itbbi inf COMMONWEALTH K AT M OlO HtAU BMDGt thontHj QI97 Opm 7 Doyt WUy Vol 14 No 33 Woods offer mace VANCOUVER fCP Pronfu sals designed to end what It termed continuous and costly Illegal work stoppages In the forest Industry were announced today by Forest Industrial Re latlons Ltd FIR which bargains for 120 BC Coast forest companies announced the proposals after opening negotiations for a new master agreement with the International Woodworkers of America Monday Since we signed the last master agreement with the IWA In 19C8 the union has staged more than 70 wildcats or Illegal work stoppages In the Coast district said John Billings FIR president These illegal stoppages have cost millions of dollars in lost wages and nroductlon and have threatened out ability to meet out market obligations There was no immediate re ply from the IWA which Is seek lng a 1 hourly Increase In the next two year pact No stoppages Industry amendments to the current contract provides that there shall be no strikes work stoppages or activities which In terfere with maintenance of normal production or service by the union and its members dur lng the life of the new agree ment The union and its members are not to counsel such activity and if Illegal stoppages occur the union is to Instruct mem members � bers Involved to cease such activity the amendment said Further FIR amendments provide Loss of a statutory holiday for any employee who partlcl pates In an illegal walkout with in 30 days of such holiday Loss of call time for em ployees who show up to work but cant because of an illegal strike Seniority losses Loss of seniority at the rate of one year for each day an employee participates in Illegal activity Postponement of the appli cation of seniority privileges during an illegal work stoppage FIR also proposed that new operations certified to the IWA during the new contract will come under the terms of that agreement making It apply to all new operations starting up and eliminating new series of negotiations The industry also proposed a job evaluation program for the Coast sawmill industry and a one ear limitation on the retro retroactive � active feature of any award made by the permanent arbitra arbitrator � tor under the agreement Arsenic bid revealed CLEVELAND CP - Paul E Gill and his wife Annette alread under grand jurj indict ment of conspiring to murder United Mines Workers official Joseph ablonski once planned to kill him with arsenic FBI af affidavits � fidavits released Monda said The affidavits alleged the two planned to get close to ablon ski at a union rail and Inject him with the poison Yablonskl his wife and daughter were shot to death New ears Ee In their Washington Pa home The affidavits said the couple gave up the arsenic plan after discovering the poison could onl be obtained with a pre scrlption Cillj 3C and his wife 29 al allegedly � legedly controlled a special murder fund and travelled to Pennajlvania and Tennessee while plotting ablonskls mur der Two of four persons accused in the ablonski slalngs have been transferred to other jails because attempts might be made to free them federal offi cials said a U youre beautiful and car w exhaust fumes dont bother you you could be Miss PGARA 1970 PG Auto Racing Associa Association � tion is currently casting about for pretty girls to be Queen candidates Age range is 16 20 and Gloria Yorston is the lady to call for details at 563 2078 One local citizen partedwith 757 to buy himself a wash washer � er and dryer combination After that kind of money he became disconcerted when the washer went on the fritz He went back to his friendly salesman and got the friendly run around What r 1 6 Pages forecas t Chudy mow fhrrltt A 17-year-old city juvenile charged with the Feb 10 armed robbery of a local grocery store was raised to adult court and sen sentenced � tenced to two years at Oakalla District Provincial Court Judge J Ilarold Kenney sentenc sentenced � ed Patrick Daniel Nell of Prince George to two years less a day Fire victims names held The names of two persons who died In a fire that gutted their one room frame cabin late Sun Sunday � day have not yet been released Staff Sergeant Cordon Graham of the District RCMP said today their names would not be re released � leased yet pending notification of re tot Ives lie said the woman had been Identified but not the man makes the Item Interesting Is that the only two registered deal dealers � ers in town are Northern and Eatons who didnt sell the washer The citizen has now called the manufacturers who will be asking very determined questions as to why their product Is being sold without authoriza authorization � tion and without service Prince George doctors were well and truly Jlnxed Friday 13 Dr Walter Chen sprained his ankle- playing handball and Dr Vernon