INSIDE CLASSIFIED .................... Page 8 COMICS............................ Page 9 EDITORIAL ...................... Page 2 WOMEN'S SOCIAL ....... Page 7 SPORTS....................... Pgs. 4, 5 PHONE 67 The Weather Cloudy with a few snow flurri< Winds light, little change in temperature. Low tonight and high tomorrow, 10 and 30. Vol. 2; No. 28 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1958 PRICE 7 � CENTS BY CARRIER� $1.35 Nechako River Qn Rampage A SUDDEN WARM.spell in Central British Columbia could seriously damage or destroy this Nechako River span at Vanderhoof following an unexpected movement of ice late last week which sent millions of tons of floes against the bridge supports and caused mild flooding. Three families were evacuated from cabins situated on the riverbank some 300 yards west of the bridge which links Vanderhoof with the Fort St. James highway. Crazy-quilt pattern of huge ice-blocks extends quarter mile upstream from these scenes. Citizen Photographer Karl Spreitz took ducking in sub-freezing waters of the river while manouevering to" take shot at left. FAMILIES EVACUATED Ice Jam Causes River To Flood Planes Safer Than Cars, Says CPA V-P Hugh Donald Cameron is a man who believes that airline travel is safer than motor vehicle travel. He shoud, for Mr. Careron works for one of Canada's major airlines. As vice-president of operations, the Canadian Pacific Airlines executive is able to point with pride (hat his company was able to log something like 1-1 million miles in 1057 without a single serious accident. Mr. Cameron had statistics like this and more to tell the 200 members and guests who attended the annual banquet and dance Friday night of the Prince George Board 01 Trade. The youthful executive, who gained a respectable reputation in Canada as, a meteorologist with the Department of Transport before joining CPA in 1933, spoke at the Civic Centre dinner inplaco of provincial archivist "Willard Ireland who was unable to attend because of illness. FULL CREDIT '�Mr. Cameron gave full credit for the safety record of his company to the maintenance crews who undertake regular inspections and overhaul of the aircraft. He^had high praise for the crews who kept the aircraft operating on the DEW line in Canada's arctic without the benefit of hangars^ Working in temperatures of 50 below zero and colder, mechanics have no shelter from winds that travel up to 50 m.p.h. "They say our generation hasn't the endurance of the pioneers," he said. "But what those boys are accomplishing up there is really wonderful." Mr. Cameron spoke of the service provided by the company's domestic and overseas routes pointed out along the way that stewards on the polar route arc required to be able to converse (Sec'PLANES SAFER, Pogc 3) Known hardships of life beside the Nechako River made them-seves felt at the weekend when ice-chocked waters forced three families to evacuate a group of motel cabins a quarter mile north of the Central British Co-umbia community of Vanderhoof Today an ice jam, which created the flood condition, constitutes a mild threat to the safety of a long wooden bridge Which connects Vanderhoof to the Fort St. James Highway. Tangled ice floes extend upstream from the bridge for more than a quarter of a mile, making a crazy-quilt pattern which is exerting thousands of pounds pressure on the bridge supports. N IMMEDIATE DANGER Authorities in Vanderhoof feel, however, that there is no immediate danger of the bridge going out, but a spell of milder weather could put the pack ice on the rampage and damage could become serious. Nechako River waters started rising Friday night and by Saturday were up several feet from the usual winter level. On Saturday three families were forced to flee the cabins they occupied a short distance west of the bridge. When a Citizen reporter-photographer team visited the scene yesterday they found ice frozen around the door-sill level of the small dwellings. Mattresses and furniture had been stacked up inside the cabins to prevent damage to the contents. Now It's Rye In Toothpaste Tube TOKYO (Reuters) � Dehycl-rated alcohoiic drinks, sold in footh-pastp-t.vpe tubes, and cliemira] beer ami whisky will Mion br on sale in Japan. The government's brewing laboratory in Tokyo has reported good progress in "improving" alcoholic beverages and is hoping to produce commercially a much cheaper drink than malt-and-hop beer. The laboratory already claims to have distilled whisky by a uew process without malt. It its now working on chemicals that in a matter of weeks would give this synthetic brew the flavor and smoothness of a (JO-year-old whisky. But the most startling researches are being made into turning Japan's national drink, drink, sake, into a paste. In future it may be sold in plastic bags or in tubes to be squeezed out and watered down to taste. This rice-wine may also appeal- in the form of caramels or chewiug gum. Water level fell approximately four inches yesterday as the sub-freezing river found a small channel through the