— ON WORE es ee ee + , t waar at ee Published by Postage guaranteed. ’ [ADVERTISING MANAGER KAYE EHSES or Ses ethereal herald es Terrace - 635-6357 A (sy Kitimat - 632-5706 # Sterling Publishers Ltd. Fublished every weekday at 3212 Kalum St., Terrace, B.C. A snember of Varilled Circulation. Authorized as second class mail. Registration number 1201. Pasfage paid in cash, return GORDON W. HAMILTON Ee NOTE OF COPYRIGHT 4 The Herald retains full. complete and sole copyright In any SM advertisement produced and-or editorial or photographic Content published: in the Herald. Repredyction Is not a a9" rotetataretateca”itetstetetntd atafitetatas absaepenatelacatacrieatchiptnatetactetetetititetitetitiioneaarae oot rates PUBLISHER sex eri va oN a aC = = se * “a 4 : : fe ca e = es oe to our daily Welcome to the first editlon of the New ‘‘Daily” Herald. For 69 years, the Herald has served residents of the Terrace-Kitimat area with a weekly digest of hews, sports, editorial comment and community Informatica. This newspaper has a proud history of Involvement with the community. It has provided a forum for discussion of residents’ concerns and, more than once, has led the fight on issues which affect the people of the Skeena region. Today, we have taken another Eig step on behalf of the Terrace-Kitimat area. Asa daily newspaper, the Herald will be abje to provide information on local, national and international events more quickly and more completely. An expansion of editorial staff will enable us to cover community events find concerns more thoroughly than ever before. Through polls, interviews and letters to the editor,. it is our hope that the Herald will enable Skeena area residents to talk fo each other and became more involved with the Interests and concerrs of their neighbours. ; The Introduction of a dally newspaper is an investment in the future of “Terrace and Kitimat We have taken this initiative because, despite economic difficulties and unemployment, we have falth in the future of these communities and because we believe that you deserve the benefits this expanded service will bring. A daily newspaper is also an indication that our community has matured - that it has achieved new status as an established and vital part of British Columbia. ' Yes, we believe that you are ready for a daily newspaper of your own. One that reflects your interests and your needs. In fact, we are so confident that this newspaper will succeed as a daily that we have decided to provide it free to residents of Terrace and Kitimat for one month. We want you to have a chance to ‘look It over, to evaluate it, and to enjoy It. During this time, we hope that you will feel free watch our gradual as the time unfolds. a Federal gover Len Marchand announced recently that the federal government will provide - assistance to workers whose - o£ Scales or ‘ ‘ employers require them. to provide their own tools, hen those tools have to be uplicated because of metric conversion. - Marchand also announced -that assistance for Canada’s retail industry is being proposed for the conversion ; weighing devices to metric. ' ''The principle beneficiaries of these metric conversion assistance rograms will be small usiness and labour,” he said. THERE MUST BE AN | EASIER WAY. Ge Check lights reguiarty. . “It is cooperation between Metric to send us your opinions and suggestions so that we can improve our coverage of the newe to meet your wishes. We will also welcome your comments on the issues of the day through what we hope will become a lively “Letters to the Editor” column. We make a commitment to provide the Kind of. newspaper that this region deserves. month , as you recelve your free daily edition, change, improvement fo the level of jaurnalism that today’s concerns demand. The effort will become apparent In the next expansion, and Arrangements to ad- minister claims submitted by individual workers are being worked out by Metric Commission Canada.. Details on how to apply, as maf well as claim forms, provided through tke local: offices of Canada Manpower _ by September 1, 1977. aims may be retroactive to April 1, 1977, “This will affect those employed primarily in small businesses, such as motor repair shops, refrigeration and major appliance service depots.” the result of Commission Canada and the many and diverse groups who are assisting in the orderly i lanning, scheduling and mplementation of metric conversion in Canada,” Marchand said. . The program is a response to proposals by organized labour and_ industrial management. The Canadian Labour Congress, the Canadian Manufacturers Association, the Federation of Automobile Dealer Associations and many other interested groups made representations, The plan will allow em- ployees who are required to own tools aa a cundition of employment to claim investigation, By GARRY FAIRBAIRN CP - One immediate result of President Carter’s energy ’ policy is increased concern abroad whether he will fight hard to resist protectionist pressures in the United States. . ; When