th I d1tment it wb ed Vol 13 Mo 112 It Friday by the Retail Whole sale and Department Store Un ion Rapidly becoming a show place for residents on the west side of town is the citys new fire hall at Fifth and Os plka The landscaping carried out by the citys park depart department � ment Is pleasant to behold and includes the successful trans transplanting � planting of the Mountain Ash trees that once graced the recently-razed Library Commis Commission � sion building Ladles anticipating the an- nual coffee and dessert party of the Womens Auxiliary to the Prince George Regional Hospital will have to wait another week The party scheduled Wednesday has had to be postponed to June 18 A The high cost of dying may go up in Prince George for some City councils general purposes committee has recom recommended � mended authority be sought from the Public Utilities Com Commission � mission for a revision of ceme cemetery � tery rates About a 25 pel cent increase is required by Jan 1 1970 to end a situation where the cemetery Is subsidized by 14 000 from the public tax dollar and this when nearly 50 per cent 25 on all BEER BOTTLES 4 TARTAN CANS at North Nechako Royalite no member nations he pleaded at the ILOs 50th annl versary meeting to hear this cry of sorrow which still rises up from suffering humanity In an address In French to 1700 delegates the Pope called ror measures which would master the rights of strong peoples and favor the develop ment of weak peoples The pontiff also urged the ILO to develop an international law of labor to ensure the partici pation of all workers In the economic and social responsible Mediator stalls new strike VANCOUVER CP A whole sale food outlet Monday averted a strike by requesting the last minute appointment of a pro vincial mediation officer Malkins division of Westfair Foods made its move just short of the expiration deadline of 72 hour strike notice served on Under British Columbia labor law no strike or lockout may be conducted while a dispute Is under official mediation Malkins distributes food to about 125 stores not affected by the lockout of meatcutters and retail clerks from 103 supermar supermarkets � kets In the Vancouver area which today continues into Its third week John Squire the unions inter international � national representative said Monday that Malkln part of the Weston group along with Safe Safeway � way was trying to cut off food supplies to the public by locking out its employees The company replied that it was moving out perishable goods which might be ruined if a strike went into effect 28 Pages labors aid GENEVA lCP Pope Paul came to this traditional bastion of Protestantism today and appealed to the In International � ternational Labor Organization to right the wrongs of the worlds workers A tiny white figure against the backdrop of the 121 flags of Itles on which their future and the future of their children de pend The Popes 12 hour visit seemed to be attracting little at tention from the people of Gene va outside the official organiza tions he was visiting Crowds lining the route from the airport Into the city were less than expected an an audi ence outside the UN European headquarters building num numbered � bered less than 4000 persons when more than 30000 had been expected The Popes visit had two pur poses Underline the Roman Catholic Churchs concern for the working man in a speech to the ILO Dramatize his churchs concern for the cause of Christian unity by a visit to the World Council of Churches the worlds leading collection of Protestant churches The pontiff spoke in a voice that at times quivered with emo emotion � tion He pleaded for the protection of man stunned by the growing contrast between the prodigious Increase of the goods at his dis disposal � posal and their distribution so easily made unjustly between man and between peoples He pleaded too for the pro protection � tection of mans spiritual and physical happiness in a world bursting with scientific ad vancement and material plenty but still plagued with hunger injustice inequality and wars Who can describe the some times terrible drama of the modern laborer the Pope asked torn between his double destiny as a grandiose accom accomplishes � plishes too often the prey of the Intolerable sufferings of a miserable proletarian condition In which the lack of food is al lied with social degradation to create a state of real Insecurity both personal and family You have understood this It is labor as a human prime and fundamental fact which consti constitutes � tutes the vital root of your or- ganization and makes It into a magnificent tree Hotels attacked by commissioner VANCOUVER CP - Ed Lawson one of BCs three royal commissioners on liquor legislation said Monday some hotels In the province were not 254000 sold for new pool There remains only 876000 to be raised towards the publics share of the community swim ing pool but the pace of the three-week-old campaign should not be relaxed the promoters