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NORTH
VANCOUVER
CPV-
Provlncial
government
cutbacks
In
money
to
hospitals
may
result
In
an
unsafe
level
of
care
Monica
Angus
president
of
the
Registered
Nurses
Association
of
British
Columbia
said
Wed
nesday
She
said
In
an
Interview
dur
during
�
ing
the
associations
annual
convention
that
nurses
must
stand
up
for
safe
nursing
care
regardless
of
Health
Minister
Ralph
Loff
marks
statements
that
the
government
cannot
provide
more
money
to
hos
hospitals
�
pitals
Mr
Loffmark
said
earlier
this
year
that
the
government
will
pay
only
70
per
cent
of
wage
Increases
won
by
the
8500
meirbers
of
the
British
Columbia
Hospital
Employees
Union
He
urged
hospitals
to
formu
formulate
�
late
economies
to
make
up
the
difference
The
union
has
said
this
has
resulted
In
layoffs
and
a
deterioration
of
care
standards
We
are
very
concerned
that
the
cutbacks
could
result
In
un
safe
care
Mrs
Angus
said
We
must
keep
the
pressure
on
She
predicted
the
eventual
outcome
of
the
Impasse
will
result
In
hospitals
reduclngthelr
patient
load
Obviously
hospitals
cant
run
the
risk
of
lawsuits
for
dam
ages
she
said
So
they
will
have
to
turn
patients
away
But
In
doing
so
the
costs
of
care
for
the
patients
they
do
have
will
be
higher
per
capita
since
there
will
be
less
use
ol
the
hospital
Some
laid
off
Mrs
Angus
said
some
regis
tered
nurses
have
been
laid
off
but
exact
figures
are
not
known
because
In
many
cases
formal
notice
hasnt
been
given
to
the
nurses
She
said
Royal
Columbian
Hospital
in
New
Westminster
Is
already
turning
people
away
from
Its
emergency
ward
and
channelling
them
to
Vancouver
General
Hospital
because
of
the
cutbacks
Mr
Loffmark
reiterated
his
earlier
stand
that
hospitals
can
use
their
increased
budgets
In
any
way
Including
wages
but
they
won1
other
cent
more
from
the
govern
ment
He
said
the
government
has
already
provided
10000000this
lyear
over
its
estimated
hospital
expenditure
of
175000000
a
25000000
increase
over
what
the
government
gave
hospitals
In
1960
If
a
hospital
wanted
to
use
all
Its
money
for
Increased
wages
it
can
he
said
But
It
will
have
to
cut
somewhere
else
The
provincial
government
has
scraped
the
bottom
of
the
barrel
just
to
provide
the
extra
10000000
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Mail
Wo
thanks
Weve
learned
to
do
without
thenv
i
a
A
city
RCMP
desk
sergeant
came
to
the
counter
this
morning
wearing
a
mechanics
smock
and
a
silly
grin
on
his
face
One
of
the
girls
had
a
birthday
today
and
I
ripped
the
crotch
of
my
trousers
giving
her
the
royal
bumps
The
gremlins
got
in
the
type
again
and
the
wrong
tele
telephone
�
phone
number
was
given
for
the
pioneers
and
elderly
citizens
picnic
to
be
held
Wednesday
at
the
senior
citizens
home
on
Laurler
Crescent
Anyone
wish
lng
to
attend
is
asked
to
phone
Mrs
D
Peckham
at
5C4
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a
How
to
make
friends
and
in-
fluence
people
department
Industrial
development
commis
commissioner
�
sioner
Jim
Lang
proved
his
worth
as
goodwill
ambassador
as
a
re
result
�
sult
of
his
participation
In
the
recent
Department
of
Travel
Industry
tour
of
California
The
Rotary
Club
of
Upland
Call
one
of
nnny
groups
to
which
Jim
spoke
and
showed
col
colored
�
ored
slides
was
so
Impressed
4
P
The
Citizen
Forecast
Cloudy
clearing
tomorrow
since
the
area
became
part
of
Prince
George
PRINCE
GEORGE
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
THURSDAY
MAY
28
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MPs
reaction
mixed
to
lower
voting
age
OTTAWA
CP
The
pros
pect
of
a
wave
of
under
21
vot-
ers
prompted
mixed
reactions
in
the
Commons
