BE A GIFTED PHOTOGRAPHER PENTAX Drivers [ MIS] watch out Nows196°0 for children THE REID SWEET " , • VOLt;:\tE 35, NO. 275 HALIFAX, CANAf>A, SA TURD AV, NOVEMBER 26, 1983 PHONE 426·3061 (NEWSI BLOWERS AT GRANVILLE 423-8381 - , ' • -- ··- .;;,. 11: Dartmouth gets $20-million housing pro1ect• • By Hugh Townsend years of direct and indirect employ- the people of the north end of Dart- be developed, will determine a high areas and recreational space in a part tion are completed, we will be able to Provincial Reporter ment, said the minister. mouth." quality of housing for the develop. of the city where the concentration proceed with other phases of the as­ Known as the Albro Lake Land ment." has been on apartment buildings." Mr. Stirling, in whose constituen· sembly and development." A $20-million land assembly and Assembly, the residential lots will be The plans will give "the right cy the area is located, told a Dart· He said the federal government The housing corporation hopes to development project for the north enp serviced by the Nova Scotia Housing was "very gracious in their dealings" combination of quality housing and of Dartmouth was announced Friday mouth news conference it will be the Corporation before being sold to fu· parkland." start servicing some lots by late 1984, government's intention to provide 340 with the province over the purchase of by Consumer Affairs Minister Laird ture individual homeowners. This, he I He said the city was instrumental and primarily will be servicing the "highly attractive and much needed the land, but he did not reveal the pur· Stirling. said, will control the setting and the in the concept plan and bas already land in 1985. serviced residential lots within the chase price. type of homes in the development. approved it. Mr. Stirling, who represented He said the project, bordering on city of Dartmouth." Because of the rock content in the "A very exciting part of this deal "It's in the city's best interests, Hbusing Minister Dr. Mike Laffin at part of Albro .Lake and all of Martin The complex will include single is the amount of land being set aside Lake. will be undertaken on 120 acres area. the lots will be more expensive as well as ours," he added. the unveiling of the plans, said the Al· family, semi-detached and townhouse than other housing corporation devel· for park and recreational purposes," "This development will allow the of land purchased by the province bro Lake area is "one of the best dwellings. opments, such as in Sackville, Mr. he said. from the department of national de· province to continue its support of the known in the metropolitan region. Its Approximately 70 acres of the Stirling said. "Ever since I entered politics in residential construction industry by fence. origins go back to early Dartmouth land will be designated as parkland "The fact it is located in a prime 1978, I strived to have a good amount ensuring a supply of serviced residen- families and its vital role as a World The program, through the depart. and general open space "to provide a area in the heart of the city, where of parkland established because there tial land. War II naval rad io station is known ment of housing, will provide 700 man- long overdue recreational resource for there are not that many areas open to is very little concentration of green "Once the final steps of acquisi· across the country." . "'"""- . ---~ house divided'?--- Inside Marchessault B UF'S public found guilty Henri Marchessault, scourge of dope pushers when he headed the Mon· disputes spark treal police drug &quad, was convicted Friday of stealing and selling hashish and cocaine. speculation Page 5 Surgeons ~re By Robert Gordon in short supply Staff Reporter Nova Scotia has only Fifteen years after its birth, the _half the orthopedic sur· Black United Front now finds its inter­ geons necessary to meet the nal disputes have become public, demand ond, although 11 sparking speculation the 30,000-strong of the 13 surgeons are black community in Nova Scotia is "a based in Halifax, not eveta house divided." these numbers meet the ~"> Along with charges of financial . mismanagement from several black city's need, much less the citizens' groups, government and op. rest of the province. Page ---__:::....J;...__ ~r¥\ position leaders, BUF's purpose and 21 st. ent direction has been bought into ques­ Coastguard view from union ranee tion. "It (BUF I is no longer the legiti· has new hangar t'~ . I Doors to a $1.4-million I II, i · "-::,(' -'".//(:' I mate representative of the black com· I ; is~~~ munity," says Wendell Thomas, Haamid Rasheed Canadian Coast Guard • )! "°'~~If·~.--. spokesman for the Concerned Citizens BUF executive director hangar officially opened .... ~· · , - ~ e; :;,,;' W .;1. ~u .