CASTLEGAR! NEWS, Janyary 16, 1983 “Satellite. core to OF WORLD FINAN ~ fall next month | MOSCOW (AP) = The 8o- viet Union said Saturday the fuel core of a falling nuclear- powered satellite will enter Earth’s atmosphere in mid- , . Earth's atmosphere Jan, 24 February. The official news agency ‘Tass said most of the radio- active fallout from the fuel core of Cosmos-1402 will burn up or be dispersed into fine particles posing little threat to life. The report was the first detailed projection of when the tumbling satellite's de- ¥ the uranium fuel’ core put at “mid-February.” - On: Friday, the Canadian Defence Department said the satellite would hit the — plus or minus 64 hour: The department, working with U.S. defence. officials tracking the satellite, did not say how. the estimate was reached. , Tass quoted ‘Oleg Belotser- kovsky, director of the Mos- cow physical-technical insti- tute, as svg the satellite of mise will be On Jan. 7, the Soviets. confirmed U.S, Defence De- partment claims the satellite was “falling from orbit, but they said ground controllers separated the reactor from the rest of the craft for safety. Tass said the operations on Dec. 28 and “ceased its existence.” On command from ground controllers, he said, “a sys- tem. was. activated which switched the reactor off and divided the. satellite into three main part of the Cosmos’ structure will enter the at- mosphere “late in January” ‘during entry into the dense -Isyers of the atmosphere,” one of | which .burned ‘up Dec.’ 80. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Wed., Jan. 26 © 33G p.m. ‘Legion Hall AGENDA: Election of New Directors; Reports from Member-Agencies. _ CASTLEGAR DISTRICT ~ UNITED WAY For. Ton ‘Convenience We're OPEN MOND/ CLASSIC FABRICS W14-athSt. PARIS (AP) —, The rich countries of the: West start three days of meetings in Paris today to finalize a stop- gap plan to avert collapse of the world financial. system’ under the burden of a-crush- ing international debt. They also will be studying’; long-term measures to solve! ‘the: underlying: problem —~ how to push the world econ- omy out of recession. |“ The immediate issue is.a major increase in-the re- sources of the’ Washington- based International Mone- sary Fund. ‘That will bolster the IMF's ability to bail out countries — including Mexico, Brazil, Ar- gentina, Poland and Romania’ — unable to repay principal, sand often even the. interest on huge debts to Westerh ‘banks and’ government In March, 1981, Poland nounced its inability, to meet aregular interest of $2.5 billion on its $27- billion » debt’ to western: banks ‘and | governments. : As the world recession’ grew deeper, the. income of debtor’ countries slumped. Argentina with $40 billion outstanding, were unable to « make intorest payments, But when appafently.‘oil- rich Mexico could. not meet the payments °on its '$80- billion debt last August, ‘there was public fear in the United States and Europe of a ‘chain | reaction endangering the: IMF. “Concern ‘heightened: notably... when Brazil, with an ‘esti. 8 mated debt of $87 billion, and,’ countries hai agreed: “that: n rength:. After | ‘iis meet: many, Pry “ede, in¢rease- the IMF's ings of senior. officials Sunday. ‘sealed “Special: and”: Monday,’ the ' whole ‘world, financial ‘structuro, - Bond ratings NEW. YORK (CP) dard and Poor's saad Ft day that soaring deficits in: tonged recession eae ‘certain’ British Columbia, and | Mani- toba threaten the high ‘ra-. tings of several Provincially guaranteed bonds.” +S and’ P, one of the: two major ‘Wall Street bond-rat- ing services, announced it added to its credit-watch list - three, triple-A-rated B.C. ‘en-. P tities and* three ‘: double-A ones in Manitoba, “We are watching the situ- ation: i recession is worse than in the United States,” said Mahesh Kotecha, vice-president for international bond ratings, He’ called the Senien, -. source é below original estimates. - x] Ust Your Business Kils Dicwstory. TRAIL ‘SHOW TRAILS SALES @ SERVICE 502- 12Ave., Genelle...eececeeersereeee! RESTAURANTS BOSTON PIZZA, WIZOIYAVO oo sesseereccscneeeoeennee a Phone 365-5210 Canada: where’ the fy . polite ii }-low-officer's death, The two-page ‘motion and. Mayor: Audrey Rockwell has : * tion’ to'raise’ money for. mu- ~ “nicipal coffers’ — arranging: “§ + game. show.” with’ Fecovery from ‘the | pro: than in’ the ‘U.S: S and P added B, c Hydro, the City of . Vancouver: and * $600-million increase” short-term debt.” The City:of. Vancouver is . also under ‘surveillance. be-° cause of. its finanelal: and the Finance Authority of B.C to its warn. ing list. Also added were: the Prov- ince. of Manitoba, the City of with the’ province, aud 8 cand ‘ P. B.C. itsalt has ‘no rated ebt ‘outs 2 1:4 and the Hydroelectric Board. S and P noted B.C.’s new forecast of $1-billicz. deficit for . fiscal 1983, A- sharp’. downturn in the B.C. econ- omy has. caused -a $750- million revenue ‘shortfall: . Corporate income taxes, ‘sults in B.C..and. Manitoba, “the 1984 budgets to be pre-. : sented in’ the spring and the “economic: outlook “to:.assess potential ; negative ratings - implications.” : Analyses.x will focus on sev- sales tax, and natural -re-.° are ‘all far . “However, the deficit ‘al- “ready has required 'signifi- cant expenditure reductions, .@ substantial. decline. in ac- 60 Minu ites — NEW ORLEANS (AP) — ‘Lawyers. for :CBS television * asked an appeals court Sat- urday to overturn a judge's ban on broadcasting on the “program 60. Minutes’ inter: :views with people allegedly ” “beaten or harassed during a “toba, S and P. said the prov- ince forecasts @ $500-million deficit. for. fiscal 1988, up 50 ae ‘other ‘countrioa if IMF:. nds ‘ran dangerously low: French. Finance: Minister Jacques ‘Delors, chairing the | Tuesday meeting, will'again it hig plan.to revive the x nt bie ‘more likely, now: win Ua, economy. The \plan, which he, hes , ged: ‘at several internation- ©. ast a ye "Mayor wants on. : WESTFIR, ORE. (AP). — conie up with a novel sugges- ‘forthe City: Council to ‘com: pete on: TV's; Family. Feud ““If Family Feud can invite families‘ to ‘appear, why not’ ome ‘elected officials? suggest they invite the West- fir and Oakridge city councils to appear on one of their pro- .grams,” Oakridge is an ad- per cent from the budgeted. sents 21 per cent of reventes, up from 12 per cont in'1982, and now one of the aoe them, - capacity, S and P. said. ” Manitoba’s .revenues are ; “alae. volatile: because. of the: “i 1989, the “size “Of “the ‘1984: whether new revenue” ‘. three weeks beiore seven ‘officers _secused in the beat- ‘Deferice lawyers: who had’ won @-motion;to. move the; trial to Dallas, because of ex: of a fel- 44 pages of briefs and _peti- tions’ were filed at 9:45 a.m." “and turned over to a. three- judge panel within: minutes, said-a spokesman for the Fifth U.S. Cireuit Court. of ~ Appeals.. . The 60 Minutes program” | was.to be broadcast tosey =. to find an irapartial jury. ‘ US. District Judge Adrian: ;, issued ‘a hand-'- written order Friday: forbid-. - Duplanties ding the broadcast after CBS refused to show him a script of the Program" segment: ‘There’ was no‘ hearing in open court, Duplantier con- a. -has looked after the KEN MIERAU 1s OUR NEW AGENT CASTLEGAR: There's a-good chance you may - know Ken already. He is also our Agent in Nelson where he needs ‘of our customers for the ast 11 | years. S ‘And now as the Esso aan is cantiegar Ken can bring to the Castlegar, Trail, : Fruitvale and Salmo areas the same. ex- . ‘perience, dependability and trust he has: provided in Nelson: CALL KEN AT 365-5185 _. kn “would qualify as a family, but she's willing to try. If. the’: council ° wins, the support, because Washington nly aware ‘of: t money ld be ined to offset = =I = © continued from frontpage. a 2 fringe settlement plan. made at the Fequi it of. ot Gatlege planner Don: sate News in an interview that the plan should have | =I E gone to the board for adoption. after the’ last: public = hearing, However, because: of: the numberof! changes. 