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No
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Canadian
Pacific
Merchan
W
dlse
Services
stole
a
march
over
rlal
Canadian
National
Railways
Wednesday
although
It
involved
loading
and
unloading
a
12
ton
cat
seen
times
In
one
day
CP
succeeded
In
obtaining
a
permit
to
move
a
load
12000
pounds
overweight
by
road
the
480
miles
from
Prince
George
to
Kltimat
the
first
time
a
per
permit
�
mit
of
its
kind
has
been
issued
The
low
loader
and
Its
load
were
scheduled
to
arrive
at
Kltlmat
at
midnight
But
first
the
cat
had
to
be
unloaded
seven
times
and
allowed
to
ford
rivers
and
streams
under
Its
own
power
when
weak
bridges
were
en
encountered
�
countered
Remember
Christmas
all
those
months
ago
To
Mr
and
Mrs
Hamlsh
Campbell
Gillies
it
was
a
memory
too
until
yesterday
whenaChrlstmascaid
arrived
at
their
South
Pateison
Aenue
home
It
took
a
mere
128
days
to
reach
Pi
ince
George
from
Northern
Nigeria
f
Chris
Earle
of
Prince
w
George
thought
ho
held
the
all
time
record
Tuesday
he
re
received
�
ceived
a
letter
from
Vancouver
20
Pages
freeing
his
hands
for
work
Im
standing
In
the
slip
slippers
�
pers
Schwelckart
reported
He
gazed
at
the
breath
taking
of
stars
sun
and
sky
logging
trucks
on
the
Buckhorn
aruuna
mm
Road
Wednesday
morning
On
toy
what
RCMP
highway
patrol
said
a
sald
excltedlj
loaded
truck
driven
by
Gor
Gordon
�
don
Magnant
30
of
Prince
George
skidded
into
the
ditch
as
Magnant
tried
to
avoid
a
Depart
Department
�
ment
of
Highways
cat
removing
snow
about
three
miles
east
of
H
ighway
97
While
the
cat
was
towing
the
truck
out
of
the
ditch
a
second
truck
smashed
Into
the
rear
of
the
first
Driver
of
the
second
vehicle
was
Lawrence
Courlk
18
also
of
Prince
George
Pneumonia
Halts
Hospital
Talks
A
visit
to
Victoria
bytwoboard
members
to
press
Prince
George
Regional
Hospital
expansion
de
demands
�
mands
with
Health
Minister
Ralph
Loffmark
will
not
take
place
Friday
as
planned
Loffmark
became
111
a
week
ago
suffering
from
pneumonia
and
is
expected
to
be
con
confined
�
fined
to
bed
possibly
all
next
week
DG
Hepburn
chairman
of
the
hospital
building
committee
and
Herb
Sperling
governments
appointee
on
the
board
will
make
the
visit
when
Loffmark
re
recovers
�
covers
hospital
administrator
Colin
Elliott
said
today
Forecast
Mainly
tunny
a
view
he
Say
hello
to
the
camera
or
something
James
A
McDlvltt
said
as
he
tried
to
snap
a
pic
ture
of
his
space
strolllng
com
panlon
Hello
earner
a
said
Schwelckart
Theres
a
moon
over
there
McDlvltt
told
him
Hello
dere
said
Schwelck
art
enjoying
his
cosmic
excur
sion
Pair
Locked
Schwelckarts
two
Apollo
9
companions
also
were
exposed
to
the
fierce
vacuum
McDlvltt
In
the
LEM
and
Scott
In
the
command
ship
Their
suits
were
plugged
Into
the
life
support
systems
of
their
respective
ships
which
were
still
locked
together
nose
to
nose
as
they
have
been
since
Mon
day
Schwelckart
was
on
his
own
a
true
satellite
relying
on
his
250000
suit
and
the
oxygen
and
communications
pack
which
he
wore
on
his
back
like
a
knap
knapsack
�
sack
It
was
the
first
space
test
of
the
suit
and
pack
US
astro
nauts
will
wear
on
the
moon
Other
US
space
walkers
were
hooked
to
the
spaceship
life
support
systems
by
long
i
umbilical
lines
which
had
been
posted
be
believe
�
lieve
It
or
not
on
Nov
21
Majbe
they
sent
It
via
China
commented
the
still
amazed
Chris
Gelandesprungs
are
a
type
of
ski
jump
made
by
skiers
in
standard
equipment
lncludlig
poles
rather
than
the
special
skis
and
equipment
used
by
ski
jumpers
Tho
take
off
point
Is
