| Diamond drills and. synthetic lubber, Automobiles and to- acco. Nickel and lacrosse icks. Shoes and newsprint. mer What does this wide: cross-: Erection of Canadian ‘industry Have incommon? ai The word is layoffs. The re- - ult is reflected in Canada’s un- — : 455,000 at. mid-August, ployment. figures, -.. A Cross-Canada Survey by mnifs—some permanent, some miemporary—hitting a wide aspectrum of industries, ° _ No industry appears immune mpecause of size alone, Some lay- ners only a dozen or so. The rea- : isons given are just as diverse, . Foreign competition, - pcreasing. labor costs, the US. mimport surcharge. | Latest figures shaw Canada's aeiunemployment at a seasonally- maladjusted rate—the one that- @itakes into consideration such mihe Canadian Press shows lay- foffs involve 2,000 workers. Oth- « ° in- | What all inc justr “things as winter . stumps and - summer student activity—at 6.5 ~ * per cent-of-the labor force, up _ from _ 6.3 per cent'a month, ear- lier, A-major reason was’ that more young people than usual remained in the labor’ market. * 455,000 JOBLESS... : Total unemployed stood at down, from 514,000a month earlier but. up from. 448,000 in August of 1970, Major ' layoffs made since . mid-year, or announced for the -neat future, will-mean loss. of jobs for about 2,000 employees’ of General Motors of Canada Ltd, at. Ontario and Quebec plants; 650 employees of. Dom- tar Ltd. at Trois-Rivieres, Que. ; and: about 1,200’ at the Toronto Telegram. which is ceasing: pub- - lication.” "General Motorssaid it will cut 1,350. workers from Ontario plants at Oshawa, Windsor, St. and a further 570 jobs. at Ste, Therese, Que., starting Nov: 1 It blamed com petition from for- eign: imperts, ‘particularly Japanese’ cars... -. ~ Domtar Ltd. . plans - to. stop " producing newsprint at “Trois. Rivieres in early 1972, affecting about'€50 ‘of 1,040 employees. The compan said it lost almost $3 million ‘during the last 19 mienths because of the. floating , Canadian dollar, reduced. mar- ‘ket demand for newsprint and increased costs, The Telegram: said it is cens- ‘ing publication because it has been ‘losing money for some time. No date has-been’ an- nounced for the final publica. tion. ; SAME ACROSS ‘COUNTRY: Aside from these larger lay- “offs, scores of smaller «firms ‘have made similar decisions. Across: the country; these lay- offs and. reductions. are sam- i ples: Bowaters Newfoundland L Ltd. has announced its plans to shut. down major paper-making equipment at Corner Brook Nov. 1 for an indefinite period because of continuing market . problems. ‘The, ‘shutdown would result in the layoff of at least 350 of the mill's 1,000 employees and leaves in doubt the Jobs of. between 600 ‘and 900 loggers. - Ia New Brunswick, ‘depressed world pulp and paper markets: "have hit the forest industry. . The year-old St. Anne-Nacka- wic Pulp and Paper Co, mill.at Natkawic. shut down its kraft - mill Sept. 6-22, leaving 350 men temporarily without Jobs and.30. employees disappeared when the company closed another- Operation | ‘June 16. MacMillan-Rothesay Lid. at Saint John and Fraser Compa- nies Ltd. at Atholville had shut- permanently. without work, Forty-three jobs | i downs for: varying periods, af- fecting 150 to 400 workers, Brunswick Mining and-Smelt- Ing Corp. closed a mill Sept. 5- Oct. 18 for a conversion’ pro- gram, affecting 85 men. CLOSED BY HURRICANE Scott Maritimes Ltd. has an- ~ Hounced it will not reopen a groundwoed pulp mill at Sheet | Harbor, N.S., damaged in an— August ‘hurricane. “The mill em- ‘ploys 110 and another 200. in. . woods jobs. Acadia Fisheries Ltd. closed “operations: at Canso,. N.S., in July, blaming financial troubles - and a long strike last year by trawler fishermen. It employed . - The Cardinal Protein Ltd. plant at Canso also closed, leav- ing 60 to 100 out of work. Its closing was linked directly to Acadia's collapse, Canadian Ingersoll-Rand of Sherbrooke, -Que., announced closing of its foundry with 60 to “Premier's Office, Victoria, B. C. as in common-ayo 70 layatts by the end of the year, ar. Union sources said up to would be affected. - Alean Aluminium Ltd, ane ‘nounced it ia reducing primarily -alluminum production at its Ca- Dadian smelters by about 60,000 ‘tons a year. The cut will be at Quebec plants—not yet an- nounced—and will mean loss of. 300 jobs. In Orillia, Ont.; 112 of an orig- " trial work force of 300 have been laid off by Boyles Industries Ltd., manufacturers of diamond drills and mining equipment. - The Univac division of Sperry Rand Canada Ltd. laid off about 60 employees, saying an antici- .pated increase in business didn't materialize, POLICE WAR VICTIMS ’ Power. Supermarkets Ltd. and Busy Bee Discount Foods Ltd. cut staff by 40. The com- pany blamed a food price war and increasing labor costs, All have been lost ‘at these ‘two firms since the start of the year. Polymer Corp. at’ Sarnia, -. ‘Ont. is laying - off about: 60. workers because of increasing. | competition, mainly from ‘Japan, in marketing of syt- . thetic rubber. ~~ “Imasco Ltd. plans to close its * tobacco plant at Delhi, Ont., in February ot March. About 200 jobs will be lost, but most are of a seasonal nature: International Nickel of: Can- * ada Ltd. released about 50 from - its central engineering depart- ment in ‘Toronto because of slack niekel’ demand. Some were professiénals earning up to $25,000 a year. ‘Heywood- Wakefield Co. of Canada Ltd, plans to close its operation at Orillia before the end of year; leaving $0 without jobs, It makes bus and car seats and other related products. Dominion Road Machinery Co. Ltd. at Goderich, Ont., laid ‘of 20 | workers ‘and tilamed the ¥.S. import . surcharge. - It produces heavy equipment. Savage Shoes Ltd. said it is ’ closing its plant at Galt, Ont., to consolidate its operation: with one‘at Preston, Some workers ’ will be given other work, but 125 will be without jobs. - Cornwall, with one of the highest. unemployment rates in Ontario, has been hit by anum- . fj ber Of cuts, including 22 produc- tion workers laid off by TCF of : Canada Ltd,, a temporary cut of 100 at Courtaulds of Canada Lid,, and the indefinite layoff of 135 by Domtar Fine Papers Ltd. Chisholm Lacrosse Manufac- turing Co. announced a tempo- rary shutdown of its Cornwall plant, which employs 110. The owner said not all would be re- hired when the plant reopens, ' Rayonier Canada (B.C.) Ltd. had several shutdowns of its pulp mill, The number of work- ers affected was not divulged. ie Catharines .and Scarborough “wR LINE-UP. on display now at 635-2801 BOB PARKER FORD} ‘told, about 200 full-time jobs drugs. Itd.. YOUR “northern” PRESCRIPTION SERVICE = - r 435-4666 10 Gents j 4614 Lazelle 65TH YEAR NORA No oe ’ TERRACE, B.C. ERD YT, OCPOBER 1, 1971 a Lec ets 635-6357 = OVER BENNETT DAM ‘Shown above are three ‘specimens af the population explosion. Owner George Markakis - tells the Herald he started four months ago with _ two, At his home on Greig Ave., where he ‘stands at 18. lives with his wife and one child, the count now (Knight Photo) 8 for north =. VANCOUVER ‘ British Columbia .and federal m governments are seeking ways ; f of jointly financing a railway into the Yukon,.N, J. Mac- 7. Millan, chairman and president FoF CNR, said Wednesday. ‘ ! board meeting of CNR. direc: ' tora, said it was desirable to io extend the Pacific. Great to Dease Lake, B.C.,'to Watson Lake. ¥.T. “VANCOUVER (CP): — Mr, - Justice Victor Dryer ‘of British: i, Columbia Supreme Court: reserved. decision’ Wednesday. . ignore the government’s' ban on’. - jaandamus which would require ‘charge ~ against Attornay General Leslie. Peterson, m. publisher, ‘swore ‘out’ 'an™-in- H formation: Sept. 15, in Victoria’ alleging that. the « ‘attornay- general. had .. breached. th ‘rovines's Human: ee ct (CP)—The , ai line from northwestern B.C. “Mr, MacMillan, here for a- ‘Eastern railway’s‘planned line _ an an application fora: writ of . : 7 a Victoria justice of the peace to . ‘ proceed with a discrimination ... - pinestins m must obey the new Dick MacLean; a Vineouver ~ j Joint financing | rails The B.C, government-owned . PGE i is building 9°420-mile rail- ~ way north from: Fort St. James to Dease Lake, with completion set for 1974. Mr, MacMillan. said talks on the possible exchange of rui-" ning rights were in progress ; between Joe Broadbent; vice-' president and general: manager ©: of the PGE, and A. L, Peel, «. chief of the federal transport : department's railway and high. . 4 way branch. ‘ I Supreme. court reserves ff decision: on: Peterson - ait J I. «Mr, MacLean’ “alleged ‘Peterson discriminated against _ B.C. publications by saying out-' of-province publications | could” liquor_and.tobateo advertising - - until ‘a teat case had’ been decided, | but. that. B.C. ‘Prosecutor Wa. ‘Andtexgon of. Victoria: told Mr, Justice Dryer” * Victoria’ Justice’ “of the»: th Pelct EC, Mills ‘iad: fade d further’ wi _Inselberg offers help» construction. ‘of. a new “community centre was received ‘and ‘filed by Terrace council, : ‘Thursday night, This time assistance was ‘offered .in.the architectual end . Of things. when local architect “Alex: Inselberg addressed the - ouncil if his’ -letter - dated , September a ‘Mayor’: Jolliffe said response . that-.a ‘-meeting between. ‘council members and all persons writing to. the _ District will soon be slated. More: B. “and: E o) 0) Another in the: many, ‘break-in... Sand entries occurred overnight: Tuesday . when reportedly. broke into the Co-op “service station on: Greig. - climbed Ing. 4 Co-op. But the delta, Mr, Davis . said, could never be:put back in its original condition. There: was little indication that the B,C, government would | put up the necessary money, “which should really come, di-' -Treetly, out of the pockets of con- sumers of power in British Col- umbia.” ALL DELTAS IN DANGER In his speech, titled Don't De- stray. Our Deltas, Mr. Davis said that the Fraser River Della near Vancouver was also. threatened, as were most deltas” in Canada, - Urban sprawl, harbor con- -Struction, industrial pollutants and the dredging of shipping “channels were growing prob- lems that threatened to destroy “the best example of a truly lows tonight 40 to 45, - Bulkley Valley. - “Ottawa should have insisted, -. Northern Mainland, Queen Charlottes: Sunny this’ morning becoming cloudy by noon, rain this afternoon and evening. Friday cloudy with showers, Highs both days in the upper 30s, Chileotin, Cariboo, Central Interior: Today cloudy with a few sunny intervals, rain in the Bulkley Valley tonight. Friday, cloudy, occasional light rain in the afternoon and evening. High -both days low 50s, lows tonight low 20s except near 4: ‘in the Forecast temperatures (high, low today, high Wednesday): : Tofino 57-42-60; Port Alberni 56-38-62; Port Hardy 55-42-57: Prince Rupert, 57-42-55; Terrace 58-40°55; Sandspit 57-45-65; -Kamloops 60-32-62; Lytton 57-35-62; Penticton 58-35-62, . productive delta in Canada,” working on these projects is, of course, always available to me. ', | would be pleased to meet with you and the members of council: at any time to. your: - Convenience to discuss matter further, if you so desire, ‘Missing. bikes’. “this opportunity of olfering my. ‘dt RCMP ‘office . “ Do’ ‘you, have” any bieyctes , of: Terrace’ fariilian’ ‘with » the’ Le nd en terms fdr a:total of three years, ‘tt i ‘the. ‘8 ip down, to the: _, Monday: ) Brakes fail cause ‘smash Police: say a ‘reported brake. ‘ failure caused 4: two -vehicle accident’ at..the. Highway 16-: Kenny Street insterseetion ” Approximately: $150" damages occtrred to a 1970: Chevrolet driven. by ‘Joseph Bourgoin «of, ‘Terrace ~and.. another $25) to..a*-. 1984): - International driven by ruc ; am of Terrace... ° ‘No charges arose from. the incident and police say: the mechanical failure of brakes in the second car attributed to the * “accident, - in Ae Car number - one was ‘proceeding west on Highway 16 ~and attempted ‘to turn left onto Kenny, when the second vehicle. bly ‘came: from ‘Behind and hit the - ; tries interested i in i protecting the : : enyironment, os “Joint tack force study?” * . —Countered . Another potential problem was the proposed hydro dam at Moran on the Fraser River. The 750-foot-high ‘“‘monstros- _ ity" would remove most of the ‘silt fertilizing the Fraser River Delta, alter the ecology at the _ mouth of the river, and change the feeding conditions for fish in the lower Fraser and the Strait of Georgia. ‘Our big. $100-million-avvear F commercial, ‘salmon. fishery could be.“ cut: in- half, . The chances of your catching a salmon on the West Coast would be downgraded and our recrea- tion potential in Canada's big- gest and best inland sea could be undermined as well, " Mr. Davis said. Sharp blunt — words _ UNITED NATIONS (cP) — External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp used some of the bluntest language so far in the new General Assembly Wed- nesday to expouse the cause of Communist China and complain ‘about nuclear tests. In a speech the minister: —Called for an end of nuclear tests and became the first West- erm spokesman to point the fin- ger at the United: States and the. Soviet Union, ':' —Said in effect that the Gen- eral. Assembly should not sup- . port the United States’ two- China proposals and should seat the People’s Republic of China. arguments, mainly from: Brazil, ‘that under- - developed countries should con- centrate: on development and » forget about worries of pollu. tion. - - CHANGE IN TACTICS 7 “Canada, particularly “Sharp; xnown for fighting : ‘is not speeches in ‘the. General Assembly, In the last couple of ars the. Canadian ‘speeches shave been. ‘flat, with “major - ‘emphasis on Canada’s’ warning a that the UN could drown na ger : of words, 3 ‘But. the.’ speech was the _ Strongest Western statement so ’, far on.China and nuclear tests, - And it continued in the assem- .. - a Canadian. fighe to get and keep the underdeveloped: coun; n. ‘There is only . — “days .. Hl < :