s it “Brian ‘ered. “Advertising Sales: 2s . Terrace — David Hamilton _ ‘Staff Writer's: Photogra phers:' : . Mi ke Howlett. Don Schaffer Reception-Classified: coe Carolyn Gibson i) Elreulation: _ Marta Taylor . ; NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT | ' ot The Herald retains full, complete-and sole copyright . Inany adverijsement produced-and-or ariy editorial or photographic content published in the Herald. Reproduction js.not permitted. without. the written permission, at the | Publisher. : . ae 4 a senioiunaianmosesto mt Letters to the Editor To the Reitor: As in past years, I would also like to take this opportunity to outline to you and other local business and community - leaders some facts and’ figures relevant to our operations in. ‘Kitimat last year. | The 1981 payroll for. Kitimat. Kernano totalled over $10 - million while goods and services purchased by the company throughout the province totalled over $60 million, with $20 * million being spent with suppliers in Kitimat and Terrace. Alcan paid $5 million in school taxes and $3.2 million in general municipal taxes in Kitimat. These represented half af all Kitimat municipal and school taxes in 1981. ~ "In the same year, as Alcan” opened the new $500/million © _jstate-of-the-art smelter at Bale Héaa Ville; Quebec, the ™" " “company spent more than $60 million'dn capital projects for | modernization at Kitimat Works.’ Since 1975, close to $125- 0 aa _ Nuclear. war is serious” million has been spent on- modernizing the smelter. Among major projects during 1981 was the construction ofa new anode paste plant scheduled to go into operation in - 1994 ata ‘total cost of §80 million. Over $30 million was spent .. on this project in 1981 and a similar amount is being spent . on the paste plant this:year, despile significant reductions in capital expenditurestin the midst ofa serious dawnturn'in: thé aluminum ‘market fyorldwide. In ali, almost $50 million : will be spent on capital projects at Kitimat Works in 1982. During 1981, Kitimat narrowly missed establishing new _ production records for, the thirdyear in succession. A'20,000- ' tonnes production cutback in- late fall held total. tonnage to 270,837 tonnes and resiilted in the closure of 60 pots al the smelter.. This production cutback was’ accomplished ‘without layoffs. The slow market, however, will result ina . very large reduction i in student hiring during the summer “months of 1982. The economic future has not brightened since the turn of . ‘the year and the aluminum ‘market remains ‘ severely ‘depressed. ° Currently ‘Alcan’s ingot inventories across: “Canada remain exceptionally high although recent ship- ‘menis from Kitimat to Pacific Rim. customers have © reduced inventory. at this ‘smelter to near normal levels, Heavy discounting from list prices has, However, eroded © "profits and it is not at all certain that we will be able to maintain our current production level for the remainder of 1982. At Kitiniat Works ‘in 1981, personnel turnover remained -low. The apprentice-tradesman ratio remained high at one -apprentice or-every three- tfadesmen, with an increasing proporti ployee recreation programs, or the. superb. ‘municipal . . facilities -it is gratifying to. see the stabilily which has come. to, cour.town.. The 1991 - safety record was somewhat didapysinting valthough our Workers’ Comperisation “Board: assessment of the’apprentices.-.75 per cent being locally . . + educated and trained. This is-the fourth consecutive year © _ we. have enjoyed low turnover, Whatéver the reason -'— modernization of the plant,- housing assistance, and em-'. : R «€ Sritlah says ibe: orities are. like. matkamen ata. Bhi er they, ts. ‘shota at the larged that’ big ‘is A playing with windmills, °-~. “o-2"" find: inthis, province of peenie. “grandeur, ‘en: a vironmernitalists £ are a ‘potent force. ° ‘among its friends and enemies... : _. (By far the: ‘largest B.C, Crown cofporation, Hydro " was created in 1962 out of more than a dozen smaller a of electricity. . But ” stations, B.C. Hydro also” acquired such -diverse . BE., the public transit service in Victoria and the ons ’ serving Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. | : - It subsequently welcomed eight smatier power - systems to the fold, bringing its electricity coverage to more, than n per: cent of the. province. ~ ae eee debt of more than $5 billion, Hydro ranks among the ‘largest. corporations, private or public, based in % Western Canada,” “And It's growing. To finance. massive