gislative Library, Parliamant Bldgs., 50 Victoria, Bs. C. Wey Axa Fébs-28 Published. at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” yon WEATHERCAST Sunny ond cooler Thureday with sunshine continuiny weekend with clou iervale and a little milder, Highs cround - 5* with overnight lows of -10°, VOL. 35, NO. 10 85 Cents i 3Sections (A,B&C) CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3,-1982 VANCOUVER (CP) — A British air san will be called as a witness in B.C. S PWA accused of 'd witnesses to determine the extent snd:details:of the .. 1978 in which 48 ‘people died. Pacific Western Airlines lawyer Jack Giles received approval from Justice Harry McKay to call Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom as an expert to testify in matters relating to air traffic control. Broom, an aero space consultant, was chief of air traffic control in Britain, He will examine PWA facilities at’ Calgary and Cranbrook. He is expected to testify next Wednesday: On Tuesday, Toronto lawyer Eric Lane, former counsel for PWA was ordered to come to Vancouver immediately after W.J.A. Hobson, counsel for Transport department. defendants ina lawsuit JOvelving the crash, alleged PWA and Lane had aplan and misrepresentation.” _ He said he wanted to examine Lane and other relating to the crash of a Boeing ‘787 jet at Mt Oreebroak in ‘SIXSURVIVED The PWA plane crashed at Cranbrook Feb. 11, 1978, after attempting to avoid'a snowplow on the runway. Only six persons survived. : Giles has applied for court approval of a settlement of two lawsuits between PWA, The Boeing Co., the city of «:- Cranbrook and Robr Industries, Ine. One suit Justice McKay said ‘in’ court later. that - “allegations have been made against him and he should be ' - here listening to them,” settlement with Boeing for $450,000, Giles corrected him and said it was $500,000 and that it was agreed PWA would pay legal fees for Boeing up to $75,000 to defend any action by the Crown or anyone else against Boeing. ‘we were t the. sucsamt but we have toshare hoe responsibility with the Crown,” Giles told the judge. But he added that in his submission the responsibility of the Crown was greater and that it would greatly facilitate the prospect of settlement to have the the loss of aircraft and its use and the other the Suestion pat fund was WANTS WITNESSES Hobson has asked the court to order the appearance of ui ud! PWA and was to be decided later. :° This issue of liability is to be determined in a ae sult scheduled to be:heard April 1. : When Hobson suggested that PWA had made: a Z ives'te facts concerning the crash.” ‘He alleged the deception by PWA has continued since the inquest into the crash, . Giles said he had an answer to Hobson's allegations and the true and accurate aaibiiea’ will make a submission ‘when’ Hobson is finished presenting his case. Hobson also asks that the Crown defendants be awarded all costs ‘and expenses incurred to date against PWA and its former counsel Lane on the grounds that there has been and as in the Hobson in his opening to Justice McKay said he was not-here only to argue motions but also to express the of the Crown s about the evidence of the crash. He said he questioned whether ¢ even ‘the court could undo’ the irreparable harm in finding the truth of what happened the day of the crash. .’ Hobson said the Crown was alleging civil contempt against the persons whose conduct upset the normal process of examination for discovery. Beef AAMAS AS AG RETA SS \ and adult behavi ‘STRA The from way to. get Tony Demato down | is to pie him. But decides the only DISCOVERY PARK College likes idea By CasNews Steff Selkirk College board * VOTED Tuesday to approve came — By Chee Wiclow _ Disabled get help | 1981 — gr enriatlonal Year of Disabled persons — is over, but, Selkick College It: focussed attention om improving the lifestyle of the disabled Pernon in the West hasn't to provide more ‘opportun- ndicapped. ‘leagues Jan Lindsay, pro- The department of Contin- | gram ities for the handica uing Education is looking ‘at offering courses for the han- drews told the college board Tuesday. . One such program, which should. get. under’ way this” month, is a:20-hour' program Andrews, along with col- co-ordinator for Basic Life Life. Skil; Tim Frick phy- sical education instructor; and the Recreation and Sport Branch field’ representative Wayne Taiji, secured a fed-. eral grant to