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Monday
opening
By
Bob
Gtovm
Cltixan
Staff
Reporter
A
petltlonllstlng77buslnesses
who
seek
store
opening
Mondays
until
until
6
pm
was
presented
to
city
council
Monday
night
The
petition
was
presented
by
lawyer
Grant
Hughes
who
said
he
was
acting
on
behalf
6f
a
group
or
city
businessmen
desiring
amendment
to
the
bylaw
requir
requiring
�
ing
that
shops
close
at
12
noon
Mondays
Hughes
estimated
that
the
total
number
of
retail
businesses
seeking
all
day
Monday
hours
reaches
about
130
Imprened
There
are
about
200
retail
trade
licences
presently
Issued
In
the
city
said
city
manager
Arran
Thomson
Aid
Jack
Helnrich
said
one
has
to
be
impressed
with
the
number
of
businessmen
favoring
all
day
Monday
opening
He
however
moved
that
dls
cussion
be
tabled
for
two
weeks
at
which
time
I
hope
we
will
be
able
to
entertain
both
pros
and
cons
on
the
matter
The
motion
was
passed
Hughes
was
accompanied
by
Bob
Chorley
manager
of
The
Bay
and
a
leading
advocate
of
all
day
Monday
store
hours
In
his
brief
Hughes
said
it
is
unreasonable
that
Prince
George
residents
should
be
pen
penalized
�
alized
by
having
more
restrict
restricted
�
ed
hours
than
those
available
to
persons
living
in
neighboring
cities
such
as
Kamloops
Vernon
Kelowna
Penticton
Fort
St
John
and
even
Vancouver
Consumers
have
long
Indi
Indicated
�
cated
that
they
wish
longer
and
more
convenient
shopping
hours
both
by
their
patronage
of
stores
with
longer
hours
and
by
plebis
cites
in
many
cities
writes
Hughes
In
1969
a
plebiscite
In
Edmonton
indicated
70
per
cent
of
the
electorate
voted
for
unre
unrestricted
�
stricted
hours
Quality
of
lift
More
liberal
shopping
hours
would
add
to
the
quality
of
life
of
the
city
he
continued
Wider
hours
might
also
reduce
traffic
congestion
on
downtown
streets
by
reducing
periods
of
peak
de
mand
Hughes
added
The
petition
revealed
that
on
Third
Ave
the
citys
main
down
downtown
�
town
shopping
street
26
mer
merchants
�
chants
were
against
all
day
Mon
Monday
�
day
opening
while
18
were
In
favor
Opposition
comes
mainly
from
smaller
local
operations
and
not
the
larger
chain
stores
There
Is
cone
em
that
service
in
stores
will
deteriorate
with
wider
hours
wrote
Hughes
However
customers
soon
re
reject
�
ject
stores
which
do
not
provide
adequate
service
Restrictions
on
store
hours
are
not
the
way
you
guarantee
good
service
The
lawyer
added
that
em
employees
�
ployees
with
increased
opening
hours
would
be
protected
by
legislation
governing
hours
of
work
Retidenh
penalized
Chorley
said
he
sought
all
-day
Monday
shopping
as
a
conveni
ence
to
customers
both
rest
dents
and
tourists
whom
he
pre
ferred
to
call
visitors
It
would
Improve
the
Image
of
Prince
George
he
said
We
are
the
hub
why
penal
windstorm
have
passed
on
their
gratitude
to
all
those
involved
In
their
sons
rescue
Mrs
Janot
and
husband
Manfred
express
appreciation
for
the
work
of
school
phys
ed
instructor
Stew
Fraleigh
Marks
school
pal
Roy
Fallon
the
Spruceland
fire
de
partment
RCMP
and
nursing
and
medical
staff
at
Prince
George
Regional
Hospital
Mark
remains
in
hospital
recovering
from
a
broken
pelvis
knee
and
hand
Hes
in
good
spirits
says
his
Mom
despite
the
bleak
pros
prospect
�
pect
of
spending
the
summer
in
bed
a
Sounds
like
a
good
time
Is
w
in
store
for
those
attending
the
Bishops
annual
lawn
party
on
Wednesday
evening
Food
fun
and
eames
are
laid
on
for
Bishop
The
Citizen
Forecast
Mainly
sunny
4EUltfcilJaL
MASONS
TO
MARK
99
YEARS
HERE
The
Masonic
lodge
will
celebrate
its
99th
con
convention
�
vention
in
Prince
George
It
will
start
Wednesday
