OLD ST. RITA’S Church on Front Street has

been sold to the town of

Castlegar for

$8,000. Handling arrangements was realtor
Jack Hipwell. — Castlegar News Photo

Castlegar ‘Right fo Life’ Organization

Plans Battle Against Abortion

‘A recently formed group
in Castlegar is seeking ts

group
name “Right to Life’, but
for the time being, the me-
mbers wish to be anony-
mous. They can be contact-
ed at Box 1546 Castlegar.
On the question of ab-
ortion on demand, here is
their stand:—
People know

How many
that a fetus, at any stage of
gestation, is a human be-
This decision was con-
Hened at the First anterne.

possibly come to a differing
conclusion, we believe that
the abortion debate, from
a scientific standpoint must
procede one the assumption
that “This Is Human Life.’

When at fertilization,
the 23 chromosomes from
the (male) sperm join 23
chromosomes from the (fe-

le) ovum, a new being is
ereated, Never before in the
history of the world nor ev-
er again will a being iden-
tical to this one exist. This

is a unique being, contain- .

ing, within itself a genetic
completely pro-

tional Abor-

tion, ‘held in Wash shington,

D.C, in Oct. 1967. It brought
ithorities

Helgs of medicine, law, eth-
ics, and the social sciences.
The first major question
considered by the medical
group was, “When does hu-
man life begin?”

The changes occurring
between implantation, a six-
weeks embryo, a six months
fetus, a one-week-old child,

or a mature adult are mere- -

‘There has not been, be-
fore nor since, a more im-
periant or a more qualified

of natural scientists ©

who, as a group, have thor-
oughly discussed and come
to a conclusion on this sub-
ject. Until such time

as
some other group of equal ‘

gelentific importance
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Chuvalo-Bums
Title Fight

On Tonight
Canadian — hea’

champion George Chuvalo
defends his title against

round fight live from Nel-°

son, Civic Centre beginning
at 7.30 p.m.

Chuvalo, 34, has held
the Canadian heavyweight
title since 1962 and has
fought all the top ranking
fighters including Muham-
mad Ali, Joe Frasier, Floyd
Patterson and Jerr Quar-
ry. In the 90 professional
fights Chuvalo has been in
be has never been knocked

just outside of Toronto, but
has lived in British Colum-
bia since 1967. This will be
Burns’ 50th professional
fight and his second against
Chuvalo. They first met in

vyweight |

on Demand

Nothing will be added to

this being between the mo-
ment of fertilization and its
ultimate death as an old
man except time, nutrition
and oxygen. It is all there
in toto at that moment, mer-
ely not fully developed.

This is far cry from
the idea held by ma

Search Goes On For Some Kind of Property Tax Relief

British Columbians are not
atone in their search for an al-
ternative to the property tax,
The B.C. School Trustees As-
sociation's report on property
tax also looked into alternative
forms of taxation for local gov-
ernments, as well as some cur-
rent issues in the field.

“The prospects of finding
some new kind of tax which will
provide the desired relief are
hot promising,’ says the re-
port. It quot report of the
Vienna Congress of the Inter-
national Union of Local
Authorities of 1969:

“wait seems unlikely that
completely new taxes will come
to light. New taxes are not even
referred to in the answers (to a
questionnaire from 33  coun-
tries), Local authorities may.
well be driven back on the wil-
lingness of higher authorities to
transfer taxes to local govern-
ment or to share with local au-
thorities some field of taxation.
Inevitably envious eyes will be
cast, first upon the taxes of in-
come, both personal and pri-
vate."*

There are several tests which
must be applied to any new lo-
cal tax: () Is it possible to set
the rate of the tax locally? (b)
Is the tax sufficiently visible to
taxpayers so they will be sensi-
tive to local expenditure de
sions? (c) Would it be cons
tent with the proving iit econ:
omy? and (ud) Does it provide
about the same measure of sup-
port in all areas of the prov-
ince?

