o Mf cee | . és - _ Reception-Classified: ° Circulation: o Corolyn Gitston + a Marla Taylor: "NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT “> ; “Tha Herald retains fill, complete and sole copyr ig . "|i any advertisement produced and-or: any.editorlal - : 7 lorphotographic content published In thé Heratd. : “Reproduction Ja not permitted without the weltten ‘ - permission of the Publisher,. _ Published, ‘every ‘Weekddy. at 3010° Katum Street, : errace, ‘B.C. iby. Sterling. Publishers. Ltd. thorized’ ‘aS second: class’, mili. | Kaleidoscope — ! By Keith Alford: It’s called a “perk”. Something given. to you for “free” because you are @ reporter in the hope that * the giver will receive all 2 Boris of—-good~publicity:—-turned out to: hea means- to—-~ Reserves~-are~" afterwards, : pro It’s ‘not called graft ’ because in journalism there . is a'famous saying ‘‘if it - ‘can be consumed in 72 hours it is nota briba’', . The latest “perk” was a. ’ free train ride to Rupert on the “special” ‘train usually ~ ” reserved for cn Rail head honchos. When . ‘the. invitation was issued to area reporters, free. accommodations were also implied. “As. well’ as ‘free . food and booze. This columnist, ever hungry - and thirsty -- for news, - went, : a In many. ways it was a demonstration of how not to impress the media. a First of all’ the : train ” Passenger EX 9177 West” was eight hours late. Seems there was this. derailment around Smithers that held it: up. Four wheat cars were dumped all aver the place. © One of the people. CN’ was ’ trying to impress .was ‘the head of the Alberta. Wheat | Board: Two. of the. cars dumped were his. . - ‘Sitting in the newspaper office filing stoties for the two'days' papers I would’ miss, CN couldn't find me. Sunday to tell me the train: would be late. This great "communication. continued. during ‘numerous phone _ calls and yisits to the: Terrace CN station, _ Once aboard “the movie on wheels” 1 got shunted into the wrong » sleeping. compartment which seemed to really . upset the stewards the: next day. But | they decided that since 7}: was already there, I should - remain in those quarters. Sure ‘auff, when I returned © from: touring Ridley Island, - the high Point of the trip, I- Council . VANCOUVER (CP) — B.C. Press Couneil,.a bay to monitor and adjudicate complaints about newspapers, has ben formed and the names of the chairman and six directors will be- announced later - to be members of the press. council]; The chairman and three other directors will be ehowen from. outside the The formation of a council was the reeult to some extent of pressure from the federal government and a . comfortable. was moved. Unfortunately half “of - my belongings weren't. While billed to the press. aa a media tour, it really impress. "people about what a: great | - fob CN is doing. The’ press | was outiumbered » _ bwo-to- © one by ‘other “guests”? '. - three-to-one- “counting ‘CN publicity types. The tour guides we had . for Ridley. were competent; “but spoke’ suct construction ‘jargon ‘they -were. -not: understandable, » But they _Wwere talking to the business. people, not the press, “We , Were there only to.tale - pictures and do “nice” stories: it is fir feasier. to : " §$800-million: US, in loans ‘made-at various tlmes to ; bolster the reserves has been paid off, Jeaving an to, loans outstanding.: Various, _ government and business - clirrency. when ‘its ‘valueis g dragged ite feet. ‘on. ; me measures to- combat -acld | : Fein, arguing not enough is “prc ~Ienotin. to’ fastity ‘expensive National reserves : show decine = OTTAWA .{CP). — The country’s holdings- of of- . ficlal international reserves declined by $243.9 million ~ U.S. in May to $4.2383 billion. U.S., the Finance Depart-. ment announced today. Most of the decline was - due to the payment of a loan _ worth $2422 ‘milion U8, in I it Pye ogee! iets at bie eC -ma Fe Te eeener doles rose $7.9 mullen to $3.010 billion; other foreign | tucrencist fo $964.9 millioe . cre, evel mos of the! 24 ytast: year: however; the ~ dollar declined ‘by 3.5. per‘ ’ sent against the U.8; dollar,’ o following an increase of.0.77. paiti per cent iy: 1981, according vations te ihe Gamtial-report-of the: the reserves, It came.