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TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1978

VOLUME 72 No. 16 =

ae, Saw iG
. enough for those without the Monday.

if €6 Wor:

onday morning tou

were running late, pedestrians were sliding to work, and gutters were
running with snow melt. This scene in a back alley behind a Terrace
business street gives some idea of the amount of precipitation overnight.

However-if others were unhappy- the skiers at Kitsumkalum were

overjoyed-and reporting good s

$2,500 raised by group —

g on the slopes.

_ For Nov. Fire Victims

The Dutch Valley

. Community Association

which has been raisin
money toassist the Frar

Doeli family in rebuilding’.

their home, destroyed by
fire the morning of
November 19th, has

announced the results of

the draw held Friday
January 20th.
First prize - a side of
- was won by
Charlotte Resch; 2nd.
prize - a case of Cheer
was won by Richard de
Jong and 3rd prize - a
ir of geese - went to
jorothy Johnson.
Including the proceeds
from the raffle, the Dutch
ValleyCommunity ==
Association Fund is

approaching the $2,500
mark

In reporting on the
progress of the raffle,

Mrs. Pierre Jouy said the
Association is very
grateful for the warm
response they have
received from the
general public, par-
culariy with donations
of prizes for the raffle,
the purchase and -the
selling of tickets; and
those who preferredto
make cash donations
apart from’ the raffle, to
e fund.

The November 19th
morning fire that
destroyed the Doell
resident, also took the life
of Mrs, (Tina) Doell, the
mother of 6 children.

Both Thornhill and
Terrace firemen
responded to_—ithe

emergency, as did RCM-
P, ambulance, and other
encies,.

TWU Claim Public
Support

_ The following Press
Release was issued
Monday by the Terrace
‘office of the Telecom-
munication Workers
Union: ;
Encouragement in the
form of money and moral
support has. continually
flowed into ; the
Telecommunications . .
Workers Union. Various

_-uyjuiduals and Unions

such as IWA, Carpenters,
B.C.G.E.U2,. Rock and
Tunnel, CUPE etc. have
pledged support or
onated money. to help
thelr fraternal brothers

and sisters during the
present labour ‘dispute.
AFOlso many members
of the public have voiced
their support;and this is
i appreciated

extreme

by the TWU members,

Recently, man MPs
have publicy

Halls report and con-

sequently causing labour
seq iy g Be

disruption in .- B.C,
President of YWU Local
‘38, Gordon ‘Duplisse

stated, ‘The support .

shown by M.P.s. has
definitely’ caused a
reaction by the public and
‘shows the unions position
has always been right,
We can only hope B.C.Tel
sees the writing on the
wall and changes their
attitude on this lockout,
before, the Federal Gov't
has to legislate workers
anc company back to
work.”

enouced
B.C.Tel. for their action -:
in not accepting Dr.Noel.

Ski Hill
BY DONNA VALLIERES
‘Ina recent attempt to

extol the virtues of —

spendi an enjoyable
da at Kite Ski

ill, wé seen to have
gotten a few facts mixed

up.

“First of. all, ski hill
manager Jos Konst did
not project profits of a
uarter of a million
ollars for this season, as
was stated in Monday's
issue of the Herald.

’ Our reporter probably
Spent too much time
“pottom down” in the
snow the afternoon she
spoke with Konst at the

- What Konst actually
stated was that the gross
figure could be. as much
as a quarter of a million if
the hilllis in operation for
the expected 120 days this
season. -

Another error we made

-was in printing that an
average of 150 skiers go

to the hill on weekend

much»
than

‘record weekend . this

weekend past, selling 500
day passes. and ac-
commodating more than
900 people on the hill.
Konst deseribed con-
ditions at the hill this
week as excellent despite

the warmer © tem-

Pave offer our: apology
@ offer our: apologies

to the wake fill

management for - any
confusion our inac-
curacies may. have.
caused,

Herald Edi
Oak Lake

HERALD Editor’s Note:

r Knows
Hostages

from unofficial. sources

- and extensive interviews

Two of the hostages in

_the Manitoba hostage

taking underwa as we fo
press, Monday night,
are well known to the
Herald Editor. Dr.
Markus Scherz, who
arrived in Cananda after
World War 2 was a heart
specialist who had to flee

many under the anti-
Semitic regime. His wife,
Stephanie, who arrived
with him at Oak Lake
over 20 years ago, when
he set ‘up a smail

