There s a lot of food in 280 Christmas hampers Salvation Army s Captain Bill Wilson discovered Monday when he started packing hampers for needy families in the Prince Georgetarea Citizen photo by Dave Milne Hampers for Cner 280 families in Prince George will have a happier Christmas thanks to tie Salva Salvation � tion Arm j Thats the number of people on the Armjs hamper list and each family will i eceive son e 20 woith of Christmas dinner Depending on the sl7e of the famil the hampeis contain an eigtt to 12 pound turkey one to tt lee loaves of bread a pcund of margarine a pickage of tea a tin of cratberr sauce accuple of pounds of nuts a peund of chocolates two to five tins of vegetables about 20 pmnds of ST LOUIS CAP James R Hoffa the foi met Teamsters union president was leunited with his ailing wife and famll today after being freed from fedeial prison by President Nixon I dont bliee it I just dont believe it Josephine Hoffa said Thuisda night as she era biactd her husband at the home of thelt daughter in subuiban Glendale Im going to be fine now just fine said Mrs Hoffa who suffered a heart attack 10 months ago and had a mild sel zui e tt ednesdav I dont believe weve evei had a nlcei Christmas The minion came hours aftei the onetime bad bo of big labot w ilked out of the federal penitential v at Lew Isburg Pa under the presidents ordet commuting his sentence He had suud foui jears nine months 10 dajs of a 13 veai sentence foi jury tampering and mall fiaud a It was endurance b tluee local bands and oi ganiation voik of Lee Wells which earned the Prince Geoige llalfwa House and the child ens w aid at the hospital 250 to split be between � tween them tt ells put una lock conceit which ran foi seven hours last Sunda at the Knox lulled Chuich Some 300 voung people came cut to listen U Sleepj Hollow Pa and tie Countrj Stitch Cand stiipcrs fiom the hospital served lefteshments foi the da -long concert a Santa Claus comes in man guises and foi a Prince George famll tils Christmas Santa was CP Vii The paicnts of seven- ear old Susan Buik weie alle to send off het Chi 1st mas gifts to the Shrineis Hos Hospital � pital for Crippled Children In potatoes and a Christmas cake Salvation rniy Capt Bill Wil Wilson � son said The hampers are financed by the Christmas Cheer and inter Relief kettles scattered through town Real rough was Sgt John Baiagai s re pi when asked how the donations weie coming in njone wanting to support the Salvation Armys Chi 1st mas Cheer can drcp money in one of the kettles oi send it to 730 Stuart Drive They just hivent been paj ing tt ilson added The conditional commutation specifies that Hoffa 58 mav not 1 engage In the direct or Indirect management of any labor or organization � ganization until March G 1980 the date his full prison term would have ended Technical the president shortened Hoffas 13 vear sen tence to C1 ears With time off for good behavior Hoffa wis eligible foi immediate release He had been tinned down tluee times foi paiole In Detiolt where the Teams teis union has Its headquarters a number of laboi leaders Joined lii praise of the presl dents action I believe that justice has been served in this situation and the jardon is fullj deseived said United Uito ttorkeis Presi President � dent Leonatd Woodcock In a tel egram to NLxon News of the release turned the Teamstets annual Christ mas partj at a Detroit i estaur ant Into a coming out party Hoffa resigned as union presl tt Innipeg wheie she Is a pat lent without it costing them a cent A a woid of Christmas season advice booze and gasoline dent mis Actually the do but it tastes awful a Some people aie never w satisfied While central Intel ior pa pie shlvei In t em pel -ituns as 1 v as 42 below foi mer cltj ladio spoits matiGarr Crossett now in New Zealand cant get used to humid Decem December � ber temperatuies In the 80s Those frigid men who collect out throw aw ays and left leftovers � overs will not be packing it in as It weie duilng the holida The bait age collec tot swill be out in full force as usual toda and Moiida so don t let all that un- wanted tuikey etc just accumu l late I Suppoit for the hampers was also received fiom schools in the Prince George area where food collections were made for tinned goals group of Rangers also helped Salv at ion rni staff pack the hampers Monday The 280 food packages were distributed Thursda morning Needy families apply to the Sah at ion rmy for a hamper Vfter a short investigation tode teimlne tie need of the family they are pit on