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RONT,_ PAGE EDITORIAL

As concerned taxpayers -
rrace, we are feeking your
Ip. ;
HA group of interested persons
s been formed for the purpose
building an Arena for ‘the.
trace area.’ This group. has,
Forked hard and have raised
zonsiderable fundé for ‘this-

Centennial "project ::they..-a1
: banking ' “on: -hoth °

this is. supposed

governments,
support.;;. Roce
_tn'the past few’ weeks ' it has

become: Increasingly evident.

that ...the: ‘goal.’ will, ‘not. be

“through: ‘some, devious.
. thet its going to be turned over =
ta ‘the: ‘taxpd yers for. ‘Ppaynient, .
“We fully: Teallze your. time 45
Hiniited, and this: would. ‘appear.
: tobe buta smallimatter: We can’.
assure. yoir-it ts’ not: The: ‘Arena’.
: . error; Which could ‘never ‘have

ofS Terrice |

Association : “wil go-to’ ar

woe foe! * engi. to ‘construct tl
objective is $500,000.00 and they - ing
“are. far: ‘short. of. thelr. goal. AS.

We os the’,

taxpayers and Property.owners
‘request’: your
Ne Departnient - ‘Investigate. this
without delay, -.", °
al.) Ttappears that these so called.”
- .cOficerned taxpayers and: most
_ of all the persons ‘who draftéd it, .

have made absolutely no- effort

to speak with the’ Arena.
‘Campaign Committee, not.even

means; .

‘go. dow:
-Headauarter and find ou whl

Ahey's Te: doifig.:..

petition’. states:
Committee {a falling far short of

(a) In the first paragraph he :
e@ L

cthat::
their goal, This is a gtaring

ne s dated August 2a, 4
Wallace, Genetal ey from of

the.-Céntenriial. Committee. in
Victoria - to. “Mayor. Victor
Jolliffe; Térrace: was granted
permission to. change their’

’ Centennial Project ‘from..“the

-been made, had the writer of the”

: undersigned, -

* petition “stopped into: the’
Heddquarters and asked a ‘few:

‘simple questions, 'this apparetit, -

Raising: Commitee now have
their goal well in s

“fog he-she is in would have been ©
cleared up in notime, Due to ‘the = -
Jogging . operation the -Fand

“ Terrace

<b) Well, two ni kes in one |

paragraph. if the writer ‘had

nosed. around, “it would have -
been discovered that in @ letter.

fact’ a-. Recreation.
constructed by the people. of .
(the Community

~ construction of an ice surface 80

by'200 feet-on a concrete base,
complete with enclosed. ice
making plant and foundations
for a.roof structure to be added
later to ‘ta Centennial. Park’,
.The Arena complex will be in.
Centre

Canvags), local businesses,

.. large corporations and’ the

Municipality for the use of the
general public.

- $500,000
they are doing exactly that; the -
town’: of. ‘Terrace needed an
‘Arena and to finance it could
easily have | borrowed ;
"$500,000.00 to construct it. Then .

“pray.

‘earth. gives

cf What people who go off

aa )
half ‘cocked "‘and without the |
“eorrect information fall to take

intd. consideration is,- that if
instead of having-a Fund.
Raising. . drive to raise the
00 and never doubt that

the

tell, -oh | concerned
taxpayer, what would ‘your
taxes have been then? Of course
the taxpayers will have to pay.
for the running and maintance
ofthe’ cbmplex, but so does

"every other community. in the

country large or smali. What on

“impr ai a should do an : a
pression we oy ommiltee talks it is not al} talk,

differentiy..

in orin the ‘.-
(d) Anothée grads ert + “There is-no heed to answer that.

“It is ‘already very plain to see
“thet this whole petition-ag an

fourth parigraph’states; “We?
feel in view of the fact that our

‘Civic’ Centre” ‘burit: ‘down, “and

the construction: Cring-wall): has

‘started on this, proposed Arena

that we will in fact get only an

‘ Arena’ and not a- Community, :

tre”.
‘Did: you: know that the new
complex was’ designed so that it

could: be. added ‘oni. to, and
already plans ‘for a large open

area to'be ised for: meetings,
dances, ° conventions - and

probably a gymnasium are-now .

being formulated? Did. you.
know that there -is. talk of a
swimming pool? You must

ow by now thai when, thi eo
but ‘talk: leading ‘up. to. action.

