Page 2, The Herald, Tuesday, October 9, 1977 SHIP HITS PLEASURE BOAT == Union calls off ferry pickets" VANCOUVER (CP) — Dissident members of the British Columbia Ferry and Marine Workers decided today not to picket ferry routes between the mainland and Vancouver Isiand following a call by mediator Fred Geddes for a resump- tion of contract talks. The executive of the union had promised limited picket action which would not affect ferry traffic today, a contin- uation of the rotating strike action directed during the. Thankeglving weekend. Lloyd Thornlll, a Schools under arson guard spokesman for the dissident group, said the group had the support of the majority of the 2,700-member union and was willing to shut down B,C. Ferry Corp. operations until the workers have a contract. However, following a meeting with the local executive at the Horseshoe Bay terminal in West Vancouver and the in- tervention of Geddes, planned job action was cancelled, Thornhill said that es long ag Geddes is involved in the dispute his group will refrain from job action that would halt ferry sailings. Geddes has called both sides to a meeting at 1 p.m. PDT today. Picketing of the ferry corporation's Deas dock maintenance yard in nearby Richmond, B.C. was going ahead as planned today, but it was not expected to affect ferry service, ¢ The dissidents had planned to set up picket lines at Horseshoe Bay and at Departure Bay, near Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, halting runs between GRAND FORKS, B.C. 24 hours a day and rae nearby Brilliant because of (CP) — Four schools and four other school board buildings are being guarded companies have cancell fire insurance for a Doukhobor cultural centre in and quality. 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Baldry said the move was made “after the recent prob- lems occurred and statements were made to the - press.” Baldry was referring to re- cent fires and trials on arson charges, the latest in a long list of incidenta that have marked the life and internal ‘those terminals. They also said pickets might appear at Tsawwassen sout af Vancouver and Swartz Bay near Victorla, terminals for the other main Georgia Stralt route, Union president’ Shirley Mathieson said a full-scale strike is unauthorized and called the group irrespon- sibje. , “It'a sabotaging our whole strategy," she said early today. “There are certain peaple who wanted to be on the executive and are now struggles of Doukhobors In southeastern British Columbla, John J, Verigin, the 58- yearold Orthodox leader, was acquitted last month on charges of conspiracy to commit arson. One man charged with Verigin was acquitted while a third man was given a suspended sentence and put on three years probation in the burning of the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ offices (USCC) here and the old post office. Last weekend, 19 members of the Sons of Freedom, another Doukhobor sect, were charged with arson after a CP Rail shed burned down. A USCC spokesman said there have been further arson threats. . He said four of five in- trying to run the union unofficially,'’ The union executive initiated the rotating strikes at midnight Friday night, hoping to put pressure on the Crown corporation without giving the government reason to Invoke essential services legislation as it did when the ferry workers went on a full-scale strike over ‘Thanksgiving two years ago. The workers picketed several terminals Saturday, switched to several others Sunday, then gave ferry travellers a reprieve surance companies can- celled policies on the group's cultural centre in Brilliant, showplece fer the Orthodox Doukhobors, even though the centre has watchmen. The spokesman, who did not want his name used, said the centre was insured for $1 million, but the polley with the one remaining company is only for about 15 per cent of that amount. ‘We have arranged for volunteer watchmen around the Brilliant cultura] cen- tre,” he said. “They are not guards, they are not prepared to deal with threats ina violent manner.’ He said volunteers also guard USCC offices and © Verigin's home, both in Grand Forks, and the tomb of Peter Verigin, an ancestor of John Verigin and the man who led the Doukhobors to Canada, In Castlegar. Pentecostals hold meeting VANCOUVER (CP) — While Pentecostals rejoiced and sang inside the Pacific Coliseum, Arkady Pollschuk held a peaceful demon- stration outside to bring Guarantee! - WINTER RAD A wet road surface - rapidly falling temperatures — a driver's nightmare. Black ice! Bridgestone’s new Black Ice Radial is made with a special “Ice Compound Rubber" that gives you improved adhesion on treacherous icy road surfaces and on all winter road conditions. The Black Ice Radial. Bridgestone’s newest winter radial - backed by Bridgestone’s famous passenger tire Road Hazard er ae eS BRIDGE STONE TIRES PROVEN AROUND THE WGRLD Tel: 635-6170 CEDARLAND TIRE 4929 Keith Avenue Terrace attention to persecuted believers in the Soviet Union. Polishchuk, who said he was thrown out of the Soviet Union two years ago for alding dissidents and now lives