Weather

- ‘Legis lative

unsettled
Travel plans for motorists
driving through British -

- Columbia will remain un-

Rain has been deluging

settled for almost a week, |
‘police and Highways.

Ministry officials predicted :

Wednesday, | - “
And so will the weather, ,

--gouthern B.C. for several

days, causing mud and rock
slides and- washing away
highway and railway beds.
Motorists heading to and
from the West Coast are °
‘being. told ‘to elther detour
south to Highway 3 near-the
Canada-U,S,'- °°
{Osoyoos to Cranbrook). or
north along the Yellowhead
which connects Kamloops,
Jasper and Edmonton. Both:

- routes add about five more

hours to travel plans.

Meanwhile ‘rain caused’ _

six more washouts on CP

’ Rail’s mainline between_

_ Revelstoke

Pass and.’
_ Wednesday,
delaying a reopening of the

Rogers

' tracks already damaged by

the Illecillewaet River at 15
points since early: Tuesday.
The railway was hoping to
restore service by 8 p.m.
PDT today but has now had
“to set back‘ train runs over-
the Selkirk Mountains until
late’ Friday, at ‘the earliest, .
RIVER RAGES . : oyee
CP. Rall: > spokesman
Maurice” Zaitlin - ‘gald-.the

river has torn away.sections if:

* of track, “exposed _ bridge
" abutments, toppled.‘ ‘signal

tower and undermined part’.
of a concrete snowshed. :
"The railway runs close to -
the Ilecillewaet on its steep
descent frém Rogers Pass .
fo the Columbia - River.
Zaitlin sald the railway is
transporting rock — rubble
from .as far afield as the
Lower Fraser River:and the -

_ East Kootenay for dumping

- trains are moving.”
CP ‘Rail is divertitig vo
piggyback ‘and boxear.

back," Zaitlin’ said;
‘ haye 100 men on site and all
-. the senior officers in B.C.
are out - there.

in the Hlecillewaet Valley, *
so dathaged sections of
trackbed can. be rebuilt.” ’
“The six new. washouts on
Wednesday have set . us.
“We:

.No’ ‘eoal, .
grain, potash ‘or - sulphur”

traffic {o Canadian National’ :
Railways, handing - “over
trains to its competition at

’ Edmonton . and” receiving

them back at Kamloops.
‘Meanwhile, crews.

, ‘working to repair the Trans-

‘Hope and Popkum ‘in’ the

Canada Highway between

’ Fraser Valley in .south-

western B.C,-said they ran.
into difficulties clearing
debris from a huge culvert
and this section will not be ©
re-opened until sometime.
today, = -

And RCMP said ‘the

- Rogers Pass section of the -

Trans-Canada =. Highway .

connecting ‘Revelstoke and -

. described —

Golden will be “closed for at
least a week or longer”
because ofa series of bridge *

“and road washouts.

PROBLEMS SEVERE
Road problems in the -
Revelstoke area - were
by a Parks:
Canada official as the worat
since the latest Rogers Pass

‘ route opened 21 years ago.

of deaths or injuries, said a
Parks Canada spokesman
‘at: Revelstoke.

.. were evacuated safely fromi

‘and = =Mount |

. ‘Despite | the probleme,

there have been no reports

Campers

campgrounds in Glacier
Revelstoke
national parks between
Revelstoke and Golden.

. ‘The most, serious highway |

. problem: was at Woolsley’

Creek, 25 kilometres east of ;
Revelstoke,

_

‘Parliment Buildings :
Vietorla, B.C, *

“border.

Library

. » -.’ Herald Staff Writer
“TERRACE Aloealman. is ont -his-way: torr dsantestants; :

Carlson to compete in |

Instructor Dick Conford. (eft) presents troph
in Vietoria on ‘June 24 and 25 over ié athe,

Las Vegas, not to gamble but to compete in.a..
- North American championship.

. The | contests involve a three-hour. written
"exam, a half-hour instrument-layout-andian .-

winner Dennis Carlson. ’
years, of his apprenticeship at NCC. “He

‘Federation,
120,000 offi¢ers in “Britain
‘and Northern Ireland.

-Prizon.
- Associa iton,

Margaret.
| cablnet:

‘Carlson: : has , already

" Dennis Carlson; who trained at Northwest .

:.. eight, hour. practical ‘test. -
" portion requires the contestants to build a-.

project. from.a set of plans.’

The: “practical” «

vs Areeviverop | honors there with'an mavierage ot
over. 80 per cent.

