BY DONNA VALLIERES Ano-vote election may be - the outcome in the Kitimat-

Stikine Regional Distric board when nominations Close Monday.

‘Wice direcotra from alectoral areas in the region are at the end of thier terms as well'as three directors from municipalities and so far there are no more eight candidates to fill the eee a

‘ There will be no chnages in the Terrace represen- tatives, Vic Jolliffe and Bob Cooper who both have one more year in their terms..

-. George Thom from Kitimat ‘fs also secure for another’

year. ,

Veteran director Joe Banyat, wh is chairman of the board as well asa a eg oe he will ne? : ‘ or seve

straight term a3 alderman

gud’ regional district

; | Tepresen tative.

-* Obvious] ot popular, *Banyay, a surveyor for | Alcan has led the polls in q ls ‘aldermanic bids six

Postie

o con

One

“If you put in an honest argiculturaldevelopmentin the Nass Valley, say's he'll C)

day’s work and be sensible lands sovth of Terrace. job agin Percy Tate, direcotrfor after completing his first

and frank with people, they'll appreciate it.”

have a go a

h he represents only by the federal depart- ve people, who ment of Indian and cally, are represented

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or- thern Affirs.

Only one changed is so far expected 01 rgional

he will not be ing re- election because he will be working out of town thir year “and won't te

. f j n : board. - John Sarich, electoral area C has stated

a | with thee federal and provincial governmentrs eC er + | aimed at reaching a land . claims settlement. His especial : because

Serving Terrace, Kitimat, the Hazeltons, Stewart and the Nass Ora. 2

‘ Tate is also one of the a otiaora in talks

lob is frustraing, he says he can't reveal to other

available” to carry out the duties required of a

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members the process

direcotr.

Instead, Terrace resident

eee ate eh about m a

for area C which includes

areas surrounding Terrace.

With pit expereince a8 a regional direoctr,King said =, he is well aquainted with ~ area and has property in the Lakelse Lake area, part of area C.

He has also bee involved with the —argicultural developemnts in lands south “ ofTerrace. He alsobeen involved with the

swalk -

~ out of talks”

OTTAWA (CP) — The

inl f Postal Workers (CUEW) Grote of contract talke. with the

federal treasury board ureday just 35 minutes

were not immediately available for comment but a CUPW official had com-

¥

tay the talks had been going

The last contract, signed

bee aie oe strike, ex

June 90 and t there fave heen

less than 10 days of

negotiations on @ new one.

union broke off talks

th the. government. last

, 18, ch sak ice rag ering municate with CUPW mem-

remises

bers on post office iges during - and co

didnot resume again

until Oct. 5 and there have

been less than six days of

-talks-since then.. :

acai nei a

on to strike: un

seven days after release ofa

by a conciliator and,

as yet, no conciliator has

been asked for in the dianute.

But union members have held illegal walkouts in a number of communities in the last few months over the

‘jsaue of technological ‘change and the use of casual employees. Walkouts have occurred in Windsor, Hamilton, London, Sarkatoon ard Halifax.

NO DISCUSSION

Those two issues are again important items in the current contract negotiations but there have been no discussions on those points thus far, union offi- — cials say. 4 ‘the.union also has not yet : laid its wage demands on ‘he barg table.

"| NORTH VANCOUVER (CP)— ‘Premier Bennett Thursday de provincial

fended a.section of the

__ government’s essential services bili which would allow the government

. toorder the British Columbia Labor ‘Relations Board to take legal action

The contract that ended — the last strike was regarded _ by union leaders as having at last solved the touchy issue of technological change in the post office.

A clause in the last con- tract required the govern- ment to ive the union 120° day’s notice of technological changes and to fully consult the union on adverse effects of change. It was hailed as a breakthrough and the 23,000- - member W called off its campaign to boycott the postal code—the addressing

system that is the key to the automatic sorting system.

There is also no way to force the government to live ap to the contract...

wt + Tr Reet dePeoe teare DJ

-Escapee shot

MILLHAVEN, Ont. (CP) — A prisoner at Millhaven institute was shot and killed in an attempted escape late Thureday, prison officials said.

Officials said four & risoners tried to climb a ence during a sit-down strike in an exercise yard.

