2
-
THE
CITIZEN
Prince
George
-
Tuesday
April
8
1975
COUNCIL
BRIEFS
SFG
zoning
to
be
studied
City
council
will
commission
a
1500
study
of
land
use
and
zoning
for
the
former
village
of
South
Fort
George
despite
objections
by
Aid
Leonard
Proppe
former
village
mayor
Proppe
told
council
Monday
he
cant
see
the
sense
of
spending
the
money
for
a
bylaw
already
in
existence
The
question
of
commercial
zoning
in
the
former
village
came
up
at
an
earlier
meeting
when
a
local
businessman
applied
for
a
land
use
contract
to
permit
a
used
car
busi
business
¬
ness
on
Queensway
Proppe
said
since
Queensway
is
designated
an
arterial
highway
it
should
be
zoned
commercial
as
people
dont
want
to
live
on
such
a
busy
street
Aid
Lome
McCuish
said
he
doesnt
agree
with
Proppes
assertion
that
Queensway
is
best
suited
for
commercial
development
and
the
former
village
has
some
of
the
best
rtsidential
property
in
the
area
Wed
be
remiss
if
wc
didnt
give
a
good
study
to
South
Fort
George
zoning
he
said
Mayor
Harold
Moffat
said
hed
like
to
see
a
zoning
bylaw
in
South
Fort
George
that
moves
in
the
same
spirit
of
our
own
McCuish
said
Central
Interior
Planning
Consultants
Ltd
the
company
that
will
complete
the
study
should
be
asked
to
report
to
council
within
six
weeks
Council
Monday
approved
the
hiring
of
seven
additional
men
for
the
fire
department
this
year
Fire
Chief
Harold
Dornbiercr
will
place
four
new
men
in
Fire
Hall
No
2
and
three
men
in
the
Nechako
Fire
Hall
on
the
Hart
Highway
Four
of
the
new
recruits
have
already
been
hired
Fire
Chief
Dornbierer
told
council
fire
insurance
rates
in
expanded
areas
have
droppecfconsiderably
since
amal
amalgamation
¬
gamation
He
said
insurance
on
a
50000
house
in
College
Heights
dropped
from
an
annual
average
of
215
to
145
after
amal
amalgamation
¬
gamation
and
is
now
about
112
He
said
the
average
old
city
rate
is
87
Motorists
visiting
the
city
may
be
greeted
with
new
wel
welcoming
¬
coming
signs
in
the
future
if
the
price
is
right
City
engineer
Ernie
Obst
will
prepare
-a
study
on
the
cost
of
erecting
the
new
signs
He
said
hed
like
to
see
signs
similar
to
the
large
wooden
type
now
used
at
the
entrance
to
the
Connaught
Hill
Park
Council
members
want
to
see
signs
erected
at
the
citys
new
boundaries
Aid
Elmer
Mercier
is
concerned
about
trailer
park
operators
in
the
expanded
city
who
may
be
getting
a
bad
deal
because
of
amalgamation
The
subject
came
up
during
a
brief
discussion
on
provid
providing
¬
ing
compulsory
garbage
service
to
expanded
areas
Mercier
said
he
feels
sorry
for
trailer
park
operators
who
cannot
raise
their
rates
because
of
BC
Rent
Review
Commission
regulations
but
must
bear
higher
costs
because
of
amalgamation
A
motion
that
council
write
the
office
of
the
rentalsman
to
clarify
the
situation
regarding
trailer
parks
was
carried
The
city
will
hire
five
leaders
for
community
recreation
programs
throughout
the
city
The
provisional
expansion
budget
allowed
for
nine
prog
program
¬
ram
leaders
to
be
hired
for
eight
months
at
a
cost
of
60000
but
council
voted
to
hire
only
five
after
Aid
Mercier
said
hiring
more
could
not
be
justified
Mercier
suggested
that
two
program
leaders
be
used
in
the
Nechako
Hart
area
two
in
the
south
west
area
and
one
be
added
to
the
city
staff
and
also
work
in
the
eastern
area
The
old
city
already
has
two
program
leaders
Plans
to
build
a
100
room
convention
hotel
in
conjunction
with
a
Greyhound
bus
depot
at
12th
Avenue
and
Victoria
Street
were
referred
to
the
citys
advisory
planning
com
commission
¬
mission
and
technical
planning
committee
A
public
hearing
into
a
land
use
contract
to
allow
the
development
was
postponed
until
the
project
backer
Stage
Inns
Ltd
meets
with
both
groups
Extended
shopping
hours
have
again
