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lay, April 29, 1969

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\ TORONTO (CP) —

have prompted |

Ontario. Heatth

digoxit.

Seven-month-old Gary Murphy. of Kitchener, .
Ont., had elevated levels of the drug .in his —
system wherhe died Saturday. The baby, born
"with ahole in his heart, -and 28 others in the last
three: “years” “have | ‘died under * ‘suspicious
circumstances: on ‘the hospital's two “cardiac.

wards.

~ Grossman woutdn't describe ‘the security
‘measures, saying “that would be like saying to’ ~~”
-- thief: ‘Ishave a. burglar alarm in my “house
‘and the button to turn - It off is around the :

" pack. ibs

- The parents of 25 babies currently’ in cardiac 7
. wards 4A ‘and: 4B are’ meeting -daily. with

hospital’ officials and appear-“‘content with the
state of affairs" on those wards, Grosiman -

sald.

In the northern riding of
Atlin, which encompasses
146,633 square kilometres of
the wildest terrain B.C. ean.
- door-to-door
canvass © “of: the. - 6,000.
- consiliuents can be difficult.

Atlin has. gained the
.. reputation ..of the hardest
tiding in which to ‘éampalgn :

~ and, in the past, candidates

“have resorted to floatplanes .
. to reach the moat isolated
Sontanunities.” *

Nevertheless, Boélal: .

Credit candidate Bob Ball.”

pays he plans. to talk to as,
“many: of ‘the ‘voters’'aa |

possible ‘before’ the’ May: ae

election. =. :
' The 60-year-old — “quest,

‘rangh owner from Glenora,”

‘Kemano. study condemned

PRINCE GEORGE, B .(CPY ‘A
citizens’ group says a leaked government .
memo Indicates government officials are
. discounting in advance the public review
of Alca'’s Kemano completion project. in
eo ‘northwestern B.C. :

Jeanette Paterson of Save the Nechako
said Thursday that “eontrary to what the:

goverment has led the

understand, ‘the public hearing process
does hot really apply to Alcan at all.”
She sald notes of a meeting between
three middle-level officials. in Victoria .
indicaté they belleve Alcan dots not ..
legally need a provincial energy project
cettificate. However, Paterson shid,.the -

ot LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY .

“Vietoria, B Cs

Thomas, ‘Bert Marleau, and Ben Nielsen complain of

Fears that & murderer
may be stalking the Hospital.for Sick Children
-Nextraordinary Becurity
.. Meagures”?,.at the -hogpital following
. suspicious. ‘death of an Infant.”
‘Minister Larry” Grotaifiah’
.Baid:Thureday the hospital is. planning “gr the: -
worst,” although it will mot be-known ‘for at...
‘least: ariother-week whether the baby boy:was —
‘given a deliberate overdose of the heart drug

"None of the parents have asked’ ‘that thelr
‘children he removed from the ware, he added. ©

“Northern: politicians face

PARLIMENT BUILDINGS

V8V 1Z4

‘ate
Usher, Les Watmough, Jerry

‘murdered.

- Nalberg. said: in- an -interview.
~ digoxin.

which Murphy ‘died, must be tested. .

y +

between. July, 1980, and March, 1931,

logging layoffs.

_ Established 1908.

Initial blood reports from the Centre’ of
_.Forensic Sciences in Toronto showed digoxin
was the only drug involved In-Murphy's death,
- Caroner, Murray Naiberg. said ‘Thursday. But“
waid he stil ‘could nol say ifthe Infant. died of...
-aceldental. overdose. of. the drug ‘OF. WAS.
. _ erica charges.
_-) She tests are only inconclusive because ¥ we
really: don’t: know what -to make of them,”
“We. know -
definitely that we, have elevated’ levels: af

: Solicitor Genetal’ ‘George “Taylor. told the
. Ontario legislature that 50 items, including’.
body tissues dnd materiais‘from the room in .

. “provinclal government ‘appointed ~. ‘a.- royal
; commission to ‘investigate the 28 other deaths
-of infant cardiac patients: on. the two: wards,

- Democrat -

Hives": outside -
conimimity in .a log. “cabin
_without'a phone. He gained |
“rittch local

*-  the™ Last: ‘house ‘they held
- Atlini-- ‘Skeena,:

is ‘running against... New
Al Passarell;
first elected in 1979 when he
defeated. ‘the Socred
incumbent by. one vote.

. The 32-year-old teacher-
the Atlin

eeclaim in his’
fight’, with ‘Amax,* which
planned © ‘to dump. mine
wastes into the ecean Inlet

of: ‘Alice’ rm, ‘where. the

Nighga Indiana fish for food.
The. “northern coastal ©
ridings; home to fishermen.
and. -forest . ‘workers, * are
controlled . by the NDP. In

Prince
- Rupert: aid Mackenzie.

