so good its made Carting famous for beer throughout the world Vol 12 No 151 i y wMJ iSvflTftWW Thlt advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia The emergency number for the Prince George Humane Society has been changed until further notice New number is 564 4636 Thyra Warburg - Madsen well - known for her work with budding ballerinas in this city Is taking her holidays on Hungry Island this year South Pacific Nope Its on Stuart Lake Aid Ron Tweedle said this morning that he will not run for city council this year as he will be leaving Prince George However he does not have the official word on his transfer as yet and details will be forthcom forthcoming � ing as soon as he gets them In case people have forgotten what his Job is Ron works for the Can Canadian � adian Labor Congress 1 6 Pages Falling asleep behind the wheel of his car cost George Al Allan � lan Whyte of Prince George 200 In magistrates court this morning He had been found on Victoria Street and Sixth Avenue over the weekend The car engine was still The boy - powered pop business seems to be booming since The Citizen ran a picture recently of two young merchants selling their fizzy wares Since that time reporters have counted up to four thriving businesses in the downtown area as the small fry have caught on to the idea of Making spending money by quenching the thirst of passing motorists and pedes pedestrians � trians Pat-ourselves-on-the back Dept Passengers on a tour bus which had made the circuit from the United States up through the Yukon and Alaska and was on the way back south commented on the cleanliness of Prince George saying it was the clean cleanest � est city they had seen north of the 49th The Citizen The Only Daily Paper Serving BCs Third Largest Market LMMEMIllfiMaaaMaBWaMWaMMaBq BT jbH Before the Rain Came Beautiful weather in Prince George Saturday loaded Fort George Park with pleasure and happiness seekers of all ages Above caught by Citizen photographer Peter Duffy two of the citys mature citizen discuss the postal strike and other items of interest while the youngsters live it up on the swings The parks and beaches of the area got a heavy play both Saturday and Sunday although Sunday was much cooler Controversy Follows Birth Control Edict ROME CP Pope Paul said Sunday his encyclical banning artificial birth control has been misunderstood by some critics and emphasized it does not bar reasonable limitation offam illes Meanwhile the dispute among Roman Catholics over obedi ence to the papal ban showed no sign of abating Addressing thousands of pil pilgrims � grims to his summer residence south of Rome the 70-year-old pontiff said the policy he pro claimed is not in itself opposed as some seem to think to a reasonable limitation of birth nor to scientific research and therapeutic cures nor even to a truly responsible parenthood nor to peace and family har mony The Popes encyclical Of Human Life renewed the churchs prohibition against chemical and mechanical meth ods of contraception Total ab stinence and the rhythm method during the wifes ferlllty period remain the only methods ap approved � proved by the church THE POLICE BEAT Obviously concerned by grow lng opposition to his decision the Pope said We know that there are many who have not appreciated our teaching In fact many oppose it Sleep Costs 200 For Auto Driver running when police picked him up Magistrate George O Stewart asked for a pre sentence report on Arthur Hartley Campbell 20 of Prince George after he received a guilty pleaon a charge of breaking entry and theft My client cant recall any thing at all Attorney Tom Scott said Magistrate Stewart asked to have the report by Aug 10 Two men were taken to Prince George Regional Hospital Sun Sunday � day after a car hit a pole in the 1800 block First Ave Marcel Skibolna and Leo Bou Bouchard � chard both of Prince George suffered injuries In the accident which took place at about 6 pm Skibolna has been charged with driving without due care and at tention Damages were set at 1800 Magistrate Stewart remanded Orville LaRoche 22 of Buck horn Rd to Aug 10 on a charge of robbery with violence LaRoche is accused to have ta- ken a brief case from another man July 23 He was rleased on 500 bail In his own recognizance PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA MONDAY AUGUST 5 1968 VIET DE ESCALATION REASONS CONFUSING PARIS CP - The North Vietnamese spokes spokesman � man at the Paris peace talks refused repeatedly to today � day to say whether Hanoi officials believe there is political significance in the relative lull in fighting in South Vietnam The spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le told a news