The record, 6 septembre 1984, jeudi 6 septembre 1984

I î Births, deaths .8 Business.5 Classified .10 Comics .11 Editorial .4 Living .6 Sports .7 City .3 A SUNNY DAY JENNIFER McGELAN MANSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Thursday, September 6, 1984 35 cents MMM Tory Québec due to anti-Liberal alliance — Levesque By Linda Drouin QUEBEC (CP) — The Tories swept through Quebec in Tuesday’s general election because they built an alliance of provincial nationalists opposed to Liberals who were “degrading Quebec,” Premier René Lévesque said Wednesday.Lévesque, who never hid his preference for Brian Mulroney and the Conservative party during the election campaign, likened the Tory sweep to the one that knocked the Union Nationale out of power in Quebec in 1960 and ushered in the Quiet Revolution under Jean Lesage’s Liberal party.The Union Nationale, bom in 1936 of the merger of the provincial Conservative party and renegade Liberals, was led by the legendary Maurice Duplessis.It held power in Quebec from 1944 until 1960, the year after Duples-sis’s death.The Tories, in an unprecedented win Tuesday, took 58 of Quebec’s 75 seats, compared with the single seat they captured at the previous election in 1980.“It was a contagion that won Quebec, like at the end of the Duplessis era when the slogan was, ‘Things have to change,”’ said a smiling and relaxed Lévesque, who admitted he’d won "two small bets” as the Tory wave rolled in.“A coalition of separatists, nationalists and provincial Liberals went Conservative because Quebec has suffered from the (federal) Liberals, who attacked our identity and our culture.” the premier told a news See PQ, page 2.Brian Mulroney.Must mould east and west.Québec: Can Mulroney keep it blue?By Kevin Dougherty MONTREAL (CP) — Brian Mulroney has bettered John Diefenbaker’s 1958 breakthrough in Quebec but it remains to be seen whether the Tories can hold on to their new-found strength in the province.“Every 25 years the Conservatives take power and then lose it again four years later,” outgoing Finance Minister Marc Lalonde said Tuesday when the results came in indicating the Conservatives had increased their Quebec strength from one seat in 1980 to 58 this year.In 1958 Diefenbaker, with help from the legendary Maurice Duplessis and his Union Nationale machine, took 50 Quebec seats but four years later Tory strength in Quebec slipped to 14 seats as Real Caouette’s Creditistes came from nowhere to win 26 ridings in the province.The unilingual Diefenbaker’s failure to understand Quebec meant the Conservative party didn’t put down roots in the province, remaining dependent on the Union Nationale.Buv on Sept.7,1959, Duplessis died in Schefferville, Que., at a fishing lodge belonging to the Iron Ore Co.of Canada Ltd.He took his party machine with him.Mulroney, president of Iron Ore before he was chosen Conservative leader last year, has a good chance of breaking the Schefferville jinx.BUILDS TEAM He speaks French with the colloquial intonations of his Baie-Comeau hometown and has the ability Diefenbaker never had to bring people together.Under his leadership the party has built its own winning team in Quebec, drawing in provincial Liberals and Parti Québécois organizers.Both PQ Premier René Lévesque and former Liberal premier Robert Bourassa insisted they were neutral in the federal election fray, but it was an open secret in Quebec that the two provincial leaders were pulling for the Tories.Robert Bourassa is a personal friend of Mulroney, going back to 1970-76 when Bourassa was premier, and he has no affection for the federal Liberals.There has been speculation the Tories would try to consolidate their organization in Quebec by creating a provincial wing, but in a radio interview Wednesday, Bourassa let it slip that Mulroney has assured him there won’t be a provincial Tory party in Quebec.LINKS TORIES, SEPARATISTS During the election campaign, the Liberals tried to tar the Tories with the “separatist” brush, noting Léves-que’s backing for the Conservatives and drawing attention to Tory candidates in Quebec who were on the Yes side in the 1980 referendum on sovereignty-association .Mulroney’s reply was the Conservatives were bringing Quebecers, soured on federalism as practised by the Liberals, back into the Canadian mainstream.PQ support for the Tories reflected in part the desire for revenge among PQ members bitter about the referendum loss and patriation of the Canadian constitution in 1982 over Quebec’s objections.But many PQ backers have turned to the Tories out of disillusionment with Levesque and skepticism at his promises of future referendums.Mulroney’s challenge as prime minister will be to mold a diverse team ranging from free-enterprise Western Tories who are unenthusiastic about bilingualism to nationalistic Quebecers, into a government.If he can do so, the Conservatives have a chance to replace the Liberals as Canada’s “natural governing party," reversing the pattern set by liberal prime minister Wilfrid Laurier in 1896.* s y.xm SA : 'i£ -L'- ¦¦ ^ V RECORD/PKRRY BEATON Hay crops were good all over this summer and many farmers don’t have enough room in their bams to get it all in Second sought in Montreal CN station bombing MONTREAL (CP) — Police are searching for a young man in connection with Monday’s bombing at Central Station in which three French tourists were killed.News reports published today quote unnamed police sources as saying a bearded man in his late 20s or early 30s was seen in the train station shortly before the bomb exploded at 10:23 a.m.on Labor Day.The articles say the man is one of the few people who befriended Thomas Brigham, a 65-year-old American detained on a coroner’s warrant several hours after the explosion.The stories do not say whether a warrant has been issued for the man or whether he is considered a suspect or a witness, but the reports quote one unnamed detective as saying: “We just want to ask this man some questions.” Montreal police spokesman Const.Charles Poxon could not confirm the reports.Earlier, a detective involved in the inestigation said police have stopped looking for suspects and are concentrating their efforts on gathering evidence for a coroner’s inquest.LOTS TO CHECK Brigham has been held in custody on a coroner’s warrant since Monday evening after telling a reporter he wrote a garbled letter containing the phrase “kill popes” and “9:30 a.m., September 3,1984.” The note, delivered to Via Rail authorities last week, prompted speculation the bombing was connected with next week’s papal visit.Pope John Paul arrives in Montreal on Monday as part of the 12-day visit.Brigham, a Second World War veteran declared mentally incompetent 10 years ago, has not been charged and has denied any connection with the bombing.The coroner’s warrant against Brigham expires next Wednesday, the day he is scheduled to appear at a hearing and the day the Pope leaves Montreal.Coroner Roch Heroux will then decide whether to set a date for an inquest, free Brigham or issue another eight-day detention warrant to allow police to continue their investigation.The three victims of the explosion were identified by French consular officials on Wednesday as Michel Dubois, 24, Eric Nicholas, 24, and Florence Leblond, 22, all from the Paris region.FRIEND SURVIVED The trio and Joel Mary, 24, who suffered severe face bums and a hand injury in the blast, had been scheduled to fly home on Tuesday after a six-week holiday in Canada.Mary remains in a Montreal hospital in serious condition.Brigham, who lived by himself in a three-by four metre room in a rooming house, was described Wednesday as a “polite, quiet and clean” man “who kept to himself." Landlady Augustine Lalande said Brigham, moved in to the building three blocks from Central Station in April.Canadian National Railway spokesman Jean-Guy Brodeur said police could not have prevented Monday’s explosion.“There are 75,000 people who pass through Central Station every day,” he said.