HOTEL SIMON FRASER The Newest and Finest in Prince George LOgan 4-5191 for Reservations The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North-Central British Columbia Phone LOgan 4-2441 Vol. 5; No. 47 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1961 7c a Copy BY CARRIER »i so o^r MontJ $40,000 Work on the major portion of a s iD.iioii alteration to the city water basin is expected to begin within ;« week, said City Engineer Mill Jones. The work is being carried out as a winter work project and is designed lo increase .supply and quality of water. Preparation work ;ii the intake basin has been "nibbled" al by city crews for the last month, Mr. ,)ones said, bul full scale work will now be undertaken. Work conducted so Far has cloudier! city water, Hut "it should be settled by Thursday," he said. "I low ever, i i will occur again as we work more on the basin." The new system will enable tin- cily lo periodically clean out filtration basins, which clog with tilgae al certain seasons. The woi-K will call for addition of more filtration facilities. The present water basin provides for a peak supply of 3.0 million cubic feel a day. The demand equalled the supply on one occasion last year and the hourly peak was reached on several occasions. Additional supply is required both as insurance against a water shortage and to service additional housing units that have been built and will be built in the future. Only timely rain saved the city from a water shortage last year, said Mr. Jones. Money for the project was provided when city voters approved a Slo.ooo bylaw at the Dec. X civic- elections. 2 FIELD PARTIES ine SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS John JohnsLone' s Jasper rink in favored role as battle for Kelly Cup gets hotter. • * • Czechs surprise Russia in World Hockey Cham- pionships, i ire now rated ( Janad< i's toughest op po- sition. • • • Alberta , Saskatchewan still unbeaten in Brier competition FROGMAN Jim Lehman is doing the underwater work for the city as it begins a 840,000 extension of its water pumping facilities on the Nechako River. The work is expected to increase the volume of water the city's treatment facilities can handle and also improve quality and taste of city water. —Hal Vandervoort photo Pianist North Plays To Near-Full House It.V ItlJKMCIJ KOIIIdltTS (Cittern fiiaft linn .•«!!•) A near-capacity audience enjoyed the brilliant performance of Millii North, conceit pianist, at Duchess Park auditorium Tuesday evening. Playing on a new piano, made available Tor the occassion by A. I!. Moffat, Miss North played many of the favorite Mozart and Chopin numbers. Following the recital, a reception was held for her at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira I iamb. Presentation of a sterling spoon. souvenir of Prince George, was made to the guest of honor. Miss North played for the pupils of Connaughl school today. ELIZABETH TAYLOR MAKES COMEBACK LONDON (API — Elizabeth Taylor appeared to he winning her desperate fight for life today with a steady rally against double pneumonia. There was an indication that she might soon he out of danger. Doctors said that for the first lime since the 29-year-old movie star was "slacken four days ugo she \Vus "feufflclently conscious to lie able lo assist in her own treatment." 'OBVIOUSLY UNACCEPTABLE' UN Expected to Reject Exchange Plan in Congo LEOPOLDVELLE (AP)— The United Nations Congo command is expected to reject quickly the Kasaviibu p government's demand for control of UN strategic bases and air traffic in exchange for the return of UN troops Skin Murder Trial PRINCE KUPER' supreme court tria Skin nil a charge ot the Aug. l'i Burns ' (CP)—The of Robert murder in Lake death Hi James Andrew continued hare today. Tuesday crown prosecutor j T. <;. Bowen-Colthurst of Vic-I inria called the victim's liG-year-old son Alex to the stand. Witness save evidence of a fight during which Skin "swore FOUR MATADORS GORED MADRID i Rculers)—Four matadors were gored, one seriously, I at my dad and said he was going when Madrid's bullfighting sea-j to kill him someday." son opened on the weekend. As Alex v,i(1 ,n;u wililc hjs ram. ho reached over a charging .bull's hlv wa, camped at Southbank horns for the kill, bullfighter 1011 Fl.ancolti L:ikc, he and his to the port of Matadi. The terms laid down by the Congolese' for letting UN troops bauk into the vital supply port facing the Atlantic were termed "obviously unacceptable" by UiN sources. Negotiations continued, but the Congolese talked with increasing belligerence after their victory over the L3G-man Sudanese garrison guarding a nine-man Canadian signal station at .Matadi. Acting Congo premier Albert Delvaus told re porters that "tor the moment we have decided that UN troops will not hack" to Matadi, 200 miles down the Congo River from , Leopoldvillo, The UN command begun a I buildup of its forces here, rais-I ing speculation they would lie! unlcasecl to fight into .Matadi if negotiations fail. Sonic SO0 