az __ Castlegar News september 4, 1985 WEATHER < days, giving mostly cloudy wea: 1s I “ly o react niven } “ 1 a 1 1 Pamce CtoRce S MOSCOW (AP) —~ The _Soyiet. Union will consider itself free to deploy ‘anti- satellite systems in space if the United States goes ahead with its planned test of an anti-satellite weapon, the off- icial Tass news agency repor- » ted today. SYNOPSIS: A series of weak Poeitic disturbances wills move through the province over the next few ght will be a lit- tle cooler and continue cool through Saturday. Ele EIB Si The late Soviet leader Yuri Andropov announced, two years ago that the Kremlin was adopting a unilateral moratorium on the testing and deployment of anti-sat- ellite weapons. Andropov had said the ban would remain in force as long as other powers, including? the United States, refrained from similar testing and’ de- ployment. “The entire responsibility for the further development -of events will rest entirely on the American side,” the Tass EXPERT SAYS Won't raise Titanic~ ‘By STEVE MacLEOD HALIFAX (CP) — The dream of raising the Titanic is about as old as the shipwreck itself. But to Don Kerr, who knows marine salvage inside out, the idea of raising the world’s largest shipwreck from a said. Lloyd's of London, but no one has heard, from the former farmhand, railway signalman and male nurse. He said that when a salvor finds a wreck, he earns the right to be paid a reward for saving the vessel from further A LONG ERA of close co-operation between members of the Kootenay media and a highly-respec- ded last Friday at about 11 a.m. with the retirement of J.M. [Jim] Cameron as chief public*relations off- icer, Trail Metals, for the company. A pilot in the Second World War ho saw ser- ~ vice overseas, Jim obtain- ed his bachenor of com- merce degree at. UBC, joining Cominco in 1948. “The following year he switched to the company's publi¢ relations depart- ment, taking charge of it in 1955. ... retired Jim earned the respect of all local media. He was always available for comment, no matter how tough the subject or the problem being enquired about. Years before public relations spokesmen started to be advised to level right from the start with the media and to disclose everything” known about something like a chemical spill, no matter how unfavorable it might be to a company’s image, Jim Cameron was leading the way in this regard. Many is the news. person who first learned about something not particularly favorable to Cominco in a telephone call from Jim. And if you did get to him before he got to you, he told you all he knew. And if he promised to get back to you, he got back to you. .Jim is proud of the fact that he worked for eight vice-presidents in his time for Cominco, .starting with “Mr.” Ralph Diamond in 1948. A keen community worker, Jim was active with the Trail Chamber of Commerce .and in area Nindustrial “deen. eight and twins Laura as wellas their daughter, Jamie, a law professor at Osgoode Hall in Toronto. THE MAN WHO served as Selkirk College's second principal, Andy Soles, retires at the end of this month as it deput , Science and ( ications under BE McGeer. Soles, a former principal of J. Lloyd Crowe Senior Secondary School in Trail, was so highly thought of by the governing council of Selkirk College that he was promoted to the principalship from his position as dean of. . studies even though he was still studying for his master’s degree. 4 The then minister of education, Donald Brothers, MLA for Rossland-Trail, also held a high opinion of Soles and lured him to Victoria and government service. Soles will be replaced by John Dewey, presently dean of studies and research at the University of Victoria. CLAUDE ILLE has been appointed engin- eering manager for West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd. He succeeds J.I. McClelland, who Bas re- tired. Rainville graduataa from UBC in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science in elec- trical engineering. He wor- ked as an electrical engin- eer for B.C. Forest Pro- ducts and MacMillan Bloe- del before joining West Kootenay Power in March 1982. Rainville lives in Cas- tlegar with his wife Bar- bara and daughters Kath- CLAUDE RAINVILLE and Jennifer, six. 2. new. manager, ROSSLAND WILL soon have a new self-serve liquor store. The government Liquor Distribution Branch plans to sell the current store on Columbia Avenue. The new store will be in a different location. Several sites are under consideration and a final site will be selected by Sept. 30. THE VOICE THAT kept you awake along with your morning coffee is no longer gracing the airwaves now that long-time CKQR morning man Fred Jack has left the AT CENTRAL FOODS! GROUND BEEF FRESH 99° ise 1528. SIRLOIN STEAK INELESS. CAN. GR. A . SLICED LIVER a 338 Puce &: WING STEAK RADE A ......-.k: kg 98 4p. DRUMSTIC KS ett 9° Be BABY BEEF. ..---.------kg: 4 BEEF. .... FRESH PORK PICNICS sur 1°7,.89° onmeERs: CRYOVAC. COTTAGE ROLLS Seas Seeaee eter ic sess kgs a $229 SAUSAGE HUNTER. OVERLAND .. 100 c66u Doe CUTLETS 2%... $437), $7198 LIGHT TUNA EE : COASTERS. 425G CHOC. SYRUP BROWN COW. 