' wii Btative Librarys ment Bldgs 3 ' CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEONESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1964 7 ‘ tte “ Cran sunshine Soke fe Soren precipitation both is 10 per cont 3 Sections (A, 8 &C) DTUC closure — Telegrams, letters to be sent to Victoria By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer Selkirk College board received a standing ovation at an open public meeting Tuesday night after the board approved a motion to oppose the May 1 closure of David Thompson University Centre by sending telegrams and letters to the provincial government. But the board had its differences on the motion, put forth by Nelson School Board representative Fran Horan. The vote was 96 in favor of sending Photo, speec! A2 telegrams, followed immediately by letters to premier Bill Bennett, Edu- cation Minister Jack Heinrich and Uni- versities Minister Pat McGeer re- questing that the government reverse its decision. The motion followed nearly three hours of speeches by representatives from the college , the City of Nelson and the community. The representative before 250 peo- ple — mostly from Nelson — attempted to persuade the board to‘help fight the government's decision to close the institution. Board vice-chairman Rev. Walter Donald, a government appointee from Nelson, noted that the cruelest thing that could happen at the meeting would be that the people, many facing loss of jobs and educational opportunities, were to believe that if the board approved the motion, that something positive would happen. Don't believe...that,”. he said. “Hf passed, the motion better have some and not just a record. REV. WALTER DONALD ... don't be misled for $2.9 million of the centre's annual budget of $3.6 million. The University of Victoria administers the balance. There are 500 full- and part-time students at the centre. The motion cited the serious econ- omic disruptions to the area that will result from DTUC's closure, the loss of educational opportunities in the West Kootenays and the Interior in general, and the possible legal implications to the province of repealing the Notre Dame University Act which turned the property and buildings where the centre now stands over to the provin- representing support staft ornae? © mmating Tuesday night who atte eo OPPOSED . . . Steve Geller, jed te persuade the college board to Thompson University Centre, was one of many speakers at o the closdre of the instit 3 — CorNews Bhoto by Chery! Colderbonk % centre in conjunction with the Uni- funding is needed, they said. FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS School board gets $167,500 By RON NORMAN Editer . Castlegar school -board Monday re- ceived approval i Secretary-treasurer John Dascher said after the meeting that top on the list of projects for the district is the pi goyernment to proceed with $167,500 in capital projects. the roofs at Robson, Tarrys and Twin Rivers elementary schools. That will total nearly $100,000, Das: OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Trudeau slipped in his usually impeccable knowledge of protocol Tuesday by motioning visiting Chi- nese Premier Zhao Ziyang to sit during the Chinese national anthem at the opening of a gala performance in his honor. Everything went according to plan as Trudeau and Zhao stepped into their National Arts Centre opera box seats which were draped with the Chinese and Canadian flags and red and yellow flowers. The performance’s 2,000 guests rose as the leaders entered and re- mained standing as the Ottawa Board of Education central choir began singing the Chinese national anthem. 4 After a moment's hesitation, Tru- Trudeau flubs gala deau, apparently thinking the music was part of the performance, mo- tioned Zhao to sit down. The Chi- nese leader, here on a six-day stage visit, did so with obvious reluctance, When-the choir began singing O Canada in French and English, Trudeau stood, followed by Zhao. cher said. Other projects include $36,000 to re place a 66-seat school bus, and $6,000 to purchase computers for Stanley Hum phries Secondary school. As well, nearly $30,000 was allocated for minor renovations. That money wil: be used to upgrade walls and ceilings at four district elementary schools. A total of $7,000 will be spent on installing gyproe on walls and ceilings at Blueberry Creek Elementary; $11,700 for gyproc on walls and ceilings at Robson Elementary; $2,750 for gyproc on ceilings at Castlegar Pri mary; and $8,360 for gyproc on ceilings and walls at Woodland Park Elem entary. Board chairman Doreen Smecher said the minor improvements were The guests, and MPs from all parties as well as members of the general public, continued standing until the end of the Canadian national anthem. The ever-attentive Chinese press corps accompanying Zhao noticed the slip. A Chinese reporter said it is cus- tomary in his country to stand for the national anthem. Officials in the prime minister's office refused comment. by the district's in surance company. In other board business Monday, trustees agreed that school board elec: tions should be held every three years instead of every two years as they are now. The B.C. School Trustees’ Associ ation is polling all B.C. school boards on the possibility of triennial elections. Trustee Frank Finney said he liked the idea of elections every three years. He noted that it takes a new trustee a year to “learn the ropes,” and if elections were every three years, it would mean the second and third years would be “a lot