Debbie
at
PNE
GOVT
WHITE
PAPER
Queen
Aurora
Debbie
Wozney,
left,
and
Miss
Richmond,
Janice
To-mada
receive
orchid
leis
from
Miss
Hawaii,
Haunani
Asing,
at
the
Pacific
National
Exhibition.
Queen
Aurora
of
Prince
George
and
Miss
Richmond
will
be
contestants
in
the
Miss
PNE
contest
at
Vancouver's
Pacific
Coliseum
at
7:30
p.m.
today.
Competitive
banking
urged
-
Financial
Times
OTTAWA
Finance
Minister
Macdonald
proposes
to
drop
most
of
the
barriers
which
insulate
Canadian
banks
from
the
rest
of
the
financial
world.
The
proposals,
in
a
white
paper
Monday,
would
open
banking
services
to
more
competition,
both
at
home
and
internationally.
The
white
paper
is
a
preview
to
a
new
Bank
Act.
The
Bank
Act
must
be
renewed
every
10
years
and
the
current
act
is
to
run
out
June
30,
1977.
Replacement
legislation
is
due
to
be
tabled
after
Parliament
re
sumes
in
October.
It
would
remain
to
be
seen
.however,
whether
more
competition
would
necessarily
mean
cheaper
banking
services
for
Canadians.
Canada
still
would
have
a
relatively
conservative
banking
system.
The
variety
of
so-called
near
banks
would
be
brought
under
the
umbrella
of
federal
regulation
and
foreign
banks
would
be
allowed
to
set
up
subsidiaries
in
Canada,
again
operating
under
the
same
basic
rules
as
now
apply
to
the
11
existing
chartered
banks.
A
major
factor
determining
the
cost
of
banking
services
is
the
amount
of
reserves
banks
must
maintain
to
back
deposits.
A
portion
of
these
reserves
do
not
bring
in
interest
and
the
cost
of
maintaining
reserves
comes
out
of
banking
charges.
Bringing
the
near
banks-such
as
trust
companies
and
credit
unions
into
the
banking
system
would
expand
significantly
the
amount
of
non-interest-bearing
reserves
required
to
back
up
deposits.
The
Economic
Council
of
Canada
is
to
issue
a
major
study
of
the.banking
system
Animals
flee
U.K.
fire
SOUTHAMPTON
(AP)
-Wild
deer
were
seen
running
from
blazing
undergrowth
with
their
coats
on
fire
as
weary
firemen
struggled
Monday
to
contain
a
fire
covering
three
square
miles
of
the
historic
New
Forest
in
southern
Britain.
Rabbits
and
foxes
were
also
feared
killed
as
flames
engulfed
the
tinder
dry
forest
which
stretches
across
more
than
92,000
acres.
Apart
from
the
German
blitz
of
the
Second
World
War,
firemen
said
the
outbreak
of
woodland
and
heath
fires
across
drought-stricken
Britain
and
Wales
was
the
worst
this
century.
The
New
Forest
fire
started
early
Sunday
and
forced
evacuation
of
360
patients
from
a
hospital
on
the
edge
of
the
forest,
Members
of
a
nearby
nudist
colony
and
3,000
vacationing
campers
also
fled.
The
owner
of
a
farm,
Janet
Leyland,
said:
"The
deer
came
running
out
of
the
trees.
Their
fur
was
on
fire
and
the
firemen
tried
to
spray
them
with
water."
But
the
animals,
crazed
with
pain
turned
and
ran
back
into
the
undergrowth
to
their
deaths,
she
said.
next
month
and
it
will
recommend
expanding
competition
in
banking
along
the
lines
proposed
in
the
white
paper.
But,
unlike
the
white
paper,
it
will
recommend
that
reserve
requirements
be
made
less
stringent.
The
white
paper
proposes
three
major
changes
in
these
reserve
requirements:
The
first
$500
million
of
term
or
notice
deposits
would
require
reserves
amounting
to
only
2
per
cent,
down
from
the
existing
4
per
cent.
Part
of
the
reason
for
this
provision
is
to
make
it
easier
for
the
establishment
of
new
banks.
Banks
would
be
required
to
keep
reserves
against
foreign
currency
deposits
used
domestically.
This
provision
would
partly
offset
the
lower
reserve
requirement
on
the
first
$500
million
of
term
and
notice
deposits.
Changes
in
reserve
requirements
could
be
made
by
cabinet.
The
white
paper
would
allow
foreign
banks
to
establish
subsidiaries
in
Canada.
One
condition
would
be
that
Canadian
banks
get
similar
treatment
in
the
foreign
bank's
country.
