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PRISON YARD

Quiet after

- shooting

DORCHESTER,N.B. CP -
Thirteen prisoners,
wounded during a. shoo!
incident at the federa
maximum. security prison
late Sunday, have been
treated and returned to their
cells and a nine-hour protest
of the shooting has subsided
a prison official said
Monday. ee

Assistant director Tom
Epp said in an interview
Monday that 23. prisoners
had refused to return to
their cells after the 13 were

while moat of the prison's
population were in the
exercise yard.

The prisoners were upset
about the use of firearms to
break up the fight, Epp said.

He said several shotgun
blasts were fired from an
position around the exercise
‘area where the fight took
place. The shots were fired
from more than 50 yards
away, he said.

Epp said he was not aware

of any correction officers

being on the ground near the

: fight when the shots were

fired. Guards who have
direct contact with

‘prisoners are not armed.

He said two prisoners
involved in the fg t which
sparked the incident were
among the 13 injured. Both

’ have been returned to their

regular cells and no
disciplinary action has been
taken against them, he said.

He would not say how
many prison personnel fired
the shots, whether warning
shots were fired of what the

Labor

required procedure is for
the use of firearms in the
penitentiary.

The protesting prisoners-
most of od Site tiene oe

leevi ave up
their chilly vigil in the
exercise yard after prison
authorities promised in-
vestigations of the incident
nm y the penitentiary
peice and the RCMP.

St. G.L. Munroe of the
RCMP in nearby Sackville,
N.EB., said Monday that two
police investigators. would

assigned to the job today.

Munroe, who was at the
prison as an observer for
most of the protest, said
prisoners were quiet and
well-behaved during the
protest. -

Epp said most of
protesters sat in small
groups or moved around to

Epp would not comment
when asked if disciplin.
action had been taken
against any penitentiary
personnel or if any of the
prison’s staff had been
suspended or reassigned

pending the outcome of the
_ investigations.

The prison currently holds

- 38 prisoners. -

Epp said some prisoners
are not allowed in the
exercise yard with the
others usually choose not to
exercise. He sald all the
prisoners who were in the
yard when the shooting took
place stayed for the protest,
except the injured.

attacks

govt, industry

anton leaders marked —

Labor Day by . criticizing
governments and industry.
_ Joe Morris, president of
Canadian Labor Congress,
said governments are ‘in-
different to unemployment.

Morris‘said Monday it is
the responsibility of
organized labor to “awaken
Canadians to the human
consequences of this human
cancer,”

He said the CLC will tell
the public of the personal
hardships resulting from the
Jack of jobs,

Grace Hartman,
president of the Canadian
Union of Public Employees,
said politicians and business
leaders have attacked
organized labor in an at-
tempt . to discourage
workers from joining
unions.

Midair

collision

injures
pilot

Ed Morris, 26, a local
logger, isin stable condition
in Mills Memorial Hospital
after the glider he was
flying was involyed in a
collision with another glider
flown by Cst, Randy Cur-
tain, 21 of the local RCMP

detachment. ny, gliders

collided at about 900 feet
above ground’ level, sald
Curtain, after one glider,
climbing in an updraft,

struck the other from below.

Curtain said he and
Morris each have about 90
hours of flying time in
gliders launched from an
observation point about
3,000 feet above ground level
from Thornhill Mountain.

Curtain said after the
collision that both gliders
were damaged but still
flying. He said Morris’
glider lost altitude by
making several 360 degree
turns, finally striking a rock
ledge on the mountain.

Okanagan Helicopters

and Search and Rescue:

aircraft were called in to lift
Morris from the site.

speaker Monday. at the
luncheon for labor leaders
at the Canadian National
Exhibition in Toronto, said
part of the attack has taken
the form of anti-labor
legislation, including
federal wage controls.
Wage increases are bein
held to four or five en
annually, she said, while the
consumer price index is
rising at an annual rate
approaching 10 percent.
Unions must refute claima
that Canadian labor is
pricing itself out of world
markets and that Canada
has the worst strike record.
of any developed country,
Mrs. Hartman said.
Canada rates sixth in
incidence of strikes, she

said. ..

“The fact is that strikes
last longer in Canada and
that should be a message for
Ecfrram® the begining of

m the ro
this year to the end of April,
time lost because of
unemployment was 70 times
greater than lost time due to
atrikes,”’

ALI. Stewart, president of
the Public Service Alliance,
said union members can
expect many gains won in
the past to come under
attack in the coming
months.

In his message to alliance
members, all of whom are
federal government em-

ees, Stewart said they
have to fight to retain
benefits such as the em-

ployees’ pension plan, which
rises automatically with the
cast of living.

