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Organization of Petroleum ‘tise to at least $19 a barrel final decision probably will price of $14.55 a barrel in- oil is now estimated to be unexplained drop in ail
Exporting Countries appears irom, the current official t a compromise bet- ‘cludes a provision allowing, about $17 a barrel. production, in the United
poised to peg the price ‘of oil price of $14.55, approved ween the many -polnta of the cartel’s membera to add . 0 - States. ;
at $19 U.S. a barrel — a 50- when the oil ministers metin view of the cartel’s 13 any surcharges they. think Because the U.S, relles The loss of that oil
per-cent increase from: just Geneva in March, members, - _ the market will bear. These heavily.on the lower. priced © tightened the world market
mix months ago ant: the. ; But analysts agree ihat the. surcharges have bosated the -Saudi oil, the effect a the and oil-producing countries
largest jump since the 1973. OPEC's meeting begins in price will likely be-between price ofsome of OPEC'abest increase on U.S. consumer found that vad ee
74. Arab oll embargo Geneva on Tuesday and is $18 and $20 a barrel — about ail to $2 & barrel, , prices willbe much greater, . desperate for oil would pa
quadrupled prices. - expected to run-two days 50 per cent above the $12.70 ’ . This year's sleep increase almost anything to get’ Pi
Even Saudi ‘Arabia, the amid strict security and OPEC was charging for a Because Saudi Arabia has in oll prices is the result of This allowed some OPEC
caftel’s largest: and ‘most Intense media attention barrel of olt at the beginning ' resisted. surcharges and is: the cutoff last winter of memberg » impose —in-
moderate’. member, ap: Noo one knows what price of the year, still charging the $14.55 base, Iranian oil supplies and, at. creasingly large surcharges
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NEW YORK (AP) — A
‘melee involying more than
2,000 truckers and motorists,

_ 150 police and 18 police dogs
on Sunday resulted from an
attempt by about 25 truck
drivers to block a Penn-
sylvania highway aa a
protest over fuel prices.

Police in Levittown, Pa.,
said the trouble’ began
Saturday afternoon after
about the truckers - became
abusive when police
dispersed them.

Police said the truckers
were joined by motorists
who were angry about the

* closing of 4 nearby gasoline .
station.

Before order was restored,
there were 47 arrests, mostly
for disorderly conduct, and
area hospitals reported
treating 82 persons,’ in-
cluding nine police officers.

. palma ee feces

and sent prices soaring a8
high as $40 a barrel on the
spot market, where the

small amount of oil not:

covered by long-lerm con:
tracts is traded.

OPEC members also have
tidved to boost prices to re-
cover from thé losses they
have suffered because of the
decline in value of the U.S,
dollar, the currency It does
business in, Many OPEC

“members complain that oll
price increases have not

up with the dollar's ‘
creases,

opis prospect ot Nae

a qovernnent sonnumites
look again at economic
inflation forecasts that had
assumed a maximum OPEC
price increase this year: ‘of
14.5 per cent,

Caledonia aredtates parade for pictures. es

FOR THE IWA SO a
Better wages said x not enough —

VANCOUVER - (GP)
British Columbia forest
companies boosted their
wage offer to coastal
woodworkers in weekend
negotiations but union
spokesmen sald they want to
see more signs that the com-
panies mean business, |.

“We sald that we're pretty
concerned about slowness of

‘pegotlations,” Jack Munro,

Spokesman for the In-
ternational Woadworkers of
America, ‘said following’
talks Saturday. .

Munro said he hoped the

‘game - back . with Some

“second,

industry would show. more
signs In talks Sunday that it
ia “really serious"? about
negotiations, “Of course, we
told them that today
(Saturday) and . . . they:

movement,”

Forest Industrial ;
Relations, negotiating for 120
forest companies, increased
its wage offer ta 70 cents
from 60 cents an hour in the
first year of a twoyear
contract and to seven per
cent from six per cent in the

for

The union originally asked
for & $1.50-an-hour raise ona
base rate of $4.16 in a one-
year contract, but both an
industry spokesman and
Munro indicated that the -

final agreement will cover

two years,

“We haven’ t officially
done it, but we've put out
indicators that if a two-year
contract Is attractive enough -

we'd be interested,” said
Munro, the union's western .
regional president.

Chris Crombie, spokesman
Forest Industrial

Relations, ‘said the contract’

* would definitely run two
years. ©

. Wildeat strikes by wood- .
_ workers who are disgallsfied
with the progress: ‘of -

negolations and about
working without a contract
has put pressure. on ‘both

sides. The last contract ex!

pired June 15.

ant 88-per-cent strike vote are
traditionally . used = -by
workers: .. to 8]

peed
‘negotiations, but Munro said -

the scattered incidents could

Copper Mt. parents move
to deal with the problems

by Brian Gregg

The Copper Mountain
Parent-Teacher - Liason
Committee has written to
the Regional District of
Kitimat-Stikine asking
that a referendum be held
to’ deal with the dog
problem in the com-
munity. —
cverman Holmberg, co.

irperson, says t
@og control is the number
one on a list of six ob-
jectives named by the
committee after an

ecutive was elected on

20.

