Thli tfvtrtlmtnt li net puMlthed er dliptiyed by tht liquor Control Board or by tht Covtrnmtnt of British Columbia Vol 8 No 122 v THE WORLD TODAY The pill ok Pope Paul VI said today that the Roman Catholic Church Is studying the birth control prob problem � lem In the light of new develop developments � ments presumably contracep contraceptive � tive pills But he barred their use by Catholics for the pres present � ent He also admonished Roman Catholic prelates to stop dis discussing � cussing the new pills publicly and he promised that church studies on the subject would be published as soon as possible Kidnap foiled The Stockholm newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported today Swedish police had foiled a plot to kidnap Russian Premier Nlkita Khrushchev who is cur currently � rently vlsltng Sweden The newspaper said police had ar arrested � rested an unidentified foreigner who with three others had plan planned � ned to hold Khrushchev hostage for the release of thousands of political prisoners in their native country Lodge resigns President Johnson announced today that Henry Cabot Lodge has resigned as US ambassa ambassador � dor to South Viet Nam and he will be succeeded by Gen Max Maxwell � well Taylor Johnson also told a news conference that Alexis Johnson currently an assist assistant � ant secretary of state and a veteran foreign service career officer will become deputy am ambassador � bassador a new position Pan Am defies ban A Pan - American Airways DC 8Jet from New York flew through the Berlin air corridor today defying a warning from the Soviet Union it could not guar guarantee � antee the planes safety over East Germany In a protest note to the United States Mon Monday � day the Soviet Union called the New York - Berlin service Illegal Plea for peace President Johnson Is reported urging Turkish Prime Minister Ismet Inonu to agree to urgent Greek Turkish negotiations for a permanent settlement of the Cyprus crisis recognizing that concessions will be necessary Johnson will make substantially the same Insistent argument to Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou when be visits Washington Wednesday More trouble seen Turkish - Cypriot officials and United Nations officers said today the return of Greek un- derground leader George Grivas to Cyprus spelled trouble for the tension - ridden island Grivas return means things will go from bad to worse said a worried Turkish Cyprlot at attached � tached to the staff of Turkish Vice president Dr Fazil Ku chuk A man phoned the other day to tell us that when a local firm changed man management � agement recently it also chang changed � ed its pay period policy It seems one worker with five kiddies found himself with a 30 cheque for four and a half days work on the new system Pretty rotten deal our caller suggests ALD HARRY LODER wlth tongue-in-cheek Mon Monday � day night tried to under underline � line the urgency of cutting the grass on Fifteenth Ave boule boulevard � vard I suggest we buy some sheep or cut the grass he told city council The kids are getting lost in it When police staged a week 0 end bootlegging raid on a Third Avenue house they went to the back door not the front This comes from the lady who occupies the front INDEX Building Page - 5 Classified -- 8 9 Comics -----10 Coming Events q Editorial 7 Hero and There - - o Markets 3 Sports 4 TV 2 k Medical profession leery of medicare in any form VANCOUVER CP - The leaders of Canadas medical profession say that patients who can should pay at least part of the cost of the services they receive Police news Two admit brawling in lane Two men have pleaded guilty to assault charges arising from a gang attack on a party of four In a downtown lane early this morning Leonard Crevier and John Simpson were remanded until July 3 for sentence on the com common � mon assault counts They were arrested near Third and George and identified in a line up as taking part in the affray Mr and Mrs Sylvester and Helen Lucci Douglas Welsmil ler and Peter Sharp were set upon by about seven youths when they went out the back door of the Columbus Hotel the court heard In statements Mr Sharp and Mr Luccl said they were at attempting � tempting to take a friend home when the youths came up A fight began and one of the men was knocked down and kicked in the head the court heard Mrs Luccl also suffered head lnjuires Both Crevier and Simpson said that a fight was already in progress and that they had only attempted to break it up Two children suffered bruises in a two car accident at Mile Six on the Hart High Highway � way Monday Police said Mrs Lucy Robert Townsley was attempt attempting � ing to pass a two - ton truck driven by Harvey Plon of Mile 12 when Plon turned left The Townsley car struck the truck and came to rest In the left hind ditch Frank Towns ley 8 suffered a bruised nose and Faith 7 a bruised head A one ton highways depart department � ment panel truck driven by Robert Martinson of Prince George collected moose steaks and 400 damage Monday af afternoon � ternoon at Mile 24 of Highway 1C west Impact of the collision kill killed � ed the animal instantly Two Volkswagen vehicles have been stolen A white 19C4 model 1200 disappeared from in front of tho home of Helmut Koenlg hauer at 1589 Gorse overnight Hub City Motors report a 10C4 two - door 1500 sedan brown stolen from their lot at 601 Victoria d tF V 5 Low 45 High C2 portion of the house at 710 Third She is tired of