Wage controls and the
federal govyernment’s
tendency to hire private
firms to perform jobs which
could be done by publie
employees also threaten
union members, Stewart
sa id

Gerard Docquier, national
director for Canada of the
United’ Steelworkers of
America, said the
economics of survival must
continue to occupy the
thinking of trade unionists.

“As eteelworkers we have
seen first-hand thé wun-
fairness of the anti-inflation
board as it digs deep into
Canadian paycheques.to the
extent of over $340 milllon
by mid-February of | this
year,” he said,

“It may well take over $1
billion out of the pockets of
working people before it
finally disappears.”

“Mrs: Hextman,.. the .

Ma

the““herald

Serving Terrace, Kitimat, the Hazeltons, Stewart and the Nass

all-expense paid trip to the

May after winning the
Prince . George to
Boston marathon, a 19-mile
race through streets of. the
hub city this weekend.
Rick Hanna, 31, a physical
education teacher in
Stewart won the event with
arecord time of one hour, 41

beating 108 runners from as
far away as Vancouver and
Calgary. A city radio
station, CKPG and the
Prince George. Track and

compete in the 26-mile
marathon there.

Terrace runners also did
well in the event placing
third in both junior and
senior races. Local sign-
painter Trevor Whitaker, 22,
who started the 10-member
Skeena Valley Athletic Club
for runners last May,
finished third in the senior
event, with a time of 1:47:38.
In the junior event, for

VOLUME 71 NO. 87

Boston marathon race next

minutes and two seconds,

Field Club will send him on
the all-expense paid trip tc

Price:

20 cents

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1977

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“““revor Whiteker nearly vircles the city every day dn
the way to work. Part of his route takes him over the

_ FREE RIDETOBOSTON
Local runners finish near top _

A local runner will get an runners under 21 Max Marathon took fourth place
of . against 4,000 runners in the

MacDonald, an employee

Ford he

® average one mile every six

RICK HANNA
the. nine-mile course in
5B:41.

Competitors in the Prince
George marathon are
among the best in the
continent, judging by the
results two years ago when
Bill Howard of Vancouver,
winner of the Prince George

| Rick were runningfrom 60 to
F 90 miles a week to get ready
; for the Prince George race,

| The fastest runner in the

out for the race,” Trevor,
~“and people and. won-

“dhe rte with # distracting View of the Skea fiver. —

Just about anybody can
start training for long-
distance running, says:
Trevor. His groups practice-
at-10 a.m, at the Skeena
High School track and on-

-Boston marathon, says

itaker. Howard .also
competed for Canada in the
Montreal Olympics.

Trevor, ready to start Wednesday nights when
training for the B.C. they do exercises. Most of:
championships in Van- themembers runevery day,

couver this fall, says he and “As you get older, you get
stronger, physical y and
mentally,” he says. ‘“‘Rick
is 31 and he’s just getting to
. his peak, after over 10 years
race was runningattherate of training.

of one one mile every five Trevor says he normally
minutes, 50 seconds, he runs about 10 miles a day,
figures, and his pace even when he’s not in
training. ‘After a while it’s
just like walking, or going
for a drive. I like to take
different routes so I can
enjoy the scenery.”

Since its formation, the
club has staged one major
event: a four-mile run along
trail that climbs 1,300 feet
up Terrace Mountain.
About 20 people turned ‘up
for the race, held July 31 in

minutes.
“The whole town turned

\derful.” He didn’t take up
the frequent offers of drinks

of water and slices of
oranges, he said, because he
really wanted the free trip to
Boston. After the race, he
couldn’t even down the free

beer offered all 108 conjunction with Terrace’s |
finishers, though he was 50th anniversary
very thirsty. celebrations.

TORONTO CP- CBC
Television marks its 25th
anniversary this week with
a four day promotional and
publicity spread to in-
troduce its fall programs.

It was on Sept, 6, 1952, that
he corporation's first
televistion station CBFT
went on the air in Montreal,
Two days later CBLT began
broadcasting here.

Initially, the CBC
broadcast black-and-white
pictures and sound for only
18 hours a week, and ex-
changed programs between
the two stations by means of
kinescope recordings,
There were and estimated
146,000 TV sets in Canada,
all tuned to U.S. stations,

’ Now the network extends
from coast to coast and into
the North, linked by
microwave transmitters

NEW PROGRAMS

25th year for CBC

with many broadcasts
bounced off he Aniksatelite,
and CBC stations carry
more than 100 hours of
broadcasts a week. Only a
few early morning, mid-
day, supper-time and
weekend hours are devoted
to local programs.

Jack Craine, program-
ming director, announced
an assitiorial half-hour of
Canadian programming will
displace 30 minutes of U.S,
shows this eason, and within
a few years, CBC-TV
English network programs
will be 8 percent Canadian.
* Rene Simard, 16-year-old:
idol of Quebec’e teen-age
set, will launch @ 26-week
half-hour variety show on
the full English network
Sept.27.

