The record, 15 novembre 1984, jeudi 15 novembre 1984

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Two arrests in death of Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Thursday , November 15, 1984 35 cents RAIN Cl .AY Mil KM AN P0t*t Ml MORI Al I’KIMAR^ St MOOl Liberals table motion against PQ over caribou drowning QUEBEC (CP) — The Quebec National Assembly will vote next week on an opposition Liberal motion for a public inquiry into the drowning of 9,600 migrating caribou in Northern Otiohoc.Liberal legislator John Ciaccia tabled the motion Wednesday, charging that the Parti Québécois government breached environment and wildlife laws, as well as the James Bay agreement with native groups, by not over- seeing the situation and protecting the caribou.Although the vote will come next Wednesday, Wildlife Minister Guy Chevrette promptedly repeated the government’s position that no public inquiry is needed.The caribou — a fragment of the 400,000-strong George herd that lives between Labrador and Hudson Bay — drowned in late September as they struggled to ford the rain-swelled Ca-niapiscau River.Inuit leaders, who coordinated the subsequent clean up operation with help from the Quebec Environment Department, have pointed a suspecting finger at a Hydro Quebec dyke further up the river.They have also asked for an inquiry to resolve lingering questions WORRIED BY HEIGHT Documents m .* public by the Li berals on Wednesday indicated that local Inuit were concerned about the Caniapiscau’s height three days be fore the tragedy At a meeting with the James Bay Energy Corp., which built the James Bay power project for Hydro Quebec, the Inuit said higher levels "could create problems for caribou which try to cross the river.” According to minutes of the mee ting, corporation officials replied they had to raise the river's level to establish the cause of reservoir see page at the LG-3 hydroelectric dam.The Liberals also said the Inuit asked Hydro Quebec to study the impact on wildlife before experimenting with water levels But when the Inuit asked utility officials to sign an agreement to that effect.Hydro Quebec executives refused.Chevrette repeated arguments that unusually heavy rainfall had swelled the river and the caribou chose to cross at a point they do not normally use in their fall migrations child Viens MONTREAL (CP) — Two men were arrested Wednesday and were being held pending an appearance before a coroner in connection the kidnapping and beating death of four-year-old Maurice Viens.Quebec provincial police said in a brief statement the suspects were arrested in a raid on a rooming house One suspect is 25-years-old and the other is about 40.Police refused further comment, saying more details would be released today.It is not known whether the arrests were the result of a $10,000 reward offered by friends of the Viens family this week.A coroner’s inquest has not been scheduled.Inquests in Quebec are held to determine whether criminal responsibility is involved in violent or suspicious deaths.A coroner’s findings are not binding on the Crown.Viens was kidnapped Nov.1 as he and a young friend were returning to their east-end homes from a nearby park.Viens’s companion later told police the young boy was enticed into a car by a man offering candy.His badly bruised body was found five days later in a crawl space inside an abandoned farmhouse near St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, 65 kilometres south of Montreal.An autopsy showed Viens died of a severe blow to the head from a blunt object two days before he was found.Lévesque may put red ensign in Assembly QUEBEC (CP) — Premier René Lévesque said Wednesday 'he might consider placing a Canadian flag next to the Quebec fleur-de-lis in the National Assembly chamber.Lévesque made the comment after Liberal Opposition members asked him if he was willing to place the Canadian maple leaf next to Quebec’s blue-and-white flag beside the Speaker’s chair.It would be tangible proof that the Parti Québécois government is committed to a new spirit of federalism, Liberal Jean-Claude Rivest said.“I think I’ll go first to Ottawa to see what they do there in relation to our flag, and then we’ll see,” Lévesque answered with a smile.‘Til even check what goes on in the other provinces and bring you a detailed report.” Taunted again to say if he is a federalist or a separatist, Lévesque answered that in a “matter of days” the PQ cabinet will set out squarely it’s position on whether sovereignty will be the centrepiece of the next provincial election, expect within a year.The cabinet is split over whether to forge ahead with a party commitment to equate a vote for the PQ as a vote for independence or to play down the subject and simply campaign on the theme of greater powers for the province.Murder inquest delayed Mario Cyr will wait until Friday to find out if he has to testify at a coroner's inquest into the murder of Alain Bouchard.Story, page 3.Harrison finally granted bail but carries a $250,000 pricetag MONTREAL (CP) After being turned down three times, Robert liar risen was finally granted bail Wednesday but the high-rolling accountant who started the so-called Macka-sey affair will have to put up w ith stiff conditions.Overruling a lower court judge, Mr.Justice Louis Tannenbaum of Quebec Superior Court ordered Harrison released on bail of $100,000 cash, plus a $150,000 property guarantee.Harrison, (he former president of the Montreal Board of Trade charged with 13 counts of theft, fraud, perjury and conspiracy, must also sign a personal undertaking of $50,000, report to an RCMP officer three times a week, surrender his passport and remain at all times within 160 kilometres of the Montreal courthouse.He must live at the home of one of his bail guarantors in Val Morin, Que.Tannenbaum has barred reporters from publishing the names and testimony of the guarantors.Some people had reservations about acting as guarantors because of the heavy media attention the case has received, defence lawyer Joseph Silver said outside the court.Silver said it could take a couple of days to complete the bail arrangements and Harrison, in jail since mid-September, may have to wait until Friday to be let out.SENT TO TRIAL Harrison, 41, jailed after spending two weeks on the run, was sent to trial Tuesday at the end of a preliminary hearing that lasted almost eight months.A trial date will be set Jan.7.Harrison’s legal problems began after the Montreal Gazette reported in 1982 that he had told a bankruptcy hearing that Mackasey had acted as a paid lobbyist for the Montreal ma chine-tooling firm, Les Ateliers d’usi nage Hall Ltee.Mackasey was clea red of the allegation by a Commons committee last year and criminal charges of influence peddling were dismissed for lack of evidence.Harrison, a former senior partner in the accounting firm Touche Ross and Associates, is charged with de frauding the Bank of Montreal in Iran sactions surrounding the settlement of Mackasey’s $625,000 debt to the bank in 1981.Harrison was Macka sey’s financial adviser at the time.Harrison, who earned $180,000 a year, is also accused of defrauding three businessmen involved in Les Ateliers.Six months after guaran teeing a $400,000 loan from the bank that was used to pay off a chunk of Mackasey’s debt, I^es Ateliers went bankrupt ‘JUDGE ERRED’ Tannenbaum said the fact that, af ter leaving the country Aug.29, Harri son decided to turnhimself in "to face the music,” as he later testified, was not given sufficient consideration by the sessions court judge who refused him bail three times “He remains no more than an accused and under our system of justice he is presumed innocent until proven guilty,” said Tannenbaum, noting that Harrison has no criminal record.A handcuffed but stoical Harrison breathed a sigh of relief when Tan nenbaum ordered him freed after listening to eight witnesses, including Harrison’s father, a priest and a social work administrator, called as character witnesses.William Bernard Harrison, a 69-year old pensioner living in Bramp ton, Ont., said he came to give his son moral support "I consider Robert to be very reliable,” he told the judge when asked by the Crown about the possibility of Harrison skipping the country again Rev.Barry Jones, a Roman Catholic priest, and Harold Thuringer, a so cial work administrator, testified that Harrison had devoted a lot of his free time and organizing talents to the En glish Speaking Catholic Council of Montreal, a charity organization, of which he was a board of member.Clark gags loose-lipped department officials OTTAWA (CP) — External Affairs Minister Joe Clark says he has muzzled officials in his department who deal with the media to prevent further “sloppy conduct” that could endanger Canada’s foreign relations.The need for restraining orders became evident last month when some officials fed rumors that the Canadian embassy in Prague was on a list of 10 overseas missions slated for closure, he said Wednesday outside the Commons.“That was false, there had never been any discussion of that,” he said, “and it did the government a great deal of damage and could have done «"‘nnadian-Czechoslovak relations a great deal of damage.“I don’t want that kind of damage being done to the government of Ca nada, to the people of Canada, by slop py conduct by public servants.Nor do they.” Clark said his officials have been instructed to seek permission from the External Affairs Department press office before talking to journalists.He said public servants still have the right to talk to journalists about department policies but have been told not to deal in speculation and rumor.Standard practice in the depar tment has been for officials to refer journalists to the press office, but Clark, angered by speculative reports about the possible closure of Cana dian diplomatic posts, drew in the reins.Press reports Wednesday said Deputy Minister Marcel Masse issued a directive to about 3,000 employees advising them to get specific authorization to talk every time they are approached by reporters.The directive is said to apply even to social events.IS AMAZED Liberal MP Jean Chretien said he was amazed by the attempt to gag professional people in the office and at cocktail parties, adding it is an Speaker Bosley crushes NDP quest for job stats OTTAWA (CP) — New Democrat attempts to force the release of government unemployment estimates were temporarily halted Wednesday when Speaker John Bosley said the finance minister is under no obligation to produce the figures.New Democrat Leader Ed Broad bent, who asked Tuesday for Finance Department estimates on how spending cuts will affect employment, said he now will seek the figures through the access-to-information act.Wilson originally refused Broad-bent’s request, saying the computer used to do the analysis could not measure business or consumer confidence and would, therefore, produce an inaccurate estimate.When pressed, the finance minister said the econometric assessment of his spending cuts showed a marginal increase in employment next year and a marginal decrease the year after.But he dismissed both, saying Michael Wilson.refused request.they were statistically insignificant and well within the margin of error for the computer survey.He also argued that the figures were contained in confidential policy documents given him by his officials.Ian Deans.NDP House leader, rai sed the matter in the Commons again Wednesday, but Prime Minister Mulroney backed his finance mi nister.“Senior civil servants should be able to communicate in writing with their ministers and not have that information form the basis of partisan debate,” Mulroney said.“We believe our program - when you factor in investor and consumer confidence - will result in a handsome increase in employment " The Conservative argument has been that the spending cuts contained in last week’s economic statement will increase investor and consumer confidence which will induce the pri vale sector to invest and create jobs.Deans asked Wednesday why most Canadians have to wait for the private sector to create jobs, while the Tories are using government money to pro- vide 500 of their friends with legal po sitions.He was referring to published re ports that as many as 500 lawyers across Canada have been fired by the new government to make way for Conservative supporters.Mulroney didn't answer the allega tion, saying instead that his gover nment’s economic policies will lead to more jobs for everyone, “including NDP lawyers.” In their fight to obtain the unemployment estimates, the NDP had appealed to Bosley on a point of order, but the Speaker ruled Wednesday in Wilson's favor.“It is evident to me that the minister referred to the document, but did not quote from it,” said Bosley, a Conservative MP, “The minister is not compelled to table the documents unless he chooses." Broadbent has said the cuts will re suit in the loss of between 50,000 and 100,000 jobs example of the worst kind of para noia.“You’re not that bad,” Chretien kidded reporters outside the Commons.