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By THE CANADIAN PRESS Prime Mlalster Trudeau sald Wednesday that he is’

to remain leader of the Liberal Party even if it is

'. defeated in the election 12

days from now. New Democratic Party Leader Ed Broadbent was

“endorsed by the Toronto

Star, the largest English

, Bewapaper in the country,

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and said It should help win support for the party among firet-time voters. in the Ontatio capital.

But in the southern Ontario community of - St. ‘Catharines, Conservative Leader Joe Clark said voting for the NDP would only keep the Liberals in power,

. Campaigning in Toronto,

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Trudeau said that he wouldn’t promise to remain Liberal leader forever and would step aside for a better leader, “but I certainly don't intend to quit. and abandon’ them if we all agreed that I Bhould stay on.”

He also told about 900 high School students in a pre- dominantly Jewish neigh-

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borhood. that President Carter had asked him not to move the Canadian embassy In Tel Aviv to Jetusalem because . it could.* upset delicate Middle East peace

‘talks. _ Clark has promised to

move’ the embassy to Jerusalem if he “becames prime minister. <):'' |

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Conservative leader con-- noe Banas e 8B at not, be put in pn position where It once a would prop up a Liberal Ininority government. Broadbent said the Star, with a weekday ‘circulation of 500,000 “and higher weekend readership, has

the NDP’s platform and Is “a, cham Hon | of the ordinary

In the endorsement, the Star said it ‘does not! agrea with the NDP's total plat- form but admires Broad-

_ bent’s campaign and general

principles. . Clark’s campaign pledge refusing . to negotiate

sovereigntyassociation with Quebec was challenged in Montreal by Conservative

_ Candidate Andre Payette.

Although Clark is legally correct to say Quebec cannot vole itself out of Con- federation, Payette sald "no federa) government could oppose the democratic ex- pression of a people's will.”

~: Today Trudeau plans to

pa his national unity theme the spotlight at a dinner speech in Montreal, then flies to Toronto where he will spend the night. Clark campaigns in Prince Ed- ward Island, then flies to Ot- tawa for the evening. Broadbent mainstreets and speaks toa the Toronto Teachers Federation in Toronto.

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in) |. registrations have been counted. Persons in the Terrace ‘area are reminded they should vote at Veritas Hall; located at . 4896.

Straume, - Thornhill

‘residents can cast their

ballots at Thornhill Com- munity Centre.

Korier said only people who have been Re to yote in previous elections or those. who _ {illed ” out

registration cards du ‘pegistfation perlod “which “y eeded

arrangements to vote at the polls.

Residents of outlying areas who plan to vote in Thursdayp election are advised .by Kozier to check the “where to vote’ card they should have received In the mail, Any registered voter who does not have ane of the “where to vote’ cards

. should. call the campaign

offices of. one of the local candidates, said Kozler,’

Registered voters now

be reached at 638-8591, while the number for Social Credit

at the foll locations: Cedarvale - Wallington

tesidence, Price Creck Lakels ) - Gle's Place,

iy - ; Kitimaat Village - Safety Bullding, South End. . Rosswood = - residence, Kitwanga - Royal Bank Building. - ; . Kwinltza = - Erikson residence, Kilby Road,

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Kozier advised -residents interested In learning the election resulta as soon as possible ta stay tuned to either television or radio, since direct phone lines have been established between the media and the returning

office. _ ; “There is no polnt in the

public” coming . to. the . Tetlrning office,'’’

said Kozler. “By staying home, they can receive all the provincial reaults and they will receive the reaults in Skeena as soon aa they are received by us.”

“The voters’ list in a poll in the - Vancouver-Little Mountaln peo yyneial riding excludes 47 per cent of eligible voters . while 18 per cent of the those on the list — 37 le — have died or no longer live in the area, says a New Democratic

P survey. Th tlon in the

The inves! riding represented in the last legislature by Grace McCarthy, human resources minister, and Finance Minister Evan Wolfe was conducted by Wally Ross, a canvasser for the New Democratic Party. He said the poll was selected at random. The party said if this poll is representative of others across the - Province,thousands of sli- gible voters have been Jeft off the tlat, Soon after the election was called, the NDP asked for an extension to enumerate ‘voters but the request was denied by Provincial Secretary Hugh Curtis, Ross said there are 202 eligibde voters In the four- block area he studied and 1 were not on the votera t.

VOTERS LIST MISSED MANY

. VANCOUVER (CP) —- .

“Tn addition, the voters list for these four blocks contains 37 names of people who are deceased, moved or unknown to thelr nelghbors," he said, ©

One man in the area aald he received 10 poll cards = two each for himeelf, his wife and his three daughtera. One of the daughters hasn't lived at. the addrees for 10

years.