-due last month. gs So°far “this year,’ about estimated -$3.8 billion - in change value of. the ‘ilar, The . government ‘dollars. to “boost. - threatened. and‘: does the reverse to hold down * the value of the dollar. ; Reserve . quoted: cn. “USES “funds: he battle meat acid ete | ‘office In: 1960 the: US. a “reserves and buys Canadian . ; the - shows. U.S. ” NO'GOLD SOLD * : “There were no gold sales : during thé ‘month, despite the . governnient's authorization -.earller “this. - year of the sale of a‘million’ . are Of it 20 alll tices of figures . oy 88, - ht surat was 10 r. remained relatively stable — this year, declining one’. , “Month ‘but inereasing’ the: “ext. That stability reflects. - me . the’ stabili of. the dollar: holdings against .. ‘6 : * counterpart. ‘the daliar hax A “whlch “was ‘relaaned Chin: Me ‘The "xchange : "he level of resdrves has tee been’. fluctuating - ‘alightly above . and. below. the: 81-. Fund", Account: r 5 Ascomtia where th ko reserves Is held. “bast | year, ‘the dollar “ pounbed betwen’ a high of | ‘448° cents.U.8, in early” January and a record low of . + Te Ia lite Sane aad closed the year at 51,38. - ‘year, cwhen the dollar was.’ under’ - severe downward | pressure, that although the cutrency was losing ground athe U8. it was. very - strong compared with other. ~forelgs currencies, -+ -_- However. the. Exchange Bund “Account: report shows tHe doliar'actually fell by.1.6 an index of the curreticies of . the-. “major countrise, ‘That decline waa * n contrant to a S-nér-cent twain fn 198, pel. Cent: measured ‘against -. fish tila Slat ea , -have both suggested scons ob ito. reduce acid ralt. ‘tr ead ve “nitrogen oxides with ‘water eotas > gikaline “wubstances: that ‘neutralize acid nattirally, ‘Over the years, thé acid sszault from the akiss has -“kdiited tying in of lometres ‘from. the in | dustrial heartland, - “We have probably a tew hundred dead lakes, lakes “that no longer support fish life,” sald Thomas Brydiges, ‘a chemist who coordinates ‘the: Ontario Environment “Ministry's acid. rain “program. -An estimated 3,000 to: ‘3,000 additional lakes in Ontarlo and Quabec SsappOrt only. the bandlaat ° athe A “heaty lake has a on the’ Oto-l4 pH deals “ensuring: - _ acidity silat _eenissions 60 p the only course'ta‘to reduce ; the pollutants at the solthce. But in the U.S, utllily and coal industry. spokeimen Insist — the /-relathondhip between the: aniount. of “sulphur dioxide ri-the ‘alr and the amount’: ‘of atidle Water on the ground Ines tot reduce your allay a a chat and “ Moat of ‘the ‘weakness af: the: dgllar barly. lsat. year’. rind, 8 due’ to apectlation:the "government: would attempt _ to. lower interest rates and ‘llpw the value of the dolar the ‘dollar “hit bottomn: Smads forcing the masaive melling of reserves, and the’ ~bapindof Canadian dollars,” or i oni yaReIED TO My pipsr WIFE, PROBABLY. take” ec a “pictures. from ’ outside | ‘an’: airconditioned © “bus, than in. - many of us ‘couldn't Bet out - ‘of the bus because we didn’t have hard hats. When we _ Rot back’ to’ the train; ‘there - was a huge carton of hard _ moa hats - sitting - Somebody forgot. - And in the halibut capital: of the world, CN. serves. a - delicious meal -- of. Chinese - food! : there, with: its full back. window inspection ear, privatecars, _ business cars: phones, TY, cunge chairs, : etc... But : " somehow the average VIA rail train: feels -. more I've gone to ‘Rupert. many times by rail, ’ there are sights you see that. way. that you. -don'’t’ when . ~ travelling by - car.--on Highway 16. recommended it for: é anyone _ who has the time to: make” ‘the connection,» - ~ On VIA you can sit back with a. superb meal aid-a --- _ Grink and watch some ofthe .” most beautiful. country in. ’ theworldroll ently by four wey window. | Aitd “you ‘don't have to: ite @ about it later, are formed feeling {t was time “wehad to get our ‘act together,” iad Haslam said, “I think a press ‘comell will eliminate a frivolous.law suits that we all encounter,"::be said. . “The council can déal with bistant disregard of épni- mon journalistid standards. - Tt will deal with matters of - principle such as what in- : Auenes polls have on voters as an example. Mls Heaaidmembers felt they’ had to have an “in- dependent” chairman -to counter suageetlons that the coun _ may * binned: towards its oa ae There is no thought at the. ; Moment té ‘include other media in the - “councdl, he. sald, own regulatory body. 1 favored Including diem at first, but I’m not-as strong - 0g that 3 T used to be,” ‘However, = Yes, the train is equipped. e — : ome I highly - - - | lat. of. “The. cruise « ship . "Broadcasters have their - Because We LIKE ONE ANOTHERA LOT... SORTER: 7 ‘MORE, WE RAVE! ‘APRETTY