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Vol. 5; No. 168
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1961
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SEARCH UNDER WAY
MAMMOTH PUMPKIN will, make a dandy jack-o'-lantern on Hallowe'en for David, .'!, and Len, 5, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Storey of 1805 Larch. Grown in the family garden, the pumpkin weighs two ounces less than 30 pounds. Also taking a keen interest in the growth of the huge vegetable is the boys' dog, Spot. �Vandervoort photo
$386,000 BID SUCCESSFUL
Firm Gets School Job
Dangerous Detonating Caps Reported Stolen
Five electric detonating caps, described by RCMP as vo'-y dangerous tc htr'dlpj v.crc reported stolen from a -dynamite magazine in the Central area belonging to Northern Hardware.
Thieves broke heavy padlocks to gain entrance.
The theft occured sometime in the last month but was only noticed on the weekend.
Court Hearing Is Next In Big Union Squabble
SUDBURY, Ont. 'CPi�A court ! maxed when an estimated 4,000 hearing Wednesday is expected j persons turned our on two hours' to provide the next round in the ' notice to hear the Sudbury ex-
flghl between the national office of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (Iml.) and its 17,()0()-meml)er Sudbury local � a fight which burst Into violence during the weekend.
Trouble s t a r t e d Saturday when members of the national executive, .armed with a court injunction, took over the Sud-bury district offices and appointed an administrator to run the local.
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j ecutive plead at an open-air ; rally for calm in the days ahead.
Don Gillis, president of the huge Local 598, told the cheering crowd:
". . . They may close the j gates of East Berlin, but I'll be damned If they'll close the doors of Mine-Mill hall to the members oi Local ,r>98."
The injunction taken out by the national executive expires Wednesday. Until then, it restrains the local from interfer-in with William Kennedy, a member of the national executive who was named administrator of Local '.!>�.
A hearing on the continuation Of Iho Injunction is .scheduled
w ednesday,
Contract for construction of a two-storey classroom addition to Prince George Senior High School has been awarded to a Vancouver firm. The bid of $386,000 was the lowest of three. Work on the new wing, which will double the Dresent number of classrooms to 32, is expected To start almost immediately School District Superintenden Joe Phillipson said today.
Successful bidder was Burns and Dutton Concrete and Con s'.ruction Co. Ltd. of Vancouvei and Calgary.
The other bids were: A. W Gillis Ltd. of Clov.erdale, $404, 500, and C. J. Oliver Ltd. of Vancouver, $-10.1,000.
Estimated cost of the addition was $440,000. It was a ma jor item on a building referendum passed by ratepayers last December.
No completion date has been set on the project but the wing will go into use in September, 1962.
"On the basis of our current growth rate," .said Mr. Phillip-son, "It is indicated the addition will take care of our classroom needs for the next five years."
.Number of students in the high school as at .lime uas \'.)2. It is anticipated the new addition will bring student capacity to about 800, Mr. Phillipson said.
IN ear-Naked Woman Seen on Bridge Here
Anything can happen in Prince George on a weekend and it d.d Saturday.
A f.-cight t-ain f;om McBride was crossing the Eraser Bridge at 3:30 a.m. Saturday when a brakeman spotted a nea. naked woman walking along the tracks.
She stepped out of the way of the train and the startled brakeman, looking back, saw her continue on her way after it had passed! Temperature at the time was a cool 42 degrees.
Incident was reported lo police immediately but they found no trace of the woman. They did not believe she had .jumped into the river.
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A partial industrial closure in the Prince George ?orest District was lilted at noon today in all areas vest of the Rocky Mountains. It remains in effect n the Peace River area.
The partial closure, imposed Aug. 10, shut down
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Precipitation which fell (luring the weekend was ,Jfl Inches, below the who record of ,20 for the driest August on record.
Weather Tuesday will bo sunny and a little warmer.
Light winds'.
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weather conditions whic rought some showers and igher moisture content in th ir.
Sunday was the first day ii nore than a month that no nev res were reported in the vas Drest district but five were re orted today in the Fort St ohn area. All have been con oiled.
IGH HAZARD
One spot fire broke out early day near the Stoney Creek dian reserve, a few mile est of Vanderhoof but it v,is albo biought under control
The hazard remained high in most districts. It was extreme in the Aleza Lake and Little Prairie ranger districts and high-to-extreme in the Fort St. John and McBride districts.
The major fires�the Grove, Tsus and Louie�were quiet over the weekend and they have all been contained within their guards.
There were still 86 fires burning In the forest district and they were being fought by 1,636 men.
The present force of men and equipment will remain the ame until the hazard is appreciably dissipated or gone, a "orestry spokesman said. f the pass in about 10 lays. She was then to Irive to ^Prince George and )ick them up.
She decided not to wait "or the call and drove here ast week.
