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ft,
OUR
MAN
AT
HABITAT
Vd
n
couver
conf
erence
"Staff
reporter
ELI
-SOPOW
is
In
Vanr
"
couver
to
'
give
Citizen
"
readers
a
breath
of
the('
ftmosphers
.'surround-.'
ing
the
United
Nations'
Habitat
Conference
on
H.iman
Settlements.
''VANCOUVER
-The
cab
driver
won't'
tell
ime
his
name
because
it's
against
company
policy
to
talk
;
abouj
politics,
but
he
thinks
,
,
Habitat
is
a
flop.
We
hiss
through
the
Vancouver
rain,
flashing
past
rows
of
lampstandards
flapping
flags
with
the
familiar
blue
and
white
Habitat
insignia,
Geodesic
dome
'
I.
''I
iAnofher
"Citizen
reporter
;
JOHN
POPE
travelled
through
the
Robson'
Valley
recently
and
found
small
colonies
of
urban:
exiles;
seeking
an
alternate
lifestyle
in
wilderness
areas
of
the
Rocky
-Mountain
trench.
This
is
the
first
of
a
four-part
.series.
.
'
;
vDUNSTER
Cameron
S
wet's
'
24-foot
geodesic
dome
stands
isolated
:
in
the
;
wilderness
near-
this
;
Robson.'
Valley
community.
;
-For
it
is
a
syrhbol
representing
diverse
attempts
by
many
.people
in
the
'valley
to
find
avant-garde
alternatives,
to.
rnany
of
the
social
and
ecologi-.
cal
problems
facing
man
in
the
20th
Century.;
"
;And
their
252-acre
jio
mes-tead,
which
is
shared
cooperativelywith
a
brother,
Swet's
parents,
and
a
close
friend,
is
a
model
ofalterna-i
tlyes
such
as
organic
gardening
and
the
use
of
sun
and
wind
for
energy.
,
-'We
are
basically,
trying
to
clevulop
a
small-scale
intensive
agriculture
operation
that
will
be
self-sufficient,"
explained
Swet,
who
emigrated
from
Illinois
to
British
Columbia"
five
years
ago
with
his
wife
and
five
children
in
a
converted
school
bus.-V
"As
you
might
imagine,
the
Headless
The
United
Nations
conference'
on
human'
settle
ments
is
over-rated,
says
the
cabbie.
"They
told
tourists
to
stay
away
from
Vancouver
during
Habitat
because'
there
would
be
rib
place
to'
stay.
"Now
the
hotels
are
empty
and
there
are
no
tourists.
It's
a
flop.
Justlike
the
Pan-American
games
held
here
in
the
1950s.
We
would
have
.been
better
without
it,"
he
says.
The
cab
driver
is
mad
because
Habitat
has'
cut
into
his
business
rather
tlian
added
to
it,,
He,
says
armed
.service-
stands
as
a
silent
i
sentinel
in
the
wilderness
of
the
Robson
Valley;
PEACE
IN
THE
VALLEY
place
r
f
,
'
'
"
KUALA
LUMPUR
(AP)
-
Shrieking
female
employees
who
claimed
they
had
been
-molested
by
a
headless,
10-foot
ghost
led
a
.stampsde
of
workers
out
of
an
electrical
equipment
factory,
.
i
The,
factory
shut
down
for
three
days
until
.arrangements
were
made
to
satisfy
the
spirit.
iThe
womensaid
they
saw
the
apparition
last
Cameron
Swet
.with
dinner
gong
land
in
the
area
outside
of
Chicago
is
pretty
well
depleted,"
he
said.,
"So
it
was
an
exciting
adventure
to
travel
up
here
and
find
land
that
we
could
put
our
roots
into
again."
Swet
says
they
tried
,to
'develop
organic
gardening
and
homesteading
skills
in
the
"old
country,"
as
he
now
refers
to
the
U.S.,:
but
had
to
move
after
their
life-style
was
gradually
zoned
out
of
existence
by'
encroaching
suburbs.
But:
their;
back-to-the-land
existence
is
well
imderway
in
SOPOW
personnel
fromL
eastern
Canada
are
driving
delegates
and
dignitaries'
another
Dunster
and
their
24-foot
geodesic
dome
has
a
tree
house
type
top
which
seems
the
perfect
final
symbolic
touch
for
a
Swiss
Farhily
Robinson
set-up.
Beneath
the
crows:nest
lookout
is
a
common
sleeping
area
in
the
loft,
while
the
middle
level
is
a
sunlight-filled
combination
kitchen
and
living
room
with
hanging
pots
of
plants
visible
at
every
dome
window.
