LABOR
FRONT
QUIET
ALMOST
by
JAN
UDO
WENZEL
All
quiet
on
the
labor
front
Or
Is
It
True
there
are
no
big
Is
Issues
¬
sues
at
present
and
the
situa
situation
¬
tion
Is
relatively
quiet
But
many
little
things
In
the
endless
war
between
em
employees
¬
ployees
and
employers
are
going
on
constantly
Appointment
of
govern
government
¬
ment
conciliation
officers
reports
of
conciliation
boards
applications
for
certification
rejections
of
the
same
applications
and
more
of
this
sort
of
thing
keep
union
officials
as
well
as
the
labor
department
and
everyone
else
Involved
pretty
busy
Some
of
the
Items
are
not
without
Irony
Why
for
In
Instance
¬
stance
is
the
International
Woodworkers
of
America
representing
four
employees
at
of
all
places
a
new
car
dealers
The
era
of
wooden
cars
Is
over
If
there
ever
was
such
a
thing
but
the
IWA
In
Prince
George
represents
those
fouratKenMlllsChev
orlet
as
well
employees
at
three
other
garages
Of
course
there
Is
an
explanation
The
IWA
was
the
first
union
to
organize
those
employees
some
years
ago
and
has
held
the
certifi
certification
¬
cation
ever
since
Prince
George
Regional
Hospital
has
finally
con
conformed
¬
formed
to
a
matter
In
Its
relations
with
the
union
the
Hospital
employees
union
The
hospital
Is
now
Inline
with
all
other
hospitals
In
BC
by
not
paying
sick
leave
which
has
been
accum
accumulated
¬
ulated
Up
to
now
the
Regional
was
the
only
hos
hospital
¬
pital
which
carried
a
clause
for
payment
In
Its
standard
contract
Losers
of
course
are
the
employees
But
overall
organized
la
labor
¬
bor
makes
strong
headway
In
Prince
George
Applications
for
certifica
certification
¬
tion
in
Prince
George
have
been
made
by
the
Inter
International
¬
national
Brotherhood
of
Boilermakers
Iron
Ship
Builders
Blacksmiths
For
Forgers
¬
gers
and
helpers
Lodge
359
by
the
Retail
Wholesale
and
Department
Store
Union
and
the
United
Brotherhood
of
Carpenters
and
Joiners
of
America
While
the
latter
two
have
been
around
here
for
some
time
the
former
Is
new
In
this
area
One
Prince
George
em
employer
¬
ployer
Cariboo
Dry
Ltd
recently
asked
permission
from
the
Labor
Relations
Board
to
lay
off
employees
affected
by
the
trade
unions
application
for
certification
The
board
considered
the
application
but
turned
It
down
Received
a
letter
today
in
which
the
writer
asked
If
It
did
not
make
more
sense
to
amalgamate
Canadian
unions
than
advocating
retention
of
International
or
rather
Am
American
¬
erican
unions
in
order
to
supposedly
strengthen
the
Canadian
unions
are
a
long
way
from
being
amalga
amalgamated
¬
mated
And
the
international
ties
are
not
a
bad
idea
If
the
un
unions
¬
ions
north
of
the
border
have
equal
autonomy
with
those
down
below
A
unions
first
claim
to
the
right
to
exist
Is
to
repre
represent
¬
sent
the
working
man
Its
aim
Is
to
secure
ade
adequate
¬
quate
wages
and
working
condition
thereby
securing
an
adequate
standard
of
liv
living
¬
ing
Big
business
and
big
In
Industries
¬
dustries
ate
far
more
Inter
International
¬
national
than
unions
arc
And
If
the
employers
main
maintain
¬
tain
international
ties
does
It
not
make
sense
when
the
unions
do
the
same
Union
strength
comes
from
numbers
namely
the
number
of
members
And
only
a
strong
large
union
can
be
effective
when
bargaining
with
a
giant
industry
Wrapping
oneself
In
a
flag
has
never
yet
fed
a
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mouth
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ALBERT
Sask
CP
The
centennial
canoe
pageant
saw
two
position
Cariboo
Prince
George
and
Bulkley
Valley
Cloudy
with
a
few
sunny
Intervals
today
clear
clearing
¬
ing
overnight
A
few
showers
and
Isolated
thunderstorms
this
afternoon
and
evening
Sunny
with
a
few
cloudy
Intervals
on
Friday
Little
change
In
temperature
Light
winds
except
gusty
with
the
thunderstorms
Low
tonight
and
high
Friday
at
Prince
George
and
Smlthers
40
and
72
Williams
Lake
and
Quesnel
45
and
75
Peace
River
Mell
Rodacker
left
it
leader
of
River
Rats
Expedition
changes
Wednesday
as
It
beat
Its
way
down
the
muddy
North
Saskatchewan
River
Cloudy
with
sunny
periods
clearing
In
the
evening
Cooler
Winds
NE
10
Low
tonight
and
high
Friday
at
Giande
Prairie
40
and
65
Low
tonight
and
high
Friday
at
Vancouver
50
and
65
Victoria
50
and
70
LAST
24
HOURS
HI
Lo
Pr
Prince
George
72
41
Terrace
65
42
Smlthers
69
44
Quesnel
76
45
Manitoba
Increased
Its
lead
to
3
minutes
16
seconds
by
covering
49
miles
from
Tort
Carleton
Sask
In
5
hours
45
minutes
55
seconds
The
time
was
one
minute
and
10
seconds
ahead
of
secondplace
British
Columbia
team
Ontario
after
a
tough
battle
with
New
Brunswick
and
Que
bee
finished
fifth
In
the
days
run
and
moved
to
sixth
spot
from
seventh
In
the
overall
standings
Quebec
had
a
sandbarfllled
day
as
the
NWT
team
man
aged
to
land
ahead
of
them
seventh
for
the
day
and
eighth
now
In
the
overall
standings
Alberta
Saskatchewan
and
New
Brunswick
held
on
to
third
fourth
and
fifth
respectively
Northern
Mountain
Names
Assistant
General
Manager
Due
to
expansion
Northern
Mountain
Airlines
of
Prince
George
the
largest
charter
air
service
In
Central
DC
has
ap
appointed
¬
pointed
Ed
MacPherson
of
Prince
George
as
assistant
general
man
manager
¬
ager
Mr
MacPherson
has
consider
considerable
¬
able
experience
In
aviation
and
general
manager
Dill
Smith
said
Action
Promised
At
Shrine
Circus
This
years
Shrine
Circus
in
Prince
George
will
be
a
top
notch
show
according
to
Herb
As6man
who
has
seen
it
In
Ed
Edmonton
¬
monton
The
circus
will
be
here
June
9
and
10
and
will
perform
in
the
Coliseum
Mr
Assrnan
said
It
was
a
really
old
style
show
just
as
he
remembers
from
his
young
younger
¬
er
days
Its
a
real
circus
with
some
thing
for
everybody
Mr
A
si
man
said
The
show
will
last
for
Uo-aiid-ono-half
hours
with
a
short
intermission
The
reformers
and
tho
acts
are
mostly
European
and
Mr
Assrnan
said
It
Is
a
better
show
than
anyone
has
seen
In
Prince
George
before
It
Is
certainly
not
tho
usual
American
Imitations
which
wo
have
seen
before
most
of
the
time
Its
a
three
ring
circus
with
high
wire
acts
trained
animals
and
clowns
The
circus
will
play
later
this
year
at
the
PNE
Agrodomo
In
Vancouver
There
will
bo
no
difference
In
shos
apart
from
tho
addition
at
the
Coast
of
a
couple
of
acts
permitted
by
the
larger
szo
of
the
Agrodome
it
was
necessary
to
enlarge
the
executive
of
the
firm
