1 PAGE 6, THE HERALD, Wednesday, November 2, 1977 Exhaustive study no help — The Amazing Spider-man from page I decision on which coast should get priority should be based on which part of Canada or of the United Referendum next spring By ALAN FREEMAN QUEBEC (CPF) — The referendum on Quebec independence will not take place before the spring of 1979, Parti Quebecois House Leader Robert Burns in- dicated Tuesday. Burns told reporters after the opening session of a legislature committee studying the government's white paper on referendum law t the referendum “will certainly not take place before the end of 1978.” Asked if that meant the vote will be held in the spring of 1079, Burns fater told reporters that elections are not usually held during the winter, or during the summer (when’ people are on holidays). ; . Burns, also parliamen- tary reform minister and in eharge of drawing up legislation on referendums, said it now was definite the independence referendum would not be held in 1978. Meanwhile, at the com- mittee hearings, the Quebec Bar Association joinec opposition spokesmen it denouncing a government proposal to force all par- ticipants in a referendum to join special “‘yes" or ‘'no" committees which would be exclusively permitted ¢ spend or raise funds. _ SEEK OTHER WAYS Its brief cailed for in- . vestigation of cther methods of controlling expenditures ' during referendum cam. paign. States has greatest need for 0 The eastern situation is more complex, with possibilities including ex- pansion af the pipeline from ortland, Maine, to Quebec; a new tanker terminal near St. John, N. B., with a line to’ Montreal; a similar super- fanker terminal on the lower St. Lawrence River; and a superport on Nova Scotia's Strait of Canso, connecting to Montreal. The two also pointed out that Canada's oil needs over the next 12 years may vary by as much as 280,000 “NDP hammers at break-in From page 1 Conservative Leader Joe Clark demanded that Prime June by Ouellet that he had a list of “‘separatist sym- pathizers” in Quebec. The connection between the two was made in the House by Allan Lawrence (PC—Northum berland- Durham). Meanwhile, _Selicitor- General Francis Fox said he will not allow a Quebec inquiry into illegal RCMP activities to ‘go on a fishing expedition” and inquire into the day-to-day activities of the RCMP. The comment followed anconfirmed reports that fox would cut off co- aperation with the Quebec nguiry later this week, roadhent urged SolicitorGeneral Francis Fox to check his files to find whether Allmand had seceived a letter sent by John Stames, then director- general of the RCMF se- surity wing, Dec, 19, 1972, about the raid on the left- wing news agency. Fox said he would check, The government has said it did not know the break-in was illegal until 1976, when an RCMP constable on trial * one barrels a day, depending on such factors as growin technology in recovering o not now readily accessible. Questioned by Harry Rankin, counsel for the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union Matthews and Priddle said the northern oi! sands are estimated to have a otential of 750 billion rrels—and given methads meeting cost and efficiency mo sthde me r eliminate the need for any new coastal facility. Rankin suggested that oil companies would come up an another charge in Montreal testified that he aad taken part in the raid without warrant. PLEADED GUILTY Last spring, RCMP Chief Supt. Donald Cobb and two other police officers—one from the Montreal force and from the Quebec Provincial Police—pleaded guilty to authorizing a raid without warrant. They were iven unconditional ischarges. This case helped touch off Commons questions that led in July to creation of a royal commission to look into RCMP activities. Since then, Fox had told the House of three other incidents: —The RCMP, without warrant, entered a Parti Quebecois office in Montreal Jan, 9, 1973, and took, copied and returned computer tapes containing party membership lists and fi- nancial information. —The RCMP burned a renovated barn east of Montreal Island to forestall a meeting of left-wing groups. —The force may have been involved in theft of dynamite from Ciment Independant Inc., an east- end Montreal plant. Antonovich. Carlson. Howe Whalers whomp Nordiques QUEBEC (CP) — First- riod goals by Mike An- novich, Jack Carlson and Gordie Howe started New England Whalers on their way to a 6-3 triumph ovei Quebec Nordiques in World Hockey Association play Tuesday night. Marty Howe, John McKenzie and Steve Carlson scored the other