VANCOUVER (CP) — A shipment of beer from the United States was trickling into the Greater Vancouver grea Wednesday, easing the drought in many hotel beer parlors and brightening the day for British Columbia drinkers. . Jack Thompson, distribution agent for the B.C. Hotels Association which placed’ the special order for 100,000 cases of 12 from-a Jos, Schlitz Co. brewery in California, said only 72,000 cases could be provided because there | weren't enough bilingual labels identifying ine preduct as ‘‘blere.'’ He said some hotels have received their share already and all hotels included in the order should be selling the U.S. brew by the weekend. Another association spokesman said another order has already been placed with the brewery as Nazi Hunter HAMM, West Gérmany (AP) — A 57-year-old Dut- chman, suspected of being a Nazi war criminal, was arrested today in West Germany on information supplied by Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal. A spokesman for the state attoruey's office in RhineendWestphalia sald a man using the name Sifried Bruns’ was taken into custody in Hamm, a town 31 kilometres northwest of Dortmund. He is suspected of being Siert Bruins, a member of the Nazi SS, officials said. Bruins was sentenced to death in absentia in 1949 by a Dutch court for his part in Rare MONTREAL (CP) — When Linda Robertson began. to feel numbness in her feet and arms she knew deep inside that ‘“‘something was very, very wrong.” At the hospital emergency department she was told it was probably just a case of fu ane she should go home to But the next day she had mo feeling in her legs and feet. This time the hospital diagnosed her as having a rare neurological disease, Guillain-Barre Syndrome. She was admitted im- mediately and stayed eight weeks, : . “Within two days I could mot walk, and soon I could not breathe,"’ says Ms. Robert8oh, - ''1" could” ‘iat giovea mugcle, from my. feet, to my eyes. Even my eyelids were paralysed, but inside my brain I was functioning and knew what was going on around me.” When her breathing was the shooting deaths of six Dutch resistance fighters and iwo Jewish brothers a few days before the end of the Second World War. Bruins fled to West Ger- many in 1945, officials said, “The man is one of thousands who areatill living among us with new names,”’ Wiesenthal said at a press conference in his Vienna office. Wiesenthal said he had been asked to help in the search by a Dutch journalist. The two men found Bruins’s brother, who also served in the SS and is a German citizen, living in Rhineland-Westphalia, beer parlor operators don't anticipate the supply lasting ong. Finding beer has been a difficult task since workers at four breweries were locked out June 4, an in- dustry response to a strike which began May 2 at Carling-O’Keefe in Van- couver. Stockpiles ran low at most pubs and beer parlors, and the beer-drinking public was forced either to make border runs of their own or to rely on the liquor distribution branch’s dwindling supply of U.S. and European beer. PEAK SEASON “There’s no way we can really meet the demand," said branch spokesman Janet Willson, “‘It's a peak time of year for beer drinkers. We could use more Olympia, but they and Schlitz are producing at maximum capacity already.” Bags Another running a business making fences. CONDUCTED SEARCH Wiesenthal sald they con- ducted a door-to-door search of towns and villages in the area and found a man using the name Bruns, who was arrested by German authorities, ; Wiesenthal said he believes the Dutch govern- ment will submit an ex- tradition request for the Dutchihan. If the request is granted, the suspected war criminal will face a new trial in Holland, and possibly im- prisonment from 15 years to life if found guilty, Wiesenthal said. The death penalty has been abolished in Holland. Wiesenthal said he under- stands the man is attempting to block extradition by claiming he is a German citizen and can be tried only in West Germany. This is the second time in three months Wiesenthal has helped authorities ap- prehend a suspected Nazi war criminal. In May, information he provided contributed to the detection of Gustav Wagner, 66, accused of taking part in the deaths. of 250,000 prisoners in Nazi con- centration camps. Wagner was found in Brazil, Wie- senthal said. Disease Can Be Frightening affected by the disease, a tracheotomy was performed to open a hole in her wind- pipe and she was on a respirator for a month. She developed pneumonia, which is not unusual in cases where the lungs are paralysed. Suction was used to clear her breathing passages and she had a round-the-clock nurse. Now, a year later, she is fine. She is back at work, has ‘no paralysis and plastic surgery has removed the scar on her throat. MILD AT FIRST Ms. Robertson's disease took a fairly typical course. The first symptoms of