G fc Mk 4 a A W Vli VVe- Vol 11 No 66 was second and Danella third The first Irish sweepstakes of the season was based on the race People throughout the world taxing a gamble on the sweep stakes anxiously awaited the result Late scratches of two well regarded entries Christ mas Review and Lucky Biscuit cut the starting field to 24 Ben Novus carrying 108 pounds was ridden by Peter Robinson and won a first prize of 6583 19749 for his Brit ish sowner J N Peatt Holders of lucky sweepstakes tickets on Ben Novus collected 50000 150000 Ben Novus was a 22-to- long shot Aberdeen went off at 8 to 1 and Danella was 30 to 1 Two horses Tracker and Shady Knight finished In a dead heat for fourth place on the course made hard and firm by drying winds Tracker was 100 to 6 In the betting and Shady Knight 18 to 1 The race starts one of the big betting splurges of the year for MPs Consider Judges Plea OTTAWA CP Prime Minis ter Pearson said Tuesday the cabinet has not yet decided what to do about Mr Justice Leo Landrevllles request that ha be enabled to address the Commons a Vern Manhas who was tie first East Indian Immigrant to buy real estate property in Prince George Is also the first to go into the service station business Vern has Just taken over the Chevron station at First Avenue and Victoria St g Small boy and a bankers son our Informant says was visiting a friend He noticed a tooth carefully displayed In a conspicuous place for the Good Fairy to find and replace with liver The visitor asked his pal how much the I airy generally left for teeth picked up In this way Oli sometimes a nickel sometimes a dime was the reply The visiting five-year-old then headed straight for his friends mother and asked Can I buy that tooth What on earth L 24 Pages Britons They try to couple the winner of the Lincolnshire and the Grand National in what Is known as the spring double Ben Novus is a five-year-old by Ben Hawke out of Novelty Ben Novus won by lialf a length with four lengths separ separating � ating second and third KINGSTON Jamaica CP -Jamaican customs officials said Tuesday they have seized a large quantity of rifles and ammunition consigned to a King Kingston � ston firm headed by a Canadian r Base Purchase Planned Northern Mountain Airlines may buy the Prince George char ter base of Pacific Western Alr lines Ltd The purchase cannot be con firmed until approval Is obtained from the Air Transport Board A spokesman for Pacific West ern Alrllnt s said certain condl tlons had to be met by Northern Mountain before the sale could seriously be considered He implied that the sale would definitely take place when the Board approved do you want the tooth for she questioned Well the Falrv generally leaves 25 cents at our place he reolied uprimniy Do you have a Junior Fred Astaire In your home a boy between the ages of seven and 10 who Is musically In Inclined � clined No not to play music to dance itl Mrs Ann Gordon Is looking for five boys wlthlr this age group to whom she plans to give frte instruction and train training � ing In ballroom dancing In pre paratlon for competition dancing In November Tor further Infor Information � mation phone 563 2575 a If youre looking for tickets to the anniversary meeting of the Moose Lodge see Jim Westle 5C2 2301X llesgotthem for the fraternal orders party Saturday night at St Marys Jie Citizen The daily newspaper for Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY APRIL 5 1967 750000 Total Cost of Project f tf Ja i oiur Plann AEjm m iff H E TBl iBT H AfVH nBLJM Hi BtwBk InrTHiB HmTBI H nELJlB wUSr AiR mTb eh ifi Jff H HI sP cd H w Dw9np9ft wwHft flJjB BuH vA fl INSIDE TODAYS CITIZEN O Prince Georges director of elementary education Bert Webb below gets an overseas appointme it Page 3 Fifty rancher and farmers neur Kamloopt are putting the brakes on over an out outbreak � break of wild horse killings in the area Page 15 An Alberta MLA will get the investigation he has asked for into charges of lm propriety against Albertas Social Credit government Page 10 A Quebec woman who received a kidney transplant last year gives birth to a baby girl age 15 US military men predict a record number of air raid missions against North Viet nam before the end of April Page 7 O A ury trying Richard Speck on charges of murdering eight Chicago nurses hears testi testimony � mony Page 6 Editorials 2 People Make the News G