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Vol. 5; No. 70
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 11. 1961
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TO MEET KENNEDY
D o N N (/Pi � West German Chancellor Adenauer flew to the United States today fur his first meeting with Prcsicl nl Kennedy and talks about the Atlantic alliance.
The 85-year-old chancellor has three meetings with president Kennedy scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
'PATRONAGE'
VICTORIA (CP) � Premier Bcnnctl Monday shrugged oil criticism of the appointment nl' two defeated Social ('redil cabinet ministers lo governiv\crd
"Anyone who lias the qualifications io be a cabinet minister certainly has the qualifications I'ar I hose jobs," be said.
Tlie govern m on I has been accused uf patronage in naming former labor minister I. y 1 <' Wick- to the Public Utilities Commission and runner agriculture minister Newton Stoacy as trade and tourist counsellor at San Francisco.
('('.F Leader Straclian and Liberal Leader Kay Perrault said it meant an end to the Social Credit claim thai ii was the government which bad abolished patronage.
��political talk from political opponents�that's all." said Mr. Bennett. "They wouldn't praise thi> government no matter who �we had appointed."
HIGHWAY DEATHS RULED ACCIDENTAL
A coroner's jury Monday ruled the deaths of two city men in a car mishap March :.'I woo accidental. No blame was attached.
Inquest, was into the deaths of Hugh Cameron MacKenzie, 30, and William Alfred Swain, :i2, killed when their car left the by-pass highway here.
A third man, Herbert Emil Holzworth, 2'A, survived the accident,
It was not determined who was driving the car when the mishap occurred.
PEACE RIVER
REBELS
Fidel Said Preparing For Fight
HAVANA (AIM�Amid reliable but unconfirmed reports of increasing rebel activity in the mountains of Cuba, there were growing indications today i h o ("astro regime may be quietly
mobilizing anti -invasion fences again.
de-
The
government -controlled
LOVER BOY Fred Bradley lias, often sung the Gilbert and Sullivan lines "And there'll mine of them be missed," but obviously the words don't apply to him. And the gals proved it when they gave Brad a farewell party, at the home of Mr. and Airs' Ken MeLellan, to mark his leaving the Prince George Regional Hospital to become a partner in Craftsman Photographers.
Socreds, CCFers Ignored Business
FORMER REVENUE 'J90DIED
MINISTER DIES
OTTAWA tCF) � Dr. James J. McCannJ former Liberal revenue minister, died in hospital today after a long illness, lie
VICTORIA CI1) � Liberal Leader Kay Perrault said Monday the CCF party and the Social Credit government ignored urgent problems in order to pursue a
'�political vendetta" at the last i f('aUn the general election of session of the legislature.
wa.s 71.
He represented Kenfrew i South from 1935 until his cle-
SpeakinK at the annual meet-[ ing of the Esquimau Provincial j Liberal Association, he said appeals for discussion of unemployment were blocked in order to rush debate on Bill 42.
"It was a political fight between the government and the CCF � unemployment, business recession and the problems (if social welfare were side-tracked,'1 he said.
lie called Attorney - General Bonncr and opposition leader Slrachan "the sold dust twins" for their attack on lus speech which .slated thai world business leaders had lost confidence in B.C. as dii investment potential.
1957.
Dr. McCann became revenue minister under Prime Minister Mackenzie King in August, 1945, and was retained in that post under Prime .Minister St. Laurent.
He was one of the St. Laurent cabinet ministers defeated in the 1957 election and retired from political life shortly after.
Sabotage Possibility' In Big Liners Sinking
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) � CapL. Charles Elson, master of the ill-fated British liner Dara, told reporters today sabotage was "one of the possibilities" leading to
one of the
u cannot rule it [through under my feet. 1 re-boarded but was forced off
CONTACT LOST
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) � The Soviet Union admitted Monday it has failed so far to reestablish radio contact with its Venus space rocket.
AG TO APPEAL LIQUOR CASE
VICTORIA
ident
again. Then I was hit by falling clebi is in the sea.
��] reboarded the Dara and was forced off a third time."
Later he returned to help fire-fighters.
In London, the British India Steam Navigation Company an-
revised c usualt y
P.OUIll
figures.
The announcement said that latest reports, though still sub-1 Christie." Iccl to confirmation, indicated 770 persons were aboard the Dara as il lay off Hie Arabian
CCF Club Raps Drop In Number of Guards
The Prince George CCP Club has rapped the provincial government for its decision to cut guard staff at Oakalla prison.
In a resolution sent to the premier, the club urges the government to "reconsider" the move because it will "seriously handicap the rehabilitation work Instituted by Warden Hugh
The resolution adds it is the government's responsibility to ct an example to private Indus-
ins
Dibal Saturday. T h e | try by maintaining employment
said that 5S0 has been d for, leaving 100 miss-feared lost.
and avoiding unnecessary layoffs.