neigh neighbors � bors jibes Okay the raid was 710 B and thats the suite at the back And theres a department O of highways crew hoping for a change of scenery soon Seems theres a trailer parked along the Buckhorn Road near where the men are work working � ing This they dont mind but the occupants apparently aro dumping raw sewage on the road CLMER SCOVILL and 9 DICK COLLIER must be the luckiest canoeists in tho world They were enroute to Vancouver by upset canoe when some three miles downstream from where they tipped over un under � der tho Old rruser Bridge a man and a woman in a tiny boat came out of nowhere and steered them close to shore District RCMP notified that an overturned canoe had gone by with two men clinging to it and yelling for help also set out In pursuit by motorboat and caught up while they wero still in a backwater Scovilland Collier were practicing for the upcoming major canoe races when the mlshapoccurred Both wont to hospital for a checkup and wero released from their doctors They say without this pa patient � tient participation in medical Insurance plans whether pub public � lic or doctor sponsored the medical services of the country will suffer because doctors will be overworked The philosophy of patient participation in doctor - spon sponsored � sored plans was defended Mon Monday � day by members of a special committee which drew up a re report � port on the matter for the gen general � eral council of the Canadian Medical Association And earlier the general coun council � cil the parliament of medi medicine � cine approved an executive committee statement which vir virtually � tually rejected the medical insurance recommendations of the Hall royal commission on health The statement said medical Insurance as advocated by the commission will In the long run impair the quality of medi medical � cal care in Canada The people of Canada should be aware that similar plans which are operative In other countries have led to excessive demands for services which have overtaxed the ability of health workers to provide The committee presented Its report to the 180 member gen general � eral council In summary form The council voted to send the report to all Canadian doctors for study New Peace bids VANCOUVER CP - The BC Hydro and Power Authority has announced that It will call for bids within the next six months for 100 million worth of work on the Peace River Power Pro Project � ject The authority said the bids will be sought for construction of tho undergound powerhouse and the Initial supply of tur turbines � bines generators and trans transmission � mission towers IN THE RED e e Lr -Pitch A M Way back in 1950 g Kelowna originated the ancestor of the Spruce and Peach Dollars Kelownas ham radio j club sawed up apple j trees had the pieces stamped and distribut- ed as souvenirs Less than a decade later jj Prince George was mint- Ij ing Spruce Dollars and this summer Penticton started giving awnyij Peach Dollars The only difference is that S Kelownas souvenir the above specimen belong- ing to Mrs Vic Blue of Prince George wasnt negotiable Night school first aid getting a little costly The School Board will do a little exploratory surgery on the St Johns AmbulanceCorps to find out why first aid sup supplies � plies for night school courses cost 2775 last year The decision for an Inquiry was made at the suggestion ol Trustee Harold Moffat Monday as tho board reviewed the 1904 night school program The cost of first aid supplies for the first aid course was more than sufficient to put tho night school program 808 in the red Expenditures for the entire pro program � gram were 13783 and receipts were 12975 The St Johns Ambulance Corps is in charge of first aid Instruction In total 745 persons attended night school courses ranging from English for New Canadians to fly fishing Recommendations for next years program made by night school director Frank Marshall included a day school for adults semi weekly Instead of weekly classes for vocational students and more out-of-town classes such as have been operated at Hlxon and McLeod Lake Special parking licences will get further study The owners of special licenses which extend parking privilege s have been given an another � other reprieve Two weeks ago city council indicated it would clamp down hard and fast on car and truck owners who abuse the con conditions � ditions of tho stickers On Monday night aldermen decided the Issue should be given more study After all several council members felt its unlikely that all license holders abuse their privileges The 6tlckers which cost 10 for a six month period entitle their holders to over park at expired meters However sev several � eral aldermen noted that some cars are sitting beside expired parking meters all day Aid Charlie Graham wants the stickers taken out of circu circulation � lation He suggested that it Is a form of subsidy to salesmen and otheis who obtain them You dont buy gasoline foi inlllwoikcis who have totiavel long distances to their jobs he said Thu same principle ap applies � plies heie Aid Harry Loder felt that possibly only a dozen of the license holders wuie abusing the privileges and succeed with a motion to give the subject moie study Mayor Gaivln Dozill agieed with Aid Loder but Jolntul out that it wasnt a question of privilege the sticker holders were paying a special fee and were entitled to the consider considerations � ations extended for their use under the traffic bylaws