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2A RED DEER ADVOCATE, Tuesday, April 17, 1990 Something wrong? The Advocate strives to present the news accurately, fairly and completely. If you see a report you believe fails to meet those standards, we want to hear about it. Your comments will be taken seriously and acted upon. 343-2400 and ask for Carolyn Martindale. If she's not there ask for the newsdesk.

We want to hear from you. News digest Teen girls found dead in home EDMONTON (CP) The bodies of two female teenagers from the Edmonton area were found Monday in a home in Ardrossan, 15 km east of Edmonton. The teens, aged 16 and 18, were discovered in the home of the father of one of the girls. Fort Saskatchewan RCMP say foul play isn't suspected. They refused to release any more details.

Smugglers aid nuke expansion WASHINGTON (AP) Smuggling operations are helping Pakistan, India, Argentina, Brazil and Iraq to build or expand nuclear weapons capabilities, a research organization reported today. To deter such countries from continuing these practices, the report recommended that the United States and other supplier countries threaten to penalize them with economic and military sanctions. Jasper Park hikers find body JASPER (CP) RCMP are investigating the discovery of a man's body in Jasper National Park. The body was found by hikers Sunday afternoon on a trail near Patricia Lake, just outside the town of Jasper. Police say the trail where the body was found is deserted at this time of year.

"There were no obvious signs of violence," said RCMP Cpl. Robert Rauckman. Cooked bunnies Easter feast ST. LOUIS (AP) Rev. Larry Rice doesn't like the Easter Bunny and to show his feelings he barbecued 604 cottontails and fed them to poor people.

"Just like turkey is served on Thanksgiving, I would like to see rabbit served in homes across America every Easter," said Rice, director of the New Life Evangelistic Centre in St. Louis on Monday. Dreaded crickets on the march CARSON CITY, Nev. (Reuter) Hundreds of thousands of acres of rich Nevada farmland are threatened by crop-devouring "Mormon" crickets, as the voracious insects prepare to march across the state eating everything in their path. Robert Gronowski, director of the Nevada Animal, Plant, Health Inspection Service, said the bugs, whose jaws are strong enough to pierce human skin, are still in their breeding grounds in mountain canyons 160 km north of Reno.

Trumps attend function NEW YORK (AP) Donald Trump was at his wife Ivana's side during an AIDS fundraiser at the Plaza hotel Sunday, apparently the first time they have been seen together in public since February. The appearance came amid an escalating legal battle over their split. Teacher strike draws closer EDMONTON (CP) Teachers' representatives and school board members will meet Wednesday for last-ditch talks to avert a strike in Sherwood Park's Catholic schools. A strike is set for Thursday and would effect 2,800 students at seven schools. Campeau defaults on loan TORONTO (CP) The Supreme Court of Ontario has ordered Robert Campeau to pay $26.7 million to the Bank of Montreal, after the Campeau Corp.

chairman failed to defend himself against a claim that he defaulted on a personal loan. In lieu of payment, the bank now has the right to seize 425,000 common shares and debentures with a face value of $17 million that were pledged as collateral to the loan. Campeau borrowed $25 million two years ago to help finance his purchase of the securities. 'Racist' cartoons adorn window RAPID CITY, Man. (CP) A retired shopkeeper here refuses to take down cartoons that Sikh spokesmen say are racist.

The cartoons in the window of a now-vacant lumber store show turbaned RCMP officers astride elephants and a camel. They also portray Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as a snake. Hookers high AIDS risk NEW YORK (Reuter) One-third of New York City prostitutes may carry the AIDS virus, according to a study published Monday in the New York Daily News. Dr. Joyce Wallace of Manhattan tested 950 streetwalkers, and found 33.7 per cent with the human immunodepressive virus.

