jos } LEOISherIVE bil! AY CCHP. T7 {73 Lack of jobs is the price we'll have OTTAWA (CP) — Finance Minister Jean Chretien told theCommons Thursday he is aware the government’s * recently announced restraint program could result in a major loss of jobs. But the minister added the govern- ment considers this a reasonable price to pay for an improved economic climate, Replying to a charge by Election prediction Grits” going down Political planners in all parties say they expect the 15 federal byelections Monday to reflect public discontent with the Trudeau government, now in the final months of its five-year term. Opposition Progressive Conservatives are convinced they will come out winners when votes are counted, and New Democrats are predicting al least minor gains. Liberal strategists acknowledge they may be in for trouble oun byeleclion day, but they say the resuits—whatever they are—will not provide an accurate political barometer. Gov't won't allow strike OTTAWA (CP) — The federal government “will not allow another strike’ by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), Pust- master-General Gilles Lamontagne said Thursday night as the union’s national. strike deadline drew closer. . In a brief, ~~ harsh statement, Lamontagne said: “] strongly believe the Canadian public does not want another sirike and this government will not allow another strike.” The 23,000-member union had threatened a national sitike Monday if no progress was made in settling its bitter contract dispute with the government, There were no direct talks Thursday and a special cabinet committee scheduleda meeting today to discuss the situation. Back-to-work legislation has been raised as a possible government action. The union was in a legal strike position Thursday and the . large Montreal local of CUPW announced plans to walk off the job at midnight Thursday night. New Democratic Party Leader Ed Broadbent that spending restraints an- nounced in August could cust ‘400,000 jubs, Chretien said: “The budget cuts may lead io consequences like this.” The minister said he is unaware of any government sludy to assess the impact of the cuts un jubs. Informetrica Ltd, a private Oltawa-based CHRETIEN TELLS COMMONS ecunumic forecasting firm, this week issued an analysis of the government's spen- ding cuts that warned that 94,000 jobs will be lost. It dues not say whether these are all government jobs, nur does it give locations, Chretien said he and provincial premiers agreed before the spending cuts were announced that the lime has come to look for more growth from the pri- vate sector. He said the best way the government can create the confidence necessary for this growth is to demonstrate its ability to restrain its own spending. He refused to reply to Broadbent's forecast that unemployment will remain al aboul nine per cent for at least the next year. Nur would Chretien an- swer questions from Sinclair Stevens, Progressive Cun- servative finance crilic, un the government's plans with regard to inlerest rates. Stevens said the guvern- ment has spent $390 million a month since Chretien became finance minister a year ago te prop up the Canadian dollar on world currency markets. He asked whether a further increase in the bank rate will be im- posed to make the dullar more attractive to foreign investors. Chretien said any an- nuuncement un the bank rate will came from the Bank of Canada. ‘ Before he was ordered by Speaker James Jerume to resume his seat , Stevens also PARLIAMENT cL lia iicra,s VICCCHIn, vetes yal ( TERRACE-KITIMAT errs \¢ \ - a RUPERT STEEL & SALVAGE LTD. a ll we buy - COPPER BRASS ALL METALS & BATTERIES HOW. - SAT. OPER Tit 5 p.m. Location Seal Gove Phone 624-5639 q Volume 72 No. 178 20¢ Friday, October 13, 978 | accused Chretien of allowing the dullar to depreciate to such an extent that the Japanese, with their strong yen, now can buy raw materials from Canada at half the price they paid lwo years aga. John Crusbie, (St. John’s West), Conservative trade critic, gol no reply from Chretien to repeated requests on Whether the Prevention Week. Terrace Fire Chief Cliff Best ch , [equipment on the truck (left) while (left to right) K« ry by Brian Gregg Smoke detectors are being recommended to Terrace-Thornhill residents by their respective fire departments during Fire The Terrace Fire Chief, Cliff Best, said he would like to see smoke detectors and fire extinquishers in every home in Terrace, Thornhill Fire Chief Jim Piper said smoke detectors are available to Thornhill residents at the fire hall. Each fire om i 5 : 5 ecks out Leon Prusko and Ralph Grover of the Terrace- itimat Airport Fire Department prepare for FIRE PREVENTION WEEK DEMO PLANNED Firemen always urging caution department will assist the public on any problems relating to the installation of smoke detectors. Piper recommends their installation near bedrooms. Terrace-Kitimat Airport Fire Hall will hold an open house from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. and a firefighting demonstration promptly at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at the fire hall which is on the road past the airport terminal. The demonstration will use specially constructed mock-up material which % ra airport. Photos closely reproduces actual crash-fire con- The mock-up will use 600-700 gallons of contaminated fuels and everyone concerned with air traffic safety is en- ditions. couraged to attend. The airport fire crew is considered the best trained of its kind by Fire Chief George He said the men have only four minutes to have the fire under control before the fragile aluminum shell begins to con’t on page 2 Wright. Saturday's demonstrations at are eR 1:30 p.m, at the by Brian Gregg. Genetic researchers Nobel prize winners STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two Americans and a Swiss won the Nubel Prize for medicine Thursday for their discovery of a method for breaking apart genetic material that may even- lually untock some of the mysteries of cancer and hereditary diseases. The winners, chosen by the Nebel committee of Sweden's Karolinska In- stitute of Medicine, are microblologists Daniel Nathans and Hamilton Smith of Johns Hupkins University Medical School in Baltimore, and Werner Arber uf the. University uf Basel, Swit- zerland. The three, who will share the $165,400 