PAGE 2, THE HERALD, Tuesday, November 22, 1977 Co-ordinated spraying OTTAWA (CP) Environmental groups from the Maritimes, Quebec and British Co- lumbia have called a one- day meeting here Wednesday to coordinate their opposition to the spraying against spruce hadeorm g in Pheir provinces. “In the past, most of the groups fought their campaigns in isolation, unaware of the tactics of their colleagues in neigh- bering provinces,” Dick Pratt of the Canadian Nature Federation said. Environmental groups have opposed the annual spraying to attack the voracious insect because they say chemical in- secticides kill birds and insects and are suspected of affecting fish spawning grounds. Nova Scotia researchers have linked spraying with Reye’s syndrome, a rare but usually fatal children’s disease. The groups hope to discuss othe issue with Environment Minister Len Marchand. The meeting will discuss the federal role in spraying and whether alternative forestry techniques are available to control spruce bud-. worm. Provincial govern- ments authorize the spraying. The Nova Scotia government has stopped spraying but New Brunswick, Quebec and British Columbia still spray. Schumacher’s riding holding rematch CALGARY (CP) Gordon Taylor's cam- aign director said day a decision by the executive of the Bow River Progressive Conservative Riding Association to call a new nomination meeting will be appealed. The executive has ruled invalid an October meeting which saw sit- - ting MP Stan Schuma- cher lose the party's - nomination in the next federal election in the new riding to Taylor. Ken Styles, campaign director for Taylor, a former Social Credit cabinet minister who now sits in the Alberta legisla- ture as an independent, Pneumonia vaccine approve WASHINGTON (Reuter) — A new vac- cine to protect the chronically ill from pneumonia was approved landay by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The product, called Pneumovax, is 9 per cent effective in im- munizing against 14 types of pneumococcal preumonia, the Merck arp and Dohme divi- sion of Merck and Co., the vaccine’s developer, says. tis the first vaccine to be approved in the U.S. for this of bacterial pneumonia and will be available early next year. Pneumonia is the fifth- largest cause of death in the country and the pneumoccocal type ac- counts for a major share of the 25,000 lives that are taken each year. The FDA said wide use of antibiotics has helped reduce fatalities from * pneumonia, but the old said he was “horrified” at the decision. “I don’t understand it. How can 2 ple overturn the decision of ong?” Styles said the ruling will be appealed to the rty's national hea quarters, the riding association and, i necessary, the courts. Schumacher, who now holds the seat for Palliser, had contested the result after the Oct, 23 meeting in Strathmore, Alta., awarded the nomination to Taylor. He said he was ‘happy and gratified” at the decision and will work hard for the new nomination meeting. and chronically il still Skills VANCOUVER (CP) — Linguistics and liter ills often take a bac seat to literature in the training of English teach- ers, the provincial government’s committee on teacher education was told Saturday. Joyanne Landers and John MeVicker of the British Columbia English Teachers’ Association said at the committee’s public hearing that the majority of English teachers have had their training in the English departments of university faculties of arts, rather than faculties of education. In those departments, they said, there is vir- Socreds look for new president The election of a new president who will likel | the Britis Columbia Social Credit Party into the next provincial election campagin will be among the highlights at this year’s party convention at the Vancouver Hyatt Regency Hotel, November 24th to 26th. Two candidates have so far declared themselves — Kathy Almas of North Vancouver and Les Keen of Coquitlam — and both have been actively campaigning in con- stituencies throughout the province. The theme of this year’s convention, ac- cor: to rt president Peter Hynd- man who will not be seeking re-election, is “Work With Your emphadis nou emphasis on encouraging “‘maximum participation by our members in the political process. The government is seeking valuable feedback at this important mid-point in its first term." The convention exdpected to attract close to 1,000 delegates — will repeat two popular feedback sessions in- troduced last year: a three-hour the Cabine. question and anwer session on the Friday night and a Meet the Caucus brdeakfast on the Saturilay morning. In addition, more than 100 resolutions from around the province on a wide variety of policy matters have been received to Election of the president will take place at 10:30 Saturday mor- ning, at which time nominations will b made from the floor. Both declared