The record, 2 février 1983, mercredi 2 février 1983

Wednesday Canadians The Montreal Canadiens downed the Vancouver Canucks last night/10 Reading What’s it like to learn to read when you are an adult, father of a family?And how does it work?Carla Straessle found out/13 Births, deaths .7 Business.5 Classified.8 Comics .9 Editorial.4 Living.6 Sports.10-11 “I’m not really late,” said the tardy office employee."1 just took my coffee break before coming in." clou in ROSAt.ll KASOWSRl.AOt 8 MARI MOUNT SCHOOL Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Wednesday, February 2,1983 30 cents Crow decision shows ‘uselessness’ of Que.MPs — Garon MONTREAL tCP' Two federal cabinet ministers had subsidies and reassuring words Tuesday for eastern farmers who fear changes to the Crowsnest grain-hauling rate threatens their future But a coalition of Quebec farm groups opposing the federal initiative denounced Ottawa's proposal for changing the rate and vowed to continue their opposition until their demands are met.Jean Garon, the Quebec agriculture minister, told reporters that the federal proposal was the biggest threat ever to Quebec agriculture and warned its passage into law would testify to the “uselessness of having 74 Liberal MPs from Quebec” in Ottawa to protect provincial interests.Ottawa is proposing to change the rate formula over a five-year period by providing subsidies that would be paid entirely to the railways in the first year and split between the carriers and western farmers afterwards as a higher rate is introduced.By the fifth year, western farmers w ould get almost half of the $631 million annual subsidy.Federal Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan and Consumer Affairs Minister Andre Ouellet told reporters at a late-morning Montreal news conference that the federal government doesn't believe the rate change will undermine Quebec agriculture PI WMN'G SAKKOl \R1>S Ottawa will implement safeguards to protect those interests and consider changes in the grain hauling program if it damages Quebec farmers, and especially livestock producers, he said Whelan announced plans for a five-year, $l75-million national agricultural development program, including $130 million in direct assistance to producers, $25 million for marketing assistance and $20 million for soil and water research The ministers said $93 million is earmarked for Quebec producers, w ith $80 million going directly to farmers to further the development of Quebec agriculture, showing that Ottawa isn't neglecting their interests.Quebec farmers have formed a coalition w ith the help of the province to fight any Crow rate change that would plow large amounts of federal subsidy money into the hands of western producers.They said such a formula would make it cheaper to raise livestock in the West, which would then undersell eastern farm interests.However, Whelan said, the supply and price of feed grains won't be af- fected by the rate change, and the impact on livestock raising costs w ill be slight in comparison with other factors such as trend setting world market prices.Quebec hog producers are especially concerned because the province is a net exporter of hog products, w ith growing markets in the United States and the Far East, especially Japan.Transportation costs would make it prohibitively expensive for western pork to invade Quebec markets even though the revised grain hauling rate should reduce feed costs in the West, said Whelan.More on CROW, page 5 “Don't be silly.I'd love to know what you’d like me to do with the MX missile.” Andropov rejects U.S.summit idea REUTERS Soviet leader Yuri Andropov on Tuesday dismissed U.S.President Reagan's proposal for a summit meeting to sign a ban on medium-range nuclear missiles, calling the offer “patently unacceptable" to the Soviet Union.But the Kremlin chief coupled his rejection of the so-called zero option with a proposal that he and Reagan should meet to sign an accord leaving East and West with the same level of nuclear firepower in Europe.In an interview released by the Tass news agency in Moscow, he accused the president of playing “propaganda games" and failing to take a serious attitude toward nuclear arms cuts.“First of all, I must say quite definitely that there is nothing new in President R.Reagan's proposal,” Andropov said.“What it is all about .is the same zero option.That it is patently unacceptable to the Soviet Union now is already recognized." Reagan’s proposal was set out in an "open letter to the people of Europe" which was made public in West Berlin on Monday night by U.S.Vice-President George Bush PROMOTE PROGRESS Bush, on a seven-country European tour, told a news conference in Berlin on Tuesday that the president's offer was intended to promote progress at the current Geneva talks on restricting European-based medium-range missiles.“We want to see serious negotiations at Geneva." Bush said."The president wants to lay to rest the argument that he is unwilling to meet Mr.Andropov." Bush, speaking later at a royal banquet in Hague after arriving from Berlin, called for unity in the western alliance and told the Dutch “guard dogs and watchtowers" are the mark of the Soviet system.Andropov's response was unusually rapid, indicating Moscow had been irritated by Reagan’s move.The U.S.voiced disappointment Tuesday over Moscow's rejection.Reagan said in St.Louis: I’m waiting for the real response, not the one they made public." He did not elaborate.Andropov said the proposal amounted to a call for the Kremlin to agree to the zero option, under which the U.S.would drop plans to deploy 572 medium-range missiles in Europe if the Soviet Union scrapped its arsenal of nearly 600 similar weapons.SAYS TALKS DOOMED He said this repetition of ideas already rejected by Moscow indicated the U.S.“does not want to look for a mutually acceptable accord with the Soviet Union and thereby deliberately dooms the Geneva talks to failure.” At the same time Andropov said he favored suimro* .alks in principle and challenged Reagan to sign a nuclear firms agreement based on equal security.“We are ready for a solution under which the Soviet Union would not have any more rockets than there are at present on NATO's side in Europe." he said in the interview to be published today in the Communist party newspaper Pravda.This, in turn, was a repetition of his proposal to cut the number of Soviet medium-range missiles to the level of existing French and British missile arsenals Western leaders have rejected it as not going far enough 1 + Hospital staff holding key to Front solidarity Twenty-two-year-old Francois Tardif of Sherbrooke is trying to show the world that young people care.To do this, and to raise money for two local rehahili- RECORD/PERRY Bl.AION tation centres, he intends to spend at least the next VO days in a coffin., Local man wants coffin record By Bobby Fisher SHERBROOKE A 22-year-old man says he will raise money for ex-convicts trying to rehabilitate themselves and for people who are down on their luck, by breaking the 90-day world record for remaining inside a coffin.Francois Tardif says he wants to bring to the attention of the public that young people are fed up with being unemployed and they have the initiative to take their own steps towards improving their lives.Tardif said Tuesday he will remain inside a coffin — taking five minute breaks every hour —- at the Depannage 140, a hostel for the needy situated in the former King George Hotel if all of the people w'ho come in to see and talk with me will put a dollar into the envelope.I will be able to collect a lot of money,” he says.“I don’t care how long it takes me to achieve my goal — 10 or 15 years if I have to I am going to help myself and others." Tardif says he will give part of the money he collects to a detoxification centre in North Hatley to help rehabilitate ex-convicts.The coffin is lying in the front window of the old King George on King Street and Tardif claims he has had it placed there so more people will be made aware of what he is doing.Earlier in the day he had been transported by friends inside his coffin, down to the welfare office to pick up his monthly cheque.He later went to MNA Raynald Frechette’s office.The King George was once the poshest hotel in the city, which catered to only the elite but now it is a haven for the down-and-outters.It closed in March of last year, and remained vacant until Father Bruno Dandenault decided it was time to make an effort to help the young and unemployed who live on the $144 monthly welfare cheque that is their sole income.‘11 wrote a letter to Levesque ( Quebec premier Rene) in August asking for help," Dandenault explains, “but 1 felt that I should take matters into my own hands." “Two fellows I knew came to see me and they told me they knew where I could rent a hotel that would fill my needs." The hotel turned out to be the King George and Father Dandenault appealed to the public of Sherbrooke for help.