montreal Canadiens 2, St. Louis Blues 4 Los Angeles 3, and Detroit Red Wings 9 Minnesota North Stars 0. In exhibitions, it was Soviet Red Army 5 Philadelphia Flyers 4, and Moscow Dynamo 3 Boston Bruins |

In Calgary, Jari-Kurri and Adam Graves also scored for the Oilers. Calgary’s goals were supplied by Jamie Macoun and Doug Gilmour, who for: ced a 2-2 tie with a power-play goal at 7:34 of the third period

Calgary had a 32-17 shots advan. tage. Edmonton coach John Muckler

THE CANUCKS

Life

said Edmonton goaltender Bill Ran- ford was instrumental in the victory

“*Both teams are very close and it’s going to take some breaks to win a hockey game,’’ said Muckler. ‘We played very well, and so did Calgary, but« Billy Ranford outplayed- Mike Vernon.”

GUY LAFLEUR ... back home Nordiques 5 Canadiens 2 In Quebec City, Guy Lafleur scored his first goal in a Quebec uniform against his formes team. Michel Goulet, Mike Hough, Joe Sakic and Bryan Fogarty also scored for the Nordiques. Claude Lemieux and Shayne Corson replied Blues 4 Kings3 In. Inglewood, Calif., Brett Hull

scored his NHL-leading 37th goal with 26 seconds left to give St. Louis a third consecutive victory. Gino Cavallini, Rick Meagher and Dave Lowry also scored for the Blues. Jay Miller, John Tonelli and Gretzky +scored for the Kings, who lost their fourth game in a row. Wings 9 Stars0

In Detroit, Shawn Burr scored two short-handed goals and a power-play goal and had two assists and goalie Glen Hanlon stopped 21 shots for his 13th career shutout. Jimmy Carson and Marc Habscheid added two goals each. Steve Yzerman scored once and assisted ‘on four others and Gerard Gallant added a goal as the Red Wings moved within seven points of fourth- place Minnesota in the Norris Division

Army 5 Flyers 4

In Philadelphia, the Soyiet club completed its five-game tour with a fourth victory, which was fashioned on Alexei Gusarov’s third-period goal Evgeny Davydov, Sergei Fedorov, Anatoli Stepanichev and Oleg Petrov also scored for Army. Pelle Eklund, Brian Propp, Jeff Chychrun and Craig Berube scored for the Flyers

Dynamo 3 Bruins 1

In Boston, Andrei Lomakin’s goal at 14:10 of the third period broke a 1-1 tie and Anatoli Semenov added in- surge with 1:56 left, spoiling a spec- tatuYar 34-save performance by goaltender Norm Foster, a Vancouver native who has been playing for Maine Mariners of the AHL. Yuri Leonov also scored for the Moscow club, which was 3-2 on its five-game tour Randy Burridge scored Boston’s goal

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can afford to run for the federal Liberal leadership, but the odds don’t look good, a key organizer for the Winnipeg MP said

“I doubt it," Winnipeg lawyer Morris Kaufman said when asked whether Axworthy supporters could find the money to guarantee even a bare-bones bid for the leadership to be decided in June at a Calgary conven- tion.

There have been plenty of promises of financial support, Kaufman said,

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but Axworthy, 50, a former cabinet minister first elected in 1979, needs cash in the bank before he can make commitments for staff, offices, com puter systems and other campaign necessities. ”

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Axworthy has already spent about $200,000 in the run-up to the campaign and would need to raise about $100,000 in cash “within the next few days”’ or he likely won't run, Kaufman added

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By GRANT KERR _ 7? The Canadian Press

Vancouver's 20th NHL season, once hailed by team strategists as the#year the Canucks would move dr y upward in the standings, has turned sour

This sorry-looking Hockey club is staler than the lef- tover Christmas eggnog

After a promising performance in the 1989 playoffs, Vancouver has reverted to form. And, unless there’s a sud den turnaround, the Canucks are doomed to their 18th losing season

The Canucks are the NHL’s version of the team that can’t shoot straight. They score infrequently — barely three goals a game, despite a reasonable work rate. Hands of stone around the net make them easy pickings.

