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Memorial Hospital Friday
night while attempting to
stop a chlorine leak at
Carson Motorways Depot on
Highway 16.

was detained in the
hospital for observation, but
was released Saturday

determined that he had

" suffered no damage due to

exposer to the chlorine gas.
One other fireman was
taken to hospital but was
teleased immediately.

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the volunteer firefighters

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OTTAWA (CP) — The
country’s energy ministers
resume negotiations
Wednesday that will lead to
higher prices later this
summer for oil and home-
heating fuel, but the chances
of reaching any agreement
are slim... - .. :

The opening round of the
annual negotiating ritual a
month ago broke up without

scoming close to any decision

on the push by Ottawa and
the praducing provinces for
higher prices.

_ “The chances of.
agreement are not good at

_ any time,” Federal Energy

Minister Alastair Gillespie
says. “The current political
situation, with Ontario in an
election, isn’t golng -to
help.” :

Ontario, along with Nova

‘Scotia and Manitoba, fought

- against a price increase at’

the .last meeting: on the
grourds that it will lead to
even more unemployment
and inflation.

James Taylor, the Ontario
energy minister, says that

Terrace. confirmed as

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he said.
~The minister made the
announcement at a press
conference in Terrace
Friday morning. He was
accompanied by Skeena
MLA Cyril Shelford and
Frank Calder, MLA for
Atlin. fan

The two newest projects
are among a number of
contracts awarded or to be

‘ awarded for development of

the Stewart-Cassiar High-
way 37 route under a $30
million _federal-provincial
cost: sharing ‘agreement
signed .in Victoria last.
month,

Fraser said that the two.
new .projects “‘will provide
an additional boost-to the
economy of fhorthwestern
British Columbia.”

“The Stewart-Cassiar:

Highway development. |

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association, informed the
Herald that a calt for
assistance was received at
six pm Friday. When the
firemen arrived at the
depot, they discovered that
a serious leak had developed
in a tank containing ap-
proximately 300 cubic feet of
chlorine gas.

With the assistance of the
Terrace RCMP, they cor-.
doned off the immediate
area. The bottle was then
vented and carried to
Bornite Mountain where the
contents were dumped.

Hill estimated that nearly
100 cubic feet of gas escaped

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he does not intend to change
his, province’s position,
adding that “I don't think
we can afford to.”

Both . Ontario _ and
Manitoba, which is expected
to hold an election this fall,
are pressing the federal
minister to hold Wed-
nesday’s meeting in public,
allowing consumers to see
the negotiations first-hand.

Aspokesman for Gillespie.
says the other provincial
energy ministers have been
asked for their views on:
whether the meeting should
be open. No decision has yet
been made.

Gillespie says that if these
talks break down the federal
government. will have two,
options—reach agreement

- in ‘private talks with the

producing provinces and
impose the new price on the

‘rest of the’ country or to

unilaterally invoke federal
price-fixing powers.
Energy Minister . Don.
Getty of Alberta, whose
province produces §5 per

‘cent of the country’s oil,

program is one which the
provincial government
hopes will stimulate’ the
mining and logging in-
dustries in the northwestern

B.C, area, as well as en-—

courage and develop more
tourism,” he said.

Fraser disclosed that
contracts along the Stewart-
»Cassiar route now amounted
to $26 million, but: declined
to state how much of that
money would be spent this
year. “hope it will be more
than half," he said.

The Minister also an-
nounced that one half
million would be spent on
upgrading the portion of
Kalum Lake Road nearest
Terrace.

In addition, he said, the
Highways Department
would provide a site in the
Terrace area for
Chamber of Commerce to

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Before giving: the awards at the jubillee in the
R.E.M. Lee Theatre Saturday, Irene Watts, the

before the situation was:
brought under contro] but he
emphasized that there was
no danger to the surroun-
ding area. :
He said that the
cause of the leak was
probably a faulty valve.

