ene

- averages,

By ALLAN KRASNICK
Managing Editor .
Kitimat's yo workin
ulation has a histo:
one abnormalities
exceeds corres eng
rt of re tidy f the
report of a 8 r)
health of Alcan smelter

* workers has revealed,

While research under the

- direction of Dr, Bert Carnow

has yet tofirm a correlation
between specific job
functions and individual

diseases, findings to ‘date
point to significant
abnormalities in the
frequency of bone and
onary diseases among
ie ¢ Alean workforce.

preliminary report
indlented that 12 percent of
the canvassed workers had
a history of bronchitis, a
similar number had

suffered from pneumonia;
while one percent had —

sustained pneumothorax, or.
co collpased lung. . These
said the researchers,

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are “significant”
aug est. directions fer
r dissemination of the

anaince approximately 50
percent of those examined
smoke cigarettes, the
relationshi of these
findings to cigarettes and-or
occupational exposure will
be examined,” . ‘the
preliminary rep ort stated:

“Since collapsed lung lung has
been related aluminum
dust, the finding of one.
percent of this group (12.

and

“ workers) with a history of
this ines pend be

in the

teulmonary
tudies revealed ¢
percent of those examined

function :
hat 23.5

d an. abnormally reduced"

total vital

apacity, the
report « contin ined. %

This type of abnormality

usually accompanies
decreased elasticity of the
lung’ and —ia

accompanied by

usually
some_

scarring of the tissues, This
type of abnormality is not
found. in smokers, nor is it
found in normal workers in
this age group.

“It is found in workers
exposed to dust such as in
foundries. Again it will be
very important to examine
‘these data in relation to
those workers exposed to
silica dust in chipping and
other similar operations.”

The researchers noted
that conclusions could not
yet be reached because

statistics comparing disease
frequencies to particular
risks or job functions. had ‘

. nat been correlated.

They did express concern
about the history of ‘bone
abnormalities displayed by
those ‘tested.
thrills has afflected 12.8
Fee toub of those sampled,

ck trouble, 27.6 percent;

disc, 5.7 percent;

wtile junguestionably”
higher than normal rates
Jhave been discovered’ for

such bone abnormalities as

.

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Sunday's:
Today 'B:

Cloudy: ; with
showers...
mountaintops

Weather

. High: 168
. Low: 12

. High: 17
, Low: il
‘isolated
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Last Alaska J

ferry ties oe

HAINES, Alaska (AF) —
The phased shutdown of.
Alaska state f fleet with .
a strike by members of the
Inlandboatmen's Union
By) wit ae com leted.

Sunday with val of
Malas in this’
Southeast Alaska commu-

The Malaspina docked one
day behind schedule after a

superior court judge issued

a back-to-work order’
against 16 IBU crew
members who walked off.
the vessel when it docked in
Juneau early Frida ‘a
fina) run from Seat!

In .gfanting -the sae's
request for a tempor
restraining order, Aidae

ies it ake agreement
e state that all of
Sioska’s eight ferries would
proceed to‘ their scheduled
destinations. before they
were tied
The 16IB
returned to their
Saturday . an

crew members
osts_,
the .

Hental

learned in Prince Ru
shut-iown, she ex

highwa
visitors to Kitwanga,

restricted.

Malaspina the st

dae alk volte fait

The strik ans NA ee sian ql

e atrike OU 8 ect

has brought an influx of visitors to ‘Tevrace, }

individuals who turned back from Prince Rupert after:
the disconcerting news of the shutdown, - ;
The Terrace. chamber of commerce tourist

information booth has become increasingly bus:

recent days. The average of 15 daily visitors has
24, tourist booth worker Gail Maroney told the

Most of these new visitors are e who onl
t that the fa people 4

Terrace, many. inquire about canitions on the Nass,
and Kitwanga connections to the
highway the cl the closest alternate route to
ith this threat of increased traffic, Twinrlver
Timber has ‘reinstituted restrictions between nine.
a.m. and five p.m: during the week on the Nass Road,
its logging road from Terrace northward to the -

curiat booth employees

Most of the tourists have. arrived
because ‘of the shutdown’ and many feel further |
inconvenienced by the news. that the Nass road is |

Because of the active loggitig traffic alo
and its narrow, twisting contour, heavy outa de traffic
is discouraged: for safety reasons.

ina arrived in Haines

early Sunday with about 350 .

pastengers. ‘and a full car

Many of the passengers

‘were tourists ound for
interior. Alaska with

vehicles: Haines is the only -

community in Southeast
Alaska with road links to the

_ interior.

