The
Citizen
,15
Copy
Monday,
June
6,
1977
Vol.
21;
No.
109
Prince
George,
British
Columbia
BRIEF
TO
BCR
HEARING
Alice
Neil,
Citizen
of
the
Year.
VOLUNTEER
'Citizen
of
Year7
by
AL
IRWIN
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
The
Rotary
Club's
1977
Citizen
of
the
year
is
a
modest
great-grandmother
who
refuses
to
watch
soap
operas
while
there
is
community
work
to
be
done.
Alice
Neil,
1050
Carney
St.,
was
honored
Saturday
at
the
annual
Rotary
President's
Ball
at
the
Inn
of
the
North;
She
received
a
scroll
and
bouquet
in
recognition
of
her
community
service.
"I'm
really
trhilled,
but
I
don't
like
glamor",
Neil
said
about
her
award.
"You
just
can't
imagine
how
proud
I
am,
but
I
am
humble.
Don't
elaborate,
it
isn't
all
that
much.
I
do
this
behind
the
scenes
I
am
a
volunteer."
Not
all
that
much
is
an
understatement
from
a
woman
who
has
donated
more
than
20
years
to
volunteer
work
in
Prince
George.
Neil
is
a
life
member
of
the
Prince
George
Hospital
Auxiliary
and
still
works
there
helping
patients
in
extended
care
five
mornings
a
week.
She
is
a
past
Worthy
Matron
of
the
Order
of
the
Eastern
Star,
and
collects
and
packages
stamps
for
cancer
research,
and
packages
cancer
dressings
every
Monday
afternoon
for
the
order.
Neil
does
volunteer
work
for
Red
Cross
blood
donor
clinics,
and
for
Meals
on
Wheels,
delivering
hot
meals
to
senior
citizens.
She
helps
patients
at
Simon
Fraser
Hospital
with
letter
writing
and
Christmas
cards
and
bakes
and
helps
at
teas
for
Simon
Fraser
Hospital.
Neil
was
described
by
her
nominee
as
a
great
worker
for
the
Knox
United
Church
and
the.
Legion,
of
which
she
is
a
member.
Asked
how
she
finds
time
for
all
her
volunteer
work,
Neil
states
simply
that
"I
do
it
in
between
times."
"There
are
a
lot
of
things
to
be
doing
rather
than
sitting
around
watching
soap
operas."
Neil
has
two
daughters,
six
grandchildren
and
one
greatgrandchild.
She
is
the
13th
Prince
George
resident
to
be
honored
since
the
Rotary
Club
began
the
award
in
1965.
She
was
one
of
15,
nominees
for
the
award.
Last
year's
winner
was
Herb
Assman.
A
nice,
clean
bomb?
WASHINGTON
(AP)'
-
The
United
States
is
about
to
begin
production
of
a
nuclear'
warhead
that
can
kill
people
without
destroying
property,
the
Washington
Post
says.
The
Post
said
in
its
editions
today
that
the
warhead
for
the
Lance
missile
will
be
"the
first
practical
use
of
the
so-called
neutron
bomb
theory
which
government
scientists
have
TODAY
if
WORKER
been
working
on
for
many
years."
The
newspaper,
quoting
an
'unnamed
nuclear
weapons
expert,
said
the
new
warhead
"cuts
down
on
blast
and
heat
and
thus
total
destruction
leaving
buildings
and
tanks
standing.
But
the
great
quantities
of
neutrons
it,
releases
kill
people."
,
'A
flying
aircraft
carrier
and
only
a
billion,
billion
dollars.
Ill
taka
a
dotan.
'
City
headquarters
urged
for
railway
by
JAN-UDO
WENZEL
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
'
The
B.C.
Railway's
headquarters
should
be.
shifted
to
Prince
George,
the
Royal
Commission
on
the
Operation
of
the
BCR
will
be
told
here
next
week:
The
recommendation
is
in
a
brief
from
the
Regional
Development
Commission
of
the
Fraser
Fort
George
Regional
District
which
will
be
the
first
of
16
briefs
to
be
presented
here
in
three
days
of
hearings.
The
commission
is
also
urging
the
government
to
repeal
the
railway's
exemption
from
taxes
on
lands
within
municipalities.
