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The Terrace-Kitimat Daily ‘Herald Newspaper Is politically independent and a member of the Sritish Columbia Press Council, Readers view . - ps . by NORMAN LARUR The Department of Indian Affairs stated objective is to : undertake a directional plan for assisting Indian people to : improve their economic, political and Social conditions. > Someone ought to. . According to recently compiled 1981 Census data, native : families in Canada survive on one-third less income than = their non-native counterparts. The average native family : : earned $18,124 compared to the average non-native family . : income of $26,922, However, there was an even gréater © disparity among single parent native families. These : subsist on just $8 per cent of the income of non-native single + parent families. Their average annual i income was $9,074 | - : : compared to $15,673 for the non-natives. The unpublished data - the most detailed ‘census — ‘ examination of native people ever done - says that “the : level of native education and the size and con : housing fall so far’ below the non-native population one has : to look to 1951 ‘and 1961 to find a time when the rest ‘of : : Canada lived in similar circumstances.” - - _ Native people quit school earlier. and many live. in ferowded housing thet is often In need of major’ repairs,.In “fact, its been about 30 years since therest of the country} ‘hab. vs “lived i in as cramped quarters as natiye people do now. : : At the other end of the scale, more: than 37 per cent.of. native people had a grade 8 education or less in 1981, This ~ . ‘compares unfavorably to the 20 per cent of. non-native . peaple 15 or older whe had less than a grade 9 education. Research projects are already under way which inclides “a study of the use of native languagesand an index of native. ‘housing to identify areas with the worst housing conditions. “This is the first time we've had such an extensive data: base for native people” says Gordon Priest, director of . Statistics Canada’s Housing, Family and Social Division. . WASHINGTON (AP) — After months.of delay, the U.S, ‘Air Force is ready to test its new satellite killer —-a weapon , launched from a fighter jet which hunts down and explodes -objects in space. The Pentagon says it needs the weapon to keep pace with the Soviets, but arms control advocates fear it will lead loa | new weapons race. . The U.S. anti-satellite weapon will be fired from under a high-flying F-15 jet and the first two slages of the three- stage weapon will be ignited, but no warhead will be ex ploded, said officials who declined (o he identified. ’ The test has been scheduled since last summer but was postponed because of operational problenis which appear lo have been solved, the officials said. ; In later tesis, the weapon will be fired against high- altitude balloons, The Soviet Union and the United States rely heavily un satellites for communications and reconnaissance, par: ticularly in syslems designed to warn Against nuclear al- . tack. STIRS CONTROVERSY : The U.S. anti-salellite system, designed to be’ operating expensive new round of weapons ¢ampetition by the two - superpowers, Last year, as it approved the Pentagon’ 5 budget authorization bill, Congress banned all tests “against. ob- jects in space” until the White House tried lo négoliate a ban of such weapons with the Soviet Union. Bui (he Pen- tagon has interpreted the language to allow the first round of flight tests, Soviet President Yuri Andropov. called last year for . negotiations to limit the weapons. While the United States officially said it would study any. Serious Soviet proposal, U.S. officials have cautioned that such a treaty would be diffieull to verify and there are no current negotiations under way. _ The $4-billion U.S. system uses a five-metre, three-stage rocket slung beneath an F-15, the lop air furce- fighter, that fires it from about 19,290 metres. The rocket then’bunts down its targel and explodes il. ne LESS EFFECTIVE” The Soviets have an anti-satellite weapon whi Fen- - goes into low orbit, iiianeeuvres near its target, explodes, destroying both itself and the target, Pentagon . Ooffielals sald. About half of the 26 tests the Soviels have. conducted since 1968 have been suctessful, published figures show, " The Soviet system, satd Penlagon officials who declined to be named, is relatively cumbersome, since Ihe time It lakes to prepare and launch it allows for ubservation by US, satelliles, a ae ‘ _ tolal credit extended ‘ta’ ' million U.S., an "insignificant" part of ihe bank's bu ines. ” “gut ‘the prospect of belter ition of their — A proposal: b ‘Church ‘greups hat lhe Bik Montreal ‘divulge more information on ils lending to South Africa was rejected by. shareholders at the bank’ 3. s-annual mieeting in. Montreal on Monday. . pi uth “Africa iti sa a6. $5957. “We abhor the oppression of human right ha form,” Mulholland said, adding thé bank makes iis lending | ‘called. on the bank to provide information in the: nexi. ampal ; ‘report on policy criteria thal guide the. bank: 8. séspinse. lar — ‘South African loan requests and i a report of all ‘oan: ade : The talks . have: “nol “resumed ‘since ® ‘the’ Soviets walked out late Aast “J WASHINGTON (AP). - As President Reagan holds .US.