‘ arr By a a a 4, ‘ shipments may “Northwest vectra, B.C. V zg ” \ ‘By KEITH ALFORD _ Herald Staff Writer “have noticed, large number! ‘cars carrying’ methanol ares Ups th esas" “various - lengths of time“:on:: hey tr ‘between the Sande Overpass: ‘and ‘ti . Station. wot : AS reported in the Daily Her an ‘a CN promised that never again Woul _ tential dangerous situation be allowed ~ “ taoccur, But the cars are ‘heing held. for. . less: than: six, hours, “the . regulated — _ maximum that CN is allowed to hold such. . . Material ina given spot on weekdays. ‘The ‘time limit:i is 48 hours on the weekend, -- ‘Duncon” Ellison, | spokesinan ‘for , Transport - Canada’s ‘Transport. sof. Dangerous Goods section in Toronto, is not. only , familiar with the problem, he's ’ familiar with the area, As a summer. fob- ‘while in university, he helped . pave Highway 16 from Vanderhoof to Hazelton. Currently, carriers. (rallroats, airlines, or truck ‘companies) are not required -to - inform ‘-any local officials of :-when |; - LecrsLatzie LIAR oe ARY a PARLIMENT BUILDINGS . potential emergencies, he suggests. , ropacted, previously, special polar solvent foam is, available.in Kitimat-should a. methanol fire’ breakout in the. Terrace yard, or anywhere nearby. vt “The big‘ problem,” the: ‘Canada ” _-Tensport: spokesman said, depends on " where the- accident occurs = in-the middle ia forest or right-downtown. me “Far too ‘often the difference in dealing with? the. problem * is - the Amount of “preparedness, mee. Local, officials. should ‘find out “what” commodities are’: moving; through, their area_and the best: means of: combating: . One’-can contact: CN, ~ trucking. : associations, ‘and’ airline companies, to determine what they‘ are. moving, if not exact timetables, . _ Another. suggestion, is to. contact area ‘companies ‘to'see_ what - types.of material. they have to ship in to . _ operate. © “> manufacturing plants all must use some , form of material classified as. dangerous - Mines, .‘puip . mills, and - goods by the department of transport. (CN spokesm \ in Vancouver say they - dingerous commodities: are moving . vey ~ jhavea program | to inform local emergency ‘through their area. ; _ _ Ellison: says 20 to 30 types of dangetous | materials” may “be. in. any given About 3,000 items are listed as dangerous - goods by his department. Up to 30,000 dlich © be. irioving somewhere ‘in Canadsi-on any: ‘given day. _ ‘There is no current proposal to alter the . Transportation of Dangerous Goods ‘Act. Howevér, some new. regulations are In the process. of being written: ‘But they, will “mainly. draw. together: already- exiting © regulations spread ° aver several . acts . - dealing. with ‘the. various” types ot 7 transportation ‘available. © 0." ° The federal official stated that it would - ’ bean unenforceable harden tolmpase on 8 es company: ike. CN to: inform alll ‘peal “iy ta vibe ” he Boyt, 1 _ you would get att irifortnution aver ~ Thecities couldn't do anything with it" he, “added, . | tnt cof ingtaana, Ellison says he would. rather have {to fight it than: a "gasoline fire. Methanol disolves in water.” But. you. can't throw enough water on - . methanol to cool the system, “Just let the damn. stuff, burn,’ " by his advice, ‘ ~~ desigrigted’ ‘as’ “dangerots’’,: AB TA? ate response teams about such items, Qne section Is the showing of films and slide shows at firemen’s conventions, Another is to walk the local: fire chief. around the yard. and: indicate . the various access points; . 7 _é ceavirauniéations link is set. up... That means that éither the local: operator of a CN station, or a line manager in Prince - -Goerge or Edmonton has the number, of the local fire department to. ‘call. : “In: Toronto,--CN. has ° a. highly, _ sophisticated emergency : responae- “-¢ommilinication vehicle equipped to handle — Hopefully,: similar” : ’ “yehicles will be in place in CN’s: five major » areas shortly. such’ emergencies. Currently,- therd Is a. less ~ complicated one: located . Edmonton . containing gear, equipment — and. some : coounication facilities. : Smaller: three Agaaiten (tan n: Vaneaty aver’ Sand id Aaetad ioe! -~ “material » * bye: ‘Ellison - points olit that more dangerous material is probably: carried: by‘ trucks since "usually CN: mmay.. ‘parry: a “jek, " not s6.milch of the midterial i is needed. In | our area; he’ Bays, “such ' material is probably* moving | ‘east’ along ‘Highway 16 - after having been’ offloaded from a ship in Prince: nupart. “Dangerous: cargo is 5 stil: here ‘for a ‘shorter length of time as seen Monday ; manufactured, goods...

