Page 2, The | Herald, Monday, Aprit 23-. 1984 » , One difficulty’ with “trykig. ‘to. make dally herald Published weekoay at 3010 Kalum Stresi, Terrace, t. by ones 'Publlahtrs Ltd. , Authorized ss second class mall. Registration - Humber 1201. Potraga pald In cash, return poatace guaranteed Terrace: Circulatlon: | 5.457 $35-4806 Publisher - David Hamilton’ Editor; Advertising Sales: BrianGregg Nick Walton Stat Writers-Photographer Eporia) Ralph Reschke _ Holly Olson Reception-Classifled: ' Gireutation: Claire Wadley , Sue Gcaten NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT ‘The Herald retains fy/|-compiate and sole copyright Reoroduction ia not permitted without the written perminaion of the Publisher. The Terrace Kitimat Daily Herald Mewipaper politically Independent and a mamber of the British Columbia Press Councii. sen Auto industry — long-fange economic predictions — those covering about five -years — is that you know you're going to have to bulid on some basic. assumptions ‘that will be wrong. ‘The trouble is, you don’t. know which ones or how wrong they're a going to be. Let's suppose you're trying to figure out what Canada's total real wealth is going to be in each of the “next five years, After studying past - dita, examining the — latest statistics — and maybe flipping a coin or two — you come up with what you. think. are the: best possible projections - under the circumstances. snubs _gadget _ THE FALLS, ‘N.S. (CP) — year-old pensioner with” * mechanical knack claims he has invented a gadget that could revolutionize the automotive and heavy-equipment industries. But Thomas nobody wants it because it will serve consumers and not an in- dustry that bullds obsolescence into its products, The idea has been gatheririg dust ever since he patented it in 197% when he was heavy equipment shop in Truro, 35 kilometres south of the northern Nova Scotia farm village where he has retired. Pugh calls’ the small, metal- detecting device a safety probe, Screwed into the drain plug of a gearbox, the probe detects trouble and then warns the operator before a breakdown. Its magnetic head draws metal particles shed by wearing parts. After collecting a pre-set amount of cuttings, it activates a warning light or buzzer on the instrument panel. Pugh belleves the probe could save consumers hundreds of thousands of dollars in repair bills @ year. ; GOOD REPORTS ; He contacted industries, had mechanical engineers run tests and has received nothing but good . Feports on its performance, “I went to one oil company, who did a mechanical test and found that it was feasible and should: an asset to a alloted” machinery.” 3", ” ge he believes. service manager for a. “That's the way they described it, but they didn’t want to make it.” 'A mechanical testing fab in the United States came to the same conclusion and approved it. “They told me the only hurdle left was their sales department. But they were also in the business ‘of making gears and bearings, and - their sales department turned it down. W . Pugh got the inspiration from his work at the heavy-equipment shop. “I noticed that most of the ex- pensive repairs and the: largest: claims came from assemblies that - were fully enclosed like tran- smissions, differentials, hydraulic systems and so on.” . . “Most of these breakdowns would never have happened if there was any way of knowing what was going on inside. WOULD COST “A manufacturer's life on breakdowns," Pugh said. “The plug would cost them a let of - money,” Built-in obsolescence is ithe mainstay of the industrial world, he sald, The safety probe would be counterproductive. "It became clear that the only real outlet was to manufacture and sell it to the retail trade,” he sald. He contacted the provincial Development Department and demonstrated the unit. The province was interested but gave him nothing more than praise. “They say that until a project has been paver workable, -they cannot:: assist : “What they're tia _ they ‘cannot asalpt until ifg,done.”” French workplace unchanged . MONTREAL(CP) — Despite a hw that made French the sole official language in Quebec In 1977, the use of French in the workplace hasn't changed significantly since 1971, suggests a atudy by th province's language advisory body. In 1983, as In 1971, one fran- cophone it three used both English and French at work, one out of five was ‘“'very often or often” spoken to first in English by store staff, while one in 