ss. cs Castlégar News _Decomber4, 1985 STUDY SAYS Calcium could help prevent colon cancer Telephone 365-5210 & Let eccatirt hestats pro ty BOSTON (AP) — Eating more calcium might help prevent colon cancer, one of the leading cancer killers, by neutralizing the effects of a high-fat. diet, a new study suggests. The h said their Diego. He found that people who drink lots of milk, a food rich in calcium and vitamin D, appear to have less colon_ cancer. “It's extremely difficult in cancer to come up with any work is the first to show calcium can reverse ominous changes in the lining of the colon that often foreshadow cancer. They cautioned the find- ings are preliminary, and they cannot recommend broad. changes in the way people eat. But even though the work doesn’t prove cal- cium stops colon cancer, “it is a first step in the direction of trying to answer that ques- tion,” said Dr. Martin Lipkin, who directed the study. “This is.a hopeful finding,” ‘said Dr. David Kritchevsky of the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia. “It is confirma- tory of a lot of early data, both epidemiological and ex- perimental studies.” ” said Garland. “I think this shows that we're right on the frontier of a very major find.” The latest study, conduct- ed with Harold Newmark at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Gentre in New York, was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Many experts believe a high-fat diet increases the risk of colon cancer. The dis- ease is relatively rare in countries where people eat less fat than North Ameri- cans typically consume. In the United States, colon can- cer is relatively rare among members of the Seventh Day Adventist religion, who are latgely vegetarians. One theory is that fat in the diet i increases the body's It p biological sup- port ‘for a large population survey analysed recently by Dr. Cedric Garland of the University of California, San pr chem- icals, Back as. bile acids. These, in turn, cause the lining of the colon to produce new cells more quickly, a condition associated with a high risk of colon cancer. In the latest study, re- searchers gave calcium_tab- lets to 10 péople who had family histories ‘of colon can- cer. The | supplements amounted to about 17/2 times the recommended daily allowance of this nutrient. Before they took the cal- cium, the. cells of their colon linings were producing new cells at a relatively high rate. After taking the pills for two to three months, their.colon linings resembled those of Seventh Day Adventists. Lipkin said the researchers plan to expand their study to include several hundred people to see if the results are the same. An accompanying editorial by Drs. Robert Bresalier and Young Kim of the Veterans Administration Medical Cen- tre in San Francisco caution- ed that the role of diet in colon cancer is still unclear. “The complex nature of what we eat, and of our res- ponse in it, makes it difficult to define how individual die- tary components affect. us,” they wrote. ~ Research rules needed By NELLE OOSTEROM WINNIPEG (CP) — Medi- cal researchers who’ have been -grappling with the ethics of experimenting with fetuses, embryos and genes could have guidelines to fol- low as early as next year. In an interview during a medical symposium, Mary Lamontagne said the use of aborted fetuses for medical research is one area for which the Medical Research Council is. trying to set guidelines. Lamontagne is a member of a committee that is study- -ing the issue. Researchers also have questions about the implica- tions of pre-natal surgery and genetic engineering — areas in which tremendous prog- ress has been made in the last 20 years. Lamontagne, whose com- mittee was formed by the council, said in an interview - her group is revising the In fetal surgery — still considered in the pioneering. stage — there is concern. about exposing the unborn to unwarranted danger. PROVES SUCCESSFUL Dr, John Patrick said dur- ing a presentation that ex- tensive fetal surgery on sheep has proven highly successful. But the problem is that they are sheep, not people. “There are several fetal anomalies that will result in death of babies shortly after birth and these can be ac- curately. diagnosed using ultra-sound,” said Patrick, who heads the University of Western Ontario's depart- ment of obstetrics, gynecol- ogy and physiology. “The dilemma is how do we determine which fetuses will benefit from fetal procedure and which might actually be harmed or better treated af- ter birth, or perhaps not at all.” L admits that general ed in 1978 for research on human beings and animals. animals. A report to the council could be ready as early as March. The council. will re- view the report, public com- ment will be sought and final guidelines may be drawn up later in the year. Lamontagne said her group has received a signifi- cant number of responses from anti-abortion groups concerned about the use of tissue from aborted fetuses. She said such tissue can be used to regenerate brain cells, for example. “A lot of people think you might be inciting a woman to have an abortion by telling her that her fetal material would be of use to society.” even with specific rules, the council would have power to enforce them. It does have the power to withdraw funding from re- searchers who contravene guidelines. This is not generally done, however, and in any case, much research in Canada is carried on outside of the council. 