Gas pipeline may VICTORIA (CP) — Dr. John Naysmith, the federal negotiator on Yukon Indian . land claims, thinks the pipeline deal san speed fre cans way to a claim settlement. aysmith expressed cautious optimism in an interview here Monday that the agreement in principle between Canada and United States on the pro- posed $10-billion pipeline project also provides an cportunity for a settlement at would be un- precedented, The agreement in prin- ciple must be ratified by Parliament and Congress. Naysmith, here to speak _ to the inter-church - Project North group, said a draft agreement with the Indians could be reached by the end of October. He said that although the benefits of a pipeline to the Yukon appear to be greater than those to be derived from the Indian claim, the positive impact of a claim settlement will be much broader for the Indians and the community at large. Allan MacEachen, privy council president, said in Ottawa recently the federal government is considering giving the Yukon Indians a cash pre-payment in ad- vance of the land claim set- Hement and before con- struction starts on the pipeline. : The cash payment idea was first proposed by the National Energy Board (NEB), which recom- mended in the July report the government rejected, that $200 million be paid by: the pipeline developers to the Canadian government for compensation. The Alaska Highway ipeline inquiry, headed by ean Kenneth Lysyk, suggested instead that at least that much be con- tributed by developers as a heritagé fund to be adminis- tered by and for Yukoner residents. The Ottawa government rejected a diversion proposed by the NEB and opted for the Alaska High- way route which was agréed “pon by Prime Minister rudeau and President Carter. ; Daniel Johnson, chairman of the Council of Yukon Indians, has called for a Seven-to-10-year delay on Draft agreement by October speed native rights settle pipeline construction te settle the Indian claims and implement the settlement. He has made no comment on MacEachen's proposal for an advance payment. However, the council is meeting this week in Whitehorse and some an- houncement is expected from Johnson before the week is out. Naysmith was to leave for Whitehorse Tuesday for another session of negotiations and said he hopes that he, Johnson,! territorial gove representatives and the other two negotiators, In- dian spokesman Harry Allen and Joe Jacquot, can begin work on a specific draft agreement. the™herald Serving Terrace, Kitimat, the Hazeitons, Stewart and the Nass Tvotume 71 NO, 98 Price: 20 cents ~ “The proposed wood waste burner. for MacGills and Gibbs pole production plant in Terrace has been t- poned another 30 days, according to information receiv from the Poolution Control Board. . Marie Chapman, who lives at 2817 Hall, just a half block from the burner site, said she received a reply from the PCB in. Victoria stating they are still in- vestigating the company’s. application for the burner. the application has been Reed, c¢ bt ptuct would. have begun the _ second week of Septeniber . pra the burner ting have a * opera in ’ November, . _ Chapman wrote to the PCB as “a resident of 25 zen, = =—and her - cation wa Abcepted as ‘a legally recognized ob- jectio ; n. ‘The borad also invieted her to send any additional inforamtion so it could be taken . into consideration before & decision is reached, WASHINGTON (AP) — Radioactive debris from a Chinese nuclear test ex- losion will travel down the orth American Pacific coast and then cut eastward 10 cross most of the United States, federal officials said ‘Tuesday. TheEnyironmental — Protection Agency (EPA) said the debris would travel thro the Pacific Nor- thwest of North America late Tuesday and early to- day, and then curve east- ward near the California coast. The debris is ex- pected to move rapidly northeastward and reac the Great Lakes region “F Thursday and the East i Coast on Friday, an EPA | spokesman said. There is a possibility some the radicactive material, over the Pacific Northwest today, which might result in land in Washington, on, By JIM POLING OTTAWA (CP) — Com- mons Speaker James Jerome criticized an Australian senator Tuesday for complaining that he has not met any native e. ple. during an official visit to Canada. The remarks by Senator N.T, Bonner, an Aborigine here for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association years, an up. to date tax- payer anda concerned ” “and her -ap- - will be caught in rainfall’ contamination of pasture . “if the director decides that