Winning Daily Deal numbers WINNIPEG (CP) The Daily Deal numbers for Monday, April 16, are: Queen of Spades, 7 of Hearts, Queen of Clubs and 9 of Diamonds. Red Deer Advocate Alberta Provincial editor: Rick Zemanek, 343-2400 EDMONTON (CP) Refusing to radio broadcast that be frightened by skinheads, Keith Nazi war criminal. Rutherford's resolve remains as solid brushcuts and wore as the tire iron he now keeps by his jackets decorated front door. with swastikas. RuthBut the 60-year-old retired broad- erford also glimpsed caster will keep his doors locked until a third figure he bethe young man who clubbed him on lieves to be an accomhis doorstep early Sunday morning is plice.

arrested. Doctors are not sure if Rutherford will lose the sight in his right Rutherford worked eye because of the attack. for CKY Radio when "If it happened to me, it can happen it aired a Radio Mosto you," Rutherford said Monday. cow report identifyRutherford says answered his ing Alexander Laak doorbell just after midnight Saturday as a former commannight and encountered two youths ap- dant of a Nazi death edly denied the accusation. He was found hanged in his Winnipeg garage four days later, on Sept.

6, 1960. Earlier reports had dated the broadcast to 1956. One of the skinheads who confronted Rutherford claimed to be Laak's grandson. But a family member in Victoria said Monday there are no grandsons among Alexander Laak's descendants. RCMP in Sherwood Park, the bedroom community where Rutherford lives, have asked for help from the Edmonton police youth squad, which monitors 20 or 30 skinheads in the Edmonton area.

If the youth who clubbed Ruther- ford is a known member, he may be easy to track down, said Staff Sgt. Hugh Richards of the youth squad. "If he's a relative unknown to us or to the organization in this part of the province, it may be a little more difficult." Rutherford said others may be in danger from zealots bent on punishing those who op pose their views. He has received several threatening phone calls since the attack, but said he won't be cowed by intimidation tactics. "It would be much easier to keep quiet," he said.

I used to love obscurity." Ex-broadcaster ter may lose sight after beating parently angry about a 1960 Winnipeg camp in Tallinn, Estonia. Laak repeat- If the 1 core FIRE DESTROYS HOME Innisfail volunteer firefighter Wayne Weir douses a hot spot after an early-morning fire gutted a house owned by Les and Linda Begg about km north of Innisfail on the Trail. The house, which was being renovated, was not occupied at the time. There were no injuries. The Beggs were planning to move into the home May 15.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE Slithering guest shocks woman EDMONTON (CP) A woman got a City bylaw enforcement officers found hop-onto-a-chair shock when she encoun- the reptile in a closet and took it away. tered a metre-long snake on the bathfloor of her west-end apartment The snake was thought to be an esroom while getting ready to take a shower. caped pet but police said no one in the "She was pretty scared," said police pets are building where banned admitted ownership. Police believe the Const. Brian Prince, the first officer on snake may have crawled up through the the scene Saturday night.

building's plumbing system. The woman saw what she thought was a tie curled on the floor between the toi- Staff at the Alberta Python Research let and bathtub of her second-floor apart- House, a private snake-breeding facility ment. When the snake thin and brown in Edmonton, said the reptile was probwith yellow stripes began to slither ably a harmless corn snake or yellow rat she raced out of the bathroom, jumped snake native to the southern United onto a chair and called police. States. named an alleged The pair had KEITH RUTHERFORD Culture groups get travel fund break CALGARY (CP) The Alberta Gaming Commission should be commended for lifting a ban on amateur sport and cultural groups' travel outside Canada financed with gaming revenues, say groups hit hardest by the travel restriction.

"I'm really glad they did that," said Mike Blondal, assistant head coach of the University of Calgary swim team. "There were enough people affected who needed the use of those funds to travel, that they had no choice but to change it," Blondal said Monday. The University of Calgary's elite swimmers were among thousands of amateur athletes the gaming commission said couldn't use bingo, casino, raffle and pull-ticket revenues for travel outside Canada. Hundreds of educational and performing arts groups were also affect ed by the change. "We couldn't have continued to develop athletes for international com petition if they had left it the way it was," said Becky Faunt, administrator for the Calgary Spartan track and field team.

