liiJiPSiiiHlli This advertisement is not published or displayed by th Liquor Control BoardorbytheGovernmentof British Columbia Vol 9 No 222 THE WORLD TODAY Rebellion Smashed SANTO DOMINGO Pt The armed forces smashed a small rightist rebellion early today In the heart of the Dominican Republic without firing a shot Commodore Francisco J Ri Rivera � vera Camlnero armed forces secretary said 47 persons were arrested He added that no members of the military were involved 200 Viet Cong Die SAIGON W South Vietna Vietnamese � mese forces beat back two heavy Communist assaults on the central coast today with help from bombarding US navy ships offshore and air strikes later US and south Vietnamese officers said at least 200 of about 1500 at attackers � tackers were killed The South Vietnamese de defending � fending a fort In Thach Tru village 20 miles south of Quang Ngal and 230 miles northeast of Saigon were outnumber outnumbered � ed three to one 1 Million Suit NEW YORK A The city transit authority says it will sue the Consolidated Edison Co for at least 1 million to recover costs Incurred be because � cause of the power blackout Nov 9 The authoritys acting chair chairman � man John J Gllhooley said Sunday the suit will be filed within two weeks and will be based on an allegation of neg negligence � ligence Red Purge Backed JAKARTA cr Indonesian regional commanders Sunday night fully endorsed the army chiefs crackdown on the Com Communists � munists and pledged to carry it out In their regions the official news agency Antara reported The army chief MaJ Gen Suharto met with the comman commanders � ders here after they had met with President Sukarno at the Bogor presidential palace 40 miles south of Jakarta Suharto told reporters that Sukarno gave Instructions on how the purges of elements In Involved � volved in the abortive Oct 1 coup attempt should be carried out Home Bombed CHARLOTTE NC P The home of the president of the North Carolina branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo People � ple and those of three other Charlotte Negro civil rights leaders were bombed early to today � day The blasts occurred between 230 am and 330 am No one was injured Help Singapore SINGAPORE P Defence Minister Goh Keng Swee called on Western countries Sunday to give economic aid to newly independent Singapore to pre prevent � vent it from going Commun Communist � ist He called on Britain Aus Australia � tralia and the United States In particular to help this stra tegic island create new Indus Industries � tries and assure an export market for the products for these industries good work In the Co op shop shopping � ping centre grocery shoppers were handed a flashlight asthey walked in turned it In again as they checked out A The power black out also hit Quesnel during heavy snowfall It was darker than a coffin and a truck drlvei said he was not even aware of being In a tovn until alter he hit a house with his flatbed tiuck barely missing a small car which had missed the cornej at the bridge Intersection and was sitting high up the traffic Island INDEX Betty Conner- ---- 5 Women --r-- 5 Classified 9 10 U Coming Events 8 Editorial 2 Sports 7 Power Fails One Deed Seven Injured te Citizen The daily newspaper for Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA MONDAY NOVEMBER 22 1965 Roads Clogged Phone 564 2441 HOME OF THE KNIGHT TRAILER iii i mi oamsii iflt Mile 6 Hart Hwy Phone 564 9549 J oviSito lOr Tnnu II MHt MONTH Travel Cut BUT CAN SPRING BE FAR BEHIND One person was killed and seven others injured in four separate weekend accidents in the Prince George district Dead is Irvan Olson 51 of Nukko Lake Injured were William Graff Mary Bouvler Alfred Hourie George Cross Bradley Mac Donald Bill Voth and Harold Rideout Olson was killed on the Chief Lake Road Saturday about 1 am when he ditched his car and was thrown from the vehicle His passenger William Graff was taken to hospital with slight injuries and dischargedSunday Olsons body was viewedSat urday evening An Inquest has been called Mary Bouvler Alfred Hourie and George Cross received minor injuries in a three car pile up at 1145 pm Sunday on the i intersection of the Gls come Highway and Highway 97 The Bouvler car had stalled and Hourie had driven in front of the vehicle to attach a booster when the Cross vehicle hit the rear of Houries car A total of 1300 damage re resulted � sulted from the accident Bradley MacDonald is in hos hospital � pital with a cut lip and possible broken Jaw following a collision on the Blackwater Road Bill Voth and Harold Rideout re received � ceived minor injuries in the same accident Cars driven by Neil Mac Donald and Harold Rideout were totally wrecked in the accident which occurred when the cars met on a curve Carpenters Claim Denied A Januson Burns and Dut ton project manager at the Northwood pulp mill said to today � day that statements made last week by former employees of his firm concerning job safety are not true The Citizen Friday reported a carpenter had asked carpen carpenter � ter superintendent Ian Sum Summers � mers to replace an allegedly faulty rope Mr Summers was said to have refused and to have told the man to either use the rope he had or to be fired Mr Januson said company records showed Mr Summers never supervised a Job where the carpenter was employed Mr Summers was never In charge of the building re recovery � covery In question Mr Janu Januson � son said If there was any justice in the world people who walk to work eveiy day and get passed by countless cais who dont offer a lide should be gianted the satisfaction of seeing the motoilsts stuck In the