a public hearing is necessary to obtain add- tional information or to resolve conflicting in- formation, ou will notified,” the letter read. Chapman said her letter of objection to the PCB stated she was opposed to the burner because of the fly punnltg nucabers of hours of an evel burning, all of which would have cause pollution is the town, particularly the area surrounding the M3G plant on Keith Avenue. Chapman said she is also circulating a petition to st the burner from going in an has collected more than 50 names already. She approached the coucil on the subject last month, OPPOSITION BY RESIDENT Wood waste burner delayed by board “TE this is such a great idea for Terrace, why aren’t they telling a . Wh the sesrere she asked y in their application to the Pollution Control Board that the burner would be a “modified waste ‘burner’ anda’ “smokeless waste wood incinerator.” The new burner would be controlled by dampers, blowers and other safety divices, ‘according to company officials. The safety divises would niake sure that all the waste are burned in. the incinerator. The company use to-have abeehive burner with only a screen to prevent smoke and ashes from escaping, but- this taken out in. 1972 because it no longer met but there hag bean na action. . polution control standards. cae forte” cize her oppostion to the bunsee Mrs. apman questioned why MacGills & Gibbs is not promoting the burner themselves and only a small legal advertisement placed - qantas “ reitoved-five years ago, company has heen trucking their wood wastes to a landfill sit near Old Remo. The company wants to discontiue this because ti is uneconomical and because announcing their intentions,, the landfill site is filled up. most of Idaho and parts of northern California, the EPA said. Dr. William Rowe, EPA deputy assistant ad- ministrator for radiation Programs, said pasture contamination is potentially critical because man can receive concentrations of radiation through milk. “Radicactive material could be deposited by rainout on grass which is eaten by cows and selec- tively concentrated in milk,’ Rowe said. STARTS SURVEILLANCE Next Monday, the EPA and the F and Drug Administration’ plan to activate their pasteurized surveillance network to check milk for radiation. The EPA said it picked the date hecause of the delay between the arrival of fallout and the time it' reaches market milk. Officials said they cannot predict the levels of Canada ashame (CPA) conference, appear. to be contrived, Jerome, CPA president, sald in an interview, . Delegates to the con- ference were invited months ago to indicate their In- terests while in Canada Jerome added, Bonner had not expressed any interest in meeting Canadian native people. THEN RAPIDLY NORTHWEST | | Bomb radiation will — travel down coast radiation that might occur in the United States because of the ‘nuclear explosion Saturday in China. Similar Chinese ex- plosions last year spread throughout the - States and However, the radioactivity never reached levels con- sidered hazardous to humane, federal authorities sa The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- ministration, which is tracking the contaminated air mass, says it is hundreds of miles wide and = con- centrated between 30,000 and 40,000 feet. The EPA said its 47 r ad stations will take daily measurements, con- eentrating on fallout con- ditions in ground-level air. The Federal Aviation Administration has been advised of the location and route of the air mass, but no decision was reported: on whether air traffic would be diverted around the cloud. Bonner, the only Aborigine ever elected to the Australian federal Parliament, said in an in- terview Monday he has not been. intreduced to one native ‘person during the CPA tour. He arrived in Canada Aug. 28-and has travelled across the country on a tour drganized by the association. Estimates as high as $250,000 were originally made for completion of the Terrace Child Development Centre which opened June 3 near Cassie Hall Elementary School. These local contractors did their work at modest prices finishing the project for $118,000, slightly under their estimate. Left toright, Rick Lewis, of Telkwa Roofing, Hans Manthay, of Terrace H & H WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1977 CE Vp Mea. i) Naysmith said in the interview and in the text of his address to the Project North group, that the Yukon Indians have insisted they want their claim settled before pipeline work starts. He believes a start can be made on a settlement by 1961, the year pipeline construction is scheduled to , provided it is un- ders that some aspects, such as participation in political and government structures, may have to wait fo more than 10 years. “There is no doubt that the ine decision has ad o the complexity of our task,’’ he said. eee a J. mittee who co-ordinated the project. 