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‘Location Seal Gove Phone 624-6639)

Forty-six tourists from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and
Manitoba stepped in Terrace for lunch today. Some of
the people on the seventeen day Fun Finders tour are
pictured above. Tonight they are staying in Prince

Rupert and then will be taking the Inside Passage to

Alaska. Eleven of the 46 people will also be going to

Kotzebue, a town that is 27 miles above the Arctic
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Photo by JoAnn Kronquist

Postal Union President Predicts
Post Office Will Strike in Fall

. OTTAWA (CP) -— Crucial postal conciliation talks
entered a new phase Tuesday amid fears a disruption
in the mail this fall is inevitable.

- Louis Courtemanche, chairman of a three-member
conciliation board, began closed mediation sessions
with negotiators for the post office and the 23,000-
member Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)

_ following a record 32 days of public hearings.

..The closed sessions are usually more productive
than the open hearings, generally used to set out the
basic positions of the disputing parties. They will have
tobe ifa strike or lockout Is to be avoided.

' , 80 far, out of 40 ardcles in the union's contract, only

10 non-contentious items have been resolved.

. Still unsettled are the critical issues of pay, use of
casual labor -by management, Job security and the
effects of automation: - - :_ -

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NOT OPTIMISTIC
..In g closing statement to the conciliation board at
the open hearings, union negotiators said they had
‘many doubts as to the prospects for success" in the
negotiations, .

.-And Jean-Claude Parrot, the union president,
repeated his earlier conviction that he has no doubt
there will be a strike by the inside workers, likely this
fall.

In the statement to the board, the CUPW accused
government officials of lying about the conduct of the
union and its collective bargaining proposals,

..“There have. been many times when we were
tempted to pull out altogether in the face of the blatant

refugat of the employer representatives to make any

B.C. Fishing Strike
Talks Bogging Down

plants, currently earn $103 a
day. Many days involve
extended shifts.

Hewilson said the union
also offered to drop a
proposed daily meal
allowance to $8.75 from $9.
Union members currently

eight-hour negotiating
session to settle a strike by
600 tendermen that is.
paralysing the British
Columbia fishing industry
ended Monday with no hope

CONTINUE FISHING
Meanwhile, the
association representing
most independent Indian
fishermen on the west coast
of Vancouver Island an-
nounced Monday that its

current strike. Union
negotiators recommended -
the offer be accepted.

“We underestimated
perhaps how the mem-
bership really felt about the
herring contract,’’ said

Sate aroha

of an early settlement.

George Hewison, of the
United Fishermen and Allied
Workers Union, said picket
lines would remain up today,
and that ‘the next move has
to be up to the fisheries
association.”

The union offered to drop

its wage increase request to
$8 a day from $9 but the

Fisheries Association of B.C.
ignored its proposals,
Hewison said.

The tendermen rejected a
$9-a-day increase in talks
during the weekend and
called for separate
agreements for the herring
and salmon jlshing Season.

Tendermen, who move fish
from boats to processing

; tendermen

receive $7.25 a day.

Jerry Spitz, president of
the fisheries association,
said a herring contract anda
towing clause were the main
topics at --.,Monday's
negotiating meeting.’ . <*
LAST OFFER MADE

He said the association's
views on the herring clause
amounted to its last offer.
The association wants a one-
year agreement to cover
both herring and salmon

” seasons and is not willing to
settle for a sixmonth pact. -

Jack Nichol, president of
the UFAWU, said his union
might have misunderstood
the feelings of striking
toward the

contract offer that led to the

after the membership
rejected the association's
offer that the union appears
to be losing control over its

members.

Nichol said shoreworkers
who have been idled by the
tendermen’s strike will vole
on the association's offer of a.

‘?70-cent-anhour increase, but

were waiting late Monday to
see the outcome of the talks.

