Three
die
18
injured
m
local
weekend
accidents
By
Pat
Murphy
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
A
15
day
old
boy
an
Ontario
woman
and
a
Prince
George
man
died
In
weekend
accidents
around
Prince
George
and
18
persons
were
taken
to
hospital
with
Injuries
Dorothy
Elder
46
of
Mls
slssauga
Ont
was
the
first
weekend
fatality
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05pm
Fri
Friday
�
day
She
was
driving
along
the
Hart
Highway
40
miles
north
of
here
when
she
lost
control
and
the
car
flipped
over
She
was
thrown
from
the
car
and
struck
her
head
on
the
pavement
Mrs
Elder
was
moving
to
Prince
Gorge
with
her
family
Her
husband
Harold
48
daugh
daughter
�
ter
Jocelyn
16
were
also
lnthe
car
and
were
shaken
up
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COMMONWEALTH
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No
120
18
Pages
Local
reaction
a
Merchants
for
open-Mon-
day
shopping
are
getting
support
from
two
Prince
George
housewives
Karen
Kertz
and
Jean
Elliott
are
taking
a
petition
around
for
Monday
openings
Trey
started
the
drive
this
morn
morning
�
ing
and
will
present
the
petition
to
city
council
on
June
20
To
get
on
the
list
call
563
3516
after
4
PM
Local
automotive
type
pre
presented
�
sented
himself
to
the
doctor
last
week
for
treatment
of
strep
throat
and
flu
bug
Then
to
his
growing
horror
he
heard
the
doc
doctor
�
tor
outlining
the
steps
for
a
vasectomy
Several
panic
stricken
minutes
later
the
medic
discovered
that
he
had
the
wrong
patient
A
model
train
set
the
symbol
v
of
a
boys
life
with
asthma
was
stolen
from
a
locker
In
Prince
George
last
month
Mrs
Catherine
Talt
said
the
train
was
7
other
passengers
lnthe
carClar
ence
Wlens
53
of
Dunce
Rd
and
Greg
Wlens
3
of
Surrey
were
also
shaken
up
Fell
from
boat
In
a
boating
accident
10
00
pm
Friday
Joseph
Alphonse
Henri
Labonte
21
drowned
when
he
lost
his
balance
and
fell
out
of
a
boat
on
West
Lake
20
miles
southwest
of
here
Labonte
a
recent
arrival
In
Prince
George
was
living
at
the
Central
Hotel
The
body
has
not
been
recover
recovered
�
ed
yet
A
passenger
in
the
boat
Thomas
Stevens
25
of
135
Pa
Patricia
�
tricia
Blvd
jumped
into
the
wa
water
�
ter
to
save
him
but
Labonte
struggled
and
Stevens
could
not
hold
him
Stevens
brother
Keith
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of
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Doyi
Wtkly
A
recommendation
that
police
should
avoid
entrapment
and
violence
in
gaining
evidence
in
drug
cases
was
hailed
by
Daryll
Milne
20
one
of
the
organizers
of
a
drive
to
raise
funds
for
the
defence
of
six
persons
arrested
in
a
recent
drug
raid
The
report
has
been
a
long
time
coming
said
Milne
It
s
a
step
In
the
right
direction
He
said
the
illegality
of
drugs
often
made
them
attractive
For
Instance
now
that
the
drinking
age
Is
19
he
said
kids
arent
so
eager
to
get
Into
the
pubs
any
more
But
he
added
that
stiff
fine
sand
sentences
for
drug
use
only
ag
aggravated
�
gravated
the
situation
Where
it
danger
Phil
Thatcher
secretaryof
the
Halfway
House
Society
thinks
the
commission
s
effort
towards
re
-thinking
drug
laws
is
laud
laudable
�
able
but
the
commission
should
help
us
answer
the
