Vol 13 No 83 Hospital Program 25 on ill BEER BOTTLES TARTAN CANS at North Nechako Royalite Th I 4flMnl A A pvb Ifwd w d ftad b It I Cental fto4 r Gewni ftr It Cffbmb Approved Long awaited approval has been granted plans or expansion to the Prince George Regional Hospital by the provincial treas ury board Approval has been given the allotment of 38 million for a 135 to 140 bed addition to the hospital said Fort George MLA Ray Wllliston In a telephone In Interview � terview todav A further allotment of 200- uuo lor project planning costs pius another 400000 for a pow er riant was made The local hospital board must now prepare preliminary draw lngs and cost estimates for ao proval by the Fraser Fort George Regional Hospital Dlst rict and by the BC Hospital In surance Service before the pro ject can be put to tender Prince Georre Regional Hns pital administrator Colin Elliott saw today he felt it would be at least two years before the pro ject was underway Board chairman Mike McGll llvray was out of town and una vallable for comment The 38 million project will oe the first stage of the Friesen Plan which calls for a 750 bed hospital within about 12 years me hospital began drafting the proposed expansion three years ago and has encounlerpd numerous delays In bringing the project to the construction stage The board orteinallv snmrM 9 million allotment to proceed with a major share of the Friesen Plan but this was cut to 3 mil million � lion bv Health Minister Ratnh Loffmark following a meeting wun tne Doaro in January The cutback was laid to a tight money situation at the time The local board approached the minister again and following a special meeting with the board on April 16 Loffmark said he would seek approval for a re revised � vised 38 million plan Firemen Snipers1 Targets By Associated Press Firemen were the targets of snipers early today in Winston Salem N C after a night of violence Monday with Negroes clashing with police in San Francisco police and firemen fired at In Cairo 111 and two fire bombings in a Negro dls trlct of Des Moines Iowa In Winston Salem two bursts of gunshots were aimed at fire men as they sought to put out a rash of trashcan fires near a public housing development in a Negro section No one was hurt The firefighters finally let the blazes burn themselves out The disturbance In San Fran Cisco broke out after police raid ed a headquarters of the Black Panther partj Mondaj night A television cameraman was beaten by a group of Negro jouths and taken to hospital with broken facial bones Pas sers by were threatered cars were smashed and passing po lice cars peppered with bottles and rocks until a fog rolled in and cooled tempers Police ar rested 1G persons Police said the trouble started when a squad car passed by Black Panther headquarters and found a man exhorting a crowd over a loudspeaker to at tend a rallj here Thursdaj morning to Free Huey New ton Newton a Panther serving a sentence for manslaughter in the death of an Oakland police policeman � man will have a bail hearing Theres an irritated citizen in town who feels adults are giving kids the short end of the stick Mrs Elsie Morrison of 774 Harper was very vocal In her disapproval of Spruceland residents who object to the pro proposed � posed construction of a receiv receiving � ing home for boys on Fifth be between � tween Union and Zelkwa How can people expect these boys to live according to societys stan standards � dards when they ve been rejec rejected � ted by the community without being given a chance And besides whos to say that If they were given a choice that these boys would want to live near these people or walk by their house Prince George Peace River MP Bob Borrle who arrives in town for a brief visit will not be doing his best to avoid his constituents On the contrary any one in the riding who has a 32 Paget problem to discuss with Bob may make arrangements to do so by calling 564 6275 Hes avail available � able The Prince George and Dis District � trict United Appeal is now Incorporated under the BC So Societies � cieties ct Bruce Strlegler chairman of the board of direc directors � tors told city council Monday In a progress report Strlegler said 11 organizations have made formal applications to United Ap Appeal � peal and three others have Indi Indicated � cated an Interest One of the three committees struck has made contact with 5000 persons to promote a payroll deduction system of contributing funds MS Bains 1305 Parsnip Crescent will receive his certificate of registration when the Prince George branch of the Association of Progresslonal en engineers � gineers meet at 730 pm May 8 In the Prince George Golf Club The Citizen Fortcast Frost The time lus come for a minimum age to be agreed be yond which medical and nursing staff may be relieved of the pre vailing obligation to keep alive elderly persons he said To a Christian nation serious consideration o f euthanasia should be unthinkable he added But In a community which can no longer adequately nurse all its chronic sick and where beds are so blocked by the aged