Hill said that the Thornhill
fifefighters. wanted to ex-
press their appreciation to
the Terrace RCMP, Brian
Brown of the Workers’.
Compensation Board, ‘and
Roger Dufty, manager of
the Terrace swimming pool,
all of whom assisted in the
operation. ;

Stock up on Stanfield's

says se feels an agreement
could be worked out with
Ottawa, as has been done for
the last two years.

The federal government
has not yet said precisely
what price increase it is
looking for, but energy
sources say it favors an
increase of aboout $2 a bar-
rel on the current crude oil
price of $9.75 a barrel. That
adds seven cents to the price
of a gallon of gasoline and
6.2 cents on the cost of home-
heating fuel.

But the increases likely
will not be felt until Sept. 1.
The.higher price for crude
oil will go into effect July .1,
but in past the ministers *
have ordered a 60-day delay
in passing the higher prices
to ,consumers to allow
existing stores of lower-cost

ail to be depleted.

The ministers are also ex-

‘pected to consider possible

formulas to set price in-
creases, eliminating the
need for annual negotiating
sessions.

establish a tourist in-
formation booth. The site
will ‘be leased to the
Chamber for a ten year
period at the nominal rate of:
one dollar per year. —

During the press con-
ference, Fraser revealed
that a Regional Highways
Engineer and a Regional
Office Manager will soon be
hired for the new Highways
Region five ‘office,
headquartered in Terrace.
_ It was announced earlier
that Terrace will serve the
focal point for the new
region, which contains
Prince Rupert, Terrace,
Dease Lake, Smithers, and
Burns Lake Highway
Districts.

Fraser said that in the
initial stages, 15 employees
would be hired to man the
new Regional office.
Eventually, the Reglonal

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-QUIET
RACES

‘David Pease, an ac-
countant at Mills Memorial
Hospital, plans to put ‘his
name forward today as a
candidate in the June 4
Terrace’ byelection for
alderman, Pease says he
may be running for the 18-
month seat vacated by
Alderman Sharon Biggs,

who is running for mayor. .

A five-month _ seat,
yacated by Alderman Dave
Maroney who is also run-,
ning for mayor, appears to
be left unchallenged.
Deadline for nomination
papers is 12 noon today in
the councii chambers.

Alderman Vic Joliffe will
be running for . council’s
representative on the
District , of
Kitimat-Stikine Board. So
far his name is the only one
put forward for this position.

Any municipal council
candidate can run in this
election.

Joyce Krause remains
unchallenged in the School
District 88 byelection. The
18-month. position may be
filled today because Krause
is the only person to have
taken out nomination

papers.

CARNIVAL

Knox United Church will
be holding a carnival te
raise funds for expansion to
their Sunday school.

Teh carnival will be held
on Saturday, May 14 from 11
am to 2 pm at the United
Church Hall, 4907 Lazelle
Street. It will include a
plant and white elephant
sale, achildren’s ‘fish pond’,
a mystery house con-
structed by the grade seven
Sunday school class as well
as food and refreshments.

The current Sunday
school facilities are ex-
tremely limited and, ac-
cording‘ to Alice Chen-Wing
of the church, the expansion
is needed desperately.

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left) won the Best Play award for the Terrace Little
Theatre production of “Adaptation” which will travel

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LONDON (CP) — An
apparently bored Prime
Minister Trudeau did a
pirouette behind the back of
the Queen, U.S. President
Carter and other Western
leaders as they ‘were going
to dinner Saturday night at
Buckingham Palce.

The prime minister's
surprise action was caught
by a Canadian ‘Press
photographer, although it
apparently escaped the
notice of guests at the din-
ner. oO

’ ‘The incident recalled the
time Trudeau slid down the
bannister of Lancaster
House during the 1969
Commonwealth conference

- here, an: action, that earned

him the nickname “Trendy
Trudeau’? with the London
news media,

The dinner Saturday was
given by the Queen in honor
of Trudeau, Carter and the
heads of government of
Britain, Japan, West
Germany, France and Italy,
who convened for a two-day
economic summit during
the weekend.

’ The guests and the Queen
were posing in the blue
drawing room for pictures
before they went to dinner.
Trudeau was at the end of,
the line.

