Inside Classified ............................ Pg. 10 Comics'.........,...................... Pg. 11 Editorial ................................ Pg.2 Sports .................................... Pg. � Yl'onjen's, Social ..............� Pg. 9 Baby of the Year............Pgs. 4, 5 Dorie E. Bechtley 1158 Melville St. VANCOUVER, B.C. � Dec6-57 77�e Weather Cloudy with some sunny periods. Light snow tonight, a little colder. Light winds. Low tonight and high tomorrow -| 20 and 30. Telephone 67 Vol. 1; No. 75 Prince George, British Columbia, WEDNESDAY, December 18, 1957 PRICE 7 CENTS BY CARRIER $1.35 PER MONTH Mixed Reaoti To Account Of Man's Visit To Mars' BRYAN LOCKE "I believed it." BETTY 'Probably Imagination. DOUG HENRY 'Baloney � all of it!" RON SWINHART 'Could not live in atmosphere on Mars." WALLY CHERVENKA "Guy was sucking on the pipe. "DOUG" STARR 'Vou never know." GEORGE KIRSCH 'Could be a dream.. . MRS. G. KIRSCH . hut you never know. Feeling Ranges From 'Baloney' To\Possible' Last week an account of an interview with a man who claimed to have visited Mars on a flying saucer appeared in The Citizen. Public reaction to the story, according to a survey conducted yesterday, was about equally divided between those who believed the sl.ory "baloney" and those who had an uneasy feeling that "there might be something in it." One 10-year-old boy, however, had no doubts on the subject. "Yes, I believed it," said Bryan Locke, 1G01 Fifth Avenue, with quiet confidence. He said he enjoys science fiction, but not more than other types of fiction. "He" was enthusiastic a.bput a science fiction book he had borrowed recently from his school (King George V) entitled "The "World at Bay." WO.l'K ADDICTION? His belief was not shared by Wally Chervcnka, compositor, who lives at Queensway Motel. "The guy was sucking on the pipe," lie said of the local saucer-men. "Even in this day and age it's incredible that he clkl all that travelling in an hour." Natalie Kazakoff, music teacher, 1477 Fifth Avenue, was more cautious. "It's certainly a fabulous tale," she said. "It sounds ridiculous I'd like to hear more about it though. I won't believe It till I hear more." "Possibly a hoax by a guy with some kind of a complex," was the verdict of airman second class Ron Swinhart of theUSAF base at Bakly Hughes. He'qv. 2}, ruled out the applicant's contention that city Death Ruled 01 Natural Causes � A man Found lying in a downtown lane and who* died soon after in hospital died from natural causes. A coroner's jury inquiring into the death of William Hector Campbell, � 59, last knight decided lip .died from bloeih'tig inside the skull, probably aggravated by an' ali.sceks" on Ih6 Braht. ' ' , t>r. John Willms testified be-fore Coroner Dr. A- L. Chambers and a six-man jury that a tunior or" abscess 'in* the front-al urea* irf -the brarn � vras the source .of. the . bleeding .from which he died. He said Campbell, an unemployed millworker, never regained consciousness after he was admitted to hospital late Dec. 11. council had a judicial function to perform in adopting a resolution favoring his dismissal. "No specific provision is made in the statute for a judicial or quasi-judicial inquiry into the cause for dismissal," he declared. "If Mr. Howarth is, before 'dismissal, entitled to a trial, so �is the lowliest laborer on the city payroll." The judge went on to conclude that "it would manifest-fully be highly inconvenient that a municipality should be required, before dismissing any employee, even a casual laborer, to conduct a judicial inquiry into the cause for his dismissal." He said that in Howarth's dismissal of last October, "no natural or fundamental right is abridged." Howarth was dismissed for "flagrant irisurbordinatlon1! and ior the "violation "of a city plumhing bylaw. Mr. Coates said today that the judgment would . have "the gravest effect on all employees hired by the municipality in that they would be deprived of all job security. Crown Ordered To Proceed With Sommers Case By Jan. 10 .VANCOUVER OV�Magistrate"! Oscar Orr Tuesday ordered the Crown to be ready -to proceed in the Sommers bribery conspiracy case by Jaiii 10. , . . Prosecutop Stewart McMorran said he could not guarantee to he ready by that time. Mr. McMorran also said he docs not Intendrto release an* KC.MP report into allegations of bribery made against Robert Sommers, former forests minister in the B.C. cabinet. The report by Inspector W.. J. Bute? is "libelldus", the prosecutor said;:!. j " ,� .. ' It cannot be produced pn "the ground of public'policy and its form and nature would make it inadmissible-3$s evidence. Mi'. McMorran has ret turned It to Attorney-General Robert Bonner. La-wyer Alfred BuJi said be �will make application to have the report made available. Magistrate Orr .will thear Mr. Bull's request later this week. :. Mr/,Bull is counsel for Charles Davis .Schultz and C. D. Schultz and'Company Limited, charged in the conspiracy case with Sommers; Hugh! Wilson Gray, John M. Gray and two companies with which the Grays are connected, (See CROWN ORDERED, Poge 3); NATO Powers Agree To Arming Of West Europe AGREEMENT FOR SALE of 11 city-owned lots to the Robert Chuckrow Construction Co. Inc. was transacted at City Hall yesterday afternoon. The event is important to Prince George because it is on the 11 lots at Quebec St. and Seventh Ave. that the New York construction firm will'build the proposed $1,000,000 Simon Fraser Inn. In this photo Chuckrow representative Douglas Starr, right, is seen tendering a cheque representing the linn's deposit on the sale to Mayor John Morrison. Balance will be paid on the s tart of construction early next year. Full price for the property amounted to $27,500. �Citizen Photo Kootenay Railway Tracks Blown Up TRAIL (CP) � Two bombs blow out widely separated sections of Canadian Pacific Railway's scenic Kettle Valley route Tuesday. One just missed a passenger train and a railway inspection crew scattered seconds before the other went off. They were the most serious of four unexplained blasts that disturbed the quiet of the mountainous Kootenay Valley area of British Columbia's interior. Other explosions tore up two telephone poles north of here and cut off natural gas service co parts of Nelson. Although RCMP .