THREE TEENAGERS — two aged 14 and the third 13 — were taken into custody by West Van- couver police’ early Thursday after stealing a truck.

The three were ap- prehended by police as they attempted to flee from the truck in the

underground garage of an Esquimalt Avenue apartment.

The truck slid into a

tempted to escape, causing an estimated $350

NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP are going after a

thief who has been taking advantage of open “houses.

Twice in the last two weeks, North Vancouver residents have reported that jewelry has been

HOW’S THIS for quick work — a West Van- couver man had his wallct

back within minutes of reporting its theft to police.

The incident occured Thursday morning, just before 9 a.m., when West Vancouver police were called to a 28th Street address by a report of a theft from an auto.

The man reported to the policeman at the scene that his wallet — containing 9 drivers

DRINKING DRIVING charges by North Shore police have resulicd in the following convictions (mandatory licence sus- pensions in addition to penaltics shown)

Clarence Van Koughnactt, 380 Bast First St.. North Van (21 days jail), Donna

Kathleen Cooper. 228 Bast 15th Se.. North Van ($750). Roy James

A4 - Sunday September 4, 1983 - North Shore News

" Teens nabbed for truck theft

Jewelry thief hits open houses

Quick return of stolen wallet

Drinking drivers face the courts

damage to the car.

The truck was stolen sometime after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Four pairs of pants in it at the time were tossed out during the youths’ illegal drive.

Two have been recovered. The youths were

chased into the un- derground garage by a police cruiser that had attempted to pull them over.

The youths were taken to the West Vancouver police headquarters and then released into -the custody of their parents.

stolen. In both cases the houses were for sale and a number of people had been through them during open house displays.

In the latest case, reported Tuesday, about $800 worth of jewelry was stolen.

licence, identification and credit cards — had becn ss stolen) somcume overnight.

While he was in the process of reporting the theft, the telephone rang. On the other end of the line was Vancouver pohce who reported they had just stopped a Motorist who was using the West Vancouver man's drivers licence for identification.

The car the man had been driving was also reported stolen

Wolthuss, 439 Last St.. North Van Benait Claude Millettc, 255 West Sccond St. North Van ($400), Danic! Hansen, 148A St. Surrey ($500); Brett Jonathon Keen, 269 East Sixth St.. North Van ($500), Peter Gordon Parry, 953 Lillooet Road, North Van., ($800 for refusing a breathalyscr test)

18th ($500),

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a ran almost 20 per cent ahead

of inflation.

Meanwhile, pupils declined from 524,152 to 482,255; teachers increased from 27,184 to 28,184; expenditure per pupil outstripped inflation by 29.7 per cent; and per pupil operating costs varied from district to district by as much as 31 per cent.

’ Hence, says Davis, “the dual need for effective restraint and equity on a province-wide basis.”

Other assertions made by the MLAs include the following:

e Solidarity charges that Shelter Aid For Elderly Renters (SAFER) has been eliminated are untrue. The SAFER program has not been eliminated.

e Solidarity’s claim that “renters may be evicted . for racial, religious, political or any other reason” is untrue. Section 5 of the Human Rights Act forbids such discrimination against

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e Solidarity’s statement that “private sector workers are threatened by the precedents established for their public sector counterparts” is untrue. The premier and labor minister have publicly denied any intention to bring in anti-

labor legislation. “@ The - Solidarity accusation that “cabinet

decides whether or not fired (public) employees get severance pay” is meaningless, because the current collective agreement with the union contains no provision for severance pay. Nevertheless, the government is preparing a fair compensation package and has given laid-off employees much longer periods of notice on full pay than the 20 working days specified in the agreement.

e Even though some “desirable programs” are not currently afforable, the Human Resources budget has actually increased by almost 14 per cent over 1982 — to $1.3863 billion.

@ University tenure and

academic freedom are not threatened. In an Aug. 12 statement Provincial Secretary Jim Chabot said: “,.- local autonomy still continues’. to prevail in universities. If they want to give a certificate to professors, I can’t stop the universities. It is not our intention to interfere with

the rights of management or the board of governors . . .” Summing up, Reynolds declared: “This Soidarity group is not stating the facts and instead are using lies and innuendos to incite fear.

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