Goes down well with friends Say2for CARLING PILSENER BEER Vol 12 No 2 More People More Crime By BOB GROVES Citizen Police Reporter Prince George Is growing Every year It has more people more cars more activity and more troubles Thee are reflected in the number of complaints investi investigated � gated in 1967 by city RCMP They totalled 12301 compared with 10601 in 1966 Included was everything from petty theft to capital murder accident re reports � ports to domestic arguments To help handle the increasing complaint toll the city detach detachment � ment staff was increased by three in 1967 and now totals 37 men Police business will likely keep on increasing if statistics for the past five years are an indication Complaint totals starting with 1963 have spiralled as follows 1963 5086 1964 534 1965 8592 1966 10601 and 1967 12301 DRIVE IN EXPANSION REFUSAL EXPECTED City Council is expected to tonight � night to refuse to alter its zoning bylaw to allow the Rainbow Drive In to more than double its size Council s general purposes committee today recommended the bylaw stand as it is for drive in zones and declined to inter interpret � pret a parking requirements sec section � tion questioned by Rainbow solicitor Jack Heinrich Helnrich had appealed to coun council � cil for an interpretation of the term gross floor area He said if it were interpreted to mean gross floor area accessible to the public the expansion could take place under terms of the bylaw Planning consultant Des Park Parker � er told committee he could see no reason to change the bylaw Expansion project would be done by Blue Boy Drive In Parker said that while it was neither of their jobs he and building inspector Ed Neff had quickly drafted a scheme that would give more parking area US Blamed For Torture PARIS Reuters A French weekly quotes a self described former US Army interrogator in South Vietnam as saying that American soldiers used electric shock torture and often killed Viet Cong guerrilla prisoners during Interrogation Peter Martlnsen 23 is quoted as stating In an interview published by the left wing Nouv el Observateur that US lnterro gators had power of life and death over them Viet Cong prisoners More Vietnam page 9 If youre going to leae w that car engine running to keep It warm Mr Motorist youd better lock it Police advise two cars left Idling in the past two days have been stolen by itchy footed pas-ers-by It would save con considerable � siderable dismay if motor motorists � ists would carry an extra key so they could lock their temptingly stealable vehicles a Aid Ron Tweedle gave the city and other em employers � ployers a lesson in labor legislation today He told gen general � eral purposes committee it is illegal in Job advertising to mention ages races or any anything � thing else discriminatory Ho referred specifically to some city advertising seeking A young man in early 20s but said there are many other ex examples � amples The city could lead I H mWML mm wmmm THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS NOT PUBLISHED OS DISPLAYED BY THE LlOUOH CONTROL HOARD OR BY THE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 24 Pages SCHOOL TRUSTEES TAKE OATH Three school trustees took the oath of office at a brief inaugjration ceremony held at the Inn of the North Tuesday nighi Incumbents Mrs Cleo Bryart Colin Sabiston and ro ly elec elected � ted trustee William Alder par participated � ticipated In the after dinner ceremony Mrs Bryant will be serving her fourth term of office Mr Sabiston his second and it will be Mr Alders first term as a school trustee Officiating at the ceremony was Stan Carling government agent for Prince George The ceremony was followed by a short business meeting held at City Hall where Mrs Jean Kellett was re elected chairman of the school board for the com coming � ing year the way In this he com commented � mented a It was an about turn Tues- day night when school su superintendent � perintendent Dave Todd took the chair briefly while board members elected a chairman for the coming year In a jo jocular � cular speech to trustees Mr Todd said he had but two resolutions this year one that he heped all board meet meetings � ings will be conducted with sense two that the school district will get all the money that is needed With that he immediately produced a fan and following several waves of his hand produced two penn pennies � ies consecutively a The Nechako Volunteer w Fire Department draw has been won by Norman La bonte 740 Third Ave He wins a 35 mm movie camera projector and screen h INSIDE TODAYS CITIZEN O Cubans are lining up in ration queues for gasoline after Premier Fidel Castro above introduced rationing as part of his speech at the celebrations of the ninth anniversary of the legime taking power Page 9 Medical investigators check checking � ing Dr Gordon Murrays re reports � ports of spinal surgery find only one was for resection of the spine Page 5 O About 250 narcotics ad addicts � dicts rioted in a state le habihtation centre in Cali California � fornia burning buildings and stoning guaids Page 8 O Bridge 16 Business News 4 Comics 16 Coming Events 10 Crosuword 4 Editorial 2 Horo Horoscope � scope 16 National News 5 People Make the News 23 Provincial News 5 Sports 13 14 Stocks 4 TV 16 Womans World 10 HWorldNews9 Classified Ads 2123 -Duffy photo CAPE TOWN Reuters- Dr