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No
107
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on
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24
Pages
By
Steve
Handelman
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
Why
has
the
federal
gov
ernment
changed
Us
attitude
In
the
past
three
months
towards
the
pollution
checking
efforts
of
Northwood
Pulp
Ltd
For
the
past
two
days
The
Citi
Citizen
�
zen
has
tried
to
contact
Federal
Fisheries
Minister
Jack
Davis
in
Ottawa
to
clarify
his
recent
condemnation
of
the
mill
He
said
In
Vancouver
Friday
that
Northwood
was
among
those
companies
which
could
face
a
5000-a-day
fine
for
refusing
to
build
a
five
day
settling
pond
for
its
wastes
But
in
a
March
9
Vancouver
speech
Davis
referred
toNorth-
wood
as
a
plant
that
was
tidying
up
John
Guthrie
vice
president
and
general
manager
of
North
wood
said
Monday
the
ministers
two
statements
left
him
a
little
confused
He
claimed
that
his
company
had
never
been
asked
to
Install
a
settling
pond
and
he
challenged
the
accuracy
of
the
report
in
the
Vancouver
Sun
Bob
Borrle
Liberal
MP
for
Prince
George
Peace
River
rid
ing
confirmed
yesterday
that
the
minister
had
been
quoted
cor
rectly
Borrie
said
he
would
alert
the
minister
to
the
Citizens
ques
questions
�
tions
and
suggested
the
Citizen
call
his
office
Busy
man
The
Citizen
tried
twice
Tues
day
and
twice
today
to
reach
the
minister
but
each
time
met
with
failure
This
morning
the
Ministers
private
secretary
told
a
repor
reporter
�
ter
Mr
Davis
has
your
mes
message
�
sage
He
is
a
very
busy
man
Hes
working
on
a
speech
or
Toronto
right
now
He
will
call
you
as
soon
as
he
can
but
I
cant
promise
when
The
federal
phone
phobia
may
be
contagious
In
an
attempt
to
get
the
background
for
the
min
ministers
�
isters
accusation
the
Citizen
called
the
Federal
Fisheries
of
fice
in
Prince
George
twice
yes
yesterday
�
terday
morning
and
again
this
morning
There
was
no
answer
Guthrie
said
Monday
that
Northwood
was
operating
a
15
million
pollution
program
dir
directed
�
ected
toward
controlling
ef
effluents
�
fluents
from
the
plant
He
said
he
felt
there
was
no
need
for
a
settling
basin
The
federal
minister
dis
disagrees
�
agrees
But
why
iJ
tip
Take
a
letter
better
make
that
a
phone
call
Girl
killed
in
car
crash
SOOKE
CP
-
RCMP
here
Tuesday
identified
13-ear-old
Sandra
Marshall
of
Sooke
as
the
girl
killed
Monday
when
the
car
In
which
she
was
a
passenger
went
off
the
road
and
struck
a
stump
Driver
of
the
car
James
Thomas
Bright
20
also
of
Sooke
was
released
from
hospital
after
treatment
for
minor
cuts
The
citys
accounting
de
1456105
according
to
the
w
partment
will
have
a
com
plex
new
accounting
machine
on
January
1
1971
Council
ap
proved
the
ordering
of
the
ma-
wlth
trade
in
of
two
Burroughs
machines
presently
being
used
by
the
department
It
was
undecided
whether
to
lease
or
purchase
out
outright
�
right
the
new
machine
The
new
machine
costs
28000
Including
the
two
trade
Ins
a
Construction
in
Prince
George
this
year
continues
to
lag
behind
1969
levels
Value
of
building
permits
Issued
In
May
dropped
two
thirds
from
May
1969
totals
The
figure
this
year
Is
416570
compared
with
monthly
report
of
city
building
inspector
Ed
Neff
a
Old
habits
die
hard
Mac
hotel
owner
Gerry
Coole
now
chine
made
by
Burroughs
along
jrents
office
space
near
the
site
of
his
fire
gutted
pub
Yester
day
there
was
a
call
on
the
phone
Hey
will
you
page
Mr
Brown
In
the
beer
parlor
Sad
Sadly
�
ly
Gerry
told
the
caller
the
news
a
Royal
Canadian
Legion
