517. 7 ~" AUTOMOBILES 1965 Chevrolet Impala 283 automatic. Excellent ning condition. Must be sold this week, $550 OBO. 438- 6998, leave message. (p3- MD): ‘58. MOBILE... HOMES Mobile Home for Sale. 1974 12x68’, 3 bedrooms, laundry room, and storage shed, Phone 639-8202 after 4:30 pm, (p-15D) | MOBILE HOMES |New mobile ina Ifrom as law as $100, down. O.A,C. Set up and delivered, trades welcome. Phone collect 5914 5105. ict) Ce 60. TENDERS. Mirnatry of Foraat | Provan of Dries Coknate TIMBER SALE LICENCE A 10732 A PUBLIC AUCTION will be held by the Regional Manager at Prince Rupert, B.C,, at 11:00 a.m, or as soon as possible thereafter, on February 2, 1979, for the se of Licence A 10792, : to authorize the harvesting. of not more than 102,600m":" of timber each year for a one’ (1) year period. Cutting permits to be: issued under authority of this licence will authorize cutting on an area situated in the vicinity of Dyne Lake, - Cassiar Land District, within the Skeena PSYU in ac- cordance with a develop: ’ ment plan to be submitted by the successful tenderer. To be eligible to submit bids and have those bids -considered a tenderer must have an allocated annual volume in the Skeena PSYU available for application to this licence of not jess than the annual harvest volume authorized by this licence. Furthermore; an,. eligible tenderer” must” ‘be >. the operator of a wood- processing plant with barking and chipping facilities utilizing logs to a 4- inch top diameter, Each eligible tenderer will be required to submit proof that the timber to be authorized for cutting is required as a supply to keep his wood- proceesing plant operating to the capacity approved by the Licensor, - Anyone who is unable to attend the auction in person may submit a sealed tender, to be opened at the hour of auction and treated as one id. Particulars may be ob- tained from the Forest Ranger, Box 215, Hazelton, B.C. Vas 1Y0; the Regional Manager, Market Place, Tun | NEWS IN BRIEF agriculture, | VICTORIA (CP) — British Columbia farmers have done better selling their produce from roadside stands than M3 through marketing boards, Bays a report -released Monday by the legislature's standing committee on The report shows 17 per cent of all B.C: fruit and vegetables sales in 1976, the latest ‘statistics - available, were made through the stands. . . The report was the latest in a series of discussion papers produced by the committee's research staff. The committee report was scheduled to be presented to Wiretaps VICTORIA (CP) — An RCMP report says police use of electronic surveillance was up slightly in British Columbia in 1877. It says 82 police ap- | plications to use electronic listening devices were granted in 1977, compared to — 72 in 1976 and 69 in 1975. SA the legislature in the spring session. It suggests the govern- ment give assistance to developing and expanding roadside stands to other areas of the province such as Vancouver Island, the central Interior, the Cariboo and Peace River areas, . Other recommendations include extending farm income assurance to cover direct sales to the stands, financlal assistance for their operators and portable roadside stands staffed by students. “The committee staff also suggests an investigation of _ marketing board practices. oy increase Information acquired in wiretaps and buggings was _ used ag evidence in 27 erlminal proceedings last year. The figures were con- tained in the RCMP"'s annual report on the protection of ‘privacy provisions of the Students demonstrate COMOX, B.C. (CP) — About 50 students from staged a peaceful demon- stration today: outside the school to protest bus se vice to the new high school. ; Spokesmen for the demonstrators said they wanted more buses made available to students and improved lighting along sidestreets near the school, The school in this Van- scouver Island community Highland Senior Secondary. ~ north of Nanaimo opened Nov. 16 and haa about 460 students. Classes went on as usual during the demon- stration. School board represen- tatives talked to the demonstrators, who began their protest about §:20 a.m. by carrying placards infront of the school. Labor slams changes { OTTAWA (CP) — A government explanation of proposed changes. to the public service bargaining system, circulated to all public servants, has been. blasted by the Canadian Labor Congress (CLC) as “a misleading waste of tax- payers money.” Shirley ‘Carr, executive vicepresident of the congress, said Monday the federal government. misrepresented its proposed Bill C-22 and. cirtumvéntéd normal channels of com- ‘Lottery profitable TORONTO (CP) — On- tario made a profit of $100 — million on Wintario and Provincial lotteries in the fiscal 1977-73, A statement from Reuben Baetz, minister of culture and recreation, said $71. million has been turned over from Wintario for use in sports, fitness, cultural and recreational activities. He said more than §2¢ million was made available for health and health-related research from Provincial Prince Rupert, B.C. VaJ 1B9, “Profits or the Chief Forester, Legistative Buildings, Victoria. (a- D5, 12,19,27,02,9,16,23) PeArTS | rd {FACTS | & FIGURES § 1294567990119 E567 09 C1254 Candy is dandy, but we aren't eating any more of it— or sugar—than we did 60 years ago. In 1927, the average American consumed about 100 pounds of sugar (sucrose) per year, and just under 15 pounds of candy. Last year, each of us ate 95.7 pounda of sugar, and 15.4 pounds of candy. And the 50-year aver- age has stayed in that range. Actually, we don’t even eat that much! These figures from the U.S.D.A. are based on how much sugar dieappears after it's produced. About 20 of every 100 pounds aren't actually eaten, but are used for non-food industrial pur- poses, are loat or wasted, or spoil before we. ‘ For anyone worried about diet—the candy we eat repre- sents only 1% of the total : 1,500 to 1,600 pounds of food eaten by the average American each year, Our sugar intake is about 6% of that, or 17% of our total caloric con- sumption, which is consid: ered safe and acceptable by moat authorities. : Thereport says one person | in four in Ontario has been a wimer. A poll has shown that 85 per cent of Ontario households play. . Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia also participate in the Provincial lottery, through which 34 new millionaires were decla Hostages seized TEL AVIV (Reuter) — A group of armed men seized the West German cultural centre here Monday night and took a number of hostages, Israeli police announced, Y Police sald the group is headed by Andrei Koleynski, an Israeli artist who was one of two gunmen who locked themselves inside the West German Embassy in Tel Aviv in April last year, That protest, which ended peacefully, was against what the. men said was lenient treatment of former Nazis by West German courts, Only safe ‘for some OTTAWA (CP) — There were 41 traffic deaths across the country during this year's Safe Driving Week Dec, 1-7, the lowest total introduced 22 years ago. The Canada Safety Council gaid in a statement Monday the previous low was 43 fatalities in 1958, Last year there were 45 deaths. munication, between the umseren federal. publi pr -federal public servants. . The bill to amend the Public Service Staff Relations Act, now before Parliament, would instruct arbitrators and recommend to conciliators that they compare total public service wages and e benefits with those earned by similar groups in the private sector when determining public service compensation. — . q WINNIPEG (CP) — A controversial power plan endorsed a decade ago by a Progressive Conservative government was _ ripped apart Monday at an inquiry into Manitoba Hydro. Hydro chairman Leonard Bateman testified that the plan for a “high-level’’ diversion of the Churchill River into the lower Nelson River was I3ter shown to be impractical. Under cross-examination by inquiry counsel Richard Scott, Bateman gaid Hydro decided in 1968 to proceed with the plan even though little study had been made of ita enviromental impact. Scott described the plan as" ‘a disaster that would likely have flooded several nor- ‘thern Manitoba communities ‘and caused widespread ‘damage to resources and wildlife. Bateman sald Scott seemed to be overstating the case, but he agreed that.he didn't realize the enormous problema that would have arisen. “From the vantage polnt of 1968 and 1969, I was convinced that it would have ‘been workable.” The high-level diversion plan was proposed by Hydro in April, 1968, a5 a way of securing additional water for generating plants to be built along the lower -Nelson River. The Conservative government of Premier Walter Weir endorsed the ae arto the legal tlon e ure in the spring of 1069. The bill died when the legislature was dissolved for a general election, but the uproar it created helped the New Democratic Party win an upset victory. - Later that same year, the NDP scaled down the diversion to a “low-level” plan and decided touse Lake tgag innipeg as a reservoir for storing any additional water needed Monday’s session was the first since the inquiry began public hearings last month to deal at any length with the power policies of the former Conservative government. | Most of the testimony to date has dealt with Hydro’s alleged shortcomings under the NDP. Bateman was read at systems planning for Itydro during the helght of the political dispute over the _ Arabs seek oil firm ST, JOHN'S, Nfld, (CP) — An idle oil refinery at Came by Chance, Nild., will be back in production by late 1930 if First Arablan Corp. S.A. of Luxenbourg succeeds - in obtaining ownership, the company’s chief executive officer said Monday. Roger Tamraz, chairman of First Arabian, said the company is awaiting decisions by the Newfoun- dland Supreme Court and Canada’s Foreign = In- vestment Review Agency (FIRA) on its bid to pur- chase the bankrupt 100,000- barrel-aday plant on Placentia Bay, 160 kilometres west £ St. John’s. Tamraz told a news conference that receivers Peat, Marwick and Co, of Toronto and the British government's Expapt Credits Guarantee Depart: ment (ECGD), backer of the refinery’s first mortgagé, of $110 million, have accepted First Arablan's letter’ of intent. at Tamrat, in St. John’s with some of his officials to meet Premier Frank Moores and other members of the New- foundland government which holds a second mor- e of $35 million, sald First Arabian's financial credentials had been checked by Peat, Marwick and the ECGD. Industrialist John M. Shaheen of New York, who‘ built the refinery and then lost contro] when it’ was deélared “bankrupt: © WANTED MANITOBA TORIES — Take beating on plan Churchill River diversion. He admitted Monday that no alternatives to high-level diversion had really beet studied and that entlal problemas really hadn't been identified before 1969. The Herald, Tuesday, December 12, 1978, Page 13 He alao said that the Crown corporation decided to call for tenders that year even through Hydro didn’t have a license to proceed with the project and designs for all the