THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER

disarm

. A CHANGE of heart
_ has taken place in West

-, Vancouver council ‘on ;
the question of nuclear

disarmament.

. Recently, 470 .West Van
residents voted in favor of
_worldwide nuclear  disar-
~Mament in response to a
. ballot organized by a group
of concerned local citizens.
‘“ ‘Only two of the respondents:
were opposed.

““ And = last’ week, after ‘
refusing to ‘sanction § an
official referendum on the
issue in conjunction with the
November 20 municipal
elections, West Van council
threw its weight behind the .

\ disarmament movement

after all.

Presenting aldermen with
oe a, the ballot box of votes, Dr.
ar ce Re BR coe . Bill Hanley; one of the ballot

me _ ~ organizers, appealed to them
for support.
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SAFELY BACK, rescue team members retarm with snowshoes and other mountain equipment after being brought back to

Cleveland Dam area by same helicopter used to ferry out lost skiers.

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All-night search on mountain

TWO SKIERS who got lost in Cypress Park when Mountain and dropped from
they got off the downhill course Wednesday rere 500 it. level to around
ended up in such a treacherously steep gulley that re et

hopelessly lost in the wild
they were skiing down grades that their rescuers achan x ne

Strachan Creek area.
had to rapel down with ropes. Eventually they were

spotted from a_ helicopter
‘called to help in the rescue
Thursday morning.

By CHRIS LLOYD

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; cy spent the night
Os S ers wandering around in a

| ordeal

hazardous area of steep
guileys and avalanches, in
howling winds.

And had they not been
found by volunteer members
of the North Shore Rescue

team their ordedl would
have been at least another
night longer.

The two young men, from
Vancouver, had skied down
the wrong side of Strachan

When their rescucrs met
up with them the two friends
were cold and wet and one
of them ‘admitted to being
scared at having no idea
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SUNDAY
Cloudy with
showers
MONDAY
Colder with clouds
and some rain