The
development
commission
brief
said
67
per
cent
of
all
car
loadings
on
the
BCR
originate
or
pass
through
Prince
George
while
36
per
cent
of
the
labor
in
the
regional
district
is
directly
affected
by
the
operation
of
the
railway.
In
addition,
Prince
George
is
the
geographical
centre
of
the
operation
and
therefore
it
would
be
logical
to
administer
and
operate
the
railway
from
Prince
George,
the
brief
states.
The
BCR
holds
some
3,250
acres
of
land
in
the
Prince
George
area
but
does
not
pay
taxes
under
a
1927
law.
The
brief
recommends
repealing
this,
law
and
making
the
railway
pay.
This
would
amount
to
$604,064
in
this
area,
the
brief
says.
The
city
of
Prince
George
concurs
with
the
commission's
recommendation.
While
the
BCR
is
tax
exempt,
the
CNR
in
Prince
George
pays
$624
per
acre
tax
for
the
330
acres
it
holds,
the
brief
states.
Lou
Jewitt,
development
commission
chairman,
says
the
items
mentioned
in
the
brief
need
to
be
emphasized
and
may
help
to
improve
efficiency
of
the
BCR
and
further
the
development
of
the
north.
Other
.
recommendations
contained
in
the
brief
are
that
.the
BCR's
board
of
directors
have
a
better
representation
from
interior
communities
so
it
has
first
hand
knowledge
of
the
problems
of
business
and
industry
dependent
on
the
BCR;
maintain
low
freight
rates
;
improve
passenger
service
and
give
labor
and
management
the
opportunity
to
improve
reliability
of
the
railway
to
avert
putting
the
northern
economy
in
jeopardy
by
strikes
or
lockouts.
Other
briefs
will
be
presented
by
the
Prince
George
and
District
Labor
Council,
Council
of
Forest
Industries,
Netherlands
Overseas
Sawmills,
Canadian
Union
of
Transportation
Employees,
Fort
St.
James,
United
Transportation
Union,
North
Central
Plywood,
K.D.
Gibson,
Prince
George
Pulp
and
Paper,
Prince
George
Construction
Association,
Northern
Development
Council,
Canfor,
Prince
George
Chamber
of
Commerce,
BP
Explorations
and
Cassiar
Asbestos
Ltd.
At
the
Mackenzie
hearings
June
22
briefs
will
be
presented
by
the
McLeod
Lake
Indian
band,
the
Mackenzie
chamber
of
commerce.
The
district
of
Mackenzie
and
B.C.
Forest
Products
Ltd.
The
three-man
royal
commission
under
chairman
Mr.
Justice
Lloyd
McKenzie
of
the
B.C
Supreme
Court
started
its
two
weeks
of
hearings
outside,
the
Lower
Mainland
in
Squam-ish
today,
The
other
two
commissioners
are
Vancouver
businessman
Syd
Welsh
and
former
B.C.
AIB
chairman
Dave
Chapman.
The
hearings
here
will
be
held
at
the
Inn
of
the
North
and
start
at
10
a.m.
daily.
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Editorial
4
Takeover
'no
great
deal
'
.
.
.
VICTORIA,
Seychelles
(AP)
Armed
rebels
led
by
the
leftist
prime
minister
announced
the
overthrow
of
the
pro-Western
government
of
President
James
Mancham
on
Sunday,
less
than
a
year
after
the
Seychelles
islands
gained
independence
from
Britain.
"It
is
no
big
heroic
deed
to
take
over
the
Seychelles,"
Mancham
declared
in
London,
where
he
had
gone
to
attend
the
Commonwealth
summit
conference.
"Twenty-five
people
with
sticks
could
seize
control:"
The
37-year-old
leader
said
he
had
been
deposed
in
a
"Judaslike"
coup
on
the
island
group
of
60,000
people,
1,000
miles
east
of
the
African
coast
in
the
Indian
Ocean.
Trudeau
arrives
for
meet
LONDON
(CP)
-
Three
of
Canada's
leaders
arrived
by
plane
today
to
take
part
in
events
surrounding
Queen
Elizabeth's
silver
jubilee
and
the
Commonwealth
conference
which
opens
here
Wednesday.