"Those are the only proceeds we have," she said. The corn mission's new guidelines stipulate that gaming proceeds may not be used for travel outside Canada unless the licencees can demonstrate it is essential to develop their programs in Alberta. They must also show that a similar opportunity does not exist in Canada. Chicken plant developer broiling mad with town EDMONTON (CP) The developer of a planned chicken plant in northeastern Alberta says he is so hurt by opposition that he will only go ahead with the project if residents beg him. Public objections to the plant have prompted Smoky Lake town council to consider withdrawing approval.

"I'm really hurt," developer Don VanIderstine said Monday. "It's like having a slap in the face." Residents would have to prove they want the plant, VanIderstine said. "They'll have to get on their hands and beg me." But he fears some would instead vandalize it if he tries building the plant now. VanIderstine's plan has provoked uproar in the town and in the Alberta legislature, embroiling Steve Zarusky, who represents the riding, in conflict-of-interest allegations. The New Democrats charge that Zarusky was the legal owner of a parcel of land while he was lobbying town council to locate the chicken plant on the land.

Local council members have said Zarusky earlier helped persuade them to approve the Space invaders turn out to be NASA ex experiment EDMONTON (CP) Alone in her Sunday night. Canada and the U.S., said Bill Baker would scare you." dark backyard, Danae Forbes didn't want it to believe the colorful exploding star in the night sky was a UFO. "It just kept getting bigger and bigger and was perfectly circular. It looked like a saucer with bluey-white light around it. Then it took off, leaving a trail like a jet." Forbes was among hundreds of people in Western Canada who witnessed an experiment carried out by NASA, the United States space agency, late NASA spokesman Michael Braukus said they saw a barium cloud released to test the earth's magnetic and electric field.

Braukus said the experiment was one of two to be launched from an orbiting satellite more than 500 km above Churchill, Man. Scientists tracked the motion of the barium and the magnetic and electric fields with sensitive optical equipment at sites throughout central of Environment Canada in Fort Smith, N.W.T. Astronomer Dave Clyburn observed the artificial phenomenon from Elk Island National Park, northeast of Edmonton. He said the test resembled "a man-made aurora which lit up the sky with yellow, green, and purple hues. Clyburn said the "utterly unnatural" happening could be frightening.

"If you didn't know what it was, it Weather report FORECAST Sunny today. High near 18, low near 3. Wednesday, skies will remain generally sunny in south and central areas. However, the upper disturbance will continue to influence the northern regions. Temperatures will warm a few degrees to reach the mid 20s in southern regions.

The rest will see temperatures in the high teens to low 20s. REGIONAL FORECAST Edmonton-Red Deer Today sunny, High near 18. Wind south 25 Tonight a few clouds. Low near 3. Wind south 15 Wednesday mainly sunny.

High near 20. Wind southwest 15 Probability of precipitation zero today, 10 per cent tonight and Wednesday. South Central Alberta project, although he has denied interceding. During an April 5 information meeting, angry residents said they didn't need or want the plant. "Would you build it after that reception?" VanIderstine said.

"I thought I was doing themafa vor." He said it would have provided 14 or 15 jobs, extra tax revenues and increased business for the town. VanIde rstine said he is hopeful of fin ding a community that will welcome his chicken plant. Mayor Pete Goruk, who was among council's strongest supporters of the VanIderstine plant, said it's possible he may change his mind when council meets tonight. Goruk has previously said council's approval was final, and that the public information meeting that followed was simply to ex plain the plant to residents. But Monday, he said there had been a misunderstanding and that the earlier approval was in principle only.

Goruk said he's confident Zarusky will keep lobbying the province on the town's behalf even if council formally rejects the chic en plant site at Zarusky's for mer subdivision. Saskatoon firefighter Ron Zamko spotted a "bright neon circle with a funnel extending upward" just before midnight. "It looked as though someone was holding a flashlight from way up and shining it said Zamko. Braukus said the next experiment will be launched by April 28. The NASA test is being conducted with the National Research Council.

