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Vol. 2; No. 129
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1958
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Establishment of a closed circuit system of tele vision .in Prince George has come to. a standstill.
The halt has been called because the North West Telephone Co. has not given approval to PG-TV's cable plans.
This news came today rival American company � with offices in Indianapolis, Indiana, started negotiations to set-up a rival multi-channel system in Prince George.
MOST INTEKWTED
Spokesman for the American company, Karl N. Davis, stated a group of businessmen in the Indianapolis area "are most interested in the development of closed circuit television in your city."
Mr. Davis .stilted that it was
known that another company
"had (alien sonic steps in this
direction," but thai this would
not �iffeet their plans. TWO Oil I'llKKM PROGRAMS
It is understood that the now company would attempt to introduce a circuit ofering two or three program choices.
Relocation of Highway [n has made it Impossible for a �'�'Urn mai'kinp the slw of (lie N'.u.-,^ west Company Tracing post at oFrt Kraser to Ik; completed in time for the, unveiling ceremonies slated for July 12.
The ceremony will be held at the "earliest possible date," Fort Frascr Centennial Committee reports.
PG-TV's station manager, Gary Robinson, said today it was "extremely unlikely" that the target date of August 1 for con tinuous telecasting in centra Prince George would be met.
"Cable plans were submitted to North West in mid-June but approval has not come through yet," he said.
Mr. Robinson estimated the cable would be "strung" about a month after laying began.
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Benjamin Hussell, judge and author who died in 1935; was a puisne judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court more than :!() years.
VICTORIA (CP) � Abut 250 spectators and scores of government and civic dignitaries were present Tuesday evening for the official opening of the rebuilt Malahal Summit section of the Island Highway.
Premier Dennett, introduced to he crowd by Highway Minister \ A. Cav'i'inJi. sakl.jiio.wfcisuer
mony ^yjyjn't' being. hc-\il to glorify the government "but, to advertise some more of the splen|! did views and tourist attractions on Vancouver Island."
Recreation* Minister Karlo C. West wood of Nanaimo, flanked by Don Siniih (SCJ-Victoria) and Herbert Bruch (SC-Ksc|Uimalt>, cut the ribbon stretching across the highway.
Alter I In- ribbon-cutting, Premier Bennett and Mr. Gaglardj drove onto the new highway in a horse-drown landau.
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VICTORIA � Deputy Provincial Secretary has confirmed a slight change in Princess Margaret's itinerary during her tour through the 13.C. Interior, subject to her approval.
Originally Margaret was to have spent the night here in the special PGE car following her tour of the city .Inly 17.
f She will now under the proposed plan; leave town immediately upon boarding the train at 5:05 p.m., haying spent only 35 minutes here.
This means that she will arrive in Quesnel at S p.m. July 17.
Movie Crew To Shoot Here
Silviculture (forest cultivation practices) hi the. Prince (Jeorge forest district will be recorded in ;i movie to l>e pro-* rluced by the n.C. l-'orest Ser-
Ministers Ownership Of Gas Shares �'Indecent'
ACTON VALE, Quebec (CP) � Quebec Liberal Leader Jean Lesage has described as "indecent" the ownership of shares of the Quebec Natural Gas Corporation Limited by provincial government ministers.
He made the charge Wednesday night as he launched the first of a series of province-wide meetings which he described as a "protest march of liberation."
The former federal cabinet minister told a cheering crowd that Premier Duplessis had by, law placed the Quebec Natural. Gas Corporation under the authority of the electricity board�
provincial government body.
PUBLIC PliOPEKTl' SOLI)
"Not only ministers became shareholders in the company un-ler the authroity of the provincial board . . . 'but public pro-
perty was sold."
He announced his intention to tour the province after Premier Duplesis ignored his demands
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Laurence Shatsky, co-own-ei- of the McDonald Hotel has been injured in an auto accident near l.ytton.
He was travelling to Vancouver to hoc his wife, at the .suggestion of her doctors. Mrs. Sfinfsk.v has been ill there for sonic time.
.Following preliminary treatment for shock and chest injuries at Lyttoii Hospital he was transferred to Vancouver General Hospital.
