Hike’ ‘army soldiers ~ while
_ Abe’ alrforce. plays a tnajor
tole ba any: fares ir
“; operation, it's. '
‘dopa the dirty’, Ww
‘wing, the. battles... ,

‘The B.C. Forest Service’a a ae ice.
- ale operation: branch in this:
"southern ; Interlor:: region “

battles more than’ 200. fires _

éach’ season, but: alt co-

ordinator. Stan Lowrey. is

_the fest to admit that the-
aerial ‘tankers, or water

bombers, play abackup: role :
In firefighting.

‘“Most people think we put
out fires, bat what we really
_ 4 4s buy the firefighters on
the ground ‘some _time,"’:
” Lowrey sald-in an in-
. terview. We slow the fires
_ down and give ground crews
_ time to move In their Cats
and: other manpower -to
"combat the blaze."

' The tankers lay. down « a
path. of chemicals on the
outskirts of a fire, creating
a barrier. ; .

-“Beople watching a
tanker fighting a fire often
say, ‘Geez, they missed the
fire again’, but in actuality
we are purposely missing
the fire.sd we can build a
barrier. The chemicals are
too. -expensive to be used to
pat out fires. "

The Kamloops operation
has two Firecata and one
_ Ce aircraft which carry
Fire-trol,. “a- salt-based

’ chemical similar to  fer-
_ tilizer which slows down the
fire. tae

The pilots work under the ,
Instructions: of a Forest
Service: alficer, who Plans

“aya HATA i

or Se eee Tice ty gad male

_ troduce d fo B.C.:

'., Forest firefighters: cP) sa

wr ety reals che are:
additional costs! ‘a DC-6 for
one. hour: ‘conta $1,365;. a

-Pire-Cat, $635 an hour ind
‘the bird-dogs, $135 an hour. ©

Another. fool‘ in’ the
province's arsenal . against
forest fires ‘cinsists of a
small shed with ‘a pair of
one-metre-high -

‘antennas
55with two computera, - -

The equipment is called'a |

- ightging locator and, as its.
name implies, it‘:simply

locates lightning. The two

computers can -.locate |
- lightning within. 300
kilometres. ° ;

The locators feed in-
formation to a centre in
‘Victoria which pinpoints
possible fire sites. ‘The
process fakes only 15.
seconds. Personnel at the

‘centre then’ contact the

firefighting station closest
tothe site and a. forestry
unit investigates. - :

, Ten locators ‘were in-
last
summer and another five

are plamed. .

viators - ously “heavily

tis rested areas searching for: -
stoke. Now they aiimphy-fly.
__ team area where lightning «7 ;
- Btrikes haye been recorded, 9-
reducing the cobta of alr-

Craft rentals and pllt's
salaries. .

_To Mr. and Mrs. Darcey ‘

Janes, on June 6, a boy,.

_ Joshua. Stephen George. .

Joshua weighed. & pounds, 1
ounce at-birth, =~

.To Mr, and Mrs. Mark
Annibal on June 7, a girt,.
Amanda Jane, Amanda
Jane weighed 7 pounds, 1
ounce atsbirth.
’ "To Kern McAnsh, a male,
Joshua Scott. Born June 19,
Joshua weighed 7 pounds, 4

ounces at birth.

Dave . Gilbert | of. the

Provincial
Protection Office in Victoria
said B.C.’s system Is the
only one in the world that
covers 8

centre..

_ The annual cost of

fii
At

“Sinigeeangyr ETON ay

‘a vast area and ©
_ is tied into a single control

Forest.

Treatment for high blood
pressure

- prescribed for each: patient

individually. Only your

doctor knows how to treat”

you.

must, be’

BO
eer t OWHEAD

“For further information on 1 the. above.
” - marked routes call Maria Taylor

fromm, ‘the. sroup's, ’ base. in: “New. York;

tone women rain the inst 46 teal son thé need for
the Guardians Angels ia Toronto, a spokesman oe the

controversial, Volunteer patrol ‘group: aay ee

* platements: by:-local mhunicipal officials. against:
- need for. patrols, : ‘the Angels. will proceed with, plang
“for. & Toronta chapter.

ai @ think the murders definitely prove our point,’ ". ",

- suid.“

Prior ta 3 a plained ‘visit io Toronto, she ‘sald. the’

"group had received 200tetters from Toronto residents
with supporters olitnumbering opponents by 11,
The people in the letters said, ‘Don't listen to the

politicians, We need you. We know we' renot as bad as .
- New York but we don’t want to get that bad. We're.
‘afraid to take buses. We're afraid to go out."

‘Wearing T-abirts and red berets, members form
"Groups of eight to patrol subways and streets without
- weapons. Their purpose is to call the police, give

~ victims first aid, chase the attackers and take notes ©

- when’ they witness’ griminal. acts, ©

|. fhe group, claiming about: 3,000 members in 33°
i | cities, is seen by some as saviors and dangerous
vigilantes by others. “The Angels opened their first

Cenadinn chapter in Windsor two weeks ago.

“Bllwa said she was ‘shocked atthe four recent
murders, noting. ‘the victims were all reapéctable
- women.

 “F think ‘people sed to think in Toronto if you’ Tre

looking for trouble you'll find it. But it’s not-going- to.
find you. But these attacks occurred during normal
events:
“Now people think: If Ican get killed or attacked or
raped, coming home from work, I’m not safe ai all.”
Claudia .Geburt, ‘a 2i-year-old engaged to. be

- married this fail, was found nude Sunday in her -

‘home. She had been stabbed several times.
Judy Anne Delisle, a. 26-year-old mather of four,

* was found murdered Saturday.

' Christine Prince, a 25-year-old nanny from South

- Wales and 19-year-old cheerleader Jenny Isford were -
. killed.in separate incidents after leaving Toronto
~ -Tranait Commission vehicles to walk. home.

- Despite therecent murders, there has still been two
“eas to date this year than the 28 for the same period
in 1981. ‘

Century

‘wick

public. interest’ research: “Group, the. pro

‘Maing. the: ‘polling servicis of a ‘Minis

° year in wihtaby | L, 025 Canadians ¥ were asked;.
“!NAmediyg the. following categories: of
| working people, which ones should in your" -
aa opinion. have the right to strike?’ 0.

'*. Police and firefighters. fared’ the wort, oS
winning support from only 18. per cent.
. Nurses gathered 23 per cent, with postal .
workers, teachers, public transportation, —

telephone and electrical utility workers
averaging between 27 and 38 per cent.
Bank employees won support from 48

‘per cent while plumbers were the .only

group to win backing from more than half

~ of those surveyed, achieving 55 per cent.

Foundation president David Elton, ina

telephone interview Tuesday from his .
“office at the University of Lethbridge, sald.

the survey's margin of error was about
four per cent — meaning total support for

strikes in general, or support for the right

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Elton said the survey's margin of error
grew, to six or seven per cent when
studying the Alberta, B.C. and West sul-.

. categories since the sample group became
much smaller than the 1,035 originally
questioned. As a result, he sald the oaly
group showing support for strikes that was
significantly different from any other's

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at Westerners’ views, inchiding a-break-
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the, most. support. for strikes -by ‘the 10
occupational groups under consideration,

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