° * undefeaver narcotics agent as, part: of.‘

then raided tbe ‘parly milled an: elaborate .
‘deceit!’ ona couple’ whose only. crime “was -

having: the. Wrong’ friends," a ‘Sspokesnian ©. privacy, / :

for.the American Clvit Liberties Union said “7 algo think they: wal ;

Sunday, for: damages ‘due. motional ditreas, a
Aca e 2 wedding was set “up by: an jrown said, . ; 7

~ drug rail should sue police who erashed the

peace i married”? the ineugpecting couple.
Friday ight: just before: Police burst from’.
: 1 rooms © to” ,arreat: eight. wedding «:
guests.

The: agent ‘who - artanged for the’ 77

ceremony and honeymoon to be held at the”
nn’ — and rented the rooms for the: :

police. - -,alg0 helped make sure the guest °
fet included many of the suspects turned |up..
in his four: “month Inquiry;

Police irqm, several communities and the.
Rhode “Taland . Division’ of. Drug: Control.
seized “at: least: $25,000. worth of cocaine,>.
marijuana and other. drugs in raids on 16
homes and at the. © wedding. Thirty People
were 2 arrested. .

JERUSALEM (Reuter) 7

“Thousands of local council

ild go to'such lengths to perpetrate such

~ Bn elaborate deceit on these people; whose -
: only crime; it seems, was having the} wrong
‘kinds ‘of friends,” he said: in a " prepared ;

_ Statement.

we ‘The raid - "ended - ‘B four-month “ine

,_véstigation of drug tralfi¢king: Det. Robert
Sylvia, working undercover, : befriended a

{couple whose-friends included many. people

police suspected as'drug dealera; He found

- out, the couple planned to’ ‘get married and
“officers decided to. raid. the wedding. _
He also’ offered.to get-the justice of the
‘peace. Middletown Police . Chief. Robert -
Gibson took: that. role, .’even though he
wasn't qualified to marry. the couple. At a
‘signal, police. police . burst: from: ‘motel

rooms ‘and: a nearby sehool: bua.

~ Israeli labor restless °

Tsraelis © ihat living. stan-

iority” arid: dthe couple would:
piace a' good civil rights case ‘based’ on’:
" violations’ ‘of their right‘to due ‘process and. .

— ‘Israel's :
‘deepened.

Jabor’ unrest
“Sunday when

more: than - 70,000. govern: ;

ment ‘einiployees: ‘went on

strike’ or. ‘staged ‘limited .

stoppages: ag the Central

. Bureau’ of: Statistics. sn-
nounced a ‘record i90. 7-per-

cent ‘inflation’ rate for '1989,

Postal - and: rail. ‘service
workers : staged an all-out:
strike and: civil servants

. stopped-Work.for two hours

to protest: “price ‘increases
and.the ‘effects (Of inflation
on their’ wages. :

Hospital worlsers refused
to prepare: ‘meals and state
radio ‘ ‘broadcasts were
restricted’ to’- hourly news
bulletins,

Histadrut.
federation .

; ‘labor |
‘leaders, con-

demning, the latest inflation

figure as proof government
economic policy has failed,
said they: are contemplating
calling a general strike if
the government refuses to

-Taise salaries te allow’ for

Mflatlon.-- chet
-s'Inflation in 1982 ‘Was! 1317 3
per éent and ‘the’ previous

Tecord high was in 1990 at

132.9 per cent,

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"employees haven't received

their December wages and
clerks .in:the Interior and
Social: Welfare ‘Ministries’
have ‘been, , ‘staging
slowdowns to back demands
for pay incréases.

