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PER
CENT
ONTARIO
AND
ALBERTA
Roadside
breath
tests
to
start
OTTAWA
(CP)
New
Criminal
Code
provisions
enabling
police
to
conduct
roadside
breath
tests
on
drivers
they
suspect
have
been
drinking
will
come
into
force
Wednesday
in
Ontario
.and
Alberta,
Justice
Minister
Ron
Basford
announced
today.
Police
will
be
able
to
use
a
new
roadside
tester,
called
the
Alcohol
Level
Evaluation
Roadside
Tester,
on
any
driver
they
suspect
has
been
drinking.
That
means,
the
Commons
justice
committee
was
told
last
winter,
that
anyone
leaving
a
tavern
and
getting
into
a
car
may
be
tested
before
he
leaves
the
curb.
If
a
light
on
the
tester
flashes
red,
the
driver
will
be
taken
to
the
police
station
The
for
a
blood
alcohol
test,
which,
if
it
shows
a
level
of
more
than
80
milligrams
of
alcohol
in
the
blood,
usually
leads
to
a
conviction
under
the
1969
law.
Under
the
1969
provisions,
the
law
allowed
a
policeman
to
require
a
breath
sample
only
when
he
had
reasonable
grounds
to
believe
a
driver
was
impaired.
The
new
lawempowers
police
to
demand
a
roadside
test
when
they
suspect
a
driver
has
been
drinking.
A
driver
who
refused
to
take
the
roadside
test
would
be
subject
to
the
same
penalties
as
one
who
refused
or
failed
a
breath
test:
Fines
of
$50
to
$1,000,
up
to
six
months
in
jail,
or
both,
for
a
first
offence.
Citizen
Tuesday,
September
14,
1976
Vol
20;
No.
177
Tougher
penalties
in
the
amended
code
would
mean
at
least
two
weeks
in
jail
for
a
second
offence
and
at
least
three
months
for
a
third
offence,
although
a
loophole
enables
a
person
who
pleads
guilty
quickly
to
be
treated
as
a
first
offender.
The
new
law
also
enables
judges
to
give
an
offender
a
conditional
discharge
if
he
agrees
to
take
rehabilitative
treatment.
"Two
good
shots
of
rye
would
give
me
a
criminal
record
under
this
law,"
Conservative
justice
critic
Eldon
Woolliams
(Calgary
North)
observed
as
the
new
provisions
were
being
debated
in
the
last
session
of
Parliament.
Prince
George,
British
Columbia
B.C.
jobless
rate
dips
during
month
TODAY
I
hope
we
get
instant
replay
if
someone
says
something
stupid'
FEATURED
INSIDE)
9
The
federal
agriculture
department
has
ruled
that
Vancouver
students
were
doing
something
illegal
when
they
fed
raw
garbage
to
their
pet
pigs,
Bert
and
Ernie.
Page
6.
Henry
Kissinger's
peace
mission
in
southern
African
is
more
an
effort
to
contain
Soviet
influence
than
an
attempt
to
achieve
black
majority
rule,
complains
the
Tan-zanian
Daily
News.
Page
5.
Team
Canada
exploded
for
four
first
period
goals
Monday
night
enroute
to
an
easy
6-0
win
against
Czechoslovakia.
Page
15.
Business,
8;
Classified,
18-26;
Comics,
10;
Editorial,
4;
Home
and
Family,
12,
13;
Horoscopes,
14;
International,
5;
Local
and
Provincial,
3,
7,27;
National,
2;
Sports,
15-17;
Television,
11.
c
THE
WEATHER
Clouds
and
possible
thunder-showers
are
forecast
for
this
afternoon
and
tonight.
The
high
today,
15;
the
low
tonight
3
to
6.
Wednesday's
high,
17.
The
high
Monday
was
16;
the
overnight
low
10.
The
high
on
Sept.
14,
1975
was
22;
the
low
was
2.
Temperatures
page
2
J
NOW
HEAR
THIS)
Maybe
the
bad
weather
has
at
least
one
sunny
aspect.
Criminal
activity
in
Prince
George
has
been
falling
off
and
during
the
night
Monday
only
nine
complaints
were
received
by
the
RCMP.
That's
almost
a
record
low
.
.
.
We
wonder
if
they're
trying
to
tell
us
something.
Atop
Pacific
Western
Airlines
executive,
after
attending
a
press
conference
here
Tuesday,
was
noticed
boarding
an
evening
flight
into
Vancouver.
It
was
on
CP
Air.
Men
with
meticulously
styled
hair
need
not
fear
in
the
new
shower
facilities
at
the
College
of
New
Caledonia.
Certain
stalls
have
the
shower
head
at
chest
level
to
prevent
the
image-conscious
from
getting
the
shaggy
dog
look.
