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GtyJownal EDITOR: STEPHEN HUME EDMONTON JOURNAL, Wednesday, May 1 1, 1977 29 Council won't drop hl It 7 transit link rapid Mi i ''S las' "I don't like the idea that we should use the power of the city to hammer people," Aid. Leger said. Aid. Ron Hayter said it was important to establish the principle of developer contributions toward transit extensions. "If we continue the negotiations, maybe we can win back the developers (to their previous $1.6 million offer).

It's $1.6 million and that's more than we have right now." A motion by Aid. Decore calling for developers to be informed that detailed zoning for undeveloped areas in the subdivision would be delayed until an agreement is reached for developer support of rapid transit extension, was referred to the administration. Aid. Tanner said: "We advise our negotiators, but we don't advise the developers." Aid. Matheson warned: "We cannot threaten that kind of action you tell your negotiators that, but you sure don't put it in a motion on public til the developers come around to the city's viewpoint.

City solicitor Harry Wilson said it might be possible for the city to withhold provision of services, but "in my view council should examine the ramifications" of such a move. Aid. Ron Hayter said it was "not very good ethics" to renege on a development agreement, and pointed out the city had always acted in good faith with the companies before. Aid. David Leadbeater argued the city must take a firm stand on the issue if a precedent is to be set.

The two motions necessary to get the storm sewer connections were passed. Aid. Ed Kennedy, B.C. Tanner and Leadbeater opposed the move. But council did not go along with the administration's suggestion to drop the proposal to extend the line from the Belvedere terminal to Clarev-iew.

Aid. Olivia Butti, Tanner and Ed Leger were alone in opposing a motion directing the city to re-open negotiations with the developers. By SHARON ADAMS City council Tuesday diverted several attempts to force four Gareview subdivision developers to contribute toward extension of rapid transit into the area. The developers recently withdrew an offer of $1.6 million toward the extension after council asked its negotiators to try and extract more money. But some aldermen, led by Aid.

Laurence Decore, said developers should be made to contribute to the project from which they stand to benefit. The matter first arose during two routine motions calling for approval of an agreement between the city and developers for storm sewer connection and outfall facilities. Aid. Decore said the developers "are reaping a pretty decisive benefit from rapid transit; some are already advertising the fact they're close to it." He suggested the city might "hold back servicing or detailed zoning" un A 9 Ft I I Bill unfair to civil servants, says Notley Armed men bring fear into home An Edmonton couple had a frightening interruption to their television viewing late Tuesday night two men brandishing a sawed-off shotgun. Stanley Rideout, 64, and his wife Marjorie, told police they were watching television about 11:25 p.m., when the two men forced their way into their home at 11012 115th St.

"Get your purse or your husband's dead," said one of the intruders as he pointed the shotgun at Mr. Rideout. Mrs. Rideout told police she begged the men to leave the house because her husband has a bad heart condition and that they would be responsible for his death. Apparently the two lost their nerve when told about this and started to back off.

They ran from the house empty-handed. Both men were wearing dark blue ski jackets, blue jeans, dark gloves and toques which covered their heads except for areas around the eyes. A bill which will put Alberta's 30,000 civil servants under PHOTO BY JIM COCHRANE Ravenous raven day by the Canadian Wildlife Service. The bird, too young to fly, likes bits of meat and bread soaked in milk, but Patsy says it wakes her up calling for breakfast. Patsy Evans feeds a young raven found by her uncle last Saturday on a road near Hay River, N.W.T.

Patsy, 15, is caring for the bird which was to be picked up to Honor fare system proposed one labor act came under fire Tuesday from NDP leader Grant Notlcy. Mr. Notley said the government's public service employee relations act is unfair because it denies most public servants the right to strike and also omits "important areas" from arbitration procedures. He also criticized the government for not specifying the appointment of a labor representative to a five-man board which would administer the act. But Merv Leitch, provincial treasurer, who proposed the bill's second reading, said many of Mr.

