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TEHRAN, Iran (UPI) -
Iran charged that two
American jets Tuesday
fired on an Iranian naval
patrol plane in the
strategic Strait of Hor-
muz. The Pentagon said
two F-14s intercepted an
Iranian C-130 when it
approached within 50
miles of the aircraft
carrier Nimitz but no
weapons were fired.

The Joint Command of
Iran's Armed Forces said
in a communique the
“attack” was repulsed by
four lranmian air force

Iran accuses the
US of aggression

planes, which took off
from the Bandar Abbas
base to aid the aircraft
under fire. It said the
naval patrol aircraft was

“fired on” by the two
American F-14 jets.
The Pentagon said,

“Two F-14 aircraft from
the Nimitz made a routine
intercept of an Iranian C-
130 aircraft’ near the
Strait of Hormuz. The
U.S. aircraft escorted the
Iranian plane back to
Iranian air space. There
was no firing of
weapons.”

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said: “We can be pleased
that in these times of rising
labor and material costs the
total moneys needed for
services to persons and
property has been kept down
to an increase of 10.9 per
cent in the average taxes,
which compares to almost
exactly the increase in the
consumer price index.”

West Van residents, he
added, had said through
their opinion poll returns,
their ratepayers
organizations and_ their
elected representatives that
they wanted their quality
and level of service and
protection maintained.

Humphreys told council
the provincial government
had not yet agreed to pay
municipalities with their own
police departments the same
subsidy as is enjoyed by

interest rates and increased
labor and fringe benefit
costs,” declared Humphreys,
“it is not possible to avoid
this less-than-average budget
increase of 10.9 per cent
without reducing the ser-
vices and protection to
persons and property below
that expected by the
residents of West Van-
couver.

SCHOOLS TAX JUMP

The $15,934,957 gross
schools budget for 1980, also
approved Monday night by
West Vancouver School
Board, represents an 8.2 per
cent increase over last year’s
figure of $14,727,972.

Total school taxes for the
current year, however, will
be $12,830,404 -- up by 12.6
per cent from total 1979
school taxes of $11,397,306.

School board Secretary-
Treasurer John Cassey told

A contributory factor in
the budget increase, Cassey
noted, was a lower per-
centage contribution by the
provincial government —
down this year to 13.5 per
cent compared to about 19
per cent in 1979.

Meanwhile, West Van
school enrolment has
dropped a further 2.3 per
cent from the previous
school year. Enrolment in
September 1979 was 6,250 as
against 6,400 in the previous
June.

The total schools tax of
$12,830,404 for the current
year is collected by West
Van municipality on behalf

of the school distrj
together with its ow
municipal tax, in a si
consolidated tax bill.
municipality, however, has
no control over the level] ¢
the schools tax, which,
determined solely by the j
dependently elected board

GARBAGE DAY IS

PAPER DAY

In The District Of North Vancouver

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municipalities employing the
RCMP. This, he noted, ; ;
particularly affected West was due mainly to increased

Vancouver which provides assessments in the school
police services for the district, resulting from new

The News that the increase

Port expansion

residential construction and

VANCOUVER (UPC) -
Construction of expanded

Perrault said Monday,
construction of basic
services such as _ rail

students in a Johannes-
burg suburb Tuesday and
detained hundreds of the
demonstrators observing
a school boycott.

The police action 1n the
Newlands township came
as Prime Minister P W
‘Botha met with == his

students protesting racial
disc mminavon

to begin shortly

The federal money will
be poured into the $42.5

come from federal grants,
he said.

The total port develop-
ment is expected to cost

Police, students
clash in S. Africa.

private homes _ before
carting off at least 15
truckloads to yall.

Pohce said they acted
after the estimated 1,000
youths from four high
schools began chanting
and throwing stones

The incident was the
worst yet reported in an

position figures have said
could spark serous riots

Forest fires
raging in Alberta

provincially owned Upper

_Levels Highway and ferry

system.
West Van police costs this
year amount to $2.5 million.
“In these times of
regrettable inflation, high

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pretty funny - until he got
punched in the mouth.

The egg thrower was
driving along 15th. Street,
tossing his eggs at another
car also driven by a 16-year-
old.

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higher property values.

“If a taxpayer has had no

increase in his assessment
since last year,” said Cassey,
“his schools tax should be no
higher than in 1979,”

amusing

access and utilities will about $244 million, with A 16-year-old West Inglewood, the dnver of the
start sometime this major backing coming Vancouver youth thought egg-covered car got out and
summer but he declined from the Alberta that throwing eggs at walked over to the
to be more specific. government. another youth's car was egg thrower.

Police say there was a
“verbal

between tne two and that the

egg thrower was hit in the

mouth

His mouth was cut

When they stopped at the police to complain about
JOHANNESBURG. Sov- Teachers said the intersection of i5th. and being assaulted.
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armed with batons fought school grounds’ with
runoing clashes with swinging batons and L d tt
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port facilities at Prince million infrastructure

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