ae A I pas wearin dl LEGIsLatt PARLIMENT VE LIBRaRy °C BUILDINGS, a Lisi spon tery — __ Dofasco " Dofaseo indole ae "nounced plans to indefinitely lay off as many as: -- 2,100 office and plant employees | beginning ; early this fall. Ross Craig, vice-chairman of the steel company, said today the layoffs: would affect employees-with. less than three years service. ; * Craig said Dofasco. was facing the’ worst. - business perlod since .the Depression of the 19303 and Canadian demand for its. products has been down slgnificantly ‘since late last | year, _ If conditions do not improve, a company: statement warned plants and mills might have to he operated at still lower levels for the final three months of this yedr and into the first quarter of 1983, Craig - said business conditions for the company, Canada’ 8 second largest steel These kids have'taken on the large task of canvassing every home In Terrace and Thornhill and the surrounding area fo conscript volunteers and biilets for the B.C. Northern Winter Games.. Kathy Webb, ‘David Schuimeister, Cathy Soutar and Alan. Dame have taken a first pass through the Horseshoe and. * snnmistactttrer with 11 500 iipiovben hieke, ee to set up 4 billet. | plans. to lay. off 2, 100 workers not improved at all this year and may con- ceivably worsen in the weeks ahead. — The annouincément comes : after monte “of depressed markets in which ‘Dofasco has, _ struggled to maintain its position as Canada's only. major steelmaker abie. ta boast full em- ployment. Orders declined sharply this past ‘winter and there was.a further downturn in the spring. - _ At that time, the company announced special price reductions in an allempt to spur sales in the ailing North American. auto industry. The company’s: first quarter profits this year fell 24.5 per cent to $31.7 million from 425 ; million. Public service workers on. The 175,000 members of the Public Service _ Alliance of Canada have been ‘told to gé.on a “gtrike alert” for Oct. 1 to protest the federal government's public sector ‘wage control . program. Angry meetings of ‘the civil service union were held across the country Wednesday as members heartily endorsed the October strike i position anda work-to rule campaign -in the _medntime, ~“This does not mean that the alliance will go ...[. on strike on Oct..1, but, simply that the plug can... _.,-be pulled anytime after that date, and. were not | going to tell them when,’’ said alliance director Joe Power at a meeting of more than-300'in Toronto. Some of the members at the Toronto meting donned bags to cover their faces, One woman “said the firing of Kingston, Ont. federal tax _ auditor Neil Fraser shows they must fear for. their jobs if seen protesting. The.strike alert and work-to-rule campaign have been called ta protest the Rovernment's s° imposition’ of a six-per-cent -ceiling” on public . sector wage increases this year andfive per next: year. But speeches by allia ce directors atthe 22. meetings held from Moncton to Vancouver indicated the union is angered at not only the - government's relatively low wage restrictions, but what.it considers, an attack on the union's right to bargain collectively. . Pierrette.Vaillant-Pierre, a Guebec director of the alliance, told about 200.members in - Montreal the. government . has made a. *' declaration of war- against workers. If unions | ' \ refuse: to fight back we'll become powerless.”, | In Thunder Bay, Ont., alliance director Richard LePage said: “Bill €-124 (the government's bill to impose the wage restrictions) is extraordinary legislation. It isa War. Measures.Act aimed directly at members of the alliance and our brothers and sisters in. some 40 other unlons,’’ In-a_ video-taped message delivered simultaneously :at- the meetings, - alliance ' president Plerte ase “the Liberal ’ Keith Estate areas and will be moving.into the Bench and Thornhill within the next few weeks. Interested In volunteering to heip out with the games can call Hugh PoWer at 635-6531 to volunteer, or contact the Northern Winter Games Office at 635-7462 . Strike alert, some. disageed. - some of the workers said government em- 85 cents Anyone 2 time,. down {6 fo $400.5 33.5 ‘Faillion. ~ : o In May, ‘outside ‘contractors on the project. A second cost cutting step saw the company cut 350 jobs from its: long-standing summer student employment program. _ . _ Dofasco’s two main compelitors have also — ~ been undergoing tough times. Stelco Inc. still has 2,600 hourly raied ; workers — 15 per cent: of its work force — on - indefinite layoff and is trying to recover from a long strike last-year. in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Algoma Steel Corp. , Ltd. is preparing for a series of shutdowns — ; affecting about -2 600 workers: — expected to | begin this weekend, % aaa strike alert government - has taken the- unprecedented decision to crush and. destroy: you.” forms. In Montreal, some of the suggestions : for working-to-rule included ‘‘extreme courtesy” in. dealing with the public, submission of a. massive number of grievances and the exercise _of “extreme caution” on the job. ‘In Toronto, members were ‘also told-to, file’ “mass grievances. and. exert caution but. also to _ pursue “rigorous. enforcement cof collective.” “agreements. " : ” Power said: the union's strategy will also “ineltide a public relations campaign, a steward education program and the formation of a common front with other affected unions. While members at most of the meetings Supported the work-to-rule campaign and i In_ Edmonton, ployees \ were lucky to have jobs. frag, says it routed Iranian invaders - Established. 