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Vol.  5;  No.  65
PRINCE  GEORGE,  BRITISH  COLUMBIA,  TUESDAY,  APRIL 4,   1961
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TEACHERS COMPLAIN:
Moves
Chant
SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
Jim   Vincent   skips   RCMP   rink   to  victory   in commercial bonspiel.
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Canadians find  themselves on brink of playoff elimination against Hawks.
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�  Winnipeg  .Maroons  take  game   lead   in   Allan Cup against Nelson with 5-o victory. (See Page 4).
SMITHERS STAND HIT
Threatens
GOING UP at the new library are the laminated beams that were damaged in a highway accident several weeks ago. The beams, repaired almost immediately and rushed here, are GO feet long and  weigh 2,f)()0
pounds. Above, one of them is put in place under the watchful eye of Walter Braaten of Dezell Construction, Ltd. The library, which will cost about $100,000, is expected to be finished in May.   �Yandervoort photo
GEOFFRIQN PLAYS DOC; HACKS CAST
CHICAGO \uyolf gamo.
Canndlcns arc trailing Chicago Black 1-Uiwks 3-2 in Lhe best iif seven semi-final.
Geoffrion decided Monday to act ompany the train to Chicago despite his knee, Injured last   week.
DIEF'S OFFICE DISCLOSES
JFK to Visit Canada in May
OTTAWA (CP>�Canada gets its first lace to face look at .John Fitzgerald Kennedy May 16 to 18 when the youthful U.S. president pays his first official visit to Ottawa.
FORECAST
Occasional showers oC vain and snow will be replaced by northwesterly winds at 15 and misty tonight and Wednesday. Cloudy weather will prevail with scum' sunny periods and little change in tempera lure. Low tonight and hitfh Wednesday at Quesnel and Prince George, 25 and -17; at Smithers, 25 and 45,
Peace  Itivcr
Sunny and a little warmer Wednesday. Winds westerly 15. Low tonight and hish tomorrow
at Grande	Prairli	!, 30	and	43.
I.	ist 24	Hours		
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Prince c	oorge	44	'24	trace
Terrace		41	31	.11
Smithers		40	28	
Qucsncl		42	21	
Williams	Lake	4.r>	Lit)	
Kamloop		54	24	
Whitchoi	sc	36	2:<	
Forl St. .	(ihn	40	22	LO
Dawson (	'reek	41	25	11
McBIUDE (Correspondent) � An extensive gypsum deposit sonic 70 miles northeast of here is being investigated by a group of Calgary  businessmen.
"We have located the most promising, best appearing occurrence of gypsum ever found in the mountains," consulting engineer Al  Norton told The Citizen.
Gypsum is used primarily in the manufacture of stucco, plaster lath, wallboards and other types of building materials.
Accompanying Mr. Norton was Murclo McLcod, a Calgary businessman who has wide interests I in oil and mining ventures, lie said a group of his associates are investing their own money lo explore the find.
Their party entered the area in an Associated Helicopter piloted by  Karl  Lozo,
Staking was carried out in deep snow. Plans call for a drilling crew to return when the snow   has  none.
i:\rii.\M.i-; PARIS   (Routers)   -
rsi uis \v c r i- iii.ii 11 bomb e\p!u   probably   a   case   of   our I who break the rules have 110 real
The trip, arranged Feb. 20 when Prime Minister Diefeh-bakcr held throe hour talks in the White House with Mr. Kennedy, was confirmed by the prime  minister's  office  Monday.
After their February meeting the prime minister said the visit v.ould tak on Into early summer. JUNE PREFERRED
It was generally believed that the visit would take place in June rather than May.
The only .sure feature of the j president's four-day stay in Ottawa will be an address lo the combined membership of the Senate and House ai Commons, a practice followed on visits by former presidents Truman and Eisenhower.
