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LEGISLALIVE LIEHARY, —

PARLE dead GO ILODaS,

VOLUME 72 No. 83

FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1978

Speech and Hearing Specialists Arrive

Two newcomers to the Terrace offices of the Skeena Health Unit are (Ms) Leslie Budden, Speech Therapist and Mike Stinnett, Audiologist.

Mike Stinnett replaces audiologist Janice Badger, transferred to the Upper Fraser Valley Health Unit to ‘develop a similar audiology ‘program through the Ministry of Health. Miss Budden is initiating the speech pathology program here. The professional pair, Mike Stinnett, and Leslie Budden are responsible for developing a preventative program in hearing and speech disorders with emphasis on the young. ~ a . - te

Referrals to the Speech and Hearing Clinic are made by doctors and community health nurses. Questions on the subject will be answered during clinie hours at 638-1155.

- §.A. Miners Trapped

(AP) — Special deep-

Kilometres southwest of earth rescue teams

here. a ae

~vslphie’ men Wwere’trapped Wednésday in a reckfall caused by an earth tremor. Five white

led in dangerous ions THOTSHBy in an effort to reach 23 miners trapped more than a mile.

jy! Lloyd Lezard said the

and a half underground in a gold mine. - . Rescuers ascertained , that at least 13 of the 23° men, trapped almost 2,500 metres down, were stil} alive, said a spokesman for _ the. eneral Mining firm, which owns the Buf- felsfontein mine near Stilfontein,, 150 |

Indians

(CPz — Residents of the

- St. Mary's Indian reserve

erected a wooden barrier

Thursday morning across

alocal CP Rail line which

cats though their land

near this southeastern British Columbia city.

Band administrator

miners were killed and 30

other miners were in- jured and rescued. Most of the injured were blacks. ,

Rescue efforts were hampered by | falling rocks and weakened timber supports, the company spokesman

barrier will be

tion,” Lezard said.

‘band is protesting . CP Rail’s refusal to contain the progressive’ erosion . caused by.a faulty dike ‘along the railline, =~ ‘The: rail line . was relocated abcut 10 years agobut the _ to it failed to halt con- - tinual erosion which ‘has claimed about 80 or 90 acres, Lezard said. He said CP Rail should be held responsible for the damage.

intend to ram

addin,

the

through the courts. '” The. Jine,

’ Mary's River,

young

S| costing

Uae ee Liane

id Block GP

The one-metre-high main- tained “for at least a

‘week, unless th (CP stolen Rail) take violent ac- recovered after the B.C.

A Terrace man and

a) wife who bought two motorcycles, and pur-

chased licence plates for them and insurance, 1 approximately $200, have spent the last

” two and one half months

trying to get licences to tide them. _

The licence examiner operates out of his office in the | Government building two days a week, in Terrace. The other two‘ days he carries out his duties in Kitimat.

The licence examiner is a difficult man to see; On the occasions the couple have managed to get near him, they have been told to come back in the af- ternoon, as the mornin, is “booked up’’ wit driving tests.

The husband, desperate to use his motorbike before the un- used licence plates and insurance coverage expires, spent one whole day hanging around the . Government building, unsuccessfully at- tempting ‘to get the licences. He figures it cost him loss of one day's

_ pay off work - or $183.

The last unsuccessful attempt the couple had at getting their licences,

ey were tald to phone or come in at 8:30 Thursday.

“At 8:15 I started phoning,” the woman told. the HERALD, and kept at - it steadily to 8:45, without getting an answer.”’ .

When the HERALD attempted to phone, from 8:50 aim. Thursday a

®

A

LiSix: persons — spent Wednesday night-in jail after a downtown fight with four police officers.

The fight,. which in-

volved , three females, .

broke out when one was asked to pick up glass she had broken on the sidewalk. — Four of the persons will be’ charged ‘with ob- ‘structing a police. officer as a result of the fight. As a result of quick RCMP members, ap proximately $4,000 in goods . was

Hydro compound on Rifle Range Road was broken

Company police were into early Wednesda at the scene shortly after morning. y y the blockade was built, ‘but railway spokeman buggie : Charles,Gordon said the materials stored at the ‘company does not intend to confront the. Indians.

