In forma tion oF staff slashed VICTORIA — The pro- vincial government's ef- forts to cut the civil ser- vice continued this week with the announcement that almost half of Government Information Service employees will lose their jobs. The information service will be cut from the pre- sent 206 employees to a staff of 104. o Among those to be laid- Principal won’‘t off are information of- ficers, working for the government generally or working for individual departments, clerical staff, artists and technicians. The information ser- vices branch of the government provides public relations services and develops information packages to explain government policies and decisions. face charges VICTORIA — The school principal who padded the enrollment figures for his school to obtain more funding won't face criminal! charges. The provincial govern- ment’s criminal justice division has said it found ‘insufficient evidence’’ of criminal intent to procede with charges against Bob Abbott. a Abbott was fired from his post as principal of the North Saanich middle school late last year when it was discovered he was keeping non-existent students on his register. As schools are funded on the basis of the number of students, Abbott received as much as $400,000 in extra funds. While Abbott received some personal gain as a principal’s salary is also tied to enrollment figures (he has since offered to repay that money), most of the extra funding went to school programs. IMPs back for pre-vote sitting OTTAWA What is likely to be the last session of the House of Commons before the next federal election began sitting Monday. And while early pro- ceedings were marked by good-natured banter, op- position Conservative and NDP members were soon back into the fray. Proceedings began with Landmark case backs WASHINGTON — A landmark Supreme Court decision Tuesday has upheld the right of video cassette recorder owners to tape television shows The court rejected arguments that the taping violated US copyright laws in a $-4 vote the selection of Lioyd Francis as Speaker of the House, replacing Jeanne Sauve who was named Governor-General earlier. The Libera! government faced criticism over the new Health Act and a private members bill call- ing for amendments to the indian Act to revoke pro- visions for the loss of status for Indian women who marry non-Indians tapers The majority decision held that there was no precedent for a ruling that copynghts were being tn fringed on and that there was no indication the US Congress had intended copyright law to cover the reproduction of works for Ptivate use Civilians hit HEIRS Al2 hour barrage of Christian arcas of thas city has resulted in the deaths of at least 14 and the ding of SO others The D>ruse cusibvans woun shefling, fram Moslem the Possl oonys icant ety closed schools and shops and let residents of the areca bud dling ino whatever they could find shelter Cheistian gunners teacted by directing a bar tage at Druse congolicd Villages an nearby moun tains clamming the lives of cipht people and aaputiog 2S others there . All - Wednesday, January 18, 1984 - North Shore News uf i tt i ei be |: i rH if ts il i ; i Fi} Hi d I { Utes | i i t NEWS EXPANDS AS UNITY GROWS Atte Ef} i Hi f Hy it ban | 7H r" raat! ] (vent amas mee ete: The Daily Voice of North and West Vancouver Target Editions — that’s what our advertising departments are calling the Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday editions of the News. On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, my job ts to find the targets, and to hit them. To do this my circulation staff and | have determined locations for 45 vendor boxes and 50 newsstands (retail stores) throughout North and West Vancouver, with some locations downtown The vendor boxes will be extremely visible to pedestrians and motorists and the retail stores’ newsstands will all display our familiar logos. The Target Editions of the News will be on sale every moming by 7:00 am in the vendor boxes and in the newsstands at the start of their business day. We have also tsolated some 65 high pedestrian traffic centers in North and West Vancouver (hotels, neigh- borhood pubs, libraries, recreation and fitness centers, tennis clubs, lodges, legions, schools, and more) where we will deliver a number of complimentary copies of the daily News. Our Target Editions will also be delivered each day to the more than 3,000 North Shore businesses, one copy free for each business per son in our market. On Fridays only, some 700 copies will be circulated to all North Shore real estate offices as well Total press run for these Target Editions, 6,000 TMC (Total Market Coverage) t-ditions ~ these are the long-established Wednesday and Sunday edittons of the News On Wednesdays and Sundays. as usual my staff, zone managers, and more than 750 carriers will deliver an average of 94,700 coptes ot the News. reaching over 95% of all the ad dresses in North and West Vancouver The ctrculatton system of the North Shore News has always been the backbone of Our s.ic cess When be beyin publishing datly tn february readers and advertisers will Continue our te benefit: from our commitmnent to timely and reliable delivery of the News Any of our readers who wants more uitor mation about cuculation of the Dail News is weloome to call me IW be happy to talk with you Tek VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER sunday news Bill McGown Circulation Director 985-2131 north shore news 1139 Lonsdale Avenue North Vancouver BC V7M hd | wey}