that young people re quiring surgical and medical treatment cannot be admitted we can no longer avoid the issue of medicated survival VIckery Is medical officer for the south coast town of East bourne Sussex a favorite wa teilng place and retirement community About three of 10 in the towns 65000 population are 65 and over estimated to be one of the highest ratios of elderly persons outside Florida In Britain about 125 per cent of the population is of retire ment age and this percentage is growing exerting an Increasing stranglehold on the countrys medical and welfare services he said Elderly persons he said tend to monopolize the home help service They present traffic hazards There was a tendency among them to degenerate Into persons of increasing neglect and squalor collecting rubbish and combustible material They are devotees of paraf paraffin � fin kerosene stoves and the fire risk to neighbors is appall appalling � ing PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY APRIL 29 1969 9 KmStBttiiStBSBBSmBBamjtrSi 5f4iv City blitz will and the all night partitt and filth next door to Horbort TraxUr on Upland Strtot THEY PAY TO LOOK AT THIS wjr au in6i parries aiziuo Upland Street are the citys fault says next door neighbor Her bert Traxler All I know is that It went vacant last June he said to today � day I had been away seven months on construction work and when I came back on Friday I found this dilapidated wreck I do not know who Is re responsible � sponsible but I blame the city for Its Inaction Prince George Is to have an Olympic style Indoor heated swimming pool despite set backs since a December 1967 bylaw put a cost of 580000 on the pro project � ject City council Monday gave the first three readings to a revis revision � ion of the bylaw to cater for changes In debenture dates and an Traxler Is upset about the condition of the property Its di dilapidated � lapidated house its two old shacks and Its garden littered with debris I was awakened at 2 am Saturday by a party In there and hundreds of children play in there during the day he said It was once 150 feet of beau beautiful � tiful property he reminisced The area south of Twentieth between Upland and Victoria has Increase In the Interest rate from 65 to 8 per cent The pool to be located behind the centennial fountain near the civic centre was stymied short shortly � ly after the original bylaw was passed because of a shortage of available capital funds A second blow fell with the op opening � ening of tenders March 19 Both leave Oldsters Die As Care Costs Rise9 LONDON CP A British health officer surveying pres sures on B r 1 1 a 1 n s National Health Service suggested today the time may have come when elderly persons should be left to die Raising the Issue of lnvolun tary euthanasia Dr Kenneth VIckery told a health congress that Britains growing popula tlon of elderly persons Is swamping the medical services In certain areas preventing younger persons from getting full treatment never been treated fairly since we Incorporated he charged And people In Uplands new housing development are paying up to 200 a month rent to look at this he said apparently In Incredulously � credulously City hall does not like dere derelict � lict properties any more than the neighbors who live with the litter and Alliance Lumber Company president Wllf Leboe who owns 2106 has been asked Council Sanctions ByLaw For Swimming Pool Plans were about 140000 higher than expected The lowest tender by Dezell Construction in the amount of 714000 was successful but paring of some Items was car carried � ried out to reduce the cost fur further � ther Mayor Garvin Dezell declared his Interest and abstained from voting on swimming pool reso resolutions � lutions Deletion of Items which could be replaced without structural alterations at a later date or which were considered frills brought the cost to 699613 and an end price Inclusive of 72 per cent architectural and en engineering � gineering fees of 71781 An extension of 21 days on the contract signing deadline was negotiate with the low bidder to allow time for the preparation of documents for the revised cost To raise the money not cov covered � ered by the original bylaw 130 000 will be taken from the Util ities Sale Account a fund for recreational and cultural de velopment set up with the sale by the city of the Prince George Power Company An additional 35000 will be taken out of the 1969 budget and the remainder of the cost will be raised by the sale of deben tures as allowed for In the by law Dennis Houg who Is chair man of a citizens committee promoting the debenture sale said promotion will get under way later this week Teamsters Get 595 Hourly VANCOUVER CP - A new top rate of 595 an hour for Teamsters Union members In British Columbia was estab llshed In a new three ear con tract reached during the week end In the road building Indus try Local 213 members operating heavy equipment got a 180 hourly Increase over the period of the contract approved by the union and member firms of the B C Road Builders Association to clean It