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To the Editor, et ,
Junderstanid that: your sports editor, Don Sehatter; for the,
past three“ "years. or50," is: “Heaving Terrace, I. feel a:
. compliment’is-due, 5. |
Prior to Don's arrival the covernge of local: ‘sports Was,
sadly lacking arid:lackluster at ‘best. For-the past three ©
years we have enjoyed: dveing Don ‘at our sporting events -
" and have had the pleasure of: reading his detailed columns
and viewing phote highlights, :
All the best to Don’ in :Pri
replacement continue the good ¥

“Len Trudeau - :

“Crime pa ys

cca

TORGNTO: (cPy — Organized crime i in Canada takes in.
about: §20'billion-a year, 2. confidential study ‘done for a.
- federal-provincial committee of justice officials indicates.”
“And federal: Revere Depactmentpffictals poag a
Kerrey ia nope mes eat pees

and provincial police in Quebec and ‘Ontario,’ ro
The, rest: is raised: ‘through’ ‘pornography, prostitution:
bookmaking, . gaming houses, illegal . lotteries, : oan.” :
sharking, extortion, arson and commercial crimes such , as”
illegal bankruptcies’ and” insurance fraud. mh he
. On'top.of the estimated annual: proceeds i isan “anknown:* i:
amount of money that ‘organized. crimé,figures: in: foreign“
countries, eapecially the United States, launder. in Canada |

organized’ crime where ithurts. ‘most: ~ ie the. profits, ‘ay:
Ottawa Police: Chief: Thomas. Welsh; past president of the’:
organized crime cominitjee of the Canadian Association of :
Chiefs of Police: .. er ere ee
For ‘the ast two years,’

meeting tostudy changes In the law that will: help identify, |
freeze and:later confiscate proceeds from organized crime .
in the eventual hops | of leavi ‘eriine. syndicates too
bankrupt to-carry on.

The conimittee was organized after a 1980 study! by: the™
B.C, Attorney, General's: ‘Ministry reported “U.S. and
Canadian ‘organized trime' figures’ have interests in, the
textile, cheese, building and disposal industries; vending-
machine, meat and‘home insulation companies, auto body

ilps

helping: prosecutors pull the finanelal rug from: under the
feet of such criminals, but Canada does not.’

The ‘statute, which some U.S. ‘ prosecutors. chedit: with
eliminating the entire leadership of the Cleveland mafia |
last year, is too Draconian to be copied. in ‘Canada, said °

WRONG ROUTE: a wt

‘We are not proceeding i ‘that, way; ‘going. ‘after’ an, ins |
dividual who we discover has a latge number of‘assets and ..
no visible 'ineans of income,” he’ said. “Our concern is: the .
rafe of law.” -

But the police chiefs’ ansociatir: has beer lobbying for a
similar statute aimed at securing heavy jail sentences for’
organized criminals and the selaure of any assets obtained
with “tainted: funds." 05°".

Ata tax rate of 38 per cent, the s0-billion Canadian figure :
for organized crime proceeds | represenils a lose of about $700
million a year in tax revenue... *"

boa,” a Revenue Department offictal told the Toronto
Globe. and Mail,

department which works closely with'the RCMP jénd co: -
ordinates crime prosecutions across Canada. In 1982-83, the
department managed to’ revite the income of about 900.

. organized crime figures upwards by 4 total of $51 million,
resulting in'taxes of Hes million and ‘Penalties of +45 “
million, . uh
The department also recovered an average ot 6.7 ‘million’:

a year for the last three years through criminal charges
against about 20 organized crime figures, But the Ap-year- -
old department ‘has yet to touch the: top people ‘in ‘the:

_ organized erime syndicates, ‘sald ‘Brian MeCarney;, the"
" units senor projects officer. '

per ips

: on: condition’: ‘they not be.

" and other targets in, recent

( eorge and. may. his a Po CS

Welsh said the’ United Stotea has ‘a tough statute that is.

- VANCOUVER (CP) _ Parte. Mowat, whose besiseling rele
“book ‘about wolves has‘recently beetf made inlo'a movie, -

” “hsays politicians who back a- new: plan to.reduce the wolf,
7 population i in B.C. are mote. /leio 5 than the animals they.”

