rare The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North-Central British Columbia Phons LOgan 4-2441 Vol. 4; No. 167 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1960 7c a Copy BV CARRIER 1 $1.50 per Month Plane Crashes at Nulki; Couple Escapes Unhurt Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Foslien of Vancouver escaped injury when their plane crashed near Nulki Lake, 80 miles west of here, Thursday. Mr. Foslien was attempting to land a Cessna 180 on the lake to refuel when the engine conked out and the plane plunged into bush. The Fosliens were on their way to a lake near Smithers. - Mr. and Mrs. Foslien were shaken up but did not require hospital treatment. The $12,000 aircraft will badly damaged. A Department of Transport investigation will be held today in Vanderhoof. NEWS BRIEFS Powers Wife Takes Off Without Seeing Nikita Moscow (AP)�Barbara Powers left Moscow today without having a chance to plead personally with Premiei Khrushchev for a reduction in her husband's 10-year sentence for espionage. The 25-year-old wife of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers look cd sad and solemn as she board cd an airliner for Brussels where she arrived later this morning. She made only one commen to reporters: "All I hope is tha they get Gary out." HER MOTHER Barbara was accompanied bj her mother, Mrs, Monteen Brown her two lawyers, Alexander Park er and Frank Rodgers; and her doctor, James Baugh. They planned to spend several days in Paris before taking a plane to New York. After Powers' conviction and sentencing last Friday, his wife sent a handwritten letter to Khrushchev asking for an inter view so she could plead in person for clemency. The Soviet premier is vacationing at Yalta, on the Black Sea. Barbara offered to go there, but apparently Khrushchev did not reply. HOUR ALONE Thursday, she sent another I___handwritten apeal for a reduc- �tioft" "of her husband's sentence to Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev. Mrs. Powers saw her husband alone for more than an hour Wednesday in his prison cell. It was the first time they had been alone since she visited him at his base in Adana, Turkey, about four months ago. In New York Thursday, Powers' father said his son doesn't believe he was shot down. The father quoted him as saying: DIDN'T LAND IT "If I were shot down, there would have been a hollow explosion behind me and orange flash around me." The father, Oliver Powers, told a press conference he does not believe his son's plane was shot down over Russian territory, ^llc added that his son "did not say in court or out of court" what brought him down. "lie did not land the plane," the father said. Canada Neglects Youth MONTREAL (CPI � Canada neglects 30 to 40 per cent of her young people by letting them drop out of school untrained and uneducated, Dr. D. S. Penton, headmaster of Lower Canada College, said Thursday night. He told a reserve club meeting Canada should strive to grade pupils according to ability and sec that they get whatever additional training or education they need. Most of those who drop out of high school before finishing are are too good for casual labor and that's what they become." The United States manages to keep 70 to 80 per cent of its youngsters in school at least un til high school graduation, he said, but this is done only a the cost of watering down the curriculum. "They give them basket-weav ing and boot-polishing and bas ketball." Court Demands Death BERLIN (Reuters)�The public 'prosecutor has demanded life imprisonment with 'hard labor for Manfred Gerlach, 55, one of East Germany's leading aviation engineers on 'trial in Dresden for syping. The East Gcr m a n news agency ADN reported 'that experts had determined that films and materials GerlaCh was alleged to ihave given to the West euman intelligence sufficed 'to ive-a "clear picture of the ipros-pects and. 'production" of East Germany's ;n via lion inrlustry.^.J Ueri&ch 'pleaded guilty to tKe charges and judgment in the ease-will toe given Monday, the agency said. Negroes Get 'Mister' JOHANNESBURG, Sout'h Africa Mft�The newspaper Die Valerlawl tias decided that lead-ng non-white ^personalities in Africa and elsewhere deserve to be called "mister" in its columns. The decision .brought plaudits ind denunciations from white �eaders of the newspaper,'which .s 'allied with (Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd'-s white su->remacy government. Wrote one reader: "I should all 'a kaffir (negro) .