employ three Selkirk College students. The three students, Lee to teach mentally’ handi- Chris capped adults the difference | between child-like behavior ‘and to heighten, community aware- ness. to the recreational and allow the handicapped ‘to * move - from * dependance to. independance. Andrews said the. teacher and students are already as- sembled. “It’s gonna happen,” he said. Andrews said his move to include handicapped’ in the program planning. process began after his participation in the Recreation for ‘Dis- ‘abled Persons project held on the Castlegar, campus in Auguat. The project was federally- funded and sponsored by needs and desires of disabled per- sone. project also informed ane persons of the op- portunities available to them and how they could take ad- vantage of those opportun- ities. Another goal of the project was to inform recreation, ed- ueation, end continuing edu-! -eation lesdera, as well as the disabled ‘and : non-disabled general public how, the rec- reation integration - process could take place in their small communities, Tim Frick said, “It was lege bas taken an initiative to - shelp‘all disabled in the com- munity,”. said Frick — who has spent the last five years as a volunteer with every type of disabled person. “It makes me really happy to see that disabled in the area have the opportunity to attend college and attend recreation events. “I realize the year of the disabled is over, but I still think the disabled has found - his place in society, and that's right beside his Frick said the disabled de-. serves the same opportunity. — the opportunity. to choose recreational and educational projects that they wish to choose. Though it is difficult for the- wheelchair. student.’ to wheel: up the front steps at the college and up to the in principle the pursuit of the 5, development of a discovery park at the Castlegar cam- pus, But board chairman Bob _Buckley said $6,000, the cost to hire a consulting firm to ;, study the project, isn't ‘avail- ‘able at this time. - : He also said — in answer to ‘Trail, school board ‘repre- cpenlative Jack Bryan's ques- — that the money could 2 ‘be found” in” existing: “funds. t: = Calloge™ pricelpat Perra, sadied, “Tm not sure if i Roof repairs “now uncertain. By CasNews Staff “ Finance Minister Hugh Curtis’ announcement Tues- day ‘of a 45-day freeze on some provincially-funded capital projects may have thrown a wrench into Selkirk College's plan to re-roof its arse Castlegar campus. College Bursor Dale Schatz back to win this match, ‘the second of ‘the iwesing’ in. All-Star said the college had received g at Stanley Pp ¥ Sch approval to spend $240,000 to “Ete ot by Bom thet re-roof the library and ad- * By CasNews Staff: The Lower Arrow: Lakes resettlement plan is’ facing - yet another major delay — and the Central sSvncial delay draws board ire Broadwater, 10, in ‘Renata and four in Cayuse Creek. : Regional District board isn't, happy about it. : The the latest delay in the.adop- tion of the plan... The plan — to board ‘Saturday’ served notice that itgvill fight, asked that ‘strongly-worded letters stipratest be seiko rovia: cial ‘Municipal “Affairs .Min- ister. Bill Vander Zalm ‘and ‘Environment : Minister Ste- Tea Rogers, asking for ‘a allow former Lower Arrow Lem residents to buy back’ by -B.C. Heirs when the crown cor- poration constructed \. the Keenleyside Dam in. the . 1960s — was . finalized in mid-1981 asa regional dis- trict bylaw, but only’ after extensive public hearings . and long negotiations. Tt was ‘forwarded to the provincial government for what’ the regional “board t Chongbt would be roulhe # , Frick commended Proval. the college for providing ramps over. many” sets of steps On campus. ' The college is also looking at installing an elevator to make the second floor of the college more accessible to wheelchair air students. continued on pege A2 But it didn't work out that Lakes* reaidaatn alt tae rosette. ment jasue bas been a “pain ‘Inthe neck" ‘as long as, he's. been on the regional: board. +- ‘He said that'after finally arriving at a compromise, “to see it go. outside the: com- munity and to see it chipped aways. making ‘ministration end of the build- ing, as well as a couple of the winge. — But the college held off on ‘the project when it became apparent that the entire col- lege had: to be re-roofed. The college then asked for whole roof this summer, since the funds