“On November 26 we announced to the media what we were doing and the response since then has been very good.People sent in old furniture and money and books and whatever they could.We will take anything donated to us." The old hotel which, ironically, still has the stickers of credit agencies the former owners accepted on the glass at the side of the front door, is presently See COFFIN, page 3 QUEBEC (CP) The strength of an eight day-old illegal strike by thousands of public service workers could be sapped further today if leaders of the 80,000-member union of hospital support staff vote to accept a government settlement.The strike, called by the 250,000-member common front of unions to protest government-imposed contracts, including wage rollbacks of up to 20 per cent for the first three months of 1983 for half of Quebec’s 325,000 public sector employees, began last Wednesday.But since the weekend, the govern ment which had threatened tough back to work legislation has reached tentative agreements with several major unions, including the hospital workers, 37,000 nurses and 37,000 civil servants Non-medical worker walkouts that began in hospitals on Monday were suspended Tuesday morning after the Lougheed says no to Tory leadership try i EDMONTON (CP) - Peter Lougheed firmly denied Tuesday any desire for the national leadership of the Progressive Conservative party, an announcement that will likely strengthen Joe Clark’s position.The Alberta premier, seen by some Conservatives as a potential white knight, told a news conference he has no intention of seeking the federal leadership In Ottawa.Ray Hnatyshyn, former Conservative energy minister, said Lougheed's decision will help Clark’s chances of retaining his shaky hold on the party.Clark, who called for a leadership convention after only two-thirds of the delegates supported him at a party meeting in Winnipeg last weekend, had challenged “phantom" opponents to come out in public.Bill Kempling, Conservative whip in the Commons, said Lougheed's decision leaves Clark the only serious contender.Lougheed rejected any scenario that might see him in a race, including hypothetical drafts or wild candidate shifts.CITES COMMITMENT “All I can sav, with those sort of questions, is to repeat, myself.I con-sider-myself committed to serving the people of Alberta as premier of this province.” The former corporate lawyer and football player added: “I went around this province between ’65 and ’71 and asked the people of Alberta to support me as the leader of government and they responded positively That creates an obligation.” And though he said he plans to leave office some time during this term, Lougheed would not set a date for his departure.In November, Lougheed and his provincial Conservatives won an overwhelming election victory — their fourth in a row — taking 75 of the province’s 79 seats.Despite recent polls showing he could win the prime minister’s office as leader of the Conservatives, the 54 year-old politician denied any desire for the job.’Tve been over this ground since 1976.and I’ve been pretty consistent.” Lougheed was seen as a potential leadership candidate in 1976, but refused to enter the race which saw Clark chosen as Conservative leader.RECORD/CARLA STRAESSLE MCI /'resident John Lynch-Staunton launches the unique T.nvirontnen-tal Land Use Guide of the Take Memphremugog W atershed.Land-use guide a first By Carla Straessle MAGOG TOWNSHIP - The Environmental Land Use Guide which Memphremagog Conservation Incorporated launched yesterday after 12 years of struggle and preparation, is virtually the first of its kind in North America The functions of the guide are twofold, It provides guidelines for environmental protection, for ap plication in regional planning, and it urges the application of these guidelines to the Lake Memphremagog watershed These guidelines however, may also be applied universally.The reason MCI did not extend their application beyond Lake Memphremagog’s watershed to the whole of the MRC of Mem phremagog’s territory in this guide, was the lack of necessary funds.The total value of the guide compiled by Montreal ecological consultants, Environmental Dimension Ltd., is over $25,000, according to MCI president John Lynch-Staunton He pointed out at a press conference Tuesday that much of this sum came from contributions from different organizations, including the Memphremagog Resident’s Association, Owl’s Head Fish and Game Club, and Operation Nettoyage Magog Inc.which presented the MCI with a cheque for $300 at the guide’s launching last night.The project director from Environmental Dimension Ltd., Jean-l’ierre Amoureux explained that the company resorted to three sources in compiling the guide These were the consulting of existing maps of the lake’s drainage basin on the Canadian side as delimited by the Direction generale des eaux of the Ministry of natural resources in 1978.Although the American portion has been omitted, most of the guidelines are applidable See LAND, page 3 Federation des affaires sociales, which represents the non-medical workers, ordered its members to return to work after reaching a “framework for agreement" with the government.The federation’s 800 member governing council began studying the agreement Tuesday and is expected to vote today on whether to submit it to a general membership vote.leaders warned that if the offer is rejected, the hospital workers would return to the picket lines.CRITICAL OF ORDER Several members of the governing council expressed bitterness over the back-to-work call Tuesday, hut union president Yves Lessard told delegates Iliât the executive recommended acceptance of the offer “because it softens the bad no matter how little." “Shall we say we’ve been screwed and fight now until the bitter end, or shall we say let’s reorganize lor another battle?” Lessard said.The agreement is said to contain only minor improvements to an offer made by Premier Rene Levesque when he met with common front leaders three weeks ago.The new proposal only limits threatened hospital layoffs to 1,200 this year and spares most part-time employees from planned wage rollbacks.Settlements were reached during the weekend with 37,000 nurses and healthcare professionals, averting an all-out strike in the hospital sector.The 37,000-member civil servants union, which had called a provincewide strike for today, announced Tuesday that it had approved a tentative agreement.TEACHERS STILL OUT Agreements are still not in sight for the 8,800 member union representing government professionals, or for 85,000 teachers and school support staff, whose strike action has resulted in the cancellation of classes for more than a million elementary, secondary and junior college students.Teachers’ unioas across the province vowed to continue Ihe strike, saying job security, not money, is the issue at slake "We’ll stay out on strike until our members decide that the contract they’re offered is good,” said Hubert Sacy, a spokesman for Centrale de l’enseignement du Quebec, the largest teachers’ union in the province.Leaders of the common front appeared resigned Tuesday to living with the three-year contracts imposed in December But they predicted that even if the illegal public service strike ends without the new full-scale negotiations they have been deman ding, there could be “anarchy” as the government tries to make its imposed settlements work The leaders also played down reports the fizzling strike meant the common front was crumbling.LITTLE OBTAINED "There are times after difficult struggles when we have gone back to work without obtaining really essential things," said Ixaiis Laberge, president of the Quebec Federation of Labor Meanwhile, Justice Department spokesman Normand Saint-Hilaire said Tuesday that the government has filed about 6,000 complaints in court against unions and union members for participating in the illegal strike.Fines for individuals range from $25 to $100 a day, while union federations could be fined up to $50,000.4 V 2—The KKC'OKI)—Wednesday, February 2,19K3 Press your ‘Israeli friends’ Mubarak tells Canada OTTAWA (CP) Canada can help speed the Middle East peace process by pressing its Israeli friends to recognize the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Tuesday "Without solving the Palestinian problem, peace will never prevail,” Mubarak told a jammed joint meeting of the Senate-Commons external affairs com mittee.The president, winding up a two- day visit here, praised Canada for what he called its strong support of Egyptian peace efforts in general which he said have been hampered by Israeli stalling tactics."Canada is a big and experienced country, it doesn’t need any advice from me," he told MPs and senators during a 90-minute session devoted almost entirely to the Middle East issue Hut when asked to comment specifically on Canadian involvement, he replied that Ottawa could use its influence to persuade Israel to get out of Lebanon and halt Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian Arab territories."I’m not asking Canada to fight with Israel, only to speak about the rights of the Palestinians," he said Government officials say the Mubarak delegation made no specific requests of Canada during extensive talks Monday on the Middle East issue But a senior Egyptian official said there were discussions about increasing Canadian activity and that “no country should stand on the sidelines.” Ottawa has already urged the withdrawal of all troops from I>ebanon as well as for a halt to new settlements in the Israeli occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip Canadian officials describe government Middle East policy as similar to that of Egypt Mubarak said the peace process has to be accelerated because of the rapid growth of Jewish settlements and the likelihood that the United States will be preoccupied with election campaigns in 1984.He pleaded for mutual recognition by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in order to break the current deadlock "The only way to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict is for all sides to participate candidly,” he said.U.S.oil-price reduction could mean big savings News-in-brief Six big U.S.oil companies reduced the price they offer for domestic crude by $1 U.S.a barrel Tuesday, and industry sources said the Soviet Union cut its oil price by $2.15 a barrel.The Kuwaiti news agency, meanwhile, reported Persian Gulf oil producers were threatening a $4-a-harrel reduction within a week unless OPEC settles its internal dispute on production ceilings and pricing The moves point to a major break in world energy prices, meaning more savings for users of gasoline and other products made from oil, industry analysts said.William Kandol, an energy analyst in New York, said he believed the average world oil price would drop at least $4 a barrel within four weeks A bigger decline is possible, he said, if the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries does not agree soon on a production sharing plan."Without any restraint on production, this could turn into a free-for-all,” said Kandol, who