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WEATHER
Sunny with a few cloudy periods. Low tonight,, high tomorrow. 45 and 80.
Vol. 2; No. 157
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1958
PRICE 7 CENTS
BY CARRna*
JRC PER W�B�
Could Blow Up A House, Car
Two boxes of high explosives which could blow up instantly are today being hunted by RCMP in the
Prince George area.
Police said at least. 2,000 feet of PrimaCord, a black, rope-like material was stolen from a construction near Burns Lake
News Briefs
WASHINGTON � President Eisenhower will make an announcement on halting of nuclear weapons tests at 1 p.m. today, indications were he would declare a one-year suspension.
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CAI'K CAXAVIOKAI,, Pla.� Explorer IV is .sending back slurtliiig revelations about an intense bujid of radiation far out in s|>;irr.
Much (> to rocket a man in .spare in tliv iic.vt few years.
� � � EXETER, England � The
Devon and Somerset Slaghduntis Killed a slag Thursday �after six unsuccessful meets. And llii1 League Against Cruel Sports said ii was the first time this .sca.nv^ C;cy did not lay t.heir
iinU-liUlll CliQlTVi'oal, 'vvhieh tUtsy
claim, diverts hounds from the alvg, .
� � * LINCOLN, Neb. � Use
of the family ice box to stoic murder evidence brought objections from Mrs. Merle Karnopp, wife of the county sheriff.
The sheriff told the county board hi.s wife rebelled against further sharing o� the refrigerator and the board quickly authorized a new ice box for family use only.
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M O U N T WASHINGTON, Mays. � Eileen Kciter, !(>, of .New York plunged 13U feel lo death down a gorge at Dash Uish Falls Thursday night. A horrified companion narrowly missed a similar fate. �k * *
NEW YORK ~ The right Chudleys of England arrived Thursday for a ouc-ycav tour in a rcd'palntcd 'JO-ycav-olil bus they brought with them.
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Korean police said they successfully ambushed a Communist landing party last night and killed three North Korean agents in a blazing offshore gun battle.
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DUBLIN � Irish housewives stood In line today for their potato ration as the country faced prospects of its worst shortage of spuds since the Great Famine of is IS.
Blind Ask Allowance
KITCHENER, Ont. (CP) � The Canadian Council of the Blind will campaign for a federal cost-of-blindness allowance, delegates to the council's 14th annual convention agreed Wednesday. .
\V. JV Johnson, chairman-of the council's publicity commit: tec told delegates to a four-day conference " '
the S05 monthly
blindness allowance does not allow blind persons to achieve a reasonable standard of living.
A resolution said more money was needed to cover the things Mud persons have to have done far them, for emergency travel ,, such as in taxis and for other I expenses incurred by the afflic-
tion. H.
Lacey or Edmonton, of the legislation com-
"mce introduced the resolution.
i""1?1-:, .. "dignified but deter-
3d a
S3d
5,3 campaign"
i was needed for
Wednesday night.
The substance, if it comes into contact with any type of ignition will explode immediately and could kill or cause serious injury.
lYima-Cord has 00 per cent the explosive force of Forcite, considered one of the strongest blasting agents.
The explosive, which is two heavy boxes, could wreck an average-size wooden frame dwelling or shatter an automobile. yUlihlC HMHXIXC
Staff Sergeant M. N. MacAl-pine of the RCMP subdivision here, today issued a public warning over the lethal explosive.
'�Anyone who sees such material should contact the RCMP immediately and keep cigarettes, lighted matches or sparks of any kind away from it," he stated.
Tlie explosive went missing from a Ben Ginter Construction Co. Ltd. cam)) four miles east of 1 turns Lake late Wednesday or early Thursday morning.
(!inter crews are engaged on a highway construction project in I In; area.
Police believe that if the thoives hid it, children could discover it and set it off,
Even slight ignition such as cigarette ashes dropped on the cord could set it off.
Weekenders Delight Is Foresters Blight
Weatherman says Prince George will have plenty of sunshine, few clouds and no showers this week-end.
It will be an ideal week-end for country-goers and other travellers but pity the forest service and farmers.
BCFS officials fear the fire situation may become as serious as it was in June and July if we have a few more days of hot, dry weather.
Farmers are running out of water for- their livestock on top of all the drought troubles they have had this summer.
Week-end forecast calls for mostly sunny with a few cloudy periods. Low tonight and high tomorrow in Prince George will be 45 and SO.
Free Shows Here Today
Centennial Museum Caravan will open hci'e 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today and tomorrow, at Jay's Auto Sales, Fourth Avenue.
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Two centennial Hand .shows by tlio It o y a 1 C a n a d i a n Mounted I'olice Baud will Ik; given here today.
Marching ceremony will he hold 2:.'J0 on George Street, between Third and Fourth, and a free concert will be given in the coliseum at 8:00 p.m.
Wage Demands Warning Given
Special to The Citizen
Y"ANTDERH00F � Labor unions must, hold their demands to current economic conditions, the president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce warned here
Ralph C. I'ybus, head of the federal ion which embraces 800 Canadian boards of trade and chambers of commerce, spoke prior to a luncheon meeting of the Associated Boards of Trade here.
