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Vol. 5; No. 125
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1961
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Council To Hear
Industrial Development Commission Chairman Harold Mof-fat's reply to charges the commission has overstepped its bounds by proposing to spend $500 on a preliminary traffic, marketing and planning survey of the downtown area was to be heard by city council today.. Mr. Moffat's reply, contained in a sealed letter, was to be presented to council by Mayor Garvin Dezell.
Mr. Moffat was to reply to charges by Aid. Harry Loder that the IDC � and particularly Mr. Moffal � contravened the com mission's constitution by un-de"taking the survey.
Aid. Loder, in a recent closed committne-of-the-vvhole mcetin said, "The constitution of the In dusti'ial Development Commission definitely confined its activities to industrial development; Local problems of local development were not within their terms of reference."
He had requested councillors who are members of the com mission to "draw (his to the at lention of the chairman (Mr, Moffat)."
Aid. Loder contended Monday that "the Industrial Development Commission was set up to promote industrial development in the city and district.
"When it enters into town planning, it is overstepping bounds. There is so much work to be done in industrial development that this should be left to someone else."
Mr. Moffat, in explaining his position, said today "If it's good idea to plan the city, it's only smart to, plan the business district.
"We want to attract large be partment stores hen> but they are only interested tvw in the side of TlMrd ^jronvriifjids Bay Co. to Woolworth's.
"By planning we could get these stores to build elsewhere along our two main business streets."
TEACHERS ANGERED
chool Postings ome Under Fire
SPECIAL SECTION
Included in this issue of The Citizen is a special section illustrating the development o f Prince George and North-Central B.C. from the time Simon Fraser came to the area to the present.
Failure of school board to circularize two school administrative positions among local teachers has led to criticism from the local teachers' association and revamping of the board's policy regarding administrative
REGISTRY
l-AT TURNER of the tourist bureau here examines an iron used by a pioneer woman in the area and undoubtedly wonders how anyone could have mastered housework in the "good, old days." The iron is one of many household articles and other links with the past in the collection stored in the chamber of commerce building and owned by the Prince George Historical Society. In the background are rifles used.by pionaers in the area. �Vandcrvoort photo
MERE CLERK ROLE
Eichmann Draws Laughter
JERUSALEM (Reuters) � A hushed courtroom burst into laughter today as Adolf Eichmann characterized himself as a mere clerk nimble to do any-
Italian Jewish woman to a concentration camp despite protests by Italy's Fascist regime. The court was still and si-
Douglas Agrees to Go For New Party Top Job
TOM31Y
no campaigning
RKG1NA (CP) � Premie T. C. Douglas announced to day lie will allow his nam to stand for 'the nationa leadership of the New Party His said lie woultl not cam paign for the leadership.
"1 have always said the job would seek the man, no the man the .job," 'ho wairl.
Mr, Douglas said, "1 seems to me that the issues ul slake today arc so vita to t lie people of Saskatche wan; whose cause J have championed for more t han a quarter of a century, that I must do everything I can to ensure that there be successful launching of the new party."
He said his decision was "not taken lightly" and that his natural inclination would be to stay in the provincial field,
Now Hear This...
