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Economists
forecast
Boom
here
to
continue
By
Duncan
Comrrvng
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
The
economic
boom
with
coaching
and
hard
work
will
continue
In
this
region
senior
consultant
economist
Fred
Sturm
said
Thursday
He
was
presenting
a
15000
economic
study
on
the
Fraser
Fort
George
regional
district
prepared
by
his
firm
Contact
Resource
Consultants
of
Ed
Edmonton
¬
monton
The
study
sponsored
by
the
local
Industrial
Development
Commission
provides
guidelines
for
attracting
new
industry
to
the
region
The
Provincial
Government
paid
half
the
cost
and
Deputy
Minister
of
Industrial
Develop
Development
¬
ment
Trade
and
Commerce
Robert
Renwlck
spoke
at
a
dinner
following
the
presentation
He
said
three
other
regional
districts
plan
to
follow
Fraser
Fort
Georges
lead
and
are
ap
applying
¬
plying
for
grants
for
similar
sur
surveys
¬
veys
Also
attending
the
unveiling
were
representatives
from
the
five
municipalities
in
the
re
regional
¬
gional
district
Prince
George
South
Fort
George
McBrlde
Valemount
and
Mackenzie
Industrial
Development
Com
Committee
¬
mittee
chairman
John
Broz
nitsky
said
a
total
of
350
copies
will
be
printed
and
some
will
be
distributed
to
trade
commis
commissions
¬
sions
in
Europe
the
UnltedStates
and
Japan
Forestry
and
mines
too
Sturm
said
the
population
of
the
northern
region
of
BC
will
continue
to
increase
at
nearly
twice
the
provincial
rate
The
regional
districts
popu
population
¬
lation
now
stands
at
50500
with
28500
in
Prince
George
The
regions
population
Is
esti
estimated
¬
mated
to
increase
to
90200
by
1981
The
forest
industry
which
provided
the
Impetus
during
post
war
years
will
continue
as
the
most
important
factor
in
the
growth
and
development
of
the
economy
said
Sturm
Strong
emphasis
on
greater
forest
utilization
has
encour
aged
the
installation
of
forest
manufacturing
facilities
such
as
barkers
chippers
sawmills
and
planer
mills
The
boom
is
just
beginning
in
mining
said
Sturm
during
his
hour
long
summary
of
the
study
In
1904
the
value
of
metals
mined
in
central
and
northern
BC
was
less
than
1
million
In
1908
the
value
was
42
mil
lion
about
15
per
cent
of
the
provincial
total
In
view
of
the
established
development
patterns
It
Is
most
likely
that
any
new
Industry
lo
locating
¬
cating
in
the
region
will
be
an
extension
of
the
natural
resource
based
industries
suggested
Sturm
He
expects
further
develop
development
¬
ment
In
paper
processing
the
pulp
and
paper
mill
chemical
in
industry
¬
dustry
manufacturing
of
pre
prefabricated
¬
fabricated
structures
and
fu
-niture
components
manufacture
of
wood
particle
board
and
other
Industries
including
die
casting
pressing
and
stamping
for
the
trailer
industry
Edmonton
looking
to
city
Tourism
could
easily
become
the
outstanding
new
economic
factor
affecting
Prince
George
said
Sturm
Tourism
is
an
in
djtry
and
must
be
recognized
as
such
In
1908
tourists
spent
347
million
In
BC
But
is
Is
a
very
competitive
business
and
in
order
to
receive
a
proportionate
share
every
community
must
be
willing
to
spjnd
time
money
and
effort
When
Highway
10
is
compete
next
year
the
regional
district
can
exjiect
increased
tourist
traffic
through
Jasper
as
well
as
the
benef
it
of
a
shorter
truck
route
to
the
coast
and
the
open
opening
