. seen . by: ‘two ambulance * “engineer.
“attendants banging hishead.. © Olson: - ‘said: things
: against the wall of a railway =; - “certainly could. have been -

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CARSTAIRS, Alta. iCP)
— A switch likely. left open ”
“by a CP. Rail “work. crew -
_ foreman sent ‘a. Via® Rail

‘to stay aud see’ if he could
help. Wee

“He kept ‘sayiig over and.
over: it was his fan a

passenger ' train. _ ashing “Me

‘passengers and injuring 10, “Deer, Alte; 4 would. hava”
-bthprs.. °° detected thé “open switch”

The foremahi; believed to © and flashed a warning light |
’ be in his late 08): was: ‘later’ :-along the. Arackd to alert the

* shack, saying. “It. was my: different” had -such a:

/ fault.; ‘How. many‘ ‘People “system: been installed ‘near

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‘ paul” “ Wasylewick, -- of

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: “the crash aite. But-he could
....*He was supposed to flick ‘not say why no such system”
* the -ewitch ‘and- got busy had been installed,‘ .

: doling something else," said... On the southern portion of
" the line, . someone - would"

* Mountainview ‘Ambulance, - have to see the switch. was

». Who, along with his partner, | in the wrong. Position and

. "who was itt charge of actew

- Leon Walroth; treated the communicate- ’.. the...

“man for shock. -- °°” °° -information by radio: to the:
Walroth : said ‘the: ‘man, ° : train; Olson ‘added, or

’ Doctora, paramedics and

_ replacing -ties’ near “the a trauia specialist).flow in-

aeeldent ‘site 60 kilometres by helicopter’ trom-Calgiry,,

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“about: three. hows: ‘tending |
‘the injured following : the =. ~

late morning crash. :
Capt, Pat. Crumley. -a

- paramedic with the Airdrie

fire - department. : ‘paid he
oye amputated : the . eg. of a.

4 yi “, tnidelle-a aged: 7°, mB)

passenger trapped betwen
the seats’ and floor’ ‘bofird

Crumley, who was in; a
contact with a ‘doctor, ‘said

he attended the vittim: for“
almost two hour, but’ ‘the “

died.
mot the five “ailled: nly:
Stewart * Tombling
Calgary, the engineer of the.
southbound. ;

One witness © répo
secing | the body of’ a young.”
woman: with’ her: “head.

: resting against a broken

window, ‘her :.long brown

chair hanging down the aide.

of the car,
_ The impact of the arent

“the” passenger

_. conpastinent; ripping. loose -
.. seats and trapping bodies in
«thie wreckage. ete

~. Tomblirig's : wile, Murlel,.
“sald her husband ..“was a
‘[, damned: good. ‘railroader”’ .
‘f. who - had ,-been: “with ‘the ©
- rallway since he! was 17 and:
- celebrated his seth bitthday’
a Saturday. .

* "He lived for the railroad,
50 I. guess that’s the ‘best °

way to.go.” she said. -."-

“I'm shaky, scared,” said
Audrey Hopkins, one, of the
survivors "interviewed" in '

Calgary General Hospital's *
emergency ward. “Preity ~
_ S0n‘it’s ail going to hit ine

and I'm not going to be able”

to stop crying. "

“Tt was’ Hopkine’s . first ~
- traln ride, The 26-year-old —
from -*
‘@. Wetaskiwin, Aita., ‘suffered *:
- fa broken leg : and cuts to the

7 head. : :

mother of. | two

:. Hopkins said she ‘Was

. ‘sitting in the train’s second
: seat from the back when she
began to ‘feel a vibration.

[could feel it rumble and

i knew we weren't on the -
‘tracks and I expected us to

turn over but we didn’t — it -
"stayed on the wheels. All of”
. asudden we hit something.”
* Railway officials, who seid
the’ Canadian Transport,

‘Commission has ordered an -

. inquiry ints the cragh, have -
tald initial ‘Blame: ont the»

“We know that, switch
should not have been open to,
put it (the paasenger train)
onthe siding,"” said CP: Rail
» Spokesman Carol Caney.

