Ry VANCOUVER (CP) — A tentative agreement was reached early today between the British Columbia Ferry _ Agreement rotating strikes woud atep and normal sailings would resume by this afternoon. Mra. Mathieson said no . fo - LEGISLATIVE PARLIARENY & No details of agreement were released. Vy TA, 4.0. na ELeOeay, Silden teh iedlivad, month contract with -in- creases of elght per cent in each of the firat two years 1 ‘COMP. 77/78 Wednesday ils wage bill would increase by $8.6 million under :McKee's terms, overtime, but under the cKee settlement, wages would be’ more than $54 million, including $3.5 salary would be $1,287 a month, and dishwashers would get $1,323. Machinists, would earn $1,993 and senior lly reached in ferry fued the, McKea recommended a 3 “The. corporation sald of opposition from some dissidents who wanted a full strike, The rotating strikes apparently were dealgned to j a4 Corp. and the 2,700-member date has been set for & ~ Barller, the 2,700- be dtw t in the final B.C. Ferry and Marine ratification vote, but sald the union voted 55 yer cent to three months: ‘The union had million for overtime. ret eclaveuld be ig _ aveld aa, sinailar con. Workers’ Union, union committee 18 reject contract terms beenasking for nine per cent ; ; 92,906. - frontation that promp! . _ wnanimously recommending recommended by industrial in each year of a twoyear ‘It said wages now total ‘The corporation said that ; government to invoke Union president Shirley acceptance of the Iatest inquiry commisdloner Clive contract. more than §45 million, in- under such o settlement, a © The union began rotating essential services legislation Mathieson sald that the offer. McKee, cluding $3.5 millign for parking lot attendant's strikes Friday night, inspite two years ago. Co " ey a — Vf _ ae ME TERRACE Kara = RUPERT STEEL & e Shoppe | | | | a : | | SALVAGE LTD. ] 14 Flavors ’ . BOTTLE DEPOT | Seal Cove Rd., Pr. 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While the Skeena river _ is not yet visibly rising have the requisitioned, “All that isn’t really helping us, though,’’- Jones said. ‘What -we ' need is help now, because it won't be long before the river’ goes over the banks Erickson called MLA Frank Howard, who took time gut of his busy schedule to make several phone calls which resulted in the com- work aoe through the effects of the © : fall rains, the Zymacord is dramatically higher than usual, according to Erickson. It is running ° very quickly and is very. muddy, and at noon yesterday had risen to within four or six inchers of. the top of the bank. “According to Erickson, last year’s’ flood. eroded about “fifty féet of the: ” bank on an‘ access Tread; which had been con- structedyears agoto serve as a possible’ alternate route to the Kit- gumKalum Mountain: Ski Hill. This road now ends abruptly at the river’s edge, and Erickson feels that the bank could erode further this year and could possibly make a new channel in order to avoid the meander which forces it to bend around. the community of New Remo, ' Another Remo resident, Rick Jones, says that there have been two surveys done by the water rights. branch of the ministry of en- vironment, and yet nothing has been done to correct either the flooding or the erosion problem. Aside from the clearing of two log jams which obstructed the flow of water after last year’s flood, the water rights ‘people have not made a move to alleviate the problem. Jones said that the community took up & petition to have work done on dykes which have been proposed several years ago, but were given the runaround by the ‘branch, They were told that they needed a dollar value on the work before they could take the petition to Victoria. After presenting their case, they were told that there -was no time this year to do the work and that they would have to wait until next year. Jones spoke to Peter Woods of the water rights branch in Victoria recently, and was told that the branch hasn’t got the money right now to perform the work, Jones said that he was told to take up a petition to have yet another survey done as the last one was out of date, then to petition the government for the moriey to have the work done. If this doesn't work, Jones says he was told, the community should take up a referendum to OGL Lt ay Young David Erickson poin ee. VS de) Aer a at eter ts Mat munity’s plight getting some ‘attention in Vic- toria at least. Howard says he spoke to Ben Marr, deputy minister in the Department of the Environment. He says Marr assigned an engineer, Hugh Porter, to call Erickson and explain the ministry's respon- sibilities in the matter. Howard says he also called the department of highways and spoke to Steve Palaposki, who told him that highways was authorized to do emergency work in such situations. Palaposkd said the river’s level had dropped since noon ta about 18 inches below the bank ti Palaposki said that a team will go out to the river sometime today to determine if the: river really does present an emergency situation, and if it does, assess what can be done about It. Both Jones and Erickson feel that the river does present. an ‘emergency, and if something is not done to prevent the erosion of the bank and to raise the level of the bank at least temporarily there will surely be more serious flooding. ' Jones feels that the rapid decline in water is we, hy wot are more to do with the strong tidal system of the Skeena river than with a lowering. of the actual volume of water in the Zymacord river, He says: that if the tides are strong enough to push logs up the Skeena for several miles, then they are certainly strong enbugh to affect the level of the Zymacord. He feels that the river still presents an immediate flooding ts out the high water in the Zymacord River Cold war may be heating up WASHINGTON (AP) — The Carter adiministratlon says the United States would hot hesitate to retaliate with nuclear weapons in the event of a Soviet attack on Western Europe, Ina peach reminiscent of the Cold War era, President Carter's security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, told a Marines at ready MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (AP) — US. Marines equipped with helicopters and tanks boarded ships Wednesday for a mock assault at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as part of a show of strength In reaction to the presence of Soviet troops in Cuba The exercise, dubbed Operalion Relnforcex, is among several actions. or- dered last week by President Carter. “This mission shows we have the resolve and capability to go into Guantanamo Bay and defend the area," said Col, Lou Piantadofi, commander of the operation. “It’s ‘going to tell the Russians that the Marine Corps |4 an efficient operation." Plantadofi said the date of the mock attack is secret. state department gathering Wednesday that the Soviet Union may be tempted to declare war unless the NATO allles match the So- viet buildup of nuclear weapons in Europe. His speech to the Atlantlc reaty: Association, a ate group that supports ATO, was given against a background of growing European concern over the reliability of the U.S, defence commitment. The Western European allies have been debating a U.S. proposal to depley medium-range missiles in Europe to counter Soviet deployment of comparable WEeADONS. “Let there be no question about our commitment, nor of our determination to help defend Europe by all means necessary, nuclear and can- ventional," Brzezinski said. “The United States com: mitment to the security of Europe is unshakable, it is organic, It is complete," he said. ‘We view the security of Western Europe as an extension of aur own security.” European concerns about the U.S. commitment were heightened recently when former state secretary Henry Kissinger publicly questioned whether the NATO allies could continue to count on U.S. security pledges. _ UNION FILM SHOWS HERE CFTK-TV will present a film entitled "The Struggle Continues” on Monday, Oct. 15, at 5 p.m, This film deals with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers battle against what they feel is repressive government legislation, and is being broadcast Monday to mark the occasion of the jailing of CUP W's president Jean-Claude Parrot.. This broadcast is being sponsored by organized labour in Canada. _ eo ‘ane Castro visiting UN NEW YORK (AP) — With An angry group of about 30 a tp of his hat and the anti-Castro demonstrators familiar cigar in his mouth, shouted '*Murdereral Cuban President Fidel Murderers!” in Spanish as Castro arrived in New York the Cuban leader's , 42-car early today. Castro, in New York to ad- dress the United Nations, was greeted by one of the tightest security nets ever thrown around a vialting dignitary. The Cuban leader, dressed in his familiar green fatigues, ti his hat as he descended the stairs of his Soviet-made Iyushin-62 jetliner at Kennedy In- - ternational Airport. “I'm happy to be in the U.S.," the 63-year-old leader was heard to say as he waa greeted by government and UN officials, It is Caatra's first trip to the United States in 19 years, The U.S. and Cuba do not have diplomatic relations. However, Castro Ia officially viaitIng the United Nations which ig on international Boil. motorcade “arrived at the Cuban mission to the United Nations about 2 a.m. EDT, Castro will, stay at the newlyacquired mission about one kilometre from UN headquarters on Manhattan's East Side dur- Ing his two-day visit. Carter to visit Canada OTTAWA (CP)U.S. Presl- dent Jimmy Carter will visit Ottawa Nov. 910, Prime Minister Clark said today. Clark told the Commons that Carter will address a joint seasion of the Senate and House of Commons. it will be Carter's first visit to this country since he was elected president in 1976. U.S. Vice-President Walter Mondale paid a brief visit to Ottawa and Calgary last year. Clark told the Commons one of the matters to be discussed during Carter's visit