SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
Macs' Len Fitzgerald pitches no-hit no-run game, against Canadian Legion.
..� Giants dump Reds.twice to climb to within .five.games of. first place.     .      -...���
Talkative Frank Lane ousted from baseball .by team's owner. (See Page 4.)
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Dreaded lightning strikes overnight touched off 11 spot; fires in'the Prince George Forest District taxing aerial -and manpower resources of frantic forestry officials.
The situation prompted a forestry spokesman to use a double superlative in describing the hazard as
"critically extreme."
He added: "If we can't catch these new fires soon enough they can result in major blazes of which we haven't the facilities to fight." SUMMIT  LAKE
Five of the new fires were in the Summit Lake area, 30 miles north of here. Three others were in the  Fort St. James district,
IT'S CONFUSING, EVEN AMUSING
BURNS LAKE (Correspondent) � Village residents are simultaneously amused and angered over continuous reports that Burns Lake is surrounded by fire guards.
They are amused because the fire closest to Burns Luke is 20 miles away and the only fire guard � between Day Lake and Maxan Lake � is not within five miles of the highway.
They are angered because news reports emanating from Vancuver and reported on the radio suggest tourists are being enlisted to fight blazes and that the village is virtually surrounded by hungry flames.
Asked one visitor from Mexico City who was en route to the famed resort area: "How do we gel through the fire break that surrounds  Burns  Lake.?"
The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North-Central British Columbia
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PRINCE GEORGE,  BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23,   1961
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65 miles northwest, and the other three scattered throughout the parched forest district.
MINISTER LEAVES
Lands ami Forests Minister Hay Williston, who was here Monday and Tuesday presumably inspecting the fire situation, wiis not available for comment before returning to the lower mainland early today.
Nfld. Town Struck By Fire, Gander Partially Open
ST.   JOHN'S,   Nfld.   (CP)   � Forest fire co-ordination head quarters   here   reported   todu th;il   10 homes, a garage witl a I ruck In it and a .store were destroyed in a forest fire tha invaded    the    northeast    eoas town  ol' Carmanville  Tuesday night.       �
Women and children of the town of nearly 1,000 were evac uaied about two weeks ago Flames, a constant threat ti. the town lor more than two weeks, charged in Tuesday night under a 15-mile an houi northeast  wind.
At evacuated Dlggln Cove, near Carmanville, a slight .switch in I lie wind was npor-ri\ io have saved Ihe home's alter flames approached to within  150 yards.
.Meanwhile officials -aid rain
dining tin' night arid damp, overcast weather today helped calm the Gander fire.
The huge International airport was in operation to emergency flights and plane- car* mng equipment, urged not to use tini i aily today ind at their own
rying fire-fi Airlines wer the airport, were free to risk.
Meanwhile, the 45,000-acre Grove fire 12 miles east of the city, continued to provide the greatest concern as firefighters battled against a serious outbreak on the southeast corner between Frost Lake and the Willow River.
"C rews were hammering away at it all night but we don't know what progress they've made," the spokesman said. "We're concentrating most of our power there." He said it was burning in a jackpine flat and "went like a missile" when it blew up. GUARDS  HOLD
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ISLAND TOP
. Prospecting Record Level
A record amount of mineral prospecting in the province this summer is expected to increase the value of B.C. mining by an additional $70,000,000 next year
Increased activity in this section of the province was attributed mainly to a flurry of prospectin touched off last March by a Department of Mines report of a major asbestos find southwest of Prince George. However, there have been no reports to date of discoveries of commercial value.
said
NEW OFFICERS elected Tuesday at the final session of the provincial convention of the Catholic Women's League were installed by Most Rev. M. A. Harrington, DD., (left) Bishop of Kami oops and provincial director. Members of the executive are: Seated�Mrs. James Millar, secretary, Kamloops; Mrs. P. J. Carrol, second vice-president, Tappen; B.C.; Mrs. Arthur Smith, first vice-president, Victoria; and Mrs. D. N. Palumbo, third vice-president, Prince George. Standing are Mrs. J. V. Carberry, president, Penticton; and Mrs. V. J. Chaput, treasurer, Dawson Creek.                                         �Vandervoort photo
WORLD HOTSPOTS
Blasts Hit Paris, Algeria
Thief Hid
LONDON (if) � Detectives be-leve that the thief who stole lie $392,000 Goya portrait of he Duke of Wellington hid with for more than 12 hours in Britain's National Gallery, then
alked out with it under a top-oat or in a briefcase.