goals for the Whalers who moved into a one-point lead atop the aight-team league. Mare Tardif, Serge Bernier and Steve Sutherland scored for the Nordiques who never recov- ered from New England's quick start. Whalers’ goaltender Al Smith turned aside 41 shots, including 16 in each of the first two periods. The Whalers tested Quebec's Richard Brodeur 26 times before 10,037 fans. The Whalers, battling with Winnipeg Jets for the top spot in the eight-team league, jumped into a quick 2) lead with Antonovich scoring his fourth of the year with 3:25 gone in the opening session and Jack rison getting his third 15 seconds later. SCORED THIRD Gordie Howe then fired his third of the season with 11:58 gone to give the Whalers a 3-0 bulge they carried into the middle session. ‘Tardif's seventh goal with 4:37 gone in the second riod put the Nordiques ck into the game and Bernier scored on a power Five-goal period play at 11:10, just eight seconds after Marty Howe had been given a minor penalty by referee Bill Friday. Marty Howe put the Whalers ahead 4-2 at 14:15 with Sutherland pulling the Nordiques to within a goal 94 seconds later before McKenzie restored New England’s two-goal lead with six seconds remaining. Steve Carlson, brought up as a replacement for the injured Tom Webster, added a shorthanded goal to complete New England’s scoring inthe third period. Friday called eight of 12 minors to the Whalers, a — major to each team and misconducts in the third period to Sutherland and Gary Lariviere of Quebec. Islanders rout Flames UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Centre Bryan Trottier scored four goals, two ina five-goal New York first period, and added an assist as the Islanders extended their National Hockey League unbeaten streak to seven games with a 9-0 rout of Atlanta Flames on Tuesday night. After goals by Bob Leafs trade Nystrom, J.P. Parise and Jean Potvin gave New York a 3-0 lead, Trottier stole the show by netting his fourth and fifth goals of the season in a span of 4:17. He took a ss from Clark Giilies, roke down center ice and— holding off defenceman Richard Mulhern with his left hand— scored on a 15- foot shot with only his right hand on-his stick, ==, rg Swedish lefty TORONTO (CP) — Toronto Maple Leafs have traded Inge Hammarstrom, Swedish-born left-winger, to St. Louis Blues for right- winger Jerry Buller, the National Hockey League team announced Tuesday. “We're giving up a scorer for a checker,”’ said general manager Jim Gregory after making the deal. Hammarstrom, 29, who played for the Swedish national team befere coming to Toronto in 1973 with defenceman Borje Salming, has scored 64 goa and assisted on 81 in a little more than four seasons. Butler, 23-year-old native of Sarnia, Ont., broke into the NHL briefly with New York Rangers in 1972-73 and payed two seasons in New ork before being traded to St. Louis along with Ted Irvine and Bert Wilson for John Davidson and Bill Col- ling in 1975. He underwent surgery for ’ a ruptured spleen lay, 1974, and missed the start of the 1975-76 season with a broken right foot. Butler has scored 58 goals and assisted on 82 in his NHL career, including 17 goals in each of the last two seasons. With 28 seconds left in the period, he converted Mike ossy’s centring pass, as the Islanders cruised to their fourth victory with three ties in the last seven games, After Bossy made it 6-0 with his sixth goal of the season at 2:30 of the second riod, Trottier sneaked in ront of the net and banged — ‘Jn his own rebound. Bossy had a goal and four assists and Gillies also had three assists, giving the line 13 points for the game. The Islanders, who have won eight and tied eight of | their last 17 games against Atlanta dating back to Dec. 26, 1974, took the lead just 1:49 after the opening faceoff when Nystrom rammed Gary Howatt’s centring pass past Flames’ goaltender Phil Myre. Parise skated in un- touched and beat Myre with a 20-foot backhander at 8:10, and 46 seconds later, Potvin sent a 50-foot slap shot into the net off Myre's arm. Lorne Henning closed out the scoring with 5:29 to play. Billy Smith and Swedish import Goran Hogosta shared the 21-save shutout, with the required technology ven enough incentives by OUS ALEK the governments involved. eae Thompson announced that A i‘ the oil ports inquiry hearings will continue through Friday in Van- couver, then adjourn for a week, to reopen Nov. 14 in Victoria. A sh Today’s session will ee AM continue with questioning of f.: Matthews, who is the ad- visor to Ottawa’s oil supply Planning division; and