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Letters to
the Editor

To the Editor,

Asreunion of the Frigate, Prince Rupert, Is being planned.

for the Labour Day weekend of 1885 at or near Comox, B.C.
An attempt is being made to locate as many shipmates as
possible who served on her during World War Il.

The HMCS Prince Rupert was commissioned’ at
Esquimalt B.C. on Aug. 30, 1943 and arrived in Halifax, N.S.
on Oct. 21. While on escort duty on March 13, 14, the
frigate's crew sunk a U-boat which surfaced after being
depth charged by several ships. The Prince Rupert was
“paid off" on Jan. 16, 1948 and sold in 1947. A year later its
hull was sunk off Royston.

For more information contact ‘Merton “Alearn: ‘19
Woodlawn Ave, Apt. $08, Guelph, Ontario Ni TBL (L19-
B21-7B62).

To the Editor,
We would like to bring to the attention of the cltitens of
the Northwest, the cutbacks In educational funding which
affect our area, The massive reductions in expenditures
will particularily cripple Northwest Community College.
Although a threatened cut of $500,000 in the. budget of
NWCC for 1984-1985 has not been etre, (por-considered
by the administration to be pain)
already apparent. ‘Two ina 4

quate a recent NWCC administration memo- “‘...the areas
of operation that will be most severely hit will be University
Transfer, Apprenticeship Training, and General Interest
programming”. Furthermore, all satellite campuses
(excluding Prince Rupert) will probably close. In addition
to these cuts, fee increases of between 12 a tent and 40
per cent have been proposed,

NWCC Is holding an “Open House” on March 29, 1904 at
the Terrace campus. We urge all interested people to at-
tend thia event to see what facilities our local college has to
offer and to learn more details about how the threatened

reductions in funding will affect education in the Northwest..

Representatives from the North West Students for
Education organization and the Defend Education Services
Coalition (comprising students, workers, and professionals
who are involved fn education) will be available for
discussion of education cutbacks.

We further suggest you express your concerns about the
quality and availability of education to the provincial
government. Letters should be addressed to: Jack
Heinrich, Minister of Education and Pat MeGeer, Minister
of Universities, c-o Legislature Buildings, Victoria, B,C.
VbV 2M5,

North West Students for Education

All
About

They used to call Montreal Canadiens’ style of play
firewagon hockey. Now maybe they'll start calling It
meatwagon hockey,

It's the tast laugh for former bodybuilder Normand
Baron, who told his friends last apring he planned to play

for the Canadiens,”
“About half of them thought it was a joke,” sald the

newest member of the National Hockey League club. “They ©

said things like, ‘Yeah, and next year you're going to play
for the Expos.” -

But Montreal general manager Serge Savard has signed
the muselebound 25-year-old — out of hockey for five
seasons until he convinced the Habs to give him a minor-
league contract. And he's expected to play before the
regular season ends in 10 days. ;

Last spring, watching the Canadiens go down [n three
straight games to Buffalo Sabres in the first round of the
playoffs, Baron got an urge to resume his hockey carcer.

And the Canadiens, apparently feeling a muscular enforcer.

might prevent a recurrence of the playdff defeat, went
along with his proposal.

The names Brandy, Murph and Angel may not be
household words, but all three are Canadian heroes — of the
animal variety,

The three have been named as this year's inductees to the
Purina Animal Hall of Fame, an henor reserved for
animals that have helped people “through | courage and
intelligence.”

Brandy, an irish Setter owned by the Peter White family
of Mississauga, Ont., saved the farally by hurling herself
frantically at a bedroom door to waken them after fire
broke out in the kitchen,

Murph, an Austrelian Blue Merle sheepdog owned by.
Brad and Carol Diehl of Kenora, Ont, ia credited with
saving several lives by arousing her owners alter fire broke
out In 4 12-apartment block. The Diehls were able to alert
other tenanta in time to escape the building, which was
completely destroyed.

