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Vol. 5; No. 144
'RINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1961
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CITY COUNCIL
Gas Station Growth - Dealers
NCREASES BANKING RATE
LONDON (Reuters) � The British government, in a move designed to fight inflation and protect gold and dollar reserves, has decided to increase the bank rate by two per cent and purchase and excise taxes by 10 per cent of the existing rates.
Chancellor of the exchequer Selwyn Lloyd disclosed these moves in the House of Commons today as tax-weary Britons got the bad news, officially, of a new austerity tax program to curb non-essential purchases from abroad by cutting consumer spending at home.
(See earlier story on Page 7).
THOUSANDS have made use of Fort George Park this summer, one of the most pleasant, weather-wise, that the city has experienced in years. Latest improvement in the park, which the city has been developing rapidly since the 1958 centennial, is the new-type entranceway put up at park gates such as the one above at Seventeenth and Cedar. �Vandervoort photo
PRECIOUS WATER USED
Fire Scars Prairie Town
WILCOX, Sask. (CP� � Farmers around this small drought-stricken community 25 miles south of Rugina rallied with their precious water resources Monday afternoon to battle a grain eWf>*or fire of nndetp>"-mincd origin.
The fire, brought under control at about 8 p.m., destroyed three grain elevators, their four annexes, two Canadian Pacific Railway boxcars and the community curling and skating rink.
Eight homes were damaged, the worst had damage estimated at $2,000. 25,000 GALLONS
ing areas hauled water from their own parched farms to three dug-outs near the town where it was piped by fire engine pumpers to the elevators and nearby buildings. Later, a five-car CPR tank-
2 Charged with Violent Robbery
Two men have been charged with robbery with violence following a third man's complaint his wrist watch was stolen.
Lucien Blais and Romeo \ water shortage hampered j Grenier were remanded without
fighting. Firemen from five other centres, including Regina and Moose Jaw, fought the blaze. Farmers from surround-
plea for seven days at their own request when they appeared in magistrate's court today. Complainant is William Knust.
Council Asks Premier To Ease Unemployment
Prince George Labor Council has urged the provincial government give serious consideration to unemployment during the legislature's special session beginning Aug. 1.
��\Vc know your government contends employment is the responsibility of the federal government hut we fi'<-'l the provincial governments can greatly relievo this growing problem by planning and preparing projects which would
put people l<> work," Jacob Hoist, council president, wrote to Premier Bennett.
Me saul more than 50 carpenters and many laborers in Prince George have not worked .since November, I960, �'Over ii per cent of the work forco m Canada is without work and this .situation will become much graver tins w Inter
train brought 25,000 gallons of water from Moose Jaw. A CPR passenger train picked up another 10,000 gallons from Este-van.
Damage was estimated unofficially at $1,000,000.
An estimated 265.000 bushels of grain was destroyed, worth about $371,000.
The 41-year-old rink, holding a hockey sheet and three curling sheets, was worth about $10,000.
The elevators were insured. DOUSED ELEVATOR
Firemen kept a Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elevator, adjacent to the Patterson building, from burning by dousing it with water.
Rev. Athol Murray's Notre Dame College, 100 yards from the curling rink, was not damaged, although fire threatened or a short time when it burned i hedge behind the college JUilding. Between the hedge ind the college were two 5,000-allon sealed tanks of propane as. Father Murray said. A brisk southeast wind whipped the fire at the start and spread it to the nearby houses and curling rink.
The wind then turned to the west at .'SO miles an hour, fanning the flames and threatening the wheat pool building. Temperature was 91 above.
2,000 RIOT
Eggs/Rocks Hurled As Mayor Defends Parking Fee Plan
PHILADELPHIA (AP)�An angry, jeering crowd of 2,000 persons hurled rocks, eggs and profanity at Mayor Richardson Dilworth Monday night as he tried to defend his controversial S-10-a-year parking fee plan before a public gathering.
Several persons were reported injured, including Councilman Gaetano P. Giordano, who opposes the plan. Giordano, a Democrat like Dilworth, pleaded for the crowd to at
least hear the mayor out. He
suffered a cut eye when hit by either a rock or flying glass in the school auditorium where the mayor spoke.
