Customers of the Terrace Liquor $ Store are

finding the doors locked as employees honor
_. the TWU picket line at the shopping center..
__ Thesign on the door (top) says the sidre will
.’ be closed “until such time as the Bank of
.» Commerce Stops. bili collection’ service on
* behalf. of B.C.’ Tel and TWU- pickets are

A removed.”

: Tw members ‘(belo ay on

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fol.

they are ‘prepared to picket the shopping

center until they get their contract. They. -°

Say thal the bank

also issues B.C. Tel

‘Cheques and that has angered some thirsty.
customers fo the store next door. The liquor

“+, ‘store was open when the picketers left the. .
shopping center ‘at: 4:30 p.m. Saturday | but we
Tw members were back this morning.

Volume 75 No. 37

Monday, February 23,1961

| PAE RK iC LEASE: | :

Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine is taking

control in the Thornhill-Gossen Creek area.

_ The regional district will apply for the annual
$6 lease on Lions Park, which is Crown land. The
land was: formerly leased by ‘the ‘Thornhill

years. The Lions Club never picked up the lease

after that, The regional district will sublease the
land to the saddle club, the fall fair association,
. the Lions and others who want to use it. ‘ ;

Director Les Watmough says it is, essential to
George Thom, another director, ays that he is

’ not going to participate financially in‘the park -
: ever though the intention is good.

“yegional Mistrict gets into parks the. public
; depiands that they be maintained at a far higher ;

we can provide,” says Thom. -
Director Jack Talstra says that the land would

-. lake a good location for municipal offices next

0 ‘the. Thornhill Fire Department when. that

“community. becomes a municipality. . ,

‘The regional district board also took a small
step in providing effective enforcement of its’
n bylaws after several months of complaining’
‘ 7 Pesidents, in the Gossén Creek subdivision

mo

"| kills...

- years. ago.
_ business of another kind. That business involved

. Michael Van Genne moved to Gossen about 3%
At that time he had a trucking

long hauls, two trucks, two trailers and though it -
did cause congestion when a truck blocked half
of the road and did involve some noise, it was .
tolerable, says Janis Ringuette for the residents.
When he purchased the Dragon Lake Trucking
Co. with more trucks, many pieces of equipment
and began a short-haul business involving trutks
coming in and out constantly.
“Tt is like living next door toa a large power |

* Dogs and guns |

‘several steps tlozer to effective community |

Ratepayers Association which dissolved over the

“When the: .

'e

Fire

‘man, 80

"AN &-year-old Burnaby

_ man ‘killed Saturday when

fire engulfed his 19th-floor
apartment was among at

{least four people who died
. eteldentally:

in British |
Columbia during the
weekend. - *

A Canadian Press survey
shows three others dled in
traffic accidents...

Dead is Leonard Allan | |

Bowesfield. Police said the
fire was contained to his

Suite, ard was believed to
“have been started by a

smouldering cigarette.

; Twa peopte werekilled ina

car-truck. collision Saturday
on the Island Highway, about
12 kilometres north of

Courtenay on Vancouver .

Island. Three persons were

taken to’ hospital in ‘Van.
couver, A fourth person was |.
in stable condition in Comox
hospital. No names were
released. :

A 19-year-old’ man. died
when two pickup: trucks
collided Saturday near the
Pitt River. Bridge in|
Coquitlam. Two other
persons were © - No.

names were released.

“Some supervisors. seek binding arbitration -

VANCOUVER ‘CP) —
‘Some B.C. Isephone Co.
supervisors want federal
Labor Minister .Gerald
Regan to impose binding

arbitration in thé company’s -

vent contract dispute

-

with: ie

‘the: : striking
Telecommunications ;
Workets Union,

The most recent round of
-@oatract talks ‘broke “down

Wednesday after both sides, -

_Maoeting with a .mediator

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appointed by Regan, agreed
ofl wage increases, but the
U.S.-owned monopoly
pegged jis agreement to the
Canadian Radio-television
and Telecommunications
Commission approving
another rate increase,
‘The proposed three-year
retroactive settlement is
amilar to a federal con-
ciliation report, accepted by
the union lJast‘fall but
rejected by the company,
which would have raised a
journeyman lineman's rate
to $13.75 an hour by July 1
from $11.16 in a two-year
contract, There would be an
aiditional 12-per-cent raise

in:the third year,

Kitimat RCMP are in-

“, vestigating several cases of
‘dog biting in the Whitesajl,

area; and they are alsa
suggesting that youths stop

" shooting BB guns off in the

district where itis illegal:
They received a report of

. Fe arene bottles i the
‘There was an watamacbile, ;
accident Saturday with.
drivers. Lynn Sargent and

Angeline Forester at the Old.
Keg parking lol. There was

- 9900 damage.

-Polive are investigating a.

