A4 - Sunday, May 23, 1982 - North Shore News the world outside... By UNITED PRESS CANADA OTTAWA -_ Finance Minister Allan MacEachen says he can- not guarantee Canada's interest rates will auto- matically drop if American interest rates fall. “I cannot give any precise assurance of that kind,” MacEachen told the Commons Thursday. “What I can say is we have been making repre- sentations to American authorities urging them to reduce their deficit so that there can be a drop in _ interest rates.” Canadian banks are OTTAWA - Statistics Canada reported Friday the annual rate of infla- tion had fallen to 11.3 percent, its lowest level in 16 months, but the dechine was not large enough to satisfy opposi- tion critics. The federal agency said while higher prices for food, transportation, and housing pushed the con- sumer price index up 0.5 percent in April, the year-to-year rate of infla- tion from April 1981 to SACRAMENTO. Cah. The Calhfornia parole board, citing threatening letters written from pnson, Friday cancelled the 1984 release from prison of Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian immigrant who assissinated Sen Robert Kennedy 16 years ago. Sirhan was told of the decision sat the © state pnson in Soldedad There was no early word on his reaction. Chairman Ray Brown of the Board of Prison C ASERTA, Italy Movie star Sophia Loren. tn an ltahan jail, was “not at all depressed” Fiiday and has resigned herself to a month long sentence for (ak cvasion a offic tal saad prison “She's happy to be in Italy © said the offteral at the 19th century mum sccurtly WoOMATS Sophia not at all depressed 0 guarantee on interest rates charging 17 percent interest on loans to their most reliable borrowers. Conservative MP Michael Wilson had asked MacEachen to “do something to reverse the serious lack of confi- dence” in the economy, reflected by a Conference Board of Canada survey. The board's index of consumer attitudes, which measure the current and expected out- look on financial posi- tions and job prospects, fell in March to 60.4, its lowest point ever. The index stood at 64.1 at the end of 1981. Inflation shows slight drop April 1982 actually dropped 0.3 percent. Last month the annual rate of inflation stood at 11.6 percent. The rise in the cost of living is lower now than it has been since December, 1980. Conservative MP Michael Wilson said the rate has reached “a plateau” and increasing food prices and energy in- creases may prevent a further decline. Sirhan loses parole appeal Terms said at a news con- ference the decision in 1975 to give Sirhan a parole date was a mis take Brown said parole officials would have acted otherwise had they known about threatening letters Sirhan wrote from prison “The panel finds that the continuing nature of the pnsoncr’s threats and conduct has great sigm ficance It 1s) significant now and would have been to other pancis had they had the information © prison in Caserta “After all. she chose this She's a woman of «charne ter a woman who knows what she wants | The 47 year old raven haired beauty spent her first day in prison being serenaded by strolling Mushians and ee clving owes and telegrams from adiminrces around the wot ite! FROM PAGE A1 after being admitted May 6 with convulsions, vomiting and various other problems. When Michael Calver called the Society for Pollution and Environment Control (SPEC) Wednesday morning, he was told that Diazanon caused all the same Symptoms she had had. Later, Crosby management admitted § to him that the Lynnmour Property had been sprayed just a few days before his daughter went = sick but declined to tell him what chemical had been used. Calver phoned = vanous authomties to register his concerns and by the time the sprayer arnved from Aard vark Spray Services, three inspectors = from the North Shore Health Department. the Pesticides Branch and Health and Welfare waiting for him The sprayer told the in spectors he was supposed to be spraying for soft) shelled were bugs which attach = the rhododendrums Meanwhile, the tenants had been busy and Crosby Management. receiving complaints from tenants, SPEC. and the West Coast Environmental Assoc tation When the Rentalsman called) Crosby head had cnough and said they would arrange a mecting with the tenants The tenants were told that anyone who did not want the area otn front oof — thetr were law Area sprayed before sickness apartment sprayed did not have to, if they contacted the manager, which many of them did. The three inspectors settled the immediate problem by telling the sprayer it was too windy to spray. Further investigations by Michael Calver showed that the chemical Dhiazanon, already banned in some communities, was to be mixed in a 80-90 per cent solution of Xylenc. Wednesday evening he met with Dr. Joe Cummins, a geneticist from Western Ontano University, who told him that Xylene was even worse than the Diazanon as it had been hinked with birth defects, mutations and spontancous abortions Thursday. the West Coast Environmental! Association with the Law called Crosby news that they would be starting the process of an insuaction on behalf of the tenants against the spraying Crosby's Brian Wolstencroft, called Calver later with the news that the spraying program would be abandoned Calver is hormnfied at what he has learned about the chemicals which were to be sprayed outside the apart ments and = says “It ts Inghtening and something | think the community should be made aware of ~ Wolstencroft could not be reached by the News for comment Crosby's PERSISTENCE paid off for Michael Calver, pictured holding daughter and notice informing residents of spray program at Lynnmour low income units. (lan Smith photo) Honda Brake Special Replace Front Brake Pads. Turn both front Brake Discs. Service Calipers. $ 00 Parts, Labour and Tax Included 988-7671 Peter K. Automobile Ltd. 1124 w. isa N.v. 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