i kr t : . vee tee necetetee LEGISLATIVE. LIBRARY, | COMP, 77/78 PARLIAMENT BUILUCNGS, VICTORTA, £.C., Terrace- Kitifnat groups to sponsor refugees for the head of the family so that the first group is. self-sufficient we can sponsor “are refugees.” The Kitimat Rotary Club hopes to sponsor a Vietnamese - refugee amily. . President Bryan people,” Graydon said. “Without the support of : commanities like ours many thousands of perienced the difficulties facing. non-English speaking peopie-in a new land,” Graydon said, B.C. or call 632-6635, Five Terrace Churches also hope to sponsor ” refugee families. In fact, sponsoring Mathew’ . “Anglican ur orm 635-3929, (Christian Reformed Church) ; Ross Bretherick, 635-2638, groups refugees., Committee _ member Alice Chen-Wing said while they adapt to life in Canada. a? ; “People can make ee eee - Graydon said Friday the club will spearhead a fund-raising campaign to bring at least one family Of boat people to Kitimat. “Tt will cost $12,000 to support a family for a ” Graydon said members of. Rotary feel com- ~ passion {r the children of: ie boa boat t yeople set adrift “Tn . this year the child every stort should refugees will be con- demned to a future without hope,;; he said.. Graydon said he is confident Kitimat -will support the fund raising drive, _ further He said members would like- to hear from groups or individuals . interested in assisting a refugee family. For information contact the ‘Kitimat the Christian Reformed Church has already applied to the department of immigration for four ‘families of boat people. An ad hoc committee Sunday the. amount needed to support a family will be $500800 per month. She said committee members hope entire donations of garden produce, household items and appliances as well as money,” Chen-Wing sald. Anyone interested in helping refugee families - (Evangelical Free Church); Lother Heller, 635-9237, (Christ Lutheran Church); Alice Chen-Wing, 635-7768, (Knox United Church); Teresa Lake, 638-1537, year,” Graydon said. be made'to tae care of ‘‘Many Kitimat Rotary. Club Refugee ‘has been formed toshare coi tions will hel : “But if we can find work _ these unfortunate residents have ex- Fund, Rox 317, Kitimat, information among support. the families Kaer, 635-7346, (St, Gur). Catholic f ) (~~ RUPERT STEEL & 5555 TAXI || rerrace-Kivimar (1978 LTD.) 24 HOUR SERVICE 635-5555, 635-5050 635-2525. " fact," Barrett’ said, “LIGHT DELIVERY SERVICE Nee r ‘Volume 73 No, 207 |daily herald 20¢ ‘Tucsday, July a4, 1979 J . SALVAGE LTD. Seal C:ve Ad., Pr. Rupert 624-5639 WE BUY copper, brass, all metals, batteries, ote. Gall us -. onen Mon. through Sat., 8 a.m.-5 p.m., We are VICTORIA (CP) — Op- position Leader Dave Barrett was ejected from the British Columbia legislature Monday for calling Deputy Premier Grace McCarthy 1 the patron of patronage in the province. Th: New Demooratic Party leader refused to with- draw the statement, and was sent from the house by the Soclal Credit government ~ majority. The charge “was levied during debate of an amend- ment ‘lifting the celling of eight on the number In- surance Corp. of B.C. di- rectors. - 4. . Barrett said Mrs. McCarty was the minister who signed the cabinet order appointing Environment Minister Rafe Mair’s campaign manager to the B.C.. Development hae ae ip a staternent af not withdraw-a statement of ‘ iact. IL was her signature. It _ was his campaign manager. “It Is real patronage . . that's all it is’ Outside the house Barrett sald Mrs. McCarthy should fire the “Socred wheelers and dealers she has put on se public payroll,” Mrs, - McCarthy — told reporters the charge is @ lt, Barrett forced . from sitting The government majority defeated an effort by the New Democratic Party opposition to liniit the: rumnber of ICBC directors to * aarrett told the legislature his party believes that no cabinet minister “should. have the power that that minister (Mra. McCarthy) will have in allowing her to personally appoint any number of people she wants to the public purse and make it a trough in terms of Social Credit patronage." . “We see here an. op- portunity for the pork-. that has: been gains on y this government - iim with no limit on the board of directors that means youcan ~ bet your bottom dollar that the Socreds will show up on the board of directors of ._ ICBC. “When . ‘that, mnlniatey idkes hei" n:avete beasine leader of the Socreds this fall, she’ll use her. ap pointment abliity to back up her supporters in agencies.” Bil King {NDP— ShuswapRevelstoke)._said the directors received ‘very lucrative fees under the benevolent dictates of this ‘patronage-ridden ment.” untrue and said Barrett is | seeking a “grandstand opportunity to grab a headline to end the session.” The current legislative session is expected to end ys Mrs. McCarthy = sald Barrett is condemning “those good people who give up their-time and effort in service of the people of B.C,” She. said ‘patron of patronage” is a derogatory term aad “T will not accept it: [ have not lived that kind of political life.” ~ “Money for the hacks, money for the Soya, money for the defeated Socreda, money