‘be used in prod Page 2, The Herald, Monday, October 16, 1978 Liberals take pr OTTAWA (CP) — The Liberal government, already pledged to a program uf economic restraint, takes its promizes Lo Parliament this week with the introduction of several bills announced by Prime Minlster Trudeau and his cabinet during August and September. Trudeau went on national television Aug. 1 to gay his government would = im- mediately reduce its spending a5 an indication of its desire to stimulate the economy. ‘The prime minister's rise announcement was, Spee sup followed by appearances by cabinet ministera during the late summer, all of whom anid -they were whiltling duwn their departmental budgets. As a result, a number of federal prograrhs have been marked - either for elimination or greatly reduced operating budgets. Many of the moves require parliamentary approval and that process is scheduled to begin this week. The government alsu re- affirmed its intention to make the econemy a priority item in its policy-previewing ch From the Throne that opened the new session of Parliament Thursday, _ Among the bills to be given first reading is une that would provide an extra $20 monthly to1,2 million elderly Canadians whu rely on the government's’ guaranteed income supplement to round out thelr monthly oldage ' security payment. Anuther bill would decrease monthly family allowance benefits by about $$. month while providing a refundable tax credit of $200 fur families whose incumes are less than $18,000 an- nually, A third measure would chup federal — transfer payments to the provinces by $220 million in fiscal 1972- 80 in addition to reducing funds fur special programs by $150 million. The pro- grams include bilingual training, health resvurces and tax benefits for public utilities. A fourth piece of legislation would amend the National Housing Act lo transfer more responsibilily fur housing programs to the provinces. It would alse reduce federal capilal commitments fur housing, with privale lenders ex- pected to put up muney for public housing programs. The federal: government would insure the luans—to give the private lenders the securily (hey require—and it would alsy provide subsidies to lower the interest rates, The government also will bring forward several bills in ihe same form that were In-’ lgoduced during the last session of Parliament. All of those bills automatl- cally died when the third ses- siun of (he 30th Parliament was prorugued but the government says it will re- intruduce them in the same form, Among these bills is une aimed al reducing conflict- af-interesL between a Bacteria might make good miners OTTAWA (CP) -— Bacteria are joining the traditional drill and shovel as tools uf the mining trade. Sume varieties of the microscupic creatures can uetion vf metals, such as copper and -branch of uranium, frum lowgrade ores, says a report from the Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, a e energy, mines and resources department. - Bacterial leaching, as the process is called, might also EROM PAGE 1 Energy plan app which uccupied mure of his time and attention than any other demeatic issue, The most controversial section of the legislation deals with ending about 2 years of federal price con- iruls on nalural gas. The final version of the energy bill, a compromise worked out from vastly- different bills passed earlier - by the House and Senate, would remove price controls from ‘newly - discovered . natural gas by 1985 and sets prices for Alaskan Gas to be lransported via the northern pipeline through Canada. The gas bill was hard fought until the end, upposed by an unusual coalition uf cunservaliye Republicans who wanted price controls lifted sooner and liber al _th pticing previsions would place tou great a burden un cunsumers. : It wasn't until late Friday, when the House rejected by a one-vule Margin an attempt to split off the gas bill for a separate vote in the chamber, thal appruval uf the energy package became virtually assured. Opponents had felt that-by forcing a separate vole un the gas provisions, they stoud a chance of defeating it, But the House voted in- stead Lo cunsider the various energy bills passed by the Senate as une big bill, to be passed un a single vote. McMillian said that with B45 prices set, producers nuw can begin making contracts fur the sale of gas. Pipeline sponsors also can Jarl arranging financing uf be the answer to en- ‘vironmental pollution arising from mining uperations, it says, because much uf lhe ure can be trealed underground. But more study is required for a process that is nut yet umeventure and work on final design and construction plans. The bill sets the price uf gas to be moved through the pipeline