WANT ADS Buy or Sell Everything Phone LO 4-2441 IH H -f The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North-Central British Columbia WEATHER FORECAST J Low 20, High 35, Clouds Crown Life Insurance Co. Wm. J. Shockey District Representotive Phone LOgon 4-2441 Vol. -4; No. 46 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1960 7. _ r"~~ BY CARKI1SK /C a Copy 35c PER WEEK RISING STEADILY The Nechako River threatened more flooding here today as the ice-choked stream rose within six inches of bursting its banks. Danger'arose again after conditions which developed over the weekend had appeared to end any threat of a recurrence of Thursday's eight hours, of flooding. A channel had opened down the centre of the Nechako through most of the two mile MIAMI, Fla. (AP) � A coast-to-coast series of holdup-murders were admitted Sunday night by a 17-year-old Californian who said: "I guess I'll get the chair or life imprisonment. I suppose I'll go to hell." "I did one, and 1 thought I might just as well go on," red-haired Dennis Whitney told reporters. "1 planned to kill maybe a dozen or so." Whitey clenched his manacled hands and bowed his head on them alter signing a statement admitting he shot six men and a woman since Feb. 20. All but one died. His hands hid two gashes he said he got from his last victim, Mrs. Virginia Selby, 62, of Hial-call, Fla., who hit him with ;i hammer after she was kidnapped in her own automobile. Whitey dropped his .22-caJibre revolver when a deputy sheriff fired a warning shot near the scene of Mrs. Selby's slaying Saturday at nearby Jupiter. long ice jam that caused the flooding and the river level dropped, apparently ending any flood threat. But today the river -vas rising steadily again as the channel began to plug with moving ice. Two planer mills, forced to i-lose Thursday when the river vvas forced out of its regular course by the ice jam, went back into operation today in spite of threat of new flooding. Tom Dil-vorth of Prince George Planing Mills Ltd., which was in operation again today along with Albert Stekl Lumber Co. Ltd., said his company couldn't wait for the river to make its next move. The two planers put about 70 men back to work as they dared Ihc unpredictable Nechako. Third planer shut clown by Thursday's flooding, Norman M. Smith Ltd., vvas back to work the day after the flood. . Only damage caused by the flooding was. to a motor at one mill. Crawler tractors cleaned up ice, up to two feet deep, around the mills over the weekend in preparation for the move back to work today. Water crawled up over the bank near the River Road overnight but retreated and this morning was threatening to spill over its banks again and flood Planer Row. SAWMILL BURNS A sawmill employing about 25 men was completely demolished in a fire Saturday at North New lands, 40 miles east of here on the Giscome road. Mill .bcU-ngetl -la McDcnno'. and Lofting. Damage was estimated at between $50,000 and $75,000. It will probably be rebuilt later this year, a company spokesman said today. Unscheduled1 Holiday At Sacred Heart About 130 pupils at Sacred Heart elementary school received an unscheduled half-day holiday today after problems with a nearby city water main cut off service to the school. Service was resumed this morning, but the message had already gone out to parents not to send their kiddies to school. Children returned after lunch. Tr-.vWe was in the 1400 block Hcrrilocx in what city engineer Bill Jones described as a "fluke occurrence" when a valve broke while work on the main was being carried out. Burns Lake Becomes 9th BURNS LAKE (Special) � Ninth case of paralytic polio in the Burns Lake community was reported today by Cariboo Medical Health Officer Dr. K. I. G. Benson. Frank Tibbett, 37, chief of the Burns Lake Indian band, was diagnosed in Burns Lake Hospital during the weekend as a polio case. His doctor reported today he is satisfied with Chief, Tibbett's general condition at present. His family of "several" children are being kept out of school for at least one week. On the question of holding festivals, Dr. Benson said today he has advised Burns Lake authorities lhat, wherever possible, it is unwise for busloads of children to be driven into Burns Lake gatherings at present. This does not