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PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. (CP) — The government must
make magic mushrooms illegal, a doctor in the Queen
Charlotte Islands sald Wednesday.

Dr. Steen Andersen said as long as people are allowed to
harvest and eat the psilocybe mushrooms which grow

abundantly in the islands’ soggy lowlands, they face the risk |

of genetic damage, degenerative brain disease and death.
_ Andersen, who lobbied for restriction of the drug psilocybin
in 1974, was responding to a recent B,C, Court of Appeals
decision that said possession of the mushroom in its natural

state is not an offence under the federal Food and Drug Act.

He said he committed several people who participated in
this fall's mushroom harvest to Riverview mental hospital in
the Vancouver suburb of Coquitlam for treatment of toxic
peychosis.

Tn past years he has seen one person die from a mushroom
overdose and another die after eating poisonous mushrooms
they thought contained psilocybin. .

He said little ig known about the long-term effects of the
drug, which resembles LSD.

doctor wants magic mushrooms banned

Andersen said Queen Charlotte Islands residents are
worried about the social problems which could accompany
fn influx of transients next year if the mushrooms remain
legal.

They are establishing a committee to pressure the
government to change the law.

in October, animosity between residents and transient
mushroom gatherers resulted in sporadic fighting and a rash
of minor assault charges.

Andersen said residents are also concerned about possible

effects on the cammunity's youth. .

“Some of them mushroom pickers hire kids to pick the
mushrooms for §5 a day, People are worried about what that
kind of exposure could mean.”

Meanwhile, RCMP in Masset are in a quandry about what
to do with the mushrooms left over from arrests when
possession was thought to be illegal.

Sgt. Gordon Gibbs says the mushrooms will remain in
police lockers for the time being, but he isn’t sure what he'll
do if someone comes to claim them.

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IN IRAN |
UN call

said

TEHRAN (AP) —
Ayatollah Ruhollah

' Khomeini said today the UN

Security Council's call for a
negotiated settlement of the
US.-Iranian crisis is ‘a step
forward,” the official Para
hews agency reported.

The news agency said that
Foreign Minister Sadegh
Ghotbzadeh met with
Khomeini in the holy city of
Qom and they “noticed that

Students ~

claim;
hostage

a phoney

TORONTO (CP) —
Iranian students holding 60
hostages at the United States
Embassy In Tehran said in a
television interview this
morning that they have
discovered documentation

_ Giving one of the hostages a = Th
false identity-"°""" ot

The 40-minute interview
was conducted by a reporter
for the CTV television net-
work and shown via a live
satellite feed on the network
show Canada AM.

The two students who were
interviewed showed a
Belgian passport and other
documents they said were
forged by the U.S, govern-
ment to provide hostage
Thomas Ahearn with a cover
identity for subversive
purposes.

A young, bearded man
identified only as Riza an-
swered the reporter's
questions. A young woman,
Mary, who spoke fluent
English, provided tran-
slation.

Riza, representing the
student co-ordinating
committee holding the
hostages, said the U.S, Em-
bassy was not regarded as a
diplomatic refuge by the Ira-
nian people,

“It is not an embassy, it is
a den of esplonage,"’

Economy
said the

solution

WASHINGTON (AP) —
While not ruling out military
force, President Carter is
said to be hoping a policy of
economie denial — “turning
the screws a little tighter”
every few days — will induce
Tran to free 50 U.S, hostages,

Speaking to a group of
about 100 members of the
House of Representatives
Wednesday night at the
White House, Carter was
reported to have outlined a
series of economic measures
he Is prepared to take to end
the crisis, now in its jard

day.

The administration appar-
ently hopes to enlist the
support of several U.S. allles
in Europe, all major can-
sumers of Iranian oil,

U.S. officiala, who asked

hot to be identified, said

Wednesday night that State
Secretary Cyrus Vance may
travel to fowr West European
capitals next week to try to
lIne up support for new U.S.
Initiatives,

Vance is due ta go to
Belgium for a NATO
ministerlal meeting and
sources said the trip may be
expanded to include Britain,
West Germany, France and
Italy. :

step

this is not a resolution
condemning us.”

