Lggp n p- KSS drirst drenching WORLD TODAY Fanfani Resigns Foreign Office mmur ALL THE WAY DOWN say MABEL agr BUCKim This advertisement is not published or displayed by the liquor Control Board or by the uovernmenioi onusn uoiumun Vol 9 No 247 ROME AP - Italy s foreign minister Amlntore Fanfanlten dered his resignation today be because � cause of criticism of his role In a purported North Vietnamese peace feeler that Hanoi later disavowed Premiei Aldo Moro refused to accept the resigna resignation � tion Fanfani also Is piesident of the United Nations General Assembly but his action had no effect on this post Seepage 15 Red Trial BERLIN Reuters East Germany will put on trial per persons � sons arrested after a Christmas shooting incident which has heightened Berlin all tension it was reported toda Both sides of the divided city were angry at the Incident for differ different � ent reasons A wave of indigna indignation � tion swept West Germany because Communist border guards shot and killed a West German Heinz Schoeneberger 27 who tried to crash a car through a checkpoint barrier Sunday Communists Hunted JAKARTA Reuters Thou Thousands � sands of Indonesians have stormed homes of Indonesian Communists on the Rhio Is Islands � lands near Singapore arrested party members and seized pic pictures � tures of Communist leaders the Antara news agency reported today The agency said 427 Communists were arrested and said the hunt of fleeing Com munists continued Off on Holiday LONDON Reuteis - The Duke of Edinburgh took Prince Charles and Princess Anne to Liechtenstein toda for a skiing holiday They flew from London Airpoit in an Andover aircraft of the Queen s Flight immedi immediately � ately aftei going with the Queen to a special service in West Westminster � minster Abbey inaugurating its 900th annlveisar celebration Cambodia Warns PHNOM PEH PX - Cam Cambodia bodia warned today that any invasion by U S or South Viet Nam troops will provoke imme diate counter action The Cam- bodian National Congress said Cambodia will respond to any act of war by an act of war Any armed incursion by land sea or air w ill provoke an armed counter -incursion on the ten Itoi y of the aggressor or teriitory occupied by the aggressor British Guards FRANCISTOWN Bechuana land Reuters British troops guar del Sunday the sabotage thieatened British xadio station being built here to beam un censored broadcasts to Rhode Rhodesia � sia White residents mainly South Africans and Rhodesians of this small town In arid bush country only 10 miles from the Rhode sian border have voiced deep resentment over the relay station now nearing comple completion � tion The spirit of the North is very much alive The driver of a small car hit a snowbank whiledrivingtoTaboi Mountlan sklhlll lie was hope hopelessly � lessly stuck The next tar stojped the driver had a rope and he spared no effort t pull the other car frte To ottu i men stopped and puslitd And all In sub zero weather Agent 007 lived right hue 9 In Prince George James Bond No Colin Neale Mr Neale Jsthe National rUmUiaiU representltlve for Noitln rn BC and th Yukon and 007 lb the area emit numU r foi his office Know what In Mt foi Clulstmas 007 dlti i slidvo lotion what else Some people Uk soiiih funny cures for thu holiday overlndulien e but nono fun funnier � nier than that tak n by iho wife ot oiih lo al pulp mill x- Two Presumed Dead in Fire A fire at the Alkali Lake re reserve � serve Friday night completely destroyed a log cabin and police at Williams Lake report two men missing tnd presumed dead The men Louis Dan 57 and his 27-year-old sen Edward were alone at the time of the fire believed caused by a faulty heater etutive Heres he recipe two slices of bread each one Inch thick small quantities of cold turkey meat and ham and gi eat gobs of mustard and may onalse Yuuclih A former pnnce George businessman and alder alderman � man Thomas S Caimlchael has been tinted an aldennan in White Roik whero ho has resiled foi the past five years 0 Taxpayi is In tliorifthAve jnl Wutitms St aia ate hoping that Aldoman Htlliaid Claie baiks as loud and long at c ity ciiuik 11 as his little pooh does at nibht One re si lint said a llttli dob which ho 1m Hi vi s js owmd by Mr Clan ki i ps hlin awake some in lits j Ml Clai talks as loul and long as his d baiks Im sum he Is dining his si it i ii ciiuik il said the 1 1 Slll lit foe Citizen The dally newspaper for Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY DECEMBER 28 1 965 Throttles Vancouver CITIZEN NEWS SERVICES Record snowfall Monday paralyzed the Fraser Valley brieflw isolated Vancouver and created havoc on Vancouver Island Some people who may not noimally see a flake all year lookeu out on a foot of snow The cumulative total since Thursday foi plates such a Nanaimo on the island was more than 25 inches The snow grounded most flights out of Vancouver in including � cluding Canadian Pacific Air LinesJ trip to Prince George Two other CPA flights from the Coast made the trips many hours behind schedule The schedule was expected to be close to normal