te aN tice k Foci wmtgntiy prion cies ~~ Legislatiy Parlinent & Library Bui ldings » BY, ood Tuesday, February 7,.1984 Campaign foiled FORT NELSON, B.C. (CP) — The leader of a group of environmentalists planning to disrupt the B.C. govern- ment's wolf-kill program has called on North Americans to boycott three oi] companies. . Environmentalist _Paul ‘Watson’ called: “on. consumers Monday to boycott Imperial Esso, Exxon’ and Shel, ‘gaying “company agents in this northeastern B,C. community. refused to supply fuel for a plane | the group had chartered” “for its campaign againat. the kill,” Watson also vowed to dry up Bitish ‘Columbia’ 8 vital tourist industry... ‘He said. the’ CMP were instrumental in foiling the en- ‘vironmentalists' campaign, dubbed Project Wolf, by nol acting ‘againat fuel dealers: who refused service, .. ‘ aia protest has been sabotaged by’ the RCMP, " Watson, sa : Watson was also denied a hodkup for the plane’ 8 block heater, needed in the bitter cold. He blamed.the airport Manager, a federal Transport: Ministry &mployee. ‘Local dealers of aviation fuel say they disagree with the group's position against the wolf kill and side with local residents who support: the program. - DANGER TO OTHERS - . ; -The provincial fish and wildlife branch « of ‘the Environ- ment Department decided to kill the. wolves after residents and ~ branch biologists said they © were: - endangering: populations ‘of moose, elk, caribou: and mountain sheep. They say there is about one wolf per 34 square kilometres and they want that reduced to one per 130 square kilometres in the Muskwa’ ‘and: Touchod! river’ valleys. south of Fort * Nelson: 0 The brarich plans to kill ‘about 400: wolves in a 14,000. square-kilometre ‘area by’ shooting them from helicopters. Saying - nature” will set the proper | balance, en- vironmentalists argue there are: ‘shortcomings in the provincial’ analysis of the wolf population and its threat to big game. “if the government thinks it's goirig to get. away with this, then it’s going to cost them money,’ Watson said. ' Me. addedhe: would mobilize the coalition oF protest * roupe in Project Wolf bo. buy: scvortfnemnents In US. - " denotinelig the B.C.-kill and urging ‘ourita to ay away. TO. PICKET FERRIES : ‘Project Wolf will alse picket B. c. ferries, the Princess. Marguerite, a B.C. government touriat vessel, and: US, border crossings; Watson said. , “You're right, I'm angry,” he said, y can’t believe the RCMP refused to act on a citizen's complaint.” RCMP said they will investigate Watson's charges today. Imperial Esso dealer Ron Reed admitted he refused to . sell fuel to Watson. * . "Ita a fact,” * Reed said,’ “I do a lot of business with hunters and trappers, ifI [supply these people, Titbe eutting . My own throat. PR lose my shirt." - His words were echoed by Shell dealer Dennis Brown, who maintained: “I have the right to refuse’ service, to anyone at any time,” a Reed said his refusal did not threaten the plane’ '§ safety, “IE the pilot takes off without enough fuel, he ia taking his own life‘in hig hands, " The dealers said: they discussed the ‘action with one . another, but not with. their corporate bosses... - Bill Amolky, Transport Canada spokesman in Edmonton, which is responsible for the Fort Nelson airport, said ‘Monday he will have to look at lease agreements the-dealers have with the federal- government to Bee if it is legal to refuse service. - . He added he has never encountered such a situation. Women threatened | OTTAWA (CP) — Sexual she was raped by sixmen at | assault victims who fight - a Windsor, Ont. party. back during an attack may © "She fought back and was be gambling with their brutally beaten. lives, say police and “The hitting started when spokesmen for local support’ began to resist. The more I centres for assaulted fought, the more they women, ; : seemed to enjoy It.” . Each rape case is dif-- And the more she ferent and a woman’s . response will depend en a" split-decond prediction of her asgailant's reaction to . her putt.ig up a fight, of " the beatings became. “When she retutned to her Ottawa - home, . Tracey’s parents were overwhelmed whether other peoplé are by. her physical and nearby or whether she has .. emotional-condition but did been trained in self-defence. ‘not press charges for fear of Tracey, 23, is one such retaliation against her. victim who recalls with BEATEN BRUTALLY. ‘anguish the time she had to Tracey's body was. decide between fighting or covered with bruises and_ relenting to her attackers, See The woman, who asked to 706 7 have: her real ‘name : 8 maint withheld to protect her ; Women identity, was only 15 when | ' page 3. C vice . - WHY BUYNEW? 