Goes down well with friends fr Sayfor CARLING PILSENER BEER Vol 11 No 1 29 ril KCgH sra 1 6 Pages Expo George Street has started to take shape Plan in foreground shows how the completed mall area should look when the geodesic domes are put into place The COMFORT COSTS CAUSE COUNCIL CONCERN Its going to cost about 7000 more than had been planned to look out for the comforts of people attend attending � ing hockey games and other winter events In the Coli Coliseum � seum City councils general purposes committee today complained about the high cost of heating the building but recommended to coun council � cil that the tender of John Johnston � ston Plumbing and Heating Ltd for 11366 to lnstal equipment which set the city back 7680 Budgeted for the project was 12000 I am a little upset about this but this is the only alternative at the moment to go ahead and have it done said Mayor Garvin Dezell Aid John Powers said he wondered why the entire project equipment and In Installation � stallation hadnt been put in one tender call There should have been one tender and one tender only he said I think we have made a bad mistake lie said the Incident points up the need for a city coun council � cil representative on the Civic Properties and Recre Recreation � ation Commission City comptroller Chester Jeffery told council installa installation � tion cost in some other northern centres ran to 150 per heating unit Here cost will be in the neighborhood of 270 per outlet The heating units are a gas fired type which will be suspended above spec spectators � tators a Want to tell them what Piince Geoige is reall like7 Send friends and lelatives a cojn of The Citizen Centennial edition Cost including mailing and hand handling � ling is 3D per copy oi three foi a dollar Hums to oidei the special edition are on page 10 of this issue Or if vou would ptefei to mall a cop out youi self a limited supplj is available at The Citizen Tell us about that eye Ron Aid Ron Tweedie showed up at city council s general pui poses committee meeting todu with one eje nearly closed In passing who hit you Ald Tweedie asked Mayoi Gaivin DozeH I think It was a mos mosquito � quito came the reply m wiiai buiiiuwtiicum s uiuuyui Jng was the finale of the thrill weekend flieworks display wasnt It was an unexpected still burning chunk of locket that struck a pile of fhewoiks when it came back to earth and set them off in one gloiious buist ffl When Citizen photogi apher Dave Loo and tils new bride took off on thelj hone moon Sat uidav thoughtful friends had at attached � tached the usual mess of noLs junk to the leai of the cai but not to the frame to the lic licence � ence plate And natuiall as they drove off into the sunset the licence plate was toin fiom the cai -- Well ou see of officer � ficer It was like this A Pi incc George s Max Sex- smith lias taktn second place in the BC riddle Champ Championships � ionships He was out fiddled b Vern VebbofVancouyejwhonow goes on to the Canadian Old Time riddling Championships Cfce itlzen The daily newspaper for Central British Columbia Manitoba 2052321 British Columbia 206sC914 Alberta 2084448 Ontario 2103233 Saskatchewan 2113043 New Brunswick 2113229 Quebec 2123324 NWT 214s3808 Yukon 2174153 Nova Scotia 2260247 Podgorny Happy After Meeting MOSCOW AP -Soviet Presi President � dent Nikolai Podgorny ended an overnight visit to Bagdad today with an understanding with Iraqi President Abdel Rahman Aref on the Middle East situation Tass reported fjom Baghdad PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY JULY 4 1 967 saSMimsmsmmMsazsnmk nBannpi Expo George Street stretch between Third and Fourth Avenues will be closed to traffic for the entire month Duffy photo Alenholies Lunch in Pu NEW WESTMINSTER CP One thousand delegates to a convention of Alcoholics Anony Anonymous � mous spent their lunch hour in a beer parlor here Saturday They were forced to eat there by the Dominion Day holiday which had closed down the restaurant in the hotel where they were staying The Police Beat The beer parlor does have an excellent menu one of the conventions organizers told delegates But If you order a beer the bartender has orders to break your nects One of the speakers at the convention was Father George a retired Episcopollan minister from Bellingham Wash who three day Dominion Day week end Persons charged with a vart ety of offences most of them minor took every seat in the courtroom and others spilled Bikinis Abound On Canoe Route GRAND BEACH Man CP High winds hampered Centen nlal Canoe Pageant paddlers Monday