The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North-Central British Columbia Phone LOgan 4-2441 Vol. 4; No. 185 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1960 7c a Copy BT CARRIER $1.50 per Month Eisenhower Asks UN for Program To Help Africa UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (CP) � President Eisen hower today pleaded for acceptance of the United State program to help African countries overcome povert and develop in independence without outside interfer ence. The president, in an address to the 15th Uhitec Nations General Assembly, put forward a five-poin program for Africa and also made specific recommenda tions calling for controlled .disarmament, internationa control of outer space, food for peace, and the transfe of fissionable materials from military to peaceful pur poses. He urged the United Nation to open an offensive against pov erty, illiteracy and disease in Africa and called on the majo world powers to avoid an arm race in the awakening continent SELFISH PURPOSES Eisenhower charged that a "fcv nations" had fiagrantly violate United Nations edicts in the Con go crisis "for their own selfish purposes." He said the attack by the Com munist bloc on Secretary-Genera Dag Ilammarskjold regarding hi Congo policies was nothing les than a direct attack against thi United Nations itself. "The people of the Congo are entitled to build up their coun try in peace and freedom," saic Eisenhower. "Intervention by other nations in their internal affairs would deny them that right, and create � focus of conflict in the heart of Africa." K LISTENED An attentive listener to Eiscn howcr was Soviet Premier Khrushchev, whose mission to the UN has been interpreted as a desire to extend Soviet influence in Africa as well as to promote Russian disarmament concepts. Eisenhower said the issues posed in the Congo "could well arise elsewhere in Africa." Adding that the issue would determine whether the UN would be able to protect not only African countries but also countries elsewhere from outside pressure, he said: "It is the smaller nations that have the greatest stake in the effective functioning of the UN." NO INTERFERENCE Briefly, Eisenhower's proposals for Africa were: 1. Non-interference in the African countries' internal affairs; 2. Help in ensuring their security without wasteful and dangerous competition in armaments; 3. Emergency aid to the Congo; 4. International assistance in shaping a long-term African development program; 5. UN aid for education. NO RED APPLAUSE When Eisenhower finished, the delegates applauded briefly, but Khrushchev and the Com-/"iunist bloc refrained from applauding. The United States, Eisenhower said, is ready to submit to any effective and truly reciprocal inspection system. He criticized the Russians walkout from Geneva disarma ment negotiations June 27, jus as the United States was submit ting new proposals, and said: "Time and time again, the Am erican people have voiced thi yearning�to join with men o good will everywhere in buildinj a better world. We always stand ready to consider any feasible proposal to this end. We ask only this�that such a program not give a military advantage to any nation and that it permit men to inspect the disarmament o. other nations. "A disarmament p r o g r a n which was not inspected and guaranteed would increase, no reduce, the risk of war." DANGER POSED Specifically, the president said danger "is posed by the growth and prospective spread of clear weapons stockpiles." 'To reverse this trend," he said, "I propose that the nations producing nuclear weapons im mediately convene experts to de sign a system for terminating under verification procedures, al production of fissionable ma terial for weapons purposes . . . "The proposed working group of experts could also consider low to verify the complete elim nation of nuclear weapons. "There is as yet no known means of demonstrably accomp- ishing this; we would hope the experts, could develop a system. U.S.WILLING 'United States officials- are willing to meet immediately with epresentatives of other coun-ries for a preliminary exchange f views on these proposals: "1. We agree that celestial iodies are not subject to national appropriation byy any claims of overeignty. "2..We agree that the nations f the world shall not engage in var-like activities on these bodies "3. We agree, subject to ap-ropriate verification, that no ation will put into orbit or sta-ion in outer space weapons of lass