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~ Alcan ‘warned

" Gltkean and ‘Wet? suweten high, chiefs say the Aluminum
Company of Canada’s Nanilsa dam and river diversion will
not proceed. . no

They say their traditlonal. authority to do this ‘hes never

, been conceded to the federal government.

, Spokesman for the Gitkaan-Carrler. Tribal. Council, Victor
Jim says that the land where Alcan proposes tp bulld the
‘Nantka dam ie owned by; one of the ‘high ‘chlefs- of the
Gitksan-Carrier Indian band and has been passed down

" from chief to chief for many generationg.. -

Ina brief submitted to the federal fisherles department in

showed that on every front, Alcan ds challenging the powers
+ ofthe federal and provincial: goveraments to:deny or
Poa: eubstantally, amend the company’s ‘Kemano. hydro-electric

Alcan cannot guarantee’ there, will be enough water to
prevent the salmon stocks from being destroyed. -

: Their research shows that Alcan is claiming that ‘parts of

-. the Fisheries. Act dealing with water releases over dams

does not apply to the company.’ Even if the Act does apply,

- the company will seek permits exempting water flows over.

its dams from fiture regulation:
The council. also- contends that‘ federal and provincial

conducting closed meetings with Alcan to determine flow
regimes.“
‘They also say that the Kemino hydro-stectele proposal is

. fan proceed under the company’s 1950 agreement with the
proviricial government,

im says that the tribe is willing to participate In all legal
Proceedings, auch as the Public Utilities Commission: but
they would alsa like to see the fisheries department hold a
federal enquiry into the project. . |...

‘He also stated that a dollar value cannot be put on the

- Life for- the Indian for hundreda of years, Bo therefore, in
- . absence of government clout with, Alcan, the chiefs. have

ney.

“LONDON (AP) — Police defused a ‘bomb in a ‘Popular’

’ Arab nightclub Monday on the third day of a terror-cam-

paign the: British. government says is aimed at- foes af
Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy.

Partof London’s West End wag closed to traffic for about

four hours Monday night as experts from Scotland Yard's
anti-terrorist branch dismantled the one-Rilogramn bomb. It

frequented by wealthy Libyans and Egyptians.

other devices. were detonated safely by police, Libyan
diplomats ‘have ‘denied . involvement,
newspapers accused Libya of carrying out state-sponsored
terrorism and demanded the Sovernment. take counter-
‘measures. :

Omar Sodani, press attache for. the, Libyan’ ‘People’s

, Bureau, or embassy, told a news conference. Monday:

_ “We have nothing to do with what has been happening in

Britain, We do not know who is dolng what to whom. We

again because we do not know anything about: it.t! Ms
ATTACKS ‘CRIMINALS' — -
. The spokesman satd there may be Libyans’ wh feel
_ Strongly about the presence of “criminals” living In Britain
_and might act themselves.. Such “criminals” had been
“found guilty in, Libya of fraud, corruption and master-
» ainding terrorlam against Khadafy’ 8. revolutionary
. (movement, he sald, :
About 3,000 Libyans live in Britain permanently. and
another 10,000, mainly students, are temporarily,reaidents,
‘the: British domestic news Agency Press .. bciation
reported. .
_ ‘The Omar Khayyam is basement club on Regent Street,
- one of London’s most fashionable shopping thoroughfares,
_ The six-storey building. Also houses offices ‘af, the; Royal
Jordanian Alrline.*. ar ee
‘Traffic on Regent, Street from Picadilly. Circus to Oxford
- Circus was Barred while’ the bomb was deactivated. »

The club’had uot yet ‘opened for the evening and a
Scotland Yard spokesman said police believe it may have
been planted early Saturday along with others throughout
London — but that it failed to, 80, off,

SIMILAR DEVICE us

He said the bomb was simiiar to those that exploded early

Saturday at anotheé nightclub: frequented by Arabs and a
news. agent selling Arab papers, .
The British Forelgn Office summoned two ‘Libyan

~ diplomats, Muftah Fitour! and Hameda tin, forthe second ©:

consecutive day Monday,’
'. &-Forelgn Office spokesman said Minister ‘of State
* . Richard Luce warned them if thelr government does not-act -
to halt fighting among Libyan groupe in Britain it would
“seriously affect" relations between London and Tripoli.

