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Water. polo matches were the ‘first: eventa to get under
_ way In the Northern B.C, Winter Games, as they started
Thursday. night at the Terrace pool. Terrace’ 5 lunlor

men’ steam, inthe white caps,

this- morning, with almost all Sports.starting early.

team 8-4 In thelr-game: The games got off to a fast start

i OTTAWA
. Another 104,000 persons

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gory th ‘halked ipa: reécoitl
mirchandise- trade: surplis”
- In 1982," “exporting : $173

‘paid today. -

The figure is. good news.

because: the © “surplus: in:

~ merchaindiie trade will help 7
offset an expected deficit: in -
‘services trade, whieh’ in--" ¥
cludes’ such things as in-"* sw
“and

dividend payments. ~The

terest; «shipping
categories of mérchandise
and ‘services: combine “to
make: up ‘the country's
“overall
balance sheet.

Buried in the general

merchandixe figure ‘Is ‘a\-

drariiatic ° turnaround;: “in?
trade” of. motor vehicle
products with ‘the “United *.
‘States.’ ‘For the first time in
a “decadé,” Canada ‘hada

surplus in that: sector: with
the U.S: as exports. out- :

.” ‘stripped’ imports. by 929,

billlén,*
However,

the
bad néws, because the total

surplis resulted not from a

healthy surge in exports but
from a ‘hefty ‘decline in
imports, Tn. fact,! ‘exports

stood atthe ‘same: level: a

‘the year before." Wenn on
‘The: value: of. exports. in?

1962 ‘totalled. ‘ger billion, :

- exactly ihe same as in i981."

The value of imports in‘1%2 -

i $66.4 billion; down

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“The 498 surplus. of $7. &
billién“ was up from. 97:3 |
_ billion, in1981 apd was twee |
i ‘ae the last year‘end:

Figures

> recently,

Great North FM of Prince Rupert has ‘ippealed a CRIC :
ruling: awarding Skeena Broadcasters a license for. FM.
radio! in the area to the federal cabinet... The appeal: decision,”
. is expected before the end of February..

Great North FM was a competing bidder for the: ieense
’ originally ‘They say more competition on the abrwaves, in’ »

the northwest is needed.

Accountant Odd Eidsvil, a major shareholder at Gr a
FM, says that Skeeni- Broadcasters : ‘recenfly “missiles, or had thelr ne slashed,

North.

recorded. net profit of $589,000 on. revenue of $4,882,000,
Mike Tindall of CFTK states the net. ‘prof figure was .

902,000,

international -

' equipment. '
erall—
‘figure. also: contains : some -

cant ‘trom ‘F100
- bill ine a

oa mia, Herald Staff Writer» , ;
TERRACE Local CFTK spokeaiian disagrees with the
“net profit figure that Great North’ FM mays they made

: ‘reéord setin: 1980. Bul ithe "produ im! rpdust
iron ofes, contentrates and. -

“zero growth ine rts came
after an increase'of 10 per scrap, aircraft, oif‘and coal”
cent’ in; 1981 and 18 per cent + products:, The largest ea: -
in 1980. o a ‘port decrease was coal,
Morithly : figures showed a. The: largest drop’ in ‘Im-°::
~ trade surplug in’ December: ports.inDecember ‘Was in
of $1,8- billion, up. $240 precious: metals, metal ores,

ae Sida No yembear.. and: concentrates: “and. coal.’ -
The! evafter Impofis . ‘of - motor-yehicle .-
tio of ‘decline And parte ‘were up - “after. a

ash “monthly © decline attributed to a strike

p* | Jane, 1982, “by Chrysler workers.
“On. a. quarterly ‘basis,

_ apa rapped per cenit - ine

; -- quarter.” ar

December. from ‘November.
by 9.9 per ‘cent ‘or $647
“million” to: $7.16 billion; ..
‘ imports increased by 8.2 per Highway: ‘vlolence” from’ the U.S. ins
‘cent or $407 millon to $5.35 dependent, truckers: strike ‘spread to |
billion. California, trick stops lald off workers and ~

- The yearthd surplus WAS . the cost of fresh produce’ rose as the
$0. 6 billion:higher than In iprodues ;

