HSU 1h at f i am Vol 13 No 234 COME ON OVER TO UNCLE BENS PJ k li Conoi lm J 24 Pages Are we getting a Bank of BC after all Thats what local baiber Butch Allen seems tn be saying as he examines the ign which sprouted mysteriously this week on the site at Third and Victona But bank presi president � dent Albert Hall said today his bank is still trying to Prince George district municl pallty proposed by the North Ne Nechako � chako Improvement district Harold Moffat and Aid Millard Clare thought the mills would rather be Incorporated Into the city then into the water district where they would be the base of the tax assessment t Hnreac trrafincr nn tho HP i m tiarlv hnr4tica nf fllnacc In Mondays paper have gone further wouldnt be able toattend Christ afield Lady from the Webber mas parties chance to present their platforms j pate in mass Canadian Armed at a forum in the Simon Fraser Forces winter exercises now be Inn Thursday evening organized Ing held In the Fort St John by the Jaycees The chamber of area until the end of the week commerce held a similar forum a Gloom doom and disaster last week After that the next w facing 19th Fort George date In the election calendar Is I Scout Troop whose 20 scouts will Friday Dec 5 date of an ad 1 be lopped to a meagre five If vance poll at the Civic Centre assistant scoutmasters cant be Anyone who expects to be out of found Prospective volunteers town Saturday can vote for mayor can give the good news to Jack aldermen school trustees and Kelly at 962 7463 regional district directors for this area between 8 am and 8 pm Polling on Saturday will also be from 8 am to 8 pm with trends expected to be evident 9 pm The Christmas light thief Is striking early this year - and often Mrs KlttyGaucher Foreeatt Cooler decide what size of building to provide The sign is merely part of an attempt to tidy up the site Bank announced July 15 it would not build this year as planned Pulp mills would suffer Mayoralty candidates criticize Nechako bid By Duncan dimming Clare saw the NIDs move to had petitioned Municipal Affairs Citizen Staff Rtporttr annex the mills in a proposed Minister Dan Campbell for Prince Georges candidates for boundary expansion as a bless- boundary expansion e in disguise at a time when mayor both think area pulp mills N 0I Northwood onnwooo will suffer If they join the North city proposed a similar an- lit AU11UI1 IhC kUj piaua IU uvuua- 113 Its pretty smart of these 6400 acre size by expanding NID boys said Moffat They rth south and west Expansion are not sleeping but it was also to tne nor1 would include Prince pretty smart of the city to get In George and Intercontinental pulp first mills but not Northwood Nov 4 the city withapopu- Mnday tte Jta17efdE- lation of 28 Knn rllmnvflda voar l announceu n iutu jum pew- of negotiations by announcing It tioned the Minister to increase its size from 14000 acres to 37 500 H is home to G000 personsi and the expansion would encircle 2000 more It plans to include all three mills within Its I boundaries Hydro pasture pictured ini the family and the children Tax revenue from the mills Is unofficially estimated at 150000 per annum and Is pres- ly by tne Provln were currently plalng hob with aircraft moved over Prince ncendt her newly planted front lawn George during the nightandcav c verenl All candidates In the Dec alcades of army trucks moved Wiflh petition C elections will have a second north from the city to partlcl- Tne Minister will weigh the petitions and decide whether to put the matter to a vote in this area Both mayoral candidates feel the mills rightfully belong In the city to help pay for facilities provided by city taxpayers but used by residents of the outside areas It has always been the mer merchants � chants who pay for these facll- a Couple of badminton play- jties said Moffat w ers from Sweden - Kurt i owe plan to carry a 590000 and Sture Johnson in town Sun day to show locals what the game Is about with a 730 pm exhibition at Senior Secondary With Tuesdays record high of 48 degrees only falling off slightly today theres only 1275 Parsnip Crescent was the one place around here with ski victim Tuesday of two visits by lng - Azu Village 120 miles a thief Twelve bulbs were taken north at Pine Pass Proprietor In the late afternoon while Mrs Ferdinand Stroble has been In Gaucher was at the doctors of- Prince George for the last few flee with a sick child After days preparing for an appearance missing the bulbs she replaced jon local television 1030 tonight them only to have the thief re- A half hour of films shot at turn for all the bulbs - taken Azu will give ski buffs a chance with the family sitting In the I to swoosh down the slopes in house She said the lights were I their arm chairs deficit on the swimming pool alone so that people from these outside areas will come Into town 18J My language is French Whats yours Armed men captured by police ft j PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3 1969 rrifli r fife- ia 1 r 1 fcAj irf iffliWMAi fill i Kw fc ViiV5Ay JiPfc- 2SHBBwCBBBBBHIBBKBBB39bv HB I lormea source said today Phone 562 2441 The broadcasting committee fore being decommissioned next which carried out a month long April She was scheduled to call Inquiry Into the CYC also will at Boston before returning here recommend that the govern Dec 11 ment take direct control of the It was the second traged to company and reorganize It hit Canadas Maritime Com- A move to disband the corrulmand forces In fewer than two pany and replace It with a new months body was beaten The committee had a final meeting scheduled for today to prepare a report to be placed before the Commons Friday tent to wound his brother Jlmmle -Ed Robertson photo Joseph 27 at the Indian village 3evj n Thomas Dohm said the accused will serve the sentence at the On Oct 23 off the coast of England nine crew members of the destrojer Kootenay were killed In an engine room explo explosion � sion Stabbing charge Joseph sent to local jail A 29-year-old band councillor the assault charge Monday hof the Tachle Indian village north Mr Justice Dohm said he took of Fort St James was sentenced Into consideration several fac facto � to 18 months at the local region 1 tors in sentencing Joseph to the al Jail on an assault charge i local Jail rather than the penl- Sentencing Augustine Joseph I tentlary The accused stabbed his for the charge of assault with In- brother he Is a native Indian and would suffer more than a white person from confinement he has been In custody since July 19 when he was arrested and he Is a band councillor who was con- regional jail rather than at the cerned with drinking on the re BC Penitentiary In hope he i serve will receive needed medical at- tentlon there I Augustine Joseph pleaded guil guilty � ty Monday to the charge of stab stabbing � bing his brother with a blunt wooden Instrument after object ling to a July drinking Incident on the reserve and In the pre presence � sence of a minor Josephs lawyer Richard Low told the court Joseph had not been drinking and had objected to his father brother and others at his fathers residence drinking on the reserve and in the presence of a minor Jlmmle Joseph told the couit his brother had had periodic epl- Jlmmle Joseph was stabbed In leptic seizures since he was nine the chest and would have died had years old he not received immediate medi cal attention from a doctor at nearby Tachie prosecutor Les Leslie � lie Cashman said today He was taken to Prince George regional hospital after being treated at the reserve and spent eight days In the hospital and a month under doctors super- vision Jlmmle Joseph told Mr Jus- Jlmmie said his brother would go into a state of shaking and trembling and shouting which would lead to fainting spells He said they had occurred as often as five In one night Jlmmle said Augustine had suf suffered � fered one the night before the stabbing and was concerned about another one that day although he did not appear to have been In a tice Dohm he has completely seizure when the stabbing took recovered from the stab wound place and bears no 111 feeling toward his brother now The Crown entered a stay of i proceedings Into a second charge attempted murder resulting Josephs lawyer said the main problem seemed to be an emo emotional � tional condition caused by the epileptic state What this man really needs TORT NELSON Two armed from the same circumstances more than anthlng In medical when the accused pleaded guilty to treatment Low said meii surrendered their weapons at a police roadblock at 130 am today about 80 miles north of here The capture ended a chase that I began Tuesday noon when po- I lice from the Fort Nelson RCMP I detachment spotted the car drlv- en by the two men at a Summit Lake service station The pair Gerald Maurice Cartier 32 and Ludwlg Michael Zynelka 23 were wanted by Watson Lake RCMP to answer to charges of theft of money rifles and other Items from a Watson Lake service station Sunday Police In Watson Lake call called � ed dow i to Fort Nelson 350 miles south to start a pincer movement on the Alaska High Highway � way Tuesday morning The Fort Nelson detachment found them first A police spokesman in Prince George said Our men spotted the two guys and a girl sitting In the car The girl went Into the restau restaurant � rant and our men moved In on the car One of the twu pjlled a rifle and threatened our man The two men then took off south in their car and we chas chased � ed them for six miles onto a dead end road The pair escaped Into the woods and roadblocks were Immediately setup Quebec death toll 38 By Dave Bazay NOTRE- DAME -DU-LAC Que CP In the communi community � ty centre a juke don was blaring and teenagers were bowling playing pool or Just hanging around A handful of townseople turned up for the evening mass In the big brick Roman Catholic church In this parish of 2500 people 120 miles northeast of Quebec City It was a normal Tuesday night except for all that fev feverish � erish activity across the street where they were shov shovelling � elling burned bodies out of the ashes of the old folks home The men were working fast because authorities were con concerned � cerned that the rubble might freeze and make removal of the victims more difficult Every once In a while an another � other body would be found and the spotlight - equlpiwd searchers would cry Un autre Final count was 38 dead Each victim was wrapjied in a plastic sheet and carried off to a makeshift morgue an old shed which the dead shared with a pile of scrap lumber But If the villagers were grlefstrlcken they werent expressing their sentiment in the street with tears There was a stoniness about them Nobody cried A lot of curious people came to have a look Including a horde of school children w ho crept up as close as possible to the scene until tley were chased away But there was nothing much to see A mound of black ashes with the twisted metal of beds and fire escapes was all that Gr WEAK THAT 100000 MICE MTQUN QMILEJ VHttv a vtprviut ou I 105 BRUNSWICK 53 058 m 10Cpy products for a 10000 retainer At an earlier hearing Mr Gin Ginter � ter charged that Arthur Fouks administrator of the British Col Columbia � umbia Brewers Institute was the man he was told to see to get his beer marketed in the Kootena region of the province I categorically and unequi unequivocally � vocally tell this commission that no such discussion took place with me Mr Fouks said of Mr Glnters charge He said Mr Ginter arranged In 1967 for Mr Fouks office to act on behalf of a third party in the purchase of the assets j of a bankrupt hotel and that was the only time he had any i dealings with him I The BC Brewers Institute I Construction slows down in November remained of Le Repos du Vielllard a three - storey wooden structure In the centre of the town on a splendid site overlooking LacTemlscouata Among the spectators was a maxl coated girl who lost an uncle In the blaze Her first comment when she sniffed the bittersweet air was It smells She said the fire was a trag tragedy � edy adding But what do you want us to do Many people appeared as resigned to the disaster as they are to poverty In this area of mixed farming and lumbering on the fringes of the Gaspe Peninsula One of Notre-Dame-du-Lacs leading citizens Is Charles Eugene Tardlf who made a living by operating the home for the aged since 1954 Townspeople describe Mr Tardif as an honest man who P I 7Z JJOO PER MONTH BY CARRIER Bonaventure disaster Aviation gas fumes kill four on carrier HALIFAX CP - Four crew members of the Canadian air aircraft � craft carrier Bonaventure died early today after they were ov ercome by aviation gasoline fumes aboard ship during fleet exercises off the coast The victims were Identified as LS Gary Swim Halifax LS Cordon Hayes Morrell Halifax LS Donald Raymond Patterson Halifax and OS John Elven Boulter Summerslde PEI Trusteeship for CYC OTTAWA CP - A Com mons committee will wnm mend Friday that the Company of Young Canadians be placed In trusteeship for a jear an In Vice Admiral J C OBrien commander Maritime Com mand said the men were vent venting � ing fuel tanks aboard the car r 1 e r when they were asphyxiated The Bonaventure was about 100 miles southeast of Cape Sable Island at Nova Scotias southern tip The admiral said aviation gasoline from the carriers tanks was returned to storagp at an oil refinery In Dartmouth NS last Monday morning prior to her departure for fleet exer exercises � cises with other Canadian ships off the coast The removal of fuel from these tanks Is a standard proce procedure � dure he said A board of Inquiry has been ordered The 20000 ton carrier left here Monday afternoon on her last trip as a fighting ship be NEW HIGH RECORDED BY WEATHER OFFICE Tuesdays high temperature of 48 debtees above zero broke a 24 year record hih of 45 above zero set on Dec 2 1945 If the temperature readings remain above the 40 degree mark throughout th Hnv nnH night arin ng they did overnight when the temperature langed from 40 to 43 degrees another record might be broken that of the highest minimum temperature for this time of year The weather office reports that the same low pies sure area over the Gulf of Alaska is continuing to bring mild moist air Liquor inquiry Lawyer denies Ginter charge VANCOUVER CP - A Van- represents Carllngs OKeefes couver lawyer told the provln- Molsons and Labatts breweries clal royal commission on liquor and acts as aself pollclngagencj legislation Tuesday that he did i to hold the breweries to a code not offer to help Prince George of ethics Mr Fouks said brewer Ben Ginter market his Rpli to GinUr In reply to questioning by Mr Ginter he said the institute has never tried to prevent competi competition � tion among breweries and has never discussed anjthlng with the provincial government In eluding price raises By self discipline dont joii really mean that by virtue of jour so called code of ethics the members have formed a solid monopoly for the purpose of protecting their own Interests against the public interest Mr Ginter asked Mr Touks replied Absolute Absolutely � ly not A code of ethics rigldlj enforced is in the public Inter Interest � est Members of the commission also questioned William Bruce acting chairman of the Liquor Control Board and Col Donald McGugan who retired as chair chairman � man after 18 ears In repl to a question from commissioner Ed Law son Mr Bruce said a board Inspector found acteptlng gifts from dis tllllnK or brewlnc companies There was a marked slowdown would not necessarily be fired In the Issuing of building permits i dont think its a good In Prince George inNovember as polio at all but I dont think the construction season near- i uould discharge an Inspector ed its close I for accepting gifts or a kick- But the total v alue of permits back he said But Id cer issued to Nov 30 remained ahead talnl tell him not to do it of last j ears total I again Permits worth 507051 were Issued this November compared Careful look to 5775830 worth in November Wed look upon it very care- 1968 Totals to Nov 30were7887 802 for 1969 and 7069277 for 1968 A total of 184 single family dwelling permits were issued full but as far as I know there Is no case to be considered a precedent The commission was also told that the provincial government has been freeloading on Van- In this period of 1969 compared couver and surrounding munici- with 174 in the corresponding pallties in finding solutions for period last year problems caused b alcohol Duplexes were down ovei the1 Former Vancouver police chief same period from 32 in 1968 to 16 1 Ralph Booth said the provincial but commercials were upfrom 16 government Is erv proud of to 26 i its liquor profits but has not Institutional were up from I accepted any costs to help solve nine to 17 S the problems of alcoholism always abided with govern government � ment regulations and made any changes requested by the authorities Mr Tardif was not avail available � able Tuesday Ills son Robert 18 worked with searchers saying his father was ill and heartbroken Andre Canuel a 36-jear-old Jeweler was fuming over what Rene Levesque former welfare minister said about the home Mr Canuel said Mr Leves Levesque � que now leader of the sep separatist � aratist Parti Quebecois did not know what he was talking about when he said on tele television � vision that the home was a flretrap Mr Canuel said The building was solid well constructed renovated often and well kept But It was made of wood What can you expect of wood