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Vol.  5; No.   140
PRINCE GEORGE,  BRITISH  COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY  19,   1961
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POLICE DRAGGING
Cache
SUNDAYS
Mrs. Jean Sparks stood on the bank of the Nechako River this morning, muddy water lapping at her feet a gulf of six feet and three years separating she anc her estranged husband, and watched as police anc volunteers dragged for the body of her three-year-old son;
Little    Gordon    Sparks    was playing  y/jth  some  other  chil dren   about   8   p.m.    Tuesdf when  lie foil  into the  swirling waters he feared.
A    woman,    identified    as Mrs. Chapman, who was picking berries near her home on the other side of the river spottcc the child's head bobbing in the
PARENTS OF DROWNED CHILD WATCH AS RIVER DRAGGED
WORLD HOT SPOTS
Tunisia Fires on Planes
water and rushed to the near est phone to call the police.
Meanwhile, Gordon's five-year-old sister, Marie, ran home to tell her mother of the mishap.
"His sister said some other children pushed him into the water," a grief-stricken Mrs. Sp&'-ks told The Citizen today. "Gordon was scared of the water, he wouldn't go too near it."
Mrs. Sparks, who lives at 808 George in the Island Cache, has been separated from her husband. Gordon, for the last three years.
Mr. Sparks returned from Kamloops three weeks ago. He, too, stood vigil at the river bank as the RCMP boat plied back and forth, its dragging apparatus . following along the muddy bottom.
Also watching the tragic scene was    a    growing    number spectators, many of them als parents, from nearby homes. One of them   muttered: "That damned river. With a the kids playing around it, it a  wonder more  aren't drown ed."
RCMP were still dragging th river late today.
To Opei
BIZBftTB, Tunisia (AI>) � Tunisian armed forces today were ordered to open fire on foreign planes attempting to fly over the country. The order obviously was aimed at Stopping France from reinforcing the garrison at the big French  naval  base here.
Shortly after four French ob servatiori planes were fired on
As Tunisian troops main tained ;i land blockade around the base to support Preslden Habjfdb Bourgurba's demnn< that the French give ug the Bizerte air-naval station, the government radio announcec the firing orders.
Dief Off on Five-Day Visit to Territories
PRINCE ALBERT 
 --Prime Minister Diefenbaker Kit here Tuesday by plane on what is believed the first visit of a prime minister to the Northwest Territories since 1005.
Mr. Dlefenbaker left to fly to Uranium City, Sask., and then on i<> Ycllowknife, N.W.T.
to spend tin- night.
Sir Wilfred Lauricr was the last prime minister to set foot on Northwest Territories soil, when he participated in Confederation ceremonies for the now pro\ Inccs of Alberta and Saskatchewan in September 1005,
Mr. Dicfcnbakcr Is to spend five days louring the region and the Yukon.
PARIS (Reuters) � Franca announced today it is sending paratroopers to Tunisia to reinforce the naval base at Bizerte
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters)� Premier Abdul Karini Kassem said Tuesday night Iraq woul< not cut off oil supplies b u t would co-operate with the oil companies and the rest of the world on a basis of mutual benefits. He added that cur lent oil negotiations would end next month "definitely in our favor."
Kassem, currently in a dispute with Britain over his claim to the neighboring �oil-rich sheikdom of Kuwait, said there is no reason to cut off oil supplies.
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BERLIN (Reuters) � Him-Ireds of East German Protestants defied the orders of their
Communist   rulers   today  a n il
urhed up In West  Berlin for
he opening of the All-German
�rot es tan I   Church  Congress.