II is also expected Mr. Kennedy will take advantage of his first Canadian visit to meet and discuss problems with a cross-section of Canadian officials. RELATIONS   STUDIED
It was also speculated after the Washington talks that the twn heads of state would tackle
Monlaldi Gets Life Membership in BCTF
lUUXS LAKE (Correspond-cut)�V. A. Montaldi, principal of Lakes District High School. has been made an honorary life i member of the ll.C. Teachers' Federation for "long and outstanding service on the provincial level." Recommendation for life  membership  was  made  by
the BCTF executive.
the general problem of Canada-U.S. relations and the strengthening of continental aid defence agreements to better this country's share in production of common   defence   materials.
Mr. Kennedy's first official meeting   with    Mr.    Dlcfenbakcr
� tluiy mol informally sc-voi-:il yours aHo when Mr. Kennedy was a senator�left the prime minister "exhilarated."
Top social functions of the visit will likely be a reception at Government House by tiov-ernor-General Vanier and an exchange of formal dinners between the president and Mr. Diefenbaker.
I.C. Forests
rust  is   threatening   B.C.'s  ever-
A   rare European green forests.
The rust, never before reported in North America has killed 20 lo 30 per cent of an experimental yellow pine seedling stand near Smithers.
$1,287,600 Taxes Collected by City
The city collected $1,287,600 in taxes during I960, representing 10-J.o per cent of the total tax levy,
The $1,231,93.0 tax levy was exceecled duo to penalties for )atc payment of taxes and arrears collected, city comptroller Chester Jeff cry said.
Last year's figure compares with tho $1,101,136 collected In 1050,   or   00.1   per  cent   of   the
It has. been identified as "pine rust," a disease common in Italy Scandinavia and Russia. It causes small yellow blobs to form on the bark or foliage of pine trees. The disease is transmitted by spores.
The reported outbreak could be "damn serious," according to Dennis McDonald, local protection officer of the B.C. Forest Service. MUST WAIT
"But," he said, "at the moment there is nothing we can do. We'll have   to   wait  until   the   federal nlomologists   learn  more  about this  thing.
"We have a lot of jack pine and a fair amount of poplar in this area," he said.
"But we don't know  what  we can do to stop this disease." Dr.   Ray   E.   Foster,   head   of
th�!     forest     pa |Jiol bay     riectloli     of
a federal laboratory in Victoria, said the outbreak may be compared to an invasion of earth from outer space.
He said  scientists  don't   know | where it came from,  how far it has spread, how many species it J may kill  or  whether  it  may  be held   in   check   by   physical   or I chemical means.
Scientists fear the disease may consume the yellow pine which is found in the province's dry belt in the Okanagan and cast Kootenays.
.MOST VALUABLE
The trees threatened there arc the most valuable in the areas in which they grow, he said.
He sairl it is possible that lodgepole or western jack pine found in this area is also susceptible.
Ornamental white poplar is suspected   as   a   carrier   of   the
Last major infestation of a foreign disease was the European white pine blister rust, reported in 1921. It caused extensive damage in this area and throughout western North America.
U.S. Road, Rail Plan 'Promising/ Bonder Believes
VICTORIA (Cl1) � Industrial Development .Minister HonniT said .Monday ;i i�roposiil to c\p.Mid hlghwiiy .'iikI railroad facilities between (he roiitin-cnXnX U.S. and Alaska "seems vi-i-.v promising."
Tin-  A I ;i s I; a   International
(Mill railroad be built from near Fail-hanks to the Vuknn border. It ;ilsi� recommended $214,000,000 worth oi' hlgliw.'i.v extensions and improvements, including hard surfacing of the-  Alaska   Highway   through
n.c.
"Mow tin- iiicelianics of this proposal would hi- worked out is anyone's RiU'SS," said Ml*. Itonni-r. "It could hi- a very hold A iiicriraii plan lor (ana-ilian   c\|iendil inc."
Cum mission officials said tlioy �-\peet the I'.S. would negotiate with Canada lor some ilrgrcu of linancial ji.-ir-ticipation.
VANCOUVER (CT) � A
committee of the B.C. Teachers' Federation says the reason teachers seem "carping and petty fault finding" about the Chant education report is the government's "uns e e m 1 y haste" in moving to implement some of its recommendations.
The assessment will be considered Thursday by delegates to the BCTF convention hero.
