: ‘Moncton, NB. (Ps
_ dobn St. Pierre doesn't feet
at all intimidated by newer”

cars as he'parks bis ‘1974.
de‘ the”

Dodge’ Dart. -outsi
finance campany office he:
manages, “-

“Moat people I know are’

off” buying new.
cars,'” St. Pierre said in an
interview.

“On loan. ap lications :

I've noticed that most
people, even professionals,
are driving 1973s, 19776,
47iea and downward. The
trend seems'te beto hold on
to the old intst bucket.

Ken Bartett’ of. Volvo

wet

rust or ket ¢

company cars, *. Barrett”

concluded.

' Ina survey of dealers "
. across. Canada,”

confirmed that tradeins —
these days are older *
” models

many

and. regular:
customers are dropping in
teas * _froquetitly for new :

R. L “Pak Co. Lid,” a
Toronte firm that provides
the automobile iridustry

” with, statistics ca new car

‘Canada’s national sales .

office, after a recent. drive’
through a. posh. Toronto

hood, sald he was .

. struck by thecontrast be-.
tween tars in . the
driveways — some very
new, the rest old. -

“The . new. ones. are

7 Child :

death
toll.

rises _

ATLANTA-(AP), — The

F. count of missing apd slain

black children in
rose to 16 Wedne: ywhen
a 14-year- -old \boy, was
added to the lst'b? inissing
rekindling feara that Se

begun to ebb sind Whe Midst -
recent slaying two-months -

ago. oo: .
Lubie (Chuck) Geter was ©

last seen Saturday when

his stepbrother dropped —

him at a shopping centre:
where he planned to sell

car. deodorizers, Public ©

Safety Commissioner’ Lee
Brown said Wednesday.
votgut said £ a aio in-

into eae
bean a a pel sy

" entered’ ‘the’ case late

Tuesday, after Police de- |

cided the Geter case was

untsual and determined.

that the child didmot have a
_ histoty'as a runaway.':

” Atlanta's missing per-"
sons unit had been handling '-
the case since the ‘boy’s - f-
parents reported him” [|

missing Stogay, at ite

But Brown. cautioned
reporters at.a news con- |.
ference that “we should not .
‘is af
between this :

agsume there -
relationship’
case and ‘Otter ‘cases.”

’ ‘The . youth . fits the
description - of ‘the other
children -,. whose |
ances or deaths are

being investigated. All.
- were between the ages of

_ seven and, Eleven of the —

children have been found
dead in the:Inet 18 months.
All of the cases: remain

"” mmisalved, despite offers of .
- rewards,
canvasses, computer-

hawse-to-howse

~ apsisted telephone surveys,
education” projects and
weekend - searches: by

” volunteers.
- Geter was described as
an intelligent,”
youngster from a

southeast, Atlanta neigh- .
borheod, a. profile which ~

fits several of the other

children, He had a perfect

attendance record at

Murpby High School
"Chuck

year-old sister, Betty Jean.

“Hewasagooikid, and we {| .

; were very clove: ;

Sunday. sale will go ahead

i ‘VANCOUVER ACP) .—
.. Gastown’ merchants say

they will go ahead Sunday"

_. with a sale involving about

wi

dis- -

hard-

whs not a
streetwise kic + guid his 16-

_ measuring -

sales, bas figures’ showing ~ ”

fewer, new vehicles.
registered © almost,
everywhere in Canada
during the first. eight
months’ of 1960 compared
with the same ‘Period in
1978, -

The figures for seven
provinces show that the.
drop in registrations — a
e ‘standard
chaltenged by many,

~ sald his 'company ‘ls still

dealers — ranges from ai.

per cent in Manitoba and —

Nova Scotia ed aoe
in Prince. Edward: Island., .
Figures. comparing ‘1979

-, and: 1900 salea -~were not .
available for “Aberta,
- British. - Columbia Or.
‘Quebec.
-But ew-car, dealers 7
reported brisk business’ in.

Alberta, where

; preliminary ‘figures: show
high sales

Most . “dealerships
elsewhere ‘said they were

weathering the difficult '
: economle conditions, Some *

reported manageable de-
clines, others were holding
their own and a few were

growing.
. Few shops have ‘closed,
"although

some

Chev-Olds in Charlottetown

; have ;

cy

. bappen.

| upseTs NA TURE .

