teQecoegdl init? ! ae SADVERTISING MANAGER = 3 HERALD, Thursday, May 5, 1977 si the herald - Terrace - 635-6357 GSM Kitimat - 6325706 Published by Sterling Publishers Ltd. | Pv ahed every weekday af 3212 Katum 5St., Terrace, B.C, A member of Varified Circulation, Authorized as second class mait. Registration number 1201, Postage paid in cash, return postage guaranteed, ‘ PUBLISHER KAYE EHSES MANAGING EDITOR ALLAN KRASNICK NOTE OF COPYRIGHT The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright In any advertisement produced and-or editorial or photographic content published in the Herald. Reproduction is not permitted without the written permission of the Publisher. have limits At Stockholm, Caracas, and Geneva, representatives of the world’s 130 countries have sat down to duscuss the future of the Seven Seas. Between these Law of the Sea conferences, countless debates have been undertaken dy scientiest, politicians, technocrats, and economists as a blueprint for fomorrow’s at- titudes to the oceans is detineated. Much of the debate has centred upon utilization of the oceans as a seemingly boun- dlass resource: an infinite storehouse of wealth for mankind - for sishing, oi! drilling. tran- sportation, or development of those mineral packed nodules that supposedly. contain wealth beyond our wildest imaginations. But while agreements may soon be reached on questions of territorial sovereignty, shipping, and fishing, precious little is expected in terms of meaningful regulation of ocean polluters. Oil tankers are being built even larger. Each day, more and moree chemicals from industrial, urban, or agricultural areas are being pumped Into the oceans. Untreated effiuent still makes its way into the seas, even from such older and better-developed cities as Paris and Montreal. We still cling to the medieval conception of the ocean as an endless, bottomless pit. But each year, it becomes less and less the greater creater and recycler of life and more and more just one large, global cesspool. Under its surface we have dumped hyman * waste, industrial waste, nuclear waste. On the ots ciipe surface there is a film of crude oil and petroleum products. £ The spectacular spilts fram the giant tankers ‘are small in comparison to the casual discharge of crude oil sludge from routine tank cleaning. Thor Heyerdahl, who has twice crossed oceans in primitive crafts, says that on his latest ex- Pedition, he was never out of sight of signs of the waste and ignorance of mankind, all floating on the surface of the once crystal-clear waters: _ Pieces of plastic, slicks of oil, old bottles and containers. We are fooling ourselves if we believe that this planet can survive the death of its oceans, the 71 percent of its surface. Marine life, scientists tell us, is concentrated in only about four percent of the ocean‘s total body of water. The remaining ‘36 percent is a desert in terms of producing arid sustaining life. . The overwhelming majority of that marine life is tocated above the continental shelves next to Jand, the areas of waier in which the urban waste and rural discharges ultimately end up. The chemicals from Port Moody refineries, the discharge from Vancouver mills, and the fer- tilizers from Fraser Valley farmland all make their way into the Strait of Georgla. THe waters cannot descriminate in what they accept from man. But because these new chemicals and products are arranged in manners which are not recyclable, which cannot be broken down and reintroduced inté nature through the ocean’s regeneration processes, thy merely. pollute, depriving marine tife of its own sustenants. This is the harsh message that Heyerdahl brough back from his ocean voyages: “No breathing species could Jive on this planet until the surface layer of the ocean was filled with phytoplankton, as aur planet in the beginning was only surrounded by sterile gases. These minute plant species manufactured so much oxygen that it rose above the surface to . help form the atmosphere we have today. “AH life on earth depended upon this marine plankton for its evolution and continued sub- Sistence. Today, more than ever before, mankind depends on the welfare of the marine Plankton for his future survival as a species. “With the population explosion we need to harvest even more protein from thesea. Without plankton there will be no fish. “With our rapid expansion of urban and in- dustrial areas and continuous disappearance of jungle and forest, we shall be even more dependent on the plankton for the very alr we breathe, Neither man nor any other terrestial ost could have bred had plankton not preceded em. “Take away this indispensable life in the