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by RALPH RESCHKE
Herald StaffWriter .

TERRACE— = The | federal.
‘government's employment. and
immigration ministry has'approved
. the spending of $242,700 to create 133
summer jobs for students in the
Skeena constituency area,

A total of 26 projects. received
approval, with 16 of them occurring
locally, making available §5 jobs for
unemployed area students.

Te this date, a total of $1,042,700
has been spent on developing 73
projects in the Skeena riding, and
the latest approvals are the last ones
slated for the Summer Canada

_ ‘employment program for this area.

Serving the
_ Progressive
Northwest

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comp.

. inventory ‘gathering
ministries of forestry and fish and
wildlife. ~ ; ;

”) Westar Timber will be hiring four |
_ students to continue with last yeara
_ silviculture work on demonstration
.. foresta_on their tree. farm licence
‘ Jocated- approximately eight anda

half kilometres from Terrace on the

West Kalum Road.

. Students will be doing some brush _

clesring to ensure that second
growth of coniferous trees will take
hold.: As well, atudents will be doing
for the

Westar Timber will be hiring a
total of 56 summer students this year

‘to work on silviculture projects on
_ their demonstration forest section. ;

- The Kithinat- Stikine Regional
District will also have four students
working with the office over the

-be. working with the’ regional

district's economic development -
“ways. Cathy Landry, of the Kitimat

conimission to ‘study possible
-economic alternatives for the area
both in the wood industry and in

other areas ag well,

“One of the suggestions for s study i is

" the possibility of mining in this area

with portable. mining: equipment.

‘The three. other. students will be
- working in Kitimat, at the M.K. Bay.

Marina, manning an access gale to
the facility and various other Jobs
around marina.

"/ suminier months. Orie student will ‘A

“the regional district's “project is

4 “worth $10,728. and -will-employ the

four students for 13.5. weeks.
fi :Claque Mountain, a.popular hiking
‘area in Kitimat;: will:receive some
‘work on it's hiking trails and path-

‘Fecreation department, said that
trails are beginning to deteriorate
‘and work is required. to shore up
‘material that is eroding away.

Landry also mentioned that work

: will be done on the cabin that is

us2d by hikers for sleeping over-
"night.
‘Three summer students. will be

“working on that project for a length

af eight week s,: ‘Costof the project is

$5,253. .

The Terrace Women's Resource
Center has also received approval
for & project that enables the center
to hire two female students, one of
which will work on fund raising
projects and. the other one will
assemble a. resource library of the
matrial the center. “has at its
disposal, ;

The women’s center is renovating
the basement in: the building it

_ presently occupies to make room for
a public meeting room, and to
provide more office space.

As well, the center will be

changing its heating system from oll -

heat to gas heat, -and :the hired

*

student will have to approach
community groups andservice clubs
to raise funds for renovations and
expansion,

“Also, the center will be needing
furnishings for the basement area,
once it’s completed.

The. second student will. be at-
tempting to gather together all the
reading and study material the

resource center has to assemble it

intoa library for use by clients of the
center's services.

If you're a summer student in the
area and looking for work, contact
Henry Leong at. the Student Em-
ployment Center, 635-7135, or Shirley
Kimery, at:€35-2243,

Thornhill volunteer firemen responded to an emergency at
the Terrace weigh scales, Tuesday morning, when a truck
carrying silver concentrate began releasing toxic fumes
from the trailer units. Apparently, the cargo, still hot from
' the processing plant at Equity Mines in Houston, had caused
hydraulic oil ta begin smoking a and asa result of the heat, the

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hydraulic lines that open and close the lids to the trallers -
were burnt through. BC Hydro responded with a crane to —
raise the tops of the trailers and the Thornhill firemen ap-.

plied a cooling spray of water to the hot silver ore. A
dralnage culvert had to he blocked off to prevent the. water
from contaminating the Skeena: River, a

-lraq. plans oil terminal. destruction |

Traqi President Saddam Hussein
said today his country will intensify
the sea blockade imposed on Iran's
Kharg Island oil terminal and soon
will be capable of destroying the
Persian Gulf port complex itself.

“The days are near when we will
possess’ weapons capable — of

' demolishing Kharg [sland itself”

and not just ships loading at the oil

‘terminal, about 125 nautical miles

southeast of Lraq, Hussein said.
Hussein, speaking dt a ceremony

to decorate‘a group of Iraqi officers

for performance in the 42-month war
with Iran, also referred. ta the
‘possibility of U.S. intervention “to

“assist our Arab brethren in con-

fronting Iran”’hin the wake of recent
air attacks on commercial ships in
the gulf

“T say the Arabs do not need such
ahelp,” he said, “Their capabilities
are énough to destroy the aggressive
heads and chop off the hands."

Meanwhile, Arab diplomats in
Damascus said Syrian President
Hafez Assad was sending two top
officials to Tehran today to try to
persuade Iran to stop its‘ attacks
against gulf shipping and begin
peace talks with Iraq.

