: August 23, 1967 Castlegar (WV. CAMPRAAL — PUBLISHER AUC, 7.1947 08. | PUBUSHER — Burt Compbell EDITOR — Ron Norman PLANT FOREMAN — Peter Harvey OPMICE MANAGER — Lindo Kositsin ADVERTISING MANAGER CIRCULATION MANAGER — Heo! Fl, ated matier produced by Castle News Lid. maingh 7 cneverasen, txt, senptett end wote aperrighs i ow ported Her pe by * rengrevings, ec. prow ica — Gary Fleming Hodley t copyright in that port end that part only of _ Editorial pages face criticism Sometimes, readers criticize a paper's editorial page —- and all newspapers with ao viable, lively editorial page face this criticism. Sometimes, readers will voice strong | of a col "Ss exists for no purpose other than to mirror and reflect these diverse and often contradictory opinions. Most good newspapers try to maintain a_ political and hill hic bal on their PP’ opinion on a specific subject, or perhaps his style. 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Free trade a new threat By JULIET O'NEILL The Canadian Press At wineries in sun-baked California and breweries in communities across the northern United States, the pros- pect of a free-trade agreement. with Canada holds the promise of economic fortune on the rise. The way U.S. alcoholic beverage companies see it, free trade would open up a thirsty market in their own backyard. They say it’s been all but closed to them for decades by walls of The theory is that inevitable job losses in some sectors would be offset by gains in others because free trade would force both countries to concen- trate on what they do best. But there are bound to be individual winners and losers along the way if, as planned, protective tariff and non-tariff barriers are reduced or gradually stripped away. END CONTROLS For now, the single hint of gloom among American producers of alcoholic Canadian pi regu- lations which favor home-made brew and European imports. They feel they've been victims of discrimination for years. While such Canadian drinks as Molson’s beer and Seagram's whisky are staples in the American drinking publie’s diet, they say U.S. booze hasn't been granted a fair chance to sell in Canada. Leaders of the California wine industry are so keen to secure free trade they are trying to pressure negotiators by threatening to seek im- port restrictions and to launch a boy- cott campaign against Canadian beer and whisky. They reject arguments that Ottawa ges is the prospect of a trade agreement in which Canada’s only con- cession is a tariff removal, leaving the provincial control system as it is. To U.S. producers, that system is a wall that must come down if trade is to be anything approaching free. “It boils down to accessibility to the Canadian market,” says Jack Dadam, a sales executive with the giant Gallo Wines of Modesto, Calif. Provincial liquor control boards can discriminate against U.S. alcohol if they choose —and U.S. wine producers say they often do. The boards control which brands will be purchased and “listed” in their stores for sale, what price they will be sold at, as well as the cannot dictate pi r that Canadian consumers aren't de- manding American wine and beer and that U.S. imports are subject to the same treatment as European or other imports. HURT CANADIANS On the Canadian side of the border, the free-trade predictions are for closures of some breweries — those existing only to satisfy provincial rules that would disappear under free trade — and for economic trouble in Ithe wine-producing Niagara Peninsula of Ontario because of low-priced compe- tition from U.S. rivals. Alcoholic beverage companies are among dozens of industries on both sides of the border, ranging from furniture manufacturing to mining and metal production, nervously weighing the pros and cons of a potential free-trade pact between the world’s two largest trading partners. President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney have said there will be no agreement unless it translates into a “win-win” deal for both countries. timing and cost of shipping and storing. “Some of the people are saying that if you only get a few listings, what good does it do to lower the tariffs,” said Robert Maxwell, president of the U.S. National Association of Beverage Importers. Canada was the second largest source of foreign beer on the U.S. market last year, with sales valued at about $145 million US. By contrast, U.S. beer sold in Canada last year was valued at about $8.3 million. Canada’s No. 2 position in the U.S. imported beer market, after the Netherlands, has been threatened this year by surging imports from Mexico. TARIFF STIFF American beer producers look for- ward to a jump in sales north of the border if a Canadian tariff of 15 cents per gallon is removed during negoti ations. The U.S. tariff. on Canadian beer imports is only six cents per gallon. Tariff removal could make a case of American beer more than $3 cheaper than a case of Canadian beer in Canada. = Remember ‘ And just to be on the safe side, they have taken out “rain insurance” in cage the weather man has a deluge in store to let loose upon the fair as he did last less for 45 innings of play, including the sudden death game for the bye into the * 6« « Among