yand .his civil . guard
_ followers “freed = “350
parliament ‘deputies: held
hostage for 17 hours,
ending -. a _ dramatic

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Spencer -in . a - royal
wedding this summer,
Queen Elizabeth. an-
Romeced Tuesday.

‘The. ‘Official ammounce-
Palace ended moriths of
speculation that the 32-
year-old prince had found

press about possible
romances almost every

WASHINGTON (UPI) -
President Reagan ¢x-
pressed strong interest
Tuesday in ai summit
mecting with Sovict
leader Leonid Brerhnev
and said the United States
has “no intention” of
getting mired, Vicmam-
style, in the war in El
Salvador

a summit in an address to

OTTAWA (UPC) - Con-
servative Party con-
vention organizers
Tuesday said “schoolboy
tricks” by one clement
inside the party should
not have any bearing on
the outcome of Friday's
vote to accept or reject a
leadership review.

Some Quebec
delegates to the con-

"seul Sexe vencaday

his bride. Stories had .
circulated in the British .-

for a. return to a0 Aitey
rule after a simultaneous
rebellion. planned in
eastern Spain fizzled and
Juan...Carlos stood firm

of the ‘eighth earl of
Spencer. She is an 11th
cousin to Prince Charies

Michael Shea, the

Queen's press secretary,

Reagan wants
Soviet summit

the 26th Communist
Party congress in
y-

“I was most interested
in his suggestion and it is
something that now we
will discuss,”

Asked whether there
was ai possibility the
United States could
become involved in
Salvador, Reagan

it’s part of a Victnam
syndrome, but we have
no intention of that kind
of involvemcnt.”

Clark cheques
were phoney

vention were mailed fake
$1,000 cheques with an
accompanying Ictter on
photocopies of Tory
leader Joc Clark's
stationary. The § Ietters
were aimed at
discrediting Clark and
implied that they would
be paid off, if they voted
against a review.

hair, is the. youngest child _

insta reported incidents in

‘1979. to 1262 in 1980, an
increase of almost 12 per
cent.

And the total value of
goods stolen in the
municipality more than
doubled from $660,290 to
$1,437,774 in 1980.

The spokesman pointed
out that this did not
necessarily mean that more

property was stolen. He said
that inflation accounted for
a large part of the increase in
the value of stolen goods.

The fact that jewellery
became a prime target
during break-ins also ac-
counted for tthe imcrease,
because of the leap in the
value of precious metals last

But the increase in
criminal activity was mat-
ched by more arrests and
enforcement by the police
department.

The total number of adults
arrested increased almost

Gifte

children

get forum

~The West Vancouver
School Board will sponsor a
public forum on gifted
children March 26.
The forum is being held to

discuss the -needs of gifted _
-¢hildren and: how the-school -

system can best adapt to
their needs.

It will be held at the In-
structional Materials Centre
at Hollyburn Elementary
School and is one four
hearings sponsored by the
West Van School Board
each year.

The announcement was
made Monday night at a
meeting of the West Van-
couver School Board. A
time for the forum will be
announced later.

(
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mn

‘juveniles arested ‘dropped

‘Wwhile~ =the

slightly.
_ The number of ‘traffic

increased by 21 per cent to
1,861.

There was only.one traffic
fatality in West Van last year
but the total. number of
injuries -caused by auto
accidents increased by 25
per cent. ,

Police nabbed 238 im-
paired drivers in 1980
compared to 212. ‘

Inflation also affected the.

value of property. damage -
due to auto accidents: and

The
damaged in. 1980
Oe $2. 168, 256 compared. to
just over $1.6 million the
revious year.
P There was some good
news for police as the
number of reported frand
cases dropped 16.5 per cent,
assault cases declined by 12
per cent and the number of
stolen autos also decreased. |
Although _ the ‘police
spokesman said that ‘the
figures definitely showed an

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