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PRINCE
GEORGE
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
MONDAY
FEBRUARY
24
1969
NEWS
TO
THEM
It
might
come
as
news
to
most
of
the
provinces
municipalities
to
learn
that
they
are
in
very
good
financial
shape
in
the
words
of
Municipal
Af
Affairs
¬
fairs
Minister
Dan
Campbell
Also
that
the
financial
relationship
between
Victoria
and
local
governments
is
the
best
in
the
country
as
Mr
Campbell
stated
in
the
Legislature
last
week
It
may
be
that
by
curtailing
spend
spending
¬
ing
to
provide
for
essential
services
only
the
municipalities
may
have
been
able
to
show
reserves
amounting
to
35
per
cent
of
their
operating
costs
for
the
last
year
The
reason
for
this
may
be
that
municipalities
are
unable
to
venture
into
many
capital
expenditure
programs
because
in
Canada
today
there
is
virtu
virtually
¬
ally
no
municipal
bond
market
Because
most
councils
are
reluctant
to
raise
taxes
capital
construction
pro
programs
¬
grams
out
of
current
revenues
are
seldom
initiated
TRUDEAU
OTTAWA
TNS
One
of
prime
Minister
Trudeaus
slogans
which
has
caught
public
Imagination
Is
par
participatory
¬
ticipatory
democracy
The
combination
of
the
two
words
conjures
up
the
Image
of
direct
and
constant
In
1
volvement
of
fytt
masses
of
people
in
tne
management
of
public
affairs
irL
y
Implies
that
i
ceases
to
be
tiKStLt
I
the
executive
UtborZh
Instrument
of
the
ruling
party
whose
program
Is
sub
subject
¬
ject
to
scrutiny
by
the
elec
elected
¬
ted
representatives
of
the
people
and
becomes
a
sort
of
seismograph
of
hitherto
undetected
undercurrents
of
the
formative
process
of
col
collective
¬
lective
political
will
The
whole
thing
may
bean
interesting
theoretical
pro-
Lete
Dear
Sir
I
am
sorry
for
you
dis
disillusioned
¬
illusioned
if
you
are
looking
for
sympathy
According
to
your
letter
last
Monday
you
had
two
counts
against
you
Ap
Apparently
¬
parently
your
dog
was
on
the
loose
without
a
licence
and
minus
a
leash
I
believe
two
laws
were
thus
broken
As
an
ardent
gardener
I
am
all
for
hav
having
¬
ing
such
dogs
picked
up
How
can
parents
expect
their
children
to
grow
into
law
abiding
citizens
when
they
have
such
flagrant
acts
to
guide
them
Just
Wondering
Dear
Sir
I
just
read
Salmos
report
on
his
weekend
wolf
hunt
as
a
sportsman
which
he
claims
to
be
I
think
he
is
painting
a
very
poor
picture
of
what
a
sportsman
is
sup
supposed
¬
posed
to
be
Im
all
for
hunting
and
would
very
much
like
to
collect
a
fine
trophy
life
a
wolf
but
there
wouldnt
be
much
satisfaction
for
me
in
hazing
a
wolf
with
an
air
airplane
¬
plane
and
then
shooting
him
Salmos
report
says
first
of
all
we
do
not
shoot
wolves
from
a
plonebecause
It
is
Illegal
and
highly
dan
gerous
Byh
the
way
he
writes
it
sounds
us
if
it
is
too
bad
maybe
if
it
were
legal
he
could
have
run
over
the
wolf
with
his
airplane
I
just
read
BC
Outdoors
and
it
mentions
a
prominent
Prince
George
outdoor
writer
who
says
and
I
quote
the
snowmobile
really
comes
into
its
own
in
wolf
and
coyote
hunting
as
soon
as
the
rivers
and
lakes
are
frozen
hard
enough
Does
itsoundfamlliarSaK
mo
Im
glad
lie
just
calls
his
column
Outdoors
and
not
Outdoor
Sportsman
because
It
would
be
an
insult
to
ml
J
tons
of
North
American
Sportsmen
Ingo
Meierhayer
Prince
George
And
because
such
community
pro
projects
¬
jects
as
swimming
pools
and
other
rec
recreational
¬
reational
facilities
are
regarded
as
non
nonessential
¬
essential
services
by
the
institutional
buyer
they
are
set
aside
in
the
hope
that
the
bond
market
will
suddenly
remedy
itself
A
prime
example
would
be
this
citys
proposed
covered
swimming
pool
which
may
be
a
long
way
off
from
be
becoming
¬
coming
a
reality
unless
conditions
in
the
bond
market
change
It
may
be
that
the
only
way
we
will
ever
get
the
pool
is
for
the
bonds
to
be
sold
locally
If
we
want
the
pool
badly
enough
we
should
