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events
Leafs
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Canadicns
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MEMBERS
OF
THE
PLANNING
COMMITTEE
FOR
THE
REGIONAL
CON-
ference
on
higher
education
at
Prince
George
Saturday
are
cleaning
up
last
minute
details
Here
left
to
right
Bob
Roblin
local
arrangements
chairman
Dick
Grady
publicity
chairman
and
Mrs
G
C
Kellet
conference
chairman
make
final
arrangements
for
the
program
The
conference
will
open
with
registration
at
845
am
Saturday
at
Duchess
Park
Junior
Secondary
School
Vandervoort
photo
IN
GRAFT
CHARGES
Dept
employee
im
VICTORIA
CP
Sug-
Iatures
public
accounts
commit
gestions
that
a
department
of
1
tee
highways
employee
was
once
involved
in
a
road
equipment
scheme
and
connected
with
a
company
that
had
a
sub-contract
on
a
highways
project
have
been
put
before
the
legis-
PTA
DONATES
525
The
sum
ot
25
was
donated
to
Shady
Valley
School
by
the
PTA
at
the
recent
meeting
for
additional
school
supplies
to
be
purchased
at
the
discretion
of
tcacheis
Taller
Orville
McKee
has
a
smile
on
his
ace
a
good
winter
behind
him
and
a
vvaim
spot
in
his
heait
for
the
med
medical
�
ical
piofession
A
severe
injury
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THE
CITIZEN
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3
For
almost
an
hour
Wednes
day
night
Lloyd
Mackenzie
counsel
for
the
committee
in
investigating
�
vestigating
charges
of
highways
department
graft
questioned
H
A
Campbell
on
his
relation
relationship
�
ship
with
and
knowledge
of
V
L
Grcsty
of
Kamloops
Mr
Mackenzie
suggested
that
Gresty
a
highways
department
employee
at
the
time
in
ques
questionaround
�
tionaround
1958
was
involv
involved
�
ed
in
Mid
City
Construction
Co
of
which
Mr
Campbell
is
prin
principal
�
cipal
shareholder
3
-day
revision
court
gets
underway
In
city
Court
of
revision
for
city
of
Prince
George
polls
in
the
pending
federal
election
opened
at
11
am
today
downstairs
at
300
Brunswick
Revising
officer
Lawrence
Blundell
is
sitting
from
11
am
to
noon
and
7
to
10
pm
today
Friday
and
Saturday
Any
electors
who
were
missed
in
the
recent
enumeration
or
who
were
incorrectly
listed
on
the
preliminary
voters
lists
must
appear
at
court
of
revision
to
have
corrections
made
Now
hear
this
A
few
hours
after
the
old
CCF
from
a
shell
blast
during
the
hall
reached
its
new
perman
cut
abode
on
Halt
Highway
Community
Club
propetty
some
wag
decorated
the
building
with
a
Russian
flag
Which
is
why
the
hammer
and
sickle
flew
biazenly
above
the
place
jestciday
Social
Ciedit
candidate
Bert
Leboe
will
join
Conservative
candidate
Peter
Runkle
as
a
television
personality
Beit
has
lined
up
five
spot
appearances
on
local
tv
on
which
Peter
has
Second
World
War
made
his
woik
painful
and
at
times
im
impossible
�
possible
until
he
decided
to
have
something
done
about
it
last
summer
After
an
opera
operation
�
tion
at
the
Coast
when
two
metal
screws
were
installed
to
hold
his
spine
together
he
went
back
to
the
job
with
a
ven
vengeance
�
geance
and
this
winter
came
out
ahead
of
19
other
fallers
at
the
Giscome
aiea
logging
op
operation
�
eration
of
McDermids
and
Loft
ing
Today
Orville
