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THEANO
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Citizen
Staff
Reporter
Parental
objection
to
sex
education
in
local
schools
has
Increased
the
number
of
juvenile
abortions
in
Prince
George,
say
officials
from
medical,
correctional
and
women's
centres.
According
to
statistics,
of
the
230
therapeutic
abortions
performed
at
the
Prince
George
Regional
Hospital
last
year,
33
per
cent
involved
girls
under
18
and
of
those,
29
per
cent
were
under
15.
In
1974,
a
total
of
305
abortions
were
performed,
20
per
cent
of
which
involved
girls
under
17.
"We
need
a
structured
family
life
education
program
beginning
at
the
elementary
level,
which
can
give
students
a
responsible,
factual
knowledge
about
sex,"
says
Marianne
Sieck,
director
of
medical
records
in
Prince
George.
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"The
majority
of
parents,
however,
refuse
to
allow
their
children
to
participate
in
any
sort
of
sex
education
program
and
the
school
board
doesn't
push
the
issue,
she
said.
Emily
Carter,
volunteer
for,
the
Women's
Centre
says
the
religious
beliefs
are
the
basis
of
much
parental
objection.
Carter
says
many
parents
feel
sex
should
be
discussed
in
the
home
and
schools
but
should
not
interfere
with
parental
duties.
But,
according
to
Sieck
"most
parents
freeze
when
it
comes
to
discussing
sex
with
their
children."
She
says
a
child
often
becomes
misinformed
about
sex
from
his
classmates,,
movies
and
pornographic
magazines.
"Some
of
these
young
kids
in
trouble
don't
even
know
how
it
happened,"
says
Sieck,
"and
the
boys
are
just
as
much
to
blame
as
the
girls."
Gordon
Ballantyne,
education
director
for
the
Prince
George
school
district
says
it's
debatable
how
much
a
school
can
do.
Rallantyne
says
an
Active
Health
Report
was
compiled
from
a
survey
taken
last
year
of
the
needs
of
Prince
George
schools
in
the
area
of
health.
The
study
concentrated
on
all
aspects
of
physical
and
mental
health
including
the
area
of
se:c
education.
Ballantyne
says
the
report
found
that
any
sex
education
currently
in
the
schools
is
a
natural
part
of
other
studies
such
as
biology
and
physical
education.
"Speaking
as
both
parent
and
teacher,
I'm
pleased
with
what
schools
are
doing
locally
'
about
sex
education,"
he
said.
Elsie
Gerdes,
acting
director
for
the
Prince
George
health
unit
says
she's
disappointed
a
ctiy
as
progressive
as
Prince
George
doesn't
have
The
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ijw-
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Construction
worker
looks
over
deserted
place
of
employment.
Hostage
experience
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MONTREAL
(CP).
"I'm
happy
that
it's
over,"
said
a
tired
Pearla
Bitton
Thursday,
the
first
of
five
Montreal
residents
released
by
airplane
hijackers
in
Uganda.
"I
am
tired,
1
am
weak
it
was
a
horrible,
experience,"
Mrs.
Bitton
said
in
a
telephone
interview
from
her
daughter's
apartment
in
Paris,
Mrs.
Bitton,
49,
was
among
47
women,
children
and
sick
passengers
who
were
released
at
Kampala's
Entebbe
airport
Wednesday,
Four
other
Canadians
on
board
who
were
released
with
101
other
passengers
Thursday
were
Louise
Kourtls,
20,
Joanne
Rethmetakis,
20,
Miriam
Field,
21,
and
Rev.
Jacques
Andre
Choquette,
51,
all
of
Montreal,
The
four
hostages
were
flown
to
Paris
aboard
a
special
Air
France
flight,
Mrs,
Bitton
was
on
a
special
flight
the
day
before.
"I
can't
say
we
were
mistreated
at
all,"
said
Mrs,
Bit-ton,
who
was
on
the
way
to
visit
her
daughter
when
the
flight
between
Tel
Aviv
and
Paris
was
hijacked.
,
"Once
we
were
transferred
to
the
building
we
were
alright.
There
was
a
lot
of
tension
and
it
was
hot.
We
really
felt
that
we
were
in
danger,"
said
Mrs.
Bitton,
who
had
to
be
treated
for
high
blood
pressure
when
she
arrived
in
Paris.
blamed
for
abortion
any
family
life
program
in
its
schools.
(Information
on
birth
control
is
available
at
a
weekly
Family
Planning
Clinic
at
the
health
unit.
Parental
consent
is
not
required).
Gerdes
says
although
public
health
nurses
speak
at
a
number
of
schools
each
year,
it's
only
at
the
invitation
of
teachers
and
parents.
