The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • 1

Buses may roll soon Panel takes close look A matter of records rm i raispcy union REPORT CONSUMERS 6 pretty close9 -jKii 1 The Canadian record business should clean up its act, members of a Citizen consumer panel say. Hiss, crackle and other types of distortion on Canadian discs are driving many Canadians to buy imported versions of the same music at up to three times the price. The trend has prompted one Canadian company to send tapes of its best-sellers to JVC in Japan to produce a special series that lists at $18 a record. Can the Japanese take the same master tape used by Canadian companies and pro- duce a superior version? We asked our pane! if they could really hear a difference. Read their verdict in the first of our weekly REPORTCONSUMERS series on Page 45 today.

Also in today's report are tips on how to save money on laundry. A Price Watch product test concludes that stain removers are a waste of money. lenient to sett "both sides are very hopeful the buses will be running next week. rnrTT8' 4 The high hopes low a reduction in union demands and A I- J1 an increase of Wednesday, August 29, 1979 Ottawa, Ont. 116 Pages Capital Edition $1 weekly home delivered 20c per copy By Michael Prentice Citizen staff writer With any luck, OC Transpo buses will be back on the road by the time students return to school next Tuesday.

Strike leader Jacques Drouin said Tuesday union officials are "pretty close" to a settlement with OC Transpo that would end the strike, now midway through its third week. Transpo general manager Hector Chaput said after meeting union negotiators that 'r I $156,000 in the two-year package offered to the 1,500 Transpo drivers and mechanics. Although there is still a sizeable gap between Transpo's of- lrl OUU lilts Ullllll UW w- p. Jacques Drouin mand, Drouin appeared confident Tuesday can be bridged with the help of a federal mediator. Transpo managers and union negotiators have agreed to call in a mediator from the labor department.

They arranged to meet at 2 p.m. today with William Kelly, the government's chief trouble-shooter in labor disputes. vThe extra $156,000 offered to the drivers works out to about $100 each over two years. The $156,000 is all "new" money that was not in the original offer accepted by union negotiators but rejected by a majority of the drivers, Chaput said. The extra money makes the offer to the drivers slightly more than was recently awarded to municipal employees.

Transpo is now offering an eight-per-cent pay raise for all of 1979, Chaput said. This would mean drivers would get about $800 each in back pay if they accepted the offer. Initially, Transpo offered six per cent from Jan. 1 and an additional two per cent from July 1, 1979. The difference is about $150 per man in back pay.

For 1980, Transpo is offering four per cent from Jan. 1 and an additional four per -cent from July 1. In both cases, the four per cent would be compounded on the 1979 pay scale. The previous offer was five per cent from Jan. 1, 1980, and an additional 3.5 per cent from July 1, 1980.

These percentages were not to be compounded on 1979 earnings. (Union, page 23) CHUCKLE An uptight man is a self-taut individual. v1 i I XZJ'f 'j'A Iry psswKrm-i- t1" 'At' Slti i- 'i Mohawks, troopers square off By Dan Karon Citizen staff writer HOGANSBURG, N.Y. About a dozen armed American Mohawks and 30 New York State Troopers have squared off on the St. Regis Reserve here as authorities try to resolve a bitter dispute without bloodshed.

The Mohawk rebels, who advocate Indian rule without the white man's intervention, are barricaded in the home of Loran Thompson, a chief of the Mohawk Nation. State officials were trying to decide today whether to storm the barricaded refuge. The troopers moved in Tuesday afternoon. St. Regis spans Quebec, Ontario, and New York State borders.

To date, Mohawks living in the Canadian sector have kept clear of a battle that has pitted two rival American Mohawk factions against each other. The traditionalist Longhouse faction has for years pressed for Indian self government while the rival tribal council alone is recognized by the American and state governments. The curent confrontation began in May when Thompson and about 200 Longhouse supporters attacked the reserve police station and forcibly ejected the four Indian policemen. The traditionalist allege the policemen are "puppets of New York State." The station was occupied for eight hours until tribal council leaders marshalled their supporters. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of several traditionalists now barricaded in the Tompson residence.

They concern felony and misdemeanor charges laid in connection with the police station occupation. Troopers are acting cautiously, the Indians having vowed to resist any attempt to enter the building. Such an attempt would be considered "an act of war," traditionalist leaders have warned. Police will be faced with "another Russell Mant, Citizen Inside Keeping your eye nose, that is, on the children, aged 8 to 13. Among other things, the children learn the art of playing volleyball, soccer, handball, archery and Mike Saikaley, 9, puts all he's got, even his nose, into a table tennis game at the Belltown Dome recreation centre.

The centre is the site of a summer sports camp for Weather: cloudy with showers Thursday. Low tonight 15. High Thursday 22. 1IU Man termed 'exemplary citizen' Indecency case sentence suspended Cesar Cedeno just one of many Astros who struck out in Montreal page 25 By Dave Rogers Citizen staff writer A 48-year-old building superintendent convicted of indecently assaulting a 12-year-old boy at a west-end shopping centre, received a suspended sentence Tuesday, based on a report that he was an "exemplary citizen." Allan Albert Rabideau was charged with gross indecency and indecent assault after a boy told his mother that he performed oral sex on a man July 7, 1978, after he had been lured to the boiler room of the Hampton Park Plaza with promises of a job. Provincial court Judge Hector Soubliere said reports that Rabideau was a devoted family man unlikely to appear in court again had to be considered in sentencing.

