Lorett's
story;
a
tent,
pills
.
.
by
BEV
CHIUSTENSEN
Citizen
family
editor
Lorett
Van
Koughnett
looks
like
any
other
bright-eyed,
blonde
six-year-old
who
is
enjoying
her
first
year
at
school.
But
when
she
speaks
to
you,
you
might
notice
she
had
a
chest
cold
but
you'd
never
suspect
this
was
one
symptom
of
an
incurable
genetic
disease
that
requires
her
to
undergo
more
than
two
hours
of
treatment
each
day
and
take
16
pills
with
each
meal.
Each
night
when
she
goes
to
bed
her
mother,
Ann
Van
Koughnett,
tucks
in
the
bright
hand-crocheted
bedspread
that
covers
her
little
bed,
then
adjusts
the
mist
tent
over
her
head
and
starts
the
motor
running
to
fill
the
air
inside
the
tent
with
fine
vapor
mist
and
medications
to
treat
her
lungs.
Mrs.
Van
Koughnett
has
become
so
accustomed
to
the
sound
of
that
motor
running
all
night
that
whenever
Lorett
is
in
the
hospital
she
can't
sleep
because
it
is
too
quiet.
When
the
Van
Koughnetts
were
expecting
their
fifth
child
they
had
no
reason
to
believe
that
child
would
be
any
different
from
the
rest
of
their
healthy
family.
Lorett,
too,
seemed
healthy
when
she
was
born
and
Mrs.
Van
Koughnett
noticed
nothing
unusual
about
her
new
daughter
except
that
she
slept
more
than
her
other
children'.
When
the
p.ublic
health
nurse
made
her
routine
six-week
visit
to
their
home
she
discovered
Lorett
was
not
gaining
weight
and
recommended
that
she
be
taken
to
their
family
doctor.
Ten
weeks
later
they
learned
Lorett
was
a
victim
of
cystic
fibrosis.
Lorett
is
one
of
about
six
known
victims
of
the
disease
in
Prince
George.
At
that
point
Mrs.
Van
Koughnett
knew
nothing
about
the
disease
that
threatened
her
daughter
but
has
since
learned
a
great
deal
about
the
genetic
factor
which
causes
it
and
gained
'much
first
hand
experience
with
the
treatments
available
for
the
disease.
One
in
every
20
Canadians
carries
the
genetic
potential
for
cystic
fibrosis.
When
two
people
who
carry
this
genetic
factor
marry
there
is
a
one
in
four
chance
they
will
produce
a
child
with
the
disease
and
a
two
in
four
chance
they
will
have
children
who
are
carriers
of
the
genetic
factor.
The
disease
affects
the
lungs,
pancreas
and
intestinal
tract
of
its
victims
by
filling
them
with
a
thick
sticky
mucus
which
coats
the
broncheal
tubes
and
blocks
the
pancreas,
preventing
the
release
of
.
enzymes
essential
to
the
digestion
of
food.
To
overcome
this
deficiency,
cystic
fibrosis
CANADA
TO
INDIA
Nuclear
sales
cut
off
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
Canada
has
decided
to
make
permanent
its
suspension
of
nuclear
co-operation
with
India,
External
Affairs
Minister
Allan
MacEachen
said
Tuesday.
The
minister
announced
in
the
Commons
that
further
cooperation
with
India
in
the
nuclear
field
is
not
possible.
Nuclear
co-operation
with
India
was
suspended
in
May,
1974,
when
that
country
exploded
a
bomb
made
from
TODAY
To
ease
breathing,
nights
are
spent
in
a
tent
filled
patients
must
take
enzyme
tablets
to
aid
in
the
normal
digestion
of
their
food.
To
help
keep
Lorett's
lungs
clear
of
the
thick
mucus
that
collects
in
them,
Mrs.
Van
Koughnett
treats
her
three
times
a
day
with
a
mask
vaporizer
then
places
her
in
a
head
down
position
and
hand-thumps
her
chest
vigorously
to
loosen
the
mucus
and
help
her
cough
it
up.
Each
treatment
takes
about
40
minutes.