The word Conservative may be loosely interpreted as "take tilings .slowly" and perhaps that's why it look Prime Minister John Dicfenbaker until yesterday to send CODgratj) to Granny Seymour, whose 109th birthday was .lime 5. "May I join your many friends in extending heartiest congratulation* on your receni L09th birth-day." the 1 *AI said. "My hope-is that happiness and content* mcnl may bo youra In full measure in the dayi ahead"
i in' following Is Bubmlttod is general Information bj the PO Simon Priior r>*y committee: ,v, ovcryono can imagine, tin* phj: i>'iii effort expended by the racers im Saturday'* cinoo race from Forl -S| Jatnoi to PO i js HO Kieat it rodUCCI their iihillty to know what in uoiiitf on around them. Motor boatl cum cross their path mid run uloncxidi' Hi"1 canoes without
the piddlon knowing It. In Mich a situation they can take iKi action lo protect I he him-I vet* mid may bo in dingor of Hwiimi'lni: mul porhtpi �'l drowning Intercited bool own ,i, .mil tlifl public are ih'ir j,,,,. requested i<� k�ep well uwuy from Uio cauoci. during
the race. And in case voluntary Cooperation isn't enough, the KCA1P has issued a warning that police patrols will watch the situation and take any necessary action to ensure safety . . . Tickets for the Simon Fraser Day Queen'* Ball, held Friday evening in the Hotel Simon Fraser, are on sale until Thursday night and may be obtained from Mrs. Dean Hill, Mrs. Jean Loder, and Ray Newman at Carmich-el's Men's Wear. Tickets will not be available at the door And still on the Big Day, Aid. M.niv Loder can shaVO
nn time now and still be id bucks ahead, B.C. Tel Maintenance Foreman Ooo Champion, with whom Harry had .< br.ini length bet, shaved in* oil last mij:Ii'i with the cscu.se he had to fly down lo Vancouver today . . . Favorite sonn of 5*year>old
Carol McLood In the old refrain
"Rye whisky. Rye Whisky, If
I dim't kcI pyo whisky 1 surely Will die." So when Father Blain McLood re entered the car yen-lorday niter buying n mickey
.ii tiic ien, enrol talced it iicM bough) rvr whisk) Told "yen," In i oinmt'titrd: "Thal'i. good, daddy; uow you won't die, will you?" . , ,
lent as the former SS lieutenant-colonel told in his own word's' flie tragic story of 'the Italian woman identified oivly as Kotsi.
ButJj}.v.i.k'h'"�;r'emoted un;u the spectators�Triclucling ; mer concentration camp p'r oners�when he said: IX KKEPINO
"1 myself did not order transfer of the Jewess Kotsi a concenitrution camp . . only transmitted orders."
This was in keeping w Eichmann's steadfast theme his testimony here that he w a mere cog in the machine of Nazi bureaucracy.
As ISichmann. made his niaj of responsibility for t
Japanese Looking At Iron, Copper, Kiernan Reports
VICTORIA (CD � M i ne ninistcr Kierrian said toda lapaneso interests are consi
ring substantial investmen n exploring, mining and pr cessing iron and copper 01 n B.C.
Mr. Kiernan, who recent! e turned from a three-wee rip to Japan, said Japanes fflclala will come to the prov nee "in the next few months o Investigate opportunities,
He said the best chance's ;i >r exploration investnients,
KDnge iron processing plan
id a copper anode plant.
Trade relationships depeiK
i Japan acquiring raw ma erinls to maintain a standart living more attractive thai lat under comniiinisni, sail
r. Kiernan. 1!.C, must alst lsure an adequate supply ol Ineral reserves al home aiu
stable overseas market, "it seemed the logicol tiling
at they should now give Very
t'loua consideration to set
ng up or participating li nt cornpanles to do part of
processing of concentrates
tins country."
order, presiding Judge Rloshc Landau said it was "not apparent" from the documents that Eidhmann was merely transmitting orders.'.
The c.x-head of the Gestapo'? Jewish department who is charged with complicy in the killing of 0,000,000 Jews replied:
"One document mentions the words 'by assignment.' I was instructed to do it." 'IX VAIN)
Eichmann luul described how the woman was transferred to a concentration camp from the hetto in Riga, Latvia, a n d refused release despite persistent appeals by the Italian government, the Italian Fascist party and even the Nazi foreign ministry,
"It was all in vain," Eich-nann said, "and my depart-nent had to inform the foreign ministry that the Jewess Cotsi had been sent to a con-on t rat ion camp."
Area Asked
DAWSON CREEK (CP) � The B.C. government will be askec to establish a land registry office without delay in the Peace River area.
The request was included among several made here at a meeting of the joint planning and development committee of the B.C. Peace River area.