Observers noted that the
comments are the most
moderate yet from Khomeini
or Ghotzbadeh during the
month-long crisis. Last week
Khomeini rejected in ad-
vance any steps taken by the
Security Council, alleging
that it is controlled by the
United States.

There was no mention of
the resolution's call for the
immediate release of 50
American hostages ‘held in
the U.S. Embassy and did
not outline possible
negotiations for their re-
lease.

The Security Council
resolution, adopted
unanimously Tuesday, asks
Tran and the U.S. to show
restraint and negotiate a
settlement to the crisis,
which began with the Nov, 4.
occupation of the embassy
by militants,

Meanwhile, supporters of
Khomeini and the religious
leader of the country’s

Turkish minority clashed in
“thet

inly-city nf Qom for the’

. second straight day over the

Islamic constitution that
makes Khomeini supreme
ruler for life, residents
reported,

Two persons were killed
and eight wounded in
fighting between the groups
Wednesday, but no
Casualties were reported
today. Khomeini visited the
minority leader, Ayatollah
Mohammed Kazem Shariat-
Madari, when the situation
became calm in the af-
ternoon and said ‘plotters’
were responsible for the
trouble,

“Do not quarrel between
yourselves and focus on the
one and only enemy .., It is
your religious duty and
national responsibility to
concentrate on the con-
frontation with the United
States,” Khomeini said in a
state radio broadcast.

The official Pars news
agency quoted Khomeini’s
son, Ahmad, as saying hia
father and Shariat-Madari
discussed relations with the
U.S. and “CIA agents and
SAVAK, who at this critical
juncture are sowing discord
among Moslems.” SAVAK
was the secret police of the
deposed shah.

Pro-Khomeini militants
have held 60 Americans
hostage in the U.S. Embassy
in Tehran since Nov. 4 in an
attempt to force President
Carter to extradite Shah
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to
Iran to stand trial as a war
criminal, Khomeini’s forces
ousted the shah’s govern-
ment in February,

On Wednesday night, a
Khomeini revolutionary
guard and one of Shariat-
Madari's personal guards
were shot dead and eight
other persons were wounded
In fighting in Qom, 160
kilometres south of Tehran,
Informed sources said,

The disturbances in Qom,
Khomeini’s headquarters,
followed outbreaks of
violence in Tabriz, capital of
the .Turkishpopulated
province of Azerbaijan, this
week

Sharlat-Madari's followers
protested that state radio
and televiston distorted his
criticism of the constltution,
approved in a national
referendum Sunday and
Monday, giving sweeping
powers for life to Khomelni.

Carter has refused to
extradite the shah and on
Sunday the ousted monarch
was flown to Lackland Air
Force Base in Texas

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DOG CONTROL

the

With the dog problem
rampant in Terrace at
least according to some
residents, there is an
effort being made to
locate an SPCA branch
here.

SPCA said

answer

Graham Street area is
one which should not be
ignored.

Christine Cross is the
acting local president of
the SPCA. She told the
Herald that a society
official from Vancouver

in ten months,’’ she
commented. “I could do
that in a month.”

“It is too big an area for
Doris Sturko (the dog
control officer for
Terrace) to cover by
" she sai

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Tricksters now vow
to tell the cops all

VICTORIA (CP) — Two
key figures in the political
dirty tricks scandal will tell
police everything they know
about the affair haunting the
British Columbia govern-
ment, and not decide im-
mediately whether they will
sue for wrongful dismissal,
their lawyer said Wed-
nesday, °

Ellen Mackay, a former
Social Credit party caucus
researcher, and Jack Kelly,
the former head of the
research department, are
going to be ‘very candid
with the police” said Robert
Gardner.

Ms. Mackay said the
decision to discuss her in-
volvement was not made
until Wednesday because she
was uncertain of her position
until then.

AH four = remaining
members of the caucus
research department were
fired Tuesday.