evening
with
a
reception
at
the
Civic
Centre
Seven
hundred
members
and
their
wives
are
expected
to
attend
Softer
penalty
for
drua
use
OTTAWA
CP
Time
mag
azine
says
that
a
federallyau
thorlzed
drug
Inquiry
has
rec
ommended
softer
penalties
for
users
of
marijuana
In
wide
widespread
�
spread
use
in
Canada
Although
the
interim
report
of
LeDaln
commission
on
non
nonmedical
�
medical
use
of
drugs
has
not
been
made
public
the
news
magazine
says
it
proposes
the
removal
of
the
so
called
soft
cannabis
drugs
marijuana
and
hashish
from
the
Narcotic
Con
Control
�
trol
Act
The
commission
headed
by
Gerald
LeDain
dean
of
Toron
Torontos
�
tos
Osgoode
Hall
law
school
suggested
the
cannabis
drugs
be
switched
to
the
Food
and
Drug
Act
which
could
be
amended
to
further
lighten
drug
penalties
Under
the
revision
maximum
lze
the
residents
he
asked
penalty
for
trafficking
in
canna
The
Shriners
Circus
is
rnmlntr
in
Prlnrp
flpnrpp
bis
drugs
would
be
reduced
to
18
months
from
a
theoretical
maximum
of
life
Jail
sentences
would
be
elimi
eliminated
�
nated
entirely
for
possession
The
first
conviction
penalty
would
be
a
years
suspended
sentence
Second
offenders
would
be
liable
for
a
100
fine
All
criminal
records
for
drugs
offences
would
be
destroyed
after
two
years
Police
would
be
encouraged
to
end
the
practice
of
enticing
young
people
to
traf
traffic
�
fic
in
order
to
gain
convictions
Use
spreading
Time
says
the
report
argues
that
the
use
of
marijuana
and
hashish
Is
spreading
so
rapidly
that
it
is
becoming
a
pervasive
aspect
of
Canadian
life
It
finds
the
police
and
courts
are
to
a
large
extent
helpless
to
control
It
The
Time
account
of
the
re
ports
content
earlier
led
Frank
Howard
NDP
Skeena
to
ad-
Fergus
OGradys
annual
do
at
vance
a
motion
in
the
Commons
his
residence
on
the
Vanderhoof
l0
iault
a
suvermuem
mtu
June
24
25
It
will
present
two
i
Highway
opposite
the
entrance
to
I
SaUon
the
alleged
leak
to
the
shows
daily
at
the
Coliseum
at
4
and
8pm
The
100
Shriners
in
Prince
George
are
sponsoring
the
circus
with
all
proceeds
going
to
the
13
Shriners
Hospitals
In
Canada
and
the
US
Two
of
the
hospitals
are
for
treating
children
who
have
been
badly
burned
in
fires
while
the
other
11
are
hospitals
for
crippled
children
A
The
parents
of
10-year-old
Mark
Janot
hurt
when
a
play
wall
collapsed
at
Quinson
Ele
Elementary
�
mentary
School
during
June
3s
Prinrp
rnr
mllpcp
its
thp
news
magazine
Bishops
way
of
saying
thank
jou
Luclen
Lamoureux
the
Com
to
the
people
of
Prince
George
mons
speaker
ruled
the
motion
particularly
to
members
of
the
out
oi
order
alnC
lth
another
two
Catholic
parishes
St
Marys
om
Mr
Howard
that
the
re
and
Sacred
Heart
said
Bill
Prt
be
made
public
lmmedi
Smith
of
Prince
George
College
ately
The
party
starts
at
7
pm
and
goes
until
11
Everyone
is
invited
adds
Bill
a
A
pa
ir
of
glas
ses
los
t
or
stol-
en
at
the
Watrous
St
outdoor
swimming
pool
yesterday
has
spelled
disaster
for
14-year-
old
Donna
Fisher
of
107OHarpei
Her
mother
Mrs
Therese
Fisher
says
she
cannot
afford
to
buy
Donna
a
new
pair
although
they
are
needed
badly
The
gold
colored
hippie
oblong
pre
prescription
�
scription
glasses
were
found
missing
at
4
pm
from
the
possessions
bag
made
available
by
the
pool
Donna
and
her
mother
ask
an
one
who
might
have
picked
the
glasses
up
to
bring
them
back
to
the
pool
or
call
the
Fishers
at
563
1808
ft
As
the
teasion
in
the
tug-
o
war
contest
between
Kam
Kamloops
�
loops
and
Prince
George
builds
the
Kamloops
Jaycees
have
chal
challenged
�
lenged
the
Prince
George
Jaycees
to
their
own
tug-o-war
on
the
Yellowhead
Highway
But
Prince
George
