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Truly
sad
case'
results
in
penitentiary
sentence
by
JOHN
POPE
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
The
"truly
sad
case"
of
an
18-year-old
youth
who
killed
a
woman
during
a
shooting
spree
in
Vanderhoof
last
April
ended
in
Supreme
Court
.Monday
with
a
three
year
sentence
to
the
B.C.
Penitentiary.
Mr.
Justice
Craig
Munroe
described
David
Wesley
Craig's
case
as
sad
because
he
isa
product
of
a
broken
home
and
several
juvenile
training
schools.
"A'
young
boy
crying
out
for
help
is
one
view
that
could
be
taken
of
this,"
suggested
defence
counsel
Dave
Ramsay,
who
said
Craig
was
"unemployed,
without
money"
and
living
in
the
fields
around
Vanderhoof"
shortly
before
the
incident
occurred
April
23.
Evidence
admitted
at
the
trlafshowed
the
same
house
used
in
the
shooting
had
been
broken
into
almost
two
weeks
earlier
with
the
weapons
found
"laid
out"
in
the
living
room.
Crown
Prosecutor
A.S.K.
Cook
said
Craig
told
police
he
had
wanted
to
bring
them
to
the
house
to
shoot
him
because
he
"didn't
have
sufficient
courage
to
do
it."
Craig,
a
pale
youth
who
looks
several
years
younger
than
18,
had
told
police
he
was
going
to
start
shooting
the
first
time
he
broke
Into
the
home,
but
"changed
his-mind."
He
was
arrested
for
a
similar
shooting
incident
in
Prince
George
during
July,
1975
and
placed
on
probation
with
a
two-year
suspended
sentence.
Legal
action
threatened
if
postal
strikes
persist
OTTAWA
(CP)
-Only
three
weeks
into
his
new
job,
Postmaster-General
Jean-Jacques
Blais
took
a
hard
line
against
the
Canadian
Union
of
Postal
Workers
(CUPW)
by
threatening
legal
action
if
the
union
continues
the
wildcat
strikes
it
started
Monday,
Despite
the
warning,
Ottawa
postal
clerks
and
mail
sorters
represented
by
the
union
were
off
the
jobs
today,
Vancouver
postal
workers
staged
an
illegal
24-hour
work
stoppage
Monday
to
back
CUPW's
demand
for
suspension
of
all
further
technological
change
until
the
dispute
over
current
changes
has
been
resolved.
Mr.
Blais
told
reporters
Monday
that
Vancouver
post
office
officials
have
been
instructed
to
seek
injunctions
that
would
prevent
further
work
stoppages
there.
Joe
Davidson,
president
of
the
23,000-member
union,
said
Mr,
Blais
has
adopted
"sort
of
a
tough-man
attitude
without
,
really
knowing
all
the
facts."
,
He
said
the
postoffice
should
not
introduce
any
technologi-
'
cal
changes
until
both
parties
have
negotiated
an
agreement
on
the
proposed
change
or
a
special
adjudication
board
has
handed
down
a
binding
decision.
Until
that
condition
was
met
the
illegal
strikes
would
continue.
But
Mr.
Blais
flatly
rejected
that
demand
Monday,
saying
"mechanization
has
to
go
in
and
we
have
guaranteed
to
the
workers
that
there
Is
not
going
to
be
any
detrimental
effect
as
a
result
of
technological
change."
The
contract
signed
last
December
after
a
seven-week
strike
requires
a
minimum
of
120
days
notice
of
technological
change
and
consultation
on
programs
to
eliminate
adverse
effects
of
change.
If
agreement
is
not
reached
the
change
in
dispute
then
would
be
considered
by
a
special
three-me
mber
adj
udication
committee
whose
decision
would
be
binding
on
both
parties.
In
his
summation
of
evidence,
Crown
prosecutor
Cook
conceded
that
Craig
was
an
excellent
'shot
and
would
have
"had
no
difficulty
hitting
people"
if
he
had
wanted
to.
He
said
it
was
the
opinion
of
the
police
that
Craig
had
not
intended
to
shoot
anyone
and
that
further
investigation
showed
that
lace
curtains
on
the
victim's
windows
made
it
impossible
to
see
if
anyone
was
there.
Lucy
Beaumont,
64,
was
shot
in
the
head
while
standing
in
front
of
her
kitchen
sink.
She
was
discovered
by
police
about
two
hours
after
Craig
was
arrested
when
relatives
got
no
response
from
phoning
her.
