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By Brian Gregg

No improvements can be made to the
TerraceKitimat airport, lan Gray, CP Air
president told 40 people at a Chamber of Cam-
merce‘dinner at the Lakelse Hotel Thursday.

’ He said, however, a microwave landing
system may replace the Instrument land system
} presently being used. The microwave system Is
still being developed but once it is standardized It
will Improve service here, he said.

Gray said he was not happy with the winter
schedule and he was aware that residents here
were also not pleased with it. He later took notes
7 on suggestions and complaints from local
residents.

Gray said he will try to come up with a better
? schedule when he gets back to Vancouver but the
= biggest problem the company has is a shortage
: of Boeing 737s for this area. CP Alr has plans to
- buy some new planes in the spring and one of

these will be used for the Terrace Flights.

. Heexplained that while CP Air showed a profit
of $20 million last year it has been as much as $10
million in the red in previous years. The price of
a Boelng 737 is $1) milllon in U.S. funds. The
planes are still on, back-order from the
manufacturers, he said.

He said the main reason for increases In ticket
prices is due to Increased fuel and labor costs,
Gray slad he suspects the Ministry of Transport
{MOT) is planning an increase of.$72 million per
year in landing fees. This money will be paid by
all airline companies using airports and they will
have to get it fram their customers.
all airline companies using airports and they
will have to get from their customers.

Philip
charms
Winnipeg

WINNIPEG (CP) —
Prince Philip spent a busy
afternoon in Winnipeg
Sunday with visits to an
Anglican cathedral, a Ro-
man Catholic hospital and a
training facility for sea

cadels,

The Duke of Edinburgh is
here to receive an in-
ternational award at a fund-
raising dinner sponaured by
the St; Boniface General
Huspital Research Foun-
dation.

He was to leave this

_ morning to fly back to

London.

The royal plane, an An-
dover turbo-prop, arrived at
Winnipeg International
. Airport: from the U.S, at
12:50, p.m. EDT...A “crew.
member said Philip had
been at the controls during
the flight.

The prince was greeted by
a group of about 50 officials
and reporters, including
Manitoba Lt,-Gev. F.L.
Jobin and his wife, Premier
Sterling Lyon and
representatives of the re-
search foundation.

The first stop for the royal
entourage was St. Johns
Cathedral in north Winnipeg,
where Philip met Ar-
chbishop E.W.  Scolt,
primate of the Anglican
Church of Canada, and
Bishop Barry Valentine of
the diocese of Rupert's Land.
He also viewed a stained
glass window installed fast
week that includes a likeness
of the Queen holding the

Scriptures. ;

Bishop Valentine said the
prince made no comment on
the likeness itself, but talked
extensively with designer
Ernest Ashcroft and Andy
Cordner, head of the com-
pany that made the glass.

“He seemed much more
interested in. the whole
technology of it," the bishop
said of the prince. “He was
very interested in how they
got the colors so rich and
glowing.”

Reporters, photographers
and a crowd of several
hundred were asked to
remain outside the
eathedral, The prince
emerged into ithe crisp
autumn air, got in a
limousine and waved as the

fon worked its way
past church members in
choir robes, boys in school
jackets, scouts and girl
guides and several dozen
children dressed in Biblical
enstumes.

At St. Boniface General
Huspital minutes later,
Philip and a select group
‘viewed some of the research
foundation's facilities, Those
on hospital business were
kept out of the main portion
of the lobby by securily
personnel and police and
were asked to use stairs
instead of iwo nearby

rangers who received the
Duke of Edinburgh's Award
in Canada.
The presentation was the
sixth of its kind in Canada
this year, but the priace said
he was sorry at least one of
the Winnipeg recipients had
io wait t 2% years Lo
receive a certificate.

CURTIS CLEARS AIR

Health unit pays taxes

The Honourable Hugh
Curtis, minister of municipal
‘affairs, whu was in Terrace
and Kitimat over the
weekend cleared up any
misunderstanding con-
ceming the regional health
centre. =,

“B.C. Building Cor-
poralion will pay total
municipal taxes, the Same as
any uther business,” the
minister siad.

Curtig muted that even
without a new courthouse and
health centre Terrace's
grants in Hew of taxes will
increase 216 per cent this
year. ’

“The government of the
province has made it quite
clear that we will be paying
full municipal taxes un all

government buildings.”’.
Cyril Shetfurd lucal M.L.A.
told the Herald that he was
able to tell Terrace cuuncil,
within 24 hours of being
asked, that the government

The Hersld, Monday, October 16, 1978. Page 3

hadevery intentiun of paying
full taxes, :

Curtis said thal if there is a
seriuus schism between
Kitimat) and Terrace
politicians he is sure that the

SHELFORD SAYS

Sell springs to

Cyril Shelford made
several suggestions to the
Sccial Credit Assuciation
Meeling held Friday at the
Terrace Hotel. Included in
the suggestions was an idea
that the Hut Springs located
belween
Kilimat should be buught by
the government, improved,

WEATHER

A large ridge of high
pressure has formed over
the Pacific Northwest, and
shows signs of remaining
slationary fur a few days.

This should result in fuggy
mornings and sunny af-
lernaans,

High temperatures this
afternoon should be in the 11

‘113 degree Celcius range,
and the first frast of the fall
seasun is expected tunight,
as lows will be around the
freezing mark,

Tomorrow morning's fog
should clear up by noun, and
the outuok is for dry, sunny
weather tumerraw  af-
lernin, and fur the nex! few
days.

Terrace and~

and ihen leased to private
enterprise.

“I is a natural resource
which should be controlled
by the government”.

Speaking uf the plethora of
visits to this area by cabinet
ministers Shelford said that
he appreciates the visils by
the must lravelled cabinet in
the history of British
Columbia”,

Shelfurd also suggested

volers will express their
displeasure when the time
comes, The minisler met
with bulh Terrace and
Kitimal councils during his
stay in the area.

govt
that perhaps what
Canadians need is a minister
of productivity. He claimed
that. General Motors
(Canada) has had a car-
burelor, designed by a
Canadian, which will reduce
gas consumption by 25 per
cent for nine months.

. “They have been unable
lw find anything wrong with
it but nothing has come of
it,” Shelford said.

Nielson visits today

The Hunuurable James
Nielsen, Minister of the
Enviroment, will visit
Terrace this week.

He will be , the sixth
minister lo come lo the area
within the past four weeks.

Included in his itinerary
are meetings with Kitimat
and Terrace councils.

Members of Terrace

cuuneil are particularly
interested in having the
minister inspect erusion
prublems along the banks of
the Skeena River.

An ex-hut line hust, Nielsen
may find himself on ihe
hwiseal as lucal citizens will
be given the uppurtunity to.
question him abvuut en-
virunmental concerns.

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