Confusion aver the voters lst began just after the election call as potential voters, some of them confused by the federal election an- noiincement, inundated the registrar of voters’ office with telephone

calls,

June Jensen, the NDF campaign manager in Littia Mountain, has also . charged Social Credit organizers with sending out cards that resemble official poll cards but carry pictures of Wolfe

and Mc ,

Carthy. “It’s designed to look like an official card sent

Body discovered in Prince Rupert

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. (CP) — Aman wasin custody Wednesday after the body of an elderly man was discovered earller in the day ina hotel room in this no

coast city.

Police belleve the man died as the result of a fight. His name was withheld. No charges were laid im- mediately.

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_ Skeena students cleaned streets before the election. : A garbage campaign with the difference

school grounds

Keeping clan's a weekly chore fore most schools but the Out- doors Unlittered Pitch-in campaign is helping to clean- up areas of Terrace that

However, schools have found that the plastic bags that ‘the . provincial organizers send to distribute to school students tear and fall apart a oon as anything is put into them.

During the Skeena Jr,

- Secondary School ciearelip

on Wednesday students the “strong ones” around Tgetoypkedp coud ge Bp cou tated bok to without causing little meases from torn bags all over town. Most — of Terrace’s elementary schools are going to be out In mass cleaning up their neigh- borhoods on Friday af- ternoon,

Weather

George Blakey, from the atmospheric environemnt service, predicts “a rotten day" -‘weatherwise for today's (May 10) provincial election, Blakey said couds, shower activity, and a high of about 12 to 13 dagrees in midafternoon. .

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Arecord number of groups in the province are par- ticipating In this year’s pitch-in, which ends on May 12, There are 400 projects taking place in B.C.

This is the 11th year that the campaign is being held.

“It Is co-sponsored by the

minlatry of environment and Shell Canada Limited. Shell has ‘donated approximately 50,000 bags in the province.

Editors

dy Linda Purschke

Managing editors of B.C, newspapers were asked ta make their election predictions in a poll con- ducted by Victoria's Monday Magazine at the Canadian Press (CP) managing editors conference held in Victoria on May 4,

Most of the editors told Monday they felt a Social Credit victory would probably be the result of today’s provincial eleetlon, although many of the editors stated there were no speclfic jesues confronting the volera.

Local achools are using the pitch-in campaign to remind everyone that litter is a form of pollution that is not

* necessary in this area.

The schools include Thornhili Elementary, E.T. Kenney Primary, Cassie Hall Elementary, Thornhill Jr. Secondary, Clarence Michiel School, The Jack Cook Schoo! and Kid K’Shan Primary School.

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VICTORIA (CP) — Political rivais Premier Bill

Bennett and Dave Barrett, ing

who have spent 8 1-2 years learning more of the art of politics, will have their studies marked by voters in

today's British Columbia’

election. Bath the head of governing Social Credit and the leader of the New Democratic Party are craftler, wiser versions of the pair who fought over the: voters’ af- fections In 1975, ; * Social Credit . spokesmen say their leader has come a long way since -his party romped to a easy victory over the NDP, while Barrett says he is older, wiser and

more realistic than the man: ‘who walked into a knockout

Punch delivered by the electorate in 1975. .

_ With few issues to stir u Voters in this quiet five-w

Samnpalgn,-much of the focus -. “hat Besar the two lenders,

Bennett resists -

~ Ruggestlons ‘that the cam-

paign should focus on party eadera, saying the real Issue is philosophical differences between the NDP and his

“The iasue is not Bill Bennett, the issue is not

- Dave Barrett,’’ he said

recently, adding that ita should be the question of pri- vate ownership versus government ownership.

But there is litte doubt, eapecially in view of a st lockout at Vancouver Sun and Province newspapers, that for many voters the five- Sis Gate hn

of flee 8 and sounds of the two leaders on television and radio, with little substantive. debate on

issues,

About one-third of the 1.6 million eligible votera are located in the Vancouver

area,

During this campaign, Bennett — who describes the effort as a “long job ap- lication’ — has shown

a to be aa resolute and tor politician.

His message, delivered in a style that Is still somewhat wooden, is basically the same wherever he speaks. He tallas of the negativism of the NDP, the need to maintain a government business can trust, blames Barrett for nearly wrecking the province and calls upon his rivals to come clean with the voters.