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The Titanic, which-sank 73 years ago, was found this week 367 nautical miles from St. John's, Nfld., by’ a -French-American research team which says it videotaped the wreck upright-and virtually intact in 4,000 metres of water. “It's fantastic to speculate on raising it; it’s very, very interesting,” Kerr conceded Tuesday. “But I don't think anyone will ever get inside her.” Kerr's belief comes from overseeing more than 140 salvage operations, including the Kurdistan, a British tanker which broke in two off Canada’s east coast in 1979. He said the record depth for refloating a large ship is 105 feet (32 metres), set in 1968 by a Dutch firm off Greenland. The two standard ways of raising a ship by hoisting it on cables or by filling the hulk with compressed air would not work with the Titanic, he said. “You could never get wire ropes 2'/: miles long because the very weight of the tail end would snap it at the surface,” he said. “And there’s no compressor in the world that could ‘send air down that far.” : One theory would get around that problem by placing pontoons around the wreck and electrolyzing the water in them to create buoyant hydrogen gas. But Kerr said that would cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Kerr dismisses.a claim the liner would have smashed into the ocean floor at about 60 kilometres an hour — a speed that would likely break the hull into several pieces. Objects simply don’t sink that fast, he sai A sinking ship feathers its way to the bottom, swooping back,and fourth like a leaf falling from a tree. If it fills with water quickly enough to offset the crushing pressure of deep water — which the Titanic apparently did — it would likely survive intact, he said. The question of who actually owns the wreck remains in doubt. : €. As discoverers of the ‘wreck, the French-American group can lay claim only to salvage right, not ‘actual “possession of the Titanic. A sunken ship remains the property. of its owner until its insurer makes good on the loss, at which time the underwriter takes over property te rights. Kerr-has heard that Englishman Jack Woolley may have brought the rights to the wreck from its insurers, «Former Pass: Creek man dies Fred P of Van- Vv. couver and formerly of Pass Creek passed away Sunday, Sept, 1 at the age of 57. Funeral service will be held at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel beginning Thursday at 7 p.m. and continuing Friday at 10 a.m. with burial at 1 p.m. in the Pass Creek Cemetery. . Mr. Pereverzoff was born March 19, 1928 at Pass Creek where he grew up, received his schooling and lived until" ~1958—when he moved to During his life he worked as a carpenter and was a member of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners for 35 years. He is survived by three brothers, Koozma of Pass Greek, George of Castlegar and Cecil of Robson, and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by ‘his parents and two brothers, Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. formula, they: go to court. Even when a ship is salvaged in international waters, government can demand a share of the booty, Kerr said. Texas oil millionaire Jack Grimm, who led three expeditions in search for the .Titanic, said Tuesday he considers the salvage rights his. In 1981, his expedition returned with a photo of what Grimm said was a ship's propeller. . A similar claim could possibly be made by the Canadian scientific ship Hudson, which found a 100-metre shape on the ocean bottom in 1980 but was unable to relocate the object in subsequent attempts. The Fi A ‘ican team, P the wreck be left alone as a memorial to the 1, iy people who died in it. 40 Arrow forest fire situation By CasNews Staff The forest fire situation in the Arrow Forest District is~ improving, although the for- ests are still dry. “It, has really quietened down now,” said local fores- | try spokesman Doug Fell- man. He said six new fires have been recorded since last Thursday, but all were spot fires. improves “Crews had them out with- in a day,” Fellman said. The only fire still burning is the Ata fire near Renata. There- are about 30 men attending the fire, which Fellman said now is in the “mop-up stage”. However, the forest fire hazard rating is still high in the Arrow district, he said. “We're not over the dan- ger,” said Fellman. “The potential is still there.” Inland employees By CasNews Staff Inland Natural Gas em- ployees in Castlegar and around the province returned to work Tuesday for the first time in more than three months. a Some 150 members of the Office and Technical Em- ployees Union, including one in Castlegar, went on strike June 3 to back contract de- mands. - The strike also affected the company’s electrical wor- kers, members of the Inter- national Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers, who refused to cross OTEU picket lines. The OTEU agreed toa new contract last week aghich - includes a $1,100 signing bonus, estimated-to-be worth four per cent of the average annual wage in the bargain- ing unit. As well, office and tech- 3,000. seemed content to have the recording. continued