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“BROADWAY,
TOT West
"/(Q74-1927). :
CAPITOL, 820: Granville Mail,
(69-6000).

““DOLPHIN, Hastings at.
+ Willingdon, (209-7303).
_ (DOWNTOWN; 965 Granvile,
685-6725).

FINE FINE ARTS, 1117 West Georgia,

(685-7821)

= LOUGHEED DRIVEAN,
“Broadway east of Boundary,
(294-2991). °-

“NEW ‘WESTMINSTER, -
B.C: (UPC) -: Canada’s first.

train robber was many things

ra senior citizen,”a’gen-
tleman, a one-time ‘cowpoke
and ‘prospector and an
American: oo
_- William A. Miner,
man credited with inventing
the phrase “Hands up!”
robbed his = first U.S.
stagecoach in about 1860
while still in his teens.

After spending the next 40
odd years in and out of San
Quentin prison in California,
he held up his first Canadian
train.in the B.C. interior at
about age 62. (Nobody’ s
certain when Miner was

See

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986-1155
(one block from Seabus)

‘the

He makes a no.se
when he cooks

at your table

63 Chesterfield Ave. NV

LOUGHEED MALL, Bumaby,

(937-3461).
* QUEON GRANVILLE,
881 Granville, (682-7468).

ODEON WEST VAN,

1565 Marine, (922-6343).
PARK, Cambie at 18th,
(876-2747).

‘PARK ROYAL,

South Park Royal, W.V.
(922-9174).
STANLEY, Granville at 12th
(733-2622).

ANCOUVER

CENTRE,
Granville.at Georgia, (669-4442).

VARSITY, 4375 West 10th,

(224-3730).
VOGUE, 918 Granville,

- (8685-5434).

born -.1842 or 1847).
His. story,.or at least the
‘Canadian part of it, is the
subject of a feature film
called “The / Grey Fox”
recently ‘shot in British
Colunibia ‘by Vancouver-

‘based Mercury Pictures Inc.

The $3.48. million film,
starring California actor
Richard Farnsworth, is due
for release in mid-1981: It is
directed by Mercury Pic-
tures head Phillip Borsos and
produced by -Peter O'Brian
of Toronto. °

“I first became interested

* in Bill Miner in 1970 when I

read one of the
written about him,”
Borsos, a

books
says
27-year-old

Vancouverite with four well-
received short films already

New York Steak,

Children’s Portion

Shrimp
Scallops
SAMURAI
JAPANESE VILLAGE Lobster
Steak House
(DINING LOUNGE)
Open 7 days trom 6 p.m

Tenderloin Steak

Steak Teriyaki
Chicnwen Teriyaki.

Children's Portion

Yahi Yaki Shrimp. .
Yaki Yaki Scallops.

Now SHOWING

ANY WHICH WAY. You

CAN (M) Downtown: 1:00,

3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:45. Sumn:.

3:10. P. Royal 2:15,- 4:15,

7:15, 9:20. L.- Mall 2:00, -

4:15, 7:30, 9:40. .

THE ARISTOCATS (G)
Fine Arts 1:00, 3:00, 5:00,
7:00, 9:00. Sun. 3:00, Park
Royal 1:30, 3:45, 6:45 &
8:50.

CHANGE OF SEASONS

(M) Capitol 2:00,24:00, 6:00,
8:00, 10:00.

ELEPHANT MAN _ (M)
Capitol 2:15, 4:30, 7:00,
9:20. L.Mall 2:15, 7: 40, ‘9555.

- under his belt.

“He was an interesting
character - a man sort of out
of his time... independent,
opinionated, strong, op-
timistic and very generous
with his money.”

' The film begins with
Miner's release from San
Quentin in 1901 after- more
than 19 years behind bars for
robbing a stagecoach in
Colorado.

The ex-convict
picking oysters for a while
but soon decided to bring his
only skill into the 20th

century by setting out to rob-

his first train.
His first attempt, in
Oregon, went off with
several major hitches. But
Miner escaped,

DINNER

Above DINNERS include Soup, Shrimp, Vegetable, Rice and Tea

. 3.50
. 3.50

tried

stole a-

Broccoli
Mushrooms........