Citizen
News
Services
OTTAWA
Unemployment
in
B.C.
dropped
to
8.3
per
cent
in
August
from
9.1
per
cent
in
July,
Statistics
Canada
reported
today.
The
figures
show
there
were
92,000
without
jobs
in
the
province,
compared
to
105,000
a
month
earlier.
The
B.C.
rate
was
the
lowest
in
a
year.
The
federal
agency
also
reported
the
national
unemployment
situation
had
eased
slightly,
from
7.3
per
cent
to
7.2
per
cent
during
the
same
period.
Statistics
Canada
said
that
the
most
significant
change
in
the
jobless
rate
occurred
among
men
aged
15
to
24,
the
group
which
includes
many
students
who
seek
temporary
work.
For
men
and
women
aged
25
and
over,
there
was
little
change
in
the
jobless
rate
from
July.
For
both
men
and
women
aged
15
to
24,
the
unemployment
rate
in
August
was
12.7
per
cent,
compared
with
12.8
per
cent
a
month
earlier.
The
rate
for
workers
over
25
the
category
that
includes
most
people
looking
for
full-time
work
increased
to
5.3
per
cent
from
5.2
per
cent.
Rural
lot
subdivision
gets
okay
by
TOM
NIXON
'
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
The
175-lot
Chilako
subdivision,
the
city's
first
large-lot,
rural
development
and
destined
to
be
a
model
for
future
large-lot
development
in
the
city,
was
given
the
official
go-ahead
Monday
by
council.
The
development
northwest
of
Western
Acres
on
Highway
16
West
had
been
the
object
of
a
year-long
dispute
with
Chilako
Properties
principle
Ron
Adair
which
reached
a
zenith
last
April
when
Adair
announced
suddenly
he
was
giving
up
on
the
proposal,
stopping
all
development
plans
for
property
in
Prince
George
and
returning
to
being
"a
farmer"
near
Chief
Lake.
Adair
called
the
city's
land
development
policy
the
most
restrictive
he'd
ever
seen
and
council
the
most
obstructionist
toward
private
land
developers
in
Canada.
He
said
the
city's
Cranbrook
Hill
development
policy
was
the
cause
of
all
his
problems
in
getting
council
to
agree
to
the
See
RURAL
page
2
B.C.
Hydro
seeks
bids
for
big
dam
REVELSTOKE,
B.C.
(CP)
British
Columbia
Hydro
said
Monday
it
will
call
tenders
later
this
month
for
construction
of
its
proposed
$1.2
billion
hydroelectric
power
dam
even
though
it
has
not
yet
been
granted
a
water
licence
to
go
ahead
with
the
project.
This
timetable
means
that
the
public
hearing
on
the
Revelstoke
Dam,
which
started
here
Monday,
will
probably
not
be
finished
by
the
time
the
tenders
are
called.
VANCOUVER
(CP)
-
Contempt
of
court
charges
against
12
union
officials
and
members
at
the
Alcan
smelter
at
Kitimat,
B.C.,
were
dismissed
today
in
British
Columbia
Supreme
Court.
Earlier
story
page
7
The
Atlantic
provinces
in
particular
suffered
generally
higher
unemployment
rates
in
August.
Two
of
the
three
Prairie
provinces
also
had
a
higher
percentage
of
their
work
forces
unemployed.
Newfoundland's
jobless
rate
climbed
to
14.9
per
cent
in
August
from
14.4
per
cent
a
month
earlier
and
was
the
highest
in
the
country.
In
Nova
Scotia,
unemployment
jumped
to
11
per
cent
from
9.6
per
cent
in
July.
And
in
New
Brunswick,
the
rate
was
up
to
11.9
per
cent
last
month
from
10.8
per
cent
in
July.
The
only
Atlantic
province
to
show
an
improvement
was
Prince
Edward
Island.
Ford
strike
a
certainty
DETROIT
(AP)
A
strike
by
170,000
Ford
Motor
Co.
workers
in
the
United
States
appeared
certain
for
midnight
tonight
after
United
Auto
Workers
bargainers,
rejecting
the
company's
latest
offer,
left
the
negotiating
room
with
no
plans
to
return.
UAW
President
Leonard
Woodcock
said
Monday
he
fears
it
will
be
"absolutely
impossible"
to
arrive
at
an
agreement
before
the
11:59
p.m.
EDT
deadline.
If
the
UAW
goes
on
strike
and
the
walkout
is
a
prolonged
one,
up
to
170,000
auto
supply
employees
might
face
layoffs.
In
addition,
a
spokesman
for
Ford-Canada
said
that
even
though
both
sides
agreed
to
extend
the
current
contract
for
Ford
workers
in
Canada,
a
strike
in
the
United
States
would
lead
to
the
layoffs
of
14,000
employees
in
Ontario
within
a
week
due
to
parts
shortages.
