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Leona Pedosuk

Police beat

Vandals caught
in the act

Charges of wilful damage
and theft are pending
against three Terrace
Juveniles apprehend after
reports of kids throwing
rocks through windows on

Kalum Street near b.c..

telephone buildings this
weekend.

Youths threw rocks
through a house window and
were about to start throwin
rocks throught windows o
the Dairy Queen in the area
when police apprehended
them.. RCMP say the youths
also were responsible for
thefts of tools and a

No inquest
after death.

No inquest will be called
to investigate the death of
Joseph ‘Telford, killed in-
stantly after he was run

flashlight amoung other
items from cars in the area,
some of which were van-
-dalized.

Charges are pending
against One adult and one
Juvenile piter they were
apprehended syphoning gas
from a school bus at Vertias
School at 10 p.m. Friday.

No charges have been laid
after two juveniles were
hospitalized overnight after
being hit by a car near the
Royal Canadian Legion at
the intersection of Lakelse
and Apsley Streets Friday.

Police , still investigating
the incident, sa:
were kept in hospital for
observation after they were
struck by a car driven in
dark and rainy condition at
8:15 p.m. .

Police locked up ten
people over the weeken
‘either for sleeping in the
streets or fighting in public
places. 7

the youths:

Little action follows Berger Commission

By Juliette Proom

Herald Staff writer
“Right now, in B.C.,
children have no rights. We
have laws to pratect

‘children, but the child

himself is a chattel of his
arents,"’ said Leona
edosuk speaking on behalf
of the Coalition Task Force
on Children and the Law in
Terrace Thursday night.
Children's rights were
studied by a Royal Com-
mission headed by Justice
Thomas Berger in 1973. At
that time, the Commission
recommended that a
statement of children’s
rights be drawn up and
applied to all children

ally.
“aThese rights ranged from
the availability of basic
needs which handicapped

‘children often don’t have

according to Pedosuk, to an
education that ensures the

Island men to sue ferries

SA eT Sot Nat A MLN RS AS MG

VICTORIA (CP) — A
request has been
made to the _ British
Columbia Labor Relations
Board to allow a group of
Vancouver Island
businessmen to start legal
‘action to recover losses it
says were incurred during a
recent strike by B.C.
Ferries workers.

3. J. Gow, lawyer for the
group, said in a letter
Friday to the board that a
section of the labor code
requires it to give written
consent in certain cir-
cumstances before an action
can be started.

Gow said while he did not
feel the section of the code
applied, he sought the
consent to avoid spe ding
time and money if the ferr
workers contested the suit
on technical grounds.

The B.C. Ferry and
Marine Workers Union

id disobeyed two back-to-work

orders earlier this month
and went on strike for a
week, shutting down the

the entire

to reach the
child's full potential.

However, since
Berger Commission made
its report, not much has
been done. The government
is currently rewriting the
children’s act. The one in
use dates back to 1903.

The coalition for which
Pedosuk spoke is concemed
with getting the statement
of children’s rights into the
new legislation.

Members of the Coalition
are touring the province to
seek support of people
outside of the lower
mainiand. Pedosuk ex:
plained that they would like

make a representation to
the government knowin
their views reflect those o

ortuni

rovince.

“When thinking of kid's
lib, many people, have
visions of armies of children
marching across a field. But

‘giving children rights does
not take awary rights from a
parent, It just expands those
available to the entire
family,’ said Pedosuk.

Discussion at the meeting
questioned this point of
view. Many people thought
that giving children rights
would not solve family
problems from a practical
viewpoint,

In a child custody case
where the child would be
entitled to speak, he might
choose to stay in a familiar
houshold even if it meant
continued abuse.
Histroically, children have
tended to take this route.
Authorities often remove
children for their own good,
but against their will.

Another problem raised
was on practical tests in
court. The system is set u
such that legislation is
tested in the courts and

rovincial govern
erry system.

The Victoria Laber
Council, meanwhile, has
approved a motion to en-
cour e tourists to boycott

e
taliation to the

- law suit by area businesses.

Murray Drew, of the
International Woodworkers
of America, said the boycott
would be launched today at
aphIWA convention in
Portland, Ore., where union
members would be asked
not to travel to the Victoria
area.

ictorla area, ie re bo
f MEMBERS OF PANEL:

precedents are relied upon.
legislation is designed to
be vague, these tests will be
complex and run the risk of
contradicting the very
nature of the legislation.

Apart from implementing
a statement of ptildren 8
rights, people a meeting
questioned its design. The

roblems they saw wouldn't

solved by iofty ideals.

“Will a statement of
rights teach people how to
be effective parents?”
someone in the audience
asked. “If there was a
program developed for
nurturing families, you
wouldn't need a statement
of rights.”

Some people thought
many of today’s problems
relating to children relate to
the nature of the family.
Everyone is segregated into
units, with interaction
between positions. .

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THE HERALD, Monday, October 24, 1977, PAGE 3

The parents are the centre
of attention at home. They
are not able to disipate their
children’s attention among
other people. Extended
families with granparents
and other relatives are no
longer around toake the.

