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CONTROVERSIAL
PUB
Owner
optimistic
The
owner
of
the
controver.
sial
Highland
Square
neighborhood
pub
said
today
a
recent
decision
of
the
liquor
administration
board
to
withhold
further
licensing
of
such
pubs
shouldn't
affect
his
plans,
Rob
Gibson
said
his
development
is
well
on
its
way
to
completion
and
he
has
reasonable
assurance
his
licence
will
be
issued
when
he's
ready
to
open.
A
spokesman
for
the
liquor
control
branch
said
today
licensing
depends
on
"how
close
the
pub
is
to
opening,
"Obviously
if
a
place
is
about
to
open
its
doors
we
will
give
it
a
licence."
The
LAB
early
in
December
announced
licensing
of
neighborhood
pubs
has
been
temporarily
withheld
until
the
Social
Credit
government
can
complete
a
study
of
pubs
and
a
review
of
policy.
The
Highland
Square
pub
was
opposed
vigorously
by
a
group
of
neighborhood
residents
but
approval
was
given
by
council
in
September
because
indications
were
that
a
majority
of
residents
did
not
oppose
it.
TODAY
Returns
V
bought
this
for
a
man
who
has
everything,
and
he
already
had
one.
'
c
COmine
to
Dower
in
Franrp
nr
Italy."
Asked
whether
he
meant
Communists,
Yamani
said,
"Yes,"
adding:
"The
situation
in
Spain
is
not
so
healthy
either
and
the
same
applies
to
Portugal."
"Moreover,
if
the
economic
recovery
does
not
take
place,
m
Portugal's
minority
socialist
government
has
won
key
votes
on
an
austerity
program.
Page
5.
A
Chatham
Ont,
man
is
in
hospital
with
severe
paralysis
which
developed
after
he
had
a
swine
flu
shot.
Page
2.
Six
convicts
from
Oakalla
remain
at
large.
Page
3.
Bridge
22
Business
8
City,
B.C
3
Classified
,
18-24
Comics
10
Crossword
20
Editorial
4
Entertainment..
10-11
Family
9
Gardening
,
...16
Horoscopes
1
1
International
5
National
2
Sport
13-14
Television
10
it
Will
not
onlv
have
nnlitiral
significance
for
Saudi
Arabia,
it
will
hit
Saudi
Arabia
economically."
He
said
Saudi
Arabia
hopes
the
West
will
make
concessions
to
the
developing
world
at
the
next
North-South
conference
in
Paris
and
will
achieve
a
Middle
East
settlement.
Morning
fog
patchesi
cloudy
skies
and
a
few
sunny
periods
are
forecast
today
and
Thursday.
No
precipitation
was
recorded
Tuesday.
Tuesday's
high
was
-2
with
an
overnight
low
of
-12.
Low
tonight,
-10
with
a
high
of
-3
today
and
Thursday.
On
Dec.
29,
1975,
the
high
was
4;
the
low,
0.
Wednesday,
December
29,
1976
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Vol.
20;
No.
252
Prince
George,
British
Columbia
PRICE
IN
MARCH
$4
for
coffee?
TORONTO
(CP)
-
William
Scandrett,
president
of
the
Tea
and
Coffee
Association
of
Canada,
says
the
average
price
of
ground
coffee
may
increase
to
between
$3.75
and
$4
a
pound
by
the
end
of
February
or
early
March.
He
said
in
an
interview
the
general
increase
probably
will
match,
if
not
exceed.the
44
cent-a-pound
increase
implemented
by
General
Foods
Ltd.
of
Toronto,
Canada
s
largest
coffee
distributor,
earlier
this
month!
The
price
of
green
coffee
beans
has
been
rising
con-tinously
since
July,
1975,
when
Brazil,
the
world's
largest
supplier,
suffered
a
disastrous
frost.
No
relief
is
expected
in
world
supply
until
1978-79
when
Brazil's
trees
should
be
back
in
full
production.
Allowance
payments
increased
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
Family
allowance
payments
during
1977
will
rise
by
8.2
per
cent
to
$23.89
a
month
from
$22.08
to
reflect
an
increase
in
the
cost
of
living,
the
health
department
announced
today.
Announcement
of
the
higher
payment
rates
follows
reinstatement
of
the
cost-of-living
allowance,
which
was
suspended
for
one
yoar
during
1976
as
an
austerity
measure
by
the
federal
government.
The
higher
rates
are
effective
with
the
January
payments.
The
rates
are
adjusted
once
a
year
and
the
same
payment
is
made
throughout
the
year.
The
new
$23.89
monthly
payment
applies
in
most
provinces
and
in
the
territories.
The
exceptions
are
Quebec
and
Alberta,
where
by
provincial
agreement
the
amounts
of
payments
vary.
In
Quebec,
the
range
of
payments
will
be
from
$14.34
monthly
for
children
under
11
to
a
maximum
$56.72
for
the
Patron
becomes
a
human
bomb
MONTREAL
(CP)
-
A
man
walked
into
a
northend
bar
Tuesday,
sat
down,
consumed
a
beer
and
two
hot
dogs,
then
blew
himself
up.
