The record, 28 décembre 1983, mercredi 28 décembre 1983

Wednesday Births, deaths .7 Business.5 Classified .12 Comics .17 Editorial .4 Living .6 Sports .8-9 ».\i./ '.0 r'' t • SNOWY USA DUBKA.AGE II CXXJKSHIRh PRIMARY Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Wednesday, December 28, 198,1 30 cents Human rights group condemns Sherbrooke police action “It came without the instruction manual.” SHERBROOKE — Machinegun bullet holes in the motel room walls and mattress show that police “never gave them a chance,” motel owner Guy Donahue says of last Friday’s ill-starred raid by Sherbrooke police in which two innocent men were shot, one fatally.A civil rights group condemned the shooting of Serge Beaudoin, 34, father of a five-year-old boy, and said : “As a society, we cannot accept primitive justice of the shoot-first-ask-questions-later type.” “If the coroner’s inquest reveals that the police acted in a reckless manner on the strength of vague ‘suspicions.’ let us hope the (Quebec) attorney-general will act accordingly,” the Human Rights League said in a statement issued in Montreal.The Québec Police Force, ordered by the Quebec Justice Ministry to investigate the bungled raid, issued a statement Tuesday to say they will not comment on the case until the inquest by ad-hoc coroner Denis Bou-drias.The inquest to determine if there is any criminal responsibility in Beaudoin’s death is expected to be held next week.Two Sherbrooke police officers.Roger Dion and André Castonguay, both 40, have been suspended pending the results of the investigation.Both 14-year veterans, they handed in their badges and weapons on Tuesday.Justice Minister Marc-André Bedard also ordered the Québec Police Commission Tuesday to conduct its own investigate of the incident once the coroner has completed his work.JUST WORKMEN Beaudoin and companion Jean-Paul Beaumont.32, two residents of the Québec City area who were in Sherbrooke to work on a couple of carpet-laying jobs, were mistaken for suspects in last Thursday's robbery and slaying of a Brink’s guard at the Carrefour de l'Estrie.They had arrived at the motel in nearby Rock Forest at 5 a.m.Friday after working all night, Beaumont has said.Both were sleeping when police struck less than two hours later, firini' through the door of their room.Beaudoin was fatally shot.Beau mont was wounded on the chin and neck but was released from hospital Saturday Donahue, owner of LeChatillon mo-, tel, said two Rock Forest police officers woke him about 6 a.m., asking to seethe registration cards.One officer went out to check the licence plates of cars in the parking lot Sec AMBULANCE page 3 Reagan takes blame for marine casualties LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Reagan is waiting for the Democrats to “make political hay” out of the Beirut bombing that killed 241 U.S.military personnel, but he doesn’t plan to discipline anyone or withdraw the marines from Lebanon because of the blast, a White House official says.Anticipating the public release today of a special commission’s report on the Oct.23 attack, the president accepted “full responsibility fcr the incident,” White House spokesman Larry Speakes said Tuesday as Reagan arrived in Los Angeles for a vacation.Lévesque’s number 1 in salary WINNIPEG (CP) — Howard Pawley and Rene Levesque have an annual salary gap of $33,821 — with Pawley on the short end.A report by two officials of the Ontario legislature following a comparative study of the salaries paid to Canadian legislators shows Pawley, NDP premier of Manitoba, is paid $56,506 a year.Levesque, who heads Quebec’s Parti Québécois government, has an annual salary of $90,327.The other 10 provincial and territorial leaders fall somewhere in between with, for example, British Columbia’s Bill Bennett getting $76,527 and Nova Scotia’s John Buchanan $65,614.The study by Robert Flemming and Thomas Mitchinson, both senior non-elected officials of the Ontario legislature, also shows that Manitoba’s ministers with departmental responsibility are the lowest paid among all Canadian provincial ministers.Only the Yukon pays cabinet ministers less than the Manitoba rate of $50,506 — and the difference is only $122 a year.“Certainly the premier’s salary and cabinet ministers' salaries are among the lowest in the country,” says Andy Anstett.Manitoba’s government house leader.One reason for the comparatively low rate of pay in Manitoba is that legislature members in the province “until recent years have tended to view themselves as part-time politicians,” he says.DEVOTE FULL TIME Only in the past 10 years have Manitoba legislators begun devoting themselves full time to their political jobs.The basic pay for the 57 members of the Manitoba legislature is $31,814, which ranks them fifth in the country, behind Quebec ($44,702), Ontario ($44,475), British Columbia (40,047) and New Brunswick ($37,894).At the bottom of the list is the Northwest Territories, with a basic annual salary of $17,613.The 96-page report says “it is impossible to arrive at a fair and accurate comparison of members across the country without taking into account the full range of perquisites provided in each jurisdiction.” Perquisites is defined in dictionaries as casual profit or income additional to normal income.The study found that among the provinces and territories providing an accommodation allowance for members representing constituencies outside capital cities, Manitoba was again on the low end of the scale — $40 a day when the legislature is sitting.Members in the Yukon get $29.80 a day for meals but their accommodation is paid separately.Manitoba members also get less money for constituency work than those in other provinces and territories that grant such allowances.The report places the responsibility for security flaws at the marine headquarters in Beirut before the bombing on the entire military chain of command, including the commander in chief, by law the president of the United States.A White House official accompanying Reagan said the president will review “alternate ways of deploying the marines” over the next several weeks and will confer with Donald Rumsfeld, his special Middle East envoy, after returning to Washington next week.MARINES TO STAY The source said there is “only a remote possibility we would pull the marines off and put them on the ships.” And, in reviewing the report, the president decided once again “that the United States’ forces would remain there, in Beirut.until our goals are accomplished.” Reagan told reporters before leaving the White House that “while there’s hope for peace, we have to remain” in Lebanon.The official, speaking on the condition that he not be identified by name, said Reagan believes that certain aspects of the House of Representatives’ subcommittee report on the bombing “and other activities that, may take place in the House” when Congress begins its next session in January “do have political overtones.” Democrats have balked at the deployment of the 1,800 U.S.marines in the U.S.contingent of the multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon.Republicans, including Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, have also expressed opposition and the Republican leadership in Congress has been reluctant to support that aspect of the president’s Middle East policy.The official said he thought the Democrats would use the House study and the report prepared by a special commission under retired admiral Robert Long for political purposes."No doubt some are quite sincere in their beliefs,” he said.“On the other hand, there’s no doubt that they will try to make political hay out of it.” Asked whether the political element played a part in the president’s decision to forgo disciplinary action, the official said Reagan “felt a local commander in Beirut could not have anticipated this kind of thing.” “A court martial would have unfairly treated these guys,” he said.Ji .v V, ITWv >'¦ * KM*'* City crews finish clean-up RECORD PI KK Y BEATON The work of cleaning up last week's snowfall which began Monday, continued last night as city crews scraped, shovelled and trucked thousands of tons of snow from city streets and byways.Hut with more snow expected today and tomorrow, driving will still be hazardous throughout Sherbrooke.Andropov goes missing again as rumors grow MOSCOW (CF) — Yuri Andropov, the Soviet Communist party chief and head of state, failed today to attend the opening of the Supreme Soviet, the country’s nominal parliament.Witnesses said Premier Nikolai Tikhonov presided over the opening ceremony.The ailing Andropov, 69, who is president of the Supreme Soviet, has missed a Red Square parade and a two-day session of the Communist party Central Committee.He has been out of public view since Aug.18 although officials say he is only suffering from a cold.The Washington Post says Andropov has been undergoing dialysis treatment for a serious and debilitating kidney disease.Many observers have suggested that Andropov’s illness may force him to step down, but there are indications that his choices for promotion and his policies are still being heeded.A surprising omission from the report delivered in his name to the Central Committee was any reference to foreign policy.The Supreme Soviet was expected to approve the party’s economic plan for 1984.It also was expected to legalize a series of tough measures designed to end absenteeism and slacking in industry and offer better incentives for workers and managers.There has been speculation the Supreme Soviet may also approve some changes in government structure, possibly relieving aging Tikhonov of his premiership.Although it is rare for any senior Soviet leader to leave his post voluntarily, some western embassy offi cials have suggested that Tikhonov, 77, may be willing to move aside.The Supreme Soviet was expected to meet for two days.In Washington, meanwhile, The Post quoted unidentified informed medical and government sources in the United States as saying that despite kidney dialysis.Andropov is able Franco-Manitobans don’t like diluted bill WINNIPEG (CP) — The president of La Société franco-manitobaine says his group may withdraw its support of a tentative agreement with the Manitoba government to extend French-language services in the province.Leo Robert said Tuesday the government has diluted the plan, and members of the society may vote next month to reject it.Robert, whose group represents Manitoba’s six-per-cent French speaking population, said he complained last week to Municipal Affairs Minister Andy Anstett about a new clause that would restrict the status of French as an official language in Manitoba .The society, the province and the federal government agreed tentatively in May on an amendment to the Canadian Constitution that would make English and French the official languages of Manitoba., But Premier Howard Pawley’s NDP government recently introduced a new proposal that is believed to be designed to placate Conservative opposition members and other critics of the first plan.The latest proposal says the official languages section doesn't apply to municipalities, school divisions or school districts.SOCIETY UPSET “We do not agree with entrenching in the constitutional amendment an exemption for municipalities and others,” Robert said.The original accord also called for a constitutionally guaranteed right to French-language services in certain offices of the provincial government.Under the first plan, the government would have until 1993 to translate and enact about 400 English-only.Manitoba statutes.In return, Winnipeg lawyer Roger Bilodeau would drop his Supreme Court challenge of all unilingual laws passed in Manitoba since 1890.Now the province plans to define French services through an act of the legislature, rather than through constitutional entrenchment.A simple majority in the legislature can repeal any provincial statute, but it takes consent of the legislature and Parliament to amend the Constitution Robert is also upset at the province’s intention to withdraw French-language services from the constitutional sphere, but said he is powerless to do much about it.“It’s certain that we’re not exactly in agreement with it but it's impossible to have it entrenched,” Robert said.He said many French-speaking people in the province are suggesting withdrawal of the society’s support and taking the bilingualism issue to the Supreme Court of Canada.The Supreme Court vindicated French-language activist Georges Forest in 1979 when it quashed a parking ticket on the grounds that it was issued in English only.In doing so, the country’s highest court restored French as an official language of Manitoba’s courts and legislature.Robert said the most that French-speaking residents of Manitoba could expect from the Supreme Court decision on the Bilodeau case would be an order that the province translate all of its 4,500 laws.Robert also grudgingly supports most of the current proposal because it still calls for some French-language services in the province.“We haven’t come all this way to give up at the last minute,” the president said He added, however, that the society’s general membership may take a more militant stance when it meets in January to ratify or reject the plan.The legislature is expected to sit early next month to deal with the French-language issue.to function well mentally and main tain his control of the government.But an unidentified government source told The Post that Andropov’s long-term medical prognosis isn’t good.One unidentified American surgeon, who the newspaper said had good European and Soviet contacts, was quoted as saying: “I wouldn't expect him (Andropov) to be around very long, really, very possibly no more than a year or two.That’s on the basis of what I have heard about his condition, though of course I haven't seen him myself and can hardly be sure.” Dialysis involves being connected to a machine for several hours three or four times a week to cleanse the bloodstream of impurities that disea sed kidneys cannot filzer out.The Soviet leader was placed on dialysis by an East German kidney specialist using a sophisticated West German machine, The Post said.The sources also said Andropov s doctors either considered or performed a kidney transplant.An Amen can kidney specialist, who has been in touch with his informed European colleagues, was quoted as saying that if Andropov had undergone a kidney transplant, his body had apparently rejected it and he had been forced to go back on dialysis.Ali Agca gave Pope ‘confession1 during prison visit say chaplains ROME (AP) — Prison officials suggest that Mehmet Ali Agca, in his pri vate meeting with Pope John Paul, may have clarified some of the mysteries behind his attempted assassination of the Pope.The 25-year-old Turk and the pontiff met for 21 minutes Tuesday at Agca’s cell in Rome’s Rebibbia prison.A Rome radio quoted unidentified prison officials as saying Agca had wanted to “tell the whole story” to the Pope and seek his intervention to get his sentence commuted.The state-run RA1 television reported that prison chaplains considered the meeting “a virtual confession.” “Of course, Agca is a Moslem and it couldn’t have been a confession in the sacramental sense, but it was closest thing he (Agca) could have had,” the radio report said.Asked what they discussed, John Paul told reporters: “That is a secret that must remain between him and me.I spoke to a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.” “They spoke to each other in whispers, almost as if they were in a confessional,” Vatican spokesman Rev.Pierfranco Pastore said.The meeting came 2‘/i years after Agca shot the Polish-born pontiff in St Peter's Square, inflicting severe inju ries in the abdomen.The shooting — for which Agca is serving a life sen tence — is being investigated, prompted by allegations that Bulgarian intelligence agents may have helped or paid Agca.A key Bulgarian suspect.Sergei Ivanov Antonov, left Rebibbia Iasi week after 13 months in custody, amid reports suggesting Italian authorities may no longer be convinced by the so-called Bulgarian connection to the assassination attempt.Antonov, charged with complicity-in the shooting, was placed under house arrest in a Rome apartment where he was reported to be receivin', medical attention for a variety ol ail ments.1 P 2—The RECORD—Wednesday, December 28, 198,'t Major charities okay but others face difficult times Amid layoffs and recession, Canadians are still digging into their wallets for charities, but in many cases they are coming up with change instead of folding money.Some charitable organizations across the country have met their goals this year.But others have fallen short at a time when their services are needed more than ever.An informal survey shows that most major charities, the high- profile organizations like UNI CEF and the Canadian Lung Association — w hich runs the Christmas seal campaign — are fin ding most of the money they need.The Canadian Cancer Society fell short this year, as did United Way campaigns in several areas.Some smaller groups are also feeling the pinch.