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“failed to

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CSRPAATANS

never be paid

|. _ VANCOUVER (CP) — A
21-year-old waltres

paral ‘or life when

car she was in crashed June

’ 9, 1975, on Wednesday was

awarded $400,-031 damages
against the driver—a

drinking, speeding prisoner
— out ona day pass.

But the award handed
down in B.C. Supreme Court
by Mr. Justice H. E. Hut-

may prove of un-
certain value to the victim
because the prisoner’s
whereabouts are unknown.
He did not appear at his trial
and is thought to be in
eastern Canada. .

The award, one of the
largest motor — vehicle
judgments in recent years,
went to Patricia Toews and
was against e Thomas
Warren who at the time of
the mishap.was out of the
prison work camp

on a. temporary day pass.
"Warren, now about 35, at

the time was serving a
sentence for drug traf:

5. ficking and carrying a

concealed

weapon.

A claims against John
Stonoski, warden of the
prison, he was

ent in authorizing the
release of Warren was
dismissed. although Mr.
Justice Hutcheon's 25 page
written judgment said there
was lack of supervision by
the warden.

A number of the passes is-
sued to Warren were unes-
corted.

BECAME FRIENDS

The supreme court judge
said evidence at the trial
showed Miss Toews first
met the prisoner when he
was out of prison on a pass
that a friendship deve oped
through prison visits and
1 subsequent prison releases,
s that Warren domineered the
- .wornan.and- }
feared him and did as he

Mr. Justice Hutcheon
stated there was evidence
that on June 3, while Warren
was out of prigon on a day
pass, he had been drinking,
sought to have his girlfriend
drive with in

a
borrowed car, that she tried -

to refuse but through fear
arren

and compulsion by
got into Pie car and drove
away with him.

“The motor vehicle left
the road because Warren
otiate a curve in
e was travellin |

ps, even drugs,” said

impaired by alcohol, and
e Supreme Court judge.

Mr. Justice Hutcheon

‘ awarded the woman $431,924

that she finally

SD ud ye agit

for pain and suffering and
for the special care she will
need as long as she lives.
She was severely injured in
the crash and was left
without the use of her arms,
hands or legs.

Lawyers for the woman

had named Stonoski and
Henry Mackenzie, the
owner the car, as
defendants along with
Warren.

CASES DROPPED
The Supreme Court judge
dismissed the case against
MacKenzie on grounds there
nas no one th
soner was ecar
with the consent of
MacKenzie. He dismissed
the case against the warden
on his finding Stonoski was
not negligent in
“authorizing” the June 3
pass that released Warren.

The Supreme Court judge
said there was evidence

-Warren on the various

passes was not in the control
of anyone, that there was
drinking
possibly , and that he
was in breach of conditions
laid down for his releases.

“My view of the lack of
supervision exercised b
Stonoski over the releases
Warren is that by May 28,

‘Warren was confident that

he need have no concern

about the conditions of his

releases which he had bro-

ken many times with im-

purity, said Mr. Justice
utcheon.

“He (Stonoski) testified
that he considered, when he
appraved of the releases for

arren, that the risk to
society was minimal and
that the releases were a
proper means of rehabi-
itation.. The decisions he
made, even if they were
made without proper
inquiry, were made in good
faith and in a manner re-
lated to carrying out the
intent and purposes of the

- (Penitentiary) Act.” .

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Former Liberal cabinet
minister Bryce Mackasey
made a plea Thursday for
the rights of Quebec’s
English-speaking minority.

Mackasey, now a member
of the Quebec National

Assembly, told a breakfast

meeting of business and
community leaders that he
‘didn't want to come to B.C.
to fight for Quebec” but for
the rights of the English-

Speaking people that live
ere.

“We are stubborn Quebe-

cers,” he said. “We are a

“Consultative”

about a quarter

Koch, with a 24

Edmonton.

Cressey

involved and —

out if, because of delays,
fit commitments of indiv

VANCOUVER (CP) — Kitimat Pipe Line Ltd. lost
of its financin
nouncement by a St. Paul, Minn. refinery that it could
no longer wait for a decision on a west coast oll port,
but Kitimat project manager Jack

Wednesday the move had been expected.

Kitimat, a consortium with 65 per cent United States
financing, has Broposed a Kitimat, B.C.-Edmonton
Pipeline or Alaskan crude oil that would connect with

ting lines to eastern Canada and the U.S.

