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COMMONWEALTH
C
ity
pol
Ice
have
cha
rged
only
one
person
under
the
new
compulsory
Insurance
law
The
charge
was
laid
Jan
3
The
law
came
Into
effect
the
first
of
the
month
Quite
a
number
have
been
checked
and
do
have
Insur
Insurance
�
ance
but
no
pink
slips
an
of
officer
�
ficer
said
So
have
your
pink
slip
handy
and
make
sure
It
Is
still
valid
Weve
all
heard
olfeminists
A
w
but
men
is
there
such
an
animal
as
a
mascullnist
No
disruption
In
pulp
produc
production
�
tion
resulted
from
the
fire
that
broke
ut
early
Monday
in
the
hogfuel
reclaim
area
at
Inter
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provincial
statute
ex
plained
Moffatt
assessed
taxa
ble
value
shall
be
50
per
cent
of
a
propertys
actual
value
Even
with
the
17
per
cent
Jump
he
said
assessments
do
not
approach
the
50
per
cent
ceiling
Kennedy
silent
on
testimony
EDGARTOWN
Mass
AP
-Senator
Edward
M
Kenned
apparently
has
achieved
what
he
wanted
at
the
closed
inquest
Into
the
death
of
Man
Joe
Ho
pechne
a
chance
to
get
all
of
his
storj
into
a
public
record
This
was
apparent
from
Ken
Kennedys
�
nedys
own
account
of
his
testi
testimony
�
mony
Monday
on
the
opening
da
of
the
Inquest
and
from
ground
rules
laid
down
b
Judge
James
Doyle
Leaving
the
Dukes
Count
courthouse
after
about
two
hours
of
testimon
Kenned
ap
appeared
�
peared
as
relaxed
and
affable
as
the
solemnit
of
the
Inquiry
permitted
He
told
reporters
not
onh
did
he
respond
to
all
of
the
questions
asked
him
but
did
so
in
the
most
complete
way
pos
possible
�
sible
At
the
end
Kenned
said
there
were
a
couple
of
points
I
thought
it
would
be
useful
to
add
to
help
with
the
record
He
did
not
elaborate
Judge
Boyle
had
forbidden
witnesses
to
discuss
testimony
outside
the
court
Kennedy
when
asked
whether
his
testimony
had
parallelled
the
televised
version
he
offered
one
week
after
the
July
18
acci
accident
�
dent
on
nearby
Chappaqulddick
Island
said
Id
rather
not
characterize
the
testimony
but
I
would
say
jes
substantlallj
The
manner
of
the
37-ear-old
senator
who
emerged
from
the
the
same
double
white
doors
last
Jul
with
a
two
month
sus
suspended
�
pended
jail
sentence
for
leaving
the
accident
scene
and
with
his
political
future
thrown
in
doubt
Kenned
was
reported
to
be
satisfied
b
the
three
page
rules
of
procedure
announced
at
the
outset
b
Judge
Boyle
and
made
available
to
the
press
by
the
judge
lest
It
publish
that
which
Is
conjectural
or
dis
distorted
�
torted
Campbell
called
junior
Bennett
VANCOUVER
CP
John
de
Wolf
British
Columbia
Conser
vatlve
leader
Monday
predicted
that
Premier
W
A
C
Dennett
will
step
down
In
the
spring
of
1971
and
possibly
be
replaced
by
Municipal
Affairs
Minister
Dan
Campbell
whom
he
referred
to
as
a
Junior
Dennett
continental
Pulp
Mill
The
fire
i
of
undetermined
origin
caused
about
50000
damage
mainly
to
an
A
frame
structure
Wood-
room
and
hog
fuel
burning
fa
facilities
�
cilities
will
be
down
about
two
days
while
repairs
are
made
a
The
first
20
1970
BC
local
i
motor
vehicle
license
plates
went
on
sale
Monday
at
the
motor
vehicle
branch
In
the
government
t
building
They
were
lned
up
even
before
we
got
the
doors
open
reported
Stan
Wilson
In
charge
of
the
local
branch
He
has
19980
more
to
sell
to
the
northern
BC
motoring
public
before
the
Feb
28
deadline
i
provincial
government
in
196C
and
19G7
Taxable
value
of
both
land
and
improvements
are
up
about
3
million
over
19G9
Moffatt
said
Land
assessments
for
both
general
purposes
Is
about
62
850000
and
for
school
purposes
70723000
Any
assessment
appeals
must
be
filed