says
he
feels
been
appearing
every
once
in
like
a
tiger
and
his
back
man
t
a
while
for
the
last
few
weeks
bother
him
once
all
winter
Social
Creditors
hereabouts
are
trying
to
raise
funds
by
selling
ballpoint
pens
uiscubed
with
the
name
of
their
candidate
Bert
Leboe
Price
tag
is
one
dollar
but
it
has
been
noted
that
these
are
the
identical
pens
that
weie
bold
leccntly
by
Con
naught
Junior
High
students
on
their
lund
raising
campaign
in
aid
of
the
March
of
Dimes
only
the
kids
sold
them
for
50
cents
and
cleaied
a
huge
profit
at
that
The
pens
actually
cost
about
12
cents
So
what
if
its
the
first
day
of
spring
Eighteen
inches
of
snow
has
fallen
in
the
Pine
Pass
in
the
last
21
hours
Besides
it
sure
doesnt
look
much
like
spiiug
in
PG
either
He
also
asked
if
Grcsty
had
not
helped
Mr
Campbell
in
a
sideline
selling
equipment
and
promising
highways
work
for
those
who
bought
the
equip
equipment
�
ment
NEGATIVE
ANSWERS
To
all
these
suggestions
Mr
Campbell
gave
negative
an
answers
�
swers
including
the
lawyers
proposition
that
purchasers
of
equipment
handled
by
Campbell
paid
an
inflated
price
with
the
idea
of
recouping
on
the
high
highways
�
ways
work
Campbell
was
to
pro
provide
�
vide
Mid
City
Construction
Co
held
a
sub
contract
on
project
819
a
Trans
Canada
highway
section
near
Revelstoke
Dick
Holzvvorth
of
Helena
Mont
president
of
Union
Con
Contractors
�
tractors
sparked
the
commit
committees
�
tees
investigation
with
an
affi
affidavittabled
�
davittabled
in
legislature
Tcb
26
charging
that
135000
too
much
was
paid
out
by
the
high
highways
�
ways
department
on
819
The
Holzvvorth
allegations
have
been
denied
by
highways
department
spokesmen
and
by
Clyde
Thornton
vice
president
of
Union
who
said
the
project
did
not
cost
the
taxpayers
a
dime
more
than
it
should
have
PERSONAL
FRIEND
Mr
Campbell
told
the
com
mittee
under
questioning
by
Mr
Mackenzie
that
Mr
Grcsty
was
a
personal
friend
and
mech
mechanical
�
anical
superintendent
of
the
department
of
highways
at
the
time
He
denied
Giesty
had
an
inteiest
in
Mid
City
and
he
said
the
latter
did
not
participate
with
him
in
his
equipment-selling
sideline
Asked
why
Mr
Gresty
was
a
signatoiy
to
a
mortgage
for
a
7500
loan
on
his
behalf
ob
obtained
�
tained
from
one
Herbert
H
Gil
Gillespie
�
lespie
Mr
Campbell
said
Gres
Gresty
�
ty
was
a
personal
friend
When
Mr
Mackenzie
sug
suggested
�
gested
Gresty
was
a
substantial
man
from
whom
Gillespie
could
expect
payment
Mr
Campbell
said
he
did
not
think
that
was
the
case
Gillespie
thought
Mid
City
was
a
company
with
good
piospects
Zk
Phon
LOgan
4
2441
Vol
7
No
57
City
given
SHOWERS
SHOWERS
e
OR
CHEAPER
rate
deal
VANCOUVER
CP
The
Pub
Public
�
lic
Utilities
Commission
has
ordered
a
Vancouver
trucking
firm
to
answer
charges
it
is
giving
favored
rates
to
the
city
of
Prince
George
PUC
secretary
II
W
Mcllish
said
Tuesday
Marpolc
Transfer
Co
Ltd
filed
one
set
of
rates
with
the
commission
and
charg
charged
�
ed
another
to
customers
in
Prince
George
The
city
hired
the
trucking
firm
to
haul
concrete
sewer
pipe
from
Vancouver
Several
large
trucks
have
been
work
working
�
ing
on
the
project
for
several
weeks
Mr
Mellish
said
other
truck
ing
firms
have
made
formal
complaints
The
PUC
