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Monday‘ s Israeli attack of an Iraqi nuclear
powerplant ‘has ‘sparked a world-wide
controversy. On one hand some people say it
was an unprovoked act of terrorism and on
the other hand, some say, “Good, Iraq would
have made atomic bombs there.”

Today's questionis -

{What do you think
| of Israel attacking the
‘Iraqi_nuclear plant?’

R. Allan
Vancouver

It is an act of terrorism.
Israel did have a right to
be concerned that Iraq’
was going to make atomic
‘ weapons at the plant.
: Militarily speaking, they
probably made the right
™. assumptions, but I really
. don’t know if bombing
; ‘the plant was the right
- action to take.

Stephen Bennett
Powell River

The whole situation is
very complex. There are
both sides to any
argument, but I’m not in
favour of the attack or
“any other. The innocent
always get hurt.

lke

Len Smith
North Vancouver

I don't think this attack
will do anything to
‘ prevent a nuclear war.
Atomic bombs _ will
_ continue to be made. This
.incident will only spark
more violence. The
Middle East situation is
bad enough without
unprovoked attacks.

J 7%

B.A.

Vancouver

I don't think the attack
was justified. This kind of
‘action only escalates the
conflicts in the Middle
Bast. Isracl had no right
{o assume Irag was going
to make atomic weapons
to attack them.

Bob Ruzic
Surrey

Isracl is
survive,

trying to
and | believe the
right decision was made
in deciding (o altack the
atomic powerplant” in
Iraq.

- more

A number of West
Vancouver teachers are
packing their bags anc

' cashing in on the real estate

boom, district superin-
tendent Ed Carlin told”
school. trustees Monday
night.

Carlin was responding to a
query by West Vancouver
school board chairman
Lilian Thiersch about a
teacher's resignation. Carlin
explained that teachers
who bought houses perhaps
five years ago for $90,000
can sell those homes now for
than $250,000.

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the wage increase from April
1 instead of January 1.

“We're mad as hell that
they can just arbitrarily say
January to March doesn’t
count,” said Sexsmith.

According to Sexsmith,
the government decided to
bring the RCMP contract
into line with other
municipal and provincial
policing departments. So
instead of operating on the
fiscal year as it has in the
past, in 1980 the RCMP had
a nine month contract from.
April 1 to Dec. 31 with the
understanding that the 1981
contract would operate on.
the calendar year.

But that didn’t happen.
“For three months we
worked without a contract |
and nobody is happy with
that,” said Sexsmith.

Although Sexsmith says
the RCMP don’t want parity
with other Lower Mainland
police forces, they still want
to be in the same “ball park.”

A North Van first class
constable will be making
$1,500 less in 1981 than his
counterpart in the Van-
couver City police force.

The disparity “falls even
farther apart at higher levels
of rank,” he said.

A recruit’s salary rises to
$20,650 a year from $18,430.

Maximum pay for con-
stables is $27,400 a year, up
from $24,500. Corporals rise
to $30,003 from $26,705 and
sergeants to $32,703 from
$28,975.

Inspector's salary rises to
$41,947 from $36,994 and a
superintendent's to $46,561
from $41,063.

While the contract ap-
pears to provide a 12 per ,;

cent raise, Sexsmith pointed
out that over a 15-month
period from Jan. | the in-
crease is actually just under
nine per cent.

Sexsmith, like a number of
his 129 colleagues at the
North Van detachment, was
considering attending an
upcoming mecting of a
“rencgade™ association
trying for union cer-
tification. But he doesn’t like
it. ;

“IT don’t think most
members of the force would
want the right to strike. So
an association wouldn't
provide us with much more
protection than we alrcady

fan teachers
cash in on real
estate market

Selling is a lucrative
proposition now, said Carlin.
Teachers can buy bigger
and better houses in the
suburbs or the interior as.

-well as gain a measure of

security at~ schools not
troubled by the spectre of
declining enrolment, said
Carlin.

There is “evidence” that

this is happening, Carlin told
the News.

A couple of teachers have
gone in the last year “with
others talking about it.”

“We see a trend that way”.

have.

“What most (of us) fear is
that if we do go for an
association which shoots for
parity, overtime and pay, the
municipalities wouldn't be
able to afford us.”

‘An option a union might
offer is providing a third
party arbitrator to settle
disputes like the current
one. That could be set up
without . an association
though, said Sexsmith. ~ —,

He is hoping “cooler heads
will prevail’” while
headquarters examinés what
legal options are available.

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