TORONTO (cP)— It may seen like a mid-winter |
dream fox Canada, but a permanent warmihg trend.
isn't seen as the hest. thing in the world that could

And scientista say i long-term warmup’ is”
inevitable if carbon dioxide from burning fossil
fuels continues to pour into the atmosphere, ©

- Toronto climatologist G.A. McKay’ said Thesdiy"
that atmospheric carbon dioxide is increasing ‘by

" about one per cent every three years and this rate.
could double the present level by late In the went .

century. . .
Although the long-term, “greenhouse” elfects are

growing after bt 9
Be apea little evi 2 that
other. ‘PEI: . ‘dealerships :

: aré in'trouble,-
igs few: bankruptcies in’
7 Atlantic “region.

"You can. lose’ a lot of
inioney in this business very
quickly if you don't: guess

right.
etintecent rates ‘ard the’

. killer right now. If you get .”.

stuck with a high in--

‘ventory, you ‘could 0

_ down.” :

Interest rates have hurt
even.in afflient Alberta,
where dealers reported |
_ Mtockreduetions of up to.50

cent. ° |

~ Laird said new dealer-

obtained documents” in

» Washington: -

Canadian health officials. “Te
|. Suspected fraudtilent tests.
‘were “used “to. obtain. --
: ¢learante fer. sale of -
“funginide -
available . in. vabout 90.
chemical products sold in ..

“Capitan,

Canada.

The newspaper : “went to”
| Washington to ping a

“ships were particularly

ae ‘and Aug. °$0,
indicating * .

- vulnerable a

. ‘Maritimes. . :
But. .Kevini: MacNeil; tae
: ~ ndcinger ‘of the one-yeare’
“ad Lada ‘outlet in« Saint.

‘John, N.B., sald: ‘the ‘firm ©

could ot have opened at a ad
: better ‘time. | :

Tt," MacNeill

‘gales office for. assistance.

- “Now Lada As moving in

; where Honda ‘used to be:"’.
-If low-priced, basic: cars
are selling, so are. luxury.

models — a help for dealers~. ;
“who make more when’ the: .

price is high.

“People are buying.

- $14,000 -Toyutas,”
dealer Wayne Commier af
Saint John. “TWO Years BEC :

memos are part.of & 1390":
pagereport which isnot yel
“public because a maja”
study lias stot been conn.
pleted.

ag Federal. health and

* the.
. ie!

said:

welfare pecs sald in
- gne memo that five sheets.

mot clear al this point, 1 do alobal warenlng
trend couldupset the balance of nature and give rise
- to some serious questions. — ;
. Om the ose hand, it would appear beneficial to
northern climates, by enlancing vegetation, .
facilitating most transportation and
energy demands for heating. ~ ct
“However, the longer-term consequences . “of
warming, their relative finality and” the’ time |
required to make major changes in energy systems
qualify the carbon dioxide question as a major task —
"for research now.”
Pa \Addressing,.the American. Associaticg ‘for’ ste, |
innédyencernent of Belence, McKay sald a generally’,
warmer climate would move the snow line farther ”
north and bring higher and drier. summer tem- ,
peratures to the south,
, And while a warmer trend mey extend. the’.
growing season and allow a greater diversity. of.
crops in the north, it could also . bring panjor

crowghts.
Y Bither rains at harvest or a.dfy spring could be

He shakes up
“stock markets.

_ NEW YORK (AP) 2 His brokers who. make. up. he.
eritics‘call_him a relown” .
_ anda “Wizard of O2 type," “Granville - Groupies," “as
but few. people. can: shaks; ong Wall Streeter refersite.. .

‘vey Whe. stock. market: the: : Ahem — had: apread:.ta
hay Joseph’ Grandije ear: oword throughi:: ithe: din

Hf there was any doubt vestment Woeld.:
about that, it was removed * . He-had: recoiimended to
_, Wednesday, after. ‘hie "Holly: - his: telephone: subscribers |.
Hill, -.Fla’,. investment ..-

‘his’ telephone: ‘‘early ‘short: —sell stock: borrowed
"warning service” that subs |” from:brokers, in hopes of

avid following — the. ..

“that they sell cut all: their -
"adviser recomimendéd., in’ .: stock holdings, and even.ge....