Syrian officials confirmed that
Vice-Presifent A, H. Khaddam and
Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharea

will go to Iran but declined further

comment,

The diplomats said Saudi Arabia's
King Fahd, in an urgent message
delivered to Assad on Tuesday,
asked Syria to Intervene, They said
it is the first time Syria*had agreed

to act as a mediator in the gulf
conflict:

Syria and Libya are the only Arab
countties that back Iran. ~

At the UN, the 15-member
Security Council agreed to a request
by six gulf states to hold an urgent
méeting on the crisis Friday when
the foreign ministers from some of
ork, states are expected in New
Yor

ATTACK 20 SHIPS

At least 20 ships have been
damaged by attacks in the gulf since
January, including five-oil tankers
from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia hit
during the last month, Kuwait, Saudi
Arabia and the Unitd States blame
Iran for the attacks, although
Tehran has denied responsibility.

In Saudi Arabia, Fahd received
U.S. envoy Richard Murphy on
Tuesday, and there are reports
Washington has offered protection
for shipping threatened by Iranian
and Iraqi air raids.

The official Saudi press agency

‘reported that the king met with

Murphy, but did not elaborate.

Murphy, assistant state secretary
for Middle East affairs, was
reported to have brought a letter to
Fahd offering help. if the Iran-Iraq
war threatened to close the gulf to
shipping.

Officials in Washington said the
‘offer was made conditional on the

gulf countries opening their airfields:

to American aircraft. President
Reagan has vowed to keep apen gulf

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Arab diplomatic sources in
Bahrain said neither Saudi Arabia
nor any other gulf state is prepared
to ask for U.S. help against Iran, for

* fear of further

ir attacks. ;

Reagan told. a news. conference
Tuesday night in Washington the
United States stands ready to play a
role."‘if they ask us for help.""’

Asked about likelihood - of

- American troops becoming involved

in a shooting war in the region,
Reagan said: “I think very slight
and I can't foresee that happening.
We have not volunteered to in-
tervene and we have not been asked,
So far it seems the gulf states want
to take care of that themselves.” -
Since the recent tanker attacks, ,
Arad countries have been trying to
increase pressure on Iran to leave
neulral ships alone. Iran has

~Duarte’s.

. WASHINGTON (AP) ~- An appeal
to Congress by Salvadoran
president-elect Jose; Napoleon
Duarte is brightening the prospect
that congressmen will approve
emergency military aid for his war-
ravaged Central American country.
. President Reagan, congressional
leaders and the newly elected
Salvadoran. official indicated
Duarte's stint of more than 10 hours
on Capitol Hill on Tuesday appeared
to be bearing fruit,
“fT have great hopes that after

President Duarte's visit here and

meeting with as many in the
Congress as he did that there !s some
reason for optimism," Reagan said
in a nationally televised news
conference Tuesday night.
. Thomas O'Neill  (D-Maas.),
‘Speaker of the House of
Representatives, made a_ similar.
assessment from his perspective as
an opponent of Reagan's Central
American policies.

“ think he (Duarte) has sold

threatened to disrupt all ‘navigation
in the gulf unless Iraq stops at-
tacking ships loading’ at Iranian
ports, + -

Iraq has acfnowledged . hitting
ships in its self-declared: blockade

zone around Iran’s gulf ports, but .

has-not been criticized for any. in-
terference in neutral States’ ship-
ping. -

Earlier Tuesday, Fahd ‘said he
was mobilizing Saudi 'defence forces
against the possibility of continued
Iranian air attacks. ©.

The action came after Kuwait and
Saudi Arabia announced Monday
that they are stepping up protective
military activilies in the region. ~

The gulf co-ordinating countries of
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United
Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and
Oman sent féreign office and
defence officials to Riyadh on
Monday to discuss charting a‘ ‘new
sea lane”: for oil tankers,

enough people in the House," O'Neill
told reporters, “I think the votes are
here. overwhelmingly, despite my
opposition.”

O'Neill said he expects the
Democrat-controlled House to vote
this week on the Reagan ad-

ministration’s Salvadoran: aid
package.
The Republican-dominated

Senate, which has already approved
the funds but must act again, would
probably move quickly in an effort
to send the measure to Reagan's
desk before the Memorial - Day
recess begins Friday.

Duarte told reporters: “I have
faith that the people of your country
understand the dreams that the
people of my country have, I believe
the Congress will approve the aid.”

During a round of seven separate
meetings with members of the
House and Senate, which began at
$:30 a.m, and extended past 6:30

pm., Duarte disclosed that he Is

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Alcan

Kitim at Work

Volume 78 No.100

: Herald Staff Writer

KITIMAT— Alean's Kitimat
Works plans to hold an Open House
this summer, to mark: the
celebration .of the company’s 20th
birthday in Kitimat, said a
spokesman in Alcan’s public
relations office.

