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was held In Lions Park in Thornhill.

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Photo by Carla Wilson

The ple eating coritest ended. in a face full, of ple for the unlucky men who were fed by women waiting for. them.

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Sport-Avia with a 13,7-

GLIDER LANDS .

" QUEBEC (CP) — A:
West German
Volkswagen employee
has piloted a motorized

glider across the North:

Atlantic on his way to an
air show.for experimental

- craft in Oshkosh, Wis.

. Michael Schultz of

‘Hamburg arrived. here

Wednesday afternoon via
the St, Lawrence River
North Shore, the eastern
Arctic, Greenland and

points east, an air traffic .

controller at Ancienne
Lorette airport said
today.

Schultz is piloting a
motorized

metre wingspan.

‘ Air controller Georges
Gabral sald Schultz was
waiting for the weather to
clear here before leaving
for illinois.

Schuitz told reporters
he left Hamburg July 15,
put in 65 hours of flying
time and made 16 stops
along the way.

“Tt took me nine
months to plan ‘this trip,”

Schultz said. “I studied
winds, air currents; ail

* the things that mean ‘the
difference between

‘surviving er not.’ -

Gabral said Schultz's
two-seater, aircraft, is
equipped with a radio,
navigation system and

oxygen supply and weighs

420 kilos unloaded. -

Schultz -artived while
California hang-glider

pilot Eagle Sarmont was
making last-minute
arrangements lo return

home from Baie-Comeau,

federal

Que., . _ after

-tranpsport authorities

grounded his Spirit of
California’ because they

- considered it in-

sufficiently, equipped lo
fly in Canadian airspace.

Schultz's glider is more
akin to a_ ‘sleek,

streamlined conventional

aircraft than Sarmont’s
snowmobile-engine pow-
ered, -sallcloth con-

- traption. ’

The 33-year-old
Volkswagen salesman,

who's been flying as a-

hobby for the 10 years,
said; ‘‘t never tried
something impossible.
I'm‘not crazy. "

Senator Edward Kennedy, i in
a rare .appearance by’ a
presidential candidate on the

floor of a political con-
_ vention, promises to bring’

more fireworks to -what
clearly will be a turbulent

-' Democratic national con-
vention. re

Kennedy said Wednesday
he will address the con-
vention to stand up for his
beliefs on economic ‘issues,

-campalgn., a

m

‘Kennedy said ‘the ap-

pearance is ‘intended ta’

redeem a campaign pledge
to stand up at the convention
for. the - “victims of our

current recession and in-

but political considerations.

_ also seemed to play a part in

the decision of the long-shot

challenger to take td the |

convention rostrum.

Kennedy said he will

address the: convention

during Tuesday ‘night's.

’ prime-time television debate

on economic policy. He said
he was making the break
with tradition to. “bring

“maximum attention’ toh his :

cause, . -

“Ll would ~ certainly
wel¢ome it," Kennedy said,
if Carter would join the

- debate. Such a confrontation

is unlikely since Carter has
steadfastly refused to debate

flation.”’ But practical
politics would. seem to
compel the effort, too.
Carter is wetl ahead of
Kennedy in convention
delegate votes and has more

than enough to get the .

nominalion ‘unless a small
miracle occurs between now

and next Wednesday night:

when the convention voles,

A new ABC poll of
delegates released on
Wednesday, confirming
what other polls have shown,
reported 52 per cent of the

| Fireworks are romised

NEW YORK (AP) — Kennedy: Lroinghout the delegates © questioned back

Carter on the rule question,
with 41 per cent favoring a
convention in which
delegates could vote as they
please, and ‘seven per cent
‘undecided.

Carter, meanwhile, paid a
preliminary visit to New

York City on Wednesday and
promised the National Ur-

ban League he would come
out soon with an economic
renewal program to “pul
millions and millions and
millions of people back to
work,” ‘
Aides said later details of

“the program would not be

unveiled until after. the
convention for fear it would
be ‘confounded by the
nomination contest and plat-
fa-m debate.

Pitch-in ‘80
Keep. |
Canada

- Beautiful:

&

The Skeena constituency
has received the - highest
allocation for the funding of
Canada. Community,
Development. ‘Projecis
Program, | sponsored | by
Employment and -Im-
migration... oe

A total of $300,000 has been.

‘allocated to ‘the . area to
create. jobs: “where.” unem-
ployment is'most severe: |

“It’s similar to the. Old

Canada Works. Programs.

We're trying to get at those
groups that suffer from high
unemployment ' such a3”
natives,. women, ‘youth, and”
the handicapped,” sald
Gerry Wesley, counsellor at
the Employment Centre" in

i Terrace.

“Applications submitted.
under. the program should
indicate, through a hiring
plan, the intention to provide
employment to qualified

members of these groups,”

said Ken Yendall, manager °
of the” Centre.

C POLICE

Pwo -

Wednesday, avening::.
An East End Chevron.

Service Station employee -
; discovered , that the! door to
_the station:had: been broken

when she ¢ rrived ‘at. work
Thursday ‘at’? a.m... The’

Terrace; RCMP are: ine |:
vestigating. No one is. sure ,
. what wag! taken yet.

The Terrace Esso station
on Lakelge, Avenue dilso’ had ©

a door broken: This is the -
second time in week the’
station has been ‘broken into. :

: ‘Nothing’ was, taken but
whoever broke. in had looked .
_-Arawers,
‘probably . “te moneys:
owner. Harry Peters. . The..

break-in -was discovered

when Peters arrived at work
at6 a.m. The Terrace RCMP

‘are still ‘investigating, this. |

The. Kitimat: Fire |
Department. received’ seven
anonymous phone calls from
6 p.m. to 10:26 p.m. Wed-
nesday. The caller used the
emergency line and B.C. Tel
was unable to race their
source.

‘A small brush fire on
Columbia Avenue in Kitimat
Wednesday: was quickly put
out, report the” ‘Kitimat
firemen.

"Terrace : ‘service 7
stations were . broken into _

The areas of priorities to

‘be emphasized, in B.C. are

tourism - development,
salmonoid and fisheries
enancement; en-
vironmental -‘conservation,.
non-profit housing. and:

- rehabilitation of low income.

group housing, energy
conservation : and = the
development | of alternate
_ energy sources:, .~

. Prqposals for~ ‘projects
‘must employ at least three
’ people and operate:for a
minimum of eight weeks.
Existing
businesses, partnerships and -

me eena area
highest funding

.pro gram.

‘receipt of all ig

aol da:

gets :

sponsor projests ‘under! this

B.C." received $4, 133

“ million’ as part of the $103.5 iy
- milfion national program, * :

This allocation is expected: to
create ‘approximately ' ‘700,

‘jobs ‘in. the; province,’ “Ene
cluding the Yukon; .

Applications are avallable .

at the Employment Ceritre in.

né for’
niitted
proposals is September, 20

Terrace. :”” Rei aw

with the projects expected to

" begin as soon a5 possible. ©

organizations, .

For more information,
contact the. Centre at 635-—

municipalities 2 are eligible to 7184. '

Foes oe Maa} | le

| vane oe WEATHER

a Jragch Ope sg a:

“the visnihon forensat sfor -
Friday. is vleamands-warm -

with afternoeno,tighnicbet-
ween, 26 and 29,egnaes- ant

overnight sowe:sireneng to

“near 10 degrees. .,

. There is good news
predicted for ° ‘the weekend.

4

There will be litte change in
the weather, sunny skles will,
continue. through * Saturday
and. Sunday.

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