toa t bf Oo Vol 13 No 29 Maybe those huskies that were in town lastweekendas part of the winter carnival are not that hot after all In the mutts race where local kids had a chance to pit the family pet against the huskies in one man one dog sprint the one A satian in the race just cleaned up Men do you need exeicise but have no time in the eve evenings � nings A new lunch hour volley volleyball � ball program at the Civic Centie may be the answer About 25 men attend the successful Wed nesday lunch time program 25 on all BEtR BOtTUS TARTAN CANS M North Nechako Royahte Prairies Blast Economy OTTAWA CP - The consti tutional conference turns today to national financial problems Impelled by blunt charges from the Prairies that federal eco economic � nomic policies are undermining their programs Mondays first day of the three day conference saw a suc succession � cession of Prairie spokesmen challenging the governments handling of federal provincial tax sharing policies The result was a decision to reverse the agenda putting the Prairies fiscal concerns ahead of the federal emphasis on lan language � guage and other fundamental rights Prime Minister Trudeau ac cepted the change without pro protest � test and federal spokesmen More on page 5 called it a minor concession since the language issue will come at this afternoons session They held to the stand that the federal provincial distribu tion of taxing and spending pow ers should be discussed onl In relation to the constitution But it was clear that the Prairies with some support from other parts of the country were intent on a full airing of their financial woes Mondays opening session at times sounded more like a fi nancial than a constitutional conference Strong support for the federal approach to bilingualism came from New Brunswicks Premier Louis Kobichaud and Newfound lands Joseph Smallwood And all premiers made at least gestures to the advance ment of bilingualism although some wanted it to be voluntary But even Mr Smallwood after offering warm praise for Prime Minister Trudeaus bilin gualism policies said the gut issue for his people is fiscal disparity Tory Jolts Socreds EDMONTON CP Social Credit complacency at least thats what the party president called It was jolted Monday night when a Progressive Con Conservative � servative swept to victory in an Alberta byelectlon to fill a vacancy created by the retire ment of Premier E C Manning Bill Yurko 43 took the lead in Strathcona East after one quarter of the polls had re reported � ported and eventually tallied 3785 votes to Social Crediter William Johnsons 3315 Liberal candidate Percy Mar shall got 774 and Garry Allen of the New Democratic Party 381 Because the riding liad betn held by Mr Manning since it was created in 1959 the Torj victory was desribed bj Mr Yurko as a hole In the Social Credit dike of Alberta politics a dike that has been standing for more than 33 years Mr Yurkos victory gave the Conservatives seven seats in the 65 seat provincial legislature Social Credit has 55 there are two Liberals and an independ ent Our people were sensing vie tory too fast said Orvls Kenne dy president of the Alberta So clal Credit League commenting on the turnout of only about 8 000 of the 19000 eligible oters In Ottawa where he is attend lng the federalprovlnclal consti tutional conference Premiei Harry Strom said In an lntej Yiew he does not regard the by election as a major test of So clal Credit popularity in Al berta 20 Paget The Citizen The Only Daily Paper Serving BCs Third Largest Market Forecast Motlly Sunny PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY FEBRUARY 1 1 1969 Living Canvas A picture no artist could paint is the assignment for Prince George artist Jack Ostoforov above as he paints on a real life canvas in a commission that was part of a OPPOSITIONS ATTACK Ed Robertson photo gimmick for a sales convention in the Inn of the North Monday Ann Ford left looks on with critical ee as Carol Ondzik is suitably brushed Bennett Budget Dinosaur9 VICTORIA CP - Opposition Leader Robert Strachan termed the provincial budget a dino dinosaur � saur and Liberal chief Dr Pat McCeei accused the Social Cre Credit � dit government of hoaidlng mo money � ney as they led debate Monday on Premier WAC Bennetts 1 024 000000 budget outlined in the British Columbia legisla legislature � ture Triday This final budget is like a dinosaur said Mi Strachan In its last days it was big as eei but mere bigness was not excuse enough foi being not reason enough for survival He said time has caught up and passed the government and charged it has been tied too tightly to the powei elite and makes eeiy decision in favor of a fast buck and contiol by monopoly CilticUing Welfait Minister Dan Campbell foi putting hu man beings on an Input out put basis when lie told the leiislatuie last week about the departments computet Mi Miachan asked When die ou feOint- to bieak the c cle of poveit Ho said the 1 jou 7u budget Recreation director Matthew DUgts commends the Civic Band in his monthly jecreation report The band gained a unique distinction when it played the Japanese National Anthem at the recent Japanese hockey game the only occasion this was done on the Japanese teams whole Canadian tour W hat do ski instructors do in the summer Teachwater skiing Puiden Village ski in structor Dave Carder is plan planning � ning now to get some property near a local lake and operate a summer camp and water skiing school during the hot months estimates again showed the Social Credit goernment will spend