Chris Barnard leader of the team that peiformed the five hour heart transplant operation on Dr Philip Blaiberg said today it would be the teams last for some time By JOHN BARBOUR Associated Press As In most things chances are bel belter � ter the second time ai ound So it is for the 58-year-old South African dentist who received a new living heart Tuesday He now begins the critical period of adjustment and recovery a ft- ili4rwfl The daily newspaper for Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY JANUARY 3 1968 ar Jm K J rr Jlgfld WHlJfcfctofc iii k iH New Plates Are Out When the motor vehicle licencing branch opened foi business this morning five people were waiting at the door to grab their brand new68 number places Thomas Roberts of Ruggles Street won the race and the distinction of driving the first car in town to sport the new blue on white plates It is the busiest day of the year for the licencing branch with more than fifty sets of plates being distributed before 11am Dont forget the deadline - February 29 By SCON HONEYMAN Citizen City Hall Reporter City Council tonight Is ex expected � pected to ratify a decision its general purposes com committee � mittee took today to dcry a request from Union Oil Co of Canada Ltd for a change in the city fire bylaw Committee which includes all aldermen voted unani unanimously � mously In Its morning session to uphold the bylaw which requires service stations to be finished in non-combustible materials Union stations built here and in other parts of the province feature glulam beam wood deck roofing Councils decision to up uphold � hold committees recom recommendation � mendation would mean the beams and decking must be lathed or plastered City manager Arran Thom Thomson � son told committee the ad administration � ministration believes the sec section � tion question by Union Oil should be taken out of the bylaw and inserted in the building bylaw and there is some discussion of switch switching � ing to fire rating burning time from the system which now mentions specific ma materials � terials He said the National Build Building � ing CodeWhich Union solici solicitor � tor H Allan Hope said last week would permit construe- Aldermen expiessed concern today about snow removal prob problems � lems and the amount of Ice being left on downtown sidewalks Aid Ron Tweedle told general purposes committee the 44 cars impounded last week by the works department to aid snow removal were not enough There are cars parked all over town covered with snow he said It is becoming a real problem for snow removal Theyre Not Like Toys Snowmobiles Can Kill TORONTO CP - The Ontar io transport department Is con slderlng legislation to cover the use of snowmobiles on the prov provinces � inces highways and the Ontario Safety League warned today the vehicles should not be treated as toys Four persons have died in snowmobile accidents In Ontario in the last two months The lat est mishaps occurred during the weekend and involved a 19 year old Toronto woman and a Sudbury ma W Q Macnee deputy trans transport � port minister said Ontarios es 1 1 m a t e d 50000 snowmobiles which can travel up to 40 miles an hour are controlled by the same legislation that covers mo torcycles We put them under that leg lslatlon as a matter of conven lence but they should hae their own separate legislation to con trol them he said Mr Macnee said any new law ould pertain only to the opera tion of the vehicles on high ways The legislation would not be effective where the vehicles are operated in fields Ernie Taylor director of the safety leagues outdoor recrea recreation � tion program said all types of snowmobiles are safe If prop erly operated Masseys Body Flown Home OTTAWA CP - An RCAF aircraft bringing the body of Vincent Massey home to Can ada from London landed at RCAF Station Uplands at 1 58jgm EST today The big four engined Yukon blew up a swirling storm of freshly fallen snow as It ap approached � proached a hangar where gov government � ernment and diplomatic offl clals waited It was eight de grees above zero and snowing lightly Phone 562 2441 ill 1 - - life m All the beams would have to be covered tion of the stations as plan planned � ned applied only where it does not contravene a muni municipal � cipal bylaw Aid Ron Tweedle said it is no discredit to Prince George that its fire bylaw might be more stringent than those in other centres Hope last week said Urlon Oil sta stations � tions with the distinctive glu-lam-wood decking were approved In Vancouver and Victoria OUUiMUL bUIMOIUQRO O ANDING Icy Sidewalks Cause Concern City engineer Ernie Obst said most of the 44 cars were towed from the downtown area that during the holidays crews were less strict in the residential areas But a cleanup of cars posing problems was to be done today He said that while there was no requirement in the bjlaw the cars owners be notified 24 hour warnings were being placed on vehicles as a public relations gesture Aid Carrie Jane Gray said there are some cases where apartment parking lots are not being cleared and tenants are parking on city streets This is a menace she said Mayor Garvin Dezell said apartment owners should be warned their lots must be usable condition that cars parked on the streets would be removed Turning to downtown sidewalk problems Aid Tweedle said he had noted that merchants