‘effort of some back stabbers to
stop the town of Terrace from
having this: vast-improyement,
Why 17? May we: hear from you.

. The only truthful statement in

that petition isin the second last

paragraph. ".‘‘The ... Arena
‘Association will gato any-length
to construct this. ‘ building.”*
‘They will. and: every. single
Jength . they ‘go-to. willbe .
completely open’ 'to “the public
with the public welfare in mind.
Any Information: about, the
Campaign will be give readily. -

curpose, ~ However, their

reached. We are afraid that

Come in and ‘seo the | oe

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Our paved roads in the Terrace area are not quite : as smooth as

f -the gravel and dirt Alaska

Restaurant Wednesday, |

_ winding up their trie

Creek. motobsyellsty ‘manage d

Hi
Benson.37 (left) and Bob Mille

to ‘Alnska. |

ghway. Motorcyclists George
r, 45, gave this, comment when

they parked iheir’ 650cc 'Frlumphs in’ ‘front’ ‘of - Manuel's :

/ The two ‘Californians have. been

_ averaging around 250° miles per ‘day as they are in the process of...

Travelling through’ Dawson ie

4

ITCHEL.

nuclear test on Amchitka Island

ris: expected to be one of the
prime topics External Affairs

«Minister: Mitchell Sharp will
"discuss with State Secretary

tiny island near the end of.the .

Alaska, ‘Ia Fort'St. John they. met other cyclists iravelting from
South America. They had accnmulated 20,000 miles on their
journey across many countries. -The Californians said little 7
diffleulty was met on thelr own trip, They chose to travel at this‘.

-: time of the year, when tourist traffic has decreased and inseit *:

traffic also decreased, Is getting a little 4 in the re mornings, a
. Bab, sald, so we are heading. back Souths,

7 a) that Terrace’s first air
-show-as'a success th
understatement; I

ed, to:

1 go. — to ) Falrbanks,

William Rogers .when. the two
meet at the, UN today.
Canada wants the test, sched-

" uled for later this month.on the

Canadian Canni

UNITED NATIONS (CP) —
‘Growing Canadian concern
. aver. the effects of the proposed
-biggest-ever U.S. underground

Aleutian chain off Alaska, can-
celled because’ of the dangers |
such a blast poses_to the envi-
ronment in an earthquake-
prone area. .

‘Sharp strongly. condemned |
underground nuclear testing by
both Russia and the U.S. in a _

- General “Assembly. speech |

Wednesday, and he is expected
te ask Rogers to use his influ-
ence in having President Nixon
call off the test. . ..

In the Canadian Commons

Mao dead? (again)

PEKING - (ReuterY ‘

S tuna of millions of Chinese.

ebraling: “toda y:-the -:
-anniversary ‘of thé found."

ing of the peopl's republic with |
- festivities; revolutionary daiices.

and singing in parks and‘ ‘public
squares allover China." -
‘It-is. anticipated that Chinese
leaders will take part.in some
of these events in the absence of,
official celebrations this year. -
For the first'time since Chair-
man. Mao- proclaimed . the peo-
ple’s republic in:'Fien An Men
Square 22 years. ago there will
be ‘no massive parade this year

in keeping with reforms an-.
nounced by. the government. «
The eve of national-day recep-
lion. in the’ Great. Hall of the’

People Thursday night was-a
low-key affair compared with
past years.

-Just after dawn | today, a clear
autumn day “in “Peking,

hundreds of : marching groups

were.on streets * Playing trum-
ets dd

gipotident’

The ‘Associated Press re-
ported fro om Tokyo, thal & corre-

newspaper ‘statements * ‘com-.
‘memorating | the anniversary

- were omitted this years; os.

“Radio ‘Peking. broadéast:
speeches. oo

CHOU EN-LAI ABSENT | ; 4 ;
_. ‘The highest-ranking Chinese - :
Officials at the foreign ministry

-reception, Peking were listed as’.
Vice-Chairman’: Tung Pi-wu,
Viee-Premier Li Hsien-nien and -
the acling foreign minister, Chi
‘Peng-fei, monitors said. Pre-

. mier Chou En-lai-did not attend.

