4 Page Ad, August 12, 1979 - - Sunday News - Brest © ‘fires ’ in the Northwest have destroyed a record 352,000 acres’ of woodland so far this summer,—surpassing the previous high by more ‘ . than 50 1000 acres. 2 ot a rene yo The territories’ biggest _ fire continues to lay waste _ timber in the Athabasca forest, where the Alberta, Saskatchewan and territorial borders meet. . That burned more than —12 Territories ; fire alone has. In British Columbia, meanwhile, provincial officials said Thursday the danger of more forest fires breaking out was extreme.:.About 400 fires were already burning in .B.c. _The- ‘extreme . danger rating was applied to the entire southern part of the province, while most .of the north had a high . danger rating as hot, dry 2 ‘weather continued. ~-FBI stunned by | deaths of agents -.The FBI, reeling from _ the worst day of violence in its 71 years, put.out a 137-man dragnet in a Cleveland ghetto Friday “This is the first time in the history of the FBI that three agents were killed on the same day,” said for a wounded fugitive _ accused of killing one of three -agents gunned. down Thursday. The two other agents, both assigned to the FBI's E! Centro, Calif., office, were slain near their desks by a young activist suspected of being a member of the radical Weather’ Underground. ‘Seconds later, standing feet away from his vic- tims, he put a pistol to his mouth and shot himself. Jeffrey Maynard,-an FBI FROM PAGE Atl ~ portunity. “to ‘clear _ ‘ministrative offices, ‘million acres, most of it in” af - Alberta. . “Plans for the new cour thouse. complex . include; - . judges - -- four courtrooms, ° hambers, court ad- sheriff offices, ~ areas, court recording of- - crown and probation offices, and a law library. | court administration, the new complex will mean an end to years. of using - RCMP, at 1305 St. Georges Street. . But more importantly, for North-- Vancouver Court Administrator Dorothy Penman. at—least,_the new... ‘acéused ‘holding © counsel, | piling up¢ on s the North Shore. . At ‘the moment,- CUT] echarped-w at this time ‘cannot appear ‘for trial until March, a a seven © month: waits ‘ ‘The - _ new. courthouse. - ‘complex .will make.a lot. of .. _--4, difference,’ Penman said. an For the North Vancouver ~ mo e She said that with more courtrooms, they should be’ oxy 7 able to clear much of the backlog that has arisen ‘this year. - We'll 1 really be able to do - Sreat things.” _ The court. (administration temporary quarters at 245 complex will mean an op- $1m/‘unseen cost’ in purchase North Vancouver City, . could be in for $1 million in unseen maintenance costs for the purchase of land housi. the North Van- couver Secondary School gym, according to Alderman ‘the. * beginning ‘of: next _year, alarming backlog -of “cases Penman said-— ~ we ft _ matiy. 2 AE. the. ‘school board ap- th-offenses——0 roves-the—purcha ise or tne——a0 NVSS: ‘site,’ ‘we'll be in the ground «inthe spring,’ Pit- cher said; ‘and it should be * completed 1 18 months later.’ fered for the site. - ‘sams The Board is scheduled td. meet Tuesday, and at that. time it should. be”. moving - into_: is expected that the BCBC _ origin offer will East 23 Street, at the probably accepted. Pitcher: said- lie. would © “not » like:to ‘name the’ price | of- © ‘We are very satisfied,” - Pitcher” said. ‘Tt worked out” * very well.’ ‘We. don’t. like to go pains local taxpayers,’ he said, ‘referring to criticism by _ local residents which arose | when the: comes was first Proposed. There’ ‘were inevitable : conflicts, Pitcher said. Talking | about the plan- - . ning and building that. will soon get underway, Pitcher said: where will still be. 7 ' “problems; ‘but-none that we can’t handle.” North “Van- ‘Schoot ~ “No major problems are forseen in Cc —design_ , for - the complex in_order. to retdin the gymnasium. Ty enter Fes =o iti “-—— N of the most unfortunate things I’can think of done since I was elected.” Cross also condemned council for favoring this spokesman _ in Washington. Since 1908, only 26 agents have died in the line of duty. FBI Director William