Cressey said the withdrawal means lesa of par-
ticipation and financial backing but Kitimat could
carry on without Koch Refinery Co.
per cent interest in Kitimat, now

flans to ship oil up the Mississippi River to Wood

ver, Ill., then pump it through a pipeline to St. Paul.
The Kitimat proposal ran in

’ environmentalists and fishery interests and recently

the consortium endorsed the Trans Mountain Pipe

Line plan for a route from Cherry Point, Wash. to

But that project has been set back with the U.S.
Congress proposal to ban supertankers from Puget

said the Congress recommendations still
have to become law and until then Kitimat is holding

He said it is conceivable other backers might drop
ipeline schedules no me

with the an-

Cressey said

opposition from

ual firms.

CZ to

build

in Sechelt

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Crown Zellerbach Canada
Ltd. has applied to the

ovincial lands branch to
wild a multi-million dollar
log sorting operation on
Goliath Bay on the Sechelt
Peninsula, the company
announced Thursday.

The application for an
3,500-metre foreshore lease
at Goliath Bay, north of
Egmont, north of Van-
couver, would allow in-
stallation of a floating de-
bris burner, a crane,
generating plants, wate:
tanks and administration
buildings.

Bill McGee, Crown
Zellerbach manager of

‘engineering, forestry and

environmental protection,
said the operation would
provide 40 jobs, all of which
would. be filled. by local

> workers:if poasible.

‘Federal fisheries officer
Ray Kraft said in Pender
Harbor the company has
received written approval of
the project in principle from
the fisheries department.
‘But he said the final
project approval is con-
itional on iederal fisheries
officials having ‘input into
planning the site. -

The Goliath Bay ap
plication, made in Sep-
mber, follows rejection of
Crown Zellerbach’s original
application for lease of 203
acres of Crown land on
Hotham Sound near Saltery
Bay. The application was
turned down by Powell
River Regional District
because it was feared the
operation would damage
oyster seed beds in the area.
The Goliath Bay operation
is planned to process logs
from the Queen Charlot
Islands, Kitimat, and Bella

Stubborn minority

MNA appeals for Quebec Anglos

stubborn minority. We
simply refuse to jump in the
river and disappear.”

Mackasey said English-
speaking professionals and
businessmen can move out
of Quebec, but it is difficult
for Englishspeaking
members of the workin
class. These people, he said,
are increasingly isolated in
their native land.

He called Bill 101—
Quebec's new language
legislation—a violation of
basic human rights that
removes the freedom af:
choice necessary for both

Tri-level talks coming

VICTORIA <(CP) —
Representatives of the
. federal government, the
British Columbia gov-
ernment and the Union of
‘B.C. Municipalities (UBC-
‘M) will hold a conference in
‘Richmond on Monday,
Municipal Affairs Minister

Hugh Curtis announced
Thursday.

Curtis said in a news
release the jiurpase of the
meeting “will be to consult
and exchange information
on policy topics of muta]
interest and will be a con-
Bultative meeting, not a

survivors of a
aimed at int
one male otter.

{ Otters fight
| for life

VANCOUVER (CP) — Vancouver Public Aquarium
‘staff are making a round-the-clock effort to save the
lives of two sea otters brought here from Alaska,
aquarium curator Gil Hewlett said Wednesday.

e otters—one male and one female—are the only
‘oup of five captured in an expedition
ucing breeding stock to the aquarium’s

_ The three other otters died scon after arriving at the
aquarium about two weeks ago.
lewlett said that the male seems healthy but is still
in the research area and being watched carefully.
But the female's fur was soiled during
Vancouver, reducing her natural waterproofing and
leaving her with little protection from the cold, he

said.
Hewlett said she is being fed a special diet of about
’ 23 pounds of prawns, crabs and squid a day. As well,
she is receiving a high calorie paste and an antibiotic.
The water in her pool is being kept warm, and she is
towelled off after each swim to ward off chills, he said.
She is also being kept in a special cage built to prevent
further damage to her fur, he added.

the trip to

bargaining or decision:
making session," '

The minister said the
major topics on the con-
ference’s agenda would be
urban transportation,
finance, housing and relat
social policies, and voting.
and election procedures.

Federa] Urban Affairs
Minister Andre Ouellet will
lead Ottawa’s delegation,
which includes officials
from the ministry of state
for urban affairs, and the
Central Mortgage and
Housing Corporation.

