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_ _ Skeena MP Iona Campagnolo. has
again come under heavy criticiam
-: from the Regional District of Kitimat-
2 Stikine for her ha: of the north
| Coast transport prodlem. —.
Regional district , chairman. Joe
~Banyay said the federal government
= de ets oni
ie Nor’ avigation

emele last. A August. va

ate said ne.
“more

om the f qur million dollars a

ion rectived .

year the government gave Northland
Navigation, than it has for the eight
million dollar subsidy recently given
under federal-provincial agreement.

The. area was now getting
nothing” from the subsidy, he
charg

Ina four-page letter to the regional
district, Campagnolo said,

the $8,000,000 annual subsidy

$8
~. provided to it by the federal govern-
‘© Will be. announcing improvements
shortly.”

—

“E am.
confident that the provittce ‘of B.C. +

However, in the meantime, Stewart
director Frank Armitage says there
has been an escalation of costs and a
regression of services.

Since the Northland subsidy was
dropped, Armitage says there have
been “ridiculous" increases in fre :
costs. In one case, he said there

_ been an 87 percent increase ‘in rates
‘ginee last year,

Terrace director Vic Jolliffe

suggested the regional district ask ~

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a iene Serving Terrace, Kitimat, the Hazeltons, Stewart and the Nass id

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~ {VOLUME 71 NO. 77

Price: . 20 cents.

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 7

a

cow. welcome. ‘surprise for. a visiter overnighting at the

i Timberland trailer park ts the annual fish bake. This
. year, over 100. tenants and overnighters feasted on the 58
pound ‘spring salmon that Lew Kindred (right above)
‘landed. Ed L’Heyreux (pictured above next to Kindred)
: smoked some of the fish which were served at the évent

third.

NOW IN GERMAN Y.

- HAMBURG, West Ger-
many Reuter” - The mayor of

Nazi war criminal Herbert
. to be hiding has called for
him to be left in appearing
| In an in ew appea .
in today’s. edition of the -
newspaper Bild am "son.
tag, Mayor Jochen Rothardt :
said. that ex-SS Colonel
Kappler, who fled from a

. Rome military hospital last
Monday, has atoned for .
what has done and
regrets rk

_ Kappler, said to be
emaciated from terminal
cancer, was serving a life.

_ jail. sentence for ordering
‘the. wartime reprisa
shooting Of 335 Italians when
his wife smuggled him out of ‘
the hospital in a sultedise on
wheels,

Rothardt, mayor of Soltau,
in the West German state of
Lower. x Saxony said he and
the | e‘of the town
“reject e manhunt against
Kappler.-which has been
fostered in the past few days
.by “some ‘newspapers,
television programs and
- leftist groups.”

Police are guarding Mrs,
Anneliese Kappler's
apartment..above a phar-

macy In Soltau where her 70
- ‘year old husband is reported
to have been taken. Groups
of journalists. have main-

tis

Many”
sacrifices Frau Kappl
made,” he one she b
ever or her
- husband's sake: it

Tt is im

ving
for 31 years,” he: "unshin
: Urpose In
oaly to make him 8
He has atoned for what: he

‘TOKYO AP --China an-
nounced today the for-
mation of a new-23-member
political bureau politburo of
ts Communist party's.
ceritral committee.

The new
is weigh
moderate supporters of

an Hua Kuo-fe
They were named foll ng
the 11th or party
congress replace
chogen in 1973 Pinder late
Mao Tae-tung.

The officias ao
agency
bureau was chosen Friday
by ‘the Central. committes,

The congréss,.
formally endorsed Hua's
selection as Mao’s: suc- .
cessor, set.a course for the ..

oe Nazi war criminal
should be left alone -

Johas done‘and he regrets it.
“For nie‘and the peop
Soltati he is just a sick old
man who has a right to be.

admire ‘the
ler has’

‘She has

. -left in pesice.”

sible that this
be: rearrested
heen in prison

countries.

litical bureau

Tung-hsi
heavily with rnetated”

‘those

The Italian: government
‘formally has asked for his.
extradition. but the .West ©
German constitution forbids’
‘the handing over of West |.

