i Boe ” - om a 2 dap ig’ : pa PETE eT mene tet het eb rare Sr ETS NT ve 2 Legislative Library ‘'Parlimene Buildings Victoria, B Cc, V8V~+124 Monday, February 1 Yuri ‘Andropov Moscow (CP) — Konstantin Chernenko, the son of Siberian peasants, was named general secretary of the Soviet Communist party today, succeeding the late Yuri’ -Andropov in the Kremlin's most’ powerful pdst,’ “. Chernenko; 72, is the oldest man ever selected to lead ihe § 1a-million member party, which governs this country of 280 4 million, For-30 years, he was a close ally of--Andropov's predecessor, ‘Leonid ; Brezhnev, : but ‘ Andropov out- manoeuvred him’ 15 months ago to become pity leader. : Innaming Chernenko, the Politburo chose a’ member of. the leadership's old guard rather than giving the reins of power to a member of the younger generation who could be ¢ expected to'serve a decade or more, In 4 speech to the’ party. Central Committee, which ap: pointed him, Chernenko attacked western leaders, saying they posed a threat of: nuclear war. PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH: He said the Soviet Union will strive to avert war by “f maintaining-its nuclear strength, “Today, in the age. of nuclear armaments: and super: : accurate rockets, peace is as necessary to people as never. & before,” he was quoted by the official Tass news agency as saying. - . mo “Unfortunately some - leaders ~of ‘capitalist countries, a. judging by everything, donot have a clear understanding o ia . this, or do not want to have it.” ar “We clearly see the threat’ which ig crealed loday to. humanity’ by. the reckless, - adventurist actions of the aggressive forces of imperialism, and speak about il in full voice.” . The. announcement was made by Central Committee .: - through the official news media as the country prepared for the burial Tuesday of Andropov, who died Thursday at 69. - Andropov had previously been the oldest.man to take over as general secretary of the party‘at age.68,, Chernenko lacks alghificant administrative experience, but.was the No, 2°man in’ the governing ,Politburo.after’ |. ; tear and was given’ the job of: arranging, Andropoy’ ss tionality a a: Job haridied bys Aone hy doar tpi tas ; "Today he: ‘led the other. n members of the Politburo into * . “ Moscow's: House of Unions, where. ‘Andropey’ 5 body lies «4: surrounded by’ flowers. me ‘- Official black cars.were seen speeding away: from the! Central Committee building near the Kremlin shortly” before noon, indicating that the comniittee had mel. TRUDEAU ATTENDS: : Western diplomats: and East’ European . journalists predicted that the Soviets would name a new parly leader before Andropov's funeral in. Red Square. The funeral, schéduled for noon (4 a.m. EST), will be attended by dozen of world leaders, including Prime Minister Trudeau: Chernenko has been viewed as-a front-runner: in the succession struggle since the Soviet. Union went into “mourning for Andropov after his death was announced Friday, : Yet westerti diplomats had speculated that the elderly Chernenko's health might weigh against him; He was ‘ad- mitted to hospital with preumonia last spring and missed one of the Politburo’s key public appearances, the May | Red Square parade. ‘Meeting offered. VANCOUVER (cP) — ‘The leader of the Canadian Paperworkers Union says he will recommend to union - delegatesala paperworkers’ strategy session that the union return to the bargaining table with the pulp and paper in- | dustry this week. “Their lockout is. absolutely ridiculous and I don't hold - out much hope for a quick settlement,” Gruntman said in an interview Sunday. “But I'll tell the delegates, ‘let’s go. and meet them’ to find out 'what.they have to say." The 7, 200-member union will probably be back al the bargaining table on Wedriesday, Gruntman said. : member Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada are scheduled a meet with industry representatives. The lockout of the 12,700 pulp and paper employees from 20 mills across B. C., which began Feb. 2, is costing. the . industry $8 million a day i in Jost revenué and the workers $2 million.a day in lost wages and benefits. ows _ Gtuntman said he will follow up today's strategy session. . with union delegates with a meeting Tuesday with the other pulp unten. Dick Lester, president of ihe Pulp and Paper’ Industrial Relations Bureau, said Sunday the industry has been . ‘walting for the unions to get back to the bargaining table. . MEETING ARRANGED . “The meeting with the PPWC was arranged a couple af ~ weeks ago. We're also ready to meet with the CPU," hee sald, __ ..The lockout began after the industry had sel a deadline . far the unions to begin serious