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TERRACE— The increase in the-.
- Terrace 1984 budget will be less than ©

the rate of inflation, and amounts ta

@ tax increase af. pnly: ‘20 cents per.’

$1,000 of assessed: ‘value; on ape
proximately sixteen dollars. ‘ons aw
“!*'"“@conomie climate, he belleves the.

$80,000 house. . os

The budget - received “three
_Teadings at last night's counell:
‘ meeting, The only negative ‘vote:
“was cast on each occasion. . by.
Alderman Alan Soutar. The budget —

* will be forwarded & the next courtell. .

“Serving the’
; Progressive.

A Northwest

meeting for final adoption, :
<The total of ‘the 1834 budget is
$7,954, 71.
Ta presenting the: budget to
* counel, -tinancé committee .chatr- -

“man, Alderman George Clark said

4n‘a memorandum that despite the -

; best balance between level of ser-

"vice and the town’s ability to bear

the cost has been‘reached,

. He identified a- number of areas

_ where expenditures will take place. -
CMe. pointed out that the present

-— $7-million 1984 budget avi

by RALPH RESCHKE ae,

for ‘a budget increase of. 954,000...

at $110,000... 7 1

; For capital projects $288,000 win:

be spent, while another $185,000 wilt

go to improving water service in the :

McConnell Avenue area.

feed line that will increase water =
pressure and eliminate the need for:

‘ ie 12

contract with the RCM. ‘pose calls a

» tne water tower located beside the
"college.

With. the government grant
reduction of $54,000, the cost in-.”:
crease borne by the taxpayer is set 7

This move will save the taxpayer

money because the high: annual
“costs of healing the tower and
: “pumping the water will be avoided,
“Clark says,

In addition ta basic maintenance,

a major street repair program will
take place. Sidewalks will be added
or Upgraded on several. streets.
~The city plans to install a ‘gravity, A.
irrigation syatem will be installed in
» Lower'Little Park, while $10,000 has

In the recreation department, an

‘been allocated for uperading 2 soccer
pitches through the agreement
between the school district and the
municipality, Equipment purchases
will. be made to’ improve ‘the
facilities at the pool, ' ‘arena, and
weight room. co

Efficiency should also improve at

- city halk with the installation of a

$50,000 computer. - The city also

* plans to introduce a‘ terminal inta

the library to. speed up book
classification. ‘In order to balance

+ council

the budget, a conservative use of a:
portion of the accumulatedsurplus :
of $200,000, together with a 3.5 per
cent increase in revenue will be
needed,

To determine what you will have
to pay in taxes on your residence for
1984, multiply the value of your -

home (assessed value) by .000547, . -

To determine the approximate
faxes to be pald on a business,
multiply the asseased value of the
business by .020942. .

Tuesday. may Le 1904

"Expo site.

“to ‘all:
Bennett

KELOWNA, B.C. (CP) — The
British Columbia government will -
bring In legislation making it clear
that the construction site for Expo 86
is open.to all union and non-union

contractors and Workers, Premier

Bill Bennett said Monday. - "

- Bennett . was commenting.’ on
remarks by Roy Gautier, president
of the B.C. and Yukon Building
Trades Council, who said Monday
that time is running out to reach an
agreement for labor peace at the
$1.2-billion exposition site and that
exhibitors are getting concerned. ©

‘The premier told reporters there
will be “legislative rules that will
clarify that it-ig an open site.” .-

This will-probably mean that the
unions will not be able to invoke the:
non-affillation clauses of. their.
contracts, - which permit their
members -..fo - refuse. ork

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Volume 78 No.90

Gunman kills at least two

Shooting rampage in
Quebec assembly -

, QUEBEC (CP) — Alone gunman

claiming te be a Canadian soldier
went on a wild shooting rampage

~ inside and ‘outside ithe ‘ Quebec

national assembly today, killing at
least two people and wounding a

: dozen more,

Eyewitnesses - ‘said the man
shouted in English that he was a
of the”

