Vol 13 No 159 Arctic world away Its time to relax with HIGH LIFE tlllirt1ijiiM a M pWd or dHlH by IS Ikkx Cmlrol oord or by m Ocvomnmil ol Mm hmm 0I 1ilih Columbia 24 Pages By Duncan Cummlna Citizen Staff Reporter For the first time four Boy Scouts will enjoy a sum summer � mer camp without freezing In their sleeping bags and sleep sleeping � ing under a sun lit sky But the boys from the only scout troop inside the Yukons segment of the Arctic Circle have to make a 1000 mile trip south for the experience From Old Crow 500 miles north of Whitehorse they left Prince George today on a sec second � ond leg of a trip to Kelowna which nearly did not take place Roger Kay 15 Lawrence Lourde 14 Ernest Peters 14 and Stanley NJootli 17 were scheduled to leave the 00 person Loucheux India 1VI lage Aug 8 but werp -layed until Aug 12 be se the runway was flooded Air travel provides the only route to the outside world for Old Crow the largest of the Yukons far north Indian villages Despite a blinding snow storm which cut visibility and clogged the primitive runway the plane finally lifted and turned its tail on the North Pole The boys were billeted overnight with scouts at Whitehorse before a second 500 mile hop to Prince George Here regional scoutefcu tives Dennis Flaw ith explained the four had been chosen from about 20 cubs and scouts at Old Crow for the trip to Ke Kelowna � lowna arranged by the scout organization We have about 100 scout groups in the Northern Re Region � gion which stretches from Cache Creek north and these Pr Rupert harbor forecast VANCOUVER CP - WC Mearns chairman of the British Columbia Harbors Board says that northern coastal Stewart is a likely site for a new port to handle mining and forestry trade in the north of the province And he hinted that such a de development � velopment might be close Just back from Stewart 100 miles north of Prince Rupert Mr Mearns said the site has several advantages It has deep water and a two-mile-wide foreshore fronted by mud flats which could foi m the base for port facilities he said A disadvantage is the limited access to the town locked between two mountain ranges Bidbergs heart growing weaker CAPE TOWN AP - The transplanted heart of Philip Blalberg who was readmitted to Groote Schuur Hospital Thursday when his condition de deteriorated � teriorated Is working at only one third of its proper pressure sources close to the hospital said today Doctors also have found that the kidneys of the worlds long est heart transplant survivor are not functioning properly these Informants said Blaiberg 60 has had his new heait for 591 days A young puppy stranded 25 W miles west of Smlthers found an unidentified friend early the other morning Mrs Joan Pom eroy of the Society for the Pre Prevention � vention of Cruelty to Animals was awakened about 4 am to find a man and puppy on her doorstep The man explained he was on his way to Vancouver and had found the dog beside the highway He said he took it in to Smithers but there was no available shelter there so he brought it to Prince George There was no available shelter here either as the pound was closed so he gave the dog to Mrs Pomeroy and told her to board it until he returned in three weeks time when he would pick up the dog and pay the tab A L Leverldge who now lives in Prince George with his family and will be teaching a data processing course at the College of New Caledonia has been voted the most popular teacher at the college he left in Ontaiio CNC president Wplf- Foreccst Few showers gang Franke said today he has just received a copy of the Lamb ton College year book where he and Leverldge worked last year and found the students have dedicated two whole pages to Leverldge They just love the man there said Franke and I think we are very lucky to have him teaching here this year Lambton is an applied arts and technology college in Sarnia Ont An error in an advertisement that appeared in the Exhibi Exhibition � tion supplement on Tuesday Is causing the ACT Commercial Travellers some concern The ad Teads Free car draw but In fact the tickets are being sold at 1 each Many have come up and pointed out the ad to us and wed like to clear the air on this The money we receive goes to pay for the car which we bought and then goes to such things as football clubs baseball clubs senior citizen projects and hockey teams for youngsters The car will be given away at the draw Saturday night The Citizen More than 5300 persons have now been through the Prince George Exhibition and officials are still hoping for an eventual 20000 admission figure by Sun Sunday � day night The hoped for break in the weather came quietly during the day Thursday and the three day weather office predictions show only good weather until Sunday On Wednesday opening day of the Fair 2500 passed through the gates and more than 2800 were admitted Thursday Weekend highlights start to today � day with the three day horse show being held in the area north and west of the main building fol followed � lowed by the Northern Interior Loggers Sports Day Saturday and Sunday So far nearly 20 local en entries � tries have been received for this Loggers Day Those and the seven professional loggers from BC - led by Art Wil Williams � liams of Ladysmlth promise to put on an exciting and thrill thrilling � ing show say officials In the horse racing two fea features � tures and three quinellas will spotlight todays seven -race card which begins at 5 pm The Martin Cain Handicap will be run off in the fifth race fol followed � lowed by the AB Moffat Me Memorial � morial inthesixthraceThesec