Ii charges "the government is
ties of the deal are expected to be completed this summer. Officials expect at least 200 persons will be involved in the re-settlement.
Officially, the leases do not offer an option to purchase. However, a spokesman for the lands department said if a fanner makes "diligent use" of a leasehold ho is given the first opportunity to buy the property. Rental charges on the land, depending on its fertility and improvements which would be required, range from 25 cents to 4 cents per acre per year.
Most leases are for 640-acre sections and the settlement would occupy approximately one and a half townships. PEACEFUL PEOPLE
Mennoniles arc peace-loving, desiring to be left alone to "live unto themselves."
There arc about 125,000 Men-nonites in Canada and they joined with co-religionists of the United States to send help lo needy people the world over during the Second World War. Forty-five Mennonite families
atius made his challenge shortly ftcr a hushed courtroom heard he charges outlining Eichmanrt's ole as the Nazis' chief externi-nator of the Jewish people.
Eichmann, a stooped, nervous igure in the bullet-proof pris-ner's dock, listened intently as is defence lawyer made two ubmission's on the "suspicion of rejudice and lack of competence f this court."
Servatius told the three black-
robed judges they should lie barred from the case. Since the entire Jewish state was closely
The former Gestapo officer watched intently through hornrimmed. . glasses as his lawyer maintained he was "free of guilt."
Eichmann, head of the infamous Nazi department for Jewish affairs, was being prosecuted for things he had been drawn into by (he Nazi state, Servalius claimed.
'The accused cannot atone for deeds committed by his country."
"If there is place for moral atoiiemenl," the defence lawyer went on, "the state, which acted through the accused, should
linked with the mass-murder charges against Eichmann, he said, the impartiality of all three jurists was east in doubt.
The heavy-jowled lawyer from West Germany also challenged the legality of Eichmann's abduction from his life of hiding in Argentina and the retroactive anti-Nazi law under which he is being tried.
As the defence arguments rattled out in German, Eichmann sat between two hard-eyed Israeli guards, his pale face occasionally twitching with nerv-
alone and the stale should be. deemed responsible for its actions."
Presiding Judge Mosiie Landau � like the two other jurists, an emigrant lo Palestine from Europe in 1933 � took notes impassively during the defence arguments.
The first sign of emotion in the august trial atmosphere came when chief prosecutor Gideon Hausner, Israel's attorney-general started refuting the defence case.
Hausner's voice, quiet and steady while dealing with loyal points, wavered when he broke off to say:
"I am happy there exists in the world today a place where Jews have sovereignty, courts and the possibility to bring to
which moved into the Vande'r- 'uMlcc a m?" accused of crimes hoof-Burns Lake area of central ! against the Jewish people B.C. in 1942 have proven sue . At thls f01"1 Efchmann broke
It 13V, IlltVSOX llOYViK, n
isler of Kno\ United Church, ha~ been called to a charge at K ore me os, Knox pastoral charge will now be seeking a minister uncl the pastoral relations committee will convene this evening to discuss the matter of calling a minister, Mr. Boyle will have com-pii'ii ,| four \ ears in Prince CJemue at the end of the pastoral year, June HO,
;slre in conitune Algeria which � another destiny." (laulle told one of his rare 11 inferences thai Prance ,vould offer "absolutely no opposition" ii the people of Algeria w a n I to break with Prance."
Itiu, lie said, ''in that ease we shall of course cease to offer uir resources, our money and nir soldiers t<> Algeria."
Air F that
Bal i. a Royal | neglecting its responsibilities as the agent of society to care for those workers and their families
eessful farmers.
spokesman ammuiu ed search for additional
fr
tin-
ara bad
�n abandoned
who are suffering from unom ployment and reduced incomes.'
Now Hear This..
When a fellow named Twin lotions are in order lor Jim
turned up in the drunk parade al I'uirloy, who h;is been promoted the cop shop. City Prosecutor1"1 lho Position of general man-
.. . ,.,., i i .1 i "gcr nt the strand, Princess ;uul
1'i'tn- Wlltiou asked I he natural startime theatre*
�,uo>tion. Winch hall was m- ' 'c illW) box of accoininoclu-
wearing California plutes, up- lion opposite the bnr In lho club*
parcnlly the property of an dec- rooms Ax�mun is Doug Grunt,
A plastic bomb exploded today- a short distance from Charles dc (iaullc's official residence a lew hours before UiO press conference by the president aimed at salvaging tlio
talks,
The explosion went off in .i building site near one ol i Ii e
inosi heavlly-guai'dotl buildings jn Paris � the Surctc Nalionalo, France's polite detective head" quarters.
