Kltlmat"" heavy rainfall keep s +i By ANN DUNSMUIR apricot crops entirely - the up," he said, meaning Heraldstsffwrlter trees proved +highly vegetation is being con- At last - someone has susceptible to fluoride - and stantly killed by the found something.~ood to say now lose 40 to 50 percent of emissions and growing about Kitimat s heavy their cherry crops as well. back. rainfall. Orchard owners took the Gordon illustrated his talk •~ :.. ..... .~ ........ Dr. Clan~ Gordon, an aluminum company to court with slides showing damage expert on plant diseases, and collected. • l to vegetation, domestic told a sparse audience at "The Italco plant near animals and wildlife near Riverview L0dge Tuesday Bellingham Wash. had to aluminum smelters. that a plentiful water supply, pay $3 million in damages to Snowshoe hams near a helps trees survive the el- farmers," Gordon said. The plant at Long Harbor, NOd, feat of fluoride pollution, company then spent $12 show excessive hone growth Gordon, director of en- million in cleaning up their with fluoride levels as high vironmental studies at the act. as 12,000 parts per million University of Montana, has "In all cases to date compared to the normal e ,,4q=l,. " conducted surveys of government agencies have rate for animals of 200 parts damnge of vegetation near never made the companies per million. aluminum smelters in the clean up pollution," Gordon "The Canadian govern- '+ ~, "':7. U.S.,GormanynndCunade. said. "Ifhns always been ment should be doing In September, 1976, at the the result of action by poople studies in the Kitimat request of the Canadian being damaged by fluoride area," Gordon said, Askoclation of Smelter and emmissinn." "especially on animals Allied Workers Local I, He pointed out that 80 because the effects are Gordon collected samples of percent of fluorides released cululative as you move up vegetation in the Kitlmat + will be taken in by plants, the food chain." p ):/+ . area, "Fortunately for Kit/mat He said he had found less + Pollution is always bad vegetable growers the damage to vegetation this news, but compared to plume of emissinns from the year than last. "It all • + damage near some other smeltordeesn'tgetto town depends on the weather," . • +, smelters Kitimat has been too often," be said. Gordon said. lucky. The same weather Plants groyn in local back Air emissions of fluorides that leaves Kitimat yartl garaens tested ac eventually soak into the soil residents looking pallid about three to four parts per where the chemical gives trees an edge in the million- not high, but higher becomes hound up, he said fight against pollutants, th_a9 normal... and becomes harmless. Not 1,~ of vegatation near He saga mac his resenrcn nearly enough flurides leak melters is greater when also showed excessive seve~ into the water to cause , +..+.., trees must also fight the of sulfur emissions mosul, significant water pollution. effects of drought, from the Eurecan prop mill, Local animals with higl~ "In dry areas, damage is in plants in the area. "If fluoride concentration+ more severe due to the Kitimatbecomes an oil port, have symptoms that include doublestrees,, of drought and the combination of ozl," teeth stained brown with th~ fluoride, Gordon said. fluoride and sulphur could nerves exposed making it • He described damage result in a real disaster," painful to drink cold water. caused by one aluminum Gordon said. ... ~mimals that don't drink plantwhich is located in an ' "Kitimat Mountain wm can't flush out the fluorides, aquatic life in area devoted to orchards, die over and over again so the concentration in. vegetatlm in the surrouMng area, but these kids dm't seem to tilnk i~a'by tkle pods. Growers had to give up unless the plant is cleaned creases. U.S. money man quits the erald --- ~ WASHINGTON,KP, -- UJ~t~have to accept that,"be VOLUME 71 +..NO. 99..r.e. +,+.,,,.Price: 20 cenfs ....,=+. THURSDAY, ..w...., SEPTEMBER ,. ++ 22, 1977# ' Write off BCR WednesdayPresldentCartera~ounced on national In aletter to Carter, read ...... _ ~_ .television he has accepted by.the President on national 1~,j'~,~ U~/~r~ ~ 1 1. 1"~ .1 office of management and the cuntin=g nature of it • . I- YIYI TT_ budget. • over his private banking .m~z~ ~,A.%J~IJkJ ' J.J~,PJI.~JI.JI.~ Carter said theconstunt practices and personal :-: - I Dj ndZ: p[e 1 + ,Atex aD0ut+u~_,mm~..~. ~. me..+ ~-h~ada~n,~ea~and • "' ' "l'Bennett saga ~0uay me " ~n~p,bb~I i~. proiii/~ to W~ and the ham ,, nee' I • current Sec.al• Cred.t• o, de Fre" hools for ~oubts°Vermnent'He on.atm.d said those that mybut conseie"I desire s Y government will' have tack, veterans affairs, department are J " . , to m native. state of to square one if it wants to employees children, local Carter .said he believes ~__tlrn_ ,, y ~r • 7 • • school board officials were many ot x,ance s r~mems t, eor~a. get {he financmily-troubled would stemmed from ~ the ex He said he was convinced L, oerat I Columbia Railway ske..ptical such schools ---^-~'-o..