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MONTREAL (CP) — The same heat source
that gave the ancient Romans their thermal
baths can heat citles and drive electric tur-
bines, a United Nations conference on long-
term energy resources was told Monday,

Ground water {n certain parta of the world Ja
warmed by rock that transmits heat from vol-
canic sources deeper below, and man is still
learning how to use this geothermal energy,
scientists said.

-If the water is held underground at high
pressure and at temperatures above 180
degrees Celsius, it can ba channeled to the
‘surface to drive turbines and produce elec-

Italy, New Zealand, Mexico and Japan are all
using geothermal energy to produce electricity
and several other countries plan to do the

“If we tally up current or announced plans,
the total installed powercapacity by the
beginning of the 2ist century would amount to
several tens of thousands of megawatts, reach-
ing more than 100,000 megawatts by the middle
of the next century,” said Tsvl Meidav, a
former UN scientist and now a consultant in
Berkeley, Calif.

Canada's current capacity for electricity
production totals less than 50,000 megawatts,

‘These estimates would have to be expatded
further If the hot dry rock technalogy, currently
in an experimental phase, should prove to be
economically viable,’ Meiday said.

The hot dry rock technology involves in-
Jecting water or some other liquid into vol-

ground water so thal the energy potential of the

can be tapped.

But even volcanically-heated water warmed
to lower temperatures than required for
electricity production is useful for space
heating and domestic water heating.

Lower-temperature water can be applled to
space heating, therapeutic baths, swimming
pools, soil warming, fish raising and other uses,

Not every part of the world has geothermal
resources at its disposal, but volcanic areas
and regions such as the Canadian prairie that
are built on sedimentary basins offer the best
possibilities, Experiments are going on now

near Regina.

The two-week conference, organized by the
United Nations Institute for Training and Re-
search, has attracted 400 delegates from 99

countries,

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Khomeini wins

The Ayatollah is in for life now

TEHRAN (AP) — Iranians
voted 60 to 1 for Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini's
Islamic constitution, giving
the Shiite Moslem patriarch
supreme power for life, but
there was no word of how
many boycotted the ref-
erendum.

Khoimeini’s militiamen in-
creased the guard at the
occupied U.S. Embassy,
apparently in anticipation of
8 U.S, attempt to free the 50
U.S. citizens held hostage
there by students demanding
the return of the deposed
shah, Foreign Minister
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh said all
the hostages are still being
treated and fed well, and he
denied reports that they
were kept tied to chairs.

No home

_for Shah ="

WASHINGTON (AP) —
Carter adminiatration of-
ficials. are reporting no
progress in efforts to find a
haven for the deposed shah
of Iran and some are he-
ginning to talk of his stay in
the United States as “open-
ended.”

"Let's not speculate on
that," State Secretary Cyrus
Vance replied when asked
Monday whether the ad-
ministration is considering
offering permanent
reaidence to the ousted man-
arch, now recuperating at an
alr force hospital near San
Antonio, Tex.

But privately, officials ex-
pressed little optimism he
will be leaving the United
States anytime soon. And
they said that the decision on
when and where he goes will
be up the shah himself.

Final results of the
referendum were not ex-
pected until later in the
week, But initial returns
from the vote Sunday and
Monday pointed ta landslide
approval jy those who voted.

é charter requires a
theocratic government in
this predominantly Moslem
nation, and opponents claim
it will confirm Khomeinl as a
dictator.

Reports from Isfahan,
with a population of 671,625,
said the vote was 38,672 for
the constitution and 1,637
against. In the smaller
northern city of Bandar
Gavaneh a vote of 13,-300 tao
was ted, aud in Ardebil,
near the Soviet border, the
tally was 50,000 to 112, the
government said.

Leftist and centrist
political parties. had said
they would boycott the
referendum as did leaders of
the Kurdish, Arab, Baituchi
add Tirkoman. . ethnic
minorities. The politleal fac-
tions denounced the con-
stitution as a tool of dic-
tatorship while the
minorities, many of them
Sunni Moslems, opposed it
because Khomeini and his
Shiite Moslems rejected
their demands for
autonomous home rule.

