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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY. 4, 1978 .

VOLUME 72 NO, 2

Pehle Lamber crew puts the finishing touches to the 110,080 FBM breaking
ead ef number one and two kiln dried spruce in their record-.

feat Tuesday..

1 cm
snow

‘Traffic. ‘police were
holding their breath

motorats off off guard,
combination ws ood luck

and caution on of
drivers kept trattie move

we were no major
eecldents and no. tle-uns
on the - scale of
renpon 's firat ‘snowfall in
Mie nese hy by. Delta, where
aptee inet line by members
Canadian Union of
Public Emplo ees, Local
° said

sa off gu byt

“We trough that r

‘would. snow this mor-

ning,”’a. weather office
forecaster’. aaa “But .it
earlier man Wwe ex:

earlier,

“Teachers
“get
increase

ton ce has

ation pan
exbi wie Pr
aw tere an crease
ta of 8 a day to
‘pay:

Board
Bite ad ‘he panel
"! increases

&
ciation, said. the “ar-

ard was just
and the board's” “attitude

Eatgdtute’ teachers
haven't hada raise for
three years, he: said.
“The board has been get-
ting, away with murder.”

trucks "Ugs

© bron

come —

. another boy and girl.
“When Vhe er

Arthas ce pa eet ee dpe chat ee A et

Ideas for “New Skeenaview”
invited

-- The Skeenaview

Society has decided to set
— Up a committee ‘to look
into all aspects of a new

_Skeenaview Lodge.”

vrograms which will to
he included in the new
facility, slated to he

soclety will do is for-
mulate what they con-
sider a ._ functional

Invited to send written
submissions on what they

would like to see in the |

new Skeenaview.
--Submtssions can be

WEST VANCOUVER,
B.C. (CP) — Rescue
workers searched
through blinding snow on
a North Shore moun-
tainside Tuesday to turn
a nightmare ordeal into a
happy memory.

amily group of four
and two stragglers, in-
cl ‘another member
of the family, were found
safe on the slopes of
Black Mountain after
spending the night in the
ed area above
Horseshoe Bay. hein

groups were g
ht down the Nelson
Creek trail, little the
warse fr. ory although
one of the party may have
frosthitten feet.

It wae now known how.
the hikers spent the night,
since radio com-
munication with the res-

was poor, .
sae when Robert
MeN 50, of Van-
couver, fir ee of his. four
sons and his teen-aged
daughter  went' eat
Monday on a toboggan
Dp.

“We were expecting
them to go to Squamish,
said McNeeley's wife,
Francine, at home. with

didn't
come home for dinner, I
phoned the police, and.
eventually the car was
found at Gleneagles
school, near the . Nelson
Creek ‘rail, ” she said,
Members of the North
Shore Emergency
Measures ganization

' rescue team were called |
-out after the car was dis-

eovered at 4 a.m, and
began {o ascend the trail
in the early morning
snowstorm.

It was mid-morning
before word came that
McNeeley, daughter
Anne, 17, sons Michael,
15, and John, 12, were
found safe.

Later the rescuers
spotted Tom MecNeeley,

who had met Peter
Boyd, 17, of West Van-
couver on the trail and
had together separated

from the main party.
Boyd was being helped
down the trall slowly, the

“Family rescued ae
“from Black Mountain -

But. apart. from “that

rescuers radioed,
because he. may have
frostbite. _

.-The society met phased. out' by the program which. could be t to Sk ti
yesterday {o set up plans provincia! government. the basis of .. future — ot cre ape)
to make recom- . According te Brad Gee, development of the senior Skeennview Lodge, 4011
* mendations . as. to administrator of the citizen care. home... Sparks. Street, Terrace,
~~ Jacation,  - size _and . loan, the first thing the. .-Inte Interested peopin. eB yeq.

both were in good
shape, they tid ani é

Palestine state in question

RIYADH (AP) =
Qresident Carter came to
this oil-rich desert
kiuedom Tuesday hopin

persuade Sau

Arabia's conservative |

leaders to compromise on
the thomy issue of
Palestinian, statehood, a
major block to ‘Middle
East peace.

Carter met for more
than an hour with King
Khaled at a guest palace
soon after he arrived
from New Delhi on the
fourth stop of his
marathon ternational
tour

A senior U.S. official
aboard the presidential
ne en route here from
lew Delhi said, “It would
appear they (the Saudis)
meving in the process of
mo ward our ap-
proach on the Palestinian
saue.”

Carter earlier told
correspondents he favors
creation of a Palestinian
homeland on the Israeli-
occupied West Bank -of
the Jordan River and the
Gaza Strip linked to one
of the | neighboring
nations, rather than a
new independent ©
“radical” state.

NOT ACCEPTABLE

_ Israel has offered self-
rule— with a continued
Israeli military

esence—for the 1.1 mil-

on Palestinian Arabs in
the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip.

Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat, with whom
Carter meets ‘today in the

sta Mile city city of Aswan, : ar :

inted” by Carter's

Kamel appealed to the
United States Tuesda

supply fresh momentum
to — the stalemated
Egyptian-Israeli dia-

yptian initiative
vad has .

logue.
The E
toward.

are vstates including
*s .former &

syne, but Saudi Arabia

akey ower broker which

Pe eg oil Gellar ‘to

an a--

has renained publicly
neutral in the dispute.

THREE QUESTIONS
The official said Carter
will ask Sadat three
questions:
—What he expects from
Olitical and militar
lks between Israel an:

Fevet set set to begin later

will: put on the table when
to negotiations begin;
—-What specific ob-
tions Sadat has to the
sraeli proposal
Palestinian self-rule.
After Carter arrived in

been th = a”
iy criticized in anree ihe sun-baked “ Saudi

ablan capital of

‘naay primary
Pore of m trip and
visit is peace.

