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VOL. LVIil, ‘No. 38

F WINTER PAID AN
“show-off” with a I
night. From a Good Friday:

UNEXPECTED RETURN durin
0" ground-fall of snow this morning,
temperature of 59 degrees
-man lowered the thermometer to 18 above on Sunda
ture accompanied the snowfall

wh

today,

g the last few days, and climaxed its

Wednesday, April 13, 1966

ich had started falling at mid-

at Terrace Airport Mr. Weather-
y, April 10, A 34 degree tempera-

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| Chamber of Commerce Will Get $2,000

Terrace Municipal Council has approved a working gront
of $2,000 for the Terrace Chamber of Commerce, following
recommendations of the Municipal Finance Committee

The grant came hot on the heels

fa request from the Chamber of Chamber of Commerce executive

S-ommerce for money to assist in
he promotion of Terrace during

mu066. The finance committee re.[2%d radio travel contingent

ommendation also suggested that
rouncil should meet with the

in an effort to assist with plans
for the entertainment of a press

expected to visit -here in June.
The family and children's court

committee request for a budget of
$1,200 for 1966 was considered by
the finance committee and a bud-
get of $600 was recommended and
approved in Council Tuesday night.
The $600 allocation will allow the
family and children’s court $100 a
month between now and October
at which time the budget will come
up for revision.

Council also approved the pur-

Melting Pot .°.

ZSORE SPOT with us this week
is people who have nothing bet-
ter to do between Bingo games
than dream up wild and wierd
rumors about women being mur-
dered in back-alleys. We had at
least seven calls about this one *

mand CEFK newsrodm had the
equivalent, if not more, Our first

marcport came via a Prince George
menan who had only been in town
For slightly over an hour. Any-
gvay, If you hear the story —.
meet just isn’t true, It's nothing
ore than the product of some. -
mody’s depraved mind!

me VERYBODY IS waiting with
Mapated breath for tomorrow's an- .
meouncement from Minister of
mducation Leslie Peterson. It’
meeromises some goodies for hard
meressed taxpayer types struggl-
lg to keep apace of the popula-
aon explosion.

Be-OW, EE-OW, ee-ow — ‘the
mew siren on the RCMP highway _
Seeaffic patrol car is enough to
mmare speeders to death let alone

make them slow down. Had our‘

mest listen on Good Friday after-
mon and must admit we turned

mr eyes skyward thinking may- .

m there was some substance to -

sent UFO reports and that at

t we were getting an invasion

jm Mars, Local gendarmes tel?

the new electronic noisemak-

mais proving very effective. We
fami believe. it! ;

mast FOR THE record, Chris
asby, nightclub entertainer
: to appear at the Red D'or,

Thursday, Friday and Saturday
is the son of Bob Crosb}, or-
chestra leader, sometime—singer
and all-the-time golfer. Chris
will arrive by plane today so
Put on your walking boots and
get out to the airport if you're
an autograph seeker. If you miss
him there you can try the Red
D'Or this weekend.

ONE MORNING last week a
local family discussed which hat

Mom should wear to Easter Sun-
day church services, The black
One was too dark and the white
one was too light—so the family
four-year-old suggested she wear
Daddy's hard hat and thus solve
the problem. There should be a
follow-up to that little story but
we didn’t get it. Mom Probably
bought a new hat—most women
a! ;

SOMETHING CAUGHT our eye
in the current issue of South
African Scope. this week. On
January 18 people of all faiths
in South Africa crowded into
churches, temples, synagogues,
mosques and even office can-
teens to take part in a National
Day of Prayer for rain, as: the
drought in that country worsen-
ed. The raing came and the same
people went back to give prayers
of thanks in a National Day of
Thanksgiving, So — next time
you feel like swearing because
you wake up to another rainy
day — think of the people in
South Africa who actually pray

chase of two benches for the Ter-
race Tennis Club courts now un-
der construction at Riverside park,
The benches will be purchased at
an estimated cost of $40-each.

