Y : Jet

The jacks int Satirday’s draw for. the 49 otters may
Well reach $11 million, ‘Jean-Marc: Lafaille;: president ‘of:
Tec and or the He Interprovitlal Lottery Corp’ said

oa “Officials had otiginatly doune the prize: awautil run | to is

7 “about $L0 million based | on forecaata of about $40 million in’

cket sales. But gales actods Canada had lopped $30 dplltion
y midnight. Tuesday night; Lafaille said: ;

“between $40 milion and $45 million’ and that the grand prize .

from academics, who frown on ‘the: gambling apres.

“extensive esearch on ‘gambling, “ :
We now: believe that Canadians, will” ‘probably : winger’ *

wil ‘reach: about $11 millon.”

2. But the’ lottery: feyer that’ has; sivept. the ‘boiey for’ ‘the. a

second consecutive week has brought same finger wagging

“thd ‘near-frénty. being génerated by’ Saturday’ 8 fottety
‘drow is “almest sick,” said Igor Kusyszyni, & a bebavioral
psychologist, at Toronto's York Unive slty who’

“A lot of people ‘Who. never buy” lottery’ tickets are beting

- said Kusyszyn. “Tt t just dives people false hope.”

the largest tax-free lottery In North American history. :
‘- Walter ° Schneider,
profesgory, who has taught, courses on gambling, ‘paid he is:
‘stunned by: ‘the lottery craze.

Schneider. ‘Somehow they.. (ticket buyers) think because
the pot is, bigger, they're getting better odds.

- “Lotteries have never been a good buy and they" re never
going to’ be agood bay.’ mo

. On Tuesday, $9.1 million was invested in the $t tickets for

‘a. Carleton University math ‘

~ Canada’s. ‘trade ‘surplus boosted by ‘guitos:

OTTAWA (CP): —A surge

_in auto exports and’ “drop in:
“oll Imports | in November ;
“country’s
“monthly merchandise trade -
_miodest increase, rising by
$630 million from’ October, 2
Statistics Canada ; said.

boosted the.

"surplus to $1.8: billion, : up

“today. Pde

_, Itwag the tira inéréase in:

‘the. monthly sirplus since

April, @ month ‘when’ the |

“country ‘sold .a<record “$2

billion more:in goods than itt

‘hinported.

a. revised " p2-per-eent
‘decline in ‘October and an.

‘increase’ of ‘Od ‘per ‘cent in

September. :

“Imports | ‘showed: a more _

2:9 per ‘cent ‘to $6.8 billion |
after’a revised increase of
08: ‘per cent in: October: and -
41 per’ cent in’ Septeniber,

~The surplus for the first 11
-Taonths: ‘of 1983 totalled $16.3
billion; “$295 * million leas

‘than during the i pdme period
‘a year earlier!’ *-

. During the -moiith, "ex- . And. it will tke'a record:

parts climbed by “10.1 per

cent to $8.6 billion, following,

us:

inatching $2-billion. Surplus
in Deceniber, als the Country

“Canada:
measured. over a. longer ;
‘period the sirplus; is sill on .

. economies |. of
enpecially the

swept up in'a “highly immoral” advertising. campalgn,"

‘is to maich ‘the fecord $18.3

billlon annual, tradé. ‘surplus

posted in 1992. ‘ ;

‘surplus, trade experts warn
‘one-month ‘figures. can be
acai ‘and: Statistics
notes © that

a downward trend.

Also, the’ larger urplne in
November . a8.- more. a
(reflection. of.
“trading
partners,

os, Canada's trade,’
. - However, the’2, sper-eent.

Despite ihe large ineréage

_in the November . trade

improved

US. whicti ‘accounts. for
more ‘than two-thirds of all

increase in’ imports ‘during
November, largely’due- to
increased car and industrial
‘machinery | .imparts, shows

more :pegple’ are‘ buying’:
cars and more ‘companies ae

purchasing machinery,

~ which in: tura suggests the

domestic’ economy’, is.’ also
improving. *
But the trade in goods is

-only half.the picture and in.
‘the third. quarter “of last
year, a 4. S-billion deficit on.

moon

"services | trade — mostly
interest payments, tourism
and consulting - =~more than
offset the. surplus’ in ‘the

trade of goods and left the.
tountry with an overall or © -

currentaccount deficit of
$186 million...

