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As Britain and Argentina’

strengthened. their military forces for a showdown over the Flakland” Islands, U.S. : President Reagan today dir- ected his ‘state secretary, Alexander Haig, to fly to » London and:Buenos Aires to. * try. to‘defuse the crisis, - ‘These developments came

as Argentina's foreign minis-

ter talked peace in Washing-

, ton, and Britain continued to

insist on withdrawal of the

Argentine troops from the.

jlong-disputed South Atlantic archipelago.

One “London newspaper

said Britain might propose

joint ‘Anglo-Argentinian con- trol of the British crown colony which Argentina has claimed ever since Britain occupied it 150 years ago. .

‘The White House in Wash-

ington said ina statement: “In keeping with the initia- tives the has taken

after his talks with British officials.

with hoth (British) Prime Minister Thatcher and (Argentine) President Gal- tieri and his offer of assist- ance, thé-president has dir- ected Secretary of State Haig to ‘continue’ consultations with the governments of the

;United Kingdom and Argen- | tina in the interest. of assist-

ing both parties in the search for a peaceful resolution of the dispute in the South Atlantic.

“The president | directed Secretary Haig to ‘proceed to London and Buenos Aires at the invitation of both gov- ernments.”

Haig was expected to fly to London tonight, and proceed

directly. to Buenos: Aires

clared it would not. appease Argentine “dictators” and was reported strengthening its Royal Navy armada steaming to the Falkland

Islands, the South Atlantic |

British colony the Argentin- ians seized last week.

“Britain does not appease dictators,” Foreign Secretary Francis Pym told a House of Commons debate.

Pym, .successor to Lord Carrington . who resigned Monday over his failure to avert Argentina's seizure of the remote archipelago, said Britain “will spare no effort” to find a peaceful solution.

“But if our efforts fail the.

Argentine regime will know what to expect,” he said. Pym labelled the -Argen-

Britain de-

tine military junta a “morally bankrupt regime” and said: “We intend to show Argen- tiria and the whole world,

‘Britain is resolved to succeed

in this crisis.”

In a vigorous speech to a packed Commons, Pym said it is obvious the Argentine occupation force of more than 8,000 troops would treat the 1,800 pro-British islanders as

-“a conquered population.”

‘TTACKS REGIME

Pym, a former defence secretary in the Thatcher cabinet, asked: “Why did * Argentina's rulers suddenly decide in the last days of - March to resort to arbitrary arid brutal aggression?

“T suggest that part of the answer lies in the very brutality and unpopularity of the Argentine regime itself.

continued of page AZ

NORTH VANCOUVER “(CP) — Widower Jim Cur- is praying that cool

*land Islands, fearful for. his

(B.C. family

‘heads prevail in the Falk-.

know: how long that will last.” “ WANTED SAFE LIFE Bill Curtis left a trailer park in Mission, east. of: last

‘son, ‘who’ are-there in vittual ‘captivity.

-ceiving a second cable from ~ his sony, Bill, 87, saying he'd eh

law and-two soars :

» His fears’ were ‘elieved” “briefly. “Tuesday. after. re-

with his wife Barbara and children Jim, .8, and An- nétte, 6 and settled at Port Stanley.

Curtis ‘said . it was not quite true,.as had been reported ‘earlior, that hit

= Be * wets op! hoe said Tuesday the Social

Gredit.. government

next, year’s budget. : ie hile, he’ said the

oka san many,

them ‘as new i “ita: "1982" try

provincial budget... In fact, D'Arcy said that of the budgets brought down in

his 10 years in the. legis. ° lature, “This one makes the,

fewest changes.”..

‘There are no.tax increases or decreases, he noted. The government: -is “basi holding the line.”

Quoting party finance crit- ie Dave :Stupich (Nanaimo),

D'Arcy. added; “Last. year -

they drove people to the wall. This year they left. them there.”

D'Arcy “also. pointed out that ‘although the ‘ govern- ment is calling the budget a

“balanced one, it actually -in-

cludes $250 million to be bor- rowed through a special: bond issue and another ‘$960. mil- lion taken from special pur- . funds.

Referring to the $250 mil- lion bond issue, D'Arcy said, “Any. accountant .I. know

_ would,call that a debt.”

‘As well, he said the budget carries the. “seeds. of a de- ficit” if the _ government's revenue projections are not fh .

He said the government

* has. included .a “substantial

increase” in. ‘revenues for both the forestry and mining industries. However, he‘ said the industries. are

into their fourth month and revenues are down from last

ear. : : D'Arcy called the ‘gov-

ernment's projection of a2

fi year fores-. plan — which" included funds for silviculture, among other things — was “wiped. out” in the budget.”