They said, however, that
among the 400-Chinese officials
‘and foreign diplomats at the re-
‘ception, Thursday night -was
Chou's wife, Terig Ying-chao, a
member ‘of ‘the party central
committee, .

Peking cancelled the usual pa-
rade and fireworks display in
the capital,’ citing “reasons. of.
economy. The cancellation can-.

_ tributed” to: Speculation that

Chairman Mao, 77, was’ ill or
dead, although ‘Chinese diplo-

. mats i in several foreign capitals

have received a : ‘letter’ from

Salvation. Army. ‘officer, Major.

Willi eslie; he major Was

. said he was in Good health,

‘Peking fof Japan's. a
“Kyogo News: service. Roted. tbat, ith Be
~ the: traditional goverriment, and ~

“Thursday, Government House
Leader Allan MacEachen said a *
fovernment motion ‘opposing
the test would be placed on the
order of business Monday if

‘agreement is redched on limit-

ing debate to one speaker. for
each party,

The White House said Thurs-
day Nixon has not yet reached a
decision on whether to allow.the
test involving a five-megaton
‘bomh, equal to five million tons
of TNT. There have. beet re-
ports that the bomb already is
implanted , 300 feet. - un-
derground, awaiting the. g0-
- ahead.

MAY DELAY TEST :

Press. reports say. soirces,
close to Ane | White House have

Will nof‘conflict with the visit of
Soviet Premier Aléxei Kosygin
‘to. Canada in” mid-October, ‘Tt

‘had been scheduled for some- -
*. time’ this. week or early: next

weeks’:
Inhis. talks. with: ‘Rogers,
‘Sharp -also. will discuss eco-.

“nomic Policies as they, apply to

Canada.

“In his’ discissiona’ with

‘several foreign ‘ministers. in.

kan concern >

private talks this week. ‘Sharp
found to his surprise. that’
Canada’s often-stated : position
that because it is the” biggest

. trading partuer of the U.S. it is

hurt deeply ‘by ‘US. economic .
policies is nét- well known

: abroad.

Sharp. talked Thursday with
foreign rninisters of Guyana,
South Korea, Yugoslavia, West
Germany and Australia,
WON'T.BACK U.S. PLAN .’

Sharp made clear to Austral-
ia’s external affairs minister,
Nigel Bowen, that Canada could
Not, support the two-China pra-:
: posal of. the U.S., which is co-
sponsored by Australia and sev-
eral other countries,

Ching obviously was deeply ;
son, the mind of: Rogers ‘ag he re-

foe United Na

today, to.Jead ‘what tow 1 is

erally believed to be ‘an’ uphill
fight, for ‘the U, Ss —twe-China—
policy. . .

-, Delegates “Jooked today, fora

reaction by Egyptian’ ‘Foreign
Minister, Mahmoud. Riad ‘to
Thursday's proposal by Israeli
Foreign Minister ‘Abba Eban of

-a face-to-face, meeting’ between
~ the ‘pair, ander U.S.. auspices,

for the purpose of: oon a

Suez canal. settlement.

N orthern Mainland,
cloudy with showers,

- Weather « or. “hot

Queen Charlottes: Today and Saturday: :
winds southerly
Salurday mic-S0s, low tonight around 45.

“Forecast temperatures chigh, low today, high saturday): :
Tofino 58-45-58; Port Alberni 58-45-55; Port ‘Hardy 55-42-55;
Prince Rupert 55-45-55: ‘Terrace. 52-45- 52; Sandspit 55-45-55; °
Kamloops 62-40-65 ;-Lytton 62-45-65' Penticton 62-42-65; ‘Kelowna -
60-37-62; Blue River 55-35-55; Revelstoke 58-40-38: Ctanbrook §5-!
35-58; Castlegar 58-35-60: Williams Lake 50-35-50; ‘Quesnel. 52-87
52; Prince ® George 52-97-52: Smithers acdc gaa aed

15. highs: teeny and a:

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_ SEPT. 30, 1971

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