Priddle, who is senior ad- viser on petroleum utilization. : ; —~_ THE STAR ATTRACTION OF MIAMI'S Tn if they were IMAL LAN? DAZZLES- u2 ne 2 7 THE PANTHER'S Minister Trudeau, as the man “directly responsible for the direction of national security activities,” be in the Commons by today to answer questions about “illegal activities and coverups.” Trudeau was in Western Canada on Tuesday meeting provincia premiers. Acting Prime Minister Jean Chretien meantime - urged Commons Speaker James Jerome to carry out an investigation into the alleged bugging of Con- servative MP Elmer MacKay's office because “there is too much doubt in the air.” Fox denied that the RCMP ies was involved in this. bie: YEU, THE Jue MUST) | neath IE IT 7 Broadbent asked why Fox | PI DECIDE IF THis exact REDEEMING po waited more than two EZCLAL months to tell Quebec authorities of the arson and theft allegations against the RCMP. Fox informed a _ royal commission in July, then told Quebee authorities in September. Fox did not explain the delay, saying The Wizard of Id there was no obstruction. To paraphrase the "Grass-is-Greener” adage, there are many Canadians who believe that air fares are cheaper on ‘the other side.” The facts are that requiar economy air fares in Canada are considerably lower than those of the European scheduled airlines within Europe. The comparisons shown in the box below demonstrate that this difference applies both on short and long distance flights. CANADA VS. EUROPE REGULAR FARES* Return Return Cost . Mileage Fare permile Route (miles) § Cdn. ¢Cdn. London-Paris 430 129. 30.0 Sudbury-Toronto 422 88. 20.9 Rome-London 1792 438. 24.4 Windsor-Winnipeg 1720 194. 11.3 Paris-Nice | 6622. ss 2.2 Edmonton-Regina 658 124. 14.5 *European fares are subject fo currency fluctuations. HOW DO CANADA'S AIR FARES COMPARE WITH THOSE OF THE UNITED STATES? Again, many Canadians believe that air fares in the United States are much cheaper than Canadian airfares. However, a com- parison of regular economy fares, over routes of similar mileage, shows that US. fares are only fractionally more economical, A demonstration of this follows. CANADA VS. U.S, REGULAR FARES* Return Aaturn Cost Mileage Fare permile Route (mites) $Cdn. ¢ Cdn. Denver-Phoenix 1024 «6.1990 «19.6 Montreal-Hatifax 1000 136. 13.6 Washington- : Grand Hagids 1026 «124. «12.1 Thunder Bay-Toronto 1130 «146. 12.9 Chicago-Phoenlx 2a74 0 2?4. 9.5 Ottawa-Saskataon 2954 294. 10.0 New York-SanFrancisco $156 425, 8.2 Fradericton-Vancouver 5270 464. 8.4 ‘*aAmencan (ares are subject (o currency (lucludions THE COST OF RUNNING AIRLINES: CANADA VS. UNITED STATES. How is it that the U.S. airlines are able to maintain these lower prices? There are many . reasons, not the least of which Is fuel costs. in the U.S, jet ue! costs an average ol 43.4 cents per Imperial gallon. Here in Canada that same gallon costs an average of 53.6 cents, In Canada, aircraft and spare parts cost more. Landing fees and terminal charges are more expensive. Another point, all Canadian airlines have to keep going while “Old Man Winter" tries to make things difficult. That means special winterized equipment, de-icing of aircraft and you can imagine the heating bill for a hanger that's bigenough tohald an airerafl for maintenance. ‘Every Canadian knows that winler is expensive. CANADA'S LEADING SCHEDULED AIRLINES Air Canada * CP Air * Eastern Provincial Airways * Nordair Ltd.» Pacific Western Airlines * Quebecair » Transair PROMOTIONAL FARES. _ Despite the many advantages that help give the U.S. airlines a marginal regular fare superiority, Canada’s scheduledairlines stil hold the edge, in many cases, with promo- tional fares. These fares, such as Charter Class Fares, do enable Canadians to fly same routes at rates even lower than those available to American travellers. CANADA VS. U.S. PROMOTIONAL FARES* Return Return Cost Mileage Fare parmile Route (miles) $Cdn. ¢ Cdn. Denver-Phoenix 1024 fit. 08 Montreal-Halifax 1G00 102. 10.2 Washington- ' 1026 99. Grand Rapids 5.7 Thunder Bay-Toronto 1130 95. B4 Chicago-Phoenix 2874 206. 71 Ottawa-Saskatoon 2954 17B 6.0 New York- 233. (tuwed.thy 4.5 San Francisco 5156 255 ony 6.0 276 alsun) 5.4 Fredericton-Vancouver 5270 263, 5.0 “American fares dra subject fo Gutfoticy fuctialions While Canada's scheduled airlines pay substantially higher costs than many of our competitors, the foregoing tables show that by international comparisons, Canadians silill enjay some of the lowest airfares in the world. ime ae go a am NE eae PRES TAOS PINE OM a ee i ena pte Cag Re te