question
of
whether
the
use
of
marijuana
on
a
large
scale
Is
as
dangerous
as
the
use
of
other
legal
drugs
such
as
alcohol
If
we
find
its
no
more
dan
dangerous
�
gerous
then
w
e
should
look
at
our
methods
of
dealing
with
drugs
English
and
city
prosecutor
Ross
he
said
I
think
the
commission
Simpson
declined
comment
has
made
a
first
step
towards
a
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national
emergency
such
as
a
nuclear
holocaust
was
demonstrated
at
the
weekend
in
a
combined
civil
defence
and
municipal
communications
exercise
Here
Dr
John
Garry
left
director
of
the
Northern
Interior
Health
Unit
and
John
Kennedy
CD
zone
radiological
defence
officer
predict
fallout
Citizen
photo
by
Rick
Hull
bought
for
her
son
Edwin
now
19
when
he
was
one
-
year
-
old
be
because
�
cause
his
asthma
would
not
allow
him
outside
to
play
with
the
other
children
Edwin
is
going
to
university
in
September
to
be
become
�
come
a
doctor
of
psychology
and
honed
to
have
the
train
set
as
a
hobby
The
train
was
stolen
from
9
10
Ahbau
St
The
family
Is
not
in
interested
�
terested
in
pressing
charges
if
it
is
returned
Miles
for
Millions
organ
w
lzers
found
last
week
that
cash
returns
for
the
big
Prince
George
hike
to
aid
people
in
un
undeveloped
�
developed
countries
were
coming
In
slowly
They
also
found
that
a
lot
of
the
youngsters
who
took
part
in
the
wilkathon
didnt
know
I
where
to
turn
In
the
cash
Any
branch
of
the
Royal
Bank
will
I
handle
the
money
and
If
there
are
any
further
problems
Marg
Sablston
Is
the
lady
to
call
at
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was
also
in
the
rlverboat
Police
said
none
were
wearing
life
Jackets
Murray
Arnold
Stene
Jr
15
days
died
In
hospital
Sunday
night
after
a
6
p
m
accident
on
Yellowhead
1G
two
miles
west
of
here
Seven
other
persons
In
the
car
were
injured
Car
skidded
The
car
was
heading
east
on
the
Yellowhead
when
it
skidded
on
the
pavement
across
the
road
and
onto
the
shoulder
It
rolled
over
throwing
the
passengers
out
of
the
car
and
into
a
ditch
The
driver
Murray
Arnold
Stene
Sr
24
of
Morans
Trai
Trailer
�
ler
Court
suffered
bruises
A
passenger
Roger
LeeCastonguay
19
of
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was
flown
LeDain
commission
causing
confusion
By
Steve
Handelman
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
The
LeDain
Commission
s
re
port
on
drugs
appears
to
have
left
in
its
wake
in
Prince
George
the
kind
of
confusion
it
was
designed
to
end
Last
week
s
publication
of
the
report
s
highlights
sparked
at
best
only
reluctant
appraisals
here
More
information
seems
to
be
needed
before
anyone
can
form
an
opinion
said
Jim
Ellis
sec
retary
of
the
YMCA
I
want
to
see
more
medical
research
done
The
report
emphasized
legal
problems
connected
with
drug
use
in
Canada
Among
the
recommen
recommendations
�
dations
were
sharply
reduced
penalties
for
marijuana
use
in
including
�
cluding
the
shifting
of
control
to
the
Food
and
Drugs
Act
from
the
Narcotics
Control
Act
The
royal
commission
made
the
point
that
the
cost
of
enforc
ing
drug
laws
was
out
of
all
proportion
to
the
relative
effec
tiveness
of
the
law
No
comment
City
magistrate
George
Ste
wart
RCMP
Staff
Sgt
