Support Tonight's Cancer Society Blitz The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North-Central British Columbia Phone LOgan 4-2441 Vol. 4; No. 107 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1960 7c a Copy BY CARRIER 35c PER WEEK FLYING OFFICER AL SCHULTK (RIGHT), 27, OF Prince George is I lie observer and Flying Officer, Norman Hartley of l'itchfnnl, England, is the pilot of a CF-100 fighter Hying with 425 "Alouette" Squadron from St. Hubert, P.t,). during the fourth annual rocket meet this week at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Altai Along with aircrews of Canada's eight other CF-100 jet interceptor squadrons they are competing for the Vincent Trophy awarded to the highest scoring aircrew team and for the W. R. JVIacBrien Trophy, emblematic of aerial weapons superiority in Air Defence Command. The annual competition is designed to increase the efficiency of air defence personnel. �RCAF Photo NEFF OPTIMISTIC Construction Lagging Here Amount of construction in Prince George has fallen far behind the pace set by the building industry last year. But, according to building inspector Ed Neff, the situation is improving. Building permits laken out in IWay were for construction valued at $681,101, some $200,000 more than building in April. But May figure:-, bring value of construction here for the first five months of I960 to only $1,198,447 compared with $2,503,-553 for the same period lasl year. May, 195.f> registered $704,550 in building permits. Permits were taken out during the last inonth for an eight-room Catholic school in Central, a dental-optical building al Fourth Senate Committee Demands Explanation WASHINGTON (AP) � A senate inquiry into events that preceded tin1 collapse of the summit conference was devoting it.-, concluding session today to n look into a sudden order for a �world-wide United States defence alert. Defence Secretary Thomas Gates, who ordered the alert from Paris the night before the [ scheduled summit opening, was j called to fill in the background I jor the Senate foreign relations committee. His testimony behind closed doors was to be i made available to reporters as | rapidly as it could be censored for security. and Quebec, a laundromat on Queensway, the addition to city hall, a cabinet shop, a small addition to the Bel-Air iMotcl and 32 private dwellings. Reason for the drop in construction this year, according to Mr. Neff, is the "tight" money situation. Construction has been slow since the beginning of the year, he said. "We had indications last fall that everybody wanted to build if money was available," he said. "The way things have been go ing makes you realize just how much we live on credit." Construction is expected to pick up during the summer, Mr. Neff said. Now The cocktail party which the local Conservatives are tossing tomorrow in honor of Gen. C. A. P. Murison of Victoria and John Coatcs, candidate for Fort George, is off to a fine start but ' everybody's wondering how it will end. A hundred and sixty RSVP invitations were sent out but only 10 have replied. The caterer, Jessie Cunliffe, also got invited, which shows how eager the Tories are. For all that, anybody who misses the event has holes in his head. The general is a treat to meet. During the last war he was on Winston Churchill's general staff, and his anecdotes of the great man, if he can be persuaded to recount them, are priceless. He also knows more | about municipal-provincial financial relations than any other man in B.C., having authored the I Green Book on this subject, and having been for two years presi- I This... dent of the Union of B.C. Municipalities. He is a courtly Englishman with a colorful background and a great sense of humor . . . There arc probably many ways to fight a lire, but the oddest one we've seen lately was last night when the local department was called to a chimney fire. As the wagon slowed down, an eager fireman leaped off with an extinguisher, dashed for the house, skipped nimbly up and at a fence and � wooops, snagged his foot and fell flat on his face in the mud . . . Boys were sitting at a table in their favorite haunt last night and an elderly chap was having drink for drink with the best. Suddenly he spied a 70-year-old-ster getting plastered at a nearby table. Gosh. I hate to see these old men getting drunk, commented the greybeard. Which wouldn't be an item except that this guy is 81 ... Mass Arrest Made ANKARA, Turkey (AIM � A majority of Turkey's dust National Assembly is under arrest on an island oPf Istanbul. A spokesman for Hie now military government said -103 of 'the �IOC deputies .from ousted premier Adnan Mcnderes's Democratic iparty 'had �been seined this week after some were caught