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VOLUME 71 NO. 46 -

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THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1977 |

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Haying attached at Mountainview Park, the old Franks Bros. Dairy field on Kalum weather permits.

Lake Road. Ted Hidber, standing at right, plans to'use the grags to feed his .

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HAS EARLY START

Sockeye fishing at the mouth of Skeena River opened:
Sunday night for two days, a full week earlier than was -
anticipated by the fisheries department. - to:

Byrtl Durtz, ‘fisheries officer, said the river opened:
ear

because: early returns and escapement have been.

g , ox ‘ - ' ~
However, he said the 245 gillnetters in the area had.
poor catches averaging 30 to 50 fish for the first 24 hours
of the opening... not

Escapement up the Skeena sd far has reached 20,000.
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well on the way to the desired 700,000 to.900,000 des

fisheries forthe: season, =~ _ ;

Kurtz said‘a few boats were fishing the Grenville and
Skeena.

Channel areas but were not having much better
luck. than those in the Sk :

Meanwhile in the Nass River area the catch so far this

year has already exceeded last year's total.and is well on

e way to the record set in 1973 when 255,000 fish were
anded, :

With two to threé weeks left on the Nass run, Kurtz said
the catch this year has: reached 210,000 sockeye.
Escapement up the Nass has reached the desired level of
180,000 fish, but Kurtz said the river system could easily
handle 200,000 fish. oo
sald predictions for the
sockeye return this year are still poor and the early |
opening should not be interpreted as an indication :

sheries thinks it will be a good return. |.

“It appears some fish have just returned earlier this
year than expected and we opened the fishery.”

Bo, :
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me Fedéral ingiliry into
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-Canada's west coast waters .
will open in Vancouver July

18 wi

; ‘cluding descriptions of the
various. proposed projects,
Dr. Andrew Thompson,
inquiry commissioner,

’ announced Wednesday.
. Dr. Thompson. con
in. supplementar
issue
of reference have. ‘been
amended .by the federal
cabinet. to include not only
Kitimat | Pipeline Ltd. but
also
Pipeline Co, Ltd. and other

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Thom

invited to attend the opening
facilities ':affecting.. session and to present a
deseription, of. ita, port and

e proposal,” he said.
air change’ in the terms
of reference does not entail
any ‘substantial
restructuring of the inquiry
Dr. Thompson said.

“It does seem
appropriate, however, to
rename the inquiry as the
West
Inguiry,’’ he:added.

le said there would be no
change in the funding’ of
major participants. The
formal: hearings of the
inquiry will open in the.
Vancouver - Devenshire
Hotel at tp.m;-on July 18.
Daily sittings commencing

opening statements
the. participants,

med
ruling
July 5.that his terms

“Trans Mountain

als,"
son said other

roposalg would include .at 9 a.m. will be held on
hose of Northern Tier successive days until all
‘ipeling Company and. rticipants have presented
SOHIO Transportation Co., eir opening statements.
to the: extent..that these | Phase I of the formal
affected Canadian waters. hearings dealing with the

Northern Tier “hag been legislation and regulation

Coast Oi] Port. -

Teer Br eg Pat:
Lael ST ~ trem share 5: .

sheet

seen

See NT a
Kathy Webb is one of 16
students hired by the
distyict of Terrace to do a

survey of , municipal
services. District

recreation director Bill ..
: Basey “hopes the students-
‘will be. able to visit every.

home in the area this
summer. He says each
student will have an identity

card with his-her photo.

“Thompson will look —
| oil proposals

governing port construction
and tanker operations have

been postponed to a session *:

commencing in Vancouver
on September 7. ; ,

Further details as the
-phases of. the. formal
earing, the scope of the
evidence to be. presented
and on community hearings
will be presented at the July
session. = .

Participants in the inquiry
intending to make opening
statements at the session
commencing July 18 are
required to inform the
inquiry secretary at 666-2251
no later than July .15,

A articipant -i8 anyone:
who ’

As appeared at the.

preliminary sessions of the

inquiry: and asked to be -
recognized as a participant

or who-has advised the
inquiry in- writing of the
desire to be recognized as a
participant. :

" Stude

asking questions about:
‘recreation services, parks,

i and the like.

