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Premier Dave Barrett belied
the rumour thal he issimply the
parly image and that Resource
Minister Bob. Williams is: the

real power behind the socialist -
trend in the province of British ”

Columbia when he spoke before”
more than 400 enthralled people
in the Skeena Junjor Secondary
School Auditarium lasl week ..
He isthe Leader, .
There was appreciative
silence while the premier spoke
without-the benefit of notes for
an how and warm acclaim
every lime he made a point.
There is little dewbt thal if the ”
Premier had fences to repair in
‘Terrace he proved lobe a pretty
good carpenter. There was no
heckling, and the premier was
only challenged by known

Socred powers Edna..Cooper'

ost and former Minister of

Agriculture Cyril Shelford and

the Premier proved to he more

than a-match for these astute
politicians, : ‘

The speech was followed by

an hour and a ‘half of

questioning and again. the

Premier proved to be a master

of the game of politics, coming

up with immediate answers,

and in most: cases took ad-

vantage of government action -

and never -fajled {to : mention

ca previous inaction by the former:

= government,

Even when he had to throw a

few voles out of the windew the

Premier never hestitated, as in

had been constructed, lhe land
worked and herd of animals

ihe case of thesquatter withan =. He’ als promised that no eC — PRICE 15 CENTS T. . .
Arkansaw accent, who com- . major development. wou! 2 ; Volume 68 No.43 . \
: plained that he was nol able to place until. Northern Attairs Rotary & DL No. x D2589
- obtain ownership of the land on. Minister: Alph Nunweiler: intl i ‘
* whieh he and: eleven other © completed (a, sence of. local Gerrewaina ;
family were squatting along'the “meetings. ta seek input: as to : ; nein ; . .
Nass Valley. Mr. Barrett ex- what local residents wanted, ty os uO gines by os . : . ‘
claimed that “no way" were | He alsa sald thal the next 2 EO MAZDA . ,
<¥ squatters ever going to cbhtain move by the Department of —_— ;
ha the land on which “they have Labour would be ta appoint a New & Used Vehicles .

i _ squatted even through buildings

% many of the actions taken by his,

government in| bringing fair
: gain: lo British Columbians for
3 the natural -resources of the
province. He noled the rise in

. loyalties on coal from ten cents: |

lo $1.00 and warned thal. this .
would be going up next year to
$1.90. ° . ” .

» ment causes an uproar cach:

a lime the government embarks. .

Assu

“Race As
School

Trustee

on a profitable venture such as
CanCel but no objection is
raised when companies in
financial difficully are asking
the government to bail, them
out. He suggested ‘that these
people would like ta see the
government take over such
losing propositions.as the Post
Office,

The Premier justified the rise
In price of natural gas to the
Uniled States and warned again
of fulure hikes. He asked why

“BC. should sell the U.S. natural
gas at.3i cents when the State of
Louisianna _ is selling its
production at $150."

Mr.-Barrett also indicated the:
intention of the. provincial
government. lo take further
steps in controlling the price of
oil in the province. . He ‘noted
thal the major ail firms had co-

_Gpreated in holding. the price

pul ‘that he was nol satisfied
witb this and further action is

- forthcoming.

Other matters of interest to
local people was assistance for
the flood vielims of New Remo
and Alice Arm anda took at the

‘situalion'in Terrace.” .
‘He also suggested that re-

‘distribution. is already taking
place inthe province. by [he

Chief. Electoral: Officer..which ©
would indicate: “thal . the
. government.docs not intend to ~

ga, throngh the traditional
channels of a Commission
studying ‘re-distribution, « -

member of) the. local labour
“mevement to the Board of
Directors of CanCel,

“with the ‘project: but’ promised
‘that: he would’ get~ the _in-
formation: ‘required. | from
’ Hartley Dent and: would look
“into (the matter. . a

‘The meeting has’ to be ad-

vand seems to follow the patlern

‘ . cof similar ‘meetings: held
° He ‘said ‘thatthe “establish- ;

: throughout the province during

the. course ‘of the two ‘week -

visiting forey by -Mr, Barrett.