will
hear
Marpolc
Transfer
s
arguments
at
a
pub
lie
hearing
here
March
26
to
show
why
its
licence
under
the
Motor
Carrier
Act
should
not
be
cancelled
The
city
called
tenders
on
the
hauling
contract
and
bids
were
obtained
from
trucking
firms
and
railways
Contract
was
split
giving
the
trucking
firm
the
job
until
road
restrictions
go
into
effect
and
then
turning
the
job
over
to
the
railways
Kit
JTM
Fridays
forecast
is
for
show
ers
of
rain
or
wet
snow
Cold
er
tonight
Light
winds
Low
tonight
and
high
Friday
at
Prince
George
20
and
35
Ques
nel
25
and
45
Smithers
25
and
40
Peace
River
Low
tonight
and
high
Friday
at
Grande
Prairie
5
and
20
Vancouver
and
Victoria
Low
tonight
and
high
Friday
42
and
48
LAST
24
HOURS
Hi
Lo
Prtc
Prince
George
50
21
95
Smithers
47
28
59
Quesnel
57
35
01
Kamloops
60
42
Dawson
Creek
28
6
44
PRAIRIE
WEATHER
Winnipeg
15
clear
south
wind
Regina
30
SE
wind
18
sunny
Saskatoon
34
wind
west
10
Edmonton
27
overcast
wind
NW
13
Calgary
41
winds
south
5
ALMOST
EIGHT
INCHES
COMES
DOWN
e
VICTORIA
Special
Water
Resources
Minister
Ray
Willis
ton
Wednesday
guar
a
n
t
c
c
d
Peace
River
power
will
be
as
cheap
or
cheaper
than
Colum
Columbia
�
bia
power
He
made
the
pledge
in
the
legislature
after
becoming
ex
exasperated
�
asperated
with
opposition
criti
criticism
�
cism
of
his
power
policies
Opposition
members
said
his
attitude
was
terrible
be
because
�
cause
he
would
not
answer
their
questions
He
said
their
ques
questions
�
tions
were
fatuous
and
ludi
ludicrous
�
crous
Finally
they
approved
his
15000
salary
and
went
through
the
rest
of
his
departmental
estimates
before
the
end
of
the
sitting
at
6
pm
Williston
also
said
once
again
that
the
government
supports
development
of
the
Columbia
River
as
well
as
the
Peace
There
is
no
more
political
hold
up
on
the
Columbia
pro
ject
than
has
been
engineered
by
the
NDP
he
charged
The
Peace
pioject
with
lat
latest
�
est
modifications
will
deliver
power
to
Vancouver
as
cheaply
or
cheaper
than
the
Columbia
Williston
said
But
he
added
Its
not
a
question
of
one
or
the
other
STUDIES
TO
BE
UNDERTAKEN
DAWSON
CREEK
Special
Establishment
of
a
uranium
en
enrichment
�
richment
plant
adjacent
to
the
SEAFOOD
PLANTS
LADYSMITH
CD
New
sea
seafood
�
food
processing
plants
keyed
to
shipments
of
oysters
from
Se
Seattle
�
attle
arc
likely
to
bo
establish
established
�
ed
here
chamber
of
commerce
chairman
Ed
Timothy
said
He
said
finding
sites
is
the
major
problem
Snowfall
welcomes
spring
Spiing
has
spiung
but
only
on
the
calendar
When
the
sun
entered
Aries
at
1220
am
today
to
make
the
vernal
equinox
and
the
start
of
spring
the
official
stait
that
is
it
was
snowing
at
Prince
George
By
mid
morning
about
eight
inches
of
the
fluffy
white
unseasonal
stuff
has
fallen
at
tKe
weather
office
at
the
airport
And
the
8loim
which
start
started
�
ed
Wednesday
morning
with
rain
turning
to
snow
early
Wednesday
afternoon
was
expected
to
continue
until
late
this
afternoon
CPA
Flight
19
Vancouver
Prince
Gt
orge
spent
last
night
at
Quesnel
instead
of
completing
its
run
to
Prince
George
because
of
the
snow
heie
However
it
came
to
Prince
S
George
today
turned
around
and
started
back
to
Vancou
Vancouver
�
ver
Only
other
trouble
was
with
todays