destruction. All launchings f space craft should be verified l advance by the United Nations. "4. We press forward with a rogram of international co-opcr-tion for constructive peaceful scs of outer space under the nitcd Nations. Eisenhower did not specifically enew his 1955 proposal for "open (Continued on Page 3) CONTINUAL BATTLE is being waged at the Pacific Northern Railway construction site between workmen and beavers. This photo shows a run-off channel along which water from a beaver pond is supposed to drain through the culvert and away from the railway right-of-way. But each morning the workmen find the channel again dammed up by the beavers ' attempting to save their home. �Hal Vandervoort Photo ANOTHER 30 MILES? More PNR Survey Possible A further 30 miles of groun urveying for the Pacific Nortl rn Railway is expected to ge nderway shortly. , Project Engineer Al Hatherly n charge of the1 railway stirve onducted by Industrial En ineering and Development Ltd aid Wednesday that given th o-ahead a five-man survey crev ould extend the present groun irvcy a further 10 miles by ccember. To date, the line has beer urveyed 2% miles through th ush near Summit Lake. (Th NR's promoters say an aeria urvey has been made to th ukon border.) Some weeks ago the clearing rew slashed the right-of-way to le point where the surveyors arkers ended. There were 14 men on the job Vednesday � the largest num er since work started last June even were on the clearing crew id seven on the grading crew licy have two scrapers. Added to the equipment force the last week was another actor with an attached "busl ate" which picks up slash but ot earth. It is being used for New Congo Chief Demands Withdrawl Of UN Troops He Says Backs Lumumba LEOI'OLDVILLE, The Congo (Reuters) � Army strong man Joseph 'Mobutu pressed today for Mie withdrawal of Ghanaian and Guinean troops from the Congo and sought ways to arrest former Premier Patrice Ii'umuni'ba. At the same time, -police Opened fire to disperse several Hundred Congolese troops who iiiarched on Mobutu's homo after holding a meeting to protest against their irregular pay. Ghana officers at Camp Leopold said the soldiers were not armed and fled when the gendarme fired over their heads. No casualties were reported. Three officers wore arrested but later released. Two armored cars were brought in to guard Mobutu's home after the demon stration. The 30-year-old colonel demanded the departure of the Ghana and Guinea United Nations contingents Wednesday night after the reported discovery of a plot by the two nations to restore Lumumba as premier, told reporters he had found documents linking 'Communists arid Guineans and 'President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana." Meanwhile, L u m u m h a remained in the official residence of the premier with a guard of Ghanian troops. The Ghanaians Now Hear This... Item here yesterday on a local party coining across a moose and a horse holding a staring contest out Willow River way and shooting the moose has had repercussions. Lumberman Bill Dobson's phone wouldn't stop ringing last night what with people asking if he had shot their horse. Bill stoutly maintains the moose was all that was shot . . . Several years ago The Citizen carried a picture of Sam Ten-baum taking a bath in his backyard. Nothing unusual about this except the weather was on the cool side, about 40-degrees below zero. Sam lives in Mexico now and the tropical weather has thinned his blood. lie spent the last week on holidays here and cyuyljt a cold Jack Morris, one of the editors of The Canadian Press' Broadcast New service, is visiting the local scene while on his holidays. Any moose reading this are advised to take note . . . Mr. Justice J. G. Ituttaii will preside at the fall assizes here, scheduled to open Oct. 24 ... Warning: Printer Don Irvine has been a welcome attendant al many a farewell celebration for friends since his arrival in PG last January, and has often managed to become (he life of the party before the evening ended. This weekend Don will attend another farewell celebration, his own. And no doubt he'll be in high gear preparatory to leaving by train for his new location� Prince Rupert, no less . . . said they would not resist any attempt at the "lawful arrest" of Lumumba. Mobuto conferred with legal advisers Wednesday on how to go about taking Lumumba into custody. LEFT W1NGEKS OUSTED Mobuto also disclosed that he has ordered the expulsion from the Congo of left wingers