Nichol said the strike
affects about 20 planta along
the B.C, coast and about
14,000 fishermen and other
workers. The industry has
estimated it will lose $20
million a week in sales as a
result of the strike,

Nichol. members will continue
; en Williamson, manager fishing,
of the Pacific Gillnetters

. ; ‘ Fred Yeung, manager of
Association, and Spitz said the Pacific Trollers

Association, said association
members have not decided
whether to continue fishing,
Alvin Dixon, information
officer for the 450-member
Central Native Fishermen’s
Co-operative, said the co-
op’s operations will not be
affected by the strike.

Meanwhile, _represen-
tatives of various Van-
couver-area rod and gun
Clubs said Monday the strike
will allow more salmon to
make their way to spawning
grounds, ensuring the health
of the fishing Industry in
future years.

is Rambler Continental station wagon was a good
cer, until last week, that is, when the owner parked it
ona quiet side road on the outskirts of Terrace, for the
weekend. Returning, 48 hours later, he discovered the
tar had been subjected to senseless vandalism - bricks
through the side and rear windows, the gas cap stolen,
and other heart-sickening abuse without rhyme or

reason - as though someone had taken out their pent-
up grudges against a defenseless vehicle that had
harmed no one. More and more instances of such
pointless criminal acts are occurring across the North
American continent, of which British Columbia, and
the school system, are getting their full ‘share’.

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Subadar Maluk Singh, Ch. Rambux Singh and Sirdar
Natha Singh were peacefully contemplating the
beauties of Nature and relaxing under blossoming
trees on the municipal grounds at the corner of Eby
and Lazelle Monday night when the Herald
photographer chanced upon them, Making the sign of
peace, by pressing their palms together before their

face, they courteously agreed to allow thelr photo to be

taken, Natha was reading the Times of India, un Urdu
{seen on the ground at his feet in the photo) - a
Canadian subscription of which costs over a hundred
dollars a year, Awarded on 0.B.E. for his military
services, Natha is retired, on pension, from the Indian

backdrop, reminigcent of their native countryside.. By
closing their eyes, they can even imagine the
blossoming trees, behind them, to be the fragrant
Indian cherry trees, Sikhism, founded many centuries
ago by Guru Nanak Sahib was originally intended to
bring about reconciliation between the Hindus and the

Moslems in the Indian subcontinent. Sikh, which
means “Lion - the bravest of the beasts, is In-
corporated into the name of every follower of the
militaristic religlon. In India, the Sikhs have a long
history of bravery and great loyalty, especially to the
British Raj. In Terrace, the Sikh community is large
enough to warrant its own temple.

Army. All three find the landscape, with the mountain

To Highlight

The Canaidan Association in Support of Native
Peoples will be holding a dinner meeting at 6 p.m, July

. 95 at the Kermode Friendship Society, featuring a
number of special guest speakers. Included will be

John Poucette, from the Kitimat-Stikine Regional
District, Paul Mason, from Kitselas Reserve, Dave

Workers Refused U.1.C.
Sent to Salvation Army

TORONTO (CP) — A_ went to the welfare office

worker locked out since June
22 by Canada Packers Ltd:
says he was told Tuesday by
city welfare officials to go to
the Salvation Army for help.

Members of local P1i4 of
the Canadian Food and
Allied Workers Union were
locked out after a legal strike
shut down Swift Canada Ltd,
plants across Canada, The
two companies agreed that if
employees of one company
went on stike, the other
would lock out its union
workers.

The worker, who did not

want his name used, said he.

Air Crash

SURREY, B.C. (CP) —
John Gregory McCoy, 28, of
Pitt Meadows, B.C., was one
of two men killed Tuesday in
the crash of a twin-engine
Cessna 310 into the Nicomekl
River in this suburb south of
Vancouver, ;

Police withheld the name
of the second man,

The plane crashed about
two kilometres east of
Crescent Beach, The area is

two weeks ago and had been
given $137.. But when he
returned for more money for
food and rent he was refused.

“What am I supposed to
do? I’ve got no foodin the
cupboard and a wife and two
kids to support,” he said.