Wednesday
as
MPs
debated
the
merits
of
a
government
bill
lowering
the
minimum
voting
age
to
18
from
21
Heath
Macquarrte
PC
Hills
borough
said
the
new
oters
would
make
political
parties
more
relevant
perhaps
even
more
exciting
Ovlde
Laflamme
L
Mont
morency
chairman
of
the
Commons
elections
committee
said
the
proposal
has
merit
but
it
places
a
heavy
responsible
lty
on
political
parties
Sees
no
problem
The
government
measure
which
also
changes
other
elec
election
�
tion
procedures
Is
at
second
reading
stage
Among
other
provisions
the
bill
calls
for
registration
of
each
candidates
political
party
on
ballots
and
extends
the
vote
to
federal
public
servants
abroad
that
Us
president
wrote
to
deputy
minister
Ron
Worley
ex
extolling
�
tolling
Jims
presentation
In
these
words
What
a
marvel
marvellous
�
lous
country
and
what
a
warm
person
Jim
was
Make
you
feel
kind
of
proud
Jim
Cyril
White
QC
chair
chairman
�
man
of
the
Workmens
Com
Compensation
�
pensation
Board
announced
to
today
�
day
all
cheques
to
claimants
and
pensioners
will
be
sent
Imme
Immediately
�
diately
In
the
mOs
Earlier
the
board
said
cheques
would
bo
distributed
through
the
boards
offices
In
Vancouver
and
throughout
the
province
due
to
the
possibility
of
postal
dlfflcul
ties
Anone
who
can
get
im
impoverished
�
poverished
ladies
out
to
birth
control
clinics
lias
valuable
knowledge
Public
health
direc
director
�
tor
Dr
John
Garry
would
like
to
know
how
Dr
Garry
says
the
type
of
women
who
have
large
families
and
low
Incomes
those
who
most
need
birth
con
control
�
trol
Information
are
just
the
ones
who
wont
come
to
classes
Les
Benjamin
NDP
Reglna
Lake
Centre
said
he
Is
pleased
the
government
decided
to
lower
the
minimum
age
for
electoral
candidates
to
18
I
see
no
legal
problem
here
based
on
the
experience
of
my
own
province
of
Saskatche
wan
he
said
Mr
Macquarrle
said
that
re
talnlng
21
as
the
minimum
vot
voting
�
ing
age
Is
an
example
of
the
retention
of
the
archaic
In
modern
times
Stock
gain
continues
By
The
Canadian
Press
The
New
York
stock
market
gave
up
some
of
Its
early
gains
but
continued
sharply
higher
in
very
heavy
trading
today
At
noon
the
Dow
Jones
aver
average
�
age
of
30
Industrials
was
ahead
132
at
67648
atwo-per-cent
In
crease
after
having
been
up
nearly
19
points
earlier
In
the
session
Analysts
said
the
upsurge
was
natural
following
Wednesdays
record
advance
The
minimum
age
for
knights
In
the
middle
ages
was
21
and
this
was
probably
due
to
the
knights
ability
to
hold
up
a
suit
of
armor
and
lift
a
lance
at
the
same
time
Mr
Macquarrle
said
there
are
many
people
between
18
and
21
who
are
not
enthusiastic
about
the
right
to
vote
This
surprises
me
a
bit
and
pains
me
a
little
Some
blase
The
joung
were
frequently
In
the
streets
demonstrating
today
1
believe
that
a
healthy
vital
political
party
should
not
be
content
If
these
people
are
on
the
streets
and
not
In
the
coun
council
�
cil
rooms
of
the
party
Mr
Laflamme
said
no
pollti-
cal
party
Is
properly
set
up
to
engage
In
discussion
with
jouth
Parties
should
be
allowed
to
enter
secondary
schools
and
speak
directly
to
young
people
Otherwise
It
was
possible
that
young
people
might
fall
over
whelmlngly
for
one
political
theory
Mr
Benjamin
said
that
with
out
a
permanent
voters
list
elec
election
�
tion
campaigns
cannot
be
short
ened
Two
day
holiday
The
main
reason
we
are
closed
Monday
is
to
give
our
staff
a
two
day
holiday
he
said
I
have
mixed
emotions
Im
not
against
this
entirely
but
we
must
not
make
any
final
de
cislons
here
tonight
said
Schol
ton
Fred
Wall
manager
of
Wood
wards
store
here
said
he
doubts
whether
his
company
would
ex
extend
�
tend
its
