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THE
WEATHER)
Cloudy
skies
with
afternoon
sunny
periods
and
rain
or
snow
showers
are
forecast
today.
Rainfall
recorded
Thursday
was
14.5
mm.
Thursday's
high
was
6
with
an
overnight
low
of
0.
Low
today,
-5
with
a
high
of
6
predicted.
On
Dec.
17,
1975
the
high
was
-1;
the
low,
-8.
Sunny
skies
with
cloudy
periods
and
highs
around
0
are
forecast
this
weekend.
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Family
22,
23
Food
price
survey
7
Horoscopes
39
International
5
National
2
Sports
13-15
Television
19,
20
Youth
Clinic
23
Santa
Claus
is
a
goaltender
and
has
the
best
goals
against
average
in
hockey.
Page
13.
Saudi
Arabia,
breaking
ranks
with
OPEC,
has
refused
to
go
along
with
the
oil
cartel's
proposed
15-per-cent
price
increase.
Page
5.
Opposition
parties
are
not
enthusiastic
about
government
guides
to
prevent
illegal
overseas
business
deals.
Page
2.
NOW
HEAR
THIS)
A
group
of
elementary
school
students
didn't
forget
their
lines
at
their
Christmas
concert
Thursday
-
they
forgot
where
they
were
supposed
to
stand.
The
students
each
had
a
card
with
a
letter
on
it
all
the
letters
spelled
Merry
Christmas.
But
two
students
lost
their
order
and
the
message
was
Meryr
Christmas.
Tracking
down
MP
Frank
Oberle
today,
a
reporter
phoned
long
distance
to
Fort
St.
John
to
ask
the
CP
Air
ticket
people
if
Oberle
was
at
the
airport
to
catch
his
flight
to
Edmonton.
"Could
you
give
Mr.
Oberle
a
message
please,"
he
suggested,
"Can
you
see
him
in
the
waiting
room?"
The
reservation
clerk
said
no
she
couldn't
see
the
MP
because
she
wasn't
at
the
airport.
"Perhaps
then
you
could
phone
out
to
your
airport
people
and
get
Mr.
Oberle
to
phone
me,"
the
reporter
asked,
"I'm
calling
from
Prince
George."
A
chuckle
on
the
other
end
of
the
phone,
and
the
clerk
explained
that
the
reporter
had
just
phoned
long
distance
to
get
right
back
to
Prince
George
where
Fort
St.
John's
CP
Air
reservations
are
handled.
"Just
the
same,"
the
woman
said,
"I'll
phone
up
and
deliver
your
message."
1
Citizen
Caouette
makes
point
during
election
speech
Real
Caouette
dies
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
Real
Caouette,
a
flamboyant
orator
and
a
man
described
by
his
political
opponents
as
a
force
for
Canadian
unity,
died
Thursday
of
heart
failure.
The
former
leader
of
the
populist
Social
Credit
party,
which
drew
its
strength
in
latter
years
primarily
from
rural
Quebec,
succumbed
after
a
long
illness
at
59.
His
death
prompted
the
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
Prime
Minister
Trudeau,
his
32-member
cabinet,
26
parliamentary
secretaries,
Opposition
Leader
Joe
Clark
and
NDP
Leader
Ed
Broad-bent
all
will
get
pay
raises
Jan.
1
that
exceed
antiinflation
board
guides.
All
will
receive
an
automatic
seven-per-cent
boost
in
salaries
and
allowances
that
will
push
their
pay
higher
than
the
$2,400a-year
increase
allowed
under
government
wage
and
price
control
FllESNO,
Calif.
(AP)
Five
Canadians
from
Vancouver
have
been
indicted
here
for
conspiring
to
smuggle
$300,000
worth
of
paintings
to
California.
Customs
officials
said
a
planeload
of
paintings
was
seized
last
month
when
bad
weather
forced
the
pilot
to
lund
in
the
Sierra
Nevada
mining
community
of
Columbia
north
of
here,
The
paintings,
which
Included
the
$250,000
Portrait
of
a
Lady
by
Huche,
were
being
flown
from
Chilliwack,
B.C,
to
a
buyer
in
Fresno,
agents
said.
immediate
adjournment
of
Parliament
for
the
night
and
a
rush
of
tributes
from
political
leaders
and
parliamentary
colleagues
who
had
listened
to
his
captivating
speeches
and
occasionally
fell
victim
to
his
acerbic
thrusts
over
his
30-year
political
career.
Funeral
services
will
be
held
at
Rouyn,
Que.,
where
he
operated
a
car
dealership.
Although
he
led
what
was
Ordinary
MPs
will
also
receive
a
seven-per-cent
raise
Jan.
1
on
salaries
of
$24
,000
and
tax-free
expense
allowances
of
$10,600.
But
the
increase
will
only
come
to
$2,300
because
it
is
rounded
off
to
the
nearest
$100
below
the
actual
calculation.
Mr.
