ViICTORTA, E.Ces VSV-1%4 ByYEDYUDIN ~ Herald Staff Writer Terrace Mayor Dave Maroney moved three aldermen. into new committee chair- manships and demoted - ; one other in a major reshuffling of the com- mittee structure for 1980. Maroney's ap- _ Committee shuffle leaves Pease pointments announced at | the regular council meeting Monday night was good news for Molly ene 5 Tere Berge COMP. 77/78 #6l MOLLY NATTRESS.., committee. Alderman Al Purschke, the former chairman, was moved into recreation, parks and library, replacing former Alderman Alan Soutar, Helmut Giesbrecht, one of two-aldermen with seniority, was given responsibility for finance, general government and protective services. Giesbrecht had been the - only alderman last year PEASE REACTS PAGE 3 Bob- Cooper (public works) and Jack Talstra (planning and = tran- sportation). Alderman not given a post, _In making, his selec- tions, Maroney noted it was “not an easy task HELMUT GIESBHECHT... approval. In addition to committee chair- manships, each alder- man was given mem- bership on a couple of other committees. Other significant ap- pointments included Molly Nattress to the Terrace and District Library Association as well as the Skeena Union Board of Health. Al Purschke was ap- pointed as the service chairless DAVID PEASE..,, Nattress and Helmut — ~-shegetsone without a committee David Pease, the past and it's getting tougher ~-recogalzed club jiaison, and David ~.was left out Giesbreca: Nattress, given the chairmanship chairmanship, chairman of the finance, every year” in reference available. Maroney‘s Pease will remain as the Hospital Board. 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Hope In the very hope that visits. will be regularly (allowed). 1 can't guarantee that now.” Japan hedges on help TOKYO (AP) — Premier Masayoshi Ohira sald today that Japan might consider restricting oil imports from Iran if the U.S.-Iranian crisis worsens, "but at the present time we are not considering this possibility.” “For the present time, Japan must make every effort to secure the oll im- ports that it needs,” the premier told reporters, “The United States has taken a severe stance toward Iran because of the hostage issue, But the crisis between Iran and the United States ia in a proper sense not an oil problem." | Ohira was responding to criticism from a spokesman for U.S. State Secretary Cyrus Vance who said Monday that Japanese oil companies and banks are undercutting the economle pressure the U.S. govern- mentis putting on Iran to try to.force Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to free the 60 U.S. citizens held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran since Oct. 4. Hostages getting impatient DENVER, Colo. (AP) — A 21-year-old marine, one of 50 U.S. citizens being held hostage in Iran at the em- bassy he once guarded, says he has “noidea’’ where 20 of the hoslages are being held or how they are faring. His own treatment has been good, said Cpl. Billy Gallegos in an NBC-TV in- lerview Monday, but he said he does not believe the deposed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi is worth dying for. “We're not ready to hold out here forever," he said. Gallegos, of Pueblo, Colo., and the other hostages have been held since Nov. 4, when students stormed the U.S, Embassy in Tehran, The students say thal all the hostages will be tried as spies unleas the shah is returned for trial in Iran. ery Near... future," Ghotbzadeh sald. "1 Among the international intermediaries in Tehran ia Harold Schmidt Degruneck of the International Red . Cross, who saw 15 of the | hostages earller ism the five week-old slege, . a -UN emissary Zuhair Yamin arrived in Tehran Monday and Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Shahul Hameed, who already has acted as an intermediary, is reported back in Tehran. KHOMEINI... i . [aetien _ Ghotbzadeh said attempts were being made by Iranian officials to, assemble an international grand jury as soon-as possible to In- vestigate Iran's grievances, including crimes charged against thé deposed shah, Meanwhile, the officia Pars news agency report today that a revolutionary guard was shot dead behind the embassy Sunday mor- ning and said the ‘mar- tyred" guard was buried in . his home town in the Sennan central province. Pars sald only that the man was killed by “an unknown person” during a change of guard. ABC News reported the Carter administration had “‘gignalied’’ that if the hostages were not released within seven to 10 days, the United States would launch an economic campaign to bring down Iranian