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Vol. 2;  No.   114
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TUESDAY, JUNE  17,   1958
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'CITIZEN' covers inaugural run
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CITIZEN reporters John Matters and Bryan McCarthy covered the inaugural run of the Prince George-Prince Rupert bus service. They step aboard for the 16-hour-each-way trip (below) and among one of the spots visited in the coast town was Fairview Cove, site of the Fisherman's Co-operative (above). Their illustrated feature on the trip is on Page Three.
Council Takes 'Recess'
City   council   this mer- will   meet  once two  weeks,  reverting  to  a schedule it planned at the beginning of the year.
Timetable meetings dravvn up shortly  after   the   now   council
was sworn into office in January
sum-.caned   for   a   regular   meeting
,,.   r ,  every two weeks.
However, business became so heavy this spring that special meetings had to be called oh the other Monday evenings.
During the summer months counsel business lias dropped off and aldermen take their holidays.
�RETARDED' SCHOOL NEEDS DONATIONS
With only three days to go, $2,000 in donations are still needed to build the new school for retarded children,, slated to go up between the hours of dawn and dusk Saturday.
Kiwanians appeal to the public to ake good these deficiencies in money or material before the week end.
Materials needed, mainly accessories, are listed below. All interested in making a donation are asked to get in touch with Kiwanian Gordon Larson, phone LO 4-7."jI2.
Building will start Saturday at 3 a.m. Labor will be provided free of charge by members of Prince George Contractor's Association.
They will be using materials
I donated by the leading lumber companies   of   the   district,   by
| hardware and contracting firms. Some of the material will have been purchased through cash donation from private individuals and firms.
By 11. L. JONES Canadian Press Staff Writer
VANCOUVER (CP) � The protracted Sommers bribery-conspiracy case may he over sooner than expected.
The trial involving former lands and forest, minister Robert Sommers, three oth'er business men and Four companies wcnl into its L'llli day today, a record rpi" an assize court jury trial in recent years;,
Monday Crown witness George M;i\ (upon, completed his Uvsii-inony in surprisingly quick time, Defence cross-examination bv a
battery of six lawyers was over in little more than half an hour.
The development left prosecutor Victor Dryer with no other Grown witness that could bo produced immediately. An') Judge .1. 6. Wilson, obviously anxious to get on with the case, instructed him to always have someone on hand ready to take the .stand.
The Crown's cas is expected io bo completed by mid-week and the defence side of the case may lake a week, much sooner than expected. The prosecution now may noj call some of the witnesses it bad planned, such as Deputy Lands and Forests .Minister Charles Orchard.
Davenport was accountant for the accused timber engineering firm of C. D. Schultz and Com. pany between 1053 and 1055. lie testified that company President. Charles Schultz, one of the accused, told him of a three-way .split arrangement of certain funds and said Sommers, who tlien was minister, was to lie in on tlie split.
However, under cross-examination by Sommers' counsel An-gelo Branca, Davenport said lie hail mi persona] knowledge of any moneys going to Sommers through the Schultz firm while he was there.
Win Manitoba
By STAN McCABE Canadian Tress Staff Writer WINXIPEG (CP) � The Progressive Conservatives ended 4,'> years in Manitoba's political wilderness by winning Monday's provincial general election. Hut their total of 26 scats in the 57-membor House left them short of an over-all majority-
Today, on his 4.1st birthday, party leader Duff Roblin � grandson of Manitoba's I: t Conservative premier � awaited an announcement on the future plan* of Liberal-Progressive Premier Campbell, whose party ran second with 19 seats in Canada's first provincial vote since the March :!1 Dominion election.
Monday night Mi-. Campbell cut off questions by reporters, saying: "The election id over for today."'
However, Mr. Roblin indicated liia readiness to step into office:
"II   we   are   called   upon   to
form a government we shall accept that offer and put into effect the program outlined in the campaign."
