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FRANK HOWARD

BYRON THODY

Skeena's “logger-statesman
swung a visclous verbal axe in
Parliament and cut down a
Prime Minister.

‘Frank Howard, bucking for |
the national leadership of the.
New. Democratic. Party,
literally cut a swath through

_ the House and labelled Prime ~
.Minister_ ‘Trudeau a ‘*aie-

tator’’,

Howard, 45, ted discussion :
on §=—s the... Government -
Organization Act, Bill C-207 as.

‘a springboard’ for his -two-

prongued attack’ from which

he emerged as a spell-binding

orator,
‘He ripped into pollution then:

took on the prime minister, ---

the Liberal party and what he. .

. calls, its “Sinner clrele.”

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, praccedings, ;

-And, backing Howard.
later, was former Con-
servative chief, John
Diefenbaker.

‘According to Hansard,
offical record of House

~ Logger statesman

cuts wide swath —_!
noes

” Howard,
replying to legislation to
approve - enlargement of the
Cabinet, sald!” -

''We know that: . this
parliament does not operate in
accordance with the rules of
democracy.” .

here knows, on the basis of.- ”
-party alone. AH the Liberals ~

«workers of America union

“Tthas mot done so for may
y ? olficer whose adopted home is

years.” 4

. “It operates more under the 7. Terrace, charged:
“rules, of a dictatorship,"’ ;, “The concept of democracy,
Howard charged. : £ of a person casting a ballot in

it Parliament according ta the
- 2, dictates of his conscience, just
“e does not fit. It has no place in
% the system.”
Howard systematically tore
ig the Liberal party to shreds
ge so many. logs into a
i chipper.
“Il the Liberal’ ‘party does
{, make decisions they are
as certainly not made. in
zt =] parliament; they are made in
i back rooms, in secret, In some
confidential place where the
¢ buble cannot see what is —
:- happening. ann
- LIKE LAMBS
He suid even Liberal back-

_ “When: decisions are made

in Parliantent,” he continued,
“they are made, as everybody -

vote. one. way, and that is -
that." -

Howard, a former logger:
and international Wood-

( F .. [OMENICA

” betichera are kept out of the
- decision-making process but,

> fike lambs,

. government DHL

vote fer a

. “It in bad enough that no

. freedom: Is permitted to the

" «What I have been ‘saying
may be anpalatable, buf Jt is a

fact of life," Howard con |

tinued in a brash voice that
was calling, ‘Timber!’ —— -

He’ then | _ went alter the” -

- Skeena ‘MP emerges.” -

--as strong orator

” great buik of members of this

House because they happen to

‘-belong fo the government
__party,"" Howard sald.

He charged all power lies in

“the hands of the cabinet and
prime ,
-. minister pulls the strings.

inferred that the

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biggest tree of all.

“They do not know that
Parliament operates . under
the authority of one person,
‘the Prime Minister (Mr.
Trudeau); That is the case not

-only with the present Prime
with all his ;

Minister, but

: . “In effect,’ Howard uid,

precessors T have Lnowh’ ae

Tae

_ “it [s one. man rae’: - ">.

."Banlcally, apolitical party
under the” authority’. of
wheever happens to he ‘prime,
minister, controfs
pariiament” 7). a

‘Someday, Howard; hae
_duggested to The Herald, it
could be himself. But, he-snid;.
_he would emancipate. ‘the
* House. e

‘He holds: onto’ the: hope “that
“the people; - tiring -6f Liberal
“rule and turned’ off’ by the.
Conservatives, will elect’ the
NDP, turfing | .qut. the. old
parties just like’ Premier ‘Ed
 Shryer's . NDF campaign:
‘which ‘toppled the - con:
regiemé in Manitobi. - °

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“Don't rush," is the warning
Dave Sage gave School Board
trustees on the subject. of.
educational television.

“The cost of this sort of
thing; is fast reducing,” Sage
said Wednesday night,

He had just come from an

educational television con-
ference in Vancouver.

“It was the first get-
together of ETV types in the
province,” he said. Some 30
‘School, districts in B.C. were
represented at the conference.

School officials take steps

Many : “districts, - like
' Terrace, are in on the ground
‘ floor. But others, . like
Kamloops, are “deeply in-
volved” financially with ETV,
Sage said. -
Costs af ETV vary widely
according to what is offered,

F APIENN WITH FIRE HOSES rip away nearly th three
' “Seet df accumulated snow from the Terrace
. Curling’Avena Saturday in an effort to keep the

-reof, trom cojtapsing. Earller, 24 women curlers

and about tw» dozen spectators ere evacutated
from the hvilding when a serious buckle ap-
peared overhead-—staff photo.