hydroelectric * requirements, Hydro. plans to borrow more than $20° billion by the end of fhe century. : “At hearings held to determine the necessity of one of these projects, a dam on the Peace River. near Fort St. John, Hydro’ was lambasted on its méthods of John: -Helliwell, a. University of British Columbia economist sald Hydro’: 5.predictions far exceeded his estimates. . _ = A Price Waterhouse report prepared for the.B.C. _ the hearings, showed that although Hydro executives desired to run the organization efficiently, they were not able to fully demonstrate that this was the case. ~ Jack Davis, a Social Credit government member of ere ee se regeencectalecstate most vocal critics, says Hydro’s managers are doing their best but the corporation is just too big. Davis, a former Hydro director and‘a former B.C. energy minister, advocates dividing the-corporation along commodily lines, ‘separating electricity are mS oe wat aM arate, lata"eh 2°, a ccisees Sa The opposition New Democratic Party also fayors a ‘ vant, CPO OO “HALIFAX. (cP) — — Physician W. T. _Joseahans says the . most important issue in preventive medicine today i is much . larger than smoking, exercise and cholesterol. 1. “It's preventing Tiuclear war — personal illnesses pale in comparison to nucleat weapons,” Josenhans, whose: targets as a, ‘ Luftwafte flyer in the “Second World War were-allied convoys,. and retired Rear — . Admiral Desmond Piers, who protected those convoys, are. among the 82 veterans who paid for a ‘newspaper ad- . vertisemient, today calling for an end to the nuclear arms race. ~ Jogenhans won an Iron Cross for 36 war-time imissiona _ over the North Atlantic against convoys bound for, Britain. © from Halifax.- He moved td Halifax in 1958 and last year. becarhe involved in International Physicians | for- the Prevention of Nuclear War. «| ; = At first he was reluctant to sign his name tothe” ‘ad- vertisement in The Chronicte-Herald but became convinced that the sponsors, because of their military credentials, knew what they.’ ‘were talking about, “It used to be that weapons. were used ta. prevent more - terrible things from happening, but . now weapons -theyn- _-Selves are the danger,” he said in an interview. ‘The evils * are the weapon: and hot the conflicts they are ‘trying to. * solve." ~ ; _ Piers, who retired i in 1967 after serving as. the Canadian representalive on NATO’s military committee, - says -nuelear proliferation should be replaced. by. the restoration, of common sense. | i “Withoul. knowing the ‘details, I: think ‘the U. S. and, the - ‘U.S.S.R. have a. considerable. ‘supply «. of these: -dread © - weapons, It gets to the-point: where enough ‘is “ehough. an The advertisement calls on Canada totake new initiatives ;remains relatively low in comparison ‘with other major 7 : ‘industries in B.C., dt $1.20 per $100 of payroll. A fatality in "$81 constituted a low point in the safety record A ~ ‘significant ‘event during the year was the release of a __ University of British Columbia-conducted health study: of | , 2,200 Alcan employees: Researchers, found no fluorosis, as ; * indicated by-an-earlier Uunién-sporisored study." ' Monitoring of thé external environment has shown that _, continued progress has. been: made. in reducing fluoride.” emissions into the atmosphere at the smelter and in 1991 the “ : Company achiéved the 1944 B,C..Government ‘target: for. ' .cemissions of 1:9 kg-tdn. This is appronipnaely one-quarter = . “ithe: level of:seven. years ago. " Feport. during: the year also.stiowed that’ forest regrowth in ‘ the-fume path ‘from ‘the smelter. ‘ig excellent. ; . -Ltrust you will find this information tel ul and the review © os The. Herald’ welcomes. ifs. header: “caenments., ve “letters to the editor of general p bite qecestwll be } = printed, They-should be ‘submitted 48-haurs in ad- - _. vance of desired. publication da : retainthe right i6 refuse to pi :: OF possible ‘Ilbel- or: bad tas *, detters-for: Style and tength: Al possible to print a letter SubentHed within 24 hours ; of desired 4 publication date. iT . ~ An‘dpdated:-survelllance, *- s|dered for ‘publication rust be’ signed. It is im. : “social: problem, nota legal problem, that’ will only become . worse. if soliciting provisions. in’ the Criminal Code: are . ‘lightened, a Vancouver social worker said Tuesday, « - : Vancouver's, ‘iflimsy” new’ anti-prostitution bylaw has . already forced some juvenile prostitutes away from their’ | traditional territory: ‘i the city’s _densely-populated ' West End, Steve: ‘Bourne: told: the: Contmons, justice’ Comittee. ; “Presently, the young prostitutes of thé West: End work i in welldit: public. streets in.a residential area," Bourne said; They’ are visible. and accessible not only, to their tients but” to those who | gan help therm.’" CO SG a But stringent new laws ‘would force. more : to the: dark, industrial areas where. “they'll never be’ seen and never . We do, however,” . heafdl crying for help,” Bourne said. it letters on ‘grounds © a : vA ves oly ; “they will ‘be found, of course, by their cuntariers, “ah: "will be-vulnerable there and those who ‘would bnthinidate : and exploit them will find them, too... “phdt's. already started to: happen ~with the Himsy Van.” couver- bylaw. " ; ' - ‘4 generating plant:near Kamloops,. sald. Hydro, ‘is tog ‘te ; “He does: examine alternatives others ‘snipe at it for’ ! - Hydro's size is one of the few points of agreement ” utilities to streamline the production and distribution . ith the transmission. lines and “generating ; __ Native forms of energy Buch as wind generation or operations as natural gas distribution in southwest Vancouver area (since dumped) :alid a railway , ~ With annual revenues of more than $1 billion and a projects it says are necessary to meet future energy. . forecasting and the efficiency of its operations, _ ~ competition created by a split between electricity and + Utilities Commission, the regulatory body conducting - the legislature who is. a Hydro admirer but one of its “commission has. asked: Hydro to do.. - production and distribution: from gas Iransmission . and from freight. operations... . ° > Prostitution is a problem. me OTTAWA (CP) = = Juvenile prostitution i is a. deep-rooted — ——. Bourne also predicted juveniles forced from: the west End: : “will wind up in rows of hotel: rooms, “virtual-ce cells for r BEX,” a Y “they. have “Théved. 10 ‘Chinatown’ 4 and: dark, isolated | _ -—‘warehguse districts where ‘they're more subeeptible to rag”: _ Spushers and ‘vilenee,; he. Said.’: ee . and: alcohol abuse ‘brograms, . proposal: laat. October galled separate, publicly owned gas and: dlectri¢’ utilities mpetition: with each’ other.’ ‘The. NDP agid Hye L further divided into ‘regional operatlor ted sional. managed:by 1 should be created,’ servation: igen ‘alg . Don Barz, a. spokesman. for the Hat creek Allianc -assoclation formed to protest a proposed therm big to respond ‘quickly to changing circumatances. in’ = the “province. -and‘ should’ be‘‘reduced Into-m “mandgeable bodies: A spilt between gas, and elec-~ -trielty. functions would introduce an element of free “market date the B. C energy aeene, tN Jowering _ Brives, sald Barz. * _ Not all of Bydro’s crities thc a pu the solution. L- * Jay Lewis, an economist and spokesman for the “Society . Promoting Environmental Conservation, | “said trying to dismantle - the ‘current system would ‘ ' pase - problems, ' oo 7 - But lie does'not want to, see Hydro get any larger. : Lewis said it is already too big to deal with alter-- solar (power. : “The people at Hydro are used to pouring large .- amounts of concrete across valley mouths," he said. © “They can't grasp the concept of putting a’ solar Panel : on: their roof.” - ; - Lewis said Hydra, like’ most large corporations, is _ interested in growth for. growth’s sake,"“Thelr growth _ assumptions worked well for the. '40s, '50s and 60s, ” but, they no longer hald true, given the increasing cost of energy in the "80s." © —"- Helliwell said a division at ‘this point would be like . ‘trying to unseramble an omelette. He said’ Hydro. WAS - ‘created in ‘part to increase its borrowing power to” firiance major projects — it now has a triple-A credit ° rating. If. the corporation. is divided into smaller _ parts, this ‘benefit could be lost. - : a 4" Hydro chairman Robert. Bonner Says | there are no ~ platis at the moment to sever its profitable gas or-rail operations from. the expensive electric operations. ’ Hydro economist Donald Priestman says the s te eS ‘gas operations would have to be weighed against the _ duplication of effort. He also wondered what effect a ‘split would have on the corporation’ ‘3 credit rating. Bonner said the economies of such a breakup are questionable, adding that he also thought it would lead to duplication of management. , -. Hb defended the corporation's: efficiency, saying it | is difficult to document ‘this quality — something the: aetete nese esearecarotateletecesreta: ". As for the constant barrage of criticism levelled