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September 17, 1980 Tel. 985-2131

CHRIS LLOYD

__A North Vancouver man tackled a gunman.
‘who had just held up the Westlynn Mall branch

ff the bank of Montreal Saturday and knocked
the gun ‘out of the man's hand during the
struggle.

However, the robber
managed to escape and left
the bank with about $6,000
| in cash.

Even so, within 36 hours
North Vancouver RCMP
had two men in custody

North Van _ detectives
picked up a 17-year-old
youth and a man of 19 ina
Richmond hotel and
arrested the two after a
brief struggle in the early
hours of Monday morning.

The bank, at 1180 East
27th, Street, was robbed
shortly before 3 p.m. when
a man holding what was
later discovered fo be an
air gun told a teller to fill

up a bag with money and
then pass it on to the other |
three tellers for them to
also fill it with cash.

When all four tellers had
turned over their money,
totalling about $6,000, the
tobber grabbed the bag
and ran towards the bank
door.

As he reached the en-
trance, a man who was a

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and had recovered about
$3,000 which they said was
part of the haul stolen from
the bank. The other $3,000
had already gone during a
lavish weekend of spen-
ding, police maintain.

3,

ROBBERY INVESTIGATION begins at the Westlynn Mall Bank of Montreal where an RCMP officer
witness over details of the holdup. (Terry Peters photo)

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By NOEL WRIGHT

The hospital nomina-
committee for to-
night’s.crucial elections
to the Lions Gate Hos-
pital board was sud-
denly faced with a
major problem Mon-
day when Ann Arnott,
one of its key candi-
dates, was forced to
withdraw her name
because of upcoming
surgery.

This has left the com-
mittee frantically seeking a
suitable last-minute  sub-
stitute for nomination before
tonight's voting begins.

A well known and
respected community figure
dedicated for many years to
freedom of choice on the
abortion issue, Arnott’s
election had been widely
regarded as a shoe-in. She is
a former West Vancouver
alderman and former
chairman of the West Van
Recreation Commission.

In a letter to Maurice
Fellis, board chairman,
Arnott said: “It as with the

deepest regret that | must
withdraw my name from the
hst of candidates standing
for election to the Lions
Gate Hospital board

“1 must go into hospital
this weck for surgery and my
convalescence would make
it ampossible to serve on the
board for at least the rest of

the year, should I be
elected.”
Arnott stressed in the

letter that her reason for
standing was to censure the
board remained = above
pohtics and personal bias.

: Increasing cloud with a few!

showers late in the day

THURSDAY:
Showers, cooler.

ANN ARNOTT

“The board's effective-
ness,” she wrote, “must not
be diminished by a special
interest group. that is
campaigning solely on the
abortion issue. If the board
is taken over by this group, |
fear this would happen.”

Arnott told the The News
she had discussed with her
doctors the possibility of
allowing her name to stané
at tonight's) meeting in

absenua But they had
advised against it “until I am
well again.”

Arnott was one of four

candidates nominated for
election to the hospital
beard last month by the
hospital committee. The
other three are current
board chairman Maurice
Fellis, incumbent Peter
White and former North
Vancouver City alderman

Jim Warne.

The Pro Life group an-
nounced the names of four
opposing candidates
standing on the Pro Life
platform last weck.

The clection mect .g
Starts at 7 p.m. tonight
(Wednesday, September 1’)
in the ice arena of the North

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