“If they put a bomb in a suitcase how can we tell?Bombs can be left on a seat or in the toilet.Meanwhile, service at Central Station was disrupted again Wednesday when police cleared the terminal after an anonymous telephone caller said a bomb would explode at 9:30 p.m.EDT.The station was evacuated Tuesday after a suspicious looking package was found.Police blew up the package, which contained someone’s lunch.Harrison seen with bags before no-show court date By Joyce Napier MONTREAL (CP) — Businessman Robert Harrison, who failed to show up in court for the resumption of his preliminary hearing on fraud, theft and perjury charges, was last seen a week ago with two suitcases and $2,000, his lawyer told the court Wednesday.Joseph Silver, Harrison’s counsel since the hearing began March 26, told the court he was put “in a very difficult position” by his client’s mys- Mulroney looks to mold mixed-bag cabinet hopefuls By The Canadian Press Prime minister-designate Brian Mulroney returned to Ottawa triumphantly Wednesday to begin molding a Progressive Conservative government.His return from the Manicougan riding he won by 20,000 votes also marked the start of what will surely be a brisk bout of speculation as Tories, journalists and political observers try to forecast the makeup of the Mulroney cabinet.Predicting its composition, expected to number between 30 and 40, won’t be easy because there’s no shortage of potential ministers among the other 210 Tory MPs elected in the Conservative landslide Tuesday.Mulroney must also set a date for taking over the reins of power from Prime Minister Turner and calling the first sitting of the 33rd Parliament, probably in October.Turner has invited Mulroney to join him Sunday in Quebec City to greet the Pope at the start of his 12-day Canadian visit.Turner said in Vancouver on Wednesday he’ll discuss a tran- sition date with Mulroney then.Mulroney put the headaches aside long enough Wednesday to savor his victory with congratulatory telephone calls from U.S.President Reagan and seven Conservative provincial premiers.And he talked with “a gracious” Turner to receive assurances of a quick and co-operative transition.En route to Ottawa, Mulroney told wellwishers in Sept.Iles, Que., “I can assure you that the MP for Manicoua-gan and the prime minister of Canada will conduct himself with dignity and courage, thanks to you.” The Tory sweep of 58 of Quebec’s 75 seats came because the party offered Quebecers “another federalist option to which they could turn and against which they could measure the evolution of our collective society.” For Turner, who became prime minister 67 days ago, Wednesday was spent telephoning Liberals, occasionally offering congratulations but usually sympathy especially for the 15 members of his cabinet buried in the Tory tidal wave.He could only explain his country- wide thrashing as “a very, very strong” desire for change.It appears there won’t be any serious challenges to Turner’s leadership of the Liberals.Party president Iona Campagnolo, Jim Coutts, a former Trudeau aide and defeated candidate and Senator Keith Davey, Turner’s campaign manager, all vowed to help rebuild the party under Turner’s direction.New Democrat Leader Ed Broad-bent returned to Ottawa from Osha-wa, Ont., Wednesday with preelection questions about his leadership likely silenced for a while.Broadbent’s “ordinary Canadians” campaign appears to have played a major role in dragging the party back from the cliff of political extinction.And he vowed his party, only 10 seats behind the Liberal’s 40, would be the real opposition to Mulroney’s Tories.With the plum cabinet job of external affairs minister expected to go to former prime minister Joe Clark, the jockeying for other top posts is well under way.Mike Wilson, a minister in Clark’s government and the party’s industry critic in the last Commons, is widely rumored to be in line for the critical finance post.John Crosbie, finance minister in the Clark government, may be headed for the energy or justice portfolio.Ray Hnathsyhyn, Clark’s energy minister, may be government House leader.Don Mazankowski will likely return to transport, Sinclair Stevens could become trade minister, Jake Epp could be in health and David Crombie could get the communications portfolio.Manitoban Charlie Mayer may become the first Prairie agriculture minister in 10 years while Saskatchewan's Bill McKnight may get the wheat board job.Flora MacDonald, who was Clark’s foreign affairs minister, will likely be in the cabinet.And Pat Carney of Vancouver is another likely candidate.Perrin Beatty, who gained national recognition for his attack on the practices of the revenue department’s taxation branch, may be given the job of cleaning it up.terious absence, and asked the judge to suspend proceedings until Harrison shows up.But sessions Judge John D’Arcy As-selin, who issued a bench warrant for Harrison’s arrest Tuesday, turned down Silver’s request, ordering that the hearing proceed in the accused’s absence.Silver then asked to withdraw from the case.But Asselin turned him down, saying that when a lawyer accepts to represent an accused it is "like a marriage, for better or for worse.” Silver told the court that he was “in no mood" to proceed and that he “needed some time to gather my spirits.” Asselin granted a postponement until next Monday.“I am here, as somebody told me this morning, holding the bag,” Silver said.“It is depressing, my Lord." Harrison, a former president of the Montreal Board of Trade and a former senior partner in the Montreal office of the Touche, Ross accounting firm, faces 13 counts of theft, fraud and perjury.The judge said there was a possibility that Harrison “may slow up one of these days with a completely plausible explanation.” But he added: “Experience has shown that in this world it is easy to vanish.“The accused has rights in this case, but then so does society,” the-judge said, noting the Criminal Code states clearly that if an accused disappears, a preliminary hearing may continue without him.Silver later told reporters that he had been working “night and day”on this case and that “it is very depressing being there (in court) all by myself.’ I 2—The RECORD—Thursday, September 6, 1984 U.S.expects‘close, effective’ties with new Mulroney government By Norma Greenaway WASHINGTON (CP) — U.S.President Reagan and State Secretary George Shultz congratulated Brian Mulroney Wednesday on his stunning election victory and State Department officials said they expect continued “close and effective” ties with Canada under a Progressive Conservative leadership.Canada-watchers generally predicted more affable relations between the two countries.As evidence, they pointed to the'apparent “good chemistry” between Mulroney and Reagan and the “high priority” the Conservative chief put on bilateral issues during the Canadian campaign.Few suggested, however, that Mulroney as prime minister will be a pushover when it comes to protecting Canadian interests.Some said Mulroney’s resounding mandate should give him added clout with the Reagan administration, while others argued the margin of victory does not play a significant role in international affairs.President Reagan took a few minutes out of his re-election campaign and telephoned Mulroney from Chicago to congratulate him on his landslide win.Shultz sent a separate congratulatory message.The president expressed “his readiness to work closely with Mr.Mulroney to the mutual benefit of both Canada and the United States" during PQ has no Tory lOUs says smiling Lévesque Continued from page I conference.” HELPED PQ A coalition of Quebec nationalists brought the Parti Québécois to power in 1976.The party held only six of the assembly’s 110 seats going into the election that year and came out with 71.“That alliance always comes back when Quebec is threatened,” Lévesque said.He said there were no formal links between the PQ and the Tories during the campaign but “there are a lot of people we know well who can serve as intermediaries, people who have ears on both sides.” He made the comment in answer to a question about Lucien Bouchard, a Mulroney friend and adviser, and one of the Quebec government’s top labor negotiators.Asked if the PQ would be looking for Tory help in the next provincial election campaign, Lévesque said “there are no lOUs there.“What happened was done spontaneously.There was no directive to our machine.” Lévesque made no apologies for withholding his support from the Parti Nationaliste, the PQ offshoot formed last fall that garnered a bare 2.5 per cent of the Quebec vote in Tuesday’s election.PN Leader Denis Monière called Lévesque a Pontius Pilate during the campaign for failing to back the party.“People were looking for those most likely to beat the Liberals,” Lévesque explained.“They (the PN) didn't have the credibility or the organization or the time to build.” Lévesque said the Quebec government expects to have a much easier time dealing with Mulroney’s government than with former prime minister Pierre Trudeau’s because of Mulroney’s promise to improve federal-provincial relations.“We might not have the same ideas on the future but we can still agree on a great many things as long as there’s basic good will and an open mind,” said Lévesque.As a first move toward better relations, Lévesque announced the Quebec government will no longer boycott federal-provincial conferences.Since the 1982 Constitution was signed without Quebec’s accord, the province has refused to attend or take official positions at federal-provincial conferences, except those dealing with economic or constitutional questions.Will a honeymoon with the Tories undermine the PQ’s determination to make Quebec an independent country?Not a bit, said Lévesque.