1
5-year
sentence
ordered
Walter
Lyman
Young,
38,
and
Richard
Levesque,
27,
both
of
Prince
George,
today
were
sentenced
to
15
years
and
12
years
respectively
on
a
charge
of
conspiring
to
traffic
In
heroin.
They
had
been
found
guilty
March
5
by
a
B.C.
Supreme
Court
jury
in
Prince
George.
Young
was
also
fined
$10,000
and
in
default
of
payment
will
have
to
serve
three
years
consecutive.
He
was
given
two
years
to
make
the
payment.
In
pronouncing
sentences
after
a
morning-long
session
on
drug
trafficking
In
the
Prince
George
area,
Judge
Sam
Toy
said
that
a
conspiracy
carries
the
same
sentence
as
the
actual
act
of
trafficking
and
Par-ltament
had
increased
maximum
sentence
to
life
Imprisonment.
He
said
courts
have
called
heroin
traffickers
"murderers
of
souls,"
and
that
overdose
deaths
were
not
uncommon.
The
judge
also
said
that
since
profits
were
high
the
penalty
also
had
to
be
high.
He
said
society
has
to
be
protected
and
the
sentences
were
to
serve
as
a
deterrent.
He
told
Levesque
he
had
had
his
chances
but
now
could
consider
himself
big
league.
In
sentencing
Young
the
judge
said
he
was
one
step
up
in
the
drug
hierarchy,
was
not
a
user,
merely
a
wholesaler
which
was
a
far
more
serious
offence
than
that
of
Levesque.
Bizarre
siege
ends
in
death
CALGARY
(CP)
A
city
policeman
and
a
gunman
are
dead
following
a
bizarre
45-hour
weekend
drama
involving
a
robbery,
hostages
and
drugs.
The
incident
ended
about
1
p.m.
local
time
Sunday
(3
p.m.
EST)
when
police
stormed
a
house
in
the
northeast
part
of
the
city.
Inside,
they
found
John
Frederick
Gamble,
23,
of
Vancouver
dead,
and
William
John
Nichols,
27,
of
White-Rock,
B.C.,
in
serious
condition.
Both
apparently
had
taken
an
overdose
of
drugs
received
In
an
exchange
with
police
for
two
female
hostages.
Gamble
had
been
free
on
bail
while
awaiting
trial
on
a
charge
of
murder
punishable
by
life
imprisonment
in
British
Columbia.
Nichols
is
also
free
on
ball
on
a
charge
of
attempted
murder
in
the
same
province.
Their
attempt
to
escape
those
charges
resulted
in
the
incident
here.
As
police
knit
the
facts
together,
funeral
services
for
Staff-Sgt.
Allan
Keith
Harrison,
40,
a
16-year
veteran
on
the
police
force,
were
planned
for
Tuesday.
Charges
of
murder
punishable
by
death
In
the
death
have
been
fioliceman's
aid
against
Gamble's
wife,
Janine.
,
It
was
shortly
after
4
:30
p.m.
Friday
when
two
men
robbed
a
credit
union
of
$1,600.
During
the
robbery
10
to
12
shots
were
exchanged
and
Sgt.
Harrison
was
hit
once
in
the
abdomen.
He
died
later
during
surgery,
the
second
policeman
killed
on
duty
in
the
city
during
the
last
16
months.
Gamble
and
Nichols,
apparently
accompanied
by
Gamble's
wife
and
Tracey
Perry,
a
friend
of
Nichols',
then
made
a
stop
at
a
restaurant
in
an
effort
to
elude
police
and
took
two
hostages,
Rahim
Kassam
and
his
wife,
Laila,
They
abandoned
their
bullet-riddled
car
took
a
taxi.
Doug
Moran,
the
cab
driver,
said
he
picked
up
six
people
at
the
Thunderbird
Restaurant
on
Meridian
Road
Northeast
and
pulled
Into
a
gas
station
when
he
became
suspicious
and
tryed
calling
police.
But
he
was
followed
into
the
station
by
one
of
the
passengers.
When
he
refused
to
leave,
his
keys
were
taken.
It
was
at
this
point
the
third
hostage,
Diane
Perry,
a
28-year-old
schoolteacher
not
related
to
Tracey,
was
taken
and
her.car
driven
to
the
house
where
the
gunmen
and
hostages
took
cover.
