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VOLUME 77 No. 64

MONDAY, APRIL 3, -1978

632 con.

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REFERENDUM PASSES
The vote by 1556 Kitimat electors passed the recreation

facilliy referendum Friday night by a vote of $24 pro and
This puts. the hall in motion for construc{lon of the

in Toes Herald.

ROMP. REPORT

An estimated $2,000
damage was suffered by’ the
picnic shelter at Hirsch
Creek Park on Saturday
morning. Kitimat RCMP and
fire departmets responded to
a call Saturday morning at

Fire officials state the
cause of the fire to be “a left
ae from Friday

Terrace RCMP Deport the
theft of two speakers from
the Pony Corral as well as a
smashed window also at the
Pony Corral.

Also keeping the ‘Terrace
police busy 9 was a truck theft.
A green 1974 Dodge pick-up

was stolen from Thornhill on —

vehicle and its whereabouts
would be appreciated by the
police.

A month of “days”

Cancet ~ Month begins
today, Dental Health Week
Jasts from April 9th-15th,
Wortd Health Day, Family
Safety Week, and many
other celebrations begin or
follow April Fool'a day,
which ushers in April each

year

Among other less cheerful
happenings, the month
began with a jump in: postal
rates from 12 cents to 14
cents for the standard first
class letter. In B.C., the frst
of April alzo meant a rise in
the price of imported French
wines — from ten cents per:
bottle “and up". led
with this “‘cheerless”
news was what has become
the usual monthly an-
nouncements of a-rise in
retail prices for the average
consumer, And | unem-
ployment. ‘For “othera. it

end

allowed td’ take your B.
drivers test in your native
language; tests will be in
English from now on. -
Also: today at 8 p.m. an
interesting event was
‘scheduled to take place.
““AN" the “Terrace Bank
Managers and Terrace
Recreation Director Phil
Stewart. were to assemble to
take part ina “promo” jog of
one jap-.around the, Skeena
Junior Secondary School
- track. Mayor Maroney was
to be on hand to award each

Moore Creeks waterfall has been roaring théie.
rain, Saturday the falla were dolng just

manager able to make it
around the track, a Cer-
tifleate of Recognition for his
outstanding contribution to
the cause of Particlpaction.
The Promo was to be a
kickoff for the coming
Wednesday Vernon-Kitimat-
Terrace Participactioz
challenge. Both the Mayor
and Alderman David Pease
have thrown their hats in the
ring for that day.

Roy Jones, Peter Bell.

Kitimat March 31, 1978 Celebrations. Front row left io right; Terry Voitchovsky, Olie
Coghlin, August Smits, Ron Baumelster, Mayor George Thom, Ted Drabik, Andrew Watt.

Back row left'ro right; Ron Burnett, Art Coghlin, Tony Coppens, Bruce Cleland, Jim Linton,

George McEwen, Tom Prause, Stan Green, Bruno Corso, Jack Rewers, Harry McLellan,
Leo Bravo, Arnie Kokesch, Les Manton, Ken Minifie, Bernard Lindsay.
miasing from picture; Mike Skitcka, Ole Boye, Muriel Keller, Art Keller, Mrs. J Meleod,

Glen Minaker.

(Photo by Max Patzelt)

At $5-$6,000 each...

Prince Rupert — A police

OLIVER, B.C. (CP) —
RCMP say two men and a
woman, whose boa bodies were
found early Friday in a
burned-out mobile home, i

- kilometres south of. this
British Columbia:
a result of &.

‘town al
. pte ed

A police 4
Melville Allan Graham, 39,
of Penticton B.C’ died of a
self-inflicted wound, A .22
callbre rifle was found under
his body along with a note
Indicating he planned to leill
the other tow pereons.

The bodies of Graham’s
estranged wife Brigitta
‘Ursula Graham, 37, and
‘ Fraticiaco' Ferreira, 34, both
of Oliver were’ discovered b
firemen.

sald

Yon

tape-recording of a con-
versation with the accused,
Richard Gerow, which
talked about contract
killings in the Terrace area
was played in court Friday
during a murder trial.
However, further
questioning of an RCMP
Ulcer revealed. Gerow was
on an. “ego trip” and may

connection with. the murder
of Paul Andrew :Arnoid in
Terrace last year, said a
person named Harry Sim:
mons put a contract out on

' Arnold. Gerow didn't know
who. Slmmons was, but he.

was supposed to live in the
Terrace area.

The RCMP later revealed
they couldn't find a Harry

Simmons, dn. the Terrace oe

egerow ‘said there . were
“supposed to be three

contracts this weekend, but I
don't t think they all went

Gerow sald Arnold had
“ripped off’. Simmons. He
added that some ‘stuff’
(presumably drugs) was

posed to come to him and |
‘ put.gome guys on Simmons

his friends, but never made -
it. So Scatty (Garth Young)
got hold of Simmons. :

Some people. from “Van; ior

aver. were

ave cared aie ate i

tracts, Gerow said there was
one “guy,” ‘18 or 19. years
old,” who did “Hits” in
Vancouver. Cost of. a con-
tract killin was in the neigh-
borhood of five or six
thousand dollars, he said.
Gerow said he was. going to

himsell if. the police didn’t

". questioning ° fron. -

ae uae ee ae

Harrison. said he had first
met Gerow in July of. 1975
and “it was a common
practise to cultivate people
like Gerow as informers.
He agreed that one had to.
use quite a bit of psychology
to get what one wanted.

