‘of. the prime miniate
- popularity’ with his:
‘wing constituency. 3.“
. “Its, hard. for him: to. do
‘BUC

/ Parliamentary. coalition
-Jold reporters after niseting.
~ with ‘Begin. “Anyone who

nwa. the. prime ministe
_ knows he:is a‘noble ‘man,

‘and: “he ‘respects - Atk

_ (Sharon's nickname). .

, ‘As to what happens pent,
_ Shapira said: “That isin the
and of Menachem
‘Dézens ot
protesting -in . Tel . Aviv’
ee Square demanded
e

dings: were. ‘released »
Tuesday but many ‘Teraelis .
viewed | the report” as a
testament to ‘the country’s
Gemocracy —

MONTREAL (cP). - Joe a

‘Clark is scheduled to wade .
into what has been. called
thé “swampland” ‘of
Progressive . Conservative
party politics next Monday
in an attempt to bolster his,
Quebec supporters. ©

Marcel : Danis, . chief
organizer { for’ Quebec’ 8 pro- |
Clark . Conservatives, said
. Tuesday he expects. to have
most of the groundwork laid .
_ for the leadership. race.
when Clark returns ‘from a

a... thing," -Avraham.
Shapira,’ ‘chairman . of the’

- people \

government B:
resignation after the ‘fin-

during. ‘Tuesday's : ‘cabinet

wv:

but’ the: 54-year-old-defence
“minister declined. a. public
opportunity ‘to state his

: private.

Sharon indicated inat he

“He resigned a aa Oppeettion

leader last week, after -
failing to: win: whet he ©

“considered adequate : BU
‘port In a vote: at a: party
meeting in Winnipeg. - on
whether to hold a leadership
convention. . L

Clark - is. expected: to

0 gathered at. the.
oelme otis office,

meeting! sang, “Arik, king. --
. of _Jarae i when ‘Sharon -
2 we're. with you, ari

0

inlention Tuesday night.'He .
: ‘told: a gathering of political
supporters In Tel Aviy' that -
_ the government | “would. .
i discuss” the; Anatier . ia

: ae aa areie
if. chief Yasser Arafat,

" Sharon strongly defended

the army officers who were

recommended for - punish-

“ment,” and ‘he .sald ‘there °
"were: people - ini® dsrael. who | ;

‘would - Jeopariize * ‘national
sonnel:
minor political gain." hae

2© Of :the’ “commission’s
fing, he: said
Much of. Begin’ 5 political

travail would end if Sharon -
would. resign. voluntarily,

pleased.’"”

Sharon also. said ‘his

ouster would bé a reward to

the United States, which hag *.
been” - pressuring Israel to

make -concessions % * during

talks on ‘the: withdrawal of.

- its, troops: ‘from, Lebanon.

resign a8, party leader Feb...

19." The :party's. national © -

executive will ‘then set. a
_ deadership’ ‘convention. date.

‘Danis, a former president
of the:

_ organization had its sights:

Conservative’ 5B

‘Quebec wing, said he, has their’ intentions inti ‘the -

Florida vacation’ to meet his ..
troops here. 7 -

‘Clark is also expected ws
‘Meet Quebec: City area.
tupporters Feb. 21.

been named. provincial -
campaign direstor, for the -
‘races. ice: e

fae ‘ali oe

Mi hee eid Baas

_Medicare-causes some embarrassment

OTTAWA ice ~ ficial. wn
oR rting?* formation‘: .” di tat tien wouldn't ,
f scectaaauciae: hasta seine ma
diseases with Heedleare nclal ‘government

payment® “claims could vo eT have # certain
- undermine | the. eon- Pr. Norman .
fidentiality of . doctor's f: ce airetr ‘of the
patients, says a Canadian __ pasetaticd 5 ‘medical
Medical Association of-' ; teryibbe.

gouyes
..