. damaging; even though the
‘average precipitation, he said. Warming willout a

a increase in precipitation ‘would decrease
: ‘Prairie wheat yiellig by about (wo per ‘cent: Det

Celsius degree.
three degrees and a

growing season had:

“andre said sludies have shown that a warming of
$0-per-cent - reduction. in ~

precipitation would reac’: yields by about 2% per

othe anomalout, temperature and precipitation
_ regimes which have recently plagued the.‘graln-
"belts of the Northern Hemisphere demonstrated.

_seribers | dump’ all ‘the
. As the market ‘opened It

” ae inundated with sell»

orders: that forced: trading.

dele. in more than 100. -
“ate ‘Dow. Jones ‘average’

“gi ghioguatrins, , Which had ©
past the 1,000 level

profiting = * from
“declines — on those stocks
that had gained the most* .

price

_ round in recent ‘months.’

Many people followed his ,

‘advice...
 By-any standard of the

established order; on Wall

‘Street, Granville is a
-qnaverick. His weekly

“magred ‘
*Wistiday” to its highest '” market letter, which at last”

1 -eloaing Jevel in more than ~- report.

had’ sone *11,000

that increased aridity would have serious economic
, consequences,” .- :

"With warming, regions such as the U.S. corn belt,
which has a unique climate, would be' displaced
northward, be seid. At the same time, correspan-
cing aridity could hurt the cereal productions af the
northern plains.

‘The fishing industry could also be affected, he

“four years, abruptly tuned = readera ata price of $2508
_ around ;and plummeted: year, is regularly peppered

By | ‘ mid-afternoon - with jibes at orthodox:
’ "Wednesday, the Dow was. economists. cand money
* down more than 90 polits, = managers. :
_ Even ‘after a motlest rally . They

 ghowed a 33.80-polntloss,to and ' losers hn the. ‘in-

. ‘are, in his
_ before the close, the Dow. ” description, “bagholders”

said, Studies have shown that salmon were more

abundant some centuries ago during cooler cli

mates off the coast of West Greenland:

: Conversely, if lee fields were to diminish in other ;
aress, fish would be exposed lo longer harvest:

900.09, wiping out a Jarge — vestment game. . a
portion of the nearly 41-- | For most of. year,
» point gain it had built up in. Granville “ takes. his .
ie tost Ehree trating days message “on the road in
mJ 1981. :. “shows,” usually spon-

“y sete ‘have peeved
‘Laird said t thal ‘alter two.

“years of: scrambling .to -
“supply- the: burgeoning
PEAS

‘aarket “for: amall’-
cara, ‘he. now ‘finds big. Care -

. Me * bouncing | back, Larger’

‘ “Hondas were: the “big

5+ geller in:

’ gaid'in-a hurried interview | .
while . two"; ‘eustomerg: peas

* waited in the one-room |

models made up 60 per cent .
o£ his. gales this fall. -

‘Bob MacDonald's large .
‘ ChevOlds | ‘dealership’ in ~-
: fancier” ‘Cara ‘Hed: ‘to ‘the...

need ‘to keep:
‘With the inferest rate as

cars Tonger. ©

© Ibs 1; to gek = ‘piyments
. worked intoa budget “you .
“shave. te" a0 42, 48 08 50-4

“months,” ‘MacDonald sald.

7 MEE, you're. “keeping . car : Hayw
| . Jolin. “We see it in tires; ..*
batteries, brakes — right
> on down ee

“ of test reports by Industrial
- Biotest ‘Laboratories: of

Northbrook; IIL, ' were
“spewritten ‘after an ln-

~ dleation of:concern by .
‘Chevron Chemical Ca of.
San Francisco...

Chevron, *

“about the: umber" of mu-

- tations - indicated. In’ the .

_ laboratory’ a: “report, ©
in,wrote. .

‘He said-“the © final In-”

‘dustrial Biotest: report ott

‘ Captan “concluded the’.

chemical':does not’ ‘cause

mutations but added this is"
highly suspect because-the

*~ teport was ‘rewritten after: -
¢ Chevrot’s complaint.”

rae (1) 1977, iheU.S. Food and.
 Druig ° ‘Administration’ --

” discovered probtedis' in.
- tests done for a. Dumber of: *

‘al Ilingis:
“The: ngericy’ “ordered: al
". companied. . which.-had-
testing done. by- Industrial ”
Biotest to examine those
studies for problems.
‘In August, 1980, the U.S,

Environmental Protection © :

Agency said. Captan is

|. “egipable.ot inducing gene —
inutationa; “DNA damage ©

; and ‘chromosomal aber-
“rations.”

