F) e ae wy ates rece eee Ringuette, a Grade 12 student, took top Ringuette tled at second spot In Mathematics contest against 29,000 secondary students in 1981, | From best In the west Ih. 1981, Caledonia Secondary student Marc. Ringuette has gone to Best in Canada this year. ‘mathematics contest sponsored by the University of Waterloo. ! LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY : | en ee PARLIMENT BUILDINGS =, ren a A WBW Aza This year he took top spot in a senlor contest competing against " 4,700 other senior secondary students from across the country. ‘Astraight “A” student at. Caledonia, Ringuette plans to pursue his studies at the unlversity.level, either at the University of British Columbia or the University of, Victoria, bealaning next. fall. honors In a natlon-wide . the Canadian Junior ‘ 4 Tuesday, May. 25, 1982 Armia “growing ‘peculation that Bae orces a recapture the Falklands within days, Prime Minister Margaret has warned she will veta any United’ Nations, ceasefire proposal that fails to include a total withdrawal of - Argentine forces from, the disputed South Atlantic islands. In some of her toughest language in the seven-week -confltet, Thatcher told Parliament today: "There can be no ceasefire wittiout full withdrawal of all’ ‘Argentine troops. Our objective i ig to retake the: Falklands, They are British - sovereign territory and we ‘wish: to” restore British . ad- ministration,” Her remarks hardened the. stance her government took | during talks on at least acven peace plans” following the Argentine invasion April 2.:Those efforts collapsed last week and Britain invaded the Islands. Asked how Britain would react if the Security Council _ passed a resolution calling for a halt:in the fighting, she said: “If necessary we shall have to use. the veto." — _ In fighting Monday, Britain claimed it shot down eight more Argentine planes, puit said it lost its third warship, the frigate Antelope, blown up-by an Argentine bomb. Britain’ now claims. to have destroyed..a third. ‘of the ‘Argeritine Air Force: Despite the latest battles, Vatican officials said. today | Pope John Paul. was definitely travelling to Britain on Friday for his historic six-day visit. Vatican sources said he - may later make a “balancing visit” to Argentina, where’ 95 per cent of the people are Roman Catholic. . The Pope has unsuccessfully pleaded for.a “ceasefire in the conflict and it was earller feared he would serap t the trip to Britain to avoid angering Argentina. In Washington, U.S. State Secretary. Alexander Haig told ‘a White House meeting today that Britain is approachinga “position to bring the war “to an early conclusion,’ House Republican leader Robert Michel said, He offered no details, but British military officials haye * predicted they will retake | the heavily defended Falklands “ ”. capital within days, - , At the United Nations, Ireland submitted a resolution to "the Security Council calling for a:72-hour ceasefire while" “Sunday, was abandoned and sank ‘Monday-after the crew * Secretary. General Javier Perez. de Cuellar made another _ attempt t to negotiate ¢ a ‘peseaful solution. British Defence SAY WINNIPEG + (ep) ne heads of tutions affiliated with” the Canadian-Labor’ ‘Congress gave their *‘commitinent i in blogd” to resist demands for wage: cuts — opening the door. * - to further layoffs. and plant. elgautes, Dennis : MeDermott " said Monday. a evap ot McDermott; president ol the CLC; fold a news conference’ - ~ he asked thé leaders of the CLC's 90 affiliates; representing . ‘about ‘two. million’ ‘workers, to: ‘personally agreeé:to-support © : ‘the policy: just: passed by more than. 2, 500 delegates at the, cuc's national, policy ‘convention. ~ 2 me Tote, 635. 728: SN . Me ‘ i ‘Workers, afid. the’ Industry. this: fail. McDermott: said he. wanted to ensure the witon's hard-line stand « or ‘concessions ey ; WESTEND CHEVRON ry bpeie 25 cents Established 1908 Volume 76 No.-99 eo . 7 t by an 1 Argonticd tomb ‘hat loaged unexploded i in nthe ship’ ‘s enginercom and was set off by technicians trying to defusa it. 7 Britain's troops retake the islands. _ In Buenos Aires, the military junta warned that ‘the war could expand and hinted it may seek help from its Latin - allies and the Soviet Union. Defence Minister Amadeo . Frugoli told the United States to stop supporting Britain’ in” the seven-week conflict. British war corresporidants reported Waves. of Argentine ~ Mirage and. Skyhawk jets.made three attacks Monday ‘afternoon on the invasion task force in Falkland Sound off’ the British, beachhead. “It was the third auch attack 1 in four - days. - - The British Defence Ministry said its Harrier jets’ and — canti-aireratt fire from the ships and ‘shore batteries ‘Brought ‘down eight of the attackers, , This raised to 64 the total number of Argentlné, aircraft : “ shot down or destroyedon the ground, Nott told the Halse of Commons more than’one-third of the. Argentine air force has been: destroyed, and more ships are. arriving © to strengthen ‘the British’ task force. : The ‘Argentine government admitted ‘the loss of ‘two fighters Monday-and said the raiders inflicted. serious’ damage to a. troopship and. damage ‘to a’ frigate.