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Vol.  2 No.   148
PRINCE GEORGE,  BRITISH  COLUMBIA, THURSDAY AUGUST 7,   1958
PRICE   7   CENTS
BY CARRIKH Iftc PER WEEK.
Statement At
all Opening
The introduction of a pulp and paper industry to the Prince George area was envisaged by W. B. Milner, president of Eagle Lake Sawmill, at the opening yesterday of a new $.100,000 planer mill at Giscome.
The new mill replaces the one 'burned flown in a fire last fall. Mr.   Milner,   who   introduced "Land and Forests Minister Ray Williston    at    the    tape-cutting
ceremony, said they  must seek *a  more stable industry  that 'based on a "much wider utlllza-
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News Briefs
VANCOUVER. � The British Columbia seiner Pacific Ocean has completed an 18,000-mile sweep to return here with a catch of 502 fur seals.
The seiner travelled from the Columbia River to Alas-, ka's Shjuinagm  Banks. *    �    *
TRAIL, B.C.�The Associated Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce of Southeastern British Columbia have called for a review of Ihc freight rate structure in Canada, especially the differential rate charged in the East and West Kootcnay districts.
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"" NEW Ytil'lK � Tin' Xnv York Daily News says Soviet Premier Nikitu Ivlinitih'chev plants to make a surprise flight to this country to lead tin- Kiissian delegation at tuo United Nations General Assembly.
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VvJUNh:AU, Alaska (AIM�Boom. . .�s' Pink salmon runs are reported in various sections of Alaska and an extension of the seasonal fishing period in the other section of the Cook Inlet district was ordered by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries.
WASHI\GT0i\ (.\F) -~ The biggest balloon over launched went up from a site near Crosby, Minn., parly today to gather information on cosmic radiation at the edge of spa.ee. A monkey and other living organisms  were  aboard.
f ROSSES CANADA I 70 DANCE AGAIN �      WITH PRINCESS
AI> LAWVER John first danced with argarct in Vancou-^hc crossed Canada |ith her at the guv-gars ball in Ottawa. ffl time, he became^ jjjffipartners in Montr \hcing partners are sol-7Vroyal command from �Jiose eligible, and Mar-^owcd her prc- by Hie length  at her  table.
tion of the product of the for ests."
"We hope that in the not-so-far future a thriving pulp and paper Industry may be established," said Mr, Milner, "something that was always the dream of former owner and manager, the late Roy Spurr."
Mr.   Milner   paid   tribute   to the pioneer work of Mi*. Spurr, his associate  Don MePliee (present at the ceremony), and the Wintin brothers of Minneapolis. "They o said without contradiction that tile mill it* without e and 0 in Vancouver.
Conciliation followed deadlocking of discussions here towards the end of Juno.
Present contract expires oi August 31.
Phoebe O'Dell Dies At Coast
.A resident of the Prince George are for many years, Mrs. Pfioebc G. O'Dell, died in St. Jo-soph's Hospital, at Victoria, on August 2. She-was S2.
.Mrs. O'Dell came to Prince George in IMS-from Eng-land a: a war bride and lived at Sum mit Lake and in the city mos of her life.
She is survived by a sister-ln law in England.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
'Native   Discrimination Alleged At Prince Rupert
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. � Prince Rupert Labor Council Wednesday night called for resignation of a special city council committee investigating a riot Sunday in this northern British Columbia city and suggested it be replaced by a federal royal commission.
The council sent a telegram to Justice Minister Fulton requesting establishment of a royal commission of three government nominees and four Prince Rupert residents.
The organization, which represents 2,000 trade union members here, suggested the commission should have terms of reference sufficiently broad to enable it to make complete inquiry into law enforcement in the city and "alleged discrimination against the native population."
]t asked for immediate resignation of the city committee headed by Mayor Peter J. Luster which Has been making a closed investigation of the riot for the last three days.
"We cannot agree that this committee would constitute a proper and unbiased authority,'! the council said.
I {.CMP broke up the tlisturbance early Sunday morn-rig with tear gas after 1,000 demonstrators had hurled bottles and rocks at police and Mayor Lester had twice read the Riot Act.
You A' One Wheel Man
A urii-cycle�a one-wheel bicycler�is available to an intrepid Prince George citizen who would like to par-ticlpato in the August 27 parade.
Heereation director Ernie Kucks has asked anyone who would like to ride the machine in t h e Prince George Day parade to contact him.
The cycle has been pur-chii.sf'd !>}� ;i local businessman who would like to enter  it   in   the   parade.
