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* “he heard fuddle’ duddie, ”

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re corded: in ;the - B.C,
* Wednesday:
~ definitely“ records. an.
‘ undeleted., expletive.:,:
_ The ripe, phrase: “fall”

s yllered at leastitwice: 5
legislature:
- "Wed nesday. but” Jack
"Kempf (SC ~~ ‘Omineca?
~ =the man fingered as the
“Galprit - —- says it wasn’ te

“The. ‘comic “epidode
‘started when Al Passarell
(NDP. — Atlin) was exe:
pounding: on the. tran-
~ sportation ministry esti-

"words in question:

- ‘Bruce, “Strachan .'to house, especially with © Strathan, who-'was “al
request‘thal Kempf with-. women present, But up. the opposite. end ‘of the
_ draw!) his.’ ‘muttered: popped Barhara Wallece chamber. from Passarell
- suggestion.’Strachan said (NDP — Cowichan- and ‘Kempt.: asked the
he padn't heard ‘any of- . Malahat), who said she . Social Credit: MLA. if. he
“fensive language ard.’ hadnoreservations about- had-. said . anything

“mates when: ‘he” ‘said he.
beard | “Kempt - ‘utter: the’

He. asked’ chairman

asked . Passarell :-to, tell
him what it Was. 7

Blushirig:
declined,

2Tt was foff.’

“; Passareil
. Saying “he. °.
‘wasn't about to ‘use: that
kind of “lanuage’ in the:

repeating the phrase and

house.

“That. brught- ‘chorus on
boots | “and: hollers : from:
",, MILAg | on. bath sides Qo the

ofensive he should ‘with-
draw. Kempf maintained .

nis? ‘Gonsviene

Mair,’ who--sits ‘near’
heard thé- words fuddle
duddle — Prime Minister

similar remark he. made
- in. the Commons. several
years.ago. °

Outside the. legislature,

language, Was clean. an
Health. : Minister ‘Rafe: :

Kemp, said he thought he

Trudeau's: version ‘of a:

-comes alter’, Passarell:. :
‘had already stood up to -

Wallace” sad she: W
“quite gure. that-T. ‘heard
it?” Two teenagers:fron

the public gallery.‘als.- mo

said they - caught

__ A, teview . of th Han- fo
sard ‘tape reveals, the

ofiensive ‘phrase, . but’ It}

ask’ Kempf to withdraw. °

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Police |
check |
“rape |
reports.

: . "Terrace RCMP are “ine. -
vestigating two complaints.
. of rape, lodged-in the carly 5

hours of this morning.
- Que man, who was picked
‘up for: allegedly being

. drunk ina public place waa
being ‘questioned in con- ©
‘nec

n. with .one of the
poe nae but Pet it te

ave no suspect e
‘second incident,

One complaint atemmed
from an intident near
Marshall Crescent and It is
in connection with that one

that the man was being .
. interrogated. He has since

‘been released.

_ The other alleged offence

“was. said to have occurred
‘in the 2600 block of Kenny.
Police declined to

‘disclose further details and
_ no charges have

et been
laid in. either inci ident. wt

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fleeing

“PELICAN: NARROWS, .

“Sask. (CP) — Men, women
and children piled into boats

late Wednesday to escape a’

‘forest fire roaring through
“bush, towards this remote

* northern Saskatchewan town

(of about 2,000,.
ST he. wiajonity. of the local

. “residents got into their. boats |
* and left the community by”
going.over to the islands and

moving ta the west side of

. the lake,'’ Don Schweitzer,

municipal councillor, said in
“a tele hone interview today.
Pelican Narrows is on a

strait between Pelican Lake.

and Mirond Lake, 250
kilometres northeast of
Prince Albert.

- “When 'T left Jast night I
gave: -{hem .maybe a_ hallf-
hour to 45 minutes and it
wauld have been completely

- desttoyed,' Schweitzer said. .

The fire, believed to have
started with a lightning
strike ‘about | seven
kilometres from the town, -
had swent quickly to. within -

“. two kilometres.

But the wind shifted late in
the day, saving the com-
munity — from
destruction, Schweitzer said.

Near misses
are under.
investigation

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Transport
inquire into two potentially.
disastrous nearmisses in-
volving .aircraft in south-
western British Columbia
last week,

Garney Strahi, chief ait
ttalfic controller, said the
first incident occurred at
‘Victoria tnternational
‘Airport on Friday. morning
when an inbound. Boeing 737
came within 60 to 125 metres
of @ departing twinengine
forcing the
smaller plane
slightly.