¥

Premier Dave Barrett scored a-
smashing Victory on the occasion his
. visit to our town last week. He is seen

sat listening attentively to Premier

above during his speech in front of an ren
Dave Barrett were Northern Minister

altentive audience, at Skeena Junior
Secondary High School Auditorium.

_ §KEENA’ AUTO

Among the 400 or more citizens who

Alph Nunweiler (right)Skeena M.L.A.

-PREMIER IMPRESSES MORE THAN 400 |

Hartley Dent (center) and evening
chairman Jon Jerisen Vice-President
of the Kitimat-Terrace and District
Labour Council. ;

Advisory Committee Set
‘wee iteiecee For Northwestern College

. The ‘creation of an Advisory
Commitiee lo developa plan for
the establishment”

f tion
Establishment: of .‘the:Co
mittee was recommended in the

recent Report of the. Task Force.

a

Florence Dowker,: housewife, Kispiox Band
-Kitimal; an Kenneth Muldo,

MUNICIPAL ELEC

alderman: Gerry <-Dulfus: and

| iestEnenis viet = “Ohyt of town hoods

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“With. only five days lo go the election. Helmut
before the nominationselese for Giesbrecht will not be in a
candidates in the November16 position to decide until” this
municipal elections ‘here “is evening. . -

already assurance of a hot race

. for the three seats to be.con- noonon Monday October 28. “At
> ested, - See

Alderman. whose. :
yeare.Norah .* Bogelund,-.will’ read, off; they.

po 10:00-acm.: of otha day. the
rms. Returning Officer, Mr,.-Paul

larminalé this -yea
‘Jacques, Gerry"?
Hank Buncombe.

“has: in -that-she - of:time, tha
-will not seek ‘re-election: “Both Sok

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TION LINE-UP

Nominations close at “12:00.
“who. has - indicat

fus and ** “names” of ‘Carididates who have
‘Norah » filed to thal. point, Al the close -
] tis-12 oan he will .

raised. The Premier in fact) The Premier would © not . a a

said that when the time comes - comment on the eventual Metal Shop Ltd. : = Ri id :

ele neni nale ai location of the Terrace Health | oea.en Lic. peas 635-6572. | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1974 TERRACE, Bc, | Riverside — Terrace, B.C:
The Premier mentioned because he was -nol familiar. bs oe — en

then read off the names of all
candidales who have duly filed
nominations papers as well as

the nameof any person that he

has ruled Lo be disqualified and
A that, they
‘intend to'appeal this decision.
ince. nominations . close: | a
Ctandidate-can-withdeaw.for up ~
to 24 hours, --Electilon day is
Satirday November 16. *-

centering Eat tec

When the ballots are opened ‘Among ‘those who ‘are’ m1 ‘on the Compiunity-College- The. . Candidat other than” the 7, f 2 : eee Sree - i
November 16, Terrace could be! tending to run for election. are”, Repart airessed that colleges by have who bave declared their h t : T ae we ; aT
represented on the School Pal: Boyle, of Terrace In- ° ‘established in several northern Fenton i Contesting one of the i 5 00 7 U p : errace ot

Peord ef District & with an teraational, Dennis Brewer, . Furalareasin order to develop a
almost. entirely new slate of
trustees. ee .
With filing deadline for.
nominations léss than a week
away, a number of people have
indicated (hal they will throw
their hais into the political ring,
and go after the three ‘vacant

seats on the Board of ‘Trustees... - ;
’ "he had made too many. olher

‘commitments this year, He.did ”
indicate he will be in the race in _;

Tha vacancies were created -

by the expiration of the. term of
trustee Nancy Orr ‘and the
resignations of ‘Trustees, Keith
Tucker and R.E.M: Lee. - Boll:
: resigned rather” than” file.
statements required’ by. the

_ Public Officials Diselosure.Act.

Mrs.. Orr, speaking to the
Herald yesterday ‘said ‘she
probably would run’ for” ‘re-
election. Joes lee

“TP hadn't intended=to run
again,” she stated, :"but there,
scems to be a dirth. of. can-
didates for the School Board.”
“Mrs, Orr has served with the

Board of Trustees:.for ‘seven:,

years.