shallow surface areas of the sea, and life asriore will be unfit for coming generations. , “A dead ocean means a dead planet.” We have been served notice. GORDON W. HAMILTON = ee : a despsdtenenanshansnetsa aaa, - pO] : a8 rereteTe TO NS saree sie, ‘Se i Bo as Sneanee “areratnTena Tea Bouton x5 Natural gas hikes add $1.3 By GARRY FAIRBAIRN WASHINGTON (CP) — While Canada seeks special status un- der U.S. tax faws onnconvention expenses, U.S. Inferests are ex- pressing increasing an- noyance over what they regard as dis- criminatory Canadian ac- ton against them. The U.S. complaints basically centre on two Canadian pol- icles: not allowing Canadian firms to-get fax deductions far advertising on U.S. border tele- vision stations and charging moré for oil and gas shipped to the United States than far do- mestic use. Although both issves are stil! overshadowed by good U.S.- Canada relations, their serious- ness has grown with two recent developments. The tirst was when U.S. Com- merce Secretary Juanita Kreps Tourists watch moving of aluminum slabs at said ina letter toa U.S. senator that “an analogy could be drawn” between the border television and canvention ax is- sues. Canada has been seeking an exemption from new. U.S. tax laws that In eflect discourage U.S. organizations from holding conventions outside the United States. Although many congressmen have urged that the United States not give Canada the re- quested exemption from those tax laws until Canada abolishs its tax laws affecting border televisio stations, cthe Kreps letter was the first sign that the administration is relating the is- sues. The second significant devel- opment concern reports of 3 - possible large increase by the Canadian government in the price of natural gas sold to the *Roam at home: . + En . . . Lott 5 Interpreting the news United States. The Los Angeles Times syndi- cate says the price will go up ta $2.25 a thousand cubic feet fram $1.94 and would cost the United States ‘a staggering $300 mil- lion’ on top of $1.2 billian in in- creases during the last twa years. A U.S. gavernment source could not canfirm the amount of the planned increase but in- dicated that it is expected ta heighten U.S. concern, ; He said the United States has been more worried about the principle of separate domestic. export prices for Canadian re- sources than about actual past prices: lt has been of signifi- cant concern for sometime. . We feel that it isn’t quite cricket.” He was careful ta put the is- sue In perspective and add that | the price aspect of energy sup- plies is to some extent balanced >} im 4 by Canada's co-aperativeness in providing extra gas and elec- tricity during last winter’s U.S. energy shortage. “We have made our views - known to Canada in many ways and at many. times but it hasn't been a major issue ... We have actually been very, very thankful for the extra supplies that they gave,us during this past difficult winter. if was a very fine gesture." Another large price increase, hewever, will be felt by con- gressmen from areas which need Canadian gas. And many of those congressmen are also involved in the border television and convention tax issues. ADOPTS MOTION In its handling of recent tax legislation, the Senate adopted @ resolution from Daniel Moyni- han (Dem. N.Y.) urging the president to negotiate a settle. ment of the television issu. Alean. (B.C. Government photo.) Kitimat mill tours The famous Yellowhead route, stretching from Win- nipeg to Prince Rupert, ‘carves thraugh a great range ‘of «territory in British -Calumbia alone. From the ‘central interior plains to the “coastal mountains further est, there are abandoned ines and ghost towns, early outposts of the Hudson’s Bay Company, and evidence of the Northwest = Indian : There is hawever, another face to the rough, remote British Zand small, which pegs the s base of the = region’s ‘prosperity: forestry, mining, =f f smercial fishing. A number of ompanies.engaged in these crease public understanding f the work they do. One is Smelters and Although Kitimat is about 40 iles (65 kilometres) south of pril 1976, Alcan welcomed its 00,000th recorded visitor ince public tours began in ‘W6l, ~ Alcan’s smelter in Kitimat is the only aluminum smelter argest on the globe. Every eek al least one ship steams p Douglas Channel ta Alcan’s The consumer's best protection in the vast marketplace is infarmation. Much of this information Is avaliable to yau through baoks and pamphlets in the collectlan of the Terrace library. For the car buyer, Consumer's Guide Complete Guide to Used Cars {Ré40.73), or Leman-Aid (640.73) by Phil Edmansten give 4 lot of Intormation. The Con- sumer's