GOOD SEX LIFE: OUR - KIDS SEEMTO BE HAPPY AND DONT.GIVE US ANY. » MAJOR PROBLEMS. : IVE NEVER SEEN ASHRINK. ae ~ IN MY LIFE: BECAUSE I: ‘SIMPLY DON'T NEED: TD... - MyIOB GIVES. ME QUITE ABITOF SATISFACTION ANDI Make MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY... + ENJOY: EVERYTHING I SEE ON. TELEVISION. ‘AND, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK TRUDEAU) DOES, A PRETTY GOOD JOB.: “HOW Pevou u s THEM APPLES, BUSTER?" os . ‘VANCOUVER : (cP) — George has been forced to scuttle her seven-day cruise to Alaska after suffering a bout . of . problems. . - But several of the 150 passengers, who finally left ~ the ship after spenditig six , days on board and reaching | Port Hardy on Vancouver _ Island, weren't overly upset "that their holiday Plans had mochanical ‘been eunik. “Everybody had a good time, it was just unfortunate we didn’t get to Alaska,” ‘sald Toronto taxi driver John. Thomas. . ’ Thomas, 47, was speaking from the Port. Hardy” Inn | -where:. most a the | passengers were” resting "before being & flown batk. to. . sereaming, .. Vancouver today. , “Thomas. said he and his _ really aware that anything - was. wrong — except that. “the time was being eaten up going into the various - ports to take‘on water,”’ When the 35-year-old ship first put in‘at Port Hardy on Tuesday, Thomas said, “all. the . townspeople . started | ‘Welcome. to Alaska, this is the place to be'?": The ~ * §,813-ton vessel, owned by Canadian Cruise Lines of Victoria, was ‘at- tempting the second of ’ ‘ite scheduled "Satellite | launch | is a ‘But the naisengera opted, ‘to. take a flight back to Vancouver to be sure of _ making their various travel connections. Don Willows, a director of Cruise Lines, sald Thursday in Victoria that the delays were .caused «by “back -~ tf preseure in the port atau ; ms started tha Alaska, crue |” * abp service hi 1681 after w ” ; six-year lay-up. “ee ne = et Sete The" frat. seaion . under ,. ew ownérs was marred by: repeated -»s mechanical’. “fallures and the ship had a’ ws million | operating. lots, In ied, Canadian Cruise | Ts flow out pf the country to the 8, ‘to: capture the higher . “dnity, “But” Ontario's Harp “bake, for example, has-an- average. reading of bp, about 100 times more acid” thai noFmal. ‘The trout and bass’ that ‘have drawn Vacationers to, :the “rolling ake country .. " @hout- 180 kilomeires north | Of Toronto for a century have” been. disappearing. the acid water inhibits fish reproduction’ ; Catan tates can fall. : “Last, year, the. apread : - hetween. US. rates and. the - _ Higher Canadian rates was. va) Srey eran radian “to leaves us vec lite room ‘to mangeuvre our “be sald. It's alao = problem , fabed “by ober industrial” "eons, - Yates! That in turn-would _ weaken ‘the value: of. the ; dollar and add to inflation "by "Increasing the cost of oe ‘morte goods. a vo . Menttwhile, fe — banks: are reaping ‘through -mpread ce they "change borrdwera abd what they . ‘pay § tors for a second-quarter profit of $70.9 million’ or $1.33 a ‘cominon share, Up 35 per d Company. wil, Ment Is going to. take. a. ‘tion,” said Neary. | } Rete. in te increases. Bank: a Nova. Scat, the. Continental Bank and the Mercantile Bank profs ‘and the “National Bank reported it... had revérsed the loss of a Year /Ag0 and turned a’ peofit, ‘In another development, Petroleum “the. Canadian Association ‘said ‘Thursday » that. Canada’s crude oil 7 reserves — the’ amount of " Fecoverable oil declined {n: 1982 to about onecalt af . their 1968 levela..- The association's annual oll “and gas. reserve declined last year for the 18th. consecutive: year. Reservea in the . western provinces, “which acpount for virtually all of Canada’s current domestle- produc- tion, have declined: at an - annual average rate of 3.9 per cent inl the last 18 years. ‘In other business news Thursday: iy — The Manville: ‘Corp. of _ Denver, Colo, which runs q Suebec's blageat “aabestos- So. tmeg io announced it has slgned a letter of intent to sell off its Canadian ‘branch . ‘to a Montreal group.’ . = the peodideat‘of the Retail ‘Council of, Canada Aad. the outlook for + Canada’s « “retall: - business ‘seetor is brighter. than. had earlier ‘been anticipated as ay re a CP Alt Lt: president ‘Dan-Cohuedy said staff cuts and radical changes in flight schedules: andl routes Will move’ the afilins to Peoftabllty by 1984; He tata Calgary “lunchecn . the likely’ ‘post another loss for 1963 but will if be back in. the fade next year.