SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
Hawk star Bobby Hull leads club to win over Bruins with goal, two assists.
American League makes players available to be sold to two new clubs.
Coaches in WIFU and Big Four worried about teams chances in final playoff games. (See Page 4.)
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Vol. 4; No. 224
PRINCE GEORGE,  BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY,  NOVEMBER   18,   1960
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AROUND PROVINCE
B.C. 102 Today
VANCOUVER CPl � British Columbia celebrates its 102nd birthday today. The traditional Douglas Day ceremonies will be held at Fort Langley.
However, the provincial cabinet will provide a "new tradition" when it holds a cabinet nleeting in the "big house" of the restored Hudson's Bay fort of a century ago. Premier Ben-nel has said such a meeting will become an annual affair. , The day's pomp and ceremony will commemorate the date Sir James Douglas took an oath of office as governor of the new mainland colony of British Columbia.
Murder Conviction
QUESNEL (CP>� James Smoker, charged" with murder in the death of the man who was* living with his daughter, was convicted on a reduced charge of manslaughter Wednesday and re manded until today for sentence
Willie Henry was killed Sept 14, 17 miles north of Lytton.
Bodies Wash Ashore
VANCOUVER CB � The bodies of two small children have been found washed ashore near Campbell River, on the east coast of Vancouver Island.
Positive identification has not yet been made, but police believe they are two of the three children lost with their father William Fisher, 45, nearly, a week ago.
Fisher, formerly of Norfolk, England, and his children were reported missing on a 10-mile trip from Lasqueti Island to �French Creek on Vancouver Island.
Accidents Costly
VANCOUVER (CP) � The pres-> ident of the Vancouver Board of Trade told Hit! B,C. Safety Conference Thursday accidents- cosT 'the province about ^200,000,000 a year.    *   ...   ,
It. G. Miller said: The largest number of accidents were in the home or resulted from recreational   activities;   the   average number of accidental deaths pe year in B.C. over the last 1 years   was   1,124; between th ages of 20 and 29, accidenta deaths made up 52 per cent o all deaths in B.C.
Ride of Terror
PRINCETON (CP) _ Truck driv cr Sidney,Atkinson, 38, of Prince ton escaped death twice Wed ncsday after the air brakes fail cd o/i his five-ton vehicle as i descended Whipsaw Hill, nine miles west of here.
RCMP said Atkinson discov ( cred his brakes were gone as he started down the long hill.
"He fought the truck's incrcas ing speed by grinding down into a lower gear and driving into snow on the side of the road,' said an RCMP spokesman.
Atkinson's truck rolled to a slop just 10 feet short of a 500-loot embankment, he said.
The driver then attempted to put the truck in reverse so he could back up lo a wide spot in tho road and repair the brakes. Instead, the tandem lurched forward, tipped, and hurtled down the embankment.
Atkinson jumped from the cab as the vehicle went over the bank. Unhurt, he watched  the
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City Land  Issue
JUDGE BRUCE COOKE passes sentence on a "book-criminal" and his sentence is carried out forthwth. Hart Highway School presented a play, "Justice for Books," in honor of Young Canada Book Week to
members of the PTA. Others in the cast: Seleen Car-riere, Kathy McLennan, Patsy Hamel, Judy Taggart, Sylvia Cummings, Jean Legeard, Donna Frey, Marie Anne Jakumeit, Patsy Witt, .Yvonne Houghtaling.
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truck burst into flames when it crashed into the bottom of the bank.
The truck was destroyed. It was valued at $8,000.
Atkinson is married with four children.
VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY
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Monty 73 Thursday; In Bed for Day
CALTON, England (Reuters)� Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery celebrated his 73rd birthday at his home near here Thursday.
Montgomery was bedridden most of the day with influenza. ,
BONNER LIKES PINE POINT MOVE
Rail Study Done-W A
VANCOUVER (CP) �. Premier Bennett said Thursday night a study of a second linking of the Pacific Great Eastern' Railway and the Northern Alberta Railway is complete.
He said in an interview that the Results of the study will not be released' until it is discussed at a proposed meeting of NAR and PGE officials.
Mr.-Bennett, president of the provincially-owned PGE, said general-manager Joseph Broad-bent has held preliminary discussions with NAR officials.
The premier announced in September that the province hopes to create a connection between Fort St. John, B.C. and Hines Creek, Alta. The PGE now ioins the NAR at Dawson Creek, B.C.
Under the B.C. proposal the would build from Grim-shaw, Alta. to the border and ink up with a PGE extension. This would give the PGE a direct onncction with the Pine Point, MWT, railway proposed by the cderal government which would tart from Grimshaw.
Mr. Bennett also said the re cently-halted  passenger  service north from Prince George ca be restored at any time as could coffee car service.
VICTORIA (CPl � The federal .government's decision to build the Phie Point railway over a western *route may lead to an early rail link between British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, Attorney-General Robert Bonner of British Columbia said Thursday.
The link would be achieved by joining B.C.'s government-owned Pacific Great Eastern railway with the proposed new railway. The PGE now runs from Vancouver to Fort St. ' John and Dawson Creek.
The government indicated in the speech from the throne that the new railway would be built
on the western route.