Sgt. Bernard Gagne of the Royal
22nd said there were unconfimed

« reports the gunman was a riember
_ Of the Canadian Forces working for

the regiment at the nearby
="-Valeartier base as a ‘supply
- technician... ;

; “Witnesses said the man. entered

the assembly chamber; shouting,
embers), I want to kill them. ”

wath the building trades cont :

But Bennett. said the. legislation :

won't be heavy-handed. “I don't
think anyone —- given -the- support”
the fair-has from the people ‘of
British Columbia and knowing the
importance it has to union and non-
union workers to provide jobs —
would close down the site, par-
ticularly if it would cost us meeting
our deadlines for Expo,"

CONSIDERS OPTIONS
_  Gautler indicated that invoking
the non-affiliation clause was one
: option the council was considering.
The construction unions have said
they won't work alongside non-union
workers on the ‘site unless those
workers are paid union rates and
benefits. ‘And’ Bennett had
threatened to impose legislation if
there are any work disruptions.
Bennett sald wages and iringe
henefits are.a matter between the
workers and their employers.
“Tt’a not a negotiation that the
government would get involved
with,” he said.

Gautier said he expects the labor

situation at the world exposition site
to be ironed out within a week “one
way or the other.” °

He said talks with Expo
management have stalled. The
council’s latest . proposal was
rejected by the government and -
Gautier said It is now up to Expo to
come up with a proposal.

The union leader said’ exhibitors
from the 32 countries, states and
provinces scheduled to take ‘part in
the exposition are meeting in
Vancouver and are quite concerned
about what might happen.

MAY WITHDRAW

He noted the exhibitors will be
investing about $400 million, and
predicted that If there is no
agreement soon on labor peace some
of the countries will pull out,

Bennett said no nation has ex-
pressed any concern, having ac-—
eepted “the asgurance of -the
premier of the province of British

- Calumbia, knowing full well that 99

per cent of the people of British |
Columbia are commited to Expo and
its successful construction and
implementation.”

Gautier refused to say what action
the building trades unlons will take
if there Is no accord.

Preparing some of the malor crosswalks and stop linés 0 on the
roads under thelr jurisdiction, these Department of High: °
ways Crew, members took advantage of the good weather to

paint the pavement.

Handling the rofler-brush. is’ Terry

Montague and making sure he does @ good job 's Dennis

Griffiths _

Quake shakes Italy

ROME {AP) — Thousands of
panic stricken Italians stayed
outdoors today as aftershocks

rumbled through coastal and

mountain regions of central and .

southern Italy following an ear-
thquake that killed at least three
people and injured 60.

The powerful first quake, which
struck at 7:50 p.m. local time
Monday, hit hardest in a sparsely

populated mountain area of Abruzzi,
a region east of Rome.

Several thousand people in the

region .spent the night outside,

reluctant to go back into their homes -
because they feared the weakened —

structures would collapse,

Fifteen of the injured were in a
church when they were struck by
falling: masonry,
Ministry said.

luring: Monday's quake, which was

felt ee for at least threa minutes in the -

capital, The tremor sent apartnient,

dwellers running into the streets in *-

the Laurentino section but caused no
injuries, reports said.

Central Italy was also rocked last
week’ by earthquakes which left

Some 5,000. people temporarily

homeless and caused an estimated
$25 million in damage to art works
and.. architectural monuments.
There were injuries, but no deaths.

There are no monetary estitnates :

of the damage cansed by Monday:
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was measured at 5.7 on the Richter

- scale and Uppsala University

Seismological Institution in- Sweden
put it at 6.4 — powerful.enough to
cause considerable damage near the
epicentre.

Near Naples, the quake Bet off a -

landslide that closed a highway.
Telephone lines ‘were knocked out

throughout tle “squth, Italy's less

developed part.

Today's aftershocks shook towns,
villages and cities in a belt crossing
Italy from Naples, on the southwest

coast, to Abruzzi. . .
‘State-run RAI radio sald a 40-year-

old farmer was killed in Caserta,

‘- gear Naples, when his tractor rolled
‘on top of him during the quake

» Monda t, and an 87-year-old -
de ‘buildings in Rome swayed - Y iene i

woman died of a heart attack In
Alfadena, an Abruzal village which
was one of the hardest-hit places.

