Doris S. Bechtley 1158 Melville St. VANCOUVER, B.C. Dec6-57 en Ah Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of Cenfraf and Northern British Columbia THE WEATHER Sunny, little change in temperature. Winds light. Low tonight and high tomorrow 30 and .65. Vol. 40; No. 68 Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, August 26, 1957 (2 Sections, 12 Pages) 7c per copy 8 Hurt In 2-Car Smash Six members of a Prince George family were injured in a motor vehicle accident on the Northern Trans Provincial Highway west of here late Saturday. Tlwy were among eight persons who were rushed to hospital in an ambulance and private vehicles following the two-car collision. Injured Were Artlicr St. Am-and, 58, ami relatives Lorcttu, 53, Pauline, 14, Peggy, 3!J. lion-aid, 10, and llogcr, 7. Passengers in the second car involved in in the crash who required medical treatment were I'at Goycr and Frances Goyer, both of 1935 Upland Street. Royal Canadian Mounted Police have identified the drivers of the two cars as George Talkington and Gilbert- St. Amand, both of this city. Neither were hurt. Passengers in both vehicles suffered abrasions, cuts and bruises to their legs and heads. They were all released from hospital within a few hours after admission. Mishap'oceured shortly before 7 p.m, .Saturday at the Blackwatcr Jtoad lunioff, about 12 miles west of here./rhe collision took place on the recently-opened relocated section of the road. Total of $.1000 damage was In-fflicted on both vehicles. Police have laid no charges i\i connection with the incident. Meanwhile, U.S. Air force Sgt. L. .1. Glavin reported to KGkMP here today that a car he left parked Saturday evening at the bottom of the Mud River hill was struck by a hit and run vehicle. Sgt. Glavin said about $100 damage was done to the-parked car. Police are searching for the vehicle which fled from the scene. Board Bound For Capital Hospital authorities here will go to Victoria sometime next month to participate in discussions ddsigned to remove final problems that stand in the way of construction of the new Prince George & District Hospital. A delegation that will engage In talks with British Columbia Hospital Insurance Commission offlcals will include hospital ad-miiistrator Bruce Thomson, board chairman \V. D. Ferry, building committee head, John Powers and finance committee chairman Alex Bowie. The delegation will seek approval of the board's prc-construc-tion budget and of the heating system plained for the close to $2,500,000 hbsplia'l. Once these obstacles arc overcome, the way will be clear for tenders to be called starting Nov. ember 1. Working drawings are expected to be complete by sometime in October, Tentative target date for the occupation or the hospital is sometime in the late fall of 1950. Only other formality to bo com-ploird is fha drafting of n hylfnv by the Hospital Improvement District for the district's grant of $650,000 toward construction costs. City of Prince George has already passed a bylaw for asi equal amount for its share of the cost of the building. The district grant was delayed by the hospitaUzatiqn of district negotiator C. O. Albins who is. at present undergoing treatment J� a Vancouver hospital. However 31r. Albins had assured the hospital board that authorization will be granted by the time the delegation heads for Victoria about September 20. "DAISIES NEVER TELL" might be what four-year-old Robbie Watt, 551 Watrous Street is telling his friend Colleen Hammond, 5, 203(5 Fourth Avenue, when the two discovered a field of the flowers growing wild on the banks of the Nechako River. The youngsters, children of Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Watt and Mr. and Mrs. T.'F. Hammond, discovered what many Prince George residents may not know, that the city and surrounding district is blessed with an abundance of wild flowers. There are at least a half dozen varieties of wild daisies within walking distance of the city as well as wild hyacinth, spiria, bluebells,. Indian paint brush? ladysliftpers^ind violets in/ season;. Record 15,000 To Attend Lavish, Colorful Fall Fair Spotlight will be on Prince George next week-end with the opening of the forty-second annual fall fair combined with a series of other community activities. Close to 15,000 � persons are expected to attend the gala program of fair activities at the fall fair building and grounds. Exhibitors from all points throughout northern B.C. have shown Interest in the event and will be bringing .displays hera for the occision.; OFFICIAL OPENING is set for Saturday at - p.m. Full card1 of featured activities begins the same afternoon and continues through to the late evening. Monday, the iast day of tho fete, will be a repeat of the attractive features which opened Saturday. Friday is mainly an occasion' for exhibitors to bring their entries to the show. Coinciding with the fair will 1)0 the North central B.C. open golf tournament which will ba held at the Prince George Golf and Country Club September 3 and 2. Entries from Quesnel and Williams Lake are scheduled to pari-cipate in the 116-hole event. Eight-teen holes will be played each day of the tournament^ Swimming meet at the municipal swimming pool will take place at. 2 p.m. Sunday. There are1 many classes which still need entries. Information^ may be obtained from pool manager Steve Zingle. Prizes will bo passes to the Sec FALL FAIR pacjo 8) Pro-Cons Here Prepare lor General Election Prince George members of the Cariboo Progressive Conservative Association have been cautioned to prepare for a federal general election next spring. Cecil Holms, federal organizer for British Columbia, told a meeting of party- followers here last week that "certain