Vancouver-White-horse
flight
which
was
late
The
department
of
high
highways
�
ways
had
ploughs
and
grad
graders
�
ers
on
the
three
major
high
highways
�
ways
and
a
number
of
sec
secondary
�
ondary
roads
this
morning
but
no
problem
weie
being
encountered
Itizen
The
only
daily
newspaper
serving
North
Cenlral
British
Columbia
PRINCE
GEORGE
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
THURSDAY
MARCH
21
1963
Peace
will
be
as
cheap
as
Columbia
-Williston
SAFE
WITH
180
STOLEN
IN
CITY
A
safe
containing
about
180
in
cash
and
cheques
was
stol
stolen
�
en
Wednesday
night
from
Dunlop
Tire
Sales
and
Scrv
ice
1510
Third
RCMP
said
during
invest
investigations
�
igations
today
that
a
small
transistor
radio
was
also
re
reported
�
ported
missing
Empty
safe
was
found
hacked
open
about
four
miles
west
of
the
city
near
High
Highway
�
way
16
PUC
PROBE
Alex
MacDonald
NDP-Van-couvcr
East
accused
the
gov
government
�
ernment
of
dooming
the
Colum
Columbia
�
bia
project
Williston
replied
thai
9000
000
had
been
spent
on
it
and
a
further
35000
a
month
is
being
MINISTER
REVEALS
Peace
River
dam
is
logical
says
nationally
prominent
Lib
Liberal
�
eral
Paul
Martin
former
min
minister
�
ister
of
health
and
welfare
At
a
meeting
Wednesday
night
in
support
of
Liberal
candidate
Charlie
Graham
he
told
150
listeners
I
can
tell
you
the
national
development
corporation
will
undertake
economic
and
eng
engineering
�
ineering
studies
of
the
project
immediately
Concept
of
an
enrichment
plant
was
advanced
here
last
week
by
Dr
Jack
Pa
vis
Lib
Liberal
�
eral
MP
for
Coast
Capilano
A
few
days
later
Dr
Gordon
Shrum
BC
Hydro
chairman
rejected
the
proposal
as
being
too
costly
Mr
Martin
said
every
phase
of
such
a
project
would
be
in
DANCER
WARNING
WEST
VANCOUVER
CH
Moss
covered
rocks
from
which
Leslie
Williams
18
slipped
to
her
death
in
a
creek
140
feet
below
Sunday
will
be
fenced
off
from
the
public
The
move
was
recommended
by
a
coroners
jury
which
found
Mb
Williams
died
accidentally
spent
Its
only
being
doomed
in
the
minds
of
the
opposition
He
said
they
had
been
citing
a
fantastic
scries
of
figures
de
designed
�
signed
to
confuse
people
He
said
they
were
peddling
political
guff
Power
demand
here
may
force
extension
of
line
VICTORIA
Spccial
It
may
be
necessary
to
extend
an
ex
existing
�
isting
power
line
this
fall
to
boost
power
for
the
Prince
George
area
Water
Resources
Minister
Ray
Williston
said
Wednr
silay
He
was
answering
questions
in
the
legislature
from
Liberal
Leader
Ray
Perrault
Pcrrault
asked
if
the
power
line
from
Bridge
River
now
un
under
�
der
construction
would
carry
sufficient
power
for
the
area
Williston
replied
that
Mr
Per
rault
must
be
confusing
the
Bridge
River
line
which
wril
carry
230000
volts
with
the
existing
local
service
line
which
only
carries
66000
volts
But
the
fact
s
Prince
Georges
power
needs
arc
a
year
ahead
of
previous
esti
estimates
�
mates
In
order
to
tide
the
area
over
until
the
Bridge
River
line
is
finished
it
may
be
necessary
to
extend
the
66000
line
between
Hixon
and
Quesnel
Williston
said
Pcrrault
also
said
he
had
been
informed
there
have
been
two
railway
car
mobile
genera
generators
�
tors
at
Prince
George
perma
permanently
�
nently
not
