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Vol. 3; No. 126
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1959
"1 thought the man was sleeping."
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This is the report from Mrs.'Stella Sharpo, [oca I'ighborhood store owner, who found the body of a riiur 31; victim last Sunday at a picnic' site at McLeod Lake
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.Mrs. Sharpe. who operates the Sunnysiile Orocery at 892 Central, was picnicking with friends at a government campsite at Whlske'-s I'oint when a flog led her io tlje bullet-riddled corpse.
Tlie group (Mrs. Sharpe, Mike Olknych 'store employee), Mr. and Mis. Hoy Sandberg and a visitor ;it tne Sandberg home) arrived al the campsite about E p.m. Sunday,
After a boat ride they spread. a picnic lunch on one of the seven or eight tables and enjoyed their Sunday outing.
MK.H. STELLA SHARPE
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About 0:30 a little Dachshund owned by iloy Sandberg, nf Central Plumbing and Heating, bothered the group, barking and running Brbund u c^utnp ui .hit'): wcc�l>j .and/Kra^s.
Mrs. Snarne followed the "sausage dog" to the clump- � about 10 to L6 feet from the picnic table � and reported to her companions that she thought a man was sleeping In the grass;
The men, upon closer investigation, found the man to be dead.
Interviewed in the store by the Citizen, Ihe two said they would not likely have seen the man but for the frantic barking of the dog, just Mission
About ,")() people were grouped tit the campsite when tin; body was discovered and none had s&Kjn the dead man prior to the ting's barking, although some � iMlko Olknyeli LnYluded � had walked only an arm's length from the body cutting "wiener sticks."-'
"After wo knew llic body wis there we could .sec it plainly from the (�nnipsitp," which is about a quarter of a ttillu <>!(' the liact Highway, says Mrs. Sharpe.
When the stall led picnickers regained their composure Sand-1iorg sped off to contact two I\lutilities at McLeod Lake, says Olknych.
The body was lying lace down and a sweater the murder victim was wearing had been pulled up over his head.
Mrs. Sharpe and Olknych said today that they couldn't see any blood on the man as his fact wa.-; nut visible, "but there were throe big bruises on his back, where the sweater wasn't cover ing the body.
��Somebody moved him in there, I'm pretty sure of that.' says Olknych.
He said lie thinks thc body was probably carried into the weeds as there was no grass or bush roved by shareholders of, the wo firms. SOME DKI.AV
It is expected to be about bree months before marger )l'ans can be put before the shareholders for a vote.
In letters t<> .shareholders of Ik.th companies, the principal
officers said I hat barring unforeseen delays, it is Imped an offer ean he submitted to shareholders in about (>0 days.
The merger plan would increase the new firm's authorized capital to 25,000,000 shares of no par value.
Business experts say the massive amalgamation is so complex that jt won't be completed on paper until early 1000.
The two companies are the only large Canadian-owned and controlled firms operating in D.C.'.s forest industry. Powell River is u'5 percent Canadian-owned while MacMillan and Bloedel is reported to be S3 per cent owned in Canada.
Powell River's main operation, a newsprint and pulp mill, is located a't upcoast Powell -River.
It also has nine logging camps, two sawmills, a fine paper and flake-board plant now tinder construction, a paper spe� cialty converting plant and 15 tugs and miscellaneous sco.ws and barges.
MacMillan and Bloedel has 12 logging camps, four sawmills, two plywood mills, one door fac-
tory, two shingle mills, two pulp mills, one kruft paper and one board mill, one newsprint mill, one paper converting mill and 10 sales offices across Canada with warehouse facilities. TIMBER WKAI/TH
Powell River's timber holdings are worth $l6;537,000 on the books while MacMillan and Blo'cdel's timber assets are given at �$2!),000,00().
Powell River's net. profit in 1958 was $7,600,000 and MacMillan and Bloedcl's was $S,10!),()oo.
"Wo feel the proposed amal-
gamation would improve the ability of the amalgamated company, under Canadian control and ownership, 10 meet increasing competitive pressures from powerful companies in other countries," said a joint statement by lion. J. V. Clyne, chairman of the board of MacMillan and Bloedel, and Harold S. Fo-ley, chairman of Powell River. "We believe this is a good thing for Canada, our province, our employees, our .shareholders and our customers."
Publishers Meet Here
Prince George will be host to a group of distinguished British Columbia newspaper publishers on October in when the fall meeting of the B.C. Daily Newspapers Association will be held here.
�Deeision to meet in Prince George later this year was reached at a meeting of the association held in Kelowna over the week-end. Invitation was extended to the group by Gordon Crockett, assistant publisher of The Prince George Citizen, who was in attendance at the meeting.
President of BCDNA is Lawrence Lampier, assistant publisher of The Vancouver Sun and vice-president is Stuart Keate, publisher of ihe Victoria Times.
Victim Still Unidentified
The plot thickens in last weekend's mysterious McLeod Lake murder as RCMP concentrated on new evidence uncovered at the site where trie body was discovered.
With the dead man still identified police report new
tin-information concerning his name, and evidence that the shooting was committed at the lake�SO miles north of here.
It was not known earlier if the murder victim iiad been killed at the picnic site, where the body was found, or if the man had been killed elsewhere and his body dumped near the lake. METHODICAL KILLING
Xcw evidence indicates that there was a struggle before the killing and that the killer was "pretty methodical," say
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A police tracking dog has found a largo, pool of blood about 50 yards from where the body was discovered. The blood had been covered with leaves and dirt and investigating Mounties had walked past it several times without finding it, before the dog was brought Into the area.
