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Key
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Great
Northwest'
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
14,
1951
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Gov't
Butter
Disappears
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
governments
Ice-bux
soon
will
be
bare
of
butter.
Eager
buyers,
clamoring
for
supplies,
have
purchased
all
of
the
government's
35,000,-000
pounds
In
storage.
Agriculture
Minister
Gardiner
told
Commons
yesterday
the
dairy
products
board
now
has
allocated
lhe
remaining
stocks.
They
will
be
distributed
during
the
next
two
weeks.
Mr.
Gardiner
was
replying
to
J.'
A.
Ross
(PC
Sourlsl
He
ouv.
Will
Help
to
Meet
Cellulose
Shortage
Additional
Activities
Make
Enlargement
Necessary
The
Columbia
Cellulose
plant
near
Prince
Rupert
will
be
expanded
as
soon
as
it
has
'reached
full
production,
Harold
Blancke,
president
of
the
Celanese
Corporation
of
America,
parent
company,
said
in
New
York
today.
The
plant,
which
has
now
been
brought
almost
to
completion,
must
be
enlarged
"due
to
many
additional
activities
that
are
planned,"
Mr.
imniiniin-!
ACRES
OF
CARS
Shortaise
of
box-cars
in
the
Windsor.
Out.,
area
has
forced
automobile
manufacturers
to
store
new
cars
in
factory
lots.
With
a
production
of
about
1,100
vehicles
a
day,'
dealers
have
been
flying
drivers
in
from
all
parts
of
the
country
to
deliver
the
cars.
An
increase
in
the
number
of
box-cars
is
expected
to
ease
the
situation,
but
meanwhile
this
photo
of
cars
awaiting
shipment
from
Ford
Motor
Company
of
Canada
is
reproduced
all
over
the
city.
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.
(CPPHOTO)
V
CABS
L,
ihsIMTCHFD
c
Seoul
Back
ipital
i
((
')
Five
ican
patrols
ennui,
the
capital
ilit
ami
raised
I
fan
flag
over
building
,
ai
tn
v
lumniunique
,!(
Willi
110
OplMkNI-
WIH
May
there
If
an
EiKhlli
Army
,ail.
imrr.s
i
r
the
past
have
IjiTii
reported
williilrawing
all
i
-mile
Kin-run
I
runt.
.si
.i
y
in
Sroul
this
i.
until
lime
the
oid
u'al
lias
changed
tlw
Korean
Reds
I
lii'
border
last
i
Annv
-suUi
th-it
Iho
first
Division
j5
Wednesday
af-
1
liappy
we
are
en-auain,"
said
Gen.
i
!V"n
unimander
of
4
i
i.iti's
2Mb
Division
.lf
f
the
city
crossed
lifter
one
week
ago
and
ij
null's
northward
-
niy
weakening
oppusillon.
The.se
jaireatly
northeast
of
'
eft
Hie
Itcils
today
i';uaiil
(Maying
ac-j
Ike
rast-ri'iitral
front
tilurd
(heir
mysteri-itawal
in
other
sec-
t'
ieau.
jiiisoners-of
-ci
by
the
Chinese,
'!jiiic
lines
and
said
no
sign
of
helter-
'
'-'t-iimlst
retreat.
J
1
1
ir-
Marinas
they
.'iflnim
Pyonyang,
the
Kii.iii
capital,
armed
'
ci
duct
passes.
J
4
'
211,000
to
25,000
fc
iimviiiR
north
o
'
S-rp
they
have
been
?sfl
-sit
''Until
lor
about
i.'.iil.
Tekes
Advonce
t
I'Biciii
prince
Rupert
B
liiini
Tic
to
85c
In
;i
'"day.
reacting
to
'"ivhich
is
becoming
il'ivcr
the
butter
'l'!ty
overnigiit
from
6-i'iiiinl
a
further
ad-"
8f
is
anticipated.