5 ; 5 Fequested by: Castlegar city, the regional. board ‘felt’ ita “ferred ‘with ter in “his private:office. . ‘ laying the broadcast tintil the ‘trial ‘Would: result in’.a-min- imum of “inconvenience to'or interference with, the’ news Robert Barkley Ire, one ot leans, said the alter ‘gnpossd:: : a. national _ blackout of the program. Lawyers for the policemen said it was based on inter: views of people | listed as vic- tims in the indictment of the: so-called Algiers Seven, ac- cused of violating the civil ‘os physically abusing them. ‘The interrogations took | place: during -the ‘investiga- tion of Officer Gregory Neu- pert’s killing in‘a, tough sec- tion of: the’ Algiers: district“ across the Mississippi River from’. downtown New, “Or.” = = should go back to a public’ hearing to’ ‘ensure ‘that & residents and property owners fuphaes of the al | caro of Same knee ind ude: right. of trap irae cha eis in the future. R inclusion of a possible future road connecting stth Street to Highway: 3.” - @ agreement that the fringe Pl shoul ‘encourage nd. ii inside with-the VANCOUVER (CP) ~The chairman df the Bank of B.C.” n between the current ; says ji j who draw, economic situation and the Great Depression are often too ‘ young: to recall the true circumstances ot the 1930s and $0 realize there’are few similarities. Trevor | |Pilley, 57, told’ the k's annual earl meeting ‘these comparisons are made almost daily by the; media and this negative coverage could impede an economic rocovery because of its affect on consumer confidence. The media are ‘not alone’ in’ their misconception,” he. ' added. Corporate imanagers, labor léaders and politicians who have become ‘accustomed to operating in a period of: escalating economic’ ‘growth’ are “also confused ‘by the.“ downturn which: has forced: em to! modify thelr oxpec- 4 “The theer pace of the: deeli reports of debt, has produced this negative crisis of confidence unto 4 of since the Second World War,” eaid Pill current situation per se.: The coverage only illustrates. th sad fact that bad news generally makes better reading than. “good news, he sald. er CITES DIFFERENCES: : ites ‘some of the-differencea between the two periods,. Pilley said there‘are safety nets in place now that did not exist in the 80s such as unemployment insurance, ‘the Canada Pension'Plan and. Qld Age Benefits, \In‘addition; countries around the world are ‘in better : economic shape and the crop failure that: created the Dirty Thirties is nowhere in evidence... ; »Pilley said there'can be no doubt the sltailoa is cause * for concern, ‘but added '1983'‘could be a turning point if consumer confidence increased. °: “Daily; the average reader and listener is fed a dict of despondency, worry and outright disaster,” he said. “When he turns from the economic news he can spend some time the: for A don. The result is’ that’ the: consumer, on whom our economic health largely depends, runs for cover; putting his money. away in case it is needed for'a rainy. day.” ': ~ Part of the gollution, said Pilley, is to. recognize and reinforce the positive signs that are pointing to a slow, but steady, recovery. He added that unemployment nust be reduced, ism ‘avoided and technol embraced if the turnaround is to last. WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT . =. Alfred: Amb fellow + peter TORONTO (CP) — Wom- en's groups across Canada are organizing demonstra- tions for Tuesday to urge consumers to boycott First Choice over the pay-tele- vision network's recent $80- million agreement with Play- boy Enterprises. Protest organizers also say they will recommend a boy- cott against the T. Eaton Co., fy because Glon Warren. Pro- ductions Ltd, which figures in the First Choice-Playboy | agreement, is controlled by a bead erreel shite eee ee) bess iia h’ of maintenance department. ant tea held in his honor iy Ambrosone worked for Castlegar school district for 22 years, primarily as.a carpenter. in the —CosNewsPhoto To provide venture copital ; In his address to the sh D. Bawin McGeachan said the bank lost $28 million in bad loans for the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 1982, compared with $9 million in the previous’ year. :, - McGeachan said the bank ‘was not involved in any. major bissiness failures because its loan clients were mainly small Pilley said pee the meeting he could not speculate on loan: losses for (1983. \ The ‘banks financial. results, which were released last December, showed net income of $11.7 million, down 82 per cent from 1981, record’ profits of $17.8 million. - Bank ‘assets’ ‘increased An 1982 to $3.254 billion from for copper industry VANCOUVER : (cP) — ‘ “After that, it's up to the: and watermaina in’the fringe area will be sconaianoet vith the city’s 's standards ! go ‘that in case of emergencies, fire equipment ea can be. inter- changed and critical repairs made... 0. ym said the settle- ment plan has been set aside | pending, n° agriculture & Ministry of study by. the p He could’ not say when that study. will be ‘finished, q but said it should be sometime thia year. ye “They're in the Process of doing that. work,” he. | Until that study is finished, the: Agricultural Land = =e .. ae | "7B eon 1 an i ue rather than ee fringe | Reserve boundaries in Ootischenia will remain in place. 