You got a barrel of flavour in Carling Pilsener BEER Vol 10 No 5 WORLD TODAY Cuban Stand Backs Russia HAVANA Routers -The Soviet Union won warm and widespread sup support � port Thursday against Chinese attacks on it in the tri continental soli solidarity � darity conference meeting here Chinas head delegate Wu Hsueh Tsien was absent and the rest of the Chinese delega delegation � tion together with those of Indonesia Japan and Pakistan remained seated and Impassive as the conference accorded a thunderous standing ovation to a Russian statement that the Soviet Union has no intention of sustaining polemics Contempt Charge WASHINGTON AP -Con-tempt-of-congress action began Thursday against Imjierlal Wiz Wizard � ard Robert Shelton and six Ku Klux Klan leaders who refused to supply records to the un-American activities committee of the House of Representatives The SDven who have appeared In hearings into activities of the white - supremacist Klan de declined � clined to pioduce records and refused to answer questions The move was announced by Chairman Edwin Willis Dem La after testimony from a committee investigator thai Klansmen received and distri distributed � buted rifles in case lots in Louisiana In recent years EEC Meeting BRUSSELS Reuters- For Foreign � eign ministers of the European Common Market meet in Lux Luxembourg � embourg Jan 17 18 in an attempt to solve the crisis that has paralysed the community for seven months Pleere Wer Werner � ner Luxembourg premier and chairman of the markets coun council � cil of ministers will send out Invitations to member coun countries � tries a council spokesman said Thursday night Trouble Ahead PARIS AP - A possible threat to President de Gaulles majority in the French parlia parliament � ment was reported Thursday night Political circles said Fi Finance � nance Minister Valery Glscard dEstalng may decide not to serve in the cabinet again and may take with him 33 assembley votes Trouble for de Gaulle developed in preparations for a cabinet reshuffle expected as the president begins his new seven year term the Informants said gh Merger discussions are in the offing for the city bad badminton � minton and tennis clubs Mem Members � bers of both groups will meet on the 19th of this month at the Civic Centre todlscuss possibi possibilities � lities Long term aim would be to get a building which could be Jointly used A Thats the way to travel this time of year Motor Motorists � ists were surprised yesterday to see a horse drawn cutter clipping smartly along 15th not a bit worried by snow ice or cold a The pill has entered into the agriculture future of the central interior Dr Peter Panklw a researcher at Bea verlodge Reseanh Station told INDEX Weather 3 Betty Connor ------- n Women -------- Z C Chutch Page 5 Teen Page 12 Classifieds 01011 Coming Events 8 1 1 Comics - - - --------8 Editorial 2 Siort 7 l This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Boardorby the Government of British Columbia Return to Former Standard Promised PLEAS ARE ANSWERED ON EXPERIMENTAL FARM fir M IN IK wM Seek Release A delegation representing New Yorks labor union members visited Governor Nelson A Rockefeller above to seek the release of ailing union chief Michael J Quill and eight other officers of two unions from Jail sentences for contempt of court in calling a city wide transit strike Stationery Stores Ask Long Hours Stationery stores in Prince George are seeking permission to maintain longer business hojs Lawyer HA Hope said to today � day stationery firms areapply lng to the city for an amend amendment � ment of by laws prohibiting certain types of sales during hours businesses are now re required � quired to close down Mr Hope was appearing in city court on behalf of Spee Dee Printeis Limited fined 15 for failing to observe Wednesday afternoon closing regulations under the Municipal Act Some merchants in the city are concerned about businesses staying open Wednesday after afternoon � noon or even Wednesday night Crown prosecutor CA Edwaids noted Ho added theie was a re reluctance � luctance on the xii t of the city to prosecute in such cases low -io - iiigirrwaan u l H f a o r the Centennial Outlook Confer Conference � ence in Prince George this week that while we make predic predictions � tions of the future population of the area we must remember blitli control pills and their effect on population expansion Its a matter for serious con consideration � sideration he said a Its the talk of the town Is there is or Is there not an alligator The story goes that Keith Andrews bought an alligator at Kresges two and a half years ago just as a miniature pet Hut it grew so big eight feet from nose to tail that he had to put it in his garage The gator named Percy had to be babysat while waiting shipment to the oo and guess who Inherited the job on New Years Eve Slim Timlierlake they say Dut the story concludes the gator was shipped out on Tuesday so Slim is now off the hook a Since Janl the Teamsters w Union has a new and perm permanent � anent repiesentatlve in this aiea He is Nixon Held who is inspoiislble lor all ol Noith oastcrn HC He came from the Vancouver head office but will live here in Prince George Zk e By GLEN RINGDAL 2 Demands and pleas for the reinstatement of the Dominion Experimental Farm in Piince George have received promises of results The move answers urgent pleas from The Citizen farmers and other concerned residents Dr Art A Guitard director of the dominion research sta station � tion at Beaverlodge Alta and in charge of all research in northern BC and Alberta and the Yukon promised Thursday that the Prince George farm will return to at least the same standard as was main maintained � tained before it was cut back last spring Dr Guitard mentioned the replacement of researchers at the station during the Centen Centennial � nial Outlook Conference which concluded in Prince George Thursday after two days of in intensive � tensive study of the agriculture picture in the