signs" indicate that an election will be held either in April, May or June of next year. He predicted that the government will introduce a "harmless" series of legislation during the Nurses Win $15 Wage Boost Wage agreement granting Prince George nurses a basic salary increase of $15 per month will likely be signed tonight by the personnel committee of the Prince George & District Hospital Society. The increase, already approved by hospital trustees, will provide nurses with a basic salary of $250 a month. Previous basic wage was $235. With the addition of $10 increments for some, Prince George nursing staff will be as well paid as any in the province. The agreement ends almost nine months' of negotiations, since bargaining began last November. fall session but that sometime during the spring session leglis-Iatibn will be brought forward that will be designed to bring about the defeat of the government thus paving the way for an election. "We must be prepared for a snap election," he warned the meeting. Acting upon his advice the meeting set about to lay plans for a nominating convention to be held late next month, subject to the approval of the provincial executive. At the meeting held at the home of Jimmy James, Mr. Holms reported that Progressive-Conservative divisions have been formed at Dawson Creek and at Quesnel since the general election in June. Among other matters on the agenda, the association announced plans for a membership drive to lie conducted between now and September 10. Named to the membership committee were Mrs. Betty Jordon and John A. Coates. Pilot Saved By RCAF Rescue SECHELT, B.C. (CPI � The pilot of one plane was pulled unconscious from the waters of Georgia Strait as another limped back to Vancouver with part of its wing damaged Saturday. An airforce medical team was flown here to treat the injured pilot, who was pulled from his Cessna 180 after it plunged into the strait near Taylor Island! The pilot's name was not known. The RCAF rescue centre in Vancouver said the two planes, both owned by B.C. Airlines, were apparently flying low over the water when the Cessna suddenly dropped. They did not say whether the aircraft collided. HE1KS SEEK I'KOKATION Heirs arc asking that a Burns Lake man be presumed dead, Id allow probation of his $(j,573 estate. Mr. Justice T. W. Brown in Supreme Court chambers at Vancouver granted the order fixing John Alto'; date of death as July 21, in 1054, provided the area's game warden confirms that Alto has not been seen since then. FIRST FROST HITS CROPS Scale To Be Installed On Hart Highway A heavy-duty weight scale that wil save thousands of dollars in maintenance costs on the Hart Highway will be installed before winter. Department of Highways official said' today that it will be installed about three miles north of here on the first curve south of Frenchie's Service Station to check axle weights on transport trucks. Estimate of the cost of the project was not available. However, it will save thousands of dollars in road maintenance costs by deterring over-loaded freight and lumber trucks from using the highway. Project will include a concrete pit to house scale equipment and residence facilities for the operator. Scale is expected to operate on a year-round basis, like others on highways throughout B.C. and Canada. It will check the gross axle weights of the vehicles. Trucks travelling both north and south will be required to stop at the weighing station.- Weekend Accidents rake Eight Lives Eight persons died accidentally hr' .British Columbia during the weekend. , Mr. and Mrs. George Hyt and their two sons, of Lethbridgc, Al-ta., were killed late Friday when their light plane crashed on a mountain ridge seven miles northeast of Pcnticton. They had been returning home from a holiday in Vancouver. On the Hope-Princeton Highway, 41 miles west of Penticton, 7'1-yoar-old Jonathan Carter of Hedley was fatally hurl Saturday when his motorcycle collided with another vehicle. William Francis Clark, IS, of Salmo, died Saturday night after being struck by a car, 25 miles east of Trail. Friday, John Joseph Hubburd was killed by a car backing ovit of a driveway in Langlcy, and 12-year-old Monica Darwell was drowned while swimming near Vernon. 20 More Beds In New Hospital Ward At least 20 new beds will be made available when the new women's ward at Prince George & District Hospital is officially opened at the end of the mouth. Hospital trustees were informed last week that completion of the wing will be right on schedule but that a lack of furniture such as bedside tables may cause a temporary inconvenience. Upon the recommendation of the Women's Auxiliary visitors to the hospital will enter the new ward via a separate entrance on the south side of the building-, eliminating traffic through the maternity ward. Human Race Endangered By Nuclear Bomb Tests WASHINGTON (AP) � A congressional 'atomic energy committee suggested cautiously Sunday that long-time continuance of nuclear testing might endanger the world's population. This opinion was expressed in a "summary analysis" by a Senate-House of Representatives committee of testimony it received last May and June at hearings on fall-out�the radioactive particles which gradually fall to earth after being thrown into the air by atomic explosions. The committee said There is no such thing as an absolutely 'clean' weapon" but that much can be done to control the amount of radioactivity produced in a nuclear explosion. Whether a "clean" weapon� one without fallout�could'be pro- duced was a topic of brisk controversy during the hearings. , Elsewhere in the world a group of scientists have predicted that the limit of safety for the human race will be reached by 