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found
that
orange
and
black
colored
posters
had
plenty
of
ee
Impact
in
recent
elections
The
colors
will
soon
be
touting
the
name
of
Fort
George
NDP
candidate
Jack
Whit
taker
throughout
the
riding
Elec
Election
�
tion
watchers
reason
that
this
Is
why
signs
for
Ra
Wllliston
and
his
fellow
Social
Crlt
candi
candidates
�
dates
are
done
In
ellow
and
black
the
product
of
a
Vancouver
sign
shop
Want
to
know
hew
Prince
George
acquired
its
name
Originally
Fort
George
the
fort
was
founded
by
Simon
Fraser
of
the
North
West
Company
In
1807
and
named
after
King
George
III
the
reigning
sovereign
Things
changed
little
until
1010
when
there
was
a
real
estate
boom
in
expectation
of
the
coming
of
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Rail
wa
no
a
Canadian
National
20
Pages
GTPs
new
townsite
Prince
George
soon
drew
away
popu
population
�
lation
from
rival
Central
Fort
George
and
South
Tort
George
When
the
first
civic
elections
were
held
in
1915
Prince
George
was
chosen
over
Fort
George
for
the
name
of
the
new
city
by
a
vote
of
153
to
13
For
Fortunately
�
tunately
the
Indian
name
Thle-et-leh
was
dropped
before
the
first
beer
parlour
was
opened
The
history
of
the
citys
name
Is
recorded
along
with
1001
others
In
a
new
book
by
GPV
Akrlgg
professor
of
English
at
UDC
and
his
wife
Helen
A
Former
Prince
George
girl
W
Gall
Bryant
who
has
made
a
name
for
herself
in
Vancouver
as
a
songstress
will
be
seen
here
Sunday
on
the
CBC
television
show
Ballads
et
Chansons
start
starting
�
ing
at
5
30
pm
Miss
Bryant
is
married
to
another
former
Prince
Georgite
Erlc
Ditmars
Til
Ine
ij
Litizen
Forecast
Clouds
and
showers
Heavy
cuts
pledged
by
Trudeau
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CP
-
More
jolt
I
lng
cuts
In
federal
government
spending
can
be
expected
next
month
Prime
Minister
Trudeau
said
ednesday
He
told
a
neAs
conference
the
cabinet
Intends
to
pass
the
lnfla
tlonary
buck
to
government
de
partments
rather
than
to
the
taxpaer
Mr
Trudeau
said
the
cabinet
has
been
examining
197071
spending
estimates
and
will
make
public
Its
decisions
this
fall
I
He
said
that
even
where
lnfla
Hon
has
caused
government
de
partments
to
ask
for
more
just
to
stand
still
the
government
will
tell
the
department
to
pare
Its
spending
rather
than
ask
the
taxpayer
to
come
across
with
more
money
The
Trudeau
news
confer
ence
which
touched
on
topics
from
foreign
policy
to
political
sensitivities
stressed
spending
It
came
Just
two
hours
after
the
prices
and
incomes
commis
slon
announced
an
anti
inflation
program
aimed
at
voluntary
restraints
on
wages
profits
ana
prices
He
starts
a
visit
to
DC
on
Friday
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GEORGE
BRITISH
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plane
slams
mountain
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nAmerican
five
passenger
Beechcraft
plane
exploded
on
crashing
into
a
mountainside
88
miles
west
of
here
Wednesday
killing
all
occu
occupants
�
pants
We
dont
know
how
many
were
aboard
Theres
nothing
but
a
charred
and
twisted
wreckage
up
there
said
an
RCMP
spokes
spokesman
�
man
here
this
morning
He
said
the
crash
was
re
reported
�
ported
b
motorist
William
Lee
Gudath
of
Hawthorne
Calif
He
was
on
his
way
home
with
his
famil
and
was
about
four
miles
east
of
Summit
Lake
the
highest
point
on
the
Alaska
Highway
when
he
said
he
saw
the
plane
appear
to
his
right
and
plow
Into
the
mountainside
and
blow
up
the
spokesman
said
Prince
George
air