The
basemeYit
serves
as
a
storage
area
and
workshop
for
family
members,
Outside
is
a
30-foot
high
win-
ghost
appeased
in
Ipoh.
Some
fainted.
About
50
women
started
shrieking'
that
they,
had
been
possessed
and
everyone
fled,
Factory
workers
advised
the
plant's
American
manager
ito
summon
a
bpmoh,
or
witch
doctor.
Bomoh
Tok
Ali,
after
some
consultations,
declared
that
the
ghost
would
be
appeased
if
a
goat
was
sacrificed.
around
in
rented
vehicles
and
are
given
access
to
treasured
parking
zones
reserved
for
cabs.
"The
whole
thing
is
over-exaggerated,"
he
says.'
We
spray
through
the
rain
and
into
the
reserved
parking
lot.
at
'Jericho
Beach
near
the
University
of
B.C.
Here
is'
the
home
of
Habitat
forum
an
area
of
restructured
airport
hangars
housing
arid
informal
side
show
of
the
conference.
On
the
other
side
of
town;
official
United,
Nation
delegates'
are
meeting
in
the
Queen
;
Elizabeth
Theatre
to
find
solutions
to
,
life
.
.
.
dmill
with
an
eight-foot
wheel
that
generates
power
for
a
110-volt
electrical
system
when
it
is
turned
by
the
wind.
This
supplies
enough
electrical
power
to
light
the
dome
and
i
run
a
washing
machine
that
is,
in
constant
use
of
cleaning
the
,
iaundry'
for
five
children
who
enjoy
playing
in
the
wilderness
area.
All
of,
their
vegetables
are
grown
organically
in
a
garden
,
next
to
their
dome
and
a
small,
stone-gririd
rnill
produces:
enough
finely-ground
flour
in,
20
minutes
to
make
eight;
loaves
of
bread
from
locally,
grown
wheat.
And
their
wind-powered
operation
will
eventually,
be
used
to
pump
water
through
a
1,5007
foot
underground
pipeline
into
a
storage
tank
in
the
dome
and-for
irrigation
purposes
on
the
farrn.
At
present,
the
system
is
operating
efficiently
at
creating
and
storing
energy,
As
the
wind
turns
the
wheel
on
the
mill
it
powers
a
generator
which
generates
electricity
to
two
battery
packs'
that
are
used'fo
store
and
transmit
power.
While
the
"charge"
circuit
is
supplying,
electricity
to'
the
idome,
the
"load"
circuit
is
being
charged
for
future
use
by
power
from
the
windmill..
This
is
usually
done
aftt;
a
pack
is
fully-charged
so
the
power
may
be
rationed
easily
during
periods
of
calm
weather;
Swet
says
their
success
arid
enthusiasm
for
windpower
has
led
to
the
construction
'of
six
other
wind
plants
in
the
area.
And
he's
not:
going
to
stop
here.
His
next
operation
will
be
to
harness
the
sun's
energy
by
building
a
solar
collector
to
store
heat
for
the
dome
a
practice
that
has
been
used
to
provide
up
to
65
per
cent
of
the
heating
requirements,
in
some
Canadian
geodesic
domes.
d
corn
world
problems,
but
here
delegates
from
a
vast
sprectrum
of
humanitarian
organizations'
are.
holding
workshops,
meeting
in.
seminars
and
giving
exhibits
in
an
effort
to
do;
the
same
thing.
Jericho
Beach
looks
like
the
aftermath
of
a
disaster.
The
driving
rain
has
forced
people
to
wrap
themselves
in
rented
blankets
and
they
slog
through
puddles
looking
like
moats
around
the
various
hangars.
It
is
an
informal
atmosphere
of
blue
jeans,
rain
geer,
smiles
and
rough
wooden
exteriors.
The
5C
Copy
,000
SALARY
Socred
for
BvC.
VICTORIA
(CP)
The
Social
Credit
government;
moved
on
another
election
promise
"
Wednesday,
with
legislation
which'
would
establish
the
office
of
om-j
budsman.
The
Ombudsman
Act,
introduced
by
Attorney-General
Garde
Gardom,
says
the
ombudsman
would
be
appointed
following
a
unanimous
recommendation
from
a
special
legislative
committee,
,
.
The
ombudsman
would
be
appointed
for
six
years
at
a
salary
of
$52,000
a
year
and
could
be
reappointed
for
further
six
year
terms.
'
.
.
I
.
',.'
