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Vol.   1;  No.  56
Prince  George,  B.C.,  THURSDAY,  November 21,  1957
(2 Sections  12  Pages)
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Counsel for deposed city building inspector E. S. Howarth said in the Supreme Court of B.C. here today two members of city council were disqualified from voting on the dismissal "by reason of bias."
John Coates, Howarth's counsel, appeared before Mr. Justice .]. O. Wilson at 10:130 a.m. in an effort to obtain a writ of Certiorari which will bring the issue of the dismissal from the jurisdiction of city council into the hands of the Supreme Court.
Mr. Coates named two city council   members.  Aid.   Charles
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Special to The Citizen
PRIDE OF GISCOME today is.LG-yem-o'ld .lames Roth, right, who was presented last night with a plaque from the Royal Canadian Humane Association for his "heroic action." S/Sgt. M. N. MacAlpi ne made the presentation at ti testimonial ceremony last night in Giscome High'School. Young Roth risked his life in a fruitless effort to save Colcne Adams who drowned last May in  May Creek.
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CHICAGO o> only just managed to save hit own life in a struggle against an overpowering current.
The parents of the decease! child, Mr. and Mrs. Colin Adairu attended the ceremony. Roth i> the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. H Roth, Giscome.
E. Cranston and Mayor John R. Morrison "in voting upon the dismissal were disqualified by reason of bias."
He also argued that council "acted without jurisdiction in dismissing the applicant (How-arth)."
"The said council dismissed the applicant without giving him . . . sufficient opportunity to present evidence and make application. NO IXQLIKV
"The council failed to make an inquiry in public into the charge against the applicant (Howarth) as they were required to do under the provisions of the said Municipal  Act.
"The: council, in dismissing the applicant, acted in such a manner as to deny the applicant natural  justice.
Coates also entered two. affidavits   with   appended   exhibits.
Counsel for Hie city, H. B. King, said the council acted in an administrative and not judicial capacity when considering the dismissal.
The case was adjourned at 12:15 p.m. today so that Mr. Justice Wilson could study the evidence.
VANCOUVER (CT) � ,\ boy was shot in the hand in adjacent Burnaby Wednesday by a mysterious marksman, the fifth victim of shootings in the Bitrna-by district in the last two weeks.
Wayne Johnson, 1G, who came here from Prince George six weeks, was walking along a toad near Burnaby Lake when a bullet tore into his left hand. Police said the bullet was fired from a bush but they were unable to find the person who fired it.
Press Conference
LONDON (AP) � The Daily Herald says today Prince Philip wil make history by holding a press conference in Buckingham Palace in February;
VANCOUVER (CP) � The cases of John Tymo and John 'Llstone Scott, both of Prince George, charged with narcotics trafficking are expected to go to the jury late today.
Thomas Dixon, Vancouver drug squad delect ivc. testified Wednesday he and fellow detectives raided a Burnaby motel July 13 and found Scott in the bathroom apparently trying to dispose of some wnlte powder in the toilet,
An analyst testified the powder was more than an ounce of heroin, worth at least $5,000 on Iho illicit �market.
CAXIMIMTK for election to the office of school trustee for the City of Prince George is B.C. Forest Service radio operator Jack Rhodes. President or the Ratepayers' Association, Rhodes was an unsuccessful candidate last year when he ran for office on the parks board.
NEWARK, N.^'(AP) � "Oh, 1 can .see the,.light."
It. was In these words that a woman blind for 18 years described her reaction to a new electronic device, her surgeons said.
The woman, Miss Betty Cor-itorphine, il5, underwent a series of test In Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Anglese, last month using a crude "radar" set connected to wires in her >rain.
Readied at her home bore Wednesday, she said:
"I saw flashes, at one time a bright flash like an electric light blub, and at another time a greyness as though a light had just gone out."
Dr. John C. Button said the test showed that brain cells did not atrophy like unused muscle cells but could be stimulated.
The larj;e departmentalized schools have as much trouble giving a true indication of a student's ability on a report card as parents have interpret-
g them.
Three staff members and the principal of the Prince George senior high school last night appealed to "parents to give careful consideration to report cards becau.se they are the products of long and careful study.
However, the panel concluded that compiling a report card in such a way as to give an accurate j picture of the child's ibiliUes and work habits so it nay be interpreted by the parent is no easy job.
Principal Allan G..Stables told a  meeting of the  Senior  High
School P-TA that the toughest task facing educationalists today is to bring the parent closer to the school through an effective public relations program. STANDARDS  DIFFER
He said the group of specialists which lead senior high school classes often adopt different approaches to their various subjects. Consequently, the standards are not the same.
"HcAvover, teachers should be tied down to a particular teaching method," he-said.
Many teachers and parents have been disturbed over standards, Stables remarked, but students cannot be rewarded for something they  haven't achiev-
(See   REPORT CARDS,   Page  3)
VANCOUVER (CP) � Former Social Credit Forests Minister Robert E. Sommers appeared in Vancouver police court today to face a charge of conspiring, to accept a bribe.
His arrest was ordered by Attorney-General Robert Bo'nner.
At the same time officials of two lumber firms were arraigned on charges of conspiracy to bribe Sommers.
Also charged with Sommers are C. p. Schultz of C. D. SchulU Co. Ltd. and Hugh Wilson Gray of Pacific Coast Services Ltd.
Bail was set at $7,500 for Sommers and $5,000 each for Schultz   and   Gray.
The three accused appeared in court tieless and wearing overcoats.
Lawyer Nicholas Mussallem, for Summers, asked that his client be released />n his own recognizance   without   bail.
He ^described   luin,as  a  "sub
SUintfal and responsible citizen."
 foi\ the   ijtliu'i 'two made the same request.
Police Magistrate Oscar On-refused them, saying that if the authorities had wished the release of the three men without bail they should have' issued a summons not a warrant for arrest. SKUIOUS CHANCE
"The charge itself is serious," Magistrate Orr said. The only point which worried him was "whether Mr. Kommcrs health mighl  lead him to go away."
.....hero is no question of that
;. all," Mr. Mussallom replied. "There is no possibility of bis leaving this province for medical treatment. I have'his assurance to  that  effect."
Mr. Mussallem, Magistrate Orr and Crown Prosecutor Al Mackoff argued heatedly at times over the question of bail. ��.Mr. Sommers has been at home lor a week or more," Mr. Mus-sallcm said. "There is no suggestion but that Mr. Summers will remain here to lace this and   any  other charges."
Prosecutor Mackoff said the offences with which the three were charged arc not extradict-able ones. He pointed out that Sommers had "completely disappeared for a time."
"1 must urge a very substantial amount of ball,"
"There was never any suggestion that a criminal charge vvotild be laifl against Mr. Som-ners."   Mr.   Mussallem   said.'
"There was nothing criminally improper in his absence."
An HCMI' spokesman said no other warrants have been issued.
The C. 1>. Schultz and Pacific Coast companies arc firms connected with the lumber industry who were mentioned in the terms of reference of a Royal Commission enquiring into bribery charges against Sommers. COMMISSION  ENDS
In connection with the enquiry Chief Justice tiordon Sloan said today that his commission "had ceased  to  function."
He said he was asked by Premier Bennett and Mr. Honnor on November 1-f if he had any objection To the atioriiey-geijaiial layinu indictments'Against "Vl?. Sommers and others named in the Sturdy Charges;'1
Chief Justice Sloan said he told them he had no objections.
(On November 13 Sloan was given an RCMP report on the bribery charges against Som-mers. Presumably he wjis then approached the following day by the premier and the attorney-general).
Mr. Bon. her then ordered the IJC'MP to proceed with criminal action.
The former Social Credit cabinet minister, MLA for Rossland-Trail, was arrested by RCMP at. his home in Victoria. He was taken immediately to Victoria airport and flown to Vancouver.
NATO Forces Would Fight If Attacked
CHICAGO (AP) � State Sec-rotary Dulles says that forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would "almost certainly fight back" without waiting for a declaration of war, if attacked in the field.
Dulles, told reporters Wednesday night such a decision would be made on the spot by field commanders. Fire certainly would be returned, be added, "if it were something comparable to Pearl Harbor, say."
Trend To Outer Space In Xmas Toys This Year
Santa Claus this year will be rmed with space guns, space helmets � and space-saving collapsible tea sets for girls.
And Rudolph may even have r flashlight battery to light his nose.
Prince George toy dealers this year have put the traditional gun and holster under the heap of space sets and the story of Little Red Rjding Hood behind tales of fancy and science fiction.
Even dolLs are not as conspic-
uous as they u.sod to be and you'll have to look hard to find the coloring books and crayons.
Merchants arc bracing themselves for what they anticipate will be a record Christmas. Most ol the' line.^ are new and are expected to be good sellers.
Take panda bears, for example. They are the same sizcand price as previous years but now they are stuffed w i t h granulated sponge rubber and have nylon "fur."
Remote controlled, battery operated toys will be good sellers this year, most merchants agree.
There are battery-operated helicopters, spacemen, tractors, and a bear that drinks milk from a glass.
Just as mother puts food in the refrigerator, so junior will be able to press a button and his plaything will crawl, whirr, walk it scream.
Some of the toys sell for less. (Sec SPACE TOYS,  Page 3)
Extension Of PGE e In
VICTORIA (CP1 � Trains will be rolling over the Pacific Great Eastern Railroad's northern extension from Prince George to Fort St. � John by the end of May, it 'was announced Wednesday.
Einar M. Gunderson, vice-president of the provincial ly-owned line, said track-laying is being pushed forward a mile and a half each day. ' "We'll be hauling wheat next fall."   Mr.  Gunderson   said.
There has been a reduction in track-laying crews, mainly because accommodation for the men in the colder weather was a problem.
"But strangely, we are laying just as much track every day," he added.
Service to Dawson Creek should begin about 30 or -10 days after the line is in use to Fort St. John, Mr. Gunderson said.
The spur to Fort St. John is
being completed first to serve a natural-gas treatment plant which produces sulphur. This will be the first big freight job for the extension.
The Social Credit government's decision to continue the railway, long" considered a white elephant, to the northeast part of the province was one of its biggest. The line will tap, the huge oil, natural gas and wheat area of the Peace River district..
Eighty million dollars was spent on the extension to Fort St. John from Prince George and for completion of the southern leg of the line from Squamish to North  Vancouver.
When finished, the PGE will cover about 740 miles from the deep-water harbor at Vancouver, through some of the most mountainous country in the province to the rich Peace River area.