shopping
hours
to
six
days
per
week
Wall
said
his
company
prefers
to
retain
the
five
day
work
week
for
its
employees
His
store
Is
closed
all
day
Monday
Any
change
In
hours
would
have
to
be
approved
by
head
of
office
�
fice
In
Vancouver
he
pointed
out
and
he
felt
change
was
un
unlikely
�
likely
Wall
said
he
has
declined
to
support
those
merchants
in
Prince
George
currently
peti
petitioning
�
tioning
for
six
dav
shopplne
Phone
562
2441
Sports
Country
Stores
is
fighting
back
Target
is
Prince
George
city
council
and
the
citys
current
shop
closing
bylaw
Ammunition
so
far
is
a
petition
circulated
among
city
merchants
Wednesday
afternoon
by
store
manager
Bob
Melrose
Six
day
opening
urged
Stores
in
Prince
George
should
be
open
all
day
Monday
says
the
manager
of
a
downtown
depart
ment
store
Bob
Chorley
manager
of
The
Bay
said
Wednesday
night
was
frankly
quite
astounded
to
find
stores
werent
open
six
days
a
week
when
I
came
here
14
months
ago
Its
certainly
antiquated
for
a
city
the
size
of
Prince
George
to
have
five
day
shopping
Right
now
its
a
penalty
to
live
in
Prince
George
with
no
Monday
shopping
Chorley
told
the
May
meeting
of
the
Prince
George
Chamber
of
Com
merce
held
at
the
Simon
Fraser
Inn
Under
a
shops
closing
bylaw
stores
in
Prince
George
can
re-
main
open
until
noon
Monday
until
six
pm
on
Tuesday
Wed
Wednesday
�
nesday
Thursday
and
Saturday
and
until
9
pm
Friday
Prince
George
Aid
Harry
Lo-
der
In
attendance
at
the
meet
meeting
�
ing
said
merchants
would
need
to
acquire
nearly
unanimous
ap
approval
�
proval
before
petitioning
the
provincial
government
to
per
permit
�
mit
extended
hours
Substantial
business
The
Bay
is
receiving
a
sub
substantial
�
stantial
Monday
morning
busi
business
�
ness
even
though
it
hasnt
ad-
vprHspri
Its
now
hnnri
cvton
increasing
sign
up
for
wider
store
hours
says
Bob
Melrose
manager
of
Sports
Country
store
in
lively
said
chorley
ihppotprn-
tne
PGE
Industrial
Park
Sports
Country
hours
must
now
conform
with
those
in
the
city
its
really
hard
to
turn
the
-Citizen
photo
by
Dave
Milne
lope
away
at
noon-
ne
saio
Ing
observed
by
most
stores
Monday
is
particularly
Inconven
ient
for
the
tourist
who
will
soon
be
arriving
in
greater
numbers
Bruce
Scholton
president
of
the
Downtown
Businessmens
Association
expressed
reser
vations
about
the
all
day
Monday
opening
His
store
B
and
B
Music
and
Sports
does
not
open
Monday
The
problem
of
attracting
ax
tra
store
staff
and
rescheduling
work
hours
with
six
day
shopping
concerns
Scholton
The
petition
reads
We
the
undersigned
hereby
request
city
council
to
pass
a
by
law
under
section
86
sub
section
l
of
the
Municipal
Act
regulating
closing
hours
to
eliminate
clos
closing
�
ing
hours
with
regard
to
sport
sporting
�
ing
goods
dealers
for
the
convenience
of
the
travelling
public
as
well
as
local
residents
on
shift
Melrose
spoke
to
30
merchants
and
managed
to
get
20
signa
signatures
�
tures
He
wasnt
disappointed
Its
about
what
I
expected
he
said
this
morning
Most
of
the
people
I
talked
towereallfor
it
but
in
any
place
there
are
always
some
people
content
to
let
things
stay
the
waythejare
Melroses
action
followed
city
councils
rejection
Monday
of
Sports
Countrys
request
to
maintain
its
9
to
9
seven
days
a
week
operation
Sports
Country
is
located
In
the
PGE
Industrial
Site
which
had
been
outside
the
reach
of
city
by
bylaws
�
laws
before
Prince
Georges
re
recent
�
cent
boundary
expansion
At
the
moment
local
stores
can
only
stay
open
until
noon
on
Mon
Monday
�
day
until
6
pm
on
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
and
Satur
Saturday
�
day
and
until
9
pm
on
Friday
Trade
lost
Melrose
glumly
estimated
that
