t V I i V t it mVii v i IH jF Vn 4b x k rf 1BBV1B v r r t H BT ii -a mmmmr r i j P- T i - -f SUPPORT FOR UNITY PARTY 75 PER CENT INCREASE VICTORIA CP -An inves investigation ¬ tigation of a collision between the ferry Queen of Sechelt and a 19 foot pleasure boat in Active Pass on Sunday was promised Wednesday by BC Ferries Morrison MacLeod of Coquitlam charged Tuesday the ferry caused about 300 damage to his boat in the colli collision ¬ sion and didnt bother to stop and of fer aid or report the acci accident ¬ dent later to authorities Officials wouldnt comment on the incident except to say that an investigation is under underway ¬ way r I I I I I I I k m fi Ma SCOTT WALLACE VICTORIA CP Mineral per cent in 1973 with a total copper production which was production in British Columbia value of 204 million struc- valued at 5948 million a 184 in 1973 amounted to 1 1 billion tural metals increased in value per cent increase over the pre a jump of 75 per cent over the seven per cent to 734 million vious year 1972 figure of 6362 million ana inaustnai meiais Copper production in 1973 according to mines depart ment figures released today The 1972 mineral production value was 207 per cent higher than the previous year with the 1971 value totalling 5279 mill million ¬ ion The major portion of the 1973 increase resulted from a 73 per cent increase in the value of metal production with a yearly total of 8081 million com compared ¬ pared with 372 million in 1972 The value of fuels jumped 18 Ferry charge probed increased just two per cent to increased2476millionpounds 279 million bringing total production to More than half of the total 7146 million pounds value of mineral production in Increases in the world price BC in 1973 accrued from of copper resulted in the aver- Pets on parade Clip and Save our Summer Schedule to Vancouver You now have a choice o 26 beautiful orange flights to Vancouver The flight that has been added to our schedule departs every Sunday morning at 835 from Prince George thats flight 41 For information and reservations on our morning afternoon and evening flights to Vancouver contact your travel agent Or CP Air Orange is Beautiful CPAir r Flight 41 Flight 41 Flight 12 Flight 26 flight 28 Sunday daily daily daily daily Ex Sunday Ex Saturday Ex Saturday Prince George Lv 835 am 930 am 1 05 pm 420 pm 850 pm Vancouver Ar 937 am 1032 am 207 pm 522 pm 952 pm Flight 40 Flight 21 Flight 25 Flight 27 daily daily daily daily Ex Saturday Vancouver Lv 730 am 1145 am 300 pm 530 pm Prince George Ar 832 am 1247 pm 402 pm 632 pm fi appeared that both Dr Wal Wallace ¬ lace and BC Conservative president Tony Saunders have been misquoted about the opinions We have had no direct con contact ¬ tact with Tony Saunders since these reports appeared in the press said Mrs Acott Meanwhile no Social Credit party members met with Wal Wallace ¬ lace during his visit here As reported earlier Socred executive members here had said they would not meet with Wallace because they did not wish to appear to be supporting the Unity concept Wallace charged Wednes Wednesday ¬ day however that former Socred MLA Grace McCarthy had ordered her fellow party members to boycott the meet meeting ¬ ing He said he learned of the order through a Conservative Mineral production up in BC age price to BC copper pro producers ¬ ducers increasing to 8323 cents a pound up from 4494 cents a pound The next most valuable mineral was coal with a total value of 879 million up 33 per cent from 1972 Crude oil production was down about 27millionbarrels 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - Local Conservatives stand behind Wallace By Derry McDonell Citizen Staff Reporter B C Conservative party members here reaffirmed their faith in Tory leader Dr Scott Wallace Wednesday passing a resolution support supporting ¬ ing his efforts in trying to create a unified opposition party The Prince George Conser Conservative ¬ vative riding association unanimously passed the motion of confidence in their embattled leader reaffirming the position it took in March of this year At that time the association went on record as being in favor of Wallaces efforts to work out an accommodation among those forces opposed to the NDP and directed at the defeat of the present govern government ¬ ment The latest resolution will be taken to the forthcoming board of directors meeting of the party scheduled for July 27 in Vancouver Cornelius Hughes of Prince George is the local associations representative on the board of directors Lee Acott vice president of the Prince George riding association said Wednesdays meeting was cordial and there was no opposition expressed to Wallaces stand on the so called Unity Party He has our support in this idea she said but if the rest of the people dont want to go along with it I guess well just go back to being Conserva Conservatives ¬ tives She would not comment on reports of criticism within the Conservative Party about Wal Wallaces ¬ laces position saying that it friend who had spoken to an executive member of the Socred riding association here Wallaces charge was angrily denied by the Socred riding association president however Al Fletcher described the statement as wildly inaccu inaccurate ¬ rate and said he was pre prepared ¬ pared