Notley's criticisms arc unfounded. "I am convinced there is nothing in Bill 41 that could be said to adversely affect over 90 per cent of employees that come under its conditions," said Mr. Leitch. Mr. Notley said provincial employees feel unfairly treated by the act because the principle of collective bargaining has been eroded by refusing the right to strike.

"Both sides need an 'or else' option when bargaining," said Mr. Notley. He accused the government of adopting a "master-servant" attitude toward its employees but said the only "servants" are the 75 MLAs who are servants of the people. Mr. Notley also hit out at the $10,000 fine he said would be imposed, under the act, on public employees who go on strike.

An irony of the act is that it excludes Alberta Government Telephones staff, but includes liquor store staff, he said. This amounted to a "glaring inconsistency." Mr. Notley said workers could have been given the right to strike, the same right as that given workers in the private sector, because under the Alberta Labor Act, the government has power to step in and end a dispute in cases where it is felt prolonging the strike is causing "undue hardship." Mr. Leitch said earlier the legislation is important and is the result of a two-year task force study. For 90 per cent of workers affected "it can only be regarded as a change for the better" and for the remaining it removes the right to organize.

He said that under sections dealing with unfair labor practice, the government will be bound to follow the same practices as employers in the private sector. Mr. Leitch cited workers such as forest firefighters and anti-drought workers as the kind of non-essential employees the government could hot allow to stand idle. Later, while concluding debate, Mr. Leitch said Mr.

Notley and others have misinterpreted the bill's penalty clause on strikes and lockouts. He said the bill only fines strike organizers or lockout organizers $10,000, not the striking workers themselves. Under the act, a person "who shall cause or attempt to cause" a strike or lockout is liable to a fine. The bill received second reading. i ft t.

A Mr. Wright's study, prepared in conjunction with urban affairs consultant Peter Boothroyd and engineer Bill Bear, says Edmonton has been successful in keeping down the capital costs of its rapid transit line. But operating costs must also be kept low, says the report, and fare collection methods "can drastically enhance or impair the yearly labor cost of operating the system." Under the self-serve system, passengers buy a ticket from a machine and then can enter the transit car through any door. Roving inspectors would periodically check to ensure passengers have valid tickets and be able to issue a fine or premium fare on the spot. European systems usually find only one to two per cent of passengers evade paying fares, says the report, and a study of a new transit system in Atlanta, Ga estimates less than five per cent of patrons would cheat.

will be installed in rapid transit stations and one or two attendants will be on duty to ensure passengers pay the proper fare or have passes or transfers. The rapid transit line will be considered part of the bus system with fares the same and transfers allowed between the two modes of travel. Service will begin on the line in early 1978 and the fare collection study won't be completed until later in the year, said Mr. Miller, but the system can be changed if the consultants recommend it Many different automated systems are operating in Europe, he said, but there are no honor systems in North America "There are so many modifications and combinations of fare systems and there's many ramifications from each." Ticket-vending machines, for example, would have to be custom-built and could take 1 8 months to arrive. By LINDA HUGHES An honor system is being proposed for fare collection on Edmonton's rapid transit line.

University of Alberta professor Gerry Wright and two associates say a self-serve system with ticket-vending machines would save the city up to $400,000 a year in labor costs. Automated systems are successful in Europe, they say, and less than two per cent of passengers try to cheat They urged against an "old-fashioned manned station collection method" in an eight-page report Tuesday to city council. But transit general manager Don Miller says fare collection is a complex problem and Mr. Wright's submission "only touches the tip of the iceberg." The city is planning a major study of fare collection and fare structure throughout the transit system, he said, and the results won't be known for at least a year. In the meantime, regular fare boxes Adam McDonald at 107 'Papa' is 107, but still lively Frank Hutton I small farm.

At the same time, he and his wife managed to have 12 children. Mr. McDonald, who often entertains Grandview nurses with "dirty" songs, says he's never thought about growing old. Although he's- "quieted down" since he reached 90, Mr. McDonald can remember how he used to like a "nip" of the moonshine he made 50 years ago.

