This advertisement is not published or displayed by the LIquorControl Boardorby the Government of British Columbia Vol 9 No 61 MONTREAL CP RCMP in Montreal report the seiz seizure � ure of heroine valued at 25 million on the illicit market Police also announced the arrest of three persons two Frenchmen and a Canadian in what they call the second largest nar narcotics � cotics seizure in Canadian history Police say 61 pounds of pure heroin were seized in the operation Arrested were two employees of Air France and a resident of St Leonard de Port Maurice Que The two Frenchmen were picked up by RCMP investi investigators � gators in Montreal one in a downtown hotel the other in a car while the Cana Canadian � dian was arrested in St Leonard Man Trapped FORT ST JOHN CP - A 38 -year-old man was trapped and apprehended In bushland Wednesday after the slaying of a woman 30 miles north of here The womans body was dis discovered � covered early Wednesday morning A man held by neighbors on the Dolg River Indian Reserve broke away and fled The hunt by RCMP from this town 340 miles northwest of Edmonton and from Dawson Creek quickly cornered the sus suspect � pect Raids Continue SAIGON AP - US jet bombers and fighters flew heavy sorties against suspected Viet Cong positions Inside South Viet Nam today No air strikes -against North Viet Nam were reported South Vietnamese and US Air Force planes have struck against targets north of the 17th parallel daily for the last four days One of todays strikes by B 57s and F lOOs was against a suspected major headquarters of the Viet Cong In western Tay Ninh province 60 miles northwest of Saigon Flag on Summit WHITEHORSE YT AP -A small flag fluttered from the summit of Mount Kennedy to today � day planted there by Senator Robert Kennedy as a memorial to his brother the late US president John Kennedy The New York Democratic senator a novice climber reached the top of the previously unclimbed 13900 foot peak Wednesday after a day and a half of climb climbing � ing Back to Ottawa VANCOUVER CP - A Van couver newspaper says E Davie Fulton former federal justice minister is expected to an announce � nounce his return to federal politics early next month The paper says Mr Fulton now leader of the Conservative party in BC will announce his decision at a meeting in Vic Victoria � toria April 3 and will run for a commons seat in the constitu constituency � ency of Kamloops Mr Fulton has refused to comment but says he expects to make a state statement � ment later In the day A warm discussion was just what the Wednesday meeting of the Downtown Business Businessmens � mens Association needed It was the only thing about it that was warm The meeting place the banquet room at the Civic Centre was about the same temperature as outdoors 26 degrees City works department spring cleaning project which gets going in the night hours sees about 10 truckloads of winter dirt picked up every day Subscriber after reading yesterdays story about pre preschool � school - aged children crowding the streets wonders when something is going to be INDEX Weather ----- 3 Wmen -- 7 Classified 8 9 10 Comics ----i---- 6 Coming Events ------ c Editorial 2 Sports 5 KWT WORKERS PROTEST ACTION BY UNION Members of the Inter International � national Brotherhood of Electrjcal Workers CLC employed at the Prince George Pulp and Paper mill site met today to pro protest � test their unions jurisdic jurisdiction � tion Demanding that Jurisdiction be changed from the IBEWs Kamloops local to another local they stayed away from their Jobs for 15 minutes to meet and discuss the situation The meeting followed an ar arbitration � bitration board hearing Wed Wednesday � nesday night when it was re revealed � vealed that the IBEWs local 093 is not certified as the bar bargaining � gaining agent for pulp mill elec electricians � tricians Burt Adair member of the workers grievance committee had harsh words for the offi officials � cials of the Kamloops local He accused the locals offi officers � cers of advising management to hire legal aid to beat the workers Into submission The workers feel the union local has not acted in their best interests and what they have done is without authority Electricians working at the mill site want to obtain proper representation in their dealings with the firm For this reason the men voted to apply for jur isdiction under Local 213 In Vancouver Henry Ayllng Industrial re relation � lation officer for Marwell Con struction agrees with this move and has asked that jurisdiction be changed Marwell holds a bargaining certificate with local 213 This step however is only temporary Long - term plans call for setting up a Prince George local of the D3EW The grievance committee of the electricians under chair chairman � man Dave Cuddington met with Mr Ayllng this morning to discuss details of the proposed change over of Jurisdiction All men Involved endorsed the motion and decided to revoke check off dues to the Kamloops local The change must be verified by the unions International vice president and telegrams have been sent to Toronto to his effect An issue In the dispute is payment of living out allow allowances � ances for IBEW members This sparked a walk out at the pulp mill site two weeks ago Lawyer David Rogers re representing � presenting the Kamloops local admitted at the arbitration hearing that the union does not have certification