NEWS BRIEFS OTTAWA (CP) — The Progressive Conservative government continued _ Pressing Wednesday for Speedy passage of its Mortgage interest and Property tax credit plan by announcing plans to limit debate on the legislation. ’ Privy Council President Walter Baker told the Commons he will propose a motion Friday to end clause- by-clause debate on the bill Monday night. The motion is to be debated for two hours before belng put to a vote, Ob- jJectlons by Liberals and New Democrats could force the minority government to seek the support of the five- member Soclal Credit CAUCUS, Baker did not say Wed- nesday whether he would also seek to restrict debate on the third and final readin of the tax credit bill, _ With second reading — ap- ‘proval of the basic principles of the bill — passed Wed- nesday, the government has chosen to hold clause-by- clause study of the proposed legislation in the Commons chamber with the whole House becoming a com- mittee, rather than sending the bill to one of the many standing parliamentary committees. Rhodesian settlement close LONDON (AP) — Britain's foreign secretary predicts a final Rhodesian settlement will be reached in a few days, concluding the London peace conference successfully, following agreement Wednesday on principles of a ceasefire, Lord Carrington, the foreign secretary, told the House of Lords he plans to send 6 British governor to Zimbabwe Rhodesia in a few days, He will re-establish British control until spring elections in the African colony whose white settlers proclaimed independence in 1965 rather than submit to ‘black-majority rule. “ Other officials said the government will be Lord Murderer at large RICHMOND, B.C. (CP) — A convicted murderer being returned to prison after an escape last month was on the loose again Wednesday after he bolted from a plane at Vancouver + #nternational t. ae . r A police spokesman said Anthony Gerein, 27, was being returned from California and was in the custody of United States immigration officials when the plane landed here. “He bolted immediately and disappeared,’’ the spekesman said. Roadblocks were set up but Gerein managed to get out of this Yancouver-area Soames, son-inlaw of the late Sir Winston Churchill and a former cabinet minister, Zimbabwe Rhodesia’s black prime minister elected last April, Abe] Muzorewa, agreed to step aside in the interests of & laating settlement, Carrington said in the next few days military specialista, will work out details of the truce to halt seven years of guerrilla warfare in which more than 20,000 persons have been killed. Points to be worked out are the ceasefire date, the location of 15 camps in which the Patriotic Front guerrillas will assemble and organization of a 1,200eman Com- monwealth force to monitor compliance with the truce. a again municipality and Vancouver by taxi, The escaper was identified by a taxi driver from a picture as a fare he off in the east end of the city, Gerein was believed to have obtained a hatchet or other sharp tool and freed himself from handcuffs. A car parked in an ub. derground garage was reported to havebeen broken into with a sharp instrument. Gerein was sentenced Noy. 14 to life in prison for stab- bing pizza restaurant cc into owner Milton Lampropoulos . and customeer John Wipf in a holdup at. the restaurant March 16, 1977, ' Choi‘Korean president SEOUL (AP) — The electoral college elected: Acting President Chal Kyu- hah president of South Korea today, and he promised to “gtr ve for increased free- ye. dom” in South Korea, Chol, 62, was the only earlidate to complete the term of the late President Park Chunghee, who was assagsinated on Oct. 28. The term has five more years to Tun, but one said earlier he not plan to keep office that long. Kim Jong-pil, who suc- eeeded Park as head of the Democralle Republican party and is considered a future presidential candi- date, predicted in an in- terview Wednesday that Chol will serve about two Ars. Choi has pledged to replace the 1972 constitution which Park put into effect to perpetuate his dictatorship and then to hold a presidential election by popular vote. The many political foes Park. made during his 19 years in office have demanded that the constitution be rewritten im- mediately and that the election be held in six or seven months, Money-changers cashing in OKANOGAN, Wash. (AP) Merchants and bank of: ficiala are worrled that modern-day money changers may be cashing in on the exchange rate be- tween U.S. and Canadian money. Paul Charlton, Okanogan branch manager for Seattle- First National Bank, warned chamber of commerce members this week that a person could buy $1 in Canadian quarters north of the border with about 95 cents in U.S, money, depending on that day's ex- change rate. Those same quarters would be traded In for $1 in U.S. money south of the border, as Canadian coins @éiterally are not discounted, Several area merchants ' Feds cancel OTTAWA’ (CP) — Four months after announcing it would match every private sponsorship of an In- dochinese refugee, the federal government said Wednesday it Is cancelling future partlelpation in the program