said today A total of 254000worth of de debentures had been sold just before noon today Negotiation to transfer 370000 from timber sales deposits to swimming pool debentures have fallen through The provincial governments permission earlier to allow the transfer was reversed when it was realized the timber sale de deposits � posits are In the form of gov government � ernment parities fit to enter and that many persons have said they want neighborhood pubs He asked E J Vernon presi president � dent of the BC Hotels Assocla tion during the commissions first of five all day sittings if there was a giant conspiracy between hotel owners and brew brewing � ing and distilling interests Mr Vernon who appeared before the commission with a brief from the association said there were no financial connec connections � tions between them He told commissioners Mr Lawson western director of the Teamsters Union and a tee teetotaller � totaller Judge C W Morrow of Vernon and Re Martin Johnson retired archbishop of Vancouver that the hotelmen consider present age limits for admittance to beer parlors and cocktail lounges are satisfactory He also said hotel owners ere opposed to the sale of beer at sports events and that hotels make half their revenues from the sale of food and beverages of burials are of persons who lived outside the municipality The first television ex- amlnatlon of the Industrial Development Commissions community study survey of Prince George went down well so another six are planned First Is this Friday at the same time as last - 530 pm to 6 pm Chamber of Commerce vice president Ab MacGregor will re reappear � appear with new faces Ronald Klelnschmtdt manager of the Inn of the North and Harry Lo max alias Salmo The other programs on Improving the citys image will be at a later time by popular demand 1030 pm to 11 pm as befits adult entertainment Employees at Northwood pulp mill are being warned that those using the car wash In hot weather do so at their own risk Technical director Dob Wiseman found out the hard way that driving a car with a stone pitted windshield from 80 plus degrees In the car park to about 50 degrees In the wash makes funny cracks The Citizen Forecast Sunny and hot PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY JUNE 10 1969 Laura Berezanski finds a way to beat the heat by immersing her feet in the Centennial Foun Fountain � tain She is a student at Connaught Junior Secondary School Milne photo City reverses ruling on Spruceland strip By Duncan Cumming Citizen Staff Reporter Conditions of sale which re reserved � served the Spruceland tourist strip for motels were lifted by city council Monday so that car dealers pushed out of downtown by urbanrenewalwillhavesome where to relocate Aid Lome McCulsh chair chairman � man of the urban renewal com committee � mittee proposed the resolu resolution � tion rescind a three-year-old motion restricting to motels the area west of the Bypass Highway from Eighth to Fifteenth McCulshs committee Is faced with a July 15 deadllneto commit the easterly 33 feet of Qulnn for 1270 feet along four blocks has agreed to sell it to the city City coundll Monday gave the first three readings to a Land Sales Trust purchasing the 94 acre strip for 8800 an acre but today the fence posts which have divided the road from Twen ty Second to Eighteenth for two weeks are still in place The offer twice the assessed value of the land was made to jamleson following a council meeting June 3 The provincial government will be asked to share the cost On May 22 Star Equipment am amazed � azed motorists and a city work workman � man who accidentally came on the scene by detailing a workcrew to string a subtantlal fence down the centre of the road Star Equipment had possession of half the city ma lntalned grav gravel � el road because the provincial government failed to dedicate a 33 foot wide strip from them for the road when the offical subdivision plan for the area was filed In 1953 the city to a public safety build ing new home for city dis trlct and subdlvion RCMP or the district and subdivision will house themselves When he raised the resolution under new business McCuish met opposition from Aid Hilllard Clare and Aid Jack Helnrich but his resolution was passed by five votes to their two McCuish said one automotive dealership will be forced to re relocate � locate from the public safety building site on the block bound bounded � ed by George and Queensway Fifth and Fourth Further urban renewal from First to city hall could mean Crucial parley will he secret OTTAWA CP - Canadas top federal and provincial politi clans go underground Wednes day for an unusually -secret round of their continuing power game on the future of the coun trys constitution Officials decline to disclose even the agenda for the three day conference It Is a private resumption of public sessions City buying fence site City motorists will have more elbow room on Qulnn Street as soon as the fence posts are re