The » second incident ‘in-
volved an inbound DC-8 and
an, outbound 737 about 25
kilometres west of Van-
couver International Airport
on Saturday morning. *

erie transport ministry in-

clor from Ottawa will

char the inquiries at Van-
eouver and Strahl] said the
findings should be available
by the weekend.

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clothes off. -

off,” said Johnston.

side,

and enjoys it now.

. exciting-for hi

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throughout the show.

made.

_was good, :

viewer,

stripper. -

Granville . Johnston, the male ssttipper wh
appeared ‘at Mozart’s Cabaret in the Bavarian Inn
_ Wednesday, says he found it difficult at first ts

accept that to make money he had to take: ‘his °

It'bothers me that I can't get. paid for my,
~. ereative dance but that I canfor taking my clothes.

‘Being a male stripper pays the best
‘most coirelstent job in B.C.,""he said. “

* support myself I-do it." -
Johnston has bebn dancing for i years and only,

in the last four has turned to stripping. ‘He still is
contiriuing to work on his creative dancing on ‘the

e ere malé ‘tH ppers are a: “natural. off:
shoot of women’s liberation. It’s also-a form of.
men's liberation, says Johnston, in that he ‘is:

. showing them a different kind of.a man Johnston,

He performed two shows to a full house at the -
Bavarian Inn, each lasting about 30 minutes.
“audience, which had been standing in'line befére
the doors.open at 8:90 p.m. cheered and yelled

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The stripper | has no complaints abst his work

- “Tlove women and there is rio greater joy than’
making love to two to four hundred at one'time.’"’
The boisterous audience makes it all the more _

“It’s only in the last year that the crowds have a
THER A's pret ands more invaved raed the
no boule Mh he roe g turned.

‘The

People sitting in the back were’ ‘atanding up on
chairs so they ‘wouldn't miss the view. - Johnston,
suggestive . moves to, several women

throughout his performance, each received with.
_ yells andcheers from therest of the audience."

Tt was only in the last five minutes. of the show...
” that appeared completely nude to the crowd.
Several RCMP officers stopped by.to check. the:

_ fireexits, so they say, butrefused to give a mate’ 5.

point of view on the event. -

As for the women there, they thought Johor

“The: fact that he's a good, creative dancer
made. it all the " “more: interesting,” said: one -

og i

No males were allowed in ‘to’ “pee” “the: fnaie-

According to the management at the Bavarian
Im, they were advised against it because of the ,

‘

friction that sometimes’ arises : from with males i in
Tale audience. ‘Besides, they. felt that men Just °

wouldn’ t be interested.

Although prohibiting males from the show j isa:
violation ofhuman rights, the commission doesn’t -.
like to deal with situations of this kind.”

* “Jt’s a shaky matter that we try to stay away -.
from. It's, more of a matter of. taste and per-
‘ference rather | than : discrimination," said- a‘

spokesman ‘for the provincial * Human _ Rights- ‘
‘" ‘Commission.

_AS.for. the.

cabaret.

_.. The success of the. evening only proves John-
‘ ‘ston belief that there is no limit to the’ demand of
male e exotic dancers.

mayor . Maroney, he didn't realize

“sich ‘events went on iii” ‘Terrace.’ na
'“'T think it’s sick,” said the.Mayor. .

- He refused tocomient on the subject of female ,

; strippers. re :

The Bavarian Inn says that this is just the first:

in-a ‘series of males. strippers. to be performing:

_» there ona regular basis.

“It’s just another promotional angle: on ‘the.

local night club-scene, " said a Spokesman for the '

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"(PRINCE _ RUPERS, B.C.
(CP) — High railway freight

. rates will be to blame if

negotiations with Japan for
sale of northern British
‘Columbia cbal fall through,
says Graham Kedgley, the
provincial. government's
coal co-ordinator.
Railways should be willing

" to subsidize freight rates

during the first years of the
project as was done when
mines were opened i
southeastern B.C., he said.

Freight rates proposed by
the federally-owned
Canadian Natlonal Railways
and provincially-owned B.C,
Rallway for. transportation
of coal from proposed mines
northeast of Prince George
to a-new terminal in Prince
Rupert. are considerably
higher than the 2.14 cents a
tonne-mile rates in-effect in
southern B.C., Kedgley said.

