,
Strike
causes
episodes
VANCOUVER
(CP)
-
A
woman
who
tried
to
visit
her
seriously-ill
mother
at
the
strike-hit
Lions
Gate
Hospital
in
North
Vancouver
last
week
was
prevented
from
entering
the'
hospital
by
picketing
members
of
the
Hospital
Employees
Union,
the
president
of
the
B.C.
Medical
Association
said
Monday.
That
night
her
mother
died,
said
Dr.
William
Jory,
The
daughter
is
beside
herself
with
misery,
This
is
not
a
medical
effectbf
the
strike,
but
it's
one
of
sheer
human
misery
that
I
think
should
be
recorded.
Dr.
Jory
said
the
BCMA
is
compiling
a
list
of
specific
episodes
of
"sheer
human
misery"
that
can
be
'presented
to
Health
Minister
Bob
McClelland
as
reasons
for
the
strike
to
be
stopped.
Dr.
Jory's
recounting
of
the
woman's
problems
was
confirmed
by
another
doctor,
who
requested
his
name
not
be
used.
"
'
The
doctor
said
the
incident
happened
Friday,
soon
after
the
strike
at
the
hospital
began.
He
said
the
daughter
is
an
employee
of
the
hospital
and
was
harassed
by
pickets
as
she
attempted
to
cross
their
line
to
visit
her
mother.
COST
UP
1
9
PER
CENT
Welfare
-
takes
city's
surplus
TODAY
The
cheaper
barrels
we
negotiated
have
arrived,
sir,
and
there
seems
to
be
a
misunderstanding.
'
FEATURED
INSIDE
-
Prince
George
Senior
Secondary
School
home
to
1,700
students
and
nearly
100
teachers
hits
all
the
senses,
says.
Citizen
reporter
Gery
Ardley
as
she
continues
here
series
on
education.
Page
6.
The
Sport
Canada
fitness
caravanis
coming
to
Prince
George
for
the
first
time.
Page
13.
'
0
An
official
of
one
of
Beirut's
largest
Moslem
hospitals
says
the
"morgue
is
full
with
unidentified
bodies"
and
there
is
"no
room
for
more"
following
another
dusk-to-,
dawn
battle
in
Lebanon's
civil
war.
Page
5.,
Business,
8;
Calssified,
16-24;
Comics,
10;
Editorial,
4;
Home
and
Family,
26-27;
International,
5;
Local
and
Provincial
3,
6,
7,
25;
National,
2;
Horoscopes,
11;
Sports,
13-15;
Television,
11.
THE
WEATHERJ
Clouds
and
showers
were'
expected
for
most
of
today
as
a
low
pressure
area
moved
into
the
Central
Interior
from
Alberta.
The
weatherman
predicted
sunshine
for
Wednesday
as
a'
small
ridge
of
high
pressure'
builds
into
the
area.
The
high
today;
14C;
the
low
tonight,
1C.
Wednesday's
high,
15C.
The
high
Monday
was
13C;
the
overnight
low
was
OC;
11.7
mm
of
rain
fell
and
winds
gusted
to'
66
kilometres
an
hour.
The
high
for
May
18,
1975
was
8C;
the
low
was
1C.
Temperatures
page
2
Ni
B
It
i
ll
NOW
HEAR
THIS)
In
the
backyard
of
a
Carney
Street
residence,
there
'
is
a
wind-driven
device
which,
depending
on
the
wind
velocity,
makes
a
small
plastic
man
use
a
sledge
hammer
on
a
railroad
spike.
Monday's
high
winds
caused
the
figure
to
"work"
so
fast
it
became
a
blur.
As
one
wag
observed,
"He's
obviously
not
working
for
the
BCR."
A
young
girl
phoned
her
mother
at
work
Monday
to
find
out
if
mother
was
going
to
donate
blood
at
the
Red
Cross
clinic.
