SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
Vanderhobf whips Prince George 6-4 in CHL game hei#e. QuesneJ defeats Williams Lake 6-4 in overtime, in Quesnel.
Chicago grabs 2-2 tie with Detroit in only XML game on Bobby Hull's late third period goal.
Flo Gustafson leads rink to zone playoffs in B.C. Ladies' Curling Championships for second consecu tive vea..
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Vol. 5; No. 8
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1961
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UK ENGINEERS SEEK JCB WITH ENERGY BOARD
VICTORIA (CT> � Six r, :resentatives of two British engineering firms are 'icre in a bid to act as consultants to the B.C. energy board ,11 its study of Peace and Co-mbia River power projects.
FOR THREE YEARS
Prince Geonre Sen l o r
yhe\h:ms m^cUrJngit I High School has been fully pnxA/ffkr f vnnrt Tn fip TCtHl
ers Sir Alexander Glbb and accredited for the next three rOWGF C XfJUl L I U UZZ I UfJL
Icctrical engineers Merz and years, making it possible foi , ^^^ . . � .��. t i . .
IcLellan. Their repre.scnta- students of good standing to : /) * C L n J>p�r nPDTP I Ctl K Hf^
ivf. were Mown here from L crradltated without Writ- V-// Jl LU/XC'D/^CU/ t- I UL!\ I t *L, I
Ingland within 30 hours of I . � . ._..-.... '
ontacting Hie en ;rgy l on: the job.
The} want i � -;o in r in assist lh< hoar I'.-
quiry into relai ivo eo;
board ', ing government examina
| lions. ojieth a letter Prom Hepnty Min
f!l i I j isler �if K lucatinn .1. F. K. lSng i': and ii;;ii announcing tlie accrediting
benefits of the l\vu big pow schemes.
RUSTEES
QUEEN SCOUT BADGES were awarded to five First Prince George Scout Troop members here Wednesday night. Scoutmaster I'. G. Russell pins a badge on .Murray Robertson as oilier award winners watch.
gion president Dennis McDonald watches. The Le- j
gion sponsors the troop. Left to righl are Eugene Weg- |
zanowski, John Melnnis, Aiuiray Robertson, Stan Kel- i Tiu. Cn.int Royal commission
let. Richai'd Mathews, Mr. Russell and Mr. McDonald. | report on education will come
VALEMOUNT CASE
To Arrest, Defence Says
An allegation thai an RCM'F corporal forced his way into a home wit'houl a warrani to arrest the accused man was made in magistrate's court here Wednesday.
Defence counsel John Coatessaid he would introduce evidence that Cpl. Robert Mercer broke in a door to arrest John A. Rose who faces four counts following two related incidents at. Valemotint Dee. G. Hose is charged with theft, as- I -
saull, assault causing bodily harm I Sylvia Simons. Gerald David ami resisting: I'frest. Crow? t?rose- Craig 'xdil Ihe Ja&iused's brother, culor Frank Perry concluded hlB \ ){liy ivbsc, swore they saw Rose case WiMlncs.Uiy aiur t\v.� days' ]cave change on the table for lestimony. | cigarets. They said they had not
The defendant is alleged lo j heard Rose using obscene lang-have stolen a package of cigarcls uage in the cafe as charged by from Ihe Modern Cafe, assaulting Crown witnesses, co-operators .Mrs. Itosa Waitlner l?oy Rose coitl his version of and John Reich and, in an inci- : the policemen's attempt to arrest drill later Lhc same night, resist-1 his brother at the Rose home
BACK-TO-WORK MOVE IN BELGIUM
BRUSSELS (Reuters) � A swelling back-to-work movement was reported to.lay in | the wake of conciliatory talks j ; among the country's political �� 1 leaders.
Premier Gaston Eyskens j , met, politicians Wednesday ni^ht for the first, time since 1! (� 1 g i u in " s anti-austerity strikes began more than three weeks ago. They reached agreement
� Hal Vandervoort photo j in for some close scrutiny by
� | local education officials during the next few months.
School trustees decided at their meeting Tuesday to have copies of the report made avail-
CONCILIATION
1 was received by Senior High School Principal Allan Stables and reported lo school board.
The school lost its accrediting l\>\\v \ ears ago bin regained it I (Mi a one-year basis last year. Mr. Slables fell the three-year accrediting was the result of the i hiu'h standard achii veil by local students in compulsory government examinai ions.
This in turn was made possible, he said, by the highly-qualified staff which Ihe school has had for the last three years, ' He also gave credit to the school board for providing "one of the best school libraries in the province" in the school.
able in each member
that
legislation arising from it may
Salary committee reported neotiations arc continuing with
Local
S5.S of the Inter-
national Union of Operating ISn-
JACK SHAKESPEARE . . . VKC graduate
"What lUxporl of Electricity Can mean lo !!.('. and to Canada" will be the subject of an address to the annual board of trade meeting here tonight by Jack Shakespeare, Vancouver lawyer and solicitor for Peace River Power Development l'u. Lid.
