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Afghan army crushes revolt: 26 dead Weather, Page 2 Sherbrooke Thursday, May 1,1980 20 cents \K\V DELHI AFP) At least « students, lui If of them girls, and a school principal were killed in Kabul this week in a fresh uprising against the Soviet military presence in Af ghanistan, travellers arriving here from the Afghan capital said today The violent incidents from Sunday to Tuesday were the worst in Kabul since a Feb 21-22 mass uprising against the Russians A traveller, who said he witnessed the scene, said the Afghan army used MI-22 gunships to quell the uprising led by school and university students and supported by a section of Khalqis supporters of the Communist party's Khalq faction — ; who are opposed to Afghan Presidenl Babrak Kartnal The traveller, who asked not to be ; named, said at least 3,tXK) to 5,000 students took part in the street demonstrations ; Trouble started w hen one group of students, half of them girls, marched through the Kabul streets jeering at the Soviet and East European dignitaries who had come to attend the anniversary of the April revolution Trudeau: Gallon going up OTTAWA tCP> — Motorists could face gasoline price increases of about 2.75 cents a litre (12.5 cents a gallon) by the end of the year.‘•It will depend on the price we negotiate with the producing provinces.” Prime Minister Trudeau told the Commons Wed- Inside ] STANSTEAD CISC Though Stanstead won’t be getting a CLSC, it will get some government funds to help the area’s elderly and handicapped.Carole Treiser reports, Page 3.NAIL SHOP Nail biters need never worry again.The Nail Shop in Lennoxville has the answer to all their worries.Pat Tracy has the story on Page 6.BIRTHS, DEATHS 2 BUSINESS.5 CLASSIFIED .10 COMICS.11 EDITORIAL_____4 LIVING.6,7 SPORTS.12 Many a man asks no more out of life than a little peach and quiet.OLF nesday But he reiterated the government's promise to keep oil price increases this year below $4 a barrel, an increase of no more than 3.5 cents a litre (16 cents a gallon) The price of gasoline has already gone up about 0 75 cents a litre (3.5 cents a gallon) this year, which suggests that increases for the rest of 1980 will be* no more than 2.75 cents a litre (12.5 cents a gallon).However, Trudeau refused to rule out the possibility of even higher increases during the next three years, including steep increases in the gasoline excise tax Hts comments were bitterly denounced by opposition party leaders who charged the Liberals had abandoned an important election promise not to increase the excise tax as the Progressive Conservative government had St Francois Nos rally Record Perry Beaton « < w-nÊ li T J > tëfaéieiÊm.Lennoxville Mayor Cecil Dougherty waves his banner high during last night's No rally at Alexander Galt.-DW&CUCX y «Bac Annual The Record's Annual Review is inserted into today's edition.It's a few days late, but there are 44 pages of general reading by Record correspondents and freelancers.I V Bv NELSON WYATT LENNOXVILLE - Stand up and be counted — that's the message that came out of an enthusiastic rally last night here in support of the No option in the current sovereignty association campaign Six speakers from the local, provincial and federal levels, along with about 400 townsfolk, turned out for over two hours to thump the tub for national unity and spurn the idea presented by the Parti Québécois and the Yes forces for a Quebec that is politically sovereign but economically tied to the rest of the country.The evening probably was also an enrolment booster for Bishop’s University as three of the keynote speakers were alumni of the local educational institution.Among those on the dais were Peter Blaikie, the national vice-president of the Pro- gressive Conservative party; Reed Scowen, MNA for Notre Dame de Grace; Cowansville lawyer Peter Turner; Monique Gagnon Tremblay, president of the St.Francois No Committee; Bruno Serge Boucher, president of the local No Committee Youth section; Sherbrooke MP Irenee Pelletier, Baba Cowans, president of the Lennoxville No Committee and moderator Louise Robic.The six speakers spoke on alleged deception by the Parti Québécois in the presentation of their option through the question on the referen dum ballot and how the actual goal of the Yes forces was to start the ball rolling for the eventual breakup of Canada.Scowen, a former member of the Pepin Robarts Task Force on Canadian unity, knocked those that contended that voting yes would put Quebec in a more powerful position with the rest of the country.“Being powerful is like being a lady,” Scowen mocked.“If you have to say that you are one, you aren’t.He, like No Committee leader Claude Ryan, disassociated himsell from statements that described the PQ as a racist organization, instead summing them up as an ’intolerani, ethnocentric and cynical organization.Scowen charged that the Pe-quistes had alienated the elderly and the women of the province through Status of Women minister Lise Payette’s remarks that the province’s female population who didn’t vote yes were uninformed domestics — and had adopted a cynical stance by wrapping themselves in the fleur de lis flag and asserting that anyone who opposed them was a traitor Scowen also waged his word war See GALT, Page 2.12.5 cents proposed in the budget which led to its defeat in December in Parliament and the Feb 18 election which returned the Liberals to power INCREASES I.OOMIN»;?Opposition Leader Joe Clark said in an interview there are major price increases for petroleum products on the horizon despite Liberal part> posturing during the election campaign “There was clearly an attempt to mislead Canadians during the election campaign," the former prime minister said Vote for No means change, too — Ryan MONTREAL (CP) Claude Ryan says political leaders outside Quebec would risk breaking up the country if they interpreted a no vote m the referendum as a vote against constitutional change.The Quebec Liberal leader said in a CBC television interview Wed nesday thai a no vote would mean no only to the Parti Québécois proposal of sovereignty-association ”11 the rest of Canada could he foolish enough to imagine that .we are saying no to any kind of con stitutional change, they would do so at their own peril and at the peril of our country But Ryan added he would not interpret a no vote as an endorsement of bis own party’s constitutional proposals, a wide ranging series of reforms outlined in the so called beige paper Supporters of the no Side include people from all political parties, he said.Earlier in the day, Ryan said he would be willing to change some of his party's proposals if it could be shown they were unacceptable to most Quebecers.Me did not elaborate.Both Premier Rene Levesque and Quebec Finance Minister Jacques Parizeau criticized a suggestion Ryan made Tuesday that a federal-provincial agency be set up to collect Quebec income taxes for both levels of government.Levesque said Ryan's idea would strip the Quebec governmenl of its fiscal flexibility.Although Ryan said the idea was not part of his campaign lor the May 20 referendum, Parizeau took the opportunity to say the proposal would render Quebec ungovernable and that it was the most ex traordinary suggestion by a Quebec politician since the Second World War.A Gallup poll spokesman denied Wednesday an accusation by Quebec Premier Rene Levesque that the poll organization manipulated a public opinion survey on sovereignty-association.Clara Hatton, vice-president and Referendum’80 19 DAYS TO GO research director, said the Gallup "tries its damndest" to put the questions fairly and conducts a pretest to doublecheek (he wording Levesque was complaining Wednesday about a Gallup poll that indicated u majority of Canadians ou'side Quebec would refuse to negotiate sovereignty-association if there was a yes vote in (he May 20 referendum .mock budget in the works MONTREAL (CP) Strategists for the no side in the May 20 referendum are preparing a speculative budget for Quebec’s first year as an independent stale, a federalist campaign planner says.Some observers consider that Parti Québécois strategists blundered on the eve of the 1973 provincial election when they published a controversial hypothetical budget for the first year of independence.Yamaska towns to sign river cleanup protocols By MERRITT CLIFTON FARNHAM — Sewage treatment agreements have been reached with five more Yamaska River communities, Claude Vallee of the Service de la Protection de l’environnement announced last night.St.Hyacinthe will sign a protocol worth about $20.5 million on Monday.At the same time, Cowansville will adopt a protocol worth $5.5 million.Farnham’s sewage treatment project will cost $4.5 million, Bromont’s $1.2 million, and St.Rosalie’s approximately $750,000 Quebec will pay 90 per cent of the costs for all five plants, while the communities will each pick up 10 per cent Spearheading the provincial river cleanup project, Vallee visited Farnham in response to the Front de Depollution de Yamaska’s seven-point list of demands.The FDY’s demands were issued March 21 at the height of a three-week stretch without drinkable tap water.They called for faster action on sewage treatment and river cleanup plans.Fifty local environmentalists questioned and often challenged Vallee for nearly three hours.At one point, Vallee called for a glass of water FDY member Jacqueline Chabot brought him water in a silver pitcher while others in the audience warned him not to drink it if it came from the Yamaska.