“there Wag: madre bad newg. for : \Grondpie aul revenues had not kept pot .
_oetonomy’ Wednesday as Statiatles, nada: | with the rising cost of providing service h in
“| reported housing starts during the eérond’* the telecommfnicatjons kector.”
“quarter of 1962 were Barely’ halt what the Bell has: pecently applied for telephone |”
i __were ‘a. your Her... ate increayes of 25 to. 36 per cent!and de:
~The feder, ‘agency ‘sald otual. hou u Grandpre said the corporation ja analyzing

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_ Victorla, .

_ Evans.’
’ Canadian government in
1976 had a policy against .

_ such captures,

|

Housing, S)

~ starts in ‘all parts ‘of, the country diring

“o * April, May and June totalled 31,965 units,
a Gown from 60,27. during. the: same three
no months Of W9BR.
Most of ‘the decline was due to the poor
market for single-deiached homes. Only: ~
14,272 singles were atarted in the. ‘second |. .
~quarter, welll below the. 35,113 started cin. ;

_the second quarter. of 1981.

* Housing starts for the first six months of

- 1962 were 62,293, down from
first half of 1981.

Housing ‘Minister Paul Cosgrove has
sald he etill hopes to see as many as 160,000
atarta for. all of 1982 as a.result of new -

~ federal. programs for both rental and

single: -family housing, | :
‘However,

Scarborough, Ont., is for

starts thia year, The housing research firm
_ Saya new federal programs. will haye only .
a limited impact on construction. _.

In. another development, Bell Canada
reporied increased profits for the second
quarter over last year, breaking a.trend of
previous company reports which showed a

- drop in earnings or even a loss,

The telecommunications giant, with its
subsidiary companies, reported con-
solldated net income of $143.6 million, or 71
cents per share, over $127.8 million, or 69
cents 4 share, for the quarter In: 1981.

-Non-consolidaied revenues —
telecommunications, manufacturing, .

’ gentract and-.other operations — were
$2.102 billion, up from $1.793 billion in 1981.
However, Bell chairman Jean de

the latest forecast from ot
Clayton Research: Associates Ltd. of:

I

68,602 in the »

tats are. down |

the implications. bf the, federal _govern-
ment’s six-per-cent. price guidelines," -
“While Bell support the ‘objectives: of."
the: guidelines,” he . sald,
7 pregerve ita’ financial. integrity ‘and con-: *
tinue to. mest its tervice’ cheats to. .
‘customers.'" 2
In other business. news: Wednesday:
| == The prospect of firmer U.S. interest. ”
“yates sent the Canadian dollar plunging --
one-third of a cent against its U.S, coun:
~~ terpart to close at 79.11 cents US. The —
Toronto Stock market’s TSE 400 composite |
‘Index also felt the effects, dropping 23,60
. points to 1418.04. - ;
— Maislin- Industries Ltd., the finan-

cially troubled’ transportation ‘giant

guarantees,
only 148,000

Yurnaround

including —-willl persist,

1982,”

negotiating with Ottawa for loan—

advised the Montreal and,

' Foronto stock exchanges to immediately
~ Halt trading in its shares. The company
requested the suspension pending an.
announcement it expects to make today.
—— Suncor Inc, reported a second-quarter
profit of $15.2 million or 24 cents a common

__ share, up from $11.2 million or 2t cents in
the comparable period of 1931. ‘This:‘raised
the company’s profit in the first half of 1982 _
to $16.3 million or 30 cents.a share. ==
— The Canadian economy is likely to.
start to show signs of recoyery this
summer but there will be no dramatic
because high interes! rates —

the Toronto Dominion “Bank

said in its quarterly research report on
business conditions. The bank said
unemployment could start to ease late in

Whales create U.S. protest.

