� � � � � * * � * TH H Dedicated to the Progress of the North WEATHER FORECAST Low 20, High 35, Sleet. Crown Life Insurance Co. Wm. J. Shockey District Representative Phone LOgan 4-2441 Vol. 4; No. 2 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1960 BY CARRIER 33c PER WEEK FIERY SPEECH Garvin Dezell, Prince George's new mayor, lost no. time in letting aldermen know whore they stand when the I960 city council convened for the First time at noon Monday. The 1959 council met briefly [a pleasure to work with Frank � adjourning with outgoing Clark, the man she said "knows Mayor Carrie Jane Gray's swan 'llor<-> of parliamentary affair? song. Mayor Dezell and the three newly-elected aldermen were sworn in. I also paid tribute to retiring Aid. Then the new mayor devoted ! Ken Jack. She said it was regret-his opening remarks to outlin- uble lllL> t>ll-v cuukl "� longer than any other person in town." The city's first lady mayor ing responsibilities of the aldermen. ASKS COOPERATION Reading for two minutes from a prepared address, he said "I expect each and every one of you to do your utmost to further our interests and act in a manner that will make us a potent body in the councils of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities an;l all levels of government in Canada. "Toward this end 1 expect full co-operation."' Mayor Dezell continued that if aldermen object to any resolution submitted to city council they "must propose an alternative." Tlu years former mayor of four (1950-53) told aldermen that even if they object to a motion of policy � they must j have another support it if the council gives matter. it approval. avail itself of his "energetic, conscientious, level-headed" dedication to his task. The 1959 council convened at 12 noon and dealt with two bylaws prior to Airs. Gray's speech preceding adjournment. It reaffirmed action on a by law to rezone four blocks at Victoria and Seventh for establishment of a service station. A bylaw for a small reverted land sitlv Mas given final reading. REPEAL ASKED The rezonlng bylaw had been referred by Mayor Gray after a delegation appeared before last Wednesday's council meeting in an attempt to have it repealed. She said she felt it should have been dealt with by 19u'O council as the residents protesting the rezonlng felt they would audience on the Mills Her� "J will not tolerate personal prejudice," he said. STERN WARNING Attendance at council meetings was the point most strongly stressed by the mayor. lie warned, "If any alderman, by design, misses three (consecutive) meetings I will have the act /Municipal Ae'.i enforced �and there will be a by-election. "In this 1 am sincere!," he said. The only way an alderman can miss three meetings in a row and escape the axe is to have a special dispensation from council, he said. (However .the Municipal Act states an alderman can miss council meetings for a period of three months before losing his position. For any period longer than three months an alderman jmist receive permission of coun- But Aid. Charlie Graham moved a motion to reaffirm council's action in preparing the bylaw. Council approved. Magistrate S. M. Carling performed the swearing in of Mayor Dezell, new aldermen Hilliard Clare and Dick Yardley, and re-elected Aid. Harry Loder. Invocation was read by Canon T. D. K. Allen. THREE BYLAWS Council then dealt with three bylaws before adjourning. Final reading was given to the bylaw allowing for establishment of a municipal manager. The bylaw, given approval of the electors at the recent civic elections, was to have been confirmed by the old council. However, when it was brought up at the last regular meeting of th 1050 council it was referred to the new council because counci The village of Vanderhoof will make application to Victoria today for permission to blow up an ice floe which is causing the Ne-chako River to hack up and flood sections of the town. Waters have risen ubout 10 feet since the ice block formed Friday forcing at les�st two families to evacuate their homes. Warmer temperatures today could add to the danger of a flood in the lower levels of Prince George after the ice block breaks. stockpiles along Planer How are not worried about any danger to the yards at present. He said the river level here is about normal. -.- LITTLE SIGN OF FLOOD PROBLEMS PRESENTLY PLAGUING VANDERHOOF CITIZENS IS EVIDENT AT PRINCE GEOR|SE TODAY AS THE NECHAKO RIVER, NORMALLY FROZEN OVER AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, FLOWS SERENELY UNDER THE OLD NECHAKO BRIDGE. �Hal Vandervoort photo SHORT OF 1958 RECORD Construction diiprhg m 1959 more than half a million dollars short of L95S record building. Based on building permits issued at city hall, Ed Neff, city building inspector, reported that total building last year was valued at $5,090,485. compared with Prince the previous year's record of $5,-1 1958, building permits totalled 647,615. 