ono Ea eget le Se TE ehiiece nee cart wr) a k sce morey. | farmers, = changes | a - By CARLA WILBON "Herald Staff Writer - t A public heaing. held. . Wednesday . to discuss the Terrace community plan. will: result*in- some changes - belo ‘thaie before it ig’ paiised The “hearing wad ‘well : attended; Most area residents spoke aout ‘their _ individual. interests rather than thelr impressions of the community plan as a whole. John : McNairnay, | the city’s planning director, noted the plan is based on the results of previous hearir:gs and - the” present, and - - projected growth rates for _ Terkace. - When the plan is passect it will ‘not regulate the use of Nand but ‘will be a puide ta, council.’ The plan. tooks into the future 10 to 15 years when the plan’ proposes that much .of ‘Terrace will expand onto the. flat oper land. _McNairnay sald’ the plan is a ‘vohsetvative ‘one and eres that. it tw presentation ‘to the hearing. He suggested. the. formation of, a. .citizen’s”’ planning commission to . . councll and his suggestion was,” that ‘rather: than promoting a Red of" ‘com: manily, the le. in ‘town who are able to make the most crucial decisions ere. By DAVID COWELL ‘LONDON (UPD) —- An’ Iranian Arab suicide squad holding the iranian Embassy releised ‘tue hostage for medical ‘treatment today, then’ relented on hack-c- back death ‘threat deadiines against 19 others: .- Thee armed members of “The Group of the Maityr’' decidod twice within two hours tq extend deadlines sat for . ‘Bont the embassy which: they. stormed aad occupled Wednesday. , Both deadlings passed without incident. . "on South Eby St. overfiows i i . ! a OU bh - drawn: for: low Sredaity _ iy plah-as:a whole, made 4 apoinattl B LIBRARY PARLIAMENT. “BU ELDINGS g acto BiGee . Bye GA DOTINGA: Co a |. Herald Staff Writer - . a Here’ 8 change _ ~ Reverie Canada wants to give tain groups are exempt from paying the federal tax “ the Bovernment would like fhe to elaim Truck opgers, Jogging ‘contraetors, “sawmills, anches, provincial. government ministries, those with the most. money. Joe ‘Whitgey, representing property. Owners on the southern portion of Lazslle Avenue presente: a petition with about 12 namies on: it, The plan proposes thet the northern, half: of the :4300 block Lazelle: be rezoned for apartments and the. lower — half of the block be rezoned for highway commercial — use, Local’. residents . -ara’- a Switch, on 17/78 hospitals fall into ‘le. category.. ‘When these groups buy Seduction equipment, the retaiier is supposed to deduct the federal sales tax off the: price. It usually” amounts toa 5 to. 9 per cenl : reduction. me 7 ‘The merchant then fills out a ‘form ‘with the name of. the buyer on it andclaimsforthe money. | «. “A lot of people are doing it but many don't, mer- chants not g iving. this allowance to these people means lost ineney to the area," said al Field of. Revenue Canada, ; It has been estimated. ‘hat the Prince George area Filone loses close to a million - dollars a year by n not claiming this refund. - Revenue Canada is-not in. a, ‘position to force mer- chants to give this allowance. “2. -“We want those entitled to.it to ask for it, let the ’ retailer know,” said Field, “Al lot of ‘peopie arebashfil : — about asking. me . ay Covdys a TERR CEKETINAT 200.” Thursday, May 1, 1960s | —~ against. this, because their’, # iand. is currently zoned for. ight industrial usewhich they would like tocontinue so they .can. expand: their businesses. “Alderman Jack Talstra said he would look into thie vetuest. Talstra also will examine a request that a strip of Jand . along” the. base. of the “bench”. ba: recommended for high derisity residential © use. There are no areas above Davis St. to the ‘foot of the™“bench"’ currently zoned high density, — -A complaint that the ditch " pealdential use" on Derry Street which has ‘a jog in il. “The community ‘plan has already gone .through ‘two readings in council and has another two to go through . before it -is finally passed. Until then ~ council - wilt continue, to-accept responses from ° “residents an the commiznity plan. “The second _ deadline passed quietly.