Serge Michel, Lumumba's press officer, and Mrs. Anclreo Blouin, a close friend of Lumumba's deputy premier, Antoine Gizenga. Reliable African sources said the plot to restore Lumumba to power as premier was discovered in three letters found in Lu? muihba's briefcase when he was held In custody briefly last week at Camp Leopold. One letter was said to be from Nkrumah asking Lumumba to station Ghanaian troops in key places in the Congo and then demand the withdrawal of the UN. A second letter was said to be from the Guinean capital of Conakry, urging Lumumba to trust no one tout the Guineans and Communists. The third was alleged to be signed by Gozeriga calling for 30 Czech technicians to take up posts in the Congolese administration. COMMISSION TAKES OVER Mobutu's administrative commission, appointed Tuesday to run the country until the end of the year, took over the government buildings in Leopold-ville Wednesday. The commissioners � university graduates and students � said no members of the rival governments of Lumumba and Joseph Ileo would be allowed to enter the buildings. clearing up that section of the right-of-way already slashed. After 13 work days, some 9, 000 cubic yards of earth fill has been used to bring 1,000 fee of the interchange section to the level of the adjacent Pacific Great Eastern Railway tracks. It is here the proposed rail road would connect with the PGE. Meanwhile what may become known as the "Battle of the Beaver" is staged every day be tween construction men and a household full of beaver in the little lake the railway musl cross. A four-foot diameter culver Mile-Long PGE Drag Requires 3 Diesels A 109-car train, longest ever hauled on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, pulled into Williams Lake Tuesday. Over a mile in length, the train required three diesel engines for motive power. Starting from North Vancouver as two trains, the engines picked up freight cars at different points along the line and amalgamated at Kostcr, near Clinton, to become the record-length train. Only 35 of the cars were empty, the remainder carrying general merchandise, cement, petroleum products, beer and other goods weighing a total of 4,500 tons. After discharging a number of the cars at Williams Lake, the train continued on to the Peace River area, reducing it length at different stations. Another long train�94 cars� left North Vancouver for interior points Tuesday morning. A few showers Friday. Not hitch change In temperature. Light winds. Low tonight and ligh tomorrow at Q u e s n e 1, Prince George, and Smithers, 45 ind 55. Peace River Region Sunny with cloudy periods riday with a few afternoon showers. Little change in tem-Derature. Low tonight and high omorrow at Grande Prairie, 45 and 65. Last 24 Hours Lo Hi Precip. Prince George Quesnel.......... Terrace .......... Smithers ........ Kamloops .: .... Dawspri Creek 41 Fort St. John.. 45 Fort Nelson... 35 Whitchorsc 45 47 48 46 47 56 59 52 52 67 HI (in .20 .25 .03 .05 40 53 .01 MARINER DIES VICTORIA CP) � Funeral serv-ce was held today for well-cnown West Coast mariner Cap-ain Joseph Paterson, 68,, who ied suddenly Saturday after pending 37 years in the federal cpartment of transport's marine ervice on this coast. He was 68. was placed last Friday and a channel was gouged to divert water from the railroad's path. When workmen returned Monday they found the persistent beaver, had dammed the channel. silt was cleared again, but night after the crew leaves the beaver dam it again. And each morning, workers have to don rubber boots and wade in to clear it again. "We're gaining on them, though," remarked one crew man. Each morning now the water at the beaver house is a bit lower. Another change at the scene of the railway's start 12 weeks ago is that the surveyor's "village" has disappeared. The four tents which, unlike the beaver lodge, have been uninhabited since their erection, have been packed up and carried away. Two of them were used during the opening ceremonies, mainly as catering tents for the gathered dignitaries. The radio tower, also a PNR pioneer, has met the same fate. It, however, was never used. SHIPPING STUDY Coast Pulp Mills Sounded on Chips Investigation by the Prince George Industrial Development Commission into the feasibility of local mills shipping wood chips to coast pulp mills is almost complete. IDC Chairman Harold Moffat said today the commission is waiting for replies from letters sent to railroads and pulp mills before approaching