Pulp
offer
hiked
VANCOUVER
(CP)
-
A
pulp
Industry
source
said
Tuesday
that
the
companies
have
offered
pulp
workers
another
five
cents
an
hour
in
the
second
year
of
a
new
contract
proposal,
The
spokesman
said
the
offer
would
bring
the
wage
increase
portion
of
the
contract
proposal
into
line
with
the
industry's
offer
to
the
International
Woodworkers
of
America,
who
have
been
offered
a
70-cent-an-hour
increase
over
two
years.
The
pulp
workers
had
previously
been
offered
65
cents
an
hour
over
two
years.
The
pulp
workers
originally
asked
for
an
increase
of
30
per
cent
on
salaries
ranging
from
$7.01
an
hour
to
$9.41
1-2.
The
unions
were
to
meet
company
negotiators
today.
Pulp
union
contracts
expire
June
30.
Firms
sue
BCR
VANCOUVER
(CP)
-
Two
Dawson
Creek,
B.C.
construction
firms
launched
a
British
Columbia
Supreme
Court
damage
action
against
the
British
Columbia
Railway
Tuesday,
alleging
fraudulent
misrepresentation
in
work
done
on
the
railway's
Dease
Lake
extension.
Keen
Industries
Ltd.
claims
it
was
fraudulently
induced
to
enter
into
a
1972
contract
with
the
railway
to
perform
clearing,
grading
and
culvert
installation
on
the
extension.
Keen
says
that
it
found
it
impossible
to
move
the
actual
quantities
of
material
specified
by
the
Nov.
30,
1973
completion
date
of
the
contract.
KRM
Construction
Ltd.
makes
a
similar
claim
with
regard
to
a
different
section
of
the
extension.
Keen
seeks
a
cancellation
of
its
June
20,
197S
contract
and
KRM
asks
for
cancellation
of
its
Dec.
22,
1971
contract.
Both
seek
a
return
of
holdback
and
remeasurement
funds,
compensation
for
work
performed,
a
mandatory
order
requiring
B.C.
Rail
to
remeasure
quantities,
an
inquiry
into
the
amount
owing
under
such
remeasurement,
and
a
court
judgment
for
the
amount
found
owing.
'Heavy
man'
drags
off
Girl
Scout
SARASOTA,
Fla.
(AP)
-
A
15-year-old
Girl
Scout
wearing
a
Mickey
Mouse
T-shirt
was
dragged
struggling
from
her
tent
in
a
state
park
by
a
heavily
built
man
today
as
her
sister
and
another
scout
screamed
in
terror,
authorities
said.
The
girl's
name
was
not
immediately
released,
but
authorities
said
she
was
from
Venice,
Fla.
The
man
ripped
open
the
back
of
the
three-person
tent
in
460-acre
Oscar
Scherer
state
park,
grabbed
the
girl
by
her
long
brown
hair
and
dragged
her
away,
Sarasota
County
Sheriff's
deputies
said.
The
man
was
described
as
heavily
built
with
dark
hair
and
a
deep
voice.
He
was
wearing
dark
clothes,
officers
said.
The
abduction
touched
off
an
immediate
manhunt
including
100
law
enforcement
officers,
volunteers,
and
a
mounted
posse.
Pearlier
this
month
three
Girl
Scouts
were
sexually
assaulted
and
then
murdered
at
a
camp
in
Locust
Grove,
Okla.
Authorities
have
charged
33-year-old
prison
escaper
Gene
Leroy
Hart
in
the
June
13
slayings
and
are
still
searching
for
him.
Citiun
photo
by
Doug
Welter
Pamela
Norton
displays
illustration
of
blood
and
bullets
CHILDREN'S
LIBRARY
'Violent7
books
removed
by
JAN-UDO
WENZEL
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
Violence
is
increasing
in
children's
books
at
such
a
rate
that
the
Prince
George
public
library
is
withdrawing
several
volumes
from
its
shelves.
Pamela
Norton,
children's
librarian,
said
senseless
violence
is
showing
up
more
and
more
in
new
publications
in
both
the
written
word
and
the
illustrations.
"This
was
made
clear
to
us
at
the
recent
B.C.
Librarian's
Association
meeting,"
she
said.
She
gave
a
demonstration
of
these
books
to
the
library
board
and
the
board
has
ag
TODAY
Mi
'How
about
a
nice
cheap
gas
guzzler?'
reed
these
books
are
not
fit
for
the
three-to-five-year
olds
they
are
intended
for.