Fuelled by recession, ‘the federal . _ speting deficit continued soar in. November; reaching $14.12: billion. during. the. first. eight - months of the fiscal year, - ~ virtually double the a7 billion racked up during the. - same period a year earlier. : Finance Department figures released today show’ Glimbing . unemployment insurance payments: and welfare costa, rising. public , debt ‘charges: ‘and a sharp decline’ dn. corporate: arid | gales taxes and . ‘import ‘unemployment... program): shot up to. $1186. billion .t duities were: major: culprits in the deficit Increase. © With ~-about 1.5 million: people out of work, Ottawa’s ., contributions . ‘to. ‘the: insurance ween April and . Novem or from $8251 taillion a year: earlier. costs rose. -to. $1.5 billion " from. $1:3- billion. Despite- ithe . dramatic decline, in’ Anterest: rates © since. July, “public . debt - charges: - +> mostly interest _ payments rz bose to se 346 2 ‘Recovery predicted TORONTO (CP) — The economy- will be on the way to solid recovery by 1985 with an inflationrate ¢lose to zero in the United States, ‘says the pr andj {chief exécutive officer of Canada’ 8 largest alum: tprpalucing campany, “T don’t like making predietigns oe ritgo 80 far.as to say 1985 will be ‘a good year,"”. Alcan, ‘Alf urh Ltd, president David Culver told reporters: Montiay ca a ‘luncheon speech to the Canadian Club, oy Culver said North Americ; de going igh a period of | decreasing inflation which will culminate in zero Inflation -- in the U.S, by 1985 anda rate of “not more than three or four . \° _ per.cent in Canada." “"T happen to be of the school of thought that zero inflation is very bullish,” he sald. ‘It's a delicate sort. ‘of: affatr” though, because I view disinflation certainly aga sign of a.. weak economy,” ” i The: president of the Montreal-based ‘eorporaiion: sald once recovery begins, inflation ds hot likely, to rise again... ‘He predicted consumer demand will also have picked up: by 1995 but sald that won’t start until people atop ‘being : afraid, of losing thelr jobs. - "Meanvhite, he said that lke the 1 fampant inflationary *- trend of the 19708, thé current disinflatién is’ irreversible _ and will coritinué “regardless of what wedo.” .) Culver. said’Alean, which In the third. quarter: of 1962 ‘reported its first loss since the Depression of the 19306, has probably hit its lowest point although. ‘there's no way! reat will be a booming year.” : Alcan reported a consolidated net ‘is of $5 rnillion (U.S,) in the thitd quarter of 1962, come of $57 milllon or 82 cents a sharéin the third quarter of © 1081, Nel income for the first nine months of 1982 amounted to $2 million U.S: or two cents a common phare against $238: million or $2.92 a share in 1961, , deficit of $2.102 billion. compared ‘with net ‘in: - billion: from 59.005 billion, ~ On: the other. harid,. the’. sharp - ‘drop: in ‘corporate © ., profits lowered Ottawa's: “tax take from business to. $3.884, billion ‘from. Ae billion. ; Meanwhile, | ‘the. al in imports over the last year. has been a mixed blessing. . It. was announced. ‘Jast week ‘that. imports have: declined faster than: Po - ports, leaving the country ~ with a record trade surplus trend.has robbed Ottawa of . -mtore. then $500 thillion in import duties, lowering the federal take ‘to only’ $9 billion .so far this. year compared with $24 hillton a year ‘éarller. 7 _ Federal: sales > tax revenue, also’ reflecting the depressed state .of the economy, fell ‘° $3.8 billton from $4.11 Today's figures. “show government 1 revenues in the first eight months af fiscal. 1962-83 were $33. 877 billion~ ‘and | ‘expenditures were’ $47.907 billion, - ‘compared with revenues of | $34.32): _ pillion and expenditures of -- » $41.402.