The southeastern coal is
transported to the Roberts
Bank coal’ port near Van-
conver by the ‘privately-
owned CP Rail.

He told the local chamber
of commerce Tuesday trans-
portation costs account for 25
per cent of the sale price, up
six per cent from five years
ago, and buyers such as the
Japanese’ foresee: the day

_ when transportation wilt

“Cecil Brown said .
Thecentre, which opened in 1978 under the .
management of Abacus Cities Ltd. of °
Calgary — a financiallytroubled tax shelter
development company ‘how in receivership
ally was planned as a profit-making
venture, with Abacus saying it would accept
no money from government agencies,

account for 50 per cent of the.
aa

. casts.

_ Kedgley ‘declined to
disclose the freight. rates

‘used in formulating a pricing

package taken -to, Japan in
June, but said ‘the cdal
companies involved: in the
talks likely will appeal to the
taxpayer-owned railways for
a reduction in the rates. *

He said Japan ia willing to -

pay a premium for northern
B.C. coal because-of its high
quality and because ‘it recog-
nizes the cost of ‘develop-
ment, but, “Japan iis not a
benevolent society. !

ice) — Gillain Manor
treatment centre,: ‘which caters to rich.
alcoholics, is, going broke and will fold
unless the B.C. heplth ministry subsidizes
its patients, centr# program, director Dr.

VANCOUVER

—~ origin

ednesday.

; 0 aL P =A

Freight rates criticized

age we. in ‘Canada don't

want in, then. Austraila-.
does," ‘said the Australian-

born. Kedgley, adding that
Australian coal already is
$10 less a tonne than
southern B.C. coal. .
But Kedgley: said ‘he is
optiniistic about’ the: coal
negotiations and predicted a
deal will be struck by Sep-
tember or October. The
timing of the agreement. is

crucial to the coal companies.
who need the go-ahead this

fail in order to devel
“properties by 1984, he sai
He said the federal

Brown said.

Brown said.

. Since then,
maintain sufficient patient load and
resultant cash flow to match expenditures,"
he said. Health Minister Rafe Mair last

“December pledged a government per diem
contribution of about one-third of the fee, but
so far'Gillain has not received any money,

| fn training
_for tradesmen —

industrial employers such as

* VANCOUVER (CP) — — The
B.C, . © government will
" provide: $144. million for a
_« program’ to. help’ major in-.

’ dustries meet what.“Labor

’ Minister Jack Heinrich says ~
is :a “critical” shortage of
‘skilled. tradesmen. .

. " Heinrich: said today the
government is concerned a
shortage of tradesmen will
affect thé development of the
northeastern B.C, coal fields
which, it also ‘Bans: to sub-
sidize..

The program will offer

Business likes”
labor’ S scheme

OTTAWA - (CP).
Canadian Labor - Congress
_ proposal aimed at forcing
employers to ‘provide worker
oderate,

Soe

‘commie idea."

Bulloch, president of the. i

$5,-000-member | Toronto-
. based “Canadian Federation

‘1° of Independent Business,
. was speaking tothe seven-

member, all- -party special

. Commons committee. on

employment opportunities in

the 60s.

Chambet of Commerce

warned Wednesday :t

minimum wage could cost

_ the country jobs:
Sam Hughes urged the fed- .

; eral government to, keep an

" government's’ * $2%0.miiton
conimitment to - coal
development amnouncd last
week is considerably less

. than it appears on the sur- ,

face.
As a former president of

Neptune: Terminals, the
company which conducted a
series of feaslbiity studies on
a coal terminal. at Ridley

‘sland in, the mid-1970s.

Kedgiey — ‘said he was
suprised to learn $39 million
would be needed for coal site
servicing in addition to the
$42.5-million pledge for grain

terminal support services.

However, ‘the centre was taken over last
year by a nonprofit group composed of in-
terested business people who wanted to
preserve the alcohol treatment program,

“We have. been unable to

‘ ” inerease, expected'to be an-

nounced shortly, lo about 10°
éents an hour...

“IT wouldn't want to. see
‘Canadian levels move to the
point where we begin to lose
jobs outside the country,"
Hughes said in an interview.

Labor Minister Gerald
* Regati is expected to an-
nounce an increase in the
federal wage, now at $2.90 an
hour, in afew days. The
wage hasn't risen for. four
years.

