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NEW YORK (AP) Movement of food and goods on U.S. highways continued to improve Monday and the

frend Indicates the coun- trywide, truckers’ protest should be over soon,

federal Interstate ‘Com- merce Commission repor-

Cammiasion . snokeaman.

Doug "Baldwin “sald Jin ~ -Washington the agency’s survey showed a continued trend of: more owner-op- erator trucks haullng food, household items and. other goods. Regional. reports showed incidents of violence were down substantially. Independent truckers associations in six states

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have voted to endorse a return to work followlng the: Carter administration's announcement of a sixpoint

‘program for ending. the

Protest, now in. ita fourth

vhs goverament’s program designated ‘eight interstate highways as ‘‘aafe' corrldors’' for” truckers,

and addressed

” appeared to be going along

established. task ‘forces. “to: deal with truckers’ problenis ” grievances concerning allocation ‘of

diese] fuel and welght antl

size regulations.. A significant number af truckers’ groups, however,

with their national leaders in holding - out for more . COE:

cessions from the govern- ment. And some protest. Jeaders ara ¢ escalation of strike activity. The 400-member Michigan Inde ABS _‘Stay- off. the job after ita president, Harold Wilcox, id the government is

"making, empty promises.

In Boston, a. convoy of 43 vehicles’ converged on the alling for an Massechuselts Statehouse

days, and truckers’ eadent Truckers tien voted Monday to Gov. Edvard King.

group of New England truckers, while endorsing a continuation of the shiut-

down, voted. during the

for the second time in 17.

representatives met with -

weekend to allow its members to return to work if

they can no longer affordto - die,

remain i

Leaders of the In- dependent - Truckers Association, reporied to be the largest truciers' group taking part’ ta the protest, also have refused to call for

otest finally calming down now

an end to the atrixe,

The association, which says it has about 39,000 dues- paying members but represents 00 per cent of the fountry’s 110,000 = in-. dependent long-haul drivers, estimated 50,00) truckers still were off the job during the weekend.

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Normally busy construction work on Highway _ 16 stopped f for holiday

- Talks continue today

VANCOUVER (CP) More than 60,000 British ’ Columbia pulp, paper and forest workers could walk off the job at any time, . but neither uaion nor industry spokesman are talking strike as negotiations reach a stage both sides describe: as crucial, . :

CRASH WAS A NEAR MISS.

FORT NELSON, B.C.

. 13 Texas.wp is Not: a ‘plane, WEI

. tempted to land on. the Alaska” Highway - about “100 kilometres south of | this northeastern British Columbia community.

, A search and rescue spokesman from Victoria

sald Larry Pritchard was

helped neon the two-

seater Piper Cub by

people from a nearby

lodge. A helicopter was

sent to the scene after a

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Alaska says it has oil

NEW YORK (AP) Alaska complained in full page newspaper ad- vertisements Monday that it

ensupply fuel to the United States for 20 centuries. but

that federal control of much.

of its land preventa develop- ment of the state's resour-

. er Alaska Wants America to Declare a New In dependence Day,” was the headline on ads appearing in Monday's editions of several newspapers, including New

York Times, The Daily News:

and the New York Post. “Alaska has the potential

teh hel eliminate the lines at .

can gas stations,” the ade vend, “We have known energy reserves, or the potential, to heat — and cool ~ the homes and industries of America until well into the next century,

“Last year we supplied nearly one-sixth of the nation's oll production — a fraction of the potential that may yet be discovered in the 49th state, We have already discovered trillions of cubic feet of natural gas, Our coal could fuel America for 20 centuries,”

But the ada said Alaskans cannot help alleviate the energy shortage - in < the United States ‘'because although we were granted statehood 20 years ago,

ake has yet to receive the .

promised us under the Statehood Act.”