The committee was established by the chambers of commerce of Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Hudson Hope, Poucc Coupe and Taylor to give the region a single voice in planning and development matters.
Land transactions often are seriously hampered and delayed by inability to process registry work to meet demands of rowth in the Peace, the com-ittcc said":
In another motion, the group requested early action to extend the road from Chetwynd to Hudson Hope, the nine miles required to bring it to a Pcac River ferry crossing point.
The road and ferry link woul give Hudson Hope, on the nort side of the Peace River a direc link with the Pacific Great Eas ern line at Chetwynd.
WILLISTON WON'T BE HERE JULY 1
Lands and Forests Minister Jiay Williston will be unable to attend this year's Simon Fraser Day festivities. The inembcr for Fort George wrote Aurora Queen Committee Chairman Mrs. Dean Mill that his busy itinerary would not allow time attend,
.Mr. Williston returned to Victoria today from Alaska nd will leave at the week-nd for eastern Canada.
He was to have crowned �ueen Aurora IV, Judy
ark.
Policy to Reduce Total of Expectant Teachers Adopted
A new policy designed to re ducc the number of cxpcclan mothers teaching in the Prince George school district has beet adopted by trustees and will go into effect immediately.
Under the new regulations governing maternity leave, a teacher will be required to take leave, without pay, begining at least two months prior to the birth and ending at least one month afterwards.
No maternity leaves will be permitted for the months of September to December inclusive. The board will accept resignations of teachers during June, July and August for maternity �casons but will give special consideration to the teachers' ipplications if they wish to rc-apply after the birth or the child. Earlier policy required that eachcrs take leave one month irior to and one month follow-ng the birth of a baby,
appointments.
The question arose following the appointment of Don Gough as principal of Kelly Road Elementary-Junior High School and A. Reay as vice-principal at Connaught Elementary School. The positions were among some ten filled during the last month and were not circulated among local teachers.
In a letter read to the board, Dave Eldrcd, retiring president of the teachers' association, told trustees the "extent of dissatisfaction" felt by teachers as a result of the board's failure to circularize the positions warranted the association bringing the matter to the attention.of the board.
Defending the board's action, District Superintendent Ken Alexander said the appointments were made without advertising among district teachers because it would have been im possible to fill the positions be fore the end of June (deadline for teachers moving) if time had been taken to circularize them when there were so many vacancies to be filled.
Trustees adopted the district superintendent's recommendation that teachers in future be circularized early in May to find out how many arc interested in administrative positions and that those interested be considered for administrative openings as they arise without further local advertising.
Policy up to now has been to circularize each administrative position among district teachers as it became open.
School trustees, who got their knuckles rapped by the association for failing to circularize several administrative positions, did some knuckle-rapping in return when they discovered the letter cirlicizing the board was written on school stationery.
Trustees directed that a letter be written lo the president of the association pointing out objection to the use of school board stationery and personnel for conducting association business, as well as to teachers' usr-of school stationery for personal
DR. G. P. EVANS, assistant director of the Cariboo Healt Unit here for the last fou months, has been appointc director of the Skccna Healt Unit. He will take up hi new post Aug. 1. Dr. am Mrs. Evans and their si children will move to Princ Rupert next month. His re placement has not been nam cd.
reasons.
District school principals will also be informed of the board's feeling about the use of school Facilities and equipment for anything other than school business.
WEATHER
A record low was set Tuc.s-
ay night when the mercury
Iropped lo 33 degrees. 1'rev-j
ous low for the date was 351
degrees set in 1951.
FOKECAST
Sunny with cloudy periods] nd occasional showers Thurs- j . Little change in tempera-tire. Light winds. Low tonight nd high tomorrow at Prince eorge and Smithcrs, .'tfi and i
19-Year-Old Says He Didn't Murder Uncle Near Ruper
LAS VEGAS, Nov. (/PI � teenager charged with 'him geoning his uncle to death Port Edwards near Princ Rupert signed papers waivin extradition Tuesday anil nuiin tajned ho Is innocent of mm tier. ' �
Thomas Clifford Brown, l!J of Klcmtu, is Jieing held her on suspicion of being a homi eide fugitive.