analyzes U.S.oil companies for the investment firm First Boston Corp.The oil glut already has pushed down the average world price from more than $35 U.S.a barrel two years ago to around $33 a barrel now.The oil price reductions Tuesday were the first since the breakup Jan.24 of an OPEC meeting in Geneva.The oil ministers failed to agree on a pricing or production policy, triggering speculation that excess supplies would push prices much lower.Salvadoran government attempt to free Berlin BERLIN, El Salvador (AP) About 1,500 government troops were reported advancing Tuesday to try to roll back the biggest rebel vict ory so far in the 39-month civil war.About 500 guerrillas of the leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front tix)k over Berlin, an agricultural centre of 30,000 people in southeast El Salvador, Monday evening after rebel snipers prevented reinforcements reaching less than UK) national guardsmen, national police and local militiamen defending the town.Forty civilians were reported killed by air force bombing runs and rebel bazooka and mortar attacks.Seven square blocks were burned to the ground and many other buildings were set afire.The government force made its last stand Monday afternoon in the national police headquarters in the centre of the town After those inside rejected repeated calls to surrender, the rebels fired a barrage of bazookas and rocket-propelled grenades that set the building on fire.Berlin, 110 kilometres east of San Salvador, is the biggest town taken by the rebels, but the local commander indicated they might not try to hold it.“It will be the decision of the FMLN Command whether we stay in Berlin," Ernesto Martinez told a rally of some 1,500 people Tuesday morning.About 1,200 government troops with artillery were reported advancing by foot on a mountain road from Mercedes Umana, 12 kilometres north of Berlin, while army sources said about 300 more had been sent from Usulutan, the provincial capital 32 kilometres to the northwest.Four possible changes on aboriginal rights OTTAWA (CP) There appears to be enough agreement to make at least four significant changes to the Constitution at the forthcoming first ministers' conference on aboriginal rights, Justice Minister Mark MacGuigan said Tuesday A two day conference of federal and provincial cabinet ministers, native and northern leaders ended here Tuesday with the release of a "working agenda" listing the items for "possible early resolution" at the March conference.They include a commitment to continue negotiations, a compromise on a native constitutional veto, an equal rights amendment for native women and repeal of two subsections of the Constitution dealing with provincial Weathe * LJ Increasing cloudiness today.High -2.Freezing rain and snow changing to rain tonight.Moderate winds.Temperature rising to reach 2.Thursday rain.High 7 to 9.powers.A further meeting of cabinet ministers and native leaders will be held Feb.28-March 1 to continue work on the agenda prior to the March 15-16 conference, to be chaired by Prime Minister Trudeau, MacGuigan said Provincial and federal ministers have also agreed on several non native “side issues" to be discussed at the March conference, he added British Columbia’s request to entrench property rights in the Constitution will be discussed as will the issue of family court jurisdiction.But restoring a veto to Quebec is not on the agenda, the minister added.Not all native groups are satisfied with the aboriginal rights agenda, which was proposed by the federal government.The Assembly of First Nations, representing status Indians, has “some reservations" about it, MacGuigan said The Indian leadership was unavailable for comment following the meeting.And Mark R.Gordon, chief negotiator for the Inuit Committee on National Issues, said he is unhappy with the "order of priorities" on the agenda.How ever, MacGuigan said it received enough approval to be considered "the working agenda.” S69 9511 569 6345 569 9525 569 9931 569 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copy.Member of Canadian Press Member ot the Audit Bureau of Circulations Quebec gas tax goes down MONTREAL (CP) Quebec motorists will be given a break at gas pumps starting this Friday with a reduction of 1.6 cents in provincial tax on a litre of regular gasoline, an aide to Revenue Minister Alain Marcoux said Tuesday Revenue Department official Michel Champoux said the tax decrease is the result of a Jan.1 cut in the federal petroleum compensation charge — the tax tacked on to domestic oil production to offset the higher price of imported crude Pinel guards seek security MONTREAL (UP) — Guards and staff at the Pinel Institute for the criminally insane have threatened to walk out Thursday night to protest what they see as inadequate security.Union officials said Tuesday that weak security was partly to blame for the escape of an axe-slayer from the institute last weekend Giovanni Fascianno, 22, imprisoned in 1980 for killing his mother, escaped by smashing the window in his room with a toilet seat and jumping five metres to the ground He is still at large.Copper workers unusually deaf MONTREAL (CPI A $l-million health study at a Gaspe copper mine has revealed unusually high rates of deafness among miners and smelter workers.More than one in six workers at Noranda’s Murdochville copper operation have sufficiently serious hearing defects in one or both ears to warrant compensation from the provincial occupation health and safety board, the study found.Iron Ore in line for prize MONTREAL (CP) Iron Ore Co.of Canada, which will put 600 out of work when it shuts its operation in Schefferville, Que., in July, has made the list of finalists for a Quebec business excellence award The company entered itself in the “quality of life in business" category, one of 16 categories in the annual Mercuriades awards sponsored by the Quebec Chamber of Commerce.Iron Ore argued in its application that it made special efforts to keep employees informed and to treat them properly in the face of the announced layoffs, said Guy Lefebvre, a spokesman for the James Bay Energy Corp., which is handling public relations for the awards.Strikers to be charged QUEBEC (CP) About 6,000 public service employees and their unions will be summoned to appear in court to answer charges of participating in an illegal strike, a Justice Department spokesman said Tuesday.Normand Saint-Hilaire said the charges, which include 2,500 registered w ith Quebec Superior Court on Tuesday, apply only to the first three days of a strike which is now in its eighth day.The common front of unions, which represent more than 20(),000 of Quebec's 325,000 public service employees, called the provincewide walkout to protest government-imposed contracts and wage rollbacks of up to 20 per cent for the first three months of 1983 Charges sought on Angels SOREL, Que.(CP) Nearly two months after a sweeping police raid on a building owned by the local Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang, police are seeking charges against 15 people in the case.A provincial police spokesman said Tuesday that Crown prosecutors have been given information allegedly implicating among others three men with illegal possession and operation of an unlicensed radio transmitter, two with selling alcoholic beverages without a licence and 11 with being found in a place illegally dispensing alcohol.EPA hires Ontario pilots GANDER, Nfld.( CP Eastern Provincial Air ways, in a move likely to anger striking pilots and locked-out ground personnel, announced Tuesday it will be flying three routes today with crews hired from an Ontario firm.Service is being resumed on the run from Montreal to Charlo and Chatham, both in New Brunswick; another between Halifax, Charlottetown and the iles-de-la Madeleine and the Air St.Pierre service.EPA supplies pilots and planes for Air St.Pierre flights between Halifax, Sydney and the French islands of St.Pierre and Miquelon off Newfoundland’s south coast.Crosbie set to seek leadership ST.JOHN’S.Nfld (CP) - St.John's West MP John Crosbie is ready to declare himself a candidate for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative party, the St.John's News says in a prominently displayed story today.The morning tabloid quotes a source close to Crosbie as saying the decision has already been made, but adds Crosbie wants to wait until Joe Clark officially resigns as party leader before making any announcement.Newfs can grab Quebec land OTTAWA (CPl Controversial legislation came into effect Tuesday that will allow expropriation of Quebec land for a Newfoundland-sponsored hydro transmission system to export power.Proclamation of sections of the law.originally passed by Parliament in July, was delayed for six months in hopes the two provinces would resolve a bitter and longstanding dispute over power contracts Wi SETTLE ESTATES > TAX PLAN YOUR INCOME * FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION * SPECIALIZE-FARM ROLLOVERS PROFESSIONAL ADVICE W.D.DUKE ASSOCIATES LTD.109 William St., Cowansville J2K 1K9 514-263-4123 President: W.D.Duke, B.Comm.C.A.Vice-President: J.R.Boulé, B.A.MP’s move nixed by whip OTTAWA (CP) — Progressive Conservative infighting has moved farther and faster than at least one MP.Caucus chairman Ron Huntington was scheduled to move Tuesday into a new office on the top floor of the Confederation Building adjacent to Parliament Hill.But his boxes and filing cabinets didn’t get very far.The move was “frozen" by party whip Bill Kempling, who alluded to Huntington’s public call last weekend for a leadership convention and the possibility caucus will elect a new chairman today.Census shows fewer Indians OTTAWA (CP) — Only 491,460 Canadians identified themselves as Indians, Metis or Inuit in the 1981 census, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.That represents little more than one-third of the membership Canada’s three national native associations claim they represent.The census counted 292,700 status Indians, 98,260 