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November 27, 1985 News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222 Circulation 986-1337 60 pages 25¢

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Motions made by Ald.
Dana Taylor to control
municipal election cam-
paigning were met with
anger from three aldermen
who were alleged to have
been supported anonymous-
ly by Daon Developments in
the Nov. 16 election.

The three aldermen, Ralph
Hall, Stella Jo Dean, Allan
Blair, and candidate Elko
Kroon were all elected.

Taylor’s proposals includ-
ed putting a ceiling on elec-
tion spending, having can-
didates account for financial
backing they receive and
having supporters register
their names and donations
with the city.

But before Taylor could
tread out his motion, Ald.

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In his opening statement
Monday to the B.C.
Supreme Court jury hearing
the trial of William) James
Shaw, Celle said evidence
would show that Shaw was
negligent and not physically
up to diving during a lesson
given to Ron Lawrence and
36-year-old Vancouver resi-
dent Knud Laursen.

Laursen drowned shortly
after 6:30 p.m. April 27,
1984 while switnming in ap-
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ACCUSATIONS and cries of protest filled North
Vancouver City chambers Monday night.

Ralph Hall stated it was out

of order, because the
municipality does not have
the power to rule on election
standards. ,

“Such a bylaw would
carry no weight, because we.
have no authority,’ Halli
stated. ‘Does this council
allow someone to proceed
with an illegal motion?’’

City clerk Ed Raymond
suggested amendments to the
motion, such as directing the
recommendations to the
provincial government,
which would allow Taylor to
proceed.

But Hall was not satisfied:

See Taylor
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THE drowning death of a scuba diving student in

off West Vancouver’s Whytecliff
Marina resulted from improper instructor super-
vision according to Crown prosecutor Don Celle.

drowning’ both Lawrence
and Laursen had been in-
structed by Shaw to make a
100-foot swim from the dock
they were on to the shore.
Shaw, according to the
testimony of Laursen’s
friend Elaine Lindbjerg, had
told her that though he
normally dived with his stu-
dents, he had been feeling ill
that day and had therefore
supervised from his van
parked on the wharf, ‘
In his testimony Monday,
Lawrence told the court that
Shaw instructed both he and
See Instructor
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