PAGE 1, THE HERALD, Tuc.uay, August 23, 1977

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VICTORIA (CP) — Premier Bill
Bennett said Monday that British
Columbia would consider cutting taxes as
part of a federal-provincial economic
stimulant. .

# Bennett told a news conference it is up
to Ottawa to bring the two levels of
government together to tackle the

-" «problem.

He said British Columbia would discuss

ta cuts. with other provinces and the
“gm federal government if there were areas
_ Where a united strategy could he-
presented.

Bennett said he was not planning any
unilateral action at present. .

“But I do say the federal government
has that opportunity to get the economy
rolling and the one place to get it rolling it
not with make-wor! projects, but with the
encouragement of the private sector. to

develop and produce and create employ-

ment,’ - ;
He said the problems which must be
dealt with include high unemployment, a
large trade deficit, decline in the value of
the Canadian dollar, lack of productivity,
lack of stability in-the labor force, and

lack of investment capital.

". “We: need

- ‘mechanista.

Bennett also said that in the

' months, the economy of British Columbia .
has turned from’ a downward trend to the

PORT HARDY, B.C. (CP) — It’s not

easy being a loser.
Especially in the World Championship
Crab Derby which concluded Sunday at
this northemn Vancouver Island com-
munity. . .
The 32 losers were tossed into a pot of
boiling water and eaten on the spot.
The derby was the firat of what
organizers hope will become an annual
event on a par with Nanaimo’s annual
summer bathtub race to Vancouver.
The crab derby was the finale to Port
Hardy's . Filo Days, a three-day
celebration honoring the area’s main
industries— fishing, logging and mining.

‘SOME PEOPLE GET CRABBY
ABOUT LOSING TOURNAMENT

carb derby was asuccess although there
were three nipped fingers ard the oc-
casional crustacean perhaps sonsing
his fate which refused to budge or.
headed back to the starting line partway
through the race .
The event needed a specially-
constructed, three-lane racetrack. to
. accommodate the competitors in« the
only direction they can run—sideways.
The salt water-filled track was 10 feet
long and each lane was eight inches wide
and six inches deep. The winner of each
‘three-crab heat went into a special tank -
for further eliminations and the losers

TAX CUTS iF OTTAWAVOINS IN
Bennett says economy now strong

MEET FIRST

. The premier said he did not know when
a federal-provincial conference on the -
economy could take place, and that before
first ministers met, finance ministers or
economic development ministers might |
_ first meet to discuss the problem:

“We don't need a talk session,” he said.
an opportunity to set up a

‘strongest in Canada.

Convict

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Businessman George
Pappajohnr was freed
ly on $15,000 bail while
his lawyers appeal the.rape
conviction brought down
against him Saturday..

Lawyer Jay Clarke also

filed notices ‘of appeal:

against conviction and
sentence in the B.C, Court of
Appeal. The appeal against
conviction cited 37 grounds.

Bail was granted by B.C.
Chief Justice John Farris,

'‘ who said he was influenced

On a related matter, Bennett said last

st 18.

opposition.

trial judge, Justice Samuel

again.
Justice Farris, however,

denied defence Jawyer

Clarke’s application for

“permission for.Pappajohn to
ay

el to California, where

he has extensive business:

council of provinci

i - ; .

' He said the French angus
issue was more successfully
was indicated by the news media and a ~
significant step was giving direction to the
education ministers.

Prior to

week’s provincial premiers’ conference in
New Brunswick was successful. :

e education
ndled than

Mr. Bennett also said it could be
anywhere from one week to twe months
before the legislature finished its current

session. The timing would depend on the

and during his

to Sept, 1 for sentencing.

charging

HE PLEADS GUILTY
TO $881,000 HEIST

| VERNON, B.C. (CP) — John Wayne Geick, 28,
plead guilty in provincial court today to a cha Te of
theft over $200 in connection with an $831,000 robbery

local bank in 1972. os
rorrdee Jurgen Behncke remanded Geick in custody

t the Bank of Nova Scotia
when the money was discovered missing Feb. 14, 1972,
i red thesame day. = =. °.
He diehpp recently returned here after his arrest in
Las Vegas, Nev. by the FBI ona Canada-wide warrant
him with theft of $53,000 fn cash, bonds and

Geick was an employee a

travellers’s cheques. Police sa
Nevada for the past three years.

d he had been living in

JOBS

'_PAPPAJOHN APPEALS VERDICT

ed rapist set free on bail

appeal ap lication was.

real estate saleswoman, He

Toy, of the B.C. Supreme rial, Pappajohn—who also likely to take considerable appeared near. collapse

Court. oe has real estate holdings in time. ter sentence was, passed,
Justice Toy, in sentencing Vancouver— remained free NEARLY COLLAPSED rn

Pappajohn, 38, to three on $15,000 bail and was  Pappajohn maintained he The courtroom had been

- years imprisonment, said it- allowed to visit California. was innocent after he was filled with representatives —

was doubtful if Pappajohn — Appearing for the Crown, convicted andsentenced for from the feminists’

would be before the courts DL. Winkler told Farristhe the 1976 rape of a37-year-old movement. during the trial,

- Rocket ship takeoff —
delayed for repairs

got the boiling water.

