q his resignation \from the’. ‘federal Cabinet; Monday. q simm a 7 <1 BU a: " . _ OTTAWA (CP) "—' Mines’, other potalble splonations.” Minister~ Roger. Simmons," All such questions ‘would - Guarding: ‘his. ” ‘privacy | only serve to lead reporters Jealously,” refused - \ closer to ihe truth, whieh he, Tepeatediy today to reveal ' sald he hopes will remain a : the peraonal reasons behind \gecret. . . But. Simmons did: reveal. that the final decision on the. “resignation was ‘taken, by’ .” - Prime | “Minister “Trudeau, ‘“ ‘OW vacationing in Europe: : after only 10. days in office: However, he ‘ruled: “out. wrongdoing ' related to his’ ° service in the cabinet o or as ’ His: Monday ‘letter: ato ‘an-MP. Q - Trudeau was. a only an offer}. -. “Personal ‘means® “per ay . sonal," the Newfoundland: .... “sata Je! “MP told’ reporters Sutste ' » pring ‘bis offien, | 20. male " Plan _ alter .. - ” “Tt doesn't mean public; it’ _, eonpulting four, ‘other doesn't. ‘mean. ‘policy, it. people, whom hedectined to : to do with abuse of office . ‘ however, he declined . to identify. , He’ ‘also indicated: ‘that, whatever the cause, It came: doesn’t mean: ‘party. © It i means personal. And so the - answer to your question is: very clear. looking forwardto work ~ . was looking forw wor “Of course,. it hag nothing “fn his: new portfolio.” On ‘because that's not personal: Monday; he was. back: to thing MP © cabinet as the next election * Ith being just an ordinary, / nes “with the way we ron again, ‘approaches. 7 my office as an: MP, my ‘Trudeau was cordial and. But he said it coulda’t be: : brief ‘tenure a5 a’ member of. ‘ syihpathetle when -called; “helped, he'said. , Colleagues’ and friends j in the government (cabinet): Th fon that ‘both: Nothing whatecever.”” @° expression ‘ ~ Ottawa and sticks with me and will for a ; Newiousdland, ~ were - Moments -earltet, * Jong time was his opening line after I had said good day to him, He sald: “Well Roger, that's a bit. of bad . luck for you and for us.’ ' “I “felt throughout the. ~ conversation what I've long ’ fk about _ the - Prime, Dead removed . Herald Staff Writer “ VICTORIA—B.C, is removing some quite literal dead - bodies from its appointments, but some of the living are quite likely to get caught in the SQUEEZE, answer ‘a broader question seeking assurance that no wrongdoing ° of ‘ary kind, past or. present, is related to the resignation.” =. He also refused torule: out One to a switcheroo in” the" Evidence ‘Act some - “commissioners for taking affidavits” are liable to be illegal iri less than 1.5 months. . forms for their reap These “commissioners” may, in or out of the ‘province; ~ administer’ oaths and take ‘affidavits, declarations and affirmations” or any court in the province or otherwise - required by law, according to a ministry of the attorney “general press release, © Recent changes in the Evidence Act ehifts responsibility ~ , for’ the “appointment of ‘‘commissidners’’ from the* * Lleutenaat Governor in Council to the Attorney General's office: ‘That. change. will effectively. cancel all: appointments made in the province prior to Oct. 1, 1982.” There are about 3,000 Such appointments in B.C. done via order-in-council. The appointments lacked any definite time period. In fact, according to the ministry's own press ict many of the: Commissioners “are deceased or. ctive."! 7 | The reason for the switch is officially given. as a meana.-- ‘for. , government ‘to obtain. effective: administrative’ accountability. moo. Current living and active “‘eormmissioners" may: obtain’ tments at any government agency, | court registry, or ‘by applying directly to the Court Services - branch of. the airy of the attorney general, = They must appky before Oct. 1 if they wish to Keep fl their. appointments in force. ; -Demand increases _ VANCOUVER (CP) — The latest long: range forecast. by B.C. Hydro predicts demand for electricity by industrial and residential users will grow by 16.7 million Allowatt hours to 48.2 million kilowatt hours in 1983, That is substantially lower than a forecast the provincial -utility made 10 months ago, when it said demand in 195. would reach 52.9 kilowatt hours. The report, prepared in July and réleased Monday, saya’ hulk customers, which include the top 100 companies in the province,’ will use two million kilowatt hours less than it " expected last September. - Hydro also has deleted from.-its probable load forecast Dome Petroleum’s. proposed liquefied natural gas plant _ hear Prince Rupert. y It’ says “forecasts of lower economic and electricity: growth in Japan‘have reduced the need for LNG projects around the world and the lower world crude oil price forecasts have reduced the viability of potential projects,” “ About’ 1.68 million kilowatt hours were set aside for the plant and related petrochemical industry. Hydro: also lopped 428,000 kilowatt hours aff the allotment —- for coal mining becausé of weak world coal markets. The report forecasts an annual average growth in the -. provinctal economy of four per cent over the next 1] years, ' but sees unemployment continulng at a high rate, slowing ad “nine pér "cent by 1990. . Story stolen? LOS ANGELES (AP) — A writer claims ina s1-million lawsuit that the National Enquirer stole his exclusive story about a‘ Toronto ‘siager’s relationship with. actor John “Belushi and altered the interview ta make it appear the woman killed Belushi: © _ . ‘The tabloid did not pay an ‘agreed-upon fee of $25,000 for the story that it used on Junie 21; 1962, inider the banner: “I Murdered John Belushi,’’ freelance writer Christopher Van Ness alleged in the suit fled Monday id Callfornta Supetior "Court. “ ae -Natlorial Enquirer Weat Cana itor also urged him to“ draw incriminating inforrtiation’ from: the ‘singer, Cathy: : Evelyn Smith, about Belushi's drug use by “buying her ‘a few drinks or whatever,” V; paket Nese. ‘a. eked Hills lawyer, Clinton Bailey, sald in ‘i at ‘The National Enquirer etary ed smi had infected Belushi with heroin and cocainé the night.he died, an ad-- mission that was made after Enquirer editors,"tanked her’ -up on alcohol” and. offered ‘ther. money to enhance Van Neas’s story, Bailey charged. At the tabloid’s Lantana, Fla. , headquarters, an assistant © to publisher Generoso Pope, who would not give her name, said the publication has not been served with any. papers | end has no comment. Smith has been indicted in Los Arigetes on charges of * second-degree murder and administering dangerous drugs ‘ to Belushi, the 33-year-old star of NBC-TV's Saturday Night _ _ Live and such movies as Animal House and The. Blues" "Brothers. She is fighting extradition from Canada. - suddenly,” ‘On Sunday, ‘ ‘he’ -to hear the news. The new appolatments wilhave a threa.yeat. ims Umit. : hoe “'ninlster, that espec a “one-to-one. Bit tion, the .. (man exudes, ‘ev ‘ thousands of mile: ‘away, a ‘real - compassion, a real! understanding. . - -““And:we had a long ‘and, ,, cordial convergation in |, —which he: understood | -egmpletely - my: “situation andso. we agreed to proceed cap we have dorie” 2+. . He'said he hasn't decided | * ‘yet whether he will run in: “the next eleciiin but sald: *. the indecision - isn't” related” ‘to: his resignation. 7 “Simmons - was” appointed’: to: the’ ‘cabinet-.Aug:*12 to | * + “replace ‘Bil! Rompkey, who WAS. ‘dumped : as “Newfoun- . dand’s. sole’ tative: © He! admitted the tur- nabout may embarrass the “government, which hoped to: pula ‘fresh,’ face on the ' ' sna Ccitenstta, a close friend who Was Sworn into. cabinet on the same ‘day as. multiculturalism minister,” said he, was “sliocked, . surprised‘and very sorry” ‘We're ‘completely | ‘flabbergasted dqwn here,”... said’ Newfoundland Liberal Leader Steve Neary who had met with Simmons over in os the weekend. “Neary aaia suspects: ‘the reason “mu be “something pretty b heay f or peréonal.”” orn - Simmons; ' 1 “4, “wamn't “> available for'comment “and : “his ‘mother,’ Ida, | offered. ionly a: ‘no comment!’ when, ‘ a “reached vat-her. ‘home’.in © “Michael's Harbor,’ ‘Nfld. LA release trom the prime. minister’ ‘8 office gaid: Gov. -: ‘Gen, Ed. / Schreyer. has : ‘already accepted . --Sim+ mions’s’, résignation,. And: ‘a _ letter “from: Trudead : made * public. ‘Moniay-- -addressed °. the novite tainieter’ ‘a8 Dear. _MeV'Simmons:2 “Lagree that the personal Teasons-"-""’ Invalved ° ‘necessitate’ this action, and. Fegret that under the ‘cir-;, ‘cumstances you. will - be ~ unable to ‘continue in ‘the © ministry, * gaid the: letter from - “Trudeau - who © _-vacationing ‘in, Europe: with three sons. handful of. “advisers, : ‘of ‘the. . A strong, init vocal op- . “reason: for Simmons’s -ponent ~ Peckford’s resignation, refused demands “te , complete - comment on the subject.” The, MP had spoken with - ‘Trudeau late’ Monday af- ternoon’ and: ‘arrangements ‘were quickly made with the _ governor general.’ a JUST. SWORN in. 7 . Simmons was sworn inj as a junior: -minister _respon- sible for. mines in a cabinet. .shuflle Aug: avy to ‘al the “THURSDAY. ‘AUGUST 8, 1983 space left by, Newfi wunidland * -MP Bit, Rompkey, former minister of small business, © who was dropped, . He ‘took - over the Mines Department ‘from Judy Erola who “Was; shifted to Consumer Affairs. |. “The: sutapoken. MP’ has: represented “ Burin-St-Ge- _ otge’s. riding. ince. : ‘oro. « “after winning’ a. byelection, But ‘he gat in the Commons’. for. only one day before the © short-lived © - Conservative“ ‘ government of, ‘doe: Clark, _fell. a, former teacher, sim. mons served as president of” the -° Newfoundland | Teacher's Association: from 1967-1979 and’ head -of :the province's Liberal party In 1969. He was elected to the. legislature in 1973 and re- = |.” elected in 1976 and 1979. - ‘When Simmons -was.- an ; "high school-principal before: ‘ entering politics, ona of the teachers he supervised was _ Brian ‘Peckford, | now premier of Newfoundland. control of ‘the province's offshore’ resources, Sim- mons Would frequently goad: - fellow § Newfoundlander’ John Crosbie, Conservative, MP for St. John’s West, into’ heated arguments. in the. Commons over the issue. Simmons has also . ‘been’ battling - to | keep Newfoundland’s fish ‘plants .. oe riding.:: past,” Peckford and Crosbie. 6 pm—12 miduight * Sirimons, “ however, _Auekiy, pledged “to learn _DoWT MISS Te YN beng marge ga eg A AR ge processing plants open. The: if account : for of | thousands of Jobs. in hié WATCH ie USTEN FOR a para Home Centre 707 07 Commercial Kitimat 632- 6604 ‘On taking his first eabinel . 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