“In 1983 we didn’t make our goal,’’ said Barbara Kilbert of the cancer society.“It wasn’t by a large amount, but it was enough' to make us wary." The society set out to raise $25 million in its 1983 fund-raising, mainly through its big Cancer Month drive in April The campaign brought in $23.5 million.“It's the first time in our 45-year history we didn't make our goal,” Kilbert said.NO PATTERN She said the shortfalls came right across the country.“I don't think you can really find a pat- tern.” But the lung association does see a pattern R.G Theriault, the association’s executive director, said donations from Western Canada are holding their own and show potential for growth.But in parts of the East, hard-hit by the recession, contributions are off."Anyone who is in the fundraising business is finding leaner pickings than they did 10 years ago," Theriault said.Alice Ross of the March of Dimes said the spare-change boxes often set out by cash registers in stores haven’t been doing as well this year as they have in the past.Sharon Grainge, a spokesman for the British Columbia Heart Fund, is nervous.“We are concerned,” she said.“Everybody is.We’re hoping that people will be generous.” 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.Funnel-web makes Sydney |\| 0^3.jn_bnef the world’s spider capital SYDNEY (AP) — The Wanted for Murder poster shows a killer that has plagued Australia’s largest city for years : a black spider with needle-like fangs.The Sydney funnel-web is a poisonous spider found only in and around this city.Every year, hundreds suffer agonizing bites that can kill in anywhere from 15 minutes to 30 hours.“It just happens that the largest city in Australia sits in the epicentre of one of the deadliest spiders,” said Dr.Merlin Howden of Macquarie Univer sity.“Everyone in Sydney hasthem in their backyard.’’ Attacks by the spider have been growing as the city of more than three million expands into the surrounding countryside.Gardens are ideal forthe funnel-web, which lives as much as a metre underground.Sixteen people are known to have been killed by funnel-webs in the past 20 years.Howden said.For unknown reasons, not all who are bitten die.There are no figures on how many have been attacked because severity of the bite varies and not all are reported.But.Howden said, “it’s quite likely it’s in the thousands the number who are being bitten each year.” Researchers at Macquarie have de-veloped a vaccine they hope can be used to immunize against funnel-web bites.Although an anti-venom was de- veloped in 1980, Howden said the best protection would be a vaccine.In a corner of the Macquarie campus, in a small, unmarked building with iron bars on the windows, hundreds of funnel-webs are kept in jars.Every week.Howden and his assis-» tants milk the venom of the spiders.The venom has been used in recent research to develop a vaccine that generates anti-bodies.Only the male funnel-web is deadly.A weekly milking of a male spider produces about 17-millionths of a gram of poison, more than a fatal dose, but microscopic for research needs.Developing the vaccine requires large amounts of venom and the university has started a campaign to collect funnel-webs.The Wanted for Murder posters erected around the city ask people to call when they see a funnel-web.Collectors who respond to the calls have captured hundreds of the spiders.Howden said it will take two more years of milking hundreds of spiders to gather enough venom to finish the research.Ron Classens, a research assistant who milks the spiders, said many people have helped in the collection of funnel-webs.“They’re just waiting for the day when they can be vaccinated against this thing,” he said.Doomsday prophet back in jail Shultz to attend disarmament talks Military imprisonment outlawed South Africans worried over Namibian escalation JOHANNESBURG (AD — South Africa has confirmed its forces have thrust deep into Angola in the hunt for black nationalist guerrillas fighting to end South African rule over neighboring Namibia.Gen.Constand Viljoen, chief of the defence force, also said South African soldiers clashed in recent days with Angolan forces, making for “a wor rying situation.” Until last week, the white-minority government of South Africa had denied Angolan accusations of a new cross-border offensive into Angola.The Angolan army usually avoids South African soldiers on periodic raids against Namibian guerrillas in southern Angola.But, said Viljoen, this time the guerrillas “scurried to hide behind (Angolan army) skirts,” increasing the chances for wider conflict over Namibia, also known as South-West Africa.Viljoen told reporters late Monday night after a trip to the border area that South African forces have been operating in Angola against the guerrillas since early December.South Africa’s goal, he said, is to block an offensive, expected next month when the heavy brush of the rainy season provides cover.He said that seven companies of 120 to 140 Weathe Cloudy today with scattered snow Hurries turning to rain late in the atternoon.Thursday, cloudy with some snow.Low tonight -5.guerrillas in each unit planned to infiltrate Namibia by four different routes.South Africa recently proposed a month-long ceasefire in the 17-year-old bush war against guerrillas of the South-West Africa People’s Organization, or SWAPO.Angola called the offer a ploy to distract the UN Security Council from a debate on South African aggression in Angola.The council voted 14-0 last week to order South Africa to withdraw from Angola and to pay damages for its actions there.South Africa has agreed to most provisions of a UN plan for Namibian independence.But it has insisted that no settlement is possible until Angola agrees to send home an estimated 15,000 to 25,000 Cuban soldiers.Angola insists the issues are separate and that the Cuban soldiers are needed to defend against South African aggres-siop.South Africa maintains it enters Angola only to pursue SWAPO guerrillas.The deputy foreign minister of Angola, Venancio de Moura, called South Africa a “stubborn and lying aggressor” and said Angolan forces have battled South African soldiers in several southern Angolan towns in the last week.Moura was quoted Monday as tel ling reporters in Luanda, the Angolan capital, that South Africa has taken control of the town of Cassinga, about 250 kilometres inside Angola.Viljoen confirmed the clashes.In May 1978, Cassinga was the site of the bloodiest fighting in a single day of the conflict.South Africa claimed its commandos killed 650 guerrillas and supporters in a firefight.#1_______________uyj ifecora George MacLaren, Publisher .Charles Bury, Editor .Lloyd G.Scheib, Advertising Manager .Mark Guiliette, Press Superintendent.Richard Lessard, Production Manager .Debra Waite, Superintendent.Composing Room CIRCULATION DEPT—569-9528 Subscriptions by Carrier: 1 year - $65.00 569-9511 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the death of a two-year-old boy and the ritual castration of a cult member, was arrested after Quebec provincial police spotted him last week in a bar in New Carlisle, on the Gaspe Peninsula.Police say Theriault was returned to Orsain-ville jail near Quebec City on Tuesday.Theriault was freed on parole in October on condition that he not enter establishments where liquor was sold.Car costs show small increase TORONTO (CP) — The cost of driving a car 24,000 kilometres in Canada this year was up by just two per cent from 1982 and ranged anywhere from $3,576 to $6,100, says the Canadian Automobile Association.In a report prepared for it by a U.S.consulting firm, the association said the general range of costs for a sub-compact car was $3,576 to $4,282.Compact cars touched the wallet for between $4,154 and $5,038, intermediate cars $4,544 to $5,504 and full-size cars from $5,084 to $6,100.The report said the increase in driving costs was held down by lower gasoline prices and interest charges on car loans, although insurance costs were higher.Frost will force fruit prices up TORONTO (CP) — Consumers can expect to face a brief increase of about 20 per cent in the price of fresh fruit and vegetables because of the severe frost in Florida, Louisiana and Texas over Christmas, says a chief import buyer for a Toronto food broker.Nicholas Luciano, a buyer for F.G.Lister and Co.Ltd., said prices will likely rise for about 10 days before settling down as new sources become available.Like other food buyers, Luciano is trying to find alternate sources for fresh produce.California and Arizona escaped the frost but already have a steady demand for their fruits and vegetables.niug i WASHINGTON (Reuter) — The U.S.State Depart ment formally announced Tuesday that State Secretary George Shultz will attend the opening of the European disarmament conference in Stockholm on Jan.16-18.But department spokesman John Hughes said he has no information on whether Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko would attend.Shultz is expected to go to London prior to the Stockholm meeting.Man burns self, house ROCHESTER,N Y.(AP) —A manisin hospital with burns over 90 per cent of his body after he doused himself with fuel, ignited it and ran back into his home Tuesday night, starting a fire that destroyed the house and sent eight people to hospitals, authorities said.State Police Investigator Gerry Rauber said Robert Adamson, 53, of suburban Lima was apparently trying to commit suicide.Adamson’s wife, Lois Adamson, 41, tried to smother the flames with clothing from a coat rack when her husband ran into the 2'/2-storey house.Children getting holiday hangovers FARMINGTON, Conn.(AP) — Toddlers with hangovers during the holiday season have become a problem in recent years, says an official at the University of Connecticut Health Centre’s poison unit.Assistant Director Dennis Crean says that behind the trend is an upsurge in popularity of cologne, scented cosmetics and other alcohol-based Christmas gifts.Some colognes and perfumes are as much as 75-per-cent alcohol.Alaskan quakes do no damage PALMER.Alaska (AP) — Two moderate earthquakes rocked sections of the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands on Tuesday, the Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre reported.No damage or injuries were reported after the tremors and there were no giant waves, the warning centre said.BUENOS AIRES (AP) — An Argentine judge ruled Tuesday the imprisonment of civilians by military courts is “absolutely contrary to law” and ordered the release of a man jailed since 19i7.Judge Jose Dibur’s precedent-setting verdict is expected to lead to freedom for 56 other prisoners convicted by military courts.He gave his ruling in the case of Benjamin Froim Taub, who was arrested Sept.7, 1977, and later convicted by an armed forces “war tribunal’ ’ of illegal association with a subversive organization and sentenced to 12 years.Killer bees strike nursing home PALMITAL, Brazil (AP) — Thousands of African killer bees attacked patients in a nursing home in this southeastern town, killing a 76-year-old woman and injuring 22 other elderly people, a Roman Catholic nun at the home said Tuesday.Sister Fatima Celia said the attack came suddenly Monday and local firemen using flamethrowers and chemical poisons killed the bees early Tuesday.She said “almost immediately what seemed to be thousands of bees completely covered Mrs.Olivia Batista, who died shortly afterward from excessive amounts of venom.” Cold wave hurting Mexico MEXICO CITY (AP) — A cold wave that has gripped northern Mexico since Christmas Eve is causing extensive damage to the citrus industry and swamping relief agencies’ shelters with impoverished people seeking warmth.The newspaper El Norte in Monterrey, an industrial centre 950 kilometres north of Mexico City, said Tuesday that one indigent man died of exposure there.France expels Iranians PARIS (Reuter) — France has expelled three Iranians employed by the Iranian Islamic Cultural Centre in Paris and is holding five others pending expulsion, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.The French government ordered the closure of the centre Friday and expelled three Iranian diplomats linked to it for “activities incompatible with their diplomatic status.” Buffalo explosion leaves at least six dead BUFFALO, N Y.(CP) — A propane gas explosion destroyed seven buildings in a downtown residential area Tuesday night, killing at least 15 people.One source, however, said six people had died aside from scores of injured in the blast which occurred about three minutes after firefighters arrived at the scene following a report of a liquid propane gas leak.The explosion shattered windows and sent debris flying into the street, crushing a fire truck and blocking the area, which contained many old, wood-frame homes.The Associated Press quoted a spokesman at the Erie County Medical Examiner’s office who declined to give his name as saying originally that seven people were dead, but later said six had died.“We had a report of seven bodies but we only have six accounted for,” he said, adding that at least four of the dead were firefighters.Earlier, Fire Commissioner Fred Langdon had said five firemen had been killed.Reuters news agency, however, quoted police as saying that at least 15 people died in the blast and subsequent fire.Officials at three hospitals said more than 50 injured people were brought in, with injuries including cuts, burns and fractures.More than three dozen houses were damaged, and residents in North Buffalo.up to six kilometres away, felt (he blast.Rescue workers slogged through ankle-deep snow to carry the injured from the scene, and residents, as well as members of the crime-fighting group the Guardian Angels, helped push ambulances that were stuck in the snow in the —6 weather.The fire sparked by the explosion quickly spread to an adjacent bakery and a warehouse.Fire Lieut.Church Manuel said there were “at least seven or eight buildings destroyed.“We can’t be sure,” he said.“Possibly more.We can’t see the total destruction yet.” At least 37 houses and two apartment buildings suffered damage in the explosion and fire, said James Casey, program administrator for emergency services with the Red Cross.A thick cloud of grey smoke rose from the scene and drifted across the eastern part of the city.Rubble covered at least one fire pumper.