. .Teranto:.-

_ the minister to sue him.

ployees at will.

Barrett said the bill would give cabinet’
ministers the power” to interfere with
police . investigations, adding | that. ‘the
Social Credit government has'a ‘very bad
‘record” in this area, with’ one cabinet:" ”
minister being sentenced to jail and others’ “aaid that if it is allowed to pags it would .. |

rygive the government dictatorial powers
" -Unfque in the British Commonwealth. .
“We. are: ‘dealing with legislation that
“would allow this government, by whim and’. 23
Siar Chamber practices, . to interfere - j

having come under livestigation..: °°!"

“Sitting: across, this ‘chamber this. very, :
day ip/a case in point of the’ kind of police’
_ interference that has been a record by this .

government," Barrett told the legislature.”
He ‘said--that’ Ritchie’ (SC"— -Fraser ., directly < with the. ‘Management
Valley) “whéiy first elected :in- 1978, wae, ae
investigated: by’ the RCMP° over.’ ‘ac:
cusationg of. influence peddling that. Tater”
“were Withdrawn by the accuser. 7

A report was prepared bythe police, and
the Crown prosecutor recommended we .

le. -prosecited,; Barrett: said; but.”

“he was defended by direct political in-’
terference, ‘and that agaln is an example of -
this government using power to block the

Ritchie be.

work of the police.” -.

Outside the house, to taunts of cowar:”:
dice, Barrett would only say that there had |
been an investigation into an accusation
against the minister, that the police and”

CINCINNATI (CP) -~A
survivor of a fatal fire on
board an Air: Canada
_ jetliner, recommended
today that amoke detectors

be installed .in the

washrooms of all airplanes.
Graham: «Wright ~ eh
‘ralso:..:
emergency: exiita’ iid be “be: =
designed .so° : that.- large
numbers: of | “people. can.
‘escape quickly under the
same conditions as those on
the ill-fated flight in which

" 25 people died after: inhaling ° .

smoke. .
He said everyone would
benefit if cabin. crews were

better trained in emergency
procedures and if there Was.

greater public awareness of
what happens | during *. an
emergency in the alr.
Wright WAS testifying ata
four-day U.S, Natlonal

Transportation Safety
Board hearing in Fort
Mitchell, -Ky., a. short

distance from Cincinnal
airport where the Toronto
bound DC-9 on a flight from
Dallas, Tex., landed June 2.”
after fire brake out in a rear.-
‘washroom. .

Wright told how . he
protected - himself’

and how he crawled:to an ™-

Legislative - Library
, Parliment Buildings
-Yietoriay B.G,

Tuesday aa Municipal Attairs Minister Bill.
Ritchie. ‘and’ Opposition ‘Leader . pl
Barrett “squared off in the corridor of the. :

Ritchid gald ‘that Barret lea spineless:
coward whois afraid to repeat accusations
a de in e “Jegislature, where: he: ia im,

rrett replied: ‘that -he: had: vepested
whatthe aaid Ln the house, and challenged :

Ritchie made the accusations oust le
legislature at Hoon, and again later’ in th
- afternoon, when he asked Barrett to: apepesi
|. accusations made during debate on Bill'3, -
_ the controversial Public Sector. Restraint
Act that gives public sector’ employers
near-total power: to ‘fire any of ‘their em-

ti .

“by.
breathing through a jacket.

: “ dbiting

~ Barrett,”

* said,

motel in Fort Mitchell, Ky., “

near the Cinciinati alfport,

must determine the specific:

cause of the fire and make
safety’ recommendations.

Co-pilot Claude QOuimet
told the. inquiry the Air
Canad: manual contains 12

“prosecutor ‘had recomimentied progec
“and that by Ritchie's own! srk
attomney: general had decided Rot to

. ahead with, the : ‘prosecutlon, and “that 6
~ what 1 sald in. the house." mee

: “Dye fapeatea all the test’, ‘anid all: Mr. “
“Ritchie does is,call ‘mé.namea,” Barrett : .
replied. “I would expect that he would Ue, ..
but: he Won't. because I'm: repeating the ».
tacts ‘and the facts are on record:'*: ";
~ = Altehle refused comment when asked if.
ie: ‘would take legal‘action. ~ _
«But the minister continued to seth, arid cs
‘the -afternoon sitting, when in &
*“trodicing his wife Maud, daughter Laura
. and’ ‘grandson Matthew to {he leglalature, :
* offered’ them his sympathies. a
'. “They are really the ones who suffer al .
“the. hands of such people as the leader of .:
- the: opposition, as we listened ‘to those, 4
“sleazy ‘speeches this. - morning,”

