9s KT COME ON OVER TO UNCLE BENS Dl II k I Hn rivutv ivii u your em pry or oi23 bottle we need them Vol 13 No 214 p fc 4 o 6 tpto ed b luo Con t In d A bill empowering the federal government to set safety stan standards � dards for new motor vehicles has been welcomed by city auto j dealers I The bill given routine first reading in the House oi Commons Monday would require any manu manufacturer � facturer distributor or Importer to affix a Canada motor vehicle Government information in a mess1 24 Pages OTTAWA CP The federal government Information serv Ices are in a mess sajs the task force report on informal tion made public today by Prime Minister Trudeau More than half the 800 infor matlon personnel say they do not know what Is going on In their own government depart ments or Information division the report sajs Although total mutual deafness has not yet afflicted Ihe Canadian government and the Canadian people the gov ernment Information services have been allowed to become so archaic in their methods dis jointed In their operations and fruitless In their pursuits that their efforts have amounted to a kind of forfeiture The government had forfeited its right and Its chance to hae effective conversation with the people of the countrj The report urges that a feder al government for the first time establish an information policy and carr it out through a new apparatus complete with its own wire service to be known as Information Canada The report of the three man committee headed bj Dlbervllle Fortier now Cana dlan ambassador to Tunisia sajs a cabinet committee should set information pollc The cornerstone of this policy should be The government has an obligation to i rovide full objective and timely lnforma tlon and that the citizens have a right to such Information The reiort saj s a strengthen lng of the government lnforma tion apparatus raises the possl blllt of manipulation of public opinion Memo to BC Tel How come A w if prince George is the third largest telephone exchange in the province thus necessitating a rate hike we still dont have direct distance dialling Ken Horodyskl public rela relations � tions man hastened to point out correctly that telephones are not sold but are rented to sub subscribers � scribers For example BC Tels latest luxury item Is the Stylellne handset telephone which subscribers may acquire for an additional 1 25 a month rental fee Does anvbody realize that this luxury Item comes to 15 safety standard trademark to their products Falling to do so could result in a fine of up to 200000 for the manufacturer or dlstribu 1 tor Likewise an importer could be fined up to 200000 for bring ing Into Canada a car not meas measuring � uring up to Canadian set safety standards Steve Slater Incoming 1970 president of the Prince George Motor Dealers Association said his organization greatly favors the proposed bill Dealers receiving cars from the factory and customers buying them could both feel confide vehicles were safe said Slater We know cars are meeting proper standards Slater saU however Its onlv In Canada weve been misled into thinking som cars dont meet stan standards � dards Slater added that he and minj members of his association favor installation of an auto testing station here for used cars A testing station would protect mo motorists � torists and also be an assurance to dealers that vehicles brought in for trade are in good condition Slaters sentiments were ech echoed � oed bj dealers William Burden and Ed Derr General strike in 1970 VANCOUVER CP - The British Columbia Federation of Labor took the first tentative steps Mondaj towards a mass ive showdown between 100000 of Its members and the timber mining and construction Indus tries in contract talks next spring The federations 20 member executive proposed formation of a special committee to co ordinate all bargaining activities among major unions Involved in talks that start in March Next summer will make the 1069 labor jear look like a Sun day school picnic a senior officer of the 140 000 member federation said in an Interview at the BCFLs 14th annual con ventlon a year 150 over 10 vears assuming that there will be no other new luxury Items In the next decade and 300 over a 20 year period One could buj out outright � right a lot of telephones for those prices No disagreement over the monthly service fee but 120 for a luxury item that ou never get to own The Spruce City Lions Club is looking for a warm place to repair used toys for dlstribu tlon at Christmas Am one with space is asked to telephone Bob Healey at the Halfway House 5C3 4827 Forecast Oecaifonal Showers i9l j v2lH mpFdjm U Thant U Yhant loses cool UNITED