He said London is seeking “an urgent response” from the ~

Khadaty governnient,

_, ‘The Daily Telegraph newspaper sald in an editorial ‘today
‘that the wave of terrorism “clan be Jald directly at the door
of Col, Khadafy. ... We must not flinch from hunting down

those responsible for the bombings, putting them a trial ©
and if necessary send packing a Libyan diplomat or two and.

WOPHE. For’ despite all the denials this Is state-sponsored
terroriam.”
Another London newspaper, the Daily Express, called

Khadafy a “crackpot” and said: "His threat to hunt down -

and kill his domeatie critica wherever they may be is on the

record. So; 100, are the murders here In Britain of three |

_ Sch crities four years ago... |. We must now seriously
; consider our whole diplomatic relations with Ubya."

Smithers today, the Gitksan-Wet'suwet’en, Tribal. Council . {

‘The members of the band. council | are concerned. that.

agencies have attempted to hide their lack of authority by _

"NOt subject to the provincial Utilities Commission Act and —

native fishing industry, because’ fishing has been a way of -

decided ta protect thelr salmon fishery under thelr own °

’ ~ Bomb defused”

was found in a cardboard box under.a bench at the Omar —
Khayyam Night. Club’ and Restaurant,. a nlghtspot

"Ow the weekend, four horb blasts in-London and ih
Manchester in northern England. injured 26 people, Four

but British ”

cannot give reagsurances that these attacks will not: happen .

recone . m . i
_. Volume 78 No.51. |

Monday night. His team didn’t need the goal however as Lakelse dumped
Savalas 9-1. The serles Is tied at two with the final game: scheduled for
Thursday night at 8:15 at the Terrace arena. (See story page 5).-

‘

Canada smashes records

_ OTTAWA (CP) —

records in’ ‘Janusry couldn't come’ at: a

better time for the beleaguered Soller, says ,

one economist.

Auto sales paved ‘the way ‘as exports’
” Peached a record $2.1 billion more in goods . |

than were imported in January, up from
- the previous $2-billion record set Inst. April, .

Statistics Canada sald:

And merchandise exports increased: $4."
- per cent to a record $8.9 billion in Janvary,;- °
-/ following increases. of -$i5 million in.

December and $005 million ‘in November.
“This news couldn't come at a better °

time," said George Saba, Montreal Trust

chief economist, referring to the. plunge of .
’ the dollar this week to below 79 cents U.S.

The flight from the: dollar by investors
really wasn’t ‘warranted by fundamentals,
he said,

Trade is strong and the economy though ©
somewhat weakened. recently ds in fairly,

good shape. The political situation is stable

_and issues such as the Foreign Investment —
"Review, Agency and the national energy.

program, which: ‘weakeried . the “dollar

‘earlier, have faded, he said,

“SAYS DOLLAR GOOD ; 7
.. “This moring’s newa confirms that
fundamentally the dollar is in good shape,”’

' Hesald, adding much of the decline 1s due to .

the temporary strength of the U.S. dollar
“and higher U.S. interest rates and is not ms

really justified, = -'
‘Meanwhile, imports of goods fell 2.2 per

Gent to $6.8 billion, after increases of $185
million in December and $110 million in

November.

Saba agreed, .

But overall the surplus is a boost for the.

economy because it means that more

~money Is flowing into the country than out
- from the trade in goods.
. And that in turn gives the dollar a boost.

because itincreases the demand for dollars

'. by foreigners having i) pay for goods they

buy,

‘Yet even much of our export strength is.

narrowly based, depending heavily on the
continuing hunger of ‘Ameticans for cata

- which are produced here rather than in the

US,
‘Should that situation be reversed, as it
had in the pat, it coutd serioualy hurt the

-trade balance.
For example, aute and auto parts exports

Today's. 8. news “that.
Canada smashed export and trade surplus,

-’ And that import weakness, while helping
boost the trade surplus, is a reflection: ‘of
recent weaknéts in the Cansdlan economy, .

accounted: for 3 3 5 per cent of all exports last

Year

- Fublher, it cars were » excluded from the
trade: ‘figures: it would: slash the trade
surplus: by: three, quarters or $1. 6 billion.
CARS. STRONG |

. The January,”

padsenger-car exports: posted the aresitest

increase’ rising by 18 per cent ‘or $100 -
: million, to'$1,27 billion. following increases
of $210 million in December, $55 million in

November and $80.million in October:

Natural gas exports rose by 31 per cent or
$00. million to $385 million; other large

. export increases. were for wheat and air-

craft.

