MMMaaai This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control BoardorbytheGovernment of British Columbia Vol 9 No 57 VV mmmjt WORLD TODAY Danger Added WASHINGTON AP - The state department said Thursday night a reported Importation into Cyprus of anti aircraft missiles and other heavy equip equipment � ment makes the peace - keep keeping � ing task of United Nations forces in the strife - torn island more difficult and dangerous Strafe Reds SAIGON Reuters - US Super Sabres and B 57 Jet bombers today bombed and strafed Communist Viet Cong concentrations menacing the vital Da Nang air base in South Viet Nam Six Super Sabres and four B 57s took part in the strikes directed at guer guerrilla � rilla concentrations and a sus suspected � pected Viet Cong command post in Quang Tin province Extend Statutes BONN AP -A West German parliamentary committee today approved bills to extend the 20 year statute of limitations on Nazi murders The statute runs out May 8th The com committees � mittees approval of the bills means they will be debated and voted on in parliament Debate will start in the Lower House Thursday Approval is expected The next step will be approval by the senate and signature by President Hein rich Luebke One bill calls for extension of the statute of limitations to May 8th 1975 The other proposes the stat ute be extended to December 31st 19G9 More Links -siCOLOIiADO SPRINGS Col AP A committee of Cana dian and US officials have concluded a meeting at Color Colorado � ado Springs at which they stud studied � ied cross - border civil de defence � fence problems The committee will recommend to the two gov governments � ernments that additional com communication � munication links voice and teletype be established be between � tween federal regional offices of the Canadian emergency measures organization and the US office of civil defence Guard Squabble MONTGOMERY Ala AP -An Alabama State Senator who would not be quoted by name says he expects Governor George Wallace to ask for fed federalized � eralized national guard troops to protect civil rights march marchers � ers Last night President John Johnson � son said he would call out the guard if Wallace is unable or unwilling to do so Linked To Rivard MONTREAL CP - Police slammed a secrecy lid early today on the apparent kidnapping of the wife and three children of Robert Gignac and thelrsub sequent recovery in a case with links to the Rivard escape Mrs Gignac and the children aged 4 5 and 9 vanished from their residence Wednesday afternoon and were found by police Thurs Thursday � day night Police first said it looks like a kidnapping Later Quebec Provincial Pol Police � ice would say only that they had been recovered and were all in good condition a The Tabor Mountain T bar will be in limited operation this weekend for those ski skiing � ing enthusiasts who are wonder wondering � ing if spring actually begins at noon on Saturday RCMP have begun a province-wide search for two men and two women in their early twenties and late teens missing from Prince George since 10 pm Wednesday There is a possibility the two couples may have eloped They are all of age said an RCMP spokesman March has had an 18 -day w period without measurable precipitation The last 17 day spring dry period was in 1935 One longer dry spell was recorded in 1927 when no pre precipitation � cipitation was recorded from March 11 to April 21 The in- INDEX Betty Conner 7 Weather -------3 Teen Page 11 Church Notices 6 13 14 15 Classified - - - - Comics - - - 12 Editorial 2 Sports - 0 YOUTH TO STAY IN JAIL UNTIL SENTENCE An 18 - year old youth who took part in a bogus cheque cashing spree Feb 12 today was remanded In custody to March 26 for sentence on seven counts of conspiracy and five charges of theft Dale Alfred Nielsen admit admitted � ted driving a car while a friend Bryan Rolstan Latham 17 cashed worthless cheques which netted him 1890 in city stores Nielsen allegedly received 200 for his role in the thefts He also pleaded guilty to three counts of theft under 50 and two counts of theft over 50 Four of the thefts were from bowling leagues and one which netted 328 from the Fifth Ave Bowladrome Nielsen had been a 300-a-month employee of the bowla bowladrome � drome which is owned by La Lathams � thams father The thefts from the establish establishment � ment and the leagues were al alleged � leged to have occurred on or about Feb 26 Cpl Don Knight of the RCMP said Nielsen brought to him 200 which the accused sale was borrowed from the bowla bowladrome � drome with the permission of the owner Stanley Latham It was to repay money he had received from young Latham It later turned out said Cpl Knight that the youth did not have permission to take the money from