“We are leaving the
question of the (dismissal)
lawsuit until after the police
investigation,” Gardner told
reporters. “The reason is
that there may be
prosecution for counselling
criminal acts and if that hap-
pens, there's no point in in-
itiating a civil lawsuit.”

Ms. Mackay started
talking about the affair by
revealing that Dan Camp-
bell, Social Credit campaign
Chairman in the May 10
provincial election, issued a
memo-in February ad-
vocating the use of a tape
which urged party members
to play dirty.

The tape includes Ms,
Mackay telling a Vancouver
seminar how to send letters
supporting Social Credit to
newspapers and how to sign
them with phoney names.
Kelly is heard telling party
workera to play dirty,

Ms. Mackay said the
memo was sent to all
ministerial executive
aasistants but was ordered
withdrawn about three hours
later. Copies of the memo
were destroyed in shredding
machines.

Campbell now is in charge
of the government's new

British Columbia House in
Otlawa. .

Kelly resigned after the
affair came to light in
September, bul Ms. Mackay
refused to resign or accept a
reprimand and kept her job
— until the research staff
was pink-slipped Tuesday by
caucus chairman Jack
Kempf.

Kempf said the decision to
disband the research staff
had nothing to do with the
scandal but was prompted
by a planned reorganization
of the caucus’ support staif.

“It was a case of the
department being phased

McKay

reveals
a memo

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Ellen Mackay, a central
figure in the political dirty
tricks scandal, revealed a
memo Wednesday in which
Dan Campbell, Social Credit
campaign chairman for the
May 10 provincial election,
advocated the use of a tape
which urged party workers
to play dirty.

Miss Mackay, one of four
party caucus researchers
fired Tuesday by caucus
chairman Jack Kempf,
decided to speak out on the
scandal following a meeting
with her lawyer.

out, It was not a case af
anyone being fired.’’

He said he would be happy
to give the dismissed staff

“Jetters of recommendation if

they ask for them.

Ms. Mackay said ‘the
firings, which also affected
Susan Cowan, Bob Husband
and secretary Penny Lifton,
were definitely linked to the
scandal which has dogged
the Social Credit party for
months.

Husband said he is also
considering legal action but
his immediate concern is
finding another job as
quickly and as quietly as
possible.

Opposition Leader Dave
Barrett said Kempf's ex-
planation that the firings
have nothing to do with the
scandal don’t hold up.

“Mr. Kemp! may be
fooling himself and he may
be fooling the premier but he
is not fooling anyone else,”
the NDP leader said.

“It's Christmas. Four

peoplehave beenfired witha |

fiveminute notice — these
are human beings.”

“The premier’s office has
been directly linked to funds
coming in from somewhere
and being spent for political
purposes outside the political
party,” he said,

Les Keen, former Soclai
Credit party president, said
he knew of at least one
separate fund over which he
and the directors had no
control,

In fact, Margaret
Murdoch of Terrace said
Wednesday that a charter
for a local branch of the
Society for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Animals

‘was granted last year.

However, there are only
eight members of the
society here.

Murdoch, who is the
director of the local SPCA
branch, said dog
patrolling activities had
taken place in the past
year by last year’s
president, Gordie Howe.

Murdoch = explained
that Howe had been
picking up loose dogs and
driving them to the SPCA

- building vin. .Kitimat.
* HoWever)” he ‘seems to

have stopped doing this.

Before the SPCA could
have any real impact, a
building for the dogs has
to be secured, Murdoch
said,

“T feel they should do
something up here,’’ she
commented. ‘I. don’t
think the problem has
been blown out of
proportion, and Terrace
needs the SPCA.”

Murdoch said there
needs to be a com-
prehensive spaying and
tagging program for
dogs. She added the
problem of livestock
being attacked in the

Old Crow
gets to fly

OLD CROW, Yukon (CP)
— Booze is about to make a
comeback in the Yukon's
most northerly community.

Residents voted to ban
consumption or possession of
alcohal in September, 1978,
but the Yukon territorial
government felt the vote was
not in accord with govern-
ment regulations and called
another one,

A spokesman for the
Yukon Liquor Corp. said
Wednesday 57 persons voted
against the ban in the new
vote, while 41 persons voted
to retain it. About 150
residents were eligible to
cast ballots.