Here are some brief descrip-
tions of other local taxes, taken
from the White report:

e Payroll Tax. A local tax onin-

comes is attractive because it is
based more directly on earnings
and thus on ability to pay.
There are several kinds. Local
districts (municipalities) could
design and levy their own tax,

is ntuge is that it

would be diffi-
cult, particularly in small col-
lection centres. A way proud

poses its own inequities.
Another suggestion is to as-
sign to schoo! boards {and

able revenue, its yield would
vary greatly from one urea to
another, If varying rates were

shore of the tocal federally.
collected income tax, but this
would preclude the

set to

would soon develop the ‘‘shop-
ping instinct’* for lower gas
taxes in neighb

ment and taxation on Improve:
ments. One of the major effects
of: such a taxation method
would be to narrow the tax base
and to lose the considerable
taxes paid by industrial and

of setting varying rates through-
out the province, one of the
main tests of a local tax, The
Ontario Committee which stud-
ied property tax concluded that
such w tax would be udministea-
tive folly.
e Local Sates Tax, New York
City applied a local sules tax in
1934, and many North Ameri-
can cities have followed suit. In
Canada such taxes have been
limited to Quebec, where every
mijor city (except Hull) set a
locul tax, and in 1949, schools
were also given the right to levy
alocal sules tax. Along with the
provincial sules tax, this made
three separate authorities in the
sales tax field, so a common
wales tax base was ugreed upon
for all three and the Province
collected the tax.
In 1964 a Royal Commission
fed abolition of the

itles.

© Poll Tax. It is often suggested
that an annual flat-rate poll tax
be paid by persons who don't
otherwise pay local taxes, This
argument rests on the false as-
sumption that renters don’t pay
taxes. Poll taxes, once the
primary source of tax, have
now been abolished in most
parts of the Western world,
The report comments on
three other contemporary is-
sues in taxation,
@ Site Value Taxation. The
principte here is to levy tax on
land only, eliminating assess-

It would
also add to the weight of tax on
farms, and have the effect of

/ taxing small homeowners high-
er thar they_are now. The tax
is based on high utilization of
the site, and is designed to in-
crease the intensity of land use.
The White Report agrees with
the Ontario Committee that this
method of taxation is inferior to
the property tax now in use,

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right of local to levy
sales taxes, and the government
took over the sales tax and
agreed to split some of its rev-
enues with schools and munici-
i In effect, the tax be-
government grant. Dif-

ficulties arise with sules taxes, °

amajor one being the ease with

which # high tax in one munici-

pality can be avoided by simply

making purchases in a neigh

But if the

quit ince-wide,

there is no focal control as to

its yield, one of the tests of u
local tax.

e Specific Sales Tax. Such taxes

are limited to specific areas, |

such as hotel rooms or ‘real
estate sales, The yields are not
large and there is a kind of dis-
crimination against certain in-
dustries,

e Gasoline tax. Cars and traffic
control represent a high part of
local municipal costs, and a tax
on gasoline sounds attractive.

tolevy the tax asa flat rate (not
as the federal in-

ple that ol re-
moves a “blob of tissue.”

come tax), but this again im-

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Canes Lost

ates ‘sro ed missing
e@ is reporte
from Syringa Creek. .

Royal Canadian Mount-
ed Po) in Castlegar ask
anyone who has seen this

or knows 5 of its
whereabouts, get in touch

B with the detachment office.

“SELL WITH
CLASSIFIEDS”

gasoline ‘could. mise «

70.
The blow-by-blow ac- .

count of the fight will be
described by Ernie Afaganis
and color commentary will
be provided by John David-
son, Bob Helm will produce
the CBC Radio broadcast.

ACCIDENT?

ANSWER: . .

RCMP. immediately.

' WHAT SHOULD YOU DO
FOLLOWING AN AUTOMOBILE

. If there is $200 or more total
damage or any bodily. injuries report it to the

2 y..., Contact your insur-

, (The Insurance Company re-

report.)

ance agent and give him a
report as soon as possible.

quires a separate written

JIM SHISKIN, B.A.
Representing Fruit
Growers Mutual

In Castlegar

Phone 365-3301

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Passmore Woman
Dies on Visit
To Cranbrook

Funeral services have
been held in the Passmore
Hall for Mrs, Dora Podovel-

inikoff, 68 of Passmore who

was a member of;

She .w:
“the Union of Espira Com!
nities of Christ.

