The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North-Central British Columbia Vol. 5; No. 226 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1961 7c a Copy i.i jii Der Montt BY OARKISR BUS GUTTED BLACK as a mine pit was the interior of a bus owned by Northern Stages which caught fire about S a.m. today at Fifth and George. Chief August Dorn-bierer used a flashlight to seek the source of the blaze which caused considerable damage 'to the bus interior. �Vandervoort photo A family of four was homeless here today after fire Sunday caused considerable damage to a two-room cabin. The blaze was reported to have broken out in a faulty chimney. The cabin, at the rear of WORK 20.'J8 Upland, was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Richey and their two children. They are living with neigh bors. It is expected that the family will be able to move back into NEW GUINEA SEARCH HOLLANDIA (Reuters) � Dutch New Guinea authorities here reported today there was "good hope" for the safety of Michael Rockefeller, missing son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, after he tried to swim ashore from a raft off the coast of New Guinea. The authorities said a Dutch anthropologist, who was with him on the raft, was found on it by a Dutch naval plane Sunday! The officials here, who could not immediately give any rea- Mayor Garvln Dezell will be taking part in the official opening of the new Dawson Creek civic centre and city hall Wednesday night. He will be representing the �federation of mayors as zone chairman and the City of Prince George. Mayor Dezell said he and his wife will drive up by car. While in the Peace River area, he hopes to go to Fort St. John "to look around." Lt.-Gov. Pearkes is also attending the opening and will pass through here by train Tuesday night. 3 After QUESNEL CCP) � Th ree men have indicated they will run for aldermen in next month's civic elections here. J. W. Ritson will seek another term on council and Don Muir and Ralph Connors will make their first bids for election. Aid. E. it. Hewson has said he will not be running. A S7I0.000 sewer bylaw will be submitted to Quesriel electors Dec. 7 to provide a complete sewer system for the �whole town. son for Michael's leaving the raft, said he tried to swim to shore supported by two cans. The two were 'travelling on the raft near the mouth of the Eilanden River in southwest New Guinea. Michael was in New Guinea as part of an anthropological expedition from Harvard I'ni-versity. Dutch planes a n d marines were taking part in the search. The young Rockefeller had stayed in New. Guinea at his own request after the Harvard expedition had completed its work. Rockefeller, a Harvard graduate, joined the expedition early this year, after his com- l'letion of U.S. military service. of the expedition n the orginal culture of the tribes, much of which is based on their fighting ability, might stimulate the "fgbting lust," of the natves. The expedition reported it discovered a tribe whose warriors were rated by the number of enemies they had killed. Rockefeller's job was to record on tape the .tribe's primitive music and war chants. Governor Rockefeller flew to the search area via San Francisco and Tokyo. He was accompanied by Michael's twin sister and a scientist who was with the March. expedition last COLONY'S 103RD ANNIVERSARY VANCOUVER tCH � The B.C. cabinet met in Fort Langley today to celebrate the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the mainland colony ot B.C. On Nov. 19, 1858, Sir James Douglas was sworn in as the first governor of B.C. at Fort Langley, on the Frascr River, about 30 miles east of here. Trouble Awaited NELSON (CP) � Police are prepared for new trouble in uie Kootenay Doukhobor settlements following a wild demonstration by Sons of Freedom in assize court Saturday. RCMP said they would be present at any mass meeting which might be called in the Freedomitc headquarters of Krestova. The sons were reported in an angry mood following sentencing of one of their members to 10 years in prison for bomb-making. Freedomites started wailing, screaming and swearing when Mr. Justice J. 0. Wilson, calling John Andrew Makortoff "a potential murderer," sentenced him to 10 years on a charge of making an explosive device with intent to use it and five years concurrent on a lesser ciiargc of making an explosive device. Makortoff's father, John Andrew Makortoff, was arrested and fined $200 for contempt of court after he stood up in the gallery and hurled oaths at the judge. NO RESPONSE SAN FRANCISCO (AP,) � University of California h a s cancelled a lecture series on atomic survival because onty 30 persons attended the first session. Notices on the five-week lecture program had been mailed to 1,500 persons. the cabin after damage is repaired. The ceiling and roof \v ere burned and there was considerable smoke damage to the inside, but the family managed �to get its