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1
QUESNEL
STABBING
DRAWS
ONE-YEAR
SENTENCE
Judge
Pay
hike
cut
back
again
,
OTTAWA
(CP)
Federal
anti-inflation
administrator
Donald
Tansley
has
chopped
another
six
per
cent
from
pay
raises
negotiated
by
450
miners
at
the
Cyprus
Anvil
mine
at
Faro,
Yukon,
a
finance
department
spokesman
said
today.
The
employees,
represented
by
the
United
Steelworkers
of
America,
and
the
company
had
originally
agreed
to
first-year
pay
raises
of
36.5
per
cent
which
the
'anti-inflation
board
said
should
be
cut
to
14
per
cent.
After
a
union
appeal
of
the
board
decision,
Mr.
Tansley
cut
the
first-year
pay
raises
to
eight
per
cent.
Because
of
the
first
board
ruling,
the
employees
have1
been
striking
for
about
eight
weeks
Recently,
the
Canada
Labor
Relations
Board
(CLRB)
ruled
in
a
precedent-setting
decision
that
the
employees
were
entitled
to
strike
because
the
anti-inflation
board
had
nullified
the
negotiated
settlement
through
the
recommended
pay
rollback.,
PAA
promises
new
measures
TORONTO
(CP)
-
Prime
Minister
Trudeau
promised
Thursday
.to
announce
new
economic
measures
in
the
coming
parliamentary
session
to
help
fight
inflation.
He
said
new
economic
strategies
are
required
in
several
areas,
including
employment
policies,
labor-management
relations,
the
sharing
of
social
responsibility,
decentralization
of
federal
operations
and
growth
and
investment.
Details
page
39
Belknap
boy
now
missing
VICTORIA
(CP)
Police
are
continuing
their
search
today
for
a
13-year-old
Nanaimo
boy
who
was
recently
'involved
in
a
precedent-setting
case
which
resulted
in
a
fine
for
British
Columbia's
superintendent
of
child
welfare.
Police
at
nearby
Saaniih
said
the
boy
went
missing
about
12:30
p.m.
Thursday
and
is
believed
to
be
heading
for
Nanaimo
or
Vancouver.
The
boy
was
staying
at
a
Saanich
group
home
where
he
was
taken
after
being
turned
over
to
Victor
Belknap,
superintendent
of
child
welfare.
On
Aug.
20
Nanaimo
Judge
Stanley
Wardill
found
Mr.
Belknap
guilty
of
neglecting
to
give
due
care
to
a
ward
of
the
government,
after
the
youth
was
found
responsible
for
delinquencies
involving
car
theft
and
break-ins
in
Nanaimo.
See
also
page
7
agrees
of
fa
by
JOHN
POPE
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
A
"vicious,
unprovoked"
knife
attack
Feb..
17
against
the
bar
manager
of
the
Billy
Barker
Inn
in
Quesnel
resulted
in
a
one-year
prison
sentence
ordered
Thursday
in
Supreme
Court
here.
Paul
Thomas
Howard,
29,
of
Quesnel
was
sentenced
after
pleading
guilty
to
wounding
with
intent
in
an
attack
described
by
Crown
prosecutor
Allan
Hope
as
"very
viscious.
.
.made
with
considerable
force
that
persisted
until
stopped
by
others."
The
victim,
Sebastian
Anhelher,
later
died,
but
Hope
said
the
prosecution
could
not
"connect"
his
death
with
the
stabbing.
Howard
was
originally
charged
with
attempted
murder.
Hope
said
Anhehler
was
stabbed
at
least
twice
with
a
jackknife
in
an
attack
that
began
after
the
victim
turned
his
back
on
Howard
while
escorting
him
out
of
the
bar.
The
incident
began
about
10:45
p.m.,
on
Feb.
17
when
Howard
made
several
"unflattering
remarks"
to
another
patron
in
the
bar
who
was
"rocking
a
table."
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15'
Copy
Friday,
October
8,
1976
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Hope
said
the
other
patron,
who
was
seated
four
or
five
tables
away
from
Howard,
took
exception
to
the
criticism
and
punched
Howard
twice
in
the
faee
"ending
the
altercation.1'
After
cleaning
himself
up
in
the
bathroom,
Howard
ap-logized
to
the
man
who
had
struck
him,
but
two
bar
workers
decided
Howard
should
leave
and
were
escorting
him
out
of
the
bar
when
the
attack
occurred.
Hope
said
Howard
got
one
of
the
employees,
Anhelher,
to
let
go
of
his
arm
under
"an
artifice"
of
retrieving
his
coat.
Vol.
20;
No.
195
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All
decked
out
for
the
variety
of
activities
of
Recreation
Week
are
Civic
Properties
and
Recreation
Commission
staff
Betty
Jean
Pozer,
left,
Art
Warburton,
Penny
Middleditch
and
director,
John
Furlong.