Surviving are her hus-
band, Sam,
daughter, - Mi
Voykin of Crdnbrook, and a
son, Joe, of Calgary. She
also leaves seven grandchik’
Soi and two great-grand-

dren. -
In addition, she leaves a
Harel’ 5 Fred’ Makaroff, of

and three
sisters, Glgo Perehu-
doff, of ising Lake; Mrs.
Grunia Konkin of Saskatoon,

and Mrs. Hanna Babette

gary.

Burial was in the Slocan
Park ceme! with Castle-
gar Funeral Home being in’
charge of arrangements.

Vandals Strike

Vandals ‘did more than
a $100 damage to Woodland
Park School in Kinnaird ov-
er the w id.
yal Canadian Mounted
Police, who are investigat-
ing the offences, said four
windows were smashed.

From Scotland

id Mrs. Duncan

They are the guests of
their daughter and son-in-

“law James Penman of
- Woodland Park.

in Vallican; a. >
Mrs. Bill (Sue)

VIEW FROM IDAHO PEAK

CANCER
FACTS

Doctors are concerned
with preventing all types of
cancer. Many physicians ser-
ve in industry to help de
tect: hazards before any
harmful effects are caused.

Doctors have helped to
alert us to the role of cig-
arettes in lung cancer and
in other diseases,

Over-exposure to ioniz-

ation is another hazard with
which physicians have’ long
been concerned.

Many of the aang radio-
logists suftered x-ray burns
to their hands, and 2s the

it many of
them died: from leukemia.

‘..) Today, levels of expos-
ure have been established in
order. to contro) the amount
of ionization radiation to

, which doctors, tec!

and the general: public are
exposed.

' These \levels of expos-

“jure dictate how often you

“should have an xray for tu-
berculosis, how often x-rays

should be used by dentists ©

and the extent to which x-
rays are used in hospitals in*
the diagnosis of disease,

Fad Guilty
Qn Breathalyzer
Charge

“Paul Poznikoff, 20, of
Ootischenia was found guil-
ty in Castlegar Police court
of failing to submit ‘to a
breathalyzer test.

Police said the offence
took place -as the result of
é motor vehicle accident on

He was fined $200 and
prohibited from driving in
Canada for two months.

Pictures and Story
John Kenchenten
"There are certain ex:

_Perlences jae happen upon

us rarely, act to them we
owe so mu

‘his very you can
s erience something that

or athlete to get there, nor
prelate this experienc

pre ce to
the full. Sen

paradis
reached by road, striking
out irom Sandan. arte
we joster Ou
a splendidly fish fores' d
terminates in the pine
meadows within a few hun-
dred feet of the summit. Di-
smount’ at this: point and

Please Follow Smokey's ABC's

ALWAYS hold
matches till cold

BE sure to
drown all fires
CAREFUL to
crush all
mokes

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, August_10, 1972 9°

take to the trall, but, do
not rush, Tarry a minute or
two, or ten, and frequently,
for the trall is not long or
aa ‘dous so make the

of

it,

Not only does one get to
view the most fantastic pan-
orama on reaching the plin-
nacle but an added bonus
of a warm welcome and
very broad smile from Roy

ers will be at their best.

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DISPOSAL FIELDS, SEPTIC
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Box 1248 — Castlegar, B.C.

AUGUST

the River.

Bavarian Beor Garcan
Barbecue All Day
Canoe Race, Kinbasket Lake
fo the Bend Bridge, 12
neon,
$100 Ist Prize
$25 2nd Prize

leaving for good in 1972.

EVACUATION PARTY

19-20 .

Old man river “COLUMBIA” will be spreed-
Ing tis’ waters over the historical point of Boe?
Encampment at The Bend 100 Mile Big Bend High-
way. So We are having a party
AUGUST 19 —7 p.m.

Trappers, Loggers, Prospectors and Construction
Workers — Hoe Down Open Air by the Banks of

AUGUST 20 — 9 a.m.

Horse Shees
Children Spests and
FREE ICE CREAM

Other Sperts

_EVERYBODY WELCOME
David Thompson arrived here in 1847 and we ase

For a whale
of a deal...

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credit union

“we have money to lend”

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CREDIT UNION

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