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Yours: truly,
- Robert Kikkert (636-2427, @26-2333 work)

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Terrace, - B.C, by Sterling. Publishers: Ltd, ~
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“Letters to
‘the Editor

To the Editor,

“We, in Stewart, B.C. and Hyder, ‘Alaska, “wih to: extend :
” this: invitation, to all. Come join us in celebrating Dominion ‘-
“Day and Independence Day! Festivitles will begin July Ist oa
in Stewart, and continue through July 4 in Hyder, Alaska. 'f

The Stewart Lions Club challenges you tothe-Ist Annual _
Alaska to B,€. Bed Race on July ist. Contact! ‘Dennis Young -

at 636-2215 ‘wo ot 698-2679 (H) to’ enter:-your team and
obtain ‘your guidelines. Our ‘Annual Mixéd. Softball
. Tournament will also be on July 1st. Contact Dave

_ Richardson at 636-2238 (W) or 636-2569(H) to register your —

team and receive the game rules,

Other activities will include:
logging and mining contests; children's games and
activities including dunk tanks, pillow fights, BMX ‘and kite

flying contests; a Beer Garden, wet T-shirt contest:salmon. : :
barbecue; Dance and: bale of local arts and crafts, plus

much more.

“Camping and recreational fdcilities are’available: ‘Thank :
you for your-co-operation. We look forward to’ seeing you ain.

Stewart and Hyder, duly 1-4] -

To.the Editor,
| Ain
‘ReSessions would: be available at the: door
inicorrect. :
Due to licensing requirements, ‘only. advance sales are:
allowed. Tickets are available at Northern Delights. Coop
Thank you for making, your readers’ aware, -
Yours traly,...
Paul "Johnston .

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To the Editor, : -
For the first time since I ‘have moved to 3. ©. yl have
"attended the Kispiox Rodeo this past-weekend. a
-The whole thing is put on fhirly well; ‘However, there are

" acouple of areas in which ] find fault.:: ae
The first is that for a first time goer, ‘1 had to more ‘or eas

guess my way as there Is no diréctlonal signa atall?.
‘The second concerns the concession stand. the. people
there encourage young kids to go pick-up.empty cans.: This

' serves a'double purpose; 1-The empty cans are returned to |

them for resale to supplier ag refund Items; 2-The kids act.

. 38 groundkeepers by picking up all this litter that-would.-
’ have to be picked up anyway. What gets me,-is that-for a

“flat of 24 empty’ cans, 4 kid was paid the great sum of 25 -
cents, That, to me, looks’ awful close to slave: labor.
Because of that fact alone [have absolutely no intentions of
ever returning to the Kispiox 1 Rodeo. ;
_ Sincerely yours, -
Rene F. ‘Boudreau’
3315 A Thomas Street
Terrace, B.C.

To the Editor, y
This time of year has people planning travel or taking "
their. holidays in the expedition of : the: ‘joy: of travel or.
visiting of long separated friends or Melatly vos we did a
‘few years. ago. ; we
Some people will no doubt (as we didi select a’ tocal travel

agent, place their faith ‘in him, settle down acrors the desk | -

in his office, listen to the Portrayed ‘of his wonderful official
agency; it was only to dawn on 18- Later’ how: “foxy: “and
deceitful: ‘was the smile scrods that:deak:..

As a wolf stalks its prey : 80 does this. agents the urvary

_ travellers. .

Invariably people seeking travel ‘arrangepients at this ua
agency, are-told “if you have any problems on your trip,
’ juata simple plone call to us will take careof everything, we

‘What a farce this turned out tobe for us. |“

In our-case; tickets for return trip from. England ‘ were

supposed tobe waiting for us to pick up aiytime In England. |
We had prepaid for these ticketsat this localagency.

