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Doris E� Bechtley 1158 Melville St. VANCOUVER,   B.C.   �
Dec6-5?
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Heap Big Smoke, But  No  Fire!
PRINCE GEORGE firemen have .spent almost every night this week repairing used toys which will go into Goodwill Association hampers this Christmas. Displaying only a "handful" of what citizens have generously given to the toy drive is Fred Bun- who, along with about 25 others, has helped in the task of beautifying the children's treasures.                                                               �Citizen Photo
DISTRICT "AG" REMOVED
Vcmderhoof Residents Up In Arms At Government
Yandcrhoof district fanners, cattle ranchers and businessmen are up in arms today over a govjorhriient decision to remove the district agriculturist from office anil leave the position \a-cant.
In a petition to agriculture minister Newton Steacy. Van-derhopf Board of Trade said tbo decision "will be opposed by all  means  available,  even  right
to the polls."
The agriculturist, A. roller, was transferred recently to Smithers after serving the area for the past*five years.
It will be the first time Van-derhopf has been without a resident agriculturist for as long as most farmers there can remember;
His transfer came as the re-i suit of new policy introduced by
'Senator' F. Clark Casual Campaigner
A man who stands on his past record alone as his chief qualification for election took time out today to list some of the achievements of the department he supervises.
Alderman Frank Clark, -\vho is probably conduct ins the most casual election campaign on record and who is seeking his sixth term in office, ticked off a staggering list of projects accomplished by the city engineering department.
WITH  PKIPE
As chairman of the hoard of works committee. Aid Clark says with some pride that during the past l\vo years the amount of sanitary sewer pipe and connections laid in the city amounts to some oo miles.
"1 am convinced that there are
many who do not realize the magnitude of our work," he said.
As an illustration he checked off a bewildering list of jobs done: 109,000 lineal feet of sewer pipe in two years; 20,000 feet by city crews for service connections; f>.6.">0 feet of storm sewers; 24,300 feet of water main; excavations of over 10,000 feet for manholes. A total of 169,600 feet of excavations, or 33 miles of varying depth.
In addition the city laid about six miles of sidewalk and completed the Carney Hill reservoir. NOT OX RADIO
Aid. Clark, who refuses to campaign by radio and is the only candidate not to use the method, adds that the average consump-(Sea SENATOR CLARK,  Pogc 2)
t lie agriculture minister. KKCOXI)  LARGEST
The petition which was sent to Mi\ Steacy last month, points out that the Vanderhoof district is the "second largest potential farming area within B.C.
"With the immense industrial development in the .north and the increasing demand for foodstuffs it is of vital importance to the whole country that. the farming industry be developed arid that the government give it every assistance possible," the brief states.
"It needs a shot in' the arm� not a kick in the pants," it added.
According to information from
(Sec  VANDERHOOF,   Pogc  2)
Gray Claims She's Better Than Anyone For Job Of Mayor
(Thus fin* in the mayoralty campaign AUI. Carrie .lane (iia.v has tilled the air with cries of persecution against herself, jis can hi- seen below. She Ikis also claimed that this newspaper treats her reports in a biased fashion hy carving them ii]> with a pencil. For the third time in the campaign The Citizen is running a verbatim account of a speech' given by 35is. Cray. This one was delivered on radio station �L'KVG last night. We have gone out of our way to afford her this privilege in order that her caiiiiiaign be presented in full. . TFic worth of bcr cainnuigu will then speak for itself. Editor's note.)                                     <
1 hadn't intended to speak oh the subject of my sex or occupation in my campaign for the position of mayor of your city, the reason being that, male or female, farmer or merchant, I am better equipped for the job than uny you've had in nearly ten years.
The first mayor I served under spent just one year as an alderman before seeking the mayor's seat on  the council.    The  next
(wo had no experience at all, and only mild surprise at the fact seemed evident among the populace. Now comes the senior member of your council, with three consecutive terms, with a reputation for honesty and fair dealings, with'five years' experience on the provincial Union of Municipalities, who, if elected, will become president with the resulting good publicity to your city.
Can't Be Squeezed
. But what happens immediately. A gathering of broken-down politicians have'banded together to keep someone out of office who can't be pressured, squeezed or intimidated. All have been tried at one time or another in the past six years.
Anil why is this? Because 1 am a housewife�a female, no less.
Now six years ago when I took office fur the first time, at the statutory meeting, the mayor ut that lime told me there would be no throwing my weight around because I was a female. 1 got on the council, so I could just forget my sex. It was good advice, and 1 think it set me off oil the right track.
So for six years 1 have usked ho quarter, given no quarter, and most certainly received none. And out of it 1 have emerged very well equipped for the office of mayor.
Added to this, last year while acting as deputy mayor I gathered plenty of experience. For in> stance, seven times before the middle of April 1 was acting in the mayor's absence, and up until October of last year, when the true stature of some males came to the fore, I had acted in the mayor's absence at least -10 per cent of the time. The police contracts of the last two years bear my signature, and countless pay
rolls as well as other documents.
This year I've had my turns also, as we are three times around the table in acting as the head.
Being the type of person I am, 1 feel so curious about the activities of the opposition. Since my opponent has been a tourist, shall 1 say, why Is he so hysterically trying to be elected? I want you people to be curious, too, especially when you note the names of those gathered together to keep one woman off the council. If it is no job a woman can do, why does it take so many stalwart  men to try to outsmart her?
Also on this subject uf male.or female, who is it that is running around to tea parties?