from front page in the past three years to more than For last week's trip, the government also sent along a camera crew to record the proceedings. On Tuesday, Bennett But the premier told reporters they NOT TALKING yet, “just keep betting on football.” He said he hasn't taken or seen a poll for “months and months,” although “I have been taking my own poll as I travel. And, I fee] very comfortable as I go around the province.” Asked if he might change his mind about an election in the coming year, Bennett replied: “You don't change the media do_ return to work nical workers will receive a\ two per cent increase effec- tive April 1, 1986 and a 2.6 per cent hike in 1987. A new job pro- FIREHALL TOUR... . Castl it fi Dwayne Command shows Travis Ingram around the Castlegar firehall during open house held on the FUNDS FOR | continued trom tront page umbrella name for-a-group of about 40 diseases which” affect the muscular system.~ Meanwhile, Bert_Crockett of the Warfield Fire Department said $16,661 was raised in the West Kootenay — up more than $1,000 from last year. The Warfield department is the centre for West Kootenay donations and its figure includes the Castlegar department's total. Crockett said money is still “trickling in” so the total 4 in i iT with Jerry Lewis Telethon for Muscular Dystrophy. Local firemen collected $842 for Muscular Dystrophy. MD CosNews Photo by Ryan Wilson, “We figured we'd go down because times are a little tough in this area,” Crockett said. well.” He credited tfie increase to an expanded fundraising format.that included: fire departments throughout the area “We've done really Crockett noted that the money will be used locally since there are three -youngsters in the area with Muscular Dystrophy: one in Robson, another in Genelle and a third in Kaslo. Muscular Dystrophy affects 15 people in the East will probably be over $17,000 when all figures are tallied. Last year the region raised $15,363. Canada. and West Kootenays and more than 20,000 people in CROWN COUNSEL continued from front page ment is cutting back staff. “There's no policy to that effect. We staff various areas as we feel staff is required.” Cairns said another full-time Crown counsel will be hired for the West Kootenay, but could not say when. “We're taking steps to accomplish that right now.” Cairns also said part-time prosec- utors will be hired when. needed, and added that two full-time workers, along with part-time workers would be adequate to cover the case work in the area. Cairns would not comment on Car- penter’s allegations that the court system is being handicapped by cut- backs. - “That may be his opinion. I can't comment on his opinion,” Cairns said. Also, he would not say why Johnson's contract was not renewed. “That's nothing that I would care to discuss with you.” In addition, Cairns would not say under what terms the full-time Crown counsels are hired. “That is also something I'm not going. to discuss with you,” Cairns said. However, he said part-time prosecu- tors are hired “per case per day.” Carpenter said he déesn’t know if the government will replace him. “I. don't know what they'll do. I don't want to say they won't (replace -me). They're on their own. Good luck to them.” vision ‘will allow a farther adjustment of .85 percent, bringing the total wage pac- kage to about 5.75 per cent over: three years. The strike began after workers rejected a 41-month contract with a $500 bonus and increases of 3.5 and five percent after 18 and 24 months, respectively. Economic sanctions_ urged VANCOUVER (CP) — The Canadian government should South Africa seeks help By GREGORY NOKES - »® WASHINGTON (AP) — The sudden crisis in the Squth African economy will encourage those who believe economic sanctions can-force-change in that country’s apartheid practices. In recent days, the depth of South Africa’s economic problems has been shown clearly. The head of South Africa's Central Bank made an emergency trip to Europe and the United States seeking help in refinancing South Africa's foreign debts. _ And the value of the South ae currency, the rand, has ANALYSIS even had to suspend trading on foreign exchange and stock - impose against South Africa until Pretoria ends the current state of emergency, about 200 demonstrators Tuesday: The _Sroup . was _ voicing urged > crisis i from ability to restore order without dismantling the apartheid practices under which five million whites rule 24 million blacks. South Africa has two economies, one for whites and one for blacks. The economy for whit is highly - developed with Westermstyle standards of living. But for. blacks, the economy functions at a Third World level. The United States plays a major role in South Africa's economy. It is South Africa's chief trading partner and third largest investor, after Great Britain and West Germany. Backers of sanctions in Congress and elsewhere think these economic ties give the United States . economic leverage to pressure the Batha government to dismantle apartheid. Congress is expected to approved sanctions later this month, including barring new loans to the South African But it’s not an PI