The Salvation Army will also
receive qa Municipal donation of
$25.00. This recommendation came
after consideration of several re-
quests from various groups for
financial aid. :

Tn other matters dealt with at
Tuesday night's meeting of Muni-
cipal Council, an application from
Coatmark Holdings Ltd. (J. Ford
and R. Paulsen) for rezoning of
cerlain properties on the Bench
in order to complete a housing
project, was ordered into the ad-
vertising stage. The move came on
the recommendation of the advi-
sory. planning: commission. Re-
zoning, provided it is not publicly
contested, will be allowed only if
the owners agree to instal proper
sewer facilities when they hecome
available. In the interim they will
be allowed to use a system of sep-
tic tanks for sewage disposal,

Councillor Dorothy Norton urg-
ed some action regarding a recent
upsurge of vandalism in munici-
Pal parks, She cited recent dam-
age at Fishermans Park near the
Kalum River bridge, and asked
that 4 $50.00 reward be offered for
information leading to the arrest
and conviction of guilty parties. A
Previously ruled reward arrange-
ment will be readvertised in an
effort to thwart further incidences

for the stuff.

of vandalism,

fering extensive injuries sus-
tained in the mishap.

Pilot of the 2-place Piper Colt,

jjKevan Van Herd, 44, of Terrace,

suffered a broken right ankle and
extensive cuts to his left eye in
the crash. His companion, F/O
Robert Lamb of the RCAF station
in Winnipeg, has a broken ‘right
ankle and a broken left heel, It

jis expected both men will be hes-

Pitalized for several weeks.

The accident occurred at 12:24
p.m. just after the plane had be-
come airborne and was at a height
of approximately 60 feet, Van
Herd blamed crosswinds for the
mishap, claiming the aireraft was
just responding to correction to
allow for the first strong gust,
when it was hit by a second gust
from the opposite direction,

Forced down by the winds, the
aircraft hit the ground near the
etige-of the runway and plowed
about 140 feet before coming to
a stop with its nose in the ground.

The instrument panel was push-
ed back into the seating area but
hoth occupants of the plane man-

aged. to craw] free. of, the .wreck-

age..

Witnesses to the erash, Bruce
Douglas, Jim Orr and F/O Doug
Fuller went to the assistance of
the injured men and they were
later taken to hospital in a private
car. Fuller and the injured Lamb
are pilots of an RCAF Dakota, in
Terrace.on an air cadet assign-
ment,

Department of Transport offi-
cials and insurance investigators
are in Terrace teday to investigate
the crash.

NOSE SMASHED INTO THE
2-place aircraft is considered

10c a Copy, $3.00 a Year — Press Run 2,950

Two Escape Death
As Plane Crashes

Two men escaped death Sunday afternoon when the
light aircraft in which they were flying, crashed on take-off
at Terrace airport. Both are in Mills Memorial Hospital suf-

Terrace Pledges Aid

For Smithers

The trouble plagued town of
Smithers issued a plea for help last
night to Terrace and District Mun-
icipality in a phoneeall during the
Tegular Council meeting here.

Terrace Council instructed Ad:
ministrator John Pousette to

can give to Smithers, hard hit by
water and sewer system failure,

A sewer backup of 42 blocks in
the Bulkley Valley town prompted
its works officials to call for the
loan of a heavy duty sump pump
and extra hose,

It was found the only sump
pumps available here require the
wrong size fittings and would not
be of any use ta the Smithers
crews. However extra fire hose was
shipped to Smithers in an effort to
help. .

Smithers problems began last
week when the Bulkley River went
on the rampage as ice floes piled
Up and rammed the main high-
way bridge near the community.
A whole section of the bridge was
carried.out with the ice, and flash -
flooding of low lying areas began.
Traffic on Highway 16 has been
rerouted via Moricetown pend-

Bailey bridge crossing at Smithers.
A fire in the pump house which
provides Smithers water pressure,
cut water supply ta a minimum
and also destroyed a chlorinating
Plant. Flood waters then created
problems with the town's sewage
disposal system and the situation
Tuesday night was almost emer-

gent.

GROUND, this Piper Colt
to be a total loss after it

crashed on take-off Sunday afternoon at Terrace airport.
The pilot and one passenger remain in hospital today with
Injuries sustained in the crack-up.

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