Arriving
together
on
a
flight
from
Ottawa
were
Prime
Minister
Trudeau
and
former
prime
minister
John
Diefen-baker,
Gov.-Gen.
Jules
,
Leger
arrived
earlier
on
another
aircraft.
See
also
page
25
Drinkers
SEATTLE
(AP)
-
It's
a
powder
much
like
those
which
turn
into
soft
drinks
or
juice
in
water.
But
this
powder
becomes
an
alcoholic
beverage
packing,
a
high-proof
wallop,
Though
federal
and
state
government
officials
say
the
powder
isn't
legal
to
sell,
investors
here
and
in
Portland,
Ore.,
hope
to
market
it
in
pouches
which
will
produce
Entertainment
26-28
Family
31
Horoscopes
28
International
S
National
.2
Sports
91
1
Television
27
Off
to
compete.
'COUNTERATTACK'
Ten
motorists
nabbed
The
first
weekend
of
the
B.C.
government's
new
Counter
Attack
campaign
against
drinking
driversdid
not
produce
any
marked
decrease
in
charges
here.
"We
caught
10
drivers
during
the
weekend
and
that's
about
average,"
said
Sgt.
Grant
Tyndall,
RCMP
traffic
section
chief.
'But
he
added
that
it
was
a
rodeo
weekend
in
Prince
George
and
this
may
have
had
some
effect.
"There
were
a
good
many
people
in
town
who
otherwise
would
not
have
been
here,"
Tyndall
said.
The
roadblocks
will
continue
at
various
times
throughout
the
province.
Meanwhile,
the
result
in
other
areas
was
different.
"The
deterrent
effect
was
remarkable
in
this
area,"
said
Kamloops
RCMP
Sgt.
Frank
Glynn.
-"We
suspect
people
have
been
really
scared
by
all
may
soon
take
a
popular
cocktails,
beer
and
wine.
They
hope
to
revolutionize
the
liquor
business
with
a
product
that's
easy
to
carry
and
cheap
yet
potent.
"People
aren't
going
to
expect
Mouton
Rothschild
out
of
a
sack,
but
they
won't
be
disappointed,"
says
Mike
Hill,
a
Seattle
public
relations
man
and
marketing
chief
for
Global
Marketing
Services.
"We
want
a
person
to
open
THE
WEATHER
A
weakening
frontal,
system
is
expected
to
move
across
B.C.
today
and
should
bring
Prince
George
some
clouds
with
a
chance
of
showers
or
thunder
showers
tonight.
Tuesday's
forecast
is
for
sunny
skies.
The
expected
high
today
is
24;
the
low
7.
The
high
Sunday
was
22;
the
low
7,
with
no
precipitation.
On.
this
date
last
year
the
high
was
20;
the
low
2.
Citiwi
photn:
by
Dav(
MUiw
'
It's
off
to
Kelowna
for
Prince
George's
Wonderland
Players
where
they
'
'
"
will
perform
The
Miracle
Worker
in
the
B.C.
Drama
Festival
finals.
The
play
won
the
Upper
Fraser
Zone
finals
recently.
Some
of
the
32
mem-
'':
bers
accompanied
the
props
to
Kelowna,
while
others
will
leave
later
in
the
week;
The
play
is
produced
by
Jose
Smith
and
was
performed
in
Prince
George
earlier
this
year.
,
lh
the
publicity
about
the
crackdown
on
drinking
drivers
so
they're
being
a
whole
lot
more
careful.
"Either
they're
taking
cabs,
or
they
make
sure
one
person
stays
sober
to
drive.
We're
noticing
a
big
increase
in
the
number
of
impaired
passengers."
Kamloops
police
conducted
an
increased
number
of
roving
vehicle
checks
during
the
weekend
but
turned
up
only
one
impaired
driving
charge
PWA
seeks
CALGARY
(CP)
-
Pacific
Western
Airlines
will
seek
approval
from
the
Canadian
transport
commission
to
operate
a
non-stop
service
between
Vancouver
and
Prince
George,
B.C.,
it
was
announced
Monday.
Rhys
Ey
ton,
PWA
president,
saidin
an
interview
an
appeal
of
the
commission's
rejection
of
the
airline's
origi
a
package,
mix
it
up
and
say,
'My
God,
this
really
is
wine,
or
this
really
is
a
Bloody
Mary.