Saturday, Mrs. Mathe-jon hired Anund Hansen, i guide who has a lodge it McGregor River, * to earch for them but he ound no trace.
SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
Ketchikari .shooters capture majority of trophies at Ehdako shoot.
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Amateur sports leaders enthusiastic over new fitness council.
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Cookie Gilchri.-.t a one-man show as Argonauts down Montreal 15-10. (See Page (i anil 7.)
RSSCUE DUE TUESDAY
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The trio had supplies >r about It) days. Dr. latheson was believed to .' unfamiliar with the rug-ed area.
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CALGARY (CP) � Two Calgary climbers, one of them injured, are huddled on a rocky slope in freezing winds waiting for rescue that is not expected to come until Tuesday morning.
Trapped in the mists and biting weather above the tree-line on 9,600-fool Mount Blanc are Gordon W. Cocker, 29, and Vic-ter Raubach. The mountain is 50 miles southwest of Calgary.
A helicopter was expected to pluck'the men to safety Tuesday after rescuers rig a platform of planks and poles on which the 'copter can land.
HURT SN FALL
A helicopter attempted a res-cut landing Sunday afternoon but was forced to abandon it bj the stoop slope and loose rock
Cocker was reported injurec in a 70-foot tumble Sunday morning. Raubach also fell 20 feet to a ledge and crawled to the injured man to await rescue. They had sleeping bags and
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B.C. Fire Costs Hit $2r591,
YAXCorVKH lghtlng costs iii 181 1,900 during (ringing overal on to $2,591,000, the B.C. For-st Service reported today.
This compared with s 1.107.-00 spent for the same period
year ago but officials said hal at this stage of the 1980 [re season most districts had as!� new ires were reported and 527 ere extinguished, leaving 351 ill burning in the province. In- largest was a 300,000-acre ().') of the Alaska
KAMLOOPS (CP)�Forests in the Kamloops district exploded during tthe weekend as lightning struck 81 times in three days.
food taken to them in a rescue attempt late Sunday afternoon by a small party of forest rangers who said rescue could not be made from the ground.
Clouds swirled around the mountain and temperatures fell �below freezing Sunday night. The men were unable to build
fire since no wood was available.
VVoooen planks and poles to build lhe platform�a feat described by one ranger as "un jelievable"�were being hauled 2,000 feet up the steep slope.
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Word of ihe pair's predicament near the summit of the mountain reached forest rangers when four other members of the climbing party reached their base camp.
They said they separated from Cocker and Kaubach near the summit after deciding lo
len and equipment Sunday take separate ways down. The two stranded men were last seen roped together.
Four Banff park rescue wardens left before daybreak today lo scale the 45-degrce slope.
They were to be followed by three forest rangers and two HCM1' officers. The four from the mountaineering party who made the climb were also as-
ALEX CLARK
first vice-president of the Prince George Chamber of Commerce, was elected a director of the B.C. division, Pacific Northwest Travel Association at its annual meeting last week in Vancouver.
Over Power Issue
were rushed into service after 20 new blazes Saturday night brought the area's total to 171, double the number burning in any other forest district.
The hot spot in the Kamloops district is the Horsefly country, 130 miles north of Kamloops.
District forester W. C. Phil-
iun Club has agreed to assist ic forestry department in polic-ig woods to ensure sportsmen do not violate fire safety precautions.
Representatives of the club met with forestry officials to map plans in an el fort to avoid
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VOSBURGH DIES OF LUNG CANCER
MONTREAL 0 -cancer has taken the life of Abel Vbsburgh, Iho destitute laborer faced with trial tins t iii mi charges of murdering his wife and 11 nl their 15 children.
The bodies viM' found in tin' rubble lefl bj an early-morning fire at the shanty Vosburgh homo in Noyan,
Quo . 33 miles smith of heri'.
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PENT1CTON (CP) � Repre-entative.s of 15 organized 6ka-lagan and Kootenay Valley municipalities served by the West vootenay Power and Light Co. re seeking an audience with 'remier Bennett and his cab-net in connection with possiblo ake-over of the utility by the government.
They hope to present a resolution opposing tin1 proposed government take-over 011 the ground that it could bring higher power rates and loss of tax revenues for the a r e a s concerned.
The resolution was formulated at meeting of Kootenay-Okanagan reeves and mayors here Thursday.
It now is being circulated lo each of the 15 municipalities for local endorsement.
Bach will be invited to send a representative to Victoria.
West Kootenay, owned by the Consolidated .Mining and Smelting Co., .serves all the South Okanu-'an and Siniilkaiucen north to VVinfield and west to Princeton and Kootenay communities as far cast as Crcstou and the boundary area.
When Hi'1 govemmenl expropriated the giant i! <'. Electric public utility An.1. 1. Premier Bennett Indicated his govern* iiu'iii was planning to take over Wcsl Kootenay as well as soon M plans for Hie move could bo finalized.
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