5 . ATION “ Longtime. local _ resident dies - Peter P. (Kaz) Kazakoif. of Castlegar passed away: Jan, “18, aged 43. Born Sept. 8, 1989 at Nelson, B.C. he moved with his’ parents to Grand Forks where he lived until he was 8, In 1952, the family moved . Castlegar where he has ved ‘since, He worked at Celgar from 1962 to 1975 and owned and “Police Briefs A 1981 GMC four-wheel drive pick-up, owned by Mal- oney Pontiac Buick GMC, was stolen from the- Permashine building ‘Thurs- day night, Castlegar RCMP. “report. The building. was broken ‘into and the brown and beige colored vehicle was removed. The truck had no licence : plantes.. and inquire about his services, pr or credit terms. Better still, “drop a the office at... 2201 - Gth Ave., Castlegar _ KEN WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU. 8 8 Castlegar RCMP are also investigating a. break-in at the Robson Post’ Office: as well as a break-in at the Gulf Canada Products Co. bcs plant. No further details were at press time. - ated:.Purnell Distribu- tors at.the time of his death, He enjoyed playing softball and golf. Mr. ‘Kazakoff is survived by his parents Pete and Nancy Kazakoff of Castlegar, . one brother; John of Castle- gar, two sisters; -Mrs, Tim (Kathy) Horkoff of Castlegar and Mrs, Walter (Jane) Kon- kin of Ootischenia and ‘three nephews... Funeral services will begin today (Sunday) at 7 p.m. at the Brilliant Cultural Centre and continue, Monday’ at’ 10 a.m, at the Brilliant Cultural Centre with burial at 2 p.m. in Park’ Memorial‘Cemetery. Funeral arrangements un- der the direction of Castlegar Funeral Chapel. / COURT NEWS - “In Castlegar provincial court. this week, - Tawar ‘was Crown: Counsel’Don Carl- grin stayed 19’ other-counts, three’ months probation Hd being a minor in possession of alcohol." * * . Gislason Sigfus was sen- tenced to one day in jail for theft: under $200. le . « Carl Campbell Purdy, 47, pleaded guilty Jan. 10 in Rossland provincial court toa charge ‘of ‘defrauding the Trail branch of ‘the Bank of Montreal of $86,000. ight of fraud, three of forgery and eight of uttering. Purdy was represented by’ Loigh Harrison before Sudge Enderton. And he .was, re- leased on his (own Tecog- nizance until his sentencing . April 6. * * 8 And in'Castlagar provin- - cial court last week, Harvey Zaytsoff was sentenced to 14 days in jail intermittently and probation for impaired driving. i Copper prices have risen | sharply since Jan. 1, bringing some relief to an industry that has suffered a two-year slump. © After steadily declining for months, the price of copper increased by about’ seven cents (U.S.) per pound in the first two weeks of 1988, “We simply bad Prices last year that were far below the cost of: production,” ‘said Robin Adams, metals analyst at Chase Econometrics, a Philadelphia’. © forecasting firm. ; “The mines couldn't afford to produce at just over 50 cents (U.S.) a pound.” Copper was priced at 73.7 cents (U.S,) a’pound on the Com- modity Exchange’ in New York earlier this week. ’~ Adams predicted that cop- per will eventually settle be- tween 90 cents and $1 (U.S.). However, once. the. price reached $1, Adams said, fu- ture increases would depend on the economy. “We will see a two-step increase. The first step has been year as copper moved above 70. cents and will continue to the 90 cents-to-$1 level. happening __ since the beginning of the economy, If the economy re- covers strongly, then you'll see copper take off. again. Either way, copper is now moving up to $0 cents to $1, no matter what. It's difficult ‘to predict after that though.” PRODUCTION DOWN Last year, the ‘value. of copper production in B.C. de- clined by 21 per cent to $488. million (Cdn). Both volume and price decreases contri- buted to the decline. Copper © production was eight-per- cent lower than 1981, at 267,000 tonnes. In its 1982 economic re- view, the B.C. Ministry of In- dustry said copper prices now are about half of what they were in the spring of 1980 and well below the pro- “duction costs of most mines, The government report said state-owned copper pro- ducers in Chile, Peru, Zambia and Zaire have aggravated the sii by to VICTORIA (CP) — The British Columbia govern- ment is i in the province. « Another proposal calls for of. a -small- lishing a technological agency - similar to Britain's National Research Development Corp.’ “that currently earns $60 mil- lion a year fram licence: ro- yalties and joint-venture rev- UES., This agency would provide enture capital to take -ad- ‘vantage of ‘and exploit the high ‘ing .estab: | business venture eapital pro: gram to encourage thé’ for- mation of pools, of venture capital for investment in high technology: and high risk in. dustries and companies. A third calls for Discovery Parks’ Inc.," the’ government; firm that develops industrial research parks, to finance vi- from : the, fesearch and de-- he is the able 1 and develop- ment projects, in exchange for. share: ‘financing. The proposal is one of sev- eral. being looked at by the government to. encourage’ development in B.C. of high technology industries. that Premier Bill Bennett says ig the key to seonamle recovery. 8. An outline of the proposal to bridge the gap | for exploit- and universities. But, there is ized or company in which the Eaton family has a majority owner- ship. ‘ Maude Barlow, of Ottawa, said, rallies are planned in front of city halls or Eaton's outlets in a dozen cities and Playboy on Pay-TV sparks protests sald opponents to the First Choice-Playboy pact fear Canadian pay-TV will follow the example set in the U.S. FEARS PORNOGRAPHY “Pornography is the fast- growing segment of pay-tele- vision in the U.S., and we have: seen it start from simple (nudity) to hard porn, We know what's coming here.” She accused the Canadian Association of Broadcasters of “lying to us.” “They agreed to ensure that women would be treated with dignity. on future pro- gramming, .and_ they've finked out. It was because of those assurances that. the CRTC (Canadian Radio-- television and . Telecommu- Cc will be » the greatest ever attracted by women's groups. Barlow, director of. Ot- tawa’s municipal Office of . Equal Opportunity for Wom- “en, said organizers began planning in earnest only two days ago but all major wom- en’s groups have. indicated . their support, including the country’s two largest, the National Action. Committee on the Status of Women and the National Advisory Com- mittee on the Status of Women. ~ In an interview, Barlow High tech program eyed ogies and to foster estab- of new coherent mechanism for en-. suring that any useful tech- nology arising from this mas- sive research will mere firms, the documents tt could assist independent and hnological be applied: to economic or socially. useful entrepreneurs to secure the of de- cided not to regulate on the pornography on television.” Last September, after three years of study, a CRTC task force on sex role stereo- typing recommended the broadcasters’ association be entrusted with regulating its members for at least two years. . ADDS INTENSITY Barlow said First Choico's announcement this week that it will broadcast several Playboy shows seen on U.S. stations, as well as co-pro- duce: films through Glen Warren with Playboy in Can ada, has intensified the situ- ation. “... All of a sudden women are seeing the First Choice programming and saying, ‘This is it. I'm. not letting this into my home.” She said demonstrations have been confirmed for noon~ Tuesday in Victoria, Van- couver, Calgary, Regina, Sas- katoon, Winnipeg, London,. Ont., Toronto, Ottawa, Hali- fax, 8t. John’s, Nfld. and in the Yukon. ‘Demand for lumber VANCOUVER (GP) — The recent surge in lumber pur- chases has been caused by the threat of countervailing duties .being imposed on Canadian lumber sold in the U.S., says a U.S. lumber industry spokesman. Paul O'Reilly, executive vice-presideht of ° Furman Lumber Inc., said the duty threat and low inventories have caused the increase in demand and price. “We've sold about seven million (board feet of lumber; in’one week,” he said in an interview from his Boston of- fice. “Our normal (volume) is about two million.” He said ‘consumers and AGENCY SUGGESTED Consequently, it suggests - creation of'a techndlogy ex- - ploitation agency, similar to the Ontario I.D.E.A..Corp., with $10 million in . capital over five years to facilitate commercial . exploitation . of that. technology. It would be expected to ing notes that almost 60 per cent of $1.85 billion spent’ on re- search and development ‘is funded and performed in the become fi jally .. self- sustaining on the revenue Ci from its investments. The agency .also could serve to promote the devel- public sector by opment of ad: d.technol- Gold stocks set off VANCOUVER (CP) — A record 120.5 million shares changed hands on the Van- couver Stock Exchange: this . week, the. highest.