_Confederation illust - OTTAWA (CP) — The 110- ear-old Canadian Con- _Tederation illustrates “‘that “man’s finer instincts can prevail,” Queen Elizabeth said Sunday. ; “In a world divided by ‘differences of color, race, language, religion and ideology, the Canadian ence stands out as a Message, of hope the 8 as Blevised across the coun- y: : ‘My prayer is that you will Sontings to offer this _ Message to-mankind.” | for unity was Her. ap Geli during a state difner at Government -House.' The speech was drafted by government offi- cials here. It emphasized the benefits of C Gileration ata time when 'g ie F government is working to ’. Death, injury in train accidents Herald Staff One man is dead and another seriously injured _after being hit by traing in separate accidents in the #3. Canadian National freight oe yards here over the several days. No ‘inquest has yet been called into the death of 67- ‘year-old Joseph Telford, of ‘errace, who Was run over by a train as he crossed the yard on the way home at about 8 pm. Thursday. About 42 hours later and two. blocks away from the first accident, Harry Goarae 44, of Prince e. was .siruck. by a train and” his Teg” Was in Mills Memorial H Coroner Jim Lynch 89 be will not make & decision on ¢ an inquest until the RCMP investigation of Telford’s death is complete and the pathologist’s report is available. RCMP say Telford is believed to have been struck by a caboose as a train backed up along the tracks. He was Killed instantly, but his body was not found until Friday morning when it was discovered by a CN em- OO CMP say no foul poyis suspected in the death. ; e fulowing ing ‘an to done an aul Saturday should be avaliable by the end of this week. The freight, yards, com- monly cros: e Wi - from the diste ict centre to the south end of town, can only be crossed at the Sande Street overpass or at a level crossing at Kenney Avenue, both points several blocks away from the busiest sections of the: district, RCMP say they don't normally make official recommendations after sudden deaths in non-traffic related accidents unless an inquiry follows. Recom- mendations can, however . be made to district council . by the poe ate cilnens ‘groups or by private citizens on ow to avoid. such ac- cidents in the future. Dominoes, whose leg was amputated after he was rushed to hospital, is believed to have been crossing between two connected freight cars near the Co-op when the line of cars suddeniy moved causing him to lose balarice and fall between cars under the wheels. A friend accompanying him, Christopher’ Porter, 23, of Terrace, got help. A’ funeral service for Telford will be held at the Salvation Army chapel at 2 p.m. Tuesday. He is survived by his wife, Havel, another son, Ronnie, 32, of Terrace, four brothers, Ralph, of Chilliwack, Freeman, of _ Vancouver Island, Dale of Cluny, Alta., near Leth- bridge and Merle, of nel. He had six grand- severed below the knee. He & ie in ot reactor condition the province out of da mada. HOPE FOR ALL “> men-and women represents, above all, o . portunit ” she said, Nearly our million immigrants in the last 25 years had in- dicated that by coming to live in Canada. As Head of the Com-- monwealth, the Queen kept in close touch with 36 nations “comprising one- quarter of the earth’s population.” er travels had un- derlined for her “Canada’s basic strengths and the creative genius” of the country, - People everywhere sought eace, security and eedom. ‘Canada has come to stand for all three. You live in peace, you enjoy a standard of livin, g higher than 82 per cent of the world’s population, and you Fe pees ta eee live in a democracy, with real civil liberties and human rights.” One of Canada’s greatest assets was that it had two basic traditions, French and British, rather than one. At Confederation in 1667, Canada was a rural society of 3.5 million inhabitants. Now, with a population of 23 million, it was a major in- dustrial power, “ranking among the top 10 in the world,” But from the standpoint of history, the country's achievement was that it had prospered in peace as a diverse society. MET CHALLENGES Nowhere has this been more evident than in your Parliament here in Ottawa, where you have together developed policies to meet all the major challenges of your history: To open up and settle the West; to forge a national identity; to build a national economy; to fight the Depression; and to develop national standards But will it last é | | a rates finer human instincts of social security for your citizens. You have done all this, while at the same time expanding individual and collective liberties. - But Parliament is and re- flects not only a coming to- gether of citizens to pursue common goals and to find solutions to common problems; it is also a face- to-face encounter of all the differences in society— political, regional, tional, human. sec PROVINCIAL LIBRARY PARLIAMENT BLDGS YECTORIA BC In villages, towns and cities, in homes, schools, factories and offices, everywhere, every day, a similar face-to-face en counter of differences— large or small— is likely to take place. In Parliament, and in the society it mirrors, dif: ferences among human beings are never resolved once and for all. Their resolution is a daily challenge, and how we resolve them is an in- dication of the values by the™herald A maritime cold ront | moving around a low pressure centre in the Gulf ‘of Alaska will pass through by early this morning resulting in slightly im- moue! iy proved weather conditions. Serving Terrace, Kitimat, the Hazelfans, Stewart and the Nass rain (aday” withthe hon of . a { VOLUME 71 NO. 115 Price: 20 cents MONDAY, OCTOBER. 