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P,'ov, I~'ibz'~.ry, pc.,-:, o~ ~.¢~le D ~.~a ~' f, menf,, Vic~o'.'ta, B, C. ,..j % ''•:A • ,--. 1966 B~O STATION WAGON Like New $ " ' .00 Iml .- ...................... "1 ...................... 2895 .- ,~'. Be5 Psalter Ltd. Serving Terrace,•.theHub City of the Mighty S~eena Valley, in Northwestern British Columbia Pbon, ~3~I... , :7~rm~,ltJ:.- J .... ,i '.phon, T,m=,, B.C. , i i ..... ~t ':i':~ ' 59tb' YEARL No. 39 ~ 18 Pages: Wednesday,Apr!!;~9, 1967 I 0c a Cop)~ :~ Press Run--:-A,000. ................. j , I ~ " ' r i i " ' '~' 'i ' ~ - " i J J . " : , ,/'/;:~ ~i~ • . : - .!. " . i{ • , . I- . ./..- With • 00 '•" 'l CALL iT A TIME for compassion if" you Will. ";Call ::::::::::"::::::::::::::: it an admirable confession !f youwill., Call it an , Revea/s Criminal Record emotionally charged revelation if you Will. It may be all of those things, but to us it Liberal Can, Tells Of Childhood represented only a/barbaric injustice. • .~,- , ~',. - Fr0nk Howard, Member Of Parliament for Skeen a, When a man •has to bare his soul for all the returned to Ottawa Monday=after~visiting in the area world to see and for all the ghouls.to pick to for 10 days, one Of which was probably the'most mem-i " pieces~ it ceases to bea .dramatic incident and Has These C arable in his long .political career. " ' " becomes on unendurable moment of truth for those Art Bates, Liberal eandidate-I "T of us who call ourselves civilized. elect for Skeena Federal Riding I socie On Sunday, April 16. the convention beheld off until Frank Howard, Member Of Parliament for in a statement released .Man. orde: seasoned l~lP told his constitu, after' he had made his public Skeena, hasserved the north country with integrity day, said that as one seeking ~ cle ents in a television appearance, statement. He told the exeen- and determination for over 10 years. I w( of a personal background that five group of the ~'etail~ sur- , What he did, or what he was at the age of 18 e0m( contained three convictions i for rounding the • extortion letter tton.' armed robbery and a two year and his decision to air the mat- is of no consequence to us. It s what he is and what stretch in the B.C. Penitentiary. lcr openly. he is doing at the age of 42 that should be of i~rime NI roa¢ .The television statement was At 11:15 p.m. 'Sunday the concern. ban made Sunday evening in the Skcona .MP faced a Vast televl- He is sewing our interests to the best of his he wake of an extortion bid by an stun audience and told them ability. He is making the name ofSkeena ring How; eighteen year old Vancouver of a childhood spent in foster through the nation. He Is dogging the tracks of som~ youth. Gary Stephen Ross. who homes' and orphanages and of every erstwhile Government-member politician in has • tried to barter his silence for events leading up to a critical Ottawa. I-]ow~ $5,000. stage in his life at which time In Howard received a letter in he was tried and convicted for Frank Howard is working, and working hard! wher It has been said that any man entering public NDP Ottawa from the youth during armed robbery and served 16 office must of necessity turn over his past and his on | March, in which a,.threat .to 're. months • of a' two-year sentence . future to the peop!e he serves. an ! veal "certain information" was in the B.C. Penitentiary at New Frank Howard s past is clean, if it isn't, then dete~ made unless the MP paid the Westminster. we might as well throw all our higl~-sounding Idw the money. From time to time during books out of the nearest window. M: Howard turned the matter Howard's fifteen minute ad- tnto orer to the Ottawa RCMP and dress he brushed tears away It is not the Howard yesterdays that matter and Ross was arrested in Vancouver from his checks and several in this vast north country--it s the Howard tomor- vote~ • on Sunday, April 9. ' times seemed on the verge of rows. His future is our future as long as he repre- hera Stories of the extortion letter breaking down. sents the people of Skeena in Canada's House of H~ sped across the nation and Mr. He appeared alone on earn- Parliament. the Howard chose to make the era, as was his choice.: On Sunday night, Frank Howard, Member of ofo seat "certain information" public At the conclusion of his emo- Parliament for Skeeno, gave his constituents more ART BATES M knowledge, tionally ~arged statement, the than they ever bargained for or perhaps even de- . , . Liberal Contender polit At a meeting of the skeena t e I e p h o n e switchboard in serve. NDP Federal Con'ftituency As. CFTK-TV's reception offices public office he felt obliged