on Lake Winnipeg but blklnl clad bathers on the beach here proved a stimulus during a sprint race The 10 teams representing each province the Yukon and Northwest Territories except Newfoundland and Prince Ed Edward � ward Island left Selkirk Man about 8 am Monday for the 35 mile paddle to this resort area about 60 miles northeast of Win Winnipeg � nipeg The canoes were delayed bj heavj waves at the mouth of the Red River They arrived here more than one hour later than scheduled Each team was given seven hours and 10 minutes for the trip from Selkirk made In brig brigade � ade with extra safety boats In attendance because of the water conditions British Columbia was spurred to a canoe length victory over Manitoba in the life -mile sprint race on a course off the beach here decorated by many bikini clad vacationers The Simon Fraser canoe covered the course in 6 38 followed by Mani toba at 0 392 Alberta New Brunswick Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Nova Scotia and the Northwest Terri Territories � tories followed in that order The teams were to camp here overnight and leave today for the Winnipeg River system and their Journey to Pine Tails Man Cumulative times In hours minutes and seconds since the start of the 3500 mile race Ma 24 at Rocky Mountain House Mta told delegates he wanted no one to be shocked about a clergy clergyman � man being alcoholic Among the clergy I know there are dozens of alcoholics he said Another speaker Roy M of Toronto said the alcoholic must remember his disease is only arrested but never cured Holiday Court Cases By BOB GROVES Citizen Staff Writer City magistrates court was filled to overflowing this morn morning � ing A heavy docket confronted Magistrate G O Stewart when court resumed following the over Into the adjoining hallway Twenty seven appeared on In Intoxication � toxication charges while another 30 answered counts mostly re relating � lating to alleged traffic viola violations � tions Gordon P Mltchen was fined 75 after pleading guilty to a charge of speeding Court was told Mitchen went through a red traffic light at 40 mph and was clocked at 65 mph In a 50 mph zone on the Vander hoof highway When Mltchen ex explained � plained there was no other traf traffic � fic Involved sir Magistrate Stewart wryly remarked isnt that fortunate Had there been traffic In the Intersection the magistrate said he would perhaps be presiding at an inquest rather than taking a speeding plea Your driving is a little wild said the magistrate when he fined Lawrence Gordon Thompson 50 for driving without due care and attention Thompson 22 was re reported � ported to have driven through several stop signs and run Into some trees at the end of a dead deadend � end street in the city Commons Debates Vietnam Proposal OTTAWA CP External Af felrs Minister Martin said Tues day Canadas April 11 proposal for mllltar disengagement In the so caled demilitarized zone between Jsorth and South Viet nam Is ftlll the subject of ac the discussion He said in the Commons ex ternal affairs committee that if the Canadian proposal were agreed to the United States would have to stop Its bombing of North Vietnam Outside the committee Mr Martin told The Canadian Press that not all parties concerned in the Vietnam war are discuss ing the disengagement pro posal He declined to elaborate farther on what countries are discussing it 400 Mile Front Phone 562 2441 tenure MOBILE HOMES M Ic 6 Hart Hi way Phone 962 9292 4 AAA Wmm I jl A nyvw ngii nflllllwi By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GOOSE BAY Labradoi With no rain in sight 1000 men were facing another tough day in the Labrador bush today as fires continued to burn through rich stands of virgin ooltwood The fires burning along a 400 mile fly infested belt in southern Labrador from the Quebec border to the Atlantic coast were being battled by some 350 Canadian soldiers 500 volunteers and more than 100 Newfoundland forest service personnel A fleet of 41 aircraft includ ing water bombers and equipment-ferrying planes and hell copters was also involved in the fight against more than 6C fires More than 70 fires were re ported in the Labrador bush Sunday The number of sep arate fires dropped Monday but firefighters were not cheered by this because It meant some of the fires had joined up No communities were threat ened but Newfoundland gov ernment officials were alarmed because the fires were black enlng hundreds of acres of prime softwood forests wood that could feed pulp and paper mills In Labrador as well as in insular � sular