- German citizens to other

The‘new political bureau
is headed by a five-member
‘standing committee com-
posed of Hua and four party.
vice chairman: Yeh Chien-
ying, Li Hsien-nien, Wang .
and the recently |
reinstated Teng Hsiao-ping,
Hsinhua said in its report
received in Tokyo.

Yeh also serves as
defence ‘minister, Teng. is:

- sponsored by Ginny and Ron Lowrie. Residents helped
by pitching in salads and other goodies. At the festivity,
awards were given for the best kept trailer and yard.
‘This year’s winners were Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Allemann: |
the Keith Olsen's were second and the Al Sandercott's

Campagnolo to meet with them to
Campagnold’ stated: “I d
pagnelo 5 “I do agree
with you when you state that the
termination of the Northland subsidy
was badly handled, I said so at the
time and I have continued to say so
since. However, it must be accented
that. the Northland subsidy was un-
satisfactory, both in terms of the
service provided for the cost involved
and in terms. of the financial
arrangements - $4,000,000 annually to
one company with no bids, no ten-

NEW: SUBSIDY IS NO HELP TO NORTHWEST

_ Campagnolo again blasted over coast shipping |

dering, no competition - and that
changes had to be made.”

She added, “I am confident that,
with the help of all levels of govern-
ment working together, the balance of
the changes will be implemented
shortly by the B.C. Ferry Cor-
poration, and ‘our area will have a
significantly better level of service
than that provided by Northland.”

“You also indicate in your letter
your dissatisfaction with the steps

taken to date by the provincial
government. I trust you have com-
municated this concern...

tage later said the regional
district should take the matter of
penthal, ‘who is" studying transport
pen who is 3' ns
needs of the northern coastal com:
munities.

Ruppenthal is the director of the
‘Centre for Transportation Studies at:
the University of British Columbia.
He plans to-be in the Terrace-Prince ;

Ty Williams said,’

- discussions
identifying the elements of «
‘statement on Williams’

REGIONAL DISTRICT TOLD

role in.

Not | negotiating, —
Williams asserts

By BILLMARLES | _
Herald staff writer :

Labor minister Allan as
“the

Williams has cast doubts in
local minds about the
province's attitude to
Nishga land
nogotiations.

~ Ina letter to the Kitimat-

Stikine. Regional District,
“I wish to

advise you that the province
‘is not engaged in land

claims negotiations with the.

Nishga Tribal Council. Last

, year the province agreed,

with the federal govern-
government to take part in
- aimed = at

the N
correct,

a claim. It is not.

negotia

“Tn light of this I believe it.
is premature for-. the:
regional district to dwell on .

the effects of the
economy ‘of a land claims
settlement. At no time has

the province committed

itself to negotiations leading
to an inevitable sel °
tlement,” he said.

claim

owever, for any of .
the parties involved to”
describe these discussions
88 land. ...-clalme--

TEL AVIV (AP) —

_ tured from the Arabs.
ple of

of the Jordan River.

territory we shall natur

“JEWS HAVE RIGHT .
|TO NEW SETTLEMENT

A top adviser to Prime Minister
Menahem Begin said Saturda:
right to establish Jewish settlements in territory cap

-|at Ottawa home

- Inaninterview broadcast over the state radio, Shmuel "
Katz defended a decision by Begin’s government to
create three new settlements on the occupied West Bank

President Carter’s administration publicly condemned
the move as illegal and an obstacle to constructive
negotiations in the Middle East. |

Katz said that if in return for a true peace “Israel finds
it desirable . or r aceaaary, to give up a part ‘or an

ly con

that is as far as one can goat the moment.

that Israel had a legal

sider doing so. I

‘residence at 24

5

- POLITBURO MEETS

Moderates at the helm in China |

deputy premier, Li is a vice

Mao’s
"party

commander. of
‘bodyguards, |
executive director,

In theory the national
congress athe. party’s
highest organ ole the
chairman and .
bureau are the real rulers of
China. ~

premier and Wang, former

Ntical:

Three alternate political
bureau members were
named along with the 23
reguar members, Hsinhua
said. The central com-
mittee chose eight new

members ‘and elevated two .

former alternates to full

member’ status.