D'Arcy called the five-year plan “very important to the industry.” Only last week at. a- special. emergency _ econ- omic ‘meeting in Castlegar

ically D'Arcy urged local politicians

and industry leaders to mon itor the plan to ensure. the government lived up.to it, where, D'Arcy said details about ‘the govern- ment’s proposed job creation program have not been dis- closed so it is difficult to tell how they will work — or if they will work. He said-he hopes the job creation initiatives will have

government's move to raise the'tax rate for rural prop- erties. from 10 mills. to 12 mills, and the minimum prop- erty. tax from $75 to $125 will mean rural homeowners . could be paying up to 50 per cent more in property taxes next year before the home- owners’ ‘grant.

D'Arcy said the 50 per cent figure comes from the 20 per cont-increase in the mill rate, and the increase in property. assessments — which he says was in the range of 80-40 per cent this year..

One‘ aspect of the budget D'Arcy. ‘liked was the .re- moval of road taxes for ve- hicles tsing 1 propane or nat- ural’ gas. As well, he: com-

We'll be closed on Good Friday

Beedusk of ‘the Good Friday holiday, all deadlines for the Castlegar News of Easter Sunday will be advanced 24 hours. This, will allow our staff to ‘enjoy’ Good Friday’ with their

families.

For example: the Classified Ads’ deadline will be advanced to-11 a.m. Thursday from 11 a.m. Friday. The Castlegar News will publish. Easter Sunday.

'Arcy said the moves will help’ the engine’ conversion industry and also‘assist ‘the : propane and natural gas in.’ dustries: -

D'Arcy said the budget didn't appear to‘be intended .asan election budget, though

.it could be. He:said Bennett.

seems to be keeping"! 2 tions open, and the budget, reflects that.

Meanwhile, Mayor: Audrey

Moore said she: is'“basicall we Pleased there are ao ts in

creases,” Moore said she was “a little

anxious” that municipal fev-.

enue sharing grants may be cut. However, the province ineresed municipal revenue sharing’ by 10 per cent...

As. well, “the {government * has ‘indicated municipal pay-. “ments: for social ‘ assistance willbe phased out ‘over two years — and that ‘has Moore’ ‘3° approval. £

Moore said | "last year Castlegar “paid ;more than $106,000 for welfare cost:. She said ‘it apperars that ‘fig- ure could be cut in half this *year, though she wouldn't ‘know until the details of the. plan were released.

“I'm glad thert2's a move to take if off-the municipal

taxpayer,” she said.

Moore noted the govern- ment had raised taxes, fees and special. permits, before the budget, .so it ‘wouldn't have made “much political sense” to raise (taxes further in the ee

Old RCMP. building. “to be torn down

sa By CasNews Staff

pape ‘te doesn't meet °

$1

million RCMP detachment won't. be built on the site of the present detachment, Cas- tlegar council disclosed at a ‘recent meeting.

Instead, ‘the new 6,000. square-foot building will be

located just behind the pres- .

ent..detachment on. federal government land. .

,The present detachment is located on land owned by the province. ‘Council. said ‘the present detachment will be torn down'and the land used for a parking lot.

Plans for a new. detach ment were first

Moore added. council could try. to sell the. building ‘and purchase another site else- where, but said council really wouldn't. save. money that way.

Meanwhile, he said coun- cil is still struggling with a financing. formula for the building. Inordéer to raise the $1 million to build the datach- ment, council. would like to borrow the money over a period of more than 10 years.

However, under. the prov- incial Municipnl Act, council is required to go to public

February. Under the poriay P ROMP : contract, municipalities ‘with: popula-

tions over 5,000 inust Pay. 100 100 *

per cent of ‘policing : costs, including

for any of more than 110 years. Council is ¢oncerned the new detachment — which it considers essential’ ‘might be turned down if it goes to.

‘The ‘present detachment was designed for four. mem- bers,,and there are now 23,

“I.don’t think. we've’ got much recourse (but to build a new detachment),” Mayor Audrey; Moore said. '

“That building has been

Council has therefore writ- ten.the municipal affairs ministry * and nttorney gen- eral's ministry protesting the referendum restrictions.

It-has also-drawn up a proposal to help with funding for the ‘new detachment.

so

-yotDear; Dad: No. phone ‘service: permitted,” read othe telegram. “Will cable eu ‘day. Things calm, Bill.”

“The British colony has » been in Argentinian: con: trol since an invasion by. military forces last. week.

its:way to the South At- lantit to try to’ win the is- lands back in what could be ‘a “Bloody confrontation. “Tiwar a great relief to know! “they are able to com- municate and they, - will cable? every -day,” said {| Curtis, 74, “But I don't

A British naval flotilla is on

‘son’went to the Falklands to try ‘to‘escape from a third world war.

“Sure we often talked of - the possibility ofa third -world war, but he knew that the effects ofa nuclear war,would be ‘felt every- ‘where. He knew that even

- down there you couldn't

escape it.

“The reason lie went down there was simply just to get ‘away from everything. He didn't like living .in big p'aces. He wanted to get back to a more basic life than we have up here.” .

.“I'n praying for a poli- tical settlement,” said the

‘in captivity’

elder Curtis. “I don't like to see the reports saying: ‘Let's go to war.’ Some of the more vicious types will wipe out everyone at Port Stanley.” *

He said he was reas- sured by a telephone call Tuesday -from External Affairs Minister Mark MacGuigan.