After ‘two full months this agent had still not fulfilled -
' his part of the deal, The last week of our holiday became “:
. quite frustrating with no return ‘tickets; and numerous -
phone calls across the Atlantic, Our efforts to talk to the
agent were frultiess: only in the last hour of the last day did
the tickets become available and through no endeavor on:
the part of this agent, ‘This incompetence cost us hundreds ©
of extra dollars, to say nothing of the distress,

On returning to Terrace’ we proceeded to place’ a
complaint at his office, thig pompous and arrogant ass had:
the audacity to order us out of his office, uttering; “I do not
have to talk to you rejects,"

Would.- be fellow travellers, beware, thig , Heeue is still

operating. a
Thave heard of a number of others whe|

dived similar
treatment by thie shark, don't jet him get his feelin you. --gamaed and partly because several incidents towards the
Douglas Bullei . :

“The Herald walcomes |ts readers comments. a -
‘letters tothe editor of general pubtic interest will be:
Printed. They should ba submitted 48 hours’ In.
‘ advance of desired publication date. We do,
however, retain the right torafuse to print letters on
grounds of possible libel or bad taste. Wa may al
edit letters for style and length, All letters to be
consideréd for publication must be signed. it \s
Impossible to print a letter submitted within 24
hours of dasired pubtication date.

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a parade; hang gliding; :

erligement inthe edition, Lal, “Nort pat 2
ne thelgpetiorcs atstoe ite ree ton, ae a

. “ percentage point today. ‘The climb followed an increase. ‘in

|. times of unrest.’
Uh DOLLAR RISES |

oe day gets under’ way, the dollar rose to 242.95 yen from 242. 70
oh yen Monday. Later in London, dollar rose to 243,30 yen.

2 previous day: ,

_ALMOST-MURDERED .

- says’, matter-of-factly, « referring. to a: deinon-ridden
Argentinian she met In Costa Aléa; “My editor wanted it

J with her mother, Joan Stuart, and werkingin a bakery.

ISTSAYINGTOYOUR
LIKE-ON V..

U. s. dollar si urges again
“LONDON (AP) — The UL s. dollar surged to new heighia .
dinst the currencies of France; italy, Spain and Sweden e
1 early trading today in response to rising interest rates i in
he United States. i
‘In Britain, where interest rates: are falting, the pone fell
sharply for'a third consecutive day. 2 |

‘Gold prices were little changed. we
>< Currency dealers said. interest rates” ‘on dollar-
‘denominated deposits ‘in’ Europe rose bya quarter: ‘ofa |

"POUND FALLS. \ od

“Phe pound; whieh had plunged 4% cents the: first. two days
of ‘the week, Jost another: “penny this, morning, falling to
291545 i in’ London from $1,5253 late: ‘Tuesday.
‘Money-market : Interest rates in the United States. on .

. Tuesday, amid lingering concern over the growth. of the U.S.
“money supply and a heavy schedule a Borrowing by the .

» US. Treasury, “

’ When interest rates’ in the United States are higher than i
rates’ elsewhere, dollar-denominated, investments are more
‘ attractive, spurring demand-for dollard; With concern x
continuing over Third World debt Problems, the dollar also _
“ha: assumed its traditional role as a a baven for funds in

* with late:rates: Tuesday:
‘Frankfurt — 2.5752 marks, up from 2.5655 and its highest
"revel since last.Nov. 15,0...
‘ Qurieh" 2. 1391 Swiss francs, up ‘from 2 1356,
- SAmaterdain: = 2.8840. guilders, up from: 2.8725,

ny ‘Montreal; the U5. dollar in terms. of. Canadian funds .
_ closed ‘Tuesday i up 4-25-at $1, Sy ;
~“London's‘five major: bullion houses: fixed an- afternoon.
‘recommended ’ ‘gold: price of $408.25:1, S. & troy. oulice, up
slightly trom ‘the mid-morning fix of $407.50. Gold opened at’.
AMO. 50. i,

“Jia Tokyo, where trading ends before -¢ Europe’ s business

toyh Paty +

Inthe early Soing in Europe the: dollar: climbed to a
-yecdrd7. 7475 French francs fram 7 7215 franes Tuesday and .
' reached: a new. high of 1,525.50 lire, p. from: 1,520.60 the

_ markets ‘were, Cloded Wednesday.