The   East   German   Protes-
ants poured across the border
lespite a warning Tuesday by
Veues Deutschland, the main
rgan of the East German Com-
imiiiiM party, that anyone at-
tending the congress woi'ld i>e
"brought before the law of his
own state/'
New Work Program Welcomed by City Officials Here
JOHN    DIEFENBAKER
.   .   .   following   L.unier
Now Hear This...
if anyone doubts tin* need for the di ii,: pi ii'i i inquiry by Cans
da's Restriclivo Tr�de Practicoi
coniMii-.MiiM. which resumed in Vancouver yottorday, tins item
nI.....hi dlspoll that doubt A local
lad) wont to ono drug itore In re ihii w ecl lo gel n proecrlp lion filled, ��� ordered by hot ,i(.ii(ii   ihe i'ii."maclil 10I an
 <>n the *', pills    I h(
lad) dlsi ov< red later, 6} �� little  supplies
public by the Kitimat Chamber ol Commerce .  � . Incidentally,
Kitimat hits |ust ordered 1 .�mki
more copies of tills special tub
told depleting the facilities tins area (.in offer tmuiMs. Prince (icoii'e chamber uIm> has hhip-
Iu 11   ullt    KOI1IC    I..VH)   copies   mill
liiih ordered another I.immi, and such eoniniunltloM �* 'IVituct, \ aiiileiliooi, FJiiiiis l.iikr .mil 1*1 mi i-   liiip.-ii  imvc iiddillouul
 earth   thai the real tin p pill   i   ihre<  ' enti e�( Ii
Till-   ||   the   Milt   ill   pill   III.it   I mis    hml   |0   IV" lIlOWi   �'     " �'
i, |   d| |hi     > ii   ob  � << props
......  !�. m    .h 1.1 but od  �
.1            Ii.   l)|....... nenlii.il   |     '     i
itlon ill designed to mata Ins public think drug prlcrit are nulls not loo loo luuh <. �
Hi in  In The KUImit S�-�llnel
readi   I 000 < nplei ��' The Pi luce
George Cltiitn'% �......it promo
iioh mpplempnl    Phe I'rlncei
\n,m   which iMe Cittun i.....U h
, .- (oi ihe v^- ��   ��� i Do 11..i.   ol   s.....11 � Dtril   11
li.no   Im-u   di�liilni��>'l   to   Un-
 i'nine Qeorge look* like one "i those poateardi "i ��tt** � wi �    Parliament   Mill   todaj.
l.'.inu-   il   on   IIC.MI'   AnnlhtAttt
Commissioner d. o. ��.....i All
Uiok � .irlrt iunit> iround Iowb s�� it^'c oif tn lludton Hope which �"� � >n
111*'   Hll*'   Hi    till'    \\IM III �    l�nH'�l
hydro  dam.   to  mmim'--   the
Petit Ol�n Holftl whlll 'I'1' r�I< iilur  ni�iiag�'r   |0M  �' UOfl    i �
WEATHER
Cloudy with 0 leu  clear per
lods ami ihoweri In the Prlnc< George and Bul.klcy. Vallej Thursday, Little ch'arigo In tern peraturo, Wind ligiit. iricrea* Ihk Thursday  to southerly L'O.
i.ow  tonight   and   nigh  to morrow at  Prince George, .�
ami B0: BmltheT , B0 and 75,
1..	ml .'I	Hour	M
		III	Lo
Prince George		Til	d.'i
1 oj i Bi .		73	.�'
Silillhel		7H	
 [lnecrlng yards.
The program will covei vork done l)etween Oct. 15 and
Vprll �'!<>. 1 !�('��. the same as last
�ear.    However,    the    program
vas  extended   to   May   ,'tl   last
year   tor   Prince  George   '' �<�
other northern  communities.
The   B.C.  government   pay
25   per   cent   of   payroll   costs
under the program. "There were Indications last
year  that   the  program   would
be  expanded,"  City   Manager
A iniii    Thomson    said    today.
"We'ro glad t" ieo It."
City council won't compile it^   lint   ni   prqptoaed   winter
work projects until September
hi' October( Mr- Thomson said, "so we  don't   know   how  we'll
take advantage of the expanded program."
one oi ihe project! being dlacuiaed by the city for the winter work program Ii do* velopmeni "f 'be Conhaughl inn viewpoint.
Tlil> Is one projei i 'hat will
rcallj '�,. ahead" \i> Thonv ion aald   '"There  Ii  cloarlng
,,,,! i,i,,i w.,ik in in- done up non ni'i we can do it under he winter work program.
VICTORIA CIV-Coin laundries in B.C. can remain open on Sundays without fear of prosecution.
