a Xe ‘Alberta’ “Premier * Peter "Lougheed -said Saturday a, Inces own the: resources be. . natural gas {EE . - on ‘the bys export tax in the j, ~ expected 4 ‘fall federal. budget: _ would: amount :to .a .''dee-- "Jaration of war" - against, Western | Canada... “At ant “informal | “news” ““eonference | ‘following . an” address to -the Gist ; -ammual | | meeting : of . the’ Canadian’ ‘Community -Newspapers.. Association, . Lougheed . tol . Yeporterssuch. a tax would . . encroach ‘on. provincial | resoureé ownership * and” — fast, shiny, chatier "the ‘whiole® ; “ended in failure’ vay 2 25 that cept ‘of con; federation when the prov: - cause it’s’ 5- . direct. aiteck , spon the. resources.” - «-He° said: ‘the -provinces © would - “resist. jin’ the , Blrongest: way; possible if ’ therels'a federal. natural gas ; ~ export. tax". - Tn Ottawa, federal oificials were elthér “unavailable or declined comment’ Sunday do ; Lougheed's femarks. * - Prime Miniater : ‘But “Trudeau said, shortly afer : oil-pricing t talks with Alberta ‘a natural: gas export tax is only one of several ‘options ; enetBy program. ” Ottawa: : would “not be.- “gtarting, any war” over the, -issue with the province: : “whieh has most of. Caneda's - of arid-natural gas... ‘Trudeau said: ‘mips af. open to the: federal govern: “mment-in: its, bid to get more reventid” ‘from higher prices . to finayicé” a: comprehensive During: the talk" “with - Trudéau, , ‘Lougheed. * proposed that the domestic . - oll price | be ralsed in slages “ YR@ISLATEVE LIBRARY,. - PARLEAWENT.. BUILDINGS), VECTORTA, BAC ey. vev- Ma to 6 per: cent, al. ing North: Americaiy’ ‘price.’ ' Alberta unilaterally. raised’ the price ; by $a barrel, ef tive Aug. , ‘The domestic price under ‘ the: previous agreement, which éxpited daly a, was H1175.a barrele 3 The premier said he would he taking the offensive more, in future,-as he: ‘did, in. his *- address: to- thes: weekly newspaper’ representatives from across the country, and. . will criticize federal energy : policy arguments, rather #61 — than 1 simply. stating Alber- :ta’s position. -, In his - first major statement since the oll- - pricing talks collapsed, Lougheed said analysts” ~ predict a serious oll shortage, by the mid-1990s and the risk. o of-an earlier disruption of | - supply from’ the politically: ~; volatile Persiats Gulf area of the Middle East. - He said‘ Canada now. im- “ports one-third of its oi] and that conventional reserves, mainly in. Alberta, Are Sepleting’ rapidly, . ‘: _Manateed* sald Canada’s: iy to the Alberta product... ’ . On Sunday, Petro-Canada . and ‘Petroleos Mexicanos, or agreement _, ‘COMP... 77/78... all import. bill this year is $2 - billion and is predicted to hit «$4.5 billion by 1983. . * But the premier said. Ot-. ‘tawa ‘seems. to have a. ae reqilrements ~ December. ; Anexternal atiairs’ depart- . Ment spokesman in Ottawa -Baid the two. state-owned oll distorted: ‘perspective of the companies’ workéd. out the current energy ; supply picture and noted that the. federal government... ap- . parently prefers Mdxitan oll Peniex, ' sienod ‘Canada with. up fo 50,000 bar- . ° péls of oll a.day — “nearlyi15 . - ‘par cent of Canadian impart ° my fe! provide: : . Mexico will “details -of the deal last week in. Mexico “City alter: ; _ ‘agreement. in: principle. on _ the: exports .was . reached during ‘Mexican “President ~ Jose Lopez Portillo's: visit to Ottawa In Supe. ae a) exchange for: the ail, et “assistance for its industrial’ and , agricultural _ development . shy - ‘would reduce Canada’ s dependence on foreign oll by approximately. : 600, 000 barrels. per day by 1888,” ‘ sald Laughed. ” the constitution,’ Lougheed sgid the federal — - system is the ‘right system for Canada, but Albérta ‘wants a revised fedetalism . that strengthens provincial. “~ powers without weakening essential federal powers. Open. ~ ' 6: 3dam-Tipm | eee eee Service Westend Food Mart 635-5274 . w §35- 7228" | . (rerrace-xironat Tdays - -aweek -. : RUPERT: STEEL " & SALVAGE LTD. an Seal cove Rd, Pr. Rupert: 624 5639 Mayreen’ McNaughton," "By GAIL DOTINGA _ Herald Staff Writer because of eredit seards . usually do it with more than Credit cards are bad news one. ‘ ’ for some