all
be
prepared
to
invest
in
it
would
be
a
reasonable
basis
for
argu
argument
¬
ment
Municipalities
may
be
in
fine
finan
financial
¬
cial
shape
providing
they
dont
spend
money
much
beyond
the
point
neces
necessary
¬
sary
to
keep
the
wheels
turning
But
when
it
comes
to
financing
capital
construction
the
best
that
can
be
said
it
that
it
is
a
tough
row
to
hoe
The
Theorist
position
for
ivory
tower
con
contemplation
¬
templation
of
revival
of
an
ancient
¬
cient
Greece
but
as
a
prac
practical
¬
tical
method
of
modern
gov
government
¬
ernment
its
a
non
starter
With
all
the
marvels
of
electronic
communications
and
computerized
data
sys
systems
¬
tems
at
its
command
the
Government
simply
cannot
conduct
a
constant
plebis
plebiscite
¬
cite
and
reflect
in
its
actions
from
day
to
day
and
hour
to
hour
the
often
haphazard
variations
of
the
ever
changing
pattern
of
public
opinion
Participation
Democra
Democracy
¬
cy
is
therefore
a
gimmick
of
political
sloganeering
which
seeks
to
create
the
impression
of
exciting
new
approaches
to
the
effective
popular
involvement
in
the
self
government
of
the
present-day
state
Aware
of
discontent
e
spec
lally
among
the
alie
alienated
¬
nated
restless
and
impa
impatient
¬
tient
young
activists
with
the
sometime
sluggish
re
responses
¬
sponses
of
the
existing
ma
machinery
¬
chinery
of
representative
self
government
to
the
changing
public
needs
and
demands
the
politicians
constantly
search
for
better
transmission
belts
of
the
popular
will
Inbetweenelec
tlons
When
they
find
that
what
we
have
in
our
parliament
parliamentary
¬
ary
system
is
in
fact
the
best
available
equipment
the
shrewdest
among
them
resort
to
creating
illusions
of
exciting
shortcuts
on
brand
new
concepts
Unfortunately
none
of
these
alleged
Innovations
fcv-
Rife
Mm
d
K
J
-o
fer
Si
TRUDEAU
tloganttr
amount
to
more
than
empty
vote
getting
slogans
which
In
some
cases
may
be
de
designed
¬
signed
to
divert
attention
from
attempts
to
short
shortchange
¬
change
or
smother
the
dem
democratic
¬
ocratic
process
for
the
sake
of
efficiency
in
govern
government
¬
ment
Tbe
extreme
example
of
this
ruse
is
the
peoples
democracy
slogan
of
the
Marxist
totalitarlans
who
while
Initially
creating
the
illusion
of
direct
nuss
par
participation
¬
ticipation
In
their
adminis
administrative
¬
trative
system
ushered
in
the
cruellest
form
of
dic
dictatorship
¬
tatorship
When
I
am
not
suggesting
that
the
participatory
dem
ocracy
slogan
may
have
future
of
Canada
should
not
similar
purpose
I
am
dis
disturbed
¬
turbed
by
Its
use
for
di
diverting
¬
verting
attention
from
our
Governments
Increasingly
prounounced
tendency
to
downgrade
and
bypass
Par
Parliament
¬
liament
Symptoms
of
this
trend
range
from
the
temporarily
stalled
Rule
1G
A
an
en
endeavor
¬
deavor
to
turn
Parliament
into
a
mere
rubber
stamp
of
the
executive
to
the
exclusion
of
the
House
and
the
provincial
legislatures
from
the
process
of
consti
constitutional
¬
tutional
revision
Surely
a
task
of
such
fun
fundamental
¬
damental
Importance
for
the
future
of
Canada
should
not
and
Indeed
must
not
be
at
attempted
¬
tempted
without
full
partici
participation
¬
pation
of
the
elected
repre
representatives
¬
sentatives
of
all
political
parties
if
genuine
demo
democracy
¬
cracy
is
to
survive
in
this
count
ry
Far
from
fostering
any
broader
participatory
de
democracy
¬
mocracy
the
selection
of
the
federal
provincial
sum
summit
¬
mit
conference
for
the
con
constitutional
¬
stitutional
overhaul
severely
limits
a
meaningful
appli
application
¬
cation
of
the
principle
of
representative
self-government
as
It
Is
understood
and
normally
practised
under
our
parliamentary
system
While
it
may
be
argued
that
the
first
ministers
of
our
11
governments
repre
represent
¬
sent
large
segments
of
the
voters
they
do
not
and
can
cannot
¬
not
speak
for
the
whole
elec
electorate
¬
torate