with
the
assessor
by
Jan
19
Bingo
licence
needed
VICTORIA
CP
-
Attorney
General
Leslie
Peterson
Mon
da
urged
all
clubs
and
service
organizations
h
o
1
d
l
ng
bingo
games
and
lotteries
to
apply
to
his
department
for
licences
un
under
�
der
new
federal
regulations
which
turn
over
to
the
provinces
the
right
to
license
any
gam
bling
operations
Mr
Peterson
said
In
an
inter
view
his
department
has
al
ready
received
two
applications
for
licences
from
such
groups
He
added
no
applications
were
old
courthouse
Monda
was
in
anticipated
for
other
forms
of
vivid
contrast
to
the
Dale
hair
gambling
operations
such
as
gard
figure
who
came
through
cafos
His
department
now
Is
stud
ing
possible
licensing
proced
procedures
�
ures
and
costs
for
the
more
routine
lotteries
and
bingo
oper
operations
�
ations
He
said
such
operations
now
in
business
should
anticipate
no
problems
so
long
as
the
scope
of
their
operation
Is
not
larger
than
it
was
during
19C9
Commenting
on
reports
that
Alberta
plans
to
bring
in
ex
experts
�
perts
to
advise
provincial
auth
authorities
�
orities
on
the
ramifications
of
casino
operations
Mr
Peterson
said
he
hopes
an
one
planning
such
a
business
would
go
to
Alberta
and
not
come
to
DC
The
attorney
general
said
talks
are
under
way
between
the
three
western
provinces
in
an
attempt
to
reach
some
uni
uniformity
�
formity
In
gambling
regula
tions
He
said
the
matter
has
also
been
discussed
with
representa
representatives
�
tives
of
the
Ontario
attorney
generals
department
evfet
Tills
It
his
answering
4
unlet
Man
faffed
for
LSD
trafficking
Harvey
E
Willson
pleaded
guilty
today
and
was
sentenced
to
18
months
at
the
local
pro
vincial
jail
for
a
charge
of
pos
session
of
LSD
for
the
purpoe
of
trafficking
Wilson
23
had
been
charged
jointly
with
Peter
G
Salisbury
25
under
the
food
and
drug
act
after
police
arrested
Willson
In
possession
of
12
tablets
of
the
drug
at
a
local
motel
Dec
8
A
stay
of
proceedings
was
en
entered
�
tered
Into
the
charge
against
Sal
isbury
today
Doth
men
had
been
in
custody
since
early
December
I
rrf
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Citizen
Forecast
mainly
tunny
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New
ice
at
the
Prince
George
Coliseum
is
put
to
good
use
as
senior
skater
Donna
Cropp
17
displays
her
skill
The
Coliseum
re
opened
7000
sent
out
this
week
Tax
notices
reflect
jump
in
land
value
A
general
Increase
of
about
17
per
cent
In
the
taxable
value
of
land
Is
leflected
In
assessment
notices
being
received
by
close
to
7000
Prince
George
prop
property
�
erty
owners
this
w
eek
There
are
no
great
variations
In
the
taxable
value
of
Improve
Improvements
�
ments
said
city
assessor
Ralph
Moffat
today
Moffatt
said
the
17
per
cent
Increase
represents
an
attempt
I
The
lag
results
partly
from
a
by
the
city
to
catch
up
with
five
per
cent
limit
on
assess
increaslng
actual
market
value
I
ment
increases
Imposed
by
the
of
property
Saturday
after
being
shut
down
in
February
for
re
roofing
Business
is
already
picking
up
from
local
figure
skaters
and
hockey
players
GOLD
AND
SILVER
IN
MOON
ROCKS
HOUSTON
Tex
AP
-Traces
of
gold
and
sdver
and
a
tiny
ruby
all
so
small
that
only
in
instruments
�
struments
could
detect
them
have
been
found
in
moon
rock
a
scientist
said
here
Monday
Dr
Edward
Anders
nf
the
University
ofChicago
said
in
a
report
on
his
studies
of
lunar
samples
from
Apollo
11
that
he
found
mirfute
traces
of
the
pre
precious
�
cious
metals
However
Anders
said
he
believes
98
per
cent
of
all
gold
on
the
moon
comes
from
meteorites
Bodies
recovered
from
boat
mishap
CAMPBELL
