The record, 14 septembre 1990, vendredi 14 septembre 1990

Weekend Townships Week Births, deaths .13 Classified .10-11 Comics .12 Editorial .4 Farm & Business .7 Living .6 Sports .14-15 Townships.3 Townships Week: Pierre Morency was in Beijing's Tiananmen Square as students demonstrated, revolted and were massacred.Morency’s photographs are now on display at the Mem-phremagog Library.Read about his experiences during those sad days and nights on page 5.Inside Does a recent Sherbrooke sex-club bombing mean a long, hot winter?The answer is on page 3.Electromagnetic waves: Just how safe are those power lines?See page 5.In Sports: Freelance writer Larry Roman takes a look at upcoming Cougar home opener.Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Friday, September 14,1990 50 cents Gulf: Clark considers more aid By Warren Caragata OTTAWA (CP) — Canada is considering an American request to increase its military contribution in the Persian Gulf, External Affairs Minister Joe Clark said Thursday.And Clark confirmed that Canada has stopped shipment of a shipload of grain bound for Iraq.Iraq complained that Canada and Australia halted delivery of 120,000 tonnes of wheat purchased before the United Nations imposed a blockade against Iraq Aug.6 because of its invasion of Kuwait.‘•This merchandise is of a huma nitarian nature and represents vital food for the Iraqi people,” Iraqi Trade Minister Mohammed Mehdi Saleh said in remarks carried by the Iraqi news agency.Clark said Canada asked the Canadian Wheat Board to stop the grain shipments because the government felt they would violate the UN embargo.“For it to have gone through to Iraq would have meant, in our judgment.a break of the UN policy," Clark said after a speech to the Canadian American Committee of the C D.Howe Institute, an economic think tank based in Toronto.While Iraq said the grain had been diverted to Egypt as a Western reward for Egypt's support of sanctions against Iraq, Clark said the new destination of the grain would be up to the Canadian Wheat Board.The United States asked Canada and other NATO countries earlier this week to send more ships, planes and troops to the Gulf.Ca nada has already sent two des troyers and a supply vessel to the area.Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has suggested that while requests for more aid would be considered : “We believe our contribution for the moment is adequate." See CLARK page 2 Young Gun IVi R F.CORIMiRANT SIMEON ¦ SSlill WÊm Wild Tommy Schwartz patrols his neighborhood, noon.Now with his mugshot splashed across the The I'/z-year-old gunslinger was found walking his paper, the Lennoxviller will have to watch his step in beat on Boright Street in Lennoxville Thursday after- preschool.Davis: Girlfriend changes testimony By Peter Lowrey MONTREAL (CP) —In a dramatic development at the inquest into the death of Victor Davis, the Olympic swimmer’s girlfriend repudiated key elements of statements she made to police the night he was run down by a car.Clavel, her hands clenched into fists at the end of hours of testimony on Thursday, even suggested that a police officer had made up parts of the statement after speaking to the car’s driver and “for ming an opinion of what had hap pened.” The blond 22-year-old showed no emotion when lawyer Jeffrey Bo ro, representing car driver Glenn Crossley, told her that the investigating officer had not spoken to Crossley before interviewing her because Crossley had not turned himself in yet.A murmur went through the courtroom filled with friends and family of Davis when Clavel insis ted that her father had driven her to the police station to make her statement.Const.Michel Asselin told the inquest earlier that he drove Clavel and friend Jennifer Watt to the station in a police car “You had to be there to know what I was living through," Clavel told Pierre Poupart, lawyer for the coroner, earlier as she tried to explain why her testimony Thursday either left out or changed so much of what she told police early in the morning of the incident Nov.II.CHANGED DESCRIPTION Clavel also changed her descrip tion of the critical moments before the car hit Davis.When Boro read from a statement Clavel gave police the night of the incident describing how Davis brandished a bottle as if preparing to throw it, Clavel said she now remembered nothing of the sort.“I would never say (that) because I don’t remember if he had a bottle,” she said emphatically.But Glenn Crossley, driver of the Honda Civic which hit Davis, said in a statement presented to the inquest Thursday he turned his head in a reflex action and kept driving when he saw the swimmer about to toss the Orangina bottle.“I saw the guy wound up with his bottle and saw him starting to throw it at point-blank range," Crossley said in the statement.“I just did like a reflex move of going away and turning my head.“Then I heard a bang and felt glass at the same time I opened my eyes and didn’t see him any more,” Crossley said.Davis, 25, died in hospital two days after he was struck by the Honda Civic near a suburban bar.Clavel told the inquest how she.Davis and another friend.Jennifer Watt, left the bar and began to walk to the swimmer’s car BOUGHT DRINK Davis ran to buy a drink at a corner store, she said.Two men with whom they had spoken briefly in the bar drove slowly beside them in a Honda and called out.Clavel said the women ignored them and when Davis returned.got into his car.There were no words exchanged between Davis and the other young men.she said.But after they got into their car, they saw the black Honda stopped nearby.Davis then got out of the car “out of curiosity.” Clavel said.As the Honda moved off and turned a corner, Davis ran down the road to see wher it went.Clavel.who was watching the incident in the rear-view mirror of Davis’s car, said she suddenly saw the headlights of the Honda returning.This contradicts an earlier statement in which Clavel said that the car came from the opposite direction.Earlier, coroner Pierre Trahan scoffed at the testimony of one of the men in the car that ran down the swimmer after the man admitted he had not seen Davis with a bottle in his hand.The testimony by Gary Desjardins, 19, contradicted an earlier statement he made.“You remember at least what you want to remember,” Trahan told Desjardins as the teenager, dressed in a jacket and tie, fidgeted in front of him Desjardins told the inquest he was drunk and lying on the back seat of the Honda Civic which struck Davis.Desjardins said he remembered Crossley, the car's driver, and his friend, Frank Dres, who was in the passenger seat, exchanging words with Davis after the swimmer objected to them talking to his female companions.Desjardins testified Crossley then drove around the block to look for friends outside bars on the street before Davis appeared again in the middle of the road Warning: Reporters told to leave Mohawk territory Jack Branswell and Daniel Sanger MONTREAL (CP) — Reporters and photographers holed up with armed Warriors in Kahnesatake were warned Thursday to leave by Maj.Georges Rousseau, who said the army could no longer assure their security.In individual telephone calls, Rousseau told each of the 13 journalists still behind the Mohawk lines : “I strongly urge you to leave by nightfall.” This is the second time the military has asked reporters to leave the compound for security reasons.Rousseau would not comment further on the warning, but linked it to a gun-pointing incident on Wednesday.The army and the Mohawks blame each other, saying the man who pointed the gun and pulled the trigger, with an empty chamber, was from the other side.But army spokesman Capt.Richard St-Louis cautioned against reading too much into the warning.“We regularly inform them of the dangers of being in there, ” he said.As of Thursday night none of the journalists was prepared to heed the military warning.Thursday evening, phone service into the compound was rerouted through a military switchboard and limited only to messages pertaining to negotiations to end the standoff, Warrior officials confirmed.Mohawks still have a couple of cellular phones in the compound.And the Warriors also lodged a complaint with military police after some soldiers nailed together hockey sticks and tried to hook the Warrior flag flying just inside the razor wire border around the encampment.The attempt was unsuccessful.Meanwhile, day 12 of the stan doff between the Warriors, sealed off in an encampment, and the army featured a battle of chain-saws.CUT TREES The Warriors, holed up in a drug treatment centre since Sept 1.when the army moved into Kahnesatake, spent Thursday cutting down more of the pine trees that surround the centre.The Mohawks use the fallen trees to fortify their position and for a spiritual fire, which has been kept burning since the army moved in.A dueling cacophony of army and Mohawk chainsaws erupted when the military took to chopping up trees on the side of the highway leading into the compound.The trees were part of Mohawk barricades along the road.Native negotiator Bob Antone, an Oneida sub-chief, did not appear all day at the treatment centre.After the government s outright rejection of the Mohawks' latest peace proposal on Tuesday, Antone spent Thursday in meetings and did not return calls.The plan called for a joint government and native commission to solve the crisis and to decide on whether and what charges should be laid against the hold out Warriors.Rumors about tunnels dug by the Warriors for an escape route also preoccupied the military.Lise Bourgault, MP for the region, says the Warriors have been digging tunnels leading out of the treatment centre.Bourgault would not name the source of her information, but said she had told the army about it.Capt.Marc Rouleau said the ar my is investigating the rumor of tunnels but could not confirm if they exist.He also would not say how they propose to check out Bourgault’s claim.Several Warriors laughed off the tunnel talk.“That is ridiculous,” said Robert Skidder, also known as Mad Jap.When another Warrior, Loran Thomspon, was asked about the tunnels he went behind the treatment centre for the benefit of reporters and dug a hole in the sand about a third of a metre deep.The army spent the day continuing to assemble spotlights, which give them a better view of the compound for their night helicopter missions over the area.Also Thursday, Kahn-Tineta Horn was fired from her job with the federal Indian Affairs Department.Horn, 50, was on a two-year paid leave of absence and had applied for an extension, arguing she could not leave the Mohawk encampment.Helen Fisher, a spokesman for the federal department, said Horn was fired because she was deemed to have abandoned her position.Horn was supposed to have repor- ted back to her job by Sept.4, Fisher said.Horn, a former fashion model and an outspoken activist for native rights during the 1960s and 1970s, would not comment on her dismissal.WANT POLICE In Châteauguay, south of Mon treal, two citizen groups said Thur sday that the crisis is not over, even though the Mercier Bridge is open.The bridge was blocked on July 11 by Mohawks in Kahnawake in a show of support after Quebec pro vincial police botched a raid on a Mohawk barricade at the Kahne satake settlement at Oka, west of Montreal.The Kahnesatake Mohawks erected the barricade to stop a planned extension of the Oka golf course on land they claim.The two citizen groups claim the highways that run through the Kahnawake reserve, south of Monrtreal, are still not secure.They say they want to see the pro vincial police, instead of the Mohawk Peacekeepers, patrol the roads.They also want to see cut rate cigarette shops and a bingo hall on the reserve shut down.In Quebec City, Gérald Larose, head of the Confederation of Natio nal Trade Unions, one of the pro vince’s most powerful labor orga nizations, blamed both Quebec and Canadian society for the Mohawk uprising, calling it a legitimate show of Indian anger.He said Que bec should be lenient in prosecuting the Mohawks.The bearded CSN leader called for a show of “clemency” but was vague on details.Espousing a harder line, the Canadian Police Association took out newspaper ads rejecting the idea of amnesty for the Warriors and calling their acts tantamount to terrorism.In Ottawa, federal Solicitor General Pierre Cadieux requested more information on a report from the RCMP on the stoning of a convoy of Mohawk vehicles fleeing Kahnawake on Aug.28.In one of the ugliest scenes of the crisis, demonstrators from a crowd of about 400 pelted rocks at the convoy of Mohawk women, children and elderly.CSN: Sovereignty needs boost By Daniel Sanger QUEBEC (CP) — The drive for Quebec independence—boosted to new highs in early summer with the failure of the Meech Lake accord —is likely losing momentum, the province’s most powerful labor leader said Thursday.To avoid it coming to a complete halt or becoming bogged down in irrelevance, a mass movement must arise to actively push for sovereignty, said Gerald Larose.“The risk we run is that if we're not vigilant the forces that want to steer it into a swamp will succeed,” said Larose, whose 150,000-member Confederation of National Trade Unions last May formally endorsed the idea of Quebec cutting ties to Canada."I know that if we don’t move forward quickly we risk ending up in the swamp.” Larose, speaking to a gathering of his labor federation’s top brass in Quebec City, advocated the idea of a broad-based, non-partisan movement along the lines of the groups that pushed for — and won —: democratic change in eastern Europe.He specifically mentioned Czechoslovakia’s Civic Forum.The issue is too important, Larose said, to be left up to the political parties and a high-profile commission charged with drawing up a blueprint for Quebec’s future — a commission on which he himself has a seat.URGES MOVEMENT “If the political parties and the commission are the only players in the field, it won’t go very far,” Larose told reporters.