Recreation
Participation
k
.
week
starts
today
with
a
Prince
George
Motorcycle
Club
display
at
Pine
Centre.
On
Saturday
a
figure
skating
clinic
will
be
held
at
the
Coliseum
at
11
a.m.,
The
B.C.
Cross
Country
Running
Championships
for
youngsters
will
be
held
at
Prince
George
College
in
College
Heights
Sunday.
Homemaker
enters
election
A
Prince
George
homemaker,
Irene
Stachera,
announced
today
she
will
rin
for
alderman
in
the
fall
municipal
election.
Mrs.
Stachera,
new
to
city
politics,
says
she
wants
to
become
a
council
member
because
she
believes
the
ordinary
citizen
needs
a
representative
and
she
is
interested
in
city
government.
She
will
run
for
an
old
city
ward
seat,
She
is
the
second
candidate
to
announce
intentions
of
running,
and
the
first
woman.
She
said
she
doesn't
know
whether
she
will
try
for
the
one-year
term
of
Howard
Lloyd,
who
resigned
or
one
of
the
two-year
terms
up
for
election
this
year.
Mrs.
Stachera
said
she
is
concerned
that
many
people
feel
council
is
not
approachable.
"There
is
a
reluctance
to
speak
to
council
because
there's
a
feeling
it's
of
no
use,"
she
said.
"Running
the
city
is
a
big
business,
but
council
should
still
be
approachable."
She
said
she's
not
criticizing
council,
but
people
do
not
understand
how
it
works.
Mrs.
Stachera
is
married
and
the
mother
of
three
Residents
trot
out
their
beefs
Petitioners
who
presented
briefs
to
the
provincial
cabinet
meeting
in
Prince
George
Thursday
generally
were
surprised
by
the
close
attention
paid
their
presentations
by
ministers.
Ten
groups
discussed
their
concerns
with
the
Socred
cabinet,
and
ministers
learned
about
problems
ranging
from
predator
control
around
Vanderhoof
to
flooding
of
farm
land
in
the
Peace
River
to
overcrowding
in
local
schools.
"I
was
very
gratified
by
how
they
paid
attention,"
one
man
said.
"I
expected
one
or
two
to
listen,
maybe
the
cabinet
ministers
concerned
but
they
all
showed
real
interest
in
getting
every
little
bit
ot
what
we
were
saying."
Premier
Bill
Bennett
said
after
the
meeting
that
the
Prince
George-briefs
were
"informative
and
No
action
was
taken
on
any
of
the
concerns.
The
aim
of
the
meeting,
according
to
cabinet
assistants,
was
to
give
'
people
an
opportunity
to
express
their
concerns
face-to-face
with
the
government.
Local
dentists
asked'for
reduction
of
the
required
majority
vote
for
acceptance
of
fluoridation
from
60
per
cent
to
50
plus
one
vote.
Doctors
presented
a
brief
on
the
lack
of
proper
hospital
facilities.
Cluculz
Lake
ranchers
discussed
a
number
of
concerns,
mainly
concerning
rangeland
control
and
wildlife
problems.
The
McGregor
Action
Group
cautioned
cabinet
against
the
dangers
of
the
McGregor
diversion
proposed
by
B.C.
Hydro,
arguing
that
the
salmon
fishery
would
be
damaged.
A
group
of
College
Heights
mothers
pleaded
for
a
better
school
construction
program
because
their
young
children
are
on
shifts.
They
asked
for
a
slowdown
indevelopmentof
the
area
to
allow
school
construction
to
catch
up
to
population.
The
council
of
Forest
Industries
presented
a
number
of
concerns
relating
to
the
area's
prime
industry.
Most
of
their
brief
centred
around
transportation
difficulties
and
the
government's
British
Columbia
Railway.
The
Bulkley-Nechako
Regional
District
asked
for
changes
in
the
municipal
Act
to
eliminate
"red
tape"
that
now
stifles
their
district
board.
Polaris
Steel
Mill
promoter
Dick
Fur-bey
supplied
an
"information"
brief
on
his
steel
mill
proposals.
The
Petitioners'
part
of
the
cabinet
meeting
lasted
almost
three
hours
of
the
four-hour
session.
'Flooding'
argument
meet
set
A
senior
assistant
of
Envn
ronment
Minister
James
Nielsen
is
to
meet
city
officials
later
this
year
to
settle
a
dispute
with
city
council
over
the
area
to
be
included
in
a
flood-plain
development
ban.
Nielsen
said
Thursday
that
either
a
deputy
minister
or
a
"senior
person"
will
meet
with
council
to
negotiate
the
dispute.
