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desert
troops
on
assignrfitnjt
in
Bethlehem
where
the
Church
or
the
Na
tlvity
is
located
As
many
as
10000
worshippers
were
ex
expected
�
pected
there
for
Christmas
Eve
rites
Dut
the
mayor
of
Beth
Bethlehem
�
lehem
says
rs
expects
the
crowds
for
Pope
Pauls
visit
in
January
to
be
three
times
as
great
The
Pope
himself
referred
again
today
to
his
coming
pil
pilgrimage
�
grimage
saying
We
hope
to
encounter
the
Lord
on
our
voy
voyage
�
age
and
predicting
that
it
may
have
an
impact
which
cannot
yet
be
calculated
The
pontiff
made
his
remarks
in
exchanging
Christmas
greet
greetings
�
ings
with
cardinals
and
Vatican
prelates
At
midnight
in
Vatican
City
he
will
celebrate
mass
in
the
Slstlne
Chapel
for
the
Vatican
diplomatic
corps
The
South
Vietnamese
gov
government
�
ernment
has
refused
to
observe
a
Christmas
cease
fire
Mili
Military
�
tary
sources
in
Saigon
say
the
Communist
Viet
Cong
rebels
declared
a
24
hour
cease
fire
but
the
South
Viet
Nam
gov
government
�
ernment
says
it
will
not
honor
it
The
South
Vietnamese
gov
government
�
ernment
says
it
considers
the
Communist
Christmas
cease
ceasefire
�
fire
declaration
a
propaganda
step
designed
to
woo
Roman
Catholics
in
South
Viet
Nams
largely
Buddhist
population
The
federal
government
has
named
Health
Minister
Judy
LaMarsh
as
a
Queens
Counsel
The
announcement
was
made
today
in
Ottawa
by
Justice
Min
Minister
�
ister
Chevrler
Miss
LaMarsh
practiced
law
in
Niagara
Falls
Ont
before
her
appointment
to
the
cabinet
She
is
a
graduate
of
Torontos
Osgoode
Hall
and
was
called
to
the
Ontario
bar
In
1950
The
US
House
of
Represen
Representatives
�
tatives
meeting
in
an
extra
extraordinary
�
ordinary
Christmas
Eve
day
daybreak
�
break
session
has
passed
and
sent
to
the
Senate
a
compromise
3
billion
foreign
aid
bill
The
bill
gives
President
Johnson
authority
to
guarantee
credit
for
private
wheat
sales
to
Rus
Russia
�
sia
Its
a
victory
for
Presi
President
�
dent
Johnson
and
a
defeat
for
house
Republicans
who
once
had
beaten
the
credit
amend
amendment
�
ment
A
typhoon
with
top
winds
of
about
100
miles
an
hour
was
heading
for
Salpan
Island
in
the
Pacific
It
is
expected
to
bring
Guam
150
miles
from
Salpan
winds
of
about
75
miles
an
hour
Schools
and
other
public
shelters
on
Guam
have
been
opened
One
worry
there
Is
the
fact
that
some
families
are
still
living
in
the
tent
villages
which
were
put
up
when
a
ty
typhoon
�
phoon
Just
over
a
year
ago
wrecked
95
per
cent
of
the
civilian
housing
on
the
Island
A
major
snowstorm
has
hit
eastern
areas
of
the
US
after
sweeping
across
Southern
states
The
storm
swept
north
northward
�
ward
along
the
Atlantic
coast
and
was
to
spread
snow
and
high
winds
to
Canadas
Atlantic
provinces
reaching
Newfound
Newfoundland
�
land
early
Christmas
Day
In
Montreal
several
bandits
stole
a
truck
with
a
36000
load
of
cigarettes
today
A
re
report
�
port
says
the
bandits
escaped
abducting
an
employee
of
Marler
Transport
who
was
in
the
trucks
cab
at
the
time
A
professor
of
law
at
McGill
University
says
Canadas
future
is
bright
if
English
speaking
Canadians
are
positive
in
their
reaction
to
the
nationalism
of
their
French
speaking
com
compatriots
�
patriots
Prof
Perry
Meyer
made
the
statement
at
the
open
opening
�
ing
of
a
four
day
seminar
in
minority
rights
at
the
uni
university
�
versity
Vol
7
No
249
LONDON
CPl
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The
first
of
survivors
of
the
Lakonia
ship
