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the examiner Wodnosday Oct 26 1977 iextra Still optimistic lnco solution will be found SUDBURY Ont CP The president of the United Steelworkers Union here says he still is optimistic solution will be found to head off massive layoffs planned for this in dustrial city Even though most of the solutions proposed so far have been rejected Dave Patterson 28 says he still feels way will be ound to head off the elimination of 3450jobs by lnco Ltd here and in Thompson Man Im still optimistic and Ill stay that way until midnight on Feb 13 Patterson said in telephone interview after re turning home from Tuesday meetings with federal officials in Toronto Federal Employment Minister Bud Cullen said following the Toronto talks that he sees no way of avoiding the layoffs that lnco announced last Thursday because of weak markets They will start in February INCO TO HIRE MORE Meanwhile MPs were told late Tuesday that only month ago lnco officials advised the union they would be able to hire more employees in Sudbury and Thompson by January They also heard that one day after the lnco announcement of proposed layoffs because of market conditions nearly two million pounds of nickel carbonate was imported through Vancouver for use in the Sheritt Gordon Mines Ltd refinery in Fort Saskatchewan Alta John Rodriguez NDPNickel Belt showed reporters copy of company minutes kept during discussion with the union of layoffs planned for its Port Colborne 0nt plant At present there is no problem for jobs at Thompson it quotes the Inca officials as saying it is felt that by Jan 30 Sudbury will be in hiring position Rodriguez also said in his Commons speech he cannot un derstand why nickel had to be imported when lnco says more markets cannot be found for production from Sudbury Wont address French assembly QUEBEC CP There was never any question that Premier Rene Levesque would address session of the French national assem bly Claude Morin Quebecs intergovernmental affairs minister said Tuesday Levesque left secretly Sun day night for Paris week before the scheduled start of his official visit to France NOV 24 The privilege of addressing the national assembly has been refused to several political leaders since it was last granted to US president Woodrow Wilson about 60 years ago Morin told news conference How could the French government justify giving Levesque the opportunity af ter turning down so many others Morin asked rhetorically RENE LEVIZSQLE left secretly Denies big layoffs in offing TORONTO tCPi Alfred Powis chief executive of N0 randa Mines Ltd major producer of copper and zinc says the company is not planning largescale layoffs among its 28000 Canadian workers We have been in tremendously difficult economic situ ation in the mining industry for the past two years but at present no decision of this sort has been made he said in an interview Tuesday Powis was commenting about broadcast report that said Noranda may shut down some of its operations in Quebec where the company has 8500 employees He said there has been yadual reduction in the com panys workforce since 1975 and the number of employees has fallen by about 3000 Because of what are probably the worst economic condi tions in mining industry for 30 years this process will con tinue he said Little time to rest for Charles LOS ANGELES AP Prince Charless 49hour visit to southern California has everything dashing well read man of the world might desireexcept perhaps time to rest The agenda for the 12th stop of the princes loday visit to the United States in cludes watching the final test flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise and touring the Jet Propulsion Laboratorya special treat for man who has piloted helicopters and jets in the Royal Navy Prince Charles who also studied archeology was to visit the La Brea Tar Pits where dinosaurs were trap ped and preserved eons ago Todays activities also in cluded speech keytethe city ceremony and charity evening for the prince PRINCE CHARLES busy schedule Boundary changes may not occur TORONTO CP Boundary changes recommended by royal commission on Metropolitan Toronto may not occur because of public resistance Mayor David Crombic said Tuesday In an interview Crombic said residents of the city and five neighboring boroughs do not want change The boundary changes were proposed earlier this year by the commission under the chairmanship of John itobarts former Ontario premier Food prices still moderating OTTAWA tCP Food prices continued to moderate bet ween midSeptember and midOctober although they are still 121 per cent higher than year ago the antirinflation board said Tuesday Over the last three months the boards food price index which measures prices in 12 cities has fallen 15 per cent The board says fresh fruit prices fell 135 per cent in the last four weeks as many crops ripened However prices for oranges are still 50 per cent higher than year ago Overall the fresh fruit price index is 224 per cent above yearago levels Drinkingage