og THE HERALD, Tuesday, July 11, 1978, PAGE 11 “Kat”, “Slocan” And 40 Others Keep Northern Foresters Busv With the forest fires less than a dozen miles south of Terrace Forestry officials said Sunday evening, the rain which fell over the weekend - 20 mm at Prince Rupert, 9.7 mm at Terrace and 21 mm at Smithers had only dropped 4 mm (% in.) on the 7,000 acre blaze which was well into its second week, almost half way between Terrace and Kitimat. ‘Terry Walker said although the rain did not put: out the fire, it did slow it to the point where more gains were made on all fronts. Guards wera completed on portions of the northwest and southeast corners of the fire. Monday ‘morning mop up operations were beginning in those sectors. Walker remarked there had been no problem in finding volunteers © to fight the fire and that both Terrace and Kitimat ranger stations have long lists of names of men available. _More than 300 men were reported on the fire lines Saturday, but B.C. Forest Service Media Rep. Walker said, Sunday night, that now the fire had reached the labour intensive area - where the mountains were too steep for tractors. 350 men would be needed on the job for Monday. A few of the 20 ‘‘cats” may have to be laid off, but all 17 tanker trucks would be kept in service. The fire - named KAT (each fire is given a name, similar, up to a point, to aaming of hurricanes, though not preselected-) was infra- red-ray scanned by Intertech, Friday. The plane flew at 17,000 ft. coming up with a good chart of all the hot spots. The Scanner plane went in again to record progress Saturday morning but was not able to get as good a picture due to cloud cover bond Sunday afternoon, the cloud having lifted, a third scan showed progress was being made and in most areas the fire was being retained. Meanwhile, Sunday, a new fire near the Alaskan border, where the Alaskar highway dips into the B.C. boundaries before returning to the Yukon, a fire named SLOK broke out. Under a reciprocal agreement between the Yukon and B.C. Forest services on whoever is closest fight it until the right guy can get there basis - the Yukon Forest fire fighters went in first, and were fighting it with33 men, The men had their hands full. More were needed, so the Prince Rupert district recruited 9 more men at Stewart, B.C. and they went in aboard a Grumman Goose that landed at nine p.m: Sunday night. Meanwhile a 3,000 acre blaze south of Dawson Creek was brought under control, in B.C., Saturday, following two nights of rain there. However, North of Telegraph Creek, B.C. there was still no rain reported and the woods were said to be tinder-dry with extreme fire hazard conditions existing. A third fire, near Atlin, in the Prince Rupert Forest district was also under control having reached a size of 170 acres. So teres In the Prince George district, on Monday the sxe ctpihy OEM Sy Saperreescrgeese i x nec fee, 3 Pa Mite BUNSEN 4 ee Gl Rhee, Sgt What cavalryman father would not be proud to see his beautiful daught astride a thoroughbred of her own, puiting it through iis paces? The daughter, Nina Kavanagh, The horae, INN HORSE, an 8 year old gelding who promises to be a good jumper, has a good temperament, and already is clearing the bars at five feet. The father, who is also a professional quality photographer, and who took this photograph, is Eric Brorup. High Blood Pressure Strikes Without Warning GENEVA (Reuter) — “It is a shame that high blood F rit tie deid § at east actittle bits”. Prof. perp y. Gross, a member of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) expert committee on hypertension, the medical name for high blood pressure, made his remark during the committee’s recent review of the last 15 years of research into blood sure, He was saying hyper- tensive patients would follow health care instructions more closely if they felt some discomfort. Theexperts found they had learned little about what causes one man's blood pressure to shoot up dangerously and another’s to remain safely low, but they agreed they now have much better drugs to control the problem. And it is a worldwide prob- lem, they decided, affecting about 10 per cent of the planet's people. GLUT hot West Ger- " Hypertension is a strange medical beast. It has been associated with hereditary factors, stress, smokitig and *" diets high in animal fats and. salt, But its cause or, more’ probably, causes have yet to be pinned down, LEADS TO STROKES It kills no one directly but often leads to strokes and— though this link is not so weil established—coronary heart disease, the bivgest killers in Industrialized nations, To get back to Gross’s point, it doesn’t hurt or cause any symptoms a patient can see or feel, Thus doctors find it difficult to persuade patients to take pills, often for the rest of their lives, to control a condition casing them no discomfort. Yet the blood-pressure test, a few seconds with a collar wraped around one’s arm, is one of the simplest in medicine. Dr. D. GO. Akinkugbe of Ni- geria, another committee member, emphasized that high blood pressure is not only a condition of the rich and industrialized. “The majority of African communities have blood- pressure patterns: similar. to those, of economically ad- ‘yanced countries and: a similar prevalence of hypertension, occurring mostly in persons over the age of 40,”" he said, MORE RESEARCH NEEDED The committee urged the WHO to support and co- ordinate anti-hypertension programs all over the world. Tt recommended that more children be studied to find types predisposed to hyper- tension and, since mast birthcontro] pills raise blood pressure, that women on the pili be warned of the . dangers. Most of its recom- mendations called for fur- ther research, especially into the roles of weight, diet, drinking, smoking, exercise and psychological and behavioral factors. The 15 doctors from, around the world examined claims that exercise, yoga ‘ and various forms of meditation could control blood pressure. But they found that only drugs can re- lieve hypertension. - ‘Dr. James Robertson of Glasgow noted that new medicines. on the market, especially the so-called beta- blockers, pressure without some of the unpleasant side-effects of the old pills. Though worldwide, condition varies wildly with peoples, places and life- styles. The residents of the North Karelia area of Finland lead that country in hi and Finland leads the world. Yet these people are mainly farmers and Jumberjacks, | American blacks and New Zealand Maoris have higher bleed pressure than their white nelghbors, The blood pressure cf many residents of Pacific Islands and of certain tribes in Africa and Asia does not