“The solution to Yamaska pollution cannot be purely technical,” Vallee cautioned, “with water purification plants here, there and everywhere.” He pointed out that the present generation of When the Cowansville water treatment plant was built 10 years ago.it was designed to purify water for 50,000 people Now.despite water problems in the area, it is still not operating according to original design Page 3 filtration plants, built from 15 to 25 years ago, all pump the screened out wastes right back into the Yamaska Thus, "the clean water our new sewage treatment plants discharged will still be contaminated.” Vallee said alternative disposal systems are under study, “Technical fixes are not progress, merely stopgaps until we take responsibility.” He repeatedly listed the many ways every Yamaska basin resident contributes to pollution, both at home and on the job.In reaching sewage treatment agreements, Vallee suggested the government has “already most of what we can do.Not much can be done right now to reduce agricultural pollution,” he believes, “most of which comes from fertilizer runoff." Some farmers, however, still dump manure directly into the river, and Vallee promised intensified efforts to catch them.“Eighty-seven industrial plants pollute the Yamaska,” Vallee added.Coronet Carpet was fined $5,000 for dumping 3,000 gallons of latex into the river last July.“But we cannot crack down on just one industry,” Vallee continued.Textile plants must modernize their waste disposal systems." Dozens of textile factories still discharge dyes and fibres directly into the Yamaska.Acetone from a textile plant in Granby is blamed for causing the March pollution incident.“Divided sewer systems are necessary," Vallee went on, “so that industrial wastes can be treated appropriately without overburdening septic facilities.” See QUEBEC, Page 2.Record Perry Beatorr .First on the scene Lennoxville police were quick on the scene of an accident at the intersection of routes 143 and 147 south of Lennoxville last night.An unidentified pedestrian was struck by a car shortly before midnight and the cruiser answering the call had the victim's leg splinted by the time the ambulance arrived about 15 minutes later.And for those who worry about how much the local force costs, the Lennoxville men in blue took the opportunity to ask th$G; ambulance drivers for a few blankets to replace those they've wrapped around hospital-bound patients in the past.i 2 THURS., MAY 1,1980 —____g«i ubcoxh rab gunmen free BBC London producer LONDON (AP) — Arab gunmen holding the Iranian Kmbassy in London freed one of their non-Iranian hostages today, but still threatened to kill their 16 Iranian captives unless their demands are met However, a deadline came and went and there was no word the threat was carried out.The freed hostage was Chris Cramer, 32, a British Broadcasting Corp producer who was applying for a visa when the embassy was taken over Cramer, hunched over as though in pain, was led from the embassy by two policemen and taken to a hospital The three gunmen said they would blow up the embassy, themselves and all Iranians among their 20 hostages unless Iran’s revolutionary regime freed 91 Arabs imprisoned in Khuzestan, Iran's oil province on the Iraqi border, by noon today (7 a m EDT).Iranian Foreign Minister Hostages move to south Iran TEHRAN (CP) More of the U S hostages were reported transferred out of Tehran, this time to southern Iran, as part of the militants' continuing effort to foil another U S.rescue attempt.Tehran Radio said some of Ü#! 53 hostages, who began their 180th day in captivity today, were transferred to Shiraz, 650 kilometres south of!Tehran, while others were moved to Jahrom, 160 km southeast of Shiraz.Other hostages were reported transferred earlier this week to Tabriz, 530 km northwest of Tehran, Qom, tfH) km south of Tehran, Isfahan, 335 km south of Tehran, Yazd, 255 km southeast of Isfahan, and Nasjafa-hgd, 80 km west of Isfahan.’'A British member of Parliament said the ixjstages should be freed in return for ending the siege of the Iranian Embassy in Lpqdon, which began Wednesday when Iranian Arab gunmen took over the rhission in the British capital «H'he gunmen said they will k(ll their hostages unless li>h frees 91 Arab prisoners h£lri in southern Khuzestan province, hut F'oreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh sapdihe91 will be executed if tfffr‘-Iranian hostages are harmed.?The militants in Tehran Weather Mainly sunny this afternoon and Friday, foday's high should near 20 and tonight's tow should drop down to 5.The expected tjigh on Friday is 22.—__________________gg-1 MuzEuTtl TiVorge MacLaren, Publisher .lames Duff.Editor .A.J.Ba> ley.Advertising Manager.Richard Lessard, Superintendent, Press and Camera.Debra Waite, Superintendent, Composing Room CIRCULATION DEPT.-569-9528 Subscriptions b\ Carrier: l year - $46.80 weekly 90 cents Subscriptions by Mail : •Canada : 1 year $35.00 ' .6 months - $20.00 ;U;S.& foreign : 1 year - $60.00 Established February 9.1897.incorporating the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) and the Sherbrooke Examiner •test.1879).Published Monday to Friday In Townships Communications Ine./Communications des Cantons.Inc., 2520 Roy IStteet, Sherbrooke.Quebec, J1K HI.•Second class registration number 1064.Member of Canadian Press Member of the \udit Bureau of Circulations All of the following must be sent to The Record in writing They will not be accepted by phone.Please include a phone number where you can be reached during the day BRIEFLETS BIRTHS CARDS OF THANKS INMEMORIAMS.50c per count line Minimum charge $3.00 WEDDING DESCRIPTIONS: No charge for publication providing news submitted with in one month, $7.00 production charge tor wedding or en gagement pictures.Wedding write ups received one month or more after event, $15.00 charge with or without picture.Subject to condensation.ALL OTHER PHOTOS:.$7.00 OBITUARIES: No charge if received within one month of death.Subject to condensation.$10.00 if received more than one month after death.Subject to condensation.All above notices must carry signature of person sending notices.DEATH NOTICES: Cost: 50c per count line (2nd insertion 2/3price ) Deadline: 8:15 a.m.Death notices received after 8:15a m.will be published the following day.To place a death notice in the paper, call 569-9931.If any other Record number is called.The Record cannot guar antee publication the same day.Sadegh Ghotbzadeh told the gunmen by telephone that Iran would not meet their demands and that the 91 Arabs would be executed if the embassy staff came to any harm, the official Iranian news agency Pars reported.MAY BF MORE In addition to Cramer, the non Iranian captives in the embassy included two other Britons and a Lebanese.But the gunmen said in a telephone statement that the “British hostages, as well as all other nonlranian hostages, would not be harmed." This raised the possibility that more than four non-Ira-mans were in the embassy just before noon Wednesday when the three Arabs slipped in a back door and took over the mansion on a fashionable residential street a block from Hyde Park Cramer said Wednesday that in addition to the prisoner release, the Arabs demanded autonomy for oil-rich Khuzestan, where Arabs are the majority.Trial: Bolduc knew of hand-brake failure began moving the Americans during the weekend after President Carter aborted his rescue mission but said he was leaving his options open.And in Hong Kong, the news magazine Asiaweek reported today the United States told Iranian Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh in advance that it was planning a mission to rescue the U.S.hostages in Tehran.It said the message was “strongly suspected’’ to have come from Hamilton Jordan, President Carter's White House chief of staff “who was at loggerheads with the confrontationist line of national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski.’’ There was no immediate comment from U.S.officials.Asiaweek said the message was relayed to Ghotbzadeh when the foreign minister flew to Paris on the weekend of April 11.It said that although no de tails were provided about (he operation being prepared, the message clearly indicated that it would be carried out before May 17.The magazine said it learned of the communication six hours before the operation started and from the same source who briefed Ghotbzadeh.By JOHN McCAGHEY GRANBY — Gilles Bolduc, owner of the bus which claimed 41 lives two years ago this August, was aware the hand-brake was not in working order.The Crown closed its proof in the trial here yesterday with the testimony of QPF constable Alain Perron who produced two declarations signed by the accused.Justice Jean-Louis Peloquin said they could be entered in proof following a larger hearing when he ruled they had been made freely and voluntarily, without duress Perron described Bolduc as visibly shaken during questioning the afternoon of August 5, 1978, at the Chatelaine du Lac motel, a few hundred feet from the scene of the tragedy.Bolduc admitted he owned the 1956 model GMC coach Perron told defence lawyer Raynald Frechette Bolduc had not Been informed of his rights as it was a routine interview following a highway accident.“We hadn't found the bus at that time," he explained.Perron reported Bolduc told him he had purchased the bus from Les Autobus Lessard about ten months previously for $12,000 and it had been maintained by his brother-in-law Denis Martel and himself.He also admitted the left front brake on the unit had jammed the morning of August 4 and was repaired by replacing a booster He claimed to have examined it again that afternoon to make sure it was ready for the trip to Eastman.Bolduc’s second declaration, given on August 23, 1978 made specific reference to the state of the hand brake.He told police it had not been in working order since May, 1978 and showed signs of wear shortly after the purchase Since several of the moving parts had caught fire, he decided to dismantle the hand-brake until replacement parts arrived.He said he had contacted General Motors on several occasions but had not been able to get the parts.He stated the coach had gone 15,000 miles from the day he bought it and carried insurance for $1 million.Constable Perron, in reply to a single question by the defence, confirmed Bolduc did not have a manual for the bus when he was questioned on its maintenance.Judge Peloquin dismissed POLICE, HYDRO SEEK WIRE BOMBER By MERRITT CLIFTON FARNHAM CENTRE Police are still looking for the unidentified pilot who knocked down 5(H) feet of power line Wednesday leaving about 4,000 homes without electricity from 7 a.m.until shortly after 12.The pilot had just swooped down for his first crop dusting pass at an apple orchard owned by Richard Cote, when his landing gear clipped the wires that serve Brigham, East Farnham, and Cowansville west of St Joseph street “I don’t know how he kept going,’’ said Cote.Usually, collisions with power lines are instantly fatal.After recovery and presumable safe landing the pilot filed no report of the incident, nor were there any eyewitnesses.“I didn’t actually see it,’' Cote claimed, “because of course those boys come pretty early, but I was in the kitchen as my radio went dead.” Neighbouring farmer Lionel Vachon heard the plane, but saw nothing which would fill a description from Cote can make no positive identification because, “I just called Denys Roy in Dunham who dispatched the plane from Marieville.” According to Roy, the plane belonged to Beaver Air Spray, but at Beaver mechanics and pilots say they knew nothing until The Record called Wednesday afternoon.“No planes have come in with any damage," the spokesman claimed.“It couldn't have been one of ours.’’ The other Dunham-based spray service, Agric-Air, flies six planes out of Bromont.“We really haven’t heard anything about it,’’ the Agric-Air dispatcher said.“Who told you this happened?" Knocking down power lines and failing to report an accident are both cause for suspending a pilot licence.In addition.Hydro Quebec will bill the offender for damages Galt rally Continued from Page 1 against the sovereignty association camp on the economic front, say ing that repatriating federal tax payments to Quebec would prove more beneficial for the rest of the country because it would bring back $3.6 billion in expenses' about $2,400 per family along with a return of $10 billion in provincial tax outflow.He went on to point out that though Premier Rene Levesque had promised to do away with duplicated services between the provincial and federal levels, he also said he would absorb the 135,000 civil servants currently employed in Quebec by the federal government.“If he's going to eliminate the duplicated services, what's he going to do with all those civil servants?" Scowen asked Scowen rounded out his talk by pointing out that the province was not as energy self-sufficient as it thought and that to cut itself off from sharing in the resources and federal programs offered under the status quo would be foolhardy.“If you’re asked to change your political status, you should be sure that things as they are now are bad," Scowen concluded."We know what we’ll lose (under sovereignty association) Do we know what we’ll gain?” Blaikie, co-president of the No Committee in Jacques Cartier rid ing in Montreal, began his talk by clarifying a statement attributed to him during a speech earlier this week.The Journal de Montreal had him comparing the PQ to the Nazi party while addressing some 1,500 West-island anglophones Tuesday, while in fact, he had discussed a Gazette article that suggested some West Island anglos were concerned about showing their allegiance to the No forces.Blaikie had noted in his address that such fears were groundless, considering the reasonable tone of the debate and that now, more than ever, “it is essential for the English-speaking community to stand up and be counted.'’ “We can't expect others to defend us, we've got to defend ourselves,’’ he added.Blaikie then said that he had quoted German philosopher Martin Niemoller, who talked about Nazi atrocities that went unchallenged and who ended off his observation on this situation by saying, “and when they came for me there was no one left” to defend him."1 said now is the time for us as Quebecers to stand up and to my astonishment, everyone in the hall stood up” Blaikie denied that he had mentioned the PQ in that part of his speech and said that the Journal de Montreal and some radio stations had taken him out of context.Blaikie stressed a look to the future in tiis speech and pointed out that both the anglos and the francophones in the province had evolved considerably in the last 25 years.He said that the economic elite was no longer the domain of the English Quebecer and said that francophones had made great strides in entering into the corporate hierarchies.The former Tory candidate charged that there were no safety-net choices in the referendum vote and that a yes vote would not encour age constitutional change.“It’s not necessary to send a message to the prime minister and the other provinces saying you want constitutional reform — they’ve got the message,” Blaikie said Sherbrooke MP Pelletier quoted Sir Alexander Galt when he said in 1867 that it was his conviction that future generations would be able to appreciate (he institutions that the fathers of confederation had créât- Quebec responds to Yamaska Continued from Page 1 Once an adequate treatment program is operating, Vallee believes the Yamaska pollution will be reduced by 75 per cent.But one of the lingering pollutants, he laments, will he asbestos fibres washed into the river from Canadian Pacific Railway track ballast.Vallee issued the Quebec government's first public acknowledgement that ingested asbestos can cause intestinal cancer.“I don’t like il a bit,” he said.“We know this will cause problems some years in the future But we can only concentrate upon cleaning up one thing at a time ” Vallee also acknowledged that acid rain has begun killing fish in the Yamaska basin, adding a new pollution problem to those long recognized here He was optimistic, however that the Yamaska would eventually return to health.