Neo carpentry instructor Dick Conford
* says Carlson began his carpentry career in

| Community College, will compete in: the
- North American. Carpentry Apprentice :
Contest from Oct. 17 to 20 in Las Vegas. .

provincial title by winning ( that contest held

won ‘the. B.C.”

es

aot

Forming,
framing and finishing are all ‘graded during
this portion. The winner is judged by both’
workmanship ahd-Speed.
Carlson completed his. third and: fourth

_ Terminal.

_ the Prince Rupert School, District, Carlson -

has worked for Prince Rupert Acoustic and

is presently working for Dillingham |
* Construction at the Prince’ Rupert Grain

_

British parliament turns. down hangin:

LONDON (AP) « _ Police:

officers. . accused .
Parliament today. of letting

‘jhem down by rejecting a
= gall to reintroduce the death |
-penalty, ‘for, murder, _ ‘and
some. backers ‘of: capital”

punishiient demanded a -

ir. public referendum: on the
“Assue,

to. .our . aid; ‘said a
jpakesman:'for the .Police

-Tepresenting

“A lot of policemen will
feel that Parliament is nol
concerned’: ‘about ~- the

‘problems officers face in -
: the front line.”-

" David Evans, head of the
Officers’

“Members of Parliament
are totally out of touch with

“the views of the: people of

Britain,” :
“There is a‘ growing gap

between Parliament and the -

people,” ‘said Conservative

member Teddy Taylor, “I

am in favor of a referendum.

- 1+ Britain-does not belong

to the politicians.” _-
. Several opinion polls have

“sald 0 per cent of Britons
_ favor reinstating the death
_ penalty,

The vote ‘Wednesday -

. night, in which members of

the House of Commons were
free to vote according to
their own ‘conscience rather |
than along party lines, went
368.. ta>. 233
‘for.

penalty murder, .

abolished in Britain 14 years. ;

ago. The vole came after slx +

- more people were killed in

_ Northern Ireland.

. “The death penalty issue —
sharply’~divided - Con-

servative “Prime Minister
She. and - eight

“MPs have tailed to come - ,

. declared: ,

} . against:
‘restoration of: ‘the death

“Thatcher's. . -

cabinet colleagues ‘voted in
favor .of an améndment -
calling for the hanging of
terrorist. _killers., Eight .
others,. Including Northern -
Ireland Secretary James -.
“Prior... and . Defence
- Secretary ’ Michael
Heseltine, voted: ° against: ©
CONTRADICTS. VIEWS...
“Though”, the © Comnions ©
. decision - contradicted:

“Thatebier’s personal view,” .’

commentators ‘suggested
that privately she may. ‘not:
. be disappointed, ate ‘the:

VANCOUVER (CP).
Canadian Pacific Airlines .
has. “announced ‘price™*
reductions on. its cross- -
Canada services in.a‘bid to

Stimulate travel - this, fall. .

” CP Air said in a prepared

‘release that for travel:

originating from Sept. 9 to
Dec. 16’ discounts ranging

_ from 61 to 67 per cent will be .

offered on. flights betwee

‘Toronto, Montreal or.
Ottawa in the East,. ‘and
Vancouver, Calgary - or

Edmonton in the’ West.
Between .Vancouver and
Toronto, Ottawa or Mon-
treal, the rate will be §289.
The regular economy fare’

between Vancouver. «and |
Toronto is $742, It is $780 to

Ottawa and $804 to Mon:
- treal. :

Between Calgary
Edmonton “and Todsnte, ”
Ottawa. or . Montreal; the
fore will be $225 and $209 on
weekends." The: , regular.
*reconomy ‘fare. “between °.
Calgary or ‘Edoonton and:

Toronto is $620, The fare.
between those "western »

cities is $454 to Ottawa and
- $878 to Montreal: ° . :
“We ore ‘defermined to
altract atidté busitiess “on

’“organization’s .

“outcome: because’ it. ‘was ‘a
“Irish

setback - -for - ‘the

- Republican Army.

- The IRA, . fighting to expel

the British from Northern ;

Ireland; ~ supported’

Yestoration: of the death
- “penalty in hopes it. would

“transform, the’ outlawed
convicted
murderers itito marlyrs and
advance the IRA cause.”