trying to stir up opposition to the now regime, Several women were among 'bhose arrested. Rlost of tlit? deputies were flown to the island fortress of Yassiada. The old assembly, which the armed forces dissolved after overthrowing Mentleres May 27, ihad fJK) members. Nearly all the Democratic deputies were picked up in the first Ihours oif tihe coup, but most were released after being held a few 'hours. About 1,500 persons have been rounded up in 'the last few days to prevent atempts to under-mint' the provisional government headed toy Gen. Camel Gursel, according to unofficial reports. Five generals, including the former chief of the g e n e r a 1 staff, Rusthtu Krdolhun, have 'been taken imo custody. Reuters news agency reported Wednesday tihat a revolutionary spokesman had said the 'bodies of 'murdered victims of the .Men-deres regime have been found in common graves and refrigeration chambers in Ankara and Istanbul. Reuters quoted this spokesman! as s'aying that members of the Menderes regime might, face death sentences for murder. CANADIAN, YANKEE DOLLARS HIT PAR WASHINGTON (OP) � The Canadian dollar, sold at a premium above the U.S. dollar for years, was quoted at par and below by Washington banks today. The price offered 'by the banks foripiurha.ses of Canadian money ranged from- 99 U.S. cents to $ Prices offered on sale of Canadian dollars by the ibanks ranged up to 102 U.S. cents. Banking offickds, 'however, said the discount below the premium rate of 101.3281 cents quoted in New York was primarily to cover 'banking costs. One official said the charges are made to cover casts of handling such transwclions. 'f. BURNS LAKE (Special)�The site of the proposed Burns Lake airport at Boo Flats could be made ready for use by small planes in "fairly short order." A. It. Wilson, regional superintendent of airways, and David M. Lee, engineer of the Department of Transport inspected the proposed air strip Tuesday. They were accompanied to the site by village councillors Joe Slesinger and Dick Schritt and private plane owner Ted Williams. Mr. Wilson said the 20 acres owned by Sivert Andersen of Decker Lake could be made ready shortly, "depending on available equipment." An additional "60 acres, if purchased from Air. Andersen, would make it possible to run a feeder service to Prince George. Purchase of an additional 80 to 10 acres of Crown land would meet the demands of the Federal Government for a regular scheduled service. MONEY ISSUE City Considering Plan For Own Police Force Peace to Be Vacation Paradise VICTORIA (CP) � A report �released by the department of recreation Wednesday says a vacation land uniparaMejl-ed elsewhere in British Columbia may result from 'tihe 'proposed $630,-000,000 .hydro development on t'ho Peace River. Tine 'fisheries management division said if >a water licence is gra'ri'ted Peace River Develop1 merit Company the firm should berequired to build roads, campsites and boat launching fac'li-ties within a 'huge reservoir area which it would require. KOAUS, TKA1LS "Reasonable public aceesw to all roads, trails and recreational facill'tles should be guaranteed to tihe general public," fisheries officials recommend in the report to the governmeiTt. The project would create a reservoir 270 miles long with a surface area of 800 square miles. "Lake trout should become widely distributed within the area. Trolling for lake trout will probably constitute a large part of 'the sport fishing within the new ireservoir." NOTHING LOST Little of the scenic attractiveness of the area would l>e lost following flooding IT the reservoir -i� ,j>i-t>pc?pl'.y cjourocj. Accohs would 'be 'improved by industrial development and tihrouwh de-inlands for road construction and docking faoili'ties. There now is little recreational use of ithe upper 'Peace river because the system is in a lightly-populated area where transportation and access i.-j restricted to boat and airplane. DECKER LAKE (Special). � Fire of unknown origin early to day destroyed about 60 feet oi the green chain at the Decker Lake Lumber Co. here. No estimate of damage was available. The blaze was brought under control quickly by the several hundred residents of the community who poured out of their homes in the middle of the night to fight the blaze. Company manager Doug Keller said no men will be laid off as a result of the fire. Burns Lake Fire Chief William Glanville rushed extra fire hose the seven miles from that village to assist in battling the blaze. City council will consider the feasibility of setting up a local police force for Prince George. T h e subject has been under study by City Manager Arran Thomson and will be discussed when the new RCMP contract comes up for signing later this month. The study was