Moffier infant Its time to relax with HIGH LIFE ow or br Oowmimm tl th hmt ol Inlnk Cokimbai Vol 13 No 161 24 Pages survive A 19-jear-old mother and her Infant son survivors of a car crash which killed three other members of the family are in only fair condition In Prince George Regional Hospital Leola Martin and one-year-old Randy are under continuous nursing care at the hospital Killed early Sunday In a col collision � lision at Buckhorn Road and High Highway � way 97 about 12 miles south of here were Gilbert Lloyd Edgar Martin 26 and his young daugh daughters � ters Kathy 3 and Sandy 2 Mrs Martin suffered lacera lacerations � tions and possible whiplash in jury Her condition today was listed as poor to fair The little boy has both legs broken and head injuries They were passengers in a car which collided with another driven by John Giroux 31 of Prince George He Is in hos hospital � pital with lacerations to the right knee scalp and hand and fractured ribs The Martin family is believed to have moved into the Buckhorn Road district this spring There are relatives at Nanalmo Seven dead Coroner EB MacLatchy said today he is considering holding an Inquest into the fatalities The deaths in the Martin family brought to seven the number of people killed in car accidents in the Prince George area within five days Late Wednesday an accident 32 miles west of Prince George on Highway 16 resulted in four deaths Killed were Larry Hlckey 30 of Prince George driver of a station wagon Three others in another car died They were George Ian Stuart 32 Bernice Ann Stuart 20 and their son three-month-old Paul John Lone driver Coroner MacLatchy is un uncertain � certain whether an inquest will be held Hickey was alone in a station wagon which apparently side swiped a camper truck and collided with the Stuart car The couple in the camper from New York state escaped injury Mr Hickey s funeral will be at 130 pm Wednesday from Assmans Funeral Chapel The remilns of theStuartfam ily are being shipped to Pen tlcton for burial After the service here Mr Hickeys body will be sent to Nipawin Sask for burial He is survived by his wife Carol Annej a son Shane and a daughter Connie Other rela relatives � tives are at Nipawin 70 youngsters lost in lake THONONLESBAINS France CP Twenty two persons died when an excursion boat capsized Monday in a sudden squall on Lake Geneva officials said today The assistant prefect admin administrative � istrative officer of the Haute Savoie police department said eight bodies have been recov recovered � ered and that 14 persons are thought to be missing Ten oi the missing were children Nine persons were taken to hospital The children Involved were French aged from eight and 14 and Included campers at a Roman catholic vacation cea tre Officials counted 34 survivors including five recovering In hos pltals There were eight bodies including those of four persons who died In hospitals Mrs Margaret Christie of W Montreal knew that West ern Canada was different from Quebec but she didnt expect that wo had mail boxes that moved Visiting here with her daughter Anne Mrs Christie found no mall boxes near their apartment on Saturday Sunday she peered out a window and there stood a box at 15th Ave and Johnson St Mrs Christie should have mailed all of her postcards on Sunday On Mon Monday � day the mystery mill box had vanished again The mysterious light in the sky reported by a number of Prince George residents Sun Sunday � day night turned out to be noth nothing � ing more unusual than a hot air balloon Seems someone at the Alpine Apartments stuck eight lighted candles to a balsa wood contraption topped by a plastic bag and presto it was fly flying � ing A growing number of per- sons and firms are ex experiencing � periencing up to three and four days delay in receiving their mail One man said In a spot check -It took seven days forecast -Clouds some fog emerged today as rescue work ers struggled through wreckage looking for dead Injured and missing persons and missing towns We have 100 confirmed bod les said state Senator Ned Casslbry co ordlnator of civil defence along Mississippis coastal strip shattered by 150 mlle anhour winds monster tides and fire We know where there are more bodies Casslbry added We estimate the final toll will be between ISO and 200 There were over 2000 Injured Rescue work by 1500 National Guard troops 500 civil defence men and volunteers was ham pered by the weight of the wreckage left by Camllle the most powerful hurricane ever to hit the US mainland We have enough people to do the work said Casslbry What we need is supplies Supplies were coming At Atlanta a dozen C 124 Globemasters at Dobbins Air Force Base were assigned to air airlift � lift 375000 pounds of food to Keesler Air Force Base in Bl loxl New Yorleans shipped 13 000 gallons of water in tank QUEBEC CP - The Quebec government has politely told France to stop snubbing Canada In the course of Franco Quebec relat Ions This message was sent to the French government of President Georges Pompidou by Premier Jean Jacques Bertrand In July The move came almost imme immediately � diately after the ruling Union Natlonale party elected Mr Ber Bertrand � trand as successor to the late Premier Daniel Johnson In an Interview Mr Bertrand said I dont see any advantage in to get one letter from