jv: “Legislative Library bog “| Parlimént Buildings | Victoria, B.C.i\ .- . vav- ples A has ‘ eae AESTAUMANT ae a ‘Heralasutt Writer wt TERRACE Terrace has revived a late sixties ilece fo tor :. {ts theme song, Remember “Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, * * lickin’ up the scenery, ‘breakin’ my mind’?: ~ forthcoming shop on Lakelse Avenue instead of on Highway _. 16, wants a sign with their famous Golden Arches that ¢ can de seen from the highway as drivere‘approach the clty, on _ the south side of the Sande: Street. overpass. - ~ “MeDonald’s managers’ and spokésmen will not release _-Oxact figures, but will admit that much of their trade is “based on sight (or sign) recognition, For example, when a’ ‘tourist is travelling from Smithers to Prince Rupert with no ‘intention of stopping in Terrace; hespys the Golden Arches, . . his kids suddenly | want to go see Ronald McDonald and he ‘realizes he is hungry, sohe stops for lunch, : + There has been 4 a ‘McDonald’ 8 customers are lured via this method: Local businessmen view this scenario as bringing daars . into ‘Terrace that would otherwise remain in’ people’ | . Pockets. as they pass through. town on’ their. way to’ /Someplace else. They’ algo hope that having stopped at - -.McDonald’s for a bite, the customer’ will linger in Terrace long enough tospend more money in local stores. PROPOSED SN | wi the Kermode Bear be. e replaced by a - The question suddenly has become, “how tall ahould’ ‘McDonald's restaurant, having. been ‘lobbied to open its: ; for a 55 foot sign. That:would make it’ Blightly higher. tha: lation that more than 80 per cent af " accept a much higher. sign, Alderman Chub Down; who -_ normally . votes with the’ ‘last: three, surprised many” by ” . asking for a review of thé current bylaw on sign: ‘height: vs “Down's absention from voting either “aye” or “nay” at this ~point caused a tie vote at: council..After about an hour’: of debate at the committee. of the whole on Monday,’ there ip. , Go den Arch’ a ~ the whole marketing strategy | falls apart, and the I the company spends arinually oni advertising is for naught sign. be?" “Originally MeDoriald ve wonkbieToreelty ebiincil aid saked the penthouse on tlib Tillicum Theatre: ‘(See pichire above That height was unacceptable to’ Terrace council: : McDonald's has now éald they would be happy with a 42. E - EXISTING. " cOMMERE AL 600 again a as council on Monday, July U,. “According to Rob Greno, Terrace city planner, ‘the city ce only one sign bylaw. It is designed to regulate. what is designated as neighborhood-commercial operations. That's Pareaueratle talk for: things like eotner-stores: ‘The bylaw. Says those signs shall be limitéd to. a maximum height of 20 feet. But the bylaw does not apply, according to Greno, to the location being considered by McDonald's. whieh i is a good, thing due to a time limit factor.’ The “foot sign. That height puts it somewhere between the hos i the theatre: ‘root and Brownies sign. McDonald's deal is not finalized yet; The company wants to”. -Counell: was, ‘still split. on “the. issue: “Mayor Helmut a Giesbrecht, aldérmen Marguerite \Clarkion and: David Gellately proposed a mngximum sign height of 35 feet; ‘abput the ‘height of Brownie’s current: sign,’ Aldernmer- ‘Alb Soutar, Bob Cooper and Gordon Galbraith were prepared.to still no. clear: cut recommendation going to the same people - . ‘lose It by Friday, July 15..If it had required a bylaw, the. :déuncil would have to-meet at least twice before then since ‘gbylaw cannot both be introduced and passed at a single - nigeting: Not an impossible task for a group that has been’ - khown this year tohold marathon threeday meetings, but it . Iga. time. -eorsuminig procedure. But since there is'no existing bylaw that needs to be changed, a simple majority — ° vole of council will suffice. : _ oe) Alter all the. split 4-3 votes of the current. ‘council, the ‘two- ‘ Dudget: controversy, the demand by the lock of four to be ay “ pald for.a Price Rupert trip to see that city's:computer’ “whieh the city administrator says was not authorized, the .. *: resignation of the block of four from all council comthittees, TILLICUM THEATRE 301 of Terrace? The \ view v from the, overpass ls above dotted line. ; has had. between itself; it ia this split on how high a ‘lan should be that has finally outraged many menibers of the Terrace community, . - The Daily Herald. ‘hes | learned that the Chamber of - Commerce is sendiig council a strong: letter telling the aldermen to get their act together. This is the first move by .the’Chamber towards what.some insiders say [s a more vocal role the businessmen will be taking In city politica in the near future. It's a voice the council should take into consideration. especially with the next riunicipal. election only four months away... While New York: has the Empire State Building, and ‘Toronto has the CN ‘Tower, the Terrace skyline, may be’ dominated by. McDonald's Golden Arch, which is still not . the company’s most powerful image..A study on recognitidn of symbols has determined that the company clown Ronald: ‘McDonald is the