Regional: =:
meeting : |

‘The -Kilinial-Stikine
Regional District Board: will
hold is “regular. monthly

meeting: in ‘its: Boardroom,
4644. Lazelle“*Averue on

Saturday, ‘October 26 ‘begin- -

ning al id0:0ame oo.

Interesting ilems, an the
Agenda “are the, -Technical
Planning Committee. repart;

Commission’ Minutes. and”
recommendations ; flooding at
. Allee Armand panerally; .
Kalum_ Hill . Development
Referendum; Thornhill:

Community Centre; Wie in. .:
‘“nipeline was damaged during

troduction of a Building Plan
- By-Law; -therentroduction of
a Building By-law; a proposal
for Thornhill-Zoning By-law;
the 1975 budgel By-law: the
‘appointment to the Board of

Minister Graham’, Lea and -
Skeena M.L.A. Hartley Dent, -
This is on. unusual. op-
portunily for people. who work
Monday to Friday to attend a
meeting and behold — for
‘themselves the workings of
their Regtonal District Board,

the Lakelse Lake Advisory |

the Skeena View Society and - ..
letters: from “Highways: ;

manager of Traders Finance In
Terrace, and Ray. Mabbett,
‘chief x-ray technician al Mills
Memorial Hospital == -
.' Two residents were con-
- sidering running but dropped .
the idea. Norm Miller, local
habadasher.. had © serious.
thoughts on (he matter but fell

future years though,.: Ashley’

~-Procevial also had toyed with.

«the idea. of running ‘bul ‘has

‘discarded the idea. . She plans, .

she said to remain on the out-.
‘side for..a year; altending
“meetings and observing -whai

< goes on.’ She feels that by doing

‘this’ she” will be a mora
“Fesponsible trustee'if elected in
the fulures- > 5° :
Al least one. other. Terrace
~woman ‘is considering running -
in the election but has not ‘yet:
made her dacision. °°
CFTK salesman Mike Tindall.

~ 4s alsa contemplating letting his
~ Name sland in the election, “=”

.Phe deadliiie. for. filing
nomination, papers is Monday,

‘October pa

Pool

re-opens
“othe Terrace Swimming Pool
re-opened .yesterday morning

after nearly a.weeks shut-down . thelr particular departments. .

due to high waler levels .ex-
peienced lasl week, -.

- “The problem wasn’t al_-the..

Pool but. at.the. Copper, River
where a Pacific Northern Gas

- the heavy rainfall Jast week, '
Because of a leak In ‘the pipe

; line, natural gas consumption in:

“Terrace; Kitimat and Prince
“Rupert. was’ cut back
drastically. . :
; ‘The ‘effect at the pool was
plunging . tefaperatures* which
~ quickly made the pool unusable,
. The leak has been fixed, the
natural gas is Mowing full force
_ once. more and bodies are
happily hitting the water at the
Terrace Swimming Pool once
. again.

_ system in the Province... .

** “British Columbia’s colleges ,
’ ‘offer, technical and career,
\programmes,: lwo. year,

_universily ‘transfer: program-
mes,’ vocational: tralning and

also meet many of the adult
educational needs of the areas

. they serve: In the Northwestern’

region the existing: vocational

‘-the'core facility for the regional
~ college. Ve ;

The chairman of the Advisory.

“Committee is- Willlam R.
Hutchison, LLW.A. Business
Agent,:.of Terrace,.  Olher
_members are Ms, Heather Cap,
Nurse, Prince Rupert; George
Viereck, Credit Union., Prince
Rupert; Sam Simpson, a former
Manager of B.C. Packers,
Queen’ Charlotte Islands, Bert
McKay, school Principal, New
‘Aiyanish; Leonard J. Kozler,

” farmer; Terrace; Dr.C.K. Ling,

“Surgeon and.-School - Board
member, Kitimat; Mrs.
. 7 Me. Fohn’ “Jensen, Vice
. President. of the -Kitimat-
. Terrace and District. Lavour
‘Council told: the ‘Herald today

that, the: Council. Is ‘looking “.

forward to. welcoming ‘the

amployees of (he ‘Terrace CO-

‘OP into the house of Labour.

whelming majority of the
- Labour Council are members of
_ the CO-OP Store and the lalter
have -urged . lhe Council: to
participate actively in an effort
-to have.the employees join the
various ‘unions representing

Mr, Jensen said. that. a

_with . the, CO-OP. Board of

"Directors who gave their -
unqualified assurance (hal they
would not stand-in the way of ”

_* the’organizing effort presently. °

under way... ae
The. Kitimat-Terrace - and

Distriet ‘Labour Council in-
cludes some twenty. unions: in.