come
up
at
council
after
Jaycee
member
Ron
Racette
wrote
a
letter
remind
reminding
¬
ing
aldermen
of
a
previous
commitment
to
review
the
mat
matter
¬
ter
at
a
later
date
A
proposal
last
year
by
Aid
Bob
Martin
to
throw
open
shopping
hours
in
the
city
was
soundly
defeated
after
merchants
rallied
to
oppose
the
motion
Lawyer
Jack
Heinrich
was
hired
by
the
Downtown
Businessmens
Association
DRA
to
convince
council
that
throwing
open
the
shopping
hours
would
create
hard
hardships
¬
ships
for
merchants
Although
Heinrich
conceded
perhaps
there
is
room
for
Monday
afternoon
and
Thursday
evening
shopping
he
added
that
members
of
the
retail
community
should
be
consulted
before
making
any
changes
A
survey
conducted
by
the
Jaycees
prior
to
discussion
of
Martins
motion
indicates
many
shoppers
favored
all
day
Monday
and
late
Thursday
shopping
hours
Council
decided
to
ask
the
opinion
of
the
Downtown
Businessmens
Association
on
shopping
hours
Council
will
lunch
with
the
BC
caucus
of
the
federal
Progressive
Conservative
party
when
the
group
of
13
comes
to
Prince
George
April
19
Council
approved
a
motion
by
Aid
McCuish
to
put
on
a
luncheon
for
the
group
and
meet
in
camera
with
the
politicans
for
a
frank
exchange
of
ideas
as
Prince
George
Peace
River
MP
Frank
Oberle
had
suggested
in
a
letter
A
1000
expenditure
for
a
spring
cleanup
in
the
village
of
South
Fort
George
was
approved
by
Council
After
months
of
searching
the
city
has
hired
an
assistant
city
engineer
Paul
Chan
formerly
employed
by
the
municipality
of
Surrey
started
April
1
WANTED
DIESEL
MECHANICS
FOR
THE
YUKON
To
work
on
Cummins
Diesels
Must
have
at
least
S
years
experience
For
appointment
with
employer
apply
at
Canada
Manpower
Cenr
201
12535th
Avenue
Prince
George
Before
April
8
1975
TORONTO
CP
-
Ontario
Treasurer
Darcy
McKeough
distributed
a
wide
assortment
of
tax
cuts
and
other
benefits
Monday
night
including
a
slash
in
the
retail
sales
tax
to
five
from
seven
per
cent
in
a
budget
expected
to
be
the
last
before
a
provincial
general
election
this
year
Besides
the
sales
tax
cut
effective
only
for
the
remain
remainder
¬
der
of
this
calendar
year
and
worth
an
estimated
230
mill
million
¬
ion
to
consumers
he
provided
sjfXytf
Natural
gas
prices
will
be
discussed
for
the
first
time
at
a
national
conference
later
this
week
when
provincial
premiers
meet
with
federal
government
representa
representatives
¬
tives
at
a
first
ministers
conference
But
Alberta
Premier
Peter
Lougheed
said
Tuesday
he
thinks
the
probability
of
agreement
this
week
is
minimal
Share
wealth
game
set
for
conference
OTTAWA
CP
The
federal
provincial
energy
con
conference
¬
ference
starting
Wednesday
sets
the
stage
for
a
gigantic
sharethe
wealth
game
to
be
played
out
after
producer
and
consumer
interests
publicly
agree
on
higher
petroleum
prices
At
stake
will
be
how
much
other
provinces
are
to
benefit
from
the
new
oil
and
gas
wealth
of
Alberta
Saskatch
Saskatchewan
¬
ewan
and
British
Columbia
Legislation
before
Parlia
Parliament
¬
ment
provides
that
the
federal
government
will
include
one
third
of
higher
oil
and
gas
prices
in
its
calculations
for
equalization
payments
to
poorer
provinces
The
payments
are
made
to
seven
provinces
to
bring
their
available
revenue
up
to
the
national
average
Only
Ontario
Alberta
and
British
Columbia
the
so
called
have
provinces
do
not
receive
equalization
payments
The
bill
introduced
in
Parlia
Parliament
¬
ment
last
month
is
intended
to
deal
specifically
with
the
unusual
case
of
higher
domes
domestic
¬
tic
oil
and
gas
prices
between
April
1
1974
and
March
31
1977
It
proposes
some
major
changes
in
the
methods
of
cal
calculation
¬
culation
and
the
results
of
these
changes
are
not
yet
clear
For
example
Saskatchewan
stands