EH
JHnflff
Oh
the
track
Citizen
photo
by
Dave
Milne
City
"railway
crews"
lay
the
main
line
of
what
is
B.C.'s
shortest
railway
in
Prince
George's
Fort
George
Park.
The
railway
loops
out
of
the
old
fort
and
will
eventually
go
through
part
of
the
park
and
back
into
the
fort
where
the
"station"
will
be.
The
city
has
a
restored
Dinky
engine
and
a
number
of
cars
and
when
the
track
is
finished
will
offer
public
rides.
The
line
should
be
open
for
the
1977
summer
season.
SKEENA
MP
HIGH
ON
LIST
Cabinet
shuffle
expected
OTTAWA
(CP)
One
senior
minister
is
retiring,
another
is
expected
to,
and
a
third
may
be
demoted
in
an
extensive
shuffle
that
would
leave
Prime
Minister
Trudeau
the
oldest
member
of
his
cabinet
at
56.
The
changes,
bringing
fresh
faces
into
the
29-rriember
cabinet,
are
expected
before
Mr.
Trudeau
summons
the
group
to
the
Gatineau
Hills
for
a
strategy
meeting
this
weekend.
The
meeting
will
set
the
stage
for
next
month's
new
session
of
Parliament
and
the
government's
battle
to
improve
its
public
image
before
the
next
federal
election.
Unconfirmed
reports
from
Parliament
Hill
sources
say
public
opinion
is
a
factor
in
at
least
some
of
the
changes.
The
most
surprising
is
an
undenied
report
that
Allan
MacEachen,
55,
external
affairs
minister
since
1974,
will
be
demoted
to
privy
council
president,
a
post
he
held
with
distinction
when
the
Liberals
were
in
a
minority
position
in
the
Commons
from
1972
to
1974.
Mitchell
Sharp,
65,
announced
Sunday
his
resignation
after
13
years
in
the
cabinet
and
two
years
as
privy
council
president.
He
also
had
been
minister
of
finance,
external
affairs
and
trade
in
the
Pearson
or
Trudeau
governments.
Expected
to
announce
his
retirement
from
the
cabinet
is
Public
Works
Minister
CM.
Drury,
64,
another
veteran
of
1963.
Mr.
Trudeau
refused
earlier
this
year
to
accept
Mr.
Drury
's
resignation,
offered
after
it
was
learned
that
he
had
called
the
judge
hearing
a
contempt
of
court
case
against
Andre
Ouellet,
then
consumer
affairs
minister.
Mr.Ouelletlaterres-igned.
Liberal
sources
say
Mr.
Ouellet
is
a
sure
bet
to
return
to
the
cabinet
but
probably
not
until
a
judgment
has
been
handed
down
on
his
appeal
against
a
contempt
of
court
conviction.
Judgment
in
the
case
has
been
delayed
by
the
illness
of
a
judge,
now
back
at
work.
Decision
delayed?
OTTAWA
(CP)
There
were
indications
today
that
Prime
Minister
Trudeau
is
running
into
problems
in
revamping
his
cabinet.
His
office
said
Mr.
Trudeau
may
hold
a
news
conference
at
4
p.m.
EDT
today
to
announce
the
changes.
But
the
news
conference
may
be
delayed
until
Wednesday,
they
added.
Pen
resignations
demanded
VANCOUVER
(CP)
-
The
Public
Service
Alliance
of
Canada
(PSAC),
bargaining
agent
for
3,5000
corrections
officers
in
federal
penitentiaries,
Monday
demanded
that
the
management
at
the
British
Columbia
Penitentiary
be
replaced.
In
a
news
release
issued
from
the
union's
headquarters
in
Ottawa,
Paul
Gascon,
PSAC
third
executive
vice-president,
said
prison
officials
stil'l
have
not
explained
why
manage
ment
declared
a
state
of
emergency
Friday
at
the
maximum
security
institution
in
New
Westminster.
"We
cannot
help
but
worry
that
a
serious
situation
is
developing,"
Mr.
Gascon
said.
"Is
it
a
hostage-taking
incident?
Is
it
a
prison
riot?
Is
it
a
mass
escape?
We
must
know."
Jack
Stewart,
spokesman
for
the
Canadian
Penitentiary
Service's
western
region,
said
Friday
the
state
of
emer
gency
was
declared
when
the
PSAC
imposed
an
overtime
ban
on
guards
at
the
prison.
He
said
the
ban
was
prompted
by
guards'
complaints
about
safety
conditions
at
the
penitentiary.
Mr.