down downtown � town to up here southof Air Airport � port Hill Another man called In to say Ive got four enve envelopes � lopes here that took five days to reach me They were all mailed in Prince George Post Postmaster � master Joe Abear said If this happens then the recipient of tardy mall should mall the en envelope � velope cover back to him at the mln office and hell look into this Unless we have the evidence we cint check any anything � thing at all he says Indians on the Necoslle Reserve at Fort St James ask hunters to bring their hides Into the Handicraft Centre on the reserve instead of leav leaving � ing them in the bush The wo women � men on the reserve will flesh and tan them for use The rain of the past week w has really brought those mushroom spores to life certainly the best crop of the summer That moans Its time to remind the kids about picking up anything that looks poisonous although there are few species around here which present such a hazard The Citizen President Nixon declared the states coastal strip a disaster area making it eligible for an Initial 1000000 in federal as slstance Camllle lashlne first at the southeastern edge of Louisiana shrieked onto the Mississippi coast Sunday night The area of maximum force around the eye Included the port city of Gulfport with 30000 residents and nearby Diioxl with 44000 Thousands of resi residents � dents of the coastal strip warned of coming tides of up to 20 feet above normal fled In Inland � land before Camille arrived Biloxi and Gulfport were under 6 pmto6 am curfew National guardsmen armed with rifles patrolled to prevent looting A curfew also was In force at Bogalusa a city of some 21500 In Louisiana Mayor Curt Siege lln said power lines were down drinking water was scarce and the city in critical condition Martial law was Imposed In Louisianas Plaquemines Parish county at sundown Monday Armed deputies turned back angry residents trying to check on their homes Quebec attacks French snubs having cool relations between Canada and France I think there should be good relations among Quebec Can Canada � ada and France He confirmed that Claude Morin deputy minister of Inter Intergovernmental � governmental afflars carried a message to the French in July Mr Bertrand described the contents of the message to the new Pompidou government as fol follows � lows I expressed my desire to have close relations with France without neglecting relations with Canada The move to normalize France - Canada- Quebec re relations � lations Is among the subtle chan changes � ges under way under the Bertrand leadership One influential insider said One of the things we want to do Is to regain control of our re relations � lations with France They have been out of hand since Gen Charles de Gaulle shouted Vive le Quebec llbre during his 1067 visit The opposition Liberals led by former premier Jean Lesage have also had the Impression Quebec was getting pushed around Even Rone Levesque leader of the separatist Parti Quebe cols once said Gen de Gaulle had gone too far Mr Bertrand a 53-year-old lawyer Insists that he considers Franco Quebec relations essen essential � tial to Quebecs future But there Is much evidence to show that Mr Bertrand does not rate International relations as highly as Mr Johnson considered them Under Mr Johnson Quebec province tried to stake out an international role for Itself among French speaking coun countries � tries PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY AUGUST 19 1969 iEaC One man was taken to hospital with minor head injuries this morning when a Fort St James Stage bus struck this car at Seventh and Dominion The accident oc- Towns missing 700 dead found GULFPORT Miss AP cars to ravaged Bay St Louis An Increasingly grim picture of just across the state line Hurricane Camllles devastation curred at 11 am according to city RCMP Damage is estimated at approximately 1000 - Robertsofr photo MISSING MAN JUST FED UP Melvin F Truden 26 married five months and missing since July 25 has returned police said Mon Monday � day He had hitchikec from heie that Satuiday and spent two weeks in Edmonton and then another week in Watson Lake a spokesman said The officer said the explanation Truden gave was that he was fed up with his job and had some other problems Truden was reported missing after he took a truck to Fort St James on a job Aid for municipalities Parley cites traffic needs Lack of a provincial govern government � ment policy to helpmunlcipalities handle their traffic problems was underlined at a conference In Prince George today The conference of aldermen civic officials and engineers are studying traffic planning during the three day meeting here Dr Setty Pendakur Prince Georges traffic consultant said some of the 18 delegates from throughout the province were also concerned that present policy de decisions � cisions depend on a ministers personal regard for a munici municipality � pality Dr Pendakur and his colleague from the School of Planning at the University of British Colum Columbia � bia Paul Roer are lecturing The course Is sponsored by the Continuing Education for En Engineers � gineers section of UBCs exten extension � sion department Even though traffic conges congestion � tion in cities is the municipal councils problem there are ways the provincial government