Daniel 'Prefontaine,- federal ‘assistant deputy. Justice: .:
of ic

The Revenue. ‘Department has 4 ‘special inedligations i

~ while ‘net rofils jumy

om capital Peng needed to tain’ the

~eonaid ‘how’ to respond to,

evident Unking Tran's. "concerned . ‘about.
to: a’, terrorist“ plications... of: :

imed at,’ the sponsored terrari
and its allies, considering options, -+:
'High-ranking...’ “adminis- -- But they said few'a

“tration: ‘Boutees,. who spoke”
i “defensive” ‘measures

wee ~the* :
governmient. ‘in. Tehran to-

 terreriat, Sroups which
. bombed U.S: Marine”. ..
headquarter ane Lebanon .- stuff, ne one: “eka said,

Months... ra
“We “have - ‘a’ “et “of
evidence but we: don’t’ have . :

other - “ public.- b
a 4 smoking Pistol sf. one said, ;

a Washington.

practicable except for’ tr

*dasistal corporations reas 12. a per cen atin sede,

recession. ‘Stren earnings ‘are needandey fuel the pew a “ stoad'a

‘sho ing Spree b covsunesTo eat wil betas vig Aus eral
a 8 P y way . move up ‘the: ‘level: of, slenipiepreat ariovea down. °

: referring : to’ the ‘unsightly

.\ Gonerete barriers in front of
the White House and:some:.

uildinga in

or called lt as ‘(Holy © "Defer

_ in Beirut last “Oct. 23,

7 have

_and: the blast last April: at.”
Tbe U.S. Embasiy i in Beirut,

: ings. pape:
_ Primary. ‘metals: industries’ also: showed. strong. Increases.

“Treanath et ‘development: ‘Thursday; the Canadian: ‘dollar’
: crept back across the 80-cent U,S:-mark, ‘propped‘up by a
_ fnarginal and. temporary sop in the “American: currency,

Reagan: iat month ited
evidence: ‘of. ae ‘force. par-
ly:

organizatie
wy. oFganization i “Secretary”

einbarger..
*%  Syrian-backed
_Tratlans “for the’. attacks,

“Wary elas

US." "Mering ‘headquarters roll
a cused Iran and Syria of “al

“leasttindirect. inyolvement_
in'this’ incident,” " _
Neither ‘of these: ublic

officials’.
"blaming -
“Islamic «

“A SMabliely;.? US
_avoided.:
—Tran’s..tadical -
government -. for: _atlacks
“auch as the marine bombing .-

the Iranian government,
But, : eh privately...’

“the :evidence.” of : official

“mittee’OF federal and provincial: justice officials:has been - [i

‘Want-to kill.

Mowat was commentinge ona plan By northern hunters for. _
a:.$100,000- raffle to finance-the shooting of ‘hundreds of.
wwalvet ‘by the Envirohment- Ministry's fish ‘and wildlife

ranch: staff in the Peace River area,

“partitularly critical’ of -B,C.: Environment: ‘Minister:

“If the figure is accurate, then 1 guess we've wilde et the: Biiahmet,'s who has described wolves as “one of. the, nios

he. Heral
‘entriments..:
general public interest. will, be printed.”
‘They .should..be® submitted 48 ‘hours ‘in

weicomes | its: readers

‘print letters on grounds of possible libel
style: and length.

publication date. -

“They shy away from any ind of public  dliclosure and ‘i

“All: letters to: the: editor of fp:

vance of desired pubiléation date. We
do; however; retain the right to refuse to

of bad taste, We may also edif letters for .:
All letters to be -
considered for - publication: ‘must be: -
-gigned. It Is impossible to print a letter |
“submitted withiri: 24 hours of Mealred -

a,

r

7 “The plan! is to remove 80 pér cent of the 500 to-700 wolves i in’

an area about 300 kilometres’ notthwes! of Fart: St. ‘John:
“where. wolves are beliéved’ to ‘have killed many game-
: ahinials, The wolves would be shot from: low-flying planes.’
‘Mowat, in a telephone’ interview from Toronto, was

always work ¥ through thelr Heulenante,” McCarey fald.

oo tg Uae pene

if ane.”

