Page 2, The Herald, Monday, January 9, 1984 daily! herald Published every weekday at 3010 Kalum Street, Terrace, B.C. by Sterling. Publishers Ltd. Authorized 48 second class mail. Registration Number 1201. Postage pall in cash, return postage (CP) —Unlorotficials say a ” request: for’: ‘the: ‘organs Is .. Peduest from’ the . Atomic ” Energy Control . - Board _ asking uranium miners:to gor donate parts of their bodies.” -poathumously” to. science of Ariterica; ald Sur sets what.it’ feels “It just supports the view. o ~ we've/heltd for. mi ny. oo - that We're‘ ‘being ‘used: as” yhumam. guinea ‘pigs. .. now know for. sure.” warking. levels for workers. : In‘a’ fetter to th "juiletton tn BTA EE Bet ‘standards and now; wesstil ‘don’t, know:.if they're saa for a a tieaue regis! “This ‘is one way that science learns. Hopefully, = based on the information that might come to light, it: ° * might help diagnose these " problema before workers ripafe -after seeing ‘ghis. request guaranteed ‘confirms their “suspicions... “Théey (AEGB) intréduce | Steelworkers, ae die.” 7 Congres Palins Terrace: " Circulation: they're - belng used a8 what they purport fobesafe represents about 4,000 mine, “Department ‘and “entitled. » But: Vane, chairman ¥y ception ae oad to. 635-6357 695-4000 “ "human guinea pigs.” hea vet. -mow “they're ‘ill ‘and clerical employees “National Uranium Tissue the oecupational. safe a by the “ren . a ; . Ed Vance, a senior health | | in Elliot Lake, the: board :: Registry; says the data ‘ig-, health and : environnient ' revamp Publisher. David Hamilton and safety representative... ” gays. existing | ‘dala “on. Vital in’ evaluating. ‘the ‘ac: - committee for Steelworkers ” a . ‘curacy --of - current © Local aiézat Deniste } Mines nagres "moat ; itor : ~‘meagurement “techniques Ltd.,saldhedoesn’t know of changes B e aor: , Advertising Sales: “pnd the: ena of. any other industry ini which restrictions while’ the, board rianoregg _ Nick Walton _}. ‘radiation. ‘ protection., *’ workers have been ae ct trem they would _ ' "regulations and programs. , ‘donate their organs or suc ern. Staff \iriter- Photographer: , Sports: et coe tay nko "Vance aid’ the." ign ; O Bays workers purpose a : i guy protest Kelth Alford Don Schaffer in. “uranium * : handling ‘SHOCKED AND MAD" : _ doesn taccept suy protes We facilities” jineluding ‘miners “We're shocked and inad ‘by workers ‘on the 0 He Reception-Classitied: Circulation: |. will be asked to donate theix *" and personally I don’t think response to: the Claire Wadley . "Sue Nelson Tangs, -._ kidneys, ~‘lymph\" our unit the ‘members request, : 7 . a ‘nodes, riba, knee . caps, ” will accept this.” — : ; The Herald retains full convetote and sole copyright. | Heres, lees r nas, rermeat study rte hate” Ra _ Inany advertisement produced and-or any editortal | Manye ' worker: have already. dléd ° or phatographic content published. In ihe Herald. . ‘Aladar Dory; ‘manager of “workers ed _ the board's uranium mine from ‘- - uranium-relat ‘Reproduction is not permitted without the written permission of the Pubilsher. ; The Terrace-Kitimat ‘Dally Herald Newspaper Is. — politically Independent and a member of the. British Calumbla Press Council. ERs ~~ Greco fed up’ TORONTO (CP) — Romano: Greco is fed up with irritated eyes, assaulted nostrils and smelly clothes and thinks employers should crack down on smokers who foul offices . at the expense of their non-smoking colleagues. _ Theemployee of the Workers’ Compensation Board is the first office worker in Ontario to refuse.to work in an en- ‘ vironment he regards as unsafe because of second-hand cigarette smoke. In an action that could have far-reaching implications, . . Greco took his case jast year to the Ontario Labor Ministry, saying the Occupational Health and Safety. Act gives em- ployees the right to refuse work if they believe the work- place is likely to endanger them. ’ Greco, 43, was off work with full pay while the ministry, . investigated, but returned to the job after air samples taken by an inspector showed levels of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide were within acceptable limits... In a written decision, the inspector said the law does not ‘ apply in Greco's case because “the presencé of cigarette smoke is due to the actions of other workers indulging’ in a .personal habit and is not related to any work processes carried on.” FILED APPEAL _ But Greco and Local 1750, Canadian Union of Public. ‘Employees, appealed the decision to W. S; Melinyshyn,¢ director of Ontario'a industrial health’ ‘and’ ‘aafety branch.? Greco said smoke “gives me terrible: headaches, ac. celerates my heartbeat, reduces my ability to concentrate, ° makes me gasp for air and irritates my eyes,”’ i “People have the right to smoke but I have the ight to work in a smoke-free environment. It should be treated a: aga health issue rather than a social issue." Although the appeal was heard last April, no decision has ~ been released and Melinyshyn told the union. in a letter: explaining the delay the “factual and. legal issues raised by the appeal are complex and chave _ widespread. im- plications.” Ralph Carnovale, president of the local, said Sunday the union will pursue the case to the. Ontario Supreme Court if the appeal is lost. “The safety inspector should have dealt with whether secondary cigarelte smoke is a hazard to Mr.’ ‘Greco’ ) health, not whether the law. “Applies to him: _ LAW 18.CLEAR “The law clearly states he has’ the right | to refuse. to work if he believes. the physical conditions are unsafe, We're Arguing that the physical conditions of the ‘workplace in- clude the ventilation system.”. © _ . Adoctor at the occupational health clinic of St. Michael’s ' Hospital in Toronto who examined Greco.confirmed in a letter to the compensation board in September 1982 his exposure to smoke “results in‘ discomfort to. him and decreased: productivity.” The doctor said: “The increasing scientific documen- tation about the health effects of second-hand cigarette smoking would add weight to a work refusal of anyone. ina - cigarette-amoking environment,” Earlier this year, the Ontario Medical Association began a campaign’ against smoking - in public places, saying second-hand smoke causes irreversible damage to airways, increased susceptibility to viruses and could result ‘in bronchitis and lung cancer for innocent bystanders. ' Athough the board has changed Greco’s seating and tried to freshen. the air around his desk with an air purifier, he said he Ls pursuing the issue because “there is principle at stake.” — ‘Begin with M. Begin’ TORONTO (CP) Provincial health ministers say one of the few ways to stop federal legislation that would penalize provinces that allow extra billing is to get Liberal Health Minister Monique Begin out of office. “Its fine for her to sit in lofty majesty in Oltawa and say, ‘You've got to pay your doctors adequate. com- pensation,’" Alberta Health Minister Dave Russell said today. “But she doesn’t tell us how." Russell, chairman of the one-day meeting . of . ministers and health of-- and the Yukon, said the beat way to deal with the problem “is to get her out of office.”” The Canada health act — gupported by all parties in Parliament but contested Housing up - OTTAWA (CP) — Housing starts picked up again in December and should easily top 160,000 for the year as a whole, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said today, - December starts were at-a feasonally-adjusted annual : rate of 137,000, up from the November rate of 119,000, the federal housing agency sald in a news releane. - ‘Tony Stukel, director of statistics; aald that means the total number of actual starts during i983 will probably be between 162,000 and 165,000. ‘The actual figures won't be available for another week or to. “SION: “ebahon (AP) — Ali - Ghadar Israel's invasion of Lebanon in June 1982. He took ad- vantage of the unofficial peace to visit-the Jewish state and met socially with Israeli army officers. Now, however, the. 52- year-old - Shiite Moslem merchant: says Israel has Jost the confidence of local ‘residents and: he ‘predicts more Lebanese will take up - unless ‘changes _ are made - quickly, “The Israelis are killing ’. the life of the city,”” Ghadar said Sunday. ‘People here _tan’t take any more,’” *, Israeli armored vehicles rumbled down Riyadh Solh Street, the main artery in the Mediterranean port city - of 150,000 as Ghadar Ppoke in his shop. ; - In contrast to pre- invasion days, few shoppers were seen and there were no cara along ‘the curb where » triple-parking was once fictals ‘from nine provinces | the system. normal. . The Israeli army, fearing car bomb attacks along: its” main supply. route, has forbidden parking on the street, On Saturday at least two unattended cars -were shot up by Israeli soldiers In ” by imost provinces — would impose — dollar-for-dollar “ penalties on governments ‘that allowed extra billing by doctors and user fees by” hospitals. Begin, who says the charges threaten. the Canadian medicare system, - wants the provinces to pay doctors higher fees lf neceszary to keep. them in Russell said meeting was cailed mainly to exchange opinions on what the proposed legislation-means to each - province. The possibility of legal action against Ottawa . also ‘was expected . to be raised: ‘Ontario Health Minister Keith Norton, who mieets Tuesday with Begin in one of the private meetings she plans with each provincial . minister this week. - welcomed . ‘arms against Israeli troops . - clergymen, slowly, one. ‘every 10: Minutes or 50. - a ". ‘There were ‘women . ‘ wait’ to -have my bags’ today’s ‘ _ Israel. . is unpopular ‘ “armored ‘vehicles, Pesiden te said. - “Why drive tanks. and trucks down ‘the main ‘street?’ Ghadar said. - “There are other roads and : this ia killing the’ life of our: city. I ask you, would they. like it if somebody drove tanks down ‘Ben. Yehuda Street (in Tel Avivyt" we CONTROLS. ROADS. . -There has’ been a recent . upsurge of © anti-Israeli guerrilla ‘attacks, | couraged by local ‘Moslem’ ‘ Israel -has responded by. “steadily r tightening. its control of — roads. and . -bridges . linking southern Lebanon: Beirut, 40 kilometres to the. north. At the Awall River, people : streamed acroag the bridge on foot past. tanks and: barbed wire~ in- . both directions. : Cars,- taxis: ‘and trucks loaded. with imer-. chandise ‘crossed more ° ; balancing unwieldy bundles on their heads, children . pushing wheelbarrows of personal . belongings . and.’ men struggling to open. ~bulging: sulteases for in- . Spection by Israeli soldiers ‘ar. the. «. Israeli-backed . militiamen of Saad _Had- dad’s Christian forces. One . elderly man with a cast on his foot crossed. the &00- meire stretch’ on crutches. , “Sure people get angry,”” said an Israeli officer who. declined the use’ of his name. ‘“They wait a couple ‘of hours and they lose ‘patience. So do Tif I have to: _ Would be high,” en: . . with © a ” division: and author. of ‘the: . letter; said he “would have. ‘checked at an aleport In Europe. 3! PASSAGE. DOWN © A young . militiaman- ‘estimated! 5,000 people ‘and ‘300 to 400 vehicles. crossed the bridge daily between 7 ‘a.m. and § p.m local time... ‘The independent Tel ‘Aviv based Jafee Centre for Strategic Studies estimates “3 6,000 vehicles and’ 15,000 to 20,000. people cross the ‘Awalll - daily . in normal times. Ghadar sald he ‘used to _-trayel to Beirut on business ‘several times a week before _the Israélis began to clamp— down on the crossings after ‘a Nov. 4 truck bomb attack © near Tyre which claimed 2. : Israeli, lives, , Now, he said, merchants were importing thelr-goods _ from Cyprus instead of by truck from Beirut, "I'm not “can :. see, “there is “no business.” ” oO ree |.) some southern ‘Lebanon shops, the bottled drinking water was Cypriot, . not Lebanese, = * : “People . ate suffering ‘more than they did before” “Yasser Arafat's. when = Palestine . Liberation ‘Organization held ' ‘Bway ‘ih southern Lebanon, Ghadar, who stresses that ‘he -and other © southern Lebanon. residents. -would fight the PLO if it tried. to : return. _ “TE the.. Javaelis want to 8 stay in Lebanon, they will have to pay the price: in casualties,” said Ghadar, rubbing his finger’ and ~ thumb together‘in.an Arab gesture meaning the Price > comments, | style -and length. signed. ~The. 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Sunday the Reagan administration’ con: a.-stream of fact-finding |. . ‘compniasions and special’ emiasaries have | ¢p gone. to “Latin: America-on behalf of a Te succession. of presidents “oo What: American ‘policy tow i ‘should be.” On- Wednesday, a new chapter will-be addéd to the ritual when, after five months . of labors and two trips gouth, the National Bipartisan. Commission After hearing from more than 300 experts and visiting eight-countries, Kissinger and his 11 commission colleagues are ready to The commisston - will recommend $8 billion in U.S, economic aid to the region during the next six years, The Washington | Post quoted commission officials as saying The New York Times, in today’s editions. quoted. three. unidentified commission members. as saying thal the panel will - recommend : continued - aid to™-insurgents’: mission’ last. summer, Hissinger, “arr diseases ‘since 1956 at mining operations in, the kdlometres west of Sudbury. Over the Jast puzzled about ard the region ’ several | Ellidt Lake area, about 150. “met ' “The AECB° took as " Jolt management i ! uranium on workers, ‘a better : tindes ta oppose “a kind of report card*’on on Central state secretary ° its report to human rights progress’ in - El. Salyddor. " Newaweek reports in its Jan. 16 edition, itiat Kissinger. will: file an exception tO the: humari rights: certification provision,’ ee Dam said there had been a ‘diff erence of - view" within the? commission. on: “der tification and added: “The idea:of!the’ soverelgn.”” peace, © public teport: card doesn't go down ° ‘Well with countries that consider. themté v Previous missions have varied in sind ‘snd ; scope but their mandates have been’ ‘fun