EVILS
OF
ALCOHOL
DESCRIBED
against
for
almost
an
hour
council
defeated
5-3
a
motion
to
deny
the
land
use
contract
necessary
for
the
pub
operation
and
then
adjourned
the
hearing
to
Sept,
7.
Although
the
motion
to
deny
the
pub
was
defeated,
the
pub
application
failed
to
get
the
two-thirds
support
from
council
that
would
be
necessary
for
the
pub
to
be
approved.
As
it
now
stands,
the
vote
has
been
put
off
until
three
absent
aldermen
return
to
council.
All
three
voted
for
the
pub
at
the
first
hearing
so
it's
likely
the
pub
will
be
approved
next
time
around.
Lawyer
Grant
Hughes,
speaking
for
Highland
Resources
and
pub
operator
Omni
Investments,
said
his
clients'
application
is
unchanged
from
the
initial
application,
defeated
June
21
after
it
failed
to
get
a
two-thirds
approval
of
council's
11
members.
.
He
said
his
clients
have
agreed
fully
to
abide
by
the
recommendations
of
the
city
planning
department
about
required
parking,
fences,
and
such.
Hughes
also
presented
a
survey
conducted
among
more
than
800
residents
of
the
Heritage-Highland
Park
area
surrounding
location
of
the
proposed
pub.
He
said
only
25
per
cent
of
residents
opposed
the
pub-.
Jill
ter
Heide,
who
lives
less
than
a
block
from
the
shopping
centre
in
which
the
pub
is
to
be
located,
argued
that
a
great
percentage
of
residents
near
the
shopping
centre
oppose
the
pub
and
should
be
listened
to.
"Surely
the
voice
of
someone
who
lives
on
Radcliffe
Drive
(more
than
six
blocks
from
First
and
Tabor)
should
not
have
the
weight
of
someone
who
lives
next
door,"
she
said.
Another
resident
near
the
proposed
pub,
Irene
Stachera,
said
the
beer
parlor
atmosphere
of
the
pub
would
be
a
bad
influence
on
children
who
congregate
at
the
shopping
centre
and
on
small
children
sent
by
mothers
to
shop
at
the
centre's
corner
store.
She
said
traffic
generated
by
a
MOSCOW
TRANSMISSION
TAPED
'Live'
Olympic
music
faked
QUEBEC
(CP)-Remember
legislature
committee
Monday.
Organizers
would
have
preferred
those
great
musical
performances
All
the
music
and
the
film
was
not
to
have
had
the
musicians
on
by
the
Olympic
Symphone
Orchestra
taped,
Michel
Guay,
the
organizing
hand
to
fake,
but
the
presence
of
the
and
by
Maynard
Ferguson
committee's
director
of
operations,
musicians
was
a
condition
imposed
at
the
recent
Montreal
Games?
said.
by
their
unions
and
talent
groups.
And
that
live
film
from
Moscow,
site
of
the
1980
Olympics,
shown
on
All
the
musicians
lipsynched
Mr.
Guay
said
he
did
not
have
the
they
went
through
the
motions
of
much
Stadium
figures
to
show
exactly
how
a
screen
in
the
Olympic
as
part
of
the
closing
ceremonies?
playing
or
singing.
the
musicians
were
paid
but
he
said
Well.,
sports
fans,
it
was
all
faked,
Taping
was
necessary
to
accommodate
they
received
a
total
of
about
a
spokesman
for
the
Games
organizing
the
sound
system
in
the
$500,000
for
their
performances
on
committee
admitted
to
a
stadium,
Mr.
Guay
said.
tape
and
"live."
The
15
Copy
Citizen
Tuesday,
August
24,
1976
Vol,
20;
No.
163
VANDERHOOF
INQUEST?
by
ELI
SOPOW
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
A
spokesman
for
the
provincial
attorney-general's
department
said
today
the
death
of
Coreen
Thomas
in
Vanderhoof
is
being
viewed
"seriously"
and
a
decision
will
be
made
Thursday
whether
to
hold
an
inquest.
Thomas
died
July
3
after
she
was
struck
by
a
car
on
her
way
home
to
the
Stoney
Creek
Indian
reserve.
Vanderhoof
corner
Eric
Turner
said
Monday
the
RCMP
investigation
into
the
matter
indicated
there
was
no
need
for
an
inquest.
Fred
Parfitt,
executive
assistant
to
Attorney-General
Garde
Gardom,
said
in
a
telephone
interview
from
Victoria
today
that
the
department
will
make
a
full
review
of
the
incident.