at $1.45 per thousand cubic feet in 1977 U.S. dollars, adjusied for inflation. As well, the price of gag delivered through the line will be rulled in with uther U.S. gas prices. MeMillian said these provisions virtually assure that the gas will be marketable. ~ MeMillian, president of the U.S. partner in the joint Can- ada-U.S, pipeline venture, _ said approval of the energy package befure the 95th Congress ended during the weekend was “essential if : the 4,800-mile-long (7,680- kilometre-lung) pineline from Alaska is lo be skeena mal FEDERAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK * Government Assistance * Internal Financing * Counselling Assistance * Management Training ®* Financial Services WHEN? OCTOBER 19, 1978 fram 7PM. -9 PM, WHERE? TERRACE HOTEL PHONE 635-4951 OR romeaememenn em cmen sae en” a TD MAIL THISCOUPONTO: Mamngement feria test. sAve. Terrass, 2.C. VOG 196 Name Addreia thons fully understood. One mine in Canada, Agnew Lake Uranium Mines Ltd., near Esparela in Northern Ontario, is beginning pruduction using bacterial leaching beth underground and on the roved privately financed and cumpleted in a timely fashion.” The stalemate over the’ natural gas pricing plan had already resulled in sume delays for the pipeline. Foothills Pipe Lines (Yukon) Lid., the Canadian partner, eslimaled that the starting date has been set back abuul nine months, tv the fall of 1983, because uf legislative delays. McMillian gave nu such estimate, saying pipeline spunsurs now will have to “evaluate the Impact of such a delay on our construction custs and scheduling,"’ “We also will study means ty minimize the impact of the subsiantial time taken by Congress to pass this essential legislation.” Ironically, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory . Commission (FERC) could A have handled the pricing matter for the pipeline. Bul Carter administration uffi- cials decided to use the con- gressional rvute because ihey thought it might be faster. FERC now is cunsidering the other major decisiun affecting the pipeline—the rale of return that will be allowed on equity, The cummissivn is putting the final touches on a formula that will allow a high return on investment if cust aver- runs are kep! down, Returns would decrease sub- stantially, however, if costs increase. The pipeline slill has a lung way ( go in gelting Canadian and : regulatury approvals, but officials are hopeful that from now on, things will be easier. THERE'S NO LIFE LIKE IT. surface. Annual production at the operation, abuut 40 miles from Sudbury, is expected to be one million pounds of wranium oxide (U-309), The ure is first broken down into small pieces 20 centimetres ur less in diameter. The prucess is being used much mure widely in the United States, where an estimated 15 (o 20 per cent uf that country’s lotal cupper production cumes from leached ures. As higher grade ores are being used up, it is expected that by the mid-1980s up to half of the U.S. copper production may come frum bacterial leaching. The bacteria species being used is Thivbacillus ferro- uxidans, an organism federal scientists say ubtains energy from the uxidation uf iron from ure molecular state ta anuther. The bacteria need only carbun dioxide, uxygen and mineral salts with nitrogen as well as iron (to becume active. Thivbacillus ferro-vxidans acts as a bivlogical catalyst, promoting the rate of decomposition about one million times faster than a similar chemical oxidation at the same (emperature. . The bacterial leaching technulogy aims al crealing optimal growth of the, urganism, on sulphide (sulphur-bearing); minerals» thal contain metals. . The metals are dissulved wut by diluted hydrusulphurie acid produced by the bacteria and ihen recovered from the acid solution. The bacteria alsu pose a problem for the en- virunment, however, When waste rock cuntaining sulphide minerals such as pyrite are expused Lo the air, effluents arising from the decay of the minerals can pollutethe surrounding area. The repurt suggests the ‘ decay can be inhibited by injecling wastes with bac- terial viruses that would destroy the organism. Bu, it says, en- vironmental damage can be reduced by leaching the ore underground ia must mining operations, applications. 