Jaycees
wont
take
up
the
challenge
fearing
itwlll
detract
from
the
main
event
Contract
out
for
Shulman
PRINCE
GEORGE
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
TUESDAY
JUNE
16
1970
TORONTO
CP
The
Tele
gram
says
Metropolitan
Toronto
police
have
warned
Dr
Morton
Shulman
that
the
Cosa
Nostra
has
a
contract
out
for
his
ex
ecution
The
newspaper
says
Dr
Shul
Shulman
�
man
New
Democratic
Party
member
of
the
Ontario
leglsla
ture
for
Toronto
High
Park
will
therefore
be
forced
to
tell
the
legislature
that
he
is
dropping
an
investigation
into
organized
crime
The
Telegram
says
Dr
Shul
man
has
been
under
constant
protection
from
Metro
police
bodyguards
since
he
returned
to
Toronto
Saturday
afternoon
from
a
trip
to
Sicily
where
he
was
Investigating
organized
crime
i
f
y
-
ly
i
5
Sisgy3K
yj
This
undeveloped
area
below
Prince
George
Senior
Sec
Secondary
�
ondary
School
could
become
the
focal
point
of
the
1973
Canada
Summer
Games
if
a
bid
by
Prince
George
is
successful
Standing
above
location
for
a
possible
5000-
seat
stadium
is
Pat
Roberts
head
of
the
high
schools
physical
education
department
Abandoned
auto
bodies
make
the
school
boundaries
coin
cide
with
that
of
the
regional
district
Another
portion
of
the
McBride
district
could
be
taken
by
Kamloops
School
District
57
has
called
press
conference
Wednesday
Details
of
the
conference
agenda
have
not
been
released
but
It
is
probable
that
the
amalgamation
announcement
will
be
made
at
that
time
Up
to
minister
Amalgamation
of
school
dis
tricts
in
the
province
is
at
the
sole
discretion
of
the
Minister
of
Education
A
secretary
in
the
Ministers
office
today
said
that
Minister
Donald
Brothers
is
on
a
tour
of
school
districts
in
the
Interior
He
is
expected
back
in
Vic
Victoria
�
toria
Monday
The
school
district
super
superintendent
�
intendent
for
McBride
Charles
Hopper
was
in
Kamloops
and
Birch
Island
Monday
The
McBride
school
office
gov
erns
the
small
school
areas
of
Barrier
and
Birch
Island
north
of
Kamloops
This
brings
the
possibility
of
an
amalgamation
of
Birch
Island
and
Barrier
with
school
district
24
Kamloops
as
well
as
the
Prince
George
McBride
union
The
marriage
of
the
two
local
enrolment
areas
would
fit
neatly
within
the
27000
square
mile
boundary
of
the
Fraser
Fort
George
regional
district
The
move
would
also
be
inline
with
the
Department
of
Educa
tlons
amalgamation
of
other
school
districts
in
the
past
few
years
The
most
recent
was
the
Uni
versity
Hill
union
into
the
Van
Vancouver
�
couver
school
district
Order
expected
Highland
school
principal
Don
Currle
expects
an
order
in
coun
council
�
cil
from
the
Minister
of
Educa
tion
In
July
to
amalgamate
school
district
57
Prince
George
and
school
district
58
McBride
Currle
passed
the
word
along
to
the
last
meeting
of
the
Prince
George
district
teachers
asso
association
�
ciation
executive
A
McBride
teachers
rep
representative
�
resentative
Raz
Sharnu
asked
teachers
at
a
North
Central
District
Council
meeting
re
cently
if
theyd
heard
anything
said
Currle
I
dont
think
anybody
can
say
anything
concrete
about
it
yet
he
said
now
litter
the
area
-Rick
Hull
photo
School
district
expansion
seen
By
Greg
Mclntyre
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
School
District
57
is
expected
to
have
its
boundaries
increased
Informed
sources
indicate
that
a
section
of
the
McBrlde
dis
district
�
trict
will
be
added
to
the
Prince
George
district
Such
an
amalgamation
would
He
said
rumors
about
the
amalgamation
have
come
from
more
than
one
source
Prince
George
district
school
superintendent
Dave
Todd
isnt
talking
although
he
didnt