- billion a. - year-. © earlier,» wal During « November, - revenues of $4.44 billlon and ~" expenditures . of $6.542 ‘* billlion - were: recorded, leaving ‘a monthly spending In. November, | 1981, - revenues. were $4.528 ‘billion . , and expenditures: $5.430 .e snltiter of state for Hnance, ~" fpiltion for a ‘$013-million deficit. « ‘Based on. . Finance Minister: ‘Marc -Lalonde’s ° ‘ tatest': public forecast, the | deficit by March 31 — the end. OF: “the: current. fiscal : > year “wil reach $23.6 ” - hilton, more than. double the forecast made a little ~ more than a year earlier. | caveat aaa and manufacturing “TOKYO (CP): prime ‘Minister Trudeats: ‘promised. today ta, sell” unlimited quantities ~). of" .najafal Neaparega” to dapat: “ine return: asked the’ Japanesi i to ‘invest ‘Ynore “in: Canada; ‘and. buy more job-creati a trip to Paradise Plateau near” Mount: Fuji, Trudeau. told-a dinner crowd of “600 the two. countries must ‘avoid ‘protectionism. and © consider: each other’s short- . term problems | ‘and ‘long. term interests. ; “\Deseribing Canada.’ “probably. the. most secure. source of untapped: regouree' potential on the face of the. ‘:planet;’* ‘Trudeau: said he can't: Foreseé the. day, when - Canada: ‘could not ‘supply - Japan's: ‘needs: for. coal, wood; minerals, ‘grain and other Tesolurces ” At: “the. BaItie. ‘called ‘for. more | lapanese’ . investment: ta‘help. ‘upgrade -esources’ before’: they are exported. . ‘and. ‘More pur- * Gfnearly $16 billion. But the ‘ chases: ‘of ‘manufactured goods, “which: now. make up- only & small: portion of the $4.5 billion. In. regource- dominated sales to Japan “each year. ’ “To maintain harmony in our relationship, I ask Japan to bear constantly. in mihd;Canada’s own strong manufacturing: séctor and o * "Information | “Romance ‘Car’ - “Trudeau andson Sacha rode *_ a cable car over the big, boiling - -vailey . to’ Paradise ‘inn. which, similar spots, offers’ the - services of geisha girls oo female Japanese. our own imperative need to’ produce and to export,” he © told: the | -14,600-yert-a-plate_ sdollary dine -Prudean™ --spe eificaily ” ‘asketithe | Japanese to take- a hard look at Canadian satellites, aircraft and and munications technology. Trudeau's. speech . to’ ‘the Canada ‘Chamber — of | Commerée in Japan ‘and the: Canada: Japan Society came ‘after-he- returned from an‘, overnight: break. near Mount Fuli..and . at- tended. an, afternoon’ sumo- — wrestling ; match An: the: capitals oy After. a: ‘trip in ‘the. train, Plateau in’ the’ foothills surrounding volcanic Mount Fuji, : “They stayedina Japanese _ Hke ‘many. ‘len-. tertainers”’ — for $55 U.S. _ for’ 90 minules. ‘The Trudeau party apparently showed ho interest. . : Trudeau ends. his, ‘Weday Asian tour today after - meetings with former Japanese prinie - minister . Zenko Suzuki and a group of Japanese businessmen with Can adian described as the most ef- com.-. ~interests, ; _ fective’ group for prpmoting © _ business deals between, the two- countries. : ‘| cheduled Lo. arrive | afternéon. AB Trudeau pledged Canadian resources to fuel cloud) hung over the future liquefied natural-gas sales. A special commission iti Alaska recommended the’ ‘scrapping “of a proposed _ natural-gas pipeline through Western Canada — which the ‘Trudeau government once claimed the United States had given . “ironclad ‘guarantees’. to. build — in favoy.of.a shorter Alaska pipeline’ designed to allow exports to-Japan. lf that .recommendatton . was accepted, it would both kill -another Canadian: oll ‘project and present. com- - ‘petition to ‘possible future Canadian ‘exports. of . * liquefied natural gas to Japan. Dome. ‘Petroleum ‘has : algied a. deal fo sell 24 - million tonnes ‘a. year to ' Japan,:. as’: long as such: exports are approved | by the National Enérgy Board in a ‘decision’ expected Jan. 27. Trudeau said he had not heard about the report of the Alaskan’ conimission, headed byt former governor . 7 a on: Wednesday : Walter ‘Hickel. “He's just, a governdr,"” the, -pritne | minister. Said . “when, giieried | ‘by ‘reporters... - wey ad pada Monday, the same day new ‘Japanese ‘Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone arrived -thé Japanese economy, Ben. in Washington for his- first talks with U.S. ‘President | under intense pressure to buy more from the United ‘States and Europe, which - expect 1982 trade. deficits with Japan of $20! billion and $14 billion respectively. Canada, by comparison, _- Specifically mention out-:~ , Standing bilateral issues.