“.-"Y,$, President Ronald . credit for not buckling under pressure that as Pubatis ay “waekday ‘at 010. ‘Katum Sirect, - Staff Writers. reigns 7 . mush. ‘ 4 Page 2, aman 18, 1982 _ aily her re I TERRACE- Terrace, B.C.- by. Sterling: ‘Publishers : ‘kta: Brian ter ve Advertising Sales; : Terrace — David Hamilton - in ! Sports: . ‘Mike Howlett Don: Schaffer _ Reception. Classified: CO , Carolyn Gibson as Lo _ Circulation: . “Maria Taylor . : NOTICE OF. COPYRIGHT | ; ; The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright In'any advertisement produced and-or any editorlal or photographic:content published In the Herald. Reproduction Is not permitted without the writien — _ permission of the Publisher. ae "Edhoadl™ nd Reagan deserves would leave the free world defenceless against Soviet expansionism. Unless the Soviets demonstrate by ‘deeds, ‘not words” that they are sincere about curbing the arms race It Is absolute folly to suggest America weaken Its position of strength as It - . did during the days of detente. Lo - Former President Jimmy Carter. learned the hard way that trying to soft-peddle. relations with the-Soviets is like trying to kiss an angry ‘ viper. The Soviet involvement in the taking of the American embassy in Iran during. the early . days of the Ayatollah Khomeini’s return has - sy SORT BBC TRIBES: Mahy OF ihitee Sa-Canied | “students” who held the embassy had Kremlin connections. -One understands the sense of~ ‘fear and anxlety displayed by the average person who./s : against nuclear. war. But to sell our country . short by demanding it unload whilethe com- — munists have loaded weapons pointed at our. heads’ Is ‘not the answer elther. - The Soviets must be taught.a lesson; and that Jesson is that we value our freedom more than ~ ‘we. fear: their .Insane;: ‘maniacal desire for. global conquest.and cotfirol. Since the Soviets clalm they will not be the first fo.use nuclear weapons let them prove to "the world they ‘are sincere about reducing their nuclear. stockpile. Untit then why bether US | with thelr empty rhetoric... We must be: a nation of steel, not one made of - - Soviets mislead _ “OTTAWA (CP) —.Tho world peace movement . is being : “duped by Soviet propaganda, says. Gen. Ramiey Withers, ; chief of defence staff; ‘The Soviet Union is “devoted to disinformation” and that.” " creates conditions for misleading concerned people, he sald _ in an interview published today. ‘Demonstrations in the West: are aimed at U. S. and West: European missile plans, Withers Suggested, and not the , Soviet program. ee __Despite the general's. coniments, many Western. digar- .- ‘- ".. “mhament advocates:are calling for controls on bath Soviet. ” . yantage in these intermediate range missiles, and the 85.20. - ve We must preverit war from happening;' "said Withers. = “To prevent: it you. have fo be prepared to Aight. me and NATO forces and. weapons. ‘These include such ' Canadian MPs‘as Conservative Doug Roche (Edmonton South) and Pauline Jewett (New Westminster-Coquitlam). ° Withers said the Soviet Union [s calling for a moratorium "on the nuclear arms race because-it has, superior strength. .. Some peace promoters are “very sincere individuals who have a rather idealistic view of affairs,” the defence chief . said. , ~ “It's easy. in: North America, where there are more in-- dividual rights than anywhere else.” ‘An dxample of Soviet methods. is the controyersey over, - NATO plans to Anstall cruise and Pershing Wt missiles In ’ Europe, -he sald.- 7 The alliance decided to deploy these weapors to counter - . the Soviet SS-20 missiles, Withers said: ‘Several huridred 58 a ve os 2s dhad been deployed’ since -1979: - Moscow ¢alied for :a: moratorium when it had the ade : “threat has been’ overlogked in Western. Peace: grotips;. ang nee “The Herald weicomes Its readers comments. All ° letters to the editor of general public |. terest will be |... » printed” They should be submitted 48 haurs‘in ad: ~ . vance of desirpd. publication date. We do, however, * ‘Patan the right 40 refuse fo-print-tetters on grounds ot possible. Jibel.or. bad. fasta. We .may. also edit ‘letters for style and fengih., All: ‘tetHers.. to ‘be.’ con: siddred for publication. must: ‘be ‘gignad. ‘lt. is im. possible to prin a‘tetter” submitted within m4. hours: ws ad desired ‘publication: date. - Brak, Howe “. 