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JOB
FOR
EVERYONE
Spring
cleanup
time
in
Prince
George
can
pro
provide
�
vide
a
job
for
all
the
family
Nobody
is
too
young
At
left
three-year-old
Caroline
helps
her
mother
Mrs
Hank
Byeman
clean
up
the
lane
in
the
1600
block
between
Fifth
and
Sixth
And
nobody
is
too
old
At
right
barefoot
Martin
Paposi
66
and
his
wife
spruce
up
their
home
at
1167
Sixth
with
a
spring
paint
job
During
the
campaign
which
started
Tuesday
with
the
downtown
area
the
city
asks
that
trash
be
placed
near
the
regular
garbage
pick
up
location
from
where
it
will
be
removed
free
of
charge
during
the
cleanup
week
for
that
area
City
Teachers
May
Give
Aid
to
Kitimat
Walkout
A
position
termed
one
of
support
basically
will
be
tak
taken
�
en
by
Prince
George
teachers
for
their
colleagues
in
Kitimat
where
a
walkout
has
beenthreat-
ened
due
to
a
cutback
in
the
dist
districts
�
ricts
operating
expenses
Rob
Watson
president
of
the
Prince
George
Teachers
Asso
Association
�
ciation
said
he
felt
many
or
Trouble
Shooter
To
Survey
Areas
VANCOUVER
CP
Ed
Esp
ley
the
British
Columbia
edu
education
�
cation
departments
financial
trouble
shooter
is
to
make
a
survey
of
the
seven
provincial
school
districts
where
defeats
of
referendums
have
threatened
to
bring
critical
cuts
in
school
budgets
Education
Minister
Donald
Brothers
said
Tuesday
in
Vic
toria
Mr
Espley
will
visit
each
of
the
districts
over
the
next
three
ueeks
Hell
go
over
their
budgets
dollar
by
dollar
and
then
hell
come
back
and
tell
us
how
their
budgets
can
be
cut
or
uhat
assistance
we
should
give
them
Mr
Brothers
said
The
minister
said
each
one
of
the
districts
has
an
individual
problem
so
there
was
no
use
The
lacrosse
player
who
put
his
ball
through
two
upstairs
window
panes
In
the
Citizen
build
building
�
ing
and
scattered
glass
over
the
full
length
of
the
staff
coffee
room
may
collect
his
ball
any
time
A
limited
number
of
tickets
are
available
for
any
mem
members
�
bers
of
the
general
public
wishing
to
attend
the
annual
Policemens
Ball
on
April
25
Tickets
may
be
obtained
by
telephoning
Const
Del
Collin
or
Const
Bob
Mort
ensen
at
563
1641
Reserved
tickets
should
be
claimed
as
scon
as
possible
so
anyunuanted
tickets
may
be
given
to
persons
on
a
waiting
list
adds
Const
Collin
Due
to
popular
demind
the
ball
will
be
held
In
the
larger
Civic
Centre
after
being
held
last
year
at
the
Inn
of
the
North
a
The
Prince
George
Regional
w
Hospital
still
has
no
clues
concerning
theft
of
a
painting
from
the
hospital
lobby
a
month
ago
The
thief
had
a
taste
for
modern
art
said
hospital
ad
administrator
�
ministrator
Colin
Elliott
He
sitting
In
Victoria
trying
to
come
up
with
variations
Earlier
Tuesday
the
finance
committee
of
the
B
C
Teachers
Federation
urged
the
repeal
of
the
law
requiring
school
boards
to
hold
referendums
before
they
can
up
their
budgets
The
committee
also
recom
mended
to
the
federations
annual
convention
here
that
the
BCTF
Oppose
any
legislation
which
depends
exclusively
on
the
pro
vinces
cost
averaging
formula
for
calculating
grants
to
local
school
boards
Actively
encourage
each
local
teachers
association
to
set
up
working
partnerships
with
its
school
board
to
study
priorities
and
practices
in
the
schools
chose
a
textured
abstract
from
a
number
of
paintings
displayed
by
the
Prince
George
Art
So
Society
�
ciety
And
the
blank
wall
left
by
the
culprit
still
confronts
the
puzzled
administrator
A
meeting
of
the
United
Ap
w
peal
to
set
out
the
organiza
organizational
�
tional
structure
wiU
be
held
to
tonight
�
night
at
8
in
the
basement
of
the
Northern
Interior
Health
Unit
on
Sixth
Members
of
the
public
are
welcome
Building
and
plumbing
regu
w
lations
at
present
In
force
In
Community
Planning
Area
No
7
which
surrounds
Prince
George
are
to
be
extended
throughout
the
regional
district
of
Fraser