-Soviet relations in the because. of. coming year, his critics say deployment. i u S. niissile he’s - ‘offering too Little too components: ? Western . late, Europe as ant of NATO's The president was to meet weapons. - modernization today ‘with. Paul.Nitze, his program, ; - negotiator at (he medium- Reagan's. speech range» missile talks state-. in Geneva. relations: : Anerican. _ of the Soy ets and: warnings = relations, ote South: Africa:. ry’ ss ‘system cof apartheid, or institutionalized Facial : “ signlifeant. cree in: i a for the eorrent tiseal year; aNhough its domestic Joan, business has beén sluggist in the first qiarler and margins on foreign toans I. ave been : decisions with a sense of social JTesponsibility. apd’ ‘avoids “tj . bee policies and actions that: are ‘morally, unacceptable.. fr "...- The motion, submitted- -by a coalition. of ch ure Gevelopiiient. -\ Monday," , a ate retail ‘gales, , orice adjusted for seasonal: variglions, lo ember). the” largest monthly fell ‘bys per. cent’: decline: isinice. April, wi : second largest ~déclin Reagan’ s critics not im pressed : directed al three audiences : ‘Voters, ‘the *. “and would | damage -cilizens’ of Europe: and thie * “political standing. in . this Saviel leadership, "2". election “year. They were ” Following: a° string ‘of ‘also... concerned: that. : presidential denuncjations - heightened. the opposition fu ‘deploying: new* -niuclear- tipped, inissiles. i” “TOUGH: TALK GONE - about -*+"-delerioraling ¢ “.Reaganis, ad-, visers were. concerned thal’: : Ihe ey ies;would: lead oe The-lough talk of the last - voters le fear that Resgan’ 3 ‘three - years disappeared pf Mt "0c Monday: Instead, Reagan’ f nN Soviets attack Reagan speech MOSCOW (AP) _ The Soviel Union ‘has scorned President Reagan's foreign policy speech as rehashed election year rhetoric that-doesn’ t change his stand on U. 5. . nuclear mighl. - |. - Ina dispatch Monday, the official Tass news agency . indicated the Soviets demand that the United States make 7 concrete concessions on nuclear arms control... ‘Judging:by its content, the speech was first of all of: a. don't agree. with it." propaganda’ nature," Tass said of the speech Reagari made Monday. ‘Behind the loquacious rhetoric about adherence | 1o limiting the arms-race and love of peace was, in effect, - the known position. of the United Stales administration.’ “The speech : ‘does. nol contain any new ideas or con- structive proposals: ‘that would indicale.a readiness of the United States to abandon its course of: acquiring doniinant .. , positions in. the world:and: first of all-in the military, . Tespecl,”” :. a, mo _ by 1987, has become more controversial in recent months'as -. ye . ” a oS arms control advocates argue that it may touch off an. BREAK IMAGE “Reagan's advisers said the speech was to break. down the . image of the president as “warlike.” They Admiited there. - ‘were worries that a negative perception of US,-Soviet. relations could hurt -his popularity in.this election-year. Inhis speech, Reagan called. 1994 “a year. ‘of opportunities . for peace” and challenged: Moscow to revive nuclear arms “contral talks. . " Recent Soviet commentaries. have said Moscow wants Washington and its NATO allies {to halt the deployment of 572.U.S: nuclear missiles in western Europe and to remove. those missilés already in place... NATO says the, missiles are: to counter Soviet $8-20 missiles; bul Moscow contends the, NATO missiles were . deployed lo tip the nuclear balance in favor of the West. After deployment of the NATO arsenal begain in Noven- ber, the Sovieta broke off the talks j in. ‘Geneva on limiting . tclear arms in Europe. In Bonn; the West German. government urged Moscow lo" - consider Reagan’ ‘5s, message. APPEALS TO’ MOSCOW, oat “The feileral goverment appeals to the Soviet ‘Union not lo reject the serious. offer. of an extensive- dialogue,’ Juergen Sudhoff, a ‘apokeshian of the Borin government): said Monday. : Wesl Germany ‘welcomes Reagan's speec!. as “an ex. pression of Joint weslern preparedness for talks unt co : operation. with the Soviel Union," he sald. ; . Inhis Speech, Reagan “clearly and urgently” described ” the problems thal must’ be solved and took a construvtive position toward them, Sidhoff said.’ , The office of Ialy’s. Premier Betliris Craxi suid he had received iin advanced copy of Reagan's speech. Craxi em- eontoecdnaeotang Phasized ihe peed ty improve East-West relations ‘il ear placed an optimistic tone on | / inthe US; rand beamed, by “Salellite across the Atlantic oa ‘titne for. : newscasts: in Europe. ; : went” ‘so far as-to tell an Soviet “couple and “an. - Anya and Jin and Sally, to illustrate hig contention that. “people don't make wars," ' “ifthe two couples had met _ in a-waiting: roont or rain | shelter, _- the suggested, they would have talked about their hobbies, children, ‘‘and the problems of making ends meet,’ rather than their govern: ments’ differences. . Reagan's - political op. ponents, including several. Democratic presidential - candidates, found muck to criticize. in “the speech, as did the Kremlin. _ Th Lewisthip. Me,, wheg he was’; campaignin Senator’ John Glenn of Chic - said the speech was a good idea but called it “too Jillte too late.” * “The” president has literally been throwing ice with the Soviets for three years and ‘iow wants to make up for all that lost time,”* Glenn said. ; “Reagan said the world is a safer place, but all the evidence points fo just (he: Opposite," “said Colorado Senator Gary Hart. dangerous confrontations are lo be averted, sources al his , ‘office said. . At the office of Britain's prime minister, a eiiokesmiti said Margaret Thatcher didn't plan an immediate, format ; comment on the Reagan speech... *. “That's nol to say we don’t think it (the speech) ¥ was very helpful,” the spokesman said, JSilence doesn't mean” we athe ar’ “ oe Confidence drops _ OTTAWA. (CP) = ‘Busivess confidence: in. ‘the econonly, : has. fallen: ‘forthe second. conseculive. ‘three-month: period, but ‘most Benior execulives stilt: expect. the. recovery to” continue, the. Conference Board of Canada said today. ‘An increased proportion expects improved labor market: conditions, stronger domestic sales. and improved :cor- porate financial positions, lhe board's’ ‘November survey of . about 1 00 senior executives. revealed. . The quarterly: survey of the heads of both small and large’ : companies also showed. they. expect inflation. and labor -. costs toremain stable and an'increased proportion believes. - both prices and wages will’ moderate aver the next ‘i * months: to : * However, the proportion of senior nignageri, thal ex-, pected overall ecoriomic conditions to mprove over the _ next six months féll to 50.6 per cent front 57.2 per cent-in the. third quarter and 69.1 percent in the ‘second quarter of the: year, survey results show. But.only five per cent expect (hat economnie. conditions; | would worsen during the next half-year;: ‘dowh from. a9 per’ : ‘cent in the third’ quarter. Meanwhile,: business confidence | in the: investment: 5 Climate improved during the fourth quarter, although: mosi: executives stil believe it’ 8 a bad linie to invest, ‘the board . ~ Said; wot “Weak mristket’ demand Yemained: the moat important . . fmpediment t ta greéaterinvestirient," it sald..“High interest - Fates hive fallen somewhal i in importance as an investment - obstacle aince the dummmer survey.” One especially promising result of the. survey was that ay’ ’ sneréasing numberof large companies; which account for. + the major share of new investnierit In the country, says now ig a good Lime to invest. '. Inthe latest survey, 34.7 per cenit bay now is a good time to invest, up from 26.4 per cent. A majority, of all the respondents ~- 59.6 per cenl -- saya unemploynient, whiek. is running at 11.1 per cent, will vemali: UCHR" my : i Noveniber because of. the human rights. ‘abuses “s jaherent ‘in- the coun- : sevidence ‘consumers are drawing: '! freely In the spring an " 5 epenvery will slow down without strong consumer ‘spending ° to push it. “«* Economists have ‘ siatiailes -Cariads pa Sales fell 29 per vent, “ant the : . _ U.S, exchanges. ‘Policies might lead-io war * his | ; “Aurora mobile telephones. ~ : i his. address , broadcast live” evening ”. ae Ta tis effort,the president ; imaginary tale ‘about a° ~ American Couple, Ivan and » president | waler on our. relationship |< . Projects must'be started ng ‘auto ‘sales i in n a year-to-year basls, strong au eyed telail sales to. 9.297 billion, up 8. 8 per ‘ gent from November 1982. nin retail ‘gales provides..:fresh The. latest reductio mack fer. spending d summer. It also raises concerns, the However been pointing to the lack of ‘py lsposable income a3.a oe constraint... velopments Monday: , am pre years of regulatory delay, ‘the Toran ‘Futures Exchange — Ontario's first new exchange “since, the Hate 1800s — officially opened amid hopes it will capture: alarge ‘portion: of the futures trading being. done by Canadians on *“. Mobil Oll Canada Ltd. ‘announced its North ‘Dana. 1-43 | well off Newfoundland has been plugged and -abandoned without any significant indication of oil in the structure.,The -only_ interval lested at North Dana, from 4,536 to: 4,548 meties, flowed natural gas at the rate of 955,140 cubic metres a day and condensate al 295 barrels. a. day. Additional planned tests were called off. - because. of mechanical roblems: = "Novatel Communications of Calgary said lL has, signed » & $10-million agreement under which Hyundai. Electronics : Europe, fear of Reagan hes ; " Industries Lid. of South Korea will build and Bell Novatel’ 5 BB —~ Toronto Dominion Bank said Monday more than $8 per cent of its rights issue was-subscribed for by’ ita, common shareholders, earning it almost $239 million: in ‘capital. A bank spokesman said thie rights offering — the, bank’ 8 first since 1974 — raised a total of $238.7 million in, the form of 16, 317, 939 shares. : Letters to the Editor .