_ Skagway relives its gold rush past _
- aS present - day economy comes alive

Much of the credit for
Skagway staying alive goes
to the railway, a narrow:
gauge line linking Skagway
and Whitehorse which: was
build in 1900 to bring gold
from. the Yukon to. the

Two. curvy. legs in black
fishnet tights, high heels and
a little pistol tucked in a
frilly garter.

It’s not your average
smalltown chamber of
commerce publicity stunt.
But Skagway .is -not your
average small town.

The legs belong to the
fictional lady known as Lou
who stole the poke of the
atranger who was shot by
dangerous Dan. McGrew in
the. lamute Saloon, =:

n the authority of verse-
_Mmaker Robert Service these
events occurred in Skagway
} § years ago when it was a
: goldrush boom town full of
; sourdoughs heading for the

Klondike. ;

In those days Skagway
was a way station for
: Miners from around the
: world attracted to the gold
fields of the Yukon, When
: ; the gold petered out,

‘Skagway’s floating
‘ population of 20,000 quickly
‘dwindled. Today it has
crept up to 800 and Skagway
is no ghost town.

Aer ene rmey tee NPE PEN PEERSTIEL! i

_ OTTAWA (CP) —
-¢ Negotiators for Canada and
‘the United States are con-
: sidering a form of property
vor other tax to handie
‘payments te the Yukon to
icompensate for the social
Tand economic impact of a
:northern pipeline, govern-
ment sources gay.

wees

The federal government
isays ‘‘adequate com-
bpensation’” —_will be
znecessary before a pipeline
ieould be built through the
jsouthern
‘Alaskan natural gas to U.S.
‘markets. Two reports
sprepared for the govern-
‘ment recommend =a
ipa ent of $200 million,
‘either from the company
involved or the 8.
‘Bovernment,
: Washington has expressed
‘concern over the payments,
saying lt would add to the
cost of the gas sold to its
consumers. But the sources
say if is not so much the
amount but the principle of
such compensation pay-
ments that the Americans
find disturbing.
’ Talks between officials of
the two countries resume in
Washington today, paving
the way for negotiations at
the political level late this
week or early next week, A
U.S, decision on the
ipeline—already tenta-
Bvely approved by Ottawa—
is expected by Sept, 1.

rey '

Skagway, like Dawson,
has kept many of its historic .
buildings some with
weatherbeaten false fronts,
lining boardwalks and dirt
streets. The chamber of
commerce labels it “the city
with a past.”

A few of the old buildings:
are used as storehouses, the.
Idaho and Mascot Saloons
are vacant and other land-

on horseback leading their
packhorses, invites visitors
inside to see “the first and
original bar of: Skagway
Gold Rush days.” .
The Golden North Hotel is
the most imposing building
in town, a three-storey white
wood edifice with a golden
dome. The lobby has ornate
mirrors and light fixtures,
rocking chairs, coal-oil

nearest port on the Pacific.

operating year-round.

marks have assumed a lamps, astandforumbrellas ' popular with tourists, who
variety of new identities: and hats, an old piano.and’ ride the 110 miles over the
., The Teamsters’ Hall is a pictures of Skagway in 1897. Trail of:‘88 to Whitehorse:
meeting centre; the The rooms have four- The $29 fare includes a sto
Canadian Pacific an Alaska poster, iron or brass bed- at Lake Bennett for a lunc’
Steamship ticket offices are steads, bureaus with em- of moose stew, beans and

. by statements made. by the

Today the ice-free port
handles ore shipments,

In summer the train is

- Darrow..inlet called.. Lynn
Canal where the Skagway

FOUND

interests, during the appeal.
VANCOUVER (CP) —

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Scientists have postponed
for two days the scheduled Sept. 1 launch of the Voyager

capable of carrying out its mission.

plant in two weeks, Ralp oyager 1, installed in the nose of a Titan-Centaur

heffield, one of two union
representatives on a joh-
finding committee, said

checked by engineers with al attention tp a.)
boom ‘that is ‘oappoued to owing a

Entertainment is staged

Jobs have been found for 40

at . 1 space craft in hopes of avoiding the mechanical:

oloyees i Railwest thelr roblems that endangered its Jupiter-bound sister ship’

_ | jobs when the compan unched during the Weekend. f Pn
-] Gloses its Squamish, B.C. Meanwhile, the first-launched craft, Voyager 2, ‘was
boxcar manufactarin being cleared of malfunctions Monday and was thought.

i t and lock:

during the summer at the | during the weekend. — i o a
former Eagles’ Hall, where [| He said-most of the jobs voyager ide out hoe earth was blamed for nialfune- .
The Shooting of Dan McGew | are in the steel industry in} ting of the Voyager launched Saturday. There are.
is recreated, featuring the | the Vancouver area. doubts as to whether its boom, which serves as a base for -

The committee—two
employee representatives,
two management
representatives, a
member from .Canada
‘Manpower and one. from

lady known as Lou in her

ean-can outfit. struments, extends to its normal position.