"One
of
my
dreams
has
been
to
open
a
package
like
Kool-Aid
and
beer
comes
out
of
it."
Sato
Food
Industry
Co.,
located
at
Komaki
City
near
Nagoya,
Japan,
holds
patents
on
the
process
which
encapsulates
alcohol
in
the
powder
form:
Sato
says
the
raw
powder
contains
up
to
30
per
cent
alcohol
by
weight.
and
five
roadside
suspensions
on
the
first
night,
said
Glynn.
Saturday
night
showed
no
arrests
and
no
licence
suspensions.
"Usually
we
would
have
half
a
dozen
of
both
charges
Friday
and
Saturday
night,"
he
said.
In
the
Vancouver
area,
Bur-naby
police
reported
one
impaired
driving
arrest
and
five
roadside
suspensions
as
a
direct
result
of
roadblock
checks
of
about
1,600
vehicles.
direct
flight
nal
application
as
well
as
a
survey
of
residents
in
central
British
Columbia
supporting
the
service
would
be
sent
to
Ottawa
this
week.
Currently,
PWA
flies
Prince
George-Vancouver,
but
is
required
to
stop
at'
one
intermediate
point
between
the
two
centres.
powder
Independent
testing
was
done
here
on
.two
samples
provided
by
Hill.
A
sample
of
hot
spiced
wine
mix
was
found
by
Food,
Chemical
and
Research"
Laboratories,
Inc.,
to
contain
20.4
per
cent
alcohol
by
weight
and
5.6
per
cent
alcohol
when
mixed
with
water,
Its
taste
was
considered
about
average
for
a
powdered
drink.
Impaired:
lower
level
considered
KAMLOOPS,
B.C.
(CP)
Attorney-General
Garde
Gar-dom
said
Friday
the
British
Columbia
government
is
seriously
considering
giving
roadside
suspensions
to
drinking
drivers
with
a
05
breath-test
reading.
There
now
is
no
minimum
level
for
the
24-hour
roadside
suspensions,
but
drivers
can
be
charged
under
the
Criminal
Code
if
they
have
a
reading
of
more
than
.08.
Gardom's
statements
follow
an
annnnnr-pmpnt
MnnHau
thai
.
the
province
is
launching
"an
all-out
war"
against
drinking
drivers.-
Included
in
the
attack
were
to
be
year-round
province-wide
roadblocks
and
the
deployment
of
14
special
police
vans
for
one-the-spot
breathalyzer
tests
of
suspected
impaired
motorists.
Gardon
said
the
vans
will
be
arriving
in
six
to
eight
weeks
and
will
be
visable
in
downtown
areas
and
.around
liquor
establishments
to
discourage
people
from
thinking'
they
will
be
able
to
drive
while
impaired.
"If
they,
are
not
afraid
of
being
killed,
they
better
become
afraid
of
the
law,"
he
said.
The
attorney-general
said
all
other
methods
to
discourge
drinking
drivers
have
failed
and
the
government
is
going
to
have
to
rely
on
the
fact
that
chances
of
being
caught
driving
while
impaired
will
increase
dramatically.
(NOW
HEAR
THIs)
A
local
mother
wasn't
having
much
success
at
teaching
her
daughter
to
ride
her
new
bicycle.
After
several
minutes
of
fearful
attempts
climaxed
by
a
spill
on
the
gravel
driveway
the
frustrated
young
girl
kicked
he
bicycle
and
declared,
"I'll
never
ride
this
thing.
It
hates
me!
"
The
city
doesn't
miss
a
trick.
The
opening
of
the
new
parkade
on
Second
Ave.
and
Brunswick
St.
today
coincided,
with
the
installation
of
parking
meters
on
the
part
of
Brunswick
St.
straddled
by
the
parkade.
They
get
you
coming
and
going
We're
hoping,
the
local
chamber
of
commerce
isn't,
patterning
its
desire
for
a'
city
curfew
on
news
reports
from
the
Seychelles
Islands
In
the
Indian
Ocean.
An
item
,
from
there
today
says
people
breaking
the
newly-imposed
,
curfew
will
be
shot.