v
branch
252
are
raising
mon
money
�
ey
to
buy
their
own
headquarters
and
because
of
this
DenlseChap
pelle
11
of
Prince
George
has
a
new
bicycle
Denlse
of
Jlarwln
elementary
school
held
the
win
winning
�
ning
ticket
In
a
fund
raising
draw
this
week
The
Citizen
Forecast
Sunny
and
warm
Fire
hall
in
plans1
chief
says
Another
fire
hall
for
Prince
George
Is
definitely
in
our
plans
said
chief
Harold
Dorn
blerer
this
morning
He
said
the
need
arises
from
Prince
Georges
recent
boundary
expansion
which
doubled
the
area
covered
by
the
city
fire
depart
department
�
ment
Its
still
in
the
preliminary
planning
stage
Dornblerer
ad
added
�
ded
but
another
hall
Is
certainly
necessary
because
of
the
In
creased
distances
we
have
to
cov
cover
�
er
We
Just
cant
build
one
out
of
the
blue
though
he
said
Ye
have
to
make
damn
sure
all
our
expenditures
are
Justified
Dornblerer
said
that
It
would
be
at
least
another
year
before
his
department
would
be
fully
able
to
accommodate
the
citys
expansion
Right
now
were
only
able
to
give
the
new
areas
fifty
to
sixty
percent
of
the
coverage
were
giving
the
original
city
it
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oil
was
needed
on
the
streets
of
South
Fort
George
Public
Works
Superintendent
Robert
Goudreau
and
Doctor
testifies
started
it
Sawchuk
said
NEW
YORK
CP
Terry
Sawchuks
doctor
says
that
the
40
yearold
New
York
Rangers
goalie
who
died
Sunday
after
a
series
of
operations
told
him
he
had
started
and
finished
a
fight
with
team
mate
Ron
Stewart
Dr
Denis
F
Mcholson
of
sub
urban
Long
Beach
a
family
physician
for
many
of
the
Na
National
�
tional
Hockey
League
Rangers
said
that
on
the
night
of
April
29
he
was
called
to
an
EastAtlan
tic
Beach
home
shared
during
the
hockey
season
by
Sawchuk
and
Stew
art
Nicholson
said
he
was
sum
moned
to
the
house
by
Rose
mary
Sasso
a
nurse
the
doctor
knew
and
who
told
him
she
was
Stewarts
fiance
I
found
Sawchuk
In
horrible
pain
the
doctor
said
He
was
In
shock
He
was
pale
and
had
extremely
low
blood
pressure
The
shock
must
have
been
from
the
pain
Nicholson
said
they
told
me
there
had
been
a
fight
and
he
called
an
ambulance
and
sent
the
veteran
goaltender
to
hospl
tal
In
Long
Beach
When
Nicholson
visited
Saw
chuk
in
hospital
a
few
days
later
Terry
told
me
that
Stew
art
had
been
bugging
him
all
year
and
he
had
gotten
fed
up
Nicholson
quoted
Sawchuk
as
saying
I
punched
him
and
knocked
him
down
The
fight
was
reported
to
have
occurred
at
the
E
and
J
Pub
In
Long
Beach
and
the
doc
tor
quoted
Sawchuk
as
saying
They
kicked
us
out
of
the
bar
and
I
hit
him
again
1
Just
kept
knocking
him
down
At
the
house
Sawchuk
and
Stewart
drove
home
in
separate
cars
I
tagged
him
again
and
knocked
him
down
again
I
Jumped
him
and
I
fell
on
his
knee
Nicholson
said
Sawchuk
told
him
I
started
it
and
I
finished
It
An
autopsy
report
showed
that
Sawchuks
death
was
caused
by
a
blood
clot
that
travelled
from
a
vein
Into
a
pulmonary
artery
a
pulmonary
embolism
The
report
also
said
there
was
In
Jury
to
the
liver
After
having
his
gall
bladder
removed
Sawchuk
underwent
two
operations
on
his
liver
Mayor
Leonard
Proppe
rear
of
truck
decided
to
get
on
with
the
job
themselves
SAWCHUK
Sound
opened
for
fish
VANCOUVER
CP
-
The
upper
reaches
of
Howe
Sound
closed
to
fishing
In
April
be
cause
of
mercury
pollution
will
be
reopened
for
salmon
fishing
at
midnight
tonight
Fisheries
Minister
Jack
Davis
said
today
However
he
said
closure
of
the
area
30
miles
north
of
here
will
continue
for
shellfish
and
groundflsh
and
the
line
will
be
extended