to bargain on behalf of pulp mill electric electricians � ians End in Sight VICTORIA CP Weary BC legislators government and opposition members alike are looking forward to Friday Thats when the second session of the 27th legislature is ex expected � pected to prorogue after more than nine weeks of sittings The last legislature sat just over eight weeks done about teen agers who not only walk four or five abreat but also wander all over the streets It Is a wonder some of them dont get seriously hurt he said m Starting April 1 theRCMPs famous riding boots and Stetson hats will be a thing of the past except for cere ceremonial � monial occasions From then on all staff will wear dark blue peaked caps with yellow bands brown Jackets blue trousers and ankle boots as working dress This uniform has been in use for some years as winter dress only The blue trousers and shoes will be no change for office staff q Weve had more sunshine this month than any previous March that was the only comforting word from the weather office today The fore forecast � cast calls for the cold spell to continue enough to send chills down the spines of gardeners who are wondering whats hap happening � pening to the tulips that started to come out of the ground a coupel of weeks ago Di e e Thousands of Negroes poured into Montgomery today to complete a five day march by civil rights workers Also on the march route from Selma were hundreds of fully armed soldiers AP Wirephoto 15000 Civil Rights Marchers Reach Capitol MONTGOMERY AP - More than 15000 civil rights demon demonstrators � strators are gathering here at the Alabama state capital build building � ing It is the climax to the 50 mlle march which began in Selma last Sunday The marchers chanted Freedom now as they poured Into the broad street almost beneath the windows ot Gov Governor � ernor George Wallaces ff ice When the first of the marchers reached the capital Wallace was eating lunch in a basement cafeteria The marchers were eight abreast as they left their over overnight � night camping site As they poured into a broader avenue they swelled out to 24 abreast The line of march strung out for nearly two miles through the city Soldiers lined the route Helicopters flew over overhead � head The final leg of the march was four miles Hundreds of persons from across the US including stage and screen performers Join thousands of civil rights demon demonstrators � strators today in the final six- Prosecutor Lashed Merchants City prosecutor C A Ed Edwards � wards again today blasted what he called gullible merchants who cash cheques for persons without identification He was speaking In magis magistrates � trates court here when Albert Richard Anderson was being sentenced on four counts of ut uttering � tering forged documents Anderson cashed four cheques in city and district businesses taking merchandise and cash worth 36215 He has promised to make restitution by June 1 He was sentenced by Magis Magistrate � trate G O Stewart to an 18 month probation period con concurrent � current on each of three counts and was given one day in Jail and a 200 fine on the fourth count A 19-year-old Fraser Lake youth today pleaded guilty to stealing a truck from a car lot In the city March 23 Steven Williams was remanded to April 1 for sentence Car dealers in the city in invite � vite thefts by leaving keys In the ignition switches of their cars said Mr Edwards Two car salesmen pleaded not guilty in magistrates court Wednesday to charges of assault causing bodily harm which arose from an alleged beating incident in Prince George last week Harry William Thtessen and John Stewart are accused of beating Clifford Dud Olson who sells cars for another firm The two men are currently free on their own recognizance and have been remanded for trial to March 30 mile march to the Alabama Capitol It was Victory Day by pro proclamation � clamation of the staff of Dr Martin Luther King leader of the 50 mile highway pilgrim pilgrimage � age to protest against denial of Negro voting rights Mayor Earl D James called on Montgomerys 150000resi dents to uphold law and order so our image will remain un untarnished � tarnished before the world There was no indication from Governor George Wallce that he would receive demonstrators who want to hand him a voter right petition Highway patrolmen arrested eight Negroes and one white person on the street in front of the governors mansion Wed Wednesday � nesday night after one of them pointed an unloaded gun at a -car containing a family of three FEED HOUSE Low -5 High 25 itlzen The daily newspaper for Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA THURSDAY MARCH 25 1965 With 70 per cent of our downtown area undeveloped for permanency we could If we wanted create a model city that would be an example for the rest of Canada The meeting attended by 33 members also saw a lively debate on downtown parking Two executive members said the citys plans to build park parking � ing areas are Inadequate Mr Bowie said the city should be paying more attention to the people who have developed Prince Georges downtown dis district � trict Instead they are paying at attention � tention to the dead hand of speculation which allows rotten buildings to stand and land to stay Idle in hopes of greater profit Mr Bowie added Its about time city council began to get really tough with these specu speculators � lators They