bill introduced TORONTO CPI private members bill to raise the legal drinking age in Ontario to 19 from 18 was introduced in the legislature Tuesday The bill introduced by ltemo Mancini tlEssex Southi would amend the Liquor Licence Act Private members bills are added to the legislatures or der paper but rarely become law Leyland to recall autos WASHINGTON AP About 5000 Tit automobiles are being recalled by British Leyland Motors to replace defec tive accelerator cables the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuwday The recall involves 1975 and 1976 models sold in the United States and is result of the safety agencys investigation of the cable problem The cable links the accelerator with the carburetor 1700 Tit7 cars are being recalled in Canada company spokesman said in Burlington Ont New owner for French luxury liner SaudiArabian businessman Akran Ojjeh left with his son Mansour jjeh hold model of the French luxury liner lrancc in their office yesterday in Paris Ojjeh bought the 062ll0lt ton luxury ship for 12 to million dollars He plans to convert the liner into luxury hotel Pepin to continue search despite warning from PM OTTAWA Pi JeanLiic Pepin corchairinan of the Task Force on Canadian linity said Tuesday he plans to pursue his search for socalled third op tion solution to the on federation crisis despite sharp warning by Prime Minister Trudeau that the con cept is trap In an interview with The nadian Press Pepin suggested that differences between hint self and the prime minister arc semantic and that Trudeaus waming is nothing more than friendly cautioning dont want to make any strong statement the former Trudeau cabinet minister ad ded Since the unity commission was established in July Pepin has argued that the answer to problems brought on by the election of separatist larti Quebecois government in Que bec lies in third option somewhere between the status quo and sovereigntyassoci ation Last week in the omiiions Trudeau said he wants to warn everylxxly including mcm MP suggests solution to economy crisis OTTAWA Pi Shopping bags full of anadiaii inadc groceries and English language radio stations blaring Quebec pop music could be the answer to the pressing problems of sagging economy and national unity These proposals came from lth of 74 lothra Grand 0pc trsula Appolloni York Smith in the ommons Tues day during debate on the throne speech Mrs Appolloni addressed herself to the women of Canada 30 per cent of the population challenging them start speaking to their Friii chspeaking sisters unlo p$tE 74 Dunlop St bers of my own party and of thc PepinItobarts commission that this third option business is trap we should not fall into Trudeau said there is no such thing as status quo SlGflIISIIiIIIANHIIS The anadiaii constitution has incessantly been changed and made to adapt to reality and in the course of eight or nine years we have suggcsltxi many changes to the status quo Pepin said it is not unlikely that he will use the term third option again during the com missions search for solution to the national unity dilemma He said the group led by him and former Ontario prc mierJohn ltobarts has always leaned more toward the status quo than souveiaiiicte associ ation in its work despite con trary claims by Reed Scowcn the commissions executive di rector carlier this fall Pepin said the unity group is committed to keeping the coun try intact adding that it has been working llkt mad in its current crossaiiiitla tour at November 5th cks 0Cards Satellites for PC messages OTTAWA CP The post office is considering using satellites to transmit some postal messages and glenerally improveefficiency in stal service federal offlcia said Tuesday But this whole subject is highlypolitical said Terry Simms assistant director of the post offices systems research and development branch In an interview Simms said government olicy dictates that the post oflice not provide services that compete with private business But postal messages sent via satellite could be construed as competing with information links now provided by some common carriers such as tele phone companies Simms said As well the use of satellites could get the post office into hot water again with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers CUPW other government of ficials said Simms said the efficiency of the postal service can be im proved if Telesat Canada sat ellite is used to send informa tion about the delivery of par cels and other goods Dr John Chapman the com munications departments as sistant deputy minister for space said telemail or mail by satellite could also improve ef ficiency because it would elimi nate number of steps in the handling of message With telemail consumer could call up the post office with message which would then be relayed via satellite to the proper city typed out and delivered along with the regular mail Chapman said Telemail has already been in troduced in the US he added Guidelines for teachers TORONTO 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