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Map shows approximate fire zone (inner circle) and fallout zone (outer
Circle) if the Bangor Trident base were hit by a ‘‘small’ bomb of eight
Megaton strength. The Trident base, with its new type subs and
Missiles, is reported to be the most powerful nuclear weapons system in
the world and its construction increases the danger of pushing the
World into a new nuclear arms race.

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Port Alberni woodworker
wins compensation fight

By MARK MOSHER

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — A
Ulet, determined woodworker
€re recently won a favorable

ecision from a Workers Com-

Pensation Board review board.
Mohan Begana injured his left

hand at the Mac Blo sawmill in
972. Subsequently, although

Physically unable to return to his

» he was awarded a two per cent
Pension. There followed a series of
xaminations and sessions with the
ard which came up with the final
cision that two per cent was
final,

From that point on, Local 1-85 of
the International Woodworkers of
€rica and NDP MLA Bob Skelly
refused to have anything more to
ss with the case. Phone calls from
«-eana invariably resulted in a

Not-in-today”” response. At. this
a Otto McDonald, well-known
a er and activist, offered help in
ae appeared to be a hopeless

aeiters from many prominent
t Zens of Port Alberni poured in
» the Workers Compensation

ard and the minister of labor,

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with the result that a hearing
before the Board of Review was
scheduled.
Begana’s caseat the hearing was
fought by Harry Rankin, who
claimed that Begana had a com-
pensable case, that job retraining
was required, and that the Com-
pensation Board had spent more
money fighting the case than it
would have spent retraining
Begana, and had they done that the
case would» have been ‘satisfac-
torily closed three or four years

ago.
As a result of the hearing, the
Compensation Board has

scheduled a further examination of
the case, and it is hoped suitable
retraining will be made available
to Begana.

The whole history of the case,
which has aroused considerable
interest here, demonstrates that
the Board is not fulfilling the
function that the Legislation had

‘designed it to do. Justice is not

being done to many workers, and
thatin order to win a lot of guts and
determination are needed to fight
the unfair rulings of the Board.

‘Need pressure on MLAs"
to pass Trident motion’

The B.C. Peace Council this
week called on the public to in-
crease the pressure on the
provincial government and MLAs
to have the resolution introduced
by MLA Cyril Shelford protesting
the Trident missile base at Bangor,
Wash., acted upon at the present
session of the Legislature.

“Time is running out and there is

, yet no indication that the Socred

government intends to allow the
resolution to come before the
Legislature for a vote,” said the
Peace Council statement. “Most
MLAs interviewed so far appear to
support the protest but that is still
a long way from the provincial
Legislature adopting the
resolution.”

The Peace Council statement
points out that all sections of the
community have taken a stand
against the Trident sub base, in-

cluding all major church
denominations, the labor
movement, all peace

organizations, municipal councils,

and many public organizations.

“The crucial point has now been
reached. The B.C. Legislature
should be pressed to bring the
Shelford resolution to the floor for
a vote. We urge all citizens and
organizations to write, wire or
phone premier Bill Bennett
demanding his government act.
Contact your MLA and demand he
press for early action on the anti-
Trident resolution,’’ says the
Peace Council appeal.

Meanwhile, reports from
Washington state indicate that
strong protest is mounting there
against the Trident sub base.
Protests at the base are to begin
July 4 by pacifist organizations
who have proclaimed this as
Bangor Summer and have
scheduled protests for July 4, Aug.
6-9 and Aug. 14. Bus loads of
participants from Washington
State and B.C. are expected.

In mid-May Seattle marked
Trident Concern Week which
demonstrated widespread op-
position to the nuclear missile
base. ch groups have taken the
lead in Washington against the

base. In Seattle The Most Rev.
Raymond Hunthausen, archbishop
of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese
of Seattle; Rev. Loren Arnett,
executive minister of the
Washington Council of Churches,
and the Rev. Dr. William Cate,
president-director of the Church
Council of Greater Seattle en-
dorsed Trident Concern Week.

In a letter to Catholic priests by
the archbishop he urged their
support for the protest and for dis-
armament. A book of resource
materials entitled Repentrident
was distributed to area congrega-
tions. Rev. Cate also predicted that
the issue will have top priority for
the Seattle religious community in
the coming year.

Trident Concern Week also found
wide support among political
organizations in Washington state.
It was endorsed by state Rep. Dick
Nelson of Seattle’s 32nd District,
the 32nd and 43rd _ District
Democratic parties and the King
County Democratic Central
Committee. The issue is bound to
get additional public support as
protests around the base mount in
the next few weeks.

In B.C. the Pacific Life Com-
munity, a pacifist group which has
played a leading role in the fight
against the Trident base, have
announced that they plan to hold A
Celebration of Life in Vancouver
on Sunday, July 31 and Monday,
August 1 at a place to be announced
soon. The aim of the event, said a
recent PLC release, is to ‘raise
consciousness in Vancouver about
the dangerous implications of the
proliferation of nuclear weapons
and about the particular implica-
tions of Trident.”’

PLC also announced that it is
planning to organize a march in
downtown Vancouver in early
August to culminate the protests
campaign against Trident. Details
are to be announced at a later date.

A - special
Trident: A Canadian Perspective,
has been produced by Mary Elvira
Lount of the Vancouver People’s
Law School. The film, including a
special. program, will be aired on
Cable 10 in Vancouver and Surrey
on Thursday, June 30 at 10 p.m.
and in North Vancouver on Mon-
day, July 4 at 7 p.m. :

Tenants demand voice

Cont'd from pg. 1

The delegation came away from
the meeting with the impression
that a series of amendments would
be brought down which would
provide for the lifting of rent
controls in certain geographical
areas where the vacancy rate has
risen, and in high income areas.

Yorke told the Tribune, following
the meeting with Bennett, that
“Tt’s clear the government intends
to introduce changes at this session
which would weaken rent controls.
Even though they may limit the
end of rent controls to certain
areas, this will represent a
weakening of the whole situation
and undermine rent control
legislation which is already full of
loopholes.’’

He said the tenant organizations

are opposed to any such changes
and voiced strong objections both
to the premier and to consumer
and corporate affairs minister
Rafe Mair to whom they later
presented a brief. Attending the
meeting with Rafe was human
resources minister Bill Vander
Zalm. During the meeting the
Victoria tenants group presented a
petition signed by 5,000 people
calling for a rollback of rents.

The only concession wrung from
Rafe was an agreement that he
would meet with a delegation
representing tenants groups after
first reading of the new bill in the
Legislature. Yorke said the tenants
will continue to press for a hoisting
of the bill after first reading to
allow tenant input into the new
legislation.

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the World Youth Festival invites
all to a social meeting to be held
on Friday, June 24, 1977 at 8 p.m.
at the Russian Hall, 600 Camp-
bell Ave. There will be a film of
the last World Youth Festival
which was held in Berlin and a
discussion followed by a social.
Refreshments will be available.
Everyone is invited to attend and
find out about the next Festival
to be held July 28-August 5, 1978
in Havana, Cuba. For more

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JULY 1 — YCL Summer
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evening, July 1. Registration,
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SATURDAY, July 2 — Classes will
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led by Sean Griffin and Ben
Swankey.

$5.00 registration for all 3 days, or

provided.

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Vietnam raffle

Canadian Aid for Vietnam
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raise funds for the Canada-
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