“Journalists like to write in black terms and say the river is dying," he speculated At this point, FDY leader Lyse Dumouchel presented Vallee with the is This city the biggest opening day catch from the Yamaska this fishing season — a five pound cast iron stove burner, hooked at Rainville.Vallee and Iberville MNA Jacques Beausejour had some specific promises and cost figures for many Farnham residents present proposed new filtration system under study, they reported would include building a new water intake upstream of the Domco industrial park.Present intake is just below the Domco drainpipe.The new intake would be in place by 1981 and a new filtration plant could be built by 1983 Vallee granted that neither project would help Farnham this year.“This summer there will be no water left in the river,” he said (due to winter drought).Farnham con-sequently faces another three to six months of trucking water in from the Richelieu.Meanwhile, Farnham’s aqueduct construction plan will cost $50,000 just for new piping The town would pay about $4,000, and residents will each be assessed about $30 per year the jury late yesterday afternoon at Frechette’s request, after the lawyer asked for time to analyze the testimony of the 17 crown witnesses who have appeared since April 16.E.PROVOST MTS.MC 20, )5th Ave.North, Sherbrooke $69 1700 56» 2*22 569 5251 xTfjpN.Authorized Dealer /mk\ of Rock ol Ages i I and Eventide Monuments with "'’Perpetual Guarantee FREE DELIVERY IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC For Melbourne and surroundings see Mr.Gordon McKeage, Tel.826 2417.Births Death ed Pelletier spoke of Canadians as “co-proprietors in the country” and said that the PQ was in reality seeking a mandate for its breakup.“A No vote will indicate clearly that independence is rejected,” Pelletier noted to the banner-waving crowd.Lawyer Turner localized the debate when he pointed out that the Townships was No country for “deeper and more fundamental reasons" than economic ones.He said anglophones and francophones in the Townships had lived together for many generations in a co-existence that had bonded them in a special type of “mutual respect, understanding and love”.The former assistant secretary to the privy council expressed hope for the future of the nation w hen he described Canada as being on the toughest mile on the road to success.Monique Gagnon-Tremblay began the strongest assertion of the night that the Yes committee was more dedicated to outright separation from the rest of the country than a form of economic association.She brought out a parade of quotes from PQ government ministers to back up her claim and a document drawn up by independentiste Doris Lussier at a PQ colloque in 1978 that outlined the steps taken by the PQ in the referendum as being the first moves towards eventual sovereignty.She blasted contentions by the PQ that the province's standard of living would remain unchanged after a Yes vote and charged that the government could not answer which fundamental rights would be guaranteed.The debate, moderated by Louise Robic of the provincial No committee.seemed to go over successfully with the predominantly anglophone audience with the evening closing with a chorus of O Canada.Vallee finally called for more organizations like the FDY to form, all over Quebec Such organizations he believes, could help put pressure on lax officials and also help raise environmental consciousness.Master of ceremonies Roch Vaillancourt met Vallee’s call by announcing formation of a new FDY chapter in St Hyacinthe.The FDY has also planned chapters for Brigham and Cowansville, where individual members are already active.Prospective members may call FDY president Rene Dubois at 293-4290 After the meeting, Vallee also had news for the Sherbrooke area “We are meeting with Magog on May 8, to discuss cleanup there,” he stated, "We have solved the pollution problem at Deauville and George Bay.On the Magog River, we have reached agreements with East Angus and Sherbrooke but we have not yet agreed with Sherbrooke on the St Francis River cleanup We will be meeting with the St.Francis River villages after May 20." KOLRI.Albert — At Ma gog, Que., on Wed., April 30, 1980, Albert Kouri, in his 75th year, beloved husband of Yvonne Lefebvre, dear father of Mr.and Mrs.Denis Kouri, (Jeannine) of Granby, Carmen (Mrs.Gilles La-brie) of Magog, dear brother of Miss Kate Kouri, Miss Fanny Kouri, Mr.and Mrs.Louis Kouri (Corona), Mr.and Mrs Harry Kouri (Cécile), Mr.and Mrs.Henry Kouri (Margaret), all of Sherbrooke, 3 grandchild ren, Jason and Danny Kouri and Andree Labrie.Resting at the Vel-Elkas Funeral Home, 601 Conseil St., Sherbrooke Funeral service on Sat., May 3 at 2:00 p.m.For information, tel.565-1155.In Memoriam NUGENT — In loving memory of our dear parents, Mr 8, Mrs.Albert Nugent: mother, who passed away May 30, 1973 and dad, who passed away May 1, 1976.There is an open gate, at the end of the road, Through which each must go alone, And there in the light we cannot see.Our Father claims His own, Beyond the gate our loved ones find.Happiness and rest.And there is comfort in the thought, Tha: a loving God knows best.Always remembered by THEIR FAMILY 8.GRANDCHILDREN BUZZELL — Stephen and Kerry proudly announce the birth of their second daughter, Rachel JoAnn.8 lbs., on April 23, 1980.Sister for Sarah Louise.Granddaughter for Mr.and Mrs.Earle Buzzell of Magog and Mrs.Roma Buzzell of Sarnia, Ontario.Great-granddaughter of Mrs.B.A.Buzzell of Magog.Special thanks to Dr.Decarie and staff.DALTON - Heidi and Timmy are delighted to announce the arrival of their brother, Jason Leslie, April 21, 1980 at the St.Vincent de Paul Hospital.Proud parents and grandmothers are Bob and Kathleen, Ruth George of Sherbrooke and Amy Dalton of Orillia, Ont.Death ALLBEE, Nettie (Yertaw) — At the Sherbrooke Hospital on April 30, 1980, in her 85th year, beloved wife of the late Phineas Allbee, formerly of Rock Island.Funeral notice later.For information, tel.L.O.Cass Ltd., 876-5213, or Webster-Cass, 562-2685.Card of Thanks WILMS — The family of the late Carmen Wilms would like to express their sincere appreciation for the kindness shown during the illness and at the time of the death of their daughter.The thoughtful gestures of cards, prayers and flowers are expressions of loving concern that will always be gratefully remembered.Mappin's hit for $100 G's.SHERBROOKE (CAT) — Robbers escaped unnoticed from Mappin's at the Carrefour de 1’Estrie Tuesday night with $100,000 in jewels.Police say they suspect two men broke through the store's back door and managed to silence the burglar alarm.They helped themselves to gold necklaces, bracelets and Seiko watches in the display cases but left the store safe untouched.So far.the police doesn’t have any suspects.Correction An article that appeared earlier this week in The Record stated that in an accident outside of Lennoxville on Friday erroneously stated that a mini-bus driven by Christine Keets rear-ended a Volkswagen bus, setting off a chain reaction.In fact.Keets did not hit the rear of the Volkswagen.The Record regrets any inconvenience caused by the error.Johnson 'No' Committee meeting RICHMOND ( JKH> — The Johnson County Committee for the No vote will hold a meeting May 7, at 8 p.m.at Camping Melbourne.The speaker will be Claude Forget, former Bourassa cabinet minister.La Quotidienne WINNING NUMBER 2-3-6 Stuart Lockwood Inc.Funeral Home Ambulance Service 70duCarmel St., Danville Tel.839-2438 Funeral Home, 548 College St., Richmond Head Office 198 Adam St.Richmond Tel.826-3747 NOTICE CEMETERY MEETING The Annual Meeting of the North Hatley Cemetery Association will be held at the Chapel on Saturday, May iQth, 1980, at 2:00 p.m.All welcome.Stewart Reed, Sec.