ANKARA, Turkey

bombed President
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr’s
home and besieged his
office.” Tuesday as
parliament voted to begin
a debate that could lead
to his impeachment,
reports from Tehran said.

Across the Iranian
capital, thousands of
Islamic militants marched

screamed for Bani-Sadr’s
death. A Bani-Sadr aide
reached by’ telephone
from Beirut said the
president was in hiding, —
afraid for his life.

OTTAWA (UPC)- The
Canadian Union of Postal
Workers has ‘been forced
to seek a mandate
because of the “govern-

of its contract demands,
CUPW president. Jean-
‘€laude Parrot said
Tuesday.

“It is obvious from past

and again this time, that
the employer's position
will not change until we

VANCOUVER (UPC) -
Homeowner John Owens
has paid his $311 worth of
city property taxes but
made it clear he is not
happy about it.

Owens paid the bill
Monday with a check
attached to a block of
urea formaldehyde in-
sulating foam.

Wearing a safety mask
over his nose and niouth,
Owen said he was paying
his taxes “under protest”
because his home was

worthless since § the
controversial insulation
was installed.

Owens is one of about

WASHINGTON (UPI)
Autopsies revealed that
most of the 14 servicemen
killed in last month’s
crash on the = asircraft
carrier USS Nimitz had
drugs in their systema, a
congressman charged
Tuesday.
Rep. Joseph Addabbo,
, ssid his House
Defense Appropriations
subcommittee will hold
hearings Thursday to ask

under siege

(UPD - Iranian militants -

or flocked to rallies and |

ment’'s rejection of most

rounds of negotiations, —

Man claims
sailors drugged

However, another
presidential spokesmen
said Bani-Sadr had gone
to his office after a

nighttime bomb attack |

against his home. He said
the office was surrounded

_ by “armed‘men” and gave

the impression of being
under siege.

Asked if. Bani-Sadr's
life was in danger, the
spokesman said: “The
president has_ stated
publicly that his life is in
danger and his office is
_ presently surrounded by
armed men... make your
Own assumptions.”

| . | Posties may
|\strike says Parrot

have a strike mandate,”
Parrot said.

The 23,000 inside
workers sought a wage
increase of 18 percent or
$1.70 an hour over one
year that would raise
average salaries to $10.75
per hour. The govern-
ment has offered 7.5
percent or an increase of

- 70 cents an hour over the

first year and an ad-
ditional 50 cents in the
second year, Parrot said.

Pays his taxes
with a difference

80,000 Canadians whose
homes were insulated
with the foam, which the
federal government —
after initially approving
the materiél — banned in
April.as a health hazard
after. studies linked it to
respiratory ailments.

Owens insisted the
foam is dangerous and
must be removed at the
federal government's
expense.

Federal Consumer and
Corporate Affairs
Minister Andre Ouellet
has launched a $5-million
program to test homes
insulated with the foam.

Navy officials about the
possibility that illegal
drug use contributed to
the crash of tho EA-6B jet
on the flight deck of the
carrier.

He said that if any of
the men involved in the
landing operation were
on drugs, it “would be

tantamount to a death
sentence” for the crew of
the aircraft and othera on
the flightdeck.

affecting

.Caulfeild, Westhill)

-FROM PAGE A3

from .35 to .45, residents

said they don’t want another

bylaw that would interfere
with | their property ex-
renovation and

Humphreys that a floor area
ratio “isn't intended to in-
terfere with the existing
residents of West Van but to
protect (us) and prevent
wall-to-wall massive
buildings” like Westhill did
not appease the ram-
bunctious crowd.

Why introduce a bylaw
the whole
municipality when only a
few developments (ie.
are
having problems, people
asked?

“There are ways of dealing
with unique problems with
unique legislation. To in-

-half-acre properties.

troduce a floor area ratio on
a blanket basis just doesn't
work,” said Fraser.

Dundarave resident Robin
Wesley thought it unfair that
everybody in the
municipality should pay for
the “inexperience”of council
in negotiating Caulfeild
Plateau’s land use contract.

And Ambleside resident
Jean Hunter-suggested that it
was unfair to force the same
restrictions on smaller lots as
She
urged that council consider
“two laws and not an um-
brella policy for all.”

The present building
restrictions -—— set backs, site
coverage and height
limitations — are sufficient
tools to prevent over-sized
homes from being built, said
Fraser.

But that obviously i isn’t the

- case, senior planner Steven

Nicholls told the News after

the meeting.

Nicholls said he receives
at least three calls a week
from people - complaining —
about the size of homes>
being built in their neigh-
bhorhood. And the calls are
coming from Ambleside and
Dundarave — not large lot

sizes farther up the
mountain.
“Three restrictions ob- .

viously aren't sufficient,” he
said.
. And at the first public
hearing held May 18 “those
opposed (to a floor area
ratio) tended to question the
apparently restrictive limit,
particularly for smalleF lots,
rather than the limitation per
se,” Nicholls said in his staff
reporttocouncil. _
Although all speakers at

..Monday night's meeting
_spoke against the bylaw, |
Nicholls maintains that itis a_
case of not understanding

HEALTH INSPECTION PROMISED

Vancauver Shipy-
ards returned. to
normal Tuesday after
striking welders were
ordered back to work.

And part of the cease and
desist order handed down by
the provincial labor relations
board calls for an _ in-
dependent health inspection
of the site. ;

The yards were closed
down Thursday when about
125 members of the Marine
and Shipbuilders local of the
carpenters union set up
pickets to protest the
company’s use of “hazar-
dous” paint.

The electricians, plumbers
and mecHanics honored the
dispute of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners.

The walkout was sparked
when a welder applied to be
removed from working on
metal sheet—plating that is
coated with a zinc based
paint because the fumes

were making him ill.
He was refused transfer,
said union officials.

The LRB settlement
provides that the worker will
be reassigned.

Company officials

maintain that the work site is .

not a-health hazard and that
provincial health officials .
have twice given the site a
clean report:

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experienced in _ Industrial

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the bylaw. A floor aréa ratio
of .45 would permit the
“doubling or tripling of
typical house sizes.”

The question really is
when do houses get too
large, said Nicholls.

And that is a question that
West Van _ residents feel
council should not answer.

Alderman David Finlay
urged residents to look at
their own properties. A
home of 5,400 sq: ft. on a
12,000 sq. ft. lot is “an-awful
lot-of space.” __

But answered Fraser:
“That's the problem. It’s a
matter of opinion. (The
bylaw) cramps what I want
todo with my lot.”

Council killed the bylaw
because amendments
changed the original
proposal. A public hearing

is scheduled for July 13 to

discuss the new floor area
ratio to be introduced.

diseases will be jointly
appointed to evaluate the
job” site. for any health
hazards.

The LRB is scheduled to
meet again June 22. to discuss
the findings. —_