3° Builders, Derek Hales of Hales Cabinets and Millwork, John Palahicky of Terrace Electric, Norm Schmidt of Aqua Plumbing, Les Annandale of Roseann Flooring and Manuel Da Silva, chairman of the building com- Government will tinker after controls gone —_ VANCOUVER (CP) Joe Morris, president of the Canadian Labor Congress, said Tuesday he foresees government meddling in collective bargaining, even after federal wage controls are lifted Morris told a convention of the International Woodworkers of America (IWA) that the introduction of -anti-inflation board guidelines in 1975 marked the beginning of the end of wage negotiations as a process strictly between _ union and management. response must be a tran- sformation from a collection of autonomous, independent unions to a cohesive and integrated political force with power at the centre,” he said. The move toward central- pe 8ey to, the Canadian ‘people: y are you ashamed of your indigenous people?” Bonner said in the interview. “Are you trying to hide them?" The remarks touched off a controversy that sent T ezinagr o scurrying to smoo Arrangements were being made to have Bonnet meet over., Labor must become political ization, Morris said, would be a gradual process responding to “less obvious, more sophisticated federal controls on the private and public sectors.” He said in an interview that the move toward a more resourceful and unified congress would begin at the CLC’s next convention in Quebec City in April. Morris said delegates representing 2.3 million on members would be asked to endorse a blueprint for-the future of the CLC. Part of the plan is for a Drilling has little effect VANCOUVER CP- Imperial Oil Ltd., offshore Artic oil drilling has no ’ detectableimpact on whales or whale hunting in the Mackenzie River Esttuary, according to a report Monday on a white whale monitoring program sup- r y the oil company. PThe basic whale distrubtion in the Mackenzie Estuary does not appear to have changed since the monitoring program began Indian Affairs Minister Hugh Faulkner and some Indian employees of his department. . erome told Bonner during a closed session at the conference that meetings with native people could have been arranged if the senator had asked. Bonner said he did not want to mieet native people who in 1972. T.G. Watmore of Imperial Oil and M.A. Fraker of F.F. Stanley and Co.. the monitoring firm, said in a;joint presentation of a meeting of the Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada. Fraker and Watmore said between 4,00 and 6,00 white whales migrate to the estuary each summer to have theri calves, They said that minor differnces in whale Unable to meet native people here d of Indians says touring Aborigine were paraded out like exhibits, _ Bonner also said in the interview that other Gelegates, especially from countries with colored majorities, shared his fee)- ings. But Jerome said he has not seen any indication of support for the senator's remarks. The Speaker also distribution, observed along travel routes and in other areas occasionally used by the whales, have not been correlated with Imperial Oii's activities, except for cetain temporary instances. But héy alos admitted that the understanding of the whole impact of Imperial Oil’s opertions on the White whales is “far from per- fect,” although “we are constantly trying to improve our understanding.” said he spoke to Bonner during a train trip to Ottawa on Sunday. “He expressed entire satisfaction, quite strongly and never mentioned any problem." This, plus the fact Bonner did not mention his discontent to any members of the Australian delegation, led Jerome to suspect that beefed-up CLC research department, he said, in- cluding new computer facilities to keep closer watch on Canada’s eco- nomic performance. Weather Tuesday Hi-12 Low-8 5.2 millmetres last 24 hours Wednesday Hi-14 Low-8 Cloudy, with a sunny periods. few the senator planned to cause -a fuss. Meanwhile, Harry Daniels, Native Council of Canada president, heard reports of Bonners remarks and visited him in his hotel room Tuesday afternoon. Also, the Australian High Commission was arranging A-meeting with the Nation Indian Brotherhood of- ficials. eee,