Cook
said
the
shooting
began
at
about
4:40
p.m.
April
23
andended
at
9:30
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highway
Cltlxen
photo
by
Dave
Milne
Work
is
progressing
on
the
new
section
of
Highway
16
East
from
the
Giscome
intersection
to
Airport
Hill.
The
8.5-mile
stretch
of
road
has
been
cleared
and
is
being
graded.
The
project
is
to
be
completed
next
year
at
a
cost
of
$3.5
million.
Shown
here
is
the
end
of
the
project
where
it
intersects
with
the
Airport
Hill
Road
(lower
left).
VICTORIA
(CP)
A
ground
and
air
search
has
resumed
in
the
central
interior
of
British
Columbia
for
a
plane
with
four
men
aboard
missing
since
Aug.
3
after
a
piece
of
the
wing
of
the
Piper
Comanche
aircraft
was
found
by
a
hunter,
a
spokesman
for
the
Rescue
Coordination
Centre
said
Tuesday.
The
plane
was
reported
missing
on
a
flight
from
Prince
George
to
Prince
Rupert,
a
distance
of
about
350
miles.
Pilot
of
the
aircraft
was
IUchardTreinen
of
San
Diego,
Calif.
FRAUD,
CONSPIRACY
SUIT
when
Craig
was
found
huddled
"underneath
a
mattress
with
a
loaded
.22
rifle."
He
said
there
was
no
evidence
that
Craig
had
been
drinking,
but
that
he
was
"obviously
affected"
by
a
barrage
of
tear
gas
that
had
been
shot
into
the'
house
three
hours
earlier.
A
subsequent
psychiatric
examination
determined
Craig
was
mentally
fit
to
stand
trial.
Defence
counsel
Ramsay
said
the
opinion
of
the
youth's
father
and
several
social
workers
was
that
Craig
was
"immature"
and
"unable
to
cope"
when
stress
was
placed
on
him.
Ramsay
said
there
was
evidence
that
Craig
"did
well
when
under
supervision"
but
falls
into
a
category
of
"I
don't
know
what
to
do"
when
placed
into
a
The
15
Copy
situation
where
he
isn't
being
supervised.
He
said
Craig
was
adopted
In
Vancouver
when
he
was
three
weeks
old
and
began
to
have
problems
after
his
parents
separated
when
he
was
eight.
Ramsay
said
Craig's
father
AI,
who
had
travelled
from
Vancouver
to
attend
the
trial,
had
told
him
that
his
mother
had
"completely
rejected
the
adopted
child"
in
favor,
of
an
older
non-adopted
sister.
The
father,
who
broke
down
in
court
and
wept
openly
when
asked
to
speak,
let
the
youth
live
with
him
when
he
was
10,
but
more
problems
developed
and
Craig
was
sent
to
several
training'
schools.
Ramsay
said
Craig
had
had
a
"good
'ACADEMIC
DECISION
visit"
with
his
father
last
December
when
the
youth
was
working
at
Plateau
Mills
in
Vanderhoof.
But
Ramsay
said
problems
began
to
develop
after
Craig
got
sick
and
lost
his
job.
Justice
Munroe
said
he
didn't
get
"any
pleasure
in
sending
an
18
year
old
to
prison,"
but,
he
added
that
he
"couldn't
disregard
the
previous
convictions."
In
addition
to
the
previous
conviction
for
dangerous
use
of
a
firearm,
Craig
had
convictions
for
theft
under
$200
and
possession
of
marijuana.
His
sentence
will
also
prohibit
him
from
having
any
firearmor
ammunition
in
his
possession
for
a
period
of
five
years
after
parole.
Citizen
Tuesday,
October
5,1976
Vol20;"
No.
192
Prince'George,
British
Columbia
'R
Hanging
not
'cruel
highest
court
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
death
penalty
is
not
a
cruel
and
unusual
penalty
within
the
meaning
of
the
Canadian
Bill
of
Rights,
the
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
ruled
unanimously
today.
In
making
the
decision,
it
rejected
the
appeals
of
convicted
murderers
John
Harvey
Miller
and
Vincent
John
Cockriell,
whose
lawyers
had
argued
that
the
death
penalty
contravenes
a
Bill
of
Rights
section
that
says
Canadian
law
must
not
impose
"cruel
and
unusual
treatment
or
punishment."