The
disease
considerably
lessens
the
life
expectancy
of
its
victims
and,
although
life
expectancy
increases
each
year
that
research
continues,
the
oldest
known
living
Canadian
victim
of
the
disease
is
32-years-old,
As
president
of
the
local
chapter
of
the
Cystic
Fibrosis
Association
of
Canada
Mrs.
'Van
Koughnett
is
aware
of
many
facts
about
cystic
fibrosis
but
the
one
that
worries
her
most
is
the
Plutonium
produced
by
a
small
Canadiansupplied
pilot
reactor.
Since
then,
negotiations
have
been
conducted
here
and
in
New
Delhi
with
hopes
of
getting
India
to
agree
to
safeguards
against
use
of
Canadian-supplied
material
for
nuclear
explosions.
However,
Mr.
MacEachen's
statement
shows
the
government
has
given
up
on
this.
Opposition
spokesmen
wel
'Repeat!
We
do
not
understand
French!
Was
that
ten
degrees
starboard
or
port?'
knowledge
there
is
no
effec
tive
method
of
preventing
the
disease.
There
are
no
tests
to
determine
whether
you
have
the
genetic
factor
which
will
result
in
the
disease
nor
is
there
any
test
can
be
done
during
early
pregnancy
to
find
out
comed
the
announcement,
but
said
it
is
only
the
first
step
toward
a
moral
nuclear
sales
program.
Mr.
MacEachen
said
last
year
he
would
not
resume
full
nuclear
co-operation
with
India
no
matter
what
the
outcome
of
negotiations.
The
Indians
now
are'
using
Canadian
technology
to
build
other
Canadian-style
Candu
reactors
in
Madras,
without
Canadian
assistance.
Citizen
Photo
by
Dave
Milne
with
medicated
mist
whether
an
unborn
child
has
the
disease.
"I
certainly
hope
by
the
time
my
children
are
old
enough
to
marry
there
is
a
way
to
test
to
see
if
they
have
the
factor
so
they
can
make
a
choice
about
whether
or
not
they
want
to
have
children,"
Mrs!
Van
Koughnett
said.
"I
know
I
wouldn't
take
the
chance."
She's
therefore
very
concerned
that
federal
funds
have
been
cut
off
for
research
being
done
to
find
a
test
for
cystic
fibrosis.
The
local
branches
throughout
Canada
raise
funds
to
further
research
into
the
disease
but
the
local
branch,
like
many
others,
has
a
small
membership.
Mrs.
Van
Koughnett
is
the
only
member
of
the
local
branch
who
is
the
parent
of
a
child
with
cystic
fibrosis.
The
other
members
are
relatives
or
friends
of
victims
of
the
disease.
Postage
stamp
prices
to
soar
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
First-class
postal
rates
are
expected
to
increase
by
50
per
cent
over
the
next
year
as
the
post
office
seeks
to
reduce
an
annual
deficit
of
more
than
$626
million.
A
senior
official
in
one
department
and
a
political
adviser
to
members
of
the
Trudeau
cabinet
both
confirmed
Wednesday
that
increases,
to
take
effect
in
two
stages,
will
be
announced
in
Finance
Minister
Donald
Mac-donald's
budget
next
Tuesday
.
FEATURED
INSIDE
The
Canadian
government's
deal
with
Lockheed
Aircraft
Corp.
to
purchase
$1
billion
in
planes
has
collapsed.
Page
2.
President
Ford
has
scored
the
victories
he
needed
in
the
Michigan
and
Maryland
primaries
-t-.to
slow
the
drive
of
Ronald
Reagan
for
the
Republican
presidential
nomination.
Gov.
Edmond
Brown
of
California,
meanwhile,
defeated
Jimmy
Carter
in
the
Democratic
contest.
Page
5.
Beaver
Lake:
a
hike
for
the
whole
family.
The
Outdoors.
Page
46.
The
National
Hockey
League
may
be
ready
to
take
specific
steps
against
violence
on
the
ice.
Page
13.
Business,
8;
Comics,
40;
Classified,
16-26;
Editorial,
4;
Home
and
Family,
44-45;
International,
5;
Local
and
Provincial,
3,
7,
48;
Outdoors,
46;
National,
2;
Horoscopes,
38;
Sports,
13-15;
Television,
41.