Satan

Strike rejected -

QUEBEC (CP) — Social Affairs Minister Pierre Mare
Johnson. said today that Quebec's 85,000 non-medical
hospital. workers have voted against resuming an illegal
strike...

- The. union was  acheduled to announce official resulis of
the vole later today but Johnson, whose department made .
its ‘oWn compilation of the vote, confirmed preliminary.
reports from union :sources that- more than, half. of the.
members voted againbt, beginning a strike on ‘Thuraday..

“im happy: ‘for: the. citizens o£: Quebec, ” Johngon told.
reporters as he entered a Partl Quebecois caucus meeting.

He denied the’ voteisa victory for the: government, which '
‘has threatened tough back-to-work legislation. boy

“There's | no; -vietory, there. is just,.a. lotig, diftiealt:
progression with the (Federation of Social’ Affairs union).
governing bodies who fre not. cused ty situations like, this:
one." ‘

Premier Rene Levesque’ ‘would not enimment on the vote
as he entered. the caucus ‘mieeting. : Pos

“The ‘anti-atrike : ‘vate means. that. “the. province's 88,000
teachers are left alone in thelr qpposition to wage rolibacks,
restraints and layofts imposed. ‘unilaterally by the: Quebec
- government, in December. a

“The leachers were [hie first to go out in whiat was sispposed
‘tobecome: a provincewide atrike involving all 825, 00 public
sector ‘employees. . ,

"The illegal teachers’ strike has closed virtually all of the

' province's. primary and = secondary schools and junlor
colleges since Jan. 26. More than 1.3 ‘million students have
been without claases.,

‘Non-medical hospital workers struck for 4 hqurs Jan: 31,

. causing inconvenience for about half of ‘the’ ptovince’s.
general hospitals. ‘They ‘went back to “work ‘when: thelr"
"negotiators reached a basis of settlement with the govern- .
_ment.

: However; that settlenient waa rejected by the union's en:

" member governing council, which ordered a new strike °
vote to be helil and set Thiratiny as the target date for the ,

= second phase of the walkput:, ;

-. The government promis $6, “back-to-work:
legislation if the hospital wankss e ntrtke again. The’
legislation would include mnads firings ‘an qd to deduction” .
of union dues, loss of seniority | “ighks‘2 " fines.

: The threat of firings parsugdet men’s nes

" professional, employées = ‘tnel in awyers
_ and architecls —toreturn towork’ te “more than Ly
& week on the pleket IInes. ae: ne

But union leaders said the als‘ would! Work to

roteittde
‘rule, bring thelr children to: ‘ip uffi¢e, day up lists of -
- inembers ‘who refused to strike “and “Isolate”? management
"Personnel a
‘They also threatened to walk out again it distiplinary”
_ineawures are taken against them and said they will:¢ontest |
‘the legality of government-linpoted. contracts i in Labor .
Court on Feb. al. tots ;
- Negotiations between the government ‘and a common 7
" front of 250,000 public employees — including the teachers,
. hospital’ worker, professionals,’ ‘nurses - and health
professionals ~ broke down In December, prompting the
government.to pass legislation pstablishing wages and
working conditions for the next three years for 525,000
‘public servants,’ :

eta > ae ae ete a women Ng a ele Ea

" tranamitted disease.

“Begin, trusting» “his: en-
during ‘Pogelar ‘let. it be

lone Conservative MP, “and.
Flora MacDonald, who

represents ‘the Ontario —
riding - Kingston: and ©. the

Islands, called on about 150
Clark backers here’ Monday:

to work for his re-election. -
; LaSalle and’ Danis . were

named to head: the: cam-
paign. -

Danis” gald- . hie
set.on a June: convention.
.No contenders for:Clark’s :

job are expected to: ‘declare

convention date, is. set, but.
. his. ‘organizers * here ‘are-
worried’ that Montreal
businessman Brian~

“This: person who is

* eager for elections becalise,”
: - their standing in the polls j

ably
Nation 1 Religious party .
“ -gnd the Liberal faction: of ©
: his Liknd Bloc, want ‘Sharon -
-'to leave, and their presi

“for the sake’ of oa

“7: heard .
that: ‘Aratat- was Hitle threatens,
pleased . .’. Heré, too, there”
_aré some ‘who are’ a, Title vl
ve ‘apposition. Labor: patty:

might try to farm a coalidon re
without new elections

Begin canngt’ just el

‘tion’ date, , Polilical” obs
servers believe’ that: t Beal

4 for. early. elections le the.

