' Herald staff weiter

Mayor Dave Maroney
says a piv will be held:
roperty Owners e
; 4700. Broek Lazelle ‘‘as goon
" as‘we can arrange for the
majority of the parties to be
: pregent to discuss the zoning
concepts of this block,"
Commenting on Monday
night's council meeting in
which’ council rejected a
equest to meet with Mickey

Johnson to: discuss the .

. dispute over Johnson's ski-
shop location and to put
aside leg gal proceedings until
this mee is held,
Maroney said his. aldermen
took the right course.
a a

. pears now te have’
been.. th ae correct action .

when one considers the

latest -information that —
lawyer, had-

. Johngon’s.
‘actually started three new
court autions and filed these
-in the Vancouver au
Court.on Friday, y 23
1977, three days yor o his.
appearance — before
municipal
Maroney said in a prepared
statement.

uring his ples a
council,” the mayor add

"he did not reveal ictet
had already filed these three
new actions.”

Maroney himself was in-

Prince George Monday. '

Taeway wigh te eerved
e observ

that if coun bad

the request of Joh on's

w.. references,

lawyer, Christopher
Harvey, “the taxpayers of
Terrace would be in the

position of: having’ dropped
eir case and Johnson's
three gases would have
moved forward, leaving the.
District of Terrace ina very

’ ‘poor position.
‘eouncil,'’:

-“The municipal council
has the duty to uphold

municipal bylaws. We ask. .
-the.- general public *o

observe the media's
accounts and form their own
opinion.”

* would be willin

Meanwhile,
Crampton, Terrace’s
solicitor, has responded. to.
-made :
yesterday's Herald ‘ about

in:

“Mayor defends council —

’ Gordon |

possible legal advice being
piven Jobnson by his father-

nlaw,-a judge.

Said Crampton:
Johnson's father-in-law 1s 4
supernumerary . county

court judge of the County —

Court of Prince Ru
Honour, Judge J.T.

He is
retirement this year. .

“HTn. 1975, when first
approached by the district's
solicitors about the Johnson
case to see whether he
to try the
Gapute, he said he dia not

to be involved in any

rt, His

way. And the fact is, he has .
ni

othing whatever to do
with the: case ever since it
began."

to

"Serving Terrace, Kitimat, the Hazeltons, Stewart and the Nass

7

——

20 cents

oy ‘

“HALIFAX (CP) —
Canadian Union of Postal
Workers (CUPW)
Wednesday authorized a

' . national strike if the federal

- government does not meet a
_ ‘Series of demands.

The key demand is that.

the: government withdraw
all disciplinary action taken
against members for union-
related activities.» © -

Delegates to the union’s
national. policy. convention
at the Hotel Nova Scotian

' here’ instructed CUPW.

By “aang GREGG.
Herald: staff writer

Hot weatler in the Skeena

te reneinsing danger of forest.
. fires: but: the tis still
| ..fair from serious if campers
- are cautlous when using

Aecording to Terry
Wardrop, deputy, ran er in
Terrace, the dry wea’
April and: only ight rainfall
since . prevented much
moisture from filtering

the forest's cano y.

“Net much moisture has
been absorbed : by the
ground fuel and this hot

weather. was the final .

touches,” he said,
“Two ~ ‘factors
concerning forest service
workers: are
ng ‘storms and
ility of light fuels
; and dead

. leave ‘the md foale

smoldering which could
flare up ir ‘the hot weather
continues
tie ossibility
storms are seen'aa
5 areal.threat in the next few
1 days: and could cause
- smoldering in heavy fuels

- Of

a such as snags and trunks of

The fire hazard | index’ is,
up by 34

1 forest’.fire depends on
1 general. conditions;
1 ‘according. to Wardrop. —
‘Heja
rain could drop the index by

10.
Re We're tiot” in the situation

of the South, which is.
considered. explosive,” All .
McDonald of . -the Prince —
t forest service ‘said.

