tn —_ PREYIER’S JSF1CE YICTORIA BC f “\V ‘ RUPERT STEEL & SALVAGE LiD., we buy COPPER BRASS ALL METALS & BATTERIES MON, - SAT. OPEN TIL 6 pin. Location Seal Cove Phone 624-5639 Volume 72 No. 216 20¢ Wednesday, November &, 1978 KS Ff NX y, pe ae Helicopter being loaded by library with food and supplies for outlying Gregg phate bY fi areas | Break. found Pacific Northern Gas discovered another break in its Hine 22 miles from the Copper River Bridge when an attempt was made to pressure it up to normal capacity on Tuesday. John Low, manager of sales and service, said he was disappointed by the news because if the leak is in the Copper River, repair work could be more difficult thar. the break which the company just repaired. DESTINATION MYSTERY Terrace-Kitimat Daily Herald General Manager Knox Coupland = an- nounced today that the paper is organizing 4 special relief fund to help iocal residents who suffered losses in the recent heavy rains and flooding. “This fund is intended to aid these who cannot find assistance or don’t qualify for other forms of aid,” Coupland sald. This fund, Coupland stated, will be ad- ministered by Lt. Jack Strickland, the local head Herald starts. fund... of the Salvation Army; Kieth Norman, an ac- countant and the treasurer for the District of Terrace; and Alice Chen Wing, the regional district board member from electoral district C. Coupland said the Royal Bank has agreed to handle the money and Manager Pete Compton will be setting up a trust account, Donations ta the fund may be made at the bank or at the Herald office, In appealing to local residents to give generously to the fund, Coupland said this money will be used to help those who otherwise suffer without any hope of assistance. He said an application has been made to the taxation department far registration so that donation will be tax deductible, Application for aid from this fund will be adjudicated by the ad- ministrators and may be submitted to the Herald marked -—"TERRACE FLOOD RELIEF FUND Arms shipment made TORONTO (CP) A Canadian company has completed a $7-million ar- tillery shell shipment to Spain but whether the shipment remained in Spain or wound up -elsewhere remains a mystery. A CBC program alleges at least part of the shipment went to South Africa. Toronto lawyer D. S, Af- fleck, speaking for Space Research Corp. of Montreal and Highwater, Que., denied Tuesday that the company Democrats win - WASHINGTON (CP) The Democratic party Clinched its hold on the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, hours before the general election polls closed in the western part of the country. Swift Senate victories—in- eluding three upset wins over Republicans—gave ihe Democrats the seats needed to retain a majority in the 100-seat chamber, Farty- three Democratic senators were among 65 not facing re- election Tuesday, Early returns also in- dicated the Democrats would retain their majority in the House of Represen- tatives and would continue to dominate state politics— virtually the same situation as before the election. Hseearly trends held, however, the Republican party stood to pick up a few governorships now held by Democrats. All major highways except Highway 16 East are open to traffic but conditions are still only fair and the department of highways urges people to drive with extreme cation. Highway 25 hbelween Terrace and Kitimat is In falr condition. There are Some rough spots on the detour road and drivers HIGHWAYS REOPENING should watch for water on the road, Highway 16 West Is in fair condition. Drivers should drive with caution and watch.for water on the road, Nass Road is open to Cranberry Junction but driving conditlons are muddy and rough after that point. Cars should stay off that section of the road. shipped any shells to South Africa. Military shipments to that country have been banned by the United Na- tions. _"The company does not ~ghip—and has never ship- ped-- any military material to South Africa or any other African state,” Affleck said ina statement. ‘Nor, infact, does it ship shell casings to any state anywhere in the world except under export permit issued by the government.” Nevertheless the gavern- ments of Canada, Britain: and the Uniled States an- hounced they are in- vestigating reports of illegal arms shipment to South Af- rica through the Caribbean island of Antigua where Space Research has an artillery test site. This renewed con- centration on alleged arms breaches followed a London report by the BEC and The ‘Times that South Africa got at least 40,000 special long- range 155-millimetre shells and guns, radar and other equipment shipped by Space Research's U.S. company at North Troy, Vt., just across the Canadian border. Space Research, headed by Gerald V. Bull, has been concentrating on the development of a long-range artillery system. Affleck said he is optimistic that NATO may buy the new system within a year or 30, thereby providing about 3,000 ° Canadian jobs in Quehec and elsewhere. Affleck heeds all shell casings ship to Antigua and tested there were oot only prototypes but inert “and the suggestion that they