Officials had predicted the
boycotts would have little
effect on the outcome of the
vote. At several polling
stations, reporters saw
Moslem priests sitting in
front of the ballot boxes in-
structing people to ‘Vote yes
only.” The clerics, and
anyone else who chose to
watch, could see whether

voters deposited the green
wes” ballot or the red ‘no’?
vote,

Meanwhile, the U.S.

“hostages began the 3ist day

of their confinement, and a
spokesman for the captors

lenied reports that eight of
the hostages had been
singled out for intensive
interrogation in preparation
for poasible espionage trials.

However, there was
speculation in Western

plomatic circles in Tehran
that the students were likely
te single out the top officials
among the hostages for more
intensive grilling,

“We are checking all the
ducuments and files we
found in the embassy end
questioning all the hostages
about their spying ac-
tivities,” the spokesman tcld
The Associated Press by
telephone.

Americans

‘supported

UNITED NATIONS (AP)
— Arab and African
members of the United
Nations, in an unusual show
of support for the United
States, are calling for the

Telease of the U.S. hostages

nen ly in the past th
requently in the past they
have been part of Third
World groups that opposed
the positions taken by the
United States. But the seven
African and’ two Arab
delegates who spoke in the
first three days of the
Security Council debate on
the U.S.-Iranian crisis all
censured Iran's violation of
the principle of diplomatic
immunity.

A resolution on the issue
was delayed Monday as the
Security Council held its
fourth meeting on the
Iranian crisis,

New minister admits
forestry is to blame

By CHARLES LA VERTU

VICTORIA (CP) — Rookie
Environment Minister Steve
Rogers said Monday forest
ministry logging regulations
are probably to blame for
mud slides which caused
extensive damage to salmon-
apawning beds in the Rennell
Sound area of the Queen
Charlotte Islands.

Rogers said the weather
may also have been partlally
responsible because several
slides occurred in areas
which were not being logged.

He said QC Timber Ltd. of
Vancouver, which has been
cutting timber In the area,
“may have caused the
damage, but they are not
necessarily the ones to

lame.
“Tt may be that ministry of

forests regulations have

been too Jax in this case.”
The new minister, ap-

pointed to the cabinet 10 days

ago, sald the area Is a mess, -

Rogers’s comments came
with his own environment
ministry and the - forests
ministry at odds on how
much damage has been
caused by mud slides, |

An offictal in the en-
vironment ministry said
Friday “many, many tons of
materials were deposited
into Riley Creek’ which
flows into the sound, causing
extensive damage.

Forests Minister Tom
Waterland sald Monday
some sediment went into the
creek but he believes the
official, environment
reglonal director Don Smuin

Rotary auction
cleans up here

Tt was literally a close
shave, but the Terrace
Rotary radio and televison
auction this past weekend
was @ Success.

In additlon to the 295 items
sold for a $14,000 gross
revenue, three local citizens
shaved off their beards in an
all out effort to raise money
for a proposed senior
citizens’ drop in centre in
Terrace.

The most expensive beard

was Mike Tindall’s of CFTK.
He put a razor tn his face for
the princely price of $500.
John Malden sold his beard
for $326 and Dale Green-
wood’s mustache netted an
additional $115.

Richard Olson, the
chairman of the auction
thanked the local merchants
for donating the 295 items
auctioned off from Friday
Noy. 30 through fo 1 a.m.
Sunday morning.

of Smithers,
gerating.

Rogers said he has not
seen the damaged area and
he doesn't think it would be
worthwhile to fly to the area
to decide whether damage
was substantial. :

“It's a couple of thousand
dollars down the tube just for
the definition of a word," he
said in an interview.

Smuin said, following an

was exag-

onsite inspection, that the °
probably '

mud slides
destroyed the salmon fishery

ere,

Waterland disagreed:
“While there was some
sedimentation, it hasn’t been
Gemonstrated that it will
permanently harm the
Spawning areas."

Waterland said his
ministry recognizes there
“are a lot of unstable slopes
in the area, and we have
been in the process, for the
past year, of reassessing our
slope stability classifications
working with fish and
wildlife and the federal fish-
erles departments."