ice blockade Winter flooding alotg the banks of the Nenchako River is not. uncommon to Vanderhoof or the City of Prince George. Both communities have suffered extentiye danmage in the past. Prince George was once thrown into total darkness when rapidly rising waters put' the municipally-owned power plant out of commission. Damage in the planing mill district here has run into tens of thousands of dollars during the post-war years and government agencies have, from time-to-time, investigated the possibilities of dyking the river's banks. Engineers have reported, however, that dykes would be no solution because the water would seep under the dykes through a porous soil Formation and find its original level inside them. Something For Everyone $400 MILLION TAX CUT Pearson Pledges Make Up Platform OTTAWA (CP) � Liberal Leader Lester B. Pearson today pledged to slash taxes by $400,000,000 a year and to provide a big array of other concessions if his party is elected to power March 31. His platform, outlined at a press conference following Mr. Pearson's sojourn at a secret retreat, had something for everyone, including scholarships and bursaries for some 40,000 university students. CPA Chief Hails End Of Monopoly An announcement by transport minister George Hoes of an end to Trans-Canada Airlines monopoly of domestic transcontinental routes was greeted heartily in Prince George this �weekend. H. D. Cameron, vice-president of operations, Canadian Pacific Airlines, said he was "delighted" -at-.the new policy, and added, that it has been long-awaited by Canada's commercial avjation industry. He was here to address the annual banquet and dance of the Prince George Board of Trade held in the Civic Center Friday evening.. Mr. He'es disclosed Friday the government's new policy of gradually permitting private companies to compete for the routes currently reserved exclusively for the publicly-owned airline. COMPETITION-SEKN In. a speech to the. Porcupine Chamber of Commerce at Tim-mins, Ont., he said competition �will be gradually introduced under careful supervision of the air transport board. Mi*. Cameron said in an interview here Saturday morning that CPA has submitted applications for five trans-continental air routes. He noted that CPA has submitted applications for a franchise to operate routes between Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver: 'Montreal-Edmonton; Montreal, Otawa, Saskatoon, Calgary Vancouver; Toronto-Edmonton and Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg. Miv Cameron pointed out that only in a few cases would the (Sec CPA CHIEF, Page 3) Scraggliest Beard Has Chance To Win Even the scraggliest beard has a chance of winning a prize in the "great beard contest" sponsored by the Citizen and CKPG. Scraggly beards form one class out of the 11 under which beards can be entered. Beards ban be entered under more than one class. The blackest beard for example might also happen to be the longest. Prizes Will be awarded for: 1. The longest beard. 2. The most startling- "novelty" beard. (A .four pronged beard, for example, would be eligible for this). , , Plane Missing With Two Aboard VANCOUVER (CP) � A light aircraft with two men aboaxd was missing Sunday night on. a flight from Zoballos, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, to Englewood, on the northeast coast. The RCAF here said identity of the two men had not been. finally' established. 3. The best all-round goatee beard. �I. The best full-face or "beaver" beard. (5) The best pair of "mutton chops". 6. The best "muff". This is a narrow strip of beard round the face. (7) The blackest beard. 8. The reddest beard. 9. The best all-round van Dyck beard. 10. The best all-round handlebar moustache. 11. The scraggliest beard. In most of the classes the texture of the beard, glossiness, degree of curl, will be taken into account by the judges. Beard cards are available for all wishing to join the Prince George Centennial Beard Club and to enter the contest. A charge of 25 cents Is now made on each card. Funds raised, in this way "will be donated to ' the senior high school Red Cross to assist their campaign ior the purchase of a bus for handicapped children. Definition of a centennial year optimist: One who combs his face after his second day in the contest. . ' He said the Liberals would slash income tax by 25 per cent for the majority of Canadian taxpayers. In addition, basic exemption for nevvlyweds would be doubled to $4,000 a year in the first three years of marriage, providing an estimated saving of some $25,000,000 for this group. Mr. Pearson said his party would eliminate the 7% per cent excise tax on automobiles end income, tax for small business would be halved to 10 per cent on profits up to �10,000 a year. �All'"told'Mr.' Pearson said the program would necessitate a budget deficit of some $400,000,-000 a year. Prairie Indian Dies Alter Being Run Over By Train A. 21 year-old Saskatchewan Indian died en route to hospital early Saturday morning after his arm and a leg had been