itlzn The only daily newspaper serving Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY JUNE 23 1964 Phone LOgan 4 2441 label jyp CARLING BLACK LABEL BEER Thli advertisement Is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia 10c Copy CACHE DIKE SYSTEM STUDIED The federal government will be asked to dike the banks of the Nechako and Fraser Rivers to save the Island Cache and adjoining Industrial area from future flood damage The request will be made by the Prince George Employment Com mlttee which at a meeting Monday afternoon felt the diking could qualify as a winter work project The dikes should extend along the banks of the Ne chako and Fraser from the old Nechako bridge to the CNR bridge the committee decided The suggestion came as the rivers were making the most significant decline in their levels since the Industrial area protection needed heavy runoff started about a month ago Themalnchan nel of the Fraser went down 20 Inches overnight while the level of the Nechako re remained � mained steady Water from the rivers in inundated � undated most of the Cache an old residential area which over the years frequently has been the scene of flooding Most of the blacktop at the Fraser River trailer cpurt was exposed today leaving pools of mud and debris in the area occupied ARCHITECTS SHOCKED a few weeks ago by approxi approximately � mately 70 mobile homes A spokeman for the Water Resources Branch said the level of the Fraser today was 292 feet compared with 3095 feet Monday It has dropped steadily since Sat Saturday � urday when the level was an abstract reading of 32G5 feet The spokesman said the decline could be attributed to cloudy cool weather In the runoff areas He doubted the Fraser would rise again New school to oust 132000 over budget A bad dream became reality for school trustees Monday when tenders on their biggest project the Blackburn Road School came back 132000 and more over budget After budgeting 475000 for the school trustees received tenders of 607000 621000 and 639000 Said the architect of the tenders We were shocked No money no panic on contingency fund The City of Prince George a 27 million-a-year business today finds itself with a contingency fund of 1570 Theres no question of us panicking Mayor Garvin Dezell told city council Mon Monday � day night Its Just a question that we dont have much lee leeway � way in our spending The contingency is a fund set aside In the budget this year it was 20000 for unexpected expenditures The citys spending this year will be reviewed at a committee meeting Wednesday afternoon A big slice came off the fund when council approved 12000 worth of improvements on Queensway St and Quinn St There was no turning back because work is underway said Aid Spike Enemark On the motion of Aid Harry Loder council decided to go ahead with the work extracting the money from the qulckly dimlnlshing contingency ac account � count Already charged to the con contingency � tingency account this year has been the city share of the cost of putting telephone cable underground in the towntown area finishing balcktopplng on Fifteenth Ave and extending the sanitary fill levelling contract Sflr T vifji Ah HV l f taps J1118 IK CARL LEGAULT Party standings In The Com Commons � mons wpre unchanged follow following � ing two byelectlons Monday Carl Legault held Nipissing constituency for the Liberals a seat which was vacated by MRS ELOISE JONES the death of J R Garland Mrs Elolse Jones widow of former Progressive Conserva Conservative � tive member Harry Jones kept Saskatoon riding for the op opposition � position They awarded a125000por tlon of the project to Dezell Construction of Prince George and decided to try and talk the contractors down on their re remaining � maining bids Trustees awarded the tender for the eight room elementary portion despite the suggestion of architect Alan Greenwell tore tender for a lower price on the entire project The spirit of Prince Georges high cost building boom has been haunting the board all spring Most school tenders have been running IS per cent above estimate This one was up 21 per cent The reason is Increasing cost of materials wage increases and a heavy demand for labor in Prince George area said the architect And there are no frills we can trim out of this school its down to the bare minimum already he said The school was tendered In three sections elementary ac activity � tivity - administration rooms and secondary industrial arts Bids on the elementary por portion � tion were Dezell 125300 Marpole Construction 129- 044 uiiver Construction 131000 Activity administration bids were Dezell 257000 Mar pole 250970 011ver-272-000 Secondary and Industrial Arts bids were Dezell 238200 Marpole 220920 Oliver - 241000 The overall bids totalled Dezell 021100 Marpole C07 5C4 Oliver 639500 We should throw this school out and build one we can af afford � ford said Trustee Harold Moffat Trustee Vic Jay commented I feel its time this boaid went into the contracting busi business � ness itself and hired the staff to do it Public health authorities toured the Island Cache area again today and Issued a warning for residents to boll or chemically treat their water supplies before using the water Signs are being posted warning residents of the haz hazards � ards of using untreated water Authorities explain that the wells will be contami contaminated � nated because water cir circulated � culated over the entire area after flowing over privies