Fearing
the
child
might
be
concerned
for
her,
mother
said
yes
and
not
to
worry,
it
didn't
hurt
and
Mom
would
be
home
in
time
for
dinner.
"I'm
not
worried
about
anything,"
replied
the
daughter,
"I
just
wanted
to
watch
you
and
play
with
the
other
kids
waiting
for
the
moms."
Today's
weather
proves
it
once
again:
the
rule
that
studded
tires
must
come
off
by
the
end
of
April
is
designed
for
southern
B.C.
While
not
too
much
snow
fell
in
Prince
GeOrge
proper,
the
outlying
areas
got
quite
a
bit
and
motorists
travelling
Highway
16
could
have
used
winter
tires
today.
Downtown
canines
must
be
telling
horror
stories
to
their
relations
in
Blackburn.
During
voter
enumeration
earlier
this
month
in
Blackburn
residents
were
anxious
to
be
put
on
the
voters'
list
but
many
of
their
pe.t
dogs
apparently
believed
the
enumerators
were
really
underground
informants
for
the
dog
catcher.
The
enumerators
said
their
biggest
problem
in
Blackburn
was
knocking
on
doors
without
getting
pantlegs
torn
by
snarling
dogs.
The
15
Copy
Citizen
Other
complaints
of
hardship
include:
,
A
patient
due
for
open-heart
surgery
at
Vancouver
General
Hospital
before
the
strike
began
was
refused
admittance
because
the
surgery
was
elective.
He
was
placed
in
another
hospital
and
now
is
considered
sufficiently
critical
for
him
to
undergo
surgery
at
VGH.
Patients
with
brain
tumors
are
being
refused
admittance
by
TOM
NIXON
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
A
soaring
19-per-cent
increase
in
welfare
costs
has
wiped
out
Prince
George's
$150,000
emergency
fund.
Council
learned
Monday
the
provincial
government's
welfare
bill
to
the
city,
received
only
two
days
after
the
1976
municipal
budget
had
been
submitted
to
the
municipal
affairs
department
for
,
approval
,
showed
a
per
capita
25-cent
increase
in
the
city
share
of
welfare
from
$1.30
to
$1.55.
"It
was
totally
unexpected,"
city
treasurer
Chuck
Schat-tenkirk
said.
"It's
like
sitting
on
a
time-bomb
because,
there's
no
assurance
they
won't
boost
it
again
before
the
end
of
the
year."
The
increase
casts
a
dark
pall
over
Schattenkirk's
bright
budget
which
had
held
expen-.
ditures
to
a
tnill
rate
increase
of
only
.25.
Cost
cutting,
careful
control'of
spending,
and
a
number
of
unexpected
increases
in
government
grants
aided
in
keeping
the
mill
rate
constant.
"I
phoned
the
human
resources
department
and
told
them
this
increase
could
seriously
damage
our-
budget,
which
had
just
been
set,"
the
treasurer
said,
"All
they
said
was
that
if
we
didn't
pay,
they
would
take
the
money
from
one
of
the
grants
still
to
be
paid
us.".
Rather
than
postpone
the
deficit
to
the
1977
budget
year,
he
said,
which
would
"prolong
the
agony"
but
give
some
breathing
space,
the
funds
could
come
out
from
contingency
money.
"And
then
we
pray
t
doesn't
snow
next
winter,"
said
Alderman
Carrie
Jane
Gray.
The
contingency
fund
is
used
generally
to,
offset
unexpected
snow-removal
costs.
"Taxes
are
being
collected
by
the
wrong
people,"
said
Mayor
Harold
Moffat.
"Add
this
total
to
the
school
costs
.
and
the
city
gets
the
smallest
part
of
the
whole
amount
of
taxes."
"This
is
just
a
move
to
show
,they've
balanced
their
budget,"
said
Alderman
Bob
Martin,
"They're
a
bunch
of
smart
boys."