"No
effort
has
been
made
to
incorporate
a
structured
program
in
the
school's
curriculum,"
says
Ballantyne,
"but
we
are
serously
committed
to
identify
the
problem
at
hand
and
provide
alternative
solutions."
Ron
Parsons,
program
director
for
the
Prince
George
Receiving
Home,
says
the
problem
arises
in
the
home.
"There's
no
question
that
lack
of
sexual
knowledge
on
the
part
of
both
male
and
female
teenagers
is
causing
serious
problems
but
it's
also
Mrs.
Bitton
said
Uganda
President
Idi
Amln,
who
negotiated
their
release,
"was
great,"
"He
'came
and
talked
to
us
and
explained
that
we
were
innocent
victims,"
Bizarre
murder
stirs
public
OXFORD,
England
(Reuter)
-
A
man
who
dreamed
of
carrying
out
a
kidnapping
with
military
precision
was
found
guilty
here
Thursday
of
murdering
a
teen-aged
heiress
whom
he
had
held
prisoner
deep
inside
a
wet,
dark
labyrinth
of
drainage
shafts.
The
details
of
the
14-day
trial
have
shocked
the
public.
The
kidnapper,
39-year-old
Donald
Neilson,
was
attacked
twice
on
his
way
to
court
and
finally
brought
daily
from
his
cell
by
a
tunnel
to
protect
him.
For
three
days
in
mid-winter,
17-year-old
Lesley
Whittle
lay
naked
and
bound
inside
a
sleeping
bag
on
a
small
steel
platform
60
feet
down
a
shaft
below
a
rural
hilteide-rher
neck
in
a
wire
noose
tethered
to
a
ladder,
Lesley
died
by
hanging,
Neilson,
who
admitted
the
kidnapping
and
called
it
a
'.'military
operation,"
said
she
fell
off
the
platform
by
accident,
but
the
prosecution
maintained
he
deliberately
pushed
her.
Murder
charges
carry
a
sentence
of
life
imprisonment,'
but
the
judge,
Justice
Mars
Jones,
postponed
sentencing
until
other
charges
have
been
considered.
,
a
matter
of
parental
negligence."
He
says
pressure
should
be
exerted,
through
the
school
board,
so
that
parents
become
involved
lndhelr
children's
education
and
act
responsibly
to
their
problems
and
needs.
"Parents
are
either
not
aware
of
the
situation
or
they
just
don't
care."
The
committee
for
therapeutic
abortions
in
Prince
George
is
a
regional
referral
centre
serving
Quesnel,
McBride,
Prince
Rupert,
Smithers
and
Dawson
Creek
but
the
majority
of
patients
are
from
Prince
George.
There
are
five
doctors
on
the
committee
and
three
must
be
in
agreement
if
the
abortion
is
to
be
performed.
Before
an
application
for
abortion
can
be
reviewed,
it
must
have
referral
from
an
attending
physician
and
a
specialist.
Once
confirmed,
the
abor
luitiieii
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by
Tim
Swanky
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Strike-lockout
idles
3,000
here
by,
JAN-UDO
WENZEL
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
Some
3,000
Prince
George
area
construction
workers
are
idle
today
because
of
a
lockout-strike
.
situation
in
the
B.C;
construction
industry
which
started
Wednesday.
'
The
carpenters
are
on
strike,
while
all
other
trades
are
locked
out
by
their
employers,
member
firms
of
the
Construction
Labor
Relations
Association
(CLRA).
Dave
Hodgson,
CLRA
director
in
Prince
George,
said
today
he
does
not
expect
any
agreement
between
the
unions
and
the
employees
will
be
reached
during
the
weekend.
The
lockout
action
was
taken
because
the
CLRA
was
unable
to
get
the
21
construction
unions
to
form
a
single
negotiations
committee.
The
home
building
industry
here
is
not
affected
by
the
dispute
however,
because
the
home
builders
are
not
unionized.
It
could,
however,
affect
CANADIAN
HIJACK
VICTIM
the
industry
soon
if
the
dispute
goes
to
any
length
and
supplies
run
out.
The
10,000
member
carpenter's
union
went
on
strike
a
few
hours
before
the
lockout
became
effective,
claiming
the
CLRA's
offer
of
an
eight
per
cent
wage
increase
was
inadequate
without
retroactive
pay.
The
CLRA
represents
about
800
construction
firms
in
B.C.,
of
which
about
45
are'
in
Prince
George.
A
carpenter
spokesman
said
the
CLRA
was
aware
that
its
offer
is
not
sufficient
to
keep
pace
with
the
rising
cost
of
living.
He
said
the
carpenters
want
an
equal
settlement
for
all
building
trades
or
there
will
be
"a
never-ending
scramble
of
one-upmanship."
