Seep Cen CE tobe ee oe a Hy PLAQUIAHENT bULLDINGS, vmrem pine. meth a Prats es 240 Men Fighting KAT Fire Prince Rupert Forestry Division Media Liason officer, Terry Walker said he was beginning to feel confident, Monday night, that the KAT fire, approximately 10 miles south of Terrace, was controlled, Barring the unforseen, it should be merely a matter of time, while the fire continues to con- sume the available ‘fuel’ until the Forestry Service could start pulling firefighters off B.C,’s - largest existing forest fire - which is still in the 7,000 acres range. Kat, however, would undoubtedly still keep smouldering until the Fall rains wet it down and put it to sleep. “You might say the operation is reaching the mop-up stage for the Kat fire,’’ Walker told the through the portable scanner, Twenty-six men are still occupied fighting that fire. Up, along the B.C, - Yukon border, at. the 240 acre Sloko fire, (near Bob Quinn Lake) Monday the temperatures soared to the 97 deg. Fahrenheit level. Fire-fighters there said it was like a furnace, The nine men flown in to aid the 83 already there relieved the nine most exhausted ones who were flown to Atlin for a 24 hour rest and recuperation. According to Ranger Jim Dunlop, of Lower Post, if the men can hold the fire there without it spreading for another 24 hours, so high is the rate of fuel consumption, there is a good chance of reducin;; it to the mop-up stage. Meanwhile, 240: men were still employed on the Kat fire south of Ta MEA ee HERALD, Momdlay night. We will be sending a man up with a visually check its portable infra-red scanner to ot spots, and then we can go to work on them, one by one.” Walker said a man was on his way to fly over the Lava Beds fire, Monday night, to Jonk at it Toronto Economist Says: Federal Gov't VANCOUVER (CP) — 4 Toronta economist said Monday the single most important problem facing, the construction industry is the bankruptcy of the federal government, Dr, Verne Atrill told the annual convention of the Canadian. Construction Association that the government controls the. Tost creative segments the space, energy and en- vironmental clean-1m in- - dustri en, But because government Is bankrupt, it will not be able to continue maintalning the gace of building and echnological development that bas been achieved in recent , eR ' halt, mk or construction of all kinds will disappeer,”” Dr. Atrill “The orphaning of these industries and several others of lesser importance to you by ales governments is alre ppening world- wide. It is caused by the growlng realization by government itself that the industry of government is in deep, dark trouble.” Dr, Atrill said moet of the And Other Stories money-issuing governments in the Western world are bankrupt and thisis the main cause of inflation. He faid West Germany, Swizterland, the Netherlands and Japan are the only exceptions. DOESN'T KNOW LIMIT | “Government has failed to discover the absolute cir- cumstance beyond which it imust not carry its debt- of ‘structure ratio if it is to -remain in any sense a free, ‘policy-making entity. _ “Beyond that point—the ‘point of scientific bankruptcy—its total preoccupation becomes meeting its own increasing obligations, and its very existence, irrespective of its t pade grids toa’ ” olicies, ” becomes in-. pace a: aire bgreenet ofthedemandfor Dr. Atrill said govern- ments are being forced to cut back on many of their inititatives in ‘the develop- ment and research fields, He cited the waste-disposal industry aa an example. “As recently as 10 years ‘ago, when departments of ythe envcronment sprang up ‘wherever we looked, we seemed on the verge of major technical advances that would economize on dilutents, minimize energy Terrace. Although there are no men fighting the still smouldering fire near the north end of Lakelse Lake, it remains under close observation. . The campfire ban in provincial forests in- stituted Friday remains in effect, Walker con- cluded. consumption, and recycle a great deal of what we currently put out of sight. “These initiatives are largely gone in most parts of the world, and in fact one of the major impediments to community development :in Ontario, for example, is the shortage of f of the ministry of the environment which is the. agency that fundf sewage disposal plants. B.t. “The worsening of this pic- ture as government with- draws will be of great ‘damage to a major part of your industry," Dr, Atrill said that the solvent entities in the private sector must take over economic leadership until government can be made solvent again. A text of his remarks was released in advance of delivery. . Briefly Speaking VANCOUVER (CP) - A woman who streaked nude in downtown Vancouver proposed one-year contract, A unions n said members approved a six- Sunday setmore than hearts. percent: wage ‘itict base, “a” aflame in the process. She was arrested by police and was wailing for release in a station holding area when a nearby wooden bench caught fire. Police believe the fire ‘was started by a dropped match. Marie McLean, 35, has been charged with mischief. POLICE VOTE VANCOUVER (CP) ~ City petira union members votes! 