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ra - and entered cloud’ and «
~ fog in’ a northern -
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~ ebroner ss investigation “

Fepoét said Wednesday.
pilot, ', Ruel

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pate . wow

4.

Franklin Dunbar, 4, “ot

’ Terrace, and, passenger

' Vivian Greer, 33, of Yel- .
lowknife, were killed in -
the crash of the Cessna |
206 near Kitaauit on J uly

. 2... ' .
'Two -othe-r

4, passengers, James
Christy ” and ‘Robert

. ‘jeadé, » who. tad ‘hired *

* . the’aircraft for aight:

from -Terrace to Alice
Arm on the north coast,
_ Suffered severe. burns
* and fractures.
survived. ae

. Dunbar’ had mores,
“than 2,000% hours: “of.

flying time on ‘varinus:

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“TER RACE-KITIMAP

‘- Friday, January #, 1901 J.

: LATUQUE, Gue. CPjp— .

~ Bomecme | else paid for the
turkey on-Edgar Gagnon's-
* table’ this Chrisimas and
Gagnon, father of two, took
“it as a sign he should

.,, ontinue.to do what he's
ue - been doing for the Last five,

ths, Nothing.
Pe Gagnon is one of 2,500
fomyew

per cent’.of Quebec's
forestry work force — who
bave joined .a strike that
has, tied” up logging
Operations over a large
“portion of central Quebec.

humberjacks should be paid
on an hourly basis, as are
thelr’: counterparts —in

-Ontario and
Colusnbia, ag well
the peoblecs iof job safety

workers was demonstrated

dn. the 2,500 Christmas

baskets ‘and 310,000 in
cash contributed in a prov-
ince-wide campaign . in

a. Decernber, The idea was

thought up by the .Con-.
-federation of National
‘Trade. “Unions; which "has -
- eganied the workers in
thelr bargaining with the
dozens of pulp and paper
tolls that buy their output.

‘The pulp and paper com-

. * panies, reluctant to talk to

-reporteri, say privately”
that productivity would

: drop if the men were paid | *

\_ hourly --rates.: And to
‘the same

‘would: have tb. invest in
. costly .new .mjachines. that

me coat gome workers |

n Unter. officials
weknowledge the hourly

Q “rate would lead ‘to less |
“ proiuetion. But they argue

slower pace would

‘Abarpiy reduce: the in-

dustry"a "

Se Bligh mecident rate.’

x The Quebec Henith and:

workers in

per:
977 coughly, louble that of .
+, Mulners and four times that ”

‘of metal workers, ~

{Commission chainien
Robert: Sauve has also
apcused the forest iidustry

= G fondcog up tnany ae

4

ite ions say 40 forest
 penicere died in mishaps
” between 1974 and 1978 and
Mm $74 suffered injuries
i. Which cost - “them working
* ine,

“The _hamberjacks claim
the: ‘constant stress of
topping, trimming and
‘, pitlag Logs'int all kinds of
| Weather). from, slippery
* mud. to" ‘walat-high ‘anow, .
~- faben Ita tell in two ways —
"frequent secidents, and

- ¢farly enforced retirement -

-’ from rheuma tin, arthritis
‘and ‘other crippling ail-

‘The only way to make a :

buck - is to run,” say j

_ Raymond Gagnon, Edgar's /_
“You've got to,

" aaathe oF you end up behind”

_ Hye eight ball." | ;

— about 15 -

ay) | industry with a high- .
accident rate. at Heke
poe Tae’ tie th

,

_Refety Commission says
‘there orere’ 31.4"accidents .

The Luso Hotel finally closed its doors last week.-H had
been up for sale for several months and atone timeanofier .

‘was made. But whether the: sale was made final Is not.
known, apparently Lanny, Nevison is still the owner. . ~—:

vege

WILL
“LA RGE

used in Newfoundland. ’

Coast. .

’ Papa:

+

"RESCUE FLEE T:

"PRINCE, RUPERT; 'B <. (CP) —
- endurance vessel will be added to the West Coast’ °
search and rescue fleet for use in Dixon Entrancé, “
Hecate Strait and the waters off the west coasts of
Vancouver, and Queen Charlotte Inlands, Sen. Ray
Pefrault anuourited Wednesday.
.  Perrauil said the specific model has not yet been:
‘chosen, although the coast guard is considering one *
similar to the 56-metre search and rescue vessels, a0

_.. No decision has been made as to where the vessel
will be stationed, Perrault said ina news Felease, .
’ “There now are 14: permanent : search and rescue.
* yeissels Stationed on and promised for. ine West...