possessions out safely. Cabin is owned by Herman Kneller, whose son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hoover, live in a house at the front of the lot. A chimney fire Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kazmlr Solowick, 1535 Tenth, was extinguished before any major damage was done. A fire started in the motor of a bus on a city run about S a.m. today and caused extensive damage to the interior before it was put out by the fire department. The driver was alone in the bus when a passerby brought his attention to the fire while he was stopped at Fifth and George. It was'believed to have been caused by faulty wiring. There was no estimate of damage. A sawmill worker told police his wallet containing an estimated $000 in cheques was stolen Saturday night in the Columbus hotel. Augustina Silva, an employee of Dunklcy Lumber, said they were his pay cheques. The house of Donald Hourie, 1144 Ninth, Island Cache, was burglarized over the weekend and a large amount of clothing and small electrical appliances were stolen. Carson Truck Lines Ltd. office at 1320 Second was broken into but nothing was believed taken. The would-be thieves apparently threw a typewriter into the snow. A vandal heaved a rock through a window at Sunnyside Grocery, 892 Central. The win-1 dow was valued at $35. DISPLAY OF STRENGTH lermcans fteinforce Berlin Wall BERLIN (Reuters) � The Berlin wall, which West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer has stated must disappear, was being substantially reinforced today under Communist orders in an apparent show of strength by East Germany. Construction n o i s e s were heard throughout the night from the area immediately behind the gale, once the point in the di d Brandenburg main- crossin p vided city. Men worked under guard in sub-freezing temperatures to wall the gate into the Communist sector. East Berliriers went to work knowing nothing official of the ing activity, which construction of an included apparent Now Hear This. New manager of Super-Valu's of corrections are invited Fort St. John store is Ivan Dumas, former toss-man of the Prince George Overwaitea slore. Which means he'll be competing against some old buddies now that Overwaitea has just opened a new shop at FSJ, because the manager is Norm Sperling, formerly of PG, and produce manager is Pets Kinakin, lately of Overwaitea's Queshel establishment ... Ou. learning there is a total of 701 tons of rock tossed down the PG curling club ice each \vcok, Sports Ed Lcn Walkor now wonder;; just how many sweeps of the broom are required for seven days of play . . . It's a good thing there's only one "L" in "Hotel." The letters O and T were unlighted Saturday night in the large vertical neon sign out the Prince George Hotel . . . S. "Rocky" (for Rocksborough) Smith, the deputy provincial director of corrections, will speak at an informal gathering of city legal ^beagles and law enforcement types at 8 tonight in the police static:! courtroom. Those interested in the field If you ever wonder dian Press and why Cana Vancouver newspapers gel up-mixed when they refer to the location of the Pacific Northern Railway (love that progress) it becomes more understandable when you note that according to the official Gazeteer of Canada there are 17 Summit Lakes in B.C. and they occur in just about every coiner of the province. Besides that, B.C. can boast one Summit, one Summit Peak, and seven Summit Creeks . . . Without trying to be spoilsports we are compelled to suggest that the fun-lovin' kids who slide down the east slope of Connaught Miil at Queens-way for the cemetery. As the bill ices up, the sleighs get closer and closer to the street and eventually, of course, will be sliding right out on to the road. If this is to be allowed, city council should give thought to building a snow-and-ice wall to stop the sleighs dead before the riders are killed. Or better still, make the kids go around to the other side of the hill . . . could be headed straight massive reinforcement of the East-West border wall erected after the Aug. 13 Communist border clamp down. A new wall was thrown up in front of tiie existing one at Ber-naucrstrasse. Some 200 East German troops dug an anti-tank trench behind the wall. At other points East Germans put streetcar rails across existing border roads. But inter-city traffic moved normally. At Lin-denstfasse, joining the American sector, an elaborate steel girder anti-tank barrier w a s thrown up. Monday editions of Communist newspapers on.sale in East Berlin made no mention of the activities, which started after dusk Sunday. Neither the state-controlled radio nor official news agency ADN mentioned the moves. Deputy West Berlin Mayor Franz Amrchn, visited the Brandenburg gate about midnight and said the new wall appeared ��designed I') last 1,000 years." He said the German people would be "deeply depressed by this so very finaJ act." . Two concrete-slab