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MONTREAL (CP) — The same heat source that gave the ancient Romans their thermal baths can heat citles and drive electric tur- bines, a United Nations conference on long- term energy resources was told Monday,

Ground water {n certain parta of the world Ja warmed by rock that transmits heat from vol- canic sources deeper below, and man is still learning how to use this geothermal energy, scientists said.

-If the water is held underground at high pressure and at temperatures above 180 degrees Celsius, it can ba channeled to the ‘surface to drive turbines and produce elec-

Italy, New Zealand, Mexico and Japan are all using geothermal energy to produce electricity and several other countries plan to do the

“If we tally up current or announced plans, the total installed powercapacity by the beginning of the 2ist century would amount to several tens of thousands of megawatts, reach- ing more than 100,000 megawatts by the middle of the next century,” said Tsvl Meidav, a former UN scientist and now a consultant in Berkeley, Calif.

Canada's current capacity for electricity production totals less than 50,000 megawatts,

‘These estimates would have to be expatded further If the hot dry rock technalogy, currently in an experimental phase, should prove to be economically viable,’ Meiday said.

The hot dry rock technology involves in- Jecting water or some other liquid into vol-

ground water so thal the energy potential of the

can be tapped.

But even volcanically-heated water warmed to lower temperatures than required for electricity production is useful for space heating and domestic water heating.

Lower-temperature water can be applled to space heating, therapeutic baths, swimming pools, soil warming, fish raising and other uses,

Not every part of the world has geothermal resources at its disposal, but volcanic areas and regions such as the Canadian prairie that are built on sedimentary basins offer the best possibilities, Experiments are going on now

near Regina.

The two-week conference, organized by the United Nations Institute for Training and Re- search, has attracted 400 delegates from 99

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Khomeini wins

The Ayatollah is in for life now

TEHRAN (AP) — Iranians voted 60 to 1 for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's Islamic constitution, giving the Shiite Moslem patriarch supreme power for life, but there was no word of how many boycotted the ref- erendum.

Khoimeini’s militiamen in- creased the guard at the occupied U.S. Embassy, apparently in anticipation of 8 U.S, attempt to free the 50 U.S. citizens held hostage there by students demanding the return of the deposed shah, Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh said all the hostages are still being treated and fed well, and he denied reports that they were kept tied to chairs.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Carter adminiatration of- ficials. are reporting no progress in efforts to find a haven for the deposed shah of Iran and some are he- ginning to talk of his stay in the United States as “open- ended.”

"Let's not speculate on that," State Secretary Cyrus Vance replied when asked Monday whether the ad- ministration is considering offering permanent reaidence to the ousted man- arch, now recuperating at an alr force hospital near San Antonio, Tex.

But privately, officials ex- pressed little optimism he will be leaving the United States anytime soon. And they said that the decision on when and where he goes will be up the shah himself.

Final results of the referendum were not ex- pected until later in the week, But initial returns from the vote Sunday and Monday pointed ta landslide approval jy those who voted.

é charter requires a theocratic government in this predominantly Moslem nation, and opponents claim it will confirm Khomeinl as a dictator.

Reports from Isfahan, with a population of 671,625, said the vote was 38,672 for the constitution and 1,637 against. In the smaller northern city of Bandar Gavaneh a vote of 13,-300 tao was ted, aud in Ardebil, near the Soviet border, the tally was 50,000 to 112, the government said.

Leftist and centrist political parties. had said they would boycott the referendum as did leaders of the Kurdish, Arab, Baituchi add Tirkoman. . ethnic minorities. The politleal fac- tions denounced the con- stitution as a tool of dic- tatorship while the minorities, many of them Sunni Moslems, opposed it because Khomeini and his Shiite Moslems rejected their demands for autonomous home rule.

Officials had predicted the boycotts would have little effect on the outcome of the vote. At several polling stations, reporters saw Moslem priests sitting in front of the ballot boxes in- structing people to ‘Vote yes only.” The clerics, and anyone else who chose to watch, could see whether

voters deposited the green wes” ballot or the red ‘no’? vote,

Meanwhile, the U.S.

“hostages began the 3ist day

of their confinement, and a spokesman for the captors

lenied reports that eight of the hostages had been singled out for intensive interrogation in preparation for poasible espionage trials.

However, there was speculation in Western

plomatic circles in Tehran that the students were likely te single out the top officials among the hostages for more intensive grilling,

“We are checking all the ducuments and files we found in the embassy end questioning all the hostages about their spying ac- tivities,” the spokesman tcld The Associated Press by telephone.

Americans

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Arab and African members of the United Nations, in an unusual show of support for the United States, are calling for the

Telease of the U.S. hostages

nen ly in the past th requently in the past they have been part of Third World groups that opposed the positions taken by the United States. But the seven African and’ two Arab delegates who spoke in the first three days of the Security Council debate on the U.S.-Iranian crisis all censured Iran's violation of the principle of diplomatic immunity.