-somimission :report ‘blamed, :

‘eoalition ‘partners é are. ‘Ht

the.

his: 64

and call anelectlon; he ‘mnust -
gather. a-.majority
parliament to ‘set an’ elat

Maloney will entéx the °
race: “

” ” Mulroney ‘plnced third

behind. the late Claude’:

., Wagner, . a former |.
“provincial ‘government:

cabinet minister in Quebec, °

‘wher Clark won the party's

Teadershlp, by: bas votes. in.
176.

prior to’ “the. Winnipeg’
‘convention; Clark . ‘sup-
‘porters a¢eused’ Mulroney's |
-Jieutenants of spearheading:
‘the proreview movernent in-
the province’ and’ using =
strongarm tactics to, contro!
delegate. selection
meetings.

“Mulroney endorsed Clark:

“herpes, can be - passed to.

nojhing. da ths line Ain. i aeahine pep Alineneal :

iedjcane ;:adminigtrajion);. :

cold be my neighbor.”

Da: Sylva was com-...

menting on a proposal made

last fall by a federal health .

official to the Canadian -
Public- Health | Association.
which agrees” with the,
suggestion. |

Under’ the proposal,
doctors would - report
treatment or. diagnosis of...
sexually transmitted .
diseases in the-form of. a‘.

code that would be designed
.to record symptoms such as. .
“health. ministry.

a vaginal. infection; ‘for.
-example.:Such-ah infection:
often, but not always;.is a
symptom: of .a..sexually ~

- Currently, only
diseases, including syphilis -
‘and. gonorrhea, must he

- reported to public. health '

. officials,

Federal health . officials: pe

estimate - about © 600,000 -
Canadians have: ‘some form *
_ of the 14 known sexually ©
transmitted diseases, 5.

One disease, peaital

five ° ;

Ihe yx foomiithetel
“Infected mothers: .There.is: .

no:.cure for the. disease.
However, ifthe pregnant

mother is know to be. ine’.
_feeted, the baby can be

safely delivered -.
_Saesarian section. :

AL: least | 16. babies were
“born ‘with-herpes in 1081. in
‘Canada and four have died
from the disease, the Health
Department says.

Meanwhile, “ Ontario’ 5.
is. not
considering - - Using . the

- proposed system.

* Ministey spokesman Doug
Enright. said: the proposal
would require major
record-keeping changes in
. the. province’s reporting
ayafem. my

“Ann Cay,” "spokesmai’ for
the Toronto-based Patients’
"Rights Association, said she
‘doesnot object to. the
- prqposal. | But. provincial
employees. who would be

Rent party. also. is

- hundreds af. Palestinian
‘were’ slaughtered
Sepichmet :

“Layoffs expected

Herald Staff Writer

MONTREAL— Alcan will lay off 1,200 workers over

next several months as a result-of a- ‘recent: merger in the
United Kingdom.

The company terms: it. a major rationalization .

program” which resulls from the. work, of internal study

teams assisted by Alcan’s own experts.: The move Is aimed

-. at restoring profitability to the U.K. operations. 7
“Alcan will close one hot mill, two cold mills and a foundry

: ” inthe British Isieq. “As a result of these closures, its U.K.

~ -garkforce will be rediced from 1,080 t6 $80. A further 350

U.K. jobs will be lest by closing one plant that manutac- ;

tures strong alloy extrusions. = .
Alcan says the merger, ind. the ratlonalization of

facilities, will provide an opportunity of creating 4 strong .