1970 if the amount of nuclear fall-out continues at the present rate. According to the experts nuclear fall-out is falling on the earth at the rate of 10 million tons a year as the result of nuclear bomb tests being carried out by the United States, Great Britain and Russia. The scientists state that "the safe limit" for humans from such tests is shortening. City Shivers As Mercury Dips To New August Low First frost of the season hit Prince George gardens and field crops early this morning with devastating sud- den ess. It blackened colorful beds and many luscious blooms being prepared for the Fall Fair were ruined. It damaged grain crops that were just at the peak of the ripening season. It--started motorists thinking about putting anti-freeze in their car l'adiators for the winter. AGRICUI/rimiSTS report that the damage was not severe throughout the entire area but some low-lying districts such as Tabor Creek were seriously hit by the cold temperature. Worst fears "were realized early today when residents awoke to find a thin layer of ice atop small pools of water. Temperature dropped to 20.1 above at the Department of Transport weather offices at the Prince George > Airport. In downtown Prince George the mercury dipped to 31 above. Weathermen said that last night's freeze-up actually came three days behind the average dale for the first summer frost. FIRST FROST usually hits the area on August 24. Earliest has been on July 24. Freezing temperaturpa hit the city and surrounding districts between 4 and 8 a.m. today. The mercury sunk to its lowest after 6 a.m. This is the coldest August 2G on record, the weatherman reported. . 'Officials predicated frost Within the next month and" admitted that last night's near-Arctic blow was unexpected. Dominion Experimental Station at Pineview reported today that a large potato field was damaged und damage to grain crop? will probably be shown later today. "We will have to wait a lew more hours yet before we will be able to assess the real situation," said deputy superintendent Bruce Macdonald. He feared that some grains, now in the late dough stage, might show some damage later today or tomorow. Area south of here was comparatively fog-free and the sunshine was warming the cold, wet district shortly after 6 o'clock. Among the most seriously damaged vegetables were beans, pumpkins and. tomatoes. "Mike" Pearson Writes For Citizen 'Starting today, The Citizen will publish (ho firstexclusive article to ;i|>|�<#;ir throughout Canada in a regular weekly series peri-scoping world affairs, . hot spots and eold, written' l�y Canada's veteran international stillcsm.in (li|�li>m;it, lister II. "Mike" Pearson, MI' and former Minister of External Affairs, From the vast storehouse or his neriiohal "fciioivljMge of the world and Ills aeqiiafntanco with their leaders, Mr. Pearson will draw authentic and authoritative material for his weekly writings. Focussing on international events and their iiuplhutions to the world at large, and- the, western nations in particular, lie will analyse and interpret these events objectively for the people of Canada. Kacii week lie will cover a timely and topical supjeet sele. vied for its current interest from the major events of tiho week. As the series continue*! he will discuss ninny of the important international pro-leins which plague 111,111k hid. For Mr. Pearson's first analysis of the middle-euKst situation turn to page 2. Mayor, Parks Board Seek Information On Plane Base A move to have the air cleared over the development of the Hudson's Bay slough as a seaplane base was taken last -week by the mayor and parks board. Mayor John Morrison has written to the federal Department of Transport requesting plans for the proposed development at the site. Parks Board lias also decided to write a letter to the depart- Aerial Surveys Not Practical Says Kiernan VICTORIA � Wines Minister Kenneth Kiernan said at the week-end that Jarge-scale aerial surveys of B.C. mineral resources would be "economically impractical." lie was commenting on a charge from mining authority Franc R. Joubin that B.C. is in danger of wiping itself off the mining map by not undertaking necessary aerial geophysical surveys. "B.C.'s mountainous terrain doesn't lend itself to successful surveys but we have done some limited aerial magnetometer work," Mr. Kiernan stated. He added that the rate of exploration and discovery in B.C. today is "actually very substantial." He thought prospectors have plenty of incentive from such developments as the government's grubstaking program. inent, wanting to know Iioav long a lease would be required on lands adjoining the South Fort George Park. South Fort George park was officially dedicated to the city of Prince George by a special order-in-council passed by the provincial government in I'jfiO. The Hoard will seek information from the city solicitor regarding the legality of leasing dedicated park lands for this purpose. The slough will be dredged, a causeway built and considerable excavation work will have to be done in the area if a suitable seaplane base is to be established. Present South Fort George launching area is totally inadequate for the number of seaplanes which wish to use it. Poor wharf facilities, along with the unprotected mooring site which threatens pontoons with being struck by driftwood, discourages pilots and commercial airlines. Two Dead In Murder-Suicide VICTORIA (CB � A man and woman were found shot to death in a Victoria home Sunday morning. Police said they believe it was a murder-suicide. Detective Sergeant L. Callan of city police said the bodies were found in a James* Bay home at 9 a.m. They were identilled as Mrs. V. G. Hallier, 47, and Julian Tom-kowicz, 52.