The committee's report says teachers approve of many of the recommendations in principle but fear the method of implementing.
li says the findings of the commissioners paralleled in many ways the proposals made to them by the teachers' federation and other teachers who submitted briefs.
Teachers will be asked Thurs-
lay to empower their executive
o speak  for all  teachers from
imc to time as changes in  the
educational   system   are   imple-
ncnted   by   the   department   of
education.
The report also said teachers
vehemently   disagree   with
some   Chant    report    thinking"
and   find  it  "propounds  a   pro-
ocative, if somewhat  nostalgic.
philosophy  which   will  demand
>ur   intent    consideration    for
onie time to conic-."
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A University of B.C. professor
f education said the B.C. educa-
>n   controversy    is    irritating
id   depressing   because   it   has
tlf to do with the main issues.
Alan Thomas told the federa-
iqn  Monday people confuse the
11-importaiH   process   of   learn.:
GEOUGH M.Wl'Ul', president of the North American Indian Brotherhood, said during a visit to Penticton that the recent legislation on Indian liquor privileges is "just another football being kicked back to Ottawa." lie said neither the provincial nor federal government wants lo take the responsibility of relaxing current restrictions, The province moved to relax laws but threw the matter into the federal government's lap in a recent bill.
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hi wen �llected (iv. � tax levy,
lasl 100 Mr.
chamber of commerce missing tin' boat again, ns it did lasl year, but the liHil ciluion of the federal government's widoly-circu* laicd booklet Ciilenrtar of Events in Canada, which tells tourists what's iloir.;; ami whore, men* liotts I'riuu1 George only once although it carries four full pages on B.C. That lone mention, right
ill   the   end   of   the   list,   is   the l-'ull I'air There'-- no mention Of such   import,int   events   us   the Dominion schools curlinp chum-pionships >>r Simon I'tasei Hay. Ann her   candidate   for   I'filU'U Speedway  Is Mrs, M.uic   I'lioni-inn, u ho was nabbed cxccc Iihr the speed limil on I'Mrst   So fcl low   workers   ol   husband  Goril Thornton on  tlie I'CJU arc now Inking up u i'oIIi iMion to buy her a   .i.ilop.v   iiiul  U   utcinliet'slitp   in tin   r.icnr:  Utssocitltloil  ,  .  ,   Lot ul   loi'llld lire  bcelin;:   aboill   lhe iiii'lhnils HCSll' ,ni   uMlnH to nab upoedors, pni'lk'tilarlj  luttlilo the city limits. Mut It'i h.ini lui' ,in\ rcusonnblo  poruoi]  to ;:o pious
With  (ho bed-   The UJlClHl  linnl*
ui'o ict in .in ettiii'i  to provldo >iiic,:iiiifd�  ii>i* pcdcotrjani  und
iiurnial   dnscr�    and   niulumU �
 those rules .  fire hall will
cause for complaining about the way the police ljo about their job of. enforcing
Hoys at the lire hall will ap predate it if parents check their youngsters a bit more these days to make sure they aren't carrying matches. Seems n number o� grass fires have been set recently by kids around the city, and that ain't  good  ...   Oil a  busman's
, holiday i> I'G ��'.oil' pro Harold I'rctlj and fnnilly, lie's piny Ing lhe courses at Jasper and 12d> muiitoiii   ussiiniliiy   the   snow's
' gone . . ,
Our Hurry llumclln, a sports* minded lad il there over was one, I shocked  t'ollciifitiPfi  today  when lie   calmly   announced    he'd    he
wntchlnfi tho Stanley Cup finals on TV next week, lie's gelling IllOl'lied Saturday .mil fondly supposes his bride ulso will waul
to    s-pi-lld    honeymoon    OVCIiillJll
watching hockey on TV . , . iim-
you I crowd I'H'i', 7ii7 curs and about 300 IV I'll eel away alter the lot was lull, watched SuUtl'dtiy'l opciiiu,' 111>:i11 al tin- Slaiiimc, And tho A< T charily ihov Sunday SVBI .'I" I He Im,-c .'. c\ ui , . ,
TRUMPET  HAM)
VERNON CP � Vernon Girls' Trumpet Hand has received Invitations to four festivals in 15.C and the  U.S.
