a NANCOUVER. (cP) = -Aluminum:. ‘Company of | Canada’ is upset, over a . Who fall: victit The Worker's -Compensation * Board: ‘decision that .could _. “Tead to cgripensation:claims o from’: ‘hundreds, “of present and = former: } ‘workers © at .. +, Alean’s Kitimat: smelier; which. ,. means: . Kitimat: gmelier workers i isnot athe belird: Nas: feeognized ° ‘fluorosis legeherative:: disease of: the spine ‘arid- joints » ~ :/as"‘an, industrial have to’ prove the. ‘iMness. is. related. to tha:job: “.-. -% Workers -will .qualily for treatment and: pension: . vf disabled and ‘the onus will-be. been .a contitiuing . issue “at the, Kitimat, smelter, where .. - on the company to-prove the disability ‘wasn't eoused ‘pa the, job, oc Workers have "been ex: poed to flugride since the. it smeltér opened: iN 1954," “We' re, én; no idea why Un’ the’ list, dise ases} and the company has depied, . ive have 7 s included. . i | by the Canadian Association’ af... Smelter | : epateternan Brian , Heming: ‘ ov way Said Tuesday. “We dos? L- ‘have any evidence (luorosis does - “exist, either. in. this smelter of any smelter." Fluoride . expusure ‘has union officials have claimed,:: “ae ected and ” Allied we Leet selengs far ama peg LEGISLATIVE . LIBRARY, . PARLTAMEN BUILDINGS, : “Yev-ut ; lumbosacral :and er. funded a $100,000 ‘study on: fluoride and worker‘health at Aléan in1978, environinental: consultant Jim, ‘Brisebois Said Tuesday. h Then a union ‘official, Bri: sebais was ‘instrumental -in _hiritig - researcher, : Dr. . ‘s61 ‘Betram’. Carnow,: whose . “study: concluded: ne bone, and. particularly. af: the cervical: te ws cet eed aa cour. 17 7 8 ° ‘Alcan. has rejected Car: now's findings, . which identified fluoride.exposure. . ‘a8 the problem, and. has denied - Pouddestions | ‘its workers were sutfering ling-..’ term effecis from exposure - to:the chenilcal. wR officials . said a Tuesday fluorosis shows up. “in the aluminum: meltet are ‘fitst In pelvic. problems and. “* spinal ‘stiffness, ‘.conditions ‘ the company and board have -. ‘the company to prove ~unitil now sald were caused : by aging Hemingway Ra id the bose. ; . centrations’” of: fiuoride.. ~ puling in effect confirms Carnow's' findings: and - means, “The way it id set up ‘now an employee simply has to prove he has the :disease and then he is eligible (for WCB benefits-if disabled)." -The. board listed ‘fluorosis as-a Schedule. ‘B- industrial disease, ‘where: there. Is exposure.’ -to - high con- . That means onus how is-on.. worker” disability is, not. ‘caused. Y exposure. ‘Until ° cera AY an pdr thon Bk aya aa PI eh PR RT . oe es now it was the ¢laimant’s esponsibility to: show his disability was work related. Carnow's findiigs now are - being examined by University of :B.C.. resear- cher - Dr. ..WCB. fract | the” temingiey “said the: com- pany believes no - change ' should have been considered until Gryzbowski's report ‘is. completed this fall. - WCB clficials said they did not know’ how | many. cases an Stephan | Gryz- | - bowski,- who is under con- would be * affected. byt the © " ruling because’ they're not in ‘the board's , computer . yet relating. to fluoride; : “After Carnow’s ‘report ‘several - claims: were filed and: some remain pending. “The” WCB ‘decision ‘also : ‘aflects a ‘number of. other. industriés,.. including brick: ‘and ceramic manyfacturing, yeast” fermentation Plowing. i and. the’ glass . lowing ‘industry, beard ‘information officer Brenda. , Whittingham said," + Danielie Burton of Terrace Is one of the few kids out en loying herself these daysi bad weather or 2002 9 Weaneiday, July 16, 1980 ar ed aor i. Westend Food Mart a ‘Open. . 