Page 4, The Heraid,Monday, October 29, 1977 . TERRACE/KITIMAT daily herald General Office - 635-6357 Published by Circulation - 635-6357 - Sterling Publishers GEN. MANAGER - Knox Coupland EDSTOR - Greg Middletan GIRCULATION- TERRACE. 635-4357 KITIMAT OF FICE - 632-2747 Published every weekday at 3212 Kalum Street, Terrace, B.C. A member of Verified Circulation. Authorized as second class mall. Registration number 1201. Pastage paid in cash, return postage guaranteed. NOTE OF COPYRIGHT The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright In any advertisement produced and-or any editorfal or Photographic content published In the Herald. Reproduction Is not permitted. iu EDITORIAL Beware the ghost who materializes from nowhere.. the witch sooping down from the skies on a broomstick... and the monster emerging from the depths of a road-side puddle. Goblins and other mythical creatures take to the streets on the night of October 31 with one thing on their minds--and that one thing Isn’t watching for cars. The Britisn Columbia Automoblie Association warns motorists to drive a little slower than usual on Hallowe‘’en night, and with more care.. o matter how ofien parents and teachers tell children to be alert when crossing roads, a child will often forget or ignore the advice and concentrate on more interesting things--candy and pals. The best advice for drivers to follow, the BCAA says, is the very. same they may have given to their children: Make yourself visible. For drivers the club recommends driving with park lights on during the afternoon and tur- ning headlights on at dusk. Children should be dressed in light-colored costumes decorated with reflective tape. Retroreflective materials (things that ‘shine back at light sources) are visible to drivers even at speeds of 70 or 80 mph, whereas the colour white Is safely visible only at speeds up to 50 mph. Flashlights should be carried. =... - . Don’t rush out.into.the street without looking. Drivers should come to a complete stop at stop signs,and reduce speed and check every corner while driving on through streets. Children should pause and make sure all drivers are stopped at the intersection before crossing. Improve visibility. Foggy fall nights and dirty windshields can_impair visibillty more than you think. The-Aut club suggests cleaning inside and out on Hallowe’en day. “Trick or treaters’ should wear make-up in- stead of masks. If veils, floppy hats and beards are Important to a child’s costume--make sure they are arranged sor vision Is not obstructed. The BCAA concludes that although adults may not view Hallowe’‘en with any great enthusiasm, children do, and they deserve to perform the rite of “trick or treat’ in safety. By [AN STEWART metric tonnes annually EDMONTON (CP) compared with total natlotal A letter on Greenpeace Letter to the Hon Rate Mair Minister of Environment Parliament Buildings Victoria, B.C. Vav 1X4 Dear Mr. Minister: I’ve had the opportunity to talk with many people in the North who observed the Green Peace protest in or near the Spatsizi Park; and I think the best that can be sald is that it was a deplorable demonstration against the guides who, right or wrong, were carrying out a legal occupation and moreimportant, our guests from other countries-the US and Sweden. These people were asked to come to Canada and enjoy their stay in our lovely province- we pride ourselves as to our hospitality to tourists and visitors. Some of these people save and plan many years to make a trip like this, often itis a once in a lifetime rience, Rather than en- joying. a quiet holiday, they were verbally abused, by demonstrators-which no one on a holiday needs. According to information Ihave, a lady who wasn't even a hunter got the worst of the abuse, and she wasn't even in the park at the time, The Swedish hunters belong to a hunting club and were to report back to the King of Sweden on their hunt. You can. imagine the adverse publicity we will get, and this will discourage others, not just hunters, from coming to Canada for their holidays. If this type of action is condoned by the Government then there is nothing to stop others from interrupting many types of legitimate occupations, such as; standing in front of a tree 80 it won't be cut down, or mining claim, an oil rig, a farmer clearing his land, even, in front of you when you do fishing. If we sit by and allow radical protest groups to interrupt or stop people from carrying out legitimate occupations, this country will really be in trouble. If such groups want to protest, they should go to those who make the laws and can change laws or regulations. . . ‘The same is true with spraying protest. If groups think a material is unsafe, which some _are, they should go to the Federal approval agency that approved the use in the first place, not the uger who normally knows little or nothing about the chemical make-up of the material. What good would it do to protest to either you or me on the safety of mosquito repellant on the grounds that it might cause cancer (I haven't a clue as to what Is it it.). The proper place to launch a protest is the approving agency which has the expertise to examine and research ‘the material, . In my opinion, the type of harassment such as earried on by Green Peace in Spatsizi must be stopped. If the