~ "Onder the 1059 Statehood legisla

Act,” the ads said. “Alaska was promised title to 104 million acres of land, To date, we have received patent ‘to just 21 million acres,

1971,

“In Congress

awarded an additional 44 million acres to Alaska’s Native peoples.“ But they have received only seven million acres, Lands granted by the Statehood and Nativa Claims Act are almost -certain to contain resources vital to America.

- “But we ‘must be: per- mitted to search, to learn what is in Alaska now, before the panic of some future energy emergency lays waste to our land.

wate ads said the. appeal

was paid for by the people of from a special ap- arepriation by the state ture, The Times said its ad coat $15,480, including a 13-per-cent agency fee.

The ads elted the growing US. dependence on forelgn oil and claimed “America’s Major resource. storehouse remains locked by govern-

CAMDEN, N.J..(AP} — Several thousand local anis are scheduled for a 1981 vacation far from the

- cookie jars.

The South Jersey ants will board a space shuttle and be blasted into orbit under an educational

land of pienic baskets and .

ANTS ARE INQUTER SPACE

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration agreed to carry the ania as one of 320 projects ithas deemed worthwhile space ex- periments, said ‘ spokesman David Garrett. RCA heard of tha program ami offered to -

’ will record the ants’

. Dale departure, paid

Cameras in the cabin

peti vitien, Including births and deaths, to de, termina the effects of lowered gravity,

The ants’, habite on earth will be scrutinized

mental decree.”’ The ads asked readers to write net their. congressmen

Poort et dieanderson pen il that: does not balance rational development with adequate environmental protection;”’ overturning President Carter's

- declaration of 67 million

acres a3 national

monuments, and In support

of passage of legislation

that “grants Alaskans the

rights inherent in U.S, tatehood.”

School turns

off TV

DENVER, Colo. (AP) — Denver Free University apparently is aiming to

the citizens of the . Its summer curriculum includes classes in how to turn off the television set and how. to enjoy one’s own neuroses, ihe much hard anor staying happy all the time, I thought it would be fun to turn it inside out,’’ said Max Marcus, teacher of “En-

. Caledonia’s principal W.L. Sturn, urged the

- fellow grads well, and concluded the message by

Caledonia Senior Secondary hes recently published the 1979 annual, which includes tributes to members of the staff and‘ to this year’s graduates, and the Herald honors the students in today's paper,

“In a Valedictory Address reprinted in the annual, Robert Sheridan expressed thanks to the teachers on behalf of the grads, and also noted the happy times the students spent at school.

The Principal’s message to the grads, made by °

students to meet the challenge of the future. A message from student council president Pam Shaw was also printed. Shaw wished her ©

stating “the world will be proud of us as we build A great tomorrow by remembering the past.”

Congratulations to the grads from District Superintendent of Schools Frank Hamilton and from Chairman of the School Board Jack Cook were also included in the annual. * The 1079 annual js dedicated to Doris Dubetz, who is retiring from teaching on June 30 after eleven years of instructing business education courses at Skeena Secondary and at Caledonia - Secondary.

“We wilt all miss her kind assistance and cheerful presence and wish her many-years of happiness in her retirement,’ concludes the dedication.

. . federal ap

GRADS HONORED

Negotiators for the 7,500. member Canadian Paper-

workers Union and the Pulp

and Paper Industrial Relations Bureau, which

bargains ‘for the pulp and -

paper producers, adjourned talka Monday after ie union said changes must be made in the latest offer before It

Court

cleared

"WASHINGTON (AP) -_ The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for

President Carter to deny’

government contracts to t do not follow

lacks. the.. constitutional authority to enforce the voluntary anti-Inflationary program.

Thecourt did not reach the merits of the case, but

merely refused to review a Is court ruling that gave such authority.

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington last Month split 63 in over.

a May.31 ruling by U.S. District’ Judge Barrington Parker.

