inquiring
reporter

Ellsworth
Dickson

The failed rescue mission of President
Carter to bring back the hostages has
sparked a world-wide controversy.

This issue the Inquiring Reporter asks:

‘What is your reaction
to the failed
rescue attempt?"

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Deryk McClelland
North Vancouver

Carter had to try and
rescue the hostages. I
think Carter should be
more aggressive. What
about the U.S. Army
taking 50 Iranians
hostage - what would
happen then?

Ed Duplissie
North Vancouver

It was worthwhile to
try, but it should have
been attempted months
earlier. I don't like to see
the U.S. pushed around
by terrorists. I think the
allies of the U.S. should
support the Americans
with boycotts and sanc-
tions against Iran.

G. Sunderland
North Vancouver

A lot of complications
can develop in = an
operation like this, and
they did. I admire Carter
for trying, but maybe he
should have tried earlier.
The Iranians are im-
possible to deal with -
nobody is m control of
the country.

Ivy Hdl
Toronto, Ontario

I think the rescue
atlempt was crazy It's
also possible that we
don't know all the facts
about the rescue. Perhaps
Carter had other military
Manocuvers in mind |
don’t know how they
could think they would be
able to get the hostages
out of Tehran

Arthur Hood
North Vancouver

Im sute President

Caster is doimp this best
under these = difficult

circumstances | think he
was mght ino making the
rescue attempt Who can
foresec mechanic al
breakdowns = and ny

cidents?

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CHEQUE FOR $113,000 is handed over to North Van District Mayor Don Be
Angus Ree as a one-third provincial government
munity space at the William Griffin Pool. The

fl (left) by North Van-Capilano MLA
grant towards the $437,000 constraction cost of additional com-
addition, which includes a gymnasium and meeting room, was

authorized by council to replace facilities lost when the Capilano Community Hall was destroyed by fire. (Ellsworth

Dickson photo)

COUNCIL ‘A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES’

North Vancouver City
Alderman Stella Jo Dean
won $100 Monday evening,

but it was money she
would much rather have
lost.

Council voted to reverse a
earlier decision to refuse the
Burrard Yacht Club per-
mission to extend a barge 38
feet into City waters in order
to form a breakwater to

protect boats moored on
its property.
And while Alderman

Dean said she had won $100
because she bet council
would reverse its decision,
she was almost in tears as she
attempted to block the
move.

Three weeks ago City

counci] refused the yacht
club, which has 200
members, permission to
erect the floating breakwater
on the harbour headline at
the foot of Geastick and
Bewick Avenues, because it
would partially block the
view from a waterfront park
on the site.

On Monday council heard
a delegation from the yacht
club explaining that it
would only be extending 38
feet into City water.

G.H. Lawther explained
that the yacht club had
bought two barges that
would act as a breakwater to
protect boats and shelters
from waves caused by the
SeaBus.

He said that since the

BARGE WILL IMPEDE
WATERFRONT VIEW

barges were a total of 400
feet long and the yacht club
frontage was only 370 feet,
they wanted permission to
extend into City waters.

Lawther said the barges
would only extend 15 feet
above the water and would
be made to look as pleasing
as possible.

All City aldermen with the
exception of Dean voted in
favour of rescinding an
earlier decision and allowing
the club to use the barges as
a breakwater for the next
two years.

Some aldermen pointed
out that council had to be
reasonable because the
alternative might be that the
club would place the barges
further out in the Inlet and

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block even more of the view
from the park.

A motion by Alderman
Gary Payne that permission
be limited to a year so that
the club would be forced to
find alternatives, was
defeated.

“This is going to be a real
black day as far as I'm
concerned,” Dean said.

“[ just want to say I want
to weep because since 1970
we have fought for water-
front parks.”

She said that council

members were acting as “a
bunch of hypocrites,” by
fighting for waterfront parks
and then allowing the yacht
club to block the view from
the park.

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