10 couldn’t on at least one occasion get served in French. Those figures are in a study done by Daniel Monnler of the Conseil de la langue francaise that Le Devoir reprinted in part in its Saturday edition. Monnier compared the results of four surveys done in 1971, 1979, 1882 and autumn 1963. The earllest was done by the province's Gendron Commission, and the lateat by University of Montreal pollsters, Le Devoir doesn't give any in- formation on the other two, In 1971, 66 per cent of 3,928 respondents said they worked in French only, Twelve years later 70 per cent of 771 respondents said the same, As well, 31 per cent of 1971 respondents said they used both languages on the job compared with 27 per cent In the last survey. Both surveys found a little under three per cent of respondents spoke only English at work. In the Montreal area, the Proportion of respondents who speak only French at work rose to 57 per cent from 48, while those who speak both languages dropped to 40 per cent from 47. Monnier says the differences among the various surveys are not Statistically significant, given the different sample sizes and especially because of the small number of 183 respondents. In the 1983 survey, 19 per cent of francophone respondents said store staff still addressed them ‘first in English. Among Montreal- area respondents 28 per cent gave that answer, Of anglophone Tespondenis, 80 per cent said first contact was made in French, As well,.10 per cent of French- speaking respondenta said they were unable on at least one oc- casion to get service in French, Of Montreal respondents, 17 per cent said they had that experience, compared with 16 per cent in 1971. Monnier’s report also says that $8 per cent of francophones sur- veyed in 1983 bought an item In the previous six months with English- only. use instructions, compared with 32 per cent in 1879. This was also reported by 12 per cent of anglophone respondents, Bank robbers like March TORONTO (CP) — The warning “Beware the ides of March” ap- plies to bankers as well aa Caesar, March ia the most popular month for bank robberies, with a total of 137 across the country last year, says the Canadian Banker, the banking industry’s In-house publication. The Herald welcomes its readers comments. ill letters to the editor of general pubitc interest will be printed. They should be submitted 48 hours in advance of dealred publication date. We do, however, retain the right to refuse’ to print letters on grounds of possible libel or bad taste. We may alao edit letters for style and length. All letters to be con- sidered for publication must be signed. It is impossible to print a letter submitted within 24 hours of desired publication date. es Thursdays and Fridays wére the moat popular times of the week for thefts, as 50 per cent of robbera picked them for work -days. ‘The favorite hour was around noon. July had the fewest holdupe across the country with ¢. ; For Canada's bank robbers, 1983 was a fairly active year with the numer of robberies increasing 9.3 per cent over 1982 to a total of nearly 1,200. The total haul was up 13 per cent to $3.5, million, an average of $2,960 a theft. Bank robbery {8 an increasingly solo activity, the Canadian Banker. figures show. Almost 75 per cent of the offences last year were com- mitted by lone bandits, up from 68 per cent in 1962 and 87 per cent in 1961. Montreal retained ite distinction as Canada’s holdup capital, logging 266, followed b by. Toronto with 252 and Vancouver with 171. Thera were no bank holdupe last year in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and the Northwest Territories, the publication says. anaes ot jreuantitied.of thi vin ‘that'ce + because on them, governments and businesses will build Own plans, Do we expand or eut iitaft? Raise taxes or increase: spending incentives to atmulate ’ the “economy? : ; “ ‘Then, afew months aftes-all your - work has been Published, someone ‘learns how to harnesa. the. sun's energy. Or a shift in'.weather conditions reverses all forecasts Sports pool controversy continues -Federal Sports Minister Jacques _ MONTREAL (CP) — A variety store owner is defying the Quebec government's lottery agency for a ' chance.to sell tickets for Ottawa's, controversial new sports pool.. “I'm throwing the dice -— iet’s see’ what happens," -said : ‘Ralph Damato, 44,.in a weekend ain terview. “May the better man win. WwW Damato - already | sella. : -abcut. $8,000 worth: of Tottery Uckets week from. his small tore i suburban Verdun "and. he ix prepared to fight Lota-Quebec for. the chance to sell even more at a higher profit. He signed an ‘agreement April, 5 with the Canadian Sports Pool Corp. to be a retailer for the federal lottery, which intends’ to use cards or tickets to make bets on the outcome of professional - sporting events, such as baseball. Soon after, Loto-Quebec sent him a letter warning it would confiscate their ticket validating terminal from his ‘shop if he joined the federal pool. The provincial cor. poration says .its retallers must honor an exclusive contract.) |". “T don’t believe one province has the right to stop anyone," said WASHINGTON (AP) _ Researchers have discovered and isolated a virus they say is likely the primary cause of AIDS, the. mysterious and deadly disease that destroys the body's protective immune system, oo Scientists at the National. Institutes of Health and other in- stitutions also say they -have devised a system to routinely detect and grow the illusive virus; a major step for future research. Thissystem of specially cultured human cells provides | ge for detailed analysis, qs se “aa feune tore: ona -potentiil’< preventive vaccine and treatments for the disease, experts say. AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, isa condition that results in the collapse of the - immune system which defends the ° body against. disease. Victims become susceptible to rare can-j. cers, pneumonia and other in-; fections that lead to disability and | 7 death, Details of the research were to be released today at a news con- ference held by the Department of Health and Human Services, of | which Natlonal Institutes of Health . is a part. Four papers describing the work by Dr, Robert Gallo of the National Cancer Institute and Funding VANCOUVER | (CP) federal’ government should cane up with an alternative plan so that , the Calgary Olympics ‘and other | amateur sport organizations’ get : funding even if litigation interfers ' with the proposed sports betting ’ pool, Senator Ray Perrault said Sunday. Law suits filed by the baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn and -nine of Canada's 10 provinces may delay or even cancel the betting pool proposed by the federal . government, Perrault sald in a telephone interview. “The money is badly needed by . the Calgary OJympics, medical. jp research and amateur sport groups across the country,’’ -he said. ‘The federal government . should be looking at back-up plans to make sure that those organizations get the money they © need.” Perrault, who has been working to get a major league: baseball team established in Vancouver, denied an earlier news report that - quoted him as saying he believed the federal government § is to make changes to the betting pool proposal, “] certainly didn’t say they were planning to change It because I’ve seen no indication that they are.” : CHANCES HURT Kuhn has sald Vancouver's bid : 9. for a major league team = is threatened because the. betting pool plasis to include major reague baseball results, =. The pool, scheduled to begin operating In mid-May, will involve baseball at firat and other sports are expected to be added later. ‘The provinces are opposing the federal government's intention to operate the pool saying that it violates an agreement they made portant "for prairie dis production : Your carefully figured‘ predic- tions are worse than useless — they're misleading. TRY AGAIN. : It’s back to the old computer; and | try again. Throwing in a general © disclaimer that if a third world war ‘starta, all bets are off, you carry on trying to extrapolate. thé futire from the facis:aa you know them: . and as you have them before you. One of the latest firms to tackle © Damato. “Ii my country says it’s legal, then I'll stand up. for my “rights and fight for them.” ameto says he can make.an "eight per cent profit from sales of. ’, the: federal lottery tickets, com-. pared with the five per: cent. he makes from Loto-Quebec sales. “They _(Loto-Quebec) :. _ Stopping me from making a living . and from trying to. make myself a beter businessman.” . The sports pool, designed to help: finance the 1968 Calgary Winter Olympics, is opposed. by Major — League baseball commissioner. ‘Bowie Kuhn and most provincial’ lotteries. Kuhn filed an injunction request in Quebec Superior Court. two . weeks ago to atop the pool, claiming it violates