traffic
con
trollers
said
the
plane
a
Beech
craft
55
Baron
had
left
the
city
airport
at
noon
destined
for
Whitehorse
ukon
The
plane
was
leported
mis
sing
In
the
late
afternoon
It
Is
believed
but
unconfirmed
that
there
were
two
men
and
a
boy
aboard
the
aircraft
Two
men
and
a
bo
were
flown
b
a
Prince
George
charter
airline
to
a
re
remote
�
mote
Northern
BC
lodge
last
week
The
were
flown
back
here
and
they
told
us
theyd
fly
north
In
their
Baron
said
the
charter
airline
spokesman
Theirs
was
the
onl
red-col
ored
Baron
Beechcraft
in
the
Prince
George
area
In
the
last
two
weeks
he
said
Police
in
lort
Nelson
said
they
arrived
at
the
crash
scene
at
about
6
30
p
m
minutes
be
fore
the
BC
Forest
Service
I
arrived
to
put
out
the
fire
around
the
plane
Police
said
they
obtained
the
aircrafts
registration
and
iden
identification
�
tification
Names
arebelngwith
l
held
until
a
more
positive
iden
identification
�
tification
is
made
of
the
bodies
and
relatives
notified
The
bodies
have
not
been
moved
i
from
the
scene
Prince
George
airport
control
tower
said
there
had
been
no
Mayda
callreceivedwhichwould
have
indinted
an
emergency
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today
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a
third
Senate
test
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backers
defeated
70
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an
effort
to
bar
deploment
of
tie
systems
missiles
while
per
mtttlng
Installation
of
Its
radars
and
computers
The
vote
coming
on
top
of
tAo
dramatic
votes
Wednesday
sealed
the
verdict
for
the
cur
rent
round
on
the
BM
and
opened
the
way
for
the
Senate
to
proceed
to
other
parts
of
the
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procure
ment
authorization
bill
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a
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an
amendment
by
Senator
Thomas
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as
an
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CP
-
A
United
States
Navy
jet
fighter
broke
the
sound
barrier
for
just
one
in
instant
�
stant
Wednesday
and
left
shatteied
windows
behind
as
it
streaked
over
this
city
About
75
per
cent
of
the
win
dows
in
an
eight
block
area
of
downtown
Kelowna
were
re
reduced
�
duced
to
shards
Damage
was
estimated
at
up
to
250000
Five
persons
were
cut
by
flying
glass
The
sonic
boom
which
rocked
the
tourist
packed
summer
re
resort
�
sort
city
was
caused
by
an
F
4
Phantom
of
the
U
S
Navy
aero
batlc
team
as
Its
pilot
acceler
ated
to
catch
up
with
his
team
mates
Dozens
of
furious
citizens
de
manded
that
the
teams
appear
ance
at
the
annual
Kelowna
re
gatta
be
cancelled
But
Mayor
Dick
Parkinson
and
the
Blue
Angels
precision
flying
team
said
It
will
go
on
A
flight
of
four
Blue
Angels
In
20ton
Phantoms
had
just
completed
a
practice
bomb
burst
manoeuvre
over
Okana
gan
Lake
As
three
barrelled
north
over
the
city
the
fourth
put
on
power
to
close
up
He
went
supersonic
for
an
Instant
reported
Cmdr
R
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Bresso
of
Seattle
the
teams
project
officer
Heavy
plate
glass
windows
splintered
and
pieces
flew
Into
the
streets
Stores
banks
and
business
offices
boarded
up
their
broken
windows
for
the
night
The
regattas
1000000
lia
liability
�
bility
insurance
policy
did
not
go
into
effect
until
midnight
Wednesday
but
legal
opinion
was
to
be
sought
about
clauses
which
Cmdr
Bresso
said
may
cover
damage
In
any
event
he
said
the
U
S
Navy
will
see
that
nobody
Is
left
