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Electronics expert is t

, CALGARY (CP) —- Bugs
of the electronic variety
_ are unwanted pests in

business circles and Gerry
- Linton is making a Living
feel the little transis-

Ife epe eevee pene ee Tere Te Ee

Jeoporaine (impending:

” deals.

torized critters out of |

corporate boardrooms.

, Linton, the president and |

aay full-time member -of
- Lidtal Consultants Lid, ii":

-. ond of a handful of security,

' electronics -experts
operating in Canada.
' He.

“microphones — ot other
 MMTCES, of feaks that could.
, Uipaff competitors to insidé
information and: allow
them.to scoup contracts ' or

- specializes) in

" gheeking. “offices for. -:

Because his dix year-old “

firm’ is Calgary-based,
most of his contracts are

with energy-related firms, .
* _ time to a'full-time venture. .

but Linton says any
company in a competitive

industry could use elec- |
tronic debugging services.” |
- Aland. developer. might .
” find his’ secret bid fora
caréfullyassembled parcel

of real estate undercut by
another firm, or an ail
company, president

_ discover. ‘all his bids for
land - leases are . ‘being

duplicated by a competitor.

Linton spent 20 yearaas a -
technican with Alberta

> Government’.

a ‘patiner. But it wasn't
untll last March when. his

partner quit that he turned .

his company. from a part:
’ Operating out of anoffice

‘in’ pis, suburban Calgary -
_ borge,. Linton: expects to |:
gross | $85,000 . “this: “year, °
“which sounds Beod until...
. you deduct travelling ex,

penses,"” he.says.

The major capital outlay“
was'for three briefcase ~
sized packages of receivers: ;
that can’ ‘detect wiretaps:

and other bugs for ‘office

_ equipment. Price: about

$12,000 each.

Women télephone _
about conference ©

TORONTO. EP). = A

national izlephopcampaign

entitled Operation Buttrfly
has been started to
promote attendance and

support for a women's con- —

ference on the constitution
to be held Feb. 14 in Ot-
tawa.

” ‘The one-day conference

was ores after Doris

Anderson resigned her
position as chairman of the
federal Advisory Council
on the Status of Women
followlng a dispute over the
council's independence
fron the federal govern-
ment.. Anderson resigned
Jan, 2 after 17 of 27 council
members voted against her

plan to  Fraveed wit acon-

ference on the corstitition s

Feb. 4.6. >

+ Dawn MacDonald, editor’
of City Woman magazine
and), organizer of the
telephone campaign, said”: - 4
in’ an interview Monday,

that sheié asking women in
Canada to- support the
conference by wearing: “A

batterfly. oo

‘ Telephones
; before founding Lintal with

saecurityehéek: ;
_ with about 30 corporations
-in 1 Canada and the United

= Terminal = Express=

‘PICK’ UP & DELIVERY.

—-638- 8195

“Radio Message Answoririg Service |
For Pager hel

» But just. acquibing * the
" equipment isn’t the tickét

. to a goed living as a bug
. detector, says Linton.

| “Anybody can go .and ¢
buy a receiver," he says:

firm. has:

~ Linton’s: :
contracts -

the daily herald —
is looking for cartiers!

Carriers are needed in Kitimat

aoe) ollemevey gaan

“BUSINESS ROAD RUNNER
oe . SERVICE. TO, -
_ TERRACE THORNHILL REMD ~lRPn

| EA: GARNER ht
WW Terrace Bus Terminal 635- 3680

' states, as swell aS contract
with a dozen Canadian

police forces, including the .

RCMP, to assist in
developing and using

.” electronic technology. ~"
“But using. it- is: the - ‘
". problem. ‘Tt. took me: “OD
. years ‘to get the'expertise.””

= Many . . eavesdropping’,
“deivices can be bought over _

the. ounter for‘ legitimate

‘ purposes, but listening to
private conversations is a .

* sriminal offence. _ Prose-

pe

For information. on these routes,

eiialal aad wo{

Bi NON vase ** and other circulation queete ont ur

ORS. | |

“cation rates are not high

*. and even if the listener ‘Is

caught, corporations - are
reluctant to press charges
because of the inevitable
peblicity, .

Ce tiead

‘Linton once ‘installed a:
television camera designed
‘to, catch:
* collecting. his bug during .

the . culprit
the night. The information

his clients. fot, however,

wasn’t quite © “what they’
were hoping to. ‘discover. 7

“We ‘found out” thatthe.
cleaning, woman spent ~~
exactly 14 seconds todo the |

alfice,”" says Linto

Monday ©
Tuesday
‘Wednesday

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Saturday” cot
Sunday a Loo

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Hours. effective as of acer Cae
‘Monday, February 2 7 | . ie

‘Pubile ‘Skate -
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