June 11, 1989 & a: Castlegar News _ +2 Briefly... Second train disaster in week MOSCOW (AP) — A train bound for the Black Seas rammed into a bus, killing 31 people and injuring at least 14 in the Soviet Union's second major train crash this week, Tass reported. The official Soviet news agency said the bus’ was crossing railroad tracks at the village ofK , 860 west of Moscow, when it was Hit os tlhe train on Friday. Tass said a railroad worker had flagged the bus driver to move onto the tracks, but the report did not say if he faced punishment. Last Sunday, a gas pipeline exploded as two passenger trains were passing on the Trans-Siberian Railroad 1,200 kilometres southeast of Moscow in the ural Mountains. At least 190 passengers were killed and hundreds injured Bush fights acid rain WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President George Bush is expected to propose legislation requiring a 10 million-tonne reduction in sulphur dioxide emissions by the year 2000 to combat acid rain, administration and congressional sources said, The standards — not quite as exténsive as the 12 million-tonne cut sought by environmentalists but far more rigid than industry has wanted — are expected to be a key component in a clean-air package Bush will un- veil Monday Man returns from death OSWEGO, Kan. (AP) A man shocked by 7,200 volts of electyicity was pronounced dead and lay with a sheet over him in a hospital for 40 minutes Friday Then a nurse saw him breathing. “I’ve never seen anything like that because he was dead,’’ said Dr. Phillip Bortmes, one of the emergency team who worked 45 minutes on veterinarian Jerry Middleswart before pronouncing him dead. Two monitors showed Middleswart was dead. His wife had gone home. Friday night he was listed in serious but stable condition at St. John’s Regional Medical Centre in Joplin **1 don’t know if you call it a miracle or what you call it Vietti, administrator at Oswego. Middleswart and six other men were electrified when a radio tower they were erecting near his veterinary clinic contacted a power line. One man, Jesse Nash, was killed. The others were burned on their hands and feet Charter will rescue foreigners OTTAWA (CP) — Canada and the United States will charter Chinese aircraft to rescue foreigners stranded in remote parts of China during the last week of violence and upheaval. The External Affairs Department said that arrangements have been made for two special flights by CAAC, the Chinese government airline, today The first will depart Wuhan, southwest of Shanghai, where as many as 15 Canadians are located, and fly to Hong Kong, The second, chartered by Canada alone, will fly from Harbin to Dalian in northeast China, carrying some 20 University of Alberta studen- tsand a handful of other Canadians. On Monday, a Dragonair charter, arranged by the federal and Alber- tagovernments, will take the Canadians to Hong Kong. The charters were arranged after the Chinese government decided not to allow a Canadian government aircraft to enter China to evacuate Canadians. Khomeini mourners march TEHRAN (Reuter) — Thousands of mourners marched to the grave of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after the government declared a holiday and urged Iranians to attend ceremonies at his graveside. Teachers and students from the theological school in Qom walked the 130-kilometre route on Saturday in a procession several kilometres long, the official news agency IRNA reported. Qom was Khomeini’s base in his teaching years The marches began after the government urged Iranians to attend ceremonies today at Khomeini’s grave at Tehran's Behesht-e Zhara cemetery to ‘‘once again renew allegiance with the ever-lasting aspirations of the late leader Iran's new supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 49, got a boost when hardliners pledged their support for him Friday, IRNA said. Soviet reform proposed MOSCOW (AP) — Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov proposed sharp reduc- tions in the vast Soviet bureaucracy and said the remaining government ministries should turn many of their powers over to the nation’s 15 republics. Speaking on Saturday to the Supreme Soviet, the upper house of the new parliament, Ryzhkov said only 32 of the 50 government ministries handling basic elements of the economy will remain. Those elements in- clude construction, transportation, agriculture and defence. In addition, the number of members of the Council