can help said Dr Pendakur BC should follow the lead of Alberta and Saskatchewan which have a well defined policy so that municipalities know when and from where help can be ob obtained � tained Rapidly growing urban areas like Prince George Kamloops and Kelowna which do not have expert staff in their own muni municipal � cipal offices stand to benefit he added Dr Pendakur admitted the BC government has a clear pol policy � icy on highways and secondary roads but he also wanted to see it sharing equally with muni Meter Maids Mooted Here Prince George may get meter maids but it depends on whether the city holds any women with an ambition for the Job City council Monday ap approved � proved a recommendation from an In camera session of the general purposes committee that women be considered when meter department personnel are hired The department which al already � ready has three meter men Is short handed and the city plans to advertise for one more mem member � ber male or female cipalities the cost of traffic stu studies � dies and major improvements be yond the capabilities of smaller municipalities to finance DR V S PENDAKUR Husak blames Dubcek PRAGUE Reuters - Gus tav Husak Czechoslovak Com munlst party leader today blamed reformist leaders under his predecessor Alexander Dub cek for Ignoring Soviet warn lngs which led to the Russian led Invasion a year ago Time and again the party was told to make order to take the mass media in hand and make It the tool of the people he said In a bioadcast speech to 8000 industrial and labor union leaders In a park here But time and again party agreements to check progres slves were not honored he added Phone 562 2441 Premier has tears KAMLOOPS - Premier I W A C Bennett Monday night hung a full time cabinet portfolio for Phil Gaglardi his deposed minis minister � ter of highways in front of voters here Speaking in Mr Gaglardi s hometown of Kamloops the premier told 800 supporters in a 30 mInute speech that their MLA will be a full fledged member of th cabinet after the Aig 27 election if the Social Credit party Is returned to power Mr Gaglardi resigned his post during the 1968 session of the legislature amid controversy surrounding his government Lear jet and land deals along provincial hlghwajs that in volved his sons He became a minister without portfolio Phil Gaglardi Is going to win with a good majority In Kam Kamloops � loops the premier told his largest indoor rally of the cam pagn Hes going to be in this government for many jears to come Next conference A group of longhaired jouths chanted Olnk olnk olnk when Mr GalgardI was speaking and a shoving match started when some Social Crediters tried to eject them Earlier the jouths Joined a Social Credit motor motorcade � cade with a truck bearing a swastika and the word Pig spelled out in Gaglardi bumper stickers The premier who wept while Mr Gaglardi Introduced him added another platform plank with the promise of a rojal commission to investigate a sys system � tem of negative Income tax for BC Under the system a minimum income would be established and persons who earned less would be eligible for grants instead of paying Income tax British Columbia will lead the attack at the next federal provincial conference to bring this great reform to all of Canada the premier said Earlier in Kamloops riding a group of citizens destrojed a sign proclaiming Go Go Phil written in 20 foot letters of pow powdered � dered lime on the side of a mountain north of Kamloops The sign was obliterated Ken Glllis a spokesman for the group which he said contained i Social Credit supporters said many people in isamioops thought It was a disgusting spectacle Election roads Meanwhile NDP leader Ber ger told a rally in Nelson in Highways Minister Wesley Blacks riding that an NDP government would take politics out of highway building It would be based on planning and consultation with local commu nlties and on local and prov- lncewlde needs All systems are go for high way construction during election campaigns but they stop as soon the campaign is over I think people are tired of a high highway � way program designed to get votes Mr Berger said earlier In Creston that the government Is violating its own Human Rights Act After seeing large newspa newspaper � per advertisements inserted by the new BC Human Rights Commission saying It is illegal to discriminate on the basis of race religion color nationality because of age WEAK THAT 100000 Mlft j AdatsunV SALES 5OTICEPh 105 BRUNSWICK 563 0581 10c Copy 2 00 PER MONTH Bennett offers key cabinet job All candidates return to city By Bob Grovet Citizen Staff Reporter Campaign workers for both Ray Wllllston the Social Credit Incumbent in Fort George and Jack Whittaker the New Demo Democratic � cratic Party challenger con continued � tinued their canvass of the riding today with the Aug 27 provincial election only eight days away Wllllston workers began their canvass Monday and talked to 1326 voters said assistant cam campaign � paign manager Jeff Granger Canvassers for Jack Whitta Whittaker � ker were concentrating on the Central area of Prince George to today � day said his campaign manager Gordon Schnepf Schnepf said the area bordered by Second and Fifteenth Aves and by Alward and Central Streets has always been an NDP strong stronghold � hold