I The Citizen Wednesday May 10 1972 Hip hip but hold the hooray on the signing of the treaty renouncing biological warfare It is good I guess to know that Canada will not be Invaded by any bug except the one with the engine In the rear At this time of year I am convulsed by nasal explo sions that destroy the dam containing the artificial lake that occupies most of the basin between my ears I have never been sure whether this was domestic hayfever or the opening salvo of World War III The sneeze was heard round the world I now have reassurance that Russia has not chosen me as the launch silo for assault by germs when a person is deciding if it is worth getting out of bed My reluctance to go over overboard ¬ board with elation about the treaty banning biological war stems from two circum circumstances ¬ stances First France and China have not signed the treaty Why not Has France developed an elite corps of microbes a French foreign legion made up of bugs that are trying to forget Is China sitting on a microscopic something special added to its fortune cookies Like maybe sweet and sour botul botulism ¬ ism But the second cause for restraint in celebrating the treaty to outlaw the dirty bacillus is the more sobering Canada has signed the thing This column has always taken the position that biological weapons are the only defence we have As a non nuclear power this country has more reason than France and China to think twice about disbanding the lab cultures Eric Nicol Bug warfare Lets face It we have nothing deterrent by way of offensive except bad breath Our whole defence posture depends on our getting close enough to the enemy for him to catch what weve got Instead ot abandoning our biological capacity Canada should be creating a squad squadron ¬ ron of kamikaze plague car carriers ¬ riers men equipped and ready to sneak Into enemy territory and release a weapon that keeps the enemy running to the John so often he hasnt time to push the but button ¬ ton Unless we cheat on the treaty an idea that I hear heartily ¬ tily endorse henceforth Canada is totally dependent onUS nuclear power to pro protect ¬ tect us from Russia Or ic it Russian nuclear power thjt protects us from the U S Whichever we are under the defensive umbrella oi somebody or other If a foe menaces us this nation can become immediately air airborne ¬ borne by jumping into Uncle Sams arms By signing the bug ban Canada has demonstrated her high moral tone and her low Intelligence quotient What she should have done was insist that the renuncia renunciation ¬ tion of biological warfare be part of the package banning all terror weapons includ including ¬ ing the bomb Instead Goliath and Co have conned little David into agreeing to a ban on slingshots Well get around to outlaw outlawing ¬ ing the heavy stuff later they said an arm around his shoulders and the poor simp bought it To top it off I think Im gett getting ¬ ing a virus Ours or theirs7 Construction head criticizes unions The building trade unions are making a concerted effort to smash the Construction Labor Relations Association C J Con naghan president of CLRA said Tuesday We are a thorn in their side and they are determined to get rid of us he told the Prince George Rotary Club and said the contractors are going to stand firm It would be a sorry day for British Columbia if the contrac contractors ¬ tors ever capitulated to the unions horrendous demands If you think we have inflation problems now just think what it would be like if the building trade unions were calling the shots The CLRA bargaining agent for 840 B C contractors has a lockout order in effect on about 30 000 members of 18unions rep resented by the B C and Yukon Building Trades Council It went into effect April 28 but its effect on some 500 million worth ot construction projects unclear MWHBTflM ItBBBBBb1bBBMMBMM T VMr I- Mh wMBMW BBiBt gBWMTBl iBACBr BMBW JtIXBHHbiMbV L4HBBwMpt WtaHBW B HtBW iBb fnBw BBBL JSTV- W KiautVKJSBMLjKvVPU i1 l VLJ fv jKnHy wliBw8HB ff ii clip mBmbVbVI WflMwBlfafeM Wki Students at Highland Elementary School get in condition for upcoming track meets Reports are that there is a fitness kick at the school with teachers and teacher aides joining in the jogging when they can Citizen photo by Dave Milne Recreational facilities Nechako library first step By Marj Gray Citizen Staff Reporter I guess we shouldnt sit here We should look busy Four volunteers jumped up and tried to look occupied as the first customers of the day walked into the new Nechako and Dis District ¬ trict Centennial Library Its hard to look busy in the brand new library while only three people browse through the 3000 books And the chance of crowds coming when the facil facility ¬ ity has not been widely pub publicized ¬ licized and has been open only one day is slim The 40000 library is a 1971 centennial project its step one in a plan to develop recreational facilities in the area through the Nechako Library and Cultural Association We are looking at