: The new- fighting -came"amid- Yeliablé reports that- the— bet U iz * mean gas heating costs will probably end up being one-third — 41 LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY. 7 . PARLIMENT BUILDINGS 4 \. Victoria, B.C. : 7 V8V 124 Gas conversion | _ funds received Herald Staff Writer: TERRACE— Pacific Northern Gas has received close | to ‘$14 million in féderal funds, allowing ‘it to undertake a major expansion in Its natural mas distribution system for ‘northwestern BC,” : PNG waa one of four BC natural gas companies to share ; * $5.3 million in funding from the ministry of energy, mines and resources as part of. the national energy program's ‘efforts to reduce. Canada's dependence on foreign oil. ‘ According to PNG sales co-ordinator Richard Green, the money will be used to finance a 25 per cent increase in the - number ‘of residences the company. now serves over, an . eight year period. =~ " | “To ug its a very major devetopn ent," Green sald. “Pee centage-wise its. a very big boost tus!" “Although most of the increase will go to Prince Rupert, $317,000 in funds will go to expand service to 180 homes in “Terrace and ‘Thornhill, .- - . Using a main: Hine: made available Wy last year’s ex- _ pansion to serve the Ocelot methanol plant in Kitimat, residencés in ‘Copperside, along Mueeler, Pine, Wren and Kofoed roads, and in the Queensway dtea’ will be given the opportunity to- switch over to natural gas. In Terrace, homes on Brauns Island and along Skeena and Haugland streets will be put on the lines. Nerth Sparks - street and west Halliwell will also receive service. Depending on the contractor chosen when-bids are taken in thenext few weeks, Green says construction of the three- quarter inch to three inch lines will begin within 30 days. en specific areas get service depends on whether several tractors begin work simultaneously or if one contractor ._ begins in one area and works his way throughout the region. While 570 homes throughout the northwest are expected to receive service immediately, construction in the new . areas served is expected to bring cléee.to 1900 homes onto gas by 1990. PNG currently serves 8,000-homes between. - Vanderhoot and Prince Rupert. . About $860,000 of the federal funds. will be used to bring service to Prince Rupert, where PNG expects to double its + current distribution by adding 1200 homes by 1990. Telkwa, Houston and Burns Lake will also benefit from - ‘the funds. - PNG will be canvassing homes in the: affected areas prior — is and during. construction of the new int find out who . “| con. be: put. onto. the lines, rhea ce “The funds aie Intérided to provide 96 nha fee heated by oll, aind:most oll-heatedl homes would bé able to” ~ take advantage! ‘of the federal COSP program. . .. | That program provides grants to homeowners switching ~ off ofl covering half the cost of converdion to a maximum of $800. The cost of switching to gas is estimated at about $1600-$1700, Green says, meaning J the federal gvernment would pay a good portion Of the conyersion costs. 7 ” The cost of heating a'1200 sqiiare-foot’home.with oil. is ‘approximately $1145 per year,” ‘that compares with a ‘cost ' “with natural gas of $583 per year; °° * | Although both gas'and oll prices are expected to rise in the near future, Green says natural gas prices will rise less than oil because of the National Energy Program, That wUL the costs of heating with -oil. ” Inland. Natural Gas recelved $3.2 million of the federal. “money while BC Hydro recelved $580,000 and Columbia Natural Gas $160,900. se The federal government expects the grants to result in 7,000 additionai gas. ‘customers: by 1992, in B.C. Arafat ‘surrenders? Beirut airport came under ‘heavy. Shelling | today and | israeli armored columns moved against Yasser Arafat's F Palestinian: guerrillas. east.of Lebanon's capital. .. ‘Palestine Liberation Organization had offéréd to discuss with the Lebanese government: “a new form of Palestinian " Presence in Lebanon.” .The PLO. leadership denied reports it is prepared to lay . down. its arms, but it engaged—in a. flurry of secret diplomatic activity involving U.S. presidential envoy Philip Rdbib and the Lebanese’ president. - es .. The Israeli military..command in Tet: ‘Aviv . ‘sald. . Palestinian guerrillas bombarded Israeli troops around the _ airport, daniaging three parked airliners. It said Israeli. forces