VICTORIA (CP): — Progressive Conservative. leader Scott Wallace, a self- described | “misfit in politics,’’ ‘announced Thursday his intention to withdraw from British Columbia polltics. Leaders ot the three other major parties in B.C. expres sorrow at his departure, but respect for his decision. © “E am genuinely sorry to hear that Scott Wallace plans to leave political life in British Columbia,” Premier Bill Bennett saidin a written atatement. ' ef _ “I have great respect for. Dr. Wallace as an articulate . okesman for his party. is departure is a blow (the Progressive Conservative party in Brit-. ish Columbia. ; “I am.sure that all government, MLAs will agree that whilé we may -differ strongly on political’ issues, we have great, “grena.” ‘respect for Scott Wallace's contribution to yrovincial legislature. “Politics in British Columbia will be much less interesting after Dr. Wallace leaves the political the Wallace said he sent a letter to provincial party president Frank Oberle suggesting that a new leader be chosen at the party's annual’meeting in Kelowna Oct. 7-10, He said he will decide at that time whether to step — down then as an or wait until the next election is called. _ RIGHT EXPERIENCE . Opposition leader Dave Barrett said Wallace ‘represents the kind of lence and knowledge and dedication that all tties would be happy to ve in terms of their’own- MLAs.” . “He. has tremendous service to the ‘people of the province ... he will be m Barrett. ‘” Liberal leader Gordon. - Gibson, who like Wallace:is his party’s sole MLA in the legislature sald he was sorry to hear the an- nouncement, _ “Scott is not only a good friend, but the person I moat admire in the legislature,” given’ ssed,”’ said. said Gibson. “I'm glad that for the time _ being he's staying on as an MLA. You just have to realize that there's something wrong with our ... adversary system around bere where a greater place ‘ean’t be found for an indi- ‘vidual like Scott Wallace.” Wallace told a news conference earlier Thursday that he will step down as leader of the party this fall and will not run again in the next provincial: election. - , He said his ‘common sense, moderation and sweet reason” were not ‘suitable to the political climate of B.C. Wallace, 47, indicated he will probably 20 back to his general practioner’s practice in Oak Bay, but said he has been cut of medicine so long that the decision must be made soon, Legis larive Lisqaay . Pan CAnevy7 BunDVvGS | Vic roaia He first ran in provinctal politics for the Social Credit party in Oak Bay during the 1969 election. He crossed the floor to sitas an independent in 1971 and then a few months later joined the Conservative party. Wallace was re-elected in 1972, became party leader in late 1973 and was re-elected again in 1975, | He cited personal reasons for not continuing his political career, bu De MAY TAD OOGFANY, RIDATON: [Ow SOP Now: Showing at MAYTAG 14E COPEMBABILITY PEOPLE| Furniture & Appliances Adivision of-Tatam TV Centre Lid. 4554 Lokelse Ave., Tersace, Bc. ‘the™ herald Serving Terrace, Kitimat, the Hazeltons, Stewart and the Nass ‘ VBG IPB | y, A'VOLUME 71 NO. 52 Price: 20 cents FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1977 / Thursday: Friday's forecase: Today’s forecast of cloudy with showers is expected to carry over to the weekend, — Weather High 15 Low 13 High 17 Low 10 id outlined bis disillusionment with politics in general and B.C. in particular, where yoters choose extremes. gece a Op y 8 to stick to the facts in thinking that most yoters are commonsense people,”’ he sald. “That doesn’t seem to be the answer.” Wallace's three-and-a- half year term as pa taitles, ‘ridleeophieal “and cS, political, With the party hi- erarchy. : His style of leadership, he said, was not palatable to] the federal arm of the and not success provincially. “I only regret that I have not succeeded in providing the kind of leadership an charisma which attracts Many new members and which - is essential in building a party with the - capacity to become the government in ver this province. — Trail . Herald Staff Writer Trails will be upgraded on Bornite and Thornhill Mountains and a new trail eut on Sleeping Beauty’s northeast ridge under a Young Canada Worksprogram that will emplo hree Terrace students this summer. _ Kerry Delaney, Grant Harris, and Wayne. Sussbauer have been. working since finished on improvements to the Bornite trail. ‘Thus far, . ” the trio says, “‘we have cleared windfalls undergrowth, ~ repaired corduroy, marked the trail, and are involved in some ° bridge reconstruction for the first two-thirds of the - trail.” “me students hope to have finished their