:: as Castlégar News october 7, 1987 Support predicted for free-trade deal By NORMA GREENAWAY WASHINGTON — Key U.S. senators offered qualified support Tuesday for a tentative free-trade deal with Canada and one senior Republican predicted the pact would be over. whelmingly adopted by the U.S. Congress. Members of the Senate finance didn’t Canadian sources said the disputes. panel provision grew out of a proposal Gibbons submitted to U.S. negotiators to break the impasse over the issue. ‘The senators were briefed by U.S. Treasury Secretary James Baker, Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter and chief U.S. negotiator Peter Murphy. guarantee a trouble-free ride through Congress for the pact but they sounded uphgat about its contents after their first briefing by top Reagan administration officials. “By and large it's a good agreement,” said Bob Pack wood of Oregon, the ranking Republican on the 20-member committee. “I think Congress will like it.” Senator William Armstrong (R-Colo.) said he would be amazed if he couldn't support the deal that phases out all tariffs and “really creates a huge free-trade area.” There was no outright opposition among those who spoke to reporters on the agreement's provision for a Canada-U.S. panel that would hear appeals of disputed U.S. and Canadian trade rulings. ‘The senators said they wanted to see more details and some reserved judgment on the contentious disputes settlement issue. ‘MORE DIFFICULT’ Members of the finance committee's counterpart in the House of Representatives were reluctant to give the agreement even a tentative nod of approval after their briefing. A U.S. official said later they were “more difficult” than the senators. Democrat Dan Rostenkowsi of Illinois, chairman of the House ways and means committee, said he is “sure” changes to the pact will be needed but wasn't specific. Representative Same Gibbons (D-Fla.), chairman of the trade subcommittee, said he likes the disputes panel idea but added it is impossible to support the pact based on the “rough outline” he’s seen. senators John Danforth and John Heinz and Democrat Max Baucus, among the strongest opponents of any weakening of U.S. trade remedy laws, were non-com. mittal. “I think to give a binational panel the power which traditionally has been reserved for our courts is a very major step and something I'm going to have to think about,” said Danforth, of Missouri. As Danforth spoke to reporters, Baker swept past the group and shouted over his shoulder, “Senator Danforth has endorsed the agreement? Is that right’?” TRIES TO VETO Danforth criticized the Reagan administration's hand. ling of foreign trade issues. Charging that the Republican administration had “stiffed” Congress on trade, Danforth led the finance committee’s unsuccessful bid last year to veto President Ronald Reagan's request to open free-trade talks with Canada. Packwood said the pack would likely hit rough spots during the 90-day period Congress has to try to influence the tentative pact’s contents. But he predicted no substantive changes during the drafting of the final pact, which must be submitted to Congress by Jan. 3. Yeutter told a briefing of Canadian reporters Tuesday he anticipates an uphill struggle on some of the pact's provisions, such as the disputes panel and expanded access to each country's energy supplies. He also said the U.S. side was a “bit perplexed” that getting a binding trade dispute mechanism was “such a big issue” to the Canadian government. WILSON, MULRONEY DISAGREE? OTTAWA (CP) — In an apparent contradiction of his boss, Finance Minister Michael Wilson said Tuesday there are no plans for massive aid to workers But Wilson told the Commons the government has enough programs in place to handle the dislocated and they can be augmented as necessary. That's all Mulroney was saying, Wilson said. Wilson's press attache, Richard Remillard, denied any contradiction. “I think they both are on the same wavelength,” Remillard said. The Tories inherited the industry labor adjustment program from the Liberals as well as retraining options built into unemployment insurance. Monday's statement by Mulroney was the first by free trade. “We don’t expect that there will be a need for any of ” Wilson told the Commons, just one day after Prime Minister Brian Mulroney promised that Ottawa would “deploy every asset we've got” to aid workers displaced by free trade. Mulroney told a meeting of exporters Monday that the government would work with the provinces to aid workers in the minority of industrial sectors that would be vietims of free trade. He quoted a recent report by the Economic Council of Canada as saying only three or four of about 35 secotrs would likely be dislocated by free trade while 350,000 new jobs are created. (The council actually said seven sectors spanning rubber to textiles for a loss of about 16,000 jobs.) “That's three or four too many,” said Mulroney, and promised “a massive program to assist workers affected by adjustment and dislocation.” from the g that any employ- ment stopgaps may be needed under free trade. The Canada-U.S. auto pact was ushered in 22 years ago with a wide range of transitional programs. Meantime, the Commons’ question period