* ‘The cath was pres
but® tabled until mo

bylaws and the und sta
tks Roard dni

¥
“mur cipalities,”. he. said;*”
Mills start a precédent. _
The board disagreed and uni
not to. put the oath’ inte effect, ?
In addition, an in-caméra.
discussed. further but Mary.’
committee . working ‘
“inclimate weal
tabled again‘until

‘Mills Memorial: is.
again with’ the Region
Stikine over’ construct
hospital will n
~_ because it is not leakind, it ‘iron for teriders
x lo. repair. the main; hospital's: roof. -
de th he tng an

recely a ‘permanent artificiell heart. cae

‘The: end: Wednesday ‘night, for’ ‘the | “Yetired
_ dentist came “in peace ard with dignity, " said
University.of Utah Meiliéal | Centre spokesrian
‘John Dwan, shortly after the 62-year-old Clark

> died of “circulatory collapse due to multiorgan a

system failure.” 0" |:

‘The death at 10:02, pin. MsT followed a ‘day
of, medical: setbacks:in: which Clark was __
. 7 returned to intensive care cand, fell to critical -

7 ne death c came althost 16 weeks. to- the at

“minute after he was taken inte surgery late

Deci\1, with life rapidly. draining. from his *

tissue-thin natural: heart; |.
“~~ Without. the experimental. device, he woulli

have become one of 8,000 ‘to. 10, 000 people ‘wha |: .
i from. -
\ _Sardiomyapathy, a. degeacialve, » operate, °

die .each .year in the United: States:

ees YORK: “(cPy =

cy was to be’ |
Little said-the ©
it-had-tlot_ met due to’

matter was. .

Other members’ are:

Those .

‘tilda: vin 1961 roti $3.6.

aildition to being locally advertised, in hopes of
obtaining : a lower bid.

“Finlayson said, the RDKS has not funded past”
like construction at Mills, but had just paid for:

Kitimat General’s oof. “We've been ‘bitten

o ‘twice,’ Finlayson said adding this time the...
_ funding ' ‘will be ‘done: "step-by-step according to...
. their (the RDKS) procedures sothey don’t have, «
valk irich to squirm’ away on.” Chairman Linda’
Hamilton ‘said ‘she wanted copies. of . all.
. correspondence. with: ‘the RDKS onthe. issue...”
, * boa authorized, ‘spending $512 ito. -

é hoses in the “‘old"’ hospital section:

y Thatsis. $2, over the limit administrator’,
_ Finlayson can, okay. on his own. ‘He asked that
_ his: limit be raised and the board will consider it”

in the future. .

funded, per. event.
e trustees feel quilt laking

holiday, he road

” problem: ‘with the trips and all agreed to “stick oo
“in what last year's figure was."

‘Finiaysan’ will form part of a committee “to ;
paw up a? ‘procedure for. CEO evaluation”. no
inda Hamilton, Van | Zant wo

and Rossiter. -:°:
“In, other: crgantzation matters,

and eae ad:hoe committee to do. 80.

‘pulmonary, hypertension iri his ‘lungs. °
: ‘Dr. Chase Peterson,

‘infarction —or death of tissue — in his’ bowel,

Which would have killed him ‘in two or. three.

days.

a Th sdsiven, polyurethane heart began. oO
pumping in: Clark’ 9s chest_early on the morning —
- of Dec: ‘2 He went on to celebrate Christmas: -
anda Jap. 2. birthday that his family thooght
“he: would never: live to see. -
*. Clark, trom the Seattle suburb of Des Moines, a
‘Spoke publicly: «just once about the mechanical: .
. heart,in @ taped interview. made Mareh 1 and a
released a day later... |.
He acknowledged life with ‘the ‘device’ hed
‘been hard. ‘But all in all.it has been a pleasure .
. to be able to help people,” he sald...

- Dwan said Clark was expeeted to be buiried in’
Seattle, but had no other, details on the, funeral

arrangements.

assets of global banks — the

Mike...

. di: After mich discussion, Van
~ Zant noted that the board felt there was not a.”