ond fourth and seventh races will feature the quinellas Thursdays total handle of 6800 is not one of the highest daily betting figures since flat racing resumed on a regular basis at the Exhibition three years ago but officials say it was a good handle because of threatening weather conditions More than 520 persons turned out to see Thursdays six races and a full grandstand and a handle of more than 10000 Is expected today A record number of chil children � dren are expected today to take advantage of the childrens day in which children under 12 will PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA FRIDAY AUGUST 15 1969 -bLPIoVA t r Ay f iilv TlfjiidiMW3 Boy Scouts from inside the Arctic Circle thrilled at their first Prince George Thursday Left to right Stanley Njootli 17 Ernest 14 and Roger Kay 15 were en route to a summer Scout camp were the most northerly said Flaw ith Our field executive Barry Langeloo had toured the whole region and decided these boys should begivenaninslght into the way other boy scouts live They will be hosted by boy scouts in Kelowna and attend a scout camp near Rutland before flying back home The scouts are expected to pass through Prince George again next Wednesday for their return to Old Crow a week today The t Idesi StanleyNjootli carney when they visited Peters 14 Laurence Lourde at Kelowna took time off from the exhil exhilaration � aration of their first visit to a carney to say they ex expected � pected the coming scout camp to be very different None of us have been far farther � ther south than Whitehorse before and we have never seen anything like this he said Provincial mediators ordered into dispute VANCOUVER CP - Labor Minister Leslie Peterson an nounced today he has brought the British Columbia Mediation Commission into the oil workers dispute A mediation commission offi official � cial said the move did not entail compulsory arbitration but did not detail what involvement of the commission would mean at this stage Mr Peterson said In a state statement � ment he was disappointed that neither the oil workers union nor the employers are making any serious attempt to end this strike IX the dispute is allowed to continue and become more In tensive I can see the point arising where the public inter est and the welfare of the peo pie of this province as a whole could be affected Accordingly I have this morning requested the media tion commission to enter this dispute and to attempt to re solve it I am also appealing to the parties pending the outcome of the mediation commissions in intervention � tervention to resume opera operations � tions Mr Peterson said The union meanwhile was con concentrating � centrating its picketing today on Gulf Oil Canada Ltd market- lng terminal in suburban Bur naby A union spokesman said pick 1 ets would follow trucks to their I delivery points around the city area and would picket a tanker I eration of Labor accused the expected to unload this after- teamsters union of being pre noon at the terminal pared to create a condition Thursday night the BC Fed- similar to a general strike 20000 expected at wee be admitted to the grounds free of charge and will be offered half fare rides on the midway until 6 pm Weekend events listed Weekend events at the exhi biton are as follows Today Childrens Day all chil children � dren under 12 admitted free to grounds and half fares on Midway rides to 6 pm Horse show Judging began at 8 a m and will go through to closing All day exhibitors on dis display � play in the mall and main building 2pro- Bingo in the mall 5 pm Horse racing parl mutuel wagering 10 pm Gate prize draw tonight an evening for two with all trimmings at the Inn of the North Saturday 8 am continuing of the horse show judging 9 am start of the North Northern � ern Interior Loggers Sports Day Events log birl lng jous jousting � ting tree climbing log load loading � ing axe throwing power and hand bucking obstacle cour courses � ses and chokierman courses 2 pm Hore racing-running of the Prince George Championship race 5 p m -finals In the Log Loggers � gers Sports Day 10 pm or earlier-drawing of the CP Air Jet away contest Sunday 8 am continuing horse show judging 1 pm professional log loggers � gers stage their show at the Loggers Sports Day site north and east of the main building 1 pm Finals In the horse show judging 3 pm Axe throwing spe specialists � cialists Pavement buckled One of the dead Larry Hlckey 29-year-old cocktail bar man manager � ager in the McDonald Hotel Prince George was heading east on the highway in his station wag wagon � on when it went out of control Witnesses say the curve on Six die in Irish uprising BELFAST CP Britain flew fresh troops to Northern Ireland and recalled others from leave today after a night of bloody religious warfare be tween Protestants and Catho Catholics � lics that left at least six dead and wide parts of this Ulster capital a burned out ruin A vacationing Irlsh Canadlan was the first person killed In the latest round of clashes He was shot to death In Armagh by an unknown gunman The other deaths were In Belfast The RAF flew 600 more troops into Ulster and they headed for Belfast where the rattle of au automatic � tomatic weapons echoed the threat of outright civil war In the wild rioting Thursday night gunmen had taken control otr entire sections of the city lit by flames from burning facto factories � ries stores and homes The British troops were sent to Belfast to back up civil au thority and all began moving Into the capital One company- stayed at Llsburn about six miles south Green Jackets ready Another 