work on the . trail by today. It was while on a hike uP Sleeping Beauty Mtn. tha the plans for the summer project. were hatched, he - explained. Delaney, his brother Kevan, Be Wassink, and Allan Stradeskl. succeeded - during their trip | last summer to reach beautiful alpine areas but not, as Kerry ut it, “without great fi . ‘ “The Forest which stands . on the slopes which lead up school -- have given them help “PIECES ARE FALLING INTO PLACE” - MUNRO wins province-wide pension | pa sata ane rrace area. Their Sleeping Beauty Mountains. CLEARING PATHWAYS tangled, — and overgrown.” " An application was made to the Young Canada Works - program. and with approval and $4,000 in funding, work began. The goal: “A trail . up to timberline which would benefit the recreational activities of the region,” severely 2 | students: are also . using the program to male “the mayor of this East says nts more ‘aware of ‘hiking opportunities in the Terrace area. _ Delaney added that local business and government ‘carrying out their. function, Terrace Equipment Sales: provided some of the needed equipment at no cost to the students, a needed help because the government funds include ‘very little provision for expenses. “No money is available for us to obtain a power saw. if anybody would be able to aid us in these matters, please feel free to call. We may be able to work out some sort of a short term deal. The use of a saw for a few occasions throughout, the summer would be agreat aid tous, Trail construction without a saw is extremely difficult.” - . Reflecting: on some of the hiking opportunities nearby, they wrote: “Bornite - Mountain trail is just east of . - continue Terrace, near Kleanza Creek campsite. It is most suitable for a family hike, being within the capacity of anyone in moderate physical condition, “If you're looking for something to do on a THOUSAND — FISH DEAD CRANBROOK, B.C. (CP) ‘Kootenay communily work is on Bor z refuses ._ VANCOUVER CP - The International Woodworkers of America achieved a ‘major breakthrough” in its current negotiations Wednesday when employers agreed to'a single retirement pension plan for some 43,000 B.C. woodworkers. — Except for one major company operated by Noranda,-the operators on the coast and in the southern and northern interior “apreed to our demands”, said Jack Munro, western ional president of the ts i . ~\phis is" a major break _ It means one level of benefits and one rate of contributions. . -“There will be - one provincial plan that will be ortable throughout estern Canada, It will be a ! healthier plan and it will ‘ woodworkers Saturday, consider a mountain.” ‘They also recommend Einar Blix’s new book you shovld é up this “Prails to Timberline,’ ‘which documents 50 area hiking opportunities, its not the city’s fault that | Joseph Cree killing hundreds of fish. edn Wednesday ‘the city has it’s standard practice of supplying the. creek with 700,000 gallons of water a day. ' He denied charges by provincial fisheries biologist. orm Ringstead that up to 1,000 fish have died because the city decided to cut off the creek's water supply and store it upstream, City: engineer Fred Crashldy said he suspects water is being removed from the stream below the reservoir. ‘ ' “Some' people are usin water without a licence, an some without a priority licence are also using water,” he said, = An inspector from the provincial. water rights ranch will investigate the dry creek. dried up, . Colgur ‘- said ed and one- captured, raised tensions along an old ‘battlefront . Thursday. The United States sought an urgent meeting to discuss the incident but the two sides. were unable to agree immediately on a dme, The U.S.-led United Nations Command in Seoul said the Chinook helicopter “strayed accidentally” into Communist territory and called on North Korea to convene a meeting of the Military Armistice ‘Commission to discuss the the to incident not escalate a. confrontation.” “We understand that two: af the crew members were killed when the helicopter. -blazing students — "to the ridges is dense, wet, make it possible for workers to move anywhere in West- ern Canada without any fear of losing benefits. They won't feel they one employer.” There are another 10,000 on the prairies. Munro said he had made the single provincial plan a ersonal goal when he fecame IWA president in CONTINUE TO MEET sub-: Munro said - commettees of both sides are continuing to. meet to work out ‘he, details vf ite provin plan, inclu past service benefits whic are exempt under the federal antlinflation board delin gui es, ; ‘ ‘He said the agreement by Forest Industrial Relations, - Southern Interior Forest Labor