tie list and giv given � en a hamper for Christmas Bar atai said I dont believe it wife says when Hoffa freed dent this jear after union offi clals agteed that he would re celve a 75000 a jear pension foi life Trank Fltzslmnons a hand picked successor took ovei the presldencj JUDGE CASHMAN Les Cashman named judge OTTAWA CP - Leslie T Cashman of Prince George has been appointed judge of the count court of Nanaimo Justice Minister John Turner announced today Mr Cashman 51 replaces Judge Henr C McKay ap appointed � pointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia earlier this month Mr Cashman member of the Prince George law firm of Cashman Hope Helnrich Han sen Brown Hutton and Mo Mullen recently did a special study on legal aid In the ukon for the fedeial government Inside today a Business 5 Classified w 13 14 15 Comics 7 Crossword 15 Editorial -1 Home and family C Horo Horoscope scope G Second front 9 Spoits 10 11 Television 12 Entertainment 12 A 2 Weather rrcurner A Cloudj today with sunnj periods and occasional snow flurries Very cold with a high of 10 to 20 l elow and a low tonight of 15 to 25 below Mostlj sunny and a little milder Saturday w ith ahighol five to 15 below Drug charge plea made One of thiee Pi ince George men charged Wednesda with conspirac to tiaffit in MDY pleaded guilt Thuisda to the charge Tei i ance James Vnderson 25 was reman led for a presentence report Two others Blaine Basil Dowd 19 and James Gabourie 23 pleaded net guilt and weie remanded for tilal to Jan 4 Chrisfmcis on a mountain By Judy Corne V C OI V ER CP -Clara and Norman Willson are prepared for a traditional C hristmas The have their goose a tree cards and presents from friends and famllv and 30 feet of snow It snows a lot at the 4000 fxt level of 7C00 foot McLean Mountain four miles north wst of the village of LUlooet in British Coumbia s coast range sometim s when the wind gets up to 125 miles an hour tie helicopter which 1 rings supplies has to tuin aroun I But this hasn t happened olten in the 2 ears the tt ill sons have been building care takers foi British Columbia Telephone Co s microwave radio repeater an J television relav station In fact the Wlllsons like the Isolation enough to have re newed the r two vear contract last summer Mrs Willson Interviewed The Friday December 24 1971 Vol 15 No 249 32 Pages Wednesday b radio tele phone said thev liked the feeling of being awav from It all especlallv during tie hustle and bustle of the davs before Christmas We Just got back Dec 17 after being awa for 10 das she said I got m grocer order- were h a v 1 n g goose and all the trimmings and a tree and mail and parcels of course I went shepping oie after noon with m dauglter I t w isnt too bad that dav but the next dav I Just gave up and gave her the moie to 1 uv presents sked if the do not miss their famil and friends at Christmas Mrs Willson re piled Well tie h 1 gh 11 ghtof Christmas Dav is phoning our famll two grown daughters and a son and we save all our caids and letteis to open Christmas Eve- ltizen OC Guns in Holy Land 0B 10c Copy Prince George British Columbia Israeli troops guar DIFFERENT PAGE ONE FOR CHRISTMAS EVE For Christmas The Citizen today h dropped its regular page one to page 3 and replacta it with a special cover to honor the great Christian feast The color picture on the cover shows the light mg of the candles on the advent wreath Each candle represents a week of advent the time in the church year devoted to preparing for Christmas The Citi zen s Dave Milne was responsible for the color photography The Citizen staff will take Monday off as part of the Christmas holidays We publish again Tues day Dec 28 In the meantime a happy Christmas to all our readers Bhutto continues RAWALPINDI West Pakistan Reuter President ZulUkar All Bhutto swore in a 10 man cabinet in a 3 a m ceremon here toda and sparked specula speculation � tion he may invite the East Pakistani leader Sheik Mujibur Rahman to join his govern government � ment There was no explinatlon for the earl morning oathtaklng at the presidents house except that Bhutto has been bus oust ousting � ing generals and admirals and personally directing practicall every detail of his new regime since he took over power from Gen iahya Khan Monday At the moment from the province of Last Pakistan only three elected representatives of the people are present in Ra Rawalpindi � walpindi Bhutto said in a statement shortly after an announcing � nouncing the names of his min ministers � isters One of these has