the leaders of six other industrial uemocracies, including Canada, meet Carter at the London economic summit this weekend, they will be watching closely te gauge the depth of his commitment to freer international trade. The fear is that the new U.S. administration, by bowing to protectionist forces, will involuntarily spark a series of retaliavry trade restrictions that will ee. _ INSTRUMENT Annual Music Festival students are (left fo right) Wendy Sharpies, Mani Singh, Margaret McDaniel and Rachel ieee etiaiedleecmeseee se ssscete Cleaver VANCOUVER CP - With white, gooey cream running down his: face, Eldridge Cleaver joked that he seemed ‘“‘to have changed colour” shortly after hyevg a cream pie thrown in. his face Saturday night during. his speeck to a religious gathering. Cleaver, the former Black Panther revolutionary who spent eivht years as a fugitive in exile because of charges he faced in the United States, was speaking to a gathering sponsored by Business spotligh? : nment aids in conversion reimbursement of 50 per- cent of the total spent on the purchase of necessary new metric tools. The program will continue for at least four years, to coincide with, the national program of guideline dates for metric conversion in Canada. To encourage orderly metric conversion among the tens of thousands of small businesses selling at retall, the federal govern- ment proposes to exempt from payment of federal sales tax any parts required for the metric conversion of weighing devices. Parts which are not — produced in Canada will be allowed entry duty free. For tne purchase of new metric scales, the federal government will forego 50 percent of the federal sales tax and allow write-off of such acquisitions in ane, year under the Income Tax ct. “These concessions will not only assist retailers in making the conversion, but will also help to minimize the costs to the consumer,” Marchand sald. This assistance program” résponds to representations received from the Retail Council of Canada, The Canadian Grocery. Distributors Institute and a number of other retail cripple efforts to escape from international economic recession. Foreign observers were given new grounds for such fear when Carter announceu as part of his energy package, that he will give rebates on high»mileage autos while imposing special taxes on autos that provide comparatively few miles to the gallon. The reason for foreign concern is that the rebate plan would apply initially only to autos produced in the United States and Canada, which have an integrated auto industry. Special negotiations would be necessary to extend the rebate plan to ° Reay, other countries and the, Carter adminisiration is considering a iess generous approach for them. The problem for US licymakers is that the ange numbers of Japanese and British cars imported into the United States generally provide better mileage than U.S, products, A simple extension of the rebate plan to such imports could thus be viewed by Congress as an action that would tend to help the imports gain a greater share of U.S. sales, Yet the suggested corrective measures have their own problems. One proposal is to apply - the rebate plan to imports, Rachel -won the: Emerson _ Medical Clinic Scholarship as the most promising instrumentalist. atatatatatatatatetseale terath es 6.0.06.0 se the Youth for Christ campaign about his conversion to Christianity. . The pie was thrown by Frank Lee, 25, of Vancouver, a member of a group called the Anarchist Party of Canada. Groucho-Marxist, Lee -said later that his act was one way of pointing out to people that Cleaver's conversion and his actions since returning to the United’ States are not well received by everyone. , Cleaver, who continued i associations. ; The federal government proposes to allow these concessions for a four year period commencing April 1, 1977. At the end of that period, it is expected that virtually all retail scales will have been converted or replaced. ; receives sticky r his speech before 1,500 people after a_ short intermission, said: ‘'T haven’t met one single person .I don’t love, including the pieman. I will remember him evergxay in my prayers.”’ . ‘ d not lay charges He against Lee. Cleaver sakfhhis conversion to Christianity has drawn derision and scorn from his former friends and love and understanding “from my Christian brothers and sisters.” ' He told his audience he . has been accused of being a CIA agent, an FBI agent and of “pretending a conversion to influence the jury on my trial coming up. “There have been so many charges that they can’t all be true.” Cleaver is scheduled to appear in court May 9 on a charge of assault with intent to kill in connection with a confrontation between lice and Black Panthers in Oakland, California, in 1968. ‘ but only if there ure voluntary restraints on the number of such autos sent to the United States. Such trade restrictions would be unpopular abroad and would raise calls for retaliation. the other proposal is to livit rebates on any one