Attorney-General Robert Bon-ner said Tuesday the policy of allowing the laundries to be open for business on Sundays will not be changed�despite the recent ruling by the Supreme burt of Canada. The Supreme Court recently ruled that laundries could not remain open on Sunday in On-ario.
Mr. Bonner ordered his department to look into the case vith a view to seeing whether he ruling also applied in this jrovince.
.Referring    to    the    Supreme
Court ruling, Mr. Bonner said:
"It is-clear that the decision
�ested upon the facts presented
o   the   court   from   the   lower
ourt in Ontario. The  question
f the operation of launderettes
as  a  work  of necessity  under
the exception of the Lord's Day
Act was not raised."
NO-MATCH SMOKE SLATED IN 1962
NEW YORK  times.
Aircraft Seeking 'Steeper' Blazes In Forest District
Aircraft continued patrollin the portion of the Prince Georg forest District south and south vest of here today, looking fo 'sleeper" fires. The sleepers � fires whicl .moulder for several days be ore flaring up � may resul rom lightning storms in the irea Sunday and Monday. "The risk of sleepers is in reasing with every day we on't have rain," a B.C. Fores crvice spokesman said. "Haz rd in that area is still moder te to high."
Only    three   new  fires  were potted in the district Tuesday 11 suspected  lightning strikes nly one of the new fires, how-ver,   was   in  the   area   being a trolled. 1  BURNING The new fires bring to 21 the number now burning in the dis trict.
The eight-acre Tsus Fire near Narrow Lake in the Big Valley Sustained Yield Unit, 40 miles southeast of here,, is only fire still causing forest service officials concern.
The blaze is burning in stands of old cedar and is in a "tremendous" area of unbroken mature timber.
"The fire is burning in pretty rugged country," the forest service official said, "and there a lot of fuel available to it in the area."
The 30-man crew  battling to contain  the  fire was  bolstered jy a bulldozer this afternoon. HIGH  PRIORITY
"The fire is burning in a high >riority area," the forestry of-icial   said,   "and   we'll   be   in rouble if the crew  can't con- j ain it.
"However, the weather should | jive us a break with rain be- i ng forecast."
$5,000
Fall Fair Receives Big Grant
Prince George Agricultural and Industrial Association's Fall Fair has received a $5,000 grant from the provincial government.
The grant, to be used for buildings, was announced in Victoria Tuesday."
The government" awarded grants totalling $2S,.Ii00 to 10 agriculture fairs in B.C., the largest ones to Prince George and the Alberni District Fall Fair which both get $5,000.
Bulkley Valley Agricultural and Industrial Association received a $3,000 grant; the Lakes District Fair Association in Burns Lake, $2,000; and the North Peace River Fair, $1,000. The announcement of the grants came as a surprise to Mrs. Carrie Jane Gray, president of the Prince George Agricultural and Industrial Association.
"We had been told that we weren't to get a large grant this year," Mrs. Gray said, "and hadn't heard anything from the government. This announcement was quite a shock." The local association still hasn't received official word of the grant. Last year the government grant totalled about $'!,-000, Mrs., Gray said.
"We used the money on the barn we built last year. We'll use this year's grant on another new barn we have to build before  the Fall  Fair in Septcm-
We need the third barn as were gelling more entries all he time and last year we were overcrowded. This fair is grow-ng.
"You can see where this $5.-000 will come in quite handy."
The fall fair, an annual event, will be held here Sept. 1, 2 and
this year.
Space Sbof Again Halted by Wealher
CAPE CANAVBllAL,  Flu.
P) � For Ihr .second time, weather today delayed Virgil (irissom's rocket ride into -pace.
('lissom li.ul been in (he apsiilc two hours anil 55 minutes.
GrihHom, 35*yeuiM)ld I'.S. Air Force cnptuiiii was to l>r rocketed toward I lie fringes of space in a 1,1)1(1-pound .space ship named Liberty Hell 7.
Safety First by Name But Not by Practice
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (/Pi � Traffic officers here asked the name ol  a  motorist they had halted for speeding.
Said   the  driver:   "Safety   First."
Then he produced a driver's licence issued to Safely First, C7.