‘ :.SUch’-as a new deal, . mw under, negotiation, . The Hipotl Wag ROIERIeN restrict Japanese: aito| “exports to Canada, ‘need to “‘contain and resolve. our immediate problems with .our..long-° Canadian ecdnomy and Reagan. The Japanese are‘ term interests in mind.” . He also called «for stronger links between ‘the two ‘countries, praising Japan aba country. capable templative calm of a temple “ garden with the: thrusting ia 1 A me ie me ee But he did ‘underline’ the = Trust collapse avoided - “Ontario's consumer ° ‘and commercial .. relations minister: revealed Monday the” - province’s dramatic takeover of. three * triist compantes waa. “sparked by a Pan- dora’s box of suspected irrégularities’ that — included: everything ‘from shoddy ac- counting to: illegal lending ‘practices... : Robert Elgie™: told the: provincial “Jepislature the government didn’t believe any of the trust companies were viable ‘concems'. and stepped .in. to ® ‘avoid a collapse,’ But he: said-Crown ‘Trust ‘Co., -Jargesi and most established of the three, could: be saved under. new owrierehip. .” Meanwhile, Paul Cosgrove, federal sald Ottawa “Intends {6 inctease ingurante coverage of - trust-company: acgounts ‘and ‘make the _ Increased protection retroactive to protect depositors ai the three selzed ‘trust com- . _ Rania a Cosgrove - told the House of: ‘Coininons that Jégisiation will be introduced to raise - ‘deposit Insurance to“ $60,000 from, $20,000. a Such. an increase . had- already’ been _-Feeommended by a Commons.committee, but now will get top priority bétause of public concern over the- issue, he sald. Federal Solicitor General ‘Robert ‘ Kaplan told the Commons the RCMP is Investigating. the controversial sale of - 11,000 apartments in Toronto by Cadillac - Fairview Corp., which have turned out to: - be a key reason for the Ontario govern-: ~ ment seizure. He said the RCMP will be. . investigating the affairs of Crown, Greymac Trust Co. and Seaway Trust Cs., _—as well as two related mortgage eortl- panies, but refused | to reveal further . details. Kaplan was aanswerlrig a question bj MP len Waddell, NDP consumer .and cor-. porate affairs critic, who.asked if drug “money elrculating in Canada was inflating - real estate prices.. Waddell sald later he . was not implying money from iflegal sources was used in any of the real estate: ‘transactions, . And-in still another development, Leonard: ‘Rosenberg, _ president of Greymac,. said in a statement’ released ‘through his lawyers he wishes to wind up or liquidate the affairs of Greymac Salurday, Jan. 22, racked up an estimated $1.5- world of bullet: trains and billion surplus last year, due microchips. " smainly to sales of.coal from —- Like |. Trudeau, | ‘most - British Columbia, ‘ ‘minerals Canadian officials. had no. "and grain. Canada hopes to meetings with Japanese sell more manufactured. counterparts today. ‘One products | which would exception was Liberal: MP: ereate jobs -and help ease Ralph - Ferguson who ihe. current 12.8-per-cent- represented Canada at. ay unemployment rate. luncheon with Japanese | Trudeau = did "not parliamentarians. Residents needed. Herald Staff Writer \’ NERRACE— All but.one area involved in the Greater : Terrace Area Settlement Plan. has multiple candidates for the commission. ' ‘The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine reports that only Braun's Island has had a single resident ask to sit on the commission. “The group will spend a year studying vatious possible uses and development potential of the land around the municipality of ‘Terrace and ‘the unorganized . area of Thornhill. If you are: interested, there is still time for last minute -applications. The - deadline’ for. dropping off . written resumes at the RDKS office is noon, Thuraday, Jan. 20. The individuals who, will make up the final commission’ should be chosen at the next public meeting of the RDKS on: ~ INSIDE © . Local world sports pages 6, 7&8 Comics, ‘horoscope | "page 10 pages 42813 Classifieds: ’ : mo way BUY NEW? won’ allow it? Beal the high cost of new paris with quality. used parts trom “S.K.B. AUTO SALVAGE 635: 2333 or 635-9095 a vo, | ; . ‘WHENUSEDWILLDOF © [| Doyou want paris to fix up your car but your budget | NS 3490 Duhan (just oft Hivy..14 E)