Tuesday,
March
23.
.'20;
No.(58
C
RAN
BROOK
HILL
DEVELOPMENT
KEY
FIGURE
IN
JAPANESE
LOCKHEED
SCANDAL
Kamikaze-like
mission
crashes
into
exec's
home
TOKYO
(AP)
A
Japanese
movie
actor
flying
what
one
witness
said
looked
like
a
Kamikaze
mission
crashed
a
light
plane
today
Into
the
home
of
Yoshlo
Kodama,
key
figure
in
the
Lockheed
payoff
scandal
in
Japan.
The
actor,
Mltsuyasu
Maeno,
29,
was
killed
in
the
crash.
Kodama's
luxurious
home
was
set
afire,
but
he
and
11
other
persons
In
the
house
were
not
Injured.
NIIK,
the
Japanese
broadcasting
company
said
Maeno
shouted
"Tenno
Heika
Banzai
I"
(Long
Live
the
Emperor
I)
as
he
took
off
In
the
single-engine
Piper
Cherokee.
This
was
the
farewell
shout
of
Second
World
War
Kamikaze
pilots
as
they
took
off
on
suicide
flights
to
crash
their
planes
Into
enemy
Kodama,
65,
Is
bedridden
from
the
effects
of
a
stroke
two
years
ago.
He
was
charged
with
tax
evasion
after
a
J.S.
Senate
subcommittee
was
told
he
was
paid
$7
million
to
promote
the
sale
of
Lockheed
Aircraft
Corp.
planes
In
Japan.
A
right-wing
businessman,
he
has
been
a
behind-the-scenes
power
In
the'
governing
Liberal-Democratic
party,
Maeno
took
off
from
Chofu
airport,
20
miles
west
of
Tokyo.
He
flew
around
for
an
hour
and
a
half
being
photographed
from
another
plane,
then
reported
by
radio
that
he
planned
to
fly
over
Setagaya,
where
Kodama
lives.
mere
was
speculation
mat
Maeno
crasnea
while
sightseeing.
But
Kantaro
Hamada,
43,
a
cartoonist
who
lives
near
Kodama,
said
he
MAENO
,
i
actor
killed
in
crash
watched
the
plane
through
binoculars
as
it
circled
overhead
and
that
the
pilot
appeared
to
cut
the
engine.
"It
looked
like
a
Kamikaze
crash,"
said
Hamada.
The
plane
crashed
Into
a
second
-floor
veranda
of
Kodama's
house,
starting
a
fire
that
spread
to
the
first
floor
and
burned
for
an
hour
before
it
was
brought
under
control.
Police
said
Kodama's
secretary
moved
him
from
from
the
living
room
to
another
room
of
the
house.
The
Lockheed
payoffs
to
Kodama
and
others
In
Japan
have
become
a
major
scandal,
and
on
Sunday
several
hundred
persons
demonstrated
outside
Kodama's
house.
The
house
Satellite
city
gets
nod
CARnage
film
CITY
OPERATION
REOPENS
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Citism
photo
hy
Div
Mlln
The
blazing
wreckage
of
a
automobile
is
filmed
by
Herb
Badey,
member
of
crew
preparing
a
special
film
for
the
local
CARnage
traffic-safety
committee.
The
car
was
set
on
fire
on
The
Bypass
highway
on
a
curve
near
the
Pine
Centre.
The
fire
was
to
provide
the
film
crew
with
some
spectacular
footage
of
the
destruction
caused
by
traffic
accidents.
The
film,
being
produced
at
a
cost
of
about
$7,500,
is
expected
to
be
completed
by
the
end
of
September.
WEST
VAN
DOG
OWNERS
Ginter
brews
again
tlTD
sep,
W
WEST
WEST
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER
(CP)
(CP)
-
Doc
Dog
owners
owners
i
by
JAN-UDO
WENZEL
Citizen
staff
reporter
Uncle
Ben's
Prince
George
brewery
is
back
in
business
and
brewing
starts
Wednesday,
A
new
brewmaster
was
hired
and
started
his
job
today.
He
is
Hubert
.Meens,
from
Holland.
A
spokesman
for
the
B.C.
Liquor
Administration
Branch
In
Vancouver
said
today
Ginter
products
will
be
placed
in
liquor
stores
as
soon
as
they
become
available.