L,"
Cabot,
a
Vene
N
r
Bnsl.il.
land-id
"fiim
Island
ur
pfwloiindland
an-l
p"i'i
fur
the
King
of
iDAY'S
ttiiurtesy
D.
fMhiviR
P'aiKiard
30
6.90
Appropriation
j
Crossing
'OTTAWA
(CP)
Estimates
tabled
in
the
House
no
inducation
or
what
action
the
government
proposed
for
the
i
new
butter
year
opening
May
I.
But
outside
the
House,
some
agriculture
officials
said
they
understood
the
question
of
price
supportjiow
Is
under
consideration.
It
appeared
possible,
they
said,
support
might
be
granted
at
a
higher
rate
than
that
which
prevailed
in
1950-51.
floor
price
currently
is
13
cents
a
pound
and
it
was
suggested
the
government
might
increa.se
It
to
as
high
as
60
rents
in
the
new
butter
year.
Final
decision,
however,
is
not
expected
until
about
a
week
before
the
season
begins.
Boosts
for
Officials
VICTORIA
(CP)
Salary
increases
for
certain
key
men
in
civil
service
were
shown
In
estimates
for
the
coming
year
presented
in
the
Legislature
by
Finance
Minister
Herbert
An-scomb.
Salary
of
j.
V.
Fisher,
deputy
minister
of
finance
and
financial,
adviser
to
the
.government,
is
raised
from
$7500
to
$12,500.
Increases
from
$7500
to
$9000
are
to
be
made
in
salaries
of
Col.
Eric
Pcplcr,
K.C.,
deputy
attorney-general;
Dr.
G.
F.
Am-yot,
deputy
minister
of
health;
George
Melrose,
deputy
minister
of
lands,
and
Dr.
C.
D.
N.
Orchard,
deputy
minister
of
forests
and
chief
forester.
Salary
of
Neil
McCallum,
chief
engineer
of
the
public
works
department,
is
to
Increase
from
w.uu
to
aooo.
He
will
continue
to
receive
$3400
as
chairman
of
the
highway
board.
Llovd
Dctwller.
hosnital
iu-
I
surance
commissioner1,
will
re-j
celve
an
increase
from
$7050
to
$8500.
His
assistant,
who
holds
a
medical
degree,
Dr.
Donald
I
Cox,
receives
$12,000.
Sen.
Vandcnbcrg
ls
Near
Death
j
ClirCAOO-Tlic
condition
of
i
Senator
Arthur
Vandenherg,
j
ranking
as
one
of
the
nations
'outstanding
Republicans
and
long
prominent
in
foreign
affairs
was
reported
low
last
night.
Death,
it
was
said,
might
come
at
any
time.
i0
Commons
by
Finance
included
$29,000
for
the
tA'f'inur.
i,.n
I-!-,
I
iimiai'm
j
v,cl
vjouaumu
at
I'rince
Rupert
to
the
floats,
the
contract
for
which
work
nas
already
been
Block
Signal-No
Accident
PRINCE
OEORGE
(CP)
Testimony
that
a
block
signal
ar
rangement
probably
would
have?
ave
erted
the
Canoe
River
train
wreck
was
given
yesterday
at
.
young
man
charged
with
man-i
slaughter
in
the
tragedy
Alfred
John
Atherton,
22,
for
mer
Canadian
National
Rail
ways
telegrapher,
is
alleged
to
have
relayed
a
train
order
in
correctly,
resulting
In
the
head-
on
collision
November
21
nt
Canoe
River,
in
which
21
sol
diers
and
civilians
died.
Mrs.
H.
L.
Alexander
arrived
in
the
city
on
the
Prince
Rupert
today
form
Vancouver
for
a
visit
with
her
sister,
Mrs.
W.
J
Scott,
Fourth
Avenue
West.
Mrs.
L.
M.
Felsenihal
returned
to
th;
city
on
tins
Prince
Rupert
yesterday
from
a
trip
to
,uu
AU
"-
M
flash
TO
STOP
AT
38TH
WASHINGTON
It
was
stated
on
good
authority
here
today
that
I'nitrd
Nations
military
action
in
Korea
would
cease
at
lhe
3R(h
parallel.
