ST. JOHN'S, Nfld: (CP),—
Longliner crews filled their.
harp seal quota Tuesday as «
they and the larger hunting -
- teama rode a roller coaster’
of. frail, broken. ice on.
awollen seas off. Labrador.

‘The -international harp
seal. bunt ended for the
landsmen as of midnight .
Tuesday night and fisheries _
officials expected a few of
the big sealing ships will
complete. their, harp kill.
today before the hunt for.

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Severe bed shortages are
' forcing hospitals in the
Vancouver area to divert
ambulances to other hos-
pilals — the health-care

‘Vacancy signs. Agen

Ambulance diversions are
inconvenient for patients and
their doctors, but there have

* Los ANGELES (AP) —
Just hours after entertainer
Carol Burnett took the

Natlonal Enquirer item
about her was ‘'a pack
lies,” comedian Johnny
Carson denounced = an
Enquirer article about’ him
- scurrilous and’ said the
publication “stinks,”
“Pm going to call the Na-
" donal Enguirer and the

equivalent . of posting ‘No:

witness stand to say that 2

hooded seal pups starts tater

this week. ;
Officials ‘said ice. con-

ditions have been dangerous
the last few days. One of the
st small ‘Tongliners, sank
Monday night” unde tow

- after its four-man. crew

evacuated the vessel,
A search ; and . regcue

_ Spokesman sald the Latpoa, ;
out of Engiee, Nfld," tank

while being towed to port at’.

| pups, three Norwegian ships

Black Tickle, . Nild.,. for
vapeur The Beal ls and

been ne fatalities because

critical cuses are atill sent to -

the nearest hospital, even if
i's diverting
elsewhere, ‘said ambulance
supervisor Doug Beckett,

downtown Vancouver,
ambulances were diverted
one ‘ut a every ‘two days

“Now that’s slander, or
they can sue me for slan.
der,” Carson said. "You
* Inow "where V am, gen:
tlemen.” —

A’ call to The ‘Enquirer

*olfices bi Lantana; Fla., was

not answered late Tuesday,
William Masterson, © the
newsptper's lewyer in the
libel suithere, said hé did not
seo the NBC-TV show and
fad no immediate comment.

most: of the genr 6 on board
were saved... ;
Jerry Travers, head of off-.
shore management for the —
federal fisheries depart-

_ment, sald Canadian. shipa .

were expected {a ave added
4,000 to'5,000 pelts Tuesday’ to:
the’, $8,975 ‘they. took: by -
Monday evening, =
The ‘seven - Canadian,
vessels : registered for. the
hunt are allowed 85,000 harp,

cant take 20, and the.

last month, sald hospital
spokesnish Estelle * Sures.

Diverslons: occur. when
-hospltal. staff find ‘their
emergency. beds and .up..
stairs fOOms - are “full. The _

+ “hospital informs ambulance °
At.St.Paul’s Hospital in:

dispatchers to, divert all or

* some types of cases to other: ~
hospitals for periods of up to

halt a day. wo

Enquirer damned _

It was not known what
impact the remarks might
have on the trial. Burnett is
’ suing the tabloid for $10
milllon, contending that a
1976 article falsely reported |
she had an argument with |
then-State Secrelary . Heary

> Kissinger in a Washington
restaurant. . ;

Burnett said ‘Tuesday the.
article was “diagusting and -

people who. wrote ; this
‘liars, Carson said during |
Tuesday night's broddcast of
the Tonight Show. He was
referring to a cover story. rin
the Enquirer that said tis

up. oo
“This {a abselutely, com-

pletely, ino-pervcéit false-

ap Hogi -wy d, adding

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F Deadly =
~ toxin
found

VANCOUVER (CP) _
| Palyehlorinated biphenyls,
wed as a coolant in elec-
trical transformers, have

teated for it, says a federal
. environmental official.

| The coolant turned into a -
: deadly toxin during a fire

state building. It was learned
Tuesday that at least five
Vancouver buildings have
PCB-cooled tranaformers —
Pacific and Vancouver”
centres,
Eaton's department store, -
the old CBC television studio
now vacant, and a substation
‘next to. B.C.
headquarter.

of the federal environmental
. protection’ service, said

chlorinated compound’?