conference questions concerning South Vietnam are decided by the South Vietnamese people Repeated efforts to get him to expand the comment failed On July 18 it was reported that North Viet Vietnamese � namese officials had told neutral Western diplomats here that the Communists had taken a step toward de escalating the war Tragic Pickaback Jetliner Lands MILWAUKEE AP - A prop Jet airliner with the wreckage of a light plane and the bodies of its three young passengers embedded in its side landed safely Sunday before most of the 10 passengers aboard the bigger plane knew what hap pened Capt Ted Baum 43 of Sko kle 111 brought the twln en glned plane in with one engine dead and his co pilot badly In Injured � jured I thought that something was wrong but not a collision said Nancy Steffens 44 of Two Rlv ers Wis I was more nervous after I got on the ground and realized It had been a collision We didnt know what hit us said Wllma Ross 17 of Sagl naw Mich I think only the stewardess knew and she just told us to stay seated with our seat belts on The pilot came down with what seemed like a normal landing Officials aid the single en gined Cessna 150 rammed North Central Airlines flight 261 i Convair 580 over southern Wis consin The light plane hit just behind the co pilot seat also damaging the propeller on the planes right engine The co pilot First Officer John Mazur 30 Weaton 111 only person Injured on the air liner suffered multiple frac tures of his right leg and head injuries He was reported In se rlous condition In a Milwaukee hospital The bodies of the victims were removed after the plane landed They were Identified as Rick Stenberg 19 Elk Grove Trains Collide Head On WINTER HAVEN Fla AP Two Seaboard Coast Line passenger trains smashed head on near here Monday and the sheriffs office said many pas sengers were injured Theyre having to pry them out with crowbars and acetylene torches said Deputy Ed Lock wood of the sheriffs office at Bartow Fla There was no immediate re port of fatalities Five ambulances were sent to the scene and emergency calls went out for more Firefighting equipment also was dispatched Four passenger cars on one train were reported to contain 40 to 50 injured A witness said four diesel en engines � gines two on each train and nine passenger cars left the rails after the collision on a curve two miles south of Winter Haven One engine caught fire Ambulances were leaving the wreck site in a steady stream with injured Two Injured In Collision Two small children were thrown from the back of a light truck when the vehicle was In volved In a collision at Red Rock Sunday afternoon Brenda and Sandra Lamb age six and seven were Injured but Sandra has since been discharged from the Prince George Hospital and Brenda Is In satisfactory con dition The accident happened about 6 pm when a car driven by Orest Drobot slammed into the rear of the truck driven by Peter Lamb of Sooner the girls father The five passengers In the car and four other passengers in the truck escaped Injury District ROMP saldLambwas about to make a turn but chang changed � ed his mind I Village 111 the pilot Virginia Johnson 18 Mount Prospect 111 and her brother Richard 12 That pilot did a fantastic landing job a federal official said A team of about 35 National Transportation Safety Board In vestlgators led by board exam examiner � iner Thomas Saunders arrived from Washington to investigate the cause of the crash Milwaukee police said the pilot and co pilot told authorities they were flying 170 miles an hour at 3500 feet preparing to land at Milwaukee when the private plane appeared sud suddenly � denly on their right then veered Into the airliner LONDON CP Chief Mag 1 s t r a t e Frank Milton today warned the Ontario government it must proceed by Aug 26 with Its extradition case against Myer Rush or the Toronto stock promoter will be discharged At the same time Milton re rejected � jected a defence plea for ball which was opposed by the Crown on grounds that Rush would abscond Rush 44 Is wanted In Toronto on a 100000000 stock consplra cy charge He was arrested In London June 21 and has been held In Brixton prison since July 1 His London lawyer John Cope argued that the Ontario government Is taking too long in bringing evidence before the court on which the extradition case could be Judged and that Rush should be released on bail Cope said Rushs family shipped about 27000 worth of Jewelry from Toronto and Is prepared to allow this to bo used as surety In addition Con stance Gould an old family friend living in London also Is prepared to stand surety though she has no large assets Cope recalled that the police did not want to accept Mrs Gould as a suretor