CAR-PICKUP HURTS FIV INSIDE EDITORIAL ...................... Page 2 SPORTS ............................ Page 4 WOMEN'S, SOCIAL ......... Page 7 CLASSIFIED ...................... Page 8 COMICS ............................ Page 9 DIAL LOgan 4-2441 WEATHER Cloudy with scattered showers. Cooler and lighl winds. Low tonight and high. tomorrow, 55 and 80. Vol. 2; No. 122 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JUNE .26, 1958 PRICE 7 CENTS BY CARKIEJt Jfic PER WEES iour teenagers was so oacuy smashed after the collision it was declared a total wreck. NAMES WITHELD uniy one passenger, a gin, is ami in nuspiun. �Citizen Photos Five*.teenagers and an adult were injured in a grinding head-on collision north of Prince George on the Hail Highway. Two of the victims today are recovering in hospital and are reported in good condition. The others were discharged after treatment; Names of the juvenile Involved lii the mishap have been rofuscfl by the police. (loi'don (Irani, an employee of ;i local electrical contracting firm who was driving a light, pickup truck, Is one of the two still in hospital today. STIJjii IN IlOSlMTAIi lie suffeL'e.d multiple la'cera-lions, bruises and light shock. One of (he teenagers is .-.'ill in hospital hut it. is expected she will be released soon. The accident oocureel seven jnilr.s north of here on the Hart Municipal Heads To Meet Margaret Only a dozen municipal heads representing north-central B.C. centers will be presented to Princess Margaret here next month. They include the mayors and reeves of Vanderhoof, McBride, I'erract, Telkwa, Kitimat, Stewart and other (towns in the northern region of the province. Mayor Carrie Jane Gray said today she lias received word from Victoria that the officials will meet the princess when she Steps off her aircraft at the Prince George airport on July 17. INVITATIONS EXPENDED A special "arrangements com- Highway shortly before I p.m. The two vehicles mot with a thundering crahfti, said witnesses and (lie early model passenger in which the teenagers were riding was later (Icclaicil ;i complete wreck. ROMP indicated this morning that charges may be laid arising out of the accident. Prince George Ambulance Service took four persons to hospital and three doctors were called to attend the injured. FIRE COSTS NOW UP TO $1,500,000 More than $500.1)00 dollars have gone up in smoke during the past seven days bringing the total cost from forest firest this year to an estimated $1,595,000. This tola) is more than twenty times last year's expenditure for the whole season, which was a mere $65,000, forestry officials report. And no respite is in sight yet. Long term forecast for the mid-June to mid-July period predicts high temperatures and low precipitation. Las; night's shower lias produced only a slight lull in the fires, while lightning touched off two new one?. �A helecopter-transported team is already fighting the fire at MacG-regor River and firefighters reached a blaze at llixon Creek overland. .Mom of the fires lashed over their guards by vicious winds Tuesday night are now corallod.; Still bucking guard, however,! is the 7 mile long blaze at � 'Tafluk' Lake, where ill) men. .aided bye jght cats are strugg-j ling for-control. t This Is reported to be an ex-'� ceptionally difficult fire to fight �' as it is patchy. Only 30 percent j of the timber witn:n its bound: ! aries has been burned, which ! means thai it has huge .fuel . and 20 uuleo lon^, ii being Satellite Fails CAI'i; CAXAVKKAI,, PJa. Another basketball-sized earth satellite was boosted into space by a Yangard rocket early today. Then, like its two predecessors, it plunged back to earth. Failure of the Vangard's see-not] stage to ignite was blamed by the I'.S. naval research laboratory for its failure to hurl the 20-inch, 21V6-pound sphere into orbit. The 72-foot navy rocket now has failed in five of its .six ventures into space. Its only success was chalked up March 17. when it launched the miniature 3"V2-pound satellite,' tiniest of the man-made moons circling the earth. Immediately in the wake, of this" latest Vanguard disappointment came news from General' Electric Company that it is developing a rocket engine capable of launching a satellite weighing as much as 20.000 pounds�almost. se\yn, tjmes. bigger than .Russia's Sputnik III. Centennial Caravan Coming A centennial "museum caravan" arrives in Prince George Saturday. Public will have the opportunity of seeing historical relics of British Columbia dating from 1SGS to the present day. The so root trailer will be lo-I cated at .lay's autosales, Fourth and Dominion. Doors open between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. in the afternoon and between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. in the evening. Sponsored by r..(\ committee, arrangements for the visit have! been made by Prihce George JCVs1. The museum make a return visit to the city July 5. Admission is free. mittee" set up in Victoria to pian the Princess' tour of the province has advised Mayor Gray* to extend inviuuions to the municipal heads and their wives. Mayor Gray has forwarded a proposed route which the royal tour will follow through Prince Gerge. TERRACE�Two armed men this morning escaped with $14,000 in a daring hold - up at the Royal Bank of Canada here. RCMP said the bandits approached two tellers in the bank and fled on foot about 10:40 a.m. They are believed to be hiding in the nearby foothills. Loses Tourists Centennial Association President. Alex Bowie is gry because public apathy is blighting a unique oprtunity Tor the city's tourist industry. Centennial angi portunity He received a telegram on bciuuXiii' 17fj Californian tourists, yesterday asking for the date of the monster centennial pageant "From Wilderness to Wonderland." The party Intended to visit Prince George especially lo see this pageant. Hut unless some local body comes forward to hack it, there will he no pageant. It is slated lo run' August 27� barely two months away, and nobody has stepped forward to back it yet. BACKED OUT More than one organization has sniffed at i!, then, fearful of the work involved, have backed out. "These people could learn a lesson from the kids at the