“I talk to you and I don't feel threatened ” Clark has succumbed to pressure from “Yukon Erik,” Chretien said, referring to Deputy Prime Minister Erik Nielsen, who is responsible for keeping the 210-member Tory caucus in line.Clark denied the recent directive contradicts guidelines he issued while he was prime minister in 1979-80 to encourage more open relations between public servants and the media.The recent orders encouraged public servants to discuss policy but not to “engage in conversations that might lead to serious diplomatic or other problems,” he said outside the Commons.Two weeks ago, government sources confirmed that External Af fairs Department officials, searching for ways to reduce their 1985 86 budget, had drawn up a list of lOCanadian diplomatic missions that could be closed.CBC television subsequently roixir-ted that the embassy in Prague was among the missions under considéra tion On Tuesday, Clark announced the closure of one embassy in West Africa the mission in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, formerly known as Upper Volta — as well as consulates in Birmingham, England, New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro and Bordeaux, France.Other missions will be closed in 1985, he said.Government savings from the cuts are expected to be $3 1 million in the 1985-86 fiscal year.At the end of the bail hearing Silver, who has been working without pay, asked the court to release him from the case It is the second time Silver has tried to get out.When Harrison fled the country and his hearing resumed without him in September, sessions Judge John D'Arcy Asselin turned down a request by Silver to drop the case and ordered the lawyer to continue to represent Harrison even if he was not being paid."It is essential that (Harrison) be represented by a capable counsel now that he has been committed to trial,” Silver said, noting the case had been “an intolerable burden to me and my office." Silver said he had "mixed feelings” about abandoning Harrison, who has requested a jury trial.“It’s a dilemma 1 myself don't want to desert Robert Harrison 1 don't want to be perceived as having deserted Mr Harrison,” he said “I’m tired, guys 1 need a break and I'm going to get it," he said outside the courtroom Crown prosecutor Michel St-Cyr said outside the courtroom he would oppose Silver's request even if it meant delaying the trial.J.Chrétien hits Clark on Mann OTTAWA (CP) The Conservative government isn’t doing enough to help a Canadian journalist jailed in India for violating a travel ban to interview Sikh leaders, says Liberal external affairs critic Jean Chretien.In a letter to External Affairs Minister Joe Clark.Chretien said he is appalled by the government’s failure to give proper assistance and gui dance to Jonathan Mann.24, a Montreal journalist who was freelancing for the CBC and the Toronto Globe and Mail before his arrest."Freedom of the press is the pillar of our Western democracy; it is also part of our responsibility to ensure that Canadians as individuals lie accorded their rightful services by their government when abroad," said the letter.But External Relations Minister Monique Vezina told the Commons Wednesday that several representations have been made to the Indian department of external affairs on Mann’s behalf Canadian officials in India have been in contact with the journalist and are doing everything possible to en sure his case is handled quickly, she said, adding that Mann is well and may soon he released on bail.Clark had told reporters Tuesday he would not press for Mann's release because it would be improper for Ottawa to interfere with the application of laws in other countries.In Paris Wednesday, Jacques Abouchar, a French television jour nalist imprisoned earlier in Afghanistan, expressed surprise that Canada would take no extraordinary measures to free Mann "It’s lucky my government didn't react the same way or I'd probably still be in prison in Kabul,” he said in an interview.Abouchar, who had been sentenced to 12 years in prison but was freed after vigorous protests from the French government, said he had always thought Canada and the United States were more vigorous than his own country in defending journalists' rights.It’s not fair to suggest there's no difference between a journalist and a common criminal, he said."1 find that rather insulting, to compare a journalist who takes risks for the sole goal of reporting a given situation with a drug trafficker.That's inadmissible." (f î—Thr RECORD—Thursday.November 15, 19K4 Canadians in Nicaragua urged to register before ‘unlikely’ invasion OTTAWA (CPI — Canadians in Nicaragua would be evacuated through the United States embassy in Managua in the ' unlikely event” of a Ame rican invasion, External Affairs Minister Joe Clark said Wednesday.Clark told reporters outside the Commons that about 45 Canadians are known to be in the Central American country and many more are suspected to be there without the knowledge of the External Affairs Department And he urged those other Canadians to register their whereabouts so they can be incorporated in any evacuation plan.An External Affairs Department spokesman said Canadians should get in touch with the closest Canadian embassy, which is in San Jose, Costa Rica "The problem will be that some Canadians will not be registered and 1 repeat my urging to Canadians who have families and friends in Nicaragua to urge people to become registered in the unlikely event there was some need for us to consider some kind of evacuation,” Clark said.Evacuation plans for Canadians exist in every country.Where Canada has no representatives it usually involves permanent British or U.S.diplomatic missions, the minister said.But he stressed the Canadian gover- Report suggests charges against taxi companies MONTREAL (CP) — Racial discrimination ‘ pervades all elements" of the city’s taxi industry, says Vaughan Dowie.a member of the Quebec Human Rights Commission which released a report Wednesday detailing evidence of all white cab stands and white-only hiring policies.The commission said that seven of the 20 cab companies investigated for the final two-volume report have no black drivers."There are a number of companies who don’t have, and it’s our conclusion.don’t really want black drivers,” said Dowie.He was one of the three panel members who investiga ted claims of predjudice against blacks, particularly Haitians, in Mon treal’s taxi industry Of the 13 cab fleets that do employ blacks, the report said five practised some form of racial discrimination, such as giving preference to white drivers over blacks in dispatching calls It recommended charges be laid under the Quebec charter of rights against three of the cab companies and against Trizec Equities, owners of a shopping centre where the manager cancelled a contract with a taxi firm employing blacks and switched to a whites-only firm.The commission reported evidence of four white-only taxi stands in the city.The public inquiry, the first in the commission's seven year history, was set up in 1982 after a taxi mana ger said his company laid off 22 Hai tian drivers because it was losing clients to other companies that didn’t employ black drivers.About 800 of Montreal’s estimated 32,000 Haitians are taxi drivers.The commission issued a report last year on allegations of racism against two other cab companies in the city’s east end The companies, however, were acquitted earlier this year of charges of racism, although the Quebec Justice Department has launched an appeal.The latest two volumes cover the rest of the industry.A telephone survey carried out by the University of Montreal found 3.1 per cent of the 1,929 people it surveyed refused to get in a taxi with a black driver, 15.7 per cent were reluctant to get in a taxi with a black driver and 6.1 per cent had racist “attitudes” or “opinions ” "The figures are unnerving when you consider that nearly 25 per cent-take (race) into account when they make a choice of taxi," said Dowie.Dowie said, however, that a survey of one cab company which employed black drivers showed that less than two per cent of callers requested white drivers.And the commision came down hard on cab companies which claim that hiring black drivers would force them out of business.NOT AS RACIST ‘We have noticed that the clientele is not as racist as the companies want us to believe,” said Francine Fournier, president of the Quebec Human Rights Commission.“And even if the clientele is 100 per cent racist — it’s totally unacceptable to act upon it.” She said black drivers also complained of police harassment “but we have no proof to go before the courts." Fournier said racism must be “nipped in the bud.it is extremely fertile ’’ Tories preparing to slaughter sacred cows?OTTAWA (CP) — The Conservative government is preparing discussion papers on universal social programs despite an election campaign promise by Prime Minister Mulroney that these programs would remain "a sacred trust.” Health Minister Jake Epp said to day he and Finance Minister Michael Wilson are preparing papers on the family allowance program, commonly known as baby bonuses, and benefits to the elderly, such as old age security During the summer campaign, Mulroney pledged his party's “total support” to universal social programs, which apply to all citizens re- Weathe Cloudy with a chance of drizzle today and tonight.High today 5, low tonight 2.Outlook for Friday — cloudy and a chance of wel snow in the afternoon — high2-4 gardless of financial need.He has repeatedly called these same programs “a sacred trust.” But in the economic statement last week Wilson said the matter now was open for discussion.The options put forward in that statement stop short of wiping out family allowances or old age pensions as universal programs but would result in a major redistribution of benefits.Opposition critics have accused the government of reneging on its election promise, but Mulroney and his ministers maintain they are committed to universality but want to hear the opinion of all Canadians.They say they are looking for the optimium distribution of these benefits.PREPARING PAPERS “We haven't got any plan to do away with anything,” Epp said today.“The point is we will have public discussions on two areas that I’m preparing papers on now along with my colleague Mr Wilson, namely, on the family benefits package and the elderly package.“What we always want to do is maintain the social safety net for Ca nadians who rely on those programs.I think there is a difference in approach both with the family benefits as against the elderly benefits.” manu George MacLaren, 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10 per copy Member of Canadian Press Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations nment has “no evidence, no reason to believe, that there is any imminent invasion in Nicaragua and I would not want these comments to be construed as any suggestion of Canadian concern about that matter.” The U.S Defence Department has denied it has any plans for military action in Nicaragua but the Reagan administration, fearing a threat to its military security, is sounding alarms about a buildup of Soviet-bloc arms there INVASION COMING?Officials in Managua claim the United States is planning an invasion to topple the leftist Sandinista gover- nment of junta leader Daniel Ortega, who was elected last week in a controversial election boycotted by a major opposition coalition.Asked whether he thinks there is a possibility the Americans would have priorities that ranked higher than evacuation of Canadians if there were an invasion, Clark replied : “I have no doubt that in the event of a crisis — which I think will not occur — we will have no difficulty with co-operation.” Conceding he doesn’t know the details of evacuation plans hammered out by U.S.and Canadian officials, Clark said he “would be very surprised if there were any delays.” Canadians were stranded on the ti- ny Caribbean island of Grenada for several days before being put on outbound flights after the U.S.-led invasion there last year.In reply to a suggestion that the United Nations or other organizations be asked to help move Canadians out of Nicaragua, Clark would say only that the government “will be certain that there is a wholly adequate system in place for Canadians who might be affected.” He said his officials will study alternative plans “to take into account the preferences of people who are in Nicaragua,” although he said he did not know whether those preferences could be accommodated.Earlier this week, the Nicaraguan ambassador to Canada appealed for Canadian support in putting pressure on the Americans against taking military action.Casimiro Sotelo said he is convinced new U.S.military exercises in neighboring countries, the addition of more American airborne troops in Honduras, repeated U.S.spy flights off Nicaragua’s Pacific coast and U.S.frigates lying off the coast are preparations for an invasion.Sotelo said Nicaragua wants no war with the United States but a negotiated political solution to its differences with the superpower.Fraser book first to trace history of PQ QUEBEC (CP) — At the height of the 1980 referendum campaign, as René Lévesque’s forces saw the tide turning against them, advisers told the premier he should publicly threaten to resign if Quebecers vo ted against sovereignty-association In a new book on the history of the Parti Québécois, author Graham Fraser says Lévesque’s strategists saw the resignation threat as the only hope of countering a major offensive planned by then prime minister Pierre Trudeau.Trudeau was to give a major speech in Montreal on May 14, only six days before the referendum vote.Lévesque’s aides had learned that Trudeau would promise Quebecers “to change the Constitution, to renew federalism,” if they rejected the PQ’s option.It was the most crucial speech of the referendum campaign, Fraser says, and Lévesque was “pressed to defuse the impact.or upstage it” by resigning.Lévesque rejected the idea.Fraser’s book is the first to trace the history of the PQ — Lévesque s break with the Quebec Liberal party in 1967, the turbulence of two elec lions, a referendum, bitter constitutional talks and divisive internal squabbles.The book entitled PQ: René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois in Power is being published by Macmillan of Canada on the eve of the eighth anniversary of the PQ's Nov.15, 1976 election victory.TRICKED LEVESQUE The duelling between Trudeau and Lévesque was a persistent feature of the PQ years and came to a head during the 1981 constitutional negotiations when Trudeau set out deliberately to trick Lévesque, says Fraser, Quebec City bureau chief for the Globe and Mail.Trudeau did it by proposing a national referendum on the Constitution’s patriation and amendment.His proposal broke up the common front of provincial premiers — the so-called Gang of Eight — that was holding out against Trudeau’s amending proposals.