Fraser parted with The Citizen definite and two years less a day Indefinite at a city court session last week Nell pleaded guilty The 17 j ear old was raised from juvenile to adult court by order of the Attorney Generals department Neil was charged with holding up the Corner Confectionery at Ninth and Winnipeg with a 22 calibre sawed off rifle The youth wearing a nylon stocking over his face and a plaid overcoat made off with between 150 and 180 the store proprietor said j Police arrested Nell in the vi vicinity � cinity minutes after the hold up No one was Injured In the mls- hap I 3v inn ft i nK-t-M three front teeth In a hockey I irit It game kay v Whos first PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17 1970 jLS sS kWlxr BH BssWsfssssmtmLssWssLLmtsm rJmb4S j jmMULw - kssssksm hsssmmsYJsssssssmMksssssXssw v l 3t mtnXrximSviSuuuuwmf sS HHH SSStSMtSmSSSSSSSlkSSSSSSSkkSm ffiHHHkrfH Hl jtTTnMSSSrGswSSSSSSr WSSBBkSSSSmSSSSSSmSmSmSSkSmSmm MSSSSSSmSSmi wjj YimJ v SSSSSmSSSSSSSmkSt r Skkkka Ukkkkkkkkw USMWBMSMSMSMSMSMSMSWisBfmSSMSMSMSMMM imMSMSMSMSmSMki iijh r lull SmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmM WfMMMMMMW MMMMUMUMUf bI3v1HkIV iKsABh i irflHP Wkkkkkw IHL 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reaching here from three hospitals to which the dead and injured were taken said that at least 80 bodies have so far been recovered from the shattered debris Youth sentenced for robbery bid from Fraser Lake go to Vanderhoof to Cluculz Lake and return to Prince George on March 1 Last year the group raised 450 for the cause which aids all handicapped children in Canada SPCA requests pound access The local branch of the So Society � ciety for the Prevention of Cru Cruelty � elty to Animals has asked for right of access to the city pound The SPCA request was includ included � ed in a letter that city council recehed Monday night The let letter � ter was read for Information but no action on it was taken The SPCA made Its request in response to several distur disturbing � bing reports regarding Irregu Irregularities � larities In the operation of the municipal pound Pound employees hae been the object of recent complaints over alleged misuse of a tran- Four fires reported on weekend Fire outbreaks In the Prince George area kept firemen busy all weekend A total of four fires broke out one taking the lives of two Miller Road residents In the Nechako Improvement District The others although not ser serious � ious kept local fireman out xace bunaay ana nionaay Bob Goudreau assistant fire chief for the Village of South Fort Gorge said today 12 fire firemen � men attended a fire at 1227 Houston Lane with one pumper Goudreau said the Initial fire was brought under control with within � in minutes but the sawdust In Insulation � sulation smoldered for about 10 minutes He said the fire was contained to the outside walls but esti estimated � mated the damage totalled about 4500 An occupant of the house Ernie Muma awoke after being asleep for about one hour and detected the fire He then fled the house through a window and ran to an adjacent house to phone the fire depart department � ment at 255 am Monday Two smaller fires broke out on Monday in Prince George Ed Parent assistant fire chief saia one at Z388 MCDrlde Cres was confined to the attic Cause is stm unxnown A fourth fire reported at 747 pm burned a woodshed at the back of the property at 7 30 Third Ave There were no injuries qulllzer dart gun used to catch stray dogs Three dogs were re reported � ported to hae died after being shot with the gun The SPCA wants to make the unannounced visits outside nor mal open hours to inspect pound facilities for cleanliness animal care and health of animals Im Impounded � pounded With the Information gained we could make specific reconv mendatlons to council for lm provement of the facilities con eludes the SPCA letter The SPCA says It has two alms In asking for right of access -1 to reduce the number of com plaints which the city adminis tration must handle and 2 to Im Improve � prove public relations with pound staff Only five members of the local SPCA would be authorized to make the visits says the letter They would be Mark Porter Mrs Joan Pomeroy Miss Val Valerie � erie Pomeroy Mrs Susan Cald Caldwell � well and Conrad Brownlee Phont 562 2441 Other tools OTTAWA CP - The feder al provlnclal premiers confer conference � ence agreed today o shelve for the time being at least the idea of putting controls on consumer credit as a further step In fight fighting � ing inflation We think there may be other tools more effective and we wont have to resort to this said Prime Minister Trudeau as he left the closed door meeting for lunch We are keeping it In reserve something we may have to come back to Premier John Robarts of On Ontario � tario