A4- Wednesday, June 22, 1983 - North Shore News VICTORIA - Fresh from a victory at the polls, Premier William Bennett is expected to introduce a Stringent budget and make his first major moves against organized labor when the provincial Legislative begins an unusual summer session Thursday. The session is being held almost three months later than usual because of the provincial election campaign that ran through April and ended May 5. Bennett's Social Credit Party soundly New labor laws expected for B.C. By UNITED PRESS CANADA defeated the opposition New Democratic Party, increasing itS majority in the House by four seats to 35-22. The NDP, left in disar- ray by its third con- secutive election defeat, suffered another biow when leader David Bar- rett announced he intends to step down as soon as his successor is chosen. The NDP has decided to wait until May 1984 to hold a leadership conven- tion, leaving Barrett a lame-duck leader through the coming 11 months. 0% of acid rain comes from U.S. OTTAWA - Powerful in- dustrial interests in the United States have distorted Canada’s posi- tion on acid rain to under- mine a concerted push for controls, Environ- ment Minister John Roberts said Tuesday. Roberts told a parhamentary committee studying acid rain that he was more hopeful than opumistic the United States will limit the harm- ful pollutant. He noted Congress faces strong op- position from utility com panies which burn coal which releases harmful elements into the at- mosphere and fall hun- dreds of kilometres away as contaminated precipitation. Half of the acid rain in Canada comes from the U.S., he pointed out, while only 10 percent of the acid rain in the US. comes from Canada. He said lobbyists for the utilines have implied that Canada has a hidden motive in pressing for a reduction in acid rain, which has destroyed 4,600 lakes on this side of the border U.S. economy _ surging ahead WASHINGTON -— The navon'’s cconomy is surg ing at a 66 percent an nual rate the stronpest gross) national product performance in more than two government Tuesday The GNP proyec tion which the Commence Department derives trom tentative data midway through the Apri June quarter is the first confi matron the years the proper ted cCON TATE recovery is Zbhowiny Stromper than was ox pected just a few weeks Japan ago The department also revised upward by 0 1 percentits estimate of the economy's rate of growth during the first three months of this year to a 2 6 percent annual rate of improvement President Reagan at a meeting with Republica fron congressional leaders called the new report Veny che ouriag tap oc vidence that (our coonome game pliaty ts working - “ALL signs pomt toa strong recovery ~ he said expels Soviet diplomat 1OnRYVO A Sovicl Vaprloornvant was capelled frovsus Vavpoaey for cavp agen rev tnigehy tee Brrmeobeagey sgey ar the furst Russian ofdered oul site Wood War El goxerninent of fre uals samel Puescliay “ Posreapen Moauistey spokesman sasdl Atha A Nitopradeoos Hb oa first sccretary am the Sextet Pimbassy seat te dapan in August er le a) lett the ounthy Sunday Vinopradeay flew from Japan oon an Acrofhot flagghit with tis wate ane 4 vear old son after beinp declared poemona fron Riata borvcdhay Nhe owas piven AM hours ter deave for cunpavgisy in ae Ch ities ine ompa title wath his status the ypokosmuan Sad oa please Chat cscally Tie ees NPY TERR Novave opt aedens was thee Late st cet ogyeeote thhaney 0 Russian Gdtpbomats hich oud oumtoof western oatoas on countries Eremdly ter the West this vear Nabbed by driver A CAR thief’s timing turned out to be bad last Thursday $200. when the owner of the vehicle turned up just as it was about to be dnven off. The thief had = already started the 1970 Datsun station wagon parked in the 6400 block Bay Street. in Horseshoe Bay when he was apprehended by the owner. according to West Van- couver police. The owner of the car 1s said to have held the culpnit ‘until the police arnved. Stuart Alan Montgomery. aged 19, of 4645 Rutland Road, West Vancouver. has fora 100 mL tube of COLGATE TOOTHPASTE where?? ... See page A11 Park Shore Motors Ltd. 108 Bowser Avenue North Vancouver 985-9344 been charged with theft over NEWS photo Eric Eggertson CASH TO keep them blowing came to North Van Youth Band in the form of a $100 cheque from North Shore News sales representative Mike Goodsell, who is a director of the band’s board. Pictured with him are Brad Wing on French hor and Pat Shuen on tenor sax, ratsing money for the band’s trip to Switzerland. hips only . F , ith the Finest Most. F professional Weight Training Exercise to Music in North Shore Broadway 986-5201 736-9888