to 5V lvAMfi53 CriM THE WORLD TODAY rAter drenching flavour ALL THE WAY DOWN Hood Fearful OTTAWA CP Les Hood president of the Canadian Pos Postal � tal Employees Association said today he fears the pro prolonged � longed wildcat strike by Mont Montreal � real postmen may stiffen the back of the government when it drafts legislation setting up a collective bargaining system for the public service Mr Hood said in an interview the government may decide to in include � clude a provision for compul compulsory � sory arbitration in the event of any deadlock in bargaining Gemini Spying MOSCOW Reuters -A Rus Russian � sian newspaper suggested to today � day the two US astronauts aboard Gemeni 5 may be busy taking spy pictures of Cuba North Viet Nam and Communist China Red Star official organ of the defence ministry made the charge to support its claim that the United States space pro program � gram was heavily geared to military needs Permits Increase OTTAWA CP - Value of building permits issued by Ca Canadian � nadian municipalities increased 148 per cent in the first four months of this year from the corre ponding 1964 period the bureau of statistics reported Tuesday They advanced to 893833000 from 778674000 in the period and by 185 per cent to 312471000 in April from 288059000 in April 1964 Balance Sought LONDON Reuters One of the most important priorities for strengthening the pound is the Improvement of Britains trade balance with Canada Ed Edward � ward Holloway director of the Commonwealth Industries As Association � sociation said today May Block Plan OTTAWA CP - The CPRs plan to drop one of its twc transcontinental passenger tral services next month may be blocked by the board of trans transport � port commissioners an in informant � formant said today The CPR announced earlier this month that it will cease operations ol the Dominion its secondary transcontinental train onSept7 Fraud Charge Set TORONTO CP - John Mc Willlams 47 of Toronto was to appear in magistrates court in Owen Sound Ont today on a charge of defrauding a Meaford Ont woman of 17235 The charge arose out of an incident in which a man advertised in a Winnipeg weekly newspaper claiming he was a 57-year-old widower anxious to remarry Charge Probed TORONTO CP - Canadian National Railways officials are investigating a charge of dis discrimination � crimination on a Toronto North Bay train run A CNR spokes spokesman � man said a mixup in dates Tues Tuesday � day has delayed the inquiry into the incident alleged by Rev Bernard Brown an Oblate mis missionary � sionary from the Northwest Territories He said last week a 14 man Indian Eskimo canoe team he was escorting was or ordered � dered to the back of a train and told to stay there n warning uuiii iin jj Walker of 956 Harper St She advises mothers to bo care careful � ful of those wrought iron railings around porches and steps Her 21-month-old fos foster � ter baby Kenny fell through a porch railing onto the ground five feet below He suffered severe bruises particularly around one eye and was hospit hospitalized � alized She says he is going to bo alright but herhusbandplans to weld more struts on the railing to prevent it ever hap happening � pening again Police are investigating a broakin late Tuesday or early today of the municipal Coliseum Thieves entered the INDEX Weather 3 Women 5 17 Classified - - - - 13 14 15 Comics -----23 Coming Events 8 Editorial 2 Farm Page 22 Markets -- 3 Sports 0 medABec This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British ColumbU Vol 9 No 165 building by forcing a side door They made off with about 60 worth of confectionaries The Prince George experi- mental farm will have a display in competition when the Horticulture Society holds its annual show Saturday at the Civic Centre Entries for the show will be welcome from anyone Theres someone in town whos anxious to get on with the organization of an SPCA branch in Princo George Chuck Wilson who can be reached at 4 7226 in the evenings has talked to about half a dozen people who want to get anSPCA rolling and ho figures theres probably more a Remember those observa w tions school board secre secretary � tary Bob Gracoy made about the city Troublo obtaining a title and tho removal of dirt from tho new secondary school site got his ire a couplo of weeks ago Well whoever was taking tho dirt not only stopped but blocked tho road with a load of gravel CA cent referendum of Canadas postal wooers was termed a e e output would bo more than doubled The only breweries still op operating � erating in BC are Tartan in Prince George and Interior Brewery at Croston The strike by 500 workers at six breweries and a beor supply delivery company en entered � tered its third day today with little hope of fast agreement A director of the striking vast faice i uesday night by William Houle Montreal pres president � ident of the Canadian Postal Arson Ring Bared By Quebec Probe i itizen The daily newspaper for Central British Colurpbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25 1965 Directors of BC Hydro will hold a meeting in Prince substation will be re named Williston Substation Above George Monday before they attend a ceremony in the is some of the equipment which distributes the 230000 Pineview district when Hydros main Prince George volt load from Bridge River Robertson photo Thirsty Prince George Throats Suffering From Beer Strike While the rest of BC is beginning to feel the pinch Prince George beer drinkers wont have to go thirsty during the beer workers strike on the Coast A Tartan Brewery spokesman said today