disaster
to
arrive
in
port
in
the
Madeira
Islands
charged
to
today
�
day
the
Greek
line
crew
panick
panicked
�
ed
discipline
cracked
and
pas
passengers
�
sengers
were
compelled
to
take
charge
of
lifeboats
The
passengers
had
nothing
but
praise
however
for
the
Ar
Argentine
�
gentine
rescue
ship
Salta
which
docked
here
with
475
survivors
307
passengers
and
168
crew
members
The
British
Admiralty
meanwhile
reported
that
a
total
of
935
survivors
now
have
Now
hear
this
This
is
the
season
of
office
Christmas
parties
Some
in
include
�
clude
the
wives
and
husbands
of
employees
others
dont
One
wife
not
included
in
her
pussy
willows
which
Dave
brought
home
from
the
Old
Summit
Lake
Road
Seems
this
spring
-
like
weather
has
confused
the
willows
husbands
omce
party
senne
whlch
h
oft
to
the
coy
unsuspecting
usbanj
hospitals
parking
lot
if
Jid
hpS
uVa
d
caused
a
lot
of
uncertainty
in
a
back
which
m
read
Put
me
me
members
Kinsmen
Club
midnight
and
send
me
taxi
att
arranglng
fcr
tne
men
aTOOthetasettUs
thnninsettias
arrival
of
Santa
CIjs
Unless
Ntl
hu
and
holly
at
the
Bowman
home
couldnt
come
in
on
this
Christmas
are
some
large
Jgl
f
Lost
and
found
department
TNDRX
There
is
a
young
fellow
spending
l
rj
Christmas
in
PG
this
year
who
Classified
8
9
recently
arrived
from
France
Comics
10
Because
he
speaks
only
French
Coming
events
10
he
is
Incessantly
lonely
and
sits
Editorial
7
In
sad
dejection
in
his
room
Entertainment
12
U
II
there
is
anyone
here
that
Here
and
there
10
converses
in
French
and
would
Markets
3
like
to
play
Santa
call
Mark
Sports
4
at
LOgan
4
8178
J
k
been
rescued
from
the
flre
ravaged
liner
An
admiralty
spokesman
said
the
figure
was
based
on
a
radio
report
from
Casabalanca
Mor
Morocco
�
occo
The
ship
carried
1036
passengers
and
crew
The
stricken
Lakonia
which
caught
fire
shortly
before
mid
midnight
�
night
Sunday
night
was
still
burning
180
miles
north
of
Ma
deria
listing
to
starboard
and
her
stem
was
ominously
lower
lowering
�
ing
Ships
and
planes
still
search
searched
�
ed
the
area
around
the
hulk
but
the
admiralty
said
it
was
un
unlikely
�
likely
any
survivors
were
left
in
the
Atlantic
waters
Five
survivors
an
American
couple
and
three
Britons
told
the
same
story
of
the
disastrous
night
Ivan
Buchanan
of
Atlanta
Ga
who
has
been
living
in
England
said
I
am
going
to
take
it
up
with
my
lawyer
It
was
a
ter-
JUST
A
HOURS
FOR
-
-
t
c
tin
oarijcz
SHOrtlY-
Jo
O
X
k0A
-nil
p
e
e
rlble
shock
the
crew
was
hor
rible
Survivors
said
they
thought
the
fire
started
IntheLakonlas
barber
shop
Mr
and
Mrs
M
R
Lovat
of
London
said
the
fire
was
de
detected
�
tected
around
11
pm
while
a
party
was
going
on
In
the
public
lounge
There
was
no
fire
alarm
said
Lovat
The
crew
was
In
a
state
of
chaos
and
pushed
passengers
out
of
lifeboats
The
lifeboat
pump
stopped
work
working
�
ing
immediately
We
found
no
provisions
in
the
lifeboat
It
was
disgraceful
The
crew
screamed
their
heads
off
for
five
solid
hours
the
Ar
Argentine
�
gentine
crew
of
the
Salta
was
wonderful
all
night
pulling
peo
people
�
ple
out
of
the
water
Arthur
George
of
Norwich
England
said
no
lifeboat
drill
had
been
held
during
the
liners
three
days
at
sea
and
the
flares
In
his
boat
didnt
work
The
crew
was
so
undisci
undisciplined
�
plined
that
the
passengers
had
to
take
command
of
the
life
lifeboats
�
boats
George
said
The
Salta
also
brought
six
bodies
to
the
port
of
Funchal
in
Madeira
More
than
an
hour
later
came
a
British
rescue
ship
the
Stratheden
with