The agency’ “said the

possible effects on humans
ofa “ gubstance, ‘which can
cause’ ; tnutations -

: “spontaneous | ‘abortions; s,
* ‘git births, birth defects in
their children, and diseases

“owned” by "
‘Standard Oil’. Co. , of *
"|, California, waa concerned —

Dre: Manu et

are.

~ cimsumpon between nlarge .

: and small cars. .

and other big-car dealers

; . said they also see a lot of

- big cars: traded aftet™ a’,
” relatively short: time. fod.

tar, loaded with exiras.

The trend helps some -

. “service stations and: auto -

a “hormal circumstances,.

«they'd just trade -ag is,”

. ysaid service stallon ‘owner.

ard Kitig “oF Sais

But body repairman ‘art
Crowe, also of Saint John,
noted that “‘people aren't ”

» "geting the tle dings fixed

sequent generations.” It

said any of these problems -

could result from exposure

of a male or female parent

toa mutagen.

by Cunningham: : said -
Caplan has a significant
toxic effect on fetuses: of
animals ~ ‘and’ ': caused
miscarriages in animals at

“even the lowest. doses: “

_ tested. ak
- He said the mamber of

“fetal: deaths and birth |
defects. in test animals. -
directly related .

appeared
“to thé amount of Captan to
which prsgnant test
‘animals were exposed,

’ Final results of new tests :
“being done by. Chevron ;
not ..

- Chemical. ‘are “:.

‘available, Canadian of- .

- ficlala said. we ee
: But’ a

published in ‘August by the .. :
U.S," Environmental,» Chexrenc; Chemiealss ote
iP said; pion dquartens, bei sa aiits
‘preliminary résulté! from-: 7 sOunipany is certain Caplaho'™

I Frotection Agency

-_Chevron’s.- tests for cancer.
" appeared to. confirm: the
findings of a stidy done for.

“the (U.S. National. Cancer _

Institute in 3077. The in-

atitute’s study said there...
was an increase in in- >’
testinal and liver tumors in.
“mice exposed, to Captan, .

ine environmental agency
: Captan ‘ts: qe of more

- than 100 chemicals still.on «

‘the Canadian market . in
spite’ of questions about
testa done on them by
Anduetrial, Biotest, .:

: The Canadian’ ‘govern .

“meat “does not’ “have ‘any
scientifie data showing

Pp off 5 piece place settings of

: However, MacDo ; id.

Some. jobs on ‘inereas!
“complex cars ‘arg jet te

‘. Beech, "who expects to, see

‘in the adult. Ile of sub.”

|. week that *fakéd “did im-*

ay. more.
aren't coming. alt

Lie owner. : :
* Beech of Sussex, B N.B.; said
do-it-yourself - gutomotive

- Tire,” even in rival ‘areas
-Jike Sussex, where many | of.

- Is customers bave always’. f°
ee eee but not all’ “4 : :

umtich to do at-home?”
“That trend hasts’t fully,
developed . yet,” : eal

fewer new cars‘ and ‘fewer ;
‘families with, mre: ‘than
‘one Car as inflation con’
ued to erode incomes:

health protection branch in

the federal health - ad - .

welfare . department, sald’

> recently”:
‘Another. : “memo ‘written wl,

« Dr. Frank Kamien,

. toxicologiat “Witt Chevron

Sen Francitto; id in ‘a’
tinte view." cts

*. pridsper! teste by: “Weidustrial:

Biotest got-past ChéVron’s._-

'? empployees”: betausé” they .
“ther ‘examined tid teat’
data’ on whieh the’ oie

Coptan in safe to-uie,"Dr.
: Alan Morrison, head of the:

; document ; _

were. -based. There - had.
‘been no reason 10 suapect ” a
"Problems - with: ‘the: Neat:

“cemlenstl said, Chevron:
asked -for. changes. In. the.
Industrial . -Blotest report.
becaige." company:: seiex
_ tists found test data did
- agree ‘with the final report.’

