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! Betty Campbell, nurse and volunteer

hy RALPH RESCHKE Herald Staff Writer ‘ ‘TERRACE— It is. almost 27 years since Betty Campbell left Australia and ventured north ta the

But it’s not a decision she regrets, and in ‘fact, ‘she put her opportunity to live in Canada to the test in 1955 when she and her husband and and their two children

. Moved to Australia for 15 months. Canadian lifestyle appealed to them more and they

Campbell first came to these northern shores in ” 1947, one of the first civillans from Australia to cross the Pacific Ocean by ship after the war ended. - She disembarked in San Francisco and made her [im ". Way across the continent by. train tantil ahe reached ‘

She has been a registered nurse since she was 26 years old, has served in that field for 37 years and. looks forward toa few more years, shesays.. .

Campbell took her registered nursing examinations in Ontario. After working three months as a’student . in the Ottawa Civic’ Hospital, she received her

- Qne of the main reasons she wanted to work in-

: Canada was, because she felt Australian hespltals were run like milltary establishments.

*“T liked the Canadian style much better,” she

explained, “‘becayse the atmosphere was much

friendlier and there wasn’t 80 much of, a hlerarchy

She was quick to add, however, that the quality of

Campbell spent another five months in Ottawa before moving to St. Agatha just outside of Montreal, to work in a:tuberculosis sanitariumi:

‘She spent three months at her riew ‘post, before moving back to Ottawa to recover from a broken leg and crackéd ankle received on a skiing trip. -

From there she took a big jurnp to the west coast to work in a native Indian tuberculosis sanitearium in Miller Bay, just out side of Prince Rupert in 1947. ~ > She met her husband Jock in 1949 and they marrled

. fandsetiled In Prince Rupert. Jock was a faller.at the - fhe. uimeners they sieved. Inte.a - i “on™ -the:- ‘Khutzamateer’“Inlet: : @ winter, the coiple lived In Prince Rupert, where Betty worked in the hospital. ;

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Her first daughter Susan, was born in 160, and in” 1959 she had a second girl, Leslie. ; te

tn March of 1954.the family moyed.to Terrace. 7 ‘Betty began working at Mill's Memorial Hospital, or: what was known back then’ as Teqrace and District i

_. Over 27 years she has worked i in eyery nursing 2 department in the hospital and ia now handling the:” reins of the isifection control office.

-As ‘infection control officer, she must make sure . patients and staff maintain the proper procedures for keeping the hospital as free of germs and bacteria as 4.

As well as being a nurse at the hospital, Beity is -. also president of. the local chapter of the B.C, Heart: Foundation.- She. organizes fund raising driyes,-and coordinates. provincial Heart Foundation evenis on the municipal level, — a

As a young girl in Australia, she was a champion 4d swimmer In her high school and later played right | wing for the New South Wales field hockey team.

Wher Campbell retires, she feels confident she'll be |.

_ able to keep’ busy.. The, family ‘willl probably stay. in | “the area: ‘for: a few “years, but, fhe thinks they'll - “eventpally” move to'a ‘we Fi :

“4 wouldn't ':tradd the “experiéiice I've. : Terrace for the world," she sald, koi ve had a very hapey life here. Terrace has been very Eood to to us.”

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- Stewart facing $200, 000 bill,

“by RALPH RESCHKE Herald Staff Writer TERRACE— According to Mayor Gary Hubbard, Stewart will not give up its fight to survive, even though one of the major employers has left

‘the area, and the city faces a

$200,000 repayment bill to Esso Minerals,

The $200,000: is part of a total payment of $600,000 won by Esso when it appealed its 1983 assessment on property it owns in the Stewart region, .

The other $400,000 must be paid by

the school district through - the ministry of education in Victoria. , Funds will be drawn from a reserve of provincial funds so the cost is spread over all the school districts i in the province.

Hubbard says, “At this point Esso hag not sent us a bill. There is a meeting scheduled. between Esso and the minister of municipal affairs and negotiations for our share will take place at that time.”

The District of Stewart had a budget of over million in 1983,

which dropped to half of that amount in 1984,

Mayor Hubbard says that the effects of the $200,000 payment would be devastating. =

“We have cut corners everywhere: just to make this municipality operable, and if we had to pay that money back, that would represent half our budget. " “

' The municipality will now await the outcome of the meeting between the minister of municipal affairs and the president of Esso Minerals.