the
top
of
ary
mogul
or
ridge
In
the
snow
rather
than
a
spe
special
�
cial
rarnp
Regional
champion
championships
�
ships
are
planned
for
Sunday
at
the
Purden
Ski
Village
38
miles
east
of
Prince
George
where
Dave
Carder
will
be
protecting
his
title
of
champion
against
all
allcomers
�
comers
Winning
Jumps
are
ex
expected
�
pected
to
exceed
100
feet
Saturday
Is
the
day
eight
in
the
evening
Is
the
time
and
the
Duchess
Park
Field
House
Is
the
place
when
the
Harlem
Hearthrobs
will
step
on
court
The
Hearthrobs
are
tak
taking
�
ing
on
those
other
people
from
CKPG
In
a
game
of
basketball
I
for
the
bereflt
of
the
march
of
I
dimes
Off
the
court
the
Hear
throus
ate
nurses
fiom
Piince
I
George
Hospital
Smale
took
on
Quebec
in
the
eighth
round
today
with
Ron
Northcott
and
his
Calgary
crew
meeting
Newfoundland
before
the
two
leaders
clash
in
the
ninth
round
tonight
The
Prince
Edward
Island
game
was
a
heart
stopper
for
Kevin
his
thiid
Pete
Sherba
second
Pat
Carr
and
lead
Bob
McDonald
Island
skip
Smith
came
close
to
handing
Smale
his
first
loss
in
the
takeout
that
had
the
PEI
rink
leading
5
4
with
last
shot
coming
home
But
Smith
missed
his
first
shot
of
the
final
end
when
he
attempted
to
come
around
a
long
guard
and
take
out
the
BC
shot
rock
on
the
four
foot
Smale
then
attemped
another
guard
was
heavy
and
froze
to
his
first
stone
leaving
it
open
for
a
double
tfWy
The
Citizen
PRINCE
GEORGE
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
THURSDAY
MARCH
6
1969
European
Uneasiness
Grows
As
Gold
Prices
Hit
Record
PARIS
Reuters
-
Mounting
social
unrest
swirled
around
crucial
French
wage
talks
here1
today
after
deadlock
sent
the
price
of
gold
soaring
to
record
peaks
Wednesday
in
Europe
and
raised
fresh
fears
about
the
strength
of
the
franc
But
economic
experts
here
dismissed
suggestions
of
deval
uatlon
as
politically
lmpossl
ble
before
a
referendum
or
dered
by
President
de
Gaulle
next
month
on
regional
and
par
llamentary
reforms
They
said
Trances
remaining
4
000000000
in
gold
and
currency
reserves
tould
defend
the
franc
on
International
maikets
until
the
poll
Government
and
labor
union
negotiators
are
meeting
in
the
first
round
of
formal
pay
talks
since
strike
settlements
after
the
May
June
crisis
of
19G8
which
brought
the
French
econ
economy
�
omy
to
its
knees
The
unions
are
demanding
In
creases
of
up
to
12
per
cent
based
mainly
on
Increased
llv
Ing
costs
But
their
claims
are
being
strongly
resisted
by
Social
Affairs
Minister
Maurice
Schu
capacity
to
spend
and
save
rose
a
net
nine
per
cent
in
1968
As
the
wage
negotiators
were
locked
In
stalemate
the
value
of
the
franc
plummeted
In
for-
Bylaw
Tested
In
Court
Here
An
application
to
quash
the
6581000
Bulkley
Nechako
Hos
pital
money
by
law
because
of
alleged
Irregularities
In
vot
voting
�
ing
comtlnued
before
Justice
John
Gould
In
BC
Supreme
Court
here
today
The
application
Is
being
made
by
Jens
Hoje
a
director
of
the
Bulkley
Nechako
regional
dist
district
�
rict
hospital
board
When
the
hearing
started
Wed
Wednesday
�
nesday
Hoye
who
said
he
Is
representing
more
than
100
people
charged
there
was
no
master
elector
list
some
vot
voters
�
ers
were
not
Canadian
citizens
or
British
subjects
and
that
there
was
no
record
of
the
num
number
�
ber
of
ballots
Issued
He
also
charged
there
were
more
ballots
In
some
boxes
than
mann
He
insists
the
purchasing
there
were
names
stricken
off
power
of
1
rench
workers-
their
ltne
voters
llst
eien
markets
Wednesday
and
the
Bank
of
France
was
report
ed
to
be
propping
up
its
curren
cy
in
Zurich
At
the
same