were re-exported anywhere is preposterous." ere ened Tetley Wet ae Dee oe fills | jails TEHRAN (AP) — Iran's new military government, trying to quell violent op- position to the shah's authoritarian rule, an- nounced the arrests Tuesday of 32 former ministers and ranking civil officials. At the same time, hospital officials said retired ain force Gen, Ali Mohammed Khademi, dismissed as managing director of Iran Air, died from a gunshot wound suffered Sunday. The officials said they believe the wound was self-inflicted, but a member of the general's family said he was attacked at his house in a Tehran suburb by unidentified youths. Khademi was dismissed as managing director of the na- tional airline in a con- ciliatery gesture to the country’s majority Shiite Moslems. He was a member of the minority Bahai sect. Many of his co-Bahaists also were dismissed from their positions in August when the civilian government of Jaafar Sharif-Emami, which resigned Sunday, took over. The government warned that persons violating martial-law regulations will be dealt with severely. Forty tanks were moved into the capital from garrisons on the outskirts of the city to bolster armor already on guard at key points. Many banks remained closed as well as shops in and near the giant bazaar, which has been the launching point of much of the unrest in the last week. _ ‘Unemployment is down but it isrising again | OTTAWA (CP) — Govern- ment and opposition spokesmen welcomed a report Tuesday showing the country’s unemployment rate in October was the lowest in more than a year but one unsatisfied critic said higher interest rates might already be reversing the improvement. Statistics Canada figures show the October jobless rate, after adjustment for seasonal variations in the work force, stood at 3.2 per cent, down from rates of about 6.5 per cent that have persisted since the beginning of the year, The October rate was the: lowest since August, 1977, Last month, the agency added, there were 733,000 unemployed compared with 854,000 in September. There were 10,282,000 persons with jobs, up from 9,920,000 a year earlier. Finance Minister Jean Chretien said he is satisfied with the result, But in the Commons, Ed Broadbent, the New Democratic Party ¢ leader, noted that the figures showed the number of manufacturing jobs last month dropped by 11,000 from September totais, The decline in manufac- turing was most disturbing, Broadbent said, adding that ..., dhe fall might ‘he due to six increases in interest rates by the Bank of Canada this year. Three have occurred in the last two months as the government strains to keep up the value of the dollar. Opposition critics have charged that the increases, the last of which went into effect Monday, will mean higher unemployment. The Bank of Canada rate, the pace-setter for the economy, now stands at a record 10.75 per cent. Chretien provided figures of his own to back his claim that the government has succeeded in producing jobs despite a rapidly-growing labor force. The number of manufacturing jobs had risen by 100,000 in a year, he said. "The figures show the number of manufacturing jobs in October was 2,024,000, down from 2,035,000 in September but up from the 1,914,000 of October, 1977. Earlier, Chretien said he hopes that there will be greater improvement once labor force growth slows. He told the Commons finance committee that government efforts have been frustrated. by rapid labor force growth. The economy has produced one million jobs in the last three years and 360,000 since last October, he sald. . John Crosbie, the Progressive Conservative trade critic, congratulated Chretien for the decrease in unemployment, but added ‘I realize it probably had little to do with government pol- . icy." Chretien said the govern- ment did not enjoy raising interest rates but if the central bank had not acted to aid the dollar, the jobless situation might even be worse, The Statistics Canada figures show unemployment improved in eight of the provinces, with only Nova Scotia and British Columbia showing higher rates. Unemployment was also down for all major age and sex categories surveyed by the agency, . The iargest improvement in unemployment last month was in Manitoba where the jobless rate fell to 6.5 per TWO HURT Acid cent from 7.3 per cent in November, . Ontario's unemployment rate, which has been worrisome to the govern- ment because the provime is the industrial heartland, dropped to seven per cent last month from 7,5 per cent in September, There were 259,000 unemployed in the province in October com- pared with 286,000 in Sep tember. — spill cleanup on THUNDER BAY, Ont. (CP) — The cleanup of about 40,000 gallons of sulphuric acid, spilled when eight cars. of a tanker train were derailed, was progressing well Tuesday with major roads around the site’ re- opened and dikes erected to contain the spill. A city police spokesman said all danger of evacuation has passed and only two persons, both policemen, were affected by the toxic fumes, Only a few traffic’ police - ‘remained at the scene with chemicai experts, who were mopping up, and