‘and. vieble United ‘Kingdom aluminum business.

. Petition distributed

So. erald Staff Writer 00)
VANCOUVER. Ifyou visit your local doctor before Feb.
hd inay'ask you to sign a petition. °
‘The B.C. Medical Association has distributed copies of a.
‘petticn onto al the doctors in the province to-have the new
stadium at B.C. Place named the-Terry Fox Stadiuni.
A memorandum that accompanies the petition says that
Fox’s “courage and determination struck a ‘chord in all
Canadians” and he became “a symbol of hope". Fox also
. raised'a great deal of money . for medical research, the

: BCMA notes. |. .
“Canada ~has ‘produced : few heros. to equal Terty
Fox...(the stadium) should be. harmed in honor of a ‘teal 7

Canadian ‘ hero,” the memo states. oe
The BCMA ts asking doctors to place the |

thon In their ;

peti
waiting rooms and return them by Feb. 28. The signatures. -
- will be complied and submitted to Premier Benriett. |

least ‘sn ‘becaiise

“decision to’ ‘permit’ Lebanese
“Christian Phalange. troops

‘refugee © - CAMS

oa “vention, but was: -eriticized, :
“for not reining. in his’ sup: a

“Porters.

: Danis , aileged | “Tueida) 7
‘that -Montreal bailiff Jean:

Yves Loftie, a Mulroney

- supporter, directed $250,000
‘dump-Clark .
movement fi Quebec -prior. ’

“into « “the

to the vote. in-Winnipeg.-

- Lortie,- who caused avstir
ar in Winnipeg when he handed :
‘over a certified cheque for |

$54,000 for the registration .

-fees of - 186.-.

_ dled‘as much as $250,000 to -
cover the costs of delegate =
Selection ‘meetings: ‘and:

-sonvention expenses.

“handling the medicare files -
omitoanaintpiny

it resigning r= at a that Bi Begin i.
abould Sonsider slamissing ‘if ‘tie! were, not etiring in’

Quebec —
“. delegates, denied he han-+

. said. the- ‘recommendations:
of the ecamimission should, be

tétominended for disimiaaa

7 “Other officials, ‘including’ SIP wee’
Forelgi Minister: ‘Yitzhak “clusions of th Hn _
-"* ‘Shamir and: ‘the head: of the in the trashcan) We will once

- Mossad intelligence agency, -
‘whose’ Identity: is, secret; °
A ére ‘warned ‘that they bore”

en, Yeh ‘dismissed; ay
that : the: “head - “of; ‘Israeli

punishment was’
led. ~

The: “tel. AVIV’: dally. investigation’ ‘nt i clr:

eo That: the military chieE newspaper Maariv, which is : cumstances -
of ‘staff, ‘Lt.-Gen. ‘Raphael . usually. more‘ friendly ‘to - “‘maagacte," the. pape? a
ytan, would “have : “been Begin than other wes in an editorial:

‘February 10, 1983.: on on Three Will
‘begin.‘at one o'clock, ‘in. the: Soup:
Kitchen at 4727 Park, Avenue.

abit

a:% Wy you ‘cannot walk or rdrive to the Soup :
“B Kitchen, we. have. a small ‘group. of.”
@ -. Volunteers who will Vtsit your. home:to..:
Bassist you. Because of the small size of 2
our. organization;: we. ask that only:
|. those who really need this service call °:
& us at 635-3909. ser
a. Anyone wishing: 40. ‘volunteer. their a
a “services, to. ‘bag: groceries,’ take 8
B ‘registration applications . or deliver
El bags call 638-1622. : Popa
a. The Terrace. Food Bank would like to 2
@ thank. the people of. Terrace for. the ‘@
a support you have given’ and hopefully e
2 will continue to give us in the: stores.
a Your’ ete does make a difference. B

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