HE'LL BE 86 NOV. 30
Winston Churchill Had Rather Disturbed Night'
LONDON ICPt � Sir Winston Churchill, 85, who suffered a fall at home Tuesday, had a "rather disturbed night," it was announc d today.
A statement from his Hyde 3ark Gate residence said: "Sir Winston has had a rather dis-urbed night but his-spinal in-ury is progressing satisfactorily nd is giving no anxiety."
N PAIN
Friends of the statcman said le was in pain during Ihe night nd did not sleep as he should.
Now Hear This...
It must be nice to live off the fat of the land and get away with it. Take, for instance, some gentlemen of leisure who free-load off the Salvation Army here . . . PLACE: Sally Ann soup kitchen, TIME: Wednesday, 5 p.m. QUESTION (put byCapt. Mao): Who'll work a few hours a day for room and board? ANSWERS: "I Will" � five; "No Comment" � 27 ...
There was a real switcheroo in county court this week. Two lads charged with robbery have been awaiting trial for some three months and were finally released on their own recognizance while the crown attempted to locate a witness who failed to heed a subpoena. The witness located later the same day, was tossed in the bucket where he's likely to stay until the (rial resumes in a couple of weeks, while the accused men taste the joys oi! freedom � . �
Chap who moved to PG lately from the coast has found a method of acquiring free TV. He lives in a triplex and each evening creeps out, cable in hand, connects his set to the hookup paid for by next cloor neighbor. The same process is repealed in reverse around midnight, in case anyone spots the video-rustling cable. Score: one star for enterprise . . .
Memo to an cx-Poona type local authoress: Pukka, as in Sahib, isn't spelled pucca, If you wish lo be original, try Pucka, which is also cricket according to the dictionary . . .
Memo to the gent who boosted wheels, etc, from a truck parked at 804 Ewcrl last month: Please, fella, huve a heart and return the very personal letters, wills, insurance and service discharge papers to Mrs. Roy Small at Grlndrod, B.C.   i
Sir Winston, who will be 86 on Nov. 30, fell in his bedroom Tuesday night and broke a small bone in his back.
Lady Churchill was at her hu band's bedside most of the nigh NO PHONE
When- the statement on h condition was issued today, h wife, Lady Churchill, issued simultaneous statement to rcpor ers thanking them "for their coi sidcration In not telephoning th house" for details of his eond lion.
Churchill is under the care o his personal physician, Lord Mo ran, and Herbert Seddon, a pro minent orthopaedic specialist.
SIR WINSTON CIIUnCUlLL . . . took a full
Mr., Bonner as minister of industrial development, trade and industry, argued in'favor of this route before royal commission hearings .in Alberta.
WOMAN ADMITS 11 HUSBANDS
CHICAGO (AP) � A woman arrested while living with her 12th serviceman husband and accused of marrying the other 11 to obtain their government subsistence cheques has been sentenced to a year in jail.
She is Mrs. Virginia Debus, 32.
Building Dissolves; None Hurt
NEW YORK (AP) �An ol four-storey brick tenement in th Murray Hill section of Manha tan' swayed and collapsed wit
roar Thursday night, but a the residents escaped without in jury.
They fled the trembling build ing with seconds to spare.
An 83-year-old woman was fore ibly rescued by a man who heart lier screams.
The building was in a scctio
being demolished for new build
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possiblity that recent demolition
learby might have weakened the
uilding.
In seconds, nothing was lef ut a pile of bricks, splinterec wood and crushed furnishings.
The building superintendent uidrew Fisher, who was at home cross the street, said he ljearc just a snap."
PARLIAMENT CONVENES
Gov't Seeks to Beef Up Economy of the Country
OTTAWA (CP)�A hefty sheaf of legislative proposals aimed at beefing up the Canadian economy was presented to Parliament Thursday.
The throne spech at the opening of the new session gave not-|MacInms (PC-Cape Breton South) ice that the treasury will furnish j ana-   Rcmj   Pai,i   (pc-Berlhier-nourishing   loans,   grants   and capital works assistance. And it sparked talk of tax concessions
ROBERT BONNER
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Teacher Pay Issue Goes to Arbitration
School District 57, I'riuee George, is one of u record 55 districts in the province which will have salary disputes settled by binding arbitration.
Conciliators in the dispute have reported that no settle-iiient was reached during the conciliation period which end' ed ut midnight Tuesday.
NEW ORLEANS SCHOOLS SHUT
NEW OULL'AXS y getting .-.II the publicity wo can. it's about time some. thing was done," he said.
A three-member delegation will' approach !>oar<| or trade' president John Morrison seek-ing support.
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Aid. Loder told the com in it-tee  that construction of the . vocational school was "going right ahead.
"Construction hasn't stopped, as has been rumored," ho said.
Aid.   liOder also  told   tlio committee the city was em- ' ploying  :.'.{   men  on   winter work projects.
"Construction will start on the new library in about a week," lie, Said.-
RIOTING HITS SOUTH KOREA
SEOU.L; South Korea (Neuters)�More thant DO persons were Injured Thursday as 1,000 policemen ' clashed with 1,500 students attempting to march un Seoul to protest the firing of three professors at an .American-bucked university.
Severe Injuries were Buffered by three students and six policemen who were taken to hospital,
The students were angered �by the arrest of 02 of their number in demonstrations Wednesday,