NATIONS CP -The usuallj calm U Thant lost his cool Mondaj and angrlli de fended his actions in withdraw ins the United Nations Emergen cj lorce from the Mid lie East In 19C7 The secretarv general explod ed angrily at a correspondent who took the unusual step of in terviewlng him during a small part celebrating the eighth an nlversarv of Thant s appoint ment as top official of the IN He said he was correct in ord ering the withdrawal of the force on the Insistence of Egjp tlan President Nasser and that anjbod who thought otherwise was a nincompoop or a mall clous distortionist The withdrawal of the force which had a large Canadian contingent was subject of con troversv for a time Some crlt ics thought that Thant should not have lmmediatel complied with the Egjptlan request October sunshine record set Believe it or not October was a good month for weather espe especially � cially sunshine According to Earl Zilkle In charge of the weather office at Prince George airport the 1452 hours of sunshine in October broke all records The previous high number of sunshine hours was 1413 set In 1952 The precipitation was the low lowest � est on record for 1C years as the weathermen measured only 164 inches of rain The record low est rainfall was 107 Inches in 1952 Even the amount of wind was a record during October If a person stood by one point at the airport for 24 hours a day dur during � ing the entire month of October 3886 miles of wind would have whisked by his ears at a rate of 52 miles an hour This is the least amount of October w inds ever recorded for that month The previous low as 4202 miles at 57 miles an hour fl 1 W W PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4 1969 JBOkv Mafc jibI rryV I 4kvjz fjSfcpffpf HExV a j jLtF- MA Mollis Sr m llerkkr n A maor itep wat taken today to double the t ze of Prince George Mayor Dezell point out on of the three outlined areas into which the city may expand City car dealers welcome new bill US troop withdrawal Nixon outlines Viet timetable WASHINGTON AP Presl ter to the late Ho Chi Mlnh in dent Nixon sajs he has worked out with South Vietnam an orderly scheduled timetable for withdrawal of all U S ground combat troops from Vietnam but may have to revise It If Hanoi significantly esca lates the war I have chosen a plan for peace Nixon told a television audience Monday night I be lleve it will succeed If It does succeed what the critics say now will not matter If it does not succeed anvthing I saj then will not matter He disclosed he had under taken several secret contacts with North Vietnam to try to break the stalemate In the Paris peace talks These Included a personal let- Speech called insult WASHINGTON CP - Antl war organizers rejected Presl GeT I out tf ffflijffif rpriV U1 which he urged an earlj reso lutlon of this tragic war But Ho replied shortly before his death Sept 3 with a demand for settlement on his terms ard this Initiative like all the oth ers failed 6 Against this background Nixon after reviewing the hlsto ry of the war focused his speech on turning the conflict over to the South Vietnamese thus g r a d u a 1 1 j disengaging American ground combat forces until all can be brought home For this plan he asked sup Phone 562 2441 By Duncan Cumrmng Citizen Staff Reporter City council had its fingers crossed as it unveiled today a plan to double the citys size If the proposed boundary expansion is achieved this jear the city stands to receive fiom the provincial government hall a v ears tases from the affected areas Unofficial estimates place this at 100000 Opposition means a vote will be necessarj and the resultant delay could lose the city this bonus Monday- council- -app-oved advertising today three petitions for boundary expansion It is proposed to Incorporate into the city An area to the north encom encompassing � passing Cottonwood Island Prince George Pulp and Paper Intercontinental Pulp Union O ls refiner and Inland Chemicals plant An area to the west between the existing city boundary and the top of Cranbrook Hill and en encompassing � compassing sparsely settled land and the Weber subdivision An area to the south encom encompassing � passing the Pacific Great Evstern Railway light industrial park Major Garvin Dezell said today there would be no immediate change in the taxes paid by pri private � vate property owners in the af affected � fected areas In fact he addwl their property value will increase tre tremendously � mendously because of theirinclu slon in the city There would be half a years tax advantage if the expansion takes place before Dec 31 but this would be somewhat offset by the city having to pay tax for school purposes for