“I think we have a couple of more vehicles in there too,” said Mayor James Griffin, surveying the scene.LIGHTS WENT OFF Sarah Hampton said she was in the kitchen of her home across the street from the blast site washing dishes when the lights went off and there was “a big noise.” “1 looked over and the house across the street was in flames,” she said.Her own dining room “was full of wood and stuff and I had to walk though it.” She said Lizzie Preston, who lives with her, was under some rubble.“I tried to pull the stuff off of her, but I just couldn’t pull it off.Then I went out and screamed, ’Get her out! Get her out!”’ “There was an explosion, our windows blew out, (and) the whole house just shook,” said Marshall Hunt, a neighbor.Another resident said his “ceiling kept falling down.I thought our house exploded.” “The lights went out, and I was on the floor,” another unidentified wo- man said.“I thought it was The Day After — that picture, that movie.I thought it was the real thing.” At least 50 people were being treated at one hospital.knocked me all the way back into the house’ BUFFALO, N.Y.(AP) — Clinton Holloman pulled off his black fur hat to show how close he had been to the explosion that rocked Buffalo on Tuesday night.“I got the evidence right here,” he said, showing parts of his scalp where the hair had been singed.Holloman, 56, may have been the luckiest survivor of the blast that killed at least six people, five of them firefighters.Reuters news agency quoted police sources as saying that at least 15 people died in the blast and the fire that it touched off.Holloman said he heard the fire trucks arrive at the warehouse several houses down North Division street and decided to go see what was happening.“I was going down there,” he said.But after several steps, he felt an explosion that “knocked me all the way back into the house.” “I thought that a nuclear war had hit,” he said.“I thought the Russians pulled one of them buttons.” The blast left Holloman with a reddened scalp, a bruised knee and a headache, he said, but as he sat at a Red Cross emergency shelter established Canada tops European poll of free countries LONDON (AP) — With 1984 only days off, many Britons, Swiss and West Germans believe “Big Brother” snooping by today’s governments has destroyed individual privacy.Canada topped the British and Swiss lists of countries with “a great deal of freedom.” A three-country Gallup poll, published Tuesday, on how far people believe their societies have moved in the totalitarian direction depicted in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, shows 72 per cent of Britons think “there is no real privacy because the government can learn anything it wants about you." The poll published in The Daily Telegraph newspaper shows 38 per cent of West Germans and 37 per cent of Swiss hold the same view about their governments.It says 68 per cent of Britons, 26 per cent of West Germans and 28 per cent of Swiss also believe their governments use “false words and statistics to hide bad news about (he economy and quality of life.” Orwell’s 1949 novel depicts a totalitarian society ruled by “Big Brother” in which all individual privacy and freedom have been eradicated.The Gallop poll shows in Britain, where Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been in power since 1979, 20 per cent of those interviewed think “the country is ruled by a dictator.” In West Germany, where Helmut Kohl has been chancellor since October 1982, the poll said seven per cent of the people hold that view.In Switzerland, where Pierre Aubert is president, the view is held by five per cent.Aubert was elected by the Swiss Federal Assembly on Dec.8, 1982, as president for this year.TOPS LIST The London newspaper says pollsters also asked those interviewed what countries they believe have “a great deal of freedom.” Of those polled in Britain, 76 per cent named Canada and 73 per cent said Britain and the United States.Eighty-three per cent of the Swiss polled also said Canada fits that discription, while 81 per cent said the United States, 78 per cent named West Germany, 77 percent said France and 73 per cent said Britain.Switzerland itself was not included in the list, but The Telegraph did not say why it was excluded.Fewer than half the people polled in West Germany felt any country offered great freedom.Forty-nine percent named the United States, but only 40 per cent inclu-ded their own country.in a school, he began to realize how fortunate he was.Holloman said that, after receiving treatment for his head, he returned to i the house he was renting and found “the ceiling had caved in” and that “the walls were just leaning.” “It could have been worse if I had been in bed,” he said.Another woman at the shelter, who declined to identify herself, said she was in her bed and was thrown to the floor.She had a sling supporting her arm.The elderly woman said she would stay at her daughter’s overnight, and many of the other victims apparently also declined the hospitality of the shelter.Red Cross spokesman Mary Summers said 15 families had registered with her organization and that she expected about 20 families would stay overnight.In the devastated block, people scrambled to find word on relatives.Tabitha Trotter said she was told her mother was “in intensive care at one of the area hospitals.” She was also told that her uncle, grandfather and grandmother had al so been admitted to hospital but that no one could tell her where they were.(5 SèÊèéîMS The RKC'OKI)—Wednesday, December 28.1983-3 The Townships —___fra Kama After-Brinks police victim ‘assassinated’, says his mourning brother QUEBEC (CP) — With each revelation about last week’s bungled police raid in which Serge Beaudoin died, his family gets angrier.“My brother was assassinated,” Estelle Beaudoin said Tuesday in the living room of her mother’s house in suburban Ancienne Lorette.The Beaudoins, a friendly, attractive middle-class family, are still stunned by the loss of Serge, 33, who died Friday when police shot their way into a motel room he was sharing with friend and co-worker Jean-Paul Beaumont at Rock Forest.An autopsy Tuesday reportedly showed that Beaudoin had been hit eight times.Sherbrooke police first claimed the two were suspects in the killing the day before of a Brink’s guard during a holdup.Later, they admitted the raid was an error.“I can’t accept them saying it was an error,” said Estelle.“These are people who are supposed to provide protection.” And Serge’s mother, Cecile Beaudoin, 60, recently widowed, added : “It wasn't an error; it was murder.” Beaudoin, father of a five-year-old boy, and Beaumont had gone to Sherbrooke to lay carpet at a Bell Canada office.They returned to the motel in Rock Forest at 5 a.m.Friday after working overnight.About two hours later, while the pair was sleeping, po- lice fired shots through the door of the motel room, wounding Beaudoin fatally.Beaumont was treated for wounds and released Saturday.LOSES SON Beaudoin, described as outgoing, good-humored and hard-working, was the fourth of seven children of Cecile and Donat Beaudoin.The father, a building contractor, died last fall.Estelle said the Beaudoins “will take this thing right to the end, so those responsible are punished.” The family has already said it will take legal action.“Money doesn’t make it right, but somebody should pay.Justice must be done,” said Serge’s brother Réjean.Separated from his wife Nicole, Serge was the father of a five-year-old boy, Steve.The last thing Beaudoin did before driving to Sherbrooke on Dec.20 was to drop off the boy’s Christmas present, a pair of cross-country skies.The family is bitter that police rushed to publicize the incident when they thought they had captured two criminals, then clammed up when they discovered the pair were only carpet-layers — victims of a horrible case of mistaken identity.Justice Minister Marc-André Bedard ordered the Quebec Police Commission on Tuesday to conduct an inquiry into the affair.It will probably get under way following next week’s coroner’s inquest.Two Québec Police Force investigators are already conducting an inquiry for the Justice ministry.Sherbrooke police officers Roger Dion and André Castonguay, both 40, were suspended following the incident.They handed in their badges and weapons Tuesday.There is a growing chorus of outrage at the shooting.The Québec Human Rights League issued a ringing denunciation of the shooting.The eight or more Sherbrooke poli cemen who shot their way into the motel room fired at least 21 shots through the door of the motel room.Beaumont said the victims had no warning police were massing outside.Police had found two stolen cars nearby and apparently concluded that suspects from the Brink s shooting were holed up in the motel.One of the stolen cars contained a shotgun and discarded clothes.“Even if there had been two bandits in that hotel room, it should have been easy enough to capture them alive,” said Réjean.“If they (police) wanted to play cowboy, they could have shot in the, air.I don’t know what they expected from that raid; they almost killed a few tourists too (an Edmonton couple in an adjacent room).” Country fortune-teller uses crystal ball to find Brinks killers’ hideout By Charles Bury STE-CECILE DE BAGOT - The Sherbrooke police may not know where the killers of Brinks guard Yvan Charland are hiding out but ‘Emma Tremblay’ says she does.Monday Lt.Alphée Leblanc of Sher-brooke's criminal investigations branch said it would take a crystal ball to find the killers and he would pay a lot of money to get one.Tuesday, Emma, a rural fortuneteller, gazed into hers and found two men hiding in a sugar camp, an accomplice bringing them food and supplies, and a lonely girlfriend waiting at home for her lover, the man who gunned down Charland at Pascal’s store last Thursday.Most of Emma Tremblay’s customers come to her for solutions to problems in their personal lives — the identity of a lost relative, the hidden reasons behind a family crisis, etc.— but Tuesday she spend 2>/2 long hours with a reporter who asked her where the Brinks killers are hiding.With her crystal ball, a candle and a lot of cigarets and coffee, Emma (not her real name) made a number of discoveries, some of them startling, some of them not.Charland’s killers are hiding out about ten miles east of Sherbrooke, she says, in a sugar camp hidden from the road.They are heavily armed — she says there are at least two machine guns in the room and each robber carries a revolver — and spend their days playing cards.Thepair are supplied by their host, who visits from his nearby home in a plain powder- blue or grey pickup truck with square headlights, following a little used track normally not open in winter.One of the men, the weaker of the two, she says, is about five feet, seven inches tall, 29 or 30 years old, has sparse, wavy brown hair, a thin face, a ‘depressive’ character and a job in a Sherbrooke factory.The stronger of the pair, the leader, is slightly taller (about five feet, nine inches) and older (33 or 34), has longer, paler, almost blond hair, a nervous, violent temper, a modest criminal background (probably an armed robbery of a convenience store) for which he served a short jail term, and a girlfriend in Sherbrooke who knows about the robbery and hideout.The taller man is the leader and the man who put a shotgun to Charland’s neck and blew it off.He and his girl speak English, the other two are French-speaking.“They play cards at a small table in a room about 10 by 20 feet, with a small barrel stove in one corner and some other boiling equipment along one wall,” says Emma.“There are some beer cases with blue markings in one corner.” They listen sparingly to a black, ‘ghetto-blaster’-type portable radio.The robbers’ only contact with the outside world is their collaborator, who brings in groceries.This man, slightly older (in his 40s), lives in a rented house (that comes with the su-garbush) about 200 feet back from a dirt secondary road.The house is an old, white, two-storey farm house but there is no barn, only a small attached shed behind and a smaller, one-storey ‘chalet-type’ cottage alongside.The plain house has a roof with a shallow pitch on all four sides and has a pair of large hardwood trees standing guard behind it.He goes to the sugar camp along a track that seems to be the continuation of his driveway, Emma says.She says the police will find the pair within a month or so, after their accomplice talks too much or otherwise gives them away.He, she adds, has been in on the plot from the beginning.When police catch up with him they will make him talk and then follow the tracks of his pick-up through the snow to the shack, which is hidden from the road by a mixed wood and then the sugarbush itself.Apart from the stove and table the cabin has little in the way of furnishings — a couple of dark green sleeping bags, a clay jug on a shelf .and little else.It is finished inside and out in rough boards, she says.Emma warns police to be cautious in their hunt.“These men are very dangerous, especially the bigger one,” she says.“He is afraid of nothing.He walks back and forth, very nervous, waiting for something to happen.There better be a lot of police and they better be heavily armed.” Emma, who is not familiar with the Sherbrooke area, says the house and camp (about two miles behind it) are “about ten miles” east of the city.The cabin is surrounded by tall, ten-inch-diameter maples and has a barrel made into a storage tank, lying sideways on stilts beside it.All the sugaring equipment is old and rusting, she says.“There is no stainless.’’The men don’t fight but the bigger one dominates their conversation.Both are wearing dark parkas, Emma says.“The blond man has a wife or girlfriend in Sherbrooke, where both men come from,” she says.The girl is “very skinny” and stays home, living on Carpet men argued— Emma STE-CECILE DE BAGOT — Emma Tremblay saw the Chatillon Motel as she gazed into her crystal ball as well.Le Chatillon is the Rock Forest scene of last week's second killing, when police machine-gunned two men they believed to be the Brinks murderers.“It was all a big mistake, un erreur de bon sens,” says the fortune-teller.“There was a big, American car in front of the door that belonged to one of the carpet layers.There was no connection at all to the Brinks.” “The two men had been arguing a couple of hours before,” she says, “about their work.They raised their voices but nothing more.They were arguing about their work together — probably over who got paid how much — and there was a little liquor.” “The two had been arguing — that’s what brought the police.” Saddened Brinks crew back at work SHERBROOKE — Almost forgotten in the course of events over the last five days, the co-workers of slain Brinks guard Yvan Charland are back on the job, albeit a little more warily, following Charland’s brutal murder at the Carrefour de l’Estrie last Thursday.“What can you do?” says Sherbrooke Brinks director Lionel Bernier.“We still have our work to do even after such a savage murder.But to kill a man in cold blood for money, that’s pretty savage.” According to Bernier, the job Charland was on at the time of his death was a routine one and he says the men had taken every standard precaution in its performance.Three men, Charland, Gilles Socquet and JeanBruneau, made up the team.Itis the first time the Sherbrooke company has been the victim of an armed robbery since it’s founding in 1959.