Just
one
temporari
ly
as
Williston
said
Tuesday
If
there
arc
two
there
per
permanently
�
manently
then
the
situation
is
much
worse
than
even
I
pic
pictured
�
tured
it
Williston
retorted
Peace
bringing
North
nothing
but
hot
air
Liberal
leader
charges
VICTORIA
Special
North
Northern
�
ern
BCs
MLAs
are
neglecting
the
interests
of
their
ridings
by
going
along
with
a
dishonest
government
power
policy
Lib
Liberal
�
eral
Leader
Ray
Perrault
charged
Wednesday
Pcrrault
told
the
legislature
that
there
still
arc
no
known
Northern
markets
for
Peace
River
power
He
called
for
an
immediate
economic
survey
of
the
Peace
River
area
to
find
markets
We
have
to
find
users
he
said
It
was
shameful
that
the
gov
ernment
had
not
done
this
sooner
added
Pcrrault
The
Energy
Board
report
upon
which
a
go
ahead
of
public
de
development
�
velopment
on
the
Peace
was
based
was
predicated
upon
nothing
but
hot
air
Government
MLAs
were
be
being
�
ing
dishonest
by
telling
people
to
have
faith
Im
getting
a
little
bit
tired
with
all
this
arm
waving
he
said
If
I
lived
in
Northern
BC
Id
be
on
my
feet
asking
a
qucs
tion
Whats
going
to
be
done
for
my
area
I
know
whats
going
on
in
tcrjected
Jacob
Huhn
of
North
Peace
one
of
the
seven
Soc
reds
representing
the
North
and
Central
areas
of
the
province
He
didnt
elaborate
We
hear
all
about
use
of
Peace
River
power
for
the
Van
couver
area
But
what
have
we
heard
about
the
Peace
River
area
Pcrrault
continued
It
is
not
good
enough
for
the
Norlh
to
become
just
a
power
transmission
area
for
the
south
of
the
province
he
said
Perrault
who
is
MLA
for
North
Vancouver
told
the
House
he
was
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
North
because
the
Socrcds
wouldnt
The
Americans
had
the
proper
approach
to
Northern
power
de
development
�
velopment
Pcrrault
said
They
had
done
a
comprehen
comprehensive
�
sive
survey
of
markets
and
eco
economics
�
nomics
on
their
Rampart
power
project
in
Alaska
f
Mrl
IBS
s
RAY
PERRAULT
no
industry
67
MEN
LAID
QFF
AT
PEACE
PROJECT
VANCOUVER
CP
A
con
contractor
�
tractor
has
laid
off
b7
men
at
the
Peace
project
accord
according
�
ing
to
BC
Federation
of
La
Labor
�
bor
president
Russ
St
Eloi
Peace
Power
Constructors
Ltd
took
the
action
because
it
plans
to
work
two
shifts
of
men
10
hours
a
day
six
days
a
week
he
said
He
said
he
had
protested
the
companys
application
to
the
industrial
relations
board
for
an
over
overtime
�
time
permit
allowing
the
60
hour
week
Four
mill
cost
seen
by
Shrum
VANCOUVER
CPi
Dr
Gor
Gordon
�
don
Shrum
BC
Hydro
co
chairman
said
Wednesday
lat
latest
�
est
estimate
of
the
average
cost
of
Peace
River
Power
deliver
delivered
�
ed
in
Vancouver
is
four
mills
per
kilowatt
hour
BC
Encrpy
Board
consult
consultants
�
ants
estimate
average
cost
of
energy
delivered
in
Vancouver
initially
will
be
eight
mills
for
the
first
year
of
operation
he
said
But
the
first
years
op
operating
�
erating
costs
were
not
signif
significant
�
icant
in
the
over
all
picture
and
the
final
average
cost
would
be
in
the
four
mill
range
vestigated
closely
Confining
most
of
his
speech
to
national
issues
Mr
Martin
challenged
Prime
Minister
Dief-
enbakcr
to
explain
the
resigna
tion
of
former
defence
min
minister
�
ister
Douglas