The
spokesman
said
shortage
of
Ginter
products,
wine
and
beer,
was
caused
by
the
production
problems
Ginter
had
due
to
a
dispute
with
unions.
The
B.C.
Federation
of
Labor
also
had
placed
a
"hot"
edict
on
all
of
Ginter's
products.
No
union
member
was
willing
to
handle
the
products
and
production
stopped
completely
for
several
months.
The
edict
was
lifted
whea
a
receiver
appointed
on
behalf
of
Van
Bow
centre
to
keep
operating
Prince
George's
financially
troubled
Van
Bow
Treatment
Centre
for
alcoholics
will
remain
open
until
at
least
May
31.
Don
Douglas,
president
of
the
llalway
House
Society,
which
operates
the
centre,
said
Monday
the
society's
directors
have
now
been
formally-notified
the
centre
won't
receive
any
funds
this
year
from
the
B.C.
Alcohol
and
Drug
Commission.
But
he
said
the
directors
are
still
determined
"to
do
everything
possible"
to
keep
the
centre
open.
"We
have
decided
to
retain
our
eight-member
staff
and
make
a
commitment
to
keep
the
centre
operating
until
at
least
May
31,"
Douglas
said
that
while
no
specific
arrangements
have
been
made
for
short-term
financing,
the
centre
"will
try
to
work
something
out
with
a
bank
based
on
the
equity
in
the
Van
Bow
building,"
In
addition,
he
noted,
all
persons
using
the
centre
will
now
be
charged
a
compulsory
fee
of
$35
a
dayi
In
the
past
there
has
been
no
compulsory
charge.
But
some
users
have
paid
a
voluntary
fee
of
$15
a
day.
Douglas
noted
directors
are
also
exploring
"other
ideas"
for
possible
long-term
financing
of
the
centre
but
said
he
isn't
in
a
position
to
elaborate
at
this
time.
He
emphasized,
however,
the
centre
will
be
closed
"only
as
an
absolute
last
resort,"
the
Canadian
Imperial
Bank
of
Commerce
settled
the
union
dispute.
The
Vancouver
firm
of
Dun-woody
and
Co.
was
appointed
because
the
bank
called
a
note
of
about
$3.9
million
which
utnter
was
unable
to
meet.
Ginter's
holdings
are
still
in
receivership.
The
LAB
spokesman
said
the
45,000
dozen
bottles
of
beer
stored
in
the
Prince
George
brewery
will
be
tested
to
see
whether
they
can
still
be
sold,
since
liquor
stores
usually
do
not
sell
beer
older
than
three
months.
The
300,000
gallons
of
beer
stored
in
vats
at
the
brewery
were
found
to
be
in
"perfect"
condition,
but
containing
a
high
percentage
of
alcohol.
This
beer
will
be
blended
with
the
new
brew
which
gets
under
way
Wednesday.
Ginter
said
today
from
Vancouver
that
all
his
old
employees
would
be
back
at
their
Jobs
againrlf
they
have
not
found
other
employment.
There
were
about
36
employees
at
the
brewery.
G
inter
has
been
trying
to
sell
the
brewery,
but
it
appears
a
potential
buyer
In
Vancouver
was
unable
to
complete
financial
arrangements.
A
visit
by
an
Arab
banker
to
Prince
George
In
February
still
has
not
shown
any
results.
The
banker
looked
over
Ginter's
holdings
here
and
was
to
inform
Ginter
whether
Arab
money
would
be
invested
here.
In
this
municipality
may
soon
be
required
to
carry
shovels
and
pails
when
walking
their
pets,
council
said
Monday
night.
Council
approved
alderman
Don
McAlister's
motion
asking
for
staff
to
prepare
an
amendment
to
a
pending
dog
control
bylaw
to
require
owners
to
clean
up
messes
made
by
their
dogs
in
public
places.
Municipal
manager
Terry
Lester
suggested
police
may
sometimes
have
problems
in
knowing
whom
to
lay
a
charge
against.
"It'll
be
the
one
looking
up
In
the'
sky,"
quipped
alderman
Bob
Wyckham.
Mr.
Wyckham
said
earlier
that
the
municipality
must
do
something
about
its
dog
problem
even
if
it
means
problems
for
council
members
at
the
next
civic
election.
Gov't
urged
to
cut
electi
on
campaigns
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
Federal
election
campaigns
will
be
shortened
to
47
days
from
60
days
if
the
government
accepts
the
advice
of
the
Commons
privileges
and
elections
committee.