Rights for all minorities, but not for kids

children when a parent
needs a rest, .
Pedosuk ended the -
meeting by inviting people _
to send further comments to
the Coalition Task Force on |
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ELIE AE St AMATI ccf FEB Fey AL AE! fle
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over by a train in the
Canadian National yards
here at about 8 p.m. Oct. 13.

Coroner Jim Loneh |

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results of an sutopsy per-
formed in Kitimat the
following Saturday indicate
the death was accidental.

Telford ~ was killed Do you need to succeed
Thursday Oct.13 after he fell In the world of business?
between two freight cars he .
was climbing between when

they shifted. In an earlier
story the Herald said the
RCMF believed Telford was

runover by the caboose of a i

if you do, don’t be blue
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This was not correct.

Injured in an accident 48
hours later and about two
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Dominoe , of Prince George
whose leg was amputated
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wheels of a train which
shifted suddenly while he
was between cars.

NOTICE OF ELECTION
SCHOOL DISTRICT HO. 88 (TERRACE)

PUBLIC NOTICE Is hereby given to tha electors of School District No, 68 (Terrace) that | require the presence ot said
doctors Intheplaces harsin designated, on Monday, the 31st day of October, 1977, at tha hour of tan o' In the forencan,
for the purpose of electing persons te represent thernas:- :

Trustee (two} - for a two-year term (1978 & 1979 calendar yeew's) torrepresent the Terrace area;

Even ona shorter flight thereis a
marked difference. For example, in
1948 the one-way economy fare,
Calgary to Regina, was $29.50, the
hours of work to buy the ticket, twenty- _
nine. Today, the fare is $61.00, and the " i
hours of work to buy it would be ten. -

_ $45,000,000 747 and arrive in less
than five hours.

The price of today's economy
ticket: $191 —an increase of less than
32% in 29 years.

in 1948, a Canadian earning an
average wage in manufacturing would

Despite rapidly climbing
equipment costs, wage levels and
astronomical fuel prices. Canada's
scheduled airline fares are still among
the best buys in the country. Let’s take
a look at the facts.

Trustea (one) - for a two-year term (1976 61979 calendar torepresent the Hazetion area; .
- enter wlan heteoiknene YOUR COST-OF-LIVING: . have worked 138 hours to earn :
rrenhecznicipa orricevr aucerot he nine vate sant Rur | ND NOW ie is enough money to buy a one-way THE FUEL FACTS :
c errace and Terrace Rural Voling Area ma 1 1977, OI i Panels teas 2
Site elton ofthe Witegeor Fssiva and Hassan Rural Viti Area; nae Full Siza none gconorny ticket arom Tor onto to Much of the increase in airline :
. " ANDAT STEWART MUNICIPAL OFFICE or electors of the District Municipality of Stewart andenvirons, se lal 201% ian fares has occurred since 1973 when :
ovia Ticket 65 3.75 476% Canadian works only 29 hours to buy ; : :

73 49% the OPEC nations demanded higher

One dozen eggs 53 79 that same ticket :
Toronto-Vancouver ‘ prices for fuel. Costs per gallon for :
Economy Fara 146,75 191.00 92% Canada’s airlines have gone up by an :
BOURGES: Toronto Daly Starn. 1, 1048; Jan. 28,1048, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX VS. { th 4A08 Pp pY :
; Motor Vehicie Data Book 1040-49, publisher: Sevterd Evena Winnipeg. AVERAGE AIRLINE FARES average ormore inan A. :
Intheaventola poll being necessary, such poll willbe openedat:- Ford Motor Gor Lid, Manotariurers Suggested Reta Prio Lit, 197 200) Consumer Price Index (4901 100) y
eee éveraga fitiing rare = THE COST OF THINGS TO COME
. % .
Clarence Michiel Elementary School Auditorium, 300 Sparks st., Terrace, B.C, THE COST OF FLYING: Va It's inevitable that ihe cost of
Fi] . 206 Gi Terrace, B.C. : carr * : .
ee A eT van THEN AND NOW, dy Va scheduled airline lickets will continue
—e iy cipality in ee Back in 1948, the price of aone ra wi] to increase, in the same way that the
\ ton Secondary School a Blementtary School way economy airline ticket, from oom Aa price of houses, clothes and food wi
ementary School South Hazel lementery School : Fi. t
Corp smn foral thane, “iareD ENTE Toronto to Vancouver, was $145.75. a + increase. However, Canada's scheduled
for dlectors inthe Village roormi . Then you flew for an interminable woln. eg os ee Fee airlines will do all that is possible to
Tha Council Chambers of the District of Stewart for electors of the District of Stewert and environs; eleven and a half hours, ina $750,000 1968 1871 1978 continue to provide the public with
NorthStar. Today, you can fly in a’ fair fares.

onthe 19th day of November, 1977, between the hours of 6:00.a.m. and 8:00 p.m... of which every person Is hereby required
govern himself accordingly." :

GIVEN UNDER MY HANDAT TERRACE, B.C. THIS 19th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1977,

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