Among
the
projects
closed
down
in
Prince
George
is
the
expansion
to
the
College
of
New
Caledonia,
various
school
additions
and
renovations,
the
city's
parking
garage
at
Second
Avenue
and
Brunswick
Street
and
the
Canada
Permanent
building
at
Third
and
Victoria.
Work
on
the
redecking
of
the
old
Fraser
River
bridge
has
also
been
halted:
This
will
mean
that
the
city's
eastern
approach
will
remain
a
one-way
bridge
lane,
causing
considerable
traffic
line-ups
at
both
ends.
The
school
district's
construction
projects
are
valued
at
about
$8
million
at
the
CNC
construction
at
$10.4
million.
The
situation
could
cause
considerable
problems
by
fall
when
school
starts
again.
Delays
in
construction
will
mean
classes
will
remain
on
shift
longer
than
planned.
.
Some
schools
which
will
be
on
shift
are
College
Heights,
Highglen,
Nechako,
Westwood
and
Austin
Road.
But
hardest
hit
would
be
Kelly
Road
school
and
a
delay
could
result
in
about
1,000
students
being
'
bused
to
other
schools.
Renovations
to
Kelly
Road
school
were
to
be
completed
by
fall.
Federal
minister
resigns
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
Jean
Marchand
resigned
as
federal
environment,
minister
Wednesday
and
immediately
appeared
to
polarize
the
continuing
national
bilingualism
controversy.
In
a
surprise
move,
at
a
special
meeting
of
Quebec
Liberal
MPs,
he
submitted
his
hastily
typewritten
letter
of
resignation
to
Prime
Minister
Trudeau,
'citing
federal
handling
of
the
bilingual
air
traffic
control
controversy
as
his
reason.
Because
of
the
settlement
reached
Monday
between
Transport
Minister
Otto
Lang
and
representatives
of
the
Canadian
Air
Line
Pilot's
Association
and
the
Canadian
Air
Traffic
'
Control
Association,
he
said
in
his
letter
"it
would
be
impossible
for
me
to
respect
the
principle
of
cabinet
solidarity."
Mr,
Marchand
will
continue
to
sit
as
a
private
member,
tion
is
performed
within
the
next
week.
When
reviewing
an
application
the
main
criteria
is
if
birth
of
the
child
would
be
a
threat
to
the
physicial
and-or
mental
health
of
the
patient.
"There
isn't
any
need
for
illegal
abortions
in
B.C.,"
says
Sieck.
She
says
B.C.
is
fairly
liberal
towards
someone
in
serious
need
of
an
abortion
and
"a
patient
won't
suffer
as
in
other
provinces."
Statistics
show
that
last
year
there
were
six
abortions
refused
by
the
local
committee.
Carter
says
a
recurring
problem
is
getting
approval
for
abortion
from
the
family
doctor
"because
many
become
too
morally
judgmental."
Charles
Boyd,
practicing
physician
in
Prince
George,
says
some
doctor1?
refuse
approval
due
to
religious
or
philosophical
beliefs.
"
rate
"Personally,
I
will
Inform
a
patient
of
what
is
involved
and
then
advise
her
on
how
she
can
arrange
for
an
abortion
if
she
still.wishes
to
do
so.'
A
girl
19
years
or
over
is
legally
eligible
for
an
abortion
without
parental
consent
"but
we
always
try
to
encourage
her
to
speak
with
her
parents,"
says
Sieck.
Boyd
says
society
runs
the
risk
of
using
therapeutic
abortions
as
a
means
of
birth
control.
He
says
school
district
57,
adult
education
and
public
health
doesn't
fulfill
the
needs
of
family
life,
sex
education
and
.especially
comprehensive
birth
control
program
in
Prince
George.
"It
should
be
contraceptive-on-demand,
not
abortion-on-demand,"
says
Boyd.
"There's
too
much
negative
talk'about
abortion
instead
of
positive
talk
about
birth
control,"
says
Carter.
2s
15'
cpv
Prince
George,
British
Columbia
$10m
OFFICE
COMPLEX
Block
149
gets
The
$10
million
Block'149
office-retail
complex,
in
the
works
for
more
than
eight
years,
has
finally
been
given
the
green
light
by
the
provincial
government.
The
government
signed
an
agreement
Wednesday
to
build
a
large
share
of
the
off-again-on-again
building
Eroject:
which
the
city
,
0pes..will,revitaIize!that
section
of
tHe
city
"'downtown
area.
MLA
Howard
Lloyd
said
the"
agreement
is
for
a
$7.5
million,.
135,000,
'square-foot
office
building
to
be
built
by
Project
400
Ltd.,
a'
city-Cal
Investments
Ltd.,-
partnership,
but
which
will
be
owned
largely
by
the
province.