in New York City, said he came to the 12th Pen- tecoatal World Conference, which ended here Sunday, with a written plea from’ more than 800 Pentecostais who want to leave the Soviet Union. . * He and 20 supporters, who fasted and demonstrated during the six days of the' conference, said they wanted the conference committee to allow the reading of a statement recognizing and supporting the plight of 30,000 Pentecostals in the Soviet Union, Monday by allowing all ferrles to operate. The union executive an- pounced that members ‘Would only picket the Deas Island works yard In Rich- mond, B.C., today, then shift to corporation officea here and in- Victoria as well as terminals on the Earl's © Cove-Saltery Bay run south of Powell River Wednesday. Though ferry traffle was reported moderate to heavy during the weekend, not unusual on any weekend, !t was evident that many B.C. residents opted for Thanksgiving turkey at home instead of risking being stranded. But rotating strikes were not the only problem the ferry corporation ex- perlenced during — the weekend — one ferry crashed Into a cabin cruiser’ in Active Pags and the main generater aboard another broke down. The Queen of Sidney, on a run between two of the Gulf Islands, crashed into an 6.5- metre private vessel in fog . Saturday. Two people aboard the boat were shaken up but not injured, and there was no damage to the ferry. It waa in Active Pass that the Queen of Alberni ran aground in August, raising queatlons about the safety of ‘ferries and private boats jockeying around each other the narrow channel, The ferry corporation has ordered an investigation of the incident. The cabin cruiser's high bridge was ripped off when it a hing the jery's metal guard near t tor but the damaged Peat was able to head to Galiano Taland under ite own power. Corporation spokesman Bill Bouchard said the ferry carried about 300 passengers and had two operating radar units, a foghorn and three crew members as leokouts, “In this Instance, it just seems to be a lack af seamanship and common sense (on the part of the cabin crulser's operators) that caused the collision,” he said : ; The ferry was about 30 minutes late in arriving at Taawwassen. NEWS BRIEFS LONDON (AP) — The Zimbabwe Rhodesia peace conference appeared on the verge of collapse today. ‘The crisis emerged as * guerrilla leadere rejected key parts of the British constitutional draft and Britain refused their demand to continue with negotiations for a tran- sitional government, Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington, te conference chalrman, said he plans an announcement on what course the month-old talks will take, Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe, co-leaders of the Patriolle Front guerrilla alliance, cbjected Monday to two points favoring the white minority in the constitution proposed by Britain for its former African colony. ’ One provides for all white settlers to automatically become citizena of the new country. The other guarantees financial com- neation for property seized by a new black government from white owners. Charges in air crash ATHENS (AP) — A Greek prosecutor today filed preliminary charges against the pilot of a Swissair DC-6 jetliner which burst into flames seconds after landing at Athens International Airport, -killing 14 pas- sengera and injuring atiother 10, the prosecutor's office said. The charges instigated by Prosecutor Christos Mark- oyannakis against the Swiss pilot, Frite Schmutz, are multiple manslaughter through negligence, ly harm through negligerice and the disturbance of the security of air commu- nications through negligence, the office said. The charges also apply to. any other persons held responsible. : Trawler under guard ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuter) — A South Korean trawler was on ita way to Kodiak today after being selzed by the U.S. Coast Guard for fisheries viola- tions. The Sea Yang Ho of Pusan was selzed Monday night In rough weather, 120 kilometres north of Dutch Harbor, a coast guard . Spokesman sald. The 3,527-ton trawler carries a crew of about 50. At Kodiak, the vessel wan to be turned aver to a U.S. marshal, pending prosecution by federal authorities in Anchorage, the spokesman said. The U.S. Fisheries Con — servation Act covers violations of the 200-mile territorial limit, The Seo Yang Ho is the elghth vessel - to be seized this year under the act. Anglican head to visit LONDON (AP) — Dr. Donald Coggan, archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the worldwide Anglican communion, . including the. U.S. Episcopalians, will visit the United States for five - days starting Saturday and then apend four days in Ber- muda, his office announced today. It will be the archbishop‘s last overseas trip before he retires in January. Coggan, who is 70 and haa been Archbishop of Can- terbury since 1975, is han: ding over the'leadership of the Anglican, communion's 65 million members worldwide to the Rt Rev. Robert Runcle, 58. Runcie is bishop of the English diocese ef St. Albans. 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