nomination deadline. a

OA _ preliminary hearing « of
an attempted murder charge
. arising from a woman being
; allegedly attacked with an
axe in her Lynn Valley home
‘in Febvary opened in North

'. Vancouver this week and —

- will be. resumed November

On

Robert Elmer ‘Thomason,
| aged 30, of Nakusp, in B.C.’s
southern interior, is charged
with ‘attempting to murder
: 33-year-old | Marie — Jessie .
Freake by hitting her over

the -head with a blunt in- _

strument.” .

“The t total number of North a

Shore candidates running for

mayor (in West Vancouver), —

and for aldermanic ‘and
_school board seats at the

‘November 18 elections rose .

to 28 by Monday's

In. North — Vancouver |

challenger to incumbent

‘Mayor Don Bell. unex- =

__ pectedly" emerged, denying
to

election by acclamation.

’ North Vancouver City has |

no mayoralty or aldermanic.

contests this year. In 1977 :

. the City changed over to the
system of holding mayoralty

every two years.

Beating the nomination

deadline by three days, R..
Bruce Grey announced last |

Friday his candidacy for © Board).-

aldermanic office in ‘West 7 af
The full list of North Shore

Vancouver.

A tire industry executive
contemplating early
‘retirement, Grey has lived in

West Van since 1939. He has:

been a prominent member of

sharge
nyaiteer ergs

‘Bell his anticipated re- |

. mayor.
and council elections only yc

. Incumbent

causing bodily ‘harm to her.
with intent to wound, maim
or * disfigure her. cs

“Thomason: elected for trial i |

by judge and jury on both

counts and Judge Nancy —
_ Morrison ordered a ban on |

publication of evidence at

the request | of defence. .
counsel Billy Firman. Crown
counsel. at ‘the hearing \ was”
Darcy McGee. A

The court: had. ‘set. t aside.
two cays for the © preliminary

te West Van Kinsmen Ch -
and actively involved in the —

Canadian. Council for.
‘Rehabilitation. He is. also. a

Retail Credit

interest -

Van, has withdrawn from
that race. oo

Five

candidates, listed
alphabetically ‘under each
heading, is now as follows.

denoted by an asterisk:

 Westh

(985-7615.

He is further charged with .

_ after.

~ CRIST, |

“Meanwhile, lawyer Fred -.
“Long, who. ‘had Previously
; indicated © his
‘running for mayor in West

(for —

office-holders |
running for re-election are—

“hearing. but” by” " Tucsday
afternoon: it had not. been

completed and the hearing

was. adjourned ts to November
27. .

Marie Freake was _un-

conscious inLions Gate
Hospital for three weeks.

after. being ‘attacked in a>

basement suite at 3638 Baird -
Road, February 8. Caley

RCMP charged Thomason
-a- five-month in-
vestigation and he has been
free on his ¢ own : recognizance

“NORTH VANCOUVER |

- For: mayor: ‘Don BELL’,

- Oltford SOUTHWELL. So

- past president of the Better. _
Business Bureau and of the
Grantors’
. Association. | He is married.
-- (with a° grown-up: family of oe
four. “

District an ‘eleventh-hour

BALL’,
Lee ©

James Ernest

ae Initial reports stated that
_. Freake had been. ‘attacked
‘with. blows to the head with |
what was. believed to be an
axe, in the early hours of the. =
morning while she was still in | ‘OFEI CE. es
| os a i ‘COLLAPSED last t Thurs
Police issued subsequent on
statements to allay the fears. |
of Lynn Valley residents who |
feared an axe maniac “might oe

For ‘alderman @ seats): ve

GRILLS, .
Kieran MacLEOD, Peter
; ‘POWELL’, Mary SEGAL.

For schoo! board @G seats): Bh
‘Margaret . ‘COATES, David
_ CRAIG, ° Frank ‘EVANS, —
- Albert HANSELL, Dovothy.
_ LYNAS?$ Clare MacSORLEY,
7 Ernie e SARSFIELD. ae

last-minute. North oy
Shore. nominations were: _
‘Clifford . Southwell
in: North . Van...
District); Frank Evans and. Hae
Albert’ Hansell (for “North #2
“Van School: Board), Digby

Kier (for West Van. alder- |
‘man) and James Hemphill
‘(for West .

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| _ WEST VANCOUVER |

(For. _mayor: 4y

“Gorda o= |‘ sHE FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL FIRST. "MINISTER - ee
| CONFERENCE on constitutional reform “bogged down: f°:
| quickly Monday when the four. western premiers refused~ |

to: accept exclusive: federal t jurisdiction < over “ “human : oe

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HEMPHILL, Nark SAGER, -
, Audrey SOIONKY".. Pea ES

following: ‘the arrest of Jean

| Claude ' Parrot | ‘and | ie
‘union’ leaders. charged - f swith

defiance of the government Ss"
me back-to-work ‘legislation. .

| Parrot bowed to-a: judge's.”

_f ruling © and © ordered “union ©

| members back on the job—..

Das a condition of his: release” &

a & from gan pending trial.”

THE U.S DOLLAR. ‘AND. ) STOCK MARKETS. ‘CON: !
‘NOSEDIVE. In Tokyo the U.S: dollar-hit a’:
of 178.30 yen Monday, and‘on the New York
tock Exchange the Dow Jones had fallen over 91 points
in the. past two. weeks—the. steepest decline since: the =
| 1930s depression. Meanwhile gold. reached. an all-time |
high of of $245 er ounce. - oi

ban was later lifted by Justice Minister, Otto Lang.

Tights.” is,

me “government lawyer that it could not see ‘correspondence
1 between the government anda former RCMP. com-
i missioner. which.’ might : have. shown that: ‘cabinet’
ministers were aware of illegal police activities—but the:

PRESIDENT IDI AMIN OF UGANDA Is REPORTED > ia

_insurgence.-

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fernos.

- British ‘army

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because Little has been missing from his unit since 1953.

f IN TROUBLE, fighting a bloody military mutiny against | eo
his rule in the south of the country. Official Uganda |

| “broadcasts: about fighting | against Tanzanian invaders

are believed to be: a smokescreen a to. cover. internal

“CHILE'S” MILITARY DICTATORS HAVE. sup- :
-DENLY CALLED ELECTIONS ‘for trade union: | |
leaders—a_ surprise | move following five. years of trade ff
union repression since. the 1973 military coup.. It has —
“f- reportedly been .sparked. by U.S. unions which |

| threatened an international norcatt against trade with

| six “HUMAN TORCH" CASES WITHIN A MONTH |
| have occurred in Britain—the latest last week when a [>
fl middle-aged woman in Portchester poured kerosene: |
over herself and set it alight. She was last reported in|
serious condition in. hospital. Five other people have j |
died in: England since October 2 in self-inflicted in- i

“ABSENT WITHOUT AVE FROM HIS REGIMENT,

46-year-old James Little is presently in custody at a.
| pot after having been fined the .
equivalent. of $400. It’s a. slightly. ‘unusual AWOL case, |

|. SMOG: MAKES YOU STUPID, according to German.

‘scientists. A test of 800 children in the West German :
steel-making town of Duisburg : showed that those with a

higher concentration of lead in, their systems | showed ct i

lower IQs and a reduced ability to learn.

FIFTH ANNUAL GREAT UNDERWATER PUMPKIN. | -
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imaginative Seattle group. Wet: suits. and ‘scuba’:

pment were the required costumes for finding the |

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