'  priactice in the tiny
village, was originally

from polland. at-
tractive woman, fluent in
several languages,
Mrs.Scherz for over. the
past 2 decades interested
rself in the many social
and charitable ac-
tivitiesof the small
rairie community. Oak
ke got its name, from
the stand of -Oak Trees
which western travelling
homesteaders cut down
to use as axles in
repairing their Red River
carts, also known as
“Prairie Schooners’’.
irden, where — the
shootout occurred is 17
miles west of Oak Lake
and is known as “The Oil
Captial of Manitoba’”..,

OAK LAKE, Man. (CP)
— A 42-year-old British
Columbia man held three
persons hoftage in this
southwestern * Manitoba
community Monday after
a shootout in nearby’
Virden . in ...which . an

~ RGMP. constable -wae-”

Ov ¥ morning tough reported killed.”
Morning “Blues”. ‘School’ buses “ihe fugitive,

who".
identified himself in
telephone interviews only
as Cliff,nwas holding the
hostages in a doctor's
combined office and
residence, a
The man said he meant.
no harm to any of his
hostages, but vowed he
woul not give himself up
to police. He said he was
trying..to arrange safe
passage for hime elf and
is 28-year-old wife.to a
“neutral” country.
Winnipeg lawyer Hers

“Wolch arrived in the
‘community

~ 260
Kilometres west of
Winnipeg to

assis

munity of about’ 40
people were at a virtual

standstill as police kept a
close watch on the
situation.

, The drama began about
2a.m. EST Monday when
RCMP officers went to a
Virden motel to check a
report of a vtolen {a8 )
,wexchange gunfire,
one RCMP officer was
reported to have been
illed and two others
wounded. The fugitive’s
wife was shot in | the
stomach. _

The Brandon Sun said
the dead constable was
identified as Dennis
Onofrey of Virden. The
two other RCMP officers
from the Virden detach-

-ment were in Brandon

General Hospital Mon-
day. The Sun said Candy
Smith was, in. serious
condition and Russ
Hornseth was in. good.
condition.’ .

The gunman's wife was
taken the same
hospital Monday morning
by ambulance from Oa
Lake. Her condition was
said to be good.

The three persons
being held as. hostages
were tentatively iden-
tified as Dr. Markus
Scherz, his _— wife
Stephanie “and ‘Dave
Penny of Routledge,
Man

RCMP and hospital
sources refused to
release - information
about the incident and the

. shooting vie tims for more

than 12 hours. Most of the

story was pieced together

ee

the gunman gave by tele-
phone to reporters who
called the doctor's office.

““Y'm not a crazy man
or anything like that,” he
teld a CBC television
reporter. “I'm just an
average sort of guy that
got himself in trouble.”
HOSTAGES SAFE

The gunman told a
reporter for the Winnipeg
Tribune that all three of
his hostages were safe.

“T haven't got them
tied up or anything else.
I'm not using restraint or
any pressure on them. All
I’m asking is the police
leave me alone.’'

He said he wanted
$100,000 in cash, a plane
to take him, his wife and
one hostage outside the
country and guarantees:
that he would not be

-extradited.,

. Af well, he asked to see
a minister and com-
plained that the RCMP
officer in charge of the
lice outside the doc-
r’s office didn’t have
the authority to make any
isions. m,

The gunman said he
had been arrested in
British Columbia for

‘bad cheques. He

bail, rented a

and took off. for

Wi ipes where he hoped
to find a job.

The man said he and
his wife fled Virden after
the shootout in a stolen

The man sald he shot at
lice in Virden when
they tried to ente motel

room. ;
“T opened the door, One

; police ‘Officer started to

ower his pistol,nand
when he did, i raised my
rifle, my shotgun, and I
shot at ae

. Talking about — the
exchange. of bullets that
resulted, he said: “I hit
two police officers,”’

However, he said he
didn’t want to hurt
anyone, _

‘I don’t want to harm a
hair on anybody’s head,
believe me. I mean, I
can't " expreas that

enoygm. 4
Police on the scene in
Oak Lake set up mead
oc! revent people
f within two

from com
or three blocks of the doc-

‘tor’s house. The streets of

the town were ‘deserted
near the scene except for
police and reporters.

T.W.U. |
Bulletin

The. local: .-T.W.U, -

Executive ‘expFessed
grave concern over at-
titude of management to
our members on picket
lines. The local T.W.U.
Executive ~ condemned
the ‘'Get Even Approach
of Management”,. Local
Management personel,
being picketed by the
TWU have

been
threatening our members
with a Vendetta after this

dispute is over, Local
T.W.U. spokesman Ken
Blanes added -. ‘They
must not and will not be
allowed to get away with
such an attack on ; any

_ our " meinbers...T.W.U.