Final Canadian Press standing compared with the standing alter the last election in  i!)."�:5:
	lit	58       1!)."�:!
Prog. Cons.		Hi         12
l-ili.l'iog.		1!)         :12
((]�'		11           5
Social   Credit		11           2
independent		1            1
rml.  Lib.		0            1
Lub.-l*.		0            1
Total		57.    . 5.7
Both    Mr.   R	obi in	and    CCF
Leader Lloyd !;	; tin son	ruled out
-my   possibility	of   a	coalition
government.		
Mr.   Roblin	Mid    d	uestioners
the Conservatives will not form a  coalition   with,   anyone.
Mr. Stinson said he .docs not favor a coalition involving his party.
The result left Canada without a provincial Liberal government west of the �Maritimes, where the party is in power in Prince L'dward Island and Newfoundland.
The Conservatives now hold four provinces, adding Manitoba to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario. Social Credit holds Alberta and British Columbia, Union Nationale lias Quebec and the CCF Saskatchewan.
For Mr. Roblin, the election victory came after only nine years in politics. Although he is the grandson of Sir Rodmond Koblin. Conservative premier from 1050 to 1015, his entry into politics was the result of a challenge in 1949.
Early returns showed the Liberals flipping and The Canadian Press said at 10:26 p.m. CDT, S6 minute's after the polls closed, that defeat by the government was indicated. The CP reported election of the Conservatives with the largest legislature group at 10:4S p.m.
The day was sunny, with temperatures in the mid-70:i, and rural roads were in goo'd condition. Voting was unexeetedly heavy after a campaign which appeared to sUr slight interest;!
To all these the Kiwanian association   today  said   a   hearty "thank you." MATERIALS   NEEDED
The following items, obtainable at Prince George Builder's Supplies, are still needed to construct  the school:
3"xl0" joists, 5250; 46 pc. !�> plywood, .%'!2.ri; 25 sheets Stone Hoard, $70; ti sheets g" plywood, $70; roofing gravel 2 yards, $10; wall board, $C0; ceiling tile, $150; trim material, $100; valbar, $10; ten test ;is, ;j sheets, $10; paint, $60;   hardware,  $150.
Also needed are:
Furnace including oil tank, $350; electric fixtures, $275; roofing, $200; metal parts of door, $30.
The District Association for Handicapped Children announced today that applications for enrollment Into the school are being received for the 1058-59 term.
Parents are asked  to contact
Farmer's Delegates In Town  For Convention
Delegates from farmers institutes throughout north central B.C. will attend an annual convention  here Thursday.
Discussion of farming problems in this part of the province will form the bulk of the agenda.
Representatives will be guests at a banquet Thursday evening in the Prince George Hotel. Business sesions will be held at the  Pincview Hall.
Mrs. C. A. Willson, chairman of the screening board.
The association anticipates increased enrollment in the school as a consequence of the improved facilities.
A nominal charge of $10 per month is made for but no child is turned away for lack of funds.
Children outside Prince George are entitled to use the school, special transport being supplied.
Fire Breaks Through Guard
Forest fire 70 miles north of Prince George near the Hart Highway broke through its guard yesterday and spread into a" pine growth.
B.C. Forest Service rushed men and equipment to the scene of tiie vicious blaze- this morning in an effort to bring jt under control. It was burning near the crest of a hill.
Mopping up operations are continuing at the scenes of forest fires throughout the huge forest district which covers nearly a third of the physical area of the province.
Fire hazard remains high as no rains fall on the slash ami limberland which is particularly vulnerable to blazes, burning and campfires will remain cancelled until heavy rains drench the area, a BCFS spokesman said.
Loca9 Taxpayers arly This Year
Prince George properly owners aren't waitin Hie last minute to pay their taxes.
City ball officials reported today a I least one third of the total   tax  roll  lias been   paid.
About $300,000 ni the $1,000,-OIX) of the total has been received at city hall.