“He said they had been,

taking. measures with the ©

~ Argentitté “government” to” protect. the rights of all Canadians’ down there,” said Curtis. “They have given them the option, if they want, of being evacu- ated.”

*. But Curtis said he's not sure when such an evacu- ation might occur and his son may not want to leave the Falklands. His son has just completed a house and the family was finding things “even better than they thought they would be.”

The first he heard from his son after the invasion was when a cable arrived Monday. That cable also

“now “because” we’ realize”

Falkland Istands.

—

said John Wood was all right.

Wood, of Charlotte City, B.C., isa friend who helped the younger Curtis build his home in Port Stanley. - In Victoria, his mother Frances Wood said it was a great relief to hear her 32-year-old son is fine.

“I haven't received any cables from him,” ‘she said.

“Weare: terribly worried

that John has no way of letting us know if he needs help.”

“It's going to be tough because it takes so long for the Navy to get down thére,” said Curtis.. “The people on the Falklands don’t have any defence, they don’t carry weapons. | If the British try and in- vade the islands the people will probably be held hos- tage.”

Four other Canadians, Ian and Angela White and their two children, for- merly of Langley, B.C.,. also are believed on the

Explosion. kills

seven

OAKLAND, CALIF. i) ‘— A gasoline tanker truck ‘exploded in flames early to- day after (t was struck by a bus inside a highway tunnel, killing at least seven people, * officials: said.

Fire raged out of control in the Caldecott tunnel on High- way 24 between Oakland and Orinda, said Oakland. Fire Capt. John

Peckford easily wins ‘Newfoundland election

* ‘ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. (CP) — Premier Brian Peckford virtually eliminated the Lib- eral party as a political force in Newfoundland when vot- ers gave him a massive man- date Tuesday to tackle Ot- tawa on the dispute over who controls offshore oil and gas Sevelopment. The Progressive Conser- 44 of the 52

“We can't even approach its it’s too hot,” he said, add- ing that more than 50 fire- fighters: and. 13 fire units were on the ‘seene:

stalled car, then crashed into the rear of the double-tanker truek, -which burst into flames. ‘The’’ ‘bus driver fell out. of his’ vehicle, which smashed intoa pillar, he said.

Five other vehicles were trapped in the tunnel behind the bus, Speakman added.

A‘ -Highway Patrol dis- patcher said the AC Transit bus driver was believed to be among the dead. The tanker truck ‘driver un- harmed, the dispatcher said.

The bus was believed to be carrying no passengers be- cause it was returning to its yard in Oakland after com- pleting its express route, said AC Transit spokesman Mike Curry.

seats,

in the process the brief political career of Liberal Leader Len Stirling who suf- fered personal defeat in Bon- avista North.

Peter Feiwick, leader of the New Democratic Party, also failed in his bid to gain a

legislature seat and none of ¢,,

the party’s 22 other candi- dates even came close. The NDP has never returned a member in a Newfoundland

“Let us drink, dance and be merry, for ‘tomorrow we must be responsible,” a jubi- lant Peckford, 39, told cheer- ing supporters after the outcome of the election was known.

Peckford said it was diffi- cult not to gloat, because it was clear that Newfound-

landers supported his fight to give the province an Sana place with other p

‘The Peckford win‘ main- tains a Tory hold on seven

Confederation.

speaks

g It also shows a reversal of

with one voice when we say that one day the sun -will shine and the have-not will be no more. ~ 3

“In a moment of elation, it is difficult to be rational and to think straight ... we must be rational... Newfoundland cries out for an equal place in the Canadian. Conferation family .. . we want to be rea- sonable.

“We want the rest of Can- ada and the federal govern-

P d by Newfoundlanders in the 1980 federal general election when Liberals took five of the seven seats. PCs took the other two.

Stirling, a 44-year-old in- surance executive who took over the Liberal party after its defeat by Peckford in 1979 under Don Jamieson, was obviously crushed by the magnitude of the defeat,

He said he likely | will call a and it

ment in to recog- nize that we must have something to be responsible r. That means the natural resources that belong to Newfoundland and to Can- ada.”

The initial from

is not to be expected he will lead the party a second time. “I have done my thing, life goes on,” Stirling said. Stirling said Peckford was a “smart politician and a sin- cere ”" who

federal Energy Minister Mare Lalonde, Peckford’s main opponent in the dispute over offshore resources, hinted at a deepening of the dispute.

Lalonde said in an Ottawa interview the Peckford viec- tory means nothing as far as the federal government is concerned.

“Our principles remain the same,” said Lalonde, “We

have no new proposals to put,

forward.”

had picked an election issue on which he could not be nailed.

CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR

While the NDP was never within reach of winning any seats, the party's candidates outpaced opponents in St. John’s East and Eagle River, a Labrador district.

Nancy Riche endéd ahead of Liberal Hugh Coady in St. John's East 543-382 but far behind PC Energy Minister William Marshall's 2,021.