“For us the independence of Quebec will only come about if there’s a mass movement, dynamic and broad-based.” He added that his labor federation is “thinking about how to create the organization for this movement.” The bearded Larose — seen as one of the intellectuals of Quebec’s union movement — said organized labor will “have to think about strategy to make sure that our opinion carries all the weight it should.” Larose was alluding to union fears that the opinion of business mif»M have too much say on the 35-member commission.Two businessmen share the presidency of the commission — a result of the importance that both Premier Robert Bourassa and Opposition Parti Québécois Leader Jacques Parizeau place on the need for business support of the commission’s recommendations.Indeed, in speaking of the “forces” that might want to lead the independence movement into “a swamp,” Larose said: “I'm thinking particularly of the business class.” While insisting he is not pessimistic about the flame for independence dying out, Larose echoed the call of several leading Quebecers for a referendum on any planned change in the constitutional status of Quebec.“I think there should be a gauging of public opinion and I think a referendum is the best vehicle for that.” Last month the youth wing of the Parti Québécois suggested there would be no need for a referendum on independence were the party to be elected. 2—The RECORD—Friday, September 14, 1990 Oka family: Their lives will never be the same OKA (CP) — Réjean Mongeon, his wife Andrea and their two tee-naged daughters aren’t Indians but they’ve been living behind Mohawk barricades for six months.They’re not optimistic about the next likely turn of events.“For us, the real war begins when the army and the police leave Oka,” said Mongeon, a veterinarian.Three years ago, Mongeon, who is certified in horse breeding, put everything his family owned or could borrow into a farm he bought for $350,000 and paid $50,000 to renovate.The farm is near the 8th hole of the Oka golf course.The family knew there were Indians living nearby but had no idea of their historic demands or the animosity that had built up over the years between natives and whites.They soon learned.Indian friends who worked for them occasionally made remarks like, “We really like you but you’re white.This isn’t your place.” BLOCK ROAD And on March 10, a small group of Mohawks put up a barricade a few metres behind the Mongeon farm on a dirt road which marked their western property line.What with the barricade, stalled government-native land negotiations and various court actions, the situation became chaotic.On July 11, provincial police attacked and failed to clear the barricade.A provincial police officer, Cpl.Marcel Lemay, was killed.The Mohawks commandeered abandoned police vehicles and expanded the area under their control.“We were all worried.People were shouting and crying.We were too,” Mongeon said “We didn’t know what was going on.But we knew things were pretty unsafe.” None of this was good for business.About 30 race-horse owners who kept their animals in a stable at the farm told the family it was too hard to get past Mohawk barricades and police roadblocks.They moved their animals out.Mongeon sent 14 of his own horses to other stables as well.In mid-July, as bills mounted he had to sell two mares.By Aug.6, no horses were left in the stables.The next day, some Indians asked the family to move out.They refused.And on the following day, an armed Warrior who called himself Major told the family that he and five or six others would move into the living quarters over the stables.But provincial police apparently decided the family were Mohawk sympathizers, said Andrea Mongeon The family has received none of the compensation offered by Quebec to businesses and citizens inconvenienced by the crisis.“For the next few days,” she said, “we lived in our house and the Warriors lived in our stables.It was one way for us to protect our property.” SHOWED RESPECT Major appeared to be “a polite.educated man who respected our stuff,” she said.“Things were quiet enough.The Warriors appeared to be disciplined.” They last saw Major on Aug.18.When a new rowdier group of natives moved into the stables four days later, the Mongeons began to get worried and had trouble sleeping On Aug.27, the new group of By Bob Cox OTTAWA (CP) — The federal Indian Affairs Department has fired native activist Kahn-Tineta Horn, one of a group of Mohawks still holding out behind barbed wire barricades in Oka.“She has been declared to have abandoned her position and ceases to be an employee,” spokesman Helen Fisher said Thursday, Horn, 50, was a fashion model who became well known as a native rights activist in the 1960s and went to work for Indian Affairs 17 years ago.She had been on a two-year, paid leave of absence while she completed her master’s degree at Carleton University in Ottawa.Her thesis is on Iroquois ideology, including details of the Oka crisis.She was due back at her job in Ottawa on Sept.4.Federal employees can be dismissed if they Warriors told them, “Either you leave or you come over to our side.” The Mongeons left at 5.30 p.m.When they returned Aug.31, three strangers ran out of their house, which had been ransacked.Personal items had disappeared.Somebody had left a motorcycle on the lawn are absent for one week or more without citing reasons beyond their control.Reached by telephone behind the barricades, Horn said she was surprised by the dismissal.She refused further comment.Her lawyer, Clayton Ruby, said Horn will appeal her dismissal.Her superiors had told her she could use accumulated leave time until she could leave the Mohawk encampment, surrounded by the army, he said.“They have not fired her on the ground that her acts are inconsistent with the government policy or anything like that,” said Ruby.“It’s purely and simply not being available for work.But that ignores the fact that she has months of leave time.” He said it would have been unsafe for her to leave the Mohawk encampment to report to work.“The army is there, they’re armed, they’ve beaten up one Mo- Mongeon decided to hand the bike over to police at the main roadblock where TV cameras were clustered.Police held his wife back as she shouted her demands for retribution.Réjean tried to set fire to the motorcycle.Some Mohawks criticized the vandalism.hawk, they’ve been hurling insults at women.This is a very unsafe process.” Ruby said he asked the army and Quebec police for assurances Horn could leave safély and did not hear back from them.The Indian Affairs Department in Ottawa said army officers told Horn she was free to leave at any time in safety.A Mohawk from the Kahnawake reserve south of Montreal, Horn joined the Mohawks in Oka shortly after the current confrontation over land claims began in July.APPEARS ON TV TV viewers became familiar with her earlier this month after the army surrounded Warriors, women and children at an alcohol and rehabilitation centre at Oka.There had been widespread news reports identifying her as a woman shown on television shoving a soldier on razor wire at Oka.When the army moved into Kahnesatake Sept.1, one of its stated motives was to prevent further attacks on people and property.“Since then, the Warriors have let it be known that they want to kill us.” Andrea Mongeon said.“Now what’s going to become of us?” But, in fact, it was another woman.Ruby said Horn was helping to keep peace at the tense confrontation.“She’s performing a very useful function,” he said.“In the Mohawk nation tradition older women perform a calming function during periods of tensions.There are a number of older women there who are doing that.She is one of them.It’s part of the process of ensuring that things remain peaceful.” Ruby said the government fired Horn only after newspapers published stories about her.Horn had asked to have her leave with pay extended for an indefinite period, saying she was caught behind army lines.Her father and both grandfathers were traditional longhouse chiefs and activists at the Kahnawake reserve.Fired: Mohawk loses her federal job Hardly a trace of Boeing 727 that crashed off Newfoundland ST.JOHN’S, Nfld.(CP) — Searchers retrieved debris Thursday, including five Styrofoam cylinders, in the area where a Boeing 727 jet is believed to have ditched with 16 people aboard in the North Atlantic on Tuesday.Transport Canada spokesman Dick Pepper said a Canadian Forces Aurora search plane spot ted debris, including something that looked like a tire, early in the afternoon and directed the coast guard ship Sir Humphrey Gilbert to the scene.Pepper said the ship retrieved the cylinders about 400 kilometres southeast of Cape Race, Nfld., but could not identify what they were or whether they would be part of an airliner.But the ship apparently did not immediately find anything resembling a tire He described them as “five hard- CLARK:— Continued from page one STUDY PROPOSALS Clark was at pains to say that considering the request was far different from preparing to accede to it.The cabinet is also looking at proposals to help countries swamped by refugees from Kuwait and Iraq and to offer aid to developing countries hurt by the cascading effects of the Gulf crisis.“We are looking at all that We don’t have a decision yet.I will try not to answer any question in a way that predicts the decision the government will be taking, which will be taken in the next couple of days.” Although Iraq condemned the Canadian decision to stop the grain deliveries as a “blatant violation of the simplest norms of international trade co-operation and a flagrant disregard of international norms and regulations,” Clark said Canada was looking at ways to send food aid that would not break the blockade.packed Styrofoam cylinders, 14 inches in length, 43/4 inches in diameter, with brass screws in one end.” Those dimensions — about 35 centimetres long by 12 centimetres in diameter, would make each about the size of a loaf of Italian bread.The site is in the middle of a major ocean shipping lane — not far from where the Titanic went down — so the debris could have come from passing ships, he said.OFF COURSE In Miami, a spokesman for Fau-cett Airlines, the Peruvian company that owns the Boeing 727, said he does not believe the debris is from the plane.The plane was being ferried from Malta to Miami and was carrying airline employees or members of their families.It stopped in Reykjavik, Iceland for refuelling Canadian diplomats at the United Nations have proposed a plan whereby the International Red Cross would win Iraqi guarantees that emergency food imports would “go to the people and not be used as an instrument of war.” Clark said about 50 Canadians remain in Kuwait, now annexed by neighboring Iraq.He said the embassy in Kuwait City will remain open as long as Canadian diplomats there can hold out.“I took the decision some time ago to leave that final decision to the people on the ground in Kuwait.I want them to stay there as long as they can,” Clark said.Iraq has commanded all countries with missions in Kuwait to close them.Most western countries have defied the order.Clark also rejected criticism of Canadian policy toward native 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incorporating the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) and the Sherbrooke Examiner (est.1879).Published Monday to Friday by The Record Division, Groupe Québécor Inc.Offices and plant located at 2850 Delorme Street Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1K lAI.Second class registration number 1064.Member of Canadian Press Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation and was supposed to head for another refuelling stop at Gander International Airport in Newfoundland.It was last heard from when the pilot radioed that he was running out of fuel and was ditching in the ocean.The apparent ditching site is about 500 kilometres off course from the plane’s flight plan to Gander.The Faucett spokesman did not know why the plane would be so far off course, but he said the pilot was an experienced flyer who instructed pilots in flying Boeing 727s.“He was a very, very good pilot indeed.” Pepper said no survivors have been sighted, but searchers continued to hold out hope that the crew and passengers could still be alive.It is doubtful that the plane would still be floating, but they could have escaped in a liferaft, and people have been known to survive for long periods of time in such rafts.The ocean is at its warmest in September.Major Walt Chipchase, spokesman for the Canadian Forces, said the plane carried one 22-person liferaft, not four as searchers had originally been told.The plane’s cockpit was equipped with a hand-held emergency locator transmitter which crew could take with them on the liferaft if they were able to retrieve it, he said.The rescue satellite continued receiving various radio signals from the search area, but none that searchers could confirm as being from the downed plane.CONFUSING SIGNALS The signals came from various places, some hundreds of kilometres apart.“You hear something, then for some reason you hear something 200 miles away,” Chipchase said.“That could be somebody switching their radio through that frequency area; that could be somebody who has accidently turned on their emergency locator transmitter, or a number of false readings.What we have seen in the emergency locator transmitters has not been determined to be anything to do with the Boeing 727.” Rain and fog were hampering the search, and winds were rising to 15 to 25 knots — still not considered rough but enough to make waves that could make a liferaft difficult to spot, especially from a heaving ship.“You can be sitting right there and then the waves swell and you go right by it,” Chipchase said.Meantime the search continued for a Cessna Conquest plane that disappeared at about the same time as the Boeing.That aircraft left Greenland and was also heading for Gander.It carried a Danish crew of two as well as six passengers — all Newfoundland fishermen heading home after an 80-day stint aboard a trawler fishing shrimp off Greenland.The plane was believed to have gone down around Greenland, 2,000 kilometres north of the search area for the Boeing, and so the two incidents were not believed related.However Canadian authorities were not taking any chances.A Labrador helicopter searched coastal areas along Labrador for the twin-engined Cessna all day Thursday, and a Hercules search plane was to search up to 1,000 kilometres off the Canadian coast today.NOTHING SIGHTED Hjort Pedersen, inspector of accidents for Denmark’s Accident Investigation Board, said there has been no sign of the missing plane.