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THE VOICE OF NORTH AND W

Newsstand Price 25¢ March 2, 1980 Tel. 980-0511 Classified 986-6222

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cian turns NEWS carrier Beghias By CHRIS LLOYD

An agile bank robber who leaped across two counters to the central teller’s desk Wed- nesday stole about $10,000 cash from the Royal Bank at Park Royal South.

False fire alarm calls arising from a com- bination of students’ pranks, accidents and faulty equipment, at schools. throughout North Vancouver, appear to be just as frequent as before the local school board

| . And though police arrived stepped in fo ary to 4 if : Zs en ¢ | we eee — : at the Dek within one overcome the problem. a > ae ~ ee tainute of receiving the alarm - about three minutes after the lunch-hour holdup began - the robber managed togetaway.

It was West Vancouver's first bank robbery of the year. Last year saw three holdups in West Van - all at banks in the Park Royal malls.

Once again, the robbery on Wednesday was carmed out by an athletic man who leaped over the bank counter.

But instead of mnfling through various bank teller drawers, aS was the pattern me Heeger sh ; last year, this robber con- —_ tinued past the front counter area and made a second leap across an inside counter into the central teller's cash area.

The man, armed with a short-barrelled revolver and wearing a wig, scooped up about $10,000 and left the area by leaping over the two counters as he went.

He left by the front door, out to the east side of the bank, and was last scen running around the south side of the bank.

It is thought he made his

_ On the basis of incident figures for January, it seems unlikely that fire chiefs will be satisfied to sit back until May - the experimental data gathering period set at the school board meeting - before pooling their findings | and deciding on _ further action.

Most outspoken of the people frustrated with the frequency of the false alarms in North Van schools which are attended by both City and District fire departments is District Fire Chef Bob McDonald.

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SUNDAY: Cloudy with occasional rain. Con- tinuing mid.

Nat inate : ; Es ee M getaway in a brown, late . — ~~ odel Chevrolet which MONDAY: Little DISTINGUISHED NEWS CARRIER Gordon Gibson, Liberal candidate in North Van-Burnaby at the Feb. 18 had no side windows but had election, delivers last Wednesday's News to householder Roy Booth. Gordon was keeping a promise he made to The windows in the back doors. News during the election campaign — see BRUNCH (p.A6) for story. (lan Smith photo)

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