84 percent Sunday in favor of several conditions of a. clothing allowance and 4 shift differential. The main issue in contract talks is an increase in the number of twoersan patral cers. WOMEN ESCAPE — BURNABY (CP) - Three fertale prisoners escaped Saturday from the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre Oakalla. ~ Police sald Janey Green, 24, Linda Roberts, 23, and Margaret Larocque, 23, escaped by sawing through ~ _ New Shorthand Technique Developed . CHICAGO (Reuter) — A technique for stretching shortened fingers to normal length bas been developed by a Washington hand surgeon. © The technique is ap- plicable to fingers shortened amputation aceldents and holds special promise for some congenital hand defects, says Dr. Norman Cowen, of Georgetown University, n Writing in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, he says the ue involves separa- ting joint surfaces in the shortened finger and % Spring and Summer are (raditionally busy tinies for stretching skin, nerves, blood vessels and ligaments. The stretching is done in slow stagea and bone grafts from the toes to the finger are used where necessary. The apparatus used to stretch the fingers was developed by an israeli physician three years ago and mortified by Dr, Cowen. DETROIT (AP) — Police say a father has been charged with persuading his 14-year-old daughter to turn to prostitution for pocket money, John Brammer of suburban Hamtramack, a bee 4 construction, but this year Terrace has seen the begin« nlugs of a number of building projects, The Safeway expansion and the Shoppers Drug Mari expansion (at far $175-a-week laborer also known as Ronald Miller, drove his daughter on July 4 to a red-light district and, stayed to collect from her customers, authorities said.. Brammer was charged with inducing and enticing a female tonbecome a prostitute, and accepting earnings of a ‘prostitute. Each charge carries a max- imum 20-year prison term. ~ UREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — A carpet store offering 4 $5,000 reward for the returnnof a Persian rug said to be worth $250,000. The carpet was stolen last + left) in the Terrace Shopping Ceniré are only two of the September from Medh! Dilmaghani and Co., but the theft was kept secret while pollee searched for it. Police said & former em- ployee at the showroom was indicted in June in con: nection with the theft. He was charged with grand larceny and possession of ptalen property andis free on The company’s reward posters describe the rug as handwoven, silk, and multi- is colored in hues of rust, blue and cream, It has designs of reclining male and female figures around a central many currently underway, This week we will be featuring in The Hefald more pictures of commercial buildings around Tetrace and next week, hopefully in Kitimat, ‘Ferrace RCMP Report AHazelton man was killed in a car aceldent about 20 miles east of Terrace om Highway 16 early Friday morning. Bruce William Edgar, 19, was pronounced d on arrival at Mills Memorial Hospital following the ac- cident. Three other persons were taken to hospital suffering from various injuries. ves a single vehicle accldent which occurred in the 2200 block Queensway at about 2 a.m. Friday. undetermined injuries, Jean MacDonald of Smitiers was taken to Mills hospital Friday night auf- fering from undetermined injuries after she was struck by a car in the 4500 block © Lakelse Avenue, Driver of the vehicle, who was not identified, was charged with failing to yield the right of. way to. a pedestrian, Charges are pending against a youth who spent the night lodged in cells after he was caught prowling around the parking lot of the Sandman Inn Friday night. Police received a report that tg they parkin were prow parking looking through parked cars and possibly trying to break into cars, One youth who matched a description given to police was picked up and spent the night in the lockup because he was intoxicated. Another intoxicated youth spent the night in cells after police received a call from the Skoglund Street area that these was a prowler on the 0088. : - Police - are still] in; - vestigating a report of a suspicious car parked in the North Eby area early Saturday morning. - Police went to the area and the driver of the vehicle drove off, but was ap- prehended and spent the night in the lockup because be was intoxicated, A fight at the Pizza Hut shortly passed midnight Friday broke up when police arrived and no charges wera Two persons were charged with impaired driving during the weekend and four per- sons had their licenses suspended for 24 hours. Rockerfeller La LJ Dies in Crash TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — John D. Rockefeller, the oldest brother of the richeat family in the United States, was killed Monday in an ‘automobile accident near the ‘family estate at Pocantico Hills, a spokesman for his son, the governor of Weat Virginia, said A police spokesman con- firmed that Rockefeller died in a three-car accident shortly before 6 p.m. EDT.’ | The spokesman also said others were involved in the accident, but he would not release any other = in- formation pending notification of relatives, The governor of West Virginia is John OD. eng IV. ranally Hi lorrow, a fa spokesman, said Rockefeller. 