Metis, those of mixed native and European ancestry, 75,110 Indians who have lost their status and right to federal benefits and 25,390 Inuit.The statistics were released less than two months before a mid March constitutional conference is to begin defining the rights of Canada’s native people.The tabulations were rushed at the request of the prime minister's office so officials would have a better idea of the number of people affected by the aboriginal rights issue, said a Statistics Canada official, who asked not to be named.Law changes pension rights TORONTO (CP) — A change in Ontario pension law means all or part of a man’s private pension can now be lost to his ex-wife if he fails to pay support ordered under the Divorce Act.The amendment to the Ontario Pension Benefits Act, which takes effect next week, was quietly passed last week by the legislature.The issue arose after the Supreme Court of Ontario denied a 63-year-old woman a portion of her ex-husband's civil service pension of $950 a month after the man defaulted on support payments.Girl’s body found in fridge TORONTO (CP) Police say the body of nine-year-old Sharin Keenan, the object of a massive police search since her disappearance from a Toronto playground Jan.23.was discovered Tuesday night in a refrigerator of a city home.The body, clothed in a skirt and blouse, was found in a rooming house less than one kilometre away from the girl’s home and about 100 metres from where she was last seen.Officials said two policemen were conducting a house-to-house search in the area — a west downtown neighborhood known as the Annex — and after entering the rooming house they found the body in a refrigerator in a room of the building.Police said a cause of death wouldn't be determined until an autopsy was conducted today.Youth gets new heart, lungs KITCHENER, Ont (CP) - A 19-year-old Kitchener man suffering from a mysterious heart disease underwent an eight-hour operation in Pittsburgh on Tuesday to replace his heart and lungs.Transplant surgeons at Prebyterian-University Hospital were pleased with the outcome and encountered no unexpected problems during the delicate operation on Cameron Evans, said a hospital spokesman.Evans was listed in critical condition, which is standard practice the day after surgery, said hospital spokesman Paulette Lee.He was breathing on his own, without the help of a respirator.Portable phones on the way TORONTO (CP) The "personal telephone," a portable telephone that can be used in vehicles or on foot and can communicate anywhere in the country through the public telephone system, is about to come to Canada By the end of next year, the use of the telephones should be commonplace through new technology known as cellular radio.And one industry-spokesman said Tuesday about 140.000 Canadians, besides police, taxi drivers and truckers, will be using them by the end of the 1980s.Former leaders denounce nukes WASHINGTON ( AP) — Former defence leaders of the United States.Britain and West Germany-called Tuesday for the Western alliance to build up conventional forces and then renounce the first use of nuclear weapons.They argued that a $100-billion strengthening of non-nuclear power in Europe over six years would keep the Soviets from launching an attack and thus allow an American president to make the no-first-use pledge Patient shoots shrink, self MADISON, Wis.(AP) — A doctor and a man she was treating for psychiatric problems were fatally-shot in her office, and authorities said Tuesday the man probably shot the doctor and then killed himself.Dr Mary Jerse.28.a third-year resident at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, died Monday night at the hospital with gunshot wounds to her chest Police identified the dead man as David Baxter.36.of Madison and believe Baxter shot Jerse and then himself Police said Baxter, who was unemployed and lived alone, had been receiving treatment from Plastic heart takes shower SALT LAKE CITY (CP) — Barney Clark took a shower Tuesday for the first time since receiving an artificial heart two months ago "He was taken in a wheelchair from the surgical intensive care unit to a separate nursing station, seated in a shower chair and given a shower,’ University of Utah spokesman John Dwan said.“Mrs.Clark said he enjoyed the shower very-much." The 62-year-old retired dentist was placed in the shower stall and the 170-kilogram air compressor unit that drives his plastic heart was placed on the other side of a l.2-metre tile wall, Dwan said.The l .8-metre plastic hoses that connect the unit to the heart were placed over the wall.Piggy back heart fails DENISON, Tex.(AP) — Lindell Hill, who more than five years ago became the first American to undergo a "piggy back’’ heart transplant operation, died Tuesday of "complete heart failure,” said a spokesman for Texoma Medical Centre.Hill, 42, travelled to South Africa where in a seven-hour operation on Aug.5, 1977.a donor organ was implanted next to his own failing heart.Maggie urges “wiser counsel” LONDON (Reuter) — Prime Mi ister Margaret Thatcher appealed Tuesday for British water and sewerage workers to end their eight-day-old strike and accept a mediator's pay plan.The mediator from the government-appointed conciliation service discussed the situation with employers' negotiators and later began talks with leaders of the 29,000 strikers.Speaking in Parliament.Thatcher urged the workers to heed "wiser counsels" and return to work.Many of Britain's three million unemployed, she said, would welcome the $225 weekly wage attainable in the plan.Soviets slam U.N.committee GENEVA ( Reuter) — The Soviet Union called the United Nations Disarmament Committee a “cemetery of disarmament” Tuesday as western countries showed increasing interest in its work.Western diplomats said the surprise attack on the committee seemed aimed at discrediting it before it hosts West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher on Thursday and U.S.Vice-President George Bush on Friday.Soviet Ambassador Viktor Israelian, addressing its first 1983 session, said the 40-country body had not drawn up an arms limitation treaty in almost seven years.“Hostile” harmony jails five BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) — A court in the southern town of Mostar sentenced five people to 10 months in jail for singing “hostile” songs at a village inn.the newspaper Politika Ekspres reported.The same court sentenced Nenad Majstorovic.a 26-year-old student, to 14 months in jail for speaking "maliciously and untruthfully" about conditions in Yugoslavia on one occasion last December, the official news agency Tanjug reported.; Brits land in Lebanon BEIRUT (Reuter) — An advance party of Britain's first troops for the multinational Lebanon peace force flew to Beirut on Tuesday.Twenty-two officers and men arrived at Beirut airport aboard a Royal Air Force aircraft from Cyprus.Britain is sending a total of about 100 men and a squadron of Ferret armoured scout cars as its contribution to the force, hitherto composed of 4,400 French and Italian troops as well as U.S.marines.Lebanese fighting continues BEIRUT (AP) — Christian and Druse militiamen battled with artillery, rockets and grenades in Lebanon's central mountains Tuesday, killing 17 more people and wounding 34, Lebanese police reported.The police said Israeli forces occupying the Aley and Chouf districts southeast of Beirut were trying to impose a ceasefire.The day’s casualties raised the death toll to 34 since Saturday and more than 130 since November in the sporadic warfare between the rightist Christians and leftist Druse, who are members of a secretive Islamic sect.Airline foils hash shipment ISLAMABAD.Pakistan AP) — A bid to smuggle 500 kilograms of hashish from Pakistan to Canada was foiled when airline staff became suspicious about the route it was being airfreighted, the government-run news agency said Tuesday.The hashish, worth in excess of $1 million, was destined for Montreal.No arrests have been made and police are continuing investigations.Ghanaian drowns in melee LAGOS (Reuter) — At least one person was drowned in a frantic struggle by thousands of Ghanaians to board two ships sent to take them home after their expulsion from Nigeria, shipping officials said Tuesday.The two ships arrived from Accra.Ghana, just before Nigeria's deadline for the departure of two million illegal aliens, half of them Ghanaians, ran out at midnight.The vessels left Tuesday morning carrying thousands of people packed shoulder to shoulder on all available space after dramatic scenes in the port.They left behind at least 4,000 Ghanaians who said ttey had no money to pay for food or for the journey home by road.I The Townships The RK('ORI)—Wednesday, February 2,19S3—:i the 1____gyj uccoiit Teachers claim they are strong despite diminishing Common Front : By Charles Bury SHERBROOKE — As the threatened Common Front strike of up to 325.000 Quebec public-sector workers seems to be crumbling around them, the teachers who began the illegal walkout a week ago say they are stronger than -ever in their resolve to stay out as long as it takes to get a better deal from the government.At a meeting Tuesday teachers at the Lennoxville campus of Champlain Regional College decided to keep on picketing and stay off the job, although the Common Front's strongest arm.the hospital workers of the Federation des Affaires Sociales (FAS), are back at work and reported close to an agreement, after only one day out "Spirit is still very, very good." Champlain union president Nigel Spencer said after the meeting "There's a feeling that we don't really have much to lose." Spencer says the optimistic mood of the teachers is the same across the province, and they don't feel abandoned by their Common Front fellows."In education, there is still a pretty solid front." he said."The social affairs and health workers haven't decided to go back; they have just suspended their strike action until they decide on the government offers." Spencer says a little-known clause of the 80.000-page decree which makes the massive strike illegal is behind the return to work of some of the Front locals "In theCLSCs (local community service centres, which provide some health-care services), the decree provides that if a worker is absent for three days or more, he is fired automatically with no appeal This has something to do with suspending the strike.It's understandable." Press release case solved SHERBROOKE — The case of the missing press release is solved! Tuesday's Record stated that Champlain College union officials had failed to provide a promised communique following a closed strike meeting Monday.The communique was, in fact, at the Record building, but it w-as inadvertently delivered to the wrong department and was found after press time.The press release follows, in full: “An unprecedented atmosphere of enthusiasm, good humor, unity and determination reigned Monday, as the Syndicat des Enseignants du College Champlain de Lennoxville went into its fourth day of strike.