Go-ahead for El Salvador aid

WASHINGTON (AP) House of Representatives narrowly approved President Reagan's request for military aid to Central America on Thursday, setting the stage for confrontation. next week over emergency funding for El Salvador’s military forees.:

Following a raucus day of debate that saw House Majority Leader Jimi Wright break with his own party, the legisialors voted 212-208 in favor of a Republican-backed amendment that authorized $120 million in immediate military aid for E] Salvador and other Central American, states, —

“It is a great victory.for President Reagan,” Representative Jack Kemp (R-N.Y,) said after the vote,

Kemp. said the tally was .an example of “bipartisan” support for the president's program, which he

_predicted will carry .over when

House-Senate conferees meet Wednesday to consider a. $61.7- million emergency appropriation requested by Reagan for the Salvadoran military.

But Representative Barnes (D-Md.), who made the final

Jackson

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House disclosed Thursday that it has given Jesse Jackson a list of security guarantees that the United States had provided to the Soviet Union for its Olympic athletes.

They also wished him well in his efforts to change Moscow's mind about boycotting | the Games. —

. Jackson, 8 " candidate ™ for the:

Democratic presidential ~

nomination, conferred on the matter Thursday with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin and sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff James Baker asking President Reagan to

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Democratic appeal against adoption of the Republican plan, said he thought the vote “was not exactly a mandate” in favor of » Reagan's requests.

Barnes pointed out the vote was on

an ‘authorization bill, and that the battle over the aid to El Salvador will reappear in the House when a measure to appropriate the funds is considered,

The vote came one day after Reagan went on national television to press Congress for the aid, which he argued was necessary to halt a

Cuban-inspired takeover in El Salvador. Lo The © Republican amendment

- authorizes enough military aid for -

Central America in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 to meet the

‘president's. request for $132.5 million

for El Salvador.

It places few restrictions on the aid, making the first half available afters the president tells Congress that the Salvadorans are making progress in human rights and other réforms. The rest would require.a

‘ second presidential report and be

" subject to congressional disapproval within 30 days,

The votes on Central American aid came during consideration of a $10.5-billion giobal forelgn aid

., measure, which was approved on a

211-206 vote. A similar: bill is awaiting Senate action, but it con- tains no Central American provisions because of a deadlock in the Senate foreign. relations com- mittee. ;

Meanwhile, U. s. officials said the State Department is preparing to declassify evidence documenting its claims that Nicardgua has been sending weapons, . supplies and” money, to leftist rebels in El Salvador.

U.S. intelligence igencies have been reluctant to disclose evidence .on grounds that to do so would ‘compromise sources. Negotiations are under way among.the CIA and various other agencies to determine wow much information should be included in a special report on the subject, the officials said. -

The report Is expected to be made public in about two weeks, _ i

on another mission —

participate in a bipartisan group aimed: at overturning the: Soviet decision.

In & written response to Jackson, Baker said: “Wa: have given the Soviets extensive assurances

' regarding the safety of thelr athletes and.the conditions under which they |

would participate.

“In this connection, you should know that the president hes per- sotially and publicly assured’ the International Olympic Committee that the United States has lived and will live up to the Olympic charter.”

Jackson told the White House ‘the Soviets were worried about the

_ Security of its athletes at the

Olympics and he wanted Reagan to endorse the efforts of a group of congressmen, athletea and distinguished citizens to. negotiate with the Soviet Union.”

- Asked whether the White House believes the Soviets are willing. to negotiate with Jackson in an effort to embarrass the president, a senior ofliclal who wished to remain anonymous replied: “I have no idea. They’ve Indicated they might want to do things like that in the past, haven’t they?”

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" TORONTO (CP). — The federal Progressive Conservatives ‘and - Liberals appear to be running neck . and neck in support among | decided , (Canadian volers, an opinion poll . ‘released Thursday siggests. The poll shawed the Conservatives ‘with support from 45 per cent of . decided voters while the Liberals

Established 1908

vhad 43.5 per cent. The NDP had 8.5.

‘per cent and 17 per cent of all _ Tespondents were undecided. -. The poll, which is said to be ac- curate to within three percentage points 19 times out of 20, was ‘prompted by a stunning Gallip poll conducted in March’ that showed the 4 Liberals leading the Tories for the “first time since August 1981. . 3 The latest’ poll was funded by {Southam News and the Global

“4 television network in conjunction ’

. with Carleton University in Ottawa.

i It is based on telephone interviews

‘> with 1,490 people across the country

"May 4-8, | The poll suggested the Liberals

~, hold’ a substantial lead in Quebec

“and are also leading in the Atlantic

** proviness. But the Conservatives

lead in-every other province, in-

- -¢luding a seven-point advantage in the crucial Ontario ridings.

