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There can be little d doubt
that the best thing about
John Gray's play Reck and
Roll, seen. Saturday at the
REM. -Lee ‘Theatre, and
Friday at the Mt. Elizabeth
Theatre, was the music. It.

nO, -
reflecting on rock and roll

Nuclear’ arms threaten world —

For those. living in Terrace the. international anti-nuclear

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certain freshness and

° small town of Mushaboom.

" peganings,

"Sd deals. both with the

of adolescence, as
with the realities of
adulthood.
The lighting, casting and “jy
choreography were all frst
rate;iand even though the
covering some
‘old ground, the first
ied to have a

age
well as

definite '*'Canadian.
Content" — the people of .
northwestern: B.C...
identified with «and
understood perfectly the

The cast’'s enthusiaem
was infectuous; at times
they had the whole audience

clapping and joining in with
the mythological worship of

the “Monarc

Tie getors tere all so
good that even with the

pace

ust “types; and a" + high
point in Act ny wags Frank
MacKay’s soliloquy with his
invisible mother. ;
Generally; bh ver, Act
was ‘disappointing; the
eed, songs were
rather Jnexplicably
repeated, / and the ‘very
funny scenes tracing the
band’s beginnings: were
replaced with - the’ more.

‘serioud subject of the band’s

demite. Gray's ‘dismal
message, found at.the core
al- "Normal People”. was
another mistake. After the.

. funny graveyard scene in

Act One with its wonderful
mannber, ‘This Could Be the -
Night,” the repeat in Act -
Two ‘seemed weak, the
stage cluttered — the .
comparison could only be
disappointing. ' .

“Finally, after the standing '
ovation, and with the music
stil] ringing in everyone's
ears — what remained? For
it was the music which
carried the evening; tie

_ that art is no longer copying
Hie but is copying television

. strike bone. Now it’s only

“version of Hair, perhaps, it

"qnmmediacy a and urgency of
rock and -roll; the

familiarity of what was °

expected clashing
effectively with

unfamiliarity. of Gray's"
lyrics. And yet ... "this
nagging feeling that it's
been done, this certainty

‘and the movies — Happy
Days. American Graffktl,
and Grease. It’s successful,
it sells, and it’s about five
years tdo late to really

. echo, not of our
memories” or of our lives,
but of other movies we've
seen, re-runs. — memories
even. of bar bands which
have gone back to the 50's.
And ‘when a -Canadian

writer is finally ready to. (i
strike out and cover new ff

ground — with a.Canadian

will be ‘too late. The
Americans will already be
breaking ground with some
great new Punk musicals.

the -

By BRIAN GREGG
_ Herald Edtter
"The globel arsenal of nuclear weaponry has increased
sufficiently enough to destroy the world 40 times over; but .
the real threat to mankind is the hand weapons that are
used to keep both left-wing and right-wing dictatorships
alive while millions of people die of binger sind torture

every year.

Erik. Olthol, of Amnesty International, says that $13
million was spent arming the Third Worldin 1977; but such
nction aly crenter an aie he word of hoepg wp.
with the Jonses.

Randy Potts, a Northwest Commumity College political
science instructor, says the resumption of the Cold War _
between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. means that the spread of
nuclear weapons are on the increase; and, while only six
countries admit to having nuclear weapons, probably eight
countries have them.

Potts says that Canada bas given up nuclear weapons of -
its own but It must withdraw from NATO if it really wants to
strengthen its position as a non-participating country in
maiclear weapons.

Ifa nuclear war does come there will be no place to hide;

. Day of Protest was brought bome by the fact that both the

Comox Alrforce Base on Vancouver Island and the Trident

Base in Washington State will be prime targets. Terrace ©
wil ont be far enough amay from any niciearabne® tobe

sale, .

The Canadian nuclear industry is offering to sel Bt.
Hydro nuclear power plants at half price.

There were more than 30 people at tite Terrace rally who.

also heard from Unitéd Church Pastor Dave Martyn who
aid that an ezapty soul is 00 match for a oaded, gun.
Mankind must have a spiritual base if it is to survive the
horrors of 20th Century nuclear madness.

Martyn said that no soul can belong to two masters; and
that one must believe that the meek shall inherit the earth
‘amd live accordingly through prayerful meditation.

Just as Jesus disarmed Peter, Christians must disarm
‘the world, says Martyn.

Olthof reminded people that in thie Western world
refugees from communist countries are welcomed with
open arms because they show the conimunist systems do
not work; but refugees from ‘repressive right-wing

there will be no defence and no escape. In Hercshima the

“available at the brary.

countries are not treated with the same enthusiasm. oo

a Thess

Hotsprings ‘development iirged.

ae -
>. page’
“+.” one

this petition to that received

Couneil af the last meeting
and to press for any

or, federal funds -

which: might be. available
for the.purptee.