the Prince George firm would do all possible to keep city hotels supplied with bottle beer The only hotel in Prince George to have Tartans draught beer however will be the Canada No other city hotels have con contracts � tracts for Tartan draught beer and B C regulations allow hotels to change only on Jan 1 and June 1 Tartan beer is expected to be the only beer left in Prince George by Sept 10 if the strik striking � ing Coast brewery workers re remain � main out Most of the Prince George hotels feel they will run short of Coast products by Labor Day The liquor vendors store is expected to hold out for two weeks or better The last hotels on the Coast are exepcted to run dry today Vancouver liquor stores can b expected to hold out no longoi than Saturday tfve given instructions that we shall look after the people In Northern BC first Tar Tartan � tan Brewery owner Ben Ginter said Tuesday Yesterday we turned down Just for that reason an order of 10000 cases from the Coast Mr Ginter said Tartan would supply any hotels with draught beer providing they had Liquor Control Board permission However ho added we will look after our customers and the people who have supported our industry first Brewmaster Gene Zareksaid today Tartan had started on two shifts and the brewerys normal workers union said Tuesday the companies have not been talking on our wavelength Ed Sims Canadian director of the International Union of Brew Brewery � ery Flour Cereal Soft Drink and Distillery Workers CLC said the union was prepared for a long strike The CLC is seeking a 10 per cent increase over the basic wage of 250 an hour Postal Referendum Termed Vast Farce By Union Man MONTREAL CP - The re QUEBEC CP Two men were charged with arson and conspiracy to commit arson here Tuesday in what Quebec Justice department sources called the beginning of action against one of the biggest arson rings in Canada Charged were Alfred Cyr 44 a merchant now held on a fire commissioner s warrant and Gerard Arsenault 35 a sales salesman � man The charges arise from a fire which destroyed a mobile can canteen � teen in suburban Ancienne Lor ette in 1962 Six or seven other persons are being held under fire com commissioners � missioners warrants at QPP headquarters here police said Quebec justice department sources said the developments spring from a long hearing be being � ing held behind closed doors here by Fire Commissioner P A Theriault The sources said a 5000 in insurance � surance policy was paid after Killed Miner Identified A man killed in a mining acci accident � dent at Wells Monday has been identified as Donald Goldlng 48 of Pokomouche New Bruns Brunswick � wick Mr Goldlng was working for Grouse Creek Mines Ltd when tho side of tho open pit mine in which ho was working caved in crushing him the Ancienne Lorette fire in connection with which Cyr and Arsenault have been charged and high premiums were paic for other fires the inquiry is in investigating � vestigating Union Contract May Increase Dairy Prices The agreement signed be between � tween employees of Northern Dairies Ltd and company man management � agement Friday will mean a straight time wage increase totalling 29000 for the coming year Added to this will be an esti estimated � mated 15000 in overtime and fringe benefits The cost hike results from meeting union demands for new Job classifications plus wage adjustments and increases At the dairy 28 employees are members of the Retail and Wholesale and Department Store Clerks union They were negotiating their initial contract with the firm Dairy manager Paul Teich man said today he expected the total 44000 cost boost would result in an Increase In price for all milk products He noted that Vancouver dairies increased prices six weeks ago after finalizing wage negotiations Employees Association Ho was referring to a refer referendum � endum distributed by tho Postal Workers Brotherhood in which 11000 of tho 19000 postal em employees � ployees voted They accepted government pay Increases and rejected strike action The Montreal union leader said You dont hold a strike vote after having had a strike and won your point yet these imbeciles come out with a strike vote A wildcat postal strike which began July 22 at Montreal and Vancouver and spread to centres in Ontario and Quebec was settled some two weeks later when the federal govern government � ment upped a pay increase to 510 and 550 from a pre previously � viously proposed 300 and 360 Montreal postal workers re refused � fused to participate in the ref referendum � erendum which Mr Houle said was a farcical gesture by those who played a pitiful role in the strike and tried by all means to smash it Mr Houle said that at the next annual meeting of the associ association � ation there will be a strong move to replace the present heads of tho association at Ottawa The meeting will bo held Sept 22 24 in Toronto The Montrealer said postal workers were betrayed by their leaders during the recent strike which ho added would have ended in six days if it had been supported by the national executive Another feature of the annual meeting in September Mr Houle said will be an attempt to decentralize the leadership Rather than let the executive remain in Ottawa where they pick up the citys typical fear fearful � ful attitude there will be an attempt to set up a system featuring regional directors who will work full time and represent the regions of Que Quebec � bec Ontario the Maritimes the Prairies and British Col Columbia � umbia Phone 564 2441 Court Watchers Group McCulloch J llhain haWS W2waMfliM s MODFL 10 