vvxXOvvvoxoVVvvvv VvvvvWvvvWw THIS ISNT ALABAMA S Axe swinger scolded A bicycle riding prospector who swung an axe at police was put on probation for 28 months when found guilty in city court Monday of carry ing a weapon dangerous to the public peace Neil Cameron Tremelis 49 pleaded not guilty to the charge He was arrested April 14 while riding his bicycle on FirstAve A policeman told the court that when Tremelis was stopped he jumped off his bicycle and wielded an axe he was carrying The court was told that he was instructed to drop the axe and BHHfflmjJS mmmgfmmmmmmm MMj SSSIISwVkw lift sj -1J l Tremeliss reply was no way you yankee M Tremelis told the court that when he was arrested he was on the way downtown to sell his axe to raise money for an additional grubstake He said wielding the axe was a reflex reaction when he saw police officers coming up fast with their guns drawn Judge GO Stewart rejected the story saying 1 really dont accept his version It didnt happen that way this is not Alabama Israel battles to keep immigration camp open VIENNA CP - Israeli Premier Golda Meir arrived here today to try to get Aus Austrian � trian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky to reverse his pledge to Arab terrorists to close the Schoehau transit camp for emigrating Soviet Jews But only a few hours before her visit Kreisky said he will stand by his decision Mrs Meir decided to fly to Vienna today to meet with Kreisky after delivering a speech Monday in Stras Strasbourg � bourg France to the Council of Europes advisory Parlia Parliament � ment Kreisky told reporters Mon Monday � day he had no intention of -- going back on his promise to close the camp for emigrating Soviet Jews That pledge was given Saturday to obtain the freedom of three emigres and an Austrian border guard kidnapped by two Arab ter terrorists � rorists Kreisky said he would explain to Mrs Meir the practical steps his govern government � ment plans to take so that emigration of Soviet Jews can continue via Austria The Israelis contend that a closely guarded transit camp like the setup they have created at the Schoenau Cas Castle � tle is necessary to protect the f gtii i i 4tVt VlVllvllllllllltlVllll BRRR WINTERS coming for sure as city public works employee James ONeill adds salt to sand which will be finding its way to city streets in a few weeks A bulldozer is used to mix the salt and sand before it is stockpiled for the snowy months ahead emigrants from Arab terror terrorists � ists Kreisky said he wished to avoid the possibility of the Arab Israeli conflict being fought out on Austrian soil giving asan example the brief arrest Saturday of five armed men guarding Jewish mig migrants � rants on the Moscow Vienna express Mrs Meir put aside her pre prepared � pared speech to the Euro European � pean parliament Monday to say that Kreisky had given the greatest encouragement to terror throughout the world when he promised to close the camp in exchange for the four hostages t Bypass traffic was disrupted for almost an hour Monday when a tractor trailer load of sawmill equipment turned over near 15th Ave The driver of the Lomack Contracting Co truck was apparently 1 r f 1 M 1 Hftfe v I I 111 w b mt mm ww mmmw a rf w b b xkj u mH t ok---- -tM-ttjraMaatmuainmAJaKmnMSwmMrwimmMmyi-mymtxmriFiif- itic t s - -r t VolM7 Notl92 - 24 PagesnHBlBHHHHHK j uA A A 41 KH L ILiSilHT - i - at X J- Mttt-rfiitirlt- raised or how increase will be much any Higher costs of living and the desire by government to meet unemployment insur insurance � ance deficits will likely lead to increased levies on work workers � ers and their employers he said This year employees under the plan pay 1 per 100 weekly insurable earnings up to a maximum of 160 a week while employers contribute another 140 weekly per 100 insurable earnigs up to a maximum of 224 This was an increase from 1972 when employees fully under the plan paid 90 cents per 100 and employers added another 126 The employee employer contributions are to pay for costs of unemployment insur insurance � ance up to a jobless level of four per cent But unemployment levels well above that in recent years have resulted in heavy deficits for the Unemplov- changed to duplex zoning allowing 15 units to the acre v Citizen photo by Dave Milne turning when the back of the trailer ran off the shoulder of the entrance road and the heavy machinery flipped the trailer over 9m ltizen yMy -i1 No madam theyre not radios theyre refrigerators if WINTER NATURAL GAS SHORTAGE rather than apartment zoning allowing 30 units to the acre The developer Gordon Bryant of Highland Develop Developments � ments maintained through throughout � out the hearing that his com company � pany had never promised to make the land a park or a golf course Every first buyer of lots sold in Highland signed a prospectus and covenants that showed what the development promised he said Robert Dick 124 King Dr said the planned develop development � ment of the bench below his residence would lower values on King Dr because it would ruin the view and create traffic hazards on Ospika Blvd There were three sets of W Mdmmj jdfflMmmrrmce ueorge unusn uoiumoiaj s v v h ft TfflmKMwWAWi r3 uM L i91mHI1HH Shutdowns feared by BILL GRAHAM and STEVE KRUEGER Citizen Staff reporters Announced cutbacks in the natural gas supply this winter threaten to shut down lbcal