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The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North-Central British Columbia
Phone LOgan 4-2441      Vol.  5;  No.   156      PRINCE  GEORGE,   BRITISH  COLUMBIA,  THURSDAY,  AUGUST   10,   1961
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HAZARD HITS EXTREME
Invoked Area Forests
PILOT DEAD
SPOT FIRES PUSH BLAZES AHEAD BY JUMPING GUARDS
�Vandervoort photo from PWA plane
GROVE, TSUS FIRES
Some Control Seen Possible
More Fire News Page 3
Who are the people carrying the ball in the fight against monster forest fires in the district?
What has been the progress of the huge Grove and Tsus blazes?
For this and other information on the fire situation, turn to Page 3.
5 Nien to Stand Trial On Rustling Charges
Magistrate G. O. Stewart Wednesday committed five men to trial at (lie fall assizes in December on charges arising from the theft of four calves from t lu- Dominion Experimental Karrn last IVAty.
Ten Crown witnesses, including two police personnel from Regina, testified ut the preliminary healing.
The men iiad earlier elected
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trial by judge and jury. Charged with theft James Bourque, Albert Johnson, Fred Carpenter and Edward Ross. Robert Stewart Is i haivcd with pcwsc^icr of st'oier.  property.
Following theft of the calves, RCMP's intensive investigation included use of a mine detector, electro-magnet and scuba divers in an attempt to find a weapon which was believed to have been used to kill the calves and later thrown in the river.
A Vancouver man who was involved   in   a   light    with   a policeman late Tuesday while | being   arrested   was   acquitted Fri- I,,[  ;i  (hunk   charge   in   magistrate's courl   Wednesday.
Ales Baron got Into a scuffle with an RCMP constable in  the Shasta Cafe.
A police spokesman said today the man was "very offensive" to the officer.
GREAT   DAM
Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River, 4,300 feet long and 550 feet high, was started in 1933 and completed in 1011.
Firefighters were holding their own today in the battle against two huge forest fires burning out-of-control in the Prince George area.
Winds were light Wednesday for the second consecutive day, allowing crews to extend and strengthen guards around the Tsus and Grove Fires. CLOSE  TO  LIMIT
"Today could be the turning point for us," a B.C. Forest Service official said. "If we don't get any blowups today we might be able to start gaining control of the Grove Fire." However, a forest service official said that a new major fire in the district now would be disastrous. "We're spread close to our limit now, I don't � Enemies of Fidel Castro attempted to hi jack a Cuban airliner in flight Wednesday. A gun battle erupt ed on board and three persons were killed, including the pilot and six wounded. The co-pilot crash-landed the plane in a sugar cane field.
As soon as the plane landed, the four or five � remaining bandits jumped out and escaped.
Four of the passengers were among the  wounded.
The twin-engined plane, owned by the nationalized Cu-3an airlines Aerovias Q, had 53 persons aboard.
Five minutes after take-off, the bandits attempted to force heir way into the pilot's cabin ind take over the plane, presumably in hopes of heading for the U.S.
When the crew and t w o guards resisted, gunfire broke nit. Authorities reported the jandlts fired first and one of le first shots killed the plane's aptain,  Luis  Alverez iRegato.
The other dead were one of tie   military   guards,    Silvino Sanchez Almaquer, and one of the   hijackers,  who  was  not identified.
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MIAMI. Fla. (AI'> � A Pan American World Airways DC-8 jetliner landed here late Wednesday night after an 11-hour ordeal in which a gun-waving, wild-eyed Frenchman forced it to fly to Havana. None of the 82 passengers and crew w a harmed.
SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
Findlay Young defeats Matt Briggs to win golf club championship for second year.
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Dunkley    Loggers    default    Senior    Soitball League series to Macs.
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Don Drysdale has big day leading Dodgers' to another victory. (See Pages 4 and 5.)
POWER SITUATION
PRESIDENT KENNEDY announced today that border patrolmen will be assigned to a number of airplanes to guard against new hijacking incidents. As a further precaution. Kennedy said, doors to the pilot's cabin will be locked an^ the key held inside.
BCE Deal Will Breed Mistrust � Ex-Consul
By The  Canadian   Press
VICTORIA � C. Norman Senior, former Canadian consul-general in Seattle, says the B.C. government will be distrusted because of the way it handled nationalization of B.C. Electric.