years first heavy snow snowfall � fall But this Isnt what happens Instead the car drlvei s caught In the drifts expect the strug gling pedesttian to push their vehicles free and get covei ed witli snow into the bargain Curbstone commentator 9 wasnt too Impressed with the instant building the Royal Bank threw up on Woodwards shopping centre site yeah he said Its alright but what about the instant money He doesnt like working Fridays power failure hit during a peak business per lod In the downtown area but most shoppers Just kept up the CjiB JiiiiiiiiiBi3t- 1t T i wrH Blankity Blank Winter Wonderland In this type of weather everyone jumps in and helps during the past 24 hours The white fluffy stuff also even the women Third avenue early this morning was caused a rash of accidents overnight full of cars being pushed after the 10 of snow that fell Dave Reidie photo Lonely Trappers Cabin Offers Safety in Storm A light aircraft and Its lone occupant lost overnight In a blinding snowstorm in the Monkman Pass were found safe early today Gary Moore 31 of Chet wynd bought a near - new Cessna 180 aircraft in Edmon Edmonton � ton at the weekend and was making his first flight In it when he was forced down on a small airstrip beside a trap trappers � pers cabin The strip called Wolverine is located CO miles south of Fort St John and has no road access Mr Moores wife said from Chetwynd today that the BC Forest Service in Hudson Hope picked up a radio signal from her downed husband at 830 am He said he had been forc forced � ed down by snow but had made a safe landing and neither he nor his plane were harmed Mr Moore had left the Grande Prairie airport after refueling at 11 am Sunday He was expected to arrive In City Pushes Gas Hearing The city was pressing today to have the final sitting of a hearing Into Inland Natural Gas Cos application to reduce its rates moved to Vancouver be because � cause of weather The sitting has been sche scheduled � duled for Wednesday at 2 pm In Nelson City manager Arran Thomson said today he would call the Public Utilities Commission with a view to moving the sitting to Vancom er PUC chairman Dr J F K English said the final sitting will be for argument of oppos opposing � ing cases In the application Spearheading the opposition Is the city of Prince George which has branded the rate reductions proposed as inade inadequate � quate and has requested zonal rates giving areas close to the gas supply preferential rates The city was able towinfrom Inland a promise that rates in a high consumption section of the rate schedule would be reduced to provide greater savings to cold areas in thenorthern part of the province Mr Thomson and city compr troller Chester Jeffery plan to make the trip to the final sitting Chetwynd two hours later Mrs Moore reported her husband overdue at 430 pm Air sea rescue headquarters in Winnipeg was notified and a search was scheduled to begin when the weather cleared Mrs Moore said a plane is Sat in Airport scheduled to fly to Wolverine today to bring needed fuel to the downed plane or to fly her husband home However weather In the area was still bleak at noon today and the rescue attempt had not been made After Eight Hours Travellers Go Home Strong complaints about de icing facilities at Prince George Airport have been voiced by passengers who waited eight hours Sunday night before they were told the scheduled 7 pm flight to Vancouver would be cancelled The Canadian Pacific Air Airlines � lines DCC B arrived at the airport 90 minutes late after being held In Vancouver be because � cause of fog conditions here When the fog lifted the snow came said a CPA spokesman today Major complaints voiced by the 27 passengers who were to have taken the flight were in regard to the ineffectiveness of a pump which squirts glycol on the aircraft to remove wing ice Passengers who finally left the airport after 4 am and one abortive attempt to take off were critical of ground crews who to clear snow that coated the plane turned a fire hose on it It removed the snow all right said one of the passen passengers � gers but it sure formed Ice Several said the glycol machine because of its size was almost completely inef ineffective � fective As soon as one part of the aircraft had been cleared by the machine Ice began to form again When the plane was ready for takeoff it was unable to navigate on treacherous run runways � ways CPAs other flights to Prince George were said to be on time today Support Weakening m1m 1K hmmmi Louie Grootel thinks that shoveling snow is a thing of the past Armed Mounties Search Hill Area A dozen armed policemen scoured Connaught Hill Sunday morning in search of anunknown rifle artist The search was organlzea after police received two re reports � ports of shots being fired from a high powered rifle lnthearea Police believe there may be some connection between the incident and a theft of a rifle Snow 14 Inches of It That was the weekend thai was and everyone it hoping there wont be another like it for a long time to come It was a weekend punctuated by power failures trafficsnarls and about 14 inches of snow for Prince George The weather threw transpor transportation � tation schedules off caused dozens of car accidents and aching snow shovel muscles and generally threw the Central Interior Into turmoil And there Is little relief In sight for a day or two at least Highways department and city works crews were struggling today to keep main arteries open to traffic but they were being hampered by continuing foul weather and relatively heavy traffic District highways engineer RG Harvey said he expected most main routes