‘memo shows

Alcan B.C.
the company

adding that
must be auth:

‘public to

1o40s, “ifthe
that it I¢ not

“ Now ‘in

:, Support: ds!
cetnpenipated in ° the * five -
northern “Interior ridings,
_ where tha mountains give’:
- way to prairie in the east..
Here, oil and gas producers:

work alonwaide farmers and

‘lumbernen: The Socred
ridings stretch from. North

Peace’ ‘River . to Prince
George South.

In -Skeena, where the
margin: in the last election
was . 568

“Terrace faces a:

Socred: Joarine Monaghan:

4, a Kitimat wife: shop .

owner.

Howard. firat represented

the thred think a certificate

would be “a useful tool for gaining public
. acceptability” for Alean’s project, |

vice-president Bill Rich said

is seeking almost 30 federal
-and’ provincial Jicetices and’. permits,
Alcan believes ‘all of them .

orized after hearings before

the B.C. Utilities Commission... ; .
Rich said that even if Alcan could do

. whatever It wants under its original water-
. Heence agreement dating. back to ‘the

decision of the government is

in the’public interest for a.
project like this to go. ahead, Alcan would
be erry to try to Ko ahead.” .

votes, NDP: a”

incumbent ‘Frank Howard --8 "proposed ©

; Petroleum ‘LNG ‘plant.,
Gnernnes challenge ftom. ~

“This “late” 0a, ©

_ profile:
, municipal affairs. .:

: Volume 7 No.3”

ren’ s ‘Hospital murderer feared

_ of the 28 babies had been killed with deliberate:

bone, Me
Ree .

" Since Murphy’ 3 death, Griesman. said the
. hospital has taken the precatition af requiring _ foward * condemned: ‘the
identification of parents and visitors on the two, _Socreds for'saying the NDP.

Herald Staff’ ier
TERRACE—,' Fore:

jobs were the topic of
separate press conferences

' in the last two days.

. Labor... Minister’ -. ‘Bab
‘McClelland ‘said programs -

’ like NEED and: ‘-EBAP. may

. be required over. the..long --

* term, ‘but: ‘stopped. short of”

"agreeing, | with: - -Forest
* Minister. - Tom" Watering
who’ wants’. EBAP -

permanent fixture of B.C. in

both ‘good. times and. bad:

McClelland :. said . “the

government -programs: now

offered’ may ‘be confusing
the public. He: wants’ to.see
canly one. program -that
would fit' many : ‘situations.

The government ‘is -

changing existing programs |

to meet. ‘problems

encountered, ‘according to

the labor minister. . He
points. to the IWA: “operated
NEED program in Terrace.

Due to ‘the bureaucratic
label it carried at first, ‘the

_ union couldn't get as ‘Mhuch

-money, for . equipment as
other sponsors; - When ‘this
was pointed. . out, the
government - altered the
- program. and the IWA got
 the’same amount.

. The 10-year-old labor code
“will be revised, McClelland

* said, and-only. a majority
-_ vote by. workers would be-
-join, . drop: or”

. He also.

. “-indieated | a provincial |

-. budget has been drawn. up,
has .-been. worked. on - for
. months, . but. because, it
_ hasn't. gone. the
‘legislature .he. was ° nat at
_ liberty '.to “reveal any of

au Portion or rany details at 7

aa ana’ incumbent MEA
Frank Howard held a media
event talking to. former
workers: of. MacGillis : ‘and

7 overdoses’ ‘of digoxin and. similar overdoses _ Gibbs: proposing a co-op of

~* couldn't be. ruled out in the other 21 deaths.

". - Police: eaiti¢ to a dead end last month in thel

‘investigation: of the :deaths,, saving _.

they. didn’t: have «snftleient, evidence to lay 90 per cent of.the. purchase . be,
SS pele: which they could pay _

- those laid-off bay: the mill, '
He » indi¢ated: :a,. NDP :
"government. might. advance:

back -otit of profits. _
In. a later press “release,

- cardiac wards, Only: hospital - ‘plat were, would cancel the NEED and

Fifteen tests have been completed so ‘far and
it will take at Jeast until the end of next week to. |
coniplete all testing, Taylor. tald reporters.
Murphy's death’ came ‘a ‘day. after ‘the. _

‘appointed "to. -

: He also. ‘announced the
/buiothet: study to review: ‘procedures at the. .

hospital: One or more people, with‘a high level production.” ”
- of hospital: and medical ‘experience, will be-
“bring. ‘a, new,”
. perspective to the procedures . and operations”

required previously’ to wear: ‘identification.
The’ measures ‘should reljvé some fears, but

-“you.can never gige a 100-per:cent a assurance”

of safety for. ‘the children, (Grossman said,

5 ablishment of

detached —

in place. or ‘planned ‘at ihe hospltal..