The
latest
addition
to
this
type
of
book
is
called
The
Loathsome
Couple
and
depicts
in
both
text
and
illust
ration
the
lives
of
a
man
and
a
woman
from
childhood
to
their
death.
But
while
they
are
alive
their
favorite
hobby
is
killing
children.
The
book
is
sadistic
and
has
sexual
overtones
and
Norton
said
it
is
absolutely
unfit
for
children.
She
has
others
in
which
text
and
illustrations
have
nothing
in
common.
"The
story
of
some
books
is
not
bad,
but
the
drawings
Umbrella
embedded
in
skull
is
only
one
gory
detail
have
nothing
to
do
with
it
and
they
show
unnecessary
violence
in
all
forms,"
she
said.
One
book
by
Tomi
Un-gerer
called
The
Best
of
Monsieur
Racine
shows
dogs
biting
people,
dead
birds,
people
with
their
heads
split
wide
open,
men
leering
at
big-bosomed
females.
'
'All
of
this
is
unexplained
and
while
an
adult
is
reading,
a
child
is
looking
at
the
pictures.
When
they
are
unconnected,
they
make
no
sense,"
Norton
said.
While
many
children's
stories
have
always
been
violent,
such
as
many
of
Grimm's
fairy
tales,
sadistic
influences
have
appeared
in
books
only
in
recent
years.
"I
can't
imagine
what
the
intent
of
these
drawings
is,"
Norton
said,
and
added
she
agreed
with
Terry
Johnson,
a
professor
at
the
University
of
Victoria,
who
calls
this
trend
in
children's
books"
subliminial
seduction
of
the
innocent."
"I
don't
think
children
should
be
subjected
to
this
sort
of
thing
and
we
are
removing
these
offensive
books
from
the
shelves
and
we
will
not
order
any
new
ones
of
this
sort,"
she
said.
Jail
fire
charges
laid
SAINT
JOHN,
N.B.
(CP)
-John
Edward
Kenney,
27,
of
Saint
John
was
returned
to
a
jail
cell
at
the
provincial
jail
here
Tuesday
after
being
charged
with
21
counts
of
manslaughter
and
21
counts
of
criminal
negligence
causing
death
following
a
fire
last
week
at
the
Saint
John
city
jail.
The
42
informations
laid
against
Kenney
allege
that
he
willfully
set
the
fire
which
started
June
21
in
a
padded
cell
of
the
jail.
Twenty
prisoners
died
of
asphyxiation
the
night
of
the
fire
and
one
died
Monday
in
hospital.
Both
the
criminal
negligence
charges
and
the
manslaughter
charges
carry
a
maximum
penalty
of
life
imprisonment.
The
six
prisoners
who
survived
the
fire-including
Kenney
have
been
released
from
hospital
and
transferred
to
the
provincial
jail
where
space
was
made
available
by
transferring
some
prisoners
to
the
federal
penitentiary
at
Dorchester,
N.B.
Six
policemen
and
one
fire-
OPEC
cancels
price
increase
VIENNA
(AP)
-
A
majority
of
members
in
the
Organization
of
Petroleum
Exporting
Countries-OPEC-have
decided
to
cancel
plans
for
a
five
per
cent
increase
in
the
price
of
crude
oil
July
1,
the
OPEC
secretary
general
announced
today.
The
10-per-cent
increase
imposed
Jan.
1
by
the
cartel
majority
raised
the
price
of
their
crude
oil
to
$12.70
a
barrel,
The
second
stage
of
the
increase
was
to
have
gone
into
effect
July
1.
man
also
injured
in
the
fire
have
also
been
released
from
hospital.
A
police
spokesman
said
the
city
jail,
located
in
the
basement
of
the
15-storey
city
hall,
was
sealed
for
investigation
of
the
fire.
He
would
not
say
when
repairs
might
begin.
Offices
on
upper
floors
of
the
city
hall
building,
including
the
police
department,
were
not
affected
by
the
fire
which
gave
off
thick
black
smoke
but
little
flame.
Fire
chief
Percy
Clark
said'
Tuesday
a
report
on
the
fire
had
been
completed
but
he
was
underorders
of
city
council
not
to
discuss
its
contents.
He
said
he
could
not
say
if
chemicals
from
the
burning
of
the
cell
padding
had
contributed
to
the
deaths.
Mayor
Sam
Davis
said
the
report
would
be
released
A
B.C.
