com. PEGISEaATLVE Lider t, 7779 Pom LAWENE vl ELL LRWS, VilwOBLA, =.Ce, sok Wey E84 e ™, L High 20 PA : / WEATHER Sunny with cloudy poriods chance of showers Low 5-6 > 20¢ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, we COPPER. ALL METALS (Location Seal Gove { RUPERT STEEL & SALVAGE LTD. | MOM. - SAT. OPEN TIL 5 p.m, BRASS & BATTERIES a PER we Audience at lecture given by Nina Baird of Emily Carr Institute Camp David Meet at crucial stage ; CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) — President Carter in- lensified his efforts Wed- nesday to nail down a compromise formula for the future of Palestinian Arabs as the Middle East summit moved towards its con- clusion. “We are obviously ap- pruaching the final stages,” said Jody Powell, the summit spokesman, in an over-all assessment of. the eight-day-old conference among the leaders of the United States, Egypt and Israel. Powell confirmad that the drafting of windup statements had begun. Diplomatic sources, asking not to be identified, said the talks might end tonight or Friday. morning. . Carter was up before day-, , break to meet with his key advisers following a late ‘session Tuesday night with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, their first furmal get-logether since Sunday. There was no Sign, however, thal Carter was imposing, a deadline to end his talks with Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadal. There has been no visible ‘breakthrough on. the Palestinian issue or on any other key issue in the Arab- Israeli conflict. Carter has not brought Begin and Sadat togelher to the negotiating table since last Thursday. CUNCERN FOR ARABS A top Carter priority is to produce a declaration regarding the 1.1 million Palestinian Arabs living under Israeli mialitary control on the Wes Bank of the Jordan River and in the Gaza district on the Sinai desert. Begin has offered the Palestinians administrative selfrule. Sadat, rejecting the plan as inadequate, has insisted on Israeli military School enrolment down by 352 To the surprise of most people connected with education within District 88, school enrolment has dropped this year by some 342 students. .~. “However most of the drap, . has been’ qutside of the City of Terrace,‘ with a large . number coming in Hazelton,” according to Terrace school trustee Joyce Krause. This drup has not effected the leacher situation, but a closer scrutiny will have to be made next year, the trustee said. Sume of the | major problems with pupil - teacher ratios within District 88 is the silualion at Stewart, where there are not enough students fur the secondary school there, but it is tov far, to bus sludents, and they “must receive an equal op- -portunity for an education as - others within the districl. +> Another, reasin why , all teachers hired vil be used to the full is a decision by the bard that no kindergarten classes will contain any more than 20 studenis. This has required the” hiring of two teachers to work half days, une for Kiti * K'shan and ene fur Thornhill Primary Schuol. . Twu other new teachers have been hired since projections were made at the end of last term; one at Stewart Elementary, and one al Upland Elementary. withdrawal. oe Carler’s task, is lo find & middle ground based una softening of buth the Israeli and Egyptian pusilions acceptable enough tu Jur- dan's King Hussein to draw him into the neguliations eventually. Jordan controlled the West Bank fer 19 years before losing it in 1967 to Israel in the SixDay war. Like Sadat, the king of Jourdan is demanding restoratiun vu: Arab sovereignty after 11 years uf Israeli control. In a copyright stury, the Buston Herald Americar said the United States has propused a compromise under which “neither side— Arab ur Israeli— would , press ils-claim tv exclusive ‘suvereigniy’ over ihe West _ Bank: :Jstael appears ready; ti Secapl Ihe propisal, the newspaper said. .Meanwhile, Prince Saud El Faisal, the Saudi Arabian foreign minister, said if the Camp David summit fails, Arab nations and the world communily will have to look “al options’ for safeguar- ding Middle East peace. Although Faisal, in Cairo fur a meeling of the Arab League, denied that the Arab countries plan an oil boycutt, his remarks appearedto be a veiled warning‘tu the West. Well-known businessman passes Funeral services will be held at Ferguson Funeral Home this evening for Gunnard Anderson, who died in the Prince Rupert Regional Hospital Sunday. Born on October 1, 190) in Malberget, Sweden, he. lived in Kenora, Qnt. for three years, before coming to Prince Rupert where his father worked on the con- struction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railruad, and at- tending the first school in that city. He started his electrical apprenticeship in Anyox, living lhere for several years and moving to Prince Rupert when his father died. After continuing his ' ap- prenticeship with Parkin and Ward, he worked for the City - of Prince Rupert, the CN line Sang and then the City of Prince Rupert Power Dept. which was taken over by Northern B.C. Power Corp. In 1938 he started Gordon ‘in sports of any and Anderson in partnership and bought it out several years ago. He remained an active worker in the business until retiring in 1970. He was always interested type, Sponsoring. and suppurting baseball, men's and ladies’ suftball, curling, bowling and hockey. He was a charier member of the Curling. Club, a very longtime member of the Rowing and Yacht Club, a Bawlf has no comment on drug rumors VICTORIA (CP) Recreation and Con- servation Minister Sam Bawilf refused Wednesday to comment on whether he has ever used drugs, saying only that I] was young once.”’ Bawlf made the slatement during a news cunference after his name was men- tioned several times during a, drug trafficking trial in county court here this week, Attorney General Garde Gardem said Tuesday that early in 1976, his ministry had conducted an- in- vestigation of Bawlf for possible invulvement in the drug’ irade and found the. allegations to be based ‘on rumor and innuendo, ‘and there was no evidence to supporl them. Asked Wednesday if he had ever used drugs, Bawlf replied he was ‘‘not going tu give dignity to that question.” "rT know whal the’ ex- perience of the 19608 was because I was in universily then," said Bawlf, 34. Asked how tong it had been since he used drugs, the minister replied: ‘You know, I'm not going to get oe es ea Pa a into thal discussion. It's past experience—a long Lime ago." . NOT INVOLVED “I was not in any way assuciated with anybody invulved in drug dealings,” said ihe mininsier. Bawif said that the sugges- lions during the tial of James William Buckner that he was involved in the drug trade were made as a red herring to turn the trial into a circus and distract from the charges. Buckner was cunvicted ‘Wednesday of conspiracy to traffic in cannibus resin and possession of the drug for the plirpuse af trafficking. He will be sentenced Oct. 13 alung with ca-aceused Russell ‘I'schritter, convicled Wednesday of possession of ” cannibus resin for the purpuse of trafficking. ; Bawlf said he knew Buckner only through a landtord-tenant relationship and added he is glad the atLorney' general's —_in- vesligation had deen made public. The minister said he respects ihe right ad the court to hear (he case but it is unfortunate that ithas cast asperations on himself and his family. IS DEFENSELESS “I've been equally defenseless because there is really nothing I can du to defend myself against rumor orinnuendo in publiclife, nor tospeak to the matter befure he court,” Bawif said, Buckner suggesied in — courl Tuesday that he was offered money to provide police wilh information on Bawlf. During cruss-examination of RCMP drug squad Cor- poral Gerry Moloci, Buckner asked if the officer ur another policeman had of- fered the accused clemency “or put pressure un him te give incriminaling informa- tion about the minister, “IT have no knowledge of that,” Maloci replied,-adding that he had talked to Buckner aboul matters conecrning the charges, “T put il ta you that Con- stable (Tom) Berry offered Immunity for me if 1 gave evidence apainsi Sam Bawll,"' Buckner said an rot pasl-service Rotarian, and a member of the Muuse Lodge. He was an outspoken Rupert buster all of his life. Besides his’ wife, Elizabeth, he is survived by two sons, Russ and Jimmy in Prince -Ruperi,’ two -datghters, Signe Lee of Richmend = and frene Buckley of Port Cuquitlam and 12 grandchildren. . The Very Rev. Gary Paterson will officiate al the 7 pnt... service, wilh cremalion lu. fullow. Na flowers are requested bul dunations to the Cancer Fund would be gratefully accepted, Phone @24-6638| Post al strike September 22 . OTTAWA (CP) — Letter carriers have set a Sept. 22 strike deadline in their contract dispute with the federal guvernment, Robert = MeGarry, president of the Letter Carriers Union of zanada, said Wednesday the 19,000 * members have voted 82 per cent in favar of a strike if contract demands are nol met, . The union already is in a legal strike position. However, McGarry said he is reluctant tu order a strike if setilement‘ean be reached without a work stoppage. “We feel we have to give the government a chance to come back to the table,” McGarry said at a news conference. McGarry said letter carriers have not gone on strike in a contract ‘dispute since 1970. : “The union regrets having to withdraw the services of its members and . un- derstands the serivus effect - of such action. Huwever, the union has made efforis in every way pussible lu reach a settlement with the em- ployer.”” . Although the — letter carriers nu longer are covered ‘by federal anti- inflation wage guides, McGarry said they are willing to settle fur a six-per- cent increase in basic salary as long as there alsu is full prelection from past and fuiure inflation. UNABLE TO AGREE Uniun and government ne- golialurs have been unable lo agree on the size of the basic cost-of-living allowance and the. type of . formula that should be used to delermine future in- ereases in the cost-of-living alluwance. ‘ Qualified letter carriers with (Wo years’ experience nuw are paid $6.65 an hour. In addition to the basic salary increase, the union has asked for a cusi-vf-living allowance of 65 cenls an hour tw cover pas! losses to in- flation. The government's nominee on a threemember mediatiun pane) said the government is prepared to conlinue the current cust-uf- -: living allowance of 46 cents an hour. . ; Union negotiators also have asked fur a cost-of- living adjustment clause which would increase the allowance by one cent an hour every time the Con- sumer Price Index goes up by 0.95 per cent uver its July 1, 1978, jevel, . 7 The government has. prupused a_ cost-of-living formula which would take effect only after the inflation rate ruse six per cent over its ‘ July 1 level. The last cuniract expired June 30 and the guvernment is proposing a new 18-month agreement. “The munetary settlement soughl by the union isnot ex: , cessive or inflationary," McGarry sald... The cuuntry also could be. faced with the prospect of @ strike by mail sorters and pusial clerks this fall, The Canadian Uniun of Pustal Workers will be in a legal strike position after a cun- cilialion buard issues a report in their dispute. . There are nv plans for joint sirike action, however. “Our strike will be our own ‘strike and our settlement will be our own settiement,” McGarry said, Pay hike The Executive of the B.C. School Trustees Assucialion -is recommending that all schuol byards limit teacher - salary increases to a maximum of four percent. At a Monday news con- ference, Association President David Kandal voiced shock and disap: puintment al the B.C, Teachers’ Federation demand for a.10 to 12 percent increase in teacher salaries. “In the present economic climate, no one, least of all the taxpayers, can acrept an increase “uf that magnitude. Each percentage increase in teacher income is going to cust the taxpayers over §@ milllon, This 12 percent demand of theirs would cost $75 million. The public simply can't afford it.” Kandal said even a four percent increase may be tov much fur sume districts to pay. Widespread opposition to tax increases, coupled with increased financial responsibilities in many areas, may make it im- pussible for a board to offer “any Increase al all. Marijuana using teacher fired again COQUITLAM, B.C, (CP) —