5 ‘They're good jobs, eel ad Ce _ For further information a Military Career Counsellor will be in Terrace on October 17 at the Canada Manpower Centre from 9:00 to 3:00 p.m. Ask about pilot training for Grade 12 graduates and ask about the February 1st deadline for ROTP University pulitician’s publie duties and private interests, The legislation would bar patliamentarians from holding influential curpurate jubs and from withhulding (he nature of their financial interests, The government alsu will reintruduce Ita cuntroversial bill to allow for federal referendums un questions uf national unily our cun- stitutional change. Four bills are tu be re-in- troduced in the Senale. They deal with international tax counventions, business and nonprofit curpurations and safe conlainers fur lran- sport, DIPS MAP S.A. PLAN PRETORIA (AP) — External Affairs Minister Dunald Jamieson of Canada huddled with other lup Western diplomats Sunday to map strategy for talks this week with the new Suuth African government on the future of South-West Africa. Jamieson sat down with U.S. State Secrelary Cyrus Vance, British Foreign Secretary David Owen and West German Foreign Minister Hans- Dietrich Genscher. The Canadian, Owen and Genscher arrived here earlier in the day frum Windhvek, Suuth- Wesl Africa, where they sounded vu local political United Nations, plan. for. a. transitlon | lo! ite dependence and black- majority rule in the territory, also called Namibia. Vance flew here Saturday. He, the other three and France's Deputy Foreign Minister Olivier Stim are scheduled to meet with South Africa’s new prime , minister, Pieler’ Butha, and other, South African, officials tuday. They are the highest- ranking Western delegation to confront the Pretoria govenment on its awa soil in an effort to persuade the Svuth Africans to abandon their gu-it-alone plan for managing elections in SuulhWest Africa, a plan that would probably perpetuate the antiSouth African black guerrilla iol war there. The vast sparsely- populated territory is rich in uranium, diamonds and other minerals. South Africa has governed the former German colony since 1920 under a League of Nalions mandate, but the UN revoked the mandate in 1966 and since then has been Lrying to remove the whiteduminated Suuth African administration _ there. The South-West Africa Pevple's Organization, backed by black-ruled African -states and Cummunist countries, has fought a hit-and-run insurgency for 12 years against Suuth African Iroups. Diplomalic suurces abuard Owen's plane told repurters the major question on tap would be whether Suuth Africa has decided to risk unilateral action in Sounth-West Africa or whether it is prepared to continue negutiations with the West. “We don’t expect to turn South Africa arvund,” said une source who asked nul to be identified. ‘What we'd like to do is end up still lalking after those two days.” “We are ready,” said South African Foreign Minister. R.F. Butha, no relation to the prime minister, before he met the visiting Westerners at the airport. The five Weslern cuuntries have been trying lo get South Africa to adupt a UN plan for withdrawing ils troups and allowing UN force, including civilians, to uversee national elections in conjunction with a South African civil ad- ministration. Suuth Africa has set its ewn elections for Dec. 4. ” ~persistent and church‘ leaders on'a,} omises to House | NEWS | N BRIEF | RICHMOND, 8.C. (CP) — Progressive Conservative leader Jue Clark says Prime Minister Trudeau should stop acting like the Richard Nixon of the north. Clark says Trudeau, in his latest statement on the McDonald ruyal commission into altegations vf RCMP wrungduing, Is using ‘the Canadian equivalent of executive privilege. He told about 400 persons at the annual . British Columbia Conservative party cunvention Saturday that RCMP officers have testified they broke Jaws, “but now, when it is the ministers' turn, the guvernment wants to change the rules.” “What have Liberal ‘ministers been saying in secret about the RCMP? What secret orders were given to the RCMP? “The commission, to its credit, has taken a different view on what it will publish. The Trudeau government has an obligation to stop irying to muzzle royal commissions. Trudeau should stop acting like the Richard Nixun of the north.” After his speech, Clark said that if Trudeau suc- _ ceeds ‘in blocking the Mc- Donald cummission from questioning ministers and releasing their answers, a Conservative . government would “make sure that what was hidden by the cuver-up . became known to the public." - “1 he (Trudeau) continues to ury to hide, totry to muzzle ‘yoyal commissions, to muzzle democracy in this country, we will use this in the fight to get rid of this- most dangerous gov-' ernment.’” ; He said a Conservative government would pass a - Freedom of Information Act with an independent tribwtal established to assess cases for exemption. Clark, who was verbally lashed in the Curamons by Trudeau last week, said the prime minister's two-hour speech was “rather indirect fl ry.” Clark said that in spite of Trudeau's’ contention that Canada faced problems 60 serious, that a general election