And tabby cat Angel awakened John and Geraldine Fila
home near Fredericton, Nae om their Blaeing
home near Fredericton, N.B.

i ott ate,
lay-off notices and most programs are igs jeopardy. To

t

-" SAN SALVADOR (AP) — Government troops throughout
Ei Salyador were on full alett after leftiat rebels blew up an

air farce:plane loaded with hundreds of ballot boxes for.

Sunday's preaidential election, authoritles said.
The C-129K troop transport blew up as it landed Thursday

at ax ‘airstrip near San Miguet, 130 Klometres east of the 1.
capita}, which the guerrillas had mined, wounding the pilot
and co-pilet. ;

Col. ‘Domingo ‘Monterresa, military commander for the

. astern region, said destruction of the plane would make it

difficult for him ‘to deploy troops to guard polling places.

Fathers have no legal

-. Troops on-

full alert fc

But he said the. ballot boxes aboard the alroeatt w were so .

damaged and will be distributed on‘schedule. «

Authorities cancelled all leaves for the ‘country's <1,000- .
member military and pelice forces and sald they took other’

measures which could not bedisciosed tor. security reasons.

National Police. chiéf Col. Carlos Lopez Nulla said iaan
interview: “The armed forces will be on the streete'during.-

’ andatter the voting to allow the He to exerclae the height capital. Several people were wounded. =,

to vole” 7
MILITARY CONTROL Bo
The country's palie& forces have been, under tary

“tights in abortion decisions

TORONTO (CP) — The father of an unbora child has no

_ legal status to prevent it from being aborted, Ontarlo

Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a lower court
decision.

_ Alexander Medhurat can’t act legally as a “next friend”
of the fetus he and his wife created because the couris have
found previously that an unborn child is not a pereoa, Mr.

. Justice Robert Reid said Thursday in a ruling tinged with

personal regret. .

Nor can a guardian be appointed to fulfil the same func-
tion, Reid said. ©

“If an unborn childis not a person, there is no legal entity

for whom.a guardian may be appointed," he said.

‘The case Is believed to be the first in Ontario in which a
husband and wife have fought through the courts over the
birth of a child. -

Reid said he was “personally appalled by the prospect of

abortion.
“Tt is not possible to approach this matter without per-
sorial convictions . . ; or to be left tinmoved by the emotion

and anxiety that suffuses ‘this issue.”

‘The couple agreed during the proceedings that their
marriage isin trouble, but Mr. Medhurst sald he would take
all financial, moral and educational responsibilities for the
child If his wife continued ‘to reject him after the birth.

He contended that when he questioned the doctor who 1a to

. perform the abortion, the doctor didn’t reveal any grounds

under which the hospital committee had justified the
operation.

~ “Ag [read it, it reveals merely that the doctors did not
reveal any " grounds, not that no grounds existed,” Reid
said.

“I find it difficult to believe that a medleal practitioner

and a public hospital would deliberately flout a law so well -
known and widely discussed. It is beyond belief that they

are all unaware of their obligations under the law. "

-In other legal points regarding the application, Reld said -

a father doesn't appear to have any right to apply for puch

an order in the name of the fetus based either on a lack af
consultation about the ® pregnancy 0 or on ‘his refusal to cons
sent to one...

However,’ the fate of the fetus still nani in the balancé . aid until after the election and accepted a Sompremise o

today because her husband has applied to Ontarlo Suprems.