Newfoundland Foresty officials consider the current fire situation In Labra Labrador � dor the worst ever fought in that area but less serious than the disastrous series of fires wnich destroyed 1100 square miles and dozens of buildings on the Island of Newfoundland in 1961 One small seaplane sank Mon day In the Churchill River In Labrador but it was unmanned and carried no essential fire fighting equipment Most of the fires were be believed started by lightning during electrical storms last week Four of Newfoundlands si water bombing aircraft are working In Labrador Aircraft from the Canadian armed serv ices the United States Air Force the transport department and forestry services of Ontario and Quebec are also in the fight Because most of the fires are burning in forests many miles from populated areas details on their size and direction are not available Taxi Rates Stay Same Temporarily City council will meet with a representative of the Public Ut Utilities � ilities Commission before again considering requests from the Prince Gt orge Taxi Association for a rate increase and other changes Assistant city manager Pete Pattullo told a general purposes committee meeting today that the PUC had asked for a meeting He said that among the asso associations � ciations requests was one which would permit awaiting time long longer � er than any other in the province The taxi association has also asked that Its radius for meter operation be extended to 10 miles from five INSIDE TODAYS CITIZEN tJKiS WT- iiLjOk -itf3 esii5 8 Rumania Cruz left of Ecuador was adopted by Mary Leask of Prince George through the Foster Parents Plan Page 3 Mr Justice Leo Landreville wont get hit pennon under the Judges Act Page 4 James Meredith reaches the final stretch of hi Mis Mississippi � sissippi walk against fear Page 4 The United States suffers heavy losses when attacked by North Vietnamese a few miles south of the demilitar demilitarized � ized zone Page 16 O Billy Casper fires a lecord 65 to defeat Art Wall in an 18 hole Canadian Open golf playoff Page 9 O The Queen and Prince Philip break securtiy precautions and took an unscheduled ride on the Mimrail at Expo Page 5 The Chicago Cubs win their seventh straight game and move into a tie for first place with St Louis Page 9 Editorials 1 Womens Work 67 Comics 11 TV 11 World News 10 Coming Events 7 Stocks 4 Sports 9 PG Pulp Mills Loss ore Than Expected LONDON CP The 84000 000 Prince George BC Pulp and Paper Co mill has had some difficulties and start up losses have been greater than expected it was announced here Monday Cecil H King chairman of the Reed Paper Group Ltd of London said We have Justifiable confi confidence � dence in the future of this enter prise because it has shown It Itself � self capable of higher quality production than had been ex pected Mr King made the statement In the annual report of the Reed group which has Interests and Investments In more than 40 countries The Prince George mill offl cially opened last August is owned jointly by the Reed or organization � ganization and Canadian Forest Products The pulp from Prince George has come on to the market at a time of lower prices Mr King said We had anticipated some fall but world clrcum stances have depressed prices rather more than expected Mr King also said the mill 1 aiElffiliKTlB8i1 iii 10 Codv 1 75 PER MONTH BY CARRIER of the Intercontinental Pulp Co Ltd Is under construction In Prince George The Reed group has a 375 per cent Interest in Intercontinental The development of new pulp and paper mills such as Prince George and Intercontl nental requires a matter of years to reach their potential but I am well satisfied with the steps which have been taken and the progress being made Mr King said The organization reported a profit of 21000000 for the year ending March 31 BMMBg3fiaBjOIflWH BL TuVviTriratfTV flHBmLLV rivWl JHnBuVv JrrMM rfw I - I vita - 0BlLri ii i V- tT Go Karts Building Destroyed Sparks and molten metal from a cutting torch is believed the cause of a fue at midnight last night that totally destroyed tvo buildings and about a dozen go karts at the PeeGee Kart Park on the Vanderhoof Highway Manager Thya Van Weele was doing repairs to karts with a torch in a service area when a quantity of gaso line and oily rags used for cleaning pui poses was ignited by molten metal A 110 gallon tank of gasoline stoied in the building then exploded An adjacent kait shelter became engulfed and when firemen arrived it was too jate to save the buildings The manager buffered a burn to his right hand Duffy photo