LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY, C m= cites i — a . I EE PARLIAMENT BULLDENGS, 4 VICTORIA, 9.C.»: Fol 0 vav-1%4 . r | f ) ( TER _ ______) (RUPERT STEEL & SALVAGE LTD. The Herald would like to apologize for the TERRACE-KITIMAT , _— . lateness of Thursday’s issue. We have, _ 7 _ we buy. unfortunately, had problems with the offset — ; a oe : COPPER BRASS .press which prints the paper. We hope we fe ALL METALS & BATTERIES have solved those prablems and that you MOW. - SAT. will be able ta enjoy the paper with break- . fast again as ‘usual, OPEN TIL & p.m. L | | J \ votume 72 No. 134 20¢ Friday, September 22, 1978 J (Laoation Seal Cove Phone 624-5639 Pictured above Edna Foresman of the Ministry of Labor checks with union pickets In front of Gim’s restaurant to gather information for the possible convening of the Labor Relations Board. Foresman has been a regular visitor at the picket lines as strike issues became more and more complex. Labour dispute continues here _ Complications have once more confounded and confused the strike of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers against the Pacific Northern Gas Co. The union has charged that a gas. line connection installed two days ago into Gim’s restaurant is not safe, and was in- stalled by non-union personnel, As a result union members are currently picketing Gim’s restaurant. The device used in the installation, a_ self- piercing Tee clamp, is presently being examined at the Gas Inspection Branch of the Energy Board in Van- couver to determine whether or not it is in fact safe, Gim’s lawyers have asked for an injunction against further picketing, The injunction has not been granted. No word is available as : yet, whether or not the Labor Relations Board will convene to determine if the picketing at Gim’s | is legal or not, The city of Terrace became involved in the Strike today when work on the diversion of Deep Creek near Kalum Street was halted as the result of a dented gas pipe. Under normal cir- cumstances the gas would have been turned off before the diversion was attempted, butin this case it was not. When the main was punchered during digging operations there were no gas company employees available to turn the gas off. The union set up picket lines briefly at the site. City employees refused to work. However, as Jean Thomas, Superintendent of Public Vance failed to get accord From AP-REUTER U.S. State Secretary Cyrus Vance failed to get Jor- danian endorsement of the ‘Camp David accords and flew to Riyadh Thursday lo try to win Saudi Arabia's crucial support for the plan. Although Jordan’s King Huasein did not commit himself to the accords, he did promise not to close the door on the new peace initiative. Shortly after his arrival in Riyadh, Vance mel with Khaled and Crown Prince Fahd, the real power In the Saudi hierarchy. Khaled takes little part in day-to-day. government affairs and suffers from ill health. It was reported Thursday that he will travel to Cleveland for heart surgery next Tuesday. US. officiais said the American envoy's mission is being made no easier by public statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, including the Israeli leader's sharp disagreement with the While House over how long Israel agreed to freeze its seltle- ment program in occupied territories. In Damascus, meanwhile, Syria’s foreign minister said the Arab rejectionist states would move to “foil the Camp David agreement” and hinted that this might in- clude steps aimed directly at undermining Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's political position. Vance is to meet with the Syrians in Damascus this weekend. Sadat was in Morocco Thursday, meeting with that country’s conservative, monarch, Hassan, to solicit his endorsement for the accords, reached Lasl Sunday at Camp David, Md.; belween Sadat and Begin wilh President Carter’s mediation. Objections the Saudis have expressed lo the Camp David plan are the same as those voiced by Jordan—thal. il does nut guarantee a total Israeli pullout from the Arab lerrilories captured in the 1967 Middle East War, and it dues nut guarantee the right of Palestinians to form an independent state. ‘Works explained, he would not ask them to work under the current situation in any case, Thomas asked com- pany officials to turn off the gas, they referred him to the union, who told him to have the compan ask the union to turn off the gas and it would be considered if any danger was present, Richard Green a striking member of the IBEW told the Herald that the union. has told the company that union members would perform such chores as are necessary to insure safety, or in hardship cases, “but we have never been asked”. eompany spokesperson told the Herald that the union was asked late Thursday to shut the gas off on the Kalum St. project but as yet had not received an answer. In the meantime the taxpayers of the city are paying for all the equipment in lace at the joo site, which cannot be used. At last report the Ministry of Labor in Victoria has become involved in