“Bruneau was driving the truck,” Bernier says, “while the other two went in to pick up the money.Each man’s duty was clearly laid out and there were no changes along the way.Socquet had a gun pointed right in his face while the other guy fired on Yvan.There was nothing you could do.” Bernier says the two men must have been very determined to get the money, because they waited a long time for the guards to arrive.“They must have waited quite a while — at least an hour and a half,” says Bernier, “because the men were delayed on account of the storm.Taking for granted that they must have been watching us for a couple of weeks to know that we’d be there, in my mind it’s clear they were there just to kill and steal.” Bernier says his men were shocked and angry following the killing.“The men have always had a strong group spirit, and to lose a friend like Yvan is very hard.It’s a good thing they (the killers) didn’t fall into our hands right after,” he says, “because they would have spent a very unpleasant quarter of an hour.” Meanwhile, it’s back on the job.“The men are being a little more careful,” Bernier says, “but basically it seems everybody wants just to get on with it.” In the meantime, Sherbrooke police have released descriptions of the two men responsible for the murder-robbery, which netted them $47,600.According to police, the man who pulled the trigger on Charland is between the ages of 25 and 30, stands about 5’ 7” and weighs approximately 150 — 160 pounds.He is described as having long, unruly brown hair with a beard about an inch long and a moustache.His accomplice, also described as being between 25 and 30 is said to be aboutS’ 10-11” withneatdarkhairand a well-trimmed moustache.He is estimated to weigh around 175 pounds.Police are asking citizens who have any information which might help in their search for the suspects to call 565-3232 or 565-2751 and they remind people that Brinks is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading up to their capture.¦* m Police issued this portrait of one of the Brinks suspects Wednesday.Ambulances called first Million-dollar car-theft ring caught for burglary SWE ETSBURG WARD (JM) —Québec Police Force officers recovered stolen vehicles valued slightly in excess of $100,000 in South Bolton last week and apparently made inroads in their investigation into a provincewide operation which had stolen cars and trucks valued at approximately $1.5 million over the past few weeks.Louis Lavergne, 24, Grandmère, and Mario Clouthier, 23, Shawini-gan-Sud, appeared before Judge Guy Genest in Sessions Court Friday and entered no pleas to accusations of conspriacy to commit car thefts, theft at a $12,000 car from Lavio-lette Automobile in Trois Rivières on Dec.15, theft of a $10,000 car from the same agency in Shawinigan on the same day, theft of a $65,000 truck from Cyr and Neveu in Beloeil on Dec.15, theft of another Laviolette Automobile car valued at $12,000 in Trois Rivières on Dec.11, and theft of two snowmobiles valued at $10,000 in Joliette on Dec.10.They were also charged with five counts of possession of stolen goods and three of breaking and entering dwellings in the South Bolton-Man son ville area in December.Crown attorney Henry Keyserlingk objected to granting them their conditional freedom citing he had to be assured of their presence as well as the protection of society.Claude Hamann told Continued from page I When the plates on Beaudoin and Beaumont’s vehicle turned out not to correspond to the number on the hotel register, police concluded it was stolen, Donahue said, despite his warning that this happened regularly because the person signing the guest book, often not the driver, gives the registration number of his car back home.Donahue said his wife also told police she had seen Beaudoin and Beaumont carrying a pail of what looked like carpet glue but the police told her, “Don’t bet on that.” Police made several phone calls, then told Donahue and his wife to stay put in their apartment.Donahue said one of the calls — before any shooting took place — was for a pair of ambulances.A few minutes later, they heard gunfire.Donahue said he did not understand the court his ciicuio consented to being remanded in custody, chose jury trials and the preliminary hearings were set to proceed on Jan.6.Hamann then entered the same plea and same option for 20-year-old Louis Iléon, of Shawi-nigan-Sud, who was charged with two burglaries in dwellings in South Bolton.His hearings were continued to the same date.LEGAL AID MANDATES ACCEPTED ROBERT L.O’DONNELL AHORNEY 295 Principale South P.O.Box 842 RICHMOND, QC JOB 2H0 Tel.: OH.: 826-2226 • Res.: 826-2541 JtearniyJtecirt I AITKIN Scarfiu m mien film both in it* u.iiinKuaw and di'pirtion violemi* Wi UKK*'** ni.itun audipnrH.N marl fund MtiN ENoiHCKnm GENERAL ADMISSION $ b 00 Cinema CAPITOL 59 Kng est BBB-OT1 MBRM WHITTKN liV (UVEME IHKKUTKI) BY BRIAN DeM Soartace: Week; 7:30; Sun.; 2:00 & 7:30.welfare and with little outside contact and no friends.She is about five feet, two inches tall, about 24, has long brown hair, “a thin, long face, a pointed nose and no glasses.” She is En glish-speaking like her boyfriend and has no children.“She looks undernourished, she’s not pretty,” says Emma.“She has bushy eyebrows over deep-set eyes, no glasses, she looks like a lower-class type.She stays alone, talks to no one." She is in on the robbery and hideout plot, which was planned in the farmhouse.The older man ( le bonhomme.Em- ma calls him) is a bit of a small-time sleazer who does not farm or work outside but always manages to have a bit of cash, she says.He may make a little syrup for friends in the spring."It will be in about a month and they will be hard to find, she says."But it is through him (the older man) that the police will find them in the end,” Emma says.“Because of his talking and his spending.” Police will get them in the end, she says."His spending will put a flea in their car " RRCORD/CHARLES H1IRV Emma’s crystal hall.ten miles east of Sherbrooke and 'very dangerous’.î^isljeô for 1984! ^ ** why police shot through the door when he had given them a master key.“I wasn’t there when they fired, but just looking at the bullet holes in the walls and in the mattress, you can see they never gave them a chance.” Sherbrooke police took away the damaged door after the incident.A police search of the room turned up overalls and carpet-laying tools.There were no weapons and no sign of the $47,623 taken during the Brink’s robbery.Police apparently suspected the robbery suspects were in the motel after finding two stolen cars nearby.One contained a shotgun and discarded clothing.Québec City lawyer Come Poulin said he will sue for compensation on behalf of Beaumont and of Beaudoin’s estranged wife and son.Meanwhile, the search for the killers of Brink’s guard Yvan Charland, 37, father of two, goes on.Brink's has offered a reward of $100,000 for information leading to their arrest.FRESH PORK LOIN Whole or half kg.3.28 lb (9 SMOKED LEGS OF HAM Nichol's kg.3.73 lb.L67 aj SMALL FRESH TURKEYS Grade A, 8-12 Ibs.kg.3.06 lb.1.39 § SPICED ROUND OF BEEF Cooked kg.9.46 lb.4.29 S FRESH PATE DE FOIE S NICHOL'S BEST BACON kg.3.95 lb.ItSUNKIST NAVEL ORANGES so.doz.2 FRESH BRUSSELL SPROUTS kg.1.74 lb.g FRESH MUSHROOMS on.,.kg.3.95 lb.g CALIFORNIA CELERY s.,.» g RED DELICIOUS APPLES b c.m 6 for 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surprising, given the actor’s myopia, but it is distressing nonetheless.With more marines deploying in Central America, his people should take very careful heed.The marines are in Beirut as part of an American inspired ‘peacekeeping’force that can in no way accomplish its stated goals.There is no peace in Lebanon to maintain, and the response to the force’s presence by certain factions in the war-torn nation has indicated one will not be imposed from outside.It’s open season on the Marines and the terrorists who wish to kill them know it.The reason American troops are in Lebanon, of course, has little to do with peacekeeping, although their presence, along with British, Italian, and French forces, may slightly reduce war activities immediately around Beirut as a secondary effect.They are there, in truth, as a warning to Syria (and the Soviet Union) that the west is not prepared to tolerate Syrian domination of the strategically valuable area.And there is nothing necessarily wrong with that.They could have done it, however, from the safety of their boats.Lebanon as an extension of Israel is vitally important to American interests in the Mideast and the United States should be prepared to either maintain its integrity or rethink its entire Mideast policies with all that this entails.Since the latter is unlikely, the question of the troops is moot.But by placing the troops in the midst of the trouble, Reagan has left them open to attack, and allowed them — and himself — little means of escape.The people responsible for the suicide bombings which killed the marines are not playing the game by any rules that Reagan can compete with.They kill for the sake of it and die for the glory and for their God.The Americans offer irresistable targets and are incapable of any real defence.The only way to stop the fanatics would be to kill them all, and this is neither physically nor politically possible, yet t pull would be ".;rs currently eligible under the Eastern Canada Apple Industry Compensation and Re-establishment Plan.This federal assistance plan for apple growers in Eastern Canada was established to compensate them for frost damage to orchards as well as compensation for tree damage.Agriculture Canada mailed out more than 1,600 application forms to farmers in Quebec.Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.A total of 1,124 applications were received in the following numbers, by province: Ontario (192); Quebec (771); New Brunswick (61); and Nova Scotia (100).“All eligible orheards registered before the September 15, 1983 deadline were inspected to evaluate the frost damage,” Bachand said.Agriculture Canada inspectors re corded a total of 400,000 dead tree units (a tree unit is equal to one stan dard apple tree or 3.5 semi-dwarf or 6 dwarf apple trees).About 75 per cent of those are in Quebec.The compensation contribution for the removal of dead trees and soil pre paration for replanting is $40 per dead standard tree.This contribution will be paid in two installments, each re presenting 50 per cent of the total payment.“More than 62 apple growers of Brome-Missisquoi are receiving their first partial-compensation payment today,” Bachand said.“There are still some applications under review and the final decision on these will be made shortly.“The second compensation payment will be made as soon as money becomes available in the new fiscal year, starting next April,” he added.Farmland price decrease will mean $3.6 billion loss TORONTO (CF) — The value of Ontario farmland has dropped $3.6 billion since early 1982, says agricultural economist George Brinkman of the Uni versity of Guelph.Even though the slide in land value levelled off during the latter part of thisyear, Brinkman says'the disappearing wealth poses some serious questions for farmers.“It’s not something that you just ignore,” said Brinkman.“Yet that’s what’s happening in agriculture.” Forecasts for the farm sector generally focus on profitability — commodity prices on one hand, measured against costs such as fertilizer, interest rates and machinery prices on the other.But both Brinkman and Agriculture Canada say there have been dramatic erosions in the value of Ontario farmland since the recession began in 1981.An Agriculture Canada paper prepared using statistics from the Farm Credit Corp.estimates that the value of Ontario farmland dropped between 10 and 25 per cent in the first half of 1983, compared with a year earlier.In some areas of the southwest, land values dipped as much as 40 per cent, says the pa- per, prepared for the annual outlook eonfe-renee held in early December.‘ At present, the price of farmland is considerably higher that its income earning ability.” the paper says.Brinkman says that a 20-per-cent decline in (he value of farmland valued at $18 billiorfin 1982 means about a $3.6 billion loss across On-iario.Since inflation coded the value of mo-iicy as the price of land dropped, the total loss to land owners could be as much as $5.5 billion, he says.Airline passenger volumes increase Christmas ’83 better than last year but still not great retailers say Surveying the huge pile of presents around the Christmas tree, the young worker admitted he and his family had had a good day.“I’d like to have done more, but .” His comment was finished with a shrug.And that seemed to sum up an apparent feeling in many parts of the country about what the immediate future holds.It’s been a year of at least partial, if uneven, recovery from the worst recession Canada has seen since the 1930s.Most experts say recovery should continue in 1984.But .There still are nagging doubts about how strong the recovery will be, and whether it will be sustained.Most important, there are even bigger doubts about what the recovery will be able to do for the country’s 1.28 million unemployed people.For example, the latest surveys of consumer confidence by Statistics Canada and the Ottawa-based Conference Board of Canada suggest that optimism expressed earlier this year about people’s outlooks may have run out of steam.Final figures on Christmas shopping may support these findings.Early estimates showed retailers expected sales gains of seven to 10 per cent from 1982 and it appears many stores achieved this.Last year, however, was rotten so the gain may not be as impressive as preliminary percentage figures suggest.A couple of Toronto-area retailers concede privately that they had hoped to do better.