east of Beirut also .came under a barrage. af the | rockets: and Israeli troops fired back, : - But Salim Salam, the managing director of Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines, told Feporters that israeli gunboats ~ ghelled the airport.and “two Boeing-720s belonging to MEA were wrecked and the airline’ s building sustained several | direct hits,” ‘ —— A smaller jet and a ‘Lebanese helicopter’ also were destroyeds. ‘A group. of Lebanese and_ foreign press __ Photo, aphers saw the:wrecked aircraft | on the tarmac in ~-fronof- thé previously ‘damaged terminal building, next to - another Middle East Airlines Boeing. burned out earlier in. “the fighting. - * * Salam’ apyealed. for nentralizailon of. ihe. airport com: i _ pal ‘sayin further_. damage would: be. ae “national ” i inyaded 2 days’ ago! ~ fighting as the Israelis and their, ‘Lebanese Christian allies : o close iri ‘on Palestinian strongpoints located ‘nearby.’ “A PLO communique said ‘Israeli: armored cohimna tried to‘advante-today-into the leftist stronghold ‘of Aley, ‘20 ° aca east of. Beirut, bdehihd a. ‘massive barrage of * artille y and rockets. “Our forces engaged ‘the enemy force in llerge and*continulng ¢ombat," the corhmunique sald, In Tél Aviv, the Israel Bonds. organization said “Prime - Minister. Menachem Begin, who iow is in New York, will: m6 launcha drive among foreign Jews for fete million to o offset ~ ‘See | PLOY page 3- . és stamp out: ‘the querrillas, has | been. din tHe centre‘of. bitter" dante, already ‘facing a public backlash British. offictals said. | SUAS et memes choi deem rn 2S cents ~ Father Harry. Mcintee celebrated. his 25th Gnniversary as an. ordained priest June 15 at Sacred Heart Parlsh:.In Terrace. father Mac has served his calling | ‘aker--Hope, Vancouver ..1slard,- ~“Montresil and Terrace as associate pastor with Father Jim Jordan. - since August. He has taught schoo! on an Indian reserve, worked-: as a missionary, been a counsellor In a rehabilitation center as Well ‘as his pastorial duties:, About 250 peopte turned out for a ~ Spectal Mass and | reception at Verttas School to celebrate with him. Thatcher’ S popularity. high ‘LONDON | (AP). — Prime Minister _ Margaret Thatcher's popularity has reached an all-time high on a crest of support for her handling of the undeclared Falkland Islands war with: Argentina, says a Gallup Poll published today. The poll, conducted between June 9 and V4 as British forces were completing their recapture of the Falkiands, found 51 per cent of those, surveyed satistied with : Thatcher's-. performance, as prime. minister. Forty- -three.. per cent were dissatisfied and six. per cent: were un: ” decided: ~The’ ‘approval: rating represents‘a jump of seven per cent from May and-17 per cent “from March, before. Argentina invaded the” Falklands. It is the highest since Thatcher * _took power in May, 1979. ‘Argentina refused today to receive at. its. ' ports the thousands of Argentine ‘troops, © ‘—-taken-prisoner-in-the-British-recapture of . the Falkland’ Islands, the. British Foreign . __ Office reported. - Swiss ., Fenn sald Britain has stil not received ‘an answer to the other part of the message it sent to Buenos Aires on Tuesday, via the government, asking for a. _ ‘declaration that all hostilities in the South Atlantic, not just.in the Falklands, have ceased. British commanders in the Falklands have told war correspondents - that ships “now loading Argentine prisoners will not ‘ leave’ until Argentina - guarantees their ., Safe passage. . _-batehes | of 200: to the harborfront, are Britain’s Independent: “Television ‘News -reported today that 1,100 prisoners: have already ‘boarded the requisitioned . _passenger liner Canberra from, West ‘Falkland _island-and: more, marching. in. embarking in Stanley, the capital, in East _ And British ships that have. loaded’ 1; 100 ad the more thari'9,000 troops. will net take ‘them home until Argentina guarantees safe passage, the Foreign Office said. |. The commander of the British task foree. . in the, Falklands, Rear Admiral Jotn | * Woodward,. -Says that ‘unless Argentina’. changes its position hundreds of the prisoners | Foreign . Ottice ‘spokesmai¥” Nicholas ; Fenn told .a news conference in London - today: that. “Argentina has~indicated: “by - way of. Brazil. that, itis un willing to receive _ ‘prisoners of¢: war. “at Argentine: ports." “Brazil. fepresents “Argentine interests : in: e - Eonidoin since: the. rupture .in ‘Giplomatic . vetations.i in the Falklands.crisis.. = o “British: -officidls | ‘speculated ‘that. the 7 “Teagon: for. the: ‘Argentine decision: is that, w : the: arrival: -honie of thousands ‘of: “defeated, a “would +: ” ‘troops. ‘ln’ British’ ships humiliate - Président Leopoldo - “Galtierl’s..