because al allegedly � legedly she could not personally guarantee Rushs attendance at court Sgt John Pole of Scotland Yard testified that the crown opposes ball because of fear that Rush would abscond He said 40000 bail was forfeited earlier in Toronto because Rush had not appeared on a date set for trial Cope said he had never known of such a long delay In proceed proceedings � ings with an extradition case The crown had stated It might be prepared to submit the evl dence by late August or early September but he had received jaaV RICHARD NIXON tqueete on Phone 567 2441 some of the depositions These weighed about 20 pounds He was convinced that these depo depositions � sitions were ready as of last June 22 Michael Mansfield a London lawyer appearing for the crown requested a further remand In custody saying the evidence likely will be brought before the British authorities within the next 15 days and the crown will be prepared to proceed with the case by the end of August or early September Ginter Ready To Quit The Vancouver Sun newspaper today says Ben Ginter is leav leaving � ing the province In a front page story the coast paper quotes the local Indus Industrialist � trialist as saying that he has decided to close down his op operations � erations and move to another province The unions are squeezing me one way and the government an another � other Its no good anymore Ginter was quoted as saying Ginter Is the owner of a 12 million construction firm Tar Tartan � tan Brewery an Interest In the 100 million Eurocan pulp mill and various other ventures The same Sun story however paradoxically quotes Ginter as also saying that he might go into the BC forest industry In a big way and open a mine Ginter also claims that the provincial government owes him 3 million for highway contract going back as far as six years MIAMI BEACH CP - A final hour plncer movement continued to deny Richard Nixon his second Republican presidential nomination as the party launched Its 26th leadership convention today That move by Gov Nulson Rockefeller of New York from one side and Gov Ronald Reagan of California from the other provided the main drama In what appear appeared � ed to beacut-and-drledsltua- tlon Everett Dlrksen Senate Republican leader bluntly put his money on Nixon who was vice president during the Elsenhower years from 1952 to 1960 by saying I think he Is so close to striking distance that I dont think he can be stopped An Associated Press poll showed Nixon with 572 votes only 95 short of the 667 I orut i3 nee third avinuc PKINCt ccorgc a c boeffs Rentals Ltd TOUR LOCALLY OWNED RENTAL CENTRE SETTLEMENT PREDICTED Prince George Letter Car Carriers � riers local president Norm Seif ert today outlined some of the points which Prince George striking postal workers believe are points of contention in nego negotiations � tiations between their union and the Government in Ottawa Seifert said there is no recog recognition � nition of the 40 hour week Post Postmen � men are expected towork41 l2 hours a week or 83 hours in two weeks before overtime applies he explained Long service pay and Im provements in the vacation leave schedule are apparently also holding up a settlement There Is no provision for re duction in the time it takes to reach maximum pay six years INSIDE Ann Landers 6 Bridge 12 Comics 12 Coming Events 6 Crossword 12 Editorial 2 Horoscope 6 People Make the News 4 Sports 9 10 Stocks 4 TV 12 Womens World 7 Classified 13 16 OUTSIDE General outlook is scattered clouds In the morning and cloudy with showers in the afternoon Low last night was 50 High expected for tomor tomorrow � row Is 65 he needs to win Rockefeller had 232 Reagan 161 favorite sons accounted for 231 and there were 137 uncommitted As a prelude to the five day convention In this tourist mecca the party resolution committee finally produceda draft platform labelled as generally moderate Chief Interest from the Am American � erican political view point was the section on the Viet Vietnam � nam war calling for a stra strategy � tegy permitting a progres progressive � sive de Amoricanlzatlon of the wir both military and ci civilian � vilian Otherwise generally It was so Imprecise as to provide Nixon or whoever Is chosen with ample leeway In the cam campaign � paign leading up to the Nov 5 election Backers of Nixon called the program bold and positive Rockefeller described the Vietnam plank as constructive II l75p 75 PER MOrTM 10c Codv Talks Resumed With Optimism OTTAWA CP Chief nego tiators in the postal strike re sumed talks with a federal me dlator at 1040 am today after 14 hours of bargaining Sunday Progress was indicated with another tough day in store Union representative