and redirecting its concerns to war-torn Cambodia, _ Immigration Minister Ron Alkey said the government will shift the balance of the eauntry’s 50,000 quota of refugees to private sponsors froviding. food and other a r direct aid to ease famine in Cambodia. _ Atkey’a remarks in a Toronto Interview came alier a private meeting with church and other community leaders here. A church spokesman said oné reason given for the recently have complained to Sea-First about recelying full rolls of Canadian quarters from the bank, Sea- First officiala suspect the Canadian quarters may originally have been turned In to the bank by someone taking advantage of the exchange rate. Merchants may have been separating U.S. coins from Canadian colns before making deposits, said Charlton, who urged them to refrain from doing so. Chariton said Sea-First may be able to track down any money changers if merchanta return wrappers from all-Canadian coin rolls, If a genulne problem arises, Charlton said, the bank may start discounting large amounts of Canadian coins, boat people policy shift was that letters to politicians were running five-to-one against the refugee program. Atkey sald that waa not discussed. Cancelling future government sponsorships would free money for direct ald to Cambodia, He gave no figure but the church spokesman said about $22 million was to go to Cam- bodia and Laos. Meeting the 60,000 quota will depend on private sponsors picking up the slack from the government, Atkey sald the government will sponsor about 3,000 more refugees. It has already sponsored 12,000 while public sponsorships total 26,000, The final tally he sald is expected to be 15,000 government sponsorships and 35,000 private spon- sorships, Guard was not ‘NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. (CP) — A_ British Columbia Penitentiary guard was found not guilty Wednesday in B,C, Supreme “srt of perjury during the trlal in February cf two & women charged with aiding an attempted escape from the prison. Justice S. M, Toy said Konstantine Pondeliclk unknowingly gave false testimony during the trial of prison activists Gay Hoon and betsy Wood, The decision leaves unre- solved the question of how Andy Bruce and four other Highway closed A portion of Highway 37 about 220 kilometres north of Terrace was closed by the highways ministry Wed- nesday because of an ex- treme icing condition, The closed section covers about 50 kilometres between Meziadin Junction, east of Stewart, and Bob Quinn Lake. A ministry spokesman said freezing rain made highway maintenance im- possible. The rain ended Wednesday night. French core program | lobby b A new organization to pressure for language core programming in British Columbia schools; is being formed. Representatives from municipalities throughout the province will be meeting in Vancouver this January to formally organize a french parents association to pressure for more wide- spread core programming for children of francophone background. Alex Levesque, the spokesman for the Parents for French committee in Terrace was one of three local people attending an initial association meeting about two weeks ago in Vancouver. ‘We had three delegations -froyn three towns where no ' program exists now, and representatives from 12 different places where programs do exist," he said. He said the turnout was disappointing, and at- tributable to an earlier postponement of the con- | vention. “We decided on a com- mittee to draw up a charter and specify goals,” he said. Levesque said there is interest in french core programming in Vancouver, the Interior and here. in the Northwest. At the January meeting, the delegations will elect officials to represent the association. Levesque said efforts are now underway to ensure there is a french core program available for Terrace francophone children in September 1990, Plans for a program this year were scrapped when the school district was unable to hire a qualified instructor. Levesque expects at least 40 children to be enrolled for Sept. 1980, Palsy group sets date for meet The Terrace Cerebral Palsy Association has set Feb. 21, 1980 as the date of their Annual General Meeting. The Cerebral Palsy Association operates the Terrace Child Development Centre, a centre for special needs children and their parents. The centre is a resource for the Terrace and surrounding © communities and employs a staff of six people including a physiotherapist and speech therapist. Inquiries about the work of the . Cerebral Patsy Association and the Child Development Centre are ‘always welcomed. The association chairman is John McMynn, vice-chairman Dr, Lou Elorza, and the executive director of the Child Development Centre is Joyce Krause. . PIGS GET A THREAT © GRANTHAM, England (CP) — Fruit seller Peter Dowling has banned French apples from his shop to protest the French ban on English lamb. Dowling plans to feed 15 cases of apples, which already have been delivered, ta the pigs, French . guilty prisoners obtained a 30- calibre handgun which was in their possession during the well-planned breakout at- tempt in January, 1976, So far, the