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~ hotsprings themsélves, is 6 60 unit hotel. There .
will. also -be ..4 -large restaurant: and lounge
separate. from, the. ‘hotel quarters. ‘An indoor
hotsprings pool is provided, along v with a health
facility fneluding Sabah ca courts,

OTTAWA “ory, os
Unemployment: ose by.
56,000, «in -December,,.’.
boosting. the total to:

1,494,000 people or 12,8:per

- gent. of the labor ‘force,

The .. official” o unein
ployment rate:averaged 11
per-cent. ini. 1982, compared
with 7:6 per cent. in, ‘1881. It
rose “steadily ‘as “those
seeking ‘work kept. growing
- while jobs, kept shrinking a8

the receésion bit Sleeper: into .

‘total. are’ what. ‘Statistics
‘Canada * calls: ‘discouraged
workers who have given up.
~ lodking for 4 job, belleving -
none available. There were -

156,000. - of. them

December, 26,000 more than

‘in the previous month.
The .. latest . figures

prompted £ federal opposition -

parties to’ call for special

* “debates in Parliament: and -

some fast fresh actlon by
the government ‘to help

‘ create jobs and alleviate the

hardships:
_ ployment.”

of yen

: ive: ‘ Conservative
labor’ “eritic, said ‘the
. government ': ‘should ° in-

troduce: immediately ihe:

~ ecotiomie-renewal: program .
prorilséd ‘in the fall by
«Prin “Minister ° ‘Trudeau. |

.” Parliament © “could - be.”
» pecdilied “early- from’. the’
~~ Chtisimas : récess: to. deal:
with ‘the: so-far unspecified
program, he paid. And-he.

"called . fora. ‘speedier -

‘delivery: of jobs promised
“under the latest job-creation. -
program, .called: NEED. .
> Only 2,600. - of: 20,006
‘promised jobs. have been *
crested bo far; he said,

“Nélaon Riis,.. New .
“Democtatle Party finance
‘erltie, . sald: Parliament .
should ‘Sonslder ltselt on a

“By KEITH ALFORD ‘
a Herald Staff Writer | pet
TERRACE An exciting new: ‘proposal for. ;
the Lakelse: Hotaprings has been. developed. a
+2 Gregg: Lutz; the man‘ with the. plan. for ©
__. bevitalizing - Terrace's 4600 block of: Lakelse’
_Avenue,. hes. ‘come’ "up with-a bold:
. eae ‘to turn ‘the: ved ‘hotapti igs
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ORY rv te

the exiting structures

in.

Crombie,

“millic

“land of. war footing in which
“all three: ‘patties ‘would set
- aside ‘their political dif-
ferences ‘ahd spend two

“weeks: bia plan to combat ;
7 unemploynient. oe
_ Statistics - ‘Canada. said. a

: today.. he

ne could demonstrate to
le, of. this country

that we. “are. serious,” that
there are Solutions, that we

“can and are prepared to act.
“While. we're not going to

resolve - the: unemployment

situation, we can certainly

Jessen’ ‘the: ‘damage. that’s -

being created.”

The . “aétual ‘number of
unemployed,
peaple -in’ December, “was

51.4 per, cent higher then a.

year. earlltr:: The - unem-

ployment’ pate of 12.8 per .

cent, adjusted for seasonal

variations was up from 12,7

per cent in November.
When" the -
distinet {fot the rates, are
adjusted for. seasonal
factors, | unemployment

grew by.12,000 in December:
* to 1,593,009 and ermployment.

grew by 21,000 to 10,418, 000.

The growth 2 in: JBM, .
ployment, the firdE cin ‘is
"Months, wa mostly ih part-
tlme jobs int the retail sector
and the agency said. the

increase = ‘was
statistically: significant.
The 1l-per-cent average
-for 1982 was close to the 19.9-
“iper-cent forecast in October

“not

‘by. Finance. Minister Marc.

"Lalonde. ‘Hepredicted at the

‘time: the’ average: for 1983 |
will climb to. slightly: above

18 percent:

‘ Unemployment: also rote:
in- the: United: States In
“December, reaching ‘about -
‘12-million or 10-8 per cént of
“the-'work force compared
“with 10.7 per ‘cent the
‘previous’ month. - In’ both
‘cousitries, te numbers are
“the; hi t since the Great
Depress on, cs the}1930s:

4 figures: show the.
a ated _hum-

 waletfroiit bro

1,494, 600°

numbers,

ber of individuals’ working

Away frank this main: in: contflex will be a.
” facllity for 100 recreational yehicles or mobile-
+ homes. This portion will: be. complete with all
shookups, stiowers, and. laundry facilties: - _
_ “In addition; ‘Lutz of Architects ‘North, has:
: designed. a section: of: ithe: hotsprings, to. be.
“1. sibdivided : ‘and aerviced® for: “year-round.
conomijniim Jiving)/Th éonds swould be in
‘calls: fora ‘enleFded! ‘canal thay, wba
facing. ° .
“There would, ‘of. course,” “he “other . ‘site
. improvements. such as landscaping, new water ©
"and: sewage ‘systems ‘and raising the main, .
~ complex about four feel from the level of the
: current structure ‘to get above the water’ table.
' At this preliminary stage, the ministry of
lands, parks.-and ‘housing appears: to be :’
favorable to the idea. Hopefully, plans for the

was 10,416,000 in December, ©

up 21,000 from the previous .

