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““yeven-point:
eonservation program ata..
. meeting in, Vancouver: “April
bafter Acting Fisheries and

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Fishermen wait for LeBlanc ~

By MICHAEL HOWLETT ”

Herald Staff Writer
All that Is left ‘is for
Risheries Minister ‘Romeo
Leblanc to: anxiounce_ the

aeceptaiwe of a séven-point
' proposal worked out by the

Sports Fisheries Advisory
Board for those proposals ta

replace the conservatign -

meanures announced by
Fisheries arid Oceans Feb.

i: oa. sports ~ ‘fishing - in
British Columbia. - . ~

‘the’
‘chinook

“The beard ace

Oceans’ Pacific Region

- Director. Wayne Shinners’
_ and his staff had approved,
the recommendations. The’

_Feb. 11 measures had been
almed at increasing the

[ ~ numbers’ of: chinooks, ~

: _ epectally. ‘bn, the, Fraser

inal “-progesim was

intended ‘to ‘increase ‘the ©

annual” eveapement by

: adhering to their proposals, .

- a 60 percent reduction of

*s 8j000 chinook: salman. ‘By’ ‘difficulties have’ -béen
encountered.. legally

the’ “advisory: board - feels defining . such fishing”.

‘that'as many a8 17,000 fish ¥ ‘eqjitiprnent. The 90 fish bag ”

limit also has “some:

_- technical “problems and

: : 1,» Remains, very tentative at
The proposed program his point.’

includes: an immediate 18 ~~ ;
inch minimum size limit on “The ‘seven-point program
_ waa developed hy the Sports

chinook salmon; spot |
closures on juvenile chinook ~ Fisheries | Advisory: ‘Board .
-aiter.;a moratorium wes -

‘populations ‘in sub-areas |
where conservation " imposed ° on: sports fishing

‘measures are. deemed - regulations introduced Feb. |

necessary: acontinuation of . a i ‘to.a large” ‘Public:
the-triangle ‘closure of the "Sporté ; fishermen .
mouth of the Fraser River; md not been. ‘warned of

can be added -to’ the.
‘eacapement,”.-

- the’ winter :daily -bag-limit. .
from four chinooks to. two - - advisory -.: board © and
ffom Dec. 1 to Mar. Sieach | ‘Fisheries. and’ Oceans -
year; a seasori bag-limit of - “meetings, ~ which: ‘then

30: chinooks: ‘no meat or eéught the industry by”

hardlines, but downriggers . purprise. Co-operation, wo8
permitted ’ with “quick: ‘the keynote this time and ©

release; : river. mouth: », advisory’ board ‘spokeamen,
closures to’ conserve. adult: “expect the program’ to'be:.
‘spawning chitiopk, ‘Salmon, ‘adopted for a «five year

‘jmipending “clodures and -
limitations ‘ata: Nov.

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The hoard has also urged
the ministry to. implement" -
several © recommendations _
“concurrently . with the »
“conservation “program.

‘program: damoastrating
~salmon identification and
handling and. release |
. techniques: an immediate -
‘enhancement program . on: ©
wild chinook ‘stocks in ‘the ©
Fraser. and other ‘Gulf of
. Georgia rivera; increased
“dialogue with the provineial -
government: over. ‘habitat

violation“ _-fibheries
regulations; | *cedtructurieg. IPs
"of the Felationship. between ©
theDepartmerit of Fisheries
and Oceang-: and ‘the. ”
International. “Pacific.”
‘Salmon Commission to’
work! towards - the.
- conservation did protection

_ requirements needed for the

Some problems:exist with.
.downrigger’ “rules a8.

period; barring any sudden
: gactpemyent arene ,

Fraser River: ‘chinook.

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- Friday, April 10,181

Shuttle postponed 48 hours.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) —

- The long"

awalted test flight of the U.S.: rocketship Columbia .
was scrubbed for at least two days today when a-

- computer malfunction occurred as two astronauts
; waited in the cockpit for their release tofly. wo,
_ __, ,Siateen: minutes, before the ‘space atitte's

"We are stopping the clock,” space agency

Hugh Harris said at 9:59 a.m. EST
three howrs after the scheduled launch time. ' -
'+We'esending out a crew to open the hatch of the

“ebiter abd tale the astronauts out to thelr erew .

