2 -THE CITIZEN Prince George - Tuesday January 14 1975 L3fo MM J8iMftB -MmMmm ibftftKBSflEiki jsjsi ku tjv iii rfmt iwBsSn iwiHssi ix1 The 1976 Olympic site is bereft of workmen Thursday in an aerial view which shows the unfinished Veledrome centre with the support pylons in foreground At upper left is the Centre Maisonneuve to Olympic s QUEBEC CP - An answer to whether or not Montreal will have facilities ready in time for the 1976 Summer Olympics may be answered today when a special committee of the Quebec national assembly sits to hear both sides in a labor dispute which began last Nov 27 At that time 1200 iron workers walked off the job illegally to demand a cost-of-living wage increase of 50 cents an hour They have since raised the demand to 1 an hour The iron workers install steel reinforcing rods without which concrete cannot be poured The effect of the strike was to force a complete VANCOUVER CP -RCMP in Vancouver have begun another massive drug roundup Warrants were issued Mon Monday ¬ day for the arrest of 39 persons on a variety of charges rang ranging ¬ ing from possession to traf trafficking ¬ ficking in heroin and cocaine Police say so far they have 13 persons in custody The roundup follows the work of one undercover RCMP constable who began his undercover role in July 1974 An RCMP official said at least 20000 was spent making buys of heroin and cocaine Six ounces of cocaine at 1600 an ounce was bought by the undercover officer and 525 caps of heroin were purchased The heroin sells for 35 for each gelatin capsule when bought individually and for 400 when bought in a bundle of 25 caps An official said the arrests probably will not slow the drug trade We expected our last big roundup in October to slow the trafficking but it didnt he said The stuff is still flooding in It seems like anyone with an airplane ticket and a desire to get rich can bring drugs into the city Delay VANCOUVER CP - A Vancouver lawyer said Mon Monday ¬ day a six-month-old charge of skipping bail could delay the deportation of John Frank Sanucci to the United States Robert Gardner brought the charge to the attention of Pro Provincial ¬ vincial Court Judge Les Bew- fcffWffliM er aru ley after a marijuana posses possession ¬ sion charge against Sanucci was withdrawn in Victoria earlier Monday by the Crown Sanucci 29 was charged with manslaughter in the death of Mary Margaret Jones 33 The charge was dis dismissed ¬ missed last week and he was being held in jail here for the immigration department which expected to deport him today or Wednesday The deportation order went into effect after the marijuana charge was withdrawn TV eye urged WEST VANCOUVER CP A coroners jury Monday recommended a closed circuit television monitoring system be set up to allow police to observe intoxicated persons in jail cells The jury was investigating the death of Gary Lowe 17 He was found New Years Eve hanging by his shirt from the bars of a jail cell The jury found that Lowe was making a gesture of suicide that apparently mis misfired ¬ fired and attached no blame in his death Govt ups rent VANCOUVER CP - The British Columbia government is raising the rent in provincial public housing projects David Davies chairman of the BC Housing Management Com Commission ¬ mission said today Letters are being sent to about 4J00 persons telling them of the increase to be Philadelphia policeman foils unarmed hijacker WASHINGTON lAP - A Philadelphia policeman returning from the Super Bowl game has been credited with subduing an unarmed airplane passenger who wanted to divert the jetliner to Puerto Rico The passenger Laughlin Wright 40 of Atlanta was being held today by authorities in Alexandria Va on charges of air piracy and interfering with an airline crew Wright was arrested Mon day night at Dulles Interna International ¬ tional Airport near here after the Eastern Airlines 727 jet landed to refuel The plane carrying 47 pas passengers ¬ sengers was bound for Philadelphia from Florida after a stop at Atlanta when a passenger began pounding on the cockpit door and demanding to be taken to Puerto Rico Philadelphia policeman John Warburton 47 and a crew member pushed the man into a rcstroom and held the door shut Warburton a 20 year veteran on the force was returning home from the Super Bowl football game in New Orleans effective in May at the earliest he added Mr Davies said the govern government ¬ ment intends to raise rent in stages until it reaches 25 per cent of each familys income The increases may be more than the 10 6 per cent allowable under the Landlord and Tenant Act for 1975 but the provincial housing commission is exempt from this rent increase ceiling he said For 1975 the following cei ceilings ¬ lings will be set on the increases 10 a month for any senior citizen living alone 20 a month for a senior citizen couple a family on wel welfare ¬ fare or a family with one or two wage earners 40 a month for any other family with three or more working people Mr Davies said the current average rent for provincial housing ranges from about 50 a month to 65 a month with an average of about 60 Some senior citizens on Min come will have their rents reduced because they are pay paying ¬ ing rents of amounting to more than 25 per cent of their income Change oath VANCOUVER CP - A British Columbia civil