RAI gave no details ofthe third
death. a

‘Agent. Orange fund called a copout

NEW YORK (AP) — An

"agreement by seveti. ‘chemical

companies to create a $i80-million
fund for Vietnam war veterans who
claim they wert injured by Agent
Orange could shift the focus of the
long legal battle over the herbicide

°. to the U.S. government. ’:

Lawyers for the chemical com-

'. panies and for: the plaintiffs -—

veterans, their wives and children —
have: reserved the right to sue the
government after announcing their
agreement Monday.
-“Thope the Presidest of the United
States directs the’ Veterans
Administration tp honor the claims
of the Vietnam combat veterans and
retognizes that chemical bullets are
just a6 deadly as lead bullets — they
just take longer to kill,” said lawyer
Victor Yannacone, who helped
organize the class-action suit.

: “negotiating by telenone. with police.

Francoise Despres, secretary of

-national: assembly member Yves
| Besumier, was right behind ‘the

Royal 22nd

“Where are the MNAs (assembly.

gunman as he entered the building.
She said in a television interview
she saw the man drive up to the side
door of the building in a car with
Ontario licence plates.
He lett the vehicle, a white Pontiac

Firebird, across the street from the:

fortress-like building that houses
Premier Levesque’s office. Police
believed it may be loaded with ex-
plosives. —

The man's military battle garb
included ammunition belts,
STARTED FIRING.

She followed him into the building
— “close enough that he could have
opened the door for me” — but
turned away when he started firing
at a receptionist just after he went
in

One of the dead wag an assembly
_messenger. The other is believed to
have ‘be a female‘ ‘hostess, Police
‘would nat confirm reports that a

at thie person also died...

Rejean‘Dionne, a cateraman for

' the assembly telecasting _ service,

was injured in the arm. He said he
was getting his camera ready for the
opening of the daily session at 10
a.m. EDT when an individual broke

into the main chamber. and fired
bursts from a submachine-gun,

Before entering the assembly, the
gunman shot at tourists and soldiers
at the nearby Citadel, |

The shooting at the entrance of the
historic military fortress lasted
about 30 seconds. No one was in-
jured, said Col. Paul Renaud of the
nearby Valcartier Canadian Forces '
base.

Renaud said witnesses could not
say whether the gunman was a real
soldier from his uniform.

Radio station CJRP said that at
9:20 a.m.,, a man dressed in a green
camouflage uniform visited the
station and delivered.a cassette in
an envelope, with orders not to open
it before 10 a.m.

Station personne] opened the
cassette just before that time and —
found {t contained vague and slightly
incoherent fhngat
the Quebec government.

: Station officials said they were in
process of informing pdlice when
they received word of the shooting.

‘The station was told by municipal
police not to broadcast the cassette.

‘Soviet Union will boycott
Olympics in Los Angeles

MOSCOW (AP) — The official
Soviet news agency Tass announced
today that the Soviet Union will nat
participate in the 1984 Summer.
Olympics in Los Angeles.

’ A statement issued by the Soviet
National Olympic Committee said:

“The cavalier attitude of the U.S,
authorities to the Olympic. charter,
the gross flouting of thé ideala and
traditions of the Olympic movement
are aimed directly at undermining
it. This line that was manifested
clearly earlier is conducted now as
well,

“In these conditions, the National

_ Olympic Committee of the U.S.S.R,
is compelled to declare that . the.

participation of Soviet sportsmen in

the. games of the 23rd Olymplad in

Los Angeles is impossible."

The statement said that “to act
differently would be tantamount to
approving the anti-Olympian actiona
of the U.S. authorities and
organizers of the Games,”

_ “Adopting this decision, we have
not..the. slightest wish to cast
aspersions on the American public,
to cloud the good feellngs linking

sportsmen of our countries," the

‘statement said. :

It: concluded: ‘“‘The National
Olympic Committee of the U.S.S.R.,
the ‘Sparts, organizations of our.