Put ariéther way, the.
deficit in the trade: of
money, brains: and -stin“is’
greater than thé surplus in
the trade of goods. | - -
And that in’ turn has
helped. © weaken -- “the
Canadian dollar against the
U.S. dollar, pushing it below

", trade: figures. shows the
” largest increase in exports.
_ was for motor vehicle parts,

u .

; “90 cents. U.S., although: the

currency is still strong when.

“compared with those -of
‘most. other industrialized

nations.
A breakdown of the .
November . merchandise’

up 32 per cent to $835

- million.::

Last year was a banoer
yéar. for. car parts
manufacturers whose . ex-
ports in-the first 11 months

were ‘running 70 per cent

above the 1982 level, which
itself waa a record year.
_ Passenger cals accounted

for “diel. second’ largest ‘in-

TV stations losing Canadians °

crease in exports, rising 14

. per cent to $230 millicn.

. Crude oll imports plunged

‘However, Canadians are re refusing to be daunted t as ‘hey
defy. 14-million-to-one odds of winning: 6-49, which: is. ad-

ministered by the Interprovincial Lottery Corp. for. Loto-

‘Quebec, the Ontario Lottery: Corp., the Western Canada -

, Tattery Foundation and the Atlantic. Lottery Foundation.
« Braving waits of up to, 24% hours, Canadians so far have
“Is worse than anything I've ever. seen,” said"

‘spent $27,283,262 on this week's draw, just $11 million shy af
the record $34 million spent jast week when the Jackpot was
$7 million,

Technicians are working “day and night” to prevent the :

computer breakdowns that plagued last week's gelling but

; reports of technical troubles continued Tuesday.

“Tt takes at least five minutes to buy a ticket and the
machine is always going down,” said one harassed seller at

a Vancouver wicket where 50 customers were lined up.

-, Even those who have already won lottery jackpots are
buying 6-49 tickets, hoping that lightning will strike twice.

‘-Raymonde Laxton of Longueil, Que., who won $1,070,076 ~

ih a draw seven months ago, has bought $49 worth of tickets.
‘IT’S FANTASTIC".
' “I think it's fantastic, a sum like that ($10 million)," suid

’-Laxton,.a widow with four children.

: The lottery is even having repercussions in the United
States, where agents with the Internal Revenue Service will

’ ‘tax winners at a rate of 44 per cent.

™ For those who may be gétting tired of hearing about theé-
49, University of Toronto lecturer Robert Gebotys has some

bad news: there's’ a possibility the jackpot may never be .

won,

won,” said Gebotys, who teaches statistics,

The first prize has not been won in the last five weeks and
has increased in size from $500,000 to $10 million. Lottery.
officials say there is only a one-in-15 chance the, firat prize
won't be won this week.

, However, Gébotys said there’s no guarantee of a wintier .

unless every. posible combination of numbers is chosen and
there are 13,993,916 of them.

"It is theoretically possible for this to go on forever,” he
said, '

‘“There is no reason why the (first) prize should ever be .

AUGUSTA, Me’ (AP) — After. cultivating
Canadian television markets.for more than: a’
_ decade, small public and commercial U.S.
television stations from Bangor, Me., to
. Seattle, Wash., say they are in danger of losing
those! Budiences along with the revenues they
generate, - tes

~ Decisions by Canadian regulators, Intended
to open the airwaves to broader programming,
have created a handful of U.S, “guperstations"" .
“that can send network programs half a ¢on-
nent vis satellite, U.S. station managers say.

The long-tistance programming cotld push:
aside U.S, regional stations, sald Hope Green,
general manager ol. Vermont Educational
Television and chairman of a loose consortium
of Public Broadcasting Service affiliates
‘weross the United States. ;

‘PBS stations “have developed a great
“following In Atlantic Canada,” Green. said,
“Those people love us.”