that period in the new areas We are not campaigning at present explained the najor If there Is sizeable opposition and a vote Is necessary we would then try and sell the Idea City clerk Peter Pattullo said the expansion would double the size of the present 6400 acre cltj but not add appreciably to the population within its boun boundaries � daries Expansion to the west will port particular the support of give the citj Increased resides -me great smm majority oi mj i th neighborhoods he said fellow Americans The speech contained no spec spectacular � tacular new proposals and his This Is largely Crown land and the only noticeable residen tial development isthesmaUWe- Senator ber suWvislon which is already this this point win benator Albert AiDert Gore oore I i j hv rtv u An SgsrrwTb Vsl - j f tatoui ate foreign relations committee nortf KeTses ax Vse flrSSdbg S e dtJspresentassessed vafue ferred pending the the spe ch of 00 mmon coud bp As to the future NUon sald by 25 million We have adopted a plani At the moment e are the which lave we wor ed out to ccoieratlon with the South nly munclVty ac lth Vietnamese for the complete e exception of Mmloops where withdrawal of all US ground if l llp mllls are outside combat forces and their re cUy llmlts placement bj South Vietnamese When it comes into the city dent Nixons Vietnam address forces on an orderly scheduled the problems of this area can bo as a speech of war and an in timetable As South Viet I dealt with at a ccal level said suit to the intelligence of the namese forces become stronger Pattullo American people and pressed the rate of American with ahead todaj with plans for a drawal can become greater new round of protests later this Nixon did not detail either the month I dates in his timetable or the A statement from the New total of troops to be brought Mobilization Committee to Endihome Administration officials the War in Vietnam a coalition say the withdrawal rate will go of CO peace labor and religious groups said it is a pity the president remains so rigid in his refusal to listen to the American people The spepch the statement said was a speech of war not a speech of peace The New Mobilization Com mlttee reiterated its intention of staging huge new antl war pro tests and predicted a big turn out for a three day series of demonstrations in Washington starting Nov 13 At the moment he explained the area ircluded In the boundary expansion are governed by the Fraser Fort George regional dis district � trict and by various pi ovine ial goveiument departments Under the Municipal Act coun- up In 1970 and speculation Is cil may at its discretion sub that withdrawals during the mit the question of boundary year may total 175000 or more cpanslon for the assent of the If there are no upsets owner electors City hall lot sought By Duncan Cumming Citizen Staff Reporter Council refused Monday night to permit an Anti-Vietnam war protest on the steps of city hall We are not Inclined to participate In a foreign war Major Garvin Dezell told stu students � dents who sought to hold a moratorium there Council unanimously re rejectedan � jectedan application by the Prince George Moratorium Day Committee to stage a two hour demonstration on city property High school student Cam Cameron � eron McCormick said the group plans public educa educational � tional and demonstrative ac actions � tions expressing opposition to the war He said support for the Nov 15 moratorium has already been won from College of New Caledonia student coun council � cil some faculty members and many high school students The committee sought per permission � mission to conduct the teach in from city hall steps to an audience in the larking lot The demonstrators wished to precede this by a march through downtown streets Finally the committee in invited � vited council to send a speaker As far as we in Canada are concerned we are not at war with Vietnam and I am not personallj inclined to sanc sanction � tion this commentedDezell Describing herself as a Col College � lege of New Caledonia student WEAK THAT 100000 Mlft mQUN QMLEJ - al r I MlR ACPIICC 105 BRUNSWICK 563 0581 Petitions readied 10c Copy -V V i yi S2 00 PER MONTH BY CARRIER PISTOL IN BOOT DRAWS JAIL TERM Marty Mattila 29 was sentenced to two months concurrent on each of charges of carrying a restrict ed weapon without a permit and carrying a con concealed � cealed weapon Police were called when a man attempted to purchase ammunition fni an unusual pistol at a local store Mattila was anested at the bar of a local hotel with the pistol a 7 65 mm semi automatic in his cowboy boot Were third in BC Increase seen in phone rate Increased