ee —EEE———————eE= VICTORIA (UPC) - The political squabbling that occupied the British Columbia Legislature most of this week was erupted with charges of misconduct against a deputy minister and an Opposition request to the B.C. chief justice to place RCMP guards in the legislature offices of two cabinet ministers. New Democrat house leader Frank Howard asked B.C. Chief Justice Nathan Nemetz late Thursday night to seal the offices and files of Deputy Attorney General ‘Vogel accused of misconduct Richard Vogel, Attorn¢y General Allan Williams and Intergovernmental Relations Minister Garde Gardom, the former attorney general. The request came after allegations of official impropriety against Vogel in a CBC-TV Vancouver newscast. Howard, MLA for Skeena, said he sent a telegram to Nemetz asking for “immediate action.” The CBC said Vogel had used his office to influence the course of justice on behalf of friends and associates. Mair denies diptheria report VICTORIA (UPC) - Reports of a case of diphteria in the Fort St. John area have been denied by Provincial Health Minister Rafe Mair. “Press reports that a case has been reported there are erroneous,” he said Thursday. Mair said the recent outbreak of diphtheria at an elementary school in Prince George em- phasised the importance of protecting children from communicable diseases. The school has been closed until March 17 to ensure that the outbreak has been effectively contained, he said. He said there have been four reported cases of diphtheria in B.C. last year and an average of 12 a year over the past five years. “I hope the publicity given to this outbreak will convince all parents to have their children immunized against communicable diseases,” he said. El Salvador in a state of seige SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (UPI) - El Salvador’s ruling junta has expropriated about 60 per cent of the nation’s richest farmland held by a tiny elite and imposed state of siege in an at- tempt to avert civil war. The fragile junta an- nounced Thursday its long-awaited agrarian reform program that will affect 35 per cent of the total farmland in El Salvador, including 60 per cent of its most fertile land. In an effort violent to deter resistance by Former NHL chief wealthy landowners vehemently opposed to the reform or leftist peasants who have oc- cupied privately owned haciendas, the junta also imposed a state of siege lifting most constitutional guarantees. Officials said the 30- day state of siege lifted freedom of travel not only inside the country. but to and from tt as well. It also banned freedom of the press. freedom of privacy in personal correspondence and freedom of association without permission fined $25,000 MONTREAL «UPC: Former Nathonal Hockey League Prestdent Clarence Campbell yudged to be in too poor health to serve anything more than a “symbolic term, Fmday was sen tenced to one day in yatl and fined $25,000 on a charge of conspiring ta buy a senator sinflucnce Superntoe Court Judge Melein Rothman gave Campbells 4 three months fo pay the fine and said default of payment Could lead to an additional three month prison term FROM PAGE A1 made to remove the possibility of liability to the municipality, following a precident set in Penticton in which the city- was held liable after a boy died when diving off a swim float. However, West not only calls council’s decision 2 “serious error” but : maintains the cumstances in West Van- couver bear no resemblance to those in Penticton, whose beaches are not guarded and whose rafts are not super- vised. He says the raft is of key importance to Ambleside lifeguarding operations, directly related to beach geography and municipal budget. safety cir- Because of the curvature and the length of Ambleside beach, which stretches from Capilano River to 13th. Street, there is no single vantage point from where & lifeguard can observe the entire beach, West main- tains. He adds that the number of lifeguards to effectively A patrol the entire beach is considerably larger than the municipal lifeguarding budget. -- The swimming float, he says, overcomes the problem by inviting swimmers to congregate in a single, small area which can be super- vised more easily. Keeping swimmers within the confines of a supervised area is. particularly im- portant at Ambleside, West Bridge owners FROM PAGE A1 under $1.4 million. John Mackay, © sales manager for Vancouver Wharves, said his company lost 40 percent of its normal tonnage while the bridge was out but would not speculate . on the dollar value of the loss. Canadian Wheat Board manager Ed Isaac said the board had lost about $100 million, preventing what “could have been a record -year.” Several terminal managers said they were still trying to figure out their loss totals. However, a North Van- couver Chamber of Com- merce director estimated Thursday that the bridge shutdown may have cost North Van waterfront § in- dustnes upward of $30 million. Menard said the railway expected to move more than the pre-accident daily average of | 000 cars for the next few weeks to build up depleted stockpiles of grain, coal and other commodities at North Vancouver ter- minals. Deep-sea_ vessels would not be able to pass under the bridge’s lowered lift-span to load -or unload cargos at docks further up Burrard Inlet for 10 to 12 days while CNR replaced cables on the span, Menard said. But rail traffic would not be disturbed. A Canadian Coast Guard report blamed the accident on the ship's master and pilot, who decided to proceed through the Second Narrows section of the inlet, where the CNR bnrdge is located, despite “known poor visibility in the area at the time.” float removal ‘serious error’ insists, because of various hazards. ae He points out it is im- perative to keep swimmers away from the sailing club and marina west of the beach and from the treacherous waters of Lions Gate and the river mouth to the east. Ambleside's raft, he says, is closely supervised and is “an integral part of a carefully planned guarding operation.” West points out: “proof of the effectiveness of this operation lies with at- tendance figures. Last summer almost 8,000 people swam safely within the confines of Ambleside’s supervised swim area. He offers council three only accept $1.4m. of bridge damages Trough water choices to maintain safety at Ambleside: 1. Reverse “an unwise decision” and continue using the float; lifeguards, equipment and communications equipment: 3. Erect a high fence alon: the entire length of Am bleside beach to keep th public from harm and th municipality from the threat: of liability. West concludes: “I trust,” in the name of public safety, : council will reassess its: decision to discontinue the use of a float at Ambleside * and will take corrective actions to undo any wrong’ that has been done.” BARBARA - now at La Coupe de Ville, invites all her friends and customers to visit her at her new location. 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