'y-gathering of the Selence: \ a ; RY Excise: tax: causes t barriers VICTORIA, (CP) = natural gas The federal excisa tax on domestic _ Province, Energy Minister Bob McClelland aaid Thurpday.: - McClelland said there is ample eurplus natural gas in the’ be Broyince which could feéd such a project, but “one ofthe |“ * ‘moat serious probleins' we have in: British: Columbia: ett “now is the federal exise tax on the: ‘domestic. gaa. in: BC. ich. is‘now about $1.12 .a thousand cuble feet2 0” inent of a petrochemical industry. In B.C, it ‘cquid. be: that“ (ge tax in’ arriving ata ‘price with Which we can compete on the: world markets in petrochemicals.” | “He aaid the proviticial government will couitinue its two: . Year push: "to: get the federal government to ‘get out of s taxing our gas.” ; “?MeClelland released a ‘study on. Be 5 ‘requirements, . ‘aupply and ‘surplus of natural-gas and natural gas liquids, jump to-3.3 to 6.4 trillion by the year 2000. - He sald the report, prepared by George Govier, a former - Chief deputy minister: of energy and natural resources in - British: Columbia in: the higgest barrier to- development ‘of: a major: petrecheinical | ‘industry in the. takes yp abqut.a thirdof the cost of gas in B.C., and. it there sone single factor- which may inhibit thé develap-" t “which shows that the province currently has @ total surplus the surplus will evaporate in 1098. An estimated L Yo von be. drilled this year.” ; > However, said. Govier, dei.t evo “dons, 800° te. (00: ery ld ' mein aind : ‘annual about Soa bllion Pe fest ‘pould be sustaine 0 walls'a year wera drilled betw "186 annoitnce "shortly: the. projérts,’ which heat meet, requirements. j currently ia looking at nin propa ~ natural gas, one ia for extension of gas pipeline exports ta, _the U.S, , with; the remainder for, ammania-irea production facilities’ and petrachemicals: ' “What.we need to do is find new markets,” MeClelland - said.““"There | ig alot of gas around in B.C. and Alberta right .at the present: tme which is found and capped. —, ; “The producer must be ‘able to sell his product, and if he . can’t sell his product it doesn’t matter what price’ you put on -- it, it simply dogsn’t do him any good. So 1 have attached a vt more importance to markets than I’ do to prices.” : ‘The surplus.is determined by adding proven reserves in » Alberta; “gives us some idea what markets we can see and B. C. and gas guaranteed from outside the province and ie gives 4s a basis for us to decide which markets are ihe . subtracting 25 times the current consumption on the « | pest use of our gas in terms of price and benefits.” "The surplus is there, and thé major story the report tells. ig: that we've got to get some drilling activity going in B.C. if | oo we, ‘Want to maintain that surplus and bulld it.""*° ys The report says: that if only 100 wells are drilled a year, mainland plus the firm future requiremenjs in the province, - These requirements include provision for Vancouver Island’ neéds and the gas earmarked for. a methanol plant being . built i in Kitimat plus ¢ the amount comnaitted for sale to the. US. . ~ Rupert’ s catch not pretty VANCOUVER (CP). — Arare fish that, resembles a rock -With tumors Spent 10 days aboard a fishing boat, three days . “ submerséd i in the murky waters of Prince Rupert-harbor - ‘and four hours on-a plane-before arriving relatively. un-: - scathed at Vancouver. aquarium. “He's nota terribly pretty fish, " says | Bruce MacDougall, , the 92-year-old fisherman who watched the: Big. Mouth Seulpin survive 15 rough-and-ready days between capture - .. and. the aguaritim. - ; “Buthe’ S tough. Alot of pretty fish are so sensiiiye they'd ; ~~~ ~--die after'an-hour-in a bucket. He wasn't too ‘concerned no matter what happened to him - he. just. kept plugging 7 along.” --~-eonstantly.° Lacking deck pumps, MacDougall tiéd seine “ Sculpini WAS SO named by the fishboat crew that caught > -him near Masset. “You can feel an attachment for something like that —arn- ugly duckling that hangs in there,” said MacDougall. “Iurching piece of debris.” MacDougall admits he had: no intention of stiving the fish - when il first appeared at the end of a salmon trolling line off. Massett in the Queen. Charlotte Islands. But when it-was' _ Still alive after an hour on the boat’s deck, he rigged a tub that became Sculpini’s home for the next 10-days. Despite rough seas, Sculpini was:still very much alive by. the time a fishing closure sent the 1e-metre Raven Spirit . back.to Prince Rupert-on the north coast: * - Aquarium public relations officer Ray Lord prefers to - ayoid the word ugly; but admits Sculpini will be “one of the : mast distinctive-looking Tish’ In the ® aquarium’s B.C. . gallery. ~ There are spiny warts ¢ on Sculpini’s ‘chin, fleshy bi bits and "pieces on his wide heavy head, and bryazoans, a form of invertebrate life that normally: grow on rocks, attached