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Charles
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president
of
Cooper
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told
a
luncheon
Wednesday
that
British
Columbia
lumbei
pro
producers
�
ducers
should
accept
a
policy
of
voluntary
allocations
of
production
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Widman
speaking
to
Kiwanians
in
this
Vancouver
suburb
said
the
policy
would
ensure
the
minimum
needs
of
Canadian
consumers
during
periods
of
either
extreme
over
production
or
extreme
shortages
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he
said
plus
an
eco
economic
�
nomic
union
of
Canadian
and
United
States
forest
industries
would
greatly
improve
both
the
image
and
performance
of
the
industry
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added
what
the
BC
forest
Industry
must
empha
emphasize
�
size
is
that
if
we
are
to
en
enjoy
�
joy
highly
profitable
and
growing
export
sales
assisted
by
a
devalued
currency
we
cannot
expect
to
enjoy
the
benefits
of
low
prices
in
the
domestic
market
Visitor
to
town
today
is
Michael
Ovenell
of
thel
Greater
Vancouver
Visitors
and
Convention
Bureau
who
in
line
with
the
eo
eminent
travel
In
dustry
Is
enjoining
British
Col
Columbians
�
umbians
to
see
BC
first
when
vacation
time
rolls
around
especially
the
Vancouver
area
Michael
promises
that
Prince
George
visitors
to
Vancouver
will
be
given
a
royal
welcome
if
they
drop
Into
bureau
headquar
headquarters
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Any
honorably
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members
of
the
RCMP
in
the
Prince
George
area
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asked
to
attend
a
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news
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Saturday
by
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statements
go
back
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long
way
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appreciate
his
interest
but
I
hope
he
always
has
the
facts
in
front
of
him
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said
the
mill
is
engaged
in
a
program
with
the
BC
Research
Council
and
six
other
mills
in
BC
testing
the
effect
of
pure
effluent
on
fish
mortality
We
were
told
our
mill
is
as
good
or
better
than
other
mills
In
BC
he
said
but
added
it
now
seems
advisable
to
provide
primary
treatment
of
effluent
Engineering
work
on
the
1
million
primary
clarifier
will
be
carried
out
for
a
start
on
installation
next
spring
Northwood
will
then
join
Port
Alberni
as
the
only
mills
in
BC
with
both
primary
and
secondary
treatment
Wiseman
said
that
at
the
time
the
mill
entered
into
ne
negotiations
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with
federal
and
provincial
government
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tolerable
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not
known
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a
result
the
standards
set
SilMaden
Fraser
River
water
is
filtered
and
treated
before
it
is
used
in
the
pulp
making
process
were
the
best
guess
under
the
circumstances
he
said
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addition
in
anticipation
of
future
industry
wbich
would
discharge
into
the
Interior
rivers
significant
safety
fac
factors
�
tors
were
built
in
Wiseman
said
one
of
the
most
important
tests
in
ef
fleunt
quality
is
the
toxicity
level
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said
the
toxicity
test
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by
the
Inter
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Fish
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the
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natural
gas
services
along
the
Hart
Highway
and
Highway
16
has
prompted
Inland
Natural
Gas
Co
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to
invest
more
than
300000
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service
extensions
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will
be
called
shortly
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line
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the
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Inland
district
manager
John
Broznitsky
this
morning
Weve
had
a
heavy
demand
to
serve
the
existing
subdivisions
and
the
new
ones
along
both
those
roads
said
Broznitsky
We
hope
to
let
the
contract
for
the
Hart