country’s products to the amount of taxes imposed on that country’s low-mileage products. But since so many of the imports are higher-mileage - autos, that would mean their tebates would be lower than. rebates on U.S. autos and U.S. consumers would be dicouraged from buying them. It would be just a more subtle trade restriction. Guest editorial PAGE Ad, THE HERALD, Tuesday, May 3, i977 In trying to work out a compromise between conflicting factors in the auto a hepae Issup, Carter caughtsquarely between his - fellow leaders and domestic forces. . He has already been hit by strong criticism from labour unions and influential congressmen for refusing to impose quotas on shoe import: from low-wage’ countries. Instead, he has (ried to appease domestic forces with an aid program to help domestic shoe manufacturers adjust to the imports. labour spokesmen. say such adjustment programs are almost useless. Carter economics deepen recession ? A special factor in the auto rebate case is that the president . places great ‘Importance on getting his basic energy program | through ,Congress Finance ministers of the International Monetary Fund have issued ‘a collective, appeal for alt parties ‘to strongly resist protectionist forces and a similar. declaration may emerge from the. London ° summit. The question is whether . such declarations will pull any weight with congressmen and labour — leaders who see jobs in their . areas lost because of - imports. Floating convention. ~seen as best option by Joe Banyay : The North entral Municipal Asscciation is an organization of about 35 municipalities and Regional ‘Districts ranging from 100 Mile House to the Yukon border and from McBride west to the Queen Charlotte Islands. Since its inception over 15 years ago it has continued to grow hoth in numbers and influence, as a joint body for represen- tation to the senior levels of government and as an arena or discussion of topics of ‘mutual interest. Municipal government is “= @ creature of the province and, as such, is controlled by provincial legislation in the form of the Municipal Act. Changes and revisions to this act are brought about. mainly by recom- mendations from municipal governments. As we share Many common concerns with other northern municipalities it is im- portant that we take a united approach and speak with a common voice. One of the most effective, means of communication esponse Lee said in an interview following the pie attack that Cleaver has turned his back on his former comrades - “many of whom have been killed, beaten or jailed in the US” - and now that he has returned to the US to face trial he has - suddenly converted Paying © one e’s jus g to save his skin,” added Lee. Benno Friesen PC -\ Surrey-Whiterock, who was in the audience Saturday, said he personnally asked Immigration Minister Bud Cullen to allow Cleaver into Canada for the meeting.. “I myself have the same commitments to Christ as Eldridge,” said the Conservative 1. Friesen, 4 member of the Evangelical Free Church, said “‘the old Eldridge Cleaver was not that popular but thai was the old one and the public has the right to see the new dridge.” Cleaver stayed at the Friesen home Saturday night and flew back to the US on Sunday. | An MLA’s report ; Public hearings slated for food: prices committee by Cyril M. Shelford The Agricultural Com-. mittee of which I’m a member will hold public hearings in 15 centres in the. province, We expect them to ast two days in each area. and hopefully a lot of good -advice will come from many: sources. The four areas we will be considering will be: 1) Land for the future. How much will be required for the production of food. 2) Marketing boards and their affect on the producer and consumer. 3) The marketing and buying policies of the major food chains compared to Alberta and the northwest 4) Foreign supply and “tariffs and their effect on our producers and con- sumers. One thing is clear, there is no point in saving our far- miand if foreign supply destroys our production units aa is happening at the present time. I’ve pointed’ out many times if we loose our production units we will also loose our nation. Our most challenging area fur your government to face up to is our startin _ fnereases in costs of kinds, making it difficult for industry to compete on foreign markets. Alread this year in Canada enoug . a businesses have left Cana -. due to high interest rates,' high jiabour costs an lowering productivity to employ 140,000 workers. We simply can't afford to ignore this any longer and governments at all levels! will have to come to grips with this problem or this trend will accelerate. The. federal government and the. provinces. will. have to develop a wage and salary policy that .will reverse the present trend of the spread Belting greater between the igh paid wage and salary levels compared to the lower bracket. 