LEGISUATIVE LIDQARY, “yo COMP. 77/78 VICTUULA, Bite, yaye-1%4 #61 Health care at Skeenaview, Lodge and the Skeena Health unit in Terrace and Kitimat could be affected early in the new year if the province’s registered government nurses union takes job action to speed up contract negotiations. The union representing 2,600 B.C. nurses is unhappy over what they perceive as government delays in pursuing a new agreement to replace the current contract which expires in a matter of days. The union negotiated for 24 months with the Government Em- ployee Relations Bureau, the government bargaining unit, before signing the current agreement on Dec. 7. Ken Zorn, the shop steward for the 28 registered and psychiatric nurses employed at Skeenaview, said Thursday the union's dissatisfaction centred around the delay over the initiation of contract talks, rather than the issues to be hammered out at the bargaining table. ‘The chances (of job action) depends entirely on the bureau,” he said. “It hasn't yet been fully determined which services would be affected,” he explained. “However, essential services would be maintained’. That position was echoed by Eleanor Bell, one of 12 nurses employed at the Skeena Health Unit in Terrace and Kitimat, She said a committee has been formed to decide on where and what rotating strikes will take place. Nurses strike could spread to this area “If they (the bureau) bargained in good faith this wouldn’t happen,” she said. The nurses received an eight per cent wage hike on their current contract following binding arbitration. They had been seeking 17 per cent. With a decision by the bureau to delay the starl of contract talks for 1980 until late January, the nurses voted 91 per cent in favour of taking some form of rotating strike action. The nurses can legally strike up to March 18, though they must provide 72 hour notice. fr RUPERT STEEL & SALVAGE LID. Seal Cove Rd., Pr. Rupert 624-5639 WE BUY copper, brass, all metals, batteries, ete. Call us - We are open Mon. through Sat. 8 am-Spm. \ fi Volume 73 Nbr. 243 \.. 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Islamic rebels, who fought Amin, denounced Soviet in- fluence in Afghanistan and vowed to continue thelr war aimed at establishing a non- Marxist government in Kabul, “The Moslem nation of Afghanistan will not be deceived by the change in pawns,” a spokesman for the Afghan Islamic Movement sald in Tehran. ‘The Babrak Karmal coup In Afghanistan Is the direct result of Soviet interference in Afghan in- ternal affairs." The rebels view any Marxist government as a threat to the Moslem beliefs held by moat Afghanis. Moscow Radio sald today that the Soviet Union has responded to a request from the new government of Afghanistan to send im- mediate sid, including mili- tary assistance. The radio sald the request was based on the friendship treaty signed between Moscow and Kabul on Dec. 5 last year, Pipeline company gets an extension OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Northern Tier Pipeline Co. was given a year’s extension Thursday on its bid to con- vince Washington state to authorize a multi-million dollar oil port and pipeline to the United States Midwest. With not a day tospare, the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council agreed to yet another ex- tension In the protracted discussions over the energy package. Northern Tier, a Montana- baged consortlum, asked the counell on July 26, 1978, to approve the project. After numerous delays, some caused by the company's decision to jfecroute the proposed pipeline, the coun- cil had faced a Thursday deadline to make a decision. The problem was that the formal contested case hearing does not convene in Olympia until next Thur- aday. by ay Gutted restuarant’s ta fate? See story page 3, column page 4 ‘ " Oil prices _ Suppliers announce hikes ' Photo by Grego Migaieton Soldiers ready for the truce SALISBURY (AP) Rhodegian soldiers cleared roads of land mines today and escorted about 1,300 Commonwealth soldiers and 80 guerrilla leaders ta assembly camps throughout Rhodesia in preparation for a midnight ceasefire. Truce preparations were marred by the deaths Thursday of a guerrilla general and three members of the peacekeeping force. At 12:0ia.m, Saturday, hhodesia’s white-led armed forces are to let about 16,000 guerrillas come out of the bush and gather at 16 assembly points. Soldiers from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Kenya and Fiji will watch over the guerrillas and the government ‘soldiers, who will be confined in about 40 bases, unti! Rhodesia'a new - government is elected in February and Britain grants its colony independence. “The success of the ceasefire now depends on the forces themselves and on the co-operation of the