award, were chosen from among 205 candidates, suurceg said. The only other Nubel Prize announced so far this year, for literature, went to American Yiddish author Isaac Bashevis Singer of New York. The three researchers, whose breakthrough findings were made in the late 1960s and early 1970s, were cited for the discuvery of “restriction enzymes” and their application lo genetics. “If we call this field genetic surgery, the restriction enzymes are our knives,'’ explained K@rolinska cuommiltee member Prof. Peter Reichard. He said the discoveries will also provide new insight into pev"‘dle prevention ur cure of budy malformations and eventually hereditary - diseases VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church ended ils nine-day mourning period for Pupe John Paul Thursday while a computer simulation of the for- theoming vote for a new Fope shuwed the ar- chbishops of Naples and Palermo as __ likely favorites for the throne of St, Peter. The cumpuler study, using Information ob- tained secondhand, said cardinals Corrado Ursi of Naples ur Salvatore Pappalardu of Palermo would must probably be the new leader of the world’s 700 million Roman Catholics. The research was conducted by the National Opinion Research Centre FOR POP. Computer favors two in Chicago under direction of an American priest and suciologist, Rev. Andrew Greeley. - Greeley said data on the upinions of the car- dinals was gathered from their close associates, and not from the prelates themselves. Ursi, 70, came out al the head of the list, but just barely ahead of Pap- palardo, 60, and Johannes Willebrands, 69, of the Netherlands, head of the Vatican’s Secretarial for Christian Unity, In the computer raling, Ursi, Pappalarde and Willebrands were closely irailed by cardinals Sebastiano Baggio, 65, a Vatican official, Basil Hume, 55, of West- minster, England, Michele Pellegrinu, 75, retired archbishop of Turin, and Eduardo Pirenio, 57, an Argen- linjan and a Valican official. The results were disclosed as 108 cardinals altended their next-to-last business meeting before entering the secret cun- cave Saturday and casting their first ballols Sunday. This was the last of nine days uf furmal mourning for Pupe Juhn Paul [, who died Sept. 28 uf a heart atlack after a reign of only 34 days. A lotal of 111 cardinals are expected lo enler the secret conclave and remain sequestered until they chuuse a new Pope. y, to pay evuntry will achieve the $4 billion merchandise lrade surplus Chretien has been predicting. . The minister would only say the surplus will be more than last year's $2.9 billion and will reach a record high. But he admitted the poor trade figures of the last three months have furced him to draw back symewhat from his earlier optimism. Egypt, Israel talk trealy WASHINGTON (CP) — The United States reported guod progress toward an IsracliEgyptian peace treaty at the end of the first day af the negotiations. A stalement issued by the state depariment late Thursday said ‘‘good progress was made" in a ihree-way meeting and in separale sessions between State Secretary Cyrus Vance and the heads of the Israeli and Egyptian delegations. Speaking after a joint meeting with the two delegation heads~Israeli Foreign Minister Mushe Dayan and Egyptian De- fence Minister Kamal Hassan Ali—Vance told reporters: “It was a good meeting.” Asked if there was any progress, he said: “I think su.” A reporter asked if it was substantive. ‘Yes,’’ Vance replied. The negotiations to end 30 years uf hustilities between the (wu countries opened Friday morning with a White House ceremeny al which President Carter urged Jordan and other Arabs countries to join in the search for peace. The first working session followed immedialely at nearby Blair Huuse. AUS. official said both Is- rael and Egypl indicated they wuuld muve as quickly as possible in drafting a peace trealy. ; “Everyone there felt it was a goud beginning,” said George Sherman, 4 state department spokesman. The hope is that a trealy can be completed within two munths. An even more op- limistic targel is Nov. 19, the first anniversary of Egyp- tian President Anwar Sadat's breakthrough visit k Jerusalem. The negotiations, growing vut of last month's Camp David accords, dea) with delails of Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai desert, securily arrangements and an exchange of ambassa-' dors, Much of the Arab world has condemned Sadat for what could turn out to be a separate peace with Israel. Carter also has felt the sting of this criticism. No savings cut seen in UIC compromise OTTAWA (CP) — There will be no significant reduction in projected unemployment insurance savings as a result of soft- ening uf sume previously-an- nounced reslraint plans, Employment Minister Bud Cullen said Thursday. Cullen alsu suggested in the Commons thal a trade- uff is in the works lo com- pensate for any reduction caused by the govertiment amending its own proposals to tighten the insurance system. He has estimated tolal savings of $900 million in two fiscal years. A top official cunfirmed later that any loss could be ulfset by reallocation of jeb creation and training funds. Cullen was answering questions on ‘his an- nouncements this week that ihe government will ease plans announced in August effecting those who seek unemployment = insurance more than once in a year— the su-called repeaters. As originally propused the repeaters would have lo work the same number of weeks as they previously received benefits befure qualifying for more benefits. Afler protests from Atlantic Liberal MPs, Cullen said he would make the work requirement vary according to regional unemployment rates. The reduction in savings {8 expected (u be small because the uriginal government pro- posal will nol keep many exlra claimants on the benefit rolls. ‘The softened pusition would not affect those peuple in large urban areas,” said Larry St-Laurent, head of unemployment insurance operations. 11 will mainly effect persons in high unemployment areas in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scolia, the northern praires and northern nada The number of claimants saved frum being cut off benefits as a result is relatively small, Sl.-Laurent said. An eslimale now is being worked out but it is known that the tolal will be less than 30 per cent of all claimants.