af ae RMT TRCN Pech eye ome er . pm bDLALLYS bea 1 “ont tate beRLTAWEN ¢ SULLDINGS » VICTCRIA, i #61 h.Cap Wsy-1h4 eae Parking tickets are just not enforceable VANCOUVER (CP) — Hundreds of parking tckels ere being cancelled each month because authorities cannot collect fines. “Enforcement is very _ lax,” a traffle court cfficial shid Friday. ‘If anyone Canada donates millions TORONTO (CP) — With Ontario leading the way, Canadians donated $3,038,407 fo the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada on Sunday and Monday during 91.44 hours of the Jerry Lewis Labor Day telethon. Association president Ruth Aziz said the money will help pay for treatment and reasearch for 20,000 Canadians who suffer from the disabling disease. “The $8 million pledged during our 25th anniversary year is a tribute to the generosity and compassion of Canadians and to the 8,000 volunteers who worked before and during the telethon in the 25 pledge centres across Canada,’ she ‘The 14th annual telethon, based in Las Vegas, raised $50,-075,227 across North America — more than §1 pailtion above last year's Residents of. Ontario dofated $2,060,707; Quebec $633,018; Alberta $124,632; Manitoba $99,086; British Columbia §48,762; Nova. Scola. $46\162; New Brun - swick $17,896; and Saskat- chewan $7,547. Association spokesman Horst Petsall said the North American total’ was sur- rising ge ae et that Hurricane David interrupted telephone ser- viceand reduced the number of donations ‘in the Miami, Fls., area where more than. $2 million was raised last year. Besides such stars as Sammy Davis Jr. and Burt Reynolds, this year's telethon had an unusually high number of rock stara, Detzall said, Among them were the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Wings, Kiss and Peter Frampton. The telethon was broad- caston 213 television stations in the U.S, and Canada. NDP here goes it alone though the island was sub- _ and VANCOUVER (CP) — The British Columbia New Democratic Party disassociated itself Sunday from the only remaining NDP provincial adminis- tration, opposing the Saskatchewan government's position on uranium mining, The 786 delegates at- the B.C. party's annual convention here passed a motion, presented Victims named | Two of the seven people killed when a twin engine amphibian plane crashed at Prince Rupert Thursday night have been identified by the RCMP. Denny Adams, 930, of Prince Rupert has been named as the pilot of the 10- seat Grumman Goose. Adama was previously a resident of Masset. Also killed was Bernard Martin, 34, of Port Edward, BC, Other victims of the erash have not been iden- tified pending notification of the next of kin. Meanwhile, the three survivora romain in stable condition at Vance Shaughnessy Hospital. They are 24-year-old Andy Stewart of Delta, Clint Page, 43, of Burnaby and Antonio Stara, 46, of Vancouver. The Trans Provincial Alrlines plane crashed Peay poe the Prince Rupert t on y Island. It was on a flight from Kitsault, on Alice Arm. receives a parking ticket in Vancouver they're crazy to pay it.” The problem lies in a shortage of deputy sheriffs to serve traffic summonses tc motorists who fail to pay fines ok BGP coer ey A motorist who receives a rouline §10 parking ticket is allowed 10 days to pay before the fine is increased to $12. Tf the fine remains ynpaid, it Is raised to $10, and the motorist is mailed a sum- mons to appear in court. rn Terrace’s fall fair was fun and ph But because a mailed sum- mons is not delviered in person, it carries no legal weight. Ifthe accused fails to appear in court on the summons date, a warrant cannot be issue for his ar- reat. Nis. tickets in Vancouver is Deputy sheriffs are unable to serve summonses to parking violators because of heavy workloads in the supreme, county provincial and family courts. Revenue from parking ai ot ag by the Kamloops con- stituency association, saying. there sre many unknown risks to uranium exploration and mining. The motion sald Saskat- chewan Premier Allan Blakeney admitted “on the issue of radiation waste disposal we simply had to make a leap of faith and assume that a satisfactory means of disposal will be shortly found." Following a panel discussion on nuclear power, MAN DROWNS Kitimat RCMP report a Pennsylvania man drowned at the MK Marina on Friday. Lloyd Cadwell drowned after slipping from the dock. from a fishing trip with friends. ‘| No further details were released by the police. Tug made it KELOWNA, B.C. (CP) — The tug Orchard City II has finally reached the shore of Okanagan Lake — 31 years after It set out, The 24-metre tug, which sank about 12 kilometres south of here during a storm In 1948, was pulled up onto the lakeshore Saturday. It had been ealvaged one week ago Cadwell had just returned |. the delegates restated the party's opposition to the use af nuclear energy and em- powered the environment policy committee to initiate peaceful actions such as petitions and rallies, to mobilize working people against nuclear energy. They also expressed op- position to development of nuclear energy in the United States, particularly the Trident submarine base and the proposed development at Sedro Woolley in neigh- boring