THE ACCUSING FINGER of Vic Stephens points in the direction of federal Con-

servatives from Chuck Cook to Joe Clark as he charges a “conspiracy” between the

federal Tories and provincial

conference.

Socreds to reporters at his North

Vancouver press
(Ian Smith photo)

FROM PAGE 1

‘Cook ‘could not be
reached by the News but his
campaign manager, Alan
Crawford, said he had
discussed. the matter with
him since Stephens’
statement and that both he

and Cook had “absolutely no ~

comment to make about

anything Mr. Stephens has

said.”
CONFIRMED BY CLARK

| Stephens said the

“arrangement” between the

provincial Socreds and the.

federal Tories was con-
‘ firmed.to him last week by
Joe Clark when he met the
Conservative leader in
Kamloops.

But Stephens~said he is

_still-completely loyal to the

federal party’ and would
support both Clark and
Cook.

In answer to a question
from the News, he said: “I
haven’t spoken to Chuck
Cook for some time but he
has told me he doesn’t want
to be involved with me.”
However, he added: “I'll

‘ work for him at the drop of a
hat.”

Stephens maintained the
“arrangement” was being
handied by the provincial
Social Credit Party and “its
money interests” who were
“determined to choose for

the voters” and would “do .

whatever they have to to
prevent the voters from

10,000eyeswatchfor
vandalism in W. Van

FROM PAGE 1

_ Meanwhile, West
couver Mayor
Humphreys is
‘action to
destruction. |

Van-

Derrick
planning
stop the

“At any moment there are
10,000 pairs of eyes in our
municipality ready to report
suspicious happenings,” he
said.

“We're going to stop it,”
Humphreys said, referring to
the vandalism, and “I look
forward to the full

At Ambleside

cooperation of the

citizenry.”

“We'll be able to come
down on them like a ton of
bricks,” and “the offenders
will hopefully wish they
hadn't done it.”

Humtiphreys says he is sure
the vandalism is the work of
a few, and he feels the
majority of offenders are
probably from outside the
municipality.

“Municipal police are
geared up to receive the full
cooperation of the citizens,”

Outboard motor

theft attempt foile

An attempted
Ambleside Boat Rentals,
1360 Argyle Street, was
prevented by the alert ac-
tions of two West Vancouver

theft at

Police officers, Saturday
night.

A spokesman for West
Van Police said the two

officers observed two men

“entering s vehicle under
suspicious circumstances,”
in front of Ambleside Boat
Rentals at 10:10 p.m.

A 10 h.p. outboard motor
valucd at $500) was
discovered in the trunk, the
spokesman said.

Police allege the motor
had just Deen stolen from an

Humphreys ‘ays, as he
readys quite an ordered
campaign ‘to stop. the
destruction which is costing
the municipality both time
and moncy.

Municipal. crews spent
much of Monday repairing
the damage.

The West

spokesman said that

it has not been like this year.

He said the incidents are
not confined to West Van,
and are a_ province-wide
problem.

outside storage area next to
the premises.

Charged with theft and
possession of — stolen
property, are Donald Mark
Brown, 24, of 127 East 6th

Avenue in North Van-
couver, and Larry James
Calder, 20, of the same
address.

Van police
the
municipality has had van-
dalism problems before, but

$2 .00/person

COVER CHARGE

d

having a free and democratic
voice'on May 10.”

He said he had heard that

the federal party of the

Conservatives: -had ~ been
warned that if they gave any
assistance to the provincial
party that the Socreds would
deliberately run candidates

‘in the federal election. to

take away Conservative

' support.”

As such, he said, the
provincial Tories had
received no funding from the

HUSH MONEY

“But I dont’ want any hush
money,” he said. a

“It is no secret that the
Social Credit Party has time
and time again uséd threats
and intimidation to prevent
any other political party
from making a stand,” said
Stephens. “What does
surprise me this time is the
depth of it.”.

He claimed he had been
“inundated” with complaints
about the Socred tactics and
that he had been told again

and again by traditional _

supporters ‘Sorry, I can't
vote for you this time if I do
the Socreds are going to get

,

us. :

The threats, he said, are
being made because the
Social Credit Party knows
what his own party’s polls
show — that they cannot
beat the NDP in the next

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election without” outside

help. .

“I am shockéd, disturbed
and angered that the party I
belong to has. simply

_knuckled under to these

threats,” Stephens told
reporters.

And in answer to a

- question by the News, he

said: “Yes, I think Joe Clark
is knuckling under,” adding
“I am disappointed in him
and I’m disappointed in a lot

Budget
flights |

Starting Jue 1, it. will be
possible to fly from Van-

couver to Toronto, one way,

for $94.50. _e

C.P, Air announced

. Wednesday they would be

introducing no frills, Skybus
flights at that time.

The flights will be between

__ Vancouver and Toronto with

stops at’ Edmonton and
Calgary. C.P. Air has said it
will not accept telephone
reservations and the seats
will be allowed on a first
come first serve basis.

The Skybus will be strictly
a no frills operation with no
meals, movies or reading
materials being provided.

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