pulp mills for as long as several weeks and could cripple the town of Mac Mackenzie � kenzie forest company offi officials � cials told The Citizen today Up to 2500 men could be thrown out of work Jack Mulyk general mana manager � ger of the BC Forest Products pulp mill and forest operations in Mackenzie said figures released by Inland Natural Gas Ltd reveal the mill may be forced to close for up to three months laying off 980 work workers � ers and costing more than 1 million in repairs The Mackenzie forest ope operations � rations consume 3500000 cubic feet of natural gas daily and need a bare minimum of 25 per cent of that figure to remain in ope operation � ration Bill Haviland vice president for operations at Prince George Pulp and Paper and Intercontinental Pulp a several week shut down is the absolute worst possibility of thegas shortage but added that the city mills could well expect to be shut down for a day at a time several times during the winter About 1000 employees would be thrown out of work if both mills were forced to shut down a situation which Inland Natural Gas has informed the mills is a dis distinct � tinct possibility We have been told a com computer � puter projection done by Inland indicates that based on the last few winters there will be several isolated days in which the demand coupled with the expected shortage of supply will mean there will be no natural gas for heavy industry he said He said Prince George Pulp was designed to utilize natural gas almpstentirely Intercontinental said Haviland could utilize alter alternative � native fuels if the proper equipment and fuel could be provided Pulp mills require gas as a Workers to pay more into UIC OTTAWA CP An ment Insurance Commission increase in employee- In 1972 insurance pay employer contributions to ments at 2 billion were well the unemployment insurance above government predic account is likely in 1974 tions That amount could be because of rising living costs exceeded this year as pay and deficits incurred by the ment for most months so far government program are above those of last year The increase in con But a government spokes- tributions between 1972 and man said Monday there is no 1973 was expected to raise definite indication yet about 100 million more for whether the amounts will be thp nrrnunt fuel for lime kilns power boiler for steam and air hea heaters � ters as well as on all pilot flames on combustion control systems Northwood Pulp and Timber industrial relations director Win Patton said Northwood is in the same boat as other mills on a shor shortage � tage of gas and agreed that a shutdown could last for several weeks If anything I would say weeks is a conservative estimate said Patton Right now we are going to approach the gas company about gett getting � ing a minimum supply td keep the mill from freezing up dur during � ing a shutdown It is a very serious prob problem � lem with implications so severe that we cannot accept them without going back to the company to try to do some something � thing about it The Northwood shutdown would affect 500 pulp and sawmill employees said Pat Patton � ton Pulp mills expect almost no notice of when gas supplies will be cut off Mulyk said in a telephone Inside Business 6 Clas Classified sified 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Comics 7 Crossword 19 Editorial 4 Home Family 10 Horoscope 8 Second Front 13 Sports 14 15 16 Television 7 I ie - ttL WM- Affl tAMrcC interview from Mackenzie that Inland has released a statistical analysis which predicts the gas supply could be curtailed more than 75 percent for 10 days of the year If we lose gas for even one day we could be finished Mulyk said Our systems are water based and if the shut shutdown � down occurs in conditions of extreme cold the mill will be frozen up It could take two or three months to get it back into production Mulyk Monday sent telex pleas to Fort George MLA Alf Nunweiler Prince George MP Frank Oberle Attorney General Alex Macdonald and Robert Steed secretary of the National Energy Board The statement reads in part Under these conditions oursawmills and pulp mills will be down at least 19 days during the winter when gas is curtailed beyond 50 per cent and we will have a catas catastrophe � trophe when gas is curtailed beyond 75 per cent The pulp mill is a water based operation which could US ACTION Exclusive neighborhood fights apt development Highland Park residents objecting to development of the Nechako Flat below their neighborhood as a mixed residential area of single family homes and medium density apartments won a battle but lost the war Mon Monday � day After listening for more than an hour to claims by a number of the residents that the developer of King Dr had promised the flats below their exclusive area would become parkland and golf course city council voted unanimously to begin rezon ing the flats from agricultural zoning to residential The zoning for the apart apartment � ment area however was covenants for King Dr none of which apply to the lower bench he argued Even if the plans for the lower bench were available to buyers on King Dr he said none of that eight year old plan is unchangeable Were asking you to change your minds Subdivi Subdivision � sion planning changes and there are exciting new developments for example cluster housing Just because its old doesnt make it