“The weather is not very good,” he said.The plane hasn’t been heard from since it radioed that it had reached its planned cruising altitude after taking off from the airport at Sondre Stromfjord, about a third of the way up the west coast of Greenland.Asbestos: Johns-Manville off the hook By Gerard McNeil OTTAWA (CP) — A Toronto insurance company “almost blindly” accepted the risk of insuring a major asbestos mining company, the Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday.The court, in a 5-0 ruling, upheld the validity of a 1970-75 general liability policy covering Canadian Johns-Manville Co.Ltd.During that period the asbestos company operated the world’s largest open pit mine, the Jeffrey Mine at Asbestos.The policy was issued by the Canadian Indemnity Co.Canadian Indemnity went to court to have the policy voided, alleging that Johns-Manville didn’t disclose information about the health risks involved in working with asbestos.Johns-Manville said it had been common knowledge for years that exposure to asbestos caused serious health problems.The company produced health studies going back to 1907 and dozens of newspaper and magazine articles about the risks.Inhaling asbestos fibres even for a short period of time can eventually cause several fatal lung diseases, including lung cancer, another cancer known as mesothelioma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis.The Quebec Court of Appeal said Johns-Manville was entitled to presume that the insurance company knew of this and blamed Canadian Indemnity for not doing its homework.The Supreme Court agreed, saying Johns-Manville was obligated to disclose all facts material to the risk but not to disclose facts which should have been known to the insurer because of their public notoriety.FACTS WELL KNOWN “An insurer cannot fault the insured for failing to disclose all the detailed information in its possession where the picture, open and well known to a reasonably competent insurer, substantially represents the facts,” the court said.It added that a reasonably competent insurer in 1970 would have been aware of the risks alluded to in widely-publicized health reports on asbestos.Johns-Manville could presume that Canadian Indemnity knew of these reports.“Though the trial judge made it clear that both parties acted in good faith, he also indicated clearly that (Canadian Indemnity) and its staff showed negligence in issuing the policy and, in fact, seemed to accept the risk almost blindly,” the court said.“An insurer underwriting risks for the first time will have to find ways to bring its knowledge up to the minimum level expected of it.“It cannot simply rely on the insured and later place the blame on that insured for the gaps in its knowledge of the risk.” Evidence indicated that a trainee in Canadian Indemnity’s Montreal office assessed the risk in issuing the policy in 1970.None of the company’s underwriters in Montreal, where the policy was written, or Winnipeg, where the company’s chief underwriter accepted it, knew anything about asbestos risks, they testified.“No research as simple as looking up an encyclopedia was done by any of them,” the court said.“The proof leaves little doubt the (company) accepted the risk almost blindly.” Weather / / Doonesbury HBY, SOLDIBRi MIND IF I JOIN YOU?BY GARRY TRUDEAU PRETTY GRIM RATIONS, EH?OF COURSE.MS IS A FEAST COMPARED TO THE FARE I PINED ON DURING THE SEVEN-PAY MAR! 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SMOKED IN YEARS, BUT MAYBE IT’LL SETTLE MV NERVES.THANKS, % BUDDY' «v 3 y » I, r- N.e A JvC?.?FL «- LH* AIN'T WAR A BITCH?OH, I DUNNO.ifCSBC' f«i muF I i The RECORD—Friday, September !t.tWO—;i The Townships —____ ifccora Gang war: The beginning of a long, hot winter?SHERBROOKE — Do a pair of seemingly unconnected incidents Wednesday mean that Quebec’s motorcycle gang war is heating up again?Why was a Sherbrooke bar bombed early Wednesday morning?What were the Hell’s Angels doing at an Outlaw’s funeral in Joliette Wednesday afternoon?And where does Danville bad boy Darquis Leblanc fit in?Those are questions police detectives, drug dealers and strip-joint owners across the province are asking themselves, if not each other.But needless to say, the bikers aren’t talking.For several years the province’s two main criminal biker gangs, the Hell’s Angels and the Outlaws, have engaged in a deadly underworld turf war.Each wants a monopoly over Quebec’s lucrative nude dancer and drug businesses.After several killings and the arson of the Outlaws’ Danville clubhouse, the Eastern Townships has largely come under the Len-noxville Angels’ greasy wing.Deciding he would rather switch than fight, last year Outlaw leader Darquis Leblanc folded the Danville chapter and joined the rival Hell’s.So far, so good.WELLINGTON STREET The bomb blast Wednesday seriously damaged the Studio Sex nude dance bar cn Therrien Lane, just off Sherbrooke’s seedy Wellington Street south.Police say publicly they have no suspects or motive for the 5:15 a.m.blast, which hurt no one but caused an estimated $35,000 or more in damage to the bar, as well as breaking windows and cracking plaster in neighboring buildings.But privately they mutter that the bomb may have been placed on behalf of the underworld motorcycle gangs.The gangs run so-called agencies that control — for a hefty fee — which dancers may dance at which clubs.And police surmise that the owners of Studio Sex may not have hired the ‘ right’’ dancers, or may have mistreated them somehow.Either form of disobedience of the bikers’ rules could bring the bar a dose of instant gutter justice — such as Wednesday’s bomb.MEANWHILE.A few hours later and a hundred miles north, reborn Angel Leblanc was an unwanted mourner at an Outlaw funeral in Joliette.He sparked a police chase which led to three arrests in what looks like a thwarted multiple murder try.The Outlaws were sending their By Charles Bury m On the other side Joliette leader Claude Meunier to his final rest.Meunier was killed by several gunshots while riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle along a Montreal street last week.At Joliette's usually quiet cemetery, an Outlaw sentry noticed that not all present were invited guests.First there were the cops: RCMP, Quebec Police Force and some of Joliette's finest were out in droves to check on the boys they Cocaine By John McCaghey GRANBY — The Crown and defence summed up their cases to the jury Thusday in the trial of an East Farham man accused of selling cocaine.The accused, 27-year-old Robin Choinière, faces three counts of drug possession and trafficking in Cowansville during 1989 and 1990.Both lawyers told the 12-member jury they would have to weigh the credibility of one of the main witnesses in the case, Daniel Lequin.Lequin, 21, also of East Far-nham, decided to “turn” and give Crown evidence before his own trial for dealing cocaine.TWO OR THREE SALES Lequin insisted he had only worked for Choinière for about two weeks before police caught him, and that he was never even paid for his troubles.But he did admit making two or three sales to friends earlier this year.For opposite reasons, both fede- jokingly call their "best customers”.Then the sentry spotted his former colleague Leblanc — now a traitor with a price on his head — watching from a distance The Outlaw sounded the alarm and gave chase.Leblanc ran to a red van parked nearby and hopped in.The Angels tried to fly The Outlaws tried to catch them.So far, so bad Then along came the good guys — the police.Leblanc’s driver was so nervous he banged the van into a car parked outside the graveyard.The police gave chase caught un with the Angels' chariot and looked inside.Leblanc and crew were ar med with loaded machine guns and revolvers.And they were probably not hunting for bear The three fallen Angels are now on the inside — high above the Earth, looking out through the bars of Montreal’s highrise provincial jail on Parthenais Street, wondo ring about their charges for pos session of illegal firearms.Outlaw leader Meunier lies in hL grave looking up from beneath, and wondering what went wrong.And the police, the pushers and the strip club owners are wonde ring what on Earth comes next.: Jury gets ready for the judge ral prosecutor Serge Champoux and Choinière’s defence lawyer Jean-Pierre Rancourt repeatedly told the jury Lequin was trying to minimize his involvement in drug dealing.Champoux said Lequin reminded him of a child caught with his hand in the coockie jar.Rancourt reminded the jury that Lequin admitted lying at Choinière’s preliminary hearing, suggesting that perhaps Lequin wasn’t telling them the truth on the witness stand.Rancourt said Gilles Beaure- gard, a credible Crown witness, testified he had purchased cocaine at least 10 to 12 times from Lequin before he was arrested by the RCMP on August 10, 1989, and had made another four purchases after his arrest.Beauregard said Lequin had tried to enlist him as a pusher.STATED CLEAN Champoux said it was a typical drug operation when Choinère “stayed clean” by having Lequin use his money to buy, store, cut, and then distribute the cocaine to certain pushers Choinière identi- fied.Rancourt asked the jury to give Choinière the benefit of reasonabh doubt and award him an acquittal Champoux said he felt the Crown had proven its case beyond all rea sonable doubt.Superior Court Justice Louis Philippe Galipeau w ill instruct the jury this morning.He warned them to come prepared because if they don’t reach a verdict by 9 or 9:30 p.m.they will be sequestered in a hotel and remain together until they have reached a unanimous decision.Pot: QPF STANBRIDGE STATION (JM) — Members of the Quebec Police Force Eastern Townships drug squad found three gardeners here Thursday busy harvesting a crop of 7000 marijuana plants.The police had a field under sur- nail green-thumb pair veillance.Members of the squad were staked out on St-Henry Road about 3 p.m.Thursday when the underworld growers came along.Two of the suspects were arrested and taken to the QPF Cowans- ville detachment for interrogat ion They will likely appear in court today.The police say the marijuana had an estimated street value of $700,000 — a hundred bucks a plant.W.Bolton: Council sniffs at septic leakage By Gil Smith WEST BOLTON — Concerned that outdated or inadequate septic tank systems may be contributing to local pollution, West Bolton town council is taking steps to clean up the problem.In a resolution passed at the September meeting, council decided to set guidelines to enable town officials to check existing household systems in the municipality.All homes, farms and businesses in West Bolton will be subject to investigation and inspection.Councillor Stan Horne made the motion that got the ball rolling for the pollution check-up.Councillor René Hébert suggested the plan after a recent impromptu conference with a representative from the Environment Ministry.Building inspector Connie Ha-dlock is the man saddled with the job of sniffing out polluters.ENFORCEMENT “It wouldn’t hurt to have an inventory of the septic tank systems in our municipality,’’ Hébert told the meeting.“And it’d be a good idea to have mechanisms for enfor- cement of septic system regulations in place, too.” Hébert said homeowners in the municipality will be asked to bring existing septic systems up to approved levels when they apply for building permits.For example pdding bedrooms to a house, for which a permit would be needed, would require an increase on the capacity of the septic tank.A four-bedroom house with an 850-gallon tank capacity, would require a 1050-gallon tank with the addition of two additional bedrooms.But that doesn’t address the problem of outdated systems in places which don’t expand, and for which building and other permits aren’t sought.To discover infractions a road by-road inspection would likely be carried out, he said.COLDBROOK “We should start in areas where we want to keep our waterways pure, and which may be most susceptible to pollution,” Hébert said, singling out Coldbrook stream and Sally’s Pond as examples.“We need to know what’s going on in those locations.” West Bolton has been the subject of suspicion lately about the quality of the water it supplies via Coldbrook stream to the village of Knowlton in neighboring Town of Brome Lake.Various tests have produced conflicting reports of pollutants in the water from West Bolton, and this has raised the environmental concerns of some members of council, and the hackles of others.“We’ll do the dirty work here so TBL won’t have to invest in a filtration system,” said councillor John Rhicard, commenting on the antipollution plan.IN THE FILES Mayor Fred Lahue suggested that information presently on file in town records would provide a good starting point for inspector Hadlock in his quest for septic tank data.“He should go to the town office and look in the archives,” Lahue said.“We have bylaws dealing with septic systems that go back to the early ‘70s.Start by doing the necessary paper work before visiting houses.” Councillor Stan Horne wanted to By Jean Potvin LENNOXVILLE — The composting bins are here, and Helena Bro-die wants them out of her basement so they can start producing fertilizer and lusher grass.“We ordered 108 boxes this time around, and we have about 58 more to sell,” said Brodie, co-ordinator of the Lennoxville Residents Association.The association raised $4400 during the summer, and that amount was matched by an Environment Canada grant under the Environment Partners Fund program.Compost bargain.$30 for a cleaner Earth.know what method the municipality would use to determine the condition of an existing tank.“Are we just going to accept what people tell us?” he asked.Hébert replied that there were ways of finding out about septic systems and such methodology could be set up by the urban planning committee of which he is chairman, to guide the inspector in his work.NOTICE TO FIX “If people have septic systems that’re out of whack, we’ll give them notice to repair or upgrade them,” Hébert said, and that would enhance the municipality’s collective environmental conscience.Hébert noted, however, that many old houses have updated systems which could be considered adequate.“A 20-year-old system is not necessarily a bad one,” he said.“Although it should certainly have been pumped out a couple of times after 15 years, or so.Our inventory might show we’re okay in the quality of our septic installations.” Mayor Lahue remarked that if people don’t have septic tanks “The first part of the grant money came in on August 1,” Brodie said Thursday in an interview at her Lennoxville home.“We got $2700 this time, and we’ll get the rest part by part until 1993.'’ COMMUNITY HELP Brodie said the community pit ched in to help raise money so the association could match the federal grant.