“Trudeau began to bait Lévesque, personally taunting him in French.You’re the great democrat, the breat believer in referedums — are you afraid to take me on?A provoked Lévesque responded to the dare.“Trudeau and his officials were delighted,” Fraser says.“They had hoped, but hadn’t dared, to expect that they could trap Lévesque and hive him off from his allies.’ The result was the constitutional agreement that Quebec refused to sign.It was also the nail in the coffin, after the referendum defeat, of Lévesque’s attempts to get increased powers for Quebec, Fraser says.The book offers fascinating insights into Lévesque’s personality and the small world of Quebec politics.Fraser cites the time Lévesque was forming his first cabinet in 1976, when he got some advice from Robert Bou-rassa, the defeated Liberal premier who was his onetime colleague and one of the few people who uses the informal “tu” rather than “vous” with Lévesque.Bourassa told Lévesque he should name Claude Morin, who became intergovernmental affairs minister, to the finance portfolio rather than Jacques Parizeau.Parizeau, who got the job and who has kept it since 1976, was “brilliant in debate” but too “erratic” in his financial judgment, Bourassa told Lé- vesque.The book also gives a capsule analysis of Lévesque’s enigmatic persona-lity by Camille Laurin, the psychiatrist and PQ cabinet minister.Lévesque, Laurin said, “oscillates between the light and the dark, impatience and confidence, tenderness and severity.This is why he is a symbol of contradiction in everyone’s eyes, and an object of recognition, hatred and love.” Fraser has closely folowed Quebec politics since 1976 as a correspondent for Maclean’s and for the Montreal Gazette before moving to the Globe and Mail last May.After watching the PQ in action for eight years, where does he think the party is going, particularly with the new debate in the party over whether to backtrack from its independence platform?“What makes watching this party so fascinating is that I don’t know,” Fraser said in an interview Wednesday.“I think we’re going through a major transition in Quebec and Canadian politics.This book marks the end of an era but it’s still too soon to tell the shape of what’s to come.” News-in-brief Lortie trial postponed QUEBEC (CP) — Cpl.Denis Lortie’s trial on three counts of first-degree murder arising from a shooting incident at the Quebec national assem bly last May 8, will be postponed to Jan.7, a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday.The trial was scheduled to start Monday but Mr.Justice Yvan Mignault granted a defence request for the postponement after Lortie’s lawyer pleaded that he needed more time to prepare his defence.Lawyer Andre Royer said he hopes to present new evidence at the trial based on psychiatric tests Lortie is undergoing this week.Lortie, who was based at Carp, Ont., was charged after a gunman in army fatigues burst into the legislature, spraying the place with submachine-gun fire, killing three employees and wounding 13 others.Man on trial for threatening PM TORONTO (CP) — Television film footage of protesters hounding Margaret Thatcher was viewed by a criminal court jury Wednesday as a demonstrator went on trial for threatening to assault the British prime minister last year in Toronto.Three different films taken outside a downtown hotel showed about 150 demonstrators chanting, waving placards and ripping up a British flag as Thatcher arrived in a motorcade for a luncheon on Sept.27, 1983.Also shown was a scuffle between one member of the crowd and the police as Thatcher passed by on a red carpet leading into the hotel.Tourism will suffer critic says OTTAWA (CP) — The $19.5 million in budget cuts announced by the government last week will make destinations less enjoyable for tourists and harm the alreadly troubled industry, New Democrat tourism critic John Parry said Wednesday Parry noted that the budget cuts will eliminate five wildlife centres, while user fees for parks, fishing permits and tourist aviation will increase."My fear is that the government will be créa ting a lot of verbal hoopla over tourism,” the MP for the northwestern Ontario riding of Kenora-Rainy River said, “yet will be reducing services and .making destinations less enjoyable.” Bullet-proof helmets considered OTTAWA (CP) — The Defence Department may replace the metal combat helmets worn by armed forces members with a new helmet made of bullet-resistant fibre, department spokesman Lieut.Jill Robinson said Wednesday.Two versions of the new helmet already have been tested, though Robinson emphasized the analysis is still at an early stage.It may be late next spring before a decision is made on purchasing the new helmets.The two helmet designs tested so far have been of U.S and Israeli design.The U.S.model is made from a synthetic fibre that carries the trade name Kevlar.Stronger than metal, it is currently in wide use for bulletproof vests and other protective gear.Manila investigates mayor's killing MANILA (AP) — The acting armed forces chief offered a $5,000 reward today for information leading to the arrest of the gunman who killed Zamboanga Mayor Cesar Climaco, a leading opponent of President Ferdinand Marcos Lt.-Gen.Fidel Ramos, ordered by Marcos to investigate the killing, flew to Zamboanga, about 860 kilometres southeast of Manila, and created a special task force to solve the killing, the Philippine News Agency said A 10-day mourning period has been declared for the 68-year-old mayor, who had not cut his hair since 1972 in a continuing protest against Marcos' government.Canada-U.S.S.R arms talks begin OTTAWA (CP) — Soviet and Canadian officials opened two days of closed-door talks Wednesday on nuclear arms control, but neither side would reveal any details of the items up for discussion.A news release from the External Affairs Department said only that talks will cover “a range of arms control and disarmament matters as well as international co-operation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and efforts to promote the nonproliferation regime.” Long-term solutions needed EDMONTON (CP) — The need to find immediate relief for starving Ethiopians should not distract world governments from finding long-term solutions to global hunger, agricultural economist John Dillon said Wednesday.Governments will have to find an appropriate balance between meeting short-term needs and long-term goals in solving the problems of hunger, Dillon told more than 300 people who jammed a small lecture theatre at the University of Alberta.“The impediments to enhancing food self-sufficiency in the developing countries are manifold,” said Dillon, who stood rigidly at a podium as he read his 30-page text titled Technology versus Hunger: Programs and Prospects.Sultan becomes king KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter) — Sultan Mahmood Iskandar, hereditary ruler of the southern state of Johore, was installed as the eighth king of Malaysia in a colorful ceremony at the state palace today.Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamad proclaimed the western-educated ruler constitutional monarch of Malaysia’s 15 million people for a five-year term.The sultan, who has a reputation as an impulsive.strong-willed character, was elected king Feb.9 by hereditary rulers from nine of the country’s 13 states.The rulers have chosen a monarch from among their ranks every five years since Malaysia’s independence from Britain in 1957.Japan denies whaling agreement TOKYO (Reuter) — Japan denied today it has agreed to stop all commercial whaling by 1988 and accused the United States of a unilateral action in announcing an accord.The Japanese Fisheries Agency challenged a statement issued Wednesday in Washington by U.S.Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige.Baldrige called on Japan to withdraw by April 1, 1985 its objection to an International Whaling Commission ban on all commercial whaling.The ban is due to go into effect in 1985 or 1986, depending on the kind of whale.In return, Japan would be allowed to catch 200 sperm whales a year in 1986 and 1987 without the U.S.invoking sanctions.Baldrige said the agreement would end all Japanese whaling by 1988.Arab pays millions for diamond GENEVA (AFP) — An unidentified Arab merchant is the new owner of the world’s third largest blue diamond after paying a record $4.6 million at a Christies auction Wednesday night, the British-owned auctioneers diclosed today.Christies did not identify by name the purchaser and the seller of the pear-shaped diamond weighing 42.92 carats set in a necklace.The Arab bid through an agent.The previous record price for a diamond was the $3.33 million paid in 1980.The world’s biggest diamond is the 45.85 carat Copenhagen Rectangular.The second largest is the 45.52 Hope diamond which is part of the Smithsonian collection in Washington.Man hangs children PINE BLUFF.Ark.(AP) — A man who lost custody of his two children to his estranged wife hanged the youngsters and himself from a tree in a wooded area northwest of the city limits, authorities say.The bodies of Keith Hays Greer.42, Christie Lynn, 5, and Keith Wayne, 3, were found hanging from a tree, police said Wednesday.Greer, a truck driver, picked up the children at the home of his wife Martha Tuesday afternoon and said he was going to take them to a discount store, police said.Communist party member defects STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Communist youth instructor from Estonia has defected to Sweden via Finland, Swedish police said today.Hillar Raig, 28, a lawyer and a second secretary in the youth organization Komsomol, was on a tourist trip to Finland with other Estonian Communist party members when he managed to get away from the group Nov.6 and board a ferry to the Swedish capital.“The only way I could defect was to make a career in the party,” he was quoted as saying by the Stockholm evening newspaper Expressen “I had planned the escape for four years.” Cyclone kills 24 NEW DELHI (Reuter) — Troops have been called in to help relief operations after a cyclone in southeast India killed at least 24 people, the Press Trust of India said today.The news agency said three people died Wednesday as gale-foree winds battered coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh state.Troops were sent to the coastal town of Nellore to help rescue stranded victims and restore power lines and communications, the report said.About 50,000 people were evacuated from the area.The storm earlier struck neighboring Tamil Nadu state, killing at least 21 people before moving north and hitting Andhra Pradesh.3 killed for spy ring involvement NEW DELHI (AFP) — At least three prominent Bahais have been killed in Iran recently for their alleged involvement in spy rings, a spokesman for Bahais said today.K.H.Vajdi said two of the Bahais were hanged and another died after being tortured.He said he did not know exactly when the three died, but that they had all been tortured for refusing to confess to being involved in spy rings.Vajdi said 12 Bahais have been killed in Iran this year and over 200 have died since the advent of the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979.The Bahis faith, which preaches the spiritual unity of mankind, originated in Iran in the 19th century but has since attracted followers around the world.‘New Hitler’ faces charges FRANKFURT, West Germany (AP) — A former army lieutenant who described himself as the "new Hitler” of West Germany has gone on trial on charges of spreading banned neo-Nazi propaganda.Michael Kuehnen, 29, wore a black shirt and leather jacket as he was led into a heavily guarded courtroom for the start of the trial Wednesday.Keuhnen fled to Switzerland in March 1983 to evade trial and was extradited from France last month.He and co-defendant Arndt Heinz Marx are accused of publishing and distributing neo-Nazi propaganda in which they called for a "cultural revolution against Americanization" and the expulsion of foreigners from West Germany.