i- Worldi Lightest CHAIN SAW SEE IT NOW AT interior Power Saw Sales and Service Ltd 140 Quebec 563 3678 Organized by Socred MLA VANCOUVER CP - Ernie LeCours Social Credit MLA for Delta said today he is seeking money to finance an organization called Defenders Unlimited to watch over lower courts in British Columbia In a statement Issued today he called for 1000 members of the public to contribute 1 each to set up the organization If the money is collected by Sept 21 he said he would contribute 500 to the fund but will drop the idea if less than 1000 people are interested At the last session of the legislature Mr LeCours sharply criticized B Cs courts I received a large volume of mail in support of my conten contentions � tions he said The writers Included professional people ex pollcemen and newspaper newspapermen � men and most of them supported my suggestion that a citizens organization be formed to keep an eye on the lower courts and provide assistance and guidance when required Foulty Crystal Ball Premier Lesage is like the leader of one of those far out religious sects that crop up from time to time The kind that lock themselves in a house pull down the blinds and wait for the world to end So far the old globe hasnt disappeared as scheduled in any of their predictions The Quebec Premier has the same trouble He locks himself up in his French - Canadian house and announces The English speaking world is coming to an end Then he waits for it to happen But it doesnt and it wont The latest pronouncement from the Quebec crystal ball was made last weekend to graduating members of the Cadet Services of Canada The premier told them The coming people of the Americas may be the French Canadians But with English growing steadily as the Ian uage of common interchange the Lesage forecast has no connection with reason If he locks himself up with his supporters wait waiting � ing for this latest inanity to come true he will find that it is HIS house not the English speaking world of the Americas which comes to an end M iHv v m IjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfjfJfL ijiJiJH W k 4ikH i ijljljljljljBv ijjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjH LLLB w- BBI v IB r SUB r JLB Tnfpsf shnrlfinf Hnsitm out of Pai is is this upHHincr dress created by Yves St Laurent Its made of knitted ma material � terial closed by three large bows MONTH si s n lOcCopy aSJiV LBJ INVITES RUSSIANS TO SPACE SNOOP WELCOME PROMISED WASHINGTON AP -President Johnson today of offered � fered the Soviet Academy of Science an invitation to observe next months launching of the Gemini 6 space capsule The president told a press conference that he had directed space administrator James E Webb to invite the academy to send a high - level represen representative � tative to the space shot one of whose goals is a redezvous with an orbiting satellite Johnson said he hoped the Russians would accept the Invi Invitation � tation and that their repre representative � sentative would get a warm wel welcome � come He also announced he has in instructed � structed the defence department to go ahead with developing a manned orbital laboratory This program will bring us new knowledge of what man is able to do in space he said It will enable us to relate that knowledge to the defence of America Meanwhile the Gemini 5 astronauts their beards itchy and their cramped space cabin cluttered set a U S space endurance record today and took aim on the Soviet - held world record for a single flight They eclipsed the 97 hour 59 minute record of Gemini 4 at 1159 am EDT They have a go ahead to pass the world record of nearly five days at 906 am Thursday With the records falling President Johnson announced in Washington that the defence de department � partment would launch a manned orbiting laboratory In late1968 He also Invited Soviet scien scientists � tists to be on hand to witness the October flight of the Gemini 6 space craft Meanwhile the Gemini 5 as tronauts did some light house housekeeping � keeping in their cabin and kept a sharp eye on the earth for de details � tails of human activity Pilot Charles Conrad Jr a navy lieutenant - commander spotted the wake of the aircraft carrier Lake Champlain which is scheduled to recover the as astronauts � tronauts from the sea Sunday Conrads excited voice an announced � nounced Hes at 12 oclock I can see him turning Biggor than heck We got him in sight this time Roger I knew an old carrier pilot could find the carrier said capsule communicator James A McDivltt Very good Conrad made his first carrier landing In June 1955 on the deck of the Lake Champlain Hell be aiming for it again when the eight day flight ends Command pilot L Gordon Cooper Jr long before had logged enough hours in space to claim the world record in that department His wife Trudy relayed her congratula congratulations � tions to him in space The world record for a single flight Is held by Soviet cosmo cosmonaut � naut Valery Bykovsky who or orbited � bited the earth for 119 hours and six minutes beginning June 14 1963 Their beards itchy and their small space cabin showing some of the clutter of four days of occupancy the astronauts discussed with doctors on the ground ways of lightening the work load to provide more sleeping time In their 62nd orbit as they sped over the U S Pacific coast the astronauts observed a Minuteman missile blast off from Vanden berg Air Force Base Calif They also success successfully � fully spotted one Tuesday Conrads manner was peppy in copying the details of the days flight plan for Gemini control in Houston