the till Nielsen said he will repay the money ho had stolen MINE JOINS HYDRO NET The Endako molybdenum mine was Joined to B C Hydros system Thursday Stu Burnell Hydro region regional � al manager said today the mine does not have all of its equipment in operation and Is drawing a load of about 1000 kilowatts The power which comes from Bridge River via the Prince George substation is being used for equipment tests Thieves carted away 340 cash 65 cartons of cigarettes and six tires in a raid early today at Hy Way Esso Service near Hixon The huge haul was taken between 1 am and 5 am said police Ken Staples the pro proprietor � prietor said RCMP were looking for three youthful suspects teresting part of these statis statistics � tics is the fact that 1927 had a very hot summer with mean temperatures well above aver average � age from June to September In 1935 too temperatures were slightly above normal In 1946 which had a 14 day spring dry spell temperatures were also slightly above normal Maybe you should buy that new bathing suit A Four players and adirector will hold their captive audi audience � ence captivated tonight Captive audience is right The four players are members of the Prince George Players and they will be giving a performance of the Mexican folk comedy Tooth or Shave at the provincial jail at 7 pm If you live in the area of King George V school keep your eyes peeled for a grey and black tiger striped pussy cat with four white paws and a white chest The furry feline has been missing since Thurs Thursday � day and the children who own him havent been able to sleep or eat since he disappeared If you see the cut or know where it is telephone 5C4 743G ke Citizen The daily newspaper for Centra British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA FRIDAY MARCH 19 1965 Astronauts Virgil GusvGrissom left and John W Young pose in their flight suits at the Manned Spacecraft Centre Clear Lake Texas where they are going through rehearsals for their triple trip around the world Tuesday March 23 They will be travelling in a Gemini capsule to be launched from Cape Kennedy AP Wirephoto Phone 564 2441 TODAYS LAUGH WOOLWICH England CP - A 117 500 Pound 342500 automatic car parking garage opened four years ago by Princess Margaret and hailed as the first of its kind in the world is to be demolished It has never worked 1 0 Cnnw I J MONTH ASTRONAUTS LAND SAFELY NEAR MOSCOW 24 Hour Orbit Hailed Triumph MOSCOW AP - Soviet spaceship Voskhad II landed safely today west of the Ural Mountains after a spectacular 24 hour orbit during which one of the two cosmonauts aboard frolicked outside the craft There wero indications that something went wrong in the landing process The spaceship landed at 102 am Prince George time near Perm west of the Ural Moun Mountains � tains and 725 miles northeast of Moscow This Is far north of the usual landing spot for Soviet spaceships This fact and the character of radio signals toward the end of the flight suggested to the Bochum space observatory in West Germany that the landing process was irregular a Bochum spokesman said Meanwhile Russian space scientist said Thursday the So Soviet � viet Union hopes to put men on Federal Money Needed many seeds For New Water System A water system will cost the Nechako Improvement District an additional 92 250 if federal government financing is not found Financing will be available only if there is enough money left in the Municipal Develop Development � ment and Loan Board Fund when some 150 delinquent resi residents � dents pay all or part of their connection fees At a meeting in Victoria Tuesday board chairman Al Scott was told the proposal has won tentative approval from the provincial government sub ject to the districts ability to obtain financing The government advised me that it did not know If there was sufficient money left in the MDLB fund to finance the scheme and without the MDLB money the scheme would be economically unfeasible at this time said Mr Scott Under federal financing two thirds of the capital cost of the scheme is put up by the loan board with the balance coming from provincial debentures Of the two thirds found in the federal fund 25 per cent or 92250 will be forgiven if the project is completed by March 31 19GC In other words 3G9000 of the 553500 total cost of the scheme can be obtained from the MDLB Provincial deben debentures � tures account for the other 184500 Commenting on the present situation Mr Scott said If for any reason the MDLB funds have been depleted and the pro project � ject has to be called off the people will have no one to blame but themselves People of the district seem to think the five trustees are capablo of doing miracles but without complete public sup support � port