He
said
the
RCMP
report
on
the
matter
will
be
directed
to
the
department's
directorof
criminal
law
and
he
will
personally
review
the
coroner's
report.
Parfitt
said
a
report
of
the
findings
will
be
presented
to
Gardom
on
Thursday.
"We
will
decide
on
Thursday
if
we
accept
the
findings
of
the
coroner,"
he
said.
The
action
of
the
attorney-general's
department
was
spurred
today
by
Bob
Aldcorn
of
Prince
George,
regional
coordinator
for
the
local
Justice
Development
Council.
Aldcorn
said
the
matter
was
"of
great
concern"
and
advised
immediate
action
by
the
department.
On
Monday,
a
field
worker
for
the
powerful
B.C.
Indian
Homemakers
Association
said
violence
could
erupt
in
Vanderhoof
if
an
inquest
is
not
ordered.
Kitty
Bell
said
tension
is
mounting
on
the
reserve
and
alienation
between
the
Indian
community
and
whites
is
growing
stronger.
Girl,
10,
stabbed
47
times
VANCOUVER
(CP)
-
A
16year-old
boy
was
in
custody
Monday
night
after
a
10-yearold
Vancouver
girl
was
lured
into
an
East
End
housing
project
apartment
and
stabbed
to
death
in
a
bath
tub.
Police
said
the
girl
was
stabbed
47
times.
A
spearshaped
thro
wing
knife
was
found
in
the
apartment.
The
body
was
wrapped
fully-clothed
In
a
blanket.
Police
believe
three
young
males
were
involved
in
enticing
the
victim
into
the
apartment
where
they
talked
her
Into
hiding
under
a
blanket
in
the
bath
tub
Pub
opponents
converge
on
city
council
by
TOM
NIXON
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
A
decision
whether
to
allow
a
neighborhood
pub
at
First
Avenue
and
Tabor
Boulevard
was
put
off
for
two
weeks
Monday
after
council
lis
tened
to
a
45-minute
lecture
on
the
evils
of
alcohol.
More
than
80
people
crowded
into
council
chambers
for
what
was
expected
initially
to
be
a
short
hearing
with
about
10-20
hard-core
opponents
teeing
off
against
representatives
of
Highland
Resources
Ltd.,
owner
of
the
shopping
centre
which
is
applying
for
the
pub
permit.
At
least
one-third
of
the
audience
admitted
they
did
not
live
in
the
neighborhood
of
the
proposed
pub,
however,
and
an
entirely
new
aspect
was
injected
into
the
Highland
Park
pub
question.
A
large
body
of
opposition
to
the
neighborhood
pub
principle
and
drinking
in
general
surfaced
to
cloud
arguments
against
the
Highland
pub
in
particular.
After
hearing
arguments
for
and
store
or
business
other
than
a
pub
might
be
as
great
but
drivers
would
not
be
under
the
influence
of
alcohol
and
the
traffic
situation
would
not
be
as
dangerous
if
the
store
didn't
sell
alcohol.
Opponents
of
the
Highland
pub
because
of
its
location
were
soon
drowned
out
by
voices
against
pubs
and
alcohol
in
general.
"All
you'll
do
is
have
George
Street
in
a
residential
area,"
one
man
said.
"Little
girls
in
the
area
won't
be
safe,"
said
another
man
who
said
he
had
moved
from
Vancouver
where
the
increase
of
neighborhood
pubs
has
resulted
in
an
increase
in
rapes.
Two
ministers
of
churches
in
the
First
and
Tabor
area
pleaded
against
allowing
more
outlets
for
alcohol.
One
said
he
has
to
deal
with
the
results
of
pubs,
broken
homes,
people
wrecked
by
alcohol,
little
children
without
fathers
and
mothers.
"We
all
know
what
a
problem
alcohol
is,"
a
woman
said.
"I
never
dreamed
I'd
see
the
day
city
council
would
contribute
to
the
problem."
'Enterprise
not
bound
for
Korea'
WASHINGTON
(Reuter)
-A
United
States
naVal
study
group
which
includes
the
aircraft
carrier
Enterprise
is
on
its
way
to
the
mid-Pacific
on
a
routine
assignment
but
is
not
bound
for
Korean
waters,
government
sources
said
today.
North
Korea
said
earlier
today
that
the
nuclear-powered
Enterprise
set
out
from
a
base
on
the
U.S.
mainland
for
Korea
as
part
of
the
U.S.
military
build-up
prompted
by
last
week's
killing
of
two
U.S.
Army
officers
in
the
Korean
demilitarized
zone.