Guillain-Barre Syndrome are often mild. There can be pins:and needles in the toes,. fingexs and lips, or perhaps some numbness in the feel and hands. Sometimes the sense of taste disappears. But almost overnight the disease can worsen, the victim becoming completely paralysed from toes to eyelids. “Tt is a really terrible dis- ease," says Dr. Andrew Eisen of the Montreal Neurological Institute. “If it is bad the patient can’t breathe, can’t talk, can’t move, can’t eat,” In the past many patients died of Guillain-Barre, usually because of respiratory failure. Today, however, with good nursing care and respiratory assistance, most victims re- cover after a few months. Passive exercises, done with the help of hospital staff or family members, can prevent’ some muscle deterioration and physiotherapy after the disease has run its course helps restore muscle fune- tion. CAUSE UNKNOWN Although Guillain-Barre has been identified as a disease for over 100 years, the medical profession still does not understand what causes it or how to cure it. “We are not puzzled about the mechanics once it gets going, but what starts it is a mystery,” Dr. Eisen says. “We think that Guillain- Barre may be theresultof an immune reaction.” Many victims recal] they had a cold, sore throat or flu a few weeks before the disease appears. Others had an inoculation of some kind. Several people came down with the disease after receiving swine flu shots two years ago. “4 Dr. Eisen says although the disease is rare, most medical students see a few cases during their studies and most general, prac- titioners can diagnose it. On the average, seven to 10 cases are admitted to the Neurological Institule each year, Dr. Eisen says he has seen about 100 cases in 10 years, and all survived. Canada spending twelve million dollars to clean up U.S.S.R satellite debris UNITED NATIONS (CP) — Canada told the main UN space body Wednesday that 10) kilograms of debris—- some of it dangerously radioactive—has been recovered so far from the Soviet Cosmos satellite that disintegrated over the Northwest Territories last Jan, 24. The cost of the widespread search covering an area of approximately 80,000 square tdlometres has reached $12 million, Canadian delegate Eric Wang said. ; In an interview, Wang in- dicated that it may be at least a couple of months before Canada presents a bill to the Soviet Union for the clean-up, but it will be much lower than the total cost. He noted that the $12 million included many fixed ex- , such as salaries of el involved and the coats to the United States which tock part in the search. PAYMENT SOUGHT Wang said the bill to be presented to the Soviet Union probably would be in the range of $3 million to #4 million, depending on what the final costs are and how long the clean-up goes on. During the debate in the UN committee on the peaceful uses of outer space, Canada also told the Soviet Union that there might be turther co-pperation between the two countries on the disposal of the satellite’s ra- _ doactive debris. Wang said there is provision under the 1968 ent on the return of astronauts and the return of space objects for Canada to ask the Soviet Union to take delivery of the radioactive debris and dispose of it outside Canada. Dispegal and payment of coats would be taken up bilaterally with the Soviet Union, But it would be premature at this stage to pursue the disposal question because pieces are still to be wun- covered in the search. The Canadian thinking is that some of the debris will be “het” for a long time and the Canadian government shouldn’t have to bear the expenses of safeguarding it in its own storage bins. The debris was brought back in stages from Yellowknife to Edmonton and finally’ to Winnipeg, where its been stored in the huge bins of the nuclear re- search establishment run by the Atomie Energy Board of Canada. “They're just putting it down there for the time being,” a source said, DISPOSAL PONDERED Canada feels that at some future stage it will have to decide whether to dispose of the debris on its own or ask the Soviet Union to take delivery and dispose of it outside Canada. In his address to the com- mittee, Wang gave an up- dated report on the Cosmos clean-up. ‘The first, or winter phase of the search called Operation Morning Light ended in late April with the beginning of. the spring break-up. During this three-month period, satellite debris was found scattered’ at widely- dispersed locations over an’ area approximately the size of Austria. The components ranged In magnitude from 20 kilograms down ta particles the size of peppercorns and even smaller, “Altogether, a total of ap- proximately 100 kitograms of debris has been recovered to date,’ Wang said. Many of these pieces were found to be radioactive at various levels of intensity. Two pieces were recover: registering 200 to 500 roentgens per