joined m government as vice president Nurul Amln Another has joined my cabinet as a minister Raja TIdev Roy and I am holding discussions with a third This third elected representa representative � tive is Sheik Mujlb Political sources said Mujlb leader of the outlawed Aw ami League who was freed from prison ear earlier � lier this week and put under house arrest Instead had been bi ought to Rawalpindi for ta ks with Bhutto One of the major aims of m government Is to concede to all provinces of Pakistan full auton omy within over all concept of a united and integrated Paki Pakistan � stan Observers noting that Mujlb had been brought here for talks with Blutto believed the possi ble addition to the cabinet from East Pakistan lefened to b the president could be the Awami League leader In March when the Cast looked set to secede from the W est the Pakistan arm cracked down In the region and arrested Mujlb He was tried by a militar court on charges of treason and waging war against Pakistan No verdict was announced In Cairo Pakistan was re reported � ported to have asked Egypt to use Its good offices with India to lesolve urgent humanitarian problems arising from the war In other developments President Bhutto In a letter to the five permanent members of the Inlted Nations Securit Council asked steps be taken to prevent revenge slaings in East Pakistan as he retraces tl e path from Jerusalem along w hich the three kings are believed to have followed the star into Bethlehem on the first Christmas 1071 yeais ago He will climax- the celebra celebrations � tions with a midnight mass in the Saint Catherines Church ad joining the Church of the Nativ Nativity � ity BLIHLFHKM Reutei - Hundreds f Isruli tioops weiring Inttleditss nd cirixmg lutomitic weap ons tin cw a sicuntv coidon iround this hill top town todaj to guild igtmt possible Ai il gucnilh -itttmpts t chsiupt Christ nm ctlcbiations at the tiiditionil birthplace of Chust The troops supported b mo- bile units and green bercted border police guarded all entrances Into Bethlehem while other soldiers and police mounted guard on i ooltops overlooking Manger Square In fiont of the rortiess llke Clurch of the Nativity built over the grotto where accoid lng to tradition Jesus was born Despite the security I recau tions however there was no feeling of tension in the bustling marketplaces and steep wind winding � ing alleS of this little town as priests pilgrim and tourists mingled in the square Israeli tioops were less In evi evidence � dence than on the four pievious Christmases celebrated undei Israel control since the Israelis captured the town from Jordan In the 19G7 war The proximity of Egptian President Anwar Sadats oft-repeated endof year deadline for a political settlement of the Middle East crisis lias done nothing to deter pilgrims and tourists who are expected to top all previous figures for the years under Israeli rule Some lr000 touiists have poured into Israel in the last few days and ministry of tour Ism officials estimated that be between � tween now and the end of the year some 30000 to 35000 tour lsts will visit the Hoi Land a 50 per cent Increase over last eais figure of 20000 Entr Into Bethlehem which huS been decorated with festive ligl ts and banners Is by permit only and civil police lave set up roadblocks to check all docu ments Later today the Latin Tatri aich of Jerusalem Msgr Giu Giuseppe � seppe Glacomo Beltritti high- COO J It will be a c ol ule t is eat Temperatuies Chnstmas Da are i ot expected to edge past five below Tleie is a ch ince Monla could go to eio said Walter Mai uk from tie Prince George weather office Lows foi the hoi l la weekend will lemalii at 10 to 15 I elow little snow could tall Mon dav tlerwise the cutlook calls for cleat skies Malik said Tenpeiatuies in Matkenrie Thuisda night plun meted to 42 belov wt lie Pnnee Geoigeslow went 10 fui tic i than 17 1 elow Clcud covei both I atural and fiom tie pulp mills piovilod a putcctive icof foi tie eit keeping tie tempei atuies fiom plungng too low Maiuk said If skies cleai tonifet t then is a chance the teinpeiatuu could drop si arpl 1 e adde I last car Prince Gooite basked under 21 degiee weatlel Chnstnas Da and the low Chnstmas Lve was a balm five above Geneial i oad coi litlons lave impioved since Thuisda with tie improvemeit in winlccndi ti ns Howevei mott lists ale urged t use caution as then are many slippery an 1 ic sectuns on all highwavs ai mil Piuce George est ranking Roman Catholic prelate in the Holy Land will 2p7n ftlllltf