The provincial delegation
will be led by Curtis, along
with officials from the
ministries of municipal
affairs and housing; high-
ways and public works; and
energy, transport and com-
munications. ;

UBCM’s delegation will
consist of 21 mayors, council
members and officials,
heajed by president Jim
Frasei, mayor of Williams
Lake.

“We ure not going to make
any changes in jurisdiction
or responsibility, Curtis
said, “but we may find a
useful way of com-
municating on some mutial
problems ") .

Working sessions of the
conference will be closed to
nonparticipants, Curtis
said,

English-and French

speaking Quebecers.

“The English-speaking
minority—one million of
us—want no more Bill 101,”
he said. “We want freedom
of choice in Quebec.

“The French-speaking
Canadians in Quebec have
no freedom of choice. They
need that freedom of choice
to learn the other language
unless they expect to live in
a ghetto.’

Mackasey said the
present ferment in Quebec

due to “power hungry”
Parti Quebecois politicians

Oddities

VICTORIA (CP) -- On the
eve of the second an-
nive of the federal
anti-inflation program
British Columbia Finance
Minister Evan Wolfe saya he
strongly favors a third year
of wage and price restric-

ons.

“I would be disappointed
if they (federal officials)
made a decision to start
phasing
right away,” Wolfe said in
an interview today.

He noted the controls were

Jaunched as a three-year

program with Oct, 14
marking the end of the
second year.

“We'e just entering the
phase of the program that
could possibly do the most

good, and I said as much to —

Ottawa as recently as last
week.” Wolfe said.

He said that in his
discussions with the federal
goverziment, he was left
with the impression the
controls would not be ended
immediately, but would
most likely be phased out
during a period of several
months,

He reaffirmed earlier
statements that B.C. has no
intention of setting up its
own anti-inflation board in
the event federal controls
are ended early,

The federal cabinet was
meeting today to discuss
whether to embark on a
third full year of controls.

Criticism has been
levelled at the failure of the
program to keep inflation
within the government's
goals.

The government set six

r cent as the maximum
increase for inflation during
the second year, but
statistics show the inflation
rate rose to 8.4 per cent
during September. .

Wolfe admitted the
program is far from perfect,
ut added that it was one of

the most successful of its |

kind in the world.

who have polarized the ©

province. .

“The only difference
between now and 15 years
ago is that there is now a
separatist government,” he

said, “There's a stronger .

federal trend in Quebec than
there was 15 years ago, but
there is also a greater
polarization in the nch
community.”

He said that if a

referendum on the question
of an independent Quebec
was held now “Rene
Levesque and .
separatists would get the
surprise of their lives.”

in News

ILFORD, England (AP) — A professional illusionist and
hypnotist ran inte the back of a police van while demon-
strating to a crowd how to drive a car blindfolded, police

reported Wednesda:

ey said Ronald Markham, 51, known by the stage name
Romark, was reported for dangerous driving:

BONN, West Germany (AP) — Students at a high school

shut.

Pranksterg had siuirted a special industrial glue into

gat an unexpected hgliday when they arrived for classes but
cund the school dogrs glued sh

locks of the building's 15 exterior doors and 106 classrooms
and offices, rendering keys useless, police said.

The 750 students were sent home for the day while work-
men installed new locks costing $6.500.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oregon prison escapee sill
Foulon has appeared in a television movie since he fled
prison walls six months ago—-and he is still a free man.

recor

"y guess it’s really no big deal,” Wayne Eatherly, a
officer at Oregon state penitentiary, said after
Foulon’s story appeare Tuesday in the Los Angeles Times. |

“Of course, we'd like to get him back. We’re going to ask
the Los Angeles police to look for him.”
Foulon, who was sentenced to five years for burglary,

escaped in Ma

y,
The 30-year-old fugitive says he got the idea to get into the

movie Young Joe: The Forgotten
Vancouver, B.C,, bar where some of the

ennedy while sitting ina
‘ilming took place.

He said he “just went up and made myself a place at the
bar ans was watching the camera to see what was going
on." He landed a bit part asa British soldier.

CHICAGO (AP) — For tire tired businessman who would
rather catch Charlie’s Angels than the airport bus, cabbie
Norvin Owens has the answer.

He’s installed a television set in his taxicab, and he says

it’s paying off in tips.

The set is attached to the little-used headrest on the pas-
senger’s side of the front seat with the tuning knobs within
easy reach of rear-seat passengers.

t

Keep controls another year

out the controls

ee Can ee ee

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