Council
will
write
letters
of
protest
to
the
welfare
department
and
the
municipal
affairs
department,
CLC
granted
ammunition
in
AIB
fight
QUEBEC
(CP)
-Joe
Morris,
leader
of
the
Canadian
Labor
Congress
(CLC),
said
Monday
he
"wouldn't
bet
against"
the
likelihood
of
a
country-wide
general
strike
to
protest
the
federal
anti-inflation
program
of
selective
wage
and
price
controls.
An
overwhelming
majority
of
more
than
2,400
delegates
to
the
CLC
national
convention
Analysis,
page
2
supported
a
resolution
that
gives
CLC
executives
authority
"to
organize
and
conduct
a
general
work
stoppage,
or
stoppages,
If
and
when
necessary."
At
a
news
conference
following
the
solid
show.
of
support
for
militant
action,
Mr.
Morris
said
CLC
leaders
would
use
their
mandate
"if
conditions
were
unchanged,
if
there
was
continuing
pressure
exerted
to
t
he
incomes
of
the
workers
and
the
poor
people."
'
Raleigh
on
Andras:
Leivas
must
go
Robert
Andras,
minister
of
immigration,
will
not
allow
Ricardo
Leiva
to
remain
in
Canada,
Prince
George-Peace
River
MP
Frank
Oberle
told
The
Citizen.
"The
minister
has
reviewed
the
case
and
made
his
decision,
it
just
hasn't
filtered
down
through
the
bureaucracy,"
Oberle
said.
"They
will
have
to
leave
Canada.
"However,
the
regional
officials
will
have
a
certain
degree
of
discretion
in
the
matter
of
where
and
when
the
Leivas
will
be
going,"
he
said.
Local
immigration
officials
have
not
received
any
orders
concerning
the
Levia
deportation
case
since
the
minister
intervened
in
the
matter
10
days
ago.
Ricardo
Leiva,
35,
his
wife
and
two
children
have
been
ordered
deported
from
Canada.
Leiva
came
to
Prince
George
from
Chile
two
years
ago
and
has
been
fighting'
the
deportation
order
since
his
application
for
refugee
status
was
rejected
one
year
ago.
Ine
Leivas
were
to
have
left
Canada
by
May
7
or
face
deportation
to
Chile.
However,
Andras
Intervened
and
delayed
the
deportation
order
pending
an
investigation
by
his
department.
The
Leivas
were
to
have
flown
to
Spain
May
6
where
they
intended
to
apply
for
Canadian
landed
immigrant
status,
a
process
estimated
to
take
at
least
six
months.
.Leiva's
lawyers
maintain
Leiva
cannot
return
to
Chile
for
fear
of
political
reprisals
from
the
ruling
military
junta.
Leiva
originally
fled
Chile
after
the
coup
that
overthrew
Salvator
Allende's
socialist
government
in
1973.
Oberle
said
regional
immigration
officials
will
allow
Leiva
to
investigate
other
countries
from
'where
he
can
apply
for
Canadian
landed
immigrant
status.
Gerry
Goldstein,
Leiva's
Vancouver
lawyer,
said
he
hopes
the
minister
will
consider
the
humanitarian
aspects
of
the
Levia
case
and
allow
the
two
children
to
complete
their
school
year
in
Prince
George.
.
of
'sheer
human
misery'
,
at
strike-bound
hospitals
because
they
are
not
considered
a
sufficient
emergency,
said
Dr:
Jory.
Dr.
McLean
Roberts
said
referrals
to
VGH
from
out-oftown
doctors
Which
are
being
held
up
include
two
children
with
chronic
pneumonia.
He
said
that
without
proper
investigation
possible
at
VGH,
the
children's
condition
might
get
worse.
.
.
a
Raleigh?
Walter
Raleigh
may
have
thrown
his
coat
down
for
a
woman
to
step
on
one
rainy
day
long
ago
but
Steven
Carlson
of
Prince
George
tries
something
much
trickier
to
protect
Karen
Nichols
from
the
showers.
