Ttl4 aWllllHIM Ml KiUrtha Vol 13 No 144 Its time to relax with HIGH LIFE The high cost 24 Pages The moon -walkers In great shape By Reuters ABOARD HORNET - Back from the moon but Isolated from the world the men of Apollo 11 today were pro pronounced � nounced by a young Canadian space medicine expert to be In better condition than astronauts returning from previous flights No trace of any moon bugs has been found so far After 11 hours of examining the spacemen Dr William Carpentler of Lake Cowlchan BC said he found no evi evidence � dence of contamination from the moon Despite one astro astronauts � nauts minor ear Inflamma Inflammation � tion I think they re in good shape he said The physician said Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrlnand Michael Collins showed less deterioration in heart and blood vessels than other Apollo men have had He wasn t sure why But he was sure the in inflammation � flammation In one of Arm Armstrongs � strongs ears was not im important � portant He said there may have been a buildup of fluid In the ear due to the pres pressures � sures of re entry and that the fluid was draining The men will be under painstaking mtdlcal scrutiny for 21 days due to the remote possibility thy might have brought to earth some un unknown � known and potentially dan dangerous � gerous germs from the moon Actually no one knows whether there are germs on the moon Many scientists doubt it But the National Aeronautics and Space Ad Administration � ministration is taking no chances Precious cargo A smiling President Nixon aboard the Hornet to deliver his congratulations personal personally � ly had to use an intercom intercommunications � munications system to con converse � verse with the spacemen as they stood at a window of the Isolation trailer called a mobile quarantine facility -MQF While the medical checks continued scientists at Hous Houston � ton and around the world Confined In a silvery quar quarantine � antine trailer on the Hor The next venture Each shot 350 million By John Aitken Telegram News Services HOUSTON - A popular gambit science fiction writ writers � ers use is the situation rais raised � ed by a malfunctioning or Ir Irresponsibly � responsibly used time ma machine � chine which returns to the present and contaminates mankind w ith advanced knowl knowledge � edge Thus explain the sci fi w iters the world received the atomic theory long before It should have a mischievous traveller from the 25th cen century � tury whispered the secret in Einstein s ear The world gained the capacity for waging nucleai war centuries before it learned the art of living in space A similar plot could be contrived about the conquest of space for man lias now learned how to reach beyond his planet centuries before he will learn either how to pay for such ventures or how to behave when he eventually confronts another form of life Cutbacks urged It cost 24 billion to land a man on the moon and it will cost 100 billion more to get man to Mars and Venus And when man gets there he pokes about In rocks perhaps finds a bit of lichen or a living slug takes temperature readings makes solar ob observations � servations and returns He has vastly increased The Russian reaction The Citizen Forecast Clouds some thundei nets hanger deck the space heroes could barely see the world they had thrilled But they did call their wives by radiotelephone awaited the precious cargo of lunar booty samples scoop scooped � ed up from the surface of the moon by Armstrong and Al drin which could help unlock some secrets of the universe Special aircraft were wing winging � ing the samples back to the US and arrival was sched scheduled � uled later today Samples will be examined In Houston and some will be distributed to foreign experts Including Canadian scientists for ex exhaustive � haustive analysis As Dr Carpentler deliver delivered � ed his report through the MQF window Aldrln could be seen behind him stretch stretched � ed out in an easy chair his feet up on a table In the din dining � ing area Armstrong strum strummed � med a ukelele for a while Carpentler said the space spacemen � men were in excellent spirits The doctor said two cru crucial � cial tests still need to be conducted on their white corpuscle count and x rays NASA plans for Mars By Bob Cohen Southam News Services HOUSTON The men of Apollo 11 are home again safe and well and American space planners are seriously looking already beyond earths immediate neighbor neighborhood � hood to the other planets in the solar system If the men who run the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration have their way mans next stop on the way to the stars will be Mars Dr George E Mueller NASAs associate adminis administrator � trator for manned space flight told a post Apollo 11 landing press conference Thursday As soon as the people of the nation decide that it Is appropriate to take that next major stepthe where is al almost � most certainly to the