« 1 i The KKCOKI)—Thursday.November 15.19H4—3 The Townships Beconl West Bolton sexual assault trial told tale of family friend’s invasion By John McCaghey SWEETSBURG WARD — Religious and political undertones were part of the testimony heard on the second day of the six man six-woman jury trial of Austin Butt here Tuesday.Butt, 59, of West Bolton is charged with breaking and entering a dwelling with intent to commit a sexual assult and sexual assault on a woman in West Bolton Feb 23, 1984.The 34-year-old victim — whose name cannot be revealed due to a ruling by Mr.Justice Réjean Paul — told the court Butt said, “What will your political and church friends think of these?” after he had taken two photographs of her in the nude following the presumed assault in the master bedroom of her isolated home.She said Butt said her husband was a “sexless eunich” and he would show her what a real man could do and then reported some of his alleged statements which cannot be published CALM VOICE Speaking in a calm voice she told Crown attorney Henry Keyserlingk she and her husband built the house in 1976.She said she felt safer in the isolation of the country than in Montreal where they previously resided.She said she met Mrs Butt four years ago and had hired her often to look after her two young daughters.She said Butt, her son and another man had been hired to do work around the house during the two years preceding the incident.The victim said Butt once told her in the presence of her husband at Brome fair several years ago that she looked “like Jackie Kennedy” and her husband informed Butt she was his wife.“I later found out he was Mrs.Butt’s husband,” she explained.The victim said she had telephoned an aquaintance about 8 pm the night of the alleged incident and the conversation lasted about 20 minutes.She said Butt entered the house shortly after the call, removed his jacket and talked about the “glorious” weather for a few minutes.THROWN ON BED Then Butt went into the bedroom, she said.“I was angry and uneasy and asked him what he was doing when he grabbed me by the body.We scuffled then he threw me on the bed and tore off my clothes.He was choking me with his forearm and I couln’t stop him.He forced my legs apart and told me he had been making love to me for four years and it was ecstacy.” “I was thinking of my children 3 and 5 who were upstairs when he got off me and the camera went off.I went to get off the bed when it flashed again and when I went towards the closet to find a kimono he blocked me.I finally got to the chair and found a bathrobe but not before 1 hit his arm, knocking the camera to the floor when the flash went off again.” “He fiddled with his pants, the zipper and took the camera and left and after he had given me his speech about political friends and the church.” CLOTHES TORN She said her clothes were torn du ring the alleged assault, that Butt knocked her glasses off and that she put her clothing in a laundry hamper after he had left.According to her testimony Butt only removed his jacket and was wearing a shirt and jeans during the scuffle on the bed.She did not confirm whether or not his zipper had been undone.“Butt appeared relatively calm about what he was doing.He spoke a lot and looked maniacal with his long hair hanging down and his bald head.It still a nightmare today.He never threw the furniture around and never punched me.After he left I locked the doors.I was shocked, shaken and started to cry when I heard my little girls crying.” “My whole body was aching I felt filthy, bathed, then brought my little girls down to sleep with me," she continued, 'it was a comfort to have them with me as weren’t hurt and 1 was still alive." She broke into sobs and Judge Paul ordered a recess When she reappeared she said she woke up about 6:30 am the next mor ning, made breakfast for her chil dren, called her husband in Montreal at 7 am, took the children to nursery school then returned home Her hus band arrived about 9:15 am, she said.In the meantime she telephoned another neighbor Irene Norris and asked her to look after the children following nursery school CALLED LAWYER FRIEND She said she told her husband what had happened and they decided to call Michel Cogger, a friend and lawyer, to ask him about legal proceedings She said Cogger arrived from Ottawa about 3 p.m., stayed three hours and listened in on a phone conversation her husband had with Butt She said her husband was outraged and angry.She said Cogger called Crown attor ney Keyserlingk and her husband left the final decision on whether or not to press charges up to her as she would have to testify.She told the Crown she had never seen the bedroom photo graphs and added that her once harmonious relationship with Mrs.Butt had ended The victim told defence lawyer Do^ nald Bissonnette Butt was in the house about 20 minutes on the night of the alleged crimes She said she followed Butt to a road near their home in the spring of 1983 when he showed her some property he was considering buying for a new home.She explained Butt had sold off his cattle after sustaining a barn induced ailment and attempting to sell his farm.She said he took photos of the scene as well as of her with his 35 mm camera.DENIED AFFAIR She denied having had an affair with Butt a year and a half prior to the presumed crime The victim said she wasn’t unhappy when the pictures were taken on Summit road on march 1983 but certainly was when the disc camera was used on Feb 23.She added Butt had taken some pictures of her children.Her 59 year old husband confirmed having received the phone call Feb 24 He said his wife was acting like a “jib-bering idiot" when he arrived home, that she was smoking incessantly and that it took a couple of hours before the entire story emerged.He confirmed the telephone call to Cogger and said he had wanted Cogger to enlighten them on the law He said he was incensed that after the trust that they had placed in Mr and Mrs Butt, the fact that Butt would violate his wife was incredible ‘GOD-DAM MAI)’ "I was god-damn mad when I got on the phone, with Cogger on the extension and called Butt to try and re trieve the film,” the victim's husband continued “I told him to have it in my mailbox by 6 p.m 1 didn’t know what he’d do with it possibly sell it in a brasserie or some such place Butt claimed he didn't know what I was talking about although I said that if the pictures were returned no charges would be laid " He confirmed the decision to lay charges was left to his wife and said she contacted Quebec Police Force detective Marcel Lachance about noon Sunday and he and Roger l-ou-bier arrived at the home about 9 am Monday He said his wife had a bnu sed thigh and a sore throat and was examined by a physician at a Knowl ton clinic on either the Monday or Tuesday following the events of the previous Thursday night.The only other witness heard Tuesday was Judith Beauchamp who said the victim called her about 8 p.m Feb 23 about other matters.She said the conversation lasted 15-20 minutes and the plaintiff appeared normal Labor board hearing told the law is too restrictive on employer rights By Stephen MacDougall SHERBROOKE — A long and bitter dispute between a fledgling union and a hardware store owner took centre-stage Wednesday at the Beaudry Commission hearings into Quebec Labor Code revisions here.Daniel Roy, owner of the Sherbrooke Canadian Tire store told the five-person commission that he fought against the accreditation of the union at his store because of what he called pressure tactics against 50 of his employees.“This commission should be aware that union officials had obtained union card signatures from employees by intimidating some of them.They used violence, pressure tactics and threats” said Roy.“They told employees if you do not sign, you will be thrown out of a job.’ If you were a student, you would get no job security and that the government was paying your whole salary.And they said that all the other employees DTI officials clear water level questions By Bobby Fisher MAGOG — Recent rain and snowfall have brought the water level of Lake Memphremagog back above its recommended lowest height, but Dominion Textile Inc.officials held a news conference Wednesday anyway to explain the company’s position in the controversy surrounding the record low levels.An unseasonaly dry autumn caused a drastic loss of water in the 27.7 mile long lake with Vermont and Quebec shores.As recently as Nov.13 cottages which previously had no beachs at all, were suddenly fronted by 40-50 feet of what had earlier been lake bottom and the vice-president of Memphremagog Conservation Inc.said part of the blame for that rested with Dominion Textile.The MCI official didn’t single out Dominion Textile, however, saying the cloth-producing company was being forced to open its dam at the northern tip of Lake Memphremagog because of pressure from groups downstream on the Magog River Yves St.Jacques, director of energy and maintenance at the Magog plant, said not so — no one other than a reporter and a student conducting a summer survey on Lake Memphremagog had contacted him concerning the low water level and that a minimum amount of 350 cubic feet per second had gone through the dam gates since July.After consulting Environ ment Quebec, St.Jacques said, he ordered the outflow level reduced to 150 cfs, which it currently is at.BROUGHT IN In order to clear up questions surrounding the problem.Dominion Textile sent two people from its Montreal office — a public relations specialist and an engineer — to aid St.Jacques and plant manager Peter Morrison The engineer, Charles Planzer, director of technical services division, said “legally there is no minimum or maximum outflow restriction”, only a figure governing the height of the lake above sea level, which by an international agreement in 1935 set 678.98 feet as the minimum level and 682.7 feet as a maximum.“The other (350 cfs outflow) is just a common sense understanding with the people that use the water above and below the dam,” Planzer said.St.Jacques added "What we try to do is establish a curve that doesn't go too high or too low — one that pleases everyone.” had already signed and that your union dues would be reimbursed by the tax department” said Roy.TRIED TO CANCEL Roy said the 50 employees went as far as to hire a lawyer to have the Quebec labor board cancel their union SHERBROOKE — The expected testimony of Mario Cyr, detained on a coroner’s warrant as a witness in the murder of Alain Bouchard, did not materialize Wednesday due to the objections of Cyr’s lawyer.Conrad Chapdelaine.Chapdelaine objected to the necessity of Cyr’s testimony and re-qested time to have the matter brought before a Superior Court justice.St.Francis district Coroner Michel Durand bowed to Chap-delaine’s request and ajoumed the Bouchard inquest until Nov.27.Cyr, who is presently serving time at the Orsainville jail for parole violations, was brought th Sherbrooke earlier in the week to testify before coroner Durand into the murder of Bouchard March 28, and the killing of grocery store owner Stanley Binette May 24.The Binette inquiry was ajour-ned Tuesday and will resume Friday with Cyr again expected to testify.DIRT ROAD DEATH Bouchard’s naked body was found on a dirt road near the St.Anne de Beauvoir religious sanctuary.According to testimony Tuesday by Cyr’s brother Pierre, 18, Bouchard was shot by Mario Cyr after both brothers conned him into taking a car ride to get some money owed the victim.But Chapdelaine argued Wen-desday that Mario Cyr’s testimony Marcel Talbot.'What else can I do?' card signatures, hold an inquiry at the workplace and have the store employees vote by secret ballot whether or not they wanted a union.Roy said the board commissioner Réal Bibeau heard their arguments but did not mention them when he decided in fa- was not needed since the details of the Bouchard murder were already revealed by Pierre Cyr Tuesday.Chapdelaine further argued that his client’s testimony could incriminate him if he is charged with Bouchard’s murder.“He is virtually accused of murder already,” said Chapdelaine to Durand Wednesday, “you have enough information here to close the inquiry and make a decision on who is responsible here”.When Durand argued that more testimony was required, Chapdelaine requested and got a short recess and formulated the request for ajoumment in order to have the issue of Cyr testimony studied in Superior Court.CHARGES SOON?Though Durand seemed reluctant to delay the inquest, he admitted Chapdelaine had the right to have the issue decided by an outside court.But outside the courtroom, Durand said “it is very possible” that a first-degree murder charge will be laid against Mario Cyr before November 27.“The coroner has all the circumstances of the murder; any more testimony could be incriminating for Mario.His questioning of Mario will not help the inquiry, it will only help the police case against my client,” Chapdelaine said after the inquiry was ajourned.ST-HYACINTHE (CP) — Despite a 10-day hunger-strike, bankrupt farmer Marcel Talbot was “in good shape" today when he was released from jail after serving a sentence for contempt of court, a jail official said.Talbot, 46, had staged a 23-day hunger strike in August to protest attempts by the Quebec farm credit bureau (l'Office du credit agricole du Québec — OCA) to evict him from his farm.He vowed to fast again when he began serving a 14-day term for contempt Nov.5.Talbot was sentenced for refusing to leave his farm near Drummondville after the credit office had ordered him and his family off.Jail director Marcel Gill said Wednesday that Talbot stuck to his pledge and had only water, sugar and mineral salts during his stint in the provincial jail.Medical staff kept daily tabs on him and he suffered no health problems, Gill said.vour of a union The company is presently appealing the ruling.Roy told the commission he fought the reinstating of a fired employee not because of her union activities but be cause he thought she had walked out on her job.A Mario Cyr is an 'important witness ’ in two Sherbrooke murder cases.NO OTHER WAY’ This is the only way I can draw attention to my problem,” Talbot said when he entered the jail.