The
ruling
is
somewhat
academic
because
Parliament
voted
to
abolish
capital
punishment
earlier
this
year.
But
the
court
said
it
would
have
abdicated
its
function
if
it
had
surrendered
to
parliamentary
policy
without
making
its
own
assessment.,
Mr.
Justice
Roland
Ritchie,
writing
the
court's
reasons,
said
the
court
was
not
concerned
with
the
moral
issue
of
whether
capital
punishment
should
be
retained
or
abolished.
It
was
simply
a
matter
of
whether
the
previous
hanging
law
contravened
the
Bill
of
Rights.
"
...
the
abolition
of
the
death
penalty
is
a
matter
for
Parliament
and
is
not
to
be
achieved
by
such
an
oblique
method
as
suggested
by
the
appellants,"
Mr.
Justice
Ritchie
wrote.
Pen
guards
await
word
from
gov't
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
federal
penitentiary
service
Tuesday
rejected
the
prison
guards'
union
demand
that
the
government
back
out
of
its
agreement
that
ended
last
week's
hostagetaking
incident
at
British
Columbia
penitentiary.
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
The
federal
penitentiary
service
was
to
reply
today
to
a
demand
by
the
prison
guards'
union
that
the
government
pull
away
from
its
agreement
that
ended
the
hostage-taking
incident
lastweek
at
the
British
Columbia
penitentiary.
Andy
Stewart,
president
of
the
PSAC,
predicted
Sunday
that
there
will
be
"wholesale
resignations"
by
guards
unless
the
union's
demands
are
met.
Under
the
agreement
signed
between
the
government
and
prisoners
at
B.C.
penitentiary,
it
was
agreed
that
the
RCMP
would
have
complete
responsibility
for
the
safe
removal
of
prisoners
from
the
damaged
area
of
the
prison.
T
removal
would
be
witness?!
by
members
of
the
prisoner
committee,
BCR
'misleading7
in
tender
call
VANCOUVER
(CP)
-
The
British
Columbia
Railway
was
"faulty
and
misleading"
in
its
preparation
of
tenders
for
its
Dease
Lake
extension
an
Alberta
construction
firm
said
Monday
in
B.C.
Supreme
Court.
The
charge
came
on
the
opening
day
of
the
fraud
and
conspiracy
suit
brought
against
the
railway
by
MEL
Paving
of
Red
Deer.
Lawyer
Allan
McEachern,
representing
MEL,
said
in
his
opening
statement
BCR
showed
"conduct
indifferent
to
the
real
truth"
in
estimating
the
work
to
be
done
by
MEL
on
the'
extension.
Mr.
McEachern
told
Mr.
Justice
E.
E.
Hinkson
that
the
BCR
failed
to
follow
"ordinary,
basic
professional
proceedings"
in
preparing
the
tender
call
for
the
work.
The
company
successfully
bid
$5.2
million
to
perform
clearing,
grading
and
installation
of
culverts
over
about
49
miles
in
northwestern
B.C.
MEL
actually
did
$114
million
worth
of
work
on
the
contract,
the
court
was
told.
MEL
is
asking
that
the
contract
be
declared
invalid
and
that
it
be
awarded
unspecified
damages.
BCR
either
deliberately
or
unknowingly
misrepresented
the
amount
of
work
that
had
to
be
done
on
the
extension,
Mr.
McEachern
said.
He
said
the
railroad
should
have
known
before
calling
tenders
that
the
work
would
cost
far
more
than
estimated.
When
tenders
were
called
MEL
was
unable
to
make
its
own
estimate
of
the
amount
of
work
to
be
done
because
the
area
was
covered
in
snow,
he
said.
BCR
did
no
proper
surveying
of
the
area
until
after
clearing
work
had
begun,
he
said,
MEL
stopped
work
on
the
rail
extension
in
September,
1974,
and
took
its
equipment
off
the
job
with
10
miles
of
work
still
to
be
done.
Subsequently,
the
BCR
went
before
the
supreme
court
in
Whitehorse,
Y,T
and
was
granted
an
Injunction
which
prevented
MEL
from
using
equipment
pulled
from
work
on
the
Dease
Lake
extension.
The
BCR
filed
a
writ
in
B.C.
Supreme
Court
in
October,
1974,
claiming
damages
against
MELforbreachof
contract
and
for
wrongful
conversion.
He
noted
that
the
Bill
of
Rights
gives
an
individual
the
right
to
life,
liberty,
security
and
enjoyment
of
property
and
the
right
not
to
be
deprived
of
these.
