THE "70s are finally gone for a North Vancouver man whose 1975 Volkswitgen van was destroyed by an cngine fire near the Upper Levels and Westview Drive on Tuesday, June 1S, Paul MeGrath, 35, noticed smoke coming from under the hood of his vehicle at the highway intersection at 7:30 p.m. He pull- ed over south of the intersection. MeGrath, a News photographer, was returning home from an invigorating run on the seawall when the fire struck. Precious minutes were wasted while McGrath knocked in vain on several doors, A woman who McGrath later described as his hero finally drove by and told him she would call the fire department. North Vancouver City Fire Department ' spokesperson Dave Burgess said it was too late to save the vehicle by the time they arrived. The fire appeared to have started near the gas heater by some type of leak or engine failure. McGrath spent the next day at ICBC where. experts attempted to place a value on the van. Just how much was a whole lot of oxydized iron worth these days?, he asked. Friend Mike Wakefield offered McGrath the use of a 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger, but McGrath declined. “How callous can people be? It can’t be replaced with some Dodge. My van had curtains too, you know,”’ said McGrath. Funeral arrangements for the Westfalia were not available to press time. But friends can expect to travel to Salt Spring Island (aka Volkswagen-van heaven) for the solemn event. — Anna Marie D’Angelo, Weird News reporter. eeo >The Ontario Council of Regents proposed in January that Grade 10 high school students who are having trouble be moved directly to college. The council said that Canada, in order to compete in the high-technology world, needs to increase the percentage of its high school graduates who go on to college and that unsuccessful Grade 10 students tend to drop out. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Nicolino, a corcep- NEWS OF THE WEIRD Compiled by A.P. 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