to _his dorsal fin. There is also a foot long grin, a glittering eye | and wing-like, fins. , -Papsively waits for food to pass by, he terids to sit solidly at ~- the botto at as Lord puts it, makes him | look “like ay LI rai SALLY kee GA. "the Canadlan economy was ‘dealt another severe blow _ Thursday as the country’s eight ‘largest chartered. barks’ ” paised- thelr. key prime lending rates to 16.25 per cent, and, the Canedian dollar. coritinued its tumble, closing. at. 77, 45. ‘cents U5. - The rise in the. prime rate from: 17, § per cent followed g rise Thursday of almost-four-tenths of a ‘percentage point in - the Bank of Canada rate to 16.59 per cent from 16,20 as the. central bank sought’ to defend the dollar, which has been _ Setting record lows: almost daily in ‘relation to the U. 5. * dollar. However, analysts appeared pessimistic the increase i in At Prince Rupert the water supply from the harbor was ° filthy. with oil, garbage and dead fish and. MacDougall | feared thefish would die unless the tank water was changed netting ¢ over the tub and lowered it into the harbor. There Sculpini Janguished for. three days while Mae- ; dougall — now convinced he had an unusual fish that would m be of interest to the aquarium — made arrangements to get him Flown to Vancouver: To prepare the fish for flight, MacDougall cooled him-in ice and put him ina sealed: garbage bag, filled with water - and pure oxygen. ~The oxygen Was supplied by.a bemused doctor al. the . Prince Rupert Hospital emergency ward — the only source the prime rate would be enough to reverse the dollar's slide. - Paul Kovacs, - chief economist’ for .the Canadian Manufacturer’ s Association said it might ease downward pressure on ‘the beleaguered currency hut foresees no-real improvement until the government ‘changes its economic policies. =. -. “Since lant . November's. budget, people have Tealized - Canada. is a lousy place to invest,” he said, John Grant; chief ‘economist with Wood Gundy Ltd., of Toronto, agreed the Canadian dollar is unlikely to rise: against its United States counterpart and said the Bank of - - Canada may even need to raise rates further to stabilize. the--- - currency. He said the Interest ratei increase represented the “latest ‘whirl inthe U.S. interest rates whirlwind.” U.S: rates are high because of uncertainty over the size of U. Ss. ‘budget - deficits. - - Meanwhile, Progressive | Conservative, Leader Joe Clark, pointing to the bank” “Fate: increase,” ‘padgered ‘Finance MacDougall could find on. a Sunday. ‘The only container available — a 77-litre re garbage pail — - was a tight: fit for the. -i3-centimeire, 4 5-Kilogram fish, - When ‘the bag was opened at Vancouver International . = airport, after four hours teavelling, the fish was allve, but | «Aga ‘member ‘ofa family of bottom-dwelting ‘fish that . just barely. A dose of water perked him up for the trip to the . aquarium: ~-Lard suid Seulpini isthe first tof-his-kind-o-be-dieplayed live in B. ¢., boas: ate Poh ees eons ae Shei vat a aed ‘Interest rates up again - under review. ‘The last change inthe prime rate:: chorged. by! the: - Canadian chartered banks was June 4, when it rose to 17.5 per cent from 17 per cent. ‘The US. prime rate now is 16.5. per cent. «| — - Some analysts say the gap between interest rates in the United States and Canada has not been sufficient to give support to the Canadian-dollar after the much ‘lower US. inflation rate is taken into account. While the effect of the increased prime on consumer loan and mortgages rates is not yet certain, interest rates charged on those loans to borrowers may well rise. The Bank of Canada rate, which changes’ with the ‘weekly, auction of government 91-day treasury bills, is Sela quarter: of a pércentage point above the average yield on the bills, The yield this week was: 16.34 per cent, up from 15, 95 per" cent last week, = = a In other business news ‘Thursday: — Share prices on the Toronto stock market : /plinged to. De-year lows "as inveators continued to ‘despair over an economy that appears. to-be coming apart. at the seams. . With the financial community, concerned about news -of rising interest rates -and.a plummeting dollar, the TSE 300. composite index dropped 27.33 points to 1377, 50, its lowest . lose since Feb, 12,.1979.