for the iriends but not enough money to hire nurses in the hospitals, not enough money to deliver quality health care in this provin- ce,” King said. : The legislature gave ‘ap- proval to.11 bills, Including allowing the province to set up a program for refugees, and eliminating discrimination in the sale of automobile insurance. Boy survives trip in sewer CALGARY (CP) — A 12- yearold boy was swept off his feet and carried ona perilous omekilometre trip through a city storm sewer Sunday during a furious downpour. “IT didn’t = panie or nothing,” a battered and - bruised Mike Dedyluk said Monday. The water waa up to Mike's neck when ‘he managed to push open a manhole cover and save himself just as rescue workera were beginning a search The boy was swept into the unprotected opening of a storm sewer about 2.4 metres high and 1.5 metres ‘wide. Bruce Richards of the city sewer division sald there was a grate over the en- trance last spring, but It was removed w cumulated. Mike sald Monday he was probably in the sewer about five minutes, ''but it seemed like, an hour." Be and his brother were Bitting on their bicycles under the entrance of the tunnel to keep out of the talnr Mike's bicycle was knocked over, and the boy tripped into the water. His brother rushed home for én debris ac-* ‘help. "It was about two feet deep at first,"’ sald Mike, but the current was pushing me. . . . IT passed the first manhole and water wag coming in on my head. It was getting deeper all the tlme. “By the time I got to the second manhole, the water was to my waist and I tried to grab on to the ladder but the current was too stong and I couldn't hold on.” Mike said he has explored the tunnel when it was dry, and knew he had to get out by the time he saw the third manhole. “The water was getting -deeper and deeper — it was over my neck — and there are rocks just past the third manhole — I didn’t want to go over those. . “] just knew T had to get out 501 grabbed the ladder (at the third manhole) and punched the manhole a bit," . he sald, showing bruises on his knuckles, “I pushed it with my neck and back and flipped It over with my hands, I] was totally drenched.” The storm swept through "the elty with sudden fury, causing thousands of dollars in damage and bringing the city toa Btandstill, Crown- Mr. Mike's softball team won a weekend tournament in Prince Rupert with the help of Linda Juba (above) who allowed only four walks and nine hits to win the best pitcher of the tournament award, See page eight for more pictures. (Photo by: Moe Nicholson) CASAW supports strikers | Members of the Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers, Local 1, voted Thursday to send suppoii payments to striking Alcan workers in Quebec. A motion, authorizing an extra dues assessment of one hour’s wages per worker each month passed after two hours discussion, CASAW business agent Wiho Papenbrock said. members unanimously approved support for the strikers but differed over . the method. Suggestions offered ranged from a loan to closing down the Kitimat smelter a tactic Papenbrock described as “premature and illegal’. The strike support payments to the Federation des Syndicats du Secteur Aluminum will amount to ap- proximately $17,000 a month with Alcan deducting the ‘extra assessment for the union. The payments will begin Sept. 1 when the FSSA has been on strike for three months and will end aS soon as an agreement is reached. CASAW Talks between the FSSA and Alcan have broken down over wages and a cost of living ‘clause, Agreement has ‘been, reached, however, on the problem of shift schedules for shift workers. seeks wage increases The Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers, Local 1, wants wages increased although its collective agreement with Alcan doesn’t expire until October 1980. CASAW wants to bring - members wages up to the level recently granted workers in the pulp and paper industry. A flyer issued by the union claims - that because of rising inflation CASAW members now earn $1 an hour less than - Eurocan workers despite the Alcan cost of living clause in their contract., CASAW business agent Wiho Puapenbrock said Friday that a labour relations meeting with the company will be held Tuesday, Aug. 31 to discuss a wage rée-ppener. ty south-central. ‘Cameroon “The "project — Forests YAOUNDE (CP) ~ ~ Prime Minister Joe Clark on Monday announced the signing of important development agreements between Canada and the: government of Cameroon for electricication and forestry projects. The agreements were signed for Canada. by Senator Martial Asselin, minister of state for the Canadian International De- velopment Agency, and for Cameroon by Youssouta Daonda, - minister af economic affairs and planning. The project totalled $23.4 million in Canadian funding. The agreements cover a $16.7-million loan and a $4- million grant from CIDA to help finance a project to supply about 50 communities th electricity. ‘invoives construction of four distributin networks fed front a main transmession Cameroon's National Electricity Co. will con- tribute $13.1 million to the project which is aimed