“That is still our basic commitment but for now we are still in a federal system and if we can work to make it better, while we protect our interests, we will do that.” Chernenko makes ‘frail’ television appearance MOSCOW (Reuter) — Soviet President Konstantin Chernenko has reappeared after a seven-week absence but television film of him speaking at a Kremlin ceremony showed him frail and at times unsteady.The 73-year-old leader, who had not been seen since July 13, marked his return to public view by presenting honors to three cosmonauts who took part in a mission to the orbiting space station Salyut-7 two months ago.His re-emergence put an end to growing speculation that he was seriously ill and unable to carry out his functions as president and Communist party chief.But Western diplomats who studied the 10-minute television film of the ceremony said Chernenko looked more frail than when last seen in July and appeared to have lost some weight.Chernenko was shown walking Weather Today will be sunny with some cloudy periods.There will be a risk of ground frost tonight, however.The high today will be 17, the low between 1 and 3.Friday will be sunny with a high of 20 degrees celcius.unaided, but when he delivered a four-minute address he looked flushed, had some difficulty breathing and frequently swallowed or muttered his words.At one stage, as he faltered over the text, an aide moved forward swiftly as if to support the president or offer assistance, but was not needed.SMILED BROADLY Although he appeared stiff and at times a little unsteady, the president smiled broadly as he stood in a line-up with the cosmonauts, who included Svetlana Savitskaya, the first woman to walk in space.Some diplomats said they believed Chernenko may have made a special effort to stage the ceremony at this time in order to end speculation about his condition and his position in the Soviet hierarchy.They said Chernenko’s apparent frailty made them cautious about assuming he now is fully back at work and they would wait to see if he might appear regularly in public, as he did during his first six monthsin office.Doubts about Chernenko’s condition arose two weeks ago when some Western embassies said they had heard reports he had been admitted to hospital for medical attention.Some diplomats said that despite Chernenko’s reappearance they still considered he had suffered a loss of political authority during his absence.fl.rTr^£l Bccura 569-9511 569-6345 569-9525 569-9931 569-9931 569-4856 George MacLaren.Publisher .Charles Bury, Editor.Lloyd G.Scheib, Advertising Manager Mark Guillette, Press Superintendent Richard Lessard, 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WELCOME Meantime, a U.S.State Department official said that regardless of whether Mulroney had chalked up a minority or majority at home, he would get the same reception in Washington as Canada’s prime minister and chief spokesman.And despite all the talk of Mulroney and Reagan being “kindred spirits,” nobody in the White House or within the administration considers the prime minister-designate a soft touch when it comes to fighting for the best interests of Canada, said the official, who asked not to be identified.While Mulroney is generally seen as ready to modify some aspects of ener- gy and investment policy, State Department officials say they have adopted a wait-and-see attitude on whether his campaign rhetoric gets translated into action.Charles Doran, director of the Centre for Canadian studies at the School for the Advancement of International Studies in Washington, said Mulroney’s overwhelming mandate should give him added clout with the Americans.“This is a marvellous way of gaining attention in Washington and indicating that this is a government to be reckoned with,” Doran said.SEES PROBLEMS Doran and others said there are still tough bilateral issues on the agenda, ranging from acid rain to the threat of U.S.steel import quotas, that cannot be resolved by goodwill alone.The Canadian election results were played prominently in the U.S.media Wednesday, with lengthy news stories appearing in the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe and USA Today.Alan Henrikson, an academic who tracks Canadian affairs from Tufts University in Medford, Mass., said the U.S.media’s tendency to portray Reagan and Mulroney as being close to two of a kind appears off base.The media here has repeatedly highlighted Mulroney’s promise to bolster defence spending and give the United States the “benefit of the doubt” on foreign policy.Henrikson contended there is no evidence that Mulroney is prepared to write a "blank cheque” on those issues.“I hope Americans don’t feel they are getting a rubber stamp in the foreign policy field.” But Jeffrey Gayner, international affairs counsellor at the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing think tank, and Lansing Lamont, head of Canadian affairs for the New York based Americas Society, said the Reagan team will find a Conservative administration in Canada more sympathetic and compatible to work with than the former Liberal government of Pierre Trudeau.News-in-brief Central Station evacuated again MONTREAL (CP) — Central Station was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after city police received an anonymous telephone threat warning a bomb would go off at the station at 9:30 p.m.EST.Police received the phone call from at 7:30 p.m., CN police said, and the station was evacuated and searched.No bomb was found and travellers and personnel were let back in after 45 minutes.City police said transportation centres in Montreal have been receiving two or three threats a day since Monday, when a bomb exploded at Central Station, killing three people.The station was evacuated for an hour Tuesday after one such threat.A search turned up nothing.Ontario town too good for Nfld.ST.THOMAS, Ont.(CP) — What’s in a name?Apparently not enough to warrant twinning this southern Ontario city with a small community of the same name on Newfoundland’s Conception Bay.City council, on the advice of city administrator Bob Barrett, has decided to turn down an invitation by councillor Michael Laurie of St.Thomas, Nfld., to twin the communities.Barrett said if council wanted to twin with another community, it would “seem appropriate that council seek out an interested municipality with which this municipality might have considerably more in common than with the very small town of St.Thomas, Nfld.” So what’s a heart attack?Jimmy Stokes of Cornwall, Ont., didn’t let a heart attack he suffered five months ago prevent him from roller-skating 211.2 kilometres in 200 hours recently.The currently recognized mark by the Guinness Book of World Records is 193.1 kilometres.However, the 65-year-old man is used to exertion.Two years ago, Stokes won the over-60 class in the Hawaii Ironman triathalon, an annual event that requires participant to swim four kilometres in the ocean, cycle 18 kilometres and run a marathon.Thanks, Lloyd WINNIPEG — When Toronto-based flight attendant Maryan Acketflew into Winnipeg during the election campaign to report for duty, she discovered her garment bag missing from the plane.Someone had carried it off by mistake.Since the bag contained her Pacific Western Airlines uniform for a flight out of Winnipeg later that day, her supervisor said there was no choice but to return to Toronto for another uniform.When she got back to Winnipeg the next day, she discovered her bag had been returned — by Lloyd Axworthy, then transport minister.Video shops cry police harassment WINNIPEG (CP) — Video rental store operators say fear of police harassment is stopping them from stocking two hardcore movies even though a judge has ruled the films are not obscene.“We don’t want to get on the bad side of vice here in the city,” said Kenneth Halpert, manager of Solar News.“If we carry Deep Throat and Bordello the police will come in here and seize everything in the place and keep it for six months while they decide whether it’s obscene.” Funeral home caught cheating HALIFAX (CP) —- Alleged casket substitution prior to cremations was the reason a local funeral-home operation’s licence was suspended last Friday, Consumer Affairs Minister Laird Stirling revealed Wednesday.Stirling said in an interview Wednesday a month-long department and RCMP investigation has revealed at least two incidents in which R.D.Lindsay Funeral Homes Ltd.allegedly switched cheaper caskets for more expensive ones before cremation.Canadian planning record crossing When you’re planning to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a six-metre, hand-crafted motor boat, you need all the practice you can get.That’s why Pierre Four is off on a 1,500-nautical mile practice run along the Ottawa and St.Lawrence rivers to St.John’s, Nfld.Four, 37, of Ottawa, is using the run as a warmup for an attempt at a solo crossing of the Atlantic next spring.To simulate what he’ll need on the Atlantic, he’s taking along 340 litres of fuel, 68 Utres of water, 17 marine charts and some meat sandwiches.Travelling 16 hours a day and anchoring to sleep, he hopes to complete the Atlantic trip in less than 12 days — the time he'll have to beat if he wants to set a record.Peckford praises PC popularity ST.JOHN’S, Nfld.