od ( Cm Support withdrawn BY Donna Vallieres Herald Staff Writer Skeena Department of ‘Human Resources has withdrawn support for a youth incentive program which would assist school drop-outs, although the two other depertments involved are hoping for a change of heart. conceived by The originall DHR,.. Terrace school board and the probation department, -who put together and submitted a proposal for a Canada Wors Grant. program was Following submission and approval fo the grant, the local DHR altered the application to ask for more funds because they planned to withdraw = financial support. - “Eam very dismayed,” stated schcol trustee Nan Harrison upon learning of the withdrawal. ‘‘We have been heodwinked.” Harrison stated the rogram would be neficial to the youn people involved and coul possibly prevent them rom coming to the at- tentioh fo the probation offices. or human resources at a later time. “Its tragic that we would; get lip service from Human Resources, but nd other support,” Harrispn said. The; program was originally — esi hed & provide projects for up to 16 youhgsters between 14 and 17ewho have dropped out of gchool and have no intentign of going back, The i inh ep Seca bet tt a. z 7 ocr Bee ye VICTORIA (CP) — British Columbia Hydro’s 2,500 electrical workers will goon strike Friday unless ‘the crown corpo- ration ‘agrees to a set- tlement based on recommendations of mediator Ken Albertini, a union spokesman said ay. | Doug: Cronk, business agent + for the In- ternatibnal Brotherhood of Eléctrical Workers, Local 258, said it is time for Hydro management to “get off their butts.” He said a walkout and membership meetings are scheduled for Friday, and will take place unless Hydro agrees to a settle- ment package. Cronk said the union has * accepted the recommendations of Albertini, who was assigndd last week by Labor! Minister Allan Williarts to come up with a settlément proposal by Tuesday. Albertini had acted as a mediator in the dispute with the linemen, power generation workers and operatdrs of switching equipment until asked to ’ withdraw last week by me THydiro spok o spokesman said today the cor- poration has studied A ; lber mendations, but as yet has no official statement. NOTICE SERVED “Cronk would not release details of Albertini’s recommenda- tions. The union served 72- hour strike notice Aug. 26 and would have to act by Sunday, as the notice is effective only for three months. The last reported position of the union was that their main grievance was was Hydro's refusal to discuss non-monetary items, such as better layoff and re-hiring rovisions, job.protection ‘or partly disabled em- ployees, and pension improvements. Meanwhile, negotiators for Hydro’s 3,500 bus drivers, tradesmen and mechanics were expected to meet next week with Albertini in hopes of iron- ing out their dispute with the corporation. a was to hire the B.C. Hydro emcees ae ob a. youngsters and put them to work on such projects as iixing up Hart Farm. At the. same time, a teacher would be em- loyed by the school ard to teach the youths, and a child care worker was to have been on hand to help them with any roblems they were aving. The application was for a grant of $128,000, but the Department of Human Resources changed this figure to allow for more money because they would no longer be repsonsible for the salary of the child care worker. Probation officer Rob Watts, who was part of the planning committee which drew up the proposal, said the roblem right now is ‘who is going to fund what." He was generally op- timistic that the program would go ahead, but cautioned, “things are falling into place, but there’s no guarantee.” Richard Parker, special education rector for the school district, was also op- timistic about the program, stating only that he expects to see a “happy resolution.” Nan Harrison is also hoping for a solution to the problem, but was critical of the DHR with- drawal of finacial sup- port. “I’m concerned about these kids,”’ she said, “It’s nat going to work without a child care, worker.” im wa @D ae Al Ashton, spokesman for the Amalgamated Transit Union, said he expected to arrange the meetings with Albertini today. The transit workers voted by a substantial margin last week to strike. Streaking revived SAN JOSE, Calif. — An airliner made an emergency return to San Jose municipal airport after a screaming passenger stripped off his clothes, sprinted down the aisle and began kicking in the cockpit door, authorities said today. The man was taken into custody by irport Security guards late Tuesday afternoon after Pacific Southwest Airline Flight 264 to Los Angeles landed with 136 passengers on board shortly after takeoff. He was identifed by