at Hydro, ‘especially from environmental groups, Borner said; “They will. criticize anything - that’s moving — the only way ‘to avoid itis to do nothing.” Echoed Davis: “Hydro i is trying to do things. it is: an easy. target -and is vulnerable. because of its size.” : 7 Per gd reeer cet Seennatnaond x essananass cite oe within NATO and at next month's special United 4 Nations session on disarmament to help bring about: multilateral disarmament. ‘The veterans ask: people to endorse their appeal by” “writing to their members of Parllament, supporting civic © referendums on disarmament, and participating i in.a May | 30- march being organized, by the Coalition Against Nuclear — War. . “We who have some. knswledge ‘of ‘war and ‘weapons ‘through service in our countri¢s’ armed. forces, know in, our. for all mankind, " the ad says. . ot teres peed ib. ‘help’ millions’ of Canadians ‘will, sooh be. “able to assure | Canadians of the “ avallable in this. country,” says Health. Minister Monique: “y soe seseses p08 necepennts sess mean sated ereseteesasts ht as es ae receives about 300. complaints a year. faked se p hospitalsincs wb tk Gets A Avtitt i Sl walves anid hip joints, . neh aes and al heart of other. medical coming under much closer federal -eerutiny’, ss Board's: ‘approval of @ majo ‘expansion. of | the. Health Department's bureal of: medical devices.” . Phe bureau's operating | budget. will jump. tp. wa ‘aillion «. this year from $500,090 laa! 3 year, ‘and: authorized atalt levels. ‘Will rise to.71:from, 37 within the next two years... “With more stalf and. additional funds, we will be beter ia gins. Medics) evices: include 200,600" prodiicts“fror kidney * dalyes machines to contact lenses and tampons * Canada was the first country to start regulating medical -"" ~ devices’ In a systematic way. ‘when. the brea was created in 1974... Bureau director A. K, DasGupta ‘says the expansion ; approved by Treasury Board means more effective con- - trols — ang more assurance for those who depend on medical devices. - The bureau's first priority now Is to extend the, process of “presnarket review” to-heart valves, hip joints,; blood ” yessels and hundreds of other artifleial devices: intended to remain in the body for more than 30 days... *- Pre-niarkét review means 4 manufacturer or distributor must show a particular device to -be safe and’ effective before it is sold. . Similar requirements are in force for pacemakers to , Yegulate the heartbeat, lenses implanted surgically in the ‘eye, contact lenses “intended for prolonged use, tampons and intra-uterine birth-control devices.. ~. A'second priority is to develop ‘standards for equipment such as anesthesia machines used in hospital operating rooms. Standards have’ been set fer condoms, blood " ‘collection tubes, emergency oxygen systems and insulin _byringes used ‘by diabetics. ‘ . Standards, unlike pre-market review, don't. provide a guarantee jor any particular product coming: on - the | market. Bul they do give Health Deparfment officials a relatively easy way to determine if products are up to par and a fast way.of getting them off the market if they don't measure up, . ‘ Under thesystems now in elfect for most medical devices,’ | " manufacturers or distributors must notify the government ' that they are. selling particular kinds.of devices and that ‘they have been tested for safety and effectiveness. The government ha’ generally been forced to take-the _ manufacturers at their word. “That should work in an Ideal society, but unfortunately, society: isn't. ‘dest, " ” DasGupta SAYS. A third priority . for the: bureau is. to ‘provide a better . response. to complaints from health professionals and consumers. about -medical devices, The bureau now o ‘Hose warned WASHINGTON (AP) — The’ Reagan adininistration, . disturbed by @case-where a deformed Indiana infant was . alloweéd to die, i¢ investigating. charges of a similar case in Tilinois: and sending” warnings: to thousands of other Hast Guys Dive ‘ The Department of Health and -Human Sérvices has. seat. “an investigator to check allegations made against. Crawford - Memorial Hospital in Robinson, Ill., after receiving. a os + ‘complaint contending that a child suffering, from the congential birth defect spina bifida was being ‘denied surgery it'needed, But Gregary Coler, director of the illinois Department of | Children and Family Services, said he met physiclans and others involved in the case and found no evidence that the . infant's parents had been negligent. In