Police
said
several
occupants
of
the
house,
believed
owned
by
a
David
Ingram,
apparently
left
through
a
back
door
when
they
saw
the
fugitives
entering
by
the
front
door.
The
family
has
not
been
seen
since.
See
aUo
page
2
Spring
thaw.
.
.
THE
DRURY
AFFAIR
PM
faces
fireworks
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
The
Liberal
government,
especially
Prime
Minister
Trudeau,
faces
a
hot
time
in
the
Commons
this
week.
Central
to
all
the
heat
will
be
Mr.
Trudeau's
refusal
to
accept
the
resignation
tendered
Friday
by
Works
Minister
C.
M.
Drury
as
a
result
of
an
intervention
Mr.
Drury
attempted
in
a
Quebec
Superior
Court
case.
In
that
case,
Consumer
Affairs
Minister
Andre
Ouellet
was
found
guilty
of
contempt
of
court
for
remarks
he
made
about
Mr.
Justice
Kenneth
Mackay
following
a
verdict
in
a
conspiracy
trial
involving
three
sugar
companies.
While
the
trial
was
in
progress,
Mr.
Drury
telephoned
Mr.
Justice
James
Hugessen,
the
trial
judge,
on
behalf
of
Mr.
Ouellet.
As
a
result
of
Mr.
Trudeau's
rejection
of
the
Drury
resignation
and
his
reluctance
to
con
Lebanon
showdown?
BEIRUT
(Reuter)
-
At
least
1,000
Syrian
troops
entered
Lebanon
today
as
the
crisis
over
the
Lebanese
presidency
moved
toward
t
climax,
Arab
diplomatic
sources
said.
The
sources
said
the
troops
entered
in
the
guise
of
members
of
the
Palestine
Liberation
Army.
They
said
Syria's
move
is
aimed
not
so
much
at
protecting
President
Suleiman
Fran-jieh,
who
refuses
to
resign
despite
mounting
military
pressure,
but
to
ensure
that
his
successor
will
be
someone
ClllMn
photo
by
Douf
Wtlfair'
Sure
signs
of
spring
are
robins
and
city
work
crews
looking
for
sewer
lines
with
electronic
metal
detectors.
Here,
city
employee
Kevin
Sanregret
gets
an
earful
as
he
looks
for
sewer
opening.
Once
opening
is
found,
ice
and
snow
is
cleared,
allowing
water
to
run
.off
from
city
streets.
Plot
to
kill
WASHINGTON
(AP)
-
The
FBI
and
Secret
Service
are
investigating
a
reported
terrorist
plot
to
assassinate
President
Ford
and
former
California
governor
Ronald
Reagan
at
the
Republican
national
convention
In
Kansas
City
in
August,
a
Secret
Service
spokesman
said
today.
Asked
about
an
account
of
the
plot
in
a
Chicago
newspaper,
Secret
Service
spokesman
Ken
Lynch
said
:
"This
is
an
FBI-developed
investigation.
We
are
actively
co-operating
with
them
on
the
investigation.
We
cannot
give
you
any
of
the
details
because
It
Is
an
ongoing
vene
an
inquiry
into
events
surrounding
Mr.
Drury's
intervention
and
alleged
earlier
interventions
in
other
cases
by
Health
Minister
Marc
Lalonde
and
Treasury
Board
President
Jean
Chretien,
both
major
opposition
parties
are
after
the
government
scalp.
In
a
rare
show
of
solidarity
NDP
Leader
Ed
Broadbent,
and
Joe
Clark,
new
Progressive
Conservative
leader,
acknowledged
Sunday
a
possible
Commons
coalition
on
this
one
subject.
In
Ottawa
Mr.
Broadbent
said
weekend
meetings
were
held
with
Conservative
spokesmen
aimed
at
possible
collaboration
on
the
judges
issue.
And
in
Wildwood,
Alta.,
where
he
is
spending
about
five
days,
Mr.
Clark
Sunday
discussed
such
collaboration.
"I
haven't
ruled
it
out,"
he
said
in
an
interview,
although
he
added
a
fillibuster
or
such
sympathetic
towards
Damascus.
Syria,
fearing
that
the
collapse
of
Lebanon
might
tempt
Israel
to
intervene,
was
instrumental
in
checking
last
January
the
civil
war
between
Christian
and
Moslem
factions.