The
bill
would
allow
the
ombudsman
to
investigate
the
administration
of
provincial
government
departments
or
agencies
and
make
recommendations
for
change
if
necessary,'
Mr;
Gardom
said
at
a
news
conference
the
ombudsman
would
not
have
the
power
to
reverse
government
decisions
but
only
to
recommend
that
a
department
or
agency
change
its
procedures
to
give
more
efficient
arid
fair
service
to
the
public.
Mr.:
Gardom
said
the
bill
was
patterned
on
similar.pnes
in
'
'
eight
other
provinces:
';..'"""
The
ombudsman
will
be
independerit,
non-partisan
and
objec-;
tive,
he
said,-
and
a
safeguard
to
individuals
against
government
excesses
and
abuses.
59-
per
cent
catch-up
pay
awarded
VANCOUVER
(CP)
The
biggest
"catchup"
pay
Increase
since
federal
anti-inflation
income
controls
up
to
59
:
per
cent
over
two
years
has
gone
to
,
Workers;
on
the
crown-owned
British1
Columbia
Railway.
The
arbitration
by
Owen'
Shlme
of
Toronto
provides
for
increases
of
$2.20
to
$2.82
an
hour
over
two
years
from
July
31
for
about
40
members
bf
the
International
Union
of
Operating;
Engineers'
who
work
exclusively
on
B.C.
Rail's
Dease
Lake
extention.
These
workers
were
getting'
a
;
rane
of
$3.72
.
to
$6.30
an
hour,
making
the
increase
44
to
59
per
cent,
The
Shime
arbitration
also
gave
$2.16
an
hour
for
Maintenance'
of
JWay
Employees
and
truck
drivers,
warehousemen,
mechanics
and;
clerical
workers
of
the
Teamsters
Union
local
31.;
All
but
one
of
the
railway
contracts
has
now
'been
settled.
The
remaining
,
one
:
involves
United
Transportation
Union
trainmen
whose
work-to-rule
campaign
resulted
in
the,
railway,
shutting
down
freight
business
a
month
ago.1
Rail
sh
uf
down
effects
probed
by
JAN-UDO
WENZEL
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
Chambers
of
commerce
from
Fort
Nelson
to
Squamish
have
started
surveying
businesses
and
individuals
for
a
brief
intended
to
impress
on
the
provincial
government
the
Impact
the
BCR
work
stoppage
is
haying
on
the
North.,
Roy
Spooner,
manager
of
the
Prince
George
Chamber
of
Commerce,
said
the
brief
will
be
presented
by
June
15,
While
the
railway
remains
idle
due
to
the
contract
dispute
with
the
United
Transportation
Union
(UTUj,
the
BCR
as!
well
as
three
other
unions
have
accepted
the
Shime
Report
as
p
i
ex
happen
i
ng
Exhibits
and'
theatre
workshops,
,
the
cafeteria
and
the
people
all
seem
to
have
been
set
up
in
an
instant
emergency
measure.
The
press
building,
two
floors
of
Wood:frame,
renovated'utllity
area,
has
about
30
journalists
from
around
Jhe
world
staring
Citizen
Thursday,
June
3,
1976
Vol.
20;
No-,108,.
s
pa
ve
Mr.
Gardom
said
he
hoped
the
legislation
would
have,
speedy
passage.
The
ombudsman.
could
investigate
any'
department
or
branch
of,
government
or
an
agency;
board,
commission,
council;
association,,
foundation,"
bureau
or
other
body
the
majority
of
members
of
which
are
appointed
by
an
act;
minister
or
order
of
the'
cabinet;."
Also
subject
to
investigation
would;
be
any
corporation,
more,
than
50
per
cent
of
.
the
shares
or
ownership
of
which
is
:
vested
in
the
government.-
The
bill
also
allows
the
om-.
budsman
!
to
investigate
matters
prior
to
the
legislation
becoming
effective
but
also
outlines
;
certain
;
situations
'.when
the
ombudsman
may
refuse
to:
Investigate
a
matter,;
Canada-EEC
accord
hear
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
External
Affairs
Minister
Allan
MacEachen
announced
Wednesday
that
officials
of
Canada
and
the
;
Commission
of
1
the
European
Communities
:
have
reached
agreement
on
texts
of
the
framework
agreement
for
commercial
and
economic
co-operation
between.
Canada
and
the
European
communities.
The
.
agreements
,
were!
marked
in
Brussels
by
an
exchange
of
notes
,
between'
the;
commission
and
the
Canadian;
mission
to
the
communities.
.
a
means
of
settling
their
"con-1
tracts.
Owen
B.