- ~ • oJ - "' • for a Responsible BUF. Friday during brief ceremo­ "·'J l .. But BUF's umbrella structure and nies at' CFS Shearwater. .. ......"\ '". history makP.s dissPnt .almost a na. .. '\~ tural course. according to Rocky Page 22 f .i,.~l Jones, a pioneer Nova Scqtia black ac· Ottawa denies .;t'i•'"' ....... ..U.•"~· tivist. "There is an assumption that is MacKay charge very unfair to blacks and that is that Allegations by Halifax we are a homogeneous group. Whites County Industrial Commis· don't agree on everything; there are sion chairman Murdock left. wingers, right wingers, religinus MocKoy that political influ­ freaks and all sorts of groups. When ence led the federal gov­ blacks reflect the same diversity it's ernment to locate its new view from dartmouth view from gottingen st. seen as a split," said Mr. Jones. From its beginnings in 1969, when archives centre in Burnside even the concept of black unity was rather than in the commis­ ---Halifax Explosion · memorial:---- considered radical, BUF had to tackle sion's new Sackville Indus· the diverse nature of the black com­ Wendell Thomas ••. trial Park are "completely concerned citizens group munity. unfounded," says a spokes­ Project A controversijll visit to Halifax by man for the federal public nears fruition an American Black Panther leader, works department. Page 23 T. D. Pauly, representing a Washing. By Jim Gowen stage July 26 when, on the steps of tower was weakened to the point 1 ton group called the Black United '\..Staff Reporter United Memorial Church, a procla­ where it was unsafe for the nine A project initiated almost 20 mation was read announcing to the bells to be left in place. Front, helped to hasten the notion of 1 ·'lars ago is finally nearing fruition world the beginning of the campaign The carillon was removed from black unity in Nova Scotia. "1 '( ·Novascotian A meeting was held at the First ::.J the lfaHil!A :Vtemorial Bells move to erect a memorial tower. the tower and sat under canvas on from the conceptual to the realiza. The plan centered around a set the Kaye Street lawn of the church Baptist Church on Cornwallis Street tion phase. of chimes - a carillon, originally until last July. with the idea of starting a loose coali­ The project is the first official donated to United Memorial Church The bells were then hoisted on a tion. Dr. W. P. Oliver was elected first monument to those who died when by Mrs. T. W. Thompson. flatbed trailer and removed to the chairman of the newly-formed BUF which at that point was a community­ Halifax was rocked by the Dec. 6, The carillon had been placed naval gun factory in Dartmouth for 1917, explosion. atop the church bell tower where it storage and refurbishing, pending funded organization. "BUF was started as a true um· Originally conceived when So­ was played until 1975. At that time their installation in a tower which brella organization, consisting of rep· Opinion ........... 6, 7 cial Services Minister Edmond Mor· the weight of the bells, and the vi· was to be erected in Fort Needham, Social ............. 8, 9 ris was mayor of Halifax, the brations generated, were found to overlooking the explosion site. resentatives from various black groups, to show a united front to the Homes .. ....... .•. 10 project moved beyond the planning have caused structural damage. The See Project page 2 Clyde Bishop •.• N. S. Events ... .... 13 See BUF's page 2 ex.chairman, BUF council Sports ... .. ...... 14-17 Religion ......... 18, 19 ~ection 2 Metro ... '. ....... ... 21 Dartmouth . 22 Bill C-170: a $500-million Bedford-Sackville . , . 23 Comics ....... ..... 24 Mini Page ........... 25 Business .......... 26-31 bailout of Atlantic fishery Section 3 By Jim Meek Travel . .... 33-36 The key evidence was presented sion of existing debt to equity and by Books .............. 38 Ottawa Bureau at the committee's, 11th hour, late infusion of new cash." Entertainment . ... 39.43 OTTAWA - The information was Thursday night, when Fisheries Minis· (The bill gives Ottawa the right to Atlantic Leader .. .. ... 44 slow in coming, but by the time the ter Pierre De Bane tabled a copy of infuse $138 million of that cash imme­ Section 4 Commons fishery committee conclud· the crucial agreement between his diately.) Classified starts . 45 ed consideration of Bill C.170 at 4 a.m. government and the Bank of Nova Add an additional $100 million in Obituaries .. .... .. 57 Friday, it was evident that the federal Scotia. FORECAST 1 loan guarantees, also authorized in the goverrunent had fashioned a $SOO.mil· bill, and the bailout hits $455 million. Wind warning. lows 2 lion bailout of the Atlantic fishing The agreement, in a letter written And then there are the sundries. to 5. Cloudy with a few industry. to the bank by fisheries task force For instance, what happens fo the flurries.