today Flight 15 which normally ar arrives � rives at Prince George at 10 55 am landed 13 hurs late Flight 21 scheduled for arrival 5 15 p m came in at 7 40 p m Spokesman for Prince George construction companies whose personnel had gone to Vancouver for the Christmas weekend said most of their officials were not delayed by the weather problems It was a different story with workers however many visited families at the coast and were late re returning � turning to work Power losses were so freq frequent � uent In and around Victoria they could not be counted Some families went to bed without heat water or lights Mondays snow came from a storm that swept north up the US coast Victorias 8 9 marked the heaviest one day fall since 1923 and the 9 8 inches dropped on Vancouver eclipsed all records Coming on top of the seasons first snowfalls Thursday and Trlday the storm created high highway � way conditions blamed for many of BCs 14 weekend traffic fatalities About 2000 passengers were delayed most of the day in Van Vancouver � couver with the cancellation or postponement of flights by United Airlines Air Canada and Canadian Pacific Airlines The airport was reopened at 5 pm After 20 cars stalled over a 20 mlle stretch of the Trans Canada Highway In the Fraser Valley police began asking mo motorists � torists to stop The highway was reopened wlthina few hours but hundreds of miles of sideroads In the valley remained clogged by drifts The storm thrust unabated Into the British Columbia in interior � terior where it linked up with cold air From his home In Kamloops where it was five de degrees � grees below zero with more than half a foot of new snow on the ground Highways Minister Philip Gaglardl urged people to stay home Rail passengers were sub subjected � jected to only slight delays on the mainland but a CPR day liner heading out of Vitoria had to turn around just north of Nanaimo Two Island radio sta stations � tions were off theairdurlngthe day Two Held After Theft Thievery in a local hotel almost cost a passing tourist a holiday in Japan Michael Hosklns a photo photographer � grapher employed at the Peace River project lost a 1000 round -trip airline ticket to Japan and 450 worth of camera equipment in a hotel lobby here last week The photographer set down a camera bag containing the ar articles � ticles in the lobby about 2 am Triday About an hour later Clar Clarence � ence Brown was arrested in connection with the incident Brown and Clare Romalne charged jointly with theft and possession of stolen property elected trial by magistrate to today � day in city court and pleaded not guilty HE SPENT HOLIDAY IN JAIL TORONTO CP George Diamantis 20 who spent Christmas in Torontos Don Jail because his wife tried to get him deported to Greece is today the centre of a legal tangle Georges wife AleaKosma 24-year-old landed immigrant now says shelssorryforwhat I did and wants George to stay in Toronto Diamantis came to Canada from Greece as a tourist in January 19C4 and decided to stay without informing the Im Immigration � migration department He married Alexa in Match 19G4 They quarrelled and she decided to seek his deportation In September 1904 Diamantis was ordered deported but im mlgulion authorities deferred action and he was not ar rested until Dc 14 Her sister Jenny Kosma of Toronto said Alexa does love him but in the first year of marriage everybody has prob problems � lems 1 i BL Tj ROBERT BONNER BONNER AGREE TO VANCOUVER CP Two British Columbia cabinet ministers agree drinking and driving canbe fatal But they differ radically when it comes to deciding how many accidents are caused by alcohol Highways Minister Gag Gaglardl � lardl says drinking is the major cause of traffic car carnage � nage on the roads his de department � partment builds Attorney -General Bonner responsible for law enforce enforcement � ment on those roads says Phone 564 2441 PHIL GAGLARDI GAGLARDI DISAGREE alcohol is only one of the many factors involved in traffic accidents and by no means the main ones Said Mr Bonner This is a simple minded sugges suggestion � tion that all accidents in involve � volve the use of alcohol and has been exploded by experts Alcohol Is a factor as is mechanical defects driver judgment poorly en engineered � gineered highways and any one of a dozen factors mostly unrelated I HOME OF THE KNIGHT TRAILER Mile 6 Hart Hwy Phone 563 9549 m llIliljjflB BTBI DIMBTVr HHIiSViwv xJifllFVVTriwriHHHIBHHHEI Snow Derails Engines A snow drift was responsible for the derailment of three Pacific Great Eastern Railway diesel engines The incident happened Mon Monday � day night near the Pine Pass some 130 miles north of Prince George A railway spokesman said the northbound freight hit a snow drift tossing one diesel over on its side while theother two jumped the tracks No one was injured in the mishap The line is expected to be cleared later today Equipment and men are on their way toput the diesels back into operation 720 DIE IN US CHICAGO AP Traffic accidents killed 720 persons in the US during the three day Christmas weekend