In Quebec, 61 per cent of decided

_ voters: favored the Liberals and 33

per cent

\preferred ‘the Con- “oP servatives. -

The figures~ suggest

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. some inroads in what has long been

"a Liberal stronghold,

=. In the Altantic provinces, 46.5 per

* cent were for the Liberals and 40.5

” per cent liked the Conservatives, In

Ontario, 41 per cent of decided voters supported the Liberals and 48:

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ARE AR ORD ie The reel eonidueted in late

March and released May 1, showed

the Liberals with the support of 46

= per cent of decided voters, com-

‘ pared with 40 per cent for the Conservatives and 13 per cent for the NDP.

That poll marked the biggest turnaround ever measured in a month in Gallup's 42 years of polling

in Canada and suggested a miraculous recovery for the Liberals.

In the preceding survey, the Conservatives had-the support of 54 per cenl of the decided voters, compared with 32 per cent for- the Liberals,.

And a poll in September 1983 showed Conservatives with the backing of 62 per cent of committed yolers compared with a record low of 23 per cent for the Liberals.

Thursday’s poll also suggested the Liberals stand a better chance of defeating Conservative Leader Brian Mulroney with former finance Tainister John Turner at the helm than with Energy Minister Jean Chretien.

“Mulroney ended in a virtual tie in

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personal popularity wheri compared with Turner, but was preferred over Chretien by, 43. 5 per cent to 36 per’ cent. . |

Respondents were also asked who among the seven Liberal candidates they thought would-make the best prime minister.

- TURNER HAS EDGE ~

Of the 54-per cent ‘who had an opinion, 30 per cent favored Turner and 21 per cent favored Chretien,

The man in third place — with backing from a mere one per cent — was Economic Development Minister Donald Johnston, often touted as the’ man who Is talking. most about issues.

None of those trailing Turner and Chretien could even muster’ the support given ‘to Trudeau who, despite the fact he is leaving, was. considered by two per cent to be the best man to Jead the party.

Support for. the others broke down as. follows: Employment Minister John Roberts 0.7 per cent; Justice Minister Mark Macguigan 0.6 per

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cent; John Munro and Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan tied for last piace with 0.4 per cent.

Contrary to the Southam-Carleton

poll, Southam reported earlier in the

day that a private poll conducted by Decima Research Ltd. showed the Conservatives have a_ significant lead over the Liberals everywhere except in Quebec, where they are almost even.

Allan Gregg, president of the Toronto firnd, refused to confirm the figures, saying they were provided in confidence to its client, the Conservative party.

But party president Peter Elzinga confirmed the numbers were ap- proximately correct, based on preliminary figures he had seen.

Southam said the Decima poll, based on a sampling of 2,083 people, shows 53 per cent of respondents polled throughoul April would vote Conservative if an election were held now, while 39 per cent favor the Liberals.

Court hears tale of death, injury

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. (CP) ~ A British Columbia woman who has pleaded guilty to bombing the Litton Systems Canada -plant in Toronto in October 1932‘ was con- sidering several other targets in- cluding a Canadian Armed Forces base in Alberta and. the defence departmient : dn Ottawa,..a. B.C, Court . judge... was.-told; “ ‘Thurs

aullet Caroline Belmas, 21, of New . Westminster, sat impassively j in the prisoner’s dock, but occasionally turned around to smile at friends in the public gallery, while prosecutors spent a day detailing the. bombing and other crimes she admitted committing.

C.§. Hill, representing the Ontario attorney general, said. in a pre- sentence summation to Mr. Justice Samuel Toy that 10 people were injured — five of them maimed for life — when 249 kilograms of dynamite in a yan parked outside . the Litton’ plant wall exploded, causing $3.87 million damage to the plant and nearby buildings.

Litton produces guidance systems for the nuclear-armed U.S, cruise missile,

Five of the victims were Litton employees working in’ the plent, three were Metro Toronto police officers called in to investigate a telephoned bomb threat and the

other two were motorists who were “driving on nearby Highway 427,

. The blast was so intense that one of the police officers was knocked

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unconcious and another suffered permanent hearing. damage, Hill told the judge,

Others, suffered spleen damage, broken and cracked limbs and ribs, fractured skulls and concussions. _ Hill said- Belmas’ admitted .she telephoned a Litton security guard at li; 20pm. and. told him that there

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‘She told him to tell people to seek protective shelter and stay away frem the windows. Litton security personnel were warning employees when the blast occurred 11 minutes later, four minutes earlier than Belmas had. predicted,

A communique those responsible for the blast never intended to phyically harm people and “‘sincerely regret” the injuries. However, the note said the blast was “valid and necessary”, to cripple

“the technology of death.”

The note, signed Direct Action, . condemned the Canadian govern- ° ment and the “capitalist slime’’ that _. makes up the Canadian state for

supporting the U.S, nuclear weapous Strategy and for bolstering Canadian military spending.

Court was also told than Belmas agreed with a friend two months after the incident that she was proud of her rele in the bombing.

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