Vol 12 No 208 Pic ce 111 f l -XsTFTW iiSSKT ji i U 1 t In t e 4t 1 l t I M t 1 1 i lj til lit O wills I y c iUuil 5C 1 0074 U tl Mi t itln iti t l tl I lllb tt Ii colli 1 1 tl Phi n intly elioseii leadei f He BC I Ibeial jMlty I it trrw i r Mill I i In Diiiim two Northern favourite PILCAN HIGH LIFE in the hondy can 16 Jages Piincc Geoige liipoit swept up 10 iJ nines tor 1 our The storm a weathei oil ice sijokcsnian explained today was caused b a deep lo v piessure which was over the northern part of the province north of Pi ince Geoige US Collects Heap of Gold MIAia m I euters -The nth met n st c iti iverslal m iern ol tc hi es ended Sunday with the 1 tilted states Aini ln0 a ret ji I He jf n ed Us In the last event tie eques tii n Prl Pes Natl ns c mad i Ann tie juiirUio b Id medal its onlj told of the dan is ranci received the sllvu iredil ami West Germany tl i bioni vn eric in ithlitis piled up m uni rtcelei ttd totU of IOC lied als AZ of tl t in g ild to ecllj tit Soviet iicord of 103 u edals at tie 1900 Home Ohniplcs There nt 21 1 ore events heu than In Pome SJniuers were the n alnstaj of tie siictaiulir I S success tallng G8 ii edals 23 of them gold in 33 events nerlcans con t ttlng in tiack and field events cat tun cl IC tjold niedils antlu ojvnipic recoid s a sped itk tl i 19oHOUni- Behlnd tit thi illin0 victories the l irln0 ci wds and tortuitd stiuOQles f the w rldN top Uh litis were the tension and bit tunisi cuised by Black PoAe den jnstr iti ns Forgery Admitted 10-eai- llmanwlx pleaded guiltv tt t iints each of fot Leiv ai 1 false pi i tt nc e- as sen sentence � tence 1 t sis m nths in jail bv e lty Malstnti Geoige O Stewait this moinliio Poltc e ev i lence state 1 that Ri chaid Truest Ostei tag hadtians fuitd a nut he mans account with tin Teinci Ciedlt Union to the credit union in Pi ince Geoige He had wiitten a cheque foi 100 and deiosited tie 433 le maliUnc In the act mint Ostortasrs lenutt foi a sus- bv tl Jilt II tl ni i 1 i II 1 Ntl It llti 1 I In el I It I t i 1 I I -r I i 1 n ike i t i mt i i i nu ui u r I m tl 0 t l i in t k i ni hi riit pel nut the hiintpis cnuv To la I tleie an so ftw ojipaiuis Hkt this pu son knocking at a duor wl i n a 1 altv is Lome on Gwtte tomtit Pally faithful wslM i ns iji ui u mi tli will miet witl llu at m m- J U tU OnatujUa nitl t formal if ii at tli Ui M tel V s a won all ill in hI f w I H tt JO I III -111 klKtklllt alld tl I I alt -ti lis sjW t it sll I l i I 11 Ills lals ajnvi I s I J t I osi nal Motl- il til I L 1 i i r i Jlkla IOttUt C 4 ai I si l u I lilt Hill The Citizen The Only Daily Paper Serving BCs Third Largest Market Forecast -Cooler showers gage an 1 Housing Corporation would piovide up to 90 per cent of the Undine alue which in clu les land building fees and equipment The brief stresses that the home would not constitute a nursing home nor is the plan to be confused with senior citizens housing Doaidlng homes are in operation at kamloops Chil liwack and Summerland while others are going ahead in Castlegar Lad smith and Tiail According to the society whose members include Mag Hurricane Force Blast Leaves North in Dark V vicious windstorm that at one jxjint leuchod humuine vel velocity � ocity caused widespread power outages an 1 danige to buildings in oith Ccntial Bi itish Colum Columbia � bia tt is weekend British Columbia Hydio which had CO rei airmen woiking re received � ceived about 300 calls fioiu cus customers � tomers in the Pi ince Geoi ge ai ea alone See pictuies Page 11 In addition con m unities west of Pi ince George had two long power outages aftei fulling tiees knocked out the line running be tween roit St James and the Pinchi mine The most sevele gust of wind oceuted at 1 22 p m n rday when the dial on the wind gauge at The wmds swcit from west to east On Satuiday the heaviest gust was 12 miles an 1 oui but on Sunday winds of 37 miles an hour gustei to 52 at 9 50 a in Today s foi ecast calming down with scattered rain show eis Tlit 30 inile transmission line between Tort St James and Coni mcos meicuiy development