SYNOPSIS An upper ridge over B.C. will move eastward into Alberta today and give mainly sunny conditions to most of the forecast area. However a disturbance embedded in the upper flow will cross the central and northern regions late afternoon and produce cloud and scattered showers. Maximum temperatures will range from the low 20s in the southern and western areas with temperatures cooling to the mid to low teens in northeastern regions. On five-day outlook, Thursday, Friday and Saturday mostly sunny.

Low near 4. High near 17. Calgary Today sunny. High near 20. Wind south 30 Tonight clear.

Low near 5. Wind south 20 Wednesday mainly sunny High near 22. Wind south 15 Probability of precipitation zero today and tonight, 10 per cent Wednesday. Lethbridge-Medicine Hat Today sunny. High near 21.

Wind south 30 Tonight clear. Low near 5. Wind south 20 Wednesday mainly sunny. High neor 24. Wind south 15 Probability of precipitation zero today and tonight, 10 per cent Wednesday.

Banff Today sunny. High near 18. Wind light. Tonight a few clouds. Low near 4.

Wind light. Wednesday mainly cloudy. High near 14. Wind light. Probability of precipitation zero today, 10 per cent tonight and 20 per cent Wednesday.

Edson Today sunny High near 20. Wind southwest 20 Tonight 0 few clouds. Low near 3. Wind southwest 15 Wednesday mainly sunny. High near 22.

Wind southwest 15 Probability of precipitation zero today, 10 per cent tonight and Wednesday. Jasper Today sunny. High near 20. Wind light, Tonight a few clouds. Low near 5.

Wind light. Wednesday mainly cloudy. High near 16. Wind light. Probability of precipitation zero today, 10 per cent tonight and 20 per cent Wednesday.

Grande Prairie Today becom ing mainly cloudy with scattered ofternoon showers. High near 15. Wind southwest 25 Tonight mainly cloudy with scattered showers. Low near 5. Wind southwest 15 Wednesday becoming mainly sunny.

High near 17. Wind west 20 Probability of precipitation 30 per cent today and tonight, 20 per cent Wednesday. Fort McMurray Today mainly sunny. High near 15. Wind southeast 20 Tonight increasing cloudiness.

Low near 3. Wind south 20 Wednesday scattered morning showers. Becoming mainly sunny in the afternoon. High near 17. Wind southwest 20 Prob ability of precipitation 10 per cent today, 20 per cent tonight and 30 per cent Wednesday.

ALBERTA READINGS Prec Red Deer 11 0.0 0.0 Rocky. 10 0.0 Calgary. 10 20 0.0 Edmonton. 10 0.0 Lethbridge 3.2 Medicine Hat. 0.0 CANADA TEMPERATURES Prec Vancouver 19 9 0.0 23 8 0.0 Prince Rupert 20 0.0 Penticton 21 0.0 CROSS-CANADA British Columbia Cloudy with sunny periods and few morning showers along the coast Mostly sunny in the southern interior.

lated showers in the central interior. High 14 on the coast to 20 southern interior Alberta Scattered showers in the northwest. Mainly sunny elsewhere. High ranging from 15 in the northeast to 20 in the southwest. Saskatchewan Mainly sunny.

High 12 in the south to 8 in the north. Manitoba Sunny. High 5 to 8 except near 6 along the Hudson Bay coast. Ontario Variable cloudiness, windy and colder in the south. High near 5.

Scattered flurries in central regions. High near zero. Generally fair over the north. High 2 to -10 along the Hudson Bay coast. Quebec Rain ending in the morning over the south.

Windy. High near 7. Snow heavy at times tapering to flurries in central High near zero. Partly cioudy in the north. High near -12.

Maritimes Periods of rain de veloping. High 2 the north 12 in the south. Newfoundland Sunny with Cloudy periods. High 5 to 10. Sunset tonight.

8,37 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday: 6 32 a.