¬
ing
of
a
new
market
for
both
Prince
George
and
Edmonton
merchants
Vancouver
products
will
be
faced
with
increasing
compe
competition
¬
tition
from
Edmonton
said
Sturm
In
fact
some
Alberta
businesses
are
already
planning
to
set
up
distribution
centres
in
Prince
George
Both
McBrlde
and
Valemount
will
experience
spurts
in
econ
economic
¬
omic
activity
because
of
High
Highway
¬
way
10
and
Tete
Jaune
Cache
will
develop
as
a
trucking
cen
centre
¬
tre
said
Sturm
The
instant
town
of
Mackenzie
with
1703
people
Is
the
second
largest
population
centre
in
the
region
With
forest
product
indus
industries
¬
tries
developing
the
population
should
jump
to
7500
by
1970
Sturm
forecast
a
boom
in
re
retail
¬
tail
trade
and
services
Ready
accessibility
to
dis
distant
¬
tant
markets
combined
with
the
growing
local
market
pro
jvide
excellent
opportunities
for
the
establishment
of
market
or
oriented
¬
iented
industries
as
well
as
for
retail
trade
and
services
Agriculture
is
likely
to
ex
experience
¬
perience
the
least
radical
change
You
can
say
many
things
about
our
town
but
dull
it
isnt
Where
else
would
you
find
four
lissome
teenage
girls
danc
dancing
¬
ing
around
the
Gas
companys
Victoria
SI
flaming
torches
and
toasting
marshmallows
at
9
o
oclock
¬
clock
of
a
Wednesday
night
A
bevy
of
beautiful
girls
bounced
into
a
dinner
In
the
Inn
Thursday
which
followed
the
unveiling
of
the
economic
sur
survey
¬
vey
on
the
Fraser
Fort
George
regional
district
The
belles
were
bellringers
from
Lakewood
and
Duchess
Park
junior
sec
secondary
¬
ondary
schools
and
from
the
sen
senior
¬
ior
secondary
school
Under
the
direction
of
Edward
Eames
foun
founder
¬
der
of
the
Prince
George
Hand
Handbell
¬
bell
Ringers
the
girls
will
ring
at
Expo
70
City
crews
digging
up
Thirc
outside
the
Dank
of
BC
site
has
led
to
speculation
whether
the
bank
Intends
finally
to
begin
construction
maybe
they
havent
heard
of
our
northern
winters
But
city
engineer
Ernie
Obst
says
theres
still
now
word
when
the
bank
will
build
City
crews
are
replacing
a
leaking
water
main
and
should
finish
today
But
he
added
the
new
main
Is
large
enough
to
serve
the
site
what
whatever
¬
ever
size
of
building
is
placed
on
It
a
A
crunch
Is
coming
at
Park
Village
Apartments
where
some
52
per
cent
of
120
tenants
In
the
developments
first
phase
have
withheld
their
November
rent
Tenants
have
received
a
warning
letter
from
the
apart
apartments
¬
ments
solicitor
that
unless
rents
are
paid
by
Saturday
at
8
pm
the
landlord
will
take
nec
necessary
¬
essary
steps
according
to
the
law
to
protect
his
Interests
Mean
Meanwhile
¬
while
the
protesting
tenants
met
Thursday
night
and
intensified
their
efforts
to
form
a
city
wide
tenants
council
d
Forecasr
Exfentfve
fog
pafchti
PRINCE
GEORGE
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
FRIDAY
NOVEMBER
1
A
1
969
Winter
snow
hit
town
for
the
first
time
this
week
but
both
Monique
McLennan
and
the
City
of
Prince
George
are
ready
for
it
Monique
favors
furs
while
the
city
will
settle
for
a
big
Sicard
snow
blower
Ed
Robertson
photo
Percentage
hike
Area
teachers
settle
Teachers
in
school
district
said
Administrators
princi
lthat
almost
all
the
provinces
57
Prince
Georee
have
acceD-
djIs
vlcp
Drincimlsnssistantsi83
school
districts
would
eo
to
Both
sides
in
the
agreement
teachers
and
the
board
of
school