“Despite contracts signed by Nurses, who — while not part of the Common Front — had planned to orchestrate their activities with ours, the teachers are morei determined than ever to continue ! their strike for the right to negotiate with the government.“It is unthinkable that the government has already dropped! corporate taxes by 77 per cent i $434 million) in one year and wants to pay for it by firing V4 of all CEGEP teachers (and eliminate one sixth of all full-time jobs), by putting an end to Adult Education, professional courses, etc., and making similar sacrifices in the social affairs sector.This is enough to cripple Quebec society for decades to come and give us a permanent handicap in the ‘technological race'.It is ¦ criminal for the government to refuse a say to those who are the first to defend society’s rights in these matters.But the decrees and Bill 105 do just that.“If the government were really concerned about waste, it would not authorize the management of Champlain College to travel to Vancouver and Ottawa 10 working days out of 15, while drawing full salary.It would not allow the College to rent anti-strike offices in a motel for bureaucrats with nothing to do.It would not try to pay full salary to scabs who do no work, simply because they ask for the money.“For all these reasons, the Assembly of Champlain teachers voted on Monday morning to continue the strike (49 to 16).to reinforce the picket lines and deduct scab pay into a special common fund (41 to 14).” I RKOKO ri Km HI MON ETA T president Don Jondreville (left) will be goirif- to Quebec today to discuss government proposals But.he says."No one in the Common Front is going to sign until the govern ment is seriously negotiating in every sector real negotiations.The FAS is sticking with us." he said."Nobody's folding." "If they are negotiating with the FAS, it s a good sign they will be negotiating with us within 24 hours.It seems clear the government isn’t going to give anything to the soft' unions right away, but they will have to at some point." "They're sneaky." Spencer's comments echo the feelings and actions other teachers' leaders across the province.The CEGEP College de l'Abitibi Temiscamingue, for example, obtained a court injunction Tuesday ordering its profs back to work but the strikers refused to obey it, making union members liable for stiff fines and jail terms for contempt of court.President Don Jondreville of the Eastern Townships Association of Teachers (ETAT) says he is going to Quebec today to discuss some tentative government proposals expected to be forthcoming this afternoon."We expect an indication today," he said "We'll be meeting in Quebec in case there is a breakthrough.It’s up to Dr.(Camille) Laurin.All the teachers PAPT.PACT.CEQ and theCEGEPs are together.” Jondreville says his members are still as convinced as ever of the justice of their position He says there are "still the same 10 or 12 people" who cross the picket lines at ETAT elementary and secondary schools.A general meeting of ETAT members is set for 10 a m Thursday to discuss possible developments today.Spencer says part of the teachers' strengthened resolve comes from the fact that the strike is less widespread than had been hoped for."We may have to hang on for two or three weeks, but knowing we have to hang on longer makes us stronger," he said "After two or three weeks the government will start to hurt, even though it is the ‘soft' unions (teachers and government professionals whose work has little immediate effect on the day-to-day running of the province) who are out." He says the teachers' unions are under much pressure to end the walkout."We're getting blasted from all sides," he added "It's quite a bombsrdment.” But, he says, the criticism only adds to the strikers’ collective will "We re very 'solidaire', and more so from day to day." The CEGEP union will continue to hold meetings every morning for the time being, says president Spencer."There will be no change, for a couple of days anyway," he said "This is not the time to quit." Coffin dweller wants money to help others ^ -7 _ fit lilO timo It 'ilwMit i/xrvo I n/A Irtnrfn»* •¦•141* 1.u â _ L1 .Continued from page one.occupied by 60 people on a regular basis.The signs advertising American Express, Diners Club International, Carte Blanche, American Torch Club International Credit and Eurocard serve as a reminder of the days when the hotel and the country both enjoyed happier times.Now the plush furniture is gone, replaced with comfortable but old chesterfields and chairs.People drift in and out of the lobby.Three or four men ranging in age from 18-40 sit around smoking and talking.The conversation at the time is about professional wrestling and two of the men are discussing the good and bad points of upcoming bouts featuring Sailor White and Dino Bravo.The talk switches to televisions and the focus of attention is the 13" black and white model in the lobby.More people drift in and out moving with the slow trudging steps of those with nothing to do.In the former dining room seven people — five men.one woman and her daughter who appears to be around seven years old watch a roman gladiator movie on the color television high on the wall in a corner.The room is — siuoMiig anu laising i ne conversation mgti on me wall in a conn Land use proposals applicable anywhere Continued from page one.there.Second, much research of existing literature on the subject was conducted, and finally, interviews were held with, as Lamoureux said, “anyone who would talk to us." As a result of their research, the entire drainage basin of the lake on the Canadian side has been classified into different zones including forest zones, agricultural lands, vacation housing, recreation zones, urban and para-urban area, wetlands, dumpsitesand more.A large, easy-to-understand color-coded map is provided in the guide, with recommendations for the development and environmental concerns of each.It synthesizes the contents of the bilingual guide.The problems of each zone type are discussed in simple terms so that anyone may consult the guide for personal use.Since the finished product reached the hands of the MCI only two 175 copies have been sent out to the mayors of the 23 municipalities in the MRC of Memphremagog, at least 17 of which were represebted at the launching yesterday; to civil servants, local government offices, ministers and deputy-ministers concerned with environmental issues; as well as the media ahd more.* Copies will be deposited in libraries across the country and at the interprovincial secretariat for environmental matters.From there it will be sent across Canada and the U S.by computer.The MCI then expects to receive requests for copies which will be available at $5 each plus handling.There are already 750 copies in print with the possibility of printing 250 more before the stock is depleted.Montagne free pending hearing in Bedford death SWEETSBURG WARD - Pierre Montagne, 33, of Bedford, was allowed his provisional freedom pending preliminary hearing in Sessions Court Tuesday.He is charged with manslaughter through an illegal act, causing the death of his 77-year-old father Raymond in Bedford, on Leave your guns to home, son SWEETSBURG WARD — The lyric "leave your guns to home, son", was definitely in Judge Bernard Legare’s mind Tuesday when he sentenced Richard Billado.‘‘We welcome visitors, but shun those who are trigger-happy,” Judge Legare said.“You should have stuck to your nitro-glycerine pills.The old cowboy days are over and we have an aversion to people who carry guns.” Billado, in his midforties and from Rich-ford, Vermont, pleaded guilty to a criminal charge of having threatened the public peace by aiming a restricted weapon at one or more persons in Abercorn on January 30.Crown attorney Thomas Walsh told the court the American citizen got drunk and was thrown out of a hotel.He then went to his car and got his .25 calibre pistol.Walsh said the operators of the hotel had locked the doors and called the police, and Billado threw his firearm under his car when the QPF arrived.“I have been made aware he has a heart problem and I am sure the defence can produce medical proof to that effect," Walsh continued.