LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY, PARLIAMENT HUELDINGS, VICTORIA, B.C. VaVv-1k4 #ol NET (RUPERT STEEL & SALVAGE LTD. ately / LATE SCORE. ALL “yn , sit & BATTERIES B.C, Lions -19 iL 5 p.m. \Location Seal Cove "Phone 624-5699) 20° WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 17 J (Calg ary- 19 Terry Walker, spokesman for the Forest Service burning in the district with a new one starting Monday night. The three main ones are still the KAT fire, the KEN fire and the SLOK fire, The KAT fire remained static again Monday. About 3000 acres are burning and the ‘crews are working to regain control of its NORTH FLANK. There were no major runs and ten cats are now working. In the SLOK fire there were no major runs Tuesday but it is still burning very hot on the south and west flanks. The fire now covers 3000 acres and two cats are being walked in to assist with guard construction, He adds the total cost for fighting the fires up to last Thursday was 2.4 million dollars. $822 thousand of this money was spent last week alone. Officials believe both the SLOK and KEN fires were started by lightning while the KAT fire began as a result of racreationalists. Walker said the campfire ban is still in effect for the north and centrai part of the forest district, Hazelton and through the Terrace and Kitimat district. Prince George Moved To Port Angeles. NANAIMO, B.C, (CP) — reports there are still 19 fires - The-: Prince } George;: a $ nal a | a . df saiidtaen 2 figures from Terrace council in commemoration of Kitimat’s 25th birthday this year. Terrace Mayor Dave Maroney, along with a delegation consisting of Ald, Helmut Giesbrecht, Dave Pease and Vie Jolliffe, and district Executive Fate whe i yaker estimated a total of _ Kitimat council and its individual members were the Assistant Dianne Dorrington, presented the gifts to with 464 men fighting blazes, recipients of these beautiful sculpted aluminum Kitimat council Monday evening, A large statue of a sailing ship was given to Kitimat council, Kitimat Mayor George Thom was presented with a smaller sailing ship, and aldermen received small statues of animals, suited to their personalities, Bank of Canada Bank Rate Jumps A higher rate is an indicator that Ottawa favours a’ tightening of credit conditions, which probably means higher borrowing rates for consumers in coming weeks. Bouey's statement indicates that the latest move is part of the government's continuing defence of the dollar's value. It is important to keep Canadian in- terest rates in line with U.S. rates “in a way that does not prejudice Canada’s external financial position,” says. Canadian interest rates must be competitive with foreign rates in order to attract foreign capital and so ae = creale a deman-for Canadian currency on exchange | to 9 per cent A higher bank rate, followed by higher consumer interest and mortgage rates, adds to inflationary pressures ami conflicts with government efforts to stimulate spending and spur productive investment. In his statement, Bouey acknowledged this by commenting that “prospects for the economy over the next few years depend crucially on the willingness and ability of Canadians to show restraint in pressing for higher incomes and higher prices as the anti inflation controls are phased out,” a The 12 month inflation rate in June was nine per cent, The mandatory pay and price controls imposed in October, 1975, are being gradually removed het-. ween April and year end. TTA TIS Terrace and Kitimat donot have conventional youth hostelsif they did the work of the RCMP and several local agencies would find their workload greatly eased. In the historic Carleton County jail in Ottawa (above) now converted into a hostel, up to 135 travellers a night take their rest in the old “slammer”. Built in 1862, the building closed its jait doors only six years ago (1972) and now bars no honest traveller a-hostelling: Judging by the number of backpackers passing through this Summer, there is a serious need for some such facility here, In Prince Rupert the Junior Secondary School is converted into hostel use for the summer months. steamship formerly owned by Canadian National Railways and now owned by Wong Bros. Enterprises, has .been chartered to ITT Rayonier, a pulp and paper firm with operations in Washington State. “The ship has been moved to Port Angeles on charter in the event that we may need to operate. the mill with Management personnel in markéts: and “support its valué, -Dease Lake Rail Extension PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. *(CP) — British Columbia the railway is abandoning ‘the line, oes Into Reverse Aug. 28 - decision has been made on its future. James and graduall making thelr way nor? sad 13 r i ike whi Railway will start removing The uncompleted ex- Armstrong said itis neces- another 130 kilometres. In Terrace and Kitimat there ate vacant schoo) building and, in Terrace, - a aifected the mill operation $500,000 worth of com: tension runs northwest of sary to remove electrical He said the cost of the college campus with dormitories - that might be considered for hostel purposes. said Rayonier spokesman munications equipment from Fort St. James, about 160 equipment from five sites on operation will be about $2,000 Jay Fredrickson. . Its Dease Lake extension kilometres west of this the line because of potential a day. Astrike by pulp and paper Aug. 