_Tonth, mostly due‘to part-
time jobs in the Fetail
‘sector... ©

-_‘beall. ge

participate: «

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“increase from. the” 1981.
average of 883,000. The

‘average i082 .. unem-
ployment.rate.for men was

_ ALL -per'. cent. for’ men

- When” the number of :

unemployed i is adjusted for
seagonal «variations there

“WAS B monthly increase of
in” from ‘the last’ peak: of. em-
_ployment in August, 1931,

. the agency said...
; Workers. ‘in ‘manufac!

turing were hardest’ hit. by

16,000 ‘to
December,
The seasonally-adjusted

1,533,600

unemployment rate of 12.8 ©.

-per, cent’: in December

breaks. down. this way: -An:

increase of 0.9 to 24 per-cent
among males aged 15 to 24,

an increase of 0,3 to 10,1 for
females 25 years and older,
a decrease of: 0.3 to 17,3 per -
cerit for fetmales aged 15 to.
4 and a decrease of 0.2 to-
10,2 per: cent for, males 25
' years‘and older.> =
* The “deasSnally adjusted

_Unemployment..raté in-

. Creased by 0/5 to 14.6 per

‘cent in Nova Scotja, by 0.340

14.7 per cent, in: Quebec, by : dropped 3.9 per cent or

0.1 to’ 10.7 “per” cent: in

~ Manitoba, by 0.2 to 7.3. per »

cent in Saskaichewan, by

0.8. to- 106. per’ cent in...
" Alberta. and by 0.4 to 14.7 |

per --cént.. in -British .
Colunibia.
Therate dropped by. 07 to

18.1 per cent: in. Newfoun- |

dland, by 0.2to 15 per cent in

New Brunewick, by 0.3 to |
‘12.1 per cent in Onitario and.
‘was Unchanged at 13.2 pet .
cent in. Prince Edward a

Island,

The annual, figures show :
employment: averaged *
10,874,000 during 1982, down

compared with 10:8 per cent
for women, Ss

By the end of 1882, “the

‘number’ of jobs had declined
by. 578,000: or’ 5.2 per cent

1982. unemployment. ‘There
were 194,000: fewer jobs in

: manufacturing, a a a drop of 91
‘per cent., .

In- ‘other. sectors: ‘Con-
struction . dropped. 8.5: per
cent. or 55,000; ..- forestry,
fishing - and: ~minining

_ dropped 16.8. per: cent. or

$3,000:

transportation,

communications: and: other
utilities dropped 1.9 per cent
or 36,000; | agriculture

19 ome:

ment can reach a, more e fina ied!

February...

‘The idea ‘Of selling‘ shares ‘to Toeall: pedple
“should provide a broad financial base ‘and
- community: involvement plus diversifing the
“investor: base and allowing j more | people to

If successful, the. depelopment could provide
the centre for a renewal of an-tourist industry
for the: ‘Tertace-Kitimgat area and contribute to

the. sTeation’ af mai

Bl in-olf businesses, wa

- Employment - was: “up
slightly by 9,000.0r L5 per”
cent: in the’ finance,- in-

surance and ‘real estate
sector. There. was little’

change - ~in public ad-

“ministration ‘or: in the
* eomminily, business and

‘pergonal-services . ‘sector.

. Employment dropped by"

128 per cent or 184,000 for

young men, by 7.1 per cent.
or. 89,000 for young ‘women ~

‘and by 2. Sper cent or ! 118, 000
for. older men.

. Erfiployment m rose one per

cent. or 33,000 Tor. women '

older’ than’ 24 but ‘that wis
substantially lower than the

-‘avérage annual increase of

between four and 6.6 per.

cent recorded Bince 1978.

“ "The number of pari-time
“workers, -rose ‘by 45,000 or

three per cent to. 1,522,000 in

1982," Nearly a quarter of

them were working part-
time because they could not
Fig. full-time © Jobs, .

Residents mistaken

Herald Staff Writer -
TERRACE— Residents who haven't registered for ther

Northern ° BC. “Winter. Games, but think they ~ will’ ’

automatically * ‘get.a- host berth are sadly mistaken, -:
according” to. ‘Kitimat -Stikine Tegional . director . Terry.

