‘Noonetolove-noonetotouch ~~ PAGE.4, THE HERALD, Monday, March 27, 1978 “So far from home and no one tocare: So very lonely - no end in sight No one knows my need for a friend Why me? Lord. . |. No one tocry with, no one to walk with Am tired of Loneliness no tears no more Bornshy.” aww, . These words are from a blood spattered note, Chris Bird, reporting in Saturday's ‘‘Province” ‘ gays were froma poem written by Nishga carver, Samuel Richard Nelson, ‘artist from the wild country at the mouth of the Nass River"’ who was found last Tuesday, dead at the age of 34, having “Slashed his left wrist and his throat with the knives he used to carve Nishga symbols in gold and silver.” He apparently died last Tuesday, in Vancouver, and was buried in Prince Rupert where he had left, ten years ago because of ar- ’ thritis, A memorial service was held for him in Rupert Friday night. 3. ssi As readers of the Herald and most residents of Terrace will know, the body of a 16 year oid Terrace girl, was found under the Skeena _Bridge, last Saturday “March 18 - four days - before Samuel Nelson’s. The coroner's report said the girl's death appeared to be from injuries ‘ consistent with a fall or jump from the bridge. Police ate fairly certain foul play was not in- volved. | a In a widely circulated report carried over. the radio and in: many newspapers throughout Canada, on the same day as the 16 year old Terrace girl’s death, the. following statistics were given: -, ‘Native Indians in this province (B.C.) die by violence over three times more often than the]. average Canadian, and the chance of a Native committing suicide is about twice that of the ‘average’ British Columbian... ° “In 1974, 39 percent of the Indians who died in B.C. died unnatural deaths from accidents and violence compared .to the B,C: average for ac- cidental and. violent deaths of:13.5.deaths and a national average of-10.11 percent, according to national health and welfare statistics. _ Also in 1974, the B:C. Indian suicide rate was 39,3 percent in a 100,000 population compared to} the non-Indian rate in B.C. of 17 per 100,000, while .03 percent.of the B.C, Indian population com- mitted suicide compared to .01 of the total Canadian population. as The ratios haye remained fairly constant over the past 10 years according to regional director of medical services, Dr. Gordon Butler. That is, | -accifental deaths have been “about two times higher among Indians as opposed to non-Indians in B.C., and about three times higher than the national average. |. a ‘Butler believes the difference is much too great to. be healthy, but says the cause has to be determined. before a. solution can be found. - There has been good success in reducing |. deaths due to lifestyles and the environment, he says. Infant mortality among the Indian people}: has been considerably reduced during the past decade according to the statistics. - Dr. Butler says his researchers have been compiling a. special report on every suicide committed by.a B.C. Indian in an attempt to find common factors and have learned that 33 per-| cent of males and 50 percent of females showed]. . - Signs of depression; 50 percent of. the cases in- dicated a close relationship between alcoholf abuse and the suicide; more males than females committed suicide; the majority of victims are young adults and a firearm is the:mose frequent method used. nce Now - contrary to some. of the critics who have written or visited us in person to criticize us for showing four. photos of a police recovery of a body from beneath the Skeena bridge: last Sunday, we are not interested in sensationalism for its own sake. We feel we have a concern and a responsibility to. inform the public, by] joorally recognised’ that photographs and the printed word. We hope that tuture issues of the Herald will. bear out that] concern, spotlighting the issues that need public attention.- and that such spotlighting will result in remedial, wholesome action taking place. We do not expect our critics to agree. They may be part of problem. . at Puolication of a letter. in the Letters To The Editor columns of this Nevpaper does not many RRO UENDUOLITS fon to express, their own personal convictions. We-should remind alt lotter writers that publications of their letters in any newspaper does not absolve them from fegal action If they are libellous, slanderous or fraudulent, and would ask them to their language the bounds of deceny if they wish to . ‘only letter that, in his opinion, are net fit to print. 