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Claims Sex Charges
Part of RCMP Plot

NEW WESTMINSTER,
B.C, (CP)The defence
lawyer for a man charged
with having sexual in-
tefcourse with a girl under14
years of age said Monday an
RCMP plot to ensure the

- acclsed was never elected

mayor of Abbotsford may be
behind the charge.
- Jim Vilvang made the
accusation during his
summation at the county
court trial of §Ray-
mondnSpencer Rodgers, a
43-year-old planning con
sultant and former Ab-
botsford, B.C. mayoralty
candidate,

Rodgers is charged with
committing the offence
between August and
December 1975. He has
denied ever having sex with
the girl.-

Vilvang said that at first

he found it difficult to believe
Rodger’s accusations about

the RCMP but said some RCMP

Crown witnesses’ evidence

a,

Vilvang said evidence has
shown the: girl and her
mother did not go to the
RCMP about the alleged
offence—the RCMP went to

em.
Aiter a series of interviews
with’ the girl, police finally
laid charges against
Rodgers six months after his
relationship with the girl had
ended, he said, .
NOT ACTIONABLE
Vilvang said that when
Rodgers was running for
mayor of the Fraser Valley
community in 1976, he had
advocated amalgamation of
services between Abbotsford
and the nearby community

. "good reason for: not: wan

of Matsqui, which would

effectively phase out the

as

The police, therefore,

him to win, he said.

“It sounds bizarre I agree
but there appears to be
evidence of prolonged
conflict with police just in
the fact the Crown has taken
eight days (to present its
case) for a fairly simple
emarge,” said Vilvang.

1 Rodgera was charged in
October of 1976. .

Vilvang also argued ther
isnodirect evidence that any
sexual intercourse . took
place between Rodgers and
the girl in Canada prior to
her 14th birthday.

The girl has ciaimed
Rodgers took her virginity
while she was on a trip with
him to California, he said;

PNG Offices Picketted

“*- VANCOUVER (CP)
Pacific Northern Gas Ltd.
workers set up picket lines at
the company’s elty
headquarters and - major
British Columbia branch -
offices Monday -in their

struggle for a first contract .

with the company.
The picketing followed an
early morning walkout by
the company’s 32 technicians ©
‘and = field maintenance
workers employed on its gas
‘line between Prince George
and Prince Rupert. ;
Rick Dowling, of Local 213
of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, said pickets were

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B.C. Forestry sign indicates very high forest tlre hazards on sign, above, while fire

fighters continue mopping up operations near Williams Creek, ten miles south of

Terrace, Tucaday.

up at all the major towns
from Vanderhoof to Prince

- George,

Nine office workers
walked off the job last week
at Pacific Northern's
headquarters here.

About £0 B.C. Telephone
Co, employees who work in
that building refused to cross
the lines but n°n-unlonized
company vorkers and
employees of Westcoast
Transmission Co. were at
thelr jrF- a8 usual.

Paci; is a subsidiary of
Weatconet.

Dywling said he plans to
at with other unions

represented at Eurocan,: of job d

Canadian Celiuloge Co, and

Alcan to seek support in
forcing their employers to

use hog fuel (a by-product of
lumber) and oll, rather than
buy natural gas from
Pacific. _

“Burocan, Cancel and

-. Alcan make up 65 per cent of

Pacific Northern’s gas
customers,” Dowling said,

“If the companies refuse
we will have to classify them.
as allies of Pacific,” ;

Dowling sald the main de-
mands by Pacific employees
include union recognition,
job security. and clarification
of ‘job descriptions,

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VICTORIA (CP)
Recreation Minister Sam
Bawlf Monday welcomed the -
federal government's
decision not to bar United
Statessportafishermenfrom -
Canadian waters, saying ,
their expulsion would create
unemployment and harm the
province's tourist: industry. |

Bawlf, the minister
responsible for fisheries,
said allowing U.S. sports
fishermen in B.C. waters

-would nat affect ihe interim

fisheries négotiations cur-
rently under way or the Can-
ada-U.S. maritime boun-
daries negotiations which
are expected to resume next
month, .
Last week Canada barred
US, commercial fishermen
from Canadian waters and
the U.S. retaliated by
barring ali Canadian
fishermen from its waters.
Bawilf said the barring of
Canadiannsports fishermen
was mot necessarily unfair

.. because US. law dees not

differentiate between

: 7 commercial and sports

en.

He said that sports fishing
industry in B.C. is worth $160
million a year, but he was
not able to say how much
U.S.nsports fishermen
contribute to this total, °
CLARIFICATION SOUGHT

The minister said the B.C.
government is seeking
further clarification on the
negotiations.