A new situation comedy
show, Custard Pie, will have

will include Donald
Sutherland in Bethune,
Susan Clark in Hedda
Gebler, Kate Reidas Nellie
McClung and Len Cariou
and Claude Jutra in The
Wolf.

Peter Gzowski returns
with 90 Minutes Live on Sent
26, again following The
Nationa] newcast five nights
a week.

a 13-week run on most CBC- -
TV stations, and the cor-
oration hopes it will
ome as popular as King.

of Kensington, on Sundays. .

And a new kind of variety
show, The Canadian Ex-
press, promises to tap talent
from coast to coast. CBC-
TV variety head Jack
McAndrew describes it as
an all-Canadian travelling
road show.

John Hirsch, head of CBC-
TV drama who is leaving
the network in Febuary .
after fur years, says the
1977-78 season is the cor-
poration's most ambitious.

Some of the returning
shows from the drama
department include
Sidestreet and The Beach-
combers, the latter for its
sixth season.

Major 90 minute dramas

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A little bit warmer than
Monday. Maybe some
sunny periods in the
afternoon.

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. EDMONTON CP - Curtis Craig, 13, of Ediioriton is

Body recovered

STEWART, B.C. CP - RCMP Sunday recovered the
body of an Alaska man who died Aug. 12 when the car he
was driving plunged into the Bear River near the nor-
thwest British Columbia community.

Police identified the body as Murray Cronin, 54, of
Hyder, Alaska. - .

The car was recovered from the river three days after

the body was missing until Sunday.

- Man killed

. BURNS LAKE, B.C. CP - Tony Madara, 31, of Burns
Lake was killed Sunday and a driver from nearby En-
dako was charged with criminal negligence causing
death following a traffic accident near this community
180 miles west of Prince George.

RCMP say they were checking a car beside Highway 16
when another car slammed into the st vehicle,
Madam, driver of the stopped car, was killed and two
other persons, including an RCMP officer, suffered
minor injuries. .

Charged with criminal negligence causing death is
Charles Conet.

Fisherman drowns

BELLA COOLA, B.C. CP- The body of Frank Hanis, 22,
ef Bella Coola was recovered here Monday after -he
apparently fell from a fishing yeasel docked at a wharf in
this coastal community 450 kilometers northwest of
Vancouver. : ,

RCMP say the accident occurred in the early morning
hours and an inquiry has been ordered.

Bear mauls boy

recovering in hospital after being mauled by a bear in the
Smoky Lake district, 100 miles north of Edmonton.

The boy was running down a road Saturday when the
bear chased him, an RCMP official said. Curtis climbed
a tree, followed by the bear. © : ;

The spokesman said doctors used nearly 200 stitches to
close his wounds and the boy was transferred to
University Hospital in Edmonton.

After the attack, Curtis jumped from the tree, and lay. . .
down in the bush about 150 yards away. ; ;
RCMP and wild life officials were unable to find the

animal. : : 7

K idnappers | want
$200,000

SHERBROOKE CP-A message offering $200,000for the
safe return of kidnapped credit union employee Charles —
Marlon was broadcast on a television station here

ay.

The Caisse Populaire de Sherbrooke Est has asked the
kidnappers to send a note with Marion’s signature
written seven times as proof he is still alive. The five-
minute broadcast, first aired Sunday, is to be repeated if
no communication is received from the kidnappers. .

The broadcast said the payment would “‘conform to the
particular terms of the suggested code" outlined in
earlier ransom notes. The kidnappers had demanded $1
million for the return of Marion, abducted by two masked
men Aug. 6. ;

A note received at the credit union Friday broke a 22-
day silence in the case. Police would not divulge the
contents of the note. They said a second note received
about the same time was considered a hoax.

Payment of the ransom would be made through two
intermediaries, apparently named by the abductors in
their latest note.

But one of the two suggested intermediaries is
physically unable to take part, the television message
sald. The kidnappers were asked to name another go-

ween.

Look in own back yards

‘TORONTO CP - Max Yalden, Canada’s new official
languages commissioner, says English-speaking .
provinces should look at their own record of language. -.

Quebec for its language policy.

Yalden, speaking Sunday on radio station CFRB’s
program Let’s Discuss It, sald that for the last 110
years Quebec has been the only province te offer fully

ilingual government services.

“Our own English Canada's performance in this |
area has, on the whole, been bad.” ° 7

Yalden said he did have reservations about the new: ~
Quebec language legislation, but he was not about to”:
“sit an machinegun provincial —_laws.”'

He wanted to wait until all the evidence as in before |
passing verdict on the new language policy. \

_'Quebee is the.only province to provide completely —
bilingual services and I’d be very surprised if that
ra ng ae .

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