Geor Doris E. Bechtley 1158 Melville St.. VANCOUVER, B.C. Dec6-57 en An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of CenWaS and Northern British Columbia THE WEATHER Cloudy with sunny periods, a few showers. Little change in temperature, winds light. Low tonight and high tomorow, 48 and 70. Vol. 40; No. 62 Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, August 5, 1957 (Two Sections, 14 Pages) 7c per copy Will She, Won't She Visit B.C. VANCOUVER (CP) � There were denials Sunday from two official sources that word has been received that Princess Margaret will visit B.C. for the centennial next year. - Published reports in Toronto and London said the princess has accepted invitations to visit B.C. and will probably tour a number of other Canadian provinces in 1958. � .' L. J. Wallace, chairman of the B.C. Centennial Committee, said no definite confirmation has been received that Princess Margaret will accept the committee's invitation, issued last year. - He promised it would be announced swiftly if It came. A spokesman for Government House in Victoria, expressed surprise at the published reports and added that no such.word has been received. Co-Ed Fails Straight Swim; Victory Near .VICTORIA (CP) �A .22-year-old California co-ed weighing 1-10 pounds soaked in lanblin Monday failed by less than one mile to become the fourth person to conquer-Juan Ue Fuca.Strait; Young Myra Thompson of San Frahcisco niadc !an exhausting but record-breaking 16-hour.27-ininute attempt in the second Jutiior Chamber of Commerce mass swim between here and the Washington coast. � She started to drift back out tO; sea as She was close'Vnbtfg'n to see people running and shouting along �the Port Angeles* Wash., beach. , She had swum alone for about four hours after outlasting the original 17 competitors � six men and 11; women who started the 18;3-mile assault at noon (PDT) Sunday. Her official time was almost five hours better then the endurance record set by Victoria's Ben Laughren who dropped out hours before under the blistering pace set by Miss Thompson. No . other swimmer besides Laughren and now Miss Thompson has ever lasted in the Straits chilly waters for more than 12 hours. Grauer Cattle Bring $136,000 ; VANCOUVER O) � Buyers from South America, Canada and the United States paid a total of $136,210 for 293 animals from the famed Grauer Holstein cattle herd from adjacent Sea Island Friday and Saturday. Although the figure more than $100,000 kss than expected the average $530 price per lot was the highest of any holstein auction in Canada this year. The sale itself was considerd one of tho blggdst in this country's history. �BRUISED and still in a state of shock today after, being struck by a run vehicle on the Nechako Bridge Saturday is four-year-olcl Terry ,Mc-Master, son of Mr. and Mrs. Murray'.. Me Master, GGG Carney Street,. Terry, who may lse-scarred for life, was still dazed when this picture was taken by a Citizen photographer this morning. Royal Canadian Mounted Police are today: looking for an olive-g?e'|tt!Studebaker half-ton truck which struck Terry and two companions and sped frbrn the seehe. After Being Bitten By Squirrel � A young district woman, in Victoria today believed to being bitten by u squirrel SO two weeks ago. Name of the victim has not been, released by public health authorities. Special anti-rabies treatments arc being administered to her. . According to reports the woman and her husbajixl went for a walk near their Hart Highway dwelling and saw a pair of squirrels behaving in a peculiar manner. They seemed attracted to human company. After the pair returned to their home the woman reached into her closet for' something and was bitten. Later she came to Prince George & Disrtict Hospital and wife of a pilot, is in hospital have contracted rabies after miles north of Prince George Health Unit Office Closes At Burns Lake BURNS LAKE � Office of the Cariboo Health Unit here will be closed until a public healtn nurse is obtained to replace Mrs. Mary McCalum who left July 31. In the meantime, members of the unit in Prince George will visit the area us often aa possible, stated Dr. G. D. Kcttyls, director. Reverend Jenkins Gets Year In Jail A portly, middle-aged Presbyterian minister was sentenced to one year in jail here Saturday morning after he had entered a plea of guilty to a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. Sentenced .was Rev. Robert Annis Jenkins. Jenkins pleaded guilty to obtaining ' $500 from a local bank with a- cheque drawn on a Toron PGE Passengers Take To Busses VANCOUVER (CP) � Passengers on PGE trains were brought here by. bus from Clinton after a freight train derailment blocked the track Sunday. Twelve cars of the freight went off the track" seven miles south of Alta -Lake. No one was injured. The , derailment occurred at about 2&ilc 70 on the PGE track, but Clin/.on is the nearest point aver where a road meets ay line, service was expected to to account* ., . , . Hp is rector of St. Andrew's Presbyterian-Lutheran Church. 