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Vol. 2; No. 169
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 1, 1958
PRICE 7 CENTS
BY CAKRIKH Sftc PER WEKK
BULLETIN
BULLETIN
police this afternoon called for dogs trained tracking bears to enter the search.
There ate tears Cindy Lou could have b attacked by 6i bear.
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By JOHN MATTERS
Citizen Reporter
WILLOW RIVER � Hope of finding little Cindy Lou MacLanc alive in the thick bush around here is rapidly dwindling as the search enters its third day.
More tjuin 200 Men stood silently in tli<" hush through tlir nlglit on u gel Mm posed sentry duty, ,\s they waited they strained l<> hear any pos-
li'd
whimperin iii>K th|> ranks .Vi<> ;ui<| large li.v polifD once <�it in ;tll (lire<>
zied �h
sible cr.\
'I'liis swelled groups again st lions.
svui'ch <ii ;i Iren- -.� f,)i- everyone Knows thai linic is riiitiiiiig out.
Yesterday a bloodstained man's handkerchief was found on a hillside overlooking the Mac-Lane home but Police have hot yet related the find to Cindy toil's disappearance.
The. two-year-old yquhgster is Hie daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cprald MacLane of Willow Jti vcj'.
Stic dis'rippo-'ireu ji;i*
Tlie llidiisajids ()f vijlUnfebi searches have pot Coniq up \\ itli :i single clue which could point to her whereabouts.
Cougar Slaughters 30 S/ieep At Mud River
Wolf Pack Also Spotted
A young boy als'6 tolil RCMP officers thai Cindy Lipu disap: pearell (low n ahotlioi1 Steep bank about 2(K) yards froin her home.
The tlenso bu.shlands were combec] l>y 300 Searchers but no clues were discovered.
L'oJlce expected the number of hunters to swell t(> a) least L.000 by this uftenibori g(s hundreds si reamed into Willow River, II miles east <>t' here, i<> lake pan in Hie search,
"We have been getting telephone calls from volunteers throughout l-he nigh' and all morning," an ni'lu-ci- said.
B.C. Taxi has offered cars t<> take searchers to the scene and many went out to Willow Itlvoi last ni.^ht loaded w ill) volunteers.
Dozens of volunteers from the Willow River i-jovn.e League and the women's auxiliary io ihc Community Association have worked since noon Monday preparing and serving food in the community hall.
First breakfast lineup was at
1:30 a.m. Tuesday and the 400 searchers who .stayed on the scone overnight all had breakfast by 5:.'iO a.m. ItED CROSS, SAIiLV ANNS
Hod Cross and Salvation Army from Prince George entered the emergency yesterday with .supplies of food and coolcirig utensils.
Four truckloads of food arrived at the commuuity hall from I'rince George yesterday..
Stews, soup, sandwiches, IVe.sh fruit and coffee were prepared I Cor the tired and hungry hundreds who swarmed into Uio hall.
A diver scoured the Southl ban|^ of the Willow River yesterday afternoon but could find no trace near the new bridge.
Machinist. All" Kicbel from Prince George also went into the Willow River In a .skin dlvlii'gf ft nit. IaUi-..yoriter sheep on a farm in the Mud River district west of I'rince George.
K.O. Game Department predatory animal hunter Milt Warren said the predator has attacked the livestock on the Cripps ranch at Mud River.
The Cripps have taken over
Defence
OTTAWA CCP)�National Civil Defence Day will be observed in Canada Sept. 1!), Health Minister MonteiUi announced today.
Some 200,000 CD volunteers in all provinces will mark this second annual celebration with displays and public programs sponsored by individual CD local headquarters;
Mr. Monteith, minister responsible for civil defence, said
Che (Suy'n jiiuin jmrrjoae is to
acquaint the public with CD
and to gain support for more
effective organization and planning.
Naughty!!
MOSCOW (.M�)� The Liter-:ir.v Gaxettc called on Soviet parents today to sei/.r iiiitl bum every copy (if a children's book called Pl'OIll the Notebook ol a Spy. li charged that Hie book is pornographic.
The Gazette, Soviet arbiter of art and literature, objected to spicy references in the book to tin1 use of sex in csylonugei
Tim Gazette ran .several si/./.liiiK excerpts from the book, 165,000 copies of which were run off this year for circulation in children's libra, ries.
VANCOUVER tCIV�Tlio legal representative of AV c s t e r n United Stales Kail road sys. tenis says British Columbia's Pacific Great Etustern Knil-way fairs a prosperous future so loittf -as the government docs' not. build a .vuprrhigh-way I'ininilig parallel to it. '
the large farm formerly owned by Asa Flshback.
However, the cougar may he dead by now. It has apparantely eaten a portion of lethally-poi-sbnde ewe which had been left out for it.