: Sliver was bid in London at $iL. dia troy ounce,
“vith $11,625 Jate Tuesday,’ 2
In Madrid, the dollar climbed to 14: 2 pesetas, surpassitig {tn ‘Toronto, ‘Bily _Was quote

Tuesday’ ‘a record of 143.1, and in Stockholmm, the dollar a

“TORONTO (CP) —Jan Kerouac saw her father Jack soaiy is tk Boule, Cate shia with aman she met
"twice bat describes him as “a auectre, an _all-pervading :
" spectre,’ " of anniversary of On the Road, her father’s moet: fatriqus béok.:.
;. The Si-year-old ‘daughter of the Heat novelist says she '
“dreams a lot about him, usually that he's still alive and she
is hie lover,

“And I have a funny feeling when I wake up that I might
“Be my-own mother,” she: says, ‘a ‘look, of wonderment
momentarily flashing acrosé her ice-blue eyes.

“Kerouac, in Toronto w ‘plug: ‘her’ book Baby Driver,
subtitled A Novel About Myself, has’ eda a life dominated by
wanderings much like her father’s.”

. She wag an LSD tripper at 12, herpin and cocaine’ user at,
13, patient:In the notorious psycho ward of New York’s
Bellevue Hospital at.14, pregnant and on the road in Mexico
at 15, hooker in New Mexico at 20, nomad in Colombia and
Peruat2t.  ”

Her. atitoblography,’ published ‘by Holt, ‘Rinehart ‘and
Winston, is called a novel partly because the names were

“Steinbeck Jr., and suddenly’ cameras and festguns, were
', Going Gff all around us, - oi -
AL exactly the same shornent, we timed to: ‘each’ ‘other

‘ridietllous: wo
: TOOK SIX. YEARS”
- “St took Kerouac six years sto write her ws ec
takes ler to 1974: The first threg chapters aquél
‘already completed: - Oe.

‘travelling,
EF chink that being: on the: mov

Af Btay in one place too. tong I get. stale. 1 love the constan
input, of images," -
énd of thie book were condensed.

“Miguel actually threatened wo kil me five times, she

page,
only once’ — crisp. The editor was probably smart to do
that. Truth is: stranger than fiction someimes, especially in
my cage, ” :

Jan, believed to be the only child of the alcoholic novelist
who ‘died in 1969 at thé age of 47, emerged 4 year ago from
the shadows of Eugene, Ore., where she had been living -

by the. things that happen to me. Some people- have even

anit don't take drugs —at least I de in moderation.“

{ie ra

: whee katoi, “whe! key? a

- . ‘amie period af. 1882.

' "profit of $1367 million, up 6.1 million of 4.6 per cent, v
» thé same

“‘demand for loans.

‘ Other dollar rates in Europe at midmorning, compared

2366 Canadian dollars, ip teen 2, a

“Vin Zurich; gold-was bid at 106.25, down $2: Hong King a
InNew York late Tuesday: gold tfiniahed at 41,60, 60,

Poa “year.at a. Keroilse: conference:.marking the. 236th.

. MAL Bote point, 1 got rather plastered and T fell:into the |
lap of this guy wearlng.a white suit, It turned nut to be John:

burned. wes only 2,008 hectares:
“While lumbering has beengoing on in\B.c
‘when the first sawmill went into operation, it was not until
1906 that public i money ~~ 97,600 ~ Was, used

The next year, .27 fire wardens begaa. patro x
horseback, burkboard-and cance. .