Linda,
Hamilton noted. that’ the functions’ for the”
at’ ‘standing Committees aren't in writing -

- university, “vice- -
president for health’ ‘sciences, said doctors: ‘Also’
“worried that Clark- might have stiffered.an

“Bankers

a procedures J

. restrictive.” Mary. Little added that board's aa:
bylaws only detail the dutles of the secretary,

‘Van Zant stated, “sometimes we. ramble’as :

> well and need.a framework.” . The: discussion

will continue ‘at future meetings... :
The Health Labor Relations Association (the

“ provincial bargaining. unit. for hospitala) and: ee
:the B.C: Nurses Union have reached a (proposed Le

‘agreement covering -119 general’ hospitals: and: « :

...14,000 nurses... Both. sides are recominending we
acceptance and. Linda Hamilton will atiend an: _
explanation ‘seminar ‘onthe - contract in >

neouver. on March 26, ~

‘contract has been ratified and approved by the

“be: done as of pay cheques issued March 25,

“soon as possible,” .
The acting’ ‘execitive director, Me. Cc.

; Fletcher’ ) written report says, that due to re
., bed closure as of: April 1 and the subsequent me
” Jay-off of three practical mirses, there has: been”.
Aiey- care. a cheap form of

he: Heaithi Sciences ‘Association | (hab: jen) cae,

: -Petk ‘arbitration tribunal. Mills has received ot
z wit instructions to: implementthe award whieh will - =...’
ae ~Brad Van Zant asked that: a ‘travel figure: for- wee
a ‘trustees be included in the budget. There are
_— usually four. possible trips per year with a cost,” *
boards. member, attending ms

Retroactive pay will be calculated and paid as ee

‘considerable bumping i in various depariments, *

AM employees bumped or. with. the: ‘ability, to...
_ bump ‘have been. notified “except ‘one.

‘> yesult of the bumping, to date, is the lay off, of

“one permanent part-time employee.” ges :

_ +, The new area pathologist will. take his a

" position at Mills a month earlier than expected; 4

“The.

He. will arrive-on, May 1, ‘mat: June. I as

‘originally scheduled, :

_thésame equipment and thus be compatible for

a future possible, province-wide electronic

"No: mechanical problems’ were: “foiind, naa

-. When Mills ‘goes into computors. it will use e.
. IBM's, Both the ministry of health and the B. c
‘Hospital Association want all hospitals to have |

“its my: understanding that the heart was»
working perfectly" until Clark died, Dwai °

anid. He would not say, when the artificial heart
‘was disconriected, ;

With Clark at His death were Dr, William :
: ‘DeVries, the surgeon who implanted the plastic

heart, attending physician Dr. Lyle Joyce and
‘Dr. “Robert Jarvik, the beart’s invertor. .
‘Cardiologist Th, Fred Andersoi and, hospital _.
ws Beale members were also present.

Dwan would notsay if Clark wasawakein the .

moments. ‘before his death. He said Clark's

mood “was quiet and dignified." ..
Though ‘extensively tested in: cattle, sheep

'. and other animals, the Utah Heart was untried

Jin a Living: human when:Clark volunteered for
the experiment, He was promised nothing; in

* fact, researchers watned him the device likely

could cause him paiti,: ‘repeated surgeries,
‘Bhysical impairment and his death.

have - to
t- the amount

have .. to be . massive

. awesome .

There is no counting howse ©

that ‘can give the public a
true picture of how deep the:
world is in hock. =."

- World.debt is probably In’

"the. - ‘neighborhood of. $20

‘trillion — 10 times the value
of one. year’s world (fade:

estimated at bid trillion.
“pe | i debt, burden : Is

. constrletiveness a is ‘

_ permeating. our economic
life w

red ihie.-The: Third: et Worl’,

foreign “debi: is

“approaching | $600" Obiion

About | $350" Dillion of this -

huge’ indebtexness is. owed
‘to banks.
“The — developing |

to break down our financial

system,” warns Maurice .

Strong, chairman of Canada
Development «° Invesiment
Corp. and former president
of. the >

Agency. of

-ecpivoriiles. "

the’ non-comuitinist' world’s
net debt soared | to $143

:and dts

“paye., Wall: ‘Street -
- economist: Henry Kaufman. ;

The least able to pay are wt
near drowning -in:-a.sea of

- trillion in 1971, rising at an

annual’ ‘rate of 15 per cent.

- But, data. @n global debt is
: sketchy,” “No detailed grid

is available that shows the
intri¢ate Linkages within the
ballooning debt structure."

