“> and ‘spent 4% hours. there.

oe Ramsey. water tank which’

harm last month — his fourth’

oe | anda half years.

Dp preter d-
. - Eemnouse and. Whytecitte
‘Parks: in West Vancouver. and—
-<) were expected to ‘close this’ - dangers.
. week. because of the acute 7 “explosive” Me |
fire hazards. | ; In: West. Van, t the bans: on +

- North: ‘Van: District Fire smoking and use. of. fire in’.
a Department was called to -- forest areas were this week. |. .
~. fire at the. top of Mountain expected to lead to Complete. “|. ° ~
y bans on. the ‘public’ use: of.
_ parks, including: WE trails: at it a

‘maj fires. had: they ‘ :
ot been. report d- quic ne

. Meanwhile, - ‘another crew. Cypress Bowl.:

tackled ‘a blaze near the:

- There i i ‘till a bane on: : any ny ay
> began at 8 p.m. and kept _ kind. of outdoor burning .in
|; them busy for vA hours. oes unicipality . and fire Hee
"Most. severe: “blaze” "obs , Chief Colin Evans comments *
curred Sun day night at _- of the existing conditions: “It

: Prospect Avenue, destroying tow ‘dangerous. : right to :

evergreen trees.

; . ~ Parks i in’ North. Van: were a ioe
: ‘The. “fire. department - ‘not: being. ‘Closed at ‘News. pe
oo worked i in conjunction: with press — time, _ ‘although the .
the: “municipal. forest’ fire possibility was” not” being -
| “Suppression - erew. Fire ruled out. .

jery,. drank and. showed ‘nc no.
emorse - for what he had at

fk frail. old” ‘man “had d his
“nose broken - and. mouth ‘cut |
- iwhen he was beaten: up by.
24-year-old North Vancouver si
_longshoreman- who: put the |
_: boot in and then threatened a
| 2 to return. a again lat : t

provincial. court. Curtis" |,
.~Barnes_ Mason, aged 24,:0f
- 317 East Sixth Street, North
~-Van., was” failed for: six.
ars mame bees on Pb case oleadine 2: ees:
|. AUER EELS GAtwE pivauw ote ihe guilty a

to: assault : ‘causi

: and rational | man.

= custody when he drreatened. on Ba
to go back and see the old

4. man_as - soon’ as he’ was: S
- released. - . :

. "Defence counsel Ss Peter BS
Keighley said Mason did not...
know. the elderly man and.
had never's seen “him, bee re.

. Pon peen ’
VGriGus: “progr: aims,

2 "Problem. .
in_ four. 7 oe

assault ‘conviction: ;

Mason. had. ‘been quite. ~

mee Salk ‘no- “physical “drunk and was involved ina’

| ~ Judge. A. W.. Cliffe told. ‘threat to him, ” Stevens said. . shouting match. with ‘another | -

- Mason he was fortunate the es “3 man at the time. He recalled’, : 1

(Crown. was proceeding sum- ~.... someone © ‘breaking up ‘the | for.
“marily ‘otherwise he. would _ .. fight but could not remember | -

. have jailed Mason for two “Pol ; threatening to back and
years. instead, of the six 2 ‘the c 2 BoP ee

7 An efficient communications system is ; vital to a
‘modern railway. But the equipment utilized in -
such a system requires specialized : attention. ose
-and that's. why the work of Ole Grossler i is
SO important.

Oleisa communications technician for B. C. Rail
‘in the Lillooet area, responsible for a wide ©

_ Variety of sophisticated equipment. He maintains.
‘all microwave repeater sites in-the area... looks
_after mobile radios in locomotives, ‘cabooses ©
and speeders...and also maintains crossing |
signals, telephones and cable.

_ Thanks to people like Ole Grossler, the railway
enjoys excellent communications up and down
_ the line. That permits efficient scheduling...
and reliable shipping service for the products
of our northern regions.

fy BRITISH _
3 COLUMEIA

ia ‘shortly: afterwards as. oe eader,

ot spell ‘was: ‘forecast s at prea tain, he. The. two ‘countries have’ words o f direc

continue. throughout this: week (Ellsworth Dickson.” a

ri f 7

“Keighley. described } Mason |
as having. ‘‘a severe: alcohol
“> problem’ and said that while ||

-.sober. he-was. an. intelligent f

does. seem to. a: “Alco this |
ao violent Tesponse. for him.” re ,

for. aleo- 5

‘holics- but pe not t solved his. _ :

in addition ae jaiting:him’ |
‘months, ee bation |

- ATTACK at the
of some 600. million
- brought heartfelt 1 tribu es from | every co!

travels i in rthe caus ‘of .

oe CONSPIRACY To MURDER { CHARGE was Iai
week. against | Aormer® U.K. ‘Liberal: leade Je
| Thorpe, M<~P... He. and three others
. - plotting. to kill: Norman: Scott, mod

in 1976<‘to: have ‘hada long psexi
. Thorpe. “Though. denying. the claim

: Cyrus: Vance flying 6 on. ‘the weekend to sra

- CHILLIWACK FARMER Jake Van de Pol last weekhas 4
heen identified as a 17-year-old. Dutch visitor to the Van:
‘de Pol household. While Van de Pol remained. partially.
~ paralyzed” in ‘hospital, more than ‘5. ,000. local residents | ce
: were” ‘vaccinated _ late’ last. week ‘ia ‘an Z emergency. i;

“THE QUEEN'S CANADIAN. . TOUR! ENDED SUN- qT
‘DAY after three. days. at the Commonwealth Games in

q she opened with colorful ‘pageant Ps
Pater i Alberts, vis toured _ Newloundinnd, ;

7 kills pollinating ‘alkali bees on: » windshield ie “ft
have been demanded: by alfalfa farmers in’ Wahington

"State. They say the: bees, vital for pollinating the alfalfa’.
fields, follow set: flight” patterns: and each: dead” bee
means a $1 loss.

“s “WORLD'S. : ‘Most ‘EXPENSIVE “WINE... , OR:
SALAD: ‘DRESSING?. Restaurateur John Grisanti: of |
_ Memphis,Tenn.,. paid $18,000. at’ an’ ‘auction: for. what.

experts think is the only. ‘remaining bottle. of 1864

-.Chateau’Lafite | Rothschild. But | Grisanti_ says it’s 3

“possible the wine has already turned to vinegar. oes

: SHOOTING | HER ‘FIRST. FRENCH FILM “The:
Guardian Angel”: in: Marseilles. is. Margaret: Trudeau,
estranged. wife. of the prime. minister. Meanwhile, a
- Monireal brokerage firm was selling 200 shares at $6,600.
each last week: ‘to. finance her’ first ‘film, ile ands

"Desperate Men.” ms

cook. IN IRON TO IMPROVE NUTRITION, says.
Syracuse University nutritionist Sarah Short. Noting that.
a lack of iron is the most common nutritional deficiency .
disease’ in North America, she: advises that it can be’
overcome by cooking with" fron frypans. and 4 cooking
_ Bots.

THE RED ISLAND REPUBLIC OF CUBA - “e - whose |
people loved Ernest Hemingway and inspired his im- |
mortal tale of “The Old Man and the Sea” «- now has the
_ red carpet out for North American visitors, In a special
feature on page 11 Vivian Morgan gives some -

fascluating glimpses of this outwardly happy. Communist
. Stronghold in the Caribbean.”

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