Mr. SIiaLsky's c;tr is reported to have rolled down a -0-l'oot embankment.
for a royal commission of inquiry into the sale of Quebec Hydro's gas distribution facilities to the gas corporation.
The request followed a series of articles published by the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir which said a $20,000,000 stock market coup marked the gas sale.
Le Devoir named seven cabinet ministers, one former cabinet minister now lieutenant-governor fo the province, and Premier JDuplesses1 private secretary among shareholders or former shareholders of the corporation.
ACTRESS EXDIXd MARRIAGE HOLLYWOOD 'AIM�Actress Mamie van Doren and bandleader Kny Anthony said Friday they are ending their three-year marriage because of conflicting careers. They married in Toledo, Ohio, in l!X5u.
Hollywood Trip And Fun For Talent Show Winners
Young amatou/singers, instru-ncntaiists, dancers, In the ji'ince George area will get a chance to participate In a li.C. wide talent, contest which will ie a feature of the Free Outdoor riiealie at the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, August IS to Septcni'bcr 1.
Roy Gordon, internationally \tio\vn producer of talent, shows with headquarters in Hollywood, and a producer of this typo of entertainment for theatres, radio ind television along the entire Pacific Coast, will be in Prince George July Mth, 15th and Kith to hold auditions at the Prince Icorge Hotel.
Talent, selected will appear
Legalize Bingo
NEW YORK (AP) � The city council Tuesday voted 22 to 0. with one abstention, to legalize
in the Prince fJeorge High School July 17th sponsored by Kiwanis.
IJOM.VWOOD Tltl!'
Talented youngsters from 0 to IS years will be auditioned here for places in the finals to be held nightly during the PA-I'I. Winners of the I'.X.IO. {Uiltiiil show will he taken to Hollywood, with all expenses paid.
They will stay at. (lie famous Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, visit Disneyland, motion pic-
ture and TV studios and have a gala holiday. I'laus arc being in.ide for them to appeal' on television in Hollywood,
Mr. Gordon staged the highly successful talent show at the Pacific National Exhibition last yera and the scope of the auditions is being extended to all parts of the province this year. Last year's winners had the holiday of their lives as a reward. They were selected from several hundred . originally auditioned and participating in the finals al the Fair.
Cariboo Chorus Plays
Prince George's Cariboo Chorus last night performed before a capacity audience in Victoria.
Chorus sec.reiai'y manager
. ...... , ,, Bill Shbckcy reported today
Jingo in New York City. 1 he bill | �,,� t,.,. t(MI, wlli(.,, �.,� (,U(.
would take effect next. Jan. 1 if t is approved by the board of estimate. Mayor Robert Wagner ind the voters in a referendum Mov. 4. Only religious or benevo-lent organizations could sponsor lingo games.
them to half-a-dozen lower mainland centers is "rough, but exciting."
CAPACITY ANDIKNCM
Tlie group arrived in Victoria at \ a.m. y'ertcrtiuy after
it performance to another capacity audience in tlio Mousey High School auditorium at X e w Westminster Tuesday evening.
Cariboo Chorus ccotojiiii.il year tour of the province will end . Friday with a performance iu North Vancouver.
It lias also visited North Knuiloops and .Abotsford along with New Westminster, Tonight it will perform at Xanai-mo.
its
�"'he product inn unit along with stiff 'arrived in the city
morning. 'l']ic';tcain is. headed by Miss Barbara Davics, � chief BCFS photogr,%hor. li .will be a 10 nim sound film entitled "The Mark oflPrdgress." TBCHXK*K ADVISORS
Several officers of p.m. in- the Civic Center banquet room.
Pijilaysoii is visiting party organizations throughout the ceuti-al iuterior regions of the province.
I stock-farming are tackled, at the Experimental Station, Pineview, yesterday.
Nearly 50 were taken on tours of Ihc station by Superintendant Walter Bums and other officials: of ,the station. .
.Feeding studfes on cattle,'poul. try 'and ; sheep, and' breeding/ studies on cattle are the maifi lines of research at the station this year.
Work on crops has received a severe setback from current drought.
Results from the local station are pooled with findings at a chain of stations across Canada in an attempt to establish feeding and breeding conditions foj1 maximum milk or ineat yield. >