Parker's ruling had dealt a major blow to Carter's anti- inflationary efforts by

declaring that nelther the Constitution jnoe ie gave the president the power to.threaten to deny federal contracts to companies that-

violate his voluntary gulde-

7 appeals court ruled that Parker had incorrectly corcluded that the pumish- ment provisions of the Carter program made it a mandatory one, and it therefore exceeded the president's authority,

Under the administration plan, the government is authorized to deny contracts worth more than $5 million to firms violating the wage- price guidelines,

The AFL-CIO had con- tended that the program interferes with a union's right to bargain collectively.

Carter's wage guideline would limit wage and fringe benefit increases to ap- proximately seven per cent

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could be put to the member- ship for a vote.

A bureau. spokesman said talks could resume today or Wednesday.

‘The CPU, the 5,500- member Pulp, Paper and

. Woodworkers of Canada and

7,400 members .of the In- ternational Woodworkers of America in the southern Interior were in position to strike as of. midnight Saturday night when thelr contracts expired,

About 30,000 coastal forest workers have been in a‘ position to strike since June

Contracts covering IWA members run until Aug. 30.

Ajl unions have voted

heavily in favor of strike

_ action. The IWA and PPWC

“executives are to meet this . ook: ‘te: ‘disciiss: thelr next

avees 2? 7 1 reign apt

e three unions have

‘een Olfered the same basic

offer, calling for a_90-cent- an-hour increase In the first year of a two-year contract anda 9.5-percent increase in the second. The present base rate ia $8.14 an hour. .

CPU vice-president Art Gruntman sald Monday his union wants changes in five areas. The moat important area is pensions, he said.

“Pensions are a critical and extemely important point,” sald Gruntman. chengents the unions wants

e510 pension proposa 60 that workers who retired before 1976 will get as much money a8 workers retiring now. Changes suggested by the union would cost the companies about five to six cents an hour, he sald. « a ts not a great deal to

lor people who put in a lat of service in the’ in- dustry.” , Gruntman ‘also sald the union attll wants a cost-of- living agreement and changés in panking of overtime. It is alsa con- cerned about changés In contract ianguage and various local issues.

Gruntman sald he was optimistic that the com- panies would make some movement on the union demands, He said earller that the union's hefty strike vote was a “very effective weapon” but doubted that his members would resort to wildcat walkouta to back de-

Bureau spokesman Dick Lester said company negotiatora would meet in caucus before going back to the bargaining table.

“We'll get back to them when we have thong a

C=] ev t they have said”

Company representatives said earlier that they don't feel a strike ls imminent,

City, firefighters agree

two hours of call-out time. Additional hours will be paid at the old rate of time and a hall,

The number of statutory holidays in the department has been ralsed to 12 per year from 11 per year under the old agreement,

De Kleine said manpower levels in the department-a- subject of controversy between the association and the municipality during the past six months-are not mentioned in the new agreement.

darkenment; A Methodology for Martyrdom.”

“What we are doing is. having fun with our

we have been chosen . because their hard ex- terlor will help them survive the gravity forces of rocket liftoff and their -halry feet lets them eluteh rough surfaces which will keep them from floating around the space capsule, Dudley

program for innercity high school ' students called Orbit ‘Bi.

RCA Corp. is paying for - the seven-day space fight, during which about 60 studenta from Camden and Woodrow Wilson high schools will study the ef- students pack three fects of weightlessness on - colonies of ants for the the insects, trip.

sponsor a project for inner-city students, sald Edward Dudley of RCA. RCA will pay $10,000 for apace ttle ac- commodations and contribute about $300,000 in test instruments before

Kitimat District Council and the Firefighters Ausociation have raed a new two-year agreement. ngups,"* said ary inereases ig the two years will be set at

Marcus aon Phat “en- the percentage awarded Vancouver firefighters. darkenment” is the opposite Members of the Vancouver association have not yet of “enlightenment.” reached an agreement and are going to arbitration. Ms. Moffit’s course is Municipal Manager en De Kieine sald the new titled “Fantasies: Making agreement includes a raise in clothing allowance from -Them Hapyen." $7.50 to $8.50 per montis and double time for the first