Both campaign workers were pleased to note a decline In elec election � tion sign vandalism that last week saw some 300 Willlston posters ripped down and several NDI signs defaced Granger and Schnepf pledged a clean campaign and stated em emphatically � phatically that none of the mis mischief � chief took place with their authorization Whittaker returned to Prince George late Monday evening after spending the day knocking on doors in Valemount He can canvassed � vassed in McBrlde on Sunday arid according to Schnepf met with a good response in both centres Wllllston was In Quesnel on Monday afternoon speaking on behalf of Cariboo Social Credit candidate Alex Fraser and today he is aiding Fraser in 100 Mile House WlUiston wiU be In his home riding from Wednesday until election day Meanwhile the campaign ol Fort George Liberal contender Tex Enemark gets off to a late start tonight with the erection of Enemark signs scheduled throughout the city Enemark was nominated a day before the Aug 13 deadline and has only been in the ridingbrief ly since that time His campaign manager Allan Bate said the party will concen concentrate � trate on radio television and newspaper advertising and will not conduct a door-to-door can canvass � vass due to the shortage of time before the Aug 27 election Enemark Is scheduled to ar arrive � rive In Prince George on Thurs Thursday � day from Vancouver and be In the riding until election day He will participate in the all-candidates meetings here on Aug 25 Bennett asks un income tax KELOWNA BC CP Pre mler W A C Bennett Monday said he would ask the next British Columbia legislature to set up a royal commission to study the costs of Implementing a national negative income tax scheme This is the new basic reform we must have in Canada he said during a taping session for a campaign commercial in this Okanagan Valley city for the Aug 27 provincial election He said the negative tax so called because It would seek to guarantee everyone a basic in come by paying out money to those earning less than a set amount could not take effect In BC alone Everyone would flock to BC and we are already grow growing � ing twice as fast as the rest of Canada But it must come In Canada and BC is going to accept the responsibility for gathering the facts He said the royal commission would be made up of social scientists and would study ex existing � isting proposals for the nega negative � tive tax which would replace existing welfare programs The commissions report would form the basis to a BC government presentation to a future federal - provincial con ference Mr Bennett said The commission would prob ably be made up of three mem bers but Mr Bennett did not mention any names Meatcutters fo exfend pickets VANCOUVER CP - The Amalgamated Meatcutters Un Union � ion said Monday It will expand picketing Wednesday In a con tlnulng wage dispute with Vancouver-area supermarkets A union spokesman said Mai kins Ltd a wholesale food out outlet � let would be picketed along with stores of the Shop Easy and Food Fair Chains and two High Low food stores The meatcutters now are picketing Super Valu stores and five stores of the Lodom chain They are asking a 1 hourly wage increase In one year and a four day 36 hour week Instead of 40 hours Journeymans rate was 380 hourly Meanwhile striking oil work ers met Monday with represen representatives � tatives of Imperial Shell and Home in separate sessions to define Issues in their three month strike The oil workers seek a 1 hourly wage Increase Despite mayors objection The old fort will rock Mayor Garvin Dezell knock knocked � ed the rock but city council voted Monday for a rock and roll festival The stockade walls of the reconstructed fort in Fort George Park will now shake to the noise of the rock fes festival � tival Sunday Auj 31 The mayor mide It clear he wanted to be recorded as op opposed � posed to permitting Jim Roberts of Prince George to feature e lght bands from Van Vancouver � couver two from Prince George and one fromWilllams Lake in the 4 pm to 12 pm event I still have respect for law and order In Prince George these requests have a gruesomo history through out the country said Mayor Dezell speaking against amo amotion � tion by Aid Carrie JaneGray seconded by Aid Jack Hein rlch approving the applica application � tion Roberts who organized the Ogopogo rock festival In Kelowna Aug 8 and 9 said he had arranged for 20 security men to be on hand There will also be 18 port portable � able restrooms placed within the stockade for the conven convenience � ience of the 1000 to 1500 all local persons he esti estimated � mated will attend Roberts plans to charge 3 membership for the Sun Sunday � day function He attempted to placate fears the sound might prevent children from enjoying an afternoon nap by saying experiments had been carried out which had con convinced � vinced him there will be no problem In any case comment commented � ed Aid Gray there has been lots of entertainment presented there over the years and all the noise has gone rolling around the Mil Millar � lar Addition I have not heard anyone object City comptroller Chester Jeffery commented that coun council � cil would most likely be re required � quired to intervene If per persons � sons from outside the city attempted to spend the night in the park