Hughes said labor
legislation in Quebec, in-
cluding minimumwage
levels that are among the
highest in the country at
$3.65 an hour, has already
cost that provinee jobs.

~~“ ggposed the plan::

that a~
. major increase in the federal

Under, the’ “congress:
proposal ail employers who -
use skilled workers would
have to pay @ levy. to the
government, that. ould. b be

funded :onte
cae fat

The syst em woul

ratncella” “agency: to. co-
ordinate everything.

" MPs‘ asked Bulloch about
the proposal two'days after’.
congress’ vice-president
“Shirley «Carr . ‘said his
federation is backing it. Last
.week the ~Cariadian
, Manufacturers’. Association

“ ‘Bullogh © said ~ his:
- organization is ' supportive:
*. enough to‘redcommend: that —
- one. board: be set up in at.
least one industrial sector as”
Bi” éxperiment.

+ proposals for combatting the :
problem the committee was

' | created to solve: One million:

unemployed while .em-
ployers are reporting
Shortages of skilled workers.

Among | his “tecom-
- mendations were -miassive.
sirtifts of workers from
areas of high unemployment .
to. areas where jobs are.
available, -

They would be flown home:
every few weeks to visit their
families and returned home
‘when the job was done.

In a submission: to’ the
committee, the fedsration
. also said unemployed miners
in Northern Ontario or:
unemployed auto workers in .
southern Ontario *‘will. not.
migrate to where ‘thé jobs
are as long as the unem-
‘ployment insurance and
welfare system let them
remain in their homes.”

Thefederation wants more.
government manpower,
funds for on-the-job training
and less for _ institutional
training, heavier restrictions
on importing - ‘foreign
workers and more. tralning
“demands on foreign com-
panies which — purchase’
' Canadian companies.’

oe We.
subsidy.”

Mair could nat be reached for comment.
The centre, near Sydney on southern
Vancouver Island, charges patients $175 a‘
day, or about $4,000 for an average stay of 22

to 23 days, Brown said.

Brown said the centre was open to anyone
~and does not just accept high-income and

professional people.

._ He agreed people who are able to pay the
fees generally fall into those categories.
Self-employed businessmen make up 26

. could continue to operate with the

"Bulloch. had “his: own -

mining giants Cominco Ltd.,
Lornex Mining and
Bethlehem Copper,.a direct
wage subsidy of §2.50an hour

_for the firet two years of an.

apprentice’s training, to 8
total ‘of.. $10,000 © for. each
apprentice. ‘

“The labor ministry. will

administer the. program,,

aimed at encouraging em-:. :

ployers to train 1.400 ap-
prentices as. ‘machinists,

electronic. technicians, : Ins

‘dustrial mechanics... in-

dustrial: electricians;

millwrights, heavy. duty
mechanics and diesel Mme-
chanics.

pares

desmén is: serious, ae
" said, -coricurring-. witha
“yecent’ British study that.
found the main concern: of:
industrialists is not labor
strife but .a lack of skilled
tradesmen. .

He said the gap in wages |

beween skilled and unskilled.
emplyees has narrowed to
the point where young people
no longer beleve it is wor-

thwhile to'take a four-year’ ,

training program. ©

530 pints
of blood ©

The turn out for the,
Kitimat blood donor clinic
was less than hoped for...

Organizers of, the clinic
were a little disa nied
with the 590 pints of blood
they received, Two years
ago they had 637 pinta, using

that figure they expected 680

this year,

oe thought there was”
enough advertising but I
guess we'D have to put out

“more announcements in the

future," said a spokesman
for the-clinic.

There were challenges
between the different
companies in town to see
who

centages have not been
determined yet... :

The clinic was to end at 8
pm. but the 22. auxiliary
volunteers were there unt
40:30 p.m, when the last
donor left.:

The organizers. would like
to thank all those who did
turn out; especially those: at
the end of the evening who
had to wait a-hour {n line to
donate their blood,

Not enough rich drunks for a profit

per cent of Gillain's clients, while

professionals — “doctors, lawyers, judges

and the like’ — make up another 26 per
cent, he said. Executives make up 10 per
cent of the client load; workersin trades and
clerical occupations comprise only 19 per

cent, while the rest of the clients are house-

wives, retired or unemployed
Brown cited statistics which show one-

third of all hospital beds are occupied. by

persons suffering alcohol-related illnesses.
He said that money would be better spent on
reducing alcoholism.

i program waa designed ‘

'gemployees donated the -
most blood but the per-