6:30am -1lpm | _Tdaysaweek 63-5204 om Seve “WeSatiaty Tummy & Tank _ "463 DAYS A YEAR” : Westend ri - Ope eno? -24Hu co - not, a playground Is for playing in. ‘The. ‘federal gevernnnent | Will take the Aluminum’. ‘* Campainy of Canada to court if It thipks tie’ company . is. a endangering: .fishcin . the’ Photo by, Sing Quevras equal | AMONG” “EQUALS . ; COPENHAGEN «a AP) “minister: “responsible for the status of women, told - “a United’ Nations. con- ference Tuesday that the. . - .situation of . general: ‘women around the World has - worsened: ‘in recent. yearg: 7° > ; “Women are the: miost unequal ariong unequals | — and ‘this. after ‘five years of voristious efforts -' on the’ part’ of us ail," -Axworthy told the World - Conference ‘of. Decade: far ‘Women, . convened, .to', assess", progress « # since. . the e, UN Lloyd... Axworthy, . women's - decade was. - launched in Méxi¢o City in 1976 ‘and. sel. new targets up to7l95. ‘We have. no cheice but to dove: -ahead’ with: determinallon: The 19805 . must’: bring | an end to women’s:; social aid econdmic. ‘victimization. ae Axworthy said events'in |. Canada are already beginning to. overtake. an action: + plan’ ° called® Towards | Equalily. tor Women,: adopted a federal Bovernmen Jest. year: 4 ‘, ing , June when the heatwave, une $t; oo . & crown prosecutor. ° have, been. - _ Tempers ' Some officials say tempers _ are rising wilh the. temnpera- ‘tures © and - “abustn. Dallas. a The.’ heat. ”_ Alabama Gpy. Fob James to declare a-state of emergency ” ” Tuesday, a day’ after a-stale ‘of emergency. 5 put, in. _sifect in Missoilri, Président Carter-directed™ federal officials, to: make - $6.73 million available in si states to provide ‘relief for. ‘poor people put in dangerous’. situations .because of the . heatwave: The moiey will be "used to pay-utility bills, buy . © a ~ fans end air conditioners and pay for ‘transportation to relief cenires. Carole Bowdry, director of the child abuse program in the Dallas. County, child . | welfare department, said -ineidents of child abuse have reased steadily. since ~-' “began in Dallas. Boing to get angry faster," Ms. Bowdry said: Tuesday, ~ That applies to patents and “especially to child “Historically, out .. worst ae cases of chitd abuse, have _ happened in extremely in- the:sthree-week |. -heatwave: that haa: killed 689 . - people: ig. . the ‘South -.and: : Midwest ° U,S:. aiay be - to! blame: for | a- rash, of child prompted "Tf you're hat, you ‘re , + rise. with clement weather of one \ype of ‘ancther.””. ‘Temperatures were in the ‘high 30s (high 80s or over 100 - Fahrenheit) ‘Tuesday in a broad section of the country,” stretching from (he South-~. -west to the Southeast ‘and as _ ‘By * ALL. DOTINGA “Herald Staff Writer, hay shad to play musical _ chal@g in court for over a” ,. Blonthndw. : “That's. how: “tong: , “ferrice has been without . “Local lawyers fiting.- i. “but this “situation has led to some confusién. ’ *Ina town this site with - only. four or Tive.griminal - from Mlinois’ to “Alabama, .. - Among, the: Meher P readings: Lotal criminal lawyers | heat _ were 43 j in Hutchinson, Kan, . 43 in’ “Kansas City, Mo,, and 40 in Bowling Green, Ky. The’. National “Weather Service ‘has said no relief is -in sight, at. least until the end ‘af the, week. . -.Deaths from the heat ihave been’ Feported, in 17 slates. -_ 800 cubic feet per second and, ~ ~ urged LeBlanc to take action. - He was responding'to. Jim. ” Pulton,. New: Deiniocrat. MP .. for Skeana. riding in B,C,’ who said the company says it will increase’ the flow in the. river to only’ second des cubic feet a: B government _ request to brin stip, to 100 cubie ‘feet: ‘Fulton said flow through the river Tuesday was only ‘against the