The crowd smashed the real window of a police car which two arrested boys were placed. Several persons smash* ed live windows of the car of a reporter. Some photographers were roughed up.
All available highway pa men were sent to reinforce 10 regular officers.
Dilworth was led from the stormy meeting by a police cordon. He was driven home where officers stayed on guard overnight.
The outcry of "let's crash it" by a group of 10 youths was reported to have touched off the first violence outside the auditorium. There were about 500 persons inside the auditorium and some 1,500 others outside.
Dilworth, his wife standing by him, declared that be was "going to say what I've conic :.i say regardless <>f what you
City council Monday night was asked to stop granting' business licences to service stations to halt the rapid increase in the number of them in Prince George.
Request was made by the Prince George Motor Dealers' Association in a letter.
Council moved to receive the letter but took no action on it. City Manager Arran Thomson explained later that the city cannot comply with the request as such action would be an interference with free trade.
"These people took their problem to the wrong place. They should have sent their letter to the oil companies. Council can't do anything; that would be interfering with free trade."
The association, made up of all franchised motor dealers in the city, based its plea on the following points1.
� City population is not large enough for stations now in operation, or in the process of being built, to give good service and still operate at a profit;
� Because they are unable to operate at a profit, most stations arc doing mechanical work for which "we do not believe they are properly licenced";
� Service stations in the area change operators in a shorter length of time than is the national average; and
� Property now used by service stations would bring a higher revenue to the city if it were used for other types of business.
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Council granted authorization for sub-division of city industrial
GEORGE PEARKES . . . opened show
SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
Yanks dump Tilers 8-G in senior men's soft-ball battle, retain third place.
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B.C. Lions win first exhibition game with 3S-27 victory over Hamilton in Vancouver.
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Clear Lake Sawmills dump National Motel 13-9 in opening game of best-of-i'ive Big Six Softball final.
DELAYED 6 WEEKS (� ^;.^ ;-
Fall Fair Prize List Due Out by Monday
Prince George Agricultural and Industrial Association President Mrs. Carrie .lane Gray said today prize ist for this: year's Fall Fair is expected to be out by viohdaVi
This is some six weeks later than the pri/.e list VU'blicatibh date last year and two months later than
li.-Gov. Pearkes Opens Festival's Section on Arts
property on First, between Pa-
Return Sought of U.S. Plane Taken to Cuba
JACOB HOLST . . grave situation"
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The city h>S done a Inn1 |ob of paving on Queensway, us lar UK ll lilis gone. Now people are liuj'Mi that council won't forgot
nil about finishing tin* Patrlcis
Intersection, ind before motor-M* Iihvc lo Mint paying for car repairs due to the remain
Ing roiie.li spots . . . And still
mi Hie subject ni progrcMi the
Ocicifellowk me giving their
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tin n l.iwn nil l,iiiebei' till' �'V
terlor Improvement would be
roltiplflr . , .
IK'Ml' have nuked for par onti' cooperation in keeping children with o>karts off the
itfQOtl (�ti city itroota utitt n Hum her ni youngsters, particularly I
mound the CiexctMlU, have bi en
w.iimil b\ police during the
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others wore u< i.. i. f Fidel Castro's revolution.
A spokesman said the embassy hoped to gel tin1 Amcri-CBnS aboard a Pan American 111�� 11r to Miami today but so far hadn't been able lo get the necessary permission because all government agencies wore clos< ed until Friday for the an-
mveisiiiy colebrstlon,
The Eastern Air Lines prop* tot Electra was on a flight from
Miami to Taiiipii. Neu Orleans and Dallas Mondii) with :; i pah 'ft iiml a
(iliine lllilenn Hie I lilted Slulm tin iin in cr nlH CiiIihii I'l.uii�'.
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The passengers and crew were belnu held uiuIit iIum* p�-hi e Hiiiini .mil reporters were prevented from talking to them Reporters *�w them from � dU itinre win ii iiu-s landed �t Mm
Juk� Mail! airport Mon-
one appeared to injured in the inci-
day and no I have been : dent.
