ALD S1AGG hed switch Goes down well with friends SayMfor CARLING PILSENER BEER Vol 11 No 213 Prince Georges Treat City engineer Ernie Obst said he tad been to see the manage management � ment of the trailer court after the Incident began He said Plerrol Road had to bo dug up for extension of a sewer trunk to the new sewage treatment plant on the rlvei bank Stat ting today the toad Is closed from 0 am to 430 pm and this Is likely to last until Friday said Obst A big bull moose got his horns crossed after tangling with a kiddles swing located in a Bonnet Hill sub dlvlslonhomeon Glscome Road I was getting breakfast and here was this bull moose swinging his horns in every direction about four yaids from the kitchen door said Norman Somervllle He got loose eventually stood there for a few seconds and talked off More than 60 doctors fiom BC California and Wash L gton have registered for an orthopedic symposium arranged by the university oi uritisn coi umbla faculty of medicine In- AIDERMAN WANTS DEZELLS JOB Stagg to Lock Horns with Mayor By SCOn HONEYMAN Citizen Staff Writer Aid Stan Stagg wants to be Mayor Stagg The 40-year-old construc construction � tion company president re resigned � signed from City Council late Tuesday afternoon and today announced he will take on Mayor Garvin Dezell for the rrayoralty Mayor Dezell has not yet announced his candidacy but he has privately indicated he Intends to run again Stagg said hes convinced 24 Pages INSIDE TODAYS CITIZEN The British press ques questions � tions the future for George Brown above after he stormed through a diatribe at publisher Lord Thomson Page 7 O Homo are evacuated along Britannia Beach north of Van Vancouver � couver at a creek burst it bank and flood the sur roundng land Page 9 Bridge 15 Business News 4 Comics 15 Editorials 2 Horoscope 15 National News 5 People Make the News 5 Provincial New s 9 Sports 1J 14 Stocks 4 TV 15 Womens World 17 World News 7 World Re Report � port G Classified Ads 21 23 eluded are two doctors from Prince Geoige Dr JJ Mc Ghee and Dr JG McKenzle The delegates will levlew con tempory developments In the management of orthopedic prob problems � lems in children and adults which are commonly dealt within family specialty practice Interesting lestrlctlon In the migratory birds hunting re regulations � gulations no person may hunt the birds with a swivel gun machine gun or battery A long bow and arrow however Is permissable Takes all the fun out of it a change in emphasis and direction Is necessary in civic government and maintained Mayor Dezell has not been keeping pace The attitudes and poli policies � cies of council have not chang changed � ed substantially in the past five years said Stagg who is president of Crossroads Construction Ltd Prince George has changed radically He said he would support Mayor Dezell if he felt the incumbent was advancing pol policies � icies for the growth and de development � velopment of the city Halloween Calmest In Citys History By BOB GROVES Citizen Staff Writer A satisfied Sgt Charles Eng English � lish had praise for Prince George parents and children last night after the city had passed one of the quiestest Halloweens on rec record � ord Sgt English chief of the RCMP city detachment said the people of Prince George are to be congratulated for their ef efforts � forts in controlling the situa situation � tion Parents evidently instruc instructed � ted their children to behave themselves on Halloween said the sergeant The modest sergeant could have had even higher praise for RCMP members PONDEROSA LADIES STICK TO GUNS Pa would have been proud Two women spent Tuesday afternoon running trespassln varmints off the Ponderosa Mrs June Gelsser owner of the ponderosa Trailer Court and her sister Mrs Pearl Bur gees stood guard at the entrance road to the trailer court blocking traffic which had been diverted that way because of closure of Pierrot Road by the city Only access to Cunningham subdivision which is outside city limits was tnrougn tne lonaer osa property and no one liad asked permission to direct traf traffic � fic that way We phoned City Hall and they said theres no detour slgndlrec ting people down this Ponderosa road said Mrs Gelsser But she pointed out half way down the Ponderosa entrance road was a city sign sajlng Thank You Resume Speed It looks to me as if they ex expected � pected cars to come downhere she said The force demonstrated re restraint � straint and quiet control through throughout � out the evening and by midnight Halloween was over for anotlwr year The toll about 15 reports of broken windows sevpral pver turned garbage cans and a lot of soaped windows About the unhappiest people besides the victims of vandal vandalism � ism would be the parents of some 20 youths arrested and placed in the city lockup for a variety of charges ranging from creating a disturbance to as assaulting � saulting a peace officer Those youths no doubt received tongue lashings today from angered mothers and fathers Fifteen of those arrestedwere Juveniles under the age of 18 Thelr parents were advised but until they arrived at the city de detachment � tachment their offspring were kept in the lockup After a mob began to form about 830 pm and march on the downtown area the RCMP literally became babysitters for the roaming herd Members walked in alongside and behind the collection of black faced glassy eyed teenagers who often taunted and teased the police When the mob staged a Jeering sit in on the detachment steps at about 945 the RCMP officers retained their stolid composure and within five minutes the herd moved across Seventh Ave to the Legion and then moved on past the Inn of the North and down Victoria St past the Parkwood Shopping Centre Through some mysterious chemistry the mob reformed downtown but now it was small er Chilly temperatures sore feet and the ever vigilant RCMP were dimming the snaking mobs enthusiasm for damage Halloween In effect was over and Prince George could feel that maybe It grew up a bit SCHOOL A TREAT WITHOUT TRICKS While hundreds of teenagers aimlessly wandered the downtown streets last night looking for some Halloween action 87 chil children � dren had a whale of a party at the Western Acres School and not one window was broken or even soaped No tricks just a harmless night of treats