It’s an ic crisis born of political problems, notably the turmoil over apartheid. Seeing these developments, as well as the racial violence that continues in the country, foreign: banks worry they cannot be repaid if they wait, so they are’, payment now. toa South African steel, due to A unloaded here. The protest was carried out about 400 metres from the terminal entrance. Plans to Picket the Dutch- registered ship carrying the steel were called off because WANT PAYMENT But they are denianding more money than the South African government has. Central Bank head Gerhard de Kock went abroad on a two-fold emergency mission:-one, to get. more financing, and two, -to ask ‘foreign curbing and nuclear exports and barring imports of South African gold coins. | And in South Africa, four- organizations that represent the majority of commerce and industry signaled their confidence in Botha’s approach is at an end. _ Appealing for ch®nge, they said in a statement: -“Our survival depends on making the necessary structural changes to uphold the political, social and economic values pursued by our major trading partners, which represent, in essence, the ‘Breat democracies inthe world.” The four groups are the Association of Chambers of governments, i to Pi their banks to’extend the loans. . The message in all this for President P.W. Botha is - Ce of South Africa, the National African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the South African amber. of “Ind; and the Urban Nicknamed “The Rocket” by close friends (he was, in his. own words, “a not-too-swift third-string centre for the Trail Firemen in the Trail commercial hockey league"), Jim was president of the Trail Smokeaters on March 12, 1961 when they won the world hockey championship. He. was also’president the following year when they won the Allan Cup. Transplanted “prairie people” from Regina, The Rocket and his wife Dorothy have a summer home at Christina Lake wae they plan to spend a great deal' of their time. They look forwacd to visits there from their two sons, Scott and Charles, both of Vancouver, and from Jack, who had been with QR since the day it went.on the air in 1969 and had done the morning show for the last 12 years, resigned in mid-August because of what he called “internal problems” at the station. Jack started at CKQR doing an afternoon show of country music and was known as “Black Jack,” and says several of his old-time listeners still call him by that name. He says he would like to stay in the area but is not sure what his future plans are. “I enjoy people. I'd like a job where I can be and meet with people,” he says. “I'll certainly miss all my listeners.” POPPING CORN PINETREE. YELLOW. 900 G $139) 0 HILLS BROS. COFFEE oR $739 REG. OR Fall Fair Saturday By CasNews Staff Organizers of Saturday's _ Robson Fall Fair are anti- cipating more than 400 en- tries in 106 categories. Even so, the fair will be somewhat smaller than last year. “Marion Jenner, one of the organizers of the fair, spon- sored by the Robson Wom- en's Institute, says that this year the crafts category has been. eliminated due to a shortage of space in the Robson Community Hall. She said the only crafts section will be for collections in the children’s section. But the Women's Institute will still have categories ‘in garden produce, fruits, can- ning, baking and art. Last year the fair attracted more than 500 entries. The fair runs Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The categories this year are varied. The baking cat- egory inclides everything DTUC proposal due in By The Canadian Press A formal presentation will be made to provincial govern- ment within a week regar- ding making David Thomp- son University Centre~ in Nelson a global peace in- stitute. Delegates to-.a five-day youth peace conferencé last week urged the B.C. govern- ment to establish a peace institute at the defunct univ- ersity.— The more than 100 youths from 16 countries included _ the request in a list of 10 resolutions presented Sat- urday. Five hundred people listened to delegates ann- ounce the resolutions at a special banquet. John Verigin, honorary chairman of the Orthodox Doukhobors, ‘said the in- stitute in Nelson would be modelled after the peace and . disarmament education pro- gram at the University of Washington in Bellingham. DTUC was closed in 1984 as a provincial government a week restraint measure. ». The World Youth Peace Through Communications Conference, held as part of Ynited Nations Youth Year, - was sponsored by the Ortho- dox Doukhobors, Operation Dismantle, and the United Nations Association in Bri- tish Columbia. The conference was organ- ized by 20 West Kootenay youths. from’ breads to cakes and cookies. There are also cat- egories for flowers and flow- er arranging. Garden pro- duce includes and Castlegar area Y the Slo- can Valley. Prizes for some of the winners have been donated by local busi: as well as fruits. Art categories include oils, acrylic, sketches, dough art, watercolor and Christmas major companies such as Empress Foods and Purity Flour. MIRACLE WHIP REG. 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