SUBS
OFF
EAST
COAST
HALIFAX
Vlre-Artmiral
Harold
Grant,
chief
of
Canada's
naval
staff,
said
today
that
there
have
been
new
and
unconfirmed
reports
that
Russian
submarines
are
off
the
east
coast.
EXPLOSION
IN
El'ROrE
LONDON
Millions
of
persons
in
northern
Europe
were
terrifird
today
by
violent
thundering
of
the
earth's
crust
which
some
thought
might
have
been
caused
by
an
atomic
explosion
inside
eastern
Germany.
However,
seismologists
believe
it
to
have
been
an
earthquake.
Train
Hits
Bus-
Five
Are
Killed
FARMVtLLE,
Virginia
CP)
A
passenger
train
struck
the
rear
of
a
crowded
school
bus
at
a
grade
crossing
west
of
here
late
yesterday,
killing
live
Negro
children
and
injuring
at
least
10
others
one
seriously.
There
were
44
children
aboard
the
bus
when
it
was
hit
at
the
crossing
about
14
miles
west
of
here.
Police
quoted
driver
of
the
bus,
John
Oscar
Robinson,
as
saying
he
did
not
see
the
train
coming.
Defi
For
Laborites
Australian
Prime
Minister
Wants
to
Clear
Political
Air
CANBERRA
(CP
Prime
Minister
Robert
G.
Menzies
yesterday
urged
an
Australian
general
election
to
end
what
he
called
"a
political
farce."
He
challenged
the
Labor
op
position
in
Parliament
to
use
its
senate
majority
to
throw
out
the
government
bill
which
would
wipe
outthe
last
vestiges
of
an
attempt
by
the
former
Labor
government
to
nationalize
the
banks.
This
would
clear
the
way
for
dissolution
of
both
houses
of
Parliament
and
an
election
011
the
.
stormiest
issue
anti-Communist
legislation.
A
government
act
to
outlaw
the
Communist
party
has
been
declared
unconstitutional
by
Australian
high
courts.
Canadians
Move
Ahead
Have
Commanding
Lead
Now
in
World's
Amateur
Hockey
Championship
PARIS
(CP)
Lethhrldge
Maple
Leafs
last
night
took
an
impos
ing
lead
In
the
goal-average
standing
of
the
world
hockey
championship,
burying
Britain
under
a
17-1
avalanche.
The
Leafs
aiming
for
the
title
won
for
Canada
last
year
by
Edmonton
Mcrcurys,
have
posted
33
goals
for
two
against
them.
Their
nearest
rival
is
Switzerland,
with
19
for
three;
Sweden
has
18
and
three.
1
All
three
have
won
three
games
stralglit
for
a
point-total
of
six.
The
goal
average
system
decides
the
title
in
the
event
of
the
teams
ending
the
tournament
tied
in
points.
PRICE
FIVE
CENT8
J
VI
WVi
'
0V
for
Level
on
Waterfront
Minister
Douglas
Abbott
building
of
a
level
crossing
Mnf,nnl
W
1
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rr,
4-
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naunaya
imvRB
Fairview
Bay
fishermen's
Dramatic
Narrative
Of
Doctor
A
starkly
dramatic
narrative
of
harrowing
experiences
during
three-and-a-half
years
as
a
prisoner
of
war
of
the
Japanese
in
Malaya,
Thailand
and
Burma
held
the
rapt
Interest
of
forty
members
of
the
newly
organized
Presbyterian
Men's
Club
for
two
hours
last
night.
The
story
was
told
by
Dr.
Duncan
Black,
director
of
the
PTince
Rupert
and
District
Health
Unit,
who
was
a
medical
officer
hi
the
British
Imperial
at
Singapore
when
that
great
port
was
captured
by
the
Japanese
in
February,
1942.
Dr.
Black
told
how
60,000
Allied
prisoners
of
war,
a
force
which
had
been
instrumental
in
halting
the
lightning
drive
of
the
Japanese
towards
Australia
and
had
given
the
time
which
had
meant
the
turning
point
in
the
war,
had
suffered
death,
torture,
disease
and
extreme
privation
from
a
crual
and
heartless
enemy.-
It
was
an
experience
from
which
none
had
emerged
unscathed
in
some
way
or
another,
involving
a
change
in
the
whole
outlook
on
life.