The
committee
voted
by
a
10-to-8
margin
Tuesday
to
recommend
a
shorter
campaign.
All
Liberal
MPs
present
supported
the
proposal
while
all
opposition
MPs
opposed
it.
Those
favoring
the
change
said
the
public
grows
weary
with
long
campaigns
and
resents
being
bombarded
with
election
literature
and
repeated
visits
by
candidates
and
workers.
They
said
candidates
also
find
the
pace
of
a
60-day
campaign
gruelling.
Those
opposing
the
recommendation
said
shorter
campaigns
would
hinder
candidates
in
large
urban
ridings,
where
there
are
more
voters
to
reach,
and
in
large
rural
ridings,
where
there
is
more
territory
to
cover.
A
shorter
campaign
also
would
give
incumbents
an
advantage
because
their
opponenets
would
have
less
time
to
become
known
by
the
public,
opposition
MPs
said.
Committee
chairman
Rod
Blaker
(Montreal
Lachine-Lakeshore)
said
the
government
is
expected
to
act
on
the
committee's
by
TOM
NIXON
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
The
city
of
Prince
George
has
been
committed
to
the
immediate
development
of
a
satellite
town
on
Cran-brook
Hill.
With
a
swift,
and
surprisingly,
a
unanimous
decision
Monday,
council
decided
to
proceed
with
detailed
engineering
and
construction
bylaws
to
begin
the
servicing
of
the
southern
part
of
Cran-brook
Hill
with
street,
water
and
storm
and
sanitary
sewer
systems.
The
decision
follows
months
of
tip-toeing
around
the
question
of
whether
the
city
should
continue
to
be
a
major
force
in
land
development
and
whether
a
major
part
of
development
investment
should
be
committed
to
the
virgin
lands
to
the
west
of
the
city
bowl.
No
confrontation
Those
who
expected
a
violent
confrontation
between
Mayor
Harold
Moffat
and
Hart
Highway
Alderman
Art
Stau-ble
over
the
costs
of
Cranbrook
H!1
lots
compared
with
the
costs
of
Nechako-Hart
Highway
lots
after
development
were
disappointed.
Although
Stauble
tried
to
protest
the
"selling
of
Cranbrook
Hill"
by
what
he
called
false
calculations
and
faulty
conclusions
about
costs
per
capita,
he
balked
at
speaking
out
against
the
city
continuing
its
public
land
development
policies
on
the
hill,
The
initial
engineering
work
will
be
to
design
sewer
trunk
systems
to
connect
the
phase
one
Cranbrook
Hill
area
ol
about
2,000
acres
with
major
trunks
in
the
bowl
area
near
Peden
Hill.
The
trunks
will
follow
the
grade
of
a
future
Ospika
Boulevard
extension
through
Westwood,
Peden
Hill
and
up
the
escarpment.
10-year
program
The
phase
one
development
of
Cranbrook
Hill
will
be
Implemented
In
16
stages
over
a
period
of
at
least
10
years
Ultimate
population
at
the
completion
of
the
first
phase
will
be
about
22,000
people.
Initial
development
will
take
place
In
land
near
Highway
16
with
access
from
what
is
now
the
northern
extension
ol
Domano
Boulevard.
The
city,
however,
will
push
development
to
include
city
and
crown-owned
land.
Water
will
come
from
current
College
Heights
supplies
which
are
undergoing
a
costly
upgrading
to
be
partly
financed
by
the
city.
Enough
capacity
has
already
been
assured
and
materials
for
a
large
trunk
water
line
to
a
new
reservoir
in
College
Heights
were
contracted
for
at
Monday's
council
meeting.
Mayor
Moffat,
although
he
firomised
during
amalgama-ion
voting
in
1974
that
Cranbrook
Hill
would
not
be
needed
If
outlying
areas
joined
the
city,
has
been
pushing
for
development
of
the
hill
because
the
city
was
running
out
of
residential
lots
to
sell.
Land
policy
praised
Moffat
says
the
only
thing
keeping
Prince
George
lot
prices
thousands
of
dollars
below
the
cost
of
comparative
lots
in
the
Lower
Mainland
is
the
city's
public
development
policies.
Without
such
a
policy,
he
maintains,
private
developers
and
homebuilders
will
set
land
prices
after
"backroom
discussions".
Aid.
