The fire chiefs are threatening, as a

| resalt, to cut back on ‘their response to
_ school fire alarms. This year, 72 per cent
of the fire calls to schools in North Van

- District were false alarms. And almost

gam se cali bo ctl School fives: were”

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The fire chieSs are right to talk tough.

“If parents, principals and teachers can't

T HAPPENED.
ON THIS DATE.......

i On Nowember 28, 1520, renamed Cape Kennedy to
: Ferdinand Magellan emtered = homow the assassinaied presi-
‘ the Pacific Ocean on his way 9 dent (if bas mow reverted 10
a around the world — the first Cape Canaveral, bomme of the
: to sail to the Jokn PF. Kennedy Space Cea-
3 x nc froen the cast. _ tre); in 971 Jordan's
premier Wafsa Tel was avsas-
7 “On the same day in 1958), mated in Cairo by three
7 the U.S. fired an izterconti- * pommen.

nental ballistic enixsile at foll
Cape! Casaveral, the

wove
Florida space ccmre. was

And Nowernber 78, 1775,
was also the bith date of
British port William Blake.

| Mores — additonal belp.

shoppers

' hardly be blamed for prefer
Some asked to resnain
anonyrnous for fear of an- .
moying their Landlord. It's a
condition of their tenancy
that they comform to the Hobson's Choice of mat-
opping cemtre’s opening ching
bours ... or elec. In theory, at
of course, ths rele beacfits
all tenants of the cemtre. Bot

_ taal to window-

tra traffic doesn't always
cower the extra 6 pum. to 9
p-m. owerbead of the senaller

prowide a walmable year

scale the’
wi able to absorb these growing

. harder

' the cost of longer permitted

‘ao slouch in terms of his

' National Product,— a total ©
They for two!
provide jobs for.

employment. —

: businesses measure their an-

" tributions to our conren-

cians Grae

With the” ‘advantages
‘stores are still ©

expenses. The little man _
along the street has a much |.
Struggle. At |...
or any other time,

opening hours — whether in
overhead or lost trade —
could often be the last straw
thar breaks his back.

‘42% OF BUSINESS JOBS
Yet the small merchant is |

contribution’ to Canada’s
overal} economy. According
to the latest federal govern-
ment data, businesses with
less than $2 million in annual
sales number well over a]
million and provide 30 per |.

cent of the business Gross’

of about $110 billion in sales.

and a half million me
or 42 per cent of all business -” a

Many of these small
naval sales in tens of |
thousands rather~ than)
millions. Bot in terms of
both trade and employment.
it’s obviously vital to
preserve them and keep as
many of them as posuble
imeal thoy.

The bag stores and shopp-
ing centres,- which make
their own important con-

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