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VOLUME 72 No. 19

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1978

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Interior of burned out vehicle belonging to custom Sheet Metal, after
being stolen and burned and abandoned at the edge of the bank, west of
Keanza Cr. Road. Dan McBryan, of Dingle Dan’s Towing Service was
called out by Terrace RCMP at? a.m. Thursday to tow the truck away.

Thornhill Volunteer Fire Department's pumper was still working on it
when it arrived, The vehicle was.a 1936. Chevrolet % ton. Three other
» pobleles, were tepartes stolen... All; butions ad:

¥ noon,

bean tesusrpd-by shaadi me as

Vandals steal four autos

Terrace RCMP were
~ kept bus
vestigat ng four’ truck
thefis

At about 5:40 am.,-
police received a report
of a.truck in the'diteh on
- Old. Lakelse Lake Road.
. Upon:
they learned the truck
was stolen
fromLaChance Logging.

Most of the windows in.

‘the truck had’ been

One of four vehicles stolen and abandon
used to have a rear canopy before it

ploded.

last night in- ~

‘investigation,

smashed,

A Twin tiver timbre
pickup was was also stolen
last but was
recovere AA Old Lakelse
Lake Road with only
minor damage to- the
vehicle.

A pickup belonging to
sev Piattioni; of Thornhill
was found in a ditch on
Highway 16 East, but was
totally burned by the time
police arrived on . the.

scene,
reported stolen,

y Flahert reported :
iad been C

his pickup
stolen from his Rome, at
about 6 am. 5

The truck i is a a blue 1976
Ford Supercab - with
canopy, B.C.’ license
number 1658AP,

Flaherty’s truck has
not been recovered,

ed Thursday morning. This ‘one
was set afire, abandoned and @x-

Oak Lake hostages still held.

OAK LAKE, Man. (CP;
— A __ heavily-armec
Mninan who has beer
olding three hostages
since early Monday: iin
this westem Manitoba

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town released one of the
hostages late Wednesday
night.

RCMP . 8.Sgt-- G. A.
Corbett told reporters
early today that Dr.

Markus Schera, about 60,
in, whose combination
office-home the gunman

is holed u
unhariet in

» Was released

The truck had ‘beet _

=. Edmonton, It is

‘ uranium,

Centennial Lions
Gives School $1,000

Terrace Centennial
Lions. contributed $1,000

toward the Jack Cook
school field trip to Los
Angeles.

Fund Set up
FUND SET UP

A trust fund has been
set up by the wives of
other members of the
Virden RCMP detach
ment, for the family of

Constable Onofrey. "The
constable, who joined the

’ force three years ago, left

a one-year-old son and a
pregnant wife.

The frince Alpert,
Sask. olice association
eduled.a march for
eae to demonstrate
against the increase in
the number of slayings of
Canadian police officers.

Prince Albert S.Sgt.
Lionel Roy, president of
the association, said
march is part of “a day of
mourning of our brothers
and sisters that have
been murdered while in
the execution of their

duty.”

He- ‘said six police of-
ficers ‘have been slain in
Canada since
beginning of 1978, and po-
lidemen want to
demonstrate their con-
cern, particularly to

liticians' and
lawmakers who . have
ignored the Problem.

aiid’ “Us.

an uninhabited area. in
the Canadian north
‘Thursday to “find
anything they can get”
from a: fallen . Soviet
nuclear-powered
satellite,

A Canadian Forces C-
130 Hercules transport
aircraft, with 11
Canadian Forces nuclear
accident survey team
members and six U.S.
advisers aboard, left CFB
Namao, just north of Ed-
momton, for Baker Lake,
N.W.T., at Ip.m. EST.

aker Lake, with a
population of about 1,000,
Is roughly 1,500
kilometres northeast. it
nearest settlement to the
site where. “a. highly
probable contact’
radiation from the Soviet
satellite was reported
Wednesday night.