- The Argentine Embassy in Washington said the troopship was - the 44,000-ton cruiser liner Canberra, ‘which the British "government requisi ‘loned to carry the invasion force to the _ - South Atlantic, but this was not confirmed in London. ~ Instead, British . Defence Ministry spokesman: Jan ’ McDonald said only that ome ships may have been. ‘ man waskilled and five injured, apparently when the bomb exploded. The later announcement. said “there . were no — ‘further reports of casualties.” ‘ “The Anlelopé was the second British frigate reported lost, asister ship the Ardent having been sunk during the landing last Friday. The destroyer Sheffield also sank May 8 after being hit:by.an, missile froman Argentine plane, but the . frigates and three cruisers. Commons. He-said’ the British still have a diffieult fight © ahead but “one thing is certain, the days, ‘af the occupying Argentine garrison are numbered.” - ‘ “The task force: commander has been told to: repossess . he said in an interview ‘with the, BBC. ' Prime ‘Minister’ Margaret Thatcher rejeclei an appeal from Pope John Paul to Britain and. Argentina for a -..ceasefire. Asserting that “our .cause is just,” she said - - Britain will not stop fighting-until Argentine soldiers with. drew from the British colony they seized April.2. “To do otherwise wauld leave the. aggressor in occupation * ~and in possession of the rewards of military adventure,” she said. ; : Victoria, B.C. Coe ede Peay Os | a * Methanol: ‘plant ended Friday when the Carpenters. ‘tind > we ceiornawed at prifie The Defence Ministry announced eatlier Monday that one | British force has three other destroyers, at least aix other, vo “There is no question ofa truce,” Nott told the House of © : the. Falkland Islands at the ‘earliest possible opportunity,” re '-Mlorald Batt Welter . "wrt IMAT. >A four day ‘shut’ down -of" ‘the Oeio voted to. return. to work. a The carpenters had throwii up‘a picket line at' the Ocelot construction’ site: ‘Monday, protesting a. breaksiown in ’. bargaining towards @ new. contract. : Friday, after. four days of negotiations bitween’ Pattee: “‘Laveli , the firm: building the plant, and, the. Carpenters - Union in Vancouver, the carpenters voted: to acrept a new contract and returned to work, The-settlement was reached Thursday night; only hours +-after an earlier settlement had been rejected by the unica “members in Kitimat... - Farther negotiations: which clarified: contract: terms brought about an acceptable settlement, say union officials, No details of the settlement have. beep released, but - Carpenters Union officials indicate the agreement may be precedent setting for the rest of the construction industry. .. Earlier statements by Partec-officials had indicated the ‘major stumbling block had been the carpenters demand for . parity with plumbers - in wage rates, Plumbers. have _ traditionally received higher, wages -than carpenters. throughout the construction industry. . Close to 700 workers honored the picket line erected by the carpenters, one of several trades working. at the site, | - about 70 workers are members of the carpenters union, "Howard critical . Herald Saft Weiter ; VICTORIA — NDP House: leader Frank. Howard has charged ‘the provincial government with misleading the public and potentially leading the province into ‘a heavy. debt load. Howard says the B.C. Buildings Corporation (BCBC) and the B.C. Systems Corporation are borrowing to pay off exlating loans; This is precisely the. kind of financial transection whieh has gotten the federal government so heavily into debt, - ’ Howard says, adding he is concerned that B c, is: drifting ' along the same-path. -Both crown corporations were ‘created to enable ‘the : government to horrow’'for traditional government functions without having the appearance of debt, < “By borrowing in the namerof the ‘Crown Corporation, the public is supposed to ‘believe that the government. has: no debt,” Howard says. “By borrowing to pay existing loans. © we are following ‘the ‘path blazed by Pierre Trudeau in saddling the taxpayers with- high interest, costs and the burden of.debt." . ' Howard points to two recent authorizations to borrow made by thé minister of finance and the provincial-Cabinet as examples of: this: “process. - - On Friday ‘May 5, he says the minister. of finance’ an- ‘nounced that BCBC-will borrow. $60 millon. to re-finance existing loans due ta expire April.30. The funds, ‘will be pis tne cent. epee HERDTRGLE ‘On April 22, Cabinet pas order suihorizing the B, C. “Systems ‘Cotporation. to borrdw .$10 million from the ‘ Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ‘to redeem cer- _ tifleates. previously. issued by- the corporation, ‘Howard says, |, "The interest cost of these new loans will’ form part o ‘of the user-charges levied, by B.C. Systems and BCBC against the - government. - These - will- cause -higher.