600 men of the Royal Green Jackets were being re recalled � called from leave and put on standby because of the serious ness of the situation In Ulster the British defence ministry an nounced Observers feared that the nleht of deaths In which at least 42 persons were treated for gunshot wounds may add new fuel to the rioting through I out Ulster cities Although the police gave six dead and 121 Injured as the offi official � cial toll Catholic sources con tended the dead might number as many as 10 and the Injured several hundred Fires were still burning in embattled Falls Road at mid day Catholic children were evacuated from the area Falls Road was an ugly gnarled scar running through the centre of the battlefield All buildings hit Not one building In Its two miles was unscathed In two places large terraced buildings had been reduced to heaps of bricks The back streets of Belfast gave all the appearance of pre paring for another night of bat tie unless as possible the gov government � ernment imposes a curfew While life went on normally In the centre of the capital there were signs two blocks away that the barricades were being strengthened In the smouldering riot area It was here that the Falls Road Catholics and Shankills Protestants faced each other across the rubble of no mans land On both sides of the di vide rival communities were bringing out furniture from homes damaged in the fighting Canada halts gas shipment By Associated Press One of two trains carrying canisters of First World War killer gas across the United States ran into a legal block along ascheduled shortcut through Canada today The gas Is being transported from Colorado One train was headed for industrial purchas purchasers � ers In Louisiana and the other to Lockport NY But at Windsor Ont the dis district � trict collector of customs Hart ley Purvis issued an order pro h l b i 1 1 n g the Lockportbound train of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad from passing through southern Ontario Phone 562 2441 which he was travelling was not slippery but the pavement had buckled through what appaars to be weather conditions His wagon sideswlped a camper belonging to Mr and Mrs Roy Robinson of Buffalo New York and then struck a car killing a father and three-month-old infant The mother died in Prince George Regional Hospital Thurs Thursday � day afternoon Neither of the Americans was injured Police have confirmed the identity of the mother as Ber nice Ann Stuart 20 and the baby as Paul John The husbands name however Is being withheld pending notification of next of kin The family resided in the city but relatives live elsewhere The familys car was follow following � ing the Robinson camp3r west when it was struck Police say it is believed the rough road and not possible slippery conditions caused the accident However the inves investigation � tigation is continuing The weather office of the de department � partment of transport reports that a weak storm passed through the area but whether any pre precipitation � cipitation fell where the accident occurred near Bednesti Lake has not yet been determined Prince George coroner EB MacLatchy said post mortem examinations would begin Sat Saturday � urday and the would set a data for an Inquest after they had been completed Whittaker attacks releases A slam at recent releases by the provincial government out outlining � lining air and water pollution controls was taken today by Jack Whittaker New Democratic Party candidate for Fort George Its ridiculous said Whit Whittaker � taker Why didnt they bring them up in the house when the legislature was sitting Its a flaunting of the rights of demo democratic � cratic government All of a sudden during the election campaign these things come out In late July the British Col Columbia � umbia Pollution Control Board set January 1971 as the target date for requiring anti-pollution devices on all new cars sold In the province The board with the governments support recommended Intensive research be undertaken to establish air pollution standards A week ago Health Minister Ralph Loffmark released 11s water pollution code for BC Election ads Whittaker also slammed the use of public funds for all these election ads Ads bearing the signatures of government departments have been appearing In BC news newspapers � papers describing the govern governments � ments pollution control ef efforts � forts its public services and more recently the Human Rights Act proclaimed in June 1969 Whittaker noted that the min minister � ister responsible for the Human Rights Act attorney general Leslie Peterson was referred to as Les Peterson in the ads WiHiston trip Wllliston will be In Prince George Saturday and Sunday and is expected to attend the exhi exhibition � bition Whittaker will be In the city on Saturday and on Sunday begins a two day swing through McBride and Valemount Willistons campaign itinerary from Monday to election day Aug August � ust 27 Aug 18 Williams Lake Aug 19 100 Mile House Aug 20 Prince George Aug 21 Mc McBride � Bride Aug 22 Valemount Aug 23 24 and 25 Prince George Aug 26 Mackenzie and Aug 27 Prince George Whittaker will be canvassing in Prince George from Aug 20 to 26 On the mornings of Aug 20 21 and 22 he plans to meet pulp mill workers coming on shift at 730 am at the local mills WEAR THAT 100000 Mlft iDATSUN 4HLtV VfcKVIlt L 105 BRUNSWICK 553058 Indian plan is dynamite By Arthur Blakely Southam News Services OTTAWA - Indian Affairs Minister Jean Chretiens radical and monumental white paper proposals for bringing Canadas 250000 Indian inabitants into the