“We have about 50 orders already, from our order forms made available at the Lennoxville library, the Provigo store and the Aux Sources health food store,” she said.Those who have ordered a box but haven't picked them up can do so today or Saturday.“If people want more, they can come to 17 Lloyd St today between 7 and 9 p.m., or Saturday between 9 a m and noon,” she said.The boxes cost about $56 each but the net price is $30.If all the boxes are sold, Brodie said the association will place a new' order in the spring.“The idea is reducing your garbage pickup and you have chemical-free fertilizer for your garden next year," Brodie said.“You can put them close to your back door to put in vegetable peelings and stuff.” Brodie said she hopes compos-ters will get some satisfaction."We’ve abused the Earth enough.I’ts time to take steps to reduce that." The associaiton’s composting boxes are available to Lennoxville residents only.pumped out, the residue of sludge spill over into the drainage field and the system will plug up.“Our aim is to reduce the pollution factor in this municipality,” he said.“We certainly don’t want to be held responsible for polluting Town of Brome Lake’s water supply, but we’re concerned about all aspects of possible pollution in our area, not just one.” LIVESTOCK Both Lahue and Hébert noted that animals are a source of pollution to a water supply, and no amount of septic system upgrading would alter that.Hébert said the Environment Ministry representative who visited his farm on Bolton Glen recently, had pointed out the difficulty of controlling farm animal waste which could cause pollution.“He said my farmhouse had a large, up-to-date septic system for just two people, but there was no way to control the animal emissions.” But Lahue is of the opinion that manure is not the major cause of water pollution.“There are far fewer head of cattle in West Bolton now than there were years ago,” he noted.“Yet TBL’s water, which comes from our Coldbrook stream, was better then than now.” BEAVERS Lahue’s view is that a growing population of beavers is a principal cause of water pollution.“They can live in the water, whereas cattle and other farm animals can’t,” he said.“They pollute dams across intercourses.We can’t control all the wildlife.” The answer for municipalities which experience problems with their drinking water, Lahue said, is to take remedial action by treating the water.In Other Matters: • The anti-pit petition, protesting any re-opening of the gravel pit on the old Glen Brown farm, and which bore the signatures of 151 Glen area residents, was presen ted to council by Stewart Cowen.He asked that it he entered into the minutes, with debate and a vote on it at the next get-together of coun cil in October • Council may draft a bylaw to deal specifically with stray dogs found roaming around the munici pality.Laurence Rhicard, the local pound-keeper, raised the subject by asking for a ruling on the length of time a stray dog may be kept in the pound, and the procedure to be followed in such matters.A stray dog, says council, is one that is “somehwere other than on its own property.” Dog licences, mandatory in West Bolton, are available at the municipal offices at $5 each.• West Bolton has received a copy of a letter from Environment Que bec to Roger Choinière Excavation Enr., stating that he is removing sand or gravel from Lot F 97 without authorization.The lot i: owned by Diane Green.• Mayor Lahue will head a road inspection group to see what work needs to be done on Spicer and Bai ley roads.The mayor wants any necessary repairs to be done this month.John Rhicard, Stan Horne and Donald Badger round out the group.• Lome Argue, co ordinator of West Bolton’s civil protection committee, said he would like to have the names of local residents with first-aid training who’d be available in times of disaster.He’d also like to know who has mobile phones, walkie-talkies, etc.Cal! him at 243-6241.Compost: Boxes Home composting's time has come: 'We've abused the F.arth enough,' says Lennoxville Residents Association leader Helena Brodie.v,m\ b ¦r Townshippers' Day in Bedford September 15 Come and visit representative and save $5.00 on new subscriptions and $3.00 on renewals Regular Rates , v Mail 1 yr $78.00 Carrier 1 yr $93.60 Hccom out in Lennoxville ENCOURAGE THE RICHMOND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL — BUY A CHOCOLATE BAR! t* » 4—The RECORD—Friday, September 14, 1990 #1___gyj Kccora Fhe Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Editorial Outside the realm Trade union leaders believe it their duty to promise their members' ballots to whichever left-leaning political party most serves their needs at election time.They also donate a sizeable portion of their members’ union dues to pro-union candidates.Just ask UAW president Bob White about NDP Ontario sensation Premier Bob.There is long-standing precedent in union/ political party alliances: the U.S.Democrats and Poland’s Solidarity party are nothing without union support.But that doesn't negate the abuse of power which such alliances represent.In a free society there’s no excuse for stripping people of the right to choose.The CSN’s president proved that Thursday.Gerald Larose announced his intention to lead the big trade union federation into the fight for an independent Quebec.Four months ago the 150,000 CSN members voted to declare their union pro-separation.It was no doubt a majority vote which less militant sovereigntists — let alone Canadian federalists — simply have to accept.if they want to keep their jobs.In a society where jobs are scarce and wellpaying jobs even scarcer, workers rarely have an option.Through collective bargaining the union protects workers from potentially exploi-tive employers.The union also protects workers from potential external threats, like conservative governments which sometimes shield millionaire businesspeople but leave workers high and dry.Workers usually see the benefits of paying their dues to an organization that protects them the way most unions were intended to.But though Larose s pronouncement may please many CSN members, a separatist movement fueled by dues and frothing union leaders falls outside the realm of worker protection.Separatism, for all we know, may result in a loss of jobs and in a lowering of Quebecers’ standard of living.One can safely assume that not every CSN member will leap onto Larose’s ideological bandwagon and join the fight for separatism.What a shame that so much of their union’s resources will be spent stomping on Canada rather than contributing to the thoughtful restructuring of Quebec’s relationship with Ottawa.AVRIL BENOIT Griffin death leads to new rules for police By Ingrid Abramovitch MONTREAL (CP) — Three years after an unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by a Montreal constable.Quebec has adopted major reforms to its review process for public complaints against police.Under amendments to Quebec’s police act that took effect Sept.1, grievances against police now will be reviewed by an independent police ethics commissioner.lawyer Fernand Cole.The province also instituted a provincewide ethics code for police and a civilian-dominated complaints board to enforce it."It’s a big step forward,” said Sophia Florakas-Petsalis of the Commission des droits de la personne (human rights commission)."We don't want policemen judging policemen.We want a more objective body,” she said in an interview Thursday The revisions to Quebec’s complaints process stem from recommendations made in 1988 by a Quebec Human Rights Commission inquiry ordered after the death of Anthony Griffin, an unarmed black teenager.Griffin died after he was shot by Allan Gosset, then a Montreal police constable.A police disciplinary board acquitted Gosset, but then police chief Roland Bourget later fired the constable following recommendations from the Quebec Police Commission.FOUND RACISM The commission of inquiry, headed by lawyer Jacques Bellemare, found the “existence of racist attitudes on the part of certain police officers.” Serge Fortin, a spokesman for the commissioner, says the Sept.1 amendments were designed to make the complaints process independent of police departments.Previously, citizens with complaints about police beha vior could go to police department grievance boards or the now-defunct Quebec Police Commission.Their de cisions were not made public, Fortin said “Now only the commissioner has the power to hear citizen complaints regarding police behavior,” he said.Jean-Paul Brodeur, a Université de Montreal criminologist who serves as a civilian on Quebec's provincial police grievance board, said the changes in the law are “unparalleled in Canada” because they create a quasi-judicial body to review complaints against officers.He said he worries that the new system may be costly and slow.“I'm not sure whether (the review processus going to be more publie, " Brodeur said.“What is.sure is that it’s going to get more attention " DRAW FIRE The changes come after a summer in which Quebec's prov incial police force was the target of numerous criticisms from human rights groups and others Poliee director Robert Lavigne apologized last month for an incident on the St-Louis-de-Gonzague bridge, when officers beat unarmed demonstrators with riot sticks.The force has also been criticized for not intervening when angry mobs of non natives attacked Mohawks emerging from the Kahnawake reserve last month.All complaints prior to Sept 1 that went to the Quebec Poli* e < omrnission will be handled by the new commis sioner.and all police departments will review grievances filed with them before that date Carmel Patry, who oversees the Quebec provincial police complaints department, says his office has received numerous complaints regarding the conduct of fh ¦ members this summer Mulroney’s Senate posts exact high political price OTTAWA (CP) — What price friendship?For Prime Minister Brian Mulro-ney, in the 24 hours after appointing f ormer Nova Scotia premier John Buchanan to the Senate, it was rather steep.Thesauruses w'ere thumbed vigorously in editorial offices across the land in search of the appropriate bon mot with which to denounce the appointment of a scandal-ridden premier under RCMP investigation for corruption.Abominable, brazen, cynical and farcical were among those found fit to print.Some observers speculated that the appointment was so politically suicidal it could only have been made by a man not planning to be around in the next election to face the consequences.“Justification?I can t think of any,” York University historian Jack Granatstein said in an interview'.Michael Bliss, a University of Toronto professor, predicted the Tory grassroots might be so disenchanted, in the face of widespread public outrage.that they would demand Mulroney’s head.“You wonder if the death wish, or simply the lack of judgment, isn’t so strong that eventually there’s going to AP News Analysis By Jim Coyle be a rebellion.” he said.“I mean this was worse than Diefenbaker was.” But Mulroney’s motivation was probably simple loyalty, his problem simply one of timing.STACKS SENATE He wants an airlift of Tory senators in place this fall in a bid to wrest control of the upper chamber from the Liberals to get stalled tax reform legislation and unemployent insurance changes passed.But had he filled the last Nova Scotia vacancy with a less controversial Tory, there was no telling when the next seat would be available to reward Buchanan for his longstanding support on issues from free trade to Meech Lake.As Dalton Camp, former special adviser to Mulroney, observed Thursday, the prime minister is loyal “to a fault.” Mulroney seemed willing to take the immediate flak to ensure his pal was taken care of.“It really did seem to be an absolutely no-win appointment for Mulroney and an every-win situation for Buchanan,” Granatstien observed.It’s almost certain, however, that Mulroney received assurances from Buchanan he was innocent of wrongdoing.a Conservative insider said.And, the Tory said, Mulroney is probably banking — if the allegations against Buchanan prove unfounded — on public sympathy for a decent man wrongly accused.Once the stench of the RCMP inquiry is removed, it’s difficult to argue that Buchanan — experienced in government and knowledgeable about his region — is not qualified for the upper chamber.“Assuming there are answers to all the allegations, he’ll make a good senator,” Bliss predicted.TIMING SUSPECT Still, the timing seemed remarkably bad.Political analysts assessing the Ontario election last week which produced a New Democratic majority government were almost unanimous in noting lessons there for Mulroney.Voters, the line went, wore heartily sick of old-style politics and desperately craved principled leadership.They were also disenchanted, it seemed, with the band of 11 first minis- ters who closeted themselves away for a week in June in a futile bid to save the Meech Lake accord.But.as if to thumb his nose at that message.Mulroney appointed two former Conservative premiers to the Senate within a week — including his constitutional henchman Buchanan.Bliss laughed that the appointment was probably recommended by the same deep thinkers who crafted the Meech Lake strategy.“It’s like the people who ran Dieppe will now handle the invasion of France.” Among other things, the Buchanan posting gave every television station in the country a chance to dust off a well-preserved six-year-old tape.In it, Mulroney is aglow with righteous indignation, admonishing John Turner during an election debate that he had betrayed Canadians with a wave of patronage appointments.“You had an option, sir,” Mulroney fumed.