SOME PULVAMIXING LEFT
City's Paving Program Nearing End
Cigaret Causes Mishap; Man Charged in Death
mii.an' Mi � An Italian tnotorlai hu been charged wiih minalauihtM In Ui� doalh <-i an U y�ti oW mrl in an accident blamed �� Uw motorUt'i elgarol
Police, dUekMlni Ihe th�rji�' today, mhi Italo /.��"�. M, Hipped i cigarette frort lha window "' nil ear. Thr elgarol blew bicli Into Inc ear, ninkmu z�>n� i� Hip �<>��. polio* �nl�l He i...i control ol Ihe cir, officer! added, ami rait over
the   llillil
Final portion of Ihe city's
f.;i-Miiie  tiiiii  sireet  paving program � paving of Third,
rom     Carney      to     l.auiiei
YcMeni  � is oxpected   to �egln   Thursday,   according
0  City Engineer inn Jones.
The city Is tptfndlng $120,'
......n   povlpg   and   pulva�
nixing :i total of 11  miles of ity .sheets this Miinnior.
Tin      will    take   cue   � i f our   paving   tin-    \e;ir.   eX<
cepl foi maintenance w "i k ami widening of aomo mt-
llom,"  Mr   .limes Mid,
i M'ici ii- program, the 'it\ ha   paved
ICdmonton, from Tenth to Fifteenth;   Winnipeg,   from
Fifth to eleventh; Eighth, from   Vani 6llV( i    tO   W'lmii.
i'' i Ifteenth from ISdmoiv ton lo FYeeman on the noi th
Idi "i the divided itreeij Seventeenth, from Queen* waj to Taylor Drive; and Queenaway, where It Inter-M'ci� I'nii i. i.i Boulevard and Uonnaughi Drive
The city im� oleo pulva* mixed
1   ""��   from Pifth to i'if-
 i reeman, from Blxth  fifteenth   Harpei   from  to  j� >mi.   ..mi Twen tleth. fr�m Vifiorin iu t>, TI>b   uiy   �ii|l   ha�   Ai.li.
Douwood, Fir, Hemlock and Patricia Doulovard to pulva*
mix  in the Millar Addition. "Only Patricia Is ready for
pulva � mixing,"   Mr.   .1.....
Dllld,   �The   rest   are   Wilting
for 'I"1 storm bowop on Flf* icchtii 10 be finished before
being   pulvu-miM-ii.
"Mut all will  lie done  Hu summer."
The city will also put in iin Qophnll sidewalk on the north side of Tcnthji from Ihe   descents   to   Central.
"We'll do everything we have in our program whoth 11   we havo  toe money 01
r.nt " .Mi. Jonoi aald. "ii tin
|il n|!liini    gOQi    HilK'llti.V   ovel
the budgot, monoy will prob
ably   come   out   ol   tin'   con
tlngency fund." lie    aald    the    program 11<> 111 < 1 in- 1 luhi on omimatot, 01 .1 nine ovei. due 1 1 en�
� ountvrlng >ome unexpected
problem!."
In many CiUtM, hi1 aold  OX'
1 tin.- roadbeda had to be toi n up and 1 new baae < om< pacted, "By inu >iu . our pavemoni   wtii  be itronger
and will last longer." Bxtenatve    reconatructloh
Work   had   to   lie   1,111 led   nut
on   Patricia   Doulovard   \>y
City M "I l\ 11 ew K, 111 ni" 1 I'BHC 11 ew s liiid to VXCBV Bl 0 down    two   feet    in    order   lo
put   in   proper   foundation
 in
Hun i   Ihev
had  to go down .i    mi,irli ,i .
five feet
"I III     \\ .i     lllieS|ieclei|  .ill'I
the en-1 ui ihe work on |V| tiii ��! may be more than we expootedi   Mr. Jonoe   ild
"Our paving program waa a very ambitious our tnla year.   We   excavated   road*
beilh to yet Ii compact! il I'.i c
for our i>.*\nit: in t< .Hi "i paving   mi   exlating   road
to
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I'Unl.ii  N     lltlt	Til, , ..	drop gome 7-.'>,
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Ken   M<	iKenile	elected   president   ol   local
TOUl iiilnu ii	Clwli,	
Mil 1.. \	W M.iiillc	tunilmici.   in  wvvut   luiiiu'i'i-.
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