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By UNITED PRESS CANADA

Allin the family
at Post Office

OTTAWA - A Canada
Post directive stating
replacements for
vacationing letter carriers
must be hired from
employee's families ts a
discriminatory returm to
nepotism, Conservative
MP Bud Bradley charged
Friday.

Treasury Board
President Donald
Johnston said he was
unaware of the directive
as it was not under his
jurisdiction but added
that he would take note of

tt.

“lf this is standard
policy, it’s a retum to
nepotism and is
discriminatory,” Bradley
said during daily question
period in the House of
Commons.

Bradley later handed
out copies of the Feb. 8
Canada Post directive
Stating that “term em-
ployces are to be selected
from the families of
members of the Letter
Carriers’ Union of
Canada bargaining unit.”

Want to buy
a Marathon?

BOSTON (UPI - The
Boston Marathon, one of
the world’s premier
sporting events, is up for
sale, published reports
said Friday.

Marshal Medoff, a
lawyer and agent for the
Boston Athletic
Association, is trying to
sell the marathon to a
commercial or perhaps
professional concern, the
Boston Globe reported.

The association's board

of directors has con-
trolled the race since its
inception 86 years ago,
but now making pians
that would change the
racein almost every way.

Runners would have
their expenses paid for
the first time in 1983.
Marathon day would be
switched from Patriots
Day - a Monday in mid-
April that is a state
holiday - to a Sunday in
an attempt to attract
national TV.

‘No guarantee’ for

Alsands project

OTTAWA -_ Energy
Minister Marc. Lalonde
said Friday he could give
no guarantee that the $14
billion Alsands project
which has lost five of its
cight consortium partners
could proceed.

“Certainly not,” was
Lalonde’s only reply
during the daily question
period in the House of
Commons when Op
position Leader Joc Clark
pressed the minister for
ao “iron-clad guarantec”
that the project planned
to exploit the oil sands at
For McMurray. Alta.

Insects to become

would continuc.
Lalonde said there
were other potential

partncrs with whom he
and the remaining
comortiom members of
the consortium had had
discussions but he
dcchned to name them.

“I do not think tt would
be appropnate to reveal
any particular names of
companics in that case.”
said Lalonde. “The
intuatve fies with the
consortium these arc
confxicnatial, commercial
discussions taking place
between privaic
panics ~

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space pioneers

HOUSTON A doren
honey bees and threc
dozen moths will be
passengers in the Spacc

Shuttle neat) month a
vwaiquc capertment
designed by an 14 year
old high 9¢ band student to
see how the tnsects fy
without Kiavily

Dodd f Nelson frerm
Southland Pulblye Sc dren
in Adams Minn
described the capcnment
Thursday at the Johnson
Space Cenlsc amd sand ot

isan cactOag cop pro Cunity
to conduct basa reseanh
tn ontvat

“The capenment deals
with an anknown and this
cnables us to make an
observation that has act
really been done before ©
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placed aboand the Spacc
Shoutthe © olumbua at C ape
Camaveral bla oa day or
two before launch oow
wheduled flor Manth 2)
[he bags will be bheptin ia
divided boa the size of a

vanall sate anc nnd stored
toe bem hr tm the howes
Compartment of the
Columbia s two deck
caban

City loses industrial appeals —

firmed this,” he said.

“The only other thing we do,
could do if we don’t like it
and if council, im its wisdom,
feels they don’t like that, is
we could appeal it.

FROM PAGE A1

But a check call by the
North Shore News to the
local assessment office last
week determined that the
court of revision had already
declared its decision —
which had been reserved al
the time of the previous
week's appeal hearing — in
favor of the assessor.

Deputy Assessor Calvin
Smyth said: “The decision
has been made and the land
figures have been confirm-
ed, with minor adjustments
which were made.”

As agreed at the appeal
hearing, assessment staff and
City staff will work together
to agree discrepencies over
the land sizes of some of the
properties detailed on the
assessment roll.

MINOR IMPACT

But Smyth said that he did
not think the size differences
pointed out by City would
make any material dif-
ference to the taxes of City
homeowners.

“Some (of the industrial
land assessments) will go up
and some will go down but it
would not be a great im-
pact.”

City Mayor Jack Loucks
had not been informed of the
panel's decision, prior to be-
ing called by the News, and
expressed surprise that he
had not heard before the
press.

In spite of the City being
refused what it had re-
quested, Loucks was able to
see a positive side of the
Situation.

“It would seem to me that
if what the court has done 1s
confirm the present
assessments it is better than

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what has happened
sometimes in the past when
people have gone to appeal
and the values have been
lowered.”

Loucks did not rule out
the possibility of City seek-
ing a rematch, stressing that
such a decision would have
to be made by council after
careful consideration.

“We don't
(waterfront
assessments) are

think they
industrial
high

enough and we presented
evidence we thought con-

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“As to what council would
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would want to discuss it with
staff and look at the reasons _
of the court of revision for
their decision.”

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