How
can
they
when
to
cite
only
the
most
obvious
anomaly
the
New
Demo
Democratic
¬
cratic
Party
which
polled
174
percent
of
the
popular
vote
In
the
last
general
elec
election
¬
tion
has
no
voice
In
the
federal
provincial
confer
conference
¬
ence
Whatever
one
may
think
about
the
NDP
political
phil
philosophy
¬
osophy
there
is
no
justifi
justification
¬
cation
and
no
excuse
for
the
exclusion
of
the
partys
elec
elected
¬
ted
representatives
from
the
formative
stages
of
the
pro
process
¬
cess
of
constitutional
revi
revision
¬
sion
which
affects
all
Can
Canadians
¬
adians
And
there
Is
no
excuse
for
excluding
any
of
the
op
oppositions
¬
positions
In
the
legislative
bodies
An
hour
after
the
conclu
conclusion
¬
sion
of
the
constitutional
conference
I
asked
Prime
Minister
Trudeau
whether
he
had
given
consideration
to
bringing
Parliament
and
the
legislatures
Into
the
ma
machinery
¬
chinery
of
constitutional
re
review
¬
view
at
this
stage
of
basic
decision
making
lie
said
he
had
considered
that
but
until
now
I
wasnt
one
who
was
very
anxious
to
doit
Why
notllow
can
this
atti
attitude
¬
tude
be
reconciled
with
talk
about
participatory
demo
cracy
I
hope
the
PM
will
change
his
mind
W
ti
-y
Sill
For
Petes
sake
eventually
well
have
nothing
but
SATISFIED
students
enrolling
BUCH-
Thick
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lflln
WASHINGTON
I
had
We
will
still
build
our
lunch
with
Gen
Blunderbuss
at
the
Army
Navy
Club
the
other
day
and
I
decided
it
would
be
a
good
time
to
ask
him
about
the
controversial
antlballistic
missile
system
General
do
we
really
need
an
ABM
system
Of
course
we
do
The
military
wouldnt
push
for
it
unless
it
was
absolutely
necessary
the
general
re
replied
¬
plied
Would
we
Probably
not
But
there
seems
so
much
confu
confusion
¬
sion
about
it
For
one
thing
you
call
it
a
thin
shield
That
In
itself
doesnt
give
you
much
confidence
in
it
Of
course
it
doesnt
Blunderbuss
said
And
thats
the
idea
If
we
call
It
a
thin
shield
then
Ameri
Americans
¬
cans
will
demand
a
thick
If
you
ask
for
20
billion
to
start
with
they
might
cut
you
down
to
5
billion
shield
and
thats
what
we
wanted
in
the
first
place
Why
didnt
you
propose
a
thick
shield
to
start
with
I
asked
Because
it
cost
too
much
money
Weve
discovered
from
experience
that
if
you
ask
for
5
billion
you
can
always
get
20
billion
more
But
If
you
ask
for
20
bil
billion
¬
lion
to
start
with
they
might
cut
you
down
to
5
billion
But
the
critics
say
that
the
thin
shield
would
have
no
effect
as
far
as
the
Rus
Russians
¬
sians
are
concerned
The
thin
shield
is
not
aimed
at
the
Russians
Its
aimed
at
the
Chinese
When
the
Chinese
have
their
ICBMs
were
going
to
need
something
to
stop
them
Then
the
thick
shield
youll
build
after
the
thin
shield
will
take
care
of
the
Soviet
missiles
Not
necessarily
Were
not
sure
that
by
the
time
we
build
a
thick
shield
it
will
work
Why
build
it
then
My
dear
fellow
the
ob
objection
¬
jection
of
the
antlballistic
missile
system
is
not
to
knock
down
missiles
Its
to
give
us
something
to
ne
negotiate
¬
gotiate
with
If
we
announce
were
building
an
ABM
sys
system
¬
tem
it
will
force
the
So
Soviets
¬
viets
to
build
one
and
were
not
sure
they
want
to
spend
that
kind
of
money
So
the
announcement
would
make
the
Soviets
come
to
some
arms
control
agreement
But
If
we
agree
with
the
Soviets
not
to
build
an
ABM
system
how
will
that
pro
protect
¬
tect
us
from
the
Chinese
NOTICE
To
The
Citizens
of
the
Village
of
South
Fort
George
GARBAGE
REMOVAL
According
to
BLaw
9
and
9a
Garbage
Removal
Will
Start
March
1st
1969
thin
shield
but
the
So
Soviets
¬
viets
will
know
that
it
has
nothing
to
do
with
their
mis
missiles
¬
siles
They
obviously
would
have
to
build
a
thin
shield
of
their
own
against
the
Chinese
ICBMs
but
we
would
know
the
Soviets
would
not
wish
our
missiles
any
harm
Then
we
would
have
to
come
to
some
agreement
as