“The crowds were good and people were buying, but frankly we had anticipated bigger crowds and more buying,” There are other signs of lingering doubts, too.Canada’s automakers are overjoyed by an increase in sales of 28 per cent for cars aqd 11 per cent for trucks in the first 11 months of this year, compared with the similar 1982 period.But, again, this is measuring improvement against a disastrous year so any upturn is enough to start celebrations, even small ones.But does it really mean the worst is over?Some economists noted happily that many businesses started building up their inventories of goods and materials in July, August and September — the first time that gain had shown in 24 months.Statistics Canada noted, however, that some of the buildup, which normally suggest businesses are looking forward to increased sales and want by Ken Smith IT’S YOUR BUSINESS to have the stuff on hand to meet the anticipated demand promptly, was of the so-called involuntary type.That is, the businesses have to keep the materials and goods on hand longer than they had hoped or planned because the expected sales did not materialize — at least, not promptly.The biggest fear, of course, remains the unemployment situation.In November, the official figure stood at 11.1 per cent.It’s been 18 months since the total was lower.Even worse, few experts predict any significant improvement before the end of 1985 at the earliest.There has been some improvement in the overall job picture this year, with about 350,000 jobs being created.The bad news about that statistic is the total number of jobs available in the Canadian economy still is 300,000 below the peak levels achieved before the latest recession hit in the middle of 1981.More doubts?At the depths of the recession, Canadians were saving a remarkable 15 per cent of their disposable income.That rate declined to about 12 per cent earlier this year, encouraging hopes that consumers were ready to increase their spending and so add to overall demand — the usual first step of pulling strongly out of recession.Latest figures, however, show that the savings rate has climbed again to about 14 per cent of income.That could indicate a lot of Canadians, uncertain about the future, are building up a reserve to fall back on in case fresh hard times hit.Nagging doubts don’t make a very solid base for supporting a sustained economic recovery.MONTREAL (CF) — Total scheduled traffic of the world’s airlines increased by five per cent in 1983, the biggest gain in three years, reports the International Civil Aviation Organization.Based on estimates from its 152 member states, the United Na tions agency concludes that traffic on schedu led flights — as opposed to charters will be a record 780 million passengers, or three percent more than 1982 when 758 million people flew the world's airlines.Strong growth was achieved in cargo traf- fic, which rose by an estimated 10 per cent to 34.3 billion tonne-kilometres, helping explain the five-per-cent gain for cargo and pas-senger traffic combined.On the passenger side, North American volumes in particular have been surging since mid-year, says the agency.Aircraft were filled to an average 65 per cent of capacity, a gain of one percentage point from 1982.That’s the best capacity rate since 1979, when the industry was booming.Air mail increased three per cent.JtecitthyJteatl iso W give.heart fund :ASTING CLINIC IN THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS Natural therapies ot the years 2000 within your reach now Convalescence — rest and health holidays Swimming pool — Souno — Whirlpool — Exercise room For information — appointments or reservations communicate with: _ ° 'AvTF LALMA holistic health center (HtMIN LES SOMMETS R R I RAIE VAU QUE joe two (819) 843-9582 The new year begins with bad news for livestock producers.The U.S.Department of Agriculture says cattle prices will drop about $2 a hundredweight in the United States because of the government dairy reduction program.About one million dairy cattle are expected to be slaughtered in the Uni ted States by late summer, says the department.The slaughtered animals will be used for hamburger and other low-grade beef cuts, but beef industry specialists say the glut will also affect prices of better cuts.The Agriculture Department says feedlot steers in 1984 will range from $64 to $68 a hundredweight, about $2 a hundredweight less than the price before the dairy program was announced.Hog prices also are expected to decline about $1 in the U .S.to between $45 and $51 a hundredweight.Under the government program, aimed at cutting the huge American surplus of milk, farmers will be paid $10 for each 100-pound reduction in milk they sell.NEED ACTION The federal throne speech sounded good for agriculture, but some farmers are skeptical whether the promises will be implemented, says the first vice-president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture.Harry Pelissero said in a statement that he was pleased Jo gee.that the government included promises for a livestock stabilization plan, changes in farm bankruptcy legislation and more farm credit.But he said the Liberal government must implement these promises if it intends to carry the farm vote in the next election.“The speech sounded like the government was laying the planks of its election platform,” said Pelissero.“If they want to nail down the support of the farm community, then they will have to act quickly in meeting the needs of agriculture.” SOME LIKE HEAT The gradual warning of the atmosphere forecast by many climatologists should help Ontario farmers, says Sherwood Miller, superintendent of the Smithfidd Experimental Farm, near Trenton, Ont.Climatologists predict that temperatures after the year 2000 will average a few degrees higher than at present because of air pollution from motor vehicles and other sources.“I think .being further north, with the temperature increase, (Ontario) will be able to grow crops we couldn't before and increase production,’’ said Miller.He said new varieties of corn, tomatoes and apples might be developed to deal with the higher temperatures.However, the prospect isn’t as good for the Prairies, said John Saudi lands, head of Environment Canada's climate program office.He said higher temperatures might bring droughts in Western Canada as bad as those of the 1930s.RETHINK LEAN Conventional wisdom that long, lean hogs are the best may not be true, says Larry Campbell, president of the Toronto-based Canadian Meat Council.Farmers have been raising leaner animal,s fqr many .years to correspond with consumer wishes for low-fat meats.But the meat council is watching several studies on fat content in meat, said Campbell.Ron Tolton, the council's western representative, said low fat hogs may be less resistant to disease and the overall meat quality from such hogs may be lower.Tolton said studies should be done to determine what the optimum hog weight should be.Viruses can prevent meat spoilage scientist says Viruses that attack bacteria responsible for meat spoilage may someday be used to prolong shelf-life and enhance bacterial quality of fresh meat.Recent studies have shown these viruses, also known as bacteriophages, inhibit the growth of meat spoilage bacteria when introduced to beef blood, according to Gordon Greer, a meats microbiologist at Agriculture Canada’s Lacombe Research Station in Alberta.Greer has controlled bacterial growth in this medium for up to four days at 7 degrees celcius “If this type of bacterial growth control could be reproduced on the surface of fresh beef, an economically would result," he said.Greer is interested in the control of particular strains of bacteria which thrive at low temperatures in meat coolers.These are known as psycho-trophic bacteria for their ability to reproduce under cold conditions.It is these bacteria that are responsible for the surface discoloration, off-odours and slime that cause spoilage losses to meat retailers and consumers.Greer's current studies involve the isolation and purification of a large number of bacterial viruses.To date 60 viruses capable of attacking and killing 50 distinct beef spoilage bacterial strains have been isolated from beneficial increase in keeping quality spoiled beef steaks.I F.L RESTAURANT I o o 314 QUEEN ST., LENNOXVILLE TEL: 562-9544 NEW YEAR'S EVE & NEW YEAR'S DAY SPECIAL JUICE ROAST TURKEY TOURTIERE DRESSING MASHED POTATOES - VEGETABLES TEA-COFFEE-MILK *685 DESSERT 4S» •••-¦ 4Sy F.L HIDEAWAY PRESENTS * THURSDAY, DEC.29, FRIDAY, DEC 30 ?£ ROYAL MALE BAND J RESERVE NOW FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY ^ S ROYAL MALE BAND o DANCING FROM 10 P.M.to 3 AM.£ o FREE HATS AND NOISEMAKERS * 5 •S” PER PERSON o 6—Thf RECORD—Wednesday, December 28.198:1 Living fli.rr ttyj mam Legal notes BY CARLA COURTENAY social notes The secretary had just left for lunch when a charming saleswoman came to your office door on December 23rd You were gently asked if you had remembered said secretary for Christmas, and a big basket of beautifully wrapped cosmetics was presented for sale.The pressures of the season upon you, you made a hasty purchase.On the 24th.one-half hour to the wire, you dashed to a local furniture store and bought your wife a micro-wave oven.There was a big ad in the window which mentioned a 2-year warranty.The salesman told you the big box included a two-piece micro-wave cooking set.The price was alright.Best of all, they offered to gift-wrap it.Christmas morning, Uncle Sid tucked a fancy pen into your stocking.It keeps track of the days, tells time, clicks, rings, and calculates.There was one very odd looking battery included in the box along with the mail-back warranty card.You put the battery in the pen, but the box and the card went into the fireplace along with the ribbons and wrappings.Back at work on the 2Kth, your secretary tells you bluntly that the deep basket of cosmetics was all shredded paper beneath the fancy top layer.Can you get your money back?You've already discovered that the cooking set was not in the big oven box.Now you are about to file away the pamphlets and papers that were in the box, and you decide to read the conventional warranty.It says it’s for one year, not two, and there is a small print paragraph which excludes the buyers of Quebec from the application of the warranty.As for the pen-watch-calculator-calendar: well, it still writes You’ve tried to replace the battery but they say there are no longer available Uncle Sid doesn't remember where he bought it but you know who the manufacturer is.However, you threw away the warranty card! All of these pitfalls of being a Christmas consumer are covered by the Consumer Protection Act in force in Quebec since 1980.You can rescind a contract of any sort made with an intinerant vendor within ten days of making it: return the goods, money back, refuse delivery, cross out your signature, whatever you need or want to do to change your mind.It’s legal.The catch is that your transaction must have found its way into some form of writing with the vendor’s permit number (a permit to sell articles from door-to-door) and his or her name and address.You can’t get your money back if you can’t find her.On the subject of warranties the Act is very generous too.Even if you get a written one in your box, the actual warranty that you can enforce must be extended to include any others made in an advertisement or sign.So reading what’s flying in the windows is a very good idea.The same goes for the expensive sales pitch of an eager employee.In English law we call these “representations” and it used to be very contentious as to what extent they were a part of the contract.Now the Quebec legislation makes it clear for consumer sales: “a written or verbal statement by the representative of a merchant or a manufacturer respecting goods or services is binding on that merchant or manufacturer”.So go back and demand the two piece cooking set.What about Uncle Sid’s gift?You threw away the card ! Here are some important things you can remember about warranties: — throwing away the card doesn’t matter, they are still bound by it : they can't exclude you from the warranty unless it is stipulated very clearly; you cun not be obliged to use a particular brand name product in order to make the warranty valid; no charge may be made for fulfilling the terms of the warranty unless the cost has been specifically referred to in the written warranty.As for the obsolete battery, the Act provides that replacement parts and service to goods must be available for a reasonable time after the ma king of the contract.You are a pleased citizen to hear about all these rights you have.Unfortunately they still have to be asserted.You have to remember them to start with, then you have to return to the store, open your mouth, stare down the salesman, write letters, phone the manager, etc.etc.The law only takes you so far Eor the first problem, you can always call the local Consumer Protection Office at 566-4266.They are paid to remember, and to help you with your frustration.CARLA COURTENAY IS A LAWYER PRACTI SINO IN LENNOXVILLE.PIZZAVILLE NEW YEAR'S DAY 11 00 a m To 9:00 p.m.BARBECUED LAMB with MEAT PIE MINT SAUCE GREEN SALAD BAKED POTATO S595 SPECIAL OF THE MONTH PEPPER STEAK (10 oz.) FREE ESCARGOTS POTATO or RICE GREEN SALAD s695 « I I t £ I £ I Allan — Crawford A very pretty wedding took place on Saturday, August 6, 1983 at the United Church in Thetford Mines, Que., when Linda Edna Ethel, eldest daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Alfred Crawford of Thetford Mines, and Kenneth Lawrence, eldest son of Mr.and Mrs.I^awrence Allan of Leeds Village were united in marriage in a double-ring ceremony, conducted by Rev.Edith Bell.The organ music was provided by Mrs.Lisa Fallot throughout the Service.The church was decorated with pots of white and blue mums, candles and guest pews were marked with white bows, long satin ribbons ending with blue flowers.The bride, looking charming, was escorted down the aisle on the arm of her father wearing a full-length lace gown with a high neckline, long lace sleeves and train.Her veil was fingertip length and she carried a cascade of white roses and blue carnations with trailing white satin ribbons.The groom was dressed in a navy blue suit, white shirt with a white rose boutonniere.The young couple were given in marriage by their parents Ola and Alfred Crawford and Audrey and Lawrence Allan.The maid of honor was Brenda Crawford, sister of the bride.She wore a floor-length ice blue dress, with sweetheart neckline and blue sashes.She carried a bouquet of white and blue carnations with trailing satin ribbons and had white flowers in her hair.Dixie Trepanier and Bonnie Wallace, cousins of the bride, were her bridesmaids and wore dresses in the same color and style as the maid of honor.Their bouquets were white and blue carnations, trailing ribbons and each wore blue flowers in their hair.The best man, Charles Allan, brother of the groom, wore a grey suit, white shirt with a blue tie and white carnation boutonniere.The ushers, Kenneth Porter, friend of the groom and James Allan, brother of the groom wore grey suits, white shirts and white carnation boutonnieres.The father of the bride and groom wore dark stripe suits with white carnation boutonnieres.The mother of the bride Mrs.Alfred Crawford chose for her daughter’s wedding a dusty-rose, two-piece dress with jacket, with white accessories and a corsage of white roses and pink carnations.Mrs.Lawrence Allan, mother of the groom, wore a light blue sheer dress with a corsage of white roses, blue carnations and white accessories.Mrs.Leonard Guy, grandmother of the groom, was dressed in a light pink sheer dress, white accessories and a corsage of white carnations with pink baby breath.A hot turkey dinner was served at “Thetford Receptions” for aobut 80 guests.The bride’s table was centered with a three tiered wedding cake made and decorated by Mrs.Albert W.Taylor.During the dinner and evening Don Rothney, uncle of the groom acted as master of ceremonies and the guest book was looked after by Louise Trepanier, cousin of the bride.Following the dinner, everyone enjoyed an evening of dancing to music by Brian Lowry’s Band and many other friends joined to help them celebrate.The bride’s bouquet was caught by Bonnie Wallace.And the blue garter was claimed by Ray Henderson.At midnight a light lunch was served prior to the departure of the bride and groom.The bride changed into a navy blue suit, matching blue shoes and purse, with a red carnation corsage.The groom wore a beige and brown sports suit, with brown accessories.Guests were from Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, U.S.A., Montreal, Eastern Townships and the surrounding area.Kenny and Linda spent their honeymoon in P.E.I.and are now residing in Lennox-ville.Prior to the wedding, Linda was entertained at two miscellaneous bridal showers.One was given in her honor by the groom’s aunts at Sand Hill, the second by the bride’s aunts at Thetford Mines.Ann Landersr Subjects glad to volunteer for experiments at ‘hotel’ BOSTON (AP) — it is, without a doubt, the most expensive hotel in Boston and perhaps anywhere.Guests are cloistered for months while scientists feed them with painstaking care.The idea is to see how diet affects the seemingly unstoppable process of growing old.And it may, if the research succeeds, find ways for older people to preserve their bodies far into their retirement years, simply by watching what they eat.The effects of diet on health have long interested scientists.But getting hard facts is difficult.Compared with a guinea pig or a rat, the human being is an expensive creature to study.There is no good way to do it unless people can be persuaded to live in confinement for a long time while experts measure and analyze everything that goes into them, everything that comes out of them and how their bodies change in the process.This is the goal of the Human Nutrition Research Centre on Aging of the U.S.Department of Agriculture at Tufts University.Three upper floors of its newly-opened building in downtown Boston house a combination hotel and laboratory.It is home to 14 live-in volunteers, and soon will be expanded to 28.Some stay a day or two, others for six months or more.It would not be everyone’s idea of a good time, though there are amenities.LIVE IN COMFORT .Volunteers get comfortable private rooms.They use a rooftop swimming pool, a game room, a library, as well as dining rooms and lounges.The centre arranges outings to the theatre, movies and the beach.But they must undergo frequent tests to check the effects of their diet on their blood, their bones and their organs.Some have to collect all their feces and urine.At mealtime, they are persuaded to eat everything on their plates.And they cannot leave the building alone.If they need to attend a wedding or go to the bank, they must be accompanied by a chaperone.The scientists want to make sure the volunteers don’t spoil their experiments by stopping off for pizza and beer.The centre recruits these people through churches and elderly groups as well as advertisements in newspapers and on radio and television.Why do they come here?