•	HUGE LINER SANK IN 1912
'We think we've got the Titanic'
  NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S. search party believes it has found the ocean liner Titanic, which sank 68 years ago after hitting an iceberg 330 nautical miles off the Newfoundland coast, the expedition leader reported Friday.
   “We think we've got the Titanic.” Mike Harris told The Associated Press news agency by ship-to-shore telephone from the reseach vessel H. J. W. Fay.
   "We won't be sure until we send the
 television cameras down but the sonar shows it’s the right length, right width and right height of the Titanic.” Harris said.
   The sonar sighting, using a sophisticated scanning sled submerged beneath the Atlantic, located what appeared t o be a ship's outline at a depth of 3.600 metres, he said
   “This is not too far from the historic site where the ship went down.”
   The luxury ocean liner, believed unsinkable at the time, hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage and sank April 15. 1912. More than 1.500 people perished in the disaster.
   Although the location of the sinking has been generally known, the great depths in that part of the North Atlantic had prevented searchers from finding the giant liner.
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BUT CRITICS CAUTIOUS
Kemano proposal review welcomed
by TOM NIXON Citizen Staff Reporter
TODAY
   Dorothy Stratten, Playboy’s Playmate of the Year, haa been killed with a shotgun blast to the face, apparently by her estranged husband, who then shot himself to death, police said today. Page 5.
Index
 • An organizer for the hunter training program here says that women who have never handled a weapon before have proved to be more than capable — some outshooting experienced hunters.
 0 Discussing the growth of industry in the city, Mayor Elmer Mercier says laughingly that soon the city will have to extend its boundaries again. ‘‘And then you can become the mayor of Fraser-Forl George Regional District,” adds Alderman Jack Sieb.
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Rockfest roadblock
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 RCMP Constable J.P. Shirley checks first of up to 15,000 people promoters expect at this weekend’s rock festival near Giscome. Police will have a 24-hour road block at the only entrance to the festival site adjacent to the Willow River. Twelve bands are set to appear at the two-day event. Story, page 3.
   Opponents of the Aluminium Co. of Canada’s now-stalled Kemano Completion project have greeted the news with caution.
   Alcan announced Thursday it is reconsidering plans for a $2.5 billion expansion of hydro-electric generating and aluminum smelting capacity at Kemano and Kitimat. The company said issues raised by the public had led to the decision.
   Opposition to the plan to divert the Nechako River completely and the Nanika River partially, west to the Pacific through generators at Kemano from their normal westerly and northerly flows has mushroomed during the past six months.
   Opponents welcomed Thursday’s announcement by Alcan president Patrick Rich but called the victory a small part of an^ ongoing fight.
   Helen Jones, a Vanderhoof native Indian spokesman, said she doesn’t trust large corporations like Alcan which have managers who live in ‘‘concrete jungles”.
   “They don’t understand all what’s going on here,” she said. “We’d like to see progress but not like this. They have to learn to listen to native people about the natural resources.
'Tickled pink/ but. . .
CARTER LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN
Reagan 'trigger happy'
Helmetless holiday could end
  NEW YORK (CP) - The governing Democratic party launched President Carter Thursday night on an uphill campaign for re-election with a demonstration of mixed feelings.
    But much of the roaring convention crowd gave its heart to Edward Kennedy, the man who challenged Carter for the party leadership and lost.
   Carter won cheers from his party — and a burst of booing — for a speech that assailed Republican rival Ronald Reagan, the former movie star, as a man from “a world of tinsel and make-believe” who would be trigger happy in the White House.
   But the big moment of the convention windup in Madison Square Garden was the climax of cheering when Kennedy joined Carter on stage, then the renewed chants of “We want Teddy” that brought the Massachusetts senator to the platform a second time.
   Carter, lagging Reagan in national opinion polls, set out on his difficult quest for re-election with the sounds of dissent from his own party ringing in his ears — despite an orchestrated demonstration of unity at the top.
   There was the affectionate acclaim for Kennedy, who had assailed Carter for betraying the liberal mandate the party assigned him unanimously in the same arena four summers ago.