became a battle of reports. The government stood behind the buoyant forecasts of the Economic Council of Canada while the Liberals threw in less optimistic studies, including one from the Department of Regional Industrial Expansion. Liberal trade critic Lloyd Axworthy and Warren Allmand, the party's employment critic, both charged the DRIE report forecast thousands of jobs would be lost because of the disruption of free trade. The DRIE report, released in May 1986, did not estimate how many jobs would be created or lost under free trade. Of the reports being bandied about, the economic council, Informetrica Ltd., an Ottawa economic fore- casting firm, and the University of Maryland have all said Canada could gain 350,000 jobs under free trade. Phillips ba WASHINGTON (CP) — Canadian companies will be denied secure access to the U.S. market under a pro- posed free-trade deal because the agreement hasn't touch ed punitive U.S. trade laws that restrict Canadian im. ports, said a senior western Canadian steel executive. Breaking ranks with his industry, which supports free trade, Roger Phillips warned Tuesday the deal is funda mentally flawed because Canada failed to persuade the United States to abolish anti dumping rules American companies have traditionally used to squeeze out Canadian competitors. “We got the pants taken off us” in the negotiations, Phillips, president of Regina based Ipsco Inc., said in an interview. Dumping occurs when a company sells a product in a foreign market at a price lower than it costs. But under current U.S. laws, Canadian companies facing cyclical slumps are also prevented from lowering prices to keep their markets, he said. “Under today's rules you either have to dump your products or you have to withdraw from the market,” said Phillips, who sent a tele. gram to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney expressing his concerns about the deal. The steel executive, whose Iks at deal company has been hurt by retaliatory U.S. trade moves, said in an easing of the anti dumping rules was the key U.S. concession Canada should have obtained in a free-trade deal. “But that feature has not been touched so we have not secured access to the U.S. market, which was the bot- tom line which the prime minister said he was looking for,” said Phillips, in Wash. ington to attend the annual conference of the American Iron and Steel Institute. 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Vancouver enters the 1987-88 season with the usual optimism and promises that go with another shuffling of the dog-eared deck that produced a last-place finish in the Smythe Division last year. Pat Quinn is the seventh Vancouver general manager since 1970, but the first to carry the added title and responsibility of team president. Quinn, who jumped ship at mid-season in Los Angeles to accept the future Canuck offer and sub- sequently was expelled by NHL president John Ziegler, apparently will run the operation without direct inter- ference from ownership. REINSTATES QUINN _ The NHL reinstated Quinn last spring, although he is still barred from coaching in the NHL for several years. Quinn and the Canucks will appear in British Columbia Supreme Court next week to contest the Quinn suspension, and Ziegler's fine of $310,000 levied against the Canucks for signing Quinn while he was still coach of the Los Angeles Kings. Bob McCammon, like Quinn a former Philadelphia Flyers coach, is the 10th Canuck coach and hopes to improve upon last year’s dismal 29-43-8 record under coach Tom Watt and general manager Jack Gordon. The Canucks finished four points behind the Kings last season and out of the playoffs. Canucks singing same old song Young and a third-round draft choice. McCammon was director of players development in Edmonton the last two years, He wants to incorporate the fast pace of the Oilers with the work ethic of the lyers. “This will be an interesting team and a pretty good one,” he said. “We need the opportunity to work together for a while to find ourselves.” Vancouver has Brodeur in goal, happy with a new two-year contract, and promising Kirk McLean waiting in reserve. McLean and centre Greg Adams were obtained from New Jersey, with centre Patrik Sundstrom moving to the Devils. 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Castlegar Rebels score one of 11 goals against Grand Forks goalie Rick Geddes at By LAURIE GRANT The Castlegar Rebels are in sole possession of first place in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League's western division after doubling the Beaver Valley Nite Hawks 84 in Fruitvale Tuesday night. The win stretches the Rebels’ record to 3-0-0. And although the Junior Rebels are still in search of a coach, they triumped again Saturday night in the home arena when they thumped the Grand Forks Border Bruins 11-3. Lorne Kanigan was the leading scorer in the game, getting a goal and two assists. His first goal ended the first period. The first period put the Rebels ahead 8-0. The opening goal came just 56 seconds into the game when Steven Junker, the youngest member of the team, opened the scoring, assisted by Walter Sheloff and Sandy Renwick. Grand Forks goalie Rick Geddes did not have a chance to stop the second