ordered last year to d e t e r rri i n e whether a modern municipal police force won hi be cheaper for city taxpayers than the RCMP. Under the present contract, the city paid the RCMP $140,000 this year for its 19-man city detachment. In preparing the new contract the RCJMP has asked for a manpower increase to 22 � one extra man for each shift. Proposed additional cost has not yet been released. Whether a city force would be cheaper and just as efficient is the subject of the study. FOR INFORMATION Mr. Thomson said the survey is not yet completed and possibly will not be until early next year. However as far as it has gone it will furnish council with basic information on which to determine whether a broader study is warranted. The question of comparative costs of local and RCMP forces is always raised about this time of year, before the new contract is signed, '�Mr. Thomson saldT"* Prince George has not had a modern municipal force. At one time the city employed its own constable. About 1930 the job was turned over under contract to the B.C. provincial police, and the present force came in in 1950 when the RCMP absorbed the provincial police. "MOST EXPENSIVE" "The most expensive way of policing is to have the RCMP do it," Mr. Thomson said. Inspector I. C. Shank, head of the Prince George Subdivision, said the three extra men would be needed to cope with llic expected increase in transient population here when proposed northern developments begin. The city force has remained the same for several years, he said, despite a population increase of more than 1,000 each year. GLAD TO GO Inspector Shank said the RCMI would be glad to turn over policing of Prince George to a municipal force. "We only police Prince George because we are asked to," he said, "hoi because we chased after the job. "1 have to disagree with some people," he continued, "in that I think the city could form its own force and operate it for about what they pay the RCMP. (Continued on I*;ijj<" IJ) Finlayson Declares PNR Is $250,000,000 Hoax VANCOUVER iCR � B.C. Conservative Leader Deane Finlayson says a hoax is being perpetrated on the province's voters in connection with the proposed Prince George-Yukon border Pacific Northern Railway. The proposed railway would S cost $250,000,000, and the invest- | ors would require a return of at � least $15,000,000 annually, Mr. Finlayson told a meeting here Wednesday night. The PGE, which now travels through settled communities, makes an annual gross return of $12,000,000, but the proposed railway "has not a single hamlet along the way . . . There isn't a chance of revenue." "This suggests to me one of two things," said Mr. Finlayson. "Either the boys responsible for the railway have lost their marbles � which I doubt � or somebody is perpetrating a hoax on you." DEANE FINLAYSON ". . . marbles lost" Russians Distribute New Disarmament Proposals Cancer Society Blitz Tonight -6:30 to 7:30 A concentrated drive to raise funds will be held tonight by the Prince George unit of the Canadian Cancer Society. More than 200 volunteer cancer workers will stage a blitz between (5:30 and 7:30 p.m. in residential areas. They have no set goal. The drive will extend a week to take in mills and the business section of Prince George. RESCUE UNDERWAY AT BRALORNE 2 Trapped in Abandoned Gold Mine BRALORNE, B.C. CP) � Rescuers slowly cut their way through tons of rock and rubble choking the entrance to an isolated, abandoned gold mine near here today as attempts to reach two entombed men continued. An eight-man rescue team which reached the site after crossing difficult terrain by jeep was spearheading the rescue attempts and a helicopter was at the scene. In Vancouver, an RCAF hcli copter was awaiting favorable weather before flying in a four-man medical team. The rescue team, from Bra Ionic Pioneer Mines Limited, reported after it reached the mine Wednesday nishl that the cave-in was extensive but tappings indicated the trapped men, prospectors Pat and Percy McDonald of Coquitlam, were safe. Earlier reports indicated the rescue team believed it would take about 10 hours to clear the rock, an estimated 15 feet thick, but a Bralornc mine official declined to confirm this early to- day, saying "It would be very difficult to predict how long it will take." The trapped prospectors, who apparently were exploring the mine, 150 miles northeast of Vancouver near McGillivray Falls, were believed to have plenty of air as the shaft penetrates fairly deep. The official said the rescue team was well equipped and a contract crew working on a nearby B.C. Electric Power line had cleared a road lo the abandoned shaft. First word of the accident came from John McKclvey of White Rock, a member of the four-man