The largest export decline was for in-
dustrial machinery whieh fell by 3 per cent
to $185 million.

Imports of the new CF-18 jet fighter were

largely responsible a 49-per-cent or $65-
million increase in aircraft imports to $190

_- million.

‘ But the aireraft in imports were not enough
to offset the declines.in other imports, such

ag & 47-per-cent drop in precious metal
imports to $55-million and a 19-per-cent
“decrease in olf Imports to $200 million.

- During -the madnth, exports to the United

States, which accounts for more than two-
‘thirds of all Canadian trade, continued to
‘climb, reaching 96.8 billion. Imports from
"that country also incréased, rising three
percent to $5.3 billioh. ~~

Statistice Canada trade dfficials caution

that month-to-month trade figures can

fluctuate widely-and suggest trade trends,

~ while not as current, give a better idea of

what's happening.

‘Based on the agency’s calculations of
trends, exports turned up in August and are
still on ‘their way up while, imports
recovered sooner and more strongly than

. @xporta last year but began slowing again

in September arid are on their way down.
With exports: rising and imports falling
the trend for the trade surplus’ ts up,
Statistics Canada anid.
Meanwhile, "International Monetary
Fund figures released this month show that

. while most industrial couniries were suf:

fering merchandise trade setbacks last

. year, Canada posted the largest increase in
' both exports anid imports and came up with

the third largest trade surplus,

‘throughout ‘the central U.S.,
’ ‘Washington, Alaska. Alberta and British
Columbia... °

"figures ‘show. thet * We are pleaséd to welcome Mr. Stowell

ty RALPR RESCHKE
. Herald Staié Writer
TERRACE— In a voteof four to three,

Terrace councit has decided to hold off :

from sending a brief to the Publle Utilitics
Commission showing support for the
Kemano Completion Project.

Saying that Alcan bas made no definite

commitment to building a second smelter’

in the Terrace area, Mayor Helmut
Giesbrecht said that, he could'see no con-

nection between showing approval for the

Kemane hydro project,:.and the. con-
struction of a smelter near Terrace.

He continued by. saying that the -“con-
nection between’ the hydro . completion

_ project andthe smelter itself is very vague.
‘It may occur inf the Terrace area, it may

occur in the next 12 years and it may occur
ag the aluminum markets :‘increase."’
- “That to me, doesn't create much of a

I connection,” he sald adding ‘that if Alcan
’ did offer something more definite counell

would certalnly accept it.
The matter. came up. after Aldermen,

+ Allan Soutar made a motion that a brief be

prepared by. the engineering committee

‘showing support for.the Kemano Com-
pletion Project.
However, Alderman George ‘Clark. ob-.

jected, saying it was premature to submit a

brief before. more information regarding."
‘recommendation to two RCMP officers that.
‘received awards at the ICBC Awards on -

the possible imipact.on the sport fishing
industry,.becomes: available. He also
wondered who would write the brief and
how much it would cost.

Alderman David Gellately said it is not a
case of being for Alcan or against Alcan but

feels that Terrace should be’ encouraging

0 suppo

wherever else they decide to build, °

“Alderman -Fred MacDonald’ yoiced

‘concerns over why Alcan has not chosen a |

‘and Alderman. Clark voted against the
_ Mayor: Gleshirecht “voted against the

site for the location of the second smelter.
‘He says there is enough power in Kemano
to run one smelter but additlonal capacity

- would have to be ‘considered for more

operating more than one.

Information will become available, says
Alderman ‘Soutar, who thinks that the
mayor should stop his fence-sitting and
come to some Hort ‘of decision.

Alderman Hallock, Alderman Soutar and

Alderman ‘Takhar showed support for the’
- motion to haye a. brief presented, but

Alderman Gellately; Alderman MacDonald
motion? : °°":
motion to submit the brief,

In ‘other mattérs, Council ‘agreed to
guarantee a loan of $3,000, ‘should it be

required, . tothe Terrace ‘and District
. Chamber of Commerce. ;

The loan will'act as Insurance to cover
the cost of hiring a proposed full-time
manager. The chamber hopes to repay the
loan by increasing the membership of the
Chamber of Commerce and wauld only take
out the loan if they-run into findnclal dif-
ficulties at the end of the year.

Council “willbe sending: letters ‘of

March 2, who ware stationed in Terrace but

-have since moved to other detachments.