Romeo Mathleu appeared to hold out some hope of a settlement I think there will be a seri ous attempt to finalize it It will be a long day There Is a lot of work to do After a four day break talks resumed at noon Sunday with Judge Rene Llppe the media tor and recessed shortly before 3 am today Judge Llppe de scribed it as a good days work The nation wide walk out of 24000 postal workers is In its 19th day with speculation flying in Ottawa that the government will make a move to call Parlia Parliament � ment into a strike ending ses session � sion unless agreement is reached soon A meeting of the federal cabi cabinet � net has been scheduled for Tuesday Cabinet usually meets on Wednesday Rush Extradition Faces Deadline Judge Lippe during a dinner- break Sunday told reporters Surely we must be coming to some deadline sometime He added We have been talking very seriously Mediation broke off Wednes Wednesday � day after Mr Mathleu chief negotiator for the Council of Postal Unions turned down a new government wage offer It took four days to get back to the bargaining table Judge Llppe Mr Mathieu and Douglas Love the treasury board official heading the gov government � ernment team sat down togeth together � er at noon and worked through a lunch of sandwiches and choc chocolate � olate cake There was a separate meeting during the afternoon between Judge Lippe and the govern governments � ments negotiating team then the mediator went back into a joint session with Mr Mathieu and Mr Love at 5 pm Contentious Points for clerks and four for letter carriers Recognition of the union is not provided for In procedures to hear the grievances of employ employees � ees The union Is being asked to accept a three jear contract which will not expire until Oct 1 1970 Seifert said the union wants the Rand Formula Included in the clause on union membership This would provide that employ employees � ees must pay union dues wheth whether � er or not they are members of the union Many of the Prince George strikers are now getting badly bent without a strike fund ac according � cording to Seifert and are look- lng for any type of part time job Youth Attempts Ferry Hijacking NANAIMO BC CP Po lice said today an 18-year-old youth armed with a 22 calibre rifle made an unsuccessful at attempt � tempt to hijack a British Colum Columbia � bia government ferry In the Strait of Georgia Sunday night A spokesman said the Incident occurred aboard the Queen of New Westminster while the ves vessel � sel was en route to this Vancou Vancouver � ver Island city from Horseshoe Bay north of Vancouver Police said the youth rushed into the bridge once the big ferry had set sail and con confronted � fronted two crew members with a loaded rifle Im taking over the ship police quoted the youth as say saying � ing to the two crew members He held them at gunpoint for a few minutes until one of them managed to summon Capt J Smith from below Capt Smith came to the bridge and persuaded the 18-year-old from New Westmin Westminster � ster to hand over the loaded rifle Ill give you the gun if you promise not to shoot me the youth was quoted as saying to the ferry captain Capt Smith turned the youth over to police when the ferry arrived at Nanaimo The youth was charged with possession of an offensive weapon and was to appear in court here today Lightning Sets Fires Overcast conditions and rain in many parts of the Prince George Forest District have re reduced � duced the fire hazard but not before lightning storms started eight new fires during the week weekend � end The new fires seven of which were in the McBride - Valemount area bring the total now burning in the district to 12 But 45 fire fighters have all the blazes under control aided by the cool damp conditions Largest of the fires Is ten acre blaze In the McBrlde Valemount area A few parts of the forest dis district � trict still have fire hazard but most places are now in the low to moderate range NIXON IN GOP SQUEEZE a platform that we can win on and I want to run on Even Reagan a fight-to-win advocate on Viet Vietnam � nam Indicated he would ac accept � cept the platform as a basic guldepost The actual candidate choice will be made Wednesday night by the 1333 official delegates from the 50 states polled state by state The Rockefeller - Reagan strategy operating through demonstrations final news newspaper � paper and television ads and last ditch pressure applied to delegates has been to stop Nixon from winning on the first or second ballots In hopes his support will crum crumble � ble The secondary choice for the convention will be a run running � ning mate as vice president In the past this has been much more of a formality I