A state spokesman said,
however, that about 20
-vehicles with stand-by
yeservations on the last
ferry north could not be.
accommodated aboard the

Malaspina and were being =

ay ae atted to Haines by a
manaporia

With mt d of the

by the
‘has cat cif
“git > pnb

eres Southeast Alaska
communities as well as.
Kodiak Island.

The IBU began the strike

last Wednesday. after
. Tea an impasse with
the state over terms of a

new five-year pact.

“gurface.
ansportation to. about two

had been
ey arrive ‘in

Stewar assiar
‘Alaska. -

are thus. redirecting
Maroney said. -
“quite mad”

the road

ee

By BRIAN GREGG
Herald Staff Writer

Terrace Mayor Dave:
Maroney estimates §1

million a year will be spent ©

in the Kitimat-Stikine
regional district under a five
year industrial development -
agreement, announced
Friday by the federal and
provincial governments.
Cyril Shelford, MLA for

‘Skeena, calls the. agreement

a “step in the right

direction’ and although

‘it's nice, no one should get

illusions it’s going to solve
all the problems...but it will’

Mey or Geor rge, Tho Thott Af OF
Kitimat says

benefit from the ‘greoment.

either directly or indirectly.
Kitimat | will study the
Bogram's criteria before‘
ding on a ‘course of
action. .
Activities tinder the new
agreement will be carried

out within the framework of*

six program areas: federal-
provincial program co-
ordination; research;
community industrial
infrastructure; . industrial
commissions; small
enterprises; - andthe
regional development
incentives act.» .

An industrial
development committee,
composed of officials of the
provincial. ministry of
economic development and
the B.C. Development

: ere NLT setae a eke ae

This 1974 Gremlin was being dtivenby Bill Morrison, age ‘

—_ .

MONDAY, JULY 11, 1977 J

“Lost contror *

returned to an upright position. Morrison; Cameron, Clark;

18, of Terrace when it failed to negotiate a right hand curve:

on Highway 23. Dear the Kitimat

garbage. dump ‘éarly

Sunday morning. The vehicle left the road rolled over —

periods in the afternoon. .

Syrian negotiators, .
_ ce.

spinal fusion, history of low
back surgery, neck surge
fractures, and broken teet!
“It of course, of
convern ‘that such a large
number of workers have
abnormalities of the skeletal
structure, ince might
exposure to flouride
be expected to result in such
abnormalities," said the

report.
Musculoskeletal preblems
hitting 10 percent of those
again seems to be
significantly elevated in

hijack

DAMASCUS (AP) — A

. hijack drama that lasted 44
' hours and covered more

than 1,600 miles ended
Sunday when five Pale-
stinian guerrillas turned

against their leader and
surrendered, Syrian
officials said..

Two Arab officials and
five British crew members
of a Kuwait Airlines jet were
freed unharmed the
guerrillas, led by a radical
Palestinian rep orted to have

escaped from a Beirut jail
‘while facing fraud and
extortion charges.

The hijack began Friday
when a Boeing 707 with 49
passenges and crew aboard

*- was commandeered in

Beirut and flown to Kuwait,
After 25 hours of
negotiations in the
sweltering heat at: Kuwait’s
airport, the last of the

ark original hostages _ were

anged for two volunteer
hostages, a fresh flight crew
and a promise of safe con-
duct.
The end came after a

. conference in the Damascus

contro] -tower between
led_ by

\-g-Jamil,” and a: 21-year-

old Lebatiese y hijacker” who

_ iliclals daid looked near

age 17 and a juvenile passenger were slightly injured and. :
went to Mills Memorial Hospital after the accidents ‘Police:

are sreaene

“SPECIAL KITIMAT MEETING

"Bring t tankers here, says counell -

By ALLAN KRASNICK
Managing Editor

The district of Kitimat shucked any appearance of a

pedestrian or neutral role in‘the West Coast Oil Port .