~ standards thet he could continue to be an )TFAWA ( CP )-- Lz"heral back...... on. ........ the tracus to eeavauameHerbert a British-born we,,,--,~-,-a have tried to set in effective budget director but :k-hencher Hal Herbert ~,~,~vmj.~,?,~y~.~_........... '-,,cti'n executive also government," and from the "because of the amount of complained to Prime dzd. m. the beginning,• • ,, accused the Libera 1 exectationsP razsed by controversy and the con nister Trudeau that ........ aovernment of -.rovoking pledges made during the finulng nature of it I have ~deau , s cabinet.... m me t uenneu.... sain m a telephone farmers ¥into o n pr~de nUal campuign. decided to submit my ,,~nh.|h,t,~ t, t~ mtervlew from hm home m ~ue.l~.. pe~ ", think it was a res+~ation as director of ........................ eluon D" "our an- - "'-" 'zszon• . of Canada , s ~elowea.,, . -~, a e air tours eous and a 180 a OMB.'" ~,,;~,. ~,,~ two In 1954, we had to wrzte m!nistratien, of. d .....~ .,o',.;,,~ ~esture on Bert's Carter said he acce ted " .... °"-~" off all na0sses all the ~oac~es, DUC treanng yam g~,,~.;.UC ~__ ,, .-,....... ,a ,ko ,.=~ia..t~n "withPth~ , In the past • years we debts-- theye~, II have, to do. ~t. kid" gloves the largely- ~ -- tO __e~g~r n,..... ~.,¢urt~r =-* ;, ~u. .......... ,,~ +~.,.ee--.., ...... ........... +-"-re' and ve seen many• of the aoama m the same way.. anglophone air traff .,.ui..-., .,,..,--#,,. ~,~,,, .,,+^ --.~,**v ud~th~r..... ~u.,.~w" and resisted" that ong men m your The balance sheet for the controllers when they ............. ~_''."_. ..... .~..... rnment leave for vari-, ...... .,.i non -~.-...- nrotastad the exnansion of ne might ~.ve s.oupc u~. ms menu .u= uu,,= ,,u ~e ,~.vw.-,,,,..~, .,ww a.uwa --r " M tion nail LaMe no[ wrong ;reasons and Uttle or.no the railwav's accumulated ~nch at Quebec airports. .,..i~a~o~n ;t ~,t~_r also SAYSI)ECISION oft has been mace to zmd aon,,,t t~ta~ e197 7 million The aeparunent ot "%"-~?~%~'---"--;t~-,,'~ hm connect npetent re laeements," "-- ....... regional economic ex- sazo.ne, ooe~n. _"~_:_~;L~,~.'.: ~7~-_":T_--.-.I ~ .... +..z., ' m 1976. • much his own cremvmty ~.,,r~.~ a..,u .,,,-,.~ ,,,,,, •' MP. .for ~e Montreal. A royal comrmsmon• • now panszon• further• erodes have suffered as a him• Tuesday that ~ be ,a riding of Vandreull rob the railwa , s af conhdence m federalism by might case nned to nit the ad which'"YoungsterSwas donatedat the byChildtheDeVel°pmentGenralRadioCentre.serviceare ciuenJ°yingbof Beautifultheir neWBritish, piano sag'tiTheletter,in a letterdated to TrudeaUsept.19,' P:"~m~asBCR"'s currentt'~"'loss vaydf~ures" ,h,; assistingareasof English-spoakingQuebocanii r~,~Ultelree___woma°f ~angUess_L~___Ceun mleasant~Om©---- sald-l~'"*;'mm~"o,-,.he be]ieve~.............. ~" n~,id~ntLa nee Columbia. The. CBers,,purchased the,,piano with funds raised a ~ yalentine~ sDay was released today.., are about' $125,000 a day. neglecting. .the poorer ait~atiendg like this wouldP he made the correct decision.. dance in February. Papa Boots Reynolds, presldem of the emn, presemea me • ,,What remains m surely WON, T RESPOND Frencn-sl~a,ung, re,puns, damnging__ somewhat, but I " ~ Lance m m y piano to the centre yesterday and in no time at all the children were singing along the weakest federal cabinet Bennett, who recently Herbert s letter said. friend.'. Carter told,, the with Miles Clay of the Jack Cook school, since prior to the war years, submitted a written report news conference. I..know ..... -- ' "Undoubtedl'" it ;~ ~, to the commission blaming ~ • . .him personauy es.we..u as a " " " cabin tr d ~' "" ~ most of BCR's ills on the • ~ was my own oromer, z • e ea y to say yes bu . , an ement know him Without any doubt . 011 flrm~ it is not a ~[roun that cun railways m ag.., , ..... ,...+^t.~o.~o. d v ..................,to. t laws mspire this n-atioh in a time re.~u.sea .to r esp..ona to _ could • .~-.~ .,,,~,- -an,%- e,~- ,-- ' • " Washin on state f[t ,, criticism zrem u~t mwyer. • nonorame m . _JU..NEA.U, Alaska (AP).-- oil companies and shipi~, rs . Similar . !~t ~ ots deepest trouble, o,'- boTts H~ FI~/W ~O F}~ ~ ] b Carter, who delayed the ns nave - D...ell 1to . _ ~..major ou compames, who are transporung, rows ann regmauo s un- Herbertf, a requent critic Earlier" thin'week, Roberts L&L~ou~4~'t,, o~g~vo~ news conference b two F~t~ have filed smt Prudhee Bay oil from the v,een struck down a • . • , : of his own party, said that attacked the former Suczai . hours so Lance coul~ draft in fe~ court here, tran~Alaska pipeline ter- constitutional by.