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 37, No. 99
(Three Sec^ons)
Prince Georgo, B.C., THURSDAY, December 16, 1954
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falls From Tractor, [hokerman Loses Leg
n-mrs   amputated   the   leg  of vear-old sawmill  chokerman !,,-,.  Tuesday  after   he   had . ^ rioiisly  injured   in an  a'c-.�   involving  a  crawler  trac-
,id   condition    in    Prim 0
 v   District  Hospital  today
 posypan'ka, an employee
e George Sawmills since
rika was part  of a crew  ,i> cleaning up a few lo^s a  recent  sak' near Six u   The mill  was not op-
lav's   work � was	fin	shed
t-s'panka    was on	his	way
i;iinp. t\inn  to reports	ie t	ot   a
t company bulk	ozer	and
froiii  its seat.		
� l;   was   drawn	into	the
in  spite  of  the	act	that
�ator stopped the	machine	
immediately.		
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Police Comb City For Baffled Thief
\  warning   to   Prince   Georg*
mvi-'iv. licl'S   tO   lock    their   (loOlf
: hifjht,   especially '�iuring   tin ..::'-: holiday .period, came fron ,.;.,�,� this morning following air I xciting   incident   last    night   at :v home of a  well   Known  city-oui'it;. Mr. ;mtl Mi's. l'*i'ic Bateson were,
Ijslcep m a suite at   the  rear'of WriL'hi-Way Cleaners. Victoria S'. ; iml-Second Ave.. when Mi'. tJa-fd-H .01! was disturbed about 10 o'clock j |ty a noise.
i\#  to   the   kitchen,   Mr. I.Bateson   found   a   large,   roughly, �,si!il    man    standing    in    the ' '�!'h.o  intruder   refused   to \ ve until Mr. Bateson produced � �shot-gun  and   thr&r.tened   him. He llicn left by the rear door and \ disappeared   down    Second    Avenue.
Mr. Itatoson summoned the police and accompanied them, on j fruitless search of  the area.
The hunt   for  the   bold  would-Ibeihlef is continuing  today.
He was described as weighing about 1D0 pounds, hatless, and iiaWiih' blonde hair.
A multi-million dollar agreement between three gas companies in Tulsa, Oklahoma, late Monday will bring a $100,-000,000 pipeline through Prince George late next year.
Ths natural gas l:ne is the one proposed by Westcoast Transmission Company two years ago and sidetracked tfvs j year by an adverse, decision of the United States Federal Posver Commission.
Westcoast will 'be a participant in the tri-pcrt.te deal which includes the two companies wh.ch successfully opposed the Canadian company before the FP-C
Immediate results will be:
1.     Construction  of  a  $100,000,000 gas   pipeline   from the Dawson Creek area, through Prince George,  to Sumas on the U.S.-EC   border.
2.     Speed-up  in the plans of at  least two companies to present gas distribution franchise proposals to Prince George.
3.     Early  start  on  a  $100,000  gas  distribution  system here affsr franchise formalities have been concluded.
4.     Probable  initial  delivery of  natural    gas    to    Prnica George homes, stores and factories late in  1955
5.. Speed-up in construction of the Pacific Great Eastern extension from Prince George to the Peace River area as a result of "expanding industrialization along the pipeline route.
6.     A sharp increase in exploration spending  in  the gas' and oil-rich areas of the Peace River.
First word that, the two disput ing gas interests had reached � deal   fame   in   an   official   release
Recaptured Convict faces Seven Charges
VANCOUVER,   Dec.   1(>  � Ita9'
Interest Cost 1 Firm $20 Million
Tangle In Spectacular Mishap
A power"shovel operater and three bystanders were miraculously unscathed yesterday in an industrial accident involving, three machines estimated at around $2000.   .
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Heavy Sentences
Cariboo   holdup,   men    William j Walker. 20, and M'mile Fillatrauit, |
VANCOUVER, Dec. 1G (CP) � Signing'of two $10,000,000 cheques vherc \V(..||nesilay heralded the eh-W*X ll-ayonier Inc. into the Can-9'Jiun pulp and paper industry.
The- cheques;  signed   by  Clyde
"� ^"ii;an. gave Hnyonier an  SO
Percent  interest in'Alaska  Pine
an'l Cellulose Company. Mr. Mor-
Ean becomes   chairman   of   the
aid of directors of Alaska Pine.
10 ' s- cellulose firm bought   10
r "'in   control  from   both   the
�oernor interests of  Vancouver
<] Abittbi Power and Paper Co.
The accident took place late yesterday afternoon at the* roar of.the Victoria Street premises, of ('entral Sand ,v (1 ravel Ltd.
Damaged in the accident was n large power shovel, a truck and a  ready-mix concrete unit.
_ Today the three machines avc a taiigie of twisted steel as the company awaits the inspection of insurance adjusters before commencing salvage  operations.
F. G. Hewlett, a principal i,i �the -firm, was an eyewitness to the accident.
He said the operation which led up to the tangle of equipment consisted of removing a G000 pound cement mixer from the rear of a truck and setting it on the ground. The job had been -done by the company several  times before.
Working in a fairly confined space,   the   shovel,   operated   by
Off The Wires Today
(Canadian Press, Thursday,  December   16,   1954)
CNR  Brakeman Crushed_Jp  Death At Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK�George    Vass,   55-year-old  Vancouver   brokcnYan  : on
tnc ConadiQn Nafiona,   RaJ|WQys speed  frcight, was found dead here Wed- j hmlse on First  Avenue. """'ay, crushed  between  an  empty   boxcar  and  a  load.ng   platform.   Vass,
Reg Koot. hoisted the mixer off the truck and was swinging it to one side when one corner of the ponderous load caught' on the truck cab.