to
lose
some
of
its
equalization
receipts
about
100
million
in
1973
74
because
its
oil
revenues
have
risen
But
an
increase
in
the
categories
of
oil
and
gas
revenue
subject
to
equaliza
equalization
¬
tion
means
Saskatchewan
pay
payments
¬
ments
should
not
be
cut
too
severely
Finance
department
offi
officials
¬
cials
so
far
have
declined
to
comment
on
exactly
how
oil
producing
Saskatchewan
will
be
affected
in
dollar
terms
Ther
formula
for
setting
equalization
payments
calcu
calculates
¬
lates
income
from
more
than
20
revenue
sources
arriving
at
average
revenue
per
person
across
the
country
The
federal
government
makes
up
the
difference
for
the
pro
provinces
¬
vinces
that
lag
behind
the
national
average
N
When
oil
prices
began
rising
dramatically
and
Albertas
and
Saskatchewans
royalty
revenues
rose
along
with
them
the
national
average
was
driven
up
The
cost
of
the
equalization
program
for
the
federal
government
accord
accordingly
¬
ingly
moved
sharply
higher
Finance
department
offi
officials
¬
cials
calculate
that
in
the
1973
74
fiscal
year
using
the
for
formula
¬
mula
in
the
bill
now
before
Parliament
equalization
pay
payments
¬
ments
went
up
257
million
The
domestic
price
of
oil
went
from
about
250
a
barrel
to
about
4
in
September
1973
Then
in
April
1974
it
was
allowed
to
rise
to
650
a
barrel
still
substantially
below
the
world
price
of
10
or
more
a
barrel
That
increase
finance
offi
officials
¬
cials
estimate
cost
the
govern
government
¬
ment
another
380
million
in
equalization
payments
to
the
poorer
provinces
In
the
coming
round
of
negotiations
bargaining
will
be
tough
on
oil
prices
federal
officials
acknowledge
but
a
consensus
on
higher
gas
prices
may
be
even
more
difficult
They
have
never
been
negotiated
before
at
a
federal
provincial
meeting
and
Brit
British
¬
ish
Columbia
has
indicated
its
firm
intention
to
seek
a
sub
substantial
¬
stantial
increase
Higher
gas
prices
will
put
even
more
pressure
on
the
federal
efforts
to
control
the
equalization
program
Finance
department
offi
officials
¬
cials
say
they
have
sent
Prime
Minister
Pierre
Trudeau
several
estimates
on
the
effects
of
different
oil
and
gas
price
rises
on
the
payments
scheme
But
they
refuse
to
reveal
details
of
the
calcula
calculations
¬
tions
Equalization
payments
in
the
fiscal
year
ended
March
31
were
about
1733
billion
an
83million
lift
to
first
home
buyers
also
effective
this
year
only
and
knocked
450000
lowincome
earners
off
provincial
income
tax
rolls
in
addition
to
spreading
around
other
cheer
All
old
age
pensioners
will
automatically
qualify
for
free
prescription
drugs
adding
375000
beneficiaries
for
a
total
of
one
million
at
an
additional
cost
of
15
million
The
provinces
guaranteed
annual
income
payments
will
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convict
who
said
hed
rather
die
than
stay
in
solitary
confinement
is
out
of
the
hole
at
Millhaven
Penitentiary
the
prison
director
said
Mon
Monday
¬
day
John
Dowsett
said
in
a
telephone
interview
that
prisoner
Donald
Oag
24
set
fire
to
his
mattress
in
a
solitary
confine
confinement
¬
ment
cell
and
was
moved
to
another
cell
in
solitary
shortly
after
his
arrival
last
month
after
an
escape
bid
in
Van
Vancouver
¬
couver
Ten
days
ago
Oag
slashed
his
arm
with
a
razor
blade
and
was
released
last
Friday
to
serve
his
sentence
among
the
general
prison
population
Mr
Dowsett
said
The
director
of
the
prison
near
Kingston
Ont
said
Oag
had
been
put
in
solitary
for
assessment
purposes
only
and
that
it
was
to
be
temporary
Oag
escaped
custody
at
Vancouver
International
Airport
last
February
when
he
forced
a
prison
guard
to
drive
him
to
the
downtown
area
at
knifepoint
SEA
LAW
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AP
-
United