‘ volume ever traded on q Canadian stock exchange. The previous record of 89.8 million was set April 24, 1964, on the Toronto Stock Exchange. AVSE said.ac- produce at high levels des- pite the deteriorating mars ket, However, the report said copper prospects were good and even a mild improvement inthe economy would trigger a price increase. tivity.in gold stocks was the reason for the record, with * much of the excitement cen- tred on the group of com- panies with interests in the Hemlo gold fields of North- ern Ontario. : Although there is no oper- ating mine at Hemlo, drill re- sults have shown the ore to be of high quality and suffi- ‘cient‘quantity to make a mine viable, More than 86 junior com- panies in the area are listed on the Vancouver Stock Ex- change. Noranda Mines Ltd., Teck Corp. and Lac Minerals “Ltd. also are involved. The weekly volume record is the latest in the series of daily records set by the VSE in the list two weeks. ‘ On Jan. 10, the VSE set a daily volume record of 27.1 million shares. Volumes de- clined only slightly through the week, with 24.4 million ‘record day at VSE shares traded Tuesday, 22 million Wednesday, 21.8 mil- lion Thursday’ and 25.2. mil- lion Friday. y : ‘The -stock market surge started Jan. 5 when daily volume hit 16.8 million, breaking the previous record of 15.3 ‘million set Nov. 21, 1980, Marc Foreman, VSE direc- tor of floor trading, said ear- lier this week he expected daily volume to remain at 15 million to 20 million for some ~ time because of the gold stocks activity. Volume in Toronto on Fri- day was 12.2 million and Montreal volume’ was 1.5 million. ‘those plans, theis: innovations as well. d L Gem ell aress are ” Pay-TV programs blocked HULL, QUE. (CP) — relative Everybody, ‘is. inst Tkaan. : surges “The pendulum is swinging in favor of the mills right now.” Joan Strickland of the Chi- cago-based North American Wholesale Lumber Assn, said there were sigas late last year of the beginning of the recovery .because the lumber market did not go into the usual November- December slump. RECOVERY STEADY She said forecasts have been for a.slow, but steady, recovery. She said the threat of countervailing duties is responsible for the current frantic activity. Ken McKenzie, manager of lumber planning for Mac- Millan Bloedel Ltd., the larg- forest, products company... in Canada, said. prices have... y d, but are still not’ The issue of countervailing duties was raised last Oc- tober. when an association representing some American \lumber producers. made a formal about Can- satisfactory. “We haven't had a market when prices were rising so fast since August, 1979, and that was in a totally different with a lot of adian Prices, saying the Can- adian, were re- and -Telecommunications Commission has blocked free pay-TV. previews this week of such films as The French Lieutenant's Woman, Diner and La Cage Aux Folles on cable television across the country. The commission, the fed- eral broadcast regulator, told cable companies late Friday airing the filras will take too many viewers away from ceiving indirect government subsidies. The U.S. International Trade Administration is to make a preliminary ruling March 7. If the decision is not in Canada’s favor, it would. seriously reduce sales of B.C. forest products. B.C. cur- rently exports two-thirds of its production to the U.S. CONCERNS CONSUMERS O'Reilly said U.S. consu- mer } now are Both the Bureau of Broad- cast Measurement and the A.C. Nielsen Co. plan viewer surveys this. week to rate the audiences of channels avail- able in Canada. The CRTC says those sur- veys wouldn't give an accur- ate indication of how many view programs on a regular