authorities as Haten Fawal, 37, a medical doctor from Lebanon, who they said was ap- arenily here visiting tiends.or relatives. Acting security chief Mike Paccioretti said the pilot reported an emergency just after takeoff and requested immediate clearance for landing. ‘He said an individual was trying to break in the cockpit door,’’ Pac- cioretti said. “A stewardess said he took off his clothes, ran to the cabin yelling and screaming and started kicking,”” Paccioretti added, “He bent the hinges on the door.” He said when the plane landed Fawal was wearing only a ‘“‘jock.”’ ening else came 0! aad Authorities said Fawal offered no resistance to security guards who took him in handcuffs to Santa Clara Valley Medical Centre, where he was placed on a 72-hour mentalhealth hold. DRIYINCLAL LIBRARY ‘ARLIAVENT BLDSS VICTORIA BC te TERRACE —s6 dail -, ™ 20 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1977 VOLUME 71 NO. 142 - salad ms gtudents ‘got together for mini performance: Debbie Graf, a kindergarten student at Thornhill Primary School, ens fertained fellow students yesterday. with. a Suzuki recital, Suzuki plane: . - 9 to show other students the basics of melody and harmony during Canadian Music Week, Story on page _ - Donations The Herald would like to announce inat it will receive donations for the Doell family which lost all possessions in a fire last weekend. Please make all cheques payable to the Terrace Elks. Clothing and household items may be dropped off at the Agar Red and White in Thornhill. . Spokesman says Kitimat pipeline plan not revived. TORONTO (CP) — A spokesman for a member of the Kitimat Pipe Line Ltd. consortium says the group will not revive its proposal for a Kitimat tanker port and pipeline to Edmonton unless new additional participants in the project. David Waldon, board chairman of In- terprovincial Pipe Line Ltd., also told a recent crude oi] symposium here that two major United States oil companies with holdings in Alaska are talking about joining the Kitimat group. Waldon said the two interested companies would prefer to see a larger oil pipeline than that originally proposed by the Kitimat group in a submission to the National Energy Board. The submission was deferred by the con- sortium last spring after the West Coast oil ports inquiry under Dr. An- drew Thompson was set ‘? to assess its impact. e expanded inquiry’s public hearings were re- cessed indefinitely two weeks ago because there were no active proposals to consider. EXPANSION POSSIBLE The 36-inch-diameter pipeline now under consideration would cost about $800 million com- pared with $635 million for the originally- proposed 40-inch line, Waldon said. It would initially carry 500,000 barrels a day, with the possibility of expansion to 800,000 barrels a day at a later date. . The Kitimat group recently lost one of its key members, Koch In- dustries Inc., which has Minnesota refineries that were to be served by Alaskan crude oil from the proposed Kitimat project. Waldon said Koch, which has announced plans to build its own pipeline in the U.S., would likely use the Kitimat line if it is built. The Kitimat group has set an unofficial deadline of the end of December to decide whether it should revive its pipeline pro- posal before the NEB. The Kitimat group had deferred its proposal to back another put forward by Trans Mountain Pipe Line Ltd. of Vancouver, which planned to alter its Edmonton-Cherry Point, Wash. pipeline to deliver Alaska crude to the U.S. mainland pipeline net- work, But the Trans Mountain lan was effectively illed by new US. legislation banning ex- ansion of tanker acilities in Puget Sound. Oil royalties to be returned By JIM POLING OTTAWA (CP) — The Saskatchewan govern- ment was ordered by the Supreine Court of Canada today to return hundreds of millions of dollars col- lected as a_ provincial mineral income tax and erude oil royalty sur- charge. _ In a 7-to-2 decision, the high court said provincial legislation establishing the tax and surcharge is unconstitutional. The decision was seen as a major victory for oil and gas companies fighting Saskatchewan New Democrat govern- ment attempts to take a bigger share of resource revenue. Basically, the high court said Saskatchewan fixed the price of its oil, 98 per cent of which is ex- Legal ported. This contravened the trade and commerce section of the British North America Act, the country’s —_ constitution. The act gives the exclusive authority over interprovincial trade and commerce. The decision does not directly affect the country’s largest oil producing province. COMPANIES PROTESTED The mineral income tax and royalty sur- charge were approved by the Saskatchewan legislature in 1973-74 