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What does it mean to local workers — ~ | to local business — and what is so different about | the Alcan Pipeline in comparison to all. other pipelines that have already been built’ in our area? I will deal with this complex issue in two parts. Today I will comment on the global problems’ connected with the’: pipeline discussions, ; oe The country is literally criss-crossed with both — oil and natural gas pipelines. The Silver Dahl and Grizzly Valley lines presently under con- struction would normally be just another project expanding Westcoast’s transmission system. But with the prospect of the Alaska Alcan | pipeline, the whole question has taken on a new dimension. Here we are dealing witha project which has at least ‘on the surface no significant benefits to Canada. — - _ The gas which will be carried by.the system is American gas from Alaska and it is destined for the United States. Even though the system is to be designed to eventually carry Canadian gas from the Mackenzie Delta, most observers doubt that it ever will. oo oS We do not need Arctic gas for our domestic needs in the foreseeable future and by the time - we do need frontier gas, we will have sufficient reserves to warrant an all Canadian pipeline which will undoubtedly be. built down. the Mackenzie Valley, =.= — fo The question, therefore, has to be what to charge our American friends for transporting their natural gas through our country, and what constitutes a fair price for that concession. First off we insisted that Canadian companies must own and operate the Canadian section of the system. Foothills Consortium got the nod from. the National Energy. Board, and the Canadian content of the partner companies in that consortium is legislated by law. . - So-far so good, but that.appears to be as far as the U.S. Government seems prepared to go. Our - governments, federal and provincial, will reap . the benefit from the economic rent for the ' pipeline right-of-way and ‘as’ ‘well from the Canadian ownership and operation of most. of the pipeline. = = et - ‘The controversy is now over who should supply the labour and material for the con- struction:and that’s what the debate is-all about . — at stake is 10 to 15 billion dollars ~ and up to 10,000 man years of work. - es The cost of the system will, of. course, even- tually reflect itself. ifthe final price of the gas to - American éonsamers —’50 the U.S. will insist on ‘the ‘best possible ‘deal with contractors com-: peting from all over the world. Unfortunately, the only thing we in Canada have going for us against that kind of competition, is our devalued dollar. The project has been dubbed the biggest ever undertaken by private enterprise — so.it is little wonder that. people throughout the world are focusing their attention on this project and ‘our area in the north. — ‘ Oo Next week I will deal with the question of what all this could mean to us in the area which is directly affected — what it could.méan to local workers and businessmen and to- local. and regional ‘governments. - Disarmament Dear Friends: "” . propridte actlon, We intend Ever — since also. to ask the public for signatures on the postcard ‘by setting ‘up tables at downtown’ locations: and. ‘suburban shopping ‘centres. We hope you will find it ‘the in. nuclear “weapons, it has been evident total destruction represent the greatest thréat to. the- Reproduction ano} permitted: without the wrliten permission.of the Publisher. 60 aa survival of mankind, While’ some progress has been . made toward limiting the development and spread of these terrible devices, it is these. steps have fallen far short of what is necessary. if any of us are to achieve real Ch security. ; We are convinced there is a solution, if a sufficient number.. of lHke-minded : people can be convinced: to ’ usethe power they possess to compel ‘disarmament, . and ‘there exists a unique ‘op “portunity to do just this when ‘the United Nations General Assembly meets in Special: Session May. 23 to June 28 this year to discuss one "question “only - -disar- -mament.-" 7. °° _ The: enclosed brochure represents a consensus of + opinion of; a “number of ‘groups. - ‘church,’ labour, : ‘peace, environment - who _ -are.:concetned about the . Increase.in magnitude and — destructive capacity of world weaponry. We hope you will sign the postcard ’ attached to the brochure and ‘forward it to the Prime. Minister. . . Forty thousand coples of " this statement have already been printed and are belng circulated to a very -wide range of diverse groups of ‘Citizens, with the hope that It will arouse discussion and | Promote action. Plans include’ a Disar- mament Weekend for March 31-April 2, with a request to “Vancouver City Council. to . declare March 31-- Disar- . Mament Day, and a proposal - to the churches that: they ‘make April 2 as Disar- ‘mament Sunday with ap- possible to:become invelved in this campaign to stop the ‘arms race before it spins out of control altogether, and we ook forward to hearing your Sitggestions.” : For thé Coalition, . (Rev... James R: Roberts, airman). Briefs. _TORONTO