4 College... : "Nikolaj Karells of Smithers will serve a two-year term at NCC for the ministry of education. -Karelis was born and . 2 /The- i ae Garcia: Victoria, B.C. -V8V 124 1- " LBGISLATIVE LIBRARY PARLIMENT BUILDINGS Kitimat and Prince Rupert. Rusty Liungh of Terrace | is pres idel Carley. Ward: of fT “Jone representatives Prince -Rupert’ is ‘vice-president. . include: Laurie Forbes ‘of Terrace, °F: Currently - Dick Evans (3 education’ ¢ The board says there is a very slight orovenca in the 7 cal estate market this year, : ~ Karelis appointed — Lie Herald Staff Writer ‘TERRACE ~ The ministry of education has announced its @ppointment Lm the. beard. # ‘Narthyest Community educated . in Denmark where he: Teceived: a commerce * degree. "He came to Canada i in 1058 and began building his Round. Lake resort at ‘Talkwa in 1961. _Karelis has been president: of the Smithers Chamber of “ Commiarce and the Rotary Club. . He Is. currently the viee- "president of the Smithers school board, a body which he has served” on for five years. ~ Satellite plunges ” WASHINGTON (cP) -- Ina. _ section of the crippled Soviet nuclear-powered : spy satellite ’ plunged into-the earth's. atmosphere: Sunday’ night over the: Indian Ocean, far from any known islands, > - Cosmos 1402 weat down about 25 degrees south latitude by uw degrees. east longitude, about 900 nautical’ miles southeast of the Britlsh-owned island of Diego Garcia; the _ US.: ‘Defence Department. said, - .- -Real Extate | we "elected: its 1983 directors.” The | board Includes. Terrace, ob ric. MeMurran ‘of | * Kitimat, and Rick Magnussen of: ‘Price Rupert, 9 fe . chairman, Tracy - "Ritter. is. public relations chairman, and. James Duity, Is _seeretary-Wreanurer Soe : ~. Myrna. Rolfsen. Is. executive ‘olliger: Rod Cousins Is “-ebairman ‘of the political. action committee: : it of flame, the main = | auiack, ‘and: David. Bowen:Lolthurst: vi W- Mills. Memorial: ” , year was a learning ‘one. The Legion donated 25,000 towards the p . By! KEITH ALFORD -.. Bleraid Staff Writer . TERRACE— Open and closed meetings, “new ‘commlttees and skiing were the topics that moat of-the time at Saturday's session + of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine. . The meetings of the RDKS’s Economic ° __ Development Committee (EDC) will now “he Open-to'the public and press. -In- ‘presenting the lack of success on the ecoriomic level.” "I hope in 1983 we can Bet our at, _, together, "he added..-. a “"Thornhill’s: ‘Jim? ‘Culp. ‘replied that last “Tf the media and the public could see the record they '. would know that -the lack~ of progress — . doesn’t reflect the amount of work done,” . > he said.” Joe. Murphy’ ‘of ‘Telegraph Creek's: -statenient that 1992 was the first’ time the EDC had met-as-a‘whole; was augmented by Chairman ‘Lee Ellis of’ Kitimat’s "statement that prior to that the EDC had met as part of the RDKS's committee of * the whold. ‘Those ‘committee of the whole ©. meetings. are still, in-camera, . When Ellis later ‘stated flatly that the — EDC meetings wére closed, - New Hazelton’s Peter Weeber said that some: information should be’ released. McLeod . said, ‘‘no wonder we’ ve Bot a bad name for .. | Sterecy." McLeod's. matjon. to: open “the EDC ; ~ meetgs awas then passed. - ‘This, may: “be _, barticlpalesin that fhingtion or contributes ‘any monéy foward at, Kitimat hab vet _ over thousands of kilometres... _ Cosmos 1a02"s maiti body, which. contaihed its reactor and control module, burned up'as it re-entered the atmosphere, , although no one inay ever know- for: certain. They said U.S. ahips and planes in the Tegion have been alerted to watch for increased levels of radiation. Dr. Richard Wagner, a top Pentagon nuclear expert, sald any radiation from metal fragments surviving’ the burn-out. of the satellite: would remain in the imhediate aren. where ’ they ‘landed. Wagner, nuclear. adviser to. Defence : Secretary Caspar 2 Weinberger, said it is‘awfully hard:to know’ - main:part of ‘Cosmos 1402 had. bumed }) salirely oi. re: . entry. | : 4: - Wagner saidit is jossible that ‘a few bi pleces came ‘in ‘ through: the atmosphere... . Asked in: a: telephone interview’ ‘wivether radioactive "fragments would hurt fish life in the remote waters, he said they would have ‘no effect at-all:'’"! -.