“+: belevable.: ve
The officials would not go.
oo into Py
~ would : ‘not. ‘dispute: - press
- reports’ ‘of such activities as
oe terrorists in: Iran: -and
“ef Iranian’ flights over the U.S.
‘|; fleet in the Persian Gulf that.

son said-. ‘tha
ndstratton * oh droid

devel a’ ‘broad range of
appropriate. eet ~imilitary:

| along . with. pailteal and:
| diplomatic’ ‘actions.”” -

a in” ‘the: abserice of hard
“evidence of official ‘Tranian
involvement}: the
. ministration’ hea. ruled out
~ military - actions such. as
pre-emptive «raids. on
‘terrorist training sites or air
fields in Tran, : .
‘The officials said: another :
option, economic retaliation
- agalnst ‘Iran, also appears.
| tobe of limited value.
Officially sanctioned U S.
trade ‘ with” Iran’ is very’
small, “ lhey* said, and ‘an

violating the 1981 U.S.

circumvented’ by American
A businessmen and ignored by:
Washington's ‘allies...
One option ‘that:is. being:
pursued by Washington, the
officials said, is the forging -

Miter Pets of closer ties with Iraq,

LF an

"dangerous, vicious, wasteful, aid
. existence, wr

“The minister took issue with: Movat's. belie? ‘pated on -

field observations wherhe waba government biologist, that
“wolves kill only old or sick. ‘game animais..:

“Mowat. ‘I'm more firmly than ever on the side of the wolf.
- “Tm appalled by the plan to shoot Wolves from planes in

> BA C, It’s disgusting. It’é in keeping. swith the, dort. of People :
you have” in-government there, + ;

BIOLOGIST UPSET”

mia: former provinctal governinent: biologist, who has

meat

"Sumi waid that if wolf populations fe have to be reduced,

“the best Way is by trappitg, because the tia a
"nde. atid. ake somie revetiua, 0". pper ef n sell the

es *Bit It you just go out ‘aid: rnnihiicgi hundreds. of.

. ‘wolves atone lime then thelr population will fécover iti only
“When a lot.of ‘ahinials: ‘are killed, their -

year,” he said,
_ teptéductive system immediately corti penéales for. the lois,
" providing’ the'food supply is there, ‘and am sure it is in this

-Meanwhlle, Statistics Canada said more employers: were

* -eurrencies . that - -have™ -gairied | ground fron.

thes “yalue..

od, gall U.S. nursing-home’ ‘chnin. for more: than. $43 ‘million, ,
"Now called Crownx Ine.; the Toronto company will bring its,
7 holdings to-166 nursing hofries across North Amer! with:

~ “Singapore, The Ontario government has agreed to
a guarantee. a we

"> and--will-continue: to:/be:-the : exclusive “distributor:
:* Canadair'’s ‘Challenger: business aircraft in the Middle ® ;
oy on. trading of Belgium ‘Standard Ltd. securiti alter.
a fast: yea contrary to takeover regulotons.

bai
“1,000 who’ areal willing to ;
sacific their’ ‘lives in” ae

ye

‘has:

“and, ; the”. . Pentagon. com- . :
“ondission:” that: investigated
: Aher “marine -bombing. . ace.

7 statements directly’ blamed ;
- ad- :
‘iministeation ’ officials said,

involvement is strong and: i
: * work ta invent. something that's been: around for: years,’
fies, but gald-they ~-

LE the training of- hundreds ‘of

[have raised Pentagon fears

+ granting project, funds, primarily. cee aie edges
"are sp obscure, says Keith Clegg, a

. research themselves. *:
' But the officials said that:

-ad- |

embargo; - “in: addition to .

