NEWS IN BRIEF OTTAWA (CP) — Premier i, Allan Blakeney of Saskat- a chewan said Wednesday that B the railways are not meeting their obligations to move Western grain to market and‘ ae added it was because they fc einem objected to statutory low freight rates. Blakeney told the first | ministers economic meeting that the railways in fact were engaged in a campaign against Parliament which eet the Crowsnest Pass rate, A similar charge was levelled earlier in the Commons by former prime minister John Diefenbaker and Les Benjamin (NDP— Regina-Lake Centre). Diefenbaker un- successfully attempted to move a motion saying that there would be no change in the Crowsnest rates, Benjamin gaid that the railways are conducting a campaign to bog down grain movement. Transport Minister Otto Lang made no reply to mons sald steps are under CALGARY (CP) — Mediation talks resumed Wednesday in an attempt to settle a health care strike that continues to affect patient care In institutions across Alberta. Representatives of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Alberta Hospital Association (AHA) met with provincial mediator Bob d'Esterre for the first time since Nov. 19. An AHA 38 man declined to discuss details of the mediator’s latest but sald management’s wage in- crease offer would remain at alx cent. Petrie, health care co- ordinator for CUPE, said the Blakeney but in the Com- ~~ way to find .solutions to. transportation bottlenecks occurring in moving grain from country elevators to export positions, Some changes may be made as a result of the government investigation, Lang said, while rejecting a suggestion, by Don Mazarkowakl (PC Vegreville) to convene a so- called grain summit to bring together producers, rary sporters salesmen an others, But Lang conceded later at the ministers meeting that the idea, first proposed by Manitoba’s Sterling Lyon, Premier, Pe ter’ Lougheed ler Peter of Alberta later urged Prime Minister Trudeau to attend the summit if it came off. Lang told the first moinisters that it is important to realize grain sales are at record levels, The transport sys “m faced higher * .. to move, reaching a metric tons this Hospital talks resume AHA would have to exceed government wage guidelines - of six per cent before a settlement could be reached. The union, which represents 3,000 non-medical hospital employees on trike in Alberta, is seeking a 5 ce tan-hour increase for all hospital support workers. This represents an average wage increase of about nine per cent. ween nee dietary, and o support staff in Red Deer, Alta,, spearheaded the strike when they walked off the job Nov. 4. Hospitals and nursing homes in six other Alberta centres have been struck since then, a. Herring deal reached VANCOUVER (CP) — Herring fishermen in British Columbia have voted 73 per cent to reject the fishing industry's latest price offer of $106 a ton for food herring, ai union spokesman said Wednesday. wen . The spokesman for the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union said the rejection came despite a recommendation by the union that the members. ac- cept the offer. The fishermen earlier turned down an offer of $96 a ton for the herring. The union ia seeking $180 2 tog. J ii sae nd ts oer | the union has advised the Fisheries Association of B.C, that it is ready to resume Price negotlations. One. year for murder VANCOUVER (CP) — A Victoria man who shot and killed his brother near Vanderboof, B.C., in May was sentenced Wednesday in British Columbia Supreme Court to one year in prison. Donald Glen Boudreau, 27, was found guilty of man- alaughter Sept. 21 by a - Supreme Court jury in Prince George. He was originally charged with second-degree murder after Larry Gerald Boudreau, 27, was shot twice while lying in bed in a cabin seven kilometres south of Vanderhoof in central B.C. Boudreau told the court that the two had been arguing over trivial matters for some time, and his brother had on several oc- casions pointed a gun at him and threatened to kill him. Bowlreau said he wanted to show his brother what it was like, to have a gun pointed at him, and that he had not known the gun was loaded. He said he was in shock after the gun went off, and the next thing he knew, ‘‘the gun was belng fired again." Siamese twins born VICTORIA (CP) _ Siamese twin girls joined at the abdomen were born at Royal Jubilee Hospital Tuesday night, a hospital spokesman said Wednesday. The girls, born to a Greater Victoria area woman, were revorted in stable condition, The woman's name was not 2e- leased. . It was not immediately known if doctora would ut- tempt to separate the n. _ Need place for dirt OTTAWA (RP) — SaskatchewanMP Ray Hnatyshyn called on the federal government Wed- nesday to find a place where soit contaminated by the' toxic pollutant = chlorinated — bi Ls me oat (PCBS) can be des . Hnatyshyn (PC— SaskatoonBiggar) was unsuccessful in an aittempt fo move a motion in the Commons saying the envi- ronment department should eonsider sending the soil to the United States or to an in- cinerator at Suffield, Alta. He was referring toa 1,500- gallon apili in Regina which provincial officials are continuing to monitor. The apill took place in 1976 but was covered by asphalt to prevent the PCBs, linked © with birth defects, cancer and liver damage, from spreading. An environment depart- ment official says the United States has made it clear that Canadiana must deal with their own chemical waste. “The U.S. is being Inéreas- ingly restrictive about ac- cepting toxic liquid waste for disposal