project
about
a
10
mile
extension
from
the
Highway
97
bridge
leading
to
the
Hart
on
July
2
and
the
Highway
16
contract
on
June
15
We
want
both
jobs
completed
by
August
31
so
we
go
on
gas
by
September
1
said
Broz
nitsky
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Hart
extension
is
esti
mated
to
cost
250000
and
the
Highway
16
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was
valued
at
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smoke
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the
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Prince
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this
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all
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which
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under
control
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of
the
reasons
for
the
high
demand
he
said
was
be
because
�
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of
continuous
service
pro
provided
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by
Inland
to
customers
over
the
last
winter
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one
of
the
most
severe
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record
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we
were
able
to
keep
up
our
supply
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fuel
suppliers
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some
difficulty
in
getting
their
fuel
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Prince
George
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at
a
meeting
of
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today
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Joe
Russman
exhibition
manager
for
the
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years
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the
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city
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of
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billings
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fraud
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Baltimore
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doctors
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dentist
two
pharmacists
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an
accountant
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been
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charges
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Medicaid
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centred
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highest
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the
state
last
year
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The
United
States
cabinet
and
National
Security
Council
meet
today
in
joint
session
to
review
Fresident
Nixons
eight
point
Vietnam
peace
plan
that
includes
a
phased
pull
out
of
foreign
troops
from
South
Vietnam
Nixon
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a
22-
minute
televl
sion
address
Wednesday
night
outlined
a
plan
beginning
with
a
gradual
reduction
of
all
foreign
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Backs
Proposal
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CP
President
Nguyen
Van
Thleu
of
South
Vietnam
tonight
issued
a
state
menl
endorslne
US
President
Nixons
eight
point
proposals
for
ending
the
Vietnam
war
Commenting
on
the
peace
plan
Nixon
announced
Wednes
Wednesday
�
day
night
Thleu
said
it
does
not
conflict
with
a
slx
polnt
peace
package
which
he
offered
April
7
The
statement
read
In
Viet
namese
by
an
announcer
over
radio
and
television
said
The
government
of
the
Republic
of
South
Vietnam
hopes
that
the
Communists
will
show
recipro
reciprocal
�
cal
goodwill
by
stopping
any
further
escalation
of
the
war
and
shelling
of
civilians
Earlier
today
Premier
Tran
Van
Huong
told
US
State
Sec
retary
William
P
Rogers
that
Nixons
peace
program
Is
en-
couraging
and
provides
a
basis
for
unity
of
action
by
the
United
States
and
South
Vietnam
Three
Held
In
Roundup
Three
men
have
been
charged
with
trafficking
in
narcotics
in
Prince
George
the
result
of
an
undercover
RCMP
officer
posing
as
a
hippie
type
in
the
city
for
more
than
two
months
Further
arrests
may
follow
a
spokesman
for
the
Prince
George
RCMP
Subdivision
said
today
The
arrests
were
made
this
morning
and
the
three
men
ap
peared
before
Magistrate