trustees
are
hoping
to
meet
this
afternoon
to
formally
sign
the
agreement
Teachers
agreement
chair
chairman
¬
man
Terry
Mullen
said
today
the
settlement
is
adequate
but
be
below
¬
low
what
was
expected
by
teach
eers
Mullen
said
there
are
still
a
few
items
in
the
agreement
to
be
finalized
before
the
official
con
contract
¬
tract
Is
signed
He
said
the
73
percent
increase
is
the
average
worked
out
for
teachers
and
w
ould
amount
to
about
550
more
per
year
for
a
salary
of
slightly
less
than
7500
Administrative
salaries
are
not
part
of
the
agreement
he
sw
mmfi
knfp
07
I1
7
VIM
rlcts
will
be
looking
at
us
for
a
basis
for
their
settlements
Fort
Nelson
and
Vanderhoof
school
districts
reached
settle
settlements
¬
ments
late
Thursday
according
to
the
Canadian
Press
but
these
were
not
major
agreements
or
pace
setters
Mullen
said
School
district
superintendent
Dave
Todd
congratulated
the
teachers
in
this
district
today
for
the
amicable
method
they
have
used
in
negotiations
Teachers
did
not
originally
propose
a
percentage
salary
in
increase
¬
crease
They
asked
Instead
for
what
PGDTA
president
Helen
Pltchko
termed
a
more
sophisticated
payment
pattern
We
asked
for
a
shorter
In
Increment
¬
crement
period
with
larger
In
Increments
¬
crements
In
each
level
she
said
In
effect
this
would
have
meant
shortening
the
time
required
for
teachers
to
reach
the
top
of
the
pay
scale
and
larger
salaries
along
the
way
The
plan
however
was
rejec
rejected
¬
ted
by
the
school
board
In
place
of
a
percentage
increase
scheme
Predictions
by
BC
School
Trustees
Association
president
James
Campbell
Wednesday
were
Checks
made
in
orbit
Moon
rocket
blasts
through
lightning
CAPE
KENNEDY
Fla
AP
The
Apollo
12
astronauts
rode
their
command
ship
Yankee
Clipper
Into
earth
orbit
through
a
lightning
storm
todav
to
start
mans
second
moon
landing
ex
pedltlon
despite
heavy
rains
that
Tor
a
while
threatened
delav
Charles
Pete
Conrad
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Jr
40
and
Alan
L
Dean
37
thundered
away
from
Cape
Kennedy
at
11
22
am
EST
on
a
Saturn
V
super
rocket
that
blasted
Into
the
heavens
and
survived
a
pos-
slble
lightning
hit
that
momen
1
t
a
r
1
1
disrupted
communica
communications
¬
tions
I
think
we
got
hit
by
light
lightning
¬
ning
Conrad
called
just
after
mission
controllers
reporteJ
a
serious
loss
of
data
from
the
fleeting
spacecraft
Achieve
orbit
Conversation
between
the
ground
and
the
spacecraft
lndl
cated
lightning
might
have
af
affected
¬
fected
the
Instrument
measur
ing
unit
which
contains
the
rockets
guidance
system
However
It
did
not
prevent
the
astronauts
from
achieving
orbit
about
117
miles
high
the
first
plateau
on
a
trip
to
the
moon
Their
goal
Is
a
pinpoint
landing
in
the
lunar
Ocean
of
Storms
where
they
will
spend
7V2
hours
walking
the
surface
for
mans
first
detailed
study
of
another
planet
Alarm
lights
Math
Observers
saw
two
lightning
bolts
flash
shortly
after
launch
and
the
astronauts
reported
so
many
alarm
lights
aboard
that
they
were
unable
to
read
them
all
Officials
reported
the
space
spacecraft
¬
craft
briefly
lost
its
electrical
distribution
system
whichi
knocked
out
the
prime
guidance
system
A
secondary
system
which
operates
on
batteries
took
over
The
prime
system
came
back
after
only
a
few
sec
seconds
¬
onds
After
reaching
orbit
the
as
tronauts