‘49a1. On: top'of the” motdr-,

‘vehicle product surplus, key
“reasons: ‘for. the. surplus
increase” were’. “major —
" deelines in imports of crude:
“all, machinery” “and ;

arresti: '

vegetables rosé 10 to. 20 ‘cents ‘on. ‘some ;
items “and that will start to’ ‘show | up in the |

a - affalra department warned Thursday, .
Imports’; of - erude ‘ail “Thig morning we started to seé some:
‘dropped 37 per cent or $2.9

of machinery. and equip-_; ‘Haven (Conn,) - Food : ‘Terminal.
ment dropped: 13per cent or prices started.to: ‘creep up: ho ae
“$2.6 billion ta $17: billion.’ “in Canada, “many . wholesalers “said
‘The’ surplus: was also’ “Thursday the strike has delayed deliveri¢s «
boosted by a balance of $10.9 * of fresh produce from gouth of the border,

*- $6.7, billton: in: cereals ‘and

cereal peeparations, $4, a-

~ billion in ‘natural: gas, ‘$3.2

billion © fn-" aton-ferrdua

*. metals, $1.8 billion ‘ini oil and -
coal “products. “and » $1. 1
* billion By egetrieity:

~ The !: ‘dhori-term trend are ‘drawing up contingericy: plans.to. gel
“shows the:largest increases. freaty. fruits and’, ‘vegetables . Eton) : the

Supply on hand. . :
while, one "Ontarié produce: buyer

‘warne

- auch as 15 per cent, i

were otor: vehitle —

disputed

no serigus disruptions in supplies but that:
a lengthy dispute could cause’ problems,”

down, Tiursday-and drivers ‘still-on the. -
road were. -collectlig - premium : rates

Independent Truckers Association to.”
protest risiig fuel taxed: and, truck fees...
‘The ‘ITA: claims: to “represent: :30,000.

- BEOUDS ‘dispute the. figuré:.and many:
“drivers are: staying: off the roads: bécaure
«they fear: ‘violence: -. ay

te _ hit by gunfite anid. 641 othets hive: beer :

authorities gaye 2: ;
“We're paying an extra $350: a toid

_ sald Robert Strube,: president of Market.

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or. “$0.03 billion tw" $20, 2;
billion and ‘imports ‘dropped’
48.3 per cent or $2.34 billion
‘to $15.2 billion ‘in: ‘the: final.
" three: mnths ‘of the’ year. .
- That béosted :.the-/quar~
terly surplus to $5.02. billion.
. in the fourth quarter: after
‘ ‘surpluses: of $4.72 billion’ in.
-the . third: quarter, $4.58":
“billion in the second quarter.
and $3.51: ‘illion in, ithe: ‘first: .

The decline of ot per: ‘cent: .
exports in: the: -f yarth -

Strike violence:

Service: Association; ‘which: Tepresents _
*, aout 166 Chicago wholesalers. “Arid the
- $250 isn't much to. pay a’ ‘driver for risking

_. shutdown entered Its tifth day, today after:
more ‘than 00 atlas om igs, but only” 7 |

- Wholesdle: _prtbe foe’ fresh, fruits and: 7

‘week or 10 days, Hie said:
. the’ violence on the,’ highway. ‘It's only

retail stores,” New York Cjty’s consumer 2
; common. sense: If you' re going to: get

‘ugliness “as far ‘as pricing,” said Jamies...”
- billion to.$5 billion: Imports Lambert, general manager: of ‘the New 7

‘billion . {n° forest products, . but: ‘most’ said. they: had up to ‘a, AOday 5 gay. Jn. -Fresno,. shippers, Bot $2,600 a

weeks ago for taking bréveoli, celery and
ts lettude’ ‘to New York, but ‘now the rate is -

‘that supplies could begin ‘to. - $3,500, ‘said produce broker: Bill Causey of

dwiir ie by “next week, driving up prices’

for produce from Florida and Texas by ag 4

“Industry officials in Calgary, ‘eaid they.

‘Produce and livestock’ shipmenis: were: _

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damaged by bricks, ‘Hreboriba arid, other: -

Gaver compares with’ an
an increase of 4,1 per cent in

“the

second ‘quarter and :a
the first quarter; =
133. per. cent. ‘in’ the fourth -

Increase: of 4.4: per ceént-in
‘the third: q ter; a decline”
. of OF per “éent inthe ‘seeond: °
quarter-and’a decline of 81
per cent us the first quarter.

escalates

his life."