the highest number ever counted for any holiday period The National Safety Council termed the toll a national dis disaster � aster The figure smashed the rec od of 70G for a 102 hour four day holiday weekend that had stood for nine years The pre previous � vious record also was for a Christmas observance In 19D6 The council bad estimated a death toll of between SCO and 6C0 The record for a three day holiday was COO duringthelOSS Christmas period A Foot Of Snow Two Die Two persons nding in the cai on the left were instantly killed early Christmas Day in a crash on First Ave at the Cottonwood Island cutoff Five peisons riding in the othei cai were injured thiee remain in hospital See Story Page 3 Photo by Dave Looy Highways In Good Condition While their counterparts in some parts of BC are warn warning � ing motorists to carry shovels highways department officials in Prince George today said most highways north of Cache Creek are in good winter con condition � dition Regional highways engineer RG Harvey said between one and three inches of snow have been reported on most highways In the immediate area extend extending � ing to the Peace River district where temperatures were around 25 degrees below zero this morning Between Cache Creek and Clinton in the south there were about five inches of snow most of the highway plowed with conditions improving as the highway moves north But for the entire Kamloops highways region it extends from Hope to Revelstoke there were warnings of heavy snow high winds and drifting Twenty four inches of new snow have been reported on the Hope - Princeton highway snarling traffic for hours be before � fore the road was made pass passable � able this morning jfczii imivr CfslJ zJftliZLit - AQwflt J sS iSSiaiii The Gingerbread Man Wesdemcr Tnpke at the Pastiy Chei Hakiry on Uotge Stint took hu houi of his time recently to bake this huge cake made of gingubiead and donated to tin luuvs Club who gave it to the kids at hospital foi Chustinas He uNo made l0 additional takes the same size as he is holding in his uglit hand Un sale in the hop tin MONTH 10 iw Conv vopy i cw Christmas Around The World A JUMPY TIME IN VIET NAM Hopes for a period of con continued � tinued peace In Viet Nam were smashed when Christmas cease fires of varying length offered by North Viet Nam on the one hand and South Viet Nam and the United States on the other were not completely ob observed � served Despite the resumption of fighting there was a Christmas atmosphere in Viet Nam A spokesman in Saigon said US planes which at a late hour Sunday had not lesumed a regular schedule of bombings in North Viet Nam made their final Christmas eve strike into the North a festive one They parachuted 5 000 Christmas packages into Hanoi controlled territory The packages contained greeting cards calendars and health hints US marines in the Da Nang area were host to 15000 South Vietnamese children and 6000 adults at Christmas parties The marines distributed al almost � most 1 000000 toys and tons of cookies and candles in South Viet Nam In the Holy Land Twenty thousand visitors from points as far awayas Tai Taipei � pei and Helsinki descended on the Holy Land for Christmas weekend As Christmas dawned over the Judean Hills the sun burst out raising the curtain for a day of parades brass bands and general merry making in the streets Pilgrims knelt and kissed the spot deep In a rock hewn grotto in Bethlehem where tradition says Christ was born First event was a midnight mass at St Catherines About 5000 worshippers jammed the cathedral so tightly an elderly woman and a teen - aged boy fainted and had to be carried out In London In London Queen Elizabeth in her recorded broadcast said the Commonwealth has never been in greater danger of falling apai t She made no mention of the big issue now facing the black and white people of the Commonwealth the unilateral seizure of Independence by the white dominated government of Rhodesia Rhodesia television asked foi and received a full recoidlngof the speech In Rhodesia In Rhodesia there was plenty of wine and whisky loast tui key and Chi Istmas pudding de despite � spite a tiade embaigo Britain has declaied against the coun country � try Bais and night clubs were packed Christmas Eve witli young white people many of whom lose and drank a toast To Rhodesia and to hell with sanctions In Berlin Gunfiie echoed along the Bei lin Wall as Communist East Berlin boidei guaids fiied Cluistma eve M est Berlin eis who tlueu clgiiettes oei the wall and at French toldieis looking ovei the wall and on Sa Saturday � turday riddled a car killing i man dying to uuss to theWtt and raptuiliu tluee othei s Tin i e leading Nazi mhi nn lnals weie seived Uukev with all the trimmings ij gmnts at Bei linb siiaudau pi itoii situi day The thieeBaUlui Unibhii aih lbeit speei and Rudolf Hess aie the onlv iHrupantbof the 000 ull Mlledwai crlnu s pi ibon In Rome In atUan Citv Pop Paul disappointed and lomemed about the f vlliue of the ltt Niin 1 1 ut e v hu h he had hoped could U vtMidtd ulibiited thuo Chi Winis masses f