should be told to develop the land or leave He also suggested planning should be under way to pro provide � vide parking for 4500 cars in the downtown area Alex Clark said the two sites one at Quebec St and Fourth Ave and the other at Bruns Brunswick � wick St and Fifth Ave which have been set aside by the city for parking are Inadequate That will never solve the problems unless we want to build a 30 storeyparkade Even on Wednesday afternoon Its Hotelmen Blast Centre Promoters A proposed camp to house and feed workers who will build the Woodwards Shopping Centre was blasted Wednesday by Pete Osrhack president of the Prince George Hotelmens Association He turned on his artillery at a meeting of the Downtown Busi Businessmens � nessmens Association in the Civic Centre Not one of the hotelmen motel owners or restaurant op erators were asked by anyone whether they could house and feed these workers he said We at the Prince George Hotel could feed 125 at meal mealtimes � times in our banquet room The McDonald could feed 150 and so could the Simon Fraser he said But none of us was asked I went around personally and asked each one of the motel owners and restaurant opera operators � tors as well as our own people If they could handle the worke rs and they all said they hadnt been asked We could feed and house all of them Yes at 6 a day added realtor Gordon Bryant who has organized both the Woodwards development and a garden apartment project in Highland Park Botli have proposed to house and feed the construction ere s in trailers The DBA approved by a vote of 14 G a motion to ask City Council if the camp at the shop shopping � ping centre was In the contract between the city and Wood Woodwards � wards City manager Arran Thom Thomson � son said the city has drawn up a contract form which requires the builders to prove that they have contacted the hotel motel and restaurant Interests to find out if their crews can be accom accommodated � modated Before they can set up trailer camps the construction com companies � panies also have to produce a letter from the Unemployment Insurance Commission stating that the labor force required Is not available locally MINISTER difficult to try to find a place to put your car Alex MacGregor retiring president of the association suggested merchants obtain op options � tions on as much land as pos possible � sible for parking Then well be In a position to bargain with council Well be able to say Look heres what we have We need parking go ahead and develop It Association Decides Not To Disband A move to disband the Downtown Businessmens As Association � sociation because of apathy was defeated at the organizations annual meeting Wednesday afternoon Attendance at the meeting started with less than 20 pre present � sent and gradually worked up to 33 towards the end There were 10 in attendance at a meeting held March 10 No one minds a little work but the way this is going on all the work Is devolving upon those who have some real in terest in it Such a lack on in interest � terest in what is called Canadas fastest growing city is terrible said retiring presi president � dent Alex MacGregor who made the motion Well do the businessmen know of the organizations ex existence � istence asked one member Of course they do he re replied � plied I personally sent out 300 mimeographed letters be before � fore last meeting and 16 turned up This time I went to see twice as many as are here today and received promises they would be here Where are they A suggestion that downtown businesses work through the Chamber of Commerce as a strong committee was turned down on the grounds that the chamber has to keep the inter interests � ests of a much larger area I have no objection to the chamber as such of course but we have to be concerned with the development of the downtown district primarily said one merchant Many of the people who were all for it at first have never been seen again said Mr MacGregor The new executlvo promised better membership education the two top Mounties that the RCMP was acquitted of respon responsibility � sibility in the case The two policemen said this in testi testimony � mony Mr Favreau said he remem remembers � bers saying that the RCMP had fulfilled Its responsibility and done everything possible to obtain the facts The minister said his imme immediate � diate decision Sept 18 was that the matter would be dealt with administratively by Mr Trem Tremblay � blay He testified that he reached the conclusion that he couldnt assume the responsibility of laying charges of attempted bribery against Raymond Denis then executive assistant to Mr Tremblay Mr Favreau said there would have been no condemnation of Denis in the courts on the basis of the facts obtained by the RCMP up to that time Mr Desjardlns asked whether consideration had been given to other persons being questioned by police Mr Favreau sals he didnt recall this being discussed Mr I Vr V Phone 564 2441 TODAYS ODDITY A man selected lour apples in a fruit store That will be 165 Baid the clerk The fellow handed him 2 and started to leave You forgot your change sir culled the clerk Oh thats all right I stepped on a grape on the way in Downtown Business Association elected Alex Bowie president at a meeting on Wednesday FOR SCHOOL 1V Tnnw SI71 ft MONTH Downtown in Hands Of Land Speculators City Merchant Alex Bowie Levels Charges at Meeting Speculators