1908. Dome has LNG deal, site chosen later by MICHAEL HOWLETT Herald Sta’ Writer VICTORIA— Dome petroleum has been given provincial government approval to go ahead with a $4 billion Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project although there are same indications the plant may be located in Dome’s preferred Port Simpson site, Energy Minister Bob McClelland an- nounced in Victoria this morning that Dome had been given,allocations of B.C. Natural gas enabling it tego ahead with its ..- project, but said the question of the exact location of the plant aite would be deter- Mined in future discussions with the ; completion of a $425 sition hot strip. , ‘mill unit Was delayed until June, 1993, which © forced a 10-man reduction in the workforce | of”. * Eraq said today its forces - drove invading Iranian troops, back’ across, the border after» a -coun-- “ teraitack that helted an’ ap- Iranian. .offensive parently. aimed at the major’. -Eraqi oll port of Basra. Iran: denied the. claim. An Iraqi communique ot said: ‘The aggressors’ perfidy. boomeranged on | -. them. “'They retreated. in ; failure” across the border, pursued.’ ‘hy -blows and curses." . But Iran, Dan Tran, which invaded Iraq oh Tuesday night, said ‘Trad’ 5 “feeble coun-| - teroffensive”: failed ‘apd the Traqis retreated; Anranian _ military: commmunique. - broadeast by Tehran ‘radio * said Iranian ‘forees in southern Iraq. repulsed two ‘Tragi- ” gay where _ ‘and inflicted “serious. niaterial damages and ‘human. losses’?! The communiqué added "that the Iraqis lost some 30: . ‘counterattacks : * Wednesday night and early ; today. ©... . The communique anid the _ Iranian air force joined the... fighting for the first time | since Iran launched its ~ Ramadan offensive: It said — bombed. Iraqi positions in ‘army and air force planes. . ” the battle area — it did not: “tanks in the fighting, in- cluding 20 of the Soviet T-72 clags. oO Tehran - radio ~ atso, : “reported that high-flying’ ~ Iraqi alreraft today bombed. - the western Iranian city of? _Islamabad, -killing two. civilians” and injuring. 30 others. A spokesman for Iran’ B ‘joint. slaff- of the armed ‘forces, conlacled in Tehran by Reuters news agency in London, reiterated that the “Iraqi cldims are a\‘‘mere “Tie.” He added: ‘drive us out in a matter of © hours after’ were -have advanced 13 miles into Iraq and have dug-in?” Earlier Iranian broad- admitted a 10-kilometre “Trai . aban wnteed penetration. - and were consolidating positions near — Basra, ‘Iraq's: “forees leave their. bunkers . disputed. Shatt- -al-Arab / on hearing the sounds of waterway. The. © com- Iranian guns,.How ¢an they, muniques,-‘monitored { Loridon, said. the Iranian were - preparing ‘ to . drive toward the: Iraqi city: of Tannumah, on the east bank. casts today said Iran's a _ Operation Ramadan: in- See Lo vasion forces had com- "tsa g?. . pleted a thrust of some 20° a War kilometres intolraq—Iraql = aa gethrarie | second: . ‘largest ‘city: across. the. .. Et Be. #94 teapbesG pat company. - Grassy Point, near ‘Prince Rupert i is the preferred site for Dome’s project but Dome spokesman Jim Peacock said the company would be’ heading into site location talkssvith the government “with an open mind”. _ _Dome’s proposal won out over com- peting proposals from consortiums headed by Petro-Canada and.Carter Energy and Gas. Petro-Can had established: Kitimat as its favored Iecation while Carter .. preferred a site near to Prince Rupert. McClelland said the decision to award the project to Dome was made on the basis of thereturn the project would have for the - -. province, the signed contracts and established financing the company ‘has With Japanese firms, and the fact that a- significant portion of its gas comes from Alberta sources, ~ Dome was awarded 900 million cubic ‘feet of gas by the government: That figure - represents about 25 per cent of the gas the company requires. . The site location question is af interest to local groups, since Kitimat was one of - — Lpree. possible ajtes shortlisted by Dome . -, before-it- finally. chose, the: Grassy-Potot : Jocktion: “Skeena_ MLA Frank’ Howard ‘said’ ‘he. would ‘be disappointed if Port Simpson does get the project, saying the LNG ‘proposal - represents a chance for’ long- ‘awaited. major Port development in Kitimat, ‘Prince Rupert Mayor. Pete Leiter says the City will move to include Grassy Point within its tax base if the project