Today's
development
followed
a
warning
Sunday
by
Israeli
Defence
Minister
Shimon
Peres
that
Israel
would
be
forced
to
Intervene
in
Lebanon
if
the
Syrian
army
were
to
move
in
or
If
any
changes
took
place
in
southern
Lebanon
affecting
Israel's
security.
Earlier
story,
page
5
unusual
undertaking
was
not
now
part
of
his
thinking.
Mr.
Clark,
scheduled
to
return
to
Ottawa
on
Wednesday,
said
he
would
be
back
in
the
Commons
today
to
lead
his
caucus
members
in
keeping
the
pressure
on
the
prime
minister
for
a
public
inquiry
into
the
situation.
Mr.
Broadbent,
with
an
NDP
opposition
day
scheduled
Tuesday,
said
he
would
propose
a
motion
of
no
confidence
in
the
government
then,
hoping
to
heighten
the
pressure
for
an
Inquiry.
With
the
government
holding
139
of
the
264
Commons
seats,
the
opposition
holds
little
hope
of
toppling
the
government.
Mr.
Trudeau
Friday
based
his.
refusal
to
accept
Mr.
Drury's
resignation
on
a
report
made
public
of
Chief
Justice
Jules
Deschenes
of
Quebec
Superior
Court.
In
his
report
the
chief
justice
found
Mr.
Drury
guilty
of
nothing
Illegal,
although
he
termed
the
telephone
call
to
a
judge
during
a
case
improper.
Mr.
Broadbent
Sunday
called
Mr,
Trudeau's
attitude
a
"fundamental
break
with
parliamentary
process
tradition."
and
Mr.
Clark
said
Friday
the
refusal
of
Mr.
Drury
s
resignation
was
inexcusable.
He
also
wants
Mr.
Lalonde
to
explain
his
actions
when,
in
1972
as
Mr.
Trudeau's
principal
aide,
he
intervened
in
the
trial
of
10
Trinidadians
charged
with
damaging
the
Sir
George
Williams
University
computer
centre
in
Montreal.
Reagan
Asked
whether
the
Secret
Service
considers
the
threat
serious,
Lynch
replied
:
"All
threats
are
serious,
if
Indeed
they
are
threats."
There
was
no
Immediate
comment
from
the
FBI.
Ford
and
Reagan
are
contenders
for
the
Republican
presidential
nomination,
to
be
made
at
the
Kansas
City
convention
which
gets
under
way
Aug.
16.
The
Chicago
Tribune
said
in
a
story
from
San
Francisco
that
justice
department
sources
said
the
plot
involved
a
command-style
assassination
team
of
persons
from
the
San
Francisco
Bay
area.
The
newspaper
said
it
was
In
DRAMA
OF
ICE
AND
BLOOD
Seal
pups
meet
hunters
today
ST.
ANTHONY,
Nfld.
(CP)
-The
seal
hunt,
traditionally
looked
upon
by
Newfoundlanders
as
an
adventure
of
Ice
and
blood
with
a
chance
of
profit
but
described
by
protesters
as
a
barbaric
anachronism,
opens
today
about
100
miles
north
of
here.
The
federal
fisheries
service
estimates
that
close
to
one
million
seals
including
possibly
300,000
pups,
or
young
seals,
were
on
the
ice
at
the
front
and
in
the
Gulf
of
St.
Lawrence.
Seven
Canadian
and
five
Norwegian
ships
were
moving
Into
position
on
the
front,
the
ice
area
of
northern
Newfoundland
where
the
main
hunt
takes
place.
Monday,'
March
15,
1978
ABORTIONIST'S
SECOND
ACQUITTAL
Crown
denied
appeal
in
AAorgentaler
case
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
refused
today
to
allow
the
Crown
to
appeal
the
second
acquittal
of
Dr.
Henry
Morgentaler
on
an
abortion
charge.
The
52-year-old
physician
was
freed
from.
jail
in
January
after
serving
10
months
of
an
18-month
term
for
performing
an
illegal
abortion.
The
sentence
was
imposed
a
year
ago
by
the
Quebec
appeal
court
after
it
overturned
an
acquittal
by
a
lower
court
jury.
The
reversal
of
the
jury
decision
was
upheld
by
the
Supreme
Court.
While
in
jail,
Dr.
Morgentaler
was
tried
on
a
second
abortion
charge
and
again
acquitted.
The
Crown
appealed
the
verdict
but
its
case
was
dismissed
by
the
Quebec
appeal
court.