Witnesses
said
he
pulled
a
small
battery
out
of
his
pocket
and
connected
it
to
two
wires
leading
from
his
shirt,
setting
off
explosives
attached
to
the
left
side
of
his
body.
The
49-year-old
man,
whose
name
was
not
released,
was
pronounced
dead
on
arrival
at
hospital.
The
explosion
blew
out
windows,
but
nobodv
else
was
injured.
fourth
or
additional
children
between
the
ages
of
12
and
17
years.
In
Alberta,
family
allnwanpp
payments
of
$18
monthly
will
be
made
for
children
under
six,
$22.80
for
children
between
seven
and
11,
$30
for
children
between
12
and
15
and
$33.50
for
16-and
17-year-olds.
Special
allowance
payments
made
to
foster
parents,
welfare
agencies
and
government
departments
and
institutions
that
support
young
children
also
will
be
increased
to
$23.80
from
$22.08
monthly.
AAondale
gets
key
position
ST.
SIMONS
ISLAND,
Ga.
(AP)
Vice-President-elect
Walter
Mondale
will
have
an
unprecedented
role
as
principal
staff
adviser
to
the
White
House,
President-elect
Carter
told
his
cabinet-Tuesday.
News
secretary
Jody
Powell
said
Carter
has
told
White
House
staff
members
to
consider
Mondale
as
"their
boss"
and
that
in
some
areas,
Mondale
will
serve
almost
as
a
co-equal
with
the
president.But
he
stressed
that
Mondale's
role
will
not
be
the
same
as
a
chief
of
staff.
In
previous
administrations,
a
vice-president
has
served
on
a
variety
of
committees
but
has
not
dealt
directly
with
the
president's
staff.
As
an
example
of
Mondale's
authority,
Carter
appointed
Mondale
to
set
the
schedule
for
keeping
Carter's
campaign
promises,
Powell
said.
Cltlien
Photo
by
Dave
Milne
Shrieks
of
joy
come
from
these
two
youngsters
as
they
joined
dozens
of
others
for
a
day
Here
we
comn!
offledd.mg
on
Carney
Hill
Tuesday.
The
sledders
got
lots
of
exercise
and
inexpensive
e
tome;
entertainment
as
they
hiked
up
the
hill
then
screamed
down
on
top
of
anything
that
would
slide.
REASON
FOR
OIL
PRICE
DECISION
Communist
takeovers
feared
im
i
a
-i
HAMBURG.
West
Germanv
(Reuter)
Saudi
Arabia's
oil
minister
said
in
an
interview
released
here
that
fears
of
a
Communist
takeover
in
Italy
or
France
figured
in
his
country's
decision
to
keep
oil
prices
down.
Oil
Minister
Sheik
Ahmed
Zaki
Vamani
told
the
news
magazine
Der
Spiegel
that
economic
and
political
reasons
governed
Saudi
Arabia's
decision
to
increase
its
oil
prices
by
five
per
cent
instead
of
going
along
with
the
15-per-cent
boost
by
other
members
of
the
Organization
of
Pet-,
roleum
Exporting
Countries.
"We
are
extremely
worried
about
the
economic
situation
of
the
West,
worried
about
the
possibility
of
a
new
recession,
worried
about
the
situation
in
Britain,
Italy,
even
in
France
and
some
other
nations.
And
we
do
not
want
another
regime
"The
concessions
to
the
developing
countries
should
concern
raw
materials
and
the
transfer
of
technology.
"And
in
Israel,
the
United
Nations
resolutions
must
be
applied.
The
occupied
territory
must
be
returned
so
that
there
can
be
a
Palestinian
nation."
'Controls'
support
seen
OTTAWA
(CP)
A
natinnal
poll
shows
that
56
per
cent
of
Canadians
now
support
selective
wage
and
price
controls,
an
anti-inflation
board
official
said
today.
June
Menzies,
vice-chairman
of
the
anti-inflation
board,
was
quoted
Tuesday
as
saying
that
70
per
cent
of
about
1,500
people
surveyed
supported
the
program.
But
a
board
official
said
that
fietirp
was
not
accurate.
A
secretary
in
Mrs.
Menzies
office
today
refused
to
pass
on
press
calls
to
the
vice-chairman
so
that
shy
could
explain
the
contradiction.
The
latest
poll
was
one
of
a
series
conducted
by
the
finance
department.
The
results
are
not
published.
Support
for
the
controls
reached
a
peak
in
November,
1975,
a
month
after
they
were
imposed,
an
anti-inflation
board
official
said.
At
that
time.
59
per
cent
of
survey
respondents
said
they
supported
the
program.
In
succeeding
months,
public
support
trailed
off,
but
the
latest
survey
shows
that
more
Canadians
now
are
starting
to
accept
that
the
anti-inflation
controls
are
having
an
effect,
the
official
said.