to back up his denial all the way She McCarthy doesnt have the power to issue such an order to party members and if she had it would have been ignored he said Not even Bill Bennett could order us to stay away from a meeting said Fletcher He said Mrs McCarthy had telephoned him earlier this week to tell him of Wallaces planned visit but had left it up to individual party mem members ¬ bers to decide if they wanted to meet with him Wallace was due to return to Victoria today HONDtafb For all its worth iti a mighty small price tojpay 74 HONDAS NOW IN STOCK Mwntorior Iwowor iZJaw 5RLE5 a SERVICE LTD 140 Quebec St 563 3678 TOURIST ALERT SOFT CONTACT LENSES 159 at 95 Savers Optical 255 Quebec St 563 5811 ft titirn photo by ue Milne j Pets were on parade Wednesday during special program jjjj at Nechako Park Boot owned by Michelle Thiessen left jij photo won the ribbon for prettiest entry while an aptly- named cat Blackie basked in a box decorated with the grand prize rosette There was lots of time for Bibs and Rex to compare hats too - v W liB -Villi ff lliiiVrl 4jMfeF H twns b- t I i w kk b MKmmm -fc-w i aw ti - r f w i i - v j r- - -kkh - r r mijhaskirvir a fe iifMjsvy VANCOUVER i CP- Thur Thursdays ¬ sdays Tourist Alert issued by the RCMP Mr and Mrs Derek Alder Aldergrove BC Mr and Mrs Arthur Berth Chicago III Allan Clifton Lethbridge Alta James Johnson Merritt BC Mr and Mrs Ned Mar tel Cranbrook BC Thomas McClure San Jose Calif Lorraine Nachairo and John C Sing New Jersey Mr and Mrs EZugene Nor dquist Prince George BC Frank Sawracky Cache Creek BC Jim Strang Dauphin Man Mr and Mrs Mike Wyn nychuk Summit Lake BC A Thought for Today The greatest thing anyone can do is simply doing the best that is in him Anonymous Tbe Hoppyfoce PJoce Uter In butinrtt to mot uou unto Open evenings Presented cs a Public Service Every Day by Schultz Pontiar Buicl Ltd 1111 Central 563 0271 THE CITIZEN Prince George - Thursday July 18 1974 -r 3 Millworkers back on job J VANCOUVER CP - For the first time in several weeks British Columbias massive forest industry was gearing up to full production Wednesday as thousands of coastal wood woodworkers ¬ workers and paper workers were returning to work The only cloud on the horizon was the 72 hour strike notice served on nine forest plants by two locals of the International Union of Operating Engineers Bill Kadey business mana manager ¬ ger of engineers Local 882 said it is not known if the 100 operat operating ¬ ing engineers will strike when the notice expires Friday morning Their contract expired June 15 He said the decision to strike will depend on the result of meetings scheduled for Friday between the union and Forest Industrial Relations repres representing ¬ enting the forest companies He added that results of a strike vote last Thursday showed that 80 per cent of the engineers were in favor of strike action He said the engineers are dissatisfied because FIRS lat latest ¬ est offer does not include wage adjustments prior to implementation of a 12 per cent wage increase The International Woodworkers of America representing the 32000 coastal woodworkers in BC has been offered the wage adjustments prior to the 12 per cent wage increase Meanwhile woodworkers were returning to work Wed Wednesday ¬ nesday in logging camps and sawmills while they were in the process of holding a ratifi ratification ¬ cation vote on a tentative set settlement ¬ tlement from the industry Members of the Pulp Paper and Woodworkers of Canada and the United Paperworkers International Union were returning to work in the pro provinces ¬ vinces pulp mills after all 21 pulp mills were closed for four McLeod chief gets remand Chief Michael Paul Solonas of the McLeod Lake Indian band was remanded to July 24 for bail application when he appeared in district court today charged with two counts of non capital murder Solonas was arrested July 14 at McLeod Lake in connection with the shotgun slaying of Gerald Chingee 17 and Ernest John Solonas 22 both of McLeod Lake -fe WJ MdVr nMIP MINI RUCKSACK Reg 349 SPORTSMASTER PACK FRAME lightweight Reg 3700 NOW days last week The unions which bargain jointly and the industry agreed on a mid contract adjustment in trades tradesmens ¬ mens rates Coastal IWA workers who were off the job for various lengths of time following rejec rejection ¬ tion by a slim margin of an earlier industry proposal will be voting on a new proposed agreement during the next week and a half It is a one year contract which provides a 12-per-cent minimum 65-cent-an-hour wage increase on a base rate of 445 an hour The International Union of Operating Engineers which represents men who work in powerhouses in sawmills served strike notice on MacMillan Bloedel plants irt Port Alberni and Chemainus Western Forest Products in Honeymoon Bay BC Forest Products in Youbou Canadian Forest Products in New Wes tminter Rayonier Marpole division in Vancouver Tahsis on Vancouver Island Smith Cedar Plant in Victoria and Victoria Plywood HIKING BOOTS Tyrol tan leather boots Reg 2395 Tyrol blue jean suede boots Reg 2395 Munari Vogue Reg 3950 FREEZE DRIED FOODS THIS WEEKS SPECIAL Thursday Friday Saturday only 225 2900 19 1995 35OQ DOWN SLEEPING BAGS Chilcotin Pioneer - 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