prospecting team. He broke into a telephone line running close to the mine and advised officials in Bralornc. Pat McDonald was in the mine tunnel when log supports at the entrance crumbled. His father, Percy, and Nephew, Percy McDonald, Jr., were at the entrance. His father apparently ran into the mine while Percy, Jr., ran for the open. MOSCOW (Reuters) � The Soviet Union today presented new disarmament proposals to the world which it sni<] were mi tcrfded to* have been presentee at the Paris summit meeting. - They were handed over by Foreign Minister Andrei Gro myko and other officials of the ministry to representatives of the United States, Britain am France and other countries with diplomatic representation in Mos cow. The proposals were contained in a document eight pages Ion which it is understood Nikita Khrushchev was to have presented at the abortive summit talks in Paris. It was reported they arc still based on the Soviet concept ol universal and complete disarraa ment but that the new draft embodied a number of new point to meet Western criticism of the Russian plan. Correspondents in Moscow meanwhile were invited to a press conference in the Kremlin Friday at which the Soviet premier is expected to speak. The invitation gave no indication of what would be discussed. However, it appeared virtually certain that the new disarmament plan would be the topic. MOKE DETAILED It is reported lo spell out in some detail Soviet proposals on controls over disarmament measures and is designed lo answer Western criticism that Moscow was not sufficiently precise on this matter. It is also understood lo refer to a French proposal designed to ban vehicles which could carry nuclear weapons. The 10-power disarmament conference is due lo resume in Geneva Tuesday. It adjourned at OTHER Cloudy with a few showers today, clearing tonight. Sunny with some cloudy periods Friday. A IitUe warmer, winds light. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Quesnel and Prince George, -10 and 70; Smlthers, 3S and 65. , Peace River Region Sunny with cloudy periods today and Friday. Little change in temperature. Winds northwest 25 and gusty, decreasing to west 15 tonight. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Grande Prairie, 10 and 05. Last 1M Hours Lo Hi Prccip. Prince George.. ."58 GO � Quesnel .......... 38 63 � Terrace '.......... 42 54 � Smithers ........ 35, 50 .01 Kam loops ........ 55 79 � Dawson Creek 45 59 � Fort St. John.. 42 59 � Fort Nelson.... -11 63 .07 White-horse...... 39 56 � the end of April after six weeks of fruitless discussion on how- to get down, to detailed negotiations. When it adjourned, delegates of both East and West hoped a directive would be given from the summit on the resumed negotiations. The Western countries at the talks are the United States, Britain, France, Canada and Italy. The Soviet bloc is represented by the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria. The Western side constantly maintained before the Geneva recess that the Soviet proposals for international inspection supervision and control were not specific enough. Over Religious Issue in a Tense Poland WARSAW (ReutersI � 'Polish authorities aire faced wit'h increased tension .between church and state [following the second �major battle in little more 'than ;i month between police and citizens over a religious issue. Reports reaching here said some 5,000 Roman C a-fh'o 11 c,s fought a pitched battle with police on -Monday in Zielonu Gora, western Poland, after civil qu-llhoritles tried to take over a building used by the'local church. Reinforcements had to be summoned from iPoznan; more than 00 miles away, Lp quell the crowd. They tiiseil (ear gas and clubs lo disperse t/he demonstrators. Tihe number of 'persons arrested was not disclosed. A local police official would say only that "iill is quiet now." MAJtCH OX POLICE STATION Reliable sources .said 'that when workmen arrived Monday to remove i:he .furniture, they were expelled 'by an angry crowd of women. The crowd inarched on (lie police station, hurled stones at it and yelled insults, pemonstra-Lors also were reported to have burned two 'police cars The real clash -began with uho arrival of the police reiirforce-nenta (from Poznan The crowd xittled the .police through the streets of the texti'lc-ma'iiuluc- in'g city until they were sub-luetl by tear gas and nightsticks. Sources here said tihe Com-' nutilst 'party authorities took a serious view of Monday's incident, especially since it followed a clash on April 27 in Nowa ^Tuta, 'Poland's model steel town n the south of the country, where 'from 2,000 to 3,000 persons fought a (pitched street jattle with ipolice after civil au-hoiities ordered the removal of a religious cross.