i i f At right is an artist's Ieater color Sketch of the ong . aw ping centre that wil ‘be erected on the N.W. corner of the intersection of Eby Street and Lakelse Avenue in Terrace. Ma or tenants will in- e a. K-Mart Depart- ment Store (50,000 sq. ft.) Overwaitea Foods (28,000 sq. ft.) Commercial Retail Units — one about 2out 20 — (78,000 sq. ft.) The land and shopping centre. was ax in November from Cloverlawn Investments Ltd. of Toronto by Abacus Cities Ltd. All permits and agreemtnets with the district of Terrace have company oroviding in- vestment vehicles and related services for in- dividual investors through operations in Bp development. The resident's office is located in Vancouver. “Artists concept of $9 million Skeena Mall to open in Terrace October, 1978,” 1 par babe be IL LAWE.. : Qe iCRL as yar ait+ $9,000,000 Skeena Mall already 85 per cent leased baie i iat Cee Vtg te? Dot wget ls f evel As reported in the Herald earlier this month, Abacus Citles Ltd. — an Alberta and B.C. based public com- pany announced = the acquisition of a 04 acre site in the heart of Terrace, and plans to develop Skeena Mall, a $9 million _ air-conditioned and enclosed shopping centre, with parking accommodation for approximately 600 vehicles. The projected opening- com ition date has been set for October 1978. The development khas been described as a “One phase neighbourhood shopping centre with a major department store and one supermarket. Approximately 20 ad- ditiona) retail com- mercial stores will be included. The Skeena is considered ‘'...a long awaited development kby the residents ag evidenced by the heavy pre-lea sing. \ ee Serving the Progressive _- Northwest Na TERRA VOLUME 71 NO. 145 \( | the night. Weather Continued cold and clear is the weather forecast for today. A possibility of snow during _, Y daily hee THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1977 Many needy gifted by Sally Ann aid One hundred and seventy-three Christmas Hampers and Over 500 Sunshine = were distributed by the Saivation Army over the Christmas holidays, according to Lieut. Jack Stirckland of the Terrace all gift wrap amounted to te than 450 Christmas presents, In addition to all this, Individual dinners were cooked in advance and ick-frozen. These were car delivery on an in- dividual basis for elderly and shut-ins who might otherwise have gone without. Last year 200 of these “single meals were - deliv: a ered. When the call came in for one, the dinner would be taken out of the freezer and quick- The winner of the Registered Nurses Christmas Raffle is Mrs. S. Poppe of 4526 Park Ave, Mrs. Poppe accepted a cheque for $120 in Lieu of a season’s pass to Kit- sumkalum Mountain. Proceeds of the raffle go towards the purchase of new equipment for the Terrace Loan Cupboard. Croft Randle, on the Provincial Executive of the Telecommunications Union, says his telephone service was cut off, thawed in a_ rented mocrowave oven. Referrals and the vision of the names of amilies and individuals in need of hameprs and Sun;shine Bags were made by the Depar:t- ment of uman Resources and other social assitance agencies. The TK drop off centre wrapped and age rated ts for use by, the. Scivation Amy’s . 8 wer Christmas . Cheer 28252 progratn. ‘ Fach’ of the hree supermarkets cked hampers for the A, a8 well. In addition to needy individuals and families in Terrace, hampers went out to New emo, Kitimat, Kitamaat Village and Greenville. All those participating in the Salvation army Christmas Cheer . program ‘were yolun- rs, Lieut. Strickland told the ‘Herald, Wenesday. No one was paid, Although Strickland was only in Terrace a few months, and unable to compare the demand with that of last year, he felt indications were the need was greater this Christmas than in 1976 for hampers and Sunshine bags. The individual dinners were not in as 12 killed 23 hurt in. Texas wharf fire GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Firefighters battled flames licking at storage silos on a Galves- ton wharf Wednesday while rescue workers searched the site of a grain elevator explosion that killed at least 12 sons, inj 23 and eft five others missing.- Tuesday night’s ex- plosion, which was heard 115 kilometres away, twisted. steel and left great demand..as’ last: e Chunks of shattered year, for a- number “ot eae i reasons. “*"Ligut."~" "the area, Nearby railroad Strickland added that without the generous help and copoperation of the ‘three supermarkets, the advertising and ial assistance of the ‘Media and the staff of TK, plus the volunteers who wrapped, delivered and helped in a number of ways, the task of providing Christmas cheer to so many needy persons would have been almost unsuperable. Children overdosed LONDON (Reuter) — A London physician alleged Wednesday that some British doctors are giving handicapped children drug overdoses and underfeeding them to ensure their deaths. . Dr. Margaret White, who is also a magistrate, was speaking at a news conference to launch a campaign to strengthen laws relating to. in- Croft Randle without notice, by the B.C, Telephone Company as an harrassment against an officer of the T.W.U. (see letters to the fanticide. “We have known for some time that some doctors have been, using questionable means to ensure the demise of handicapped children through overdosing and underfeeding,”’ Dr. White said. ; The campaign, organized by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children. Editor.) Croft is one of the thousands of B.C, Tel employees now entering the second month of a strike that is daily growing more bitter. cars were damaged ‘by the blast. . Smolderin debris from the blast erupted into fire late Wednesday morning, prompting authorities to evacuate employees from the site. The fire flared in an open space between the damaged elevator and the first of a row of silos. “Smoke poured from the nearest silo and officials feared another explosion. Among the missing were three federal grain inspectors. “MAY BE OTHERS _ “There may be others in there and our search goes on,” said police Lieut. D.K. Lack. An assistant fire chief said it could take up to three days for rescuers to finish combing the blast area for victims. The elevator belongs to Farmers Export Co. and has a capacity of four million bushels. Valued at $24 million, the eleva- tor bad been in operation about two