Handbook: 99 Com. mercial Rip-offs and How to Spot Them (640.73) is designed fo help the consumer avoid Loading aluminum ingcts for export at Kitimat, wharf to deliver raw materials from around the _ world or to carry finished ingots to exotic-sounding ports on every continent. Alcan summer tours begin with a 20-minute colour film Torrace Books to help dishonest selling. Consumer Law in Canada (346,07) discusses the law as it applies to consumers and possible resolutions to consumers’ problems, Credit Law and Bankruptcy Handbook (346.07) is a quide to the pitfalls of credit and to resolving personal financial difficulty, Consumer Reports Buying Guide (640.73) can heip you make Informed consumer decisions. 100 Ways fo Save Energy and Money in the Home gives consumers (B.C. Government photo) “KHimat Today'’ showing construction of the Kilimat- Kemano project 25 years aga. and some of the engineering challenges that were faced: an explanation af the alurninum reduction process; library and a section on the com munity of Kitimat itself, A’ bus tour. of significan parts of the smeiter follows The bus visits one of 1 operating potrooms, wheres: electrolysis furns aluminum:: oxide (alumina) int aluminum; the wharf wher deep-sea ore carriers ands: freighters tip up; and one o two casting areas, wher molten aluminum is formed Intoingots. Total time for th tour is about an hour * Summer tours run through June, July and August. From Monday through Friday, theres: are two tours -- 2:30 pm and pm. No specia! arrangement: are needed by anyone with th exceptlan of commercials jours. ‘ : The smelter is not, course, Kitimat‘s traction. The modern home of tvo majo Indusiries (the other I Eurocan Putp and Paper) ha a large Indoor = mall restaurants and services tha cater to Kitimat's 3 nationalities. Hs compac museum would be the pride o communities far larger tha Kitimat. Among th numerous displays, th museum contains artifact from native people in thet: region, rotating displays of art: * museums in Canada’s majo cities and not least of alt Information on parks ands: hiking trails in the mountain surrounding Kitimat. the consumer energy tips an haw it can be conserved. A useful pamphtet for parents is Good Toys, an analysis of 500 toys tested and approved by the Canadian Toy Testing Council, Other sources of Information for the consumer are The Canadian Consumer Magazine published by the Consumer‘s Association of Canada which covers products sold in Canada. Consumer Reports is ithe monthly magazine published by the Consumers’ Union of the United States to provide in- formation and counsel consumer goods. on Some useful addresses tor the consumer: Consumers’ Association of Canada (B.C.), Room 103, 163 W, Hastings St., Vancouver, 8.C., Phone 682- 3535; Dept. of Consumer & Corporate Affairs, Box 99, Ottawa, Ont.; British Calumbia Dept. of Consumer Services, 838 Fort Street, Victoria, B.C. V8W 1H8) Office of the Rentalsman, 525 Seymour Street, 4th Floor, Vancouver, 8.C. Vé8 ?H2, The Senate also narrowly de- feated an attempt by Barry Goldwater (Rep. Ariz.) to ex- empt Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean from convention tax laws. During debate, Warren Mag- nuson (Dem. Wash.) tabled the Kraps letter summarizing par! of ihe commerce secretary’s March 29 talk with Canadian Trade Minister Jean Chretien. "Inour response we indicated that while we like ta accom- modate Canadian in. terests where possible, we felt that an anaatogy could be drawn be- tween our tax treaiment of for- eign convention expenses and the tax provisions of Canada's bill C-58 relative to broad- casting. “Further, we added that the analogy was reinforced by our belief that congressional leaders LANGUAGE TEST Ain't this how | English is VANCOUVER CP About 25,000 Grade 12 students sat down around the province Tuesday to write a new language test that Education Minister Pat McGeer says should help post-secondary institutions sort out students’ knowledge of English. The 24-hour test, designed by the Education Research [n- stitute of British Columbia, consisted of two parts: 40 sentences, some of which contained usage errors that students were asked to locate; and an essay fo test writing ability. “The test is not geared for grades, but only to pick out those who need extra help in Engfish,’’ said test project director Lloyd MacDonald. “It was also to select those who speak English as a second language and those wha speak it as their native tongue." The test is compulsory for anyone seeking admission ta any post-secondary institutions in B.C., except North Island and NOrthwest Colleges. MacDonald said 275 markers in’ Vancouver, Victorla, to bill