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{ BY JULIETTE PROOM
SHERALDSTAFF WRITER

Open house at Terrace

imulate a Boeing 737. 2000
allons of contaminated
uel, rejected from air-
Janes during maintenence,
was pumped around, to
over an area 50 feet by 100
eet.

A fireman wearing his
rotective asbestos sui!
tarted the demonstration
y throwing flaming rags
into the gas-soaked area.
He got out of there as soor
as

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tyrites,

Monday, Octaber 17, 1977

Ina matter of seconds, the
dry chemical truck pulled
up near the fire with the
wind atits back. The fire is
fought so that the heat will
be carried away, by the
wind.

If a jet had actually
crashed, the fire mkwtment
would have been told about

it beforehand and trucks.

would have been just as
close as they were in the
demonstration.

The dry chemical truch
has a 1,00 pound supply of
potassium chloride to spary

om a nozzle on top of the
truck cab. This supply runs
out in 25 seconds, but is only
intended to beat down the
flames.

As soon as this was done,
in to
prevent the fire from
reigniting. It4taid down a
foam blanket made from
protein products like animal
intestines and metal

“This builds a resue area
for survivors to come out of
the aircraft,” said George
Wright, the fireman in
charge of the demon-
stration.

“We are not attempting to
ut the fire out,but to build a
able rescue area” he said.

“Once a plane has crashed,
it has been stressed, 'so
badly that it can’t be used
again anyway.”

Saturday's demonstration
fire took about 15 seconds to
put out, but 5 five hours to
clean up after. The Trucks
have to be reloaded after
every use, then washed
down.

Although the foam truck
looks messirt, it's cleaner to
reload. On tank is filled
with water and the other
with dehydrated solids. The
two are mixed and ex-
panded with air by the
nozzle at the fire.

The dry chemical truck,

e other hand, has to

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Extinguish jet fire
remen show their stuff

hand filled using 50 pound
ils. Twenty bags of the
ust-like solid fill the tank.

After showing -off their
truck to about 100 interested
onlookers, the firemen
discovered why the coffee
still wasn’t feady--
somebody plugged in too
many pots and dlew a cir-
cuit.

The crowd benefitted
from this mistake though.
Instead of huddling inside
the garage, Crew Chief
Wright lit some more fires,
and invited volunteers to put
them out.

“It’s easy” he said as he
escorted a lady from the
audience. Sure enough it
was. She had it out before

she knew it.

Wright warned people
about fire extinguishers
with gauges. ‘All too often
they freeze showing full.
When you pull one off the
shelf, it might work or it

ight not” he sald.

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There are two ways to te
a fire extinguisher with
gauge-send it to an e
pensive dealer or fire it off:
once a month.

Alternative extinguish
ranging in size from five
30 pounds alive pressuriz
cartridges. It works just
well and is easier ti tell if
is depleted. Just weigh t
extinguisher from time
time. If theweight
noticebly different fromt
original weight, it’s time t
gyqace the cartridge. Thi
can be done at the firehall

were judged as the top cre
staffing a non-internation
airport of its size in bot
B.C, and Canada, The

Doc Quely trophy which is
replica of a fire bell.
They also received a
honourable mention in th
Howard Green hi

Campagnolo toasts Queen at dinner

OTTAWA (CP) — Queen
Elizabeth and Prince Philip
lunched Saturday with some
300 Canadians, mostly
amateur or professional

-F. Prystay
passes in
Vernon

Fred Prystay, a former
Terrace resident, died in
Vernon Saturday morning.

Mr. and Mrs. Prystay
arrived in Terrace in 1928
and he was one of the
founding members of the
Terrace Co-op.

They moved te Vernon
four years ago on his
retirement,

He is survived by his wife,
Anne, five children, 16
grandchildren and two great

andchildren.

angements are ain care
of the Vernon Funeral
Home. Internment is at 10
a.m. Tuesday.