incul He gave them a lesson in courage. to in t sociation held in Terrace Satur-.went wild. Phone calls came That's a subject not to be found in any comment on the tragic disdos- "uenc day afternoon; Mr. Howard ask. from alI over the vast Skeen:i ures made Sunday evenifig by school curriculum. StUn1 ed that plans for a nominating riding. the MP for Skeena, Frank How- tion~ Wellwishers called from K~ nationSkeena that it nowis inhabited has a chanceby. people---not to prove puppets. to the Iard.J "I hope t]~e event~-won't ! menu, Kitimat, Prince Rupert, in" J~ ~ Of" "~" Smithers, i Burns Lake and Ter- •: Peoplewho, .... believe that :"Paid In .Full" means: J ,.fluenee ,his effeetiveaess as ~h I " [] 'J[~1~1~7]i1~ MM/I1~ ~ j[1~10~I race Nany of~the callers spoke ~ •: \ :eleeted:/membe'r,,but I:ido f~ell [] [] II BE [] [] [] W ,M voi~e,. All/Of: theml U~'ged.the' ~ m-'" ".....: " ~'''::" :" ~ ':~"i ~:":~'~ .I'.~eBS''~Y" ~;'~ :v.~.::,...-'~';~/:'"'~: ;', ..:r'.' ..... ;""":;":~[.,:,.:i;'~.. ,~ ...~n~a~.beea~'e'i~'~S'bele~:to:.... the:Jar: ~v/~.publi~.":(':'~'~'/'- bne ~i;.~'ea'~ as:• ,~.q~. ~Vl~ere'. .,. ti'~l'::' ~:-. iflSlf'~:>:"':"" "" ~,'I~[]'"~I']~][T'"":41":i."~f]i~['~'' l. :]i" toldliaJn'en[Mr; .reporters~H6Wara;Me-me'er/" hef°r~ Skeeaa: sineedoe, netn.'1~57''~ar I " I, w~ll oppose and ~fight .the] . i 'q.~lk.7.... ~,Ja. W .~, m ;-'" ;I oetoberten~'!~itn}:~resign"=nd{,eonvention~f~hat~en opposition member, 'as before, , :nominating on his party standing only..l The second annual Terrace ~usic Festival, con clud- of .Kitimat; Alcan .Trophy, Kitimat Brass Ensemble won will' give a clear indication as •,,,q,,u''r ee~ai~lydo notintendtostart ed Saturday evening wj,h a g~and final concert of all Sec°ndary Sch°°l Band°fTer" the Hub Challenge Trophyi towhether or not the NDP -,,t,,-,,c"us"" making an issue o~ his per- the award winners. " : race; Teachers "Federation Bur- ~fimat grade 2 students 1 o! members for Skeena wish .to sonal .and private affairs now," " sary, Prince Rupert SecondarY KiIdala School Recorder En. havehim continue as their ban- .-: Adjudicator Phyllis Schuldt Concert: Association award for Band. semhle \won the Northern sen. er bearer. A three,quarter of a million dollar, five-year expanL stated that .the festival was a vocal solo, Mike Fenger of Ter- 'Mount Elizabeth Junior Sen- tinel Press Trophy; and the- J.. • The full text of his ~Sunday sion' program is planned for Lakelse Lodge, also known as definite improvement over last race. : • for Secondary Band of Kitimat R. Nichoi~on Bursary went .to night address appears else- Oil s Place at Lakelse Lake. year. The Hankinson Bursary for won the R.E.M. Lee Award; Ged Dodsworth of Kitimat.' where in this issue. Three hundred ' solo Class, Bart Bjarna- --.--..- in Athe 1 ~our-stsr plans, as9.0-unit well motelas a 30-Is room'botel.urea cocktail The~otel lounge, willbanquet feat- entries consisting ofand~orty-four. an estima~i Of. Prince Rupert; Hicks NDP Names Kitimat Man room, sample room and dining ed 1000 participants .took :par~ ie bursar},AnnfOrwillisJuniOrofPrincegirls' Separate Accidents room with seating capacity for in .the 127 classes in the fes~i and the Munson Drugs OfiLoc~I~U~g~W~ly#lso, The buildingandentertainmentnightly" will be construct. val,The Summer School of the~/i asthewas als°w°nby most prom. TO Head ~$$ O elation "The southmd of the Skeena ed With a full view of beautiful ,Arts Scholarship presented by M. Davies Junior was the Lakelse Lake. the Knights of Columbus for :Challenge Trophy Provincial Association's nom- scenebridge ofin a Terracerear end codlision Outdoor facilities will in. the contestant with the highest was ~von b~ Steffan Wagner of Roy Simmonds of Kitimat was elected President of [ Saturday, at approximately 3 elude a tennis court, croquet mark in the Festival was Klti~t. the Sl~eena NDP Federal Association at a New Des- J inati0n convention. The Party's awarded to Betty Ann Bussan... ~.., ' cartic Party convention' in the Elks Hall, Terrac.e;on J National Convention will be enP'm'bywhenEdwarda1965JosephMeteOrBrazeaudriv- field,Preliminaryandplayground.plans for this ich of Prince ,Rupert who re. ~'David' Trembley~ of Kitimat Saturday, April 1~. : :l aheldmotioninOttawatliat ontheJUlyincoming& and of Old Airport Road collided year include a permanent trail, ceived a mark of g0 for her won the Kitimat Business and Other Officers elected were: The meeting voted to acce~t executive be empowered to ere- w~th' a 1957 Pontiac station er court and a zoo. The zoo presentation of "The Little Professional Women's Associa- wagon driven by Neva Winni. will be known as "Oil's Adven.