-Treas.cuss * son ltd HlFuntDAL DtbfCIORS AYER sXllFF StANUEAp 819-876 5213 SHERBROOKE 300 Qu««h Blvd N Webster Cass 819 562-2685 LENNOX VIUE 6 B«lvtder* S» R.L.Bishop & Son Funeral Chapels SHKRBROOKE DIO tco QQ77 LENN* 300 Queen Blvd N 819 562-9977 t! q UMMOfcVlUC 76 Queen St Gordon Smith Funeral Home SAWYERvuiE 819-562 2685 / 889 2231 cookshire / 1 The Townships #1___fret lœcara THURS .MAY t, 19#0 3 CLSC rejection funded Photo Barbara Verity Stevenson RUDDiGORE Lennoxville Players' Gilbert and Sullivan opera, Ruddigore, a story of romance and intrigue, opens tonight at the Bishop's Centennial Theatre.From left to right, Keith Perry-Gore, Lois Sparkes and Robin Allen rehearse one of the scenes.H> t AKOUE TKKISER Though the province said thumbs down last week to creating a health and social services clinic tCLSO in Stanstead.it will give the regions volunteer workers money to help the elderly and the handicapped “I haven't been told how much money will be available, but something svill be coming,” Albert Painchaud, director of the Sherbrooke region Conseil Regional de la santé et services sociaux, said yesterday Painchaud, who supported the Stanstead Rock Island Beebe citizens' group that lobbied for a CLSC said getting the area's volunteers on the government’s roster is a start towards developing Cl.SC services We hope that over a few years the government w ill increase the amount it is willing to spend in the area, so that we can gradually organize a CLSC." The director will be in Stanstead tonight to discuss the government allocation w ith the citizens' group and volunteer workers Neither Painchaud nor spokesmen at the Ministry ot Social Affairs could give specific reasons why the border region wasn't included in the list of a dozen areas in Quebec which will each be given $60,000 to develop a CLSC A rejection report is still being for mulated.One Ministry spokesman did say, however, "We have a limited budget and there are areas in the province that are in greater need of a social services centre than Stanstead." Stanstead has no community, ser vices whatsoever, but its residents have access to a centre for the elderly and a hospital in Magog But as pointed out in the report the Stanstead citizens' group presented to the CRSSS when it asked for a Cl.SC, residents who don't have cars spend for a taxi ride to Magog or $100 for a trip in an ambulance The Voyageur bus passes through town just once a day Consequently, the group says, residents, especially the young, the elderly, the handicapped and a large nu*nh(»r i)f patients with chronic respiratory and circulatory problems are suffering from the lack of service» in die immediate area "There are only two doctors in the region and one travelling nurse who stops in once a week,'’ says Jo Defosses, a representative of the group.“It's just not enough ” Apart from medical services, the report says Stansiead s elderly have the same right to in home care and meals on wheels, as do the elderly in urban centres Juvenile delinquency, it reports, is rising steadily in this region because there are no youth centres to provide activities for adolescents The groups' plea for social services is echoed in the Townships Medical Atlas, published recently by the University of Sherbrooke's geography department.According to the atlas, there is a high concentration of senior citizens and mentally or physically handicapped in the area which doesn't have access to needed facilities "We wonder why the government has not looked into this problem," the atlas authors write.Water plant incomplete after a decade Outdoors?Bv MERRITT CLIFTON COWANSVILLE — “I took a bath at my hotel," a Montreal visitor complains, “and I don’t know if I was dirtier before or after.The water came out grey and left a scum on my skin.” Cowansville water is officially safe for drinking and bathing, but restaurants don’t serve the traditional pre-meal glass of water.Those requesting water are warned against it.Most large businesses provide water to employees from other sources: bottled water at the Bank of Montreal, for instance, or a special artesian well at Union Carbide.Private citizens often line up to draw drinking water from a natural spring in Sweet-sburg, preferring clean taste with a high coliform bacteria count over pure but foul tasting tapwater.10 years after construction started, the Cowansville water treatment plant still isn’t performing up to design specifications.“This place was never finished, ; ; plant manager Richard Poquette explains “It would take $3 million to get complete filtration.” Located below the Cowansville reservoir on Desourdy Avenue, the water treatment plant began as part of former mayor Roland Desourdy’s scheme to citify Brome-Missisquoi.Cowan-sville’s population is now 12,000 and stable, after an abrupt growth-surge under Desourdy.The water treatment plant could hold equipment serving 50,000, Poquette says.“Construction costs so much these days, they were looking ahead 40 or 50 years,” he speculates.The plant at present offers only the most elementary form of water filtration, a battery of two revolving cylinders that sluice incoming Yamaska River water through tight screens to remove large particles.Particles are then washed back into the river through a drain.The rest settles for about a day in a pair of holding tanks, receives chlorination, and without further treatment is pumped to water customers.“These cylinders cost $60,000 apiece 10 years ago,” Poquette declares.“They are made in West Germany.They now cost $300,000 each."Behind the two operating cylinders stand empty bays for three more, that will likely never be needed.Meanwhile Cowansville lacks a sand- filtering system.One sand-tank was constructed, but never used.Two others must be built before it could be used effectively.This sandfiltering system would be a larger version of the filtration unit serving most swimming pools.Pumped current and backwash percolate through alternating layers of clean sand and activated charcoal, removing both foreign matter and microorganisms.Cowansville also has postponed indefinitely plans to install a 5,000-volt ozone shock system.The huge room it would occupy stands vacant "This works just like lightning bolts hitting the water in a natural like,” Poquette describes.“The electricity would burn all of the color out of the water.” Only the chlorine treatment modifies water color now.“The amount of chlorine we add varies depending on the color of the water," Poquette says.“Some days we add a lot and some days not so much.We do not like to use a lot because chlorine is very dangerous stuff.Just one pipe leak,” (in the chlorination measuring room), “and we’d be dead if standing anywhere within 10 feet.” «¦____ ftfecora IS NOW AVAILABLE AT: CHEZ BEN R.R.2 MAGOG WRIGHT’S BEACH AND AT: BOUTIQUE MAG PLUS INC.293 PRINCIPALE ST.v KN0WLT0N Water Cowansville pounds of square inch enters the mains at 105 pressure per dw indling to 60- While water purification systems are incomplete, Cowansville can pump more than twice as much as the city ever needs.The three main pumps either idle or work at low capacity most of the day, handling an average of 2,400 gallons per minute between them.Only one pump operates at night, unless a fire causes hydrants to be opened.Then the reserve pumps come on, both maintaining adequate water pressure to hoses and filling normal residential needs elsewhere.The pumps are normally powered by electricity.The plant transformer draws a 1,300-volt load, reducing it down to the 550 volts needed.In case of electrical failure, a diesel generator can keep one of the three pumps going.Present Cowansville water consumption is about 1.25 million gallons per day and present equipment could supply 2 million without strain, 300,000 gallons are held in a 15-foot-deep tank at the water treatment plant itself, 1 million in a secondary storage tank.Normal storage level is 14 feet and at 15 feet, the fill-gates close automatically to prevent flooding.80 pounds at Union Carbide where tapwater is used in ma nufac t ur ing.The Cowansville plant also supplies the medium security prison just beyond town.It has about 400 inmates and 300 other people who work there,” Poquette believes.