(mister? Mover, never! Even if 'lie wears i top 'ha't and striped; trousers." Dio Vaterland is .printed in lie Afrikaans language. Tiho English-language Johannesburg Star congratulates its ival for "commendable good ense and no 'little moral cour-go." Ready, Aim... PRINCE GEORGE AIR CADETS at-the RCAF's Sea'"island station at Vancouver for the fourth" camp for cadets held this summer. LAC Reg Mastrom is seen taking his turn on the target range as AC Bill Russell watches closely, keeping tab on Reg's score. Each cadet at the camp gets instruction in the proper manner of shooting a rifle, �RCAP photo LUMUMBA DECLARES UN Must Follow Belgians' LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo Reuters) � Premier Patrice Lu numba said today the. United Nations force must pull out of he Congo "the moment all Bclg-ans have left." Lumumba said his government id not want a Belgian occupa ion replaced by a UN occupa on. The Congolese leader spoke to eporters as tension mounted ere following a clash between olice and demonstrators Thurs-ay outside a hall where rcprc cntatives of independent African states are meeting. BONNER DECLARES Socreds Would Back Columbia Investment VANCOUVER (CPI �Attorney-General Bonner says a Social Credit government would 'back a SI,200,000,000 investment to develop the Columbia Driver. Mr. Bonner said the backing not university material, but "they would be made in the form of a Now Hear [his. People out McBridc way arc i Bill Clancey. During their con- chuckling over the case of the missing blankets. Conservative candidate John Coutes, his wife and daughter Sandra, 13, got a room at the Belvedere in which there was only one bed. Later, hotel owner Bert . Davenport rented the other room, but the guest couldn't find any blankets on the bed. The search which followed, led by RCMP CpI. Bob Mercer, even included the railway station in case some transient was trying to skip with the woolens. As a final resort, they began asking occupants of nearby rooms if they'd heard any noises. Our John replied, no he hadn't, then added: By the way Bert, I hope you don't mind, but 1 borrowed some extra blankets to make a bed on the floor for Sandra . . . Liberal candidate Spike Ene-mark, unknown to himself, did a bit of electioneering for the Socreds the other day. He was in Vancouver for a candidates' conference and bumped into old fricttd atid Social Credit FU man clambake hero , versation, Bill cleverly pinned a Bennett button on Spike's lapel, and he walked around town for quite a while before he noticed it ... Bnys around the PG Hotel are giving one regular a bit of razzing lately. Seems he got looped at a little house parly and decided he'd like something out of the ordinary for a snack. So he got a batch of fish worms from the garden, fried 'em up and ate 'cm down. Didn't even bother to wash them . . . Toronto Globe and Mail writer Ken Smith is in town covering the election and tells this one on himself, lie covered Bennett at Dawson Creek Tuesday and was lo catch CPA to PG. Got talking to a friend who said: Never mind the limousine, I'll drive you lo the airport. Which he did, so when they took a wrong turn and missed the plane, the pal was so sorry he drove Ken all the way to PG in time for Wacky's Wednesday night contingent liability if the government is re-elected Sept. 12. 'Dhe remarks, made 'here at an election rally, wore the first indication of the financial extent to which the provincial government would be willing to back Columbia development. Mr. Bonner said critics of government finance .policy are opposing development of the �river. "Let tihei'o be no nonsense about ipublic finance," he said. "Those who are against contingent liabilities- in their ignorance are against the development of Olie Columbia." TALKS CONTINUE Negotiations on the river's development; are still continuing between provincial, federal and United States officials. Premier Bennett 'has said the Columbia would be developed under the B.C. Power Commission. A contingent liability backing the project would ibe in the form of provincial government guarantee for power commission bonds. PLANE OPEN'S FIltE HAVANA (iW�Officials in Pi-nar Do! Rio said an unidentified light plane flew over a sugar mill Wednesday night and fired at two niilltiumen. One of the militiamen was hit, the officials said, the other returned the fire. It was not known if the plane was hit. Lumumba claimed that his gov ernment had discovered a plot against his country centred' in Brazzaville, two miles away across the Congo River in the Congo Republic of the Frcnce Community; He said his security forces in Luluabourg had seized an aircraft carrying arms which had taken off from Brazzaville destined for Bakwango, capital" of the independent "mining slate" proclaimed by Albert Kalonji, one of Lumumba's opponents. Lumumba accused the Belgians of "stealing" the diamond wealth of Kalonji's "mining stale" in Kasai Province. "In Kasai there arc Belgians who, with Kalonji, arc organizing disturbances because of the diamonds in the province. And there are Belgians there profiting by the situation to steal as many diamonds as possible." Kasai provides more than 90 per cent of all the industrial diamond potential in the Congo. Lumumba reiterated that his government intended to take control of all airfields and ports in the Congo. He said he had received a letter from Dr. Ralph Bunche, UN undersecretary for special political affairs, which "seemed to be. a little reticent" on this issue. "The United Nations have not come here to occupy our airports but to make the Belgians leave," Lumumba said. Lumumba said Thursday's disturbances here were organized by "certain groups of Europeans." WEATHER Cloudy and cool Saturday. Occasional showers. Winds light. Low tonight and high Saturday at Quesnel, lu and G3; Prince Jeorge and Smithers, -10 and G3. Last 24 Hours Lo Hi Precip. Prince George. �12 59 .04 Quesnel .......... -17 57 .25 Terrace .......... 50 03 Smithers ........ 40. 62 __ KarhJoops ...... 51 G7 .05 Dawson Creek 45 03 .15 Feet St. John.. 45 GO .31 Fort Nelson... 