Is
Secret
BRUSSELS
(Reuter)
-
The
United
States
has
developed
a
weapon
so
secret
senior
military
officers
at
NATO
headquarters
turn
pale
when
you
mention
its
name
Captor.
They
will
neither
confirm
nor
deny
the
existence
of
the
weapon,
but
Western
sources
say
it
is
in
production
in
the
U.S.
Captor,
capable
of
carrying
a
nuclear
warhead,
is
a
"sleeping"
torpedo
that
lies
on
the
bottom
of
the
sea.
When
it
hears
an
enemy
submarine,
it
wakes,
swims
out
of
its
case
and
homes
silently
in
on
the
unsuspecting
victim.
The
15c
Copy
Wednesday,
CONTRACT
BCR
300
by
JAN-UDO
WENZEL
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
Some
300
Prince
George
residents
will
join
the
unemployment
ranks
by
Friday
due
to
the
layoffs
at
the
B.C.
Railway.
There
are
about
400
BCR
employees
in
this
area
and
while
most
will
be
laid
off
today,
non-union
'employees
were
given
notice
their
employment
would
be
terminated
by
Friday.
The
remaining
100
employees
are
maintenance
and
supervisory
personnel
as
well
as
those
handling
the
passenger
service.
All
BCR
freight
service
was
suspended
today
and
railway
spokesman
Hugh
Armstrong
said
that
all
but
500
of
the
3,100
employees
would
be
laif
off.
Armstrong
said
the
steps
were
taken
because
of
what
he
termed
''the
strike
by
the
United
Transportation
Union."
The
UTU
denies
it
is
on
strike
and
general
chairman
Glen
Bowles
said
the
members
are
working
to
rule
to
back
up
contract
demands.
The
union
has
been
without
a
contract
since
last
July.
The
main
issue
of
the
dispute
is
the
union's
demand
for
overtime
on
a
daily
basis.
The
company
offered
overtime
after
100
hours
of
work
over
two
weeks.
Armstrong
said
the
passenger
service
will
be
maintained,
although
it
accounts
for
only
.70
per
cent'of
the
railway's
revenue.
Also
operating
as
of
Friday
will
be
the
Royal
Hudson
steamtrain,
a
major
tourist
attraction
between
North
Vancouver
and
Squamish.
Armstrong
said
it
is
estimated
that
about
2,492
freightcar
loads
of
lumber
are
stockpiled
along
the
line
waiting
to
be
moved.
Armstrong
said
the
BCR
has
estimated
it
would
ship
about
15,000
car
loads
of
lumber
between
Jan.
1
and
April
30.
"But
due
to
strike
and
slowdown
we
shipped
only
11,592
loads.
About
1,097
loads
were
shipped
by
other
carriers,
leaving
2,492
not
moved,"
Armstrong
said.
This
figure
was
arrived
at
by
contacting
all
lumber
shippers
and
inquiring
about
their
excessive
stockpiling.
Asked
how
many
people
were
using
the
passenger
service,
Armstrong
said
the,
annual
BCR
report
shows
68,000
persons
travelled
on
the
line
in
1975
and
72,000
in
1974.
UTU
northern
chairman
'CAPTOR'
OUTSWIMS
VICTIM
weapon
There
is
no
escape
from
the
torpedo.
It
will
turn
and
attack
repeatedly
until
It
destroys
the
target.
Captor
recognizes
an.
enemy
submarine
by
its
engine
sound.
It
is
programmed
to
continue
sleeping
when
a
friendly
vessel
passes.
,
The
sources
said
Captor
has
taken
almost
10
years
to
develop.
Captor's
main
aim
would
be
to
stop
Soviet
submarines
from
passing
from
the
Norwegian
Sea
and
Baltic
Sea
into
the
Atlantic,
where
it
might
attack
allied
shipping,
the
sources
said.
Captor
could
also
block
the
Bosphor-
Citizen
May
19,1976
Vol.
20;
No.
DISPUTE
packs
laid
Noel
Hubbard
said
in
Prince
George
today
the
laybffs
are
unjustified.
He
said
the
line
should
put
on
more
crews
to
move
the
freight
cars
now
stacked
in
the
yard.