Sports 7 Women 17 18 Garde nng 24 Holders Collect 150000 Rich Sweepstake DONCASTER England CP Ben Novus won the dne mile Lincolnshire Handicap over turf course today Aberdeen CITIZEN STAFF WRITER A 12 storey office building incorporating three full floors of parking is scheduled foi construction at Sixth Avenue and Victoria Street Total leaseable floor area will be 71120 square feet with a parkade capacity of 200 cars Satellite Battle Radios Planned WASHINGTON CP The Washington Post says the US Canada and Australia are plan planning � ning to build a common battle battlefield � field communications system a billion dollar step possi possibly � bly Involving special satellites The newspaper says the plan Is called Project Mallard and that Defence Secretary Robert Mc Namara Is expected to approve It Pentagon officials said they had no immediate comment The story says U S defence officials consider the project highly significant from the standpoint of equipping the ar armies � mies to fight as allies In the late 1970s and beyond It says Britain has withdrawn because of the cost but efforts will be made to have her recon reconsider � sider Other NATO nations may Join later The Post says the system In Involves � volves light radio telephones with voices and coded messages being bounced off satellites or relayed by portable ground sta stations � tions It would not be operating until 1975 or 1977 Jamaican Customs Seize Arms Supply The rifles and ammunition were contained in packages des describing � cribing their contents as farm equipment officials said The packages had been shipped from Canada and were addressed to the Precision Tools and Die Ltd The officials said the firm Is headed by a man identified as Phillip W Cocks No details of the quantity seiz seized � ed were released In Montreal Jamaican Exter External � nal Affairs Minister Hugh Shear Shearer � er said an unusual number ol armed holdups In Kingston re recently � cently had caused government and police officials to order a crackdown Mr Shearer is in Montreal to attend seriously Ill Prime Min ister Donald Sangster of Ja Jamaica � maica who was flown from Kingston March 21 suffering from a brain hemorrhage Suspects Committed For Trial Three Prince George men were committed for trial today on charges of break entry and theft Charges arose from a break In at Stedmans several weeks ago when a safe was taken from the store Committed for trial at a pre preliminary � liminary hearing In city court charges of break entry and theft were Here perlgny Bernard Lafond and Gerard Joseph Holand Hould Perlgny Lafond and Maurice Arthur Tolsy also were continu continued � ed on charges of possession of stolen property Magistrate G O Stewart dls chaiged Claude Joseph La Marche who had been dunged with break entry and theft He said there was Insufficient evidence to commit I a Marchu for trial Developer Gordon Bryant said today a major bank has been given first refusal right to the ground floor for its main branch in the city Projected starting date is June 19 1967 with completion setfor one year later To be known as the Scotia Building development cost in including � cluding land purchase Is esti estimated � mated at 2750000 Developer owners are the principals of the Highland Re Resources � sources group Gordon D Bryant Kenneth McDermid and a BC contractor Investor Designer is D J Parker and Associates The site has a 110 foot fron frontage � tage on Victoria St and a 165 foot frontage on Sixth Ave The reinforced concrete structure will have Its three parking decks sandwiched be between � tween the ground floor and the first floor of the office tower The main floor and parking decks will occupy the full 18 150 square feet of the site while the tower will cover an area of about 40 of the ground space AIR CONDITIONED Two elevators will give ac access � cess to the tower from all park parking � ing levels Fully refrigerated air condi conditioning � tioning will cool the building in summer and Gray Lite glass will cut glare from the sun in the structure which will be or oriented � iented to the north east light Canopies will extend over the sidewalks at ground level A variety of occupation Is proposed Tenants may lease partial floors to a minimum of 500 square feet whole floors with short term sub leases to per permit � mit later expansion of office space or upon completion of the