“Fortunately it did not become a more serious situation as no shots were fired, although the weapon was loaded.” Walsh then called for confiscation of the weapon and a $500 fine accompanied by a three-year probation forbidding Billado to enter Canada Claude Hamann produced medical documents and said he endorsed Walsh's suggestion, yet suggested the fine was a bit steep considering the time spent in preventive detention.Legare fined Billado $300 or thrity days with no delay for payment, ordered the restricted weapon confiscated and bound Billado over to keep the public peace in Canada for two years, him from for the same January 12.Judge Bernard Legare, following representations from the Crown and the defence, ruled it was not against the public interest that in the interest of the accused, he be allowed his temporary freedom under certain conditions.Montagne was ordered to report to the Portage detoxification Centre yesterday, to establish that he was eligible for their admittance criteria and to begin treatment as soon as possible.In the event he fails to meet the centre’s stringent standards he will be returned to the court immediately.Crown Attorney Thomas Walsh, who had the onus of proof demanding preventive detention, told the court Montagne's problems were probably not the cause of the family fight, but that it was aggravated by his condition.The preliminary hearing was set to proceed on March 15.Avid environmentalist and co-founder of the MCI in 1967, Gordon Kohl, w'ho is also the instigator of the project, describes it as, "Nota regional thing; a universal thing to try to preserve the foundations." He has been fighting for the past 12 years to make this guide reality and says he was getting very impatient and was shocked when it finally materialized two days ago.“I thought I had it all done at one point, then I had to do the public relations.” He added, “People come here for a reason and that reason has to persist." The MRC of Memphremagog also includes Lakes Lovering and Massawippi as well as some smaller lakes and recreation and tourism constitute its major economic activity.Stewart llopps, the environmental inspector for Magog a.d Stanstead Townships, said, “Our MRC is way ahead of the others as far as environmental work goes.” MCI representatives hope that the MRC will make the land use and development plan an example to the entire province, in order to ensure the future preservation of its natural environment.Estelle Gobeil, president of the Eastern Townships regional development council (CRDE), agrees that the new guide is a very important document.At Tuesday's launching she said the MCI study is “simply extraordinary”.She called it a “pilot project, and if people read it they will be inspired to use it for their own lake; they can easily adapt it to their milieu." "It's based on fundamental principles," Gobeil added.“This is the kind of thing you have to follow, and the kind of group you have to follow.” “MCI is a real leader.” no longer filled with long tables covered u ith expensive table clothes but instead is scattered with pieces old furniture most of it not very sturdy.Someone brings in a tray of fruit and sandwiches.Three or four men gather around a kettle where they are making what appears to be soup.People sit around and talk.Others go about doing the menial chores one is vacuuming the carpet, another cleaning ashtrays.The atmosphere is gloomy but most iry to keep busy and it seems, try to forget their problems.And there are problems."There is some difficulty with the youngsters with drugs and alcohol," explains Father Dandenault."But we try and use those occasions to talk with them about their problems and try to help them.Some of them we help and some we don't .” After the rent for a month ($105) is le iCiJiabj 2 left wit paid the ihbabitanls.of (Jie Dépannage 140 are with only $39 dollars.That doesn't go very far for a young person and one of the solutions could be theft but the hostel has rules designed to deter against this.There are .deliveries allowed after midnight.Drinking is permitted only in the rooms upstairs and not in public places.There is no registration and no visitors after It p.m Father Dandenault says he hasn’t encountered any problems of that nature.yet.When Tardif and his friends return from the visit to the welfare office a crowd gathers around the casket on loan from an unnamed funeral parlor until May 2 when the 90 day period ends.A woman bends over and kisses Tardif.She is crying It is his mother His father stands by watching and smoking his pipe More people gather around as Tardif is interviewed.Everyone has something to say about the unemployment situation.Tardif who started his vigil at midnight Tuesday says he will hang on.“I liave good morale right now(with the people around me and I’m sure I can do it if they continue to support me the way they have been." More people drift in.KtCORD/PERRY 11IAION Residents at the Dépannage 140 gathered around the coffin occupied by François Tardif yesterday.Tardif is trying to break the M-day record of remaining in a coffin in an effort to raise money for detoxification centres.A MUSICAL 13 MONTHS MASTERPIECE." É -Bruce BjMey jËpi» ^ SUCCESS b pkg 1.39 FRESH HADDOCK FILET kg.6.15 lb.2.79 SUNKIST NAVEL ORANGES oclc\NO MY PAY.aYj.TwAVfS 2-1 THERE ARE/MNV PLACES ON SATURN WHERE YOU CAN RENT A BICYCLE.AND ON URANUS, THEY SERVE PEANUT BUTTER ON GRAHAM CRACKERS.YOU CONTCtET THAT KIND OF N FORMATION FRUM THOSE OTHER ASTRONAUTS.\V'H£N NOURE TRA\ELlN6 FASTER 'THAN THE SPEED OF U6HT PARALLEL ,—" PARKING ISNT EASY ^ ________^ -• a Crossword Home birth debate boils in Nova Scotia courts ACROSS 1 Piquancy 5 Make neater 9 Common complaint 13 Case 14 Term in math 16 Mother of Zeus 17 Absolute musts 20 Application 21 Bitter: Fr.22 — Crown 23 Love god 24 Black-and-white birds 25 Murderer 28 Mean dwellings 32 Burrows 49 Record 24 Stage 33 Be frugal 50 Toper 25 Abbreviated with 53 Musts 26 Indian 34 Doily 56 Of wings water 35 Amos of 57 Sing in vessel baseball the Tyrol 27 Dress 36 Rackety 58 Beverage shape 37 Servant of in cans 28 Season a kind 59 Actress 29 Simulacrum 38 Operated Diana 30 Keen 39 Cook’s 60 Proboscis 31 Boat part creation 61 Spouted 33 “The March 40 Beer pitcher King” Roared” 43 Stony chamber 44 Seaweed 45 Helper 46 Smoking device Yesterday’s Puzzle Solved: E R N A W E !D ¦ H (A.T UL 0 or jL \l S L E^ N r T A E T T 0 T w T E N LE 2/2/83 DOWN 1 Asian ox 2 Greek letters 3 Destined 4 Four-in-hand 5 Seism 6 Hare or tortoise, e.g.7 Roman road 8 Wrong: prêt.9 Talented one 10 Fragment 11 Crusty slice 12 Naturalness 15 Doorkeeper 18 Titles 19 Peace goddess 23 Certain votes 36 Misbehaving 37 Cover with tar 39 Kind of goose 40 Fastener 42 Creators 43 Term in chess 45 “— to go before I sleep” 46 Chief 47 European capital 48 Eskers 49 Pedestal part 50 TV interference 51 Be flirtatious 52 Ruler 54 Charged particle 55 Sherbet 1 2 3 ‘ j 13 17 20 14 18 25 32 35 38 41 26 27 22 42 44 46 47 48 53 56 59 19 r 10 11 12 r 29 134 57 54 60 30 31 55 158 161 HALIFAX (CP) Medical officials in Nova Scotia have a warning for women thinking of giving birth at home: Don’t do it.Unexpected complications could threaten the health of both mother and child.“Home births are not safe,” said Dr.Leo Peddle, chairman of the Nova Scotia Medical Society’s committee on maternal prenatal health.He said the argument against home births rests with the number of deliveries which have unexpected complications — about 15 per cent of all births.Last week, three Nova Scotia women were charged with criminal negligence following a home birth in Halifax.The infant, born Jan.18, remains on a life-support system in hospital because of undisclosed complications.The mother was not charged.Full details, of what happened at the home birth have not been revealed, but police have said an ambulance was eventually called and the mother and baby girl were taken to hospital.One of the three women charged is a * registered nurse.Her lawyer, Walter Thompson of Halifax, has said he believes it’s the first time in Canada that criminal charges have been laid in con-necton with a home birth, and “the law is very thin’’ on the subject.The charge of gross negligence causing bodily harm carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.The three women, all in their 30s, have been released on their own recognizance and will appear in provincial court Feb.10 to enter pleas.Complications can be predicted in most pregnant women who are watched, and these high-risk cases do not pose problems when backup hospital facilities and staff are immediately available, Peddle said.Peddle said the argument that economic or en vironmental factors might influence a mother to give birth at home no longer stands.Today, medical and hospital insurance plans cover the patient's hospital bills, he said.HOSPITALS TRY Arguments that the home is a better environment for giving birth than a hospital are no longer true, he said The hospitals are “bending over back wards” to ensure mothers enjoy all the dignity, responsibility and shar-d pleasure possible from the experience, he said.A father can join the mother at prenatal classes and support her in the delivery room, he said Salvation Army Maj.Eleanor Johnson, executive director of the Grace Maternity Hospital, said it is recognized that hospital deliveries no longer need be a “cold, scientific process." The decision to give birth at home may be a reaction to the clinical delivery processes in hospitals 25 years ago, she said.“Then, the mother was rendered unconscious, whether or not she wanted to be, and the doctors did their thing," Johnson said.“The mother had not the opportunity to experience those few moments of joy which are so much a fundamental part of delivery.