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VOLUME 72 NO. 176

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TUESDAY,

SEPTEMBER

12, 1978
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Proceeds from the Second Annual Rain Dance

held by the K.I.T. C.B. Radio Club was presented
to Jack Green, Hospital Administrator by Anna
Marle Long, club president and Frank Smirfitt,

R.C.M.P. barn

By KITTY McKINSEY

OTTAWA (CP) — Mem-
bers of the disbanded RCMP
security service dirty tricks
unit told a royal commission

- Monday how they managed

to burn a barn near Montreal
Gespite several problems.

Sgt. Bernard Dubuc and
Sgt. Claude Brodeur,
members of the security
service in Montreal, tald the
‘McDonald royal commission
into RCMP wrongdoings
they were ordered to burn
the barn*in May, 1972, to

_Brevent a meeting of Front.
“de Liberation. .idu:Quebess

Ee Pag AD ee

(FLQ). militants and
revolutionary Black Pan-
thers fon the United States.

Such a mesting could have
had a disastrous impact with

ussions—such as mur-
dev--which would have been
impossible to control;
Brodeur said.

Donald McCleery, a staif
sergeant who headed the G-
4— dirty tricks—unit, or-
dered four men to burn the
barn, Dudbuc said.

Brodeur said McCleery
asked him to go along
merely as a guide since he
‘knew the area, but he ended
up helping to set the fire.
origina ll wited tb the

ly want ug the
barn at Ste. Anne de la
Rochelle, 85 kilometres east
of Montreal, but were unable

" to do so, They hoped that

burning the barn would force

‘the group ta move its
meeting to a place which
could be bugged.

The barn was owned by
Rosa Rose, mother of con-
victed FLQ terrorists
Jacques and Paul Rose. The
farm was in the name of the
sister’ of Robert Hudon,
described by an RCMP
lawyer as another well-
known terrorist.

DAMAGES TRAN-
SMISSION

Two days before the barn
was to be burned, Dubuc get
out in an unmarked RCMP
ear to check out the area. On
the way he ran over a rock,
damagaing the car’s tran-
smission and had to be towed
back to Montreal.

On the appointed day,
Debuc and Broderur set our
with Constable Richard
Daigle and Inspector Ber-
nard Blier.. Arriving in the
area too early, they killed
some time in a hotel In
Granby, Que., drinking a few

. beers while discusing the

t.
ene time before mid-
night, Dubuc, Brodeur and
Daigle walked several
kilometres through a forest
in the rain carrying two
quarts of heavy motor oil
which they had bought on the

way.

With Dubue acting as
lookout, Broderua and
Dalgle made sure that there
was no one in the barn.

Brodeur helped Daigle
spread the motor oil on the
floor and wet walls and set
fire toit. .

The three men then ran
back through the rain to
their car, only to find that the
barn was not on fire and
their car would not start.

When they finally got the
car started, they drove to
nearby Magog and borrowed

a more reliable pickup truck
from a friend of Brodeur.
Crammed into the front
seat of the pickup truck,
sitting on each others’ laps,
the Mounties drove back to
the barn and finally
managed to set fire to it with
the remaining quart of motor

Premier
Camphel
resigns

CHARLOTTETOWN (CP)
Ina sudden move that ap-
peared to catch even his staff
off guard, Prince Edward
Island premier Alex Camp-
bell announced at an af-
lernoon news conference
Monday that he was
resigning his job and his seat
in the 32-seat legislature.

His departure leaves his
Liberal party with a 16-15
edge in the. House and ina
position —° of equai
representation with the
opposition Progressive Con-

servatives after itappoints a |

speaker for the next session.
Following the April

general election, standings '

in the House left the Liberals
with 17 seats and the PCs
with 15.

“After an orderly transfer
of the leadership to my
successor, my wife and I
plan to get in the car and
head for the mainland and,
beyond that, I have no idea
where we're going,”
Campbell, 44, said in an
interview Monday night.

“The future is very much
up in the air. Iam not about
to take a position on the
bench and, indeed, there is
not a standing offer to take
such a position.”

The premier, who is a
lawyer, is the son of former
Liberal premier Thane
Campbell who was later a
Justice of the P.E.1, Supreme
Court. .

"Tl want a month to step
aside from politics to explore
what possibilities may be
open and may exist to
commence a third career,"
he said. "I wouid not
overlook some continuing

public service or some brand -

new challenge in the private
or public sector.
AVOIDS UNEM:-
PLOYMENT

“My future is, from. this
perspective, very much
uncertain but I definitely

_ don't want to be unemployed
for very long.”

Later, Campbell said he
wants to use the next month
to look for a non-political
career, thus appearing to
rufe out any chance that he
will run in the next federal
election. dé$a%%4AT [ want
to do is remove myself from
the island political scene for
a month and, in doing so, 1
hope there will be a chance
to get in touch with myself
ant when I came back I am
definitely interested in look-
Ing at what the possibilities
might be...” he sald.

ae, Syeda Fata

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past president of the Kiwanis Club at the K.I.T.