three
injured
and
one
body
The
Brazilian
freighter
Rio
Grande
also
arrived
at
Funchal
with
77
survivors
Other
rescue
ships
were
steaming
toward
Morocco
and
the
Canary
islands
with
rescued
passengers
and
crew
members
In
London
the
Greek
line
which
operated
the
24-year-old
Lakonia
on
holiday
cruises
Is
itizen
The
only
daily
newspaper
serving
Central
British
Columbia
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GEORGE
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Almost
unable
to
resist
the
temptation
of
opening
Christmas
presents
until
Christmas
morning
is
13-month-old
Michael
Peter
Miller
of
Prince
George
Santa
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FROM
BURNING
LINER
will
make
his
visits
late
tonight
for
all
good
children
such
as
Michael
who
by
then
should
be
fast
asleep
Pete
Miller
photo
Crew
panicked
say
tourists
sued
this
statement
We
have
received
no
reports
at
this
stage
at
all
about
the
fire
on
board
the
ship
We
can
cannot
�
not
commeht
on
isolated
Inci
Incidents
�
dents
and
can
only
say
that
the
lifeboats
were
definitely
prop
properly
�
erly
equipped
and
had
all
been
checked
during
the
refit
period
before
the
sailing
An
overnight
warm
spell
turned
most
high
highways
�
ways
in
the
Prince
George
area
into
sheets
of
ice
causing
dozens
of
minor
traffic
accidents
The
most
hazardous
condi
conditions
�
tions
were
on
the
Hart
Highway
north
of
Prince
George
A
heavy
snowfall
was
reported
in
the
Pine
Pass
Department
of
Highways
and
the
citys
public
works
crews
were
out
early
today
clearing
snow
off
the
roads
and
sanding
ley
patches
made
exiremely
greasy
by
rain
showers
The
Northern
Trans
-
Pro
Provincial
�
vincial
west
of
Prince
George
and
the
Cariboo
Highway
south
of
the
city
were
mainly
clear
of
snow
and
Ice
but
there
were
dangerous
stretches
said
a
highways
department
spokes
spokesman
�
man
District
RCMP
patrol
re
reported
�
ported
more
than
a
dozen
accidents
In
the
Prince
George
area
during
a
24
hour
period
which
ended
at
9
am
today
Officers
said
most
of
the
accidents
were
confined
to
run
running
�
ning
off
a
road
resulting
In
bent
fenders
The
damage
In
most
cases
was
less
than
100
The
highways
department
said
the
most
hazardous
roads
are
secondary
routes
near
Prince
George
Roads
in
South
Fort
George
were
described
as
almostlm
passable
Police
said
they
will
have
road
blocks
set
up
throughout
the
area
to
keep
drunken
drivers
off
the
road
Beside
checking
on
liquor
the
patrols
will
examine
cars
and
trucks
for
mechanical
defects
Overnight
raids
net
car
truck
Car
thieves
were
busy
Mon
Monday
�
day
night
in
Prince
George
getting
away
with
aplckup
truck
and
1958
Fontlac
sedan
A
truck
owned
by
Hopp
Bros
Lumber
Co
was
stolen
from
in
front
of
the
National
Cafe
when
Its
driver
stopped
for
coffee
It
Is
a
1957
Mercury
with
blackt
doors
and
a
painted
strip
on
the
rear
bumper
At
about
1145
pm
a
1958
Fontlac
was
stolen
from
Mrs
Hazel
McCrea
at
the
Prince
George
Manor
An
electric
drill
and
other
tools
were
stolen
by
thieves
from
the
back
of
a
pickup
owned
by
Hans
Sunning
Monday
night
Mel
Malnman
of
White
Spruct
Arms
Apartments
reported
more
than
100
worth
of
weld
welding
�
ing
equipment
was
stolen
At
Mile
7
onthellart
Highway
Joseph
Chenall
said
thieves
took
a
whltewall
tire
from
the
back
of
his
station
wagon
Phon
LOgan
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Low
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DRIVING
DANGEROUS
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a
