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Job Opportunities . Poor have right to drink too

CHILD CARE
WORKER, vacancy,
$138.00 per week,

* Requires a mature, child
care duties supervision
and care of children,

STREETWORKER, 1
vacancy, $138.00 per
week, to work with youth
atid community -liason.

COOKS, various openings.
$3.25 per hour, Speciality
cooking.

REGISTERED NURSES,
2 openings, $7.90 per hour.
Registered in medical
sugical shift work, #4, 4-12,

. ELECTRICIAN, 1
vacancy, I.W.A. rate. Must
be certified. .

NIGHT AUDITOR-DESK
CLERK, $5.13 per hour
depending on experience.
Must be able to handle full
audit duties and desk clérk
duties,

ACCOUNTANT, 1 opening,
$1,200 per month depending
on experience, Must be fully
experienced and know how
to do a full set of books, in-
cluding a financial
statement.

OFFICE CLERK various
openings. various salary
details Must have 40-45
W.P.M. Invoiceing telex
and must have cash
expereince to clear
machine and take cash
counts.

HEAD TECHNOLOGIST,
1 opening, $1286 per month
depending on experience.
Must beable to supervise lab
staff, machine maintenance
program and advise duty
rota.

AUTO MECHANICS,
Various openings, $9.00 per
hour up to $9960, depending
on experience, various
-nenings. Must be Journey

HAIRDRESSER, 1
vacancy, commission,

licensed experienced ap-

plicants only.

SAWFITTER, 1 vacancy.
$9.60 % hour uncertified,
$9.80 4¢ hour certified. Must
have minimum of one years
experience carbide'and land.

WAITER-WAITRESSES,

various openings at various
wages. Should have ex-
perience serving of liquor.

SENIOR AR-
RTITECTURAL DRAFT-
SMAN, 1 vacancy, $800.00-
$1500.00 per month. Must be
experienced, assisting in

BABYSITTER, various
vacancies, $7.00 -§10.00
per day. Two letters of
Referrance is ‘required.

STREETWORKER, 1
opening, $138.00 per
week. To work with youth
and community liason.

For information on any of
the above contact Terrace
Office of the Canada Em-

ployment Centre, 4630
Lazelle Avenue or phone 635-
713A. ‘

U.S. couple face
deportation

VICTORIA (CP) — A
California. man = and
woman who said they fled
here after being
threatened by  un-
derworld figures were
convicted Tuesday in
provincial court of
personation for gain after
they attempted to obtain
birth certificates of dead
persons,

Lawyer Scott Marshall
told Judge Blake: Allan.

_ that Peter Glen . Powell, ':

2%, and his wife Jean
‘Marie Powell, 19, were
attempting to settle in
Canada after fleeing

from the U.S.n
Deportation hearings
have been launched

against the couple.0

The two entered a plea
of guilty after being
charged last Thursday
and were given a oneday
sentence.

Crown counsel Don
Laughton told Judge
Allan that the couple
went to the local Vital
Statistics office with
filled-out birth certificate
. applications under the
dead persons’ names
which they apparently

found at a library.

Office workers begam
suspicious, Laughton
said, the RCMP were
advised, and the two were
arrested when the left the
building.

CASE ‘BIZARRE’ |

Marshall began fis
submission by calling the
circumstances _ bizarre.

He said Peter Powell
was employed, by a
private, security firm in
the U.S. and, during that
employment, uncovered
a cache of weapons, in-
eluding -automatic
machine guns.

Marshall said Powell
was arrested for
possession of those
weapons and was in
custody when he received
a death threat from
underworld figures who
were believed to be
owners of the machine

guns. ;

While Powell was still
in custody, Marshall said,
he escaped from a
hospital and went with his
wife to Vancouver. They
then tried to gather
material to gain
Canadian citizenship.

Man shot to save
father from hanging

A Detroit man, charged
with murdering a man
whose skeleton was found
in a shallow grave in
North Vancouver, B.C.,
did it to save his own
father from hanging for
an earlier murder, a
British Columbia
Supreme Court jury ‘was
told Tuesday.
Wyne William O’Brien
is charged with the
March 17, 1975 murder of
Mike Vasey, who al-
legedly was involved in a
heroin and diamond

smuggling operation with
O’Brien’s father.
The Crown’ says

O’Brien shot Vasey in the
back of the head while
sitting In a car driven by
a companion,

Marcella Shepard, of
Detrait, whose son Randy
was with O’Brien at the
time of the killing,
testified that both men
left Detroit early in 1975
for here and returned
three months later.

