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Friday, August 39, 150

RUPERT STEEL
“& SALVAGE —
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“Call us. We are open Man. through Sat.,
’ A §am-Sprm

Rupert 624 5639 .

This Utter ia In front of #
i, around: town, =o

at “you've . noticed litter

lots: ‘ok Terrace. -maalls, don't -

in. “the ‘mandgere,.
coca ady: ~ dolig:-

-) 1 965, DAYS A YEAR!

the witid btowa itter right -
agninat: ‘the: face: of. the:
Terrace’ ‘Shopping “ Centre,
‘said: Ray Vernon, thé’
., manager of Safeway. - a

it ministrator, |
- isn'ta city with a lot of litter,

ve nof c compared .to some cities.

Street cleaners go out ona.

basis and clean the up

; _ fegular,
streets. Thig dime’ of ean

ory morn

: = aa and Woolworths
‘and the Skeena “Mall are
cleaned up, The problem is

“they can't control the winds,

all: Jitter from.other areas

wot ows onto the parking lot.
: Street cleaners come into
the' Terrace Shopping Centre

Jot every month and a half to

-two. montis :to clean: the

" ‘eatire | lt,

‘Bob Hallsor, city. . ait.

‘sald Terrace’

_in these cased,

: them after a big community

_yicrorta’ - 0R' ::
“Ttinerant ” Farmworkert
only live: ih unsafe

ia Gndanitary conditions.
: i are farms. Jbabrahent the

~ Praver.

; : “Gerald -
‘Bonham, mlnietry.°
spokearnan,. sald ‘Thur.

“no . want to, punish’
~ anybihdy
+ instead ‘to work Closely -
: “with: farmers,to improve

., aevommodations :
~The triinistry was asked

aby: the. Farmworkers

“Union. to- investigate
‘accomimodatians at iv.
farms” following

__ Inquest last week into tie.

ad git who fell into a pall’,
~ af water at's renovated ”
“horse: bari on. a. large
Clearbrook,

a - Produce farm,

It was revealed at the
_ inqueit ‘that’ “the farm
owner had. ‘altered the
barn ‘to make-13 ‘three-
metre square sleeping
cubicles without © ob-
taining. building permits
, or meeting fire and health
- Requirements, oo

“The .. inquest « jury
recommended . that
legislation’ be" brought in .
| empowering the ‘ministry

a

Pan

y the. ministry - oes,
. ipgrade, facilities.
preferring; ‘

‘death: of a sevenimonth-"”

‘B.C. -

“of heatth t to establish min-
imum living standards

» for farm workers housed

on their” job ‘sites.
Bonham - said it is

"- gblikely any farm owners

_ Will be taken to court for,
not . ‘obtaining bullding:
permits, saying the
‘ministry. would prefer to
work with the owners to"

“We: don’ t want ‘to
punish anybody .: . we're
trying to correct the
problem,” Bonham said.

He said that it is hoped.

that ministry officials can

cut down on the number
‘of farmers going ahead
‘with renovations without
“telling anybody.

“Parmers have com-
-phalned that it- would be
too costly to bring the
living quarters — known
as berry cabins ~ up to
fire and health standards
because they are only
weed during the summer
growing season.

Bonham * aid current
- regulations do permit the
ministry. to impose
temporary closures until
health standards are met,
However, he said no
action will be taken until
‘the mintstry receives full
reports an thé facilities

‘ being investigated.

‘in i
utters, sO “they
don’t overflow: : Leaves, not
litter, are, the fhain. culprits

- Students ‘are’ 2 normally
employed in the summer to
go around the clty and clean
up . ditches;" that's . where

most litter eyes. Ups Hallsor ;
- said. :

.

Sometimes:. the ‘streets
have quite. a bit.of Hitter. on |

celebration” ‘sudhi: as.” River-

boat: Days, but, ‘extra clean-.
up crews 3 are dispatched and...

Techie ies soon ‘died. Up. |

GDANSK; Poland (AP) —

“The Polish labor. erisis~m*
tensified” today as talks...

aimed at, ending: thes 15-day-

- old strikes atalled with both —
sides appearing unwilling to’ ’
‘budge onthe worker's key,
_ demand ~ tfade unions free
of government control,
Sources an the workers’

strike committee said the

_ number -af strikebound
" enterprises in ‘the ti-city

region around Gdansk has.
swelled (0627, weil above the
490 figure which the strikers
claimed three days ago.

' One strike . committee
member claimed workers in
the vital coal ‘and. steel
centres in Silesia’ “have
threatened to strike in.

support --of the Gdansk 4
workers if the. government *:

does not meef::thée frade
union demand by “Monday,
the unoffitial’ end of a
“onoling’ - oft"' ‘period prn-
posed ‘by - ptrike | leader .
Leszek Walesa on Thursday.