Crown -has failed to obtain conviction of anyone accused of aiding the prisoners, During the attempted breakout, in which a guard was stabbed In the neck, Bruce, Ralph Saumer, Steven Hall, Richard Wright and David Bennett seized 13 hostages, including eight visitors, . At the time, police said a car containing fresh clothing was discovered outside the penitentiary shortly after the abortive breakout attempt from the visitors’ area. After the negotiated settle- ment, in which the hostages were freed, police charged two of the hostages, Hoon and Wood, with complicity in the attempted bresk, Roth women were found not guilty. The perjury charge against Pondelicik, a guard at the penltentlary since "1975, arose out of statements - Bruce made to the court during the trial of Hoon and Wood, eing programming for Hit, run prosecutions to go ahead VANCOUVER (CP) — A British Columbia Supreme Court declsion Wednesday has opened the way for prosecution of hit and run cases stalled for three months because of legal wrangling. Justice F. Craig Munroe. allowed the Crown appeal of @ case in which a provincial court judge ruled in favor of @ man charged with failing to remain at the scene of an aceldent. Judge E. J. Cronin ruled Aug. 27 that a section of the Motor Vehicle Act which requires a driver to remain at an accident and identify himself is too vaguely worded to indicate an of- fence. Since the decision, charges have been thrown out of traffic court at the rate of two or three a week and there is a backlog of charges that have not been brought to court, Cronin’s decision was based on the meaning of the word incident in section 4A (1) of the act. Thesection says the driver of a vehicle “that is directly or indirectly involved in an Incident on a highway” must remain at or immediately return to the scene of the Incident, render all reasonable assistance, and provide full identification to others involved. Cronin agreed with defence lawyer Henry Sarava that an Incident on a highway could mean almost anything and quashed the charge against Les Soltys, 4 Vancouver salesrrian. The Herald, Thursday, December 6, 1979 Page 3 LIBRARY BROWSING | By ED CURELL and MARIA YOUNG Alex Levesque, a spokesman for the Parents for French committee in Terrace, recently was in Vancouver attending a convention of other francophone parents seeking French core With Christmas creeping nearer the library is moving into the festive spirit with a few decorations to brighten up our building, Equally important, the collection is being brightened by the addition of many new books which will provide great holiday reading, Connections by James Burke is a fascinating new look at the ideas, inventions and coincidences that have resulted in the major technological achievements of today. This is a companion volume to the T.V. series currently being aired on channel 9, Brother to dragons by Robert Penn Warren is an almost novel-length dramatic poem whost subject is the murder of a Negro slave. This is a new version of the poem, published in 1953 to very high acclaim. Foxfire § is a companion to the other popular Foxfire volumes, This one deals with ironmaking, blacksmithing and flintlock rifles and other “affairs of plain living.” ; _Among the novels, Nicholas Freeling returns with Arlette van der Valk wife of the recently deceased Inspector van der Valk as the detective, Freeling fans will be delighted that The widow initiates a new series by a superior crime writer. The man who cried is the latest by Catherine Cookson, a moving novel of the Depression and W.W.II. The brave and the free by Leslie Waller is a love story set in the turbulent years between Kennedy's assasination and Nixon’s fall. F lve for sorrow, ten for joy by Rumer Godden is the story of the conversion of a successful “madam” toa nun. The ever popular Fredrick Forsyth returns with The Devil's alternative certain to be another best seller for him, Hell seed by Colin Peel is a fascinating sci-fi thriller in which man is faced with ultimate and ab- REGIGNAL DISTRICT OF KITIMAT-STIKINE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice Is hereby glven to all interested pariles that a Public Hearing for By-law No. 132, 1979 of the Regianal District of Kitimat-Stkine, “A by-law to establish an Official Seitlament Plan for Electoral Area ‘E’ af the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine” will be held at 7:30 p.m. In the Thornhill Community Centre on December 11, 1979, Coples of this by-law may be inspected at the Terrace Public Library during their open hours or at the offices of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine from 4:30 a.m. #0 4:30 p.m. during week days. AREA COVERED UNDER BY-LAW NO. 132 solute destruction. THE TERRACE HOTEL'S ANNUAL: Manager & Secretary Christmas Party AM dite a at a ettns i i ing i sed A j * Entertainment * Buffet Dinner ~ a a cy g". oO" oh thelr children. Wednesday, Dec. 12th 12 noon - 4 p.m. | in the. recut Ta wee ae Ae ee Skeena River Room : all $8 5 0 per ¥ * Our famous “Gluhwein" for person # Tickets available at the Terrace Hotel or for reservations call 635-2231 toa tas wr]