dis
discount
�
count
the
idea
I
can
say
that
the
Minister
of
Education
and
the
Department
are
presently
studying
what
amalgamations
would
make
sense
said
Todd
But
about
that
particular
am
algamation
no
comment
Benefit
McBride
If
the
McBride
Prince
George
school
district
union
would
make
sense
from
Education
Minister
Donald
Brothers
point
of
view
it
would
bring
an
extra
800
students
Into
this
district
There
are
at
present
about
15
000
students
here
The
possible
amalgamation
would
benefit
McBride
more
than
Prince
George
school
district
because
of
the
larger
Prince
George
industrial
base
The
financial
and
educational
aspects
of
possible
amalgama
amalgamation
�
tion
may
have
the
effect
of
sub
subsidizing
�
sidizing
the
McBride
school
district
Phont
562
2441
Hat
in
ring
Prince
George
tossed
Its
hat
Into
the
ring
today
to
bring
the
1973
Canada
Summer
Games
here
Aid
Lome
McCulsh
said
this
morning
the
city
had
received
a
letter
from
LJ
Wallace
deputy
to
the
Premier
of
the
province
Inviting
Prince
George
to
submit
a
brief
as
a
potential
city
Two
other
cities
have
already
entered
New
Westminster
-Burnaby
and
Kamloops
and
Prince
George
comes
In
on
the
last
lap
of
a
race
that
apparently
began
some
time
ago
We
didnt
know
British
Col
Columbia
�
umbia
might
be
the
host
prov
province
�
ince
for
the
games
until
just
recently
said
Aid
McCulsh
who
is
a
member
of
the
recently
formed
ad
hoc
steering
com
committee
�
mittee
The
brief
outlining
Prince
Georges
facilities
and
capabili
capabilities
�
ties
for
hosting
the
national
sport
event
must
be
in
the
Deputy
Premiers
office
July
1
Wal
lace
will
submit
the
brief
by
July
15
to
the
government
3000
participants
The
basic
requirements
of
a
host
municipality
explained
McCulsh
are
to
accommodate
some
3000
participants
and
coaches
together
with
non-resident
spectators
and
to
provide
facilities
such
as
playing
fields
swimming
pools
and
track
and
field
sites
McCulsh
added
that
Prince
George
was
already
one
jump
ahead
of
Its
municipal
compe
titors
because
of
the
new
Four
Seasons
25
-
metre
swimming
pool
The
city
will
have
to
Investi
Investigate
�
gate
its
facilities
for
hosting
multiple
track
events
A
pro
proposal
�
posal
Is
In
the
works
for
a
muni
municipal
�
cipal
stadium
at
the
Senior
Sec
Secondary
�
ondary
School
Asked
if
the
city
could
afford
the
cost
of
hosting
the
games
McCulsh
said
there
was
no
doubt
It
could
Major
impact
The
winter
games
are
sched
scheduled
�
uled
for
1971
In
Saskatoon
so
all
Indications
point
to
British
Col
Columbia
�
umbia
for
the
summer
of
1973
The
Impact
of
such
an
event
McCulsh
pointed
out
would
be
felt
by
the
entire
north
half
of
our
province
We
feel
that
our
city
has
the
necessary
requirements
In
re
respect
�
spect
to
most
plant
facilities
and
would
creat
the
least
possible
capital
cost
to
the
Federal
Pro
vincial
and
local
areas
of
ernment
gov-
The
games
designed
to
pro
promote
�
mote
national
physical
fitness
and
develop
amateur
sports
In
the
country
attracted
20000
people
to
Halifax
last
year
In
Including
�
cluding
participants
residents
ana
tourists
Fifteen
sports
must
be
on
the
program
five
of
which
must
be
diving
swimming
tennis
la
lacrosse
�
crosse
and
track
and
field
96
hp
96HP
E3
PICKUPS
are
in
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killed
on
city
road
The
f
Ifth
child
to
be
fatally
Injured
on
Prince
George
area
highways
this
ear
died
last
night
She
was
Liza
Jones
6
who
died
in
Prince
George
hospital
after
being
hit
by
a
car
at
the
Highway
16
cutoff
near
Twentieth
Avenue
Her
death
was
the
second
fatality
within
city
limits
this
jear
The