It is necessary to thoroughly scrub woodwork -and furniture which has been in contact with floodwater Information on testing water for contamination is available at Island Cache store PERMANENT CLOSURE CONSIDERED j The flood has prompted Prince George School Board j to consider closing Island j i Cache School permanently Monday the board tabled for two weeks a motion by Trustee Jack Rhodes to es- tabllsh a feasibility study on closing the school and re- locating the students in city schools The motion came after Property Manager W C Dilmars reported that the i old school was damaged by flood waters and super inten- dent J M Philllpson re- ported that only 55 of the 70 Island Cache students dis- placed by the flood have gone i to other schools Island Cache School was closed three weeks ago shortly after flood waters struck the island i Water covered the floor of the older of two buildings on the school site A new ATCO portable unit was not flood- ed j Forty of the displaced stu- J dents are attending Central j Fort George School Tifteen J others are scattered among j district schools Fifteen j have not been located Trustee Rhodes recom- mended that the district superintendent conduct the study which also would af- feet the boards plans to build a three room addition in the area Trustee Harold i Moffat argued that the pro- vincial government should jj be asked to study the situ- at ion j The motion was tabled to allow Mr Philllpson time ij to see If he can fit a study In on his work schedule i i Park destruction rewards offered The city again Is offering a 25 reward for information on vandals who destroy grass in municipal parks The reward was posted last year after hot rodders skidded through the boulevard on Fif Fifteenth � teenth Ave causing heavy dam damage � age to the grass The money is offered on the condition that the information leads to the arrest and con conviction � viction of the vandal Bill Jones city works super superintendent � intendent said today there has been little damage in parks this summer outside of a rest room near the Civic Centre Humorous but stern he deals with drunks Dy DON MATHCSON Citizen Staff Writer Dont como back you know what It means IX you do That warning comes re repeatedly � peatedly from Magistrate G O Stewatt as ho wades his way through tho drunk list In the city police court The d i unks know what ho means They know that If they turn up again in court on Intoxi Intoxication � cation charges too soon a stretch In tho provincial jail is just ahead For any that didnt Magis Magistrate � trate Stewart laid it on tho lino during tho weekend clean up He handled moie llian 80 Intoxication cases Ill outline it so all con concerned � cerned those who aro listening will know what my purpose Is ho said Turning to a man In the stand who said ho was living on wolf aro funds ho said If youre working I fine you 10Ifyourooutof work or on compensation the fine is 5 And there are costs of course If you have no money or aro living on welfare a flno would bo just taking it from tho government to glvo It to the government that sometimes seems rather circular to mo One hour is a suspended sentence as far as Im con concerned � cerned All I ask is to stay away for at least 30 days If you como back tomor tomorrow � row mornlng lts CO days In a week it would prob probably � ably bo tho samo Como back in 28 days and it would pi obably bo tho samo too but J dont want to bo mechanical about tlioso things And along tho way bo ad adjusted � justed tho laws penalties to fit tho circumstances A man who was fined 10 for Intoxication Saturday came back Monday on avag rancy charge Magistrate Stewart gavo lilm one hour and said Now youve come to tho end of the line All right Tho man knew hed bo jailed the next time and agieed To a man who said ho was going out of town to a job he said Run do not walk to the nearest exit If you como back tomorrow youll do at least CO days A penslonei 70 whod lived hejo 23 years was fined lor one day A check of his effects which ho thought held adequate funds showed 01 cents Vouro a little shoit said tho magistrate but you should bo good for a 111 do loan Another man ealdj Glvo me one hour and Ill be out of town today Youve made yourself a deal said tho magistrate Another man was told ho could wire his wife for funds to pay tho fine Gosh I dont want my wifo to know anything about It ho answered Said Magistrate Stewart Thats tho best answer Ive had all morning Told tlo flno could bo paid by July 11 lie saldj Thats fine anything to please Another pensioner 7Ceot tho 1 or ono ilay sentence and was told that If youve got 20000 hi a shoebo Id look kimla silly but If you conu back the pi Ice could go up A woman told hlni shed just been i pleased from jail after doing CO days stalling ApitlO AH light said the Mur lstrate well go around again one hour Humor justice consider consideration � ation Box score on the weekend clean up Friday Saturday morning ai rests 41 drunks 3 vag rants one distui banco Sentences intoxication CO days tluee 30 days one 1035O costsor 5 days 1C 53D0 or three five One dollarone hour one one hour 20 No plea One DlsUuluncei 253 5020 days Vagrancy ono hour two leniand one Sat m day night Sunday ar arrests � rests 50 diiuiks seven va vagrants � grants Sentences intoxication CO days one 30 days two 25350or 15 days two IO3J0oi five bevenj 1 or one day one one hour 23 On bail 18 Vagrancy CQ ita s 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