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“off in the bush and it was just
a fluke: that I. came. “Across”
_ them.” eee

~. A” hunter’ in ‘the West
Kootenay area. of the pro- |
vince. has. stumbled. on
footprints which experts say.

soa former .
are ‘those of the, legendary — “Roy” Green, a

° village mayor, estimated ‘the

“Labor - leaders © “from

_ throughout the province will |

meet. Friday -to plan a
_ counter-attack against the

_ Social Credit. government’s |

. newly-broadened
services legislation.

essential

During last weeks emer-
-. gency. session of the legis-
lature called to end = the
Kootenay .-schools ° dispute,
the. Socreds - stunned -labor
by amending the Essential
Services Dsiputes Act to

include a long new. list of

Public Employees. .

= “The gloves are off,”’ - said

7 Jim Kinnaird, ‘president of

the B.C. Federation of Labor.
“There-has been a betrayal.
They. ¢ are. > trying to: ‘eliminate:

_ ICBC’s SHERRELL ’

the Canadian Union of Public:

‘school boards to agreement,

or turn the dispute over to
- binding arbitration.

the whole collective bargain-

ing process _ in the public 2
sector. “

9

Kinnaird predicted ‘the.

- Socréd move would lead to a
! 1 . between ~
" government and labor.

confrontation

Meanwhile, Labor Minis-

ter Allan’ Williams has _
‘assigned Dr. Noel Halli the.

task of settling the Kootenay
dispute.

Hall’has 30 days. to bring |

Employees. and © the "local.

lf he fails, Williams says he
will either extend Hall’s term.

. Safe. ‘drivers: have. again.
, received good news from the -
- Insurance Corp. of B.C., but

accident-prone moiorists
haven’ ce | fared SO lucky, .

The “Crown-owned “com-
pany says: that under new
insurance rates for:
accident-free drivers will pay

_ smaller premiums this year

than last. a
However; drivers involved

. premium hike.

1979,

‘The. new: ICBC. rates give ~
drivers of all ages a 32.5 per
cent discount on the basic

they have a
accident: free record.

An “ accident-free driver
who paid a: $243 premium

this year for his 1974 Pinto -
will only have to pay $234 for

the same coverage next year.

“On the other hand. : a . driver

involved in‘an accident will
_in an accident during the last ~have.to pay $347 next year
-12-months will again face a

compared with: $322 this

_ JIM KINNAIRD - tough talk for a ‘moderate’

Robbie: ‘Sherrell .
corporation °
and extension premiums: if _

three-year -

Meanwhile, | :
‘says —

Under the current struc-

lure, single men “under. the

cage of 25 have -to pay the
_ highest premiums.

-Sherrell says $ he hopes that
by 1980 the premium: rates |

can be set solely on the basis

Alexander. .

ICBC” head.
‘the
is: studying a’
‘plan to end age. ‘and ©: sex °
‘discrimination in the’ setting.
: of premium rates. od :

. Sasquatch.

~The prints were discovered :
last week by 19-year-old Rex .
_ Alexander ‘who was. deer.
hunting in derise woods near:
Kaslo. oo

“No way it’s a fake,”

Says |
, ‘They were way

stride of the creature at about
five feet and its weight at
about 700 pounds. on

‘Sasquatch expert | “Albert
“Rose described the’ find, and.
the circumstances surround-.
ing it, as ‘‘a blinding flash of
lightning i in this legendary .
mystery,’ a

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The federal government
has introduced its promised
legislation to make the post
office a crown corporation.

However, opposition
critics have been quick to
point out that under the
proposed law, the new
corporation would have much
less autonomy than other
Crown enterprises, like Air
Canada and the CBC.

The government proposes
to set
directors to run the day-to
-day operations of. the new
post office.

But there still will be a
postmaster-peneral’s
position, and a new group of
advisors - called the secretar-

iat, - through whom the
government _ will maintain :
control.’ oo

up a board of.

Feds keeping grips on ‘new’ Post |

The federal government
says the post office is too

important to let run free of

government control.

Also under the ’ proposed
‘restructuring, the Canadian
Transport Commission would -

be given the power to set

_ postage rates for letters and.
‘the public: would be allowed
_input.on any-increases. |

are open to 9:00.

this Saturday.

Walter |
party | feels the Liberals

should: -Have ‘opted | -for - ‘the |

post office to become a
normal Crown. corporation

‘that recognizes that postal
service
activity and industry.’” -

Conservative postal. critic
Dinsdale says_ his’

is a commercial |

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