The Daily Inter Lake from Kalispell, Montana • 1

Officers hunt for Press attacks Gandhi Good morning! CONVICTED MURDERER GARY BUCKLEY Sentencing set for 10 am Dec 22 HS The Braves successfully opened their mat season with a tripleheader here over the weekend Photo by George Geise HISTOIUCAt SOCtETT HONIARA OOMP EZLEHAMT 59601 4 Au 30'31 a lot of ALR land to be Lamb said "It would mean that land in the North ork could be sub divided" Rick Hinton environmental con sultant for Rio Algom Ltd said the new government is committed to development in the province in forestry and But he said he think the new government would support develop ment which went against en vironmental impact statements doubt very much whether they would push something through un less it was environmentally Hinton said firm described by many environmentalists as reputable and objective is expected to have com pleted its draft impact statement by September or October of 1976 waiting for the engineer ing feasibility study" he said "Other problems might delay publication until December of next In which case Hinton said a for mal mining application by Rio Algom to the BC government would be made sometime in 1977 "I would expect that the Cabin Creek coal project would get more encouragement from the new Hinton said "but they would still have to prove that it is he shot McIntyre three times as the victim ran toward his pickup and later in the chest and in the head at close range He told the jury he felt as though "the wrath of God was coming down on Jim McIntyre" defense counsel sum med up its case by claiming that Buckley used force justifiably in defending himself and that he had reason to fear McIntyre as the result of threats from the Colorado man earlier the same day Earlier testimony revealed that McIntyre threatened to "blow his (Buckley's) head during a visit to the cabin with law enforcement officers at 4 am the day of the shooting However prosecuting attorney death because it was not adequately proved the Buckley laid an ambush for McIntyre Buckley testified in his own defense most of riday painting a picture of the crime in which he acted out of "instinct" and in self defense His testimony paralleled state ments he had made earlier in a voluntary statement given to Lincoln County officers following his arrest Aug 16 In both the written statement and verbal testimony delivered riday Buckley claimed he shot McIntyre after the Colorado man fired a 3006 rifle at him as he (Buckley) stood on the porch of an old cabin near Glen Lake south of Eureka Buckley said he was acting in a "subconscious state of mind" when ment established hv law It specifically prohibits publi cation of anything that could defame the president who is the figurehead constitutional head of state the vice president the prime minister or any of the federal cabinet ministers The ordinance is so sweeping that it even applies to sheets of music maps and charts William A Douglas said he questioned the defense and version of the shooting pointing out that Buckley changed his story of the shooting from a previous statement made Dec 2 at a suppression hearing During that hearing Buckley claimed Jason Allison of Eureka was the one who killed McIntyre Douglas also said the first three shots from Buckley's 44 revolver immobilized McIntyre without kill ing him and yet Buckley approached the victim as he lay on the ground and fired two more shots the last one fatal ollowing the shooting Buckley claimed to have taken ri fle and later disposed of it and the spent cartridge in the mountains publication of anything the authorities consider objectionable The laws were the toughest on the press since national emergency was proclaimed last June 26 giving the government power to arrest opposi tion leaders suspend civil liberties and impose censorship Even normally progovernment newspapers and those allied with the Communist party which has tacitly supported Mrs Gandhi in the past attacked the measures The main target of criticism was the Prevention of Publication of Ob jectionable Matter Ordinance which bars any items that "are likely to br ing into hatred or contempt or ex cite disaffection towards the governv NEW DELHI India (AP) In dian newspapers concerned about new press restrictions are openly attacking Prime Minister government for the first time since emergency rule and cen sorship were imposed six months ago "Our newspapers have finally come alive although it may be too late" said one news executive referring to a spate of editorials and cartoons lampooning the latest government efforts to muzzle the press The government touched off the wave of criticism by enacting two i coverage of parliament and bar BR HINTON Safeguards still required He said exploration and mining had dropped to an all time low under the now outgoing NDP government and people up here really want Lamb said another platform con cern of the Social Credit Party was interpretation of the Agricultural Land Reserve program Under the ALR agricultural and forest land may be restricted from subdivision sources say they expect Canadian election boosts Cabin Creek development IIBRSRy TA 11 1 a' Man'3lB WOI Buckley round guilty ByDAVf KNADUER Inter toko Staff Writer District Judge Robert Keller has set 10 am Dec 22 as the sentencing date for