587 Harper Street. His defence counsel was Ronald S. Munro. Jenkins, who came to Prince George nearly five years ago, has been remanded on a second charge, that of uttering a forged document. He has entered a plea of not guilty. The. minister was arrested on the first count on May 30 and was, released on $500 bail. He was re-arrested June 29 on the second charge and lias been in jail awaiting trail since that date. - Jenkins is 55 years old. He used the degrees Ph.D; and doctor' of science'after his name. recounted her experience. Vaccine was flown here from Vancouver so that treatment could commence immediately. The squirrel had ben beaten to death but was recovered by the health authorities who forwarded it to Vancouver for laboratory examination. Tests to determine whether or not the squirrel was a. victim of the dread disease will take approximately two weeks. -.-Dr..-G.- D. Kettyle, � director of the Cariboo Health Unit here, said preliminary examination of the animal in Vancouver has aroused "a strong suspicion" that it carried the disease: If the preliminary diagnosis is correct the case will be the most southern in British Columbia so far. Dr. Kcttyls said that the main source of rabbles in Canada is the wildlife population. He warned that all animals suffering from the disease behave in a strange manner. "A rabid animal will seek human company rather than avoid it, and will appear ill and very aggressive," he said. Once rabbios .has advanced to a certain degree in humans or animals death is bound to follow. If it is confirmed that the squirrel was a victim of rabbles, special regulations may be imposed by the fcdral government here in an effort to prevent spread of the disease further south. Annexation Bylaw With City Lawyers Bylaw approved by Prince George voters last Wednesday is now in the hands of city solicitors before being forwarded :to the provincial government. City Hall spokesman said at the weekend that the bylaw( should be readied and in. the hands of the provincial, secretary before the end of August. Voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum which called for approximately 4000 acres to be added to the city limits. Its acceptance also paves the way for a low-cost housing development and new industrial sites on the outskirts of the city. Passenger Delayed As Freight Derailed Derailment of a freight a short distance east of Vanderhoof on Sunday delayed the arrival of a CNR passenger train in Prince George by seven hours. The freight train ploughed through a switch which may have been tampered with by some children who were seen playing in the vicinity earlier. No injuries were sustained. The eaStbound passenger train was held in Vanderhoof and passengers were served dinner there. The train arrived in Prince George at 11.30 p.m. on Friday. A special crane was brought from Prince Rupert to clear the line. Police Seek Vehicle Three Truck First It Was B & K, Then It Was K & B, Now B May Go BELGRADE (REUTERS) �A strong possibility exists that Nikolai Bulganin, Soviet prime minister for the last 2V� years, will lose his post in the near future, informed sources said Sunday. The sources pointed to, the fact that Bulganin was dropped from a Soviet-delegation due to visit East Germany next Wednesday. The sources, who keep in close touch with Soviet affairs, said it seemed probable the Soviet prime minister changed sides in the June clash between Soviet communist party leader Nikita Khrushchev and the Malenkov group. Although Soviet experts never regarded Bulganin as a strong political personality, he has been intimately associated with Khrushchev in public life since 1955. It appears Bulganin has been shifted somewhat to the background in the last few weeks, although he accompanied Khrushchev on a visit to Czechoslovakia last month. The Soviet prime minister failed to. take part in talks in Mos-wm-two. weeks ago between*-So-1 ,viet land Italian cbirnintnist party" delegations. He. was,again absent when Khrushchev . conferred in secret with President Tito of Yugoslavia in Romania. Ex-Wrestler Named Liberal Candidate WILLIAMS LAKE (CP) � Felix Kohnke, unsuccessful Liberal candidate for Cariboo in the 15)56 provincial election and a former profession wrestler, Saturday was nominated to fight the forthcoming legislature by-election in the riding. He was tfie only person presented for nomination at a convention attended by Liberals from every part of the constituency. No date has yet been set for the election to fill the vacancy created by death of agriculture minister Ralph Chetwynd. Officers elected for the Liberal Association were H. Lee Skip, Williams Lake, president; Clarence Fuller, Quesnel, and Angus McLean, Wells, vice presidents; Mrs. A. Kallaur, Williams Lake, secretary-treasurer. Reds To Blame If London Talks LONDON (AP) � Hopes of keeping the disarmament talks alive grew among western diplomats here Sunday night. They emphasized that responsibility for any breakdown would rest solely with the Russians. There was a wide feeling that the appearance of John Foster Dulles before the United Nations Disarmament Subcommittee here last week gave the talks a decided lift, at least in the western camp. Spirits of western negotiators were not damped by Moscow Radio's harsh criticism of the new allied "open skies" inspection proposals, desgined to prevent a sneak nuclear attack. British diplomatic sources admitted there seemed slim chance the Russians would accept the proposal to open all of the Soviet Union, United States, Canada, and most of Europe to air and ground Inspection. Soviet disarmament delegate Valerian Zorin protested the plan did not cover Iceland and North Africa where the U.S. has air bases. The western allies are clearly more united now in approach to disarmament than they have been at any time since the current series of talks began six months ago. Meanwhile, Dulles flew home to Washington