'only $18:600. He said he thought the reason.' There was a total of 303 build foil cil to be absent, unless he is I |(>rs did not wish to deal with absent due to illness.) Summing up Mayor Dezell said "I wish to advise the aldermen that we arc the responsible par-tiete and will manage the city and promote this area to the best of our ability, so help me God." ENDS 8 YEARS Ending eight years on city council, the last two as mayor, Mrs. Gray reported in her retiring address that the city had progressed greatly "Not because of me, but I didn't hold it back-either." She said "I would like to use as my memorial the cemetery." the matter without a full attendance of aldermen. Council also gave three read-j ings to a $375,000 temporary loan bylaw to tide the city over until tax returns begin coming early next summer. a record was not established in i ing permits isued in 1959. Lion's 1959. as had been expected, was ! share, 191, was for home con- The national that there was "no big building tiiis year" compared with previous years. RECORD FORECAST The building inspector said 19C0 will likely be a big building year for Prince George. With much proposed building, a record could be safely forecast. Mr, Neff said "There was more building than ever in 1959 but it was small building. There was little major construction." In 1958 construction permits included several big buildings, among them the new $2,000,000 hospital. During December, 1959, four struction. Twenty-one permits were for commercial building. Remainder was taken up by additions, alterations and private garage construction. Sixty city dwellings were condemned during the year. Of these, 34, were moved out of the city. Twenty-six were demolish- Council passed a third bylaw, i energy board today begins hear- building permits were taken out the annual indemnity bylaw, in j ing applications by five compan-order for the mayor and alder- ies to export natural gas to the valued at $57,500. In December men to be paid for their services. The bylaw allows for the mayor to receive a remuneration of $3,000 and aldermen to each receive $750, in installments throughout the year. Council moved to hold meetings, as has been custom, on Mrs. Gray, who was greatly in- second and fourth Mondays of teresled in the cemetery, said it leach month. It departed from had become "a park of great j usual procedure, however, by p g beauty" in the last six years. She cast bouquets. The works department, under guidance ot superintendent Bill Jones, had "given its best" and accomplished much, she said. She thanked Arran Thomson, city clerk, and Chester Jeffery. city comptroller, for their work and dedication. She said they were the only people in the city who "know more of civic business than I." .Airs. Gray had words for two aldermen. She said it had been j putting off for one week meetings that cannot be held on Monday because of statutory holidays. In the past such meetings have cubi to 25 er United States. With millions of dollars at stake, the five will attempt to prove that Canada's gas reserves are ample to sustain total export of 6,609,750,000,000 feel within the next 20 years without threatening domestic supplies or driving Canadian prices beyond just and reasonable levels. Some of the interventions by causing concern it 20 organizations, which include chambers of commerce, American coal interests, and the Ontario government, take the stand Dis aged appearance logf been slated for the Tuesday' that Canadian assured supplies evening of the same week. The meeting of the old council, swearing in of the new council members and meeting of 1960 council took three-quarters of an hour. First regular meeting of the nvw council is slated for 8 p.m. .Jan. 11. and prices will suffer if exports are allowed. The board, formed last year and now making its debut, is expected to sit here at least three weeks before any decision is reached. The federal cabinet will have the final word on the export licences. ar World as Anti-Semitic Frenzy l?y THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Meanwhile, a left-wing minority Aroused officials in many parts j group in Israel called on the 30,- ol" the world today sought to coin-' 000 Jews remaining in West Gcr- bat continuing anti-Semitism in | many to migrate to Israel. The the form of painted swastikas and hate slogans. Jewish shops were defaced in England. Swastikas were scrawled on walls in Italy. West German diplomats received threats, and Jew-baited slogans appeared in Australia as the outburst went into its 13th day. Envoys from West Germany, where the anti-Jewish outbreaks first flared on Christmas Eve, assured other peoples that Chancellor Adenauer's � government will take drastic action. "Such evil deeds." a statement said, appeared part of a "planned campaign to discredit the federal opinion. republic before world in a Hebrew school and synagogue. The smear campaign spread to Cincinnati, where chalked signs "Death to the Jews" and "Hitler appeal was made by Zvi Lubotkin of the Achduth Avodah party at I defeated but not dead" showed a meeting of the Zionist General up on desks at an elementary if a middle-l) worker is Prince George man and woman. Al'bert Loyer. about 50, was reported missing .Monday by his nephew, Michael St. Germain, 6G0 Central, hover normally -lays with his niece. Mrs. Clara McCorrister, First Avenue. He was there until Dec. -U when he went missing. Last employed at a logging camp at Alexis Creek, he is not believed to have returned to work as he left his working clothes at Mrs. -McCorrister's home. Loyer is about five feet four inches tall, and weighs' about 135 pounds. He was last se'i n wearing a grey car coat, blue dress pants and a green turtle-neck sweater, Anyone knowing of his whereabouts is requested to aclvl e the RCMP or Mrs. McComster at !.