Vol
13
No
113
Stan
Bennett
president
of
9
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Tractor
won
a
lawn
mower
and
TV
on
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fall
seen
last
night
on
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The
show
was
taped
in
May
at
CHAN
TV
In
Vancouver
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remember
winning
anything
be
before
�
fore
said
Bennett
It
certainly
made
the
trip
worthwhile
Believe
it
or
not
in
view
of
V
our
present
85
plus
weather
June
8
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Prince
George
had
one
Inch
of
snow
and
exactly
36
years
ago
today
the
temperature
was
29
In
the
period
from
June
6
to
June
11
1933
the
average
high
was
55
degrees
while
the
low
was
a
chilly
34
degrees
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Lost
one
horse
last
seen
W
In
the
vicinity
of
the
fair
grounds
If
you
see
this
dark
brown
mare
with
the
roached
mane
call
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on
re
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the
coliseum
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apparently
on
schedule
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for
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the
U
S
and
Saigon
delegations
to
the
peace
talks
played
down
the
significance
of
the
secret
government
But
many
observers
close
to
the
talks
said
it
seemed
likely
the
NLF
ultimately
would
seek
to
have
the
secret
government
recognized
as
a
competent
au
thority
to
conduct
elections
to
determine
the
political
future
of
South
Metnam
The
creation
of
the
provision
al
government
may
be
the
Viet
Congs
attempt
to
skirt
Saigons
flat
refusal
to
envisage
a
coali
tion
in
Saigon
the
observers
said
With
little
hope
of
achiev
ing
a
coalition
in
co
operation
with
the
allies
the
Viet
Cong
may
have
decided
it
is
better
to
be
able
to
present
a
package
administration
instead
The
Saigon
government
pre
dictably
dismissed
Its
new
rival
for
authority
as
obviously
com
pletely
unacceptable
1
with
completion
by
September
City
councils
general
purposes
committee
told
this
today
when
it
was
reported
consultant
en
engineers
�
gineers
had
reported
why
the
roof
failed
but
the
city
sol
solicitor
�
icitor
has
not
yet
given
his
opinion
on
who
is
liable
The
girls
at
city
hall
re-
ceived
a
bit
of
a
scare
the
other
day
It
seemed
one
of
prince
Georges
regular
imbib
imbibers
�
ers
came
in
and
told
Mrs
Joan
McGaw
he
wanted
to
see
the
city
engineer
as
hed
found
a
gold
mine
When
Informed
the
engin
engineer
�
eer
was
unavailable
the
pros
prospector
�
pector
a
bit
unsteady
on
his
feet
warned
Mrs
McGaw
and
Isobel
Gfbblns
at
the
Community
Swim
Swimming
�
ming
Pool
desk
that
he
would
soon
be
blasting
for
the
gold
and
that
they
should
duck
In
case
anything
came
through
the
windows
The
miner
was
last
seen
staggering
out
the
city
halls
front
door
Forecast
Mostly
sunny
ws5
-
jFa
Members
of
Prince
George
RCMP
launched
their
search
boat
in
Fraser
near
CNR
bridge
this
morning
Milne
photo
Narcotic
hunting
thieves
linked
to
drugstore
levelling
explosion
Thieves
in
search
of
narcotics
are
believed
responsible
for
an
exposlon
which
demolished
a
drug
store
and
damaged
a
bank
and
shoe
store
early
this
morn
morning
�
ing
In
Fraser
Lakes
new
shopping
centre
The
explosion
at
2
am
woke
up
most