Court to review the approval af the abortion granted by the .

hospital. ;
“It is ‘itticult to think of anyone who could fae an in

terest equal to that of a husband in the pregnancy of his”
wife. It zeéma-to me that a basis exiats for holding that a -
husband could suffer reel injury of a particularly agonteing. .

kind,” .
The application by Christine ‘Medhurst to overturn the
original courtorder was undertaken on an emergency basis

by Reld: last -Friday because the woman’ ig 1 weeks.

pregnant. ~~
- Mra, Medhurat has already received the approval of the
therapeutic abortion committee at Toronto's Queensway

General Hospital and a doctor, is ready. to perform the.

operation. -

“because of the civil war.
‘The ‘formal end of came

- supporters. of the Christin Democratic’, party, the
Republican Nationalist Alliance and’ the. National Con

Wednesday night, and coincided with a violent clash among

ciliation party in San Vicente, 60 illometres ‘east of the

Although eight parties are running candidates, thie race is
believed.to be between the centrist Chriatian Demibcrat,
and the far-right Republican Natlonalist -Alitance.:

“Nelther ‘Christian Democratic . presidential candidate

Jose Napoleon. Duarte nor the - alliance's Roberti,
. d'Aubuisson, a former army major accused by U.S: af

ficiuls of involvement with rightlat death aquads, are ex

_ Peeted to get a majority of votea. In that case, a runof
election would take place a month ‘Tater.

Although it has been urging the electlon, the Reaga

administration ii worried it could lead to mew politica’

turmoil but is determined to continue aid to the Salvadoral
army. .
ACCEPTS COMPROMISE .

In Washington, the administration strsiiny bowed t
Democratic demands to delay congressional action on suc!

the- amount of assistance, ‘

- The agreement calls for the senate to act Tuesday. r)
. Wednesday on an aid package providing an additional $41,
‘- million for El Salvador in the currént fiscal year.

-. Roberto Meza,’ ‘ vice-preaident of. the Central Election

Council, said 300 observers from ‘28 countries, Includin

> ‘Canada, will watch the polling and more than 1,000 foreig

“reporters have applied for credentials to coyer the election  *

Government — |
_ criticized for

She testified her abortion was approved “hecause ‘of my -

mental and medical situation.” The Criminal Code allows .

for abortions if an abortion commiltee-in' an accredited
dangered by the pregnancy or birth.

Mrs. Medhurst cited her unatable ‘ macrlage anda dif- ":
ficult pregnancy with her first child aa reasons for wanting -
“an abortion, She testified she couldn't afford to look after

another child and she doubted whether her husband could.
Reid said that ‘even if there was reason to: believe the

" abortion committee hadn't fulfilled its legal requirements,

“It would still not be for me or any other’judge to decide

whether or not a woman should -have at-abortion.

. “All a court coilld do would be to quash an illegal decision

and prohibit or enjoin anyone from’ acting on it.
“Parliament, in its wisdom, has required such decisions

. be made by pérsons it considers better qualified. than

courts, My task is, as I observed at the hearing, merely to

apply the law." |

presidental ¢ campaign beefs

Walter Mondale, taking delegates,

his presidential campaign All Oe todas, were .
- to New York, accuses Gary .. converging

Hart of:helng confuyed and (:Apaltinipre faite
on issues,- while: ssredvil rire ignite 55

‘to 4 per cent’ of the © months later he - endorsed
_ Democratic . electorate | _ the. wbuild-down | proposal,

now-tanious Iine back at

-him, saying. voters want to

know “what the Mondale
beef is.""
The two leading con-

tenders for the Democratic ,

presidential nomination are
focusing on New York's big-
stakes primary April 3.and,
as -a prelude, Tuesday’s
Connecticut primary, where
Hart expects to complete a
six-state New England
sweep. '

But first, three states are
holding weekend caucuses:
Virginia on Saturday and
Monday, Kansas: on
Saturday, and Montana on
Sunday.

Black civil rights leader

Jesse Jackson, who took
Thursday off, was planning °

to return to Virginia on-
Saturday in search of

Mondale flew Thursday
night to New York, where he
opened his latest attack on
Hart and where he plans to
spend most of the next 1%
weeks, New York is the
second biggeat delegate
prize with 242 of Its 285
nominating votes at stake in
the primary. ..