the rumble and roar of grad- Letters to the Editor Son in danger This letter is in Pp to Diane Cowlin's recent letter where she said she was proud of her son's choice in joining the Jehovah's Witness. If she only knew the danger his choice has put him and their family in she wouldn't be rejoicing but trying desperately to help him come free of the influence of the Jehovah's Witness. At the moment her son says he loves his family. This will end completely if for any reason she was to “question” the organization in any way or was to become involved in any Christian church. Then there would be no more contact with her or the family under the threat of being disfellowshipped from the “organization.” The reason for the “love” may be to try and influence the parents to join the society. The real reason the Society teaches to avoid most holiday celebrations such as Christmas, Easter, birthdays, etc. is to isolate their people from any social contact with their families and any “religious” influence they might bring to them on these days. While there has been some problem with blood traisfusions, the medical community does its best to keep them as safe as possible and has saved the lives of thousands of people over the years. Not like the Watchtower Society who has allowed thousands to die unnecessarily over the last 30 years. They claim there is scriptural support for this, but a simple study of God's Word will show their claim is totally wrong. I ‘wonder what your position would be Diane, if a doctor were to say to you, your son will die if he does not have a transfusion? The importance of the wrong dates are that The Watchtower Society claims to be the only source of truth on earth today and that they alone speak for God, no other religion is right but are all from the devil. With this supposed endorsment from God and with angelic direction over their organization they made the claim that Christ came back in 1894 and 1914, and that would arrive in 1914, 1918, 1929, 1941 and 1975. In fact not one of their many prophetic predictions which they claim are from God has ever came true. Could this record be directed by God? If you or anyone would like doc- umentation for any of these statements I have made, I would be most happy to supply them if they would write me. K. MacGregor Promoting socialism The taking of Canada by the hand and leading it down the course of socialism has been a long established and well-laid plan. One can now see how the media, the Liberal Party and the left-wing of the Conservative party have systematically worked together for the promotion of socialism. The whole of the international socialist world has begun a co-ordinated cam- paign through the education in secular humanism and through the peace movement to cause freedom-loving people to surrender quietly to the idea that socialism is good. The method of seduction to this ideology by quietly persistent repetition is proving suc- cessful. The essential thing about the soc- ialist idea is that it infiltrated every party, and by doing so, has used the Conservative and Liberal parties to gradually make it acceptable. For years the Conservatives and Liberals have adopted socialist policies on foreigh aid, immigration, special rights for groups like homosexuals, “human rights” commissions, restrictions on freedom of speech, prosecution of war crimes, equalization payments, lan- guage rights, resource taxation, special powers for banks, and state-controlled organizations like Petro Canada, the CBC, Air Canada, the CPR and the CNR have all been established by so-called Liberal and Conservative governments. The fact is that the NDP has been pulling the strings in both other parties for a long time. ‘The only alternative is a government that reflects the best interests of Western Canada. I am of the view that the right to govern ourselves and separate from the Toronto image of the country (which is the basis of all three major parties) is essential. The West- ern Canada Concept National Party, under my leadership is clearly for the right-wing which represents the free- dom and self-esteem, pride and nat- ionalism which ought to exist in Canada. We must create such a nation to save the values that built the West. International socialism is about to spring the trap on Canada that has been set with the help of all three Eastern-based parties. Western Can- ada Concept will defend the West from Tar and feathers for people? Thank goodness we have people like Howard Dirks and Bob Brisco repre- senting our area. How could anyone even consider véting for the type of people that woul@ condone (and even participate in) burning in effigy a neighbor interefed in investing in our province, our mier and our Prime Minister? It makes one wonder how they would handle the day to day problems that would come up if they were our leaders . . . Tar and feathers for people that write letters to the editor that they don’t agree with? . . . Boiling in oil for being a free enter- priser rather than creating more gov- ernment jobs (and more bureaucracy)? ... Perhaps they would take to wear- ing white sheets when they burn pos- sible investors in effigy? Even though I don’t agree with much of