CURLERS 3 QUICKLY. EVACUATED :

les

many spectators were huwridly
evaciiated «from the ‘Terrace
Curling ~ Arena -.- Saturday.
‘morning when its. snow: -lader
roof buckled. -

‘It'could have beet: ‘warse..it

. could” have been’ a disaster. if

“that ropf had ‘caved: in,” said .
Mrs; Ruth: Gravelle, chairman

of the’. 14th. annual ‘Terrace

“While, she spoke, several men:
were busy clearing the curved,
quansot-style corrigated’ sheet

water “hoses...

. > Other: 8,, were’ busy’. -with -

ed ‘ ae a the
Twenty-four curlers and as—

‘Mela nson said two large weak
spots appeared..in the roof

- beams :Thursday, - the. start: of
the four-day bonspiel, Saturday -
a third. more. -Serlous, buckle’

appeared. |

said Mrs. Gravelle:

She said the rink, was built 15
years ago. -

In° an effort. to save’ the >

: building, Melanson appealed for .
help. B.C, Hydro: truck and’ a
“You. u coud relly, notice It, ae ae

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he said. The city of Calgary, ‘2 sage estimates it will be $25
se e city gary :" per school for the initial hook-

for instance, pays $2. per.
student for viewing while.* -¥P and $15 per school for
monthly rental.

Kaml S five cents per
student. PS Pay per :! _ But above that, costs will
What it will cost this district S ee according to what is

is orily approximate now. © Cont'd on Page 2

‘Phone meets

4

A School - Board meeting REM. Lee,. board chalrinan

held by télephone has come
under fire from Trustee Cecil
Pratt.

Pratt asked the hoard
Wednestay why he was never .
advised of a meeting held
January 20.

Minutes of the meeting, he

said, were mailed to him later.

Pratt said that the minutes
do not indicate the meeting ©
was held by phone. = *

“When I get them in the
raail it looks like a fait ac-

compli," he said, . .

"YT only want to know the
rules of the game so I can play
the game,” Pratt said.

“This was a special meeting
and often these meetings are
held by en Dr.

$600, 000

said.

When: “émergency””
situations arise, Dr. Lee said
it is difficult to get trustees
from Hazelton, Stewart and
Smithers together in Terrace
for a special meeting.

‘The January 20 meeting
authorized applying to the
Minister of Education for
approval to use $15,000 in
surplus capital funds for
sciencé equipment at Skeena
Junior Seconday..

The equipment is described
in the minutes as “essential”
and the money in the board’s
bank account.

_ Pratt questioned why he
’ was not telephoned about the
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package

handed Stewart

A $600,000 elementary. school
for Stewart looks like a reality,
to the ‘surprise of Skeena-
Cassiar School Board trustees,

The trustees learned Wed-
Mesday that the provinclal
overnment has: tentatively
approved. funds: which will
‘make an eight-room. elemen-
tary school possible.

-The approval was. granted

~ only a’ month after the-board’s

original application had. been
turned down. .

‘Women’s ‘Valentine. Bonsplel. °
mm We could have'been trapped.
- in there,” she ‘quickly added.

metal ‘roof with jet sprays from.

emima Dobbie

‘Terrace and the ‘ayea’ has
most -bighly ..
pioneers. with ‘the. passing ‘of
Mrs. Jemima ‘Stuart Dobble -

morning,:- Feb.” 10; "in. ‘Mills

~ Skeena pioneer dies:

ont. one of Its earllest- and:
‘esteemed -

‘who ‘dled- early: Wednestay’.

shovels, . clearing nearly, three - Memorial Hospital at the age -

i feet of snow. | .

- “The building is. inadequate. .
They'll probably” ‘condemn, it na

‘sald Mfs, Gravelle, © 20.
cots aut: on ‘lee when 2
Rig avson (Terrace Men's}
. Club, .preeldent) - took *
one | ook ‘at; the ‘buckle. (in: the’

Curlli
ya and ardered us gui;"?,
bapa

Of BS years.
. " Jerninia Stiart-was, born ‘in
Balmoral ot” the’ British

“.Columblil coast, in’ 1885, In,
1897‘she came tothe Skeena:
River Vailey with her parents,
pM. and: Mra, David Stuart, |
‘Htaking ‘up: realdence ‘en, ‘the ~.-
If ede aseatowal Riyer:.

opposite what is-knowa today. .
as Copper City,

‘ Wilson Dobbie in Vancouver in
105 and came to live in what

was! called Stuart Landing, ;

~ fitter her parents. -
“During the. riverboat ‘days,

- when stern wheelers plied the:
” Bkeana from the Pacific.coast |

to Old Hasellon they. ‘named
v the place Stuaré Landing and

Thieves ‘climb |
*. throught roof

- Thieves found a new way of

entering Woolworth’s Thursday

— through the roof. :
' Police sald thieves removed a
“ventilator from the roof and

kicked out selling. tiles fo center "

She'was married to Sivneon ¥! . the store:

Known.” Stolen are’ * several
knives. and” stereo tape
cassettes," -

~The thieves also ‘attempted | to

open the. store's safe without ;

duck,

* Trustees decided to re-apply
for the money as “emergency
funds,” based on population ©
figures projected by Grand Duc

Mining.
ce “Actually, it’s‘a big surprise
thet we got this,” Dr. -R.E.M.

