NINTH
MAN
ON
DEATH
ROW
Guard
killer
sentenced
to
hang
MONTREAL
(CP)
-
Gllles
Hebert
stood
emotionless
in
Quebec
Superior
Court
Tuesday
as
Justice
Jean-Paul
Bergeron
sentenced
him
to
be
hanged
for
the
murder
of
a
prison
guard
last
June,
Hebert,
32,
becomes
the
ninth
convicted
murderer
currently
under
sentence
of
death
in
Canada.
After
the
jury
of
eight
men
and
four
women
returned
a
guilty
verdict,
Mr.
Justice
Bergeron
adjourned
the
hearing
briefly
before
returning
in
traditional
black
gloves
and
tricorn
hat
to
pronounce
the
death
penalty,
"I
order
that
you
be
taken
to
the
common
Jail
from
whence
you
shall
be
taken
on
July
IS,
1976,
to
a
place
of
execution
and
there
be
hanged
by
the
neck
until
you
are
dead,"
the
judge
said,
barely
lifting
his
eyes
as
he
read
the
sentence
to
Hebert.
The
killing
of
prison
guard
Paul
Gosselin,
33,
sparked
a
one-day
country-wide
walkout
by
Canadian
prison
employees
July
2
as
"a
national
day
of
mourning"
for
their
slain
coif
league.
The
strike
also
was
an
urgent
plea
to
the
federal
government
to
respect
the
law
condemning
to
death
persons
found
guilty
of
the
murder
of
police
officers
or
prison
guards.
The
jury
deliberated
for
about
two
hours
before
deciding
on
the
guilty
ver
FEATURED
INSIDE
The
Prince
George
Autoplan
office
along
with
others
across
the
province
is
being
closed.
Page
3.
Sports
columnist
Jim
Coleman
is
discouraged
:
Canada
can't
even
win
a
medal
in
Olympic
drinking.
Page
19.
Captain
Ed
Ashe
pilots
a
smooth
course
on
Francois
Lake,
an
area
where
time
seems
to
stand
stilt.
Page
30.
Abortionist
Henry
Morgentaler
Is
happy
with
the
results
of
an
MP
lobby
conducted
Tuesday.
Page
2.
Business,
8
;
Classified,
20-26
;
Comics,
28
;
Editorial,
4
;
Home
and
Family,
14,
IS;
Horoscope,
31;
International,
S;
Local
and
Provincial,
3,
9,
29;
30;
National,
2;
Sport,
17-19;
Television,
28.
THE
WEATHER
Prince
George
was
expected
to
be
cloudy
this
afternoon
as
the
snow
bearing
weather
system
moves
south.
Tlje
weatherman
said
an
Arctic
air
mass
should
bring
snow
and
cold
temperatures
to
the
area
Thursday.
The
high
today,
2
;
the
low
tonight,
-7.
Thursday's
high,
0.
Tuesday's
high
was
0
;
the
low
was
-1,
and
4.3
cm
of
snow
brought
the
season's
total
to
236.1.
The
total
to
Feb.
11
during
the
record
season
of
1973-74
was
344.7
cm.
The
high
for
Feb.
11,
1975
was
-22;
the
low
was
-28.
ere
Temperatures
pace
2
NOW
HEAR
THIS
Pedestrians
turned
their
heads
in
Prince
George
Monday
when
they
saw
a
four-wheel
drive
vehicle
with
of
all
things
a
surfboard
loaded
on
its
rack.
A
map
on
the
car's
rear
explained:
Anchorage
to
California.
It
seems
the
travellers
didn't
want
to
take
a
chance
of
not
being
able
to'
buy
a
surf
board
in
California.
So
why
not
transport
your
on
a
few
thousand
miles?
Although
no
word
Is
available
yet
on
the
provincial
government's
highway
plans
for
1978
In
Fort
George
riding.
Highways
Minister
Alex
Fraser
has
wasted
no
time
announcing
two
highway
contracts
for
his
own
Cariboo
constituency,
One,
worth
SI,
484
,471,
is
for
28
miles
of
asphalt
paving
south
of
Marguerite
on
Highway
97.
And
the
other,
worth
$855,311
,
is
for
13
miles
of
asphalt
paving
north
from
100
Mile
House
to
Lac
La
llache.
"Look
Mommy,
they
play
golf
on
grass
here,"
said
a
four-year-old
during
a
recent
visit
to
warmer
climes.
The
child,
from
Prince
George
of
course,
had
only
seen
golf
in
this
city's
style
on
the
snow,
dict.
Sentence
was
passed
four
hours
later
after
Jury
members
returned
to
the
deliberation
room
to
rule
on
the
question
of
clemency
for
the
accused.