will be the route for transport of Alaskan ail to the U.S, lower 48 states. Two proposals to allow transportation of Alaskan oil via overland routes through British Columbia now are under review by the National Energy Board. The final deadiine has expired, but there are still many people who have failed to pick up their BCRIC shares al local banks. Ken Bessason, the Toronto Dominion Bank branch Manager says most of the outstanding shares were picked up before the Oct, 5 deadline. There are still a number of clients who could not be reached by phone in time, he said. Al Romanow the manager of the Bank of Nova danger, because the rain which would contribute greatly to the level of the river hasn’t let up despite the lowering of the level. Erickson speculates that the problem was caused by the logging of the Zymacord’s water- shed, which he says is covered with merely ‘brush for almost: the entire length of the river. “There isn't a decent stand of timber all the way along the river, as far as you can drive in a day,” he said, "The only real stand is on my property, and that’s too far down to do any good.” When a watershed is logged excessively, nothing holds the water back on the Jand, it all flows quickly into the ‘Tiver, and in times of -heavy rainfall, flooding of Jower levels is the inevitable result. MILLS directors. reasons QUITS JOB Mills Memorial Hospital has been hit with two high-level resignations in the last week. Dr. Larry Day, regional pathologist, resigned earlier this week, and Wednesday, John Allen, hospital administrator, gave his resignation to Wayne Epp, chairman of the hospital’s board of Day would not comment on the reasons for his resignation. He did, however, admit to having second thoughts about leaving the hospital in light of what he termed “recent events.” Allen had no comment on the reasons [or his There have been a number of key resignationa at the hospital in recent months, but personal were given HEAD for all of them. Bennett staff ., VICTORIA (CP) — A lor member of Premier @ill Bennett's staff was involved in authorizing distribution of dirty tricka”’ tapes, Social Credit party president Les Keen sald Wednesday, Keen said most of the 170 lape cassettes made at a - Vancouver party seminar, were distributed at an election rally last April in Kamloopa following a decision to release them by the party's general election committee, chaired by Dan Campbell. Campbell was a cabinet minister under the former government of the late W. A. C. Bennett, the current premier's father. He now is the premier’s execullve director af Inter- governmental relations, al- though he took a leave of ab- sence during the provincial election campaign s0 could take part in the Socred re-election drive. The general election com- mitlee, made up of party workers and officials, waa the malin organizing body for the May 10 provincial election. The tape-recordings have become the centre of a con- troversy which began with allegations that party researchers pent newspapers phoney letters to the citer i order to dis- credit political opponents. On the Vancouver tape, Jack Kelly, senior resear- cher for the Socred caucus, urged Socreds to "play dirty’’ and mentioned the practice of writing letters in on trickery with false signatures, Kelly resigned Tuesday over the Beandal, As well, a former member of Bennett's staff haa been reported to have resigned his current government job and & second researcher who speaks on the same tape as Kelly is in for a meeting with party offlclals when she returns from a European vacation, Keen said the decislan to release the tapes rested with Campbell and other com- mittee members. He made his comments following a meeting of provincial Socred directors which absolved the party of any responsibility in the “dirty tricks affair.’ Campbell was unavailable for comment. Keen said elected party officials were not respon- sible for taping the 1978 Bayshore seasions and never he heard the recordings before they were distributed. Meanwhile, ao former Bennett aide waa reported to have resigned his govern- ment job after being in- volved with a political letter written in order lo em: barrass a pollileal opponent. Ron Greig, an information ofilcer in the provincial secretary's office, was earlier described by government sources as the man who could name the author of a phoney letter penned last March Greig, who worked in the premier's office when he wrote the letter last spring, refused to confirm. Wed- nesday that he had resigned his present position. BCRIC deadline passed Scotia in Terrace says the extension of the deadline didn’t start a rush to pick up the outstanding‘ shares, despite a telephone campaign. Many banks in Terrace and Kitimat report 10 per cent or approximately 100 applications have still to be picked up. However, with the final deadline now ex- pired, anyone who has neglected to get their shares will have to apply directly to the proviticial govern: ment. nr te sen