SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (UPI) - Two fully loaded oil tankers collided and burst into flames Thursday - night, spreading a burning 12-. square-mile slick toward - the tourist Island of Tobago in what may .be the worst oil spill ever. The U.S. Coast Guard Latest oil spill. | may be worst , tankers, said at least 34 crewmen from: one ship were missing. On Friday, the Coast Guard reported at least 250,000 tons of oil - almost 1.6 million barrels - - had already leaked into the Caribbean from the two _Liberian-registered ™ Britain votes | against hanging LONDON (UPI) ” House of Commons ‘hes voted decisively — to maintain Britain’s 10-year will ft VICTORIA (UPC) - Two million British Colum- bians.could be threatened -~ with radiation fallout by an accident at the planned Sedro Woolley nuclear power plant’ in Washington, a New Democratic Party spokesman has said.. A brief containing NDP objections to a proposed $3.1 billion nuclear power plant by the Puget Sound Power and Light Co. was submitted last week to formal hearings WASHINGTON (UPD Service station lines have “all but disappeared” in the United States, but you're paying for it, says the Automobile Association of America. For the third weck in a row, gasoline will be plentiful for summer vacationers, but the average price of full- service premium stands at 98 cents - meaning Americans are paying 24.5 cents more a gallon than at the end of 1978. ‘abolition on hanging. for murder despite weekly. political assassinations in Northern Ireland and Britain’s sharp rise in homicides. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher voted . in favor of bringing back hanging in the vote Thursday night. “But a ‘majority of ‘lawmakers, 362 to 243, “voted across party lines to by the disappeanng The new price was 1. 5/ throw out _the motion | Gordon. -Rowntree—told:. demanding the reintro- duction -of - capital punishment, U.S. Atomic Safety and Licensing Board in Seattle. “Almost a_ million people live within 80 kilometers of Sedro Woolley and would be within the zone _ for automatic evacuation in the event of an accident worse than that at Three Mile Island,” continued. Sedro Woolley is about 30 kilometers south of the Canada-U.5S. border. cents more than last week; the largest boost since late May. Some Stations raised prices as much as 3 cents a gallon because of new Energy Department pricing regulations, the AAA said, and = others are expected to follow. The AAA's survey of service stations showed fucl supplies apparently ample along major travel routes, with most resorts and national parks reporting no problems. MORE WORLD NEWS P.A 10 the brief West Vancouver Council Monday endorsed a West Vancouver Foundation Society to handle con- tributions to the community. Former mayoral candidate council that as trustee of the Memorial - Library “he has | noticed a number ‘of ‘con- tributions to the library and Lions Gate Hospital has reached its original $300,000 target for the renovation of the Children’s Floor -- with a total of $303,900 in the fund as of last week -- but more money is still needed to cover inflation and other unforeseen costs. total “project which makes... begins, has ndw been set at $430,000. If things go well,. the final costs could. be lower. ‘ Meanwhile, the hospital has accepted a revised low bid of $318,000 for the job. This bid is based on eliminating most of the renovation work originally planned for the central service core of the children’s floor and also does not in- clude air conditioning -- though provision will be made for installing this at a later date. There will, however, be complete renovation of the patient wards and provision af rooming facilities for out- of-town parents who wish to stay close to their children. pected other 1 specific projects interest citizens. contributions to which That made him see the usefulness of -a--foundation- which ‘could -help -manage - and disperse s such funds. ONA CLEAR DAY you can see c forever to the mountains of the North Shore but in spite of the ‘reautiful: ‘weather of. the past week, some of the days haven't been so clear for people in North Vancouver, because of smoke from slash fires such as this one near Capilano Road aiid Upper Levels Highway. All it needs is an unfavorable wind direction for whole stretches of landscape ‘to: be shrouded in smoke and blacked out. Private citizens, however, are only - allowed to burn waste in their: own ‘yards on four weekends each year whatever the weather (ian Smith photo). David Mathieson and William Hyndman, retired regional manager- of the Royal Bank, worked to design a society in. which citizens could coritribute funds and have invested fund earnings dispersed to. worthy — community. projects. wey trust with the Vancouver Foundation. | Among the 10 directors of the new society in addition to members of the executive committée -.are “Mayor Derrick ‘Humphreys; -James Broughton, Alex. Forst, Rowntree executive committee in- cluding retired: attorney says N-plant AT LIONS GATE HOSPITAL reaten B.C.| Donations still sought — for children’s floor fund “Even with this low bid,” said a senior hospital spokesman, “we © shall- achieve 85 per cent of what we were aiming at.” Meanwhile, the Children’s Floor Fund will remain open for donations throughout the summer, windirg up to its completion in the fall. Contributions of any amount An assortment of quality used and out of print titles in: MILITARY & NAVAL HISTORY Pacific Books 1135 Lonsdale North Vancouver 980-2121 ‘and an. — Sao > Lk Frank Griffiths-Sr.,-Charles ‘S. Hopkins and two women In the independent‘ society directors would establish a- % are tax deductible and will be most gratefully received. Cheques should be made payable to: Children’s Floor @ Electricians volume of area. tradesmen only. BUSINESS HOURS: Requires On the North Shore @ Concreters @ Garden Maintenance ‘@ Plumbers @ Handymen Immediate work available for qualified con- tractors on the North Shore able to estimate New and Maintenance’ work- Residential and Commercial in selected metro Limited membership to Phone Mr. THOMPSON 872-8616 9:30 a.m. to 5:30.p.m. only whose names will not be ‘released until they confirm acceptance of the Positions. Fund, Lions Gate Hospital. Collecting boxes for cash donations are also available in numerous Park Royal stores. @ Carpenters reliable