reset
three
circuit
breakers
and
reported
the
electrical
sjstem
was
working
properly
As
the
rocket
streaked
out
over
the
Atlantic
Ocean
its
mil
millions
¬
lions
of
parts
meshed
pulsed
and
Interacted
flawlessly
and
all
three
stages
fired
with
preci
precision
¬
sion
during
IIV2
minutes
of
flight
to
drill
Apollo
12
lntoorblt
more
than
100
miles
high
at
16400
miles
an
hour
Shortly
after
the
spacecraft
staged
communications
with
the
spacecraft
were
suddenly
shattered
by
high
static
Reset
instruments
Conrad
reported
the
space
spacecraft
¬
craft
may
have
been
hit
by
lightning
Only
seconds
later
however
Conrad
said
they
had
reset
the
affected
instruments
Weve
had
a
couple
of
car
cardiac
¬
diac
arrests
down
here
Pete
a
ground
controller
quipped
We
didnt
have
time
up
here
replied
Conrad
Okay
m
Jl
Were
all
organized
again
Television
provided
viewers
with
a
ringside
seat
as
man
started
another
great
leap
out
outward
¬
ward
While
on
the
lunar
sur
surface
¬
face
Conrad
and
Bean
hope
to
transmit
to
TV
viewers
the
first
color
pictures
ever
sent
from
the
moon
Families
watch
The
wives
of
Conrad
and
Dean
the
four
Conrad
children
and
the
two
Bean
children
watched
the
launch
from
a
van-
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protest
tage
point
3Vj
miles
from
the
pad
as
the
most
powerful
ma
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¬
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ever
built
roared
awav
Mrs
Gordon
and
her
six
chil
children
¬
dren
watched
on
TV
In
their
home
near
the
Manned
Space
Spacecraft
¬
craft
Centre
In
Houston
Tex
With
Its
five
first
stage
en
glnes
spewing
a
tall
of
flame
more
than
COO
feet
long
the
mighty
Saturn
V
blazed
out
over
the
Atlantic
Ocean
to
boost
Apollo
12
into
orbit
the
first
milestone
of
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on
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couver
waterfront
resumed
on
a
limited
scale
today
15
hours
after
dock
workers
walked
off
the
job
in
a
wildcat
strike
over
the
alleged
firing
of
a
dispatcher
Since
all
dispatchers
are
on
the
job
and
there
ar
e
no
picket
lines
then
everything
is
back
to
nor
normal
¬
mal
as
I
had
hoped
it
would
be
said
Ed
Strang
president
of
the
British
Columbia
Maritime
Em
Employers
¬
ployers
Association
Breath
tests
law
by
Dec
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breath
analysis
of
drivers
sus
suspected
¬
pected
of
drinking
goes
into
ef
effect
¬
fect
Dec
1
as
a
step
to
halt
murder
on
the
highway
and
carnage
on
the
roads
Justice
Minister
Turner
announced
today
I
Many
but
not
all
munlclpall
ties
have
equipped
their
police
forces
with
the
breath
testlng
equipment
and
are
ready
to
swing
into
action
In
the
pre
Christmas
period
ted
a
73
percent
salary
Increase
supervisors
and
consultants
I
compulsory
arbitration
on
Nov
and
Shaw
Construction
of
Prince
for
their
1970
contract
it
was
i
have
accepted
a
stand
pat
set-
15
George
announced
today
tlement
They
will
be
getting
about
200
more
per
year
he
said
Mullen
said
the
Prince
George
District
Teachers
Association
contract
settlement
puts
this
school
district
In
a
rather
pre
carious
position
This
is
the
first
major
agree
agreement
¬
ment
reached
in
the
province
he
said
and
other
school
dlst-
Road
contract
for
city
firm
A
contract
in
the
amount
of
1281271
has
been
awarded
to