Coast Guard spokesman Sieve Rybak said he.
hopes the new vessel will be availablé by the time’
the last weather ship’ withdraws from Ocean Station” -

GET
VESSEL -

A large, high-. .

were “settled | at”

He wants. to

“Before the judge had,

- MONTREAL (CP) —
Nigel Barry Hamer, who -
has pleaded guilty to taking’

part in the 1070 kidnapping. _

‘af British diplomat James
Crosh, wants lo be allowed

to pay for. his crime by’

doipg ‘research in @ cam:
minity work program. .
Hamer's lawyer, Nor-

’ "mand Marion; proposed al

a pre‘sentence heariag:

Thursday thal the 32-year- -

jo Hamer” Pursue his
, Specialty, computer
5 engineering + In @ cam:.
. minity-oriented program,
instead ef going to prison.
The stiggestion drew’ a
sharp rebuke from Crown
prosecutor Jean-Plerre
-Bonin;. who said it. was
premature to talk about a

cominunily “work penseabs

‘decided whether. a prison

‘eenlence was warrasted.

jbonin argued Hamer, a
‘British-born junior cotlege
compuler
professor, should be given

at least a two-year sen. -
tence so his. time, would.

hice to be served in a
federal ©
- Sentences of leas than two
years. are: served in
provincial prisons,

The hearing, presided —

Over by chief ‘seaslons
Judge Yves Mayrand, was
adjourned until Jan. 15,
Before adjourning,
Judge Mayrand wanted to
know s when Hamer’s
teaching session would be
completed and said he
would examine. the

-selence-

penitentiary. .

. The strike at the Kitimat »
, Holel ended Thursday with
employees | back. at their

| The. two sides met

- "Thursday in Terrace with oF
“Labor Relations. Officer ~

Exna Forestor. It was ‘the
_first tlme the two sides met _
‘since the walkout of the”

hotel's 20 employees ‘lest

 Fuesday.

"\ Resident manager of the _
, hotel, Gerry Morisseau,
sald teveral’ maior: issues~

ithe

~“aneeting.

“One issue bad been
golog on for some time,”* he

| said. ““A.woman was laid
off a while back dnd felt it

had been unfair. |
Morisseau said the lay.

off was made during a slow.

period at the hotel. Union.

‘| Hotel strike settled |

‘epreseatatives” were:

“unavailable for- comment,

- The whole incident is
looked. upon, as A. misun-
 Geratanding between the

w! | of +,
* whole thee sta
"Gr ketdehnatier ahr

POWER OUT >
~ FOR TWO HOURS

‘Power in the south side of Terrace was gut...

it had to Kappen.””: ."-”
He added. that he cant. -

“pay. "

holiday heaton we + kad this |
year. his unfortunate that

even recognize the: incident.” ;

~ psa strike,

in fatal airplane flight

"gers to turn. back,. the

_ decided to take a. look a
._ for, himself’: a :

- pilot “descended below
the cloud: formation and

Was quickly’ enveloped .
* in ‘the weather, There.

“Was not enough 5p30e to

“and the: pilot continued

Téverse. course tafely

. in ‘a: Might . condition

whieh _Peritied “aly ,

periodic sightings of the
surfate and tree tops.”
Carpenter said it was
impractical’ to: make
any ‘recommendations

ins this ¢ase because a0 Oe
_have been aware of the. “
‘serious. risk of. con-

_ Saving a, visi ‘ight

aay, whether’, thé” usual

ITY WORKERS
STAY ON JOB -

._ Employees of the District of. Terrace voted.”
78 per cent’ “in” ‘favor of taking strike actloa

Thursday. night. —

. The workers, members of the Canadian:
- Union’ of: Public Emplayees, Local 2012;
«- served 72+hour strike notice to the district this”

morning, putting it in a legal position to strike

“Monday morning. -

“VANCOUVER fei: ;
construction.

high-rise
“platform that cai A aaa?
“garpenters to! athe

Wednesday had not been
anchored: as usual, an wm
‘dod’ spokeaman - said ”
_ Thursday.
. Jim Robinson, busingss
agent for the. International —
hod

him immediately 1 after the ©
accident that the, platform

‘had not been ‘attached by. -

.the securing cabie to’ the
“erane in the’ building.
’ An inquest. into: the
deaths of the Jour, killed
when the platform ee 100;
. metres to the wil!

be held in’ late Fet
june! ‘Workers, oln- ,
‘Board rituiledito’

_ anchoring cable fad been’

- attached and then! jared,
- Oe had not atlaghed
all:

“Alex Barid ‘ot the. car-
* penters’ wiion, who, ‘alsa’

| talked to workers at’ the

‘site, said he examined the

“About; ‘the “only” thing platform himself. and.saw

> thitcame ont of it was that ::

eee day)?

for two hours last night alter a vehicle.ram: | -
med Into a hydré pole on Graham., The. im
cident occurred at 2.a.m. in the 4900 block. .
No one wai injured but‘ the vehicle was
. demolished. RCMP say a 16-year-old youth |
: will face a charge of impaired driving , ;

. a

oa

- fo evidence of a ‘mapped
'wable. ven
. [can't find anyone, who
‘saw it but. the congensus:
items to’ be-that it wasn't
\” attached.”

platform | tipping. off ‘tie:
‘root because - of over:
‘balancing, sald.‘ Jehn-
Beary i

; the carpenters’ union.

What caused Hite
overbalance is nite yet
“known, but Thakach’ said.”