Btrongman Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. But a spokesman for the. state partment’s task force on Iran denied the report. On Monday, Khomeini defied the United States to blockade Iran and made a personal attack on President Carter aa the outcome of the rebellion in northwest Iran against his authority remalned uncertain. He said he was kept in a room with about 30 other hostages. He reported each. one of them had a mattress, clean linen, a chair and a desk, He said talking was forbidden, but he could see the others. Gallegos said their hands were loosely tied and some of them were sometimes taken somewhere and later brought.back, He also said he had no idea where the other 30 hostages were kept, In addition to the embassy hostages, the Iranians are holding Bruce Laingen, the U.S: charge d'affaires, and two other embassy officlals at the foreign ministry, All are being threatened with spy triais and possible death sentences unless Carter hands over deposed Shah Mohsinnad Reza Pahlavi for trial in Iran. The shah underwent eancer and gallbladder treatment in New York last’ monthand is convalescing at an air force base in Texas. Terry Annis of the Kitimat Chieftains goes up for a shot in Monday night's 53-50 victory over the Caledonia Kermodes, as Caledonia’s Doug Anderson checks him. See story page 12. Jobless numbers up By ALISON HARE OTTAWA (CP) — The number of persons unable to find work rose for the second consecutive month to 771,000 in November, Statistics Canada reported today. The unemployment rate was up from 743,000 in Oc- tober but the seasonally- adjusted rate dropped to 7.3 per cent from 7.4 per cent a month earlier, NDP finance critic Bob LINE PRINCE RUPERT, B.C, (CP) — A landslide five kilanetres south of this north coast B.C, city Monday night derailed eight Canadian National Railway freight cars and wiped out rail tran- sportation to the city. Railway officials said it will take up to four days to repair the track. There were no injuries, . The derailed cars were part of a train load of woodchips bound for the Canadian Cellulose pulp mill at Watson Island east of the city. Et was not im- mediately know what caused the slide. Railway spokesman at the regional office in Edmonton said further assessment of the dam- age is needed before estimates can be made, RAILWAY CUT adding that rerouting of freight is not anticipated. If the tracks are reopened quickly, it is likely the port's grain elevator will not be af- fected. Charlie Pau}, manager of the federally-owned elevator, sald today that, while the 89 carloards of wheat already in the port will only take a day to un- load, crews could be kept busy for up to a week on necessary maintenance, Jack Kreut, manager for CanCel's northern pulp operation, said that, although the company is concerned about the logs of the chip cars, the slide ts expected to have litle impact on the miil's operation. NO DATE Alean to go ahead on Kemano By ANN DUNSMUIR Herald Staff Writer Alcan Smelter and Chemicals Ltd. intends to complete the Kemano hydro-electric _ project, although no date has been set for the start of con- struction, A press release issued Monday states that ‘'as market conditions per- Because of opposition to the project, the company will hold a series of “gatherings” in communities that may be affected. Area residents will be asked to express their concerns about the project and the company will present the facts available so far on en- Brian Hemingway said Monday that the gatherings will “provide information and give people an opportunity to make recom- mendations.” The meetings will be held in Kitimat and the areas involved early in the new year so that the company and ‘its con- sultants will have time to mit, the cémpany intends to complete the Kemano Power facilities .and use the power generated for the . aluminum in the province of B.C.” The power will supply three new smelters, each one capable of producing 171,000 ‘metrie tons of aluminum annually. The location of the new smelters -has not been decided, although one will probably be built in the Kitimat area. Works Manager Bill Rich said Monday the company intends to use the water licence granted to Alean in 1950 by the B.C. government before the 1999 expiry date. “We will go ahead when we _ identify aluminum markets and obtain financing,” Rich said. Rich estimated the cost of the entire project in- cluding smelters as ‘“‘in excess of $2 billion.” The project will create jobs for 600 people during the construction period. By the time the project is completed 2,000 per- manent jobs will have been created plus a probable 3,000 more in service