unhappy
The
nav
has
op
erated
an
aerobatic
team
under
the
name
Blue
Angels
for
23
years
The
four
Phantoms
fastest
fighters
In
the
world
with
top
speed
in
excess
of
1600
m
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travelling
at
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community
of
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arrived
in
Prince
George
Wednesday
in
mass
of
trailers
parked
near
exhibition
grounds
Robertson
photo
They
leave
Friday
Instant
trailer
town
leaves
1
6000
here
By
Duncan
Cumming
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
About
4
million
worth
of
mobile
homes
housing
a
fair
sized
community
of
nearl
1000
persons
as
impressive
a
sight
as
has
been
seen
in
Prince
George
descended
on
the
city
Wednesday
afternoon
The
invasion
of
400
alum
aluminum
�
inum
trailers
was
an
Air-stream-Wally
Bam
Caravan
on
the
organizations
second
Cariboo
Trek
It
is
a
group
of
United
States
and
Canadian
tourists
travelling
together
with
their
Airstream
trailers
The
caravan
is
named
In
honor
of
the
man
who
origin
originated
�
ated
the
idea
of
trailer
cara
caravans
�
vans
and
designed
the
trailer
they
trael
in
Each
member
wears
a
dis
distinctive
�
tinctive
blue
beret
originated
by
the
late
Wall
Byam
ex
explained
�
plained
Bob
Rudzinski
the
caravan
leader
The
Caravan
which
Is
In
Prince
George
until
rriday
morning
left
Great
Falls
Mont
on
July
7
We
started
with
about
450
trailers
some
have
staled
longer
In
places
and
others
have
returned
home
said
Rudzinski
We
travelled
to
Calgary
for
the
Stampede
then
went
through
Banff
and
Jasper
to
Edmonton
for
Klondike
Days
We
went
from
there
to
Dawson
Creek
and
have
just
now
come
from
seeing
the
Peace
Power
project
at
Hud
Hudson
�
son
Hope
When
we
leave
Prince
George
we
go
south
visiting
Barkervllle
en
route
for
the
North
Surrey
suburb
of
Van
Vancouver
�
couver
for
our
final
banquet
Aug
16
before
ever
one
goes
their
own
way
Rudzinski
said
each
trailer
contributes
45
to
a
kitty
at
the
beginning
of
the
expe
expedition
�
dition
but
the
members
buy
food
and
all
of
theusualthings
necessary
to
run
a
small
home
They
spend
about
10
per
person
each
day
and
during
our
two
day
stop
over
in
Prince
George
will
leave
between
16000
and
20000
In
the
city
Not
only
are
the
double
skinned
insulated
aluminum
trailers
self
contained
with
hot
and
cold
water
toilet
fa
facilities
�
cilities
electric
lights
heat
refrigeration
and
cooking
fa
facilities
�
cilities
so
that
a
week
away
from
civilization
holds
few
fears
but
the
travelling
vil
village
�
lage
has
a
doctor
In
at
least
one
house
We
have
two
doctors
on
vacation
but
while
no
doctor
can
practice
medicine
outside
his
state
or
province
he
can
advise
a
patient
to
seek
treat
treatment
�
ment
explained
Rudzinski
Some
members
have
re
returned
�
turned
home
because
of
ill
illness
�
ness
or
deaths
in
the
family
W
e
have
had
one
death
a
fatal
heart
attack
In
Jasper
Man
of
the
people
are
middle
aged
or
a
little
bit
older
because
of
the
length
of
our
tours
You
do
not
have
many
working
people
taking
a
six
week
holiday
although
on
the
summer
tours
we
get
quite
a
few
teachers
and
this
time
about
30
teenagers
many
of
them
grandchildren
Most
of
the
people
come
on
the
caravan
for
sight-seeing
and
to
make
friends
in
Canada
Forty
three
of
the
50
states
are
represented
on
the
cara
caravan
�
van
as
well
as
three
Canadian
provinces
by
five
of
the
trail
trailers
�
ers
About
90
per
cent
of
the
Americans
are
seeing
Canada
for
the
first
time
The
2000
mile
trip
as