_-“you woukin't think; the

| weight of four men woud.

o pay for crime with work -

‘porsibllity of having

: ‘Hamer start his sentence in
» the

spring to. avoid
disrupting his teaching
schedule, Hamer alse
needs three more credits ta’.

. Obtain his master’s degree |

in, electrical engineering.

During the. hearing,
Hamer's lawyer ém-
phasized_ bis -ellent had

" flemly rejected terrorism
and was a productive

member af society.
Hamer's change of heart,
he sald, was clearly in-
dicated in « statement —
labelled a “self-crilique’’,
— that was tabled at the
hearing

‘pelieved at the ‘ime that

tetroris! ation — what we

"called armed propaganda’

— was a valuable way of

bringing about change in. |

society .
“Twas wrong. The Front

de’ Liberation du Quebec.

(FLQ) was wrong." :

Hamer’s recantation. :
followed. that in 1979 by |
and Sicques |
“‘Cossetie-Trudal,

Louise
who
pleaded guilty to ‘the same:
charges. of conspiracy,

Addnapping, extortion and.
forcible idetention in the *

abduction of Cross.

The. Cossette-Trudels
. ; /  . were sentenced to two
“When [joined ihe Front. .
de Liberation du Quebec in"
. 1970, A vas ., bean t.

fest a diy ih a

years
feeidseaie sd a Sa ues

member ta plead guilty to’
the same charges, got 4:
thred-year ‘sentence after
refusing to express in court
any regret for his terrorist
actions.

‘Hamer's dalement ‘was

' filed with chief sessions
Judge Yvea Mayrand, who ;

also” sentenced -

‘Camel Trdela od Lat

ctot.
‘Bonin argued tor ry

‘pentence suitable 10 ‘the

gravity of. the crime. He

‘said the sentence should be

long enough to be served in
a federal pentitentiary,
tneaning at least two yenrs

1

Bonin sald the crimes. to .
which Hamer hes plended
guilty are Punishate. ty
heavy sentences: 14 yearn
for conspiracy to hans:
‘lite. imprisonment ‘fer.
’ ieidnapping; five years far
forcible dejention, and. 14
years for extortion. © .

He also argued that the
crime was more serious |
because it’ was
premeditated and Involved .
a diplomat. co

“The physical 2 of
” diptpmata al sat.
guaranteed for as long as

5,000 years,” Bonin’ said, -

“By selzing a diplomat, the
FLQ knew It was holding

-in length because’ shorter the state hostage because
- senterices ate served fo

"| provincial prisous.

the state knew the -
obligations tt had.” - a,

‘However; it is- not anticipated that etrike
action "will immediately follow | as the

‘The only offer made by the district was:
1244 per ‘cent increase to be applied: to. the.
-: @urrent base labor rate of $8.23, bringing it up.
to $9.26; The trades rate would rice to $12.22,°°.
 CUPE workers want parity with Kitimat
"employees who have already seitled and will us
be earning #21 and $13.22 by’ June 1. oa

The accident was clearly’ .
: a cise of the 3,722-Hlograin .

i “Wé eaough to lip it ova.” :
is The form in queation is a

» Steel and plywood platform _
sed in pouring concrete in -
high-rise construction, but

” it's one with a difference. -

. The platlarms normally
sit on’ jatks + with: part
falas ok oe ee

the. and “Biot

holds there fa plac
“The fatal. platform,

though, is about 40 per cent

shorter than. other -plat-
forms becauseits inner end:
batts. up against a. crane. -
Because of the increased:
risk of movemont

because it is shorter. and.
. lighter and with its cerstre
“of balance closer: to the

edge of the building — it is’

4 wsually “apchored - to the

grape with a cable, -
_ Fred... ‘Hanna, * * 8
an ‘for Dominion
mstruction: Ltd:, :said:

_ coroner Hal Murphy ‘issued
. orders to onthe .
site Thursddy that (here
were to be “no statements, |

™ nothing." |

:About.75 of the project's
crew of 200- workers con-.
“timed to work _Thireday;.
- but work was halted on the

rool.
David | “Bentall, "ad.
ministrative’ sstistant to.”
‘the president of Dominion

Construction, which was.
} the. job, said.

_.the Workers Compensation
Board bad suggested that
"work: coltinue

: but workers were given

tiple choles,
-. “We consi stutting
“ downthe jbitbut i was ell
up to. the ‘men. Some.
Preferred! fe work vey

13 kiled, a

8 missing

KEANSBURG, - “Nd,
(AP) — Fire
‘ ghrough ‘a twostorey. brick
nursing home..in thls
central New Jersey: com-
mumity before dawn today’

Fire Chief
Richard “0
- maid at-lesat (3 people were
killed. Eighteen others
were unaccounted fdr.’

At least 13 realdenis of

_ the Beachview Reat Home,
om Reriten Bay about ®
kilometres south of
Newark, were injured. in
the biare, authorities mkd.
“It was unbelievable .
the smoke," ‘said Nick
Naumetz, a ST-yeat-old
patient who fled from: the -
top floor of the home, a@hich
homed sede pat

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