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NOLUME 72 NO. 5

20c

MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1978

1978 version

The hiding place

By BORIS BOSKOVIC
.BELGRADE (AP) — A
man. who hid in
Yugoslavia for half his
life fearing punishment
for fro Naz wartime
activity says he used to
cry when he beard happy
voices outside and dared
not show himself even at
his mother’s funeral.
Janez Rus was-a 32-
ear-old shoemaker when
went into hiding at his
sister’s farmhouse in
June, 1945, he told the
Belgrade newspaper
Politika in an interview
published Sunday.

Now 64, Rus was
discovered last week
after his sister bought a
large supply of bread in
the nearby village of
Zalna, in the  nor-
thwestern Slovenia
region, and a suspicious
resident called police.

Rus learned then that
no charges ever had been
filed against him and that
he is free to resume
normal life, Politika said.

“If I had not been
discovered, I would have
remained in hiding; so I
am that this
happened »”’ Politik.
quo as saying.

aereu thing ‘these
years “no ,an
never left the house:
‘Thro lows
Tooke dow to the vile )
in the valley. People
seldom passed by our
house, which is isolated in
fhe hills. when I nen

PPY peopie singing in
the village T cried.

“There. was no way out

Rete ae reap

Rus -was quoted as
saying that when his
mother died in 1966,
friends filled the house
after the funeral but he
remained hidden. .
JOINED PRO-
GERMANS
. Politika said Rus had
served for three months
in 1943 with the Com-
munist partisans of Josip
Broz, now Yugoslav

But not Terrace?

US ski write

VANCOUVER (CP) —
British Columbia’
tourism ministry is
giving five top ski writers
a tour of some of the

ovince’s resorts in the

ope they will attract
skling tourists to the

province. _—
Bill Taylor, provincial
winter developn

Quick! Get
the Drano!

TORONTO (CP) —
Jchn Bulloch, president
of the Federation of In-
dependent Business, said
inaninterview during the
weekend that Montreal
has become “an
economic sewer.’

Reacting to the. an-
nouncement that Sun Life
Assurance Co., plans to
move its head office to
Toronto from Montreal;
Bulloch said Montreal is

going down the drain Ang

economically and the
city’s loss could be On-

tario’s gain. oo
He said he has noticed a
movement of private in-
vestment out of Montreal
and it is having a direct
effect on merchants and
contractors.
Meanwhile, H. M.
MacDougall,. executive
vice-president, of the
Bank of Montréal, said
the bank has no plans to
move to Toronto. .
“Little has changed as
a result of the situation in
Quebec,” he said.

Northern Telecom Lid, ;

another Monireal-bas
firm, said it too will keep
its head office there.

President Tito. Then Kus
was captured by oc-
cupying German forces
oined the White
Guar oe pro German
group. that foug! e
Communists, But Tito’s
partisans won. |
“When the Germans
withdrew, I was afraid of
what would happen to
me,” Rus was quoted.
“My. brother, Joze Rus,
was a well-known par-
tisan and I decided to
hide until he returned
home. I believed that it
would be easier for me,
with my brother present,
to surrender. But, my
brother did not come and
the years passed.”

After Rus was found
last week, he learned that
his brother had been
killed in action in the
partisan ranks in March,

Politika said Rus had
“sentenced himself to a
punishment which no
court could pass on him,”

hiding in his workshop
and the attics of the house
and barn.

Rus's living space was
too small for much
walking and his diet was
limited, with little meat,
he was quoted as saying.
Most of the villagers
believed he had died in
the war, although
periodic purchases of ra-
zor blades by his sister,
Maria, now 75, stirred
rumors he was still alive.

When the sister bought
eight pounds of bread in
late December, police

ef ws rece
aetieiy how he sees
Yugoslavia now, Rus was
quoted as saying: “I
cannot recognize it, It is
all changed. Houses are
not the ones Iremember,
People changed their way
of sing. . -

“The authorities
treated me well and I now
really do not know why
went into hiding. If I
could get a job, I think I
could adjust.”

manager, said in an in-
terview that the Los
Angeles area writers will

nd the next week
skiing at Grouse

M ;
Mountain, Tod Mountain

in Kamloops, Marmot.

Basin in Jasper, Alta;,
Lake Louise and 5Sun-
shine at Banff.

“Tt (the tour) is a
common thing that goes
on in the (tourist) . in-
dustry,”’ said Taylor.

. “The aim is to increase

and improve _ thi)
w$,g of the products we
have to sell. It's a proven
marketing technique.”
He said the tourist
industry require little
capital outlay on the part
of the government,. al-
though he did not know
how much the tour is
costing B.C. and the
Alberta and federal
governments, who are

also involved in:the ‘trip.