The
Jury
foreman
told
the
court
seven
members
had
voted
against
clemency,
four
were
In
favor
and
one
abstained.
Gosselin
was
shot
to
death
June
27
while
escorting
Hebert
to
Queen
Mary
Veterans'
Hospital
where
the
prisoner
underwent
stomach
x-rays.
Hebert
was
serving
a
26-year
sentence
for
armed
robbery
at
Montreal's
maximum-security
Archambault
prison.
The
last
hanging
to
take
place
in
Canada
was
in
1962.
GINTER
PROBLEMS
EASED
Agreement
okayed
to
reopen
brewery
TODAY
7
hear
they've
Just
started
using
the
old
Concorde
system.-'
by
JAN
UDO
WENZEL
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
Bert
Ginter's
Prince
George
brewery
could
be
back
in
operation
by
next
week.
Harold
Sigurdson,
receiver
for
the
Canadian
Imperial
Bank
of
Commerce;
said
today
he
signed
an
agreement
with
Local
580,
Retail,
Wholesale
and
Department
Store
Union,
on
behalf
of
Uncle
Ben's
Industries
to
settle
an
eight-months-old
dispute
between
G
inter
and
the
union.
The
union
ratified
the
agreement
Tuesday.
Union
agent
Red
Visser
said
the
B.C.
Federation
of
Labor
would
be
notified
of
the
ratification
and
asked
to
lift
the
"hot"
edict
against
G
inter
products.
"It
was
a
costly
strike,"
Visser
said.
The
dispute
started
when
24
employees
of
Ginter's
soft
drink
plant
in
Richmond
charged
Ginter
reneged
on
re-employing
them
at
his
brewery
now
under
construction
in
Richmond
when
he
closed
the
soft
drink
plant
due
to
financial
losses.
The
employees
were
supported
by
the
B.C.
Federation
of
Labor,
which
termed
Ginter
products
"hot".
Members
of
organized
labor
would
not
handle
the
products
and
thereby
closed
all
of
Ginter's
operations
in
B.C.
The
local
brewery
was
closed
in
August
and
36
employees
were
out
of
work.
On
Jan.
29
the
Canadian
Imperial
.Bank
of
Commerce
demanded
payment
of
a
loan
in
the
amount
of
$3.9
million,
put
Ginter's
holdings
into
receivership
and
appointed
Sigurdson
as
receiver.
labor
board
blamed
Ginter
said
today
the
new
agreement
would
give
the
former
soft
drink
plant
employees
retroactive
pay
from
March
last
year
to
the
day
the
strike
started
in
June.
"I
feel
sorry
that
the
employees
suffered
the
pay
loss
due
to
strike,"
Ginter
said
and
blamed
the
B.C.
Labor
Relations
Board
for
it.
He
said
the
board
sided
with
the
unions
and
the
federation
when
he
applied
to
have
the
"hot"
edict
lifted,
thereby
prolonging
the
strike.
As
far
as
his
problems
over
repayment
of
loans
to
the
bank
and
a
Vancouver
finance
company
are
concerned
Ginter
said
they
"are
evolving
normally."
With
reopening
of
the
brewery,
cash
would
be
incoming
again
and
the
receiver
can
use
these
funds
to
pay
off
the
loans,
easing
the
financial
situation.
Ginter
said
earlier
the
main
reason
for
his
financial
problems
was
the
Tack
of
cash
flow
Reject
pact,
leader
urges
BCR
union
VANCOUVER
(CP)
-
Two
of
the
five
unions
involved
in
the
British
Columbia
RatU
ways'
prolonged
labor
dispute
have
indicated
they
are
unhappy
with
settlement
recommendations
of
a
provincial
industrial
inquiry
commission.
Doug
McLeod,
a
spokesman
for
the
Teamsters,
said
Tuesday
that
the
executive
of
his
union
is
extremely
unhappy
with
the
non-binding
report
of
the
commissioner,
Mr.
Justice
F.
Craig
Munroe.
Mr,
McLeod
said
the
executive
is
recommending
rejection
to
its
members.
He
said
voting
by
members
at
various
locals
will
begin
Saturday
and,
if
the
membership
goes
along
with
the
recommendation
to
reject
the
report,
the
Teamsters
will
serve
72-hour
strike
notice.
The
United
Transportation
Union
(UTU)
also
said
tuesday
that
is
unhappy
with
the
recommendations
of
Mr.
Justice
Munroe,
but
union
spokesman
Glen
Bowles
said
his
union
has
not
decided
what
Us
next
move
will
be.
,
,
due
to
labor's
closing
down
of
his
operations.
Sigurdson
said
tests
are
,
being
made
on
the
beer
stored
in
tanks
at
the
local
brewery.