at . reducing regional disparities and maximizing the social impact of the country 3 na- Honal energy program, Material and services for the proj project will be purchased . Camis ‘also will provide training for engineering and technical personnel who will _ Operate the system. also is negotiating with the Canadian Export De- velopment Corp. for funding of another similar -elec- Cameroon ‘trificatloti project. In forestry a $2.7-million CIDA grant will go toa the Cameroon Water and ' Branch, "even more urgent because of a Clark makes deal on tri p Economy needs ‘more assistance. OTTAWA (CP). — The federal goverament should stimulate the economy by. financing about $4 billion in. provinclal sales tax cuts and municipal construction projects to ease worsening unemployment, the Canadian Institute for Economic Policy sald. Monday, ' Walter Gordon, a former al finance minister and founder and chairman,of the private research | : -oxganization, told a itews | onference...the (heat Hor’ grealer' the impact of the recession in the United States on Canada. “In our view, the economy: needs to be stimulated in.a selective way to prevent the unemployment problem from getting worse,” Gordon said. bunemployment is currently running at a seasonally-adjusted rate of 7.5 por cent but Finance Minister John Crosble as well as other private fore- casters have predicted it will worsen primarily because of the recession in the U.S., which buys 70 per cent of Canadian exports. e sald last week he has not decided what he will do in a fall budget, to stimulate the . economy other than in- troduce a promised mor- tgage and property tax deductibility plan that he hopes will stimulate the housing sector, _ Gordon said he was not ied familiar enough with the mortgage deduction a plan to comment one it ot but said anything w house ullding would telp unemploymen! pai eral spem recovered through a tax on windfall profits by oil nies — which he sald collect §2 billion. The government could also eliminate indexing of income tax — saying another! My 4 billigir — sind’ cotild . pu tampa rv Turcbarae on arporate.. me i bore ‘certain indexation of income tax ‘allows wages to rise with the . rate. of Inflation without The institute also criticized the consistent use. of high interest rates for the’ defence of the dollar and called for a fundamental change in current policies to.: deal with the country's economic problems, . It sald more long-range. polictes are needed ta reduce, the country’s chronic deficit: in its international trade Ln’ goods and services — ex-. to be more than $7: ion this year — which it sald is at the root of the dollar's slide. P The institute also called ‘or: - —A thorough review o of ther impact of any further crease in the domestic prise ~, "etl on the boat of iviag, ‘ Cugliatta receives | injuries in accident — -Terrace RCMP reported a vehicle driven by Sharon Cugliatia of Terrace went out of control at 11 a.m. Sunday on Highway 25 near Williams Creek and everturned in the slough. Cugliatta was checked at the scene by am- bulance ‘attendants but had suffered only minor injuries and was not taken to hospital, police Six people were taken to hospital by ambulance after a Ford pick-up truck went out of control near Williams Creek at 2 p.m. Sunday, according to Terrace RCMP. There were 13 people in the truck which crossed and recrossed the centre line before crashing upside down in the ditch. The truck with four people in the back and eight in the cab was heading south on High- way 25 at the time of the accident, said police, Peter Turley, 43, driver of thy truck was admitted to Mills Memorial. Hospital with chest in- Thelma Gray, 17, who suffered a fractured elbow, Bernice McNeil, 18, with ahip injury and Becky Guno, 19, with an injured neck Were also admitted to hospital. Hilda Willy, Roy. Robinson, Rhonda Turley, 21, and Arileen "Lincoln, 17, were treated and released. Also riding in the vehicle but uninjured, according to RCMP, were Chuck Turley, 19, Ronald Duncan, 24, Tammy Witty, 8, Melanie Turley, 3, and Charity Duncan, 3. Terrace RCMP are asking anyone who may have witnessed the ac- cident to contact the detachment and police are still investigating the incident, ; In other incidents over the weekend, three persons were taken to hospital after a Ford ‘ plekup was found by police Sunday overturned in a ditch on Old Lakelse Lake Road. According to RCMP, the driver of the truck Ronald Kenneth Eichhorat, 20, and two : passengers, Kathy Hampton and Denny — Parker, 24, were taken to hospital with minor in- juries and later released. Police report the ac- cident is still under in- vestigation and no charges have been laid at the present time. On Saturday, police report two fires, one in a vehicle at Motz Plaza and another behind the Herald printing office In the Plaza. Police estimate $400 damage and said one female was taken into custody. Both fires were quickly extinguished by e Terrace fire depart- ment, Gary Alexander of Terrace, is scheduled to appear in court to face a charge of impaired driving and refusing to provide breath samples following an incident Sunday.