basis if a one-time film pre- view were scheduled at the same time. But private broadcasters complained to the commis- sion in recent weeks about saying they would affect the ratings and could affect advertising ro- venues if ratings were low. becoming involved in the controversy. “They're point- ing out the duties will add $6,000 to $10,000 (U.S.) to the cost of a house in the north- eastern U.S.” Bernie Futter of Futter Co., New York, said the Jan- uary surge started when “a lot of those big dealers got back from their Miami vac- ations and saw those prices. They suddenly became be- lievers.” Futter said the sales he is making are for immediate delivery. Because inventories are low, this will have rep- ercussions further down the line, he said. ‘building activity. “It's, an unusual phenom- enon and it applies to-all of the U.S.” However, McKenzie said a lot of mill capacity is not being used and when more becomes operational, prices might drop. Women freezes to death FOR ST. JOHN (CP) — An autopsy will be conducted Monday on Dorothy Haldane, 37, who apparently froze to death while trying to walk home from her stuck car. Her frozen body was found about 870 metres from her house trailer Thursday. She apparently became disoriented after losing her way in heavy fog. Haldane was last seen leaving this northeastern B.C. community about 11 p.m. Tuesday for her home, about eight kilometres east of Fort St. JOhn. eport compares a VANCOUVER (CP) — The latest report by the Education Ministry on B.C. colleges and institutes is of little use because it compares totally dissimilar institu- tions without any explanations, says the president of the B.C. Institute of Technology. Sorgon. Thom says fhe report is a case of equal ‘Even it’s not that much use possiise it compares not apples and oranges byt apples and bananas,” says Thom. - The recently-released report includes statistics on an institution's total-cost .per student contact hour in 1981-82, class sizes, the number of hours faculty members teach a week and administration costs per student contact hour. It is in the same format as a report card released in the of B.C.'s 75 school amid in areas such as class size, total operating cost per pupil and the number of pupils per teacher. The latest report shows the cost of d ing an ples with bananas Another measure, administration costs per student contact hour, ranged from a low of 38 cents at Camosun College in Victoria to a high of $1.61 at Northern Lights, hour's instruction to a student at the province's colleges ‘and institutes ranged from $4.94 to $9.88. B.C. Institute of Technology's cost — at $7.93 — was above the provincial average of $6.40 and well above the costs of two other major institutions in the Vancouver area. Vancouver Community College had the lowest cost in the province, at $4.94, and the Pacific Vocational Institute was $5.73. Northern Lights College in Dawson Creek, had the highest cost in the province, at $9.88. Second highest was hy Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver at 34, with a p average of 75 cents. Deputy education minister Jim Carter said the college report, like the school district one, is aimed solely at providing {Miermation and has no judgmental over- tones. “There is no inferred condemnation of anybody, itsa management tool,” he ‘said. . Carter said colleges and institutes have already had most of the information released this week, but the report brings it together and makes it available to the public for the first time. Thom said his major complaint about the report is that it implies it is dealing with cost-effectiveness when it really isn't. BASED ON INPUT If the costs were divided by the number of graduates rather by the number of students starting course, his school would be shown to be extremely cost-effective, says Thom. He says that about 75 per cent of students at B.C. Institute of Technology complete their courses com- pared with about 25 per cent for other institutions. “The government should be locking at us in terms of productivity based on output,” he said. “This report is based only on input. There is no measure of quality in terms of what is achieved.” Northern Lights College principal Jim Kassen said his college's costs are high because it serves such a large area and such a small population.