| i way a “4 - 1972. CARS © Friday night Arrange to to the - : Victoria, B. c.. fe He qf. ree oe eserves: TRA mee aOR Nera fteratd siaffer ‘Denis Swanton broken glass as she erilers” the carefully steps through the Terrace branch of Workimen Compensation Board. ‘The Katum Street office was the scene of violence Monday when a customer, reportedly unhappy-with the’ board, pegged a fair sized rock through the front door Blass. En ttm, tag an . mishcief, a charge which extends beyond the willful: damage charge, The incident ocensred around 9:15 Monday morning, . _. Batagelj will appear in court and face charges later this, week... . aera ere ‘Ivan Joseph Batagelj. The man was pate with causing - Bird deaths ~ cause dismay By Peter Van der Leelle Birds of all sizes are still dying in the Prince Rupert area today.’ But deaths are not oc- curring as heavily today as they had been in the early weekend, Friday morning gave the News first news that "several birds had died mysteriously in the morning.’ Andy Ackerman, local conservation officer at that time disclosed that the deaths were a result of birds being “drugged” by -Mountain Ash berries.. On Friday night, Ackerman said, “We have made a more careful study since this morning and the mysterious deaths are definitely not the result of the berries, it is now clear that this was in no way possible.” Ackerman agreed that the .. birds had been ‘gorging” the berries for years without ill effects and said, ‘Something has attacked these birds, An’ accident last Thursday evening on Yellowhead ie. involving a well known former Prince Rupert girl, resulted in injuries including a fractured “ collarbone, Rosalie: (Rusty) Ljungh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, ~ George Thain of 528 West oth Avenue, ‘Swerved to miss a porcupine on the highway, and -her car plunged into the Skeena River, 23, 2 miles west af ace, caboose and covered with © especially their. ‘nervous system, their senses seem lost, it could be something in the air. There has been a heavy mist — ‘-here for: some dags. . previous...it could be something like that... but this is all theory." Meanwhile, the local con- _Servation office has sent 25 of the birds to the Fish and Wildlife Branch in Victoria and ‘another 75-pdd to the Depart- ment of Agriculture in Van- ‘couver, Dead eagles and owls were also found, disqualifying the theory that only small birds had been affected: Sources also added that some birds were found with sores on their un- derbelly. Said Ackerman, ‘I have never seen arfything like this before. No other wildlife seems to be affected. CN to the rescue of Terrace motorist blankets, while train conductor Bob Paulis was lowered down the embankment by a rope to ascertain whether or not there were any other persons in the car, At this point, water was level with the rear window of the’ vehicle, and over the dash- board, No other people were involved in the accident. 3 Contact. “waa.: “made - with ~. thé. “am-: “perrace™ RCMP "3 bulance was: dispatched to the Scene. ‘The train remained for two hours and ten minutes, ‘Mrs. Ljungh’s condition is reported as very good and she is expected to be released from Mills Memorial Hospital’ i Terrace within a few days. Field trip underway 'for Nass and Kitimat _ Another field trip to the Nass River and Kitimat areas is wd underway today for 35 ‘Prince Rupert Senior Secondary School m. students, The young people, all in- gee volved in the Indian Studies S course, developed and taught by local teacher Fred Sontheitir me departed this morning ‘aboard } the CNR passenger train to Terrace. They will be taken by bus to - the Nass Camp and ‘Canyon City, with a possible stop. at New There are still 91 forest fires — ' burning in British Columbia and oe ~nearly half of them are in the: 234 f car and to the: Tight ‘aide; Nelson Forest District where ‘mopping up some of the older. fires is proving troublesome | and costly, Most of the ether outbreaks: are in the Kamloops District - where there were 25 new fires Hit and | run. ” An ‘Ohio. State; motorisi - morning that, another motorist’ -had hit his 1967. Buick aid sped. away from the scene. * The hit and rin js: being | - Investigated by RCMP and they . mm Say an estimated $250 occurred , ; to the Ohio car, : ; Driver Geerge’ Sanderson of . Ohio was reportedly procesding | east on Highway 16 and ‘when | attempting a left hand turn into: } an ‘Esso service sate the “ accident occurred, 20 Othe, ee vehicle, any as meeting — . Thursday “decided to let|: Administration ‘handle an application for $200 - * Council, ~ totalled ‘Alderman. Ediia ‘Cooper at ‘the” * purposes is put into the hands of counel Aiyansh. Weather permitting, the group will camp under the stars at Red Sands Lake. ’_ A feature of this trip will be . the cooking. of. three meals ‘outdoors by the students themselves, Tomorrow morning the students will be taken by bus to Lakelse Lake where they will enjoy a swim before heading to Kitimat and a tour of the Alcan plant. The trip will :be concluded Wednesday afternoon when the . "Forest fire report. during the past week and a total of 39 burning late yesterday. None are reported to be serious. gioup ‘will ‘be tak - Terrace where they will board the train. for the. return home. ck to’ " ‘This:excursion will’ give the students an opportunity to see first-hand what life is like in the remoter-parts of the area, and will help in their - discussion groups in class. ~ The Indian Studies ‘course was devised hy Sontheim _ several years ago in an attempt ‘to have students obtain a ‘better understanding of -the native Indian culture, - . ‘hazards are low. in, ‘most ‘regions. . "In the Prince. "Rupert. Férest’ _ Elsewhere in the province the’ i District, the fire hazard rating situation is generally quiet and. is low at-this time. - Terrace Zee. Visiting the -Terrace. area for r ‘gr ra n t m. reported to RCMP. Saturday - Terrace town council, at’ a night .' grant. The application came from ‘Terrace: and! District Arts .Financial asaistance ‘Mnust be forwarded.-from «the 7 ‘municipality’ to the arts council if any attempts: to.secure a. B, C.. - Cultural: ‘Fund’: can. _ prove! “Successful. us * The’ fund * ih. the ‘past “hal ~ $2400, “reported © meeting,“ and; for -distributio the arts: council, : id As ‘in other. coramunities, the tien allots ‘certain’ sums ° “grand fund to’ ewial : Support: tothe local couine “though: ‘Administralor:: Hardy {s currently sf ving the: atermine |. ne ‘to the - council, it: te suspected that the ” gounicdll latter, . ‘signed. . Wo a von : Arts. 2 “Terrace has in the matter and trying ta the : iid, ‘of. grants q municipality will again throw-in ~ its finanqial share,’ : Local- organizations working - through. the arts ‘counc¢i]. earlier. submitted ,. their particular requests for grants. eeded,” Alderman’. Cooper . adid,- “but ‘the government | usually allots ‘the fund on a. per. ; capita: ‘bagia’ anyways. He “phe: ‘application from, the a came: in” the’ form: of:a. Lihda >, Gile amount of $410."" - ~ "PT hé groups usually request a” ttle more than what isgenerally’ There: is a big mix-up betwéen the District of, Terrace, the - Terrace Chamber of Commerce and: a “nation-wide circulated publication ‘entitled Trade and Commerce Magazine. A bill for $410 has been set on the shoulders of the Chamber of Commerce but according to ‘reports from Thursday night's. town council meeting, is too cheavy for the Chamber. Ina letter to council Chamber President. J.T. described the mix- “ip, - In regard to an article about Terrace which was published in ‘the Trade and Commerce. during April of this year, President MacKay had this-to ‘say. -““He (magazine ‘ salesman _ Larry Willson) spoke to the . Chamber {ata meeting held April 6) about the growth of northwestern British Columbia and stated that the Mayor had ’ given: his appraval to support ’ the publication of this article,” @ veo” Chamber. af Commerce — was <<. ° ‘advised -that the appropriation ~: for. this. publication had been. --deéletéd’- from ‘our - budget L -. proposal after: the . Magazine had gone ‘to.press. -° ; “Consequently . the. Chamber. : : power failure “Later, || however, has been billed for it. in the At the Thursday’s meeting publication. .. Administrator ‘Jack Hardy was. present at :thé: time of Mr,. Willson’s visit ‘and ‘that neither: « tive support to: the salesman, “The salesman touched on the © ‘ value of Trade-and Commerce: : “miagazine in‘his’ talk’ and then: left’ here’ and ‘went to the: ’ Chamber of Commerce where it appears he.was able to'sell-the ’* Chamber of ‘Commetce to: -purchase - the. space," sald "Mayor Jolliffe, ars MacKay ~ _ Mayor. Jolliffe completely. °~ ' denied giving his support for the - He reporled that ‘Haugland of Hamer Street ran “his: 1971 GMC pick-up | truck into : B : eifected to appear in court this. week." Vho'll pay the Commercial’ and Tourist Promotion. Committee (Alderman G. McAlpine in charge) were used in the Journal of Commerce publication. ‘Alderman McAlpine was not in attendance at. the council meeting: and Alderman Johnston therefore moved that ‘the topic be tabled for . Clarification and later consulting with Mr. McAlpine. Further in his letter to council Chamber President MacKay _ Said: “We undertook this project in good faith, We therefore respectfully request that you _Teconsider our request for a grant to pay for this publication, "Since the publication has been distributed we have received a large volume of mail with enquiries: about Terrace. “Recent statistics show Terrace as still growing and . business’ activities more ‘favourable than in other areas. We believe it is the information on Terrace which is distributed by the Chamber. of Commerce throughout | Canada - and the ; Truck causes The weekend's power outage réporiédly occurred when ‘Terrace «motorist Wilfred a ‘power. pole.’ -: -." Fhe pole, once standing on the comer of Eby and Olson, had to be ‘replaced. | “Haugland was charged for ‘driving while impaired. ‘Damage’ to the truck totalled $600" ‘and no figure on the value of ‘péle_replacement is known, “Power outages occurred in two inatances, ° Lights wen€ out “tate. Friday’ night when: the ; ” pecident: reportedly occurred. . _ Bnd: then -again ‘flickered. and, temporarily - went: out as + Hydro: crewa . worked - “Anstalling ; the: ‘new pole “No infuries were re CMP: - and Haugland °. : porte ! bill? United States and | ‘other countries that’ contribute. to Terrace's. already steady growth pattern. “We hope you will see.fit to support this publication as nine local businesses have done through advertisements theTerrace special report.” Thechamber's attempt to sell _ the bill to the ‘Terrace District will now await further council study... - 11 PM, Z a2) tC Yo sertert baieal [SOB PARKER FORD a 46 Lazetio “aassuss STH YEAR No. . uce ; ‘TERRACE, B.C. C__ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1971 635-6357 10 Cents : rn Bae : HUNDREDS DIE These birds were found by Roosevelt School last Friday afternoon. Students had picked them up on their way to morning classes, Several schools reported similar incidents. : Bale ar VANCOUVER (CP). — The “nearly .50,000-member Interna- tional Woodworkers of America ‘is threatening to withhold per -gapita payments to Canada’s ‘central labor body unless a jurisdictional dispute at Kitimat is settled quickly. The dispute with the Interna- . tional Brotherhood of Pulp, Sul- -phite and Paper Mill Workers - has been lingering on since 1959 at the Eurocan wood and pulp development at the north coast B.C, community. _ The IWA took its tough stand © at ite recent international ‘con- vention in’Kansas. City, Mo., Selegate Walter Kozij of the _ Me. on sain ‘delegates in structed international officers ta meet immediately with’ of- ficials of the Canadian Labor Congress. to resolve this jurisdictional dispute “in line with CLC rulings.” He said that if the IWA offi- cers are unable to succeed in era! Lacal 17) in B.C. WA strike threatened these’ meetings they are “‘in- structed to withhold all per cap- ita payments to the CLC and hold the money in escrow.” IWA members across Canada pay .13 cents a month as per capita payments to“the CLC. Mr. Kozij said the CLC im- partial umpire on jurisdictional. dispute, H. Carl Goldenberg of Montreal, ruled that the Pulp Sulphite union was in Violation of the CLC constitution when it took ‘over certification of*150 workers in the Eurocan saw- milling section. ‘. “The efforts.of the TWA to implement the ruling have been unsuccessful and. the TWA .del- -egates- at? ‘Kansas:City-charged that this ‘wae? due ‘to. procrasti- . natic.1 by the CLC officers and a ‘doublecross on the part of Sulphite, ” Mr. Kori added. “Nothing annoys a woman as much as having her friends drop in to find her house looking the way it usually does. in| Weather or not “Northern Mainland, Queen. Charlottes: Today and Wed- nesday mostly sunny except cloudy this morning in the Northern Mainland region. Highs both days mid 50s, lows tonight near 40. Forecast temperatures (high, low today, high Wednesday}: Tofino 57-45-57; Port Alberni 58-45-58; Port Hardy 59-40-62: Prince Rupert 55-37-55; Terrace 55-37-55; Sandspit 55-40-55; Kamloops 58-40-53; Ly tton BB-42-58; Penticton 60-38-58; Kelowna 57-37-57; Blue River 52-35-52: Revelstoke 53-37-62; Cranbrook 55- 37-52; Castlegar 58-38- 52; Williams Lake 50-25-50: Quesnel 50-28- 5D; Prince George 48- 28-48; Smithers 50-30-50. MRS, JAMES. ‘MUIR of Thornhill and her grandson - Darryl. proudly display: specimens.’ ha from the ‘Mutr’s"pofato ‘crop: this year,» - largest of thede four ' Welghed in at juat-under 4. . ‘pounds, while the reat were ‘twoto three pounds,*. The four aguds piclured total up to ten pounds of - polato, “The: Mulr's- sowed ad tbs:: we t seetited The time. and no ‘hew