time
the
price
of
French
gold
soared
to
Its
high
highest
�
est
level
for
21
jears
with
the
price
an
ounce
of
the
22
pound
Ingot
shooting
up
47
cents
to
54702
US
Other
steep
rises
were
reported
in
London
and
Zurich
Phone
562
2441
takeout
that
would
have
given
Smith
the
game
But
the
Charlottetown
skip
came
out
of
the
hack
wide
and
missed
the
shot
to
give
up
two
Saskatchewan
had
a
5
1
record
after
defeating
New
Brunswick
8
3
in
the
morning
round
The
only
loss
by
the
Avonlea
rink
was
to
British
Columbia
in
Mondays
second
round
and
the
Saskatchewan
four
foursome
�
some
is
scheduled
to
play
Alberta
in
the
final
round
at
230
pm
Friday
In
other
seventh
round
games
this
morning
Quebec
downed
Newfoundland
12
5
Nova
Scotia
edged
Ontario
10
9
and
Northern
Ontario
defeated
Manitoba
9
8
The
five
games
left
Earl
Carson
and
his
Quebec
rink
from
Bagotville
alone
in
fourth
place
with
a
4
2
T
5t
lubv
t
iEauRi-
w
mm
PI
IKJH
Older
than
Prince
George
itself
but
its
still
going
strong
On
the
citys
54th
birthday
city
employee
Joe
Barna
waves
from
the
cab
of
a
steam
engine
the
city
uses
to
thaw
ice
chocked
drains
It
began
life
in
1911
as
a
steam
road
roller
in
Vernon
In
those
days
about
1000
people
lived
within
what
is
now
Prince
George
Milne
Photo
Lamarches
record
ran
to
three
pages
of
previous
convic
convictions
�
tions
including
12
indictable
of
fences
Charges
of
breaking
and
ent
entering
�
ering
Horlick
Furs
Ltd
on
New
years
Day
and
theft
of
the
val
uable
furs
were
dropped
early
in
the
trial
But
Vancouver
City
police
tes
testified
�
tified
to
arresting
Lamarche
six
days
after
the
breakln
after
he
had
tried
to
abandon
a
car
load
loaded
�
ed
with
24
fur
coats
and
jackets
three
stoles
and
a
bundle
of
mink
skins
Inspector
GK
Plnchln
of
the
Vancouver
force
described
how
he
followed
the
car
driven
by
Lamarche
in
the
early
morning
of
Jan
7
on
Main
St
in
Van
Vancouver
�
couver
He
gave
chase
after
Lamarche
committed
minor
traffic
viola
violations
�
tions
Lamarche
turned
off
Main
stopped
suddenly
and
tried
to
get
away
on
foot
but
the
In
spector
gave
chase
and
had
to
use
force
to
arrest
him
Inspector
Pinchln
found
car
keys
which
Lamarche
had
dropped
during
the
chase
and
used
them
to
open
the
trunk
It
was
packed
with
furs
Michael
Splcer
owner
of
the
car
with
which
Lamarche
was
arrested
said
he
loaned
the
vehicle
to
Lamarche
on
Jan
4
to
go
to
Edmonton
Under
cross
examination
by
defence
lawyer
Robin
Heather
Splcer
admitted
to
a
criminal
record
Including
four
charges
of
theft
US
Train
Shot
At
In
Germany
BERLIN
Reuters
The
West
German
news
agency
DPA
today
reported
an
American
military
train
was
shot
at
while
travelling
from
Berlin
to
Helmstedt
Wednes
Wednesday
�
day
night
In
another
development
the
British
minister
and
deputy
commandant
In
Berlin
Gor
Gordon
�
don
Etherlngton
Smith
was
held
up
by
East
German
guards
at
Drewltz
checkpoint
during
closure
of
the
autobahn
this
morning
WEAR
THAT
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DOMINION
mum
Heather
submitted
that
the
car
was
owned
by
a
convlctedcrlm
lnal
and
Lamarche
could
have
borrowed
It
without
knowing
the
furs
were
already
In
the
trunk
But
city
prosecutor
Ross
Simpson
said
Lamarches
at
attempt
�
tempt
to
abandon
the
car
and
flee
was
an
indication
of
his
guilt
In
addition
said
Simpson
he
had
shown
himself
guilty
by
making
Inconsistent
excuses
for
running
away
when
in
interviewed
�
terviewed
by
police
Prince
George
Is
high
on
the
priority
list
for
a
branch
of
the
Bank
of
British
Columbia
but
no
decision
has
yet
been
made
as
to
when
