If I llO I 1117011 Si EfejL FRIDAY JUNE 11 1971 XL 5 10c Copy Jlfp BBBJI VVol 15 No U3 t 24 Pages fei 5i NgGQsBTISH COLUMBIA Wmm lHfrjjtfBSslfcstettLj alis B bSr ikir i ffiBP rifr- W Ill liTiiTf v lid wbhBEhh v y ffifc MiPss 1ft I Bfy v IMHo Pretty contestants in the B C Indian Princess Pageant which starts tonight in Prince George show off the costumes of the areas they rep resent Each of the 10 girls made her own outfit In the foreground left Barbara Ann Michell Prince George and Rita Pierre Tachie Next row from left Connie Williams Fort Fraser Gayle Gottfriedson Kam Row housing Builders blast village council The Prince George Homo Builders Association called South Fort George council narrow minded and ill Informed after the villages decision not to per permit � mit raw housing In a statement today the asso association � ciation accused South Fort George of taking a retrogres retrogressive � sive step South Fort George must real ize at present it doesnt have too much to offer anyone build builder � er or homeowner the release stated The mere fact that a builder is prepared to risk his capital on a project is tobecom nunded not thrown out the win window � dow At Mondays council meeting South Fort George council voted to refuse a bid by Multi-Builders to construct four row-hous- Cholera fear increases CALCUTTA Reuter - Fears that the killer cholera among East Pakistani refugees could spread through this coun try of S50 million people height ened today as the first monsoon showers drenched the eastern coastal areas The rain during the last cou pie of days In West Bengal state which has borne the brunt of the vast refugee Influx has been comparatively light but even an hour long shower Is enough to turn refugee camps situated on low lying swampy land into virtual lakes Theres no need to get up w tight about instructions re recently � cently issued by the emergency department of the Prince George Regional Hospital Patients should try to contact then own doctors before going theie but obviously this doesnt apply In emergency cases The hospital is Jujt trying to speed piocedure in toutine cases The regional dlstiict board intended a science fiction farewell gift for administrator Stewart Fleming who leaves for the municipality of Delta this month an ultra high frequen frequency � cy radio beamed permanently at the Fraser Fort George region office Directors thought better of the idea after a warning from director Harold Moffat who cau cautioned � tioned that the public frowns on such electronic gadgetry If you find a young ani animal � mal walking along the road leave It alone or you could be signing Its death warrant aWild- tag units in the village They list listed � ed its absence from a rezoning bylaw In Victoria for approval now as the reason for the step Aid John Esau threatened to leave the village If row housing was permitted when the concept was first presented by MutlL Builders Joe ter Helde May 31 The village also pointed out the lot was too small for four units The Home Builders associa association � tion lashed out at Csiu for his reference to the proposal which he said would use the village as guinea pigs for an experiment Row housing is certainly not a new concept It has been around since at least the 18th century Possibly South Fort council councillors � lors consider this only yester yesterday � day the association said They claimed South Fort Georges narrow thinking will force it to remain a little place outside of Prince George which doesnt have too much to offer a new homeowner and if pres present � ent thinking prevails itneverwlll have Possibly those councillors making a threat of resignation should do so In order that the citizens of South Tort George can obtain forward thinking per persons � sons who will see that their vil village � lage can start to take advantage of some of the growth this area is presently enjoying the release said We suggest that South Fort George councillors take a second look at the development of their village The association closed its letter with an offer to assist South Fort George In the future in any way possible life officer said today People often pick the young bear cub or fawn off the road believing the mother has been killed and the animal oiphaned Unless the mother is found dead the animals should always be left alone The BC government Cen w tennlal 71 Caravan will be in Giscome on Sunday Also in the Socred bag of goodies for Gis Giscome � come is approval for 8000 in centennial piojects renovation to the community hall an ice rink and tennis courts Although Ivan McLarty has been playing cribbage for most of his 74 years he hadnt seen a pel feet hand until yes tetday While playing with his daughter Ruby he saved him himself � self from being skunked when he drew the rare 29 counter a The sale of Teddys Drive- In Restaurant to Porter and Johnston insurance agency takes effect July 1 with 620 Radio sales manager Doug Johnston stepping in as operator 1 Inside today loops Elsie Jones Victoria Dorothy Jeff Williams Lake and Eva Prince Fort St James Back row Marian Michell Burns Lake Sharon Hitchcock Massett and Karen Dudoward Vancouver