Canadian National Rallways in- vestigators, who were trying to determine the cause of Monday's derailment and to estimate damage. The 36-car train carrying acid to Canadian Industries Ltd. in Niagara Falls, Ont., from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., near Edmonton, was derailed after it collided with a freight train in rail yards southwest of here. No one was injured in the collision and a toxic cloud and acid fumes, centred over’. the crash site, were dispersing Tuesday. A police spokesman said the gases only are dangerous when breathed in con- centrated amounts. Police cordoned off the area Monday night and were monitoring wind shifts, but said there was no danger to residents of the surrounding area. Constables Peter Connors and Keith Hobbs were treated in hospital and released after they were overcome by fumes at the site. ' Industrial experts from Dow Chemical of Canada Ltd., Canadian Industries Ltd. and Great Lakes Pulp and Paper -Co: Ltd. were aiding police, fire arid én- vironment ministry officials Tuesday. Ditches and swamp areag covering about one square mile adjacent to the spill were diked. It is hoped the dikes will prevent seepage of the chemical into residential areas, where it could corrode water pipes and enter basements and wells, said lan Ramsay, manager of the industrial abatements section of the Ontario en- vironment ministry. He said his staff will in- spect the few homes nearby to ensure that no such seepage had occurred. More than 200 tons of limestone, lime and caustic soda were being used with water to neutralize the acid. Demonstrations | mark Begin trip OTTAWA (CP) -- A noisy Arab demonstration punc- tuated Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin’s visit Tueaday, shortly after the Israeli leader thanked Ottawa for recent steps against the Arab boycott of his country. About 200 demonstrators from Ottawa's Arab com- munity shouted ‘Down, down terrorist Begin” as the Israeli prime minister arrived on Parliament Hill. Moments later, he was greeted by warm applause in the House of Commons, where he watched the daily question period. Earlier, with Prime Minister Trudeau at his side, Begin said ke appreciates government plans to in- troduce legislation toughening Canada's stand against the Arab economic boycott. Begin also told reporters at a brief news conference that Israel and Egypt agreed recently there would be no repeat of the 1967 pull-out of UnitedNations peacekeeping forces without. approval of the UN Security Council. That pull-out, requested by former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, set the stage for the 1967 war, Begin said. Egypt and Israel have agreed, during current peace talks, that UN forces “will not be removed unless there is a positive vote of all five permanent members of the Security Council,” Begin said. Canada contributes 840 troope to the UN Emergency Force in the Sinai region Mounties took a hard line OTTAWA (CP) — Branch directors of the RCMP security service were in- structed in March, 1972, to become ‘‘far more vigorous in their approach to disruptive activity." Furthermore, they were told, Mounties who “fail to comply” with orders to disrupt violenceprone groups “would be subject to censure, including, if neces- sary, transfer.” The instruction went out from John Starnes, director- Beneral of the security service at the time. He said he had discussed the disruptive-tactics ap- proach with members of the Cabinet committee on security and intelligence. He was trying “to give effect to the government's wishes,”’ However, Starnes, testifying before a royal commission into RCMP wrongdoing, resisted the suggestion that the 1972 memo may have led to a wave of security service law- breaking in the Montreal area in following months. The royal commission has been told that later in 1972, Mounties burned a barn at Ste, Anne de la Rochelle, Que; breke into a warehouse late at night to make off with a case of dynamite; broke into a left- wing news agency office and made off with records; and pushed altempts to recruit informers to the peint where some of the unwilling recruits said they had been kidnapped. Starnes said he was unaware of things like the barn-burning and dynamite theft. He called them outlandish. He said the instruction had gone to securily service branches across the country but the “kind of problem we're talking about’ had occurred only in Montreal's G branch, “the smallest of all of them.” G section had been set up in 1971 to prevent terrorist action in Quebec. It was disbanded in 1973. He made it clear that a Mountie who refused to carry out this kind of assignment would be told by his commanding officer “he better shape up” and might face an unwelcome transfer. Field agents in 1970 had sought firm assurances from the RCMP that it would stand behind them if they were arrested and jailed as a result of acts carried out under orders. = - Starnes said he discussed the matter with cabinet at that time but the issue was never solved. Starnes became the first civilian director of the security service Jan. 1, 1970. He retired in April, 1973.