Webster called = the slayings “tragic” and immediately placed the Cleveland suspect, Melvin B. Guyon, alias Tyrone Little, 20, on the 10 most wanted list. A. $10,000 offered. reward was Paraguay cancels Nazi's citizenship VIENNA, Austria (UPI) - The Paraguayan governnmient, responding for the first time to a 17- year-otd West German extradition request, asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to anu! the citizenship of former SS Dr. Josep Mengele. - fr Howover,-the-action 1 is has not lived in the country since 1960 and his present whereabouts are unknown. In the meantime, Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal |Leger retires at 75 MONTREAL (UPC) - Paul-Emile Cardinal Leger, who devoted the last 12 yeara to serving lepers in Cameroon, has returned to Montreal to retire at the age of 75. MORE WORLD NEWS STARTS P. A8& says Paraguay revoked Mengele’s_ citizenship because it feared it would otherwise lose U.S. aid. Mengele is wanted in West Germany to answer charges he personally selected some 400,000 people for the gas chambers while working ~ aS: Ng at He also is accused of running the Auschwitz genetic experimentation laboratory where thousands of children were used as guinea pigs and died agonizing deaths. “My health has been failing me for the last year,” Leger said. “I took that as a sign my active days were over, so I have come home to rest and leave the work = § in Cameroon in more capable hands.” 4, camp, doctor, in Gordon Cross. - Lashing out at a bylaw given final approval last - week by council allowing the ' purchase, Cross warned North Van City will end up spending more than the $582,000 price tag for the gym and adjoining tennis’ courts. “Either this council or a subsequent one will face going to the public for heavy expenditures not being considered,” said Cross, adding the purchase “is one the mall connecting build your business. contacting: Some prime retail space is available for lease in the beautiful Vancouver Centre Mall. Itis conveniently situated in the heart of an is “deficient” in other kinds of " recreational land..such as‘ soccer fields in the lower Lonsdale a area. The gym will be the only portion of the North; Van- couver Secondary ‘School site to be preserved. The rest of the land will house a new provincial court house to be Alderman Frank Marcino emphasized the gym would cost around $700,000 to replace. e Bay and Pacific Centre/Eaton’s, locating youinthe most desirable retail area in the city. Additional to your mall to mall connections is the 34 floor ‘ Scotia Tower plus two other towers that can The mall area and surrounding shops are taste fully decorated in Italian marble and brass. Yet you'll be surprised at the competitive rates. Deal directly with the owners by Vancouver Centre Development Limited Box 11503, 650 West Georgia Street Vancouver, B.C. V6B 4N7 Telephone: 684-7537 ‘A BARGAIN’ “It could stand to be renovated, but we're getting a bargain at $582,000. At the end of 10 years that building ‘ paid_for—it,” -Marcino: said, adding the gym should be good for another 15 to 20 years. _— “Cross: should have allowed BCBC to purchase the gym site ‘instead and then negotiated the. gym’s possible demolition sometime in the future. Van, City will have to wait several more months before BCBEC can submit new plans for the courthouse which allow for the gym remaining intact. * There’s something soing on under Georgia _and Granville. | vancouver centre mal. It’s good for business. suggested — council” The original plan called for the gym’s demolition with an east-west courthouse using that extra land. ‘The revised. plan will t turn e—courthouse_north “south — and-cut down the 25° foot ~ setback from the road. required by the city to 10 - feeton atleast one side: i _ “Marcino. ‘said. he” hoped this change of setback would not present “roadblocks” to BCBC. But Mayor Jack Loucks pointed out the - corporation should be “encouraged” to observe ' North Van City by-laws: as any other builder would. A public hearing will | also be held on the BCBC ap- plication with a date still to be set.