-aid there was nothing to indicate the b6mbings were caused by Sons of Freedom Doukhobouiv, they were bound to raise, fears of a recurrence of the bombings and violence that characterized Sons of Freedom outbursts between 1947 and 1949. , There have been only scattered incidents since then.. Most of B.C.'s 10,000 Doukho-bors�of whim 4,000 belong to the radical Freedopiite sect� are concentrated in the Koot-euay area. Each railway explosion knocked out about three feet of track. There was no interruption in train service. The first occurred at Eholt, near the American border, shortly after a passenge train from Vancouver passed over the spot. The second, at "Beasley near Xelson, went off five seconds after a railway crew scattered before the shouted warning of one of Its members. They had being �trying to disconnect the "pipe bomb' at. the time. All eecaped injury. Watch Homes Slide Slowly Into Wafer BRESCIA, Italy (Reuters) � Villagers, at Muscio,. a hamlet on the banks of Lake Gardan, stood on a hill Tuesday and watched helplessly -while their homes glid slowly into the -water. Death Toll 1,180 In Iran 'Quake TEHRAN. Iran (AIM � The death toll from the devastating earthquake which' hit western Iran last Wednesday rose to 1,180 today as Farsang village counted 9.10 dead from a total population of 1,800. U.S. Offers Rockets, Nuclear Stockpile PARIS (CP) � The 15 Atlantic Pact powers reached unanimous agreement in principle today on the American offer to arm Western Europe with rockets and provide a nuclear weapons stockpile. An American spokesman reported the agreement ?after- ^-ihr^-^oVi^^f^ipK^'-foreign-and- doferice ministers of inerrtber states.' Their recommendation's will come before the full session of the government leaders at the third and final working session of the summit talks tonight. The conference, which began Monday, will break up Thursday- after a session to approve a declaration of NATO interdependence and a statement on I results of the talks, president Biseijhpw.Gr will fly back to Washington Friday. The American proposal to strengthen NATO "shield against aggression" was made by State Secretary Dulles at the opening session Monday. STRENGTH NECESSARY There was opposition by Norway and Denmark to the establishment of missile bases on their soil, but United States sources said today all NATO members now understand the necessity for strengthening the present defensive shield with the most modern weapons stationed at strategic points in Europe. �Details � on where launching cites -for the intermediate-range ballistic missile will be located� a contentious issue at the NATO talks � will be worked out later, American sources said. American officials have already made it plain, that mis. siles can not be delivered to Continental powers until some time in 1959. The U.S. thus won its m;ijor purpose at the Allied summit conference. The price it paid was an agreement under pressure to sound out the Russians on a cold war truce, including a new effort at disarmament. SUBJECT TO APPROVAL Today's military decision was subject to final approval by the heads of government, who were (See NATO POWERS, Pogc 3) Navy League Names Coates As President John A. Coates was elected president at an organizational meeting Monday night of tho newly formed Navy League of Prince George. A membership of about 20 is reported in the league which is one of about 20-orld branched throughout, the interior of the province and the lower mainland. . One of the chief functions of the league here reports president Coates, himself a veteran of 8 years service in the permanent force navy, is to foster the growth of the Sea Cadet Corps. To this end, the president (Sco NAVY LEAGUE, Page 3) Vandals Cut Up Gaglardi's Church KAM'LOOI'S (CP) � Knife wielding vandals have been busy in this city's new $100,000 Calvary Temple, resident pulprlt fo Rev. P. A. Gaglardi, B.C.'s minister of highways. Workmen Monday discovered slashes in a new red carpet newly laid for the temple's inaugural ceremonies later this week. They said the cuts had been made with a linoleum knife. RCMP here are investigating $45,000 Vanderhoof Arena Officially Opens Friday VANDERHOOF � This community's new $45,000 arena will be officially opened to the public Friday. ' Its financing and construction, the first stages of which started nearly five years ago, has been a hard grind to many who have seen it through. The arena is a memorial to those" who gave their lives in the two�workl wars. Fund-raising campaign opened early in April .1953 with $100 being collected from each of 22 famiiics.iiving here. In 1956 there was a rebirth of interest in the Vanderhoof apd District Memorial Society and almost $6000 -was raised toward its construction. In-Xune 1956 the building materials committee obtained 150,-, 000 feet of lumber from local sawmills. The Aluminum Co. of Canada promised a large donation. The Society jthen sparked a drive on non-ihterest . bearing loajis and a further 810,000 was raised among some 20 residents of this town. -. At the. end of September the j sanie year a truss, type build-1 ing! 140 by 22 feet was approved! and purchased and ail.necessary! materials were on the site. The society has spent approximately $45,000 of which more than 80 per cent has bet-n raised in the Vanderhoof district and 50,000 feet of lumber donated by local sawmills. Late this year lighting {and other electrical services werfc installed, .dressing rooms, concession booths and lobby were built and a brick chimney was erected The rink floor has "been levelled, ice wall and Spectator fpnee built, the first Ice has been poured and .a caretaker has been appointed.