*  giiaytily,” Maria ai.

ee! ii pad tbe past lino bet

 - ama, WST Sunday.
- The:

ement had to.be a severe disap -

7 pointment to pllots John Young and Rebert Crippen,
«Aaa ‘to the many: other employees of the National

* gpronautics and Space Administration who shad \* .
_ bored through two years’ delay [n development of :

“the shuttle.’

~The Columbia was to make the first USS. mand: :

“ space flight in alx years; the mission called: for 36
orbits around the earth ina delta-winged rocketship
that is the first designed for reflyable tise in space.

On a béautiful, sunny day, an estimated half-

million viewers, artived befor - -dawn to see the
launch. They moved into long and dejected traffic
. jams when the order to scrub was announced.
" A-Space’ agency computer “expert, patched
” through to the spacecralt, told the astronauts: “The
. probability that it will clear up is not really that.

"great: it might be that it will, fut we're nok overly .

confident.’”: code

‘ "Attempts to duplicate the problein ia shuttle,

ee

é ‘Stew rae a:
_ went into théir craft‘at 4:20 a.m. | OO on
sO Columbla's countdown to launch was piobeeding
smoothly early this* morning “when -Crippen and.
Young ndticed a -warning. light “aglow bignifying
trouble with fuel cell No. 3. ae

“ stonudator in’ Houston; ‘Teac. were” tmsuccessful.
“Meanwhile, the astronsuts were seated, horizontal,
Sheps seats for almost six ‘hours — - BB,
- eh al thi : NASA

That was quickly resolved, and ao suden the

_* back-ip computer, fifth of five braits that actually -
_ control the spacecraft, booke down. - a

“The backup. computer. is Hof- communicating
; properly withthe other four,” Harris reported rom oo

. the control centre.

“An ‘element of facism” - PM

orriwa (cP). ; There
was “ao. element of
fasciam” in tactics used by
the Progressive. Con-
servatives to prevent
parilamentary debate. on
federal constitutional
; , Prime Minister
Trudeay said today.

The Conservative MPs -
were not just prolonging a -

actually -

‘debate, but
preventing a debate from
taking place, Trudeau told «
news conference,

“Hopefully, It wi net be:
done again.”

Fir’ teveral days, Con-

*. servative . MPs prevented
. the Commons Speaker from
resuinalng

‘debate on the

‘ Liberal constitutional
shy raising ends

‘order = and —

“questioa. privilege, -
The Tory; taction were:
ended. when the. three»

parties inthe Commons -

‘agreed to delay. the final~
vote.on the constitutional

~ package until “after.-a

Supreme Court of ‘Canada
Faling on the legalty of the
Proposals. .

-devanting’ tool: ° arid a
dangerous ‘precedent. The
reault was a. shift of the
balance of power within the

Commons to the Speaker,

away from the government,
he sald.

. Some government of.

ficiats belleve that only the
Speaker had the ‘power to

"Leader Walter

ame,

consi, ‘wirybody | ty's on
edge." Woo

Convervaitve. House
‘Daker, who
inanaged the filibuster over
the constitistion, said “there

is.a sense of relief in.
- > following ‘presentation of 8

Parllament, certainly.” ”

Stanley Knowles, the 72-

yearold New Democratic

B.. (BAP).
- if. BAP, coupled with the fact :
.. that! mt Bighe ineldence.. of

g --othér. 6

s

Plant mariager Dave Mortimer second from lett outlines Alcan’ Ss position

- BY BECKY RAGLON’.
: Herald Blaft Writer .
Two University: ‘of British -

“Columbia doctors: have

- found that potroom workers

at the” Alcan: ‘plant in
my Kitimat have an_incréased
r frequency of respiratory .,

symptoms and suffer. from

A. chronic bronchitis. -

_ Dr. Moira Yeung and Dr.
Stefan Grzybowaki released

their findings from a‘ study oo
. @arried. out in Oct. 1979 to
1980 in a’ press:

June, .
conference Thureday, |

Potline workers are also.
exposed to a number of

pollutants including ‘carbon

:- and alumina dust, fluorides, ..

carbon monexide, sulphur
‘dioxide ;and benz-a-pyrene .
The “presence ’ ‘of

* ptuitles: fron
melters "ied" the |
- authors .of the “otuly -to -
» recommend an: ‘intensified .
© cancer. sereenting . program —
at, the plant. Included

7 among thelr sugges ‘tions

were. -Fegular ‘sputum

_, examinations, chest 3 L-Tays |.
7 and blood, teats. for. workers.

: The. “doctors also. .

- penomniedded that” major.
-, efforts be ‘made to reduce |

. pi -contamination* 00. fhe, .