(> 4-8237. Italy CAP) �� About were killed when a train jumped the ifalian Jumps MONZA, .".(I persons commuters' tracks on a curve near hero today. Some 40 persons were injured. Five coaches were derailed. The accident occurred in a thick fog. The train was bound from Sondrio to .Milan and had just crossed a bridge. One of the five coaches was hurled into the air and landed on the roof of a factory 100 feet from the rails. Luciano Ferrari, an Associated Press reporter, was in the fifth coach of the train, en route to his o'ffice in .Milan. He reported that the third coach was splintered like matchwood. A 27-foot length of rail pierced the coach and projected through the roof. A South Fort George woman was "extremely ill" in hospital today after she apparently suffered a heart seizure in the lobby of a local hotel Monday night. Mrs. Eleanor Umpherville. 2552 Second, South Fort George, was rushed to hospital at 7:30 p.m. by police after they received a call to the Canada Hotel. Min- Reds Won't Sfsrt LONDOiN (CP)�Pr ister Maemillan sets out lonjght on another winter journey, consolidating his record as a Marco Polo among British leaders. Two years a;;i> at this time he visited Australia, NTew Zealand and Asia, and came back brimming with enthusiasm for what he called the "new Commonwealth." Last year he went to Moscow, winning acclaim in some quarters as an "icebreaker in international relations." He also visited must Western capitals, including Ottawa. .Vow, in a move no British prime minister before him has attempted Maemillan is going to visit Africa, a continent that has come suddenly and dangerously alive in a few explosive Particularly concerned are the operators of the 11 mills on Planer Row. A sudden rise in the river level could cause water to permeate the gravel bottom of the area and freeze the stacks of piled lumber. Aluminum Co. of Canada closed the spillway gates on the Kenney Dam Saturday at the request of worried Vanderhoof officials. It was estimated it would take three clays for the effect to be fell, but water was still rising this morning. Kenney Dam, which forms thc reservoir piovidmg water cor the turbines at Kemano, is (JO miles west of Vanderhoof and about 145 miles from Prince George. FAMILY MOVES Harve y Reeves, owner of Reeves Auto Court located at a low spot on the west side of the Nechako at Vanderhoof, moved his family out of their home Monday. Another family, living in a trailer, was reported to have been forced out as well by the rising waters. Vanderhoof, with a population of 1,400, faced thc same danger last year. The Reeves family was forced out at that time as well. Gales of the Kenney Dam were closed in November, 1952, and it took five years for the water to rise to its capacity level. There is speculation that more "water than originally calculated has accumulated. Vanderhoof village commissioners have to make application to the water rights branch of the Department of Public Works in Victoria for permission to blast the ice dam. NOT WORRIED However, Vanderhoof public works foreman George Kent was "not too worried" over the situation today. He said level of the river is expected to drop later today or tomorrow easing the situation. He cited a similar problem last November during the cold spell, saying the river level dropped three days after the Kenney Dam gates worn shut off. Bob Gallagher, secretary manager of the Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association, said here today lumbermen with WASHINGTON (AP) � The steel labor peace in the United States, bought for the next 2'/2 years at a billion-dollar price, loosed today a flood of political conjecture and stirred new misgivings over inflation. The slock of Vivo President Richard Nixon and Labor Secretary James Mitchell soared as a possible Republican ticket in the November election. PROSPERITY SEEN The stock market spurted and officials issued bolder forecasts of 1960 prosperity as the settlement, engineered secretly by the Nixon-Mitchell team, erased fears of another economy'-crippling strike by the 500.000 American members of the United Steel-workers. Steel industry leaders forecast no "iTirnecliatc" jrfce Insists to crank up the wage-price Spiral. But Chairman Roger M. Blough of United States Steel Corp., who put the billion-dollar cost tag on the agreement, said it "could hardly be regarded as non-inflationary." HAPPY DAYS There were no such misgivings in the union camp. USW President David J. McDonald told cheering steel workers in Buffalo, N.Y.. Monday night that "victory is ours." A band played Happy Days Are Here Again as McDonald strode into a rally of 5,000 unionists to inform them the contract is a 40-per-cent-beiter wage-and-beltcr package than the companies' last oiler. TERMS SECRET Neither the rank-and-filers nor the public yet knew the precise contract terms. Their formal disclosure wailed on some formalities, ratification by individual companies and