Judges make their difficult decision Saturday night at the Civic Centre Business 5 Classified 18 19 20 21 22 23 Comics 8 Crossword 12 Editorial 4 Home and fam family � ily 12 13 Horoscope 24 Second front 13 Sports 14 15 Television b Look dear A space ship i dear Weather Mostly cloudy with show- ers or thunder showers I in the afternoon today and Saturday Winds gusty in showers High both days 60 to 65 low tonight 45 Lakewood students protest A demonstration staged today by a group of students at Lake- wood Junior Secondary School ended about 9 40 am when they returned to the building Estimates of the size of the group varied from 75 by the vice- principal to 200 by a former stu student � dent who Joined the demonstra demonstration � tion because he thought the cause was good The incident centred around a girl who was found In the boys washroom Wednesday said vice- principal Jim Imrlch The students who sat on the lawn outside the school thought she was treated unfairly he said Principal Ted Lea spoke to the girls father Wednesday night for about an hour and there was an appaient agreement that the mat matter � ter was closed However an older brother not a student thought otherwise said Imrlch After a period of sort of wait waiting � ing by the administration Lea talked to the students In the audi auditorium � torium The school enrollment is about 800 so the demonstration did not have overwhelming support said Imrlch Bob Turner 16 a former Lakewood student who joined the demonstration was still out side the school at 10 am Citizen photo by Dave Milne City men charged with sweep fraud Two Prince George men were charged Thursday fol- lowmg what police described as a 250000 sweepstake fraud A police spokesman said tickets were sold In four western provinces and printed at an un unidentified � identified local printing shop Leonard Baran and Morris Watts both 24 and of Prince George were charged In court here Thursday with conspiring to defraud the public Also charged were Albert Or cutt 25 and his father Howard 44 both of Vancouver They were to appear again to day In city court They were charged with selling The girl was pushed Into the The agreement to be for washroom by some boys he said mally concluded before the end X 2 tickets In a non existent Yu Yukon � kon Belle 100000 sweepstake which claimed proceeds would aid crippled children Police allege tickets were sold between Jan 1 and June 9 Police said RCMP across western Canada helped In the investigation InRegina last March an RCMP raid netted 84000 tickets A large quantity of tickets were also seized in Prince George Printing plates were also seized by police Eleyen killed in train crash SALEM 111 AP Officials of the Illinois Central Railroad said today a locked wheel probably caused by an electrl cal failure led to the flaming derailment of the City of New Orleans passenger train Thurs day Eleven persons died In the wreckage and 94 others were In Jured many critically The City of New Orleans with four locomotives and 14 cars hurtled off the tracks two miles north of Salem at a speed of 90 miles an hour officials said There were 224 persons aboard Investigators from the Na tlonal Rail Safety Board the National Transportation Safety Board and the Illinois Com merce Commission came to the scene Witnesses said 1200 feet of track were twisted and torn by the crash God it was horrible one survivor said I saw a woman pinned under the rails and she had to be cut free She later died Melvln Maxey 63 a farmer who lives a mile from the acci dent scene said People were climbing out of the cars ana lying on the rails every body was screaming The engine was on fire and flames were jumping 15 feet in the air Maxey said Passengers were slammed through the plateglass windows of the coaches Rescue squads used acetylene torches to cut rails pinning victims Canada US co operate Car ads checked WASHINGTON AP The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday it will demand that advertisers starting with automobile ads either document their claims or face deceptive ad vertlslng charges Robert Pltofsky head of FTCs bureau of consumer protection said the policy will be Implemented first In the auto Industry within the next 30 days then gradually ex tended to other big advertls ers Pltofsky said the agency wont be able to do much with claims about how great some thing tastes But If a firm advertises its products as being twice as good at half the cost as any other product In its class we will ask how that can be proved The new FTC policy By Canadian Press Reaction to the federal gov governments � ernments proposed gettough legislation against cigarette smoking was divided Into two camps with opponents the most vocal On one side criticizing the legislation announced Thursday hypocritical were spokesmen for the tobacco and advertising agencies as well as represents tlves of the media carrying clg arette advertising On the other praising It were representatives of various health organizations and provin provincial � cial health departments Many of the opponents had the same comment about the proposal to ban almost all ciga rette advertising They