At
the
outset.
Dr.
Black
gave
a
graphic
account
of
ther
fall
of
Singapore
and
the
"amazing"
Japanese
victory
march
In
which
200
tanks
paraded
round
and
round
for
four-and
a-half
hours
with
typical
Japanese
"duplicity
and
bluff."
Followed
the
Incarceration
in
the
rantonment
eighteen
miles
distant,
where
30.000
prisoners
were
crowded
into
a
space
nor-
mally
meant
to
accommodate
2000.
the
unending
diet
of
rice,
the
ingenuity
in
obtaining
meat
even
cats
and
snakes
anything
that
crawled,
crept,
swam
or
flew
and
which
could
be
caught
by
any
device.
The
successful
efforts
at
gardening
were
also
described.
Those
were
the
davs
when,
to
get
down
to
stark
realism,
"stomachs
dictated
policy."
Nipponese
sadism
was
everywhere
evident
from
the
camp
communications
under
the
very
in
lavender
gloves
down.
Tale
after
tale
of
daring
eva
sion
of
the
strict
regulations,
such
as
the
Retting
np
of
radio
coinmiuniratkms
under
the
very
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on
Page
4)
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Mr
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it
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f
if
Blancke
said.
The
plant
"should
go
far
to
relieving
the
world-wide
short
age
of
high
grade
cellulose,"
he
said.
Celanese
Corporation
of
America
net
Income
in
1950
amounted
to
$40,361,166
after
charges
and
taxes,
a
new
record
ligure
compared
with
$20,640.-
826
in
the
preceding
year
and
$39,484,000
in
1948,
the
former
peak
earnings
year,
Mr.
Blancke
reported.
After
providing
for
preferred
stock
dividends,
net
income
was
equivalent
to
$6
38
per
share
of
common
stock
outstanding
at
the
year-end,
contrasted
with
$3.19
and
$6.61
in
1949
and
1948,
respectively,
when
a
lesser
number
of
shares
were
outstanding.
Sales
last
year
were
$232,483,-842,
an
all-time
high,
compared
with
$171,292,005
in
1949
and
$230,384,672
in
1948,
the
annual
report
revealed.
Federal
taxes
on
Income
amounted
to
$41,000,000
In
1950,
compared
with
$17,093,288
dis
tributed
to
stockholders
as
divi
dends
and
$59,756,051
paid
out
to
employees
in
wages
and
salaries.
Last
year's
total
direct
taxes
paid
by
the
company
to
federal,
state
and
local
governments
were
equal
to
$7.82
per
share
of
common
stock,
Mr.
Blancke
said.
NEW
ERA.
Celanese
.Corporation
of
America
is
at
the
threshold
of
a
new
era
of
development,
not
only
in
the
United
States
but
in
Canada
and
other
countries
In
the
Western
Hemisphere,
according
to
Mr.
Biancke.
Installation
of
new
productive
capacity
during
the
year
and
addi
tional
building
now
under
way
places
the
company
in
an
advantageous
position
to
Initiate
a
new
program
of
plant
expan
sion,
he
said,
and
plans
have
been
drawn
for
new
plant
facilities
which
will
provide
a
large
scale
increase
In
operations.
Plans
have
been
made
for
ad
ditional
chemical
facilities
in
Texas
to
meet
the
greatly
in
creased
demand
for
Industrial
chemicals
for
both
civilian
and
military
uses.
"As
another
step
in
our
program
to
assure
continuing
and
expanding
sources
of
raw
materials,"
Mr.
Blancke
continued,
"the
cellulose
plant
near
Prince
Rupert,
British
Columbia,
has
been
brought
almost
to
completion
by
our
subsidiary,
Columbia
Cellulose
Company
Limited.
Production
from,
this
plant,
which
is
scheduled
to
begin
operations
soon,
should
go
far
toward
re
lieving
the
world-wide
shoiV
age
of
high
grade
cellulose.
"Another
significant
development
was
the
extension
of
our
operations
in
Latin-American
countries,
particularly
Mexico
and
Colombia.