He rejected suggestions
from the federal fisheries
department that logging be
halted on steep slopes and
said new rules will be im-
plemented to prevent de-
struction of salmon-
spawning streams _

A total of 13 slides oc-
curred during heavy rains
Nov, 20-22, two of which
extensively damaged Riley
Creek.

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OTTAWA (CP) — MPs
agreed Monday to set up a
special committee to in-
vestigate cost overruns in
federal projects as Treasury
Board President Sinclair
Stevens offered a preview of
“horror stories’ the group
will study.

Stevens told the Commons
of projects that cost tax-
payers additional hundreds
of millions of dollars and of
what he described as a
surprising lack of control
over these extra expenses,

The seven-member special
committee will look into
overruns on
future federal projects
valued at more than $1
million. It also will stud
how to keep costs in line with
government estimates.

Among the largest

overruns cited by Stevens
were a new grain-drying

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Transmission towers
situated along the Douglas Channel bring
power from the Kemano sité te Alcan’s
Kitimat smelter, Alcan sdys they need
additional transmission tewers for more

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| Anti-export
_ .to have say

(CP) —
organizations have asked to appear before the
f= National Energy Board when it

= into B.C, Hydro's application to expart elec- Be

Hydro is seeking a license from the federal e
3 ‘regulatory agency to export up to 10 billion *
; kilowatt hours of electricity annually to the -
s: =: U.S. Three billion hours would be guaranteed p

while the remaining seven.dillion would only be %
exported if surplus to Canadian needs, BS
* The proposed export is equal to 39 per cent of
fs  Hydro’s domestic sales in. the 1078-79 fiscal

bs The intervenors Include a range of en-
» vironmental and naturalist groups, two =
‘: political parties, a city and several companies, :
4 board spokesman said Monday.

He said Cominco and West Coast Tran-
smission have filed notice to appear because BS
they believe their energy interests may be Hes

Ry The B.C. Council of Forest Industries also
wants to appear to protect the interest of o
: several members who are heavy users of 2
electricity, The City of Port Moody is con- =
cerned about the operation of the Burrardther- =
mal plant, now used only to relieve shortages. a

The provincial New Democratic Party and
the B.C. section of the Communist Party of
Canada bath have filed briefs protesting the

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: FS Herald Staff Writer
iy i S With . snow on the
Z s] ground, an riving
NUN Re conditions more

hazardous, the RCMP in
this area are keeping a
closer watch on
motorists. Constable

Stu Schmidt, a traffic

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Terrace RCMP, told the
Herald that motorists
Should take care to ob-
serve the driving
regulations. ;

“You have to have
winter tires, though not
necessarily studded
ones,”’ he explained. Any
motorist involved in an
accident who doesn’t
have the correct tires will
gab... from. three—ta—.six
points. For especially
tricky driving conditions,

ay lat

‘such

as this “one

chains should be
available,
This week is Safe

Driving Week in Canada,
and Schmidt requests
people to drive with other
motorists in mind.

“We'd like to make a
basic reminder that you
shouldn’t make a last
minute decsion because
others can’t react as
quickly,’”’ he’ pointed out.
Schmidt said that when
forced to slow down;
motorists should pump
their breaks rapidly or
feather lightly, rather
than ‘floor’ the breaks,
thus losing control of the
vehicle.

Schmidt said driving
conditions on the whole
should be improved in the
northwest this year.

“I think the roads are
better though the sur-
faces are not necessarily
better,” he commented.

Even if driving con-
ditions are improved this
year, enforcement of
proper driving
procedures will be more
strictly enforced during
the winter months.

While noting the
regulations concerning
seatbelts are not strictly
enforced, he said failure
to follow the reguatlions
would affect insurance

Eighteen
opens hearings #

Tories to watch spending

facility at Prince Rupert, anda new postal facility in
B.C., expected to cost $3.8 Montreal whose price tag
million compared with an grew to $274 million from
earlier estimate of $700,000, $161 million five years ago,

BUDGET $6 M
Council

Terrace district council was officially sworn in
Monday evening at its annual inaugural meeting.

