provincial TtM‘ Citizen Monday, November 7, 1983 —8 I NOW you have until Wednesday, November 9 to buy your Canada Savings Bonds. And you don't have to pay any accrued interest So buy yours today wherever you bank or invest. DONT MISS OUT ON: yTGOOD INTEREST: 9K% the first year and not I less than 7% for each of the next six years. yf CASHABIUTY: Cashable at any time with no I interest penalty after the first two months. 7/f CONVENIENCE: Available in amounts from $100 to ▼ Cannon BATTERY SHOT? CHECK IT OFTEN. weather Synopsis Prince George, Chilco-tin Cariboo: Today cloudy with sunny periods. A few showers of rain or snow. Snowshow-ers over ridges. Highs 3 to 6. Tonight a few snowshowers. Lows zero to — 3. Tuesday sunny with cloudy periods. Highs near 6. Probability of precipitation 30 per cent today and tonight and 10 Tuesday. Bulkley Valley-The Lakes: Today mostly cloudy. Occasional showers of rain or snow. Highs 2 to 5. Tonight a few clouds. Lows zero to —3. Tuesday mostly sunny. Highs near 8. Probability of precipitation 50 per cent today, 20 tonight and zero Tuesday. Thompson, Okanagan: Today cloudy periods with a few rain showers. Snowshowers over ridges. Highs 9 to 11. Tonight a few showers except snowshowers ridges. Gradual clearing overnight. Lows zero to 2. Tuesday mostly sunny. Highs 11 to 13. Probability of precipitation 30 per cent today and tonight and zero Tuesday. Columbia, Kootenay: Today mostly cloudy. A few rain showers except snowshowers ridges. Highs 5 to 7. Tonight a few showers except snowshowers ridges. Lows zero to 2. Tuesday cloudy with sunny periods. Highs near 8. Probability of precipitation 30 per cent today and tonight and 10 Tuesday. Parsnip: Today mostly cloudy. A few showers of rain or snow. Highs 1 to 4. Tonight cloudy with a few snowshowers. Lows —2 to —5. Tuesday cloudy with sunny periods. Highs near 4. Probability of precipitation 50 per cent today, 40 tonight and 20 Tuesday. Greater Victoria, Greater Vancouver: Today cloudy with showers this morning becoming less frequent this afternoon and highs 9 to 11. Tonight gradual clearing with lows 3 to 5. Tuesday mainly sunny with highs 11 to 13. Probability of precipitation 80 per cent today, 20 tonight and zero Tuesday. Lower Fraser Valley: Today cloudy with showers becoming less frequent this afternoon. Chance of a thundershower late this afternoon with highs 9 to 11. Tonight isolated showers with lows 2 to 5. Tuesday. mainly sunny with highs near 13. Probability of precipitation 80 per cent today, 30 tonight and zero Tuesday. Temperatures I CP) — High-low temperatures and precipitation in millimetres for the previous 24 hours issued Monday by the weather office: Vancouver 11 7009.4 Victoria 12 7000 2 Comox 10 5000.4 Port Hardy 8 6028.2 Prince Rupert 9 5 004.0 Stewart 6 0000.0 Terrace 5 3000.2 Penticton 12 1000.0 Kamloops 12 1000.0 Castlegar Misg Cranbrook 10 -1001.2 Revelstoke 9 2003.8 Blue River Misg Puntzi Mountain Misg Williams Lake 7 -2000.0 Prince George 7 -3000 0 Mackenzie 10 -1003 6 Fort St. John 0 -4 000 0 Fort Nelson -5 -10000.2 Dease Lake -2 -7 000 0 Peace River 2 -5000 0 Whitehorse Misg Dawson City ■7 -20 000 0 Yellowknife •2 -7002 2 Inuvik -13 -19000 0 Resolute Bay -20 -29 000 0 Eureka -39 -43 000 0 Alert Misg Cambridge Bay -12 -26000 0 Calgary 13 -6 000 0 Edmonton 9 -2000 0 Lethbridge IS 2000 0 Medicine Hat 16 0000 4 Swift Current 15 0 002 4 Regina 13 3 001 4 Saskatoon 10 0002.2 Prince Albert 8 1006.0 North Battleford 5 -1000 0 Winnipeg 10 3000 0 Brandon 9 4 001 0 Churchill 1 -2 001.6 The Pas 6 1003.2 Kenora 6 1000.0 Thunder Bay 13 -4 000 0 North Bay 6 1000 0 Toronto 7 5000 4 Ottawa 3 2000 6 Montreal 4 2000 0 Fredericton 8 30165 Charlottetown 16 6 020 2 Halifax 16 7027.3' St. John's. Nfld 9 6000.0 Seattle Misg Spokane 10 20109 Portland 13 7000 8 San Francisco 22 11000 0 Los Angeles 22 16000 0 Las Vegas 23 13000 0 Reno 21 10000 0 Phoenix 29 17000 0 New York City 10 6000.0 Blackman ruled insane Columbian LEADERLESS PARTY_ NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. (CP) - A B.C. Supreme Court jury has found Bruce Alfred Blackman not guilty by reason of insanity in the slayings of six members of his family at their Coquitlam, B.C. home last January. The jurors took 40 minutes Friday to conclude that Blackman was incapable of understanding the nature of his actions or knowing it was wrong when he shot and bludgeoned his parents, one brother, two sisters, and a brother-in-law. During the first-degree murder trial the court heard of Blackman’s