He
said
the
beer,
due
to
long
storage,
could
be
a
little
stronger
than
beer
usually
is
in
Canada.-
According
to
Ginter,
the
brewery
has
been
sold
for
$2.5
million
to
an
independent
group
and
Sigurdson
said
he
is
awaiting
word
from
the
principals
on
how
they
plan
to
finance
the
purchase.
These
principals
are
said
to
be
Vancouver
lawyer
Dalton
Larson
and
David
Thomas,
an
entrepreneur
from
Vancouver.
Larson
was
unavailable
for
comment.
Meanwhile,
Ginter
dismissed
as
a
"hoax"
a
suggestion
that
a
group
of
Indians
from
Chemainus
has
plans
to
purchase
Ginter's
holdings
now
in
receivership.
'
Paul
Joseph
Dame,
an
Indian
activist,
said
Ginter
has
accepted
the
Indians'
offer,
which
is
dependent
on
their
raising
a
$300,000
loan
from
the
Canadian
Imperial
Bank
of
Commerce.
This
would
give
the
Indians
a
75-per-cent
majority
in
Uncle
Ben's
Industries'
the
Indian
spokesman
said.
Ginter,
however,
said
$300,000
would
not
come
near
to
buying
a
large
share
of
the
holdings.
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MPLA
CAPTURES
PORTS
Ctttoo
photo
by
Dmn
MUm
This
must
be
here
for
some
reason,
thinks
Mardi,
Prince
George's
Mardi
Gras
mascot.
The
fluffy,
man-sized
canine
made
his
debut
this
week
and
has
been
touring
Mardi
Gras
events
as
well
as
being
seen
on
several
street
corners.
He
will
be
around
as
long
as
the
festivities
last,
until
Monday.
Angola
showdown
near
by
Associated
Press
The
Soviet-backed
Popular
Movement
for
the
Liberation
of
Angola
(MPLA)
has
announced
the
capture
of
the'
two
ports
at
the
Atlantic
end
of
the
railway
across
the
central
part
of
the
country,
and
British
correspondents
report
the
MPLA
and
Cuban
forces
are
moving
toward
a
clash
with
the
South
African
army.
Jane
Bergerol
of
the
London
Financial
Times
reported
from
Luanda,
the
Angolan
capital,
that
the
MPLA
announced
Its
unopposed
occupation
Tuesday
of
Benguela,
the
coastal
terminus
of
the
Benguela
Railway,
and
Lobito,
the
country's
chief
port
20
miles
to
the
north.
"The
rout
of
the
pro-Western
UNITA
(National
Union)
in
southern
Angola
now
Is
virtually
complete,"
Nicholas
Ash-ford
of
The
Times
of
London
reported
from
Johannesburg.
Confrontation
rapped
VANCOUVER
(CP)
-There
must
be
an
immediate
ceasefire
in
the
confrontation
between
government,
labor
and
business
if
inflation
in
Canada
is
to
be
controlled,
the
Canadian
Federation
of
Agriculture
was
told
Tuesday.
.Carl
Beigie
of
Montreal,
executive
director
of
the
C.
D.
Howe
Research
Institute,
told
the
federation's
annual
meeting
that
Canada
would
benefit
from
a
serious
attempt
by
leaders
of
all
sectors
to
look
squarely
at
economic
problems.
There
must
be
a
willingness
by
all
to
recognize
the
potential
advantages
which
"should
be
obvious
from
the
grave
costs
that
a
breakdown
of
our
economic
system
would
impose
on
all
parties."
See
also
page
9
City
FM
station
delayed
The
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation
(CBC)
has
shelved
its
plans
for
an
FM
station
in
Prince
George
until
at
least
1979
because
of
a
$15
million
budget
cutback.
A
CBC
radio
representative,
John
Lysaght,
said
today
in
a
telephone
Interview
from
Vancouver
the
Prince
George
station
has
been
definitely
shelved
along
with
plans
for
similar
stations
in
Victoria,
Kamloops
and
Kelowna.
He
said,
however,
the
Prince
George
area
will
still
receive
CBC
programming
via
CKPG-radio's
alternate
250-watt
transmitter.
"It
was
felt
the
Prince
George
area
was
receiving
CBC
programming
via
the
transmitter
and
our
affiliate
CKPG
radio
so
it
wasn't
a
desperate
move
to
build
Immediately,"
said
Lysaght.
Prince
George
was
to
be
one
of
15
English-language
markets
to
get
a
CBC
FM
station
by
1978.
The
new
station
was
to
be
about
2,500
watts
with
local
programming
inserted
in
the
morn-
.V.W.V.V.!'
ing,
noon
and
afternoon.
The
remaining
programs
would
be
regular
CBC
shows.