baseball’s copyrights on: trademarks. and 4, damages the image and. Integrit Tho pale alao boing chal nged- in Federal Court by the Inter- Provincial Lottery Corp..and wall ” provinces except Alberta. on. the. : grounds it violates. a ‘1978 federal: « provincial. - agreement. giving”, provinces jurisdletion aver the _ lotteries. ” meny colleagues. also will be published this week in the Journal Science. — ROLE SUSPECTED | The papers ' and scientists familiar with the work aay the virus in question appears to be a- member of a family of viruses ‘called buman T-cell leukemia virus, or HTLY, previously. suspected of having a role in AIDS. The Natlonal Institutes of Health researchers said the. new virus, cane HTLV-3, shares 80 many characteristics, with other HTLV viruses that it -has'to belong’ta this 3 ie; pgme ome gakrench r amily despite Hdamily aes noth Scientists sald they suspect * HTLV-3 is very closely related, if not identical, to a recently publicized AIDS candidate virus called lymphadenopathy - associated virus, or LAV. LAV was discovered last year by French researchers at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. . Both viruses attack and grow in thesame white blood cells that are defective or missing in AIDS patients. Some evidence that HTLV-3 and LAV may be different could result ’ from a lack of detailed analysis of the structure and characteristics of LAV, which has yet to be truly alternative e with Ottawa in 1670 that- turned over the right to operate lotteries to them. In retum the provinces : agreed to’ pay the federal govern- ‘Ment a percentage of the revenue.” they earned operating the lotteries. The federal government argues -. - that the betting pool requires skill to win and therefore js nota lottery : which depends on luck, Last week in Montreal federal “lawyers went to court in an at- tempt to block the injunction filed by Kuhn and 28 National League. “Eat this school report and let me do the talking.” is Wood! » yestment house. . Its conclusion?, There'll be ups and downs, of course, but overall, Canada should: be: in for alow but sustained real | growth. during the next several Ne * : The. basis for Wood -Gundy’s projection is that it expects in- -flation to continue to be brought Ander control in both Canada and Olivier says the pool will go into operation in May unless the court ‘-gro ruleadn favor of the provinces: SENSES BLACKMAIL — Another Montreal area store - ‘owner,. Guy Gervais, said the Quebec government is resorting to. “blackmail” _ by - threatening . to -withdraw retailers’ terminals, He“ . is ready to join other owners in. ~ defying Loto . “The government ‘docan’t. have the right to impose restrictions on. the new lottery. - ‘“There’s more profit in the new lottery and the customers deserve , to. have the chance to try “something new...; F won't be: in- ‘Umidated by the. government,” « . . But. ‘one-"store owner, Robert . Who asked him-ta join. . -“Fwould have taken (the federal ' tickets) because a lot of people are. ‘asking for them. and it’s. mhore profitable. for us," he eaid,-but he: : "refused for fear of losing his Lolo- Quebec validating terminal. . isolated and obtained in quantity, said the. studies from the Gallo group. POSSIBLE LINK - About 88 per cent of blood setum. samples from AIDS patients in the United States show evidence of - previous infection by HTLV-3, sald | the reports... However, similar samples sent to Paris alsa showed | about the: ‘ame “pereentage of infection by / ‘LAY, researchers say, Khe Lancet, a this ‘B visionaries and economista . wlio ean diversify our economic base, - a0 We are never. again caught with ., all our.egga in one or two baskets. ..:, We atl have our infrastructure, our highway network, our railways ‘|. and harbours...’ We.still have the basis for our: resources, our great " vivers and ‘streams, our. fertile >» Valleys - and--.the...tremendous oe Capaelty WOR, and trées; indo oT “aie ot :, and ereps.. And we.still have. our people; the same good people who helped us build and prosper. ; But lal of these will not help us if | wesit on the sidelines complaining. We have to get in on the action, by being part of a dynamic new . Government, by having a strong voléa in the decisions, the direc- - flons and the priorities that: will: “-* affect our lives and our. future, And that is one of the reasons why Pate the logger is now “P.C. Pete’, - the politician. . P. Weeber,. ier Hazelton |