But six PBS afdiliates in North Dakota “are
really suffering” and financial problems are
looming in Seattle as Canadian cable com-
‘panies switch to satelllte programming, Green ~’

*ghick™ hy Vo oat sdayanesd ‘omg eid Wit {Baty § : rien wh

“POSES DANGER! So 4

“Tt's a terrible danger to our consortium” |
financially, she said, But the greatest threat is
‘to regional, cross-border broadcasting, “which

station.” -- ;
“The | US. stations’ fears date back two. years,
when the, Canadian Radio-Television and
Telecommunieations Commission ruled that” _
Canadian Satellite Communications Inc.,or ©.” ’
-CanCom, could transmit Canadian — and later ©

- does a tremendous amount of good as far as

international understanding.” -

Margo Cobb, general manager. of Bangor’ ig :
' WLBZ said: “I would think that overall, there ~~

is going to’ be an impact on any. (border)

U.S..— programming vis satellite, Tho. idea
oS

was to expand programming into- remote’,
_ corners. of Canada. an

Last’ year, the CRTC said CanComi, a

‘government-licensed private: carrier, could.
provide programming from: four network af-.

fillates in Detroit and Seattle to cable“ com-

panies in remote areas — or to those allowed ¢
under’ CRTC. rules: to pick ue ‘more U8."

programming.
What constitutes a “remote area” is not
always a black-and-white issue, said CRTC

spokesman Jeffrey Atkins, 50 more and more-

ie ‘Canadian satellite for the programs offered

‘ *** by‘reglonal U.S, stations. .
- OFFER CHEAP SERVICE

‘CanCom's service in some areas is cheaper

_ ‘than Zepionh programming, Canadian officials ;

say. Some Canadian cable operators are asking’
. to drop regional telecasta for satellite feeds.
“Meanwhile, “virtually all’’’ “microwave.
contracts with Bell of Canada, throvgh which.
‘many cable companies : recelye U.S.
’ programming, expire in 1987, .said David

- Cdlville, director of Communications policy for

“Nova Scotia. .
This expiration will give many - Canadian

~~" gable operators - a chance to switch to the

superstations” programming, ’ potentially
_Teaving: ihe:regionai stations out in the cold.
"Tt all translates into fewer viewer dollars for
PBS and less advertising revenue for their
commercial ‘counterparts.

“The'potential loss ofrevene is significant,” °
said Edward Winchester, general manager of
~ the Maine Public Broadcasting Network in

* * Orono..

He said 35. to 40 per cent of the network's
contributors are Canadian, adding; “Those

_ folks have a: lot to tose,’* -
) Prairie-Public Television . of North Dakota —
cable companies want to substitute feeds from.) ‘ receives halfof its member contributions from.

Canadians, © ‘the _ six-station. network's

' development director, Keith LaQua, said.
' The loss of Canadian markets would have."a

fairly. severe impact on us,” as well as com-"
‘merclal stations in that state, he said.

~ Reagan wants - Chinese. backing

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Reagan
wants Chinese Premier ao Ziyang’s backing

- _ fora conference to pacify the Korean peninsula

~

and to put an end to the stalemate of “two
armed camps facing each other.” ;

Reagan announced the proposal at a state
dinner Tuesday at which Zhao, the Chinese
head of state, sharply criticized the United -
States for ite tenacious loyalty to ‘Taiwan, -
calling it the “principal obstacle"' to the grawth
of closer relations between ‘Washington and
-Peking, —~ °

Reagan said he would like both North and
South Korea to be joined at the ponference table
by China and the United States, - :

He said he is not interested in_a' three-way
conference to reunify the peninsula that would:

~ Government workers face layoffs

omit China, as the: North Koreans have recently
Proposed.

The Communist North has long. demanded
reunification of the two Koreas, but it is the
first time it has suggested that South Korea be
included in talks. ;

Previously, it demanded direct negotiations

- with the United States to replace the armistice _
‘agreement ending. the Korean War: with a .

‘permanent peace treaty, excluding any-role for

' the Seoul government, which North Korea

contends is illegitimate,

“TE think it would be just wonderful if there -

“would be a’ four-way: conference with China,
and both Koreas and the United Stateg,”’

Reagan said.