B.C, was one of the firat furiadictions in’ ‘North Anietloa to
Use: valreratt in: forest’ protection work,’ nigning:! ‘a bne.ybar
leans. lor. 3 a Vancouver-based nying. be boat in Abt :

ey eens said Canadian-owned banks’ total profite, ‘were
_ booming over last year... °
ot: Bank of Montreal, the country’s’ “third

ieee

ire eat
-said it made a profit of $82.2 mallioh in the- .
riod ef ding April 90, up 8, per cent aver the,

“Second-quarter profit peF cotrition share. was: ‘ad tents,
“the ame'as a year earlier but 20 cents Jess ' a, share tan.
_ Feported: in the first-quarter of this year,” ss

“In the first half of the 1963 fiscal year, the bank’ de, a. :
it

period of last year, - ; :

Although the figures show some improvement ov last:
year, they aren't as encouraging as same of ‘the resulta. ~
_ Feported by the Roya? Bank of Canada, the Canadian
-Imperial Bank of Commerce, the Bank af Nova, Séotia and —
the Toronto-Dominion Bank, : "Es

“Bank of Montreal chairman William Mulhglland said ita a.
: statement second-quarter results reflect: alackness: In

“ “However, the beginnings of recovery were ‘evident bia
“decline in the provisions for. loan. losses,” Mulholland.
“added, - “This.; ‘indteates - thatthe - financial position .of

ie i ne stable:

” The provision for Tban‘tosses in the second quarter was *
$101 .7 million, up from $65.2 million in the same quarter.a
‘year ago but down from $100.6 million in. the Novernher. to-
January quarter. -

The bank said the higher profit in the second quarter c over

- a year ago reflected larger spreads between what the bsink

"received from Joans and paid out-on deposits, However the
“bank's profit between the first and second quarter was.
adversely affected. by a ‘harrowing of. the Spread of
_ international interest rates. — -

Meanwhile, the bankers’ association reported | that total

~ profits for Canadian-owed banks in the first half-of fiscal

.1983 jumped to $938 million, up almost 40 per cent over the
Same period last year... ¢ | -

“The association sald ‘second-quarter profit totalted $453
million, up 35 per cent froin $335 million lastyear.

“But it added that rough econpmic conditions over the. lest
"year: ‘have resulted in a decline In assets of the banks, with
- the total amounting to $345 billlon at the end of the second

"quarter, down from $359 billion a year-earlier. ©

Much of the banks’ profits resulted from an. increase in.
Spreads, which increased to 3. 4 per cent during the second
“ quarter compared with 2.9 per centa year earller.. ‘

= OPPOSES CONTENT PROPOSALS ot ,

* country’s Interests and would shrink what has been growing
- trade between the: two. Such rules may also touch. off.a

: rf a of protectionism in the U, Ss: and other countries, he

"= Ontario will bedin issuing at-day treasury. bills next

:_ Week to raise $95¢ million over a 13-Week period. Treasurer

Frank ‘Miller -said he'll reactivate ‘the :weekly tender
: Btgrani, last used in 1979, on June21, with each of the first
. three: weeltly, tenders. totalling $150 million. ‘The weekly
gender will be for $50 million for the following 10weelis.

" =< Challenger Internationa] Services Ltd.'of Calgary, an

arm of financially-troubled Turbo: Resources Led; has been

_ awarded a §2.7-million ail drilling and ‘raining’ ‘contract in

Pakistan as part of.an elght- year, $36-million program

ies by the Canadian - Internatidnal. Development
ency. oo, .

' and said: ‘I've read ‘some of your father’ 5 “books.” Tt was’:

“Althoiagh ahe’ tslded down nh doe sean ex . a
5'In thé:biéod. I's. |
{disease. My writing is intitiately connected with travel at NM

The ‘question ‘arises ‘whether. ‘she. will ‘burn, ‘put ata a
relatively early age. No," she ‘replies slowly, “I feel my -|°-
father..was a. big, emotlonal. Piscean sponge soaking: in. -.
visions and ideas and then releasing ‘them back onto the: :

But Cin: iffereni: I'ni more cerebral: and ess affecied

, paid I've. been ‘left uitecathed by all the. craziness. Well}.
iso. The thing Is that I’ve learped from ‘my. mistakes i

But niy Jather waa 47, when he died and r m auly 31, re

ai fee _