A predetory hunter from Williams Lake was brought here for the search for the killer.
John Lesowski came here with a blood hound to hunt the animal.
Warren said the cougar killed the sheep and bears apparently came on the .scene to devour the carcasses.
lie has poisoned four bears which have appeared in the area.
"It is the second time I have >wn cougars attack domestic stock," Warren said.
He staled cougars seldom attack any barnyard animals.
Meanwhile, Mr, Warren is atending a complaint that a pack of eight wolves has been spotted 20 miles north-west of here in the Reid Lake area.
They were reported to have no damage.
Still Time For X-Rays
There is still plenty of time to have a chest x-ray taken which may save your life.
Christinas seal TK x-ray is currently stationed on the parking lot of the old provincial government building in Prince George.
Yesterday 31!> persons bad ebesV X-rays, bringing the total for the unit, iiuruie s two-day stay here up, to 733. Officials have set an objective of 2,500';
A mechanical failure in llio unit yesterday afternoon delayed the operation for two hours.
It will be open from I to 5 p.m. and 0:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Friday and I to (i p.m. Saturday. The mobile unit is also attending industrial appointments in the morning.
Support Your Red
Shield Campaign
Local Civil Servants
Want
Pay Hike
Provincial government employees in the Prince George area want a 10 per eent wage increase next year. The demand was made cleai
a I
a meeting of the local branch ol the B.C. government Employee's Association held recently.
A.C. Bennett, assistant general secretary of BCGEA's pro vincial body organized a hallo-: opinion poll among !)() govern-
ment employees the meeting.
who attended
RAPE CHARGE
.Staff Sergeant Ronald Doncy fit the QSAF Baldy Hughes ra-claj" base was committed for trial at Prince George yesterday on a charge of rape.
The 19-year-old complainant was on the. witness stand for 1 is. � expect eel Fall1 assizes
throe �� hours. Trial to .proceed al the-here.
The unanimous response was for a 10 per cent increase, to match those employed in industry, for the government's 1D59-(JO estimates.
Mr. Bennett called for a poll in order to take a reading of government employee's feelings in this area.
There are an estimated .">()() provincial government workers in I'rince George and district.
Spokesman for the local branch of the BCGEA said current wages are 11 per cent be-low those received by industry.
Employees also discussed revisions to the government's su"-perannuation plan which only 12 per cent acheivo. A person must., be., employed ,in the civil service for. 3o ^vears. before. he qan receives superannuation, benefits. ' � .'��.�.�����!�
Bloodstained Handkerchief Found
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"X" MARKS THE spot where searchers found a man's bloodstained handkerchief on a slope overlooking the MacLane home. Police, however, have not yet tied it in with little Cindy Lou's disappearance.
By The Lett... Quick March!
When the cadence cry of "left, right, left, right," rings out at the Armouries on Tuesday nights it'll be 1J]�,J3-MR CadQt,. Corps, drilling after their summci break. , .
Tlie cadets', who were formed last March, are sponsored by "A" Company, Kucky Mountain Rangers.
And, the 15 boys�plus the drum and bugle band�who joined last year are eager to gel, going again. RCMp Constable l.omo New-son .the cadets drill instructor and disciplinarian, estimates there will be more thun 100 in the corps at. the end of the year.
The cadets attend drill and lectures at I heir Thursday niglit parades under the guidance and eagle eyes of Newson, chief instructor Rupert Proverbs and Lieut. Peter Russell.
The cadets receive all types of infantry and small arms training during the year. Then, at, the end of the year, I hey may qualify to attend the camp at, Ver'non.
(inly three of tlie BMR cadets attended the Ver'non cainp this .summer.
The cadets are always willing and able to'assist public or&iiv jza.tjons . in .projects ' that -will'
lefii the community, , , .
Debbie, Eddie Split � Liz Stays 'Neutral'
IIOMAVOYOI)
Debbie
Reynolds and Kildie I'Msiier liavo separated although Debbie says, ,'Tni fstill in love with my lmsbaiul."
'i'lie.V spi'.t. up Wednesday a lit id Illinois that Kli/nheth Taylor wji.s (lie cause ol it nil.
Hut \Ay. inilii-ated there were somo uiih<-i|ip.v chapters in Hollywood's storybook marriage.
"I don't l>e| that I've taken I-Milie away from Debbie � lM-ean.se they weren't Retting
along, aiiy\yiiy�V said Taylor,
She sli|ipe KDDI i; . . .
. . . happiest, couple comedian Joey Koriiian. Debbie, after biding out Wednesday nidi friends, relumed to (!)�� family home;
"I ;ini still in lot c will) my husband," she said Wednesday night. "I am deeply shocked over what lin.s happened."
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