up A city hall spokesman said he and others have been sent letters containing a deadline for action If Leboe does not act 2108 will join a list of other proper properties � ties the city building inspector will ask city council tocondemn Inaction then will result In the city carrying out demolition and billing the owner for the work Gas Tanker Inferno Off Island SAN JUAN Peurto Rico AP Fire broke out In the engine room of the 12755 ton British tanker Mobile Apex today off the coast of St Croix US Virgin Islands and the United States Coast Guard reported the blaze was raging out of control A coast guard spokesman said the vessel Is a float floating � ing Inferno and the US Navy Is rushing chemical foam by plane from Peurto Rico Four tugs moved the flaming tanker from Its an anchorage � chorage a half mile from the Hess Oil refinery to deep wat water � er The spokesman said the ship was loading 50000 gal gallons � lons of gasoline and 100 000 gallons of naptha when the blaze broke out The fire spread from the engine room to other parts of the ship Ottawa Looks At BC Drugs OTTAWA CP - The federal combines branch Is reviewing a situation In which British Co Columbia � lumbia druggists are charging 1 to fill welfare prescriptions Grace Maclnnls NDP Vancou verKlngsway told the Com mons Monday night Stanley Haldass parllamen tary secretary to Consumer Af fairs Minister Ran Basford said pharmacists have been warned repeatedly against attempts at formula pricing A complaint by BC Welfare Minister Dan Campbell about the 1 surcharge being levied In an attempt by druggists to get BC to raise their return on welfare prescriptions had been turned over to the combines branch Mrs Maclnnls said 65000 British Columbians are unable to work and are on welfare They drew 820000 prescriptions paid for by the BC govern ment In the 196768 fiscal year A single person on welfare in BC got 75 monthly a couple 145 and a couple with two chil children � dren 191 Phone 562 2441 OBJECTORS SILENCED WEAR THAT 100000 Mlft VATQUNQMILE UAISUM C CALK NOTICE 125 DOMINION sswih 10c Copy 2 00 PER MONTH BY CARRIER Aldermen Clear Home for Teens By Duncan Cumming Citiztn Staff Rtporttr Mayor Garvin Dezell refused to allow Spruceland residents to fight a teenage boys receiving home at Mondays council meeting before the site rezoning bylaw was given final reading The mayor stood firm on up upholding � holding procedure despite op opposition � position from Aid Lome Mc Culsh who wanted some 20 ob objecters � jecters represented by lawyer Bruce Fraser to have their say Procedure set the deadline for objections at 4 pm last Friday The mayor told the objecters the proper place to air their feelings was a public hearing April 21 and now they had missed the boat The mayor had been prepared for the confrontation by Aid Jack Helnrich who told that mornings committee meeting protests could be expected on the rezoning of land between Un Union � ion and Zelkwas on Fifth from two family dwellings to multiple dwellings for the home Helnrich who Is Involved In the homes sponsors the Prince George Receiving Home Society said objecters were organizing petitions because of miscon misconceptions � ceptions Donation Council donated the land fol following � lowing a request by the society for a site for a 40000 home for up to eight disturbed ado adolescent � lescent boys The society plans to build this home and one for girls on a site yet to be found so that they will look like private houses A motion by Aid Harry Loder seconded by Aid Helnrich to make the bylaw final was Im Immediately � mediately countered with Aid McCuIsh questioning the mayors ruling Can we not listen to some people who have come downhere to get things straightened out he asked Dezell repeated an earlier as assertion � sertion that the rezoning had been properly advertised no ob object � ject Ions had been received at the public hearing and there Is no percentage In debating It further He went on Anybody who feels Injured can challenge the bylaw Objecters gathered behind their lawyer muttered discon discontentedly � tentedly during the exchange When council voted In favor of the rezoning the objecteis filed out along with supporters of the receiving home society Discussions struck up outside the council chamber grew un until � til a meeting was organized In an adjoining room More than halt an hour later the objecters emerged apparently in a less serious frame of mind Informal The informal meeting was at attended � tended near its close by city representatives When It broke up lawyer Fraser named Zelkwas resi resident � dent Gordon Blddle as spokes spokesman � man for the group Blddle said We got the brush off tonight When 20 peo people � ple come down here they should at least get some considera consideration � tion He said a 100 name petition had been assembled Friday afternoon for presentation to council but the person given charge of It had failed to hand it In Blddle said he had thought the receiving home proposed for the slje was the same as that at the other end of Fifth housing children from three to 