ai rea Se em ee SETA im are oe er root reer nr ine ees PT Poe te ee cert aetaed age egy digge! aebeag d eel ao OL en Reel ea VANCOUVER, (cP).— CL "Prospects. for; develop- “cr [i ment: .of northeast’ B.C... -T] > coal-are looking ‘bleaker. - -{. as: pressure ‘mounts from." J. che ‘Japanese and ‘the 0 ‘| * federal ‘government. “”. no 1° refuses’ to” budge ‘on financial aid.” ' "Wednesday... “VA federal: “goverament * Japan’ “ Baniee : in: Ottawa’ sald “"-'” |. needs,’ northeast! 9 "eon deve efopinenit will net . The ‘committee had the jintended: to: consider ‘proppsals” from.. four . < Australian’: mines -and) four ‘Cariadian mines,. + -°”- dneluding : ‘Teck Corp's’... ‘Bullmicose “ahd Denison Mines ‘Ltd.'s’ Quintejte ‘properties, « ‘both: in: Bare - theast.B,C;"' hey Fe . But: Nippon Kokan; co: ad ‘ordinator for “B.C. coal paid after ths meeting i PB “+, could’ not be’ ‘cobaldered ; “+ because both: coal’. com- ‘panies. had.- ‘falled to | clarify pointy’.requested ~~ © by: the Japanese. 2 ‘Robert ‘Andfas; genior yicopresttent ‘of Teck, a:téléphone in. cared that oaals we? ve ‘been in “constant, ' -gommunication- with them.” . Herman. cat. . Dick : Denison: ., Mines ° said Wednesday’ his company: . has not gone back to. the Japanese ¥ét, but hopes Lo “to'do a0 acon, . However, » a. federal . _ government source sald. "both: Teck: and Denison © = chad been “shitling back and forth beiween ‘the | _ provinciai. and federal Governments trying to "tome up with a proposal panies will be improve their offer to the ‘Japanese ‘unless ‘the _ provincial : . does decide to goit alone they, could take-back to- the Japanese,” . , The source said it is: unlikely © the coal .. com- gble to- government : or early August. ot . : “and subsidize “north- eastern: " development. " Teck and Denison submitted proposals - to | Japanese steel mills in June and it was ‘said then that a decision would be. made by the end of July A top-level ‘mission ; from Japan now will visit BC. at the end of August. Per STEEL. & ~ SALVAGE LTD, “Sa tive Ri. Pr. owt GUS ME rE BUY eae brass, ai nits, . ‘batteries, ‘ete. Call'as - Weare _ Mu. turn Ste oan.-§ 12 Votarie'74 Ho. 152. = Westend Food Mart Open 6: 30am - -lipm p\idaysa week SH “Chevron Service Westend. _ Open 24 Hours en attending the. Terrace.-Li . ‘Theatre’ 5: summer school ‘are enjoytng: tiemsely i down for a minute. 3 y ; - VANCOUVER (cr) = agreement between’ canada "and the. U.S. on the West. - Coast tuna catch will have to ; be complete within the next . two or three weeks; Marcel Cadieux, the - Canadian ca ‘ pegotiator In the ‘dispute, . " “sald Thursday, : -Cadleux, in Vancouver. to . lay proposals before fishing | industry representatives ; ‘that could settle the dispute, Canadian | waters soon. said-albacore tuna are ex- pected to move north’. nto”: will havé to sisson te : Fishermen. - “resenting mat.” | ~, Columbia * fishermen,” have -“tejected {he . proposals, - calling instead for an Gver- thie federal yovernnient went ahead ith: {he apreane a all treaty. on the fishery... “tthe idea ia inte drvange a oe reement, we!’ beer ‘it soon,” het. a the ‘Yuna prapoaals® would not “ben ~ reciprocal ! said, “mpe final secision will the = ‘and orkers’. ‘Union VANCOUVER cP) the f th ‘future. West faces the same fu . tiem, but he conceded ‘dissension can be.dangerous “for the movement. Western Canada Concept's. ap the Maritimes if it stays in Canada, says Doug Christie of the newly-formed Western : Canada Concept. “As the West js, ROW, the : Maritimes . once were—: resource rich,” Christie said in a speec Wednesday. “Look “at them now, beggars. in their own land, Is. that the future you want for’. B: for the West?” His speech to 62 people. conclu ed a month-long tour originally scheduled to press - the independence position of the Western National Party. . But a. falling-out with the party board. convinced Christle to quit and usa the 21-clly tour to promote his new party. In Manitoba; the 94-year- 1 r found. old Victoria lawye ‘ Quebee don’t himself speaking to a sea of empty chairs. Eight people were in the audience at a Winnipeg hotel. In Brandon, he drew two. Christie. ‘said . ‘Weatera alienation will feed Western . platform, . calls for | the “creation: ‘ot ‘an independent . country of the four Western | provinces. and" two: territories, after’ voters in’ each ‘province . accept : the. move in a teferendum. Another referendurh - would ‘be held to adopt. a con: position Christie said evolved because the Weat is tired of subsidizing | Esstera industry through tarilis. “If you took away that: tariff protection,‘ their: in- dustry’ would collapse,"’ Christie sald. “Ontario and produce anything, nothing at all, that. we couldn’t get quicker and ce from somewhere oY young irian gave himself: lewison’ ‘paid. “He noted’ that ‘But Hewison added. that it . KAMLOOPS: B B.C. is - up after an overnight police’ slege. at a house in this In- - terior city and was to answer: charges of dangerous. use: of : a firearm: and _ publ The. “tujeat. oat’ fan surrendered. to RCMP carly - today" after:-what’ RCMP’. _ Insp. Don Rentler. described ° . ‘as “a lot of good talkiiig” by... a Mountie corporal. Earlier, © a psychiatrist had falled to persuade the man ‘to give up. A ‘hyanber ‘of shots - were: fired bat'n no one was injured. rifle: Thursday. ‘évening. He - appeared to be aiming at ‘ street lights, though he was not, hitting: niany. - Poligg, éaid this morning. that In ‘addition to tha .22- calibre wesipon, they found a 30-30 and a. 12-gauge shotgun, as well as a supply of live ammunition ‘and a number of spent shells, in the , house. After RCMP. surrounded | - ‘the house following the’ 9 “and a, the: threatening to. blow: an. of. ° » Wednesday © ‘agreement is close following Ea “Earlier ‘this week, “the benefit’ Canagian proposals were worked out in " Bios Ree 1