Sergeant Howarth, who was in charge of the investigation at the scene, says the pool of blood was likely from the shoulder wound sustained by the deceased.
It is quite possible, he adds, that the two fatal shots through the head we're delivered at, or very near, the spot where the body was found early Sunday evening.
The blood being h i d d e n would indicate that the killer "knfcw what be was U^J�K." �. ' A pathological report .on die remains from Kamloops"' poinlK up a fight before the killing} The victim's knuckles were badly bijuised and a wedding band lie was wearing had cut into the flesh as if he bad "hit somebody pretty hard." Two broken ribs were also discovered in the pathologist's examination of the body. SMALL CALIBRE \VK\POX
It is now believed the unidentified murder victim was shot with a small calibre rifle or hand-gun, sometime last Friday or Saturday.
One eompretc bullet has been removed from the dead man along with part of another. The third wont through the body.
The blood, the man's clothing and the bullet fragments have been sent to the RCMP Laboratory in Regina for further study. Local police have no information as to when the lab will complete its report.
New evidence has also been uncovered as to the man's identity. The story of two Citizen office workers, who thought they recognized the man from a police morgue photo, has been discounted. INITIALS DISCOVERED
The pathologist reports from Kamloops that the initials B'.W. were found on the label of the murder victim's shirt. The name \Varl1nc�or, less likely, Narline �was found printed in ink in one pocket of the man's trousers.
The report also puts the man's age at between -0 and -~* years.
A manufacturer's mark in tile-wedding ring is also being checked with jewellery firm in Canada and the U.S., hut police have little hope that this will lead to anything concrete.
The man, found dead in weeds and tall grass just a few feet from a picnic site ai Whisker's I'oint on McLeod Lake, was wearing a sweater made in France. This is not considered likely to lead to further information to the man's identity either, however.
Xo concrete leads to deutifi-cation have turned up. The two Citizen office girls told police they thought they knew the man. The name they gave was checked out 'and the man was found alive.
No positive motive for the murder has been advanced. With no identity this is only u matter of speculation. However, the murder vicim's pockets had been e nip tied. He wore no watch. Tlie wedding ring was all.
Police continue extensive 'investigations into the baffling crime.
Brothers
Memorial gifts arc pouring in from all over North America honoring Ihe El-phicke brothers � Cecil of Prince George and Frank (Tiny) of Vancouver � the Canadian Arthritis a n d Rheumatism Society announced today.
Both Cecil and Frank died suddenly this year.
A. P. McAlpine, president of CARS B.C. Division, said "there could be no more beautiful nor lasting memorial to these fine men. Their contributions to their fellow men and communities were outstanding during their lives."
Mr. McAlpine added, "the gifts of their many friends may forge a link in the c ha i n o f investigations which we hope will lead eventually to the cure of arthritis.
"This is a fitting tribute indeed to two brothers whose spirit and courage were admired by all who knew them."
Open New PGARA Speedway
WHEW, that was close, says Fred Styres after his stock car, old 09, smashed into the crash wall in front of the grandstand during one of ihe races at the PGARA Speedway yesterday. Fred wus hit by Bill Pugg in car
1G after dodging Williams Lake's Fred Sebert (7S0), who had spun out at the top of the north turn. No one was injured in the crash.
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Stock car racing opened its 1959 season � and a $^5,000 Speedway � with � *a bang yesterday.
And if you don't think "bang" is the proper word, you just weren't among the over ;).20U people who attended both racing events.
During the day's racing � there were two meets, otic at 1:00 p.m. and one at 7:00 p.m. � there werd a tbtiil of three sttiash-ups while fivr ears spun out and bit tlir infield.
-Most of tiic excitement took place during thc evening races, but thc lone afternoon smash-up was a dilly. WATCH OUT
It came during a four car grudge race. Three cars came out of the south,, turn into tlic
pit-straight bumper to bumper� Vic Iiiissman (SS> was on thc inside. PVed Styres t90) whs in the middle and Gordie Steppe miid was on the outside.
.Styres car bumped RutiS-ni.'in and bounced into Hteeue. The two ears then seemed to join hands and went through the fence just before the north turn and down the bank together.
Fortunately nobody was injured, and both cars and drivers took part in the evoniiig's races.
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During the evening's races, two more smash-tips occurred. The most serious came when Russman hit the fence at the top of the south turn and rolled.
The accident happened during the thjrq lap of the 'A' Open
Event. Russniaii was threading his powerful car through the park when the accident occurred.
He was fairly high up on the banked turn when bis car went out of control, hit the crash wall and flipped'. He walked away from the wreck, but his car will be out for at least a week.
It was a close cull for the classy drivei'.
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The "A" Open se'ciiipi solnewhat pf a jinx raci two laps later two mere car,-; banged into I he*crash wall.
This time the accident occurred right in front of the grandstand.
It ail started when the cars were coming out of the north turn.
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Williams Lake went high into thc turn in bis Chrysler powered lO.'i? Dodge sedan and spun out Into Ihe infield.
. . . .Somehow, Fred Styres (90) managed to miss Sebcrt with a fancy bit of driving, but coming into the straight misfortune overtook him.
. . . Bill Dagg (10) was coming up fast while Styles was trying to recover from his I'aney piece of dodging', and the two cars tangled and hit the erntili wall in front of the grandstand. Once again there were no injuries. EXCITING 1'IX.AUO
The evening races had an exciting finale thai sent most people home talking in breathless voices.
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