a
further
12
miles
to
the
tip
of
Anvil
Island
Salmon
got
a
clean
bill
of
health
but
worrisome
mercury
counts
on
crab
shrimps
and
groundflsh
will
keep
an
extend
ed
area
closed
to
these
resident
stocks
Mr
Davis
said
In
statement
The
minister
had
ordered
the
closure
of
the
top
six
miles
of
the
30
mlle
salt
water
Sound
after
traces
of
mercury
were
found
In
water
leaving
the
F
MC
Chemicals
Ltd
plant
at
Squamlsh
at
the
head
of
the
sound
The
closure
affected
onlyl
sports
fishermen
since
the
en
tire
Sound
is
outofbcunds
to
commercial
boats
Salmon
and
Dolly
Varden
Char
are
the
main
catches
In
the
latest
tests
the-
highest
mercury
reading
on
adult
sal
mon
was
37
parts
In
lOOOOoC
he
said
Permissible
level
by
VOU1UUUI
neaun
standards
is
3
parts
Shirt
tax
imposed
by
Pepin
OTTAWA
CP
-
A
surtax
on
Imported
shirts
was
announced
by
Trade
Minister
Jean
Luc
Pe
Pepin
�
pin
Tuesday
to
offset
falling
em
employment
�
ployment
in
the
Canadian
textile
Industry
Coronation
Knitting
Mills
Can
Canada
�
ada
Ltd
in
a
typical
reaction
from
the
industry
said
the
sur
surtax
�
tax
Is
the
finest
thing
the
min
minister
�
ister
eer
did
Fifty
Canadian
textile
plants
have
closed
since
1966
The
surtax
effective
today
Is
expected
to
hit
low
-wage
Asian
African
and
Communist
coun
tries
with
which
Canada
doesnt
have
restraint
agreements
im
imports
�
ports
from
high
wage
countries
such
as
Britain
and
the
United
States
wont
be
affected
offi
officials
�
cials
said
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The
pace
of
rotating
strike
activity
by
postal
workers
was
stepped
up
today
in
the
wake
of
a
Tuesday
break
breakdown
�
down
in
mediated
talks
Although
both
sides
said
they
-wanted
to
keep
talking
post
of
office
�
fice
operations
were
disrupted
as
workers
walked
out
in
Saint
John
NB
the
northwestern
Quebec
centres
of
Rouyn
Nor
anda
Val
dOr
Amos
and
Ma
lartic
and
in
Calgary
and
the
British
Columbia
communities
of
Prince
Rupert
Kltimat
and
Terrace
William
Houle
co
chairman
of
the
Council
of
Postal
Unions
which
represents
the
workers
In
their
contract
dispute
with
the
government
said
all
the
walk
walkouts
�
outs
were
on
orders
of
union
headquarters
Workers
In
a
number
of
New
Newfoundland
�
foundland
communities
who
started
their
24
hour
walkout
Tuesday
returned
to
work
this
morning
In
Ottawa
the
union
bargain
ing
team
and
that
of
the
treas
ury
board
negotiating
agent
for
the
government
arranged
for
resumption
of
the
contract
talks
at
10
30
a
m
Thursday
Can
others
quits
This
would
be
the
first
talks
since
A
w
R
Carrothers
pres
president
�
ident
of
the
University
of
Cal
Calgary
�
gary
who
was
called
in
as
a
me
mediator
�
diator
in
the
dispute
announced
Tuesday
afternoon
that
he
was
quitting
because
both
sides
were
deadlocked
with
no
prospect
of
progress
His
action
held
out
little
hope
for
a
quick
settlement
Mr
Carrothers
entered
the
negotiations
last
Saturday
after
the
unions
had
started
their
24
hour
strikes
moving
from
area
to
area
day
by
day
as
a
pres
pressure
�
sure
tactic
Workers
in
Windsor
Ont
however
stayed
out
beyond
the
24
hour
deadline
and
say
they
intend
to
remain
out
until
a
full
solution
to
their
complaints
is
reached
The
mediator
said
he
was
pulling
out
because
he
felt
there
was
no
useful
role
for
him
to
play
In
trying
to
get
the
two
sides
together
Each
party
reckons
It
can
do
better
by
holding
out
Mr
Car
Carrothers
�
rothers
told
reporters
Its
not
a
sophisticated
situa
situation
�
tion
They
may
be
ready
for
mediation
again
before
Its
over
Talks
fall
short
Air
tarrotners