goal. Dean Mowery accepted a pass from teammate Keith Semenoff hitting the crossbar causing the puck to slide into the net behind the goalie. Taylor Harding, another young rookie, scored the next two goals, the first with the help of Semenoff and Junker. Seven-year veteran David Trehune assisted in the second. ‘Twenty-one-year-old David Zarikoff also scored two goals. The first came with only 2:01 left in the period. period. ‘The second and third periods bhowed an increase in the C i plex day night. Final score was 11-3 Yor Castlegar. See story below. Rebels on a streak —CorNewsPhoto by Phil Colderbank penalties for both teams. The first period marked a total of only six penalty minutes for the Rebels and 12 for the Bruins. In the second and third periods, respectively, the Rebels earned 14 and then 36 minutes, the Bruins 20 and then 39 minutes. Grand Forks registered their first two goals four minutes into the second period when Dale Herle beat Rebel goalie Ken Chamberlain at 4:10, assisted by Rick Rougeau. Then only 24 seconds later, the play returned to the Rebel end as Len Rubner, assisted by Ron Conner and Dennis Talarico, made the score to 6-2. The remaining four goals in the second period were scored by the Rebels. David Emsley got his first goal of the season and Walter Sheloff his second. The period ended with a score of 10-3. Not only did the penalties increase in number as the game progressed but they increased in severity as well. The teams broke out in numerous fights, leaving each side vulnerable with reduced manpower. As a result, the third period showed increased useage of rookie players as the stronger players were removed from the game for fighting. Each team scored one goal in the final period. The Bruins’ Trevor Duke claimed his first goal of the season and final goal for the team at 10:42. The Rebels’ Lorne Kanigan ended the scoring for the evening with only 44 seconds remaining. The Rebels next play in Rossland on Friday. Cranbrook will be in town at 8 p.m. Saturday for their first meeting of the season. PASTA ROUTINE Viola to pitch tonight MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — If Frank Viola got his good Italian dinner, the Detroit Tigers might be in trouble to- night in Game One of the American League playoffs. “I have pasta the day before I pitch, ” said Viola, who will start for the Twins at the di “I have a spaghetti and meatball dinner waiting for me at home. I went 2-6 the last time I didn't eat pasta the day before.” The 27-year-old pitcher has other superstitions. “Between the second and ninth innings, I throw the same amount of warmup pitches, then I turn to the right and look at the left and centre fielders and then to right field to see if everyone's positioned in the right spot,” Viola said. “Then I put the resin bag in the same spot it was in before and then I give four kicks to the mound to make it smooth. I do the same ritual each inning. I change when things aren't going well.” Fortunately for the Twins, Viola hasn't had to change much this year, especially during the second half of the season. Viola started the season 2-5, but he still pitched well. Four of his losses were by one run and at the arms of some of the best hurlers in the game. He lost 1-0 to California's John Candel- aria, 3-2 to Detroit's Jack Morris and 10 to California's Mike Witt. GOOD STATS Then the ball starting bouncing Viola’s way and he went 15-5 the rest of the way to finish 17-10. His 2.90 ERA was second in the AL behind Toronto's Jimmy Key and his 197 strikeouts were good for seventh in the league. Viola once depended mostly on a good fastball and an average curve and slider. A changeup, taught to him in 1983 by former Twins pitching coach Johnny Podres, has become one of his Viola also credits an improved bullpen — especially the addition of Jeff Reardon, who was acquired in an off-season trade from the Montreal Expos — with giving him more con- fidence this year. Reardon agrees that he's helped, but he’s not sure how much. “I feel I could have done better. It's certainly not my best year,” said Reardon, who had a 2.80 career ERA in all or parts of eight years with the New York Mets and the Expos before 1987. Reardon was 8-8 with 31 saves and a 4.48 ERA this season. Still, Reardon has been stopped the Twins have lacked 7.33 ERA during the first two months of the season. His ERA in mber and October was 1.66 over 16 1-8 innings. Cardinals stop Giants in first playoff game ST. LOUIS (AP) — Second base- man Tommy Herr, a veteran of three National League baseball playoffs in the last six seasons, says the St. Louis Cardinals are feeling a bit slighted. “We realized that from all the commentary and talk that we were not Tuesday night over the San Francisco Giants. “I think they're selling us short a little bit. “We've got a pretty good ball- club.” At least the Cardinals’ resource- fulness was demonstrated by Greg Mathews, who was nominated to pitch only 3% hours before gametime be- cause of Danny Cox's stiff neck. Louis pitching coach Mike Roarke said of Mathews, a left-hander who gave up just four hits in 71-8 innings as the Cardinals took a 1-0 lead in the best-of- seven series. “You can't pitch any better than he did tonight. “A few