i: : 4 Ley isiei ht LLIBAARY,» _ oa ere 1 plibp bins ’ Yow wetbA, 'eCee ol . COMP, TT/TB ; | mee 7 TERRACE-KITIMAT ~) ( RUPERT STEEL & SALVAGE LTD. | » | we buy ; COPPER BRASS ALL METALS & BATTERIES HOW. - SAT. OPEN TIL 5 p.m. | Volume 72 No. 187 20¢ Wednesday, September 27, 1978 J (Location Seal Gove ‘Phone 624-5638) . Three for Skeena.. jobs this fall. Three more work grants announced for northwest additional organizations in northwestern B.C. have received Canada Works funding, it was announced today by lona Campagnolo, MP community The projects represent a commitment of $64,688 in federal funds, and are part of a total of 79 projects funded In Skeena under the 1978-79 phase of Canada Works. Throughout the Skeena. constituency, $3,082,230 Is being Invested in community jobs and community development by | Canada Works. It Is expected that the three new projects will create a total of 24 new The additional projects receiving funding are: Growing Inside Out, Port Clements, Queen Charlotte Islands, creating three jobs and receiving $14,196; the Co-operative . Operative Group of Terrace, creating 10 new jobs and receiving $28,392; and the Hazelton Curling Club of Hazelton, creating 11 jabs and receiving $22,100 in funding. Director - of Community 5Ser- vices Judy Vandergucht (left) and Program Administrator Marguerite Clarkson look on as Roy Greening, the chairman of community services, signs the project contract for a Canada Works project involves research into the problem of family violence and an examination of the need for an emergency shelter here. for Terrace. The PROJECTS DELAYED Trustees don’t show Lack of a quorum at Monday night’s meeting of . the Board of School Trustees of School District No. 88 has delayed the progress of two ” important projects, On: the agenda .was a ~- +") discussion of and a motion to. , “*.. -epntinue tie Skeena Youth Work Incentive Program for another year, as well as a request that the school board approve the implementation of the Jack Cook Work -Experience and Training Program. The Skeena Youth Work incentive Program is designed to provide disad- vantaged, presently unemployable youth (male and female, ages 14-17) with attitudes, work habits and marketable skills essential toemployment in the private sector in the Northern Region of British Columbia. The program employed 15 students last year, and has 14 enrolled this year, ... A, complete _followstp...of ast year's students is fow in progress, and not yet completed. It is known, however, that at least \hree of last year’s sludents are currently steadily employed. It had already recommended by the Office of the District Superin- tendent of Scheols that the schoo! district participate in the program, but lack of a quorum al Monday’s meeting delayed formai ‘adoption of this recom- mendalion. The Jack Cook Work Experience and Training Program is one of job training for moderately and severely handicapped students. The guidelines .of . the program, slate:.‘!These moderalely and severely mentally retarded, the profoundly’ deaf, the blind, and the physically han- dicapped. In order that these students might have a chance of earning a living, very special measures may be needed to teach them from the school age of 15 years onwards the skills they may need to obtain a job.” It was requested thal the Board of Schoul Trustees Another plane said contributing factor SAN DIEGO, Calif. (AP) — A second small plane may have contributed to the air collision here in which 150 persons died Monday, safety expert Phillip Hogue said Tuesda' y. Hogue, supervising the National Transportation Safety Board investigation of y's crash above a residential area, said tapes of pilot and controller con- versations show thal two Cesana aircraft were in the - area where a Pacific South- west Airlines jetliner and a small single-engined plane " gollided. The crash of the PSA 727 jetliner and a Cessna 172 Cheque issue explanation given Cheque sumber 7373 may ,have taken up more of single ox time than any other le expenditure this year. The cheque was issued to Terrace Equipment Sales for the purchase of a traclor- mower by the parks and recreation department. The purchase was questioned at the last council meeting by Alderman Victor Jolliffe and the mayor asked aiaff to make a report, to council. The received at Monday's council meeting suggested that the City of Terrace has no written’ licy regarding the pur- ease of capital items. kifted all 135 persons on the 727, both persons abvard the Cessna and 13 persons on the ground. Hogue said the second small plane, a twin-engined Cessna, was trying to get clearance from the Lind- bergh Field control tower to land on the same runway as the jetliner. He said con- trollers advised the PSA pi- Jot of the other plane.’ “The pilot of the jet said, ‘They passed,’ bul we're unsure Which plane he was referring to,"" Hogue said at a news conference. Hogue said it wag too early to say if the twin-engined Cessna had caused the The report states: “at the June 20th, 1978 meeting of the Recreation and Tourism Committee of Council, the then Superin- tendent of Parks and Recreation, Mr. R, Dufty, proposed the purchase of a new traclor and mowers as the present equipment was unable to satisfactorily perform the grass culting requirements for the Districts' Parks. “The Superintendent advised the committee. thal the three-quarter ton pickup with hoist was not required, and recommended that the monies be reallocated for purchase of a tractor and mowers, collision, bul added that it appeared to have landed safely. He said investigators are trying tu learn Whu is the pilot uf the second plane. Hogue said the PSA pilot showed no sign of fear after the cullision. “The PSA pilot said ‘we're going