Girt Hurt In Car Crash To Be Flown to Coast Kay Elaine Klaasen seven-year-old Vandcrhoof girl who suffered severe head and face injuries in a two car collision west of here Sunday was to be flown to Vancouver later today for further treatment The daughter of Rev and Mrs C A Klassen has been In Prince George Regional Hospital since the mishap which also Injured five others Mrs Harriett Levy of Vancouver was still in hospital today with face lacerations Her daughter and son-in-law David and Marie Smith 1155 Twentieth were treated and discharged following the accident The mishap the only serious one over the holiday week weekend � end occurred on the icy Mud River hill 11 miles west of Prince George 162000 62 iiood Program EXPERTS TO WED LEEDS England AP Cir Circus � cus fire cater Priscilla Birt 34 has announced her engagement to the circus fireman George Maddocks George has never been called to me profession professionally � ally Priscilla said He al ways watches my act but he doesnt have to He just likes to see mc perform SEVEN IN COURT AFTER BOMBING NELSON CP Three women and four men were arraigned in provincial court here Tuesday on charges of bombing a power pole in the nearby Slocan Valley during the weekend Charged with placing ex explosives � plosives at a power pole near Perry Siding wcic Pete S Legebokoff and his wife Eliz Elizabeth � abeth Alice George Perepol kin and his wife Molly bro brothers � thers Larry and Mike Laren and the lattcrs fiancee Shir Icy Folstrom as 61 Road construction costs In Prince George in 10G2 Will probably be about the same as last year accord according � ing to the citys provisional budget The budget includes 102000 for new public works with road mix asphalt plant mix asphalt curb ing anu new streets inciuueu in the cost Cttv Citv Manager Mnnriufii QUITS TOURNEY Chess Cant Beat Love Girt Says HASTINGS England Reu Reuters � ters Chess champion Lisa Lane prepared to go home to New York today after with withdrawing � drawing from the Hastings in international � ternational chess congress be because � cause she was lovesick The 21-year-old beauty said she is flying to New York Fri Friday � day but declined to say any anything � thing more Miss Lane holder of the American womens chess cham championship � pionship withdrew from the Hastings tournament Tuesday defaulting in four games and being held to a draw in the fifth Asked why she was with withdrawing � drawing she said it was be because � cause she was in love with a man back home and wanted to be near him I just couldnt concentrate on my game for thinking about him she said Its no use Im a woman I cant stay and Works Superintendent Bill Jones said today that the road work will in many respects be a tidying up program this year There arc no specific areas of road work as it is now planned said Mr Jones Managing director of the Can Canadian � adian Good Roads Association C W Gilchrist said in Ottawa recently that Canadian munici municipalities � palities can no longer increase annual expenditures for road construction He said municipal authorities generally had reported it was beyond their financial capacity to cope with rocketing require requirements � ments of city traffic Their fi financial � nancial plight was reflected in 1961 expenditures which showed a decline for the first time in many years he added Local officials agree but the problem here is not as great as in other areas Because municipalities must spread their money over a wide number of projects only a cer certain � tain amount can go toward road construction And the amount of new road work could be gradu gradually � ally reduced here as in other centres if senior governments dont recognize the burdened municipalities situation aecnrH ing to Mr Thomson Officials feel hieher prants w ay n oiu nim anymore ki u u l T marrv hm nfirhana T chrll u niaimciuuii i ouu never marry You see my feel feelings ings for him arc not recipro reciprocated cated Arran Thomson new construction A study made by a joint group of muni cipalities throughout Canada in 1959 revealed that 75 per cent of Canadian roads are within municipal limits In Prince George alone there are 5G miles of roads TAis is almost equivalent to the provincial gov governments � ernments road between Prince George and Quesnel said Mr Thomson Municipal expenditures nn road construction in Canada