the
branch
will
be
estab
established
�
lished
Three
Women
Dismembered
Then
Buried
PROVINCETOWN
Mass
Reuters
A
divorced
father
of
three
was
scheduled
for
ar
ralgnment
here
today
on
two
charges
of
murder
In
connection
with
the
discovery
of
the
dls
membered
bodies
of
three
young
women
The
nude
bodies
were
uncov
ered
Wednesday
afternoon
In
shallow
graves
In
a
wooded
area
south
of
this
Cape
Cod
community
Police
arrested
Antone
Costa
24
of
Provlncetown
In
a
Boston
Back
Bay
apartment
shortly
after
the
bodies
were
dlscov
ered
He
was
charged
with
mur
der
In
the
deaths
of
two
of
the
women
Patricia
Walsh
and
Mary
Ann
Wysockl
both
23
The
third
body
which
was
badly
decomposed
was
unlden
tilled
State
police
said
the
body
had
been
burled
for
more
than
a
year
The
three
bodies
were
found
about
300
yards
east
of
where
the
mutilated
body
of
an
unlden
tlfled
teen
ager
was
discovered
Feb
8
Miss
Walsh
a
teacher
at
Providence
RI
and
Miss
Wys
ockl
a
senior
at
the
University
of
Rhode
Island
disappeared
Jan
25
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BYCARRIER
2
00
PER
MONTH
Smale
Rink
Leads
Pack
After
Close
Victory
Skip
Kevin
Smale
held
his
breath
as
Prince
Ed
Edward
�
ward
Island
skip
Alan
Smith
poised
in
the
hack
to
deliver
his
final
shot
this
morning
The
Island
stone
sailed
down
the
sheet
and
missed
a
double
take
out
attempt
in
the
seventh
round
of
the
Canadian
curling
championship
at
Oshawa
Ont
The
miss
gave
Kevin
now
going
by
his
nickname
Duke
a
6
5
victory
over
the
Islanders
and
sole
possession
of
first
place
in
the
11
rink
round
robin
championship
British
Columbia
had
seven
consecutive
victories
going
into
the
eighth
round
one
more
than
defend
defending
�
ing
champion
Alberta
which
drew
the
seventh
round
bye
OSHAWA
Ont
-Prince
Georges
Smale
rnk
was
blazing
to
its
eighth
consecutve
Brier
victory
as
it
held
Quebec
to
4
0
in
the
third
end
this
afternoon
US
Spaceman
Vive
Satellite1
HOUSTON
AP
-
Astronaut
Russell
L
Schwelckart
stepped
out
of
his
orbiting
spaceship
into
the
emptiness
of
space
today
and
became
a
breathing
talking
human
satellite
of
the
earth
David
R
Scott
also
briefly
poKea
nis
nead
out
of
the
Apollo
9
command
ship
hatch
to
re
retrieve
�
trieve
a
thermal
patch
attached
to
the
outside
Protected
only
by
his
cumber
some
space
suit
and
drawing
llfe
glvlng
oxygen
from
a
pack
on
his
back
Schwelckart
slipped
out
of
the
lunar
module
called
LEM
hatch
atj
1203
pm
EST
Once
over
the
sill
he
was
In
a
weightless
world
where
danger
Is
always
a
companion
Its
a
world
Into
which
only
eight
other
men
have
ventured
five
Americans
and
three
Russians
Schwelckart
red
haired
freck-le-faced
father
of
five
stepped
onto
a
platform
outside
the
LEM
hatch
which
the
astro
nauts
called
the
front
porch
Floats
Out
He
floated
out
carefully
and
clumsily
In
his
bulky
suit
and
placed
his
boots
In
a
pair
of
golden
slippers
attached
to
the
platform
v
--
The
slippers
which
look
llKe
Dutch
shoes
held
him
fast
and
kept
him
from
drifting
away
won
lost
record
while
Alan
Smith
and
has
Char
Charlottetown
�
lottetown
crew
followed
at
3
3
Terry
Johnson
of
Kenora
representing
Northern
Ontario
was
in
sixth
place
with
a
3
4
record
while
Nova
Scotias
Peter
Hope
of
Dartmouth
was
2
4
Rinks
skipped
by
Hap
Mabey
ofMoncton
NB
and
Bill
Piercy
of
St
Johns
Nfld
were
2
5
Mani
Manitobas
�
tobas
Bob
Robinson
was
1
5
and
Ontarios
Ken
Buchan
of
London
was
winless
in
six
tries
Smith
had
held
a
5
3
lead
in
the
tenth
and
before
Smale
got
one
back
in
the
11th
to
set
the
stage
for
his
two
more
points
in
the
12th
The
game
opened
