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The ple eating coritest ended. in a face full, of ple for the unlucky men who were fed by women waiting for. them.

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GLIDER LANDS .

" QUEBEC (CP) — A: West German Volkswagen employee has piloted a motorized

glider across the North:

Atlantic on his way to an air show.for experimental

- craft in Oshkosh, Wis.

. Michael Schultz of

‘Hamburg arrived. here

Wednesday afternoon via the St, Lawrence River North Shore, the eastern Arctic, Greenland and

points east, an air traffic .

controller at Ancienne Lorette airport said today.

Schultz is piloting a motorized

metre wingspan.

‘ Air controller Georges Gabral sald Schultz was waiting for the weather to clear here before leaving for illinois.

Schuitz told reporters he left Hamburg July 15, put in 65 hours of flying time and made 16 stops along the way.

“Tt took me nine months to plan ‘this trip,”

Schultz said. “I studied winds, air currents; ail

* the things that mean ‘the difference between

‘surviving er not.’ -

Gabral said Schultz's two-seater, aircraft, is equipped with a radio, navigation system and

oxygen supply and weighs

420 kilos unloaded. -

Schultz -artived while California hang-glider

pilot Eagle Sarmont was making last-minute arrangements lo return

home from Baie-Comeau,

federal

Que., . _ after

-tranpsport authorities

grounded his Spirit of California’ because they

- considered it in-

sufficiently, equipped lo fly in Canadian airspace.

Schultz's glider is more akin to a_ ‘sleek,

streamlined conventional

aircraft than Sarmont’s snowmobile-engine pow- ered, -sallcloth con-

- traption. ’

The 33-year-old Volkswagen salesman,

who's been flying as a-

hobby for the 10 years, said; ‘‘t never tried something impossible. I'm‘not crazy. "

Senator Edward Kennedy, i in a rare .appearance by’ a presidential candidate on the

floor of a political con- _ vention, promises to bring’

more fireworks to -what clearly will be a turbulent

-' Democratic national con- vention. re

Kennedy said Wednesday he will address the con- vention to stand up for his beliefs on economic ‘issues,

-campalgn., a

m

‘Kennedy said ‘the ap-

pearance is ‘intended ta’

redeem a campaign pledge to stand up at the convention for. the - “victims of our

current recession and in-

but political considerations.

_ also seemed to play a part in

the decision of the long-shot

challenger to take td the |

convention rostrum.

Kennedy said he will

address the: convention

during Tuesday ‘night's.

’ prime-time television debate

on economic policy. He said he was making the break with tradition to. “bring

“maximum attention’ toh his :

cause, . -

“Ll would ~ certainly wel¢ome it," Kennedy said, if Carter would join the

- debate. Such a confrontation

is unlikely since Carter has steadfastly refused to debate

flation.”’ But practical politics would. seem to compel the effort, too. Carter is wetl ahead of Kennedy in convention delegate votes and has more

than enough to get the .

nominalion ‘unless a small miracle occurs between now

and next Wednesday night:

when the convention voles,

A new ABC poll of delegates released on Wednesday, confirming what other polls have shown, reported 52 per cent of the

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NEW YORK (AP) — Kennedy: Lroinghout the delegates © questioned back

Carter on the rule question, with 41 per cent favoring a convention in which delegates could vote as they please, and ‘seven per cent ‘undecided.

Carter, meanwhile, paid a preliminary visit to New

York City on Wednesday and promised the National Ur-

ban League he would come out soon with an economic renewal program to “pul millions and millions and millions of people back to work,” ‘ Aides said later details of

“the program would not be

unveiled until after. the convention for fear it would be ‘confounded by the nomination contest and plat- fa-m debate.

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The Skeena constituency has received the - highest allocation for the funding of Canada. Community, Development. ‘Projecis Program, | sponsored | by Employment and -Im- migration... oe

A total of $300,000 has been.

‘allocated to ‘the . area to create. jobs: “where.” unem- ployment is'most severe: |

“It’s similar to the. Old

Canada Works. Programs.

We're trying to get at those groups that suffer from high unemployment ' such a3” natives,. women, ‘youth, and” the handicapped,” sald Gerry Wesley, counsellor at the Employment Centre" in

i Terrace.

“Applications submitted. under. the program should indicate, through a hiring plan, the intention to provide employment to qualified

members of these groups,”

said Ken Yendall, manager ° of the” Centre.

C POLICE

Pwo -

Wednesday, avening::. An East End Chevron.

Service Station employee - ; discovered , that the! door to _the station:had: been broken

when she ¢ rrived ‘at. work Thursday ‘at’? a.m... The’

Terrace; RCMP are: ine |: vestigating. No one is. sure , . what wag! taken yet.

The Terrace Esso station on Lakelge, Avenue dilso’ had ©

a door broken: This is the - second time in week the’ station has been ‘broken into. :

: ‘Nothing’ was, taken but whoever broke. in had looked . _-Arawers, ‘probably . “te moneys: owner. Harry Peters. . The..

break-in -was discovered

when Peters arrived at work at6 a.m. The Terrace RCMP

‘are still ‘investigating, this. |

The. Kitimat: Fire | Department. received’ seven anonymous phone calls from 6 p.m. to 10:26 p.m. Wed- nesday. The caller used the emergency line and B.C. Tel was unable to race their source.

‘A small brush fire on Columbia Avenue in Kitimat Wednesday: was quickly put out, report the” ‘Kitimat firemen.

"Terrace : ‘service 7 stations were . broken into _

The areas of priorities to

‘be emphasized, in B.C. are

tourism - development, salmonoid and fisheries enancement; en- vironmental -‘conservation,. non-profit housing. and:

- rehabilitation of low income.

group housing, energy conservation : and = the development | of alternate _ energy sources:, .~

. Prqposals for~ ‘projects ‘must employ at least three ’ people and operate:for a minimum of eight weeks. Existing businesses, partnerships and -

me eena area highest funding

.pro gram.

‘receipt of all ig

aol da:

gets :

sponsor projests ‘under! this

B.C." received $4, 133

“ million’ as part of the $103.5 iy - milfion national program, * :

This allocation is expected: to create ‘approximately ' ‘700,

‘jobs ‘in. the; province,’ “Ene cluding the Yukon; .

Applications are avallable .

at the Employment Ceritre in.

né for’ niitted proposals is September, 20

Terrace. :”” Rei aw

with the projects expected to

" begin as soon a5 possible. ©

organizations, .

For more information, contact the. Centre at 635-—

municipalities 2 are eligible to 7184. '

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overnight sowe:sireneng to

“near 10 degrees. .,

. There is good news predicted for ° ‘the weekend.

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There will be litte change in the weather, sunny skles will, continue. through * Saturday and. Sunday.

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