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 TERRACE-KITIMAT

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VOLUME 2 No. &6

. WEDNESDAY, APRI L. 5, 1976

~ Gerow Awaits

~ Jury Verdict —

A Prince t jury
sh thine apr d closed
doors Tuesday following
conclusion of testimony
during the trial of
Richard Gerow, of
Terrace who was
tie in connection

murder of Paul
Arnodd in
ae on March 24,

1977.

Judge J.L. Murray left
the jury with: three op-
tions:
gull Ny tae first degree

‘urder’ or not gully

to find Gerow °

Garth Clayton Young
also of Terrace, was tried
last November for the
same . murder and
recelyed a life im-
prisonment sentence
after being found guilty 0
second degrea m

The jury must also
determine if Pepin, who
was ori y charged in
connection with Arnold's
death, oyas an. ac-

amples find it ex-
traordinary if you did
not,”. commented Judge
Murray in in-

Jaycee Chairman

Letter.

Sports Editor

Editor -
“With _ regards
rd Sepa
cked” appearing
ferece ve of April April 4, the
ace Ja cess would
oe unit tore yt
y toreply to some
of the comments made by
the concerned citizen of:
that letter...
The situation arising as
to why the Kamloops 5P
Suuewe Distributors
‘-béam withdrew from the
‘Terrace. Jaycees In-
“yitational ” mmercial
Hockey Tournament was
not mentioned in the
letter. ‘The fact was that
. the Kamloops team were
ing two. players who . eam

A
Jaydowns
‘Aournament,

‘to the

Op-.

made them ineligible.
The rules of the - tour-
nament do not allow any
ayer to play in the
ournament who have
playe a higher calibre of
than a com-
mere at V hockey level
after J;

failed to ‘mention that the

Jaycees discovered that ..

the team had a player on
their roster who was
ineligible that they
claimed was just

spelling error.

The writer alsofailed to
mention that we returned:

this: years entry fee of

$350 and also gave them.

the $100 from last years
tournament that was not
really dignuted as such
last: feat year ‘The Kamloops:

ia sen neat for

a.

structions to the. jury.
lengthy trial,
whieh resumed in Prince
Rupert last © week,
brought out some star-
Wing testimony on con-
tract killings in the
Terrace area.

A police tape recordin 4
of a conversation wit
Gerow was played in
court Friday in which
Gerow discussed a
contract put out. on. Ar-
_nold..; He mentioned a

son named Harry

immons had put out the
contract.

Replies To
return their money and
avoid any incidents. —

It is the opinion of the’
Terrace Jaycees that the
“southern dozen” had a

worthy team and

bat §
ro ably raul have
been in prize money

e without ihe questioned
concerned ¢ tizen algo.

players. But then we will
never know now will we?

The other eleven teams
have all asked (if ‘they
could be invited back to
next ear’e tournament

ey ; enjoyed

themselves this year and
were especially pleased
on how the. tournament
was organized and
“Concerned citizen”, yes,
even the Kamloops team
asked if they could return
next year,

‘The- ‘aeTrace-. Jaycees |
cannot

aL ihe eee yeah ue eet h
‘up akan nthe sea! p=
unter ‘tna clr- ‘es ‘if -we lived y the oe wing niet

Bennett Assumes Davis’ Role
~ After Unexplained Dismissal —

oa Jack, Davis, ‘fired.

energy;- transport and
communications, ‘is
fourth. British Columbia
minister in 20 years to
lose. his “position before
his term of office ed.
‘Bennett has not ven a
specific. ving or
action, 6a) only that
slat investigati
are un ves lan.
Davis, 61, says he

‘the ©

“Indian af:
t Davis.
' government by

Inier Dave Barrett after: Cald

resigned voluntarily, but.
‘ Bennett's ©
. made in the le
. indicates ‘ the

statement,
ature,
A for
Vancouver-Seymour was
forced to Tesign.

A aimilar action was

taken in July, 1973, when —

Frank Calder was
from his job as minister
‘without. portéolio for
fairs in the New
Democratic Part .
en-pre-

failing to ‘tell Barrett
about an incident. in-
volving the police earlier

that year. ..