were not fulfilling their obligation to clear Ice from them He said he feels the citys snow removal machines are doing a good Job but they al always � ways leaving a coating on the sidewalks and it is the mer merchants � chants Job to clear this Aid Tweedie brought up the subject as committee consid considered � ered purchasing for aboutl100 a sand spreader for use on the sidewalks Committee recommended to council the equipment be pur purchased � chased Aid Tweedie said letter car carriers � riers had told him they feel Ice conditions downtown are as bad as ever thoy hae been Aid Carrie Jane Gray said there are at least two people In hospital with broken legs and who plan to sue the city because of ice on downtown sidewalks Dr Christian N Barnards medical team learned from the 18 days thai the world s first human heart trans transplant � plant survived in the breast of Louis Washkansky a 53-year-old wholesale grocer They now are putting that knowledge to work In trying to prolong the life of Dr Philip Blaiberg their second heart transplant patient and the third in medical history Washkansky died of pneumonia Anti Antibiotics � biotics could not fight it off His own body defences against infection were driven down to near zero by heart sur surgeons � geons to ensure that his body would not reject the new heart Dr Barnard found no signs of re rejection � jection in a post mortem Indeed the heart of the 25-year-old woman trans H Aid Tweedie noted other service stations In the city have had to comply with the fire bylaw and have done so with no complaint and said he could see no reason to change the bylaw T Ioran4 YRABLER tlemlnle unit KUiitic MltPHQNI 91 II I c cteci e irL r i I 7i PER MONTM y - hy CARRIER COVER BEAMS STATIONS TOLD MaaBII9BIIMBIHMIIIIalllnHaBHaHBBBIIIIIIIUIBBIIKM Union 76 Image Vetoed Mayor Garvin Dezell noted the changes Union will have to make will be minimal But he added Vancouver where the provincial fire marshall is headquartered allows construction of such service stations Why do we have to be that im eh different all the time he asked Hope said in his appear appearance � ance before council last Wed Wednesday � nesday that the Union stations are meant to look similar throughout BC as part of the companys dealer identi identification � fication program Union is moving into the gasoline marketing field for tne first time sparked by opening of its refinery in Prince George The company has three Union 76 stations within city limits one each on the roads leading to the pulp mills two stations in Vancouver and jne In Victoria Prince George area sta stations � tions are scheduled to open about Feb 1 Classroom at new High School THREE SCHOOLS FACE MOVING PROBLEMS Itll be kind of topsy turvy during the week of Jan 29 and February 2 when students from three schools move en mase Students from the present serlor secondary school will take the first step by moving Into the new 4 mllllon hlghschool on the By Pass over a three day period starting Jinuary 29 And on Wednesday Thurs Thursday � day and Friday of that week 1412 students from Duchess Park will make the move Into the empty building as well as occupy Winton school Students from Winton will oc occupy � cupy Duchess Park All students will be required to officially attend their res respective � pective schools many will be assisting in the moving of equip planted Into Washkansky was the most vital part of the man who had been i iddled by infection In trying to create a hospitable cli climate � mate for the new heart Dr Barnard suggested doctors may have admin administered � istered too mjch of the drugs and x rays that depress the bodys immune reaction The next time he said they would give less of these power powerful � ful treatments The next time Is now Blaiberg a white man received the heart of a mulatto man Cllvo Haupt 24 who was stricken by a brain hemorrhage Haupts brain was dying and doctors ruled out changes he would survive In South Africa where the races are segregated under an apartnetd law the operation seemed bizarre Dr ment such as typewriters and power tools When the move Is completed about 13 divisions of Duchess Park Grade eight students will find themselves settled into Winton Baron Byng Prince Georges original hlghschool built about 1914 and the base basement � ment of King George Fifth And Giade nine and ten stu students � dents will be happily settled Into the old hlghschool while all senior secondary students will be enjoy enjoying � ing new facilities in the almost completed building on the By Pass Currently about all that re remains � mains to be completed is the auditorium wing which Is expect expected � ed to finished by the end of Feb February � ruary Barnard assured that segregation was not a consideration in medical prac practice � tice when he was In the United States last week Far more important medically than the color of skin is the compatibility of blood types between individuals The body s immune mechanisms the systems that produce antibodies and fight off disease vary in their ability to recognize invading organisms and organs Most compatible are the tissues of Identical twins products of the same miternal germ cell at conception Often the next most com compatible � patible tlssues come from close rela relatives � tives mothers fathers brothers and sisters who share a common genetic history I