Permission
was
sought
subsequently
to
carry
the
second
case
to
the
Supreme
Court,
leading
to
the
ruling
announced
today,
The
trial
judge
in
the
second
case
rejected
Dr:
Morgentaler's
primary
defence
that
an
abortion
is
acceptable
if
a
doctor
considers
it
necessary
in
the
interests
of
a
woman's
mental
or
physical
health.
But
the
jury
Ignored
his
instruction
and
found
the
self-confessed
abortionist
innocent.
The
appeal
court
ruled
subsequently
that
some
evidence
of
necessity
was
introduced
in
the
case
and,
in
such
instances,
a
jury
should
be
able
to
decide
the
outcome.
The
Supreme
Court
iudc-
ment,
by
Mr.
Justice
Louis-Philippe
Pigeon,
Mr.
Justice
Jean
Beetz,
and
Mr.
Justice
Robert
Dickson,
agreed
with
the
findings
of
the
Quebec
appeal
court
and
ruled
out
a
final
appeal.
Dr.
Morgentaler,
who
has
admitted
performing
thousands
of
abortions,
was
freed
from
jail
after
a
new
trial
was
ordered
in
his
first
case
by
federal
Justice
Minister
Ron
Basford.
Mr.
Basford
issued
the
order
after
the
Quebec
court
upheld
Dr.
Morgentaler's
acquittal
on
the
second
charge.
The
reversal
of
the
jury
acquittal
on
the
first
charge
provoked
a
storm
of
protest
from
persons
on
each
side
of
the
abortion
issue.
Formerprime
minister
John
Diefenbaker,
opposed
to
abortion
on
demand,
said
the
reversal
set
a
dangerous
precedent.
No
jury
decision
should
be
overturned,
he
argued.
Agriculture
chief
ysold
out'
eggmen
A
spokesman
for
northern
egg
producers
has
accused
Agriculture
Minister
Don
Phillips
of
"selling
out
northern
farmers."
Arnold
Link,
owner
of
Chilako
Farms
Ltd.,
said
Saturday
he
is
disappointed
and
annoyed
that
Phillips
Is
refusing
to
support
the
northern
egg
producers
In
their
fight
against
the
B.C.
Egg
Marketing
Board
for
a
higher
production
quota.
Link
said
he
and
other
northern
egg
producers
had
thought
probed
formed
that
the
plot
was
discovered
while
it
still
was
in
its
early
planning
stage.
The
justice
department
learned
of
the
plot
from
an
informant
who
was
"a
part
of
the
violent
underground
in
northern
California,"
The
Tribune
said.
It
said
Its
sources
believe
"the
plan
apparently
was
being
designed
to
throw
the
convention
into
complete
chaos."
"We
certainly
can't
discount
anything
of
this
nature,"
The
Tribune
quoted
an
Investigator
as
saying.
"Especially
since
the
information
emanated
from
northern
California."
Dr.
Paul
Brodie,
a
biologist
with
the
federal
fisheries
branch,
said
in
an
Interview
there
were
125,000
pups
in
the
gulf
herd,
part
of
which
was
located
between
Port
aux
Basques,
Nfld.,
and
St.
Paul's
Island,
off
the
Cape
Breton
coast
of
Nova
Scotia.
Ships
are
not
allowed
to
hunt
In
the
gulf
but
vessels
up
to
65
feet
in
length
and
land-based
hunters
may
kill
seals
there.
Brian
Davies,
head
of
the
International
Fund
for
Animal
Welfare,
and
five
women
protesters
were
planning
to
leave
by
helicopters
at
da
wn
to
confront
Canadian
or
Norwegian
hunters.
The
13-niember
Greenpeace
Foundation
of
British
Columbia,
also
plan
an
early
start.
v,
...
.
yol;20;
Nol'2
'
.
Explosion
in
subway
kills
one
LONDON
(AP)
-
An
explosion
on
a
London
subway
train
killed
one
man
and
injured
several
persons
today,
Scotland
Yard
said.
The
London
fire
brigade
said
an
explosive
device
was
activated
on
a
train
200
yards
outside
West
Ham
station,
a
surface
stop
in
east
London.
The
blast
happened
just
after
5
p.m.
as
the
evening
rush
hour
was
under
way.
The
underground
Irish
Republican
Army
in
a
statement
Saturday
in
Dublin
warned
the
British
public
that
it
will
renew
bombing
attacks
on
the
British
mainland
in
its
campaign
to
end
British
rule
in
Northern
Ireland.