DOT.:
It has been found to cause

can cause. boils,
rashes after exposure over A

“gat it on your ski or you
diate fatality.”

mixed with asother
chemical, chlorinated
benzenes, when used in
‘electrical units, This other

‘have an effect on the human

third marriage was breaking

been found everywhere —

the adjoining |

‘Hydro .

related to the insecticide

Jong period of time, Wilson |
said, but: "PCB. is not the:
; type of chemical that if you

Wilson said PCB. are’

it is. pack of lies,”

indsmea’* were, ‘allocated :

- 20,850.
Travers ‘sald five of the :
Canadian ships atid the three _

Norwegian chips may have

completed "thelr hunt: by, a
a ‘moving. ‘ice were carried up‘
Sand. ‘down on ‘the: swells, °
: gomefimes : digappearing -
S ffom.'the: sight of those. on

Phureday. ry
The. ‘arc. known. ae: “the.
front, Where the anmnial hunt
occurs, “escaped, galeforce
‘winds :that “were. forecast.
Tuesday; but sea, conditions
still brought problems, - wil
Tce,

“Ips: a Tirly’ Srequent: a
- occurrence,” Beckett ‘aid, i
unhappy : ‘when patients ares):
" taken “to. other: hospitals“:
(where ‘they: don’t - have ~.
privileges) ’ ‘and: patients are”

“Family” ‘doctors.

also uniappy."

Diversions” “and. “the

shortage of acute-care beds : :
aren't new. conditions, and °:
, brecaused by a combination”.
Stand “or -jndividual ‘wards; °

| of staff shortages,’ delay, in

” hospital ‘contruction and a”
Shortage af ong-teem care’.

ren Paul's which has 550
beds, between 85 and 100
beds arb taken up by long-

. term ,care patients and the |

proportion fs similar in other
hospitals.

Construction of | new

facilities and a new

emergency area .at Van- -
couver General Hospital will.
ease the shortage of -beds,. -
but VGH spokesman Faye.

_ Coser ail the ® hespital will”

eid, Rees

. "it reminded maf i
which + ‘provided .
‘tenuous apport ‘for’ sealer *

since ‘the. ‘hiant. ‘began last

“week, - ’ deteriorated further. ‘danger involved.

; "Jota's te srganteation is

‘Tuesday ‘ps. “strong - ‘swells: ‘Meanwhile, - “Greenpeace

broke. ice : patches” and
scattered seal’ pups :
“Sealers . on Mehe- ‘ves;

‘nearby. ‘vegsels, Travers:

"Nurses in olb6é part of th the:
country ‘are, ‘interested in:
° working: at’ VGH: until -they
“ gongider «Vancouver's ‘high -
housing prices, ‘sald. (Cooper, ::

~ Before, “when a ‘hospital.
had to refuse admission to.
_alreadyfull, : “intensive-care.

other. ‘hospitals: ‘weren't: told:

now there is co-operation

. said,
VGH: -doean't, often divert
. ambulances, . Cooper said, .
and never diverts’ cases
requiring. treatment in

a

and had trouble. coping with -[ -
| the “increased traffic, but

among” “the - hospitals, she |

specialized areas such asthe
burn unit,

Cooper apd Sures said
_pelief of the long-term care
hed shortage would help ease
. the shortage.

miles ~

east: /

ales ‘scientific:

o ‘eying to gets. members. to’. inderatanding
Foundstion hoped to get its ‘ foundlanders.

~yessel Rainbow. Warrior to -.
othe rent ‘while the hunt for:: {
"15,000 hooded seals 5” ‘Btil. ec
under way. The ship: was 350 had
nautleal |
southeast of St.’ John’s. ‘on I
Tuesday. The destination. of
Rainbow Warrior, which left |.
_Bagland oo March 7, is more. phonit demir
- Baffin on patrol.in the area, . .
- +, ane under orders to stop-any’

PA, statement ‘mailed to

yA. ‘Greenpeace ‘is, mot’
prejudiced. ‘against .

ship

the en compantestommaie

+ | carefully analyse: explain

advise, and provide salt- i.’

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his professional achieve-

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rams for his growing -

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