Broadbent
urged
the
government
Thursday
to
block
any
increase
above
the
$2,400
ceiling
imposed
by
the
Liberal
administration
when
it
started
controls
more
than
a
year
ago.
essentially
a
fringe
party,
Mr.
Caouette
played
the
role
of
a
catalyst
in
federal
politics.
Social
Credit
strength
in
the
early
1960s
deprived
the
major
parties
of
a
clear
majority
to
govern.
On
one
occasion,
when
his
party
held
a
balance
of
power
in
the
Commons,
Mr.
Caou-ette's
forces
saved
the
Gov-
See
CAOUETTE
page
2
Political
leaders'
raises
will
exceed
AIB
"guides'
Mr.
Trudeau
will
get
a
raise
of
$4,600
next
year,
nearly
double
the
allowed
limit.
Currently
he
receives
the
$34,600
given
all
MPs,
plus
$33,333
because
he's
prime
minister.
Mr,
Clark
and
cabinet
ministers,
who
now
receive
$20,000
in
addition
to
their
$34,600
in
salary
and
allowances,
will
get
pay
boosts
of
$3,800
next
year.
And
Mr,
Broadbent,
parliamentary
secretaries,
party
whips
and
Opposition
House
Leader
Walter
Baker
will
get
raises
of
$2,700.
-J.I
DL.t.
U.,
IXni.tf
Wjtllor
Darcy
Painchaud,
2,
clutches
a
toy
boat
as
Michelle
Hamel
towes
him
through
a
miniature
lake
in
the
alley
between
Quince
and
Victoria
Streets.
Friday,
December
17,
1976
Vol.20;
No.
244
The
INDIAN
ACTIVIST
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15'
Copy
Prince
George,
British
Columbia
is
V
THIS
IS
WINTER?
Rain
record
set
Prince
George
residents
are
finding
they
need
gumboots
to
walk
in
the
winter
wonderland
this
year.
Unseasonably
warm
weather
and
record
amounts
of
rain
have
turned
city
streets
into
lakes
as
the
small
amount
of
snow
that
fell
earlier
thi3
month
continues
to
melt.
The
24-hour
rainfall
record-in
Prince
George
for
December
is
16
mm,
set
Thursday.
The
previous
record
was
13
mm
on
Dec.
15,
1942.
Total
rainfall
recorded
this
month
is
39.4
mm.
Most
rain
recorded
in
December
was
39.9
mm
in
1958,
so
another
record
is
likely
to
be
broken.
And
temperatures
are
above
normal
this
month.
A
warm
air
mass
from
the
Pacific
ocean
is
dominating
this
area,
causing
the
warm
temperatures
and
rain.
Although
temperatures
may
drop
between
-6
and
-10
this
weekend,
warm
Pacific
air
is
expected
to
shift
the
arctic
air
flow
out
of
the
area
by
Sunday
night.
,"'
Leonard
Peltier
to
be
extradited
OTTAWA
(CP)
-Justice
Minister
Ron
Basford
has
signed
an
order
calling
for
the
extradition
of
American
Indian
Movement
(AIM)
activist.
Leonard
Peltier,
the
minister's
of
fice
said
in
a
news
release
today.
Peltier,
a
32-year-old
Sioux
from
the
troubled
Pine
Ridge.
Reservation
in
South
Dakota,
is
wanted
in
the
U.S.
on
charges
of
murdering
two
FBI
agents.
He
was
arrested
earlier
this
year
in
Alberta
and
sent
to
Vancouver
where
he
lost
a
fight
against
extradition.
Late
in
November,
a
legal
defence
committee
established
for
Peltier
pleaded
with
Mr.
Basford
not
to
sign
the
extradition
papers.
They
said
Peltier
is
innocent
and
is
wanted
for
political
reasons.
"It
is
my
conclusion
after
considering
all
the
evidence
that
is
before
me
that
it
has
not
been
demonstrated
that
the
two
murders,
the
attempted
murder
and
the
burglary
with
which
Mr.
Peltier
has
been
charged
were
offences
of
a
political
character,"
says
a
statement
released
by
the
federal
justice
minister,
"In
addition,
in
response
to
a
request
from
me,
the
assistant
attorney
general
for
the
criminal
division
of
the
United
States
department
of
justice
has
advised
that
if
Mr.
Peltier
is
convicted
of
murder
under
the
indictment
in
relation
to
which
he
is
surrendered,
he
cannot
be
sentenced
to
death."
A
spokesman
for
the
minister
said
no
extradition
date
has
been
set.
Peltier
is
being
held
in
a
Vancouver
jail.
On
Dec.
4
members
of
AIM,
the
Native
American
Solidarity
Committee,
the
July
4th
Coalition,
the
Puerto
Rlcan
Socialist
part
and
the
Susan
Saxe
defence
committee
marched
in
front
of
the
the
Canadian
embassy
in
Washington
demanding
"political
asylum"
for
Peltier.