Stauble
has
argued
the
many
developers
in
business
here
would
maintain
competition
in
pricing
and
keep
lot
prices
low,
Is
guarded
by
scores
of
young
toughs
from
the
rightist
Youth
Ideological
Research
Organization
which
he
organized
and
finances.
Police
said
they
were
trying
to
determine
whether
Maeno's
crash
was
Intentional
or
an
accident.
The
young
man's
mother,
Midori
Maeno,
54,
said
she
was
shocked
and
knew
nothing
of
any
Kamikaze
Intentions,
Her
son
lived
alone
In
his
own
apartment
and
"hadn't
told
us
anything,"
she
said,
A
movie
associate
of
Maeno
said;
"I
don't
think
he
was
very
political,
but
he
liked
to
take
risks
and
he
liked
speed,
whether
driving
a
fast
car
or
flying."
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After
all
the
hassle,
the
major
league
baseball
exhibition
season
has
finally
started.
Page
17.
B.C.
women
rallied
in
Victoria
Monday
to
seek
improved
status.
Page
3.
A
Durant,
Olka,
exterminator
faces
charges
after
three
young
children
died
from
eating
vanilla
wafers
that
had
apparently
been
soaked
in
rate
poison.
The
wafers
were
left
on
the
front
seat
of
an
unlocked
truck,
Page
2,
Business,
8;
Classified,
20-27;
Comics,
10;
Editorial
4
;
Home
and
Family,
12,
13;
Horoscope,
16
;
International,
5;
Local
and
Provincial
3,
7;
National,
2;
Sports,
17-19;
Television,
16.
THE
WEATHER)
Unsettled
weather
conditions
were
expected
for
Prince
George
today
and
Wednesday.
Sunshine
with
afternoon
cloudy
periods
were
expected
today,
changing
to
cloud
with
some
snow
flurries
and
occasional
sunny
periods
Wednesday,
The
high
today,
and
Wednesday,
5C;
the
low
tonight,
-5C.
Monday's
high
was
7C;
the
low
was
-5C.
The
high
for
March
23,
1975
was
2C;
the
low
was
-8C.
NOW
HEAR
THIS
A
local
resident
appeared
at
the
house
of
a
friend
early
Sunday
and
asked
whether
(he
friend
would
help
him
locate
something
he
lost
off
his
truck
the
previous
night.
It
turned
out
to
be
the
fourth
wheel
the
chap
lost
driving
three
miles
home.
He
thought
his
muffler
had
dropped
to
the
pavement.
However,
after
he
looked
at
the
vehicle
at
home,
he
noticed
he
had
driven
on
the
hub
.
.
.
Things
are
done
differently
in
Prince
George,
Where
else
would
you
see
a
couple
coming
to
a
beer
parlor
for
a
few
brews
while
the
female
half
is
still
wearing
her
bridal
veil?
No
one
spared
a
second
glance
of
the
couple
in
the
Simon
Fraser
tavern
recently.
Board
not
aware
of
private
spying
ABBOTSFORD
-
Al
Yab-lonski,
manager
of
the
B.C.
Egg
Marketing
Board,
said
today
he
has
no
knowledge
of
private
Investigators
taking
photographs
of
northern
egg
producers'
farms
but
admitted
marketing
board
Inspectors
have
been
in
the
region.
A
local
egg
producer
charged
Monday
that
private
investigators
hired
by
the
board
had
taken
photographs
of
his
farm
in
operation
to.
prove
that
quotas
were
being
over-extended.
The
charge
was
backed
up
by
the
Prince
George
and
District
Labor
Council
which
said
it
had
Information
that
northern
egg
producers
were
being
"spied
upon"
by
marketing
board
private
investigators.
Today
Yablonski
said
he
knew
nothing
about
private
investigators
being
in
the
district,
I
le
said
the
board
has
its
own
investigators
to
"do
that
kind
of
work."
Yablonski
said
B.C.
Egg
Marketing
Board
inspectors
have
been
in
the
Prince
George
district
but
he
was
not
certain
what
their
activities
were.
He
said
the
Canadian
Egg
Marketing
Association
(CEMA)
also
has
its
own
inspectors.
A
running
feud
has
existed
between
six
northern
egg
producers
and
the
B.C.
Egg
Marketing
Board
for
more
than
five
years.
Local
producers
refuse
to
pay
levies
to
the
board
and
are
demanding
increased
quotas
See
EGGS,
page
2