~ niinister sald, .
: " Speaking ¢ on a motion to holst the bill Tor .
ix months, effectively killing dt, Barrett

the.

of

able-bodied : passengers

. were near the back wing

exits and could: open “the
emergency doors and help
people get out: But she did
not follow, ‘this procedure.
Chief: . flight, attendant -

minute Ach Boe: it. would. -.passtager’

pave.:taken: two: hours’ to

. conduct them all: There was
“po time to do them during
the. emergency landing
which took about,
minutes,

. Plight attendant Judith’

Davidson sald -.she gave
verbal instructions during
the - descent
passengers beside her on
how to get the emergency
\ doors on the DC-9 open and
how.to get out: She said she
“spake ‘* loudly, - hoping

everyone could hear her.

She -was running out of
breath_and was dizzy. and
choking. from: the smoke._.
Davidson,
passengers would, not have.

‘been able to see the exits if -

_ she had left. her, seat- and

‘pointed them-out during a

general . briefing’ in. the

- pitch-black plane. She had..
used: an. available:

nat
megaphone becatise she
Wanted jo. preserve. ‘her

emergency exit on his handa_. "breath:

and knees in the piteh--
black, smoke-filled ‘plane...

‘Asked whether floor-level
_ emergency lights would”
have made it easler' to get:
out, he said; “Anything ©

would have been better than © ;

nothing.”

Fellow survivor “Harty

Moseley, of Dallas, testified
that a flight attendant asked
him to be prepared to open.
an emergency exit cover &
wing when they larided.

_. ‘The plane was filling with
smoke and he memorized
how many steps it would
take to get to the exit three

- geats behind him... .

“T didn'l know if we were-

going to-an airport, whether -

we were going to land ina

river or in the trees, ” he
said.

On Tuesday, members” of
the Montreal-based. crew

described how they were

forced. to (gnore the. text:
took “on, emergency

'. procedures and- cope the |

best they could as the

smoke-filled plane headed .

for an emergency landing.

The three flight  at--

_tendants said they went to,
the front of the burning
aircraft, leaving the ©
passengers on their own to

open over-wing emergency

exits.
holding public hearings at a:

“Flight °- -attendant | Laura

Kayama, “paid it “was. her:

‘rebpoaalbty to ensure:

12.

‘to. some

also said ©

had been: broken sometinie ~

"municipalities ‘and. school ‘boards,”’ said a

In effect, the government is asking for - #

“ the abalition of the right of democratically-
elected, municipal officials to administer —
their own hirlng. and firing and supervise -
{their employees’ — including ‘police, and.
fire officlals, Inspectors and planners, he a

‘lm a trustworthy ‘pOcialist, and: I tall .
=o: you that Lwould never allow any, politician
~ of any.stripe ta have this kind of sweeping sy
power,” he added. ‘

“It is a threat to democracy beyond *,
"every other Palltieal power.”

Emergency procedures dropped

- Sérgio Benetti said the door. :
' -emeingency drilla of about 10. ;

during the flight.: An. open.

door is agaiist regulations, -

but Benetti said it aided’
communication with ‘the.
pilots during the emergency —

and “psychologically — it

~ helped mea lot.” . .
Bennetti- testifled he

would have had to “destroy

half, the airplane with an

axe” to get at the ‘possible
source of.the smoke behind .
& washroom wall panel.
He said he would not have
weed an ‘axe. without the

pilot's permission, adding

he thought he could have. .
damaged fuel and . power
lines. . -

The pilot, Capt. Donald
Cameron, testified earlier
Tuesday that fils crew told
him five times the fire was

dying down and he assumed‘.

it’ was. a washroom: trash
fire that was under control.

But in’ the moments |

before the landing ‘began,

Cameron said; “Twas.never |
“aware it was an electrical:
. fire?”

Editor. arrested’

“ BONNYVILLE, Alta. (CP) —

Daniel Johns, editor of the
wéekly. Bonnyville | Nouvelle, . was ‘jailed Tuesday after .
taking pictures of a 10-hour armed standoff between RCMP

and a resident of the northeastern Alberta. community.
‘ Johns, 31,: arrested ‘an. hour ‘before the siege ended

_ peacefully at-noon, said’ he was standing on’ weekly .~

. hewspaper. property taking photographs of the action
around an’ adjacent ain-stréet house. :

An'R

from Red Deer, 300 kilometres to the southeast, after the
incident between police and a ‘aL-year-old man in began about

-Qa.m, MDT Tuesday. -

Johns said an RCMP officer told him to move atter he had
been taking pictures for 8% hours;

He said he refused because “I think it was my right to be ,
Lewis Just dolng my job:

there .