“No one else seems to want to listen.“I know there may be a problem with my health but what else do you expect me to do?" Talbot ended his first hunger strike last August on the orders of a doctor and on the promise by a National As sembly committee to look into the problem of farm bankruptcies.Talbot filed for personal bankruptcy last year, blaming the Quebec Agriculture Ministry and the farm credit agency for encouraging him to go into a beef production scheme that left him $500.000 in debt after two years.The agriculture ministry has de nied pushing him into beef production and countered that Talbot was the victim of his own mismanagement A five-person panel of labor specialists heard from union and management spokesmen at a Sherbrooke hearing Wednesday.évision du Code du < ^ n Mario Cyr held in death of ‘pusher’ Alain Bouchard Talbot feels ‘fine’ after hungry jail term The fired employee, known as "Mme.Adams’’, lost her job seven years ago soon after the struggle to establish a union had begun Union officials claimed she had been fired because of her union activities, but Roy disagreed “She had been fired because she had refused to do an inventory job and had left her work site one day without authorization and without notifying her immediate superiors” said Roy.FOUGHT BATTLE Roy admitted the case was not clear to him because it had happened before he had bought the store.But he did fight her reinstatement, which involved a drawn-out legal battle first at the Quebec labor board, then the Quebec Superior Court and finally the Supreme Court of Canada.Mrs.Adams was finally reinstated this September Roy expressed his doubts about the Quebec labor board’s impartiality and asked if it was there to protect the employee or the union movement.He also questioned whether union obliga tions such as the 'Rand formula', where all employees have to pay union dues even if they did not support the union, violate individual rights and liberties Roy was one of 13 groups who pre sented briefs to the commission.UNION HEARD Another group heard was the Cen traie des Syndicats Démocratiques, a union which broke away from the Canadian National Trade Union in the early 1970s.According to union president Jean Paul Hétu, the present labor code "is the cause of long delays in allowing unions to form, causing a climate of insatisfaction, quarrels with employers and threats of firings." The CSD requested the commissioners look into ways of simplifying rules to avoid confrontations between unions and employers He said such problems only lead to more worker alienation and frustration.Another city offer for abandoned Gabr building SHERBROOKE Sherbrooke city council, at a special meeting Wednesday, narrowly authorized Mayor Jean-Paul Pelletier to make a new $1.3 million offer for the purchase of Saad Gabr’s aborted technology centre on Frontenac Street at the northern end of Wellington A resolution to that effect was passed by a six-to-five margin allowing Pelletier to make the offer, which has already been accepted in principle by the building’s owner.North Hatley Technologies Ltd., controlled by the enigmatic Moroccan businessman.The offer is contingent on North Hatley Technologies providing proof that the building, scheduled to be sold at a sherrif’s auction December 21, is free of any debts or taxes, and on Unacceptance by the city’s residents of a loan of $1.575 million to be repaid over a period of 15 years REFERENDUM TRY Opponents of the plan have indicated they will try to force the city to hold a referendum on the loan issue.City residents will be invited to register their demand for a referendum on November 27 and 28 at City Hall.500 signatures are needed to force a referendum North Hatley Technologies accep ted an earlier offer of the same amount earlier this month, but coun cil balked at conditions of payment imposed by the company and called for a new offer to be made, designed, according to councillor Léo T La flamme "to avoid any problems with creditors” referring to litigation now before the courts against Gabr and his companies.In a previous vote on the issue council was evenly divided, forcing the mayor to break the tie in favor of making the offer In Wednesday's vote the division remained and another tie was avoided by the absence of councillor Robert Dandurand who had earlier opposed the motion.Councillors Jean Perrault, André Côté, Ber nard Tanguay, Hilaire Béliveau and Jean-Yves Laflamme voted against the offer while it was supported by councillors Françoise Dunn, Alfred Demers, Roméo Quintal, Roger Gin gués, Léo-T Laflamme and Antonio Pinard.MANY OPPOSED The plan to purchase the building has encountered opposition from ma ny sources for many reasons André Côté, the mayor’s most outspoken cri tic on council has said the building could be purchased for much less than the city has offered and has also complained of the hurried way in which the plans were drawn up Perrault complains that he has not seen an engineer’s evaluation of the buil ding's condition.André Savoie, spokesman for the Corporation du Centre ville and SI DAC King Wellington, two organizations of downtown businessmen who oppose the move, said "We plan to stay neutral There is no question of our inciting people to demand a referendum ’’ “There has been a long debate on the subject and the population has received lots of information Now, if the people don't object to the project when the referendum demand register is opened then it will go ahead.” Château Dépanneur 24 heures?SHERBROOKE — The Quebec Liquor Corporation begins selling some 565 cases of Beaujolais No veau in its Eastern Townships ou tlets tomorrow morning at 9:30 and as usual the new vintage is expec ted to be the cause of a rush of buyers The wines, just arrived from France are much sought after by wine fanciers and are usually sold out the same day they go on sale Experts say the wines enjoy a popularity superior to their worth as they have not had the chance to age enough to truly develop their cha racteristic flavor SUPPLY SPREAD OUT The major portion of the Beaujolais allotted to the Townships will be sold from the Sherbrooke Shop ping Centre liquor store (430 cases), while the east ward store will have 50 cases.The outlets in Magog and Rock Forest will re ceive 80 and 25 cases respectively while the Lake Megantic outlet is being allowed 10.QLC spokesmen say that to en sure as many wine lovers as possible have the opportunity to purchase the wines, a limit of six bottles per customer will be imposed. ?—The RECORD—Thursday, November 15, I9K4 The Voice of the KaHtern TownnhipH since 1897 Editorial Really, Joe Is Joe Clark finally getting his revenge?The question may appear a little silly at first, but one must wonder why the former Prime Minister and present Minister of Foreign Af fairs has reacted as he has to two separate controversies surrounding the press, an institution many have credited for Clark’s inability to establish credibility with the Canadian people during his brief tenure as Canada’s Prime Minister in 1979.In the first instance, Clark has stated that Canada will exert no pressure on the Indian government to secure the release of freelance journalist Jonathan Mann, currently being held in India on charges he violated visa restrictions by going to the city of Amritsar to interview Sikh leaders following the assassination of Indira Gandhi.While Clark has stated he wishes to respect the rights of a nation to enforce its own laws without outside interference, it must be noted that Mann is not a common criminal and that he broke the law in persuance of his professional duties and not out of malicious design.His release should be a matter of course if Canada would only exert the kind of pressures available to it under accepted international precedence.In the second instance, Clark has ordered officials in his department not to talk to journalists without prior permission, a muzzle that is the result of leaks of impending consulate closures that embarrassed the new government abroad.While one might have expected such a command from the former government, it is surprising that Clark, who while Prime Minister tried to encourage a more open government approach to the news media, should be the bearer of such an ominous portent Whatever happened to ‘free and open government’?Clark might have very good reasons to resent the press, for during his tenure at the helm of the ship of State, journalists jumped at every chance to portray him as a bumbling, uninformed buffoon.But it must also be remembered that the opportunities they were given were many and hard to resist.When an Alberta native is forced to ask foreign farmers what crop they are growing in their wheat fields, the temptation to exploit the scene can not be easily denied.Perhaps Clark has surrendered to the old wisdom offered to the individual who feels he has been wronged — ‘Don’t get mad.Get even!’ Well really, Joe — Get serious.MICHAEL McDEVITT Bruce Levett The rest of us began ordering in slices And you thought you were confused NOW?As Ronald Reagan is fond of saying —“folks, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” The word is out in Ottawa that our relatively new Progressive Conservative government is expected to announce an end to mandatory metric any day now.(As a matter of fact, the whole thing may be a fait accompli by the time you get around to reading this.) Well, no matter how you felt about the metric fact, at least you knew where you stood when it was mandatory.If the whole thing becomes “take your choice,” where are you?For instance: A few years back, just after taking delivery of a truck with a metric imperial speedometer, they were cruising through the boondocks.She was at the wheel and he was navigating They had just turned off the highway and were heading toward a small town.“The speed drops to 50 here," he cautioned.“Right,” she replied.He looked up from his maps to realize they were careering down somebody's main street.Dogs were scuttling for the curb.Old ladies were taking up station behind sturdy objects.Senior citizens of both sexes were waving canes."Hey!" He bugled "Slow down to 50!” “I’m DOING 50." And.by George, she was — but 50 on the red numbers (miles) instead of 50on the white numbers (kilometres.) (For those who missed it in conversion class, she was hitting close to 80 in kilometres.) Oh, well — this return of democracy in merchandising should take away some of the edge heretofore enjoyed by our snobby neighbor She delights in visiting the deh, there to order loudly in metric and demonstrating to one and all that SHE isn’t one of those old mos sbacks mired in confusion It got so bad that the rest of us — unable to fathom metric and too ashamed to revert to imperial began ordering in slices The major problem, of course, will rise in the liquid measures.There are the suspicious among us who have always felt that the only reason the government legislated metric was to hide from us just how big a tax bite was being taken in gasoline.We knuckle under meekly when it is announced that the tax is going up two cents a litre, but would we be so amenable if we were told gasoline was to rise 10 cents a gallon — and that we were already paying $2 a gallon?An entire generation has grown up, members of which wouldn't know an inch, foot or yard if it came up and bit them in the ankle.