“Now, we recognize the great psychological benefits which come from the bonding of the baby to the mother during and after delivery.” Leg-hold animal traps anger N.B.landowners FREDERICTON (CP) — The agony of a dog named Tina and the outrage of her owners have raised a howl of public protest in New Brunswick over whose rights take precedence — those of landowners or trappers.Tina, a black Labrador, was recently caught for several hours in a wire snare near her home on thè outskirts of Fredericton.She still bears the physical scars on her snout from the ordeal.But the horror of the experience of finding and freeing Tina cut deep into the feelings of her owners, Bruce and Marion Gumming.The Cummings have channelled their indignation at what happened to Tina on their own property into a vigorous, public probe of the legal situation governing trapping in New Brunswick Gumming, a biology professor at the University of New Brunswick, has appeared on television, written letters-to-the-editor and given radio and newspaper interviews to drive home his message that legal curbs are needed to stop trappers from abusing the rights of landowners and animals.There is little in New Brunswick law to prevent trapping on private land, even near homes, without the prior consent of the landowner.The Fish and Wildlife Act does not establish geographic limitations for trapping and it is up to the landowner to clearly post boundaries before trespassing becomes a chargeable offence There is a code of ethics that recommends the landowner be asked permission before snares and traps are set.But Gumming and other people who have written to New Brun swick newspapers maintain the code is frequently ignored Gumming said provincial and federal laws conflict with each other in relation to trapping in New Brunswick DESTROYED TRAPS Gumming was snared himself several times before he could reach Tina and cut her free.He said he destroyed several traps.It is against the law in New Brunswick to tamper with fur-trapping gear, no matter where it is set.However, Gumming said the Criminal Gode of Canada states that “everyone commits an offence who willfully causes unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal or bird.” He said Tina was in terrible pain but not unconscious when he reached her.“So, when I removed the trap holding Tina, I was breaking the provincial law, but if I had not removed the trap, 1 would have been breaking the Criminal Code of Canada,” Gumming said.Regulations governing New Brunswick trappers have come under close scrutiny at the same time Nova Scotia trappers face the possible loss of their right to trap on privately owned land.The New Brunswick Trappers’ Association is not unsympathetic to the concerns raised by people like the Gum mings.The provincial government now is reviewing trapping regulations with an eye to tightening up the situation on private lands, especially near homes.Spokesmen for New Brunswick trappers say they want clearly stated regulations as much as landowners.The trappers’ association has recommended a prohibition on the use of traps within 300 metres of an occupied dwelling, unless the landowner gives permission.Stacey Keach likes playing harder roles NEW YORK (AP) Stacy Keach has built a solid reputation as an actor on playing “difficult roles.” On stage, he has proven himself in such diverse parts as Bar num and Hamlet On the screen, his characters have ranged from the down-and-out boxer of Fat City, to Fia Zadora’s father-lover in Butterfly.So it should come as no surprise that he plays the most emotionally vulnerable role in the five-character film, That Championship Season.Based on Jason Miller’s Pulitzer Prizewinning play, the film is about four men who have a reunion with their high school basketball coach.The occasion is to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their winning the Pennsylvania State High School basketball championship.“Basically it’s a story about love, betrayal, foregiveness and broken dreams,' says Keach, who portrays the friend and campaign manager of the character played by Bruce Dern, who is running for re-election as mayor.When Keach’s character learns he’s about to be dumped for a more sophisticated group of political advisers, his loyalty is tested to the ultimate: He has to give up the one thing he loves for the good of the,team.CALVIN KLEIN JEANS $25°° (blue, black & stonewashed denim) Feb.3-5thThurs., Fri.& Sat.ONLY Always 20% - 40% Discount 011 Retail We Carry All Lines Of Popular Name Brand Jeans SWEATER & JEAN OUTLET 57 Main St.-NEWPORT, Vf.A Family Discount Store 10—Hie RECORD—Wednesday, February 2,1083 Sports fleconl Napier, Mondou fire two goals each as Habs romp VANCOUVER ¦> • -ï WÿWrwmÊi '¦ 'Cm"' V" •2—Tlie RECORD—Wednesday, February 2,19fCi n____thcj uecara United Church Women hold January meeting SUTTON The U.C.W.of C'a 1 vary United Church held their first meeting for 198:i in the church hall on Wednesday, Jan 26, beginning at 9:30 a m The president Mar jorie Thompson opened the meeting with all repeating the Purpose in unison Devotional was taken by Susan de St, Croix with a lovely reading (The Hlessed New Yean followed by all repeating the Lord’s prayer Minutes of the last meeting, as well as Ihose from the executive meeting, held at the Russell home in January were read and accepted as read.A tentative plan for the year’s work was set up at the executive meeting and passed at the regular meeting, programs for the year’s work will be copied and handed to members at a future date Correspondence consisted of thank-you notes for Christmas Cheer boxes, one con tained a donation, a thank-you from the board of managers for money received from the UCW in 1982 Other thanks were expressed for elderly people by members who had seen them since the holidays and been thanked in person Treasurer’s report by Beth Travers showed a good balance Plans were finalized for Sunday service held at our church on Jan 30 when the other churches participated Tea and cookies were served by the UCW after the service Members were reminded that Enrichment Day would be held at Granby on January 27.World Day of Prayer service will be held on March 4 at the United Church here.Loud speakers in the church need repairing and each member was asked to bring a terrycloth dishtowel to next meeting for the church kitchen The day at the Foyer was reported as being most successful and some of the UCW members have had calls from residents at the Foyer who enjoyed the afternoon With no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Mable Boyce and Phyllis.Estall Refreshments were served by Beth Travers and Angie Sherrer and a social hour spent.Mrs.Josie Thompson thanked the hostesses.VISA and MasterCard IODE coffee party ROCK ISLAND UHi A goodly number of Stanstead Chapter IODE members and invited guests gathered on Friday morning, January 28 at the home of Mr.and Mrs.Arthur E.Curtis where Mrs.Curtis (Maudi graciously greeted and welcomed them Delicious hot muffins, sweet breads and other goodies were served from the kitchen and the dining table with coffee and all enjoyed these, along with visiting.Doris llarlley was in charge of the collections.Lexie Rogers, a Vice Regent gave words of ap preciation to Maud for having the friendly party.She reminded all that the deadline date to attend the Founders Day celebration being held in Montreal on Feb.9 is fast approaching and if intending to go one should register soon.Vivian Davis noted that CJAD had an excellent commentary on the 1983 IODE calendars which have a picture each month of a scene in the Provinces of Canada and NWT.Mrs Curtis added a few words of appreciation that so many had come to the party.Prize winners were Anna Gain, Dorothy Gordon and Ivy Hatch The February party will be an nounced at the Chapter meeting on Feb.7.Astro Thursday, Feb.3 cYour cBirthday February 3, 1983 Things aren't likely to be handed to you on a silver platter this coming year, but It you are willing to work hard you'll be capable of outstanding achievements.Give vent to your ambitions AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.19) Conditions should be favorable tor you today, both at work and where your purse is concerned This might be the time to query the boss about a raise Order now: the NEW Astro-Graph Matchmaket wheel and booklet which reveals romantic combinations, compatibilities for all signs, tells how to get along with others, linds rising signs, hidden qualities, plus more.Send $2 to Astro-Graph, Box 489.Radio City Station, N Y 10019.Send an additional $1 foi your Aquarius Astro-Graph predictions tor 1983.Be sure to give yout 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WBBBÊ Learning to read as an adult ‘We have to make it interesting.They’re not a captive audience' By Carla Straessle LENNOXVILLE - Something is at last being done about an often hidden problem, that affects about 35 per cent of Quebec's total population: illiteracy.Adult illiteracy is not a phenomenon particular to Quebec though this is the province with the highest incidence of it.One in 15 Canadians can t read, the experts say Louise Orr.of Hatley, has been working for the past three years to set up a network, of volunteer tutors for Eastern Townshippers who can't read She and three others in the province train these tutors in an intensive 10-hour workshop, then match each one up with a student in their community.From there it's up to them where and how often they w ant to meet," Orr says."The average time spent with a student rsso*s jcr** Louise Orr.It's important they have a positive outlook from the beginning.per week is two or three hours." Of the 100 or so tutors in the Townships.Orr said, “We do get many exteachers.though tutors with no teaching experience are often better for this They have no pre-conceived notions of how it should be done.It basically takes someone who's sympathetic.understanding and has the time." The program, affiliated with Laubach Literacy of Canada, and funded by the Quebec ministry of Education, uses the Laubach method, with very structured materials designed to be used by volunteers.The basic core material consists of five work books with teachers' manuals and readers.There is also a large selection of easy-reading books for adults Orr emphasizes the fact that they don't use childrens' books.They start off by giving the student a short test to get an idea of their level of ability, though they usually start from the first book, which reviews the alphabet.Orr explains this: “It's very important they have a positive outlook from the beginning.It's often difficult to know' where they’re having problems, so if we start from the beginning, we can usually catch it." Hating the level of success is very difficult, according to Orr because, “People get out of the problem what they put into it and a lot depends on their expectations." "Some have very high ones and they expect to finish high school and CEGEP " She says this is not always realistic for everyone and adds.