more this year on social welfare while at the same time ignoring general dissatisfaction with the operation of the welfare system in B C Mr Straclian also attacked the government for investing employee pension funds in BC Hydro instead of schools It is a priority made by the government hold back on schools and go to Hydro In wi itten leplies to questions by Mr Stiachan Premier Ben nett disclosed that costs of the Peace and Columbia River pow er developments totalled moie than 845 000000 by Dec 31 Net profit on natural gas sales BOMB fcp- police fired on rioting mobs today In seven different areas of Bombay as looters took advantage of tho factional violence between Ian guage groujs that has killed at least 39 persons and Injured nearly 500 In five days Mhorltles said thieves hooll gans and slumdwellers posed a bigger threat than the ethnic factions as they looted shops and factories In the confusion Casualties in the latest clashes were not Immediately known Some 2000 have been ar arrested � rested In the disorders slnco Friday Trot js In south pombay weru on the alert rtady to move Into the riot torn northern sections If the police prove unable to con trol the mobs At Aniheti 12 miles outside Bombay arsonists tried to burn by Hydro were 0337848 In the fiscal year ended March 31 19C8 about 34 per cent on the 18200000 cost of the gas the piemier said in the reply Dr McGeer said the budget was a good one but it could have been a gieat He ac accused � cused the government of hoard lng money by building into the budget a 100000000 surplus of revenue over expenditure He called for Increases of 30000000 in health andwelfare and education and 15 000000 more in the highways allotment Human rights including an om budsman and a legal aid pro program � gram would receive 1000000 A Liberal government would set in motion a long range plan Bombay Looters Follow Violence down two factories before thej were driven off by police gun fire Several huts were burned down In Bombays Dharavl slum also prompting police fire The violence began Friday when a militant organization called Shlv Sena urged Its sup porters to agitate for the trans fer of Marathl speaklng areas from neighboring Mysore Statu to Maharashtra Shlv Sena demonstrators lm mediately clashed with South Indians who oppose such a transfer The South Indians speak Dravldlan Pal Thackeray the founder of the Shlv Sena was arrested In Bombay Sunday and jailed In Poona 100 miles southeast of Pombay From prison he ap pealed to his sur porters tQ abandon violence for provincial development in eluding establishment of new Crown corporation to enable municipalities to borrow money at low interest Dr McGeer said n STRACHAN a dinosaur Phone 562 2441 WANTS MONEY BACK WEAR THAT 100000 Mlft ww w 10c Copy I v r R M 9 AISUN C i muri t imimr Lui -v n v rvii 125 DOMINION ssmmj J 2 00 PR MONTH BY CARRIER Medicare Fraud Claims Ontario Canucks Irk Yankees WASHINGTON CP The Un United � ited States state department said today it is very much concern concerned � ed about what happens to Na Nationalist � tionalist China if Canada recog recognizes � nizes Red China These views have been ex pressed to the Canadian govern ment and also to Italy which re cently said it intends to recog recognize � nize Red China We are very much concerned of the possible Implications of such moves for the position of the government of the Republic of Nationalist China which is a responsible and co operative member of the International community and with which the government of Canada main tains diplomatic relations press spokesman Robert Mc Closkey told a regular state de partment news briefing He said the US is equally aware of the concern of other members of the Pacific commu community � nity of steps towards recogniz recognizing � ing China Montreal Students Rampage MONTREAL CP A 100 man police riot squad moved into the new Sir George Wll Hams University building on downtown Malsonneuve Boule yard today after about 100 stu students � dents went on a howling ram page of destruction A police spokesman said more policemen were standing by out outside � side the building while senior of fleers conferred w lth university authorities Three policemen were injured as students pelted them with bottles and other missiles and sprayed them with the build ings firehoses The students barricaded themselves Inside the unlver sitys mllllon dollar computer centre which they have occu pled since Jan 29 after wreck lng furniture in the seventh floor cafeteria and faculty lounge Trom the nlnthfloor windows of the computer centre smashed office equipment com puter tape computer cards and other debris rained down on the street At least two students were taken from the building to a waiting paddy wagon outside Students first occupied tho computer centre in protest against the makeup of a faculty committee appointed to hear charges of racism against a bl ology professor They took over the faculty lounge a week later As the nlnthfloor rampage continued today police turned away everyone attempting to enter the new Henry F Hall fbulldlng Hundreds of students gath ered on the streets outside OTTAWA CP Premier John Robarts today called the national medical care insurance program one of the greatest political frauds ever perpetuated on this coun country � try and demanded federal compensation for its cost to Ontario He termed the medical insur insurance � ance plan Introduced by Ottawa a Machevllllan scheme Ontario a non participant Is being taxed by 225000000 for a plan out of which we are get ting nothing