the NDP philosophy I found it hard to believe what I was reading. I never thought any political party would act that silly. I certainly hope there are some more respectable and responsible people in the party that will chastise those that were involved in such a digusting act and make them formally apologize for their actions. Timothy Shay you should hang your head in shame if you were involved and join the Kootenay Rhinoserous party to learn some moral ethics. For those that thought that three or 400 people turned up at South Slocan to protest the sale of WKPL, don't be fooled. Posters were seen that adver- tised it as the annual NDP picnic. Con- sidering the alternatives I'm sure most of the people in the area would not oppose the sale to UtiliCorp. I have talked to WKPL employees, they say they have no problem with it. Not to mention ... at the moment WKPL is already foreign owned since the sale of Cominco. I'm also sure that people will be watching the Utilities Com. and what they will allow in rate increases and such more than if a Canadian company owned it. And as Dave Pearce says “No matter what happens we've still got the cow!” (Only about 150 people showed up at the protest meeting in the Okanagan.) Iris Bakken, President of Kootenay Stone Centre Salmo Free trade promises fortune RON NORMAN ON HOLIDAYS HELENA, MONT. (CP) — A century-old lead smelter on the outskirts of this Rocky Mountain town is the lone, struggling survivor of a once-booming mining industry that sent millions of dollars worth of gold and silver out of the area Already hobbled by shrinking global lead markets, the folks in Helena are facing a new threat: a Canada-U.S. free-trade agreement that would strip them of tariff protection from a competitor across the border in Trail. The thought that a free-trade pact would jeopardize the smelter's continued operation and the 300 jobs it provides sends a shudder through a community, whose economic base has been battered by low prices and falling demand for farm products, minerals and timber. Dave Fuller, commissioner for Lewis-Clark county which embraces Helene and the smelter, says he’s prepared to fight free trade if it spells trouble for the area's only g nm ployer. Robert Muth says it does. Muth is the spokesman for a coalition of U.S. lead, zinc and copper producers seeking exclusion from a free-trade deal that would elimi US. Castlegar got $46,507.58 worth of work done for a labor outlay of only $3,174.29 during the winter works program carried out between Oct. 15, 1961 and May 31 of this year. These spent $15.50 on projects of benefit to this. village. W.R. Brown, principal of Stanley school, d SA word last Friday that Miss Judith Schellenburg, a grade 11 student, had placed second in an essay contest and had won a bursary of $50. - Her essay was entitled “A Retail Grocery.” Miss Mary Richardson, the girl's student councilor, had urged Judith to write the essay. . e© «@ Kinnaird village council is to request of the department of municipalities information on where a municipality stands with regards to control over a cable TV company. Comm. Pat Romaine attacked the TV reception being provided by Kin-Gar Video at council's meeting Tuesday night. He said the reception is so poor that the monthly fee “is almost like taking money under false pretences.” “Several million dollars” will be spent for additional environmental protection measures at Castlegar, ac- cording to a statement issued by Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd. which is expected to purchase the Celgar oper- ations. Announcing that negotiations will be carried out between the companies, Weyerhaeuser Canada president T.G. Rust said the company would take “protection measures, particularly ef- fluent control to meet government standards.” * 8 « Any change in the present method of financing education in British Columbia would bring about higher taxes for everyone, Education Minister Donald Brothers says. Referring to a recent promise by opposition party candidates that they would remove school taxes from real property if their parties are elected Aug. 30, Mr. Brothers asked, “how foolish can these people be?” * 6 « More sports honors came to Castle- gar over the weekend. Of seven trophies in the Nelson Junior Open Tennis Tournament, five of them went Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark will be in Castlegar Saturday Sept. 4 to discuss “local and national” issues with constituents and party members. Bob Brisco, president of the Koot- enay-West Progressive Conservative Association, said in an interview Friday that Clark is expected to arrive late Friday evening and will spend Saturday morning in Castlegar before continuing onto Nelson as part of a province wide tour. .