‘ The only noise ovtside the embassy came from. a group of neariy 100 demonstrators gat! outside police barricades shouting support for Iranian Jeader Ayatallah Ruhollah Khomeini. |. * Police negotiators: said they had no Identities of the gunmen other-“than their claim to ba Jranians of Arab descent fram the province of Khuzestan: ; | Theguninen demanded the release of 91 prisoners held in Khurestan "7 Khomeini's ‘The gunmen, ‘who siressed they were Irahiacs of Avab descent, originally threatened to blow up themselves . and thelr Steve Ditlabough, a teacher at Thornhill Junior Secondary School, ~ takes his milk-run ticket from. Steve Chapplow, a student, and Dave... Crawley, Thornhili’s counsellor (behind). The mitk- run-is an annual event which Is staged across the province to collect. funds; ‘for aiding | oo tokiera who purchase their. B.C. crippled children and to celebrate School: Sporis: Week: “1M, |. pass. before November 15, ° Canad a. All three local ‘secondary schools took partin therun... ° ‘ government. They said they : also. wanted) auionomy. for the region and an airplane to fly themselves ard their hostages-out-of Britain. Just 30 minutes before the first deadline, the gunmen opened one of the two massive black wooden front doors: of the embassy aud “attention,” any ’ spokestian, said. Chris Cramer, 32, ‘a BEC 3 released ote of their hostages. islévision newsman, came. to, the door - clutching his stomach. He was. helped. down ‘the embassy front fens byt lwo Policemen and taken: away” ‘in: a writing ambulance. - Police said Cramer was” suffering: a - “stomach in- - fection.” | « “The hostage-takers wish . the world to know they were humane. ‘people : ‘because Cramer. nee ed medical . police “Cramer' ry stomach problems. oeclirred tess than 12: hours-after police passed hot food through.d window to. the hostages and. the gun-: ‘men, but there was no: in-° IRANIANS: CELEBRA TE hostages at noon (7 a.m.- EDT) unless their demands for the. releare of. 91 comrades imprisoned in Iran were met, But, members of the “Blue Berets," Scotland Yard's. crack’ anti-terrorist team, kept.; up a constant negotiations by telephone with the gunmen and con- vinced them to extend their noon deadline for two hours, “This is: not a sign of weekhess,-. but - humanitarian‘ duty,’’ the gunmen said ina statement: to palice. “We ‘are giving the Iranian government until 2 . pm am. EDT) today. “After 2 p.m. ‘today, ‘all responsibility falls an the Iranian governtrent, wo But the -gudmen -left themselves an out, ca they. wolld extend . the deadline agaln “‘if:the . W ‘Iranian government will acknowledgé.. they are negotiating with ‘the British . government." our. WITH DEMONS TRATIONS By SAJID RIZVI TEHRAN, [ran (UPI) — ’ Hun of “housanda® of Iranians carrying placards and chanting. anti-U.S. slogans marched in May Day rallies around Iran today and Islamic. militants holsted banners outside buildings in different cities where they said’. the American hostages are now being held, An address by Islamic strongman. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini later in the dey was to climax the May-Day celebrations. Tranians ‘began massing for the rallies in the early - morning as publi, officials warned the country must be prepared defend itself against attack from the United States, * Both military. and nr oe gévernment officials hammered home the line President Carter and the US. armed forces would try to improve their dama el public image by “furt military” aggression against Tran. It. was hoped Khomein!’s speech would offer some clue as to what would be done with the bodies of eight U.S. servicemen killed in the aborted mission to. rescue the hostages, held now for 180 days The Tnilitants called on Iranians to demonstrate at the "newly established den: ° of spies’ in each of the cities where they said they had moved the hostages to th- wart a-second American rescue bid, The militants hoisted banners and placards out: side bulldings in the different cities announcing. the hostages were Inside and calling on the tocal population to be “ever. vigilant’? against rescue attempts. . They announced Wed- nesday an undisclosed number of the hostagés had heen moved to new places of confinement in the southern cities of Shiraz and Jahrom. They previously had said ' some of the captives had