George
Stewart
to
be
remanded
to
Friday
while
they
seek
legal
counsel
Colin
Stewart
McLennan
and
Dominic
Fogllano
were
charged
with
conspiring
to
traffic
In
narcotics
on
March
31
and
Mc
Lennan
faces
a
further
charge
of
trafficking
on
March
14
John
Robert
Lansdell
faces
a
similar
trafficking
charge
which
the
Crown
alleges
occurred
April
3
All
the
charges
related
to
marijuana
Constable
JH
Coldham
was
named
as
the
undercover
officer
who
worked
in
co
operation
with
general
investigation
men
from
the
subdivision
and
Prince
George
City
detachment
to
close
in
on
the
citys
drug
activities
Coldham
came
to
the
city
In
late
February
after
training
by
the
Vancouver
drug
squad
According
to
the
RCMP
spokesman
his
role
was
to
work
on
this
problem
which
was
known
to
exist
In
the
city
and
find
out
the
extent
of
the
problem
troops
In
South
Vietnam
and
fol
followed
�
lowed
by
an
internationally-supervised
ceasefire
and
free
and
fair
elections
embracing
all
po
political
�
litical
elements
In
the
South
Nixon
described
his
plan
as
a
generous
and
reasonable
peace
offer
Henry
Cabot
Lodge
chief
US
negotiator
at
the
Paris
talks
was
among
those
called
to
the
joint
meeting
to
review
the
plan
Lodge
is
scheduled
to
fly
back
to
the
French
capital
to
night
to
submit
the
new
Ameri
can
formula
to
North
Vietnam
and
the
Viet
Cong
In
his
first
major
report
on
the
war
to
the
American
people
Nixon
gave
the
broadest
hint
to
date
about
his
reported
plan
to
reduce
US
troop
strength
with
or
without
an
agreement
with
Hanoi
as
soon
as
the
South
Vietnamese
could
carry
a
bigger
burden
of
the
fighting
White
House
sources
later
said
Nixon
plans
to
bring
home
some
of
the
550000
American
troops
In
Vietnam
when
he
judges
It
could
be
done
with
safety
The
sources
implied
that
a
unilateral
troop
withdrawal
probably
modest
at
first
will
star
soon
Reaction
in
Washington
was
Initially
favorable
to
Nixons
ad
dress
although
one
somewhat
critical
note
was
sounded
by
Averell
H
a
r
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1
m
a
n
Lodges
predecessor
as
chief
peace
ne
negotiator
�
gotiator
Harriman
described
the
speech
as
constructive
but
added
that
the
all
important
question
was
not
touched
on
how
to
reduce
the
level
of
vlo
lence
I
think
that
should
be
the
No
1
business
he
said
Senator
J
William
Fulbrlght
Dem
Ark
chairman
of
the
Senate
foreign
relations
com
committee
�
mittee
and
a
leading
war
critic
said
he
could
not
Imagine
Nixon
delivering
the
speech
without
advance
indication
of
some
re
response
�
sponse
from
the
Communists
Personally
I
would
go
fur
further
�
ther
he
said
but
I
do
not
fault
him
for
not
going
as
far
as
I
would
it
Is
his
first
effort
and
a
contribution
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gpK
World
skiing
champion
Nancy
Greene
Raine
was
in
town
today
meeting
school
children
and
the
news
media
during
a
tour
sponsored
by
BCTel
Earlier
story
Page
6
MARKETED
THIS
WEEKEND
Hospital
Plans
Victoria
Bo
und
Plans
for
a
proposed
38
mil
million
�
lion
addition
to
the
Prince
George
Regional
Hospital
will
hopefully
surmount
another
hurdle
in
Vic
Victoria
�
toria
on
Friday
hospital
admin
administrator
�
istrator
Colin
Ellitt
said
today
Elliott
and
architectDes
Park
Parker
�
er
will
meet
InVlctoriawithBC
Hospital
Insurance
Service
plan
planning
�
ning
staff
to
review
preliminary
drawings
and
sketches
for
the
project
completed
by
Parker
this
week
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we
will
get
the
blessing
of
BCHIS
before
we
proceed
with
more
detailed
work
said
Elliott
This
will
In
Include
�
clude
preparation
of
cost
esti
estimates
�
mates
so
the
project
can
be
put
to
a
plebiscite
within
the
Fraser
Fort
George
Regional
District
The
38
million
addition
must
include
135
140
beds
as
stipu
stipulated
�
lated
by
the
provincial
govern
government
�
ment
Some
renovations
will
also
be
made
to
the
existing
building
but
these
will
be
kept
to
a
minimum
due
to
their
costly
and
disruptive
nature
said
Elliott
Renovations
will
see
the
lab
laboratory
�
oratory
relocated
In
the
basement
and
tripled
in
size
The
kitchen
will
be
moved
to
a
new
part
of
the
basement
and
will
approxi
approximately
�
mately
triple
in
capacity
Completed
cost
of
this
first
phase
of
the
overall
Friesen
Plan
will
amount
to
about
55
million
WASHINGTON
AP
-
Presi-
dent
Nixon
accepted
today
the
resignation
of
Justice
Abe
For
tas
from
the
United
States
Su
preme
Court
effective
immedi
immediately
�
ately
Press
secretary
Ronald
L
Ziegler
said
Fortas
letter
of
resignation