“He looked bored,” CP
photographer Doug Ball, a
1974 National Newspaper

Award winner, said of -

Trudeau,

“'T moved down behind the
other photographers to get a
picture of Trudeau at the
end of the line. He was
looking down and everybody
had advanced (toward the_
dining room),

“All of a sudden he was
alone. He glanced up and
suddenly did his pirouette,
doing a spin on one foot with

” his hand over his head, Then
he shrugged and walked:
after the others.”

regional HQ

office will have 50 per-
manent employees’ in
Terrace, he estimated.

’ “This Region expansion,
together with several major
highways contracts in this
area should be a welcome

boost to the local economy,”
Fraser said. .
In response to

questioning, Fraser. said
that his department was
trying to encourage ‘con-
tractors to hire people in the
area where highways work
is to take place. The
minister admitted that
attempts to do this had not
always been successful in
the past, but stated that he
was now more hopeful that

local people would be hired.

Regarding the need for an
improved communication

system in the northwest to °

go along with highway and

economic expansion, Fraser.

‘declined to give any com-
mitment saying instead that
the matter was ‘more a
“federal responsibility.”

Asked by one newsman
whether the highway work
was being pushed as an,
alternative to further ex-
pansion of the BCR, Fraser
denied that it was, saying
that plans for the highway
improvements had begun
well before work on the
Dease Lake extension had
been suspended.

Later, Fraser’ met with:
members of Terrace City
Council, He informed
Council that a decision on a
Tsawwassen-Kitimat * ferry.
link would be made shortly.

“within two weeks,
whether we-re going to do
something ‘about it or not
will become public
knowledge,’’ he said,

Betty Ann Burtch
She is shown at

atic performers

centre recelving her award from Edna Cooper. :
Arlene Doeli (2nd left), a Caledonia student, won a:
best supporting actress award for her. part in:
“Chamber Music” as Perl White. Ken Morton (right)

won the Best Director award.

SUMMIT MEETING

The picture shows the
prime minister in mid-twirl
while the Queen and Prince
Charles walk away. Prime
Minister James Callaghan
of Britain also is in the
picture. Carter, who was
with the Queen Mother, is
not in sight.

Trudeau, who left Ottawa
last Thursday and visited
Iceland on the way here, has
been restrained, although he
managed to share the
spotlight with Carter during
a break in the conference
Saturday. |

When he entered 10
Downing Street for the
conference earlier in the
day he had to be reminded

by‘ Callaghan -‘to-waye to the-

two dozén‘ photographers on
hand for the start of the
summit. .

But at the noon break the
prime minister suggested
that the seven leaders make
the 10-minute walk . to

INFLATION
CRUCIAL
ISSUE

TORONTO CP - Premier
William Davis said Sunday
control of inflation is a
critical issue in the Ontario
election.

In a letter to Progressive
Conservative candidates in
the June 9 election, the
premier said the federal
anti-inflation program is
less than perfect but that the
Ontario government sup-
portsit, © occ.

“Those who would end the
program -as would the NDP-
or those who would water it
down -as would the Ontario
Liberals- could seriously
damage the economic
fairness and balance of our
society.”

_ He said the program has
protected incomes, reduced
inflation and limited strikes.

His government had

opposed a motion by the
provincial Liberals in 1975
that called for Ontario to set
up its own anti-inflation
board rather than affiliate
with the federal program.

“That would have placed
people like teachers and

. provincial civil servants

under a provincial board
while the rest of society

would have been under the .

national anti-inflation
board. We opposed that
measure because it would
have created two classes of
wage-earners in Ontario.

“The New. Democratic
Party, of course, would like
to see intervention in terms

of profits and prices but not.

in the area of wages, as if
the two could be separated
out in any fair program,”

LONDON (CP) — The
latest silver jubilee souvenir
is a pair of jubilee briefs,
complete with jubilee crest.

The briefs sell for 65 pence’

each and come in pastel
shades. -

Lancaster House for lunch.
He walked up to Carter and
suggested they walk
together. | ;

Crowds of cameras
recorded the walk, mostly
concentrating on Carter
and, because he was close to
the American president,
Trudeau.

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