TOURIST ALERT VANCOUVER CP-Wednesdays Tourist Alert issued by the RCMP Following are requested to contact the near est RCMP detachment for an urgent personal message Kent Bentley Alta Loma Calif Peter Black Toronto Rex Girard Saskatoon Ed Hoad Pinawa Man Mr and Mrs David James Dartmouth NS Ted Kabos Vancouver Mr and Mrs Frank Moyer Rockford Wash James Redding Ranier Ore James Woods Prince George BC John Zadd North Bat tleford Sask Walter Zozula Victoria Little red schoolhouse requested A rural community which wants to go back to the little red school house will be studied by the school board trustees decided Tuesday Parents in Crescent Spur 100 miles east of here want to forego the benefits of specialized education in McBride and reopen a one room school which has been out of business for three years The board will send a trustee and administrator to study the idea next week The pair will advise the Crescent Spur par parents ¬ ents of drawbacks to their scheme and will report back to the board on the outcome of the meeting The board is legally able to provide a school in the tiny community which has 17 stu students ¬ dents seven more than the 10 necessary to open a one room school The pupils are currently bused 32 miles to McBride for their education and parents have complained that the hours of travel time amount to an educational loss for their children Eleven of 13 parents of school age children expres expressed ¬ sed this concern in a petition to the board earlier this year The board appointed trustee Bob Affleck and one adminis administrator ¬ trator to visit Crescent Spur to explain possible drawbacks to the scheme Secretary treasurer Mac Carpenter said a teacherage would have to be built costing 60000 in addi addition ¬ tion to the cost of a site Dormitory leasing approved The school board agreed Tuesday to lease for 1 its dor dormitory ¬ mitory annex to the College of New Caledonia to help cure a critical shortage of housing for college students The Wainwright Street dor mitory annex will be operated by the college which will pay for maintenance and other costs Up to 54 beds available in the annex will temporarily alleviate a critical housing shortage which has already caused some northern stu students ¬ dents to enrol in southern uni universities ¬ versities and colleges Space in the dormitories was available to college students last year but few students accepted the offer because of the restrictive dormitory rules Under the new arrange arrangement ¬ ment college students can have completely separate quarters and more liberal reg ulations will be applied Money granted VICTORIA CP The BC government has allotted 100000 to the Nechako school district to remodel the old hos hospital ¬ pital which will be used until a new school can be built prob probably ¬ ably in about two years BEHIND BARS IJM up f mm - mv LJPbbbbbbKlTW m mmmmlfrWrAmWmnmmmWz 1 1 lBBdrkHW523HWB I mmmmmmmmwEM rvfu 3 IK HsVfcjfcXA Ji- Citin photo ly Doug Wellcr Kool Aid stand proves poor investment for young businessman Darryl Trent blay 7 who set up shop on Fifth Avenue THE WEATHER c c It has been a good month for polar ducks However there are indications the low- bitterly cold July weather and far too much pressure system is weakening and that a solid rain But before you deflate your beach ball and mortgage your Kool Aid stand the weather weatherman ¬ man is promising an improvement Dark cloudy skies are expected to yield to warmer sunny days in time for weekend pic picnics ¬ nics breaking a two weeks string of bad weather The Prince George weather office reports Some honeymoon KAMLOOIS BC CP -Honeymooner and reformat reformatory ¬ ory escapee Ronald Forkner 24 of Vancouver Wash was sentenced here today to seven days in jail for illegally enter entering ¬ ing Canada Forkner was granted a tem temporary ¬ porary release from a refor reformatory ¬ matory at Munroe Wash on June 21 so he could be married He had been serving a com combined ¬ bined sentence of up to 20 years for assault and forgery After the wedding Forkner and his bride escaped to Canada An immigration hearing will be held here sometime this week to consider possible deportation Forkner was arrested Mon Monday ¬ day in Merritt 72 HOUR CARPET INSTALLATION Jim Wilholm 2610 Vance Road Prince George BC Business 562 6277 m Hours 10 am to 9 pm MonfhruFri 10amto5 pm Sat The Carpet People -Wf putting ourftw at your ff wftoVM1 ridge of high pressure will move in behind So far in July Prince George has been drenched by 293 inches or rain almost an inch above the monthly average of 197 inches and only 128 inches below the 421 inch record There have been 10 rainy days so far this month compared with 13 day monthly norm The average high temperature so far this a deep low pressure system off the west coast month is 65 degrees compared with a monthly has been responsible for the moist