ROMP Sat. Russ Labelle Bald Johns was. arrested and,

“held for 14 howrs.

" “Oharges haven't heen’: Inid yet, ‘Wetre, atl in-

vestigating.”””

The siege began after a suspect escapéd from a police ear
about midnight Monday . nigh}. Two hours later police

received a tip that someone was loading @ rifle In a Bon-

' pyville home and threatening to ‘shoot palice,

_ consider them hostages.” The seven later left the house.
+, He said police then managed to get a teléphone into the
‘house and: after about an hour of negotiation the man
‘ surrendered. No shots were'fired. =~ *
Ivan Charles Cardinal has been charged with resisting
arrest; pointing a firearm, haridling’a firearm in a careless
. ‘Manner, possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace, *

The board, whieh | is. using a firearm to commit an indictable offence, mischief

and escape from lawful. custody.

emergency response teain had been called in

baBelle naid there were seven other people in the, house “
but ‘the: suspect never. threatened them and ‘‘we didn't-.

auxiliary: staff.

The first ship

- West Fraser opened | it tduly 11 is on its way. Four rail cars,

25 cents:

Established, 1908

‘of. lumber from the: Skeena Mill since each carrying 62,000 board feet left Tuesday bound for U ‘S.
markets from the eastern seaboard to, Alaska. ;

_ Rupert forest region workers laid off

7 Herald Stat Writer

been given the axe, ‘but the
Terrace office remains
unaffected.

Layoff notices have been

Hazelton. office leaving 18
permanent ‘and . nine

‘people will be leaving the

Twelve -

ithers’ office. That:.

ean Prince: ' “Rupert

18. Forest Region headquartéra

a oien's ‘in he Prince ;
Rupert Forest Region have.

will have fi9 permanent and |
35 auxiliary ” staff”
remaining, - while’ the
district office will consist of
23 permanent and five |
auxiliary.staff, All the staff
receiving: ‘their walking
papers “were auxiliary
workers,

In addition, the summer
work season for 15 summer .

staff ia being shortened bya
few.weeks. Forest ministry.
spokegman-CamBeck-saye
the actual dates’ “vary

Greatly because ‘depending —

upon the: loation, and: type
of work being done the start
and stop dates range from

mid-April to the end of June, -

and from the end of August
to the end of September: ;

Many of the summer staff
laid off -are either fire
fighting . Initial Altack

Honduras supports. Reagan

Honduras said the United
States may “‘lose _Cenjral
America” ‘without: -”“in-
tervening. to Stop leftist
“ebels, more U.S. warships
artived in the turbulent
“region, . and. fighting in El
Salvador's. civil war was.
reported to have left at least
a combatants. dead: or
wounded,

“If everything ‘continues

the same, we will not need ,

‘the Americans to come to.
defend’ what's. ours,”

Honduran. Gen.’ " Gustavo’
Alvarez Martinez said late

‘Tuesday. "But if. there
exists indecisiveness or if
the American decisions are
in which the United States
might have two alternatives
could be -presented:-— ‘in-
tervene’ diréctly or lose
. Central America.”

He spoke at a news:

conference . where he ac-
cused neighboring  leftist-
ruled Nicaragua of helping
at “least 200° ‘Hondurans
trained ‘In Cuba andthe
Soviet Unio enter Hon-

duras In the. jest three

weeks, |:

The ‘military. command -

said the subversiyes were
, captured in-eastern Olanch
province after entering
from Nicaragua. Alvarez
Martinez charged they were’
- among 9,000 Hondurans
trained, abroad to ..

destabilize the government —

of President Roberto’ Suazo
’ Cordova,

The general said the
capture. shows that
Nicaragua is ‘‘a cerious and
real threat for peace in
- Central America." nO

* He sald there is still time
to. “prevent the advance of

- cominunlsm in the area” if
‘the Untied States, continues
td ‘provide ‘ military and
‘economic aid. ;

- Honduras is a key sup-
porter..of they Reagan ad-
ministration’s policies on
Central America.
Preparations are under way .
for military manoeuvres
that will involve as many as
5,000. American and 6,000
Honduran ; troops ‘through
February or, March, in what -
is seen as’ ‘a warning to
Nicaragua to hait its alleged
support . for, leftist
revolutionary . movements
in: neighboring states,