Scientists at the Jet Propulsion. Labora which
operates the spacecraft b ronnie conten caret ry 18

separate ways of determining whether the boom

But Skagway is not
merely a museum piece. It

hag a n airport,.a seaplane deployed, or getting it deployed, or deciding how to live

July. 21..the- plant. ; “ef |
ee Ee aa TS |:
when a 100-boxcar order is
completed. a

, scientific studies, fid
“We are quite confident that the spacecraft is in good
condition and that they will be able to cope with all the
' problems,” said one mission analyst. _ 2

River flows into the sea. It
is‘a terminus for ferries to
other parte of Alaska,

gift shops; the Panteon broidered scarves or pie.

Saloon is a bakery; the old crocheted doilies, mar-

laundry is a liquor store and bletopped washstands with Overnight ae-

the Arctic Brotherhood china bowl and pitcher and commedations range from

Lodge is the visitors’ centre. small tables with corkscrew _the vintage hotels to modern
Still thriving are two legs. motels and camp grounds.

hostelries of the period, the
Pack Track Inn and the
Golden North Hotel. ;

The Pack Track inn is a
three-storey white clap-
board structure with a
shingled spire over corner
bay windows. Its sign,
depicting two prospectors

When the hotel changed
hands some years ago, the
new owner offered to trade
its contemporary furniture
for Gold Rush era relics and
rooms are named for the
more generous donors,
including the White Pass
and Yukon Railway.

Alaska Highway.

ALCAN NEGOTIATIONS.

USE ANNUAL TAX

One method being

discussed for handling the levying similar taxes

payment is a property tax or nse the small stretches recommendation | that the

some other form of annual of ‘Canadian pipeline iron be altered ‘ough it

tax, the sources say. already built in the Yukon. aasier to build as line to
Some Congressmen in — They also point out that “ove “Canadian gas te

Washington earlier claimed the state of Alaska imposes To kot in' the lusts.

that any .compensation a stiff property tax on the oil .

Payments would violate the pipeline running from US. officials say th

treaty negotiated between
the two countries to guard
against discriminatory
taxation,

Valdez.

petroleum fields on the
north slope to the port of.
This .year it

_ Americans disturbed by tax
on pipeline through Yukon‘,

‘ae,

. Observers here said that amounted to $125 million,
could be overcome by

Also at: issue

natural gas reaching its
consumers, -

4

y Restoration. activities
zontinue and Skagway hag
become a popular port of
eall for cruise ships as it is
the northernmost point on
the Inside Passage, A new
highway is being finished .
this year to join with the

would add to the cofof

Yukon to move |

searching in dense fog rescued an air-
plane crash victim from a mountainside
Sunday night just as she was foing into
shock while lying near two dead com-
panions.

The woman, whohas multiple scleraais,
was rescued just before dark when pilot
Fred Fanrich spotted the wreckage on his
third pass over rough terrain near
Slollicum Peak north of this community 60
miles east of Vancouver,

Names of the two dead men and two
female survivors were withheld by police.

Cause of the crash has not been deter-
mined.

“It's a good thing we found her when we
did because she was so cold she couldn't
have lasted much longer,” said Fandrich.
“Tf we hadn’t found the plane, we would
have had to leave it to the ground party
but they would have been teo late.

The survivor suffering from multiple

sclerosis was puled from the crash and

intact.

RESCUER LOCATES SURVIVOR"
| BESIDE TWO DEAD COMPANIONS

AGASSIZ, B.C.-CP-A helicopter pilot.

wrapped in a coat by another woman who
then made her way down-the mountain to
a road and alerted police... co

A helicopter took off with an RCMP
officer aboard in an effort to rescue the
woman before darkness.

Fandrich said they could hear the
plane's emergency location transmitter

ut there was so much fog it couldn’t be
spotted.

It took an hour before the crash plane
was found buried nose-firat in trees at the
2,300-foot level. °

Fandrich found the terrain at the crash
site too rough and wooded to land and was
forced to put down about 300 yards away.

Outside the plane, they found the in-
jured woman who told them she had back

ins and was suffering from exposure.

e dead men, the pilot and a companion,
were found inside the wreckage.

The rear compartment containing the

woman broke off on impact and remained.

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