copy
Dozens
of
accidents
as
roads
turn
to
ice
Burns
Lake
residents
alarmed
over
hepatitis
BURNS
LAKE
Correspon
Correspondent
�
dent
More
than
100
residents
of
Burns
Lake
Decker
Lake
and
Topley
signed
a
telegram
sent
to
Health
Minister
Martin
demanding
government
action
to
help
stamp
out
Infectious
hepa
hepatitis
�
titis
They
charge
the
disease
has
been
prevalent
in
the
area
for
the
past
two
years
The
move
was
made
as
a
result
of
government
immuni
immunization
�
zation
programs
in
other
areas
of
western
Canada
Accompanied
by
112
signa
signatures
�
tures
the
wire
said
citizens
of
the
area
are
seriously
alarmed
at
the
renewed
out
outbreaks
�
breaks
of
the
disease
and
the
inactivity
of
the
health
depart
department
�
ment
In
controlling
the
epidemic
The
telegram
charged
that
In
the
past
year
many
hundreds
of
cases
have
been
reported
in
the
area
and
added
that
one
fifth
of
the
Decker
Lake
School
enrolment
has
the
disease
at
present
Press
reports
the
tele
telegram
�
gram
continued
indicate
government
immunlzationpro
grams
have
been
carried
out
in
Castlegar
BC
and
Indian
Head
Sask
We
the
undersigned
vehem
vehemently
�
ently
urge
the
health
department
to
Initiate
an
immunization
pro
program
�
gram
in
this
area
immediately
The
telegram
is
the
start
of
a
concentrated
campaign
to
get
the
government
to
begin
a
pro
program
�
gram
in
the
area
a
spokesman
said
A
copy
of
the
telegram
urging
provincial
aid
also
was
sent
to
Cyril
Shelford
member
of
the
legislative
assembly
for
Omineca
32
killed
in
crash
VIENNA
If
Thirty
two
per
persons
�
sons
were
killed
and
36
others
injured
In
a
collision
between
two
trains
In
Hungary
it
was
reported
today
The
accident
took
place
near
Szolnok
60
miles
southeast
of
Budapest
when
a
passenger
train
coming
from
the
capital
ran
into
a
stationary
freight
train
A
Hungarian
report
tays
The
engine
driver
did
I
not
-notice
the
red
lights
In
dense
fog
It
was
the
second
major
train
collision
in
Hungary
In
eight
days
On
December
16
38
persons
were
Injured
14
seriously
when
the
Debrecen
-
Budapest
express
ran
into
a
freight
train
near
Kaba
in
southern
Hungary
Rain
brings
flooding
to
Vancouver
district
By
THE
CANADIAN
PRESS
Torrential
rains
and
melting
snow
has
caused
flooding
throughout
Greater
Vancouver
and
parts
of
Vancouver
Island
A
mammoth
mudslide
brought
about
by
rainfall
exceeding
five
inches
within
24
hours
ripped
out
the
major
watermain
sup
supplying
�
plying
the
island
community
of
Port
Albernl
Water
rationing
on
a
voluntary
basis
was
put
into
effect
Monday
and
all
area
in
industries
�
dustries
using
large
a
mounts
of
community
water
were
closed
down
Public
works
officials
said
the
city
had
only
a
48
-hour
supply
of
water
and
repairs
to
the
main
would
take
several
days
In
Britannia
Beach
coastal
town
25
miles
north
of
Vancou
Vancouver
�
ver
seven
families
were
evacu
evacuated
�
ated
as
flood
waters
swept
around
low
lying
homes
In
the
area
The
families
20
persons
were
rescued
in
rowboats
as
CHRISTMAS
ON
A
KAMLOOPS
HILLSIDE
water
surged
up
to
six
inches
above
the
floors
of
homes
Police
said
they
expected
fur
further
�
ther
evacuation
as
rain
swollen
creeks
continued
to
pour
over
their
banks
1
million
contract
VICTORIA
CP
Prince
George
contractor
Ben
Ginter
has
been
awarded
a
1000000
provincial
government
contract
for
an
improved
road
Into
the
Peace
River
power
project
area
The
highways
department
said
today
Ginter
Construction
Company
Limited
will
build
the