LOST CONFIDENCE |

Barrett said at the time
of Calder’s ‘that-he -

fired © had lost confi ence in

tarily,.. Barrett had. an
order-incourcil passed by
the cabinet rescinding

ers appointment,

_ Gerow stated: Simmons:
was supposed to live in
the Terrace’ area, but
RCMP revealed — they
could not find him in the
area. —
rposed to have heen
su o° have been
three contracts out that
weekend carried out by
persons from Vancouver,
Cost of a contract killin
was in the nighborhood.of
five or six qhoueand -
dollars, he. sai :

It is not: em. when

ede vera
Letter
only to be broken” w

would all be living in a
sorry state, .

oi Eats §
|
thank - the le of W
Terrace and acific
Northwest for their c
ig rt in helping us.
e this: year 8. tour-
nament the success that
it was.

Sincerely

Dave haDon é
Hockey ‘ournamen
Chairman.

Terrace. Sayooes

"BULLETIE

‘One. Jocal youth ‘is
\dead ‘and. ‘another in].
rood. condition at . -Mills

ris

Tuesday at 1:45 p.m:

The accident occurred!
when a. logging truck
ated. by.’ “Peter
Murie of Terrace: ‘was
west on. the
ay after ‘creeting

‘the OVERPAES...

- The loaded - tte

| bering the - ares su
- traffic
irect onal” sign and

aha ped off. two posts on
‘side-of the read.
One pole fell ontop of]
the two youths who were
walking east’ on: "the
highway. me oe
Names: were withheld

pending notification of
Lnext of kin.

‘front

‘ ‘Three Rivers Workshop, faclty tor handicapped
adults on Agar Avenue, was vandalized Mon-
day, night. Six small windows were smashed; in-

cluding a decorative stained glass widow in the
’ af the ea A recom installed ae

Bob Ripmeester (pictured
certain what it wit

collector at the: rear of the ebillding whieh cost about
$4,000 was also damaged. Director of the workshop

I cost to repair damage, but _
estimate. Ms could be as mena as #00. Mo,

above) sald: he is not

| about 10 years’

ii there was to be a aferry landing in Kitimat this is-
where it would be. The .Eurocan dock ‘on the

Caves

seme cessgeommaaembatt OF

. * Douglas Channel near Kitimat.

itiat- ean

‘Smelter Study Stymied |

by Scott Browes

Alcan management
eee ai elt in has been
tts a4
whereby Wor rs
Compensation Board was
fo review the CASAW
(Canadian Association of
Smelter and Allied
Workers Local 1) health

. gtudy presented to. the

company last November
and and singe rejected the
review
‘tripartite ‘manner, ae-
ording to Alean public
relations manager at the
Kitimat ‘smelter Brian

Hemingway. Jo
In a letter released to

the press Kitimat. works
manager Bill Rich stated
that the reason for the
WEC abandoning ~ the
tripartite review.

procedure: was, “I can
Ply assume. that it was
because of a lack of co-
operation 0 on the part of

WCE director of in-
. formation, and ‘education
-services Grant McMillan

corrected this by. saying -
al ee at on Was bt.

cs it. to

‘or abi
month “we., have. been -

‘ trying to get both parties
—the company and union
— together and agreeable
on the constitution: of the

review panel. We felt we:

- Former. Rupert Mayor Dies

- wife,”

Former - “Mayor

Nanaimo

Monday’ at the age’ of 72.
Hills: came to-Prince
Rupert in 1910. He was an
alderman -from 1943 to
1946, 1951 and. 1952. and
again in 1959. Hills was.
mayor for two. terms,
from 1954 to 1957, and a
CCF ° member. of

legislative assembl
os ee was manger of.
Kaien Consumer con

for 10 years and was ci
” defense coordinator after
his retirement.

He moved to Nenaimo

‘Hills was pr ceased

“Of.
Prince Rupert George Mar
Hills . died - in -

daughter,

and five

had spent long enough for
them, and that we should
get on with the setting up
of a review panel."