said as long as it is legal to sell ciga rettes it should be legal to ad vertlse them The health officials felt the advertising restrictions would be helpful in keeping young per sons from starting to smoke Would cut ads The goernment bill which received first reading In the Commons Thursday and which could become effective next Jan 1 would restrict advertls lng to exposure in retail outlets basic Information on vending machines and signs at the plants or offices and on the ve hides of manufacturers It would empower the cabinet to fix the maximum amount of nicotine tar or other substance in any cigarette product and packages would have to carry a statement of the amount of such substances In their contents Paul Pare chairman of the Canadian Tobacco Manufactur ers Council said the councils greatest single concern was that federal control of the tar and nicotine levels In cigarettes would mean control of the In Industry � dustry If government lowered tar and nicotine levels beyond a certain point smokers would stop smoking Or they might turn to stronger cigarettes smuggled In from the United States Spent 25 million Mr Pare who also is presi president � dent of Imasco formerly Impe rial Tobacco of Canada Ltd predicted little effect on those who smoke now The advertls lng ban would however make it more difficult to introduce new brands because there would be nojvay to make them known The industry last year spent 243 million In promotion and advertising the 498 billion ciga rettes It sold to the six million smokers in Canada The adver Using bill worked out to less than a cent a package and its adopted In response to a petl tion last December by con sumer rights advocate Ralph Nader represents the second recent victory by those seek lng tougher advertising rules The FTC also Is trying to force deceptive advertisers to admit In future ads that past ads were misleading Alleen Cowan one of the lawyers who prepared the pe tltlon spent more than a year monitoring ads She sent let ters asking 58 firms to sub stantiate 68 claims Only three firms supplied any documen tatlon she said Among automakers Gen eral Motors did not reply to questions by Nader about claims oldsmobiles Toronado engine gives worrj free per formance thousands of miles longer Nader asked for the specific distance GM had in mind and elimination wont mean lower prices he added Mr Pare said the worst im mediate effect would be on the advertising agencies which would lose up to 25 million as a source of Income F W Convery president and director of account services at rH Hayhurst Co Ltd of To Toronto � ronto the agency for Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd To ronto said he just about had a heart attack when he first re received � ceived news of the bill We expected a ban on broad cast advertising but I didnt dream it would go this far Mr Convery said the govern ment may be taking the same kind of approach it did with the white paper on taxation com- ing on strong in order to get a good reaction and probably ar riving at a middle ground The Outdoor Advertising As soclation of Canada represent ing billboard companies said cigarette advertising accounts for 18 per cent of all outdoor ad advertising � vertising Association President John M Gould echoed the reac tion of other advertising men If cigarettes are legal I dont know why they shouldnt be allowed to market them like anbody else Growers concerned The chairman of the Ontario Flue Cured Tobacco Growers Marketing Board also expressed concern with the legislation He said government powers to control levels of tar and nicotine could have a detrimental ef feet on our export market If the growers were required by new levels to grow a differ ent variety of tobacco we would be unable to accommo date both the domestic and for eign buyers Representatives o f various health and medical organlza tlons gave unanimous approval to the proposed legislation Dr R M Taylor of Toronto an official of the Canadian Can cer Society said the bill is the major step weve been hoping for Dr Harding Le Rlche of the University of Toronto who has done research work for the On tario Heart Foundation on the link between smoking and heart disease said he doesnt think the legislation would stop con firmed smokers from smoking Premier WAC Bennett said legislation passed at the last session of the British Columbia legislature banning all for mo of cigarette and liquor advertising will take effect Sept 1 as schedul scheduled � ed He said the federal ban Is long overdue and again shows that the legislature of BC in its wisdom is once again the leader In Canada asked for the tests proving it Thousands of miles longei than what he added Naders letters to Fore Motor Co last year resulted In disclosure of the cancella tlon of some advertisements that turned out to be mis taken Ford said It stopped adver Using Its Torino as the low estprlced car In its class after discovering another model of Ford was 3 cheaper The firm never did define in its class In a series of radio adver tlsements Ford had touted Torino as having more road stability passenger room and luggage space Ford told N a d e l the