negotiations. Industry leadérs said they believe unions wanted to wail until spring. ~-when their bargaining position would be betler - _ to start serious talks. The unions said the companies dragged their feel during "bargaining for eight months then suddenly decided it was time to settle. The tinions say they will not accept a three-year contract . or any collective agreement concessions and they want | pension increases at least in line with the cost of living, “The industry insists it needs a three-year deal for stability - and has asked for concessions on holidays. Complicating the dispule is an agreement reached in December between the industry and the International - Woodworkers of America, which was a three-year deal with @ wage freeze in the first year, four in the second and 4.5 per cent in the third year. | Chernenko replaces ‘+ with the Lebanese army Jast ‘week: That’s the same day thal representatives of the 5,500-°: : of Beirut; thal Gemayel will propose a oa Bob, Devi ster accepts. the Terrace Herald a trophy for. ‘first lace Ir In the i “ an Tod are ae i 4 t ‘ ‘4 P th annual ‘commercial hockey tournament. Presenting. the. trophy Is Herald publisher Dave Hamilton. The Omineca allstars won the trophy with a'8-5 win over Kitimat Jr.: B Black Hawks Jn _ Sffernoon. See story page 5. ‘. the final game Sunday: ut he, = FORT NELSON; BC: _ BEIRUT (AP) _ - Street fighting and. artillery barrages a around Beirut subsided. today after .government spokesmen said they will step up efforts to give Lebanon’ ‘s.. - Moslem majority. greater power, . *: President Amin. Gemayel “nelected demands ' ‘by opposition ‘leaders: that. he ‘. resign, but said he hopes to convene, within : ” _ two weeks a natiorial reconciliation or “ference in Geneva. ° | ‘Gemayel, also told reporter's: Sunday. ke - ‘expects. the multinational force to remain . in Lebation. ‘He said the plan to withdraw , U.S. Marines to ships offshore was’ ual a. “detail ° re . “Tam confident that: President Reagan ig fully committed to help Lebanon,” he said. .Tt' was Gemayel's first public statement - since rebels seized control of West, Beirut, the Moslem half of the capital, in battles thal Gemayel agreément he it was signed. Gemayel said a cabinet to replace that of Prime Minister Shafik Wazzan will- be - formed at the reconciliation conference, -Wazzan resigned Feb. 4 but Gemayel asked . him ‘to stay on anti a hew government is’; formed. . ! . PROPOSES PLAN . , : Foreign. Minister Elie’ Salem told reporters in Beit Mary, 10 kilometres east. But. : o¢cupation.”: ‘point ° program of political and con- stitutional reforms at the ‘Geneva: con: : ‘ference. A shakeup in Lebanon’ 8 Chriitian- dominated political structure | is 3 key . demand of the rebels. -Balem said the plan: will: give: Moslems’ equal representation in parliantent instead of the current 6-5 percentage jn favor-of the Christians and creale a senate in which all pects will be represented: vo Under : the plan, - the © president, — traditionally a Maronite Catholic, will be elected by a minimum of 55 votes in the 99- member: patliament. At present, the ‘" president is elected by a two-thirds vote on the firat ballot or by a simple majority on” Subsequent ballots.: - Gemayel’s reform also will make the’ agreement on prime minister, traditicnally a Sunni 21) Moslem, elected by parliament Instead of being named by the president, Salem-said, There was no immediate reaction froni': the leaders of the Shiite Moslein or Drise’ _ militias to the statements, althaugh the - Street fighting subsides — groups. have recently ‘toned down demiinds. resigns “However, ‘a. major demand ‘of the *-Gemayel opponents is that he abrogate the -: -U.S.:mediated -lroopés ‘withdrawal signed with: Israel. ‘ OPPOSE THE ACCORD | The accord has been a thorhy issue since Its. caneellatiorj has been a os principal: demand ‘of the Syriati-backed opposition ° -and Syria’ because. it would, legalize. “a. permanent -Israeli securily _ Presence, in southern Lebanon. , Gemayel hag refused ratification, but he “has” ‘also. refused cancellation, because the. _ aot binds Israel eventually to withdraw. | ” He wants )guarantees that Syria will pull aut’ “Als, troops, if the Israelis E09. + Under: recent heavy. pressure, Gemayel : has sid he will discuss any alternative to ~ the, accord that will rid Lebanon of Syrian _ and. Israeli troops.