“We concentrate on trying to give people ‘functional literacy' so they can function in society.As far as that goes, we’ve been very successful.” "Basically, it gives people an enormous amount of self-confidence Tutors say they see positive changes right from the start." Some students have even gone on to become tutors.Orr says success if a very important part of the program “We tell tutors that it's very important to students to have success every time, even just a little.We have to make it interesting They're not a captivated audience like kids ' She says that with this method, students — especially those who know the least — can see improvement almost immediately The students, who range in age from 21 to their late 60s, are often hesitant problem”, Orr says “Other provinces won't admit it exists." Orr tuts been working for the Eastern Townships Regional School Board for the past three years as a community animator and is chairperson of Laubach Literacy of Canada for the Quebec region.She says that in Quebec all such literacy programs are associated with the school boards."Eleven English School boards in Oiiebec have programs Wo ve gotten together to co-operate on publicity She holds a workshop to train tutors, at the beginning of each academic year and whenever there is a demand for such thereafter There is a toll free number those interested in becoming a volunteer can call, which is funded by the ministry: (HOOi 363-3669or for further information call Louise Orr at 569 946B about coming out and saying they have this problem, according to Orr's experiences "Many are very negative about anything associated with school.This is one advantage of having volunteers.Also many people think they can’t learn, that they're stupid or too old.We have one 66-year-old man doing fine right now.” She says that on the contrary, it 's often the younger ones who have problems.They don't have the motivation yet.“You tiave to really want it, and have to work.It's not something that can happen overnight." Students stay in the program for as long as they want and there are no credits or pass and fail marks.There are now about 100 volunteers in the Townships and this number is grow ing Orr says that it’s a slow kind of project to get off the ground, as prospective students can obviously only hear about it through word of mouth or radio.It was determined in the 1976 cencus that 35 per cent of Quebec's population of 15 and over is functionally illiterate, which they equate with less than grade 8 education.“The government of Quebec is really the only one in Canada to have recognized illiteracy as a major I TNSII's Louise Orr says many of the reading programs graduates re turn as reading tutors.A new Eastern Townships reader: ‘A great thing.It’s hard, though' By Carla Straessle LENNOXVILLE — Robert Christie of Sherbrooke is proud of himself.At age 38, he is learning to read with the help of a private volunteer tutor.He and Jean Jenkins of Lennoxville have been meeting an average of twice weekly for about 45 minutes per session at the Lennoxville United Church, since early fall.Since then.Christie, has successfully completed the first of five books in the program and received his first certificate.He says he will frame it along with the four more to come.He describes the program so far as, “a great thing.It's hard though.It’s harder to learn when you're older " He heard of the volunteer tutoring program run by the Eastern Townships Regional School Board through the Sherbrooke Hospital's health service where Christie works nights.Christie was only able to attend school up until grade four and even then, he admits, “I never went to school half the time because my father had polio, so I had to stay home to work on the farm " The farm was in Albert Mines and Christie would usually walk the five or six miles to and from Lennoxville to go to school.Since then, Christie says, “I thought about going to night school, but if I w'ent at night I couldn't work.My days aren't long enough." Although he could write only his name until recently, he says, “I could do pretty near anything I wanted: I fool a lot of people.” For instance, he passed his driving tests with 90 per cent on the practical exam and 95 per cent on the written, which may not say much for the exam.“My sister taught me the signs." He also finds his way around well enough to have been employed as a truck driver, though he can’t read street signs “1 bought a house, did all the transactions, and wrote my will.I manage." He manages very well in several other fields, which include butchering, auto mechanics and body work, wood cutting and chicken farming.Robert Christie realizes that learning to read involves much self-discipline and practice His tutor, Jean Jenkins of Lennoxville says it's “like learning another language.It depends so much on how much time is available.” She says they both find that it is very tiring meeting for longer than 45 minutes at a stretch with just the two of them.Although Christie does not have much time in which to practice, he has managed in a short five months to master the alphabet and can already read simple stories that are part of the Laubach Literacy “Each One Teach One" method used by the Adult Education program of the ETRSB The reading materials, designed to be Ixith informative and interesting to the adult learning to read, can take a student to a grade six reading level.Christie says he has mentioned the program to his 24 year old brother, who, although still in school, has trouble writing his name, according to Christie.“He stutters wicked, but he don't care to learn ' As both Jenkins and Christie main tain, you've got to really want to learn and be willing to work for it.Christie says his wife and two children have been very supportive, which makes a big difference.Robert Christie's ambition is “to be able to sit down after supper, like everyone else, with my pipe and read the paper." Except that, he adds, laughing, “I don't smoke anymore though." ]É|hm| ¦ Practice makes perfect: Volunteer Jean Jenkins and adult student Robert Christie get together a couple of times a week.Robert Christie says his new-found skill is ' 'a great thing." Learning disabilities discounted: ‘It’s a fraud from beginning to end One reason many youngsters lose the urge to read is that early in their school careers they are branded as having learning disabilities'.This catch-all term has come into disrepute in recent years.Some Toronto specialists explain whv: TORONTO (CP) — In the next two years, an expected 100.000 Ontario children will be labelled as learning disabled although there are no widely accepted methods of identifying the disabilities.Educators and psychologists don't agree on whether the problems are with the children or their schools.Some use the term for almost all children who are not doing well in school.Others curse the label and say the disability is found in the teacher who doesn't modify a curriculum to meet the child's needs In 1980, the province enacted legislation requiring school boards to bring in special education programs by 1985 to meet the needs of all children, including the physically and mentally handicapped, the emotionally disturbed and the exceptionally gifted While about 240,000 Ontario pupils — 12 per cent of the student population — are enrolled in some kind of special education program in the public school system.Education Ministry officials expect as many as 100,000 more may be identified as needing the programs.Programs now in place accommodate children who are emotionally disturbed, mentally retarded or physically handicapped The learning disabled label is a relatively new addition to the grab-bag of euphemisms describing children with learning problems.Students with learning disabilities usually do well on intelligence tests but poorly in academic subjects Many of the children are hyperactive and have difficulty concentrating on their work LACKS EVIDENCE Robert MacIntyre, a psychologist who investigated the identification of learning disabilities for the Ontario Ministry of Education, said the label requires a judgment that probably can t be backed up entirely with em pirical evidence “Tm a university lecturer with a doctorate and, on some tests, I show up as having a learning disability," MacIntyre said.“There are enough instruments (tests) fine-tuned so you can turn up a learning disability in anyone." George Martell, former Toronto school trustee who now lectures at York University, agrees there is no scientific validity to the assessments “It's a fraud from beginning to end," he said in an interview."The kids would do better if the schools pay no attention to the learning disabled identification." He said unless there is retardation, if a child isn’t learning to read and write, the problem is in the classroom and the curriculum should be adjusted DUMPS PROBLEMS I/earning disability programs are merely a new dumping ground for problem kids especially children from working-class families, he said Martin Kravitz, founder of the Toronto Learning Centre, a private school for children with learning disabilities, disagrees with Martell.He says some bright children really do have learning problems, regardless of how they are labelled Every child learns differently and those differences become disabilities when they prevent a student from keeping up in class, he said.MacIntyre said tests to identify children with learning disabilities are flawed because a child’s intelligence is not measured against standards based on the performance of others with similar problems.In the absence of accepted guidelines, school boards have developed their own assessment methods, using various tests administered by people with varioas levels of training and often interpreted by committees whose members are not trained in testing, MacIntyre said RECORD, CARLA STRAESSLE 14—The KECORI»—Wednesday, February 2, 19t£i Prices shown in this page are valid from February 2nd to February 8th.We reserve the right to limit quantities.No sales to merchants.If a supermarket is short of an advertised item, please ask for a rain-check at the information counter.YOU’LL GET HOOKED ON OUR PRICES ! 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