walls, 10 feet deep, nine feel high and each about 300 feet long, were being built at Brandenburg gate. WASHINGTON (AP) � President Kennedy and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer opened a series of policy conferences today in an effort to agree on a basic for Western negotiation with Russia to settle the Berlin dispute. Kennedy was reported hopeful that Adenauer would accept a flexible approach, allowing for some concessions by the West, if Russia is willing to respect "vital interests" of the Western powers in West Berlin. The City of Prince George is still awaiting to hear from the Department of Municipal Affairs after lodging a protest over sharing of winter work costs. The provincial government told B.C. municipalities early this month it would only pay its 25 per cent share of winter work costs if persons on social welfare are hired. It would not pay for employment of city seasonal employees. City Manager Arran Thomson said today acknowledgement of the city protes't had been received from the premier's office and the minister of labor's office. The city also had an acknowledgement from UBCM. Local MLA, Lands and Forests Minister Ray Williston, phoned City Hall and said he was looking into the matter. Cfranduc Mines Ltd. lias applied for Crown land in Northwestern B.C. for construction of a mill and towrisite. But, said President John Drybrough while announcing the move in Vancouver Friday, the company has no knmedi-ate production plans. The company's application is for land near its copper property. Some six square miles at the head of Summit. Lake, 330 air miles northwest of Prince George, is involved. Mr. Drybrough said no definite plans have been made for production but development work is continuing on an expanded scale. He said a lower exploratory tunnel is to be opened up in 1902 and results of this work wilL determine future plans. RIGHTS WATERED DOWN-HOWARD KITIMAT CP) � Frank Howard, CCF MP for Skeena riding, says the concept of democracy in Canada "has become adulterated down through the years." Addressing a Kitimat public meeting in the course of a swing through his northern B.C. riding, Mr. Howard said voting rights and freedom of speech and writing are in Canada's constitution. "But cither through lack of interest on the part of the voter or cloudy dissemination of politics by elected representatives, these rights arc not fully untilized," he said. PRANK M. KOSS, former lieutenant-governor of B.C., is still in satisfactory condition in hospital n Vancouver. Mr. Ross re-entered hos-ptal last Tuesday for exploratory surgery. Reds Will Save �Pearson CHATHAM (CP) � An understanding, with the Communist East, without forfeiting ideals and values, will save the world from the catastrophe of nuclear annihilation, Liberal leader Lester B. Pearson said Sunday. Mr. Pearson told more than 1,000 during a church lecture scries that "diplomacy � and negotiations are full of difficulties because there is no good will, little understanding or much friendly exchange" between East and West. He claimed fear, oppression and hostility make it necessary to try to prevent, by wise policy and diplomacy, deep and fundamental differences from deteriorating into armed conflict and the general destruction that would follow. Armed strength was necessary, not as an end in itself, but as a means to an end � the establishment of conditions where such armed strength will not be necessary. SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Wall leads Bears to two weekend wins with seven-goal performance. � � � Cruikshank earns first shutout in CIIL as Mohawks blank Stampeders 8-0. � � � Bombers take another step towards fourth Grey Cup berth. (See Pages 4 and 5.) FURTHER ACTION DUE Troops Move On Congo Mutineers LEOPOLDVILLE (Reuters) � The UN today airlifted 200 Ethiopian troops from Stanleyville to Kiridu, Kivu province, to reinforce Malayan contingents in an action against rebellious Congolese troops who nine days ago murdered 13 Kalian UN airmen. HOT WATER ELIXIR LOUISVILLE, Ky. W � For "Aunt Ginny" Rankin, the elixir of life is a cup of hot water every morning before breakfast. "The best thing in the world for you," says "Aunt Ginny," Miss Virginia Rankin. She was 103 years old recently. A UN spokesman here said they would reinforce their strcngtli further before entering the town of Kindu and reiterated that Malayan troops "took immediate action" to bring the situation under control. For reasons of military security he declined to give any de tails of the action and added that the announcement of such details might result in restive-ness elsewhere in The Congo. � � � NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters)� Four persons were killed and six survived in an Italian United Nations plane which crashed on i flight to The Congo Saturday, British officials announced here today. The plane went down iri neighboring Tanganyika and was