The Bureau ‘of. Statistles

_ also said prices rose 11.6 per

cent last month, the lowest”
monthly rise ‘since Sep-
tember,

Finance . Minister | Yigal 7

Cohen-Orgad “:has. said’:

. government policy is aimed

primarily"’. at reducing

Israel’s foreign debt, which -.

stands at about “$23 billion, |

and ‘curbing inflation has

been given lower priority:
Cohen-Orgad has warned

dards must drop: about- 10
per cent if the ecohomy is to

-reeover. He has’ ‘redicted a.
rise in, unemiplo meit. as

7 Israeli. inflation’ has ac-

celerated dramatically ~ in
thé last’ three months: after

the . government devalued ~

the Israell shekel by. 17 per .

cent in October. oe

' Israelis recéive quarterly.
cost-of diving increments as

partial compensation. for *
‘Histadrut.

wage” ‘erosion.
general. “seeretary
Yeriicham ‘Meshel’ has

_. demanded: that ‘iticrements

be. paid monthly: ‘and other

labor leaders want salaries
| to-be paid every two weeks.

Baa la

1065, 4°

Veayiite
. AREGULAR FEATURE PREPARED BY:
MEMBERS OF YOUR PROVINCIAL CABINET.

With HUGH CURTIS
Minister of Finance

wy ah

outlook.

. the first half of 1988, but the recovery has weakened.

lumber markets improved, but recent prices have
declined. Other exports show few signa of dramatic
improvements in elther volumes or prices. Markets
for minerals and natural gas continue to.be weak.

There has-been improvements, however, on the

over the previous year,

of the year, economic growth has slo’ and until ex-

port markets im
about a major luction in unemployment: —

The government’s fiscal position at the mid-
“the year is slightly better than expected In: the budget.
Most major revenue sources showed a slight improve-
ment over the previous year,’ but expenditure again
showed a faster Fate of growth than that’ of our
-Fevenue.

‘Major increases were recorded in spending on health
and social programs, andon highways, including an in-*
crease of 16 per cent in in nding by the Ministry. of
Human Resources. inistry of Transportation
Gnd Higtways spent ed million more than’ in the
* previous year, as the ministry continued with Its pro-
‘gram of accelerated highwa construction projects.

‘Employment was also stimulated by expenditure of
$102 milllon from the Employment Development Ac-
eount.

“We do not expect any significant ‘change for the year,
. from the budget estimates presented in.

Economic growth in the second half of the fiscal yom is
expected to be weak. Revenue will reflect this trend.

* grams, could be higher than originally estimated.

‘peality is that there will be no additional revenue for
-new expenditure programs néxt year. We must con-
-Hnue siringent controls. “Even with those controls in
“$14 billion, whereas there hag bee

been no growth in

‘buirden of budgetary restrainthas been borne by eocial

cents out of every dd
ago the comparable figure’ was 65 cents out of avery

‘rent to maintaining social services for residents of
British Columbia.
Looking ahead to 1984-85 it appears that we may be

fiscal balance, :
But there will be no

ick return to abundant pro-
sperity, either In Britis:
A.

Columbia, or. in.the rest of

clear. Government restraint must continue Into the
foreseeable future. -

And all British Columbians miust become more pro
ductive, work harder, and become more competitive in
vital export markets.

Now that we have reached the mid: -point of the fiscal |
year, we have a elearer indication: of the economic .”

There was fairly rapld recovery in North America in.

There has been.no significant improvement in British —
Columbla’s exports.. In the-first part of this year.

domestic side. Consumer spending is ahead, and in-"
vestment is up. Housing starts have also Increased

In summary, after a rapid recovery ‘in the frat halt :
improve we shall no! beable to bring |
int of

Expenditure on some programs, principally social pro-

Tam sure it must be clear that there will be no easy .
Fecovery from the deep recesslon.of last year. The.
5;

place, in the last two years éxpenuiture has risen by —
revenue. In fact wevenue declined ‘last- year by $374 -
It is important to. dispel. the Lipresaton that the.

rograms. Spending on social programs represents 83 -
arte ve ig on spel pve Just two years °

dollar. This demonstrates the government's commit- -
‘able to regaln some of the lost ground onthe road to -

We cannot pretend that we are exempt from -
the new economie reality, The government's policy Is.

area Be ao

Wo ovideit aes b4

ag Re AGRE Tyee bi

fostering | subversion, ‘in ‘the Baltic republics.

a Rojkelis’ ‘and Janis: “‘Veveris wére found’ guilly GI ae-
* tivities” against ‘ the. Soviet. slalé ‘and - that —i-
a vestigations,“ have. “shown “links

‘The Kremlin has ‘given: no delails of the‘charges

‘havé been jailed-for six, years: Tass said a woman,

m | ‘Lidia ‘Doronina-Lasmane, alsa” has been jailed, but ,

“gave no‘details of her, case,
- Saturday, Tass accused the United States of trying

Moscow before this
-[éonference: in Stock

| Week's. Eur ‘opean disarmament
ol." oy

; Tass reports could"be’ part ‘of a Soviet attempt. lo
. dise
: “aim ‘to create “Hnust-building. measures."