- , other. countries iE * " prisoners, wha surrendered Monday when British forées. retook the.islands. Uruguay oe has Teceived previous, ‘groups - Argeritiie “caplives. ‘But: ‘it. was ‘not.. clear. so. far whether. Argentina_ will, accept.-prisoners: could .die of exposure, malnutrition, trench, foot ‘and disease in wintei* temperatures. that dip to minus 16 » degrees Celsius at ‘night. Falidand. . ‘The ferry Norland is also taking. on . prisoners, dispatches from ‘the islands said: The British Foreign Office confirmed” _ that ‘some. prisoners. are on. board. task | force’ ships ready to sail, “Reporter Mick Seamark of the London'~ tabloid The Daily Star said a number of * young Argentine soldiers - were _ being treated for fot wounds allegedly suffered . “when officers shot them to keep them from : deserting. . “Some af .the teenage conscripia were killed(when they) were shot hy their own ~ “ officers," he said. ‘But most of them had “.ealling fora: formal declaration ending alll - hostilities ‘inthe South ‘Atlantic. 0 20. “John . Fieldhouse- -accused: the. ‘Argentine - - - - junta‘ of’ a “sheer disregard” for. the | - Britain is reported asking a nuniber af ey. will: receive the |. bullets put through their feet to keep them . in their trenches as the. British troops” advanced.” | +; In London, Foreign Secretary Francis Pym: said Argentina had not replied to the — ‘British - government's ‘urgent. - message = ‘The message wa ‘delivered through. the ©. _ + Swiss Embassy ‘in ‘ “Buenos -. Aires on. - Tuesday, a day after the warring: countries Soa and Argerttina calls a ceasefire. ‘Royal Navy. Commander - Admiral ‘Sir. ” welfare. of its captured troops. “We don't know whether the. Argentines . . want them back.” whe ‘said, re - Sent home via Uruguay or other countries, wn In Buengs Aires, President - Leopoldo ~ Gallieri. met - privately: for four: hours. ‘0 ~' Wednesday night with thie country’s top .Zenerals amid widespread calls : for: his. - "-Fesignatlon. rn ee three - hectares burned in 2,737 — “ Assembly —T thal His counitiy Will Tat tse Established 1908° ‘Fire hazard & ~ climbs higher . VANCOUVER (CP) — Be it carelessness, lighiiing or the actions. of thrill-seekers, the ‘attack on British Columbia forests: that ari- “nually claims thousands of hectares of timber land and costs millions of dollars to’ fight is off to a blazing start. A province-wide spell of warm dry weather has - pushed the forest fire — -hazard ‘rating to high in . many areas. At the end of: last week, 558 fires had burned 4,290 hectares, well ahead of last year’s figures — to the same period — 211: fires and 625 hectares. - Of the 234 fires atill burning as of Wednesday, remained = un- I contained,-all in the Prince George region with the largest being a 400-hectare- blaze north of Fort St, Johri fires was about average, but It’s difficult to project the fiery start to this season over an entire year. “It’s, pretty well im- possible to predict that sort of thing,” said Ken Lines, a B.C. Forest Service in- : formation officer. “So much depends on the weather and we just don't know what the summer will bring.” The worst year was’ 1958__ when 929,695 hectares were | burned. | | _ Sixty-five per cent of I last . year’s fires were started by lightning — many of thoge in late September and October. That figure was far above the seasonal average of about 35 per cent. - A. comprehensive light. ning detection grid-system ‘which will cover about 70 to on the B.C,-Alberta border, 80 per cent. of the province . In fact, 99 of the activé fires ” were in the Prince George - region, where 500 of-the 791 .men fighting fires in’ B. C.- were working. . The 1981 total of 110,000 UNITED NATIONS (AP) President Reagan, ignoring a Soviet challenge ‘ to féhounce first use of ’ nuclear weapons, accused -Kremlin leaders today of a “record ‘of . tyranny” through global- aggression’, and trying to manipulate the peace movement in the West, gene tote: niente a Soviets tyrannic by this summer ‘has been ‘helpful in- getting crews dispatched and keeping most fires to within five to 10 hectares, says Lines. Electronic’ units record _ cloud-to-ground strikes and claims Ht "AT hn Ciechosiovakia * sihgaty and Afghanistan and or- ‘chestrating the military crackdown ‘in Poland. . "Soviet-sponsored gue-. See -."