was
received
at
the
White
House
on
Wednesday
Fortas
once
nominated
as
chief
justice
and
under
mount
mounting
�
ing
pressure
and
the
threat
of
impeachment
proceedings
this
week
announced
his
resignation
this
morning
The
White
House
declined
to
make
public
the
text
of
the
let
ter
of
resignation
or
of
Nixons
reply
Asked
why
the
resignation
was
not
announced
Wednesday
night
Ziegler
said
Nixon
had
yet
to
sign
a
letter
of
accept
acceptance
�
ance
Questioned
about
when
the
president
might
nominate
a
sue
cessor
Ziegler
said
I
have
no
Idea
Fortas
was
the
target
of
se
severe
�
vere
criticism
for
accepting
and
returning
11
months
later
a
20000
fee
from
the
family
foun
foundation
�
dation
of
financier
Louis
E
Wolfson
Fortas
also
sent
Chief
Justice
Earl
Warren
the
man
he
once
was
named
to
succeed
a
letter
of
explanation
about
the
fee
from
the
foundation
The
an
nouncement
of
Fortass
actions
was
made
by
a
court
spokes
spokesman
�
man
Elliott
said
once
a
plebiscite
was
held
and
passed
hopefully
working
plans
could
be
drawn
up
so
the
project
could
be
put
to
tender
next
spring
Construction
could
then
start
next
May
at
the
beginning
of
the
building
season
with
completion
likley
a
year
after
that
The
Friesen
Plan
prepared
a
year
ago
mapped
out
an
approx
approximate
�
imate
14
million
plan
call
ing
for
a
750
bed
hospital
in
1981
ELLIOTT
USe
Judge
Quits
Aniid
Controversy
Wolfson
a
former
Fortas
law
client
now
is
serving
a
jail
sen
tence
for
violating
federal
se
securities
�
curities
laws
Fortas
Background
On
Page
6
College
Item
For
Mayors
The
College
of
New
Caledonias
decision
to
open
its
doors
Sep
September
�
tember
on
the
basis
of
a
favor
favorable
�
able
plebiscite
June
1967
and
despite
defeat
of
a
capital
ex
expenditure
�
penditure
referendum
December
1968
will
be
discussed
at
the
North
Central
Association
of
BC
Municipalities
annual
convention
The
convention
will
be
held
in
Prince
George
June
19
20
and
21
and
Mayor
Garvin
De
zell
said
today
discussions
on
the
college
should
be
of
interest
to
some
of
the
100
delegates
concerned
with
regional
colleges
in
other
parts
of
the
Interior
Discussion
might
lead
toa
res
resolution
�
olution
to
the
Union
of
BC
Municipalities
convention
in
September
In
February
this
year
Mayor
Dezell
and
nine
other
area
may
mayors
�
ors
were
unanimously
In
favour
of
the
college
vote
being
re
resubmitted
�
submitted
to
the
people
before
the
proposed
college
program
is
instituted
The
college
council
and
school
boards
involved
did
not
concur
Its
No
Joke
Uncle
Ben
a
Label
The
first
malt
liquor
to
be
produced
in
Canada
will
be
poured
Into
Tartan
Brewery
Ltd
bottles
this
afternoon
ready
for
market
consumption
by
noon
Friday
The
product
which
will
be
graced
by
an
artists
render
rendering
�
ing
of
Tartan
owner
Ben
Gin
ter
on
the
Uncle
Bens
Malt
Liquor
label
Is
expected
to
be
In
Ideal
liquor
outlets
shortly
after
noon
Friday
and
In
Vancouver
the
follow
following
�
ing
day
Mr
Ginter
had
tasted
malt
liquor
one
day
and
was
really
pleased
with
it
So
he
asked
his
brewmaster
to
whip
up
a
batch
said
assistant
oper
operations
�
ations
manager
Glen
Melln
Melln
said
malt
liquor
had
been
gaining
in
popularity
in
the
United
States
during
re
recent
�
cent
years
Its
lighter
than
beer
and
is
a
lot
milder
The
alcoholic
content
Is
also
slightly
high
higher
�
er
than
that
of
beer
he
said
We
spent
more
than
a
year
considering
the
malt
liquor
and
sampling
American
pro
products
�
ducts
here
at
the
brewery
We
finally
came
up
with
our
own
form
of
mixture
and
with
Mr
Glnters
enthusiastic
ap
approval
�
proval
are
now
producing
the
malt
liquor
with
our
other
beer
products
said
Melln
This
brings
to
four
the
roster
of
beverages
produced
by
Tartan
the
other
three
being
Tartan
Pilsner
Tartan
High
Life
and
Simon
Fraser
We
were
the
first
to
come
out
with
canned
beer
in
West
Western
�
ern
Canada
in
1966
and
now
iPweMBIBMMriSij
IK
hi
1lt
1-1uo-gai
The
latest
label
weve
got
the
first
Canadian
produced
malt
liquor
The
first
batch
of
malt
li
liquor
�
quor
which
has
spent
an
un
unspecified
�
specified
period
of
time
In
ageing
vats
below
Tartan
Brewery
will
be
bottled
late
this
afternoon
or
early
Friday
morning
said
Melln
We
were
waiting
for
the
cartons
which
we
expect
sometime
today
and
well
pour
the
malt
as
soon
as
our
production
line
fills
current
commitments
Another
brewery
spokes
spokesman
�
man
who
asked
to
remain
un
unidentified
�
identified
suggested
the
malt
liquor
the
scientific
name
for
beer
to
begin
with
filled
the
gap
between
wine
and
beer
i