. Serving the «- Legislative Library ' Parliment Buildings Victoria, B.C. V8V-124 » Progressive, | oe cs “North west" | so Herald Staff Writer - TERRACE— very miich,. Ei is the iibrarian at-the Terrace. Public Library, of training, : Behool:at UBC. (University: of. British Columbia). ' As he was completing his bachelor of arts program, ’ he was also working al the UBC. library. were le spent . , atotal of one year employed as. a page. A page . returns books to the shelves. ey In the'summer: of 1971, . Ed decided. to do some travelling in Europe, soshe spent’ most-of summer months hitch-hiking across Europe and points north. He remembers the many nights he spent, sleeping ,: in ditches: or youths’ hostels; or) the. times along the "Rhine River, watching the barges go up and .down: ‘It Was at the end of that holiday, that Ed: figured he had seen ehough of the surface. (of Europe) and he now wanted to-live It . Ed came back from Europe and in 1972, completed _ the last) ‘year of. ‘his: ualversity, program, earning’ his a ‘degree.’ a ~ However, “he didn't stay. in Canada for long, began’ working ina warehouse. . ‘in the back of his mind, soafter-one year, he enrolled -training in their school for librarians. university, , ‘ - One’ of the, more memorable occasions of Ed's. “. school days was when he and his classmates went on . & visit to the Soviet Union, to see how their librories " worked and also to visit Russia as a country. - oe “What made it special was the fact that we Were the- “Sto go visit-the Soviet Union, to’see the: ‘coulttry;. the Ed ,Curell is doing a job: ‘he enjoys - and for hin, it. is: the culmination of over seven years The thought that’ he might. become: ‘interested in - _ being a librarian first hit Ed: when ‘he ‘was, going to . because in the same year, he left for. England and. . «Bul the thought of becoming a. ilbrarianwae's ‘always 2 ' at ‘the: University ‘of Wales, ‘where ‘he began: his . -Ed studied fot, one year and then spent the next: : three years working in a. library environment ; vat . .. firstbunch’of students out of tie University of Wales Jandmarks, and get a taste of their culture,’” he sald‘; President. : Yuri "Andropov died Thursday at age 49, the _ Soviet ‘Union: _announced: ‘today, He “led the Com- munist' party fer only ‘1s. ‘months, ailing and out of. publie view: the final slx months of: bis leadership. * . The announcemerif of his. death ended” “months of reports that’ | he seriously il with kidney and . heart problems ‘and suf: fering from diabetes,’; He had not been ‘seen in public... aince Aug, 18, when he met with nine U.S. Democratic senators. ~The for nearly 24 hours, .and there was no word on a possible successor, . But if the Kremtin rulers - decide to turn over the reins. of. power. lo: a. younger generation, the'names most: frequently mentioned: are Mikhail Gorbachev, 52, and Grigory Romanov, 61... Gorbachev, a membér of the ruling Politburo ind of the powerful Commiunist . party Secretariat, is known to some Canadians. A - foreign affaira expert, he | Comics visited Ottawa and a number of Canadian farms. © and meat packing plants. | last May. Gorbachev made a strong impression as an Intelligent and humorous man_able to - parry. © questions politicians and the press -with much more ease than | Sporis: Classifieds ‘was ‘good to get back home ‘to ndropov: d was . Kremlin” witheld ” announcement of his death from. "wae marked - by: _Getertoration of reltlons _ pages 10,11812 wet ¢ t, Fi “president's - -because of illness and ta --have acted in his name. . He appeared conciliatory during the .Canadian: visit,. but stuck to Kremlin’ views — that. his .country ‘is peace-. ~ loving while. the United _ States is destabilizing ‘the world. When asked’ by an’ “opposition MP’ why the Soviets’ have | spies in “western embassies, he shot ‘back’ ‘that the MP was “gy : victim. of the spy.-manta” propagated: ‘by the Americans, TRUDEAU WOULD. GO' . No date for the. state - funeral. has been * nounced, - -but Prime “Minister Trudeau indicated in Ottawa today that he will travel to Moscow if world leaders are’ asked to attend - the’ funeral. The.-Canadian ‘leader also said he remains intent on. taking’ his’ East- West peace initiative to'the | Soviet Union. despite ~ Andropov' Ss death. — ‘and _ suggested he is prepared. to wait for some me to meet with the new. Soviet deadership Concerning | his ' Peace effort. | - , Andropov’ 3 ‘death was _ announced at 2:20 p.m. local time (6:20 a.m, EST) today “. by the official Soviet news ; agency Tags, on its English- language wire. Tass said he. died Thursday, but. did not give a.cause of death. - The only official comment ‘on Andropov’s health came ‘when he missed. the early - 4s customary among Soviet ; November’ parade through leaders. a 7 Reliable sources ‘baive said he ‘was the’ only Politburo member to: have* * regular personal contact with Andropoy during tie . ‘Red. Square,’ Officials said “then he was suffering from ‘a cold. ‘Andropov’s ‘pele tenure * pages 485 "pages a9 oe tong’ ~absence : an-: ° _ WHY. BUY NEW? | WHEN USED WILL DO! ’ Doyou want parts to fix up your ‘car but your budget wan't allow lf? Bead the high cost of new parts with rs phasis eR OAM THOR RO asa eee ‘Established 1908 . Herald Staff Writer ‘TERRACE— Although both sawmills