FANTASIA (G) Stanley:
2:00, 7:00, 9:20..

FIRST FAMILY Capitol:
42:40, 4:45, -7:00, 9:10.
‘Columbia 7:30, 9:30. Sat. &
Sun. 2:00.

FLASH | GORDON (G)
Odeon W.V. 7:00, 9:15. Jan.
1 - 4, 2:00: Vogue: 3:00,
3215, 7:30, 9:45.

THE FORMULA

THE JAZZ SINGER (G)

Coronet: 3:00, 5:10, 7:25,
9:40.. Varsity 7: 30, 9:40.

Canada and changed his
name to George Edwards.

In 1904, he robbed his first.”

Canadian train at the
Silverdale crossing, this time
using the popular “Chapman
Method”
mail car from the rest of the
train before robbing it.

He and his partner made

‘off with thousands of dollars -

in cash and gold dust and
‘settled in Kamloops, where
they became popular with
townspeople as mining
engineers.

But fate did not favor
Miner. A_ detective from
Pinkerton's security agency
in the U.S., who had been
tracking Miner since the ill-
fated Oregon robbery, was

Extra Orders

~(M) .
Capitol 3:05, 5:20, 7:40,
9:55.

horse, made his way into ~

- separating the ©

1.50
1.50

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MY BODYGUARD (M)
Broadway 7:15, 9:15. Jan. 1-
4, 2:00. :

‘NINE TO FIVE (M) Park

7:30, 9:40 & 2:00 p.m. . till

Jan. 4. WV Odeon 7:30, 9:40

& Jan. 1- 4, 2:30..:,

ORDINARY PEOPLE. (M)

Ver Centre 2:45, 5:10, 7:30,
9:45.

POPEYE (G) Capitol 12:15,
2:40, 4:55, 7:20, -°9:45. Sun-
from 2:40. Pk.. Royal 2:00,
4:10, 7:40, 9:50. L. Mall
1:30, 3:45, 7:00, 9:20.

closing in on hinr in his new
home.
- A second train robbery
went, badly and Miner and
his. partner were forced to
flee into the hills, sparking a
huge manhunt by _ the
Mounties for the pair.

Miner was captured and,

- though it took two trials to
persyade a jury to convict .
‘him, was found guilty and

sent to the B.C. Peniten-
tiary.

The Grey Fox is as close
to the historical truth as
possible given the dramatic
requirements of any feature
movie, Borsos says.

Thé weapon Farnsworth
uses is Miner's actual gun,
obtained from an

Spocial Menu For January

COMBINATION DINNER

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M. 9.00 & Shrimp or Scallops......... 12.50
Lecce ee ... 7.00 Chicken
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Soe e eee 5.50 SHOGUN SPECIAL
Dec eee eee eee 9.75 Steak, Chicken,
eens 9.75 Lobster
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ice Cream
Fruit

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PRIVATE BENJAMIN (M)
‘Capitol: 3:10, 5:15, 7:25,

9:35. Columbia 7 & 9. Sat.

Sun, 2:00.

RAGING. BULL (R) Van.
Cntr 2: 15, 4: 35,7: 00, 9:25.

‘SEEMS. LIKE OLD TIMES
(M) Odeon, W.V. 7:15 &
9:30. Jan. 1--,4, 2:15. Odeon
Granville 2:15, 4:00, - 6:00,
8:00, 10:00, Dunbar 7:30 &
9:30.. “Broadway 7: 30 & 9:30.

STIR CRAZY (M) Coronet:
1:50, 3:50, 5:50, 7:55, 10:00.

THE STUNTMAN (M),
Denman Place 7:15, 9:30.

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cooperative gundealer. ee

Miner's movie capture was
filmed: only 300 meters from ~
the spot where the real train’ ~ |
robber was’ “caught.: And.
much dialogue is taken from °
court, transcripts that had
testimony from people who °
befriended Miner while -he
was on the run.

Miner spent. just over a

_ year in the notorious B.C.

pen before breaking out
under the fence.

Following gne or two
“more train robberies and a
few more years in and out of
«jail, Canada’s first train
robber died in Milledgeville
State prison in Georgia in
1914 at the ripe old age of
72.