years. It was the second fatal geet —stravn arjund..U.5, eral elevator ex. .. Plosion in five days. An explosion hit an elevator complex in New Orleans Thursday, killing 34. Searchers are combing that debris for a missing man. No cause has been rote ee determined for either — explosion. FBI spokesmen con- firmed that agents were on the scené in Galveston to act as liaison and offer their assistance in laboratory and iden- tification work. Elevators such as the one at Galveston contain highly flammable grain dust, which can ignite and explode from the smallest spark. Gas company warns wood-fire burners , The following warning is issued jointly,.by the Pacific Northern Gas Co." and the Provincial Gas Safety Branch, B.C. Hydro —s and ~=SC-sdInlland Natural Gas. That cozy feeling from a wood-burning fireplace on a cold day may be dangerously ‘deceptive, safety officials warn. In a home where the main heating system is a Vented furnace, a _ fireplace can deprive it of an adequate supply of air. This in tum could cause the furnace to draw air back through the vent, Spilling products of combution — possibly including dangerous carbon monoxide — into the home thus threatening the lives of the occupants. Most modern lhomes are Wil insulated, caulked and weather stripped. The large amount of air a fireplace draws when in- use can prevent the furnace from receiving the volume of air it needs for proper combustion and venting, even though the furnace may located in another part of the home. _ The long-term solution is to provide.a separate. fresh air supply for the fireplace. In. the mean- time, danger can he avoided by opening a windoiw or two ro three inches while the fireplace is in operation. It is also important to ensure that the existing fresh air supply to the furnacé is not obstructed in any way. Dampers should. be colsed when fireplaces are not in use, .This will preven furnace heat from escaping up the chimney. Carbon monoxide is odourless and tasteless and may give no warining of its presence, symp: toms of carbon monoxide poisoning, all of which May also result from other causes, includes headaches, tightness across forehead and temples, watering and smarting of the eyes, weariness and weakness, and pink skin coloration. : The above warning was turned into the office of the Herald for publication as a public service, The Herald feels the subject matter is of sufficient Importance to place it on the front page. The strike of B.C. Tel workders who are members of the Telecommunication Workers Union continues to grow in hitterness, with charges _ and counter-charges made by both sides. One officer on the executive of the TWU, Don McRobb (in photo above) told the Herald Wednesday he has had nbo raise in salary since January ist, 1976 (two years aho). However, he insists, he is quite aware of the serious unem- ployment situation if nada and is in no way happy at being on strike. Don feels the labour dispute is not the union’s doing, but was planned People in the HOLLYWOOD (AP) — Actor Carl Betz--star of the Donna Reed Show and Judd for the Defence—is under treatment in Cedars-Sinai Hospital in West Hollywood for an undisclosed ailment, a hospital spokesman says. e@ spokesman said Tuesday that Betz, 52, was taken to hospital Nov. 28, but, at the re- quest of his family, his condition and illness would not be revealed. Betz became a nationally-recognized actor in the role of Miss Reed’s doctor-husband in the popular television show more than 15 years ago. The -series— also starring Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersou—ran for eight years. More’ recently, he . appeared as a flam- boyant defence lawyer in Judd for the Defence. NEW YORK (AP) — Senator William Prox- mire wanted to learn about the garbage busi- ness first hand, so he spent the day workin with a crew of New Yor City sanitation workers. The Wisconsin Democrat was pretty good at the job too, said ‘the crew which showed him the ropes. Tuesday morning he donned woolen clothes, boarded a truck in Brooklyn and spent the day with the pros. “We didn’t know what © he had in mind—he just loaded garbage with us,” said Louis Cardella, driver of the truck. ‘He also took a ride to the dump and found out how that worked.” Proxmire wanted to learn about the operations of the sani- tation department. a spokesman for the senator said. Proxmire, head of the Senate banking comunittee which oversees federal aid to New York City, has often criticized city spending practices. VANCOUVER (CP) — A Simon Fraser University student _ identified as a German rincess, has heen named y 4 British newspaper as a possible bride for Prince Charles. Princess Frriederike, 23, of the German royal house of Hanover, has been living incognito in British Columbia and currently is believed to be somewhere in the Van- couver area. The London News of the World, a weekly newspaper, listed her and three other princesses us the latest candidates for marriage to the heir to the British throne. The paper said the princess is the daughter of Germany's Princess Sophie—sisler of Prince Philip and first cousin to Prince Charles. Don McRobb a OFFICE HOLL. ae 1 eatias Ptiabey and instigated by the. Telephone Company itself. McRobb insists B.C. Tel stands to gain millions of dollars in wages saved by a prolonged strike. Han I. am asking,'’ he sayd, “‘is. for a 4% per cent i — iar. less than the amount lost : over my 1976 salary by inflation, and then go bact towork. = __ news The newspaper said that Princess Friederike’s cousin Prin- cess Marie. 25, favorite to Prince Charles’ bride. Also in the running. the report says. are Princess Marie’s two sisters—' Princess Olga, 19. and Princess Alexandra, 18. : They are more distant cousins to Prince Charles. COLUMBLS. Ohio (AP} - Hustler magazine owner Larry Flynt has purchased the Los Angeles Free Press for an undisclosed sum, his company . confirmed Wednesday. Joann Fairchild, public relations and trade relations director for Larry Flynt Publications, -confirmed the company will take over operation of the newspaper Jan. 1. She said Flynt intends to retain the present staff, Jay Levin of New York has been named publisher, Ms. Fairchild said. No other details were available, The Free Press is an ‘alternative’ newspaper that includes a sup- plemental section with sex-oriented advertising and articles, is a’ become .