Page 2, The Herald, Wednesday, May 30, 1979,

REGINA (CP) — Dick
Collver, the controversial
leader of the Saskatchewan
Progressiva Conservative
party, announced Tuesday

‘was atepping down as
party leader after putting up
pi years of personal at-

’ Coliver, 43, leaves no
obvious helr apprent for the

atives. A new leader
will be chosen at the party’s
convention in November and
Collver will. continue as
tpader of the Opposition until

en,

He said he felt ‘terrific’
about his decision to teave
the leadership of a party that
was virtually non-existent at
the provincial level untll he
took charge. In his first
provincial election in 1975,
the Conservatives took seven
seats and became the third
party behind the Liberals.
and the governing NDP.

8 October's
provincial election, the
atives won 17 seats
and became the official
opposition. The Liberals
were defeated in every
riding and the NDP, under
Premier Allan Blakeney,
won 44 seats.

Asked if he would continue
as the MLA for Nipawin
riding, he replied “certaln!,”
but then paused and added:
“Decisions will ba taken in
due caurse, ¥ am not making
any announcements an that
score at this time.”

_Collver became embroiled
In a sometimes sensational
lawsuit with his former
Saskatoon business partners
aver the division of assets
from the partnership,
Collever had acted as aman
agement consultant., ;

No sooner was that suit

The Canadian

Red Cross Society

settled out of court than the
Saskatchewan Government
Insurance Office named him
as a defendant in‘'a lawsuit
over performance bonds the
provincial Crown cor:
poration said it had to cover
for a construction company.
That suit is still before the
courts, Collver said he sold
his interest in the con-
struction firm in 1975.

The insurance suit, he in-
sisted, was a political move
by the NDP. ;

Despite the financial hard-

ships .and the personal
sufferings: of his family,
Collyer, father of two
daughters aged 19 and 17 and
a son 15, said he would do it
ail again. At a news con-
ference he also urged other
business people ta become

involved in politics and

defend the free market
system,

“T have had to subject my-
self, and my family, without
rancour or bitterness, to
watching people who I
considered to he loyal
friends, attempt to use- the
courts and the press for what

_can only'be described as

vindietive personal
motivation for political
purposes,” he said.

“I have had to witness

’ even my government at-

tempt todo the same thing in

- an effort to sully my

reputation. .
“T have had to witness my
family's subjected to the

phone calls, teachers calling
my children reactlonarles
and treating them with
disdain, disrespect and dis-

* gust just because they were

my children."

Collyer complained of an
“unforgiving, . sometimes
uninformed and sometlmes
unfair press'’’ and a
“giscious and unwarranted”
persona] attack - by- his
political foes, co

House to sit
again June 6.

VICTORIA (CP) — The
British Columbia legislature
will reconvene ‘June .6,
Premier Bill Bennett an-
nounced Fuesday.

Bennett prerogued the
legislature April 3 to call a
provincial general election

May 10. His Social Credit
government was reelected, .

but with a reduced majority.

Social Credit-held 34 seats,
the New Democrats'18 and
the Progressive ©.Con-
servatives dne, with two.

vacant, when the election .

was called. Bennett returns
with 31 seats and the NDP 26

“as two more seals were
added through electoral:

redistribution.

set PS ae

Eo al

Personal attacks forced him

most vilifying’ midnight:

Although he said the ex-

perience in saskatchewan -

politics was ‘‘marvellous,”
he said he was ill-trained for.
it as a businessman.
. Following the news confer-
ence, Collver went Into a 80-
minute caucus meeting to
discuss continuity during the
coming months.

Gary Lane, MLA for

Qu'Appelle, is considered al- _
“most certain to be a can-

didate to-replace Collver,

Government whip George

Mussallem said cabinet.

ministers won't be doing
much travelling while the
house is in session because

the government holds such a”
Slim majority. —

The majority will be
reduced to four when a
speaker is appointed.

Mussalem said an order
will be sent - prohibiting
travel or non-attendance
when the house is in session.
He said ministers will have
to stay close to Victoria to
ensure the‘government isn’t
embarrassed by a defeat ina
sudden vote. _

Fg aC eT eae

-seat through a

Lane told reporters: “Ihave. -

made my decldion ta myself’

and I will have an an-

nouncément in due course.” |
Another possible : can-.

didate- ia Colln Thatcher, : has been bur

MLA for Thunder Creek and

son of the late premier Ross |

Thatcher. Thatcher said he
was depressed about

Collver's decision and the ©

decision of the electorate not
to make the Conservative

fulure would be

. Both Thatcher and. Lane
moved to the Conservative

, party from the Liberals after.

the 1975 election, Thatcher

‘leader premier.. .But -ta .
“comment on his own political
In-.
- appropriate, Thatcher said,

recently ‘has  indicated- he -

would like to phase ‘gut -of.
politics.