peaple as a whole,’ Lord Soames, the British governor guiding Rhodesia through the transition, said in a broad- cast, British officials said the ceasefire will be im- plemented on time despite the deaths Thursday of Joslah Tongogara, military commander of Robert Mugabe's wing of the Patriotic Front guerrilla alliance, and the three soldiers. Tongogara was killed in a ear crash in Mozambique Hydro WINNIPEG (CP) Manitobans spent from $500 million to $200 million more than they should have to develop northern hydro electric generation capacity, Finance Minister Don Craik said Thursday. Craik, minister respon- sible for Manitoba Hydro, made the statement shortly after making public a long- awaited report on the operations of the utility. He said his estimates did not Include money lost through currency exchanges on foreign loans needed to pay for development projects. Thereport was the product of a two-year study by George E, Tritschler, former chief justice of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench, into the operations of Manitoba Hydro. Craik described the report as “a serious condemnation af the top management of Hydro.” The study sald millions of dollars had been waated and it blamed bad judgment and and the soldiers died in a helicopter thatcrashed in Rhodesia. There were allegations that none of the deaths was costly poor planning on the part of former Hydro officials, [t also accused the former New: Democratic Party govern- ment of political in- terference in Hydro affairs. The report said that as a result, since 1970, Hydro has not followed its mandate to ‘“‘pramote economy and efficiency in the supply of electric power.” Althongh the report was immediately denounced by some NDP opposition members as political justification for government policy, official opposition reaction Isn't expected until - toda NDP. Leader Howard Pawiley refused to comment saying he wanted 24 hours to study the report, However, party Hydro critic Jim Walding aald the Con- servatives “got what they wanted,” from the report. The 493-page report, produced at a cost af $1,350,000, made 52 separale recommendations, IL urged structural changes in Hydro management . accidental, and Mugabe ordered his men to hold “very fast” to their weapons and be “extremely vigilant towards the enemy and not allow yourselves to be dis- armed.” A Rhodesian official said Tongogara, who was said to have disagreed with Mugabe on policy, had voiced fears for his life, And farmers in the area of the hellcopter crash said the craft — clearly marked with white crosses indicating it belonged to the peacekeeping force — had been fired on. British authorities officially de- scribed the crash a4 an accl- nt. Iraq and Indonesia, which ether produce nearly one- fifth of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ oi], announced today priceincreases of up to 10 per cent, The increases were ex- pected to spread, with Venezuela, another major OPEC producer and the supplier of 3.5 per cent of U.S. petroleum needs, saying It planned to an- nounce its 1980 price list later today." - : Venezuela was expécted to - yaise its base price by $2 to $26 for a 42-gallon barrel. Every $1 (U.S.) increase in a barrel of cil means an increase in Canadian funds of 3.5 cents a litre or 5.7 cents an Imperial gallon. The latest hikes could . prompt influential Saudi B. Arabia toannounce.a further orted" inereawe “over “the: 39 per cent hoost imposed along with Venezuela and two other OPEC members ear- lier this month. Saudi Arabia produces nearly one-third of OPEC’s 20 million barrels-a-day oil output, and Indonesian Energy Minister Subroto had said earlier this week that Indonesia would not raise Its prices unless Saudi Arabia moved firat. The. decision by Iraq, the second-largest producer in the 18-nation cartel, to go from $24 to about $26 for a 42- gallon barre) was reported by Industry sources in Rome, who said the boost was retroactive to Dec. 1. The Increase had been expected by many industry observers. The move put Iraq bet- ween the moderate Saudis, who are charging $24 for their oil, and the Iranians, who charge $28.50 for oil of a similar grade. The pricing split developed before last week's OPEC oil ministers’ canference, which adjourned: Without reaching any agreement on a single price structure for 1990. Iraq produces 3,7 million 42-gallon barrels a day — 12 per cent of OPEC's output. It haa raised production substantially over the past year, + The price of Basrah light, fraq's leading grade of crude ‘oll, was boosted by $4 to $25.96 a barrel, while the price of the Kirkuk grade, which is of slightly higher quality, rose $4 to $22.18, Indonesia, which had gone up by §2 during the OPEC meeting, announced in- creases of $1.45 to $2.65 a barrel