of
the
1500
people
In
the
dormitory
village
for
En
dako
Mines
100
miles
west
of
Prince
George
Fraser
Keating
owner
of
Fra
Fraser
�
ser
Lake
Drugs
today
esti
estimate
�
mate
the
damage
to
his
property
alone
at
50000
in
stock
and
100000
in
buildings
Village
mayor
for
14
months
before
he
resigned
this
spring
to
devote
more
time
to
his
busi
business
�
ness
Keating
said
all
four
walls
of
the
1800
square
foot
drug
store
were
blown
out
Holes
were
blown
In
the
con
contiguous
�
tiguous
walls
of
the
Bank
of
Commerce
and
a
shoe
store
as
the
explosion
hurled
the
front
of
the
drugstore
45
feet
acrossthe
road
All
Keatlngs
stock
which
in
included
�
cluded
cameras
and
the
gen
general
�
eral
merchandise
associated
with
drugstores
aswellasmed-
Clandestine
regime
rules
from
Saigon
PARIS
Reuters
-
The
tan
gled
complexities
of
war
and
peace
in
Vietnam
took
on
a
new
and
perhaps
significant
twist
today
after
the
surprise
an
nouncement
by
the
Viet
Cong
that
a
secret
revolutionary
gov
ernment
has
been
established
in
South
Vietnam
The
Paris
press
office
of
the
National
Liberation
Front
dis
closed
Tuesdaj
that
a
secret
congress
of
opposition
move
ments
had
created
the
provision
al
government
presumably
in
a
move
toward
ousting
the
Saigon
administration
which
the
Com
munlsts
describe
as
a
puppet
regime
Observers
said
the
Viet
Cong
announcement
maj
moe
the
struggle
over
the
political
future
of
South
Vietnam
to
a
new
and
more
acute
stage
and
recapture
the
diplomatic
initiative
for
the
NLF
In
first
reactions
to
the
Viet
Cong
announcement
sources
in
leal
supplies
was
destroyed
Luckily
I
was
insured
he
said
I
will
rebuild
but
I
havent
thought
yet
about
temporary
pre
premises
�
mises
Keating
opened
the
drugstore
on
his
arrhal
In
the
village
three
years
ago
He
was
the
first
tenant
In
the
building
which
Is
part
of
the
villages
shopping
centre
Vanderhoof
RCMP
said
today
foul
play
Is
definitely
suspected
We
have
no
suspects
at
this
time
and
we
do
not
know
what
explosive
was
used
samples
are
being
sent
to
forensic
labor
laboratories
�
atories
In
Vancouver
The
spokesman
continued
The
main
blast
appeared
to
be
back
in
the
general
area
where
A
general
increase
in
the
prime
lending
rates
of
the
Canadian
chartered
banks
was
forecast
Tuesday
by
Finance
Minister
Edgar
Benson
He
appealed
to
the
banks
to
give
first
priority
to
the
capital
requirements
of
their
reg
regular
�
ular
Canadian
customers
1
million
left
for
Bahamas
VANCOUVER
CP
-
An
ex
parte
hearing
was
told
Tuesday
that
almost
1000000
was
trans
ferred
to
overseas
banks
at
about
the
same
time
Common
wealth
founder
A
G
Duncan
Crux
now
on
ball
in
Nassau
directed
the
purchaseof7l5000
worth
of
securities
Donald
Taj
lor
an
accountant
with
the
Canadian
Imperial
Bank
of
Commerce
testified
that
the
money
was
drawn
from
the
account
of
Commonwealth
Investors
Sjndlcale
last
October
He
told
the
hearing
the
first
step
In
proceedings
to
have
Crux
extradited
fiom
the
Baha
Bahamas
�
mas
for
trial
that
310000
was
transferred
to
Barclays
Bank
DCO
Nassau
Mr
Keating
makes
up
prescrip
prescriptions
�
tions
the
narcotics
cabinet
is
in
the
same
area
So
far
we
have
been
unable
to
find
if
any
narcotics
were
stolen
or
if
any
money
Is
missing
there
Is
a
real
mess
there
Theres
an
insurance
ad
adjuster
�
juster
on
the
scene
today
but
it
is
going
to
take
a
day
or
two
to
sort
it
out