affect attendance at schools, nor any gatherings among local people only, Dr. Benson said. For instance, he said, there is no reason why the Burns Lake music festival should not be held as planned, but "I think anybody planning lo attend it from outside the community should be advised thai some cases of paralytic polio have occurred, and that where it is not essential for them to attend it would be unwise for them to consider taking in busloads or groups of children. "Although in my opinion the risk of infection of people going into the community is minimal," Bndian Chief Polio Case he added, "at the same lime where there is absolutely no necessity for them to go in, it is common sense not to do so." Meanwhile, a voluntary quarantine has been placed on Burns Lake in an effort to check the polio outbreak. A basketball tournament has been cancelled and outsiders have been advised to stay away from the music festival to be held here March 18-19. Dr. Trevor Thompson said: "There is no real alarm but we arc doing everything to protect people from exposure to the disease." The first paralytic case was diagnosed Jan. 10. None of the cases is bulbar and all victims have a good chance of recovering. Three persons have been taken lo Vancouver for treatment. Adequate quantities of vaccine arc on hand in Burns Lake and many persons have already been vaccinated. At Victoria, Provincial health au'thoirties are not alarmed at a mid-winter polio outbreak. "We have always had polio in the winter after a high incidence during the ' previous summer," Deputy Health Minister Dr. G. F. Amyot said. He said the toll in the province last year of more than 100 cases constituted a high � incidence of lhe disease in the Salk vaccine era. None of the 28 victims had received all three vaccine injections, he said. Now Hear This... The Mayor's mare is expecting. Flash's First, a filly owned by Mayor Garvin Dezell and Lumberman Martin Caine, among others, is due' to foal in May. Now the syndicate is looking around for a replacement for the upcoming season . . . Somebody should wisen up whoever is responsible for a road sign indicating Giscome just near the turn-off north of the airport. Like one Vancouver newspaper, it spells the town's name "Gis-combe" . . . Still on street signs, notice the 15-m.p.h. zone signs are still up at the old hospital Legal beagle Harry Kenney was interviewing a client in a small cell in the cop shop and found himself incarcerated for longer thaa he wished. The cons- table who had taken him to the client forgot Mr. Kenney was in the cell. A couple of juveniles in an adjoining cell had been creating such a racket police thought it was them again when the lawyer repeatedly rattled the cell door for attention . . . Youngest curler in FG bon-spiel has the most badges. Kevin Smalc, playing for Bob Clcland, has both arms covered with 'em, having skipped PG High to provincial finals last year and playing third on the winning rink the previous, year . . . Adman Harry Kennedy, whose roarin' game victories this year have been conspicuously few, fortified himself early this ayem and went out to win his first � in the 'spiel by a whopping nine j points , . . HOSPITAL CONDITIONS 'CHAOTIC eny the F .1CK IS BACKING UP AS THE NECHAKO K1VEII RISES TO DANGER POINT �Hal Vandervooit Photo STATES ACCUSED USA to Protest Blame on Explosion HAVANA (AP) � The Unil-ec1 Slates prepared to hand Cuba a stiff protest today against Fidel Castro's speech blaming U.S. officials for the munitions ship explosion in Havana Bay Friday. Strained American-Cuban relations moved closer to a show-clown with the Washington note, expected to accuse the bearded premier' of deliberately making an irresponsible affixation. U.S. Charup rJ'Affaires Daniel M. Prcddock was to deliver the mes-ragc. Cuban authorities Sunday night freed American photographer Donald Chapman, 2b", a passenger on the ship, after holding him two days In connection with the disaster. Castro had personally interrogated Chapman before making his all-out blast at a mass fun-eraJ for victims of the disaster, which he blamed on sabotage. The free-lance photographer was on the bridge when the French freighter La Coubre blew up, killing 50-70 persons. "Hcvt p> jumped'1 to��-snfety- oil - the' dock after the first