psychotic, tortured mind. He believed he was possessed and felt he had to prevent the end of the world by killing his family. Because of the unusual nature of the case, the Crown and defence set aside the adversarial system and both put up the defence of insanity. Blackman was ordered kept in strict custody at the forensic psychiatric institute in Coquitlam where he’ll remain at the pleasure of the lieutenant-governor. Blackman, 23, smiled when the verdict was handed down. Mr. Justice Lloyd McKenzie said in an address to the jury before their deliberations that Blackman suffered a grave mental disturbance that caused his “totally outrageous actions.” The case was described by defence lawyer Richard Levenson as “a bizarre tragedy.” The victims of the slayings were Blackman's father, Richard, 50, mother Irene, 49, younger brother Rick, 16, sisters Roberta Davies, 28, and Karen Rhodes, 25, and brother-in-law John Davies, 39. In testimony earlier Friday, Dr. Philip Adil-man, a psychiatrist, testified that Blackman was incapable of appreciating the nature of his actions. Adilman, who treated Blackman after the killings, said the young man suffered from a severe disease of the mind and was given anti-psychotic medication. Adilman also offered details of Blackman’s Bible-based delusions, including a belief that he had to kill his family to save the world. Also testifying on Blackman’s mental state Friday were Dr. Derek Eaves and Dr. Roy O’Shaughnessy, both psychiatrists. The latter played to the court a videotape of an interview he had with Blackman on Feb. 17. During the 30-minute taped interview, Blackman attempted to explain his theories about the world coming to an end. He also complained about “this stupid possession” which made him give up the millwright course he had started in Nelson two days before the killings. Blackman said that shortly after he arrived in the southeastern B.C. community, an inner voice told him to return to Coquitlam immediately and kill his family. hangs on NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. (CP) - Operation of the 122-year-old New Westminster Columbian will continue for a week while negotiations continue on the fate of the daily newspaper’s parent company. The Columbian Co. Ltd., which publishes The Columbian and five suburban weekly newspapers, as well as operating a commercial press, was formally declared bankrupt in a B.C. Supreme Court action three weeks ago. “In view of the existence of certain negotiations which are hoped may result in a solution to the problems facing The Columbian, the inspectors have decided to continue the operation of all divisions for the time being,” bankruptcy trustee Don Selman, of Peat Marwick Ltd., said. 'MPs eye B.C. Tories7 BURNABY, B.C. (CP) - More than one federal Progressive Conservative MP is interested in seeking the leadership of the party’s provincial wing, provincial president Jim McNeil said Sunday. The provincial party has not had a leader since August, 1982, when Brian Westwood was forced to resign after it was learned he favored an alignment with the separatist Western Canada Concept. But McNeil says the party probably won’t hold a leadership convention until late 1984. “More than one (federal MP) has indicated interest in the position,” the newly-elected president NcNeil said in an interview after the last session of the Conservative’s annual three-day convention. He said a leadership convention should not be held until after the federal election in the hopes that an MP might run. He would not identify the MPs who were interested. Long-time B.C. Conservative, John Green, told the session that the par- ty must have a credible, high-profile leader if it is to break the polarization that now grips B.C. politics. “There are six highly capable people (from B.C.) in the shadow cabinet now,” Green said. “But it’s highly unlikely that after the election, when the positions are dealt out with representation from Ontario and Quebec taken care of, that we’ll have more than three people in the federal cabinet.” “To hold a leadership election before the next federal election would be very destructive,” he said, calling on the 125 provincial delegates at the convention to elect an interim leader instead. But his motion was turned down as provincial Tories chose to emphasize rebuilding their tattered party which is almost $20,000 in debt and has been going downhill since 1979 when it lost its last seat in the provincial legislature. Many delegates supported the need for a leader t