"There
were
about
60
men
on
the
spare-board
who
could
be
called
in
to
move
the
cars,"
Hubbard
said.
He
feels
the
company
is
biding
its
time
until
the
government
passes
Bill
22,
the
Railway
Operation
Continuation
LUMBER
PILES
Cariboo
mills
by
ELI
SOPOW
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
The
fi.C.
Railway
"work-to-rule"
campaign
has
forced
Ernst
Forest
Products
in
Ques-nel
to
shut
down
two
sawmills
and
lay
off
120
workers.
Gas,
oil
prices
to
be
increased
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
A
new
petroleum
pricing
program
announced
Tuesday
will
raise
the
prices
of
everything
from
gasoline
and
heating
oil
to
plasticgarbage
bags,
fertilizer
and
food.
Gasoline
and
heating
oil
will
increase
by
four
cents
a
gallon
Sept.
1
and
a
further
2l
cents
March
1
under
new
prices
unveiled
in
the
Commons
by
Energy
Minister
Alastair
Gillespie.
The
price
of
natural
gas
also
will
rise
15.5
cents
a
thousand
cubic
feet
July
1
and
by
a
further
10
cents
Jan.
1
,
Mr.
Gil
NATURAL
GAS
HIKE
Bennett
wants
deal
VICTORIA
(CP)
-Premier
Bill
Bennett
said
Tuesday
night
that
British
Columbia
can't
support
the
new
price
of
oil
until
Ottawa
recognizes
B.C.'s
claim
for
a
$2-a-cubic-foot
price
for
natural
gas
exported
from
the
province.
The
premier
was
commenting
on
the
federal
government
announcement
that
the
price
of
THE
WEATHER
Sunny
weather
with
a
few
cloudy
periods
Is
expected
for
most
of
today
and
Thursday
as
a
ridge
of
high
pressure
moves
into
the
Central
Interior
from
Alberta.
The
weatherman
predicts
a
high
today
of
12C
and
a
low
of,
0C.
Warmer
15C
degree
weather
is
predicted
for
Thursday.
The
high
Tuesday
was
7C
when
1.8
cm
of
snow
fell.
The
total
precipitation
of
rain
and
snow
was
4.1
mm,
The
high
for
May'19,
1976
was
12C;
the
low,
1C.
lurks
on
97
Prince
George,
British
off
Act,
which
would
ban
strikes
or
lockouts
at
the
BCR
for
four
years.
"The
company
is
hiding
behind
that
bill
as
it
was
hiding
behind
the
anti-inflation
board
in
contract
negotiations,"
Hubbard
said.
He
feels
the
work-to-rule
.
action
by
the
UTU
is
justified,
because
the
rules
they
are
working
to
are
those
of
the
railway.
"We
believe
it
is
poor
management
that
is
to
blame
for
UP
Company
president
John
Ernst
said
Monday
the
remaining
planer
mill
with
80
workers
will
be
shut
down
"if
the
situation
does
not
improve."
Meanwhile,
Joe
Miyazawa,
secretary-manager
of
the
lespie
told
the
Commons.
It
will
raise
the
annual
cost
of
heating
a
home
with
oil
by
$48
a
year
and
with
gas
by
an
additional
$40,
based
on
a
national
average
calculated
by
the
department
of
energy.
The
increases
result
from
a
decision
to
boost
the
current
$8
a
barrel
domestic
crude
oil
price
by
$1.05
July
1
and
a
further
70
cents
Jan.
1.
But
the
increases
will
not
be
passed
on
to
consumers
until
60
days
after
those
dates,
allowing
time
to
use
up
oil
company
stocks
of
lower
priced
products.
oil
would
be
increased
by
$1.75
a
barrel
in
two
stages.
Mr.
Bennett
also
said
that
his
pove'rnment
intends
to
maintain
a
strong
provincial
control
pver
B.C.
resources,
The
premier
was
critical
of
Ottawa
for
not
removing
the
lOcent-a-gallon
federal
tax
which,
he
said,
benefits
only
Eastern
Canada.
seabed
ous
if
the
Soviet
Black
Sea
fleet
tried
to
get
into
the
Aegean
and
the
Mediterranean.