RIVER
B
C
CP
-
The
bodies
of
seven
persons
who
died
In
a
weekend
boating
mishap
were
recovered
near
here
Mondaj
and
RCMP
said
there
was
no
hope
for
an
elght
year
old
girl
still
missing
Police
said
the
cause
of
the
accident
would
remain
a
ms
tery
until
the
22
foot
cabin
cruis
cruiser
�
er
Is
found
They
said
It
con
contained
�
tained
adequate
flotation
and
should
not
sink
even
If
holed
The
bodies
showed
no
signs
of
an
explosion
or
a
fire
Just
after
noon
Monday
the
bodies
of
Harry
Dirks
43
his
daughter
Linda
9
and
Jimmy
Falk
14
were
found
by
a
search
party
Tied
together
All
three
were
wearing
life-
jackets
and
were
tied
together
RCMP
said
It
appeared
they
died
from
drowning
or
exco-
sure
The
bodies
of
four
other
Dirks
children
were
located
by
a
search
and
rescue
helicopter
crew
in
Duncan
Bay
about
three
miles
north
of
here
about
five
hours
later
Davie
18
Arthur
17
Tim
15
and
Grace
11
were
also
wearing
llfejackets
and
their
bodies
were
roped
together
Still
missing
was
Heidi
Meer
8
All
the
dead
were
members
of
a
Mennonlte
community
at
Black
Creek
20
miles
south
of
this
Vancouver
Island
centre
Was
good
boater
Mr
Dirks
a
building
contrac
contractor
�
tor
had
bought
the
new
boat
Dec
12
but
he
had
owned
a
speedboat
for
several
ears
and
friends
said
he
was
an
experi
experienced
�
enced
boater
Mr
Dirks
took
an
axe
flash
flashlight
�
light
flares
matches
paper
and
some
kindling
with
him
in
case
he
ran
Into
trouble-
Mrs
Dirks
told
a
friend
He
also
took
sleeping
bags
and
a
picnic
lunch
They
had
planned
to
be
home
by
5
p
m
Saturday
Jimmy
Falks
father
Herman
J
Falk
Is
a
librarian
teacher
at
ane
lementary
school
near
Black
Creek
The
Falks
have
two
younger
sons
and
three
daughters
Heidi
Mejer
is
the
daughter
of
Peter
Meyer
a
logger
and
is
a
niece
of
Mr
Dirks
She
has
an
older
brother
The
Dirks
also
have
a
son
John
6
who
did
not
go
on
the
t
boating
tripi
duiii
iiii
ii
pieaueu
nut
guuiy
i
all
to
the
charges
early
in
Decern-
11
ff
II
IFV
TOlCi
ber
and
ball
had
been
set
at
2-
Mvr
J
uuu
casn
or
sureties
by
City
Court
Judge
George
Steart
Willson
changed
his
plea
today
He
said
he
had
talked
to
city
RCMP
Const
RE
MacKay
and
had
been
advised
that
tto
act
of
giving
was
the
same
as
traf
trafficking
�
ficking
Prosecutor
Allan
Hope
told
the
court
a
local
motel
was
put
under
police
surveillance
after
another
person
was
arrested
In
possession
of
five
tablets
of
LSD
In
a
statement
to
the
police
Hope
said
the
unidentified
per
person
�
son
stated
he
obtained
the
re
restricted
�
stricted
drug
from
Willson
Willson
told
the
court
It
was
m
LSD
for
my
own
consump
consumption
�
tion
This
other
party
phoned
me
and
asked
me
It
he
could
have
soma
I
gave
It
to
him
There
Iwas
no
money
transacted
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Ted
Boaudoln
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
A
22-year-old
prison
escapee
was
sentenced
to
eight
years
In
Jail
today
Arnold
Ladouceur
pleaded
guilty
to
seven
charges
involving
two
Jail
break
outs
armed
rob
robbery
�
bery
assaulting
a
peace
officer
and
pointing
a
loaded
firearm
at
a
policeman
Ladouceur
escaped
from
Jail
the
first
time
on
Sept
28
with
prisoners
Gregory
Ashley18
and
Gerald
Hebert
24
and
a
pri
prison
�
son
guard
Ron
Wylle
A
few
weeks
after
their
cap
capture
�
ture
and
a
court
appearance
to
answer
to
charges
of
escaping
armed
robbery
and
pointing
a
gun
at
a
policeman
Ladouceur
and
Hebert
overpowered
prison
records
officer
Sheldon
Wessell
and
broke
out
of
Jail
again
Second
appearance
Ladouceur
and
Hebert
were
re
recaptured
�
captured
in
Swan
Hills
Alberta
six
weeks
later