company: under _ the Fisheries (pee The. flo has been 1+ ‘Kenney* Damion the river to | leetric power " MISSISSAUGA, “ont. UCP) - Numbed > Mississauga. ' officials, hoping to prevent a similar disaster. began the + unpleasant task Tuesday. of fire that killed 20. elderly “yAas nursing home. : o Coroner Dr, Kevin Flynn chance. - “I think they were all dead even before the -fire trucks . _ arrived.” Firefighters arrived at the home Monday ‘night to find sick and clderly. ‘patients waving. sheets. .and screaming for help. Aerial: ladders were used to rescue some while others were strapped : lowered by ropes. Tt..was. the worst fire disasler in (he Toronto area since the cruise ship Noronic _ burned. in, ‘Toronto harbor in 1949, killing 119 people. - : Officials said the fire "t Nechako - River in B.C.,’. =" Fisheries Minister | Romeo : Le Blanc said Tuesday. determining what caused the, residents.of a Mississauga. said victims of the. blaze, . . '. believed caused by careless” smoking, didn’t ‘stand. a. in «stretchers, | bundled into wheelchairs or - Kitimat, B.C. Tt has been: ‘attacked’ by. Fulton, and, grolips. in’ the: ", province for’ plans to in- crease the size’ of ‘the. dam and to divert “more water. '. from: the -Nechako™' to - in- - erease tts. hydroelectric. ouput miae - Crittes ‘say reducing th . flow “in the: river .thredtens salmon “stocks. ‘and downriver water-supply. LeBlanc , said: the. 1,000- “cubicfoot ° figure.jwas' set. “which jis, a ‘vital iver,” said Fulton: cr Alean thas” responded with a halfway mary” years ago and department - officials: are watching the situation to see how‘ mtch water ié neces- - sary lo protect:the fish. - Department officials ‘had fet. requested. further ‘He issaid recently i “the. BE. hold. a -igovernment will blie inquiry. into “started on the third floor and: spread through most of thé: 18 rooms. ‘Twenty of ihe victims died: from smoke inhalation and: the other, thought lo be a double amputee who may 7} have been. - smoking. died je from burtis. Eight. firefighters were Aaken 10 hospital “sulfering ‘from smoke. inhalation and exhaustion and scores of injured: residents were ad mitted to hospitals ‘and nearby nursing homes, . One of: the injured” was listed Tuesday in critical 7 condition. Flynn said most patients were partly paralysed from . strokes, suffering from feebleness af uge or were amputees. _ One ‘question raised by many was why the immobile ‘patients. should be on ithe ‘third floor. Donald Schur- _man, vice-president Extendicare, said there were “various philosophies on how - to segregate patents, for. its aluminum ‘smelter. at | _ provi inquiry, the: federal gov- ppears: of - company plans.’ it. the nce-‘does not hold -an ernment could order one. Fulton, also the NDP. ‘environment ‘eritic,- . questioned. Le: Blane in. thie - ‘House: Tuesday on the : * fishing ; Angustry. - matter, :The Skeena MP was disappointed “with . ‘minister's reply - “He gave no- indication that he wills enforce his July 1° -‘order to-Alean to increase the flow to a 1,000 cubic feet: per second inte the Nechiako salmon “To date, compliance . that does nat - Alean ‘that ‘they ‘can: “dictate the ‘ , feels the 1,000 cfs was “required. : _ meet the requirements of the “piinistry ‘level,”” - "; ; . -. Last, month, the company: masedt: the 4 “By railing: to enforce. his: own order, he Is indicating | Nechako River. flows.”” - “The MP finds this situation. - totally’ unacceptable to him. and .to-.British Columbians who are concerned about the. “obviously the- * sninister : - Yet, today .