The
sources
said
Captor
would
not
be
distributed
on
the
seabed
until
war
had
broken
out
or
was
imminent
within
hours.
Western
shipping
would
be
fitted
with
special
electronic
devices
to
prevent
Captor
from
attacking
a
friendly
vessel.
While
most
torpedoes
have
an
effective
range
of
about
15,000
yards,
the
Mark
48
can
go
30
miles.
It
travels
at
about
55
miles
an
hour
and
dives
to
3,000
feet
before
rising
to
hit
a
submarine.
Columbia
it
n
here
all
of
the
problems
we
have.
There's
no
reason
not
to
run
more
trains,
not
only
now
but
anytime,"
Hubbard
said.
By
Friday
the
B.C.
Labor
Relations
Board
will
decide
whether
the
UTU
slowdown
constitutes
a
strike.
The
newly-formed
Council
of
Railway
Trade
Unions
is
protesting
the
layoffs
and
a
spokesman
said
the
matter
will
be
presented
to
the
LRB.
The
council
says
the
layoffs
are
illegal.
close
Cariboo
Lumber
Manufacturers
Association,
told
The
Citizen
today
more
mills
in
the
Cariboo
could
shut
down
this
week
because
of
labor
trouble
on
the
BCR.
The
BCR
has
been
hit
by
a
United
Transportation
Union
decision
to
"work-to-rule."
Consequently
layoffs
have
occurred
and
embargoes
placed
on
transport
of
chips
and
overseas
lumber.
Miyazawa
termed
the
rail
situation
"depressing,
and
frustrating"
and
said
lumber
manufacturers
are
losing
both
money
and
credibility.
He
said
because
lumber
cannot
be
moved
and
wood
chips
are
piling
up,
layoffs
may
occur
at
the
mills.
"Some
manufacturers
are
trucking
their
product
to
Canadian
National
Railway
tracks
but
that
is
costing
money.
"I'm
afraid
in
the
long
run,
buyers
will
develop
an
attitude
against
suppliers
on
the
BCR
line.
We
are
getting
a
very
bad
reputation
and
those
producers
not
on
the
BCR
are
using
it
to
their
advantage.
"As
a
sales
gimmick
they
are
saying
those
on
the
BCR
line
can't
supply
while
those
not
on
the
line
can,"
he
said.
Miyazawa
said
when
the
forest
industry
is
hit,
the
economy
in
general
suffers.
"The
provincial
government
is
losing
tax
money,
and
repercussions
are
going
to
be
felt
in
the
communities,"
he
said.
In
Prince
George,
more
layoffs
could
occur
at
area
sawmills.
John
Whitmer,
general
manager
of
Netherlands
overseas
Mills,
told
The
Citizen
Tuesday
35
workers
at
the
company's
Takla
operation
could
be
laid
off
if
the
BCR
dispute
is
not
set:
tied
in
two
weeks.
(
NOW
HEAR
THIS
)
A
woman
and
her
young
son
were
shopping
in
the
bakery
sectin
of
a
Prince
George
supermarket.
The
woman
was
busy
purchasing
an
assortment
of
cookies
when
her
son
tugged
on
her
slacks
and
urged
her
to
get
"some
of
those
things
with
blood
in
'em,"
indicating
some
cherry
turnovers.
Dessert
anyone?
A
local
"Y"
advocate
recently
realized
there
is
more
to
being
fit
than
jogging
around
the
block
when
it
came
time
to
mow
his
lawn.
Thinking
to
demonstrate
his
physical'
prowess
he
borrowed
an
old
fashioned
push
mower
and
began
rushing
about
his
lawn.
It
wasn't
long
however
until
the
effort
of
pushing
this
machine
became
greater
than
his
devotion
to
exercise
and
when
last
seen
he
was
meekly
following
a
rented
power
mower
over
the
landscape.
Yes,
you
did
hear
correctly.
B.C.
cabinet
minister
Pat
McGeer
has
said
he's
looking
at
the
possibility
of
rebates
to
good
drivers
if
ICBC
shows
a
profit
this
year.
The
way
the
accident
rate
Is
declining.
McGeer
might
just
have
to
pay
up
.
.
.