(CP) — Election of a majority Conservative government means Canadians “can now get on with the job of making this country into the great nation it can be,” Premier Brian Peckford said in a telegram Wednesday to prime minister-designate Brian Mulroney.The premier, who plunged into the campaign in its final stages to boost Tory support in the province, said he was “proud that my province decided to lead the groundswell that crossed the length and breadth of the nation.” This could be a problem ATHOL, Mass.— Normal first-day confusion quadrupled Wednesday in Joann Deacon’s kindergarten class in Athol, Mass., when four sets of identical twins started their schooling.Deacon said she was aware four sets of twins were to be enrolled but didn’t learn until the last minute that Jessica and Jacqueline Debasitis, Jacqueline and Melissa Carey, Melissa and Tara Cowdrey and Christophar and Nathan Carlson all would be in her class.She noted the duplicate Jacquelines and Métissas and similarity in three surnames would add to confusion.“I’m a tittle nervous,” she said, “but I’m looking forward to it.It should be a real challenge.” Diet cures kidney disease BOSTON (AP) — A low-protein, largely vegetarian diet can stop relatively advanced kidney disease in some patients and spare them from having to undergo transplants or dialysis treatment, a new study shows.Ordinarily, the disease steadily wrecks the kidneys until all the victim’s kidney function is lost, and there is tittle doctors can do to slow or halt it.Kidney disease is one of the world’s biggest killers.Space hormone has promise EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.(AP)-A mystery hormone purified aboard the space shuttle Discovery may help treat up to 13 types of human disease, but its identity won’t be disclosed for at least a year, an official said Wednesday.“It is similar to what the body produces naturally; it is well known what it does in the body,” James Rose, in charge of the project for the McDonnell Douglas Corp., said after Discovery landed here Wednesday morning.Protests claim eight lives SANTIAGO (Reuter) — Shots echoed Wednesday night around Santiago's shantytowns, sealed off by barricades of rocks and blazing tires, as anti-government protests that have claimed eight lives shook the city for the second night.Residents said the incidents were the worst since protests against President Augusto Pinochet’s 11-year-old military government began in May 1983.A 16-year-old youth identified as Julio Becerra was shot dead late Wednesday.Hospital sources said the youth was hit by three bullets and was dead on arrival.Another youth, Gabriel Zuniga, 19, died earlier from a bullet wound in the neck.Rejected, rejected, rejected BRAINTREE, Mass.(AP) — Janet Carlino wanted someone to take her dancing.Instead, a dating service matched her with a scuba-diving veterinarian, a man who wanted to talk stocks and bonds and another who inquired about sex on the first date.So the 42-year-old mother of two sued the dating service.She won $400.“I think that they should do a better job of matching,” said Carlino, a clerk with an insurance company.Doctors cure diabetes in rats MIAMI (Reuter) —University of Miami researchers announced Wednesday they successfully cured animals of diabetes with an injection of insulin-producing cells.“It is reasonable to begin to plan for human clinical trials,” said Dr.Daniel Mintz, head of the university medical school’s diabetes and metabolic unit.The disease, which results from the body’s inability to produce insulin, affects some 12 million people in the United States alone, and about three million of its victims must rely on daily insulin injection.Japan and Korea exchange smiles TOKYO (AP) — President Chun Doo-hwan of Suth Korea exchanged smiling greetings with Japan’s Empero Hirohito today and called for a new era in relations between the two neighboring countries, divided by 1,600 years of conflict and decades of Japanese domination.Chun, 53, the first Korean head of state to officially visit Japan, arrived at heavily guarded Ha-ned’a airport and issued a statement saying: “I came here to Japan with a view to helping create and maintain a new relationship." A well-planned swimming pool MADISON, Wis.(AP) — How many University of Wisconsin custodians does it take to change a light bulb in the campus’ new physical edcuation centre?One, if he could reach it.The centre’s swimming pool remains closed today because employees cannot get to 18 burned-out tights above the pool, John Paine, director of recreation, said Wednesday.Only six of the 24 ceiling tights are operational, and the university is going to have to buy a portable scaffold that will allow workers to reach them, Paine said.Reagan knew of raid — minister MANAGUA (AP) — Foreign Minister Miguel d'Escoto claims the Reagan administration knew beforehand of a rebel helicopter attack in northern Nicaragua, which originated at a U.S.-built base in Honduras and in which two Americans were killed.The Americans — Dana Herbert Parker, on leave from the Huntsville, Ala., police force, and James Powell of Memphis, Tenn.— were identified as members of a Civilian Military Assistance, a private anti-Communist group based in Huntsville.U.K.strike talks going nowhere LONDON (AP) — The National Coal Board and union leaders on Wednesday scheduled a new round of talks, but on terms that held out tittle hope for a quick end to Britain’s six-month coal strike.Miners’ leader Arthur Scargill said he has accepted an invitation from National Coal Board Chairman Ian MacGregor for talks on Sunday, but Scargill immediately reiterated his demand that MacGregor drop plans to close money-losing pits — the crux of the dispute.What if you throw a hippo at him?It costs $100 in Aalborg, Denmark, to throw gravel at a police officer and $25 to call him a “hippo swine.” Those fines, assessed Tuesday by a judge, prompted a member of Denmark’s parliament on Wednesday to ask Justice Minister Erik Ninn-Hansen for guidelines on what gestures can be considered crimes against public servants.Carsten Andersen of the Socialist People’s party also called on the Conservative minister to explain which gestures are permitted — or not — when a nurse refuses to admit patients to an overcrowded emergency room or a social worker announces cuts in welfare money.Iranians show good judgement THE HAGUE (AP) — Two Iranian judges attacked a Swedish judge on the U.S.-Iran claims tribunal, claiming he had a pro-American bias, and on Wednesday the tribunal’s president suspended proceedings.In his presidential order, Gunnar Lagergren of Sweden suspended deliberations until Sept.14, saying “a situation exists in which the conduct of arbitration in an appropriate manner is for the time being not feasible.” Swedish Judge Nils Mangard was assaulted Monday by Iranian Judges Shafie Shafeiei and Mahmoud Kashani before the opening of the full tribunal’s fall session, said a another judge who spoke with the condition he not be identified.A trans-Atlantic ballon crossing The first thing Helder Jorge Dos Santos Cordei-ro thought of was an unidentified flying object; the next was a miracle.The fisherman was on his boat on a lake near Batalha, Portugal, on August 20 when out of the sky fell a balloon-carried replica of the McQuade Foundation’s administration building in New Windsor, N Y.Equally astonished were the people from the charitable foundation, who had sent off 12 helium-filled balloons attached to the carboard replica to kick off its annual June field day, said director Judy Williams.Williams said she thought the balloons might get only as far as the Hudson River.In a letter to the foundation, Dos Santos Cordei-ro described the flight as “miraculous.” Cosmonauts set new record MOSCOW (Reuter) —Three Soviet cosmonauts aboard the space station Salyut-7 set a new space endurance record today by entering their 212th day in orbit.Leonid Kizim, 43, Vladimir Solovyov, 37, and Oleg Atkov, 35, blasted off from Earth on Feb.8 and have spent 30 weeks on Salyut-7, carrying out photographic surveys, cosmic research and scientific experiments.Their new endurance record, surpassing the 211 days which cosmonauts Anatoly Berezevoy and Valentin Lebedev spent in orbit in 1982, underlines the Soviet Union’s wide lead over the United States in long-term space missions.w* n J I I The RECORD—Thursday, September 6, 1984—3 The Townships f I_««I mam Township or town: Sutton battles over who controls new sewer line By Merritt Clifton SUTTON — Cement is choking the sewer line between the Mont Sutton ski area and the town of Sutton.Sutton mayor Jacques Deslieres says he ordered the cement poured because Sutton Township is violating the tenuous sewage treatment protocol between the two communities by hooking the line up in the first place.Sutton Township mayor Winston Bresee responds that “it does seem as if, if he has a problem, he could pick up the telephone and call me.” Deslieres claims he’d already notified Bresee that the connection shouldn’t be made, by registered letter.According to Deslieres, “there is no written and signed agreement between the municipalities for who is going to pay for sewage treatment.We had passed a resolution last year saying we were willing to make an agreement with Sutton Township to use our sewage treatment plant, to help them get their government grant to put in the pipes,” which finally came through last spring.But details of the arrangement were still be be negotiated.The provincial government granted Sutton Township $10.5 million in Fer-bruary to build sewers and water pipes up to the mountain.NO NEGOTIATIONS “They are not negotiating lately,” Deslieres continues.