and
this
morning
faced
district
court
judge
Har
Harold
�
old
Kenney
a
second
time
In
the
meantime
Gregory
Ash
Ashley
�
ley
and
guard
Ron
Wiley
both
were
tried
Ashley
is
now
ser
serving
�
ving
a
four
year
jail
term
for
his
Involvement
in
the
first
breakout
Wylie
who
after
a
preliminary
hearing
pleaded
guilty
to
helping
the
men
escape
had
been
re
remanded
�
manded
to
today
for
sentencing
but
was
remanded
to
January
14
lor
sentence
A
few
minutes
after
Wylie
was
taken
away
Ladouceur
and
He
bert
both
wearing
leg
irons
and
shackled
to
each
other
by
hand
handcuffs
cuffs
were
brought
Into
court
Both
Ladouceur
and
Hebert
pleaded
guilty
to
assaultingWes
sell
on
Oct
24
and
subsequently
escaping
from
Jail
the
second
time
Each
was
sentenced
to
one
year
in
Prince
George
Jail
on
the
assault
charge
and
six
months
consecutive
on
the
escaping
cus
tcday
charge
Both
charges
were
made
consecutive
to
any
other
sentences
arising
from
the
In
Incidents
�
cidents
Guilty
pleas
Ladouceur
pleaded
guilty
to
the
Sept
28
Jail
escape
three
charges
of
armed
robbery
Including
the
holdup
of
an
el
elderly
�
derly
couple
in
Hixon
and
point
pointing
�
ing
a
firearm
at
Constable
B
W
Beeson
He
was
sentenced
to
six
months
In
Prince
George
jail
on
the
escape
charge
one
year
consec
consecutive
�
utive
on
the
charge
of
pointing
a
firearm
and
five
years
in
a
BC
penitentiary
for
the
first
armed
robbery
charge
all
con
consecutive
�
secutive
sentences
Judge
Kenney
Imposed
two
con
concurrent
�
current
five
year
sentences
on
Ladouceur
for
the
two
other
arm
armed
�
ed
robbery
charges
Hebert
elected
to
be
tried
by
judge
and
jury
on
a
joint
charge
of
escaping
custody
with
Greg
Gregory
�
ory
Ashley
and
the
three
armed
robbery
charges
He
was
remanded
to
Feb
5
for
a
preliminary
hearing
Hijacker
upended
JACKSONVILLE
Fla
AP
A
man
attempting
to
hijack
a
Delta
Airlines
DC9
was
over
powered
today
when
the
pilot
reversed
his
engines
while
land
Ing
at
Jacksonville
throwing
the
man
off
balance
airlines
spokesmen
said
The
stewardess
was
injured
slightly
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hp
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jailed
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The
chain
of
office
looked
heavy
as
outgoing
Mayor
Garvin
Dezell
prepared
to
hand
over
loMoyor
Harold
Moffat
at
swearing
in
ceremonies
Monday
See
also
page
3
Milne
photo
Mayor
sworn
in
Moffat
down
to
business
By
Bob
Groves
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
The
transition
from
Garvin
De
Dezell
�
zell
to
Harold
Moffat
was
swift
and
sure
at
Mondays
1970statu
tory
meeting
of
Prince
George
city
council
Moffat
donned
the
mayors
Chain
of
Office
with
little
cere
ceremony
�
mony
and
then
clearly
addressed
himself
to
an
interesting
year
ahead
A
brisk
and
business
like
ap
approach
�
proach
to
their
work
will
be
expected
of
councillors
Mayor
Moffat
said
Special
committees
I
would
ask
that
all
members
of
cojncilsubmltwrttten
concise
reports
on
those
committees
out
outside
�
side
of
council
for
our
homework
book
I
too
as
mayor
will
keep
you
Informed
of
the
day-to-day
activities
of
my
office
From
time
to
time
I
will
ask
you
to
head
special
committees
of
Interested
citizens
to
study
such
matters
as
pollution
youth
environment
welfare
and
any
other
matters
where
I
feel
we
need
guidance
Turning
to
the
role
of
coun
council
�
cil
mombers
he
said
I
feel
that
we
are
firstly
makers
of
policy
for
the
guidance
of
our
ad
administrative
�
ministrative
officers
As
we
must
have
all
the
facts
equally
and
without
prejudice
I
would
suggest
that
it
will
do
no
one