Fort
George
The
districts
secretary-treasurer
Stuart
Flemmlng
said
today
the
bylaws
will
be
activated
June
1
In
electoral
areas
outside
Prince
George
District
of
Mackenzie
and
vil
villages
�
lages
of
South
Fort
George
Mc
Brlde
and
Valemount
as
part
of
the
regional
boards
long
rango
plans
to
upgrade
Its
domain
The
Citizen
Fortcaif
Mostly
sunny
and
worm
most
of
the
members
In
his
as
association
�
sociation
would
donate
to
an
emergency
fund
In
support
of
the
Kitimat
teachers
Watson
was
contacted
by
tele
telephone
�
phone
today
In
Vancouver
where
he
is
attending
the
annual
meet
meeting
�
ing
of
the
British
Columbia
Teachers
Federation
with
a
dele
delegation
�
gation
of
15
local
teachers
Watson
pointed
out
that
the
Kitimat
district
was
not
the
only
one
running
Into
financial
diffi
difficulties
�
culties
Kitimat
Is
one
of
seven
dis
districts
�
tricts
in
the
province
where
In
recent
weeks
budget
referendums
to
provide
operating
exoenses
above
the
amount
set
by
the
provincial
governments
educa
education
�
tion
finance
formula
were
de
defeated
�
feated
A
committee
of
the
BCTF
stat
stated
�
ed
It
views
with
considerable
alarm
the
crisis
in
education
In
districts
where
referendums
for
operating
expenses
have
failed
Maybe
this
finance
formula
Is
coming
back
to
haunt
people
said
Watson
Its
emphasis
on
averaging
costs
has
helped
some
districts
but
has
worked
particular
hard
ship
on
others
said
Watson
lie
said
a
committee
of
Prince
George
teachers
will
be
studying
the
formula
In
co
operation
with
the
local
board
Asked
to
comment
on
a
state
statement
�
ment
by
James
Campbell
presi
president
�
dent
of
the
BC
School
Trus
tees
Association
that
teachers
should
avoid
emotional
dls
plays
In
seeking
finance
for
mula
changes
Watson
said
he
felt
most
local
teachers
took
a
common
sense
middle
ground
approach
to
the
problem
Were
baslcallv
orettv
sen
slble
he
said
We
will
take
a
looK
at
eacn
issue
as
it
comes
along
If
there
Is
something
that
displeases
us
as
a
group
how
ever
I
think
we
should
make
our
feelings
known
he
added
Campbell
was
quoted
as
say-
in
e
the
BCSTA
Is
actively
cam
paigning
for
changes
In
the
school
financing
formula
He
added
however
that
the
minister
oi
education
Is
in
an
extremely
difficult
posltlonand
that
the
most
effective
aDDroach
was
to
help
him
arrive
at
ra
tional
decisions
rather
than
engaging
In
emotional
displays
which
are
not
going
to
help
any
one
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when
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over
a
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Just
south
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Prince
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at
830
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Tuesday
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lacerations
and
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Injuries
�
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to
his
left
shoulder
and
ankle
His
condition
in
hospital
today
was
fairly
good
It
Is
not
known
which
of
the
two
was
driving
the
1960
Chevrolet
Phone
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to
a
charge
of
possession
of
an
offensive
weapon
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appealed
saying
he
felt
he
had
not
been
given
a
fair
hearing
and
had
been
sentenc
sentenced
�
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unjustly
When
he
appeared
In
magis
magistrates
�
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court
Joseph
said
he
had
wanted
only
to
stop
the
men
from
working
long
enough
so
that
he
could
put
no
tres
passlng
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anybody
The
high
court
was
told
Joseph
had
pleaded
guilty
after
the
Incident
on
the
PGE
right-of-way
between
Fort
St
James
and
Takla
Landing
At
that
time