50
per
cent
of
his
stores
busi
business
�
ness
would
be
cut
off
by
its
new
closing
hours
He
expressed
fears
that
much
of
his
trade
would
be
taken
away
by
service
stations
All
these
little
gas
stations
are
starting
to
sell
sporting
goods
now
Weve
got
to
act
right
away
he
said
Although
only
concerned
im
immediately
�
mediately
with
hours
for
sport
sporting
�
ing
goods
stores
Melrose
added
that
he
was
interested
in
the
pos
possible
�
sible
wider
ramifications
of
his
petition
If
we
can
get
this
ball
roll
rolling
�
ing
maybe
the
closing
hours
for
ever
j
one
will
be
repealed
This
is
really
a
big
issue
Prince
George
is
one
of
the
last
places
in
British
Columbia
that
still
has
this
sort
of
by
law
he
said
Theres
a
real
need
for
after
hours
shopping
here
he
claimed
with
all
the
shiftwork
around
the
city
there
are
so
many
guys
whose
only
days
off
are
on
Sunday
and
Monday
When
are
they
supposed
to
do
their
shopping
And
with
tourists
its
hardly
very
good
for
them
to
come
through
here
on
a
Monday
and
find
the
whole
town
closed
down
Winter
closing
The
present
by
law
went
out
with
high
buttoned
shoes
com
commented
�
mented
another
Sports
Country
spokesman
In
other
places
they
have
closing
clays
but
only
during
the
winter
months
Then
in
the
sum
summer
�
mer
when
the
tourists
come
some
of
them
stay
open
24
hours
a
day
he
added
Eighty
per
cent
of
our
business
comes
from
tourists
during
the
summer
months
Whats
ahead
for
Sports
Coun
Country
�
try
if
the
petition
fails
There
are
other
moves
we
can
make
said
Melrose
de
determinedly
�
terminedly
but
he
refused
to
give
details
Then
he
reflected
a
bit
and
sighed
We
may
just
have
to
conform
and
move
into
town
Our
original
idea
In
build
lng
at
the
PGE
has
been
com
completely
�
pletely
defeated
Fifty
per
cent
raw
City
sewage
plan
outlined
Greg
Mclntyre
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
The
city
of
Prince
George
dumps
more
than
halt
of
Its
sewage
raw
into
the
Fraser
River
the
Society
for
Pollu
Pollution
�
tion
and
Environmental
Con
Control
�
trol
was
told
Wednesday
By
June
the
situation
should
bo
partially
corrected
City
engineer
Ernie
Obst
told
the
antl
pollution
group
that
by
June
all
sewage
In
the
city
will
be
run
through
a
conditioning
plant
The
conditioning
plant
Is
the
first
phase
of
primary
treat
ment
the
engineer
said
The
city
has
plans
to
install
full
primary
treatment
by
1974
The
Prince
George
branch
of
SPEC
Invited
Obst
to
speak
on
water
pollution
at
Highland
school
Wednesday
evening
The
city
engineer
was
ask
ed
If
primary
treatment
of
sewage
would
be
adequate
Obst
said
By
1974
the
population
of
Prince
George
will
be
about
40000
At
that
population
I
think
primary
treatment
will
be
adequate
He
added
however
that
when
the
population
of
this
cltv
reaches
100000
thecltymust
move
up
to
secondary
stage
treatment
of
its
sewage
The
city
population
Is
ex
pected
to
reach
more
than
80
000
by
1980
the
meeting
was
told
Prince
George
has
spent
about
145
million
In
the
past
four
years
on
sewage
mains
a
pump
house
and
the
conditioning
plant
the
en
engineer
�
gineer
said
It
expects
to
spend
an
another
�
other
15
million
to
get
the
sewage
treatment
plant
up
to
the
full
primary
level
by
1974
said
Obst
A
recent
study
by
the
Pol
Pollution
�
lution
Control
Branch
of
the
provincial
water
resources
Indicated
that
evenwlthefflu
ent
from
all
three
pulp
mills
and
the
city
sewer
dumping
into
the
Fraser
the
river
is
still
almost
completely
sat
saturated
�
urated
with
oxygen
Obst
was
asked
if
the
Fra
Fraser
�
ser
atQuesnel
75
miles
south
of
here
Is
affected
by
Prince
George
effluents
He
said
the
collform
fecal
congent
of
the
river
may
be