$175,000 School Bid
C. J. Oliver Ltd. of Prince George has been named low bidder for the construction of a 8175,000 .school block here.
The new structure will ho an eight-room addition to the South Central elementary school.
The Oliver firm, which was general contractor for the city's new coliseum, bid $173,100 on the project.
School hoard has recommended to the department of education in Victoria that the price be accepted.
Other bids wore:
Mai'polc Construction. $11 075; Hush & Toiiipkins (Canada) Ltd.. $179,309; Bennett and White Construction, $180,117 and Dcjsbll Construction, $18,-KJ1.
Construction on the school building is expected to begin as soon   as   Victoria   approves'
'Sorry', Says Gunman As He Shoots At RCMP
WEST SUMMERLAND, j B.C. � A massive murder manhunt in which one RCMP officer has been wounded by a gunman and three others have died in a search plane crash, moved into its third day today with no clue to the whereabouts of the wanted suspect.
Police said a clue being investigated by the search plane when it crashed Wednesday into a hillside above nearby Skaha Lake later proved to be useless.
The Beaver floatplane was flying low following reports from residents who .said they had seen a suspicious man, later cleared.
Killed were Sgt. Stanley S. Tothwell, 40, of Vancouver; Const. Richard Green, :M>, of Penticton nnfl Const. J. K. Cormier, 27, of Vancouver. GIRL  BEATEN  TO DEATH
The crash occurred on the opposite side of the lake from hie cabin in which the body of attractive Anita Buddc, 2S, was discovered by her employer early Monday. A recent immigrant from Germany, Miss Buckle was working in an orchard at Kale-den.
Discovery of the nude, beaten body, started the search throughout this area of the Okanngan Valley, a country of lakes, wooded slopes and,orchard farms. SHOT TWICE
Cpl. Ralph Brown of the three-man detachment at this small community 10 miles north of Penticton, was shot twice Tues-
day by a man he was quest ion-ing while taking part in the search. Me is in good condition, suffering wounds in the neck md arm.
Swimmer's Itch Cure
"Swimmer's Itch" � a rash resembling sun-burn � may be prevented very simply, Medical officer of Health Dr. K. I. G. Benson reports.
Any swimmer who suspects that he has been in infected water should towel himself Ctttof-oiighly, immediately he loaves the water.
Jj' the film of water over the body is removed, the parasite is removed with it,  he said.
No new reports of the infection have been received recently". It is expected that, with the cooler weather, the trouble will disappear.         .    �--<         -.- ,    �
DOCTOR REMANDED
Case of Dr. Ronald Earl Brown, charged with rape, was remanded in police court.this morning -Until  August   13.
The gunman told- Cpl. Brown:
"J'm sorry  I  have  to do this
to you." He fired as the officei
sat in his car, then ran into the
hush on a nearby hillside.
and shot, the bear twice; once through the skull and the other through the stomach.
When ne approached the animal is jumped at him; The bear scratched his face, left arm and
A Cranhroolc hills farmer who was attacked by a black bear this week claims lie would not be alive today if it wasn't for liis'dpg.
Kdmond Beger, 55, was mauled by a bear about 7 a.m. Tuesday on his way to find his cows and bring them back to the barnyard for  milking.
The  Beger farm   is about  10 miles   west   of   Prince   George. The  stout,   German-speaking farmer who has lived in Canada 10 years; said he saw the bear while walking along a trail carved  through  thick  underbrush. "It was in the trees to  my right  and   I   immediately   dp-cided to go home for my rifle to  shoot it," he  recalled. Beger returned with the rifle
thigh and sunk Its teeth about an  inch Into  his arm.
At this point, Beger's is-month-�old dog, "Buster", came on the scone and barked at the bear; It scared  the  animal   away.
The bear died a few minutes Inter as Mr. Beger rushed to the farmhouse for treatment to the wounds.
Twelve tons of Louisiana-grown tomatoes bound for Alaska are being held in stor. age here today following a transport truck accident north of Prince George.
It. wont out of control about five   miles   north   of   here swung into a ditch. The driver was not hurt.
WHAT'S YOUR GUESS?
AN UNIDENTIFIED flying object of the flying sauc--,cr variety was photographed on Oct. Hi, 1057, when 'it hovered for 15 minutes near Hollomari Air Develop'-
wno niust remain unidentii"-11' "ouu a pvuiub ui \ uum of a secpntl; The APR� offered no conventional explanation for the object].