However,
the
legislation
also
contained
the
qualifying
phrase
"not
to
be
deprived
thereof
except
by
due
process
of
law."
Chief
Justice
Bora
Laskin;
who
concurred
in
the
judgment
but
wrote
his
own
reasons,
said
it
was
the
first
time
the
issue
had
come
before
the
court.
He
wrote:
"In
a
general
sense,
all
punishment
by
way
of
imprisonment
or
otherwise
is
degrading,
but
society
cannot
be
expected
to
tolerate
without
sanction
breaches
of
the
criminal
law
merely
because
punishment
degrades
the
criminal."
Miller,
30,
and
Cockriell,
21,
had
been
scheduled
to
hang
Aug.
3
for
gunning
down
an
RCMP
officer
on
a
dark
road
in
Surrey,
B.C.,
on
March
29,
1974.
.
Firefighters
will
check
your
house
Prince
George's
firefighters
are
stressing
house
calls
this
week,
The
fire
department
offers
home
inspections
on
request
all
year
round
to
point
out
to
homeowners
where
potential
hazards
exist
in
their
homes,
but
is
putting
special
emphasis
on
the
inspections
this
week
to
mark
Fire
Prevention
Week.
These
hazards
include
rubbish
and
trash
accumulation,
the
improper
storage
of
flammable
liquids,
painting
materials,
and
oily
rags
as
well
as
storing
combustible
materials
too
close
to
heating
devices.
The
inspectors
will
also
check
whether
flues
and
smoke
pipes
need
repairs,
whether
the
electrical
circuits
are
overloaded
or
whether
too
many
cords
are
used
in
individual
electrical
outlets.
Stoves
and
heating
equipment
will
also
be
inspected
for
proper
installation.
While
the
inspectors
do
not
have
the
power
to
make
anyone
correct
any
possible
hazard,
they
will
suggest
to
the
homeowners
to
do
so
in
their
own
interest.
Anyone
wanting
to
have
his
home
inspected
should
call
the
fire
department
at
5G2-2411,
"What's
my
legal
rights
If
I
decide
to
take
a
hostage?'
B
s
H
xj
2?
TODAY
$evfefcs
This
morning's
clouds
and
rain
showers
are
expected
to
be
replaced
by
sunny
periods
this
afternoon.
Sunshine
is
forecast
for
Wednesday.
The
high
today
and
Wednesday,
10;
the
low
tonight,
-4.
Monday's
high
was
9;
the
overnight
low
was
5
and
1.5
mm
of
rain
fell
overnight.
The
high
on
Oct.
5,
1975
was
9;
the
low
was
3..
Temperatures
page
2
.
FEATURED
INSIDE
i5
D
Former
Prime
Minister
John
Diefenbaker
says
American
president
John
F.
Kennedy
interfered
in
Canadian
affairs,
costing
Diefenbaker
the
election
of
1963.
Page
2.
The
Ford
administration
faces
notonly
heavy
protests
over
an
obscene
remark
made
by
Agriculture
Secretary
Earl
Butz,
but
the
handling
of
the
affair
has
brought
ridicule
on
the
White
House.
Page
5.
The
elementary
school
athletic
structure
is
changing
from
a
competitive
to
participation
oriented
program.
Page
17.
O
Business,
8;
Classified,
22-31;
Comics,
9;
Editorial,
4;
Home
and
Family,
10,
11;
Horoscopes,
12;
International,
5;
Local
and
Provincial,
3,
6,
7;
National,
2;
Sports,
17-19;
Television,
9.
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Motorists
using
Safeway's
vacant
Victoria
Street
and
Fourth
Avenue
parking
lot
had
better
think
twice
before
leaving
their
vehicles
there,
Trucks
loaded
with
goods
for
the
store's
Oct.
15
reopening
are
starting
to
roll
in
and
cars
that
are
in
ths
way
will
have
to
be
towed
away,
says
the
store
manager,
A
trend
the
city
planning
department
hopes
to
continue
begins
at
8
.
tonight
in
the
North
Nechako
School,
Residents
of
the
Nechako
bench
area
will
be
introduced
to
the
proposed
community
plan
for
their
area
and
have
have
an
opportunity
to
Suggest
changes.
The
planning
depart
ment
nas
just
begun
amassing
an
ambitious
master
of
development-for
the
entire
city.
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