"They arc being paid much earlier than last year," an official stated.
Local Improvements have been billed as frontage tax, which in some cases probably  helped   re-
until
lieve the burden of the annual tax bill.
The $28 homeowners gra:il, available Io all who own and live in their homes, should be claimed at the time of paying taxes.
Deadline for paying taxes in person at city hall is 5 p.m. June 30. Mailed payment will be received up to July   1.
Consult With
J. (). llliACKMOX
Marine Pipeline and Dredging Ltd., has been awarded a contract by Prince George Gas Co., to construct a natural gas distribution system for the city.
Gas company project engineer, Owen Wright, will consult with city engineer George Harford on a starting date.
Once the first complete block has been surveyed,, said Mr. Wright, contractors work on the $1,250,009 system can start immediately."
OWKN   WKKJIIT
 A. DOKKKX
More carloads of pipe rolled into the city's freightyards yesterday and today, and Marino Pipelines crews have started unloading.
Construction superintendent for Marine is J. O. Blackmon, o/ Dallas, Texas, one of North America's leading pipelines specla� lists'.
He has just completed a pipe-laying job under the Fraser River at Fort Langley and imediat-ly before that laid two under the Quesnel River. �
Pipeline installation has taken him all over North America during the last 23 years and he says of the Prince George project: "There don't seem to he too   many   problems   here."
ISQUII'MKA'T IIERM
Marine has already moved much of its equipment in to the city but if more is hoede in a hurry it   will  be rented  locally.
Several local merchants have been awarded contracts by Marine and more will be placed as the project advances.
The company has already stated it will rely mainly on local labor.
Lome A. Dokken, who has developed" natural gas .systems In centres throughout Canada is project engineer.
Hungary Executes Two Revolutionary Leaders
VIENNA (AP) � Communist Hungary h a S executed two leaders of the Soviet-crushed Hungarian revolt in Octobci and November, 1050 � formei premier Imrc Nagy and defence minister Pal Maleter.
The executions of Nagy, Male-tcr and two lesser figures in the uprising and prison sentences for five others were announced today.
Moscow broke the word first in what looked to Vienna observers like the start of a new Kremlin purge of Titoists in the satellites seeking pome independence from Moscow's domination. Foreign diplomats in Belgrade viewed the execution of Nagy as a direct slap at the Yugoslav president. REFUSED TO CONFESS
Budapest radio said Nagy and Maleter refused to make full confessions to the people's court which tried them secretly in Budapest. The dates of the trial or the executions were not made public.
All   nine   were   charged   with
THE WALLS' of the Christian Church of O'Fallon collapsed when high winds struck across Missouri and neighboring states. The roof and steeple came to rest near the foundation, for the most paVt intact. The church was built in 1SS3. Over 40 persons \ve;e listed as dead or missing in the U.S. cyclone area.
"organization of a plot, aimed at overthrowing" the Hungarian government. Nagy also was convicted, of "betraying the.motherland" and Maleter of "organizing a military uprising."
Joszcf Szllagyl and Miklos Gimcs were Communist journalists executed with Nagy and Maleter.
The mo;st prominent of the five   men   sentenced   to   prison
Corn Roast On Friday
prince George Teon Towners will hold a corn roast at Ness Lake  Friday   Night.
The event will be held at Ouster's Camp, is open to Teen Town members and one guest each.
Live music will be provided for the occasion. Those who do not have a ride out to the lake have 'been asked to meet at the Civee Center  at  7  p.m.
Jaycee Delegates Off To Vancouver
Five members of the Prince George Junior Chamber of Commerce will travel to Vancouver next week to attend a regional convention   of  the organization.
The conference will be attended by delegates from JCC organ-nations throughout B.C. and the Yukon.
Attending the meeting from this city will be president Bryce Morrison, president - elect Art Murray, Jack Schmidt, John rrask and Bob Hamilton.
Alaska Statehood Delayed Monday
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