four
men
were
using
clearing
machines
and
were
about
7000
feet
from
the
Indian
reserve
when
Joseph
told
them
to
stop
the
machines
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councillor
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for
nine
months
In
January
after
he
brandished
a
rifle
at
a
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Rail
Railways
�
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construction
crew
Tuesday
was
given
a
new
trial
by
British
Columbia
Court
of
Appeal
Joseph
was
originally
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by
Magistrate
Thomas
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of
Fort
St
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but
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working
Joseph
then
fired
one
shot
over
the
remaining
mans
head
and
returned
to
the
re
reserve
�
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The
appeal
court
granted
him
a
new
trial
on
his
claim
that
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pleading
guilty
he
did
not
understand
what
was
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The
Comox
Albemi
seat
in
the
House
of
Commons
was
returned
to
the
New
Democratic
Party
Tuesday
as
last
years
Liberal
winner
lost
out
in
a
close
byelection
battle
New
Democrat
Tom
Barnett
held
off
a
late
surge
by
Liberal
menara
Durante
to
win
back
the
seat
he
had
lost
by
only
nine
votes
in
last
Junes
general
election
With
214
of
217
polls
reported
Mr
Barnett
had
12588
votes
for
a
lead
of
226
over
Mr
Durantes
12362
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Conserva
i
iive
Blair
McLean
the
only
other
candidate
had
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There
are
only
78
eligible
vot
ers
in
the
three
outstanding
pons
an
located
in
remote
West
Coast
c
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m
m
u
n
1
1
1
e
s
of
the
sprawling
Vancouver
Island
constituency
Returning
officer
Colin
Wilson
said
it
might
take
a
day
or
two
to
obtain
final
re
suits
It
was
the
second
straight
bv
election
victory
for
the
NDP
T
C
Douglas
the
partys
national
leader
won
Feb
10
In
neighbor
lng
Nanaimo-Cowlchan-the
Is
lands
Standing
in
the
264
seat
Com
mons
now
is
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154
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servatlves
72
NDP
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tlstes
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Independent
one
Mr
Douglas
who
campaigned
two
weeks
for
the
NDP
candl
date
predicted
that
the
byelec
tlon
victory
will
serve
as
a
springboard
for
an
NDP
victory
In
the
next
provincial
election
in
BC
He
said
Mr
Barnett
had
won
against
a
very
powerful
ma
chine
and
great
odds
Mr
Barnett
59
a
native
of
Red
Deer
Alta
who
moved
to
British
Columbia
at
the
age
of
10
first
won
the
seat
In
1953
The
constituency
went
to
the
Conservatives
In
the
1958
Dlef
enbaker
sweep
but
Mr
Barnett
regained
it
In
1962
and
held
it
until
edged
by
Mr
Durante
last
June
The
NDP
successfully
chal
challenged
�
lenged
the
June
result
under
the
Controverted
Elections
Act
The
B
C
Supreme
Court
voided
the
Cheqi
inecrues
Mvaiancne
or
Heads
for
Pr
George
City
RCMP
are
warning
Prince
George
businesses
that
they
may
be
the
next
victims
of
forgers
cashing
stolen
payroll
cheques
The
warnings
follow
reports
that
5000
worth
of
the
stolen
Aluminum
Company
of
Canada
paycheques
have
been
cashed
In
Prince
Rupert
Terrace
and
Smithers
Four
thousand
blank
cheques
were
stolen
from
Alcan
In
Kitimat
sometime
In
the
last
four
months
and
are
now
be
ginning
to
appear
cashed
for
varying
amounts
So
far
the
cheques
have
all
been
cashed
for
less
than
300
but
a
spokesman
for
the
City
RCMPs
General
Investigations
Section
said
today
that
they
may
be
written
In
any
amount
The
cheques
are
numbered