“It was midnight when
they arrived,” said Mrs.
Shepherd. ‘‘Isent them to
get cleaned up after
travelling and told them
to watch TV for a while,

“Minutes ‘later Wyne
came to me and said he
had something important
to tell me. He said ‘I
killed a man in B.C.’” n

She said she did not
belleve him, but that he
went on to explain how he
shot Vasey, buried the

‘but

body in a hole and then
covered it -with leaves
and branches.

Mrs. Shepard. said
O’Brien told her his
father had kelled a man
in British Columbia and
that at that time, the
punishment in Canada
was hanging.

OWED MONEY

She said O’Brien told
her that Vasey claimed
he was. owed a large
amount ofnmmoney by
O'Brien's father and that,
if the money was not
paid, Vasey would tell
police of the alleged
killing. .

O'Brien Jater pondered
asking God to forgive
him, she said.

She agreed with
defence counsel Glen
Orris that her purpose in
coming here to give
Crown evidence against
O’Brien was to clear her
son’s name,

“My boy was involved,
only after the
killing,” she said. “His
mistake was in not going
to police. after it hap-
pened.” , ,

Randy Shepard
testified later that he was
thrown against the
windshield from the blast

as. O’Brien fired at close -

range. at Vasey's head.

"T asked Wyne if: he
was crazy and he -just
said; ’Drive on.’ He had.
the look of the devil on
him.”

. association

VICTORIA (CP) — Don
Lockstead (NDP-
Mackenzie) accused the
-British Columbia gov-
ernment Tuesday of
penalizing the poor, the
working man and the
unemployed by — in-

. ereasing tobacco and

liquor taxes, ;

“The people who are
really getting hurt again
are the poor people,”
Lockstead told tha B.C.
legislature during budget
debate.

“The millionaires on
the government side can
well afford to pay $5 for a
pack of cigarettes, and
$50 for a bottle of wine, if
they have to," the chain-
smoking MLA said. ''The
poor, the working and the
unemployed have a right
to a pleasant drink and a
good smoke too.” °

The increased taxes
were part of the $4.28
billion budget presented
Monday by Finance
Minister Evan Wolfe, and
will be used to partly
offset the reduction of the
provincial sales tax to
five per cent from seven
per cent. n

Lockstead urged the
provincial government to
assist the federal
government on the con-
struction and operation of
an airport on Camphell
Isiand at Bella Bella
which would serve the
mid coast. n

The NDP _tran-
sportation critic also
called for lighting at the
Powell River municipal
airport and urged the
government to continue
the ferry service to Ocean
Falls provided by the

Queen of Prince Rupert.
CUT OFF ROUTE

He said the B.C. Ferry
Corporation cut Ocean
Falls off the route after
me month and the
sommunity will not haye
any transportation for
‘ive months this summer.

He said the reason-
wiven was that it was
hhree hours off the
‘egular run. ;

“But that’s ridiculous,
vecause I happen to know
hat if they had a few
nore people at Prince
Rupert to service that
vessel and shorte. the
ay-over at  Priice-
Rupert, they could easily .
make up those three
hours there and call on
Ocean Fails, and create a
few jobs at the same
time.”

Agriculture Minister

Wiretaps “in the public
interest”, RCMP claims

OTTAWA (CP) — A

‘senior RCMP officer
‘testified Tuesday that he

violated policy in allow-
ing wiretaps and he
withhelb this information
from superiors.

Assistant Com-
missioner T, 5. Venner
told a royal commission
into RCMP wrongdoing
he would do it again “in
the public interest.”’

Assistant Com-
missionernMurray
Sexsmith, in charge of
RCMP security service
operations, has told the
commission he felt then
solicitor-general Francis
Fox was technically
correct, last June in
saying an RCMP break-in
at a Montreal news
agency office was an iso-
lated case of RCMP law-
breaking.

Sexsmith had been
asked why he did not set
Fox straight when he
knew the minister was
off-base.

Chief Supt. Donald
Cobb has testified he
drafted a fake message

More ~
homes

The provincial govern-
ment’s decision to expand
its home purchase grant
program to used homes
could open up as much as
20 per cent of the market
to first-time buyers, real
estate agents said
Tuesday.

Currently, someone
buying housing for the

first time is eligible for a
$1,000 grant only if he
purchases a new. home.
Families do not. get
special concessions.

. The proposed increase
to $2,-500 would be for
purchasers with children,
but a British Columbia
Housing Ministry
spokesman said used
housing will also be in-
cluded in: the program.

George Yen, president
of the Vancouver Real
Estate Board, said about
20 per cent of the multiple
listings for the residential
market would qualify for
the program.

‘George Oikawa,
executive president of
Western Realesearch
Corp., said the increased
grant seems to bea good
thing, but it has to be ex-
amined in more detail.