Supreme
Court
justice
has
upheld
the
freedom
of
the
press,
Page
12,
There
was
a
masked
marauder
at
Tuesday's
lacrosse
game.
Page
17.
The
B.C.
Lions
appear
to
be
in
mid-season
form.
Page
17.
Bridge
24
Business
8
City,
ll.C
2,
3,
33
Classified
20-31
Comics
36
Crossword
22
Editorial
4
Family
42-43
Horoscopes
33
International
5
National
7
Sports
;
17.19
Television
37
SIX
CASES
IN
NOVA
SCOTIA
Mystery
disease
strikes
toddlers
MONTREAL
(CP)
-
A
killer
disease
first
identified
in
Japan,
which
affects
toddlers,
has
been
found
in
six
Nova
Scotia
children,
a
Halifax
doctor
said
Tuesday.
Dr.
Roderick
Bird
told
the
Canadian
Pediatric
Society
that
Kawasaki
disease
usually
clears
up
In
about
a
month
but
it
can
affect
a
child's
heart
and
be
fatal.
Bird
said
the
disease
is
quite
different
from
other
childhood
diseases.
The
patient
has
a
fever,
swollen
hands
and
feet
with
blisters
that
start
at
the
tips
of
the
fingers
and
toes
and
spread
up
the
hand
or
foot,
a
tongue
that
looks
'like
a
raspberry
and
feels
like
sandpaper,"
a
rash
on
the
face
and
trunk
The
15c
Copy
that
lasts
several
days
and
enlarged
lymph
nodes.
Families
of
the
children
were
interviewed
by
doctors
from
Dalhousie
University
in
Halifax.
Bird
said
there
have
been
8,000
cases
in
Japan
and
150
deaths.
Cases
of
the
disease
also
have
been
reported
in
the
United
States
and
Greece.
Bird
said
in
an
interview
the
cause
is
not
yet
known.
"The
answer
might
be
found
in
Canada
if
it
shows
up
only
in
certain
parts
of
the
country,"
he
said.
"It
it
is
something
in
the
environment
it
must
be
in
all
Japan
and
be
harder
to
track
down
there."
The
disease
does
not
respond
to
Citizen
antibiotics,
Bird
said,
but
headache
tablets
clear
up
symptoms.
The
symptoms
return
when
the
pills
are
stopped.
Another
Halifax
physician
told
the
society
that
chemicals
used
in
pesticide
sprays
to
protect
forests
are
super
foods
for
some
viruses,
making
them
grow
faster
and
stronger.
Dr.
J.
F.
S.
Croker
of
Dalhousie
University
said
this
might
explain
why
some
children
infected
with
a
common
flu
virus
develop
a
serious,
long-lasting
disease.
He
said
a
cluster
of
such
cases
in
the
Maritimes
led
to
a
study
of
forest
spraying
by
scientists
in
Halifax,
the
Netherlands
and
Guelph,
Ont.
The
cases
had
all
occurred
in
areas
where
there
had
been
forest
spraying,
he
said.
Wednesday,
June
29,
1977
Vol.
12,
No.
126,
Prince
George,
British
Columbia
GOVT
MAKES
MOVE
A
ridge
of
high
pressure
across
the
province
is
expected
to
bring
Prince
George
mainly
sunny
skies
with
some
late
afternoon
cloudy
periods
today
and
Thursday.
The
expected
high
today
is
20;
the
low
8.
The
high
Tuesday
was
15;
the
low
4,
with
8mm
of
precipitation.
On
this
date
last
year
the
high
was
25;
the
low
10.
The
federal
cabinet
has
approved
a
U.S.
company's
takeover
of
coal
holdings
near
Chetwynd,
The
Foreign
Investment
Review
Agency
said
Tuesday
that
BP
Canadian
Holdings
Ltd,
and
BP
Exploration
Canada
Ltd.
has
been
given
permission
to
buy
87.5
per-cent
interest
in
the
Sukunka
coal
property
owned
by
Brameda
m
Resources
Ltd.
of
Vancouver.
The
acquisition
was
subject
to
approval
by
cabinet
under
the
Foreign
Investment
Review
Act,
which
requires
screening
of
foreign
takeovers
and
investments
in
the
country.
The
FIRA
announcement
said
initial
production
will
be
set
at
350,000
tons
a
year
in
1979
Protesters
'beached'
in
seal
hunt
dispute
OTTAWA
(CP)
Opponents
of
the
annual
East
Coast
seal
hunt
were
beached
by
the
Commons
on
Tuesday
as
MPs
gave
final
approval
to
a
proposal
to
bar
groups
from
going
on
the
ice
to
try
to
disrupt
seal
hunters.