down’ and he said it in the softest of tones,” Hogue said. ‘‘There was no sign of panic, nu hint of terror." The planes collided at 3,000 resulting in the worst! air dis- aster in U.S. history, David Boswell, the pilot of the singleengined Cessna 172, had an advanced pilot's rating, but was practising inslrument appryaches: "programs: "jnclidé"' the “pg approve the implementation of a work training and ex- perience prugram for Jack Couk seniur students in Seplember 1978, and request 5 mills special approval to financially . support this rum held up possible’ approval of this request. One bright spot at Monday night's meeting was the presentation of a cheque fur $250 to the school district frum Laverne Hislop and Irene Squires of the Pacific Norihwest Music Festival. The money is te be-used to purchase bailei bars fur Ihe stage of the R.E.M. Lee Theatre, as part of lhe planning fur the Provincial Music Festival planned for ‘am. Once.again, lack af. . ° Terrace in 1980. The Music Festival ex- pressed appreciatiun fur the - free use of various schuol facililies during their festival whieh was held last May. Last year the music donation for tke purchase of a piano cuver for the grand piano at Caledonia Senior Secondary Schvul's lecture thealre. Present ai Muonday’s meeting were Joyce Krause, Jack Cook, Nan Harrison and Elaine Johnsun. Con- spicuuus by their absence were John Babcuck of Kit- wanga, Linda McDonald of Hazelton, Larry Moore of Kispiux, and Dennis Brewer of Terrace. election CAMPBELL RIVER, BC. (CP) — Election speculation. in British Columbia was heightened Tuesday as Premier Bill Bennett handed out grants on Vancouver Island and said his government necds a- mandale for its discussions with the fed- eral government on con- stitutional and economic policies. The election rumor mill was fed further grist with reports from Victoria that the map production department of the ‘envi- runment ministry worked overlime Friday night. Bennett feeds rumour Saturday and Sunday to produce new electoral maps for B.C. While in this Vancouver Islandcoummunily, Bennett said B.C.'s pesitiun must be made clear in diseussiuns with the provincial govern- ment and that the Social Credil government must have a mandale with which to negotiate. Benneit said preliminary discussivns on the constitution will take place at the end of Oclober and talks un economic policy will get underway in early De- cember. ° festiyal-made a similar cash - Prince George man killed by police PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. (CP) — Charles Herman Demery, 24, of Prince George died Tuesday after being shot in the head during a police chase Monday night. RCMP Superintendent J. R. Corley said there will be a TALKS CONTINUE police investigation ints Demery’s death and coroner Bill Stanton said he will hol an inquest, ; Corley said the incident began when police decided to check Demery’s § truck during a routine patro}. Posties delay strike again OTTAWA (CP) — Leaders of the Letter Carriers Union of Canada called off rotating strikes planned for today as discussions aimed at solving their contract dispute with the federal government continued, Robert McGarry, president of the 19,000- member union, said Tuesday letter carriers would be off their jobs at several centres today if negotiations were unsuccessful. Later Tuesday night he told reporters the strikes were off fur another 24 hours and talks would continue. Meetings aimed al settling the dispute were held al federal labor department offices under the direction of acting Labor Minister Andre Ouellet. : Quellet said “there is some progress" and discussions are continuing. As he entered the meetings shortly after neon Tuesday, McGarry said the union had adupted a flexible position: “We're willing to negoliale everything...but there has to a monetary benefit for us.” He said if treasury board nepoliators are flexible as well there is a good chance of settlement. Ouellet -met briefly with the union earlier, then an- nounced thal he considered it “fruitful to bring both sides together lo — cuntinue discussions,"* He then called = on negoliators for -the federal treasury beard to meet union leaders at the federal labor department offices in nearby Hull, Que. As McGarry arrived at the department offices, he said the union was ‘‘willing to negotiate—let's see if anyone else is.” The carriers started rotating strikes late Thur- sday after negotiations with the federal treasury board failed. McGarry said the union called Ouellet because it was frustrated in its dealings with Treasury Board President Robert Andras and PostmasterGeneral Gilles Lamontagne. “We have got somebody new to talk to,” MeGarry said. ; “{ don’t know if it will make any difference.” He said the main issue is money. The union has been asking for a six-per-cent increase in basic salary, plus full protection from cost-of- living increases, A letter carrier with two year's experience now earns $6.65 an hour plus a basic eost of living allowance of 46 cents an hour. The govern- ment negotiators have said they will raise the basic salary by six per cent in the first year of an 18-month contract, but will keep the cosl-of-living allawance at 46 cenis an hour. FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA veer mrs ome HS Fes Canada to invite The union has asked that the cosl-of-living allowance be raised to 65 cents an hour. ‘There alsc is disagreement over the formula thai would determine future increases in the cost-of-living allowance. Leaders of the union called Ouellet on Monday night as he and other cabinet ministers were considering how to deal with the strike. After the union asked for the meeting with Ouellet, the government put aside consideration of strike- ending