They said warning shots were fired over the 34 prisoners’ heads and three : returned and sat down inthe ;

yard. : The officials said 26 * Orisoners still were sitting in ¥ the exercise yard late } Thursday.

An Ontario Provincial *% Police spokesman said the situation was stable but 25 officers from the Napanee detachment were on the Scene

kilometres east of here, also were at the prison.

.

Bennett de

claimed Thursday at the provincial cabinet’s weekly meeting here.

Bennett said the bill is an attempt to provide a better mechanism for labor negotiations in the province and improve the “baseball bat,

in strikes affecting essential ser- head-bashing . type

vices, ’ Bennett told a news

negotiations we have had.” ‘ He said B.C. has one of the “worst ‘here that he was sure the present © managementlabor records in the

conference

“‘goverriment or any future govern- —vorld.

* “use of such

‘night following 4 «@imergency sesdion of lature, was expec

‘ ment ‘vould be discretionary in the I powers.” ~ ‘Bill 92, which was passed Friday

the legis- be pro- cabinet ministers. . -

HALLOWEEN P.

pucks and scary creatures are still the opular thing to be on Hallowe'en 8 year Terrace citizens have the

most Kight officers from but th Kingston, about 16 optton of joining the world of politics for a ight. Here, Joe Keeler is having trouble deciding between Pierre Turudeau and

End bargaining jungle tactics

fends essential services bill

against the goverment but against help the this pravinee.”

“In such a case this government would take whatever counter measures were open to it, and the 7 ultimate action would be to take the “the

evailed people for them to fabor-¢management relations must

He said the Social Credit

Bennett also said his scheduled visit with Prime Minister Trudeau 4 Tuesday will enable Trudeau to three-day discuss key areas of concern in Canada with him and provincial

simmy Carter. The choice is tough and the selection is even more limited than it was a few weeks ago. Since the masks came in, likenesses of Richard Nixon and an old couple have sold out.

He said one of the major topics the two leaders will discuss w

economy and added he would like to |

see some type of “national federal- provincial common attack” on the country’s poor economic situation.

He said other areas of discussion will include the Alaska Highway natural fas pipeline, the 200-mile fishing it

. other federal-provincial concerns.

nnett also sald th

the Parti Quebecois in Quebec an¢

debates on the unity issue in Canada

have left the West with less attention from the federal government.

“It is our job to focus more at- tention on the West,” he sald.

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Bennett also welcomed Quebec Premier Rene Lev: the idea of reorganiz: five regions. He said the idea, originally suggested by his father, former premier W.A.C. Bennett would be a more e the country.

“We are over governed in Canada,

yet we are under serviced,”’ Bennett

Mennett later told 600 West Va. cR

couver secondary school students he — the act would be proclaimed as law dn’t think ed labor in B.C. at midnight Thursday

- would instigate a general strike over the new act “but if that were to

on his information. He sees his role partly as one of diplomacy: ex- the nature of Indian ta settlements to toer trs who's grasp of the . issues is incomplete.

Before he first ran for the osts of Nass Valley otr, he was told that anothe board direcotr no

That was one of the main things that decide him, he said.

VANCOUVER (CP) — A = new oil port in Washington m or British Columbia would

ive Canada access to Jong: rm supplies of Alaskan o and reduce the country's @ reliance upon crude from @ politically-riskier areas of

Credit

OTTAWA (CP) — A standby credit of U.S. $1.5 billion is being arrangged through Canadian private 1 banks in case foreign funds

are needed to protect the Canadian dollar on foreign currency . markets, the government announced Thursday night. ~

2 6. The:_=«uprecedented 7 arrangement is taken as a signal to foreign currency markets that the govern- ment will have backup funds to handle any further speculation against the weakening Canadian dollar. A statement issued by Finance Minister Jean ® Chretlen said the federal 7 Bank of Canada is arranging the line of credit

US. ollar markets of Eiurope.

The credit arrangement, set up for seven Ro follows a rundown of U.S. dollar reserves in Canada in the. face of a deficit in foreign transactions and reducedforeign investment.

e's 8 rtof the people Cana, into

flicient way of issue the

to aid - dollar

-be-a- net’

to decide” in a general election.

Labor Minister Allan Williams, emerging from the incamert emment ha inet session here Thursday said settling dis

tests yet in district elections

Being th efira Indian in B.C. in hold a seat on a regional district board, he

finds the process educational. Before he ehld osition, Indians were rdly aware of the board's existance, he said.