Relations Association: and the Cariboo Forest e of gunfire in some. way we don’t know yet, And the fourth one apparently has been captured” . A White House spokesman later said there was no ex- change of gunfire in the sense American or South Korean soldiers fired at North Koreans. ‘ U.S. Rear Warren C. Hamm, senior commission member on the (UN side, sent a message to North Korean authorities asking that the crew and helicopter be returned. FAIL TO SHOW The North Koreans failed to show up at the truce site at hours twice requested by the UN Command. The UN side then called for a meoting Friday afternoon while North Korea proposed it be held Saturday. North Korean radio said the “armed” helicopter “infiltrated deep into the portion of our side” and are tied to . Admiral ° 7 Only Northwood request Labor Relations Association is a major advance in this year’s negotiationa. “The pieces are startin to fall into place”, sai Munro. “But we have to be patient because there is a ong way to go yet.” ‘, Munro said ‘Northwood Pulp '.and: Timber, Ltd.,. a} - Noranda,’ subsidiary -. of refused to take part in the “ sub-committee meetings on pensions even though they are ‘members of the north- ern association. “They sat out all by them- selves”, said Munro. ‘‘Yet Northwood in the south is’ working through the southern association. ... If they refuse we'll work out: ‘the details anyway.” Benn : assistant. However, McKelvie was the only. Davis said he sees nothing said McKelvie was well assistant is a . Lauk said such rson available to fill the short notice. Davis’s former forced to resign because of McKelvie is-going into third year law at Queen’s University in Ontario this fall. His appointment. as executive assistant runs from May 1 to Aug. 31 and provides a monthly salary of $1,625. TARNISHES GOVERNMENT _.. SUMMER JOB AT $1,625 MONTHLY VICTORIA (CP) -- Transport Minister Jack Davis was accused Thursday of practising nepotism and patronage for hiring his son-in-law as his executive Gary Lauk (NDP—Vancouver Centre) told reporters: that Davis’s hiring of Michael McKelvie was ‘‘the height of patronage... it border on Davis defended his action tion.” el executive assistant was health. Lauk said the hiring of one's son-in-law for a summer holiday job that brings such a high salary tarnishes the . ernment. ” ns ne wrong with it at all. He ied for the job because he has had business ¢ lence as well as working as executive assistant for two federal cabinet ministers. The minister stressed that the litical one, not a civil service position. nepotism was never prac by the former New Democratic Party government “Let’s have some standard Premier Bill Bennett said he was unaware that McKelvie was Davis’s son-in-law. _ of executive - of morality,” he said, MACDONALD: ett must give “moral leadership” —- VICTORIA (CP) — The controversy in the British Columbia _ legislature surrounding alleged mterference by a govern- ment MLA in the Insurance Corp. of B.C, continued Thursday, with Alex Macdonald (NDP— Vancouver East) calling for moral leadership from the premier. The NDP has accused U.S. officials denied the helicopter was armed, ee tg .. Michael Chipman, of Terrace, the driver of thia 1965 Chevy Impala, was charged. with driving with undue care and attention after his car rear-ended a Kerster of improperly intervening in ICBC claims in order to get favorable results for associates and a company he used to head. Macdonald said on Wednesday that ICBC had broken its own rules to pay a claim by Surrey Dodge Ltd. which Kerster headed until his election to the: legislature in December, 1975. STILL CONNECTED Macdonald said on Thursday that although Kerster claimed not to have any connection with the car dealership since the election, he in fact did. Macdonald said Kerster “had and still has a personal financial interest in that company, namely as LBB ae McRobb , of 1973 International driven by Carol Olive personal guarantor of its still outatanding obligations to LA.C, Ltd, for advances made to the company under a debenture dated Aug. 5, 1975."' The car dealership - went bankrupt after Kerster eft it. _ Kerster denied that the circumstances outlined by. Macdonald meant he still had an intereat in the firm. — Earlier, Macdonald asked Bennett what action he would take in light of the ~ obvious conflict of interest. Bennett said he considered it an MLA’s duty to stand up for his constituents, and said that if Macdonald was making charges of wrongdoing, they should be made agaitist ICBC, not Kerster. ES oer Terrace. The acchient occurred Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Grelg and Emerson, amar ns Sees mayo cir a sat gh conie