to
how
thin
our
shield
could
be
Exactly
How
could
we
do
this
if
we
dont
know
If
your
antlballistic
system
will
work
The
Chinese
dont
know
If
it
will
work
either
Thats
the
beauty
of
the
ABM
system
If
they
were
cer
certain
¬
tain
it
worked
they
could
figure
out
ways
to
evade
it
But
If
they
dont
know
if
it
will
work
at
all
it
will
act
as
a
deterrent
That
makes
sense
but
what
worries
people
is
that
If
you
build
a
thin
shield
and
the
other
side
knows
where
the
antiballistlc
mis
missiles
¬
siles
are
located
then
those
places
will
be
the
first
ones
attacked
I
must
say
I
sympathize
with
the
people
in
Boston
for
not
wanting
to
be
part
of
a
thin
ABM
shield
Youve
got
to
forget
about
Boston
in
the
overall
defense
capability
picture
We
didnt
select
Boston
because
its
Boston
Heaven
knows
If
anything
hap
happened
¬
pened
to
Boston
wed
all
be
terribly
upset
But
If
we
didnt
build
it
in
Boston
wed
have
to
build
It
somewhere
else
Would
you
prefer
we
put
it
in
Washington
DC
Heck
no
If
thats
the
choice
by
all
means
put
It
In
Boston
I
dont
even
have
any
relatives
there
BrH-
Lf
HCNRY
C
DRESUf
It
John
Liersch
President
of
Takla
Development
limited
announces
the
appointment
of
Henry
C
Hank
Dressier
as
Manager
of
Lloyd
Bros
lumber
Co
ltd
a
wholly
owned
subsidiary
of
Takla
Development
limited
Uoyd
Bros
operates
a
sawmill
and
planer
mill
at
Isle
Pierre
on
the
CNR
approximately
thirty
miles
west
of
Prince
George
The
acquisition
by
Takla
of
Lloyd
Bros
lumber
Co
Ltd
and
Meridian
Forest
Products
ltd
was
announced
in
January
by
Merl
Lloyd
the
former
President
of
the
company
Mr
Dressier
was
formerly
manager
of
A
I
Patcriett
Sons
ltd
of
Quesnel
n
Strikes
All
Canada
The
bomb
explosion
which
yesterday
wrecked
the
in
lerlor
of
the
Montreal
and
Canadian
Stock
Exchange
building
Injuring
27
of
the
occupants
Is
an
episode
that
will
fill
all
decent
Canadians
with
repugnance
and
anger
It
follows
other
bomb
ex
plosions
in
the
same
city
one
on
Monday
whtchblasted
a
federal
building
contain
lng
offices
ofthe
Department
of
Defense
and
another
the
following
day
in
which
the
heavy
wooden
doors
of
an
armory
used
by
military
re
reservists
¬
servists
were
blown
to
pieces
The
succession
of
these
events
along
with
the
fact
that
there
have
been
more
than
SO
bombings
in
Montreal
In
the
past
year
must
cause
the
most
grave
concern
to
Mayor
Jean
Drapeau
and
to
Premier
Jean
Jacques
Ber
trand
Out
the
threat
they
pose
confronts
all
Can
Canadians
¬
adians
This
Is
our
country
and
we
cherish
every
Inch
of
It
Its
affairs
must
not
be
shaped
by
the
stealthy
cowardly
figures
who
creep
away
leav
leaving
¬
ing
their
lethal
packages
be
behind
¬
hind
them
whether
they
are
certifiable
or
merely
mis
misguided
¬
guided
There
Is
little
tobe
gained
at
this
point
by
speculating
upon
whether
this
explosion
was
a
product
of
Individual
madness
devoid
of
rational
objective
or
a
calculated
plot
to
strike
down
an
in
stitution
that
plays
a
vital
role
In
the
economy
whether
11
was
the
work
of
an
anar
chist
or
an
extreme
separ
separatist
¬
atist
The
earlier
bombings
can
not
of
course
be
dismissed
as
Inconsequential
but
the
bombing
of
the
exchange
has
additional
dimensions
oc
curlng
as
it
did
in
the
heart
Tha
Glob
t
Moil
Toronto
of
the
city
at
a
time
and
place
where
Injuries
were
certain
to
result
It
should
be
elementary
of
course
that
the
financial
equilibrium
of
a
province
or
country
cannot
be
destroyed
merely
by
attacking
the
building
in
which
its
day-to-day
transactions
take
place
Human
life
is
also
threatened
however
and
this
more
than
anything
lends
urgency
to
finding
those
responsible
A
THOUGHT
FOR
TOD
AY
No
en
It
vhIiii
In
Ihlt
woHd
who
tighten
the
burden
el
It
for
temeene
elie
-Charles
Dickens
Presented
as
a
public
service
every
day
by
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Phono
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