“Since 1973, five bureau
members including Mao and

dled

Ata Jul 23 meeting, the
onal district resolved to
that the exact details of

land claims
negotiations, Reasons given
for the request were that the
settlement -would sub-
stantially affect the local
economy and thatthe claim
‘area was ‘‘substantially
larger than the historic area

-occupied by the Nishga

peop ie", .
Williams’ letter was in
response to the regional

“district request.

regional

‘ Percy Tait,
tof

director and a mem

the Nishga tribe, said he.

would bring ‘back a

-letter after consulting with

his people and their lawyer.

‘Tait said, however, that,

year on Jan. 12 that the

province was willing to

in negotiations.
Thornhill director Les
Wetmough . agreed the -

government had said before.

that they were negotiating.
eats happening?”’. he
asked

Terrace director Vie. .

Jolliffe suggested the
regional district write the

Rupert area Avgust 23 to 27,

Province denies —

claims |

5 co
f i. t

PERCY TAIT

provincial. government a

‘Strong letter to make sure
negotiate in good faith.
Talite wanted a copy of this
ietter sent to Skeena MP
Yona Camagnolo.
Tait sadi the Nishga had.a
deadline for making the

“williams bed. stated at.the i publie-. fnowleiges
oe , e- owledge:: shri
beginning of the talks ‘last ~’ pu : a wei

However, the. ga. were
‘now being Held ‘to a -con-
fidentlality pact by the
senior governments.

Tait earlier quoted a date
by which’ the details of the

otiations would be made

puble. However, he later
- Fequested he be allowed to
- check this out.

Tait, has called his
people’s claim a “ “po n
comprehensive claim”’,

| TOGETHER |
Trudeau’s back

spokesman for the

‘wime minsiter declined to

‘gay if they were returnin
together to the officia
Sussex
‘Drive. Mrs Trudeaw had

rented an apartment
nearby, and the prime
‘minister's press office says
they don’t keep track of her
movements.

Ta Vancouver Mrs,
eau, bs ara
from . her usband: ince
May, strived

private departure Founge

‘accompanied by her parents

and by Justin and Michel.

The grandparents took the
children Ponside the

building while Margaret sat:

* alone in the family .car,

* keeping the .

Premier Chou Enlat’ have
and = four-known
Gang. of Four- have been
purged’ for allegedly at-
fempting a coup ‘against

Atte hew bureau is com-

posed largely of practical:
’ technocrats and military

men who back Hua’s
moderate policies, Tokyo
lobservers said.

which

"” NANAIMO-SECHELT

NANAIMO, B.C, (CP). _ John McDermott, a 33-year-

_ old Vancouver man, failed Sunday in his attemp t toswim

“the Strait‘ of Georgia between Nanaimo an Mission
Point just. south of the town of Sechelt. .

‘He Wasp wulled from the water six miies. short of his goal

future‘ that is- expected. to; \ after he awam strongly through heavy seas for about 74
tained a Soar ont ul emphasize hing's* - "Shouts, during which he covered 15. miles. -
economic development and McDermott slipped into the water at Neck Point near

have ‘not a apa con-
firmed that Kapp er ds
there.

-Rotharit said ‘none ‘Of
_ Soltau's residents have ‘persons
-. gomplained of :the former
‘Rome Nazi’ =police ‘Shiels. the end of
presence, there. :: Pan

international trade and
other contacts with the

it
Hainhua said four million
have taken part in
celebrations in Peking since
the congress W was

: ‘announced. Saturday. :

defeated b

AA loos

‘Nanaimo at 5:30a.m. to test 144 years of training. He was
the weather. :

Four-foot seas, swelling to six feet at times under
-overcast skies, kept the swimmer off balance. When he
was pulled into the escort boat just before 1:00p.m.
had made little headway for about'an hour,

“I felt like a cork out there, the way it was as throwing m me

around,” McDermott said afterward.