Washington's secretary of
atate says he will’ file a’
protest with the Canadian
government over a British
Columbia ‘aquarium’s plan
to capture two whales for
display at the facility.
Ralph Munro = said
Wednesday he was “totally
shocked" that Sealand of
the Pacific,.an aquarium in.
was seeking.
permission to capture the
orca whales, probably from

~ ‘one of the three pods that

often live in Washington's

_ Puget Sound.
“Munro ‘helped -baln,

optires. in. Washington..."
waters in 1976 when he was
an aide to then-Gov. Dan
He said © the

Angus Matthews,
Sealand’s manager, said the.
capture of.the whales would
help educate the “vast
environmentally unwas-

bi gd Canad jst

hed" segment of the public
about the need to protect the
animals.

He said people who lack
environmental - awareness

“are the biggest problem in.
our country and yours,’’- -
Matthews said statistics ©

show, that 63 percent of the
marine mammals found
dead along Oregon and
Washington beacties from
1975 to, 1979 had been shot,
showing the “depressing”
need for capturing the two

whales for the educational

display.

ene "approw és” Mal ceva fy,
‘plan’to capture the whales
and display them for four to
six years before releasing
them, permanent captivity

’ would be avoided but people
_ would still learn about- .
_ thém,-he said. - ;

Matihews expressed . no
worry ‘about how captivity
might affect the whales’
behavior after. they are
released.

B.C. man killed |

PRINCE. GEORGE; B.C. (CP) — A 33-year-old Prince

George man was killed Wednesday night when the Lazair
light home-made aircraft he was flying crashed.

Police say the home-made

craft was being flown over a

training field near this north-central Interior city when it

plunged about 120 metres to

the ground,

The unidentified man was killed upon impact. He was the

Jane occupant.

Police and Transport Ministry officials are investigating

the crash, which they say is the sécond such crash of a

similar, aircraft this year in
‘The name of the victim
“notification of next of kin.

Prince George.
is being withheld pending

_

“I'm quite confident that
‘these animals are

become born-again : orcas
very quickly.””
Rich Osborne, curator of

the Friday Harbor Whale

Museum, said there is no
need to keep the whales in
‘eaptivity because they can
be observed easily . from
boats and land, He ad-
vocated that Sealand use
tour boats to show people

the whales in a natural.

environment.

Osborne’s museum, in’

conjiite bho senes! RRESNSA-
“Miron m Site ghd

Greenpeace, provides such -
tours at a cost of $28 per

person. .

But ‘Matthews
Sealand had 700,000 visitors
last year,
Osborne “thinks you’ can
take -700,000 people.out to

see orcas in the wild without
“totally. desecrating their ~

environment, he’s got to. be’
kidding.”

Sealand plans to release ‘

Haida, a 20-year-old whale

oo

“Hit hap to

‘in-
telligent enough that they -

~A, creek neat the aura of.

h : elder Park Lodge ' Boon:
awl] be turning on. the Vights of the: hotel.: :
The isolated hotel now uses diesel power, but it. will

¢ federal-provincial demonstratlon : ‘rogram ‘ad-.
ministered from Vancouver, won wk

Po We've funded four projects: 80 tar and the purpose

“1s.to encourgige people or places off the power grid

and now using dieset to look at, alternative forms of |

energy,” said James Hill, director of ‘the con-

., servation .and renewable. energy branch of the -
‘ ‘provincial Ministry af Energy, Mines and Petroleum
_ Resources. .

- Glacier Park Lodge will get a 150-kilowatt hydro
plant ‘from the power in its ereek and the. diesel
syetem will be kept as a backup for. emergencies.

“I’m very excited about the project because it will
make the hotel . self-sufficient," said company
- president Gordon Robson.. “It will save us about
70,000 gallons of diesel a year and make for a much
cleaner environment because diesel fuel is so messy.

“We're also very dependent on weather for our fuel -
supplies and in winter deliveries can get pretty dicey.

“The hydro should be working by Octaber or next

* years to pay itself off, depending on interest rates. 1

sent the plans to (B.C, Hydro chairman) Bob Bonner

~ and hesaid they were the cheapest construction costs
-a kilowatt hour that he'd ever seen in B.C.” ~

The four projects funded to date in B.C. represent
$50,000 in development, with the federal snd

_ the private sector funding the balance. -
But small-scale hydro power is just one small part
of a $27-million, f
to develop and demonstrate innovative technology for
energy conservation: and renewable energy ap-
plications.