He is survived by his wife,
Anne, five children, 16
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.

Arrangements are in care of
the Vernon Funeral Home.
Internment is at 10 am.
Tuesday.

athletes, who ranged from
11 to 102 years old.

The 102-year-old was
Herman Smith-Johanssen, a
cross-country skier who
lives in the Gatineau Hills
north of Ottawa,

He sat at the head table
between Olympic medal
winner Nancy Garapick, a
teen-age swimmer from
Halifax, and Diane Jones
Konihowski of Saskatoon,
Canada’s competitor in the
Olympic pentathlon last
year.

Fitness Minister Iona
Campagnolo proposed the
toast to “la reine du
Canada’'—the Queen of

an ada—and
Queen Elizabeth's speech on
physical fitness during a
1959 visit to Canada.

The minister said
Canada’s progress in sports
has been slow but the
country is getting there.
Canada had ranked an over-
ail tenth among countries at
the 1976 Olympics compared
to an average 40th place in
previous years,

Campagnolo remarked
upon the fitness and
discipline of the Royal
family and added that

Prime Minister Trudeau, a.

head table guest, had
always been and still was an
example of physical fitness.

CHATTED WITH QUEEN

The audience sang God
Save the Queen, then ap-
plauded lustily and later
chatted with the Queen and
Prince Philip informally.

There were people like
SmithJohanssen, who skis
not competitively but for the
pleasure of it. And there
were others like Toronto

hockey broadcaster Foster

Hewitt and Father David
Bauer, who coached
Canada’s national hockey
teams in the 1960s.

Cc a m pa gn
refused to issue a guest list
and it was difficult even for
some of the athletes to
recognize one another ‘‘in
Street clothes. Many were
amateurs in their teqys,
including young swimmiers
like Garapick and Bildir

is

Tucker of St, John's, Nfid.,
who sat at the Queen's right
at the head table.

Among those in the
audience were Clyde Gray,
the Nova _ Scotia-born
Commonwealth wel-
terweight boing champion
who now lives in Toronto.
Former world-class sprinter
Harry Jerome was another
guest.

z minutes until Monday.

Bennett nearly provokes
second ferry strike

Brn oes Ee bin 'Berry
Corp. workers verged on a
second illegal strike in one.
week Friday as Premier Bill
Bennett and his cabinet
ministers repeated their
claim that the company has
not given up its right to take
legal action against the
union for last week's strike.

But Bennett's arguments

seemed to be contradicted
by copies of the back-to-
work settlement released by
the B.C. Labor Relations
Board, which indicated that
only the attorneygeneral’s
department retains any
legal options.

As Bennett, Labor
Minister Alan Williams and
Transport Minister Jack
Davis disputed board
chairman Paul Weiler's
interpretation of the set-
tlement, talks under special
mediator Clive McKee were
held up three hours by a
dispute over midmonth pay

cheques.

Leaders of the B.C. Ferry
and Marine Workers’ Union,

2 seeking a first contract with
% the crownowned company,
= said Friday that union.
members almost walked out

a second time when the
found that pay for the work
stoppage had deducted

cheques rather than the end:

chegues.
“Just one word from us

= and they would have heen
> out,”

said a union
spokesman. “But so far
we've, managed to hold

TALKS DELAYED
The union told McKee the
deductians eco u ti

free hours.
pegan, ‘Mckee

t alter, 90

Bennett said in an in-

= terview Friday and before a

news conference Saturday
that the ferry corporation
has retained its right to take
legal action against ferry
workers for the seven-day
strike which ended“ Thur-
sday at midnight. *
The company  ‘“‘only

agreed to bring about
reprisals on the job,’

Bennett said, something itis
alrerady compelled to do by
aw.

Bennett repeated earlier
statements by Williams and
Davis that the government
is studying proposals to
impose tighter controls on
ublic sector unions and
roaden the definition of
essential services in the
wake of.the strike.

