VOLUME 72 NO. 63 FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1978 Tn Japan _ TOKYO (AP) — Japanese: fishérmen . on” Tsushima Adland caught more than 100 ‘dolphins Wednesday and. dubbed 76 of them to death, director. of the Taushima Fishermen's _ Cooperative, sald today, The dolphins were killed despite a wave of protests iin pee a similar last moat kill on another island ¢ _ fishermen depend on for Yesterday’ sclubbing and killing was the last resort we could make in order to protect our Ilves,”’ Hashiura said in a telephone in- terview. "We ish if the dolphins around us are kept. intact.”’ Japanese fishermen say dolphins feed on the same fish— mostly yellowtail and ‘ut tlefish— their livelihood. Hashiura said the growing dolphin population around Tsushima Island, 215 kilometres off Nagasaki in southwestern Japan, has been a problem since last year. “We know there have been many telephone calls, tele- ~ They Club Dolphins, Don't They . grams and. letters to the a panese gove protesting the killing of dolphins on the nearby island, but our lives hinge on the very dolphin. So we will continue catching themnif our lives are threatened.” Hashiura said he recently sent a group of fishermen te -Iki Island, off Japan's west coast, to study the ways that island's fishermen caught and killed more than 1,000 dolphins last monthn - = ~ Hashiura said the 76 dolphinf killed Wednesday ‘were cent to members of the co-operative to be used for food. Seeks Equal Rights. for The ‘Vancouver Com- munity Legal ‘ Assistance ‘Society has announced with considerable regret, the closing * down’ of its free ““talephone” legal aiivice ‘service’ between Nor- thwestern B.C. and its office in Vaneiver. The Federal Department of Justice grant | Project expires -- - funding the ‘March 31, 1978, R. For the past three years residents o ‘Northwest have been ote ts to: -phone. the office’ of Van- couver Community Legal Assistance Society . Vancouver toll-free and. discuss legal problems with - one. of. the . staff ‘lawyers ° thave. In many cases the” ‘person telephoning would be ‘given a rough idea of the scope of ‘the -problem . and then advised tozeek legal aid ‘local, Jawyer; ‘in - or se a other instances: a telephone “fodtiversation waa suffictent "9 ‘answer the question. vice farther. “Toll Free Legal Aid L To Close Down Today _ Department of Justice was one of three given out across Canada (the others were in Toronto and Winnipeg). The grant for the Northwest was the only one speclfically for a smaller, more isolated area and was the only one where. callers spoke to a lawyer, not a Jaw student or para-legal. The Department of Justice funded these. projects a5 ents in fhe delivery legal ‘services (by valephene and the .-ex- periment. has ended. For the in’ past.six- montha a law: . ‘student working for - the Vancouver. Community | Legal Assistance Society has. . been telephoning callers back to evaluate whether the service. has assistance to callers or not Generally, ‘those ‘callin have sa far express setintecton in ihe a The ext © ce will be ‘evaluating the | aer- : Vancouver. Calls to the ‘Vancouver Community Legal Assistanée Soclety ranged from family law (divorce, adoptions, custody, property - disputes, change of name) to Jandlord-tenant, traffic tickets, - ‘criminal charges, worker s compens _ welfare .& unemployment Insurance, consumer-advice- in-general, the whole range of legal problems arising in people's lives. In” cases where the Vancouver Community call. back or ‘write’ to. the. {-- client. A couple of calls per working day were received in Vancouver... For - further” “information contact .Allan’;-MacLean or. David Mossop ‘at 112-800-663- ~ 8539 until March Sist! and thereafter at 872-0271 in May J. Slenin, -“Dollologist’® - or “Doll Mechanic’. arrived in Terrace last weekend for. _ three: reagons; To visit her’ daughter, Mrs. Patricia Bourgault of 5111 Milla. Street, to attend the baptiam of her grandda’ : Lodise, last