The veterans administration has
hot acknowledged service-connected
disabilities resulting from Agent
Orange and has made no disability
payments on Agent Orange claims.

Veterans’ lawyers called the
agreement the largest settlement in
4 products liability suit, but it must
still be approved by U.S. District
Judge Jack Welnslein. Initial
reaction among veterans wap
‘mixed, and some voiced anger that

the companies would avoid a trial.”

“It's pretty disgusting,” said
veteran Mike Mullings of the
Oklahoma Agent Orange Outreach
Committee. "It’s just a copout, This

thing has got to go to court 20 the .

public can see what has happened."
LEFT suIT

- But Yannacone, who left the suit
because of a dispute, said: “The

country, will further support the
efforts of the International Olympic
Committee, the Association of
National Olympic Committees,
international sports federations, the
International Association of Sports
Writers directed at strengthening
the international Olympic
movement, struggle for the
preservation of its purity and
unity,””- -

The statement also said that
“extremist organizations and
groupings of ali sorts, aiming to
create ‘unbearable conditions” for
the stay of the Soviet delegation and

, performance of Soviet athletes, have

sharply stepped up their activity
with direct connivance of the
American authorities."

‘It said that while the US.
authorities had made assurances
that the Olympic charter would be
upheld, ‘The practical deeds by the
American side, however, show that
it does not intend to ensure the
security of all athletes, respect their.

. tights and human dignity and create

normal conditions for holding the
Games.”

The announcement came well .

ahead of the June 2 deadline for
countries to give formal notification
on whether they will participate. It
was timed with the start of the relay
of the Olympic loreh in New York

veterans have won the final battle of
the Vietnam war."

Weinstein said he would hold.a
public hearing for veterans to air
their views before approving the
settlement.

Veterans’ lawyers said that with
interest accruing on the companies’
payments, the fund should pay out
more than $250 million within six
years, and additional cash will be
kept to cover claims arising in the
next 25 years.

Details on payouts have yet to be

“worked out, but would cover any
- Vietnam veteran demonstrating ill

effects attributed to Agent Orange.

Lawyers for the veterans said {t
may take two to six years before
victims collect. Dissatisfied
veterans may sue on their own, but
would have to get out of the set-
Hlement.

City across the United States to Los -
Angeles, ;

It was not immediately known -
whether other Socialist countries
would join the Soviet Union in
staying away from the Games.
Sports committees and — state. -
controlled media in east European:
countries have been repeating
Soviet allegations that the United
States was violating the Olympic
charter.

The Soviets have refused to use
the word “boycott” in discussing

whether they would stay away from -:

the Games. They said the Soviet
Union never engages in boycotts, or
similar politically-motivated actions
such as the’ 1980 decision by - the
United States not to participate in
the Moscow Summer Olympics ap a
Protest to the Soviet intervention in
Afghanistan.

The possibility of a Soviet pullout

arose April 10 when the Soviet ..

National Olympic Committee of- |

ficially complained about U.S. ..

preparations for the Games and said ©
there were no ‘giarantees of security
for their athletes,

On April 25, U.S. and. Soviet

olympics officials met in Lausanne,

Switzerland, to discuss Soviet
allegations that the United States
was violating the Olympic charter in
its Preparations for the Games,

The suit began six years ago and
maintained that. the herbicide

- caused a wide range of problems

including cancer, liver and erve
dizease, emotional disorders and
birth defects. —
USED WIDELY

Agent Orange was widely used in
South Vietnam to destroy crops and
forests that provided food and
shelter to Communist guerrillas,
and the U.S. Defence Department
says it saved many lives,

Though it was Jescribed at the
time as harmless to animals and
humans, it contained a highly toxic
form of the chemical dioxin, an
impurity produced during
manufacture,

Results from the largest govern-
ment research project on the effects
of the herbicide are not expected
until 1987,

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