one of the first to raise the question when the two day conference started Monday said it is a complex problem and Is being left for further study The question of possible con controls � trols on consumer credit arose as the 11 political leaders wound up their discussions on inflation a subject that took up all of Monday General agreement Prime Minister Trudeau said at the end of the first day of the current f-deral-provlnclal pre premiers � miers conference there Is a considerable amount of agree agreement � ment and a great deal of support for proposals made by Dr John Youngs prices and In Incomes � comes commission Government officials were as signed the overnight task of drafting a communique which would become binding on the governments If approved today Mr Trudeau noted that the federal and 10 provincial gov governments � ernments represent the totality of government In Canada and added If we agree we want to stop Inflation we can do It Todays conference takes up matters left over from Monday on Inflation and the subjects of pollution control the Prairie farm situation and limiting the mounting expense of shared cost welfare programs Present two plans Dr Young who won agree agreement � ment among industry leaders last week for limiting price ln creases during 1970 to some something � thing less than cost Increases presented two broad proposU tions to the premiers meeting backed up by five specific pro proposals � posals He asked first for agreement that rapidly rising prices and costs have got to be arrested and that governments generally endorsed the price restraint plan worked out with Industry leaders last week Specifically he asked the provinces to Restrain their own govern ment spending lending and borrowing and make It clear to everyone that further In creases In taxes might well be forthcoming If current efforts to restrain price and Income in creases fall to achieve sufficient ly marked progress Ensure that government owned agencies and enterprises regulated by government ob observe � serve the same criteria on pric pricing � ing goods and services that pri vate Industry Is to observe Commonweafh aftermath 96 hp 96HP G3 PICKUPS are in 40 MORE HORSEPOWER 105 Brum wtk St Ph 563 0581 12 00P6R MONTH 10c Copy lyCAMl Premiers shelve credit controls Accused ruled unfit for trial George Babluk 41 charged with the January non capital murder of a 51-year-old city woman has been committed to an Indefinite term at Rlver vlew mental hospital city prosecutor Ross Simpson said today The prosecutor said the lo local � cal court has been Informed by the Attorney Gvnerals de department � partment that Babluk Is unfit to stand trial and will be de detained � tained at Rlvervlew for an In Indefinite � definite term City Court Judge George Stewart remanded the ac accused � cused man to Rlvervlew for 25 days or less Jan 21 for a psychiatric examination when he appeared in custody In court to face the charge Police found Mrs Mary Re bus dead In her home at 1416 Ewert areet Jan 19 Babluk was believed to have been a border at the residence Police charged the man after a 24 hour Investigation which turned up a 303 cali calibre � bre rifle believed to have been used In the shooting Police said another border at the Ewert Street residence found Mrs Rebus with a bul bullet � let hole In her chest There apparently was no witness to the event There was no plea entered to the non capital murder charge when Babluk appeared In court Prosecutor Simpson said he has no word whether an in inquest � quest or an autopsy on the dead woman had been per performed � formed Mediator sought in press dispute VANCOUVER CP More than 700 members of the Van couver New Westminster News paper Guild authorized their ex ecutive Monday night to seek the services of an independent mediator to get talks started again with Pacific Press Ltd as readers of The Sun and The Province today went without newspapers for the second straight day And Ray Hunt general mana manager � ger of the Retail Merchants As Association � sociation of Vancouver says suspension of publication will have a serious impact on retail sales through lack of advertis advertising � ing and comes at a critical time after one of the slowest Janu Januarys � arys in years William McLeman president of the guild said following an emergency meeting Monday night he Is hopeful manage ment will come to Its senses and return to the bargaining table No talks have been scheduled since Pacific Press announced Sunday It was ceasing publlca tlon Indefinitely In the wake of deliberate slowdowns which cost the company 750000 In lost revenue since Feb 4 Pacific Press prints the evening Sun and morning Prov Province � ince which have no printing fa cllltles of their own Contract cancelled The company has cancelled its contract with