Reagan, ‘who peered across the demilitarized _

" gone into North Korea during his South Korean -
visit last year, said he would like to see. [°

“stability on the peninsula,” He suggested that’

a meeting would help the two Koreas end their | .
- status as “two: armed camps facing each ;

other.”

In their remarks at ‘the’ state dinner’ and ‘in pee “ at:

appearances throughout. the ‘first day of -the.
Zhao talks, both leaders made clear that despite

"growing co-operation, the differences between.
the two countries will sonitinue to be a part of.

' their,relationship. © <i;

” Zhao called Taiwan’ “the major difference
between China and the United States . . . the
principal ‘obstacle to the - ‘growth of Sino-U. Ss.
relations.”

44 per cent to $284 million in

‘ were passenger car im-

partners, exports to the U.S. -
. showed. ‘the largest - gain,
a rising : by 3.8 per cent to .

” crease. -

. imports, rising two per cent

November following five
consecutive monthly in-
creases from a low of $70
million In May. ;
‘ Offsetting the ‘decline in |
ail ‘imports and other goods ;

To: All LW. A. Members.

Special meetings for. the Pohle Lumber “
Mill," Skeena Sawmills, Kitwarga 6.C.
Timber ‘Mill, and Kitwanga Lumber

ports, which climbed 29 per | Company will be announced by the Plan

cent to'$695 million after a Committees.
$50-million decrease in f_ ee
Indvetrial machinery. | All other LLW.A. Members are urged °

‘vote at the |.W.A: office at Room. 206 at. -
the back of the Tillicum Twin Theatre
Building 2nd floor on Lazelle Avenue

: between the hours of 1:00 pm and 4:30 pm

Monday. thru’ Friday, starting on
JANUARY 6th,. 1984 to JANUARY 20th,
1984.

imports also grew by 11 per
cent to. $515 million, uring
the-month.

“In terms of ” trading

$6.023° billion; the’ fifth

consecutive monthly in- | The recommendation.of your executive Is

acceptance. We cannot overstress the
“Importance: “of -your:: “exercising: “your: -
a mocratic rights by Voting, . we

, ‘The US. also accounted
for the largest’ increase ‘in.

to. $4,945 billion.

te - . . : ‘
pan Tae, a , . , .

You were asking...

about the Kemano Completion Project. °

' This is one of a series of answers from ‘Alcan
‘- people to questions about plans for the

- Project asked by residents of the Northwest.

+ Q. ve Why ‘would Alean bei in favour of public
.. hearings on this project?

Au » Itis not in Alcan's interest to prevent open
“+ public discussion and evaluation of the
. merits of the Kemano Completion Project,

‘The company’s proposal is long term; we
: expect to operate the proposed facilities for
". “many decades, and it is in Alcan’s interest.
: that the proposal is fully understood now,
--before the company makes a Substantial
capital investment.

“We are confident that our plan represents

,

VANCOUVER (CP) —
_ government.

Twenly-four.
employees have recelved

layoff notices — the first to:

face termination under the
agreement reached bet-
ween their union and. the’
provincial government two
months ago, the B.C,
Government
Union said Tuesday. .
"The 21 union workers at

va from page I

' Coquitlam ~

Three” ‘of:

Employees’ :

the. Agriculture. Ministry's
Colony’. Farm . in _.Port
“got » layoff
notices effegtive.as' of the
3ist of January," sald wnion
shop steward Bill Ferguson.

five farm
workers at the govern-
ment’s: Abbotsford poultry .
teat station also received
notice for Jan. 31.

‘ seniority-based

. government
,.,. ‘under the Public Sector
a Restraint Act,

workforce is among the most experienced: in our history,’”

He noted that productivity gaing of about.eight per cent
had been achieved over the past two years, and !‘we must
continue to strive for further improvements. The only way
we can contInue to achieve long-term stability of operations
is to be more effictent than the other producers.”