$1,074 IN TOOLS TAKEN OVERNIGHT
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They are putting in concrete blocks for the walls and pour-Ing a foundation lor a separate building which will house heating and electrical facilities.
The single-storey main build. ing, measuring 218 by no feet,
will be used for instruction in heavy duty and auto mechanics. It will bf mainly workshop
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said classes were not expected to commence before January,
[harge Involving llolen Safe Here Gets Man 4 Years
A 28-year-old city  man  with 10-ycar criminal  record was ntenced to four years in the enitentiary Wednesday for being   in   possession   of   a   stolen safe.
Leonard Conley Hall had earlier pleaded guilty to the charge involving a safe stolen from Canadian Propane (B.C.) Ltd. July 17
He was earlier acquitted of two other charges of actual theft and willful damage of the safe.
Sentenced to 20 months for the same offence was James Alexander Fraser, 28. He also had a previous record.
Peter Anthony Choquettc, 19, was placed on 18 months' probation. It was his first offence. The three men were nabbed by police, hours after the safe was stolen, in a field west of Central. Police had discovered the safe and laid in wait for the men.
Attempts  had  been   made   to pry open  the safe,  which  confined  about $200  cash  and  a number of cheques. The   trio   was  arrested   after .short chase through the bush during    which    three    warning shots  were  fired.
"B.C.'s  credit  has  been  ser iously impaired," he said signed newspaper article here
"American investors are no so ignorant of Canada as to b unaware that the Bennett gov eminent was elected on a plat form of opposing the measure it has carried out."
He earlier criticized the gov ernment for failing to give the public an opportunity to dis cuss the move.
"If this government can up set international treaties, break faith with its own electorate and confiscate private proper ty . . . what assurance is there that it will keep any bargain regarding power ex port that it tries to negotiate?" �     �     *
Lower Power Bills?
SAN FRANCISCO � Premier Bennett said Wednesday his government took over BCE to help industries using power to get lower rates and compete more effectively.
Mr. Bennett, speaking at the opening here of a new provincial trade and travel information office here, said the lake-over had been too recent, however, to say when and if power rates would be reduced. *     �     �
Clarification Asked
OTTAWA � The federal government would like clarification of B.C.'s intentions to develop Peace River power with hopes of exporting it, Finance Minister   Fleming   said  today.
Mr. Fleming said he is still hopeful of agreement for development   of  the  Columbia.
Asked whether the BCE takeover would delay negotiations on the Columbia, lie said: "Only Mr. Bennett can give the answer to that."
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Rossland Eyes Power
ROSSLAND � Mayor Harold
TOP EFFORT PUT INTO SPACE-JFK
WASHINGTON (AP) � President Kennedy said today the U.S. is putting maximum effort into space developments in an effort to catch up with the Russians, who he said are "many months  ahead  of us."
Kennedy said he is satisfied the Russians have put two men into orbit. A reporter had said there is skepticism on the part of some    scientists.
Tough Restrictions On Berlin Travel Forecast by West
BERLIN (Routers) � East ermany today was reported preparing tough new restrictions on travel to West Berlin and West Germany to cut down the low of refugees.
Sources   here   said   the   East German parliament is expected o pass a new law Friday put-ing  some form  of restrictions n  travel  to  the  West  to  stop ic   thousands  of  persons   who flee daily through Berlin.
Well-informed sources here discounted the possibility that the East-Berlin or East-West German borders would be closed.
S. Elmes said Wednesday the city may open negotiations with Trail for formation of a metropolitan power district to take over distribution facilities of West Kootenay Power and Light Co.
He said council is concerned at the prospect of rate increases as a result of a proposed government takeover.
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Disarmament Isn't Interesting to Reds, General Tells Meet
GENEVA PARK, Ont. (CP) � Russia is not really interested in disarmament at present because it feels it is in a strong position, General Sir Geoffrey Bourne said Wednesday night. Gen. Bourne, commandant of the British Imperial Defence College in li)58 and 1959, assessed Russia's feeling on the basis of the Soviet walkout from the Geneva disarmament conference last year. He said the Russians didn't even listen to the American plan.
He addressed the annual conference of the Canadian Institute  on   Public   Affairs  here.
Gen. Bourne Indicated the. Russians may feel tln>y arc ahead of the west in the nuclear field and said it definitely is ahead in conventional armament.
Until the West caught up, RUSlil probably would continue to he disinterested in disarmament. In the meantime, it would continue to make threats.
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