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CHIEF Dan George,
internationally ac-
claimed actor and
~ eloguent defender of
Indian rights, was
buried on his beloved
Burrard Indian reserve
Monday after a funeral
mass at Vancouver's
Holy Rosary Cathedral.

Bishop lawrence Sabauni
was the oclebrant as rain
spnnklied on some = 1.200
persons entering the
cathedral to pay respects to
onc of Canada’s most famous
Indians

Rev Herbert Dunlop. a
friend of George for 40
years, delivered a culogy
that portrayed the former
Burrard Indian chicf as a
“gentic, kind and forgiving”

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"Sept. 30, 1981

CANADIANS GATHERED tn their hundreds Monday at the funeral mass in Van-

couver's Holy Rosary Cathedral for Chief Dan George, a man whose vision was unity
of all ethnic backgrounds. (Terry Peters photo)

Emotional debates

highlight fears

THE LINES were drawn Monday for a stormy
confrontation between North Vancouver City and
District councils over the touchy question of
merging their two municipalities.

District council fears the
City is trying to scuttle the
idea of amalgamation while
one City alderman is worried
the City might be forced into
a shotgun marriage.

“North Vancouver could
be swept into amalgamation
with every voter in the City
voting no,” said Alderman
Frank Marcino.

Despite Marcino’s’ war-
ning, City council voted to

add the question of a
professional study to the
ovember 21 municipal
ballot.

However. Distmet Mayor
Don Bell told his council

Monday that the referendum
looked like an excuse to
bury the amalgamation topic
for good

“If To were a. suspicious
man, which I'm not. I might
think this was an attempt to
scuttle any question of amal-
gamation,” he said.

Distnet: council voted ain
favor of a resolution of
Alderman Ernie Crist that it
“send ao oice letter asking
them (the City) fo rescind
their movon (approving the
referendum) ~

Some Caty council
members indicated Bell
might be meht Alderman
Ralph Hall sand be was
against wmalgamation and
didn't think anyone was

interested anymore bul
“ets lay at to rest once and
for all”

City Mayor Jack

hinted a referendum vote of

Larue ks

60 to JO per centin favor ofa
professional study might be

North Sho-c

needed before council
considered City residents
were really interested in

joining with their District
cousins. ‘

“A 50-50 vote means no
interest,” he said.

The question that will face
North Van City voters in the
November 21 election is:
“Are you tn favor of the City
of North Vancouver par-
ticipating with the District of
North Vancouver in a study
by professional consultants.
to provide information to
evaluate the relative ments
of amalgamation between
the City of North Vancouver
and the District of North
Vancouver, which may
subsequently be the subject
of a referendum?”

The idea for a professional
study came from a com

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WEDNESDAY
Cloudy,
occasional light rain,
sunny periods latcr
THURSDAY
Mainly sanny,

a licthe warmer

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