Soubliere dismissed the gross indecency charge, related to the allegations of oral sex, because the 1 1-membcr jury was unable to reach a verdict on the charge in June when it heard the evidence. The jury's guilty verdict on the indecent assault charge was justified, the judge said. TV tip: Baseball, channels 4, 5. 6M, 9, 1 1 at 7:30 p.m. Houston Astros at Montreal Expos Gilbert vV'fl Wounded Knee if they attempt to serve the warrants, they added.

Troopers arrested three Indians during a prc-dawn raid on the reserve Tuesday. After the arrests, there was an 1 1 -hour police-rebel standoff which ended abruptly with no agreement reached. Meanwhile, civil rights lawyer William Kunstler called on Gov. Hugh Carey to avoid bloodshed by calling off the state Bordeleau and "Vv 1 his partner find JR gold in our hills page 61 junwo Dottles banned Rings not enough, govt, says in ending 1.5-litre era for now Local: West Carleton residents say they may refuse to pay taxes under new system page 3 Natioiuk Scientists say we should start worrying now about carbon dioxide in atmosphere page 8 International: Margaret Thatcher visits Ireland in wake of Lord Mountbatten's death page 62 although Rabideau maintained his innocence throughout the trial. Although the press was not permitted at the trial, the judge described Rabideau's acts which brought the conviction as "indecent manipulation." "I am firmly satisfied that the best method of dealing with this is to give the accused a suspended sentence," he said.

"I don't think it is appropriate that any term of probation be imposed." Rabideau's lawyer, Bruce Rice, said a pre-sentence report showed his client is an exemplary citizen and extremely responsible. Rice said Rabideau lost his job at Hampton Park, but has found new work to support his family. "He is a close family man, a dependable worker and is not likely to appear in court again," Rice said. "I can't recall a case of this nature that puts forth sucb a picture of a man. Rabideau, superintendent of the shopping centre at Carling and Kirkwood avenues since 1972, testified that he hired the boy to remove garbage from the shopping centre when he saw him watching grocery packers at work.

He testified he told the boy there were "funny things going on" at the shopping centre and warned him about some shopping centre employees who might try to lure him. A second boy testified that he had been indecently assaulted in the boiler room by Rabideau. whom be said showed him child pornography and men's magazines. No charges were laid in connection with that alleged incident. Soubliere noted there were nine striking similarities between the ttimoy of tbe two boys, although they had never mcL Crown prosecutor George Dzioba argued that tbe boy mas emiikd tbe protection of society and caHed for a prison sentence for Rabideau.

KoTfCEBQARp By Phil Kinsman Citizen stiff writer The federal government has announced a total ban on 1.5-litre soft drink bottles that has shattered Coca -Col a '1 chances of cornering the market on Urge bottle sales. The latest policy change the third in two months eliminates earlier regulations that allowed Coke's 13-litre bottles to stay on the market if they could pass a tip-test The new baa means "the tip-test is off the books, it 00 longer exists. Consumer and Corporate Affairs spokesman Tom Wright said Tuesday. Consumer Affairs Minister Allan Lawrence said the ban will remain in effect until a bottle is developed that does not project flying glass after breaking or exploding- He said similar regulations are being drafted for smaller bottles of aIJ kinds of carbonated drinks. -WTxn sacb a bottle is developed by nsing other a Hisuc film coating or tome other means of retention, I intend to propose that the ban be rescinded and that appropriate refulauons be mtro-dticed for 13-litre glass bottles." be said-Coca-Cola, Sprite and Scbeppes tad boped to that could be slipped around their bottles to prevent breakage after tipping.

A shipment of Coke bottles equipped with the rings passed the tip-test two weeks ago. but Lawrence said such bottles are not acceptable because they do not eliminate the possibility of injury from Dying glass. Coke spokesman David Steele said Tuesday his company was "astonished and extremely upset" by the latest change, but will comply with the ban. Coke spent about $80,000 developing the impact ring and had already accepted delivery of several thousand rings. Steele said.

Since the bottle safety controversy began three months ago, Canadian bottlers have been searching feverishly for a bottling technique to stop flying glass, said Tibor Greg or. spokesman for the Canadian Soft Drink Association -There's a lot of research going into it and methods for plasticizing bottlet are available, but none have yet been industrially proven for production except for one in Japan," Gregor said. Canadian companies are looking at tbe Japanese technique, but before full prod actum could begin it would have to be tested by tbe government. (Hnm, pge 23) fiat to do. where to go in the Ottawa-Hull area page S3 I I 1 1 I OIJ EAfct MacCfcr 25 44 Amrvknn If femWc fcrtk-.

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