Page AA, July 29 1979 - Sunday News OTTAWA (UPC) - Finance Minister John Crosbie says the Con- servatives are not bound. by their election promises because Canadians voted against the Liberals rather than for Tory promises. ; Crosbie’s statement, made at a _ boisterous news conference Thursday, drew almost immediate reaction from former Finance Minister Jean Chretien who called his successor ‘“in- tellectually dishonest.” - 2 Mexican oil spill | promises-Crosbie Crosbie was repeatedly asked if the government's economic plans included enacting the numerous . promises made during the election campaign. - He said the people of Canada voted against- then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, “and that being the case, they did not vote for a stimulative deficit, or they didn’t vote for any of the things that the PC Party put before _ the public. to double in size MEXICO CITY (UPI) - Mexico admits the world’s largest oil spill probably wili double in size before the leak in the Gulf of Mexico can be Petroleos Mexicanos Director General Jorge Diaz Serrano late last week called the spill “a grave accident,” but added, it “does not have catastrophic dimen- sions.” ' Spanish terrorists confess to crimes | MADRID, Spain (UPI) - Two of Spain's most- wanted terrorists, cap- ‘tured in their explosive- laden bomb factory, have confessed to a series of attacks and assassinations that killed 16 people, police said. Police Friday hunted for nine other top members of GRAPO, a Spanish acronym for the Oct. 1 Anti-Fascist Revolutionary Groups, “Yoltlowiig” “"Thirsday arrest of Maria Lopez del . | Fisherme t He said operations to cap the spill from the blowout Ixtoc 1 could take until Oct. 3, a month later than PEMEX earlier By then the crippled well, 42 miles off the Yucatan Peninsula, will dump 2.89 million barrels of crude, more than double the world’ record set by the tanker Amoco Cadiz. Anguita and Alfonso Rodriguez Garcia, both in their 20s. Police sources said authorities believe the nine are dispersed about Madrid in cells of twos and threes. Police initially withheld news of the arrests, hoping to capture all 11 suspects. But a raid on n tie up boats in protest VANCOUVER (UPC) - Angry British Columbia halibut fishermen have tied up their boats in protest against what they call a “raw deal” from the bilateral halibut = com- mission and the federal government. The fishermen are up in arms because the International Pacific Halibut Commission reduced their quota earlicr this month after discovering that American halibut fishermen Had overfished theirs by 900,000 pounds. And they) say the federal government has done nothing to help them reclaim what they feel is rightfully theirs. “We're not prepared to go fishing, the boats will stay tied up,” said spokesman Tony Petersen Thursday. MORE WORLD NEWS STARTS ON PAGE Al0 ard FROM PAGE A1 ‘The offer has to be ac- cepted by the BCBC Board of Directors,’ he said. BEST SITE BCBC has _ until this Tuesday to offer to buy the land from the School Board. Government officials have indicated that the site is the most desireable of any studied, for a new cour- thouse on the North Shore. Plans for the site include courtrooms, offices and parking. Although BCBC's option is to .buy the land with all buildings removed, Loucks said he does not forsee any difficulties in saving the gym if the City’s offer to purchase is accepted. “We had a lot of discussion with BCBC before making our decision.’ Only two weeks ago it appeared as if the “gym and the tennis courts would be demolished, as council voted against purchasing the land. It looked as if the only fray we would be able to buy the cush purcHise, Loucks said. , It was later found that a ten-year agreement could be made, Loucks said, and also that a referendum was not necessary when land was purchased from a Crown corp.i« tion. Loucks said there were “too many regulations in- volved in buying the land- directly from the school While the gym is not the best on the North Shore, Loucks said, it is a good gym with many years of life, and board. “We felt if we could get as good a deal from BCBC, it would be a much cleaner way of doing it.’ A number of area residents have been trying to save the buildings on the NVSS site. At a public meeting last month, the vice-president of BCBC indicated the government would be willing to use less than the whole site for the complex if parking by-laws could be changed to accomodate such amove. ‘It looks aS though they have made some ad- justments which will go a long way to observing our by-laws,’ Loucks said. ‘Any changes they want will may -be very minimal, and we are not endangering our by-laws,’ a While he did have some reservations about saving the i % ; é ; “stall or eager AP. Mabel. 0 dinest..gym.— Loucks. .said, bois, — now with what "4 pleased council has done. ' “The time comes when you have to make a decision,’ he said. Riviera Swimming & Fitness Centre latreductery Offer * Whirl Poot *® Swimming Pool 2 month membership $5 5 w Complete Fitness Facilities VANCOUVER 327-0408 4lst & Fraser vi 4 . NORTH VANCOUVER 1 block West of Lonsdale on 14th 980-9358 INSTANT MOTOR HOME PARK vas created outside North Vancouver's Avalon Motel on Marine Drive last week when 62 members of the Travco Motorcade Club set up on the back lot. The motorcade is travelling on a 4,400 mile journey from Michigan to San Francisco which will take them 38 days. A very social club, the group travel separately between destinations and park together each evening at pre-arranged sites. Besides a director and treasurer which are MacKenzie and his wife, the motorcade have two mechanics and a doctor on staff. After an * enjoyable three days spent in Vancouver the motorcade is off to Mt. Vernon before heading down to California. Pictured among their camp are Travo club president Warren MacKenzie and his wife Arlie. (Terry Peters photo) City must now await BCBC decision council was relucant to see it torn down. ‘Now we have found a way ~ to save it.’ photogenic?’ “If you are and you'd like to pose as a Sun- shine Girl then I'd like to hear from you. The Sunshine Girl of the North Shore News is a bright, fresh feature and has enormous popularity with readers, advertisers, and the models themselves. > “In the years that Sunshine Girls, RTE I've it has become apparent that Noy weenenpeenen en einen pee ee opens wee been photographing ° women 17 years and older have the poise and confidence to ‘project the strong aesthetic qualities demanded of this photo feature. As far as possible, I'd like to have models of that age. 1139 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver V7M 2H4 “The North Shore is blessed with a great many attractive women. 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