About 200 supervisors met The group decided to seek

Sunday night, saying they

believe it is only @ mater of

time until victence breaks.
out In the dispute. They have
been crossing picket lines
and ( overtime to
maintain telephone service.
and they coinplained of
harassment by the union.
Some supervisord
suggested they should begin:
working a standard week
and only work overtime to
provide essential services to
forte “a: lement of the
strike. They have been
working an average of 60
hours 4 work the ©
Gispute in order to maintain
telephone services,

legal advice on

their’. work hours before
taking further action. -
The meeting waa

organized by the

‘Telecommunication Em-
ployees Managerial and
Professional Organization .
which representa about one-
‘third of the 2,700 B.C. Tel
supervisors and which has
tried ansuccesafully to be
certified as collective bar-
gaining agent for the super-

Organization chairman
Farrel Hopwood said a few
aupervisora have begun
‘working reduced hours,

. Meanwhile, the  Tele-

- pose problems —

hit and
Richard Partington's 1969

Oldsmobile Thursday night. -

. There was $400: damage,
The Sunrise Grocery in
Kitimaat Village was broken
into and some goods stolen
Fridny.

Brabam Sharma, ° of °

Kitimat, lost thé control of
his vehitle Sunday night and
struck a- power pole on
Haiala near ‘the bridge.
Gérald Gardner lost
coatrol of bis vehicle on Old -
Lakelse. Lake Road in
Thornhill Friday morning
marie gravel pt,

communications Workers

reducing Union is planning to increase

Picketing activity: against

B.C. Tel to businesses .

handilng bill “payment

‘services for B.C. Tel, - :
charges of |

unfair -labor - p#actices
against the company on
Friday ‘because of ,the |
demand for & furthér rate
Increase before agreesing to
a settlement. -

Oa another labor front, the
B.C.. Government
Professional Employees
Association begins a strike
vote ‘Tuesday. ,

Unien Geoff
Holter said Sunday that

tun involving .

~ core development ‘in Thornhill. Kitimat Mayor .

- bleeding hardship.”

7 deadline st by the bode

* plant, We can hear the motors in side our house
with all doors and windows closed plus the TV or
theradioon. In addition to the four diesel trucks .
tegularly involved, there is noise from
- radios, airbrakes, clanging from huge low-bed
trailers being jockeyed, hooked up and unhooked —
(Sometimes eight at' a time), men yelling |
- directions over the motor noise, as well as noise .
_ generated during maintenance work from such:

"things as tbe’ machine that tightens nuts on
wheels. We cannot escape from this noise; we.

-hear.it not only when we are outside, but when .
Shut up inside the house. And it happens every ..
*. day,” says Ringuette,

= Residents opposed a recommendation by

“regional: ‘district planner Bob Marcellin that the .

“board give Van Genne six months extension on.

enforcing the bylaw. while he relocates, —
_ Ringuette sald it caly took him aday-tomove in;
‘and it should not take him very long to move out. .’
_, Moat of the directors agreed that Van Genne - .

. ‘did not need until’May 31 to move out: ‘Mayor

‘Thom ‘said he would not Van Genne = oS
‘because “he's dragging his feet,,.he knew what
he was doing and I don’t want to bear about hia:

: John Pousetié, administrator, ‘said. ‘tut. tie

- regional district will fine Van Genné $500 a day. :

Sra Gay he bate the bylaw alee fhe

2 8 fo buy another plece of
property arid: he: Avil ‘not.mave out tomorrow *
anyway, “Hf you are going to tackle one you are
going to haye' to drive around and tackle
everyone,"’ said Talstra. “Thornhill is not used
to bylaws and everyone is breaking’ them.”
One bylaw now: facing residents in the dog

- control bylaw which forces them to license their

3 dogs; and for..every household and business

which keep three or more dogs kennels and
kennel licenses must be used by the owners. Ifa

dog ig sold ‘the license is cancelled. .:

The domestic animal protection officer may. - :
impound. a ‘dog he or she believes is causing a. ::
nuisance; and may,enter upon private lands for |:
the purault of a dog or dogs cauing any in °
fraction of the bylaw. yoy :

~ Plauded in a well-received

- Valesitine

leaves an officer remembered only fér leading -
_ himself and three others toa frozen death, Page.
5. .

People in the News, Page ® oe

INSIDE. THE HERALD |

Chinese dancers applauded and . were ‘ap

show here Friday.

night. The pity of it all was that more ‘People

cotildn’t see them. Page 3.
Photoofthewinang rink in the rece ladies

bonsplel | - on Page.

The legendary death trip of the Lost. Patrel

Classified ads, eae Be. a
Comics, Page 6, ‘ .

Horoscope, Page 6 -
TV linings, Page 3. yn

Lottery Numbers, Page 5.. we

f . 4

voting by the 1,100 members,

who inelude engincers,
veternarians, archilects and
foresters, is expected to be
completed by March 16 and
the union could strike March ,
19. .

'

Crossword, Page 6.

The last contract expired
Dec, 31. ;

Holter said the | province
has offered a 7.6 per cent:

, Wage ‘increase ‘while . the

association has asked for ad
Pet cent.

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