Goes down well with friends Swfitfior CARLING PILSENER BEER Vol 11 No 34 2lJ rXML mm This advertisement is not pudlished or displayed by the liquor control board or by the government of british columbia 26 Pages Br k PK pi V Paying for Crimes Sorting out the intricacies of feminine finery is a bit of an art and these senior high students dont seem to have mastered it Dennis Wiley left and Austin Cullen both Grade 12 students are paying the penalty here for talking too much to girls on Hush Day at the high school They were tried and convicted by a kangaroo court composed naturally of a female judge and jury The spoof was part of celebrations Thursday night at the schools Heaits Ball City Man Receives T 8 Month Sentence A 21-year-old man was sen sentenced ¬ tenced to 18 months in jail today after a city security men des described ¬ cribed a shooting incident in the basement of The pay on Third Avenue January 26 Jack Gelowitz a security of officer ¬ ficer for Kendall Securities told city magistrate G O Stewart he fired a number of shots when MLA Wants Tax to Help Handicapped VICTORIA CP A maver ick S o c 1 a 1 Credit member Thursday made an impassioned plea for government aid to handicapped children reducing to silence wnat had been a barb barbed ¬ ed and boisterous B C Legis Legislature ¬ lature session Ernie LeCours SC Rich Richmond ¬ mond told the House that not one citizen of BC Including provincial cabinet ministers would knowingly deny a handi handicapped ¬ capped child a leg with which to walk an eye with which to see or an ear with which to hear He urged the government to place a two per cent sales tax on liquor or an extra one per cent on general merchandise with funds going to aid handi handicapped ¬ capped children Mr LeCours also suggested the government should investi investigate ¬ gate possible utilization of any revenue surplus accruing from Premier Bennetts 740O00O0C 1967 budget Local gal found a rattle in her car and took the vehicle to a garage Mechanics couldnt find the source of the noise sc one of them climbed into the trunk while the second drove the car around the block Suddenly the trunk lid snapped closed and the mechanic was trapped Nat Naturally ¬ urally he had the trunk keys in his pockets The young lady call called ¬ ed her husband who luckily had a second set of keys Tormer Prince George Scout Leader Alan Robert Robertson ¬ son has been named assistant regional commissioner of the Vancouver Coast section of the Boy Scouts of Canada Annual meeting of the Down Downtown ¬ town Business Aboclation he surprised the young man carrying a rifle through the base basement ¬ ment of the store about 345 am He was testifying at the trial of Jerry Johns charged with break entry and theft and possession of an offensive weapon Gelowitz said Johns was com coming ¬ ing toward him with a 22 calibre rifle held in front of him When he failed to stop at Gel Gelowitz ¬ owitz warning the security of officer ¬ ficer said he aimed and fired at Johns shoulder The bullet passed through the young mans clothing but he wasnt seriously wounded Gelowitz said he didnt know whether Johns rifle was loaded at the time but an investigating police officer said there was no indication it had been loaded or fired Johns said he was merely leav leaving ¬ ing the store with the gun which he admitted stealing I was jusf walking out when this fellow opened up on me he told the court after he fired at me I was more or less in a state of shock He was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment on the breaking entry and theft charge and six months concurrent on the charge of possessing an offensive weapon Insanity Verdict In Axe Slayings VANCOUVER CP -ABC Supreme Court Jurj Thursday found Thomas Kosberg 18 not guilty of six counts of capital murder bj reason of insanitj in the Dec 10 1965 axe slay Ings of his family Simon Fraser Hotel On the agenda are the election of offi officers ¬ cers Centrum discussion and the new structure of membership dues Todays the last day to enter the first annual art show sponsored by the local Kiwanls club All entries must be in by 5 pm at architect Trelle Mor Morrows ¬ rows office The exhibits wlh go on display Saturday Feb 25 A N V Daly St John Ambu- lance Representative In Prince George reports BC Telephone BC Hydro and Northwood Pulp will man a first aid post at the Rocky Mountain Ranger Armouries during the stay of the Confederation Train il l -l LwrJ- I Wl LITTLE WARMER SPECULATION There is growing speculation here that several members of the Pearson cabinet plan to re tire or move to less onerous posts in the public service Many Liberals are betting on a major cabinet