41 60 .03 While horse...... 33 i .06 The conference of African states, called by Lumumba, was barely under way when about 1,000 anti-government demonstrators rioted outside the hall. Police opened fire and waded into the crowd using rifle butts as clubs. No one was killed but several demonstrators were roughed up and 20 were arrested. The riot came as central government troops were reported to be advancing on the Kasai. The state was reported lo have a pledge of aid against Lumumba from neighboring Katanga province, which has also declared its independence. FORT ST. JOHN GIRL TOP WRITER VANCOUVER (CP) � Patricia Slurby, 16-year-old Fort St. John high school student, Thursday was named winner of the Pacific National Exhibition's lop essay award. Miss Sturby, whose essay on nursing shared top billing with a junior high school student in a province-wide competition involving 23,000 students, won a $250 bursary. Junior winner was Wolfgang Schombcrger, 14, of Duncan. He won a $100 bursary. PUBLIC OPPOSITION Pulp Firm Drops B.C. for Alberta VANCOUVER (CP)�Vice president L. L. G. Bentlej of Canadian Forest Product said Thursday lack of ac cessible timber in B.C. anc public opposition here to tree farm licences under scored the firm's decision tc open a Northern Alberts operation. Mr. Bentley said in an liitei view the company is not ye committed to the Alberta ven �ture, announced iby the Alberts government Thursday, but hat every expectation it will ma terialize. The $50,000,000 .pulp mill sawmill and 'plywood .projec would be impossible under pres ent conditions in B.C., he said. 'The source of raw materia needed for a development o this nature is not at the momen available in B.C. and the climate of public opinion in 'B.C. has not been favorable to tree fam licences." Lands and (Forests Minister Williston said in an interview he is willing to wager that the undeveloped 'timber stands �northern B.C. will :be accessible 'by the time the com'pany's Al berta project is [put into effect 'five years hence. He said two groups already ore investigating no rt h c r r spruce stands and .the govern merit is confident a ipiilp anil will ibe established ifol'lowing construction of the Pacific Nor them Railway. He agreed there would be.- op 'position to a tree farm licence in southern 'B.C. but said a licence might 'well be 'granted in the north. \ Enemark Raps Waste of Money Fort Georfie Liberal candidate Spike Enemark today criticized what he termed the enormous waste of �money on election cam-jaign advertising. "I'm against spending a lot of noney for expensive advertis ng," he said in a statement. 'It's going for posters, ' news-laperads, direct mail, TV, ra-lio and a lot of other ways. And t's waste money." He admitted that Hie Liber-Us' spending in this respect also could be cut clown, but added, 'what we're spending is pea-Hits beside what the Social '[�editors arc spending. They lammer at you 24 hours a day, md even go for floats (in the JNE parade)." . "if they're honestly trying to irotcct the economy of the county as they say, they should re-nember that economy begins at lome," be said. Erieinark said it is "pretty lard for me lo think I can con-ince pople they should vote for 10 merely by making public peeches or advertising. "1 was born here, raised here iul worked here all my life, and hose who know me either like or they don't. Whether they eel I have the ability to repre-ent them in Victoria, there can >e no question of my integrity r sincerity," he added. Enemark said be hopes the wblic can fjet to realize what a ine man they have in Liberal arty leader Ray Pcrrault. '.'I've just got lo know him ryseif," be said, "and what im-ressed me most was bis obvi-us organizational ability, his re-i a r k a b 1 e understanding of M'oyinclal problems, and the umber of damn good ideas h,c as on bow to go about the job f running this province oh behalf of its citizens." Tenders Opened for Two Road Projects in Area VICTORIA CD�The department of highways has opened lenders for two highway projects in northern B.C. Five bids have been received for surfacing 14 miles between Terrace and Prince Rupert on the Trans-Provincial Highway. \ Lowest bid received was $268,570 from Commonwealth Construction Company. There were five bids for construction of an overpass on the North Nechako Road, near Prince George. Lowest bid was $42,618 from J. H. Todd and Sons Limited while C. E. Barker Limited and Dominion Bridge submitted a low bid of $6,230 for steelwork on the project. POLITICIANS AND POLITICS Forest Licences Misused A charge that some forest management licences have been issued on "a friendship basis" was levelled at the Social Credit government Thursday/*by CCF candidate Ken Rutherford. He was speaking at a political meeting in South Fort George School. Mr. Rutherford ' said a CCF government would sec all operators, large ai'id small, were given an equal opportunity to bid for forest licences. BAD TIME "Small mill-owners in this area have a very difficult time to get timber," he said. "The big operators are squeezing many of them but " ' lie maintained regional boards made up of local representatives should be set up so they would have something to say in the granting of licences and other forest management problems. The