Suddenly the tracks of the jhovel started' to slip on the ice and the mixer fell on the front part of the truck.) As the load came off the shovel boom it whipped to one side and the big machine' toppled  sideways.
Foot was thrown to the ground as the boom went .back over the body of the shovel, crumping metal in it's path,
Mr. Hewlett said following the accident that the shovel must have stai'led slipping on the ice before the operator realized what was happening.
The accident c'amo only a half hour before "the company closed down operations  for the winter.
Only a day previously the same power shovel had hoisted a 90-foot smokestack into place, at the new provincial jail a mile east of the city; and a few days before that it had been used to hang steel girders   at   the   new   city   power
21, both of Vancouver, were eaVh I sentenced to a total of six years'I
I imprisonment  at  Clinton  Monday.
�by Judge,. Henry Castillou.              j
The two men had pleaded guilty to   a   charge   of   armed   robbery!
j with violence on November f6 at
j"50  Mile   House,  and   they elected to'go for a speedy trial. The men were arrested after a
i "tiii-off"  from   Lone  finite in an-
iswt-r to a broadcast- description of them   which   followed   an   armed
I hold-up of a service station. The   bandit
they held up a i
coast traveller who had given them a lift. They took the-traveller's car, some clothing and a rifle, then held up the .v.i Mile House service station, and -after binding the Occupants to chairs, raided the premises and escaped �with about $70.
1UWIP closed the area with road blocks as soon as news of the holdup became known. Search parties were sent out to look for
Office Girl Fools Jovial Victoria Thug
VICTORIA, Dec. l(i (CP) � A thief.�brimming with the Christ? mas spirit, held up a finance company with an air pistol here Wednesday and escaped with $2.')0�missing another $5.00.
Per Sivertsoh, 27-year-old employee, said the man walked into the office-, fired a high-powered pellet irun at him and demanded money. The. slug passed between Sivertson's  arm and  body.
He took $230 and ordered a girl to show him the sale�she did. one-containing papers. He .missed another one with $500.
He left, � wishing everyone ".Merry Christinas."
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George	businessmen.					
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I-'PC approval, ead,   the   market   was  giveii
l-'ish interests in spite of .i :>ast contention that they lied insufficient gas to sup-
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Here Says Chairman Crosby
Pipeline Could Spur Power Program
Possibility of gas turbine- power generation here from fuel supplied by Westcoast Transmission Company and its affiliates will have no bearing on British Columbia Power Commission plans to develop a Prince Georg-s hydro source, commission chairman T. H. Crosby- told The Citizen in a longdistance telephone calPyesterday.
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Mr.   Crosby  said,   in   fact,  that.',,,,.   (.umniissio|1 the availability of natural gas here .quate power."
should   accelerate   hydro  develop-}     Ht, said Wls  tllri)ill(. generation nienfb�.caus(. it will act a< a spui',^,,,,1,1    ,�,,     ll(,    cansidered     for
td greater industrialization of thi Prince George area.
The    power   commission n^an told The Citizen that the announcement of a natural gas pipeline '"adds to the responsibility of
Big Capital Outlay For City Gas Lines
After  long-distance   telephone  conversations  'frith  a  top Inland  Natural  Gas  Company official  since Monday,  Mayor  first   made   their (Gordon Bryant announced this morning that, instalaltion of an ^^^^                                                       9os distribution system" here will involve the
 expenditure of from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000.
The mayor said -that .gas company officials believe a distribution system can be in operation in the city by late next year when natural   gas   becomes  available. .
"While we cannot overlook the industrial 'potentialities which the advent of natural gas will-stimu-
clean
heat."
In
am
adequate    source    oi
the men. They were arrested by | late,"'- said the mayor, "we should police 'M\ hours after the crime.' not lose sight of the fact that near the Union Kesort, Lone householders" and businessmen Unite, where they had spent the are going nvenjoy something very -.night.-
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B. C. Fishermen Net  101,000 Tons of  Herring
VANCOUVER�One   of  the   largest  catches  in  six   years  was   .in    the s of  B.C.'s herring   fleet Wednesday as  76 vessels  headed   for  port  to tokc Q Christmas break.
Smithers Endorses Water  Fluoridation
, SMITH KKS�Voters approved 'fluoridation of �communal water i supply by a  wjde  majority  at. a
Clergy Protest Sunday Concert
Af'
'    �         l    c �      n;,tLrn j plebiscite    held     in    conjunction ntinue   fishing  until   Feb.   5  in  soui.nern { ^.( h  ^ (,jvk,  c>lpctio,is
cr a  rest, the   fleet will  continue   fishing
��� and March  10 in northern waters. The fleet has already boated  101,-^ �f herring.   ..                                   _         ,;                             ________
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CHTLLIWACK�A   19-ycar-old   resident  of, Katz   Indian   Reserve    near *'                                                Wdd       ^[of^�fjc:
cobin
was in fair condition in hospital here Wednesday  r shooting.  Shot  when, a girl  tripped ovej' a  rdlq  lee
coid the
VqII wqS Donald John. The jar fired the ,..��- -. fcull^t Passed through the door of the-cobin-and struck John, standing out
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