when international ail ‘prices rose dramatically. e extra charges gave the provincial govern- ment huge chunks of the new money resulting from the skyrocketing aid in jeopardy VANCOUVER(CP) — The provincial govern- ment must provide more money to the British Columbia Legai Services Commission or legal] aid service will fail to expand for family court, sum- mary conviction matters and juvenile counselling next year, the out-going chairman of the com- mission said Tuesday. Don Jabour said that despite claims by At- torney-General Garde Gardom that B.C. spends the most in Canada for criminal legal aid, it actually is well down the ist. He said that the commission, which runs the basic criminal aid program in B.C., must ave more money just to keep up with the services it provides, and ‘‘there is no way we can expand into other needed areas unless that government makes more funds available.” The province ranks fifth in what it con- tributes for legal aid, Jabour said. He disputed a claim by Gardom that B.C. spends $3.11 per capita ex- plaining that when fed- eral contributions are subtracted the net outlay for B.C. is $2.75 per capita. Jabour said that Quebec pays the highest in Canada, $3.77 per capita, followed by Saskatchewan, $3.30; Ontarlo, $3.21; Manitoba, $3.00 and then B.C. Last year the com- mission asked for $9.2 million from the provincial government and got $7.3 million, he said. Jabour would not specify what the com- mission is seeking this year but said it is sub- stantially more than what was received last year.” He estimated that about 100,-000 people received some form of legal aid or counselling last year and another reason why more money is needed is because this province has a higher crime rate per capita than other provinces, world prices. The oil companies. protested that they should get the money. Canadian Industrial Gas and i Ltd. (CIGOL), now a part of Norcen Energy Resources Ltd. of Toronto, challenged the legislation in the lower courts and lost. CIGOL is reported to have paid $12 million in illegal charges. The total for all oil companies in Saskatchewan is about $580 million. The high court said the money must be paid back with interest. Simply. put, what Saskatchewan did was divert the increase in oil prices from the com- panies and into its own coffers. Alberta acted similarly but officials there say it did not take all the increase for itself and established a com- mission to buy oil from the producers. Saskatchewan lawyers had argued that the province is the registered owner of its oil and natural gas and can impose _ taxes and royalties as it sees fit. They said the mineral tax was a true income tax because it was placed on net income, not on gross income. BEYOND TION CIGOL, however, said the mineral tax was not an income tax. It was an indirect tax passed on to oi] users outside the province, and therefore was beyond provincial jurisdiction. The Supreme Court agreed with CIGOL. “... The mineral in- come tax and the royally surcharge do not con- stitute direct. taxation within the province and is therefore outside the scope of the provincial wer ...,” Mr, Justice nald Martland said in writing for the majority. Justices Brian Dickson and.,Louis-Philippe de Grandpre dissented. De Grandpre resigned from the court Oct. 1, after the JURISDIC- appeal had been heard. Dickson, writing the dissent, said he can find nothing in the case to make him conclude that the Saskatchewan legislation was “merely a colorable device for assuming control of extraprovincial trade.”’ Martland and Dickson are the only two westerners on the court, the former being from Alberta, the latter frmm Saskatchewan. 1 Saskatchewan also had argued that if the mineral tax and surcharge had not been instituted, CIGOL's monthly income would have risen to $340,- 000 a month in 1974 from $155,-000 in 1973. The latter figure represented a price of $3.44 a barrel and the company’s production cost per barrel was 58 cents. PROVINCES TERVENED Quebec, Manitoba and Alberta intervened in the appeal to defend provincial rights, but Ottawa agreed with CIGOL. IN- Federal lawyers called the mineral tax and surcharge a plan of dual taxation aimed at en- suring that the new oil money did not leave the province. They said they ‘were not arguing the good or bad of this, however the method chosen was beyond the power of a province. Meanwhile, Alvin Hamilton, Saskatchewan MP and former Con- servative cabinet minister, said the decision gives Quebec Premier Rene Levesque ammunition to argue that the federal government is on a power grab over resources. Collver said Tuesday that a decision against the Saskatchewan government would result in a_ reduction of government services,