Inquiry, Saturday, when council approved a position

paper
terminal at the city. .
_ At a stormy meeting

called specifica ly to debate -

the city’s stand, Mayor
George Thom ‘and Aldermen
‘Joe Banyay, Fran

Buschert, Max "Patzelt, and-

Ron Burnett supported an
‘eight-page

document expressing the

district's approval for the

plan, subject to resolution of
a number of contentious
ints; Ald. Lee Ellis and
urie Le Blanc dissented.

The district’sdecision was -

met with boos, jeers, and

r eries of “sell-out” from the

_ crowd of 30 that packed the |
small council. chamber.

Ouiraged at the seeming

Corporation; the federal

departments of regional ..
economic expansion and:
and |

industry, rade
commerce and the Federal
Business “Development
Bank will ensure regular.
consultation between all,
parties | involved, Skeena

P Tona Campagnolo

explained
ederal-provincial

program co-ordination will

volve both governments:
working more closely

’ together to ensure that their

departments and agencies
meet the objectives of the

agreement,

The agreement provides
for $4 million.for consultant
studies on specific industrial
opportunities, including

council:

backing the proposal .to establish an oil

‘haste with which the special
meating had been called and
the. unumual Saturday night
aa representatives of
CASAW, SPEC, the Kitimat
.NDP,. and

‘{ndividuals, mounted an
eleventh hour campaign to
spur attendance rat the

we mdienss pposit!
image 0 on
and questioned the mandate
on which the elected
representatives were acting
in assuming their posture of of
collective suppor’
rtanker-pipeline
juncil’s approval for the

terminal, as stated in the.

1 million to be poured

technical, marketing and
feasibility atudies and,
where the

inputs which might be
prerequisites for particular
potential development

Another | $59 million is
provided for community.
dustrial infrastructure,
This includes industrial

parks, advance factory’
, a - industy!

space, industrial - sites an
industrial malls, .
Under the pact, low
interest loans'can be made
available in communities
which serve. a regional
economic function: an
area of B.C. for which there

»

= projected an

interogted |

plan.

submission, was ‘based on
three over- -riding

principles
- pe The need for offshore oil .
to maintain ©
industrial economy;
’ » The “firm belief that in |
the interests of - British -

Coltimbia, the
environmental risks
resulting from possible oil

spilis are lower in the
waterways - approaching
Kitimat’s Harbour than they.
would ‘be from’ increasing
tanker traffic on the Straits
of Juan de Fuca; and

- The notion that clean up
operations: would be "more
successful and less costly
environmentally in the
channels approaching
Kitimat,”’ (see complete
brief on page two)

“We take this position
with full confidence that the
two senior levels of
government will ensure that

e latest technology in the

Canada's”

‘pansion abatement and
control will be implemented
under the. auspices of ‘the
Canada Shipping 4 Act, ”
states the council brief

“We further believe ‘that
under federal, jurisdiction
‘the. existing oil pill
compensation fund will Phe
enlarged to cover the costs
of any clean up of private
and public propery and will
compensate those persons
who suffer financial .loss
resulting from - the
development of an. oil.
‘terminal at Kitimat...”-

The council based its
stand on the need for
industrial development of.
the community, saying that

‘small secondary industries

to establish in
because of its
remoteness

from the
market-place. ,
Kitimat would gain $1 16 6
million in propert
annuaily from evelo ment

are unlikel
the distric

areas e navigational aids, connected with the 0. port,

into development

is a deomonstrated growth
potential. Any assistance
provided will be dependent
upon the park being viable
and. continuing to operate
without the need for
continuing public sector

n funds can be made

, available to: finance the

development costs — of
advance factory space In

_ eases which meet the

eligibility criteria similar to
those Kd plicable to the
parks program.

Low interest loans will be
available. for communities
that donot meet the criteria
for industrial parks or do not
have sufficient demand for
their development but have
a specific site to support a

beneficial industrial
opportunity
rvices which might be

shared jointly by smail
businesses ‘taking space in
industrial malls might
include common support
services, account. services,
work areas, parking lots,
reception areas, etc.
Guidelines for malls have.
yet to be established.