can- didates have criss- crossed the province over the past six weeks seeking delegate support. Mr. Keen, 48, who was campaign manager in the Coquitlam campaign that resultted in the 1975 upset victory over former Premier Dave Barrett, says hia strength is organizationa) ability and enthusiasm. “My number one priortiy would be gearing up now for the next ection,” he says. ‘We must build and sustain membership, organize and activate all con- tituencies, with special effort in con- stituencies we lost last time and in those where we won but only be small margins.” Keen points to his xperience and results, not only in the 1975 election but since in the positions of president of uitlam cinstituency and as the party 8 regional director for the Fraser Valley. Mrs. Almas, 36, is a seasoned campaigner in the North Vancouver- Seymour constituency. She began her political activity as a member of the Youn Socreds and has worked in all aspects of olitical organization om. canvasser and poll captain to constituency canvass chairman and assistant campaign manager during the 1975 election campaign. ‘I have always believed that the active constituency organization, offering as It does the greatest op- portunity for individual work, has been the key to the success our party has had,’ shje says. “The new president must take on 8 job with the knowledge that we are probably less than two years from another election and that the party organization must prepared to give strong support to can- didates in all con- stituencies.”’ Mrs. Almas stresses her belief in the im- portance of the ‘work ethic’’ to political organization and her “personal and active working relationship with members of the party threghout the provin- ce wy Registration, the an- in British Columbia nual convention of the Women's Auxiliary and a welcoming social evening will be held Thursday, with opening ceremonies set for 9:30 am. Friday. Bennett's keynote address to delegatesis scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Discussion of resolutions under the chairmanship of Leslie Peterson, Q.C., former Attorney General, will take place Friday af- ternoon from 2:00 to 5:45 and on Saturday from 9:00 til 10:30 am. and 2:15 to 6:00 p.m. Premier The convention will end with a Saturday evening dinner dance featuring another fund-raising ‘‘fun temain particulary vulnerable. The company said healthy young adults and children, who with the help of antibiotics can fight off pneumonia, usually would not be candidates for the vac- cine. . The FDA said preliminary studies suggest the vaccine is also useful in treating sickle cell th anemia patients since they carry an increased chance of getting pneumonia. It added that studies are in progress to determine the effec- tiveness of the vaccine in preventin middle ear ection in infants. Since it is entirely derived from inactivated or killed bacteria, the vaccine itself cannot cause jpreumonia, .the FDA said. Field trials of the product, involving some TORONTO (CP) After 17 years behind bars, Clyde Barrett still ys crime pays—be- ause the victims make it one-man anti-crime campaign after years of committin break-ins and frau credit cards and utomobiles. A native of Newfoun- dland, he completed his ast prison term in 1974. " tever I wanted was there for the taking,” Barrett said. He said he travelled between London, Ont.. Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal where he would drive through well-to-do neighborhoods in a very van. He would ring doorbells and if any- one answered he would act as if he had the wrong address. “But if it was empty, we'd be in, loaded up and gone in about seven minutes,” he said. 90,000 volunteers, began Crime pays ssing bad cheques and — Barrett said he often obtained credit cards by befriending businessmen in bars. Once a new friend gave him the keys to his apartment, which he robbed before the man arrived home. He said he wants to see more emphasis on crime prevention, — ; Some of his advice seems obvious, but most people ignore it and that's what keeps people like me in business.” “You should always make your home look lived-in when you're out, and install a burglar alarm. Neighbors willl just watch (what they think are) delivery men moving your stuff out unless. they hear an alarm.” Barrett also suggested that women not carry valuables in their purses because of the danger of, purse-snatchers. Credit card frauds could be prevented by redesigning em to include a picture of their holder, he said. in 197% take back seat in training tually no instruction in grammar or composition. ‘English teachers must be trained to teach literacy skills, but most of them go into teaching through a love of liter- ature,” Ms. Landers said. “Most are good readers, but they should also be ood writers because it is impossible to demand a task of students if the teachers don't know it well enough themselves.”’ She and McVicker said many English teachers have only one year of education courses a: completing their bachelor of arts degree in Nn glish. “Teachers should have a greater background in writing themselves, in how to teach writing and in linguistics than they need to use,” Ms Landers said. “At present, they have to go out and find ways of learning these things—they’re not being taug tt.” NEED SKILLS MeVicker said he does not object to teachers having a good, general academic background through an arts degree, but that they also need to become competent in English-language skills during those four years of university. “When an arts graduate goes into fifth- year education, he should allowed to take all the courses he needs,” he second language, reading or writing courses be- cause they clashed on his timetable.” Bryan Hambley, chairman of the Ab botsford school board, told the committee all teachers, not just English instructors, need a good background in basic literacy skills. “We believe very strongly that the ability to read and comprehend written, material is the ey to learning in every discipline,” he said. “Our board recently passed a policy that teachers with courses in developmental reading would be pre- ferred over those who haven't taken the courses. “In many. of the classrooms, teachers are completely unable to deal with rea difficulties _ of their students.” OPTIONAL COURSES In a brief to the com- mittee, the Abbotsford board said it had examined some of the education courses outlined in the University of B.C, calendar and discovered that two reading courses offered are optional. — The brief referred to Education 472 and 474, both secondary-education courses that prepare teachers for helping stu- dents with reading in dudi Madley, 8.¢. director of Canadian Parents for French, told the committee that all teachers should have training in a second language and that French teachers should be better trained. She said that by 1979 more than 1,000 students will be enrolled in L'Ecole Bilingue, Van- couver’s elementary immersion French school. ‘There can be no French teaching without French teachers and there are now not enough qualified French teach- ers to handle the ex- pansion we are seeing in .C.,” she said. “While the most extreme short- age exists in immersion schools, we understand that.more than 20 school districts in B.C., which have recently intreduced core French programs in elementary schools, are having to provide in- tensive in-service training to interested teachers with little knowledge of the French language.” PROGRAMS NEEDED More teacher in- service programs were called for by Lois Meyerhoff of the Pacific Association for Autistic Children. She = said teachers are not taught how to handle special Star says RCMP knew about plot TORONTO (CP) — The Star says former solicitor-general Warren Allmand was told last ear about a 1972 plot to hijack a jet in Toronto. The Star said in a sto last Friday that R informers were in on the lot, but Prime Minister udeau called the earlier réport “‘garbage” and “preposterous.” In a Montreal dispatch today, the news aper says former Cc commissioner Maurice Nadon told Allmand in a May 28, 1976, letter that eight persons had been pee ring an airplane jac The ing” in late 1972. oal of the hijackers was to “free the so-called (Quebec) political prisoners” in jail or the 1970 kidnapping Gun-point escape BURNABY, B.C. (CP) — A prisoner at the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre was captured without resistance in an apartment building this Morning several hours after escaping at gun- point from Vancouver General Hospital. Police said Bernard Walters, 38, a United States citizen, escaped after he pulled a hand frorn under his hospital clothing, and locked two guards and a female nurse in a room in the hospital's security sec- on. and murder of Quebec labor minister Pierre Laporte. . Fhe hijacking of an Air Canada Montreal-to- Vancouver jet was scheduled for Sept. 26, 1972, just before a federal election, the newspaper says. The hijacking never took place, apparently because the hijackers discovered an RCMP informer in thelr midst. The Star says the letter says that Allmand’s predecessor as solicitor- general, Jean-Pierre Goyer, waa told on Sept. 19, 1972, that a group was planning “criminal acts” to free socalled political prisoners. The Star says the letter also admitted the in- volyement of the RCMP, Quebec Provincial Police and Montreal city police in the break-in at the Montreal offices of L’Agence de Presse du Quebee Libre on Oct. 7, 1972, The newspaper says a copy of the letter and related documents Nadon sent to Allmand now are in the possession of the Keable commission in Quebec which a vestiga egal police setivities fa the province. 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