7. method of percentage increases will . have to stop and dollar in- creases which will favour the lower income coups, ; will have to be developed. ‘areas and other areas sharing our, problems is the annual, North Central Municipal. Association conference. Each spring this con-, erence is hosted by a. municipality within our region with the host city accepting both financial and ‘organizational respon- sibility for many aspects of the conference. Kitimat has not hosted the NCMA conference for 12 years. As we have traditionally taken a leadership role in the NCMA it became in- creasingly obvious that 1977: was our ' When your council ac- cepted responsibility for the 1977 conference, we were aware: of the difficulties involved in b ap- proximately 250 delegates to our town, accommoda them here, providing sul-. ficient meeting and seminar providing the amenities to make the conference a success. Long before the decision was made to book -the “Princess Patricia” the alternative of having some’ delegates stay in Terrace and at the hoteprings was explored, neluding providing some sort of bus transportation to and from Kitimat. The complex timing and logistics of a conference spread over 40 miles, as well as the financial burden caused by extra uncontrollable ex- penses (such as busing to Terrace) convinced us to abandon this plan. Similarly, the benefits of hosting a conference on. board ship became very obvious. All delegates would be together for the entire four days, all guest speakers’ and seminar leaders would be easily accessible to those in attendance and mest. important, it would give elected representatives, guest speakers and mem- of the provincial and federal government as well as members of the news media the opportunity to see first hand water tran- sportation route along the west coast, Financial arrangements $50 for the convention are very similar to those for other conferences, that is, delegates bear a major share of {ihe cost vine ton son atte paying for. is-her berth and meals just as if the conference were held in a Hotel. In previous conferences, local businesses contributed by hosting dinners or special events, but as well meals on board the ship are provided as part of the charter fee, we . are accepting donations from the local business community to offset general. costs. The response by the local . businesses has. been gratifyin ve most successful. and the fund | Much has been made of | the offer by Kitimat — ipeline to offset the cost of - Pi the conference. by up to $25,000. This is a very generous offer, but quite . onate in view of ations from other local esses. _ The conference on the ship will also permit the delegates from coastal and interior communities to clearl understand the : potential of the scenic high- : way along the northern coast and its im ‘ economy, as well as a view of any environmentaily tive areas along the proposed tanker route. The extra day 5: to Dixon Entrance and down Prin- cipe Channel was made possible by the contribution of Kitimat Pipeline. The peneral participation of the ocal business community, which has realized the icant long term im- cations of this convention an the Princess Patricia as an ideal opportunity to. romote imat as a usiness and industrial centre of the north has made : it all possible. In many ways, the 1977 NCMA conference will be the normal business con-, ference with enlightening seminars of vital concern to all of northern B.C., but we are convinced that this year’s conference will offer. much more towards developing an awareness in the north of Kitimat’s potential as a port and. inderstanding of northern ansportation problems. ‘The cost to the Kitimat taxpayer will be the same as for every other out-of-town conference our delegates ‘have will ‘travelling. expenses to Vancouver and return ray p i the Di f away paid by strict o| Kitimat. The benefits to the taxpayer could be far reaching and dramatic but we admit, still to be seen. We, your council, ask your support and understanding of. unique opportunity. The delegates of this con- ference will be in our town on May 13. We ask you to welcome them and join us in our promotion of Kitimat. plus Liberal accused of Tory VANCOUVER CP - The only member of the public excluded from the federal Progressive Conservative party’s public caucus meeting Tony Formby, special assistant to Justice Minister Ron Basford. Formby didn’t try to attract attention to himself and didn’t plan to create any disturbance,. but | the presence of the Liberal government minister's aide was.too much for some of the conservatives in attendance. . When Bob Brisco PC - Kootenay West caught sight _ here Saturday was- _ actions, ying of Formby sitting at back of the meeting room he rose to his feet on a point of order.: Accusing the. Liberal party of “riding on the cks of the Conservative’ party" in an attempt to steal Geas, Brisco demanded that the meeting be closed to everyone except Conservative party members and wished to present briefs. The motion was passed unanimously, Formby left, but the news media was permitted to remain. Formby said later he was... Puzzled at the party's etonour . for each night | ose who .