"But Abe Wisehnia, public,
aifairs..-manager .. ats:

._ issafe for people who use it A,
‘and for those who eat food...
treated with it. yr te
*: Don -Dyé,: Chevran’s.
_ manager of: regulatory.
affairs - for: pesticide.

products, said Canadiati of,

‘flclals. were’ apparently.”

satisfied Capian: was. safe.
when. ‘they met.. with: -

_ Chevron representatives i in.

Ottawa. about a year ago.
“We bad a look at what

_ parts of the tests (by In- :

dustrial Biotest) were valid .;
and what'parts were not

., Valid:..The ; data ia aot.; .
conipletely ukeless and y you:
_ eanuse some of it ta make:

decisions on.”

Sea5003.
‘As for water resources, McKay anid there would

.« itp vohinie: eackied “> sated by ‘local - brokers,
" yecord levels of 9289. — across the U.S. and abroad.
' mniilion shares at the New: Between nowand the ead of

1847 Ro
ie

is Bros. Siverpiaie.

. bea marked increase in high latitude rimoff and
increasesd aridity in middle latitudes.
“Should drought increase in middle latitudes, it

‘would gréatly: penalize domestic and industrial’

".. water supplies, Great Lakes shipping, power gener-
atlon,. irtigation, recreation and all- other water-

. based or waterrelated activities.” :

"Farther north in permafrost areas, ™ the mielting of

ground ice would augment flows, wet:

"agean wuld gradually convert to Deg znd new
daining patterns would evolve, he anid. .

“380 shops: in spite of a-

provincial government
warning , thal businesses

, defying Sunday closing

laws will be prtsecuted,
Attorney-General Alla

Williams sald Tuesday that

he would: prosecute stores

. However, ihe threat did.
not deter the, merchants.

_ We are going full bore

Sunday,” said Peter “Er-

wis, chairman of the -

Gastown . Merchants
Association. “‘We depend
on Sunday shopping, = *

“Tf you take the volume

_ away we'redead. What aré

the new Holiday .

detying

Shopping Act which canie

into effect Jan. 1. The has a

maximim penalty of
-910,000'for violators,

we going ta do, lie down
and die?"

Erwin said merchants
hope they will see between

"$8,000 arid 49,008 peopl in

the renovited historic ~—

: waterfront district,

‘district's
‘threatened by the act

‘Jamming : the streets “bh
show what an ass the law

playing for the sale in

which most merchants will.
participate.

Merchants | “say
business wie .

because between 35 and

’ per cent of ite business

would be eliminated if
Sunday -shoppltig Is

protibited
Under the fegistation, -

‘

. Nineteen
. imonielpalities voted for
' — Plepiactie

York Stock’ Exchange,
eclipsing ihe previous high»
of 4.08 million last Nov, 5,
and 15.76 mn{llion shares at

the American Stock Ex-

change.

Granville was not shy, -
- about taking responaibility.
_| for the drop. He said it.
Soa be tally traced” t
. ri oura before, the legions
of investors and. ‘stock:

‘only stores,
ont tanta, * pant. nur-
series,: small © grocery
shops, gas - stations,.
yestauranis, | lavtidromats

and theatres are permitted -

to open on Sunday.
‘The ial govern-
ment left it. :te
municipalities and cities to

hold réferendums to decide
whether to permit full -

Sunday’: or «be
regulated. by: the act.
citles . and

fall ors

February, he has dates in
‘such diverse places. as
Garden. “Grove, Calif;

- Dayton, Ohio; and ‘Van-

couver.”

In’ these appearances,
fills » his. ‘| ~
‘ presentations with’ exdic ;

Granville

showmanship —- -jokes,’
ringing bells, puppets, plus
& misical cophposition af

bls | own hve alled : The

Bagholder |

referendums and those that
did not hold one, such as
Mancouver, autocnatically

became governed by the .
. act Jan. 1. :

: Vancouver ‘Mayor Mike

‘Harcourt sald Wednesday

vy would hate to have the

talpayera of Vancouver
-put out $260,000 for &

. F otise
raunlepaliiies that held

Canada’s favorite siiverplate @ pattems from Hor tage. °
Silversmiths

Tae Canadian tened Company of Sihyromtte

$6000