. dependent after. 1918, were annexed by the Soviel
Union in 1940...”

2 Because of emigtation during ‘the war and a, large
inglux of Russians. since, Latvians and Estonians
_make up Jess‘ than two-thirds of the populations of

_ resentment of Soviet rule.

West Germany: and-Sweden: “.

[_messucrades ag a ‘Christian Baplist organization.

“Story. told

” WASHINGTON. (AP): = President Reagan: eying “
depict common interests between the Soviet and’ Americ:
people, toldan ‘iniaginary story today about Ivan and Anys’
and Jim and Selly — two ‘couples who found themselves
together ina waiting room or 4. shelter seeking protection .
- fromthe rain.’ 7,
"Would they debate ihe’ differences between: their
respective: governments; or would. they find themselves
comparing notes about their.chitdren and what each other-
did for'a living?” Reagan asked during a broadcast speech .
at the White House’ on relations between the United States
_and Soviet Union. |

He stiggested this is how the. mieeting would go:

. “Before they parted company, they, would probably have
touched on ambitions, hobbies, what, they. wanted for their.
children and ‘the problems of making ends meet. And as
they went their separate ways, Anya would be- saying to

Ivan, “Wasn't she’ nice, she also teaches | music,’

2's Jim ‘wold! ‘Be: -lelling"§ ally Whie Wan Al Ald’ bt didii't like
ney, mig teven have, Mecjded that they ;
were all going to get together for dinner Some evening soon.
“Above, all, they would have proven thal people don't

- make wars; People want.to raise their-children in a world.
without fear, and without war. They Want to have some of
the goad things over: and hove the hare subsistence thal
make life ‘Worth living. *
““They want to work at & gome craft, trade. or profession
that gives them satisfaction and a sense of worth, Their -
ee -ebmmon interests cross all borders."

about his boss, : 4

“Partnership formed.

” SEATTLE’ (AP) — Stanley B. McDonald, founder of
.Princess- Cruises, . has formed a partnership. with. two
Scardinanavian firms to operate a- cruise ship from Van-

couver, B.C,, lo southeastern Alaska. |

rationalist activities,’ andit a ued the United States .|
‘The official Soviet news. ligency Tass ‘said Janis -

to: ‘subversive |

it i “absolutely in eredible tl that. police de “organizations, fitianced: ‘by. -Weilern intelligence.

: against the two men or of their sentences, Bul Tass”

DP said similar links have been fotind i in investigations af .
° ‘two, other nationalists,"
"One, ‘ints Tsalitis, was; reported in September to

‘to stir up nationalist feeling i in Estonia to embarrass ©

“Some western. diplomats in’ ‘Moscow said the two :
{ Washington’ at the East-West talks, Which:

a ” The.” Baltic Tepublics ‘of. Estonia, Latvia and =.
‘Lithuania, once part. of the Russian empire but in-

their republics, and. Moscow 1s sensitive about their .

‘~The three republics ‘have historic jinks lo other .

- Balfic couniries and:.Western Europe. Tass. said
; nationalism in Latvia is fostered by emigre groups in

“Boo te singled out the “se-called Exile Committee of the
, Social Democratic Labor party of Latvia” in Sweden
and the “Gaismas. Action” in Bonn, which Tass said -

TM eT eo

SECRET SIPC Dine tty eg tenet.

SANDRINGHAM. ‘England « (AP) = R

"just like“any other.

+

in. Norfolk, “200 kilometres hortheast : ‘of
London, - “
- Dressed: in’ a, black. robe, the « ‘Baptist

‘minister delivered a sermon.of hope from
. > anornate silver and oak pulpit. The sermon

_ was piped on loudspeakers to about 1,000
[people -standing in bright “sunshine and
“freezing temperatures outside.