Shime
was,
appointed
arbitrator
by
the'
government
in.April
and
his;
report-was'
released
Wednesday,
It
covers
the
BCR
and
the
Maintenance
of
Way
Employees
Union,
the
Interna-j
tional
Union
of
Operating
Engineers
and
the
Teamsters
'
Union,
.
"
The
report
calls
for
a
two-year
contract
retroactive
to
July
31,
1975.
Wage
increases
are
in
intervals
of
six
months.;
Under
the
old
contract;
Teamsters
earned
an
average
of
$4.99
an
hour
plus
a
26-
See
BCR,
page
2
out
at
the
rairi,
pocketing
press
releases
or
tapping
away
at
a
row
of
about
20
typewriters
set
up
on
rough
wooden
tables.:
In
a
corner
Bob
Hunter
of
the
';
Greenpeace
organization
gives
'
a
press
conference
to
a
dozen
reporters.
He
calls
Prime
Minsiter
-Trudeau
ignorant
and
naive
and
says
Habitat
is
an
hypocrisy
because
Canada
.
continues
to
sell
nucular
"
reactors,
Reporters
walk
into
the,
room,
look
around,
and'
leave.
Throughout
Habitat
forum
at
Jericho
Beach,
;
Prince
George,
British
there
Is
little,
evidence
of.
security
precautions
and
no
identification
is
needed
to
roam
in
the
area...
A
packed
city
bus
ushers
people
from
Jericho
to
the
city
core
every
15
minutes.
People
are
jammed
into
seats
and
stand
pressed
together
in
the
aisle.
An
elderly,
woman
about
70-years-qld
tells
me
Habitat
Is
okay
but
she
should
have;
stayed
inside
away
from
the
rain
and
watched
it
all
on
television..
Habitat
roundup,
page
7
bydis:iiFii-fl
Columbia
way
?
TODAY
FEAiTUREp
INSIDE)
Ever
wonder
if
you
were.
paying
the
lowest
price
in;
town
for
that
bag
of
spuds?;
That
T-borie
steak?
The
Citizen's
family
editor,
Bev
Christensen,
decided
to
find
out.
She's:
Compiled
a
typical
34-item
shopping
list
and
this
week
she
compared
the.
prices
at
four'
Prince
George
super-markets.
Similar
comparisons
will
be
made
weekly!
during
the
summer,
The
first,
report
is
on
page
3
today.
A
real
love
story
from
the'
Cariboo"
country;
Page
6
Top
cowboys
from
throughout1
Western
Canada
roll
Into
town
this
weekend
for
the
seventh
annual
ACT
professional
rodeo.
Page
17;
''
Business,'
8;
Cofnics,
34;
Classified,
20-29
Editorial,
.4;
Entertainment,
34-35;
Home
and
Family,
36-37;
Horos:
copes,
35;.
Local
and!
Provincial,
''3,
6,
'7,
9;
National
-
4;
Sports,
17-19;
Television,
35.
THE
WEATHER)
A
cool
unstable,
air
mass'
over
most
of
B.C..
is
expected
to
cause'
frequent
periods
of
rain
today,
with
a
risk
of
thun-idershowers
tonight.
.
Overnight
low
as
4.
Low
today,'!,
with
a
high
of
11
expected.
On
June
3,
1975
the
high
was
16;
the
low,
8.
On
Friday
we
can
expect
showers
all
day
with
a
high
of
17.
Cloudy
skies
with
frequent
periods
of
rain
are
forecast
for
the
next
few
days.
Temperatures
page
2
;
NOW
HEAR
THIS
j
It's
like
biting
the
hand
that
feeds.
A
reporter
who
has
been
covering
the
neighborhood
improvement
program
starting
in
Peden
Hill
has
been
impressed
with
the
peaceful,
honest
community
spirit
he
finds
unique
to
Peden
Hill;
While
at
a
meeting
there
Wednesday,
he
left
his
car'
unlocked
as,
usual,
forgetting
.that
.
the
local
police
have
a
different
opinion
of
some
of
the
area's
younger
residents;
You
guessed
it,
when
he
left
the
meeting
the
reporters'
tape
deck.
was
missing.
'
A
23-year-old
Prince
George
resident
will
help
bring
the
traditions
of
native
people
in
our
pro
vince
to
the
Habitat
Forum
in
Vancouver.
Bob
Sebastian,
a
member
of
the'
Kiksan
tribe,
will
be
part
of
a
performing
arts
group
from
the
K'san
Indian
Village
in
Hazelton
that
will
revive
many
of
the
traditional
songs
and
dances
of
his
tribe
in
"several
performances
at
Simon
Fraser
University,
The
group
wilt
also
perform
at
the
Olympic
games
in
Montreal
later
this
'
summer,