spina bifida cases, : - there is an opening in the spinal column which can admit ‘infections and cause death. - fo ‘Health: aiid Human Services also. put 6,800 ‘hospitals’ ~ receiving ‘federal Tunds’ on notice. Tuesday that they risk © losing the U.S, government's financial support if they deny ‘proper éare and treatment to any handicapped’ person. Tn the Indiana case, the deformed infant suffered from ‘. Down's ‘syndrome... The Indiana Supreme Court and’ iwo lower -courts: declined to issue. orders that would have Also ini Halifax, “base for Canada’ s East Const naval. foree~ required that the baby be fed. The baby died April 15, ' anda city-with an enduring military tradition, women ‘are putting*: thie final,ztouches on an anti-nuclear ‘Petition destined for Ottawa and ‘the UN conference. -_ The Voiceof Women Across Canada, ‘with 100 members in Halifax and 200-elsewhere in’ the country, has 75,000 signatures. for nuclear. disarmament, after a 15-month_ _.. national campaign. | Piers said it is” important that the public begin. thinking -about the issue of nuclear arms in an informed way. » C.G. Gifford, who flew with fhe RCAF during the. Second World War, hoped for about 10 sighatures when he thought. - -of collecting the names of former servicemen for the ad. " ~The 32 men and women who signed } are not the first with _ military experience to Speak oul against the continuing - dup of arms. The- advertisement refers to the pro ’ disarmament stands taken by a number of former military Weaders.: * ite 7 -Gifford said it is logical for veterans to oppose: a nuclear. buildup because the “weapons. threaten ‘everything the : _ warriors. had fought for. ee - wo, mn a - ' with ‘adults acting as their pimps. a He estimated there are 60 juvenile. ntvstitutes. working _ the Vancouver, street at any given lime — on 60 pere cent thar , we F AML are vulnerable ia disedibe, vislencefaclly aishato, and ree he: ~atided: marble lab. ‘Nine? yourig’ tprolltigs 5 involved i in, programs aoe ‘by z - Vancouver's. ‘Gortlon House, a private, society: ‘providing: : "various corsimumity services, havediedin thé Inst 2%s years, ; i! i : : “turing xport, contract = hy. the: time the. tinal care are ‘he said.: Pon _*“Where Ive seen rine parle die, a ~ to go ‘shy high.” ~ Bourne offered the éommitice several soliitions * = ~ better the, figures are e ening Seommunity” educatién: about .- prostitation, cmore auch vf .programs ab those | run by" ‘Gordon’ House: ‘which helped 165 .- . young: prostitutes last ‘year, government - imake-work — projects; a psychiatric centre for young, persons and a drug Ln a? cet -#. " “No. R firm in Canada. woe The federal department sent a telegtam containing the warning, to. Carlton King, administrator of the Llinois - hospital. King would neither confirm nor deny that the - infant: was a_patient in the hospital. But he acknowledged . that the. 107-bed hospital is is not equipped to handle spina bifida surgery. ; “Air Canada suffers Air Canada suffered the worst first quarter in its history, | losing $27 miltion in the first three months of 1982, company president. Claude Taylor | disclosed Tuesday, ' Layoffs and service reductions could occur soon at ‘the - Crown-cwnedair carrier if its market share is reduced or if : measures are not taken- to stimulate the industry, Taylor. ‘told a news ‘Conference following a speech to the. Canadian * Club of Ottawa... -Itwill take “miracles” to mei a comipainy ‘projection last: fall of a $20-million profil this year, he said, and worldwide ; Toss in the air industry could total $3 billion.” a = The se one are being made possible by Treasury. safety. ‘of miedical ‘devices. . \ ' “Stwill be lucky if there will be any carne in Canada . “~~ that’ will'be profitable,” Taylor. said. -. “T think 4982 is going. to be the worst-year . , “the world cvand Canadian: aviation. industry have -faced: since the » _ beginning. ees ~ ; In another development; ‘Bombardier Ine. won a $t- billion export contract’ Tuesday to supply | 825 subway-¢ cars 8 for New “York City" F dilapidated transit system. tte making “it. thé largest-ever Canadian: ‘manufac-, delivered . in. 1987. it other newa: ; : ; =5,:TWo of Cariada’s ¥ top: investment” ‘firma: Richardson . eciutities ‘Lid. ‘of Winnipeg “and. Greenshields. Ine. ‘of dronto, have.mérged their operations to form:a‘new giarit tiatfonal brokerage house. Murray. Howe; vice- president. of .Greenshields, sald the two firms will merge to: farm. the at esca atérs should push the contract close to a fie 7