Vanderhoof
RCMP
said
the
stock
In
the
shoe
store
operat
operated
�
ed
by
Mr
and
Mrs
Doug
Bal
combe
was
also
ruined
Although
the
adjoining
wall
to
the
bank
Is
damaged
there
does
not
appear
to
have
been
any
attempt
to
enter
the
bank
added
the
police
spokesman
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The
Citizen
PRINCE
GEORGE
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
WEDNESDAY
JUNE
1
1
1969
CHLD
WAS
WADING
Prince
George
City
and
District
RCMP
were
search
ing
the
Nechako
and
Fraser
rivers
this
morning
for
the
bodies
of
an
eight-year-old
boy
and
a
young
man
pre
presumed
�
sumed
drowned
in
separate
instances
Tuesday
Curtlz
Zane
Wertman
8
of
155
Parker
Drive
Prince
George
was
swept
away
by
the
current
while
wading
near
the
shore
of
the
Nechako
River
about
one
quarter
mile
west
of
the
new
bridge
Dean
Laveme
Carriere
26
of
Vancouver
is
missing
IntheFra
ser
River
after
apparently
going
for
a
swim
In
the
river
from
Fort
George
Park
The
Wertman
boy
and
a
friend
Darren
Oldach
9
of
170
McKin
ley
Cres
were
wading
along
the
city
side
of
the
Nechako
holding
on
to
a
log
shortly
before
5
pm
One
of
a
group
of
unidentified
teenagers
on
shore
noticed
the
two
boys
were
in
trouble
and
several
of
them
waded
into
the
water
and
managed
to
rescue
Oldach
Young
Wertman
was
carried
away
by
the
current
sank
beneath
the
surface
and
wasnt
seen
again
Police
patrolled
the
river
until
about
8
30
p
m
and
then
called
In
a
diver
who
searched
unsuccess
fully
until
dusk
Searchers
were
out
on
the
river
again
at
5
am
today
Police
began
a
searchfor
Car
Carriere
�
riere
after
9
pm
Tuesday
after
his
car
had
been
noticed
unat
tended
for
seven
hours
near
tbe
Fraser
River
in
Fort
George
Park
Two
men
told
RCMP
they
had
first
seen
Carriers
car
at
2
20
pm
but
didnt
report
it
until
they
saw
it
hadnt
been
moved
by
9
pm
Carriers
clothing
were
piled
neatly
on
a
car
seat
and
his
wal
wallet
�
let
wrist
watch
and
ring
were
left
In
the
glove
compartment
The
key
was
in
the
ignition
RCMP
surmise
that
Carriere
an
experienced
skin
and
scuba
diver
went
for
a
swim
and
got
into
difficulty
He
was
last
reported
seen
Monday
morning
at
the
Spruce-
land
Inn
where
he
had
registered
the
day
before
Carriere
was
a
salesman
for
the
Bristol
Myers
Co
His
wife
lives
in
Vancouver
Secrecy
strict
at
Ottawa
talks
OTTAWA
CP
-
Prime
Min
Minister
�
ister
Trudeau
and
the
10
provin
provincial
�
cial
premiers
obviously
re
respecting
�
specting
their
adherence
to
se
crecy
went
behind
tlghtljguarded
doors
today
to
tackle
some
gut
Issues
of
feder
alprovlnclal
relations
Its
secret
because
its
a
working
session
said
the
prime
minister
as
he
walked
across
the
street
from
his
East
Block
office
to
the
old
Union
Station
building
where
the
con
stltutlonal
meeting
is
being
held
Without
television
perhaps
some
people
will
want
to
take
a
less
rhetorical
or
less
theatrical
stand
he
said
The
premiers
said
little
about
the
threeday
conference
ex
cept
that
they
were
coming
with
open
minds
Its
hard
to
say
anything
until
the
conference
Is
con
eluded
said
Premier
Walter
Weir
of
Manitoba
Manitoba
has
a
reputation
of
always
being
optimistic
he
added
as
he
strolled
outside
the
building
nrior
to
the
meeting
Ah
I
see
you
are
also
cam
campaigning
�
paigning
In
Ottawa
said
Pre
m
1
e
r
JeanJacques
Bertrand
when
he
met
the
Manitoba
pre
premier
�
mier
Mr
Weir
Is