Charles
sort
of
openness
of
discussion
about
the
problem
Both
Milne
and
Thatcher
em
phasized
the
fact
that
drugs
were
not
necessarily
a
youth
prob
problem
�
lem
Were
talking
about
the
adult
community
as
well
Thatcher
said
There
are
a
lot
of
business
businessmen
�
men
and
professionals
who
smoke
marijuana
said
Milne
Tobacco
worse
The
commission
admitting
that
the
extent
of
non
medical
drug
use
in
Canada
Is
wide
widespread
�
spread
said
It
would
Investi
Investigate
�
gate
further
charges
that
mari
marijuana
�
juana
leads
to
harder
drugs
The
biggest
problem
still
is
tobacco
and
alcohol
said
Dr
Alan
Steedman
director
of
the
Northern
Interior
Mental
Health
Clinic
He
said
he
does
not
think
mari
marijuana
�
juana
use
led
to
harder
drugs
in
Prince
George
But
he
comment
commented
�
ed
that
the
difference
in
the
medi
medical
�
cal
and
legal
approaches
to
drugs
made
it
a
very
woolly
subject
He
agreed
with
recommenda
tions
that
certain
antihistamines
cough
and
cold
remedies
and
painkillers
containing
phenacetln
should
be
available
only
on
doc
tors
prescription
not
over
the
counter
as
at
present
Until
they
ve
got
more
Infor
Information
�
mation
on
marijuana
theres
no
point
in
legislating
against
it
Dr
Steedman
said
Jim
Ellis
took
the
opposite
tack
We
should
continue
In
the
same
way
until
we
find
more
in
formation
Doet
not
approve
I
don
t
approve
of
the
use
of
any
drugs
Ellis
said
although
he
said
he
felt
an
alarming
view
of
marijuana
was
not
justi
justified
�
fied
according
to
information
available
Dr
Steedman
said
clearer
guidelines
for
the
use
of
drugs
might
take
some
time
It
took
a
few
years
to
know
the
effects
of
tobacco
and
alcohol
he
said
As
far
as
legal
restrictions
against
use
of
drugs
such
as
pot
Dr
Steedman
said
psjchologically
the
only
thing
that
works
is
example
Youths
will
not
feel
it
neces
necessary
�
sary
to
get
their
kicks
from
drugs
said
the
Mental
Health
director
if
others
in
the
society
also
restrain
their
use
of
other
drugs
whether
they
be
pills
cigarettes
or
barbltuates
Ve
need
the
kind
of
law
said
Phil
Thatcher
that
shows
societys
concern
to
affirm
life
to
Vancouver
In
critical
condi
condition
�
tion
with
head
injuries
Stenes
wife
Carmen
20
is
in
Prince
George
Regional
Hos
Hospital
�
pital
with
back
Injuries
and
abra
abrasions
�
sions
She
is
listed
in
fair
con
condition
�
dition
Five
injured
Her
son
Albert
Blitz
3
Is
in
fair
condition
with
head
Injuries
concussion
and
multiple
abra
abrasions
�
sions
AnolhersonMichaelBlitz
1
Is
in
fair
condition
with
multiple
abrasions
Mrs
Stenes
brother
Marcel
Burllnquette
13
is
In
good
con
condition
�
dition
with
abrasions
Her-sls-ter
Dlanne
11
Is
also
In
good
condition
with
head
injuries
abras
ions
and
a
fractured
left
arm
Another
five
persons
were
in
jured
In
a
single
car
accident
near
Tabor
Lake
Ski
Hill
18
miles
east
of
here
on
Yellowhead
16
at
115
p
m
Sunday
The
car
went
out
of
control
and
left
the
road
rolling
over
into
a
ditch
Driver
John
Kovacs
of
Upper
Fraser
was
injured
but
his
five
passengers
received
minor
cuts
and
bruises
Elmer
Lambert
Marcla
Lambert
Lloyd
Van
del
Jean
Kovacs
and
Vincent
Kovacs
were
treated
in
hospital
and
released
The
car
was
wrecked
A