_ Mondale accused the
Colorado senator of “na
pattern of inconsistency and
uncertainty, a record that is
at war with itself.”* +
HART FLIP-FLOPS .

He alleges Hart has flip-
flopped on two issues —
arms contro) and the
question of moving the U.S.
Embassy in Israel .to
Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.

The latter issue is im-
portant in New York, since
Jewish voters comprise up -°

paid was. an ‘emulated
‘letter from his Senate office
“suggesting the move should
be part of an overall effort
to negotiate a Middle East
peace treaty. He sald flally,
“a6 president, I will” move

the embassy without
preconditions.

: But Mondale, hoping to
cripple Hart's candidacy
after a week of primary and
caikus victories, raised the
issue of the letter and,
earller in California, said
Hart had made a “blatant
‘ flip-flop" on the issue.

On nuclear arms control,
Mondale said Hart was
“delayed and confused,”
and that Hart firat opposed
the nuclear freeze Idea.

“Then, in 1983 he finally
endorsed the freeze,’
Mondale said.

Parti. Quebecois. officials worry |

QUEBEC (CP) — Parti
Quebecols officials are
starting to worry about the
mechanics of replacing
Premier Rene Levesque
once he exits from the
political stage.

“Levesque is 61 years old
and we know very well he
isn't immortal,’ says PQ
executive Monique Cloutler.
“There have been rumors of

his possible resignation. We

don’t wish it — but we have .

ceesion. Its constitution was:
drawn up in 1968, when the
thought of replacing its
founding father seemed far
off.

With next June’s polley

convention in .mind, PQ -

members are talking about
how to fill in that blank —

would

preferences -in "regional
caucuses and then sending

slates of delegates to a

convention,

“The idea is to’ have the
selection of the leader as
democratle as possible,"
said Bernard Barbera;
president of the PQ's
Montreal-Ville ' Marie
association.

BEGOMES A BATTLE

Traditional leadership

~ conventions become a battle
- of organizers rather than-

ideas, Barbera said, and the

PQ should avold that.
“The PQ is a party with

many ideas and many

' opposing tendencies. It's

clear that leadership
candidates would have to
have clear Ideas. I think it

professor, says the idea of:
primaries may be the way ' fi
of the future for - political §
alert eed that is not

mpatible with Canada’s

 parilamentary syatem.

“But two

"eame on a day filled with.

’ explanations and,
clarifications by Hart and
"his aldes, and In which Hart
sought to regain the . of-
fensive. He seized on
Mondale’s line, taken from.
a= popular. - restaurant
commercial that -
“Where's the beef?’
questioning’ Hart's. “new
ideas” theme.
“Everyone wanta to know

what the Hart beef is," Hart .

said in Connecticut. “T think

‘sooner or later people are

Boing to start asking what
the Mondale beef is.

“Just saying. experience
is ‘one thing,” Hart said.

“Saying what you're going
to do with it is something

else. He’s golng.to have to. -
answer some questions of
what his vision of the fulure

of this country [s.”

“Thave the impression we [a

will move more towards

electing leaders by a vote of MR

party members. Maybe it
won't happen immediately

at the federal level, but it iim

would come more easily
here (in Quebec) where we

have a real membership B®
and more structured par- ;

ties.”
AWAITS A CHANCE
| And while

Levesque’s jam

cabinet ministers profess me

loyalty, some have begun

jockeying for position. The

three top contenders:
‘=Bernard —
minister of international

Landry, fi

would be difficult to
‘ manipulate 200,000 mem-
bers,”

Prior to 1980, Quebec
Liberals chose their leaders
‘from = =oamong caucus
members. The’
Nationale did likewise in
1939, 1960 and 1989, after
three of ita leaders died. in
office. - .

The PQ is alao not the first
party to flirt with the idea of
an all-party leadership vote.
Liberals came close tg
adopting = a similar

proedura prior to the
convention that picked

and what they're discussing
looks like American-style
primaries...