campaigning
for
a
provincial
election
while
Mr
Bertrand
Is
campaigning
for
a
leadership
convention
Mr
Bertrand
said
this
Is
the
first
federalprovlnclal
meeting
that
Is
established
on
the
type
of
basis
that
could
produce
a
new
constitution
He
said
it
was
a
good
thing
it
was
behind
closed
doors
since
the
premiers
and
officials
would
be
working
on
gut
Issues
The
prime
Issue
of
the
confer
ence
Is
the
division
of
spending
powers
Regional
disparity
Is
also
expected
to
get
an
airing
On
the
question
of
regional
d
1
s
p
a
r
1
1
j
Premier
Joseph
Smallwood
of
Newfoundland
said
the
federal
government
shojld
have
enough
power
to
eliminate
It
If
they
say
they
havent
got
enough
money
for
Heavens
sake
lets
give
them
more
It
constitutional
changes
are
necessary
to
achieve
this
he
added
lets
do
that
NDP
ready
to
fight
hoteliers
barmen
VANCOUVER
CP
-
Opposl
tton
leader
Tom
Berger
said
Tuesday
the
New
Democratic
Party
Is
ready
to
fight
both
the
hotel
monopoly
and
the
bar
tenders
union
to
get
neighbor
hood
pubs
established
in
British
Columbia
Mr
Berger
referring
to
a
recent
newspaper
advertisement
by
the
Hotel
and
Restaurant
Employees
and
Bartenders
In
ternatlonal
Union
saying
It
Is
against
neighborhood
pubs
and
the
selling
of
beer
in
supermar
supermarkets
�
kets
said
this
Is
a
political
Issue
He
told
a
meeting
at
sub
suburban
�
urban
Burnaby
Central
High
School
the
only
people
who
will
be
glad
to
read
the
advertise
menl
will
be
the
hotel
monoply
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beer
parlors
are
beer
factories
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Man
dies
pair
injured
in
crash
of
helicopter
By
Ted
Beaudoin
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
One
man
died
and
two
others
were
Injured
in
a
fiery
North
Northern
�
ern
Mountain
Airlines
helicop
helicopter
�
ter
crash
280
miles
northwest
of
Prince
George
late
Tuesday
afternoon
Dead
Is
prominent
mining
pros
prospector
�
pector
56
year
old
Douglas
William
Borden
Savage
of
Van
Vancouver
�
couver
Injured
and
burned
in
the
crash
were
Northern
Mountain
pilot
29
year
old
Ian
Wright
of
Prince
George
and
consulting
geologist
Dr
A
C
Skerl
of
Vancouver
Both
are
in
fair
condition
in
Prince
George
Regional
Hospital
Savage
and
Skerl
were
being
flown
over
an
extensive
mineral-rich
area
known
as
Moose
Valley
northwest
of
Germansen
Landing
on
an
examination
op
option
�
tion
flight
for
Texada
Mines
and
New
Wellington
Mines
when
the
crash
oc
cured
A
Northern
Mountain
spokes
spokesman
�
man
at
the
Prince
George
air
if
-
v
i
V
port
base
said
he
was
notified
of
trouble
by
a
routine
3
pm
radio
call
from
Wright
Within
half
an
hour
of
the
trouble
call
Northern
Mountain
station
manager
Ed
Mcpherson
flew
out
of
Prince
George
in
a
twin
engine
Beechcraft
head
heading
�
ing
for
the
small
landing
strip
operated
by
the
mining
con
concern
�
cern
at
Moose
Valley
The
airline
spokesman
said
the
crash
occured
within
eye
eyesight
�
sight
and
radio
range
of
mining
exploratory
crews
stationed
near
the
landing
strip
They
helped
bring
out
the
dead
man
and
two
Injured
men
to
put
them
aboard
the
Beechcraft
for
the
return
evening
trip
to
Prince
George
The
insured
helicopter
is
be
believed
�
lieved
to
be
a
total
loss
but
airline
officials
could
not
con
confirm
�
firm
this
until
a
more
thorough
Investigation
is
completed
The
58000
helicopter