Drapeau
probe
pledged
MONTREAL
(CP)
-
Municipal
Affairs
Minister
Guy
Tar-dif
says
he
intends
to
launch
an
investigation
into
the
workings
of
Montreal
City
Hall
and
Mayor
Jean
Drapeau's
administration.
In
an
interview
published
today,
Mr.
Tar-
au
saia
"consiaeraDie
restrictions"
will
be
imposed
on
the
city's
secretive
executive
committee
so
that
'
'
power
now
held
by
a
handful
of
people
can
be
returned
to
the
city
council."
He
wouldn't
do
into
detail
on
the
form
the
investigation
would
take
but
revealed
that
government
lawyers
are
currently
laying
out
the
groundwork
for
the
investigation.
Mr.
Tardif
also
defended
the
Parti
Quebecois's
insistence
that
Montreal
pay
its
debts
because
unrest
and
insecurity
in
financial
circles
had
to
be
allayed.
Sailors
good
targets
VICTORIA
(CP)
-Sharpshooting
starlings
are
bombing
sailors
aboard
ships
docked
at
CFB
Esquimau
and
there's
nothing
in
the
navy
training
manual
which
explains
how
to
deal
with
that
type
of
enemy.
Base
Commander
C.
H.
Shaw
said
Tuesday
that
sailors
are
protecting
themselves
from
starling,dropp-ings
by
"wearing
things
on
their
heads
they
weren't
wearing
before."
He
said
the
purplish,
talkative
birds
have
chosen
ships
masts
as
ideal
roosts
and
the
navy
hasn't
decided
how
to
win
the
skirmish.
Chinese
rioting
erupts
PEKING
(Reuter)
-
Political
unrest
in
the
northern
Chinese
city
of
Paoting
has
erupted
into
armed
conflict,
including
murder,
rape
and
sabotage,
reliable
sources
said
today.
They
reported
that
long-existing
disputes
in
Paoting,
110
miles
south
of
here,
were
being
quelled
on
orders
from
Peking.
The
conflict,
which
has
been
mentioned
briefly
in
the
official
news
media,
has
led
to
factories
being
blown
up,
raids
on
military
arsenals
and
robberies
from
banks,
grain
stores
and
shops,
the
sources
said.
They
said
the
violence
in
Paoting,
on
China's
main
north-south
railway
line,
has
disrupted
relief
supplies
to
the
earthquake-devastated
city
of
Tangshan.
It
was
understood
that
after
Mao
Tse-tung's
widow,
Chiang
Ching,
and
other
radicals
were
arrested
last
October,
authorities
here
issued
instructions
on
how
to
handle
the
Paotins
unrest.
These
included
orders
that
rival
armed
groups
release
any
prisoners
and
hand
over
stolen
cash,
vehicles
and
weapons
to
the
authorities.
Earlier
this
month,
the
official
People's
Daily
newspaper
said
Chiang
Ching
and
her
fellow-members
of
the
"gang
of
four"
radical
leaders
sowed
discontent
in
Paoting
and
tried
to
disrupt
surrounding
Hopeh
province.
The
four
radicals
Wang
Hung-wen,
Chang
Chun-chiao,
Yao
Wen-yuan
and
Chiang
Ching
were
placed
under
arrest
after
it
was
alleged
they
plotted
to
seize
power
following
Mao's
death.
The
sources
said
they
understood
the
disputes
in
Paoting
dated
back
many
months.
At
one
point,
rival
groups
set
up
their
own
checkpoints
and
engaged
in
sabotage.
SWIFT
CURRENT,
Nfld.
(CP)
External
Affairs
Minister
Don
Jamieson
signed
Canada's
declaration
of
a
200-mile
fishing
limit
in
a
brief
ceremony
Wednesday
at
his
summer
home
in
this
Placentia
Bay
community,
130
miles
west
of
St.
John's.
"What
I
have
just
signed
is
an
order-in-council
which
will
have
the
effect
on
Jan.
1
of
declaring
Canadian
control
of
and
management
rights
in
a
200mile
zone
off
all
the
coasts
of
Canada,"
Mr.
Jamieson
said.
(FEATURED
INSIDE)
(
THE
WEATHER
)
(
NOW
HEAR
THIS)
A
barrage
of
criticism
of
council
lately
at
public
hearings
has
moved
Mayor
Harold
Moffat
to
declare
a
new
policy
for
petitioners
wishing
to
address
council.
A
sign
on
the
mayor's
desk
says
:
".
.
.people
wishing
to
insult
council
(should)
restrict
themselves
to
15
minutes
or
15
insults,
whichever
comes
first.
The
Mayor".
Snowmobiling
is
great
fun
for
those
who
are
riding
the
noisy
machines,
a
reader
said
when
she
called.
But
she
would
like
to
let
somesnowmobilers
lii
the
Tabor
Lake
area
know
that
she
feels
running
the
machines
at
midnight
is
a
bit
much.
She
added
that
at
least
half
a
dozen
noisemakers
were
spotted
at
that
time
speeding
along
the
new
section
of
Highway
16.
Next
time,
the
caller
said,
she'll
get
the
law
after
them.