‘ Often the police would get

.Gerow to talk about heroin to -

relational with

Gérow was » allded th:
“baad “ on bulteing” Ww a arnold:

certain amount of fantasy in
-order to get the real in-
formation they could use.
Harrison agreed that the:
* police encouraged Gerow to
give them the impression he
had.some standing © in the
community,
_ Barrison said Gerow had
‘been involved in a few

build. himself .up.. Harrison ‘beatings, but. for. the most
agreed.: that. the police.

pat At: was. fantasy. He
ed that)

Gerow. claims contract killings out for two Terrace men

Another police constable .

said he met with Gerow two
or three times a week, and it
was usually Gerow : who
approached them. .

Corporal Dale Dichrow, in

. charge de of the: investigation,
aaid he observed the the quilt

being .removed from the

of the body and saw a:

-plece, of metal ‘In~ it.

eae? % ‘However, it att ie seid a

Pe “what~ the-mela

Glitter dulled by protocol 2 at

by Beat Broves mo

Festivities. ‘pentéing -
around Kitimat’s silver

_ birthday“ started March 30

‘when: vuble works.“ em-

yees installed three flags,
provincial, national, and bi-
centennial, - to - ‘each, - (well
‘almost each,) - street. larnp-
Post. on - -Boulevard,
the main street. wan

Residents were treated to

the outstanding hospitality of
the municlpalily when: a

glide showing the History of
Kitimat was held in ‘the’

evening of Friday March a,
at the museum.

Next and last on the
March 31 agenda was an
invited birthday party of the
‘elite’ who have - elther
survived or endured twenty-
five years in Kitimat. and
those needed to honour them.

After an half how: of
formally cing * -
aaaminglyparsone

mile radius, : the festivities
resumed, at-honouring the
thirty-one. members.’ of

‘Killmat:: soclety’. who .had-

silver anniversaries in hand.

ote the thrity-one persons
ted having - twenty-five

Neat residence in Kitimat
only 25 showed up. for the
celebrations,. Six. persons,
some of whom were in town

- yet couldn’t seem to find the

time to accept an honourary
plaque from _ the

Tuunieipality, didn’t ‘show. |

With — the e _-POMD

pagentry of. ‘real

, parliamentary . exercise in”

almost. patronage, Major of
Kitimat °. and., Iona

“Campagnolo repeated : the

To congratulatory. comments to

: _ *Vockiowskl,
at few week with all the melting snow “ye

each: recipient “of “the

| plaques, (fona accepted: a
few smacks.on the. cheek -.

in. full surprise.)
The highlight of the night

came when present Kitimat . 3

Queen Carrie Paul, ard first
Kitimat. ‘Queen - Terry
‘wheeled in. a.
huge. cake. Noone in the
etowd a sang, | HABE hithday

. ot

all"
holding office. within a fifty .

and,

"That was lett up to
_competent Phoenix. singers,
The thirty-six or seven
young. girls “bellowed out .
what could be. number one on
the Kitimat charts by late
1978. This march -’
“Jubilee” was ‘composed,
-conducted and copywritten
by. Joyce. Knight. Joyce, has
the distinction of being one of:
. Kitimat’s fineat twenty-five
yearicommemorators. . -
Well. organized and well
‘eatered, the affair did
however ‘seem to have-a
‘sterile atmosphere. It was an.
elite crowd,. one in which a

‘reporter stands out like a

_ Sore thumb.

" Representative. from:

“lean, Eurocan,. Terrace
council, Aiyansh, Stewart,

Hazelton, and -Kitamaal |

Village watched ac: fifteen

“minutes of a three hour ~ .
~ galhering was devoted to the

honoured thirty-one, Tht.
reat.was spent in ‘mingling’

"or speechtlike. introductions.

What about that group of
thirtyone? ' Kitimat’:
chamber of .commerce en-
tourage couldn’t have been
better represented. All the
95-ers were from Kitimat

per according to alder-
man Fran Buschert.

Buschert, organizer and
co-chairman of the 25 year
committee, stated that

because of the varied.
requirements for being a

25’er and problems incurred

persons down in

other locations, “they were
included,"

"Kitamant Village ig the
WAS -

closest of neighbours ‘yet:
they were not recognized in
theofficial ceremony, only in
passing through mayor
Thom and Campagnolo's
speeches did Heber

~ Kitimat’s twenty-fifth —

Maitland, chief councilor for’
the Haisla people, receive a,
sort. of ‘we know: you were -
here working and helping to.
grow but...” There.was fo,
clear explanation. of why
there were no native guests,
of honour,

Jona Campagnolo, summed
up the birthday celebrations
when she said, ‘This is a:
profound birthday: for this
town, twenty-five years ‘is
still young. * Phe paradox of
her words was not as obvious
to the beaming crowd of

enthusiastic ‘socials’ waiting |

‘fon something to. happen.

For those who were there
it ls now obvious that: Jona
‘premature in stating
that “GOOD NEWS” had hit
town. when Eurocan would .
allow ferry landing’ at their
logger’s wharf. Aa has
already been reported via:

electronic. + media;

-estabhichment of the hight
‘way which joins Kitimat-to”
the rest of the ‘world. as a

_ provinclal ‘highwi ‘must -
come before any jetty will
tie-up at Kitimat.

After the singers and the |.
Queens the crowd slowly. |

dispersed Into the -night.
There was 10 public. in-
spiration for a twenty-five
year Hurrah, especially ‘at
the closed party Friday
night. -More ia p

June,

VICTORIA (CP) _ "Bad
weather hampered the
search Sunday for a Piper
Cherokea. aircraft with three
Mackenzie, B.C. men aboard.
that went missing on a fight
from Mackenzie. to Lioyd-

ee
BB Salant
war

[RCMP are Investigating a fire reported Saturday morning Creek park picnic shelter. Here damage to the roof aad in: ”
which caused an estimated $2,000 damage to thts. Hirsch terior af the shelter can be seen. ‘

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