States
officials
express
confi
confidence
¬
dence
that
a
compromise
agreement
soon
will
be
reached
to
hold
a
world
energy
conference
this
summer
attended
by
18
to
30
countries
and
with
limited
discussion
of
raw
materials
other
than
oil
One
official
said
the
US
delegation
to
the
preparatory
meeting
that
opened
here
Mon
Monday
¬
day
expects
the
future
confer
conference
¬
ence
to
be
something
more
than
a
discussion
limited
exclusively
to
energy
and
something
less
than
a
discus
discussion
¬
sion
of
all
raw
material
prob
problems
¬
lems
Speeches
at
Mondays
public
opening
of
the
preparatory
meeting
covered
the
opposing
rise
by
an
average
950
a
month
to
make
Ontarios
minimum
income
for
pen
pensioners
¬
sioners
the
highest
in
Canada
nosing
out
British
Columbia
Buyers
or
builders
of
their
first
home
between
now
and
the
end
of
1975
will
qualify
for
1500
grants
1000
immediately
and
250
a
year
for
the
next
two
years
positions
taken
previously
by
the
various
countries
But
US
officials
said
private
contacts
with
the
other
delegations
convinced
them
that
a
compromise
will
be
worked
out
Representatives
of
the
US
Japan
and
the
European
Economic
Community
EEC
said
they
want
the
coming
con
conference
¬
ference
limited
to
a
discussion
of
energy
related
problems
with
participation
restricted
to
a
small
group
of
key
countries
The
Organization
of
Pet
Petroleum
¬
roleum
Exporting
Countries
OPEC
with
Algeria
in
the
lead
insisted
on
a
general
dis
discussion
¬
cussion
of
all
raw
material
problems
at
a
large
confer
conference
¬
ence
Ontario
tax
cuts
distributed
Industry
gets
a
temporary
break
worth
410
million
through
elimination
of
the
sales
tax
on
production
machinery
and
equipment
up
to
the
end
of
1977
while
19
million
a
year
will
be
saved
through
elimination
of
taxes
on
gasoline
and
diesel
fuel
for
commercial
use
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Oag
and
seven
other
prisoners
were
being
brought
to
nearby
New
Westminster
for
a
federal
court
suit
they
launched
against
the
penitentiary
service
for
alleged
cruel
treatment
The
London
Ont
resident
wasrecaptured
after
a
13
day
manhunt
and
sentenced
March
22
to
two
extra
years
in
prison
for
the
escape
and
crimes
committed
while
he
was
out
of
custody
Oag
who
cant
be
released
until
1985
at
the
earliest
is
serving
a
manslaughter
sentence
resulting
from
the
1971
Kingston
prison
riot
in
which
two
prisoners
were
killed
Oag
denied
he
took
part
in
the
riot
other
than
to
guard
certain
prison
staff
Don
Sporochan
Oags
lawyer
said
in
Vancouver
his
clients
suicide
attempts
were
probably
genuine
because
he
had
spent
nearly
four
years
in
solitary
confinement
and
has
indicated
he
would
prefer
death
to
solitary
Greenpeace
trial
opens
today
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Canadian
yachtsmans
freedom-
of-the-seas
suit
against
the
French
government
based
on
his
protests
against
nuclear
tests
in
the
South
Pacific
opens
today
The
plaintiff
David
McTag
gart
has
come
from
Van
Vancouver
¬
couver
to
attend
the
hearings
here
He
charges
that
his
yacht
the
Greenpeace
III
was
rammed
by
a
French
warship
in
1972
in
the
Mururora
Atoll
area
where
the
French
were
conducting
nuclear
tests
and
that
French
troops
boarded
his
vessel
and
beat
him
and
his
crew
the
following
year
The
Canadian
government
is
in
contact
with
McTaggart
and
has
instructed
its
Paris
embassy
to
give
him
assistance
The
events
date
back
to
the
spring
of
1972
when
McTag
McTaggart
¬
gart
first
sailed
toward
the
test
grounds
to
protest
French
nuc
nuclear
¬
lear
tests
The
French
authorities
had
closed
off
the
zone
McTaggart
has
said
he
was
scandalized
to
learn
that
the
French
had
put
an
out
ofbounds
sign
on
100000
square
miles
of
ocean
outside
of
French
territorial