"A
further
development
in
Canada
was
initiated
late
In
the
year
with
the
organization
of
Canadian
Chemical
Company
Ltd.,
with
the
object
of
producing
chemicals
and
cellulose
acetate
on
a
large
scale,
near
Edmonton,
Alberta,
and
utilizing
natural
gases
drawn
from
the
extensive
oil
fields
in
the
province.
"Construction
was
started
on
an
acetate
staple
fibre
unit
at
the
Celriver
plant
which
is
scheduled
to
come
into
produc-
tion
late
In
1951.
The
completion
of
this
unit
will
increase
the
output
of
staple
fibre
substantially.
"Since
June
1950,
the
entire
output
of
our
present
facilities
for
the
production
of
Fortlsan,
our
strong
yarn,
has
been
allo-
cated
for
defense
purposes.
The
maxlmum
production
possible
with
our
present
facilities
falls
far
short
of
satisfying
military
requirements.
EXPANSION
HERE
"As
a
result
of
the
many
additional
activities
that
are
planned,
an
expansion
of
the
cellulose
plant
"
near
Prtnce
"Rupert"
becomes
essential
as
soon
as
the
plant
reached
full
production.
"This
far-reaching
program
of
expansion
is
directed
at
meeting
the
needs
of
a
peacetime
economy,
as
well
as
the
require
ments
of
Industrial
mobilization
for
defense
and
the
economic
development
of
other
countries
of
the
free
world."
At
the
end
oi
last
year
net
current
assets
.
amounted
to
$80,683,298
against
$69,339,823
a
year
earlier.
Cash
on
hand
and
In
banks
aggregated
$61,556,854
at
the
close
of
1950
and
$43,970,-546
at
the
end
of
1949.
Inven
tories
of
yarn
were
reported
to
be
at
a
low
level
In
relation
to
the
volume
of
business,
with
stocks
of
yarn
below
normal.
s
The
annual
report
further
revealed
that
chemical
textile
yarns
continue
to
provide
a
value
greater
than
almost
any
other
product
in
common
use.
Taking
the
average
of
prices
fiom
1935
to
1939
as
a
base,
the
wholesale
price
index
of
all
commodities
la
December
1950
was
at
217.8
and
raw
materials
at
243.7
contrasted
with
an
index
of
139.6
for
chemical
yarns,
according
to
the
index
of
wholesale
prices
compiled
by
the
O.S.
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics.
Kills
Wife,
Hangs
Self
MONTREAL
(CP)
Police
last
night
found
the
battered
body
of
Mrs.
Vladimir
Semenesky,
30,
in
the
blood-smeared
hall
of
her
home.
Swinging
from
a
clothesline
in
the
kitchen
was
her
32-year-old
husband.
They
described
the
double
death
as
a
murder-suicide,
the
culmination
of
a
series
of
bitter
fights
between
husband
and
wife
over
the
husband's
alleged
wanderlust.
The
91
dally
newspapers
in
Canada
now
have
a
total
circulation
In-
excess
of
3.400.000.
Card
of
Thanks
It
is
with
the
slncerest
gratitude
that
we
express
to
our
many
friends,
our
appreciation
of
their
kind
eApiession
of
esteem
in
the
floral
tokens
and
words
of
sympathy
which
came
to
ur
In
our
bereavement
in
the
loss
of
a
beloved
son
and
brother.
These
tangible
expressions
of
sympathy
have
helped
to
lighten
our
burden
of
sorrow.
-Mr.
and
Mrs.
D.
Sunturbane
and
Ernest
(ltc)
MERCY
FLIGHT
Newly-Born
Terrace
Twins
Being
Flown
to
Vancouver
A
mercy
flight
plane
was
heading
northward
from
Vancouver
to
Terrace
today
to
pick
up
two
prematurely-born
twin
babies
a
boy
and
a
girl
who
were
born
Saturday
and
take
them
to
Vancouver
where
it
is
believed
by
their
doctor,
Dr.
May,
that
they
will
have
a
better
chance
of
survival.
,
Terrace
Is
ridden
with
an
influenza
epidemic,
according
to
word
leceived
by
The
Dally
News
this
afternoon.