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HON. RAY WILLISTON, minister p� lands and. forests, officially opens the new $500,000 planer; plant at Eagle Lirke Sawmills yesterday. He described the mill as   "th.e   finest "sawmill   in   B.C."                                                �Jack Brett Photos
Big Improvement Seen In
Rain over the last three days has resulted in a "very marked improvement in the forest fire situation here, but Forest Protection Chief Maurice Jscnor is not prepared to make any predictions fore more than a week ahead.
"Rain does not put out fires," Isenor said, "guards still have to he estabished; and men have to move in and put them out." Most fires in the district, however, have been quietened and cTjeceked by the rain.
"Even if the present weather persists, men will bo in the field mopping up for weeks1," Mr.   iseno.r said.
Fire hazard In the district is rated at "moderate" at present,
and emergency restrictions on eampl'ires and open mill-burners may be operated at all times. Green growth, which normally slows down forest fires, is stunted this year, due to the drought.
An early frost this fall could take out what little green growth there is and Rive rise to a dangerous hazard, .Mr. Iscnpi' said. $1,300,000   COST
In the field today S24 men are still fighting (36 fires in the district.
Total of fires this year stands at Hi�nearly 100 more than the previous   record   total.
These fires have cost SI,.300,000 in suppression costs and have destroyed an estimated $7,000,-000 worth of timber.
Firefighters expect, to  corral
the 20,000 acre fire near Mile 70 on the Mart Highway today. 'They have established three more miles of guard over rugged rocky country in heavy timber. Men flown in by helciopter to fight the 1,000 acre lire near Rearguard are expected to move in and mop up today.
Program Started
B.C. Power Commission'officials along with representatives of the Prince George Farmer's Institute are calling on homes throughout the Pjncvicw district, in connection with the commission's new extension.
Work has already started on the $110,000 extension which will .service homes as far as 1-1 miles south of the city.
'Citizen.' Is Cleared Of Charge In City Court
The   Prince George Citi-;en   was  yesterday  cleared of  a   charge  of  publishing �ldvertising    concerning    a nunieipal    by-law    on    the ay proceeding a poll; Police   Magistrate   P.   J. Moran   dismissed   the  ease on    the   ground   that   the Crown had not proven that valid   election had   been held.
The name of W. H. Wellwood, sslstant to the publisher of the �rincc Gcoi'ije Citizen, was withf Iraun from the charge when he city prosecutor pointed out hat. lie should not have been iamecJ..
REKDOM OF PRESS Defence   counsel  \V.   J.   Wai-.ace, argued that freedom of the press was involved and that the .jrovincial   legislature could  not have,  intended   to   restrict   the presentation of opinion concerting   vital   public   issues   before n" election.
He quoted a ruling of Mr. ustiec Duff in IMS:
"�Any   attempt   to   abrogate thin   right   of   public   debatre
| or to suppress (he traditional forms of the exercise of the right- (in public meeting and (lirougli (lie Press) would, in niu1 opinion, be incompetent to the legislature of (he pro-vinres, or to the legislature'of any one �(' tin1 provinces as repugnant to the provisions of the British North America Act."
The charge stated that the Prince George Citizen on July 22 "did unlawfully undertake to publish and did unlawfully publish advertising concerning and having references to a municipal by-law contrary to the form and statute in such case made and provided.'
It referred to alleged advertising in the Prince George Citizen on .July 22, the date prior to a public referendum on na-UiraJ gas.
City clerk Arrun Thomson told defence counsel W. J. Wallace, however, that statutory requirements respecting the notice of holding an ad- . y a lice poll "had not been complied   with."
Prince George lawyer -John A. t'oatfs, who applied for an injunction to prevent the Citi-
zen publishing advertising on July li:(, stated under cross-examination by defence counsel that be had been retained by the fnlan'l Natural Gas Co;
lie stated he hail attended a irieeting ;it the Prince George Citizen office at 9:40 a.m. on July 23 at which were present Mr. Southworth, executive vice-president of Inland and Mr. lr-wiri, sales manager of Inland, .Mr. Wehvood and Peter Thompson, Citizen  managing editor.
Witness admitted that it was pointed out to Air. Southworth, and agreed by all parties, that an advertisement of Inland Natural Gas Co. due to run in that day's newspaper contained certain statements that were inac-urate and misleading and that Inland was requested to effect necessary changes in it.
Mi'. Coates then stated he advised the meeting of the .Municipal Act. He stated Ml*. Wellwood advised him he would obtain opinion of legal-counsel and that unless otherwise notified no ads would bo run,
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