- 8 6 B.C. Timber management is con- cerned that poor market conditions in the pulp industry will delay the sched- uled start-up date at the Castlegar pulp mill, which ceased operations on Fri- day. import duties. “The Canadians are coming,” was Muth’s warning during a recent round of visits with local politicians and government officials. SOUNDS WARNING “Oh yeah, I can get protectionist if I have to,” Fuller said after hearing Muth’s pitch. Such warnings are destined to be repeated more loudly and more often across Canada and the United States. John Mi ‘Y, pi of B.C. Timber announced Friday that the situation at the Celgar mill will have to be monitored “practically on a daily basis” to determine whether the shutdown should be extended or production resume as scheduled « Sept. 14. S eeeeeninaeeteetammaiiaimmmmmmammmmeamenal ‘BALLOONING | * Hot air adventure Neen ee eee nt aman Drea Beypeies Bodets. McGovern thinks appeal is simple. IT'S MAGICAL. “There's something about a balloon that brings out the kid in everyone. A balloon has a magical drawing that EDMONTON (CP) — I'm scared of heights. .-¢@r... groundless. “It's a very tranquil feeling when you're flying,” Frank McGovern of Windship Aviation Ltd. assured me. “It's hard to describe. It's kind of like standing in a cloud. It’s a floating feeling. There's really no movement.” was right. OVER THE CITY There is a supreme sense of calm and freedom as the balloon floats over Edi 's North S h River valley. It’s 7 a.m. and the cacophonous rush-hour snarl below floats up from lilliputian autos as a muted rumble. The only noise to punctuate the muffled rush is the occasional shoooo-t as the pilot releases more flaming liquid propane to heat the air inside the balloon. It sounds like a giant clearing his throat. The rising hot air is caught in the brightly colored fabric called the envelope and the balloon responds by lazily ascending. Two ants dressed in polo shirts swing at invisible golf balls on a riverside course. Another few shots of hot air take us over a downtown Legoland of tiny buildings toward the city's eastern‘edge. is ballooning in Western Canada. Of the licensed balloon pilots in the country, almost two-thirds are in the West. Half are in Alberta. That's partly because of the open spaces and favorable winds from the Rocky Mountains. Enthusiasts range from doctors, ‘lawyers and accountants to laborers and the unemployed, said Chris seems to grab people,” It’s aleo a sport the entire family can participate in, he said. “The dad can fly and the mom and the kids can chase or the mom can fly and the dad and the kids can chase. It’s a family-oriented sport.” Windship Aviation has offered rides to the public at $136 a shot for the last few years. The rides last about an hour, and there are special rates for couples or groups. MeGovern, Windship's president, said there has never been a ballooning death in Canada. “It's as safe as you want to make it. The main safety aspect rests in the pilot who's flying you. We have extremely high pilot requirements for flying our balloons.” Windship's nine licensed pilots have at least 250 hours of ballooning. McGovern has over 1,000 hours in six years of flying. MUST PASS TESTS All balloon pilots must log a minimum of 16 hours flying and pass two federal Transportation Department tests before getting a licence. Having experience with fixed-wing aircraft doesn't necessarily help, McGovern said. “They're two different aircraft, two different ways of thinking. The main thing about a balloon .. . is it doesn’t react right away. You tell the balloon what to do... and it’s doing what you asked it to do 30 seconds before. “It’s not as technical as (fixed-wing flying). It's more of an art.” The sport is expensive. It costs between $2,000 and $3,000 for a licence and about $30,000 for an average balloon, although smaller ones can cost as little as $15,000. Most are imported from the United States or England. The haves and have-nots WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States, which for 50 years had steadily narrowed economic disparities among various i has seen a widening geographical gap between the haves and have-nots this decade, government figures show. The Commerce Department reports that during the 1980s the strongest growth in personal incomes has come from states along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts while the vast majority of states in between have lagged behind. Areas dependent on farming, energy production and traditional smokestack industries have been the hardest hit while states with high-technology and' service sectors Have’ flourished. Nationally, income averaged $14,641 US for every man, woman and child in the country last year, a 5.3-per-cent increase from 1985, the department said in releasing revised figures on Thursday. The 1986 increase was down from an average annual gain of 7.1 per cent since 1979. But the national figures masked wide discrepancies among various regions of the country. In many respects, the Commerce report reflects the findings of a study last year by the Democratic staff of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress. Titled The Bi-Coastal Economy, that report said the United States was being divided between healthy economies on both coasts and a problem-plagued heartland. It found that economic growth during the Reagan administration had been concentrated in California and 15 states lining the Atlantic Coast. AVERAGE $9,033 In 1979, the countrywide average per capita income was $9,083. The Southeast, which traditionally has been the poorest, was the only region with a per capita income more than