legislation and an imposed settlement, Andras said, Ouellet is a newcomer to labor relations. He was appointed acting labor minister earlier this month after John Munro was forced to resign the portfolio. Munro broke cabinet con- duct rules that prohibit ministers from telephoning judges directly on behalf of citizens, Quellet tock top labor department negotiators into his meeting with the letter carriers and the treasury board. The federal labor department generally does not get involved in public service disputes because public servants are covered by the Public Service Staff Relations Act. They usually deal directly with the treasury board, which is taking a hard line: more immigration UNITED NATIONS (CP) — Canada will open its doors to more Svutheas! Asian refugees, External Affairs Minister Don Jamieson said Tuesday. In his address to the new session of the General Assembly, Jamieson’ called | on UN members to lovk to _ their obligations to refugees from Lavs, Vielnam and Cambodia, saying Canada has already accepted 7,000 of them. He told the assembly that the Canadian immigration quota for refugees from that area will be increased to 70 families a month frum the current 50 families. “I expect that over the next 12 months more than 1,000 additional refugees will find a new hume in Canada,” Jamieson said. He pointed out that Canada has already spent more than $3.7. million to resettle Svutheast Asian refugees and is contributing another $500,000 to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees for relief work in Indochina, Jamieson used his speech to condemn human rights viotalions by the Khmer Rouge government af OVER EAGER STAFF “The conuniiee felt that as budget funds were already available, council approval for the purchase of a tractor and mowers was not required and therefore nu recommendation. was contained with the com- mittee minutes, “At hia puint, il appears that the Recreation Depurtment proceeded to obtain price quotations frum varivus dealers and for reasens gutlined purchased lucally from Terrace Equipment Sates, "It is my observation that rather than obtaining price quotations, the Recreation Department should have ealled for Public Tenders. The District of Terrace dues nut have a written policy requiring thal major capital items be put lo tender, however, such is a normal practice customarily ob- served by Lhe District. “IT feel in this instance public tender was not called due to an oversight directly associated with the eager- ness of a new staff member to get the job done. “Such is a regrettable error but clearly shows the need for compleling the development of a written policy manual and im- plementing the centralized purchasing.’ igned b e@ report was 4 yy E.R, Halleur, —clerk- Alderman Alan Soutar added that he remembers that at the time he con- sidered it to be “rather silly" ty buy a truck which was not needed, but did not recall any instructions regarding the mower. Suutar suggested thal a wrilten purchasing policy be devised and {hal all purchasing be centralized and approved by the finance commitlee. Alderman Giesbrecht siggesled that sumeone must have proposed, al some time, that ‘all capital ex- penditures require public tender. Administrator | Ualisor agreed, but pointed 44 that administrator of the city of. Terrace. Alderman Jack Talstra noted that when the superintendent came to the cummittee regarding the mower, ne positive recummendation was given thal the mower be pur- chased. Alderman Helmut Giesbrecht added that nu mention of the item was included in the committee report to council. In answer to @ question Alderman Giesbrecht was informed that no written records were avallable regarding inquiries as to prices or availabilily of equipment. . Cambodia, now known as Democralic Kampuchea. He referred to a report compiled by Canadian diplomats in Thailand recounting statements made by Cam- bodian refugees about atrocities in that country. . The external affairs minister also urged strong IBEW BACK action to combat terrorism, particularly hijacking. He said terrorism is a despicable violation of | human rights that is beyond: the bounds of ligitimate’. dissent. ‘ He called for action on the | part of UN members to™ Stamp oul air piracy. He" Strike over The strike of the International Brotherhood of Gas Co. Is Electrical Workers against Pacific Northern over! . Both sides agreed today to submit thelr respective positions to an Industrial Inquiry Commissioner appointed by the Ministry of Labour and that his findings shall be binding on” both = sides. The strike which lasted nearly four months: threatened to prevent natural gass connections - being made to many businesses and homes. * Workers will be back on the job Thursday - morning. there is a policy which states “Besides, the mayor should. that all purchases over $100 be considered capital ex- penditures and that public tenders are nol called for many items costing more than $100. Alderman Vic Jolliffe noted that as long as he could remember, ‘'these items were always tendered.” “We must be sure to appear to be honest when dealing with public money," Jolliffe added, Jolliffe complained that since the report on the pubchase was not received until council began their deliberations there was not envugh lime to fuily in- vestigate the report. have vacated the chair, during this discussion," Jolliffe said. Giesbrecht complained thal no dates were available when all these discussions went on,*besides where was the first line of defence, the person Who signed the cheque. Alderman Bob Cooper suggested that any mistake was made by a new member out of his en thusiasm to do a good job. “T am quite sure that any mistakes were honest roistakes," Cooper A motion was added. pel sive the repay,