A4 - Sunday News, December 7, 1980 the world LONDON (UPI) - Britain has informed Canada it may not be possible to pass legislation on the Canadian constitution during the present parha- mentary session due to lack of tme for debate, British government of- ficials said today. The message was conveyed to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau by Norman St. John-Stevas, leader of the British House of Com- mons. St. John-Stevas, of- ficials said, told Trudeau an address from _ the ALGIERS, Algeria (UPI) - A high Iranian offical says the American hostages are split up and are being held “in dif- ferent places,” deepening the mystery of their whereabouts. In the diplomatic go- between aimed at freeing the captives, Algeria delivered another U.S. letter to Iran, and a diplo- matic source said the intense negotiations were “narrowing the dif- ferences. OTTAWA (UPC) The Federal Cabinet has con sidered offenng moncy and food to help the country maintain ws independence agatnst a possible Soviet Affairs MacGuigan said Poland to invasion by External Mark troops. Minister However Manuister) Pierre told the Commons Prime Trudeau House of Thursday a would be unwise to make the full range of initialives being taken by public Canada to help othe PERRING, cloRd Isc Lungs wade Ding puctvoes Cody and bose ter Mae Jiang faccd (wo women argument corte agatinst charges she tortured te death theee poople be prose Che American teorn wadeoow of the former tre aed obstate wasal NS yyy Kadio however she said Pehung tried lo cvade respromsabality feos outside... Patriation may run out of time Canadian federal parlia- ment requesting action on the Bntish North America Act, the Canadian constitution, must be received here not later than mid-January if the British parliament is to act on it during the present parliamentary session ending next fall. Trudeau asked a joint Senate-Commons comm- ittee in Ottawa to report back by next Wednesday on Canadian provincial objections to his consti- tutional emendment pro- posals. But this week the deadline was extended to Feb. 7. U.S. hostage riddle deepens As for the hostages themselves, Swedish Radio, in a report from Tehran, quoted official lranian sources as saying the Amenicans, who have been held 398) days, finally have been turned over to the government. The Swedish = report appeared to back up a Similar statement by an unidentified Iranian government official a day before the Thanksgiving holiday that the hostages were in government hands. Canada offers food, aid to Poles troubled nation “It would be easy to say what we are doing.” said “We condemn any pressure by the Soviet Trudeau Umon but would hke to act collec lively Outside the House MacCruigan said “Cer tainly Canada would give very favorable considera will be thon and amcaable to Considering whatever we hoow Poland needs to keep tts independence and in legrity © Mao's widow blames others hee crime toy tolasasage at om others The candies did cnet sary whom she bhamed Vout chic bas teen widely Capected te manne of Mase the terval bverhe the trarsyesc Uh oua Tc stanmecrny aol tovache tree prrerdie cad ta coor tpn | proved thre cbat yes apgaeemest dtatrig Ubye tavdaes vastel LYNN VALLEY SLAYINGS Murder case goes fo trial A North Vancouver man will stand trial for murder in connection with the slaying August 12 of a young couple in a North Van home. Robert Bruce Barker, aged 23, will appear in County Court in Vancouver charged with second degree murder of Wendy Bourne of North Van and David Van Wilde Rode of Surrey, both aged 20. Barker was committed for trial Monday at the con- elusion of a: preliminary hearing in North Vancouver Provincial Court. The bodies of Bourne and Rode were discovered in the bedroom of a Lynn Valley condominium’ which had been set on fire. In another preliminary hearing which concluded Wednesday in provincial court, Lorraine Theresa Degerness was committed to stand trial for manslaugher in the August 22 stabbing death of her husband. Degerness, aged 48, of North Vancouver was charged with murder but after hearing the evidence in the preliminary hearing Judge Nancy Morrison committed her on the lesser charge of manslaughter. RCMP investigators believed the death of Clifton Degerness, a 46-year-old North Vancouver City employee, to have ansen from “an alcohol-related domestic dispute.” Degerness will be tned in Supreme Court and is scheduled to appear in North Van court next Monday to deal with the question of ball. Doubts over revitalizing of Edgemont By CAROLE STAFFORD Do residents and mer- chants in Edgemont Village want their area revitalized? Or will they duplicate the reacuions of people in the Deep Cove area who recently told North Vaao- couver District council to stay away and leave them alone. Distnct council decided at their meeting last week that they better find out before proceeding with a recom mendation from the plan. ning department to retain consultants “at a cost of not more than $15,000" to prepare ao revitalization scheme for the village and make apphcation under the Provincial Downtown Revitahzaabhon Program for financial assistance The matter conjunc Gon with an applica aros¢ tn tron for a siting area amend ment lo perma a& com mercial retail development on the north west corner of Queens Road and tedgemont Boulevard The site aos presently occupied by a aon operational service station Ihe planning department noted that while the proposal met all the soning requirements Edgemont Village itself (is poorly laid oubloto terms of Ccommerctal space Circulation patterns (rave bucks ing parking) and amenity arcas | The stall says pressure tor rede vclopment will tac rease because oof the capanding W orcad the market (Csbpowne development and Chrewemation of comnmeecee tal ceatre oat Cagabaue Mesa terval) ¢ mpounded by the present tread of Converting SCENIC Stations to ther uses “Design guidelines are therefore needed for the whole Village to provide improved circulation pat- terns, redevelopment standards, architectural and landscape themes, amenity and community facilities.” But Alderman Jim Ball said council might face the same reaction they got in Deep Cove. “I'm not sure the people in Edgemont Village want it. 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