Government, either through your Ministry or Tourism, doesn’t launch a Court Action (for damaging our valuable name as good hosts to tourists) of not less than $200,000, then we deserve to lose our total tourist trade with all nations; and are inviting trouble and in- terruptions of all legitimate business oc- cupations. This will not only destroy our Economy, but also the Democratic Process. Trusting you will see fit to take immediate -action before this type of thing gets out of hand. Sincerely, Cyril M. Shelford. “OTTAWA ~ OFFBEAT Y RICHARD JACKSON Ottawa, - So What happens when there's a bani. strike, and youcan't cash your pay or pension Cheque, _ or even have access to y our safety deposit box? "a 2 i Can't happei here, you say’? ., illegal strike six weeks ogo in the It already has. In a two day Saguenay-Lac St. Jean district -- in Quebec, as you might expect - pickets of one of the “Big Five’ : natonal chartered banks barred both employees and ; ; Although ‘ customers from entering six of the branche... . as usually happens in Quebec, even in’ ‘gpite of the fact that the strike was completely illegal, ' the police stood disinterestedly by, two of the six . branches did manage to administrative staff on open for business with the | the second’. day. Then the whole thing collapsed on Day Three. amid. rumbles of a threatened legal strike in the same six branches, At the moment, with the “Big Five” — the Royal, : Canadian Imperial, Montreal, Nova ‘Scotia and | Terento Domitian ~ having something like 7,000-odd “ branches all across pretty remote. But so did Canada, a general strike seems ice strikes at one time.-: It was unthinkable that the police, of-all public :. service groups, should walk olf the job and leave their’ cities and citizens to the mercies of the hoodlums and: - hooligans. But it has happened. Twice in Montreal when the’. banks were the prime victims with bandits on a spree. ,. And it happened, in Bathurst, New Brunawick. — ... So the problem of banks now must be added to the .. question of police and other essential public services: striking when Parliament at this coming seasion--: reconsiders the whole labor — situation. ‘The Conservatives, with their heavy law and order. -- content in the new Parliament, are thinking of a closer’ English physicist Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery that what goes up must even- tually come down is being dramatically illustrated through a phenomenon known as acid rain. Federal Environment Minlater John Fraser has suid that acid rain, which contains et and nitric acid from pollutan’ poured into the air from industrial chimneys and vehicle exhausts, is the most serious environmental problem that Canada has faced. Some environmental experts Bay the problem may become worst in the West as Alberta's oll sands are developed during the next 10 years. But John Mar, nor- thweatern reglona] director of the federal environmental protection service, says the problem in Alberta ia not expected ta become critical for about 30 yeara. “That's assuming the present rate of growth and also = assuming that technology won't ellminate sulphur dioxide entirely,” he sald, . Sulphur dioxide emissions from the two exdating oil sands plants gear Fort McMurray are about. 107,000 emissions of about 65 milllon metric tonnes, It is estimated there will he a al sands plants opera Alberta by the turn of the century. Areport prepared by John Defir and Serge Dobko of the . Alberta environment depart- ment's standards and ap- provals division, says it is d not possible to estimate the impact of the oll sands development ‘because there is no indication an ta how many ‘plants will be operating at any given time.’ “However, it is expected that the trend = of technological improvement demonstrated by the two operating additional planned plants will continue and the amount of sulphur dioxide from developing thia reeource will be minimized.” The report notes that the emission rate for the first plant built ia 26.4 tonnes of sulphur dioxide per 1,000 cubic metres of bitumen processed, for the second plant it ls 11.3 and for future propored plants the emission rate is in the 3.2 to 6.3 range. Mar said the sulphur dioxide problem could he -@liminated entirely at the VANCOUVER (CP) — A dispute which haa split the international environmental group Greenpeace has been settled and a new organization has been forged, The new group, which in- cludes the Vancouver-based Greenpeace ' Foundation, Greenpeace America and Greenpeace Europe, will be called the . Greenpeace’ Council and will include six countries. They are Canada, the United States, Britain, France, the Netherlands and New Zealand, "Where once there was competition, there's now calla! tlon,” sald Patrick ' Moore, who wag. president of NEW GROUP FORMS Greenpeace is divided up the Greenpeace Foundation here, in an interview uraday, . “Where once there was division, there's now unity. We're all free at last toget on with new campaigns.” Greenpeace groups have © led international protests against whaling, the seal hunt and nuclear arms teating in the Pacific, The agreement, reached earlier this month, means a. bitter two-year feud which saw 8 suit launched in the U.S. Federal Court by the Vancouver group agalnst a breakaway ‘group. based | San -Prancisco,-has ‘ended; -. “pe weit adkiel "What the In: ported. the San Francisco brand ; U.S. group be forced to stop using the name an trademark Greenpeace and set outa claim for $1 million that the Vancouver group said had been divertedtoSan Francisco. In return, 1né San Fran- cisco office filed a coun- tersuil against Moore, alleging defamation of character In statements by him about the alleged mis- apprpriation of funds. Former Vancouver Green- peace officlal David Me- Taggart, now with Green- peace Europe, had sup- ON CRIME d behindthe been dropped'as a result of aeenes discussions. The new council will be structured so each country has equal status regardless of financial contribution. It will meet regularly to set ‘policy and establish in- ternational campaigns. Sur- ” plus funds from each country will be used for the inter- national campaigns. The first meeting of the new Greenpeace Council will be held In Amsterdam Nov. 16, Moore said the Green: .. Peace Foundation's $130,000 chy to debt will be : paid’ by’ the. * Phe legal action now had:’ cet wil . be. paid’ by. the Tougher stand wanted By KITTY McKINSEY OTTAWA (CP) Canadians will demand hans treatment for windshields nab in the 19804 — ea- pecially those convicted of violent crimes — because of rising crime rates, a government study says. - The report, presented Thursday to a closed . meeting of federal and provincial justice ministers, says the public is becoming leas tolerant of predatory erime such aa rape, murder, assault and robbery. These crimes will increase. furing the next 10 yeara ae Pollution goes up but it comes two currently operating oil sands plants but the cost would be prohibitive. Hennie Veldhuizen, regional head of the federal air pollution contro] service, caid emissions are expected to increase about 24 per cent in Alberta during the next six years. Veldhulzen sald strict provincial emission stan- ards, new pollution- abatement technology and smaller amounts of imported alrborne sulphur dioxide from the United States will delay the Impact of acid rain in the Weat by up to 20 years. He sald sulphur dioxide emissions are expected to reach 869,000 metric tonnes by 1086 if ojl sands development continues as nned. ; plants and the pla Mar said Alberta and Sas- katchewan are somewhat more furtunate than Ontario, where the acld rain problem is the most severe, because lakes in the two Prairie provinces are more alkaline and can withstand more acid. Oil sands planta are not the only culprits in Alberta. Refineries, natural-cnd sour- gas plants and cement an fertilizer plants also con- tribute their share of sulphur dioxide to the atmosphere. juvenile delinquents “get ‘older, saya the report prepared by a researcher in. he solicitor-general'si department. — “ye Ne And public pressure will for “more punitive measures Including more and longer terms of im- prisonment,”’ it says. Individuals already are more Ilkely to be the victim of a crime than they were 10 years ago. But it is more likely to be a p crime roperty such as theft rather than a | violent crime, Publle opinion polls show that many people belleve. Mar sald it is not economical for most existing sour-and natural-gas plants to install © emission- abatement equipment’ but new plants must be built with, abatement equipment. ._. There jis noo uniform: control of sulphur dioxide : emissions in Canada at present, The U.S. has. criminals degerver harsher sentences Paaee: generally. get... Cor, he att reflected In a they wt 4k ai le: js \"alao i in a dramaiic’ tn- crease in the number of people who are held in jail awalting trial. Canada holds almost twice as many people in jail before their trial than does England, the report says, This may partly be due to backlogs in. the courts caused by increased case- “Devel beginning eople are to fee] that the criminal justice aystem should look out for untform legialation but Mar ‘noted that the Americans havea more serious problem . vith acid rain ‘than Canada Alberta's emisslon-control Objectives are niodelled on ‘federal desirable levéla and are the toughest in the _ country. They limit sulphur dioxide emissions to .01 ppm i LET ERS TO DITOR THE E It is most unfortunate that Thomas Atril] does not give his home address. As our only contact with this man and his ‘unusual’ ideas is through the pages of your paper, we trust that you will pass this message along, IT have been requested by the students in my political ackence class al the college to invite Mr. Atrill as a guest speaker. This would be for the second full week of November on Monday or d Thursday afternoon or Wednesday morning. His position on the executive of the Social Credit and his outspoken views would certainly add to the education of these people. I look forward to hearing from Mr. Atrill on this matter in the very near future. Wf he feels that the ‘left' is co mistaken, here is an opportunity for him to address the matter to a group of young people. Should an evening seasion be more convenient, I am certain that It could be arranged. Thank you for the op- portunity to make this in- vitation. Yours truly, Paul Johnston fs close] the rights of victims just as it protects the righta of those accused of crimes. |... This attitude will pRibably lead to more government compensation of victims of ctimes in the 1980s and a system