“We had a hint that they were going to hook the line up anyway, so when the water coming into our treatment plant changed colors, we went up to the manhole nearest to where our town meets theirs and we opened it.We found out that the Township’s contractor had put a hole in our pipe and connected their sewage line without permission or agreement or any inspection.Surface water was getting into the pipes, all sorts of dirt and gravel were washing in, and this was very dangerous for the pumps and other equipment of our treatment plant.Everyone knows you do not mix surface waters with sewage that is going to a treatment plant.” According to Bresee, the contractor had actually hooked up the Mont Sutton sewer line to do some preliminary testing before the whole system is completed around November 15, and the town of Sutton already knew all about it.Next, says Deslieres, “We told the contractor that he should make a bypass to temporarily send his sewage into the little brook that flows near there,” — Wolf Creek.Cleaning up Wolf Creek, a tributary of the Sutton River, is actually one reason why the Mont Sutton sewer line is being built in the first place.PLUGGED WITH PLYWOOD “We plugged their pipe with a plywood cap,” Deslieres adds, “and closed off ours with two-by-fours.This was just before the weekend two weeks ago.We found that the contractor had unplugged and reconnected the pipes by Monday.There was four or five inches of water in the pipes, full of the loose dirt and stones.“We looked at the cost and the time required to get an injunction, and it was too much, so to protect our system we plugged their pipe with concrete.It won’t be unplugged until they come down in to sign an agreement with us.They’re not going to use our treatment plant for nothing.I also had a conversation with the engineer and contractor, because they should know not to send surface water to a sewage plant.From now on, they will be charged for whatever the damages are.” Returns Bresee, “Deslieres did have one manhole filled with cement two or three weeks ago.All that means is that now he’s going to have the trouble and expense of unplugging it, because it’s his manhole, not ours.” The plug does present Sutton Township from pumping sewage into the Sutton line, but Bresee believes the issue will be resolved in time for the line to be operating on schedule, in time to serve this winter’s ski and chalet crowds.According to Bresee, the focus of the dispute is neither the cost-sharing agreement nor the type of sewage being put into the treatment plant, but rather the issue of who’s going to have administrative control.Bresee claims the pro-rated cost-sharing agremeent has been settled long since, and that “we anticipate that we are going to wind up paying more than half of the cost of the treatment plant, over the long term." Deslieres has often argued that the Mont Sutton resort area and surrounding chalet developments should be paying taxes to Sutton, rather than Sutton Township.He also told The Record in 1979 that he and other town councillors had delayed constructing the treatment plant for several years because they didn’t like the attitudes of journalists who criticized the way they were going about it.The Sutton and Sutton Township administrations have been disputing over sewage treatment and pollution of Sutton’s reservoir at the top of Wolf Creek for at least the past eight years.PHOTO'MERRrrr CLIFTON Watch it! You'd get up too if the sun was setting where you'd been sitting.PC win could mean Via Rail service for E.T.soon SHERBROOKE—Sherbrooke may have Via Rail service sooner than anyone imagined, thanks to the Conservative victory in the federal election and a sudden change of position among railway functionaries.Transport Canada and Via Rail officials in Saint John, N.B.appear to have made an about face on the issue of reinstatement of the Via Atlantic Limited passenger train between Montreal and Halifax via Saint John, Sherbrooke and Lake Megantic.Reluctant to make any commitments about the Atlantic in the past, transport officials sang a different tune Wednesday to Mayor Elsie Wayne and Thomas Simms, president of the Greater Saint John Board of Trade.AVOID REPORTERS Emerging from an afternoon meeting with Transport Canada representative Nick Muldur and Via regional vice-president Preston Beaumont, Wayne and Simms reported the officials had agreed to make the return of the Atlantic a priority.But Muldur and Beaumont avoided reporters and a subsequent news conference.Wayne said the change in attitude may be related to Tuesday’s landslide victory by the federal Conservatives.During a campaign swing through the city, leader Brian Mulroney promised immmediate reinstatement of the Atlantic route through Saint John.The prime minister-elect had earlier made the same promise in Sherbrooke, saying the rail service here would be “as good as the service” in Transport Minister Lloyd Ax-wothy’s Winnipeg riding.“You’re gonna have real first class service here, the kind a city like Sherbrooke deserves,” Mulroney told reporters here in July.PLEDGE RENEWED Gerald Merrithew, the newly elected Tory member for Saint John, appeared at the news conference to renew his party’s pledge to reinstate the Atlantic, although he acknowleged he is uncertain how long it will take to get the train back on track.Merrithew did say it won’t be the decision of civil servants or bureaucrats that will bring the Via Atlantic back.“It will be a political decision,” he said.“That decision has been made and that will be accomplished.” The suspension of the Atlantic, Work going to other plants as Rand talks stall SHERBROOKE (CB) — No new talks are planned in the three-week-old strike by plant workers at Inger-soll-Rand Canada, one of the Sher-brooke-area’s largest and oldest employers, and the two sides seem to be moving further apart.“There are no further negotiations scheduled at Ingersoll-Rand,” the company said in a press release.“The settlement offer made by the company to prevent a work stoppage remains on the table with the exception of the wage increase.” However, adds Ingersoll Rand, “Due to the escalating costs caused by the strike, the company is reconside- ring what economic package would be provided.” The company’s “final settlement” offer prior to the strike included a wage package for newly hired workers that would not effect any of the existing Sherbrooke employees, says the company.“The union has rejected any meaningful new hire program.If the company does not receive cost benefits from a new hire package, then similar cost reductions will be sought in other areas of the agreement.” SHIPPING WORK OUT As an indication of how serious it is, the Rand is shipping unfinished work to other plants: “The company is continuing to move work out of the Sherbrooke facility to other locations throughout the world to meet its commitments to customers,” says the communiqué.“Salaried employees were notified this week that the strike will mean salaried lay-offs will begin shortly.” The “primary issue” in the strike, according to the company, is the issue of paid or unpaid lunch breaks.In its 1975 contract the workers earned a 30-minute paid break.But now, the company says, economic conditions prevent such a concession.“Refusal of the union to agree with company’s proposal requiring employees to work eight hours to receive eight hours pay” is a stalling point.“The union is still demanding employees to receive eight hours pay for seven hours and ten minutes of work.” Company officials won’t talk publicly about the walkout, but privately they say the strikers threaten Ingersoll Rand’s very existance in Sherbrooke.They say the company “can’t move” from its present offers because to do so would mean losing business to lower-cost competitors.And business is so slow now, they add, that to lose any more would mean shutting the doors — for good.Construction lowers lake level, creates health risks By Merritt Clifton KNOWLTON — Brome Lake will be about a foot below the usual shoreline from now until November, and lakeside residents are upset about it.“Couillard Construction is working on a new Foster Dam,” Town Of Brome Lake city manager Raymond Poitras explained.