Junior High School tonight," Bowie said. The students are presenting a pageant with a cast of 100; "If school children can put Colorful Pageant At School Tonight WINDSHIELD and flash were wrecked and the teenage passengers were cut by living glass. Department of highways started moving into the new government building yesterday It was the first, provincial government department to shift into the structure which was completed in March. Other government branches will move Saturday and Sunday They will be open for business j in the new building Monday morning. I Williams Moving and Storage pf Prince George have contracted with the Department of Public Works to do ihc bulk moving. All files and miscellaneous equipment from the offices have to be crated before moving. Government employees will do most of the packing within ihe next tw weeks in preparation for the shift MAYOR WILL TELL PUC ABOUT GAS Mayor Carrie .lane Gray will personally bring Prince George's stand.in the natural gas issue before the Public Utilities Commission when it sits here next week. The PUC sitting opens in the old court house at L0:30 a.m. next Thursday. �Her Worship .--aid today she is preparing a brief which she will take before the three-man commission headed by Dean H. F. Angus. At least two Prince George aldermen are also expected to- appeal to ihe PUC for support of the city's argument in the case. A pageant depicting colorful periods in the province's history will be presented at .Junior High School tonight. Nearly 100 students will re-enact the progress of the California gold seekers of 18-19. Scenes showing them at Victoria, where they encountered Governor Douglas; fighting the Indians along the Fraser; and "at Barkcrville, are some of the highlights of the show. Scenes from modern life will bring the narrative up to the present day. The pageant was written by two teachers at the school, William Gladwin and Gil Brett. Cast of performers will be supported by the school choir and band. Doors open at 8 p.m. No- charge for admission will be made to the general public. A performance of the pageant was given Tuesday, before a school audience. on a show like this surely it. should not he impossible for adults to put on this centennial show," he commented. "I'm hoping that, even at this late stage the kids will shame sonic organization into action." CANON U.Mb) The pageant falls on "The" centennial day of the year, The day will be heralded in by the 139 mile canoe race from Fort St James to Prince George. Celebrations for the big day include a huge parade of bands and floats in the morning, an oldtimer's banquet in Ihe afternoon, the KCMP musical ride, a fire work display and a Chinese Lions' dance. But the corner stone of the whole day's activities is the "Wilderness to Wonderland" pageant. Telegram received by Bowie was from West. Pacific Railway, San Francisco. They plan to organize a lour of B.C. for the 175-strong party this year. An Island Cache woman yesterday was sentenced to six months imprisonment on a bootlegging conviction. Mrs. Irene Rowden was sentenced by Stipendiary -Magistrate P. J. Moran. It was her second offence of unlawfully selling liquor. Magistrate Moran also ordered confiscation of liquor exhibits which RCMP officers had gathered in their investigation. Wage negotiations between the International Woodworkers of America and the Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association in Prince George have bogged down "on a number of points," it was learned today. Both parties this-, morning made joint, application to call in a provincial government conciliation officer to Iron out "some issues" jn iho dispute. Nil (.\ cerctiiry-inanager Unit Gallagher and .lnrl< Ifolst, president of (he IWA, (old The Citizen however the disputed points may bo settled before, the conciliator enters (Hie talks. Discussions started Tuesday morning and will continue into this evening. A preliminary wage parley was hold In Vancouver late last.month. TALKS .MAV UKSl'MK If a settlement is not reached before the conciliation ol'HecT arrives, discussions are expected to rejsume early n,ext week after a weekend recess. Talks are being held In city hall council chambers! Some progress has been made and agreement has boon reached tin proposals from both sides, the statement said. Prince George as planned. Wage contracts affecting 2,odd woodworkers i n t. b c Prince George area expires August "�!. Woodworkers are asking for a 15 percent increase and increased fringe benefits. i.Ncitj:\ski) ihithkuntiai, Oilier demands include an an increased night, silt, difer-e n t. i :t I, improved vacations with pay clause, union shop, and an industry-wide medical plan for the southern interior. IWA negotiators are also seeking changes in the current, contract pertaining to seniority, rest, periods and leave of absence. Current, basic minimum wage of IWA memebrs is SI.33 an hour. NEGpTIATI NG PJSRSON N EY> Fred Pieber, secretary of the IWA district negotiating committee from Vancouver, who was scheduled to enter the talks yesterday, did not, come to Prince George as Planned;. A union offcial said his trip was cancelled. The lumbermen's association Is represented in the dispute by negotiator Terry Watt, Bob Gallagher, Reg Hilton, G. S. Browri'ridge, Art. Stoble, Tom bilworth and C, Winton. Hoist and IWA 'business agent Howard Webb appeared on behalf of the union. MISSION CITY - - HERE W .Nine Prince CJrnrgp hoys leave tomorrow morn ing to participate in the Provincial soapbox derby finals at Misson next week. The contingent Is headed by 11 - year � old Lloyd Campbell, who won the derby here on May 19. Lloyd is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ford Campbell, 225 Fifteenth Ave. He will meet boys represent-, ing 30 other B.C. centers at the, B.C. finals which will be held: July 10. The winner of ibis. event will compete in the North. America soapbox championships' at Akron, Ohio, next summer. Lloyd's car is sponsored by, Prince George Builder's Supplies' Ltd. It was the third year he has' participated in the local derby. The Prince George finals were organized by the Elks Club and held on Rose Ave. in South. Fort George. LLOYD CAMPBELL ... and "bug"