amputated by the "wheels of a CNR train. Edward Robert Smith of the Duck Lake Indian reserve was discovered at about 9 a.m. on the C'NR right-of-way at First Av'c. and Scotia St. His right arm was amputated near the shoulder and bis right leg was cut off below the knee. Police estimate he could have been lying at the scene as long as three or four hours before he was found. Smith's next of kin live on an Indian reserve In the Saskatchewan community. Police indicated he had not suffered a great loss of blood, but was apparently in a deep state of shock. Inquest will be held tonight at Assman's funeral chapel. Crew To Initiate Highway Program A crew of 20 men went to the Willow River area this morning to initiate a $200,000 highway building program. B.C. Forest Service and the Department of highways announced last week a winter work program, which may employ upwards of 200 men, will be undertaken in the area south cast of Prince George this winter. The crew was transported by bus to the Willow River. Their first-duties will be to build a bridge across the river over which futui'e crews will travel. HIGHLIGHT of a spring conqert held in the. senipr high school auditorium Friday'night was naming the winners o� the-Tiny -Tots popularity contest. Kerry Ongman was crowned king and pert Shirley-Bell*.Stewart took the honors as queen. The contest drew $1,104 toward a bus for local handicapped children. �Citizen Photo "Tiny Tots" Earn $1,104 Towards Bus Prince George's "tiny tots" have paid off for the Junior Red Cross. When results of the Tiny Tot popularity contest were tabulated at the weekend it was found that they had raised $1,104 towards the purchase of a $3,000 bus for handicapped children. Named king and .queen of. the 14-day contest, which saw "voting" take place in downtown stores and places of business, were Shirley-Belle Stewai't and Kerry Ongman. . The pair received blue ribbons and silver-plated loving cups at a spring concert held in the senior high school auditorium Friday night. Tiny Darlene Chow "was honored as princess and twins Larry and Dougie Park, who tied for the honors, were crowned princes for the occasion. Duke was David West and the duchess was Karen Dunkley. Mrs. Beryl Maxwell, organizer of the campaign on behalf of the senior high school Junior Red Cross group, paid special tribute to the parents of the children, the children themselves and to others who helped with the contest. � The high school organization is .co-ordinating campaigns in schools throughout I'rnce George to raise funds toward the purchase of a bus for the school for handicapped children. � Some -10 youngsters between two and six years old competed in the contest, which proved to be one of the most unique and interesting this city has seen. The winners were named, at the opening of a program of plays and choral work held, in the senior high school.auditorium-gymnasium. The Legend Singers, directed by James L. Johnson, performed four numbers, including such favorites as, "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "Oklahoma". Mr. Johnson is also director of the Cariboo Chorus, which will go on a concet tour in half ."a dozen interior and lower mainland centers this summer. A light-hearted play, "Royal Touch,' directed by Mrs.'L. Dal-lamore, followed the presentation of the winners in the popu-arity contest. The scene was set In an old-world city and Les Westman, Diane Hennessey, Betty Wade, Gilbert Rahier, Diane Currie anr Francis Glynn were in the cast. The second play on the program, "Fumed Oak", was direct ed by Mrs. L. McKinnon and was a Noel Coward interpreta-. tion or a troubled family.' The roles of husband, wife, daughter and mother-in-law were played by Darryl Wall, Jennifer Tidy, Carrie Arnason and Sheila Eng-strom. Delegation Battles Delay In Hospital A three-man delegation from Prince George is in Victoria today in an attempt to hammer out details 'blocking construction of he new Prince George & District Hospital. . Hospital admlnislator J3ruce Thomson, hospital board chairman W. D. Ferry, and Aid. John Powers flew to the capital city yesterday in a last ditch effort to persuade the government to approve the proposed $3,000,000 hospital operating budget "We do not intend to return until we have won their approval either," said Aid. Powers who is chairman of the binding committee of the hospital board. The trio will likely meet today with health and welfare minister Eric. Martin and other hospital insurance officials. Tenders for the new hospital were to have been called last Dec. 18. They were withdrawn, however, when it was learned that the government would not approve the operating budget-estimated for the new institutohj,' Total cost of the provincial-government for the he whospitaiT; amounts to $1,328,527. MKAX DELAY Unless the government ar�, proves the hospital budget atr this stage, it could mean a deay^ of sevreal months !n.obtaining C start on construction. On completion of final working:'' drawings last fall it was panned; (See DELEGATION BATTLES, P9. 3>