The 19th-century masterpiece, entre   Of   a   British American
�ntroversy over its ownership artier this summer, was taken   low
oni   its  place   in   the  gallery [onday   night.   The   theft   was iscovercd    Tuesday    morning fter  the  gallery  opened,   and olice today apparently had no to  its whereabouts or the identity of the thieves.
PARIS (Reuters) � A new wave of terrorist bombings erupted in Paris and Algeria during the night, reviving tension over the French government's Algerian policy.
Twelve bombs exploded in Paris, damaging apartment blocks and the homes of prominent Frenchmen. Two more ex plosions were reported from small towns near Paris and another went off at Toulouse in southern France outside an office of the French radio network.
Another 12 explosions rocked Algiers and its suburbs and six bombs went off in western Algeria.
Seven persons were reported injured in the explosions�four in the community of Paray-Ne-ville-Poste near Paris and three in Algiers.
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Jagan Confirmed
GEORGETOWN, British Guiana   (Retuers)   �   Dr.   Cheddi Jagan, who some-fear may fol-strong   pro-Castro   line,
motorcade from his constituency at Corenlyne East for a hero's welcome. British governor Sir Ralph Grey was expected to invite him to form a government  immediately.
Jagan, 43 - year - old Chicago-trained dentist, is expected to seek early United States aid under the Alliance for Progress.
and his left-win'; People's Progressive Party walked off with 20 of 35 seats in the new legislature when the final ballots were counted Tuesday night from Monday's general election, .lagan headed here today in a
'SCARED STIFF'
Orthodox Doukhobors Set Guards Against Terrorism
TV Governors Demand Sponsors 'Buy Canadian'
OTTAWA (CP)�The Hoard of Broadcast Governors wants Canadian television advertisers u> pour more money into sponsoring Canadian shows.
Dr. Andrew Stewart, BBG chairman, announced Tuesday the board proposes to assist Canadian TV stations increase their Canadian program content by requiring an advertiser who purchases a non-Canadian program to buy equal participation in a Canadian program. lie said a meeting of national advertisers, advertising agencies ami the CliC and the new private television network will be called next month to dis-CUSS the plan.
The board Tuesday began a week-long hearing on proposed i new regulations it has drawn | up to control radio i>ro.nica.it-1 Ing, Including a new formula for broadcasting commercials. ituii Jamicson, president of
But he said during the campaign that aid, whether from the United Sates, Britain or Russia, "will be without committal of any sort."
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'Could Easily Argue'
NEW DELHI M�Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament today "the Soviet and East German authorities could easily argue that they can control the movement from East to West  Berlin."
Thus in his first comment on the question of Soviet sealing off of East Berlin he appeared to come down on the side of the Russians and oppose the Western view.
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Driests on  Trial
HAVANA Ml � The Cuban government has asked prison erms of 10 to 30 years for 74 >ersons, including two Roman Catholic priests and a number of students, charged with plotting against the regime of Prime   Minister   Fidel   Castro.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Ml �The United States orbited a satellite launch platform today but it failed to fire a second payload into space as planned. A 102-foot Atlas-Agena rocket roared off from this test centre at 3:04 a.m. PDT. The entire Agena second stage was to have whirled into orbit and at the proper time a 675-pound pay-load called Ranger I was to have been ejected toward deep space.
But 2Vi hours after launch, test officials indicated all was not well.
James Burke, Ranger project manager, said all radio communications had been lost.
The last affirmative word, some 50 minutes after blast-6ff, had been that the second stage of the big booster had fired on schedule a second time, after cutting off as planned for a coasting interval. The second firing was to have injected the package into orbit for the launching of the piggyback rider.
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Rupert Shares In Big Japanese Log Market Boom
VANCOUVER (CP) � The booming Japanese market for logs has produced new business for ihe port ot  Prince Rupert.
