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‘| SPAGHETTI SCOFFING ‘MAYORS ‘got the: Kinsmen
campaign for the disabled off to. a light-hearted: but. heavy.

= spaghetti eating contest in North Vancouver Tuesday. District Mayor
- Don Bell shoveled down a plateload in 3. win. 45 sec.

while Mayor Der-

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eat

“tel Hamphreys showed how ft's done in West Van, cating more sedately.

. By NOEL WRIGHT

‘Matters vitally affecting the safety "of “West
Vancouver residents.are being brushed aside by
the - provincial: government: ‘departments
responsible, says ‘a frustrated Mafor Derrick

Humphreys. “In effect, they just tell us to ran
“ away and play.”

In an interview last week ambulance services.
with The News Mayor — A freight train accident
Humphreys charged Vic- December 22 near the Lions
torla with evading urgently Gate Bridge came close to
needed action on the causing a. disastrous ox-
transportation of hazardous plosion when ‘@ micthanol
materials. through West tank'car was ruptured. West

Vancouver and on the © Van Fire Department was
municipality's | «

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and falling to finish the: ‘plateful. The: ‘Contest, at Mothers Restaurant,‘was.
won by North Shore » News circulation department smplozee Dan Rogers

trolling the inferno.

“West. Van council
promptly went on record

calling for a public inquiry
by Transport Minister Alex

Fraser.
Last Thursday, more than

- four weeks later, Humphreys
finally received a reply from
Fraser's ministry rejecting a
public inquiry “at this time”,
The letter from Victoria

said an. internal staff inquiry

was, being conducted, the
findings ot which would be
confidential. |

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