-* Nelther Grossman nor ‘Taylor would say how
~ high the levels of digoxin were in the Murphy -
.. @ase. or: how ‘ they’, compared: with: the: levels _
» found in seven-of the: ‘other 28 infant ‘deaths, -
~ | A study. by the Centres for Disease Control in
aia, Ga., earlier this. year suggested se seven

became its: MP f:1957 after

a provincial “defeat... He .
: returned . ‘to: -. provinelal
: politics-in 1079, -:

Cabinet ministers - Don

Phillips and Brian Smith ~
made ‘early ‘visits to the
riding, to.

: ‘have promised ferry service

to. Kitimat,’ a. coastal

- community.“ that lost . to’

‘Prince Rupert as the site of
"Dome

“Premier BAY” “Bennett

.vigited Prince George North
» Ewiee'to ‘dri up support for

” Socred incumbent ..
” Heinrich ‘who.
“challenged °. by. “Andrew
. Schuck. Tha. two’ middle-
an aged lawyers, ‘both former
“ municipal’ polittelans, have

js being

taken to the campaign trail
in twin Mercedes. Schuck, a
city resident, has. made
Heinrich’s move to Victoria
‘an issue. Heinrich says his
‘conslituents “can always

. reach him. ‘by: phone. ..

After ‘Heinrich won the
1979 election by & margin of
773 votes, he. was given the
‘labor. portfollo and was

; expected to do great things.

He was ental in
solving a rail’ dispute, “but
then: shifted to ‘the Jower-
portfalio of

‘Jack.

‘Schuck, a ‘iterate and

- ‘persodiable, iman, is widely’

known” for his successful

- settlement of the. Fort

Nelagn ‘Indian. land claim.

Asa service ‘centre for the
north, Prince, George is
expected to benefit from

nortli¢ast. ‘coal. That $2.5- :

billion ‘development: was the,
pet. project - of Industry
Minister - Phillips, running ~
for: ‘re-election in South .

Peace River.”

The 69-year-old car dealer
from | Dawson - Creek is
running’ ‘against New.
Democrat Pat Michiel, 33; 4

journalist; and Liberal

William Litwin.
There is ‘a: ful ‘slate | in
Prince: George. South where

Soered. Bruce.‘Strachan is

challenged by Tom Bulmer
of.the NDP, ‘Liberal Gladys |

; + ‘Conservative
Lorne: ‘Dupuis’ and: Svend_—
Serup of "the Western
Canada Concept.:

Housing.: Minister Tony
Brummet took North Peace
River by a majority of 4,000 -
votes ldst election, Graham
Lea ‘of the NDP had a
comfortable margin of 1,858
votes in Prince Rupert and
Socred incumbent Jack

Kempf took Omeni¢a with a
1,667-vote. majority.

New ~ Democrat: Don -
Lockstead sweyt Mackenzie

with &miérgin of 3,968 ve votes.

‘EBAP programs, - - ‘That.
simply is not so," Howard

tae "(they) are necessary |

._ Make work projects which
“must be continued’..,.until
“such time ab we can get the

“Jamber. industry back into -

Five workers for. BC.
‘Timber'’s. Twinriyer
Logging Division held a
press conference. of their

Hes. aid” the study “will “hot duplicate a own. They-had just, been
previous: inquiry - ebnducted: by Mr. Justice.

‘ Charles, Dubin of- the Ontario Supreme. Court,
. ‘adding that it would be: ‘put ‘into place “as a
third: “porty, assurance that everything | is OK."

rugged terrain

«the : riding: fn’. 1989". and

_ informed. that only. 40 qut of
_a list of 322 will be going
back-to work. The 40 may

_ statt.on June 6, which. they.

note is the height of the fire

’ season had thus may. only -

‘work one day or one week -

"not énough: to: get“on- UIC 8ays- -of-the last,"I-couldn’t agree more.’ -

-Thefive, who included the

entire’ negotiating. team for”

the mill's logging workers,
are angry. over - their -

treatment by BC Timber, .
They say. they've: been.

strung. along. with © job
promises that aren't. there

for well over a year. They. _
object to notices coming out.
- a week prior to a deadline :.
that would have ai ‘least
given them an extra week of

severancepay. As it stands,
many: 20-to 30 year workers

will get only a maximum of

“eight weeks pay, andthe

five say they may” have ta’ ©
> fight for that through” the .

labor relations ‘board. One

member pointed out that the -

company has even dropped -
the. group. life insurance:

plan: forcing them to-take |

out ptivate policies at much

- ‘Cassiteds :
—— —

higher rates. .

“We create thie wealth of

‘ the country,” they. say)

“everyone else just recycles
it.” When they don't work it
affects. - the~. -entire
community they contend. .

The recent sale of - the.