Sheriff's deputies are await ing a murder warrant beinfe sent from Canada.
Brown gave himself up Mon day and told detectives he saw Edwin Douglas, 'tf, dying. Hut the youth denied the killing. He said he walked into his uncle's bedroom and found him-lying fatally injured from blows to the head. Brown fled nd hitchhiked through the western U.S.. ariving in Las Vegas last week.
PCM I' at Vancouver said a party will leave here in the next couple of days 'to pick Brown.
; at Qucsncl, Lust 21
rime George Terrace smithcrs Juesnel
Williams Lake (ainloops
HI and (iS. Hours Mi
Lo prec. 33
35 40
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VANDALS STRIKE DOG POUND HERE
Vandals have struck again at the city dog pound.
Windows, insulators and a flood light were smashed by rocks, There was no estimate of damage.
Two dogs were stolen from the pound on the weekend by
thief who broke a lock lo ;ain entrance.
Simon Fraser Events
Following is the schedule of Simon Fraser Day activities during the coming weekend:
FRIDAY
7:40 p.m.�Numbered ping �porgs, worth prizes valued at $5 and $10, will be drain ped from a plane over ittie city.
7:15 p.m. � Job's Daughters Drill Team will perform at Forl George Park.
7:1"j p.m.�Aurora Queen's , entourage will leave Third and George for the park.
S p.m. � Queen Crowning ceremonies In the park.
8:45 p.m.�Stars of Tomorrow show on the park's open-air stage, iln event of rain, it will be held in the Coliseum).
SATURDAY
5:30 a.m. � Northwest. Brigade Canoe Race cotvtest-ar.ls will leave Fort St. James on their 139-mile journey to Prince George. �
11:LSO a.m.�Simon JTrasn) Day parade will leave Ross Crescent, travel clown Ninth, along Victoria, clown Third and along George.
12::5() p.m.�Weather permitting, squadron of jet aircraft -from Comox Air Base will fly-past.
3 p.m. � Fort George Park opens and activities begin.
l:.'50 p.m. � Horseshoe pitch events and tug-o'-war competitions.
2 pirn! � Chain saw bucking contest.
a p.m. � Demonstration of para-dropping and helicopter liiunoeuverabiliiy.
4 p.m. � B. C. Sky Diver*, perform.
fi to 8 p.m. � Canoe race teams .scheduled to arrive at Fort George Park.
8 to i-MO l>.�n. � Second performance ol" Stars of Tomorrow.
!)::)<) p.m. � Judging and awarding of prizes in the beard growing contest.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SPORTS
It) a.m., 1 p.m., 3:45 p.m., 7 p.m. � Baseball at Rotary Stadium ('both clays).
1 p.m. � Prince George Vuto Racing Association an-l stock car races at 'GAItA track (both days).
Second annual Simon Fra-cr Day Open (folE toiirna-n'ent wilL be 'held over the veekehd:
CROP FAILURE A CERTAINTY
Drought 'Pretty Grim' on Prairies
Hy Tin: CANADIAN l'lti:ss
"H looks pretty grim." In these words, Agrlcul* re Minister I. ('. Nolle! of
hewan today dtwcrlb* Hit* pliphl of Prairie I'arin-liii
ready I lie oy ci
ulnm;tm kiijina.v
� . . HIM . I IU1 111',
1 pI'OVllll
lep.lll Ilielll till I
fodder for the prov'
1,000,000 lif.id ol
oattla,
Tiic province hdu y,iU0,uuo
bushels of oats and T.OOO.OOO to 8,000,000 bushels of barley stored In country elevators, bul most of this alcrady has been ordered out, lie said. In addition, there are 18,-
000,000 bushel � ol oata on
ilir i.hip., .ind 30,000,000 but hels ni barley bul nearly �ill ol iin. i. north ol an � a ' weel line Jut i . ouUi of
Bai k.itoon.