from
84001
to
88000
and
city
businesses
and
banks
are
being
asked
to
notify
RCMP
Immediate
Immediately
�
ly
if
someone
tries
to
cash
one
here
election
by
ruling
Invalid
the
ballots
of
12
servicemen
who
voted
at
a
civilian
poll
rather
than
at
their
base
In
Comox
Mr
Barnett
asked
today
if
he
attributed
his
victory
to
any
particular
issue
said
Well
my
campaign
was
bas
basically
�
ically
against
the
unfair
taxa
taxation
�
tion
program
of
the
present
gov
government
�
ernment
which
I
think
is
symp
symptomatic
�
tomatic
of
their
lack
of
concern
for
the
welfare
of
ordinary
Ca
Canadians
�
nadians
It
is
In
effect
a
nega
tlon
of
Mr
Trudeaus
claims
that
hes
building
a
Just
society
I
think
hes
moving
In
the
op
opposite
�
posite
direction
Loffmark
Visits
April
16
Health
Minister
Ralph
Loff
Loffmark
�
mark
will
be
in
Prince
George
on
April
16
to
review
the
Prince
George
Regional
Hospitals
ex
expansion
�
pansion
plan
recently
cut
to
3
million
by
the
provincial
gov
government
�
ernment
from
a
proposed
10
m
lllion
The
board
of
trustees
of
the
hospital
is
hopeful
that
allot
allotment
�
ment
for
the
plan
can
be
in
increased
�
creased
to
at
least
45
million
to
allow
It
to
proceed
with
the
full
plan
In
later
phases
Skin
Disease
Epidemic
Here
A
harmless
Itchy
skin
rash
has
reached
epidemic
pro
proportions
�
portions
among
Prince
George
school
children
Dr
John
Garry
director
of
the
Northern
Inter
Interior
�
ior
Health
Unit
said
today
The
red
rash
caused
by
a
virus
Infection
Is
called
Fifth
Disease
Its
been
around
for
the
past
month
or
so
but
apart
from
being
very
uncomfortable
the
rash
has
only
a
nuisance
value
The
disease
Is
passed
by
di
direct
�
rect
contact
mainly
said
the
doctor
and
tends
tqrecur
every
10
days
He
had
no
way
of
knowing
how
many
cases
of
the
disease
exist
but
expected
the
Incidence
of
Fifth
Disease
to
decline
be
before
�
fore
long
Remedies
for
the
rash
are
an
antl
hlstamlne
available
by
pre
prescription
�
scription
from
a
doctor
and
taken
orally
or
calomlne
lotion
applied
directly
to
the
skin
Meanwhile
Dr
Garry
reports
the
Incidence
of
hepatitis
Is
de
clining
in
the
health
unit
area
although
the
unit
still
leads
the
province
In
number
of
cases
re
reported
�
ported
Fifth
two
cases
of
the
liver
disease
were
reported
in
March
down
from
a
peak
of
93
In
Jan
uary
There
were
65
reported
cases
In
February
A
large
proportion
of
cases
are
still
coming
from
Burns
Lake
said
the
doctor
Hepatitis
is
caused
by
a
virus
and
Is
caught
by
inhalation
Ingestion
or
direct
contact
Crowded
conditions
poor
hy
hygiene
�
giene
especially
failure
to
wash
hands
helps
it
spread
D
GARRY
Bertrand
Threatens
Vote
To
Press
Quebecs
Claims
QUEBEC
CP
Premier
Jean
Jacques
Bertrand
says
the
Union
Natlonale
government
would
use
a
referendum
against
Ottawa
If
necessary
to
try
to
make
Quebecs
constitutional
views
triumph
In
a
tape
recorded
Interview
with
The
Canadian
Press
the
premier
expressed
his
partys
fundamental
disagreement
with
Prime
Minister
Trudeaus
one
Canada
views
saying
I
dont
see
how
we
can
maintain
Canada
If
we
dont
ac
cept
the
idea
of
two
nations
Mr
Bertrand
away
from
the
provincial
capital
on
an
Easter
vacation
said
the
government
Is
studying
referendum
leglsla
tlon
across
the
world
He
said
the
study
Is
not
com
pleted
but
refererdum
leglsla
tlon
may
bo
Introduced
during
the
present
or
next
session
of
the
national
assembly
Asked
how
such
legislation
would
be
applied
he
said
The
referendum
can
be
used
In
two
ways
Either
to
approve
what
we
are
doing
If
we
agree
with
Otta-
New
Building
Drops
761075
Building
permits
issued
In
Prince
George
during
March
fell
761075
below
last
years
total
for
the
same
month
City
manager
Arran
Thomson
Interpreting
the
figures
for
city
council
Tuesday
said
There
Is
a
good
deal
of
stuff
on
drawing
boards
and
out
to
tender
and
there
will
probably
be
an
