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‘By GAICHOTINGA. ton,
: ’ Herald Stait Writer.

» people leaving. on Jast Monday’ ‘8 Pacific

: Western flight coulin’t | understand it. The’

weather looked better thin what it had in the -

_morming whén the cP. Air plone Janded, byt.

4 still they heard ‘the familia roar overhead, -

. informing them that the ‘plane didn’t land and
was on its:way to Smithers. -.°/

What many. of them didn’t se, was. the fog.”

bank at the north end off ‘the runway’ which -

prevented.the PWA i from landing in : 1

Terrace, ‘last Monday. ;

This frustrating experien be has been shied
by many whofly in-ait
Holidays have been ‘shortened, ‘connecting —

. flights’, missed and’ appotntments: broken
because. ‘of missed landings. | re

" The problem lies mainly with’ the wether,
A pilot must be able to see the runway from an .

- altitude. of 900. feet with’ a ty. of two”

- miles before it.can land. Lowlying ‘slouds ‘in

the valley often: ‘makes. it impossible 0 meet
these limits. —

More’ ‘sophisticated equiptient, ‘or ‘radar ra

won't-solye the broblem either. "Tom Laie,

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out. of Terrace. a

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that 2. °: will: -- ccorrect: ‘the “situation,

weather dges,” he said.

“It alwayW'seems to, he worse during the
'. Chrisimag: eason and! ‘this one. was no ex.

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ceptica, ‘On the: ‘morning flight CP: Air missed
40-50 per cent. jot the time although they-hada

: Thuch better ‘average ‘with. their. afternoon.

_ Aight. Durlag the past week. Pacifi¢. Western
missed. five ‘out of its seven flights." ‘

‘Overall: ‘the problem is worse in the winter, -

~~ ith CP Air citing a 20-30 per cent miss. The.

- Yearly. average for” both altlines ‘is: ap.

_ Proximately 10 percent.
‘When’ a plane doesn't land, it is equally’
"aggravating tothe arlines,, who have oe

leet abe Isto be ‘able to i aet baie "wenthe

and bas. the passengers to: ‘Smithers’ early‘ 50,
- that they” can meet the plane there. He -also
ne it was the moat Aitticult one because it.

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airlines ¢ of where they can. ‘be reached.
~CB.Air, on the other hand, likes ip bold out
‘the Jast. - - minuté to’ ‘see whether the
“plade will land.Occastonally they will: bus
-pastengers’i to: Prince Rupert early, : but: ilao.
“find contacting all those people difficult. :
‘What do you: do if you miss someone?”

1 BG often: the weathir here ‘changes hourly

‘and the aizlines are not able to anticipate bad
‘Conditions, In that. case, when ‘the plane.
‘doedgh't-land; passengers are often re-bocked
okto avatlable space on other flights; ~

-Thik ‘annoys sone people, who ‘feel. they
should be given seats on the next flight out of
‘Terrace. But’ both airlines disagree; ‘saying
that would only: ompotind the problem, -"

: “You as the public do ‘nat: ‘want to. be left

behind” because ‘your ‘seat- was given to
‘sortedne else who missed their _ flight due: to

-bad- weather” said Morris.

_sUowaly en thet evensg fg, CB Ai
able‘to hold the:plane in Prince:Rixpert far .-
Terrace’ ‘Custosners ” or: ‘fit then “onto: the: _

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been last beard from
14s .a.m.:

morning tight or with PWA -because the:
Bard it crearmnant ities es

tar mre 3 bate with our. oer a
Moria at we did there would be 6 back-aps

ee bus. of F pinne leave Terrace a a day.
» Laurie: ‘suggests people flying’ in and cut ot
oy ‘prepare ‘themselves for: |

people:
‘allman. ‘on. liber end, At. “would ‘ber
-frustrating. 7) :
<2 For’ ‘example, ‘people should not mike ap
, : pebatrments a’half hour after they land...

Algo, ifyou bave connecting flights that fly:
“into Vancouver caly once a day or are going ".
‘| abroad, he.advises you to fly out of Terrace © -
‘the night before in.case there are problems:

” And because it’s a’ ‘long bus ride either way,
Laurie says ‘to make sure you have a meal
» before you leave and. ortra, motiey in your ;

Before ‘the: two officers .
were shot, Nell- (Cheater)
_ Blackmore,-~ §6-year-old .
_ service station .attendan
‘orth-central Ontario has‘ was shot ‘and. killed.“ in’

. ORILLIA, Ont. CP) A.
 sever-hour, -terror-filled
‘ “night .of Shootings over a.

: ” deft two persons dead — an — Burks Falls, abot 120 kilo.
*. Ontario . Provincial. Police "mp i

- officer ‘and: a service -

station attendant .-- and - as guoned .down -
afpther police officer with one Pe up the tank of
five. gunshot ‘wounds: in "the suspéet’s car. ©
Police ‘said earlier .

guns were taken in. a

robbery at Mattawan, abot

elated incidents, \. '
“:, Two men, who have not -
been identified, were taken

“reek chard, -tocines :
ot. ~ Papineay.

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oO eat oe Mata, al :
hint “the. farm. and. leit.

"ways 141 apd: 11,, seven.
kilometres south’ of Hunt, - vs

He said thie officer, who,
Ged trom:a single |

wount in the. chest, bad 7
vate
on. Foutine:

" Atbon after’ adoring "
surgery: ter’ five boltel
wounds. -"

“There was no one to time the swimmers but”
fhe longest one. stayed. In for about five
»-minutes:: The. Polar’. Bear swimmers

fime ‘just getting their feet wet (above)
others jumped right in. Most of the swim- -
mers stayed In only for a few minutes, some

Not to be outdone by.the city folks In Van-
couver, approximately 2Qpeople-in Kitimat
plunged Inte the icy waters of the Douglas

: Channel Thursday. While. some" hadka fh hard

ran out as quickly. as’ they ran. In {below}. .

; Geclared thernselves all Winners lh the end.

About 2:30. a.m. Hon”

tubise radioed hat ke was

Restaurent. ‘in Orillia,
When the sispects were

> believed to have. fled ‘an’

' foot; OPP. tracking: ‘dogs :

_ itd a helicopter joined the
search.

REALLY RINGING IN
THE NEW YEAR

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checked bes purae; fouid. |.
Het mactlage certificate: |
aed theh shld she abould
bave declarall bet rin,

husBand,. ‘ ‘Ricard.

. a, bonght. the:
engagement. ring. tat, |
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TORONTO. (oP)
Brenda Gibbons, who
wes married. Hamp-'
stead, N.Y.; last week;

sys Customs officials at

' Toronto” Tuternatlonel -
Aixport accused’ her of
smiugghing ang seized, G
ler wedding and. engage
ment. rings when she :
returned ‘to Canada, ‘The twa rigs. — av
earlier this week... wadding band valued. at

‘Gibbous, . 23,. sald Bay 35 and. an
returned 7) Line ee Me gagement’ bing. |
recur eianripr tg oh ! purchased last Mare’ for! 9.

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