Tua]

Club General Meeting held September 10 at the
Elk’s Hall. The money wil! be used to help
purchase a portable incubator for the hospital.

burners testify

coil,
The men returned to
Montreal at dawn ‘that
morning and reported for
work a few hours later. They
never again discussed the
incident among themselves,
Dubuc and Brodeur said.
Dubuc said that McCleery

later congratulated him and
Daigle “fora job well done,”
Dubuc said he saw other
Mounties committing illegal
acts—breaking into
buildings, planting illegal
electronie eavesdropping
devices—and getting
promoted within the force.

A Washington State man,.
Richard Miller will undergo
surgery at Mills Memorial
Hospital today on his
shoulder and arm.

Mr, Miller was maulec by
a grizzly bear at Cranberry
Junction on Friday. His
condition is reported as
satisfactory by hospital
officials.

Terrace police officers
explained that there was no
apparent reason for the

‘attack except perhaps the

fish which Miller bad caught.

Miller was fishing with two
other American tourists, one
of whom was struck by the

bear but escaped uninjured. —

UNCONSCIOUS.
Another man was found
unconscious lying on the
bridge which crosses the
Skeena. He was taken to
hospital and later released.

| Election fever -

Police say the. man was
obviously involved in & fight!
but refused to name his’
attacker. No charges will be
id. . _
Robert Felcus had his 1967 ©
Ford Van stolen from behind

the Indian Affairs ‘building

Saturday evening. The car
was. recovered shortly af-
terwards. It had been
abandoned .on a downtown
street, Police: are still in-
vestigating,, .

~ Two separate incidents of
attempted suicide ‘were
reported by Terrace RCMP.
Nelther person ‘was suc-
cessful. Police will - not
release the names of persons
mB beid

; t persons were in
the lock-up Saturday night as
a result of being drunk in a

public place...

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starts early _ |

With the election of three .
alderpersons slightly more
than. two months away,
Juanita Hatton has an-
nounced that she will seek a
seat on clty council.

Ms. Hatton who is cbor-
dinator of. Golden Rule
Personnel. Agency, in
Terrace has never run for

, public office before.

“T have been here 17 years
and have a great many
friends in Terrace," Ma.
Hatton said. sot

Ms. Hatton, who runs the
Golden Rule as a non-profit
organization does receive a.
‘amall grant from Mrs, Grace.

McCarthy, Minister of the

Provincial Seeretary and
Travel Industry,
“Surely it is time that

Someone - besides
professionals and = big
iness people had a say on

council,” she added.

| “Alo there are no yomen
on council at present, an
there should be.” =.

‘Ms. Hatton explained: that
she would not claim to have
been to every. council
meeting, ‘because I haven't,
but i certainly disagree with
any plans to hold foo many
meetings as ‘committee of

" the whole’. The public has 4

right to know what is hap-
pening at city council.

Up for re-election are
aldermen David Pease, Vic
Jolliffe and Bob Cooper. Ail
have indicated they plan to
seek re-election.

U.S. Senate lifts
embargoes

WASHINGTON § (Reuter)
— The U.S, Senate approved
today a compromise foreign
ald bill lifting trade sane-
lions against Rhodesia on
Jan. 1 providing a freely-
elected government has been
installed and Rhodesia has
shown its willingness to
negotiate with all parties.

Under the bill, President
Carter will determine
whether Rhodesia has met
the two conditions allowing

the embargo to be lifted.

The bill aiso lifts the U.S.
partial arms embargo
against Turkey, imposed
following the Turkish in-
vasion of Cyprus, and calls
for a just settlement on the
island and withdrawal of
Turkish troops.

It expresses congressional
concern that further with-
drawal of U.S. ground lroops
from South Korea might
upset the military balance

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VANCOUVER (CP) —
Jack Davis, former tran-
sport minister in Premier
Bill Bennett's Social Credit
government, Monday was
found guilty of defrauding
the provinelal Crown of
$1,074 by misrepresenting
his travel expenses.

County court judge J. J.
Anderson adjourned the
matter for sentencing to
Sept, 18, :

* The judge found Davis not
guilty of an alternative theft
charge. .

Davis, MLA for North
Vancouver-Seymour, ad-
mitted during his trial that
he obtained refunds on first-
class alr tickets pald for by
the provincial government.

The court was told the re-

*. funds ranged up to $24 a

ticket and were sent directly
to Davis at his request.
‘The refunds came because

Davis would request a
change from {first-class
travel te economy when he
arrived at the airport, the
court was told,

WRITTEN JUDGMENT

In his written reasons for
judgment, Judge Anderson
said: “The facts are not in
dispute.”

“As a cabinet minister,
Mr. Davis was entitled to use
firstclass air transportation
at government expense
while travelling in the public
service,” said the judge. “On
a number of occasions, he
exchanged his first-class
licket for the less expensive
economy fare for either the
whole or a portion of the
travel involved and directed
that the refund for the differ-
ence in price be forwarded to
him at his home address. -

“In addition, there were

two occasions when he ©

Rebels still seek

MASAYA, Nicaragua
(AP) — Fierce hand-to-hand

. street battles erupted here

and in other Nicaraguan
cities Monday as govern-
ment troops fought rebel
forees secking to topple the
regime . of President
Anastasio Somoza.