During the next two years 50,000,000 fi'ei of hemlock, BprUCC    and    cedar    |ni;~    from
Massed Inlet on Graham Island, the most northerly Island in the Queen Charlottes, will be shipped to Japan,
The togs are <>n scrub land ami i ii ii ot high enough Quality for conversion In the province in dic>.mm| lumber.
The Inlet Is loo ihallow fo*r dcapsca ships and tho logs must bo transported to prince Rupert,
Reulher Scorns Big-3 Offers As Inadequate'
DETROIT 'Al') � Walter P. Reuther Is snubbing the bin three car makers and courting little American .Motors Corporation in the home stretch of labor con tract negotiations In the auto industry.
The UAW chief's strategy I appeared today to be to persuade American  Motors  to im-
I prove on Its profit-sharing offer, make a quick settlement with AMC and then use it to pry out from General Motors, Ford and Chrysler something better than they offered Tuesday.
Reuther called the hin three offers � identical except in minor detail � "woefully Inadequate."
Driest August Just Days Away
Normally August Is tho u ettcst month of the year in tin- Prince George area.
ii the current weather pat-lorn continues, a new record will be let. The last measurable prcclpll itlon fell hora on July 28,
Lowest August precipitation recorded wai In 1830 w hen only ,20 Inches ol ' lin fall was recorded, in August
Mines Minister Kiernan in Victoria Tuesday that Vancouver Island has been one of the most active areas for mineral exploration.
Prospecting activity is double that for the same time a year ago and "miles ahead" of the 10-ycar average, he said.
"There are no spare geologists, mining engineers or prospectors around anywhere. This is an attack oh a broad front throughout the province, triggered in part by Japanese interest in minerals."
Mr. Kiernan said mineral production this year was expected to top last year's $179,000,000 "unless all our markets go completely sour."
Figures released to The Citizen today by the mine recorder's office in Quesnel show a considerable increase in activity over last year.
Number of free miner's certificates issued to the end of July was 985, compared with 625 for the same period in I960. Mineral claims staked for the same period were 2,000, compared with 210 last year. These were largely a result of the asbestos rush.
There were 81 placer mining leases granted to the end of July, compared with only 37 for the same period in 1960.
Art Nelson, deputy government agent at Quesnel, said today there is still considerable asbestos activity in the Sovereign Lake area, east of Quesnel, and in the Williams Lake and Kleena Klcene areas.
"There has been so much activity," he added, "it's very difficult to keep an accurate figure of the actual amount of claims staked."
Thomas Elliott, manager of the B.C. and Yukon Chamber of Mines, said more than 750 geologists and prospectors are out in the field and more than $5,000,000 would be spent on prospecting this summer.
"This is a record year for prospecting in the Pacific Northwest," said Mr. Elliott, "it extends right into the Yukon and the Northwest Territories."
Major eastern Canadian, U.S. and    British     companies    arc ! among those taking part in the exploration program.
Among the finds so far reported is a large copper discovery on the Stikine River, some �100 miles northwest of Prince George. This waa located by an American company.
There has also been extensive staking of copper claims in the ! Katnloopi area.
JOHN MclNNIS . . . tops in B.C.
PG Queen Scout Wins Silver Medal
John Mclnnis, 14-ycar-old son of Dr. ana Mrs. John Mclnnis of Prince George, has just received word that he has won a silver medal from the Royal Conservatory of Music.
John, who had a mark of 88 in his exams, tied with three other B.C. musicians for top honors in the province.
John has been studying piano for seven years and has passed his grade 8 exams. His teacher is Mrs. Georgina Williams, ATOM.
This year John also became a Queen's Scout and attended Scout Camp in Ottawa.
Mrs. Williams reports that this is the fourth time one of her pupils has won the silver medal award.
U.5. Gamblers Flee to Canada
WASHINGTON i.M'i � U.S. Senators woe told Tuesday that New York city gamblers fled to Canada and set up shops there when things �oi too hot for them in their usual U.S. haunts.
Goodman A. Sarachan, chairman of the New York Slate crime commission, told t li c Senate Investigations subcommittee that this Is one reason why he would favor enactment
of  tougher  federal   laws.
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make   il   ;i   federal   offence   to
cross a state or national border '.I further racketeering enterprises,
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