northern half of the province He enlarged on the subject following the conference He said two full time re researchers � searchers will be stationed at the Prince George farm plus two technicians will work at the farm under direct control of two researchers working at Beaverlodge In addition there will be sev several � eral less senior technicians at the Prince George farm There certainly will be re research � search carried out adequate for the area saidDr Guitard The local researchers will at any time be able to draw on the basic research informa information � tion of the 15 Beaverlodge re researchers � searchers he said The Prince George Dasea men will deal directly with local problems Dr Guitard said the federal department of agriculture Is negotiating with a researcher now who If he is obtained will be superintendent of the farm as well as a soil manage management � ment researcher Another researcher Is being sought to do crop management work with emphasis on forage crops Dr Guitard said he expects to know within several weeks whether or not the man being sought for the superintendent post will accept the position Quality researchers are In short supply he intimated He said the research farms test dairy herd which was main maintained � tained at the farm after the cutback will remain under the new system The Prince George farm was one of many research stations throughout Canada cutback this spring In a grand centraliza centralization � tion plan by the federal depart department � ment of agriculture The staff of three researchers and a superintendent at the Prince George farm was disbanded April 1 Dr Guitard said also that the research station at Smlthers which was drastically reduced in the national cutback will be maintained on a much reduced scale We can do all the research necessary there on about 20 acres he said The farm now consists of 400 acres We are trying to sell the remainder of the land he said Nine Die In Blaze ST PAUL Minn AP -Tin eo w 6m m one of them preg pregnant � nant ran streaming fioni the building their clothing aflie as firemen ai rived at the old Car let on Hotel In St Paul Thuisday to fight a blaze that took nine lives and Injured 17 peisons Some were badly injmed in leaps from windows on the sec second � ond and thlid floois One man suffered a bioken back Both legs and feet of another man wete fiactuied LUMBER EXPORTS WILL -DROP J When all the figures are in it Is expected that 1905 will have shown a decline in lum lumber � ber exports from Prince George since 19G4 Northern Interior Lumber Lumbermens � mens Association manager Bob Gallagher said Thursday final figures will not be ready until probably the first week in February Last years exports may he said hold up to levels set in 1964 but we are not counting on it At the moment he said available figures show a gen general � eral decline in exports a de decline � cline which began to show up early in the year In the first six months of the year exports were down about GO million board feet from the first half of 19G4 Mr Gallagher said lumber prices held fairly steady during the year He Lost 51300 Twice NEW YORK A P - A man who claimed 51300 found on a bus Isnt Ukley to get it back The US government says he owes that much and more in Income taxes The 48800 in cash and 2 500 in travellers cheques was in a shaving kit left on a Kennedy Airport bus Tuesday night Louis dl Rubba of Scarsdale NY the bus driver turned in the kit and Frank Durkin 52 clalmedit Wednesday Darkin a former officer in a Bronx trucking firm told po police � lice he had flown to Puerto Rico before he noticed his loss The money represented pro proceeds � ceeds from the sale ofhls busi business � ness and house The revenue service which is routinely notified when laige sums of money are found con confiscated � fiscated the 51300 after Dur Durkin � kin showed up A spokesman said Durkin owed 70030 in back taxes for 19G0 Itlzen The daily newspaper for Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA FRIDAY JANUARY 7 1966 Phone 564 2441 k III I IHhp if mmvfamm JHBHwf- Art UiiilUTi iZW1nB rpShnhhB LW 3B rrt v 1Ss8Mi 3 B I iMwwWm Day looy photo Even They Get Cold Taking an almost human facial expression these park parking � ing meteis dont seem to mind the cold at all especially when some kind soul offered them a scarf to keep them warm However some parking meters do freeze up and parking meter attenuents give this consideration when handing out tickets HOME OF THE KNIGHT TRAILER Mile 6 Hart Hwy Phone 962 7549 IOC CODV IJ MONTH Farm Sense It Is entirely satisfying to learn the federal government plans to reactivate Prince George Experimental Farm by replac replacing � ing researchers and adding technical staff Dr A A Guitard has promised research will be carried out adequate 1 Io the needs of the area by men based here dealing with local problems The new superintendent will be a I research man himself which will place the emphasis in the right place When the department of agricul ture cut back at the experimental farm April 1 The Citixen called clearly for a return to common sense re establishment and expansion of the farm as the focal point for agricultural development in the Central Interior That this urgent demand has been met indicates the de department � partment of agriculture has realized the production potential and market scope of this great area It is not an easy farming country It has many special problems The only way to solve them is by having qualified men on the spot Labor Warning Prepare to Face Automation Crisis VICTORIA iCP - The BC Federation of Lahor called on the BC government today to gear itself to meet the impact of automation In its annual brief to the BC cabinet the federa federation � tion asked for suitable legislation and a vast expansion of educational opportunities to meet automation Quesnel Flood Possibility Residents of Quesnel were watching with concern today the rise of the two rlverswhich Join within the community A big ice Jam n