While the leaders met,
Rosalynn Carter visited a
museum in Riyadh. She
yas to attend a dinner in

te from the ate
separate from

dinner iyen the
resident, The sexes
‘aditionally are
separated under this

ox M
nation’s strict féligious

—What tosition Egypt law.

eae

Skeena projects
funded «

Five additional Skeena .
pro ts have been
led unde r the Canada
Works Program, it was
anounced toda’ OA. fr
campagnolo, ME P, for
Skeena and
State for Fitness Rr
Amateur Sport. .
The five projects will

receive, funds in the .
amount ‘of $176,982 and .
+o create a:

M in

‘8 expected -
totel of 35 new
northwestern B.

Oba in

rection of ne califoran winter...

in ependent. Palestinian
atate and his description
of the Israeli negotiating
position as “a step for-

tian — Foreign
Miner Moet

Projects - which have
been funded are: ,

Kitimat Cross coaaig
and Ji

Fitness ‘Trail (1a
($78,960),

tere tet Fin se be tae 5

spr Field aan res

Bivne Lake Recreation
Commission (4 jobs)
$17,196).

Fort St. James Com-

| munity Development 3

jobs) ($14,372
Houston Guilin

“has had its funding. .
-ereased b

$2,856. to
ea locally-

' part-time

r. This
corrects an oversight
made when the project
was initially approved".

allow it to

iene chores bite

eae ne Ra ee Roe Ere ae een nen rhe pe PO athens i Ese.

; Health and

for.

“Health Dept won't
come to Terrace

The North West Zone .

Office of the Department
of National Health and
Welfare will not be
leaving Prince Rupert.
This announcement came
today from Skeena M.P.
and ster of State for
Sport I and Amateur
ona Campagnolo,
behalf of National
Welfare
Minister Monique Begin.
Campagnolo
noted. that the decision to
remain in Prince Rupert
was taken as a result of
consultations with
representatives of the
Indian Bands who would
hav have been affected
by such a move, and after

B.C. Tel

VANCOUVER (CP) —
The Telecommunications
Workers Union stepped
Up ite activity in a labo

te with the British
umbia Telephone Co.
by putting up g upa Ticket line
y¥ around the main
downtown post office. ¢

A union spokesman ~
said the picket line was
agssembl because
payment of B.C. Tel bills
was being sent to the
company through the
mail

A union
injur: and sent to
hospital for treatment of
cuts to his face after
allegedly being struck
after an argument with a
mall, truck driver.

icket was

, EES | the mal. Nee Hall. de

a subsequent depart-
mental study of the
proposed relocation. ‘I
discussed this issue with
my colleague Mme Begin
ona number of occasions,
and we agreed that the
decision had to reflect th
e best interests of the
people served by the
office,”’ said the Skeena
MP. “My own in-
vestigation of the
situation showed clearly
that Prince Rupert
remained the Best
overall location, and that
was the recommendation
that I gave to Mme
Begin. Iam pleased that
the matter has now been
resolved through con-

picketed

st the picket line and
Into the ‘post office

loa lepot.
pine “spot: operations
were halted by the action

and it wasn’t known how
long the pickets would

The company: said
today it had renewed its
contract offer to the
10,000 union members,
but had not heard from
the union executive.

situation has existed
since Nov. 24 and service
has been maintained with
the use of company
supervisors.
in dispute is a section of
rt by mediator MS
ing with the

‘Beattie’ trove ‘Contracting out: teat work.

* Potter i in Terrace

On Feb. 4 and 5, the
Terrace Art Association
will be sponsoring a
workshop ty the well-

Vancouver potter,
Hire Urakami.

School of Art with a
Ceramics major and
from 1971-74 ‘taught
ceramics at the Van-
couver School of Art.
Since 7" Pelle he has

Douglas
ox ane. He. t1s0 has eae

the owner, of the gallery
House of

Bancouver since 1873,
While he is in Terrace
he will demonstrate all
processes of potterh
including throwing,
decorating glazing and
Pulled handles, as well as
ocesses of glaze

ote ation.

To register for ‘this
workshop, or for more
informa’ on, phone 635-
2964 or write 4711 Tuck
Ave., Terrace, B.C.

Ceramics ° in.

sultation in a manner that
meets the needs of those
being served by
facility in question. ”
The office provides
medical services to In-
dian com munities and
other residents of nor-
thwestern B.C. who live
in more remote areas.

Houston
— gets
housing

The Houston Lions
Senior Citizens Housing
Society has received
federal financing worth
$477,050 for the new
Housten Lions Senior
Citizens Housing Project.
The announcement was
made today by _ the
Honourable Iona Cam-
pa olo, M.P. for Skeena

Minister of State for
Fitnea Fitness and
Amateur Sport, on behalf
of Urban Affairs Minister
Andre Ouellet.

The financing, which which
will underwrite the ent
cost of the 16 unit roject,
takes the form of a loan at
an- interest rate of 8
percent. In addition, 10

cent of the cost, or

7,795, is being donated
towards the cost of the

project as a forgiveable

oT ..; Want.

ae the mem-

s of the Lions Club,
whose hard work and
dedication has made this

roject P possible”, said

nolo, “I am
‘pleased ed. tbaethe the federal

government -

through it, taxpa
from all corners
country - has been able to
aid in making the first
senior citizens housing
prot t in Houston a

eo iruction on the
project, which consists of
sixteen, one bedroom

or

' self-contained units in a
“row-housing” design, is

expected to get under

way way almost immediatley.

Fist car worker Serafim Silva stra down the world's record loa of ti
Pohle Lumber yard Tucaday traped a mmber in

tee, bey

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