But Bennett's
terpretation of the set:
tlement was contradicted by

t leased by_the
forme he included a

written statement by board

chairman Weiler.

KiGHTS LOST ;
The documents, which

were the basis of the union’s

decision te-return to work,

indicated that the compan

2

had lost its right to

action, but the government
itself could still prosecute
the union throught the at-
torneygeneral's depart:

ment.

The documents show that
the company did not directly
waive its right to sue its
employees, but Weiler’s
statement noted that the
corporation did not take the
necessary legal first step of
asking the board to file its
back-to-work order of Oct. 8
in the B.C, Supreme Court.

The result, Weiler wrote,
was that the doors to legal
action by the corporation
were closed, because it had
not asked for permission to
sue, nor had it given any
indication that it would do so
in future.

‘“Accordingly,’’ wrote
Weiler, ‘‘in the specia‘,
circumstances of the case:
and on the assumption that
the trade union forthwith
directs its members to
return to work and that the
union members do in fact
comply forthwith the
board’s order of Oct. 8, the
board would be of the view
that this matter (egal
action against the union) is
and would remain closed.”

Nonetheless, nothing in
the agreement protects the
union or its members from
prosecution by the attorney-

eneral’s department for
efying the back to work
order.

SUITS POSSIBLE

Under the labor code,
union members are liable to
fines of no more than $1,
while the union may be fined
$10,000.

The union could aiso face
damage suits from third
rties, such as the tourist
industry, if the courts decide
the code permits such suits.
Bennett said Saturday
that the corporation
retained the right of legal
action. . =
“The ferry corporation
did proceed to ack the LRB
to refer its order to the
courts for contempt pur-
poses. That application still
exists and is still before the
LRB. Management has not
backed off from the appli-
cation. .
The union is seeking
retention of current over-
time, . an seniority.
rovisions in the new coti-
act, The company has pro-
posed to eliminate overtime
except after’ 1,750 hours
work in a year and wishes to-
increase the period of.
temporary employment to,
three years from two. :

CONTROL NEEDED
Bennett said the govern-:
ment is concerned that it
was unable to control events '
during the strike, which.
began after Williams im-
posed a 90-day cool-off.
period. :
Both the LAB and the
ferry corporation were
immune from government
interference, he said, “but
in the final analysis, we (the
government) are the ones
accountable to the public.”

“This dispute shows how
the government created for
itself an inability toact...
it's frustrating.’ ;

Bennett said the govern-
ment’s decision to proclaim
the cooling-off period was
the ‘only option we had” to
avert the strike, and_ the
government anticipated the
ruling would be obeyed.

Once the order was defied
and the LAB direpied. the:
workers’ to ‘relirn, to “theiy;
jobs; itwas‘up to.the ferry;
Oopar tion —not
government—to proceed
against the union, Bennett
said.

| Waterland predicts pulp

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.
CP-Forests MlInister Tom
Waterland Friday predicted
expansion of pul mills in
this Central Interior city
area and construction of at

least three  thermo-
mechanical pulp mills in the
province in the near future.

In aninterview prior to a
tour of logging operations,
Waterland also confirmed

Noranda back

GRANISLE, B.C, (CP) -—-
Operations at Noranda
es Ltd.’s Bell Copper
Division returned to normal
Sunday following a walkout
last Wednesday over the
dismissal of a probationary

employee.

e employees, members
of the Canadian Assocation
of Industrial, Mechanical
and Allied Workers Union,

‘voted Friday to return to

work if the dispute was

‘handled through recognized

grievance procedures.
Noranda applied Friday
to the British Columbia

Queen stands in rain

to work

Labor Relations Board for a
cease-anddesist order to
halt picketing at the mine
site at Babine Lake, 220
kilometres northwest of
Prince George, B.C. The

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SHEE OF PGRN

““EHIE™INU UNION Members

were demanding ‘o re-
dsusred” let ar Paice
wi an acting

Al Harris, chief shop
steward of Local 10 of the
wiion, said the union did not

.condone: the strike or

‘picketline set up by em-
ployees.