“You could have said no.” When it came to rewarding Buchanan.Mulroney didn’t, either.Given his current standing, the prime minister may feel he has nothing to lose.And there’s always the bottom line.It will be the better part of 1,000 days before he faces a ballot box.Supreme Court rules police didn’t respect youth’s rights By Jim Brown OTTAWA (CF) — A youth who sexually assaulted a three-year-old girl and killed her by smashing her head with a cinder block must get a new trial because his rights were violated by police, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday.In a 6-1 decision, the court characterized the offence as “violent and brutal.depressing and enraging." But Justice Peter Cory, writing for the majority, said that didn’t excuse police from their duty to respect the rights of a juvenile suspect under the Young Offenders Act.The accused, identified only by his initials J .T.J.because he was 17 years old at the time of the crime in 1985, was transferred to adult court and twice convicted of first-degree mur- der in the death of Ruby 'Adreaens-sens, who was snatched from the steps of a Winnipeg apartment building.The first conviction was overturned.while the second was replaced by a verdict of manslaughter upon review by the Manitoba Court of Appeal.At issue were incriminating admissions made by the suspect during more than eight hours of detention and on-and-off questioning by police.An adult cousin was present for three minutes of that time and a lawyer for about 45 minutes.Police said the youth agreed to talk voluntarily the rest of the time.But Cory said investigators failed to adequately explain his right to have an adult present during all questioning and to consult a lawyer before making any statement.PROTECTS ALL “It may seem unnecessary and frustrating to the police and society that a worldly wise, smug 17-year-old with apparent anti-social tendencies should receive the benefit of this section (ot the law),” wrote Cory.But the law exists to protect all young people.“The requirements.must be complied with whether the authorities are dealing with the nervous and naive or the street-smart and worldly-wise.” Under legal guidelines established Thursday in other judgments, the youth cannot be tried again for murder.The next trial will be on a charge of manslaughter.Justice Claire L’Heureux-Dube, writing in dissent, noted the suspect was only a year short of adult status when arrested.He had fathered a child, held a job and made child-support payments.She said the law must distinguish between younger and older adolescents and maintained that police acted properly under the circumstances.Sending the case back for a third trial, she said, would violate the spirit of the law and "generate palpable disrespect for the criminal justice system.” Several provinces have been pressing for changes to the Young Offenders Act that would ease requirements for obtaining confessions.Although the federal government has proposed other reforms to toughen the law, it has resisted changes to the confession rules.today's "[nvisisl^ hand N- The Christian Science Monitor Los Angeles Times Syndicate U.S.judge’s ban on Mossad book gets bad reviews NEW YORK (AP) — A judge received bad reviews Thursday for his decision to grant Israel’s request to halt distribution in the United States of a book about its intelligence service.Among the notices from constitutional experts were: —“Without precedent and egregious” Richard Winfield of Rogers and Wells.— “An aberration” — Floyd Abrams of Cahill, Gordon and Rein-dell.Prior restraint is basically a no-no” — Richard Green of Green and Hillman.They said it apparently marks the first time a foreign country has sought to stop publication of a book in the United States and predicted the ruling won t stand for long Early Wednesday morning in his New York apartment, Judge Michael Dontzin temporarily barred St.Martin’s Press from distributing By Way of Deception: The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer, written by Victor Ostrovsky — who said he served in the Israeli spy agency for four years in the 1980s — and Ottawa journalist Claire Hoy.The book contends that Israel had detailed information about preparations for the bombing that killed 241 U.S.marines in Lebanon in 1983 but only gave the United States a vague warning in an effort to damage U.S.relations with Arabs.RECEIVES THREATS In an interview Wednesday, Ostrovsky said Israeli agents have threatened his life.He said two of his former commanders turned up at his home in suburban Ottawa at night a week ago.“They said that it’s better for me that I don’t write it.They told me to stop it,” Ostrovsky, who holds Canadian and Israeli citizenship, said “I will have to be on the move more or less for the rest of my life.” Dontzin issued the ruling at the re quest of the Israeli government, which said the book could imperil Mossad agents by blowing their cover.It also implies Mossad agents agree in writing to keep details of their work secret after leaving the service.Lawyers for the publisher immediately appealed the decision.Last Friday, Israel obtained a court order in Ontario barring release of the book in Canada.The book’s primary publisher, Stoddart Publishing Co., is Canadian.Lawyers who specialize in freedom of expression issues said there was apparently no precedent for Dontzin’s decision.Under terms set out in a series of U.S.Supreme Court decisions, a litigant seeking to stop publication must shoulder a huge evidential burden — perhaps show life could be lost — and assure a court its order could, in fact, stop dissemination of the objectionable material.’ in this case, the book is already out and around town,” said Abrams.'‘Under these conditions, this ruling is literally unthinkable.It is not a close case.” St.Martin’s had shipped out about 17,000 books before the judge’s ruling, which includes instructions the publishing house contact its customers and tell them not to sell the book. Science The RECORD—Friday, September 14, 1990—5 the* #1___ggi KBcara Invisible web : Electricity and health By Nicole Baer Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA (CP) — The federal government isn’t sure if high-voltage power lines and ordinary household appliances can cause cancer or birth defects.But it’s spending $1 million and more than four years to find out.After 12 years of sizzling scientific dispute, the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency is poised to concede there may be a risk.But cautious Canadian researchers, backed by power utilities and governments, say the matter needs much more thorough examination.A Canadian working group concluded last year that epidemiological studies suggest that “exposure to magnetic fields may be associated with increased incidence of cancer, primarily leukemia and brain cancer, in children.’’ The group, which reported to the federal health minister, also found “some evidence that occupational exposures to electric and magnetic fields increase rates of some cancers, in particular brain tumors and leukemia.By epidemiological standards, the reported increased risks seem to be low to moderate.” Animal studies were inconclusive and studies of cell cultures showed no evidence of genetic damage, the group found.The government’s response was that more study is needed.LINKS DEFECTS The U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, which has been reviewing the scientific literature for two years, said in a recent draft report that low-frequency electromagnetic fields may be linked to illnesses such as brain tumors, childhood leukemia and birth defects.But because of the conflicting nature of the evidence, the report stops short of saying this so-called non-ionizing radiation actually causes the diseases.The Canadian government is hoping to sort through the conflicting evidence and come up with the answer.“Most studies conducted to date have not established a clear link between ill health and exposure to electromagnetic fields.” the federal Health Department concluded in a recent position paper.“They also suggest that if harmful health effects exist, these are likely to be subtle.This issue clearly requires further research.” Meantime.Canadians continue to use electric blankets, heated water beds, stoves, shavers and hair dryers, all of which expose us to electromagnetic fields of varying strengths.Magnetic fields are produced around a wire when a current passes through it.The intensity increases with the strength of the current.Although people can readily shield themselves from electric fields, magnetic fields pass through most substances.Electro- magnetic fields are a combination of the two phenomena.RESEARCH BEGINS Dr.Rosemonde Mandeville, a University of Quebec immunology professor, has won grants totalling $2 million — enormous for Canadian standards — to research the question “from square one”.“You have to understand how it works,” Mandeville said in an interview from Laval-des-Rapides.“If you don’t understand how it works, you can do all the epidemiological studies you want and you still won't have it right." Her work, expected to take three years, seeks to develop an animal model that would measure the carcinogenic effect of long-term exposure to magnetic fields.Mandeville's work, funded by Ontario Hydro.Hydro-Québec and the University of Quebec, is to determine whether a range of magnetic field intensities can trigger or promote the development of brain tumors in rats.If they do.scientists can then proceed with systematic investigations into the mechanism of cancer production — the cell and metabolic changes that are brought about by the magnetic field and that ultimately produce a tumor.STUDY CONDUCTED Another huge.$1.5-million study conducted by a McGill University group will try to assess whether there is a link between cancers and exposure to electromagnetic radiation.About 13,000 current and former employees of power companies in Ontario, Quebec and France will participate in the three-year project, funded by the utilities.Just under half of the workers will have cancer and the rest will not.,* Each participant will wearaspe- •w cial instrument called a dosimeter, which will measure exposure to electromagnetic fields at home and workover seven days, said Jan Deadman.an industrial hygienist associated with the project.This will allow researchers to report cancer rates by exposure level, rather than by occupation.For example, a linesman will have a low exposure if he is working on a dead line, but the exposure will be higher if neighboring lines are live.Office workers will also be included in the study, because they are exposed to radiation from computer terminals.Another $1.8-million study will compare the exposures of large matched groups of children with and without leukemia.Results will be pooled from researchers at British Columbia’s Cancer Control Agency and another group at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.Richard Gallagher, head of B.C.group, said the work will take four years.Researchers will measure the electromagnetic field around the children over 48 hours using dosimeters.Gallagher said investigators will measure the influence of wiring and other electrical sources in the children’s homes.The study is funded equally by the federal government, Ontario Hydro, the U.S.Electric Power Institute and the Canadian Electrical Association, which represents power utilities./ Ontario Hydro alone is spending nearly $4 million over four years on various studies, including research on the effect of electro magnetic fields on cells and a survey of all field sources in residential, commercial and institutional settings.Some concerned citizens and representatives of utility workers exposed to high-voltage power lines say they don’t want to wait several more years for more scientific results to trickle in.Existing evi- dence is enough to require clear protective standards, they say."It would be nice to put the controls in place now and then prove that there is no problem.” said David Shier, health and safety officer tor the union representing 18,IKK) Ontario Hydro workers."If they don’t find anything in the studies, they can always remove the controls later." But Ontario Hydro says standards may only provide a false sense of security because enough isn’t known yet about the impact of electromagnetic fields.For example.U.S.research has suggested that a higher-intensity field is not necessarily always worse than a lower-intensity one.Scientists don't know- whether there is an acceptable threshold ol exposure, or whether an acute blast of electromagnetism is worse than prolonged exposure.Controversy has dogged the issue since 1979, when two University of Colorado epidemiologists demonstrated a statistical link between childhood cancers and concentrated high-voltage wiring.The ground-breaking study by Nancy Wertheimer and Ed Deeper was criticized because it used wiring configurations to measure exposure rather than actual measurements of electromagnetic fields.Since then, heavy criticism has met every study that has sought to sort out the environmental influences that act on people — any one of which may cause a health effect.About one third of all published studies worldwide have suggested a link between electromagnetism and illness, and the rest have found none.But Health Deoartment scientist Dr.Yang Mao said research is often misinterpreted.If a scientist finds no risk, there may be none.On the other hand, the method can be flawed and an existing risk was simply not uncovered.Kanata, Ont.Aid.Judy Hunter, who has led a four-year battle against power lines running too close to schools and playgrounds in her community, said she is suspicious of the latest round of Canadian research, especially the involvement of the utilities.Even if a study is truly unbiased, she said, the public perception of bias resulting from involvement by utilities could diminish the value of the results.She likened it to tobacco companies funding research into the health effects of smoking.EXPERTS MONITOR Paul Newall, supervisor of Ontario Hydro's electrical effects unit, said the research will be independent because it is monitored by Royal Society of Canada experts.As well, all the scientists are asso-ciated with highly credible centres.Ray Del Bianco, a spokesman for the Canadian Electrical Association.said the utilities place no restrictions on the research "except that they want to see the results before they are published." He said the condition ensures the power companies will be prepared for public questions.The University of Quebec’s Mandeville said her personal opinion is that fears about electromagnetic radiation are exaggerated.“I wish.I hope it does not (turn out that there are health risks.) It would cause a lot of trouble for the human race.It would be a catastrophe.” She insisted, however, that an elaborate structure of internal, external and international audits, peer review and committees ensures that her personal views don’t influence her findings.“As a human being 1 am biased.As a scientist 1 am not.1 am very rational, taking Jfc- it step by j.step.” 1 VÀ i 1 ¦ I it.Low-voltage radiation from appliances such as computers and television sets may also pose a health threat.1 i mfmm iiii i « a is Do high voltage lines cause cancer?Science is trying to find out.Insects : Helping solve smelly murders By Charles Lewis Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA (CP)—Insects have no respect for the dead.An exposed corpse is the perfect host for a variety of insects who haven't the slightest reverence for a lifeless body.It’s not a thought anyone wants to dwell on, unless you’re one of a rare breed of scientists searching for a valuable forensic clue.