PAGE 4, THE HERALD, Wednesday, July 27, 1977 Terrace » 635-6357 | Kitimat - 6324209 - _—(the herald) PUBLISHER... GOROON W. HAMILTON - . MANAGING EDITOR... ALLAN KRASNICK KITIMAT ... CHRIS HUYGENS CIRCULATION MANAGER... JACK JEANNEAU - Published every weekday at 3212 Kalum St. Terrace 6.C. A member of Varifted Circulation. Authorized as second class mall. Registration number 1251, Postage patd In cash, return postage guarantecd. = . : NOTE OF COPYRIGHT t The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright In any advertisement produced and-or any editorial or photographic content published In the Herald. Reproduction Ip not permitted without the written permission of the \. ; , | Firemen’s help _ - not appreciated It is getting more and more difficult to satisfy . people today, especially when all you can really do try to out. ; a Braun’s d, which lies outside the municipal. - boundaries of Terrace and is far removed from Thornhill, has no ‘fire protection. Yet skilled firefighters always respond, through simple human concern, to people whose homes burn on the island. They can only use small equipment, such as back pumps, to try to deal with the problems. Too often, ey get repaid for their kindness with verbal harrassment by people who stand back and watch the scene, . : “Why don’t you bring your fire truck,” someone atthe men who turned out tothe fire at 5317 Heppel Dr., Ju 21. ' le one of the men was on the roof of the house his foot went through a weak section but he . Managed to recover his balance. Had he gone ,the roof he would not have survived. . . | Terrace Fire Chief Cliff Best responded as an. individual to a fire on the island one time and was accused of ‘coming to gloat over it.” He had heard someone was inside the building at the time of fire and getting aback pump from his. ouse because he felt it. - vehicle, he went into the f was his duty as a human being. No one was in the house, Best’s pants went up in flames while he made the discovery. oo Harrassment by residents on the island is creating anger among the volunteers who attend the fires. In an area that doesn’t pay taxes for services, it should be realized by the residents that — they are lucky anyone even bothers to respond. HERAAN SOLETF Univerval Preak Syredicate “4 don’t wanna be a juror! Can't | be a witness?” Today in history. By THE CANADIAN PRESS | - duly 27,1977 A firestorm raid was made on Hamburg, Germany, 34 years ago in 1943—and 2,382 tong of bombs, including 969 © tons of incendiary bombs, were dropped, Four raids were made and about 50,000 of the population of 427,640 people. were killed (51,509 le were killed in Britain out the war). An area 2% miles square was eordoned off and abandoned, 183 of 524 factories were destroyed, all ‘ttansport and more than half the 414,500 homes were destroyed. 1763—Indians began the siege of Fort Pitt. — 174--Maximilien Robespierre fell from power in revolutionary France. 1942—-Sir Flinders Petrie, English archeologist and egyptologist, died. — 1959—A UN committee denounced South African conduct of its mandate over South-West Africa, a former German colony. 1964—Sir Winston Churchill made his jast appearance in the House of mmons. 7 determined op “ot . : at > . . - - - - - 7 . . ; . . 7 : ic ; iB . | . ~ 7 : possi of iskologieavesand genome gh vith portent Oot Wal ar invanion has be un is a ploy to Bt jans an excute for friking into Somalia. Ethiopia already has reshaped its — Russian-supplied fighting forces, setting up two commands—one to handle the itrean secessionists in the north, the other to face the Somalian irregulars to the southeast. _ _ . The Ogaden region is sparsely populated and apparently worthless, but e Somalis regard it as an integral part 4 : LONDON (CP) — The outright war in strategic northeast Africa - lomatic officials here worried in the wake of stepped-up guerrilla action in - ~ has that area. Ethiopia claims such a war has already | begun and that Somalia is sending armed . forces across the border in support of irregulars who have already taken about 60 per cent of Ethiopia’s hot, sprawling Ogaden area. Somalia denies the claim. However, . reports reaching here say there has been aquiet mobilization of the Somalian army and air force and that soldiers who come from Ogaden are being encouraged to = —— : - =~, — ossibility of Ethi ¢ y the Ethiopian claim that ive the irectly ah préting the news of their homeland. Man came under Ethiopian control at the end ried: over ‘Soviet support for the Of the ith centy as part of an Ethiopians. — Be agreement wi .. _ 7 ei STowever; the area also is considered a -. Some reports suggest that the Russians : 0 exploration. - _ _ Somalia is in’ a ‘strategic position, _ -futting like a horn up into the G \ - andthe Arabian Sea and Western concern ~ ' has been expressed about Soviet Union .., “influence there as well as in Ethiopia. . r : . President.