Gordean
Contractors
Ltd
of
Prince
George
for
reconstruction
of
an
112
mlle
section
of
the
Cariboo
Highway
between
Dog
Prairie
and
Kersley
Work
Is
to
begin
shortly
says
the
Department
of
Highways
Gordean
Contractors
is
a
Joint
venture
of
Geddes
Contracting
Mr
Turner
was
unable
to
say
which
ones
lack
the
equipment
The
move
will
be
accompa
nled
by
a
publicity
campaign
In
which
the
federal
government
has
enlisted
help
from
the
Cana
dlan
Safety
Council
car
lnsur
ance
and
brewing
industries
However
distillers
and
auto
accessory
industries
have
not
agreed
to
the
federal
govern
ments
request
to
participate
In
a
public
education
program
over
the
coming
weeks
Under
the
Criminal
Code
amendments
passed
last
June
by
Parliament
two
new
of
fences
are
created
both
car
rylng
fines
of
at
least
50
but
not
more
than
1000
or
up
to
six
months
In
jail
or
both
Anyone
who
drives
or
has
care
of
a
vehicle
Is
liable
to
these
penalties
on
conviction
if
the
proportion
of
alcohol
In
his
I
blood
exceeds
08
per
cent
A
similar
penalty
may
be
lev
led
against
an
one
convicted
of
refusing
to
take
the
pollcead
ministered
breath
test
from
which
blood
alcohol
content
Is
calculated
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Rail
Railways
¬
ways
application
to
rezone
120
acres
from
light
to
heavy
indus
industrial
¬
trial
use
was
turned
down
Thurs
Thursday
¬
day
by
Fraser
Fort
George
re
regional
¬
gional
district
PGEs
application
was
opposed
at
a
public
hearing
Oct
9
by
a
305
signature
petition
Petitioners
in
Fraserview
sub
subdivision
¬
division
and
in
trailer
courts
across
the
Fraser
River
from
the
site
complained
heavy
Industry
means
air
noise
and
visual
pllution
PGEs
representative
right-of-way
and
lease
agent
Richard
Rowe
said
the
railway
had
run
out
of
heavy
Industry
zones
at
the
Industrial
park
and
had
appli
applications
¬
cations
pending
for
this
type
of
site
The
regional
district
board
supported
without
comment
a
planning
committee
recom
recommendation
¬
mendation
to
refuse
the
appli
application
¬
cation
Purge
seen
for
CYC
OTTAWA
CP
-
A
purge
of
political
activists
Is
under
way
in
the
company
of
loung
Cana
Canadians
¬
dians
a
Commons
Inquiry
was
told
Thursday
night
The
assurance
came
after
the
committee
learned
that
the
CYCs
St
Hyaclnthe
Que
vol
unteers
help
the
separatist
Parti
Quebecols
organize
Can
you
understand
now
whj
we
are
worried
said
Jac
Jacques
¬
ques
Gullbaull
L
Montreal
St
Jacques
who
raised
the
mat
matter
¬
ter
We
are
paying
for
the
or
ganlzatton
of
the
Parti
Quebe
Quebecols
¬
cols
CYC
Executive
Director
Claude
Vldal
replied
that
MPs
can
look
forward
to
a
number
of
cases
of
deselection
when
the
CYC
council
meets
Dec
15
Deselection
In
CYC
Jargon
means
dismissal
Five
Montreal
volunteers
or
trainees
have
quit
or
been
oust
ed
since
a
policy
directive
Oct
19
forbidding
partisan
political
activity
Jury
rules
manslaughter
Slain
man
called
violent
By
Greg
Mclnryre
Citixtn
Staff
RtporUr
A
12
man
jury
Thursday
found
Pierre
Pilon
guilty
of
manslaughter
after
the
Sept
4
shooting
death
of
Clifford
Douglas
Edwards
at
Isle
Pierre
35
m
lies
west
of
here
The
trial
was
the
first
cri
criminal
¬
minal
case
to
appaar
for
the
fall
session
of
the
assize
court
In
Prince
George
There
are
five
more
on
the
docket
Pilon
was
remanded
to
10
am
Tuesday
when
Mr
Jus
Justice
¬
tice
Craig