The union presented
the study to its mam-
bership November 21,

any and union
atinmapted to have the
study reviewed by in-
dependant sources

pen !
ble to both parties
specifications but the

. attempt failed, and the

WCB: was called in asa
credible mediator-type
party. se
WCB | oposed
tripartite roview where a
panel of rts, medical
personne “ineludin

epidemiologists, settl
e ¢ dispute on the study.

mel. was proposed .

ann es
it’s. members, : tal ough
we had
vations,”
Hemingway.

The. review panel was
not to be set until

said

CASAW,: who’ had’ the.

right o of eto on any pe

SA

review.
“qualifie cations”, “ac:
60 CASAW

business avent Peter
Burton. Burton explained

by. “ig: ” first“
ierite, and ‘is
are ved by his second

-wife, Clara (Mickey),

Two sons, Stewart who is

With: the Department, of

Fisheries. on ..Queen
Charlotte Islands, George
in Prince . Rupert
Wethieen
Skidmore, of Terrace,
andchildren.
Mayor
and Ald, Art Murray will

represent the city as the
funeral Thursda

¥.

Meantime, - another
iiorthwedt pioneer was
being laid to rest in
Prince Rupert. .

eto CSS AW henlth sta
some ‘ reser-

: Brewerton,
‘Sunday in Prince Ru

eter Lester .

the qualifications as
issues centering around
the WCB policy of doing
health studies of their
own, and-or using: data
from similar studies like
the Alcan-McGil study of
a:

MacMillan said the
WCB does carry health

studies at variots times. .
“CASAW and Kitimat |

smelter workers we have
to worry about. In this
case we don’t want to get
involved in what director
of WCB doctor Little calls
union-management-

Problems,’ said Mc-

an,

In order not to
duplicate efforts put into
doctor . Carnow

WCB ‘has .rejec

-tripartite procedures ag
‘start on independent

review of the study. as
soon as the scientific
paper for Carnow’s study
‘reaches the WCB office in

Minne anys Mc:

CASAW: “all bet havin
* independent d doctors fi from
around orld

examine: the study and
assess. its ‘credibility, :

explained Bourton.

Funeral’ ‘services are

being held this afternoon..

for.a long time Prince
Rupert resident Abbot

hospital at the age: ry

Born | ngland,
Brewerton -. came
Prince Rupert in 1920 and
was an active member of
various organizations,
the daughters of
England, The Adiar
Carss, Chapter of the
IODE, the Ladies Orange
Benevolent Association,
the Women’s Auxiliary to
St. Peter’s Anglican

Church, and _ later

president _of the Happy

the ,

‘who died .

From the = Alean
release: ‘‘We have a
. responsibility. as a

company to determine, in

every respect, what- the

study says — or does not
say — about the health of

our employees, We are

now examining what

options are available to
rmit us to do so,” said
¢c! e :

Hi ay = com-
mented that on top of the
extensive research and
data available because of
the 1975 McGill study,
another extension of that
study will be undertaken.

mentioned by Rich.
If the. WCB finds the

These must be the options

study credible they will °

‘act’ on, the findings
_ immediately”?, ace i
to Dr. Little. if they ni
more data, “We
it ourselves,” | said ‘ie.
Millan. ©
‘When _ asked - what
might happen if the stud

were found. wrong : Wi
ree ect” to findings,

: “Wel

if and
when it arises,” °°"

The ampere ‘ping-
bie match continues
etween ‘management

are. Ss

1 gommtlesy
E .on that matter ‘if

ng’ ‘which “that at

Wave ne Place where she
‘Tes
hospital.

by a son,-Leonard,: two
daughters, Murial Poole.
and Edith Curle, all: of
Prince -Rupert, four
andchildren,
rewerton, of Terrace,
Joan Bushy, of Kelowna
and Mary Clattenberg
Prince Rupert, 13 great
ce Rupert, 13 great-
grandehilaren and a
cousin, Frank Stockwell
of Surrey...

Reverend D. McCrindle
of First: United Church
will officiate cat the
service. - _

Supervisor of Parks and Recreation for the district
Bill Casey takes in a couple of lengths at the

Terrace pool in promotion of the participation
challenge which starts today.

.Fk-
t

Brewerton is survived

ded * until. “entefing