oe eet ee Railway Branch Prince Rupert-Kitimat Lines COLUMBIA * ie ‘ a ~ Fe . ~s ve x ‘BRITISH’ 8 we” Ps | UNITED stares “> OTTAWA -. ‘Transport ‘markedly’ i Minister Don Jamieson rationalizing announced today tha t transportation (‘and recent studies” have. forestry operations in the indicated that the region. Co economic status and and = MacDonald Cont'd from Page to) asset lo the area. but-no word from the’ present government - and are: the people of Kitimat happy with the present school set-up?, speaking .of schools, | Why can't we have a‘ uniform * education. system, at least within the province? - Ian MacDonald says -he wonders how long the Elder Citizens will allow: themselves to be treated as an. irritating # . problem by the governinent, he : Said he’s seen..the: problems of the’ area, ‘and wants to be the m © «best informed M.L.A. Skeena * has ever. had. ; | : i thought, he could win the riding. . ifandlection was called today?, . potential of Northwestern -The ‘key ss toy undertaking would be the ida bias forest, construction. of up to When ‘asked “if ‘he’ really to this three new railway branch a Toronto students visit us A party of 21 high school “students from the Toronto area will be. visiting the Terrace gpyictnext week. They will be ‘staying with students: from’ ‘Skeena -. and Caledonia Secondary schools as part of the ‘Young Voyageurs program. . Which. is designed to broaden experiences’ and ehable Circus “ Much to the delight of Terrace --children, and the adults, the De . Wayne’ Brothers Circus from , Mr. MacDonald replied - “Very: Holl definetly yes, a Vancouver: m Provincesurvey of 7 weeks ago, ma indicated a -slippage in the. ha]. popularity of Social Credit from im. 44 percent to 35-percent,, there . is every indication, based on g-liberal Leader -- David i Anderson's province'wide tout; ’ . that this erosion. of Socred’. a: strength is continuing steadily. * Based on the Liberal Party's - previpus.electoral-performance a winning combination would. | be: Liberals, 35 percent; NDP. 7. 32 percent; Social. Credit. 30° . percent; . Conservative 3. |; bercent, .He aaid’ it would . “require "hard -work, ‘because ‘-. - these votes. will, have: ‘to ‘be. earned, ., = y Tey no Mr. MacDonaid, will ‘be spending the early part of: -his* 7: Weel visiting constituents . in ‘. A young dt ca ywool -was here for three - shows last Friday afterncon and evening, - |, Despite high . ‘afternoon = ‘temperatures hundreds of ‘children’ attended that . performance ° and. |. were: entertained In high ‘style by more than‘a dozen acts...“ "There were trained gnimals. ‘of -all’ sorts,’ various acrobatic . and. juggling acts.. and, {- : ‘{nevitabily, the clowns, These - were the crowd pleasers’ with: their trained dogs, balancing feats,'a. roms on a-revolving ladder” and’ ‘the’ Wildest |” ‘confrontation between man and - gorilla ever, a7) Se lished: jigs mproved by) “Bimbo, Junior thé "elephant, lines to serve the forest: areas at Ootsa Lake, | Babine, Lake and the Nass River. -New _ Sawmills. constructed at these locations would; in - addition to increasing the region’s supply of cut and dressed lumber, . be capable of producing students to visit a different part of the country. Six Terrace students recently visited the Magdalen Islands in. ‘Quebec (see story Inside today’s Herald ) ~ with a Young Voyageurs” - group from the Skeena-Cassiar and, Smithers ‘school districts. ‘While in Terrace the Toronto Broup will visit the lava beds 1 highly polished and featured it's “awn clown, toa, adding to the | festive air., And there was the teelerboard act, another highly professional job well done, Another young man had pigg- ybacked chimpanzees riding bicycles, So By far the most popular act of. the entire two hour show was Prince Rupert, These chips would be moved by - rail to the pulp mills in high capacity rail’ cars Similar’ to — those employed elsewhere in - the Province, oe and Nass villages, attend a. banquet hosted by the Terrace. Rotary Club, visit the Prince ’ Rupert pulp mill and canneries and take part in outdoor. fe - activities such as riding, fishing and hiking, 7 The visitors will cross Canada by train -- arriving July 29 and, Teturn via Victoria - leaving Terrace on August 6. no presented and put through. the paces by Captain’. De Wayne J himself. The’elephant balanced himself on‘ two feet, curled up 9 ' for a nap and then obliged a’ f lucky Terrace youngster chosen a ee by the circus owner with a ride. HE: around the ring. ot The circus has come and gone’ . but in the hearts. of- Terrace © ‘children it hasn’t gone far atall. . _ AS well, as :the clowns ‘there . a Shee -Wasmuch, much more... : Miss‘. b 609 ‘Lazelle Avenue Was purchased a bankrupt. Between Gordon & Anderson & the Bus Depot Gus’ Talon suop |] 65-7672” stock and offers you .- sufficient wood chips at | low cost to serve the pulp -- mill of Kitimat) and -: eo - had in most previouselections. In the NDP to contain, Mr. Bennett has had in the three years since the last B.C. '. drastically. - So * Mr. Bennett is now pushing 72, and finally starting to look his age. His © party is cracking at the seams, and mainly of his better back-benchers have defected S very simple. Unless Once again, as another election year rolls around, Premier Bennett has raised the yellow flag over his ship of sta ‘socialist plague is threatening them: His message, as always, i their back on the false physicians of the o _- More for his little middle-of-the-road free enterprise ‘government, :the ~ NDP will slink into power and we will all-break out in red spots. , This campaign of fear has a little more substance to it in 1972 than it past, with only the Liberals and the little trouble holding the helm. But « - election.the situation has changed teto warn its passengers thatthe nm ; =. because of its leadership. Two to the Conservatives because they saw little hope for the future of the Social Credit party. At least two ", More have decided not to run again - in large part ~ Stand the sight of their premier clinging so grimly : take the simple measures needed to ensure that a strong man in his own party will succeed him in an orderly fashion when the'time comes. Then there are the Conservatives, who seem to be in a good position to ~ bleed away enough Social Credit support to hurt the government badly. In the complicated mathematics of four-party elections, the Conservatives ~ could knock Mr. Bennett down to a minority position without even electing one of their own members. That is the theme that Mr. vote for the Tories or the Lib and Mr. Bennett knows his n But the arithmetic obscure everyone that when Mr, Ben the voters, or whether he res Bennett will play upon, as he tells B.C. that a erals is a vote for the NDP. Mathem berwork - he could be quite right.. s a much larger issue..It should be obvious to . nett goes - whether he is defeated by age or igns - B.C. is in for several years of political um confusion, That will happen no matter what individual or party succeeds _him. The question to be asked in’ this election is whether to accept. that confusion now, or postpone the inevitable for another three or four years. of the present government. It’s not eas people will prefer to reserve their deci y. question to answer, and many. | sion until very late in an election campign. But when they do make up their minds, they will do themselves and B.C. a disservice if they decide simply.on ‘the basis of the premier's, . ‘tactics of fear. . on ae . . The Vancouver Province, First Anniversary Specials. MUL 27, 28,29 the people of B:C. turn - pposition parties and vote once, because they couldn't. to power that he won't - atically - : papas aa Sones Soot ree y