rise with age, a syndrome normal in the West. In Ontario it’s Strawberries In Britain it’s the Potatoes MANCHESTER, England (CP) — A glut of potatoes is mounting on Britain's farms and is expected to cost the taxpayers about &12 million ($24.72 million). A cash handout from the British government will go to "potato farmers under a price guarantee deal, But a huge surplus of potatoes is bullding up as the old potato season ends and the Potato Marketing Board feara it will be left with three million tons on its hands. The surplus arose because government statistics at the start of the season, when prices were high, many housewives stopped buying potatoes. And far- mers, tempted by rich returns, had already planted many more spuds than before. Prices slumped and now 100,-000 tons of potatoes are being used each week in the nation’s kitchens, Latesl show that the people of Britain are eating 24 per cent more potatoes than last year. “But with the new crop reaching the stores, we are unlikely to eat. aur way through the mountain of old potatoes,” said a marketing board spokesman, An official of the Fish Friers Association said Britain's thousands of fish and chip shops now are paying about &80 a ton for potatoes compared with &170 in 1977, “But the price of fish and chips as sold over the counter or in restaurants is unlikely to come down,” the official sald, ‘Other costs, -. Conrad and Montagu Black Win Control of Argus Corp. ‘TORONTO (Ue) — The Star says Conrad M., Black and his brother G. Montegu Black have taken control of . Agia Corp. Lid, the giant holding company that controls some of the most important firms in Canada. Black, 33, and his 37-year- old brother acquired the holdings of the late John A. -McDovgald In Ravelstor Corp., the company that controls Argus. *MeDougald was the long- time chairman of Argus which controls such giants as Dominion Stores Lid., Massey-Ferguson Ltd., and Standard Broadcasting Corp. Ltd. ; The Blacks acquired the 46.4 cent interest in Ravelaton held by the Me-' Dougald estate and by the: family of the late Eric Phillips, a McDougald as- sociate. Price waa not an- nounced. ‘TheStar says the purchase 7 gives the Blacks a 69.5 per cent interest in Ravelsten. Earlier, the Blacks took steps to force the sale to them of shares held by companies and trusts associ- ated with Maxwell Meighen, These shares give the Blacks about 96 per cent of Ravelston. The remaining shareholder, Gen. Bruce | Matthews, continues to hold » $09 per cent of the com- pany's stock, such as the price of fish, oil and wages, have all gone’ up,” Think small | by Jim Smith ’ JOHANNESBURG A Taxing Problem Let's assume, in the begin- ning, that (jucky you) youare not a columnist and, there- fore, have money to invest, And Jet's analyze a few of your ceptions. You can invest the money in oil exploration and claim an immediate income tax de- duction. Ottawa encourages oil exploration. You can invest the money in apartment construction and claim an immediate in- come tax deduction. Ottawa encourages apartment con- struction. Or you can invest the money in Canadian movie production and claim an im- mediate income tax deduc- tion. Ottawa encourages pro- duction of Canadian mevies. But, if you invest the mo- ney in formation of a new business, Ottawa won't allow you to claim an immediate _income tax deduction. In other words, oil exploration, apartment construction and movie production (727%) are _ all considered more impor- tant than development of a solid Canadian business base. Just to refresh our memo- ties, indepeadent businesses controlled provide jobs, increase GNP, improve the balance of pay- ments, create more new pro- the cesses and productsandkeep the country fess dependent on foreign control. But, un- - der existing fax laws, inves: tors aré encouraged to put their money into oil, apart- ypertension ments and movies rather than independent business. So it’s surprising that Canada’s small business community not lacks investment capital. Before our taxes were “re- formed” and a capital gains tax introduced, entrepreneurs could draw on many indivi- dual investors for the money ‘WHEY STILL READ (CP) — A survey of four large South African cities showed that despite television, the vast majority of evening newspaper readers still scan their papers with the same, or greater regularity than before the advent of TV. The survey used a questionnaire drawn up with the advice of experts fram the bureau of market research, FOR PRIVATE USE OR BUSINES: AUTOVEST i ‘Before you buy, investigate the advantages ofphls rent- B tocwn plan. All monies pald apply fe purchase. Why | fie vp your cash or borrowing power, Ist and last months rent end drive away. 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But capital gains taxes took away the incentive for investing in independent businesses and entrepreneurs found that their source of capital had dried up. The government tried to correct the problem by set- ‘ting up the Federal Business Development Bank, a public agency which has the power to invest in private compa- nies, But bureaucracy isnever an adequate replacement for the free workings of private markets, In recent months, Ottawa has indicated that it realizes ° there are serious problems. The feds have decided that, if you lose your investment, you can now write off half of that loss against other in- come. It’s better than before but it’s stil not enough. If §0% is good, why not 100%? If, for example, a local em- ployee is trying to. recoup his losses from a previous small business venture that failed, why not-reduce this taxable, income by the amount of his lost investment? Investors are clever people — which explains why they have the investment capital in the first place.Consequently, they put their money where the return is best. As long as Ottawa refuses to treat invest- ment in small business as generously as investment in oil, apartments or movies, there will not be enough money to meet the needs of independent business in this country. And a Canada with a weak small business sector is a weak Canada, “Think small” ig an editorial massage from the Canadian Federation ol Indapandent Business® forest fire hazard remained high, despite periodic rains during Saturday and a spokesman for the Forest service said 39 fires had been reported in his district.’ Fifty-two men, using four bulldozers and three helicopters were being used to fight these, the spokesman, Russ Campbell, said. He added, the campfire ban, issued Friday for northern B.C. because of the hazardous con- ditions was still in effect, except in the Fort Nelson area. 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