the dispute in some manner but are not ready to announce any details. POSTAL. MAY MISS US Terrace Postmaster Al Sandercott says he doesn’t know if the rotating postal strikes planned by the letter carriers union will hit this area or not but he doubts it. STRIKE said. . He said he also didn’t know if the postal clerks wiil cross a picket line if the striking letter carriers throw one up. _ Weill just have to play it by ear,” he If the letter carriers. do put-up a picket line here. and the clerks refuse to cross if, Sandercott said he would be tocking the door of the post office, He stressed that the local post office will try to give ‘‘absolutely the best service possible’ and that he wasn't advising customers to look for alternate means of having mail sent. “We will do everything to maintain service. He speculated that the rotating strikes would more than likely be one-day affairs at the larger centres. He said he didn’t think the smaller places like Terrace and Kitimat would be affected directly. LETTER CARRIERS SO Talks break off OTTAWA (CP) — Last- ditch talks to avert rotating strikes startling tuday by the country's 19,000 letter carriers broke down after one huur of discussion bet- ween government and union negotialors Thursday night, Robert MeGarry, president of the Letter Carriers Union of Canada, Agreement VANCOUVER. (CP) — Pacific Western Airlines has reached a lentalive contract agreement with ils ground service workers, members of the Internatignal Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said on leaving the meeting that ne settlement had been reached and rotating strikes would start al midnight Thursday night. McGarry said the pust office negotiators had not improved their salary vffer and that the union was lefl with nu allernative but to proceed with the rolating strikes. reached local union president John McLeavy said Thursday. * ‘The 6h workers, employed in Edmonton, Calgary and Vaneouver, are to begin ratification voles next week. The details of agreement, are being withheld. McGEER SAYS - Cut costs, get reward PENTICTON, B.C. (CP} — Provincial Education Minister Pat McGeer said Thursday he will be an- nouncing a new system of rewards for schools districts which demonstrate good control over their budgets. McGeer told an education seminar at lhe annual con- vention uf the Union of British Columbia Municipalities that districts showing fiscal restraint “will not have to pick up the . ’ costs that have been engen- dered by districts thal have not been careful.” McGeer said his ministry has established provincial norms for efficiency and that al] school districts will be analysed. Those districts abuve the provincial norm will be strongly encouraged to bring their operations into line, he said. McGeer told a news conference his ministry has given special grants to in- dividual school districts in the past and the Public Schools Act would permil such grants to be used. to recognize fiscal restraint. The minister said lhe new system would not actually provide rewards, but would be a means uf ensuring thal a schuol district’s effort to keep costs duwn is nol overturned by high spending in other districts. McGeer said there is no way the ministry. can penalize districts that are “Tul, efficient because they. have the mandate to spétid* as much as they like. McGeer said his ministry has: collected - five-year forecasis from 60 of the 75 schuvl districts in the province which show a four- . per-cent decrease in both the number of teachers and pupils during the period. Despite the drap in the number of teachers, there will be 2,-000 new upenings each, through retiremenls and transfers. McGeer said the figures . shuwed 516,000 ‘students and "28,-246 teachers in the public schuol system, which will drop to 496,-000 pupils and 27,278 teachers by 1983. He said predictions sub- mitted by school boards are very accurate. Pat Brady, president of the 30,000-member B.C. Teachers' Federation, said he wonders whal McGeer's rewards will be. A reward for one district can be punishment for anuther, he said. Brady, who also addressed the seminar, accused the provincial government of political manveuvering by transferring $160 million in schoul costs to local districts since 1975. Schuol buards and municipalities, however, end up taking the blame for rising custs, he said, He said that in Surrey schoal district, une of the must populated in B.C., expenditures were up only 6.8 per cent in 1978 yet because of the tax shift, lucal REGISTER SATURDAY school taxes rose 22.3 per cent, «= Mayor Jack Volrich criticized MeGeer for saying that people think money for education simply falls like rain from heaven. Volrich said that judging by Finance Minister Evan Wolfe’s announcemen! Wednesday of a $150-million provincial surplus, “‘it ap- pears money is.in fact raining down.” He said something should be dune about the provinclal surplus. Brady also said figures show the provincial government is not spending ag mutch on students in relation to other provinces. Between 1960 and 1975 spending per pupil rose 142 per cent nationally but only EJ per cent in B.C., Brady sai He also said there should be legs reliance on property taxes for funding schools, Energy prices have to go up BANFF, Alta. (CP) — Canadians must recognize that fulure energy supplies will be more expensive, Gurdon MacNabb of Ottawa, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, said Thursday. He told the final day of the four-day World Energy Conference that Canadians should alsu be aware of the need lo restrict energy ex- porls and conserve energy for future generations, “My assessment af the medium-term future suggesis that our resource base, no matter how high. cost, is going Lo be a valuable agset,.