Wally West, Canadian
Forces information of-
ficer for Alberta and the
Northwest —_ Territories,
told 4 news conference
that the site was ten-

. tatively identified to be in

the Dubawnt Lake area
63° degrees 45 minutes
north and 102 degrees 45
minutes west, about 300
kilometres southwest of
Baker Lake.
CONFIRM SOURCE
West — said the
Specialists would i
confirm if the satellite,
powered by 100 pounds of
_ Was the
radiation source. They
were tobe joined by three
other survey members

Sunday, January 2 09 4: 00-2: 00 p p.in,

$150 per Adult.

k.
my

‘The Centennials, who

usher at all Terrace Reds, _ .

Hockey
ames, presented the

cheque to school prin-

Myles Clay, during last -

night's game at the
arena.
About: 20 students

between the ages of six
and 18 are enrolled at.
Jack Cook school. The
program includes ac-
tivities designed to enrich
the life prperiences of
each chil

In keeping with this ,
the staff at the school
have organized an ex-
tended fleld trip to Los
Angeles a
surrounding area
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During the trip, .
theywill be visiting such .

attractions as the

Disneyland, the Hun-

tington, Marineland, and
Knottsberry Farm.

-An undertaking of this
size takes enormous

the Planning and financial

assistance,

The total cost of the trip
will exceed $3,000.

The staff and parents of
the school have already
successfully completed
several fund Taising
activities for this project,
and -bave raised

‘the proximately ly $4,000. "More

for the
‘With the donation from

, Centennial Lions, the

field trip‘fund has been

raised tp $5,000. .

Ph

... . he Canadain flag at half-staff, ‘Thursday in mute tribute to the wilting of: s.
Pine --¥ete-fourth member of: the RCMP within the first -three: weeks of, the New- mr
Year. See second editorial on page 2.

"Satelit Searchers find radioactive area Nuclear

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experts fly-in to unknown dangers

West and other officials said there is: a a “9oper-,

who went to the area

-emergency from “Yellowknife,

" “specialists were sent to

‘Aboard the Hercules
yas a8 special equipment
from the
ieee Air Force Bese in
Washington, D.C., and
the Nellis Air Force Base
in’ Nevada, as well. as

snowmobiles.

The Soviet Cosmos-954
satellite lost orbit and
plunged through the
‘ earth’s ‘atmosphere early

The ‘nitial radiation
contact was reported b
Canadian and = USS.

scientists Wednesday
night. Scientists were
using a portable ‘com-
puter at the base to
analyze data from the
initial contact,

In charge of the joint
nuclear response survey
team. at Baker Lake js
Col. Don Davidson, base

rations officer at CFB

amao. He will be
assisted by Mahlon Gates
of Las Vegas, Nev.
penior U.S. adviser an

ead of a nuclear
nse team based at
is AFB,
SNOWNDOILE SEARCH

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Terrace Centennial Lions donated $1,000 to. the
Jack Cook school at Wednesday night's hockey
game, deft to right are) Peter Hickman, Wayne

said

- uninhabited area, it

cent. -chance’™:. that ‘the:
radiation came from the
satellite. won

“Tes either a jece of!
debris or the greatest
uranium mine in the:
‘world.’ Danson said.

the specialists would ‘
conduct a ground search .
of the area, using two
Chinook helicopters and.
the snowmobiles. One of
the - helicopters was
trarisporting the survey:
team from Yellowknife.
The other was en route

from Ottawa. oe

' Gates said that’ Atomic Energy ‘Control '
although the radiation Board iid Had @ teatn
_ was reported an Standing by in Wa,

ready to head west when °
the radiation contact was
confirmed by the survey

ght be dangerous to
thr team.

pene foine through it.
Po Ottawa, Defence
Minister Barney Danson

Muchowski, Mel Stokes, principal My les Clay,

Darrel Stelmasehuk and Doug Meleod.

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