0 7 WHEN USED WILL Do! - \ ‘ Do you want parts fo fix up your car but your budget: won't allow It? Beat the high cost of new m parts with qualily used parts from S.K.B. AUTO. SALVAGE 635-2333 or 635-9095 3490 Duhan (lustoft Hwy. 16 E) ‘resisted, the more brutal . FM re ence Oper ee Ken Redmond, left, of Terrace, can look forward to two weeks of sun and surf. in: Hawali, because he Is the grand prize winner: “in the Skeena Mlal Merchant's Hawallan) ' Hollday for two contest: -He was presented’ _with his tickets and a flight. ba Harvey, of :Halda -Travel,. on “Skgena Mall Merchants and’ “middle. of March, ” Volume 78 No.26 i Redmond will .be flying via C.P. Alr and ‘enjoying two weeks free accommodation in Honolulu. The total prize package fs worth approximately $2,100. This: will be the first ‘trip ta Hawali for:Ken and his wife Fran and they wit! be departing fort their holiday’ in the. : The Learning Resource Centre ‘at Northwest ‘Community 7 ‘College is mounting a four months long art exhibit.’ There are both permarient and temporary displays. * On longterti display the Learning Resource Centre has a selection on Inuit and Salish basketry from’ the Nelson. collection and, compliments of the Ferguson Fund, and Exhibit of Antique china creamers.. Nootka & Gitsan crafts have been donated by the Robert-Sullivans. ‘i |- The temporary Exhibitions presented” by. Northwest Community College over the next four months features the work of local artists. Currently on review are the ; watercolours and ink drawings of Dave Comfort, Marianne - This collection of antique creamers is on loan to the Northwest Community College from Mrs. Norah Ferguson, of Terrace. Some of the pleces go back as far as the early. 1700's while These three pleces are excellent examples of What native crafts are all about. The cup and -’ saucer as well as the basket next to it are from _ fhe Aleut, and the small basket with the lid Weston, and Ai iuiesian. ‘Thise wilt be shown until February 20th. Works by Peter Dickson, Gayle Pipe, Joan Humphrey" ‘and C,.Braam will be exhibited ft from. ‘February, th to . March 16th. es Northwest ‘Community College, and capecially the ‘Learning Resource Centre, extends a.warm welcome to the entire community to see and enjoy these treasures, . both ° ancient and modern: The Learning Resource. Centre is open weekdays til 10 . p.in., except Friday when it closes at5p.m. Weekend hours are: Saturday 1 p.m. to.5 p.m, and Sunday 1 p.m.. ” 4 P. m. others were made just after the turn of the century. The countries they come fram are as varied as. Japan, England, Germany, and Ireland. leaning against it is from the Nootka tribal nation. They are on display at the Resource Centre at the Northwest Community College. More on page 3. ne niinute: trial.” en patie Saelentaette ee amine ad Seiad + ¥ eee A bee ae pert CAPE CANAVERAL, Fila. (AP) -— Astronauts Bruce McCandless and Robert Stewart unhooked lifelines today and became the first humans to fly free in space, using a - gas-powered jet-pack to propel themselves more than % metres from the. Earth-orbiting U.S. space’ shuttle Challenger and" back again. “We sure havea nice flying machine,” said McCandless, who went first. In a scene reminigcent of Buck Rogers, he manoeuvred out of the cargo bay strapped into the $10- million backpack, called a Manned Manoeuvring Unit, or MMU, . “That may have been one small step for Neil, but it's a heck of a big leap for me,”’ McCandless said. The. reference. was to astronaut Neil Armstrong’s words upon becoming the first ran to fand on the moon July 20, 1969. McCandless moved out some 97 metres from the ship by firing bursts of nitrogen gus from the backpack. He enjoyed himself all the while, catling out a series of superlatives: “Beautiful, superb, super.” Pictures heamied down and shown live on ft: Yevision were fantastic — right out of science fiction, with McCandless a human satellite hanging out against the blackness of space with the blue curvature of the Earth to the right of the . picture. ‘+ After 90 flawless minutes, he returned to the cargo bay and turned the backpack over to Stewart, with the good | wishes; “Go enjoy it, have ‘a ball.” GOT HUNG UP Stewart got-hung up momettarily in a wrist tether a as he moved out. But he quickly freed himself. and. began