Umbrellas
can
be
lowered
Wednesday,
however.
The
weatherman
has
predicted
the
return
of
spring.
WALKOUT
POSSIBLE
Airport
closure
feared
by
JAN-UDO
WENZEL
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
.
Canada's
air
traffic
controllers
may
shut
down
all
air
travel
across
the
country
by
the
Victoria
Day
holiday
weekend.
The
Canadian
Air
Traffic
Control
Association
has
called
for
a
nation-wide
strike
vote
and
the
results
will
be
known
by
late
today,
Nine
air
traffic
controllers
are
employed
at
the
the,
Prince
George
airport
and
airport
manager
John
Williams
said
the
airport
would
be
closed
down
for
all
scheduled
flights
should
the
controllers
vote
in
favor
of
strike
action.
The
association
announced
it
would
give
a
minimum
of
48
hours
strike
notice,
which
could
then
halt
all
air
traffic
by
Thursday
midnight.
Williams
said
private
small
planes
would
probably
continue
to
operate
under
visual
flight
rules.
Airlines
operate
under
instrument
flight
rules
Wolczuk.
"Each
plant
is
different
and
a
lot
depends
on
whether
the
plants
have
been
exposed
to
wind
as
well
as
the
'
cold
weather."
"But
all
that
can
be
done
now
is
to
keep
the
plants
covered
at
night
and
start
over
with
the
ones
that
are
frozen,"
she
said.
She
said
seeds
would
not
be
affected
if
they
are
below
the
ground.
Cold
spell
proves
foe
for
gardeners
Over-eager
gardeners
in
the
Prince
George
area
may
have
to
do
some
replanting.
Citizen
gardening
columnist
Alice
Wolczuk
says
anyone
who
has
already
started
planting
could
have
either
frozen
or
"chilled"
plants
as
a
result
of
the
cold
weather
this
week.
"It's
really
hard
to
say
what
will
happen,"
explained
Mrs.
BCR
SLOWDOWN
Layoffs
at
mills
Labor
problems
on
the
B.C.
Railway
could
cause
layoffs
in
the
forest
industry
here.-
John
Whitmer,
general
manager
of
Netherlands
Overseas
Mills,
told
The
Citizen
today
35
workers
at
the'
company's
Takla
operation
could
be
laid
off
if
the
BCR's
labor
problems
are
not
resolved
in
two
weeks.
'
He
said
Netherlands
flow
of
lumber
to
Vancouver
docks
and
the
shipping
of
some
chips
to
pulp
mills
has
been
severed
by
the
BCR
dispute,
Whitmer
said
lumber
customers
are
not
certain
any
more
if
.they
will
recleve
shipments
of
B.C.
lumber
on
time,
"I
think
we
may
have
lost
some
customers
already,"
he
said.
Van
Scof
field,.
manager
of
the
northern
Interior
sector
of
the
Council
of'Forest
Industries
aid
today
some
mills
in
the
Prince
Dr.
A.
F.
Hardyment
said
babies
at
VGH
are
crowded
into
one
sector
of
the
nursery
"in
a
distraceful
way."
He
said
this
could
lead
to
possible
cross-infections.
The
strike
at
six
Greater
Vancouver
and
Victoria
hospitals
continues.
Prince
George
Regional
Hospital
employees
are
at
their
jobs
performing
their
normal
duties
and
no
word
has
been
received
when,
and
if,
they
will
hold
a
strike
vote.
Hospital
Employees
Union
representative
Peggy
Heinze
said
today
the
union's
head
office
in
Vancouver
has
not
informed
her
of
any
possible
action
to
be
taken
here
in
conjunction
with
contract
demands
which
have
closed
five
lower
Mainland
hospitals.
The
union
represents'
about
400
non-medical
employees
and
if
a
strike
vote
were
held
and
strike
action
approved,
it
would
be
a
minimum
of
72
hours
before
a
strike
could
be
called.