(Football fans, of course are different — steadfastly refusing to rise in their wrath and declaim “no metres" when someone encroaches.Somehow it just doesn't scan.) And what happens if, four years from now.the Liberals get back in?Is it back to metric?Bah A pox on both their houses.And I’ll take three slices of the bologna, please.EEC struggles with self but seems to work anyway LONDON (CP) — Fears of overflowing wine lakes could still wash away the cru cial final stages of Spain and Portugal’s long, often tortuous, path toward entry in to the European Economic Community.After six years of negotiations, dea dlines are being missed and emergency meetings called for as the existing 10 member countries worry about agncultu ral surpluses and shortages of fish.Negotiations were supposed to have been finished by the end of September to allow enough time for national parliaments to approve the entry terms before the Jan 1, 1986, target date Now, despite two moredaysof meetings by foreign ministers this week, even the year-end revised deadline for negotiating terms looks optimistic.The problems underscore difficulties among the existing 10 members of the EEC.And as the community continues to grow from its original six members, resolving those internal strains becomes more difficult.For instance, both Spain and Portugal have huge fishing fleets.Spain's alone — with 17,500 boats — is larger than the rest of the ECC combined.The community’s fishery policy allows free access to all ves sels of member states within the 200 nautical-mile zones of all states.STARTS ROW But stock depletion has already started quota rows among the existing members.Paul Koring IN LONDON Nearly doubling the number of fishermen chasing increasingly scarce stocks will only make the problem worse.Equally troublesome, although for the opposite reason, is the huge agricultural output of Spain and Portugal.The community is already awash with French, Italian and German wine, and has a surfeit of olive oil and many vegetables.Despite some reforms of the common agricultural policy which subsidizes production by guaranteeing prices, the community simply can’t afford to keep paying even more farmers for food it doesn’t need.Reaching any final accord will also require compromises on overall community production, subsidy levels, and a time-frame to ease in the provisions of full membership.For instance, the huge migrant labor pool in Spain holds real worries for northern Europe’s industrialized community members, all of which are struggling with already high, and growing, domestic unemployment.Side issues also complicate the talks.Spanish unease about membership in NATO would only be exacerbated if its application for membership in the Euro-club is rejected.Similarly, Britain and Spain will need to make additional progress on settling their longstanding bilateral dispute over Gibraltar if the open border policies of the community are to work.Yet for all the difficulties, there are strong and persuasive forces on both sides supporting enlargement of the EEC.Membership should strengthen the recently created democratic systems in Spain and Portugal.It will also enlarge what is already the world’s largest common market, adding more than 50 million consumers to the 280 million in the community.And for all the internal squabbling, the EEC works.While making it work better is a common national theme in many countries (and usually translates into trying to get more out of it), only diehard opponents now suggest disbanding it.Certainly, the deep and lingering recession which hurt Europe’s old industries badly, might have been even worse without the barrier-free market it offers.Perhaps the best measure of its success is the difficulty countries like Canada face in trying to maintain traditional export | markets in the face of in-house competition.However, the increasing size of the community also makes the near-paralysis of its decision-making process a bigger problem.Despite the European Parliament, real power rests with the Council of Ministers where members’ heads of government thrash out problems.It may be left to them at a December summit to break the deadlock on entry terms for Spain and Portugal.But the community’s insistence on unanimity of the council gets ever more difficult.Adding two more heads of government will make it more so.Perversely perhaps, the greatest value to the community of adding two more members will be the extra pressure it puts on re-vamping the decision-making process.An increasing number of community supporters, including French President François Mitterrand, believe a switch to majority rule is needed to prevent the EEC’s most important decisions grinding to a halt because of the objections of a single member.Earlier this year, both Britain and then Ireland, literally held the rest of the community to ransom by refusing to approve its budget unless their particular axes were ground first.5 «0 DCECUTIV PET on CTV at 8 p.m.TORONTO (CP) — Former prime minister Pierre Trudeau warned the Liberals to stop blaming him for the party’s poor showing in the last federal election, saying he probably could have won if he were still leader.In an interview Wednesday with CTV in Washington, D C., Trudeau wouldn't answer questions about the Liberals’ overwhelming election defeat or the circumstances leading to it.But he challenged suggestions by Opposition Leader John Turner and other Liberals that he left them unprepared with a losing political machine.Former transport minister Lloyd Axworthy said shortly after the election that saw Liberal representation in the Commons slide to 40 seats compared to 211 for the Tories it was clear the Liberals would have to rebuild their party from the ground up.Turner repeated that point at a recent gathering of Liberals in Vancouver.“ All I would say is that if anybody wants an argument with me, if they want to provoke me back into politics, this would be the way to do it,’ Trudeau said.“I don’t intend making any comments, but I will if they keep putting the blame on me.“I think I could’ve won that election.” WARNS LIBERALS Trudeau also sidestepped any opportunities to criticize the federal Tories and Prime Minister Mulroney.“Well, he’s got a honeymoon.Don’t waste your time trying to spoil his fun.Let him perform and hack away when he performs badly.” On another topic, Trudeau, who urged world leaders Tuesday to take a more active role in the quest for peace, told CTV he isn't seeking a high-profile position in arms control talks or any other field The death of JT: Self-inflicted wounds did it Since the Liberal defeat on Sept.4, much attention has been focused on the question of media portrayals of John Turner, and on how those portrayals compared with the way Brian Mulroney was presented to Canadian voters Did the media play a significant role in the downfall of John Turner?Were Canada’s media too soft on Brian Mulroney?The Montreal chapter of the 700-member Canadian Centre for In vestigative Journalism recently held an afternoon panel discussion titled ‘Who Shot JT?’, to analyze the media's role in the campaign Record reporter Robert Palmer was there.By Robert Palmer MONTREAL — The term political sui cide’ has never found a truer example than in the electoral death of John Napier Turner.If the media is to be accused of shooting JT, then there is only one possible response: Up until September 4, despite countless tries, he couldn’t find the mark himself Turner had been doomed to failure since February 14,1976.That was the day he left Ottawa to return to private life, and the day he went out and bought his gun He spent eight years waiting in the wings of the political stage, cleaning and loading his gun and plotting a triumphant return.He kept a low profile and surfaced only occasionally to remind his future electorate he would be ready when the time was right FOLLOWED THE STAR A walk in the snow and the resignation announcement on Leap Year Day — both dramatics only a man like Pierre Elliot Trudeau could carry off with dignity — became the proverbial Star of Bethlehem that would lead John Turner back into political life.He announced his candidacy barely two weeks later.JT's eight-year self exile would cost him dearly however, even from the very start.The media said he would be rusty and John Turner proved them right.His ability to communicate his views in a coherent manner had suffered He stumbled and coughed, and the media reported it.Bom in the United Kingdom, throughout his leadership bid Turner portrayed him self as a total Canadian Educated in Onta- rio and British Columbia, and a member of the bars of those provinces as well as Quebec, the Yukon and Northwest Territories, John Turner claimed he could walk down the main street of any city in Canada and meet someone he knew.His roots were everywhere, and it hurt him.When meeting someone, knowing where they are from helps put their comments into perspective.The name of a city or even province lays a foundation for understanding.And while having roots spread from Newfoundland to Victoria may give a person a more national perspective, Canadians saw Turner’s background as lacking in real substance, unidentifiable.They were left with only one label : ‘The Bay Street Lawyer’.And in a country which has regional disparities as deeply rooted as Canada’s, a label from Central Canada doesn t help one's cause.COSTLY ERRORS Throughout his leadership bid, John Turner clutched his gun, aimed, fired and missed several times.He made many costly errors , some were basic policy blunders, others showed a simple lack of good old-fashioned common sense.His statements on the Manitoba language issue were severely criticized by members of his own campaign team.They urged him to ‘clarify’ himself.Saying bilingualism was a provincial issue reinforced his out-of-touch image.When, after so many years as a nation with two official languages we still have only one officially bilingual province, the time has long past to leave the question of at least bilingual government services to those with a dangerously selfish outlook.Realizing his bubble was in serious danger of bursting, JT changed campaign managers in mid-stream.That was fatal for two reasons.First, he allowed the clouded circumstances of Bill Lee’s firing/resignation to fester, choosing not to step in and tell the truth once and for all That habit of delaying clarifications would again haunt him later.Second, he brought in Senator Keith Davey, who as The Rainmaker had distinguished himself as a virtual institution within the Trudeau organization That link would not only haunt Turner, it would later represent another basic contradiction between his stated intentions and his actions.VICTORY IN JUNE If the media did indeed shoot JT, then it certainly cut it close — waiting until the last minute to pull the trigger.Somehow, John Turner survived his leadership fiasco and won the nod from some 3,600 frenzied delegates in that steamy Ottawa hockey rink in June.That was perhaps the greatest miracle of all.Despite their obvious affection for Jean Chrétien, the delegates chose to ignore Turner’s blunders.If the media did shoot JT in the end, it allowed him at least several reprieves beforehand.A recurring theme throughout the leadership and election campaigns was Turner’s attempt to distance himself from Pierre Trudeau and the Liberal record of the past 16 years.This would be a difficult task by any accounts, but Turner maintained he would run his government differently, insisting his eight-year exile had not hurt him, but had allowed him to sit back and analyze the demise of the nation’s economy — and the hopes and dreams of its people.During his leadership bid he replaced his Lee with Davey, and further proved his intentions weren’t his true plans when Trudeau campaigned for Lucie Pépin and Sheila Finestone in Montreal.The media were there to remind us of that.PRESSED FOR A DATE June 30: John Turner is sworn in and is immediately pressed by the media for an election date.Will he ask the Queen to postpone her planned visit to Canada July 14 to 28?Absolutely not, he replies, almost hurt by the implication.Barely a week later he flies to Buckingham Palace to ask Her Royal Highness to do just that.She agrees to put her trip off on July 9 he calls an election for early September.In that span of 10 days.Turner, in the eyes of the Canadian public, shot himself not once but several times.He lied about his plans and did just what he said he had no intention of doing.Asking the Queen, a figurehead still prominent in the minds of many Canadians despite our two-year-old constitutional freedom, to postpone her visit was a travesty, a faux pas of unthinkable proportions.Then there was the patronage issue, which hung like an albatross around Turner’s neck throughout his short term as prime minister.A ‘secret’ deal between Turner and Trudeau sent 17 Liberal MPs to political nirvana.JT’s ‘favor’ to Trudeau would be one of the most costly he would ever do for anyone.Brian Mulroney and Ed Broadbent jumped all over him, and the media reported the scuffle.ADVISERS CRINGED John Turner carried his inability to state policy, and his apparent willingness to form it almost on the spot, right through his stay in office.His advisors cringed when he was mobbed by the media.They could only hope he wouldn’t stumble and promise something they hadn’t even spoken about.John Turner simply did not perform well under pressure and that inability was there for all to see — on television, in homes across the country.The media’s cameras were there and they filmed it.The cameras were again rolling when the prime minister patted Liberal Party president Iona Campagnolo on the bum, one of JT’s most foolish actions.Many have said that far too much was made of that split-second incident, and that the media blew it way out of proportion.Regardless of whether you approved, disapproved or were ambivalent to this action, John Turner should have known better.Common sense, if nothing else, should have been his guide.Canadians clearly didn’t find it as funny as he did.The prime minister was running out of bullets.JUST ASK ANDRÉ The final shot was fired on Sept.4 when Canadians rejected JT and his ‘revamped’ Liberal party, handing him a loss greater than any in history.Perhaps Canadians fired that shot but they, too, missed.Not surprisingly, Vancouver Quadra elected John Turner.The reason is childishly simple.Regardless of party affiliation, there isn’t a voter in this country who wouldn’t want the prime minister as his or her MP.Just ask André Maltais.The media did not shoot John Turner.With remarkable frequency, he wounded himself almost consciously and succeeded in killing his chances to lead this country and make a lasting impression on it.He was just not ready and he proved it virtually every time he opened his mouth.He made basic political mistakes, perhaps to his credit sacrificing longevity for his real inner beliefs.The media did not shoot JT.The media reported his political suicide.i » Farm and business The KKl'ORIl—Thursday, November 15, 1884—5 the1 —____gel «ecora Single cow that produces dozens of calves per year a popular item By Fred Bayles HADLEY, Mass.(AP) — Fernhame Ned Oceana is a cow of some note, able to produce 15,000 kilograms of milk high in butterfat each year.But these days the 14-year-old Holstein-Friesian is providing a more valuable commodity.Thanks to advances in breeding technology, “Ned,” as her owners call her, has become a factory on the hoof, a genetic machine that has produced 50 calves in the last four years, many with price tags in the five figures.Investors, impressed with earning potentials and healthy tax advantages, are putting their money into similar barnyard stock.