Convention of the 'associated boards has drawn delegates from as far as Prince Rupert, MciBride and Juheaii, Alaska.
'Unrestrained wage demands are an economic challenge," ho said, and cautioned unions against pricing Canadian goods out of foreign markets.
Mr. I'ybus said Union loader-ship must accept a "fair share" of the responsibility for the welfare of the country, along with management and government.
"Governments iiiiisl recognize the importance of the issues and do its best to avoid situations which could result in great economic losses to the country," he added. UNREALISTIC IJBMAN OS"
He said unrealistic wake demands could become greater than production and such increases must be held to a level on par with current economic conditions.
"The Canadian Chamber has always pressed for relationships," he said.
Mr. I'ybus. as head of Commonwealth Construction Co, Ltd. is in the centre of one of the hottest labor issues in B.C.
Karlior this week Montreal uwyer 11. Carl Goldcnbci-g re-�ommended to the provincial
government a full-scale probe of "chaotic conditions" in B.C.'s construction industry be undertaken soon.
INDUSTRY CHII'PJiBD
Coastal construction industry is crippled by a plumbers walkout and .a strike of l.'JOO longshoremen at five B.C. ports.
Mr. I'ybus reviewed the Chamber of Commerce program and its accomplishments and referred to the group's annual meeting in Montreal Sept. C. 7 and 8.
He said the Canadian economy has no notable evdence of a rc-cessiort and a general "levelling-off" process has been noted.
He said the current slump should give Canadans an opportunity to consolidate economic growth although some parts of the country are facing "very real" hardships.
Mr Pybns left Vanclcrhoof immediately after his speech and travelled to Prince George to board a CPA flight to Vancouver.
Margaret Celebrates Birthday On Moors
BALXATER, ters)�Princess celebrated her quietly on the
Scotland (Reu-
Margaret today
2Sth birthday
rugged Scottish
moors she has known and loved since childhood.
New Baseball Park Being Considered
Plans to build a baseball stadium here are being considered by Prince George Rotary Club.
Board of Directors -will decide �whether to go ahead with the project on the basis of preliminary investigations being car-ried out.
Plans for the stadium -were studied by Parks Commission last night.
The stadium, as planned, is located next to the Curling Club on the Vanderhoof Highway, in the zone reserved by the city, for recreational activities.
It will seat 4,000 spectators with a potential maximum accommodation of 20.000.
for J.&QPO
cars are provided in the plan.
The plan was made by town plannc r Desmond Parker at the request of the town planning commission.
Recreational zone along the Vanderhoof Highway stretches for nearly a mile from the Curling Club to the Drive-In theatre.
In the site adjacent to that tentatively reserved for the base-hall stadium, and adjoining the auto-racing track, the Parks Commission will make provision for football, lacrosse, field hockey and other provision for football, lacrosse, field hockey and other sporting activities.
Commenting on Mr. Parker's plans for the stadium, Parks Commission Chairman Mrs. John Ewlng said that they appeared U> b 4"
Bellboy
Found
$20,000
VANCbVEtt�Some $20,000 found by a Canadian Pacific Railway bell boy aboard die ferry Princess Marguerite last year is being held by the com-l>aiiy.
A company .spokesman .said today they would bold tin; money fop .six years.
lie said the Im-II boy wlio I Found the money and banded � it to bis superior would be rewarded "in accordance with company policy towards employees who Find valuables."
LIKE MATCH STICKS, a log boom on Eagle Lake at Giscome has formed this interesting pattern. Logs are moved over the lake in booms to Eagle Lake Saw-
mills Ltd. for processing. It is one of several sawmills in Prince George area which use lakes and rivers to boom logs.
�CNR Photo
Finishing line for the \'M mile canoe raco from Fort SI. .lames to Forl Oeorgo will be across the Fraser at the slough at youth Forth George.
Hod and Guri Club president Bill Blackburn announced today that nine applications to enter the race have been filed to date and more are expected.
THIS RATHER blunt and forbidding sign � pasted up on each of the new government building's new plate glass doors takes the place of the usual "welcome" mat. No reports have been received yet of burly workmen stepping up to the welfare department in stocking soles with their boots tied round their necks. This maybe explains the construction site scenes � current these days � of hefty bruisers practising walking on their hands.
Trains, Buses Bring Fall Fair Visitors
A special CNR train between McBride and Prince George will I5i;jng visitors here for the fall lair.
Kincr Nielsen, president, of the Pnncb George Agriculture and lndiislrial Association, said (hi- train has been arranged lo bring visitors here from centres cast to Mcliridc.
The train is exported lo arrive in Prince George shortly after noon, Sept. 1 and leaves about midnight.
This schedule will give visitors an opportunity to take in all the fall fair features from the chu'ekwagori races to the closing fireworks display.
Buses will transport the train passengers from the First Aye. CNK station to the fall fair
Black-Top Program For Race-Track
Auto-racing track at the old airport will be black-topped next year.
Parks Commission last night approved a $25,000 improvement project to be carried out by Prince George Auto Racing association on the track.