23. central B.C. city. deterioration and van- Although electrical. Water Bamber workers has closed about 20 However, Hugh Arm- The provincial govern- dalism. equipment will be removed, mills in Washington, Oregon Strong, a public relations mentstoppedconsiructionoi © Armstrong said about 10 Armetrong: said towers Pl ; and California, affecting Spokesman for B.C. Rail, the line in April, 1977 when workers will spend two to microwave antennas and ane Crashes 3 p G HW pi ] Cc hy almost 8,000 workers, . — Saidina telephone interview cost estimates leaped to $111 three weeks removing bulldings will remain, The uu. men Pie In Vlas Fredrickson said the ship from Vancouver Monday million from 968 million. A equipment, starting 290 equipment will be used on CASTLEGAR, B.C. (CP) may be used as a hostel for thatthe movedoes not mean royal commission has kilometres north of Fort St. other B.C. Rail lines. — A twin-engine water bomber crashed and ex- ploded today during a water- bombing demonstration near this southeastern British Columbia community. .. WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. (CP) — Three men from the Prince George, B.C., area were killed late Monday in a head-on collision on Highway 97 near McLease Lake. Police said Deane William Walker, 21, his brother management staff. Beer Flowing examined the lige, but no Fifteen Charged For 13 Ton Import i PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. VICTORIA(CP) —Robert Jai followii id July 15 ed from $3,000 to $10,000 Aug. 2 for election of trial vm © pilot, th . only eens Robert Bente Walker, 9, anil John Ritchie Cor phell, (CP) — Prince George Sherman Miller, 33, of North on the Weete ant duly 1s caer y , method. believed to have been kilted | 22, Were n the accident, They were alllin the} Breweries Ltd. and its Vancouver, was granted bail couver Island in which 13 To date four people have = The other 14 accused today in the crash. ie employees Monday agreed today in the amount of tons of marijuana, valuedat been denied bail and five appeared in court as a group ..The driver of the second car, Elleen Wilson, 27, of ‘ to three-year contract which $30,000 in two or more j on the street, ve yet to request it. and were remanded to Aug. 2 used ie hating forest those Williams Lake, was taken to hospital. | wii! give employees parity sureties when he appeared in $20.8 mitiion ate was remanded until and Aug. 9. was owned by Conair. with workers at other British provincia] court here. Miller was the sixth person : . Columbia breweries. Miller and {4 others have to be granted bail, and for tee ee ; been charged with con- the largest sum. Bail for the a eer eer spiracy to import marijuana other five, granted earlier, meee ae PE : ‘ . The man who represents Alcan of Kilimal --a $500 million dollar undertaking - to the public and relates the public to the company, Brian Hemingway, above, is shown in his office where the HERALD met him, Tuesday morning. Alcan will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary at Kitimat, next/ year and impressive plang are already in the making for the big event. 2,500 Kitimat residents are employed by Alcan in what, with the Kemano project, is the largest financial undertaking in Canada by private enterprise. Kitimal’s smelter is the second largest aluminum producer in the free world and is estimated to pump some $40 million annually into the Kitimat economy. into Canada. Charges were L's A Girl First Test Tube Baby Weighs in at 5ib 12 OLDHAM, England AP - Doctors at Oldham General Hospital late Tuesday delivered a baby girl! believed to be the world's first test tube baby, the hospital announced. The baby was delivered by caesarean section, weighed five pounds 12 ounces and was described in excellent Alcan Eyeing Aluminium Ltd. says it expects a feasibility study on the establishment of an aluminum plant in southern Iran to be completed by September and discussions on a possible joint venture could take place after that. An.Alcan spokesman said Monday the study, un- dertaken jointly by Alcan and the Iranian stale aluminum company Alumiran, was launched about two years ago. condition. “Her condition at birth was normal,” the hospital said in a statement issued after midnight Tuesday night. The statement Identified the parents as John Brown, a 38 year old truck driver, and his wife Lesley of Bristol, England. . Canadian Press “We have been chugging along on this this for some ] Montreal - Alcan time," said Duncan Camp- bell, Alcan vice-presidnet for public affairs. Another company spokesman said the prospeclive plant would produce 150,000 tons of aluminum a year if it opens as tentalively planned in 1983 and subsequent expansion would bring its capacity lo 300,000 fons a year, Inita] estimates point to'a cost of at least $600 million for the first set of in- stallalions. Lookin hairstyle for sim 4+ = * & ww ee ee ee re ee ee ee ne re hl ee ew aes ere ei ee me me _ ee = ee ee ae eo eh ee ee eh “2. =e 2 thinner than ever, sporting a different licity while travelling, Ilona Cam- pagnolo, MP for Skeena and Minister of State, Fitness and Amateur Sport overnighted briefly in Terrace on a “routine” constituency visit. Replying to criticsim concerning LOTO Canada, she said an independent ’ survey taken recently showed that most of the tickets are purchased by" Masons in the upper income brackets and not, as some have maintained, by those on welfare,