“Not only do they represent big bucks to those who own them, but they also represent the wave of the future for the American milk industry,” says Robert Picariello, whose Marion, Mass., First National Genetic Technology offers investments in “super-elite” Holstein-Friesians.DO TRANSPLANTS The development of embryo transplants in the last 10 years has created a revolution in cattle breeding.Blue-ribbon cows like Ned are now injected with an ovulating hormone that produces many eggs.The cows are then artificially inseminated with semen from a prize bull.The fertilized eggs are flushed from the cow’s uterus, then transplanted in the womb of lesser cows.The technology allows breeders to produce dozens of choice milk cattle in a year from one mother."You get much more efficiency per unit,” says Bruce Whittier, the owner of Grand Oak Farms in Hadley who purchased Ned for about $10,000 five years ago.Whittier recently turned down $100,000 for his prize cow.INVOLVES RISKS Weir Stewart, a former stockbroker with a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, has 25 donor cows on his Hillsdale, N.Y., farm.He says success stories like Whittier’s entice some into the cow business without realizing the risks and work involved.“It’s a market in which if you do things right you are nicely paid and there’s the satisfaction of contributing to the genetics of the premier dairy animal,” he says.“But if your management and fundamental decisions aren’t right you won’t make a lot of money.” Richard Nelson, an official with the Holstein-Friesian Association of America, says more breeders are turning to the new technology.In 1974, there were two registered embryo transfer births in the United States.Last year, the number jumped to 9,766.“The super-ovulating cow simply increases the income for the owner,” Nelson says.Embryo transplants offer obvious benefits to farmers The rapid breeding of super cows allows dairy farmers to produce more milk with half the herd of operations of 20 years ago.With the average upkeep for a cow around $1,500 a year, the savings are significant.As a result, the dairy cow population in the United States dipped to about 12 million last year from 25 million in 1954.BULLS MAKE BUCKS Breeders can prosper by producing dozens of high-quality cows a year.Whittier has sold Ned’s offspring for prices as much as five times her sales cost.Bulls that carry their mother’s milk-making genes can be even bigger money makers for breeders.Owners of such bulls can demand $250 for a “straw” of semen and a prize bull can produce 40,000 straws in a year."Absolute fortunes have been made from bulls, but only one or two out of 1,500 that are tested each year are going to be considered high perfor mance bulls,’’ Stewart says.“Another 500,000 are slaughtered each year.” But the chance of hitting it big in the cow business is not the only attraction to American investors.Under U.S.tax laws, such cows are considered farm equipment, allowing owners to depreciate the cow’s sale price over five years.Under the rules, a $100,000 investment in a supercow can bring an annual tax advantage of $20,000.DEDUCT COSTS Owners can also deduct all costs of keeping the cow, including feed, shel ter, medical care and insurance.Even the cost of the surrogate mothers is depreciable.Some, like Picariello, offer investors a piece of the cow in deals similar to real estate syndication His compa ny now owns the assets of 40 super Holsteins valued at $4 million Whittier, who does not sell partnerships in his cows, thinks the rush to invest has driven the price of some Holsteins past their actual value.“The price for these cattle is driven up by the rush to invest, but the pyra mid may peak and make it hard for investors to get out," he says.SOME BULLISH Still, some financial advisors are, well, bullish about the possibilities.While the industry is still small Picariello estimates there is about $90 million of private money invested in the cows — Charles DeRose, a vice president of the New York investment banking firm Laiglaw, Adams and Peck, says it could grow into billions of dollars.“I think we re going to come to an age when we see genetic engineering create crops and animals that can be more productive and thus a more productive investment,” he says.“I think that anything that allows you to increase the yield is going to be the investment of the future." The beef syndicate debate rages on Last week, under the title, “Farm supply management.or bust!”, I maintained that joint plans which ensure supply management are the best way for farmers to achieve a stable and sufficient income.On Thursday, the majority of the 150 farmers who attended the beef plan meeting at Ascot Comer vetoed a proposed $2 check-off per head.Klemens Weber explains the reasons behind his vote.Although I disagree with many of his views, any democratic union must support and address disagreement.Nov.12/84 To Fraser Adams, President, UPA English Sector Dairy farmers will lose millions by paying for the beef syndicate! A handful of UPA executives will decide on November 27 to increase the “check-off” rate per head of cattle sold at auctions from one to two dollars.The beef syndicate’s budget for 1985 has multiplied by 225 per cent over the last two years and stands now at close to $1,400,000.Most of it goes to cover the cost of executive meetings, the upkeep of offices, so-called “studies”, loan and interest repayments, and nothing, absolutely nothing at all for the real benefit of beef and dairy producers, except the “grain calf” promotion, which only 250 small producers profit from.This is irresponsible and unjust! More than 80 per cent of cattle sold at auctions are coming from dairy farmers, or to put it plainly, more than 80 per cent of the beef producers syndicate’s budget is financed by dairy farmers! Any implementation of a joint beef plan and beef sales agencies will cost many millions of dollars.And who foots the bill for such a grand idea?Over 80 per cent will be paid by dairy farmers who, on the other hand, won’t have any say in the decision making process and most importantly, won’t receive any financial benefit or security like the beef farmers with their income stabilization and insurance plans.This is not democratic, fair, or in the spirit of a true union : it rather reminds one of the doings of a dictatorship.I hope every dairy farmer will be responsible enough to let the UPA know how he feels on this subject.I challenge the UPA syndicate and its presi- Farm Roundup By Fraser Adams, President of the English Sector of the Sherbrooke UPA Federation dents to provide dairy farmers with an open reply and a satisfactory explanation.Respectfully, KLEMENS WEBER Klemens Weber, dairy farmer from St.Hermene-gilde, and UPA director, Ayer’s Cliff mini sector.Klemens Weber challenges the UPA to answer two accusations: 1) that the union is undemocratic; and 2) that the 1985 programs and budget of the Quebec Beef Producers Federation will not benefit dairy farmers.I will answer the first charge and ask Denis Charland, president of the Region 5 beef federation, to explain the benefits to milk producers.When production, pricing and political problems get confused, solutions are difficult to find.Production problems will be discussed during a conference December 12 at Champlain Regional College.Barring any miraculous breakthroughs in production efficiency, most beef farmers will again lose money in 1985.Pricing problems are being attacked by the beef federation through proposed decentralized sales agencies.The joint plan for beef as agreed upon by a province-wide referendum in 1982 was set up to improve prices.Since each direct-mail referendum costs $185,000, obviously any changes to the plan will have to be made through the 14 regional syndicates.Last Thursday’s meeting to vote on the proposed regional sales agencies and the $1 per head increase in the check-off was announced in advance by a detailed invitation to all UPA members and by a reminder in The Record.(Does any of this sound like a dictatorship by a handful of UPA executives?) 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Office hours 9 a m to 5 p.m.and Wednesdays, Georgeville by appointment ATTORNEY Centre Proffossionnel du Richmond, 295 Main St South, Richmond.Robert L, O Donnel, attorney.826-5929, res 826-2541 LAWYER JACQUELINE KOURI, ATTORNEY, 85 Queen street, Lennoxville Tel 564-0184.Office hours 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m Evenings by appointment LAWYERS HACKETT, CAMPBELL, & BOUCHARD, 80 Peel St., Sherbrooke Tel 565-7885, 40 Main St., Rock Island.Tel.876-7295 Miscellaneous Services CAM-TECK camera repair shop, projectors, binocul-lars, microscopes.SPECIAL - 4 passport photos for $7 00, family portraits, André Baldim, 109 Frontenac St., Sherbrooke (819) 562- 0900 FURNITURE AND wood work refinishing.Reasonable rates and free estimate For information call 563- 0071, COM EXERCISE BICYCLE, speedometer, clock timer, resistance control, seat adiustment, $80 Call 1-876-5452.FOR SALE 4-speed MGB transmission Best otter (819) 569-8100 FOR SALE — A Velo Sport ten speed bike, new brakes, new speedometer, just been repainted, $75.Call on weekdays after 4 p m at 567-4184 and ask for Andy FOR SALE — Rebuilt heads for a Pontiac 350 American big block.Used approx 1,500 miles Must sell! Ask for Graydon after 3 p m at 567-9483 FOR SALE — Portable electric typewriter with carrying case.One-year-old, hardly used, excellent condition One-year gu-rantee $275 Call(819)569-8100 GREAT CLOSING SALE — All must be sold - carpet, linoleum, tile, paint at re-diculous low prices Les Tapis Galeries Orford (basement Galeries Orford), Magog.843-7112 INTELUVISION, with 7 tapes, tor sale, $275.; AM-FM car radio for G.M., $30.Call after 5 pm 567-2084.JEWELRY Gold or Silver.For a gift or for youself, set up a jewelry party and get a jewelry gift in accordance with your sales.For further information, contact Gisele (819) 849-2392 LADIES SKI BOOTS, size 7; ladies long leather coat, size 6; ladies cowboy boots, size 6; ladies car coat, size 7-8 Call 565-0751 PAINTERS — ARTISTS.Easel, practical and modern.adjustable $85 Drafting tables 30 x 48 adjustable In height and at different degrees $240.with rule $310.Tables, walnut color with folding legs 30 x 60 $59.Bingo tables 30 x 30 (stacking) $45.Call between9:00 A M.and 5:00 P M.at 569-9286 Closed Saturday and Sunday.RICHMOND ANTIQUES — Buying and selling antiques and second hand articles, furniture, dishes, watches, jewelry, coins.Call (819) 826-5332.C.Doyle STOVE FOR SALE In excellent condition, Vermont Casting Defiant, Call (514 ) 538-2682 between 6 and 8 p m TWO DATSUN WINTER tires on rims, 185-70SR14.Also quantity of hot air ducts and pipes.Call 843-5759.WOODSTOVE, slow burning, Latewood, and a black and white TV.Call after 6 p.m at 563-0548.fcl Articles wanted MOULTON HILL PAINTERS — Registered, licenced.Class A painters Also wallpapering, commercial and residential, spraying, gyproc joints By the hour or contract (in or out of town.) Free estimates Tel 563-8983 Isdlosl LOST - White male Boxer in Bolton Center.Call (514) 292-3876 Personal DO YOU HAVE questions about who you really are and your purpose in life?Then you must read "In My Soul I am Free", sent to you tree on request.Write P.0 Box 344, Lennoxville, PQ.JIM 1Z5.DIRECTORY ^ for Spate in this ^ Directory please contact Jim O'Malley V at 569-9525 7 Auctioneers /' BILINGUÜI AIK MONtfR Complete auction service at ?90 Queen St COMPIFTE COST 20° RODNEY LLOYD 566-7922 STAMPS com Boutique HUGO ?1 $4 RING 0 5*1 OMO Miscellaneous f VERGER LA GENEREUSE • SAND HILL * Mdntosh Cortland Cootong apples - vry good price Op«n dally to 7 p.m.87S-51M BURGESS REPAIRS LENNOXVILLE REPAIRS OF SNOWBLOWERS, CHAINSAWS, SNOWMOBILES.ETC.PICK-UP AND DELIVERY CALL 567-8679 Rentals HERTZ CAR-TRUCK-MINIBUS RENTAL Location De Luxe Enr.787 Conseil, Sher 562 4933 AUCTION SALE Cars for sale 1978 PONTIAC GRAND Le- Mans Stationwagon, V8.305.power steering, power brakes, automatic.Call 837-2156 1980 PONTIAC ACADIAN, 4 cylinder, automatic, good running order, snow tires included $2,400 or best otter Call 569-7066 FOR SALE — 1972 Dodge Charger, good winter car, only 50,000 miles.No reasonable offer refused Call 569-6930 after 6:00 p m M Fruits, Vegetables APPLES - Delicious Mcln-toch, Lobo, also seconds, only $4 00 per bushels De-hvery to Lennoxville areas H Peterson, Hatley Village — 838-4859 WANTED TO BUY — 4 black vinyl bar stools with backs.Call 843-8395 I Machinery TAXIDERMY Hunters, quality taxidermy for the hunter’s pride by a full time professional studio since 1976.Nothing is too small or too big.Specializing in white tail deer heads.Richard Bolduc, Taxidermist, 62 Hatley East.Magog Call 847-0638 Florses TWO BELGIAN FILLIES.1V6 years old, purebred, registered with papers; 1 Belgian gelding, 2V6 years old.No reasonable otter refused.Call (819) 826-2331.Reason for sale: owner 81 years old SPECIAL HORSE AUCTION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16th 8 P.M.HEMMINGFORD HORSE SALES HEMMINGFORD, QUEBEC SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE WORK HORSES, SADDLE HORSES, PONIES, 20 ORIGINAL SLEIGHS AND BUGGIES IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, HARNESSES, A NEW SHIPMENT OF SADDLES, WINTER