industries near smelter sites. The project, in- correctly labelled Kemano Two by the media, involves a dam on the Nanika River, a tunnel between Kidprice Lake and the Nechako Rae sald he is concerned about the increase in unemployment in the manufacturing sector and among men over the age of 25 who make up a major part of its work force. The 15,000 manufacturing jobs lost in November left 4.5 per cent of all men over 25 out of work. The October rate was 4.3 per cent. production of - vironmental impact. ., Alean “"spotesman Some against , most cautious By ED YUDIN Herald Staff Writer Most observers have taken a cautious wait and see attitude towards Alcan’s decision to proceed with the Kemano power project. consider the input of area residents. ; Wiho Papenbrock, the business agent for Local one of the Canadian Association of Allied and Smelter Workers, said Monday it would be “premature’’ to make a definitive union statement. He said the union would likely request as much information as possible be made public concerning the development and its possible environmental impact. ‘It's a significant announcement in the sense of Alean making a significant committment to the ’ Northwest,’’ he said. George Thom, the mayor of Kitimat, said Monday the project would promote industrial growth in the Northwest. He added the creation of a renewable resource such as hydro power saves thousands of barrels of oil that would otherwise be used to fue] such massive industrial projects. Thom says the “resources in the North should be used for the people of the North.” He adds the federal and provincial government should take note of that. He was not overly concerned at this point with the environmental hazards as expressed by certain groups, “1 don’t think any of the arguements are strong enough to stop the project,'’ he said. That was not the position taken by a spokesman for the B.C. Steelhead Society. Jim Culp, a past chairman of the group reasserted Monday his group ‘‘was not prepared to go along with it at all.” He said the recreation, commercial and native food fisheries in the Northwest could be severely damaged by the hydro development. ‘We think it is a sell-out of these values,” he stated, He said the problem Is probably tied te a slowdown in the United States’ economy and points to serious unemployment problems aver the winter. “When the guia of the manufacturing industry have been attacked as in the last month it shows the need for a budget that stimulates the economy,’ Rae said, adding that a competitive dollar is also needed to improve export sales. Liberal finance critic Herb Gray said the unemployment situation has worsened and la beginning to show the effect of misguided Con- servative economic policies such as high interest rates. Gray also expressed concern about the Increase In unemployment among men aver 253 and the See page 2 Reservoir and a second tunnel from the reservoir to a power house at Kemano. The flow in Nanika Lake and Kidprice Lake will be reversed, resulting in a reduced flow in the Morice River system. Fear of damage to the environment, especially salmon stocks, has resulted in opposition to the project from Bulkley Valley residents and environmental groups. Alean has com- missioned environmental and social impact studies from Envirecon of Vancouver. However, no report will be available until the summer of 1980 because studies must be made during all four seasons. Culp, a resident of Terrace, said the Skeena Protection Coalition would be meeting in Terrace on Thursday and likely issue a statement. The coalition is the umbrella group for organizations in the immediate area protesting Kemano Two. Mike Bell, the secretary of the Houston based Father Morice Outdoor Protection Society said his group would watch the situation closely for future developments. He expressed concern that Alcan had decided to go ahead before the promised public hearings took place sometime in mrid-1980, Bell said he is receiving four to five letters a day from sports fishermen and hunters concerned about the potential damage to fishing resources that could come about with the construction of the power dam. Beli also questioned the project's viability. “I'm deeply concerned about the number of jobs," he said, pointing out his group favours the creation of jobs in the Northwest. ‘We stand to lose as many jobs in tourism and fisheries as we will probably gain in building the smelters." Bell also thinks there will not be enough water on the Bulkley River torun the generator if a commitment to save the fishing stocks by keeping the water level high enough is made.