said
some
slight
progress
had
been
made
toward
solving
the
various
Is-
sues
In
dispute
in
his
four
day
intervention
but
that
progress
falls
far
short
of
what
Is
neces
necessary
�
sary
to
agreement
The
federal
mediator
placed
no
blame
on
either
side
for
the
failure
The
Council
of
Postal
Unions
in
a
statement
laid
full
responsl
bllity
on
the
colossal
insensl
tlvlty
and
stubbornness
of
the
government
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More
walkouts
in
PO
dispute
Blaze
started
in
storage
area
The
fire
which
burned
down
Prince
Georges
McDonald
Hotel
probably
started
In
a
basement
storage
area
Preliminary
findings
by
fire
chief
Harold
Dornblerer
have
revealed
as
unfounded
original
speculation
that
the
May
22
blaze
got
Its
start
In
the
electrical
or
boiler
room
All
those
people
on
the
sidewalk
watching
the
fire
had
everything
solved
for
me
said
Dornblerer
but
the
fire
had
nothing
to
do
with
either
the
electrical
room
or
the
boiler
room
He
said
that
both
rooms
were
found
relatively
Intact
after
the
fire
and
that
burn
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with
phos
phates
can
be
clear
again
within
a
year
if
phosphate
In
flows
are
stopped
says
a
top
ranking
federal
scientist
in
a
magazine
article
published
today
Dr
J
R
Vallentyne
acknowl
edged
as
a
Canadian
leader
In
the
study
of
eutrophication
of
lakes
uses
the
cleansing
power
of
lakes
as
part
of
his
antl-phos-phate
argument
In
the
June
July
Issue
of
Canadian
Re
Research
�
search
and
Development
Dr
Vallentyne
also
demands
a
public
retraction
from
the
edl
indications
pointed
more
logically
to
a
start
in
the
central
basement
storage
area
Dornblerer
said
he
had
been
unable
to
come
up
with
a
cause
for
the
blaze
calling
his
Investigation
at
a
stand
standstill
�
still
A
fire
Inspector
from
Van
Vancouver
�
couver
Is
expected
to
arrive
In
Prince
George
today
to
con
conduct
�
duct
further
Investigations
M
time
is
limited
the
chief
explained
andthlssort
of
fire
is
too
extensive
for
me
to
cover
all
aspects
of
it
Dornbierer
also
threw
damp
water
on
previous
dam
damage
�
age
estimates
of
more
than
a
million
dollars
Half
a
million
dollars
is
what
were
talking
about
he
said
However
he
admitted
that
the
loss
of
business
was
an
undecided
factor
You
could
probably
put
that
as
high
as
you
wanted
to
Three
pumpers
an
aerial
truck
and
35
men
poured
close
to
500000
gallons
of
water
Into
the
burning
building
for
eight
hours
in
their
efforts
to
combat
the
blaze
Dornblerer
said
he
made
an
early
decision
to
give
up
any
hope
of
saving
the
Mac
and
concentrate
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the
magazine
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with
a
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a
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Pat
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Citizen
Staff
Reporter
Workers
In
sawmills
and
planer
mills
and
around
log
logging
�
ging
equipment
face
major
hearing
hazards
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was
the
conclusloT
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by
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Jeff
Stowe
speech
pathologist
for
school
district
57
after
a
free
hearing
clinic
held
here
on
the
weekend
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clinic
reveal
revealed
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that
miny
Prince
George
workmen
may
have
consider
considerable
�
able
hearing
loss
because
of
noisy
working
conditions