at Pinchi Lake was hit by the first of about 30 trees at 10 43 am rriday This sudden outage on the C0-000-volt circuit kicked out swit switches � ches which contiol the power flow north and west of ander hoof In addition to andeihoofs blackout otler centres without electricity wele I ort St James Toit Frasei Trasei Lake and Endako The cneuit to Endoko Mines was not affected crew was sent fioin Pi inco Geoige to deal trecswhichtuni bled on the Tort St James Pinchi line which nuiclics tluough at CO foot swatle In the forests Ma Mumo Hydios Piince George distiict manager said eiev s which vent out after the fiist trouble call nidi morn morning � ing wen finally finished their tasks at G p ni Satuiday Mumo said he wanted to thank lesidents foi pitvidlne line clews with coffee and food He also paid tiibute to tie tustoni cis patience Tl e most severely hit com communities � munities in the Prince Geoige alia weie tl ose along tl c Black atei roienun Buckhoin am summit Lake load ciicuits Some weic without powci fei lSlouis Munii also reminded jiuients ti keep children aw ay fjomdown- ppn I d sentence w is tin lud I wn I l is tues which could be touching those lines Most if Hydios ciicuits in tl Piinci Gicnge lalige litveen 11000 and 25000 volts I lank McGet district nuiu t i f BC Telcpl one Co said in my circuits wuc iiteirujted i tl i windstorm tut t cy wne ni lid the siiull wiies wllch ui ivU- J tt lomes 41 Landmatk Burns soiTIinNK Iln destroyed sevtial bull lints jatui lay night in this community al ut 200 milts wtst 1 Prrnci Gotnge Tl c It sidenct stoii andw ilo Imsi Itluntrnt t J ike Knelson Mil distjoyed jji tic llje also tl i t Id In til i laiuln alk in tic al i N ditalls lae letl nleastd on tin ilein of tl i liji PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA MONDAY OCTOBER 28 1968 ---rir7ftrwS37Ttf vW55 rsU PERSPECTIVE Architects drawing of the proposed 250000 senior citizens boarding home BOARDING HOME PLAN AIRED Plans for the construction of i lmnllnt home foi senior citi7ens tn cost ovei a quarter of a million d liars were an announced � nounced today 1 y the Pj inco Georgt Boat ding Ik me So Society � ciety The projict if it toes ahead would piovide icc minodation foi persons who ire able to get aionnl bit who need limit limited � ed sistanre in is day -to -day living particularly inthe pre preparation � paration of fool According to a brief pic pared bj the strict the home would be locate on property leased bj the Prince Geoige Recioml Hospital and would accommo hte 32 persons ini initially � tially with provisions foi fu tuie expansion to house 48 persr ns In oi ler toobt linprov incial an 1 fedeial financing the so society � ciety is lequired to l lise 10 pei cent of the capital cost local h V Prince Geoige service club is presently considering a proposal that it undei wi itethe 10 per cent as a club pi oject Once that is achieved the so society � ciety inaj qualify for a one third gi ant fi orn the provincial government and Central Mort istrate George Stewart as chairman MrsGoidonSwan ke hospital administration Colin Elliott aichitect Des Parker Mrs Kaj Russell and Mrs E Temperle at least r0 pel sons in the Prince Geoige area aie in need of the facilities a boarding home would provide The societ was incorporat incorporated � ed last Septembei and is an offshoot of the Prince George and District Community Wel Welfare � fare Council which first broached the need for a board boarding � ing home at a meeting in July 1067 Navy Man Elected ESQUMVLT CCP - Retired Navy lieutenant Vrthur Cuth bert 52 has won a b election to fill a vacant city council seat Quesnel Hosts Violence QbESNEL - Quosncls RCMP Detachment Hospital and Am Ambulance � bulance authorities andvolunteei rire Department were re recovering � covering today from a weekend of tragedy and violence which will go down as one of the worst In recent years Police are currently Investi Investigating � gating two deiths one as the lest It cf in accidental si ootlng and one fioni a highway crash in the town while the Fire Depart