Meanwhile, Canadian fish-
esies spokesman Ian Todd ©
said fisheries patrol boats
found no U.S.fishboats in
Canadian waters Monday.
“As far as I know, our area is -
free of American fishing
vessels,"he said,

The only incident in

trawler having difficulty

with its fishing -equipment,
A US. Coast Guard

spokesman said there were

no encounters with Canadian

sommercial vessels Mon-
y¥.

Kitimat

RCMP Report

Kitimat RCMP report’ the
Elks Clubhouse suffered an
attempted break and enter
ever the weekend. No entry
was gained, Police continue
to investigate.

Terrace

RGMP Report

Amanisin Mills Memorial

Hospital with indeterminate
injuries after his car left the
road on a curve near the Old
Skeena Bridge shortly after
Ga.m. Tuesday.
' Terrace RCMP are not
releasing the man’s name
unt] he can be questioned
about the details: ~

P.G. Prisoner
Gets 2 Mo.

PRINCE GEORGE, ‘B.C,
(CP) — Randy Toews, 20, a

Correctional Centre here,
was sentenced Monday to
two months in jail for
committing mischief by

’ wilful damage,

Toews and’ three other
prisoners were charged
following an incident Friday
at the centre in which a toilet
was pulled off a wall,
flooding a-cell, and light
fixtures and ceiling tiles in
other cells were broken.

The three other prisoners,
Allen Kenney, 18, Conrad ~
Lucas, 19, and weéermane
Carritas, 16, will appear. in
court June 13 for plea. ©

P.G, Official

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According to Statistics Canada, tourists are pouring
into B.C. in greater numbers than expected. Canada's
cheap" dollar is thought to be partly behind the 12;

percent jump in visitors from the U.S. in April, and the
flood is expected to keep growing. Above, VIA Rail
passengers arrive on CNR in Terrace, Sunday.

An Ottawa cabinet ventional agreement was
minister told the HERALD algned in 1953. The
im a- telephone interview, Americans have agreed to
Tuesday, that the govern. this exemption for halibut
ment of the United States fishing and have requested a
Bays itregretted the decision similar exemption them-
by the Canadian government selves for tuna since the
toban fishing by U.S. vessels migratory tuna species are
in Canadian waters that left exempted by the U.S.
it no alternative to taking Fishery Conservation and
reciprocal action, Migration Act of 1976.

Accordingly, Canadian ..The Canadian cabinet

Canadian waters. occured [fishing vessels are now not minister further told the
~,When a. patrol beat’ was... nerinfited:to.fish in the'U.S, HERALD: 22.00 0.
called to asiiat aj American [terrifprial waters in the ‘....“There Is one interesting

same way that American difference, however. ' The
vessels, are not allowed to U.S. cannot differentiate
fish in Canadian waters between sport and. com-
commencing June 4th. mercial fishing, a6 we
»-An important exception is (Canada) can.
tmade, however. Vessels ..“Canada is not enforcing a
fishing for halibut pursuant banon sports fishing—-but the
to the convention for the U.S. are. The U.S. govern-
preservation of the halibut ment and the Canadian
fisheries in North Pacific government have taken
waters and the Bering Sea, reciprocal measures to ayold
are exempted from this confroritation in the boun-
restriction. Thia con- dary regions, Vessels are to

Halibut Exempt From Fishing Ban

conform to the Canadian
proposal of flag state en-
forcemtnt procedures. in all
boundary regions along the
Ines of the 1977 reciprocal
fishing agreement, -The next
meeting of our negotiators
will take place on the June
n.

+“‘Most fishermen’, the
Minister stated, “say they
ere very pleased with the
strong. actlon as this will

show that ‘Canada . means.,thelr rmen calm
emma eines “have harvested in Catiadian

business,

“The U.S. rate: their
figures when they Hst the
quantity di U.S. fish caught
by Canadians, on what the
fish would have realized had
they been allowed to reach
maturity. In arriving at U.S.
and Canadian catches in the
opposite country's waters,
however, Canada measures

‘the actual value of the fish

that are caught,
--“The whole procedure of

-ithas torely on figures from
_ the United States for what

-1978, only about $700,000 will

determining the amount of
fish caught in one country’s
waters by fishermen of
another country is very
involved, confusing - and
sometimes open to question.
In some instances dollars
are compared to pounds of
fish. Whereas Canada has

fairly actlve accurate
information on its own catch,

thelr fishermen caim to

waters.

“In the matter of halibut,
the picture is quite a bright
one, On the tofal North
Pacific halibut catch of 4.7
million dollars estimated for

be taken by U.S, fishing
vessels, The advantage,
therefore, appears definitely
on the side of the Canadian
fishermen,’’ the minister
concluded.

Quebec Wants Provincial Control '

Of Fed. Parks and Historic Sites

QUEBEC (CP) — Ottawa
must turn over to Quebec all
the parks and historical sites
it controls in the province,
says: the white paper on
cultural development tabled
in the national assembly

‘today by Cultural De-
‘Yelopment Minister Camille

urin, * .