mainstream of Canadian society have become the most danger dangerous � ous battleground on to which the federal government has ven ventured � tured in pursuit of Prime Minis Minister � ter Pierre Trudeaus quest for a Just Society By most Indians the new poli policy � cy proposals have been received in a stony silence compounded of fear suspicion resentment anger impatience apathy bit bitterness � terness and despair They are firmly based on a painfully personal familiarity with samplings from centuries of neglect abuse oppression and molestation experienced at the hands of a white society now seeking a magic formula P 1 IrVTnnu 00 PER MONTH Crash claims fourth as washboard blamed A washboard featured curve 32 miles west of Prince George on Highway 16 may be the cause of four people dying following an accident there Wednesday which at a single stroke pre preferably � ferably painless - will rid that society of the guilt accumulated since Columbus landed Only occasionally has the si silence � lence been broken by the pro protests � tests of Indian leaders Mr Chretiens fond and early assumption that his White Paper would create a stirring of hope ambition optimism ard buojancy among the moderate Indian leaders at least has not been realized If many moder moderates � ates have felt such stirrings they have not ventured to give them public expression It is now doubtful In the ex extreme � treme that the policy proposals however well intentioned they may hve been can be imposed on Canadas Indians except by brute force- a brute force which would give the Indian extrem extremists � ists an enhanced stature and a free hand to retaliate with Red Power violence Provinces say no Fortunately this possibility is remote in the extreme if only because the provincial govern- mentai without -whoseeloa col collaboration � laboration the federal proposals could not be Implemented have said plainly that they do not ac accept � cept or support them The federal government could conceivably Impose its own formula for settling Can Canadas � adas Indian problem on the In Indians � dians themselves It lacks the constitutional power however to even attempt to do so where the provinces are concerned The provinces have warned Ottawa that their collaboration must be based on the clear ac ceptance by the Indian popula population � tion of the federal plan This situation would seem to assure the Indians of the contin continuance � uance for an indefinite period of a status quo which however distasteful it may be they fear less than a hastily proposed and implemented final solution And jet During his recent and tempes tempestuous � tuous visit to Vancouver Prime Minister Trudeau indicated his governments mounting impati impatience � ence with the Indians Equality by decree Never any good faith In all probability the federal governments white paper would have encountered fear hostility and Implacable opposl tion however fair reasonable enlightened and just its propos als Acceptance of any set of sweeping and drastic reforms especially one implying a final settlement of Indian grievances could only win enthusiastic acceptance as an act of faith No basis for such faith exists or has been created In fact the Trudeau government is paying a price for the distrust and sus plclon fostered by those centu rles of abuse antagonism con tempt neglect and persecution heaped on them by white soci ety from the time of the discovery of Canada up to and including the period of benevo lent despotism by a singularly insensitive white bureaucracy A basic Indian objection to the white paper proposals Indeed is that It is another product of this white bureaucracy mat however well motivated this bu bureaucracy � reaucracy might now be that the Indians themselves should have had a real voice In the for mulatlon of the new pollcy-to-end-all-pollcies As one Indian spokesman commented bitterly The policy was prepared uni laterally There was no negotia negotiation � tion with Indian people nor was any part of the policy discussed with Indian people while the Ministers office was preparing it The criticism goes too far Mr Chretien and his advisers did consult But in the light of the magnitude and complexity of the problem its long history and the very large number of people directly involved the consultation process was pitl fully Inadequate There is a deep rooted Indian fear that the white paper pro proposals � posals represent a deep dark plot No alternate offered The Indians do not understand the federal governments casual dismissal of traditional treaty rights The prime ministers Insist ence that it is Inconceivable that one section of a society should have a treaty with anoth er section of a society must look strange In Indian eyes In a period in which Canada is gov governed � erned in part by federal-prov-Inclal conferences and agree ments It may be as Mr Trudeau says that the Indians should become Canadians as all other Canadians rather than remain a group apart Yet given the present disar ray of white society In Canada and elsewhere It is understand able that the Indians should feel that there must be some alter native As Walter Delter presldent of the National Indian Brother hood commented We fear that the end result of the proposal will be the de destruction � struction of a nation of people by legislation and cultural geno clde The lesson offered by the white paper experience Is that wide ranging far reaching In dlan reforms when they come must come In very large meas ure from the Indians themsehes even If they are to be financed In the end out of national tax revenues