Department � ment threatened to have its re souices stretched to the limit in its effort to keep up with i spate of niinoi files set off by eNploding fireci ackers The ambulance service and hospital authorities spent an ex exhausting � hausting weekend coping with a myriad of auto accidents which hospitalised at least four pei sons Dead In a highway ci rsh on Carson Ave Quesnel Is in 18-yeai-old youth Jack Wilson Oakes who overturned his car on a bend ncai the PGE station at 9 25 p ni Sundiy The late model cai filled to negotiate the bend as Oakes vas 1 eadlng south and after overturning sev several � eral times ended in a ditch on the left side of the road Oakes was rushed to the G R Baker Memorial Hospital by ambulance but was dead on anival Coronei CD Death has ordered an in inquiry � quiry In the othei fatal mishap an elderly man whose name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin was found near his Rich Bai home with a bullet wound in the right side of his head He was found by some friends with whom he had been living and RCMP believe le died from the gunshit wound after having tripped ovei an electrical cord It is thougl t tl e dead man was cariying a loaded 22 rifle at the time Meanwhile the Volunteer Tire Department answeied seveial fire cracker calls ovei the week- enl One set fire to a tree neai the muses 1 omc of the GR Baker Memorial Hospital an other cauU t the wood aligl tof the old Tiaser Rivei Bi idge INSIDE TODAY Landers 8 Stocks 4 Classified 13 16 Sports 910 Comics 1 2 TV 8 Coming Events 8 Social 6 Crossword 12 Classified 13 16 Phone 562 2441 BC Alberta Demand WEAK THAT 100000 Mlft PATQUN QMILEJ fmpfittifc DATSUN PAL R k orpvinp 4th GEORGE ST JuHn Jry y SI 75 PER MONTH Highway 1 6 East Must Stay Open Red Orbits In Tandem MOSCOW P The un unmanned � manned soviet space ship Soyii7 2 landed hi the Soviet Union today aftei tin ee days in space Tass announced but cosmonaut Geoigy Beiegovoy continued in oibit In the sis sister � ter ship Soyu 3 Boregovoy had followed the unmanned ship in tandem around the earth foi two days and dm ing this pel iod had manoeuv l e 1 Ills Soyu 3 so as to appioach the pllotless slstei ship If any attempt was made to link up the manned and un unmanned � manned ships something the Russians have not done it was not announced Canadian Relief Nearby OTTAW A CCP One Cana dian Hercules transport plane has arrived on the island of Ternando Poo off the Mgerian coast foi a planned i el ief opera tion into Biafra The plane flew ftom Ascen slon Island in mid Atlantic and landed on rernancio Poo this morning V second Heicules cariying supplies and equip ment for the relief team is en route to the island from Recife Brazil thltd Heicules is still at Lagos Mgeiias caiital where it lias been foi two weeks so suitable landing fields have been found foi it in Mgeiian held tenitoiy outside Lagos The defence d e j a i t in e n t sjokesman said there is no in foimation yet about when the first meicy flight would be made fiom Teinando Poo Special to The Citizen JASICR A gioup of businessmen from the central legions of BC and Albuta met in this Rocky Mountain communitN Situiila and decided to keep pressure on the BC government to ensiue that Highway 16 East iern nns open this vvintei The hiihvav is lieie now The gioup decided the best way to keep snow plows on the loute was an appeal bv the Northwest BC Chambers of Commerce Members of that organization who also attended the J aspei meet were instructed to look aftei the appeal Torty sK delegates from Prince I upeit Pi ince Geoige Jaspei ind Edmonton attend attended � ed the Three T Travel tourism and trade Meet to discuss mutual occnomiclen efits that could ailse wl en the highway is officially opened Tli is gioup should go on recoid that tie highway should be kept open tills winter saiJ Prince George delegate Don McMnnon V decision was also nude to meet again this time in Prince George foi an in depth look at the impact of Highwav 1G East on communi communities � ties on both sides of the Rocky Mountains One