   There were the uncomfortable silences in the crowd when Carter defended his handling of the economy, while the country is in the worst recession since the 1930s.
inflation rate still 10.1 pet.
   OITAWA (CP) - The consumer price index increased more slowly by 0.8 per cent in July from a month earlier, but is still 10.1 per cent higher than a year ago, Statisics Canada reported today. —*—
    The index stood at 211.5 in July up from 209.9 in June. The index, a widely-used measure of inflation, shows that a basket of goods and services which cost $100 in 1971 now costs $211.50.
    As a result, the purchasing power of a consumer’s dollar fell to 47 cents from $1.00 in 1971.
 CARTER, KENNEDY ... at arm's length
   There was a scatter of lingering protest registered by delegates who abstained or voted for others during the formality of nominating Vice-President Walter Mondale as Carter’s election running mate.
   And, stunningly, there was
 the rumble of booing that rose in the middle of Carter’s speech when, describing himself as a man of action in the White House, he cited his grain embargo against the Soviet Union and the registration of youth for military draft.
   VICTORIA (CP) - The B.C government was considering Thursday using a cabinet order to overrule a provincial court decision which has rendered B.C.’s compulsory motorcycle helmet law invalid.
   Officials believe that two motorcycle driver deaths since the law was overturned Monday can be attributed to the fact the victims were not wearing protective headgear.
   Attorney-general Allan Williams instructed his staff to look into the possibility an order-in-council could be used to plug the loophole which permits riders to doff their helmets.
   The minister said said he favors an order-in-council because he thinks appealing the decision would take too long.
   Provincial court Judge Cyril Woodliffe ruled that the provincial Motor Vehicle Act does not give the superintendent of motor vehicles the authority to require helmets for bike riders.
   Jones said Alcan’s diversion of the Nechako would wipe out the annual fish migrations upon which native peoples depend for staple foods.
   “Until we see the actions behind their words we won’t know their true intent,” she said.
   Jones said native Indians intend to be active in any public inquiries that are held on the Alcan issue.
   Prince George-Bulkley Valley Tory MP Lome McCuish said he is “tickled pink” but he wants to know what Alcan means by "smaller".
   Alcan’s president said in his announcement Alcan is "prepared to accept a smaller amount of water than is al-
 lowed" by its 1950 water licence.
   Nechako Neyenkut Society president Louise Kaneen said she is pleased that Alcan finally realizes it is accountable to people in the area and can’t just tell the provincial government what it is going todo.
   "I’m pleased Alcan is going as far as it is, but we’re still suspicious of it^ intents," she said. “Alcan is an arrogant and irresponsible company and this is just an effort to recoup its battered image."
   Kaneen said it’s obvious from the announcement that Alcan still intends to carry out some sort of water diversion and the company already has enough.
Smithers group praised
   Kaneen said full credit for the “small victory" must be given the Smithers-based Save the Bulkley group which, she said, kept the issue stirred up when most people didn’t have any hint of Alcan’s intent.
   They forced Alcan into the open and it has led to this," she said.
   Prince George Alderman Ed Bodner said there still must be a federal-provincial government inquiry into the whole proposal.
  “The end result must be some sort of legislation to control Alcan," he said.
  Although welcoming the
CAN WE DEFEND IT, THOUGH?
True north strong and free
by GEORGE OAKE Southum News
  YELLOWKNIFE - Three camouflaged CF-5 jet fighters streak over the city in tight formation.
   “They’re just here to impress the governor general,” said a facetious territorial politician.
   True, Schreyer was in town to proclaim 100 years of Canadian sovereignty over the country’s vast Arctic archipelago, a fiefdom that Canada might easily lose, according to many soldiers and scientists who know the north.
   But in Yellowknife, the headquarters of the armed forces Northern Regional Command, there are only about 55 permanent members of the regular forces.
   When the CF-5s are gone, air strength at Yellowknife is reduced to a few twin Otters, an unarmed light transport that is used for search and rescue
   Even when Canada takes delivery of its new F-18 fighter planes, they won’t be able to reach the Arctic from southern bases such as Edmonton without refueling.
   Only 200-300 regular military person-
 nel are permanently stationed north of the 60th parallel, although Ottawa staunchly maintains that sovereignty is the primary defence priority.