building tenants may pur purchase � chase floors under the new BC Strata Titles Act APPROVAL SOUGHT Mr Bryant stated that even though a new city enactment might fre developers from being required to provide their own parking the Scotia project would not change its concept We believe that adequate In Integrated � tegrated parking is a modern day requirement to lessees The concept of the building was Introduced to city council in camera during February For Formal � mal approval will be sought after the new downtown zoning bylaws have been passed Phone 562 2441 lMg Squire MOBILE HOMES Mile 6 Hart H way Phone 962 9292 monim 11 n ni 10 Copy iTcutit 4 ttWKSib i till jjj r r r r rji- r r r r rlr lr I -il il -i M il -i it -nrthh -i -1 iln iULUNtU al ihlnhl i THANT WARNS OF WAR SPREADING GENEVA AP United Nations Secretary General U Thant said today there Is an Increasing danger the war in Vietnam may extend be beyond � yond its borders Addressing a luncheon of the foreign correspondents In this Swiss city Thant said Prospects for peace in Vietnam today are as dis distant � tant as they were a year ago I may also add that be because � cause of the Increasing in intensification � tensification of the war there is a greater danger to today � day of the conflict widening Into a larger war going be beyond � yond the frontiers of Viet Vietnam � nam The secretary -general said North Vietnams atti attitude � tude lias made it virtually impossible for the UN to continue any active media mediation � tion in the conflict In their view the United Nations has no role to play In Vietnam Architects drawing of office complex planned for 6th and Victoria Natal Men Swear Off But Return To NATAL BC CP Many of Natals coal miners swore off their trade Monday after an un derground explosion which killed 15 men but prepared Tuesday to follow Instinct and return to the mines Cave ins and deaths said John Hardy 61 of Coleman Alta who left the Balmer North mine five minutes before the blast but in a day or sc you all go back again Bud Morgan 33 of Natal whose rescue team hauled four bodies from the mine summed Assassination Plot Mystery Thickening COLUMBUS Ohio AP -Gordon Novel walked out of Jail Tuesday and cast fresh mystery Into his role in the New Orleans La Investigation of the 1963 assassination of president Ken Kennedy � nedy A professional bondsman put up 10000 bond to free him on a fugitive charge Then he repeated to reporters his Insistence that he once work worked � ed for District Attorney Jim Garrison who wants Novel back In New Orleans In connection with Garrisons Inquiry into the Kennedy assassination Novel and his Columbus law yer Jerry Welner said they would fight to prevent Novels return to New Orleans where he is charged with conspiring to commit burglary of a munitions plant Garrison also issued a warrant for him as witness In the assassination case Novel arrested Saturday In suburban Gahanna told report reporters � ers he worked for Garrison as chief of the district attorneys security section He would not say when He knows ask him Novel said My code name was Alexander and electronics was my field up the comments of many miners in this grimy Crowsnest Pass town Hell you can drive down a road and get killed Meanwhile preparations were made for funerals a mass fu neral was being considered for Thursday and money began to pour Into a disaster fund to assist the victims families Only one was single Shock still hung over this community of 800 destined to be closed within a year follow lng the first major disaster lr the community and the first In the mine which has been operat operating � ing about a year Thirteen miners ranging In age from 20 to 65 died In the unexplained blast Monday after afternoon � noon Another two died in hos hospital � pital later The last two bodies were recovered from deep in the mine Tuesday morning Nine of the 29 shift workers remained in hospital Tuesday Three in hospital at nearby Michel BC were listed in critical condition Civic business and church leaders set up a disaster collec collection � tion fund Flying Phil Jets Into Prince George Highways Minister V A Guglardi jetted into Prime Oeorge Im whiN in lua controversial Leai Jtt Hying 1lul was here for a nut ting with lumbermen out the conditions of the road to West Lake The Lear tvas the bitme pi mo whieh eaim nndii aliuk in he llmis it e ntl Kudu IMinto