"PESESLATENE: LEBRARY,: PARLIAMENT \BUELDINGS , WWORIA, B.C... eal Tet conside - VANCOUVER (UPC) & Kitimat : and Prince’ Rupert are being considered by Union Ol! of; " Ognada as: possible: ites for’ a $400 million * fertillzer plant, a company official says. * +: Keith Openshaw; senior vice-president in the ‘- gompany's Los Angeles office, said Tuesday he, “Kas had. several preliminary: meetings : - Peovinglal government: officials to. disctus dare in en ree te He | with . of gas. COMP, 72778 ". puilding the ‘plgat i in one of the northwest B. C. " communities. considered as a sité for. the plant, ; He said the decision of where to locate the plant will be based on the project's timing, the —- ' reliability of natural gas supplies and the Bri 4 i plant would emphy 500 people _ directly.a and 400'in support services and would’ But, Openshaw. sald Edmonton is also. ing: ; tone of ammonia, 438, 00 tons of .. uréa and 200,000 tons of urea nitrites annually. 1t would require a natural gas feedstock af about 60 billion cubic feet per year. my Pat Histon, communications director. in “the: pievincial eneriy nin ‘proposal’ ia likely to be ma e until after the ~ government, announces its industrial Bas price ’ May: - Westcoast - Transmission Ltd. ‘and - Ocelot Industries of Calgary had proposed to bulld two ano! plants in British Columbla. but: the. delay in establishing price levels for the plant's . methanol: y, oald a0 “specific : Projects. - high ‘natural gas feedstock ‘are “threatening the. - Westcoast epokedmeit have also expressed. -eoncern the new industrial ‘price will be too © : ‘for such petrochemical | projects - as méthanol. and ‘fertilizer ‘plants to be economically feasible. — : . ne r ene ae ae a Paar ie L —\ -_ANPERT STEEL a ~ SALVAGE LTD. Stal Cove Ri. Pr. hoe » 624-5639, ‘ " wi. coer, brass, all wii als, . | * hatleries: ote. Call as - Weare: -} “am Nea. Arent sat a.m. Sine SS ; 7 Aican,. workers : debate - study — “By GAILDOTINGA _ _Herald Staff Writer _ Union members: at Alcan _“gsupport® the ‘controversial ; on working conditions _ at the plant-in the past and hope the publicity Prom it - awill help track down former werkers. who: might be af" ‘fee ted.- ' The Canadian Association of: Smelter’ and Allied ‘Workers. (CASAW? agree - | whole ‘heartedly with the . Feport. while. company. of- " ‘flelals... questioned y the ‘walldity. of it. :- “We are not aware of any ; qualifications: of the author (Jim Brisebois) that allowed _ him. to. write. the report,”. * gaid Brian Hemingway, iignager of public: relations at: Alcan,’ - 2 We: are aware. of,” developments: ° oc: --cupational health. For years |. ‘pow. we have had ‘medical | ‘Monitoring of oar eniplayert aff on W @ physiclans of” . fhe. communities . that. ; smeltars ‘are located in and. f~ (ren RACK-KI 1 WAT: | Volume 74 No. 102. . — \ ‘Westend. Food Mart — 7 cant | Chevron Service Open ~ Che won: 6:30am -.11 pm | Open “Tdaysa week en _ 4 Hours 635-5204 rs 128 Wesatity Pir Tank 1. fad ' » 5 DAYS, A YEAR" ' down now... will, continue .to ‘do so," a added Hemingway. However, ‘the union gives’ _ its full support to “the report and wants the Workers’ Compensation Board to track down former em- “We will fill out claims of past and-present workers | / who feel their illness: is related’ to exposure from certain. chemicals in the smelter,” said a spokesman + for. the union.. “We would like. bo change the regulations so that a worker suffering from a ° smelter induced disease will - . receive compensation until ‘the company can - prove - otherwise, right now it's the opposite, the worker. must prove It,” he added.” Currently the WCB is - eonducting a health study of employees .at--Alcan in conjunction with the com- pany and the union. results are expected ‘to be* released late this year. CASAW feels the study isa good thing but that it poses some problems. . “The major: problem with . the study is. that-it doesn’t prove anything about past conditions,” sald the union spokeaman, — he union Is hoping that . the ‘ecent publicity about fhe. report will prompt past workers with lung or bone . problems to report them. . The report states that . workers who worked in the smelter-before 1974 and now suffering from lung and bone _ diseases might be the result of exposure to certain chemicals while at Alcan,. malnly flouridea. The ; _ The old Winterland food store.Is almost torn Workers have been busy ° demolishing the store so that it can be. turned 7 into a parking lot for the restaurant next door. “Photo oy: ‘Greg sldateton ] REFERENDUM .the equality of nations | “this agreement levy its- MONTREAL (UPC) — The question asked of 4.36 million Quebecers in Tueaday’s _ referendum vote: -- "The Government.of Quebec hag made - public: its proposal to negotiate . agreement. with the rest of Canada, : would enable Quebse to: acquire the exclusive power to make ite Laws, taxes and establish relations abroad. ~ in other: words, ‘bovereignty:- currency; “no chang a new based on ‘same time to maintain with, Canada an economic ‘association including. a’ common e in political - status’. resulting from“ these negotiations will be effected without approval by the people through - another referendum; — and at- ‘the » “qn'thése terms, do you give the Govern- _ ment of Quebec the mandate to negotiate the proposed ‘agreement between Quebet and Canatla?, Yes. No.” By MARIE GREBENC . - MONTREAL (UPC) — A distraught and mortified . Premier ‘Rene Levesque’. cling to his dream of Quebec's. “rendezvous with history" ~ “today after ; Quebecers rejected | his promised new Jand. . . Mprosfederalist - leader Claude. Ryan. claimed ‘an. . “astounding’’ -vietory ‘for Levesat ‘siure a ‘the reat of Canada~ were atill-hard times. ahead. And Prime Minister Pletre - Trudeau, profoundly - "+ relleved his native provirice ~ had chosen to stay in the nation he governs, said simply, ‘I-have never been as proud ... to be a Quebecer’. « and a Canadian. . ~“To my fellow Quebecers’ who have been wounded by. referendum," Trudeau scheduled: a 3: . pm. EDT address lo the ~ House of Commons which ~ _aides said would waveil some ‘| proposals to heal-the rifts left ”. ., by the: divisive referendum * vote, Valin in a record. ‘B2". percent turnout, Quebee poananoae spurned Heneotenc first-step to:in- - lence by turning down oT. pi bid for a mandate to. negotiate. “association.” —. With thé count adjourned at 98 percent of 3.625 million , ‘sovereignty: percent for Ryan's: ‘for Levesque’s | Parti Quebecois secessionists. Postal workers strike averted By RICHARD DOYON OTTAWA | (UPC) Postmaster General Andre. Quellet praised postal workers’ leader Jean-Claude - hig membership to ignore a Parrot for his ‘positive’ attitude. in Tuesday talks that led to negotiated | settlement without a: “strike in fifteen years € and adult. The storie: ; presented on ‘STORY CONTEST WINNERS PAGE 3° The - short story contest sponsored by the _ Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Terrace. libraries has named its winners, — ‘.. This contest which received more ‘than “300 entries in total, was organized by the libraries to help celebrate the National Book Festival which: ran from May 2to 11. A $25 regfonal prize was awarded to the wiriner.in each of three. categories - - elementary school, secondary school Local prizes were awarded for the best stories received in each town, h won the regional, Prizes are ans t the first © It was 4 far ery from the: “last. round’ of negotiations -which ended in a mass walkout and a jall term for Parrot when he ‘instructed . federal back-to-work order. The tentative agreement, | hammered out insix hours of face-to-face talks between , Ouellet and Parrot Tuesday, -: averted another major “postal strike that cbuld have’ begun as early as Friday. No details were released. "The fruitful discussions were: possible because of a spirit of cooperation on the part of the union and ] want to pay a special tribute to their approach and their willingness to come to a negotiated settlement,"’ Ouellet said. ‘“Mr. Parrot has been forceful but. positive and I want to pay special tribute to m. Ouellet said the sides had reached an agreemient, in principle and would be meeting today to put it in eontractual © language. “Details of it would have.to be released at a later date and. at an appropriate meament " Parrot. was similarly pleased with ..the first “negotiated settlement since he assumed the presidency of. the’ ~ 23,000-member Canadian Union of ‘Postal Workers, “I'm not going to say it: was that easy," he-said. But “reaching a settlement in | that manner for probably the _ first time in our history, ina way its something to he pleased with, there’s no ‘ doubt.’’ He said the agreement epuld not be announced because it still had to be put into contractual language “and.we eventually have to goto all the membership with all of: this so we still ‘ have to discuss how and en we are golng to release Tuesday's meeting, the first between Parrot and. Ouellet, tiarked the first time the two sides had met since the dispute waa turned over to a concillation board. Parrot had said the board's report, released last Friday, represented the “minimum” package that could prevent ‘the inside postal workers from going out on strike. - The conciliator's package included recommendations for a wage settlement of over B percent plus cost-of-living protection, methods improve the ‘grievance procedure, and support for. the post office becoming a crown corporation. . Quellet, whose par- ticipation had been agreed ‘on at a cabinet meeting Monday, had algo expressed optimism that a strike would be avoided, to’ “His clear... the ball has been sent-to the federalist court,” said Levesque as he blinked - back tears in the- eastend arena rehired for . what had been planned as a “reenactment of the upset November 1976 electoral win which brought him to power, ‘The people of Quebec now have clearly once again given them another chance.” To cries of Non! Non!” hid wife shedding tears along -with many in the crowd of 8,500, Levesque. tried to keep the torch high. “Let us not give wp, let us not lose sight of the o' jective which is so legitimate, 30. universally recognized ’ Canadian :unity,. demanded _ ' 8 Pal ’ cis caren eid and, ay oluatly ‘Wahed 7 there: feat, [-wish to say that we — have all lost a little in this - ballots, the vote stood at 59.4. " federalists and 40.6 percent agen from adoring followers and - among the peoples iy, nations — politica this will come,” ni ves wavered. , BENNETT: The first t step OF st is hte - step on Hie path to renewed Canadian -federaliam,. B.C. Premier Bill Bennett and opposition leader Dave Barrett agree... Bennett said Tuesday the ‘outcome of the referendum .tesalves the immediate Quebec crisis but does not. eradicate the long-term Canadian: problem. - He said the next step is for. -LALONDE: Lane — Monstitutional ‘ferénce intent’on resolving ’ “the outstanding issues from “all regions of the country. This is hard, it hurts more” than any electoral defeat... . : “tT have confidence that - the_provintal and federal - fenty’ tp go inte the con: Meanwhile, two B.C. business leaders said the “No. yote, while expected, - Will help restore foreign confidence in the Canadian economy. “7 think {t will have a positive effect on canadian business," sald Bruce ay Confidence seen PARIS UPD. _- The uel -peferendum result Showed confidence in the existing government of ‘Canada, Energy Minister Marc Lalonde saidtoday at a news conference at a meeting of the International Energy Agency. “TR very happy with the result,” said Lalonde, who is in the French capital for a two-day meeting.of the cy’s board of directors. “Waa a vote substantially in favor of the federal system.” _ The - Montreal-born. minister, who in the previous Trudeau government was responsible for federal- provincial relations, said he was not “astonished” by the winning margin. "OM is a vote of confidence ‘for Canada, with voters showing Canada is. really their home," he said. “I suspect all governments of the world will rejoice at this development — ‘that Canada should and would remain whole,” Lalonde said Canada had no problems: with the _at- titude of the French government during recent years, ‘He's attitude has been one of non-interférence but not indifference,’ the energy minister said, “The French government has respected the political sovereignty of Canada, and I have no doubt this will continue in the future.” Supporters demonstrate MONTREAL (UPC) — Gangs of rival supporters roamed the downtown area Tuesday night in the af- termath of the decisive defeat of Premier Rene Levesque’s forces in the Queber referendum. ‘The demonstration peaked when some 3,000 rowdy Yes supporters marched along, St. Catherine Street, the main shopping thoroughfare of downtown Montreal, before spilling over into wealthy Westméunt, the bastion of the city’s English establishment. — Here’s a challenge for ye you The routes have been planned and maps are The Medical Society of Terrace, through the Fun Fest committee will be pentathalon . associations. for Various organizations The events will take place during the sponsoring a challenge cup and Terrace Fitness Fun Fest on June 21 and 22. A cup will be presented to the winning group at ihe: end of the events. Each group must have entrees into efeh event, and entries should be in by June 15. available to the entrants. The actual scoring’ system depends upon the numbers of entries but all events will be timed and each participating group will score according to time length or place. As this is being planned as an annual event all times will be officially recorded and distributed to par- licipating Rroups for future training.