2 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, August 24, 1972
| Government Announces Changes

“To Mofor Vehicle Regulations

Amendments to the mot-
orvehicle act regulations
which have Tecalved appro-
val and make changes in
several details which bring
B.C. vehicle equipment re-
quirements in line with the
Canadian Motor Vehlcle
Safety standards.

The amendments allow
for the mounting of tail
lamps and rear vehicle re-
flectors at heights of 15 in-
ches rather than the 20 in-

um, height pre-
O auxil-

overdrive the visible range
of headlights when travell-
ing at high speeds and the
change will provide greater
safely through better visi-

The regulation amend-
ments allow police depart-
ments to use blue flashing
lamps on police vehicles as
a distinctive identification.
Police departments are con
cerned about the way mot-
orists desregard police ve-
hicles on emergency runs
or when police vehicles are
at the scene of accidents.
The blue flashing light will
not replace the red warn-
ing light on police vehicles
but will sw
police vehic les wil still have
————

| Brothers _|

plement it and _

to show a fashing red light
and sound a siren when
making emergency runs.
Other amendments con-
cern trailer braking require-
ments, provide for the use
of theft alarms on vehicles
and modify the position
about the use of radial and
biased ply tires. The re-
gulation now requires that
on four wheeled vehicles
there cannot be a mixture
of radial and bias ply tires
but on‘ vehicles with more
than four wheels there can
be a mixture, provided all
tires on an axle are of the
same_type.
- Recreational _ vehicles
and mobile homes manu-
factured after Oct. 1, 1972

“and offered for sale in B.C.

must comply with the vehi-
cular safety standard of the
Canadian Standards Associ-

fon.

"Attorney-General Les
Peterson said, “Notice of
this requirement wet given
to the recreational vehicle
and mobile home industry
when the regulation was
placed in the motor-vehicle
act regulation in 1971. Most
manufacturers have comp-
lied and the others will
need to do 80 to

IN BUSINESS at last are the Senior Citizens of Castlegar.

offering their p
the B.C, market. This is
ulation demands _ better
brane hitches, lights, tir-
es and glazing nth
hicles in the
highway safety. these pro-
visions follow an agreement
made by all provincial min-
isters responsible for mot-
or-vehicle administration at
the Victoria meeting in
1970."

ieee YOU

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WED., AUG. 30th

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they ived word from doputy pro
vincial ‘secretary L. J. Wallace that the government has ap-
proved a grant of $5,867.68, or one third of the cost of
setting up a senior citizons recreational centre next to the
bowling alley. Donald Brothers and John Landis conveyed

the good news to Mrs. Fred Fuller, president of the group
and Fred Wendish, vice-president. Castlegar Ald, Bob Mod-
docks has been working hard on the project for some mon-
ths. The project will cost a total of about $17,800,

— Castlegar News Photo

Continued from Page |

Two Decades of Regional Voting History Outlined

Sommers (Socred)

voting
Black forged ahead with
4,199 votes against
's Simms

CCF 3,404,
Ia Rossland-’ ‘Trail, the

first count was:
Sommers 4,182 mers Affair", a by-election
Muirhead (CCF) 3,470 was called in Dec. 1958 in
Whitemore (Lib) 2,899  Rosskand-Trail with these
i Pletcher ae eH nt’ S21. results:
e cout

Brothers (Socred)
Muirhead. went down to
Robert Sommers with the DeVito (CCK)

Following the “Som-

3,170
8

Krause (Lib)
Brokenshire (PC)

The year 1960 saw an-
other election in British
with Social Cre-

in 1956, and-here are the
rent "trom Nelson-Crest-

Black (Socred) ~
Affleck. (CCF) Neen eeon
Black ‘ (Socred)
MeNevin (CCF)

Oliver (Lib)
Taylor (PC)

Rossland-Trail:
Brothers
Gaylor (CCE)
Warrington (Comm)
Krause (Lib)
Loader (PC)

In 1963, British Colum-
bians went again to the

Fully Insured

Phone 365-5308

on, these were the results:
Box 1351, Castlegar Black ed) 4,047
Askevold (NDP) 2948

dit again’ the winner:

polls, and in Nelson-Crest-

Vogel (Lib) 1,600
Shorthouse (PC) 1,474

Rossland-Trail:
Brothers (Socred)
Maddocks (NDP)
Varcoe (Lib)
McCulloch (Pc)

The 1966 election saw
the emergence of the riding
of Revelstoke-Slocan:
Campbell (Socred) 2,020
Harding (NDP) 2,158
Collier (Ind) 105
Laforme (Lib)

Nelson-Creston:
Black (Socred)
(NDP) -

--Munro
* Vogel (Lib)

Rossland-Trail:
Brothers ne
Campbell (NDP)

Fowler (Lib) 96

In July, 1968 there was
a by-election called in Ri

velstoke-Slocan to fill the
vacancy left by Randolph
Harding who went into fed-
eral politics following the
resignation from Parliament
of Bert Herridge.