servant said Monday the oath of office for civil servants should be changed to allow full public disclosure Maurice Oates Jr editor of the BC Corrections Associa Association ¬ tion newsletter said three con contributors ¬ tributors to a recent newsletter were unofficially warned their comments were in violation of the oath He said the articles examined the temporary absence program of the cor corrections ¬ rections branch and contained critical comments and exam examples ¬ ples of mistakes The present oath requires silenceabout all official duties unless disclosures are offi officially ¬ cially required Mr Oates suggested the oath be changed to allow disclosure to the public through the media CARPET REMNANTS CARPET ROLL ENDS CARPET ROLLS Celanese Harding other major brands Thousands of yards to choose from 3 Jbs Garpatmarb 18th near Quinn 564 7977 The Do-it-yourself Carpet Center r dEtKtfrra By Canadian Press With a recession still possi possible ¬ ble Canadian chartered banks started lowering prime lend lending ¬ ing rates Monday following the federal lead Bank of Nova Scotia and Toronto Dominion Bank both lowered lending rates to their most credit worthy customers to 105 per cent from 11 per cent The Bank of Canada trig triggered ¬ gered the move Friday by low lowering ¬ ering its bank rate to 8Vi per cent from 8U Retail banks seldom borrow from the central bank but changes in bank rates tend to influence shifts in borrowing costs The moves by the banks are designed to encourage spending and help counteract a possible economic slowdown In other economic develop developments ¬ ments Monday Richard Reid president of Imperial Oil Ltd said inSarnia that the petroleum industry must double profits within four years to meet Canadas need for self sufficiency in energy Despite a return of about 10 per 4A WWtvWmtl be used for wrestling and the Maurice Richard arena at upper right to be used for boxing preliminaries SPECIAL ASSEMBLY HEARING olution ready today shutdown of construction last week at the east end Montreal Olympics site Quebec Labor Minister Jean Cournoyer said last Wednesday that the Games could be cancelled if the iron workers strike was not settled within a week During the weekend Mr Cournoyer said he had found the solution for the current rash of strikes in the construction industry and by extension for the Olympics The labor minister declined to describe his solu solution ¬ tion but said it will likely have to be enforced by Wednesday He is armed with new emergency legislation Bill 201 giving the government the power to amend the 1973 construction decree which governs working con conditions ¬ ditions including wages for all workers in the indus industry ¬ try Although he has not said how he would apply the legislation it appears likely he will use it to grant cost-of-living increases for the strikers though not as much as they have asked Montreal Mayor Drapeau is already in political hot water since it was revealed earlier that construc construction ¬ tion costs for the Olympics could run as high as 580 million instead of the original figure of 250 million Canadian banks start cutting lending rates cent inflation pressures were pushing up exploration and production costs Dominion Foundries and Steel Ltd of Hamilton announced price increases averaging 49 per cent on flat rolled steel products The move follows a 14-per-cent increase on steel plate by Steel Co of Canada Ltd Larry Pratt University of Alberta professor suggested in Toronto that the federal and Alberta governments take over the Syncrude project for the development of Albertas oil sands Ron Moyer chairman of the Ontario Grape Growers Marketing Board said the federal excise tax averaging 65 cents a bottle on domestic wines encourages the import of American grapes and Euro European ¬ pean wines Chrysler Canada Ltd said it will give a 200 rebate to buyers of the Plymouth Duster and the Dodge Dart Sport fol following ¬ lowing a similar move by the US parent corporation last week Greek students remain barricaded in protest SALONICA Greece Reuter About 700 students remained barricaded inside the medical faculty of Salonica University today demanding punishment for the leaders of the former military junta and the dismissal of a professor they said co operated with the Greek military regime The students set up their own radio transmitter and broad cast slogans calling for a new demonstrate and liberal con constitution ¬ stitution and the punishment of pro junta elements About 4000 students forced their way Monday night into the faculty building which had been ordered closed by the dean of the university About 700 were still inside this morning and police who had surrounded the building were withdrawn today The Headhunters Diesel Heads Ltd announce at this lime the reserved sale of assets from their Prince George facility Lists of the assets will be made avail available ¬ able to those parties interested in purchasing any or all of the equipment Equipmentmay be viewed during the week of January 13 through January 18 1975 inclusive We will require that sealed tenders be in our possession by January 20 1975 at which time they will be opened and considered Equipment bought will have to be removed from the premises by January 25 1975 lhe highest or any tender shall not necessarily be accepted