But where Bennett seems to shine is when he is dealing with the frequent heckling that has disrupted his meetings. Hia most en-

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thusiastic responses from supporters in recent meet- 8 have come from his replies to dissidenta in the crowd

Party officiala are pleased with what they perceive ag a maturing of the 47-year-old e who succeeded Is father, W, A. C, Bennett, a8 Social Credit chief.

When Bennett took over the party, he was awkward and Ul at ease, they say. Social Credit's success

- 1975 arose more from the

voters’ disgust with the NDP than from enchantment with the new leader.

Bennett still seems uneasy.

with voters and his scattered jokes, after the first telling, appear forced. But, beamed one Social Credit candidate recently, “he’s come a long way,”

For Barrett, the rely-poly former premier, - light:

hearted.-banter and: joke:. |

telling comes‘ ensily, He’ is perhaps one of, the. finest orators in Canadian politics.

But the 48-year-old veteran of 10 years as NDP leader has undergone a refur- hishing of his image in this campaign.

He compares himself to a

boxer who hag been knocked down, staggered up and has shaken himself back ta con- sciousness for the next round. : His message is less strident and he tells volers he is older, greyer and wiser after going through what he termed after his defeat in 1975 “a great learning Every once in a while when I start thinking about rushing ahead with a new program 1] reach back and feel one of the scars I got last time,” Barrett says,

A victorious NDP would not go as. fast as it did bet- ween 1972 and 1875, Barrett Bays. Tt would explain its moves better and it would mot bring back the same mining royalties that alienated many both inside and outside the Important industry last time.

Barrett polishes his new image with pinstripe suita

and has rejected the jacket: .

off, ahirt-sleeved approach of the past.

“In a way, the defeat was good for me,” the NDP leader said recently.

“It taught me a few lessons. It told me: ‘Slow down, Dave."

If Barrett has not learned the lesson well enough, it could mean a test of his leadership at the next NDP convention,

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“The problem with this campaign is that there has been no real issues.” said Lee Ballantyne of the Nanlmo Free Press. "1 think the Socreds will be back with a reduced majority,” he concluded,

Dave Brown, from the Victorian Daily Colonist, did not want ta make predic- tions, but stated he felt Vie Stephens would have dif- flcuity retaining his seat in Oak Bay. Stephens strongest competition is sald to come from Socred candidate Brian Smith, who is a former mayor of Oak Bay,

Brown said he felt the remaining seats in the Victoria area would be split petween the Socreds and the

Ted Fairfax, aasiatant managing editor for the Vancouver Province said he felt the lack of newspaper coverage due to labor atrife between Pacific press and its employees had hurt the campaign, He estimated the Socreds would win 30 seats in the electlon, even though “more recently the tid® has turned in favor of the NDP.”

“The Socred campalgn has been too fow key,” said

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Grant Kerr, wire editor for CP. He waa quoted as saying he felt the Socreda would maintain a majority of 31 seats, while the NDP would be elected In 26.

Jim Polling, CP Van- couver Bureau chlef also said he thought the Socreda would stay in power, .

“There is no great In- dication that the people are wanting to change thelr government,” he stated,

Larry Scanlan, editar of the Nelson Daily Newa waa the only editor to predict an NDP victory.

“This Ia a sleepy campaign

KERNAL OF TRUTH

The results of the Centennial’ Lions Club “Popcorn Poll" held Saturday tat the Terrace Trade Fair may Provide the only kernel of wisdom about the results of today's provincial election;

"It waa all in good humor and everyone rather enjoyed it,"’ said tae ine sod final tally, the popcorn © gained a slim lead of 173 to168 over the NDP, while the Undecided polled 114 votes. ,

VANCOUVER (CP} — The British Columbia Peace Officers Association is spending $4,000 on ad- ve! to encourage vot- ers to elect candidates who favor reintroduction of capital ent In the May 22 federal election.

e sald peace officers across the country want a return to hanging in casea of premeditated murder or the murders of policemen and prison guards.

TAXIS FOR KITIMAT

Kitimat residents without transportation on election day will be able to whistle up a taxi for a free ride to the polls.

Chrls Knight, owner- operator of Rainbow taxi at the Nechako Centre, said today he will provide transportatlon free of charge to anyone who might otherwise be unable. to vote- particularly old-age pensioners and = the handicapped,

The service will be available 8 a.m. - 8 p.m., May 10 while polls are

open,

e with no real issues iden- tified," he told Monday,

As quoted In Monday, the final tally for the predictions of the editors is eight feel Social Credit will return to

wer, one editor favors the

F to win, and one editor ia ety MeDe ell, editor of

Derry nnell, editor Monday, made his own predictions on the results of

the provinclal election in a.

telephone interview, Me- Donnell sald he felt the NDP