72, was a passenger in a car driven by his secretary Monaca Lesko. He said Rockefeller and the driver of the second car were killed in the head-on collision and Misa Lesko was injured. A third car also was in- volved in the accident, but Morrow said it was unknown how that car was Involved. The couditions of the injured were unavailable. The accident occurred about a kilometre north of the Rockefeller estate overlooking the Hudson River. Hiker Returns VANCUUVEK (CP) - A 20- year-old University of British Columbia student who was separated from two companions while fishing in Deek’s Creek, 22 kilometres north of here, spent a cold night covered with branches before walking to safety. Phato by Jo Ann Kronquist B.C. Forest Sevice -” Fights Fire With Science Next to the United States, no country In the world is making as extensive use of helleopters for fighting fires as Canada. The one above Is shown at work ten miles south of Terrace is using a “Monsoon bucket" to scoop water and retardant which it will place in front of a fire to impede its progress. Not only does the retardant remain on the ground in a jelly-like substance, it is also said to be beneficial as a fertilizer long after the fire has been extingulshed. A CBC cameraman with a shoulder-pack TV camera te seen recording the operation. ‘Water holes, such as the one in the photo, can be quickly made by placing a-rope-like coll of a newly developed explosive coll in a ball, on the ground, and detonating it. The resultant explosion leaves the desired depress which, in marshy soll, will quickly fill itaelf and can then be used as a fire extinguishing reservolr. Many other interesting fire-fighting techniques are being Introduced by the B.C, Foreat Service In ita Northern operations. 4 _ Major Oil Strike! LONDON (AP) — British Petroleum (BP) is believed to have made a major oil strike in the AUantic ocean west of the remote Shetland Islands that could rival the ataterun company's glant Forties Field in the North Sea, oilindustry sources said Monday. BP declined to confirm or Chrysler Boycott OTTAWA (CP) — The Au- tomobiie Protection Association (APA), a Montreal-based consumer protection group, said Monday it has called a nationwide boycott against products made by Chrysler Canada Ltd. Phil Edmonston, APA president, saidina telephone interview he welcomes the recent announcement by Consumer Affairs Minister Warren Allmand to act as mediator between Cmrysler and some dissatlsfied customers. Allmand is to try to settle a dispute between about 850 owners of Chrysler-made Volare and Aspen models. Owners of 1976-77 models have complained about chronic stalling, motor, transmission and - ferential failures as well as premature rusting and paint peeling. Eamonston saia tnat even though 1978 niodela seem .ta be Improved, the APA has decided not to recommend purchase of them until the 850 unhappy ownera of earlias models are ‘“‘rea- sonably compensated.’’ deny the report of the strike in an exploration block 66 kilometres west o: the Shetlands. A spokesman, said: “We gon’t cumiuent on speculation.” However,nthe company said its first exploratory well drilled earlier this year in the bleck had a flow rate of 2,920 barrels a day and that it is drilling a second well there subsidiary of Standard Oi of California which has a 4 per-cent stake in the block, said a “large amount” of oil is believed to be located in the block on the basis of results from the first well. British newspapers quoted unidentified oil indkstry sources as Saying the BP strike cokld be a new off- fhore field holding more than the estimated 240 million tons of oilin the Forties Field olf eastern England. now. A spokeaman for the Chevron Petroleum Co.. a Neod Extra Money? WE WANT NEWS The Terrace-Kitimat HERALD is looking for “gtringers’’ - persons who have a sense for news and can cover local events especially in the Kitimat area for publication in the Herald the next day. News can be telephoned in (collect) to 635-6357 or by contacting Pat Zelinski at 632-2747. Preferably, news copy should be written or typed, but the main point is to get it, in any condition, as soon after the news has oc as is possible, if it is “hot” or “hard” news. Reports of social functions unless of a political nature, can wait a day if necessary and are not considered quite as urgent. For those serving as an accepted “‘stringer’’ or reporter, all news copy received and used will be paid for at a specified rate per column inch. Black and white photos of news or interes items from Kitimat are equally wanted and be paid for at the rate of five dollars per picture One interesting aspect of news reporting is that age or sex of the reporter does not matter. The major concern is - is it news, and is it ac- curate. Further information and details, if required, can be obtained from calling at the Herald office in Kitimat or 9212 Kalum Street, after four p.m, weekdays. Or by phoning the HERALD 635-6357 anytime during business hours. (rss ‘ VICTORIA, 2.C., #61 ; Vav-1%4 (RUPERT STEEL & SALVAGE LTD. ) ( TERRACE-KITIMAT , WEATHER COPPER we ber. BRASS . a, be _ Sunny with ALL METALS - sar & BATTERIES cloudy periods. OPEN TIL 6 p.m. Temperatures Location Seal Cove Phone 624-5639) . | VOLUME 72 No, 123 TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1978 FA reaching the mid-20's _