effective Jan. 1. The boasts lift Indonesia's top price to $30.75, 75 cents above the price charged by OPEC militants Nigeria, Al- geria and Libya for their highgrade oil, Indonesia accounts for about five per cent of OPEC's production. Saudi Arabian Oll Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani denied in Paris Thursday his country has. decided to ralse jt price by $2 in February, but said ‘‘oll price increases are determined by the market, and Saudi oil prices are currently below those prevailing on the in- ternational market," U.S. deports students WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court has cleared the way for the deportation of some Iranian students as part of U.S. retaliation for the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. But a lawyer for three stu- dents who challenged President Carter's order singling out Iranians for immigration checks says he will carry the right to the U.S. Supreme Court unless he gets a rehearing. Three members of the U.S. Court of Appeals on Thur- sday ruled Carter's Nov. 10 order was conatitutional and that it was “a fundamental element of the president’s efforts to reaclve the Iranian crisis.” Lawyer Eric Lieberman Hostage TEHRAN (AP) — Moslem militants occupying the U.S. Embassy denied reports today that seven hostages had been transferred from the compound to a maximum-security jail. The official Pars news agency also denied distributing the report. Firat word that Pars was carrying the report came trom the NBC-TY correspondent in Tehran, Youngsters Teams from Terrace and Kitimat got their tour- nament play underway in different locals of the province yesterday, some faring belter than others. At Powell River, the Terrace Bantams defeated Richmond 8-5. In a second match the Terrace team succumbed by a 10-2 score to Fuller Lake. At Prince Rupert Thursday, the Kitimat Peewees defeated Smithers 10-2, while the Terrace entry lost to Houston 7-5. In pup division tourney action in Terrace, the Terrace Reps defeated Kitimat 7-1 in the first game and won by a 7-4 count in the second. In bantam action in Kitimat, Kitimat Esso lost 10-1 to the Terrace B Reps. In midget tourney play ,.it was Fort St. John winning said he will ask the full nine- member court, to hear the case because of “this very important issue.’ The appeals judges over- turned an order by U.S. District Judge Joyce Hens Green, who had found the order an understandable effort to retaliate against Iran but ‘‘one that does not support a legitimate national interest,” The judges chastised Mrs. Green for going ‘‘beyond an acceptable judicial role” in attempting to evaluate policy reasons for the order. “Certainly in a case such as the one presented here, it is not the business of courts to pass judgment on the decisions of the president in transfers who said Pars got ita infor- mation from the French news agency, Agence France-Presse. The French news agency | dispatch came from Char- tres, France, and quoted a French legislator just returned from Tehran as saying the hoatages had been transferred to Tehran's Evin prison, probably for health reasons, In an interview with the to the field of foreign policy,” the appeals court ruled, | “Judges are not expert in that field and they lack the information necessary for the formation of an opinion," the ruling said. ‘'The president, on the other hand, as the opportunity of knowing the conditions which prevail in foreign countries.” As of Dec, 24, the Im- migration and Naturalization Service had interviewed 54,485 Iranian students and found that 6,444 did not have valid visas. Of the students in the US., 463 have requested asylum, 857 left rather than face deportation, 50 others left voluntarily and 10 have been deported. denied French newspaper L'Echo Republicaln, circulated by Agence France-Presse, lawmaker Nicholas About gave no indication of the source of his information. He was not immediately avail- able for elaboration. He was one of three French lawmakers who recently returned from a self-initlated factfinding tour ran, hit the ice by the lopsided score of 17-5 over Terrace. Kitimat defeated 100 Mile 9-5 in midget action in Quesnel. The Terrace Peewees defeated Fort St. John 7-5 in Nanaimo. It was Prince George's number two team beating Kitimat Reps 13-0 in pup division action in Terrace. In another local tournament game, Kitimat number twos defeated Granisle 6-3. In further peewee action in Nanaimo, | errace Twin River Timber beat Aldergrove 5-3. It was Hazelton 13. Terrace House League Heps 4, in banlam play in Kitimat. In bantam action in Kitimat, it was Emporium 9. Esso 1, and Cassiar lost 7-3 to the Lions. Terrace B Reps won 10-1 over Kilimat Esso. Action throughout the divisions c ~tnues through: this weekend.