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ON NEW TANK

“FIRE CHIEF Richard
‘Hallaway will have to try
/again to get North Van-
couver City council to ap-
prove spending for a new
“1,000 gallon’ gasoline
Storage tank. a

Ald. Stella Jo Dean and

for the tank at Monday's .

council meeting until they
see in writing the best three
quotes from Companies wan-
ting to do the work.
The two aldermen said
they wanted to be sure
before awarding the contract

Aldermen want details

which will replace the ex-
isting tank for $5,700.

The tank has to be replac-
ed eventually because most
oil companies refuse to fill
an underground tank more
than 20 years old, .Chief
Hallaway told council in a

details.

A LONE man, armed
with a handgun, made
off with drugs and a
small amount of cash in

North Vancouver's
latest armed robbery
Thursday.

The man
Queensdale

entered
Pharmacy at

3022 Lonsdale just before
5:30 p.m. Thursday and ap-
proached the lone druggist
on duty.

He produced a gun and
demanded drugs and cash.

ARMED THEFT

DESPITE THE use ofa police tracking dog, North Vancouver RCMP were-unable to pick u
the trail'of a lone gunman who robbed an area pharmacy Thursday. See story below for

After they were handed
over, the thief fled the area
on foot.

Police were unable to pick
up his trail, despite taking a
tracking dog to the site.

The man is described as
six feet, two inches in height
and weighing about 150
pounds. At the tme of the
robbery, he was wearing a
baseball cap, dark glasses, a
blue t-shirt and bluc jeans.

Police say the man obtain-
ed a substantial amount of
drugs but less than $100 in
cash.

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