Gascon
said
guards
were
exhausted
and
fed
up
with
working
overtime,
which
he
said
was
excessive
at
the
B.C.
Pen.
He
said
the
state
of
emer-
See
Pen
page
2
Those
close
to
Solicitor-General
Warren
Allmand
say
they
would
not
be
surprised
if
he
was
moved
to
another
post.
He
was
the
centre
of
controversy
as
pilot
of
a
bill
to
abolish
the
death
penalty.
It
was
passed
in
mid-July.
Mr.
Allmand
also
is
the
target
of
a
gun
lobby
fighting
proposed
licensing
of
rifle
and
shotgun
owners
in
Canada.
Another
change
may
involve
Northern
Affairs
Minister
Judd
Buchanan,
who
is
also
in
charge
of
political
affairs
in
Ontario.
He
has
told
Mr.
Trudeau
he
wants
a
lighter
portfolio
if
he
is
to
do
two
jobs.
Awaiting
a
call
are
a
cluster
of
hopeful
backbenchers.
One
regarded
as
a
sure
bet
is
IonaCampagnolo,
43,
MP
for
Skeena
and
parliamentary
secretary
to
Mr.
Buchanan.
A
possibility
is
Hugh
Poulin,
45,
MP
for
Ottawa
Centre
and
parliamentary
secretary
to
Mr.
Allmand.
With
a
byelec-tion
in
Ottawa
Carleton
Oct.
18,
Mr.
Poulin's
appointment
would
give
the
city
its
first
cabinet
member
since
John
Turner
resigned
a
year
ago
as
finance
minister.
Frequently
mentioned
in
speculative
reports
have
been
Francis
Fox,
36,
(Argen-teuilDeux
Montagues),
parliamentary
secretary
to
Justice
Minister
Ron
Basford;
Cliff
Mclsaac,
46,
(Battleford-Kindersley),
parliamentary
secretary
to
Marcel
Lessard,
minister
of
regional
economic
expansion;
and
Monique
Begin,
40,
(St.
Michel),
parliamentary
secretary
to
Mr.
MacEachen.
Censor
puts
an
end
to
Alvin's
antics
SYDNEY
(Reuter)
-
Alvin
Purple,
the
great
Australian
male
sex
symbol
of
1976,
has
been
cut
off
in
his
prime
time.
Alvin,
hero
of
a
television
sex
comedy
was
taken
off
the
air
after
only
two
episodes
on
the
orders
of
Sir
Henry
Bland,
chairman
of
the
Australian
Broadcasting
Commission
(ABC).
Sir
Henry's
decision
to
postpone
further
showing
of
the
13program
series,
pending
an
evaluation
of
its
content,
unleashed
a
vehement
public
debate.
Were
Alvin's
naked
frolics
with
a
varietyof
young
womensuitable
fare
for
the
family
living
room?
Has
Sir
Henry
set
himself
up
as
a
censor?
Why
should
the
government-backed
ABC
have
spent
$500,000
on
a
television
series
that
may
be
scrapped?
Alvin's
adventures
were
adapted
for
the
small
screen
after
he
starred
in
two
successful
Australian-made
movies
in
the
last
three
years.
The
hero,
played
in
both
media
by
Graeme
Blundell,
is
a
young
dark-haired,
slightly
built
man
who
in
a
way
never
clearly
defined
exudes
a
sexual
attraction
so
powerful
that
no
female
can
keep
her
hands
off
him.
The
first
two
episodes
of
Alvin
Purple
shown
on
television
included
a
nude
Alvin
being
pursued
through
the
streets
of
Sydney
after
being
surprised
by
an
outraged
husband,
and
sharing
a
sudsy
bath
with
another
female
friend.
The
first
program
won
one
of
the
highest
ratings
ever
achieved
by
a
show
on
ABC.
Sir
Henry
apparently
had
doubts
even
before
the
first
episode
went
on
the
air,
postponing
it
for
a
week.
The
programs
brought
a
torrent
of
disapproval
from
the
more
conservative
sectors
of
the
community.
These
campaigners
called
"Wowsers"
by
their
opponents
quickly
made
their
views
known
in
calls
to
ABC
and
letters
to
newspapers.
But
more
permissive-minded
citizens,
the
producers
and
actors
on
the
program
and
ABC's
own
staff
association
protested
vigorously.
The
staff
association
threatened
to
boycott
any
replacement
program,
leaving
screens
blank
for
half
an
hour.
The
Rev.
Fred
Nile,
president
of
the
New
South
Wales
Festival
of
Light
organization,
called
Alvin
Purple
"a
grave
act
of
censorship
exercised
over
an
ABC
drama
program"
and
said
the
chairman
had
been
a
willing
victim
of
a
concerted
campaign
by
the
"Wowsers."