INSIDE CLASSIFIED.................... Pago 6 COMICS............................ Paflfl 7 EDITORIAL ...................... Page 2 WOMtN'S, SOCIAL .......... Pago 8 SPORTS ............................ Page 4 PHONE 67 Boris E� Bechtley 1158 Melville St. 'VANCOUVER^. C"- Dec6-5?. The Weather Considerable clearing overnight. Clou-dy wirii ninny period* tomorrow, colder, light wind. Low tonight' and high tomorrow, 10 and 30. Vol. 2; No. 47 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA/ FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1?58 PRICE 7 CENTS BT CARRIER 11.36 PER MONTH Slide Traps CNR Train (Special to The Citizen) VANCOUVER (CP) �Mud and rocks sweeping down a mountainside trapped a CNR work train- early today 17 miles east of Prince Rupert on the shores of Skeena �River Inlet. Coming after hours of gale-1 was not known here how many driven rain and snow, the slide derailed two diosel units and five-filled cars of the train, but four work crews escaped injury. * It Explorer II Ends Up In Atlantic CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) � A fiery death came to Explorer II, the United States Army's second space satellite, about 1,000 miles from home ever the South Atlantic. The announcement was made Thursday at Cape Canaveral, site of the vacant Jupiter-C pad �where Explorer II left the earth Wednesday. Now a navy Vanguard rocket is ready to take off this week with its own pocket-sized satellite. The army meanwhile is making plans for more satellites, perhaps bigger and better than the now-dead Explorer II. The army has another satellite just like Explorer II � but It may pass that one by to get some other satellite into space. In Washington Thursday it said it was building Explorer III and will launch it this spring. The blame for the failure of Explorer II was laid to the 50-pound rocket that carried the satellite as its pointed nose. The final stage failed to fire � why, scientists don't know and dofi't, cxpectT"to "Ilin'd out.' The' satellite, lacking the added thrust, didn't get up anywhere near the gravity-defying speed of 18,000 miles an hour and was presumed to have burned up as it re-entered the atmosphere. men were in tiie crews. Telegraph and telephone wires were left a tangled mass, cutting all communications with Prince Rupert, 500 miles north of here, except via wireless. TONS OF ROCKS The slide rumbled down the mountain at. 3 a.m. with tons of rock and mud pouring over the tracks and a 35-foot high pile of lubble was reported moving slowly into the inlet. One report received via the Point Grey wireless station here paid one of the diesel units was in danger of being pushed into the water as the slide brought trees, mud and huge rocks into Its path. Heavy snow hampered the work of crews trying to get through to the slide area. Late in November seven persons died In a slide on the out skirts of Prince Rupert when three homes at the foot of Mount Hayes were swept into a creek. There was only one survivor, an 18-month-old girl. 200-FEET WIDE The slide today was reported' iOO-feet wide, but after the first onrush the avalanche of mud and rock slowed. The slide hit while the train vas still moving," said a CNR spokesman at Terrace, a few miles east of the scene. "There was everything in it, trees, mud, big boulders. Everything." The report from Terrace said live men leaped from the train and made their way into town. We don't know how they got out of it," said the spokesman-'"Bvlt ttieysald everybody*-wkb walking around uninjured." Two members of the work train crew were identified only as a Mr. Lauth, tho engineer and Mr. Woznay conductor, both of Prince Rupert. Seventeenth Century Play Scores Success TV and stage actress Verlie Cooter, adjudicator at the city's five-day drama festival, last night congratulated the Prince George Players for their presentation of "Fennel," by Jerome K. Jci-omc, at the Junior High School. The play, notable for the 17th century Italian costumes � hooped skirts, wigs, waistcoats� depicted a violin contest, prize for which Giannina, played "very sweetly" by Ruth Pen-nock, daughter of the bibulous Taddeo Ferrari, represented by John Hcaly. The' players were praised both for their acting and for the direction, by Marlene Ongman. The evening's other attraction, "Half Hour Please," by Stanley Richard, presented by the Giscome Players, a newly formed group, "was described as "a very difficult play," by Mrs. Cooter. "Even professionals would not have attempted the play with the staging facilities available at Prince George," she said. '. The one act play had nine changes of scene, representing flashbacks Into the life of an actress during the Half hour be-foi'e she goes on stage. Mrs. A. Smith, who played the, actress, "was described as having "great promise;" as were the rest of the players. In the afternoon, at Connaught School, "The Sleeping Beauty" was presented by South Fort George School, directed by Mrs. Fanny E. Kenney, as well as Grade One choral speech entries. The morning session was devoted to elocution entries. The contest resumed this morning and afternoon at Con-naught School, with elocution, choral speech, and a play. Three plays will ho presented this evening at the Junior High School, commencing at 8 p.m.: "A Marriage Proposal" by Anton Chekhov; "The Income Tax" by Peggy Lynch, and "Still Stands the House" by Gwen Ririgwood, GETTING THINGS in top shape for the Lions Auto and Fashion Show, to be . held tonight and tomorrow night in the Civic Centre, these four take time out to have a Look at the master plan for the "Centennial Fort" stage. From-left to right are Willie Ray, Guy Thompson, Roily Manson and Woody Woodhead...... ........ * . �Citizen Photo Death Self-inflicted Inquest Jury Rules A coroner's jury has ruled that former Prince George account ant', kT.erbe.rt Leonard. Clark, died on the- night of Feb. 2C in Prince George & District Hospital as'the result of a self-inflicted wound. The jury arrived at its verdict after a truck drivei; testified that he wap the,, sole witness to the fatal shooting that occurred on '.hi irtornlng of the, same day oil LiQJttdon .St^bctween. First.. and Secbtid Aye. - � ' William Ronald Manning-, an employee of Williams Moving and Storage,, ,850 Second Ave, testified that at 11:15 a.m. as he was getting out of his truck, on London St. when he heard a-shot and saw *\ man drop to the ground .at a point about. 50 to 75 yards from where he was parked. Manning said that ho saw a black object fall to the ground as the man fell. He ran to the man who had fallen beside a blue Ford sedan on the caat side of the street. PHONED POLICE The man was bleeding from a icad wound, Manning sajd, "I ran back to the shop and phoned the police." Manning said that, as far as ho knew, he. was the only person to Avitncss the incident. Swift Kick Will Do If VANCOUVER (CD � Highways Minister P. A. Gaglardl advised a "kick 1om iti the pants" policy for handling juvenile delinquents when he addressed a boys' club here. "Give them a good boot in the pants ami tell them to be-luivc," he told club incni'A'M's Wednesday. "There, should be more looking after them sit the home level." He said that he assumed that the man must have come out of the blue sedan,, and walked'to the sidewalk. He had seen the car a minute or two before, when picking up mail from a box at Third and Kingston, he said. An RCMP constable testified that, jwhen he reached the scene, a .38 calibre, military type re-VQ.lxgr,,was _ in thtN.snow. b.eslde the ..mania -left tyjep.., i The man was breathing heavily, and had lost a considerable amount of blood. There was a bullet hole in each temple and a powder burn on the right temple. LOADED REVOLVER The revolver was loaded with six shells, the constable said. The cartridge in front of the firing pin and been discharged. Work Through Night To Free Bodies In Dam MONTREAL (CP) � Melmetr cd construction men worked through the night at clearing away debris so underwater rescue attempts at daybreak to free bodies of their companions from the wreckage of a collapsed coffer dam. Floodlights played on the black waters of the Riviere des Prairies, 6\virling past the twisted f hell of the coffer dam that took 11 lives when it caved in Wednesday under pressure of ice and water. One body was recovered Thursday. A diver and three frogmen engaged in the grim and dangerous job of recovering the others said they located two others pinned down by the steel beams that had formed the vail of the caisson. An RCMP corporal produced the .' revolver for identification and confirmed the constable's evidence; ' William Francis Clark testified that he identified the man as being his brother, Herbert Leonard Clark. George Kellet, chartered -accountant; 133^ Fourth. Avenue, ifche employer of/the de,ad man, jsa'ld that he had seen htm three ,'thnes on the morning of the ih-(See "INQUEST"-Page 3) < � Production Of Cider Set To Start SUMMER LAND KM -^-After a test n:n at the experimental farm here, hard-cider production by the Princeton Breweries is expected to get under way the first week in April. Last obstacle was cleared away when the federal excise department agreed to permit the manufacture of beer and cider in the same plant. Bank Clearings In City Total $6,890,019 Burns Lake Man Dies After Fall In Francois Lake . BURNS LAGE, B.C. (CP) � William Goodlad, 60, died shortly after he was rescued froir the icy waters of Francois Lake. He fell" from his boat while fishing and his! calls for help wer.e answered by Jerry Menard and Dick Hedstrom, who pulled him from the water. Goodlad, a retired Prince Rupert" fisherman, collapsed and died after he spoke,a few words to his rescuers. He is believed to have suffered a heart seizure. He lived at Glenannon at the east end of Francois Lake. He is survived by his wife, three sons and a daughter, Mrs. William Giigah, Burns Lake, and another daughter, Jeannette, living in Vancouver. Gov't To Back Dental Faculty VICTORIA CP) � The University of B.C. would get '100 per cent" co-operation from the government if it opened a dental (acuity, Education Minister Les Peterson told the Legislature Thursday. LHtle Prairie To Celebrate DAWSON CREEK, B.C. CD � A three-communJ ty celebration is planned for March' 12 to mark completion of the Pacific Great .Kaster Railway line to Little Prairie from- Prince George. Premier Bennett, officials of 'he PGE and committees from Dawson Creek, Fort St. John and Little Prairie will take part. It is estimated the railway will reach Dawson Creek, 60 miles east of Little Prairie, this summer. Little Prairie is 175 miles north oi Prince George. Interest Rates Take Sharp Drop Bank clearings in Prince George during the month of February totalled a whopping $6,890,010, according to figures . released today by the city's five chartered banks. Clearings for the first two months of the year amount to well over $14,000,000, a near-approach to the record .