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Phone LOgan 4-2441 Vol. 5; No. 33 PRINCE GEORGE. BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1961 7c a Copy
BY CARRIER �1 50 o�r Motitt
ON WEEKEND
Hear
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS for the high school conference to he held at CJBC later this month is discussed by Frank Snows ell, vice-principal of Prince George Senior High School, and the two local students who will attend, Barbara Shiels and Rosina Robertson (right). The conference is designed to acquaint high school students with university ways. �Hal Vandervoort photo
IMMIGRANT DIES ...........
IN CABIN FIRE
A 28-year-old German immigrant di�(l early today in a fire which razed his cabin at Cornell Mills, 50 miles east of here.
IiCMP identified him as Rein-hardt Christian. He had no relatives in Canada.
A second man, El rich Treid-felt, escaped the blaze. Police are investigating.
13-Minule Radio Silence Probed In Crash of Jet
BRUSSELS (Routed�Investigators today sought the reason for a 13-niinule1 radio silence he-fore a Kiant Belgian jetliner crashed near here Wednesday, killing T.i persons, including 4.9 American p :| s s c n gcrs and a Canadian. inquiry officials said that diir-
inu Hie pre-ittnmnR rjitlii) slloAco
Brussels Airport control lower tried unsuccessfully on several frequencies to make contact with the Boeing 707 arriving from Now York.
An officer on duty at the lime .said: "All we .^ot was dead silence." Another official s;iiil the last message from the plane reported lh.it "everything was normal on board."
Meantime, Lhe bodies of all 72 j occupants of the plane�including 18 members ol the American �figure-skating team heading for the world championships in Prague � lay in ;i makeshift chapel in the airporf waiting room.
Among the dead was Victor !\laes, a 39-year-old tobacco farmer from Vanessa, Out. .Maes, a native 'of Belgium, was cm his way to attend his mother's funeral,
The body of ;i Belgian farmer killed when lhe plane slammed to earth 2'j miles from the air-port will lie turned over to his widowed niolhcr.
Man with Paralysis Flown to Vancouver
liUKNS LAKH (Correspondent)� Joshua Joseph, suffering from paralysis due to myelitis, lias been flown to Vancouver.
He was flown l<> I'rincc George Regional Hospital Wednesday by Oniliiecn Air Service. Accompanying him was nurse June >1unro.
Barbara Shiels and Rosina Senior High School .students, w attending the 14th annual high school conference University of B.C. Feb. 24 i\nt\ 25.
The two-day conference i.s designed to provide high school students with an opportunity to sample aspects of university life.
The conference will offer a I program of lectures, discussions, campus tours and sports. It will conclude with a banquet and dance.
The two local students arc be-in.--! sent lo tin- conference by the student council of the school. They Were picked on the basis of academic standings over four nl her applicants. GRADE 12
Only students of Grade 12 and on the university program at the high school are eligible to apply to attend the conference.
Miss Shiels and Miss Robertson will address the Grade 12 classes
obertson, Prince George be among 260 delegates
l the
speak to civic classes in the school and to local service and fraternal clubs in the city on request.
"We've been send ing students to the conference for the last two years." principal A 1 1 a n Stables said.
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'GOOD THING'
"1 think it's a good tiling," he said. "It gives the students a chance to look around the university and find out what they can expect when they go.
"Students would see things at the university that would interest s 'kIci.'s, whereas a teacher or ...lull .aiUi.l miss these ii-dlnrus," lie said.
CHANT PANEL HERE
rt Cords, Trustees
By ELSIE GARDNER
Various aspects of the Chant Report, ranging from porl card.s to school trustees, wvw discussed Wednes-nighl by a four-member panel at the Senior Nigh
Scl mi i' I 'arenl -Teacher Asso
I'ain ii.- i - \\ ere: K. !�'. Alexander, (listricl -iipennieiiiletii of schools: Professor Kmi Maker of (he University of B.C. Kin-dish faculty; Allan Stables, principal cl Hie Senior lli.^h School; and Dons Weicker, Duchess Park Junior llmh School principal. Senior high school vice-principal r:.i;;l. Snowscll wus chairman. Outlining the proposed rcor-
iation meetin
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really not that far he-times. We know yester-lion was (latelincd Jan. it did carry I eb. is
our
icfll ministers wain [>(J Ucfilonal Hospital for an appcndoctoiny. Ah he was cum in^ (Mil ol the anaesthetic he w.i-moaning nud Broanlng, which U natural for anybody. The nurse, our infonn.iiil .-iiys. told him. You should he ii woman and luivo ;i baby, To which the padre re piled: I c.iu't L'om'olvu .... and Jill* voice trailed off � � �
PG oldlimcr Emit! IWirdni cot one of llio /ii^i<%d blrlhdaj ulft� ui his life till* week. Son In hiw
|�CtO CIHM|HCWC prtMMilcd luni w)lh .i -I,ilue Of ii Hi'iH With ,i nioM protuberant tuiiiiny and a fluoroHcciitWlc noit'i I tu Hies-gaflo: PiyclioioninUc nothliiHl I've cot im awful bellyocho , i nd ui the Lesion ore still elwekllnii over wroitHnfl promoter mull rofcroo Hi'U WHmhi who won! lliniiiuli III*' WPOIIJI (lOOP) prcMim ,
ably fluurliiH Hit- slfl" iold '""H
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i whose N'aiiniina rink reached the finals ui the H.C, women's curl-ins championships yesterday, is u former dominion champ ami five Unit's winner of lhe Vancouver Island bonspiel. She also is ihe sister of Citizen Business Manager Ted Miller, who is ;i nun luirlcr . . , Urll i iioitfhalaiH'0 Is famous
I'll I IICl Illlt'S II 'H r,lined ,1 loilU
�'�I.-. Like last iin�in11-111 when I raplict1 Jim Meadows ;:oi a i it1 call fron
posed system failed to make provision for low ability children, uho would be unable lo cope wilh cither program and might mean thai students would be dropping oul of school earlier than they now do, creating a greater social problem.