Sunday -‘and to“ ., nest’ ‘doll mothers’: and. .. , doll. persons wishing to “en ‘with her about. thelr” , A“Doll Doctor” (although whe does not’ call herself , that); Mary is a graduate of om: aa school in the United — States, Her husband Chuck, since his retirement from the - . Canadian Armed. Forces (including 6 years in Ger- maziy) has specialized in dail which: comes in very ~ handy ‘at ‘The. Doll Repair “+House on Powerhouse Road, Courtenay. “Ladies have coming to me, ever. -since - I arrived. Saturday. with their old dolls retrieved: from attics, basements and garages, to “repair,” Mary. ‘told the ter Erika: Clothes . for the “apple: dolls’. with : heada - Herald. Some they had not looked at for 40 yeara, They can nearly always be. restored to thelr original ‘beauty, with lové and patience, a new. arm, leg, pair of movable eyes, fresh’ ir, glue,’ : plastic,, .new elastics “= ‘whatever . is needed. Mar ywill algo design ‘ands make appropriate. lod the dolls represent, She makes. from dried fruit, as, well-as all kinds of clothes, ‘Hushand Chuck designs and makes - settings complete with miniature butter churns, and . paddles for farmer -° dolls, props for wood’ chopper dolls, spinning wheels for housewife dolls and fittings for “toymaker’? Golls. ; In the photo above, left to right: jPeaey” early 1980's. ds, . typical “Depresalott-Doll” so-called” because of : inexpensive construction df wood com- position (sawdust, glue and. starch), Moulded hair has : Mary J. Stemin | holé to insert hair ribbon. “Peggy” cost 49 cents new. Now she would be worth $49. (would you believe it!) Middie doll, ‘‘PrettyDotl” -. is from the 1930's, and has a “eomposition’’ body, with articulated limbs, and metallic moveable eyes, With her mohair wig and simple ' clothing, ‘‘Pretty’’ originally cost $1.98 -- which ‘made her “expensive” for. — . that period. On the right, the - ‘Raggedy Ann : Awake” rag - doll’ (what -else?) has a two sided head, ‘*Asleep- as her name implies. She is very popular with. children, teenagers and adults - who sometimes use her for a “bed” doll. Doll Hospital School graduate Mary Slemin has offered to Lead: contribute aarti .s uk perlodialy, for. publication the Herald for our readers, She will be happy to answer any quesiions our readers may have that ‘we will forward to her, ag well. Assis' Y sock an tance ety awyer : didn't have ‘an immediate. “answer or advice, the lawyer ‘would often try to find the -. -mecessary informiation and. .- PRINCE © GEORGENE.C. (CP) — Native Indians should be considered one of the country's three founding nations and should be given the same reghts as French- Canadians, says. . the president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. Fret ney can geve the- ple the right t to bave ther ope anguage and a. share of the economy,”nsald George Manuel, “then we have the right too because we,’ were _ ‘here first. people, ‘are not considered to. e -nations of this couiry?” - Wednesday at. Speaking the opening of a two-day workshop, Manuel saidnthe - federal government is . “How: come: we, as Indian : ‘one of. the - founding “The only homeland ‘the Indian has is t here in Canada," he said.. Manuel said the Indian Act should be writtennte allow Indians a_provincial-like status with the country. He said that Prince Ed- ward Island, with a population of 110,000, received Indian affairs . = u o _ORDERED TO DELIVER ., OTTAWA (RP(— With an elécton presumed by many ple. regional. managers have the Indian people their birthright -by~ not. ding ‘delivered to their - con- - otliuients on an urgent basis. treating them as a foun nation. been told the mall ‘must be ' OPTAWA. - The Canada Post Office’ reminds: 7 customers that beginning April 1, changes in ‘postal rates affecting all classes of mail will come into effect. The rates were announced in Mas of Apel tg of April 1 posta e for first. class letters. weigh up to one ounce will- cents. Greeting cards itive ‘words or “leas) and other third class addregsed .mail _ (up to two ounces) will in crease from 10: “cents to 12 “easle fee for registration will be $1.25, while special delivery fee will be a0 cents. Fee for C.0.D. remains at $1. Most rates to U.S.A. are Postal: Rates Rise " Identical to ‘those apalcae : within Canada. ‘For. cotin-. iries excluding the U.S.A: . ‘the basic letter mail rate, including aerogrammes, will increase from 25 cents to 30 The Post . Office advises customers to check’ with their local post office for 4: further information on postal rates as well as any changes’ ‘in regulations. : : doo ‘Through the :rate in- creases, “authorized | Section 13 of. the Financial Administration Act, Post: master . General ~ Honourable J. Gi es - Lamontagne hopes to redu the annual deficit in the P Office by $125 million. “Michael LEGISLATIVE LISHARY, Comp. 77/78 PARLIAMENT GUILDINGS, VICTURIA, £.C., Trophies for 1978 ere 8 Hockey Teumament, Mens Wear, on Lakelse, yesterday afternoo #ol as they appeared inthe v window of Ev's Cariboo Area Indians Here to give Lecture "to be jest around the corner, the post office has acted to : make sure that MP’s free (TERRACE) - mail gets through. Post- Representatives of the master-General J. Gilles Carrier people from Nazko Lamontagne told fellow MPs and Kluskus Villages west of ‘in a'statement this week that Quesnel! will be visiting the Northwest as ongoing series ee part of the _ called Building; in’ Terrace “on Tuesday evening, April 4th, at 7:00 p.m. in Room 206 of the College's. main ad- ministration building; and in the Hazelton area on Wed- nesday, April 5th, at. 7:30 “Te Nazko’. Kluskus speakers will emphasize thelr ongolng struggle with both levels of Government in their desire to have their fically sanized They of reco ey are t now engaged in legal ae other battles with local lumbering interests who, The series of seminars brings in guest apeakers touching on & range of topics of concern to Native peoples. . .. Americas; the. W ego. ee fichemes into ‘pap tbe Mabirget Band ; oo Past speakers have included Chockie Goddard of the San Francisco Indian Center, an .c a organizer with the In- ternational Treaty Council and a ¢o-reporter at. the Geneva. Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous -Peoples of the in thelr landmark ‘deel recognizing . their . historic with the consent ‘of the” provincial government, are y pushing .- roads and the ‘disputed area, and. Barbara ~ Native Canadian.euthor ‘teacher,’ who will‘ talk. on ‘colonialism in Canada’ ‘(the rights to-the fish: resource, avg oming speakers in- Stuart Rush, a lawyer who has defended many Native civil rights leaders on the true history ofthe RCMP. (the week of April 10th, same location and tlmes); ‘Ron in Ryan, aGitkean will speak on organizer who the Department of Indis “ltalra. fhe 7th, sam ratio) a times); rand the final speaker will be Howard for and Week’ of ‘May oth, same L Ioeations and times}. "Terrace RCMP report the apprehension of two suspects in the liquor store break and . enter Tuesday. As of 9 a.m. Thursday the BUEpE “too drunk to Also in the aolice news: vandalism cost the Skeena 5 were Valley G.N. Brotherhood Church unestimated’ damage, Fifteen light fix-. tures and wiring were pulled out and two large windows were broken, according to Terrace Public: News | Moet, mv ee tin Vv n continues on the church vandalism. — A juvenile was picked u for sho ‘tf Woolworth s Wednesday, . . charges are pending. In the downtown core of. the city three males and one female were arrested” for alcoholic intoxication meanesdiay « keeping paliee busy. ‘New lbearian at the Terrace Public Library Michael Collins, {sa graduate.of UBC In librarianship. Michael is enthusiastic about the $175,000 library expansion passed hy referendum last ‘year, b Above happy 8 enders tn the Loguer _ Might Don Collison, Bruce ve Lang, aplet which oveurred on Saturda 1:45 p.m, Marshall Perrin and Russ = Seaith, ya P = ; len e .