- in. an - apparent’ " Washington ~ and Gemayel,” Israel said ., Suriday: it'‘will-keep its; -Lroops in southern Lebanon if the agreement: is scrapped. - Former : Lebanese: ‘president Camille ‘Chamoun ‘said many"Lebanese want the agreement ratified as ‘'the ‘only means of _ liberating ‘Lebanese. eeetorytrom: Israeli “warning to “Abrogation of. the agreement exposes this vast part of Lebanon to a long and maybe findl occupation,” he sald. ‘FUTURE Is CLOUDY coe F . Gemayel’s appearance before the foreign” presé'was his first since his U-5: armed and - traitiéd army lost control of Moslem. West Beriut. But he refused to respond directly to q“uéstions about his political future. Gemayel sald only that he hopes lo form . _ 4 ‘broad-based governthent and said this will be‘reached “in the neat’ future,” probably during the ‘next round of reconellialion’ lalks in Geneva. Most observers feel Gemayel has little alternative but to negotiate. Western and Lebanese military sources Lebanese | army has - been weakened because aboul a: third of -its member combat force has refused to fight: or has been neutralized. Thé army, like Lebanon ls a whole, has a . majority of Moslems, and inany refused Lo firs on Islarnic rebels when major fighting ‘erupted last week. ‘said the severely ‘twin-engine .aireraft. by RALPH RESCHKE Herald Staff Writer TERRACE— The video war ison, and Tillicum ‘Theatre owner, Bill Young plans - to fight the growing video craze by joining. in the -batile and selling .video movies through the theatre. He says he. haa discussed this with theatre owners througheut the province, and they agree that this would be the only alternative to going out of business. But'is business really that bad? ‘You better believe it is," says Young, “When times are good I used to pay bet: ween two and three thousand dollars a Nowadays, it’s -more like $60 a week, so how are we sup- posed to keep aura doors open?” The ‘common complaint of most in- dependant theatre owners, not only here in B.C., but in all of Canada, is that movie distributors are releasing video movie cassettes to close to the opening date of the week for. movie rental, firat movie films. The small, suburban theatres are faced with growing competition from major circuit 'T,V., cable T.V., and over the last few years, video movie cassettes, According to Young, the demise of the small town theatre is inevitable, if the theatres cannot procure first-run movies, . or hot second-run movies before the video outlets get a hold of them, It is his opinion that the distributors are- just irying to get thé moat out of both. : markets by releasing videos and films at the same time, but'in reallty, it’s the small theatre owners that are going to suffer. Hefeels that in order for any film to have significance it. has to perform in the * theatres first and then it can be released to | the ancillary markets, ‘The theatre creates the ‘want to see’ ; attitude in the public, and this is what the - -, , distributors should be concentrating on,” Le te says. ~ "+ What ends, up happening is that. video ::’ "fetal outlets get the video before the “-y, theatre gets the movie,.thereby creating a . + loss in revenue for the theatre owner. ‘ “Ss! And: if the distributors don’t release *, videos at the same time as films, they don't ‘wait ‘foo long before > they do make it ; available. ; New York. owners. ‘present. themselves? to be taken. board. technology. viable one. Young explains that recently, Twentieth ‘ Century Fox ‘made an announcement regarding their video release policy. They will now exercise the right to release video movies of first run films only 90 days after the illm has been released. The problem with that ls that the studio is calculating the release date for the video on when the film opened up in Los Angeles or By the time the film has come to the suburban theatre, the video will already be - available to the home markel, cutting further into the Tevenue ‘of the theatre He says this will spell disaster for many small theatre ownera who are already finding it difficult to stay in business at | So what can theatre owner’s da, to counteract this growing concer among “Well,” says Young, ‘videos are films, and as such, they are related to what we're Showing in the theatres. related, why don't we start making them available through the theatre as well.” He says he has been discussing this possibility with other theatre owners and they agree that this is a Step that will have So if they're Young Bays that "gelling ‘video movies from his theatre would be the ideal solution | - to the problem because not only 1s there a building from which to.sell from, but the customer. base is already there, and as - well, new staff donot have to be hired, ‘Another possibility for theatre owners Is the formation of a co-operative association amongst themselves, but he says that this is something that’s still on the drawing Bill Young is definately going ahead with | his plans to rent videos from his theatre, and when