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PAGE 2. THE HERALD, Tuesday, May 9, 1978

Alter the effects of

" working with the toxic

from page 1

Alcan staff doctor Eric
Gunn denled that WCB in-
vestigators were teld
Harkness’ symptoms were
psychological in origin.

“When Industrial disease
is involved, it a very serious
to suggest symptoms are due
to anxlely ‘without
throroughly investigating
the circumstances,” he sald.

WCB spokesman Grant po

McMillan said the in-
vestigation into Harkness’
claim would be re-opened.
Benzene, also known as
Benzol, is a clear, colorless
extremely flammable liquid
with a strong, sickly-sweet
odor. Alcan uses benzene in
an environmental
monitoring process to
de the amount of
coal-tar volatiles given off by
the aluminum-smelting

process,

Roy Hichman, federal
bureau of chemical hazard
spokesman, said intense
exposure to benzene causes
giddiness, exhilaration and

chest and followed by
nausea, fatigue and
depression.

Irritation of the mucous
membrane might also occur,
leading ¢o difficulty in
breathing and possible
respiratory fallure, in-
cluding loss of consclousness
‘and death, sald Hicicnan.

Follow up to Harkness by
Scott Browes

The above articla contains
many aspects of the case
whic! peed ent ihe data to

presen care. '
Fouknese’ physiclan, Dr.
Elphick of Kitimat, em-
phatically refused te com:
ment on any regarding
the case, accor to his
secretary.
heen never examined by

6 com rr,” says
Harkness who felt that al
avenues io correct the
sup nzene exposlre
hd been exhausted when
she approached the union,
(CASAW) for assistance end
advice,

Compa: manage in
charge of public relations

explained that Harkness was |

ered relocation because of
the problema incurred with
her work with benzene.
Harkness refutes this claim.
She tates that her
laboratory supervisor, Nigel
Burden, had handled the
possibility of her leaving due
to iliness with “moderate
concern.” Burden says she
was relocated, The physical
relocation was ‘about thirty
feet” away from the benzene,
says Burden. '

The first effects of the
benzene on her working
capabilities was noticed by
Harkness in January.
Burden agrees that effects of
some kind were reported,”’
and she was replaced for the
rest of the day, but it is
impossible to attribute the
problems to benzene without
more medical data.” ‘

substance, Harkness ap-
proached Burden who
reaponded with the
suggestionthat she we a
reapirator."’ She did so but
still complained | from

benzene problems,” says §

Burden.

Dr. Elphick, according to
Harkness, explained that the
symptoms Harkness was
suffering from matched the
symptoms of benzene
isoning. When she ex-
plained this to Burden there
Was “no investigative action

As stated above Harkness
was to benzene in
order that process materials
be examined. Her actual

no long:

ately a time.
proximal

taining 50 millilitres each
were handled by Harkness,

acco! to her
estimations.

“Only ones did 1 handle
While cleaning the

Ap-

(Qcecupational Health
Committees) Jim Brisebois
stated that the problem of
benzene was “presented to

company with a4

employ
investigation | showed nce
supervisor res s
he should be eetaed

Company doctor Eric
Gunn refutes the
tation, “It was not formally
presented tothecompany. It
was mentioned in January

by the union but there did not.

seem to be any follow-up and
so there was no sub t
discussion on the matter.”
' ‘There has been
developments on the case,
either from the WCB or the
joint company-union OQc-
cu ational Health Com-

LAID FOUNDATIONS
TEL AVIV (AP) — Pinhas

juatics minister who laid the
foundations of the Jewish
siate’s legal coda, has died,
aged 91, Born in Berlin
Rosen studied law and
headed Zionist activitles in
Germany before going to
Palestine in 1923 where he
founded the Israeli Liberal
party. He became ice
minister in Israel's firat
codlition cabinet,
established in 1948 and held

that post for 18 years. He -
retired from polities in 1968. bY

DISCUSS RELATIONS |
: HONG KONG {AP) — The
Hong Kong American
Chamber of Commerce is
sending a delegation to
Hanoi In mid-June to discuss
trade relations, executive
director William Mortson
announced Wednesday.

Police won't
return guns

NORTH Vancouver )ep) —
RCMP have refused to
return 148 guns, including
two cannon and 45 govern-
ment surplus machine guns,
selzed from a North Van-
couver gun collector :in
January, John Hutchinson,
32, apid Friday during an
interview in the gunsmith's
shop in the basement of his
home. ;

Neither Hutchinson nor the

his address
publicized.

The shop is secured with a
double steel door and holds
3) non-operating handguns,
Very pistola and one
Thompson submachine gun.
In one corner stands a tripod
machine gun mount and a
belt of .60-calibre machine
gun rounds of ammunition; -
in another stands a three-
inch Russian mortar.

None of the guns can be
wed, |
In January -when Hut-
chingon was arrested, ‘‘they
throw me in jail, they said
for aecurity reasons; it was
alleged that I had restricted
weapons and while 1 was in
the lockup for about eight
hours, the RCMP seized my

ng,

He said the RCMP went
into his shop, Joaded a truck
and carried away 150 of his
weapons, advising him later
they were keeping four of
them, and were returning 146
of them to his home,

Hutchingon, who ls unem-
ployed and said he has no
interest in firing guns,
walted for 449 hours Friday
for the RCMP to bring ba

his guns,

He said that the RCMP
‘said that he wan to be
charged with having a
prohibited weapon, a .60-

calibre Browning niachine .

gun.
NOT CHARGED

guns were not

The
delivered . and Hutchinson
was not charged. .

An RCMP spokesman sai
North Vancouver prosecutor
Don Celle had changed his
mind about laying a charge
or charges against the gun
collector, -

He said be doesn’t un-
derstand why his other
-weapons weren't seized.