“For most people, the most unpleasant aspect of looking at a body is the insects,” says Gail Ander son, who is completing her doctoral work at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.“But I’m a forensic entomologist and the bugs are exactly what I’m interested in.” For the handful of forensic ento mologists — there are about a do zen in North America — there’s a grim irony to an old adage: life must go on.The invading insect world, finding a suitable host to spawn new generations, can be a valuable key to the lime of death, an elusive part of the forensic puzzle.“You find a decomposing body in the bush, it would be extremely useful to pinpoint the time of death,” says pathologist Frederick Jaffe of the Ontario Centre For Forensic Sciences.It’s from that information, Jaffe says, that alibis and witness statements can fall neatly in, or out, of place."But we really have no good means of doing that.We can make an informed guess.But it would be tremendous to have something more scientifically sound." FEW TOOLS Investigators have few tools to help them fix the time of death.Body temperature, analysis of stomach contents and the stage of ri-gormortis can help pathologists estimate the time of death, but after 72 hours those techniques aren’t useful.That’s the appeal of forensic entomology.The first recorded use of the science was in 13th-century China.A landlord discovered one of his workmen hacked to death in a field.A magistrate had all of the workers place their sickles on the ground.In no time one of the sickles attracted a host of flies.With that evidence presented to the unlucky owner, a confession was quick in coming.“That was I he first time a blow fly was used to solve a murder,” says Neal Haskell, a forensic entomologist at Purdue University in Indiana.The same principle that inspired the Chinese magistrate is at the root of modern forensic entomology: insects are attracted to putri-fying flesh.Haskell, who has assisted or testified in 125 cases, explains that a fly, usually the blow fly, will deposit eggs on a corpse within hours of death An adult fly develops in stages, going through a metamorphosis similar to that of a butterfly: egg.larva (the maggot), pupa (chrysalis) and finally the new fly.The time it takes for the insect to go through these stages provides a valuable scale for forensic entomologists.But there’s a fly in the ointment, so to speak.DETERMINES TIME Temperature and humidity will determine how long it takes to go from one stage to the next.Add to that the existence of 200,000 species of flies — each having its own rate of development — and the puzzle becomes more complex.Take a case Anderson worked on last year in British Columbia The unidentified body of a man was found on one of the coastal Gulf Islands.It was apparent he died from gunshot wounds (it later turned out they were self-inflicted).Police needed to get a handle on the time of death to check against the missing persons’ reports.“The gunshot wounds were important (to the analysis),” Anderson says."We make an assumption that insects will come within 24 hours of death.But, in the presence of blood or other body fluids, the insects will arrive within minutes.So you must know if there was blood at the scene.“There are a lot of important features at the death site, especially if the body was exposed to the sun The sun shining on the body will speed up the development of the insect.” Anderson takes a variety of samples from the body, mainly maggots.By growing the samples to adulthood in the laboratory she can make a positive identification on the species of fly.(The development of two different species of blow fly, the most common insect to first reach the body, can vary from eight to 18 days).By sorting out the species, doing careful checks on local weather and humidity conditions, and then working backwards, Anderson was able to estimate death within hours of the actual incident.CONFIRMS TIME But she points out that the entomological evidence is usually used only to corroborate the time of death.The science of forensic entomology was first described in detail by a French doctor in the 1890s.He postulated that a cadaver exposed to the environment will attract a succession of different insects.Usually the blow fly arrives first, followed by house and flesh flies.As decomposition continues, varieties of mites and beetles will invade the body.Even up to two years after death, successions sometimes can still be traced on skeletal remains.“Which gives you some idea of the time of death, where no one else can give you anything." Anderson says.Still, some consider the technique merely a curiosity.Jaffe, of the Ontario Centre of Forensic Sciences, has never used entomological evidence in court.“It’s a fascinating area but I wouldn't want to be convicted on that kind of evidence.There are far too many variables to make it an exact science.” But Haskell hopes to quell some of Jaffe's concerns.Along with other U.S.forensic entomologists, he’s writing a procedural handbook in the hopes of setting up rigo-rous standards to apply the science.That's exactly why Purdue’s Haskell says entomologists have to build a body of knowledge.He may be one of the more active forensic entomologists in the world, assisting in more than 125 criminal and civil cases.Succession, especially the time intervals between each wave of insect, is unique for every region.What takes place in a warm, humid climate will be far different than in a cool, dry location.To that end.Haskell is running some unusual experiments.For several years he's been studying the carcasses of dead pigs left in an open field, mapping out the- waves of insect succession and the rate ol development for each species Last year, he did his first work on a human cadaver. 6—The RECORD—Friday, September 14, 1990 Living Participaction changes message By Jean Potvin SHERBROOKE —A newly launched advertizing campaign to promote physical fitness is designed to make us move, walk or play wherever we are.Participaction’s former catch-phrase — “Way to go, Canada” — is history, so make room for “Make Your Move” in newspapers, magazines and the electronic media.But more important, the ads will also suggest how to make that move.NEW MESSAGE “We changed our message because people already know the message that exercising is good for you,” said Elise Ménard, spokeswoman for Participaction in Quebec and New Brunswick.In an interview Wednesday Ménard said that not only has the message been heard, it has also been put into practice.“In 1971, only five per cent of the population was active.But in 1990, this number grew to 30 per cent." Ménard defines ‘ active” as a person who exercises 15 minutes at least three times a week on a regular basis.According to Participaction, 55 per cent of the population know that exercising is good for them, but claim they don’t have time to practice in an activity.“We don’t need to say it anymore, people need tips and ideas,” Ménard said.SO MANY WAYS Since there is no age limit for exercising, Ménard suggested a few activities for senior citizens.They can call up their friends to go for a walk together,” she said.They can also call their municipal's recreation department or even go out to rack up leaves.The idea is to get the heart to work out a little.” Since the major stubbling block for adults is their lack of time, she also suggested modern ways to get moving.“In the morning, they can get to work on foot or on bicycle.At lunch time, they can go for a walk instead of staying around the office to chat,” Ménard said.She also suggested walking your dog as an after-supper activity.FRISBEE ON SKATES As for kids and adolescents, she suggested original ways to get away from the popular video game Nintendo.“They can call their friends and go play at the park since kids generally like to be in groups, ” Ménard said.“They could find original activities like-tossing the Frisbee on skates or getting off the bus two or three stops before school ” “To sum it up, they should pick activities that are pleasant and that they will take up.” she said “They should be activities to have fun and to turn exercising from a chore to an enjoyable thing." Although Participaction is funded by the federal Physical Fitness and Amateur Sports Ministry, they couldn’t survive without the media, Ménard said.“We greatly appreciate the time and space the media have given us for our previous campaigns,” Ménard said The present campaign is expected to run for two years.About bequeathing RSP’s and avoiding taxes: Include the Question: Is it necessary to specifiy who will inherit my RSP at the time of my death?AnSiwer: Strickly speaking, it is not necessary to draft a clause containing a bequest of a retirement savings plan when you draft your will.However.it is highly recommended as the prudent thing to do.particu larly by the bank and trust companies with whom the reitrement savings plans are registered.The reason is that if the testamentary executors are not professionals, they might not know that it is a necessary step in the settlement of an estate to make certain choices un der the Income Tax Act in order to avoid unnecessary taxation of the deceased for the year of his or her dea'th.Basic Rule: The basic rule in the Income Tax Act is that the deceased is deemed to have received a benefit equivalent to the fair market value of all property of the RSP immediately before his or her death and this amount is then added to his or her taxable income for the year of the death.However, there are two exceptions.If either a spouse is named beneficiary of the plan, or children (or grandchildren) who are financially dependent on the deceased for support at the time of his or her death, then no tax would be payable by the deceased.Only a tMKOaEK DANCE ARMY, NAVY, AIR-FORCE VETERANS UNIT 311 Sept.15, 1990 Saturday Music by: The Suttonaires request in your will Legally speaking By Jacqueline Kouri spouse as defined by the Income Tax Act is eligible for the exemption.A divorced spouse and a person who had been living with the deceased as husband and wife (but not legally married) are excluded from the definition.This means the deceased would be taxed as mentioned above, if the foregoing person was named as a beneficiary because the exemption (known in the Income Tax Act as the “roll-over provisions” does not apply to bequests to persons other than those mentioned in the Act.Transfer to spouse or dependent child When a spouse has been bequeathed an RSP, the plan may be transferred to a new RSP in his or her name, into a pre-existing RSP, or into an annuity plan.Should the beneficiary be a mentally or physically handicapped child, then a life-time annuity plan may be set up through a Trust or Insurance Company thereby insuring a life-time revenue for the beneficiary.AB Intenstat Succession If the owner of the plan dies ab 'IOMO FUND RAISER DANCE at Cookshire Fair Grounds Saturday, Saptamkar IS 8:30 p.m.SS./person, SlO./family (children 18 yrs.& under) B.Y.O.B.Benefit Light Horse Division F O Y f R WALES H O M i uriends of X/ie QDales dKome Lhc honour of your presence is requested at the Annual 'Reception Uie QVales J£ome} 'Richmond, Que, to be held at 2:00 p.m.on (Wednesday, September JQth, 1QQ0 Quest Speaker: Chtarjone Qoodfellom Qenealogically Speaking Entertainment: CMr.Oscar Seveigny 'Refreshments mill be served intestat (without a will).Revenue Canada will permit the surviving spouse and the legal representative of the estate to make an election together in order to take ad vantage of the exemptions pre viously mentioned and to avoid de registration of the plan and subsequent taxation for the deceased.However, in an ab intestat succession, the estate is distributed in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code of the Province of Quebec and may prevent the application of the roll-over provisions.For example, if a spouse leaves a wife and children, the Civil Code states that if the spouse has died ab intestat, the estate will be divided one-third to the surviving spouse and two-thirds to their children.The value of the property in the RSP must be equal or inferior to one-third of the estate in order for the roll-over provisions to apply and the plan be transferred to the surviving spouse.It is essential that no legal heirs other than the spouse receive property from the RSP when the partition of the assets of the estate is effected.It another heir does receive property, the roll-over will be lost and the deceased will be taxes on the total amount contained in his or her RSP.The information contained in this column is of a general nature.The income tax provisions concer ning RSP’s are more specific.It is therefore wise to discuss your particular financial assets and your desires in terms of bequests with the person drafting your will in or der to ensure the maximum tax be nefit for both the estate and the beneficiaries.Jacqueline Kouri is an attorney and mediator in private practice in Lennoxville.Any questions regarding this column or any questions of general interest should be ad dressed to “Legally Speaking' The Record.P.O.Box 1200.Sher brooke, QC, J1H 1A1.Social notes 70th wedding anniversary Harria and Kennie MacLeod will be celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary on September 22nd, 1990.BENEFIT DANCE AT COOKSHIRf FAIR GROUNDS FOR VALERIE AND MILTON HODGE Who lost their bom and hay crop to a fire Sapt.22, 9:00 p.m.FOUNTAIN DEW BAND Pot Luck Lunch Power, control and our natives By Rosemary Sullivan How do we reconcile conflicts?There isn't one right way, but as far as I am concerned there sure is one “stupid" way, using violence.Concordia professor Lorna Roth calls violence "the voice of the inarticulate”.I would even say, “voice of the voiceless”.We all have a need to be heard.SUGGESTIONS As mentioned before, the Conflict Resolution Conference this past summer in Ottawa had some wonderful offerings to help change this situation.In the workshop on “The Role and Place of Conflict Resolution in Family Violence”, Michele Arsenault and Andrea Martin of Kingston Interval House in Kingston gave out a “Power and Control” wheel as part of their presentation.This visual puts out clearly the connections between the various forms of abuse.1 share the