They are ranked 20th in the overall standings, nine games under .500, and appear to be on a hopeless down- ward spiral. The Canucks stand last in the Smythe Division, seven points behind Winnipeg, and the improving Jets have three games in hand

Vancouver have won only twice in its last 12 starts With three:games at home this week, against Hartford, St Louis and Buffalo, the Canucks are at the crossroads of their season

DEFENCE FALTERS

It’s easy to point fingers when a team struggles. For in- stance, the Vancouver defence, third in goals-against last season, has softened under pressure created by an incon- sistent offence. Vancouver netminders combined for a sparkling 3.13 average last season; now they're ranked 13th at3.51

The arrival of the storied Soviets — Igor Larionov and Viadimir Krutov — was supposed to cure an ailing power play. lt hasn’t. Vancouver is ranked 17th with an efficiency of 18.7 per cent because there’s no one to win the individual battles for possession and feed the Soviets :

The penalty-killing actually improved last week during

a four-game road trip in‘which the Canucks won once, moving the unit to 18th at 75.1 percent from 21st

The inconclusive Soviet expegiment has been blamed for much of the team’s problems. But in fairness, Larionov and Krutov are not as much at fault as team management

During the off-season, when the Soviets were signed to expensive conttacts, management failed to address a more Pressing issue — team size.

Trade story p. B3

The Canucks have one of the smallest lineups in the league, with at least nine forwards under six feet. Van couver ist can’t compete in heavy traffic

Vancouver is-a perimeter team, incapable of driving the net. The club’s defensive system remains sound, but the offence needs a huge transfusion of muscular forwards.

The Canucks attempted to remedy the situation Mon day when they acquired forwards Andrew McBain, Dan Quinn and Dave Capuano from Pittsburgh, sending Barry Pederson, Toni Tanti and Rod Buskas tothe Penguins.

And that brings up a matter that confounds team president and general manager Patt Quinn. Vancouver's biggest forwards — Jim Sandlak arid Trevor Linden, who both stand six-foot-four — have turned into pussycats

The two players, who should create a physical presen ce, don’t scare anyone. The 220-pound Sandlak, 23, has been an enigma since he was drafted four years ago. Now management worries Linden may follow suit

Linden, 19, was called a franchise saver last year when he score 30 times as a rookie. The second time around has proven more difficult for the 205 pounder. Sandlak and Linden each have nine goals this season.

Sandlak has gone seven games without a goal. Lin den’s scoring drought is at 14. Until these two shape up, the Canuck slide will continue beyond the abysmal’ 13-22-8 record they currently sport. .

constant d for fans and

coaches of the star’s absence this season.

Soroke and Cooper were tight lip ped about the ie bane but Cooper said prior to it that the coaches are taking a wait-and-see attitude with Harding.

“If he plays hockey the way he can then we’re going to sign him,”’ Soroke said.

If Harding is signed, it would make four players in the last five days that have been added to the Rebels’ roster, raising the number of available skaters tol7.

Last Thursday the Rebels signed Oliver native Len Rubner, who also played with the Rebels last season, former Nelson Maple Leaf Kevin Em. sley and Tyson French, who was just cut from the Williams Lake Mustangs of the Jr. APCJHL,

All three played in the Rebels 10-4 win over. the Rossland Warriors Friday

-3 loss to the Beaver Valley

ED COOPER .. wait and

Nite Hawks here Saturday

Rubner picked up a goal and an assist against Rossland and Emsley had one point. French, a five-foot-nine, 18-year-old centre, got his first point as

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~ Palmer,

Morgan

inducted to Hall

NEW YORK (AP) — On their way to glory, Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan crossed paths a few times

“I don’t remember the first time | pitched against him but the second time he hit a homerun against me inthe 1977 all-star game,"" Palmer recalled “Nice to give up a home run to a Hall of Famer

Now, Palmer and Morgan are on the same team. They were elected into baseball's Hall of Fame on Tuesday night and will be inducted on Aug. Sin ceremonies at Cooperstown, N.Y

Palmer swept to the honor, getting the second-highest vote total ever for a pitcher. Morgan's seléction was closer, but he made it by a comfortable margin

It Was, however; another disappoin tment for 300-game winner Gaylord Perry. He missed by a narrow margin and top pitchers Ferguson Jenkins of Chatham, Ont., and Jim Bunning were left out, too

“If you're a pitcher, you get to the Hall of Fame by the people around you,"* Palmer said

Palmer was 268-152 in 19 full seasons, all with the Baltimore Orioles Like Morgan, Palmer. made great teams even better

Helped by teammates such as fellow Hall of Famers Brooks Robinson and Frank Robinson, Palmer was 4-1 in the playoffs and 4-2 in the World Series.