- “= with’ the continued “co-" operation of the provincial ‘atid federal governments and the acceplance of the Canadian peuple for the need . for higher.-prices, we can meet the obvious crisis of supply which will appear . Some time:in the 1980s.”" MacNabb, quoting a federal ‘government report, oullined Canada's energy respurces, including crude: oil, natural gas, synthetic crude from the oil sands, uranium and electrical energy. He said improved prices for natural gas have helped . more discoveries of this resource. “The price-push mechanism, as I call it, has worked.”’ : Also speaking were Dr. George Govier, retiring chairman of the Alberta energy resources con- servation buard, and Harold Millican, administrator of the Northern Pipeline Agency. | Govier said fyture energy supplies will come mostly from frontier. areas, the oil sands and imports. The Alberia oil sands will be a significant resource base~— enough to supporl 20 to 30 synthetic-crude-plants of the size of the Syncrude Canada Lid. project. Govier said Canada could be producing more than 100,000 metric tons or 700,000 barrels ui] a day of synthetic crude early in the 1990s, STILL TIME TO GET ON Residents of Terrace who wish to make sure that their name Is inctuded on the voter’s list, would be well advised to do so before Oct. 2, when the Board of Revision meets. Atthe moment, that Is until Oct. 2, all that is necessary is for a person to go to city hall and ask that their name be included. The name will automatically qo to the ‘court of revision, which will then add the name to the completed list to be used at the polling station. Terrace people are not notorious far large turnouts at the polls. During the last elec- tion, some 4,500 people were listed as eligible voters but only 1,500 turned out to actually exercise their franchise. Some people still belleve that it Is necessary to own property within town In order to vote. It isnot. All adult persons wha have resided within the cofpmunity for three consecutive months rior to the election may vote. Make your winter plans now Take your pick ‘of the numerous at the same time. Enrollment is limited, so recreational opportunities available in Terrace this season on registration day, Saturday, Sept. 23, The program range includes fitness, recreational sports, the arts, dance and general recreation programs. Many of the popular programs such as aqua terra, body building, macrame, yoga and Super Saturday are again. being offered. Some of the exciting new programs being added to the recreation scene in Terrace include drawing, batik, Terrific Tailors, dancercise and Teen learn- to-skate. Registration for all recreation and aquatic programs will be held at the Terrace Arena Banquet Room this Satur- day fram noon to 4 p.m. Registration for Scuba, water polo and Community Education prograrns will alsa be happening we advise you to make every effort to ‘register this Saturday, to avoid possible dissapointment. , Late registrations will be taken at the recreation office in the arena between 8:30 and 4:30 p.m. on weekdays commencing Monday, Sept. 25. There will be a Fiesta Disco Friday, Sept. 22, at the Terrace Arena Banquet room from & to midnight. This ‘'no-jeans’’ disco is open to everyone in the community. Fiesta disco features popular disco music in- terspersed with special events such as a limbo, folk dance demonstration and a pinata in the tradition of El Salvadore. Tickets are available for $2 at the door. September is the month to take advantage of the free swimming and skating sessions while you're waiting for the fatl programs to begin. The swimming pool opens Friday, Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. ‘ White water kayaking is gaining ever increasing popularity and in B.C. we are fortunate to have countiess exciting rivers to explore. This enticing sport can also be very dangerous for inexperlenced paddlers. The best way to get Into kayaking Is to take lessons from experts who will teach you the skills necessary to be a safe and knowledgeable paddler. Two white water kayaking courses will be held on the weekends of Sept. 30 and Oct. 7, In local Terrace waters. Instructor Mark Greer, is one of the best Canadian white water kayakers and has taught several courses at Strathcona Park Lodge. Kayaks will be supplied for course participants. For more information, Please contact Dick Coxford at -3242,