telephone expected to come into effect B C Tel released the Infor Information � mation to City Council Monday night hours after It had reported to the Canadian Transport Com Commission � mission that Prince Georee was now the third largest telephone exchange in the province The increase if approved by the CTC will man 25 cents more for monthly residential telept one rates bringing the pri private � vate line monthly rental to5 10 Two party line rentals will go up 20 cents to S4 00 a month and multi party line rentals will cost 345 20 cents more Prlvite business line rentals Whoa says Cottonwood Whoa sajs Jim Ormerod to reports the cty of Prince George wants toincorporateCot tonwood Island Ormerod the major of Cot Cottonwood � tonwood Island said any plan to expand the boundaries of the city to Include the Island must be ne negotiated � gotiated It may be that the city wants to use us as a garbage dump he said Ormerod said it was obvious1 the city wanted to extend the pre present � sent garbage dump bordering Cottonwood Island Island Cache The dump is on city land If the city regards us as a possible garbage dump theyll block up naturaldralnage courses which miy flood the island Meanwhile Ormerod said Major Garvin Dezell of Prince George replied to a telephone call he made this morning De Dezell � zell agreed to meet with the Cot Cottonwood � tonwood council when a time can be arranged said Ormerod The proposed amalgamation would have to be carefully con considered � sidered by himself and his five member council along with the Island Residents Association he said There are about 1000 people living on Cottonwood Island Sharon Boylan wlfo of English professor Charles Boylan ar argued � gued the committees case Boylan Is a former central committee member of the Canadian Communist Party He quit the partj last year following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia Canada Is Involved in the war because of Its participa participation � tion In the International Con Control � trol Commission and we feel Canadians ought to sup support � port moratoriums Mrs Boylan said We ask for city hall be because � cause It represents the centre of civic authoritj and because it has the facilities she add added � ed I cannot support it either said Aid Illlllard Clare rates in Prince George are early next yeat will Increase by 125 a month to 12 00 Frank McGee BC Tels dis trict manager In Prince George told council that B C Tel Is re required � quired by the CTC to notify it on the growth of any exchange exceeds by five per cent the upper limit of its current group grouping � ing He explained that the grouping pre -determined by the CTC is done according to the number of telephones connected Rate structures he said are set ac cording to these groupings We have shown an increase averaging more than 2000 tele telephones � phones a year In the number of phons connected during the last four jears he told council He said Prince Georges mare than 21135 telephones 3000 more than the Kamloops area ranks Prince George third lar largest � gest In DC next to the Lower Mainland and the Greater Vic Victoria � toria areas Prince George had fallen into Group 6 covering exchanges with 10001 to 20000 telephones since 1966 Since then its rapid growth has pushed the exchange into a higher group 7 covering ex changes with 20001 to 50000 phones said McGee PG airport traffic down Traffic this year at Prince George airport Is down by 13 237 planes over the correspond corresponding � ing period last jear The air traffic control office reported Tuesday that a total of 30632 movements were record recorded � ed at the airport from Jan 1 to Oct 31 compared to 49869 for the first 10 months of 19C8 October traffic was consid considerably � erably lower this jear mainly dut to 14 dajs of fog that pre prevented � vented even birds from taking off The tower personnel re recorded � corded 2774 movements last month compared to 3 751 for October last year Last October there were only six dajs of fog We would be condemning a nation for its activities in another countrj I do not feel puMIc dem demonstrations � onstrations of this sort achieve an j thing said Aid Carrie Jane Gray This is Canada and I can cannot � not suiport public demonstra demonstrations � tions against the United States she said Some of us maj feel there ought to be some active com comment � ment on the war but as repre representatives � sentatives of the city we can cannot � not sanction It said Aid John Helnrlch Ills motion to refuse the request for endorsation of the moratorium and use of city property w as suppoi ted unani unanimously � mously Aid Lome McCulsh was not present