Munroe
will
pass
sentence
Pilon
23
was
originally
charged
with
non
capital
mur
murder
¬
der
after
police
found
the
body
of
fellow
worker
Clifford
Douglas
Edwards
20
In
a
pool
of
blood
on
the
floor
of
the
Isle
Pierre
bunkhouse
Both
men
worked
as
Cana
Canadian
¬
dian
National
Railways
sec
section
¬
tion
men
and
shared
the
cabin
with
Edwards
wife
BiUDuHalme
theCNR
sec
section
¬
tion
gang
foremnjn
charge
earlier
said
In
court
When
I
went
to
Investigate
all
I
noticed
was
Edwards
lying
on
the
floor
In
a
pool
of
blood
with
Pierre
Pilon
standing
over
him
Dullalme
called
the
police
shortly
after
7
am
Sept
4
Edwards
was
pronounced
dead
on
arrival
at
the
regional
hos
hospital
¬
pital
here
During
their
investigation
RCMP
took
a
30
30
calibre
rifle
from
the
cahln
belonging
to
Edwards
and
a
303
British
rifle
Pilon
had
borrowed
from
a
neighbor
about
a
month
be
before
¬
fore
the
shooting
During
the
three
day
trial
Pllons
lawyer
Allan
Bate
worked
to
established
that
the
accused
had
been
threatened
or
provoked
by
Edwards
and
had
acted
In
self
defense
Pilon
took
the
witness
stand
Wednesday
Pilon
and
the
Edwards
be
began
¬
gan
sharing
living
expenses
he
said
until
Edwards
told
him
to
do
his
own
cooking
because
of
jealousy
over
his
wife
He
didnt
want
me
to
have
anything
to
do
with
his
wife
Pilon
testified
Other
than
speaking
to
her
I
had
nothing
to
do
with
her
Pilon
described
Edwards
as
violent
and
said
he
was
in
the
habit
of
taking
his
gun
with
him
to
work
on
the
chance
hed
see
some
game
He
always
had
his
gun
with
him
Pilon
said
The
night
of
Sept
3
Pilon
said
he
found
a
letter
signed
by
Edwards
on
his
table
The
letter
stated
In
obscene
language
that
Pilon
had
better
get
his
own
dishes
and
keep
away
from
his
wife
or
he
would
get
another
beating
Pilon
said
he
read
the
let
letter
¬
ter
and
went
to
bed
but
could
only
sleep
lightly
and
got
up
about
4
or
5
am
to
go
hunt
hunting
¬
ing
He
took
the
303
rifle
hed
borrowed
and
went
a
couple
of
miles
up
the
tracks
without
sighting
any
game
or
firing
the
gun
he
said
Their
bunkhouse
fore
foremans
¬
mans
home
and
office
com
complex
¬
plex
alongside
the
line
at
Isle
Pierre
shares
an
eight
mile
access
to
the
Vander
Vanderhoof
¬
hoof
highway
with
a
logging
company
and
the
ferry
across
the
Nechako
River
As
1
walked
back
I
heard
dogs
barking
but
I
didnt
see
anyone
he
said
lie
said
he
entered
the
bunk
bunkhouse
¬
house
and
saw
Edwards
sitting
In
a
chair
by
the
stove
Pilon
said
they
looked
at
each
other
but
neither
spoke
As
he
was
walking
towards
his
side
of
the
room
Pilon
said
I
looked
over
myshoul
der
and
I
saw
Clifford
Ed
Edwards
¬
wards
creeping
toward
his
rifle
As
he
walked
Pilon
said
he
actloned
the
bold
on
his
gun
Then
he
turned
and
fired
from
the
hip
intending
to
hit
the
rifle
Edwards
was
reaching
for
At
the
same
time
he
fired
lie
said
Edwards
turned
also
and
the
bullet
went
through
his
chest
out
his
back
through
another
chair
and
into
the
wall
Pilon
testified
the
rifle
must
have
been
about
one
foot
from
Edwards
when
he
was
shot
I
was
shocked
and
I
just
looked
at
him
on
the
ground
I
just
stood
there
he
said
The
shot
woke
Mrs
Ed
Edwards
¬
wards
who
came
in
and
said
Dont
shoot
Did
you
kill
him
she
said
Pilon
replied
No
Idldnt
mean
to
Mrs
Edwards
got
the
fore
foreman
¬
man
BUI
Dullalme
who
took
Pilon
to
his
house
and
called
the
police