*in:-. parliament, he indicated’ no: commitment to the order: or to demonstration to Alcan. - who is. ‘Fesponsible. for: fish Fulton ‘feels ‘this © ‘abandonment of duty si a : major concession to Alcan's demand - for “unilateral ‘control of northern: water ° ‘Tew, fram500 iy did notsay how Jong they. will continue to increase the flow. Fulton feels the minister is being pushed around, *. , “anin a fieed “for -Le Blatic - _ determine acceptable flows ‘before, negotiations: with ; Alean start. | tye i ———— ——— 7 Szalay said. of disagreements. ° “INDIA NS WIN. LA TEST RO UND - ‘ON FUNDING ~ «VANCOUVER (CP) — The federal. govern- -ment has backed down from Its threat to cut funding for Indian bands ‘who refuse to sign a ‘new budget agreement.* « : vo The Indians ‘had claimed the agreement. : + would have reversed a trend to local-control of their budgets, federal officials said Tuesday. Indian Affairs’ Minister“‘John Munro last: April gave native bands until July 15 to'sign the new agreement or risk losing their government . funding. He now. has rescinded: that -order, Indian. and Northern Affairs. official ‘Gaber “The 120 or 130 (B.C.) bands who signed it {a- new agreement) can continue with it if they wish, or back out. If they wish to renegotiate it “they are free to do," Szalay said: Those who did not sign now do not have to.’ ; ‘Only 300 of Canada’s 560 bands,’ signed. the _ proposed agreement while others actively fought against it, B.C. Indian officials said. ‘B.C. Union of Indian Chiefs assistant co- ordinator Willard Martin said Munro backed off because, “It was clear that a majority of the bands. were dissatisfied with the agreement which was imposed by the Treasury. Board in. : collaboration with Indian affairs.” . - Under, the now-shelved agreement, Indian affairs would have approved all local budgets, demarded.a statement from bands every three months, and could have withheld money or taken over reserve. administration in the case . - Under the old rules. again in effect, funds are given to bands and band ‘counci) which set meee and send annual statements to Ottawa. afte nat lawyers, there. are times when one is prosecuting - in court the sartie day be has. clients appearing before the. judge,” said David Warner, a lawyer “in Terrace, - ., Whenthat: occurs, the 1 lawyer ‘subbing for crown counsel must then.switch _ Seats with another lawyer . in order. to defend ‘his elient.. Although several’. lawyers sald they did net ~ otherwise. : ed (ar 2 ‘mind the extra work and enjoyed practising a different “form of criminal law, ‘Judge -Darrall - Collins saw hte _ terrible problen. ers cannot be ite lnner prepare the cases tor . ‘prosecution properly. : frown work a) do... “If something is wrong on the files, by the time. they receive it there is no time’ to do anything about it." ‘ . However, Colling felt that those accused did not suffer from the present situation, . other. than in delays in getting their matters to trial, Two new: prosecutors have’ been hired for Terrace. Carlle Trueman from Prince Rupert is expected to begin at the ‘ end of this month. . The new senior member will be John Van Hof, crown counsel in Fort St. John. He will begin work August 1. The last crown _ counsel left Terrace in the end of May. “It's ineredible that it could take so long to hire new , prosecutors,” said Warner. “But what do you expect from the provincial gavernment. “ In defense, | acting regional crown coutsel, oath law chairs almost over. John Kennedy, said that a northern positionsare not *. normally inundated with - replies, —.. “The length of time was not unusual, We're dealing with professional | - people, so naturally it takes longer," sald . Kennedy. : ‘ Lawyers are usually not out of work waiting. - for a job and then they. .. also have. to give their ‘employers notice."