Bob Turner, federal
tourism ministry
representative in Los
eles, started
organizing the tour about
10 months ago. «

“They (skiers) con-
tribute significantly to
the economy of an area,"
said Turner. ‘‘They’re
very valuable tourist.
And skiers are ‘always

‘ looking for a new place to

MANY CONTRIBUTE
He said it is difficult to
estimate the cost of the
tour because it was a ro-
operative effort,. with
lines helping out and
ski. areas. providin oeu
zids q wiSther services
free to the writers.
Taylor .. Turner
agreed the cost Is borne

fun is in gai of

ait
ce

Left to Right: Rear

Photo above taken at Friday's nigh
Royal Canadian Legion, Branch No.13, Terrace, held at the Legion

Dave Simons-Immediate Past President

Mollie Gardiner-Director
Brad Kirkaldy- Director

Ernie Hainstock- Director

0.A. Kaulbeck- Treasurer

t's installation of officers of the

Charlie

Lindstrom- Director
Ken Austin- Director
Gord Dickie- Sgt. of Arms

Tom Kenna- Installing Officer & past president

Front

Mary Ann Burdent- Ist Vice
Hank Barg- Pres
Dave Mallett- 2nd: Vice

with govenrment .
representatives today
(Monday) in Ottawa for
further discussions on
Nishga land claims.

ef councillor James
Gosnell stated that. the
full negotiating com-
mittee would meet with
both . federal. and
provincial represen-
tatives to hear their
response to the Nishgas

rs to visit B.C.

by the
generated.

Neil Stebbins, a writer
with Powder, the third
most popular ski
magazine in North
America, said he nor-
mally avoids tours but is
impressed with this one,

“The concept is ex-
cellent,’ Stebbins said
when’ the tour began at
Grouse Mountain Friday.
“What they're doing is
they’re not selling the
province to us. They’re

inging us up here and
telling us
own minds

revenue

make up our

He said most of the
writers’ time will be
spent skiing which, he

inks, is the best way to
get to know the province
rom a skier’s point of
view.

Ben Rinaldo, editor of
The Skier, a tabloid with
a circulation of about
35,000 across the country,
views such tours as
valuable sources of copy.
' “Tl put out ais
newspaper every two
weeks, -about 2,000
column inches.
sequently Ihave tohave a
great deal of definite
information on skiing,’’
he said, ,

“Many of our readers
are travelling skiers.
They want toknow what's
happening and unless
I’ve skied the area I can’t
write about it.’’ .

The - other
taking part are Robert.
Cartmell of the Pasadena
Star News, and Bobbie

Stabler, a freelance
writer, and Luanne.
Pfeiffer at the Los

Angeles Times and Ski
Magazine. .

claims. Lo
The 21-point proposal,
which _ outlines the

Nishgas claims, has not.
been made public at this
point Decause all three
arties have agreed to
eep details of the
negotiations secret. ;
Gosnell stated that the
negotiating committee
would’ meet. first on
Monday with
representatives of the
External Affairs
Department to discuss
the possibility of an in-
ternational boundary
change between the
Alaska - U.S. border and
the British Columbia

. . This ‘boundary change
would take away about

half of Dixon Entrance in
the northern part of tke
province which could
cause the Nishgas to lose
their salmon runs,
Gosnell-said.

Then on Tuesday, the.

committee will meet with

provincial and federal.

representatives who will
present separate
responses. «-

said he “wouldn’t be
surprised’? if the. two
governments took dif-
ferent approaches to the
land claims issue.

The federal govern-

are making da
order signal lights a
Scene above at corner

putting
again.

The high winds Terrace continues to experience
traffic lights and out-ol-
too commonplace.

illustrates one of the hazards of driving in the
city yesterday (Sunday). A number of other
traffic signals were just not working at ail,
conscientious driverson the spot, once

of Kalum and Greig

Con- |

writers th

Offer good but date late

COLUMBUS, Ohio
(AP) — Publisher Larry
Flynt ran ads in eight
major U.S. Sunday
newspapers offering a $1-
million reward for
formation leading to the
arrest and conviction of
persons responsible for
e 1963 assassination of
John F. Kennedy.

Flynt, who owns
Hustler magazine but has
given up his position as
publisher, said’ in the
advertisement that the
public has the right to

know who really was
behind the assassination.

It asks that anyone with
infto act noit
Americans for a Free

in- - Press, 40 W. Gay St., Co-

lumbus, Ohio, 43215.

The ad did not say what
will be done with in-
formation received,

Persons named in the

ad to award the money

included Rev. Ralp

’ David Abernathy, former

president of the Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference, and en-
tertainer Dick Gregory.

The chief counsellor

‘| protected by a
“snowpack in the hig

past they are ready and
willing to negotiate land
claim settlements, but
the province has denied
having ever entered into
negotiations with the
Nishgas..
Provincial Labor
Minister Alan Williams
has referred to talks
instead as ‘‘discussions,”’
Williams was _ also

land claims in B.C. could
be decades away.