rose to 261000000 in I960 from S997 800000 the previous year Final figures for 1961 are expected to show a drop to about 240000 000 The Jevelling off in the last two vears in the rate of ioad and streeet expenditures has fol followed � lowed a succession of phenom phenomenal � enal increases in spending start starting � ing in 1946 CROCKETT GETS PERMIT PONTIAC Mich AP The Oakland Countv mm hnai r is sued a permit to carry a pistol tor minting and target shooting to Daw Crockett I rKHnt think hed reallv need anv mnrn practice said board chairman Anthony Sticl after granting the permit to Michigan State Uni vcrsity student David B Crock ett 24 Now Hear This Spoit fans who think a switch to private ownership is the answer to all their woes for the BC Lions should read Gary Lautens of the Hamilton Spec Spectator � tator in the new edition of Touchdown magazine just out Then think again New Years baby in Merritt is six pound 14 ounco Stephen Kenneth Ewers born early Tuesday to Mr and Mrs Ken Ewers nee Linda Holley Grandpaicnts are Mr and Mrs Warren Holley City Manager Arran Thomson was dragged from bed about 2 am Tuesday when one of the city hall bojs phoned to advise him a serious leak had developed in the loot of Hut ancient build building � ing Apparently the cause was a lieay buildun of irn Ones tion for CKPG Newshawk Barry Hamelin When ou worn unl ing the news over the air cs terday jou referred to anun inhibited island Pardon our curiosity but is that some sort of nudist colony Not to be outdone by Jake the Fake In surance Adiustor Lom Mr Coish has come up with this cuue- it the who fits share t fh n 111 Kilt rt nmrnapAn President elect Alexander M tunrK js a wee mite annojed that somebody with a public I voice has started a rumor the proposed European goodwill business tour set for next May has been cancelled due to lack of volunteers Taint so sez Alex the trip is still officially on with slightly over 50 signed up and 40 to go But the other 40 had better hurry up he sez because CPA has been very patient so far but cant wait much longer for a decision Lady phoned in to ask if we would mention the extreme dan ger created these davs by youngsters sliding down the hill on Pine Street in the VLA sub subdivision � division Its so slippery right now that drivers cant control vehicles Many of them ride their horns all the way to warn the kids but kids arent scared that CUSllV So now unvr tnon ltioncd it and we might mention aiso mat this should be a job for a parents and b the police only neither group seems to care much what happens t Junior Chamber of Commerce type Ernie Hill sez hes had repoits from members that at least one book salesman cur currently � rently knocking on doors is claiming the books are endorsed by the Jaycees Taint so sez Ernie As always ask for iden identification � tification of anyone pounding doors n Staffa was not a formal an nouncement but was given in reply to a newspaper mans questions Archbishop Staffa who is secretary of the Vaticans Sa- M Phone LOgan 4 2441 Vol 6 No 2 Men Sought for Second Survival Course Here A rnll fnr rpfrnit wns issnprl tnrlnv frr tVm spmrwL local course under Canadas Snpmnl Mil iin Trnininnr Plan This six week course opens Jan 8 and 120 men are needed between ages 18 and 50 29 FISHERMEN DIE IN STORM SEOUL- AP Twenty nine fishermen were drowned Tuesday when five South Korean fishing boats sank in a storm Another man is missing Six other boats with about 30 men aboard failed to make port and a search was under way Four New Teachers Start Work Today Four teachers in School Dis District � trict 57 walked into classes for the first time today with the resumption of public school after the mid term break The teachers one a transfer and three stalling fresh will continue through to the end of June Mrs Diane Moore replaces Mrs June Nordstrum at Con naught Elementary School The latter has gone to Toronto with her husband who was trans transferred � ferred by his company Miss Jeanette Danal replaces Miss Joan Bogsti at Harwin Elementary School Miss Danal was formerly at Shelley School Mrs Violet Evans previously a teacher here replaces Miss Linda Black at King George V At St Marys Lake School Mrs J G Nelles is being re replaced � placed by John Penner Mr Penncr has also taught in the district before ALARM FIRM ROBBED PORTLAND Ore AP A burglar took 5 