measured
between
stop
over
points
probably
lepresents
a
journey
three
times
as
long
to
the
members
when
side
trips
are
Included
explained
Rudzinski
The
trailers
travel
in
a
long
line
onl
when
under
police
escort
going
through
a
town
Yellowhead
wins
approval
of
provincial
government
The
B
C
government
has
offi
official
�
cial
recognized
the
title
el
low
head
Route
for
the
North
Northern
�
ern
Trans
Provincial
Highway
1C
Prince
George
chamber
of
commeice
transport
chairman
A
I
Cordiner
said
Wednesdj
pproval
extends
beyond
naming
the
trans
provincial
highway
from
Alberta
to
Prince
Rupert
Yellowhead
16tochanging
Highway
5
from
its
intersection
with
16
at
Tete
Jaune
Cache
to
Kamloops
ellowhead
5
This
now
open
the
way
to
have
the
Yellowhead
Route
con
confirmed
�
firmed
from
Portage
I
a
Prairie
Man
to
Prince
Rupert
since
by
far
the
major
portion
of
the
distance
is
In
BC
andAlberta
commented
Cordiner
Alberta
has
already
endorsed
the
name
Yellowhead
for
the
These
show
the
route
number
highway
which
Is
seen
as
an
al-
superimposed
on
the
piofile
of
ternative
to
Southern
Trans
Can
1
the
head
of
a
man
wearing
trap
ada
Highway
1
Ipers
long
hair
The
head
is
in
Ttie
approval
is
part
of
a
tenfd
be
iiu
oi
e
bIond
double
victory
for
the
local
cham-
PI1-
h
cached
sup
bpri
plies
at
Tete
Jaune
Cordiner
had
been
authorized
by
the
chamber
to
obtain
endor
satlons
from
chambers
regional
districts
and
municipal
councils
along
the
B
C
portion
of
the
route
The
were
almost
unani
unanimously
�
mously
in
favor
saidCordiner
The
second
victor
came
when
the
YellowheadHlghwayAssocla
tion
at
a
recent
meeting
in
Ed
Edmonton
�
monton
adopted
the
Prince
George
chambers
design
for
the
highway
route
markers
7
fsK
Guess
again
if
you
think
that
its
a
potato
being
held
by
Michael
Laliberte
of
Prince
George
Mike
eyes
the
face
like
features
on
a
stone
he
picked
up
on
the
bank
of
the
Nechako
River
near
the
old
bridge
A
recent
arrival
from
Saskatche
wan
Mike
was
looking
for
berries
with
his
wife
and
chil
dren
when
he
spotted
the
curiosity
Kelowna
enraged
US
war
plane
shakes
BC
city
Toff
may
rise
in
US
tornado
OUTING
Minn
AP
-
Tor
nadoes
that
clawed
through
farms
forests
and
lakeside
re
sorts
of
northern
Minnesota
left
at
least
12
dead
and
search
crews
hunted
toda
for
other
victims
Explosion
rocks
Edmonton
EDMONTON
CP
-
An
un
derground
explosion
believed
caused
by
a
leaking
high
pres
sure
water
main
left
a
gaping
crater
in
the
middle
of
a
down
town
strept
early
toda
The
blast
occurred
about
lam
It
left
a
hole
23
feet
In
diameter
and
about
30
feet
deep
in
100th
Street
By
5
am
the
hole
was
enlarged
by
earth
falls
and
was
approximately
25
feet
wide
30
feet
long
and
40
feet
deep
A
woman
driving
her
small
car
over
the
spot
when
the
ex
plosion
occurred
was
taken
to
hospital
for
observation
and
re
released
�
leased
The
rear
engine
and
sus
pension
of
her
car
were
blown
off
by
the
concussion
City
officials
at
the
scene
speculated
that
the
water
main
had
been
leaking
for
some
time
They
said
it
apparently
eroded
a
large
cavity
under
tho
street
and
when
the
roof
of
this
collapsed
the
pipes
pressure
of
about
80
pounds
a
square
Inch
was
fully
released
The
result
ant
blast
lifted
the
road
surfaco
straight
Into
the
air
and
It
dropped
back
Into
the
hole
Spokesmen
said
the
blast
bare
1
missed
severing
a
high
pres
sure
gas
line
and
three
15000
volt
transmission
lines
burled
under
the
road
surface
It
was
believed
the
toll
would
rise
when
workers
uncovered
more
debris
Several
fishermen
also
were
unaccounted
