' 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.’ ‘PROVINCIAL LIBRARY PARLIAMENT BLOGS Mp, ; rvey. . scheduled ay office. rooke workers who - ‘a bone broken, with i > 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