“'We certainly don't

e blockade,’' Gordon said; that CP Rail re- y has urged that matter be resolved

SE hicles, one dune and some

compound were recovered and the two

Fire in

What started out.ab a controlled burn by a property owner on

which runs Braun’s Island turned: . along the bank of the St. into a bush fire when the

viewer of cakes parouses through the delig’ ful selec

. two days a week.

were et tw, :, no . Fe ae Ags thenin oben Siege oad eet a

) support

Motor Vehicle Licence Delay

faint “busy” signal was received over a 30-minute period. A phone call by

the HERALD to the |

Government Business

Agent elicited _the

statement the examiner

only handled Terrace

drivers tests and licences

(The . other “two days for

Kitimat). He operated on

a first come first serve

basis - no appointments. ° The HERAL learned over

30 persons were turned

away, Thursday mor-

ning, because, the

examiner was ‘“‘too

busy’. A further attempt

to reach the examiner by

telephone around 9:30 to,

9:45 resulted in the phone

going unanswered. .

With the high unem- - ployment rate in this area, it would seem the Provincial Government would be justified in having a full-time vehicle licence issuer stationed in | Terrace’ and one in Kitimat, one observer remarked to ,. the HERALD.

The Business Agent revealed that even the overloaded present situation is. an im- provement over past years. Until a couple of

years ago, it seems, the Terrace driving

examiner and licence: issuer was . also responsible for Prince Rupert - as well as

Kitimat and Terruce. To ©

many persons in the Terrace-Kilimat area, the wretched service is

inexcusable” se activities up-coming this b~ Olivers”

Terrace thieves, both juveniles,

apprehended. , Vandals . smashed a

“window and threw a rock

through the. neon bucket at Brownies Chicken on Lakelse during the night. _ The window was valued at $250 to $300. Police are still in- vestigating. 7 ' ‘A two car collision at the corner of Agar and

Kenny result in moderate damage to both vehicles. ~

Charges are being laid against one driver who was speading at the time.

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broken into’ Wednesday night. Red L’Estrange reports the vandals en- tered the building via the back door after jimmying or tripping the lock.

$100 was reported, missing. « .

Terrace

blaze got out of control. The burn was limited to

asmall area, andthe B.C, HE

Forestry soon brought the fire under control.

TROOPS WILL STAY WASHINGTON (AP) -—- Cuban President Fidel Castro says he has no lans to withdraw Cuban orces from Ethiopia, claiming they are needed to deter any possibility of renewed aggression from Somalia, “Cuban: military personnel will stay in Ethiopia whatever. time is agreed on by the Ethiopian and Cuban governments in order to rt the Ethiopian people against: any oreign act ‘of ape gression,” Castro said Wednesday night in a speech monitored here.

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DIED IN CAVE-IN

CASTLE GATE, Utah (AP) — A cave-in at a coal mine killed two miners and -injured a third Thursday, Carbon County sheriff’s. officers said. The cave-in was at

mine near Castle “Gate.

i Kildpla Spring Fair Wednesday night. More on page 2.

Braztah Corp.’ No. 3

weve ee state

rrace Red’s Billiards was 9,

‘Some of the members of the ‘Kitimat Youth Council. The group has recently started plan- ning for a summer Arts, Crafts, and Tourist

Information centre as wel house before the Delta King

Days get underway. .

Kitimat Youth Council

“We're attemting to raise money for all. our.

*year says’ Bob-O “chairman of the Kitimat Youth. Council coffee house committee. The Council is. involved in numerous affairs, the largest of which is Delta King Days planned for May - and stretching into June of this year. ;

Delta King Days is the annual Kitimat. celebration originating from the pioneer days of the constriction and building of the town of Kitimat. - The celebrations are not only for the enjoyment o° the public but te encourage tourists to frequent Kitimat and consequently enhance tourism in the

ea.

_ The ‘Youth Council plays an active part in making the Delta King Days work. Young people of the communit, organize and help wit! the erection the

AE You

A complaint by | -govenment official to the RALD, Wednesday, has brought out the in- formation that although the CN-CP Telegraph service has been discontinued in both Kitimat and Terrace, their telephones have not. - The complainant stated he had been trying for a long period of time to

possibly -

- must

Swering

beergarden as rations

Why so much. en- thusiasm? youths seem to want an organization of their own, and with the help of sponsors . like Doug renette they have been able to achieve this.. Ex-mayor Paul — . Monaghan has offered a

Hurricane hovercraft to-

the Council, according to Bob Oliver. “He was

food enough to give us the hovercraft for raffle. After enough money has

been. raised to pay Mr.-

Monaghan __for the machine all proceeds will go back into the Council”, Oliver explains.