been taken to Tabriz, In the northwest: Isfahan and Najafabad, in the south; and Yazd, in the central part of the country. In Tehran, the U.S. Em- _Photo by Don. Shatter - we i-- ‘ dication the two incidents , were related, ‘Cramer ‘was the second: hostage released for medical - reasons, Five hours‘alter the embassy takeover Wed: nesday, «an Iranian staff’. ‘member was taken away suffering from “‘shock.'' She was treated 2t a hospital. ‘Besides Cramer, at least . two. other British hostages - were held in the embassy. They were BBC audio man Sydney Harris, 33, who’ was applying for a visa to Iran with Cranier at the time of the takeover and London . policeman Trevor Lock, 41, who was on guard duty. At dawn Thursday, the |, gunmen promised in a= ". telephone call to the BBC that none of the ‘‘non- Tranian” hostages. would be ‘harmed. From the moment thei gunmen set their noon deadline, police tried toplay down the threat. Deputy Assistant Com. missioner John Dellow told a. ~, mid-morning press con- -~ference:"Our object is to talk with the people in the. embassy and to secure as much time as we ‘possibly can." - He said “some” of the gunmen “are calm,” -but there had been no change in their threats or deman “We are considering all Wi options,"’ Dellow said, . But Iranian Foreign ‘ Minister Sadegh Ghotb- bassy, where all the hostages‘ zadeh, who ja ix Abu Dhabi were seized Nov. 4 and held until the failed rescue: at- tempt, has become a virtual - national stirine, on a visit, telephoned the embassy during ‘the night and warned of reprisals if any hostages were harmed. _ years, ‘ witially we have no deficits,” ‘The problem in the 197B ‘season was we had a lot of | By GAILDOYINGA Herald Sinff Writer Kitsumkalum Ski . Hill suffered it’s worst year.since it opened in 1975... |. Lack of snow. and warm temperatures were blamed for a decrease in skier visits during the 79-80 season;:.. 11,776 down from last year’s 26000. The sk: resort was - opened for 45-days this year in comparison last’ year’ s iol days... _ The ‘number of season sold .- Bob Cooper,‘ thair:, ‘man of the ski hill advisory commission. feels.. weather ‘wis the‘ ‘cause’ and not the. increase rates set last fall. . , ‘Season x Ro with. the iF] ie * Commission * ‘is lowering. the price of passes in attempts to come up with anew rate scheme that will he more convenient for’ the. skiers. . Adult season passes are $205, that is $10 Jess than last year, 4 New is the discount given ‘1890."-Rate increases of a dollar for day passes and the ‘ introduction of night: passes are. also part of the scheme. -At the end of, the “1979 budget | year, Kitsumkalum was out $5,442. The éxtent of fe problems: :caused ! by. weather conditions will | “not be known”: “tant ‘next - * January, - that ” "We're hoping “November and December will cover losses from last - season,” if there is snow then said Cooper. improvements such as lights for night skiing, which caused a deficit,” Cooper aided. Frank Howard, MLA for Skeena, feels ski areas in Northern B.C. are being . overlooked by government funds because they. do not attract international skiers. . Cooper does not agree, he feels. there are sufficient fonds ‘available for recreational facilities in the regional districts. ““We. realize Kitsumkalum ie not a destination resort like Whistler, basically it will always be a. regional resort,” says Cooper, : Improvements to the ski ‘Hill this summer will include additional ‘runs and land- staping. ‘ condemn the Y ropesed $800- From the: merchants standpoint, they can, _benetit , from the exemption by being able to underbid com- petitors, A refund claim can allow canipanies to bid up to 6 per eent lower. - “if we can get the retailers to a point: where they can see that thearea suffers from not claiming the refund, maybe they'll do it," said Field, ° : “Season was “Logs ' ut. down for the: . Tuns willbe sold to pay for these expénditu 65," Cooper added. " me “Kitgumkalum faced'some rough times. with Problems Gov’ t rapped for allowing — “It's money that both the buyer and the retailer ean ; . “SAVE & and spend on other items,” he added. - ‘in the ‘egncesnion’ and ‘complaints from: the public”. over inereased rates, It was - hard to. steer it in. one: