Hippie hate gang accused of Tate murders LOS ANGELES Reuters -A grand Jury today was expect expected � ed to issue arrest warrants for five persons following the ar rests of a man and a woman In connection with the murder of actress Sharon Tate and six other persons The Los Angeles Times said members of a hate oriented oc occult � cult band of hippies were sus suspected � pected of the seen slaylngs as well as at least four other gro grotesque � tesque murders In the Los An geles area The Times said police believe the victims were killed both to punish them for their affluent life style and to liberate them from it The paper said members of I COME ON OVER Ijyi TO UNCLE BENS f towo Co Ion 4 Vol 13 No 233 24 Pages Fishiest story of the week has to be that of Elizabeth Hewltson who bought a packet of Insect larvae to feed her gupples The larvae were more advanced than she expected They were moths and ready to fly More than 450 was raised for Canairelief at a hun hunger � ger lunch for Dlafra held here last Sunday Proceeds will aid flight of food supplies via the Canadian emergency airline into the country involved In a bitter war with Nigeria The local Dlafran aid committee express expressed � ed Its thanks to Jack Lee of the Outrigger Dill Mahood of Queensway Market Roy Yip of Royal Produce Stores and VH Malkln for their donations of food and supplies The Lions Christmas toy re repair � pair brigade needs old nylon stockings to stuff toys They can be dropped off at 1240 Second Avenue Spruce City Lions In co cooperation � operation with the Half Way House presented toys to 1200 citycrfl dren last Christmas Canadtin Press story outof Vaowrarer Friday listed Brian Rudkin as a director of the BC Automobile Association Local people have been wonder wondering � ing why Rudkin an insurance man should be fighting to keep what it terned the mystical death cult consider themselves the slaves of the leader of the group of 20th century nomads The newspaper said the police break In the case came two weeks ago when a young woman member of the hippie band told a police Informer of the mass murders recounting details which police said could be kno i only by the killers The arrests announced Mon day night followed a raid on a secluded desert hippie com commune � mune where many of the women were reported wearing only beads Miss Tate wife of movie dl rector Roman Polanski was found stabbed to death Aug 9 In Forecaif Continuing Mild north across the Nechako river to Include the above industries with the exception of Northwood Pulp June negotiation her rented home in fashionable Bel Air She was eight months pregnant Her husband was in Europe at the lime Police Chief Edward Davis told a news conference Monday that an arrest warrant was Is Issued � sued for a second woman The man and the two women were once residents of a commune known as The Tamily In Death Valley on the California Nevada border Davis said the man 24 year old Charles Watson Is in custo dy In McKlnney Tex and Pa Patricia � tricia Kernwinkel 21 Is being held In Mobile Ala pending ex tradition proceedings The other girl Linda Louise Kasabian 19 Is being sought in hippie en The NID began negotiations In trimental to the overall develop June this year and had Just pet- ment of the entire Greater Prince itioned the Minister saldtrustee George area during future Ken MacDonald years We feel It Is kind of short- Following the citys petition sighted for Prince George to try for expansion residents in the and take tax money from resl- areas affected and within the city dents on this side of the river were given until Dec 12 to voice said MacDonald objections NID secretary treasurer Ro- If there are sufficient dlssen bert Gracey former longtime ters from areas outside the city secretary treasurer of School the Minister may decide to put the of many more In the next seven months Aid Illlllard Clare took a good natured ribbing about vote hunting when he appeared at an air cadet banquet Monday night as the citys representa representative � tive The gentleman gently kidding Illlllard Why it was the cadets chairman Hugh Lanewho just happens to be an aldermanic I candidate The polltlcos how ever forgot about fishing for votes and kept their remarks brief and to the point Besides most of those In the audience were too young to vote anyway matter to a vote or rule on It as he sees fit Small brother BCAA from starting its own In- A years taxes from the pulp surance plan While Rudkin Is mills could amount to 5150000 a member of BCAA he is not a according to unofflc hi estimates director said BCAA office here We feelthat eventually we will Ray Haynes BC Federa- have to amalgamate with the tion of Labor secretary will city said MacDonald be in town for a brief visit But why should we be the Wednesday morning on his way small brother to a Canadian Union of Public NID chairman Holdner said the Employees meeting in Quesnel trustees have been meeting with With International Woodworkers the mills since August of America pulp and sulphite workers railway employees hospital employees firemen steelworkers and our own CUPE personnel are either already In negotiations for new contracts now or gearing for negotiations to take place later In 1970 Haynes visit may be a first Donald Relkey 14 Is In fairly good condition today at hospital after being struck down by a bullet at North Ne Nechako � chako flats Friday A hospital spokesman said the boy has never been on the critical list He has been in fairly good condition all along Where the bullet that struck the 14-year-old Lakewood Junior secondary student came from is still a mystery to his family and police campments In New Mexico po lice said Watson and Miss Kernwinkel were arrested during a raid on a mountain ringed desert valley Oct 10 when three separate po police � lice forces closed in on the hip hippies � pies by plane and four wheel ve vehicles � hicles known as dune buggies At the time police believed the hippies were a gang of car thieves A high degree of secre secrecy � cy was maintained because the hippies had spotters with walk ie talkie radios posted on moun tain tops to warn of intruders Twenty six hippies were ar rested in the raid Including 17 women many of them wearing only Indian style beads police said It has been inexistenceseven years and the population has tripled In that time Provincial grantt As a district municipality we would have to take careofwel- Davis said Watson Miss1 Kernwinkel and Miss Kasabian were involved In the bizarre slaying of Miss Tate who was found stabbed and her body linked by a white cord slung over a beam to that of her for former � mer fiance Hollywood hair styl stylist � ist Jay Sebrlng 35 Davis said the three also were Involved In the slaying of mil- 1 1 o n a 1 r e supermarket owner Leono LaBianca 44 and his wife Rosemary 38 In a house 12 miles away Aug 10 Both Sebring and L a B 1 a n c a had hoods over their heads when they were found The other victims in the Tate house murder were wealthy coffee heiress Abigail Tolger The Citizen PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY DECEMBER 2 1969 North Nechako Improvement District plant to expand from its preterit tprawl along the Hart Highway at thown by chairman Al Holdner rght to 37500 acret Truttee Ken MacDonald above tayt the new dittrict City v North Nechako district Improvement District unveiled a plan to expand its boundaries The districts proposal to ex explode � plode to a massive 37500 acres infringes on the city of Prince Georges plan announced weeks earlier to annex part of the same are into its boundaries Dittrict municpality The 14000 acre improvement district home to 6000 persons wants to become the district mun municipality � icipality of North Prince George said NID chairman Al Holdner The expansion would bring Into its jurisdiction 2000 more per persons � sons and thousands of acres of wooded sparsely populated land In private ownership as well as Northwood Pulp Ltd Intercon Intercontinental � tinental Pulp Co Ltd Prince George Pulp and Paper Ltd DC Chemicals Ltd and Union District 57 said trustees and oil- helpers had been busy clrculat- Nov 4 the city of Prince ing petitions to support the ap George with a population of 28- j plication 500 climaxed one year of nego- Rifling through a pile of peti tlations by announcing it had t Ions he said it had been well petitioned MunicipalAffalrsMin- supported and petition forms are Ister Dan Campbell for boundary I still coming la expansion The city plans to double its 6400 acres by expanding to the west Into Crown land for resi- The municipality of North Prince George will want pulp millt alto being wooed by the city of Prince George Dave Milne photo Pulp mills prize in tug of war By Duncan Cumming Citizen Staff Reporter A tug-of-war has developed across the Nechako River with area pulp mills a chemical plant an oil refinery and 20 million In assessments as the prize The power play for possession of the worlds greatest concen concentration � tration of pulp mills was revealed Monday when the North Nechako Petition petition addressed to Municipal Affairs Minister Dan dential purposes south into an Campbell states- we land- Industrial area to gain increased owners or residents within the assessments and broaden its tax area known as North Nechako base and for the same reason Old Summit Lake Road and Hart Highway are very concerned re regarding � garding the City of Prince Georges desire to extend its boundaries north across the Ne Nechako � chako River We feel it will be very de- The city would be taklngoverj by the provincial government our works our pumping station The change would make avall and 14 of our best commercial able to us provincial government taxpayers he said grant for improvements and It would be very detrimental maintenance and lncorpor- to us The mills are not too much Interested In coming Into any municipality but the people In the outside areas are very much in favor of it Victoria said It can be done in 24 hours claimed MacDonald atlng the mills would broaden our tax base and make borrow fare policing and many other Campbell has the last word said services All this is now done the mayor but he thought the 5evfe Speaklng of Biafra bow are your cbudren Donalds father Sam Relkey of 337 N Ogllvie Street said from Information he has gath gathered � ered it must have been a stray shot from someone target practising on the other side of the Nechako River I was down to the flat Sun Sunday � day Mr Relkey said but cant figure out how a thing like that could happen Donald was throwing rocks into the river when all of a sudden he felt a sting the father said The shot twirl ing easier The mills will be encouraged to Join with NID because of what MacDonald termed protection ed ve would promise the mills The seven elected trustees there would be no tax increase are unanimously for It The NID1 above what they are paying the duties are very limited Just provincial government now for water garbage sewers and parks the first five years heexplaln- Chancet tlim Prince George has offered the same thing said Mayor Garvin Dezell Municipal Affairs Minister Dan NIDs chances are slim because the government is committedtoa regional government concept Because of this it Is more difficult for district or village municipalities to be set up he said He said an agreement drawn up by the citys and the mills law lawyers � yers was satisfactory to both par parties � ties and was to be Incorporated In changes In Letter Patent sub submitted � mitted to Campbell If the city expands across the Nechako it would not inter interfere � fere In any way with their source of water supply they have permission for this from the provincial governments Water Branch We plan to expand to their present boundaries but not to infringe them added the mayor Recovering in hospital Stray bullet hits boy ed him around and knocked him down The boy screamed and his two companions came running Mr Relkey said and they realized he had been shot The boys helped Donald some distance over railway tracks andupaladdertoOtway Road where a motorist gave them a ride to the hospital Mr Relkey said he was out of town when the mishap oc occurred � curred and did not know about it until his wife telephoned him that night 2G Voltyck Trokowski 37 both friends of Miss Tate and Steven Parent 18 a friend of her housekeeper Pig was inscribed in blood on the Tate house door Death to pigs was written in blood on the LaBlancas refrigerator door Davis said the hippie group rode motorcycles and had a spe special � cial way of life which had reli religious � gious elements In it but ho did not say what they were First indications that the po police � lice might be heading for a breakthrough in the sensational Tate murders came last week when a detective on the investi investigation � gation appeared at the trial here of a young transient resi Phone 562 2441 Old folks1 home NOTREDAMEDULAC Que CP Four bodies were re covered today from the hot smouldering ruins of a home for the aged In which 50 to CO per sons are believed to have per lshed In an early morning fire Provincial police said only about 20 of the 75 to 80 occu pants got out before flames en gulfed the three storey frame building which burned to the ground in an hour The fire of unknown origin started shortly aftei 6 am and defied the efforts of 30 volunteer firemen In this village 120 miles northeast of Quebec City and reinforcements from three sur rounding communities 17 crippled In the home the Repos du Vielllard were 69 elderly men Including 17 who were crtpped and unable to move about with out aid and about 10 staff mem bers Most were believed to have been trapped in the dormitory largest room in the building when the flaming walls col lapsed The director of the Notre Dame-du-Lac hospital reported the admission of 18 pensioners and four staff members of the home three women and the night watchman Three of the patients were suffering from burns and would remain In hospital The others would be placed In private homes as soon as space could be found for them Jump out windows Two of the staff members told police they Just had time to leap from windows when they first noticed the flames racing through the building a former school built about 75 years ago Flames spread to three adja cent buildings lut the occu occupants � pants of these were evacuated safely Weather In this tiny communl ty of 1500 was clear and cold when the fire started Police also reported that a small Jewelry shop In the area was partially destroyed by flames Quality aim for lumber association A new lumber industry asso ciation the Northern Interior and Cariboo Dry Kiln Operators Club has been formed with a key aim quality control In lumber dry drying � ing practices An organizational meeting last Friday was attended by 23 men engaged In the Industry and in included � cluded a mill tour and talks on quality control In kiln drying The meeting was hosted by The Pas Lumber Co Ltd and Rustad Bros and Co Ltd Elected club chairman was Harold Lundeen of The Pas Lum ber Other executive members are vlce chalrmanGlenArdentof Weldwood of Canada Ltd secretary-treasurer Jim McClarty of Alexandra Forest Industries Ltd and director BUI Vanes of Mer Merrill � rill Wagner Ltd All the men are dry kiln operators The meeting heard from Marlon Salamon and Ken Urqu hart of the Federal Government forest products laboratory In Vancouver They spoke onquallty control and covered the subject both fromaresearchpotntofvlew and its practical application The meeting began with a tour of the drying planing and packag packaging � ing facilities of The Pas Lum Lumber � ber followed by a talk on proper seasoning practices by Bill Hutton dent of Spawn movie ranch who was charged with murder The defendant Robert Ken neth Beausolell 21 one of the Satans Salves motorcycle gang was charged with the first-de-gree murder of 34-year-old mu slclan Gary Hlnman The words political piggy were found scrawled on the wall near where Hlnmans badly de decomposed � composed and knife slashed body was discovered by friends In his home July 1 He had been so badly slashed across the face that one of his ears wis hanging off Beausoieil already was in cus custody � tody when the mjrders at Miss Tates home took place WEAK THAT IUUUUU MILE P TATMW fiUIIC j- r i onto x onict Phnn 105 BRUNSWICK S63 058 Death toll mounts after Quebec fire f i La S2 00 PER MONTH 10c 1Aru Copy BYCARI1IER CHARGE FOLLOWS THROAT CUTTING One man is charged with attempted murder and another McLod Lake man is in Prince George hospital recovering from a cut throat Clem Trudell was rushed to hospital early Satuiday evening after his throat was cut with a knife dining an argument in his own home Police said Allan Inyalhe a 42-year-old laborer was arrested in McLeod Lake following the incident and charged that same night before Mackenzie Judg T I Briggs with attempted murder Inyalhe was remanded in custody to Dec 6 Hospital jammed Patient record passed again By Bob Grovet referendum In the Dec 6 region- al election The deadline for ad- r Cituen c Staff ut Reporter I I vertiSing the bylaw in time for Occupancy hit a new record the election passed without the high at Prince George Regional j health ministers approval being Hospital this morning with 271 gained No word has yet beenre- patients admitted for treatment The figure was three more than the previous record occu occupancy � pancy of 268 set Monday The overcrowded hospital Is built as a 242 bed Institution Its noisy all over the place a nurse said All wards are filled to over overflowing � flowing she said and staff were hard pressed to provide pro proper � per medical care The nurse expected a high staff turn over if nothing was done to alleviate the condition No comment Neither Health Minister Ralph Loffmark or Fort George MLA Ray Wllllston could be reached to comment this morning onwhat the governments plans are for the stalled 6090000 money by law for a 135 bed addition to ceived from Loffmark as to when and If the referendum willbe per permitted � mitted this year Loffmark was in conference In Vancouver this morning and Wll Wllllston � llston was reported to be tra travelling � velling from Victoria to Van Vancouver � couver Care program out Meanwhile cancellation Dec 1 of the Northern Interior Health Units out patient surgical care program will place added strain on the hospitals bed space The program begun on a trial basis a year ago has ended due to an increasing work load car carried � ried by the NIHUS 15 staff nurses No provision has been made to add to the nursing staff to keep pace with the health units grow growing � ing population indicated Aid Prince George Regional Hospital Carrie Jane Gray chairman of and for an 18 bed pre fabricated 1 the NIHU hospital at Mackenzie Local authorities had hoped to put the bylaw to electors as a Breath test arrests made in Vancouver VANCOUER CP - Four Vancouver area motorists were charged here overnight under the new federal legislation which orders compulsory breath tests for suspected drinking drivers Two of the four were charged the drlnklng drlvlng amendments to the Criminal Code Both detachments said they are ready to use the newlawwhenthe occasion arises Consequently the hard-press ed health unit has had to drop the program In order to concentrate I on programs of higher priority such as home nursing care vac vaccination � cination clinics and pre natal classes The out patient surgical care program had permitted the hos hospital � pital to discharge minor surgery 1 patients earlier than they or ordinarily � dinarily would have been This freed beds for other more acutely-Ill patients under provisions of the act Lawrence Cadieux pleaded not applying to motorists who refuse guilty to charges of sell Ing liquor to take the breath test 1 and keeping liquor for sale un charged with Impaired drlv 1 lawfully Nov 8 ard was remand remanding � ing and refusing to comply with I ed to Jan 13 for trial a police demand for a breath test were John Bruce Ross 22 and Clarence Pearson 47 Earl Robert Norman 57 was charged with having care and control of a vehicle while he had more than a 08 per cent blood alcohol level And Gilbert Levesque was charged with lm paired driving City and district detachments of the Prince George RCMP both confirmed today there have as yet been no charges laid under Court report Lester B Caswell 22 plead ed guilty Monday to a charge of false pretences and was fined 50 or seven days Casw ell was charged w 1th w r it ting a worthless cheque for 2624 to Northwest Electronics He told the court the money had been re repaid � paid about one week ago Jean Marie Lepage 39 plead pleaded � ed guilty to charges of selling and keeping liquor for sale un unlawfully � lawfully and was fined 75 or 30 days for each charge Lepage was charged with hav having � ing lye whiskey for sale at a local motel Nov 8 and Nov 23