Tinv blast caused little damage bul followed the pattern of ,i ci ie- ol explosions In France and Algeria, blamed "ti right-wing terrorists opposed lo any negotiations wnli the Algerian rebels,
Ii came to some u"i) .i � � * j : ti�il* mi pared to Jam Into ll
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MP Criticizes Dairymen For Eating Margarine
OTTAWA (CPI�A Progressive Conservative Ml' from Saskatchewan says some dairy farmers who complain about Canada's mounting butter surplus themselves eat butler substitutes.
K. it. Soulham, Moose Mountain, said in the Commons Monday that "this does not just seem lo be lair"�particularly when organized dairy producers ask the government for subsidies to keep them in the butter business.
WEATHER
foi{i;c.\st
Today's intermittent rain will give way lo a few showers Wednesday, is'ol much change in temperature and lidit winds. Low tonighl and high tomorrow at Prince George, 3G and 48;
into coughing. Under the intensive scrutiny of guards prepared to halt a suicide attempt, Eichman took a white handkerchief from the pocket of his dark grey suit and touched it to lus nose.
Eichmann's defence mounted its case shortly after the pro-
siding judge read out in Hebrew the 5.000-word indictment, charging Eichmann with the mass murder, deportation, persecution and torture of millions of European Jews.
"Are you Adolf Eiclimann?" the judge said to the professorial-looking figure in the glass-enclosed prisoner's dock.
".la Wohl," Eiclunann answered in German, standing at attention.
Defence lawyer Servatius challenged the way Eichmann was abducted from Buenos Aires (Continued on |�ug� ."{)
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Prince <; eorgc .".1 .'!7 .01
Terrace 10 -III .00
Smitliers III 35
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Williams Lake in 38 .13
Kamloop; 55 �i:{ .02
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Fort Nel son 20 15 .:;<>
Fort St. John 22 .10
Magistrate Reluctantly Dismisses Driving Charge
Apparently an accident Is tlx1 essential element of driving Without due care and al Lcntloil,
Magistrate G. O. Stewart > from Culgury and from the parent linn, Doiniiiiuii ;
lomiil ll .ill JJOlia . . � urn,.nun in ami Uii'micuJ, at .UotiliuuJ.,
NO ACCIDENTS SINCE 1901
SLA ihiiVii.i.K, Twin (AP) Thin little town In tin1 shadow ni the Great Smoky Mountain* which hasn't had .i traffic futullty sluco II wm incorporated in idol today eolobruteel "iid yenru ol safety .mil nroBroit."
m;\, him mi;i:i rn
itv nr:i{\K i; fiohkims ( iti/i'ii Stall Hrportrr
'�Canada is Christian ill name only," uccordlnfi I" Minn- Lake United Church minister ROV, Tom Mercer.
K>'\. .Mercer was interview-cd hero during a current I'll aching iius.-iun throughout I he ( lll'lboo prc.'.byicry \^ Illcll i taking him to such ueuticrcd poll � qh 100 Mile House, Mo Hndc and Smltlicrs.
Ulnboratlng, he hhIcJ: "Thfro Ii u pi cudO'Clifluilsn morality which kcch people cnlllnR llicuiHClvcti r'hi'i.''tiiins but .if niaiiy livlns by Inwji of inu-
lorlltllHin and, In many ca.-es, outright poganlMnii"
CjuoHtlonecl about n rovlvnl niovonioni reported inovlnH
IICl'O I ( anaihi, be irpllrd, "If there I a revival on, I am not a .wire in n, ii a revival woro
In jin-tiii.,. we wuuld
have prcater evidence of ii ihrough more faithful attendance -it church services, increased partlcijiutton In inid-vvcok prayer and study groups, ami more people would come forward as lay leaders and uh candidates for the ministry.
"Vice would be noticeably reduced and Improved per* sonul slundul'ds would accompany u real spiritual awakon* Ing."
When atked n ihr ChrlbUon Church held ,i positive purl if� play in reuchlng tion-ChrlmlHti piemen in in our hoclcty mid,
II ii, llOW, Ml', .Mercer HUltl In1 belles cd the church bad u part tn play and that "all lni'ius Of
uvtinHollHin intiKi bo omploj od
l>> In I]) men lo HOO thill .Ji'.-U� -
Chrlat la roul, vital and ullvo In man',-, dally tiffulrn,
"Tho power f ! iu Motor \'cliii lea Acl replaced ilia former "reckless di'ivlng" cation.
I'l'icncr counsel Ilarper CJrci n presented no evidence.
.Miller w;is also acquitted nf consuming llciuor in a public [ilnce. Ho was charged with drinking from u boi tlo of �hi* koy while in his car ui Nukko Luka dunco hall parkins lot, 'COMMON KK.NSK1
f'olii o ,-iiij they vuw him 1111 the bottle lo hi - f�cc while ihny were unprouclilng tho oar, but hoi uctuully lake ,i drink,
"Common uonnc Lolla mo y�u woro drinking that niwin," uld MnglHtruto Stowort, "howovoi'i thore'i (i doubt In niv ml ml."
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