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Sports and Exposition -
* Authority, likes to call its
layout here. the most sut-

. cessful sports complex i inthe .

~ United States.

Sugar sour

MONTREAL (CP)

World Boxing. Council

champion, Sugar + Ray
Leonard believes. that Mon-
treal is a nice city’ ‘to visitas.
long as you don’ t-have to pay
taxes on money you earned
there.

Leonard, along. with. his
lawyer, Mike - Trainer,.. at:
tended part .of a ‘she fight,
card at the. Paul Sauve.
Centre on. “Tuesday © hight
“alter Spending part of the-
day discussing tax matters
with the federal | goverment,

The ° Capadiah’ _- ‘tax
authorities “have ' sent
Leonard an assessment for

at least part of the estimated: °

$9.5 million he-earntd while

‘Josing a ttle-bout to. Pan: -

ama’s Roberto Duran at
Olympic Stadium on dune 20,
—1980..

“We were asked, to. come
up’ “heré “by a- federal

-pureaucrat. to give’.our.”

' daposition, "said. Trainer.

“We're trying to - explain

what the situation i Is...

on. C a n a di

a treaty between Canada and

‘thie United States, Sugar Ray. .

Leonard . “fs not: taxable
because ‘he ‘operates’ as_a
“corporation.”

‘Trainer said Leonard has :
received no.tax assessment’.

from the ‘Quebec govern-

- ment because “they advised
us in writing in advance that +: °

the money Sugar Ray earned |

here was not taxable.”
’ Trainer added that the fed- -
. eral -government originally -
.. assured <him that money:
, “we? re certain ‘that wate

earned from the deal ©

~ but later: changed

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Leonard hignéd wilh the
Olympic Installations Board ~
TOILE) would hot be taxable,
its: mind, 3:
"Had the government told.
us from ‘the beginning that.
we'd have to’pay taxes, we:
would never even have come :,
up here" Trainer said.

Trainer. submitted a
deposition With * federal
government. lawyers”

Tuesday and does not: any:

ticipate -major problems in
resolving the issue; although
he believes it will eventually”

_ Send up in‘court:,

Manitoba. and Alberta
| heading for showdown _

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (cP) ~
Manitoba and Alberta were ~

. beading. for a showdown -

tonight in a 10th-round game.
that might decide first place

at the Canadian women’s -

curling championship.

The two rinks remained -

deadlocked with 6-1 won-lost
records atop the 11-rink,
round-robin competition

“Tuesday night when Joan

Ingram of Winnipeg. de-_

feated the Territories; 8-5,
and Susan Seitz of Calgary

scored four in the fourth end .

on the way to a 9-6 victory
over Ontario, skipped by
Sheila Seltzer of Sudbury.

The loss ‘to Winnipeg
knocked Donna Alexander's
Yellowknife foursome out of

serious playoff contention ~-.

Yellowknife now is 5-3.
British Columbia, repre-
sented by Barbara Parker of
Courtenay, beat Micheline

‘Tremblay of Vai d*Or, Que., .

11-9, to creep into Second
place at 52.
Following play Tuesday,
Ontario, Saskatchewan's
Susan Altman, and Sue Ann
Bartlett of . Newfoundland,
who drew the eighth-round -
bye, were tied for fifth with
+5 records. :

Beverley Millar. of ‘Sum-

merside, P.E.E, was at 2-5,1.,

followed ‘by Quebec, 26,
Judy Burgess.of Truro, N.S.,
16, and Barbara ‘Hutton of
Saint John, N-B.,-1-7.

In other games Tuesday
night, scores were: P.E.I, 10,

‘second-slraight

Winner of the round-robin -
section-of the championship
after the 1th draw Thursday -
‘gets a bye to the cham-—
fionship game Saturday.

The second-and = third-

place teams meet: in
semifinal play Friday night.

“Games to break any. ties in ©

the Calgary team seared
four in the fourth end for the -
decisive paints: in its game.

playoffs would be Thursday — 7 Fr

night or Friday.” ”

In. seventh-round play
Tuesday .dfternocn, Bar-
tlett's foursome from
Labrador City posted its
upsét,
beating B.C. &-7 when
Parker's attempted double
_ takeout did an, expected
“éurl at.. the. hoglitie!“ahd
“wicked off the’ inside New-
foundiand rock with her final
‘shot. -

Parker counted one, bul |

she needed two .to tie the,
score.