Ru
}. He:added that there are
AL planes. and
y Out and tal

8 Smithers have been: put on

a red-alert, ‘We want to be
“prepared for anything
a “par rileularly with | ‘the
‘@ olay. weekend coming

a "Fyvardro said the increase
7 in ground patrols hag not
7 meant'an increase in. forest
pervice. employment,

| x VOLUME 71 NO. é1

ing with it.

now

‘possible

building - -points -
each day butthe dangerofa .

ed-that.a day of .°

round patrols
er planes in.

leaders to first attempt to .
get a memorandum of
agreement with the govern-

ment withdrawing sanctions -

against CUPW members.

But a reselution
unanimous ase

delegates | cl san cUrW

‘for a na-

tonal strike i it necessary to

resolve these problems.” .
- He said one postal employee
was -fired because - he.

The resolution gives a
strong mandate to the new,
executive, who - will be.
elected Friday. '
Jean-Claude. Parrot,

“It's not a - formal

pate, the loge ers. are

paying more attention to the
oresis wile Caney ate

woud Gs Gross, : ‘president
of _CanCel
with the
‘hot weather when he visited
‘Terrace earlier this week
because of a. possible
‘industrial closure,
~The forest is: rie
closed to the ic when
there is a forest fire in the
area but industrial. closures
are put into effect when fire
hazards become extreme.

Al “Fement, of. the
Smithers forest’ service,
says heavy dew in
iit his jin bat
“we'll lose | ie
weather remains hotter

are es
rr a a

. VICTORIA (CP) — The.
Social Credit government
has ‘defied . opposition ;
members of, the British
Celunbia _ealslature ‘by.
naming Wednesday ‘four of
them tO serve on a special

<

By’ HRIANGREGG™ :
- Herald Staff Writer

“Roger Duty, recreation
and... aquatic,

pr ogram
director in ‘Teirace, leaves ‘ml
for. Vernon August 3 where

he “will: begin: ‘work. oii a-
similar job.

Dutty,
Terrace for. 2th:
‘hired as aquatic director

of programs.
title has changed many
times’ although the job has
remained the same.

He ‘says

time.here hasbeen a

learning experience which
I’ve thorough: enjoyed,

he said, “and the added
sey hae Braves to
be: very cha

Ko - gpecittcallys ti: on”
: wants yeinstatement of. 28°
members of the Montreal.

appeared
Poe tuien

enerally 8

_ the use of casu

ifthe -

who. has lived. in|
ears, Was

CUPW vice-president and
‘candidate for president,

said the resolution “is not a
resolution for a strike, it isa

readlution to resolve the:

issues and to call a strike if

union members have.

ety of .union’ activities,

submitted - too many

eavidon & said he foresees

waits. ies always tough.”

Coe Be ts he tay

local who were ‘fired-in the
1975 contract dispute. —

_THURSDAY, JULY 24 W7)

‘UNION ON ATTA CK.

ail strike looms |

marked ‘the ~ most:

important decision this

demonstration
Halifax ‘post office earlier -

Parrot said hundreds of Wednesday.

a ee wih the

x

The union also :called on

the government to lift’ the

te sugpension ‘given -

earlier this month :to;.the,
president of the. Sherbrocke,
Que., local. His. Bus) ion,
for _ what - ‘the p
called insubordination

sparked a week-long wildcat

*CUPW also wanted the
government to withhold anx
planned ‘action against

members of. the.

Ottawa local, The
‘out last Thurs protest
labor in the post ‘office.

The union gaid it will not
‘sign a new contract until
those disciplinary measures
have been lifted.

Joe Davidson, president of
the union, said.

, non-union -

the: vole

“Office -
” Halié

union has ever made.”
It followed a march and
fat the

In the - ~ emergency

led. or fired for: a resolution endorsed by the

250 delegates from across

the county the union said it .

is the employer's objective
“to break the militancy of

the members by repeated. | .
union . not

attacks against.
representatives.”

Ww mast react to such

‘Sherbrooke the ‘union ane a

others across’: the country

have been’ disciplined for™ . ae “
union

distributing
information durin
riods” mo pos!