various engi- POLICE NEWS neering works were not yet complete. The tenders were later cancelled by the NDP government, Scott suggested that the shortcomings of the high- level diversion would have been obvieus had the ad- ditional studies = rec- ommended by outside consultants been done at the time. Bateman said the idea was to make a decision on the project first, then to study potential problems and ' Cari Almon, of 20 Littl Wedeene St. in Kitimat, was charged Sunday with driving too fast for road con: ditions after he was involved in a single vehicle accident | at 1:05 a.m. on Dec, £0. The truck, driven by Almon, went into the guard rail at the Haisla Bridge. Total estimated damage is $700, The Canadian Flag at the Kitimat federal building was atolen overnight on Dec, 10. Christopher Brouse, of 280 Omenica St., was charged under the motor vehicle act after his 1977 Volkswagon Rabo collided 5 with a 1972 J opera y Paavo Manninen, of 65 Konigus St. The accident occurred at the Haisla-Kuldo intersection about 11:15 p.m, on Dec, 10. St., reported at 2:15 p,m. on Dec, 10 that someone slashed the tires of his. car while it was parked in his driveway overnight, Paul Low, of J-24 Visla Village Trailor Court, reported on Dec, 9 at 12 noca that a cassette tape deck was stolen from his vehicle while it was parked overnight in his driveway. .. A 36-year-old Kitimat man was charged with impaired driving as a result of an RCMP motor vehicle check at 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 8. Police released on names. road at the “Halsta Bridge and hit the guard rail t 7 p.m. on CARRIERS | ~ for the 2800 Block Hall, Evergreen, Kalum, Keefer & Cramer Also Kofoed Drive Hemlock and Dogwood Thornhill Street in Thornhill. 636-6357 since the special week was | vehicle when an oncoming vehicle, owned by Chop Suey Ktichens, crossed over into her lane. There was an estimated $2,500 damage to the Chop Suey Kitchens vehicle. charges have been laid. finally to look for solutions. Bateman has been chairman of Hydro since the end of 1972— after moat of. ‘the major policy decisions about northern power development had already Hawkins Jost control of the en. \ His testimony to the Police said no inquiry is lo contlme today. DECISION Ottawa, November 30, 1978 Pursuant to Publie Notice CRTC 1978-172 dated November 20, 1976, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecom- munications Commission announces the following decision effective forthwith. Decision CRTC 78-719 HOPE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - 78205600 Hope Cable Television Lid. MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA - 782035500 Merritt Cablevision Ltd. PENTICTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA - 782083000 Penticton Cable TV Ltd. KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA - 782032200 Kelowna Cable TV Ltd. VERNON, BRITISH COLUMBIA - 782684800 Vercom Cable Services Ltd. : KAMLOOPS, BRITISH COLUMBIA - 782034800 _ Vercom Cable Services Ltd. KAMLOOPS, BRITISH COLUMBIA - 782081400 Malnline Cablevision of Kamloops Ltd. . . PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - 762077200 QUESNEL, BRITISH COLUMBIA - 782078000, WIL ‘LARE. BRITISH COLUMBIA - ‘782079800 100 MILE HOUSE, BIXITISH COLUMBIA - 782080600 Central Interior CableVision Lid. TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - 782074000 KITIMAT, BRITISH COLUMBIA - 782075600 PRINCE RUPERT, BRITISH COLUMBIA - 782076400 Skeena Broadcasters Ltd. . . Applications to amend their cable television broadcasting licences for the above locations to replace temporarily the reception and distribution of KCTS-TV channel 9 Seattle (PBS) for the 20% hour period commencing 8:30 P.M. Saturday December 2, 1978 and ending at 5:00 P.M. Sunday, December 3, 1978, with the British Columbia Lions Society for Crippled Children Timmy's Christmas Telethon originating from the studios of Western Ap- proaches Ltd., Vancouver. The channels which are presently authorized for the distribution of KCTS-TV and which would be used for the temporary distribution of the special telethon programming material are as follows: . Location Channel = : E weoeeveccenia Decision: APPROVED The Commission has considered the licensees’ ap- pilcations for the temporary replacement of the KCTS-TV Seattle signal with the Telethon programming originating at the studlos of CKVU-TV Vancouver for the duration of the Telethon. Taking into considertion the charitable of the Telethon and the important concerns raised the interveners, the Commission APPROVES these applications, without precedent, subject to the following conditions: . 1. This authority covers the 20% hour period applied for, commencing 6:30 P.M, Saturday, December 2 and ending 5:00 P.M. Sunday, December 3, 1978; 2, The Telethon programming shall carry no commercial advertising; 3, No programming other than the special Telethon programming shall be permitted under this authority. The broadcaster's identification logo is not to be inverted into the microwave syatern for distribution to the various interior cable television systema, except as it appears as pert of slide or other background material, prepared especially for the Telethon. The Commission notes with concern that plans for this program have been underway for some time but it only received theee applications on November 3, 1978. J,G, Patenaude Acting Secretary General Canadian Radio-television Consell de ta radiedifiuston and Telecommaunications #1 des télécommunications Commission canadiennes NN