-Barre's spokesmen. have , defences against Ethiopia. ek ofl PAUL GESSELL — OTTAWA CP-'- The parliamentary ‘summer. recess Crown corporations and agencies a short break from months of challenge and criticism, . Almost from the:start of the session in October, one Crown organization after another has been battered Kootenay EL. threatened TRAIL, B.C. (CP). — Onl ition to roposed ams and River can saye Kootenay -Lake from. devastation, _Mike .- Jessen, ‘former - president of the Society - for ollution and Evironmental Control (SPEC), said’ Monday. ° Jessen said in an interview that it’s ludicrous for people in the region to allow dam and diversion ojects to go ahead un- ernthe threat. that the United States may build as many as four dams on the Columbia River if the Kootenay River is not diverted into the Columbia © in British Ccolumbia. ‘He said Kootenay Lake now is in the stages of being’ heavily promoted as a tourist attraction, but proposed projects on ‘river could wipe out the tourist trade and damage the ‘lake’s sport ‘fishing, worth an estimated $10 million a year. : Jessen said the people of the Kootenays are caught in a Catch-22 situation, being restricted to. choosing -between a river diversion ‘and four dams. He said such acholce should not be made, funds spent on energy ‘development should go ‘towards . producing renewable sources: mM b attempting to embarrass, , L government. with: give several - versions on the Kootenay opposition MPs the accusations of mismanagement of public funds. " Because of the Canadian parliamentary tradition of ministerial responsibility, many of Prime Minister Trudeau's ministers | were. forced to absorb much of the criticism, Adrian Lang, wife of the transport minister, once said ‘‘this must be get Otto Lang jar in commenting on all egations that’ the: ~ Saskatchewan MP had been too extravagant in flying around the antion at public expense. veral other ministers’ wives must have’ inserted — their own husbands’ names - into the remark as the nine- month session drew to a close. ye STATSCAN rmsti @ One of the ~ first controversies concerned Statistics employees accused of moonlighting and confict of interest, Four: had formed a consulting firm in 1972 called Alan Jeffrey ‘Associates - and believed to be selling data obtained from Statistics Canada to outside organizations, - The employees had been reprimanded in 1974, but the government said. they had one nothing illegal. -The. affair quickly died when. two Crown corporations - Polysar Ltd. and .Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. AECL:- madé headlines because of mysterious business dealings with foreign customers, As the plots thickened with -each. succeeding month, opposition MPs began demanding Energy nister Alastair Gillespie's - resignation. "does ‘ot ‘breach ‘Commons’ report on the affair to the . possible Caifada ‘nuclear: were. EPO SER -. AS\PARLIAMENT SETS TO RECESS “Su Polysar, a Sarnia, Ont. - based company owned by ithe Canada Development: Corp, CDC, produces various petrochemical oods for international distribution. KICKBACKS CHARGED. The (company was accused of giving kickbacks to foreign customers so they could: dodge’ taxes within affair their.own countries, . The money ner pushes scandals aside = | royal commission into the financial responsibility. of Crown corporations. ‘One of the commissioners, Marcel ‘Carron, resigned after it was learned he had - been an AECL directors, Meanwhile, the RCMP ‘continues an investigation into the many mysteries still ‘surrounding. the AECL Affair, In recent weeks; even the allegedly was. ,;, RCMP has been touched by deposited in numbered;,..scandal. Swiss bank accounts;: + Although, such: a: ‘law,-the government said it did ‘hot want one of its ‘ companies involved in such action, . Finance Minister Donald Macdonald’ has sent a committee CbCc for disciplinary action. -“ International intrigue, complete with shadowy foreign agents and millions of unacctunted dollars, . highlighted opposition ‘Insurance premiums up. attacks on AECL - a Crown corporation responsible for Canada's nuclear affairs. In attempting to sell millions of dollars were secretly paid by AECL to foreign’ agents and the . corporation was unable to salisfy opposition critics with its explanations. ; The. scandal climaxed with the dismissal of John Foster, AECL president, and a company report showing it had lost $180 million during its last year of operation. TO ARGENTINA _ About $130 million of that deficit was attributed to the Argentina deal. All the figures for the South Korean transaction have not yet surfaced. | oe The Polysar .and AECL controversies prompted the “government {0 initiate a 4 reactors to' Argentina and South Korea, . i >The force. became the ‘actice subject of another. royal adian . commission because. of ations i cipated in an illegal break-in’ at the office of a Montreal news agency-Agence de Press Libre du Quebec - in 1972. "Although Francis: Fox: in his’ capacity “as © solicitor- “genera ‘is’ responsible -for e RCMP , Most attention . was focused on Jean-Pierre Goyer, currently supply and services minister. but - Business spotlight . at y Somalis come from that area, - including President Siad Barre. The area ising site for oil and natural gas /. MLA’s statement ae Employees’ Union contracts.in your, paper on. ° : . _ employee to work outside his normal shift. This. ‘happens on an average of well less than-once a” _— _. Fequired to report to their highways yard from= - where they receive their ‘daily _ + Mitanagement decision, The yards provide’ the "Graders, ete. 7 - negotiated at the local level and operators.in - ~- pemote' areas can negotiate daily hours of:work: : "of uptoten hours at straight timepay! ~:~ || °° While I- am obviously ~. MLL.A. would be a party . |. ~ gerves to weaken the good relationship which our », Trembers ‘have with the general public.-of ‘the «. 3 ate ‘determine if Goyer aided : blacklist *” the list were ‘gleaned from . a oo wee rere pe "denied that he has told'his Soviet adviserg |. to leave: but.riumours persist that the. Somaiian govérnment is angry and wor:. have been asked to reduce their preg at the Port of Berbera where t have nava] and missile-storage Installations: Observers here conclude that Somalia, ~ however,‘ must tread’ warily. with the. Soviet Union, The’ Russians could. . withhold fuel and ammunition from the. Somalian army, thereby ‘crippling ity “of Aden < Voice-of the Yeaders. Dear Sir: - ‘Ttake exception to the comments made by Mr." ‘Cyril Shelford about. the B.C. Government * Faly 12; 1977. . NEES? Mr. Shelford contends that the high cost of: . highway maintenance and construction -is ‘mainly due to our contract (s) “especially the clause of portal to portal pay”. ne The only “portal to portal’ pay in: our - eements is when management calle.out an year per operator! ; Ona day-to-day basis our members aré direction.” ~ Obviously,-the locations of the yards is strictly & rice and security for the “expensive” Cats, " Further, our members’ hours of work:.are - concerned than an | : such an unfair attack * on our members, I am more concerned that the ‘spreading of this type of misinformation only a te 7 . i Daerpeh bate bu es debe igegin ni liew bisit-irigin siif-as?%.. - anizations, it did manag! toleadanattack against of of its wards... °° 7HE Several ministers accuse the CBC of an anti-federaligt bias by favoring . the secessionist phil solicitor-general in 1972. The opposition claimed the RCMP tried to cover-up its participation in the -in and was anxious to es tf the Parti Quebecois. *" The network ° stout denied the allegations. by Prime Minister: Trudeg}' he Canadain Radit: television and. Telcommunications §'..: Commission, a federal regulatory. bod : investigate the the force. The opposition also was trying to: determine the story behind what it called a of extra- parliamentary ‘enemies circulated by Goyer, while solicitor-general, to other ministers, Progressive Conservative MPs. claimed the names on ‘". spent most of t -months defending Crown documents stolen in 1970 from Praxis Corp. of Toronto,-a group trying to organize the poor. A - Toronto police investigation into the - robbery absolyed the RCMP - of any blame but not to the opposition’s satisfaction. - though the government the’ nine it was adhering to’ ifg parliamentary ° eare responsibility national unity ; The commission's r a. bia: as consumers speak up. . TORONTO .(CP) — More and more Canadians are turning to their lawyers when they encounter a defective preduct, in- surance, spokesmen fay And the:-higher incidence of court. cases . against manufacturers, surance coverage. But produc insurance is becoming more difficult to obtain and premiums are skyrocketing. : . Officials. said . some premiums’ have risen.. b more ..than 100 ;.per cent, especially for. coverage of company has | prompted companies to look’. around for greater in- liability, such products ‘as drugs, cosmetics, airvlane parts and machinery, all of which ‘are considered to havea high risk potential... © .- ‘Gordon Mussell, head. of the casualty department at Canadian Indemnity .Co., said higher rates are required “to keep up witht” the hazard exposed. “Rates -were tco low -before and we’re just beginning to catch up.” Arthur .Despard, a Toronto insurance ‘broker, said Canadian rates have traditionally been one-tenth . Of United States levels and too low to cover. vnder- _walting losges, * losses,” ’ Reyal Insurance Co,, However, . officials said the premiums are. unlit to increase farther for sé time since most insuranng companies. already hays - ate readjusted their 7 upward. = | “It’s more Of a Be . period now to.see how (ig. gher premiums will cqvey said Nori ‘Amondson, vicepresident | Marsh McLennan Ltd. beri). Robert Orr; head of liability department _ remiums for Canadii companies with sales in’ U.S. are higher. than - other Canadian’ firms.-