Mr. and Mrs. Goldlpe Trabant of Bicknell, Indiana,  the dry's first tourist King and Queen, dined1, went flying   and saw the lumber industry.       -Hal Vandervoort
TOURIST KING, QUEEN
Indiana Couple Royalty for a Day
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Trubant of Bicknell, Indiana, reigned as King and Queen of Prince George Saturday in a climax to ''Tourist Hospitality Week."
They were chosen by the Junior Chamber of Commerce shortly after arriving in the city. Their  14-hour reign  over  the
city was the highlight of their trip to Alaska, Mrs. Trabaiit said.
The couple, both in their fifties, arrived in Prince George Friday evening. Several hours after their arrival they were informed of their selection.
"We were so excited we could hardly sleep," Mrs. Trabant said.
The Trabant's day started off with breakfast in the Prince George Cafe at 9 a.m. From there Mrs. Trabant went to the. Capri Keauly Salon and Mr. Trabanl sto M's Barbet Shop, all in the course of their royal day.
Then came a presentation at Morrison's Men's Wear and another one at the House of Flowers. After that Mr. and Mrs. Trabanl had their pictures taken at W. D. West Studios.
After lunch at the Shasta Cafe (ho King and Queen were taken on a tour of Planer Mow. at their own request. l".:v cuuptO' said they had heard of Prince George spruce in their own state.
Highlight of the clay for the royal couple followed the Planer Row lour when thuy were taken by Northern Mountain Airlines for an hour-Ion^; tour.
The couple was flown over Eagle Lake Sawmills, over Summit Lake and various other scenic spots in the area.
"The trip was terrific," Mrs. Trabanl said, "and the scenery was wonderful."
The royal couple's hectic clay continued with a radio interview at the A&W Drive-In, coffee at the Tourist Bureau and presentations at the Dream Shop, House of  Fine   China,   Northern   Hard-
Suiiuy with cloudy periods. Little change in temperature. Light winds.
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The couple were taken on a tour of the city. Mr. Trabant said after he was amazed at the amount  of building.
The couple then dined at the Hotel Simon Fraser.
After eating they were taken to City Hall Park for a special band concert by the Rotary Pipe Band. It was the first lime either had seen a pipe band and they were "very impressed".
After it was all over Mr. Trabant said lie and his wife were "tickled pink about the whole deal".
"This is the outstanding event in our lives," Mrs. Trablant said. "11 was more fun than a circus."
"I'll never forget Prince George," Mr. Trablant said. "Everyone was so wonderful to us and we had such a good time."
They resumed their trip this morning* wclay* behinu schedule, after having Sunday to themselves.
"We don't want to leave," Mrs. Trablant said; "We had such a good time."
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In Car Mishap On Highway 97
A 65-year-old lied Rock woman died in hospital here following an automobile mishap on the Quesnel highway early Sunday.
Dead is Mrs. Mary Millinky.
Also taken to hospital suffering from shock was her husband, John. He was released later in the day.
Accident occurred about seven miles south of Trincc George.
Police said the Millinky car collided with a car parked on the highway. There were a number of persons iu the other vehicle but no one else was  injured.
RCMP were continuing their investigation today.
MEDICAL CARE
SASKATOON CB � Provincial Treasurer C. M. Finos Saturday confirmed reports that Saskatchewan will seek help in financing a province-wide compulsory medical care plan when delegates attend the federal-provincial fiscal conference later this month in Ottawa.
Now Hear This..
Board of Trade folks were doing a .slow burn Sunday because their schedule for guiding three visiting U.S. reporters was knocked cockeyed for a few hours. The board had arranged for tea and a tour of the experimental farm courtesy Mr. anil Mrs. Walter Burns, and other interest points. At 3 p.m., however, the three writers who arc up here gathering material for publicity stories which will be published in leading U.S. newspapers and magazines, wore out with City Manager Arran Thomson, Oldtimer Alex Moffat, PWA and the forest service, flying around the country, seeing people, fishing and boating. In fact, they were doing exactly what they came here to do ...
Head clean-up man at the Simon Fraser Mike Gayowski is ready to call a halt to the kind of wedding parties that took over the hotel ballroom Saturday night. Having highly polished the floor into tip top shape for dancing, Mike was horrified this morning to discover some of the merrymakers had apparently r
found the floor too slippery for their liking. So they had gone out onto the street and gathered some fresh tar and oil. which they proceeded to sprinkle around  the dance floor  .  . .
Batching it while Mother is away at Winnipeg, Banker Jim McConncIl and son Billy are trying to outdo each other in keeping the place in shape for her return. T'other day being Billy's day off from work, he decided to be helpful by doing the laundry. So he grabbed the nearest pile of clothes and pushed them through the machinery. Later he discovered this particular pile had already been washed, dried and folded by Dad, the night before . . .
Whether it was a $1 bill or a C-note wouldn't have mattered a whit to Peter Kalinauskas, he was that happy Saturday night at winning the $100 draw at the Hixon street dance, which incidentally was a huge success . . . Jake the Fake is trying to promote a Wayzgoose (yeah, it's in the Oxford) and it sounds like a grand plan . . .
HEAVY DAMAGE was done to both vehicles in a two-car"'collision seven miles south of here early Sunday. A Red Rock Woman was killed in the mishap. This photograph was taken shortly after the accident by Citizen photographer Hal Vandervoort.