developing recreational property set aside in the area explained Bev Christensen one of the members of the association The library sits on a leased lot on South Kelly Road within two blocks of Kelly road elementary and junior secondary schools It won t be there long As soon as the recreation property on Morgan Road is developed more the portable building will be shifted to the new location This suits the librarians at the Library Development Commis Commission ¬ sion They dont like the present location The location is not good The recreation area would be a lot better librarian Phyl Bowlby admitted The Nechako Library operates through the LCD It is the largest travelling library in the North- Central Region but is not large enough to merit becoming a pub public ¬ lic library association The Nechako library would then turn into a branch of a regional library with headquar headquarters ¬ ters in Prince George she said With the present system the facilities will remain a travel travelling ¬ ling library until the area is incorporated and feels it can support a public library at which time public library association will be established The commission will juggle the 3000 books every year changing about 300 volumes every two months to allow vari variety ¬ ety in the library Its staffed by volunteers and financed by the regional district We are just housewives with a little extra spare time vol volunteer ¬ unteer Nancy Hanson said The tiny library looks bare Shelves fill only a part of the wall space Low rates for industry VANCOUVER CP Premier W A C Bennett said Tuesday that interest rates will be lower than five per cent for his planned program to provide low interest loans to stimulate sec secondary ¬ ondary industry in B C The premier announced plans for the program in Victoria a week ago but said only that it would provide tens of millions of dollars in loans He has promised to disclose full details of the plan during the budget speech in February tJN BWbP Hjf iCW t bYbYbYmbYmVi v BH bYbYbJbYmbWMbYJ Pjj Canada Manpowers three Prince George student counsellors discuss where the best places in town are to place advertising posters Mary van Adnchem right a local student explains the layout of the town to office director Bob Wright and Alison Thorn ley In the background Manpower manager Cliff Bristow discusses the new student placement office on Fifth with counsellor Bob Keen Student workers not choosy Hire a student this summer Not just for their sake for your own Canada Manpower says Just to make sure both stu dents and employers get the message Manpower has opened a special student placement office in Prince George Manned by three university students the office on Fifth near the post office will be officially opened by MP Bob Borne Ma 23 and will oper operate ¬ ate until September Office manager Bob N right a graduate in psychology of the University of Victoria and a native of Penman Island near Courtenay said the office was ready for business at the beginning of May He said the main duty of the office will be to bring together unemplojed stu students ¬ dents and employers who need summer help Wright will be helped by summer counsellors Alison Thornley a native of Golden andathirdvearstudentatthe University of B C and Mary van Adnchem a second ear student at the College of New Caledonia who lives in Prince George Wright said that while the office is basically a place placement ¬ ment centre for students who need jobs he will also encour encourage ¬ age emploj ers to consider the benefits of hiring students Students are ideal for holiday replacements and for seasonal summer work he said They quit in the fall to return to school saving the company the problems of lay laying ¬ ing them off Students also are gener ally willing to take jobs reg regular ¬ ular workers wont do Wright said Theyre not as choosey The office saves students the time used finding out where jobs are available he said In some cases job orders from employers are simply filled by the placement centre from its list Employers w ho register the jobs with the placement centre dont have to screen large numbers of applicants The centre does that for them Wright said Theres no catalogue system Its hunt and peck like a type typewriter ¬ writer one volunteer admitted But with 3 000 volumes broken into adult juvenile fiction and non fiction the search should not take too long The library will be a success if residents take the time to con consider ¬ sider reading as a pleasant pas pastime ¬ time school principal Frank Hamilton of Austin Road elementary school said The schools in the area have adequate resource areas However the library could encourage more parents to read which could change the attitude towards reading in the area to one of more widespread acceptance If books are more available Pink Stripe Sheet Double and single size 299 to 449 Ladies Uniform Sizes 20 to 44 brown and green Reg 6 98 Now 299 Ladies 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