All equipment may be viewed on the premises at THE HEADHUNTERS DIESEL HEADS LTD No 11-1989-lst AVENUE PRINCE GEORGE BC Telephone No 564 5644 Please contact V Andal Prince George manager at the telephone number listed above or at his home number 562 7145 for any additional helper informa information ¬ tion THE HEADHUNTERS DIESEL HEADS LTD Syrian throngs cheer Saudi Arabias Faisal By Associated Press The Syrian regime staged a tumultuous welcome at Damascus Airport today for King Faisal of Saudi Arabia a major source of financial support in its confrontation with Israel Doves of peace flew through puffs of white smoke from a 21 gun salute as Faisal arrived with his brother and heir apparent Prince Fahd who is his interior minister They drove into Damascus with President Hafez Assad along a 20 mile route lined with hun hundreds ¬ dreds of thousands of cheering Syrians Faisal will spend four days in Syria conferring with Assad and visiting military installa installations ¬ tions Then he visits King Hus Hussein ¬ sein in Jordan and President Anwar Sadat in Egypt Arab diplomats said the king also may meet guerrilla leader Yasser Arafat the head of the Palestine Liberation Organi Organization ¬ zation PLO to complete his chain of contacts with all adversaries of Israel who are scheduled to benefit from Saudi Arabias oil billions The monarchs tour is believed to be part of a step-ped-up effort to use his finan financial ¬ cial strength to gain him a major voice in setting joint Arab policy and military strategy Faisal has pledged the lar largest ¬ gest share of a 235 billion annual grant from oil states to Arab countries fighting Israel Egypt and Syria are to get 1 billion each Jordan 300 mill million ¬ ion and the PLO 50 million Arafat in an interview pub published ¬ lished today complained that while the Arab oil states are investing heavily in the United States and Europe his guerril guerrillas ¬ las dont have enough money to buy new boots for the winter The guerrilla chief also told the Beirut newspaper Al Anwar there should be con concerted ¬ certed Arab efforts to dispel the strain between Egypt and the Soviet Union which he described as a true friend who throws his entire weight behind the Palestinian cause The PLO chief said January 26 DEAD 42 WOUNDED was a crucial month for US peacemaking efforts There will either be a partial settle settlement ¬ ment by the end of the month or new cards will be dealt he said In Cairo US Embassy offi officials ¬ cials said Ambassador Her Hermann ¬ mann Eilts has been recalled to Washington for consulta consultations ¬ tions The ambassador left Sunday the officials said but declined to give further details Eilts stay in Washington his first in more than a year coincides with a visit by Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon to the US capital Allon is scheduled to meet State Sec Secretary ¬ retary Henry Kissinger on Wednesday Meanwhile Israeli gunners shelled south southern ¬ ern Lebanon for the fourth day and angry villagers stormed the district military headquar headquarters ¬ ters in Marjayoun to demand better protection The police fired in the air and used rubber truncheons to drive the mob off and several villagers were injured No casualties were reported in the shelling Cambodia refugees shelled SAIGON AP - Khmer Rouge gunners shelled a Mekong River convoy loaded with refugees from besieged Neak Luong killing 26 persons and wounding 42 Cambodian navy sources reported today The convoy was carrying more than 250 civilians most of them women and children The refugees had left Neak Luong a naval base and ferry crossing 32 miles southeast of the capital Phnom Penh The base has been under siege for two weeks The convoy ran through a 15mile corridor of fire All the casualties were in one boat which was hit by five shells The insurgent drive has pushed the government forces in Neak Luong into two poc pockets ¬ kets one on each side of the Mekong Because of Khmer Rouge shelling and the siege of Neak Luong no supply convoys have been sent up the Mekong from Saigon to Phnom Penh for 25 UN withdrawal seen in Mideast UNITED NATIONS Reuter Secretary General Kurt Waldheim warning of an extremely serious Middle East situation said Tuesday UN peace keeping forces may have to be withdrawn from the area He said it is doubtful there can be a new extension of their mandate The current term of the UN force in the Egyptian Israeli sector expires in April and that of the UN troops in the Golan Heights separating Syria and Israel a month later Referring to his talks in Damascus last November with Syrian President Hafez Assad which led to the renewal of one mandate Waldheim said the Syrian leader made it clear that this did not mean he was ready to accept a further extension after six months The secretary general answering questions at his first news conference since last September said that unless there is a breakthrough toward a Middle East settle settlement ¬ ment days But some diplomatic observers do not believe the insurgents have enough troops around Neak Luong to take the town These sources estimate about 25000 rebel troops are deployed northwest of Phnom Penh across the Mekong east of the capital and along the river to Neak Luong With the Mekong supply 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