Hanging ‘for terrorist
murders: was one- of.‘ five

“eparale ‘améendnfents on’

cp Air announces. reductions:

cour -¢ross-Canada routes, | ;

-which have been the hardest
hit . by “the. recession,”

. Marketing ~ ‘vice-president |

Dick: Huisman said in the
release, .
cp. Air said customers

different e
slaying that: preceded the ©
. main motion. vote. —

; categories. of

The. five, all decisively

“defeated, were: hanging for

terrorist murders, rejected
361-to 245; for murder of
police officers, rejected 344
to 268: for murder of prison
guards, rejected 348 to 252;

«. for murder, by shooting or

explosion, rejected 274 to
for. murder in the

corse of a theft, rejected
369 to 194. |
Hanging was Britain’ 3

who already: have CP Air

tickets on the applicable

routes can.change them to
the lower fares before Aug.
I o ca

- The seat sale is subject to
government approval.

Fraser River closed -

VANCOUVER (CP) — The Fraser River has been closed
to sockeye salmon fishing until further: totice, the federal

- Department - ‘of Fisheries and: ‘Oceans ; announced Weds 7
nesday.

7 Early: Stuart iake sockeye have not returned to spawn in”
“predicted numbers and preliminary figures j indicate the run

is in critical condition, the department said when il, an-
nounced the closure, which was -recommended by the
International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission. ©

The run appears to be less than one-third the expected
300,000 fish, said Wayne Shinners, diréelor. ‘General of the
. department's Pacitic region.

“With a desired escapement of. 90,000 nockeye, there will

abe no surplus available for harvest;" he said.

. The elogure affects all commercial, sport, and Indian’

fisheries and will last at least until the Stuart Lake sockeye
have moved through the main stem of the Fraser on the
- way to thelr spawning grounds. vesnent

- The salmon comninicaion noled that without restrictions

“the: likely escaperent would be less than 20,000 fish, the..°

‘lowest. of this cycle of Stuart sockeye in-20 years.”

thission’ 5 call: for a coniplete shutdown. h-
‘ “The, returry. is very disappointing and we must curtail

‘Soutering grounds,” ” ~

ot,

fee od reread ag: ecg cap qanem dp Ba be

abet need

Shinners said: “We are in total-with the salmon com-"

fitting in order to gel aa many fish as possible onto. Ahe

murder . penalty -for hun-
dreds of -years until it was
abolished in 1969. Wed-
nesday’s vote was the fiith
time the Commons rejected

‘restoration of the gallows

since 1974, but observers”
were surprised at the size of
the rejection: Voting: had
been expected to ‘be close.

The six men- killed in
Northern Ireland: “on
Wednesday included « four .
part-time soldiers of. the
predominantly Protestant

‘Ulster Defence Regiment,

slain by amine planted by
the mainly Roman Catholic’
IRA, and two Catholics
apparently slain © as~ ~ ine,
formers.
REFER TO SLAYINGS
Supporters and opponents
of hanging repeatedly —
referred to those slayings
during the six-hour debate.
Conservative ‘legistalor-~
Nicholas Winterton.told the
House that those who voted

‘ against restoring hanging

“will have on- their: hands
the blood-of those.who are
shot and killed in Ireland.”

“Brittan, who voted for the

~ amendment calling for the -

hanging of terrorists but
opposed hanging for. the

other categories of murder, -

said: “The terrorist is at

war with us. He will take

any action he can to defeat
us. af

- Barry
said after the
“The ‘House of

Another . Tory,
Porter,
voting:

Commons has —yet again’
Bpat ‘In the face of the

British public.” = --
But ‘members * of the
socialist opposition . Labor

‘party shouted “rejoice!,.
rejoice!" when the result
‘was. known.  . Labor

Spokesman Roy, Hattersley -
‘sald hanging would be '‘a
“féversion : to batbatism.”

‘The B.C: government, already spurning intense si
over its severe Festrainta ¢ on public spending, defend

_medicare system,- " cer

BL. Health. Minister. Jim’ Nielsen sald’ in. Victoria that -
. Ottawa'should leave" the provinces: alone’ arid let them: ad-
~ minister - the. medical ‘care ‘aystern, vi
‘terference. re

“Meanwhile, civil servants’ who: ‘haves lost - their jos
‘because of overnment reductions in services, set Up Picket
~ dines“ at government ‘officés ‘in: ‘Victoria, Nanaimo and
Kaniloopa.” .. ¢'-~

The disagreement. hetwoen B.C. and, the federal govern:
~"ment over medicare concerns a- section of the budget that
proposes to increase basic hospital user fees, to $8.50 a day”
from — $7. 50. Federal Health Minister - Monique Begin |

hasstated that thefederal. government does not want the

provinces, to charge any fees.
Nielsen said Ottawa should back out of adoinstration of the
program ‘bul continue t provide funding for medicare.