In [he congregation with the Queen were

. Prince Philip, Queen Mother Blizabeth, the

" account of the latest deaths, -
said :two men were. killed -]::

- winds that ‘battered Britain ~
“and | northérn Europe for’
four. days eased partially

‘ Billy Grahaja delivered a sermon Bunday :
“before Queen Elizabeth and. the ‘Royal 7
. Family and said later the congregation ¥ was

; “Duke re id Duchess, af Kent: and, ‘about 10
“residents from nearby farms, . ;

it's always a frightening’ responsibility

“to: proclaim the Gospela,” Graham said in

; -, an interview afler the service, “But you:

Pm always preaching in front. of ‘the ;

"! King of Kings - and Lord of Lords,” the

American ‘evangelist. said. “T didn’ t really.
think about. it. mo

Graham, a: long-time friend of the Royal ,

i Family, was Invited by the Queen {s preach _
- al Sunday’s service in the Anglican’ Chtirch

_.of St, Mary Magdalene, the small medieval.
‘parish church on her Sandringham estate

know, E wasn’t even conscious of the ‘Royal

Family being there. I was just looking at

dhe people in front of me, the farm’ people,

and they made me feel right ab home.”

HOPE FOR WORLD.

_. Inbis sermon, Graham said the Gospels - ,
“hold out hope for a ‘a world that at peemingly .

has gone mad.”
“1 do not believe that we are going fo

Ss “destroy ourselves in an alomic war," he
declared. “'The Bible has other plans for thie 7
‘human race.

“There may be an atomic war — * and
pray God there won't be — but the human
race is going to survive. Because tomarrow.
belongs to God.” . ;

Rev. Gerald Murphy, parish priest at st. .

_ Mary’s, led the congregation in prayers for,
the monarch. .

_ Europe’ s storms ease -

; LONDON (AP) — Intense

“systems, have been able to Sea,” said the forecaster, -

ride: right ‘through . the who would not permit use of
British istes and the North his name. .

Sunday, . but. four more

. Britons were reported killed

and five crew members of a
missing - Belgian trawler

, were feared drowned i in the

North Séa."-
Key roads. and snow

brought ‘the storm-related

death toll in the British Isles

. lo 17, police sald, Ten.others

were reported killed or
feared drowned .

British police, in their

and five people injured in a

‘15-vehicle pileup during a
blizzard on the M-6 highway
“In Cumbria in te northwest °
Lake District, ;

They said that in Bristol a
motorcyclist skidded on an
icy road and was crushed by

‘an-oncoming’ dar ‘and a 19-

‘year-old. man. was: found

“incoming

dead after setting out in a

- Snowstorm to walk about 10

kilometres’ from. the Scot-

‘tish village of Moy to his

home i in Inverness.

if. Show-~-was~falling in
lreland. «:-and-**

"pausing police to close some
main roads. In Northern
Treland, no planes were able

to ‘take off. from Belfast

International . Airport and
flights were
diverted to Dublin, bus and

‘tail services were slowed,
and many homes in County .
- ~ Lantrim

were © without
electricity for the fourth day

. because of downed power

Sun Dancer, a nine-year-old vessel now operating bet-

ween Sweden and Finland’ and formerly called Svea
Corona, will undergo a $7 million overhaul in Europe before
being ‘delivered for its first Alaska cruise June 15, said’
McDonald, ‘resident of newly-formed: Sundance Cruises

Inc.

‘lines,

: Winds with gusts of 140

‘kilometres an hour hit.
North : Rhine-Westphalia
-‘state in West Germany,

blowing ‘down trees and
chimneys. Police closed
some ji¢y roads in ‘the

- central West German hills

« Princess Lines, established i in 1965, operates three cruise ,

ships which were the inspiration for the television series:
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. ’: Before leaving for Sweden last weekend to open bids on’
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During the winter Sum Dancer will be based in Los
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’ ‘With the 700-passenger, 150-car Sun Dancer and a com- -
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