he does, he will probably be the first in B.C. to do so. It's just another concession that theatre owners have to make to advancing In the ’30s it was radio, in the '50s it was television, and now it's video movies, Bill Young has plans for his - theatre, Plans he hopes will keep his operation a Watson still determined ment s- woll-kill ‘program: BC. community a Week ago bent-:on thwarting . the ‘government's plans to -kill - about 400 walves in a 14,000- squar¢ kilometre area in the rugged Kechika Valley. The. government main- tains the program is _Mecessary, saying an over- ‘population of walves~ is -- responsible. for declining - numbers of: moose, elk and caribou. — But -Watson says the purpose of the kill is to turn the valley. into. an elk and stone sheep farm for hun- * ters, (hereby benefiting.a - local resort operator ‘who “eaters to big-game hunters, Watson, internationally ‘known for his efforts to stop the killing of whales and Seals, hasn't had an. easy -* -‘Ume of it in this campaign. - Soon after the group arrived in Fort Nelsen, it was refused commodation. Watson ‘then had treuble - getting his campaign airborne when gasoline dealers refused to supply him with fuel for a’ the group had chartered, needed a helicopter to mount a more effective campaign, but avialion operators refused. to rent him ofe. When one was ‘finally obtained from one of. the news crews following his exploits, Watson said it “mysteriously developed a rolor engine problem.” — Almost out “Watson and ground assault — a 100: kilometre trek in the snow- covered wilderness to confront government hunters at their base camp. They were: ill-equipped wilh. one snowmobile, a_ small CB radio and a .22- calibre rifle, ; Three of the seven had to limp back to‘ town, one suffering from frostbite, Bul, all is not lost,. The Caska Indian band supplied the remaining four with, snowshoes and says it will also provide them with two snowmobiles, said Al F ceo :. Spokesman.’ ’ Project Wolf, said Sunday ‘that Watson is still haping fo -: , be able to get his hands.on a a ~ Led by enyironmentalist » Paul Watson, the protesters arrived In this‘ northeastern - the. B.C, govern- ac: Johnson, a spokesman for _ the group... And Clint: Davy, a Van- helicopter — possibly today: Davy: said_ the protesters “have been making financial negotiations’ with | a- helicopter operator in: Dease Lake and hope to ‘obtain an aircraft to ferry into. the hunters’ ’ them camp. But they would only he able to use it for aboul six ,-hours, he added, Should .the -. protesters reach thé camp by air, their next step “will depend on the reception they get there,” sald Davy. ‘The intent is to talk to (govern- ment biologist John). Elliott ‘and tell him our views.” SEEK INJUNCTION Starlet Lum, Watson's wife, said Sunday the group's Jawyer will try Tuesday or Wednesday to get a court injunction to stop «forse “the hunt, “Meanwhile, | Don Morbére: an' information officer with wildlife branch who has been: in regulai.. radio ‘contact with Elliott, said the “hunters: killed'-two wolves . Sunday — bringing to 58 the ‘number of wolves killed. . Morberg said in a telephone interview from Prince George that Elliott, who is due to leave the area Feb. 17 for a break, has been told the protesters’ are hiking in by foot, “But he didn’t have any reaction to that." Morberg also -said it’s ironic ‘that the wolf-kill program is being conducted under the direction of the Environment Ministry, which also handles search ‘and rescue operations. "If the worst happened and they (Watson’s group) had to be rescued, it could be kind of funny. I don't know. if they'd want to be rescued by us,” Man stabbed TERRACE— As the result of an early morning stabbing incident on Feb. 12, a Kitimat man has been charged with , assault causing bodily harm. The incident took place at the Coachman Apartments Sunday at approximately 6 a.m. in an apartment occupied ~ by four males and one female. A dispute erupted and resulted in one male slashing another male across the face with a knife, | ‘ The injured man was taken to Mills Memorial Hospital — Watson later decided he . and treated for lacerations on the cheek and nose, and was — later released. Brian Vickers, of Kitlmat, has been charged with assault - to cuase bodily harm, and will appear in court today. of funds, — six other. protesters then decided ona ‘ Sports : pages 485 Comics page 6 Classifieds pages 889 f WHY BUY NEW? | WHEN USEDWILL Do! quality used parts from Oo you want parts tofix up your car bul your buciget won't allow it? Beat the high cost of new parts with S.K.B, AUTO SALVAGE 635-2333 or 635-9095 3690 Duhan (justoH Hwy. 16E) J a castes; provinelal fish: arid ~ 0...