Discussion will begin at a
council meeting at the end
of this month. One
resolution, which Cloutier
sald the FQ. executive is
leaning towards, calls for
“universal suffrage"
allowing all 150,00 PQ
membera to vole directly
for the new leader.

Several variations on that
theme are being considered.

One would include having
a runoff ballot if no can-
didate wins more than hali
.the initial vote. Another
more closely resembling the
United States primary

Robert Bourassa last year,
but it wasn't endorsement.

Rejean Pelletier, a Laval
University political science

and at 47 I know I'm capable
Union,

relations and foreign trade, F
who unabashedly says he’a &
ready to run: “I’m in good
shape, . physically, in- §
and morally, &

of reaching the tep spot.” [imme

— Justice Minister Pierre [ay
Mare Johnson, generally
viewed as ond of the most
popular members of the
Levesque cabinet. Although
his recent transfer to |’
Justice from Social Affairs. ie
is considered a promotion, Bae
his entourage shudders at 5
the mention of his possible 9
candidacy, :

‘And, Jacques Parizeau,
the = - theatrical and
politically-astite veteran
finance minister.

~ information
spending

VICTORIA (CP) — British Columbia's Social Cred
government has allotted $18.9 million this year to guarante
its re-election, Government services critic Gordon Hansa
said Thursday.

"hospital finds. the woman’s Ilfe or health would be en- 5

The funds, placedint the hands of government informatlo .
czar Doug Heal, are to “protect the image of the govert |

ment so they can aend-out glossy brochures at the sam

time that they take $50 a month off the disabled, and the -

deny the Library for the blind $99,000 for materials.”
: Speaking during debate dn Provincial Secretary Jir

Chabot’s spending estimates, he said 212,000 people ar:

unemployed in the provixice, and 280,000 on welfare.

“Yet they can find $19, million for glossy brochures, fo.
radio clips and for television advertising when that tone hs

could be put towards weful employment.”

“Noting that Chabot was the minister responsible for th”
cuts in the number of government employees, Hanson sal:
the minister “has caused more personal anguish than ani -

other minister in recent history In this province.”

' MORE:FIRINGS EXPECTED

He’said the shod wavei‘trdin the chops
\ programs(Jand reduction: ef 9,600"
~ peverberating through the economy.

ea

‘ouahver vill ad “a,

eo

reredee

: People atill-ara not spending because public employee :

_ be they in schools, hospitals or the provinelal govermmen

. are totally insecure, he said. :

Hanson sald another 1,100 still are to be fired under tk:

government's controversial testraint program.

He sald.the work dove by the dismissed employees, |”
many cages, now is being done by employees on contra! ;

“swhich In the long-term costs the public more."
The Victoria New Democrat sald the quality of work”

not of the game calibre as that performed by governme: 7
employees, and the move causes disruption and great -

unemployment.
“The trend of government is‘to create more masah
unemployment,” sald Hanson. “In a-time of recessio

when governments should play @ role in stablizing ef

ployment, they are going in. the ‘opposite direction at

creating more insecurity, more unemployment, more lat

of confidence in the. economy of the province.”

Chabot sald any layoff that will take place ls the. so.

.. Responsibility of each ministry, and it is up to the minist
to determine how the government's goal of cutting staff t
25 to 30 per cent will be achieved.

He dented that the government is replacing dismiss: —

§ employees with employees on contract.
7 “Tn some Instances we have done some contracting o
but Its very minimit, ai." .

NEW CAPTAIN'S MATE... LAURIN
IS NOW IN CHARGE OF SOCIAL
ACTIVITIES FOR THE PASSEN-
GERS WHILE BERUBE TAKES
OVER CAMILLE'S DUTIES IN
THE NURSERY... CLAIR AND
‘DEAN? TRY AND HELP OUT
PARIZEAL IN THE CASINO...
AND PIERRE-MARG GET"
Your HANDS . OFK
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