‘The agreement, provides
$5 million to assist small
businesses,  Interest-free,
forgivable loans, up to a
maximum of $30,000 for any
one firm will be available to

qualified ap ppreants. ;

VGyril Shelford. says he
hopes people will take
advantage of these funds.

“Ideas are what we are-

- aids along: the

ar an spokesman said
” the A Sian aoteam were
le ste to. defy their

eader, who was refusing to

says the brief. .
ut council's support is
moderated by its call for
resolution of

provision of
ment and
er route;
tough enforcement of
‘tanker; overall marine and
terrestial requirements,
particular protection of
itimat recreational

roposal:
i Pavigational eq

‘resources including the

‘salmon and trout fisheries of

“the Kitimat River and the

pleasure boat cruising and
shing areas of the channel

and. lLakelse Lake;

resolution of air pollution -

problems from discharging
ships; and establishment o
effective lines of
communication between all
levels of government and
regulatory agencies.
The district believes that
ail t development would
ance Kitimat’s role as a
major port and tidewater.

lookin for, but they have to
be viable,” he said.

The Regional District of
Kitimat-Stikine is included
in an incentives Peetonat
under - the nal
Development Incentives Act:
(RDIA) and the Department
of Economic Expansion
(DREE).

Assistance can be in
incentive grants which may
be non-repayable, partially
repayable Pid ag ay
repayable. depending
the nature of e protect)
and loan guarantees,

Both forms of assistance
are available for
establishment, e ansion or
modernizat of
manufacturing - and
processing facilities.

Ratt

specific
aspects of the  oilport

3one disease high among Kitimat workers ©

population,” says
the a ly.

“Of greater concern,
however, is the history
given end I must

emphasize t this is a
history and a "rndings) of
cancer of various systems,”
Dr. Carnow wrote,

“A one. percent rate
Seeing one
group and a ra
_ 100,000 population. While
most cancer rates are

(Continued on page 3.)

Mutiny ends

drama

ive in unless all his
emands were met. The de-
mands were not led out
but were said ‘to be
connected to an internal
feud in the Palestinian
movement,
TAKEN BY POLICE. -
‘Abu Saed,: the hijack
leader, walked off the
Palestinian with five other
ans into the hands
i police, . Syrian

cine als eatd they. had
anteed the Macks
‘absolute safety.” did

not elaborate but some
sources speculated they
- would be jailed.
During negotiations cn
Kuwait, where the plane
‘was surrounded by
commandos as it sat on the
tarmac in 48
the hijackers emanded
release of 300 prisoners held
by Arab governments,
presumably Syria. The
ijackers, armed with
various weapons including a
submachine gun, threatened

to blow up | e jetliner: ‘with
hand grenades unless the
demands were met.

The Kuwait. oad cold
-said the ni jackers. had

south to “Markist. ir
Yemen. Instead. they flew :
800 miles northwest to S
apparently . because
Tain demand involved

release of. anti-S rian. .
is held. mo

authorities, .

y

teway’’ for the northwest.”
cont nues the” position.
paper y also
mention nee although
e at have’
regard for the environment,
t is by no. means ‘an
avivonmental wonderland, :
but on the contrary, Kitimat.
is the major industrial city .
of ihe northwest. ..
From 23 broader
tive, we'feel that
timat offers significantly:
less environmental risks

should be placed where
there are the least
environmental risks and the
situation is most favourable.
for clean-up. We believe
that the evidence shows that
Douglas Channel provides.

hen council opened
discussion to the audience,
Susan Rottmiller, speaking
firat, presented a ing oe
reasons for opposing
oilport. She sail e channel
was unsafe, fraught as it is
by fog and whiteouts many

days of a year.

e@ maj or recreational
facility at Kitimat is
Douglas Channel itself, she
told the meeting, and its
attractiveness would.
obviously be undermined by.
the presence of “minor
spills from the day to day
operation of oil tankers.”

She said she was also
concerned about the
stability of land in the
Kitimat area, situated in a
major earthquake zone.

Rottmiller said that oil

and fish were ‘‘not
com tible” and that jobs in
industry would

be sacrificed for the
terminal.

“Certainly technology can
do a lot,” Vahe sald, ‘“‘but

(Continued on page 3.)

er,

Pacific at Port Angeles. *
“We feel, that Oe inal