The first small hydro project in B.C. that will also

_ Sell its surplus power back to B.C. Hydro is at
Silverton about 60 kilometres northwest of Nelson in
.the West Kootenay where the Adela Corp. is installing

a 37.5-kilowatt plant on Hasty Creek to show that a

economically contribute power to the grid... |
The two governments are contributing a total of

be returned to the grid. The balance of the power will
be used residentially and by a local pottery. -
For ‘this. project, the two governments are
providing $13,844 and the camp owners $12,345.
The fourth B.C. scheme is at Nimmo Bay near-Port
-MeNeil on Vancouver Island, where another remote

Glacier Naflonal. Park that-provides |.

be Switching: to ‘hydroetectricity - ‘aga ‘result of o -

March and I can. hardly wait. It will take five to 10 .

provincial governments providing $150,000 each and -

year federal-pravincial program. -

privately-owned small hydro project can safely and —

$24,000 to this ‘project. It will ultimately produce |
218,000 kilowatts annually, of which about 193,000 will .

ASTTH

said

‘and that if

© Os TATE THOUST 10

city police problems, . but it's not because of the nude
_ bathers. - ,

This time, it’s bootleggers.

_- Undercover officers. are trying to crack down. on
bootleggers at the city's nude beach, >but the job is difficult
because a sunworshipper with a badge ‘would took a little

conspicuous, °

‘To avoid embarrassment and 4 confrontation, the bootleg
patrol dons bright summerwear and buys beer from the

. “Alberta |

amore _

‘nla éffort to regain

‘Alberta: Petroleuni

“federal government in a bid

- saving = to

pte boost silea -by ‘up’ ‘to:
: 200,000 barrels “a. day" and

provide’ a possible $3-billion .
' annual - ‘bor
’ Canadian economy.
eatimates -
-' Indicate ‘the™ extra. sales,

‘boost “fo the

- Commission

possible only by producing
at capacity, would mean up
to $1.8 billion in annual
revenues for producers and
governments and a possible
$1,2-billion annual tax

through reduced subsidies
on: oil imports. .
. Esso Petroleum Canada,

~ the biggest purchaser of
Alberta crude, is balking al ©
‘the proposal,

claiming it
would limit the flexibility of
Esso refineries.

- Irving Oil of New Brun-
swick is reported to favor
the marketing plan and
other refiners, including

- Chevron. Standard, have

shown an interest. ;
- The plan would end the

_ commission's long-standing

practice of having buyers

P)
is. ay
Tomi ‘marketing « changes.
oy lost ¢ oil.
production: levels, . says
». Wayne Minton, chairman of
J. the,
ae Marketing: ‘Commisslon. ;
oo ° The commission is putting °
the ‘plan ‘to refiners and the":

ranch ol they they wi need.
each: month. Nominations”

“are ‘equivalent 'to reserving, a An “6
‘a slice ' of. alberta Produc:  Deirolel

consumers —

: than’ they! ve nominated for. .
“and “as° much’ ag 250,000° 7
“barrels. a “day” Teas: ‘than ia’

available. roe

-The marketing commission
wants to replace monthly.
‘nominations with one-year
contracts under . which.

buyers would take at least a
fixed minimum volume,

each month, The effect

would be higher sales, with
refiners buying less foreign

- trude, ~

_ Minion said he has been
working for four months to
find out ‘what interest

there is, what the problems ‘

are and what refiners are
prepared todo." = |

He said refinera already
buy most of their foreign ail
under similar one-year
contracts and ‘We're of-
fering cheap oil, It’s in

everybody's interest.”

Conventional Alberta
crude, at $25.75 a barrel,
selis for about $17 less than
imported oil, Minion satd.