° - - “Minister Allan’ MacKachen in. the Commons, asking him . when he will present his promised new economic package. ” refused to say what the package will contain. . ~ MacEachen said he has. not. decided on the. timing ‘and: The latest interestrate increase comes a8 a bitter blow to ‘Canadian businesses already reeling under a.combination | of poor sales and the high-cost of servicing their debts. “However, the prime is still nowhere near the a .75 per cent " it reached last August. *- wor ; The banks sald the increase in the prime rate - — charged " on loans to top-rated corporate customers anda base for - other borrowing charges.such as mértgages and consumer _Toans ; — WAB 5 the only change for now but, other rates are othe s ‘EDMONTON’ OPV “Alberta Research Council: ‘said. Thursday: Caadian, : : Mom Canadians do not appreciate. . “and j is ‘concerned: with ulittzation a and upgrading of naturel. ~ the; extent: of - provinelal ‘conimitments’ ‘to ‘research and, selencé in the country, president Dr. ‘Gilles Gloutler o of the . — The Fecession-ridden economy probubly can't: count on™ any boost from private business this year, says a govern- ‘ment survey whicti: shows’ ‘businesses cutting back on their spending plans. The Industry Department also suggested in’ _ Asurvey there may be no. increased investment. at. all in new... ; plant and” equipment this year, — The Royal Bank of Canada says about 200 senior hank ~executives received pay increases, this year: just before _ bank chairman Rowland Frazee announced a wagé freeze. But bank spokesman Fred Billings sald ‘Thursday the executives won't be getting additlonal. increases until July; 1983, ai the earliest. — Alberta Energy. Co. Ltd., 60-per-cent. iwned by the , provincial Sovernment, made public a bid for controlling interest in-Chieftain Development Co. Ltd. Alberta Energy - ‘ig seeking up to seven million Chieftain common shares at $24 each, or will exchange 36 Alberta Energy 11%4-pér-cent preferred shares for each hn Chieftain, ‘share ‘held by- a ‘resolireds, It ‘algo. ~ Supports. industrial’ and economic: , . ata. ‘the Arba ” development: through research and ‘development. eee ie Therefore; they: are nok. taking ‘full: advantage’ of those : irovincial contributions - to: the. scientific, and enduring . ‘Teservoir and: strength. of. Canada,” Cloutier told - a den 1e¢ ‘Council of Canada, t The ‘Alberta “Research: ak research,. Cloutier. ‘Bal Council’ is-.one example of a provincial . involvement : | scleniific’ and technological : ‘Alberta. $70 milllon for, res ; ‘Establistied ‘wo par ago, the eéunell ie ihe pritteipal- ee “research agency. ofthe. Alberta ‘government, it conducts: : The ‘council: employs riearly. 500 people’ ‘and haa-a: “40” million operating: budget, derived from a provincial grant’: -and contracts with industry and government departments. The Alberta government also recognizes universities dre a " major agency of research, Cloutfer sald. He estimated. the’; 2° to-the bead provincial government’ has granted . ‘the Universit ‘ h this: s Yea. ae “Alberta does. not: ‘sland mitments to. scientific research;: make use of the surplus natural gas. Thres t are for liquifted - 7 te what's going ~ Thornhill Viewpoint 'v Sandeck!’s S$ Sloat - By CLAUDETTE SANDE. Normally ,:the agenda of-@ meeting-has a- bein for’ ” Dislriet 88 offer, 0. such ‘genda item, eld Uitle if any. ‘should read the letters one at a time. Then the’ board can either accept the information, arrive .at.a. decision im: " mediately, decide to route the letter ta gu appropriate committee for study, or defer the letter tothe next meeting. Letters referred toa committee would be brought back to- the board in the near future for board approval ofa deciston ‘recommended by the committee, - No letter should be misplaced, lost, or delayed until a reply is worthless to the recipient. . . Twosuch instances occurred recently, in the first cage, the . Terrace District Arts Council made a request. of the board in July 1981, repeated their request in December, 1981, and finally gave up in April, 1982 when they. util had’ ‘not had a reply from the board. By then it was too Late for the Airts Council tb. put into place their plans for a summer ‘schoo! - _ eyenif the board hadgiven them the okay, In the second instance, Caledonia School's staff requested ” A meeting with the board. Caledonia made the request April: 3. When’ the board eventually set a date, for June 15, Caledonia declined to meet until next fall, Not all correspondence needs to be presented to the board ‘for action. Ifa board policy exists, letters relating te such policy matters need not receive the. board’s attention: For example, if correspondence requests use of a school gym for a reunlon, RCMP ball, or other major event, the board has an established policy stipulating which groups may use school gyms, under ‘what conditions, and for which fees, “There is no need for such trivia to come before the