previous
fatality
oc
occurred
�
curred
in
the
same
area
of
Highway
16
and
Twentieth
Avenue
Liza
daughter
of
Mr
and
Mrs
Alan
Jones
of
Marleau
Road
is
believed
to
have
run
out
in
front
of
a
car
about
9
15
pm
Monday
Driver
of
the
car
was
Irene
Helen
Kroke
25
of
Melville
Avenue
Police
are
still
in
investigating
�
vestigating
the
accident
Close
to
the
same
uncon
uncontrolled
�
trolled
intersection
of
Twen
Twentieth
�
tieth
Avenue
and
Highway
16
on
Feb
15
a
33-year-old
wo
woman
�
man
was
killed
in
a
head
on
collision
The
two
prime
proposals
for
Prince
Georges
Centennial
71
project
were
aired
at
Mondaj
nights
city
council
meeting
Presented
first
was
a
sub
submission
�
mission
by
the
Prince
George
Theatre
Workshop
for
useable
completion
of
their
existing
building
at
the
junction
of
the
Vanderhoof
Highway
and
the
By
Bypass
�
pass
The
other
proposal
camefrpm
Kiwanis
Nechako
Fort
George
Society
for
a
Centennial
grant
to
help
finance
a
museum
build
building
�
ing
within
the
present
Fort
George
stockade
The
submissions
were
receiv
received
�
ed
as
informatlonfor
council
who
must
make
aflnalselectlonofthe
centennial
project
The
chosen
project
is
eligible
for
a
provincial
grant
of
about
18000
providing
the
city
agrees
to
match
the
amount
The
theatre
group
represented
by
president
Doug
Edgar
stated
50000
is
needed
to
make
a
use
useable
�
able
facility
of
their
building
begun
with
volunteer
labor
eight
years
ago
The
50000
would
complete
required
plumbing
heating
electrical
and
insulation
work
said
Edgar
Club
members
would
then
be
Police
today
noted
that
the
Highway
16
section
near
Twentieth
Avenue
Is
the
start
of
a
freewaj
heading
out
of
town
Liza
Jones
was
hit
about
400
feet
west
of
the
Twentieth
Highway
16
junction
police
said
The
car
was
heading
west
on
Highway
16
Weather
was
clear
and
the
paved
road
was
dry
at
the
time
of
the
accident
Liza
and
her
mother
are
believed
to
have
been
visiting
friends
in
the
vicinity
when
the
accident
occurred
Police
today
asked
any
adults
who
witnessed
the
fatal
car
accident
at
915
pm
Monday
at
the
junction
of
Twentieth
and
Highway
16
to
contact
city
RCMP
Police
have
no
adult
wit
witnesses
�
nesses
to
the
accident
that
took
the
life
of
Liza
Ann
Marie
Jones
6
Contact
traffic
Cor
Corporal
�
poral
Ed
OUert
at
562
2141
Theatre
museum
compete
for
71
said
and
provide
a
building
of
real
usefulness
and
pride
to
the
city
Klwanls
spokesmen
Cooney
Carlsen
and
Tom
West
outlined
plans
for
the
fort
museum
that
would
have
a
total
of
13000
square
feet
of
Irterlor
space
It
could
provide
space
for
a
variety
of
community
organiza
organizations
�
tions
said
the
backers
Total
cost
of
the
museum
was
esti
estimated
�
mated
at
125000
able
to
proceed
with
further
fin-
I
southeast
of
this
interior
BC
ishlng
on
a
volunteer
basis
he
city
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missing
in
plane
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planes
were
combing
the
mountainous
country
between
Kamloops
and
Castlegar
today
for
a
light
plane
missing
since
Monday
with
five
men
aboard
The
plane
a
Cessna
337
owned
by
Westcoast
Air
Services
chartered
by
British
Columbia
Telephone
Company
has
not
been
heard
from
since
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left
Kamloops
at
9
am
Monday
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a
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snake
irt
the
grass
is
one
thing
but
photographer
Rick
Hull
couldnt
imagine
whal
a
fish
was
doing
there
It
didnt
take
long
for
the
garden
snake
to
decide
the
fish
would
look
better
as
a
one
course
meal
in
its
stomach