Camphell (Socred) 2,285
King (NDP) 2,487
Delacaerois (Lib) 468

The last election was
held in 1989. The returns;

Nelson-Cresto!
Black (Socred)
Nicholson (NDP)
Freno (Lib)

Revelstoke-Slocan:
Campbell es ered) ~' 3,103

King
Stewart Lib)

Rossland-Trail:
Brothers (Socred)
MacKenzie (NDP)

Valair (ind)
Remesz (Lib)

5,849
4289

SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 9
NEWS ROUND-UP

A big increase in fire
osts been

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Secretary - treasurer
John Dascher stated local
costs last year were $10,
629 for 12. months, while
this year the ane coverage
is couting $32,966.

Numerous school fires,
mainly on the mainland are
attributed as the reason for
soaring cost.

The $22,337 increase in
costs is based on insurance
value of $6,338,300 on buil-
dings and $792,100 on equip-
ment for a total insurance

value to $7,130,400.

In other School District
No. 9 news the © ES
pointment needed for SHHS
was given to Miss Sandra
Lee Groepler who will be
teaching home economics.

Two new 66 passenger
buses have been ordered
for the school district. One
hhas already arrived and will
be put inwo service with
the of the new
school year, while the sec-
ond one is not expected un-
til after the new year.

Submitted fuel tenders

have been opened and are |

as follows:
Pacific Petroleum Ltd.

Texaco Canadian Ltd,

— gasoline 23 cents a gal-
lon, furnace oil 20.8 cents
a gallon: and diesel 26.4
cents a gallon. —

Imperial Oil Ltd. —
gasoline 23.6 cents a gallon,
furnace oil 20 cents a gal-

lon and diesel 24.4 cents a

allon.

Standard Oil Co. Ltd.—
gasoline 23.8 cents a gal-
lon, furnace oil 21.2 cents
a gallon and diesel 244
cents a gallon.

Tenders were called on .

23,000 gallons of Easoline,
31, ,000 gallons of furna

oil and 600 gals. of diesel
oil

The contract was award-
ed to the lowest tender sub-
met by Pacific Petroleum

New Sweeper

Castlegar has
sweeper.

Council learned at its
last meeting that the ma-
chine is working: very well,
although there are a “few
small bugs” that have to be
worked out.

Alex age public works
supervisor, “present
results shDW. ay have pur-

ed _a good machine. ia

a new

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WEYERHAEUSER . PLANS:

sald In an interview that
his company was going to
take’ a further-look at Col-
cel’s Rupert operations. He
refused comment on what
the outcome might be.

Rust said that “‘substan-
tially all of the approxim-
ately 1,000 employee's” in
the Castlegar ry erations
will continue in their pi
sent capacities. (Colcel Aas
a total of 2,900 employees).

He sald Weyerhaeuser
Canada expects to spend
several million dollars for
additional environmental
protection measures, par-
ticularly effluent contro! to

‘Yurning to the Erines
the ministe:

the total picture that the
negotiations had to be re-
vealed now.

He declined further
comment on other negotla-
tlons which may be on the

er Co. at Kitimat.
for Cel-

meet g
os, president said there
a possibility that when

the pulp and lumber mar-

kets warrant it, the size of
the mills at Castlegar could
be increased,

He said Weyerhaeuser
would want to use more re-
sidual chips for the pulp
mill after getting lumber
from the trees.

If the Castlegar deal is

* completed, it would move

Weyerhaeuser Canada up in
the ranks of B.C. Droducets:
It would then have a total
pulp capacity of 600,000
tons annually and a lumber
capacity of 420 million

board feet yearly.

The Custlegar operat-
jons are bared on tree farm
licence No, 23 which
875,000 productive acres in

a total holding of two mil-
tion acres around the
row Lakes and Columbia
River,

‘The cence was grant-
ed prior to the opening of
the pulp mill in 1960 and
was allotted on the then-
accepted’ utilization of tim-
ber. Since then, utilization
standards chave changed

drastically.

Williston said the pro-
vineial government's role in
approving any transfer of
the licence would be a care-
ful assessment of the tim-

relation to

ize of the TFL
* might alter,” he said. There
would have to be a careful
inventory of the timber av-
ailable. If there eis more
volume jen earlier ante
pat e company woul
have ‘to increase its mills

or the’ timber would-be: us---~

ed elsewhere.

“I'm not threatening. }

With Colcel’s financial

tion, I couldn't force better
utilization. | Weyerhaeuser

knows my position; they've

done their homework.”

anese Corporation reached
in New York confirmed the
announcement, and stated
that its board of directors
has recommended favorable
consideration of the prop-
osed sale, He added that
the proposed sale would
not have any effect on Cel-
anese corain

ed earlier
statements that despite nor-
mal July mill closings, the
upward — quarter-t dee
oueuings trend is cont
He stated that third mula:
er earnings are estimated
to be approximately the
same as a year earlier, and
that earnings for the sec-
ond half are expected to.ex-
ceed those for the compar-
able period of last year.

ACCIDENT.
Damage totalling $1,500
was done to a 1969-model
car a mile south of Celgar

Sun

7 Manel C. DaCosta told
RCMP that he lost. sentee
of his vehicle,

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