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Herald Staff Writer —
The district of Terrace Is
hiring 16 students ‘this
summer to do a:survey of
municipal services... -- -°
Recreation director
Casey, supervisor of the
project, says. the
municipality wants
determine what people feel

their community should look:
like. The students will be

the library, amalgamation
of Terrace and. Thornhill,

Casey hopes the students
will be able to cover every
home In Terrace and, time:
permitting, Thornhill and
other benefiting areas.

Case
district bein p do
great deal about improving .:
services just now. However .
it is hoped that the economy ,
will get: better,, and the -
district will. be able to,
imporve upon services at a:
futuredate. |
Casey. ‘said the district:

would appreciate the co-

‘operation of residents. . He:

explained that students will |
" identify: themselves at the °

"door as a summer employee
“of the district, Each student.

will be provided with an LD. ;
~ gard with their photo on it..?

If there is any doubt, people.
should ask to see the card.

~The training program,
whieh started ‘Tuesday, will

end this week. Students will

Murder is —

now suicide:

-FORT ST. JAMES, B.C.
(CP) — RCMP said:
Wednesday that the death of
Peter Basil, 20, on the
Tachie Indian Reserve July
1.was a suicide and not

murder as initially was
suspected, _ -
-, Police said persons

detained for: questioning
during the investigation -
have been released.and the _
case is.closed. a

The fan shooting occured
on the ni a party at a
house on the reserve, about

35 miles from this northern |.
. community. ‘

Bill
to

about their. community. and: |;
“receive input about: what

doesn't see the
able to doa ;

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: RACE” Bere a eg tlt Lee ee
Bef ee . on . .

then begin to collect the data
the district -wants.

Terrace council made-

application for funding of
project last fall.

‘The ©. provincial. Youth

Employment Program is

vey services

paying the., salary of 10
students. The other six
students are being funded
through ‘Young . Canada
Works, . Young. Canada
Works and the district are
providing the support costs.

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VANCOUVER CP - Police here have confiscated
“Kkiddie-porn” films, there's a “‘snuff’ film - a’womal
actually killed on screen during a sex performance:
circulating somewhere on the upper levels of West
Vancouver; and there's talk of anti-porn ‘vigilante

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squads in the province’ cé

‘Pornography. ‘is
becoming a serious problem
in Vancouver,’” says
Inspector Ken Brown,
‘Vancouver vice squad. :
“With profits anywhere
from 300 to 600 percent to be
made, it’s right up there
with drugs, prostitution, and
gambling. The fear of the
vice squad is that the
situation is ripe for takeover
by organized crime.”

Corporal Darrell
Wakelam of the RCMP
morality squad, says local
porn producers already are
reliant ‘on “American ‘mob
connections ‘to process and
distribute their films:

“The cost to produce porn
films using children here is
he said, “The
processed and
duplicated,..well, there’s no
such plaeé up here. We
don't have the facilities so
they go down to L.A." where
the prints are made and
shi through a network
of distributors. |:

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as four and five years old -
now are produc
and Canada.
CROSS BORDER
“We got one with a south
American brother and sister
which were among the first
to make it up to Canada,”
Wakelam said. “There's a
few copies around. re
trickling in over the border.
We hear there are some

‘3 Mexico, kiddy" piri . Ga den: ;of° *Eden™ ex*
of children, often as young

in the U.S.

ntral Interior. ne
done locally but we haven't}:
nabbed them yet.”
In: May, the Supreme:
Lica
municipal coun
Prince George, B.C. is of

empowered to withhold a

ess licence on grounds

of protecting community
moral welfare. :
Harold Moffat, mayor of:
e, said “the
matter is right at the boiling.
point.’’. 7¢
“My fear is that Vigilante.
groups are going orm.
Sind take ma ters into their :
own hands. It's a sad
commentary on our times.” :

LOCATION A KEY st
Moffat said council is‘
more worried about the"
store’s possible location:
than its actual existence.’
Garden of Eden Boutique:
Lid., after first being denied.
a business licence in Prince ;
George then winning in;
court, intends to locate near ;
two of the city’s rowdier:
| }
-' Store’ spokesman John:
Payne, who manages. .

there is no definite date to:
pen the store in Prince:
e.Both sides are still.