of Ministers, or cabinet that he heads, will be slashed from 100 to 10. The proposals, which the legislature is to vote on later this month, mark another step in President Mikhail Gorbachev's attempts to streamline the Soviet bureaucracy he has blamed- for impeding his economic reforms. Boy dies in Gaza Strip JERUSALEM (Reuter) — Israel’s defence minister promised har- sher measures Saturday to put down a Palestinian uprising as Israeli troops killed a boy and wounded I | residents in the Gaza Strip. Doctors at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza said eight-year-old Shadi Ziad Awad was shot in the heart by a plastic-coated metal bullet when soldiers fired on a group of stone-throwing children. An Israeli army spokesman confirmed the death but said the boy was 12. Several dozen mourners visiting the body at Awad’s home in the Jabalya refugee camp raised Palestinian flags and began throwing stones in protest Soldiers opened fire, wounding 11 of them, including @ 17-and a 20- year-old, both critically shot in the neck and head, doctors said. The two were transferred to Israeli hospitals Forests should provide work KAMLOOPS, B.C. (CP) — The Canadian forest industry should be producing more economic benefits from the resource, federal Forests Minister Frank Oberle said Friday Oberle said countries like Sweden have a fraction of British Colum- bia’s land base but generate higher employment from their woods in- dustries. Canada’s forest industry generated $23 billion last year but Oberle said the industry as a whole only employs about 17,000 people. By com- parison, Sweden's forest industry has 215,000 workers. Oberle also said the industry is involved in 18 per cent of All trade with the United States but that should increase and translate into more economic benefits under free trade Car plunges into river PRINCETON, B.C. (CP) -— A man was killed when his car plunged into the Similkameen River, 14 kilometres east of Princeton, police said Friday RCMP said Darrin Hughes, 27, of Kimberley, B.C., was unable to get out of the car when it plunged off Highway 3, about 200 kilometres east of Vancouver on Thursday A_passenger, John Oakoak, 32, of Polaris in the Northwest Territories, was rescued from the swift-flowing river. He was treated in hospital and released ” said Jim New wheels Casth jar's transit system got a new 25-passenger Champion bus last week to replace the larger bus which had been in service. The small accept the bus from Dennis Stach (right), manag: us will be more economical. On hand to of Trail Transit Services, were (left to right) Mayor Audrey Moore, city employees Linda Leckie and Nona MacKinnon and driver Mike Zoobkoff. CosNews photo Fire crews on alert By CasNews Staff The stormy conditions late last week have put local forest fire crews on alert while the region is scouted for any fires. Though the slight rain that did fall decreased the fire hazard, the accom- panying high winds and lightning have the Forestry Service patrolling the area. “There was quite a bit of lightning activity and we're patrolling the nor- thern region of the district,’’ said Ted Evans, the Arrow Forest District’s fire information officer Evans said the patrolling was to en Doucette trial delayed By CasNews Staff The trial of former West Kootenay National Exhibition Centre director Lucille Doucette, charged with theft over $1,000 from the NEC, has been postponed until Aug. 30or 31. New evidence has surfaced which Doucette’s lawyer, Don Niedermayer, must review before the trial, Crown sure that there are no smoldering fires waiting to ignite Sentinel Mountain was struck by lightning Friday and a crew responded immediately to put out the fire. It won't be a officially declared out until crews have observed it for a few days. Other strikes in the region included Sunshine Creek, northwest of Castlegar and an area southwest of Salmo. Only eight fires have been reported this year in the Arrow District and two are still being observed, Evans said **One was an escaped slash burn up by Nakusp last month and the other wasa lightning strike, Both fires are now in the mop-up stage and are being patrolled and ob- served for any smoldering. Evans said six hectares of forest have been lost to fires this year and he hopes Spra NELSON, B.C. (CP) — A group opposing plans by Burlington Nor- thern Railway to spray portions of its line with pesticide has formed so quickly it doesn’t know what action it will take. The