Strube, whose members normally get 0
per. cent: of their’ prodiice from independent
truckers, sald the strike ' was costing them

$415,000 a day and “the trend is upward, an

Retall food shortages. could begin in a

killed," you" stay away’ from it.” .
\/ATTERS WINDSHIELD ‘On Thursday,

- a shot fram a padising” car ‘shattered the
. windshield of a (ruck carrying tuiia on the
* Attesia--Freeway.: in ‘Anaheim, Calif. No

one was Injured, but it was California’s

first confirmed attack on a truck,

“The state has already been hurt in other

Weatérn Ag Trucking,

‘Bome- NASCAR “Grand National auto
* racing teams said they were nervous about
‘ transporting ‘their a -and gear to
Daytona Beach, Fla. “for. next week's
.. National - Association for. hot Auto.
in exports | ‘in December ‘southern United States; ye = far

of ‘Atlantic wholesalers said there iad beon a

"Racing events. 3)
‘Some striking:

. violence on the highways. eet

“The only thing’ they. understand is

ste -Mesiage, when they’ te ‘twared. "

ae “Trubkers stil on the rind ‘whe. formed

ys ‘cotivoys for protection. and ‘drove only. in.
,owner-operator’s; but’ other | trucking: ces

daylight were slowing dawn the flow of ~

goods, officials reported trom. around the .

United. States,

oe ° Falstatf- Brewing: Co. . annotinced- In-

At Inst Fs) trucks i in: ae sia have. been =": “definite layoffs of 150 workers at its Fort.”

: 2 Wayne; Trid., brewery: because: the ‘atelke -
- backed up shipments and filled the loading

oa
dn Frederick, Md., ruck stop operator

See ‘Strike’ page < 3.

third: quarter, an in-~
créase.of 4, Bper cent.in the

decrease of (4.2 per. cert in -
~ The: decling:i in: ‘imports ‘of
- quarfer compared © “with an”

war," owner-opérator, ‘Norman Pyle, in.
Somerset, Pa., sald.of the non-strikers.

“4 “That's the only way they’ re: golng ‘to get.
‘because of the strike called-Monday by the -‘." _

Established 1900. |:

-dabless rate
~ still rising |

(CP)

were plunged. into -the.

_ already overflowing river of
“uriemployed last month, |

_inereasing the jobless level

today.

“And although _ the.
unemployment rate, ad-,
. justed for seasonal -

cent from ; 2.8, the- agency

‘Stressed thal does not signal

any improvement in the job

“market.

- with large increases in
unemployment. have
distorted the’ seasonal
figures, the-agency said:

‘unemployment’ tat
~ throughout - the: past’ year:
have made.it very difficult

changes ‘which are due -to

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-,” the agency said. © ;*,-"

‘n:other ‘words, it Is aif.
‘ficult to: tell. how much. of.

January's * ‘increase’: in

‘ditens xplained, Statinticn

_ Canada's: Marlene’ Levine. ’ _

High unemployment, may

have increased the number.
“of persons’ ‘leaving ‘ or not:

entering the labor. force,
"contributing: ‘to the smaller-
than-usual *. -December-to-

January rise in. unem--
‘ployment, Statistics Canada .

“said.

“de: not include 155,000

* persons often referred to as

~ hidden’ “unemployed, who

said -they.- did ‘not look for”
work because they ‘felt no -

jobs .were' “available. That
“was down fractionally from
156,000 in December.

Nor do the figures include
another 288,000 who stopped
looking | ‘for’ work for

_ anything from illness and

_Persofial’ reasons to
‘awaiting recall by an em-
‘ployer. -
“Also,
‘ployment increased ‘by:
18,000 . to 1,550; 000, the
‘agency said: Some- ‘people
argue that the increage in.
part-time -workers.is due to
the lack of fulltime jobs ‘and
say part- -time workers are.
under employed and should -

"Significant changes in
' seasonal patterns combined

la. identify - precisely: those

Parts is. Seadonal.
mnt

part-time — em--

‘to a record 1,598,000, 46 per’ .
* -cent more than a year ago,
* Statistics ‘Canada - ‘said 7

“. variations fell for thé first’
.. thme fia 12 months to'12.4 per

“Some observers argue

that the increase in part-

time workers is due to the
lack of. full- time Jobs. They

argue that these persons are
under-employed and: should:

be added to. the Jobless

count.