planet Mars as the next major goal Dr Mueller stressed the United States does not have a firm program or plan for manned Martian exploration It has no answers todetall ed questions of cost schedul scheduling � ing or strategy But NASA does have plans and thoughts It knows the capability of the Apollo pro program � gram and It knows the capa capabilities � bilities of its astronauts Detailed planning he said must await a national decision to shoot for Mars and the timing of that landing will de depend � pend upon the Investment the nation is wiling to make In it Dr Mueller added If the United States made the de decision � cision today to try and land men on Mars that event could not take place before the 1980s United States vice-president Splro T Agnew has al already � ready gone on record as feel feeling � ing his country should set a goal of landing men on Mars by the end of this century but the vice president has warned he may be a lone voice crying out in the dark Long flights Dr Mueller said Thursday he feels man will need a space station In order to go to any planet We do need to be able to live in space comfortably for periods of a year or more A manned tripto Mars could conceivably take all of that Next Wednesday night the US unmanned spacecraft Mariner 6 will fly past Mars at a dis distance � tance of 2000 miles and five days later Mariner 7 will fly by at the same range By the time they reach that planet they will have travell travelled � ed 241 million miles and 197 miles respectively These spacecraft have been sent to Mars to examine its climate and geography They are designed to establish the basis for future experiments in the search for extra-terrestrial life and to develop the technology for future Mars missions Dr Mueller estimates the first time man files to Mars he will be on a landing mis mission � sion He points out the mission would take too long and be too costly for the luxury of man orbiting Mars and then re returning � turning to earth as man orbit orbited � ed the moon before actually launching a lunar landing ex expedition � pedition the sum of human knowledge which is laudable for that is how we differ from ani animals � mals but he has done so at vast expense and at the ex expense � pense of his fellow man par particularly � ticularly those still fighting in trenches or rice paddies and those living In ghettos enduring starvation Thus the space program of the 1970s and 1980s - tech technology � nology could and would dearly love to put a man on Mars by 1990 must begin with a vicious debate Each of these Apollo shots costs about 350000000 If NASA can somehow break through the fiscal curtain and they have had little luck so far then the obvious goal will be Mars Political storm likely By Aaron Einfrank Telegram News Services MOSCOW -The triumph of Apollo 11 Is very likely to lead to profound social and political changes in the USSR The question today being asked on every level of Soviet society ares What happenedto our space program Why have we failed What went wrong A question which Is not spoken in public but which everyone is thinking Who Is responsible In a sense there is a simi similarity � larity to the situation in the United States In 1958 60 when Americans were upset at the Russians were so far ahead In the Space race There was a crisis of confidence which John F Kennedy exploited In his drive to national power JFK attacked the Elsen-hower-Nixon Administration for falling to keep up with the Russians He went to the Am American � erican masses with the claim that only he and the Demo Democrats � crats could get America moving again Prestige lost There are no Kennedy types visible In the USSR and It is Improbable that Soviet ruling circles would tolerate one There are also no real ap appeals � peals to the masses which can bear fruit in a national elec tion But there are people who want a change More important there are indvi duals who want to rise on the political ladder The crisis of confidence Is particularly severe here for the following reasons First since the first Sput Sputnik � nik In 1957 the Soviet State has claimed that Soviet space triumphs demonstrated the superiority of the Soviet sys system � tem over the free world These claims even appeared this year when the Soviet space program had run out of steam Second space triumphs have been used here to cover up deficiencies In Soviet society PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA FRIDAY JULY 25 1 969 HRlMBr fin a The ghosts of Wells and Barkervllle will see famil familiar � iar faces this weekend at tho second annual reunion held In the gold rush towns Mrs Doreen Townsend has received word from 150 former students of the Wells school saying theyll be there for the celebrations Among the activities planned are a fish fry tonight a dance and banquet Saturday evening in the com community � munity hall and a family picnic and corn roast Sunday Aid Elroy Garden and his brother Gerry this morn morning � ing received word that their brother Carl had died suddenly at Infield NS at the age of 43 Carl had lived here twice during the past 15 years Its enough to make you weep a chance look through a Jan 4 1935 Citizen reveals that standing rib roasts sold for 17 cents a pound round I think youve awakened in terest in people she said When Howard Webb secretary of the Prince George and District Labor Council read the poll re results � sults he Immediately offered to NASSAU CP Vancouver lawyerflnancler A G Duncan Crux took over his own defence at an extradition hearing here today telling Magistrate John Bally I dont have the means to have counsel Canada Is seeking to have Crux extradited from the Baha mas for trial on 21 theft and fraud charges In British Colum bla Today at the 11th appearance of Crux on the extradition appll cation since his arrest here June 3 Paul Adderley and Noel Roberts Nassau lawyers who have been representing him an nounced their withdrawal from the case steak for 15 cents a pound bacon 30 cents and sparerlbs were three pounds for a quarter Even striking telephone w workers need a break and their opportunity comes this weekend The Federation of Tele Telephone � phone Workers will hold a picnic Sunday at 130 pm at Tort George Park for members Fea Feature � ture race may be for the fastest plcketer a A drive for 100 rooms to w accommodate out-of-town youngsters who must stay here for medical or educational rea- sons Is progressing well co coordinator � ordinator Morris Beatty said today We have about 12 to 15 people processing these ap applications � plications and are planning to ad advertise � vertise the campaign further to today � day He said about 35 rooms of various kinds have been of offered � fered so far The drive Is spon sponsored � sored by the Community Re Resources � sources Planning Board wood Mall and other Phone 562 2441 After a battle lasting 90 minutes Mrs Clarence McMillan 1274 Carney St managed to land this 52 pound red spring salmon on a recent fishing trip with her husband to the Skeena River near Terrace Two days latei her husband caught a 65 pounder in the river Tackle in hand she poses with the awesome catch Robertson photo Worried voters stream into government office Voters concerned that they were missed In the recent enu enumeration � meration In Fort George con constituency � stituency streamed Into the pro vincial building all day Thursday The surge of Interest followed a report in TuesdiysCltizenthat only slightly more than half of the eligible voters in the city had been contacted by enumerators Most of those reporting to the provincial building however discovered that they were already onthe list said a govern government � ment clerk These were people who were on the previous list in 1966 and whom through personal know knowledge � ledge of the enumerator were still residents of the area The government clerk who did not wish to be identified estimat estimated � ed that 97 per cent of those appearing at the provincial build building � ing were already on the list She was unable to estimate how many persons had enquired at the building Its Just been a continuous rush she said The clerk said she felt local enumerators did a good Job In canvassing the constituency They certainly did their best under often trying conditions The clerk felt the Citizen re report � port was not entirely correct but i added that It had one benefit set up a series of booths in Park - throughout the city This way wed see to It that those who didnt get on the list In the first enumeration will get a chance to do so he said Tm without means Crux tells hearing I shall have to do the best I can by myself said Crux 63 year old former president of Commonwealth Trust Co and a large group of subsidiaries Crux expressed regret at losing the services of Adderley a lead lng lawyer here whom he de scribed as a very good friend Magistrate Bally and Patrick Toothe a local lawyer repre sentlng Canada In the hearing both expressed anxiety about the repeated adjournments of the case Crux said he was ready to proceed at once and court was adjourned to the afternoon to allowed Toothe and Crux to decide on the order In which the five sets of depositions from Canada would be tackled Poison feared in Paris bread PARIS AP Three thou sand loaves containing rat pol son were accidentally dlstrlbu ted In Paris on Thursday and police embarked on a massive hunt to recover the bread The alert was given by a shopkeeper who phoned the bakery to protest about a strange grain of red wheat which he had found In some bread Just delivered An lnvestl- gation vshowed poisoned wheat sow toihe bakery to eliminate rats and mice in Its cellars had been mixed with the bread Police visited every shop where the bread was dellveied but found some already had been sold A specialist said the poison could be dangerous to humans In large quantities WEAK THAT 100000 Mlft wnwiif f CALK CCPVICC H Ndfl 105 BRUNSWICK S63 0581 - Jail suspended 