CCF in office would review all forest management licences previously granted, lie said. "I think we would find some licences have been given on a friendship basis." Mf. Rutherford' reiterated his party's position of publicly-owned utilities, pointing out consumers in the U.S. pay less for the same gas than Prince George residents. "The only cheap gas we get in this province is from the Social Creditors at election time," he said. He called for a "realistic program" lo assist,farmers, and said the CCF would establish fair marketing boards to ensure the farmer gets a fair price for his produce. Touching on the Sommers case, where the former lands and forests minister was found guilty of accepting bribes, Mrv Rutherford said "If any member of the government has charges made against him, he should be brought before the legislature, and made to answer them.' "We saw Social Credit members actually hiding' Sommers' guilt," said Mr. Rutherford. "Even Bennett got up on a platform and stated he was an honest man." "I think they have a nerve to come around and ask to be elected again." PCs Would Link McBride City Within Two Years A program to link Prince leorgc and McBride by road iVitHin 24 months, and then build he permanent highway, was out-incd by Conservative candidate John Coatcs at a meeting in Gis-omc Thursday. He said there is only a 16:niile gap in the road originally sur-eyed in 1929 by the Tolmic gov-rnnient which Conservatives fould complete as a "good, pav-d, all-weather" road within two ears of their election. "Then," he said, "we'll proceed mmediately with the Purdcn ,ake southern cut-off," making t the first class highway. He said it has taken the pres-ant government four to five /ears to survey 100 miles of the lighway, while it took only 10 nonlhs to survey 700 miles on he Pacific Northern Railway. Mr. Coates charged that the englh of time taken to survey he roulc was "simply an excuse lot lo build the road." He said the contractor, Ginter Construction, was moving men nd equipment into Dome Creek ast Tuesday, but that members f the crew told him "they had eeii informed they won't be vbrking there after Sept. 15. This vas on the contract for a 26-mile tretch east from Dome Creek which was let after the election was called." The Conservative solution, he said, would be to complete the road immediately from Sinclair Mills to Dome Creek; reconstruct the existing highway from Sinclair Mills to Prince George by straightening and ditching; complete the 16-milc gap between Sinclair Mills and Dome Creek; and then, as a temporary measure, negotiate with the CNR for use of railway bridges at Dome Creek and Hansard; thus obtaining almost immediate access from Prince George to McBride via the existing road. "Only when this is finished will we proceed with the cutoff from Dome Creek to Prince George," Mr. Coates declared, � He said completion of the road was an election promise in 1953 and since that time "they've only cleared and graded 12 miles and cleared a further 12 miles of the 103 miles of new construction entailed." UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (Reuters) � Belgium has asked for United Nations aid in airlifting the last of its troops oiU1 of the Congo by midnight Monday, it was learned here Thursday night. NEW SURVEY WILL REVEAL Who are Canada's Jobless?' OTTAWA CP) � Who are Canada's jobless people � the people behind the cold statistics of the monthly unemployment figures? The answer is expected to emerge from a special questionnaire to be sent across Canada laic next month. Thirty thousand "unplaced applicants" in more than 200 offices of the National Employment Service are to be asked to complete the form � without revealing their identity. The survey is sponsored by a special senate committee on manpower and employment, headed, by Senator Loou Alc- thot (PC-Quebec). The research program � which includes other facets of the unemployment problem � was planned by a research team led by professor John Deutsch, vice-principal of the Queen's University, Kingston, Out. The questionnaire was chiefly the work of Warren James, an expert on statistical analysis. There are 21 questions on the form � starting with "where do you live?" and extending through a range of queries to: "Do you have to work to support or help support your- self or your family?" Other questions are designed lo show what age groups contain the greatest number of jobless people, what their education is, their marital status and so on. The survey may point up what many observers already believe is one major problem of unemployment � that young people arc not getting enough technical training to fit them for modem working competition. One question asks "Arc you technically trained or qualified for some trade or special occupation?" Another asks: "If you wanted to find work or get a belter job, what do you think would help you most � more general education, more technical skill or training, more job opportunities, something other than, these?" The survey will also give an idea for part-time jobs or full-time work, whether they need the money or just want something useful to do,. whether they are students, housewives, husbands or single folk on, their own. Mr. James said the form normally can be completed iiv. ubuuL five minulcii.