of the most obvious as assets � sets of the new loute wis tourism it was agieed High Highway � way 10 now stretches fioni Prince Rupert to Jaspei pas passing � sing thiough the coast lange of BC and past the highest maintain in the Canadian Rockies the 12972 foot Mount Robson V steering committee was chosen to organize the Prince Geoige conference but no date was set The Thiee T Meet was basically an evploratoiy con feience to feel out how a liands-aeross-the-loider lia liaison � ison would be received Delegates fiom both B C anl Vlberta appeared to be eiitlusiastic about future dealings but there was no big pitch made by either side Cont on Page 3 Defiant Czechs March PR VOL E TCP - Thousands of Czechoslovaks inarched in Prague today In patriotic dem onstiatlons with anti Soviet ov ertones as the nation celebrated its 50th anniveisary as a re public Several hundred students marched to the gates of P r a g u e s presidential castlt chanting Better dead than shame and later shouting out Russians go home as leaders Inside presided ovei an anniver anniversary � sary ceremony It was the first time since the Sovlet led military Invasion in ugust that Czechoslovaks had staged a I ublic demonstration Building Hit n accident at Tourth and Que Quebec � bec Sunday night lesulted in 1 000 damage to a car and at least SOO to the Mclnnis Building Sup Supplies � plies building Police said the cai driven by a juvenile collided with another vehicle bcfoie careening into the building A window in the build building � ing was smashed and part of the wall was pushed backwaids charge has been laid po police � lice said Ys Mens Moolah Walk Arch Success The enly comfortable way to eat supjer Saturday night as far as 12-year-old Bi Ian Toreman was concerned was with his feet in a pan of w ater He had walked a total of 38 miles in the s Mens Club fund la is lng Walkathon iiound the city Id do it again he an announced � nounced proudly showing his stamped sponsors forms provini he had coveied that distance He nude 150 ii mile for tl e YM YW C In the eompctiti n between The Citizen and CKPG radio station The Citizen came clearly in the lead with ad advert � vert islnt manager 1 Keith raising 202 and publisher Lew Grrfiith raising 10970 CKPG nuiugei Bob Hal -kins raised 510840 Ei ic Graham gland piire winnei in tie Walkathon with sptnsoring totalling 10125 pei mile was Impressed when he hear 1 about the distance Blian Ind walked Ill be entering the Walka Walkathon � thon again net year but Ill be persuading my sionsois to put theii money on Blian he commented Graliani lalsed a total of 2025 in coriij letlng the ten mile circuit twice total of 410 walkers took part in the fund raising mara marathon � thon and walked a combined distance of 5090 miles Pledges of money for the s MuisClubcsceciicdSH 000 Seynioui school won the Elemental Schcol trophy and I akewood took the Junior sceonlary Scluol tiojhy in its c at ewci J V cheque foi 23 was given path stu lent who walked the most sponsoied miles numb ei of miles times nunibu of sponsors Don Watt took the pilze r i tl i senior lrttli school w iti 7C0 si usoiert miles Del bu tolluis Lakewoud schw 1 w m I ci il i que with J8B3 sponsored miles and Linda Carson Seymour School won w lth 720 sponsored miles The longest distance was walked by Cpl Jack Cundei son from the Baldy Hughes radar base who covered the route four times for a total of 40 miles Tastest time aiound the 20 mile course was set by Mike Staffoid coach of the Prince George Track and Tield Club who lan tic distance in 2 12 hairs No pilze but a lot of grati gratitude � tude from perspiring com competitors � petitors went to Susan Claik of 178G Edmonton Street who male 759 foi the club by selling kool aid to cortes tants In a separate category Joe Russman felt he should be awaided a piize for the heav heaviest � iest sponsors since his two backeis Muriay Kerman and lf Ivclson weighed 205 pounds and 232 pounds respectively The Citizens pubUher Lew Griffith right and CKPGs Bob Flannel foo Harkins at checkpoint Duffy photo