local mill owners. "We want to have everything at our fingertips before present ing the idea to the local mill owners," Mr. Moffat said. Letters have been sent to PaciHc Great Eastern and Canadian National Railway officials asking for a frelgrit rate comparable with the rate extended to Kamloops mills. SIOKK MARKET Letters 'have also 'been sent to coastal .pulp mills to establish trices on chips from here and to seek a market for them. "If we can get a freight rate comparable with what Kam-oops has, sending chips to the coast would toe feasible," Mr. Moffat said. "We have .better vood up here for chips than jhey do around Kamloops." "Chips can- mean the differ-nee between profit and loss for many mill operators in 'this area,'.1 he said. "And with mills in Kamloops doing it, mills around Terrace nd in the Kootcnays- �planning n shipping chips, we'll have to do, it to survive," he added. "Mills' involved' in the Kam-oops operation are making omething on their interest," he aid, "and there is no 'reason rhy mills up-thcre couldn't.'' \-EAR'S STUDY The Industrial 'Development 'ommission has been studying question of shipping chips coastal pulp mills from (here or the last year. A survey was made on the North Interior IWA Men Leave for Regional Meet Jacob Hoist, president of Local 1-424, International Woodworkers of America, left today for Vancouver where he will attend the union's regional convention. Delegates from the four western provinces will attend the four to five day meet. Representing this area's local are Ross Inglis and Warner Rudeloff of Prince George; Murdock Ross, Quesnel; Walter Rommel, Giscome; Lyman Mcrril, Decker Lake; Ben Tocws, Williams Lake; and Jean Cote, Aleza Lake. New Trial Adjourned On Year-Old Charge A new trial on a charge impaired driving against Loui Gervais was adjourned to Oc 13 by County Court Judge C VV. Morrow today. The charge against Gervai was dismissed in magistrate' court here Sept. 25, 1959. Th decision was subsequently ap pealed by the crown. cal situation last fall, and anther on how the wood 'being sed now could ibe put to use. A third survey, conducted 'by layor Garvin Dezell and Aid! ick Yardley, was made of the tuation in Kamloops, Vancou-er and Everett, Wash. Tihis survey 'looked into the ossi'bility of Prince George sup-lying chips to mills on tiho oast. Results of the survey 'oved to be favorable, Mr. Mof- t said. Some type of an answer is epected back next week. If ic answer .proves to be the glit one, the 'problem Will be irown at the local mill oper- ors. News Briefs Search Finds Nobody BURNS LAKE (Special) � Omiheca Air Services pilot Bil Harrison and passenger Doug Van Tine searched in vain yes tcrday for a source of red flares in the Tweedsmuir Park area which were -.reported seen by Van -tine and two hunting com panioni. ' A schedulctf" RCAF search was called off. PNR Suit Deferred PRINCE RUPERT' � City Solicitor J. T. Harvey said the city's suit against the Pacific Northern Railway will be held in.abeyance pending a scheduled hearing on the railroad's plans by: the Public Utilities Commis sion. Prince Rupert maintains the 700-mile line should be started at Hazclton instead of at Summit Lake to assure lower freight charges. Williston Sees Columbia Work Start by Next Year VANCOUVER CP) � Lands and Forests Minister Williston said Wednesday Canada can halt any U.S. dam construction that results in flooding in B.C. He said in an interview there is nothing Canada can do about construction on the Columbia River in the U.S. but "there is plenty we can do to prevent flooding back into Canada." LIBBY DAM He was commenting on Washington reports that American negotiators feel that the Libby Dam on the Kootcnai River in Montana will be included in a U.S.Canada Columbia River agreement. The dam would push water into Canada for 42 miles, flood-ng portions of B.C.'s Kootcnay area. Canada has opposed the dam on the grounds that it would prevent flexible diversion of the Kootenay River in B.C. for Canadian power in future years. Mr. Williston said the Americans are speculating on the outcome of technical talks Sept. 26 and 27 at Ottawa. VANCOUVER (CP) � Justice Minister Fulton reiterated Wednesday that work should begin next year on joint U.S.