damentally similar: to make recom- mendations that will produce stability, prosperity and ' pro-weatérn democracy in an area where vidlent . revolution ‘seems an-attractive alternative to the millions who have no stake" ‘in’ nreserving the existing system, When he was appointed: to the’ ‘com an “ald ; seeking to overthrow “the 'Nieardgiiiii’ “Haha GH!thé Soviet Union, China, the Middl \ ‘government, ‘The report . Nicaraguan rebels as an Important way to ‘promote negotiations ‘for a regional set- tlenient in Central America, rather than a way of trying to overthrow government, ‘The Times report said. _ The Times quoted the panel members as eaying they agreed to tie- further U.S, military aid to. El Salvador to periedic congressional review of sees pid ‘to nothing, the Sandinista progress on .- Bast !and ‘Southeast Asta Gtlipped? Ha? he © had been called on for expertise‘on the one ; area of the world about which he kriew That remark goes part way toward ex: plaining why somany administrations have had to recruit fact-finders for advice’ on Latin América policy; there has never ‘been a state secretary with any claim to’ “an authoritative grasp of the region. ae, Property values decrease VANCOUVER (CP) values have of; Vancouver's West End that has been plagued by atreet prostitition, a report prepared for the Concerned Residents of the West End says. - The lower property values are likely to remain as long - ab the solicitations by mole bringing in anything. As you. .- and female prostitutes are allowed to peretat, says the report released today. Heinz Brett, the author of - the report, concluded after - a. two-week study the 2,950 rental suites.in the 11-block ‘area as of Dec. 1, 1993, were each worth about $4,800 leas thar similar units outside of the area... He described the $14.1¢- “million loss in , property . Values. a8 a conservative. conclusion. _ The #rea: Brett studied ‘ comprises more-than 14 per cent of the West End. The ‘population ‘numbers about 5,000, The current population of . the West End, about 37,000, lives [n about 440 apartment blocks with approximately - 20,700 suites, Brett, a 70-year-old real estate appraiser, did ‘the. ", study. for. the residents’. group with the co-operation < ¢. ‘of his.employer, Montreal: Trust. = te Group co-thalrnian Daryl . Nelson said Sunday he was pleased a report has finally been done that deals with “economic” effects End. But Nelson sald he was : | disturbed at what the fin- ‘' _ dings suggest for the area ‘and Vancouver. - “Fourteen - million (dollars) is. “just an in- dication of the decreasing liveability of the Weat End as a residential area,” Nelson sald. - 4 junction in the history of the West End. 1 think, if we don’t stop the problem of street prostitution soon, we may be faced with an ‘American-style urban inner decay problem the likes of which we've never seen in this country,” Nelson said the amoant of . - property taxes Vancouver collects will drop if the market values continue to ‘remain depressed because of the prostitution while more money will have to be spent on social services and policing. He said the report will be presented to the federal committee on pomography and prostitution when it meets in Vancouver later this week, : Brett based his: ‘study on recent sales of apartment “T think basically we'reat blocks and incomes: ‘derived from the apartments:-dnd expenses. He also used data fram the Vancouver: land litle office, the Real: Eitate Board of Greater. * ‘Van- couver, the Rental Housing Council of B.C. and-.the Building | Owner a and Mahager Association. Surveying 13 “apartment : blocks in the area,: Brett . found that some’ West End tenants were .sccosted ‘by _ prostitutes while walking to’ and from their homes. . Tenants experiénce noise between 2 a.in. and 4 a.m. from honking ~ < cars, Screaming and fighting, he said, adding — main-fleor lenants, especially. : those living near the rear of buildings, were subject to break-ins. “The result is: ‘hat rents generally lag behind the rest of the West. End’ by. 10 Per cent,” he wrote, < Forms increase ‘WINNIPEG: (CP) - _ _ weekend at one B B ‘Application, forms. * He said sales of the tickets weekend ¥ ticket’ verfenies terminal eo it back in a | haven't ap wie. a dime on th Since noone won the $7 million one is expec sald ow Sintonls, nada Lattery Found "If you're going to buy, bay "sim - There was an extra shift during: the Msiness Forms Ltd. to print: ‘Latto. ‘649 Teatock badly ‘depleted: in- almost ‘38 million wrong h would make tliem instant general manager of pr tbscrif tig M “ : content mite ter émplo ed Ry mie sald’ he a ose things,” Nope a added. jackpot Saturday the next ted.to be worth more e than ‘$10 million.