times he started to get off track, but he came right back. Mathews, who during the regular Giants a 2-1 lead, but he was in control for the remainder of his stay. Ozzie Smith's leadoff triple and Willie McGee's two-out single gave the Cardinals a 2-2 tie in their half of the fourth. The stalemate lasted until Dan Driessen started St. Louis’ one-out outburst with a single off Reuschel in the sixth. “If you get ahead of (Reuschel), then he has to bring the ball up and throw a strike,” said McGee, who singled on the infield following Dries- sen’s hit. In addition to McGee's single, a hard shot San Francisco shortstop Jose Urbie flagged down by gliding to his right, the Cardinals benefitted from an error. Driessen broke too soon for third base on McGee's hit, thinking the ball would get through the infield. Dewalt questionable VANCOUVER (CP) — There is no structural damage to the problem toe of British Columbia quarterback Roy Dewalt, but the Lions’ top pivot is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Calgary Stampeders. Dewalt, the Canadian Football League's No. 2 passer, injured the big toe on his left foot early in the second quarter of a 33-14 loss last Sunday to the Toronto Argonauts. although not con- walt’s case due to an arthritic condition which has necessitated previous sur- gery. The injury gave him considerable pain Monday when the Lions held a light workout before having a day off Tuesday. The likely starter against Calgary at B.C. Place Stadium will be fourth- year pro Greg Vavra. ‘The former Heck Crighton Trophy winner as Canada's top collegiate per- former came on in relief of Dewalt and threw for 249 yards and two touch- downs against the ie Argos but was intercepted three Condredge Holly: a 13-year CFL veteran, will dress as the backup if Dewalt can't play. Offensive linemen John Blain and Dan Hurley both have neck problems from the Toronto game and their status for the Calgary matchup won't be determined until later in the week. Defensive back Larry Crawford a defensive tackle Brett Williams, ho missed the Toronto game due to infurioa, are expected to be fit to rejoin the lineup. The second-place Lions, 8-5, lead the Stampeders, 7-7, by two points in the Western Division race. top two pitches. Childhood friends reunited on Calgary forward line CALGARY (CP) — It's a childhood dream come true. Joe Nieuwendyk and Gary Roberts, buddies and team- mates from the time they were five until they went their separate ways as teenagers, have been reunited on the same forward line with the Calgary Flames. The 2i-year-olds are the key pieces in a youth movement on the Flames, one of the National Hockey League's most successful teams the last two seasons. Calgary had the league's third-best record last year after making the Stanley Cup finals in 1986-86. But the Flames suffered a first-round playoff loss to the Winnipeg Jets last spring, and coach Bob Johnson quit shortly after- ward. While Calgary is loaded with veteran talent, new coach Terry Crisp is trying to integrate some of the team's top prospects into the lineup. Roberts and have taken ad of that chance, standing out as Calgary's best forwards during training eamp. Crisp doesn't hold back the superlatives when talking about the pair. HAS ABILITY Of Neiuwendyk, Crisp says: “The best part is he's keen. You've got to be happy when a player that young plays with that enthusiasm and that much ability.” As for Roberts, “he's the type of player you're looking He goes to the corners, goes to the Crisp, whose 11-year NHL career was characterized by arought-and-tumble approach, then adds what might be the highest praise he-can dish out. “He's your Sutter-type hockey player,” says Crisp, referring to the Viking, Alta., family that has sent six relentless grinders to the NHL. “Everybody wants one. We have a Sutter in disguise named Gary Roberts.” Nieuwendyk, a centre from Cornell University, joined the Flames late last season. He scored five goals in nine regular-season games and was outstanding in the team's six playoff games against the Jets. Roberts, a left winger from the Ottawa 67s, spent most of last season playing under Crisp with the Moncton Golden Flames. He arrived in Calgary about the same time as Nieu- wendyk, who lived 10 minutes away from Roberts during their childhood in Whitby, Ont. MEET AGAIN “At first we couldn't believe we were here together,” says Roberts. “When we were 16 we separated — I went to junior hockey and he went to Cornell — and all of a sudden we met here.” Adds Nieuwendyk: “It’s fortunate for both of us that we've played together for so long. We've said time and time again how well we know each other, and that seems to be the way we play.” While Nieuwendyk and Roberts have assured them- selves of forward jobs with the Flames, there remain lots of question marks up front. Calgary has enough NHL-calibre forwards to fill almost six lines, and Crisp admits he doesn’t know what to do with them all. “We have 77 extra forwads,” the coach laughs. “We've been trying to sort that out for three weeks. “We're gonna have to do something, a trade or what- ever.” FACES TEST. One player who could be headed back to the minors is young right winger Brett Hull, son of hockey legend Bobby Hull.