Work has already started on guard rails round the track and a board fence round the whole grounds, on the Vanderhoof Highway.
But the main improvement will be a black top for the quarter mile track �which will end the choking clouds of dust hitherto associated with the races.
Bleachers arc to be provided to scat more than 3,000 spectators, who will have the protection of a mcsii fence from flying objects.
Cars will be parked outside the grounds and spectators will be admitted through a boundary gate.
A club spokesman said that the improvements, which should be completed before May 21 next year, will encourage contestants from all over the province to compete hero.
"Even with the present dusty conditions clubs as far off as Vancouver and Edmonton have shown interest in our events."
Our Cenotaph To Be Demolished
A new ceno'taph will be built here in time for Armistice Day ceremonies, November 11, it was stated at a Parks Commission meeting last night.
Demolition work on the old
on
monument, which was described as "beyond repair" starts after Prince George Day, August 27.
The new $2,500 monument is being built by a group of service club led by the Canadian Legion.
It will consist, of two columns on a white concrete base with a bronze plaque inscribed "lest we forget" between them.
The columns will commemorate the dead of the two world wars. They will be constructed of granite blocks and contractor
Ernie Striker has guaranteed them "for 150 years."
Walt Kimmel, cenotaph chairman, said that the Le gion considered over 50 possible designs before arriving at a decision.
Donations from the public to assist in tbe project will be welcomed.
The present monument was built by the Legion n l!)50, in honor of the dead of both world wars.
PROGRAM LIMIT
BERLIN (AP) � Communist East, Germany has ordered confiscation of any set found showing telecasts from the West. The -supreme court ruled in the case of a restaurant owner caught showing West German programs to customers.
ADVANCED TIME
The Canadian Parliament adopted daylight saving time in 191S, but the act.lapsed at the end o.f Uie yqar.
grounds.
The train will stop at any point aliing the route between huirp ana McBrlcic to pick lip pasaen: gers.
' Pal] fair board has guaranteed the CNu a certain sum for ticket sales.
.Meanwhile, plans for iho forty-third annual fall fair are taking
Star Soccer Tourney
The Prince* George Soccer .All-Stars will be out to defend their Northern Interior Senior title from the onslaught of DaVvson Creek Sunday.
The two teams clash a( :t:00 p.m. in Connaught Park for the title that Prince George has won ever since it ivas instituted four years ago.....
And, it's- no secret that Da-wson Creek would love to take home tbe cup this time.
The Prince George., team was . chosen., from., the., city league teams: Hudson's Bay, Italians, cGrinany and Canadian Legion.
At 11:<><) a.m., Prime George will play an exhibition game with Toms Lake ol' Hit' Daw-son Creek league,
The Prince George I'eewees meet the Dawson (jreck at 1:00 a.m. for the Kinsmen Poewee trophy.
shape quickly, Mr. Nielsen reported. .......-�
New cattle barn at. the Central. f'VjtSf'tleortfe Krounds is expected to be completed within a day or two and display counters are being put in place in the fall fair building.
Special features at Ibis year's fall fair will be several chuck wagon race entries, prize-winners from the world-famous Calgary Stampede!
A /'nil-scale parl-nuituel event will also be held at the race tracks and good facilities are available to aecoinodate race horses.
Flower and garden produce sections are expected to be more interesting and colourful than ever this year.
If a fall frost holds off flowers and vegetable exhibits will be larger than any previous year, Mr. Nielsen said.
New Home For Willows
Willows on First Avenue, some of which have been destroyed to make way for a storm sewer, arc to be transplanted to Fort George Park.
A city official will assess what can be done today. Alderman Harry Loder has volunteered heavy equipment to move the willows, the only ornamental trees in the city.
FAST MAIL,
Regular air mail service was first establshed in November, 19]!), between London and Paris.
U.S. Sub Warned Off By Danish.
COPKMIAGKX � Denmark Thursday night cancelled the scheduled visit to Copenhagen of I lie I'.S. atomic-powered submarine Skate for fear of dangerous radiation in case of an accident;
Premier Hans C. Ilansen acted on the recommendation of the Danish atomic energy commission.
A commission official conceded that 'he chance of -a dangerous accident, was neligiblc. But the said that if the Skate were to run aground or be involved in a collision, and Us powerful atomic reactor damaged, there would be "a very great danger" for Copenhagen's 1.200,000 residents. Wilih VISIT NORWAY
The Skate's visit to Denmark after its voyage under the polar
gen, Norway,.'Saturday and wil\ visit Oslo from Monday to Wednesday. Copenhagen had been her only other announced stop.
There were no indications that the Norwegians had any fears concerning the visit.
Both Norway and Denmark are members of NATO. Officials of the social-led Danish government, .said there were no political implications to the cancellation.
Denmark lias an atomic reactor about 30 miles from Copenhagen which a Danish atomic pffical said is much smaller than the Skate's power plant. Security rules for the reactor are so rigid that-risks of an accident there "cannot he compared with the risks represented by a reactor at sea. and we do not know the
Beyond Repair
ice was scheduled for next week, security rules on U.S. subs, the The submarine will call at Ber- i official said.
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