-expenditures - of taxpayers funds simply to-service additional al debt, Howard Bays. “Apa appointed _ - man secretariat. of the Communist party Central: Com- mittee ' appears: to improve hig chances of succeeding — - President Leonid. Brezhnev. . _. Andropov's, new position was announced Monday after a special meeting of the Central Committee. He fills the spot _ left by | the death last January of Mikhail Suslov, the No. 2 man in the Soviet leadership. . The committee also named Viadimalr Dalgikh, 57, the | Secretarial member-responsible for heavy: industry, to the . party’s Politburo i ‘as_a-candidate, or non-voting, member. ° Soviet sources said they expect Andropov. to give up his - . : ‘position, ag ‘Head of the Committee on State Security’, or: “KGB. Western. diplomatic - observers.“ say. continued. “damaged a _-British-Roman Catholic. leaders said the. Pope will arrive... ~ Argentina : also sejetthat its aint ‘aircratt: guns shot downa , in London Friday as scheduled for’ the first papal visit to ': Harrier jet a British raid Monday-on Stanley, the ‘Britain despite'earlier suggestions that he would not risk ‘Falktandstapital on the east coast of East Falkland and 67" ~ kilometres enst of. the British beachhead.’ The. British Defence. Ministry ‘confirmed that. ships and. planes ofthe | ‘task force. boribarded the- Stanley airfield, but paid: “All . our aircraft returned safely." 7 - “The British announced’ that: the 3, 350-Lon ‘Antelope, which . had- been reported afire after an Argentine air ‘attack’. angering Argentine Catholics by” visiting, the other side” while the war was.on,. ~ “The visit is on, and the Pope i is looking forward to being © * still yearns for peace; but heis coming to’ share our. ‘life as it” is. He has. no last-minute reservations. i tee ) Vatiean ‘officials said the pontiff may. ‘not mieat “with . Thatcher '— a move she suggested — and other political _ leaders. lo stress the “religious and d pastoral nature" of his _ _ visit. . . : Was unable to ‘get control: ‘of the flames. Press Association, * the domestic British news agency, said the fire was btarted, ee 1 workers v will lose what it: took years: to. gain, ' . Moments before. the delegates voted tu reject wage, “consession demands, McDermott reminded them support,” “for the. policy... méarit rank- and-file members will have. to. ; back it “to the’ bitter end:”” Moe, Whether. that mieans “a. national’ ‘general- attike: or: a ti national work stoppage: will. bei deterinined duing the! w k- dong: -convention, "| ‘ “Asked why he took the sitios, MeDesmott said: “Maybe . we don’t trust éach other, Idon’t know. I wanted’to make sure Thad their edminitment i in n blood from each’ and, every ’ ONE and I got'it.'”..; ; Oe - He said employers will continue to. shut down plants but : “they must, ‘understand ‘We mean business. ‘and we! ‘not a poing : down that’ (concession). Toute ta erack“In‘the dam." “.~: a ; a ’ Pointing to the. speoming, talks between thie ‘Uilted 1 Auta villegally.: oe: — wba _. _ oc with us," said Archbishop Derek Worlack of Liverpool. “He a Privalely, some say! tahk-and ine me beré expecially. ] federal : ‘publig: serrate wll bé- reluctant to. strike “association ‘with thefeared -secret pollee could’ hinder Andropov' 8 chances of succeeding Brezhnev, who is 75, ailing and drops “aut ‘of Public view with increasing . frequency. ‘The announcement ‘of Andropov's new. ‘post, by ‘the ‘coimntry’ 8 official news agency did not.say he would Inherit _ the power and influence wielded by Susloy, the keeper of the. "party’s ideological purity, the man ‘responsible for ensuring =~ thet the policies of both the Soviet govefhment and other - Communist governments reflected the Kremilis’ B Maratst- . Leninist line.” . Suslov . was irivolved in every aspect ‘of Siviet poliey ‘ ~-although he generally remained behind the scenes. Should — -, Andropév inherit’‘his ideological responsibillties, it’ would . give hiti-a major tage fro from whleh to.reach for Brezhnev’ 8. mantle. > But. Andropov’ ‘So position should’ be. strengthened, - regardless, by--his -accession tothe ‘Central Committee ©: secretarial. In’ every lea idership ‘struggle since Joseph . Stalin won the fight to'succeed Viadimir Lenin in the 1920s, _theparty secretariat has held the keys to power in Moscow. “The secretariat controls the appointment. of,Communist cafficials throughout the Soviet: Union. An’ ambitious Soviet: ° . politican can use & post in the secretariat to put people loyal’ . eading contender, to, suckead Brezhnev. : — The appointment of Yuri Andropov, ‘the 7- "year-old chief of the Soviet secret police, to the 10- . . upport | in. ‘a struggle. a “Konstantin C Chietnenko, ‘Ibis. widely’ regatdedas the the, r won't be undereut by other unions. er Sore | “Bob White“(UAW Canadian. héad).. doesn’t “want. ‘the oo * employer- wrapping. a-number of unions that have rade oo ' concessions around his neck.” * ; Prime Minister ‘Trideau has repeatedly called tor worker restraint, baying higher wage settlements here thar in the _ United. States make It difficult to’be competitive. | - . Trudead and other calinet jninisters have also chastised “anions for not reopening contracts and accepting wage cuts and concessions on benefils. © 7 oe o 8 Way Buy NEW? WHEN.USEDWILL Do! | De you want paris to fix up your car byt your. budget . . won't allow it? 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