It was not known where the
i passengers and crew- were be*
( ing held. Nor was there any
i due to the identity of the gun-
man who hijacked the plane.
tricia and Kingston.
The eight-acre block of land, originally offered for sale in one chunk, will be put up for public auction after it is subdivided.
Land was subdivided into 15 lots, ranging in size from 16,-900 square feet to 26,800 square feet and in price from $4,400 to $8,400.
Council will attempt to sell the lots in a public auction, but will consider leasing lots for a proposed 10 per cent of the selling price per year if a demand arises.
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A Citizen Publishers and Printers Ltd. request for closure of George, from Third to Fifth, for eight hours July 28 >r Aug. 4 was referred to the Wednesday council meeting.
Council has asked the firm to solicit opinions on the proposed closing among merchants who would be affected.
The letter asked the city to Close the street from 2 to 10 p.m. for the purpose of promoting George Street business. Rotary Pipe Hand would perform and street dancing would be held during the eight hours. "This seems to be a worthwhile effort," Mayor Garvin Dezoll said, "but we can't afford to get involved between two groups Of merchants, those on Third and those on George. "I would be interested lo see how this works and it could be a trial effort in something that would stimulate trade. Hut we Can't get involved in Ibis. How will it affect the rest of the city?"
VANCOUVER (CP) � After two weeks of international movies and a spectacular 10-day military tattoo, Vancouver Festival goers turned Monday night to the theatre, the serious business of the city's annual cultural jamboree.
Lieu tenant-Governor George Pearkes declared open the "arts" section of the fourth Vancouver International Festival from a balcony outside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
A crowd turned to watch the festival flag broken overhead as trumpeters sounded a fanfare.
The crowd then surged into the big theatre for the opening performance of the New York City Ballet's six-night run.
The audience demanded five curtain calls after the final ilecc, Western Symphony. This was performed before a backdrop of a wild west town to cowboy music but with costumes and movements in conventional ballet style.
There was a full house audience of more than 2,800.
normal.
Mrs. Gray said she was unable to explain the reason ft lelay in this year's prize 11s But she added that one reaso is the Increase in prize monc: Copies of the prize list wi be sent to McBride, Pouc Coupe and other Peace Rive centres, as well as Vanderhoo Fort St. James and variou other area communities.
More than $25,000 has beei budgeted for this year's Fal Fair by the association, th largest amount in the liistor of the fair. More than half o the budget will be used a prize money.
Prize money in this year's livestock division alone will be $900 higher than last year.
Rodeo and racing prizes wil total about $5,500, a large in crease from last year, she said Mrs. Gray said the increase in prize money will bring the Fall Fair up to Class B standard. "You have to award $3,000 or more in the utility classes to gain the Class B standard," she said. "We just missed it last year."
WEATHER
FORECAST
Sunny with a few cloudy periods In the afternoon. A little warmer. Winds light to
northwest ir>.
Low tonight and high Wednesday at Prince George, 45 and Mi; at Qucsncl, l"i and S5; ;it Srntthcrs, �")<> and 7.*>. Peace River
Sunny and warmer w i t Ii light winds.
Low tonight anil hi�h tomorrow at Grande Prulrle, 15 and 70.
Columbia Progress Made - Wiltisfon
VICTORIA s Ml
Whltehi IIM' 71
Foil N'i ['Isilll i;r>
For; SI . John 70
|).IW Mill Creek 08
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Only One New Forest Blaze Found Monday
Only one new forest fire was reported in the P r i n e e Qcorge Forest District Monday. Light rain and cool nights are credited with keeping the hazard down to moderate.
The now fire, o small blaze in the Wells area, brings to 17
the number of fires burning today, ah are under control
and quiet.
Suppression crows in the district have been cul from
'.)�"> men and live luilldo/.ers to NX men and two bulldOZOrB.
cuts were expected
VERDICT EXPECTED IN OCTOBER
Eichmann Trial Recesses to Aug. 3
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today.
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Big Valley Sustained Yield
I'nil, was cut from 30 mi'ii and four bulldozers to 21 men and two machines Monday.
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