i "H8 plantain ae qi beerstan fe IVE LI PARLIMENT Victori da, oe aur ne B.C, e. .. Northern ‘B.C. Winter Games may now ; be. only” a " photographs,’ Many of tho wig .. memory, but for same they will be more vivid thanksto the were able to- purchase re ints Articipated or watched of the: “many exciting annouticed today. i 7 _ Yehiel Kadishal, Prime, Minister en peir er al Hew: i: : entary procediire ora baw Ms his mew past.” ! in Ar trong defender of ; | * Washigglone se ens oe sete contender for the job almost mt ‘BOON AS ha ‘Sharon announced he would leqve the. fende, Ministry. { - Sharon intends to remain in the cabinet asa minister without portfolio. He agreed. to, leave — his post after the cabinet last “Thursday: ace: " cepted the recommendations. of an lnquity . commission’ which found him personally .. ‘responsible for ‘the. Sept. 16-18, massdcre. of Palestinian, refugees in. Betrut. by: ‘Lebanese oc : "over for the job, of military chief of statf and. Christian’ milltiamen. ...-*. . After. a .cabinet “meeting - ‘Sunday... ‘the. government said Begin would. run-the Defence . Ministry - until ‘Shaton’k successer Was’ tine, stalled, at . Sharon's. spokésmani: said ihe controversial ° former ‘general hopes to be prime minister one ‘day. ee . “1. am going to oatay a meine of the ie - British-born Canadian tourist was among’ the victims ofa London mass murderer who police - _ ay may have butthered as many ag 1? young people. . . However, the spokesman ita not rule out that “Kenneth Ockenden . of. the-) Canadian,. ‘Burlington, Ont.,.was among the victims, .. As Britain’s top forensic expert began testing. : “bones dug Up outside London’s so-called House _-0f Horrors in an effort to identify. the victims, . The. Daily Mirror patd one of those killed:c have been “Ockerden, who was 24 wh ‘ vanishéd in London on Dec.-3, 1079; shiortly bétore’ he was due. to fly home Canada, . ‘The: newspaper ‘said detectives. ‘found “itéme" at. the Melrose Aventie, house: ‘they ~ bélieve « “pre linked bo Ockenden’s “ “lisa. pearance. _ « ~The Scatland Yard ipotesinen sald there isa’ possiblity the: ae was aniong’ the. wvie- ‘ & ‘the post of deferice minister, the yGramént - wuld ©. _ effort Of 22: photographers. Who took upwards of 3,000 events. sand I'll be bing things, the prime minister will : “ask me to do," Sharon sald aiter. the cabinet. ‘accepted his resignation as Hefence milnister Sunday. mas jeadera: ind the. itiutte ot port ‘The cabinet’ 's decision goes today: to ‘Iecael's “parliament, the Knesset, where If is expected to * he: approved by: “the . government's ‘slim . majority... at : e . ‘Cabinet ' ‘miniaters affliated: with Prime pry: élections: ‘would. not: ‘be: fiecestary it, ‘ Andie y |. “emia scant voter ation that Sharan. Teave tHe : a ) cabinet. ° et: : ANE, Leadéta.ar the “Labor party, the lanet op: . ‘position ‘groip Said they ‘ ight “organize more: . Sharon. stays in’ government - as a | minister “ " withgut. portfolio. * His aides noted that. Sharon has rebounded “from previous. defeats such as: being passed . “paid he still, aspires, to become prime palate "after Begin retires. - A . strong, backlash of sympathy. for Sharon. tias Sept: foreseen’: al “‘mhassacre -when *-he ordered” ‘Lebanese Christian’ militiamen into the Sabra. and-Chatilla.refugee.camps. —‘ ~ But asia cabinet ‘minister without’ portfolio, : 10 years, one scientist sald. Sharon. still could influence’ ‘military. decisions. . For example Sharon remains, at least. tem-, porarily, on thé cabinet cominiites’ -ditecting. ~ Israel's negotiations for withdraviing its troops ~ from Lebanon, of murder | , Boweh, “Britaln' 8 top forensic: fcientist.. . " The: scientists ‘will’ iry.to. determine how __|. Many: people’ the bones : ‘came-from and then - ‘compile profiles of the victims: - - The house, dubbed the House of Horror by the . "« British news media, was, abandoned. for two "years before it wag’ ‘renovated: a few months “ago, Neighbors complained’ to Police. several ‘thmes about aman they saw repeatedly lighting : : fires in the backyard. ” - Some of the bones ‘that have been dug up * glace Jast Thursday: appeared . to: have been © ured or boiled, Scotland’Yard gald. Parte of Sinclair's. body and two others were found: Wednesday clogging ' a.drain at another | - house-i ‘in‘niorthern London. where Nileor’ lived.