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A2 THE SAULT STAR FRIDAY APRIL 23 2004 Police Beat Fuel trains collide in North Korea up to 3000 casualties reported Car rammed An uninsured motorist intentionally smashed into a parked vehicle Wednesday about 9:15 pm in the 1200 block of People's Road city' police say Both vehicles sustained minor damage Police reported no injuries Paul Joseph 19 of 32 Elmwood Ave is charged with mischief He is to appear in court May 31 Two domestic assaults reported City police investigated two reports of domestic assault Wednesday A man 44 is alleged to have gone to the apartment of the complainant pushing him or her into a wall The man was on a probation order to keep the peace Ajiother man 39 is alleged to have punched a complainant Monday and on Wednesday shook the complainant in their driveway No injuries were reported in either incident Police do not release names of those accused in domestic incidents in order to protect identities reach 3000 according to South all-news cable channel YTN A YTN reporter in Seoul speaking on condition of anonymity told The Asso ciated Press the casualty count came from a South Korean government official whom he declined to identify The JoongAng Ilbo citing unidenti: fied South Korean government officials and unnamed sources in the Chinese border town of Dandong said there were up to 3000 casualties Ryongchon has a reported population of 130000 and is known for its chemical and metalwork plants area around Ryongchon station has turned into ruins as if it were Yonhap quoted witnesses as saying from the explosion soared high into the sky and drifted td a North Korean town on the border with China it said Associated Press SEOUL South Korea Two fuel trains collided and exploded in a North Korean train station near the Chinese border Thursday South Korean media reported with one television station saying as many as 3000 people might have been killed or injured The North Korean leader Kim Jong II reportedly had passed by rail through the station as he returned from China nine hours earlier It was not clear what caused the crash or if it was related to journey but one South Korea official said it appeared to be an accident The trains were carrying oil and liquefied petroleum gas media reported At the time of the crash an international passenger train carrying many ethnic Chinese was parked in the station South mass circulation JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported without citing sources The crash reportedly took place about 1 pm in Ryongchon a town 20 kilometres from China North Korean authorities declared a of in the area the Yonhap news agency reported obtained the information that there was a large explosion near Ryongchon Yonhap quoted a South Korean defence ministry official as saying on condition of anonymity have yet to find out the cause of the incident the kind of explosion and how many But in a sign of the magnitude the secretive North Korean government cut international phone lines to prevent news of the collision from leaking across its borders Yonhap said citing no sources The number killed or injured could gafe CM HOW ASI DID IN 2003 RJ FROST SAULT STAR Assessment of success Algoma introduced a three-year Margin Improvement Plan flow even at the bottom of the steel cycle Executing the plan has improved! duce the optimal product mix based on market opportunities to respond with appropriate process capability improvements and to maximize returns in the marketplace CustomgMNWBK artif ice continues to be a priority as it looks to improve product mix and ensure a consistent Priority Pursue i balancit optimal mix of products mar-1 kets assets and Rre i ga alliance opportu-nitles td add strategic flexibility and value implement a fully accountable able product supply Significant steps were taken to improve the efficiency and Effectiveness of the entire operJHon Ime the Company began the process of assessing short and long-term business The establishment of a relationship with Exiros a member of the Techint Group Is an example of how ASI is utilizing alliances to hone operations and procuremefilpractices ride array of possibilities ranging from merging the company to acquisitions that will provi value-added processing are being continuously assessed! -9 Algoma communicated its corporate strategy values and behaviour expected A employees throughout the organization Working with experienced Consultants it Implemented an objective-setting process designed to ensure a consistent focus across all departments It trained 500 managers supervisors and union leaders on the principles of effective organizational Structure and accountable leadership as it took stepsfto move accountability down to the appropriate employee level The strategy allowed Algoma to de-layer the organization from eight to "svels and improve overall effectiveness on solid engineering analysis it was determined that the capital expenditure required for line of No 7 can be deferred until 2010 The deferral wi be achieved by changing the (where liquid iron exits the furnace) and rebrlcklng the lower stack in 2005 complet-n the upper stack in 2008 and undertaking the full rellne in 2010 The innovative soiu-w Algoma to deploy capital in pursuit of strategic growth initiatives In September Algoma successfully secured a revolving credfcffty with a syndicate of four banks led by the Bank of America The new four-year facility piifpta the company with increased credit availability lower interest rates and