--- ’ A smaller portion of Cosmos 1402 belleiibal b échbain its fuel bars is still in orbit and is expected. tr re-enter the al- mosphere between Feb..7 and Feb: ad U.S. officials predicted the’ ‘fuel bara. ‘would bura. up a as they re-entered the atmosphere, similar ‘to-what happened with Cosmos 954 over Northern Canada five years ago. However, in 1978, Cosmos 954's reactor landed in the © Northwest Territories, spewing bits of 3 adjoactive material The. cleanup. cost: the Canadian government “ million. The Soviet Union: paid for half of.it, -<- For days’ before Sunday night's re-entry, oilicials in the United States and other countries under. Coamos. 1402's orbit were , on~ alert .to (prepare for’ re-entry “and ‘possible radioactive contamination of, land. A S-member. rapid ‘response team: ot scleatists, and technicians. had stood by: in. Ottawa to: ‘go anywhere In Canadd should part of the satellite fail in. Canada,... . _ U.S. Defence Department satellite-watchers had been. tracking the tive-tonne Cosmos: 1402, tised by the Sqviet - Union to monitor activities of the world's navies, since its . ‘launch on Aug. 30,1982,” They believe it went a out of control: on. Det. a8 when it was fragmented on orders from Earth, |; Normally, when a Cosmos ends its useful life, 8 an anbiiard and send them deep- into space. © 0 But for some reason this did not happen in the cases sof Cosmos 964 and 1404, Pentagon. officials sald, . " The Soviet Union acknowledged theréhad been systems. failure'on board Involved in the “continued research of outer space,”’ but: ‘maintalned all along that its nuclear power pack would: burn up. into fine particles an entering the atmosphere. After. the 1978 incident, then-president Jimmy Carter "(proposed a ban on satellites using nuclear ‘reactors, ” a ‘power sourcé, | U.S. officials have said the United States has nD ; niclear- .-, powered. satellites in earth orbit, ‘The Soviets generally have hail two or three ‘in orbit at ‘anyone time. "In. Moseow, the Soviet news. agerity’ Tass, issued: the following item aboiit the satellite’ end: _~ “According to: competent Soviet orgaiitzations monitoring the: flight of the: Coamos'142 satellite; ‘its "fragment which is the main part of the sateltite’s structure ; ern the denselayers of the atmosphere over the central the Indian Ocean at 01.10 Moscow tiene: on Jan. %, 1963, and ceased its existence. ’ “The other fragnient of the satellite, the fuel core ‘of the power plant's reactor, is forecast to enter the dense layers of the e atmosphere on Feb. 28, 1983, and bo. burs up.” yt aiahcuhec mos. 1402, which It described as-one . 19,600; . NE,’ Anohymous. ‘telephone ’ threats of cyanide poisoning leit - 65,000 people in- -nine southern: Louisiana .. towns - without : tap “water today. “Another. seominunity guarding -its waterworks,” Service was réstored. _ Sunday night to 19,000 ather “people who ‘spent ‘at: least *- , one day during’ the weekend Without water. ~ “No. poisin has’ ‘been found . and. ‘ng: “arrests; have ‘been. - _Tnade; - a ie Officials sald. ‘all the | anonymous calls were being — taken. seriously. : “We ab-- _solutely can’t take. a -chance,” said-Sue Ellen .. Lewis,.a: ‘spokesman 1 ‘for’ the. state: health “department. At Eunice, -National Guard and Civil ‘Defence o trucks. varted- water. .to’ seven. pickup’ stations. ay of Ale Hofiman,"a* poison information, specialist at. : ~ Charity’: ‘Hospital in -New-: Orleans, : said today; . that“ about ; 200: ‘milligrams Jol: cyanide : would be a lethal © | dose for a. human, ‘but ‘smaller’ amounts ca: cause: iliness." : 3 " Coniminity dangar from ¢yanide poisoning: -would depend on the amount: of, — water. in a city’ 's eystem, “its hardness. and low fast it Was being. distributed, : Hoffman said, ° ot rocket is fired to separate its radiatlon-contaminated unite, "Te : ‘amount of: cyanide 7 to Bive-a-mall city trouble, you'd. probably have: to truck it inj he said. The. cities receiving | threats ranged along a 200- kilometre’: stretch through Cajun country from Houma "on the eaiit to Opelousas on . _ the west moatly fishing, “trapping: and sugar cane . contmunities that ‘have growii with the’ ‘petroleum ' “fndustry, Without. water . service today: were Eunice, a town ~of 12,470; Crowley, 17,7405, Rayne;” 10 061; Opelousas, * Sunset: . atid Browieard, both about 3 000. Three dther towns with a total popillation of 19,000, St. -Gabriel,| Abbeville: and Deléambte, ‘which received threats « “Thursday and Friday, had ‘water restored _ fy Bundy. Eunice drained. its pipes light, today from state of- Saturday night after a:call saying that its