are experiencing ‘difficulties with the current pulp. and paper lockout, managers at both mills} are planning to keep the operations -Funning as long as, ‘possible, Per Henrichson; inpnager at Skeena Sawmills, says that being but like any, business, stockpiling inventory is a fastway to lose money. “When asked If the mill. is condidering ‘pving off employees, Henrichson replied that at the morient, the ‘operation of the dawmilll is a day to ay business.” “We can’t be ‘certain when: the Tockout’ will: end. and The mill is also stockpiling their rough-cut and finished wood products due to a rail car “shortage, and Henrichson says that although, the lumber | market if the United States is slow at lhe moment sales are definately higher than they -were last year, ~~ “We are not expecting a great year in 1984 but it will definately be better than last year,””. he stated, a with the mill continuing to run duridg the lockout. Chip sales represent approximately 20 per cent of the ” yearly revenue and Cross says that any veut in income will q be sure to hurt the industry. “England afterwards. - Ed enjoys playlng softball, ice hockey, and ieadin .. 28 Well, He is also taking acomputer course at “moment, and-says he finds ‘them fascinating, : : Ed Curell has been the librarian in Terrace tot ‘th last five years and he points out that this is the longes: < . time’ he has spent -in:any one Job. 2 He is” looking forward. to spending, the: next fer - yéars‘in Terrace, ‘and playing an active “role -:i developing :the:kind of’ t services the public deserves. out Of its: brary. “Ed Currell . The: ‘soviel people heard . -the-, news (when ..a\ ‘black- . suited annotincer read the 1. Geath announcement, sliwly OY, Andropov ' with the United States and the rupture of talks between” the superpowers on limiting ./ both strategic, long-range. - and medium-range nucléar..* weapons. Relations were . Subject to additional strain: Sept. 1, 1982, when the Soviet - Union shot down a South. Korean jetliner with the loss’: ‘of all 269 pesple aboard, ‘including 16 Canadians and: more than 30 Americans. © Andropov, former head of ° -the KGB secret police for 15 - _ years, took the leadership of °. the country of 280 million « people after the death of President Leonid Brezhnev ‘on Noy, 9, 1982, Brezhnev | led the country for 1e years, Andropov . started , a campaign to crack down on . corruption. and. enhance ‘labor ‘discipline. and “had placed his proteges in inany key positions of the Soviet - hierarchy. mo Although Andropoy was’ known to be ailing, :the | Kremlin. issued a series of statements and speeches. bearing bis. namie and ‘of-' ficials continued to insist- ‘until the end that he was _ functioning and. - making decisions. i ~ andropoy, solemnly. on’ ‘Soyiet said; “The Central, Committee -of the Communist party of -and R. “Council of Ministers with deep sorrow inform the’ party :and the -° . gatire ‘Soviet. ‘people’ -that “Yuri " Vladirgirovich | general : * secretary . of the CPSU Central- ‘ Committee, . president of the Presidium of: the’. USSR. Supreme " Soviet, died after a long ‘illness « at, 16 “hours 50 mifiutes. on Feb, 9, 1984, “The.-name. of Yuri Viadimirovich ‘Andropov, * ar ‘outstanding leader of the . “Communist party and, of the ” Soviet ‘stale, a. Staunch . fighter for the’ ideals of “communism and for peace, Will always ‘remain. in the hearts ‘of the Soviet people -ofthe whole ‘progressive humanity,” The.same report followed shorily afterward on the Russian-language Tass wire and .” Soviet _ television — ‘ showed a photograph of the Krenilin,- interrupting Its programming. oo ‘ There’ -was no an- ‘ notincement.. of - funerai ‘plans,’ ye 2 Dhig” “ntorning: _ which dawned with the first steady Snowfall in Moscow ‘in ‘weeks — Soviet’ radio and television Abandoned: most See “Andropov’ “Page 6 quality used parts from S.K.B. AUTO SALVAGE. 635-2333 or 635-9095 349) Duhaa (justot Hwy, 14 E) J wae ‘How Canadian National emergencles-is what local fire, ambulance, . and search and rescue personnel gota look at, we Herald Staff Writer "pennACE—"“Responding to Emergencies” was the title ‘of’ ‘the presentation, shown to Terrace and Thornhill “emergency personnel, Thursday evening, by Canadian National Railways representalives, in from Edmonton and: | Vancouver. The meeting look’ place at the lecture theatre in Caledonia ‘Senior Secondary. The _ presentation - basically covered what hazardous . material is being handled by CN Rail and how they deal with emergency situations involving spills, leaks, and fires: Don Gadsby, special: commodity: officer gave ‘a short briefing on how CN keeps track of [is rail cars,through its _ new. computerized railear monitoring system, and he also . explained how, the different rail cars are marked for identification, a - A 20 minute slide show went through the different procedures involved in making sure that correct information i3 available at all times to emergency personnel, response teams. from CN, the media, ‘and eventually, the public Ripple effects. VANCOUVER (CP) — The ripple effects of the 12-day-old pulp and paper industry lockout are building and will hurt B.C.’s economy if the shutdown continues for. two: more weeks, B,C. Central Credit Union ehlef economist Richard MeAlary said Thursday. “Generally