by the union's wage policy board. Mitchell, tiredly discribing the pact as the "most feasible and practical solution that is possible at this time," said there was no question whatsoever that the approvals would be given. Unofficially it was learned the 30 - month c on t r a c t package amounts to about 40 cents an p g 1 hour, with fringe benefits effec- to obtaining cash and clothing j tive at once and seven-cent from a Prince George store by hourly wage boosts taking effect uawson For Cheque Cashing A 23-year-old father of three children was sentenced to nine months definite and nine months indefinite on a charge of false pretenses in police court today. Donald Hyrnyka, of Dawson Creek, pleaded guilty Dee. 1.9 issuinj $20. a worthless cheque for Council. However, the council, an international organization, sidestepped an endorsement of Lub-otkin's call. New York authorities reinforced guards around synagogues but more anti-Jewish incidents school which has a large proportion of Jewish pupils. Police blamed vandals. A British government minister. Sir Edward Boye, told a meeting VANCOUVER Ol � The resignation of William "Bill" Forst. were reported in the States. of the Council of Christians and | managing editor of The Province, Jews in Britain that "We can was announced Monday by pub-take heart at the speed and vigor j United with the West German govern-ment has acted." Swastikas were found painted on the doors of a public school in Queens Borough and a broken window was reported in a synagogue on Long Island. Six Brooklyn boys were adjudged juvenile Usher Fred S. Auger. Mr. Forst, long associated with The province, has been in delinquents for breaking windows i anti-semitic elements. The West German Embassy in i different health and plans to rest London received a telegram ! and travel. signed "British Nazi Party" Ron Williams, newly-appointed threatening supporters of Aden- assistant publisher, will direct auer with reprisals if the Bonn j the paper's editorial affairs un-gqvernmeht takes action against \ til Mr. Forst's successor is ap- LONDON iKeuiors) _ Xikita Khrushchev repeated Monday that Russia will not resume nuclear weapons testing if the! West does not and said he is ready to sign an agreement banning tests "fpr aJi time." The Soviet leader said his country believes "all necessary conditions" now exist for agreement by the world .powers on the Rtis and immediate cessation of tests of all kinds of nuclear weapons." "Now it is up to our Western partners." Khrushchev said. If Russian proposals for complete disarmament' were put to a referendum of all nations they would'be "supported by the absolute majority of the world population," he said. Driving in excess of GO miles per hour on the Cariboo Highway, near Marguerite, cost Stephen Jones $25 when he pleaded in late 19(i() and late 1901. The industry gave up its demand for the sole right to change work rules. McDonald had branded this a union-busting device. The issue will be studied by a guilty to the charge before Mag-1 joint committee whose findings istrate George Stewart today. will not be binding. Prince George District Ranger Sights Mysterious Flying Object Near Eaglet A Prince George couple i Top half of the "UFO" was Following the object, as it report Si^htin" an unklenti- only fanllly discernible in the dipped and rose occasionally fled flying object - in the j^^r^i Vws defi while maintai�in pointed. form of a glowing, orange- f "a complete \y el lo w ball � 40 miles cast of here near Eaglet Lake. Forest Ranger Don Flynn, 23-year-old city native, and his wife, Ruth, 1271 Douglas, saw the mysterious object Saturday nighl at* 9:23 p.m. Sighted from the family car as the couple and their infant daughter were returning from Hansard, B.C.. the object, which was soundless, was viewed for "three or four minutes." Mr. Flynn, who said "You'd have to see it to believe it," said thc "thing" appeared to be a sphere with tne bottom half il-, luniinated. Mixed rain and snow Wednesday. Slightly milder. Winds west 20. Low tonight and high tomorrow 20 and J5. nitcly no reflection." Hc got to within what he estimated was half a mile of the "saucer." Size of the sphere was difficult lo determine because of its uncertain distance away, he said, but it was "definitely not huge." Mr .Flynn calculated the height of the glowing ball at 50 feel above ground. "More of a glow than a light; more orange than yellow," the object was moving at 40 to 50 miles per hour, said the B.C. Forest Service ranger. He said he and his wife first noticed the "saucer" as their car topped a rise in the road, about three miles east of Eaglet Lake. It was then "about a mile away." course the three a straight miles to the lake, Mr. Flynn said he got to within a half mile away travelling only about 45 miles per hour in his car. At one point he stopped his vehicle, shut off the lights and got out to listen but could detect no noise from the mystery sphere. The RCAF Ground Observer Corps, notified when the Flynns arrived home, said there was only the one sirhtin^ of the object reported. Radar at the Baldy Hughes USAF station failed to record anything in that area. However, an ooject close to the ground might not be picked i uy by the radar.