falling
tree
on
the
Hart
High
Highway
�
way
20
miles
north
of
here
crushed
a
car
and
sent
the
dri
driver
�
ver
to
hospital
at
the
height
of
Sundays
windstorm
at
3
30
pm
Mike
Baron
53
of
1611
-8th
Ave
was
treated
for
a
scratched
The
Citizen
Forecast
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and
worm
PRINCE
GEORGE
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
MONDAY
JUNE
22
1970
Heavy
showers
washed
out
Sundays
pop
rock
benefit
in
Fort
George
Park
The
benefit
was
called
to
raise
funds
for
the
defence
of
six
per
persons
�
sons
arrested
in
a
recent
drug
raid
Stock
music
fans
weathered
the
tem-
Double
thunderstorm
hits
area
Inflation
was
the
prime
minis
ters
main
topic
during
his
three
day
tour
of
Southwestern
Ontario
which
ended
In
Strath
roy
Sunday
Speaking
to
reporters
hours
after
the
Talbotville
visit
lie
said
he
is
confident
tliat
the
back
of
inflation
can
be
broken
by
the
end
of
this
vear
The
co
operation
of
organized
The
Ingenlka
fire
70
miles
northwest
of
Flnlay
Forks
now
covers
00000
acres
and
121
men
10
tractors
and
five
air
aircraft
�
craft
are
trying
to
contain
It
Forest
Service
spokesmen
said
today
the
fires
seem
to
be
settling
down
with
the
help
of
cooler
air
and
one-quarter-inch
of
rain
which
fell
lnhalf-an-hour
Sunday
Trudecsu
threatening
compulsory
restraint
OTTAWA
CP
-
Prime
Mln
Ister
Trudeau
hardened
the
gov
eminent
line
on
wage
restraint
during
the
weekend
raising
the
likelihood
of
wage
controls
if
the
government
doosn
t
get
a
yeais
antl
Inflation
cooperative
from
labor
In
Sarnla
Saturday
he
told
a
news
conference
that
It
would
be
unfair
to
restrict
federal
em
employees
�
ployees
to
six
per
cent
raises
If
employees
of
the
province
and
private
Industry
were
getting
bigger
increases
If
this
situation
occurred
he
said
we
will
make
sure
others
do
as
we
du
by
some
typo
of
controls
or
give
up
the
fight
on
Inflation
In
Talbot
vllle
the
day
before
he
had
told
members
of
the
United
Auto
Workers
emploved
at
a
Ford
Motor
Co
of
Canada
plant
that
It
they
didnt
accept
the
voluntary
six
per
cent
wage
increase
guideline
the
govern
ment
will
lms
to
slap
on
con
trols
labor
Is
needed
for
from
six
months
to
a
vear
to
io
It
he
said
suggesting
that
unions
ne
gotlating
contracts
during
that
period
should
sign
for
only
that
brief
a
period
so
they
would
not
be
trapped
in
long
term
con
tracts
If
the
economic
situation
changed
Mr
Tiudeau
said
Labor
Mln
ister
Brjce
Mackasey
has
been
negotiating
directly
with
Donald
MacDonald
president
ofthoCa
nadlan
labor
Congress
to
set
up
an
antl
inflation
meeting
among
representatives
of
gov
ernments
labor
and
business
September
seemed
the
earliest
such
a
meeting
could
be
con
vened
nose
as
the
tree
landed
on
the
hood
of
his
car
Three
more
men
were
Injured
at
4
p
m
15
miles
north
along
the
Hart
Highway
when
their
im
imported
�
ported
car
flipped
over
pinning
one
under
the
wreck
Trapped
under
car
Al
Louis
Aurelio
of
Vancou
Vancouver
�
ver
was
trapped
under
the
car
for
almost
30
minutes
until
police
and
bystanders
rolled
it
off
by
hand
Aurelio
was
hospitalized
with
severe
back
injuries
The
driv
driver
�
er
Wilson
Miller
44
of
520
Beach
Cr
was
taken
to
hospital
with
back
