Ennett Defends Kerster's Action
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l Ill • I • l III • I - .Weather WINSDAY WINNERS na mmae 829 $25 12030 $1,000 Wednesday: High 20 6829 $100 04"120~0 $100,000 The Right Sound At The Af- Low 14 36829 $1,000 I~rdabie Price Thursday's forecast: 29-36829 $100,000. 2213213 , $1® Sony PreciSion High 20 996 $25 92213 $I,000 Beif Driven Turntable Low I1 3996 $100 08-92213 $100,000 lthe ner a Cloudy skies in the 43996 $I,000 20"43996 $100,000 904 i~ $159.95 Serving Terrace, Kitimat, the Hazeltons, Stewart and the Nass morning 'with sunny 49O4 $1® 4607 LAKELSE AVENUE, II I periods in the afternoon. 0~0 $25 84904 $1,00e PH'ONE 63S,~Sgl0 VOLUME 71 NO. 51 Price: 20 cent= THURSDAY, JULY.14, 1977 - 2030 $100 28-84904 $100,000 ~t ........... ]1 ..... I rL .... _ __ "~' C OST OF LIVING UP 7.8% Sudoen pr :ce,increase is highest in 12 months Questioned by Broadhent about the ' question period. Macdonaldwas in that predicts the unemployment rate high jobless rates on private industry. By GLENN SOMMERVILLE "economic disarray", an d caged for • But if, as Andras suggested, federal • OTTAWA (CP) ~ Opposition MPs measures including a new budget,• timing of any new programs, Cullen Toronto for talks with Ontario will women this winter for men and said the government does not need the Treasurer Darcy McKeough about ~qomen in the prime 25-to54 age group.: austerity must be abandoned to demanded a program of "economic lower f~deral sales taxes and direct create jobs, what other federal reconstruction" for the country job creation programs to stimulate catalyst of higher, unemployment ending the anti-inflation program and early six per cent of the people in' rates to stimulate it to act. A total of Trudeau was having his annual this age group were jobless m June. spending plans might be reduced, Wednesday because of current high activity. ' . Stevens aske~l. inflation and unemployment rates. Ed Broadbent, New Democratic .$458 million had already been medical examination. The rate was much higher for ' The opposition attack came Party leader, pushed the government allocated for job creation programs in But Robert KaI ~an, Macdonald's younger workers. 'fogowing publication of Statistics for an explanation about remarks •the current financial year ending next parliamentary sec! :tary, said outside the Commons that he government is MacEachen said the govei'nment Canada figures earlier in the day that made in Toronto Tuesday by Robert March 31. EMPLOYERS HAVE ROLE had tried to stimulate industry showed a 7.8 percent inflation rate in Andras, treasury board president. If only talking about contingency plans So far, the distribution of that for more ~ob creation. If the pnvam Replying that his practice is to through concessions made in the June, the largest 12-mon~ increase in plans to create jobs are being worked respect the confidentmlity of such Marcfi 31 budget, with the objective of consumer prices in a year. out, as Andras suggested, why have ending has been announced only for sector fails to act to create more period up to Oct. 31. MPs will rmd employment, the government may information, Cullen said it is not the increasing job opportunities in _rite This followed the release of jobless they not been announced, he government's responsibility to take private sector of the economy. "t'ne figures on Tuesday'that showed eight demanded. , out "probai~ly this week!' how much move in with additional programs money their ridings will get for the that it now is working on, "but we up all the slack in the job market. government is still trying to deter- per cent of the nation's work force Allan Mac,Eachen, acting prime Private employers also have a role to mine the success of these measures, unemployed-- a total of 814,000-- minister, said that if further direct period from Oct. 31 to the end of don't want to implement them," March next year, Cullen said. KacPulan said. " _ p~y, he said. he said, and has not yet made any during June. ~nnob.creation programs are Sinclair Stevens PC-York-Simcoe shift in its spending plans in James~ Gillies (PC--Don Valley) p!emei~tod, that will be "taken care Neither Finance Minister Donald lien became angry when Macdonald nor Prime Minister questioned by Broadhent about an said the government seems to be preparation for more direct charged': that the government has "of in due course''• by Manpower ~'yi~g to pin all the blame for current government spending for jobs. .allowed the country to fall into Minister Bud Cullen. Trudeau were in the Commons for internal maui~0wer department stu_dy NEW YORK • ICBC INTERVENTION Lights I ?::!~24:~ ': i % are out ennett defends NI~W YORK (AP) -- A widespread electric pow~ failure threw millions ox ',. ,...