In -West Berlin, the
Working Group for .Human
Rights claimed today
several hundred ethinie Poles

in the East German port of

Rostock called in “sick” th a

“golidarity aciion’” with the -
workers across the border in.‘
Poland: The West German —

group had no information
that other East Getman:

- workers had joined them and

the report could riot be inte-
pendently confirmed.’

Hours after atrike leaders
in Gdansk

*

‘gambling house W

called off -

he Terrace Shopping Centre. As diffiéult to contrat, though, because the wind blows it

‘BOB HALLSOR...
el wofity elean,

VANCOUVER (CP) - The
Insurance Corp, of-B,C. lost
$15.5 million on Autopfan, in
the first six months of this
year, bringing a ‘new: war-:
ning. from corporation

: president Tom Holmes that
. premium increases probably

lie down the road; :

. Holmes said he views the
increase in frequeiicy: and |
severity. of claims with grave
concern,

He -said’ accident claims

q now. ate costing the cor-

Phato by Carla wilson

srergielnsts ee

‘governme.

schetoed “tans! with - te.

‘sday “night” “i

government’ ~ fiegotia tors i

postponed .a. fourth face-to-
face bargainin session -
schiéditied for today, suying”

without explanation that.
t

i.

. MONDA Y

There will be no edition of.

The Daily Herald Monday as

_ the staff joins the'rest of the

country in ‘observing Labor
Day; . Regular publication

- will resume Tuesday, Sept.

STATELINE, Nev. (AP)
— Bomb. damage tp Har--

vey’s Resort - Hotel-Casino
was estimated at more than
$3. million Thursday as the
FBI agents searched for two

men and a woman..: -

,The sophisticated) hame-
made bomb tore.through the
bottom floors of the popular
nesday
as experts used a, secret

electronic device to: try to.

dizarm it,
An attempt to, pay &x-

7 me
f
fy

“/Foleh labor crisis: le

Committee, which

a represents an. estimated .
*-300,000 workers on Poland's

industrial: north coast, said

'- _ the talks, tentatively, set for

NO PAPER -

midday, might resume tater
today. It wasnot knownif the
government's postponément
would cancel the ‘later
meeting.

Word of the ‘government's
postponement” cdme amid
growing signs that the
strikers are losing patience
with what: they consider
government: stalliag on the

| trade ualon t issue,

od, it

tortionists the $3 million they

had demanded failed. -
“They had to have

thilitary training or what

have you,” said FBI agent
“Whoever did

Bil] Jansen.
this were experts in bom-
bing. "

’

No one was injured in the
explosion, The §20-million
gambling house had been
evacuated before the blast.

Chief Bruce Kanoff of the
Tahoe-Douglas

fire

Sources on ‘the Joint Strike

poration and B.C! motorists
sla amillion a day. .
about

ere concern
fotire premium ra andall
drivers - should: ‘abare | this
concern and ‘exercise

, greater care mn the, roads,” "

he sald,’ . .

The: “Eevereal ‘fear “init
year, when thé corporation
earned $1.09miliion, is due to

LIMA (AP), - ‘About 170
Cubans, many ‘pf them
children, seeking t0 go to the
United States seized a Los

_ ent from.1979. |

‘Angelesbound .Braniff...-
. _jetliner on: the ground in this

ineredised. accidents” and
spiraling costa of vehicle
repairs, ICBC sald.

‘The cost of claims jumped

#0 million, or 22 per cent, to
$218 million from $173
million last year. Of that $40
million, §25 million resulted

from + increased: Beverity: in

accident. claims and $15
million related to the -in-
creaze in the number af
claims reported.
ICBC received 246,000
claims in the period, 19,000-
more than last year, and the
average claim was $686, an
increase of $102°0r. 13 per

The average bodily injury
claim increased 10. per cent
to $4,021, or $355 a claim
-mure than last year,

+ Holmes’ ‘said ICBC ia at.
‘tempting to offset the claims
‘Ampact ‘by increasing its

Shlaudeman is at the airport
atid in touch with Peruvian
officials. handling the

‘today, |
ga

nt by Bunshots: ape

can expect —
rate hike |

efficieney. Operating - ‘OX
penses dropped 8.4 per cent

‘and the corporation’s ex-
pense ratio was 16.7 per cent -

of the premium dollars
earned, down from 17.1 per

cent in 1979.
“This ‘is a significant

‘achievement. and compares

very favorably with the
North American industry
averageof over 30 per cent,"
said Holmes.

The corporation's in-
vestment strategy also. is
helping to offset claims, he
sald.