FURRIER VISITED

- TORONTO (CP) —
Uwe Fisher, a youn

.German furrier, visite

Tororito recently, along
with his “passport''—a
mink caftan valued at
$15,000. He won a design
competition sponsored by
Canada Mink. Breeders
Association, in Frank-
furt, and his prize was a
trip to Canada,

Stu Clendenning, rince Rupert Lawy
, Skeena Riding Liberal Associati

*

er, newly elected president of the
on, (above) presides at the annual

meeting of the district Liberals, Saturday afternoon, assited by secretary
Joyce Krause, of Terrace. Though barely 30 turned out for the well ad-
vertised meeting-and almost a third-of those were from Terrace, the

Liberal fund raising dinner -later,t the Crest
Campagnolo had alt 125 tickets sold ahead of t
any oil pipeline for Kitimat, marched outside
during the dinner. See story this page.

~ States Policy on U.LC. Aid -

The following com-
ments. have ~ been
ireceived “from Marg
(Greening, Regiona

er of the Depart-
Ment of Human
Resources in Terrace by
the Terrace Herald in an
Cffort to clarify the
Department's polley on

ncome ‘Assistance being -

paid to UIC applicants
e:

When a person is laid
Gff the job, they usually

have a final paycheque
Coming tothem. For this
Teason, the © Unem- ©

bloyment Insurance
le require a 2-week
Waiting period before
kenfits are available to
Epplicants.
. is uite a
teasonable. policy for
sbvious reasons. For the
yery Same reason, our

Ministry will not cover

‘that same period of time
with Provincial Income
Assistance money. This

Education Review Society Will 7 :
~~ Investigate System

3An umbrella
organization represen-
ting educators, schoo:
trustees, parents, labor
and business was formed
in Vancouver (Wed-
nesday, January 18) to
undertake a thorough
investigation of the B.C,
school system.

. The new society's 11
“members ~ are alk
province-wide
organizations within.
_ terests in education,

The new body will be
known: as the United
Society for Education
Review in B.C.

The first officers of the
society, elected by
representatives of the 11
participating
organizations at thei
founding meéting today,
are Ms. Hannah Polowy,
national president f the
Canada’ Association for
Young Children, who was
named president of the

‘this policy

- week waiting

is because the person has
the final paycheque
coming to them and in
addition, they have
contributed to a Federal

insurance fund, to cover:

unemployment periods.

Provincial public
funds, therefore, should
not be paid out.to cover.
that first 2;weeks, Some
blame has been attached
to the Ministry of Human
Resources for not making
clear to the
public; however, I would
i ie su eat that the

y to perhaps
pu ficize this particular
aspect might be the
Unemploy ment  In-
surance peopole rather
than Human Resources.

In addition, after the 2.
period has
been served, if the ‘UIC
payments are delayed,
we are sometimes able to

issue on an exceptional
hardship basis, some

new body; Peter Min-
shull, first vice-president
of the B.C. Teachers’

Federation, elected vice-

president of the new
society; and Al Birchard
of the B.C. Chamber of
Commerce ,_ elected
secretary-treasurer.

The member
Organizations have not
always seen eye to eye on
educational questions in
the past’ but they have
agreed to join forces in an
objective and in-

‘dependent study of B.C.'s

pu lic education system
or kindergarten throgh
Grade 12. They will also
consider pre-school and
post-secondary programs

the extent that this
may shed light on the
problems of the basic
school system. .

The new. society ‘will
begin —_ planning»... its
commission on education
at its next meeting. * It is
expected: {ao undertake
research studies and to

eee a

cover severa

Hotel attended by Ina
ime. Picketers protesting
the Crest Hotel, in Rupert,

partial assistance to

people while they are
waiting for their
Unemployment In- ;

surance cheaues tn cnme

However, you should:

remember that when the.

Unemployment In-
surance cheque comes, it.

‘is ‘ retroactive to the:
‘initial date of eligibility,:

evenif it happened to:
weeks’:
time; thus if we paid:
routine income — -:
assistance to these people
during the period of
timein question . we-
would be paying
Provincial Income

‘Assistance funds in ad-

dition to Federal funds to
which they are rightly
entiled. I am sure you
will agree that double
payment without. re-
imbursement is not. an
efficient or equitable
useof Provincial public
funds.

hold public’
throu

in order to

hearings

get.

widespread public. input .

into its discussions, I
hoped the final report of
this non-governmental

_commission will chart .

new . directions for. the
future of public education

‘jn B.C,

The new scciety and its
proposed commission
spring from an initiative
by the
B.C.

Federation which set up a:
task force ta develop the:
idea in the fall of 1976. :

The federation sought:

Teachers’

the involvement of other:

concerned organizations:
in order to make the
commission as impartial
and credible as possible.

The commission
follows a tradition of
periodic re-examination
of the school system
which dates back more
than half a century in

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