more productive.” Trustee George Anutooshkin agreed. “I don’t see anything wrong with it,” he said. The board will notify the BCSTA of its pref for triennial electi ‘The board received official approval from the Ministry of Education to demolish ‘the old Robson two-room school. But there will be one last chance for area residents to take a look at the old building. Seeretary-treasurer Dascher said the board plans te have a public tour through the building before it is torn down. Chairman Smecher added that there have been a number of requests that “something happen” before the bulding is demolished: Dascher said tenders for demolishing the, dmilding haven't yet been ad. fined. v Asked how long it will take to demolish the building, Daseher replied that it depends on if the board receives any tenders. If there are tenders, he suggested it will take “at least a month.” ‘There has been no word 80 far from the education ministry on the board's ‘on page A2 versity of Victoria, and is —inside TOUGH TOURNEY: Selkirk Saints women's basketball squad finished second in their in- vitational tournament over the weekend, losing out only in the final game to a strong Van- couver team. For full results... 81 _ a lottery spok adding that she didn't think he was poge A2 NOT GUILTY: Failed entrepreneur Nelson Skalbania was acquitted Tuesday on charges that he failed to file documents on the transfer of more than a million shares of one of his companies to another . . -A2 SINGING THE BLUES: Virginia's Italian-Americans aren't happy witha decision by the state's Opera Society to stage the opera Rigolletto . .. AS VIDEO MADNESS:“The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the sale and wse of home video recorders to tape TV shows for later, private viewing is legal — but that's not the case in Canada... AS TRY: TORONTO — Ontario Lottery Corp. officials said today a man showed up at their downtown Toronto offices with what he said was the $13.9-million ticket in last weekend's Lotto 6-49 draw. said the man actually had o com- puter printout of the winning numbers and not an actual ticket. “He left very quickly when he found out,” the spokesman said, dul his way to Toronto to claim the prize. The lottery spokesman said they had not been any other person claiming to have the winning ticket. Pp anything # _ She said proper tickets contain a series of six numbers — which in the case of the winning ticket would be 2, 12, 29, 31, 44 and 46 — and a lengthy verification number at the bottom of a ticket. The spokesman said she had no idea if the man had any connec- tion with rumors earlier today that a man from Sudbury, Ont., was on in contact with CIA shock victims come forward VANCOUVER (CP) — A city woman who says. she was given more than 100 electric shocks in a CLA-sponsored experiment 23 years ago still can't remember having her first five children. Linda Macdonald, now a rehabilitation officer with the provincia) !ium:n Resources Ministry, is one of two women who approached the Vancouver Province Tuesday to tell about their ordeal at the hands of Dr. Ewen Caméron in Montreal's Allan Memorial Institute. donald separate interview she also received:more than 100 electric shocks in the mind-control experiments in the early 1960s. Both women are’ now in their late 40s. They. were referred to Cameron for treatment of psychiatric problems and neither woman was aware what the treatment would entail. NINE SUE Nine Canadians, including Velma Orlikow, wife of Winnipeg Member of Parliament David Orlikow. and Vv resident Robert When she returned home from the #aid she decided to have a sixth child, so she coald again experience motherhood after the controversial -electric- shock treatments had out the memory of the first 26 years of her life, a The other victim, Joan De Long, wife of Tom De Long, a Va insurance i id in a Pp Logie, are suing the U.S. government for $1 million each for damage suffered in the experiments. 2 The two Vancouver women now are seeking legal advice. A spokesmaii for External Affairs Minister Allan Mac- Eachen said Tuesday that then-president Jimmy Carter had issued an executive order to ensure such a thing would never happen again. Dilys Buckley-Jones, said in Ottawa the Canadian gov- ernment has failed to obtain a list of patients from the U.S. government should be made to pay. Her father, Bill Macdonald of suburban Surrey, who was director of publie relations for the Canadian Broad- casting Corp. between 1960 and 1964, said he visited his Cameron's clinie because he died in a ing accident in 1967. His records have never been found. “The U.S. apologized and expressed regret,” she said, adding that government officials had tried in vain to get full records from the CIA. In V ld has full: life since receiving the treatment. “I was told I received 109 electri¢ shocks in a period of five weeks. I have no recollection of 26 years of my life.” She said she kept quiet about her ordeal after the CIA experiments came to light four years ago because she was worried the disclosyre would affect her job, but now feels rebuilt her in Allan Memorial several times, but at the time, had no idea what was going on. “When she came home she couldn't remember her first five chidren, so she had another one,” he said. Joan De Long has been keeping a diary for the last 10 years. In it, she jots down the things that she remembers of the first 25 years of her life. She too said she was given more than 100 shocks in Cameron's clinic over six months from September 1961 to March 1962. ;