first
126
mUes
of
road
from
Hudson
Hope
to
Chetwynd
The
Peace
River
dam
is
being
built
at
Portage
Mountain
near
Hudson
Hope
The
present
road
will
be
widened
to
24
feet
of
pavement
and
used
as
a
supply
route
and
tourist
road
Into
the
dam
site
Lonely
shepherd
a
symbol
forever
ByTOMHAZLJTT
KAMLOOPS
W
Christmas
Day
begins
for
Bob
Gibson
at
330
am
just
as
every
day
has
begun
for
every
shepherd
since
the
beginning
of
time
With
-the
temperature
about
zero
in
his
cold
clear
mountain
world
in
the
Batchelor
Hills
north
of
here
he
lights
the
lamp
to
a
silent
world
where
ther9
are
no
telephones
no
shouted
greetings
and
no
glad
music
of
Christmas
Dry
kindling
crackles
In
the
stove
the
shepherds
world
comes
alive
His
home
Is
a
covered
wagon
rough
boards
and
canvas
roof
in
the
style
of
the
pioneers
It
is
spotless
homey
well-organized
and
the
lone
window
is
decorated
with
Christmas
paper
and
boughs
of
juniper
Christ
Christmas
�
mas
is
a
day
for
which
shepherds
traditionally
rejoice
Bob
Gibon
is
68
a
former
sergeant
of
the
British
Grena
dier
Guards
six
-
foot
-
one
erect
clear
-
eyed
ruddy
cheeked
with
a
shock
of
steel
grey
hair
which
Is
usually
hid
hidden
�
den
by
a
broad
brimmed
hat
Before
an
oatmeal
breakfast
he
steps
outside
to
greet
three
faithful
helpers
There
Is
Lad
Laddie
�
die
a
wise
old
sheep
dog
who
has
shared
the
rigors
of
his
masters
life
for
13
years
There
is
Rover
younger
and
smaller
and
Whimpy
a
young
apprentice
sheep
dog
who
Is
also
the
clown
of
the
establish
establishment
�
ment
Long
before
the
first
light
seeps
over
the
mountains
Deb
Gibson
dons
his
heavy
woollen
coat
and
his
burlap
leggings
He
takes
his
gun
and
his
stick
and
assisted
by
the
dogs
starts
the
1500
sheep
off
through
the
snow
Later
with
the
herd
grazing
on
a
hillside
he
returns
briefly
to
the
wagon
and
his
chores
There
Is
turkey
and
cake
fruit
and
nuts
cooked
down
on
the
home
ranch
and
brought
to
him
by
his
employer
By
mid
afternoon
with
the
first
shadows
falling
across
the
snow
Mr
Gibson
is
back
with
the
herd
turning
the
leaders
away
trom
the
far
ridges
and
back
to
camp
No
fences
or
corrals
hold
the
sheep
around
the
wagon
through
the
long
dangerous
hours
of
night
in
the
physical
sense
they
are
attracted
by
the
presence
of
salt
and
vitamin
supplement
In
another
sense
there
seems
to
be
a
partnership
between
Bob
Gibson
and
the
foices
of
nature
He
habitually
walks
20
or
30
miles
a
day
with
the
film
step
of
youth
sometimes
in
howling
blizzards
and
sometime
at
30
below
zero
This
man
talk
to
his
dogs
and
they
seem
to
uiulcistaiul
him
At
hts
commwt
a
dog
will
race
for
miles
to
hunt
a
straggler
Into
line
He
is
a
skilled
horseman
but
at
the
first
heavy
snow
he
stops
riding
in
case
the
horse
might
be
Injured
Besides
he
says
its
warmer
If
a
man
walks
A
bachelor
he
once
won
a
pie
baking
contest
in
competi
competition
�
tion
with
farmers
wives
He
Is
a
master
gardener
and
once
held
an
administrative
job
at
the
dominion
experimental
station
at
Agassiz
BC
in
the
Fraser
Valley
He
left
It
to
examine
the
high
country
He
never
tutned
back
He
uas
asked
From
our
vantage
point
up
here
what
do
jou
think
of
Cu
1st
mas
and
the
way
we
celebrate
It
down
In
the
lty
The
shephejd
thought
about
tills
for
awhile
then
saUi
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think
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time
of
the
yejr
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i
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