12 years old We still have to talk It over with our lawyer we have not deferred It completely yet he said Another objecter Anthony Mills also of Zelkwas said he considered zones should remain unchanged to provide security of planning for homeowners He also said legal notices In the newspapers are rarely read or comprehended by home homeowners � owners and some Improved means should be found of Inform Informing � ing them of things affecting their property Aid Jack Helnrich agreed Interest It would appear more and more Interest Is being express expressed � ed in civic affairs and I feel more communication with the public Is desirable In addition to the advertise advertisement � ment In the paper required by the Municipal Act I wonder U it cannot be repeated elsewhere with the legal definitions and classifications exposed The teenagers who occupy the home will come from broken homes and house parents and so social � cial welfare workers will be responsible for supervising he said I believe the objecters were under a considerable number of misconceptions some thought it a home for juvenile delin delinquents � quents Unfortunately the re receiving � ceiving home society was being used as a vehicle for a good number of problems such as spot rezoning and the fact the Spruceland subdivision Is be being � ing used as a general reposi repository � tory for well meaning causes You have the Salvation Army up there a number of churches a senior citizens home and other CHQM Buys Radio TV Radio and television sta station � tion CKPG has been sold to Vancouver Interests It was announced today The buyer is Vancouver Broadcasting Associates Ltd owner and operator of CHQM the good music station on the Lower Mainland The pur purchase � chase price was not dis disclosed � closed The announcement said the sale was subject to the appro approval � val of the Canadian Radio and Television Commission the federal broadcasting au authority � thority A public hearing will be held Into the deal similar things he explained The principals of the receiv receiving � ing home society or the social welfare department should have contacted the residents of the Immediate area to explain the objects and the kind of residents of this particular home Apparently a social worker contacted 39 local people this morning and I have heard three people who signed the peti petition � tion withdrew their names when they were Informed of the facts Mine Earnings Down This Year VANCOUVER CP - Western Mines Ltd reported Monday that earnings for the first quar quarter � ter of 1969 droDDed to 742090 or 15 4 cents a share In the corresponding period last jear earnings were 1159 897 or24 2 cents a share W G Jewitt president said in a report to shareholders the company Increased Its working capital during the latest quar ter by 1407012 to 1794726 i- 3 Georges Pompidou who serv served � ed president de Gaulle as pre premier � mier for six years announc announced � ed today that he will be a candidate In the presidential election In France Air ByLaw Presented To Council The Northern Interior Hnallh Units promised model air pol lution bylaw was presented to Prince George city council Mon Monday � day The bylaw prepared by the public health engineering branch in Victoria was acnomnanipri with an invitation by unit direc director � tor Dr John Garrv for council to meet with him and Tom More craft nubile health eneineerine and air pollution consultant who will be In town May 19 to 23 Council tabled the bvlaw for an unspecified period of time to elve members the ODnortnnitv to read It but it is expected to appear Deiore next Mondays gen general � eral purposes committee It Is understood the bylaw con contains � tains the air pollution controls announced by Health Minister Ralph Loffmark earlier this year An Integral part of the bylaw is a Chart used to measuro air pollution and standards are spell ed out wnich are not to be ex exceeded � ceeded Land clearlnu operations are exempt The bylaw provides the medi medical � cal health officer with broad powers and duties including en try onto property It authorizes any steps necessary to minimize or abate pollution nuisances It makes it necessarv far a permit to be obtained before alteration or installation of any equipment capable of causing air pollution The bylaw provides for fines up to 1000 and 500 a day if the offence Is of a continuing nature The Fraser Fort George re regional � gional districts board had ear earlier � lier acreed to meet Dr Garrv and Morecraft In May secre tary treasurer Stewart Fleming said today The board has been compil compiling � ing data on air pollution with a view to seeking controls me model bylaw duplicates the purpose of a bylaw pro proposed � posed by Prince Georee fire chief Harold Dornblerer last month to control the use of In Incinerators � cinerators and set standards for furnaces in the city The chiefs proposed bylaw was passed over to the city solicitor for his perusal last month BMHBT7HPffjrjMfT AJ5K i jfjp- nBPffl3S-rrjdBMP-- -Tu s xtaUmmSsSS - tpr Rtfntly rtnovofd CKPG has btn sold to CHQM