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’"MAPLE RIDGE, B.C.

(CP) —Premier Bill Bennett
-tategorigally ruled “out
iSaturday a television debate
“with New. Democratic Party
:leader Dave Barrett during a
‘tour ofthe Vancouver area

sthat gave his lacklustre

campaign a shot of adenalin.

Bennett said his schedule

_ 48, full’ until ‘the May 10 ©

“British Columbia‘ general
‘@lection’ and he wants’
“spend the rést of the cam-
paign outlining his Social
* Credit government's policies
yather than listen to-what he
called the NDP’s negative
“eriticism. ,
” ‘While’ campaigning, the
‘premier participated in two
“pdrades, a pancake break-
fast and an indoor-outdoor

whistle as he went.

Later, Bennett told a news -
conference in this Fraser

Valley community that he
will spend the rest of the
campaign attempting to
correct “untrue,. misleading
and distorted... NDP _ad-
vertisements;! ) frets, i.

Asked “to “spedity ‘whieh

d nents’ he ‘oppiss
to Bennett said: "All arthetn

Bennett and Barrett
regularly have challenged
each other to a televised
debate since the election was
called tut Bennett has in-
sisted Barrett appear with
Jim Kinnaird, president of
the B.C. Federation of
Labor, and former cabinet
minister Bob Willlams,

enc:

Bennett, driving an unli-
icensed vintage steam
tractor, led anearly morning
\parade down New West-
;Minster’s main street under
‘police escort, gleefully
-blowing the piercing steam

nw,

i

On Sunday, Bennett
returned to his low-key
campaign style — handing
out awards at the in-
ternational marathon race in
Vancouver, mainstreeting in
Vancouver's — Chinatown

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district and attending an
outdoor’ picnic in Burnaby.
Bennett, whose visit to
Chinatown was timed to

coincide ‘with large lunch- ©

ime '! crowds that
traditionally go to the
district} on ‘Sunday, cam-

. paigned’ ‘with Finance

Mihister ‘Elvan: Wolfe and
folit"1¥cal “Social Credit
candidates! sai vesident

‘Wah Edung, presiden
of ‘the, thiiese “Cultural
Centre“'project, pressed
Bennett and . Wolfe for
financial
million building project, The
‘premier; later repeated an:

old promibe that his govern-:

ment would give $400,000 to:
wards the centre's’ first
phase.. - :

arianu weer Figprey BCom heutena:

governor: Jack Nicholson
urged a crowd gathered to
see the premier to’ vote

- Social Credit,

“I couldn't, say that five
years ago, but I am saying it
now,”

DAMAGE |
ASSESSMEN

_ (Seasonal: Dwellings) | 7

North, West & Central B.C., Skeona, Nass,
Kitimat, Kispiox River Valley, Queen Charlotte,

and Port Hardy

Provincial Government for consideration. _

The Government of the Province of British Columbia Is destrous of -
surveying and determining the extent of loss and damge fo seasonal
dwellings affected by flood occurring October 31 - November 7, 1978.

Damage will be assessed by members of the Canadian Independent
Adjusters’ Conference appointed to carry out this service. The
results of their assessment on completion w

‘Individyals who wish fo have their flood damage approved are
notified that all Requests for Assessment m
MAY 15, 1979, on forms available from and returnable to: -

FLOOD ASSESSMENT HEADQUARTERS

CANADIAN INDEPENDENT ADJUSTERS’ CONFERENCE

Sperling Plaza, Tower i
185 - 6450 Roberts Street
Burnaby, B.C. V5G 4E} |

Phone:- 798-2229 '

To. assist the assessment of flood damage, appl
‘to provide a detailed inventory of the dama

estimates, invoices, photog

docurrent the flood damage.

J. DALE ELANDER
CHIEF ASSESSOR

ebate

support for the $2.5
“0, Erikgen...:,

Nicholson | said,

Ill be submitted-to the -

ust be submitted by

Icants are requested —
e together with ‘any
raphs or ‘other! materlal which will

yet

referring to the fact that the
lieutenant-governor as the
Queen’s representative ‘has ,
to be nibn-politieal.” “"
Bruce Erikeen, president
of the Downtown: Eastside
Residents’ Association,
asked Bennett why- ‘his
government was-not closing
down the beer parlors in the
area which he said spawned
eriminal - activities,

-drunkeness and ather social

problems.- + - i
Bennett did. nat reply to
Eriksen who proceeded to

wish the premier well in his

retirement.
es Sold * the
Chinatéwn: rally was illegal

‘becausd the “Vancouver

charter’ ‘and: the: ‘city
engineering department do

pol in
Vancouver streets. i
In Burnaby, the premier .
shock hands with a crowd
gathered for an outdoor
jenic and was entertained
y a barbershop quartet and
a group of Ukranian singers.

‘

isc!