wouldn't be designated until the 1982-83 fiscal year. we need to find the $6,000 now.” ‘The motion was made after hose the opportunity to examine a preliminary report on the park by. David Thompson University Centre director Richard Williams. iB ‘Discovery parks are de- signed to: attract research and development activities of leading companies from.” across Canada to B.C. Williams said in his report that. much further: work would need to be done before P ect But the finance minister's announcement leaves the project on pretty shaky ground Schatz ssid. Now the college is unsure if it will receive the funding. “We felt if we made it through this winter, we would be doing well,” he said. Campus director Jim Cromwell says the college has had ongoing -problems, with the roof- for :several years. The college finally received: advice from one of its Gore A sulting firms who said that the only way the college” could solve the problems of the leaky and poorly insul- ated roof is to re-roof the building, bringing it up to current standards, The roof is only up to stan- dards which existed when it was built in the mid-1960's. PM and premiers tossed hot potato OTTAWA (CP) — Finance Minister Allan MacEachen and his. provincial: counter- parts failed again today to reach agreement on contro- versial cuts in federal ald to the provinces and tossed the ‘hot potato up to Prime Mini- “gter Trudeau and the 10 pre- miers. Each decisions ‘not for: the © botier interest’ of the,‘ community Eat fe “political ends, is: in emerging “trom a morning meeting of finance ministers, said he had no more money to offer the yanderpel blamed the dew’ ' lay on, “ineptitude and stup- and wildlife, water rights and “other provincial government d Officials has requested fur- ther input before the plan is | given final approval. About 80 lots are affected idity. and political ambitions of certain people.” “How long is this going to go on?” he asked. He said the regional board is being blamed for not. on page AZ and doubts very much ithe premiers will be only more successful in get- “ting the money out of Tru- deau.: The breakdown means ‘the first ministers’ conference on the economy will probably go into a third day. Asked if the federal gov- hs ernment had any new prop- osals to offer the provinces to ease the dispute, MacEachen replied: “The code word for prop- osals is more money and I didn’t have more money to ‘place on the table. I believe that is what the ministers would like to have, under- standably.” One provincial official said MacEachen opened the meet- ing by saying words to this effect: “This is a waste of time; .we have no more money.” MacEachen indicated Tru- deau will have no new offer either, saying it will be as Williams told the board the next logical step would be to contact organizations such as at enay spinal and industrial development groups in Trail to see if they are prepared to co-operate in pursuing a dis- “covery park. Williams noted that Nelson council is very interested in the project. “They are willing to sup- port it anywhere in the West Kootenays.. ..,” he said. Williams said the deputy... minister of of universities. a nat’ that betore the government could consider +> giving a grant for the project, two private firms would need | to make a commitment. Lethal ‘gas strikes PORT MOODY (CP) — cloud of potentially lethal gas hit this commutity east of Vancouver Tuesday - night, sending three persons: to hospital Two people were knocked out while driving on the Bar- — ‘The ineident has left auth. orities and énvironmentalists eries, ‘ chemical. plants and sulphur logding docks. =~ A pilot light in Imperial Oil's Toco refinery went out and the waste hydrogen sul- phide gas that normaily is burned off at the top of the stack was released. The smelling cloud drifted across Burrard Inlet and’ when it got to the Barnet Highway it hit the slow- moving rush hour Two drivers loat conscious- ness and their cars wobbled off into the ditch. Several other drivers pulled their cars off to the side of the highway because they felt iL, Police immediately barri- . caded the highway, called in emergency crews and sought help from Burnaby RCMP and fire department. Burnaby assistant fire chief Ken Gurr headed a hard to reach an at the first ministers’ level as it was among the finance ministers. unit that arrived within minutes. “We weren't needed, but we could have been,” he said.