A month-long period

of warm weather entled Sunday.

Winds were 20 knots, gusting to 25, and he continually

had to fight a northward drift,
. t-line distance between the two
points is ony 17.51 17.5 miles, drift can add up to eight miles to

Although the straigh
e difficult swim

Before the swin, McDemortt said, “I know it's a pat ,

answer, but Iam dc it because it’s a challenge, Some |
have called me nuts, ut it's nuts not to put one's am-
_bitions to the test."

While he is nota competitive swimmer, MeTermctt.a
warehouse su isor for a Vancouv — Amos
company, had trained daily for .» off: ¥an-
couver’s Jericho Beach in SUFI, watt!

: indoor pools in winter.

*: several: city

fineratt, His mother hu

windows
shut :“and refusing to

acknowledge reporters.

~ About 2 minutes later ine

‘government je

the prime iNinister ring

Sasha arrived from the

Yukon, where they had
ended their holiday at a
cabin Kathleen Lake also
near Haines Juntion.

The Sinelairs and the
other two children then gat
into the car for the short
drive-to the aircraft.

Mrs. Trudeau, appeared

' happy, walked alone to the

plane and went to ate
aboard. As she did so, Sasc
appeared from inside the

him and then she all’
three children disappeared
In to the plane... —

Weather

Sunday: High

Low 11

“High 2

Monday:
Ds Low 10

re remerieceeae

a Soviet

.- advanced age.

131 AND
STILL
WORKING

MOSCOW AP - The
- Institute of
Geronto logy, in a search
for the secret of long life,
has found that almost all of

40,000 old people - in-

terviewed for. a study
continued working. to an

The results of the study,
published Sunday
Communist party
newspaper Pravda,
concluded that “work is an
invaluable remedy against -
premature old age.’

Soviet gerontologists

also recommend etting
married ‘childrens
living ink high ‘places,

eating: ome a ik aad ae vs

The Pravda a article cited
the effecta of “pension
illness,’’ the ” quick
deterioration suffered by
ald. people when they
retire, and said: “Old age
is not a time to be seden-

tary but to be active.”

In an interview in the
newspaper Socialist In-
dustry, the institute’s

referred. to the study’ and
said: “There the old
people's solution to the
queation of long life was a

~ simple one- not one of them
was “lazy. "

He cited the examples of
a 124-year-old vineyard
worker, 4 126-year-old
carpenter and a ‘13l-year-
old shepherd, all of whom
continue to work,

The Soviet | Union claims
to have 19,904 centenarians
as of the 1970 Census, oF
eight per 100,000
population, compared with

eported 1.5 per 100,000 in
the 2 United States for
example.

The highest recorded
age claimed by the Soviet
Union is 167, attained by

Mislimoy before he

Shirali
‘died in 1972. Butnone of the

many Soviet’ claims of ex-
treme old age has been
‘peoved to the satisfaction of
‘Western gm se Georal, h

Sovie where
6, a centenarians" were

in the last census,
the local Institute’ of
Gerontology - offered the
following profile of healthy
ald ene th tl

ve percent live

in Taal areas high above
sea__ level.

- More than 99 percent: of
persons over 480. are
married, and 45 percent of
these have been for more
than 50 years.

‘Most have
families. Child-bea
appears to increas a
woman's longevity. Men's |
capacity for procreation. is
“truly remarkable’ ‘and

" many geem to keep at it all

their lives.

’- All are moderate

iol stickin Pits teas to a
foods.

er high camo HOn drink
water aly itt itis fresh and:
OE ny wells. '

> percen! ‘are
“very loquatious.” ~