" Page 2, The Herald, Monday, February 21, 1963 boca ane . Terrace, B.C, by Stertiny _ Authorized as second class’ mall. . Number. 1201. Postage pald in cash. rejurn postage, . \ ain Ltd... Registration, guaranteed my 'NIck Walton “staff irter: “Photographer: Keith Alford” Pac cit Caralyn’ Gibson. Marla Taylor: NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT - ‘The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright in any advertisement prodicad and-or any editorial or photographic content published in the Herald. | Reproduction Is not permitted without the weltten permission of the Publisher. “Don Schatfer : al) + area ‘About 20 Oper cent of the province’ a taxable Property * Circulation: 7 — : : | ‘Unity ~— ‘Nigeria’s decision to cut its official oll price by $5.50 a: - - barrél has jeopardized the unity of OPEC and confronts other cartel members with the dilemma of whether. to join . in a price war. Foreign ministers of Saudi Arabla and five oll-producing , Persian Gulf states announced no policy changes after a “weekend meeting to discuss what they called joint ’ visualization of issues inclading oil prices. =< But the authoritative Saudi Arabian newspaper Asharq- Al-Awsat said today the Gulf ministers agreed td'cut their prices up {o $7 a barrel from the official #4 benehmark oe ‘price for. crude. On Sunday Nigeria broke ranks with the other 42 ¢ coun- tries in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and slashed its official oil price to $30 a barrel. ‘The cut came two days after Nigeria’ 5 chief rivals for « European sales, Britein and Norway, lowered their official " North Sea crude prices by $3 to $30.50 a barrel. ' The developments, resulting from a glutted international petroleum market, threatened to unleash a price war within - - _ OPEC, which in the past has avoided cartel-wide price cuts” and has. kept relatively firm control over international oil ; prices.) The Saudi newspaper repart, attributed to. “official ' sources in the Gulf,” sald the six countries in the Gulf Co- ordination Council will announce price cuts of between $5.50 and $7 a barrel “to malntain competitive levels after the North-Sea and Nigerian reductions.” : fect. dae i. ui 4 uch HH ESE e.six. countries ake Sa The newspaper did not bay: when the cuts would ‘ake tai arabe’ Kowalt,, the.United & sai where. he’s been fi one i . , "any work beter: in sc some ositvatioiia that, ithers an though they* re not. illegal, they're frowns |. upon... About 20 per cent ‘of B.C.'s population of 2. 6 milli 174’ unincorporated : (also: known ‘as. morganized: or.) NOPE Pare NOM Tae: _NOTUNTILYOU | - DECLARE ar: vary’ ‘from ‘hige reglozs sparsel}. settled with pockets of: cent Of, the: pr opert unokganized | areae boitndaries, "and ‘oar: population, * ‘like the ‘electoral north, of ‘Fort: Nelson _ Where about’? rormce oan tat ~ Alberta’ 'S Russell is no ogre EDMONTON: (CP) — On a personal level, Alberta Hospitals Minister Dave Russell is nobody's idea of an ogre, ; ut, the mild-manpered-Calgary, ushitect haslapdedipige y forced to. make, erish decisions, Arab Emirates and Qatar — all OPEC members — and _ politically. _Bahrain and the sulte nate of Oman.. “The present (price) structure has been debilitated after Nigeria violated it in a manner that surpassed’ all ex- pectations,” the newspaper quoted a source as saying. In Los Angeles, Calif., oil analyst Dan Lundberg said ina - . telephone interview that Nigeria’s decision was “‘a very provocative act’ that could cause a price War among oil- producing countries. ° ' However, Lundberg said- there was a ‘strong: possibility that “the OPEC nations will realize the terrible instability. that would result from an out-and-out price war and that their greatest security is in unity.”” In Kawait, a government spokesman said’ ite expected a decision.on price cuts “within days.” The Bahrain newspaper Akhbar Al- ‘Khaleej sald Nigeria- a WAS “contemplating. a pullout from OPEC.” Other Gulf papers warned in headlines of an impending “price war.”' . In Algeria, another OPEC member, the state-run news agency said a price war among the cartel’s 13 countries would threaten its survival and “unleash a chain reaction - - with unforeseeable consequences.” Britain and Norway are not OPEC members, but their decision Jast week to cut prices of North Sea crude was denounced by the cartel ag a threat to market stability. OPEC's official benchmark price. is $34.a barrel,’ but - actual spot market prites are lower, and oil industry sources say cartel members must cut the base price by al Jeast $4 4 barrel to counter the new competitive pressure. from Britain, Norway and Nigeria. Such a cut would be the first in the cartel’ ‘year ; history. Oil ministers of six Persian Gulf states are expected to meet this week to discuss price cuts by. three other ‘oil producing countries, and one authoritative newspaper Bays - the gulf producers already have ‘Agreed, to slash prices by up to $7 U.S. a barrel. * Such a cut would be as much. aa $3 below the. new price announced by OPEC-member Nigeria during the weekend. _ The price slashing threatens to drive deeper cracks into the once rock-solid Organization of Petroleum Exporting - Countries, the international oll. cartel that pushed prices steadily upward in the.19708. _ Foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia arid five oil-producing Persian Gulf countries announced no policy changes after a weekend meeting visualization’ of issues including oll prices: ~) But the authoritative Saudi Arabian newspaper Asharq- Al-Awsat said today the gulf ministers agreed to cut their . prices up to $7 a barrel from the official benchmark k priev af oH US. a barrel. for crude, - Oman's minister of ‘state for foreign affairs wosald today the oit ministers of Saudi Arabia and (ts five oil Partners in the Gulf Co-operation Council are expected to: meet “within thé