make his ceremonial entry ae companied by horse outriders - jf court rules OTTVWA XP Geza Ma tral a Hungarian boi n Toi onto store clerk was found guilty Thursday of assaulting Soviet Premier Alexel Kosgln on Par llamentlllll Oct 18 He will be sentenced Jan 7 In the meantime he will be fiei on 1000 bail Has Christmas spirit disappeared By Mar Gray Citizen Staff Reporter Has Christmas disappeared under a mess of wrappings and empty liquor bottles5 Or have enough people taken a minute to remember the origl nal Christmas story to keep It alive Local ministers suy Its hard to generalize tut they also feel that on the whole people seem more inteiested In whether their rum stock Is up than whether the make it to Christmas Day ser services � vices The holiday season has be become � come a big drunken brawl Rev Nell Fuik from the Peden Hill Mennonite Church claimed 1 This is deplorable He said the very fact that peo people � ple must be continually warned about drunk driving indicates the meaning of Christmas has shifted for many people Rev Bernle Hart disagreed It Is easy to get sentimental about the traditional Christmas the minister of St Michaels and All Angels Anglican Church said But they are glorlfingth fust Century We live in the 20th centuiy He added people should not pretend they do not live in a world of plent now and said no one would evei think of giving blith to a child In a stable now especial in 20 I elow weather Sometimes Christmas isabit smothered up with gifts and par parties � ties Rev Den Taylor of Knox United said I wouldn t like to see the paitles and gifts disap disappear � pear he ad led I don t think people have to totally � tally foi gotten tiue Christmas because there is a spirit of gaiety arcund A lot of people open up their hearts he said Father Pat Mohan of t Marys Catholic Church agieed Christmas is a time when people learn to help each othei and show real Chilstmas spit it The celebiation of Christ Christmas � mas should be the celebration of the spirit which should be there all the time te said The spirit of dolnt something for someone else Our Saviors Lutheian Church pastor P S Olsen said there is a lot more to Christmas than com commercialism � mercialism Much of tie message and meaning of Christmas is peace and ha i mon in the hone he said Mi Olsen added ho fdt muct of the true Christmas had been lost Rev Clarence Diet uck of tie Evangelical Tree Church has found oung people ale staing fuithei from Christmas than old ei people True Chnstmas is ii much of I the commenlallsm he added I lean t cutlclze or condemn I President of the Ministerial Association Rev E P Tunk claimed the conimeiciallsm at Chi istmas Is pait of the societ I dont mind so much if in the midst of it all the lemember the tiue meaning of Chilstmas the coming of Christ into the Iworld said Mr Funkininlstej of tie Hill Gospel Tateinacle The tine will ome when peo people � ple retuin to the spiritual ap pioach to Chi istmas I irst Baptist minister Rev Lance Morgan said Pecple are getting tired of ccnuieitialiMii and are getting back to what Christmas icall is le said Whatevei tie attitulo tow aids the Chnstmas stoi tie lecal churches will I e having serv services � ices Chnstmas Eve and Chilst Chilstmas � mas Day foi people who want to take part The Flist Baptist and Free Evangelical Chuicles will hold then Christmas seivices at 11 a m Saturda morning Peden Hill Mennonite is hold holding � ing a famil Chi istmas Eve ser service � vice at 7 30 knight The Knox Inited ChiiMnus seivice at 11 am Satuida will be ei casual Childi en dii wel welcomed � comed and caiols will le sung St Maiy s Catholic Chuuhhas midnight Mass tonight with Sat Saturda � urda Christiius seivices at 9 am 10 30 a in lie n and -1 JO P i mil Gospel Tabenucle has its Chi istmas evesei vice tonight at 11 30 with the Chi istmas ser service � vice Satuida at 11 am and a caiol sing song Sunda nltht at 7 The Out Saviors Lutheian service includes a Chilstmas Eve service tonight at 7 30 which includes tiaditional carol singing Satuida mumine sei vice is at 11 with a conniunion seivlce Sun la St Michael s Miglican holds its Chi istmas lve seivice to niglt at 11 10 with tit Chi ist istmas � mas Day sei vice at 8 a n Satur Saturda � da and a family set vice 10 a m Saturda Sunda senlceswillte at 8 a m and 11 am with bap baptism � tism followed b Hoi Commu Communion � nion at tit 11 am seivlce This Is just an ilea f what is hapiening at localchuul esfor Chnstmas Hi compete list ings of seivices check page seven