words from their handout here with some changes but if you would like a copy just sent a SASE to us or stop by our booth at Townshippers’ Day where we ll have copies along with other peacemaking materials to handout.Power and Control are maintained through: Isolation by controlling what a person does who they see and talk to and where they go; Intimidation by putting a person in fear by using looks, actions, gestures, loud voice, smashing things, destroying their property; Using Privilege treating a person like a servant, making all the ‘big’ decisions and acting like “master of the castle"; Threats by making and/or carrying out threats to do something to hurt the person emotionally, by threatening to take the child, committ sucide or report the person to welfare; Using Children, making a person feel guilty about the children, using the children to give messages, using visitation as a way to harass her; Sexual Abuse, making a person do sexual things against their will and physically attacking the sexual parts of the body.Treating the person like a sex ob ject ; Economic Abuse, by trying to keep the person from getting or keeping a job, making the person ask for money, giving the person an allowance, taking their money/property ; Emotional Abuse, putting the person down or making them feel bad about themselves by calling them names, making them think they are crazy.Playing mind games.SIMILARITIES By taking out the feminine pronoun, I was struck by how so ma- ny of these forms of abuse are the same ones used against the Native people of Canada.Good news from the meeting at the Native Friendship Centre last Friday.Five committees have been struck to work under a Native chairperson: 1) political action.2) consciousness raising and education; 3) food and housing; 4) demonstrations and 5) fundraising.Brad Howat and myself are on the education committee.If you feel ready to sign up some time and energy contact the Ida Williams, director of the Native Friendship Centre at 933-5338.BRIDGE THE GAP The centre was started 15 years ago by native students to help other native students going to the city.It remains a non-political organization but it’s services have expanded to help bridge the gap between the Natives and nonnative peoples.They have been working closely with the Native Women's Association throughout the crisis at Kahnawake and Ka-nesatake collecting food, medical supplies and clothing and finding ways to get them through to the Mohawks in Kahnawake and Ka-nesatake and dealing with the increasing incidents of racism and harassment.The centre can use volunteers anytime as their staff and regulars have been overloaded.Call and see what you can do.WORKSHOP It’s not too soon to mention a very special opportunity coming to our area : “The Process of Re- conciliation: Non-Violence in Relationships” with Anne Yeomans, psychosynthesist and peace educator fron Concord, Massachusetts at the end of November.This workshop focuses on the process of reconciliation, which offers the opportunity to “restore” or “make new again” estranged relationships.It combines the win-win conflict resolution of the 80’s with methods of working with difference and misunderstanding drawn from ancient spiritual traditions, particularily Buddhism.WIDE RANGING Topics to be explored include differences between true and premature foregiveness, the appropriate use of anger, the relation between compassion and understanding, and finding the intention to reconcile.This is appropriate for anyone who wants to work on an incomplete relationship, past or present.It is not necessary for the person with whom this relationship exists to be present.The skills and attitudes practiced by participants in the workshop may be applied to working in classrooms and organizations as well as in personal relationships.Call us for more details.From World Goodwill Newsletter (P.O.Box 722, Cooper Station, New York, NY 10276), “I call you from your dreams of vague beauty, impossible Utopias and wishful thinking to face life as it is today; and then to begin in the place where you are, to make it better.I call you to the experiment of right human relations, beginning with your own personal relations to your family and friends, and then to the task of educating those you contact so that they also start a similar work.It is the work of attaining right individual relations, right group relations, right intergroup relations, right national relations and right international relations.I call you to the realization that in this work no one is futile or useless, but that all have a place of practical value.” See you at Townshippers’ Day at Booth 31, Pigeon Hill, Brui-deen/Peaeemaking Centre.1965 St.Armand Rd., Pigeon Hill, Que., JOJ 1T0, (514) 248-2524.Give someone a break today DEAR READERS: United Technologies Corp.has from time to time run a series of messages.I hesitate to call them ads - they are far too classy.These essays by Harry J.Gray of Hartford, Conn., contain more common sense per square inch than anything I have ever read.The man is a genius.Here's one of my favorites.Do You Remember Who Gave You Your First Break?Someone saw something in you once.That's partly why you are where you arc today.It could have been a thoughtful parent, a perceptive teacher, a demanding drill sergeant, an appreciative employer or just a friend who dug down in his pocket and came up with a few bucks.Whoever it was had the kindness and die foresight to bet on your future.Those are two beautiful qualities that separate the human being from the orangutan.In the next 24 hours, take 10 minutes to write a grateful note to the person who helped you.You’ll keep a wonderful friendship alive.Matter of fact, take another 10 minutes to give somebody else a Ann Landers BAR WILD WOOD Dart Tournament September 16th, 1990 Starting at 2 p.m.Every Sunday following 680 Haskell Hill 569 6600 AUTUMN SUPPER A HAM, BAKED BEAN & SCALLOPED POTATO SUPPER will be held at QUEBEC LODGE for the benefit of the Comp on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd, 1990 Three sittings by RESERVATION only For 4:00 p.m call Alice Kobelt 569 8959 For 5:15 p.m call Pat Heath 563-0584 For 6 30 p.m.call the Hewitts 562-0687 Adults: $6.00 Children: $3.00 (12 and under) Family: $18.00 A perfect opportunity to view the fall foliage surrounding beautiful Lake Mossawippi break.Who knows?Someday you might get a nice letter.It could be one of the most gratifying messages you ever read.Dear Ann Landers: I was surprised that someone would take you to task for using the term "clergyman" but even more surprised that you accepted the criticism.Appeasing the feminists is threatening to min the English language.It began with the acceptance of the term "Ms.,” which is not an abbreviation and means nothing, not to mention those goofy hyphenated last names.It has become so ridiculous that in Sacramento, the local government recently had a contest to rename "manhole covers." It is tiresome to read "he/she" or "he and she" when a simple "he," as it once was, conveyed the meaning perfectly.I wish you had told Rev.Alcona to lighten up.She was out of line to demand that you come around to her way of thinking.The good reverend may have some support among other female members of the clergy, but I can assure you that the American public is on your side.This goes for "chairperson" and all the rest of that women's lib claptrap.We depend on you to be the voice of reason.Please don't disappoint us by caving in to all this militant non- >9tK »0OWOMO9fiOfll * SEE YOU AT THE TOWNSHIPPERS' DAY in sense.- C.D.R., VACAVILLE, CALIF.DEAR C.D.R.: I was amazed at how many readers rushed to my defense.I believe there is a place for "Ms." in the language, but we should leave phrases like "manhole covers" alone.Dear Ann Landers: Several months ago I wrote for advice.I had started to go with a terrific guy and was terribly interested in making the relationship work.We are both in our 30s and tired of running around.I asked you if I should tell him about my past and you said, "Be honest, but it is not necessary to give him the names and numbers of all the players." I took your advice.Everything was fine for a few weeks but after that he began to throw my "sexual history" back in my face.Last night he called me a tramp.The romance is definitely over.Did you give me the wrong advice?- L.A.DEAR L.A.: My advice was good.It’s the guy who wasn't so terrific.A person has the right to know whether or not there was a divorce, a child, or if the partner has a communicable disease.But beyond that it’s nobody's business.An alcohol problem?How can you help yourself or someone you love?"Alcoholism: How to Recognize It, How to Deal With It, How to Conquer It" will give you the answers.Send a self-addressed, long, business-size envelope and a check or money order for $3 .65 (this includes postage and handling) to: Alcohol, do Ann Landers, P.O.Box 11562, Chicago.III.60611-0562.(In Canada.send $4.45.) BEDFORD SEPTEMBER 15/90 TIME: 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. The RECORD—Kriday, J^epiemoer i*, < i Farm and Business —____gyj «ecara Pacific countries to slash subsidies Buying a house in the United States In recent years, a number of amendments to Canadian and American tax legislation have significantly modified the tax aspects of investments in American residential real estate by Canadians.Tax talks For the purpose of this article, we will assume that the person investing in American real estate is a Canadian resident who is neither a resident nor a citizen of the U.S., who does not have a green card, who resides in the U.S.less than 183 days per year and who maintains his principal place of residence in Canada.All tax consequences must be considered before deciding how the property should be owned.The choice depends on a number of factors, such as financing, tax paid upon the disposal of the property, and consequences arising on the death of the taxpayer.Property Owned Directly The principal advantages of owning residential property in the U.S.directly are that this method is inexpensive and simple.Upon disposing of the property, the Canadian resident will be liable for American and/ or Canadian taxes.In Canada, he may qualify for the capital gains exemption or the principal residence deduction.However, the main disadvantage is the liability for American succession duties upon the death of the taxpayer.In addition, the payment of death duties does not qualify the individual for a tax credit in Canada.Property Owned by a Canadian Corporation Instead of an individual perso- nally ow'ning residential property in the U.S.a Canadian corporation can be created to own the property, with the individual holding the shares therein.This serves to avoid liability for American death duties, since shares in foreign corporations are not subject to such duties.Certain factors should therefore be considered: the value of the property, the period in which the property is owned, rental possibilities, and the individual’s age.Of course, legal and administrative costs will be higher than those payable had the individual owned the property directly.From a tax perspective, the shareholder no longer qualifies for the capital gains exemption or the principal residence deduction upon the sale of the property, and is also subject to higher total taxes.Property Held by an American Corporation There is generally no advantage to owning shares in an American corporation purchasing residential property in the U.S.first of all, this does not lead to an exemption from American succession duties since the shares in the corporation are included in the taxable succession of a deceased person in the United States.Should the property be sold, the American federal tax rate ap- plying to the corporation will generally be higher than the rate applicable to individuals, in addition to the fact that the corporation may be subject to state tax as wrell If the Canadian shareholder receives the net profit on the sale of the property in the form of a dividend.this amount is subject to American withholding tax and the shareholder will not qualify for gross-ups or dividend tax credits since the dividend was not paid by a Canadian corporation.Personal-Use Properly Given that the property located in the United States will be owned for personal use and will usually not generate any income, few tax consequences will arise during the years in w hich the property is used by the owner.In fact, paragraph 18(1) (a) of the Income Tax Act states that Canadian owners are unable to deduct operating or interest expense since such expenses are not incurred for the purpose of earning income.Owners of residential property may be able to lease the property periodically.In such cases, rental income may be subject to American withholding tax, unless the owner elects to be taxed in the U.S.on a net basis.When the property is owned by a corporation, tax consequences may arise for individuals if they make personal use of the property free of charge.As a general rule, shareholders must include in their income the rent which they would normally pay for a similar property, at the commercial rate in effect during the time that the personal use is made.According to Revenue Canada's administrative policy, no taxable benefit will arise if the following conditions are met : — the corporation’s sole purpose is owning the property for the shareholder’s personal use: — the shares in the corporation are held by an individual or individuals who are not related corporations; — the corporation does not carry-on any activities other than those relating to ownership of the property in question ; and — the shareholder must assume all expenses relating to the property so that the corporation records neither a profit nor a loss.If the shareholder pays rent to the corporation for the use of the property, the corporation will have to make an American source deduction unless it elects to be taxed on a net basis, as will be discussed at a later time.In short, there are no general rules for investing in American real estate.Instead, all factors must be considered in order to determine the best way in which to own property.By Brent Jang VANCOUVER (CP) - Asian-Pacific countries have committed themselves to slashing farm subsidies, says Canada's international trade minister.John Crosbie and 11 trade coun terparts — members of the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation group — w rapped up their two-day meeting Wednesday.While avoiding specifics.Crosbie hinted Canada would be prepared sacrifice its Crowsnest Pass subsidy.The Crow Rate was established in the 1920s to help defray the cost of shipping grain by rail.