10c Copy J 2 00 PER MONTH Kennedy confesses to charge The unanswered questions Page 8 EDGARTOWN Mass CP Senator Edward M Kennedy Dem Mass pleaded guilty in this island resort village in Massachusetts today to a charge of leaving the scene of a fatal auto accident and was sentenced to a suspended two month jail term He promptly told reporters that he was seeking network radio and television time tonight to explain to the people of Massachusetts He did not say what that explanation would In elude Kennedy assistant majority leader In the United States Sen ate and widely regarded as prime 1972 Democratic presi presidential � dential candidate comes up for re election to his Senate seat next j ear Kennedys defence lawyers said he Insisted on pleading guilty to the leaving the scene charge even though they said they had legal defences they could have used to challenge the accusation There was confusion initially over whether Kennedy also was to be placed on probation Such action is customary in cases involving suspended sen tences in Massachusetts and one of Kennedys defence law yers Robert G Clark III said I assume the same will hap pen in Kennedys case 50 reporters Kennedy was to appear on radio and television at 7 30 p m EDT from his home on Cape Cod His arraignment was in a courtroom in wWch the major ity of spectators were some 50 newspaper men They were from all parts of the country and representing newspapers as far away as Japan Outside the courtroom were 50 photogra photographers � phers and television camera men Kennedy was the driver of a car that plunged off a narrow bridge and into a tidal pond on Chappaqulddick Island last Fri day night A pretty blonde sec retary from Washington was drowned 10 minutes Kennedy s arraignment and disposition of the case took only about 10 minutes in the crowded second floor courtroom of the 150-year-old red brick court courthouse � house When Judge James Boyle opened the session at 901 am EDT Clerk Thomas A Teller called the Kennedy case first Kennedy stood at the rail as Teller read the words of the complaint 1 How do you plead guilty or not guilty Kennedy replied in a low voice Guilty Judge Boyle asked to hear some of the evidence and the prosecutor Walter D Steele called the Edgartown Police Chief Dominlsk J Arena The complaint said Edward M Kennedy of Boston did go away after causing injury to Miss Mary Jo Kopechne without making known your name and registration number Sieg heir shouted to the end OTTAWA CP - A rule re Jected by the full Commons op position was forced into the book early today by closure as the first session of Parliament under Prime Minister Trudeau drifted towards an end amid cries of shame and sleg hell The rule gives the govern ment the power to control de bating time but Mr Trudeau said in an interview he doesnt expect it to be used often Conservatives yelled Hell Hitler at him as they left the chamber at 2 am but tho prime minister didnt appear perturbed The Commons had discussed the new tlmeallocatlon rule for 10 days It took two more on the government decision to Invoke closure the eighth time the par llamentary gag has been used since 1917 when It was Intro duced in the days of the nine hour or longer speech The House sits again today to try to wrap up odds and ends before adjourning until Wednes day Oct 22 for a summer re cess that originally was expect ed to begin June 27 Shortage of pulp seen everywhere VANCOUVER CP The world market Is moving toward a pulp shortage because con structlori of many new mills has been postponed Norton Clapp chairman of Weyerhaeuser Co of Tacoma said Wednesday A few years ago you could draw a chart showing when the new mills were supposed to come on stream and predict what overcapacity there would be he said In an interview But a lot of these new mills haven t been built They may be eventually Regional committee accepts 62 million Tom Scott a heartened Prince George Regional Hospital trus trustee � tee reported Thursday night that the proposed estimates for the LJhfll scon 135 bed addition to the hospital have cleared another hurdle Scott told hospital trustees that the hospital advisory com committee � mittee to the Fraser Fort George Regional District has recom recommended � mended unanimously that the re regional � gional district board accept the 62 million proposal The proposal will be submitted to a meeting of the regional dis district � trict board who are financing authority for the hospital on Aug 7 It looks like were going to get good co operation from the regional district whlchwasabig hurdle said Scott Scott is chairman of the hos hospitals � pitals building committee and a member of the regional advisory committee chaired by Hllllard Clare If the regional district board approves the estimates follow followed � ed by approval from the provin provincial � cial health minister the pro proposed � posed addition will be put to electors In a referendum The referendum would likely be held this fall