_ the world outside! Begin sees" Page 12, April 4, 1979 - North Shore News ' The_ near disasterous consequences of. the Harrisburg horror at the Pennsylvania nuclear reactor may well have served as a valuable lesson to ‘British Columbia and have prevented any such stations from being built in the province. Environment minister Reaf Mair has called the disaster “terrifying” and has declared he now seriously -doubts: whether B.C. needs nuclear power... ” His comment comes just two weeks after an an- nouncement by Pat McGeer that B.C. would welcome a billion dollar nuclear fusion reactor being built in the province as part of an in- ternational project’ that would cost $100 million a year to operate. — Bit even if B.C. never gets. into its own nuclear power, - the province could be within. js the death path of a reactor: * to the one at: 3 Harrisburg which is planned 3 similar for. Washington near the f Canadian border. Chances of an accident at Sedro Washington, are considered high as the area is in an earthquake zone and = close to Mount Baker, who has indications of volcanic acitivity. . CANADIAN - Fears have also been expressed ‘that Ontario Hydro. has severely un-— derestimated the possiblilities of -such a- disaster occurrng in that province: Chairman of a royal commission on Ontario's peace growing Isracli Prime Méinister Menachen Begin told an audience in Cairo this week he is convinced other Arab States will eventually follow Egypt’s lead and negotiate “peace with Israel. _ However, at the same time, Israel was picking upa - band of terrorists captured on a boat heading for the state. They were heavily armed with sophisticated weapons and had a vast array of propaganda leaflets, Idi’s last stand? Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was Tuesday sup- posedly preparing to make his last stand against the Tanzanian invasion. After considerable speculation over his whereabouts, Amin turned up in the city of Jinja while . the area was being bombed. by Tanzanian planes. From a jeep, he told the townspeople not to panic and said he would be making his last stand from that location, being prepared to ~ fight to the death. U.S. fears atomic cheating Citing the need for security guarantecs and guards against cheating, the U.S. has turned down a call by the Soviet bloc for im- mediate international negotiations to end = the production of atomic weapons and defuse current nuclear arsenals. The suggestion was made by the Soviet Union and six allies last month at the regular meeting of the Geneva disarmament conference. condemning the peace treaty. . Begin’s reception in Egypt was only luke warm, although he and President _Sadat entered into another _Major agreement over the future of the Sinai desert. Israel will return the area to Egypt May_26 and the following day the two leaders will meet there to declare the borders between the two countries open. aeee. Seal Woolley, - — “e — power needs, Arthur Porter, - says that if 100 plants such as those in the province were built across Canada there would likely be a core meltdown every 40 years... U.S. President . Jimmy Carter Sunday visited Harrisburg, where at least > - remaining - comply with any emergency _ ; instructions - they might . “receive, -he continues ‘to *: maintain that nuclear energy ” - Though “he - urged residents to ‘must be part of the total U.S. | - energy package. California Govenor Gerry Brown’s call for a reactor in Sacramento similar to the -one. in Harrisburg to be closed down was rejected. _ WORLD SHOCK _ In Regina, there have been demands that Saskatchewan ceases the -production of ‘uranium, which is used for nuclear ‘power. The Harrisburg catastrophe has shocked the Blame all round for Cranbrook crash The Aircraft Accident Review Board has laid the - blame for the crash of the ‘Pacific Western Airlines plane at Cranbrook | last February in which 42 people died, and most everybody has a share of it. -_ The Board said the flight. crew was partly to blame although they added the crew was faced with an unprecedented situation and had little time to react. Also to blame, sajd the Board, was the Calgary air traffic control centre for telling Cranbrook the plane was due to arrive ten minutes later than it actually did. A snow sweeper was still on the runway when the plane tried to land, forcing it to abort the landing. \ cone et BOTTLED In BOND See he hh ca kennel : Mahood a wel Lelia qneder a Fault was also found with. the American agency regulating the design of the reverser which slipped open | when the plane hurriedly tried to take off again. 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