In the area of copyrights, a
jurisdiction d
controlled by the’ federal
government, Quebec is
contemplating passing its
own law on “intellectual
property,” the white paper
Says;

These are two of the meas-
ures almed at giving Quebec
a coherent policy for the
development of culture in its
broadest sense. . :

The white paper says
federalgovernment policies
debase Quebec’s French
culture to the level of a
“provincialized"’ oddity, .and
Ottawa's interventions in
various facets of culture

.bamper the province’s ef:

forts to enact its own policy
of cultural development.

maximum, But on all those
points, we are not the only'
ones with the powers to'
decide.
IMPOSED PLANS

“The federal, government
has infiltrated everywhere,
imposing ‘its plans and
budgets, constantly ob-
structing attempts at
coherence.., and = at

traditionally economy, on occasion,”
It is necessary, the white
paper says, torecognize “‘the .

primacy of a single govern-
ment (Quebec) at thé levels
of legislation, regulation and
financin,

gq. .

“Even within the federal
constitutional context, the
Quebec government claims .
entire responsibility for
protection and development |
of our heritage and demands
that the federal government
returo all the cultural
Properties if possesses or
manages in Quebec, as well
‘ag theshare of public funds it
devotes to this segment of
Quebec life,”’ Lo,

A 1972 Quebec Jaw, cited in
the white paper, says

Among the sites now in
federal hands are the Plaing

of Abraham, a national -

historic park in the heart of

. Quebee City where Britain
took Canada from France in -

a decisive battle In 1750.
“There {fs no point in sit-

the province becomes a
country.

“A province does not
change into a country only
by constitutional options, but
through the building, stone
by stone, day by day,
patiently yet  enthu-
slastically, of the conditions

ting hack while waiting until of a living culture,”

An organizational meeting to plan the Terrace
celebrations for Canada Week, June.25 - July 1 --
will be held at the Terrace Arena at 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday (today).

__ The meeting is sponsored by the Terrace
Recreation Department and the Terrace Canada

Week Committee.

Phil Stewart, recreatonal director

and

chairman of the Canada Week Committee, told
the HERALD, Tuesday, that he is anxious to
have a good, across the board, representation
from all ethnic groups, organizations, societies,
churches and: service clubs. | .

Phil Stewart has applied tor a $1,000 grant

from the vouncil For Canadian Unity which
wouldbematched dollar for dollar by the district

«“Whether it bein the area cultural properties include
of habitat, leisure, in-- art objects, manuscripts,
formation, assistance to printed works, audio-visual
artists and writers, herllage, documents, monuments,
education, we will use all the historical, natural and ar-

” _elbow-room we have to the _cheological sites and areaa,

Fined $2,600

PRINCE. GEORGE, 8.C.
(CP) — A former city
finance comvany official has
been fined $2,500 for taking.
$11,000 in bribes to approve
financing for land
development here,

John Thomas Kelly, for-
mer assistant manager for
Home Plan ‘Realty Ltd.,
pleaded guilty Monday in
provincial court to receiving
awards from William Alfred
_Bueckman, president. and,
owner of Pineylew Land’

Terrace Twister

Astonished onlookers watched as a twister
tore the roof off of the Shoppers Wholesale war-
house in Terrace Monday. ,

Randy Haigh, who works at Linsay Cartage
next door to the warehouse, said the twister
picked up the roof at about 6 p.m.,spraying rocks
around the area, then ‘a fewsecondslater headed
out toward the airport. ;

No one was injured, and there have been no
reports of any further damage caused by the

ister, ‘ ‘ ‘

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SPCA Official To Visit Here

There will be a special
meeting of interested
residents of the Terrace -
Thornhill area with a visiting
official of the B.C, Society
for the Preyention of Cruelty
to Animals at the Thornhill
Junior High School at 9:30
pm,, Tuesday, June 13,
Representing the SPCA, Mr.
Leach, from Vancouver, will
describe the work of the
humane organization that
deals with all, matters
relating to the health and
welfare and ownership of all
animals, large and small.

In revealing the planned
visit of Mr, Leach, who will

be coming. here on ‘the in-.~

‘ vitation by aiea residencs to

-

asaist them in founding a
local branch of the. SPCA,
Gordie Howe, SPCA
volunteer worker
Kitimat, told the HERALD
he has recently picked up
dogs in advanced stages of
distemper. In his
estimation, 90 percent of the
dogs and cats in the ‘area
have not been inoculated
against distemper. Howe
continually recelyes com-
plaints from persons
reporting packs of wild dogs
at large posing a threat to
children and animals,

These, he belleves, are the |

result of abandoned dogsthat
have banded together for
group survival. ,

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