The
aircraft
carrier
Midway
and
five
escort
ships
have
been
on
station
since
the
weekend
at
an
undisclosed
location
near
Korea.
Sources
here
said
the
Enterprise
left
San
Francisco
several
days
ago
for
the
mid-Pacific
via
Pearl
Harbor.
It
will
relieve
the
carrier
Ranger
in
a
routine
rotation
of
ships
and
probably
will
operate
near
the
Philippines,
the
sources
added.
SEOUL
(AP)
-North
Korea
today
agreed
to
a
meeting
Wednesday
of
the
joint
Korean
Military
Armistice
Commission
to
discuss
the
safety
of
U.S.
troops
in
the
demilitarized
zone
between
North
and
South
Korea.
The
U.S.
demanded
the
meeting
and
proposed
that
it
be
held
today.
But
North
Korea
requested
a
delay
until
Wednesday
afternoon.
The
U.S.
asked
for
the
meeting
in
Panmunjom,
the
truce
village
in
the
demilitarized
zone,
to
seek
assurances
from
North
Korea
that
there
would
not
be
a
repetition
of
the
clash
last
week
in
which
North
Korean
guards
killed
two
U.S.
army
officers.
State
department
spokesman
Robert
Funseth
said
the
U.S.
would
demand
assurance
that
"our
people
will
not
be
harmed."
The
UN
Command
said
the
two
officers
died
when
a
tree-pruning
work
party
they
were-escortlng
into
the
demilitarized
zone
near
the
truce
village
was
attacked
by
club-wielding
North
Korean
guards,
The
North
Koreans
said
the
UN
group
provoked
the
incident.
The
U.S.
aircraft
carrier
Midway
and
four
escorting
warships
were
maneuvering
off
the
coast
of
Korea.
U.S.
forces
in
South
Korea
were
reinforced
by
two
fighter
squadrons
from
Okinawa
Prince
George,
British
Columbia
TODAY
in
Cloudy
skies
with
sunny
periods
and
a
few
showers
are
predicted
for
today.
Rainfall
recorded
for
Monday
was
nil.
Monday's
high
was
18
with
an
overnight
low
of
5.
Low
tonight,
6,
with
a
high
of
18
today
and
Wednesday.
On
Aug.
24.
1975,
the
high
was
18;
the
low,
6.
Cloudy
skies,
showers
and
the
risk
of
a
few
evening
thunder
showers
are
predicted
for
the
next
few
days.
Temperatures
page
2
Indian
death
sparks
'serious'
gov't
study
'When
I
ashed
'any
person
r
here
object?'
I
wasn
't
Y
speaking
to
you!'
FEATURED
A
dial-a-prayer
service
has
been
started
in
Prince
George.
Page
3.
A
study
shows
that
30
per
cent
of
employees
at
B.C.
correctional
institutions
suffer
varying
degrees
of
stress.
Page
7.
The
Vancouver
Canucks
have
traded
goaltender
Gary
Smith
to
the
Minnesota
North
Stars
for
Cesare
Maniago.
Page
17.
O
Three
Arab
hijackers
have
claimed
that
Libyan
leader
Moammar
Khadafy
promised
them
$250,000
to
hijack
a
Egyptair
jetliner.
Their
attempt
was
foiled
Monday.
Page
5.
Business,
8
;
Classified,
18-27
;
Comics,
28
;
Editorial,
4
;
Entertainment,
28-29,
32
;
Home
and
Family,
30-31
;
Horoscopes,
28;
International,
5;
Local
and
Provincial,
3,
7,
11;
National,
2;
Sports,
15-17;
Television,
29.
c
THE
WEATHER
J
NOW
HEAR
THIS
1
J
Let's
hope
the
government
does
a
better
job
of
organizing
the
province
than
it
does
of
organizing
meetings.
That
"meet-the-public"
session
with
Human
Resources
Minister
Bill
Vander
Zalm
is
not
going
to
be
held
today
at
7
p.m.
in
the
Elks
Hall
as
announced
earlier.
It's
really
going
to
be
at
7;
15
p.m.
Wednesday
in
the
Inn
of
the
North.
A
one-day
driver's
safety
clinic
scheduled
here
Mon-uay
at
the
Bay
was
cancelled
because
organizers
in
Vancouver
appeared
to
have
forgotten
Prince
George
stores
are
not
open
for
business
on
a
regular
basis
on
that
day.
A
local
Bay
employee
said
it
wouldn't
be
worthwhile
to
go
ahead
with
the
clinic
because
the
store
was
only
until
noon.