It
would
also
have
a
local
news
team
operating
from
Prince
George.
Lysaght
said
the
CBC
planned
to
use
an
FM
transmitter
because
of
its
greater
range
and
low
costs.
"But
now
I
can't
see
work
on
the
station
starting
before
late
1979
and
it
could
be
as
late
as
1980,"
he
said.
Gordon
Lelghton,
manager
at
CKPG-Radio
Television,
said
he
feels
his
station
helped
solve
the
CBC's
problem
by
recently
reducing
CBC
programming
to
15
hours
a
week
and
using
CKPG's
alternate
transmitter
in
South
Fort
George
for
full-time
CBC
programming.
"
It's
Ironic
because
we
as
the
private
broadcaster
In
the
city
solved
their
transmission
problems,
and
now
there
is
no
great
need
for
them
to
move
into
the
city,"
said
Leighton.
Leighton
said
the
250-watt
transmitter
still
is
unable
to
reach
the
peripheral
areas
of
the
city
because
it
is
not
strong
enough.
"A
direct
confrontation
with
the
South
African
army
now
seems
imminent."
The
MPLA
regime,
which
earlier
took
most
of
northern
Angola
from
the
National
Front
for
the
Liberation
of
Angola
(FNLA),
another
Wes-ternbacked
faction,
also
scored
a
diplomatic
victory
with
the
announcement
by
President
Idi
Amin
of
Uganda
that
the
Organization
of
African
Unity
(OAU)
now
recognizes
it
as
the
legitimate
government
of
Angola.
Amin
is
the
president
of
the
OAU.
An
MPLA
broadcast
reported
there
was
no
resistance
to
the
forces
that
moved
into
Benguela
and
Lobito
and
the
people
of
the
two
towns
gave
them
a
"resounding
welcome,"
the
Financial
Times
correspondent
said.
The
broadcast
"made
clear
the
Luanda
government
has
no
intention
of
stopping
its
southern
advance
or
of
leaving
the
South
African
forces
to
continue
their
occupation
of
southern
Angola,"
Miss
Bergerol
said.
"The
broadcast
said
the
offensive
will
now
move
on
toward
the
southern
city
of
Sa
da
Bandeira,
some
200
miles
south,
which
has
an
important
air
base
for
the
South
African
forces.
"Now
the
MPLA's
Soviet-supplied
heavy
artillery
and
tanks
have
crossed
the
natural
barrier
of
the
Queve
River,
formerly
the
South
African
forward
line,
there
is
no
other
major
natural
obstacle
to
MPLA's
advancing
toward
the
South
African
lines."
The
South
African
army
is
reported
to
have
established
a
mined
defence
line
manned
by
an
estimated
5,000
troops
50
miles
north
of
the
border
between
Angola
and
South-West
Africa
(Namibia)
and
about
100
miles
south
of
Sa
da
Bandeira.
The
South
African
gov-erment
says
its
troops
are
in
southern
Angola
to
defend
the
Cunene
Dam
on
the
Cunene
river.
Britain
told
aid
unwanted
LONDON
(Reuter)
-Guatemala
has
told
Britain
that
it
does
not
want
British
government
aid
for
its
earthquake
victims,
officials
here
said
today.
However,
Guatemala
is
continuing
to
accept
relief
aid
from
private
British
charity
organizations.
Guatemala
informed
Britain
Tuesday
of
its
decision,
but
gave
no
reason.
There
is
a
dispute
between
the
two
countries
over
the
British
colony
of
Belize
formerly
British
Honduras
which
Guatemala
claims.
A
British
charter
aircraft
was
due
to
leave
London
today
for
Guatemala
with
tents
provided
by
the
government
as
well
as
blankets,
clothing
and
a
sanitation
unit
supplied
by
charities.
But
after
the
Guatemalan
government
refused
it
landing
permission
the
aircraft
took
off
for
El
Salvador
with
only
the
charity
supplies
on
board.
They
will
be
taken
overland.
See
also
pages
3,
5.
GENERAL
STRIKE
SOUGHT
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
Postal
union
executive
Jean-Claude
Parrot
called
Tuesday
night
for
a
one-day
general
strike
across
the
country
to
protest
the
federal
anti-inflation
program.
In
an
impassioned
speech
to
about
500
union
supporters,
Mr.
Parrot
said
rank-and
file
members
of
the
labor
movement
"want
action
now."
"From
now
on,
good
,
faith
bargaining
does
not
exist.
There
is
no
room
for
anything
but
fighting
unions,
"
said
Mr.
Parrot,
vice-president
of
the
22,000member
Canadian
Union
of
Postal
Workers,
which
recently
came
through
a
bitter
sevenweek
strike.