manoeuvring away from the spacecraft, with'the com: | ment: “It's a piece of cake,” He reached a distance of of some 92 metres from the shuttle before turning back... - - MeCandless, ‘A’: 46-year-old, ex-navy’ ‘aviator;: was: ‘265 kilometres over Hawaii when he began his historic walk: ‘ about 8:10a.m. EST. Stewart's walk began about two hours later. Both men and shuttle were’ streaking along at 28,000 kilometres an hour, but in the airless, boundless arena of space, there is no sensation of such speed. “McCandless and his Manned Manoeuvring Unit com- prise a manned spacecraft of their own,” capsule com- ‘municator Jerry Ross said, The successful tests of the jetpack eased some of NASA's pain over the loss of two satellites and a balloon on this 10th shuttle flight. The cause of the failures ‘was not immediately known, but they could scramble the future launch schedule, The tests are to demonstrate the ability of an untethered ‘astromaut to retrieve and repair satellites in fight. On the next mission in April, an astronaut is to use the jet-pack to ’ move over to the defective Solar Maximum Satellite and secure it so it-can be brought: into. the cargo hay for replacement of a ‘faulty electronics box. 7, Stewart, a 41-year-old lieutenant-colonel and the first _ army man to fly in space, concluded his exctirsion by using alatch device to practise hooking on to a pin like that on the Solar Max satellite — just as will be. done in April, He then - _ Fetuined. ‘the MMU to the recharging station, after ‘a 63- : McCandless 5 also was busy tehearsing the April retrieval, plantinghis feetitrestraijts on. ad mounted oh. the.end of the shuttie’s’ 15-metre Canadian- developed robot i arm.. “The restraints held him steady while, hanging upside down, he removed and replaced an elec- ‘tronics unit like that on the disabled satellite, ’ While outside, both did some repair work ona science . experiment, a camera and a loose thermal blanket, When McCandless first set out, he’. manoeuvred cautiously, testing the new machine, pulsing its jets, moving back and forth, up and down, making certain all was right, He proceeded at a deliberate speed of about three kilometres an hour — equal to a slow walk, — “I'm going to head out, with your permission,” he said, ‘Mission Control in Houston, Tex., gave him ‘permission to move out 45 metres, saying: “There are some jealous folks down here, Looks like you're really having fun,’” Stewart, watched, ready to help if needed. , Their colleagues in the shuttle, commander Vance Brand, Robert Gibson and Ronald McNair, also were observing, alert to fly the ship to a rescue should things go wrong ” during one of the free flights. The TV pictures showed McCandless heading cut, with - first the Earth in the background and then the eerie blackness of space. He.seemed, to be ‘suspended, rolling slowly as he adjusted his jets. “It's nice,” McCandless said. “The sun just came into my eyes.” SG He was surrounded bya grand vista of Earth, moon, sun and stars. At one point he took time to look down at the globe: ‘‘i’m over the Florida Keys," At 45 metres out, he stopped and, with a camera attached to his helmet, took TV pictures of the shuttle, which were relayed to Mission Control. Public wa ried TERRACE— The Terrace RCMP would like to remind local motorists of the dangers of not yielding. the right of way to emergency vehicles. . Lately, several of the local detachment police officers. have experienced difficulties in responding as quickly and . safely as possible to emergency situations. The source of these difficulties has been motorists refusing or forgetting to yield to these emergency vehicles using emergency equipment. According to Section 179 of the Motor Vehicle Act: “On the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle giving an audible signal by beil, siren or exhauat whistle, and showing - a visible flashing red light, except when otherwise directed by a peace officer, a driver shall yield the right of way, and immediately drive to a position paralie) to and as close as possible to the nearest edge or carb of the road and stop and remain in that position uritil the. emergency vehicle has passed, i} M Pailure to comply with this section can not only result in the driver being charged with 'an offence (three points assessed to the drivers licence) but would also create a diver situation. or * feopardize the safety of other. vers, _ Sports ‘pages 6,788 ‘Comics page 10 Classifieds pages 14815 oa ee ihaman te RE ve