Harkness
We
have
a
government
that
is
torn
apart
declared
Mr
Martin
a
government
that
has
been
indicted
by
key
members
of
the
cabinet
Examining
u
n
e
mployment
which
he
claimed
is
greater
in
Canada
per
capita
than
in
either
Britain
or
France
Mr
Martin
said
the
national
de
development
�
velopment
corporation
will
en
encourage
�
courage
industry
to
relocate
where
surplus
labor
is
avail
available
�
able
The
corporation
will
also
assist
expansion
of
industry
and
encourage
new
industrial
development
Mr
Graham
warned
his
list
listeners
�
eners
to
beware
of
the
two
headed
monster
of
Social
Cred
Credit
�
it
and
to
guard
against
he
fascist
force
that
is
rising
in
the
east
He
urged
the
audience
to
elect
a
majority
Liberal
govern
ment
in
an
effort
to
restore
Cauada
to
ber
former
status
in
world
affair
7c
a
Copy
f
M
I
50
prr
Montn
BT
CARRIER
Ml
a
fit
Blfif
on
the
HUSTINGS
Seaway
talked
EDMONTON
CP
Robert
Thompson
national
Socrcd
leader
says
for
J000000000
Canada
could
have
a
Prairie
seaway
from
the
Rockies
to
Hudson
Bay
The
waterway
he
said
Wed
Wednesday
�
nesday
night
would
make
Ed
Edmonton
�
monton
a
seagoing
port
and
give
the
Prairies
a
low
cost
water
transport
system
that
would
equal
the
Mississippi
in
the
US
or
the
Rhine
in
Europe
The
St
Lawrence
Seaway
cost
475000000
Mr
Thompson
said
a
water
way
apparently
linking
the
Saskatchewan
River
and
the
Nelson
River
to
open
a
new
900
mile
transport
artery
into
Hudson
Bay
would
cut
the
cost
of
hauling
western
grain
to
its
markets
and
so
yield
a
higher
return
to
the
farmer
than
ever
before
Chiefs
meet
in
mid
air
WINNIPEG
CP
Prime
Minister
Dicfenbaker
and
NDP
Leader
Douglas
held
a
high
level
conference
Wednesday
18000
feet
above
Lake
Superior
The
prime
minister
travel
travelling
�
ling
first
class
and
Mr
Douglas
in
the
tourist
sec
section
�
tion
took
the
same
Trans
Canada
Airlines
flight
from
Toronto
to
Winnipeg
Mr
Douglas
said
at
Winnipeg
airport
the
prime
minister
in
invited
�
vited
him
to
the
planes
first
class
section
He
said
the
con
conference
�
ference
was
mostly
about
social
events
rather
than
politics
Posters
like
Xmas
lights
TORONTO
CP
Mr
Jus
Justice
�
tice
Samuel
Hughes
of
the
On
Ontario
�
tario
Supreme
Court
has
ruled
that
candidates
posters
at
elec
election
�
tion
time
are
no
different
leg
legally
�
ally
from
colored
light
displays
during
the
Christmas
season
He
gave
written
reasons
Wed
Wednesday
�
nesday
for
a
ruling
last
week
quashing
a
suburban
Etobicokc
zoning
bylaw
conviction
against
a
householder
w
ho
posted
a
campaign
sign
on
his
front
rail
railing
�
ing
in
the
last
federal
election
campaign
Mr
Justice
I
luges
wrote
that
although
the
1948
bylaw
does
not
appear
to
be
unrea
unreasonably
�
sonably
oppressive
it
does
not
specifically
prohibit
federal
election
signs
The
bylaw
con
concerns
�
cerns
real
estate
and
safety
signs
and
professional
shingles
Uranium
plant
favored
by
Martin
PAUL
MARTIN
FORMER
Liberal
minister
of
national
health
and
welfaic
will
not
make
a
scheduled
brief
stop
at
Prince
George
today
Wea
Weather
�
ther
delayed
his
private
flight
from
Tort
St
John
through
Prince
George
to
Kamloops
and
he
finally
left
the
north
northern
�
ern
community
for
Edmonton
by
commercial
flight