explosion. VANDtfWHOOF -*- Laurence j Frnivh was named president of Lhe Vanderhoof Progressive Con- i scrvative Association at the an-nual general meeting Friday. Scotty Almond was elected � vice-president and Al Brown secretary-treasurer. Named to the executive were: Caleb Prout, Sam Cocker, Jim Veilch, Elden Phil-pott and John Osinga. Prime Minister John Diefen- j baker is honorary president and I provincial Tory Leader Deane ] Finlayson is honorary yice-preai- ' dent. Karl Fredriksen, provincial PC candidate for Omiheca riding, outlined the program'for the next j election campaign. WASHINGTON (AP) � The | blinding flash of light that flares from a nuclear blast will be the only trigger for an automatic bomb alarm system being installed throughout the United States. The first alarm stations will be operating in two or three weeks, it was disclosed during the weekend. The national system will be completed in a few months. In the momentary interval between any nuclear bomb burst and the pulverizing blow of the following shock wave, the sys- AGIDIR, Morocco (Reuters)� Masked anil specially dressed rescue workers attacked the rotting rubble of Agadir today in the seventh day of their race against disease. Thousands in the international work force toiled through ruins so heavily covered with quicklime that in places it resembled snow. No survivors have been pulled from earthquake-shattered Agadir since Friday. Bodies of some of the estimated 12,000 killed in last Monday's quake are still being recovered but identification is impossible in most cases. The demolition work was inspected Sunday by King Mohammed V, who; departed from an announced schedule to tour the city in a disinfected car for three hours with members of his family, officials and reporters. tern will let the U.S. high command know which areas have been hit. The automatic relay will report only nuclear hits and will not give advance warning of an attack. The first of more than 100 "sensor" stations already are being installed by the air force. The stations will be linked by wire communications to six major centres. There'll bo partial cleaning overnight in tin; Prince George, Cariboo and Bulkier areas. Variable clouds are predicted for Tuesday. Little change in temperature is expected, with winds variable at times reaching 20. Low tonight and high Tuesday at Ques-nel, Prince George and Smilh-ers, 20 and 35. Pence River Region Clearing overnight and Tuesday morning. Snow flurries tonight and Tuesday evening. A little milder. Winds SE 15 except light overnight. Low tonight and hi.uli Tuesday at Grande Prairie, 0 and 20. Last 24 Hours Lo Hi Precip Prince George.. 17 38 � Terrace 20 29 .20 ftmithers ........ 15 Quesnel ,.. 10 42 .04 Kamloops . 20 10 � Dawsoh Creek -15 l(i .05 Fort St. John.. -1 14 .00 Fort Nelson .... -15 12 .01 White-horse .... �4. -9 ,03 ERIC BENNETT ' Lands and Forests Minister Ray Willislon Saturday announced the transfer of Assistant District Forester Charles Erickson Bennett to the Prince George forest district from Prince Rupert. Mr. Bennett. 45. will replace W. E. L. Young, whose promotion to head the surveys and inventory division of the forest service in Victoria was announced recently. Eric Bennett was born in Crcston, attended Fernie High School, and graduated as a forest engineer from the University of B.C. in 1940. He enlisted in the RCAF in 1941, served overseas as a flight lieutenant, and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1947 be was an assistant engineer with B.C. Forest Products Ltd., and came to the forest service the following year as a management forester in the Vancouver forest district. In June, 1955, he was promoted to assistant district forester at Prince Rupert. Mr. Bennett is married, has two young sons, and is a member of the Association of B.C. Registered Foresters. Public Invited To School Meeting School Board chairman Ray Atkinson today issued an invitation to the public to attend Tuesday's meeting of the board, in conjunction with Education Week. The meeting is held in School District 57 offices at 1835 6111 at 8 p.m. Former assistant administrator Ben English today supported a Citizen story telling of resignations of half the administrative staff of the Prince George and District Hospital � a story labelled "tripe" by administrator Gordon Townetid. And he painted a picture of chaotic conditions at the new $2,040,000 institution. Referring to the administrator's comment that the story was "stupid, ridiculous and nauseating," Mr. English stated: "How can you deny facts? If facts are stupid, ridiculous and nauseating then he (Townend) is correct. The story was correct and there's no use his blaming the newspaper for the trouble it exposed in his hospital." UTTER CHAOS The former assistant administrator said the reason for the resignations and pending resignations was "utter chaos" in the administration of the hospital, fie said the trouble was caused by 'stupidity of senior administration staff" but wouldn't name names. Mr. English said the resignations and pending resignations of administrative staff are apt to be followed by resignations�- in other departments as a "general slate of dissention prevails among the staff." He said about a dozen nurses of the about 45 member nursing staff are on the verge of quitting and they would be almost impossible to replace as "nobody wants to come here; they know the name the hospital has got." The former hospital employee, who said the "mess at the hospital has to be exposed and cleaned up," said besides "hit and miss administration" .resignations were prompted-by "a bod-under- staffing problem." SITUATION APPALLING And he charged the new hospital is even less adequate than the old building, with the bed situation "appalling." Mr. English said also he ex-j peels the B.C. Hospital Insurance Service to conduct an investiga-I tion of the hospital's finances shortly. He charged the institu-I lion's administrator and accounting department are "hopelessly I lost," that nobody properly tin-I derstands BCIIIS, and reports to | the service arc months behind. A written statement prepared exclusively for The Citizen said in part: "The general public of Prince George and District must have the feeling of confidence that if they require a hospital bed all they have lo do is seek and they shall receive. Nothing can be further from the truth. There is less accommodation available in the new hospital under present conditions than there was in the old hospital. The new hospital is a beautiful, modern building ,and is equipped with the most modern equipment available but one thing is lacking and lhat is beds and staff." STAFF SHORTAGE On the "critical staff shortage" problem Mr. English said the hospital has about 143 cm-| ployees. Optimum staff for a hospital with 125 beds is aboul 188. he said, producing comparative figures showing other B.C. hospitals reaching a much more favorable patient-staff ratio. "What really hurts," he said, is that the hospital's pre-operat-ing budget calls for staff to be whittled down to 129. "That's ridiculous," commented Mr. English. His written statement continued that by BCIIIS standards "Prihc,e George and district should have a 165 bed hospital. "The new hospital has unfinished areas that could have been completed at the time of construction which would have made il a 165 bed hospital, and when the Hon. Eric Martin toured the new hospital in July, 1959, he staled that the unfinished areas should be completed prior to the opening of the new hospital. This could have been done at a cost of approximately $60,000, of which the city and district would only have had to pay less than $15,000 each. It will now cost much more as contractors will have lo move in their equipment and employees, whereas if the job had been done at the time this expense could have been avoided." The statement cited what appears a shocking situation. It said, "The bed situation has now become so critical that doctors are unable to admit many pa- (Set ' mi-' Pago 3) Williams Lake advanced to the CHL final by clumping Quesnel. 