board, Yet the board continues to mike individual decisions on ‘ such routine ‘Tequesta, . Neither is therea need for the board to rule on request for groups touse the REM Lee Theatre. The board has a policy ” petting. out the rates-for different user. groups, whether commercial: profitmaking, conimunity charity, or school "related. ‘But the board persists | in debating individual -decisions on such run-of-the-mill requests. — - _ The tlme the board would save by puttings its policies into . practice could be better spent discussing major issues of public concern, For one, the trustees could publicly debate when all their committee meetlnga are held in-camera, Or ‘they could explain why they agreed to pay the heavy. costs ‘of a Review Board and now hedge on adopting or putting into practice the Review Board's recommendatlons: Had thehoard followed the Review, Board’ 's recommendatians to involve parents In major decisions’ such as choosing prin- - cipals, they might not now be in the’ predicament they: are with Stewart parents up in arms, « ‘Rather than the board spending a large part ‘of ee general meetings side-stepping embarrassing motions, . they-could get on with the job of running the school district. « The four-page report of ins fire inspection conducted at the -.Hart Farm May’ 28 iy the board has been precc- cuRiSA “soeesine we an OOF og — MOP tSAK .The opinions expressed in this ‘column are those of. ‘the _ writer and do not reflect the: opinion of the board of school | tustoes of School District 8 BB. Controls discussed | _ EDMONTON (CPy = When is control not control?” That question may well be asked by ‘stock: market ' analysts on the heels of Thursday's offer by Alberta Enietgy . Co. Ltd. for what amounts to 51 per: cent of Edmonton-based ' Chieftain Development Ca. Ltd. —~ ‘AEC, however, has apparently agreed it will not. vote more than 49 per cent of the stock, assuming its offer for : control is successful. . “I don't know if I can clarify it because their (AEC) lawyers are having great problems with It, but the concept was that they wouldn't have voting control,’ Chieftain “president Stan Milner tald. the. company’ & annual meeting - Thursday. ; ‘ The mechanics of the move are still being sorted out, but - details will be included Monday when AEC circujates'the” ~ offer, AEC’ secretary Arlene Moore” Bald. in a telephone - interview from Calgary. * _ AEC, which is SO-per-cent owned by-the Alberta govern- . ‘ment, ‘is seeking up to seven million ‘Chieftain common ‘shares.at $24 each or will exchange 96 AEC.11%-per-cent . - pr eferred shares ‘for 100 Chieftain shares held. by a° Canadian. The proposal carries an estimated price tag of $168 million if cash is taken for. all requested shares, AEC ‘said. Chieftain closed Thursday ‘at 21% on the Toronto Stock _ Exchange.” .o on oy a r Liat geen feelea a aae man eee agit dea teune gece me sa eee The offer would leave AEC with 86p per cent of Chieftain's "outstanding common shares, or about 5] per cent after the conversion of oulstanding Chieftain convertible preferred » shareg. The issue was ‘further clouded by: ‘Milner’ 8 statement that the propased agréement to vate 493 per cent applies only 8 as _ long-as he remains at Chieftain. ee * Details of . ‘that. arrangement weré also unavailable pending AEC’S” ‘circular, ' ‘although Moore said it reflects - AEC's belief, that” Chieftain’s’ ‘present management, . especially Milner, is: 2 acceptable, - - When asked by’ a sharehiolder if’ AEC: would be ‘the , province's vehicle for greater. involyement, in the energy ~ Industry, ‘Milner ‘said: the Lougheed goverinmient ‘does not ; "interfere with AEC's:9 *“'But Alberta Eiiergy Ta ae 40 have greater exposure” outside of Canada and this g provide af ‘opportunity’ for that Tare gfe ; mnie VAs well’ ag. “having” ‘aigtificent” pie and-gas" reserves n= is ‘involved: ‘in; ithe North. = the. United fant Gul atrella, ae ’ Canada; Chieflanjis’ Miner said. "AEC simply wants become a \ ingestor,. : “although it-also wants to appoint two members ‘to. Chief" . tain’s six-memberboard.iJt was.not, immediately known if ; the directors: would replaée existing members or he added ~ : ntoling 5 Hock | “Milner: added int ‘AEC: is*veoking a ‘Mainly. to protect its iriterebt. 1 Tf they go for 49 (per cent) and somebody else comes out, mess -and bids for'51 {per cerit).then they, wind ‘up.as 4 minority. ‘sald ‘chalier citing ‘the. a Quebec v vast, ‘evolvement. in: n.Fesoarch ’ shareholder. They.wanted to make sure they have the 61 Pibiee cent to! > protect ‘théte. -position, oO . pandence. : ‘However, ” general. meetings - of School t