l 5 OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Clark does not plan. a -federal-provineial con- stitutional conference this autumn despite a campaign promise «to. convene one shorily after the May 22 “election. - “There’s been a delay there,” a Clark alde said Wednesday, "not because” it'a- dot an Important ‘issue’ but there are other methods of dealing with that issue.” ’ Progressive Conservatives have been saying for years that economic disparity is as damaging to ‘national disunity. as an outdate constitution. . Faced with a gloomy eco nomic -future,’ the . govern- ment has decided to honor. another of its election Promises and call a federal- provincial economic con- ference before year's end. Senator Robert de Cotret, economic development LEGISLATIVE LLIHPARY, PARLIABENT BUILDINGS, VECTORIA, &.C., fiéels fall constitut ruaa fob Exact timing of the confer- ence is uncertain but is to be: discussed when’ the inner cabinet meets next month in Jasper, Alta., the Clark aide minister, told reporters said Tuesday the . conference would include both levels of Bovernment and represen- tatives from such interest groups as business. and labor. Mt ’ Bill Jarvis, federa)-” provincial relations minister, plans to meet his provincial individually this summer, and if they raise the subject CCHP. 77/78 counterparts . = os — = " oe a tet SP ee ER nats a RAE TEE TS terete cry dE Te li De OE ad t bay of'.a constitutional con- ference, “he'll listen ‘to them,” a spokesman for Jarvis said, Tory premiers such as On- tario’s William Davis and Alberta’s Peter Lougheed are known to favor a con- stitutional conference soon, Federal officials have in- dicated Clark is still eom- mitted to calling some type - of ‘constitutional conference before the Quebec referendum planned for next Spring, During the election campaign, Clark balked at providing a concrete plan for Tevamping the constitution 80 Quebec. Ideas for changes would have to follow federal- provincial consultation, Since the election, the na- ional talks tional unity issue which had preoccupied the ‘former Liberal] - government since the Nov. 15, 1976, Part! Quebecois election victory has all but died on Par- liament Hill, : The Conservatives predicted during the election . campaign they could ease federal-provincial _ tensions by co-operating with the premiers, The style of tha former Liberal government was described as con- frontative. ; Clark vowed his planned cooperative approach, resulting in provinces gaining greater powera, would put “a fresh face on- federalism.” . 555 TAXI (1978 LTD.) ; 24 HOUR SERVICE ~) 635-5555, 635-2525 635-5050. __ LIGHT DELIVERY SERVICE J 4 : Volume 73 No. 19 — TERRACE-KITIMAT aily herald 20¢ _ + Thursday, July 19, 1910 | | RUPERT STEEL & } SALVAGE LTD. Seal Cove Rd., Pr. Rupert 624-5639 WE BUY copper, brass, all motals, batteries, etc. Call us.- | | | open Mon. through Sat,,.8 a.m.-5 pm We are Two members of thé city’s park maintenance crew do ' work on Lower Litile Park while a pedestrian trys cut the not-yet completed walk ways which will be an _ integral part of the parks design. , BY COMMISSION Workers asked to restrict d OTTAWA (CP) — The Na- tional Commission on In flation asked workers today to reslat theurge tocope with rising oil prices by asking for large wage and salary in- creases, . ‘The commission, the agency established last fall by the government to alert 4 Union claims gov’t mislead OTTAWA (CF) — The federal government misled the public with a report Indicating that international unions do not give Canadian members ful] yalue for their dues, the Canadian head of. the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said Wednesday, Canadian director Mike Rygus disputed figures released: under the Cor- rations and Labor Unions turns Act because he said the law. “requires us to deliberately file incomplete and misleading information to the government.” _Rygus called on the ~Somoza’s army loosin MANAGUA (CP) — Sand- inista guerrilla forces en- tered the Nicaraguan capital Wednesday night. A convoy of guerrillas rolled into the capital along the highway from Masaya, 35 «kilometres south of Managua, and paused in the Colonia Centroamerica district about three Kilometres from the centre of Managua. The convoy arrived hours after interim President ‘Francisco Urcuyo resigned, Ureuyo replaced the exiled Anastasio Somoza on Tuesday morning, Urcuyo was taken to Las Mercedes international Wednesday night to be out of the country, a presidential adviser said. government to elther scrap or amend the act to allow full disclosure. The picture now presen- ted, because incomplete ‘information is used, in- dicates that the dues Canadian workers: pay ta: international unions. are more than double what they get back in strike funds and other benefits, Rygus said, “Tn fact, the law does not allow us to report all of our expenses — things such ag office rent, telephone and other communications costs, travel expenses for offleers and staff, - costs of con- ventions and conferences. Other government sources said the National Guard's Seneral staff had told Ur- cuyo he must hand over power to the Sandinista junta or face a military coup. - Urcuyo left his fortified bunker after a meeting with ‘US. Ambassador Lawrence Pezzullo, who was recalled earlier in the day and flew to Panama but later returned to Managua. Earlier in the day, a senlor member of the Sandinista ‘movement. which drove Anastaslo Somoza into exile claimed . that Somoza’s national guard is on the verge of surrendering, Tomas Borge, a founder of the anti-Somoza Sandinista movement, also said a provi-' . Blonal government has been _ Tecutomic the public to inflationary pressures, says Canadians _annot escape the impact of higher world oil prices, but they can control the potential mic damage ute changit eir way of life. This 7 nalyais is in the second newsletter of the agency. The newsletter was released in response to the July 1 price increase of $1 per barrel for domestic oi} and to the decision Iast month by oil-producing countries ta raise world oil prices by 25 per cent, ae The commission says the understandable reaction of workers will be te ask for more pay to cope with higher oil prices. : “But it won't work. The commission belieyes that if Canadians are adequately infot med ofthe problem they will take responsible actions, accept the need for greater conservation and not try to recover their shares of the OPEC increase out of next's week's wage increase or tomorow’s price increase.” By their individual ac- tions, the commission says, set up in Leon, 8 kilometres northwest of Managua, Borge said Leon has been declared Nicaragua’s provisional capital, adding that the national guard is demoralized completely, - Leon, the second largest city in Nicaragua, was the first major city fell to the rebels early in June. Borge said members of the provisional government have arrived in the city. They include Victetta Barridos de Chamorro, widow of the assassinated anti-Somoza editor of the Managua newspaper La Prensa; Sergic Ramirez Mercado, former secretary of the Central American University in Costa Rica; Alfonso Robbello Callejas consumers will decide whether the July 1 oil price increase raises the general price, level by half a per- centage point or a full per- centage point, . Latest government statistics show the cost of living, as measured by the’ consumer price index, rose last month at an annual rate - of 8.9 per cent. : The commission estimates that the inflationary effect of the July oil price Increase will come slowly as the coat: effects filter down to the consumer level. The initial impact, ex: pected in September, will be a three-tofive-cents-a-galton * increase in the. price of ‘gasoline and heme heating oil, Natural gas prices will also rise, This wilt be delayed by about 60 days as existing fuel inventories are used. Farmers, manufacturers, utility companies and others — forced to pay more for ail and gas — will increase their prices, . The commission estimates it could take. two. years and Daniel Ortega. - Borge said he does not know when the provisional government would move to Managua. “We are in the process of settling that problem,” he told reporters, Referring to Somoza's auccessor Franciseo Ur- cuyo’s demand that the Sandinista .guerrillas lay down thelr arms, Borge‘ said: “Given the new conditions laid down by that stupid puppet, we will probably call for. his unconditional Surrender and the total destruction of the national. guard to end the war,’ Leon was quiet when reporters -arrived from Managua. The main road leading from Managua to | emands before consumers feel the full effects of the latest $1- per-barrel oll price increase. “If the response by Canadians is to seek fully- compensating increases in their incomes, .it bas been estimated that the eventual impact of higher costs and wages could be as much as one per cent of the cost of living for each exira $1 per barrel,” The commission is about to Gov’t toend © ICBC rate discrimination VICTORIA (CP) -— The ‘British Columbia govern- ment is legislating an end ta discrimination in automobile insurance rates set by the Crownowned Insurance Corp. of B.C. A bill introduced Wed- nesday by Human Resources Minister Grace McCarthy will eliminate age, sex, ‘marital ‘status and ge- ographic location as factors used in setting auto in-- surance rates, The move was promised in the throne speech March 22. But Mrs, McCarthy, the minister. responsible for ICBC, would not say if rates will increase as a result of | this bill and would not say if ~ the current safe-driver ’ discount would be continued. . “AE am’ not, prepared: to inake-astatemment aboot any" “-atea or any category that, _ has had ‘an umbrella’ of ' protection by virtue of a discriminatory program," _ She told a news conference, — At a subsequent news conference, Premier Bill Benneit conceded that rates will go up because of the bill, © but said he hopes the -in- crease can be reduced by gradually phasing out -the various categories, He said that mosf reasonable people who have been getting a reduction in fates because of the discrimination would .be - prepared to pay ‘as muchas. they are now paying or more for the sake of justice." ’ Bennett said the ‘first priority should be to end age discrimination. Mrs. McCarthy sald the government “feels very strongly that the people of this province should not be begin its own conservation’ penalized when buying auto campaign, Bumers to: —Reduce their car trips. —Buy smaller, gas-saving models, —Use more public tranait. —Inatall better insulation in their houses, —Turn down thermostats. Although the government could continue to-cushion the public againat rising world oll prices through import subsidies, this would be the a costly approach in the long run, the commission says, A year ago, it only took a $3-a-barrel subsidy to close the gap between world prices urging con- - and the