Canadian refiners can get

rid of oil they contract to ©

buy but can’t use by ship-

‘Passengers killed

A twin-engine

LINDALE, Tex, (AP) —
‘plane
_more

carrying five

passengers than it war

flames shortly after takeoff

‘and killed all 12 people

aboard, including eight
children and a’ popular

religious singer, authorities

said.

The Cessna 414, leased by
the Last Days Ministries in
Lindale, crashed in a
wooded area Wednesday

night after departing from a:

_ private airstrip near this
, town about 140 kilometres

" east-of Dallas.

Vitemon tebib oda lion, aay gaa cpadior te motes eat
Police trou bled
VANCOUVER, ( cP) — Wreck Beach is onee again giving

overloaded until I know the
size of the bodies, the

- amount of fuel, the amount.. % /
of luggage,” said- Randy ° @.-

Brooks, a U.S. Federal

Aviation ‘Administratlon
-inveStigator
’ Shreveport, La.

However, Brooks said the
plane's manual specified ‘it

had seven seats anda toilet.

Police and ministry of:

. ficials, said the 7:30 p.m?

crashkilled Christian music’

_ Singer Keith Gordon ‘Green,

that has been in captivity 14
years, after it captures the
-ather two’ whales.

Osborne said no Whale has
ever been released from
captivity, and that before
‘Sealand captures two new
whales it should first
monitor how well, Haida
adapts to the wild.

. Cn a)
Did you know in one year
the Salvation. Army in

offenders when they return to their vehicles parked away

_ from the:beach. They have made. purchases from 13 of the

nude beach beer barons this summer and have charged
Seven. ;

“Until the lawis changed we must continue to enforce it,”

says Stalf Sgt. Don Rowett, the head of the University |
RCMP detachment. Wreck Beach, traditionally a haven for
nude sunbathers, is located within the © University of B.C.
grounds. —-

“If we didn’t take action word would gel around that the

Mounties tolerate beer drinking and selling on Wreck
Beach.”

Canada provided for’ 16,082"

bables born” ‘in © Salvation
army hospitals,

More than a dozen bootleggers were. operating on the

beach ‘Sunday and by Wednesday they were putting up signs

advertising beer for sale.

Double Your Cou; pon Value at Safeway: Plus many more savings like these:

a. Simi

“22, two of his children, the

pilot, and eight members of
Valley, -
The plane was en route to

a Dallas airport where_

_members of one family
were to connect

ministry - spokesman harry
DeGraff:-

Billy Ray Hearn, Sparrow

Records president, said in-
Canoga Park, Calif.,

uc ktm
vhitth, danitiieay-it-twas

from.

Calif., |

with va |
“commercial flight, said

that 4

a
Green was a “phenomenal,

talent” who had “gold a
million records,

“He was — the
phenomenal Christian artist

on the scene in the past few ©
--years,"’ Hearn said,
first record sold a quarter of .

“His

a million in the first two to
three years. In Christian
circles that's phenomenal.”
. Some of the church’s: 70-
member congregation

gathered at the church late,

Wednesday. “We're trying
to sort things out," sald
eburch member Sharon

- Bennett.
ue etto “ond hegeribial bits ihe: Lak Ratgatls ssl lds

_ The Haratd, Thuredoye.. Joly 1m Waa, Page 3

D Sidoasn’t. want -one-ye
“\eontraets because: it ig hard”. Tao.
to eatimate, needs so far. In: ‘

“advance.

a acceptance cof shorter
“contract, terms, however. J

_ Marketing commission said... _ .

_ Irving to a one-month

-of $2.50 a barrel have ein:

mast .

4

“He did not rule out: Ego as

A provincial government
Source. outside ‘the -

Irving Oil Ls willing to sign a
one-year contract, a deal -

_that would he a first step ~

toward other refineries - 9 |;
signing, -but the National re
Energy Board is. limiting fh

arrangement for August.
The beard predicts an

‘Alberta production shortage

for the month despite long-

supply will continue to
outstrip demand. nr
Refineries in the i
Maritimes don’t usually buy po
Alberta crude but new |
federal shipping subsidies

‘range projections . that “4

couraged them to buy from 7 :
the province. 4

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