Saturday and challenged Russia to join the west in lessening the danger of an atomic war. Dulles went directly to the White House to report to President Eisenhower. He was able to report, according to information in dipjomatic quarters, that the western allies concurred in the plan he presented to Russia. In an airport statment Dulles said "it is now up to the Soviet Union to respond." "If the Soviet Union accepts these propbsals," he said, "and if the necssary details are worked but, the risk Of surprise attack will be greatly diminished." Queen Mother Honored On 57th Birthday SANDR1NGHAM (AP) � The Queen Mother was 57 years old Sunday. She observed the anniversary quietly with Princess Margaret on the royal family's San- estate. . Injured As Hits, Runs Four-Year-Old Left Crumpled On Bridge Grim tragedy stalked the narrow Nechako River bridge Saturday when three young, play-loving boys missed death by a hairsbreadth. Royal Canadian Mounted Police have launched an intensive search for a green Studebaker pickup truck throughout the central interior part of the province. The truck slammed the boys against the guard rail of the bridge, stopped momentarily and then sped off into Prince George, an eyewitness stated. The frightening, near-fatality took place when the trio waa peering over the guard rail looking into the river below. A light green pickup truck entered the bridge from the north approach. It struck the boys when passing them. Rushed to hospital for emergency treatment were Terry Mac-Master, 4, GGO Carney, Dennis Shield, 8, 732 Carney and Walter Evanehuk, 10, 755 Burden. All were later released. Most seriously injured was Terry MacMaster. He suffered a badly bruised and lacerated face and had a front tooth knocked out. The other two were injured on the hips and arms. Little Terry, still morose and shocked over the mishap, couldn't recount the events leading up to it. today. His face is badly scarred, his cheeks are swollen and the painful injuries have left him in agony. The boys had planned to go on a picnic in the Central Fort George area early Saturday morning but later deckled to visit the bridge antt^wateli tfor -a salmon run......��-����*- ��---.-..-.--' �^-^�,-.;. Walter .ICvanchuk told police that the vehicle was a fast-moving, light green pickup truck which sped over the narrow crossing. City lumberman. Dehuar Lamb took them to hospital after he found them injured and crying for help. The young adventurers clung to the wood railing when they saw the truck approaching. Walter and Dennis "put their arms around Terry to hold him out of the path of the truck and tight against the rail. Nechako bridge has been tho scene of serious accidents far many years. The narrow crossing Iocs not permit two trucks to pass on it. Numerous automobile accidents have occurred on tho bridge path and on its approaches. Pedestrians have to cling to the guard, rails when a vehicle approaches to avoid being struck. Mrs. Anne MacMaster, iTerry's mother, fears the boy may have a permanent facial scar. There are four children in the family. Terry is the second eldest. "He is so sore that he can't open Ills mouth to talk," his mother said. "We tried to have his back teeth examined for injury but his jaws arc stiff with painful swelling." Terry was x-rayed at hospital for other injuries. His companions were bandaged and returned to their homes. � In other accidents, three men were injured Friday when a late model car careened over a 20-foot embankment south o[; here on Ike^^cttiweliighwiiy' " Taken to Prince George Hospital by ambulance were Louis Van Buskirk, Victor Odeorn and Alvia Olson. Odeorn and Olson havo been released from hospital but Van Buskirk remains in only fair condition. Vehicle in which the trio was riding went off the road near Hix-on, 35 miles south of Prince George. Mishap occurred about 9 p.m. Fiday. RCMP said that section of tho (See THREE INJURED, Page 3) ! Williston, Morrison In Top-Level Talks A. lengthy discussion touching upon the two most important isues facing Prince George is taking place between Lands & Forests Minister Ray Williston and Mayor John Morrison today.. During a brief interruption of the confe re nee this morning Mayor John Morrison stated that the gas distribution case and annexation will be the main topics for discussion. A Public "utilities Commission gas hearing opens here tomorrow. Mayor Morrison said it js unlikely that any announcement will be made at the conclusion of today's talks. On annexation Mr. Williston will probably be sounded out on whether or not the government will block the move to expand the city westwards and southwards by approximately 4000 acres. Terrace Man Dies In Mercy Plane VANCOUVER (CPl � A man being flown here from Terrace for treatment of a broken neck died' on the plane 40 minutes before it landed Saturday night. He was identified as Albert Doust, 00, a native Indian of Hazel ton. Doust was Injured late in July when his wagon overturned near his home. His wife, Helen, was killed in the accident. WHILE RETURNING FROM an assignment on Ness Lake Road a Citizen reporter noticed a car 75 feet down a ravine beside the road. The car had evidently rolled over several times as the roof was badly crushed, hood missing and all glass broken out and scattered for 50 feet. On checking with the local authorities it was discovered that the '51 Buick was reported stolen from a local hotel parking lot at 2:30 p.m. Friday by Harold Sparks of 1184 Third. _.