Canadian cast, . g in Nicaraguan capital Leon appeared to be in rebel control from a polnt 24 kilometres outside Managua. About 32 kilometres out- sida Leon, there was a national guard post overran earlier by the Sandinistas, In a five-hour battle that ended early Wednesay, ‘about 20 guardsmen and five rebels were killed. The bodies of the guardsmen still were lying where they had falled when reporters passed the spot en route to Leon. Ureuyo’s government angered the United States on Wednesday by refusing to hand over power to the rebel junta. To bring pressure, Washington recalled its ambassador and state de- partment spokesmen insurance because of factors over which they have tio control.” ; “We feel there should be only two basic classifications of people: safe drivers, which the vast majority are, and unsafe driyerg,”’ She said a plan ending dis- : crimination, requested by : the government from ICBC, “envisions that we start over a whole new program for ICBC and we hope that that is what they will come up with,” She refused to disclose any details. suggested Somoza might be deported from his ‘luxurious villa in Florida, AL3 p.m. —5 p.m. EDT ~ about two hours after the time the alleged surrender, truckloads of Nicaraguan national guardsmen were seén going lo and from a basic infantry training school downtown, Sporadic gunfire could be heard fom several paris of the capital. Conflicting reports cir- culated after a dozen guard planes and two helicopters — most of the small Nicaraguan air force — were flawn by 23 guardsmen and pilots to neighboring’ Hon- duras, where the guardsmen sought asylum: Earlier _ Wednesday, ” guard OTTAWA (CP) ‘Immigration Minister Ron Atkey says the provinces have co- operated'with the federal government on the question of Southeast ‘Asian refugees. He says the butk of the 50,000 refugees the government expects to arrive this year and next will go to Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta, —~ ; Here are some provincial views: . _ Québec says it will take refugees. That would be about 10,000 refugees this. year and possibly next year. ‘Quebec — will continue to receive more than its share of refugees, ' at least until the end of this year,"says Jean Dorion, provincial im- migration spokesman. Premier William Davis of Ontario has said the .province will accept as many refugees as want come. Atkey has esti- mated Ontario would take about 40 per cent. Culture Minister Reuben Baetz says it is statlstleally possible that 13,000 refu- gees could arrive in Ontario by the end of the fiscal year next March 31. Ottawa is ‘talking of taking 4,000 refugees, British Columbia Labor Minister Alan Williams has said that traditionally ithe province takes about PROVINCES OKAY REFUGEE DEAL - ahopt: que-third-of =the.” maaty’ puerta, govern. 10 per cent of refugees. The province has in- troduced legislation designed to provide a range of government programs and to direct financial and other support to groups engaged in, helpi refugees. The tegialation sets no limit on refugees, Vancouver has started a campaign to prepare for 5,000 and the Interior city of Kelowna has anoth program, ment has. not- yet set. a- figure. Atkey has said the province says It will take a significant number, It would not base its intake on the size of Alberta’s population but on the ability to create jobs. In New Brunswick, Darrell Mescheau, director of immigration, says the province has tra- ditionally absorbed about one per cent of total refugee immigration _. about 250, Manitoba Manpower Minister Ken MacMaster says the province will take about five per cent of the refugee total. He has mentioned a total of about 15,-000. in Indochinese immigrants and refugees, He says the percentage could rise because: the Mennonite Church is Sponsoring so many refugees. ALCAN WORKERS SUPPORT PARROT The Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers, Local 1, at Alcan’s Kitimat Smelter, will support the Confederation of Canadian Unions in a one-day strike if Jean Claude Parrot, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, losea a current appeal. Parrot is appealing a three-month jail sentence for defying a parliamentary back to work order, __ Unions belonging to the CCU decided to organize the protest strike at a national convention hetd July 14 and 15 in Vancouver. Manuel Espinoza, a San- dinista spokesman in San Jose, the capital of neigh- boring Costa Rica, said commanders in Managua had surrendered at about 1p.m.—3 p.m. EDT — and that rebel officers were on their way to take over Guard command posts in the capital. Lt.-Col. Humberto San- chez, Urcuyo's information secretary, told reporters in Managua the guard had not surrendered and the report that it laid down its arms “is a lie,” The provisional junta re- turned to Nicaragua earlier Wednesday to lead the fight against the new regime, There was fighting in the countryside during the day and Urcuyo reinforced the uard around the sand- ged Managua headquar- ters he inherited from Somoza. In Washington, U.S. state department spokesman Hodding Carter said Ur- cuyo’s decision to retain power “has led to a serious and deteriorating situation,” Fourteen Nicaraguan alr | force military and transport aircraft arrived Wednesday at an air base in Honduras: carrying 186 persons, in- cluding a number of guard officers and men, said a Honduran government communique. The alatement said all 186 asked for po: Ulical asylum. beet ene ne AERATE TBA aes