NEED discussed —

‘Herald Staff Writer
TERRACE— “Over 150 people attended a “meeting :

" ‘Thursday morning to hear further details of the NEED

make-work program.: ‘Many of them have been identified as
potential project Sponsors.
Ken Yendall-from the {oral Canada Employment Centre

'. and Aine Banford from the Vancouver, office explained the

program in depth... .
Thus far, 350 ‘people have registered at the Terrace CEC
to. participate in the. NEED projects. -°
NEED is designed for. those people whose UIC claims

-have run out or those who are receiving social assistance.

Local CEC spokesmen confirm that at the moment there /

appears to be a gap in the NEED'program. Lf one has been

‘ aff UICtor over a year, but is not getting soctal assistance

However, the’ Terrace. office of CEC fs: encouraging

NEED projects. If. the CEC gets all the Sponsors they think

: they will,-then they ‘will. need about 700 workers.
"Somie of the people Who may be thought of as “in the zap”

’ ‘normal Seasonal factors; ..

1. ve rae ees, Rive

‘The Seniry figures also. :

could then have the skills required fora pattieular job on a
project, or NEED jobs” may exceed the number of uic

* enhaustees of Jess than a year. ;
» Terrace was the first town to get a NEED project, when a al
WA proposal to put 36 # people back to work was accepted,

ee exciting.

Herald Staff Writer

TERRACE— Late this summer a riverboat may be back’.
- plying the waters. of the Skeena river.

That is just one of the many exciting ideas to come out of
& meeting Wednesday evening to organize this year’s
Riverboat. Days festivities, =. -
B.C. Day, the first’ Monday . in August, was- ehosen to
culminate a list of celebrations that may be longer than a

- week.

The riverboat | int ‘question was 18 recently operating on the

payments, then as ‘“‘a general rule" it may be difficult to get -
fi ‘on a NEED project. >

‘The -large ‘Increases in
. everyone who wae int. the workforce to register for the. new. -

Fraser River and-is owned by the federal department of

public works. - Jim, Fulton,: Skeera MP, has-already been
contacted in an effort to obtain the: boat for the festivities.
As has Terrace council in the person of Gordon Galbralth.

_ Apparently the craft is not being used.

Some. other events that will be™ combined with the

. revitalized Riverboat Days include the Kinsmen's

be? added - to. the _jbless- :

count. —« -

But overall, labor-markel
conditions . were. little
changed during’ the month,
Statistics Canada. said,.
marking “the.
straight month of relative.
stability following the. 15-
month. decline ‘in’ em-

second ©

ployment which occured

between August, ‘1981, and
‘ November, 1982.7." 7°:

The seasonally-adjusted. t

level of employment WAS
estimated . at ° 10,416,000, '
unchanged ..
_previous month,

from“ the |

Statistics . ‘Canada, “also

foted that the high levels of |

unemployment, may have
inctéaied the number of
_ persons. leaving the labor:
force or not “éenterjng? it,
contributing to a ‘smaller
‘than usual December-to-
January “inerease
unemployment.

in |

| While there. wes: tittle.

"change in. the seasonally- a

‘adjusted level of full-time |

employment, the level of
, part-time employment
“jnereased by 18,000 to
1,559,000, the agency said.

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traditional beer garden, the canoe regatta, and the Jaycee’ 8

beauty: pageant.

Other events. that’ the many groups and. individuals
working on the planning are considering include chuck :
wagon races, a street dance on’ the revamped 4600 block, a
casino, beef barbecues, store front decoration, and slow and

’ fast. piteh tournaments, with the Vancouver Canuks a
: possible entry.

“Contests will abound. There is to be a logo contest, a

contest.
shaven ‘face:

The traditional parade wil be held and hopes a are ‘stil
high for a fly-pass by military aircraft. As well, local

“poster ° ‘contest for enildren, ‘and even.a beard: growing |
For the-last item,t pne has to start with a clean’ 7

; skydivers are being asked to put.on a demonstration.

The organizers are looking to involve as many people as
possible:i in.both the planning ; and the actual celebrations
‘including children and families...

In addition, any groups who would like to sponsor an
event in the type of activity they do are asked to attend. the

next planning meeting for Riverboat Days.

The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 16, at
8 p.m. at Branch 13 of the. Canadian Legion.

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