~earried out . with. the

potlined, -
~The study - ‘whieh was

cooperation of _ Alcan, the
Canadian. Association ‘ok
Smelter and Allled Workers
(CASAW) and the Workers’
Compensation, Board
involved 2,078 Alean
employees and . was
requested by the WCB

1978-71 study of the effects

‘end the Conservative
_ prudeau Was ‘asked if he — delaying tactics by forcing a
“weld ty to stmnge pat resumption of the debate,
rules 80 auch a-

y cud never happen’ Few Cansdians. realize
* dgain:: He
: hesitatingly that if such . filbuster staged’ by’ the

answered | - what the ‘atress.a two-week

tactics were employed . Progressive . Conservatives

again, Parllament itself , meant to MPs, Tory Whip

may want A) change |ts - Bill ‘Kempling said in an
interview.

. rules.

‘The prime minister “The House operates on
Gescribed the Tory methods tacit agreements and
— ot peeveoling. debate as 6 ~ when you Interrupt that

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Party House ‘leader, said coataminants, “
s|mply that .he was
exhausted.

“The. filibuster: formally
ended ‘Wednesday vith: an
agreement t6 wrap wip thé
constitutional debate ia five
Tore days...”

On Thursday, - Liberal
House Leader ¥von ‘Pinard
announced a. four-day j

. Easter weekend and a | o’
~longer-thanit istial Spring - ie
break. .

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~The resulis of that ‘study! ©
“were. considered. to be
incoticlusive by the experts
who were asked to review it

by the WCB. .

Dr. WS.

asslatant: :

“the findings of the two"

reports were attributed to
the particigation rate. 1,200:
_ gut of 1,000 workers were
- Invelved I the: earlier.

here wi were. no ‘definite
‘cases of skeletal fluorosis

_ reported by the two doctors.
* Classical Skelatal Fluotosis
‘was described, by Yeung as
showing - 4p increased
density in bones,
cakification of ligaments,

- and an outgrowth on bones.

However, 4 potline workers
who were employed for aver
i0 years on ‘the poilines
showed some X-ray changes

, found in’ skeletal fluorosis
but: the ineonsistency

among radiologists
prevented the doctors from
» eawing any conclusions.

“ Whitehead, . ‘
director for
7 medical services -with the”
WCB paid: ‘Thureday: tat it

the pew atady and'bald that .
the” board . would: be»

. building -

examination ‘at.’ five. year

“where -
electrolytic - pols are
dismantled. Workers. were
found to. be exposed | to
welding * fumes above: the :

permissible level. While so .
~ excess: of
symptoms: were ‘found? as’

respixa tory”

compared : ‘to the’ control |
group, It was reconimended
that the quality of aiz in the
building be improved. “
The scope of the ‘study.

“was not such that it could

provide sufficient data to
determine -possible
carcinogenic effects. of the

work environment, but the’

doctors expressed interest -
in carrying out a study: of
deceased ‘employees. of,
Alcan.

“CASAW’ | occupational
health committee sald bes oe

“they did Say that. Blood:
and urine {es teste _nuggested :
that the fluoride. content: af
the “bones: of” botlight:

“the. tad ‘are. eon .

“Tt alsa; said that workers.

* dyes fo poDutants should o
be: gives. a: ‘shorter. work

waits: all “Alean: workers

:,, penatoned alter 25 years’ of
' work,

“Union, | “president Harold -
Taylor. also suggested that =
the WCB should set a time
limit for Alcan. to, clean up
the, ‘plant dnd ‘that the
company should be fined for

every non-compliance.
Taylor said he hoped the
“report would “bring a, lot of
_ Enings « Gut in the open” but
“ope added that: “angi wi

working with less tan a full

‘Mean works: ‘mianager

- Dave’ Mortimer’ said: the

atudy confirms. ‘the need’ to
‘continue ©: “modernization
programs. in, the potrooms .
and. to ‘improve ° working
“techniques and. fume
‘removal ' systems - ‘in the
- welding area.’ roe

Alcan ~ is spending | r)
‘million to’ improve roof
ventilation in “the potlines,
and in Jute when a new
Japanese ~ process
technology is in place it's
expected that tar and
fluoride emissions will be
significantly reduced,

In “the -
Mortimer said that
mandatory ‘use;of face
.Toiisks, reapiratore and
other protective equipment
" peituces: workers’ exposure
to. well. below “uhresbold
unit t valge. Moe

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