Dark Hills rise behindthe lonely Cedarvale railway étatlon.
The ferry from Cedarvale to the highway side of the Skeena

fovie Indians. |
becoming | real |

TULSA, Okia, (AP) — Who. actors, Yois have to present’ .
can forget Chuck Connors as. them with Indians who can
a blue-eyed ‘Geronimo, Jeff perform the Indian roles,"
Chandler a3.a blond Cochise, he said. - :
Ricardo Montalban leading . There have been si success

his . warriors, , It in Cheve stories for native Americans
. Autumn, or ‘Anthony‘ Quinn” in Hollywood, |.

in countless: stern-fatedj''" ‘Will’ Sdimipdon ‘was ‘cast in

native American roles? . One Flew Over the Cuckoo's

J.R. Mathews can’t, And Nest because he “looked
what's why the 2g-year-old right for the part,” Mathews
Tusa man is among thoee said. Sampson then won
working to put Indians in other roles, including the
Indian roles. - . title part in the film Old Fish

. Mathews, © 8 Quapaw: -Hawk. - , ”

SenecaCayuga, said he has “It was the first time’ever
devoted 11 years to training that anative American hada
native Américans for jobs'in -lead in a film,” Mahtews
television and movies. said. ;
cde tle eee | P ate ‘Aid -theré’s- Tenayan, an’
‘Theatre Conpany ia’ Tulsa,” Midian actress’ whose: fave
and a member of the as become recognizable
American Indian, Artist Cae ercicls, on Eyes
Gulid, a fledgling group . ,, x. er mi -
dedicated to getting the o rls oy for the - iar
screen story straight. _ tra mark or the ein

The guild has about 200 the U.8.. - against littering.
members, most of them A prime opportunity for
residents of Oklahome. The Indian Betors Coulee the
theatre company hes about fs vo, « novel about the
60. working actors NOW J ayo¢ he mare ore the

paring for rehearsale f0F-1.. ey the white wetilera
the mirst all-Indian pro- ‘omihg of aed ,
etitalane. Arthur Kopit: ‘David Wolper, ‘one of the «
roadway, th ly > fod wants to take.
pigted Buffalo | Bill Cody as iehour” miniseries. fram
tragic character. Mathews book, but th th
said bis group will portray the © project hag
Cody as a “vicious, cold. ber Sone
blooded liar ... represen: reiere. 7
tative of ‘Western @x- :

ion “They're hauling ont -

“Te will be seen through the portions of the book that

es ofan Indian for the first’ anger them as examples of
“thne, ” Mathews said. Inaccuraciés, but anyone

“Chief Dan George, hailed who has ever filmed a book
for his role in Little Big Man, knows you only film 10 to 15
did for Indian actors what. per cent of it. Those portions
Jackie Robinson did for could be left out,” Mathews
black baseball players, . sald.

Mathews sald, adding that If Hanta Yoshould become

the Hollywood establishment the Indian Roots, Tulsa could

bas been slow to accept become a clearing hour for

Indians in anything buti native American talent,
ckground roles. "Mathews said.

“Ht isn't necessarily acon-" ‘“Tt's going to be totally
scious thing that they do it. different than anything you
They want to hire sual pee today.” -

Mistakes can t
cost controllers

TORONTO (cP) — Under transport department,
a clause in their contract, doesn’t include ‘‘wilful’

River was lost two years ago and the tiny community” is ~
isolated and sees few visitors.

Photo by Carla Wlison

YAKIMA WASHINGTON
- WATERM ELON.

_ (Whole Only).

‘CALIFORNIA

_ CANTALOUPES —

AUSTRALIAN

Canadian air traffie con-
trollers cannot be docked
pay if their licences are
suspended because of an

. The protection, which is
contained in the current
contract with the federal
government, came to light at
the federal inquiry into air
safely held in Toronto this

week,
In a brief to Mr. Justice.

Charles Dubin, who ig
studying charges that
controllers are not punished
for their errors, the Air

Traffic Control Association”

said that the clause was In-

troduced ag a safeguard

against unwarranted licence
ions.

The contract provision,
manotinted {r in Tate. an with the

misconduct. of gross
negligence” on the part of an
air controller.

But: it does ensure that
“the employee will sixffer’ no
loss of normal pay" during
the li¢ence suspension while
performing other assigned |

- tasks.

Bill Robertson, association
president, told the inquiry on
Monday that it was better to
retrain erring controllers

“that discipline them.’

The inguiry also heard that
in spite of all the horror
storlés that have come out,
flying in Canada is safe.

In the -elght-year period
alnce 1972, 1,000 airlines
carried {60-million
passengers in 5,000 aircraft,
he anid

DETERGENT |

4 kg. Box

OTTAWA (CP) — Tax:

payers will be. eimbursing. oa
the three ‘maiv- political
“parties $2.57 million for their’ ~
advertisements in the Feb..
18 election campaign.

The figure is about $570, 000

“more than the’cost to tax-’
payers for political ad-
vertisements in the May 22,
1979 campaign, according to
q statistics released-this week
ty the chief electoral. ‘office, ©

The biggest. spenders ik

the February campaign

were’, the Progresgive. noe
_ Conservatives. Their® ad:

vertising, : travel apd. office

costs were $4.4 ‘million, ~
compared, |
for ‘the ‘Liberals, ‘and $3.1 :°
million for” the New
Democratic Party. - ;

‘The Social Credit party”
has’ yet to’pravide ‘a detailed
accounting. of its’ expenses.

- Political -. -parties . are —

"with $3.8. million

allowed tordieduct: portions of

‘thelr .costs for “buying aes

vertising: time on:radia, and
“television under the Election
Expenses Act.

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