Last week, two Old Crow
trappers were banned from
the community by
Magistrale Roger Kimmerly
until June, 1980 because of a
number of alcoholrelated
offences.

has been invited up to
view the problem first-
hand.

Cross said the society's
local executive have met
ona few occasions, but no
real action could be taken
until the society official
from Vancouver con-
firmed the need for a
building.

Cross expressed
dissatisfaction with the
dog control job being
done by the municipality.

“They pick up 700 dogs
Animals’ owners

said responsible

Some of the local dog owners should come spend a
night in the shelter with the dogs and see how it feels,"”

While Doris Sturko makes that comment
facetiously, she is concerned over the carelessness of
many pet owners in Terrace, After all, as dog control
officer for Terrace, it is her job to pick up stray dogs
and, in the great majority of cases, put them to death.

“I think there are a bunch of irresponsible pet
owners out there,’’ she commented.

However, Sturko thinks the recent concern over
stray dogs and attacks on livestock has been blown out
of proportion. . :

For example, she has little sympathy for the owners
of the two goats who were likely subject to an attack
by a pack of dogs earlier last week. Sturko claimed
section 5-B of the Dog Control Bylaw prohibits anyone
from keeping goats within the district's boundaries,

She cited a similar case where a resident's chickens
were attacked and killed. The resident apparently
tried to get monetary compensation from the district,
but was denied when informed the chickens were not
being raised within an area allowed by the bylaw.

There is really nothing that can be done about !oose
dogs unless they are on public property. Sturko said
she often is unable to pick up dogs because they run
from one private lot to the next. For that reason she is
not as busy aS many would believe.

“We do patrol more than eight hours, we patrol
when we feel it is needed,"’ she said,

Sturko thinks that if an additional truck was put into
service by the district it would help, but not clear up
the problem,

Sturko thought one way to cut down on stray dogs
would be to charge owners a fee, whether or not the
dog was retrieved. :

CHILD INJURED

An eight-year-old Terrace boy is resting
comfortably in Mills Memorial Hospital
following an accident Tuesday, in which he was
struck by a moving vehicle,

An RCMP spokesman said Wesnesday, that
Robert Bishop of Terrace was hit by a car
Tuesday afternoon in the 3400 block of Sparks
Street. The spokesman said the boy had been
playing in traffic at the time, and no charges are
being contemplated against the motorist.

The youth, who altends E.T. Kenney Primarv
School, was admitted to the hospital for ob-
servation.

Margaret Murdoch...
«get SPCA

Guards’ union rep jailed

TORONTO (CP) — Sean O'Flynn, president of
the Ontario Public Service Employees Union,
was senteticed to 35 days In jail today for con-
tempt of court after deliberately defying a court
injunction against an illegal strike by Ontario

jail guards.

His lawyer, Ian Scott, said an appea! was

likely.

O'Flynn, a teacher, pleaded guilty to the
charge Wednesday. Mr. Justice Douglas
Carruthers’ of Ontario Supreme Court had
continued the injunction against the union until

O'Flynn was sentenced,

Ina statement read to the court by his lawyer
Wednesday, Flynn said the decision to disobey
the court order was difficult, but “in the last
analysis, my obligation was to respond to the
dictates of my conscience at whatever cost in

support of these employees.”

After the 3,000 correctional workers in the
province's 61 Institutions went on an illegal
atrike Monday, Attorney-General Roy MeMurtry
told the Ontario legislature he would seek a jail

- sentence for O'Flynn.

The guards returned to work today after they

approved a tentative agreethent reached

Wednesday between the union and the Ontario
government to go to final and binding arbi-
tration.

Blenus Wright, @ lawyer in the attorney:
general's department, asked Wednesday thal
Flynn be given a two-month sentence. He said
Flynn had played a dominant role in the strike
and had the same powers to stop if as he had to
Start it.

The workers are asking for a bargaining unit
separate from the 6,000 other union members
who work in provincial centres for the retarded
and mentallylll,