The meeting, starting at t>: Ir5 p.m. with a reception and dinner, will be held in the Hotel Simon Fraser.
Besides the guest speaker, the election of hoard officers and their installation will lake place. Members have been asked tn briny their wives to the meeting.
Mr. Shakespeare, born of a pioneer Victoria family and a UBC graduate, joined Peace River Power as solicitor upon organization of the company in December of 1958.
AT NATIONAL RALLY
gincers for a 1061 agreement Time will be allotted at. each I Trustees conceded two proposal; board meeting fur discussion of h,y the union, but remained aila j the report after trustees have | niail| about granting "<> raise in | J had t inie lo study it.
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and i
Olii on Lhc
crnimeni's i austerity bill should be completed by the en BATTLE
Cpl. Mercer and Const, Wilbur
some two hours later.
lie said he took the policemen lo the adjacent shack in which
\>.\\ PLATOON
Under the new system, the day platoon will work Id hours, the
| ing superintendents and will in-1 agreement between the local j c. M. CBud) Drury of.Montreal,
vite !�'� Ilyiidman. chief ins]
teachers' association and th<
form wouJd mean
finane-
ir of seiioc
;i the report.
for !!.('.. to speak
Holland of lhc McBridc detach-1 J�n" l:')St" was sleeping, that the menl told ii! a pitched battle be- door was bolted from the inside tween themselves and Rose, his|anti that he failed to gel a re-
Timber Berths
mother and brother while attempting the arresl. The accused
spouse alter knocking three or four times.
was arrested the following morn- 'DIDN'T NIC ED ONE'
ing alter reinforcements were He said lie asked Cpl. Mercer
flown from Prince George. if he had a warrant and that Mer-
In liis opening remarks, lawyer cer "laughed ami said he didn't 6(Kites said the defence ��deplores need one"
the incident in lhc cafe." but' l.'ose said lie left the door and added, 'then, was sonic coiisid- proceeded back lo the other cradle provocation." house and while doing so Cpl,
lie said Hose ha.I been called Mercer went up lo the shuck door a thief h.v Ihe cafe operators bill "and Ihe next thing I knew he that the accused had actually left was walking through the door." money for the cigarcls on a table The defence has alleged that before leaving. none of the three men in the
The defence called four wit- shack had unbolted the door, and' nesses, all of whom denied that that the policeman put his shoul-1 Rose had provoked the initial tier to the door and broke in. In skirmish between himself and this event, �s;ii "tomhi'i!" I'eieh on the shoulder to gain his attention, and that Reich had turned around and pinned hi:n in the table. Thou, they said, Mr struck Rose over the head with a sugar container.
Three oi the witnesses, Mrs,
his rights lo resist since forceful entry would constitute an illegal arrest when the police had no warrant.
Vcr.a' Clark, Iii. a cousin the a. cusi d who was in the shack,
... told iho court tiie police tried to
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a Teement between us," Mr, Th imson said.
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Hit1 Ciilhollc tVonii'ii'N I c.i ;iic ;i local trlnl Tuosdiiy used the
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served so when tltu brass iirrh iwu men, I know the term !�>
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;..... in n,i,i r. . latoi iii . (Joui w sii'wjri, hut i find ll ol Hoard ol Trutl
found everyone . I i bu . out � �� It1* �' fjJtldh with mo
in Kindly ovoid usinti II So ihe
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ISvi'lyn Hulllli', K.iIIcn, llnlllcyN taiomcnl lo rend Thorn two l;"
in town1.' Well, there .ue . . . durk-uoniploxlonud chapi ... i I'uculvutl Lliu uwurcu
radar warning stations. 1,,. made, li is yours. So when
However, il appeared doubtful government, for good purposes, that the U.S. Congress would al- lakes more out of your pocket, low Canada an equal voice in government policy must be dc-NOJtAD if this country were con- signed lo put more in�and that's Substitute teachers will mow u.j|)uljng oniy ,,, passive defence good Liberal policy, too."
be paid a daily rate of s'�"'�!'��, ,,f North America and noliiiii" to ��
The an;..inn approved by Irus- active defence
lees, an increase ol S|..",n ovor| ^ , ;j^ >,--,i
the former rate, is based on the
mini mum rate on t he uale ol
$3,000 divided by L'u.
said Wednesday. so SHORTAGE
The-minister's plan, outlined Trustees approved a n-cnin There wus no shortage of ideas in an address to the British mendaiion from the operating from ��. ra]|y, ,, volcd for ,
and forests Minister Williston
A Liberal government would not oppose consideration of scat ing Uccl < 'hina in i he I Inilcd Nations, the convention al.-o decided.
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PEARSON PREDICTS LIBERAL VICTORY
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Lamming Given Award
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