17, 1977 } 23 degrees, , Sg iat Niaerist3 their open house demonstrations, First, the dry chemical truck went tothe from reigniting. Story, page 2. site of the burning fuselage to put out any flames in the passenger escape One-year delay | eat cegeate ea git Saturday Terrace airport firemen quetled a simulated jet fire as part of area. Then the foam truck covered the area with foam to prevent the fire Hydro to wait on Hat Creek decision vancouver, cp-British Friday its postponing until ay it is 0 wn the end of 1078 decision on whether or not to seek the go-ahead for a coal-fired enerati lant at Hat Greek, Ang decision was o lly to be made at the beh eg this year. The one-day delay means that the earliest in-service date for the first of four500- megawatt generating units would be 1985, instead of the original target date of 1984. The Hat Creek project could be delayed two years, not one, Hydro chairman Rebert Bomer said in an interview. “Becasue we expect to change our estimate of an eight-per-cent growth rate for electric power needs in the province to between six and seven per cent, we actually have two years of elbow room on Hat Creek,” he said. - Bomb opponents disrupt church WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters against the neutron bomb disrupted services Sunday attended by President Carter. Some were gagged, wrestled down in the pews and thrown out of the church by .ushers. Carter said later the demon- strators were “fine young: people. oP agree with their ob- jective in eliminating nuclear weapons,'’ the resident told reporters, ‘'I fhink they were mistaken in trying to disrupt the church services. “But the Secret Service didn’t feel I was in danger, and neither did I.” Five of the demon- strators, who interrupted the services with a statement opposing de- oyment of t neutron b, were arrested and taken to a police station, three of them in handcuffs. They were booked for “disturbing a religious congregation,” e neutron bomb is a highradiation, low impact weapon, designed prin- cipally as a missile warhead. It is highly effec- tive in killing human beings but leaves buildings intact. Carter aldes say he will decide before the end of the year whether to produce and deploy it. rter| his wife Rosalynn, nine-year-old daughter Amy and a group of friends from Georgia entered the First Baptist Church, where the president and his family usually worship, at about 10 am. The president and his wife attended adult Bible class, Continued, page 8 Bonner said Hydro has always maintained that the Hat Creek plant is a proposal only and that it night never become reality. Hat Creek is near .Ash- croft, 194 kilometres nor- theast of Vancouver, where 400 million tons of coal suitablefor burning te produce electric wer could be economical] mined over a 35-year period. The proposal is to build a four-generator-unit. power plant on the coal site. So far, Hydro has spent nearly $20 million on developing the proposal and is currently doing burn tests on the coal. The complete project , if it becomes a reality would cost an estimated $1.5 billion. Bonner said all the potential water power sources for generating electricity in the province will have to been taiped in about 50 years. ternoon. two weeks, write a book and retire on the proceeds from its sale. \ He is married and has four children in Belgium. ( Lone navigator \ crosses passage VANCOUVER (CP) — The first man to navigate the Northwest Passage alone has arrived off Vancouver - Island and is expected to arrive here Tuesday. Willy De Roos, a 54-year-old Belgian, arrived off Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island Sunday and was met by a coast guard cutter carrying reporters and two Vancouver yachtsmen. The yachtsmen have De Roos aboard his 42-foot steel-hulled ketch Williwaw and will accompany him here, He left Falmouth, England, May 23 and completed sailing through the Northwest Passage single-handed Sept. 12, He is expected to sail past Victoria Tuesday, arriving off Vancouver’s Point Grey Tuesday af- A flotilla of yachts will be waiting to welcome him. Civic officials will also’ welcome be a dinner in his honor by the Dutch consulate. A local hotel has offered him a complimentary room for Roos and there After that, he plans to sail south in an attempt to become the first man to circumnavigate the Americas alone. He plans to winter in the Antarctic. He hopes to y, There are nine river systems that could either be further developed as energy sources or used for creatin new plants, with a tota potential production ol 150,000 megawatts of electricity. B.C. Hydor’s current generating capacity is 6,75 Magawatts. One megawatt, or one million watts, will light up 10,900 light bulbs of 100 watts each. The biggest hydroelectric potential, 42,000 megawatts- 28 per cent of the total-could be proveded by the Fraser River. “But we would steer away from using the Fraser for power generation,on ac- count of the salmon,” Bonner said. “Fish technology, or how to prevent damage to the salmon spawing grounds, has not been developed to an advanced enough stage for a hydro-electric plant to be constructed on the Fraser.” “I think we'll be looking at meclear power in about 10 years time," Bonner said. ‘We have to consider the transmission difficlculties in developing water power resources in the far nirth of the province and, if we don’t o to the Fraser, we must ook at nuclear.” “The Candu reactor has proven itself over the past 20 years in Ontario. It’s an efficient reactor, but since it takes between five and seven years to construct a nuclear power plant, depending on its size, we have to look at our power which we live, Their resolution is a daily test of our understanding, our openness of mind and heart, and our ability to recognize our common humanity. This is true not only in Canada, but in the world community generally. One fine example of Canada’s coneern for building international un- derstanding is the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, one of three United World Colleges. The Government of Canada was most helpful in setting it “P B and Canada raised million for the project. The college brings together stu- dents from all parts of the world, and its aim is to foster among them a sense of international community. 