He demanded fiscal equlva lent payment of cash by Otta wa to the provincial treasury equal to the benefit the province would get if It Joined the nation national � al plan Mr Robarts strong language capped the opening few minutes of the federal provincial consti of taxing and spending powers Prime Minister Trudeau sug gested the debate be kept on the subject of how the constitution More details Page 5 should distribute tax and spend spending � ing powers between the federal and provincial governments Premier W A C Bennett of British Columbia said the real trouble Is caused by a clause in the British North America Act which stipulates that the federal government can raise revenue by any mode or means This means Ottawa can move Into any tax field now occupied by the province Premier Walter Welr of Mani Manitoba � toba said he Is more concerned about the Immediate situation but could make proposals for constitutional reform in the fls cal field at some time in the fu ture He asked Ottawa to freeze all of Its participation in shared cost programs now and consult the provinces on changes In taxes new programs or with withdrawals � drawals from existing pro- grams Mr Trudeau said both the Bennett and Welr suggestions were worth discussing by tho conference Eastern Storm Kills 82 NEW YORK CP With snowplows working around the clock the northeastern United States dug out today from the big weekend storm and the death toll mounted to 82 Most deaths were blamed on snow shovelling with suburban Westchester County counting seven such fatalities Three travellers died in a stalled auto at New Yorks Kennedy Interna tlonal Airport apparently of asphyxiation The storm paralysed trans transportation � portation cut off food supplies In some areas and throttled commerce from New Jersey to Maine Police reported at least 17 storm related deaths and 08 in Juries in New York City alone Ten degree temperatures dur during � ing the night kept snow piled in drifts but the weather bureau forecast 40 degree temperatures during the day Air rail bus and auto traffic began to move sporadically late Monday But a return to normal schedules proved Impossible this morning as stalled autos blocked access roads heavy snow blocked the tracks of com commuter � muter trains and bus service was slow Mayor John Lindsay said the worst problem In the city was abandoned cars Under snow emergency regulations no park lng was permitted on some streets Douglas Sweeps BC Byelection NANAIMO BC CP T C Tommy Douglas scored an easy victory In Mondays Nanal moCowlchanThe Islands feder al byelectlon His political image refurb refurbished � ished by a C814 vote margin the national leader of the New Democratic Party said It will probably be at least a week be fore he heads for Ottawa and the Commons seat denied him In the general election last June Im going to spend a few days going around the riding to express my thanks personally to my constituents for their vote of confidence said Mr Douglas He termed Mondays victory which retained the Vancouver Island seat for the NOP a me morable landmark In a political career spanning 35 years Ive been in closer battles but this certainly ranks as one of the most memorable the 64yearold veteran remarked It Is not a personal victory but rather a mandate from the people of this area to tell the government that Canadians dc mand leadership rather than in ertla Mr Douglas took the lead on the first poll reported Monday evening and Increased it stead lly through the night With all 218 polls reported Mr Douglas had 19712 votes Liberal Eric Winch 12898 and Magnus Ver brugge the Progressive Conser vatlve candidate 1982 at TOMMY DOUGLAS warhore returns SHAGGY CAPTOR CAUGHT DALLAS Tex AP - A blonde schoolgirl cheerlead cheerleader � er held under threat of death for 10 12 hours darted to safety Monday night as police gunfire killed her plstol-wav-lng captor Janle Lewis 17 escaped harm in a cafeteria where a long haired parolee had con fined her in a booth rejecting repeated pleas to free her Officers Identified the slain man as Freddie Robert Mul lins 21 of Dallas They said he had served a term for arm ed robbery In Minnesota As many as COO persons as sembled at times towatchwhat was taking place at the Big Town shopping centre in suburban Mesquite Police Chief L H Limmer 33 said he motioned with his eyes for Miss Lewis to run behind a retaining wall In the cafeteria when Mullins final ly diverted attention from her to unscrew a light bulb in a lowhanglng chandelier Three bullets pierced Mul lins chest and he died as he fell Limmer estimated a dozen shots were fired Including three from his own pistol as the police chief ducked behind a table only 10 feet froni Mul Mullins � lins Other officers reported Mullins got off a single shot fiom his 32 calibre weapon Police Sgt L C Tidwell said it was about llamwhen he stopped Mullins and a com panion Richard Laundervllle to check their drivers llcen cos As the licences were hand handed � ed back Tidwell related Mul Mullins � lins pulled a gun and both youths jumped from their car and ran Two warning shots from Tidwell halted Launder ville but Mullins dashed into the cafeteria nearby Janie s mother Mrs C S Lewis told officers that the tall youth in a black leather jacket grabbed her daughter as they stood in line awaiting food service The long vigil followed Limmer and others talked to Mullins time and again trying to persuade him to release his hostage Officers said he nev never � er gave a motive foi holding her or voiced any conditions for freeing her