most universally known symbol - ‘In. the _world—far better known than evel Santa Claus. At the next council meeting on Monday, July 11 the mayor and: aldermen will receive.a.report from staff on the sign situation. If you're planning on going, go early. The gallery . should be packed: Judging from community reaction to this single question, 1 en re a a SPR incite wee eee LO But if McDonald's sign cannot be seen from’ the highway, ‘PARIS (AP) — Iranian opposition leader Massoud Rajavi. The release came after Rajavi arrived. at the airport in. a -police helicopter- and spoke to the hijackers by radio. . : The. leader’ of: the ‘hijackera, identified *” only as Eshan,: asked: for a face-to-face "meeting with Rajavi. Rajavi declined that, mo but told Eshan by radio: . - “Open the door of the’ plane. Free thie ”- Eshan replied: “I. will follow your ‘orders, my commander.” - - . _ Shortly” . afterward, the hostages _ disembarked. - . The hijackers, who seized- ‘he. aircraft: Wednesday aver Iran while It was en route - ”, to Tehran: from Dubai; had threatened ‘ .' shortly after arriving in Paris to-blow up’ the plane unless security forces ‘were pulled away. They later set a deadline for unspecified action unless Rajavi, in‘exile | _ in suburban Paris, came to meet them: ’ The hijackers réléased' 184 of the 3961 | passengers, mostly women, children’ and | elderly men, during a. refuelling stop’ at . Kuwait overnight, Wednesday night. They - * then, released a co-pilot and five male passengers during the morning .at Orly. The hijackers identified themselves. as | members of Rajavi’s Mujahedeen Khalgq _ zuerrilla organization. Rajavi fled to Patis “nn July, “1081, with former “Iranian dresident Abolhassan Bani-Sadr aboard an »- ranian military jet flown by a renegade - ranian air force officer. °°. Rajavi had. said earlier that his group _ |‘ pposes hijackings and that he had: no _onnection with the armed: men- who ~ ommandeered the plane, . - Sources at Manama airport in: Bahrain. : id the pildt sent radid signals indicating at ‘about 10 passengers were killed or ’ yunded during the takeover, : but. the awaiti Foreign Ministry made. ‘no ention of casualties in a statement on the Flying . Services, ‘and his friend “Ross ' Devaiild. were killed instantly: 5 . ., when a’ plane blew. up while they were, "attempting to. retrieve it after: the - Moorings: were slashed. =. "| ‘ Meming said . Justice * Department lawyers assure ‘him the government is on firm ground. ‘ “If we proceed, pass the. . bill and somebody decides. . to take us to court, we'll see -what happens in court.” Kent admits the proposed. act falls. short of his suggestions made two years * ago to force Thomson to sell either the Toronto Globe and Mail or: its other 40 ‘papers, restrict. chains to ; ‘five papers or five per cent "of national circulation and conglomerates . from owning papers.. Fleming’s draft dill prohibits. any person or national circulation, ‘effective when the bill comes into force and punishable by fines of up to $500,000. ‘Thomson, with 41. of- Canada's 115 newspapers comprising -21 per cent of national circulation, and Southam, with 15 dailies and 27.6 per cent of nalional circulation, - would not have to sell any’ Papers, but also couldn't _buyariy more. Under the act, weeklies could . not ~ be _ converted to. dailies _ and - chains would have to be broken up if they -are sold. “The two big chains are probably too big,” Flening said, adding . that. forcing ‘them to sell some papers ; coald . have economically ‘béen | disastrous. from —cqntrolling - . more than.20 per cent of daily involved land the principle is is Stiff criticism of the bill . Was. echoed by newspaper spokesmen « from. across the country. Gerald Haslam, a founding member of the British Columbia Press Coucil, said & proposed Canadian Daily Newspaper Advisory Cuncil would be a waste of the $20 ‘million Ottawa would sel aside. for - ‘investigating complaints and research on the Industry. William Heine, editor-in- chief of the- London Free Press and 2 former member of the’ Ontario Press Council, described -it as a “press | ‘control - council," saying “nothing in print should be under the control of any: ‘government agency except through the courts.” “Ralph Costello, . publ{sher of The* Telegraph Journal and The. Evening . Times- “Globe of Saint John, NB, said. “the press and government are natural adversaries” and that “any . involvement of gavernment inthe pressistobedeplored and opposed." Keith Kincaid, president ‘of The Canadian Press, said CP would not accept any of. the $1 million offered annually over five years under ithe act to help; newspapers set up foréign ~ oF olit-of-provinee bureaus. He would be | “very surprised if anyone accepted this proposal.” Globe and Mail publisher Roy Megarry said there is no need for the act, adding that concerns about cross- ‘media ownership can be addressed by the Canadian Radio-television - and Telecommuncations Commission. ar [— Classifieds Praca EAN hgh ph gr Negiheg Atala Ear la OE aie INSIDE Lonadion dollar =$},23 U.S. Local, world sports pages 485 ‘Comics, horoscope pages 6 pages 8&9. oe