A resolution on the issue was delayed Monday as the Security Council held its fourth meeting on the Iranian crisis,

New minister admits forestry is to blame

By CHARLES LA VERTU

VICTORIA (CP) — Rookie Environment Minister Steve Rogers said Monday forest ministry logging regulations are probably to blame for mud slides which caused extensive damage to salmon- apawning beds in the Rennell Sound area of the Queen Charlotte Islands.

Rogers said the weather may also have been partlally responsible because several slides occurred in areas which were not being logged.

He said QC Timber Ltd. of Vancouver, which has been cutting timber In the area, “may have caused the damage, but they are not necessarily the ones to

lame. “Tt may be that ministry of

forests regulations have

been too Jax in this case.” The new minister, ap-

pointed to the cabinet 10 days

ago, sald the area Is a mess, -

Rogers’s comments came with his own environment ministry and the - forests ministry at odds on how much damage has been caused by mud slides, |

An offictal in the en- vironment ministry said Friday “many, many tons of materials were deposited into Riley Creek’ which flows into the sound, causing extensive damage.

Forests Minister Tom Waterland sald Monday some sediment went into the creek but he believes the official, environment reglonal director Don Smuin

Rotary auction cleans up here

Tt was literally a close shave, but the Terrace Rotary radio and televison auction this past weekend was @ Success.

In additlon to the 295 items sold for a $14,000 gross revenue, three local citizens shaved off their beards in an all out effort to raise money for a proposed senior citizens’ drop in centre in Terrace.

The most expensive beard

was Mike Tindall’s of CFTK. He put a razor tn his face for the princely price of $500. John Malden sold his beard for $326 and Dale Green- wood’s mustache netted an additional $115.

Richard Olson, the chairman of the auction thanked the local merchants for donating the 295 items auctioned off from Friday Noy. 30 through fo 1 a.m. Sunday morning.

of Smithers, gerating.

Rogers said he has not seen the damaged area and he doesn't think it would be worthwhile to fly to the area to decide whether damage was substantial. :

“It's a couple of thousand dollars down the tube just for the definition of a word," he said in an interview.

Smuin said, following an

was exag-

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mud slides destroyed the salmon fishery

ere,

Waterland disagreed: “While there was some sedimentation, it hasn’t been Gemonstrated that it will permanently harm the Spawning areas."

Waterland said his ministry recognizes there “are a lot of unstable slopes in the area, and we have been in the process, for the past year, of reassessing our slope stability classifications working with fish and wildlife and the federal fish- erles departments."

He rejected suggestions from the federal fisheries department that logging be halted on steep slopes and said new rules will be im- plemented to prevent de- struction of salmon- spawning streams _

A total of 13 slides oc- curred during heavy rains Nov, 20-22, two of which extensively damaged Riley Creek.

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OTTAWA (CP) — MPs agreed Monday to set up a special committee to in- vestigate cost overruns in federal projects as Treasury Board President Sinclair Stevens offered a preview of “horror stories’ the group will study.

Stevens told the Commons of projects that cost tax- payers additional hundreds of millions of dollars and of what he described as a surprising lack of control over these extra expenses,

The seven-member special committee will look into overruns on future federal projects valued at more than $1 million. It also will stud how to keep costs in line with government estimates.

Among the largest

overruns cited by Stevens were a new grain-drying

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Transmission towers situated along the Douglas Channel bring power from the Kemano sité te Alcan’s Kitimat smelter, Alcan sdys they need additional transmission tewers for more

SEE STORY ON 5 | Anti-export _ .to have say

(CP) — organizations have asked to appear before the f= National Energy Board when it

= into B.C, Hydro's application to expart elec- Be

Hydro is seeking a license from the federal e 3 ‘regulatory agency to export up to 10 billion * ; kilowatt hours of electricity annually to the - s: =: U.S. Three billion hours would be guaranteed p

while the remaining seven.dillion would only be % exported if surplus to Canadian needs, BS * The proposed export is equal to 39 per cent of fs Hydro’s domestic sales in. the 1078-79 fiscal

bs The intervenors Include a range of en- » vironmental and naturalist groups, two = ‘: political parties, a city and several companies, : 4 board spokesman said Monday.

He said Cominco and West Coast Tran- smission have filed notice to appear because BS they believe their energy interests may be Hes

Ry The B.C. Council of Forest Industries also wants to appear to protect the interest of o : several members who are heavy users of 2 electricity, The City of Port Moody is con- = cerned about the operation of the Burrardther- = mal plant, now used only to relieve shortages. a

The provincial New Democratic Party and the B.C. section of the Communist Party of Canada bath have filed briefs protesting the

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bs By ED YUDIN : FS Herald Staff Writer iy i S With . snow on the Z s] ground, an riving NUN Re conditions more

hazardous, the RCMP in this area are keeping a closer watch on motorists. Constable

Stu Schmidt, a traffic

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Terrace RCMP, told the Herald that motorists Should take care to ob- serve the driving regulations. ;

“You have to have winter tires, though not necessarily studded ones,”’ he explained. Any motorist involved in an accident who doesn’t have the correct tires will gab... from. three—ta—.six points. For especially tricky driving conditions,

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chains should be available, This week is Safe

Driving Week in Canada, and Schmidt requests people to drive with other motorists in mind.