‘The biggest moti- vation is the feeling of making a contribution,” said Dr.Robert Russell, the centre’s director of human studies.MANY REASONS There are other reasons, too.Most of the volunteers are elderly, and some of them are simply lonely.“We were surprised that a number of people wanted to be in here over Christmas,” said Dr.Bess Dawson-Hughes, an endocrinologist.“They didn’t have anywhere else they wanted to go.” For others, it’s a change of scenery.“I thought it would be an adventure for me,” said Lillian Rosen, 80, who signed up for a five-day stay.”I figured I’d be getting a nice vacation for free.It’s as good as any hotel.” The volunteers also receive a daily stipend of $10 or $20, depending on how demanding and unpleasant their tests are.But centre officials downplay the money.“We are looking for volunteers as opposed to human guinea pigs who want a livelihood,” said Dr.Jeffrey Blumberg, the assistant director.The scientists are concentrating on two diseases of old people — osteoporosis and cataracts.Osteoporosis, brittle bones, is a major disorder of old people, especially women.Some re- search suggests people can forestall it by eating more calcium.Correction The column About BrQtosJLohf in Friday’s ffecord caused some consternation to Knowlton businessman Ian Fisher.It was incorrectly reported that Fisher is “looking for a suitable tenant for the ’old flower shop’ on Main Street.” In fact, says Fisher, he simply moved the flower shop to another part of the main floor of his Main Street store.“I am definitely still in the flower business,” he says, and "I have not decided yet what to do with the empty space, but I am not actively looking for a tenant.” The Record apologizes for any inconvenience this error may have caused.Dear Readers: Relax — all 22,000 of you who wrote to say I was crazy to tell that 14-year-old girl it was all right to take the trip to Washington, D.C., with bachelor Uncle Jed — the rich Texas oilman! Remember, he put her on his lap when she was very young, gave her fancy gifts and called her his “favorite girl ”.She once liked him a lot but thought in recent years that his kisses were getting a little too mushy.I advised the girl to insist that her nine-year-old brother go along, as Uncle Jed’s guest, and stick with her night and day, like a mustard plaster.It sounded safe to me, but when 22,000 people from 50 states, and every province in Canada, plus Tokyo, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Rome and Nassau wrote to tell me I was wrong, I has second, third and fourth thoughts about what I had written.I decided the trip wasn’t worth the risk and contacted the girl.She is NOT going.Thanks for setting me straight, folks.Everybody knows better than anybody.Dear Ann Landers: One of your readers wrote that neighbors will eagerly sign a petition in response to a dog problem.That reader is not from our neighborhood.Our neighbors’ pup was outside recently during a late-evening storm.They were not at home.The puppy was barking as loudly as he could with his young voice.He was terrified of the thunder and lightning.The next day, when I saw the three children of that family, I mentioned how frightened their pup was the previous night.I promptly received an enraged phone call from the children’s father.The following weekend the puppy yelped for two hours.I investigated and discovered that the little fellow had fallen into a crevice in the garage wall.All that could be seen was his head.Nobody was home.The following day I was served with criminal complaint papers for harassment.There are two kinds of people in this world: those who care and try to help because they have been taught that way, and those who don’t care about anything or anybody except themselves.Sign me — Disillusioned In Ohio.Dear Ohio: Don’t turn sour on the whole human race just because you happen to live next door to some lemons.You didn’t say how your “case” turned out, but I suspect it didn’t go to court.Just keep responding to your humanitarian impulses.It’s bad enough that your neighbors don’t have any.Don’t let them kill something fine in you.Dear Ann Landers : Why is it that when a person has too much alcohol his (or her) friends insist that several cups of black coffee will help sober up the sot?My physician friend says it does not help.Is he right?— Inquisitive In Idaho Dear In: Your physician friend is right.There is no evidence that coffee has a sobering effect on an intoxicated person.It merely makes him or her a wide-awake drunk.JANUARY SALE STARTING DECEMBER 27th WALLPAPER m QJear find Sale 2 ( x reelings May all things that say peace and happiness be yours in the New Year Many thanks.OP1 ,eb ^eor Eve Free Delivery in Lennoxville Open 7 Days per Week Reservations: 564-2400 o 4» O m •••« 4» •••- 4» ••••- 4» • ••" o Boutique Françoise Houde Offers 40 and 50% on all Merchandise On Stock LL Presses-Shirts - J( nits.- Ville- Villa / Xeon de Paris.•o —9 4» •••*• 4» 4» Mario 'Romano 4» 4» 116 QUEEN ST., LENNOXVILLE | § ana 840 KING ST.W., SHERBROOKE TEL.: 562-2832 ROLLS IN STOCK VINYL Washable/Strippable Reg.: $8.49 CHILD'S BEDROOM & TEXTURES Reg.: 9.95, 8 95, 7.95 s/r 199 ; s/r VINYL Washable/Strippable Reg.11,99 s/r 449 Ending Jan.3hf ECOR N W 156 Wellington St.N.Sherbrooke, Tel.: 565-8484 Free Parking with tokens t » The RECORD—Wednesday, December 28.19H.T-7 Golden Age Club members Card parties held enjoy special activities in the townships KNOWLTON (KT) — Members of Knowlton Golden Age Club have enjoyed two special events recently.On November 29 a chartered bus with approximately 34 of the members went to Sherbrooke where Christmas shopping at Carrefour de l’Estrie was the main feature of the day.Everyone was on their own — shopping, lunching or just “looking” as fancy dictated until re-boarding the bus for home about 4 p.m.On December 15, the members’ own Christmas party was held for the second year and drew a big crowd of about 115 persons.Ray Duboyce with his violin, Wells Laraway of Sutton with his sax and George Williams of Frost Village also playing the saxophone provided some nostalgic music that brought to many plea-sant memories of times they had danced in the past to the popular Duboyce Orchestra.The group was accompanied on the piano by the lively playing of Bill Sellars.Some of the couples enjoyed some dancing while others sat and chatted while listening to the old familiar tunes.Sherry was served, adding a holiday note to the occasion.The Cou-sens brothers, Grayson, Guy and Gordon, with Emily (Mrs.Guy Cousens) at the piano, led the gathering in a sing-a-long of Christmas songs and carols.We were sorry to hear that Mrs.Cousens passed away on Tuesday December 20.At intervals throughout the afternoon, numbers were drawn and members selected a gift from the large array of gayly wrapped parcels until everyone had a package to take home.A number picked at random by a committee of four from all the tickets distributed was first called and a beautiful basket of fruit donated by Lillian Godefroy was claimed by Marjorie Osborne.The approaching bir-thday of William Pettes on December 28 when he will be 98 years “young" was noted by Grayson Cousens who had managed to have Bill standing beside him.After a few comments on his remarkable activity and enjoyment of life, everyone present rose to their feet and “Happy Birthday” was sung heartily in tribute to (undoubtedly) the senior member of the club.Elvia Johnson extended season’s greetings to all and several presentations were made in appreciation of favours received during the year.Shortly after 4 p.m.a bounteous lunch featuring Kentucky Fried Chicken with all the ac-companiments was served buffet style, having been conveyed from Cowansville through the good services of Michel Royea.Ice cream and cookies followed and a beautifully decorated cake made by President Elvia Johnson in honor of those with birthdays in December was cut and served, after all the birthday folk had gathered to blow out the candles.A cordial invitation was extended by the new Ladies Auxiliary president, Joyce Roberts on behalf of the members to a post-Christmas dinner at the Legion Hall on Saturday, January 14 at noon.This annual treat is always looked forward to with keen anticipation and appreciation by the members of the Knowlton Golden Age Club.The next club meeting will be on January 5.This will be the first Senior Citizens’ Bingo of the year, which is put on monthly by the IOOF for the pleasure of the members of Knowlton Golden Age Club.KNOWLTON (KT) — A special Christmas card party was held in the Masonic Hall, Knowlton, on Satur day, December 10.Eleven tables were in play and after the last game, players were asked to remain in their seats and then to look for a number on the back of their chairs.Four were lucky winners with a prize.They were Emma Emmett, Rusty McMillan, Joan Melton and Rodney Jenne.After lunch everyone was asked to look for a number under their cup.The three winners were Donald Melton, Clarence Allen and Daisy Johnston.Card game winners: Lady's first, Marjorie Faite; second, Elsie Royea; Gents first, Grayson Cousens; second, Lawrence Page; Consolation: Ladies, Letitia Cousens; Gents, Donald Melton.Door prizes: Ethel Marsh, Janet Fuller, Darlene Miller, Daisy Johnston, Rodney Jenne, George Wilson, Irene Royea, Roger Lefebvre, Gerald Royea, Marguerite Fortin, Bessie Fuller.St.Peter’s ACW members hold December meeting SHERBROOKE —A bring-your-own sandwich lunch made a festive beginning to the December meeting of St.Peter’s Anglican Church Women.Nine members gathered at noon Tuesday, December 13 around the attractively arranged table in the Lounge.They were joined by guests, Archdeacon Fairbairn, Mrs.Priscilla Simard, parish se-cretary and her daughter Danielle.Jean Roger brought a large delicious dessert, sufficient for all, and Myrtle Allan and Joan Thomson served tea and coffee.After the meal, other members cleared away dishes and washed up.When all was orderly Crossword ACROSS Test for gold Islpnd near Java — mater Lace over Molecule part Clock face Lizard 18 Existing on a vessel 20 Crag 21 Speaks bitterly 23 Tennessee — Ford 24 Armlet or anklet 26 Sour substance 1 10 14 15 16 17 27 Opt 29 Domingo, for one 31 Bank deal 32 Grand —, Wyo.Lincoln Delayed Los — Flower spot Leo, Pius etal.44 Sect 45 Burstyn or Drew Chide Place for a tempest Below a seraphim 53 “-fullof roses” 33 36 39 41 42 46 48 51 Yesterday’s Puzzle Solved: 54 Sheer fabric 55 Mel of baseball 58 Box material 60 Homestead 62 Noted It.family 63 Phrase of understanding 64 Tin-lead alloy 65 Afternoon socials 66 Not so much 67 Family car DOWN 1 Smell — (be leery) 2 Utah state flower 3 Opposed to port 4 Goal 5 Pines 6 Herb of the mint family 7 Football player, e.g.8 Superman’s girlfriend 9 Scamp 10 One who worships 11 Chinese 12/28/83 weight 12 Callas 13 Birch tree 19 Appertain 22 Mellow 25 Top-drawer 26 Prolific author?27 Caveman’s weapon 28 Whet 30 Gr.letters 32 Class 33 Conductor’s call 34 Flail 35 Serf 37 Sang-froid 38 Blockhead 40 Beige 43 Additional performances 45 Lyric poem forms 46 Barbara — Geddes 47 Constructs 48 Silent, in music 49 Rub out 50 Artery 52 Skins 54 Place for a bouquet 56 Louise or Turner 57 Feds 59 Sea calmer 61 Majors of TV Joan Thomson called the meeting to order and read a timely item on Joys of Winter, and all joined in prayer.Bea Taylor, secretary, took the roll and read the minutes of the November meeting.Doris Conley’s letter of resignation as co-chairman was read with regret.Although it was good to learn that she would continue as a member ; such a stalwart and efficient member and worker she is.The treasurer’s report by Myrtle Allan was rewarding.The Thrift Shop continues to thrive, the quilt raffle, the St.Andrew’s Day collection and the sale of church calendars brought in additional moneys as did the cent-a-day donations and thank-offerings.Doris Giroux and Myrtle Allan are credited with many of the calendar sales but other members did a share.The quilt drawing was won by Miss Christine Morrison.The Thrift Shop will be open for business Wednesday February 1st but not in January with Laura Page in charge.Donations of clothing and household articles in good condition, may be left at the church hall or a pickup may be arranged.The meeting went on to the happy task of giving: donations were voted to the church and church-sponsored organizations, also to various charities, such as hospitals, homes for handicapped and disabled, and other worthy causes.The next meeting will be on Tuesday January 24 not the usual second Tuesday of the month.The traditional pancake luncheon will be on Shrove Tuesday March 6.Lent begins the following day.On motion the meeting adjourned.Knowlton Brome Bran Royal Canadian 1 gion will be holding spectacular N< Year’s Eve Dance a special Midnight B fet, to be held in the 1 gion Hall, Knowlton Saturday December commencing at 9 p.There will be lots door prizes, novel dances, New Yea: Eve Novelties and g< dies.(Total cost for t evening dance and b fet will be $12.50 eac Music for the eveni will be furnished by I nie Jacobs and his ( chestra.Raffle: Box of groceries, Jack ones; Fruit cake, Herbie Riti; two dozen rolls, Rodney Jenne.Special prize for the player with the most “skunks”, Dorothy Byers and John McArthur.Jack Jones announced the Boy Scouts would be selling Christmas trees ($4 and $8) in the Clairol parking lot on Saturday, December 17 from 9 - 3 p.m.The card parties w ill continue in January.The date of the next one will be announced.ROCK ISLAND (DB) — The fifth in the series of card parties was held in the IOOF hall, Rock Island, on Saturday, Dec.3 with 12 tables playing 500.At the end of the evening when scores were added up, ladies high went to Juliette Keet and low to Annie Fletcher.Lester McKelvey received gents high and Robert Timmons, low.The 9 No Trump prize went to Murray Gilbert and the skunk prize to Vivian Moulton.Tickets were sold on a cake made in the shape of a Christmas tree, this was won by Hilda Bryant.A coffee ring was also raffled and won by Evelyn Marlow.While refreshments were being served, door prizes were drawn-these went to Isobel Nelson, Rita Cloutier, Evelyn Dewey, Mary Curtis, Debbie Smith and Max Granger.