_Kautihan “: has often
criticized the financing of
excessive. and speculative

credit‘ demands during the |
last’ decade, saying -the .
 eridemous growth of debt

generally financed inflation

’ yather than real economic

growth.

In ‘the Batted States, the
credit market: |
burgepned, to §4.4-trillion.in

1981 from $1.8 ‘trillion in.
1971, The total U.S. financial —
market. now is $6.5 trilllon,

more than five times what it

Was, tn 1062.
‘countries have the capacity |

Kaufman - - compiled his

“debt estiniates, from bank

credit data and reports of

financial inatitutions. He.

says they’ are’ limited

7 sources ‘of - information. .
~ Canadian -.
International Development | .

Pa relationshipe, —
- M8y we have'a very:ieal :
vested interest in helping
‘them to” improve | ‘ their”

They do’ ‘not inelude.the
mare’ ‘of interbank debi

large: and compiex. The
interbank Eurocurrency

debt’ inarket alone totalled
=: $13 trillion at the end of

Kaufman. : says that: rs

from. his rough estimates:

1961,: ‘compared with $45
billlon a decade ago.

There are no accurate
statistics on the marginal

‘has.

which - are |

~ huge non-performing . loans -
on their balance aheets that
2. “developing ‘world: ‘simply:

cannot be paid back in the
foreseeable’ future,” Strong:
‘said ‘ina New York
“. interview. “Then there will

cannot be pald: off,
Strong says bankera must

take @ more réalistic. view
about. Third World debt’ in,

particular.

of; .debl- owed © by: the

reschedulings.”
The: . industrialized

too much."

| Education scéne. peaceful

VICTORIA: (CP) - _ - Peace on: B.C.’ 6
- education - front.’ ‘moved: a Sep. closer
_ teachers: ° and . the
government agreed they were heading in
“the right'direction to ease’ the thorny insue

Wednesday "as >

of salaries:

But a disagreement: still retalins over.
how that solution should be ‘accomplished. :

“After. an‘ hotir-lorigs’ meeting | With
Premier Bill. Bennett, Education | Minis er =
Bill. Vander. Zalm.. said .;he . he : c
~ premier’s support on an offer in which “by

teachets would get a “true. zero’. pay .
| increase wext year and. keep last year's os

stalting levels.

A true zero increase means leachers
_ Would earn ‘exactly the same. amount in
1983 as they did in 1982, giving’ ‘Up any a
salary increases Won in 1963: arbitration -
“awards, ‘as well as any increments they _
would normally get during. the year for
irncreaséd seniority. The five days’ pay
"they leat under legislation passed last fall’:
— amotinting: to-2.5.per cent of a year’s
salary — would be reinstated. . ‘
Larry Kuehn, president of the B.C.
‘Teachers’ Federation, said in a letter to
_ Bennett Wednesday that the plan is a step

contracts

-confusion: |

that the government has finally agreed to
“put iore money into the educationsystem © |
to prevent further loss of staffing and
programs,’’ he said. “But it is unfortunate: —
that if is belng done in a way which will
require changes in-the law. overruling o
~and.- breaking traditional: we
: patterns of pay scales.” _
_ + Kuehn said the same objectives. could be ;
‘achieved by. accepting the arbitrated ..
~, awards, when they are finally determined | .
Compensation
~ Commissioner Ed Peck, : —_
“What they are proposing is to: ‘take
away the arbitrated awards — which are
three per cent in.many cases — and then’. a
. lve back 2% per cent. For this ‘small |
- difference, :they: will have ‘to invalidate
contracts and change Iaws.”". - a
Kuehn:also said changing the five-day .
- layoff provisions of Bilt: % will only ‘add

in the right direction, but there are some told Bennett.
problemas with it. . Vander Zalm will take the proposal to
“Obviously, teachers will be pleased. - cabinet Thursday.

Stabilization

_. wife, Ona Loy, was in an adjacent room and the

- countries shouldn't take the
narrow view: that ‘these
- damn poor ‘people in the’

developing world are asking |

“Some districts have already had their
five days of closure," he sald, “and ‘about. *
half of the other echools in ihe provines are i
scheduled to be closed next week.” 7

; The teachers will dao see elimitation of oe
_ Increments as unfair and arbitrary, Beha

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