9-4 Saturday in Quesnel and i'0-3 Sunday in Williams Lake. Stamps won be'st-bf-five semi-final � * * Alain Giletti of France won the men's figure skating title in Vancouver Saturday despite outstanding performance by Canada's Don Jackson in the free skating. FULL SPORTS COVERAGE ON PAGE 1 Series of Radio Panels Various aspects of the B.C. education system will be discussed in a series of four radio panels which have been arranged by the Prince George Teachers' Federation in conjunction with Educa tion Week activities. The half-hour programs will be heard over Radio Station CKPG at 7:30 p.m. each evening this week except Wednesday. Tonight's topic will be "What do we Expect of Our Education System?" and taking part will be ACCRA, Ghana (AP) � Ghana will become a republic in July and will remain within the Commonwealth. Prime Minister Kwame Nkru-mah said in a broadcast that he will formally announce his government's decisions' at the May Commonwealth prime Minister's confewjnee ,in London:. He outlined'proposals for a rcpUB/ican constitution .reading in part: "The constitution recognizes lhat ultimately, all powers of stale come from the people and it will be for lhe people, not the constituent assembly, to determine the form of constitution The draft proposes the actual head of the Ghanian government after July 1 this year should be the president of the republic. He will be chosen in a way lo make him at the same time leader of the majority party in the National Asscmblv. A 17-year-old girl was rushed lo Prince George Hospital at noon today after suffering a bullet, wound in the abdomen. Police are investigating. They said lhe wound was made with a ."0-IiO rifle and muy have been self-inflicted. In critical condition in Prince George Hospital is Anita Cassel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cassel who live four miles north of here off the Marl Highway. C. Bristow, Canon T. D. R. Allen and �;&:; school students Rita Lonsdalc and Ron McArlhur. Moderator will be A. Stables, senior high school principal. District Superintendent K. F. Alexander will serve as moderator on Tuesday evening when the topic will ~be "What Changes Have Taken Place in Education During the Past 30 Years?" Panelists will be D. Weicker, principal of Duchess Park Jr. High; J. Johnson, senior high boys' counsellor; Mrs. W. Coop and A. Bowie. Principals of the city's four elementary schools will discuss the topic "What Experimental Work is Being Done in our Local Schools?" on Thursday evening. Taking part will be Bob Moss, South Fort George Elementary; Bill Fisher, Central Fort George Elementary; Ralph Gardner, llar-win Elementary; and Tom Wheeler, Connaught Elementary. Moderator will be C. Cranston. Friday's program will be "What Scholarships and A.waxdB are Available? to Students in This District?"' Moderator will be School Trustee Harold Moffat and taking part will be Jack Hotell, president of the Prince George District Teachers' Federation; Mrs. I. Moss, Mrs. Geo. Kellett, and Harry Lomax. �\n eighl-ycar-old boy was killed Saturday in an aulomobile nishap at Alcza Lake, 45 miles east of'here. Dead is Brian Hern, sou of Mr. and Mrs. John Hern of Aleza Lake. The youngster was playing with two other boys when tlie accident occurred about 5:30 p.m. Urian was silting on a toboggan, to which a dog vvas attached, when the two other boys, seeing an approaching car, ran to the other side of the road. The dog, pulling the toboggan after him, followed lhe two and Brian was struck on lhe head by the car's front bumper. Thomas Frank Barclay, 30, of Buckhorn Lake Road, was driver of the vehicle. Inquest will be held here cither tonight or Tuesday. CURLING Results & Draws RESULTS 7:30 A.M. DRAW Rogers, N. Vancouver, 11; Ostberg 7. Keith Moffat, 11; Clcland, 2. Moon. 10; Glendinning. 9. (extra end). Cult, Kitimat, 12; Dingwall, 8. Baillie, 10; Blackburn, 2. - Hill, 12; Mclnnis, 4. The Glendinning-Moen game was the only contest this draw which went an extra end. Glendinning had last rock, tried to nudge Moen's shot rock through.but was just light with a fine shot, and pushed Mocn onto the button. RESULTS 9:45 A.M. DRAW Bishop, Williams Lake, 10;'Cordiner, 8. Carr, 12; While, 8. Peckham, 12; McConnell, 5. Roine, 10; Snellman, Lillooct, 9. Kennedy, 10; Ford Wray, 1. Darroch, bye. RESULTS 12 NOON DRAW Dezell, 8; Hewlett, 7; Ilarlnctt, Quesnel, 10; Nicholson, !); (extra end); McPhee, li; Prentice, 3; Kapphahn, 10; Walls, 5; Madill, 5; Trodd, 3; G. Rustad, bye. 7:30 P.M. DRAW Skalicky vs Dimor; Engstrom vs Choban; Ostberg vs Cleland; Glendinning vs Dingwall; Blackburn vs Mclnnis; Cordiner by. 9:45 P.M. DRAW Rogers, N. Van., vs Keith Moffat; Moen vs Cult, Kitimat; Baillie vs Hill; McConnell vs White; F. Wray vs Snellman, Lil-looet; �Nicho-lson, bye.