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The accident occurred at approximately 8 a.m. Less than 24 hours earlier, Sarah Ann Fothering- ham, 84, of Nelson, was pronounced dead on arrival at Castlegar Hospital as a result of a four-vehicle accident about 3 p.m. on Highway 3A near Shoreacres, Crescent vee RCMP report. — CosNews Photo by Simon Birch By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer A drive home from an afternoon attempt to pass another car both ended in tragedy as two people died in separate motor vehicle accidents within 24 hours in the Castlegar area this week. Friday morning 39-year-old Alan Ford of Robson was killed when he tried to pass another southbound car in the 300-block Celgar Road, Castle; Ford lost control of his 1981 C! of bowling and an into a ditch. gar RCMP. report: hback and collided with a northbound 1976 Datsun pick-up driven by 51-year-old Raymond McCreight of Castlegar, RCMP say. McCreight received chest and leg injuries and was transferred to Trail Regional Hospital A total of 16 Four, in addition where he remains in stable condition a hospital spokesman said Friday. Rabbit driven by 70-year-old Alice Hallgren of Nelson. lost control of her car on the slushy road and spun into an on-coming 1984—Chevrolet tanker truck owned by Mohawk Oil Co. of Burnaby and driven by William Morrison, 38, of Penticton, police say. A third vehicle, a 1984 Toyota driven by 68-year-old Winnifred Levitt of Nelson, rounded the corner and was unable to avoid contact with the Hallgren car. , Levitt’s car glanced off the Hallgren car and went A 1985 Honda driven by Walter Jeandron, 66, of Nelson then drove into the ditch while successfully to avoid contact with the other vehicles, according to police. All four were passengers in the Hallgren vehicle. wasa inal people were involved in the accident. to the deceased, received injuries. continued on page A3 FROM CRASH SITE ‘Air safety team recovers parts By SIMON BIRCH Staff Writer Canadian Aviation Safety Board officials have completed their examin- ation at ‘the scene of Wednesday's plane crash on Mt. Sentinel and will now begin a month-long investigation of the crash itself, a spokesman for the board said Friday. “We've finished the examination of the scene,” said Al ‘Clark, regional manager of the CASB. “We have re- covered some material, the parts we feel are significant.” Clark said the investigators will be taking the material back to Vancouver, with a stopover in Penticton — the last crash. The twin-engined' Piper Navajo, chartered by Loomis Courier Services, went missing Tuesday on its way to Castlegar. The cabee Se ears long-stand- ing application for.a long-term care unit looks like it will finally get provincial government approval. “There's a possibility we'll get first stage approval in 1986,” hospital administrator Ken Talarico said Thurs- day. “We're in the government's five-year plan on construction programs. We're part of that.” Talarico said he doesn’t know when during the year approval will come, but added “it will probably correspond to the government's budget year.” The provincial government's budget year runs from April 1 to March 31. place the aircraft stopped before the” The wreckage of the plane was spotted through the clouds ada Mount Sentinel Wednesd RCMP helicopter from Kelowna and a Jet Ranger helicopter from Highland zs in C by-an aircraft approaching nie airport: The plane had crashed into the north slope of the mountain at the 1,500 metre-level. Steven Ollis, 28, the sole occupant of the plane, died in the crash. Clark said he believed most of the cargo aboard the plane had been recovered by Loomis representatives who went in by snowmobile. It is not known what type of cargo was aboard the plane. John King of Loomis Courier Service in Castlegar said, “We can't say any- thing,” and referred calls to the com- pany’s head office in Vancouver. The Castlegar News’ calls to the head office were not returned. Clark said the procedure now is for LONG-TERM CARE UNIT Approval may Castlegar Hospital's bid for a long-~ term care facility has been with the government for three years, Talarico said, but “got caught up in the freeze” on hospital construction. ~ The government recently lifted that freeze. The hospital's proposal calls for 35 intermediate care and 20 extended care beds, and also facilities to provide day care services, Talarico said. He said the facility will be built on hospital property between the west side of the hospital and the health unit. “We have no idea of the cost until we ae into the planning stage,” Talarico Scans the application has been on Cable strike at i trell, of Shaw Cable's By CHERYL CAL Staff Writer The Shaw Cable strike is at an im: passe as both the union and the company are holding firm to their positions. At issue is a union shop. Shaw Cable wants an open union shop because it believes all employees should have the right to choose whether they wish to belong toa union. But members: of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1003 want a modified union shop. That means every worker covered by the collective agreement must become a memer of the union, with the ex- ception of one non-union staffer, ac- cording to IBEW business agent Bob McKnight. New workers need not be union WKPL seeks Hydro price cut By CasNews Staff Faced with a 12 per cent increase in the cost of power it buys from B.C. Hydro, West Kootenay Power and Light Co. has filed a complaint with the B.C. Utilities Ci ission asking it to Wheeling rates are the rates WKPL pays to B.C. Hydro to carry electricity over its\lines. Combined with WKPL’s own request for a six per cent rate increase, Hydro's ‘force the Crown corporation to roll back the hike. A hearing at the BCUC office is led day in mean West Kootenay Power customers could face a whopping 18 per cent hike in rates because the company would have