group, called the Trail District Doug Soga in court Monday during a request to change the trial date. The trial was scheduled to begin Monday Neither Doucette nor Niedermayer was in court Monday. Doucette is charged with converting more than $5,000 in government gran ts and donations to personal use while director of the NEC. She is also charged with criminal breach of trust, an offence which carries a maximum prison term of 14 years. The charges state that between July 1, 1986 and Nov. 1{ 1987, Doucette, while trustee of NEC funds, converted with the intent to defraud and in violation of the trust, monies received from government grants and donations amounting to $5,117.14 for personal use. Dam 20 years old By CasNews Staff The Hugh Keenleyside dam quietly passed a milestone this week. It was 20 years ago, on Monday, June 9, 1969, that an—estimated 3,000 people gathered at the dedication ceremony at the Lower Arrow Lake site. “The damsite was a colorful scene with flags and bunting flying and thousands of shrubs planted everywhere, including 16-foot high trees which were brought in from Ed monton,”’ the Thursday, June 12, 1969 Castlegar News reported At the dedication ceremony, former premier W.A.C. Bennett caljed the project ‘a tribute to the men who negotiated the treaty,’ referring to the Columbia River Treaty. Formerly known as the Arrow dam, the dam was renamed after Dr. Hugh Keenleyside, who was retiring as B.C Hydro co-chairman at the time, Keen- leyside also attended the dedication Envir Network, is a coalition of area’ residents’ and members of Local 480, United Steelworkers of America Selkirk continued from front page Governor General's Collegiate Bronze Medal, to Corwin Doeksen of Mon- trose, who has completed his second year university studies at Selkirk College. Doeksen maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the year. The graduates were introduced by John Aslin, the college registrar, and the valedictory address was made by Erick McFarlane of Nelson, a graduate of the business administration program The college’s financial aid officer, Jake Van Hemert, then took over the podium to emcee the scholarship and awards presentations. Over 100 awar- ds and scholarships were handed out. The Stanley Humphries Jazz Band provided music for~the afternoon ceremonies and played the recessional of grads and faculty. The ceremony was followed by a reception and dinner at the Complex. Dumping continued fromfront poge authority to ticket the dumpers However, Wood acknowledged the fines are in the ‘$100 range"’ and are “not that substantial.”” Wood advised residents of the area to contact the Environment Ministry's conservation officer in Castlegar if they have complaints about dumping. “‘He can respond quicker,"” Wood said Wayne Campbell, the Environment Ministry's senior conservation service officer based in Castlegar, said the Waste Management Branch is curren tly investigating one property owner in the area for failing to comply with an order to clean up his property the trend of little damage will continue throughout the summer months. Conditions now are between moderate and high for the region due to the recent high temperatures. and winds. Crews are ready to take their spots in the Beaver and Idaho lookout towers but snow is the only remaining impediment, Evan said Throughout the rest of the province fires have been spreading faster than usual. There were 172 new fires last week and 246 fires are still being fought There has been a total of 760 fires reported this year with 12,158 hectares being burned. Last year’s report at this time showed 429 fires to date and just 2,792 hectares burned Forests Minister Dave Parker said in a news release that most of the provin ce’s fire suppression resources have been placed on ‘‘red’* alert status making them available for immediate dispatch Of the 246 fires still burning, seven are not yet contained. These include a 175-hectare fire 100 kilometres north- west of Golden and a 360-hectare fire 70 kilometres northeast of Prince George. The Nelson region reported 28 new tires last week and 23 are still burning bringing the region’s total to 65 for the year.’ That is up from the figure last year when 54 fires were reported at this time. The number of hectares burned has also increased dramatically. Last year 152 hectares were destroyed while this year the total has reached 605 hec tares Anyone spotting a fire can report it immediately by dialing **0"’ and asking for Zenith 5555. ing opposed It has started with a letter-writing campaign but Tom Wynn, a union safety co-ordinator, says he doesn’t know what the next move might be “We're not entirely sure what action we're going to take. We've considered sitting on the tracks “*L don’t know whether we can stop Burlington Northern. What bothers me is that an American outfit can decide what they're going to spray in Canada A spokesman for Western Weed Control, the Aldergrove, B.C., con: tractor handling the spraying for the railway, said he could not say what chemical would be used along the tracks Burlington Northern has a permit to spray between Nelson and Waneta that is valid until October pila conend STUDENT . ferme dhere - Corwin rare be poh Transfer schetareelp from soe Ferraro, was taodiol er Seti College yroteeton ceremoni Bronze CasNews Photo Faden. He acknowledged the investigation relates to the former Geronazzo lan. fill site but declined further comment because of the active investigation. He said the investigation should be completed “hopefully by the end of June.” Campbell said the maximum penalty for failure to comply with an order or directive under the Waste Management Act is $50,000. However, Rogers said-it is unfair to single out one property owner when the problem goes far beyond a single piece of property In fact, the problem of dumping garbage in the area struck close to home for the Castlegar News last week when Daigle pointed out that a recent dumping of garbage included a pile of newspapers and empty photographic paper boxes from the CasNews which were dumped in the. area instead of being properly taken to the Ootischenia landfill The CasNews sent an employee Friday to clean up the mess and take it to Ootischenia Another employee who went to the area Thursday to investigate the dum ping, said she hadn't been to the area for several years and was “shocked” by the amount of garbage dumped there June 11, 1989 100 PIECES OF GOLD . . . well, not z atter solving the Suntest mystery D'Anna trail. vite, but Jean Wulowka of Castlegar is now $100 richer where the Rivers brothers hid their gold. Wulowka accepted her prize, 100 loonies, last week from Mike Jensen of Castlegar Savings Credit Union which donated the prize. The answer to the mystery was the mine shaft on the Mal No Crown appeal of Bennett trial VANCOUVER (CP) — The Crown won't appeal the acquittal of former British Columbia premier Bill Bennett and two other men on charges of in- sider trading, Crown counsel Bob Wright said Wright said there were no errors in law on which to base an appeal of the May 12 decision by provincial court Judge Wallace Craig. Craig acquitted Bennett, his brother Russell and lumber executive Herb Doman of trading Doman Industries stock on the basis of information not generally available to the public Wright said he and co-prosecutor Ace Henderson each did independent examinations of the trial transcripts and case law. Their decision not to ap peal was approved by Bill Stewart, an orsistant deputy minister in the Attor neral’s Ministry Phe long and short of it, there is \ appealable issue for the Crown ** Wright said at a news con ference in the regional Crown counsel offices. Calls to the Bennetts, who made a profit of $2.1 million selling their Doman stock, and their lawyers were not returned Friday afternoon In Victoria, NDP justice critic Moe Sihota said it’s unfortunate there won't be an appeal because the public was ‘‘very cynical"’ about the acquit tal. “In some ways it certainly would not The President and Directors In the Association's 1989 Better Newspapers Competitions be injurious to the Bennett family to have a second level of justice look at the matter and perhaps even acquit them,” said Sihota The charges were laid after more than $00,000 Doman shares were sold on the Toronto Stock Exchange last Nov. 4, moments before trading in Doman stock was halted. The lumber company later announ- ced that a proposed takeover by U.S. based Louisiana-Pacific Corp. had been cancelled. When trading resumed after the weekend, the price of the stock dropped $4 to about $7.50 a share. The Crown alleged the Bennetts had been tipped off by Doman. But Craig found that ‘‘on a balance of probabilities’’ the Crown had in fact established that the Bennetts instruc ted their brokers to sell before they could possibly have received any tip. Despite the acquittal, the Bennetts’ trading rights in British Columbia — suspended