‘Detente” Bg “page. 3". ; In a speech. to a special. . ‘United Nations General’ session on. disarmament, the U.S. leader portrayed the United | States as ‘a champlon of arms - control © and challenged the Soviets to : _Island pulp mill will megn 1 more unemployment for. the demonstrate by “deeds, not . words” that they are sin- cere about curbing the arms race. ‘ Reagan spoke before the same forum where Soviet . ‘Foreign Minister Andrei ‘Gromyko drew heavy ap- plause Tuesday with a declaration from Soviet - President- Leonid Brezhnev. ‘the informath people who..wanted® some. ‘work — that happens,"’ he is. tran- smitted to a.computer in a. Ipcal office, where forest . - protection staff can pinpoint the direction and distance of the strike from the unit. The computer also prints out a - map showing the exact location of the strike. Spokesman Dave Gilbert . Says the. detection system Is’ : “99, 2 per cent accurate” in pinpointing locations. - “What we're also doing is ; "trying to anticipate where: - strikes may cecur,” hesaid. “This way we can, move crews into the areas where | the highest danger is.” ‘ The portion of last year ‘s ; record $33 million in forest ; | .fighting costs: spent on lightning detection is considered money well spent. It's the cost of fighting fires started by _. people that raises the ire of -. forest service staff. ; Last | - week, Norm | Macleod, forest ‘service © , public involvement co... ‘ ordinator in’ the East’ Kootenay, . suggested~-that™ _ people ‘'just seeking a thrill,” had intentionally set ° some of the 35 fires. He said ‘there is: little proof, . but there few lightning storms. Lines’ sald “there is no. . doubt that. some fires are deliberately set. "We've had-fires set by said. "Many fires also are Started by logging ‘activity, ‘and while there isn’t alot of — work going on right now, . many of those laid-off ‘loggers are going into the forests for recreation. | ‘Campfires are being set up so the danger is’ still , 4 there.” _ on i Mills close. : Herald Staff Weiter , *TERRACE— The extended shut down of the Watson . Terrace areas, 2 1 BC Tiniber announced two weeks ago that. the summer shut down of the Watson Island pulp mill has been extended to Sept. 7. ‘The company has now announced that the Terrace mills, _ Which had been supplying the Prince Rupert mill with chips, will be closed Friday, June 25. ; “Some limited planer operations will continue but 150. - employees in Terface will be affected by the shutdown. - Workers in Hazelton and Kitwanga will also be affected by ~~ ‘nuclear weapons first In any conflict. . While: Reagan did not address that.-issue in his speech, a senior official. in - his administration said the -“United States could not base ~*}- ~ its military’ plannifig simply . on a. declaration from “Moscow... Reagan- said the. US. ; ‘arms control record began in’ 146 with a proposal to turn control of nuclear ” weapons and atomic energy over to an international authority, and continued . with his: recent - plan: for | .. veducing: U.S. arid Soviet — “nuclear ‘| stockpiles of ~. warheads. : ‘Recalling : tthe words of ‘ President ' Eisenhower, . . Reagan. said: “We. ape for peace,’ first’ ‘ast and: "always... ut real: arms control. iseasures, Reagan’ said: "We need more’ than mere . ” words, more. than empty. ‘ . promises, ‘before we can ‘praceed."” _ Reagan said the Soviet Union since the Second World War had amassed a “record of, tyranny” by jominating Eastern Europe - and erecting the Berlin: Wall, taking ” over. ‘the pulp mill ‘shutdown, - Poor pulp markets are being blamed for the Prince — Rupert shutdown, _ which begins July 1 INSIDE 7 Local & world sports. pages. Aas. Classifieds: pages 6&7- Comics, horoscope. ‘page 8 »: While. ‘committing : the “N : initlalled:a ‘document. ‘that Britain’ calls. ‘ay United States t to: “work for’ (— —~ _ WHY BUY NEW? "WHEN USEDWILL Dot | Do you want parts to fix up your car but your budget - . won't allow it? Beat the high cost of new parts with’ : auality, used arts, from s. KB. AUTO. 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