“T certainly hope that 1984 wil] ‘see. very’ substantial
progress in the Keamno Completion Project becoming ‘a -
reality,” Mortimer: said. “Smelling aluminum using our
renewable hydroelectric rescurces {a something which we
do well In British Columbia, and we have proven that we
ean compete successfully on world markets, That-project
could provide stable jobs here in the north for our sons and
daughters.”

“The stability of employment at. Kitimat Works has in
large measure contributed to helpitig the community of
Kitimat emerge from 1983's economic heard times in better
shape than maby northem communities, "he said, noting
the annual payroll of over $90-million, school and municipal

faxes of $11-million, “Hopefully the economic upturn will

be reflected in a better overall economic climate for the
whole region in 1984," he concluded.

“We feel it's just the first

wave of a large number of.

layoffs | that will be made in’

the next few’ weeks,” said
. union. spokesman George

Reamnsboltom.
~The. notices were issued

under’ a new contract:
ratified by the union. in

December. It. spells out a

procedure exempting the
union from the arbitrary
termination powers the
gave itself

The’ - “ imlon wand other

public gettor unions went on’
striké last November’ to_

protest the goverument’s
restralat- package and ‘Its
plans to fire between 1,000

cand 1,600. employees under 7
,terms of the. ack: py

CAN BUMP.‘

The 21° Cotony Form
workers wete interylewed
Tuesday by Public Service
Commission officials who
will try to find vaeant jobs’

for them elsewhere. Falling —
» that, they may be able to
“bump” other workers with
‘less seniority,

Ferguson
sald,

- Colony Farm has been:
used for research, breeding ©
of Holstein. cattle and -

layofi

Dorset sheep, and food
production for the adjacent
Riverview |

years. It is being-closed by
the government as part of a
sell-off ‘ of Crown © cor-
porations and agencies,

. Ferguson, 53, said two of |
the farm’s employees have

‘more than 25 years of

service and will lose their -
right to early retirement
benefits — including ac-
cumulated unused sick time
— if they can't work out
their careers in the civil
service. - :

*,. ‘psychiatric .
, Institution for mare. than 80

years of service with the -
government next April. A
herdsman at Colony Farm,

‘Dow sald goveranient of-
‘ficials “didn’t sound too ."[..
optimistic”: about - finding ~

; him another job,

. George Ypma was laid off:
" from his job at.the Abbol-
sford poultry testing station
alter two": years there and |
five at Colony Farm. The
other two laid-off workers at
the station had 17 years and

five years ‘of seniority, .

Ypma said,
“Iwon't get a pension and
I'm 58," said Ypma. “You
have to work 10 years | te get

x

‘..- responsible shared resource utilization
_ of the water tights originally allocated to
‘s the company in the 1950s.

In addition, the company believes that the

- economic and social merits of the proposal
will speak for themselves, and can be judged
“ objectively through public hearings.

-- As we have stated before, if the Kemano
_Completion Project was judged not to be in
. the public interest, Alean would not build it.

Bill Dow,. 48, “paid he

would have reached 26 A pension.” oe

Woman raped.

OTTAWA (CP) _- An 62-year-old woman was raped in her “ cher” as

apartment Tuesday by & man belleved to be in his early 208,
Ottawa Police Inspector Dan McFaul said police hope the
woman can provide detectives with a better description of
her attacker later today. |
‘ “We're having difficulty speaking to her (after) what she.
went through,” McFaul said ‘Tuesday,
She wasn’t seriously Injured but doctors decided to. keep

‘her in Ottawa Civic Hospital’ overnight for observation, ©"

McFaul said the’ ‘wonian," returning to her highrise’

apartment in the centre of town about 5 p.m, aftér shopping, -

got off the elevator and noticed a young man in the hallway,
The man suddenly-struck her from behind, pushed her |

into the apartment ahd sexually adsauited her..

"She wasn't robbed,” he said.

_ Bill Rich
Vice President for
’ British Columbia

» ffyou have a question, or would like

please contact Alcan at:

Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd
‘ 201-370 City Centre
Kitimat, B.C. V8C 1T6 .

- Alcani in.
British Columbia

_ to know more about Kemano Complcton,

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