hour, which would be lethal after a few hours of close contact. The larger pieces have been located primarily along the trajectory af Cosmos 94, but a number of small particles, some so small that they are essentially in- visible, have fallen in a loose pattern south of the main path of the satellite and now are inown to haveextended inty northern Saskatchewan and probably Alberta, ; Oy here Part of one rack of the $95,000 worth of clothing to go on sale at the Green Room, Terrace Hotel, at 1:30teday. ALL IN THE NAME NEWCASTLE, England (CP) — The name of the assistant te the Newcastle manager of E.M. Denny and Ca, the “Pigmeat Specialists,” is A. Pigg. ROBBING THE CRADLE HALESOWEN, England (CP) — The youngest cricket umpire inthe area is 15-year- old Shaun Thickett of Halesowen, who got a Grade 1 pass with 91 per cent in the examination of the Midland Counties Umpire Associ- ation. POISON HANDED IN. NORTHAMPTON, England (CP) — Medicines worth &20,-000, including enough poison {to kill 7,000 people, were handed in during a 12-day campaign in Northhamptonshire — te dispose of old drugs. STORE HAS EFFECT LONDON (CP) — Harrods store in Knightsbridge has a strange effect on some of its customers, says magistrate Kenneth Harington. He says that once inside Harrods, gome people seem to help themselves tefl, right and centre.” *K name oF FUNCTION PLACE « Time About 30,000 cases of Olympia beer, brewed in Olympia, Wash., have been arriving in the Greater Vancouver area each day and have been distributed through government stores, she said, Pub managers said Schlitz will probably sell for bet- ween $1 and $1.25 a bottle. Many B.C. resideits in communities close to the U.S. border have been going south for their own ship- ments, paying $2.45 a dozen in taxes and duties. Those trying to avoid the charge by amuggling the beer must pour it out if caught. ‘We've had about 50 people a day doing this since thestrike,"’ said one customs offictal. Bleak Tidings OTTAWA (CP) — Some bleak economic news faces: Finance Minister Jean Chretien and his provincial colleagues at a oneday meeting in Winnipeg today. Their conference, originally scheduled as a two-day event, is to consider the short-and medium-term economic outlook for Canada and to start planning for another economic summit between Prime Minister Trudeau and provincial pre- miers in November, Here are some of the statistics they must con- sider: —A real economic growth: rate in the firat three months this year of only 2.8 per cent, cn an annual basis, instead of the five per cent the government wants. A nine-per-cent May in- flation rate, rather than the | CELL gir, atin four per cent predicted by this time when wage and price controls were imposed in October, 1975. —A national unem- ployment rate of 8.4 per cent seasonally adjusted in May, the highest rate since the 1930s, with more than 900,000 out of work, —A weak capital in- vestment pleture that saw businessmen reduce . their volume of spending on new production operations in the first quarter this year to the lowest level iri the last three years. STILL OPTIMISTIC Against this background, Chretien remains optimistic, telling a Toronto audience recently that the economy should out-perform that of most other countries in 1978 despite the fact there is “pressure both on the ac- celerator and the brake.”’ He = a THE HERALD, Thursday, July 6, 1978, PAGE 3 B.C. Drinkers’ Drought Saved By U.S. Beer John Langley, businesx agent for the Canadian Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers which represents the workers, said the union is allowing the distribution of U.S. beer be- cause it feels it may place additional prossure on employers to return to bargaining. He also said that the new Pacific Gold beer, now being prepared for sale at a Prince George brewery, will be allowed into the provincial government's distribution system. He said the brewery workers there have not signed a formal contract but are considered part of the union. for Chretien was referring to the dangers of renewed inflation together with weak business and consumer spending. As the finance ministers start laying the ground work for this fall's economic conference, a follow-up to the one held in Ottawa in February, Chretien likely will again stress the im- portance of containing in- flationary prices. ’ With the gradual lifting of wage and price controls be- tween now and year-end, the federal government has se- lected rising inflation, rather than high unemployment, as - its main target for policy action through 1978. There are some prickly federal-provincial issues on this meeting’s agenda as well, The federal budget move of April, convincing the provinces to temporarily | \ cr > ~, ‘“ POecon, | Ay TT Len ' aS 4 mrs ] ha AAp Ut f av is 7) 1\ : KKK IKK KA KKK KKKKKK KK Local. 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