in the A.S.,” said JP, Bruce, assistant deputy minister responsible for environmental management, ; Bruce did not comment on the use of the Suffield in- clnerator but sald there is disagreement among scientists about burning PCBs. - FOR BIG SAVINGS ON rt Fae 146 pen 4 SegRSECO CITY (AP) — Veteran London dailies close | LONDON (CP) — The Times, along with its.sister publication, The Sunday Times, and various sup- plements moved into the last stage before shutdown Wednesday as owner Lord Thomson of Fleet declared that his fight with the unions has been a nightmare. “Suspension of publication is a drastic step," the Canadian publisher sald in a statement from his Toronto odfice. ‘One cannot, however, allow the papers to be slowly bled to death.” Theshock of suspension hit Parliament where the Labor government agreed to a threehour emergency debate today as Conservative MP Patrick Cormack declared: speath or lengthy silence ¢ of any of these papers w diminish all the freedoms we all take for granted.” hoomson said ibe cay pes suspension for a minimum period. He had no intention cf per- manent closure or sale of the papers in.which he and his late father, Roy Thomson, who purchased them, took so much pride. Tn fact if the unions would agree to end wildcat strikes, reduce swollen work forces and accept new technology, there would be many more millions of pounds available for further development and expansion. Unofficial disputes, he said, had led to a loss of 13 million copies this year -alone. One of the major unions ~"id it would be pre;arvd to negotiate if Thomson removed the threat QUAKE ROCKS CITY Six stroag earthquakes and aftershocks jolted the ‘capital .andmuch of southern Mexico on Wednesday, damaging buildings and causing c¢ 6in towns and villages from the Atlantic to the Pacific. - .. Officials sald more than. be reports of deaths, The quakes shattered windows, shook buildings and sent thousands of office workers fleeing to the streets. The Red Croes said it had reports of some buildings destroyed in the heart of Mexico City. The tremors— measured as high as 7.9 on the Richter scale— rolled through this elty of 18 million people beginning at 2:53 p.m. EST. A reading of 7 is. considered a - major earthquake. The first tremor was followed in 12 minutes by ashorter quake and about an hour later by another strong tremor that made tall buildings sway. Cornices and masonry fell from many buildings. Fire department offictals sald at least four fires were caused by the e, Television and radio stations warned 4 about fallen high-power electrical wires. There appeared to be little structural damage to many buildings, but ambulance sirens whined through the centre of town. Electricity and other essential services appeared to be func- tioning normally. : The first tremor lasted 70 seconds, officials said, and wae felt strongly In Oaxaca City, Cuernavaca and in Chiapas state. Seismographs record more than 3,000 earth tremors a year in the Mexican capital ® Buckots & Booms © Engine Components © Grappias ¢ Powar Train « Winches «© Swing Frames FINNING ed ea le © Track Groups © Dozers 1100 Pacitic St., Prince George Telephone 883-0331 - gontzoled, by Torontqhorti: af suspension. Thomson said 4 The Herald, Thursday, November 90, 1978, Page’? . notice of suspension had been given seven months ago. The National Graphical Association (NGA), whose Printers are in one of the seven unions represented among the company’s 4,300 workers, inslated it will negotiate nothing unless the threat of suspension is lifted. Joe Wade, NGA general’ secretary, said: "I am convinced that The Times will shut down. We are Prepared to talk to the Management even to the oth minute of the Lith hour if they are prepared to Lift the threat of suspension.” But the board of Times Newspapers Lid. was adamant, It had said it will- suspend publication if agreement is not reached with all the unions. That de- mand would not be with. drawn, ’ Times editor William ReesMogg dismissed the: NGA argument, He said in Wednesday's issue that unions “habitually expect employers to negotiate under the threat of strike action or during strike ac- tion. It is-a natural part of their business.” Rees-Mogg said he is con- vineed the board is right to suspend the newspaper because “all the hard work of 90 per cent of the staff has Tepeatedly been destroyed -’ y the unofficial and irresponsible action of small Times spokesman Mike Poole sald the management has to conduct negotiations with 54 separate chapters of the seven unions in the building. . Labor troubles continued to hit the newspaper in Its last hours. Seven thousand - copies were lost of Wed- nesday’s issue when the - NGA exercized an overtime _ n. Last week The Sunday Times lost 580,000 caples, nearly half ita print run, when two unions called sudden membershi meetings and machine at- tendants quit work one hour early. Times Newspapers Ltd, estimates its revenue losses from labor disputes in the last year at 3.9 million (99 million), The company Is Lord - Thomson, . otherwise‘: known as Kenneth Thomson, who alscowns newspapers in Canada and the U.S, as well as oil, book publishing, paper and travel interests. The northern region of the province has been designated for RDIA assistance to stimulate balanced economic growth and create | jobs in our province, - DESIGNATED AREA If your business is. MANUFACTURING OR PROCESSING. If you're thinking =. about a NEW PLANT. = or taking steps to MODERNIZE or EXPAND an existing plant... 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