. Embassy: ‘hostage release -
agreement, would likely be. -

. on file, +

- people won't have to come to Hull, Que., across the

~ ditlon of NRC fundirig because such a move could. decrelise

- _ “My opinion of wolves has ‘not changed ined. Ledid the ;
*; research for that book (Never. Cry Wolf) in the 1940s,” said

. ‘Strang: criticism of, the plantied “simi also came 1

ipent ne: ae the PeaSiak between wolves and |

. edi three days of ineré

i7-month low. ¢ :
Economists said the Caniaian aonar ju:

“In other biisiness develop ments rinse
“— Newly reriamed Batendlcare Ltd. said it)

‘the addition of-the’ seven: ‘homes’ of th
Washington state atid -Minnesotai-

wie The Quebec goverhinent’ has agieed t toa guaran
- up to $400 million to support Bombardier. Ine! :
‘joint bid. with: the. Ontario. governnient-ov
Transporation Development, Corp: to build subwa

tee ¢

po Tt was announced TAG Aeronautics ‘has rap
" $195.1-million U;S, arbitration claim against Canadalr: a.

. (= "The Quebec Securities Commission maintained ry bee

commission lawyer Rene Brabant aleged . that “stock:
.promoter ‘irving Kott erigineered atakeover of the he company

Dollars waist }

“eo “OTTAWA (cP) - — mithions: of dollars are being wasted Oh”
"Canadian . research projects. that duplicate. inventlors
«devéloped by foreign aciéntists, federal patent officials aay, .
And while some researchers say patent searches. arelt

“cumbersomz ahd. of litited value, the patent office hai

~ begun a ‘campaign to encourage hetler uge of its resol in
among ‘scientists. iE
A search of, patent filea, cranimed’ with technical: and
sclentific: information, could stop the tendericy | to’ “virtually: .
re-invent the. wheel. at every stage," says ‘Roger Gagnon, ‘ *
who is in charge of patents. at the ‘Consumer And ¢ Corperate
‘Affairs Department, ae
“There's a. ‘tradition’ at not: ‘consulting the. patent office -
“when doing a search of scientific information, so in: many
cases scientists will spend millions of dollar and years: ot

~says Mart Leesti,: the office’s acting deputy - director
general, =

Sclentists could alsé save time and money by using pales
“information available on related work, he adds.“ '
The: patent office. and the National Research: ‘Couneli

recently found a check of ‘patent files showed ‘twotol! 14
proposed research projects had already been done, in other :
countries, az
-And partial research had been done elsewhere on
remaining proposals; Leesti says, Lact cer fh
NRC officals’ do ‘not’. ‘study - patent’ iiterature - before.
en 2

Ini addition, the documents are cca with. legalistic’ ‘and |
’ scientific j Jargon which makes them difficult, to > understand
_ Glegg notes.2. 2°;
> Hé says it's ‘often ditficut for scientists to know exactly
” what kinds of patents to look for before ‘they have Alan he:

_ John ApSimon, associate dean of graduate. research ;
Carleton University, says duplication of work is.inevitable’
inecience and patent Information i is only of limited value: rth
much of academic research. . :

“Most of the research we do isn't patentable. Sowe only

. discover duplications after. the fact or if the other: person
publishes before you do,".he says. —

Glegg says duplicated research is not always: ‘wasteful
because scientists often can learn more from doing work —
themselves than from having it presented’ to. them
finished form, .

The NRC spends about $80 million annually on major
industrial research Projects. Projects costing more: than .
$50, 000 dre reviewed by a committee with representa [s

from the council, the Natural Sciences and Engineering
. Research Council and 10 federal government departments.

- Bat patent officials say a simple search of their: Bublicly-
available files ‘could provide much more information; The
office, which granted more than 22 ,000 patents to Canadians
and foreigners last year,hhas more than 15 mullion yatents.

Leest says that as part of a now campaign to pi thie

“. patent office to better use, patent officials will soot: ‘help

companies: and reséarch groups pull information’ out 6f: the
vast file collection.” : a

The aitice will also try to circulate patent! information
across the. ‘country’ ‘to libraries and regional. ‘offices’ 50

- from Ottiwa, to do a search.
Glegg says. ‘patent searches should not be t a “trie n:

- the council's” Aexibility and delay the start of important
studies... :
“We agree. With the general principle that there hag. been
underuse of patent literature, but doing searches isnt Being
- to be the answer to everything,” he notes.

) “Wagstaff, these experiments =
have got to stop," B 7