The latest of the Council’s attempts at community help was a plea for financial assistance at the recent City ‘Council meeting. Sponsor Frenette and ‘Lazy’ John McCartney, club spokesman and local

artist, appealed to the

Want To

send an overseas cable to the U.K.,

‘I thought the office still be because their phone rang

when I dialled, even

‘though no one was an- " the official complained.

A telephone call to the

“new? - ‘month old,

Zenith number- 112-300-

; pert of © Delta King cele

‘as well as getting: jn- ~« .volved-in the raft.race. -

Because the

open

City for $120 a month for five months to help defer the cost of renting a spot, . possibly...in- Nechako centre, for their proposed Arts, Crafts, and Tourist Information Centre. Youth Council coor-. dinator, (the group doesn’t like the term *‘President”’)}, Dean Boilard, explains that the - ‘centre would give the young people a break. It would be a place where Iccal artists could display and possibly sell their work as well as an in- forniation centre and working house.” : Frenette explains that the project has just recently received word from the Ministry of Labour approving 2 full time employee positions for the centre. ‘Artist cocrdinator and printer positions have been approved. The tourist end of the proposed centre is still undergoing decision making changes,” says Frenette. May 14 at the Kitimat

Get. Set For Summer Fun

Rod and Gun clubhouse the Youth Council will

be opening the Delta Kirig ‘celebrations. with.a coffee house, ‘‘We are trying to get some entertainment

_ in for the affair but have

had no luck so far. If anyone has any suggestions they could call me at 632-5055,"says Boilard. — .

The raffle for the Hurricane hovercraft wil be drawn on May 22 at the

- arena which-at that time

will be a beergarden. Mount Elizabeth students are selling the tickets around town and hope to raise more than the cost of the machine, $4200. To date the funds from the raffle total only $1100, according to Oliver.

The Youth Council has almost 40 young people putting their hours and efforts out for the good of

the community and their

organization. ‘“‘Public

support has been good in © the past and is hoped to even better in the future.’says Frenette.

Send A Wire..

633-3696 brought two tape recorded messages, saying the line was busy, but not to hang up, because it would be faster to stay on, “hold” than to re-dial. After a waiting,

riod of several minutes it became possible to send a telegram.

The Zenith number, it seems; IS working, but

overloaded. The CN-CP telegraph offices in Kitimat and Terrace are closed down, but their telephones have yet to be disconnected. °

As a second frustrated potential user com- plained, bitterly, ‘More and more our services get Jess and less, as Victoria and Vancouver take over,” _

New Laws To Allow Grievances Against RCMP

Legislation providing ' a rocedure for the public o launch grievances against tréatment by the RCMP will be iritroduced in the Comnions today, it was announced Thur-

sday. at ' Other iegislation, to come next week, will be

designed to set MPs on

the road to modemizing laws on pornography an child abuse.

The fact that new legislation’ is coming down Was announced in the Commons by Deputy Prime Minister Allan MacEachen,

The legislation in-

cluded a new bill from the

the

solicitor-general which would be introduced to-

day, -MacEachen said.

It would deal with discipline as well as give procedure under which ,members ‘of the public could grieve against treatment by the RCMP, .a department. spokesman said.

GAVE NO DETAILS | MacEachen gave ho details of Criminal Code amendments he gaid will be Introduced next week. But an official of Justice Minister Ron Basford's vitice said later the amendments will deal with pornography and

‘ratings an

child abuse, among other

things. ©

Holocaust T.V. Success

' NBC scored its biggest victory odtte season with Holocaust, grabbing the top three places in the: winning the networks’ battle for the prime time TV viewer, AC, Nielson Co. figures show.

In addition to the last three chapters of Holocaust, a four-part series on the plight of the Jews in Europe, during ‘the Second’ World War, NBC had the fourth-rated show of the week ending

‘April 23, Little House on the Prairie.

The first installment of Holocaust was No.4 in the ratings the week before.

NEC estimated at the series’ end that 120 million people had seen alior part of ': Holocaust. That woula put the NBC series behind only Roots, ABC's record-breaking mini-series of January, 1977, in total audience. ABC estimated 130 million saw all or part of Roots. .