poe -, MONTREAL ey. _ ie common: “front, of unions representing 200,000 Quebec public sector, employees vowed: .- ‘Sunday to begin an illegal: escalating strike in two weeks to force the’ provinelat, government to. withdraw - Amposed ‘Contracts and reopen negotiations, , ‘A general strike would: cripple Quebeo's ‘school. system , “and deprive the ‘public: af all but essential: health care, and -soclal services.’ ; ha “It'll be very. hard, “we aw, biit it's a ‘atrike. that's been ‘pushed on us,” said. Yvon, Charbonneau; president of the: '"70,00-member Centrale de Tenseign¢ment du ‘Quebec, ‘the province’ 6 largest teachers’ federation. =. : : Teachers will begin:-the’ strike: Jan, “26; ‘followed’ by” ” walkouls ‘during the next. five. days. by: members :of the: -Confederation:‘of National Trade ‘Unions and-the Quebec: Federation of Labor, Whose inemibers include social service : ” arid hoépital workers. | os ~ Union leaders say all common ‘front ‘employees: will be off the ejob by Feb, 1, and M they hope the strike wil I spread to. the” ; El Salvador government plans no: new: moves. and the other. commanders brought a colnterproposa, but ‘SENSUNTEPEQUE, “El Salvador: (AP) = The come, mander of the national guard met: with the colone! leading a mutiny in northern El Salvador and later assured cheering .. Speaking from the bandstand in the centre of the town Ochoa'is considered one of the government's best field _ Lownspeople that the government plang t no military move to put down the rebellion. . : Emerging from a five-hour meeting: with Gen. ‘Eugenio’ « Vides Casanova atid four other top comimandera who ¢ame~ from the capital Sunday, Col. Sigifredy Ochoa Perez sald-he ' and the other officers had discussed ways: to eri the. standoff, Be ‘But he vowed that if talking fails’ he and his men. will stick to their demands “even if we must die,” ’_. Qchoa, who commands about 900 soldiers in the northern * Cabanas province, declared himself In rebellion last week after rejecting Defence Minister José Guillermo Garcia’s order transferring him to a desk. job. in the Salvadoran. ‘Embassy in Uruguay. Ochoa aaid his only demands wereto be allowed to stay in Cabanas province to fight leftiat guerrillas, and that Garcia - Salaries. delayed. . KAMLOOPS, B.C. (CP) — There is‘a threat that BC. School boards might delay’ implementation of 1983 ar- _bitrated salary increases, Larry Kuehn, president. of the ‘B,C. Teachers' Federation, said Sunday. . ; y ‘The B.C. School. Trustees’ Association has received a : ‘gal opinion suggesting school boards withhold payment : intil the arbitration awards are ‘approved’ under B.C,'s Wage restraint. program, Kuehn sad Iny@i telephone in- terview from Vancouver, | |. oe . . The trustees' legal opinion “suggests that the boards not .. (pay immediately). but it doean’t say | that they ‘don’t have to,"’ said Kuehn. . ‘ft really says.the courts will’ ive i deli whether they have to.” - . - . Jhe teachers’ federation has a contrary: legal opinion “— which states “there is nothing in the law which relieves the - school: boards of the obligation to meet the arbitrated ° awards that. came down last December," he said. , i nant ene isu ARN WAeredthee “he tiie B ‘ee i ete Cullng by Compensation Stabilization Commissioner Ed ‘Peck'on the salary increases, which range from three to five per cent, may not come until a& late as March, a spokesman for Peck hassaid. =. School trustees and Education Minister yl Vander Zalm 4 police board, said he has had no requests nor has the-city “have said salary increases would = " maive teacher layoffs. ; F ae re tee vy! ‘Pe dens “zz:from page: i . _ Falklands cheer ” Phateher, the first prime minister to visit the Falklands © _ in 10. years of British rule, was scheduled, té. make a helicopter. tour of the battlefields. and to visit war . cemeteries today... - . One of her: stops was’ to be . San Carlos ‘Water, 80 kilometres. west of Slanley, where the first of the '5,000-at- tacking British troops landed May 21 to begin their battle to recover the Islands from Argentine ore upation forces, The Have undeclared war killed 255 B tons and 72 ‘Argen- Ss. + : ‘Thatcher and her husband Denis arrived Saturday after a- “12 800-kilometre, 24-hour trip from London that followed the * route of the British Falklands’ supply. line, ' She made. the Jast leg of the journey; the 13-hour fligiit from the mid-Atlantic’ Ascension Island, In a propelior-- . Sriven C-130 Hercules transport outfitted with a soundproof cabin, The plane was escorted into Stanley by Phantom Jet fighters;.. 