typographical pressmens mailers and ster eotypers unions and the guild representing editorial advertls lng and circulation employees However no lock out notice has been served on them by Pacific Press Mr McLeman said the guild planned to discuss Its legal posi position � tion resulting from the contract cancellations with lawyers today We have a number of ques questions � tions to ask whether we are locked out whether we have any rights under the contract even though the company has terminated them he said Monday night pairs of pickets paraded in front of the Pacific Press building wearing slickers and carrying umbrellas to pro protect � tect themselves from a steady rainfall They wore signs sajlng llle gaily locked out The company said the production slowdowns constituted an illegal strike and denied that employees were locked out Economic pressure Before talks broke down in November tentative agreement had been reached on wages the company said would make Pacif Pacific � ic Press emplojees the highest paid of any newspaper in the country However other Issues including the length of the con contract � tract pensions and vacations were unresolved Len Guy president of the ITU said union members have more than 3000000 in a com pany pension fund and want some control over it He told a hot llne radio pro program � gram Monday night that Edgar Benson general manager of Pa Pacific � cific Press put economic pres sure on his printers by laying off 173 of the companys 300 ty pographers prior to the susn slon of publication Investors ask Provincial cash VANCOUVER CP - The Commonwealth Investors Ac Action � tion Gioup announced Monday It has sent a letter to Pre Premier � mier WAC Bennett seeking government compensation for investors who lost money In Commonwealth Investors Syn Syndicate � dicate Ltd The letter says the Social Credit government allowed the Commonwealth Company to hint It was backed by the gov government � ernment while seeking Invest Investments � ments from the public Frank Fitzgerald CLG chairman said at a meeting Monday the government Is absolutely responsible for the loss of the Investors savings because It did not revoke the companys licence even though It knew It was unsafe If we cant get action with this letter we will attempt to have the government agree to face court action Mr Fitz Fitzgerald � gerald said Citizens wishing to sue the provincial government must first receive permission from the attorney general CIAG represents about 300 Investors who lost 1562477 plus Interest In the form of collateral trust notes invest invested � ed In Commonwealth Savings Syndicate one of a number of Commonwealth companies which have been declared bankrupt Lome P Warren who lost 1500 In the company said In an Interview the reason people put their money In col collateral � lateral trust notes was that they were told they were Insured for up to 20000 by the Canadian Dt posit In Investors � vestors Corp This turned out to be a lot of hot air Mr Warren said I think the government had a moral obligation to tell us In 1964 when It found out there was something wrong with Commonwealth The letter which was also sent to Prime Minister Tru Trudeau � deau Conservative Leader Robert Stanfleld and Justice Minister John Turner says this failure on the part of the government had the same result as a conspiracy to de defraud � fraud the public Mr Fitzgerald who said he lost 11000 in Common Commonwealth � wealth Investments said there should be more government participation In Investment companies to prevent lossesto Investors Ho said it should be the gov governments � ernments responsibility to publish regular reports so that citizens are kept abreast of major changes in the law sand also of any dangerous Invest Investments � ments Investment Inspectors reports should be filed In the BC legislature so that In- estors w 111 know w hat Is going on he said If the government Is hon honest � est truthful and not guilty they have nothing to fear fiom such publicity Asked where hw thought the money would come to pay the lm estors for their losses with Commonwealth Mr Fitz Fitzgerald � gerald said something like the provincial disaster fund could provide such funds There should be more con connection � nection made betw een settle settlements � ments for damages caused by an Act of God and those caused by people plugged Into GkI he said In an obvious refer reference � ence to Premier Bennett Commonwealth Trust was Incorporated Nov 21961and registered under the BC Trust Companies Act Jan 26 1962 The companj became the subject of a provincial gov government � ernment Investigation a ear ago Its president A G Din can Crux Is In the Bahamas appealing fiaud charges In connection with the manage management � ment of Commonwealth and a group of associated compan companies � ies