_ Unity pleas heard in church service

OTTAWA (CP) — The
Queen and Prince Philip
heard pleas for nation
unity and harmony Sunday
at an outdoor Parliament
Hill church service held in a
stubborn drizzle.

The royal couple was pro-
tected from the rain by a red
and white striped awning
over the specially-
constructed stage but MPs,
senators and repre-
sentatives of foreign em-
bassies and several
thousand onlookers had to
bundle up in raincoats and
huddle under umbrellas.

The bilingual service
included a Bible reading by
Prince Philip, whic
pleaded ‘Love each other as

much as brothers should
and have a profound respect
for each other,”’

“Do all you can to live at
peace with everyone. Never
try to get revenge. Leave
that, my friends, to God's
anger.’

Rev. Edward Scott,

rimate of the Anglican

urch of Canada, read a
passag in heavilyaccented

rench, in which he said
“we sense the danger of di-
visions.”

TONGUES DIFFERENT

“We seem to be speaking
with different tongues. Tha’
makes us tired of building
roads of common consent
and commitment.”

The Queen's six-day visit
has been described by some
as an important gesture
towards Canadian national

unity,

The Queen joined in some
of the singing of the inter-
denominational hymns and
sat stiffly on a red leather
chair listening to the
prayers and readings.

She was dressed warmly
against the ch'll day in a
maize colored coat and a
matching tam-o-shanter
with light-colored gloves.

Later she walked down a
red carpet to view the
Centennial Flame, built in

1967 on the country’s 100th
birthday.

The crowd which pressed
10 dee against the
barricades smiled and

waved and took photos.
Many waved Union Jacks.

Three blocks away at the
national archives, at least
1,000 people braved the rain
to watch the Queen enter the
building where she viewed
18th century oil portraits of
North American Indian
chiefs.

The exhibition, titled The
Four Indian Kings, was
painted by John Verelst.
The Mohawk chiefs had
travelled to England in 1710
to ask Queen Anne for an

increase of military support
and missionaries.

Also on’ display was the
Bible and a set of silver
communion plates the chiefs
had given Queen Anne.
Queen Elizabeth signed the
Bible for her third time.

Modern Mohawks from
the Bay of Quinte in Ontario
were presented to the Queen
at the archives. Their gift to
her was a quilt hand made
by Helen Spencer of
Brantford, Ont.

On the quilt was the tree of
life and Mohawk clan
symbols: the turtle, bear,
wolf and eagle. A buried
hatchet symbolized peace.

- industry growth in interior

that a major German in-
dustrial concern is looking
at pulp mills construction in
British Columbia and talks
are going well with the

company which he did not’

name.

There should be an up
.swing in the currently
depressed pulp markets in
the mid)1990's and industry
officials are preparing for
that, he said.

Thermo-mechanical
mills, which use mehenical
rather than chemical
processes to manufacture
pulp, will produce low-grade
pulp for sale to paper
companies.

Waterland said Dome
Industries, in its bid for

timber rights on the West

Coast, indicated it would
build a thermo-mechanical
mili as well as sawmill
facilities.

Since it would cost about

$300 million tobuild one new * ,
‘kraft mill, which would use’
chemical to produce the ..

higher grade of pulp, ex-
nsion sf the mills is more
ikely to occur,he said.

Waterland also said that |
early feasibility studies .

show it would be beneficial
for timber companies to
build a resource railway
west of Quesenel, 48

kilometres south of here, to
replace more than 140 +
kilomtres of all-weather -
logging road into the Nazko -

valley.
Waterland said

2,500 cunits of timber a year.

A cunit if 100 cubic feet of

timber.

Adverse effects of logging

construction were
asthe

road
named

the environment in
year’s Pearse royal com-

mission report ‘on forest. °

resources.

the °
railway would haul about .

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