- ._ Ainong the remaing discovered there were two 4 : severed heads in a “cupboard. ‘Detectives widened ‘the: search’ to Melrose: ‘Avenue, : where. Nilsen ‘lived previously. E Scotland Yard said Sunday bodies could also be hidden at other houses, but. did not, elaborate. ~ftalian tragedy kills 64 ‘in cinema “TURIN, Atiy (AP) — Fire officials : ‘sald ‘today ‘all emergericy. exits were unlocked as - - required by law; when firefighters arrived at , the burning clnetna. where 64 people choked to. , death in- billowing smoke Sunday evening.: It! was (he biggest death toll from a. fire in. . Italy since the Séeond World War. = The victims; many dressed in caynival '. costumes to relebrate the peridtl of, fenhtirig, «: ‘and revelry before Lent, were placed on ‘the 7 Watown’ , Staluto Cinema, ‘where anxious parents. snow-covered sidewalk outside the do . searched for their children, One of the victims was identified as ag Beanie » Calvert, 28; a Los Angeles native whd ved in” “Torin, an industrial centre in northern Italy... "Anastasio Cardinal Ballestrero, archbishop of Turin, blessed the bodies before they. were __ moved to the city morgue. A state of mourning . was declared in the city, and Italian President” ‘ Sando Pértini arrived at the. Thorgue with tears” - . in nt his eyes to: pay’ ‘his Respects, ma thes people” were sertowsly injured and: Giuseppe: Basso who was ceated in the or- chesira-- section.’ of>:the- ‘theatre; sald the - . “emergency ‘exits didn’t < oper immediately. an | i felt ‘people ishing. my ‘shoulders, " he A ; doretia of others treated for smoke Inhalation, . . officials said: sald. 4 tried to shidtd ny little son 80 ‘pe ~ Woulda’t be crushed,’ aa "Raimondo. Capello; manager ‘of: ‘the Statutn - ~ ‘Theatre, was arrésted shortly after the fire and . “charged with manslaughter, policé. said. They: - said: they did not know.why the charges were | -* brought. ' Capello, 61, told ‘the ‘Italian news - ‘agency -: ANSA that the fire broke out on the first, Moor , near (he projection. Foom.. "There was a suidilen ard viotent flash of flame,” he told the news agency, The fire spread immediately, I and several assistants tried to put it out with a fire. extinguisher. but it wasn't possible. * northeastern 11,8 tonnes: a hectai to . put. “moral: . * ylelding plant varleties, "he" ~. VANCOUVER (CP) — | Time is running out for ‘millions of hectares of ’ producing farmland from the Peace’ .River valley in B.C. to southern Vancouver Island, warn federal and provinelal ‘ selentists. ° ‘They - blame erosion and “modern farming techniques cand. while. problems : are ‘most easily seen in- either, _the Peace or Fraser Valley a east of Vancouver, loss: of ‘top soil is just part of a “‘miuch bigger problem. . The bottom line, they - emphasize, is that soil degradation is now eommon over vast ar vas of agriculture and forest lands AmB... ‘As the soil is lost or “otherwise .damaged, “production decreases and at some polnt the. land will be a infertile. ae Data “from: “early - “ex: _perimenté; indicates: that "parts. of: the: ‘Fraser: ‘Valley are losing topsoll atia rate of up.to-30 tonries a: hectare ‘a : year-and inthe Peace: River = “Scientists. : “from: both governments: predict that . ‘unless farthing - techniques - _ are changed quickly, large . areas: of the. ‘Peace: ‘region . ;and. rolling” “sections of © : Fraser’. Valley’: uplands :will . ‘their . swith, ‘ompletely. Jose. Shallow: ’ _.topseil, 7 waning damage: Wi : Heavy use of chemical - fertilizers and irrigation - over the past 40 years has also. caused a. dramatic ' chemical change in an: estimated two-thirds of “11,331 hectares - (28,000 -acres) of Okanagan orchard lands. . ’ The result ‘is that, large areas in ; Canada’s. most - important . Fruit and. grape growing © area now, liave | _ acidic soil: To change: it back toa neutral or slightly ° ’ basie:state could take up-to Laurens ‘van Vliet; a federal. ‘agriculture research soi] scientist, sald’ that”. the Peace’s, main problem results from. ex- posed or fallow. farmland. from which ‘‘the losses are- too high-for sustained crop. - production." : a He says thal research into: B.C,’s farmland *~ soil problems is \‘'20° years behind what has taken place: . in-the U.S. and about seven ‘to eight years behind: what has been gathered © vin eastem Canada. © Preliminary . experime- ntal evidence . shows. that “as a_ general, figure," the - fallow areas of the Peace are losing 11,5. tonnes per “hectare of top sojl : “a year “which is far “above ac- ceptable levels of about four’ tonnes: per hectare. in, other, areaB) ; -Van Vilet - sald. ‘will - degradation - in: ‘the area would have ‘been’ more noliceable ;to' farmers. if crop‘yields ‘had-dropped. - “The