shuffle during the Easter parliamentary re cesst opening many new vacan cles in the Commons and mak ing room in the cabinet for fresh young faces At least nine ministers out of 26 have been mentioned in the retirement speculation Inform ants stress that several minis ministers ¬ ters may put off their depart ures Labor Minister Nicholson 65 is being tabbed as the succes successor ¬ sor to Lt Gov George Pearkes of British Columbia whose five year term was extended indef indefinitely ¬ initely in 19C5 SUCCESSORS Industry Minister Drury 54 has been mentioned as a suc successor ¬ cessor to former justice minis minister ¬ ter Lionel Chevrier as high commissioner in London Rev Revenue ¬ enue Minister Benson 43 would be named president of Air Can ada succeeding Gordon Mc McGregor ¬ Gregor who reached the re retirement ¬ tirement age of 65 last Septem September ¬ ber and stayed on at govern government ¬ ment request Solicitor General Pennell 51 and Registrar -General Fav reau 49 would be named to the high courts of Ontario and Quebec Northern Development Minister Laing 62 and Fish Fisheries ¬ eries Minister Robichaud 55 would go to the Senate Justice Minister Cardln who will be 48 March 1 would get a diplomatic post likely the Canadian chairmanship of the International Joint Commission succeeding Arnold Heeney who will be 65 April 5 CBC SHUFFLE State Secretary Judy La Marsh 42 has been dropping hints that she may succeed Al phonse Oulmet as CBC presl dent If all these reports prove well founded the result would be three byelections In Ontario apart from Sudbury three in Quebec apart from Hull two in British Columbia and one in New Brunswick Likely Quebec candidates for cabinet appointments include Pierre Elliot Trudeau parlla mentary secretary to Mr Pear Pearson ¬ son Bryce Mackasey parlia parliamentary ¬ mentary secretary to Mr Nlch olson Jean Chretien parlia parliamentary ¬ mentary secretary to ri nance Minister Sharp and for former ¬ mer state secretary Maurice Lamontagne John Turner min ister without portfolio is ex pected to get a senior port folio ONTARIO Ontario prospects include John M u n r o parliamentary secretary to Immigration Min Minister ¬ ister Marchand Herb Gray ft nance committee chairman James Walker parliamentary secretary to Mr Benson and John Matheson also a parlla mentary secretary to Mr Pear Pearson ¬ son Walter Gordon minister without portfolio is in line for i jMmrr m The daily newspaper for Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17 1967 Phone 562 2441 Squire MOBILE HOMES Mile 6 Hot Hiway Phone 962 9292 igg iocoPy ci7 ONM Major Shuffle Planned for Easter Recess RUMORS OF MINI -ELECTION CIRCULATE IN LIBERAL PARTY By THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA CP Reports about a mini election in the spring are spieading rapidly in Liberal circles Party sources predict that several byelections at least two and perhaps as many as 10 will be called late next month by Prime Minister Pearson INSIDE TODAYS CITIZEN The United States largest student organization con sideis suspending overseas activities following disclos disclosure ¬ ure of its liik with the Cen Central ¬ tral Intelligence Agency Page 5 Premier Bennett predicts BC will become a tax haven for people of moderate means Page 4 Heres a weekend or perhaps Centennial pro project ¬ ject a do-it-yourself direc directive ¬ tive for wine lovers Page 25 Arms sales by the US de defence ¬ fence department to other countries exceeds 2 billion annually according to a study by the US Congress on the countrys aggressive arms sales pitch Page 7 It looks like bad news for the Beatles Davy Jones of the Monkees gets a wild welcome from screaming fainting fans at London Air Airport ¬ port Page 24 Editorials 2 Sports 9 10 Comics Coming Events 11 Womens 18 Church 19 Eric Nicol 22 Entertainment 23 PG Pulp Names Chairman Prince George Pulp and Paper Co senior project engineer Grant Hepburn has been named chairman of the board of exam examiners ¬ iners for the Association of Pro Professional ¬ fessional Engineers of BC Mr Hepburns duties will be to check the professional quali qualifications ¬ fications of prospective mem members ¬ bers of the association and if GRANT HEPBURN necessary have them write qual qualification ¬ ification exams It is the firsttlme this position has been given to someone not residing in the Lower Mainland Mr Hepburn attributes the shift to show the significance Prince George is gaining in BC Voting would take place In late May or early June in the middle of the Conservative leadership race and while New Democrats concentrate their ef efforts ¬ forts on the forthcoming On tarlo election Two