“They take a lot of water Their bill is about $60,000 a year.” Poquette maintains the anti-pollution watch himself by day and at night the plant is unmanned.The control-room alarm system connects with the police station w'here in event of emergency, the night dispatcher calls Poquette.Cow-ansville water has been pronounced unfit for human consumption occasionally, as last June following the West Brome train derailment.Ethyl hexanol leaking from a ruptured tank-car and some 13 tons of dead fish kept Cowansville taps off for days.The water treatment plant also shut down this spring, due to inexplicable frothing at taps But most Cowansville water pollution is nontoxic.Only West Brome, with a population of about 200 discharges sewage into the Yamaska above Cowansville.Above Cowansville, the Yamaska receives no industrial discharges although some manure enters from field runoff during April and May.The amount is relatively little compared to the Granby and Adamsville forks.Cowansville’s primary water pollution problem is 1 CHECKUS OUT AT IASTIRN TOWNSHIPS MOUNTAINEERING An Importonl Pori Ot Doing It Right w* * Corner o’ 11th Avenue $ 777 King Si E Sherbrooke 562-3162 'QUALITY EQUIPMENT IN CLIMBING * HIKING * BACKPACKING • CAMPING * PILE A G0RE-TEX WEAR Photo Merritt Clifton Manager Richard Poquette takes a tour of the Cowansville filtration plant.silting.The city reservoir is an artifical lake.A dam constructed about 13 years ago flooded several square miles of former fields and woodlots, without the clean gravel base of natural lakes.The land was cleared of vegetation that might rot and pollute the water, but without grass and trees to hold the topsoil down, it tends to float up with the current.New silt, meanwhile, arriving constantly from upstream quarries and logging sites, will pile up behind the dam, creating an unwelcome delta.Right now prevailing currents push much of the silt toward the Cowansville beach, to one side of the dam, and toward the citv water intake.This shallow harbour area will become a mudflat toward the end of the century if no action is taken.Silting will be reduced when the current entering the reservoir eats down to bedrock, but because the reservoir occupies what was Brieflets a lowland swamp following the most recent ice-age, bedrock is deep Before it emerges, silt backwash might permanently bury it deeper.Natural lakes rarely Iasi long in geological terms, artificial lakes have an average lifespan of about 50 years without frequent dredging.UF, ii in anJ Boulevard Portliimi SHERBROOKE.T*»l 505 0'366 it-: *.< lu Y LA RSI Cinema 2 Starts Tomorrow.HATLEY Annual clean up, Hatley United Church Cemetery, Sat., May 3.Business foi lowing the dinner.Howard Ayer, Sec.-Treasurer birchton Garage Sale, Birchton Hall, Sat., May 3, 10 a.m.-3 p.m Donations.10 per cent com mission.U.C.W.875-3224.(jiffcfl RUDDIGORE OIL' The Witch’s Curse presented by / présenté par The Leppoxville Players sponsored by / sous le patronage de The Leopoxville Optimists MAYT2-3 MAI 8:00 pn> General Admission Senior Citizens & Students School Children $4.00 (Thun, Fn.à SatJ $2.50 (Thun A FriJ $1.00 (Thun, only) //Æms, Centennial Theetre DAVE'S TRANSPORT Moving & Storoge Sherbrooke-Lennoxville Tel.: 562-8062 ÉiÊÈÊËIm' Give us this day 0 Please help the Red Shield Appeal OBJECTIVE: 5690,000.DATE: May 1-May 15 Send your contributions to The Salvation Army, c/o The Toronto Dominion Bank, 9 Wellington St.N„ Sherbrooke, Que.J1H 5A9 a MMMaaaaai MeMeeanaaflanMeeean maa 4 THURS., MAY 1,1980 Editorial The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Itchy fingers Now that the Iran-U.S.situation has gone from bad to worse, a favorite, if futile exercise of many in both nations has been to imagine ways to retaliate.In bars from Newport to Key West, American patriots have been heard to suggest nuking the fuzzy-haired bastards, while there’s always a wild-eyed crowd outside the Ameri can embassy in Tehran screaming for the heads of Carter, the shah and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat for having given him shelter.The newest scenario calls for an Iranian blockade of the Gulf of Oman.This means oil and that means war.The Soviets are loving every minute of it, gloating as those wild-eyed mullahs tear into satanic America.Any troubles in their interest and they’re making sure Fidel Castro, their man in Havana, is jumping in with both feet to offer the services of the non-aligned nations in this great struggle.We must tread so lightly.Most of us agree the shah was a pig and deserves to die many times over.Some feel the U.S.was remiss in not turning the old gent over to the tender mercies of the revolutionaries; after all, they can only shoot him once.But many feel the Iranians have displayed just how crazy they are with taking and keeping of diplomatic hostages.The concern is well-founded.The precedent is now there and international diplomacy has fallen on dark times.Nothing shows this better than the resignation of Cyrus Vance.In stepping down Mr.Vance has signalled capitulation of the U.S.detente supporters.Yet Mr.Carter had no real choice, either.The polls which govern America more effectively than any government dictated strong action, and the modern version of Decatur’s 19th-century cutting-out expedition in Tripoli harbor was the fastest answer.If it had worked as well as the Germans at Entebbe, the world would have cheered; everyone loves a winner.But it didn't.Iran and all the other small faces are happy because the Great U.S.had its nose rubbed in it.Will the U.S.mine Iran’s ports: Will Marine commandoes sabotage Iran’s oilfields at the risk of permanently alienating her European and Japanese allies?Will Iran put the hostages on trial for spying?Who knows?Iran is connected to Afghanistan, which borders the Soviet Union, possibly the most imperialistic power of this century.The Russians can afford to play a waiting game, but they just love to meddle, so it’s hard to imagine they won’t get involved somehow, and sure as God made little apples their catspaw will be Cuba.If we all had any sense, we’d be out in the hills, building an energy-efficient house and learning how to grow vegetables and raise pigs.War’s just an itchy trigger finger away.JAMES DUFF Go check There are glaring errors and omissions in the voters’ lists.There is nothing to suggest they were deliberately made, nor is there any proof they weren't.But this is reason enough that every eligible referendum voter amongst us go out to check the list for him or herself.If we were a government holding a national plebiscite on a subject as touchy as the independence of Quebec, we would take great pains to ensure the accuracy of the voters’ list, especially if it was our aim to make that voters’ list permanent.The Levesque government obviously has not taken those pains.The blunders in this latest list are inexcusable, especially when one considers the enumerators were prepared to vouch for the correctness of their lists when they sent them in.At this late date, the chief returning officer's explanation that proofreading errors are at fault is unacceptable.There are simply too many chances to catch these mistakes over the last six months.Are they intentional?It’s doubtful; the range of error encompasses both political leanings and intentional mistakes would presuppose knowledge of four million voters.Besides, deliberate attempts to sabotage the list would be known to too many people who might be inclined to talk.But the careless and haphazard way these documents were prepared can only lead one to believe the system has broken down.What assurances are there that polls have not been left out?What guarantees can the chief returning officer give us that corrections will be any better treated than the original entries?If this is Quebec’s much-touted permanent voters’ list, we’re all in big trouble.Get out there, check your list and make sure every letter is correct.You have until 8 p.m.Saturday and the list of revision offices was in yesterday’s Record.JAMES DUFF Letters For the good of the children Editor; For the past year I have had the dubious privilege of serving as the Parent Hepresentative on the Lennoxville District School Board This period has seen a prolonged discussion between the local school boards and the Eastern Townships Association of Teachers Although these talks were recently broken off, the ETAT has rejected both strike and work-to-rule action.During this ongoing difficulty the public has been “informed" by two advertisements placed by the protagonists, numerous articles and an editorial in the Record.Furthermore, the Boards’ Joint Negotiating Committee (J.N.C.) has circulated to parents and teachers a document which purports to give an accurate picture of the dispute.As a Parent Representative to the Board and as an observer at the negotiations, I have a different view than most people of this dispute.Several points perhaps need to be stressed.1) In the discussion of the protocol agreement that went on for over a year the J N.C.argued that no negotiations were to take place at the expense of the taxpayer ti e., the teachers were to spend the day in school and then come to the negotiation table in the evenings).When the provincial strike occurred M e., the teachers were now paying for their negotiations by not working) and the teachers were available and willing to negotiate locally, the J.N.C.argued that no negotiations could take place until a protocol agreement was signed Thereby they frittered away an excellent opportunity to negotiate some of the local items To many terachers this appeared a deliberate waste of time The J.N.C.would probably reply that to obtain assent from all the boards took