with
Smale
taking
a
1
0
lead
in
the
second
end
on
a
takeout
after
Smith
froze
two
rocks
together
Smith
blanked
the
third
Five
Year
Term
For
Predator
Claude
Joseph
Phillipe
Lamarche
28
was
sentenced
to
five
ears
in
the
BC
Penitentiary
Wednesday
for
pos
possession
�
session
of
15000
in
furs
stolen
from
a
Prince
George
furrier
Magistrate
George
Stewart
convicted
him
after
a
two
day
trial
in
city
magistrates
court
He
called
Lamarche
a
preda
predator
�
tor
on
the
community
and
said
incarceration
seemed
the
only
way
of
protecting
the
merchants
and
general
public
LAMARCHE
Pr
George
High
On
Banks
List
We
have
had
people
up
there
Investigating
the
situation
bank
president
Albert
Hall
said
In
a
telephone
Interview
from
Van
Vancouver
�
couver
Wednesday
but
we
have
not
made
any
decision
as
jet
Eventually
we
will
definitely
have
a
branch
there
but
whether
It
will
be
In
one
year
or
two
years
we
just
do
not
know
yet
Speculation
has
been
circulat
circulating
�
ing
here
that
the
Bank
of
British
Columbia
Is
interested
In
pur
purchasing
�
chasing
the
property
on
Third
Avenue
presently
occupied
bv
the
Library
Development
Com
Commission
�
mission
but
Hall
would
not
give
any
credence
to
this
rumor
The
city
building
Inspectors
department
said
the
land
has
been
sold
but
has
not
jet
re
received
�
ceived
the
change
of
ownership
papers
Dominion
Construction
the
company
named
In
rumors
as
the
purchasers
of
the
land
said
this
morning
they
have
recently
acquired
land
here
but
would
not
say
where
or
for
what
pur
pose
Peace
Parley
Short
Snappy
PARIS
CP
-
Vietnam
peace
negotiators
held
their
shortest
session
yet
today
as
the
Saigon
delegates
moved
for
ad
adjournment
�
journment
after
four
hours
say
lng
Communist
attacks
In
South
Vietnam
did
not
produce
the
proper
atmosphere
for
negotla
tlons
Chief
US
delegate
Henrj
Cabot
Lodge
told
reporters
the
South
Vietnamese
move
was
definitely
not
a
walkout
and
tho
delegations
would
meet
again
next
Thursday
as
usual
Vancouver
Symphony
Bows
Out
The
Vancouver
Symphony
Orchestra
will
not
play
In
Prince
George
March
14
as
scheduled
This
bad
news
for
music
lovers
was
delivered
today
by
Ross
Cralgle
a
spokes
spokesman
�
man
for
the
Prince
George
Concert
Association
whosaid
the
proposed
concert
was
not
economically
feasible
He
said
the
decision
to
can
cancel
�
cel
the
symphonys
appear
appearance
�
ance
was
necessitated
by
a
miscalculation
of
the
seat
ing
capacity
of
the
Duchess
Park
Junior
Secondary
School
field
house
Tills
coupled
with
the
asso
associations
�
ciations
inability
to
meet
a
quaranteo
of
approximately
0600
sought
bythesymphony
management
without
running
Into
a
2500
deficit
consti
tuded
the
coup
de
grace
But
it
was
not
for
the
want
of
trying
that
the
association
had
to
cancel
For
instance
members
successfully
negotiated
a
re
duction
In
the
fare
to
convey
the
80
members
of
the
or
orchestra
�
chestra
to
Prince
George
by
aircraft
charter
But
a
2
500
reduction
In
the
charter
was
still
not
sufficient
to
meet
the
terms
demanded
by
the
symphony
The
final
Jolt
came
when
we
realized
the
Duchess
Park
field
house
could
only
seat
1150
and
not
the
1400
we
had
courted
on
last
September
when
plans
for
the
concert
were
first
made
said
Cral
Cralgle
�
gle
We
would
have
ended
up
with
a
deficit
no
matter
what
the
symphony
wanted
over
4
000
We
had
what
we
thought
were
unsatisfactory
deal
dealings
�
ings
with
the
symphony
and
it
is
a
blessing
that
they
did
slow
down
the
arrangements
by
insisting
on
their
terms
That
way
we
found
out
about
the
real
situation
at
Duchess
Park