The civil servants,.same of 400 fired July 7, the day the. -

budget was introduced, were engaging in spontaneous

wildcats (strikes)” said George Reamsbottom, spokesman °

for the B.C. Gavernment Employees . Union, - Many’
unionized workers refused to cross the picket lines. .
FIRE WITHOUT CAUSE a i

The government has introduced legislation which would
Bive it the rlght to fire any or all of the 250, 00 public-sector
employees in B.C. without cause. =;

In Victoria, inspectors fired from the motor vehicle ine

spection station picketed the city’s main library. - In
Nanaimo, picket lines went up at the vehicle testing station |
and provincial courthouse. In Kamloops, laid-off employees

of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs stopped about 50 union

_workers from going to work in government offices.

In the legislature Wednesday, Opposition ‘spokesman, ,

Gordon Hanson: said the proposed legislation’ violates a
United. Nations agreement signed by Canada. -

“The union and the B.C. Federation of Labor have fited an -
appeal against the bill with the International Labor
Organization, said Hanson (NDP-Victoria).

The bill doesnot contain rights of ‘appeal, notice and
compensation as - Atipulated by the United Nations.
agreement, he said,

But Provincial Secretary. Jim Chabot opened debate: in
the legislature on the bill saying the 400 layofts, and more
that government ‘spokesmen say are still to come, are
necessary if B.C. is to reduce-its $1.6 bilHon-deficit. ©

B.C. public-sector unions- say they'll spend $250,000 on‘a
publicity campaign against the Social Credit government’s
latest moves te trim government. The union program is to
be known as “Operation Solidarity.” - :

. Details of the campaign have not been spelled out, pen- ;

ding a special. conference -being organized by the: B.C.
Federation’ of Labor for this Friday,

Federation president Art Kube says Operation Solidarity
will involve -‘‘a ‘gradual. increase of pressure” on ‘the.
government to withdraw. legislation stripping significant
collective bargaining rights from public-sector unions.

Provincial Secretary Jim’ Chabot’ opened: debate: in‘ the

. legislature on the-bill saying the ‘400 layoffs, ‘and! more that

+, Government spokesmen, sayabe sill: to.come; are necessary
if B.C. is to reduce its $1.6 billion-deficit, ° ;

* Government is labor intensive and néarly 65 per ‘cent of

the budget goes directly or indirectly to public-sector wages
and benefits, he said, ‘therefore, reducing the size of the’
public sector will help to attack the deficit.”

Opposition leader Dave Barrétt. said the Legislation
“destabilizes society by taking away fundamental rights of
citizens to go to.court over unjustifiable actions.”

“If they don't like your moustache, if they don’t like your
hair, if they don’t like your politics, or if you didn’t .
contribute to Social Credit; ‘or for whatever reason, you can
be fired.”

- Questions of human rights had Labor Minister Bob:
. McClelland on the defence Wednesday. McClelland said his
Government's sew Human Rights Legislation is the most
progressive in Canada. . a

But Human Rights Advocates say, Legislation abolishing
the Human Rights Branch and Commission and setting up a
Government-A ppointed Human Rights Council will open the
door to bigotry and deny homosexuals and racial minorities
recourse to fight discrimination.

McClelland pointed out that the bill now provides
protection for the mentally and physically. handicapped and
will allow for more speedy handling of cases-under the old
system some cases dragged on for years.

Finance Minister’ Hugh Curtis had an easier, time -

Wednesday when he told about 200 businessmen at the
‘Vancouver Board of Trade that he intends to stand by the
Legistation which axed Civil Service jobs, increased sales
tax andadded provinelal sales tax. to restaurant meals of $7
or more.

‘In contrast to labor's. angry reaction, the businessmen
were restrained.

They expressed concer over several budgetary
measures, including the tax on-restaurant meals, but no
mention was made of the loss of protective functions that
accompanied the elimination of the Human Rights
Commission and the office of the Rentalsman.

Curtis made repeated reference to the May 5 election in
which the Socreds garnered about 50 per cent of the popular
-yote, taking 35 of 57 seats in the Legislature. The NDP
attracted 45 per cent of the vote, winning 22 seats.’ °

He said the people of B.C. voted for ‘this kind of straight
talk” in the spring and “they can be assured that on May 5
they made the right choice.”

INSIDE -

. Local, world sports pages 486
Comics, horoscope

”

page 6

. Classifieds. pages 8&9

WHY-BUY NEW?
_ WHEN USEDWILL Do!

Oe you want Parts to fix up your car but your budget
won'l allow it? Beal the high cost of new parts. with
quality” used Parts tram

Ss. K, B. AUTO SALVAGE

635-2333 or 635-9095.

3690 Duhan (justotl Hwy. 16 E)

——