Speaking on the priority of school subjects, Prof, Baker said he was in complete agreement i pel., with the commission's esliinuti ol I'Jnglish and mathematics at the core subjects of the school system,
Mr. Alexander noted that a uin iher of subjects, such as home economics, were at one time the responsibility of the parents Imi had somehow made their way Into the school system, The Chant Iteporl was putting lhe responsibility back where it belonged, he said. 1 le pointed oui thai subjects such as art and music \\ ere not going lo he ollml. nalud from the school curriculum bill maximum time allowed for iliem would be slightly re-dm ed. it i he recommendations Implemented, Alexander discussed mo-iif eleiiinn rural represeiit-and -. hnol irustees, nml
[-Iospital board members will meet MLA Ray Willis-ton Sunday to pros;-;
dun Townend tolil The C'itize today that if the unfinished set lions had been completed who the hospital was built it woul have cost only 820.000 to .S2f>,00< Today, he said, it will cos at least $00,000.
Before money can be approve for the project, BCHIS mus make a bed survey to determln requirements of the area in re laiion in its populaLion. Nuinw ous rerjue.sts for Lhe survey hav< boon made by the hospital huarc for many months without result he said.
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There were eight patient.-; ii ihi1 surgical ward corrido'r lo-day, nine in the medical ware and three in the children's wan Mr. Townend termed the situation "serious."
Today's fjyui'es are typical. a situation which lias existed since the hospital opened. It means, said Mr, Townend, "the people of the Prince George area are not receiving adequate hospital protect Ion."
In a letter to Health .Minister Eric Martin requesting a meeting between Mr. .Martin and hospital board chairman Gordon Bryan I by Feb. 27, Mr. Town-end wrote:
"We were promised a survey would bo carried out by your research division and that ;i questionnaire would be forthcoming' for our completion i enable them In assess our In.1
SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
Beliveau and Plante combine to help Canadians down Maple Leafs 3-1.
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United States has little hope or maintaining figure-skating superiority.
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Pencler ^\gn^ to fight Carmen Basilio but refuses to bother with Fullmer.. (See page 4.)
WM. RANCH LTD.
$49,180 Assessment Chopped by Court Here
A $49,180 timber assessment against YV. M. Ranch Ltd. was thrown out by a court of revision here Wednesday.
The three-man court � chairman Alex McGregor, Mayor Garvin Dezell and Percy Williams�has been hearing assessment appeals from the rural portion of School District 57.
The court began its si it in Tuesday and concluded Wednes day afternoon.
The deletion of tbu huge lim her assessment against W. M
Ranch was the largest reduction granted during the two-day sit tings.
A total of -.171 acres of laud iu'd by the company in the
ea east of Summit Lake; near
need.
"To dale. received am of research, Dec. 21), informed ut mi nearer to having
his has not been when the director
in a let tor dated were ur\ cy
I done than when Iho original rc-J/ijuesI was made, the hospital hoard became of the opinion (hat a direct approach to you lalJy inu consideration (he projected developments planned for tills area, such as the Pacific Northern Itiiihvay, Peace River project and the oil pipeline, It can Naturally be assumed that the population will increase al an L'\ en faster rate than in the past dui. to ihe rapid opening up of
Gaglardi Receives Traffic Warning
VICTORIA CR�Highways Minster Gaglardi, thrice convicted S lixceeiiinf* speed limits, found Iinscif in hoi water Wednesday ut got off with only a warning. Constable Pat Carson of the entral Saanich Police Dcpart-lcnt said lie pulled over Mr. -aglardi for driving tun close be-intl another car. The officer said ic highways minister said some-ling to the effect that he is [ways being picked on. "IE I had been out to yive a ckct he would have got one for attitude," said Constable arson.