right he con concluded � cluded Were faced all the time with people objecting to development because they thought some land with trees on it was going to be a park Mayor Harold Moffat told the objectors freeze Resulting damages could be more than 1 mill million � ion The general manager explained that alternative fuels can be used to heat the forests products complex but at least 25 per cent of the total contracted gas supply is needed to fire an all important pilot flame system The company has considered using propane but sufficient supplies are not available We cannot underestimate the gravity of this Mulyk said It will be catastrophe for Mackenzie Those figures are based on what is most likely to happen it could be the curtailment could be even more extensive Finlay Forest Products Ltd the other major employer in Mackenzie also depends on gas Mulyk pointed out that all north central interior pulp mills are contracted to Inland although not all are dependent on gas for the pilot flame systems and may be able to adjust to other fuels Curbs clamped on oil gas use WASHINGTON AP - The John Love director of the White House imposed a man- presidents energy policy datory allocation system on office said the mandatory wholesale supplies of prop- allocation programs are ane gas in the United States needed to ensure that no today and said a mandatory home or hospital goes with- allocation system for home out adequate heat and no heating oil will put into effect in the near future farm is without adequate propane this winter Love said the regulations for heating oil allocation would be announced and put into effect in the near future The propane alloca allocation � tion system was put into effect immediately The mandatory allocation systems are based on the dis distribution � tribution pattern of the fuels during the last year Love said However the alloca allocation � tion systems include provi provisions � sions for priority distribution to users in particular need such as home heating in New England and the upper Mid Midwest � west where winters are severe Love said the attempt to distribute fuels fairly by vol voluntary � untary co operation from the petroleum industry was a failure and that mandatory allocations are necessary and appropriate on a short- term basis But he said that fuel shor shortages � tages are expected this winter and perhaps over the next few years hinting that short term may be a flexi- ble phrase vjvVtvtvVVvVVVii VtttittttitttttttitttjvVtVVV tXXXXXXX0XVvVtVvvvViVMOXvvvvvAVtVVtv Legislation adds muscle to labor relations board VICTORIA CP The British Columbia government introduced labor legislation Monday which includes provision for an expanded more powerful Labor Relations Board LRB and a labor ombudsman The provisions are contained in the Labor Code of the British Columbia Act which repeals the Trade Union Act the Labor Relations Act and the Mediation Services Act Labor Minister Bill King told a news conference he feels the most profound change in the new code for labor rela tions in the province is the new powers given to the LRB It will be an agency equipped to get at the cause of disputes rather than deal with them in a punitive manner as the courts have done in the past Mr King said Under the legislation the courts will no longer have the power to interfere in labor disputes by issuing injunc injunctions � tions The LRB will be charged with the responsibility of issuing cease and desist orders in the case of strikes and picketing The board would be the enforce enforcement � ment agency to see that employers and trade unions obey the law in respect to strikes lockouts and picketing Initial reaction Monday from oppos opposition � ition spokesman to the new labor code for British Columbia was generally critical Liberal Leader David Anderson said a clause allowing a person with strong religious beliefs not to join a union was a phoney concession because that person would still be required to pay dues That person he said is placed in the position of having to support an institution he opposes Acting Conservative Leader Dr G Scott Wallace PC Oak Bay was most pessimistic about the legislation which he described as not only one of the most complex but also one of the most important bills to be introduced in the four years Ive been in provincial politics On this rides the whole fate of labor relations in the province Jim Chabot Social Credit house leader shared Mr Andersons views on the religious belief clause but said there arc no more than 500 people in BC who have conscientious objec objections � tions to trade unions Mr Chabot singled out the clause allowing unions under certain condi conditions � tions to bargain for employees of dependent contractors as his main worry He said this will most affect contractors in the logging industry Meanwhile the British Columbia Federation of Labor charged today that provisions inBCs new labor code will cause increased labor unrest unless they are amended Also included in the bill is provision for technological change clauses to be included in collective agreements If such clauses are not contained in the collective agreement the minister would have the power to put such technological change provisions in the agreement and these would be binding on both parties The provincial cabinet would be empowered to appoint an ombudsman to hear complaints I