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By BRIAN GREGG
Herald Staff Writer.
When Martin A. Nash

cheats at cards he only

wants to entertain.
“Cm mot anti-
gambling; but I am
anti- cheating. Every
card cheater figures if
he doesn’t take a mark

someone else will. I

don't dike __ cheats

Rouse they atedl frm’
Jou under” Ne guise’ 6t,
friendship,” says Nash.

Nash calls himself the
“Charming Cheat" and
he constantly reminds _
the people he dazzles
them with his fast hand
movement that the next
person wearing dark
glasses in a poker game
may be him.

“It's entertainment ...
the message is
subliminal ... if people
see what I can do wilh a

might realize what a
professinal gambler

deck of cards they ..

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can do with a deck of
cards,” he says,

After 41 years of
working with a deck of
ecards Nash has
mastered his skill to the
point where everything
be does is his own trick.
“In 1958 I decided that
my work would never
remind anyone af

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wuld an

‘He ‘is ‘an honorary
member of the In-
‘ ternational Association
of Chiefs of Police.
Martin R. Gardner, of
the U.S. Department of
Justice in Washington
D.C. recommended
him, and that is the
higheat recom-

’ mendation a person can
get.

Nash isn't joking
when he says that doing
card tricks beats
logging; although he
says it with such a poker

rt

The magic on cards

face one isn’t sure until .
he explains that:
Parksville is his home
town and he = ae-
casionally logged on the
wesl coast from 1962-
1967.

He was always
fascinated by magic,
however, and at the age
of 16 he was touring asa

making b
the, V0 ifn. ge

in the world.

Only 30 per cent of his
living comes from
working in malls. After
be leaves Terrace he is
bound for the Magic
Castle in Hollywood.
Why an oul-ol-the-way
place like Terrace?
“Entertainment has no
bounds," he gays. “I
was here last year and I
was held over for a
week, Every en-
tertainer wants people
to perform to.”

a conversation,
man - people, have ala

"s,t Hass
professional Magician

- and loaded dice.

_ There is an im-
mediate respect for a
magician like Nash. He
has seen people deep in
conversation until they
get 30 feet away from
where he is sitting in the
mall. They -become
silent while they watch
him, fascinated; but as
soon as they move on
they resume . their
He is a

watch,

When Nash isn't
entertaining people he
can sometimes-be found
instructing police in how
to spot marked cards

He is presently per-
forming at the Skeena
Mail in Terrace with a
different show every
hour from 1 p.m. to 5
p.m; and on Thursday
and Friday from 1 p.m.
fo 8 p.m, His’ per-
formances end Satur-
day.

Conbervat
> bande this

Liberats led

Vapor threat pointed out

temporarily banned use of

OTTAWA {CP) — The
health department — Is
prepaciag information
pamphlets for homeowners
and doctors on the possible
harmful effects of urea
formaldehyde foam in-
sulation.

Doug Frith, parliamentary

If you heard

fhe REM Lee Theatre
13-14 they aren’t true,

Cleslik, theatre manager.

rumours that there
are no tickets left for the Royal
Winnipeg Ballet performances at

says Stefan

secretary to Health Minister
Monique Begin, told the
Commmons Tuesday the
pamphlets, which will also
discuss what steps can be
taken to deal with problems,
are scheduled for release in
about two weeks.

The federal government

on March
You.
Tickets

the insulation in December
after a preliminary report
said the compound is un-
stable and — under certain
conditions -— can break down
and release formaldehyde
vapor into the air.

The vapor is suspected to

are on sale at Baron’s Jewllers in
the Skeena Mall.
superstars Evelyn Hart . and
Peregrine are seen in A A Dance For

Above ballet

be a cause of allergies and
some types of cancer. There
have also been reports of it
producing troubles such as
irritation of eyes and meee,
headaches, sinus problems,
nosebleeds and insomnia.

About 60,000 older hames
have been insulated with the
foam, many with grants
wider the Canadian Home

Insulation Program spoa-
soved by the government,

Frith said the’ depart-
ment's final report and
recommendations on the
material can be expected
within the next three weeks.

The federal government
has aiso set up a toll-free hot-
line so congumers can find
out more information.

The telephone number for
residents of all 10 provinces
is 1-000-287-9563. Persona in
the Yukon and Northwest
Territories can call collect at
613-095-1601.

The
dollar

MONTREAL (CP) — U.S.
dollar In terms of Canadian
funds at noon Wednesday
was up 7-100 at $1.2027.
Pound sterling was down 1 7-
20 at $2.6405.

In New York, the Canadian
dollar was down 1-20 at
90.8314 and pound sterling
waa down 1% at 92.1955."

The Herald, Wednesday, March 4, 18, Page 3

COAL COMPE TITION’

se Sy

~ ‘We can. handle it’.

VANCOUVER (CP) —_

Development ‘of northeast
coal fields by industry and
government is an irritant,

but B.C. Resources In-

vestment Corp. can handle
the competition, company
president Bruce Howe said
Tuesday.

Howe told a luncheon,
sponsored by the Vancouver
Society af. ¢
Analysts and Society of
Investment. Dealers, the
effect of northeast coal de-
velopment on his company's
southeast coal holdings. is
controversial and all the
facts aren't available yet.