“They had to lower the lake level so that it would be safe to pour the concrete.If the water got any higher than it was, there would be danger to the workers.” The old wooden dam, belonging to Bromont, was actually used to lower the water level a little bit more than absolutely necessary, Poitras said, because of the possibility that rainfall might increase the level again while construction is still going on.“We don’t know when it’s going to rain, eh?” Poitras noted.“Now the level might be going down a little more Townships talk________________________ da Rumsby and Joyce Larose, both of Bedford, and Johanne Larose of St.Ignace de Stanbridge entered no pleas at their arraignment on a charge of assault causing bodily harm to Earl “Joe” Crandall in Cowansville on March 31.Claude Ha-mann elected jury trial and the preliminary hearings were continued to September 11.SWEETSBURG WARD (JM)-Victor Finlayson.of Knowlton, entered no plea at his arraignment on a charge of having threatened Shirley Finlayson with a weapon or a simulation thereof thereby committing an assault causing bodily harm in Knowlton on May 17.Claude Hamann elected jury trial and the preliminary hearing was set to proceed on September 11.because of evaporation before it rains, but after it rains, it will only be going up until after the work is completed.” Brome Lake’s surface presently stands at about 644.6 feet above sea level.Normally at this time of year it would be 645.5 feet above.ALGAE GROWING The reduced water level is causing increased algae and weed problems on the lake.Shallower water means warmer water, allowing anabaena algae to flourish, particularly toward the Foster end.From Bondville to Knowlton, meanwhile, Eurasian wa-termilfoil and duckweek growth is thicker than ever before.The reduced lake level has put virtually all of the lake into Eurasian wa-termilfoil’s preferred depth range, from four to twelve feet of water.However, the barren, rocky bottom doesn’t provide sufficient nutrients for the fast-growing milfoil in nor- thern sections.The Knowlton end of the lake does offer deep sediments rich in phosphorus, because the town sewage was discharged there until 1974.The weed growth is thickest directly behind Brome Lake Ducks, where duck manure frequently entered the water as recently as five years ago.Besides the nuisance of weeds and algae, some Knowlton residents believe the reduced water level presents a health risk.Dr.Monique Letellier of the Richelieu sector branch of the Quebec public health department is investigating reports that swimmers have been developing impatigo and skin rashes.IMPATIGO Longtime Knowlton resident Bill Bliss says he’s personally aware of several cases of impatigo and eczema rash that may be related to polluted lake water.And, he adds, “I’d hate to think of my daughter swimming there and swallowing some of that stuff.” Swimmers have developed skin problems this summer after swimming in similarly polluted lakes in the Laurentians.However, Knowlton physician Dr.William Barakett doubts that this is happening on Brome Lake.“If people were getting skin problems, I’d be seeing them,” he says.“So far.I’ve only treated the usual — some poison ivy blisters, the odd case of scabies, sunburn.Nothing out of the ordinary.” Barakett.for one, thinks allegations of the lake posing a public health risk are a false alarm.Meanwhile, windsurfers have to drag their craft farther to the waves.Swimmers can wade out farther into the lake, when weeds permit.Beachcombers can find more junk.And it is still a good idea to wash down after coming out of the lake, just in case.That is, if it’s still warm enough to swim.Watier refused bail despite assurances By John McCaghey GRANBY — Marie Watier will have to stay in custody at least a while longer.The 46-year-old suspect in the strangulation death of her 74-year-old mother Doris Watier at 89 Brandy Road in Foster July 17, was again refused bail when she appeared before Mr.Justice Georges Savoie in Criminal Division of Superior Court here Wednesday.Defence lawyer Peter Benning again produced family members who said they would assure their mother’s presence at all future hearings and dates decided by the court.Denis Larocque, 26, of St-Luc, told how he visited his mother in Foster July 25 and she told him she had killed his grandmother.“I think she told me she strangled her.” Larocque testi- fied.The Crown produced a cousin of the suspect who said she had been attacked by Watier in 1970 and required 39 stitches to close wounds in her head.She told the court she did not press charges because she did wish to involve her cousin with the law.Following that testimony Mr.Justice Savoie ruled it was in the public interest that Watier be detained.He noted the two isolated incidents of violence in his decision.DECIDE ON PLEA Watier’s preliminary hearing was set for September 7 in Sweetsburg.It is anticipated that Benning will then decide whether or not he will offer a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.Or, he may procédé with the hearing with the deposition of the notes which used Canadian Pacific tracks in southern New Brunswick, Maine and Quebec, deprived Saint John of its only direct passenger-train route to other major cities.The surviving Ha-lifax-to-Montreal train, the Ocean, uses Canadian National tracks along a more northerly, all-Canadian route.B-M-P hospital getting no help from gov’t in ’85 COWANSVILLE — Representatives of the regional council for health and social services for the Monteregie (CRSSSM) officially informed the board of directors of Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins hospital last week that it should expect no financial aid from the government for the coming year, says a hospital spokesman.The CRSSSM decision comes in view of the budget cuts all Quebec hospitals have to endure, Roland Fournier, general manager of the BMP hospital, said he was told.The hospital has been under pressure for over a year from the ministry of social affairs to reduce its operational expenses by $800,000.As well, the CRSSSM is threatening to recommend the hospital be put under tutelage by the social affairs ministry should it not reimbourse a $300,000 loan, plus interest, granted by the CRSSSM for the construction of a regional laundry.The board of directors met in a special meeting to deal with the situation, according to Fournier.The board proposed a long-term financing project for the laundry, as the hospital in no position to meet its loan obligations within the prescribed period.Operation of the regional laundry has been in the red for the last four years, in spite of considerable efforts made by hospital management to make it profitable.To meet the ministry’s demands it is “quite obvious” the hospital cannot continue to finance the laundry within its hospital operations budget, Fournier says.“The mission of the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins is to supply hospital and medical care to the population and we will make certain the quality of such care will be maintained, hoping we will not have to reduce its quantity,” he added.Fournier said the long-term financing proposition will be sent to the board of directors of the CRSSSM.If it isn’t accepted, the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins hospital will have no alternative but to turn over the regional laundry to the CRSSSM, in accordance with the loan agreement signed in 1982.As far as the pressure exerted by the ministry of social affairs to reduce the operations expenses by $800,000, the hospital submitted a budget compression plan of $338,129, Fournier pointed out.“The board of directors only requests once more that a just and objective analysis be made of the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins hospital performance,” he said.Lack of interest means gorilla still in solitary from the coroner’s inquest.Evidence given at the inquest would be sufficient for any Session's Court judge to cite the subject to jury trial.The next term of the local assizes opens in Sweetsburg September 12, however it is highly unlikely that Benning would have the time to prepare a full and adequate defence in time for an assizes trial.Meanwhile, in a related event, Mr.Justice Paul M.Gervais handed down a written decision when he dismissed Benning’s request for a writ of evocation.The judgment sided with the Crown's argument that anybody appearing at a coroners' inquest in Québec is merely a witness and not accused and is thus fully protected against having any testimony given at the public hearing used against them in any further criminal actions by virtue of the Québec Charter of Rights.By Merritt Clifton GRANBY — Zira, the Granby Zoo’s two-year-old baby gorilla, will spend at least another month in solitary confinement.Zira has been confined to a concrete-and-glass cage 12 feet square by 18 feet high since arriving from the Camaroon last January.The Granby Zoo board of directors was supposed to decide on August 22 whether or not to sell Zira to another zoo where she could be with other young gorillas.But the August 22 meeting never took place because not enough directors showed up to form a quorum.A