“T’m not sure, in a
matter of this con-
sequence, if there will
ever be a settlement in
the real sense of the word
- that is sitting down,

retire!

signing papers and a line
‘being Sean at the end of
all discussions,’’
Williams said.

Gosnell declined to

cemment on Williams |

statement, saying only
that Williams “‘must have
had some reason for
saying that.”

The chief councillor
said he had no idea what
either government's
response Will be, so he is

- not sure what the tribal:

council's next move will

The Nishga tribe, is
made up of about 3,000
members, most of them
living throughout the
5,000 square miles of the
Nass River Valley.

NW Drought
almost over

PORTLAND, Ore,
(AP) The United
States northwest’s water

wer resources, fed by

and
dee

eavy rains

couniry, are almost back
to normal after a year of

' severe drought, says the
- Bonneville Power Ad-

ministration.
_The region's federal
hydropower outlook has
improved enough that the
aluminum industry
should find out Tuesday
when its curtailed
electricity supply mig
be restored, said Larry
Dean, chief a BPA's
power supply branch.
He would not predict
when the industries
power might be restored
to previous levels. —
Dean said Friday that
the reservoirs behind the
region’s hydropower
dams are still lower than
usual but the snowpack
and precipitation are
above normal, He said
the two factors balance
each other out and mean
a fairly normal year.
“We are the beyond the
threat of (general)
curtailments,” he said.
The northwest draws
most of its electricity
from the federal dams
across the Columbia
River and its tributaries.
The drought lowered the
reservolrs behind the

dams and raised the
threat of general power
curtailments this winter.
DROUGHT OVER
But with storms bat-
tering the Oregon and
Washington coasts and
spreading snow in the
mountains, the drought
appears over.
condary power to the

. region'saluminum

plants, which require a
great deal of electricity
and provide about 15,000
jobs, has not been
r y radi
power is sold at low cost
to industry but may be
curtailed for any reason.

Companies have
blam power — cur-
tailments for reduced

raduction and layoffs

at haye thrown hun-
dreds of employees out of
work,

Dean said when the
mountain snow melts in
the spring, the runoff that
feeds the Columbia River
reservoirs should be
about normal.

The U.S, Soil Con-
servation Service said
Friday that Washington
State reservoir storage is
average or better and the
snowpack is mostl
normal or above normal.

The service reports
that while Oregan has
above-normal snowpacks
at higher elevations, me-
dian-and low-elevations

‘are below normal.

Terrace
takes a
S.T.E.P.

For most people
learning how tobe a good
parent is an accidental
thing.

But really “learning’’
how to relate th
children thakes know-
how. and practice.

Parents in Terrace will
have the chance to
acquire these parenting
skills through a course
titled ‘‘systematic
Training for Effective
Parenting " (STEP)
which will be starting this
month,

STEP was developed
by Dr. Don Dinkmeyer
and Gary McKay and
been presented in many
communities throughout
Canada and the U.S.

Because mr Similar
rogram held last spring
fn Terrace drew such an
enthusiastic reponse, a
group in town decided to
try the STEP ‘am.
John and Flora Stokes,
iyle Petch and Steve
Lustig are organizing the
program in Terrace and
be. holding two
classes each week for
nine weeks with a new
subject each week. ..
is way, people can
choose whether to attend
on Tuesdays or Wed-
nesdays, |

Each gession will have
a single theme focusing

“2 on. such topies. as. un-

g your child's

- behavior, learning to use

encouragement ‘and
improving ¢com-
munication.
At the start of each
class, studenis listen to
tapes which describe
various situations
familiar to all parents.
During and. after the:
tape, groups leaders.
Petch and Lustig wilk
discuss with the group:
how these parent-child:
‘relationships can. be
handled in different
ways. 4
There will also be
opportunities to read
about and practice ap-
lying what the student
earns in class.
This program is similar
to the Mamas and Papas
course held in the spring,
but unlike those, which
were separate classes,
STEP is a continuous
program.

e Mamas and Papas
group plan to offer this
program again several
times a year.

There is no registration
fee for the program, and-
anyone wanting. to:
register can call Terrace:
Answering Bureau at 638-

Last ride |

LOS ANGELES (AP).
— A funeral was held:
Saturday for Johnnie.
Mullens, the ‘‘bucking’.
horse man” of American’.
rodeo who was riding and ~
branding cattle as an
active ranch hand until .
he was 45,

He died Tuesday in
Eagle Rock at the age of :

Mullens helped found -
the Calgary Stampede in -
Alberta and produced (he
Madison Square Garden
Rodeo its first 12 years in:
New York City... :

He appeared with the:
Tom Mix and Wi Ranch -
Wild West Shows and:
counted among ine.
friends Buffale Bill, Will .
Rogers, Western artist - .
Charles Russell and:
author Will James.

His saddle and spire,
were being sent to the |
Cowboy Hall af Fame in
Oklahoma City, He was
one of only four peregne ;
installed in the hall while |

still living.