Even
the
doctor
is
stricken.
A
Vancouver
report
said
they
were
blue
babies
but
The
Daily
News
Terrace
correspondent
said
this
was
incorrect.
Parents
of
the
babies
are
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Thomas
BUton
of
Lakelse.
STOCKS
Johnston
Co.
ltd
)"
let.
Renewal
of
fishermen's
floats
is
also
included
In
the
appropriation
which
Includes
a
re-vote
of
$14,000.
Other
appropriations
for
Central
British
Columbia
include:
Prince
George,
public
building,
$100,000
(re-vote
of
$50,000.)
Smlther3,
puolic
building,
re-vote
of
$50,000.
Quesnel,
new
public
building,
$50,000.
Port
Essington,
replacement
of
approach,
floats
and
ice
shield.
Masset,
seaplane
landing,
re-vote
of
$17,000.
TheWeather
Synopsis
There
were
gales
off
the
north
coast
this
morning.
These
:trong
winds
accompany
a
stoun
which
will
move
inland
ovev
the
coast
tonight.
Hain.
occasionally
mixed
with
snow,
is
falling
on
the.
north
coast
while
In
the
norths
interior
there
niow.
Hain
will
spread
southward
along
the
coast
this
morning,
reaching
the
lower
mainland
early
this
afternoon.
Temperatures
are
expected
to
range
in
the
forties
throughout
the
province
today.
Tonight
is
expected
to
be
somewhat
milder
In
t.e
Interior
with
little
change
in
coastal
mlntmums.
GALE
WARNING
North
Coast
FfRlons
rial
warning
continued.
Rain,
occasionally
mixed
with
snow
to-dav.
Cloudv
with
showers
tonight
and
Thursday.
Lltt'.e
chanpp
In
temoeratu.
Wind
sotheast
(40
rnph),
shifting
to
southwest
?5!
this
afternoon,
and
northwest
(25)
tomorrow.
Lows
tonirfht
and
hlj'hs
tomorrow
at
Port
Hardy.
Sandspit
and
Prince
Rupert,
34
and
42.
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Peter
Lien
Appointed
City
council
Monday
night
confirmed
appointment
of
Peter
Lien
as
accountant,
assistant
treasurer
and
collector
for
the
city.
Mr.
Lien,
former
senior
clerk
at
City
Hall,
fills
the
position
left
vacant
by
R.
W.
Long,
recently
appointed
city
clerk.
-
TIDES
-
Thursday,
March
15,
1951
High
5:49
172
feet
19:32
140
feet.
Low
feet
13:06
8.0
feet
Hockey
Scores
Pacific
Coas
New
Westminster
3.
Taconia
4
Vancouver
1.
Victoria
4
iVlcto-la
leads
leasue
by
one
point:
Victoria
and
New
Westminster
have
two
games
e.vch
jlcft
to
nlav).
j
Mainliiie-Okanag.in
i
Nanaimo
2,
Vernon
1
(Best
of
I
five
series
tied
1-1),
Beatte
59
Bevcourt
47
Bobjo
.'
.14Vj
Buffalo
Canadian
1
.25
2
Consul.
Smelters
137.00
Conwest
2.35
Don
aid
a
56
Eldona
23
East
Bulllvan
8.40
Giant
Yellowknlfe
705
God's
Lake
38
narnrorK
:
Itarricana
14
Itrva
.10
1
Iosco
06
jacxniie
D74
Joliet
Quebec
71
Lake
Rowan
06
I.apaska
05
Lit
tle
Long
Lac
88
Lynx
15
M
arisen
Red
Lake
2.35
McKenzie
Red
Lake
...
.50
McLeod
Cockshutt
3.10
Moneta
35
Negus
90
Noranda
79.00
Louvlcourt
.21
Pickle
Crow
1.70
Regcourt
4'a
San
Antonio
2.50
Senator
Rouyn
22
Sherrlt
Gordon
3.40
Steep
Rock
!
8.70
Silver
Miller
1.42
Upper
Canada
181
Golden
Manitou
6.70