Hans Larson explained that the
company is celebrating 30 years in
fitimal and Kemano ane will open
it’s doors to visitors on Sunday, Aug.
4, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

“Visitors will be issued with a map
of the plant, high-lighting various
areas of the operation that they can
visit. Buses will be running.
throughout | the Open ‘House and

people will be able to visit areas as -
‘long or as briefly- as they like,” said

Larson.
He places special emphasis, on the.

hop and skip feature, which enables

people to visit areas~ they're in-
terested in and skip areas: . they’ re
not interested to’see. » -".

Bigh technology ‘in industry is.
what Alcan wants to show off ‘this
year. Visitars -to the plant will be
shown all the latest technology the

company has added to the ‘plant

BEIRUT (AP) — Police said
today two people were killed and
nine wounded in higtitlong battles
with mortars, rocket-propelled
grenades and machine-guns on
Beirut's southern outskirts, ending a

_ four-day lull-in the civil war.

', The coalition cabinet convened for
.. 2% hours at President - Amin -

~ Gemayel’s

summer residence
northeast of Beirut to discuss the
latest ceasefire breakdown.

The cabinet discussed a “program
‘of arrangements required to bring

about a durable peace,” Prime
Minister Rashid Karami said after

the meeting. ‘We shall continue this
discussion , shortly and then .an-
vounce the new security plan." | ~

“The fighting, which tapered off at
daybreak,‘ - pitted pro-Christian

Lebanese army units against Shiite
“Moslem | and ‘Druse militiamen in
suburbs south of: the capital, said |

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police.

The police casualty report listed
the two dead as civilians but did not
specify whether the wounded were
combatants or bystanders.

. The - fighting coincided with
reports that the cabinet was con-
sidering a new security plan to form
a “crack force” of unbiased army

appeal accepted

replacing a key Salvadoran official
who has been linked to right-wing
death squads,

Senator Nancy Landon
Kassebaum (R-Kan.) and three
members of ihe House said Duarte
told congressmen he will not retain
Col. Nicolas Carranza as chief of the
Treasury Police. Representative
Bill Richardson (D-N.M.) said in-
telligence reports show Carranza is
believed to have been involved In
formation of the death squads in
1980,

Asked about the reports, Duarte
did not mention Carranza by name,
but said he had told congressmen
“that [have asked for the change of
one of the members” of the top
ranks of Salvadoran officialdom.
Duarte will be inaugurated June 1
as El Salvador's first elected
civillan president in 50 years.
Reagan reiterated at his news
conference thal he has no plans to
send U.S, troops to Central America.

since the last Open House in 1979.
“One of the main attractions will

..be the new anode paste plant,”

Larson said, “and some of our riew
shop facilities, a. portion of the
laboratory, the crane transfer
building, new equipment in the
reduction and casting department,
and the ‘dry anode technology in the
potrooms. mw

Larson said that although visitors
will be kept away from areas that
are dangerous, people should dress.
for an industrial situation, and good
walking shoes are a must, he adds,

‘People with pacemakers should
consult with their physicians before

making any plans to vist the plant,

due to the ‘field of magnetism

- surrounding the otrooms and the’

rectifier bullding.

ao The last: ‘Gpen: House in 970, at- -

tracted ‘2.800 Visitors arid officials |
are counting on at ‘least as: many or
more to turn out for this event.”
Larson added that events such as
this are usually held every four

- years, but with the 30th anniversary
_ being held this year, the company

decided to wait one more year and ‘
hold the two activities together.

increase

units to separate warring forces in

Beirut.

Administration sources said the
proposed unit would be made up of
6,000 men in three brigades — one
for Christian East Beirut, one for the
mostly Moslem western sector, and

one, for. the demarcation line
separating the two areas.

Under the plan, once the
deployment is completed, all

crossings between East and West’
Beirut would reapen, as well as the

_ airport and port, the sources said.

Approval of the plan would require
a government
restructuring the command of the
Lebanese army to create a balance
between Moslems and Christians
and name a replacement for current
commander Gen. Ibrahim Tannous,
the sources said.

Shiite and Druse leaders blame::
Tannous for the army shelling of”:
West Beirut, the Shiite suburbs and
.the Druse mountain towns east of
the capital last September and
February,

The sources said the replacement °

of Tannous and the enforcement of
the security plan would be top
government priorities once the new

cabinet under Karami wins a vote ol _

confidence in parliament.

Elaborate security arrangements. .
were being discussed for holding a~

parliament session in central Beirut
to debate and vole on a policy
statement by the Syrian-backed
prime minister's half-Christian,
half-Moslem cabinet.

Parliament speaker Kamel] Assad
and police commanders were
seeking assurances from various

militla leaders to observe a
ceasefire around parliament
headqtarters at the museum

crossing, the only open gateway
between East and West Beirut,
stated radio and newspaper reports.
They predicted the session would be
held next week.

SUGGESTS ARRANGEMENTS

Karami was quoted by the leftist
Beirut newspaper As-Safir as saying
his government was prepared to
offer security arrangements to
Israel provided it turns over oc-
cupied southern Lebanon to the
Lebanese government rather than lo
Israeli-backed milltias.

The prime minister did nol
elaborate on the kind of security
arrangements that would be offered
to induce an Israeli withdrawal, :As-
Safir reported.

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