Skeena mill will not affect
them, they state, -

While McClelland told ~

Terrace he did not see this
as a devastated town, the
loggers see things - quite
differently.
another Ocean Falls, ” they
Bay, “we're just a’ dead

By KEITH ALFORD i

_ are ‘allowed’ ‘to transfer. to. . while work

, . closing down thé. camp site -
* While many of them plan .. and the loggers. have io take:
- on deaving the area, some ‘their own tents to live’ in
" Even’ the‘
‘Nass Camp according. to \'kitchen: will be locked, they
. their, collective agreement,“ .say.." 00. :
That will ‘put some workers: a The “company, “ha =
"there outof.a-job since these simple response,. the: :
_ will: replace: -them,, loggers told: ‘the press, .
However, the. _ company is

+

Contract rejected

- KITIMAT, B.C, (CP) — Kitimat smelter workers:
rejected a tentative two-year contract Thuraday-with Alcan
‘Smelters and Chemicals Limited that would have provided
no wage increases for thefirst three months. .

. Hoss: Slezak, president of Local 1 of the Canadian
Association o£ Smelter and Allied Workers, sald the vote
was 64.93 per cent against accepting the proposed pact. A
total of 1, 233 votes were cast...

’ Slezak says the union feels it has a strong mandate to ao
back to the company far bargaining.,

Union executive members had urged the more than 1 700 -
workers involved.to reject the proposed contract, ‘whiel{ |
contained a five-per-cent wage increase effective. July: no
three months after the current contract’s expiry: date of

“tough ° cookies, . fellows. mo

_ April 23 — plus an increase of seven ‘Per, cent-on duly. 24; * = oaet

1984, a

‘In addition, tradesmen would have received an hourly
adjustment of 15 cents effective July aA, 1964,

~ The current base rate for production. workers is $12.16 an
hour, plus a cost-of-living adjustment increase that has
been providing 19 cents an-hour since six months ARO. The” :
tradesmen! B rate is 116. 50 a four.

Voting popstar:

VANCOUVER (cP)— Voters went ‘in droves. to- the. ,
advance polls Thursday, with some lining up for as long as.
two hours before. the stations opened:

Returning officers insome ridings saidthey are plensily,
surprised by the heavy: turnout.

In Skeena 179 ‘people turned out. In Terrace alone there
‘were 70 people at the advance poll, = .

_ In the first 90 minutes after the polling station in South
“Vancouver opened its. doora, 112 ballots were cast. °

’ & similar rush wag reported in other ridings. -

In Central Fraser Valley, returning officer Chuck, ‘Wiebe _

chad to send in two extra certificate writers to cone: with the

-heagy turmoil. . © Urea
Robert, Kayser, r g otticer for Vancouver Centre,
said one advance: h the’riding was swamped but the .

volume ‘pased off 4 litle: afterward.
Advance polls for. Beopli ‘whé must vote early because of

_ trips or other.reasons will: remain open. today and Saturday
- from T’p.m, to %p.mePDT allo over the province, Voters do a
fin iy torus thes poll: Sa Te

“not! have. to ‘be: athe

"Sears! campaigns

Hierhld Siaif Writer.
TERRACE The ‘public has more issues in mind
concerning this election then mainline politicians ever.
’ dreamed of,

Independent MLA candidate Lionel Sears tooka 1.5 hour,

“walk through downtown Terrace Wednesday morning and’
asked people what they wanted to know.” There were some.
’ surprises.

Sears noted first ‘that nobody asked about the Kitimat
ferry. He doesn’t seeit as an issue elther. “Wehave one 90:
_miles away, what. do we'need one 35 miles away for?’ he
‘gays. While he doesn't see the point of the ferry service,
Sears states he would like to see it

The number one concern in the area is unemployment
according to.the Sears poll.

Others include the question, “Why are Terrate mills shut’
down’ while others: in the province have been working
steadily?” ‘Why is-B.C. the only province in Western
Canada that charges a tax on used goods, especially.
automobiles?" One person asked, “Why hasn’t the Bank of.

. British Columbia expanded?" Another inquired, “When,
-welfare and manpower have lots of buildings, lots of
vehicles and lots of people,’ why is there no service,” Sears

!

Cther concerns raised on his walk were high freight rates,

“Terrace is

i"

roads in poor condition, attendance of politicians at their :

Meetings, and a desire to get the land claims issue settled
nee and for all one way or another. ;

‘ Teuth came up several times. Individual responses to,
‘Sears approach included desires to know the truth about the

election, the soup kitchen, and the hotsprings.

5

“Why don't government workers pull in their. belts with
therestofus?", one personasked objecting to the BCGEU's

““eaich up, keep up” campaign.

Another person was

concerned about the morals and dress in schools, Btating
“gince the hippies came In everything has gone to rags."
Sears himself raises two issues. Better ferry service to

‘the island and the Eastern manufactured rate for shipping

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