Conway.

‘oS Not a chance,” Conway. said ‘Thursday upon leariirig of

" the hopes’ of some: ‘Terrace athletes hoping | to wet into, the
‘Games ih a lost berth,
; “Unfortuiiately, most host beiths have ®

in team sports and the’ only hope of getting:

“3.3 per stat feom. 10,983, 000, -

- fn 1981, -
That: is: ‘A. ‘sharp reversal’.
of the trend of the previous -

: decade i in which the number: ; ‘

_ of working péople increased. -
by an average of 3.1 per cent. . .

each. year. ‘
The average. level - of

unemployment: In 1962 was

1,305,000, a 45. S-per-cent

ay been filled *
the Games i is .

in the, tnow: events: or. the. individ ual,” loosely. organized ;
‘Bamiee suchas. backgammoii.

“Hin, eam Sports, there isn’t a chance,” Conway-said.

“Not a chante of a team geiling ix, There’s only a hope of 7

: gelling into things tike backgamioon or boxing, or the snow
events." .
“Conway ‘aaid these aparts haven't had many local entries
and there’s a chance they may need to be filled with locals
come February... : no
For more information, call Conway at 682-6174 oe 652.5214,

,000 to $500, 000 to complete.
ve engineering: ‘Gost<eslimates and legal fees to.
prepare’shiites to.be sold to local investors.
‘Both LutzZand ‘the. ministry want: private,
vel ment at the ‘hotspriings. The.

‘remaining period, -

~ Deep in the mountains of
' Colorado, eyes stare at a
‘blip on a sereen. Oneof 4,779
blips. .

In Nevada and Maryland,
-the U.S. - government's
Nuclear Emergency. Search
” Team: is on’ standby alert.

“The concern” iy Cosmos

an area. 320 idlometres wide
and 1,600. kilometres long if
it crashes later this month
as the Pentagon predicts.

"Hf they’ve run out of all
- controls, it’s got a mind of
its own," said Dr. Melvin

Herlin,..assistant to the.

director at. ‘Lincoln

Laboratories, .& Lexington; -

Mass., company that builds
components for military
communications satellites.
."We can't do anything;
it's up to the Russians and
we don't know what they’re
going to do,” said Staff Sat.
Ed Rasco, a.spokesman for
the North American © Air
Defénce Command.

‘Viadimir Kotelnikov of _—

the Soviet Academy. of
Sciences said in. Moscow on,
Thursday that “there is no
danger, we have no alarm
‘about the fate of. this
satellite.” —_

» But at“the U.S. State.
Department, where the
standby alert was an-
nounced | Thursday,
spokeaman John Hughes

said: “They say it may not’

come down. Our
‘formation |s different.”
‘Pentagon officials believe

Cosmos 1402 -i5 in trouble

‘ine.

because of the failure’ of.
‘ rocket boosters designed to...

- propel It. into an 800-
kKilometre-high orbit where.
it would stay. indefinitely;
Of the-4,779 objects. or-
biting the Earth, spy ships
are the most likely to crash
because thelr. proximity —
240. kilometres above the
Earth — makes them more
susceptible : to ‘gravity. In
contrast, comrunicatinns
satellites, such a& Canada’s’

‘recently. launched Anik.C-3, |

-orbit at: about 35,000
‘Kdlometres, where there: is
‘ntich leas pull.

The Soviet surveillarice’

“vehicles. ‘are. the - ‘most

‘dangerous because of ‘their.
_ enriched ‘ uranium. tuel,

“which tio other, . country :
COBMOB. - p84, ‘avother . ee — —_
‘gatellite; crashed over a fois,
‘desolate area“In northern |°
‘Canada ‘on: Jan, 24,. 19787 ..[- |
", Mile ‘most of it burned up.”

~ puciear-powered Soviet spy

re-entry, intense
radiation was found near
the ‘eastern shore of ‘Great
Stave: Lake, a ;
It: took Canadian Forces ;

personnel several months to. “|
clean up and dispose of the -

debris and .Ottawa later

an That question has been’ raised | in several.
-pecent: Terrace council : meetings, “and ;
mhuriday, brought | clarification: ge
‘ In-an interview with-the Herald, Gregg .
Late ‘of Architects North and: planner,”
organizer of: the‘ projéct: ‘explained | the.
_ merchants have received a provincial loan’
of . $460,000 for” 75° per cent . of’ the
-. improvements’ to: the street - including”
"lighting, landscaping, ete. This provincial
loan is for 12 years, It is principle and
‘interest free for the first two years and
then payment is required i in steps of. one-
quarter, - two-thirds,” and, ‘total over. the