"I didn't want to give the driver a ticket from the start and 1 didn't know who Jic was until I saw the licence."
The incident occurred on the Patricia Bay highway.
Mr. Gaglarcli's driver's licence was temporarily suspended after his last speeding conviction.
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FALLOUT SHELTERS SAID OF NO USE
VlCTi )i;i.\ (Special � There is ihi point in basemen I fullout sJielters, John Squire CCCF-A1-be nil) �'-�lid Wednesday.
��| ha\e a 12-yoar-okl sun sit-tliiK in Ihe nailery imlay and I'm iini showing myself to be si i stupid by telling him Iiu-inanit.v's only escape is lo build a liniiili shelter in the southeast corner <>( our base-
inclit," he said.
"Art1 you Koing to run to your neirlibor's v\ hen i he bombs start falllnj,'?" culled Diill Smith ISC-Vlctoi'lu).
Mr. S(|inre said he hat! no ik1 ili'c to in' tin- only survivor in llio block.
��Wh.tf- ihe k'ood of snr\i\-Iiih when there are no neighbors, nnr< nt� '.' ihr\ uk
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Stage Set for Curling Championship
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The .*'..r..(% h Hlinosl �el lor the l.n":c>t snorting evcnl ever to be held in Prince liPOI'tfO the i'.ui,nil,in Si hool> (ui lin,".
i volunteers from the e George Curliiifi I'lub alrciidy expressed w*iIIIhk*
tn .ml in iroin'ortlng the uiii into u lur^c curl Ing
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unit Ilkfl .1 I'l'IIT'lT
A< loiiiiiio L'urliM'M who will Suiuliiy morning eai'li ul the in p
for the 11 rrive mi the Iriiln from vIiu'pi iOn* havu
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been nrroutiud by local of fit
lijtuiilir: tin1 week Ions iiUyilown, And local Individuals h.ivc prepnrod to ilonato Irani'
|hii'l,iiinn |nr e.icli ol the rink*
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There In > 1111 llio ice f|iio*tlon
lo lie MUltlod Mill Illll ntll .ij>
paroutl} bi luiiu trouble a*
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M.iiis o| the in,ilcriiil> Iur lln-
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l)j 'in Mies', in'iii- iiii'(Mi;:liiiiii I lie < ily ,iml the comei'Mon hnn Itch si'licdulctl to lieglii early Saturday morning.
OTfklnln ol lhe 'iljllcl 10} lhe
(nli-i'iiiii will bo II) lllO bc>t
|io>mIiIc condition fur this
iiMiT'iii-ii lili'iline event,
Tin1 ilitu'i'iiry for the vllitlng ClirlOH Illll been gel up imd I lit*
vlniton will Imvo b buiy tlma u� in.iiiv inturuHlluu mul uducfl' lioiiiU toiio iiuvu
Speclatoi'ji will have the llto pi'ojde of Cuiiii iihi
pintcd >l>< in what is titkinu
place lU'pori � will he lenvl n �!
iiif city after every third a ml
in itri'p Canada up>lo>dttlo on
wiiui Ii liikin ii! tiliicc here in
IIcit In the city, the commit' Ire looking after llio tickets for lhe 'xpi�'i report 'l^v flro "fioiiis very well" but u rush for good bcalH In expected be* tween now and opening same
lune.
(�'or ihohC inlri1r>>l(td in |�ro-curing ducalMi the following buolncitti citlabllihiticnli arc ii.ri'iinr: the nil William Cm1' mlchael Lid, Allmi k Hnw-I home. Interior Spurliinon'ii Shop, DC. I.iind ft Investment, Tommy Itlchardiou'i, U.C, I'm-pniiOi Al's Darbor simp ond Northorn Hardworoi
A yroal deal of work hm Uono Into moklnti t'il� n sroal event�and Ii undoubtedly will
Keep Out Of Congo, Reds Told
WASHINGTON K'P) � Presi dent kdrinedy warned I'reniici Kbnishchev Wednesday ni^ht th)
IN THE NORTH
Gov't Asked to Promote New Forest Industries
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VICTORIA '(I'1 A uhang incriiiiw's for development
in ;ij>|i!'r pi'i;itc iircis�c-|>(ri;iilv
central regions of the province�
tin Vld W
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in lOrcsl piil
if new loic.st
in the in tit 1 i i'uh urged ii) t
\Veclnpsdny l�y William .Muir;iy (SC-Princ
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cy in pro-inilu.-tiii's eonsl .iini he legisln-
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slrk'i had shown an hurras*' 25 per ct'iu ui timber eul linn 10(50, tar hiulur than ai:y her ili- I riit ill lhe pro\ ince.
The ir-'uiTs Indicated Ihul tho 'riliciii oild central |)arl�j ul u kvil for ii !>� in tiuii by the iiij'iiw uj dr-
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