The
environment
department
has
set
a
flood
level
for
the
downtown
area
that
would
kill
redevelopment
of
more
than
half
the
area
and
the
city
argues
the
level
is
arbitrary
and
set
too
high.
If
the
regulation
is
enforced,
George
Street
would
be
three
feet
below
the
permissible
level
and
any
new
buildings
would
have
to
have
ground
floors
above
that
height
from
the
street.
"We're
not
going
to
say
'no'
to
the
council
about
this,"
Nielsen
said.
"We
are
not
going
to
just
say
'no,
period'
to
their
side
of
it."
The
minister
said
he
was
aware
that
the
proposed
Project
400
provincial
building
is
to
be
built
within
the
flood
plain
area.
He
said
the
building
is
part
of
the
discussions
with
city
officials.
H
Howard
then
attacked
Anhelher,
who
had
turned
to
go
back
to
the
table.
Hope
agreed
the
weapon
used
was
a
small
pocketknife,
but
he
said
the
"severity
of
the
attack"
could
be
seen
by
the
damage
caused.
Hope
said
the
doctor
who
treated
Anhelher
estimated
he
would
have
died
within
30
minutes
without
treatment.
Although
defence
counsel
Allan
Bate
told
Mr.
Justice
Craig
Munroe
that
he
did
not
want
to
"quibble"
over
the
evidence
CITY
LOT
SALES
Land
'f
ck
on
bar
manager
Vicious'
given
by
the
Crown,
he
added
that
he
would
like
to
explain
further
what
had
happened.
"I
also
want
to
make
it
clear
that
I'm
not
trying
to
excuse
what
happened,"
said
Bate.
"I'm
loo
old
for
that
sort
of
thing."
Bate
said
there
was
evidence
that
Howard's
actions
were
"fully
against
his
character"
and
that
he
was
drunk
when
the
stabbing
occurred.
He
said
Howard
was
"holding
out
the
olive
branch"
when
he
came
back
from
the
bathroom
and
started
"crying
like
a
baby"
when
it
wasn't
accepted.
.
Bate
said
he
felt
thestabbing
could
be
seen
as
a
"lashing
out
in
frustration"
since
Howard
was
unemployed
and
unable
to
support
his
wife
and
two
children.
A
record
confirmed
by
police
in
Bellville,
Ont.,
showed
Howard
had
previous
convictions
there
in
1908-69
for
wounding
with
intent
and
break,
enter
and
theft.
In
passing
sentence,
Mr.
Justice
Craig
Munroe
agreed
the
attack
was
a
"vicious
act"
that
was
"unprovoked
and
unjustified."
He
said
a
sentence
of
14
years
could
have
been
imposed.
profit
'gift'
worth
$1
million
by
TOM
NIXON
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
A
million
dollar
gift
almost
sneaked
by
city
council
Thursday.
The
Citizen
learned
today
the
full
benefit
of
the
premier's
announcement
that
profits
from
city
development
of
crown
land
will
be
reinvested
in
local
land
amounts
to
a
cancellation
of
what
could
have
been
a
"more
than
$1
million
debt"
the
city
owed.
City
manager
Chester
Jef-fery
said
today
he
doesn't
know
for
sure
the
exact
amount
the
city
owes
on
profits
made
from
the
city-Crown
land
development
policy
but
it
is
more
than
$1
million.
The
city
has
been
in
the
land
development
business
since
the
1960s
and
part
of
the
profit
from
the
lot
sales
was
supposed
to
have
been
paid
the
province.
Jeffery
said
it
was
difficult
to
say
just
when
a
particular
subdivision
was
completed
and
the
profit
figure
set,
so
the
province,
in'
essence,
never
was
paid.
When
Bill
Bennett
made
his
land
profit
greenbelt-announcement
early
Thursday
no
one
but
Jeffery
and
Mayor
Harold
Moffat
fully
grasped
the
significance.
Moffat
refused
to
admit
that
the
city
purposely
kept
back
payments
owed
the
province
but
admitted
the
debt
was
a
large
amount
of
money.
He
implied
that
the
practice
was
an
under-the-table
item
which
was
never
fully
discussed.
Asked
if
the
city
had
been
cheating
on
its
debt
to
the
province
for
Crown
land
development,
Moffat,
grinning
said,
"Of
course
not,
we
wouldn't
do
that."
Apparently
the
practice
of
reinvesting
the
provincial
share
of
the
money
benefits
of
city
land
development
back
into
city
land
acquisition
and
development
was
a
tacitbut
unspoken
agreement
with
the
government
of
Bennett's
father
and
was
ignored
by
the
NDP
government.
The
city
has
been
selling
between
200
and
500
lots
a
year
in
the
bowl
area
since
the
development
program
began.
The
population
of
Prince
George
since
1965
has
almost
doubled
and
much
of
the
growth
took
place
in
the
bowl
area
where
the
population
went
from
about
22,000
to
more
than
40,000.
