_ Serving the Progressive N orthwest L | KN Weather Clear and cold is projected with some gusty cold winds. High -10, low -17. a ve VOLUME 72 NO.10 MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1978 1978 - It’s the Winter of the Chronic flu! , Fusting cough, an inability to clear the throat, no matter how mauch one cou Fever and sweating, cllowed b chilis. Recurring atta with the same symptoms. ‘Bouts last up to one month, and appear to have a weakening effect. In some cases, before recovery is complete, the pele a of "a choni and e erhich must have reached epidemic - es proportions-has caused a run on moat pharmacies for cold cane includin cough gh MT istarsin ; cougl Sometimes 8 it’s linament, mustard-ty Blasters. inhalants, ally ver me patients "who have waited their turn in queues at the doctor’s office, in search of relief claim that even doctors are not immume to the current “bug.” Standardt treatment appears to be prescipti for de- conges t co rups and anti-biotic Pl to attack the in- lammation. fluids and bed rest, doctor told me you still can’t beat that, and to keep warm and bundle - ~ , quoted one sutlerer. “Statatios to tatelitites irom the present epidemic of flu and chest conditions is not easy to come by. Deaths have occurred, amo the el ly, and certaily one must assume the present bout of colds and fiu could be a contributing factor. Meanwhile, it’s “Pass , the Kleenex please...” Hard to be helpful A motorist en route tc. Rupert yeets from Prince (Sunday) yaeond | 5 pm, noticed a plank had come loose on a wooden bridge ; a miles East on Highway ; The board-about five fost long. and rou a” by 8” wee | cajacent fh th , to the hole from which it had come loose, posing a two-fold di fo automobiles 5 ro West of Kwinitsa.. An ‘attempt to notify the Department of Highways at their trailer camp about 20 miles further on Was unsuccessful, the motorist said. “Altho there were lights several of the trailers, I +5 amen Sera V Age Weekend. er-a danger buil Ae and knocked in vain. There was a half- fen ckup outside: of the’ ouse, but the door was was tocked on the outside. A ilar - German shepherd - at first tried to care me off and shoulder, but afterwa: followed me around (building to a | had Seplaced the plank from RCMP who said they n would notify the Dept. of ; Highways. RIPE ANT ETS Be ce pea at hp . "Police Report — The night of Friday 13 was unlucky for some motorists-the and the other kind. aee charged two ns with impaired ving;2 drivers were charged with driving while under the influence of alchol, and two 24hr. roadside suspensions Riso, on Frida night, » on y police made three dr’ arrests, -The Ain being | held overnight ‘‘or ober’’. ' At 16:02. (two minutes past: four) Saturday evening a two-vehicle accident occured on the old Skeena Bridge when — two were involved in a rear-end collision. The driver of one car was identified as Gordon Valentine Bruce — of Kitimat. The other was Lars . Peter Reese- ‘ Hansen, also of Kitimat. Damage to the: nwo cars, was estimated-at $500. Charges are. bel held | t Bruce for drivin “without |. due care and: . attention.”. | A second: motor “vanilys ore ates past, midnight Uy pas early Sunday Morning, and occurred on Agar Avenue in Terrace. It. also involved two cars, Sherry Anderson of Terrace and one driven the other by. Kenneth Victor Pritchard, also also of Terrace, was in nature of a violation re filed . against Sherry Anderson for following i close. Saturday night (January 14) one driver had license suspended under section 203: One male was charged with driving under the influence. There was one attempted breaking and entry. at 9:30 in the 4900 block. Two males are suspected .. but no apprehensions 58 were made, Also on Saturday. a Terrace: -man:’ reported the theft of.a quantity of - ‘old --(p ossibly” antique) ~¢hina-from a back yard. The china had a possible resale value of Plenty of sp t his front paws on ra borhood rear end collission. : Charges area being laid and a traffic ort is being RCMP Cst. M. Pourdrier giving a police escort for the ten. ambulance driven by R. Spencer accomp ied ‘by Gost $10,000 - Terrace - Kitimat Work on brochures Terrace and Kitimat council overcame, at least briefly, their ongeing rivalry to work together on an industrial promotion brochure which aims to boost the profiles of both com- munities, The two bodies met separately and jointly during the past mon with the Kitimat-Stikine regional district staff to get the idea goin. The result is a fold-out brochure which promotes the industrial corridor between Terrace and Kitimat. Joe Banyay, chairman of there Gnal board, was optiminite about the which broke don tthe barriers of First Ald attendant Jim Stainton, as a patient from Kitsumakalum Ski Hill is rushed to mills Memorial distrust. for the greater Need more study hospital following a oki inlay. The accident occurred at noon, Sunday, to Terry Denluck, of Prince Rupert. Lone woman director on Regional Board | Voices concern over neighbourhood Pubs Most member of the board were in agreement that neighborhood pubs would reduce, the tres of drinking vers, -AHce Chen-Wing had other objections. — Only men had had imput into the aan ood pubs are idea, according to thes Kitimat. Stikine regional hoa ender was responding to a survey being conducted by a Union of B.C. Municipalities committee on the subject of neigh- ubs and how regiona districts out the province feel about them. N orhood ubs should be kept small and policy, she who frequent Because there’. are many youn the area are left alone while their ‘parents go down. to. the dn the. bridge; 4, Pithe --pebtarate d Be ate paid." wen elt ed at baal “hothood, .. us 5 the: -oaly: how long it stayed in. decided, aad hours nd wonen “4 ctor oxi lace. not other entertainment should be regional