The board also decided to ”

begin the process of looking
into the extension of the
Be. Hydro’ grid into

Stewart, and to press the

from

The board gave ‘fourth
reading and finally adopted
bylaw 161, concerning a
$65,000 loam for the
construction of the
Bylaw 162, establishing an
Advisory Planning
Commission to cover the
Hazelton
Setdement Plan was also
- finally adopted. Named to
the advisory planning

‘ gommission were: Stan
Wiimark, Bob Ellict, Sven ~

Petersson, Art Howell, Rex
Shoop, Francis Sendon, Rod

Moore and Ray Stirney..
Bylaw 165, establishing an —
planning —

advisory

‘commission for the

unincorporated area of the

Kispiox Valley {a Electoral

Regional board
approves funding .

The Kitimat Stikine
Regional Hospital District
Board vited ‘a total of

$318,240 for urgent hospital -
fundings at a meeting April

Zin Terrace...

The Kitimat General |

‘Hospital will receive
$180,000 from the Regional
Hospital Distrié( to repair
its roof. The work has to be
done in the summer months
and: wae urgently needed.

Mills Memorial Hospital

in Terrace will recetve

A further $33,240 will go to
the Kitimat Reglonal
Hospital to cover work done

on the air-conditioning —

system at the regional
laundry, The plans for the
‘work hadi heen aporoved by

In addition to a
supporting Tom:
Hamakawa, principal of
_Skeenw Jr. Secondary

School, as a good teacher,
counsellor,

able

It will be overcast today
- and tomorraw with periods
of rain. Tomorrow will be
mainly cloudy. Highs todey
and tomorrow will be 9

Vicinity.

Area ‘B’, was given three
readings

The board received and

| Teferred to the planner, the

report on the April 6, public

bearing into the Kitwanga.

Official Settlement. Plan,
and sent to-the Technical

Planning Commission the

chairman's. report and

minutes of the April 15.

public hearing into the
Thornhill. Official
Settlement Plan. ©

The board. also received

the report of the April 6-

public hearing into the
exclusion. of land in

from. ._the -

Th other’ business, the
board named planner Bob
Marcellin as . bylaw.
enforcement officer in
Thornhill, and also
. Bpproved $400 to send him to
a seminar ‘regarding
municipal law. A liquor
licence was given to the
‘Nass Valley .Commanity
Club for its summer social
scheduled for June 13-14.

‘The board decided to notify .

William Young. that they
would act as an intervener
at the public hearing ints
‘the. Kitimat Valley
Provincial . Forest,
scheduled for Kitimat in
decided to look into thistle
spraying al Usk for ita next
meeting May 3.

cE NEWS

sample after a suspect was
caught racing Sunday in the
m0 block of Evergreen.

On Friday there was a
single vehicle accident one
mile west of Terrace, The

meeting tonight

petition — admitiatrator and ari asset

io the ‘school and the
community conceried
parents are urged to attend
the advisory committee
meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m.
in the schoo! brary.

‘Some parents aro
concerned that at the time
when the accreditation
team. was scheduled to

* arrive the sudden demotion

driver lost control of his
vehicle and drove off the
road. Three occupants were
infured and ane person was
admitted to hospital.
Savalas Steak House was
broken inte Sunday and an
undetermined amount of
money and liquor was
oo

imdefinitely. “It it had gone
‘through it would bave

proved if he is doing his job .

of pot,’ days one parent

Parents who have signed
the petition say that they
support Hamakawa in his
position as principal of the
school and ask that both
Frank Hamilton,
superintendent of School
District 88 and the board of
trustees. = rescind

the School.

‘Union has aceused the

‘granted temporary permits Greyhound

, “we have been unable to. inter-clty bus system across

the.
tranafer of Hamakawa from’

P Ralithis weekend in Kitimat and Terrace.
Clockwise from centre is Charles Page
. Fletcher In therole of Screamin’ John, John
i Rutter as. Chink, Frank. MacKay as

‘

Teamsters called strike breakers

" VANCOUVER (CP) .— ‘Dim

The Amalgamated Transit

‘strike: breaking,”
president, said | Sunday.

He said his union would
take action to try to prevent
the temporary service
getting underway.

Teamsters Union of strike- °
breaking ‘because “its
members will operate a bus.
‘service between Vancouver_-
and. Calgary during the
strike by Greyhound: Bus -
Lines employees. -

— wére’ unavailable " for
Trailways Lid of: Van- comment Sunday. + |
couver announced an the en

“A. “fest. rate, cast . gave. a - first rate.
sper formance of John Gray's play Rock and -

bdalez’tansit. ‘union, vice: :

Teamsters spokesmen :

wanted to sing with the.

‘Gray the director. and author of the play. . .

Parker, Alec Willows as Manny.and Andrew-
Rhodes as Brent. Intthe Centr Is: ‘Barbara
Williams who played’ ShiFly{helgint -

Ba

band,” and John

pravjde- service between Revelstoke, Karnoops,
Calgary and Vancouver, _ Cache Creek and Hope — i
. _ with’ stops . ‘in Golden, - "in B.C. ; '

ween eee

The strike by 1,400
employees,
in Alberta and B.C. The first. including drivers, baggage
run could start from Van. handlers, maintenance men
couver today. "and terminal workers, has
_ shut down Canada's largest

weekend it had been.

discuss this matter with the Western Canada and north.
Teamsters this weekend but western Ontario.

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