Moroccans are arriving from Katanga and GOO soldiers are due from Tunisia. The first of 3,000 Indian troops probably will begin arriving in a week. Although the UN command had said that it will return to Matadi by force if necessary, a UN spokesman denied the troops reinforcements were made to put pressure on the Congolese. Delvaux demanded that Congolese authorities be allowed to inspect all UN phuie.s before they take off for another part of the country and that UN troops hand over control of all "strategic points" to Congolese forces. GOVERNMENT AT WORK Socred Shelford Blasts Proposed Gas Tax Hike By Special Correspondent VICTORIA—Internal strife within the ranks of the Social Credit government over the proposed new three cents a gallon increase in gasoline tax flared into the open Tuesday as Cyril Shelford. the Socred from Omineca stood up with the opposition and voted against the measure. Second reading of the bill was approved by a vote ol 29 to 21—closest legislative vote for years. Shelford was the only Socred backbencher to stand up and be counted against the government but several others were highly critical of the proposal which will cost B.C. motorists an additional $8,000,000 a year. Shelford was the MLA who, in 1959, voted against Attorney-General Bonncr's hand ling of the So miners case. EQUALIZED PRICE He called for control of all petroleum products to be brought under jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission and attempts Manuel Rodriguez was severely cored, MISSING COBALT REPORTED FOUND IICMI' here have been ad-\ |sed a quantity of radiiKicth e cobalt missing since a I'liiver-slty oi' we. open house Saturday was found in a garbage can on the mounds. It wtw incited through use of a geigCl' coiniltT. Police detachments ihruiiKlionl the pio\ ince luii 1 been alerted to watch for the dangerous substance. younger brother, I'ctcr, were attacked by Skin and his three sons. lie said the three brothers gunged up on Peter and knocked him down. "I went lor my dad and he j caiiir down and told Skin to leave Ivicr alone as there were , I.... maio Ml ilium." Skin hit \w> father ovur the head w il Ii a "t\\ o by m.\" hoard and the rider Andrew fell to the ground, Ale.N testified, II.' -aid he went to the forestry office1 lor help. When ihe.v returned, he .-.aid, liie\ found the lather lying on the ground with his eyes open. lie wasn't moving hut he wasn't dead cither. WEATHER Variable cloudiness with a few snowflurries. Continuing mild. Llghl winds. Low tonight and high Thursday at Prince George ami Quesnel, J10 and 38; at Smithers. _'.") and .'!."). IV.MC ItiVt'l' Siiowflurries over the entire region Thursday. Milder \y i t h li.uht winds. Low toni.uht and high tomorrow al Grande Prairie ties who pay most of the tax anc that would mean bigger road pro grams in high population areas. TYPICAL SPEECH Premier Bennett introduced discussion on the bill with one of his usual arm-waving, electioneering type of speeches. He said that based at average mileage of 21 miles to the gallon, the increase of three cents will only mean one-seventh of a *cnt a mile. He met. rural area critics by saying the rural areas will receive more benefits because the expenditure on highways in rural areas will be greater. "I would love to have a general election on this issue. Just as other governments want to follow our parity bonds, other governments arc following our gas tax increase—Saskatchewan. Alberta, Nova Scotia. I predict every province will raise its gas tax. ] am glad to take the blame, because 1 like to take the credit j for highways. If 13 cents tax is so had here, why is 14 cents not so bad in Saskatchewan fSaskatchewan has a new bill to increase its gas tax to 14 cents)'.'" lie asked. '"When the year is over, 1 ex-•year after year | pect we will be among the lowest Vancouver Island two provinces in gasoline taxes." "He i.s the only one who can call an election." said Leo Nim-CiMiiiinifii on I'agc ;i an Now Hear This.. l.a-| :M Il's a good bel that next week's i Smith had expected announcement naming when nun the management engineers for surprised the now oil pipeline Ihraufili I'G party la-.; will confirm local rumors Unit the '• sion of job will go to Canadian Ikclilt'l was pu Ltd.. the company which buill Peter Woteoasl Trunsilllission'ii natural lllirse yas pipeline through this jiart ol lhe country , • . Ann!her rumor that has grounds lor bislicl i that Ucehtol is hil'ill(! back SONIC oi' it* LMifilncors who worked mi lhe BOO Hue and later mciiI to work for Inland Natural (i,is. Co. IMi IMuycru. who preset the".' play Tlie Offshore InImuI at Ihv lie Drnntfl festival In Vancou vit Saturday, arc brrathni;'ea'icr lived i Ma.v now they've located "ill Jjuiick. One ol the Mar> of tin1 |)ta), Hill Is mi vacation nomowhei'c in Hie the Lower Mainland and, '•nice ho didit'i tcii nnyone wliori Wfll SOllitfi I'11' Kl'UI'Cll had Imm quite li'autu alter lilt) dale UlO ftfUtlvnl appeal.nice MM* till iiouticoU Anyway, now llwy'vti jouiid liun . . • Nuno Lucille lie lor a surprise oi her own is ai the I'd Regional er with a Roing-nway night, At the conclu-lhe shindig Miss Smith ¦keel up by her hoy I'riend Kiuliall. Turning to the who apparently didn't know her reason for leaving the 1)0! pi:al. she announced gho'll be married lo I'etcr Friday and Ihcy'll sad for Liu rope April in. \ Ml'Ki dill-oil vailed to say curllnfi mlRhi be new to Concert I'l.ia; I Mi< hi North from Anchor- age bul if - I'cully quite common ni Mahkti She UKcd in curl agnlnol Anchofugc ites when iho ii. Yukon, (ine>us bcin^ so 1 v e (1, Attorney • General Robert Uonner -aid Tuesday night, However, he told the legislature, If the present results ami conditions arc maintained for a decade, "it m;iy be concluded 'hat the- problem i.s reasonably settled," engineers are completing design plans for the pipeline, and it is likely t h e engineering firm which will build the pipeline will be announced next week. He estimated tenders for construction will be called in about hree weeks, and that actual construction work will begin some inie in May. There probably will be three, ind possibly four, work spreads or-construction, the spokesman aid. At least, one of them will ikely work oui of Prince; George. Details will not be known, however, until the contracts are awarded, Orders are, he said, that all B.C. people must be used on the construction, and wherever possible they are to be hired in the locale where work is being done. IIKI'K'K 11ISRK Asked If Prince George would ;-:ct a hiring office In this respect, the spokesman said it i.s too early to tell. Tint he added there Is reason because of, location to expect the main .spot will be Prince George. "The line doesn't ^o all the way to Vancouver, which means they will have lo have a central location to work from," he said. "And Prince George is us central as any." SIGHT KKSTOKLI) 11EVELSTOKE »CI'-— A 15 year-old girl has been ^iven sijiht in j one eye as the result of a conical from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. The cornea I was supplied through eye-bank facilities. Fulton Charges Bennett Favoring Peace Development KAM LOOPS (CP) — Justice Minister Pulton said here Premier Bennett's questioning oC estimates of the cost of power (from the proposed Columbia River development seems connected With another power project. He said the questlonlii'g seems to be closely related Lo the possible disadvantage lo Lhe Peace River project ensuing from a comparison of Columbia and Peace power cost estimates. In a talk to a joint meeting of men's clubs here, he deplored recommendations for a delay in the ratification of the United States-Canada treaty on the Columbia. The Columbia is Lo be developed by the MA'. Power Commission, the Peace by the Interests of Swedish industrialist Axel YYenner (iron. Mr. Fulton left Vancouver today for Toronto and London where lie will join I'rime .Minister Diofenbaker al the Commonwealth plume ministers conference. The minister, on a short visit io his home constituency, said the B.C. government's questioning of power cost estimates is puzzling because during talks loading td the Columbia agreement with the t'.S. t lie province had agreed lo estimates of four mills or less. Premier Beimel i bus said I he cost of power will be In excess of lour mills. Mr, l'*ullon said claims made recently In Kamloops h.v members of the unemployed council that the Columbia River project would provide little employment were wrong, lie said the iimoutlt n| work that Will be engendered hy the project is enormous, U.S. Interior Secretary Udall Gives Glowing Report on Columbia Benefits BILL TO BREAK RACE BARS MLA Questions Color Bill VICTORIA [Special) — A mi- di.-criiiiinaiion IH0UHUTOH uhuh lil.ikc* It lllcHI.ll tO bill' illl\«'llc from publli .ii L'odonuit Ion on the :;i iiiiih! ol i olol'i I I1C0 01' cl'ccd i c 'ird euiitiu |ji'oi)lcniu In uennln lavi«h rcHorii, ii Soclul Credit Ml,A luhl the l.ci'.i.- lulUt'O >«' ter- \i\ for in- \ low ii.ii Know how d IIJ) i1. U.. .ill UI) have the p KOI'lH llei! nii'di Ilu III! hill hi hei n Inll'i I In I'n iy ii pu forced la op undiy ilu y UIU KOl hluniH which will t him' of the >|i|i'iull have rivaled." !('.Vain•niivi'l1 111 I ¦ 'III J |l.l\ld ll.ll'let' tikl ho did i- ui tins-; m 1)001" lied. ion which . i ol lhe 'lhe, lldd1 bolter re- ureuH and ikhii till pal is all over hln food in st, beniii-e he had bill with iliitccl i ( ('l'd)eudtH'yi s Ml*, I'llcf .s.it wits ii-lnu oil HUl iiidii'n.i' I. .1 lll.lt he Mr I uld it should lured I'1'! yoilIV Int l)UHln i i l>i' Mill e III .ild Mi, II.M it'll, | Mi'i I'riu1 wufl tumidly ci'lUcl* i uUUIny lliut lie imd uiiwu lu»i gull Kdui'.rii'ii Minister LchIIo l'i lei -on. ii) csplulnlny (lie uet, tilted n i ¦ the government's in. (UIIUOU 10 i-rr lls.it minorities IT- t'olvc 'in1 sumo rlslUi a.s ihe itiiijorlty. "I tlinils \vu tan all UKl'MJ I hut ill' crliii lua Hi in ii.i' a di.'iiioi.iii/. ing I'Mi'ii on nil Individual." 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