Phillips,
MLA
for
South
Peace
River,
"would
strongly
defend
the
interests
of
northern
producers,"
"Mr.
Phillips'
attitude,"
Link
said,
"is
very
strange
since
he
always
seemed
to
be
on
our
side
before
he
became
agriculture
minister.
"Now
he
seems
to
be
knuckling
under
to
political
pressure
from
the
Lower
Mainland
and
selling
out
northern
farmers."
Link
was
commenting
on
a
statement
by
Phillips
last
week
that
he
doesn't
intend
to
intervene
in
the
dispute
between
the
northern
egg
producers
and
the
egg
marketing
board.
Meanwhile,
it
was
disclosed
Friday
that
the
egg
marketing
board
is
going
back
to
the
B.C.
Supreme
Court
to
try
to
force
the
northern
producers
to
pay
back
levies
to
the
board
or
be
restrained
from
continuing
production.
In
1974
the
northern
producers
refused
to
recognize
the
provincial
egg
marketing
board
and
stopped
payment
of
all
levies
to
the
board.
In
February,
1975,
a
B.C.
Supreme
Court
judge
ordered
the
producers
have
refused
so
far
to
pay
the
back
levies
and
as
a
result
have
had
their
licences
taken
away
by
the
board.
Prince
George,
British
Columbia
TODAY
FEATURED
INSIDE
)
Quebec
doctors
have
successfully
rejoined
an
arm
and
a
leg
to
a
nine-year-old
boy
who
lost
the
limbs
in
a
train
accident.
Page
2.
To
strap
or
not
to
strap?
Many
Prince
George
students
say
punishment
is
needed
in
elementary
schools.
Page
9.
Major
league
baseball
commissioner
Bowie
Kuhn
says
the
season
will
open
on
schedule
early
next
month.
Page
13.
The
direction
of
sea
law
talks
is
swinging
back
in
favor
of
coastal
states
which
include
Canada.
Page
5.
Business,
8;
Classified,
16-23;
Comics,
10;
Editorial,
4;
Home
and
Family,
26,
27;
Horoscope,
24;
International,
5;
Local
and
Provincial,
3,
7,
9;
National,
2;
Sports,
13-15;
Television,
28.
THE
WEATHER)
Cloudy
skies
and
warmer
temperatures
were
expected
today
as
a
low
pressure
area
moved
into
the
Central
Interior
from
the
Pacific.
Snow
flurries
were
expected
for
this
evening
but
should
change
to
rain,
by
noon
Tuesday.
The
high
today,
4C;
the
low
tonight,
-2C.
Tuesday's
high,
6C.
Sunday's
high
was
3C;
the
overnight
low
was
-11C.
The
high
for
March
15,
1975
was
3C;
the
low
was
-3C.
NOW
HEAR
THIS
The
recent
controversy
surrounding
city
council
in-camera
meetings
brought
a
satirical
comment
from
one
regional
district
director
as
that
board
finished
an
in-'
camera
meeting.
"I
can't
see
why
we
had
to
axe
city
council
secretly
why
couldn't
we
have
done
it
publicly
and
sold
tickets,"
he
said
jokingly.
If
your
name
was
Bill
Bush
what
would
your
occupation
be?
Manager
of
Cariboo
Pulp
and
Paper,
of
course.
There
must
have
been
quite
a
few
sunburns
at
Todd
Mountain
in
Kamloops
this
weekend.
Radio
reporters
to
Prince
George
repeatedly
gave
the
temperature
there
at
Deing
4U
degrees.
Both
the
Davies'
and
Greenpeace
groups
said
they
were
not
Intending
to
protest
the
hunt
by
residents
of
northern
Newfoundland,
who
work
from
shore,
but
what
they
described
as
"big
commercial
fleets"
were
their
targets.
The
pups
skins
or
pelts
bring
about
$25
each
while
the
thick
layer
of
fat
on
each
carcass
is
used
In
cosmetics
production
and
for
food
oils.
The
quota
for
Canadian
ships
Is
52,333
while
the
Norwegians
get
44,666.
Landsmen,
who
were
permitted
to
take
seals
as
soon
as
they
appeared
in
Newfoundland
waters
in
early
winter,
are
allowed
30.000.
.
15
Copy
'There
must
be
something
wrong
with
the
auv
if
even
his
wife
won't
use
his
name!'