-Canadian development of the Columbia River. He foresaw "perhaps two or three months" passing, however, before the two governments announce agreements on the multitude of projects involved in development of the international river. Mr. Fulton indicated at a press conference here that after talks next Monday and Tuesday in Ottawa between Canadian and U.S. negotiators "we will be able lo give to our respective governments an interim report on the projects involved," he said. Mr. Fulton heads the Canadian team at the negotiations. It will be up to the governments, not the negotiators, to announce detailed agreements and whether they approve or disapprove of the negotiators' efforts, Mr. Fulton commented. "As I appreciate the present position, we arc very close to agreement. Highway Plan Lauded ANCHORAGE, Alaska � Supporters of a marine highway linking the Alaskan Panhandle and Prince Rupert told the joint finance committee of the Alaskan legislature the ferry plan will benefit the whple state. They said the marine highway will. cost about .$15,000,000, and will provide a second and shorter route for travelers lo Alaska through North-Central B.C. $5,000 Bail Granted Mrs. Dorothy Tosoff An been application for bail has granted Mrs. Winnifred Dorothy Tosoff, 34-year-old city woman charged with murdering a four-year-old girl here in early August. Bail of $5,000 in sureties was set by Mr. Justice Harry Sullivan in Vancouver. There was no objection from the crown. Mrs. Tosoff will be released from Oakalla, where she has been since Aug. 15, as soon as necessary papers have been posted in Prince George. She is scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing here Oct. 6. Mrs. Tosoff, a mother of five, was arrested following the death in hospital here of Anna Marie Wade after suffering severe body bruises. The child had been left with her by the welfare department. It Took 400 of 'em..... LONDON Ml � A force of �100 policemen today evicted two embattled tenants from municipally-owned 'flats in the tough St. Pancras .borough after a riotous clash with angry crowds. A dozen policemen and rioters were injured and 17 .persons were arrested. At the height of the melee, stones and rotten eggs wece thrown at the police. Bailiffs wno oroke through the crowds with police assistance finally removed the tenants, Don Cook, 38, a former British Arany paratrooper, arid Arthur'Rowe, 59, a waiter. � - Cook and Rowe Jiad been barricaded in their flats behind barbed wire entanglements since eviction notices for non-payment of their rent fell due Aug. 28. Cook and Rowe stopped paying their rent as a protest against increases decreed by the St. Pancras uorough council.- Adjournment came after defence counsel D. F. McNeil questioned the admissibility of documents tendered as exhibts by the crown. They were an affidavit of service of notice given the accused that an analyst's certificate showing the results of a blood test would be used at his trial; and the analyst's certificate showing offical appointment by the attorney-general. The question arose as to whether the Vancouver analyst had been designated as such at the date on which the analysts was made. H. R. Frelwell is appearing for the crown. Job Placements In Prince George More persons were placed in jobs by the Prince George office of the National Employment service during August than dur-ng the same month iii 1959. This was announced today by ?. G. Simpson, manager of the ocal office of the Unemployment Insurance Commission. Placements during August were 638, an increase of 36 over August, 1959. However, it was also announced by Mr. Simpson hat the number of persons act-vely seeking employment .h.rough his- office was greater by 350 than the total at this ime in 1959. Within the lumbering and logging industry the poor market conditions, and the delay in reaching a settlement between he operators and the union, is :ausing a great deal of uncer-ainty. Building construction is show-ng increased activity and most f the local contractors are work-ng at full capacity, Mr. Simp-oh said. Most retail businesses report->d an increase in sales over the ast three weeks, and are ex->ccting a good volume of fall )usiness. Mr. Simpson also said a good evel of employment opportunity exists for women applicants. However, all vacancies are being readily filled from persons available in the local office files. GUEST OF HONOR at the Trafalgar Ball here Oct. 21 is Captain John Campbell Gray, D, RCN, assistant chief of staff to the flag officer, Pacific oast. Captain Gray joined the Royal Navy in 1940 and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1946. During his serv-ce with the RN he took part n Russian convoys and the North African and Italian campaigns.