fewer financial covenants The financial base and significantly Improved balance sheet provide a foundation fri to pursue short-term long-term growth strategy Explore tbs opportunity to move the reline 7 blast fur- Campaign Standing behind one of the new monitors are guest speakers Dr David Gould (centre) cardiologist Bonnie Juillette emergency RN and foundation board member and Jim Woldanksi biomedical technician and foundation board member THE SAULT AREA Hospital Foundation hosted a Cardiac monitor donor appreciation reception at the Holiday Inn on Thursday The reception was an opportunity for the foundation to thank those who contributed to the local Cardiac Monitor a 2005 Refinance the bank facility Review renews hopes ASI executives set out goals for 2004 life kind of goes on and you try to heal but you Iona Major mother of murder victim Continued from A1 The company articulated and began to act on a new vision for the corporation that identifies corporate values and what it expects of employees it says a process that focuses on moving accountability and authority to the appropriate employee level in the organization It promotes an open and respectful environment where true and plain is the communication standard and greater involvement by all employees is encouraged the report says goal is to create an organization that is more mature and accountable at all levels While we have a lot of work ahead we are encouraged by the results to an idea that improved annual produc tion from 110000 tons to 150000 tons without any increase in operating costs or capital Overall market conditions in 2004 will continue to be dynamic and chal: lenging say the ASI executives Prices are rebounding due to increased consumption and raw material related production cutbacks at somd North American steel mills The weaker US dollar is contributing to a drop in steel imports but a strengthening Canadian dollar continues to erode sales returns the short-term economic outlook is positive ahead of the 2004 US presidential election questions remain around the strength of the second half of the About 500 managers supervisors union leaders and other personnel were trained on the principles of how effective organizations are structured and how they need to operate we reduced our staff complement to improve efficiency we also filled key positions with new employees and have begun to identify the future leaders within the organization a process that involves change and open and honest dialogue It is challenging but it is producing The new approach paid off in the engineering analysis and associated asset-management changes that will allow the company to postpone the reline of No 7 blast furnace the report said As well operator intuition and experience in the heat-treating area led to Continued from A1 Among the pieces of evidence is an unidentified item on which the Federal Bureau of Investigation performed forensic tests for the OPP Lemieux received the most recent results at the beginning of April The FBI uses a procedure to test DNA not yet available to the Canadian Centre of Forensic Sciences he said Using fingerprints as an example he said the item could be helpful we have a suspect to compare it Police do not identify suspects until charges are laid but Lemieux confirmed that have persons of Police have identified a former Blind River man and Toronto police officer as a person of interest Ronald West is serving a life sentence with no chance of parole until 2009 in the 1970 sex slayings of two southern Ontario women West was implicated in the rest stop murders after investigators searched his former home in Blind River a few kilometres from the crime in 1998 to build a case against him in the the 1970 murders A recently retired OPP detective who was a rookie when assigned the file came across the registration for a 22-calibre handgun dating back three decades a 22-calibre pistol had been used against the women DNA taken from a stamp West used to mail a letter to his wife matched semen collected at the murders mother says she still trusts that the responsible will be brought to in his murder All the years dampened Iona need for closure she said from Elliot Lake Thursday life kind of goes on and you try to heal but you Major said Her and husband wounds were reopened Wednesday while watching a CBC program about a 40-year-old Saskatoon murder that was recently solved said to my husband it be nice to prove that somebody did she said bring Brian back but it will bring us some peace knowing that somebody has paid the price for taking that young Guite alleges office interfered pression he (Guite) was not being very In his assessment of the now-de funct sponsorship program Guite acj knowledged he received political from Gagliano as well as from Jean Pelletier then chief of staff tJ Chretien He insisted however that their ac tions did not amount to political inter ference 76c Studt Sto Weather tious ethical and above-board people ever said Donolo would not in any way try to improperly influence any Allan Tonks a Liberal member of the public accounts committee suggested Guite was mesmerized by his own sense of that he took offence when anyone challenged his contracting empire at Public Works felt threatened by said Tonks Conservative Peter MacKay was at a loss to sort out the conflicting yarns being spun at the hearing agendas are getting so blurred in so many different said MacKay was just left with the im- cloudy Variably 8-16 Kenora 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