Elsewhere, Ontario beat
PE. 91, Alberta downed

Quebec 9-3, Manitoba edged

New Brunswick 6-5, and the

“Territories defeated Nova ~

Scotia 7-4.

Alberta goes against Nova
‘Seotia ‘and Manitoba. plays
PEL: in expected easy vic-

tories in the afternoon draw |.
today, setting the stage for

what some ‘observers are
touting asa preview of the
championship game. 3

That match will be carried |
on CBE television Harting ats.
& 30 p: m:._ NST, © can

pve gol. ts ‘think these |”

gine aré getting ‘pretty.
tired,” Seitz “said of the

pesky Ontario champions |

“The - money. sis in an °

escrow accoynt: ‘right now,
_ and 1 think everything will
“turn out OK."

Trainer declined ‘to say”
bow much money: ‘was being.
withheld. from his ‘client,
. other, than to add “it* 8 rol in.
the millions.” °

“It would be premature to
. Bet into heavy negotiations,
-at this point,” ‘Trainer said.

*

i The. M eadow lands
_ racetrack,’ used at. different -
times for both thoroughbred’

‘2° and harness ‘racing, might be

©, einest gach hitmen,
: inthe. U, Be

Giants Stadium, where the.
' National Fooiball. League's

New York.-Giants sell ail -

76,500 seats eight weeks a
year, where. the. Cosmos.
;, regolarly ° draw. erowds of.”

‘more’ ‘than 40,000" ‘for North ~
°° American’ Socver League -

“games, where . college -
‘sfootball powers like |
‘Alabama and -Notre Dame
come «for New: York ex-.
_ posure, is a gold mine as -

indoor. arena will open as the
“home of New Jersey Nets of
National Basketball

iation.. .

Will. there’ also. be. a
_National Hockey League |
” franchise in... the
. Meadowlands? .
Probably nok =- at at least for
a year,

. _— — ' — Ms - antoyyes
We pena ayy sae a a BL SARE MM TL aie VEO ht ats, TEU cg NB

” Next fall, 220, ,000-plus seat ©

et NASR.

. NHL will stand pat _

“Lam confident that there worst kind of team will draw —
“Will be no’ expansion ‘hy the © thére."

NHL for the 1981-82 season,”
NHL president John diegler |
said récently. “‘Heyond that,,
my c confidence disappears.”.

Wthe NHL does opt for ex-
-_pansion for 1982-83, the
Meadowlands certainly will
el prime consideration for a
franchise. In fact, it would

- The NHL s a team lineup. .-sho¢k anyone who ‘follows
already is overburdened ~ the sport if. the New Jersey
with mediocre teams talent-. arena was bypassed.

wise. Financially, clubs like - - Opposition to expansion to
Pittsburgh: ‘Penguins, East Rutherford might come.
- Colorado.- Rockies; :Chicago ” ‘from Philadelphia Flyers or’
Black . Hawks -and ‘Los’. the New York leams, thé
Angeles Kings are famillar {slanders-and the Rangers.
with red ink.. So who needs: ' The’ Rangers have made.

more: low-skilled, un- “overtures: , Tecently' about’

derfinanced. clubs - over- moving out of - Madison

populating’ ihe’ ‘league? } Square Garden if they don't
Apparently, - the, ‘NEL, get a favorable tax break

board of ‘governots does. from-New York City. Gulf

“A lot Of team” "owners ‘and Western, which owns the -
“think - the: fastest’ way io. Garden and the Rangers, has.
make. ‘back * some .of ‘the considered the possibility of
_ Inoney they" re losing — orto. taking the” team across the
* add? to what) they're making Dols
= isto chaige . ‘somebody .

“would -: cute

SES EAS i i

Hudson. River to

. Meadowlands, - i

At any rate, the Rangers

windfall they'd receive .f6r
relinguishing their tef-
ritorial franchise rights. :-

The Islanders, who draw

few fans from New Jersey,

wouldn't be affected much

by the’ presence of a third
“area.

team |
Meadowlands. | _ ine
The, Flyers, however, feel
a rival in the Meadowlands
into. their.

significant. following in New

in

_ dersey. ; They: Have stated |

publicly they are not anxious,
to see a team placed bere.

‘Top candidate tor transfer

‘to New Jersey is. the.

Penguins: oy

niles: for’-an expansion ..
* team," saida, member of one.
NHL club's front ‘office who

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* frequently asked.

