r aloe | Page A12, August 15, 1979 - North Shore News INOTTAWA Bus drivers” OTTAWA (UPC) - A. bus _ Strike by. Ottawa’s-f,500 bus -- drivers and mechanics entered -the—second day Tuesday with no sign of movement in the dispute ‘that has affected more than 100,000 commuters, but is Saving taxpayers $175,000 a week. The Monday morning walkout came at the height -of the tourist ‘season and only three days. before the opening of. the Central Canada Exhibition, the city’s biggest summer monéy- maker. Commuters in “the city, criss-crossed with bicycle paths, appeared to adjust. easily to the lack of buses, by © walking, - jogging, riding -. --bicycles and joining car‘ pools to get to work on the _ first day of the strike. : The workers, members of ' the Amalgamated ‘Transit~ (| Union, reached an ‘ apreement last week with their. employer Ottawa Carleton — Transpo (OC Transpo) for a 16.5 per cent salary increase over a two- year contract but could not. _ agree on the timetable for thé increases. . - Mayor Marion Dewar and - Regional Council Chairman Andy Haydon said the city treasury could not afford to pay increases in two lump sums and preferred a four- stage plan. wae a" ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS: A workman erieves over the body of a fellow worker who was killed when the roof of a ‘Stadium under construction collapsed on Tuesday. At least five workers were killed and a dozen workmen: were | “injared in the collapse, the cause of which has not yet been determined. (Copyright Chicago Sun Times photo) A milli WASHINGTON (UPI) - A ‘Spokesman . George Moslem _ guerrillas -tclephone U-S.——"Park Service spokesman said recently that up to one million wor- shippers and spectators are expected to attend a mass to be given on the Mall by Pope John Paul U- when hé Visits - the United States in early October. ~ the outdoor mass could equal or exceed the estimated one million persons who viewed... the Bicentennial fireworks, show in 1976. “Berklacy “said chdiocese: of Washington applied for a | permit Aug. It for Berklacy said the turnout for — planning” ‘for the mass was the Ar "the mass. He said still in its early stages and added, “we still have a lot of, fine-tuning to do.” Berklacy said the pope _.would celebrate the mass... . sometime during the period Oct. 5-7, but said “we can’t be any more specific yet.” i ion to attend mass ’ The visit to the U.S. would be the first by Pope John Paul since he was elected last fall. He is slated to spend a week in-the United States with stops at Chicago and Baltimore, and. —possibly - Detroit, as well as. __ Washington . — } LOS ANGELES (UPI) - Michael Thompson was robbed. at snakepoint. Thompson, 25, told police a man knocked on his door Monday, saying ‘he had a . package for him. When Thompson opened: the door, the robber whipped out a knife and opened.the- package {6 display a snake. -He threatened to loose the snake on Thompson unless Rebels move on Afghan capital 1,200 man brigade with tanks and artillery ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (UPI) - A 1,200-man rebel army brigade with tanks and long-range artillery is moving toward the Afghan capital to join dug-in for a showdown with the Soviet- backed government, rebel sources said. Afghan sources said the brigade was advancing from the southeast to try to link up with about 15,000 insurgents now in hiding in and around Kabul, awaiting to launch-a major offensive against the Marxist regime of President ~ Noor Mohammed Taraki... - Lefton RRR Rep eeoneeae NIN, gfain Hane en mre © sources, in .a conversation Sunday with Afghan settlers in' the border town of The tn ca ome om tae Peshawar, Pakistan, said the entire “mechanized brigade” had gone ovet to the Moslem rebels, who are waging a “holy war” against the regime. ARABIAN A Ant Balhae eae Alaiicating toca ner sbi “— The sources said the brigade had 1,200 men, cight Seven Seas Floating Seafood Restaurant Dine aboard ship tnian atmosphere of luxury and or, sample our Within easy Vancouver Lots of free parking! Open4pm Midbinht delectable access tanks, six anti-aircraft guns, rockets and rocket laun- chers, machineguns and adequate food and supplies. The unit also has. four 122mm _ long-range guns capable of hitting targest up to 7.2 miles away. The sources said the brigade threatened a major highway between Kabul and Kanduhar that provides the only major route for land transport from the south. The said it was impossible to determine when, the brigade. which defected _some 80 miles from the jo peat —outside Oe A) feach. "province, ,.would _ Kabul and link up witb the guerrillas for a new offensive against (he capital. relaxation. 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