any
good
to
solicit
or
cajole
any
one
of
us
Sit
as
court
I
would
further
suggest
that
problems
of
lnivlduals
or
com
companies
�
panies
should
not
become
prob
problems
�
lems
of
council
until
they
have
proceeded
through
the
lespon-
slble
administrative
depart
departments
�
ments
Any
submissions
should
be
In
letter
form
added
Moffat
We
should
sit
as
a
court
hearing
all
evidence
and
decid
deciding
�
ing
whether
we
uphold
or
re
redesign
�
design
our
policy
Moffat
said
he
feels
council
councillors
�
lors
can
spend
too
much
time
making
ceremonial
public
ap
appearances
�
pearances
Members
sacrifice
enough
time
for
city
business
without
having
to
make
appearances
out
of
protocol
out
of
custom
or
for
the
sake
of
dignity
Council
memberswillbeavatl
able
whenever
we
have
a
ma
material
�
terial
function
to
perform
said
Moffat
Definition
of
this
func
function
�
tion
will
be
discussed
during
coming
council
meetings
Federal
government
tight
money
anti
inflationary
poli
policies
�
cies
are
a
major
challenge
facing
the
city
said
Moffat
He
called
for
prudence
and
utmost
restraint
in
this
formative
stage
The
years
ahead
will
be
ex
exciting
�
citing
and
challenging
with
our
city
taking
its
place
as
the
ser
service
�
vice
centre
of
this
vast
area
surrounding
us
It
should
not
K
long
before
we
reach
oar
destiny
of
being
the
second
city
of
British
Colim
bla
Mayor
Moffat
and
Aldermen
Elroy
Garden
Lome
McCulsh
and
All
Nunweller
began
two
year
terms
after
swearing
the
oath
of
office
and
oath
of
al
allegiance
�
legiance
to
the
Queen
at
the
ceremony
conducted
by
provin
provincial
�
cial
government
agent
Stan
Car
ling
The
invocation
was
given
by
Rev
Ben
Talor
Liquor
really
is
quicker
VICTORIA
CP
-Amoder
ate
drinker
can
get
drunk
fast
faster
�
er
by
drinking
whisky
than
by
drinking
beer
the
BC
liquor
Inquiry
commission
was
told
today
Dr
Leon
A
Greenberg
di
director
�
rector
of
Rutgers
University
centre
for
studies
In
alcohol
said
the
absorption
rate
for
distilled
spirits
is
faster
than
that
of
beer
He
was
testifying
during
cross
-
examination
of
the
Drewers
Association
of
Can
Canada
�
ada
by
the
Canadian
Asso
Association
�
ciation
of
Distillers
The
whole
phenomenon
of
drinking
cant
be
taken
separ
separately
�
ately
from
how
people
drink
and
why
people
drink
Dr
Greenberg
said
He
said
moderate
drinkers
consumed
alcohol
for
a
num
number
�
ber
of
reasons
tension
low
lowering
�
ering
euphoria
anxiety
re
relief
�
lief
When
this
person
has
a
drink
he
Isnt
drinking
a
cer
certain
�
tain
prescribed
amount
ot
al
alcoholhes
�
coholhes
drinking
to
get
a
certain
effect
and
thats
re
related
�
lated
to
blood
alcohol
con
content
�
tent
he
said
Dr
Greenberg
said
figures
on
absorption
rates
are
based
on
research
with
subjects
who
had
no
food
In
their
stomachs
As
soon
as
you
introduce
food
all
your
figures
on
ab
absorption
�
sorption
rates
go
down
the
drain
He
said
since
alcohol
in
beer
Is
absorbed
into
the
blood
stream
more
slowly
than
alco
alcohol
�
hol
in
spirits
the
body
has
more
time
toblologicallyburn
up
the
alcohol
which
it
does
at
a
rite
of
three
quarters
of
an
ounce
anlioui
Sit
down
and
drink
whisky
at
a
rate
of
three
quarters
of
an
ounce
per
hour
and
you
can
drink
around
the
clock
you
can
drink
ad
nauseum
and
at
no
time
will
you
have
any
anything
�
thing
but
a
slight
trace
of
alcohol
In
the
blood
he
said
The
three
-
man
liquor
In
Inquiry
�
quiry
commission
will
meet
In
Victoria
until
Wednesday
to
hear
summations
from
seven
organizations
which
submitted
briefs
earlier
Including
Tar
Tartan
�
tan
Brewery
president
Den
Ginter
of
Prince
Gteorge