A
second
office
tower
which
would
make
the
entire
complex
worth
about
$10
million
will
not
be
built
at
present.
The
government
will
own
about
100,000
square
feet
of
office
space
and
the
city
will
own
the
"balance,
largely
grcund-floor
retail
space.
Lloyd
said
the
project
"should
get
going
as
soon
as
possible".
The
project
is
already
being,
designed
by
architects.
Mayor
Harold
Moffat
said
today
he
is
happy
about
the
government
signing
but
skeptical
about
when
the
project
will
start.
"I'm
going
to
wait
until
they
break
ground
before
I
make
any
more
big
pronouncements
about
this,"
he
said.
"We
have
been
around,
the
circle
four
times
on
this
thing
and
so
many
things
can
still
happen
between
now
and
groundbreaking.
"Until
they
call
tenders
I'm
not
going
to
hail
it
as
a
fact."
The
mayor
said
the
project
has
already
given
the
George
Street-Fifth
Avenue
area
a
boost.
He
said
merchants
are
doing
renovations
to
their
properties
and
when
the
project
goes
ahead
it
will
give
the
area
a
further
"shot
in
the
arm".
The
provincial
government
wants
the
office
building
to
consolidate
government
agencies
now
scattered
around
the
city
in
various
office
buildings.
Lloyd
said
the
province
also
recognizes
the
val
ue
of
the
project
as
an
urban
renewal
proposal.
The
Block
149
project,
also
called
Project
400
by
entrepreneur
Gordon
Bryant
.who
was
hired
by
the
city
three
years
ago
to
bring
the
proposal
to
the
negotiation
stages
with
a
developer,
began
almost
10
years'
ago
as
an
urban
renewal
project.
Court
upholds
death
penalty
WASHINGTON
(AP)
The
United
States
Supreme
Court
upheld
the
death
penalty
today
but
struck
down
laws
in
states,
that
make
death
mandatory
for
certain
crimes.
The
court
approved
death
penalty
laws
in
Florida,
Georgia
and
Texas
but
invalidated
laws
in
Louisiana
and
North
Carolina.
TODAY
(CARnage
II
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in
the
:
MS
'
Prince
JY
George
flf
area
B
Killed
this
week:.
0
Killed,
this
year:
To
same
date
1975:
20
Injured
this
week:
2
Injured
this
year:
152
To
same
date
1975:315
FEATURED
INSIDE
The
hockey
player
who
touched
off
the
violence
case
has
been
found
not
guilty,
but
the
jury
is
concerned
about
repeat
performances.
Page
13.
The
Montreal
Olympics
could
be
jeopardized
by
Canada's
decision
to
bar
Taiwan
from
the
games.
Page
2.
Christian
forces
have
overrun
a
Palestinian
guerrilla
camp.
Page
5.
a
Business,
8;
Classified,
26-38;
Comics,
21;
Editorial,
4;
Entertainment,
17-21;
Home
and
Family,
22-24;
Horoscope,
17;
National,
2;
Sports,
13-15;
Television,
19-20.
c
THE
WEATHER
Mainly
cloudy
skies
and
afternoon
showers
with
the
risk,
of
evening
thun-dershowers
are
predicted
for
today.
Overnight
low
was
8.
Low
tonight,
5
with
a
high
of
17.
On
July
2,
1975
the
high
was
27;
the
low,
12.
The
outlook
for
Saturday
h
a
few
sunny
periods
and
afternoon
showers
with
a
high
of
19
predicted.
NOW
HEAR
THIS)
After
12
years,
the
Gospel
Echoes
40-member
choir
will
be
reunited
Sunday.
Former
members
will
travel
from
Saskatchewan,
Alberta
and
throughout
B.C.
for
the
celebration
at
Fort
George
Baptist
Church
at
11
a.m.
The
choir,
originally
formed
in
1959,
was
well-known
throughout
the
1960s
for
its
radio
and
television
gospel
and
hymn
programs.
1
One
visitor
at
the
Museum
Train
parked
here
said
it
probably
wasn't
a
museum
train
at
all,
but
the
latest
express
out.
of
North
Vancouver
detained
by
strikes
on
the
B.C.
Railway.
The
alertness
of
a
young
motorcycle-rider
Thursday
saved
a
double-wide
trailer
home
at
Sutley
Road.
Randy
Billings
was
riding
his
bike
when
he
spotted
smoke
coming
from
the
trailer.
He
summoned
the
Pineview
fire
department
which
extinguished
the
fire
that
started
when
a
stove,
burner
was
left
unattended.
The
steak
on
the
burner
however,
could
not
be
saved.
.