024. s Hundreds of tearful islanders gattiered in the capital to cheer the prime minister’ as word of her arrival spread across the islands 230 nautical miles east of the tip of South America. The trip was not announced in advance because of security considerations, British officials satd.:. “The week that J heard Argentina’s invasion force Was on its: ‘way WaB the ‘worst week. of my. life,”” ‘Thateher told the - ~ crowd. Later, ina: speech to. the Falklands? leaders, she gaid: “You know what. we all fought for — freedom: and Justice, _ Which, are two sides of the same coin.” * | “The 19 councillors who run the islands with civil com- _missioner Sir Rex Hunt were reported to have | conveyed io" ‘Thatcher their feelings that Britain . has: neglected the... ' islands for far too ‘Tong. “London, to the» disappointment of: many islanders, . . recently turned down a. proposal to imake farmland _ available for purchase. About half of the islands’ land ds ‘. owned by one British company. . During her first: fill day in the islands Sunday, Thatcher © . visited the RAF camps at the alrport,- and was briefed by. _ bomb disposal experts ‘gtitl wore clearing the tho nds of =» mines littering the islands: Yo ak GSE Voeg : Thatcher, said she was ‘patonished to see some of the * . Falldands’ six million. penguins walking from the beach -: : . across’ the- minefield 4o:thetr nesting: places, 93") uss - ‘She laid wreaths at ppints along her routeto the Anglican” . Christ Church Cathedral, wherq she led the congregation In giving” thanks for what she.called a famous victory, _Later, wearing a pink rose presented ¢o her by an elderly islander, Thatcher dined in Stanley with her: service chiefs, ‘,ttrike Nov, 10'to protest’ ‘Quebec's: intention :to“roll back. 2 resign. He has not marched on the capital and the moves ae ; enacted in 1977; - . ’ firearm in the. ‘commission of a crime.’ criminal use of guns. 7 weapons. “NEED applications, but they can’t approve any. for B.C. . __ Waterland has slicedJa half the amount of trees that may Pa 1» @pological reserves. 2. ,half 6f-the previous AAC of 1,074,008 cubic nieters, ‘by Waterland’s decision. ‘Their’ ‘portion: of - the: Queen : , Charlotte AAC has merely been shifted to other areas In the © . portion of the AAC has been transferted to the’ Kingcome . ‘ ‘TSA-on the-lower coast and northerti Vancouver Island. cA mass deavon: .» stration Is set for Jan. 20a front of the, national ‘Assembly: In i i! “Queber City. - ., She’ threatened strike comes about a ‘month after: the . “national ‘assembly adapted legislation impgsing. a) ‘three- year: ‘Contract on the: ‘employees and rolling back | wages by! : “about 21 per cent for more than: half of hem. for. the firet;.. - front delegates mapped out strategy. entire public sector, of 925,000 emplo ‘could ud be fined up to $10,000. “\dhree months ‘of 1988..° + For: the remainder : vol. the contract, the. workers will “receive gmail wage increases that will mean, some of them may not see thelr salaries as high | as they a are how vl th _ eid of the: contracts: in 1985: we “Unfona ‘violate. the law oie face feary. fl possible’ ‘decertification. « reer 1 = Common front employees took: part ina one-day illega : whether they'll ‘join the strike. Walkout. . wages. “The ‘unlons' have: ‘been’ ‘charged with: Staging: an” legal s strike and face Fina of up: to 0.000; Unlon leaders " Tent has not mobilized its forces against Ochoa. did not say what it was, command understand we want justice,” he said. “Tf they. _ don’t accept we will stay in this province of Cabanas, even if. we must'die," . Vides Casanova, | the national guard comnander, told the '* “crowd he did ‘nat come to pressure (Ochoa) in any sense,' "No one has: considered taking military action ‘against | - this Blorlous town,” Vides Casanova said. He added that he Controls demanded “on the job." u sald the unions would be writting te call off thea strike later this month if the government: witha wa the: decrees and:negotiates new contracts. im : " “We have: -to make the government . return to the * negatlations,” -he told a news conference after common: *» Charbonneau added that: labor’ leaders 1 received strike. “mandates from two-thirds of the union tocals in the common - * front, while the’ remainder will he encouraged to join. the | Delegates at, the weekend moeiing drew up alteraatives ~ me Whee Tee votre rons sel th didnot reveal, but Ss ey. There has been no comment on the ‘yebellion . from President. Alvaro‘ Magana or Roberto. d’Aubiisson, the », ultra-rightiat head of the. Constituent. Assembly: - . The U.S, Embassy said it was ‘staying. neutral. In @ ” telephone Interview’: with The Associated Press, 9. . Ambassador Deane Hinton ‘sald: “I just hope the fellows 4 —-. are going tostraighten it all out, pall togettier and get back. ft - The US, is the primary supporter of the Salvadoran --Sovernment i in it fight against Marxist Buerrillas. a 1, The Herald, Monday, January 10, 198, Page a tor plans escalating strike. “some were. reported to. be srejared to approve | reltacts! ‘.. The goVerament originally intended tp save $521 millon : through. wage rollbacks for all public sector Workers, but, the stand waa softened In the decrees by eliminating or earn A under, $22,000 or, less annually, 2 || ‘Tae government brutally broke ifthe talks that were In’. St, wpe rss ie Cae ae _ progress at the time,” Charbonneau sald. ee eee ey een oe Goverment spokeamen were riot available for comment... — -. Leaders of unions representing'the 125,000 workers not ‘in. thie commoiy -front could: not be reached to: fomment on: NOW RENTING! | : - SUMMIT Sake APARTMENTS “TERRACE eee One & Two Bedrooms featuring: we - Fridge, stove & drapes — eWall to wall carpeting eRAQUETBALL COURTS Gymnasium faciiltle - eOn-site_managament woo ~ Enquire about our. new ° square Sunday, Ochoa told about 2,500 supporters that:he . -Cabanae’recldents appears to have the support, of many . oe f ~.. dreducedrents. © “had mads sere proposals to the five re military rommandersy. nas residents. ’ .For'y our-personal. viewing visit. “but did ‘not elaborate. :. In San Salvador, a. well-placed source said the fenpasse Maur apartments daily at: We hipe that the minister of defence and the high’ could lead to the resignations of both Ochoa and Garela, . who ‘are. longtime political rivals. 2607 PEAR ST. ~ oreall 638. 5968 “MAL Estic MANAGEMENT LTD." + VANCOUVER (CP) — Criminat penalties for firearm — - : . offences should be stiffened and Imposed more often by the " oe ' courts, says Vancouver's chief of‘police. -. an “Gun control {s fine for honest people, it doesn’t work for criminals,” said Bob Stewart, algo a director of the ~ * Canadian’ Association. of Chiefs of: Police. “Double the " sentence where,a weapon or violence is used. Violent crime _ _ woe has to be shown to bé tmaeceptable, otherwise there will be - ‘om Dg? increasing incidents.” - cS Bill Harasyn, the executive director of the Canadian association in Ottawa, sald thal in 1979, 1900 and. 1981 the - Pollee chiefs passed resolutions calling for stiffer penalties .: and asking that gun legialation be expanded to include not ~ only the use of a gun, but having a | weapon of any kind while... - conimitting . acrime, - - An aide to Solicitor General Béb Kaplan sald the minister _ called in 1880 for a three-year moratorium on any changes until a study was completed on the impact af gun legisla tion for fulure reference, — That, law called for acquisition certificates for firearms There also i is an additional penalty in the Criminal Code of from one to-five years for anyone convieted of using. a . Alex Ma iale NDP; ic. on ‘atlorney oa . For your convenience, » ‘clip out this rate table - ' -willapply, as of January 15th, 1983, for the delivery of - NEW POSTAGE RATES INEFFECT AS OF... The following | is a selection of postage rates which Canadian and International mail. ~ Complete information on all