Washington state. The party also called for an immediate stop to work on the 500,000-volt tran- smission Hnes being built on Vancouver Island and for a full public hearing into the med for the lines, even Quebec Alcan Striking workers at Ar- vida, Isle Maligne, Beauharnois, and Vaudreuil have agreed ta accept the mediator's recom- mendations for a contract, ending a three month strike which closed down most of Alean Smelter and Chemical's Quebec operations. — Union members voted 75.5 per cent in favour, although the Federation des Syndicats du Secteur Aluminium, which represents the Quebec workers, did not recommend acceptance. Alcan management has also decepted the mediator’s terms clearing the way for.a new three-year contract. The recommendations provide for an immediate increase of $1.25 per honr, with a further five rent increase at the begliuog of the ninth month. Increases of 7.9 per cent wil! be added aa the second and third years begin. In addition there will be a 10 cent increase in the _workers settle ninth months of the second and 20 cents in the third seat year. Cost’ of living allowance will provide for a one cent an hour increase for each .3 per cent rise in the cost of living index over 7 per cent, That clause takes ef- fect the second and third years. The average wage during the three-year contract period will increase. $7.50 to $10.66 an hour. Cost to the company, including im- provements to the pension and life insurance plans is estimated at $123,000,000 over the three yeara. The estimated cost of the com- pany’s offer before the strike totalled $112,000,000. Ingot production ls expected to gin about two weeks after the workers return. Up to three months may be needed though, before the three smelters are producing at full capacity. Their com- bined annual output is 849,000 metric tons of aluminum. otogenic. See pages 3 and 2 sn jected to several biackouts during the summer. The delegates voiced their opposition to the actions of the Islamic revolutionary government in Iran and vated to send a telegram to Iranian Prime Minister: Mehdi Bazargan expressing thelr displeasure, “We strongly protest the massive arrests and executions of Iranian citizens,’’ the telegram states, “We demand an end to secret triais and torture and the immediate release of nothing to aniff at — $69,505 in fines were received in the first six months of this year, up from $51,980 during the same period last year, Traffic court authorities blame city hall for failing to hire special enforcement PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane David swerved away from populous Miami and skirted the state’s Gald ‘Coast on Monday, punishing glittering resorts and elegant mansions with wind and water as it headed north toward the Carolinas. Considerably weakened sine it stunned Dominica, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean with at. least 640. deaths, the hurricane had top winds of about 145 kil metres an hour, ' It hugged the coastline as it beaded northward, flailing the shoreline with hurricane- force winds and tildes, Five deaths were blamed on the storm in Florida, but property damage was moderate. At2 p.m. EDT a hurricane watch extended north to the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina and in the north- hivricané “wartiing Was if effect from Boca Raton |o Daytona Beach in Florida. The storm was centred near Jensen Beach, Fia., at latitude 27,1 north and longitude 80.1 west. It had veered a little to the west but was expected to resume moving north-northwest at about 19 kilometres an hour. In the meantime, the National Hurricane Centre kept a close watch on another storm, hurricane Frederic, which could follow In David's path. It was near the island of St. Barthelemy and about 370 kilometres east of San Juan, Puerto Rico. . : Frederic, with top winds of 120 kilometres an hour, was located at latitude 17.8 north, longitude 62.4 wes. It was moving west-northwest at : about 19 kilometres an hour. The eye of the Hurricane David brushed Singer Island, a resort hideaway near the mansion city of Palm Beach, about noon, 120-kilometre-an-hour winds shrieked through West Palm Beach. At least 158,000 Floridians were reported without power in Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, St. Lucie and Martin counties. Georgia officials urged the evacuation of the barrier isiands, such as the popular _Tesorts of Tybee and St. Simons islands, and civil defence authorities opened emergency operation cen- trea in Glynn, Chathas and Camden counties, The threat algo spurred preparations In the Carolinas. SS ne Se SS By ERLEEN COMEAU Herald Staff Writer The recent Trans Provincial Airlines crash of their amphibious Grumman Goose on Digby Island may increase fear of flying for those who depend on cemmercial airlines as their mode of transportation, but pilots in this area say it is not only a safe way to travel by the Goose is among the safest aircraft flying around here. Ken Mayer, base manager for TPA in Terrace has been flying in the Goose since 1963 and confirmed that this particular aircraft manoeuvers well on both land and water. Mayer also stated the pilot who was flying the aircraft at the