4 . ' ose . «¥en we Wie prs Le we Oe emi Peres te Cee ae A4 - Wednesday, May 12, 1982 - North Shore News the world outside... By UNITED PRESS CANADA STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Treasury Secretary Donald T. Regan predicted Tuesday that U.S. interest rates would be “much lower” by the end of the year. He also said the U-S. inflation rate rose only | percent over the past three months, the lowest in years, and that he expects the rate to stay down for a considerable penod. “We see no reason for WARSAW, Poland — Poland expelled two American diplomats over U.S. protests and stepped up a campaign against Western correspondents reporting the activities of the Solidarity un- derground. The USS. flatly rejected charges Monday that science officer John Zerolis and cultural affairs officer Dan Howard were acting against the Polish state. They were ordered out of Poland by Friday. The action against the diplomats came amid a shrill campaign by Polish Embassy OTTAWA Minister Lamontagne demed ai Conservative MF’s charge that promotional practices in the Canadian Armed Forces favored fran Defense Gilles Tucsday cophones “The promotional pohhcres arc based on ment” Lamontagne told a House of Commons Mosc Oo W The Sovict Lntons offteaal Tass news agency Ducsday dismissed President Keagan 5 disarmament proposais asa manocuver designed tooumprove tas image on the eve of ao trip tor b areopee This dtaplay of peace LY ee eC in the Presnlent s address was ia Nee Cvsaery corte CBSO fae pulbte. opinion io order be che ate bee thee cerned tvcenns fave Ubve realization oof trsabstaristis Uta thre Lower U.S. interest predicted Soviets dismiss U.S. proposals inflation to come back again during an economic recovery,” he said. He said that while the Reagan administration is not responsible for the present high rate of U.S. unemploynment, topping 10 million, Washington is concerned. Unfortunately, “Une- mployment is the laggard in an economic recovery,” he said, ad- ding that “we don’t see it coming down that soon or that quickly.” Poland condemns reporters officials and the media against Western correspondents in Warsaw and Western broadcasts on stations such as Radio’ Free Europe. Polish television launched a series aiming at discrediting Radio Free Europe, and used a film chip of dissident Jacek Kuron saying the station had “distorted” in- formation. Milhons of Poles listen to foreign Polish- language broadcasts that have a higher degree of credibility than Poland's censored official media Discrimination in forces? Committee on Natonal Defense “We try to be as fair as possible © He was replying to Tory MP Dan McKen me's accusation that the Human Rights Com mission oof Canada has been conducting an investigavion since — last Junc Into alleged language = disc mmination in the promotional practices of the forces news agence y said Uinkike a milder reas thon office sal carly from the sem Novosti agen y the Tass statement made no mention of Keagans talk of dhabopuc with the Soviet Ulnion What was tecally news that the wos Presidents speech combined fateres othonms and altacks coer ttre Nersaet Co gpecrm anal HEN pede y whoeh have brews oc aNtOmary owtth pore sent Amicris an le aclens bavs vase! Cuts disappoint WV FROM PAGE A1 last month in revenue-sharing tribution to budgets. As a result, West Van suffered a net Iss. of $830,000 in anticipated 1982 revenues to cover municipal services -- expenditures on Victoria's con- municipal Trustees happy over taxes ITS OFFICIAL. West Vancouver taxpayers will only have to pay $8,147,850 towards their local school tax levy, in 1982 down from $9,403,110 from last year. And they have no one else to thank but the provincial government's new school tax finance formula which will now cover 60 per cent of the cost of pubhc education in West Vancouver. West Van_ school passed ius tax rate board bylaw *~ Embrace which are up by about 16 per cent ($28,684,500 compared to $24,712,400 in 1981) due in part to last fall's costly flood followed by heavy winter snow. Despite the toss. of revenue from the province, equivalent to about $75 per household, council decided against any cutback in Monday night, setting out a gross expenditure of $20,602,122, which means the provincial government will pick up $12,454,272. That compares with only $159,340 in 1981. “This should be good news for all those involved,” said a delighted school board chairman, Mark Sager. 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