~., Kerster's action New Yorkers into darkness Wednesday night. Power went off at 9:.35 rh.m. EDT, sending :i', e rem,er• says he EUROCAN MISHAP ousands of persons . ... =.;.~,.,.~.. streaming from apart- ments, office buildings, doe s it every day CLAIMS STUDENT theatres and restaurants Herald Staff Writer into the darkened streets VICTORIA CP - Premier Bill Bennett defended that were clogged with cars. ~=~-~' • .7 Wednesday the actions of MLAs~whoin. taryene ~th Crown helfFlags outside Eurocan's Kitim.at.pul.pnfl.ll. were at A spokesman for corporations on behalf of their constituents, pointing out mast Wednesday fouowing me ueam ota 19-year- Consolida-ted Edison here that he does it every day. • old summer student in an industrial accident. said small power plants Harry Rosbargor Of Mon~ea] died.wh.en' ~ tell0~. around the New York area...• ....the cgmpany's 1oa_d~.g~,d~,.~_n~ogJn ~ feet.o! ~'l~.~wemi~.~ ~ ~c~,,'~ in~rvened~ in two unsettled ~'~a~."' , '~. - ~, ...... •~,: ~.Io~ee~i~'~.'..~~f ~"-C~ wd~ICB'CP.as~ -./~/ ". :< ~:polieesay was a trump.ring .to ramove., a corporatidnd,- , intimidated Bennett said that Kerster Rosherger by I was merely "working load of lumber from a forklift trucX, usm8 a eaagl_ blackout failed. Officials i by "the IVILAs to the point book, when he slipped and fell backward between tim wherewl they are not doing actively for many of his tried to get the huge Indian constituents; I do it for dock and a ship. Point Nuclear Power Plant their job properly, should he He apparently struck a bumper log and lost fired. mine." to make • up for the power "On any complaint that I consciousness before falling into the water. shortage but all efforts get, I always write a letter Fellow workers immediately threw lifesavers into failed, and the p0we/" plants "An MLA candor play God, it is not up to him to asking for clarification the water, some even plunged in themselves but they shut down. decide what is or is not a whether it's to ICBC, B.C. could not find the youth. The spokesman said Hydro or any other Crown Rosberger's body was recovered by RCMP divers Manhattan and Queens were legitimate compmmt, but he .should find out the co~oration. about one hour after the morning mishap. • affected first, with the rest As an MLA, I am the The university student's body was be..i~ flown .tp_ of the city and parts of circumstances. It is an ex- ..tension of the MLA's job." advocate of my Montreal for burial there. Eurocan outetate weg Westchester county constituents, and as such I personal charge of insuring the body was quickly darkened in the succeeding To a suggestion that ask, I demand, clarification returned there. minutes. requests from the premier where they feel they have The coroner had inspected the body and determined :The crippling blackout or MLAs might intimidate been hard done by,,govern-/ drowning as the cause of death. was similar to the one on meat bureaucracy. Nov. 9, 19~, when the the Crown corporation failure of a small relay employees, Bennett replied • o trlggered a blackout across that ':the only o~e who could COASTAL BARGES the Northeast. be at fault would he the SYSTEM PRAISED person who bends the Just hours before the rules--not the MLA." bl~kout, Charles Frank "H a Person hends?the Tugmen accuse B.C. Luce, Con Ed chairman, rules, he should he fired." said, "The Con Ed system is in the best shape in 15 years Education Minister Pat and there's no problem McGeer said Wednesdhy of ignoring new firm about the summer?' that the Insurance Corp. of New York Mayor Abe British Columbia gets an Archie York, president of campagnolo a week ago considered at all," he said. Beame ,declared an average of 300 interventions Quadrant Transportation that the provincial As a result of emergency shortly after the a month from MLAS. Ltd., say his newly formed government was negotiating conversations with blaekout btruck. He said tug and barge service is with private freight carriers Campagnolo, York there had been some looting, - McGeer, minister being ignored by the to the north coast to prepared a brief out~. g but that the situation was responsible for ICBC, was provincial government and establish a subsidized his company's ideas.nn no~, under control. commenting on a he 'is being excluded from service sometime in the fall. ~overnment shoulU set Officials said there had controversy which erupted negotiations for a marine "Apparently there is a revolved in marine been 10 arrests. Monday when it was learned fcr~s~t.tsubsidy on the north deal l~eing cooked between transportation. Within minutes, Kennedy that Social Credit the province and RivTow York said the brief was to and LaGuardia airports backbencher George York said that he was told Strmts Ltd.