pesisgerateois is avaliable at your. local-post.office. ” area alsigaey tteayst iuny’d be ecgy es pe daa ra vhs eal ffs mage oe fa aththgly in vor of gun con- trols and even tightening them.” He also said the thrust should be towards the criminal 1 use _of firearms, “E think the courts should be very strict in their sentencing for weapon offences.” wos . Vancouver Mayor Mike Harcourt, who is chairman oF the MAIL FOR DELIVERY WITHIN made any requests to Ottawa for action to prevent the : He also backs tougher penalties for the, criminal use of Attorney General ‘Allan winiams; was unavailable for comment. a NEED discussed Herald Staff Writer, TERRACE— Skeena. MLA Frank’ Howard has sent a, ‘telegram to Bob McClelland urging him to immediately announce B.C.'s participation in the NEED program. NEED js a pan be funded jointly by the federal and provincial gd¥Vernments that is similar to the EBAP - make work project, but with one difference. Where EBAP - 7 is only for these collecting UIC payments, NEED is only for those whose claims have run out. _ While a make-work scheme, NEED is also considered “insurable earnings”. CANADA © . Local Delivery (2 kg) ; Halifax to 5 Montreal 2 ke) This rate applies only on metered and permit mail that does , be 32¢, ed Be om eee ees het earere ae a ee | rs Special Services. a * Certified Mail*. . _ beet eee eee eee Registered Mail* . 0.0.0.0... eee tee .. $4. 96 | Special Delivery*. « . Leeeae eee S106® *Plus appicable postage: . Parcels (to 30 kg) “‘4stClass oo. $2.60: Parcel Post. . .. $4.38 “‘istClass ..... $4.77. Parcel Post... | 1° " ‘4stClass 2... .. $3.60. Parcel Post... . $1.70 - Vancouver lo Winnipeg @ Ko ottawa a to Toronto (2 kg) istClass ..... $2.97. kg Parcel Post. ... $1.59 Non-standard letter rate o- -30g)..... Lee 37¢ not include postal code ar meet postal standards (eg. size). - All letters bearing postage stamps and all standard letters. remain at 30¢ until the 15th of February, when the rate will and after working on NEED projects for'a set period of . ‘time, a person may requalify for UIC payments. Howard says the federal ‘government is. processing ; MAIL FOR because the provincial government has not given its official DELIVERY consent as yet to enter the progam. : Deputy Premier Grace McCarthy stated the matter of DENVER, Letters, 8 fosicards and greeting cards (0- 30'g) 37¢. approval had been turned over -to Isobel Kelly, deputy minister of labor, ina letier sent to the IWA.. >, Howard, however, says everything appears at a stop until .. .MeCarthy returns from a holiday. That will be some time at the ond of January. ; MAIL FOR DELIVERY OVERSEAS " Unsealed greeting cards — surface. Airinail letters, aerograms and postcards - -20 9) ese. ‘ Unsealed greeting cards — airmail (0 - 20 g) 48¢. (0-20 g) 37¢ Cutting sliced ”<.” Herald Staff Writer QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS — Ata time when the _ area's forst industry. is shut down, Forest Minister Tom ~ be logged on the Queer Charlotte's. The Queen Charlotte Timber Supply Area covers 517,000 hectares or about half the Island's land mass. The other half is contained in three. tree farm licences, Naikoon Park, and Waterland -has set the Allowable Aimual Cut for the ; Ghiantette’s at 450,000 cuble meters for 1963. That’s less than - ‘However, major logging compariies 1 will not, suffer o loss 'provinee. MacMillan Bloedel’s. share and part, of CIA industries’ Part of Crown Zellerbach’s AAC has been transferred to the ‘Nootka TSA on western Vancouver Island. ; ' Waterland: plans to cut even more AAC's oul of the Queen Charlotte TSA. When this happens, the portion of the harvest thus released will be added to the portion set aside. for, the small business program, Se ; - ee : aa Standard letter rate’. 61 : IstClass Letters (0.- -309)- belies: ey 326 : : A variet of rates apply to different - oe information by contacting your local . The following postage rate will apply as of February 15th 15th, 1983. of mail. You Gan have. completo a Postmaster or Sales Representative. Canad provided the’ government used the money-to create jobs... reducing wage reductions for 161,500 of the employees who mo - i. :