A Progressive _Con-

" servative government under

Joe Clark would take im-
mediate steps to expand the
federal’ government grain
elevator at Prince Rupert
within three months, Don
Mazankowski said in
Terrace on Saturday,
Mazankowski, the

"member of parliament for

Vegreville, Alberta and the
Conservative critic for grain
and transportation, was in
the Prince Rupert-Terrace
aren on Saturday to get a
first-hand look at the port
and elevator facilities with

Prince Rupert im
for wheat export outlet

Rod Cousins, the Con-
servalive candidate for
-Skeena,- Los
We need to do something
now...i's time to get on with
the job and retieve the
conjestion and bot-
denecks...the Prince Rupert
port is important to the
future of the wheat industry
in Canada," Mazankowski
said during a special news
conference at the Terrace-
Kitimat airport Saturday.
Mazankowskhi slamed the
Liberal government for its
indecision on the Port of
Prince Rupert. “Otto Lang

Howard charges
Skeena neglect

Frank Howard, New
Democratic Party candidate
for Skeena said in Terrace
today that the recent visit of
Premier Bennett gave ad-
ditional. proof that Skeena is
being neglected and ignored
by the Provincial Govern-
ment.

“It is not what the Premier -
said or did while he was in.
Terrace last week, but what,
he'did. before he came here.
that shows how little ‘un:
derstanding he has of" otr:
needs = and“ econaniig”)
problems,” Howard siidwa ;

“The day before: /iKe ;
Premier arrived, he was'th! |
Nanaimo. and presented")
cheque for’ $232,199-"
lighting and navigatis#idl |
aids for the Cassidy Med

port.” “TOD -
“We... have hadi}
navigational problems atthe:

Terrace Airport for years *
but there wasn’t even the
slightest hint by the Premier
that he had even heard of
those problems.” —

“T want to point out that
this question of navigational
aids is not the real issue, The
real issue is the economy of
this area and the need to
create jobs for our workers
and our younger people who
are entering the labour

Bak

. offices of

“T would have thought that
the Premier would have
spent some time elaborating

on his parly’s objectives for

thearea, instead of engaging
in a program of denigrating
the NDP and casting
reflections upon myself.”

_ said Howard,

“The. very least the
Premier could have done
was to respond to the NDP
proposal to open regional
the B.C.
Development Corporation to
assist small business people
in getting started. People
here would like to know
whether Social Credit

pports this proposal or”

not." Howard said,

WEATHER

A coolunstable stream will
bring mainly cloudy weather
with a few showers today,
but the clouds should
dissipate late this afternoon,
and tomorrow will be still
mainly cloudy, but with the
occasional sunny. period.
Highs this afternoon will
reach about 13 degrees
Celsius, and temperatures’
should drop off to about 3
degrees Celsius tonight,

has: been running in-
terference instead of
facilitating the develop-
ment,” he said.

' The development plans

have been used as election
promises, postponed, cut-

back, postponed and
redesigned so many times
that no immediate

development will take place,
he said,

During the last 12 months
the present elevator facility
has made $1 billion by
shipping six million tons of
grain, The Conservatives
plan to expand the elevator
capacity by 50 per cent.

“We're talking about a
money making operation,”
he said.

Rod Cousins says that the
Conservatives will not be

’ bound by the past mistakes

of the Liberal government,
particularly on matters

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gourmet dining

entertainment,
dancing

entertainment,
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_ Tuesdays ... amateur nite ‘
Thursdays ... dance contest
Prizes ... both nites

conventions,
meetings,
wedding

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The Herald, Monday, May 7, 1979, Page 3

portant

relating: to ‘north coast
transportation. :

“The entire north coast
area needs improvements,
nat Just one small area,” he
sald. .

The Conservatives will sit
down with all the provincial
governments and people
involved in transportation
and negotiate a satisfactory

arrangement that will
benefit everyone, said
Cousins.

“We are paying quite a
price for the present
mismanagement,” he said,

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Many of us voted for Social Credit in 1975 when Bill Bennett promiged: a :

(a) ‘‘to restore investor confidence’ and

(b) ‘to get things moving again”’

UNFORTUNATELY, business failures and bankruptcies have increased alarm-

ingly (849% according to Canadian De

Small independent business people did

additional capital, to *'
discovered that CONS

CONFIDENCE, In the long run.

UNFORTUNATELY, Social Credit “restraint”? policies, and their fallure to
be aware of social needs of our customers, as well as a withdrawal from

leadership to commerce and industry,

business.

UMER CONFIDENCE |

partment of Consumer Affairs).
invest their savings, and borrowed
get things going’’ for themselves. But they have now
§ more important than INVESTOR

have been sorely disappointing to small

When there is CUSTOMER CONFIDENCE in our province, INVESTOR
CONFIDENCE will come automatically.

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE and INNOVA
WHAT BRITISH COLUMBIA NEEDS M

-UNFORTUNATELY.........

SOCIAL CREDIT HAS NOT
WORKED FOR US!

ig

OST.

TIVE GOVERNMENT POLICIES ARE

The Independent Business People of B.C,

Len Friesen, President

Box 268, Station "A"!

Vancouver, B.
V6C 2M7

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