moved FM Jamleson owner of Star Equipment Co Ltd which owns last February and a jear ear earlier � lier But of the half dozen major topics far from resolved after two televised conferences and in between negotiations among senior public s e r v a n t s the share out of political power has priority The conference recognizes as a matter of priority the study of the distribution of powers In particular the taxing and spend Ing powers said the commu nique after the Fob -10 12 meet meeting � ing Quebec Premier Jean Jacques Bertrand has said financial matters would be the prime subject this week notably Otta Ottawas � was practice of spending and collecting taxes in all fields Despite signs that federal au authorities � thorities are ready with propos als to accept limits on their powers Ottawa officials offer no estimates on whether agree agreements � ments are more likely in prl vate than they were In public They are undeterred how ever by any Implicit omens in scheduling the conference wind up for Friday the 13th or meet meeting � ing In a condemned building Prime Minister Trudeau theJ 10 provincial premiers ministe ministerial � rial aides and senior officials are to confer on the third floor of Union Station the old railway terminal so far spared from demolition largely by official In Indecision � decision More background on pagu 1 9 At issue In the spendlngpower debate Is Ottawas Incursion over the years Into programs many provinces now protest are rightfully theirs under the dis tributkm of jurisdictions defined In the 18C7 British Not th Amen lea Act alternate sites for at least two more Automotive dealerships are a non conforming use downtown according to the official com community � munity plan now on the brink of being finalized The Spruceland tourist strip is the only alternative for large dealerships said McCuish Opposing the resolution Aid Jack Helnrich said he is concern concerned � ed about the councils written committment to motel owners in the area which now reverts to C5 zoning commercial drive in Aid Clare said We cannot help the community grow by cor correcting � recting one situation by making another glaring mistake Within the last year city coun council � cil has refused permission for the Ford Motor Co to establish a dealership on the tourist strip as well as turning down other non motel applications The resolution allows these organizations to re apply if they wish but as the land Is city owned council can still decide what kind of operation will occu occupy � py vacant space on the strip Young arsonists linked to deaths PARKERSBURG W Va AP Warrants charging murder were Issued by the Wood County prosecutor s office today against two young children whose parents and 10 brothers and sisters perished in a house fire here early Sunday Prosecutor Bruce White said the warrants were issued against Roger Bailey 13 and his sister Susan 15 He said this followed an investigation which produced evidence of arson in the house blaze White said the children were belrg charged only with murder of their father Charles Bailey 41 The only occupant to flee the flames that destroyed the fam familys � ilys small frame home was the childrens grandfather O b I e Bailey 63 Phone 562 2441 W INACCESSIBLE AREA WEAft THAT 100000 Mlft VATm QMILE m DAFbUN L oairojonw 125 DOMINION sum rt - 2 00 PER MONTH Huge forest fire rages in north Fire ripped through more than 17000 acres of the Prince George Forest District as a result of five new outbreaks reported in the 24 hours ending this morning The only one of the the new fires not caused by human care carelessness � lessness broke out Sunday night after lightning struck 90 miles north of Finlay Forks A forest service spokesman at Prince George said today This is one of the four larg largest � est fires 1500 acres is burn burning � ing out of control Nicknamed the Ak fire it Is exceeded in size by the Ross and Ta fires The Ross Is 100 miles north northwest � west of Fort St John In the Blueberry Sustained Yield Unit Human carelesseness is sus suspected � pected as the cause of the 3000 acre fire now burning out of control Although the Ta fire 40 miles southwest of Fort Nelson is much larger 12000 acres timber values are not Involved An abandoned camp fire is sus suspected � pected as the cause of the fire in an inaccessible scrub and al alpine � pine area The fourth largest Is the Hen fire 30 miles north of Fort St John where an escaped burning permit has destroyed 300 acres A total of 138 men and 20 heavy tractors are fighting the 23 fires burning in the district On Monday 300 men wert fighting 108 fires throughout the province The spokesman said the Kam loops district has more fires burning but the Prince George districts fires are larger be because � cause of the inaccesiblllty of the terrain here and the broad ex expanses � panses of timber Losses oftimber and immature stock are considerable but no human settlements are threat threatened � ened said the spokesman All burning