five per cent below the national average. In that region, incomes were 15 per cent below the national average. But by 1986, three regions of the country had incomes that were 10 per cent or more bejow the average income. The Southwest, which had been only ‘five per cent below the national average in 1979, and the Rocky Mountain region, which was four per cent below the national average in 1979, both slumped to 10 per cent below in 1986, while the Southeast maintained its hold on the bottom rank with incomes 18 per cent below the average. Blind sailor calls it quits NEW YORK (AP) — A New England man hoping to become the first blind person to sail solo across the At- lantic said today he's calling off the attempt and will not try again this year. “It's late in the (sailing) season and frankly, money problems, getting the neces- sary backup equipment means that | don't think I ‘should try for it in what's left of the summer,” Jim Dickson said in an interview on the ABC-TV program Good Mor- ning America. Dickson left Portsmouth, R.L, for Plymouth, England, on Aug. 4, but was forced to make a detour south to Ber- muda when his 11-metre-long sloop's satellite navigation system and autopilot broke down on the trip's fifth day. The journey was further delayed when Dickson had to ride out rough seas and heavy winds from tropical storm Arlene in his yacht, the Eye Opener. He said last week the Freedom 36-type yacht needed about $12,000 US in repairs following the storm. Dickson said today that al- though he was calling off his transatlantic sail, he was not disappointed with the out- come of his effort. “I set out to get the country talking about the ap- palling conditions and lack of opportunity facing the coun- try’s disabled, and I think I The New Management Of the Fireside Dining Room Invites You to Breakfast Fit for King for only $3.50. Luncheon Specials changed Daily Full Course Includes Soup, Dessert and Tea or Cotte Fireside eeeeeeens se eee | Tit did that far beyond my wild- est dreams,” he said. While not ruling out ano- ther attempt, he said he would never again try a major single-handed sailing trip without reserve auto pilot equipment aboard — an item he hadn't been able to raise money for on his first effort. Insufficient training VICTORIA (CP) — A sol- «diet who died when he was stabbed in the heart during a display at the Esquimalt ‘Tattoo had little training in the hand-to-hand combat he Boot knives are not stan- dard.issue but both Gilchrist and his demonstration part- ner were carrying them as props, said Alford. Gilchrist was part of a But a civilian martial arts expert said he was appalled that anyone as inexperienced as Gilehrist was allowed to use real weapons in a dem- pnstration, instead of wooden was says an Armed Forces spokesman. Pte, Joseph Gilchrist, a memiber of the 8rd Princess Patricia Light Infantry Bat- talion, died Aug. 8 when his partner in the demonstration accidently stabbed him. Initial reports suggested hé.was stabbed with a blunt- ed Bayonet but Maj. Robin Alford said Monday the wound came from a_ boot knife. LANGLEY (CP) — Steve Fonyo, the one-legged runner who raised $13 million for cancer research during a marathon across Canada, has taken his first solo flight in a helicopter. After only seven hours of flight training Fonyo lifted the Hughes 300 helicopter several metres off the ground where he completed a full cirele while hovering. “T'm still a bit nervous,” the Vernon native said after , landing the training craft. “T'm really proud of myself.” Joe Cadham, president of International Heliflight the Vancouver suburb where Fonyo is taking his commer- cial helicopter pilot's licence, said Fonyo is doing well above average. “Even with a veteran air- line pilot, nine hours of flight training before a solo flight is good,” Cadham said. Cadham said Fonyo, 22, doesn't have a problem work- ing foot controls with his ar- tificial leg. Fonyo lost a leg to cancer at age 12. In 1985 he ran across Canada. team which had been toge- ther for several months be- fore the tatoo, Alford said. He had joined the Armed Forces in March 1986 and trained at Canadian Forces Base Cornwallis and the Princess Patricia's battle school at Wainwright Alta., before arriving in Victoria last October. Alford said hand-to-hand combat training was not part of the training at Cornwallis and soldiers receive limited instruction, if any, at battle school. Gilchrist was participating in “a carefully d or rubber “The only difference be- tween hand-to-hand combat and something that is re hearsed is that in one you don't know what the op- ponent is going to be throw- ing at you,” said Andy Pruim, an instructor at a Victoria karate school, He said weapons used in his classes to simulate knife attacks are dummies, A student would need a mini- mum of two years’ experi- ence to participate in a dis- play using weapons, he said. “I'm shocked that an in- structor would allow him routine as opposed to hand- to-hand combat,” said Alford. “To me, in my mind, there's a big difference between the two.” to be in a situati to do a demonstration,” he said. “Training of a few months of this type does not qualify anyone and I don't care who the in