Northern
Mountain
Airlines
presently
has
11
planes
and
ser
services
¬
vices
North
Central
DC
as
well
as
the
western
part
of
the
North
Northwest
¬
west
Territories
At
present
the
firm
has
18
employees
and
is
a
wholly
local
owned
company
We
will
have
to
hire
a
few
more
people
Mr
Smith
said
All
his
personnel
are
local
people
vho
are
training
from
the
beginning
by
tho
firm
Most
of
Northerns
alrcralt
are
float
pianos
but
the
firm
also
owns
a
helicopter
We
are
going
to
expand
the
helicopter
business
by
next
spring
when
we
will
purchase
a
Doll
Turbine
helicopter
Mr
Smith
said
Ed
MacPherson
gained
his
ex
experience
¬
perience
as
helicopter
and
fixed
wing
pilot
with
PWA
DC-Vu-kon
Air
Services
and
Okanagan
Helicopters
Dosldes
his
position
as
assis
assistant
¬
tant
manager
ho
Is
also
a
di
director
¬
rector
of
Northern
Mountain
Air
linos
and
a
shareholder
Duffy
photo
Journey
Ends
for
Ancient
Ford
By
BOB
GROVES
Citizen
Staff
Writer
They
found
It
The
body
was
rusted
through
the
tires
were
gone
the
upholstery
rotted
away
But
there
It
was
on
the
bank
of
the
Herrlck
River
miles
from
travelled
road
a
vintage
model
T
Ford
The
remains
half
obscured
by
leaves
and
muck
were
uncovered
Tuesday
by
an
unlikely
fleet
fly
flying
¬
ing
the
colors
of
the
Grande
Prairie
River
Rats
Association
For
17
association
members
in
five
water-Jet-propelled
boats
It
was
a
sentimental
centennial
pilgrimage
Twenty
nine
years
ago
In
the
fall
of
1938
the
T
was
crank
cranked
¬
ed
to
a
start
at
Grande
Prairie
with
the
intention
of
travelling
to
Prince
George
following
its
own
route
through
the
Rocky
Moun
Mountains
¬
tains
Citizens
of
Grande
Prairie
and
the
Peace
River
district
were
anxious
to
publicize
the
un
tracked
Monkman
Pass
as
a
nat
natural
¬
ural
route
from
their
area
through
to
BC
with
axes
lead
leading
¬
ing
the
way
and
a
winch
cable
where
needed
the
car
got
to
a
point
on
the
Herrlck
River
about
80
miles
east
of
Prince
George
There
however
winter
freeze
up
Intervened
and
the
bold
Jour
Journey
¬
ney
came
to
a
halt
Soon
after
the
Second
World
War
began
and
the
Model
T
was
left
to
rust
away
And
though
the
venture
gained
considerable
publicity
the
Monkman
Pass
route
today
re
remains
¬
mains
nothing
more
than
the
pack
trail
carved
by
those
Al
bertans
In
1938
So
over
the
weekend
a
contin
contingent
¬
gent
of
the
Grande
Prairie
River
Rats
came
to
Prince
George
towing
their
Jet
boats
bent
on
retrieving
the
long
lost
Model
T
They
placed
their
boats
In
the
Fraser
on
Sunday
morning
con
continued
¬
tinued
some
90
miles
up
to
the
MacGregor
River
along
the
MacGregor
and
then
up
the
Her
Herrlck
¬
rlck
where
they
found
the
old
car
They
gingerly
loaded
the
T
aboard
their
boats
and
made
the
return
down
river
Journey
to
Prince
George
The
group
Intends
to
restore
the
Ford
and
place
it
In
the
Grande
Prairie
museum
as
a
centennial
project
It
will
serve
in
part
as
a
memorial
to
the
late
Charles
Stojan
of
Grande
Prairie
who
was
driver
on
the
original
Journey
Mr
Stojans
Manitobans
Stretch
Lead
Over
Locals
in
Canoe
Race
younger
brother
Jerry
was
part
of
this
weeks
recovery
expedi
expedition
¬
tion
Meanwhile
members
of
the
search
party
enjoyed
a
rousing
few