upsurge
any
day
The
figures
prepared
by
city
building
Inspector
Ed
Neff
show
permits
worth
427675
were
Issued
this
March
compared
with
1189650
In
March
1968
wa
or
to
ratify
or
confirm
or
approve
our
position
If
Ottawa
does
not
agree
with
us
He
said
a
referendum
could
also
be
used
to
obtain
the
peo
pies
views
on
the
work
of
the
assemblys
constitutional
com
mlttee
supposing
It
draws
up
a
new
constitutlonl
with
major
changes
for
Quebec
The
committee
Is
working
to
ward
establishing
an
Internal
constitution
for
Quebec
whose
government
would
like
Canada
to
become
a
10
state
two
nation
republic
The
premier
said
the
next
provincial
general
election
which
normally
should
be
held
In
1970
will
permit
Quebecers
to
choose
between
Independence
and
the
new
federalism
sought
by
parties
like
his
own
The
next
election
will
be
a
good
method
of
consultation
The
referendum
Itself
may
come
next
but
not
In
a
year
Dangerous
Rays
Flash
from
Colored
TV
WASHINGTON
AP
-
A
new
survey
that
showed
20
per
cent
of
5000
color
television
sets
checked
emit
potentially
dangerous
radiation
provides
more
evidence
that
the
tele
television
�
vision
industry
must
solve
the
problem
government
ex
experts
�
perts
said
Tuesday
At
the
same
time
the
ex
experts
�
perts
disclosed
that
the
public
health
service
first
recom
recommended
�
mended
two
years
ago
pre
precautionary
�
cautionary
steps
manufactur
manufacturers
�
ers
might
take
to
eliminate
or
minimize
the
hazard
but
the
precautions
taken
have
not
been
adequate
Donald
J
Nelson
a
di
divisional
�
visional
chief
of
the
agencys
bureau
of
radiological
health
discussing
the
Long
Island
survey
told
a
newspaper
man
The
manufacturers
have
been
making
improvements
but
they
have
not
yet
achieved
components
which
under
all
expectable
conditions
such
as
the
proximity
of
high
vol
voltage
�
tage
electric
lines
to
housing
containing
color
sets
and
the
undue
Increasing
of
a
sets
voltage
by
a
television
re
repairman
�
pairman
or
home
owner
would
still
assure
a
degree
of
safety
well
within
the
rec
recommended
�
ommended
standard
for
x
ray
emission
from
6uch
sets
Nelson
said
a
formal
report
to
this
effect
based
on
a
sur
vey
of
the
manufacturing
plants
of
all
American
pro
producers
�
ducers
of
color
sets
Is
socn
to
be
made
public
Meanwhile
Representative
Paul
a
Rogers
Dem
Fla
a
key
sponsor
of
legislation
adopted
last
October
to
set
up
a
government
program
aimed
at
protecting
the
public
from
radiation
from
color
televi
television
�
sion
and
other
sources
called
for
speedier
action
by
the
pub
public
�
lic
health
service
In
carrying
out
the
law
I
still
dont
think
we
the
government
Including
the
public
health
service
have
moved
rapidly
enough
since
the
law
was
passed
Rogers
said
In
a
telephone
Interview
from
his
office
In
West
Palm
Beach
Fla
When
I
Introduced
legisla
legislation
�
tion
in
the
House
on
this
sub
subject
�
ject
I
tried
to
emphasize
the
possible
danger
not
only
from
color
television
but
from
other
sources
of
radiation
In
Including
�
cluding
microwave
ovens
las
lasers
�
ers
and
other
things
But
ev
everyone
�
eryone
has
tended
to
play
this
down
more
so
the
manufac
manufacturers
�
turers
but
even
some
of
the
scientific
people
on
the
Na
National
�
tional
Council
on
Radiation
Protection
Rogers
said
he
has
asked
the
public
health
service
for
an
updated
report
on
what
ac
tions
they
have
taken
since
passage
of
the
government
control
law
Nelson
told
a
newspaper
man
a
draft
of
proposed
gov
government
�
ernment
standards
for
the
control
of
radiation
emissions
of
all
kinds
has
been
com
completed
�
pleted
and
should
be
ready
for
submission
to
a
government-appointed
electronics
products
radiation
safety
committee
within
two
weeks
He
said
he
hopes
they
will
be
In
operation
in
a
year
The
law
prov
es
for
civil
penalties
of
up
to
1000
for
each
count
with
a
maximum
of
200000