‘Lee; board chairman, said.:

‘IF the school is not built,
trustees feel Stewart will be
- “very much short" of room in

‘September.
Fred Locke,

‘Primary in Terrace.

TERRACE VALENTINE QUEEN Melanie
Reynolds is Beta Omega's entry into the annual
Valentine Queen Contest sponsored by Beta
SigmiPhi. Each year some 3,000 entries from all

over North America compete for the title ‘of
Valentine Queen, The two chapters in Terrace.”
Beta Omega and Beéta Zeta, both have entri

into the contest. ; ;

They reach
for. top

What is apicultwre?

Where is Tokaj?. *.

And who was Edghe!1 Rice
Burroughs?

Four Caledonia - Senior
Secondary students will be
snapping answers to
questions Ilke these when
they face the camera on

television quiz show.

The School Board learned
Wednesday that the school
has been ‘Invited to be on the
show. No date has been set,

Caledonia students have
been preparing for the show

club at the chook, -

“Reach For The Top” - af.

through a Reach Fer The Top |

assistant

Secretary-treasurer, said the -
“gehool will tikely’ be an “open.
‘area’ plan, based on Parkside .

Ly

1871

‘Midget’ union
angers giant |

’ “When David slew Goliath,

_. thepeople wona great viclory.’’

“When employees at Kit-

~ wanga voted for the Christian
~ Labor Association of Canada

(CIAC), they won an inferior

. contract and a whole’ lot of

proniises. ”
That,’ ‘ina nutshell, is how
International Woodworkers of

‘America local 1-71 business

| agent -

Waldemar
summed up CLAC’s winning’
bargaining rights at the new

- Pohle Lumber operation at:

Kitwanga..

Some 15 employees’ voted for
CLAC while 11: voted for. the
Wa.

Penner said CLAC “inferred,”
that the IWA - was. full of".
marxists. -”

“T would like to stale,” he
said, “that our “constitution
forbids membership “to “'com-

Munists, fascists and Nazis," '

Periner was still ‘licking his

Penner .

“It’s nice to sit hack and use
the.cover of Christianity and let.
the people in the area do the
negotiating for oneself,”* ?
Penner said. :

“Hardly a day passes by. that. ‘
members of CLAC come in t0-us.
asking for assistance to fight for
their claims he added. .

Bells v willl

ring soon.

Latest report is: that Copper.
‘Mountain School in Thornhill-
"will be completed within: ‘two,
“weeks;

oe “The new “open area"? “gehoot

: ‘(on Kirkaldy Road had originally..
been planned: ‘for “Completion
* Janvary'tSe. >). _

But-RiM.- Conway, “mains,
tainance.. supervisor,’ -told , the -

wounds, ‘but he said th i Schoo!. Board:. Wednesday ‘thet
ut he sa e feud be fi shed

between’ the CLAC and IWA:

_ would ‘continue. -

He ‘pointed out CLAC, a
religiously-oriented union, ‘has

‘only aibout 200 members: inB.c,

. students will be moved.into t

. the schoo! will now. be
by Feb., 23...
Itremains a ques

wh r a

- School before, Baster. ~:

- Calling
Board ,:-
sacrosanct -
Trustee Cecil

“office

the School

. aA
. lodge,'”
Seay eda
We egday . _aske ‘a
be held i in local’

pat : said: he thinks

“The: next board meeting will.

be, held: at ‘Caledonia Senior
Secondary: It: will beat’ 7:30

p.m. March: 10° ‘ih’ the lecture:

theatre, ;
“MYSTERIOUS LODGE

_ Pratt thinks parents “get “”
the feeling this’ Is a mysterious: ‘

“little ledge and people a are nat:
_ too welcome,”

bad at this paint that they. . tote in in te 1 f

‘ ce Sad ae have
Whe: T* hoe! stolen, Re a ney

- Police said the thieves left the . arents will atend:

‘way: they -enteredby: using

step ladder and erawliug outt ine

; They moved a
of where: they.

_> another:

is just. as open here - ag ‘fa’ .
school."
‘Pratt replied, “1 diss

- pen cent: ool at the size of this

eal - Lik