If he could have any wish come true on his birthday, the patriarch says he'd "move to Manitoba and get back to work." Meanwhile "Papa," as nurses fondly call him, will likely continue to sing his songs, tell jokes, and tell everyone the key to long life is plenty of hard work. Adam McDonald is 107 today and all he wants for his birthday is a "good chaw of tobacco." And the feisty Scotsman living at Grandview Auxiliary Hospital can likely count on getting his "chaw" from one of his more than 150 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Born in St. Andrews, on May 11, 1880, Mr. McDonald says he worked hard for more than 40 years as a road construction foreman and "I feel young enough today to get out and go right back to work." Arriving in Alberta by wagon in 1906, he settled at Darwell, about 60 miles west of Edmonton.

He spent the next five dec- ades logging, clearing brush, road building and running a tend a convention. So he sent each one of them a 10 franc note with these instructions: Take the enclosed note, place it on the roulette number corresponding to your suit size. Place the winnings on the number corresponding to your slack size. A ml place those winnings on the number corresponding to your shirt size. If this parlay succeeds, take all your winnings and fly back here to buy a suit.

And then there's a P.S.: If you're uncertain about your sizes, phone us. We probably have your measurements on file. And if all this is too much trouble, just have a drink on us. Now that's what I call a 'franc' business solicitation. FOR WHAT IPS WORTH Jasper Avenue is being ripped up again.

This time the hole is in front of the Cambridge Building. Westbound motor-traffic from 100th Street to 101st Street has been halted. This latest hole is to allow construction of a connecting link from the concourse level of the rapid transit station to the pedway linking the Cambridge Building and McCauley They say the disruption will only last for about six weeks. I wonder what they have planned for Klondike Days? blend of natural aromatic herbs." They come equipped with a filter tip, although why they need a filter tip when there's neither nicotine nor tobacco in it isn't explained. For a short while, at least, they could become very popular because, when you torch one the aroma is somewhat like marijuana and raises eyebrows in all directions.

I say the smell is 'somewhat' like marijuana. Actually it smells more like one of the neighbors is burning dead leaves. Here's a golf tournament trophy that's a little different The top prize in the annual Men's Wear Golf Tournament next Monday at the Edmonton Country Cub will be a $29,000 Mercedes Benz 450 SL from Chapman-Weber Motors. And, under the rules, the big prize could go to the worst duffer in the tournament just as easily as to the best golfer of the day. You see, all the winner needs to do is sink-a hole-in-one on the 18th.

Speaking of men's wear shops, Henry Singer came up with a unique promotional idea. He heard that 30 local chaps and their wives were going to Monte Carlo to at hair that she realized it wasn't PURE water. Her husband had had a mixture of water and fertilizer in it. We await developments. Perhaps her hair will grow to her knees in no time at all or on the other hand, possibly she'll wind up with no hair at all.

Her husband plans to come out of hiding as soon as the ultimate result is known. It has finally come. The cigarette that contains no nicotine and NO TOBACCO. Honeyrose De Luxe cigarettes, produced by Honeyrose Products Ltd. of Stowmarket, Suffolk, England are selling for 99 cents a pack at the new health centre in The Bay.

The producers claim they're "a luxury Gardening and a high fashion hairdo don't mix. If you don't believe that, there's a gal in the west end of the city who can supply proof. She had done a streaking job on her hair but wasn't happy with the outcome. So she applied more of the tint and allowed it to set a few minutes longer the second time. But when she went to rinse it out she discovered that Edmonton Water and Sanitation had shut off the water to make some repairs in the neighborhood.

In short, the time had run out but the water wouldn't. So she ran around in a bit of a dither, trying to locate a ready supply of water. That's when she spied the full watering can on the back porch. Unfortunately, it wasn't uptil AFTER she'd sprinkled the last drop over her Inside City University of Alberta foreign students will be paying $300 more in tuition fees this fall. Page 30.

The provincial cabinet has given PWA the go-ahead to negotiate with and buy the Transair airline company. Page 34..