_ even the: police ‘found this Sow - one difficult to believe. oS

Little slips of- paper an-

“nounced = the:

_- giveaway in advance: “Freak of the Week, A free one, Fri Noon” and then listed the location of a playground. .

_When officers also showed up at the playground they found youths were passing out dozens of packets of free heroin.

things in’ life: are ‘free,’ but.

‘Friday —

arrested and 155 packets. of heroin. were . confiscated |

said.

‘The. taid was the. latest. skirmish: to. try to close up - the business of Young Boys Inc., a narcotics operation led by adults which uses teen-agers to deliver and sell. heroin.

“They’ ve got to be fecling the pressure and they're. obviously on the ..run, because. nobody gives: away

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~ ‘The heroin giveaway,

. police said, was a way of keeping street customers who haye been seeking other: sources recently because of police pressure on Young. Boys Inc, 4

Police said the ‘drug ring

‘grossed $100,000 a week in - heroin sales before.a series

‘of raids began’ July 27.

Preparations begin |

STE. THERESE, QUE. (UPC) - The Parti Quebecois has set January 20 as the date when campaigning for ‘Quebec’s sovereignty-assoc- iation referendum begins in earnest.

The referendum will be held sometime next spring, -and Premier Rene Levesque is expected to name its date “py Christmas.

But Marcel Leger, the minister responsible for party. organization, said the PQ'’s major drive ta contact voters should be over by January 20 of next

year, when the final countdown to the referendum begins,

“That's, when wo'll put all of our careful records into good use, knowing where the undecided voters are,”

psnid Leger, who began distributing a referendum manual to party workers.

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for PQ referendum

After January | 20, the

campaign will concentrate. ,

on the actual referendum question rather than a general program of per- suasion, he said.

oe

Party workers from 12

provincial ridings were given |

the 145-page manual Sunday. It instructs them how to contact potential voters, concentrating on women and the undecided. It includes hints on how to keep records of campaign work and outlines strategy for cach riding.

Copies of the manual will be distributed across the entire province within two weeks through meetings similar to the referendum-organizing one held Sunday,

“One out of - every four women in Quebec supports the concept of Quebec controlling its own destiny,”

special -

the booklet says, “and they should. be an important part of your work.”

The manual says a special campaign rally for women from across the province is being organized for October 2) in Montreal.

“We're going after un- decided “voters,” Leger explained, “becuase our latest poll shows they make up 40 per cent of voters in the province.”

The PQ manual also warns workers against trying to bluff their way; through a question about sovereignty- association they can’t an- swer, ‘

“If you can’t provide a

‘reply on a specific detail, go . back and uso party resources — to find the answser, then

respond to that vofer in: ting. Encourage discussion,” the manual

says.

in,” said Inspector William: Dwyer of. the ; - Narcotics. Section. “That's during, the. raid, authorities ; unheard of in this city.”

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Over the next ten weeks, single lane closures will. be in effect on the Lions’ Gate Bridge. Subject to good weather, two lanes (one each way) will be open between 9:30 am and 2:30 pm. All three lanes will be open during rush hours and at night. |

During this period our contractors willbe doing __. work in preparation for the installation of the new bridge deck. In the interest of safety, this work m must be done during daylight hours.

To avoid traffic back-ups, motorists are strongly advised to consider the Second.Narrows Bridge ’ during the partial closure periods. Traffic notices will be broadcast by radio regularly.

Province of British Columbia Ministry of Transportation,

Communications and Highways _ HON. ALEX V. FRASER, MINISTER