A4- Wednesday, February 24, 1982 - North Shore News

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NATO admiral knocks navy

OTTAWA - Canada’s commitment to NATO is hampered by its aging navy, which has been plagued by maintenance problems, NATO Supreme Allied Com- mander Atlantic U.S. Admiral Harry Train said Tuesday.

NATO Supreme Allied Commander U.S. General Bernard Rogers also said he would be “much more com- fortable” if Canadian forces..serving in the fourth Mechanized Brigade were boosted to 90 pen cant of war time strength ¢ from current

levels of $8 per cent.

However, Defence Minister Gilles Lamontage said the NATO commanders were not in Canada to exert pressure and _ force

to increase its

involvement in NATO.

“This is done in other places, in other meetings at the level of heads of governmentthatmeet with NATO members and decide what goals should be reached,” Lamontagne said in a news conference with Train, Rogers, and U.K. Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse, commander in chief Channel.

IRA guerillas sink coal ship

SAN SALVADOR, ‘Bl Salvador - Four Canadian MPs met Tuesday with the president of El Salvador’s elections commission, opening a three-day visit to the war- torn nation.

NDP MP Bob Ogle, Tory MP Flora Mac- Donald, and Liberal MPs Maurice Dupras and Ken Robinson, who arrived in San Salvador late Monday, met with Elections Commission President Jorge Bustamente to discuss the March 28 balloting.

Later ig the day the delegation was to meet with Defense Minister Gen. Jose Guillermo Garcia, Junta President Jose Napoleon Duarte and officials of the French Embassy in San Salvador.

On Wednesday the group has planned to meet with some leaders of the seven parties running for the March consttuent assembly elections and with Mexican diplomats in San Salvador before departing for Mexico City.

Canadian MPs in El Salvador

LONDONDERRY, Nor- thern = Ireland IRA gucrnillas commandecred a British coal ship an- chored in thick fog Tuesday, forced the 10 man crew to abandon the vessel, then blew it up and sank tt

None of the crewmen was harmed, police said

“About 10 men armed with nfles and handguns boarded the craft and forced the crew into a Ifeboat at about 12 30 this morning, then sect

explosives which sank the boat in shallow water,” a’ police spokesman said.

The IRA released a staiemenot in Belfast claiming” responsiblilty for the blast that sank the 1,600 ton coal freighter St Bedan

The Glasgow based vessel, used for carrying coal between the Bntish mainland and Northern Ireland. was the second such vessel attacked and sunk ina year Police said the Neclhe N) was scuttled by gunmen last year

PQ minister arrested

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Garbage service cost questioned

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In spite of ” Phillips’ assurances, some aldermen questioned the reliability of figures he supplied to them.

We are all worried about affecting the union

i morale.” Elko Kroon said, “but we have to look at the figures. Where are the exact figures?”

Phillips allowed that one reason for the lower cost

Salary raise questioned at WV school board

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one and a half hour's notice of the meeting

Sager agreed to ask for an independent opinion, but refused to discuss what went on at the special mecting, other than to give general topic areas of discussion. One of those areas included dealing with a recom- mendation from the per- sonnel committee on salary adjustments for exciuded non-union staff.

“The part that is bothering me is the procedure of calling the meeting, normal procedures stipulate at least 24 bours notice,” the spectator said.

Chairman of the personnel committee, John Gregory. defended the boards’ hasty action, saying “historically” mid-February was the time of year the school board dealt with the issue. Sal. Gregory did admit the mecong was called on the advice of the school board staff.

Dollarton wiring may go underground

DOLLARTON homcowners will be asked soon whether they want to pay for un- derground tclephone and electric lines.

North Vancouver Distunct council voted Monday to ask the residents whether thcy will be willing to pay the estimated $3,000 per property to avotd having the lines strung on poles

Onc hundred per cent support from the property owner concemed ps acedcd belore any arca down to the size of a block can have wiring puto underground Hngineecr John Bremoc:r told councal

If the residents of a particular blook oon areca decided to have the underground wiring. the province would pay a third of the costa. as would the uflbty company and the remdcnts would pay the rest he said

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Mayor Jack Loucks, who said he was satisfied Phillips had done an honest job and satisfied that “at this time we should continue collection) with City staff.”

Hall, Sorenson, Stelia Jo Dean and Kroon voted im favor of refering the matter back to staff for “more detailed information”.

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Sager told The News after the meeting he did not know if the board had any in- dication of what was con- tained in Bennett's speech.

“I don’t know, you'll have to ask the chairman of the personnel committee,” Sager said.

Gregory denied any prior knowledge of Bennett's salary freeze. “No way I was party to Bill Bennett's speech,” he declared. But he did say “the timing was poor.”

Gregory added that some administrative increases were as high as 15 per cent, well below the teachers’ settlement of 16.9 per cent, concluded late last year.

“In all cases the ad- minstrators got less than the teachers the ad- ministrators’ salary increases are fied to the teachers’ increases and should have been increased in January,” Gregory said.

Nevertheless. the ex- cluded salary increases will be retroactive to January 1982

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