-. i ey . im the Ealtor, st day Peggy and [ sit at the dining room table; a 3 erent pile of letters botween us, We address these letters’ to -Membera of Parliament. We sign them and we seal them and carry them to the local Post, Office in neat bundles of 50. 1] look-across the table and see this worman bent upon her labor and my mind goes back to a time when she.was involved in.a labor of a quite different sort; the labor of bringing her babies into thia world. ' .. ‘Ttwasa world we believed in then. It wasa world of ‘hope ‘what they wanted for their is and faith, and we held those tiny infants, each in their turn, close to our breasts and our tears of joy fell upon their innocent uptumed faces. We held new life. in our, arms and -itwasa miracle that we shall never forget.- . . Now, with all life on this earth threatened, I see “her - writirig.-Her brow is furrowed and she writes, witha kind of quiet “desperation, for she is deeply troubled, - . The foreshadowing of the. hot winds of nuclear death is 80 close now. All the beauty and hope for the future that was once - hers in her -young-imotherhood may soon end In a world of _ Bearing flesh, bulging, sightless eyes, and the screaming agony.of untold millions trapped. in a fisslonedt hell tha a8 never bitheltmuking. § - “~ “ The stacks of Jetters ara piled around us in this’ lapsed ~ effort of ours. This is something that we can‘ do inthis ' isolated little valley, We can bring our fears to the atteiition of those we have elected to positions of trust. re I reach across the table and place my Handover hers. She ‘Jooks-up and smiles. “Thank you Peggy,” I say ‘to her, * “thank you for these beantiful children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren that you have given to this world, Thank you for your: understanding and for seeing’ .the “ danger clearly, Thank you for the honesty and courage-you have shown and all the work you have done in the Interests of human survival:” Her eyes, so thoughtful just a moment ago now brighten ina simile, “Really dear, you give me too muchrcredit,”’ she ‘saya, “Any mother who has raised a child must feelas 1 do. _ I've had my me on this beautiful earth. ,1 just want to ensure that the ‘children of tomorrow will have the same opportunity,” And with that she reaches for her pen and another envelope and return to her task. Yours sincerely, “G. H. Rutherford, | Hedley, B.C. To the Eiitor, . _ Tonight on my way home froth towri 1 saw four’ ‘very young girls hitchhicking and 1 stopped to find out how: far they were going. 1 was told they wanted to go to Smithers. This was at the weigh scales at 2:30a.m. . I convinced (I hope) them to stay right where ‘they. were under the bright lights as 1 told them it was very dangerous to be on the road at that time of night. 1 rushed home and ’ phoned the RCMP. - They informed me they would send a car out and: check on the Situation. I wondered, why were those kids there, what: ‘of the parents. And pondered the possibilities of them fall ng into : a-very bad situation. an Considering all 1 have seen in the last five years, ‘it ~ suddenly dawned on me that kids are people too but; We as adults are not only ignoring the kids as people’ ‘but continually looking to the government and the RCMP to _flean Up this mess. . Drugs, booze, broken homes, battered wives. The Hist is ‘endless and- the guilt is always thrown in all directions and’ quite often lands where it should never have ‘been thrown. *- The Children, Remembering back to when! was awild ane ata, a1} one thing sticks out from all the rest and that was iis centre. It was put together bya handful of concerned ‘language and soon,came torealizé that if | was to take jart “Inthe fun thiriga that happen there TWould have to curb my lf, ol remember that 4 lot of people had volunteered | to teach ike © gym; archery, music, dancing and Jots of : - Now I wonder today ‘ f at ali possible that there are | ‘people but there that. would: he wiling to volunteer their lime ‘and talent to help the youn a place het their very own? e people of oar aren ° uve Our children need to know that th the even it only by a few’ adults, "are ecole i ' There are a lot of good hard working people in all area’s af is country and a lot of good solid organizations looking do good for the benefit of our communities, however the ; concerned people: who know: that (he need is there and ara w willing to ab what they, can.to a It sia ean: ‘Funning smoothly, wou y be one Gf those peo leif anyon , to hélp form such a group, I can be reine ay - and 7 p. m. daily except Sunday at 635-7824, CPT 2B ne ’ LW ars : “ae Hwy. 16 East a oe