time of the incident, which claimed seven lives, had been employed by TPA for more than five years and had a great deal of experience in the Goose, Pilots in the Terrace area who are familiar with this type of aircraft refer to it as the work- Peer itor ratatotatatatatat eens if western . Bahamas. A Shab aletePahahatatehat tate taMetetatetatatotetetataten eLatodeloZelelefetoledoDelomebecsiepegseerasaneneies officlers to deliver sum: _monses to parking violators. “All but one dollar of each parking fine goes fo the city,” sald on official. ‘Che city should be doing something to see the system work effectively.” “ Hurricane , hugs coast “We're going to start moving ja‘ople into Charleston at this point,” said Dennis Johnson, disaster director of . the Greater Carolinas Chapter of the Red Cros. “We'll follow it up the coast.” David's lethal ey’ stayed at sea as the hurricane hugged the Florida coastline on te trex northward, in e and property Florida appeared far lighter City manager Fritz Bowers said he was unaware of the problem but promised to take action, “We can't afford to have it widely known that motorists needn’t regard parking tickets.” than officials had feared, But Neil Frank, director of the National Hurricane Centre in Miami, was worried about ‘states farther north such as North Carolina. “We think the hurricane is ing to parallel the coast and continue north and be a threat somewhere in the Carolinas sometime in the next 48 hours,” sald Frank, He said the winds could hit South Carolina by late today, STORM MEANS ‘FOOD SCARCE SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — Government officials. issued an urgent appeal Monday for food and other aid for the storm: lysed Dominican Republic where more than 600 ms were killed by hurzicane David. Raktie . teams digging through the rubble of homes searching for more victims. . “The number of victims is incalculable’ and it is helieved that it could rapid!y climb to 1,000,’" said Civil Defence Minister Pedro Justiniano Polanco. An estimated 150,000 persona were left homeless . after David, packing winds up to 240 kilometres an hour, hit late Friday and Sabirday. President Antonio Guzman ealled again for in- ternational assistance to feed the hungry and rebuild the country, which shares ihe Caribbean island of Hispaniola with Haitl. Polanco said thousands of persons in the interior are without food because trucks “annot get through blocked roads. Rocks, trees, poles and broken glass ittered the streets of Santo Domingo, a city of 500,000. . were > matchsticks. Ninety per cent of the Do- minican Republic’s cro were destroyad before buarricane swept back to the Atlantic, blew through the Bahamas and headed toward the southern coast of the United States. Losses were _catimated-at-$1-billion; most of that in agriculture, which is the the republic's eco- nomic mainstay. Concrete sidewalks were uplifted and moved across streets, rivers overflowed banks and the country’s electrical system was knocked out. Greatest loss of life oc- curred in the town of Occa where the Yaque River: spilled over its banks, rushed through town and covered a church and school, drownlng 400 residents who were huddled there seeking refuge from the atorm, ‘ In San Cristobal, 25 kilo- metres west of here, 15 persons were crushed to: death when a church’! peed, In Washington, the U.S. . Agency for International . Development sald the United ” States is providing a 7i-man : team and four or five helicopters to help refugees. ; Labor During the last Labor Day of the 1970s, union leaders across Canada warned that big business and govern- ments. would continue to attack the labor movement in the next year. Prime Minister Clark's Progressive Conservative government came under fire in a speech by Gracs Hart- man, president of the 250,000- member Canadian Union of Pilots say Goose is safe warns at Windsor, Ont., Ms. Fear a ead pabile gang of go cated public relations flacks understand that they must build the illusion that they are fighting inflation and unemployment. Dennis McDermott, president of the Canadian Labor Congress, said in his Labor Day message that the 2miliion strong organization should have done much better in its support of the New Democratic Party during the federal election horse of the coast, capable of handling very heavy loads and The Goose was the performing well. first Grumman built departure from foatfuselage type seaplanes and was well utilized by the RCAF in World War IH. Production of this particular model ceased some 30 years ago and it has since been primarily operated for passenger service on coastal waters since then. Glen Wiese, a commercial airline charter pilot here in northern B.C. and former ministry of transport inspector, who has test flown Grum- man aircraf* on the west coast, commented on the performance of the Goose stating, “‘it's a very safe and reliable — airplane." Wreckage has been removed by helicopter from the site of the Aug 30 disaster and a full investigationto determine the cause of the crash is being conducted by the accident investigation section of the MOT, a4, %eh hjtglhel 8, tattePaestere eres aS fateelebeSeteteloteaceletataateeteleattaneeanal