“We'd like to make a basic reminder that you shouldn’t make a last minute decsion because others can’t react as quickly,’”’ he’ pointed out. Schmidt said that when forced to slow down; motorists should pump their breaks rapidly or feather lightly, rather than ‘floor’ the breaks, thus losing control of the vehicle.

Schmidt said driving conditions on the whole should be improved in the northwest this year.

“I think the roads are better though the sur- faces are not necessarily better,” he commented.

Even if driving con- ditions are improved this year, enforcement of proper driving procedures will be more strictly enforced during the winter months.

While noting the regulations concerning seatbelts are not strictly enforced, he said failure to follow the reguatlions would affect insurance

Eighteen opens hearings #

Tories to watch spending

facility at Prince Rupert, anda new postal facility in B.C., expected to cost $3.8 Montreal whose price tag million compared with an grew to $274 million from earlier estimate of $700,000, $161 million five years ago,

BUDGET $6 M Council

Terrace district council was officially sworn in Monday evening at its annual inaugural meeting.

In a brief ceremony, the mayor and six aldermen were sworn in by Darrall Collins, the provincial court judge who presides in Terrace and Kilimat.

There is only one change in the makeup of council. Molly Nattress was sworn in as alderman replacing Alan Soutar. Helmut Giesbrecht and Jack Talstra won re-election, while Mayor Dave Maroney was returned by acclamation. Bob Cooper, Al Purschke, and David Pease return to serve the second half of their two year

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In other council business

Monday night, a

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SAFETY WEEK | Caution on road urged

premiums intheevent of motorists to ensure both

an accident. Schmidt also reminded

their front and rear windows are clear.

Accidents up

Motorists in Terrace and Kitimat are having their ususal problems adapting to the driving conditions caused by last week's snowfall,

The problem has been especially poor in Kitimat according to Constable Phil Easton of the traffic department of the RCMP.

“The accident rate has gone up quite a bit so far for this period, it is about 100 per cent higher than last year,”’ he confirmed today.

He said the first day of ‘snow saw three. major ac- cidents. -ant=vals. others resulting in minor damages. There were no fatalities,

though an Alcan engineer ©

from Japan was taken to Kitimat General Hospital with serious injuries. Easton said he understands the man has since been released. The traffic officer indicated the

motorists have been ad- justing in recent days, but was al a loss to explain the rise in accidents during the firat day of snow,

Lynn Kraeling, an RCMP officer in Terrace, said today that the number of motor vehicle accidents has risen In the last few days. =:

“it has picked up all right,” he said, ‘There hav been only a few major type involving a lot of damage and fortunately there haven't been any fatalities or serious injuries."

. Kiraeling ,.sald- motorists seem to take a white to adapt to the new driving con- ditions. ;

“Whenever you get the first snow, the motorists forget to slow down for about two weeks,” he commented.

“For some reason it takes.

some time to set in.”

dollars apiece.

SUSPECT IN DOG SLAYING

Terrace RCMP have a suspect in the November slaying of two purebred Samoyeds owned by two local residents.

An RCMP spokesman said Monday the suspect would not be charged until certain avenues of investigation were completed. He added that the bodies of the two Samoyeds have been exhumed and autopsies performed, '

The purebred Samoyeds were found shot through the head in the brush near the Skeena River on Tuesday, Nov, 22

When recovered by their owner Gordon Hamilton of Terrace, it ended their mysterious disappearance the previous Thursday, The two dogs, apparently shat for no discernible reason,

d an estimated value of several hundred

Gas tax a concern

VICTORIA (CP) — British Columbia ‘officials are fearful that a federally- Imposed export tax on natural gas could cost the provincial economy hun- dreds of millions of dollars.

They sald Monday that auch a tax, a possibility in Finance Minister John Croabie's first budget next week, will discourage natural gas sales to the U.S. that are now worth $590 million a year to B.C,

Jim Rae, assistant deputy provincial finance minister,

confirmed Monday the federal government haa approached B.C. about the tax, saying it would raise $5 billion over the next four years.

“Our problem is that while we hope that (an export tax) ig not the case we can't dismiss it either. The problem ig that B.C, is a much leas important player inall of this than Alberta is,’

Alberta returns most of the gas export revenue it earns to producers while B.C. keeps most of the revenue

sworn in

preliminary budget of just over §6 million was for-,

mally adopted for 1080.

“This allows us to continue until the budget is finalized around May 15,"' explained Maroney. ‘The $6 million figure is slightly less than last year.”

Jack Talstra and Bob Cooper were both re- appointed to serve as council's representatives on the regional district board. Alternates will be appointed at

next Monday's council session. Also on the agenda’

will be the appointment of committee chairman. One position which must be filled is the chair of the parks and recreation committee, vacant with the departure of Soutar.

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