The
Labor
Relations
Board
would
also
classify
a
number
of
employees
as
essential
so
service
could
be
maintained
for
emergency
cases.
which
make
the
use
of
air
traffic
controllers
mandatory.
The
association's
dispute
with
the
ministry
of
transport
centres
on
the
government's
insistence
on
the
use
of
French
as
a
language
in
traffic
control
in
Quebec.
The
'association
insists,
the
bilingual
policy
is
dangerous.
English
is
the
international
language
of
aviation.
The
controllers'
board
of
directors
reject
a
government
See
also
page
2
offer.
and
recommended
the.
members
vote
in
favor
of
strike
action.
Several
outstanding
issues
led
the
association's
board
to
conclude
that
a
conciliation
board
report
was
unacceptable.
Aside
from
the
bilingual
issue,
the
government's
pay
offer
was
too
low,
the
association
said.
The
government
offered
to
appoint
a
commissioner
to
inquire
into
the
dispute,
but
the
association
said
his
terms
of
reference
were
so
narrow
they
were
not
acceptable.
next?
George
region
are
"hurt
significantly"
by
slowdowns
and
strikes
on
the
BCR.
He
said
dealing
with
a
lack
of
chip
transportation
on
the
BCR
presents
the
most
serious
problem
to
some
mills.
"Mills
must
now
burn,
pile
or
otherwise
manipulate
production
to
deal
with
the
chip
problem,"
he
said.
Scoffield
said
labor
problems
on
the
BCR
have
cost
area
mills
a
considerable
sum
of
money
money
which
might
otherwise
have
been
spent
on
developing
facilities.
BCR
operations
are
slowed
down
because
of
work-to-rule
action
by
the
United
Transportation
Union
(UTU)
over
a
contract
dispute
centering
on
overtime
pay,
The
BCR
is
laying
off
employees
due
to
the
action,
which
the
railway
calls
a
strike.
Layoffs
will
affect
between
1,000
and
1,300
employees,
one-third
of
the
work
force,
Citizen
photo
by
Len
Teniae!
Money
talks
VERNON,
B.C.
(CP)
-Economics
and
not
government
studies
will
likely
determine
British
Columbia
college
and
university
construction
needs,
the
principal
of
Okanagan
College
said
Monday,
Ronald
Jef
fels
said
in
a
telephone
interview
from
Kelowna
that
with
28
per
cent
of
the
provincial
budget
alloted
to
all
levels
of
education,
the
basic
costs
of
a
new
university
might
be
too
high.
It
would
cost
a
minimum
$100
million
to
set
up
a
new,
fouryear
degree-granting
university
and
would
require
millions
more
annually
to
operate
it,
he
said.
New
prices
for
oil,
gas
seen
tonight
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
New
domestic
prices
for
oil
and
natural
gas
will
be
announced
in
the.
Commons
tonight
by
Energy
Minister
Alastair
Gillespie,
'
sources
say.
The
minister
is
scheduled
to
make
a
statement
to
the
Commons
at
8p.m.
EDT
but
his
office
declined
to
confirm
that
the
subject
will
be
the
new
prices.
Other
sources,
however,
say
that
the
minister
will
"
,
be
unveiling
the
new
price
regime.
It
was
not
immediately
clear
whether
the
federal
government
has
reached
agreement
on
a
new
price
with
the
producing
provinces
of
Alberta
and
Sasketchewan
or
if
it
plans
unilateral
action.
The
government
has
been
looking
at
increases
of.
between
11.05
and
$2
a
barrel
on
the
current
$8
domestic
price,
The
world
price
is
$13.50
a
barrel,
landed
in
Montreal.
The
new
Canadian
price
proposal
would
add
between
three
and
six
cents
to
the
price
of
a
gallon
of
gasline
or
home-heating
oil.
Earlier
this
month,
a
meeting
between
Prime
Minister
Trudeau
and
the
provincial
.
premiers
failed
to
reach
agreement
on
price
Increases.