Gary Buckley convicted riday in Libby of deliberate homicide The 27 year old former Spokane man had been charged with murder in connection with July 4 shooting death of James McIntyre near Eureka The district court jury reportedly deliberated more than seven hours before reaching the guilty verdict at 11 pm riday With the pronounce ment of the verdict Buckley now faces up to 100 years imprisonment Judge Keller said following an nouncement of the verdict that Buckley cannot be sentenced to By STU WATSON Inter Lok Staff Writer VANCOUVER BC Chances for a rail spur between Canadian fields and Columbia alls in creased substantially Thursday as the Social Credit Party rode a landslide of popular support into of fice of their platforms was to push a rail spur south from CP rail to join Burlington Northern" said Mike Lamb a reporter for the Cranbrook (BC) Townsman would probably mean a rail line down the lathead Valley" Rail shipment of coal which might be mined by Rio Algom Ltd at Cabin Creek on the North ork has been discussed for several months But company officials have said repeatedly chances for such a move appear slim But that was under the old govern ment Lamb said is the same outfit that got the Columbia River Treaty pushed through when they were in office said Bill Otway president of the 10000 member BC Wildlife ederation would guess the reasoning for the overwhelming plurality was the welfare situation up here and the lack of mining activity under the New Democratic Otway said oe close to tears lathead High wrestler Steve Vogt apparently has Helena Capital grappler Darrel olkvord (right) close to tears Saturday afternoon in their dual match at Kalispell Montana Sunday December 14' 1975 cow fugitive RALEIGH NC (AP) Despite a statewide all points bulletin Joan Little remained technically a fugitive Saturday The request for officers throughout the state to be on the lookout for Miss Little and to arrest her if found was made riday by the Beaufort County office which has been seeking her since Tuesday Miss Little could have avoided her fugitive status by appearing in court and signing a $15000 bond that would have freed her while the state Su preme Court decides whether it will hear her appeal from a breaking and entering conviction for which she received a 7 to 10 year jail sentence Miss Little who is black was in the Beaufort County Jail in August 1974 awaiting appeal of that convic tion when she fatally stabbed one of her jailers She was acquitted last summer after a Widely publicized trial during which she said she stabbed Alligood to ward off a sexual attack She was released under 415000 bond after het acquittal pending ap laws that remove immunities on peai JKiSHBk Me Z' BK VW a is 4 viiMI a tw JM 'V 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USE YOUR PENNEY CHARGE CARD Mill levies established lathead County taxpayers will be asked to cough up more this year in taxes but not as much as earlier in dications reflected The county commissioners ap proved total mill levies for the county riday afternoon but those levys were approximately four mills lower than earlier estimated or Kalispell the mill levy is set at 251692 The tax bill on a $20000 home for Kalispell residents will be $604 which represents an 115 per cent increase over the previous year Columbia alls residents will pay the highest tax bill on a $20000 home With the official mill levy at 270643 taxpayers will be required to pay $649 for a 152 per cent increase Per cent of increase for Whitefish residents is higher than that for Columbia alls and Kalispell resi dents although taxes in Whitefish are lower than either of the other two cities Whitefish taxpayers will be $599 on a $20(XK) home which repre sents a 171 per cent increase Evergreen residents experienced the greatest percentage of increase at 251 per cent but the tax bill there is lower than any of the cities The levy in Evergreen School District is 202253 mills which means taxes on a $20000 home will be $485 lathead County assessor Ginny Anderson said Thursday the mill levy may be subject to change pending: the State Tax Appeals decision on the Anaconda Aluminum Company appeal But Harland Peschel ad ministrative assistant to the county commissioners said riday the cur rent mill levies are now official Mishap claims life MISSOULA (AP) One man was kil led and five children reportedly were in jured Saturday afternoon when their pickup slid off Blue Mountain Road about two miles from Missoula and tumbled 700 feet down the side of a mountain The Montana Highway Patrol did not identify the dead man but said he was believed to be about 35 years old Missoula authorities said the pickup bpnicu paxbengeib as it rolled through underbrush and deadfall after sliding off the icy road The road was so slick rural fire depart four wheel drive vehicle was un able to negotiate the road to the point where the pickup slipped over the edge officials said The death raised the 1975 Montana highway fatality toll to 284 DAYS TO CHRISTMAS Non Wax Country Pkg St Mwitl Atominvm peta tour the I Sb qUiet Country world' SKI Sliihfn bolhr bl IUMVV SKI PACKAGES Wax Country Pkg SkiWffl wax du Aluminum pota 3 pin bindinpt Sltilom leatMr best Mounted CQ9S ioiooVw Sportsmans Ski aus siXn sir Shop Opon to 9 Dotly 10 4 Sunday I 1 A VJf 1.