days
In
the
BC
outdoors
It
was
bracing
and
sometimes
tricky
work
navigating
the
pow
powerful
¬
erful
Jet
boats
over
the
swollen
rivers
An
absolutely
wonderful
time
said
boat
owner
Melvln
Rodacker
Everybody
had
a
ball
FRASER
FLOOD
WATERS
RISE
SLIGHTLY
Flood
water
In
the
Fraser
River
continued
to
fall
Wednes
Wednesday
¬
day
but
was
up
again
slightly
this
morning
When
the
meter
was
read
Wednesday
evening
tho
water
level
was
3068
feet
This
morn
morning
¬
ing
the
water
had
risen
almost
four
inches
to
3099
feet
This
Is
the
height
the
water
reached
last
Saturday
when
the
flooding
started
In
the
Island
Cache
no
resi
residents
¬
dents
were
evacuated
Wednesday
but
the
water
was
still
up
In
the
flooded
areas
this
morning
There
has
been
no
appreciable
drop
where
the
water
has
seeped
through
the
gravel
Water
Is
still
being
taken
Into
the
Cache
In
tank
trucks
since
the
wells
are
all
polluted
but
no
contagious
diseases
nave
Deen
reported
Marshall
Rites
Held
Today
Funeral
services
were
held
at
3
pm
today
for
Jack
Neil
Mar
Marshall
¬
shall
17
who
died
In
Vancouver
General
Hospital
Friday
He
had
been
flown
to
Vancouver
following
a
motorcycle
accident
The
youth
Is
survived
by
his
mother
and
step
father
Mr
and
Mrs
Elmer
Dumont
of
1440
Carney
St
one
sister
Jill
of
Kelowna
his
grandmother
Mrs
Marshall
of
Kelowna
and
grand
grandparents
¬
parents
Mr
and
Mrs
Sporrlng
of
this
city
Rev
Ben
Taylor
officiated
at
the
services
which
were
held
from
Assmans
Funeral
Chapel
WARM
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v
SUNNY
with
CLOUDY
Intervals
Low
40
and
72
Prime
Retail
Space
1000
Squar
Feet
1600
Squar
Ftt
Pnon
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Angtll
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564
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Build
for
the
future
Thursday
June
8
1967
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Golf
Prize
Bill
Ahrens
holds
the
golf
bag
which
will
be
a
puze
at
the
first
ainual
Blue
Owl
golf
tournament
to
be
hold
June
24
and
25
at
Quesnel
The
golf
bag
will
be
presented
at
the
smoker
during
the
tournament
PANCAKE
gg
HOUSE
Peden
Hill
School
Grade
3
June
5th
1967
DEAR
MR
MRS
MARTINSEN
I
thank
you
for
the
pancakes
I
like
your
pancakes
I
like
your
strawber
strawberries
¬
ries
We
are
sorry
we
are
noisy
I
like
your
old-fashioned
clock
I
like
your
delicious
coke
I
thank
you
for
the
delicious
pancakes
Thank
you
for
the
coke
I
like
the
design
on
the
window
Your
friend
Jams
Miller
KEEP
HIM
IN
THE
SWIM
j
jrjtjT
For
a
B
Right
now
its
Come
on
in
the
waters
fine
He
hasnt
a
care
in
the
world
But
what
about
the
future
What
are
you
doing
to
keep
him
in
the
swim
when
its
time
for
college
and
other
advanced
schooling
Prince
George
Hub
City
of
North
Central
British
Columbia
can
and
should
also
be
the
educa
educational
¬
tional
centre
for
this
region
The
establishment
of
a
comprehensive
Higher
Education
Institution
in
Prince
George
will
benefit
all
the
youngsters
of
North
Central
B
C
You
can
help
to
make
it
happen
now
TE
YE
V
REGIONAL
COLLEGE
MONDAY
JUNE
12
This
message
is
sponsored
by
the
Prince
George
Building
Trade
Council
and
all
the
affiliated
union