unstable average of 72 air which has us bordering on a record low However the 45 degree average low is con- and wet July sidered normal KEPT ON GOING Govt ferry hit us COQUITLAM BC CP -The government ferry Queen of Sechelt ran down a 19 foot pleasure boat in Active Pass on Sunday and didnt bother to helo the criDoled craft or Island when the motor stopped The ferry was less than 300 yards away but Mr MacLeod managed to start up a smaller auxiliary motor The ferry closed in on us in report the collision later a a matter of seconds I was busy Coquitlam man said Tuesday with the small engine but mv Morrison MacLeod said in oldest boy said people were an interview the mishap screaming on the deck of the occurred at 6 pm between ferry when they saw it was GalianoandMayne Islands on going to hit us the main ferry route from u terrifvinc exneri- terminal at lsawwassen while he and his family were Jbecn t k jnlcar t accfecnts but they g were nothing like this He ii and a iu three children u i i aged a iIesaidthimpactof thefer 10 to 15 heading years were f d bowsmashed tnc back to their cabin on Mayne cJbincruiSers bow broke side windows bent window fram framing ¬ ing and ripped out running lights Queen of Sechelt didnt stop after the accident although he and his children waved their arms Two other small boats in the area where a Russian freighter rammed another BC ferry several years ago came to Mr MacLeods assistance although his boat was still able to make way with the small engine A Thought for Today Good mental health comes if you are able to get along with yourself with others and with circumstances B W Bauer r The - f Happyface Place i UteVa In bininMt to mot ljou tmK Open evenings Presented cs a Public Service Every Day by Schultz Pontiac Buicl Ltd 1111 Central 563 0271 When he arrived on Mayne Island he said he notified HCMP of the accident They hadnt heard about it and ferry officials at Tsawwassen were also in the dark General man manager ¬ ager Charles Gallagher coul dnt be reached for comment Tuesday night but other offi officials ¬ cials said they had no know knowledge ¬ ledge of the incident Its not the damage lm concerned about Its why didnt they stop after theyd hit us Somebody could have been seriously hurt Tuesday escaped from RCMF cells in Hope BC for the sec second ¬ ond time in 30 hours Cecil Logan 29 and Gordon Campbell 28 both described a dangerous were recap recaptured ¬ tured at about 3 am in a trailer court here in a raid by about four police officers A city police spokesman said the two offered no resistance when arrested They were taken to Vancouver city jail Police said a man and a woman were found in the trailer with the two escapees but no charges were laid against them Logan and Campbell escaped early Tuesday after sawing through the iron bars of their cells with hacksaw blades provided by accom accomplices ¬ plices They were both nude after their recapture Monday morning following an escape Sunday night through the same window A Hope RCMP spokesman said Tuesday the stripping was both to ensure they didnt escape and to make a thorough investigation of their clothing Police Tuesday were holding two men and a woman believed 80000 buy first tickets VICTORIA CP - British SOFT CONTACT LENSES 159 at 95 Savers Optical 255 Quebec St 563 5811 to INTERIOR IWAS MAJOR DEMANDS man said me mree were believed to have somehow smuggled the hacksaw blades to the prisoners It was not known w hether the money orders Both men were blades were brought into the jail when the pair had visitors Monday or whether someone crawled in the escape window and started the breakout that way A screen over the window had been smashed out in Sun Sundays ¬ days escape and had not been repaired Two of the three suspected confederates a man and a woman from Vancouver were arrested later Tuesday in Hope while the third man was picked up while seeking medical assistance at the Hope General Hospital for a suspected drug overdose Both men are known addicts police said and Campbell is considered especially danger dangerous ¬ ous He was charged last week with the attempted murder of Constable Ralph Edwards after being arrested on a theft charge at Sumallo Lodge just east of Hope on the Hope Princeton Highway It is alleged that while in custody in the back of an RCMP squad car Campbell drew a revolver and fired one shot narrowly missing Constable Edwards in the front seat Logan was being held on a conspiracy charge in connec- Columbia sold 80000 tickets in tion with passing fraudulent the first 24 hours of the West ern Canada Lottery which started Monday Laurie Wallace deputy pro provincial ¬ vincial secretary said Tues Tuesday ¬ day that BCs allotment is three million tickets the 250 tickets are available from all government agencies and 60 non profit organizations r i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i I Number ot