A -new . leader:

elected from outside the. .

current caucus might gain a
byelection in
Thunder Creek. ‘

_: Provinelal Liberal Leader
‘Ted Malone was .quick to

quash speculation he might
be interested -in- replacing

Coliver.: But Malone .added.

there was ‘a good chance he
would contest any byelection

“needed to give a new leader a
. Seat-in the legislature,

Blakeney was in a cabinet

meeting and unavailable for
comment. —
Collver refused

to -

speculate on who might.

‘replace him and said he

would not support any

. candidate, -

— TORONTO (CP). — A.
“vatationiig Toronto family
‘from/’an.

, oyerbooked airline flight for .

the third tlme in 10.days, but

the family Is “happy and wo

$1,300 richer. oye ek
, Richard Gordon, hls wife,
Marlene, and their two chil-

dren, Melanie, 9,'and Tara;’

6, volunteered: to: give up
their seats on: two over-
“booked American: Aitlines
flights out of Toronto on May
16 as they started their
Bermuda vacation. -

To compensate them

‘for

about $810 Canadian... .
Hedding back:'to ‘Toronto

«give up their seats. -..-;
This time, American

of $600.

“The way see it is that we .
had -a marvellous ‘holiday, ° ’

and.we made a profit of *

about $900.

The battle continues —

JERUSALEM (AP) — A
convoy of Israeli warships
sailed in peace up the Suez
‘canal Tuesday, but in the
battered Lebanese city ‘of
Tyre, 350 kilometres to the
north, convoys of- refugees
were fleeing rockets,

The “Israeli “military

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them $700 in U.S. funds or.

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waved and saluted the firat

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enter the canal as. they

steamed past ‘his -villa in ~

Ismailia.

COURT NEWS

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Vaughn, who is serving: an.

intermittent sentence at the.

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Calling in provincial court .

Terrace Correctional -

Centre,.was four hours late

checking in the Correctional .

Centre on'the evening of
February 23. Vaughn told the

court the power. at his .
residence had gone off .

‘sometime during: the day,
while he was sleeping, and

’ stated the electric alarm.
clock he owned did not go off.

Vaughn also stated he had. -

“slept most of the day asthe .

result of an illness.

. Vaughn also testified that .

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centre immediately after
discovering he had oqver-
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‘af being. a minor

he cof belnzuniawlully at

large ha

Collins sald Vaughn may
not have had a lawiul ex-
cuse, but stated the crown
had failed to prove the intent

’ yequired to commit a

criminal action existed.

Several persons pleaded -.
guilty to charges of impatred

driving before Judge Darrell
Collins in provincial court
Tuesday.
After pleading guilty,
Frank Baranieski told the
court he was “trying to
adjust the mirror and pull

the seat back at the same

time,” . in ‘response to
evidence given by Crown
counsel Tom Bishop which
Stated the RCMP observed
’ the vehicle Baranieski was
driving cross the centre ‘line
before stopping the vehicle.
’.Baranieski, was ordered to
pay 4 $200 fine or spend 14
* days in jait in default,

Clifford Rudd also pleaded
guilty to impaired driving.
Collins noted Rudd had a
previous conviction .on a
similar charge. Rudd was
given a $500 fine or 60 days in
default. -

- The Judge ordered Trevor
_ Wittaker, to pay a fine of §200

cr 14 days after he pleaded

guilty to charges of impaired

driving, following an in-
’ Cident May 11.

-Sean Pyke pleaded guilty
to impaired driving and was
given $150 fine, or 10 days
after RCMP stopped a
vehicle he was driving on
May 65. :

' Inother matters before the
court, Max Stewart, age 18,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
ing a minor in possession

of alcohol. Stewart was given
of $50,
Debble Summertield, also
age 18, pleaded guilty to a

charge of being a minor in|

possession of alcohol.
Summerfield was ordered by
Collins to sign a bond to
“keep the pesice and be of
Sood behaviour’. She was
also ordered ‘to perform 30
hours of community service

Another 18 year-old
leaded guilty to the charge

* work,

possession of aicohal.
Manuel Moniz was ordered
to pay a $100 fine.
Lorna Therrien pleaded
guilty to a charge of
possession of marijuana
after ‘being charged when
- RCMP found a bag of it in
’ her purse in April 26.
Collins ordered Therrien to

pay a fine of $100, or 7 days in

fault.

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. be a case of lawful excuse,

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