only so much can be ac accomplished � complished he said Connection fees will not al Plead Not Guilty SOUTHAMPTON England Reuters Two seamen ap appeared � peared in court here today charged with stealing 20 bars of gold worth 300000 from the liner Capetown Castle on tho high seas Raymond Messer Williams 27 and Neil Francis Hawthorne 28 pleaded not guilty and wore ordered held in custody until March 20 after police opposed their plea for ball ways remain at the present C0 level Anyone who does not pay before the system goes in will have to pay much more for a connection possibly 100 to 120 said Mr Scott The district engineer W Allan Kerr and Associates of Victoria have been instructed to submit final plans and speci specifications � fications for design of the system to the government If federal financing can be arranged in the near future construction of the water system could begin at break up said Mr Scott Based on the new design water will be pumped from a well adjacent to the Nechako River When in Victoria Mr Scott had discussions on the districts plans for a centennial project He said several ideas had already been submitted to the board of trustees and a com community � munity effort would bo made to find a suitable project Mr Scott also said construe- gBLow 5 High 35 tion is continuing on the dis districts � tricts 27000 fire hall and it is expected to be completed in early April A20000flre truck is being built and is scheduled to arrive when the hall is com completed � pleted Resources MlnlsterWllllston has agreed to attend the opening ceremonies for the new hall IN THE LEGISLATURE There are still plenty of free Columbine seeds avail available � able from Citizen gardening columnist Allc Wolzcuk Mrs Wolczuk made the offer to her readers earlier this week and dozens of re requests � quests have come in All she asks is tint re requests � quests contain a stamped self - addressed envelope Address the inquiries to The Gardening Editor The Citi Citizen � zen Drawer 578 Prince George Ferry to Inaugurate Two New BC Judges Judge W D Ferry of Wil Williams � liams Lake will officiate at in inauguration � auguration ceremonies for two fellow county court judges in Prince George Monday He will swear in Judge C W Morrow as judge of the County Court of Yale Judge Morrow currently is in Cariboo County Court at Prince George and will be transferred to Vernon Judge Ferry also will swear in Russel W Kennedy as Judge of the Cariboo County Court The ceremony will be held in courtroom A in the provincial Building on Third Ave at 11 am Monday Mr Kennedy is a senior part partner � ner in the Kamloops law firm of Kennedy Andrews and Taylor H MA mmk rLL iM W D FERRY to officiate the moon in the not distant future Vasily Seleznev a doctor of technology with expert knowl knowledge � edge of the Soviet space pro program � gram made this comment in discussing the significance of a venture outside his space spaceship � ship by cosmonaut Alexel Leo no v The venture was made with the prospect in view that in the future cosmonauts will take part in assemblying space spaceships � ships Seleznev said in a tele televised � vised press conference There may also arise the need for repairing the craft and what is most important there is the prospect of travel to other planets The target before us now Is the moon and we hope to reach it in the not distant future The voskhod II capsule landed with Col Pavel Belxayev and Lt - Col Alexei Leonov after successfully completing an ex experiment � periment that meant another step toward travel to the moon The spaceship was in orbit 24 hours during which time Leonov left the ship and fro frolicked � licked in space for 10 minutes The time the spacecraft was aloft indicated it had completed 17 orbits and was on its 18th when it landed The landing of the two cosmo cosmonauts � nauts Inside their spaceship fol followed � lowed the pattern of the Vosk Voskhod � hod I the first multl manned Soylet capsule named with the Russian word for sunrise It spent 24 hours In orbit last Oct 12 13 Earlier Soviet space flights in the Vostok East series of cap- sules required the cosmonauts to parachute from the craft But the Voskhod series is equipped for soft landings on retroactive Jets a report of Voskhod I said The Tass announcement of the landing said Their program of scientific experiments was carried out in full A complex experiment was made successfully during the flight opening a new stage in mans conquest of space Acos monaut dressed in a special space suit with an autonomous life support system floated freely In outer space The data received during the flight of Voskhod II are be being � ing tabulated and analyzed fBpRiMMfwHII LESTER B PEARSON unconditional Govt Grants 1 0 