$16,000,000 turnover of the last two years. Coupled with this picture of a stiH-healthy economy in Prince George is the news from Ottawa today that the Bank of Canada interest rate, has dropped sharply. According to reports, the lower rate is a-definite indication of an easier money situation and a prospective decline in interest rates generally. The rate, which dropped from 3.11 per cent of a week ago to 2.91 per cent, was greeted ,with caution here, but one bank manager has acknowledged that the decline would ease the tight-money policy. The Interest rate is the Bank of Canada's charge on loans to chartered banks and other lending institutions. It is the second decline since Feb. 17. The. all-time high of -1.33 per cent was reached last Aug. 22 during a tight-money period. The record low was 1V& per cent in 1955. The bank rate is fixed at one-ftUWtor of one per cent above the week's avcraf�c"ylc"ld oh1 the government's 90-day treasury bills.. This was 2.66 per cent, down from 2.86 last week. The i low treasury bill yield reflects a heavy demand for the short-term securities. Informants said this may indicate some banks and investment houses, have idle funds on their handy. The chartered banks' prime rate on loans was lowered from 5^4 per cent last August to 5!4 per cent last month; This week's bank rate was the lowest since April 4, 1956, when it was 2.75 per cent. The United States also appears to be paring rates downwards in an easy-money policy. The U.S. three-month treasury bill rate has been declining generally this year. It was 2.86 per cent on Jan. 8 but dropped to 1.20 last week. This week it rose slightly to 1.35 per cent. Bank clearings in Prince George for February last year totalled $7,682,853, while January 1957 clearings amounted to $8,645,719, compared to $7,230,-096 for January, 1958. Search Curtailed For Missing Plane KOD1AK, Alaska (AP) � Gale winds that whipped the sea to a froth sharply curtailed a search Thursday for a twin-engined private plane missing since Wednesday with six men aboard. � Last radio contact with the plane was 23 miles out of Ko diak after Sig Staveland, the pilot had sent a distress call �thai.Jjolh engines.had quit. Llberace Called 'Petulant Child' SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) AiiWrtcan pianist Liberaco displayed the reactions of a "petulant "child" rather than "a responsible adult" when he spoke to a matinee audience here Wed-, riesday, a judge said today. Liberace refused to play at the matinee after a Sydney Supreme Court injunction forbade him to perform tunes from the Broadway hit musical My Fair Lady. In Cariboo Riding Candidates Need Endurance By TO XV SKAB Citizen City Editor In British Columbia's vast Cari boo Riding, endurance is often as much a factor in winning an election as a good speaking voice or a magnetic personality. At least that's what the four candidates campaigning for election on March 31 arc finding out. For incumbent Bert Leboe, who has stumped the hustings In two elections in the past for the Social Credit movement, and even to CCF candidate Bill Close, who had a whack at la&t June's election, covering the thousands of miles in the riding is becoming a familiar, although not necessarily an easy task. One of those who campaigned in the 1957 election in June, Angus Carmichael, estimated he travelled over 35,000 miles, from as far north as Lower Post on the B.C.-Yukon border to Alexandria about 700 miles to the south. Carmichael. the unsuccessful Liberal candidate, found that even at that he was unable to visit all the hundreds of tiny communities that dot-the sprawling constituency. SPLIT IT UP It is for that reason that each candidate in tins election is anxious to sec the riding split in two, with- the Rocky Mountains forming a natural barrier between the Peace River and the j-'reat hinterland of Prince George. It is easy to see that covering the riding is not only a test to the candidate's endurance, it also imposes a heavy drain on the pocketbook, for political parties arc generally hesitant to dispose of their largesse to too great a degree in the backwoods of the Cariboo. A typical tour of the riding is � he following itinerary of Progressive-Conservative candidate W. C. "Gus" Henderson. ITINERARY Tonight Henderson will speak in Fort St. James; Saturday night lie will attend a banquet in Van- (Sec "CANDIDATES" Page 3) OPEN HOUSE WAS held last night at the Senior High School as part of Education Week. Nearly 200 parents took advantage of the event to inspect' the. school and its activities. Here Principal Allan Stables welcomes J. Cochrane. : � � � .....; I - -� �?,;$ I:' m0-" � ) : fIf frSJF^J �f V * � * r ������ ... � -> � ;t Y* �HH! g - }i STUDENT Roger Pearson (top) gives a demonstration on how an electric motor operates. In the bottom picture parents watch the demonstration with great interest. ,.. �Citizen Pliotos by Karl SpreiU AN EXAMPLE of the woodworking ability of students is being shown by Mrs. K. Loland by student Claudie Blue. The ashtray is one of many pieces of furniture made by woodworking class. -