the Fraser River about two miles down stream from Quesnel had brought river levels upapproxi- mately 10 feet closing a saw sawmill � mill and threatening low lying residential areas The Hume Sawmill situated on a flat on the Quesnel River was forced to suspend oper operations � ations when water flooded to the lower portions of its dry kiln and planer installation Quesnel Mayor Alex Fraser said today Ice had reached the lower level of Front Street on the Fraser River but said no immediate action is contem contemplated � plated to attempt to lower the levels I dont think theres any anything � thing to panic about yet said the mayor Well just have to sit and witch The problem becomes moie acute because the Fraser gen generally � erally freezes more quickly than the Quesnel and fast-flowing Baker Creek which last summsr flooded eroding Its banks severely and prompting the mayor to declate It a local disaster area IMPATIENCE COSTS 25 Peter Zaddery lost his pa patience � tience while waiting to be served in a local cafe His impatience cost him 25 Police said Zaddery grabbed a waitress by the throat when she refused to wait on him The waitresses excuseZad dery wasnt seated in the part of the restaurant she was sup supposed � posed to be serving Zaddery was fined 25 in city court for common assault A delegation led by President E T Staley and Secretary Tieasuier EP ONeal said participation of the government in helping to solve the recent oil woikers strike has wa ate sure developed an awareness on the part of the government of the pioblems confronting us The federaMon asked Establishment of a commit- tee to study the impact of auto l matlon and general labor legls i latlon Free education including university and vocational or technological training with stu dents and their families to re 1 ceive adequate living allow ances while attending Job train training � ing or retraining courses A major revamping of ap i prentlceship programs to b preceded by a government-management-labor conference Establishment of a fedeial provlnclal agency to co coordinate � ordinate all manpower pio grams and immediate research on basic manpower needs and supply At tills very moment tha brief said employers in the province aie faced with a shot t age of skilled woikers yet we have great numbers of resi residents � dents unemployed It said the solution was not importing skilled labor from Europe until all Canadians dis displaced � placed by automation are trained or let rained The federation also wanted ex parte lnjuctlons obtained by management abolished because they severely curtailed the democratic right to strike 18 months notice by management of technological changes legis legislation � lation allowing public set vice employees to strike and out outlawing � lawing stiikebieakers and abo abolition � lition of conciliation boaids which in recent years liave merely served as detrimentsto meaningful negotiations Other items wie a 40 hour maximum woik week for all woikers tougher pollution con tiols government automobile insurance boer sales in grocety stores lower ferry fares an Inquiry into the BC Hospital Disurance Service and takeover of the privately-owned East Kootenay Power and Light Co CANYON SLIDES HALT TRAINS BOSTON BAR BC CP One of two cross country passenger trains trapped by snowslldes in British Co Columbia � lumbia got under way early today after a work train cleared away a snow mud and rock slide that lay over 500 feet of track Candlan Pacific Railways crack passengers train the Canadian broke out of its overnight trap in the Fraser Canyon near here at 415 am to continue its west westbound � bound trip to Vancouver But another passenger train Canadian National Railways Panorama also westbound remained halted by the slides A CPR spokesman said there were 130 passengers aboard the Canadian The spokesman said the CPRs eastbound Canadian due to leave Vancouver Thursday left the west coast a 3 am today and waited at a Fraser Valley siding until the westbound train passed before continuing Its trip toward Toronto Snow Plows In Trouble A CPR ofticlal said the Canadian westbound was scheduled to arrive in Van Vancouver � couver at 945 am about 23 hours late The CNRs Panorama carrying 200 persons was pinned down between two series of slides about 120 miles east of Vancouver A work train broke through to the Panorama Thursday but snow came down to block the line again One plow working up the canyon to free the Panorama became ensnared itself There was so much snow on both sides of the train the equipment operators had no where to push it They broke paths through to over overhangs � hangs and began dumping snow Into the Fraser River Thursdays furious bliz blizzard � zard was followed by sleet and freezing rain in the canyon area today The CNR prepared to fly passengers between Van Vancouver � couver and the Alberta cities of Calgary and Edmonton The CPR had planned sim similar � ilar measures but cancelled airlift plans when its track cleared A CPR spokesman said the depth ofaccumulatedsnowat North Bend where the CPR train was forced to stop was 72 Inches Last Link Threatened The Trans Canada High Highway � way through the canyon was closed without a chance of being cleared Uxlay Hope a town at the south end of the canyon looked like a supply depot Long lines of transport trucks waiting to use the highway lined the streets their drivers crowding cafes Slides also threatened the Hope - Princeton Highway last road link with the BC interior which was reopened during the day after a two hour closure The hard - hit Fraser Val Valley � ley was being opened up for some travel with first pri priority � ority for dairy trucks hoping to gather milk from 1000 dairymen before it spoiled On Vancouver Island the thaw brought down a gymna gymnasium � sium three barns and a lum lumber � ber mill under the weight of melting snow The weather office re reported � ported another storm brew brewing � ing off the Oregon coast and promising rain and strong winds