Test

Earlier, about 250 CUPW -
members. marched ‘through
the streets- to: the main
‘post office to show

their support for the strikin
‘Ottawa postal workers a
for Sher

were ordered back to work

roreeane the. wildcast

. otiks: ‘half-mile trek to the

post office from the. hotel
where CUPW is holdin
national. policy conven jon
was noisy but peaceful.

Police redirected traffic _

'

around the marchers, who
sang union soigs such as
Solidarity Forever and We
Shall No Be Moved.’

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> By ALLAN KRASNICK
Managing Editor... sald §

; “Patcties””, a four-year-old Dalmation,
dropped | 85 feet off the sheer side: of
Copper Mountain, hit -z pockscarred |
1 sl slope, - od with ies another 100: feet,
" life, bruised, bleeding,

, s, the d might
have hit the to Spears face: two or or three
times before atriking a sloping, Jagged

rock bi
“He rolled about another 100 feet before
he stopped. Within less than a minute-he

and -

was ‘back ¢ on his feet," dazed and hurting,”

eyes, 8:10 inch o
- and other multiple .
 “T guess mule russ, was that
he avereurvived, ”* Spears told e Herald, °
“t's a miracle that.he's'still alive. I.

was rushed

Bob Spears and his pet Patches, the dog ‘who tumbted 85 feet and escaped with his life, bruised and cut bat not

TUMBLES OFF CLIFF .

"The dog } had a bad: gash’ between his

ning of the shoulder,

and pet but without internal taps or thought he was a goner.”
‘broken. b bones.:. ooo Reaching the b ‘animal, the owner
. tried to cook his pet back up toaB.c. Tel
“Bobs ars, Patches" owner, was hiking Br seh es atop the imeuntain so that
with |. on care “Mountain , could be sought, but the animal
Tuesday m <7, when pet stra trayed . wouldn't budge. So Spears himself went
towards the :edge and bega "back up and enlisted a couple of ‘isto
around, Suddenly, the sa ita footing atthe site to help in recovering his
. and plunged over the si letting outa jutas they made per way downs i ty
great howl as it fell lise’ pe Fe

climbed. in rn bust oniditicn half the |
way back v up.

veterinrign and treated for injuries.
‘He was released Wednesday morning,
. lucky to be alive, 7:

to the station,

to a local.

“Weather oe :

to firm,

‘Wednesday.

~ BUT SOCREDS: DEF y TACTIC
~ Opposition boycotts ‘ whitewash”

committee to investigate
‘allegations that three Social

‘ Credit' MLAs. improperly.

“received” expense ‘money.
Opposition : spokesnran
gal

earlier.in the day that -

ho -ovposition MLA would sit

on the committee because it ©
would be a “Kangaroo
court,’”’ heavily balanced in
favor ofthe government. .
However, Provincial
Secretary Grace McCarthy,
chairman of' the selection

OA QUA TIC: DIRECTOR

been offered new challenges

in .one of: the ‘most

nin ed, communities in

oma 18 ed recreation in.

Vernon not only ‘includes

physical recreation but .

‘culture and the arts as well

‘gg individual activities.
before he was put in charg e .

T have | enjoyed living
‘among the people of Terrace
and I feel personall
for hav ved and worked
here. .My thanks to. the
peop le whe have helped me
in

execution of my Job,”

e said,
Dutt said: ‘ay would like
to invi

essively recreation.

richer |

-any. of my friends. .
/ down. for’, some _ stinahiae

~ Roger Dufty off to Vernon _

“He ‘said one 6f the. main
"reasons for leaving is he has

whenever”
might need it.
He‘ has. been involved in

they” feel they

the organizing of rugby in |

Terrace, was vice-president
of the Northern B.C. Winter
Games, served as area
administrator for World
Life Saving Society of
Canada and was often seen
on -the serving side of the
‘Terrace Little Theatre bar.

‘The latest rumor is he is

-teying to play a guitar and .

his singing is known to give

‘him soliture for his lessons.

Dufty, his wife Pat and:
their two sons, David and
Mark, will be missed by the

‘pesple whd have come to

ow them during # their stay

in Terrace. -

ROGER DUFTY.

committee, later named

Alex Macdonald (NDP.