Constable. Ida Koopman received an
award for her contribution to traffic safety

_by establishing a Motor Vehicle Voluntary

both the provincial and federal government *”
. With the Prince Rupert detachment.

tohave as open‘and comprehensive a public

hearing process a3 s00n a8. possible,

‘He says the government should look into
cost factors and available options and look

at the best use of the resources. He won-.

ders ‘if the hydro’ power for the project

- should bein the hands of B.C. Hydro, which
. would put it in the hands of the B.C. tax-
‘. payer, or investing in further resources to

create additional hydro electricity.
Alderman Mo Takhar reminded council

that in Alcan’s application ‘to ‘the B.C.

government, the proposal hinges on Alcan
being able ta siipply Its own power, thereby

"enabling Alcan to. predict future costs for ..
; oat the: smelter in Vanderhoot and -

A AND INGTRUMENTAL

.”. Charles Stowell’ holds. a-diploma with ©

Bob Dempster misses. -on this "penalty shot Hempt on Savalas goalie
Kevin Bruce in game four of the commercial hockey league playoff series

honours ‘in cornet and theary from the U.S,
Navy School of Music and was solo cor-

netiat with ‘the U.S. Navy Band. He also

jholds a Bachelor of ‘Music. degree from
“Wichita State. University and has done
extensive graduate work at the University

of Southern California,

4 Me, Stowell has taught in Oregon and

Washington and was instructor in brass,

theory and orchestration at the U.S. Navy
School of Music.’ Most recently he was

. Supervisor of Music for the Powell River

School District, and has adjudicated

Oregon,

back to the Pacific. Northwest.

Inspection Station. She is now an officer

Corperal Bob Léchky, was also honoured

at the awards In Prince Rupert, for his.

efforts in an Awareness Program for Seat
Bett Usage and anti-Drinking and Driving.

He is currently serving in the Kamloops

- Music Festival adjudicetor i

 Counell gave ‘approval tor the Unem-
Ployment Action Centre to be able. to
canvass the community for the collection of
food to stock: up the Terrace Food Bank:
The. canvassing will. take place on

Saturday, March 17 from 10 a.m. fo 2pm.

All council members attended the fhree
hour meeting,

CHARLES STOWELL

* VANCOUVER. (cP) —

The: B.C. “Labor Relations

Board has ordered union

_, construction workers to stop .
-pleketing- a‘Vancouver site

where’a non-union firm is
building. -a lutury con-
dominiun development.
Board yice-chalrman Ken
Albertin( ‘elted .a- decision

. last week by the B.C. Court

of Appeal, which ruled that
the Charter of Rights does
not. guarantee - secondary
picketing aS an expression
of free speech.

The board ruled Monday
that the picketing, which
has halted work on the
construction site, is illegal
and ordered the unions to

end their’ picketing at or .

near the site.

The decision follows about
two weeks of bitter protests
by building trades unions

' against the award of a

contract on the south shore
of False Creek te J. C,
Kerklioff and Sons Con- .

striction, a nen-union
company.
Stevenson Construction

Lid. completed the first .

stage of the $18-million
Harbor Cove condominium *
project using union labor.
But Stevenson then swit-
ched to Kerkhoff to com-
plete the second phase.

In one confrontation, a
Kerkhoff worker infurlated
the union pickets standing
on the fringes of the con-

‘ateuction site when he

turned a fire hose’ toward
them and sprayed them

with water.

* Picketing ordered stopped

Exports of motor-vehicle parts “also” ine 2
~ creased significantly, rising 11 per.cent.or ”
- $95 rnillion to $970 million after increases of
$60 million in December and #130 million in
November. —

The pickets responded by the face. The man was
- pelting the man ‘with rocks, taken to hospital, where he
one of which struck him in was. ‘treated and released.

Music’ Festival

WEDNESDAY, March 14 .
Instrumental: ‘at Caledonia Lecture Theatre, 565
Munroe St,: 9:15 a.my.to 31 a.ma,; 1 p.m, to 3:30
pm.; and 7 p.m. to Spat,”
Planoat R.E.M, Lee Theatre, 4920 Straume Ave.:
9:30. a.m. to 114.m.; I p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; and 7 p.m.
to 8:30 p.m.
Piano at Alliance Church, 4923 Agar Ave.: 9 a.m.
fo noon; 1:30 p.m. to3 p.m. -
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