In which criminals repay their victima will have to be worked out, the report Says. In Canada there were sllghtly more than 100 violent crimes — murder manslaughter, attempted murder, wounding, robbery and rape — committed per 100,000 population in 1977, {parts per mliton) annual , 06 ppm , 17 ppm hourly and 2p for one half-hour. The Defir-Dobko report said the province's. largest single source of sulphur dioxide emissions is the Suncor oll sands plant. The plant is licensed to emit a maximum of 129,000 tonnes of sulphur dioxide annually, equivalent to approximately 20 per cent of the Alberta total. By com- Pperating olf sande plan i ry san nts about one-fifth of the amount emitted by one of the large metal-smelting stacks in Sudbury, Ont, The Alberta emission rate is about one- twelfth of the total, sulphur dioxide discharged by Canadian industries. The report stresses that the environment department monitoring the possible impact of sulphur compounds on air, water, soils and vegetation, Jeff Winkelaar, secretary of Save Tomorrow Oppose Pollution (STOP), says Alberta's lawa are atringent but they aren't being en- forced. Winkelasr sald Suncor — formerly Great Canadian Oll Sands has been tried “hundreds of times” under the provincial Clean Air Act for violating emission definition of “‘easential” and how to make it stick in © the face of a strike threat. : - But back to the banks. As the law now stands = it permits bank strikes — pickets can only legally picket by distributing in- . formation. _—_ : They cannot inconvenience the customers, much” less physically biock access to the bank.”. But in the Saguenay-Lac St. Jean district they. . already have. And nothing happened. Ss ‘i nt unionizing of the big banks seers & long way: Pa Wee TT age pe Pan . Of the 7,000 or so branches of the “Big Five," only 45 .-- have won union certification from the Canada Labor - Relations Board, and none, so far, have managed to ~ sign contracts, .° we But bargaining proceeds and the unions have the. expert advice and often on-the-ground help of the big’ unions, Ilke the Auto workers. a So unless Parliament throws some legislative block, in the labor climate that has so long prevailed in’ | government of throwing in the towel in. any serioys dispute, masa unionization of the banks would appear. .. inevitable.. Besides carefully legal means to oppose unionization, the banks have been taking other © defensive measures. : Tf the branches of one or two of the five big char- ; tered banks should be struck, the others, under . pressure, could handle the business for a limited time. . : Somme banking could be done by mail — except that * i. . you know the Post Office and how, dable it is - *. ‘but that would not solve the ‘rok im ofiaccess to; safety deposit boxes. “ But with today’s heavy reliance on computers, the * unions in a national strike could seriously eripple operations by calling out the data processing staffs. < In a pinch ~ if the unions, running against’ established form, avoided violence and physical confrontation - Management might carry one, but only to a degree. So don’t think you haven’t got a personal stake - maybe you never thought about banks before ~ in any changes in labor laws that the Clark government processes in Parliament. . ; down again regulations but never con- f['m not sure we could victed. He sald a report prepared by Sun Oil Co, Ltd. in 1976 concluded that sulphur dioxide emiasions could be reduced ata reasonable cost. The STOP spokesman said Syncrude is in much the aame situation and that a joint = federal-provincial report said the plant could reduce Its emission level ata cost that would not be prohibitive, STOP wanta the govemn- ment eae mre aggressive enfor: antl-pollution regulations. Pal “The companies are - making profits and Lf they're not forced stall(abatement) equip- ment, they won't,'said Winkelaar, “There could well be problems unless emissions are reduced in the next 10 to 80 years," Dr. G.L. Lesko, head of Syncrude’s environmental affairs department, says the government-industry — con- sorlium’s plant complies with emisston-control requirements “about 05 per cent of operating time.” Lesko said the plant would have to lower its emission rate to 20 per cent of the present level to attain ab- solute compliance, “It would be very difficult, to in- eliminate the blem en- tirely.” pre Lesko said all gases from Syncrude are discharged into the air. At maximum production, £75 tons of elemental sulphur is recovered daily at the . complex and another 143 tons of sulphur dioxide Is released into the at- mosphere, An additional 4 kilograms of sulphur is recovered in the coke produced by Syncrude. Lesko said Syncrude was producing 100,000 barrels ‘of synthetic crude oil daily in July and August. There are two on-alte sulphur plants which remove sulphur from the gaa as well 4s an amine plant which partlally converts hydrogen sulphide Into sulphur. Gases from the burned coke cannot be redirected through the sulphur plants so they. have to escape into the air, Lesko sald there ia con- tinuous ground-level Monitoring of alr com- position. Research also is carried out through Monitoring of a network of licken plants in the surrounding area, The Ecientist said lichens are more sensitive to at- mospheric conditions than other plants, '