when the charges were laid last January — have yet to be restored And their $2.1-million profit remains frozen by the B.C. Securities Com mission in accounts at two brokerage houses. Commission policy states that in dividuals subject to criminal or civil proceedings involving allegations of serious securities misconduct may have their trading rights suspended until such matters are resolved of the Canadian Community Newspapers Association Representing the Community Newspapers of Canada are pleased to congratulate Castlegar News Winner Of BEST ADVERTISING IDEA 2nd Place The Bennetts have been charged with insider trading in Ontario, with a court appearance scheduled for June 29 to seta trial date. CIVILSUIT The CBC pension fund has filed a lawsuit against the Bennetts, Doman and Doman Industries. The fund claims it bought 351,000 Doman shares from the Bennetts. The securities commission also has the option of proceeding with a formal hearing to consider sanctions such as removing the Bennetts’ trading rights or prohibiting them trom serving as of ticers or directors of B.C. public com- panies Wade Nesmith, the commission's director of enforcement, said Friday the commission is still considering its position Meanwhile, Wright, while admit ting an appeal of the acquittal would be fruitless, said he believed in- vestigators had learned valuable lessons trom the Bennett-Doman case. ‘Nobody has very much experience in insider-trading prosecutions,"’ he said. ** To obtain a conviction on an in- sider-trading case is something like .. we've just gone through our first ever bank robbery There are some other investigative steps which can be examined and taken in the future ... which may make the presentation of evidence easier down the way.” open to member newspapers across Canada RADIAN COmm um Ca Herons return to nest site VANCOUVER (CP) herons that ab coastal pulp mills last year have retur ned to many of their nesting sites this spring and produced fertile eggs. Great blue joned colonies near Scientists who were suspicious that dioxin contamination was to blame for the aberrant behavior now believe natural causes — not pollution from the mills — caused the massive aban donment of nests, “It points more and more to natural causes that we don’t yet understand,”* Paul Whitehead, a Canadian Wildlife Service biologist, said The most significant development is at Crofton on the east coast of Van couver Island, where blue herons have nested for years under the shadow of a huge Fletcher Challenge pulp mill. The Crofton birds laid 179 eggs in 1987, but not a single one hatched. Last year, the birds laid only 32 eggs, hatching 12, before abandoning the colony and leaving the chicks to starve to death or be killed by predators. This year about 40 birds returned to nest and chicks have been heard or sighted in at least 15 nests. Before 1987, the colony did not have any apparent problems, said Dave Heywood, industrial relations manager at the mill But wildlife service biologists, who use herons to monitor changes in the coastal environment, did chart a dramatic increase in dioxin levels in the birds over the years Eggs from Crofton had dioxin levels of 40 parts a trillion in 1983 but three years later dioxin levels had more than doubled to 90 parts a trillion and by 1987 it was 252 parts a trillion Research has shown that 10 parts of dioxin a trillion will kill a chicken egg. Herons are much more tolerant but it is not yet known what level is fatal. Last year scientists found the first evidence dioxins damage heron em- bryos, causing water retention and generally weakening young birds at a crucial stage in their development “We're still. nervous about what might happen this year, but we're far- ther along than we were at this time last year, so we're very encouraged,” said Heywood The plant has made great strides in removing dioxins from effluent in the last two years, said John Morgan, technical superintendent at the mill Carl’s Drugs WIN! Castlegar News Az 13 acres Industrial Riverfront Kamloops, B.C. ideal for trucking, equipment, cement, etc, $130,000 US. Will trade tor Kootenay waterfront or,Nelson/Kaslo Residential. Call 403-594-0851 or Box 1960 Medley, Alberta, TOA 2M0. OF THE SESAME STREET _— DELI DELIGHTS — COOKEDHAM = 7° MAPLE LEAF. SLICED OR SHAVED . FLETCHERS SALAMI -WIENERS HHS wm SHOPSY. 100 G. . MARGARINE wrens. LIMIT 1 WITH $25 FAMILY ORDER. OVER LIMIT $2. 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