HELP QUESTIONED

“I guess the question is
how much is $1,500 more
going to help when you
need $10,000 for a
downpayment anyway.”

Shirely, Schmid,
executive director of

, Columbia Housing, a non-

profit advisory
for co-

operative housing, said
sne

hopes the program |

doesn’t lure people into
buying a home: before
they have thought out the
future expense of home
financihg.

“If you are buying a ;

$50,000 home—and it’s’
hard to find anything at
less than that—yqu will
still end up with a $47,500
mortgage at 10 per cent if
you have no equity init at
all,” she said.

“With principal, in-
terest and taxes, that
works out to $324 a month,
and -you have, to havea
$21,000 income to handle

that," i

urging terrorists to vio-
lence late in 1971. He
justified it on the basis of
national security.
Venner, Cobb and
Sexsmith not — only
tolerated illegal RCMP
investigative activity but
they stood silently by
while superior officers
and politicians denied it
was taking place.
KEEPS QUIET n
Venner acknowledged
that while he was
covering-up the fact that
his junior officers in
Toronto were—against
RCMP policy, .and
specific instructions from
his superior—using wire-
taps in drug, customs and
other investigations in
1973, Parliament was
being told that wiretaps
were not being used in
such investigations.
Venner said wiretaps

were vital in fighting ©

erime and he decided the
public interest warranted
his going against the pol-
icy, - ‘

by

To questions

commission counsel J. F. «

Howard,nVenner said he
would take the same po-

sition again and would be |

disappointed if his

subordinates did not do
the same.

The Protection of
Privacy Act of 1974
enabled the RCMP to
earry out wiretaps under
authorization from a

- judge, but it has left the

law cloudy on whether
police can legally enter a
dwelling to install sur-
veillance devices.

Commissioner Donald
Rickerd was surprised to
find that not only his car °
but his other possessions
could be moved for the
purposes of bugging
them. - 7 |...

Venner said that if this
was the only way a bu
could be implanted,
police would be able to
defend taking
automobiles and other
possessions.

He told Commissioner
Guy Gilbert this would
also justify deceiving a
hotel clerk to gain entry
to a room to plant a lis-
tening device,’

“Where do we stop in
resorting to deceit?”
Gilbert asked.

“Deceit forms a very
large part of our in-
vestigative programs,”
Venner replied. -

Province of British Columbia

NOTICE

PUBLIC

HEARINGS ©

REGIONAL DISTRICT
REVIEW

Notice is hereby given that a
Public Hearing will be held at

TERRACE

Terrace Hotel, 4551 Grieg Ave.
Thursday, April 27, 1978 - 2:30 p.m. to6p.m.
BURNS LAKE:
a ' Civie Centre
Wednesday, April 26, 1978 - 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

PRINCE RUPERT |
Crest Motor Hotel, 222 - 1st Ave. W. :
Friday, April 26, 1978 - .
1:30 p.m. fo 4 p.m. 7p.m. to 10 p.m.

MASSET
Massett Community Centre _
Sunday, April 30, 1978 - 12 Noon to 4:30 p.m.

Organizations or individuals who wlsh, to
present a Brief to the Review Committee
and have not yet informed the Executive
’ Secretary should do so as soon as possible.

Individuals attending the Public Hearing
and wishing to make an oral presentation

are also welcome.

On behalf of the Committee

Brig. Gen. E. D. Danby (Retired)
Executive Secretary :
Regional District Review Committee .
Suite 206-515 West 10th Avenue

Vancouver, B.C. V2 4A8 872-2335

Jim Hewitt called on the
B.C. Ferry Corporation to
provide space on the
ferries for the advertise-
ment of 8B.C.-grown
products.

“There are thousands
of B.C. residents and
thousands of tourists that
travel. on those ferries
each year. They would be
able to see the type of
quality products we grow
in the province. I think it
would help our agricul-
ture industry a great
deal.” . ;

Briefs

LIAISON WAS
TACKING

OXHEY, England (CP)
— Before lunch, a council
workman laboriously
painted broken white
lines down the centre of a
smart residential road in
this Hertfordshire town.
After lunch, he found the
road had been resurfaced
by council contractors.

ONE DOWN, EIGHT TO
Go ,
NEWCASTLE-
UNDER-LYNE, England
(CP) — Abigail, a tabby
cat, used up one of her
nine lives recently when
she survived a 200-mile
journey under the hood of
a neighbor’s car. Abigail
made the return journey
in the same car-this
time on the back seat.

FRIENDS WERE
SHOCKED |
CHINGFORD, England
(CP) — Fireman Gary
Ashmore shocked friends
when he turned up for
work in this Essex town,

aL eraapy

ABE RTM:

nb eee le

THE HERALD, Thursday, April 13, 1978, PAGE 3

Profits from

budget leak

OTTAWA (CP) — Ed
Broadbent, federal NDP
leader, called Tuesday
for an inquiry into what
he said was a leaknof
budget details, saying
such a leak could have led
to windfall profits.