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Alcan personnel

manager. change

Former superintendant of
industrial relations, at the
Smelters and
Chemicals Kitimat smelter
Bob Algar has been astigned
the position of personnel
division manager, effective
June 11978

Leaving the managerial
fob is Phil Gunypn. Piil will

moving on to Montreal,
ati! with Alcan. ;

Thig move {s one of two
recent ataff changes within
the Alcan management unit
which are “beacause of the
demand’ for good people
mo up, “accor to
ane oficial.

lat expects no changes
in the department. “The
department will continue to
aggressively pursue
meaningful projects for the.
benefit of the staff," Algar

fter| graduating in
commerce from the

University of British
Columbia in 1965, Algar
spent elght years with
hawker-Siddely Canada ltd.
And associated companies.
He held various posts In
industrial relations with
Doaco Steel ia Sydney, Nova
Scotla, and In Montreal, as
wellas Canadian Steel Wheel
in Montreal,

Algar came to Kitlmat in
1975 as an assistant in in:
dustrial relations to the
reduction division manager.

He served at chairman of
a task force on employes
turnover before belng named
superintendent of employee
relations in 1074, with
reponsibilities in labour

tions and employment.
When these functlons were
divided by reorganization in
June 1977 he became in-
dustrial relations superin-
tendent.

Electoral system

should
KAMLOOPS, B.C. (CP) — .

The Royal Commission on
Electoral Reform was. told

_ bere Friday that British

Columbia’s electoral system
should be radically changed’

’ to provide for representation

population.
George Glibault, an ar-
ticling lawyer, submitted a
brief which proposed that the
voting system be changed to

majority from the present ~

form of plurality win
because “our system, which
rewards the largest mi-
nority, is not politically
effective,” ;

Gibault said “any can-
didate not receiving a
majority would be subject to
a runoff election.” Moat
MLAs now in office would be
subject because majority
wing sre uncommon.

Hesaid a system similar to
this has been in. effect in
France since the Second
World War.

“The point to be made is
that people feel democracy
means majority rule. They
should not be frustrated by a
system wherein the first
fellow over the post wins the
electlon although he may
have only 28 per cent of the
vote,” Gibault said.

EQUAL NUMBERS

The brief proposed
retaining the 53-member
legislature but with an equal

PIII HK IK

WATCH FOR THE

SPECIAL
MOTHERS DAY —
EDITION ON |
May 11th

II IOI I III

‘North Thompson,

change

population of about 26,000 in
each constituency. Such a
move would require
redrawing electoral district

. boundaries in effect since

1966,

Gibault noted that the
district of Omenica, now has
one MLA for 13,000 people,
while the neighboring
district of Fort George has
one MLA to represent 42,000.

Under his proposal, the
Kamloops riding would ‘be
divided into two new con-
stituencies— Kamloops-
with a
population of 91,000, and
Kamloops-Shuswap with a
population of 32,000.

Gibault said the elty of
Vancouver would lose one of
its six MLAs, while suburban
Vancouver would gain. A
plan of representation by

pulation would also rectify
the situation in the Fraser
Valley, where the cities of
Richmond, Delta and Surrey
have quadrupled their

‘ population in the last 20

years but have had ho in-
crease in representation.

Judge L. S. Eckhardt,

head of the commission,
‘described Gibault's brief as
having merrit but wouldn't
say whether its suggestions

would be accepted for

recommendation in the com-

mission report.

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' The B.C.

oh

Communists run 14 candidates in.
~~ coming federal election

Provincial
Committee of the Com-
munist Party of Canada is
flelding 14 B.C. candidates
for the federal election,
according to Maurice Rich,
B.C. Communist campaign
manager. The party’s
headquarters is in the Ford
Building, in Vancouver.
Three of the fourteen
candidates are women —
Viola Swan, originally active
with the CCF party, Betty .

Greenwell, with an active
life in polities, polled 16,000

Vancouver School Board,
Inst October. Betty Griffin,

past president of Burnaby-

Teachers Association, has
held executive posts in
ratepayers and PTA groups.

CANDIDATES: _—
1) Jim Beynon, Misaion-
Port Moody

2) Mark Mosher,

Mine Control

KAMLOOPS, B.C, (CP) —

Portions of the proposed |

Birch Island uranium mine
development now can be
controlled by the Thompson-
Nicola Regional District,

At a regional -district
meeting Friday, directors
approved an ammendment
to the zoning bylaw which
would allow them to issue
development permits,

"This doesn’t give us veto
power over the mine
development,” sald Walter
Winter, district chairman.
“Tt just gives us some
control over where things
are located,’’

An example where the
development permit could be
effective is in location of a
tailings pond,

“If the com! wants to. 4
ce delose Jer

locate the tailings

to the river, we will have the

Nanaim

3)

o-Alberni
Ernie KNott, Cowichan-

Malahat-The Islands
4) Homer Stevens, Hich-

mon
5)

d-South Delta
Jack Phillips, Van-

couver Kingsway

. §)

Fred Wilson, Van-

couver Eaat.

vi)

8)
Van

Bert Ogden, Vancouver

Eric Waugh, North
couver-Burnaby

10) Fred Blanco, Surrey-
White Rock-North Delta

Fal

Ha

authority to aay no,” said ¢°

Winter, “We could suggest it
be located a certain distance
away from the river.

“We want to continue to
preserve the natural water
course and leave it free from
uranium contamination.”

Carl Simmerling, a

regional district director.

said the development permit
would provide an additlonal

safeguard to the other

permite which already are

uired,
“the proposel by Dennison

Mines of Toronto to develop
the mine at Birch Island is
being held up due to a
uranium mining moratorium
in British-Columbia, .

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