problem has. been masked by new, jechiiques, high use of fertilizers and. the introduction, of higher: said. “We have béen pre- _ Alderman Chub‘, Down. has preserited Mayor Helmut ' _ Down, Soutat;Cooper.and Galbraiti. continues “bitte; @hlth wolld "Be Maro 1. cage | to the upland Langley and Mat- . squi--slepes. with grades | between five per cent and nine per cent are where. the ‘Most severe Boil erosion is with slopes instead of oi the contour. If: has been . invitation’ to erosion. ‘ ie Changes expected. : : By! KEITH ALFORD Herald Staff Writer | TERRACE — Tonight's council meeting may be one ¢ of ; the last before the rules change. Glesbrecht and the-rest of ‘counell with a memorandum describing four “changes he warils to- make’ to’ the proceedings bylaw. that has determined how et council’ has operated for the past 15 years, - The first change is that “the first meeting of the council, tn each'year shall be held in the afternoon of the first Monday’ after December first:”~ ° 4 - ‘The second Is, “a meeting of the committee of the whole! i shall be held as required on‘the first and third. Monday of: . each and every month; at the hour of 7:30 pam.” bey ase The third is; ‘a meeting of the committee of the. whole? , may be-called at any time by a majority of the council! menibers,”. ~ d The fourth change is. “the counctl shall always adjourn at! the hour of 11-p.m..if In session: at that hour, untess. other-; wise determined by, av majority, vote. of the. members: present.’ ..- . A committee of. the whole does not conduc council: business in the sense that it actually passes anything. Te is ‘merely: 8 method by: ‘which council may discuss: issues: without making a formal motion first. The committee of the! whole does make recommendations to ‘council for a formal; vote and perhaps. turther. Gebate. . .: Currently, a committee’ of the whole is only called by the! mayor when he deems that It is needed and council: cannot? occuring, . oa : “plantings have - rn ‘continue beyond 11 p.m. unless all the members vote for It} - The. Down memo is to be presented to council as a notice: of motion at tonight’s meeting, First, second and third’ readings should pass on Feb. 26, if the usual voting | block, of : J olrih reading is uaeally proteedings bylaw will not be effective until approved by? _ the inspector of munitipaliiles. 7 However, that is usually a ‘formality. Therefore, the first: ; council. meeting. under. these new rules should take lace, _ March 29 with the first in the serles of committee ri) the: whole meetings beginning April 4, 4 t i Volontine traditional ‘ ; By KEITH ALFORD - , : Herald Staff Writer = -. 4 : TERRACE ~ ~Ii's Valentine's Day. And like most, of our “holidays its origin is wrapped in myth, ‘It has nothing at all to do’ with one, (or ‘is it two), Sti Valentine. One is reputed to have been a Roman priest and ‘doctor, The other is:thought to have been the bishop of ' Terni. Both were martyred. However, church historiang conclude that the two men’ may simply be. two stori about same person that became confused in. the e early ‘retellings of the oral history of the Seen {we call Valentine's Day does. be. connected! as/many other festivities currently ‘practiced, with art clent Roman celebfation. This one was a fertility festival. held on Feb. 15 cailed Lupergalia. During that celebra men wore the names of their sweethearts. pinned to thei slegyes, That gave rise to the saying, “wearing your hi onjyour sleeve’ and perhaps tattoos. There is a charming story about the Duke of Orleans who was imprisoned In the Tower of London in 1415. He ‘con: stantly wrote love letters to his wife jn France which she termed valentines,“ - In the Seventeenth Century | young girls would eat a hard- boiled egg and pin five bay leaves to their pillow in hopes of ‘dreaming of their future husband on Valentine's Day. » But it was in the Sixteenth Century that the first valentine Greeting , card was sent. Now it has become, traditional: along with candy and flowers. -_ Perhaps, as one scholar. has. put it, the real origin of ° Valentine's Day is found in the line; “in ‘ring, a younk man’s fancy often turns: to thoughts of”. "INS IDE ‘Local world sports pages 4, 587 : Classifieds — _ pages 687: Comics, horoscope page ¢ 8 . océuplied with ‘high® Yields and‘ have ignored e-, et r servation. " Paul Hoyt; a soil ‘aclentint ait, - the . Summerland ‘Agriculture Canada. _ esearch station, said the, {-— ’ acldifi cation of soils, in‘ the . . 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