He said welfare officials
gave him and two other
workers the address and
telephone number of the
Salvation Army,

The workers also have
been denied unemployment
insurance benefits. Their
case is to be reviewed next

Kills Two

used by student pilots and
others to practice
manoeuvres.

Witnesses said the plane
appeared to stall and then
spin into the ground. It
crashed in the middle of the
river, The nose of the plane
was buried in mud,

RCMP and firemen waded
waist deep through water
and mud to remove the
bodies.

P, Vincent McCarthy Now

Guest of

OTTAWA (CP) — An inde-
pendent adjudicator has
ruled that Irishman Patrick
Vincent McCarthy, 24, must
stay in Montreal jail until he
‘{s deported,

The immigration depart-
ment sald Tucsday the ad-
Judicator made the decision
after holding a hearing over
whether the man _ the
department has sought to
expel for months should be
set free,

Meanwhile, a department
spokesman said there will be
no announcement about his
movements until McCarthy
is on the way out of Canada,

The department has been

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Gov't

attempting to deport Mc-
Carthy for months since he
was found working illegally
in Vancouver,

Last week he made a fuse
in Vancouver when he was
put on a plane bound for
Jreland and was taken off
again. Then he was flown to
Amsterdam where he
Tefused to board a plane for
Ireland. He was flown to
Winnipeg and then to
Montreal where he was held
in the provincial detention
centre,

McCarthy has denied
Canadian statements that he
ig wanted in Dublin for
holdup.

Special‘Speakersand Films

CASNP Dinner

Crack from the Fish and Wildlife Department,
Elizabeth Grosch and Linda Dalphond, from CASNP,
Vi Gellenbeck, from the Kermode Friendship Socie

and representatives from the Kitselags and Kit-
sumkalum reserves, There will also be a presentation

of special films.

CASNP is a national Canadian organization existing
to support in every way pessible, all categories of
persons of Native Descent - Indian and Inuit, Metis
and Non-Status and full Status.

Methods at present being used to fulfill its goals
include working through Friendship Centres, Band
Offices, Reserves and United Native Nations in the
area from Prince George to the Queen Charlottes.

Anyone wishing to attend the meeting next Tuesday
is welcome. Further information can be obtained by
contacting the Kermode Friendship Society at 4551
Greig Avenue, or telephoning 635-4906

Weekly Forest
Fire Report |

VICTORIA, B.C. — If British Columbia's
weather continues its abnormally dry, warm and
sunny trend, the entire province could be facing
high to extreme forest fire danger for the
balance of the summer, H.G. Doerkson,
provincial forest fire suppression officer,
warned today. .

He reported the northern half of the province’
continues to experience below normal rainfall
and that drought conditions are creating serious
forest fire control problems there. Campfire
suspensions continued in Zones R5 and R9 in the
Prince Rupert forest district. .

Ninety-four new fires were reported last week,
bringing the total for this year to 790, compared
to 759 for the same period last year.

. The public is urged to use extreme caution in
the forest areas of the province and to report any
fires to the local Forest Ranger or by calling the
toll free t elephone number Zenith 5555.

Berry Pickers Galore

COQUITLAM, B.C, CP -
There is no shortage of berry
pickers in the Fraser Valley
and spokesmen for the
Canadian Farm Labor Pool
sald Friday area farm labor
contractors have pickers
walting for work,

Eaflier last week, it was
repuried inal berries . were
rotting in the fields and
many Fraser Valley farmers
were letting buyers pick
thelr own berries, because
m pickers were available.
Human Resources Minister

Bill Vander Zalm said that
no new single and em-
ployable welfare applicants
would be allowed to receive
assistance in the Fraser
Valley until the berry crop
was picked,
Andy Sidhu, of the labor
pool, said Friday early ralns
followed by weeks of unln-
terrupted sunshine altered
the berry growing seasoni,
causing an overlap.

He said usually
strawberries are picked jin
June. ,