is located . . . . there. He said he-is-concerned the project : could be more of a burden to the city a benefit if no revenues are collected Ro cover increased servicing costs required by construction activities. About 1,600 construction pecled to be created by the Lester said the city ‘would hi this area.” ‘Plants, - bs are eXx-— ject and to make sure some contributions to the community was made by the toinpany if it locates in In a related announcement, McClelland said that the province had decided to set. aside 400 billion cubic feet of natural gas order {o ensure a 20 year supply for one o possibly” two Ammonia-Urea ‘fertilizer : Ocelot industries limited in Kitimat is . one of the companies bidding for approval — of a fertilizer plant, and Howard says that company should have the edge in the current competition. game," Howard said. else. ” Dome LNG project. manent jobs. “Ocelot to me- is way ahead: of the “They have more things in place and it makes: sense to assign the gas to Ocelot than to anyone Howard said he would prefer to see an Ammonia-Urea plant rather than an LNG plant built in Kitimat because “4t'uses less pas and provides more jobs because it is a value added activity."| Only 92 tulitime jobs are expected to be created by the Although no timetable was announced for a decision on a fertilizer plant, it ap- pears the province will be deciding in the + near future on. allocations for both that project and for petro-chemical develap- ments also proposed for the area. Dome . has proposed: a $2.5 billion chemical feedstock complex for the Prince Rupert area which would create over 500 per- ' - Before Dome can get underway with the LNG facility, it must win approval for an - export licence from the National Energy Board and have its facilities approved by _ ste cand the B.C. “Duilties, Com... - Peacock said the company hoped to have the necessary regulatory approvals by the . endof this year so construction could begin — _in 1933. The first deliveries‘of gas to Jagan are scheduled for the first quarter of 1936. ‘Officials of the District of Kitimat and Beirut ceasefire broken wounded early today in an Beirut-Damascus highway, - BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli and Palestinian gunners exchanged fire early today. around Heirut’s paralysed — airport in fresh violations of a U.S.-sponsored ceasefire, the Lebanese state radio . reported. At the same time,. US. and Lebanese mediators scheduled conferences in Israeli-ringed West Beirut and: the presidential palace _in suburban Baabda in attempts ‘where to evacuate Yasser Arafat's: 8,000 ‘Palestine Liberation Organization ~ guerrillas. . Israel invaded Lebanon. June 6 to annihilate PLO forces and has ringed. West *- Beirut with an - estimated 35,000 soldiers and 300° _tanks, threatening to. blast the guerrillas out unless they agree to ‘leave Lebanon. : Lebanese stale radio ° ' quoted a PLO communique as saying forward guerrilla positions ‘al the Boyrj el- _ Barajneh ‘refugee camp ‘near the airport repulsed a ‘\ pre-dawn Israeli attempt to ‘airport's. eastern. run- behind a curtain of artillery " munique said. ‘In Tel, Aviv, ‘a military : spokesman denied the PLO ‘dlaims and said there was no Israeli artillery fire. The military command said the ceasefire arranged last Sunday - by U.S. special envoy Philip Habib WAS | __ holding. * The. command: also said — one Israeli soldier was abtmoit ah es to break a” stalemate on how, when and infirate PLO: lines along: ay. The Israelis advanced ‘th ‘and’ tank. fite, the com- . tae Nath aveamtemdg M pobas rede Rise pete mad tite hae be dine beembemilty Ben. Bes ew exchange of small-arms fire in eastern Lebarion near the regrouped. ~ Appeals heard Herald Stati Writer a VANCOUVER— ‘The Environmental Appeal board will . Petro-Canada..were unavailable. for comment on the Dome decision. Gerry Amos, the chief counsellor of the Kitamaat Indian Band, on whose land the . preferred .Petro-Can site. is located, said " . the band would be disappointed if another site is located, but said it would not _ ~seriously damage.thé bands plans, _ where Syrian ‘forces have te hearing four appeals Aug. 17 into. the ‘Proposed spraying of 2,4-D-near Exchamsiks. Three Prince Rupert groups and one Terrace group have been allowed appeals into the proposed spraying of seven hectares near Exchamsiks with the herbicide.2,4-D DEA. 900. Environmental Appeal Bosrd officiats will not release the names of the groups which have been successful | in having” ’ their appeals recognized. A total of five groupe and iridividuals had filed appeals . including the\Skeena. Protection Coalition in Terrace and — the’ United Fishermens «and - Allied Workers Unio WHY BUYNEW? ‘WHEN USEDWILL DO! quality used paris from - 635-2333 or 635 9095 : Do you want parts: totix up ‘your car but your ‘budget won't attow it? Beat the high cost of new parts wiih $.K.B, AUTO SALVAGE. ee ee 3690 Ouhan (just off Hwy. 16 E} *" Volume 76,No0.133 |. Renu Ati a a eto ne eae Rs eo a = i AST plete arn tip AE tale ne