make-up meeting held two days later never got around to discussing Zira, says director-general Germaine Couture, “because we had too many other important matters to talk about.” ZIRA HIDES The next board of directors meeting isn’t until September 19, after the Granby Zoo’s prime tourist season ends.Throughout this year’s tourist season, Zira has been among the zoo’s best-publicized attractions.Which is not to say she makes herself visible.She hides whenever possible.Visitors usually see her only when her keepers take her for short exercise walks in a sturdy harness.Zira was supposed to have been one of a pair of young gorillas the Granby Zoo ordered two years ago.But gorillas are an endangered species, so scarce that none could be found then.After Granby finally obtained Ze-ra — through a loophole in the international treaty forbidding trade in endangered species — federal Environment Minister Charles Caccia stepped in to prevent them from importing a mate for her.This may have saved several gorillas’ lives, since young gorillas are often captured when bounty hunters shoot their parents.DEAD TREE Meanwhile, Zira has been one lonely, frightened, and depressed animal, with only a dead tree and a tire-swing to play with.Granby Zoo officials are afraid to put her with the two elderly gorillas they already had, lest they kill her as an unrecognized interloper.The zoo would like to breed Zira, but the male gorilla they have is too old to provide stud-service, and besides, gorillas breed only in surroundings closely resembling their native mountain cane-forests, then only if they have been raised in family groups.If Zira spends much more time away from other gorillas, experts fear she may never acquire the mating instinct, and may never learn how to mother her offspring even if she does mate.Even the Granby Zoo decides to sell her, she will have spent almost half her life alone by the time a deal can be arranged — no easy matter, since the present asking price for young gorillas is around $75,000.sept, a 8:30 p* Br0WnMcGhee & H»rn,onzC,Ke Sept 23.2pm Raffl _ sept ¦ 27.7:30 pnl Foolsfire _ .««'tSSS-5 S63-49&6 4—The RECORD—Thursday, September 6, 1984 accord The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Editorial “e" I Pastoral letter from the Archbishop of Sherbrooke The truth of old adage that politics makes strange bedfellows has perhaps never been made more evident than by the unconcealed glee with which Quebec Premier René Lévesque greeted the overwhelming Conservative victory in Quebec in this week’s federal election.Yet the fact that a nationalistic social democrat is pleased with the election of a conservative federal government is not so very mystifying.Since coming to power with a strong majority in 1976, Lévesque has been faced — except for a brief respite spawned by Joe Clark—with the unenviable task of trying to outmanouevre the dark genius of Pierre Elliott Trudeau.Backed by an army of Quebec-based parliamentarians, the former prime minister consis-tantly thwarted Lévesque’s separatist aspirations and led the way to his defeat in the referendum of 1980.Facing a Quebecer of opposing views and superior ability anbd resources, Lévesque lost his best chance of ever leading his province into independent statehood.He also saw his home province humiliated during the constitutional debates and in the end j watched as the other provinces reached an | agreement behind his back — after he had given away his claim to Quebec’s right to a veto on constitutional reform.The man whose self-imposed mission was to strengthen Quebec’s position had instead been tricked into surrendering his most powerful weapon and got nothing in return.it has been downhill for Lévesque and the Parti Québécois ever since, with domestic difficulties overshadowing constitutional confusion and the likelihood of Quebec opting for independence becoming increasingly dim.There’s new hope on the horizon, however, and a political wizard like Lévesque is not one to miss an opportunity to grab some of it for himself.The unprecedented rejection of the federal Liberal party by Quebec voters signifies the breaking of an alliance which has lasted through most of Canada’s 117 years.It demonstrates that without the charismatic leadership of Trudeau, the Liberals have presented to Quebecers an option that pleases them not and smells more of arrogance and complacency than necessary reform.If Lévesque can convince Quebecers that the problems which have beset this province for the last few years are the result of a vendetta by the federal Liberals, and can demonstrate that things will improve with Mulroney at Ottawa’s helm, then he might just be able to put the blame for Quebec’s recent disastrous mismanagement on sabotage on the part of federal Liberals.There’s no guarantee that this will happen of course, as Mulroney does not need Lévesque nearly as much as Lévesque needs him.But if our premier is grasping at straws, well you can’t really blame him.Drowning men will do that.MICHAEL McDEVITT , A PASTORAL LETTER FROM THE ARCHBISHOP OF SHERBROOKE: | Dear Brother and Sister: In very few days, Pope John Paul II will I be our long awaited and distinguished guest.To prepare ourselves spiritually to | welcome him, I dedicate to you this pastoral letter.I intend to focus your attention on the theme of the Pope’s visit : Celebrate | our Faith.Let us meditate on each word.CELEBRATE.The Holy Father is not coming to Canada as a tourist.He will not browse in Old Québec, nor ascend the CN Tower in Toronto, nor ski in the Rocky Mountains.Many people call the occasion “historic" because it has never happened before.The Pope’s visit to Canada is more than a historic or cultural event.It is first and foremost a religious event, and this calls for a celebration.Not some kind of large festival like a carnival or a Santa Claus parade or a Canada Day celebration with a bonfire, flag waving and street dancing.But a religious celebration where prayer is the centre of the meeting, where the Word of God is proclaimed and acclaimed, where the sacrament of God’s presence is manifest, and where communion and charity create community.It is then fitting that the principal activity of the Pope’s visit is the Solemn Celebration of the Eucharist.The Pope’s visit then will be the occasion for Catholics to celebrate the central reality of our religion : Christ’s death and resurrection re-enacted in the Eucharist.Let us now move on to the second word of the theme: OUR.When the Pope comes to Canada, we will greet him in faith, in the knowledge that his faith and our faith are basically the same.Of course, we may discover that the Pope expresses his faith more strongly than we do ours.The Pope’s presence among us will thus serve to strengthen our faith.Let us recall moreover, that the common faith we share is also the faith of the whole Church, that is, the apostles, the martyrs, the monks and nuns, the confessors, the missionnaries, the founders of religious orders, the 20th century Christians and those to come until the end of time.As we proclaim at Baptism : “This is our faith.This is the faith of the Church.We are proud to profess it in Christ Jesus our Lord.” And this brings us to the third and most important word of the theme .FAITH.Our faith in Jesus Christ our Saviour, to be sure.We know that faith is: it is what we trust in, what we rely upon, what we hold to, what shapes our lives and the values we live by.Is it wealth, power, personality, self?What do we hold to most?What do we rely on for success?We can go further, and indeed we must, and ask: “Whom do we trust?Whom do we rely upon?Whom do we have confidence in?Our answer is: “I believe in Jesus Christ, the only Son of God.” Faith affects all facets of life: birth, growth, maturity, aging, death.Faith affects family, marriage, love, friendship.Faith even affects work, leisure, philosophy, technology, economics.The Pope has spoken on all these subjects and many others.In doing so, he has stated the vision of the Church, the CathoUc and universal vision which touches the lives of men, women and children.The Pope does not give a personal opinion on these subjects.He expresses the teaching of Christ’s Church.He relies on the teaching of his predecessors, on the teaching of the Fathers, on the advice and counsel of his brother-bishops.His authority dsoes not lie in his personal understanding of a problem, but on the common faith experience of Christians from the apostles to the end of time.The Pope’s visit will take us away from our daily routine.He will captivate our attention and focus it on the one essential issue: our relationship to Jesus.As Jesus did, the Pope’s message will liberate us from the tyrannies that hold our lives in captivity.Things like the avoidance of responsibility, the pursuit of pleasure, the lack of concern for others, the conventional wisdom of thought manipulators, the fear of risk, in a word, all forms of selfishness and introversion.As Jesus’ presence did, the Pope’s presence among