The
proposal
will
make
it
illegal
for
protesters
to
interfere
with
hunters
working
on
the
ice
floes
off
Newfoundland
and
the
Magdalen
Islands
in
the
Gulf
of
St.
Lawrence.
Journalists
and
other
observers
still
can
witness
the
spring
hunt.
With
government
support,
two
Newfoundland
MPs
made
the
proposal.
They
were
backed
by
petitions
circulated
in
Newfoundland
with
more
than
40,000
signatures
calling
for
greater
protection
for
the
hunters.
But
the
move,
which
will
restrict
the
anti-hunt
groups
to
onshore
protests,
could
appear
to
be
a
censorship
of
the
hunt
and
of
groups
trying
to
halt
it,
Stu
Leggatt
(NDP
New
Westminster)
said.
Bill
Rompkey
(L
Grand
Falls-White
Bay-Labrador)
said:
"It
is
not
our
intention
to
keep
away
from
the
seal
hunt
those
who
go
there
for
a
legitimate
reason."
Newfoundlanders
wanted
those
who
"were
doing
away
with
the
means
by
which
these
people
(sealers)
make
their
livelihood"
barred
from
the
ice
floes.
The
proposal
was
part
of
an
overhaul
of
the
Fisheries
Act
to
stiffen
penalties
against
those
who
pollute
fish-inhabited
waterways
and
who
poach
fish.
The
bill
cleared
the
Commons
and
now
needs
Senate
approval
and
royal
assent
to
become
law.
The
sealing
proposal
had
wide-spread
support
in
the
Commons
which
in
the
spring
condemned
the
U.S.
Congress
for
recommending
that
Canada
reconsider
allowing
the
hunt.
Jack
Marshall
(PC
Humber
St.
Georges-St.
Barbe),
who
seconded
the
proposal,
said
that
passage
"by
this
House
will
allow
us
to
accomplish
something
for
Canadian
society
and
Canadian
fishermen."
Newfoundland
backers
of
the
petition
were
showing
how
they
"feel
about
outsiders
coming
in
and
destroying
what
is
theirs
through
heritage."
But
Leggatt
said
he
was
concerned
that
Canada
may
be
condemned
for
"apparently
seeking
to
hide
an
activity
that
we
do
not
need
to
hide."
Awaiting
the
bell
NORTHERN
B.C.
Citizen
photo
by
Doug
Wrller
Today's
the
final
day
of
the
school
term
at
most
elementary
schools
in
the
district,
and
Harwin
Grade
6
teacher
Phil
Jensen
is
dreaming
of
trout
streams
and
lazy
brooks.
Parents
now
have
a
chance
to
deal
daily
with
their
children.
Coal
takeover
approved
rising
to
about
500,000
tons
by
1982.
Thereafter
the
mine
would
either
be
developed
to
an
annual
capacity
of
1.5
million
tons
by
1986
at
a
cost
of
$200
million
or
to
its
full
potential
of
three
million
tons
a
year
by
1987
at
a
cost
of
$350
million.
Direct
employment
would
be
either
500
for
the
smaller
operation
or
900
for
the
larger.
FEATURED
INSIdI)
(
THE
WEATHER
)
(
NOW
HEAR
THIS)
Anyone
who
hasn't
been
up
Airport
Hill
in
the
past
week
or
so
and
drives
there
now,
will
not
recognize
it.
The
high
hill
on
the
south
side
of
the
road
has
been
levelled
out
almost
to
the
level
of
the
highway.
This
was
necessary
to
tie
in
with
the
new
section
of
Highway
16
East
from
Airport
Hill
to
the
Giscome
turn-off.
If
now
there
was
only
a
new
bridge
to
tie
in
with
the
new
road...
A
local
grandma
says
"all
kids
aren't
bad."
She
had
a
flat
tire
Thursday
by
the
Kin
Centre
and
two
boys
about
17
or
18
offered
to
change
it
for
her,
and
refused
any
reward.
A
male
patron
of
a
new
restaurant
in
the
city
commented
to
his
friends
how
the
decor
of
the
washroom
was
surprisingly
pleasing
and
well
appointed.
He
said
it
contained
a
slight
feminine
touch,
but
that
too
was
pleasant.
His
friends
pointed
out
he
had
visited
the
women's
washroom.