With the total ‘street revamping cost
estimated at $600,000, that leaves $150,000
of 25 per cent still to be raised, Naturally, . ;
the merchants are looking: at loans of the .*
- lowest interest. rate possible: ° ‘The |
' cprovingial loan is. pegged at 2 per cent.
‘below. - ‘prime. ‘when the final agreements

Part of the 4800 block Bioject is to wition
the: ‘sidewalks: and create more of a |
pedestrian atmosphere. There will also be
“a continuous canopy along the south side of
‘the ‘street: to protect shopper’ B from rain
_ and: Brow...
J: - Although there is no policy or city bylaw.”
“covering it, past city practice has heen ta
ay: 50. per. cent. of the cost for new -
walks. In this case, total sidewalk. cost
iis" ‘estimated to be approximately $1 $100,000. -

Word watches Cosmos 1402

presented: the Soviet Union ©
with a $¢-million cleanup .

1402, 8: Soviet nuclear- -

ie claps at

: Th

; discussed,

: grants. -

council.

bill. Soviet officials. even-
tually reimbursed Canada
stightly less than $3 million,
although they -never of:
ficially admitted the
satellite was one of theirs.

_ByKEITHAL ALFORD . me

wie ‘Herald Staff Writer -
7 How. ‘much’. raunicipal: :

“The merchants would ‘lke “tie

for a’ three-way. split: on- -that: with ‘costs
red by the province, B; c. Hydro and the. uot
‘tity! The-total ‘cost of burying the wires...
_ Would ba $15,000 and ‘thus the ‘merchants oe
"are asking’ Terrace'to contribute $5, 000 for re:
that ‘portion of-the development.; ~ qa
of revamping storefronts are to mt
be bo “by the merchants, as well as any
cost’ overrun | above +610, 000 for the ‘Hema

- Meanwwhile,; as Cosmos _

sai "
Union director. for. satellite
Planning. :

The pull will get stronger -

_ with each orbit until the

satellite ‘is. only 65 to 80:
kilometres from -the sur-
face, the upper limits of the
Earih’s atmosphere, Heiser

said. og

- On: Thurday, | Cosmics:

" 1402's orbits took 15 seconds
longer than the day before,

NORAD said, -
"-Rasco: said NORAD will

140% geig closer to Earth, 7
the atmosphere ws Oxert |

"; eth

_oceans,,

’ from? hitting ‘a’ populated ;
‘region if t erashes. -

‘So ther. merchants ; are asking: Terrace a

council for a total. contribution of $55,000,

_ LEventually the city would. recover that

money in increased tax assessments: “even

if a merchant sold his business atter.the

" program is completed since the end -

7 product, would of course be permanent. -
- "An extra benefit to Terrace in these

difficult economic times is that both the |
design: and the intent of the merchants
organization calls for 100 per cent peal

~. labor“and materials.

An intriguing gidelight to the 4600 hock cers
project.is that the province would also"
offer an annual grant of $12,000. to’ the
merchants -for certain promotiozial °
activities like Riverboat Days taking place
within thearea. So far the government has

~ not seta’ cut off date for these promotion

- The matter i is scheduled to be discussed
at: Monday © night's" meeting of Terrace

be able to estimate 80
minutes before.’ impact
where the satellite will be
when its altitude is’ 10
kilometes. .

At that point, officials will
forecast. the likely impact
area,

NORAD _ has - "been

“noticed erratic. behavior

“by the object,” Raseo said —

in a telephone: intér'view.:
While the U.S. "State

+ Department said Thursday

there is a 70-per-cent chance

' Cosmos: i402 will land

somewhere in the Earth's
experts
acknowledged there’ is. no-
way to. keep the satellite:

"Riverboat Days:

- meeting planned_

’ Herald Staff Writer

‘TERRACE— Riverboat Days, that glorious. celebration

of Terrace's beginnings, may he coming back,
The last time Riverboat Days were held In Terrace it was. :
1990, The Centennial Lions Club acted as organizers of the

event for many years, but, for a- number: of reasons was

forced to drop it.

:¢

Gone also is “Logger’s 8 Days”, ‘another time set aside to

. honor the area's history.

>

’ However, currently Terrace Branch No.13 of the. Royal

“again.

’ Canadian Legion is attempting to pul. together a group al
_ the town's service clubs to bring Riverboat Days into being

In the past, Riverboat Days was always held on n Labor

Day. There i is 4 possibility that the date may be changed to

~ Canada Day. “If so, that would mean that. federal Toney —
_ would-bé available to allivate some of the cost. It would

also mean that Terrace would have gala celebrations to

- imark the beginning of Canada like Kitimat offered in 19B2,

" An organizational and brain storming session to which —

the Legion. |

“community and.service club representatives have been
invited is to be held at8 ap m. on Wednesday, January 19 al

For further inf ocmation telephone Dave Mallett at either

“Classifieds -

, _ 635-7134 (work) ‘or r 635-5637 (home).

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