The other five goals to
be worked on by the
Sommittee members
during the summer in-
clude having the general
appearance of the school

proved, particularly
te installation of new
bike racks. The com-
mittee wants better
public relations with the
community ‘and better
communications with the
older students at fetes
Mountain through fin
activities which interest
them. The committee

mittee were
Willms,
Norma Holmberg, co-
chairperson; '
Johnston, secretary, as
well as, Janet Hultikrans,
Shirley Culp, Heanette
Anderson,

plans to organize noon-
hour and: after school
activitiés to take some of
the load off the teachers,
as well
‘trips and a filing syatem
of community contacts
for field trips. Finding
ways
discipline, both at school
and in the home is also
one of the committee's
priorities. “

as organizing field

to improve

Elected to the com-
Edgar
chairperson;

Arleen

Deanna

answered questions from

parents regarding the

operation of, and the.

effectiveness of parent .
committees, says

Karlene Clark, appointed

the committee’ B news

officer.

The committée will be
studying complaints that
have recently been
presented, and any other
complaints that arise,
with a view of arriving at

solutions that’ will: be
workable and acceptable
to the majority of parents
and

Clark.

teachers,” says

“Tt is our sincere hope

_that we as a committee
will have the support and

education possible for our
children.”

“We urge you to get
involved, attend the
meetings ‘that are called
int he fall and offer us
your assistance and co-

operation,” says Clark.

‘The members of the

committee have thanked
Phillips. for his quick
response to’: parents
concerns and to Sturn for
his time and assistance in
helping it

become

tganized.
wrhWe would also like to

thank all the parents who
have shown their deep
concern and interest,’ "
says Clark.

‘escalate intoa general strike :

. ifa settlement is nat reached
Soon, . .
- The union, while .

negotiating for about 28,000
forest workers in the coastal
“reglon, is also negotiating

with the Interior Forest”

‘Labor Relations Association
‘on behalf of about 7,000

_ workers in the southerti Inte-.
* The strikes that followed” ri

or.
Contracts for the southern
Interlor workers, which
expire June 30, and for
torthern Interior workers,
which expire Aug. 30, usually
closely follow the seitlement
on the coast. .
Also watching the wood:
workers’ negotiations are
representatives “of the
province's 13,-000 pulp and
paper workers’ and the 15
companiea they work for.
Both groups now have- the
same base rate.
Crombie also represents
the Pulp and Paper In-
dustrial Relations Bureau
which is negotiating with
both the Canadian Pa-
perworkers' Union (CPU);
representing about 7,500
workers, and thie ‘Pulp,
Paper and Wosdworkers
Union (PPWC), which
represents the remainder,
He said company and
PPWC representatives met
Saturday and were offered:
the same increase as the
woodworkers were offered
by Forest Industrial
Relations. More meetings
will be held today,
Negotiations with the CPU
have broken off and no new
talka are scheduled. The

. union is to take a strike vote

this week.

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turns into riot :

Many of the 100,000 truck

_ owner-operators inthe U.S.
’ have

been withholding
services and blockading
truck stops and fuel depots
for more than two weeks.
They are protesting high
‘diesel fuel prices, short
supplies and differing state
lawa dealing with truck
weight and length limits,
The action ‘by the in:

dependent truckers, who

transport livestock and
| produce, has forced layofis

in meat-packing plants and
shortages of fruits and

. vegetables at distribution

Warehouses, ’
., The number of attacks on
trucks during ‘the ‘weekend

* was down from ‘daily levels

of last week. But police in
Tennessee said a tire on one
truck was flattened by a
Guebot a and a truck window

oe z ve

They tested fitness here Sunday. See page

| West Virginia, >

was smashed by a rockin’
incidents late Saturday aiid «
early S

In Pickaway County, Gite, ~
police said a gun wag fired
from an overpass and hitta
truck Saturday.

Rone
the drivers was

None

injure a
In Alabama, warralte
charging - first-degree
murder were obtained
against three men for the”
Killing of a Ingham,
Ala:, truck driver who’ bide

‘to death after” peing shot

Wednesday. ‘|
National Guardsmen da

nessee, Florida, Georg 1
Ni rolina, barren,

Kentucky, Minnesota

Phote by Brian G

Lukasser and Karlene
Clark as directors. Brian
Phillips, the school's
principal, two teachers
and a representative
from the school board are
algo on the committee.

Bill Sturn, principal of
Caledonia Sr. Secondary
School, attended the
meeting and outlined the

. structure and role of

similar committees that
exist in other schools, He

.your views,

input from ali parents of
children in the school, "
she anid.

“This “is your’ “com-
mittee and without your
continuing support ‘and
the ‘ef-
fectiveness of it will Bé:

greatly reduced,” said .
Clark, “It is the belief of

the .members of the
committee that. we all
have the same aim, that
is to ensure the best

and Paper Company in

Kitimat pulp workers vote’

that employees work all

in the pulp and paper

The Canadian Kitimat. statutory holidays except industry in other areas
Paperworkers Union, A press release issued Christmas and Labor suchas the Northwestern
Local 298, will hold a by union Friday af- Day, United States.
strike vote Wetinesday, ternoon blames the
ae negotiations have breakdown in The release also states The release also ac-
broken down betweenthe negotiations on thecompany’s wage offer cuses management of
union and Eyrocan Pulp management's demand is far below settlements stalling negotiations on

such issues as a cost of

living clause, cmt
language and pensiof
plans,
The strike vote will
held at River Lod
Recreation Centre at
pm. and 4:30 p.m., di

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