time, that the boards’ employees (i.e., administrators) had other work which must be looked after, and that the union had not yet submitted a complete set of demands.2) After the protocol had been signed (each pays half the cost of replacing the teachers released to negotiate) and the Union had deposited its full set of demands, the J.N.C.asked for a caucus session of about 20 hours to study the demands and prepare counter offers.After the resumption of negotiation sessions it was apparent that the J.N.C.did not intend to negotiate certain items under any circumstances.Although the union had indicated a willingness to modify some of its demands.Clear initiative needed Editor : The following is the English translation of a letter, that I wrote to Premier Rene Levesque: Dear Mr.Premier: I find it humiliating to have the unpleasant task of writing to you concerning the nomination by the Quebec government of the president, the four vice presidents and the fourteen members of the board of directors of the new Commission de la Santé et de la Sécurité du travail.In effect, it would seem that all of the persons named to this Commission are French Canadian Quebecers.It would be only natural and normal that nominations to such a governmental institution reflect the general composition of the population of Quebec.If these nominations would have reflected this composition, at least three or four non-French Canada Quebecers would have been named to this Commission Non-French Canadian Quebecers make up almost 20 per cent of the Quebec population and they number alxmt one million people.For many years, these Quebecers have not been adequately represented in Quebec agencies and institutions, including those in the public and parapublic sectors.It would be desirable for the state to take clear initiatives as well as to set an example to show that all Quebecers are on an equal footing, not only in law.but also, in fact.Non-French Canadian Quebecers are interested in what their government does more that in what members of the government may say from time to time.A generalized policy that would promote the integration of non-French Canadians into Quebec institutions and agencies would be one of the ways to respect pluralism and have the two solitudes converge, if not blend.HERBERT MARX M.N.A.for D’Arcv McGee Unity starts at home Editor: Girls, don t knock it — it's one of the oldest, most valuable professions in the world.I know I worked at it for a great many years — interspersed with various other occupations to help stretch out the budget — but listen to this, girls my husband was always the “head of the house”.44 years of it If behind his back I manoeu-vered some changes, he never knew it.When we were married, I made up my mind, that he would have the best home I could make him, with materials available and we were proud of it, always.When the children came along, we enjoyed them together but 1 never asked him to do any of the “chang ing”; that was my dept, and 1 carried through.Feeding time came about the natural way, so no help was re quired.We always had time for a little lovemaking — no mat ther how violent the dispute — and boy we did have them — we never went to bed ang ry — a kiss goodnight and all was forgiven.There is a time for every- thing.If l had advice to offer — marry for love but be sure it is love -— if you can’t fear the thought of using his toothbrush (if nec essary) and married life is that intimate at times, then he is not the right one for you.Have your children while you are young and in love or else could you bear it?— a pack of snotty-nosed, wet behinded.hungry, bawling kids at your heels continual ly — never a moment to sit for a minute — no TV in my days with soap operas to ease the strain.But do you know it was all worth it and I feel sorry for the girls who “put off' having a family and choose a career instead, that could have come later when the children were grown and gone, and they were desperately trying to fill their days.If we are ever going to pull our Canada together again, it has to start here in the home and it better start right now, when the present generation, puts its shoulder to the wheel.FR AN SHEI’ARl), From Emma (E.Rollins), Packard the board refused to soften its position even slightly.At this point the union declared an impasse.Perhaps, from their point of view it was foolish to waste money in negotiations where there was no softening of position on the part of the Boards’ negotiators.What is clear to me is that the J.N.C.was stalling.One of the reasons would no doubt be that the Boards felt it was absolutely essential that when they made a reasonable offer it would be accepted.What I fear is happening is that this stalling has led to an increased hardening of opinion among the teachers which will only result in greater inflexibility at any future negotiating sessions.The teachers of the E T A T are some of the most conservative teachers in the Province and beyond Thus their vote not to strike and not to work to rule must not be interpreted as a sign of satisfaction with the behaviour of the board.After a lengthy provincial strike most teachers simply cannot afford to strike nor do they apparently want to jeopardize the academic standing of their students at this critical point in the school year Before the current situation deteriorates into a complete breakdown in communication which could then spill over into the Autumn, 1980 term, I call upon the Joint Negotiation Committee (i.e., Mrs.Knapp, Board Administrators, et al.,) to live up to their responsibility as educators For the good of the children and the teachers I ask them to demonstrate some flexibility in their counter offers.One year of labor unrest in the schools is surely enough.I have made my position clear to Mrs.Knapp over the telephone, but I felt that the parents whom I represent should also be publicly informed of the position I have taken.PETER J.RAHN Lennoxville r A/ÊVY QWK(j 0*0 nm BofRotiw.anpGuess Mm's Bme?U.S.to withdraw from Europe?WASHINGTON - The popular wis dom in Washington is that the United States must depend on its allies in Western Europe to help achieve American goals - whether it involves a boycott of the Moscow Olympics or sanctions against Iran.For this reason, the Pentagon has kept tight security wraps on a potentially explosive strategy report that advocates an almost total U.S.withdrawal from Europe as a move that offers “the best prospects for the future.” What lends the report weight is its authorship by two of the Defense Department’s best and brightest -Adm Henry Train, head of the U.S.Atlantic Command, and former Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Ellsworth.Train's duties include command of NATO’s Southern European naval strike and support forces.The secret, 35-page report spells out the authors' recommendation that the United States drastically decrease its NATO commitments in the interests of national security In a nutshell, Train and Ellsworth suggest that our European allies simply cannot be depended upon.The report is not regarded as a crackpot commentary by any means.Pentagon sources told my associate Dale Van Atta that the report offers very viable" alternatives to present U.S.policy.How many top Defense Department strategists share the authors' views is not known.Train and Ellsworth acknowledge that Western Europe has top priority in U.S.defense thinking, over Asia and the Middle East But they note the difficulties involved in this long-accepted priority - There has been, they report, a steady "decomposition, erosion and destabilization of political will in Europe and of the European defense posture." - There will be “continuing congressional and public desire to cut U.S military presence abroad.’’ - There exists “an unhealthy (if unavoidable) dependency by Europe on the U.S.for Europe’s military security .