for
after
the
series
of
twisters
swept
down
about
dinner
time
Wednesday
evening
Hundreds
of
persons
were
in
jured
and
43
remained
in
hospl
tals
toda
Earlier
reports
of
14
deaths
had
not
et
been
con
firmed
One
of
the
worst
hit
spots
was
this
resort
communit
a
town
of
300
that
triples
in
size
each
summer
as
vacationers
flock
to
area
lakes
One
twister
shredded
homes
and
summer
cottages
on
Roos
evelt
Lake
just
outside
Outing
Its
a
mess
its
plain
le
levelled
�
velled
said
a
sheriffs
deputy
who
surveed
the
lakeside
area
At
least
four
of
the
known
dead
were
vacationers
at
a
re
treat
operated
by
the
Bethany
Fellowship
a
Minneapolis
church
group
The
sheriffs
of
fice
said
that
in
the
vicinity
of
Outing
there
were
seven
or
eight
dead
and
three
known
missing
Cong
shatter
secure
base
SAIGON
AP
About
30
Viet
Cong
commandos
sneaked
past
the
guards
at
the
most
se
cure
American
base
In
Viet
nam
before
dawn
today
ram
paged
through
a
block
long
army
convalescent
hospital
hurling
bombs
and
firing
rifles
at
patients
and
then
escaped
without
losing
a
man
The
U
S
command
said
two
Americans
were
killed
and
57
wounded
In
the
attack
at
Cam
Ranh
Bay
195
miles
noitheast
of
Saigon
There
were
732
patients
In
the
hospital
It
makes
no
sense
he
just
vanished
The
21-year-old
wife
of
a
Prince
George
man
missing
since
July
25
said
today
there
Is
still
no
clue
as
to
why
her
husband
disappeared
Melvln
F
Truden
26
lias
been
missing
for
13
days
He
is
described
as
six
feet
tall
140
pounds
with
light
hair
and
complexion
He
has
been
married
five
months
There
Is
really
no
ex
explanation
�
planation
of
why
he
Is
missing
at
all
Mrs
Truden
said
We
had
no
big
debts
to
pay
off
everything
looked
like
it
was
starting
to
come
out
rosy
for
us
She
said
a
telephone
call
to
police
at
Fort
St
James
from
where
her
husband
is
believed
to
have
disappeared
Wednes
Wednesday
�
day
night
revealed
nothing
She
said
police
there
are
trying
to
contact
a
man
who
Is
thought
to
have
given
Truden
a
ride
from
Tort
St
James
to
Vanderhoof
and
may
know
why
he
Is
missing
A
man
I
don
t
know
his
name
but
he
worked
at
Tort
St
Janes
and
lived
at
Van
Vanderhoof
�
derhoof
said
he
gave
my
husband
a
ride
from
Fort
St
James
to
Vanderhoof
When
they
got
to
Van
Vanderhoof
�
derhoof
this
man
offered
to
buy
my
husband
a
beer
in
the
pub
there
He
went
away
foi
a
minute
and
when
he
came
back
my
husband
had
gone
she
said
Mrs
Truden
said
she
thinks
if
she
can
talk
to
this
man
he
may
say
something
which
will
mean
something
to
her
and
that
the
police
have
over
overlooked
�
looked
Tiuden
drove
a
truck
fiom
Prince
George
to
Tort
St
James
Friday
on
July
25
foi
Northern
Concrete
Pioducts
his
wife
said
He
phoned
me
at
about
1230
or
lo
clock
Friday
night
and
told
me
the
truck
was
not
unloaded
yet
and
he
d
be
staying
overnight
he
said
The
reason
the
truck
was
not
unloaded
was
some
something
�
thing
about
a
union
dispute
about
who
was
to
unload
the
truck
He
should
have
driven
the
empty
truck
back
to
Pilnee
George
Satuida
afternoon
she
said
Mrs
Tiuden
said
two
wait
waitresses
�
resses
at
the
Oriental
Inn
here
said
they
saw
Tiuden
about
10
30
or
11
pm
Sat
Saturday
�
urday
One
of
the
waitresses
said
he
seemed
to
have
been
in
a
very
good
mood
and
she
had
asked
him
about
me
Mrs
Truden
said
It
makes
no
sense
he
has
just
vanished
He
has
no
mone
with
him
and
both
cars
aie
here
He
dldn
t
even
take
anv
clothes
oi
his
shaving
kit
she
said
Mis
Tiuden
said
she
and
her
husband
came
to
Prince
George
in
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