slightly
higher
than
here
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Health
officer
warns
women
By
Steve
Handelman
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
All
women
of
child
bearing
age
in
the
Prince
George
area
are
advised
to
postpone
preg
pregnancy
�
nancy
for
at
least
six
months
the
director
of
the
Northern
Interior
Health
Unit
said
to
today
�
day
Dr
John
Garry
warned
that
the
threat
of
a
German
measles
epiderrc
throughout
the
province
posed
a
danger
to
pregnant
women
Women
should
visit
their
doctors
immediately
for
a
blood
test
to
determine
whether
they
are
susceptible
to
the
disease
Dr
Garry
said
Raindrops
are
falling
on
the
citys
collective
head
this
month
and
the
weatherman
says
all
that
lovely
warm
May
weather
might
as
well
have
gone
to
the
moon
So
far
this
month
the
city
has
recorded
its
highest
rain
rainfall
�
fall
since
1960
Total
precipitation
up
to
this
point
Is
309
Inches
report
the
weather
watchers
In
May
1960
416
inches
of
rainfall
we
re
recorded
Its
still
continuing
so
we
may
come
pretty
close
to
that
record
As
If
that
werent
enough
Prince
George
is
also
shudder
shuddering
�
ing
and
trembling
its
way
through
below
normal
temperatures
specifically
an
average
five
or
six
degrees
below
normal
Yesterday
was
an
exception
but
not
a
happy
one
The
normal
maximum
tem
temperatures
�
peratures
should
be
about
65
degrees
the
weatherman
com
complained
�
plained
The
maximum
was
53
yesterday
It
may
get
a
little
warmer
tomorrow
with
maximum
fore
forecasts
�
casts
of
60
degrees
but
it
wont
be
the
suns
fault
either
Normally
May
brings
about
250
hours
of
sunshine
So
far
Prince
George
has
only
seen
162
hours
The
record
low
Is
180
hours
The
weatherman
adds
firmly
We
could
come
pretty
close
to
that
About
five
in
every
100
women
can
be
put
in
that
cate
category
�
gory
according
to
the
direc
director
�
tor
Two
vaccines
released
in
Canada
several
weeks
ago
which
offer
permanent
im
immunity
�
munity
to
the
virus
are
avail
available
�
able
now
in
Prince
George
through
individual
doctors
No
definite
decision
has
been
made
as
to
when
it
will
be
available
through
the
public
health
department
but
Dr
Garry
said
it
could
be
at
least
a
month
Once
awomanlsinnoculated
against
the
disease
she
is
fur
further
�
ther
advised
to
put
off
preg
pregnancy
�
nancy
for
at
least
three
months
afterwards
Rainfall
could
set
May
record
But
If
Its
any
consolation
on
this
gray
May
day
the
rest
of
the
province
has
been
hit
equally
as
hard
by
low
temperatures
and
high
precipitation
Vancouver
and
the
Okanagan
for
instance
recordedbelow
nor
mal
temperatures
but
again
Hope
sprang
eternal
with
a
re
reported
�
ported
high
In
the
80s
Mountain
climbing
anyone
Walkout
hits
Ottawa
PO
OTTAWA
CP
Postal
union
plans
to
force
a
contract
settlement
by
local
walkouts
hit
Ottawa
today
Union
sources
said
Prime
Minister
Trudeau
will
be
met
with
an
other
at
Vancouver
Friday
on
his
return
from
his
Asian
tour
Negotiations
continued
today
at
the
subcommittee
level
The
full
negotiation
groups
were
scheduled
to
resume
at
230
pm
Informants
said
a
list
of
10
names
has
been
drawn
fc
choosing
a
mediator
requested
by
the
government
It
is
said
to
include
Judge
Rene
Llppe
of
Montreal
who
headed
the
con
dilation
board
turning
In
an
In
conclusive
report
on
the
dispute
Alderman
Alf
Nunweiler
gets
an
early
ump
on
this
week
weekend
�
end
hearing
display
at
Parkwood
Mall
He
is
having
his
hearing
tested
by
speech
pathologist
W
Jeff
Stowe
The
tests
will
be
conducted
free
Friday
from
630
8
30
p
m
and
Saturday
9
30
1
130
a
m
in
Parkwood
Travel
Service
The
display
in
the
mall
will
show
hearing
aid
teaching
devices
in
use