7 the ‘districl.. a
Time: Change
Move time pieces ahead

éne hour before retiring.

Saturday night.as we 90
on standard time. ,

vomplele regional . college °

school al Terrace will serve as &

‘\toria Sireet,, postal code V2

He \said “that the -over-_ south to Quesnel:

eommiltee-af the Council met...

Office
Moves...

The. Canada Pension Plan
district office serving this area
has moved to a new-address in

Prince George.. Fr
Itis now located in Suite 219 0f }

the Oxford .Bullding, . 280 . Yic-

4X3, The telephone. is’ 563-7601,
Mr. ‘J, Gentleman. ‘is*’-the

‘The Canada Penilori Plan
national (except ‘for Quebec)
self-supporting ‘insurance plan
financed from the contributions
of employées,: employers and
sell-employed persons logether
wilh interest easmmed from the
investment of-funds. —

It was: established by Act.of
Parliament: and. proclaimed in
force on May.6, 1965, and is
compulsory forall wage-
earners or. self’ employed
persons between the ages of 18
and 70.01 ee

The plan provides pensions or
banefils in (hree main groups to
persons. | ‘or
providing contributions have
been: made and application is
filed, Thay.are:tc c+.

‘1, retirement pensionsy 2
“9. disability benefits‘ (pen- :

sion; benefit forta. dependent.

child of a disabled contributor);

3, survivor's benefits (lump-

sum death benefit, widow's

pension, disabled widower's
pension, orphan’s benefit),
Lo To

Pat be , a
WILLIAM R. HUTCHISON
. . 4 ate
Pension

dependents,

three two year terms are Dave
Pease, Sharon Biggs, Ron
Gowe, Alan Soular, and Pat
O'Donaghy. . Be
Citizens whose ames have
been-mentioned on the grape-
vine as possible candidates and
who have indicated they would
not run are Falher Sweeney,

former mayor Lloyd Johnstone,
Gail Johnson, Guy Rushton,
‘Don Highe and Pat Fitzgerald,

Vic Jolliffe would not indicale

* whether or not he would run but
did tell the Herald thal he would
be laking an active interest in

Barney Veland, manager of the Liquor Control s
Board outlet in Terrace proudly surveys the new look 0
t the Terrace store.

The change-over, affected in a very short time

‘windows at ‘Twin River Timber,

Vandals and thieves had a
good week, doing their things to
a number of Terrace businesse
and institutions. os

Over the weekend some

ingenious thief left the School -

Board ‘out $250. when he (or
they} stole sixteen feel of
Selkirk chimney off the roof of

the Uplands School in Terrace. ”

That lakes some doing: ©
: Then, early Monday morning
a Kitimat man ‘anda Dawson

Creek man teamed up ta gona .

shooting spree thal included the

_ $1,000°in cas.
“and other confectionary ite

and neon signs at Terrace In-
ternational, B.C; Equipment,
Kalum © Tire, ”: Pacesetter
Automotive and the Terrace Co-
op. They. were apprehended
and a quantity of fire arms and
ammuniliona Seized,

Finally, Monday ‘evening —
(haves hil three slores fronting
on Lakelse Avenue, The stores:

_ involved were’ the’ Hub,

Wightman and Snrith and
McColl Real Estate, The take
Included a . pocket. calculator,

| some cigarelles
mS,

rf

ma retitatatateratet

nights”,

pace last week sees the old store join the growin
umber of self-serve liquor outlets in the province
As Mr. Veland says: "It sure speeds‘up Friday

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