The problem i to gel 11ir�
Ired in ihr dnir ,nr.i;, of
�� 'i ii t h o r ii s.i. katchewun
w here It In needed mOflt.
'I'lic dcpartiiicni has called every Meld man In the province i" a n.....tinkr in Reglno
Thursday to nap out plans for the fodder shortage,
Mr. Nolli'l k.HiI bulb AI-1)01 la ami MunltollU have
drouffhi and rodder ||rol> 11 � 11� bul they ai o tioi nourly
�i> orloui ii Nit,k.ii'in'u-,iir.., Provlnolal Asrloultura Mm-
liter i.. ��)�,...� Huttoii o/
.Manitoba said, "We don't want farmers to gel panicky about this tiling. We are hoping Ihey will iiiarkrl entile in an orderly waqnor
Hiid iinl .ill ru:.|i into Hie in ii'kct .i! the �nni' Mine,"
in southern Alberta/ Uio Suffield Experimental Bta-
11,mi ,i | .0 nidi hitc nrr,) vvr. I
of Medicine il h Ha been opened up for gr izinj i�v
; OH ' tl i' IT U0 x < .11'. Bl B gOA �
eminent let Hog ind experl* iiiciii.it area, n la rich in nid
UnihS, IhollKh .short of Wilier
AbOUl 0,000 head of cattle
may be paslured there bill
itrvre Btrlnghonii cholrmon o! the Western Reclamation
\ im i., i ii hi , said the itailon
ould be nly 200
i
nly
Into
which
Illc-Mivrr I'm' dl operaloi �."
:ii11- for collie
one re mil ul .i
iidlll'iii rMi'iidni.'.
toutii ww i i Bi
xi i| curly bi |.j..l
Gordon Brown, Regina dls�
trict farmer and veteran crop reporter, estimated Che Canadian I'ralrie wheat yield in 1001 may be down as much �h 200,000.000'bushels, E'ralric wheat production in IU00 w.i � .i!-.!'.!; 472,500,000 bu< . hell:,.
I lie prii. ppc| ol other
r.i'iiiii shortsfic.....Hi prli �.
i" . i .i..>ii.ii highi mi tlie Wlnnlprs (ji'.iiu U.schanj'.e Tuesday,
Nahkiilcliewiiii and M.nillo.
i'.i hove aiiiioiiiici'd |>ragromn of financial asslstanoo to cattle producer! for 'lie
i i.iii -|nii i ni foddor by rail
and truck,
PrltnO Minister Dlcfen-baker hOl iitinoiniced lluil Ihe ledei'ill K' i VI' I' 11111,' 111 w III
help i .ill lenien In illmirlil
,1'v.i i,\ |Myni,: hall the coi i
i>l r||i > N I'C: l�'ii| In I hell' C,|! He >H n| lli'l'illli;: I '.|tl.|c to
wiicre tic'l Ju �)�� nl.ililc
Vending Machines egal on Sunday!
OTTAWA KB �Legal sources y a Supreme Court of Canada !inR that automatic coin-op-ated laundries must close their doors on Sundays, brings into question the operation of other vending machines on Sunday.
The Court Monday I'Uled in an 8 to 1 decision that Sunday op-er.itkm of such laundries is illegal under the Lord's Day Act.
Lawyers lierc said the judgment could affect other types of coin-upemtcd vending machines dispensing such tilings hh cigar* ets, .soft drinks and led.
owcvei, (lie judgment refers only lo iiutonuitic laundries. Individual cases would have to be taken to the courts to challenge the legality t�r other automatic devices.
The lest caso was taken to court by Lewis E. Gordon of Sarntft, OntM operator of an automatic laundry.
DEADLINE NEAR5 FOR TAX RETURNS
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