Tickets Required NAME ADDRESS THE CITIZEN Prince George - Wednesday July 17 1974 - 3 Hard bargaining ahead Union and management spokesmen taking part in talks aimed at obtaining a new contract for 5400 northern interior members of the International Woodworkers of America Local 1 424 say the opening round of negotiations has proceeded smoothly Union negotiators met with represen representatives ¬ tatives of Northwood Timber and Takla Logging Ltd Monday and with the North Cariboo Forest Labor Relations Association Tuesday Chief IWA negotiator Don Muirhead president of local 1 424 said the first round of talks discussed the unions proposals for increased pension plan benefits and would move next week into the major demands including a 1 an hour across-the-board pay increase cost oMiving clause and a prepaid den dental ¬ tal plan Muirhead said the agreement worked out by the Coast IWA which both sides here describe as the best contract ever negotiated in the forest industry will definitely be the basis on which the UNEMPLOYMENT PREDICTED will likely be considerable in accepting settlements which the industry in the coming months He said because of inflation and high mortgage rates still leave a hell of a lot to be desired He said the contract would be exceptional under normal Escapees caught VANCOUVER iCPi - to have helped Logan and RCMP and city police early Campbell escape A spokes- today recaptured two men u ho interior contract is signed But management spokesmen have expressed concern privately that the Interior forest industry is not able to absorb the financial benefits guaranteed in the coast agreement They say coastal forest companies are largely made up of huge integrated industrial concerns which can afford to pay the IWA demands out of over all company profits They point out that many interior forest companies are small single product firms Gloomy future for coast IWA VANCOUVER CP - A local president of the Interna International ¬ tional Woodworkers of America said Tuesday night union members currently returning to work face a gloomy future Syd Thompson of the Van couver local told the Van Vancouver ¬ couver and District Labor Council that unemployment lumber is starting to pile up although half the industry has been closed down for a month as the union and Forest Indus Industrial ¬ trial Relations representing 120 coastal firms negotiated a new contract Mr Thompson said the ten tentative ¬ tative agreement reached Friday was an example of union leaders reluctantly circumstances but is not under the present circum circumstances ¬ stances of high inflation and is still unsatisfactory for work- again charged with escaping lawful custody following Sundays escape years ago who wouldnt lis listen ten to anybody Many woodworkers ers at the bottom of the pay remained off the job Tuesday scale winic micimg iu ueciue on However he said the role a returning union can play under the pre- sent economic system is nion spokesman said limited Tuesday resistance by the dis- He attacked dissidents fident rank-and-file commit- based on Vancouver Island tee appeared to be weakening whn Hnnt u nni h mn in A spokesman for the 5500- return to work He said they were falters involved in a disastrous dispute two member Port Alberni local said most workers there were returning The leadership of the Dun Duncan ¬ can local where the dissidents have been most active has advised workers to return to their jobs In Victoria 300 of the 1800 local members decided Tuesday to stay off their jobs For your summer holiday pleasure visit the lovely atmosphere of the BIRCH BAY RESORT on Francois Lake 21 mile scenic drive on the N E side of the lakej Cabins Camp Grounds Showers Boats Trailer Hookups Boat Launching Warfage Trout and char fishing Radio phone through Vanderhoof radio 8 9 evenings Don Noni Weston your hosts Drapery Advice By Cleo Turner What Are The Advantages Of Buying Custom Made Drapes 1 You choose the fabric and color thatcomplement your room decor 2 The drapes are made up to exact measurements 3 The most important advantage is its fullness It looks better and lasts longer For the best in custom made drapes call BO CLE DRAPERY at 563 6500 or drop in upstairs in the Ospika Plaza corner 5th and Ospika UuSSj With a Western Lottery ticket Theyre on sale now trom any authorized service club charity group or similar non profit organ organization ization Also from the Provincial Government agent in your area Alternatively you can complete and mail the form below BC Lotteries Room 245 Parliament Buildings Victoria BC CITY OR TOWN Amount Enclosed Either way could net you the first prize of a quarter of a million dollars Imagine how that could change your life And all for just 250 Do it today wesrCRH Get a hare Xfeall share First Prixe Second Prize Third Prize Five Prizes at 25000 - 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