organized and paid for by the sub dlvlslon parents The trouble free night was then neatly wrapped up with a free gift of treats to each child Mrs David Maslch who organ organized � ized the night said community parties attended by parents and children were common practice in the eastern provinces at Hal Halloween � loween We always had parties like this In Ontario so we decided to introduce the same thing here I think It Is a far better Idea than letting the kids toam the streets and causing damage Many apart ments and commun ity halls In the area were the scene of similar parties Five Find Fun Costly Halloween proved an expensive evening -for five youthful cele celebrants � brants as Magistrate GO Stew art handed out some stiff fines In court today Glenn Schmltz 19 was fined S300 for assaulting a peace offi officer � cer while Paul Castonguay 18 was also fined 300 for obstruct obstructing � ing a police officer while he was making an arrest Robert Dryden 18 was fined 200 for causing a disturbance by swearing Fined S73 for caus causing � ing a disturbance b swearing was Daniel Bond and fined S23 for causing wilful damage was Darrell Peter Nell Unfortunately I feel our mayor has been barely able to keep pacewiththe increas increasingly � ingly complex problems that face us added Stagg Over the past year 1 have felt that he is slowly but inevitably falling behind Stagg had to resign in the middle of his first term On council to challenge the mayor Would his lack of muni municipal � cipal experience hurt Stagg pointed to his record in business The city is nothing more sLlQ than a business a damn big business he said Stagg said that through his business he has learned the value of work methods tight administration and budget control as well as expert opinion delegation of author authority � ity and management control No business can survive without it and I have learned in my experience on council that no city can thrive with without � out it he said lie said he has through observing the business world learned to recognize lack of The daily newspaper for Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1 1967 good management and that he senses this lack in the city Prince George is groping when It should be reaching out with certainty and assur assurance � ance for the future he com commented � mented He said council under its present leadership exhausts itself in discussing minor de details � tails and neglects major areas of policy and adminis administration � tration Stagg said that when he Joined council he hoped to Join the team and do his part There was no team to itlzn Join he said 1 feel it is time there was one Aid Staggs resignation will mean one more alder manic vacancy In the Dec 10 election Aid Hllliard Clare Aid Elroj Garden and Aid John Powers end their two jear term this December and all are expected to try again Those entering this years aldermanlc race will have to specify If they re trying for one of the thiee two year terms or the one one year term Phone 562 2441 fliBiBiMMMHlBlIM kfl a Mfe wzSmm Mmtwe iB 7 ViflHHHH Minor skirmishes were common during Halloween walkathon around the downtown area Children at Western Acres kept off streets and had a party instead -Photos by Peter Duffy and Dave Looy klHSk If JB I Chicken wire police dog and guards took no chances with safety of Centennial Fountain MAYOR DEZELL hed fight Squire MOBILE HOMES M li 6 Hart H way Phone 962 9292 I V Coov K 75 PER MONTrf BY CARRIER THEY JUST KEPT It was the riot that wasnt Halloween dreaded by mer merchants � chants and police alike came and went in Prince George leaving only a few broken windows in its wake But it could have been differ different � ent As many as 300 teenagers stomped through the downtown area forming what at times ap appeared � peared to be a small army as they marched two abreast up and down Third Avenue Dominion Street George Street Second Avenue Victoria Street Sixth and Seventh Avenues The weather was ripe for a re repeat � peat of last years spree when more than 20000 worth of plate glass windows were smashed by a group of bewildered teenagers who suddenly found themselves the victims of mob rule This year the marchers had es escorts � corts Sometimes a dozen some sometimes � times five or six police con constables � stables marched beside in front and behind them A dozen more stood by The police vigilance paid off From a peak of 300 the mob dwindled to a mere 30 and then was quickly dispersed The timetable proves Interest Interesting � ing for it is the anatomy of a riot that wasnt 730 pmThe first loiterers appear on downtown Streets 800 pm Group of about 50 congregates In downtown area 830 pm Police foot patrols and police car follow about 150 teenagers down Third Avenue 850 pm Crowd swells to 200 and returns to fountain area 900 pm Crowd moves to Third and George and breaks Into smaller sections as police keep steady watch 905 pm Main Crowdturns again toward fountain area then doubles back At Third and Brunswick crowd has reached 250 300 At this time windows at the PG Rock and Coin Shop Ranch Bakery and National Cre Credit � dit Jewellers have been broken 1000 pm Mob mills around fountain then moves on behind Inn of the North 1005 pm Crowd moves along Victoria to Lloyds Di ive in area At this time some 20 young people including one girl are being held at city police headquarters One has been brought in for assaulting an offi officer � cer 1025 pm Crowd partially broken up starts to move once again towards downtown area 1050 pm Group has re reformed � formed near McDonald Hctelbut size has dwindled to about 150 persons ll05 pm Crowd reaches Victoria Street Some continue many turn left head home 1110 pm Only 30 left out outside � side Pats News on Third Avenue 1115 pm Police move in and disperse hangers on 1200 pm and alls well Elsewhere In the province tho story was the same with a few exceptions A Halloween crowd of hooting teenagers armed with firea ack ackers � ers and eggs blocked traffic on Highway 16 north of Terrace In Intermittently � termittently for two hours Police estimated that about 400 young people gathered In the ai ea The Danbai district of Vancou Vancouver � ver repoited a massing of teen agots but police gatheied moie quickly and dispelled a group estimated at 200 In about 10 minutes See also page 5 1