MVP TWICE

Morgan was ‘a .27! lifetime hitter, not the best among second baseman in the Hall olFame Bui he was the man who made Cincinnati's Big Red Machine go and, surrounded by

players like Hall of Famers. Johnny Bench, Pete Rose and Tony Perez, jost_ valuable player awards on championship teams in 1975 and 1976. It was Morgan's two-out single in the ninth inning of Game 7

Morgan won most

that drove in the winning run in the 1975 World Series.

“LT think the thing I'm more proud of — I want to make this clear — all those numbers you see, the good ones, the in between ones, were achieved with the team coming and me second,”’ Morgan said. ‘*I never stole a base without the team needing it."”

Palmer and Morgan were the 10th

first coming

and ZIst players elected to the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility

“There was a lot of doubt in my mind. in terms of getting in the first year,"’ Palmer said from Towson, Md “There area lot of guys who deserve it whodon't

Palmer was named on 411 of 444 ballots cast by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. His 92.5 per cent trailed only Bob Feller’s 93.75 per cent in 1962 among pitchers

Players need 75 per cent to be to the Hall and this Year, that 333 ballots. Morgan got 363 votes for 81.7 percent

Perry missed with 320 votes, or 72 percent

Jenkins got 296 votes and Bunning 257. Unlike Palmer, the three pitchers who were left out did not have, the benefit of playing for wifning teams

Jenkins was 284-226 with 3,192 strikeouts. He was a 20-game winner seven times, including six. straight seasons (1967-1972)

ar returns to team.

a Rebel, an assist against the Nite Hawks.

Cooper says he and Soroke might be taking a look at a couple more players before the Kootenay International Hockey League's signing deadline ex- pires this week.

The loss to Beaver Valley cost the Rebels a share of fourth place with the Nite Hawks, who are up by two points in the KIJHL’s West Division with two games liMand. The top four teams in the division make the playoffs.

Besides player personel, the Rebels have also added Pete Semenoff, father of team captain Keith Semenoff, as co- manager of the team.

Semenoff was the Rebels manager last season and will be helping out Brian Fietz who is the Rebels current manager

NOT Kevin, Kazakoff scored twice and Dale Bonderud had the other goal against Beaver Valley. Roger Carlson picked up tw assists.

Shella Jekyll and Hyde

By CasNews Staff

Woodland Park Shell handed a pasting toSandman Inn and was on the receiving end of one from Hi Arrow at the Community Complex this week as Castlegar Recreational Hockey League resumed play following the Christmas break.

Shell come out like @ house on fire Monday cleaning Sandman's clock 18 6

The same Shell team took the ice against Hi Arrow Tuesday and were shellacked 12-4

Hi-Arrow’s double trouble trio of no. 77 Niki Hyson, No. 66 Doug Knowler and No. 44 John Obetkoff once again did most of the damage against Shell, accounting for 16 points in total

Knowler led the way with a goal and five assists while Hyson had two and three and Obetkoff two and two.

Dean MacKinnon and Bob Larsh both fired hattricks for Hi Arrow which led 5-1 after one period and 7-2 after two ,

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Shell got two goals from Bruno Tassone and once each from Joe Bell and Mal Stelck

Against league-leading Sandman, Shell scored six first-period goals but led by just two heading into the second

But five second period goals made it 11-6 after two and seven more in the third capped the goal-scorers dream game

Rod Fayant led the points parade for Shell with three goals and six assists The Keraiff"s, Kelly, Ken and Kevin, accounted fof 17 points all together with Kelly and Ken collecting a goal and six assists, and Kevin potting two and assisting on one. Tassone led all goal getters with four ang added three assists. Stelck picked up a hattrick and two assists while Steve Simonen had two anid three and Chris Brodman one andtwo

Vince Antignani paced Sandman r" a losing cause with two goals and iwo assists. Duane Weir, Clay Martini Dave Rugg and Ron Ashby had the other goals for Sandman

The next CRHL action has San dman meeting Hi Arrow at the Com munity Complex Thursday. Game time is 9:30 p.m

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Soviets win again

CHILLIWACK, B.C Alexei Yashkin led the Union Olympic team goals and two assists Monday night in a 6-4 exhibition win over the Canadian national team

The win gave the Soviets a 3-2 lead with two games remaining in the seven-game swing through Alberta and British Columbia

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The Soviets also got goals from Lev Berdichevsky, Oleg Yashin, Dimitri Kvartalnov and Andrei Yakovenko

Canada led 3-1 at one point in the first period before the Soviets pulled into a 3-3 tie and led 4-3 at the end of the second period