“If we have subsidies ourselves — which I’m not admitting — but if we do have, then they’re on the table to be discussed,” said Crosbie.“The Crowsnest Pass rate.will naturally be of interest to other countries when the issue of export subsidies is being discussed." Asian-Pacific countries are all pushing for cuts in farm subsidies because it’s necessary to restore order in world trading, he said.Members of the 12-nation group are Canada, the United States, Australia.New Zealand, Japan.South Korea, Brunei.Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.Canada’s annual bilateral trade with Pacific Rim countries totals about $35 billion, and is expected to rise to $50 billion by the year 2000.Crosbie said the group will push hard to make agriculture the priority at a major meeting of the 97-country General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs in December in Brussels.Countries should agree on reducing trade barriers, especially when uncertainty in the Persian Gulf threatens instability, Crosbie warned.Officials from Canada, the United States, Japan and the European Community will be at the table Oct.12-13 in St.John’s, Nfld , for another pre-Brussels conference.In the final communique of the Vancouver meeting, Asian-Pacific ministers backed Crosbie s plan to strengthen GATT with a new global trade watchdog.“APEC ministers will seek a de cision in Brussels to examine the detailed elements of a possible world trade organization," the sta tement said.Countries must act quickly to avoid a breakdown in international trading, said Crosbie.“We believe any export subsidies that exist have to be controlled and reduced substantially, if not eliminated." Thefinal communique said there w ere “important signs of flexibility on a number of issues, and these will be carried over immediately to our negotiators." The statement said key issues in elude reducing barriers to trade in textiles and introducing rules to ' deal with services, investment and I intellectual property, such as computer programs.Now’s the time to look into investment opportunities JOHN PANHERT, C.A.Tax Department RAYMOND, CHABOT, MARTIN, PARÉ chartered accountants Bulwer U.P.A.mini-sector annual meeting Mon.Sept.17 at 8:30 p.m.at Bulwer Community Center All Welcome Learn about it in class or in your own home By Susan Yellin Now that the children have gone back to school, some parents may want to consider hitting the books again themselves to learn about investment opportunities.There is a host of financial and investment courses, covering topics from basic budgeting to trading in commodity futures.Some require classroom attendance.Others are by correspondence.And they vary in price.Regardless of the curriculum, spokesmen for post-secondary institutions agree that learning about personal finance is essential to making the right investment choices.“The first thing a consumer should do is become more educated about products or services that they plan to use,” says John Kaszel, executive director of the Canadian Institute of Financial Planning.“That way, they can ask the right questions." Continuing-education divisions at school boards often have finance-related courses.BACK TO SCHOOL The Vancouver school board, for instance, offers such programs as bookkeeping, tax planning and an introduction to accounting, says worth statement, preparing a budget.the use of credit, investment strategies, mortgages, RRSPs and insurance.There are four graded assignments and a final exam.The course, offered from the institute’s Toronto office, begins Oct.1.ENROLMENT DOWN Kaszel says the number of students taking courses at the institute has dropped off in the last few years.Last spring there were 1,500 individuals taking one or more courses, down from 2,500 in 1987.“Individuals in hard times .are not prepared to look at other alternatives to their existing savings programs." Kaszel says, offering an explanation for the declining enrolment.“When times are good, that’s when individuals usually explore beyond their comfort zone.” Enrolment is also down at the Canadian Securities Institute, which offers courses on everything from investment strategies to commodity futures.Individuals hoping to become brokers must pass some of the exams, says Douglas Hird, the institute’s director of education.STOCK ANSWERS One of the institute's most popu- lar introductory courses, known simply as the securities course, costs $325.It's a correspondence course, but optional seminars are offered at additional cost.The securities course covers stocks and bonds as well as "derivative securities” like mortgage-backed securities, puts and calls and taxation.The institute has offices in Vancouver.Calgary.Toronto and Montreal.Canada’s three major stock exchanges also have investment classes.The Montreal exchange has an introductory course which includes 10 lectures, is available in French and English and provides an overview of the securities market.The price is $200, but seniors and students get a discount.It may take some time to decide which course is best for your needs.But the result could be a better understanding of the products offered by the financial services industry.As Kaszel observes: “There’s a lot of competition for the individual's money.” To contact the Canadian Institute of Financing Planning, write 70 Bond St.Suite 405, Toronto, Ont.M5B 1X2.The Canadian Securities Institute is at 33 Yonge St., Toronto M5E 1G4.Youll Get.The Spirit of New York October 5, 6, 7 and 8th, 1990 Bus transportation, accommodation, 5 meals.Show, boat cruise and so much more.Price: $475.00 p.p.(double occ.) q|^qU| Note: Full insurance $25.00 p.p.extra voyages Permit: 752821 Info: Mrs.Rheta Taylor (819) 876-5532 (800) 843-0017 Engineers We want the best.Whether you're an engineering or science graduate or someone who plans to be, talk to us.There are challenging careers open now and degree subsidy programs offered for tomorrow's graduates — they offer: • your choice ot Navy, Army or Air Force.• over 100 positions for men and women in engineering and selected science disciplines in several fields of military employment • a chance to lead a team of top flight technicians testing new devices and keeping various installations at combat readiness.• an attractive starting salary, fringe benefits and a secure future.For information on plans, entry requirements and opportunities, visit the recruiting centre nearest you or call collect without obligation - we re in the Yellow Pages™ under "Recruiting1 Choose a Career, Live the Adventure.CANADIAN FORCES ARMED ARMÉES FORCES CANADIENNES Regular and Reserve Régulière et de réserve Canada spokesman John Robinson.The cost of the average course is about $125.There can be up to 16 hours of instruction and most classes don’t require a final exam.Robinson is particularly proud of the hands-on experience that adult students get in working with such tools as spreadsheets, which manipulate financial data.“We’ll show you not only what a spreadsheet is and how to use it, but also what information isonit.and of course, the burning question, do I need one.” At a different level are classes offered by groups like the Institute of Financial Planning.While its courses are mainly aimed at chartered financial planners, there is an introductory course open to the public, Kaszel says.The $165 correspondence course discusses how to put together a net- ANNUITIES & RRIF's All retirement options explained.NO cost or obligation.Also RRSP's and LIFE INSURANCE.SDDY KHtNBERC 835-5627 New minimum wage: October 1,1990 New minimum wage in force October 1, 1990 General rate: 5,30$ per hour Special rate: •Hotel and restaurant-sector employees who usually receive tips 4,58$ per hour • Housekeeping staff residing with their employer 202$ per week The Commission des normes du travail reminds you that employees under 18 years of age are entitled to the same minimum wage rate as employees over 18.Information For further information concerning the minimum wage or prior notice of dismissal, contact the office of the Commission des normes du travail in your region.Baie-Comeau 589-9931 Matane 562-2010 Rouyn-Noranda 797-0202 Hull 772-3019 Montreal 873-7061 Sherbrooke 820-3441 Jonquiére 695-1940 Quebec 643-4940 Trois-Rivières 371-6661 The Commission ACCEPTS TELEPHONE CHARGES Before dismissing or laying off an employee, it is only normal to give prior notice ! An employer who decides to dismiss an employee or lay him off for not less than six months must give him a written notice to this effect beforehand (prior notice).Under the Labour Standards Act, the prior notice must allow the employee to have a delay of: • one week if he has three months of service • two weeks if he has one year of service • four weeks if he has five years of service • eight weeks if he has ten years of service If the employer does not give the prior notice to the employee, he must pay the employee, at the time his employment ends, an indemnity equal to the employee's wages for a period equal to the period of the prior notice.In certain cases, the employer is not obliged to give prior notice.Gouvernement du Québec Commission des normes du travail l 562-4711 ft-The RECORD—Friday, September 14, 1»90 Friday, Sept.14, 1990 NORTH 9 14-90 ?98754 ?A 10 ?9 7 3 ?.1 10 7 WEST EAST ?J 10 3 ?Q * K 9 8 7 5 4 V J 6 ?K 8 ?10 6 5 2 ?4 2 ?A K Q 8 5 3 SOUTH ?A K 6 2 VQ3 2 ?A Q J 4 ?96 Vulnerable: East-West Dealer : South South West North East 1 NT Pass 2 3 ?3 ?All pass “Jacoby transfer Opening lead: ?4 Placing a key card By James Jacoby Declarer play at the highest level requires drawing logical conclusions.Although he was in only a part-score Sears has contract, Sidney Lazard drew the right conclusion and made the winning play in today's deal.North's two-heart response to one no-trump was a transfer bid, asking opener to bid spades.When East came in with three clubs, Lazard still bid three spades.This suggested good spades, since he was released from the obligation of bidding when East overcalled.From North's point of view, declarer would need more than just a spade fit to make nine tricks.East won the club lead, cashed a high club and played a third one, declarer ruffing low and West overruffing.West returned a trump to South’s ace.South cashed the spade king and led a low spade to dummy so he could play a diamond back to his jack.West won the king and returned the diamond eight, covered by the nine, 10 and South’s queen.Lazard could now play a diamond to the good seven-spot in dummy, but he would have no way of returning to his hand to cash the ace But declarer knew that the reluctance of West to lead hearts marked him with the king.So he led the heart queen from his hand.West covered with the king and dummy won the ace.That made it necessary for East to keep the jack of hearts.When two more spades were played, South throwing two little hearts, East was forced to discard a diamond.Declarer now overtook dummy’s diamond seven with his ace and scored the last trick with the four-spot.Saturday, Sept.15, 1990 NORTH ?7 5 ?8 6 4 2 ?A K 4 2 ?A Q 5 ÜIS-SÜ WEST ?8 3 *K 10 ?Q J 10 9 5 ?J 9 7 4 EAST ?6 4 2 V J 9 7 5 3 ?8 6 3 ?10 3 SOUTH ?A K Q J 10 9 ?A Q ?7 ?K 8 6 2 Vulnerable Neither Dealer: South South West North East 1 ?Pass 2 ?Pass 3 ?Pass 4 ?Pass 4* Pass 4 ?Pass 4 NT Pass 5 V Pass 5 NT Pass 6 ?Pass 7 ?All pass Opening lead: ?Q sure only 11 tricks, but South gave extra weight to his partner’s four-club bid.South was right in that North did have important values in clubs, enough to make the grand slam a favorite, but declarer erred in the play.Declarer won dummy's ace of diamonds and quickly played five rounds of trumps, discarding two hearts and a diamond from dummy.West let go of two diamonds and the 10 of hearts.Next came three rounds of clubs ending in dummy.Since West still had the club jack, declarer threw a club on dummy's diamond king and played a heart back to his queen.Down one.The right play makes taking 13 tricks seem simple.Win dummy's ace of diamonds and ruff a diamond, and then play the five top spades, throwing three hearts from dummy.West has to make three discards as declarer runs his trumps.A diamond and the 10 of hearts can be disgorged without too much pain, but what next?Almost surely West will let a club go, not expecting South to have a concealed four-card club suit.If not, he’ll throw away the king of hearts.If declarer doesn’t blink at the wrong moment, he will claim.James Jacoby's books Jacoby on Bridge " and -Jacoby on Card Games' (written with his talber.the late Oswald Jacoby) are now available at bookstores Both are published by Pharos Books © 1990 NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.BRIDGE JAMES JACOBY Blot spills off carpeting to avoid stains Doing it the easy way By James Jacoby It was quite aggressive for South to bid a grand slam.Two aces and a king in the North hand could absolutely en- By Polly Fisher DEAR POLLY — How should you clean spills from a stain-proof carpet?— MRS.A.C.DEAR MRS.A.C.— Naturally, the best advice on this should come from the manufacturer of your particular carpeting.However, generally, the best procedure is to quickly blot up the stain with paper toweling or a cloth towel, then, if necessary, sponge it with a little clear cool water.If some stain seems to remain, you may sponge it with a mild detergent solution (a little mild dishwashing liquid in warm water is good), then rinse with clear water.This generally is sufficient to remove most substances completely before they stain.— POLLY DEAR POLLY — It is not necessary to melt paraffin wax to cover jams and jellies.Using a paring knife, shave off enough paraffin to cover the glass or jar and place it in the bottom of the empty jar.Then after the jelly or jam is cooked and skimmed, pour the hot jelly or jam into the jar.The hot jelly will melt the paraffin, and it will rise to the top and harden.For an added bonus, cut a 2-inch piece of string or heavy thread.Insert one end into the melted wax at the top of the jelly glass and drape the other end over the edge.When you are ready to use the jelly or jam, you will have a tab to pull off the hardened wax.A hint for anyone who uses rubber or latex gloves: Sprinkle talcum powder on your hands and rub it around on your hands instead of sprinkling it into the gloves before inserting your hands.This does a more thorough job Solution Still The Better 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