1 am pleased that Prince Charles is associated with this project, as President of the International Council of United World Colleges, having succeeded Lord Mountbatten. We live in an age when more and more fields of human endeavor are subject to international concern. Pearson College is testimony to the belief that as we come to know one another, we rise above our differences. For 110 years, the Canadian experience has been to illustrate that man’s finer instincts can prevail— just as your .athers of Confederation proclaimed when they founded this nation upon that very premise, From the viewpoint of his- tory, this is the great Canadian achievement: Not just that you have pro ed and prospered, t that you have done so as a diverse society, and in peace. My prayer is that you will continue to offer this message to mankind. Case adjourns Sabotage alleged in PCB spill by Donna Vallieres Herald Staff Writer A portion of the Cancel power transormer which exploded last January, allegedly spilling apollutant into Porpose Harbour was removed from the tran- sformer at some time before last July, according to a defense witness who testified at-the Cancel trial in Terrace provincial court Friday. The. trial.was. adjourn ed till January’ when the defence will call five more witnesses. Dr. Burce Levelton, an expert in corrosion, was called to the stand b defence counsel for Canc Robert Gardner after Judge ° : Selwyn Romilly ruled against an earlier request to dismiss the 16 charges because of lack of evidence. Upon cross examination on the state of the tran- sformer,: Crown counsel Werner Heinrich questioned Levelton about a half-inch hole in a fin of the tran- sformer, alluded to in earlier trial proceedings in une. Levelton stated he had examined the transformer when it was moved to a warehouse in Vancouver, but an 18-inch portion of the transformer had been removed. “T assume that someone had a reason for cutting it out,” he stated, but could not guess why. According to earlier testimony in June, a leak had developed in the transformer fin and had been plugged, but Levelton stated t would try to drive a plug into the fins, only about 49 millimeters thick, would be “derelict in his duties.” “T think it would continue to leak, if a big were driven into a half-inch hole, Levelton said. An earlier witness called by the Crown has stated leaks in the fins could cause loss of the liquid used in the transformer. The liquid which contains polychorinated bipheny] (PCB), which could cause the transformer to explode. Levelton stated that a half-inch hole could have been caused deliberately or accidentall questioned by defense counsel Gardner who brought up his sabatoge theory for the second time in the trial. it is difficult to establish sabotage or deliberate damage, though, Levelton 6a id, . When he examined the transformer in July, Levelton stated he did note some corrosion on the metal, but added. that the transformer had been ex- ed to the elements since e January explosion and . needs well in advance:*##" corrosion and rust was at anyone who when he was - “somewhat more serious than it had been in January.”' The body of the tran- sformer was not in any hazard from corrosion, he stated, because it had been given extra coats of protective paint by estinghouse, the manufacturer, before it had been installed at the Cancel plant. However, the fins, which are only about one millimeter thick, had bare areas one to two inches wide, Levelton said. ‘ “Sufficient corrosion has eccurred to warrent monitoring,”’ the witness said. There was earlier evidence from two super- visions at the plant that they recognized rust on the fins and appeared to he monitoring the transformer regularly, Levelton stated. He also testified that one weep, or pinhole Jeak, had been patched by epoxy which could contain the liquid for a period of time if the transformer was carefully monitored. Also testifying at Friday's ‘trial was Dr. Paul Thomas, a chemist, who was called 48 an expert witness by the. fefense in an effort to prove sampling techniques used by the Environmental Protection Service were inadequate. The EPs had collected a number of samples from the sediment of Porpose Harbour which showed upon analysis to contain levela of PCB. Thomas, an employee of E,a ana C stated the particular tupe of sampler used by the Crown witnesses is unsuitable in log ponds, such as the one at Porpose Harbour because it disturbed the sediment and did not show which samples came from which levels. He also stated that if the sampler is not cleaned properly before being used, it could bring PCB into the area, which would then show up in analysis. PCB can also be found in unsterilized bottles, packing material, and plastics, Thomas said, all of which were used to gather the orginal samples. ardner again brought up the fact that the laboratory which had analysed by original samples had then destroyed the samples, asking Thomas whether this was common practice. “It is unthinkable to destroy any dam- ples...without the per- mission of the owners of the samples,” Thomas replied. Concerning where in the harbour P was found, ;#Thomas stated that no one “knows how PCB behaves in terms’ of pooling or ac- cumulating. “The whole thing is one gross uncertainty,'’ he sald.