There's no need for me to dwell on the deods of "women in public life. You are all .familiar with their activies. These women have all shown that women have executive ability, are fair in their dealings with all, and quite able to deal with the complexities of their private lives and public lives at Ihe same time.
The backward countries of the world today arc those that have not and do not utilize their women's brains and anilities. As we all know, aU'thc brilliant ideas arc not confined to men's brains.   It's only in these baek-
(Scc  "GRAY CLAIMS"  Page 2)
Woman Claims 'Fatherless' Baby Not Cause For Divorce
KM X Bl'KGH, Scotland (Reuters)�A Brooklyn, X.Y., mother today contested her bu*.band's divorce suit contending that her "fatherless" baby was'produced by arii-fieial insemination, not adultery.
The husband, George Mac-lennaii, of Glasgow, Scotland, contended that lie was not the fattier of his wife's baby and should therefore be granted a decree.
His argument was that ar-
tificial insemination amounted to adultery � grounds for divorce in Britain�because it involved the surrender of-a woman's reproductive processes to another man.
Judge liorrl Wheatley, who rc&crvod judgment, commented: "of course it is not another man, but a test tube. Aho does not know who the man is."
Mrs. Macleiinan's lawyer argued thai the unknown donor in case of artificial Lnseminu-tiou could cvi-u be dead by the
time his seniPii was used. He contended therp had to be "physical proximity" to establish adultery.
Asked the juOgp, "How can you have interrourse with only one person present?*1
"You would have course but not Inter,'! replied the husband's lawyer.
.lust the same, said the judge, "it is difficult to tliink of adultery as a unilateral act."
Blast Levels Half Block/
12 Killed
VILLA RICA, Ua^AP* � A terrific explosion and j&, blamed on a leaky, gas pipe*Thursday levelled a half block in this north-west Georgia town of 3,-000, killing at least 12 persons and injuring 20 others.
Today, the search continued Tor . additional bodies in the blackened wreckage of what once was, a bustling business section.
The town was without gas seivice, and people were, warned not to turn on appliances.
The tragedy was the whole town's; the dead and injured had been friends and neighbors in many case's.
There was a boy who broke a tooth in school and went to the dentist's office and died; a nurse who kept on working after the bodies uf her brother and father were brought in; the people who visited a dime store to buy Christmas ornaments and were carried out later on stretchers.
14-Year-Old
From Gunshot
A 11-year-old boy died of gunshot wounds at Hixon, 35 miles south of here, late yesterday.
The victim has been identified as Hugh Douglas Vaughan, son of Hixon service station operator, Emmett Vaughan.
His body was found on the brink of a creek which runs behind the settlement's poolroom.
He was discovered dead by his father. A .22-calibre rifle was at his side.
There has been no question of foul play. RCMP at Queshel said today the youngster died from a gunshot wound between the eyes.
The boy was found at about 8:20 p.m. An inquest will be held immediately.
Rotary Radio Auction Raised �1,044 Thursday
The Rotary Radio Auction raised .$1,0-1-1 last night.
This is S300 more than was raised last year on the first night of the auction', Jack Car-butt, CKFG program manager said this morning.
It was a good, smooth opening for the auction with no hitches, he said.
A variety of items, 135 in all, were sold. Air Cadets and Black Toppers (auto racing club members) and a team of Rotary drivers delivered token cards j to purchasers, and collected their money.
Carbutt expects that the auction will gather momentum tonight and tomorow. It is hoped that around �7,000 will be raised.
Flask Of Light, Cloud Of Smoke And Notking Else
. CAPE CA11NAVERAL, Fla. (AP) � The first U.S. attempt to launch a rocket into space ended in a flash of light and a cloud of smoke this morning and little else.                                                                  _ ^
The rocket carrying the grapefruit-sized satellite failed to get off its launching platform.
According to the U.S. Defence Department at Washington, there were no .casualties when the rocket exploded on its stand at 11:40 a.m. EST.
Recommend Expulsion Of Teamsters
ATLANTIC ( ITV, N..I. (AP) �Thi� AKIi-CK) appeals com-niHtco today recommended expulsion of tl�n cbrruvlioji; taiuted Tomnstrrs Union from the 15,�0�,(l�0-nicin1>cr federation.
The committee's report s.iid tli�* Teamsters Union "has hrrn and continues to In* y corrupt iriflueiij'cs."
Committee secretary .liflin .1. Murphy of the Bricklayers Union l)�'g;ui reading the II-page report to the AIMj-CJO convention .shortly after 10 a.m.
Beaten To Death
VANCOUVER J6'missile' was' Seen to take oTf. MANY "HOLDS"
The explosion occurred after a hoped-for dawn launching failed lo materialize after a scries of "holds" interrupted the long and detailed count down process which precedes any   rocket  or   missile   firing.
TJie launching attempt took place before noon in bright sunshine with only thinly-flecked clouds in tlic sky.
This abortive attempt took plu'co after many delays. The reasons for the delays were not announced hut there were endless numbers of things that could go wrong at the last moment.
The men in chilrge Avere too busy to tell reporters their (roubles.
"1 don't know how many thousands of components are involved," said -I. Paul Walsh, deputy director of the Vanguard rocket launching project,
"It would be foolish if every time some one adjusted a screw we had to slop and tell the world he adjusted it. We're trying to fly rockets."
An attempt Wednesday to launch the big Martin Company Vanguard rocket was culled off T