In a brief ceremony, the mayor and six aldermen
were sworn in by Darrall Collins, the provincial court
judge who presides in Terrace and Kilimat.

There is only one change in the makeup of council.
Molly Nattress was sworn in as alderman replacing
Alan Soutar. Helmut Giesbrecht and Jack Talstra won
re-election, while Mayor Dave Maroney was returned
by acclamation. Bob Cooper, Al Purschke, and David
Pease return to serve the second half of their two year

rm.

In other council business

Monday night, a

patrol officer for the.

SAFETY WEEK |
Caution on
road urged

premiums intheevent of motorists to ensure both

an accident.
Schmidt also reminded

their front and rear
windows are clear.

Accidents up

Motorists in Terrace and
Kitimat are having their
ususal problems adapting to
the driving conditions
caused by last week's
snowfall,

The problem has been
especially poor in Kitimat
according to Constable Phil
Easton of the traffic
department of the RCMP.

“The accident rate has
gone up quite a bit so far for
this period, it is about 100 per
cent higher than last year,”’
he confirmed today.

He said the first day of
‘snow saw three. major ac-
cidents. -ant=vals. others
resulting in minor damages.
There were no fatalities,

though an Alcan engineer ©

from Japan was taken to
Kitimat General Hospital
with serious injuries. Easton
said he understands the man
has since been released. The
traffic officer indicated the

motorists have been ad-
justing in recent days, but
was al a loss to explain the
rise in accidents during the
firat day of snow,

Lynn Kraeling, an RCMP
officer in Terrace, said today
that the number of motor
vehicle accidents has risen
In the last few days. =:

“it has picked up all
right,” he said, ‘There hav
been only a few major type
involving a lot of damage
and fortunately there
haven't been any fatalities or
serious injuries."

.  Kiraeling ,.sald- motorists
seem to take a white to adapt
to the new driving con-
ditions. ;

“Whenever you get the
first snow, the motorists
forget to slow down for about
two weeks,” he commented.

“For some reason it takes.

some time to set in.”

dollars apiece.

SUSPECT IN
DOG SLAYING

Terrace RCMP have a suspect in the
November slaying of two purebred Samoyeds
owned by two local residents.

An RCMP spokesman said Monday the suspect
would not be charged until certain avenues of
investigation were completed. He added that the
bodies of the two Samoyeds have been exhumed
and autopsies performed, '

The purebred Samoyeds were found shot
through the head in the brush near the Skeena
River on Tuesday, Nov, 22

When recovered by their owner Gordon
Hamilton of Terrace, it ended their mysterious
disappearance the previous Thursday, The two
dogs, apparently shat for no discernible reason,

d an estimated value of several hundred

Gas tax a concern

VICTORIA (CP) — British
Columbia ‘officials are
fearful that a federally-
Imposed export tax on
natural gas could cost the
provincial economy hun-
dreds of millions of dollars.

They sald Monday that
auch a tax, a possibility in
Finance Minister John
Croabie's first budget next
week, will discourage
natural gas sales to the U.S.
that are now worth $590
million a year to B.C,

Jim Rae, assistant deputy
provincial finance minister,

confirmed Monday the
federal government haa
approached B.C. about the
tax, saying it would raise $5
billion over the next four
years.

“Our problem is that while
we hope that (an export tax)
ig not the case we can't
dismiss it either. The
problem ig that B.C, is a
much leas important player
inall of this than Alberta is,’

Alberta returns most of the
gas export revenue it earns
to producers while B.C.
keeps most of the revenue

sworn in

preliminary budget of just over §6 million was for-,

mally adopted for 1080.

“This allows us to continue until the budget is
finalized around May 15,"' explained Maroney. ‘The
$6 million figure is slightly less than last year.”

Jack Talstra and Bob Cooper were both re-
appointed to serve as council's representatives on the
regional district board. Alternates will be appointed at

next Monday's council session. Also on the agenda’

will be the appointment of committee chairman. One
position which must be filled is the chair of the parks
and recreation committee, vacant with the departure
of Soutar.

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