* * * ROCK ISLAND (DB) — The sixth in the series of card parties sponsored by the Tomi-fobia Lodge and Crystal Rebehak Lodge was held in the IOOF hall, Rock Island, Saturday, Dec.17 and games of 500 played at 14 tables.The ladies high score for the evening went to Lana Sheldon and the low to Knetha Reeves.The high score for the men was taken by Keith Young and the low, Gerard Boisvert.9 No Trump was won by Murray Gilbert and the skunk prize by Knetha Reeves.Numbers were drawn for door prizes, claimed by Marjorie Davis, Mary Wilson, Gerard Boisvert, Knetha Reeves, Isobel Nelson and Horton Bryant.A cake in the shape of a Santa Claus was raffled and won by Mildred Lawton and a package of rolls by Debbie Smith.Ladies over all for the six parties was Debbie Smith and men’s was Clarence Nutbrown.Delicious refreshments were served to terminate a pleasant evening.Next card party on January 7.Ayer’s Cliff Mrs.E.J.Astbury Mrs.Rosa Keeler was pleasantly surprised recently when answering her telephone and hearing the voice of her great-grandson Scott Smith who is a member of the U.S.Armed Forces and stationed in England.Needless to say she was thrilled to hear his voice and know everything was fine with him.At the morning church service on Dec.4 at Beulah Church, a dedication service was held by Rev.Ron Coughlin.Fifty service books given in memory of John and Mildred MacKinnon by Douglas and Norma MacKinnon and Alvin and Margaret MacKin non Ross and their families.Also from the memorial fund in memory of Shirley I’iercy.Obituaries WILLIAM (BILL) LAVALLEE of Sherbrooke, Quebec William (Bill) Lavallee passed away at the Sherbrooke Hospital on September 28, 1983.He was born in Valcartier, Que., on April 2, 18%, son of the late David Lavallee and his wife Deborah Boyd.In 1920 he was united in marriage to Mary D.Smith, residing in Quebec City where he was employed by theC.N.Railway, until they settled on a farm near Bromptonville in 1921 This marriage was blessed with four daughters, Velma (Mrs.Arthur Wright), Irma ( Mrs.William Barnett), Doris (Mrs.Paul Allard), Edith (Mrs.Gerald Coates), and one son Ivan.He is survived by his wife Mary, daughters Velma, Doris and Edith, a daughter in law Brenda Lavallee, four sons-in-law, Arthur Wright, William Barnett, Paul Allard and Gerald Coates, a sister Edith (Mrs.Percy Goodfellow), a sister-in-law Ada (Mrs.John Lavallee) and a brother-in-law Wilbur Montgomery, also grand and greatgrandchildren, nieces and nephews.He was predeceased by daughter Irma, son Ivan, sisters Ada and Leah Lavallee, Agnes Montgomery, and brothers John, George and David.Bill Lavallee relocated to Sherbrooke in 1944, becoming President of William Lavallee Construction Ltd., and Petro Services Inc.A respected member of the business community, he successfully operated these companies until his retirement some 15 years ago.This provided more time to travel and many winter months were spent in Florida.In 1981 he and his wife moved to the Connaught Home in North Hatley.He was keenly interested in community affairs.He had been a member of the Rotary Club.Past President of the Sherbrooke Snow Shoe Club, a Shriner, a Life Member of Albion Lodge No.2 of Quebec City, where he proudly received his 50-year pin and 60-year bar.He was a member of St.George’s Club, director of the Sherbrooke Hospi tal and served on the board of several organizations including the Y.M.C.A., Chamber of Commerce, Community Chest, Elmwood Cemetery and Plymouth-Trinity United Church.An ardent fisherman, he was a member of several fish and game clubs including Little Brompton Lake Club, where his summer cottage provided many happy times for family and friends.As well, he was a member of the Sherbrooke and North Hatley Curling Clubs.A devoted kind and loving husband and father, the memory of his smiling eyes and pleasant personality will be treasured by his family forever.Funeral service was held at Plymouth-Trinity United Church with the Rev.Martyn Sadler and the Rev.Jane Aikman officiating.Interment took place in Elmwood Cemetery, after which family and friends gathered at the home of Arthur and Velma Wright.The respect for Mr.Lavallee was shown by a large representation of Sherbrooke Snow Shoe Club members, relatives and friends, Plymouth-Trinity Choir, donations to several Memoriam Funds as well as many floral tributes.INA MAY THOMPSON of West Brome, Quebec The death of Ina May Thompson (nee Emmett) occurred at the CHU Hospital, Sherbrooke, on December 3rd, 1983.She had been in failing health since June.She had a very painful battle with cancer for six months.She was born in Freeport on February 17,1910, the daughter of Frank Emmett and his wife, Sarah Hearne.She was the fourth oldest out of a family of five children.A sister, Irene predeceased her in 1930 and two brothers Cedric and Gordon died in the 1960s.She has a surviving sister Helen (Mrs.William Ardington), who resides in Fordyce Corner.She attended Heroes Memorial High School in Cowansville and received her graduation certifi cate.Following this, she entered Macdonald Col lege and received her teacher’s diploma.She taught school in Brome and Calls Mills schools for approximately two years.On April 17, 1931, Ina was married to Cecil A.Thompson of West Brome, Que.They began their life together on a farm in West Brome.To this union, three children were born; one daughter Betty Irene Thompson (Newton) of Warden, Que., and two sons, Cecil Archibald, who predeceased her in 1945 at age of 16 months and Wesley John of Waterloo, Que.Ina took great pride in her home and enjoyed sewing when her health was good.She was an active member of the Women’s Institute for 11 years.She also taught Sunday School in St.Paul’s United Church for approximately 10 years.The funeral was held in the Leo Paul Ledoux Funeral Home on December 6 with Rev.Gary Gaudin and Rev.Wilmur Davidson conducting the service.Interment will be in the family lot in Waterloo in the spring.Surviving relatives of Ina’s are her husband Cecil, daughter Betty (Newton), son Wesley, daughter-in-law Betty, son-in-law Eric, three grandsons, David, Dale and Christopher, one granddaughter Laura, sister Helen and brother-in-law Bill (Ardington), sister-in-law Mary (Em mett), besides several nieces, nephews and cou sins.THANK YOU! without your help the SPA could not continue to accept homeless animals at its shelter.No animal is turned away.Last year, 12,000 cats and dogs were received at the SPA.This year, you can help us continue with a contribution.In Memoriam GILLANDER.Clarence E —In loving memory of my dear husband who passed away on December 30, 1978.As time unfolds another year.Memories keep you ever near Remembered always by EDNA (wife) TOWNSEND — In fond and loving memory of our beloved husband and father Royce R Townsend, who passed away December 28.1981 and our very dear son and brother Jeffrey R Townsend who left us on January 29.I970 No longer in our lives to share, But in our hearts you are always there Sadly missed MARION & GREGORY TOWNSEND ________ St.Monica’s Guild LENNOXVILLE — The regular monthly meeting of S(.Moni ca’s Guild took place December 13 at 8 p.m.in the Upper Room.Eighteen members were present and Canon Aw cock opened the meeting with prayer.The secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting and the treasurer gave a very gratifying report from our supper and Ba zaar.The members would like to thank all the parishioners for their tremendous cooperation and assistance to this event.A special vote of thanks goes to the convenor, Mrs.Ruth Reed, who would like to thank her invaluable coconvenors, Mrs.Carol Cryan and Mrs.Marjorie Rick.Winners of the drawings were: The doll house won by Mrs.Ethel Page, the cardigan by Mrs Janet Hartley and the ceramic Christmas tree by Mrs.Sandra Passmore.Mrs.Gladys Anderson won the jelly bean contest.The usual Christmas gratuities were agreed upon and a donation to the Memorial Fund will be made in memory of the late Mrs.Fern Parkin.Refreshments were served by Mrs.Enid Smith, Mrs.Kitty Woollerton and Mrs.Shirley Hopkins.The annual meeting will be held January 10 at 6 p.m.in the form of a pot luck supper.Deaths CHESBRO.Mabel At the Oakville Trafal gar Memorial Hospi tal, Oakville, Ont., on Tuesday.December 27, 1983.Mabel Haz-zard, in her 81st year Beloved wife of the late John Chesbro.Dear mother of Evelyn ( Mrs.D C.Sleeper) Abilene, Texas, Elvon, William and his wife Doris of Oakville, and Irma (Mrs.Douglas An nesley) of Scarborough Grandmother of Lesley Ann, Randolph, Christopher, Cindy and Tara.Dear sister of Mrs.Goldie Thompson and Claire Hazzard.Resting at L.O.Cass and Son Ltd.,300 Queen Blvd.N., Sherbrooke, where funeral service will be held on Friday.Dec.30 at 2 p.m.Inter ment Elmwood Cerne tery.Visitation Thursday 2-4 and 7-9.DUPEKRON, Wilfrid — At the Sherbrooke Hospital.Sherbrooke, Que., on Wednesday.December 28.1983.Joseph Wilfrid Duperron.age 80 years.Beloved husband of the late Bernice Marston.Dear brother of Simone Be rard, Anna Lapointe, Yvonne Duperron of Sherbrooke, Jeanne Poulin of St Adolphe and Lucien Duperron of Montreal Uncle of Eldred and Delmar Marston.Resting at Stuart Lockwood Inc Funeral Home, Dan ville.Funeral service in the Advent Christian Church on Friday, Dec.30 at 2 p.m.Visita tion Thursday 2-4 and 7-9.Spring interment JOINER.Ada Beatrice — At her residence on Sunday, December 25, 1983, Ada Beatrice Jones, beloved wife of the late George Bell and the late Walter Joiner.Dear mother of the late Donald Bell and sister of George (Babel Jones, in her 89th year.Also survived by many nieces and nephews.Resting at the Vel and Elkas 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other Record number is called, The Record cannot guarantee publication the same day. 8—The KKC'OKI)—Wednesday, December 28, 1983 Sports m 1__faej KBcora Québec still strong at home, beat Whalers 7-3 QUEBEC (CP) — Sylvain Turgeon, the Hartford rookie, still managed to look on the light side after a trying day for the Whalers on Tuesday.“I’m just glad we don’t have to play our next game in Ixis Angeles,” said Turgeon after a series of delays and cancellations with their charter flight kept the Whalers at the airport in Hartford for eight hours.They arrived in Quebec only two hours before game time, never finding their legs and absorbing a 7-3 National Hockey League defeat against the Nordiques.“You can’t blame the airport delay," said Whalers coach Jack Evans.“Some of the guys played well, so it can't be the fact we were delayed that made us play that badly “In my day, we used to take the bus for 14 hours, be up all night and play the next evening, so don’t talk to me about an eight-hour delay.” The Nordiques drained whatever life the Whalers had by taking a 4-1 first-period lead Defenceman Randy Moller, who had yet to score a goal this season, and Michel Goulet, who took over the team lead with his 23rd, had two of the goals.The others went to Tony McKegney and Peter Stastny.In the middle period, Goulet added another, while Marian Stastny and Alain Cote also connected.The Whalers, who got a first-period goal from Sylvain Turgeon, had second-period scores from Mark Johnson and Ray Neufeld.STRONG AT HOME It was far too little to stop Quebec’s home-ice mastery.The Nordiques have seven victories and one tie in their last eight games at the Colisee.But all was not good cheer in the Nordiques’ camp.They lost the services of durable goaltender Dan Bouchard late in the first period when a shot from the left faceoff circle by Steve Stoyanovich caught him in the throat.Bouchard was helped off the ice and kept in hospital for the next few hours.“We probably won't know that much until today,” said Quebec coach Michel Bergeron.“We’ll be recalling Clint Malarchuk from the (American Hockey League) Fredericton Express because Bouchard won’t be making the trip to Buffalo on Thursday night.” But it was believed Bouchard, who started his 18th straight game, had suffered only a bruise to the throat area and would not face a prolonged absence.Brian Ford, the rookie who replaced him, performed well, handling all but two of the 25 shots he faced.Until Tuesday night, Ford had played only one period this season, allowing three goals.Brawling rookie goaltender leads Sabres over Habs MONTREAL n\'\ iH.immui.iimi NEW YEAR’S EVE: Open 11:30 a.m.to 1:00 a.m.NEW YEAR’S DAY: Open 11:30 a.m.to 11:30 p.m.,A 25 FOOT BUFFET TABU A choice of Chinese Food You Will Never Forget CHINESE BUFFET with SALAD BAR 'CHINESE BUFFET NOON 54 EVENING s7 SAT.-SUNDAY NIGHT s8 Sunday, children under 10 SUNDAY BRUNCH 11 30 to 14:30 s5 Free Delivery Please book your reservaflons ear/y,^ ÿ> DINING ROOMS 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limit quantities while quantities last.No sale to merchants.9944 second section The RECORD—Wednesday, December 2X, I9K3—II the< #1___rai «œcora From sea to shining sea we fought, we argued and we survived .questions, questions, questions but the big blue machine rolls on TORONTO (CP) — It was a year of questions — some still unanswered — on the 1983 Ontario political scene.Would Premier William Davis step down in his 13th year as leader of the Progressive Conservative party and move to the federal arena in hopes of replacing federal Tory leader Joe Clark?He didn't.But it took him months to decide.Would Frank Miller resign as treasurer after part of his 1983 budget was found in the garbage of a printing plant and made public in May?He didn’t either, but was moved to Industry and Trade in July.Would the tangled trust company affair ever be unravelled?Sort of.But police are still investigating, court actions are in progress and opposition members continue to complain about the handling of the affair while Saskatchewan keeps ‘evolving’ REGINA (CP) — Premier Grant Devine sees Saskatchewan evolving economically from a dependent child into an independent adult.The evolution progressed as it should in 1983, with the province building on its agrarian roots to achieve an economic showing that bucked the recession tide and was the envy of most of Canada.^ Devine’s Conservatives, of course, claimed credit for creating the climate that produced a mini-boom in oil exploration and gave the province the lowest unemployment rate in the country — 7.1 per cent in November.A tax and royalty holiday implemented by the Conservatives lured exploration crews into rural areas, filling up near-empty hotels, motels and restaurants and pushing up retail sales.“Drilling activity in 1983 has generated over $500 million of new investment in the province at a time when other jurisdictions and other sectors (of the economy) are not doing nearly as well,” said Energy Minister Paul Schoenhals.“This will continue through 1984.” As the rest of Canada staggered or fell into the recession, Schoenhals boasted that the tax-holiday had generated 1,000 new jobs in Saskatchewan.He said the $108.3 million received in 1983 for exploration rights on Crown land — the most in 30 years — would produce even more work in 1984 ; a situation that may have contributed to the province’s population reaching one million for the first time.A record 1,675 wells were drilled in the province in 1983, up 200 from the • previous record set in 1980.Drilling activity in the neighboring provinces of Alberta and Manitoba increased only marginally.The oil boom rippled through the economy like waves in a pond, but some other business sectors encountered rough sailing.The eight-member New Democratic Party opposition asked why, if Saskatchewan was “Open For Business” as Devine claims, there were more people looking for work than a year before.There were 34,000 Saskatchewan residents unemployed in November, 3,000 more than in November 1982.Government spokesmen countered with statistics that showed the province’s labor force grew by 11,000 to 441,000 during that period.The throne speech that opened the fall session of the legislature gave the impression job creation will be left to the private sector.Things weren’t as rosy in agriculture, Saskatchewan’s bread-and-butter industry.Net farm income dropped 12 per cent in 1983 to $913.5 million, but Statistics Canada predicts a sharp rebound in 1984 to more than $1.06 billion.Allister Hickson of Statistics Canada’s agriculture division blamed the 1983 decline on soft markets.