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It will be built next to an existing sawmill Northern has bought inLac la Biche, 160 kilometres northeast of Edmonton. It will draw its timber from quotas purchased in a forest unit east of Lac Soviet rescue effort over MOSCOW (AP-CP) — Medical experts say it is already too late to help the thousands who remain trapped under rubble one week after the Armenian earthquake and that relief efforts now should focus on the injured and the homeless. Relief workers with blankets, warm clothes and tents have yet to reach many of the survivors. “We now consider the search and rescue phase as being over because there is very little hope of finding anyone alive,” said Dr, Robert Gale, the U.S. bone marrow specialist who helped care for victims of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Soviet Ukraine, Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov has promised to keep searching for survivors as long as it is possible. “One of our most urgent tasks is to rescue those people who are alive,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennady Gerasimov told reporters in Moscow. About 5,400 people have been pulled from buildings wrecked in the Dec. 7 quake, which officials say killed at least 55,000 people and injured 13,000. The 500,000 people left homeless must cope with sub-freezing temperatures. Gale arrived Sunday in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, and went straight to Spitak, a small town practically wiped out by the tremor. He said it is too late to help those still buried under rubble, and attention should go toward providing proper medical care. Many hospitals were destroyed in the quake and the people who staffed them were killed. But some relief workers pointed to the rescue of victims trapped for two weeks in the 1985 Mexico City quake as justification for continuing rescue efforts. ‘ Patrick Aeberhard, who is with Doctors without Borders, said in Paris that freezing weather actually could help trapped victims by slowing their metabolism and allowing them to live longer. The Soviet Metedrological Centre in Moscow forecast continued freezing weather for several days. Nineteen relief workers from Canada earlier reported stuck in Moscow reached Armenia on Tuesday and now are involved in relief efforts, Soviet officials in Ottawa said. The relief workers flew Monday to Soviet Union from Montreal with 8,200 kilograms of relief supplies, equipment and drugs. Another group of 28 Canadians gave up attempts to reach the Soviet Union on Tuesday and returned to Edmonton and Yellowknife from Montreal. Soviet television showed Tuesday night rows of tents set up near the ruins of the town of Stepanovan, but said many more were needed. A commission headed by Ryzhkov has ordered Soviet relief workers to ensure that warm clothes, blankets, and tents reach rural areas, the official news agency Tass reported. The C ist youth paper K r kaya Pravda said 60,000 tents have been sent to the disaster area, but many people still were shivering around bonfires scattered among the ruins. in his first comments since he left the quake area, Soviet Health Minister Yevgeny Chazov described the conditions faced by some of the 220 medical teams in Armenia. Clamato Mott's Regular or Extra Spicy. 1.361. Tin Limit 3 with $25 Family Purchase | ‘ KEEPS ON GROWING! BBQ CHICKEN | zee 99 | WITH ABOVE 1\750 mL Bottle } Plus Deposit Be production gold properties. 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Merritt, (Castlegar Director of the Red Cross), Maureen and Ray Lucerne a GY N B.C.'s Very Own Gold Mining Company Nothing contoined herein constitutes an olfer for the sale of ony securities, Sale 1s by prospectus only 1989 Aut PREMIUMS As a result of contin- ually increasing numbers of bodily injury and property damage claims in Brit ish Columbia, most B.C. motorists will pay $40 to $60 more for their Autoplan vehicle premiums in 1989 — an average 8% increase. WHO PAYS MORE? Vehicle owners who had one at-fault claim in 1988 will see their Autoplan premium increase by 63% or more. An owner with two at-fault claims will ay approximately "se The premium for Basic Third Party Legal Liability, the $200,000 compulsory coverage, is increased 11%. Collision premi- ums are unchanged and premiums for Comprehensive cover- age are only slightly increased. Some vehicle owners will e see a decrease in Colligion or Comprehensive premi- ums due to the ‘aging’ of nearly 40% of the vehicles in B.C DRIVER POINT PREMIUMS In 1989, Driver Point Premiums will be increased by about 20%. Pasa Motorists billed in 1989 for accumulating five points or more against their driver's licences must pay the 1989 rates. This is part of the continuing effort of ICBC to increase costs | to drivers who break the law Points Premiums Points Premiums 0-4 $0 $115 $150 SENIORS DISCOUNT As of January 1, 1989, senior citizens who qualify are eligible for the 25% handi- capped driver discount in addition to the 25% seniors discount. Where | applicable, these dis- counts can combine for a total saving of nearly | 44% for a handicapped senior Our Action Ad Phone Number is 365-2212 RADAR DETECTORS On new policies or renewals as of January 1, 1989, ICBC no longer provides coverage for radar detectors. The definition of ‘equi- : pment’ in the Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Act has been amended to specif- ically exclude radar detectors. TERRITORIES ICBC has adjusted rates in a number of territories to accurately reflect current claims experience. Rates for the Fraser Valley (Ter- ritory J) are up slightly in addition to overall premium increases. Collision premiums are reduced for South Vancouver Island(Ter- ritory B). Except for Bowen Island and Central and Northern Vancouver Island, all islands off the B.CScoast are in Territory B, making the overall premium increase slightly less than elsewhere. The Pemberton area north of Garibaldi Pro- vincial Park is changed from Territory A to Territory M, with a resulting decrease in premiums for most veh- icle owners in that area. a enene ne Se ee en OTTAWA (CP) — The Canadian Forces has admitted that shells con- taining mustard gas were dumped about 160 kilometres off the coast of British Columbia following the Sec ord World War. Only last week the forces denied such dumping took place. Col. Conrad Mialkowski said a special operation took place in 1947 to get rid of mustard gas artillery and mortar shells. The Canadian Forces are digging through archives and files for details on the special army operation, he said. “It appears that the shells are down there and although I can't confirm it, it appears they're prob- ably artillery and mortar rounds filled with mustard,” Mialkowski said. “The dumping was a_ speci program outside the normal chain. We may never find the records, but we're sure trying.” Mialkowski is assistant director general for research and develop- ment at national defence headquar- ters in Ottawa. He said the shells are in an ocean trench well off the continental shelf and are 2,500 metres deep. The temperature is about zero and the shells are under 25,511.5 kilo- pascals (3,700 pounds per square inch) of pressure. “That's stupendous pressure and it's damn near freezing,” Mialkowski said. “So they'll sit there for a very, very long time. Oxydation is very slow in those condtiions and most often stuff gets encrusted, which tends to seal it even more. “Will it eventually become a concern? I guess it will. But I can’t speculate on what would be done — perhaps it will just be designated a restricted area..” Mialkowski said fishermen and others who harvest the sea don't work at that depth. When fired on enemy troops in wartime, mustard gas causes severe blistering and searing of the skin, eyes and lungs. IT’S A GIFT . . . Celgar Pulp Co. manager Wilf Sweeney (left) discusses with Castlegar and District Projects Society president Ron Ross the company’s $50,000 donation toward the construc- tion of a whirlpool in the new aquatic centre. 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