permits were can cancelled � celled Monday The fire hazard today was high to extreme and rising as the forecast remains hot and dry The Prince George districts single Canso water bomber is used where It Is most effective controlling fires In the early stages until men can be brought to the scene Monday It dropped water on a small fire west of Prince George on Blackwater Road The spokesman urged boaters and skliers on lakes used by the water bomber to keep clear of the plane as it takes on water The pilots are afraid for the safety of some persons who have tried to race the plane said the spokesman In a news release issued today the BC Forest Service states it cost 24600 to fight fires dur during � ing the week ending June 6 This brought the total cost of fighting the 575 fires in the province since the season opened to 275900 For the correspon corresponding � ding period last year the cost was 70500 mm Wl HHH Parks employee Wayne Westlund quenches his thirst Demand for water triples in city Water consumption in Prince George rose to three times the normal level Monday as the city sweltered through another day of record breaking temperatures A city spokesman dexcribed as probably a record the citys 12162000 gallon thirst which It appears the city does not practice what it preaches While residents west of the Bypass Highway are urged to refrain from sprinkling from 10 a m to 6 p m Ospika boulevards median and even the highway itself is treated to a liberal supply of the precious liquid A city public works department employee explained sprinkling was carried out between 8 am and 12 noon when water demand was lower left the Cranbrook Hill reser reservoir � voir once more in critical con condition � dition City engineer Ernie Obst was given the go ahead by city council Monday night to impose restrictions wherever and when whenever � ever he sees fit but none had been imposed this morning Obst was not available for comment When Cranbrook reservoir was drained of about 80 per cent of Its 2 million gallons at the weekend voluntary restric restrictions � tions were imposed on residents in the area It mainly serves the new subdivisions west of the Bypass Highway Residents were asked not to sprinkle gardens between 10 am and 6 pm and to limit sprinkling to about two hours Excellent co operation saw the reservoir level restored but sparkling during the suggested 6 pm to 10 pm period left the reservoir almost dry Sprinkling restrictions have been imposed in the Nechako Improvement District Residents may only sprinkle between 4 and 8 pm Kof weather casualties need care Sun worshippers have been advised to cool It during Prince Georges current hot spell Few cases of overexposure have been reported but health officials remind residents to do their sunbathing gradually Failure to do so results In the tender burns seen on dozens of citizens following the hot sunny weekend Some persons may also have suffered heatstroke in addition to sunburn said Miss Dorothy Ladner head public health nurse with the Northern Interior Health Unit Heatstroke can result In head headache � ache or stomach pains and a kind of nausea said Miss Ladner Miss Ladner recommended persons suffering heatstroke lie down drink fruit juices and eat salads Lets shed those stiff collars A blow for freedom was struck today by Citizen ad advertising � vertising manager Al Keith which should appeal to all males suffering from the con constricting � stricting effects of collar and tie during the current heat wave Effective today Keith has decreed that members of his advertising sales staff will wear cool and comfortable summer sports shirts At the same time TheCltl zen advertising manager Issued a challenge to Mayor Garvin Dezell to liberate not only members of city council but all City Hall staffers from collar and tie for the balance of this month and all July It is hoped that the challenge will be taken up by business firms offices and all estab establishments � lishments where the male Is held subject to the tyranny of the white collar and tie said Al I would like the City of Prince George to declare at least one of the summer months a sport shirt month as they do In other communi communities � ties such as Lethbrldge Prince Albert and Timmlns Why should we males suf suffer � fer In silence while the women are permitted to turn up for work In the films lest of appar apparel � el It Is a fact that during hot weather it is the fair sex who dress sensibly while we males cling to a form of dress that defies common sense declared Al who turned up for work this morn ing In a neat open neck sport shirt By Initiating the wearing of sport shirts among The Citi Citizens � zens male staff Al hopes to establish a trend which could make Prince George the first city in the Central Interior to adopt a practise that is com commonplace � monplace on the prairies and in Ontario So white collar workers of the city unitel Off with collar and tie and on with the sport jlrt Like cool It manl