Make if a HAPPY NEW YEAR Drive Safely t IHE Dedicated to the Progress of the North WEATHER FORECAST Low 10, High 25, Snow. Crown Life Insurance Co. Wm. J. Shoe key District Representative Phone LOgan 4-2441 Vol. 3; No. 252 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30, 1959 BY CARRIER 35C PER WEEK Papers Divided On Ike's Announcement LONDON iCPi � British newspapers today were sharply divided in their reaction to President Eisenhower's announcement that the United States has no immediate plans to resume nuclear testing although it considers itself "free" to do so. The government's official reaction was to reassert Britain's own position on nuclear tests. A foreign oflicc spokesman said Britain � as the government stated last July 30 � will never resume such weapon tests as long as there is a chance for a world ban on them. The first Russian reaction came from the newspaper Pravda, which commented that the U.S. decision "is a very dubious siyn of peaceful intentions indeed." The Soviet Communist party organ's reference to the U.S. announcement was brief, and was only a small part of an article by commentator V. Zhukbv praising Premier Khrushchev's proposal for total disarmament over a four-year period. LITTLE PROGRESS Tuesday's White House an nouncement said that despite 14 months of East-West negotiations in Geneva, no "satisfactory" agreement for a permanent ban on nuclear weapon tests was in sight. It strongly implied that the Russians were to blame. The Pravda commentator in turn � said the Geneva nuclear talks have been "marking time for over a year now through the fault of the Western powers." Holds Treasure MONTREAL (CP> � Negotiations are under way for return of the Polish treasures held by Quebec, Premier Paul Sauvc indicated Tuesday night. Appearing on the CBC's weekly television program Press Conference, Mr. Sauve said he hopes agreement can be reached to return the .art objects and crown jewels -f- their vlaue has been estimated at $F0,000,000 � hold by Quebec since they were smuggled out of Poland during the Second World War. Mr. Sauve, questioned by chairman Blair Fraser and a panel of reporters, also said there is possibility of increased co-operation between Quebec and the federal government m many fields � including the Trans-Canada Highway program. Quebec so far has not taken part in this cost-sharing program. The Conservative London pape Daily Telegraph says the U.i has chosen "a firm and reason able attitude which Britain shoul also adopt." It says any other statemen would have allowed the Russian to think that negotiations on treaty to end nuclear tests coul be protracted indefinitely. "TACTLESS" The'Daily Mail, also Conserva tive, says the United States "ha a perfect right to resume thes tests if she wishes to, but to an nouiicc that she may do so i tactless, to say the least, in pres ent circumstances. "The disquieting news from America could touch off a new series of nuclear explosions. I could also endanger the whole structure of peaceful approach s painstakingly built up over th past year." The Liberal newspaper Guard ian in Manchester says the an nouncement "bears all the mark of a presidential compromise . . intended to put pressure on the Russians" and comments: "It is a legitimate way of hurry ing them towards agreement. Shocks Woman A hotel cleaning woman receiv cd the shock of her life Tuesday 12-Year- Fraclures Leg A 12-year-old girl is in "very good" condition in hospital today suffering from a fractured log sustained while she was walking home from an ice rink still wearing her skates. Marlene Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Anderson, !!�?(; Oak. was going home Tuesday evening with her brothers. Alec and Allen, when she slipped and fell. They had been skating ai the Connaught School rink. Glowing feelings of the festive season extended into the police court room today as a man pleaded guilty to intoxication said to Magistrate George Stewart: ��May 1 extend my greetings and salutations for the coming year, sir?" He did. and Frederick Markcll, who said he had spent the past year in hospital, was placed on a 60-day suspended sentence. Charged with being intoxicated on George Street, Robert Gauthicr was given seven days to pay a �20 fine. she pulled the trigger ol a "toy" revolver she had fount and blasted a hole in a washroom door. Mrs. Ethel Annis was cleaning the third floor washroom of the Europe Hotel when she found a fully-loaded 32-calibre revolver and, thinking it a toy, pulled the trigger. Following a quiet weekend, the overnight police report file was dominated by three separate in or_jiear city beer parlours. "> �� "T ;>� ' At 9:30 p.m. Tuesday,/reports of a riot at the Canada Hotel sent five policemen scurrying to the scene. All was quiet on their arrival however. The proprietor complained of two men using obscene language and breaking glasses. They had departed. An hour later, police were called to the McDonald Hotel beer parlour where waiter Victor Gerhard slated his brother had been "clobbered." No arrests were made. Bob Sindia, of McLcod Lake, told police he had been beaten up by a "bunch of men" in front of the same hotel shortly after 11 p.m. He was to lay charges today. A >two-ycar-old girl went missing for two hours around noon Tuesday while her mother conducted a frantic search. Youngster was found by Chuck Cawdell at Northern Planing Mills. Rod Hammcll was fined $10 in police court today for failing to slop at a stop sign. Expect to Reply City firemen are expected to reply by letter to city council tonight to the city's wage increase offer of $20 per month per man on a two-year contract. Firemen were seeking larger increases on a varied scale. Nature of the reply is not known. Snow. Sunny periods Thursday. Colder tonight. Winds light. Low tonight 10. High tomorrow 25\ VANCOUVER itpi � Police Chief George Archer says the force knows off Railway. Transport and General workers. They eventually got let out of the congress for raiding the mall National Association of .Marine Engineers, which subse- quently became tied up with the transport brotherhood. Meanwhile, the brotherhood and the S1U have been battling on the West. Coast and tlic St. Lawrence Seaway. In recently picking off a small group of workers at Erica u, Out., the- Seafarers were under the impression they were members of the major enemy, the transport brotherhood. Instead, it turned out they were members of the Maintenance of Way Brotherhood. Just, sonic 25 men were involved at the Lake Erie port 10 miles south of Chatham. They were members of the Waymen's Chatham Local, employed by the Lake Eric Navigation Company's dock workers. WOMEN BARRED OXFORD, England (CP), � Members of the Oxford University Union Society rejected a move for admission of women to the debating society. WHEN IT COMES TO SNOW, Prince George public works department is ready for anything, which is proved here as department employees use this giant snow plow, which is capable of keeping streets clear under any snow conditions. �Photo by Hal VanxLervoQit