“Competition: doesn’t
bother us. [t may irritate us,
but we'll be a survivor in the

coal business, We just want .
the competition to be fair.” _

Financial |

“Howe said he would have
preferred coal companies in
northeastern B.C, getting a
higher price for thelr coal so
his corporation could hike
prices,

B.C. Resources is
currently selling southeast

. coal for $63 a tonne (in 1980

dollars), while companies in
competing northeast fields
recently signed a deal to sell

, coal for about $75,

B.C.’ Resources coal
contracts are renewable in
1985.

Howe also aaid it is hard to
judge if the $55 a share B,C.
Resources paid for Kaiser

Resources Ltd. last year was

too high.
He compared the Kaiser
acquisition to a recent

purchase by Standard Oil of

Liberals fall
in latest poll

MONTREAL (CP) —

proportion of Canadians he
feel the Liberal party has the
best ability to handle four of
the counlry’s biggest
problems has diminished ©
during the last year, says a
Gallip. poll."

The survey published
today .showed the Liberals
had the greatest lead in the
issue of national unity,
although on this matter faith
in the -party's ability

decreased to 36 per cent in.

January, 191, from 48 per
cent last January. .
Nationwide, 23 per cent of
respondents felt the
Progressive Conservatives
can best handle the national
unity issue, butin the Prairie
region: the Tories were
chosen over the Liberals by a
margin of about two to one.
hast yen haa a Pestle’ cent of

veel Ue

atives, a ty Dake

Ten per cent of respon- -
dents chose the New

Democratic Party as the -

beat to cope with the unity

problem this year, compared -

with seven. per cent last

year.

The Liberals also led the
Conservatives and-NDP in
the issues of inflation and
energy, alihough their lead
decreased in both cases.

On these questions, the
the Con-
servatives in the Atlantic .
provinces, Quebec and
Ontario but trailed the PCs
in the Prairies and British
Columbia. ,

Asked which party. can
best handle inflation, 27 per
cent of those polled chose the
Liberals, 24 per cent the
Tories and 14 per cent the
NDP, Last year the

proportions were 2) per cent,

22 per cent and 14 per cent
reapectively. :

Thirty per cent of
respondents favored the
Liberals to deal with the
energy question, 25 per cent

preferred the Conservatives -

and 12 per cent the NDP, At
the same time last year, 3

Frozen
cais
mystery

VANCOUVER (CP) —
SPCA officials won't know
wotil at least Friday whether
7 cats found frozen last
week in a Vancouver
apartment freezer had been
dead for weeks or years.

The society wai called by
police to an apariment
where’ ai elderly woman
died last week. They found 30
Hive cats and about 70 more

- inthe freezer.

The cats’ remains now ere
undergoing laboratory
‘examination to determine
how long they had been
there.
“We think she did the beat
she could, the live cats were

net maltreated in any way,”
an SPCA official said. “But
when the cats died she just
took care of them the best -

- be could.”

per ‘cent felt the: Liberals
could best handle this prob-

lem, 20 per cent named the

Tories and 16 per cent the
NDP.

The Liberals also led the
pell on the problem of
unemployment, with 28 per
cent, compared with 19 per
cent for both the Tories and
the NDP. No comparative

figures were available for —

last year.

Results were based on
1,027. personal, in-home
interviews. A sample of that
size is accurate within four

percentage paints, 19 in 20 - Fentictea
times.

Strikers
occupy
» College

eit uy NANAIMO, B,C, (CP).— , .
Striking members of the
Canadian Union of Public-

Employees occupied the

Malaspina College ad-

ministration building . early
today.

" Carrying chaina, padiocks,
wire and lumber, 12 CUPE

strikers who are fon-.

teaching employees of the
college, tried to barricade
themselves inside the
building and denied man-
agement personnel access to
a section of the building
which houses the college's
communication network.

Management personnel

stopped the barricade by
entering the college at 5a,m,
‘before the strikers arrived.

Ohio Inc. of coal operations
owned by U.S. Steel His
analysis of the purchase
showed Standard Oil paid
considerably more per tonne
for the operation than
BCRIC paid for Kaiser,

Howe’s first public ad-
dress since becoming
president and chief:
extcutive officer of B.C,
Resources late last year was
an inventory of. facts and-
history about the . firm's
holdings::

‘He said the long-term

polential of his company -
looks great, but 1961 ‘won't .
show much im provement. A

over last year. on
“At the end of 1981, we'll
say that we're Sam: its

oe wee

‘spending io gas and oil venti”
company officlals sort , cut
the national enevgy policy.

B.. We have gas in the ground

Howe said the: company

will move ahead by “con-

solidating and expanding our
base in an ambilious capital
expenditure program in
caal,
forestry.”

He said there's t A potential:
for expansion “of © “the: f

Canadian Cellulose pulp mill.
at Prince Rupert, B.C, and.

. efforts will be made to im-,

prove productivity in. the:
lumber segment. a

Howe. said B.C. Resources.
ia cautious | about new.

“The. national - energy.

that: we can’t sell."

ay

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