spotted earlier today by a UN plane and a parachute rescue team was dispatched lo the spot. � � * ELISABETIIVILLE (Reuters) �Lucas Samalenge, 33, information minister of secessionist Katanga province, has been found shot dead in the bush 80 miles northwest of Elisabethville, it was announced here today. The announcement said he died in a hunting accident. Usually reliable sources said foul play was not ruled out. Samalcnge's body was found with gun shot wounds in the neck. Persons with him were reported to have disappeared. � � � UNITED NATIONS (CP) � The U.S., fearful that Antoine Giz-euga might withdraw Oriental province from The Congo, sought today to have the UN call for an end to all secessionist activities in the turbulent country. U.S. delegates scheduled a meeting this morning with delegates of Ceylon, Liberia and the United Arab Republic to urge them to write such a general anti - secession provision into a resolution they introduced last Wednesday. The resolution now calls for an end to secessionist activities only in Katanga province. ALERT BAY CP) � Delegates rom throughout B.C. are at his community, 200 miles northwest of Vancouver, for the week-long annual convention of he B.C. Native Brotherhood which got underway today. The keynote speaker is Citi zenship Minister Ellen Fair- FOOD, FOOD, FOOD � Fourth annual International Cabaret here Saturday night was a gourmet's paradise. Dishes from many nations of the world were featured and the various groups in the Canadian Folk Society here were attired in national costumes as they entertained 300 guests. German booth above featured desserts and coffee. (See story on page 3.) �Vandervoort photo dough j the first federal minister to address the brotherhood. Before her Tuesday speech, delegates will acquaint her with a number of their problems. Tuesday night she will attend a banquet sponsored by the brotherhood's women's auxiliary. Major discussion will be about the reports of the senate parliamentary committee on Indian affairs which spent three years reviewing the 1952 Indian act and studying Indian problems. Discussion aiso will be given to wider application of education for Indians, including adult education and other training and inclusion of the brotherhood in the Federal government's physical fitness program. It seeks more uniform coverage of medical services including better denial service for all Indians and immediate better housing plans. Reports last week said there will be a move to establish another fishermen's union to rival the Independent United Fishermen and Allied Workers. LET HUNTERS SEE WHAT TO SHOOT! VANCOUVER CP) � Send pictures of moose and deer to hunters, says a group of teenagers, so they will know what to shoot. The recommendation, aimed at reducing the number of hunters shot by other hunters, was made at the safety conference of the B.C. Safety Council by the council's youth committee on the weekend. The 135-member group also suggested hunters lake a test for knowledge of firearms and hunting safety before they arc issued licences. Charles Hamilton RoiiTbough, 48, was committed for trial Friday by Magistrate G. O. Stewart on a charge of noncapital murder in -the death Oct. 21 of bis common-law wife at Upper Fraser, 50 miles northeast of here. He will bo tried at the fall assizes which open here Dee. 5. Tlie blood-spatitered body of Hazel Cousins, 47, was found on tiie floor of the home they shared. She had apparently died of a severe beating. Kombough was arrested at a neighbor's home several hours after the woman's death. The preliminary hearing concluded after three days of evidence. FORECAST Three inches of snow fell during the weekend, which puts the snowfall so far this month at 1.7 inches more itfian the normal 12 inches for the month of November. According to the meteorological department at the airport, I lie city should have cloudy weather Tuesday wth occasional sriowf lurries and little change in temperature. Winds will remain light. Low tpnght and high tomorrow at Prince Gfeorge, r15 and 30; at Quesnel, 10 and :?0; at Smithers, 20 and 30. Peace River � Cloudy with snowflurries beginning in the afternoon. Li title change in temperature. Light winds. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Grande Prairie, 15 and 30. Last 2-1 Hours Hi Lo Prec. Prince George 25 12 .03 Terrace Smithers Quesnel Williams Lake 21 Kam loops Whitehorse Fort Nelson Fort St. John Dawson Creek 27 30 26 24 13 26 7 .00 21 .2 32 24 Til 21 4 trace 15 -11 24 7 27 -1 _ 25-60 Group Kills Most On. Roads �Safety Man VANCOUVER CP> � A B.C. Safely Council official says Uie highway killers >are those in the 25-60 age group � not the young people. E. D. McRae, chairman of the council's traffic section, told an annual provincial safety conference 'the figures for 1959 show drivers between 16 and 25 were responsible for 86 fatalities. tlowcver, he added, ;tliose between 25 and' 60 were responsible for 221. r