us will liberate new energies to love one another, to forgive one another, to give witness to our faith, to show concern for the needs of others, to profess our faith in community.My dear friends, if we are expecting spectacular things, or a lot of pageantry, we will be disappointed.On the other hand, if we are seeking to better understand our faith to make it grow, to share it with others, then truly, the Pope’s visit will be an occasion to Celebrate our Faith.Let us pray for that to happen.I give you my blessing and remain truly yours in Christ.August 1984 JEAN-MARIE FORTIER, Archbishop of Sherbrooke New faces may bring solutions to old problems By Vic Parsons THE CANADIAN PRESS With the luxury of a landslide, Brian Mulroney and his Tories were given a green light on Tuesday to take the country toward new policies.Which paths will be followed by the Progressive Conservatives remains to be seen since Mulroney held his policy cards close to the vest during the election campaign.But in some areas Mulroney has tipped his hand.He indicated there would be smoother dealings with the provinces, closer relations with the United States, a welcoming of foreign investment and more spending on defence.On the economy, Mulroney’s plans are less clear.A 1983 pledge, for example, was that the Tories would slash the $30-billion federal deficit to $3 billion by the end of the decade.As the reality of office approached, Mulroney shied away from making promises about an early reduction.Mulroney will have to cope with two realities: He must make some judgment on how much of his victory is due to his popularity and how much rests on voter rejection of the familiar Liberal faces.The balance between these two forces could determine how far the public will accept Conservative policy initiatives.The prime minister-elect must also keep in mind a lesson of the past; that leaders elected with overwhel- \lrôS just ^ \\ m i ‘Spectacles'iox the glasses of newspaper columnist, wife One of the most wearisome aspects of returning from holiday is the constant fielding of the question “so how was the old vacation?” Nobody really cares, of course.Mostly they are just looking for an opening so they can tell you all about THEIR vacations.And so it is that — in order to settle the question once and for all — I am going to tell you how was the old vacation.It may take several columns, of course, but you won't mind that will you?It was high noon, somewhere along the south bank of the river, when the dusty camper rolled up to the bar in the small Quebec town.After three hours under a blazing sun, the inmates were seeking something froid and the sign read “bar.” It also read “spectacles.” “Why do you suppose it says ‘spectacles?”’ she asked.“There must be rooms upstairs somewhere where they engage in the manufacture and-or repair of eyeglasses,” he mused.Inside, after the brilliant sunshine, the room was inky black.Behind the work surface, a dimly-seen shape mounted a tall stool and flicked on a television set.ORDERS DOO BIERE Doo bière, see vous play, was ordered and duly served.Eyes grew accustomed to darkness “There may well be premises upstairs,” she hissed, staring straight ahead, ‘ ‘ but I seriously doubt they have much to do with the practice of optometry.” By George — she was right! A quick glance into the Stygian recesses of the room left little doubt that those present were not there in single-minded pursuit of lenses and frames They were, to a man, women.“Spectacles,”it would seem, meant something else.Well, there was nowhere to look other than toward the TV set behind the bar, where.Good heavens! What is that that she is doing to him?There on the screen?“You know very well what it is that she is doing to him,” she gritted “Aha.Yes.Well.Doo more bière, please mamselle.My, they ARE big ones are they not?We do not see beer bottles that big where we come from.No indeed.They are much smaller — much smaller .” “You are gibbering." Well, of course, she was right.But then, he had been startled by the sheer size of them .In the darkness, he accidentally overtipped.And then, nodding toward the gyrations, intoned: FORGETS SPECTACLES “Aha.I guess that is what you mean by the word ‘spectacJes ’emblazoned out front?Doesn’t have a blessed thing to do with pince nez at all, I bet!” The waitress smiled — a thin, world-weary grimace."M’sieu thinks ZAT is spectacular?M’sieu should stick around until two.” “Two what?” “Two o’clock.Zat is when Boom-Boom comes on duty.Now ZAT is spectacular!” Well, they missed Boom-Boom, of course By two o'clock they were halfway to New Brunswick, where the darndest thing happened.if it> 3==N IN POSITION lb HAVE WITH IWNOSE ”3 \KTV- 3?IHN 1994 soa m \m\ ^ r > i HI ¦ it m M; if ill f ! A' ming majorities frequently find themselves in trouble in the next election.TOUGH MEASURES?However, with a large majority of seats Mulroney can be excused if he feels he has been given a mandate to take tough measures and to guide the country in new directions.Here are some of the policy areas in which Canadians can expect change: — The Conservatives have pledged closer relations with the United States, Canada's chief trading partner and military ally.— The Tories have promised to increase the $8.7-billion annual defence budget at a rate of up to six per cent a year after inflation.— Foreign Investment Review Agency rules would be changed so that 90 per cent of the transactions now screened would escape scrutiny.— The government oil-exploration grants would be replaced by a system of tax incentives.— The Tories labelled job creation the No.1 issue during the campaign.But little was said about how they would cope with the problem.The Conservatives have argued that their election would inspire investor confidence and lead to more jobs.— After years of federal-provincial battles, the stage could be set for a honeymoon between Ottawa and the provincial capitals.Mulroney said he would open talks with Quebec on the amending formula for the Constitution — Mulroney promised to have senior government appointments screened by a Commons committee to help eliminate patronage.That is a problem he will have to deal with soon should the Tories, as expected, replace some current appointees with their own choices.LIBERALS IN DISARRAY Facing the Conservatives who will implement these policies is a weak Opposition party.But John Turner, putting a brave face on things, reminded his crushed supporters Tuesday night that his mentor, former Liberal prime minister Lester Pearson, had brought the party back to power.Before the election, some Liberals had already begun sharpening the knives.But Turner can take some perverse satisfaction in the fact that many of his potential tormentors have lost their seats and will not be in caucus to give him a rough time.Ed Broadbent, leader of the New Democratic Party, seems to be secure for some time.Facing potential annihilation of his party by the Conservatives, Broad-bent waged an extremely successful campaign and the party fell only one seat short of its previous total of 31.What to do on a long, rainy afternoon ¦ This morning my daughter appeared with a jig-saw puzzle left over from Christmas and announced it would be her day’s project.What better to do on a rainy Sunday afternoon?Jig-saw puzzles are a little like painting a fence, as any Tom Sawyer fan will admit, in that it is impossible to sit back and simply watch someone fitting those little pieces together without trying I to get into the act.Before we knew it, and much to Catherine’s disgust, the entire family was gathered around the table mat-| ching colors and cardboard tabs.I find jig-saws reasonably frustrating | and after a couple of minutes start looking | for a hammer to make those little pieces I fit together.A wide expanse of blue sky, or a white mountain top brings out the beast in me.As a child I owned one of the finest collections of unsolved jig-saw puzzles in the entire world.Most of them had been taken out of the box, jumbled together, and then left scattered on a table so-| mewhere for somebody else to put away.Aunts and uncles love to give jig-saws for birthdays and Christmas in the mistaken belief they are giving hours of enjoyment In reality they are giving hours of frustration to some unsuspecting child.PATIENCE OF JOB If you have an attention span of more than a second and a half, and the patience of Job, occasionally you will fit one or two of those little pieces together, which theo-j retically may prompt you to continue mat-| ching and fitting.However if you have the attention span of a gnat and the patience of the Incredible Hulk you wiU slowly gather, as I did, the largest collection of unsolved puzzles in the world and a desire to give your aunt and uncle a live rattlesnake for their wedding anniversary.For a family rainy day project a jig-saw puzzle may be just the thing to while away Where the pavement ends JIM LAWRENCE ?M,- —~ ASk ABOC/T OUR MICHIFE CRISIS moomuM) P09BABLV RAM» TO SPÉAJD 7R& REST SOUR UFk PAVIWS IOR IT —>-