Imperial] Oil stocks
went up Tuesday mor-
ning and the budget
announcement
night contained increased
allowances for — oil
producers. Broadbent
said it is possibile the al-
lowances were known
before the announcement
since other budget details

became public
prematurely in the
media. '

Finance Minister Jean
Chretien rejected the

allegation, saying the.

stocks did net go up until
after the budget was an-
nounced. n

“Tf the stock had gone
up yesterday perhaps he
would have a case,”
Chretien said. ‘‘In my

judgment he has no case pl

now,”

Broadbent demanded
that Chretien order an
inquiry into the apparent
leaks from the budget
which traditionally is
kept secret until it is an-
nounced... If Chretien
refused, a parliamentary

committee should in-
vestigate, '
Commons Speaker

James Jerome promised

Tuesday to study the

request. But he warned
there were several ele-
ments in the situation
making it quite different
from cases in Britain

Monday,

where finance ministers
have resigned because of

leaked budget  in-
formation.
Broadbent’ cited

specific details about a
provincial retail sales tax
cul announced in the
budget and published
Saturday in the Teronto
Star. He also said CTV
television broadcast

‘details about tax breaks

for industrial research
and development. on the
weekend.

DENIES LEAK

Chretien said neither
he nor his officials leaked
any information and
stressed the retail sales
tax cut deal required con-
sultations with provincial
ministers, starting about
two weeks ago. .

Chretien emphasized
that he presented the idea
to the provinces as a
hypothesis and did not |
tell them until Monday
afternoon that he was
going ahead with the

an. :
Chretien said he made
no mention of: the oi]
allowance or provisions
other than the tax cut in
his talks with provincial
ministers.

Jerome said in two
British precedents
Broadbent cited, the
matter was not
eatednas a question of
parliamentary privilege
which was the procedure
Broadbent used.

In one case a judicial
inquiry was established
and in another a
parliamentary com-
mittee was set up. .

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Province of British Columbia

 PUBLICHEARING
~ ROVALCOMMISSIONON |
ELECTORAL REFORM, 1978

‘The following Public Hearings wili be held by the Royal Commission
on Electoral Reform, 1978, in the Province of British Columbia ap-
pointed under authority of Order-in-Counc]I 82, approved January 12,

1976, namely:

- > PRINCE RUPERT ELECTORAL DISTRICT
Prince Rupert-—Court Room No. 2, Court House—Tuesday, April 25 at 3 pm.

SKEENA ELECTORAL DISTRICT

Terrace—Raoom No. 2, Terrace

, -at 1pm.

Hotel, 4551 Greig Avenue~Wednesday, April 26

Smithers—Court Room, Provincial Government Building~Thursday, April 27 at

9:30am.

The Commission will make inquiry into and concerning the need, if
any, for amendment of the Constitution Act and the Provincial Elections -

Actin order:

(a) to secure, by whatever redefinition of electoral districts is required,
proper and effective representation of the peopte of all parts of the
Province in the Legislative Assembly and that in formulating the

recommendations to be contained in the report the Commissioner

take into account where feasible historical and regional claims for

representation,

(b)to give consideration to alternative methods of vating to those
presently used within the Province and elsewhere,

(c) to give consideration to eligibility requirements to voters In pro-
vincial elections, and
(d) to make inquiry into and concerning the desirablity to assembling

suitable guidelines regarding the collection and expenditure. of
funds by provincial political parties and by candidates in provincial

elections,

, (e) to makeinquiry into and concerning the desirability of an iricome tax
deduction rélated to contributions to provincial political funds, and

(f} to make inquiry into and concerning the need or advisability, if any,
of proposing legislative provisions to prescribe requirements for
the designation of political parties for the purposes of status in the
Legislative Assembly.

All persons desiring to be heard by the Commission at any of the afore-
mentianed Hearings arerequested to forthwithsend to the Commission
at the below noted address a letter of intention to appear and stating
the nature of their interest. '

Submissions for any of. the above-mentioned Hearings should be de- -
livered to the Commission addressed as follows: ,

Royal Commission on Electoral Reform, 1978
_Box 11589, Vancouver Centre

650 West Georgia Street .

Vancouver, B.C, V6B 4NB

If time does not permit proper notification, please be available at the
place of Hearing 30 minutes prior to scheduled Hearing time.

For further information please contact the Office of the Royal Com-

mission at 868-3011.

iY

By order of the Commission
Judge L. S. Eckardt

Commissioner

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