   The country’s thin green line in the north has many people worried, including the military brass.
   Brig.-Gen. Clay Beattie, former northern defence regional commander, has said Canada must improve strategic security for its increasing energy reserves in the high Arctic.
   He said mid-east tensions are increasing and Canada has done little to augment northern defences against Soviet aggression, although the Soviet Union has beefed-up its own Arctic power.
   His theme was picked up by scientists attending the Royal Society’s Arctic Island symposium here.
   “We should really look at our territorial integrity,” such Richard Diubaldo, a history professor at Montreal Sir George Williams University and.author of a book on the Canadian Arctic.
   Diubaldo presented a paper at the symposium describing how Canada diplomatically squeezed out the Americans in the Canadian Arctic after the Ameri-
 cans had virtually occupied it during the Second World War.
   Now the academics see new threats to our sovereignty, from both the north and the south. The United States refuses to recognize that Canada’s Northwest passage is an integral part of the country, and Soviet submarines may be nosing around under the ice that covers parts of the Arctic Ocean.
   "How do I know that submarines are not visiting us through the various channels among the Arctic Islands,” asked Donat Pharand, professor of international law at the University of Ottawa and the author of numerous articles on maritime law.
   “I do not know the extent to which Canada is equipped to monitor the movement of submarines, he said.
   Canada must also rely on the coastal watchers of the Canadian Arctic Rangers, a unique paramilitary force of mostly native northerners.
   The 700 Rangers, toting their ancient .303 rifles, are virtually our first line of defence should an aggressor ever launch an Arctic attack.
 Alcan decision, Bodner said an inquiry must still be held toget the input of individuals, groups, natives and communities on the affected rivers.
   “It’s obvious they (Alcan) finally reacted to pressure from the federal government and the people of the areas involved."
   Bodner said he regrets the failure of the provincial government to take any initiative in getting Alcan to listen to the desires of the population.
   He said Victoria failed to recognize that opposition went across party lines and didn't involve politics.
   Meanwhile, Prince George South Socred MLA Bruce Strachancredited introduction of the government’s Utilities Commission Act for Alcan’s change of mind.
   "In view of the utilities bill (still to be passed by the legislature ) it was the only decision Alcan could have made,” he said.
   "You have to give them credit for being good corporate citizens — they realize they haven’t got the power they thought and are abiding by that."
   Alcan president Rich said opposition by residents of central interior B.C. and a federal fisheries department victory in court forcing the company to release additional Nechako water for spawning salmon runs in the river were the two principle reasons for Alcan’s decision.
   MP McCuish said it was impetus offered by opposition groups that convinced fisheries officials in Ottawa to carry the case to court.
   Only last week. Mr. Justice Tom Berger ordered Alcan to release 8,000 Cubic cfs of water into the Nechako and then followed that order with an order giving federal fisheries, carte-blanche authority until June 1981 on river flows.
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Business.........................8-10
 City, B.C................2, 3,6, 11
 Classified.....................25-32
Comics...............................18
Crossword........................27
Editorial..............................4
 Entertainment............18-21
Family.........................44, 45
Horoscopes.......................46
International......................5
Movies.........................20,21
National..............................7
 Real Estate section....37-42
Religion.............................35
Sports...........................13-16
Wenzel column..................6
   Our weekend weather won’t be as bad as Hurricane Allen, but it does call for cloudy skies with sunny periods and scattered showers today and during the weekend with forecast highs of 20 today and Saturday. The expected low today is 8. The high Thursday was 22, the low 6. On this date last year the high was 29, the low 9.
   Sunset today is 8:43 p.m. Sunrise Saturday is 5:49 a.m. and sunset is 8:41 p.m.
 This week:
 Killed: 0 Injured: 15
 Arrested as impaired: 34
 This year:
 Killed: 8 Injured: 431
 Arrested as impaired: 646 To same date,
Killed: 11	*“	*
 Injured: 588
 Arrested as impaired: 443
 The kissing bandit
  Morganna, the infamous Kissing Bandit, has struck again — this time against the Blue Jays in Toronto. Page 16.
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