(which) tends to further Jack Anderson erode European will.” The authors of the secret report are convinced that the last-named difficulty is the most serious.They note “growing European frustration with having to pay, economically and politically for a security guarantee from the United States." Train and Ellsworth then argue that “a reallocation of resources and restructured defense of NATO Europe offers the best prospects for the future." America's long-term strategy, they suggest, should aim for “an autonomous European defense and deterrent capability." In other words, our best bet would be to force Western Europe to fend for itself, instead of depending on Uncle Sam’s protective umbrella In terms that might irritate our European allies, the Pentagon report observes that the recommended U.S.pullout “recognizes that the Europeans today are basically irresponsible and impotent in foreign policy and security terms, (and) that their impotence is due in no small measure to their dependency on the U.S.for their military security.” The authors recommend that the United States withdraw all but a “small U.S.force" from Europe, making up for this pullout by a promise of quick military backun the event of a Soviet attack '.would free the limited American mil itary strength for use elsewhere in the world, encourage a credible European nuclear deterrent - and.of course, be popular with budget-cutters at home The possibility that the Russians would “react aggressively" if the United States pulled out, or that the Western European nations might in his ’’run to Moscow,” were discounted by Train and Ellsworth as unlikely RED TAPE RIGIDITY: ' While thousands of militant Iranians are allowed to stay in the United States because of their status as students, a 24-year-old Japanese woman is being denied her dream of attending college here because of inflexible government red tape.Yuko Hori saved up money from her secretarial job in Tokyo to enroll in an American university.Accepted by Ellsworth Community College in Iowa, she changed her mind about going to that school and chose Lake Region College at Devil’s Lake, N.D., instead.An inexperienced official at the 500-student Lake Region College told her that her acceptance by the first school would allow Yuko to complete her studies at Lake Region on a student's status.She was advised to come to the United States on a 90-day tourist visa, enroll at Lake Region and then straighten things out.But though she was doing well at the North Dakota school, and was popular in the small community, her U.S.college career has been blown away by immigration bureaucrats who ordered her to leave the country when- her tourist visa expired.Friends put her in touch with an attorney versed in immigration law, but he holds out scant hope of winning an appeal from the immigration ruling.Footnote Lake Region College refunded Yuko's $600 tuition and the money she had spent for room and board.WATCH ON WASTE One of the things that infuriates someone who challenges a member of Congress is the cut-rate TV and radio studio available to an incumbent -• with a taxpayer subsidy A 20-minute videotape sets the congressman back $35 while a five-minute radio spot ii $1.50 Congress appropriated abou $550,000 for the studio's services thi; year i i Business #1____foei UGCOXtl MAY 1980 Job market crisis solution sought GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES The SAF E way to obtain MAXIMUM INTEREST on your money Call us tor current rates Crown Trust ('entrai BuiUlinK rtlhingSt West.Sherbrooke ;>t»-!M(S Other ttfriees across t auaita OTTAWA (CP) — The Canadian Labor Congress and the Business Council on National Issues have quietly worked out a proposal to establish a joint non-profit agency to head off a job market crisis both parties say is fast approaching During months of behind-the-scenes talks, the two organizations have agreed they are willing to collaborate in creation of an agency, a national manpower board, whose prime aim would be advising federal and provincial governments on labor market matters.They say the labor market crisis is this: At the same time that almost one million Canadians are unemployed, industries across the country are facing severe shortages of skilled workers The country's schools and government-run manpower programs were failing and needed direction from those who know a lot about the labor market — employers and unions PROPOSAL NOT PI Bl.IC Neither the labor congress, an Ottawa based union umbrella representing about 2 3 million workers, nor the business council, a Toronto-based lobby group representing dozens of corporations, have yet announced the proposal publicly, although they have worked out details including an estimated cost of $12 million to run the agency in its first year The two reasons for keeping the proposal out of the public arena is that provincial governments are being canvassed for reaction and that the congress has yet to get approval for the plan from its rank and-file membership Etta n .e.a.so ADS SHOW PROMISES BC ECONOMIC TURN VANCOUVER iCP> - A sharp upturn in the number of career opportunities advertisements in metropolitan Vancouver's daily newspapers is being interpreted by some businessmen as a good indication that British Columbia's economy is bouyant Career ads took their usual pre-Christmas dive in mid-December, but now newspaper pages have burgeoned with ads for middle and senior management positions Management consultants say an increase in hiring at this level is usually a good indication of the strength of the economy.“Yes, I’d say it’s a sign of improvement in the B.C.economy," said Phil Barter, senior partner with Price Waterhouse Associates of Vancouver "The career opportunity ads are largely for middle management positions — financial analysts, planners, designers, production engineers and this would indicate that some expansion plans are being dusted off." “Your place or mine?” Japon calm despite inflation TOKYO (CP) — In a world where once-proud economies have been humbled by inflation, ravaged by soaring oil prices and humiliated by-high unemployment, Japan seems on the surface to be an island of calm.Planners confidently expect 4.8 per cent real growth this year, with 4.7-per-cent increases in consumer prices and about two-per-cent unemployment.That performance, only slightly behind last year’s, will come despite a lack of resources that is in startling contrast to Canada’s resource wealth.Japan’s 115 million people, in fact, rely on imports for 99 per cent of their oil ; 66 per cent of timber needs ; % per cent of wheat; 97 per cent of soybeans; 67 per cent of coal; 99 per cent of iron; 71 per cent of lead; and 91 per cent of copper.“We have no natural resources, we have only our head,’’ said Ryuko Wada, assistant director of financial affairs for the Keidanren industrial association.“The Japanese economy, even in the future, will never be well balanced.’’ PUSH PRODUCTIVITY In recent interviews, Wada and other economic figures agreed that one key to Japan’s economic survival has been a social consensus that productivity increases must keep ahead of wage and other cost rises.Instead of arguing for hours over howto divide a pie, the Japanese, it seems, would rather spend that time baking more pies.“You North American and European people have much more interest in income distribution, while we Japanese people are more interested in expanding the economy,” Wada said.Tsuneo Unno, co-ordination director for the government’s economic planning agency, said productivity gains last year were 12 per cent, while overall wage increases were between seven and eight per cent.The result of such attitudes and statistics.Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira said in an interview, is that Japan has no serious domestic cause of inflation: “Our inflation, whatever we have, is not because of intestinal troubles but just minor scars or lesions on the surface of our body, lesions received from outside.” During the 1970s, Ohira said, Japan’s oil costs rose 1,500 per cent but consumer prices increased only 230 per cent in the decade.There may, however, be a limit to what Japan can absorb.Last year's sharp oil-price increases, said Unno, have left the country extremely vulnerable to another “oil shock.” NOW THE GOWER- MOBILE TORONTO (CP) -Toronto inventor John Gower could become as famous as Henry Ford if his Gower-mobile — a car that will travel 113 kilometres an hour, go 28 kilometres on a litre of gasoline and sell for $3,000 — catches on Gower, who helped design the vehicles used by U S.astronauts on the moon, is back at the drawing board with a car that he hopes to start producing later this year.The Gower-mobile is a fourpassenger, two-metre-long vehicle that has no springs, shocks or bumpers.“The tires are the key to the suspension,” he says.“The tires will be the suspension.The designed pressure will provide a very smooth ride." The tires will also serve as bumpers, with spares partially recessed in the nose and trunk.WEIGHT IS KEY “The lightness of it is the secret to the mileage,” he says.The car will be constructed of tempered steel, glass fibre and various other materials, including graphite.“There will be no need for emission controls.It won’t rust, either.” Carmen Doyon Gérard Labroeea