In the first six months, in,

. -vestment income climbed to
$37 million from $28.4 million

for the same period last
year, an increase of 29 per
cent,

‘ The general’ insurance

division had a surplus of $1.2
millon « '

Refugee throng
storms. airplane —

negotiations, but he was not
involved directly in the talks
aboard the plane.

, parently. fired: by Peruvian: -

police,. authorities sald.
Witnesses said several other
refugees were cut, by. glass

‘after breaking. windows of
the terminal bullding to get .
_ onto the runway, 3.

The ‘group ‘waa: part of
some 400 Cubans who surged

. onto the runwayas thé.plane

was being: prepared: for
boarding.for a continuation:
of..a flight. from ‘Rio ‘de
Janeiro . to | Los. ‘Angeles,
Police jerked the ramp.from

| the: DC-8 jet to prevent more”
y Cubans from boarding, wits. .
“DOBBS. said. . :

“what we waint is to join
our’ families..in’ the’ United
States” said Manuel Vega, a
“Cuban who could not get on
the plane." -

Braniff's ‘manager in
‘Lima, Leopoldo Pflucker,
said: “It will all be settled

"son. “It's just: ‘a matter of

e,'!, .

“He said the’ Kostiifée-are-
believed ;to be: i1 regular
‘passengers: and three: filght
attendants. Most of tha flight

crew wai on” tie ‘ground ”

“when the plane was’ gaized,
he: sald: Sixty-five “of the
Cubang “a

added. “**:
Kasociated © “press
correspondent Harold
Olmos, who. m. to
climb the ramp and talk with

one. of the Cubans, said the
situation now appears cain.
+ The ‘press attache’ at thd
U.S.. embassy said U.S.
Ambassador — Harry

‘department “ ‘said
preliminary. estimates
placed damage, to the

just. tremendows,” be said,
The only known suspects in
the blast aré the two men
and a woman. The ‘men,
posing as computer
technicians, were scen
delivering what turned out to.
be the bomb early Tuesday
to the second-floor executive.

; enidren, he.

” VANCOUVER ‘cP; —A
new penalty on, overdue
timber cutting feea, is netting
the provincial. ‘dove ert
$60,000 a month ‘in, Interest
payments in the’ Vancouver
region alone, farep
officials gay.

There are “sin J forest
regions in BC? 4395

. Since the penalty, was im-
posed March 20 ,Hieenevines

Postal

t imunistry

has “stepped up action to
collect the- more than ¢74
million currently owed in
overdue stumpage fees.

Forest companies are ex-
pected to pay within 30 days. -

Forest ministry officlals
say it Is not government
policy to disclose the names
of companies owing the fees.
, On-Aug. 20, the penalty
rate was 13 3-4 per cent a
year: .

dispute

still unresolved

VANCOUVER; \cP) —
Talks between’ ' Napgourer
postal . workars, and
management have, Ipiled to
resolve a dispute“oyer work
scheduling and‘ the... matter

~muat-be taken “utp “a the na-

tional
‘workers’ spokesman said
‘Thuraday, 440

Lloyd ingraim, pikésident of

the Vancouver -Idcad-of the
Canadian Union.
Workers, ald’. major
slumbling block: is the. loss of

" one out of three. weekends off

for postal sorters on the
overnight shift.

The disagreement led to.a
36-hour walkout ‘affecting
about 600 workef's and
curtalling sevérel¥ cur-
tailing mail delivery. earlier
thisweek, 0"

‘was tremendous’

offices. The woman was seen
waiting outside in a white

The design: os the. bomb,
whieh stumped some top ex-
plosives experts, continued
fo intrigue authorities
Thursday. a

“The expert sdy it is the
most sophisticated home-
made bomb théy have ever
seen," Jansen. said.,

Officials were. evasive
about the equipritéit used to
check the bomb. The bomb

‘jevel; Va". postal... ;
‘havexthe,. type a
management that “ve do,"'

_ said. .management

‘Ingram said members de-
cided to refer the unresolved
issues to the national union.
He did not rule out the
possibility of another work
stoppage.

“There's always the
chance of a walkout when we

Ingram said.

A post: office spokesman
had
agreed to give all workers
two of three weekends off. It
also agreed to allow
flexibility in routine days off,
suggest certain: changes in
starting time for shift work,
and will submit to Ottawa a
union request for two coffeee
breaks for part-time

workers, a decision which
cannot be made locally.

itself was described as a blue

steel box containing up to 459°

kilograms of explosives.

It had a small box on top
with 28 switches, some of
which were used to monitor
till, and motion, officials
said.

Sheriff Jerry Maple of
Douglas County confirmed
that officials had a robot-like
device at the scene, but used
another instrument in the
aitempt to disarm the bumb.

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