responsible for modifications in U.S. tax law were in many cases aware of American broadcasters’ difficulties result. / ing from the Canadian tax law." : Although the U.S. official said Kreps was “nat necessarily linking" the fax Issues in the sense that concession on con. ventions would be impossibie without a Canadian concession an television ads, he agreed that “an anaology can certainly be drawn.” Canadian diplomats may thus have an extremely difficult tlme pleading for exemption from U.S. tax laws at the same time as they insist that Can- ada's television-ad palicy is a non-negotiable internal matter and Canada has the right to ex. port resources at higher prices than its citlzens pay. spoke Kamloops and Castlegar will evaluate the tests. He hopes to get marks in the mati by May 23. : The test's contents were arrived at after about 900 Vancouver-area high school students wrote a longer, more difficult pllot test last December. But, he added, many students made usage errors that he thought were less common, such as “‘irregardless,’’ or misuse of “fewer” and “less,” The test used Tuesday was much different from the five- part, 22-hour university en- france exam written by students 20 years ago, In these days students had fo complete examinations on spelling, punctuation, word usage, paragraph building and essay-writing. Following is a sample of the sentences in which students were asked to find errors, if any, Tuesday: “When you return the rented piece of equipment, you will get your deposit back if you haven't brake anything. - Report from Ottawa 200-mile limit termed by Despite recent reports of American-Soviet disagreement over the U.S. 200 mile fishing limit, our new expanded Canadian boundaries seem to be well accepted by nations whe fish off our coast. Our Department of Defense and Department of Fisheries and Environment atrols have heen active on oth the east and west coasts, ensuring that regulations are followed. On the west coast, DFE vessels have spent a total of 156sea days on patrol, since the limit announcement, while DND sea patrols have spent 17 days at sea. Argus and Tracker aircraft have spent over 300 hours on patrol and overall, 20 boats of foreign origin have been inspected. SPORT DEMO COMING TO SKEENA A federal government sport demonstration project will soon visit Sandspit, Queen Charlotte City, Masset, Kitimat . and Smithers. The project is a demon- stration and participation program of the Fitness and Amateur Sport Branch, which 1 administer and will travel through Skeena between May 8 and June 4. Members of local sport clubs, coaches and athletes are invited to demonstrate their ability and test their skills with the project. They . can use equipment such as a plastic skating surface, an automatic pitching machine and view some 20 other exhibits, Some of you may even be able to ski on the artificial snow. Overall, the project is meant to promote Sport invalyement through facilities which exist in your own community and F am very pleased that it will travel extensively in our area this spring. YOUNG OFFENDERS In other areas, legislative changes are pending for young persons who commit success lona Campagnolo offences under the Criminal Code. The Solicitor General is expected to propose a Young Offenders Act which will be based on the prin- ciple that young persons are responsible for - their criminal acts. The minimum age of criminal responsibility would be set at age 12 and the maximum age, at under 18 years. This legislation is in the “proposed” stage, but has been brought forward after considerable consultation with the provinces. The new proposals will recognize that the rights of young offenders are no less than those of adults, in- cluding the right to retain and instruct a lawyer. Special safeguards would be provided to ensure that the rights of the young persons are protected. Tf you have comments or questions on these or any other issues, I would welcome your letters. ‘Please write to me care of House of Commons, Ottawa KIA 0X2, ~ Voice of the readors. Dear Sir: : I [ustreceived the first edition of the “Daily Herald delivered tree to my home. Having had to pu? up with Vancouver and ather outside dailles for ihe past years, | was delighted to see that we now have a dally newspaper of our own, cavering focal, national and International issues as well as entertainment and sports. | will now taok forward to receiving the Herald on a regular basis and you can be sure that | will send my “two cents worth’ Into your Letters to the Editer column every So often. it's about time we stood up for ‘ine Skeena area. I'm glad tosee that the Herald is leading the way. R. King Terrace