ARSON IN THE WOODS
Flying Fort Battles Fire
KAMLOOPS (CP> � A B-17 Flying Fortress, capable of carrying 2.000 gallons of water, joined 15 other aircraft today as the battle against spreading forest fires entered its 12th critical day in the Kamloops forest district.
The aircraft, on loan from the United Slates, can drop its load as a single 2,000-gaIlon shower or as two scpai'ate 1,000 gallon drops.
A temperature of 102, highest this year in the Kamloops area, Sunday brought urgent appeals for more firefighters to join an army of men that was expected to be more than 1,500 today.
The forest service ran out of volunteers from Kamloops and late Sunday drafted men off the streets iu Princeton, 80 miles to the south, to fight a blaze in the
Spins   Creek   area,   the   largest so far.
One police officer suspected arsonists in many of the fires here.
"Starting a forest fire is an old depression method of making some money," he said. "Today a forest firefighter gets 75 cents an hour and board." NO RELIEF SEEN
No break is seen immediately in the hot spell and firefighters fear the number of blazes will go much higher than the current 275 in the district. Sixty-six new fires sprang up over the weekend.
Most of the fires are the direct result of a lightning storm July 13 which resulted in a patch of destruction 220 miles long and 50 miles wide.
The 4,000-acre Spius Creek fire,
Cuban   Catholics   Stage
HAVANA i/Vi�"Culm si, Russia, no!" shouted crowds of Catholics following an anti-Communist mass Sunday at Havana's cathedral. Ii was the most spectacular anti-Red demonstration since Fidel Castro's regime took the turn to the loft.
I it a switch from the "Cuba si! Yankees no!" chanted by Castro's followers on every occasion, churchgoers vented their feelings against the government trend following a mass dedicated to "victims of Communist persecution."
Prime Minister Fidel Castro, reported mending after a lung infection, continued silent as the thorny dispute between hid
regime and the United States moved into world regional organ izat ions.
Cuban Foreign Minister Aul Roa was to present a two-hour complaint against the U.S. in the UNr Security Council today.
Cuban Defence Minister Raul Castro, Fidel's brother, arrived in Moscow Sunday. He is believed to be seeking more economic and military aid from the Soviet  Union.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev, will visit Cuba soon.
British informants in London said they expc'cl Cuba and Communist China to exchange ambassadors soon.
Upper Fraser Spruce Ltd. Sold for Million Dollars
VANCOUVER KP) � Midway Terminals Ltd., which changed its name Saturday to National Forest Products Ltd., has purchased a large logging and sawmill operation near Prince George. The price was believed near $1,000,000 cash.
E. R. McDonald, general manager, said it had bought Upper Fraser Spruce Ltd., 60 miles cast of Prince George.
National will place the operation under joint management with Sinclair Spruce Lumber Co. Ltd., a company it already owned. The two have adjoining tree farms with annual cuts of 7,000,-000 board feet each.
The Upper Fraser firm was bought from Don McPhee, a pioneer B.C. lumberman and C. T. Clare.
15 miles east of Boston Bar, was brought under control during the weekend but more than 280 firefighters wore having trouble keeping it inside established fireguards.
A railroad fire 10 miles south-cast of Spcnccs Bridge has blossomed to 2,000 acres and due to rough terrain, bulldozers cannot work  constructing   fireguards.
Other critical fires include one a Douglas Lake, which swelled to 600 acres before being brought under control, and one 30 miles northwest of Lillooct, which also covers 600 acres.
Bus loads of men were dispatched from Kamloops this morning to various fires and men from as far away as Vancouver are responding to the request for firefighters. To cope with the need for more transportation, the forest service has been hiring all available four-wheel drive vehicles.
UN HEAD ARRIVES
Asking Russia In
PARIS CAP)�France's population has increased by nearly 3,600,000 in six years to 45,355,000, census officials report.
In the same ' period, population of Paris gained nearly 20O,0'00 to a total of 3,035,000.
Fort Nelson Hotel Blaze Claims Man
FORT NELSON > European  "CONGO"   V'.\kv  ,i
SPIKE  ENEMARK
. . . will run
Remark lo Try
City alderman-merchant Spike Enemark, 44, will try for the. Liberal nomination at a convention tonight.
Also mentioned as.,a "dark horse" candidate is city lawyer Frank Perry, 42, son of longtime Liberal MLA, Harry Perry, and a former Liberal standard-bearer.
The conclave will choose a candidate for the next provincial election.
Provincial Liberal organizer Ron Faircloughj of Vancouver, will address the meeting at 8 p.m. in the  Masonic Hall;
STARS   BLACKLISTED
DAMASCUS, Syria (Reuters) � Hollywood screen stars Danny Kayo and Jeff Chandler have been blacklisted by the Arab League Boycott central office.
TOURIST KING AND QUEEN, Mr. and Mrs. Goldie Trabant of Bicknell, Indiana, dropped into the Tourist Bureau Saturday afternoon to sign the guest book while on their tour of Prince George. From left are
Mrs. John Morrison, Mrs. Trabant; Mr. Trabant and John Morrison, president of the board of trade. Jaycee John Hamilton, who drove the couple around the city, waits in the car.                  �Hal Vandervoort photo