.In ° Washington, the
Pentagon said the 62,000-ton
aircraft carrier Coral Sea
and four other U,S. war-
ships arrived Tuesday off
the Caribbean coast to start
the second phase of
American naval exercises
designed to demonstrate
_US, aupport ‘for ) Central

Amerieay srunsies under

leftigt pressure,
- The. Pentagon also said

the 567,000-ton battleship»

New Jersey and five other
warships -have left Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, steaming
toward the Pacific coast of
Central. America in what

-will be the third battle group
to visit.
U.S. Senator Paul

“Tsongas (D-Mass.) said on

a visit to Nicaragua that he

‘’ believes the United States
_and Nicaragua must im-

mediately | defuse tensions.
He invited, junta co-
ordinator Danlel Ortega to
visit the United States. . -

Salvadoran ~ military
officials -said troops’ killed
eight guerrillas in clashes
Tuesday in Tecoluca; 59
kilometres east of San
Salvador, and Monday in
Jucuapa, 77 ~ kilometres
further ' east. -.

‘Names released

Herald Staff Writer -
“KITIMAT- Two Terrace residents and their aircraf tare
atill missing as a massive search continues.
Gerald Flury, pilot, age 44 and his son Clifford Flury, age
24, are. ‘presumed down somewhere along the Douglas

1,
The two men in thelr Cessna

170 Float plane took off from

the Terrace airport at 7:15 p.m. Monday. They were due to
return at 9:30 p.m. They and their plané were reported
missing to the Kitimat RCMP at 10:43 p.m. and the Rescue

Co-ordination Centre in

The canter dispatched.a Buffalo alreraft for a search at

Victoria was alerted.

2:25.a.m. Tuesday morning. A Labrador helicopter joined.

the search at 7 a.m. Tuesday.

The air search was hampered by cloudy, overcast skies

with a ceiling of 500 to. 600 feet.

The mountains inthesearch .

area are as high as 4,000 feet.
- With clear skies today, many other alreraft are expected

rf Join the rescue attempt.

‘A search of the Douglas Channel shoreline has been
completed by seven boats and crew. They were looking for
“elther oil slicks or debris. ‘They found neither.

‘The search area has now been extended beyond the Crab
Lake area that having been searched by the 442 squadron on
Aug. 15. No trace was found of tlie orange and white plane.

_ Acoast guard cutter is scheduled to join the search today.

--be put on initial attack

r

Crews or forest - recreation.
site maintenance staff, It ia
“unclear-how. many of, seek,

shave been cut.’

Verne Strain, . acting
regional manager, ‘says;

“the fire danger is quite low

throughout the region’ and
we're expecting the weather
to remaincool and damp for
at least the next week.
After that, the shortening
days of late summer’ will .
help keep the fire danger:
from climbing too high, sa.

we're fairly. comfortable

with the decision to lay off .

some Initial Aftack Crews a

little early.”
Beck says- shduld a fire
break out, regular staff will

crews. They are trained
and experienced, he notes,:.

The reduction in. forest
maintenance staff medns
users of such sites will have:

4

to clean. up: - aiter
themselves. oe
; The Prince Rupert Forest

Region covers : about one
quarter of thé province. ‘It

extends from. the Queen‘

Charlotte’ Islands _ to
Endako,. . and from
Tweedsmuir Park to the
Yukon.

The region is divided into
eight forest districts and
will now have - 361

permanent’ staff positions,

of. which 37 are vacant.

There are i18 auxiliary staff
left...
The Terrace forest offi @
will lay off five summer
staff, but they got their

notices in July. Those jobs -
- will end Aug. 31,

The Terrace office, called
the Kalum Forest District,
will then have a staff of 33
permanent people plus 13

auxillary. workers,

Thom steps down

Herald Staff Writer
* KITIMAT—Kitimat's Mayor George Thom has
announced that he will not ‘seek re-election: a the president

of the UBCM.

UBCM is a provincial: organization thin. unites: ail the.

municipalities, It's name-is the Union of British ‘Columbia

~ Municipalities.

The organization’s president normally serves for just one
year, Thom, elected to the position i in 1962, if following that

tradition.

‘It is also the group's tradition that the first vice-president
becomes the next president. That is the route Thom took.
Theis year's first vice-president: is Audrey Moore of
Castlegar. Thom describes hér as a ‘super lady.”

‘Look for her election during the UBCM's convention in
Penticton from Sept. 14 to 16. ,

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