an
Al
Alpine
�
pine
J2A
was
recently
pur
purchased
�
chased
by
the
airline
In
an
ex
pansion
program
of
its
charter
services
It
operated
out
of
and
was
chartered
Monday
by
the
mining
company
from
Fort
St
James
McPherson
had
flown
the
plane
from
its
previous
Calgary
Alta
owner
on
May
3
directly
to
Prince
George
and
reported
the
four
seat
plane
possessed
remark
remarkable
�
able
handling
characteristics
Department
of
Transport
ac
accident
�
cident
investigation
men
flew
up
from
Vancouver
late
Tues
Tuesday
�
day
night
and
headed
for
the
mountainous
crash
scene
this
morning
Wright
and
Skerl
are
report
reported
�
ed
in
fair
condition
In
Prince
George
Regional
Hospital
recov
recovering
�
ering
from
extensive
burns
to
their
faces
chests
and
arms
Wright
has
been
flying
with
Northern
Mountain
for
over
a
year
and
Skerl
is
a
consulting
geologist
with
Texado
Mines
Savage
was
representing
both
New
Welllngtonand
Texado
Mines
in
making
the
examination
option
flight
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This
is
the
Alpine
J2A
four
seat
helicopter
that
crashed
280
miles
northwest
of
Prince
George
Tuesday
afternoon
The
chartered
Northern
Mountain
Airlines
plane
was
flying
over
mineral
rich
lands
for
two
mining
companies
at
the
time
of
the
fiery
crash
which
claimed
one
life
and
injured
two
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Six
new
forest
fires
blamed
on
carelessness
Some
of
the
most
experienced
forest
fire
fighters
in
the
pro
province
�
vince
many
of
them
native
Indians
today
continued
their
assault
on
huge
fires
raging
In
the
Peace
River
area
A
BC
Forest
Service
spokes
man
in
Prince
George
said
these
include
some
of
the
six
new
fires
reported
in
the
24
hours
to
this
morning
Human
care
carelessness
�
lessness
Is
suspected
as
the
cause
of
all
slc
fires
Three
of
the
new
fires
have
If
Mayor
Garvin
Dezell
takes
up
the
challenge
of
Al
Keith
advertising
manager
of
The
Citizen
Aid
John
Heinnch
promises
to
wear
this
attire
to
council
meetings
been
brought
under
control
one
at
Fort
Nelson
and
two
mi
minor
�
nor
ones
at
Valemount
But
the
remainder
at
Fort
St
John
continue
to
burn
adding
fury
to
the
26
other
fires
In
the
forest
district
Added
to
the
high
to
extreme
hazard
Is
a
forecast
of
Isolated
thunderstorms
In
the
Rockies
This
is
bad
news
for
us
said
the
spokesman
The
light
lightning
�
ning
could
cause
more
fires
Lightning
caused
the
Ak
fire
which
began
Sunday
90
miles
north
of
Flnlay
Forks
Tuesday
night
it
exploded
and
jumped
to
the
west
bank
of
the
Finlay
River
Some
2500
acres
are
consumed
and
the
fire
is
out
of
control
The
Fort
St
John
ranger
dis
district
�
trict
continues
to
be
the
hardest
hit
fire
area
Of
the
three
new
ones
about
50
miles
northwest
of
the
city
one
already
covers
2000
acres
Range
burning
is
suspected
although
all
burning
permits
have
been
cancelled
Campflre
permits
have
not
been
repealed
However
camp
campers
�
ers
are
asked
to
exercise
ex
extreme
�
treme
caution
The
Ross
fire
100
miles
north
northwest
�
west
of
Fort
St
John
Is
still
out
of
control
and
has
spread
over
more
than
3000
acres
The
Ta
40
miles
southwest
of
Fort
Nelson
is
still
burning
fiercely
through
scrub
covering
In
mountainous
country
E
covers
considerably
more
than
12000
acres
The
spokesman
said
forest
service
officials
in
Victoria
have
been
trying
to
get
more
water
bombers