water had ‘been poisoned, DA caller on: Sunday. said “poison was put in the water. systems. of ‘the’ other five ‘towns, and officials in those ‘communities: turned off the. ‘water; ‘tmmediately? and ‘began’ making tests. were / Waiting: for a 1 Breen ficials saying their’ was no bacteriological contami: nation while the system was down, so that: service could» resume, =, 0.3 In the sixth ‘threat. Sun- day, a caller tald authorities in- Houma,’ ‘population 41,680, that ‘somedne . was’ 23> > about ta poison their Water. oBunice -offictals jearned: “Sunday that: no poison was. found in'their system: They - Houma - -strengthened- ' security at its waterworks, but did not: shut’ down’ the system, OPEC in dispute mergency meeting in thig.:Swiss elty today’ without’ ~ Pesolving' the critical pricing Slsputes evaing. the cartel, _ leading. delegates sald. : . sigs ga complete failure," wid Sheik Anmed Zak Yament | of Saudi Arabia. rth "We ‘couldn't agree o on n anything. ‘at all, " ‘said Mana Saeed. - Oteiba of’ the United Arab Emirates “Bveryone does what, they want." Was “The Qatar delegate, ‘Abdul Aziz ‘Bin Khalifa al Thani, i also said | “the: meeting of the 13-member- Organization of . Petroleum Exporting Countries had: ended inconclusively. - Phe meeting ‘of the {d-member Organization of Petroleum - exporting Countries was cinvened to seek-a compromise “onthe 22-year-old eartel’s pricing and production levels In an attempt to support crude-oll priees.. ot ‘The prevailing OPEC base price is tsa US.a barrel ‘but “same members are. undercutting. that price. bad “AB the ‘meeting broke Up, it was not. clear whether the * ga ministers had agreed’on.a-new production ce . Earlier. . they. reported plans to reduce the official ceiting by one million barrels a day to.17.5 milllon, The previous ceiling af - 18.5 millidn barrels a day had been set at an OPEC meeting, ifn Vienna. a month ago. Without - ‘a ‘quota’ agreement, and anew pricing arrangement, however, a new production limit might not be » "_effective.. Many. members are flouting’ cartel policy by - exceeding production quotas and reducing prices t to attract fustomers amid the world oil. glut ’ The, Saiidis: the “world’s largest ‘petroleurn, exporters, nave" “with now adopted voluntary production cuts, saying, ‘their * production ' was an ‘issue of national toverelgnty. ~ Under the proposed ceiling, Saudi prodiiction. would he: "pegged at: ita‘current: announced output of 4:5. shillion. ' bairrels.a day, less than half of Saudi Arabia’ 5 ‘potential “production, Gonrale? said.. - [rani, Saudi Arabia's 8 chief rival on the production’ issue, was feported to have agreed to hold Its production to 35 - tuillion barrels a day if the Saudis accept-an offtcial quota. “Tran claitts te be producing 3.2 milllon barrels a day and vindustiy sources say it has been undercutting prices to pay for its 28-month-old war with neighboring Iraq. Saudi Arabla has been using some of its oil revenues to help Iraq. _. notice that tt will put pull-out of the EDC - :. But’ Kitimat’s -RDKS- next’: 'year:. representatives have also stated they may under certain, but unspecified conditions, reconsider leaving the EDC. “Terrace’s Chub Down's request that all - directors be informed of when all advisory . committee meetings were to take.place,. Jed to'avery lengthy and very complicated “discussion.. Administrator. John Pousette stated it. was not policy. to open those - meetings because committee members “were not elected and not accountable to the’. public. ‘Even the. : “minutes of. ‘these «meetings are not to be given out, Pousette * noted that any director could go to any meeting as an observer. That statement. prompted Donna ‘Ziegler, chairman of the Thornhill Advisory Planning Committee to want to - speak, ‘After a long discussion of couldshe or couldn't she, and if she could, haw could she speak: ‘the. RDKS- did some fancy Ma GENEVA: (AP): — OPEC oil: ministers. ended - ‘an. -parlimentary fodtwork to allow Ziegler to say simply” that at ‘least in Thornhill, the “APC didn’t” want: _ director's there -— _ Regional district opens meetings i: a ” them. While the putilic may be invited | - .:asked to leave immediately after.’ - mnt , «After. more complicated. ‘parlimen the: 1982 budget . footwork to get back to.being a AD - statements, Stewart’s lan McLeod. noted, cat ‘while $135,000 had been set aside for, the.” EDCibut about'$60,000 had -not.been spent, - ” He'suggested that was a “commentary on directors when advisory committees we: . holding: meetings.’ was: tablec to the he it “meeting, the last year Kitimat’. . country ski trail for the area. including their own at times. _ Ziegler said that some - of. her - members feel very eo te inhibited from speaking their minds witfr director's and the public. “watchdoging|’ make specific presentations, they ar meeting, the whole idea’ ‘of; informi Nine members were appointed to Greater Terrace Advisory | Plannin oan ‘Commission. “They will spend. about on! “op year, studying . possible land use for the "area around Terrace and Thornhill, © ; ' Appointed were: | Nadine Asante, :O)d - : Remor- ‘Jim Ippel, New Remo; Lloyd Johnstone, Lakelse Lake; Lance Stephens, _ -Highway-16° East;: Ian Gordon; Terrace’ ’. North; ‘Paul Sneed, Old Lakelse Road-Jackpine Hedy. Brower, Braun's. Island; Flats; Eric Burr, Thornhill; and Don Coburn, ‘Terrace, Usk-Lakelse Lake’ 5 Earl Hamilton ‘noted that revenue at the Kitsumkalum Ski - "Bill was up $105,409 from the Last year. ) said. “this indicated _ ‘an excellent nev. Manager since both snow conditions and. the economy are worse this year. w “THe ‘asked: ‘administration.to determiné . the beat way to pay for two cash registers “costing a.total of $6,190, The hill will also get 10 additional sets of-junior skiia at a cost of $2,200: Up to 10 gets of 130 cm akié will be sold atthe end. of: ‘this ‘season: ‘aa after ‘expected ghee, programs 7 ‘Ape ad ite ROKS Pil rato os = ah operating hour'a new ‘slope’ machine. The current one is Beven years - old: and ‘uniderdesigned | ‘according to _ Pousette.' The rental fee will be applied to a’ purchase cost of $115,000 should the . . RDKS decide to purchase ‘the’ grooming -machine later. . Pousette noted the finances of the hill had improved but not enough to warrant this expenditure.. But it may in ‘February. He said -the RDKS wanis to enhance the hill and is looking ; forward ‘to: the B.C. Northern Winter : Games. * Chub Down and Earl Hamilton were tb : ‘have been’ ‘appointed to the RDKS's ski hill "advisory. “commission. . changed Saturday to Hamilton and B - Cooper. Down said. But . that wag e would explain ih change and why he removed himself From . the table during all discussions concerni the ski hill at. the next meeting of tad RDKS. -. Gary Baker. will receive a- letter of thanks for his efforts in developing a cross; Murder: puzzles. police "REGINA (CP) —A single porch light shone Sunday as a dusting of snow fell on the driveway, where two nights before. Joann Wilson, the ex- wife of onetime. .Saskat: . chewan eriergy minister Colin 'Fhatcher, had arrived ‘home for the’ last time. . - Police remained puzzled by Friday’s. brutal: slaying: ‘of the -43-year-old former cheerleader and Saturday's - ‘ temporary abduction of the ‘couple's nine- “year. “old ughter, = 4 At about noon ‘Saturday, . ‘Wilson's Stephanie, daughter, was~ abducted from ‘a friend’s home in, ’ Regina. “Wilson's. beaten, and shot. body : was - found - In the garage: of her fashionable home, ‘across the street | ‘from the legislative building _ and, aix houses’ .ffom Premier Grant Devine’ 's. ame. “she ¥ was beaten with “an instronient” and shot-once . ' assailant who was likely Jaylng” in ‘walt for the at-. “ bractive ‘blonde, when she arrived home, police said. A passerby heard a shot, | “saw: a’ man running away © ‘and then: found’ Wilson's: ~ body lying ina pool of blood between two cars.’ description: of the attacker. And pollee are seeking .a man about five-feet, ten- inches tall, with collar-lenth dark hair and a beard. The witness gave police ¢ a ‘She was found unharmed a few hours later at a house in Moose Jaw, 60 kilometres “west of here, - . Both incidents. are ‘being . investigated by a special 18-- man police unit. No arrests. have been made although - several ‘people have heen questioned. “1 wish Classifieds oY Comics, horoscope ~ dn the head by ali unknown ; = . ER ome something new to report, the police duty inspector’ - said Sunday night. Thatcher's lawyer ‘Tony Merchant said the ‘son of | ‘former Liberal premiey Ross Thatcher probably: will not be issuing a statement: today. Thatcher has been- unavailable far: comment: since the slaying. 2 ‘4 . Wilson and Thatcher’ 8 17. . year marriage ended in. there was : INSIDE - Local world Sports ‘pages. 4, 5&7 divorce November. 1979. pages 6&7. “ge 8 af pes WHY BUY NEW?” te _. 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