Vancouver: East), ‘Dennis

. Cocke (NDP—New . West-
minster) Liberal leader:
and |
_ Progressive. Conservative

Gordon |. Gibson

leader ‘Scatt Wallace to’ join
seven Social Credit MLAs on
the special committee:
Gibson and NDP house
Jeader Bill ‘(NDP—
RevelstokeSlocan), the two
tion members on the
ection committee, said

ia appointments were
-; not been formally no
“> the - final meet

comme tte. and” did not

roper because they had
fed of

of ‘ the

hen asked later by
reporters what would
happen to the special
committee if it met and no
opposition MLA attended,
Bennett said he was sure
that when temperatures
cooled, no members would
refuse to sit.

King, Wallace and Gibson .

had said ‘in -a joint news
conference earlier that no-
one fromnthe o opposition
benches would sit

they government. was

” designing it to be a political

whilew lewash,

. King and Gibson said’

they
Carthy that either there

- be an. equal number of
~ government and opposition ~.

on the
special committee because .

‘had suggested to ©

- slike
a paid f from. the amount ‘due.

members on. the - apedtal

‘committee, or that the com-
mittee’ have an. ‘Sppdsition

chairman. .°

The. two said that when
their eRe eave up were
refused;

reached by. the committee.

The position
charged ns

Minister Jim Hewitt
George Kerster (SC—Co-
quitlam) improperly
accepted expense money
while

The three government
MLAs, the opposition said,

breached the Constitution:

Act by accepting the'money,
and s0 are disqualified from
sitting in the legislature. |

special committee was
. pushed through by the
government ajerity

"earlier this week. @ Op-
‘position said it wanted the
matter to. go to the courts,
‘where...it: ‘could have “an .-

jal hearing.

insurance’ claim. :to: Surrey -;

has .
at Recreation’ = .
and Conservation’ Minister ’*
_ Fam Bawlf, Agriculture -

‘serving . a
‘government: members-inly
committee looking into B.C. - .

~‘housing problems last year.

is missing, they are:
The motion to set up the mB y

- before .the-:

“where. “ICBC. officials.ma'
be: questioned > ‘belore : the
ae committee. mone

VICTORIA. (CP).

Dennis Cocke | (NDP—New Oo

Westminster). ‘ Bald: Sr
“the fo

Of British _. :

“that”
Insurance

Columbia paid : B -$1,850>-. -

claim to Surre

Dodge even ..' “

though the: au! 0. dealership

owe ‘the

premiums.

He ‘asked. ‘Education
Minister Pat McGeer, ~.
esponsible for the’...

minister r

dnsurance © -”
‘company $2,500 -in unpaid a

government-owned ICBC, ©.”

why his
overnment had:
ollowed simpie- business-

ractices” and

“business-like we
“not.

the amount to be «:

“if that's good business, I.

business we're ]

. Want:to know. what: sia of ah

Cocke told the legislature. oe

The’ crux .of:

ithe *
' controversy is an. ‘allegation

that George Kerster. (SC— ~.

Coquitlam )

intervened °"
y with - ICBC ..t0..°

obtain in Myment. of. the 2.

Dodge, of whiem be-onca”-

hope: Was ‘president and ‘general ; “
of any fair: Y eelsion? being

man os
Cocke. geld that. Kerster

knew “Surrey.

ICBC $2,-500 at that. ‘ime.

yet: ICBC ‘pa
The. “ former
McGeer the
legislature ‘‘ever
available on Surrey. if
at. the : earliest- ‘posal
time,"
' He-

; ‘also

that: two: ICBC : employees
‘had: pleked - up. the :
e files from the Surrey.
' office, and “not a:fll

ah

there.”

MeGeer refused to. ‘table :
the documents,. but:said- he:
is prepared to‘place'the files :
egislature's

public ‘accounts: committee

file:

“Tt waa long overdue; and © 3.0!
id: the - claim,” 0%: -
health,::"
d minister - suggested. that’.

ee

“refuted iS

~ accusations by McGeer that
the’ NDP. had “been - using ©
‘stolen: documents, .-stating