to pass the increases on to its Fisher said. “We've filed an official complaint with the B.C. Utilities Commission,” Jack Fisher, public relations adminis- trator for West Kootenay Power in Trail, said Thursday. “B.C. Hydro has imposed new rate increases on us for 1986,” he said. “It increase to purchase per cent for wheeling rates.” Hydro’s increases would cost WKPL about $4 million. In its application for the increase filed with the commission week, WKPL outlined its rate problems with B.C. Hydro, saying the dispute has been going on for more than a year. Fisher said that when tions with Hydro failed, West Kootenay Power signed a letter of with Bonneville Power Administration in the United States to provide cheaper er. However, B.C. Hydro refused to wheel the power over its lines. “The BPA, rather than get into a dispute between two Canadian com- panies, said the deal was_off,” Fisher said, even though the commission or- dered Hydro to carry the power on an interim basis until the arguments are heard at next Wednesday's hearing. Fisher said WKPL “fully expects B.C. Hydro to ask for an adjournment” at the hearing because the Crown cor- poration is busy with its own applica- tion to the commigsion for increases. Fisher said it is possible the com- mission will grant an adjournment and ge AS to'be hired, but must join after a certain period of time, he says. But the dispute, which has dragged on for nearly four months, is far from shop proposal last month. The Shaw Cable board approved a wage increase proposal subject to the union’s with- drawal of its demands for a union shop, but that was turned down by IBEW ding to a prepared re- lease from Shaw Ca Cable. A. federal B.C. division, of union busting. McKnight says that almost all. of Shaw Cable's shops are union or a type of modified union shop with the exception of some in the Okanagan and Alberta. “He (Gartrell) is trying to show them that if they are going union it is going to cost,” charges McKnight. be near the investigators who were at the scene to complete their report and then send it to CASB headquarters in Hull, Que. He said the report could be com- pleted within four weeks. “The process is a long one, but it allows people to comment (on the acci- dent),” he said. “Eventually a final report is pub- ~ lished.” He added that the purpose of the report is not to find fault in the crash but to “simply determine what hap- pened.” Three helicopters took part in the search this week for the downed plane, including a Labrador helicopter from the Canadian Forces Base Comox, an continued on page A3 file so long, the original proposal for 55 beds and the size and design of the facility could change, he said. In a letter to Talarico, Walter MacLean, director of the government's hospital planning and construction branch, says approval for the major capital project will come in “two separate and distinct Treasury Board approvals — the initial planning stage and the construction stage.” Talarico said the hospital won't enter the planning stage of the project until it gets the initial approval from the Treasury Board. After reviewing the initial approval, “we'd re-survey the needs” of the com- munity for the facility, Talarico said. mpasse conviction of anyone causing wilful damage to its property. McKnight responded to the vandal- ism by saying he believes Shaw Cable is accusing people of vandalism when in fact management people doing the union's work lack the expertise to keep the system going. “I think it’s an excuse for the system breaking down,” McKnight said. “Who knows if there's been any vandalism. Lynn Shaw Cable’s manager in: Trail, said the company is holding up well despite the strike. Vandalism remains the biggest prob- lem. Greentree says the latest target was the Robson, Brilliant and Raspberry area. 2 a Those residents have been experi- encing reception problems since last week and the problem was only tracked down Wednesday, Greentree said. He said someone had put a nail through the cable line that runs across the Columbia River near the CPR train bridge. Greentree said there are six cables running across the river and the person who put the nail through Shaw Cable's unidentified line had to have “basic knowledge of what they were looking ~ for.” He said the information has been turned over to the ROMP. officer, Maurice Gagnier, has been working on the dispute since last January. “Our members say they don’t want money . . . they want a union shop,” says McKnight. “We made it quite clear that we really need that.” He added that “because of the attitude and things going on, it makes it very obvious that we need one.” McKnight has accused Lloyd Gar- cable lines were cut. Damage to Shaw is just | people racing through the streets.” McKnight explained that the union continued on page A3 Mill workers receive good It’s going to be a merrier Christmas for Celgar pulp mill workers. Crediting improved markets, Westar ‘Timber said Friday its Celgar Pulp Operation Christmas shutdown will be shorter. than previously announced. “We've had an improvement in the market,” said spokesman Bert Collier. “It looks-as if our shutdown is now curtailed.” Cable vehicles — such as being broken — have also been reported. Shaw Cable has also had oN? breakers tripped, Greentree ate ‘pointed out that the customer suffers when there's vandalilsm. Shaw Cable has posted a $1,000 reward for information leading to the 2 The originally d the mill would close from Dec. 20 - Jan. 13 because of deteriorating pulp mar- kets. However, Collier said the shutdown now will extend from Dec. 24 - Jan. 2. “We've had to change plans in order to meet additional orders,” he ex- plained.