control the destiny of 70 per cent of Prince Georges downtown area the newly elected president of the Downtown Business Asso Association � ciation charged Wednesday Only 30 per cent of the business area is any sort of permanent development Alex Bowie told the annual meeting of the organization Do you know who con controls � trols the other 70 per cent or more he asked Specu Speculators � lators thats who City to End Dump Raids City officials may con consider � sider a bylaw which would forbid scavenging at the municipal dump Some people have turned scavenging into a profitable business claiming scrap iron and bottles and re-selling them The citys dump is a land reclamation project and most of the refuse is buried under earth before the scav scavengers � engers get to it However refuse brought to the dump by rural resi residents � dents during the weekends remains unburied until Mon Monday � day Thats when the scaven scavengers � gers strike the hardest Hugh Bell senior health Inspector with the Northern Interior Health Unit said the situation as it now exists does not persent a health problem Dogs visit the dump and there are no rats in the area Board Challenged Over Land Reserve City aldermen Wednesday challenged school board mem members � bers who have refused to re release � lease part ofa big land reserve adjacent to the Bypass Highway Part of the proposed site for a 2 million secondary school Is sought by BC Telephone The school officials argue theyll need It all themselves But council learned in com committee � mittee Wednesday that two other BC communities have similar schools on much smaller sites City Manager Arran Thomson said one in Coquitlamlsbullton 14 acres He had no specific land area figures for a school serving the same purpose in Vernon Mr Thomson said the Bypass location included between 40 and 50 acres He added it was not the in intention � tention of your administration to scuttle the school board in any form but I feel they are being TWO DRAWN IN SWEEPS Two Prince George resi residents � dents have drawn tickets on horses in the Irish Sweep Sweepstake � stake which will be run at Alntree Saturday Richard A Dodd holds a ticket ZZL 10145 on Copper Lodge while the other per person � son Is Identified only by a nom-de-plume TN His ticket number is XLT49346 Dejardins asked whether Mr Favreau had consulted other legal authorities The minister replied I made the decision myself PS WMFi GUY FAVREAU not complete a little unreasonable The city manager argued there was room for both the school and the proposed BC Telephone Installation He rioted the two installations would be compatible to one another from an architectural stand standpoint � point It would embellish that parV of the highway Endorsing a proposal by Aid Harry Loder Aid Carrie Jane Gray moved that a Joint school board council meeting be called as soon as possible It would follow a meeting Monday at which the board an announced � nounced its intention of denying the BC Tel request Tattling On US Strikes WASHINGTON AP - Ad Advance � vance tipoffs may have reduced the effectiveness of some US and South Vietnamese air strikes against targets inCom 1 munlst North Viet Nam sources said today They said there ls reason to believe that South Vietnamese Communist agents and sympathizers have been able to obtain information In impending strikes and to radio word to North Viet Nam One official said there arej too many hands involved In preparing the strikes TESTIFIES Favreau Before Dorion Probe OTTAWA CP -Justice Min Minister � ister Favreau testified today he never gave the RCMP any instructions to close the file on the police investigation into al allegations � legations of attempted bribery and coercion against federal ministerial aides However he told the Dorion inquiry that there was no pre precise � cise mention of the possibility of the Investigation being con continued � tinued Mr Favreau said there was no discussion about putting an end to the investigation when he conferred with the RCMP Sept 18 RCMP Commissioner G B McClellan and Deputy Commis Commissioner � sioner J R Lemleux have both told the inquiry that Mr Fav Favreau � reau ordered the Investigation suspended and that the matter bo delt with Internally by Rene Tremblay the immigration minister and now postmaster general Commission counsel Andre Desjardlns asked Mr Favreau whether he remembered telling Mr Favreau confirmed Com Commissioner � missioner McClellans testi testimony � mony that it was the commis commissioners � sioners opinion that there was not enough evidence to bring charges against Denis Mr Favreau said Mr Trem Tremblay � blay also expressed the opinion that he didnt believe criminal proceedings should be taken against Denis The Justice minister added however that Mr Tremblay had no legal responsibility in the case because he was a lay layman � man in this field Mr Favreau testified that it was his duty to advise Mr Tremblay that Denis had been accused of offering a 20000 bribe but he had not got around to discussing it with Mr Trem Tremblay � blay for more than two weeks He and RCMP Deputy Com Commissioner � missioner J R Lemleux had agreed Deputy Immigration Minister Claude Isibster bead vised immediately of the alle allegations � gations against Denis so the lat latter � ter could be absent from the office during the RCMP investi- gation and not be allowed to see confidential files f