The
profits
from
most
of
the
lot
development
went
into
city
coffers.
The
latest
lot
sale,
Thursday
morning
netted
the
city
more
than
$100,000
in
profit.
It
involved
the
sale
of
80
lots.
Indian
death
lawsuit
eyed
A
decision
was
expected
this
afternoon
whether
civil
charges
will
be
laid
against
Richard
Redekop,
22,
of
Vanderhoof
in
the
July
3
highway
death
of
Stoney
Creek
band
member
Coreen
Thomas.
The
21-year-old
woman
was
struck
and
killed
by
a
car
driven
by
Redekop
as
she
walked
home
with
friends
to
tlie
reserve.
A
coroner's
jury
last
week
'found
the
death
to
be
unnatural
and
accidental
but
said
Redekop
was
negligent
in
that
he
was
driving
too
fast
for
conditions.
No
Citizen
on
Monday
In
observance
of
the
Thanksgiving
Day
holiday,
The
Citizen
will
not
publish
Monday,
Publication
will
resume
Tuesday
with
full
coverage
of
nevs
and
sports.
TODAY
CARnage
in
the
Prince
George
area
This
week
Killed:
1
Injured;
13
Arrested
as
impaired:
30
This
year:
killed:
14
Injured:
323
To
same
Date
1975
Killed:
28
Injured:
,
428
(featured
inside)
Prime
Minister
TYudeau's
Throne
Speech,
to
be
delivered
Tuesday,
will
likely
reflect
the
mood
of
his
embattled
government.
Page
2.
"Troops
armed
with
axes
and
sledgehammers
drove
lettist
students
from
their
hiding
places
at
Thammasat
University
in
Bangkok
today.
Page
5.
Stinginess
has
been
blamed
in
a
holdup
of
a
flu
surveillance
program
and
there
could
be
dire
results.
Page'
7.
Business
8-10
Church
46
Classified
25-40
Comics
16
Editorial
4
Entertainment
17-24
Family
11
c
Horoscopes
17
Local,
B.C
3,
7,
41
National
2
Sports
13-15
Television
19,
20
Wenzel
column
7
THE
WEATHER
A
weekend
of
sunshine
is
forecast
for
the
Central
Interior
as
a
ridge
of
high
pressure
sits
over
most
of
the
province.
Foggy
mornings
are
expected.
The
weatherman
predicts
a
few
showers
for
Monday.
The
high
today
and
Saturday,
15;
the
low
tonight,
2.
The
high
Thursday
was
13;
the
overnight
low
was
4.
The
high
on
Oct.
8,
1975
was
10;
the
low
was
4.
Temperatures
page
2
NOW
HEAR
THIS
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The
post
office
often
works
in
weird
and
wonderous
ways.
A
city
man
mailed
two
newspapers
to
Alaska
today.
The
cost
for
the
two,
bundled
together,
was
$1.50.
Thegirl
at
the
post
office
said
he
could
have
sent
them
separately,
for
36
cents
each.
After
having
answered
the
phone
with
"Uncle
Ben's
brewery"
for
sometime,
the
girl
at
the
switchboard
today
was
in
the
process
of
adjusting
to
the
new
situation.
The
brewery
was
sold
Thursday
to
Western
Brewing
Co.
and
the
girl
said
"Uncle
Ben's
.
.
.
Western
Brewing
Co.
Ltd
A
local
woman
got
a
bit
of
a
surprise
today
when
she
phoned
a
downtown
office,
"I
know
you,"
said
the
receptionist
when
she
had
given
her
name.
"You
used
to
go
out
with
my
husband."
Thanksgiving
patrols
set
RCMP
will
be
out
in
full
force
during
the
Thanksgiving
long
weekend
in
an
effort
to
keep
traffic
accidents
to
a
minimum.
Sgt.
Grant
Tyndall
said
all
available
personnel
will
be
working
traffic,
"We
will
set
up
radar
surveillance,
and
we
will
be
ouite
visible,"
Sgt.
Tyndall
said.
He
cautioned
drivers
about
the
conditio
ns
of
various
roads
and
said
speed
should
be
adjusted
accordingly,
"I
would
advise
drivers
to
turn
on
their
lights
during-day-
light
hours
and
suggest
everybody
buckle
up
their
safety
belts,"
Tyndall
said.
Drivers
towing
boats
or-trailers
should
have
an
extra
safety
chain
in
case
the
tow
hitch
breaks.
Tyndall
pointed
out
that
many
motorists
use
the
long
weekend
as
the
final
outing
before'winter
and
often
they
take
long
trips.
According
to
the
Canada
Safety
Council,
between
33
and
38
persons
are
expected
to
-die
in
traffic
accidents
during
the
long
weekend.