Million To Council OTTAWA CP A 10 million government grant to the Canada Council was an announced � nounced in the Commons today by Prime Minister Pearson He said the councils income has not increased materially since the public body was set up by parliament in 1957 to foster development of the arts humanities and social sciences Mr Pearson said an uncon unconditional � ditional grant for 10 million will be included in the govern governments � ments final set of spending estimates for the current fiscal year which ends March 31 The money will be used to help the council meet its minimum re requirements � quirements in the next few years Pulp Word Not All Joy Intercontinental Pulp Co Ltd did not Jump with Joy after hearing Resources Minister Willistons announcement of timber allocations for its mill at Prince George While the ministers deci decision � sion does not grant to Intercon Intercontinental � tinental the pulpwood harvesting rights in all of the areas applied for it nevertheless merits our serious consideration said L L G Bentley chairman of In tercontintals board of direc directors � tors Intercontinental is a joint venture of Prince George Pulp and Paper and Feldmuhle AG a West German group The mill would be built on the PG Pulp site Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men Thursday saw a land deal exposed and red - neck cab cabinet � inet minister cut down to size Dave Barrett NDP Dewdney smoked out the land deal in which a section of parkland In West Van Vancouver � couver Is in process of be being � ing turned over to promot promoters � ers with close government connections In 1944 Premier Johnllart traded forest land in the Sayward Island district for the Cypress Bowl in West Vancouver This land was intended to be parkland in perpet perpetuity � uity I jL vvs2 C V- MR SPEAKER Last June a company known as Alpine Outdoor Recreations Ltd applied for 480 acres of the Cypress Bowl for a housing develop development � ment Barrett wrote to Mr Kier nan minister of parks and recreation protesting the deal and pointing out that the order-in-council author authorizing � izing the land trade clearly stated the Intention of the Hart government to make the Cypress Bowl provincial parkland Mr Kiernan replied to Barrett last December stat stating � ing that it was not the in intention � tention to make the Cypress Bowl parkland Barrett presented the house with newspaper stor stories � ies and the original order-in-council proving that he was right and the intention clearly was to make it park land The story in the Van Vancouver � couver Sun of April 27 1944 was headed Hollyburn Ridge Saved From Axe and ex explained � plained the government had acquired the land as a park in perpetuity In spite of this proof Mr Kiernan persisted with the view the present govern government � ment could dispose of the land as it saw fit This brought a vitriolic attack on the government by Barrett- supported by other op opposition � position members including accusations that parkland was being handed over to private promoters who were close friends of the government They stood to make a 20 fold profit Who were these men Barrett named two One was Bill Clancy long longtime � time public relations manfor the Bennett government An Another � other was Fred Dietrich recently proposed by Prem Premier � ier Bennett as a director of the Bennett Bank BY KEN MclVOR Speaking in support of Gordon Gibsons pitch to get more revenue from crown forest lands Dr Pat Mc Geer described a deal recently made by the city of Long Beach California part of which sits on top of an oil pool and a con consortium � sortium of five of the worlds largest oil companies The oil pool is estimated to be worth 12 billion dol dollars � lars The city and State of Cali California � fornia Goint owners recent recently � ly invited bids to develop the oil field on a new basis They asked what percent percentage � age of profits on its sale the bidder would bo willing to turn over to the city and state First bid from the big oil outfits was best They offer offered � ed 98 per cent of profits on the oil sale It was ex explained � plained they wanted the oil for their refineries and were satisfied to take their major profit from that end Why asked McGeer did not the BC government try a new approach of this sort in offering crown forests for harvest Where on earth did you go to school demanded Municipal Affairs Minister Campbell And for that matter where did Gordon Gibson go to school McGeer Mr Gibson did not go to school as long as you did Until recently you were a school teacher But Ill tell you something Mr Minister You would be a very foolish man indeed to try to take him on in any business deal and I think you know it only too well