and big rural roads will be plowed and In good condition by tonight The department is hiring all available heavy equipment to aid in removal of heavy slippery snowfall Mr Harvey said most high highways � ways were heavy with snow this morning but all were passable Prince George appeared to take the brunt of the storm In other areas only six to eight Inches fell barely half of what came down on Prince George The department clears main highways first then school bus routes and then goes Into a general clearing program In rural areas Meanwhile at least two schools were threatened with closure because of the weather and power outage District superintendent Dave Todd said the Peden Hill elementary school was particu particularly � larly hard hit When students arrived this morning their school was un untreated � treated unlighted and had no water supply The water supply comes from a well serviced by an electric pump Power service was restored to normal shortly after 9 am today It had failed about 315 am when heavy snows on a new 60000 volt line servicing Prince George Pulp and Paper Ltd and Northwood Pulp caused a chain reaction The line had been energized only Sunday Hydro local manager Bill Best said the snows caused the lines heavy load to kick back into Willlston substation Which in turn tripped relays darkening the city The downtown area was blacked out for 90 minutes at about 530 pm Friday when a logging truck hit a power pole Greyhound service from Van Vancouver � couver was about one and a half hours late today and buses to and from the west were about half an hour late A spokesman for the Prince George Taxi Association said its cabs have been running at full tilt since Sunday morning Tow truck operations were going crazy with calls Fattening Profiteers Most people do not realize how the McMahon family has taken the people of British Columbia to the cleaners via the gas business The McMahons and their friends bought large quantities of Westcoast Transmission stock at 5 cents per share It now sells at around 21 per share Exhorbitant profits were made by these same people in Inland Natural Gas shares The bulk of these shares were acquired at an average price of less than 119 They are now selling on the market at around 10 per share It is bad enough for the citizens of British Columbia to have to pay the extortionate taxes they do without having to fatten a group of pro motors for not millions but scores of millions of dollars How long must the people of British Columbia ac accept � cept this iniquity Premier Bennett was not slow to expropriate the British Columbia Electric Company which was a well run and small profit company Bennetts alibi was that the BC Electric paid in income � come taxes to Ottawa His friends in Westcoast Transmission and Inland Natural Gas are apparently immune from any action to limit their profits or to be taken over for the benefit of the provincial treasury In the words of the prophet How long Oh Lord how long For General Strike ONE STEP FROM A REVOLUTION VANCOUVER - Fur Further � ther weakening showed to today � day in support amongunlons for a 48 - hour general strike in British Columbia Thursday and Friday Unions outside the lower mainland area showed less enthusiasm for the plan than those close to the action In Port Alberni the United Papermakers and Paperworkers CLC voted against supporting the walk out But a mass meeting Sunday of 500 men from 22 union locals In the area backed the strike call Union leaders at the Ar Arrow � row and Duncan Dam proj projects � ects on the Columbia River said they did not think work ers would leave their jobs in support of a strike But they said there is little doubt our men would refuse to cross picket lines If other unions picketed the sites In Vancouver members of the 600 - member local of the Federated Association of Letter Carriers voted against an executive recom recommendation � mendation supporting the walkout Executives of the Cana Canadian � dian Postal Workers Union also with about 600 mem bers reversed a member membership � ship decision and advised workers to stay on the job because the union lacked national support for a strike The leadership of the pow powerful � erful Teamsters Union without which the strike could not be really effective was distinctly cool about it The Machinists Union re jected itHospitalemplojees while sympathizing with what its sponsors seek said they would not participate There was support from bus drivers wood and pulp workers some building trades postal workers civic and municipal employees and the Kamloops Labor Council See Page 3 representing 28 union locals Said an International Woodworkers of A m e r 1 c a spokesman at the Kamloops meeting This is the closest thing to an insurrection only one step from a revolution but it is the only course we can take Ed Lawson president of the joint Teamsters council of BC said the strike would violate union contracts We have a longstanding rule In our union he said If you make a good con tract enforce it If you make a bad contract live by It He declined to say what will be recommended to a Teamsters meeting tonight The call for a 48hour general strike was made last week by the 110000 member BC Federation of Labor CLC to back up a proposed strike by the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union CLC against all oil com panles in the province The oil workers now are on strike against British American Oil Co here and as fareastasClarksonOnt a Shell operation on the Prairies and an Imperial subsidiary here Main issue is job security Tire union demands protec protection � tion against automation