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clinic
found
half
the
60
persons
checked
had
measur
measurable
�
able
hearing
loss
Mr
Stowe
attributed
the
high
percentage
to
the
assumption
that
the
majority
of
the
Individuals
had
pre
previously
�
viously
suspected
a
hearing
loss
Mr
Stowe
found
the
working
men
showed
mild
hearing
losses
at
all
frequencies
ex
except
�
cept
at
4000
cycles
per
second
where
the
loss
was
quite
severe
Mr
Stowe
continued
tesearch
has
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that
lndlvlduils
exposed
to
ex
extreme
�
treme
above
93
decibels
noise
for
extended
periods
of
tlmo
will
manifest
initially
a
dip
or
notch
centred
around
4000
cps
with
an
ever
Increasing
hearing
loss
as
the
exposure
to
noise
continues
Interestingly
almostwith
ojt
exception
the
working
men
tested
reported
extend
extended
�
ed
working
periods
In
saw
sawmills
�
mills
planer
mills
and
log
logging
�
ging
equipment
without
ear
protection
Mr
Stows
said
hearing
losses
due
to
noise
are
de
deceptive
�
ceptive
because
the
victim
has
no
experience
of
pain
while
the
damage
to
the
ear
is
occurlng
Continued
exposure
to
the
danger
level
also
has
a
no
noticeable
�
ticeable
effect
on
the
vic
victims
�
tims
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speech
he
said
Mr
Stowe
suggested
anal
ternative
to
hearing
losses
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losses
are
rever
reversible
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sible
In
their
early
stages
If
the
person
Is
removed
from
the
noisy
environment
The
noise
level
at
the
source
may
be
reduced
by
In
Insulating
�
sulating
or
muffling
the
equipment
or
thewcrkcrs
may
wear
ear
protectors
such
as
ear
plugs
or
ear
muffs
Don
McEwen
president
oi
the
Prince
George
Industrial
Safety
Council
said
noise
pollution
Is
something
new
Industry
has
just
recogniz
recognized
�
ed
It
BC
Hydro
has
run
noise
level
tests
In
all
Its
plants
and
have
all
employees
wear
safety
ear
equipment
The
Workmens
Com
Compensation
�
pensation
Board
has
a
safe
level
of
85
decibels
and
If
any
anyone
�
one
Is
above
that
they
must
have
safety
ear
eqilp
ment
continued
Mr
McEwen
In
the
safety
council
Mr
McEwen
said
he
hos
spsakers
can
be
brought
In
to
talk
on
Industrial
noise
and
suggest
w
ays
to
lower
It
Mr
McEwon
also
said
BC
Hjdro
wis
willing
to
lend
any
noise
testlngequpmentto
smaller
plants
who
are
inter
interested
�
ested
in
this
noise
problem
John
Dins
more
of
the
Workmens
Compensation
Board
said
the
WCB
sets
regulations
governing
haz
hazardous
�
ardous
noise
levels
We
aK
the
employer
to
take
a
noise
level
test
and
then
according
to
the
results
suggest
ear
pro
protection
�
tection
and
suppression
de
devices
�
vices
There
are
a
lot
of
people
in
industry
with
hearing
losses
continued
MrDtns
more
especially
those
who
work
In
planer
mills
or
saw
mills
for
several
jears
He
has
to
be
In
constant
exposure
to
the
noise
Inter
Intermittent
�
mittent
exposure
is
not
as
hazardous
Again
It
Is
more
hazardous
to
hearing
working
In
a
confined
bulldlngornu
chlne
than
In
an
open
area
Norm
Daly
of
Northwood
Pulp
Ltd
and
vice
president
of
the
safety
council
said
This
area
definitely
needs
Investigation
He
also
believes
the
field
of
noise
testing
Is
fairly
new
and
contends
not
enough
investi
investigation
�
gation
has
been
one
on
the
area
The
WCB
runs
regular
tests
and
has
not
found
a
high
incident
of
hearing
lcos
In
the
Northwood
mill
MrDalysaid
the
mill
takes
all
safely
mea
measures
�
sures
In
the
mill
for
noise
pollution
f