ridings Sudbury and Hull have been without rep representation ¬ resentation for six weeks and six months respectively Mr Pearson Is required by law to call byelections or a general election by July 12 six months after the one seat was offi officially ¬ cially declared vacant yHHfKJHBBv olHHB USffflIK KnBBPm iluBBLiPiSsI Realism Key Realism is the keynote in exhibits on the Confedera tion Train Two generations meet in a faithfully re created World War I trench for one the memories come flooding back while the other tiies to imagine how it was Exhibit opens in Prince George 3 pm to morrow afternoon The Con Confederation ¬ federation Train will visit over sixty Canadian cities this year The Prince George stopover is loi lour days The Friday Column Interior Woodworkers Wary of Surcharge Interior woodworkers would not be hard hit If Japanese ship shipping ¬ ping interests impose a 15 per cent surcharge on shipments to BC ports Howard Webb president of the Prince George and District Labor Council and an officer of the In International ¬ ternational Woodworkers of America in Prince George said exports to Asian countries take up only a small part of the In Interiors ¬ teriors production But he agreed with IWA re regional ¬ gional president J A Moore of Vancouver that coastal wood woodworkers ¬ workers will suffer if the sur surcharge ¬ charge goes into effect Mr Moore telegraphed Prime Minister Pearson asking him to take action to prevent it The Japanese announced the reason for the surcharge is labor unrest in BC ports Mr Moore told the prime min minister ¬ ister there is no truth to this The surcharge will adverselyaf fect union members Mr Webb said if 25 per cent of Interior production went to Asia it would be a large amount Most of our exports go to the US and that goes by rail Bv Jan Udo Wenzel These Are Bankers Hours Bankers hours aint what they used to be and the Prince George Business Businessmens ¬ mens Association for one doesnt like it Branch offices of the Royal Bank at Parkwoodand of the Nova Scotia Bank at Spruceland have extended their office hours to pro provide ¬ vide greater convenience to the public DBA of course says this is taking business away from downtown Well it is Long -established down downtown ¬ town merchant Harold Mof Moffat ¬ fat has written a letter to the general minager of the Bank of Montreal asking that something be done or mmy businesses imy withdraw their accounts G S MacLean manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia downtown said the nutter has been discussed by bank bankers ¬ ers and full co operation is assured but it Is not for individual branch managers to set hours While most businesses close Mondays the banks cannot do so because of the volume of business down downtown ¬ town Its different In the shop shopping ¬ ping centres At Parkwood all shops are closed and It is highly unlikely that any anyone ¬ one would go to a shopping centre just because a bank was open So Instead of staying open Monday a few hours have been added Fridays Sure it is more convenient for the public as much as it In Inconvenient ¬ convenient for the banks to stay open Mondays The number of weekly hours have not changed much And Prince George is In no way unique In this At least 40 other communities have the same hours and soon all branches located In shopping centres will do the same The business lost Fridays could be recuperated Mon Mondays ¬ days Harold Moffat says it seems too miny people owe too much to the banks to be able to bring enough pres pressure ¬ sure eithei to make the shopping centre branches conform to downtown or to let the downtown branches have the same hours But I bet you the Bank of British Columbia will stay open he said He miy be right because Prince George will definite definitely ¬ ly get a branch of that bank Toit George MLA Ray Willlston said this morning Prince George is a must for the new bank If anyone gets one Prince George is the logical centre for the northern part of the province Mr Wil Willlston ¬ llston said For the first time in 15 years one of the better known suds dispensers In town will visit his homeland Romeo Zucollo working at the Inn will leave Prince George for a trip to Venice in Italy Romeo says hes looking forward to the trip but he Is definitely coming back Theres a paper war on in Endako Mine Mill and Smelter Workers and the United Steel Workers of America are battling for the miners allegiance with handbills and name calling But it could be Just diver diversionary ¬ sionary tactics to head off the darkhoise Tri Pact teamster and operating engineers who also are In Interested ¬ terested in Endako Well know in a few weeks