Unofficial sources said as
many as 200 persons may
have been killed in the fresh
outbreak of civil strife. that
has raged since late
Saturday night.

“There is no longer any
doubt; itis a civil war,” said
Alvarro Chamorro, vice-—
president of the anti-Somoza-
Conservative party.

Masaya, a rebel
stronghold, reverberated
with, the crack of small arms

ational guard soldiers’

rolled into the city in trucks.

Noofficial casualty figures
were available, but refugees
fleeing Masaya said they had
seen dozens of bodies, both of
civilians and . national
guardsmen, in the city
hospital and the morgue.
-RIGHT TO SHOOT
_ Somoza, whose family has
ruled the Central American
country for 41 years, has de-
clared martial law in
Masaya, 29 ‘kilometres
southeast of Managua, the
capital, and Esteli, 144
kilometres to the north, giv-
ing troops the right to shoot
‘on Sight.

People fleeing the centre
of Masaya said Sandinista
Liberation Front. guerrillas,
controlled. much of. the
Gowntown, area.

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smagnihewyn line asc80!~In-oMahdigua, heavily-. -
n armed — “guard . troops.

claimed refunds, amounting
in all to somewhat less than
$100, for unused portions of
his ticket when he had

travelled by alternate
means.
“The total amount

received by him from all
Toman was approximately
1,074."

Judge Anderson neted that
defence lawyer Allan

_ McEachern submitted that

Davis was legally entitled to
whatever money he received
by way of refund and thal it
is no offence for a person to

obtain money which is _

rightfully his.

The judge cited the statute
governing government
members’ expenses and said
the first-class air fare has

been fixed as the arbitrary ~

_top limit for travelling

* Jack Davis guilty —

cabinet members. ©
DEFENCE’S POSITION

“The defence submission
ig that the accused, as a
member of the cabinet,
undertook the travel in
question in the public service
and accordingly was entitled ©
to an amount equal to the
applicable first-class air fare
as a non-accountable
allowance,”’ said Judge

derson,

"In short, the defence sub-
mits that the amount of the
first-class air fare is the
amount. of the travel
allowance to which the ac-
cused was entitled and he
committed no offence in
obtaining or keeping any
tunexpended portion of this
allowance.

“With some reluctance, I
must admit I am unable to
accept {the defence) sub-
missions.”

to topple Somoza

patrolled the city. Sporadic
gunfire was heard through
the night in workingclass
idistricts, ,

Red Cross, business
leaders and other sources
said damage in the capital
sine the latest uprising
began Saturday is estimated
at more than §2 million.

Sources said the fighting in
Esteli was as violent as that
in Masaya, .but telephone
lines to the city were out and
the reports could not be
confirmed,

NO DETAILS

_ The national guard has not
released any details of casu-
.alties or-action’ against the
rebels except to say that it
hadbegun'the: 2° 7° >
_Aeuinalization and capture of

cities of Masaya and Esteli."

sybvergive- elements iit thé

The curent crisis
threatenIng Somoza began
Aug. £2 when Sandinista
guerrillas took over the main
government building here;
held about 1,500 hostages and
forced the president to frea
59 imprisoned Sandinistas,
pay the guerrillas $500,000

. and let the prisoners and

thelr Kberators leave the
country.

A nationwide strike, called
by opposition political
parties and joined by the
country’s major . business
organizations, began Aug.
25.

Somoza, who says he is
battling: Communists for
control: of the country, has

vowed to. remain: in affice

~ until “his: “elected, six-year

termi expirés (fi 1961.

-[ obedience courses for the
_ Mrs. Christine Cross rewards her championship Sheltie, Cheyenne” after

e

_ SPCA

dog
course

_Once again this year the
‘will’ be holding two dog

Terrace area.
The courses, to be

September 17, at 1 o'clock at
ihe ‘Thornhill Community

tre.
A beginners class and an
advanced class will be held.

with his or her dog. During
‘the beginners class dogs will
be instructed to sit, heel, to
‘stay or come on command.
They will also learn to stand
for examination.
Christine Cross who will be
assisting Nancy Clay ex-
Jained that all dogs should
nove how to stand still

they are a “show’’ dog.

“If for no other reason
than it makes it so much
easier for the vet if the dog

added,
ADVANCED

As with the beginners class
the advanced classes will be
held at the Thornhill Com-

secutive weeks.

Price for either course is
$15, the funds to be used to
help the SPCA group obtain
their official charter and
‘begin looking after animals
throughout the area. ,

school last year, “and we
didn't have a singte fight”,
Ms. Cross pointed out.
Anyone requiring further
information about the
classes may contact

Christine Cross at 635-2750

sponsors |

recently formed SPCA group

The dog owner must attend |

regardless of whether or not fj

munity Centre for 10 con-

has to be examined,” she Big

Thirty-two dogs attended °°”

ducted by Nancy Clay, ‘sho putting her through her paces to show how well trained a dog can become
‘has been holding dog after attending obedience school. Ms. Cross will assist Nancy Clay to
‘obedience schools for five conduct two dog obedience schools this year at the Thornhill Community
years will slart Sunday, Centre.

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