people. . ; Bill Godden, debt coun- sellor at the Consumer Services Office in Terrace, sees 12 to 15 new cases a month, most in trouble because of credit cards. "People just don’t realize how much they’re spending with credit ¢ards. If they have them for department stores, they just order what they want.” ‘ Chargex, Visa and Master. Charge are.in some ways more dangerous, he sayé,. because they can be used for a variety of services. Those who get into debt - One client had 18. and his wife ad 13; 12 of which duplicated her. - husband's. “4. Jol of people over- extehd themselves without the, permission of the creditor, As long as they have a good job, most olten the company doesn’t ‘care because it-knows it will get their - money.” © ‘back somehow,” sald Godden. _ February: is his busiest ‘month, with peopte: who've ™SBverspent at Christmas. The ‘most anyone hae been in debt that Godden has helped, was $182,000, but that involved more than czedit cards. one of the: “new: ‘bus Terrace and drivers, invites Terrace residents to take a ride ride for the first day. After or today it wHI cost you, Bus. service, started Monday in , bs june ; ‘poor ‘management of ,money. "They -never' thought where - the money wag coming from or where it was going.” When a person comes to Godden’s office for help, he must know how much they ‘are in debt and what they earn. From there he can put them on different programs. to solve their financial woes. If the person has a low income, he-will arrange with . them to send one payment a month to the Vancouver office of the Department of Consumer ‘Services, where the money will then: be’ ‘distributed to the creditors . on & pro rata. basis, © Another. system of Photo by « Gall Dotinga ‘ payments of debts is part of the federal bankruptey act where a person does not have to declare bankruptcy. Again, they send paynients - w the office in. Vancouver every month, where it is sent to the creditors, If the bills can be paid off within three years, then the creditors do not have to be informed, but if it takes longer, they must be tdld in advance. | The adventages of this system are that th interest rate is reduced to five per- . Gent so that the person can pay off the debts quicker; all . Harassment from the creditors. must stop and only ‘one payment has to be made « ‘each = month. percent aie ™ said. people took advantage of the free Crashes Kill helmetless - | bike riders — Two men who were not wearing motorcycle helmets and died .in.. separate traffic accidents’ ’ were among seven per- sons who were killed - accidentally in British Columbia. during the weekend... - “The five, others: ‘also died in traffic accidents, RCMP Clark Edgar, 25, -both of North Vancouver, were ‘killed when the motor- -eyele they’ were riding © collided. with “a. bis: it ” dpe. ‘comnmulaly: 7 i Sunsday: Roohtow.was not =~ wearing al helthet, police . “Christie: Terrance McCracken, | Calgary, . was ‘killed Saturday when * his, _motoreycle collided with, a car near Shawningan Lake, about, 60 kilometres north of Victoria. Few: az, . of * but police say he was.not wearing a helmet. -- ~ “Ronald Gilbert Blair, 28, son of Richmond, B.C. ' said Allan - . Ruchlow, 23, and Stanley details:. were - available, © Mayor Gil ‘Blair, and _ Wayne: Shier of Pem- berton, B.C., were killed Sunday when the car in - which they were riding - left the road, overturned and crashed into a tree near Mount. Currie, about 120 kilometres north of . ' Vancouver, : Two" Canadian: Forces cervicemen from Quebec were killed early Saturday when they were. trapped inside a pickup . truck that flipped over and caught fire at an. taria. suburb: of Colwoad, Rejean LeGault, 23, of St.’ Agathe, and Private -Gil- les Rouillard of Laval... Three others in the truck managed to escape, - two of them with mihor Injuries, - “The: Canadian Press ; survey, from’ ‘6 p.m. Friday to midnight. _ Sunday local times, does - not include homicides, suicides : OF industrial deaths. . . Boat blockade. having effect PARIS (AP) — A strike by French: fisherman . that brought chaos to English Channel ports spread today to the Mediterranean with. _ the ‘blockade .of three har- bors on the island of Corsica. ‘The fishermen closed. the ports of Bastia, Ite Russe and Calvi in solidarity with other fishermen blocking * ports, from Cherbourg to Dunkerque on .the northern : French coast. ‘Coming at the height af the holiday season, the action by the Corsican fishermen The disadvantages, if they can be called that, are no credit while paying off the bills and whe the debts are gone, they wil] have a lower credit rating. _ Lastly, there is personal bankruptcy. However, a court hearing must be held to decide whether that person is legitimately bankrupt. “Bankruptcy is often refused if the person has spent the money recklessly and foolishly," sald Godden. ‘At the first hearing, usually the creditors are present to question the ap- plicant on how they spent the money and why they: over- spent. “Sometimes they've been inconvenienced thousands of “travellers aboard car ferries boutd- for mainland ports such a8 Nice or on their way to Corsica., "Thousands of British tourists. already were stranded in makeshift hotels -at schools and clubs i, the Normandy ports as com- panies that operated channel] car car ferries to and froin’ France switched operations . to other ports. _ Continued on Page 3 laidoff at work and no longer can pay the bills,” Godden - noted, A’ second hearing is held three to six month later, where the applicant is usually discharged from bankruptcy. . What that means is that all their assets - are taken and sold to pay off the credilora. They are allowed to keep any fur- niture or a vehicle If its value is under $2,000. For aix yéara after a person has declared bankruptey, they are refused all credit and later will have a low credit rating. “Sometimes it's hard for- people to live on a budget, . Intersection in the Vic-_ Sie dent men:=were "°° identified as Private | me circuits were out pre gahours | | : WE BUY copper, | brass, all metals, batteries, etc]. - oe ; Ww = oe . eee ferris oe "Volume 74 NO, ce . Monday, August 18, 1980. Callus. Wes are eae Sat, oe + ie feline distemper vaccime - in Terrace that will treat dogs for canine par- vovirus. Dr, Lou Elorza’ a. veterinary clinic received ° about 130 doses of the. he ‘has quite a few dp- paintmeuts today and Tuesday,. and: doesn’t know how long the vac- cine will: last. . - Dr. Les- Hays, a’ vet, said Monday he probably has about 100 doses of the vaccine left. _ ‘Meanwhile, a con- troversy about the safest | treatment of.°a lethal Virus among. dogs. has . * been tethporal ly. Halted > applies 00 vacclies run out, ar Manufacturerg “and dis tributors “ofthe ‘cat distemper vaccine” that has been used e Protect | dogs against the- disease say veterinarians ‘may have to wait until October for more vaceitie, ©: Toronto dog owners became concerned : ‘after outbreaks of the digease, canine parvo virus, were summer. ; “ae ’ Avaccine develope for ; dogs quickly ran ‘out, and ”” veterinarians were forced to tum. to vaccines, nor- against oer ‘VIRUS VACCINE ” There is ‘sul some: yaccine this weekend, but - reported earlier" ia ‘the: mally used to proleg} cats ‘There: are two forms, i socalled killed: vaccine -and modified. live vac- _ cine, which stimulates the animal's. immunity. system, ” . But researchers at the University of .Guelph sounded’ the alarm that the live “vaccine could actually spread the virus. - Thearguments have lef |. a quandry ‘and panicky dog owners confused, says. Dr. Mar Tam- memagi, Toronto ; ‘evernazian. ‘ ‘The live vaccine con-! tains living virus which may multiply in the dog oF pe Passed on to other dogs, he said. . fd + -Howevee,-Univerly otis b ones Cornell, researchers say the live vaccine ‘offers better. ‘and ‘flonger. ‘protection, “ said’ Dr, Clayton’. MacKay, “president of the Ontario Veterinary Association. There has not been enough research to be certain of elther claim, the Whitby veterinarian said, Parvo virus, which - is world wide, is too new, © MacKay said. MacKay said Sunday - that althokgh there has been a drop in outbreaks. of parvo virus, reports” indicate the death ratio is ” increasing and the disease - is taking a ” Stronger grip. ‘Que assesament we that our total aggregate propeaal :to Canada (made during Jast » Moath’s oil-pricing talks)’. J. Hit- and. in storm slams mainland area VANCOUVER.