next iwo days:” In d statement distributed by-the Saudi press agency iri -Bahrain, Oil Minister Yousef al-Olwi. said. the meeting - would be aimed at ‘drafting a plan for the stability of oil prices and for * Production policies.” The Heratd ‘welcomes Its readers comments. Alt latters to ~ the editor of general public Interest will.be printed, They should’ be submitted 48 houra In advance of desired ___publicatiod date. We do, however, retain the right fo refuse "+ ‘fo print letters on grounds of possible libel or bad taste; We may dlso edit letters for style and length, Aii letters:to be. _ considered for publication must be signed. it Id impossible "” fo print @ letter submitted within 24 hours af Heaired . publication date. ” Ly to discuss what they called “dint - Oneof his touighest came early this month. Russell fia io. tell a group that has conducted an intensive three- -year lobby for a children's hospital in Edmonton, that the « provincial government will reject the project... <4, “It was a project with emotional appeal and drew the é & _ support of 17,000 people wha signed a petition, cjreulated by : ” the Northern ‘Alberta Children’ 8 ‘Hospital. Foundation.: “We just ¢an't take’ on-any more new projectsjfor the next *. two or three fiscal years,” Russell said. “We're- going to” have a great deal, of difficulty meeting our existing com-, mitment." me The issue. is beirig studied, but Russell said, if and when a. children's hospital i is built, it wil) take’ the form. bf .an ad- - junct to an existing acute-caré hospital, os The children’s institution also is a lower priority ‘than ‘some other Edmohton-area projects such as construction of; ‘ two 500-bed-acute-care hospitals, he said. =". 2.yz: i: And, construction of even acute-care hospitals ‘maybe Be slowed because of finaricial constraints and a slowdown in population growth, he has said. -- n a For the first 10 months of 1982, Russell imposed a ‘freeze - on Alberta’s $1.3-billion hospital construction, program. - The freeze was lifted in‘Seplémber, thtee weeks before ‘ “Premier Peter Lougheed called a provincial election: Novi “banging my head against the wall. : . Specialists competing for new facilities would’ like. the governtnent. is. prepating a restrain{-fecused bwidget . which leaves major new hospital construction in.the coming . MBRCEALDS sc duly Gilt th ignttid thas JUNT Cart haut 4] wean ane putinghe children’ . hospital on cbaok, burrier. * has opened a deeper issue — how seriously is the govern- . - ment ‘pursuing its: goal of making Alberta a: medical research centre?. - . _A consultants’ report. teleased by: Russell, ‘shows: much of | ” the rationale behind building a children’s. hospital is that a _ Rood facility will attract’ specialists. « The. report says 5 Edthontén i ig ‘down to one pediatric surgeon. 7 ~ compared with 30 in. ‘Winnipeg, and 16, doctors formally . ‘ 7 Most people ae in sini Seal ; Jesé-is-better’ theory of local government. The “and ‘cegulations. to Kallow and, their: “o dperty 4 ° areas who aren't taxed for it). 7° ’~ cording to provincial legislation, the amount of taxés levied "Victoria subiirb) in 1969, I niade the blunder of sugge ° _ Our, democratic. system costs us money.’ "rail, deelded Inst-November that’ it didn’t waht” more” : forming a municipality , referendums in, the, past-20 years. ae ia - eledtett representative —a regional director - — instead: mayor, and, colngil, they don’ Vbaye' an jabyndan by ; amaller.’ is a : _ One of the reasons property laxes are! lower is ‘that: ‘often. ”.. common services ‘such 8 ‘seweriand water, | fire protection). -* and parks and recteation facilities are limited, non-existent i 2 OF aupplied. and’ ‘paid. for’: by nearby: ‘municipalities. . (The last situation gives Some unincorporated areas the 2 ae reputation. of tréetoading: A town will build a: ‘reeréation : - centre that will be used not only by its own residents, “who ‘ + pay for it in their taxes, but also by residents of unor a ted a But another reason for the-lighter, tax. ‘oad. is for basic services such as police, roads ‘and’ ‘other ad- | ministrative. functions. is limited: to 12 imilis,-.said. ‘Tom Moore, assistant deputy- minister of municipal siffates.:: th | Police’ costa alone amount {o about L1- mills: ienerally, said Moore, soit ‘means ‘that the provincial. government - subsidizes unincorporated: ‘areas by millions of: dollars, Even the. Finance ‘Ministry. doesn’t. know how- ‘much ‘the province, ‘through general revenues, contributes ti rural areagi:. —_ But. ‘Moore, who lias been to many publle n mee! | sublet of incorporation inhis years with sania municipalities, “People don’t like’ rulea and: ‘regulations and iB c, ‘in. : particular, they are regulation-shy. They have. an- extreme _ fear of their own governing people. ; ; :“Tremember at ane incorporation meeting ine that if they incorporated they could pass a bylaw 10 get tid - < of the all old-car bodies around the area. Well, tity: didn’t like that at all —a lot ofthe people at the meeting had ‘one ein their yard." os a . The incorporation vote wes turned down: “tt depends on what your think of the demecratc Prec. Genelle; a small-community 10 kilometres’ noritieast of ‘democracy. The small me voted: 245 ito 7 inst Joe ‘Tatangelo, regional director for the Genelle area, . " .- explained: “‘All they could see was their taxes goltig. up."’ Rick Kasper,- the. regional director . who. represents Langtord on the Capital Regional District, says even ‘though — Langford 1s treated like a second-class citizen: and. doesn't. have control over its future because it isn't a municipality, . the community. has - rejected: incorporation . vat dive — “Unorganized aréas are actually a noose around thelr (the provincial government's) neck," sald Kasper; George Thom, the president. of the Union | of: BC. -Munieipalities, says the cost of unincorporated: areas