waters
The
yachtsman
said
he
recorded
24
violations
of
inter
international
¬
national
maritime
law
com
committed
¬
mitted
by
the
French
armed
forces
to
his
detriment
during
the
75
days
he
remained
in
the
area
He
said
his
ship
radio
was
jammed
by
the
French
and
that
a
French
naval
vessel
hit
the
Greenpeace
III
and
then
abandoned
it
on
the
high
seas
in
violation
of
the
obligation
to
succor
any
ship
in
distress
The
following
year
in
Aug
August
¬
ust
1973
McTaggart
again
set
out
for
the
prohibited
zone
as
did
Australian
and
New
Zea
Zealand
¬
land
vessels
Once
again
the
Canadian
yacht
was
boarded
by
French
marines
whom
McTaggart
accuses
of
clubbing
him
arid
his
crew
before
taking
the
Greenpeace
III
into
custody
McTaggarts
arguments
were
to
be
presented
in
court
French
govt
pressured
OTTAWA
CP
-
External
Affairs
Minister
Allan
MacEachen
says
the
Canadian
government
is
pressing
the
French
government
to
make
an
acceptable
out-of-court
set
settlement
¬
tlement
with
the
captain
of
Greenpeace
III
In
a
reply
to
written
question
on
the
Commons
order
paper
from
Heath
Macquarrie
PC
Hillsborough
the
minister
said
the
government
will
con
continue
¬
tinue
to
press
for
such
a
settle
settlement
¬
ment
David
McTaggart
of
Van
Vancouver
¬
couver
captain
of
the
protest
boat
is
suing
the
French
gov
government
¬
ernment
for
damages
of
50000
to
himself
his
vessel
and
his
crew
The
suit
is
over
the
incident
in
August
1973
when
a
French
naval
ship
rammed
and
sailors
boarded
the
Greenpeace
III
which
was
attempting
to
sail
into
a
nuclear
test
zone
at
Mururoa
Atoll
Mr
McTaggart
has
said
he
has
three
Parisian
lawyers
working
on
his
case
which
involves
civil
marine
and
criminal
law
He
also
is
seeking
repay
repayment
¬
ment
by
the
French
of
12000
he
received
from
the
Canadian
government
to
have
the
Green
Greenpeace
¬
peace
returned
to
Canada
after
it
was
released
by
French
authorities
in
December
1973
Mr
McTaggart
said
in
Jan
January
¬
uary
that
the
government
has
reneged
on
a
promise
to
sup
support
¬
port
his
case
if
it
is
not
settled
out
of
court
He
said
the
gov
government
¬
ernment
feels
good
relations
with
France
are
more
impor
important
¬
tant
than
justice
Mr
MacEachen
said
in
his
reply
to
Mr
Macquarrie
that
from
the
very
beginning
the
US
officials
certain
of
agreement
Canadian
government
has
taken
the
view
that
it
could
intervene
directly
with
the
French
on
Mr
McTaggarts
behalf
Nevertheless
we
have
always
considered
that
the
normal
course
for
him
to
fol
follow
¬
low
under
international
law
would
be
first
to
pursue
the
local
legal
remedies
open
to
him
under
French
law
He
said
the
government
is
in
close
consultation
with
Mr
McTaggart
and
the
Canadian
embassy
in
Paris
is
providing
limited
assistance
CASH
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French
reply
was
expected
to
be
that
the
viol
violence
¬
ence
and
the
infringement
of
liberty
of
which
McTaggart
complains
involved
protec
protective
¬
tive
measures
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again
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the
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1974
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¬
terns
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before
last
years
gasoline
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National
Safety
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the
first
two
months
of
this
year
show
a
six-per-cent
increase
in
traffic
fatalities
over
1974
January
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the
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monthly
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from
the
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