advertisements originally compared Torino with the smaller Maverick but editing Inadvertently re moved any reference to the Miveilck which cost less Hypocrisy Cigarette laws praised blamed Horse meat sales rise VANCOUVER CP - Ed Meln proprietor of a Vancou ver store selling horsemeat for human consumption said Thursday that more and more people are buying horsemeat instead of beef He estimated that his sales have increased 30 per cent in the last 12 months Mr Meln said many cus customers � tomers buy horsemeat out of preference but about 20 per cent do so because of eco economic � nomic necessity Two fined for pot planting Two Shelley men pleaded guil guilty � ty In city court today to posses possession � sion of marijuana plants at a youth camp which they said was financed by a Federal Gov Government � ernment grant of 9000 through Opportunities for Youth William Douglas 25 and John Huber 27 were each fined 100 by provincial court Judge George Stewart Court was told that on May 28 police found a hot house on the Shelley property containing nu numerous � merous plants for transplanting purposes Hubler had purchased 320 acres of land with the Federal grant for starting a youth camp court was told Judge Stewart suggested the farm was an experimental farm Police said they took 12 mari marijuana � juana plants and a peanut butter jar half full of marijuana seeds Both Douglas and Hubler told the court they wre Ameri American � can citizens YM YWCA general secretary Jim Ellis said he would like to know who the organizers are of the Shelley youth camp Ellis co ordlnator of youth programs in this area said there have been rumors of federal money for youth projects at Salmon Valley and elsewhere that nobody seems to know anything about Ellis said federal secretary of state department approval was given his opportunities for youth project by telegram followed by a contract in the mill Screening for these projects is almost nonexistent he said Great Lakes clean up program set Southam News Services WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States have an nounced an unprecedented joint program to clear up the pol polluted � luted waters of the Great Lakes External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp told a news con conference � ference at the state department Thursday that the agreement was an historic moment not only in the relations of Canada and the U S but In the world worldwide � wide challenge of the pollution problem Russell Train chairman of the US Environmental Protec Protection � tion Agency said the joint pro gram was an Important precedent of the year will establish com common � mon water quality objectives based on the recommendations of the International Joint Com Commission � mission The two governments will then be committed to the devel development � opment of compatible water quality standards through the implementation of appropriate programs The agreement will set time periods for a number of pro grams including construction of treatment facilities for municl pal and industrial wastes re duction of phosphorous dls charges and elimination of mer cury discharges While the IJC is to be given a beffed up role in surveilance of the water quality of the lakes its authority will still be restricted r to making recommendations to the two governments Mr Sharp said no attempt has been made to give the body supranational authority The Canadian minister said the sanction of public opinion should be sufficient to insure that both governments live up to the agreement The two countries also agreed at the one day meeting on a joint contingency plan to com combat � bat spills of oil or other hazard hazardous � ous substances in the Great Lakes Mr Sharp used the opportu opportunity � nity of his visit to Washington to call on Secretary of State Wll Ham Rogers to inform him of Canadas very serious con cern about the hazards of oil spills on the West Coast He said Insufficient account has been taken of the dangers in plans to move oil in tankers from Valdez Alaska through the narrow Strait of Juan de Fuca and Strait of Georgia to the US He said Mr Rogers had promised the matter further consideration Mr Sharp told reporters no precise estimate was available of the cost to Canada of the antl pollution program in the Great Lakes but that it would run to hundreds of millions of dollars The federal government will negotiate a detailed agreement with Ontario for the implemen implementation � tation of various programs in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario which are to be completed by 1975 The US is seeking congres congressional � sional approval of C billion to support a 12 bllllon national program Mr Train said a sig niflcant amount of the money will be directed towards the Great Lakes The American said the ques tlon of limiting the phosphorous content of detergents remains under active consideration Canada is committed to re reducing � ducing phosphate content to five per cent by the end of 1972 The Canadian delegation In eluded Fisheries Minister Jack Davis Ontario Resources Minis ter George Kerr and Quebec Environmental Minister Victor I Goldbloom t