ety said she tars driving around the regulated by either the is not against: neigh- mk (it) was. still Poa ena: ul mere dar) mt but growin municipality are other aspects which r bar no one § crped ‘ood Sunaidn rpond Killer still at large loase pla errace B rutal Attack (AP) — A ¢lub-wielding - “She saw a. man rin- ‘attacker ’ “érept into a sorority house at Florida State University early Sunday and brutally beat four young women while they slept, two of ‘them, police said. ? out tie front t door yhe Was carrying a club or a ora piece of wood of some sort,” sald police spokesman Carl Swan- -A short time later, e’Swanson said the ‘someone who police witness heard moaning in ‘believe was the same the upstairs rooms, found ‘intruder broke into a the women and nearby home and severely beat another young woman student, authorities said. Police said the other women in the Chi Omega sorority house’ were asleep during the attacks, pat assailant was one. of the sleeping in enacts rooms and were attacked after the intruder ap- parently entered through an unlocked side door. They were identified bg ‘Margaret Bowman, 2 ‘by and Lisa Levy, 20, both at residents as she returned St. Petersburg. Police Shortly after 3 am. from said an autopsy de- a date, termined that Levy aot and itis usually men | down the stairs and: room,’ They were iden- should be considered. would not try to prevent The regional board private enterprise from ‘should promote other bringing in nel hborhood recreational places pubs and would go ahead where families with ecw the to the children. can gather rather than =s con- = Thus far, the. ‘regional centrating on drinking board has had only three requests regarding establishments for neighborhood pubs. Anei ne onene ors one Pri eer ts week in Prince, the downtown area. Called “The Last Set”, cause health, social abi rs and legal. problems “ie He hs neta, ment is ata comer directly osite the skeena } Health Unit on 5th closer look bef ad eaeng neighborhood “ Pome board decided they on Girls’ Dormitory also had been strangled. The other two sorority. house victims shared a ‘Police said all five victims had been severely beaten around the head and upper body. Miss.Chandler buffered « a broken jaw, a broken arm and broken fingers in addition to severe cuts and the loss of several teeth. fitted as Karen Chandler, of Tallahassee, and Kathy Kliner, 20, of Also attacked about wo houre ater was of ‘Richmond, Van, who “This guy has got to be aa in a duplex. three ®me kind of nut,”’ said blocks aay ion the our Sherif Ken sorority house. ‘ Swanson sald, CRNDITION Ui iB ‘student Who - ‘Bae: the “clean-shaven, in his Miss Thomas were listed as ’ in critical condition after (&U1Y 23 about six feet tall and’ wearing blue undergoing 8 Miss Klines Wey reported in pants-aad a blue jacket fair condition. and Hossibly a stocking Two- die in Thunder Bay Shootout - THUNDER BAY, ONT. CP-A elty policeman and a former Thunder Bay resident were shot and killed just after midnight night in a hotel r lot, Police Chief Bont Hare said Sunday, hotel. The other victim. was identified. as Robert esBrove, 36, no fixed addres: Harty said a %- ear fot ihe Riga, Gt ‘om the ni n Harty said Constable area, th Kingsin, Gat, Sohn Kushznier, 37, an 11- hotel about elght hours jear- veteran, on the later, The man, whose ce, WAS after and another. policeman arene ere meh rae were called to investigate. degree murder and was ‘Peter was ‘charged with firat- rtner, Constable Frank nego, was unable to A return fire . bec leased, was being held ¢ shooting, on a drug charge, Harty Lois Lande? of Van- said. couver was charged with About 50 policeman an accessory to were called to ie aan m Harty sald after the shoo Landers, at was the said, and a tra ies sister of.Glen Landers was used to search lense .who-was shot and, killed bush near the hotel. last fall by jail guards’ - Kushznier was the firat Harty said Kushznier’s fen mitentiary near _ Kings second woman »whose name. was not benefit and economic development” of both communities. “We have to promote, each other and act together,” he added. t of the brochuresm which are currenlty at the mock-up stage, is estimated at $10,000. eth ne and Kitimat will $4,000 and the district will contri bute $2,000, e first place for distribution of the brochures will be: the. Edmonton Trade Fair in Fe Other industrial mary ; promotion brochures are planned for the Stewart- Cassiar area and the Hazelton area. Before decision On Regi. Laundry ‘The establishmeaw uw “a regional, cost ef:- fective program for laundry” in the region was proposed at the meeting of the Kitimat- Stikine - Regional district y. ‘Roger Davis, staff representative of ‘the B.C, Govenrment [Employees Union, made the presentationon be half of the the laundry wo be aie at Sietee beth tau fundies fei. ‘the’ d district’ which: are , ‘financed’ by the’ ‘tax- payers are in a state of ansition, the regional district should not mak make any decision the proposed igfinat renovations, at this time, Davis said. Instead, the. ‘district should first consult with Skeenaview Lodge, Mills, Memorial Hospital Kitimat Gener Hospital, Osborne ‘Guest ‘Home -and Northwest Community College to ascertain the area’s overall laundry requirements, the staff resentative stated. use these government institutions all have laundry needs, they should not stay separate, Davis sald, because of the higher cost involved in separate launderies, The province has rencelty proposed that a regional laundry be located at Kitimat hospital to serve Kitimat, and Skeenaview, but Davis said he was to this. shrine’ ary e al OE Me ‘aipilcs ation and-or varie . he claimed. : re suggested the beard the various institutions. in an attempt: to develop a IS anny pragrérn regional program the propooal at is e proposal