“In spite of good deliveries of major crops, prices were soft in the last half of the year, just like they were for livestock.” Hickson said production of the six major cereal crops dropped about six per cent from 1982 levels to 20.45 million tonnes in 1983.TORIES HIT 40TH It was also the year Ontario Tories celebrated their 40th consecutive year in power, an event handled quietly and without much fanfare They have three years to go before they surpass the Canadian record — the Liberals' 43-year hold on Nova Scotia from 1882 to 1925.The Ontario anniversary fell in early August, only two weeks after Consumer Minister Robert Elgie released a special report that — among other things — censured the province for a lack of aggressiveness in the trust affair.Accountant James Morrison spent eight months reconstructing the confusing affairs of three trust companies — Seaway, Greymac and Crown — which financed a Toronto apartment deal in 1982 and were seized and sold it by Ontario in 1983.Morrison said the principals in the deal — Leonard Rosenberg, William Player and Andrew Markle —devised the real estate transaction to extract $152 million for themselves from the three firms.He said they used a routine perfected during two years of trial runs across Ontario and Quebec.Opimsition Leader David Peterson cited Morrison’s report as proof that Ontario officials knew about —but did practically nothing to prevent — the fiasco.The government agreed it needed to tighten procedures, and tabled a discussion paper near the end of the year that recommended strict new rules for all financial institutions under the province’s control.Members of all parties are still waiting for signs that police might be near the end of a criminal investigation into the affair.Police officials, however, said it might be up to another year before a decision could be made on whether charges will be laid Meanwhile, Rosenberg and other principals were fighting the province in court in apparently endless battles over who had the right to do what to whom.Although the trust case consumed an extraordinary amount of legisla live and political energy through 1983, the major story was Davis.________ From the start of the year until his decision in May, the 53-year-old premier left his party in limbo about whether he might become the first Ontario Tory leader to vie for federal leader since George Drew left for Ot tawa in 1948.NDP Leader Bob Rae said Davis’s indecision left the province leaderless through a time of high unemployment, layoffs and economic ills.Rae said voters would remember Davis’s “dithering" the next time they went to the polls.wesr ALL IBOJW.BOG PASS and restraint becomes a weapon VICTORIA (CP) — Like a shock wave from a bomb blast, last May’s provincial election still reverberates throughout British Columbia.More fallout in 1984 is inevitable.The shift to the political right began shortly after May 5 when Premier Bill Bennett, trumpeting restraint and recovery in an election campaign that started out looking like a cliffhanger, swept to victory over the New Democratic Party.Close though the vote was — about 50 per cent Social Credit and 45 per cent NDP)— it translated into a 35-22 margin in the 57-member legislature.Bennett, starting his third term as premier, convulsed the province July 7 when he unveiled a legislative program aimed at changing the face of that the Conservatives in Alberta don’t need EDMONTON (CP) — The recession and the depressed state of oil and gas markets have shot billion-dollar holes in Alberta finances, forcing the government to raise taxes and contemplate cuts in spending.Premier Peter Lougheed travelled outside the province for weeks at a time, leaving behind his ministers to explain why Alberta needs hospital user fees and a labor law that could /hi tëAiM CAUB — even if rr A ruin construction unions.But there is little evidence that any of this has shaken the Progressive Conservatives’ grip on the province.The party won its fourth straight election in 1982 with 62 per cent of the vote and 75 of 79 seats.The four-member opposition — two New Democrats and two Independents — remains weak, despite the emergence of potentially good issues.TAX UP JAN.1 When Treasurer Lou Hyndman announced provincial income tax would go up 13 per cent Jan.1, the only sign of a whimper came when an Independent member tabled a 946-name petition in the legislature.The Conservatives’ political problems in 1983 w'ere isolated and came from unexpected sources.A back-bencher had to apologize for expressing doubts that there was a mass slaughter of Jews in the Second World War.Solicitor General Graham Harle resigned from his cabinet post after being found by police in a car with a prostitute.There were some sharp comments on the' letters pages of newspapers when it was revealed a government calling for restraint could still find money for pet projects such as the Ka- nanaskis Country recreation area, home of $10,000 cedar-clad outhouses.PROGRAM STARTS In larger matters the Conservative government, in power since 1971, felt secure enough to push through the first stages of a tough restraint program, including: — Higher government markups on liquor and a near quadrupling of the tobacco tax.— Raising the province's personal income tax rate on Jan.1, 1984, to 43.5 per cent of basic federal tax from 38.5 per cent, an increase of $182 a year for a family of four with income of $30,000.— Passage of a no-strike, binding arbitration law aimed at holding down wage increases for more than 70,000 public-sector employees.— Cuts in housing allowances for welfare recipients.— Continued efforts to ease taxation and regulation of businesses.— Hints the government will shoot for a zero increase in many areas of spending in next spring’s budget, and that the civil service may be trimmed.The program hit like a cold shower in a province accustomed to government giveaways and expectations of boundless growth fuelled by rising oil prices.VOICE OF NDP Grant Notley, who last spring became the first New Democrat ever to become official Opposition leader in the Alberta legislature, had forecast that the recession and huge provincial deficits w'ould force the government into making serious policy choices for the first time.Their selection of priorities would make voters start considering alternatives, Notley said.The choices are being made.How voters are reacting isn’t clear.About 4,000 construction workers showed up at the legislature on a snowy December afternoon to boo Labor Minister Les Young.The object of their unrest : a bill smoothing the way for construction companies wanting to create non-union subsidiaries.There was no show of solidarity from civil servants, although the tradesmen were demonstrating in the heart of the government office block.OPPOSITION MUTED Unemployment in Alberta was well above 100,000 all year, but a demonstration by unemployed Edmontonians at the legislature last spring drew fewer than 30 people.labor relations in the public service and drastically altering the social fabric — all in the name of restraint.Opposition to the program spawned the Solidarity Coalition, a new political force in the province overshadowing the official Opposition with its lame-duck leadership because of NDP Leader Dave Barrett’s announcement that he will retire.Turmoil, spreading far beyond B.C.’s mountain barriers, erupted July 7 when Finance Minister Hugh Curtis presented an $8.4-billion budget which called for a $1.6 billion deficit: and Bennett, citing restraint, unleashed a legislative chainsaw to drastically cut the number of government employees and bring the public sector unions into line.The budget itself did not reflect restraint.Taxes went up marginally and spending increased 12.3 per cent.It was the first admitted deficit for the Social Credit government whose members like to brag about being good money managers.Bennett hacked away at various popular social programs such as rent controls, rent review and the Rental sman which arbitrates landlord-tenant disputes; help to consumers, people on welfare and the handicapped; and the existing Human Rights Code.The legislation centralized power but more significantly it cut into the collective agreement between the government and its employees.HIT CONTRACTS One of the more controversial bills would have permitted unilateral changes in existing contracts.Another legitimized dismissals retroactively and gave public-sector employers under provincial jurisdiction the power to fire virtually without cause any of their 220.000 employees.The ensuing revolt mobilized labor, religious, teacher tenant and consumer leaders who bonded together with ordinary citizens under the umbrella Solidarity Coalition.Thousands swarmed to Victoria to express outrage over the "vicious attacks on fundamental Canadian rights." They rallied throughout the province, attracting in some cases as many as 50,000 people.It was legislation by inundation and then by exhaustion as the NDP fought a delaying action, opposing every bill.Morning and afternoon sittings slipped into late-night and all-night talkathons as the government forced passage of its key legislation USED CLOSURE It invoked closure to end debate on a bill for the first time in the 112-year history of the legislature.It also used the guillotine for the first time since 1957 to end debate on motions.In all, closure was used 20 times to cut off debate.As the sittings grew longer, tempers got shorter, and for the first time a member was bodily evicted from the chamber.Barrett was carted away and dum ped unceremoniously outside the door when he refused an order to sit down after arguing with a ruling from the chair He subsequently was barred from the legislature for the remainder of the session which is expected to end in late February or early March.Bennett outwardly shrugged off the influence of the Solidarity demonstrations, suggesting his critics remember who won the election.V— V » i7îft77r/~j.L HOT CHICKtN S,AUCE Barb» bauds CATELLI SPAGHETTI, SPAGHETTINI or READY CUT MACARONI 2 kg PKG SPAGHETTINI ¦ ) O^TELLl J O^TELLI l Macaroni M SPAGHCTT?, ; Æ J 2 Kb L’Exquis produc u are available in supermarkets with pastry counters with service, from iSj; Tuesday to Saturday inclusively.Hr ?,s> BLACK FOREST LAYER CAKE 6” - (MADE FROM 35% CREAM) - EACH KETCHUP f KETCHUP i tomates |Lg| tomates , Uft-0O i§p$& K-P.-y-i&s.-: r-»SK- HEINZ TOMATO KETCHUP 1,25 LITRE BTL UNCLE BEN'S CONVERTED LONG GRAIN RICE 1.4 kg BOX J SPAGHETTI SAI ^ghettisau^ Md* m»Æ, A CATELLI TOMATO SPAGHETTI SAUCE 796 mL TIN y BLUE BONNET SOFT MARGARINE 907 g CONT.Itïoe MonovI >>««>i*\ alMsvüM irx&tsL, TASTER'S CHOICE FREEZE DRIED INSTANT COFFEE REGULAR or DECAFFEINATED 227 g)AR is é t waxsmi |a| « * ÎÜV •» ’ ï v -i «Jk w w nr «Ttnte», - > s*» - v “ « » wœ ' STEINBERG ALL BEEF SALAMI ^ —— COORSH SMOKED MEAT 200 * PKG.4 x 50 g POUCH •v.:—Wednesday, December 28, 198:1 THE PICKLES YOU LIKE GETTING INTO! m m GATTUSO SWEET PICKLED ONIONS 375 ml JAR CORONATION COMBINATION OLIVES AND SWEET GHERKINS TWIN PACK 2 x 375 ml JARS McLARENS KENT SMALL SWEET GHERKINS 375 ml JAR *1 GATTUSO STUFFED MANZANILLA OLIVES 375 ml JAR CORONATION SPANISH QUEEN OLIVES 625 ml JAR ¦ « ni 0m Ot*€ GATTUSO STUFFED MANZANILLA OLIVES 500 ml JAR biff* Olive* SttiffeaOW f# GATTUSO STUFFED SPANISH OLIVES 625 ml JAR ^ - CORONATION STUFFED MANZANILLA OLIVES 625 ml JAR GATTUSO COMBINATION OLIVES 500 ml JAR McLARENS SWEET PICKLED ONIONS Î75 ml JAR McLARENS STUFFED MANZANILLA OLIVES 375 ml JAR I AURENTIDE CHIPS B B Q RIPPllS SAL I AND VINtCAR RIOULAR 400,: RAC, 10 PAQUETS • PACKS 200 CIGARETTES VIRGINIE PgTSE • KJNG.SIZE * BOER , > , , .y, > H i ¦ T Wfl»oueTS-A«KS c VlFtEfttiE COKE, DIET COKE, SPRITE or TAB 6 x 750 ml RET.BTIS PUIS DEPOSIT 30< BTI n NO BRAND CIGARETTES KING SIZE - CARTON OF 200 WARNING : Health and Welfare Canada advises that danger to health increases with amount smoked - avoid inhaling « SCHWEPPES MIXERS CINUR Alt TONIC WATF.R or CLUB SODA SO ml RET BTI PIUS DEPOSIT JOc BU STEINBERG NAPKINS ASSORTED, BEIGE or WHITE PKG OF 60 £>v : : > ; : ervs6ttes^-| wmmm g ANTIPERSPIRANT SPRAY ULTRA DRY or DEODORANT REGULAR 200 ml SPRAY CAN STICK DEODORANT RtGUlAR or EXTRA STRENGTH « SQUEFK SHAMPOO JlTRA CONC I NTRAII « EOR NOP MAI HAIR CONDITIONER WITHOU 300 o-i BT CLOSE-UP TOOTHPASTE RED or GREEN 100 ml TUBE WHISPER PANTY HOSE REINFORCED TOt CONTROL TOP SOFT BEIGE or MAPLE MEDIUM LONG or EXTRA LONG ALL PURPOSE WASH BAG IN BONUS PKG OF 3 ENERGIZER BATTERIES AA' PKG OF 4 ENERGIZER BATTERIES C , r D PKG OF 4 9 VOIT PKG OF 2 ! I %.Ji i- PIASTIC ÆÊb.CUTLtRY IfORKS KNIVIS .spoons «L.!>*¦ ' ^4 ASSORTED PIECES *^°w2£i 4 F/ \ nmnhti, Jy x >> - — • ;>/>' CHINE! ROYAL SUNGLOW PLASTIC COATED DINNER PLATES 8 3/4" PKG OF 20 TV.PLASTIC FOAM CUPS PKG OF SI FILM SIZE EXPOSURES 1 SET OF PRINTS 25% OFF 010025 12 $3.29 New DISK 15 $5.24 jumbo size Cl 10026-035 * 24 $6.52 37% 035* 36 $9.52 larger J Thij offer it good only for the color negative films indicated, process C-41 only.' EXCEPT W2 FRAME^^^r mmm llilll—Hill i II ill |•|• ^Tlil^rr Prices advertised in these pages are valid in all our supermarkets located in the town which is the newspaper's principal circulation area and its suburb.Bakery prices are valid from Tuesday only.Quality and quantity of fruits and vegetables may vary due to weather conditions.However, best supplies will be available to customers.We reserve the right to limit quantities.No sales to merchants.Some photos may be taken for illustration purposes only.The description of the item takes precedence at all times.If a supermarket is short of an advertised item, please ask for a rain-check at the information counter.Your Steinberg supermarkets will close at 6 p.m.on December 31st.Supermarkets will be open on January 2nd, from 1 p.m.to 6 p.m.* I MR.MEN™ AND LITTLE MISS © 1963 UnMed FMHirt SyrvXcftto Inc SOMETIMES LOVE LETTERS 6ET STUCK ,U)AV IN THE BACK., Y'KNOW SCWETHINC3 MISS BOSSY?THAT EXTRA COUPLE OF POUNDS REALLY SUITS YOU / y ME AND MY LITTLE MOUTH ( YD YD < C o o >> n You 6AVt your po6 old ceieRi?I THOUGHT Dogs vUERE AAOStLY MEAT EAT6R4./ it vJas something TAKE M\Y ADVICE.,never ORDER THE FROG LEGS OF COupjF X BfMFvF IN A PEFtNSE gUD6ET| I2-ZÔ Tn^ts ^ i SCOOPS WOULP YOUR COUNTRY K WILLIM) id om Asruw to Mvr?by Dong Sneyd m-m KIVP WITH RM WALLS aup 10W"5UEVEP JACKETS.f'to&ù-A i The RECORD—Wednesday.December 28.19811—17 ¦ THAT'6 THE LAST OF THLM, MR.FAR-CA6 NOW.CAN YOU IPFNTIFY WF MAN.LIME.UP OBbERVATiON PÜOM WHO 5T0LF THF GIFT YOUR-FAMILY GAVFYOU FOR CHISI5TMA5?/J-2J ISAUS^Mr-1963 i6tnbut*d b^NEA.Inc 'zi RELAX, DO YO/J BELIEVE IN THOUGHT DO MXI BELIEVE IN DIRT TRANSR£RENŒT AMAZlN^l ARE THEV Y ^- REALLV THATOlD?y(^a, .BUT THEY WOULD BE IF STILL LIVIWO.A6EACF XLET'GGEE.,MOM, FAREWTS ) A HUMDREDOHE IFUVIHO?/ AMO MV FATHER."—v yA.uh,one hundred cry PAPETERIE FAUCHER 50 LAURIER ST.• MAGOG, QC 843-6715 (819) ANNUAL SALE CAMBRIDGE MADE TO MEASURE SUITS For a limited time only, have your made-to-measure suit made in fabrics of a well known brand "CAMBRIDGE" with a reduction of $150.00 off Also specials on our ready to wear suits, sport coats, overcoats and accessories.-0 | ¦ '-'gL | ft mk sll Vvi ITh« Tailor aliberté ___ — _________ a fils Itée 88.St.North, Sherbrooke King St.Shopping Center, 2283 King St.West, Sherbrooke •J.» ( 30