injuries
and
bruises
Another
passenger
Joseph
Evelry
of
Vancouver
received
minor
bruises
and
was
released
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Traffic
was
backed
up
for
two
to
three
miles
while
the
acci
accident
�
dent
was
cleared
from
the
road
Treei
blown
down
Many
other
trees
had
fallen
on
the
road
slowing
traffic
and
caus
causing
�
ing
minor
accidents
Police
estimated
at
least
1000
trees
were
blown
down
by
the
storm
Some
blocked
the
tracks
of
the
PGE
betweenSummltLake
and
Bear
Lake
They
also
reported
some
uni
unidentified
�
dentified
persons
went
along
the
highway
with
a
chain
saw
and
cleared
eight
trees
from
the
road
The
highways
department
was
out
the
entire
daj
clearing
trees
from
the
roads
Many
power
lines
also
came
down
but
did
not
present
a
hazard
to
traffic
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photo
by
Rick
Hull
Storms
good
for
fires
bo
Two
thunderstorms
disrupted
power
facilities
in
some
parts
iOf
Prince
George
Sunday
leav
ing
residents
blacked
out
for
several
hours
The
worst
spot
hit
was
Is
land
Cache
Ross
Fitzgerald
line
supervisor
for
BC
Hydro
said
today
A
power
line
was
down
and
burning
The
first
storm
hit
Prince
George
at
3
pm
following
a
rapid
temperature
rise
to
81
degrees
and
lasted
for
half
an
hour
The
second
one
was
not
severe
according
to
the
weather
office
but
it
lasted
for
almost
an
hour
beginning
at
6
pm
The
first
storm
was
fol
lowed
by
heavy
scattered
showers
Total
precipitation
was
11
inches
The
power
outage
affected
the
area
of
First
and
Third
and
Watrous
BC
Hydro
said
some
points
reported
power
outages
until
6
pm
The
first
storms
outage
was
Just
trees
falling
said
Fitzgerald
but
the
second
one
was
lightning
strikes
Hydro
crews
were
still
work
ing
this
morning
at
15
Mile
Road
and
Sinclair
Mills
where
light
lightning
�
ning
hit
power
lines
The
Weather
Office
said
at
the
north
end
of
the
storm
about
200
miles
north
of
here
lOOmph
winds
were
reported
There
were
gucts
up
to
45
mp
h
here
said
a
spokesman
Thirteen
new
forest
fires
11
started
by
lightning
brought
the
total
fires
In
the
Prince
George
Fire
District
to
33
on
the
week
weekend
�
end
A
total
of
420
men
46
trac
tors
and
11
aircraft
are
trying
to
bring
some
fires
under
con
control
�
trol
The
storm
which
hit
Prince
George
Sunday
has
swung
north
and
is
settling
In
around
the
In
fire
Other
major
fires
in
the
area
are
the
Sun
fire
40
miles
south
southwest
�
west
of
Dawson
Creek
burning
d
for
city
over
5000
acres
and
employing
52
men
and
nine
tractors
TWr
wind
is
blowing
this
fire
back
and
forth
across
the
area
so
the
men
are
having
difficulty
setting
up
fire
breaks
to
contain
it
Another
major
fire
is
the
Kel
fire
50
miles
west
of
Fort
Nel
Nelson
�
son
The
Kel
fire
covers
22000
acres
64
men
and
four
trac
tractors
�
tors
are
fighting
this
fire
which
is
raging
out
of
control
pushed
by
65
mph
winds
Hill
Wm
U
IllVI
These
two
75
foot
buildings
were
completely
erected
at
the
weekend
by
volunteers
for
the
Junior
Forest
Wardens
camp
at
John
Mclnnis
Camp
36
miles
south
east
of
Prince
George
When
opened
July
24
the
camp
will
accommodate
96
boys
and
staff
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photo
t