Marty Allen, driecotr from e,, cece! Sts 8 Wa » Bec ry not completely committed Sat ha ald nt

aa no can te comes forward he will fill the slot.

"I've got lots lots going in the eresand I would E ike to see ti fulfilled, " he statd.

Things rea a lutte more

ositive from Thorhill.

irecotr Les Watmou said he would be seeking re:

specifi

to see through including the ater study which is nearing completion and the orgaizationstudy which will degermine the future of the unorganized area.

Frank Armitage, direcotr from Stewart, expalined that he was going for hs

the world, the west coast oil ports inquiry was told ursday. imperial Oil Co. said in a brief that “‘there is some degree of uncertainty regarding assured long- term supply” from “‘eastern hemisphere” sources. William Bain, co- ordinator of Imperial’s energy studies office, said Imperial concurs with ‘Na- tional. Energy Board -eatimates that Canada will importer’ of oi) within the next few years. An east coast ail would be unable to teed western Canadian refineries, while a west coast port would be able to move imported oil anywhere in the country, he said, The Interprovincial ipeline, one-third owned by friperial would be kept £ by supplies from such @

port.

Imperial also believes that if a port at Kitimat, B.C. is unsuitable, the inquiry should consider a Seine port a Bat

a a

les Wash. and linking it by pipeline to Trans Mountain’s exis Cherry Point . Wash-Edmonto

e.

Pthis has been the position advanced by the B.C. Nildlife Federation counsel David Anderson before Commissioner Andr Thompson.

OBJECT TO TO rESTIMONY

Earlier, lawyer Harry’

Rankin, for the United Fish- ermen and Allied Workers Union, and lawyer Marvin Storrow, for the Kitimat Oil

t.

Williams said no specific disputes manding: are covered by the legislation but itwouldbea caseofanarchy the bill must be proclaimed early 50 and civil disobedience directed not he can appoint

Weather

A low pressure zone in the Gulf of Alaska will bimg cloudy weather with showers for the next few

days. Today's high, 7 degrees, tonight's iow, 4 degrees.

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fourth term on the board becuse he’s now got the ce necessary.

‘i think that the board uver the last two years has come a long way as fas as assistance to the outlying areas,”"he stated.

Armitage said he wants to carry o on assisting Stewart

throughhis positionon the Bobby Ball is also up for reelection, but it could not be confirmed whether he torun ths year.. Ball is

for the Lake- Telegraph Creek area.

Nominations for regional board close Monday at noon and election date is Nov. 19. If there is' more than one eandidate for a ition

conjunction with municipal elections.

Says Imperial

Oil port means. stable supplies

Coalition, objected to Cee from i ahics bell, a priva

ping consultant. Cam bel ae red a brief on

behalf of Trans Mountain Pipeline Ltd. which had supported an oil superport at Cherry Point, Wash.

Storrow said a United States government decision effectively removing Cherry Point as a superport

t made Campbell's

. §ubmission irrelevant and Thompson - agreed - that all Stina proptal sl

lountain’s p' 8 be dropped.

Campbell's discussion of tanker traffic through the Strait of Juan de Fuca was still relevant, said Thomp- son.

Kent Bowden, a Con | tinental Oi) Co. executive, : returned to the stand i Thursday to say that ‘ company favored not only < Kitima "| but - Sohia's :

oposal for a a ng - Beach, Calif, because : Alaskan oil fields will - ultimately be pumping - about 1.6 million barrels o oil a day.

The west coast of the U.S. will consume about 600,000 barrels, while another 450,000 would be shipped to Texas from Long ch. That leaves an additional 550,000 barrels that could be unloaded at Kitimat or some

_other port, he said.

Under cross-examination, Bowden said he would never argue that refineries in northern midwest states couldn’t get oil, but that a west coast port is the most economical way to supply it.

The inquiry continues.

government monitor and

easential services disputes. END JUNGLE TACTICS

At a later luncheon with North Shore businessmen, Williams said

le tactics which have for so many years in

ave committed itself to utes harmful to the

c. “We will be asking—no de-

~that all those engaged in on both sides meet the

ba challenge we have placed before agency that will them.”