could not be called, the prime minister unl attacked “what he consid- ered to be his major problem in this country—me.” “He js best while on the at- tack, but never against prob- lems, just people. Boumidienne visits Moscow ALGIERS (AP) _ Algerian President Houari Bouumedienne, whe dropped frum public view three weeks ago, has teft for Muscow and meetings with Soviet leaders, the official Algerian news agency said Sunday. There had been no ad- vance word un plans for such a visit. The announcement appeared to be a reply to trumers and _ speculative French and Arab * press reports concerning the whereabouts of the 53-year- old former guerrijla com- mander. Sume said he was ill, others that he had been wounded in an altempted coup or had secluded himself to work on political policy. The agency did nol say when Boumedienne left for Muscow, huw long he would be away ur whether he would -be. travelling to other noi- me a “aligned | and *Suvietblo¢ , countries, as reported Sun-- day by the Kuwait newspaper Al Qabas. In Moscow, the Algerian ambassador was not im- mediately available to confirm the report that the esident was visiting the viet capital. Speculation about Buume- dienne grew Sunday after the Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram reported that an Arab foreign ministers’ conference in Iraq has been postponed “because of events in Algeria.” An Iraqi foreign ministry . spokesman in Baghdad con- firmed the Al Ahram report that the cunference, scheduled for next weekend, had been postponed. for a week, but he said it was because uf “the wishes of Arab countries." He said a summit meeting of hardline Arab ‘states is being - poned to Nuv."2 Erm. Nov. t forthe Samie reason. \. Arab leaders meet BEITEDDIN, Lebanon {AP) — Officials from seven Arab countries met Sunday . to find a way to end months af bloudy fighting between Syrian truops and right-wing Christian militiamen. They mel ina Ldth-century palace near this desert lown- . ship, 24 kilometres southeast af Beirut. After morning and afternuon sessions, they ad- journed and announced plans 10 resume the talks tuday, Fuad Butros, Lebanon's defence and foreign minister, told reporters the ’ delegates were unanimous in their cummmitment to find a peaceful solution to the conflict. Kuwaili Fereign Minister Sabah Al Ahmad, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal and thelr Syrian counterpart, Abul Halim Khaddam, arrived together for the closed conference. They were two huurs late because of a meeting in Damascus with Syrian President Hafez d. They juined represen tatives from Lebanon, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Sudan. Except fur Lebanon, the participants represented countries contributing troops ur muney ta a 30,000-man Arab Deterrent Force (ADF) which halted Lebanun's civil war 25 months age, The 18-month conflict which claimed more ihan, 37,000 lives pitted Lebanon's rightwing Christian militias against an alliance of leftist Mcalems , and Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization. Motorist meets fiery death BURNABY, B.C. (CP) — A sports car driver died in a fiery collision with a fuel tanker truck oulside an vil refinery in this Vancouver- area municipality Saturday. The accident vccured as the truck, carrying 7,000 gallons of gasuline, left a Gulf Oil depot, [1 was thought at one lime that two persons were trapped in the wreckage of the car but RCMP said later that one: pbrson was killed. The victim's identity was not revealed. us The sports car was jam- . med beneath the. truck, trapping lhe uccupant. Police were wnable to get near the blazing vehicles for more than an hour after the crash, Attempted coup crushed AMMAN (Reuler) — An allempted coup against President Ali Abdullah Saleh uf North Yemen was crushed Sunday, Arab diplomatic. suurces in the Jurdanian capital reported. The suurces said the Nurth Yemeni air force was breught in to crush the at- tempt, mounted Sunday morning by a military unit. (An official North Yemenese spukesman in San'a said the government had foiled a ‘‘desperate attempt" al crealing dis- senston and confusion in the cuuntry, . (He did not elaborate on details of the attempl, but he did say its organizers had been arrested.) Truck sets off land mine WINDHOEK, South-West Africa (Reuter) — Sixteen peuple were killed Sunday when the truck in which they were riding detonated 8 — guerrilla land mine, the chief minister of the Ovambo region-of South-West Africa (Namibia) repurted, Pastor Cornelius Ndjoba sald the exploston oc at Nkungo, in the north of the South African-adminiatered territory. Biack nationalist - guerrillas of the South-West Africa Peopte's Organization. are fighting South African 2. a