'SWINE'
VACCINE
1
No
problems
here
OTTAWA
(
CP
)
No
cases
of
a
disease
causing
temporary
paralysis
that
is
being
linked
in
the
United
States
with
swine
flu
vaccine
have
been
reported
in
Canada,
Health
Minister
Marc
Lalonde
told
the
Commons
today.
However,
Mr.
Lalonde
said
the
government
has
decided
to
halt
temporarily
the
inoculations
for
everyone
except
the
elderly
and
the
chronically
ill
because
of
concern
in
the
United
States.
The
decision,
announced
Thursday
night,
was
based
on
consultation
with
the
government's
medical
advisers,
he
said.
It
was
these
advisers
who
recommended
last
spring
that
Canada
follow
the
U.S.
lead
and
carry
out
a
national
immunization
program
against
swine
flu.
Mr.
Lalonde
also
said
the
mixture
in
the
shots
given
to
the
chronically
ill
and
to
those
over
65
is
not
bought
from
the
same
source
that
the
U.S.
used.
Flu
shot
program
thrown
into
chaos
The
Canadian
Press
The
status
of
swine
flu
inoculation
programs
across
Canada
has
been
thrown
into
disarray
by
reports
from
the
United
States
indicating
a
possible
link
between
the
vaccine
and
a
form
of
paralysis.
Health
Minister
Marc
Lalonde
called
a
news
conference
Thursday
night
in
Ottawa
to
announce
that
he
has
asked
the
provinces
to
suspend
immunization
of
persons
between
the
ages
of
20
and
50
until
Jan.
1,
by
which
time
he
expects
to
have
a
detailed
report
from
the
U.S.
He
recommended
that
the
elderly
and
chronically
ill
continue
to
be
immunized
because
"of
the
small
risk
of
complication
compared
with
the
risk
of
Influenza
morbidity
and
mortality
in
this
group."
Officials
in
New
Brunswick,
TRUDEAU
NEWS
CONFERENCES
Quebec,
Ontario,
Alberta
and
British
Columbia
announced
following
the
news
conference
that
all
their
swine
flu
immunization
programs
have
been
suspended.
Newfoundland,;
Manitoba
and
Saskatchewan,
which
have
not
held
mass
immunization
programs,
will
continue
immunizing
the
elderly
and
chronically
ill.
Prince
Edward
Island
officials
said
they
were
continuing
to
immunize
high-risk
groups,'
but
halted
inoculations
to
all
others.
Nova
Scotia
has
suspended
its
program
for
persons
over'
65,
but
will
continue
to
immunize
the
chronically
ill,
an
official
said,
while
a
prog--ram
for
the
20
to
50
age
group
-will
not
begin
until
the
U.S.
situation
is
resolved.
'Don't
call
me.
.
.Ill
call
you
OTTAWA
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Trudeau
has
decided
to
hold
once-weekly
news
conferences
in
a
move
designed
to
free
him
from
the
present
impromptu
talks
with
reporters
around
Parliament
almost
daily.
A
letter
Thursday
to
the
Parliamentary
Press
Gallery
from
Richard
O'Hagan,
the
prime
minister's
special
adviser
on
communications,
says
Mr.
Trudeau
proposes
a
formal
weekly
news
conference
on
Thursdays
during
the
parliamentary
session.
The
first
would
be
next
week
and
the
weekly
series
would
be
resumed
when
Parliament
returns
from
its
scheduled
Christmas
recess
in
late
January,
The
formal
news
conferencessaid
Mr.
O'Hagan,
"we
see
as
substituting
for
the
impromptu
contacts
or
'scrums'
following
caucus,
cabinet
and
outside
the
chamber
of
the
House
of
Commons."
But
this
new
system
would
not
rule
out
"ad
hoc
meetings
...
when
warranted
clearly
by
circumstances
or
events,"
Mr,
O'Hagan
said.
Gallery
members
took
this
to
mean
that
the
prime
minister
and
his
staff
would
decide
whether
Mr.
Trudeau
would
speak
to
reporters
outside
the
weekly
conference.
Mr.
O'Hagan
told
reporters
later
that
reporters
may
still
ask
Mr.
Trudeau
questions
in
parliamentary
corridors
"but
probably
you
won't
get
an
answer."
The
letter
suggests
that
such
unscheduled
meetings
with
the
press
might
take
place
in
Room
130-S
of
Parliament
a
basement
room
set
up
primarily
for
television
and
radio
'interviews,
The
formal
news
conferences
probably
would
be
held
in
the
bigger
press
gallery
news
theatre
in
the
National
Press
Building
across
the
street
from
Parliament.
Mr.
O'Hagan
also
referred
to
a'
government
proposal
still
to
be
debated
by
the
Commons
to
introduce
the
regular
recording
of
House
proceedings
by
radio
and
television
under
Commons
control.
Video
and
audio
tapes
would
be
available
to
broadcasters.