er the fee which the.
store will pay - for:
pgobusiness licence. .
In handing.: down . the:
decision, Justice Brian’
Dickson said the Supreme!
Court was not. concemed:
with the question of:
morality in the Prince:
George matter. :

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Jim

The Prince

PROVINCE.

ne _ By BILL MARLES
’ Terrace is losing both its Emergency Services office
, and its Human Rights officer.
__ There is now only one Emergency Services office in the
grea. It is in Prince Rupert. B
_ Rights officer for the area, was moved to Kamloops
; day. Both programs are under the control of the
| provincial government. none

Parkinson, Human
last

Stott, zone coordinator for the provincial
emergency program, said in a telephone interview from
Prince Rupert that his department's duties are to make

~plans and preparations for disasters and emergencys.

upert office now covers a huge area -
from the Charlottes to the Hazeltons, and from just north
of Bella Coola to the Yukon border.

However each community has its own volunteer

CUTS BACK |.”

b

“Terrace loses services |

about a year. B

organization.. Emergency Services has trained 40 people
in-Terrace and 25 to 30 in Kitimat, says Stott, rhey are
trained in search and rescue, heavy rescue, first aid,
survival, community health and.other areas.

In addition, Emergency Services has trained private
pilots in looking for lost people and planes.

Stott says his job is to coordinate and train these
volunteers.

He maintains that the volunteers are so well trained
that they:could cope with almost anything. In any case,
Stott maintains he can immediately charter a plane and
bein the Terrace-Kitimat area within an hour if need be.

Stott-was asked how people in the Terrace-Kitimat
area would be able to find the Prince Rupert number in
the event of an. emergency or disaster. He said ‘'99

rcent”’ of the people would phone the RCMP first. The

CMP . would -know where to get in~ touch with

Emergence Services wolunteers.
Stott maintains that Emergency Services can provide
as.good a service from Prince Rupert. He sald the
advantage of having an office in Terrace “‘was not that
great. The Terrace office was originally established
use of the poor road between Prince Rupert and
derrace. Stott says the road has been improved since
en, ‘ . _—
Rent on the Terrace office came to $7,000 a year. This
was given as another reason for closing the local office.
‘The Emergency Services program was started in the
early 1950's. It was called Civil Defense then. In 1974, the

| program, was given its present name.

e Terrace office had two employees until a year ago.
Wally Barclay applied for a higher position at that time
and got it; Emergency Services asked the province for a
replacement for Barclay, but Stott says they didn’t get
one.
So Jean Gray continued on as sole staff member for
ut the government decided to give up
their office in the old Blue Gables Hotel at 4926 Highway
‘16 West, when another group wanted the building for a

- offered a job in P:

ctl

Highway 16 West is undergoing some changes. In the
near future it will become a minimum security
correctional centre. The building now houses various
government agencies. Some departments have moved to
4548 Lakelse. Emergency Services and Human Rights no
longer have offices in town.

minimum. securi

correctional, insitute. Gray was

she was established in Terrace already. ©
Stott says the staffing situation at

could get more staff, But it doesn’t look like Terrace will
ever have its own Emergency Services office again.
Terrace Ald Vic Jolliffe pointed out that the area has
also lost Chuck Gale. Gale, who was district engineer
and part-time local co-ordinator of Em
recently moved away from Terrace. Jo

in the Terrace area with only one full-time staff member
was due to the assistance of Gale. |

“Now there’s nobody,” he said.

Jolliffe said Gale's replacement, Eugene Thomas,

recently appointed by. council, is working at three other .

obs with t, .Thomas is currently acting
‘building: inspector, acting engineer and director of
building services, .

Also Thomas can only work within the municipality.
Gale covered the whole area, says Jolliffe.

The Human Rights officer dealt with cases of violation

of basic individual rights in the area. Bill Parkinson
dealt with complaints of discrimination due to sex, race,
and the like, -
_ A reason given for transferring Parkinson was that
there wasn’t enough comp the area. The local
Ministry of Labour is not certain just where local people
should direct their complaints, == —

The old Blue Gables Hotel near the West End Store on

ce Rupert, but she declined because

ce-Rupert is |
under review. It’s possible the Prince Rupert office

ency Services,
emaintalns |
that part of the reason the program functioned for a'year —