-* YES! Our number one priority is ‘to get a an-

- io agreement thatis fair to both our employees and

a) If the TWUi is piepared to Y modify its
position, B.C. Tel would be willing to meet the

union halfway between the company’s offer and

* what we understand the union's position to be

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our customers, recognizing that in the end, the for (981. Ifaccepted, this alternative would Se

I Nova Scotia 8: vand’: who have been curling with | | -|.. Be oy a ae
Saskatchewan 9," New. aly three players aad a oe : ~eeosts of any agreement must be borne by those an immediate end to the dispute. This proposal aa -
Brunswick 2. - sweeper drawn froma pool “who pay phone bills. was made but did not receive serious Od

_ consideration. We believe our employees.s should .

Millar cracked a four in. * of players from local clubs. a
_ have an opportunity to vote on this. gy

the -t0th end. against | Nova . They. were left un ° Why did the © company not agree tothe non-

recommendations of Federal Conciliation :

MRT ates Fags 2

Scotia for her second win of - . dermanned when lead Beth | - a ay

the championship, while .
Altman of Wadena, Sask:,
scored three in each of the.
sixth and seventh ends
against New Brunswick.

-Dykalski suffered an attack
of appendicitis and was _
“operated on Saturday, the
day the championship
started. :

4

Athletes ask’
voice in. games _

LOS ANGELES (AP) --
Andy Tero; a-former United
States ‘canoeing star, is

. making some waves in the

still waters.af the In-
ternational Olympic Com-
mittee.

The Hungarian-born, US.
national canceing coach
went before the committee's
executive board on Tuesday
and asked that athietes be

given a voice in the manning |

of the Olymple Games.

He got a sympathetic av-
dence. Juan Antonio 5a-
maranch,, president ‘ol ‘the
committee, ‘tod him the
proposal was a bit much to
take in atone gulp, but would”
be carefully, “considered. .

"The athletes ate never
consulted on the big izsues,”
Toro, 40, said’ in an in- -
terview. “it wasn’t the
athletes. who wanted to

boygott last year’ F Games in -
Moscow —- it was the admi-
“nistrators..

“1 know thers are former
Olympic athletes on the LOC,
but they are not necessarily
in touch with the athletes of
today. [I retired from com-
petition two years ago and
already I am getting out of
touch,” .

There are 15 members of
the committee who have
. competed in, the Olympic
Garies. The oktest ‘are Lord:
' Exeter of Britatfi ahd Count
Jean ‘de. Beaumont of
France, &ho both competed .
- in the 1920s, The most recent
competitor was Peter
fallberg of Finland, who
.took part in the yachting at
Tallinn tast year when he
was a committee member.

4 er NY

binding
Officer Ed Peck?
“o« This our sincere ; belief that the Peck:
*'\ proposals would be highly inflationary and add
~ significantly to the costs of phone service in
“> Be. Ina'monopoly situation, the temptation to
S take the easy route and pass the costs onto our .
“customers is great: Instead, we have taken the
_ far less popular route and iried to find middle.
ground that would, at least in our view, be fair to,
- customers and employees alike. . -
- Jhist what has been B.C.Tel’s position?
The compariy's recent offer of a 397%
, increase in wages overa three year period
__ Appeared reasonable to us, It still does.. It would..,
“mean that B.C. Tel union employees would be the
one workers in Canada. Such

-* highest paid tel

‘wage rates would compare favourably to those
” paid by other employers in'B.C., and these
- Wages could be paid without further increasing

".. phone. rates in 981.

4

~ “8 What other alternatives has B. Cc. “Tel proposed?
2 During recent talks and making every .
"effort to find a reasonable solution, we ve Proposed
two’ alternatives: _

2) If the union is not. prepared to modify, its |

~ position; then a second alternative is for the _
. company: to seek increases in phone rates .
- through the CRTC and, if successful, make an

offer to the union that would meet what we
understand their position to be.

«© Will these alternatives necessitate increased.

rates?

+" Unfortunately yes. B.C. Tel must borrow eat
a ‘large : amount of money during 1981 ifweareto. = -}-.
_. meet normal service demands. Lenders of re i
_" money must have some assurance that the:
~ company’s earnings will be sufficient to cover on
the interest payments. By meetingthedemands . = -f-- *
~ of the union, the company would have difftculty; © f°
_ giving such assurance. These are the facts of the
‘matter when we say we cannot afford to meet

the demands of the union, without a further
increase inphone rates.

We will continue to do our level best to -
find a fair and reasonable solution to this most

difficult problem. In the meantime we sincerely

_ Tegret the inconvenience and difficulty the
"telephone aire! is causing Our CuRtpIIErs:

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