speaking, in the first two weeks there is not a great deal of effect except at the mills directly affected," said McAlary. But after two weeks all aspects of tran- sportation connected to the industry are alfected - trucking, tugboats and seaplanes. He said if the lockout lasts more than a month, the fost production will never be recovered. But, if it is resolved before a month passes, production can probebly be recovered during lhe next year. “But right now, we're not far enough along to have any meagurhble effect on the economy,” McAlary said. The ‘pulp and paper industry lockoul has slowed the iugbeat-industry’s recovery from the 1982-83 recession and will lead to some layoffs, industry officials sald. Seaspan International vice-president. Harold Cooper said: “It has had a pretty drastic effect on.us because the forést géctor is the largest part of our buyiness. And ihe impact will just grow as-the lockout lasts longer.” Seaspan’ barges carry pulp, chemicals, hog fuel and newsprint, from pulp mills on B.C.’s coast, Codper. said layoffs have been minimized 50 far by workérs taking accumulated time off. Terrace mills holding out ‘the mill has room. enough to store the chips for the time — because we want to keep the operation going a8 long as _. possible, we're studying all available.options,”. he said. - Thesituation over at Pahie Lumber is basically the same, . . CN explains emergen allways deals ‘with — “What most people don't realize is that the problem won't end even when the pulp and paper industry comes back to work. They'll only be able to handle so much of the chip production, and whatever hag been stored in stockpiles will have to be used up over a long term period,” he explained. Curtailmients in the pulp industry over the past two years has also caused a certain amount: “of chip material to be backlogged and the sawmills are ‘still dealing with’ this problem today, © “Cross adds that Potle will continue to eut and process lumber-so that they can honour thelr committments to customers on the foreign market, All of Pohle Lumber’s woo products are gent to markets oversea’s and Cross polnts out that getting business from foreign customers is very difficult, “The lumber market is very competitive, not only here in B.C., but in the United States as well,’ he says, “and if you - want foreign contracts you really have to work for it.” . . He explained that when buyers have an unlimited choice of where t6 go for limber you had better offer them a good .Geal,“or they won't look twice at-you. "Both managers share the same view that itis too early to will be affected. James Cross sums it up, Hwelve got a good crew working for us right now, putting out.a 100 per cent effort, and we're making, every effort | to keep the mill: ‘running. ", cy response a i speculate when layoffs will occur and how many workera - eft to right, Dale Leeuw, Dan Swartz, Earl Matheson and Don Gadsby. evening. Representing CN was, An introduction was also given into what sort of ‘equipment CN has at its disposal to help deal with any problems that may occur with the hazardous. chemicals and | products that the company’ ships. - The company feels that should an accident occur, local emergency personnel should be informed quickly and reliably on what the train is carrying, how dangerous the material may be, and how to deal with it, ‘should it be escaping [rom a tanker car. CN plans ‘to, station an emergency response unit in. Terrace sometime in mid-March. A number of emergency response units are located throughout the province. and are kept on Btandby on a 24 hour basis. The closest such units, ‘at present, are located in Prince. Rupert and Smithers, and can be transported by plane or helicopter. As well, CN is continuing to improve radio communication with its main dispatch center in Prince George, so that constant monitoring of trains will be possible, no matler where they are on the line. proves harmful Cecil Cosulich, vice-president of Riviow Straits Lid., said’ the industry was reaching about 75-per-cent utilization but is falling back to below St-per-cent because of the pulp mill, closures, Cosulich said more than 100 Rivtow employees will soon be laid off with more following if the lockoul continues. “It puts almost all of our marine people out of work and : traditionally there isn't foo much work during this time of the year. It’s going to bea dismal picture, believe me," said - Cosulich, B.C. Employers’ Council president Jim Matkin said it's "too early to make judgments on the spin-off effects. It takes at least a month to analyse ‘the impacl." In Prince George, where three pulp mills are closed, city manager Chester Jeffery said: “1 don't think there has heen sufficient time yet to analyse what it's doing. Bul it's bound to have an effect on commercial sales if it con- tinues,"” 4 Meanwhile, Canadian Paperworkers Union locals are - scheduled to meet Monday and negotiations with’ the in: dustry could resume next week. In at_open letter to the pulp industry, union vice-president , _ Art Gruntmian said the lockout is not softening his union's . militancy, Gruntman repeated his earlier charge that pulp em- ployers impoeted the lockout to boost pulp prices and cited newspaper reports aboul an expected rise in pulp prices and possibly newsprint prices.