'ol'klng on a t;iN 00 for 10Q1. The nii't be known budget   is given
H'tinu1  be-
per (fin  of o
Jeffery sahl. The city Is
levy of Sl;312
filial   figure
until   the city
its final approva
fore May 15,
The budge I won'l be completed until tin- tity jcarns Its share
of   tho   tool   school   buclgel   In
School District ."i7.
The provisional budget allows I for an increase of seven-tenths
on 'lie school mill and a corres-i ponding decrease In the general I mill.
.-pore. Areas where poplar overlaps into stands of yellow pine will bo labelled "highly suspected" and subject to intensive study, Dr.  Foster said.
High Speed Costs Driver $309 Fine
RC'MP
a   man'
COOLEY SUSPECT IN WIFE'S DEATH
TEHACHApi, Calif. i.I'i�The estranged wiiv of band leader Spado Coolcy was found beaten lo death Monday ninln at the couple's luxurious ranch home, tin- sherrlff's office  reported.
Investigators ^;ij,| (jooley, a Western � style musician and railio-T\' siar of the HMO's, would in- luHikcd late today on suspicion  Canada  us QI Whole,"  he said. NOTHING NEW Thi� announcement recently by
tin* (t-diT.il govcrnnioht's ^coiou-leal survey ihm thoro In usbostpi In that area was nothing new, Mr. Almond Mild,
JlttVU   l.nuwn   1'
some time of at least two showings. Hut they had discovered nothing to date that was of high enough grade to justify develop-'< ment.
Tho  federal   survey  revealed,
I however,   three   or   four   other
[showings, farther cast of those
already known, and fills fact will
I'liMiro   Ih.s   year's  development
I work.
"The mining eoinpanirs will find out whether there is coin-incrclally valuable asbestos ln| tho area which now includes al lead! five bIiowIiiru," he said. "ThciQ HOW linds spell tho difference, by Indicating u much larger potential Held Mian WUI realized from earlier diicovorloi." The wiii'l< will lake at ICOlt all   Mimtncr,   Mr.   Almond   laid,
il ihoj find Miiiicii'iiUy high grade aiboiloi in t'oinmorclol cjuBntltloi, tin* elmncoi oi a tulno
bi                           111   Uic   iV;;uin
' are reasonable, Proximity to es-; tablishcd transportation routes is a favorable factor, ho said, OTHER MINERALS
"Opening up of this area could lead also to the development of other known mineral deposits," | .Mr. Almond  added.
Not far from Vandorhoof Is one of Canada's largest known pcrlitc deposits, Porllte is a noil-metallic used in tin- construction
Industryi  and   is  outstanding  in the  insulation  held.
When heat la applied, pcrlllc; expands  to seven  times  III  Ol'Ig*
mal iliCi becoming very linht In weight, Alter ihut, nollhor hout I nor cold will ponolratQ it. I'orllto < olio li uicd in tho ntonufacturlnii i ni concrclo blocks. Also in tile aie.i m a inrjo di1-
Uosll of r,iic earth, iiuobnini /n*'
eollllllll,   Which    is   ClIMl.V    ill'C'CSh-
Iblo, TIiciq inlnoroli nro coming j
into   dun.ind   lor   U    vainly    ol ,
) uses     In     modern-day     nuclear
I sciences.
North of Germansen Landing there i.s an interesting lead-zinc deposit, some in a lime replacement    zone,   which    could    bear
� further investigation, Mr. Almond said.
And on the south shore of Stu-i art Lake some antimony has been mined.
COUNTRY CROWING
To date, mercury and gold arc tin- only major minerals winch have boon exploited m the area north  o|   Vanderhoof, he said,
Mm with the population of Northern B.C. Increasing, ho sold,
it   new   local   demand    ,,   ),,.,,,..' created which will soon �- it null me  has not u!ready  como -iiITm-I 111*1 Iuik-Ikmi' Hi' |,,|U! |u,u|s
ii� murkols thai hoi to hw hum', stntn^ ihc economic dovBlopmoni
ul much ot tlilti uruu,
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