BLANKETS, ETC DON’T MISS OUR SECOND TO LAST SALE IN ’84 CONSIGN MENTS WELCOME FOR INFORMATION CALL: (514) 747-2113.APPLES IN STORAGE - seconds also available.Apples grown using minimum of pesticides- Bring containers Also have honey, maple products and apple juice Free delivery to Lennoxville area We press bulk orders of juice at great savings Inquire.Heath Orchards, 6 miles before Stanstead on Rt 143 Call (819) 876-2817 Open daily till dark |60| Articles tor sale 15cu ft freezer, 1 year old.very good condition Reg $625 selling for $450 Call 564-5142 16 INCH FIREWOOD, dry Call after 7 p m at (819) 889-2237 AUCTION EVERY TUESDAY night at 7 p m Salle Chez Yvon, 2000 feet past the C H U Stoke Road Bring your articles We sell everything Tel 567-7781 BOOK FAIR Children's books, adult selection, shop early for Christmas.St Michael’s School.Adams St., Richmond, Monday.November 19th.7 30 p m to 9 p m tSTj Poultry PHEASANTS FOR SALE, weighing between 3-5 pounds Call 838-5860 iMlPets I LABRADOR PUPPIES, born October 13, need home Call 562-1717 POODLES FOR SALE Call 843-2203 or 843-3129 SAMOYED PUPPIES for sale Reasonable price Phone (514) 248-3460 Home Services PLUMBING SERVICE, Lennoxville and area, reasonable rates.Call Robert Stewart at 567-4340 Ü Garden center ROSE CONES.Amaryllis bulbs, paperwhites.lime and winter fertilizers Holland Gardening Inc .Rt 141 Ayer s Cliff Call 838 4906 Knowlton Kay Taylor Our community learned with regret of the death of Mr.Harold Sanborn on Sunday, Nov 4, at BMP Hos pital where he has been seriously ill for some time.Deepest sympathy goes out to his wife Mrs.Florence Sanborn and children, Jessie, Arthur, Deanna, Lois, John and their families.Larry Norton of Stratford, Ont , is spending some time with his parents, Mr.and Mrs Bruce Norton Mrs.Elsie Royea and Mrs.Rachel Norton were visiting the Cote Home, South Bolton where special calls were made on Pearle Windle, Ida Mclvor and Levi Page.AUCTION! ANTIQUE AUCTION SALE for Gertie Hetherington and ¦ Houte Lot tram Ayer's Clift and others To be held In Church Hall in Massawippi, Quebac Sat., Nov.17, 1984, 10:00 a.m.Direction: Take Rt.143 to Massawippi, then Rt.208 West to Ayer's Cliff Pressed Glass, Cut Glass, Ruby Glass, very nice lot of Linens, Crocks, Jugs, Pitcher and Basin Set, Oil Lamps.Bit Brace with Brass Trim, Tools, Oak Picture Frames.Mahogany Book Case with Lion Face and Claw Feet, Mahogany China Cabinet, 9-Piece Dining Room Set, Duncan Five Drop Leaf Tables, Side-Board, Small Tables, Pressed Back Rocker, Drop Leaf Table, Fridge, Air Tight Stove (Sears) like new, Electric Stove, Victorian 3-Piece Bedroom Set with Carved Grapes, and many other articles too numerous to mention.Canteen served by the ladies.This is a very interesting auction.Plan to attend early.Auction Service still only 20% Complete.Rodney Lloyd Graduate of International Auction School Tel.: 819-566-7922 AUCTION For Mr.Lévis Detafontaine, Katevale, route 108 S, Towards Little Lake Magog, Saturday, November 17,1984 at 1 P.M.Wilt be sold: 6 horses with 2X2 year Beige fillies, pure-bred, registered with papers.4 ponies with 1X2 year old mare and 3 X 1 to 5 year stallions.Harnessings: 1 pair of double pony harnesses with padding and bridles.1 pair of simple pony work harnesses.1 pair of double horse harnesses with padding and bridles.1 pair of simple horse harnesses.Please note that these are very fine horses and nicely finished harnesses.Machinery: 1 horse-drawn cart with 14-foot long hay platform.1 small horse-cart, on wheels.1 fine horse-drawn sleigh.1 double pony cart.1 trailer cart, simple wheels.1 Lajoie 16-foot hay lift.1 cement mixer.1 seeder.1 manure spreader.1 finishing harrow.1 new manure cart.2 stone sleighs.1 horse-drawn mower.1 horse-drawn plough.1 potato cultivator.1 milk separator, 10 milk drums.Many fence posts.Planks and boards.600 bales of hay.Many other tools such as spades, sledge hammers, axes, shovels, etc.Furniture: Findlay-Condor antique wood stove 6 very clean stove burners.Buck-Stove, small cast-iron wood stove, antique Electric stove.Gibson refrigerator, like new.Kitchen set with 4 chairs, 2 rocking chairs, living room set, combined stereo and television.Antique bureau with mirror.Many dishes, kettles, and many other items too numerous to mention.Conditions for sale: Cash or cheque from known buyer Cantine on the premises.For information: Les Encans Lafallle et Fils Ltéa 512 Main Street West, Coatlcook, Quebac, 849-3606 Michel Lafallle, auctioneer, 849-7351 Daniel Lafallle, auctioneer, 849-7747 Magog Connie Girard 843-6671 Mrs.Thelma (Emslie) Gladwin has returned to her home in Wellesley, Mass., after visiting relatives and friends in the Magog area.Mrs.Mary Camber has returned to her home in Hamilton, Ont., after visiting relatives in Austin and Magog.The Manse, built and owned by St.Paul’s United Church, here, was sold recently.It was built in 1949-50 and housed eight ministers over the last 34 years.They were the Reverends Philip Mat-thams, Carl Gustafson, Robert Mitchell, Vernon Bell, Ron Nickle, Kenneth McLaughlin, William Close and Ron Coughlin.Sympathy is extended to the family of the late James (Jimmy) Ewens of Austin, who died suddenly while deer hunting on Saturday, November 3rd.Jim was very well liked and highly respected.His relatives and friends will miss him deeply.Marbleton Marian Guillette Mr.and Mrs.Joseph Mackay and Mrs.Kay Davidson were recent callers, at the Wales Home, visiting Miss Florence Hunt and Mr.Harold Hunt.Other friends from St.Adolphe who also visited Miss Hunt were Mrs.Gilles Brousseau, Mrs.Lewis Breton, Mrs.Monfette and Mrs.R.Pomerleau.Miss Hunt told us how surprised and very pleased she was to have visits from old friends who were once residents of Marbleton and she hadn’t seen for some time.They were Canon Bill Bedford of Fitzhoy Harbour, Ont.Mr.Hulbert Belford of Brockville, Ont., and Mrs.Wm.Liberty of Kazabuza, Ont.Right Rev.Bishop Brown of Oxford, England, also called on Miss Hunt one afternoon recently.Mrs.Richard Thor-neloe has arrived home from Sanford, Florida where she has been visiting her sister Mrs.Wilfrid Boucher and Mr.Boucher for the past month.Soon after her return she and Mr.Thorneloe spent an afternoon with Mr.Hunt and Miss Hunt at the Wales Home.Mr.and Mrs.Kenneth Kettlyle of Madoc, Ont., recently spent a week with their daughter Mrs.Brian Guillette, Mr.Guillette and children.Weekend guests were her sister Mrs.Reed Drouin, Mr.Drouin and daughters Kelly, Kate and Christie of Hawkesbury, Ont.Mr.and Mrs.Richard Thorneloe motored to Quebec City one day.to view the wild geese that land on the St.Law'rence for a short stay during their flight.They say it is a lovely sight to see.They also visited Mr.and Mrs.Douglas Rodgers of Lacolle, one day recently.Mr.and Mrs.Steven Thorneloe and son Eric of Lennoxville and Mr.and Mrs.Wm.Thome-loe and children were entertained at a Hallowe’en dinner at their parents’ home on Silver Lake.Other guests also visiting Mr.and Mrs.Thorneloe were Mr.and Mrs.Forrest Daigneault and Dr.and Mrs.Gordon Mac-Murray, all of Lennoxville.THE BANKRUPTCY ACT IN THE MATTER OF THE BANKRUPTCY OF: LES ENDUITS FAROIS INC., a body politic duly incorporated having its head office and principal place of business at 2935, Des Onix Street, Fleurimont, Province of Quebec, CANADA.(J1G 4L2) Debtor NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF FIRST MEETING Notice is hereby given that a receiving order was made against Les Enduits Farois Inc.on the 15th day of October 1984 and that the first meeting of creditors will be held on the 19th day of November, 1984, at 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon at the office of the Trustee, 108, Wellington Street North, Suite 300, in the City of Sherbrooke, Province of Quebec.DATED AT SHERBROOKE, Quebec, this 9th day of November 1984.GHISLAIN MICHAUD OF TROTTIER, MICHAUD, GUAY & ASSOCIES INC.T rustee •» a ¦ Belanger M 16£U6£r l Chartered Accountants A.Jackson Noble, c.a.Réjean Desrosiers, c.a.Maurice Di Stéfano, c.a.James Crook, c.a.234 Dufferin Suite 400 Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 4M2 819/563-2331 LAC MÊGANTIC • COWANSVILLE • ASBESTOS • WEEDON • SUTTON GOOSE DOWN SALE Ski Jackets Reg.$225 EXXA $165.00 Ski Pants Reg.$75 EXXA 59.95 “Trench” Coats Reg.$275 EXXA $200.00 Military Stuff 100% Wool Tuques Reg.$7.50 EXXA $5.00 EXVX A EXXA MILITARY SURPLUS Reg'd 79 King West Sherbrooke 819-562-1062 PROVINCE OF QUEBEC EATON COUNTY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAYOR'S REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE EATON COUNTY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, CONFORM TO ARTICLE 955 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE.REVENUES 1983 Financial year 1984 Estimates Revenues from local sources: taxes 141,478 190,362 Revenues from local sources: garbage 26,610 27,290 Compensation for taxes 16,884 23,561 Services rendered: snow removal 498 519 Services rendered: fire insurance 1,159 — Garbage, dump rental 500 — Other revenues from local sources 83,193 15,406 Conditional transfers 159,130 156,034 TOTAL REVENUES 429,452 413,172 EXPENSES General Administration .58,401 62,560 Public security 29,178 18,000 Transportation 147.663 150,560 Area Hygiene 31,921 32,754 PAREL territory value 1,200 — Urban renovation (new house subs.) — 4,000 Recreation & Culture 17,829 15,100 Other activities 84,884 62,124 Other expenses 39,917 60,615 TOTAL EXPENSES 410,993 405,713 Revenues over expenses 18,459 7,459 Eaton County municipality has participated in the Development Corporation, the transportation of handicapped, and the program to find jobs for welfare recipients.We have obtained subventions Irom the Ministry ot Cultural Affairs, the Ministry of Leisure, Fish and Game and the Ministry of Transportation.Road repair work has been done on Drouin, Jordan Hill and Maheu roads as well as small repairs at different places.The Birchton play ground is now well lighted and for the use of citizens.The population of Eaton County was of 1820 persons and is now about 2000 according to the 1984 Municipal Census.It would be to our citizens' advantage to always mention that they reside in Eaton County to be entitled to larger economic downfalls.In 1985, we will see improvements in our roads, as per Jordan Hill and Orr roads that are already being repaired as well as other improvements according to the subventions.Understandings should soon be signed between federal and provincial which will permit us to improve other sectors In the municipality, for better living conditions.Bertrand Landry, mayor & gift ttjat keeps on gibing ttje entire pear &nb sabes pou 15% Looking for a Christmas gift that will be appreciated throughout the year?A great way to remember your friends and relatives this Christmas is by ordering them a gift subscription to The Record.It's easy to order and the cost is small compared to the pleasure given each day.Your gift subscription will remind the recipient of your thoughtfulness throughout the year.Home delivery where available CHRISTMAS RATES: I ENCLOSE PAYMENT FOR: 1 YEAR 6 months 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BABYMAN™ by Don Addis JUST IÉAVÉ AÊ IWHEW I WANT Y5UR HELP, ILL L£T YW KNOW ’ WINTHROP ’ by Dick Cavalli I THOUGHT I WAG SINGING-.YOU'RE VENTING YOUR RAGE AGAINST A WORLD YOU NEVER MADE, ARENT YOQ7 LA LA LA LA BA EA BA ^ BOO BOO.Legion Ladies Auxiliary Branch No.5 hold regular meeting STANSTEAD (DB) — A regular meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary Branch No.5 was held on Tuesday evening, Nov.6 in the Legion Home, Stanstead, at 7:30.President Ethel Laro opened the meeting in form.The colors were advanced by Sergeant-at-Arms Midge Davio.An appropriate poem, “Remember the men who came home” was read by Chaplain Vivian Jordan.In the absence of the secretary, Wendy Mos- MOVING?.NO HIDDEN “EXTRAS!” No surprises.No added costs.The price you and Dave’s Transport agree on is the price you pay for your move.It’s guaranteed.in writing.You can count on Dave’s Transport for complete, experienced moving service that fits your pocket hook.So hop to it.Call us now for more details.Plus, we offer a choice of ^ competitive pricing options to fit ) [ every need./ \ A \(b 1947-19M Local — Long distance storage Dove's Transport Inc.SHERBROOKE 819-562-8062 her took the roll call and minutes were read by Judy Mosher, who also read a thank-you card from Arthur Jordan who was remembered while hospitalized.The President gave a report of the food sale, which was very successful and thanked the members who helped and donated.A new member Sandra Langlois was welcomed by the group.Treasurer Ruth Putney gave the financial report showing a very substantial bank balance.It was decided to give the senior branch $1,000.00 to help with the upkeep of the Home.This will be done at the veterans supper on Nov.10; also at this time Tammy Bishop will receive a bursary from the Ladies Auxiliary.Final plans were made for the preparing and serving of the supper.A motion was made and passed to send $35.00 to the Poppy Fund.Several of the members offered to get together on Thursday evewning amd make two wreaths for Saturday.The election of officers will be held at the December meeting.At the Dec.4th meeting there will be an ex-change of gifts amongst the members, value of $3.00.The president offered to decorate the hall and a tree for this.Hostesses will be Theresa Wallace, Beryl Guerrier, Barbara Woodard and Ethel Laro.Friday, Nov.16 ASTRO-GRAPH Bernice Bede Osol BRIDGE James Jacoby Crossword