in cash and 3750 worth of cigarets from the Portland nlant of Guard Tone of Oregon Incorporated manutacturer of burglar alarms S Wright Construction Cn nf Seattle which is building the transit system ror Alweg Wash Washington � ington State Inc a Wenucr Gren company HIGH VATICAN PRELATE SAYS Castro Automat ica VATICAN CITV AP - A high Vatican prelate said today Fidel Castru and some of lib officials have fallen under auto automatic � matic excommunication Archbishop Dino Staffa a leading expeit on canon law said excommunication had been incurred by Castro and officials responsible for impeding and imprisoning Roman Catholic bishops The statement bv Aichbislmn cred Congregation of Seminar Seminaries � ies and Universities said the excommunication had been in incurred � curred without formal announce announcement � ment by the Vatican Ho said announcement of ex excommunication � communication in these cases is normally made by the Pope Vatican sources speculated that Pope John had made no an announcement � nouncement in an effort lq avoid further strain in relations be between � tween the Vatican and Cuba Archbishop Staffa said bish bishops � ops had been impeded in their work in Cuba and had been im imprisoned � prisoned but he declined to give details Bishop Eduajdo Boza JIasvi- E CITIZE The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North Central British Columbia PRINCE GEORGE BRITISH COLUMBIA WEDNESDAY JANUARY 3 1962 ITS STOCK TAKING TIME in many stores as merchants prepare for the coming years business Here newly appointed assistant manager of the Co op uoraon wngnt wno came nere trom Brandon Man pours coffee for busy clerks Mrs Sophie Haack and Wally Cheer Vandervoort photo QUOTA UP TO 120 Our manpower quota has been increased to 42Q for this course from 90 in the last one said a spokesman for A Com Company � pany Rocky Mountain Rangers The companys training record during the last course was so high it became a model for the province Of 81 men completing the course 14 have applied for enlistment in the permanent forces and 20 others joined the militia company Rocky Mountain Rangers op operate � erate the SMTP courses here with training and instructional assistance from regular army personnel Heres what recruits can look forward to 9 Pay of 108 a month same as regular army plus 65 a month subsistence allow allowance � ance Pay every Friday in cash Instruction and training in use of the new FN semi semiautomatic � automatic rifle including range shooting some physical train training � ing taking into account trainees age and development sufficient first aid to cam St John Am Ambulance � bulance Brigade certificate lec lecture � ture programs and demonstra demonstrations � tions The RMR spokesman sticsscd the shoitncss of time and called on volunteers to report at once to the Armory on First any time between 8 am and 4 p m Wanted 5 Gals for Night Work Wanted Five Women Ages 21 to 49 EprJMfghtWork V at the filter centre Uial will be set up in Prince George to train gals to I Receive reDorts from ob servation posts in event of a nuclear attack 2 Track and measure wind direction and possible fallout pattern 3 Relay information to master control station at Nanaimo A spokesman for A Company Rocky Mountain Rangers said today the filter centre is being set up here as part of the Canada wide defence readiness program Twelve volunteers are needed here and seven already have joined Recruits get O Permanent job one night a week for two years minimum Regular Canadian Wo Womens � mens Army Corps uniforms C Pay at rale of 103 per month winch divided over some 40 weeks will total about 130 a year paid three times year yearly � ly O Two weeks army summer camp at full pay Volunteers must bo single with no dependents At least one with previous CWAC train training � ing is sought for officer candi candidate � date when the girls are formed into a militia unit Wen Gren Settles Pav Squabble over Monorail VANCOUVER CP Wonnor Gren BC Development Co has made a satisfactory financial arrangement with a Seattle con contracting � tracting company building a monorail to the worlds fair a city lawyer said Tuesday it i Legg gave no details of the settlement with iinwnrri Sir Legg won a Sunrcmo Court injunction last month fore ing Wenner Gren DC Develop ment to post 375000 with the court because of a dispute over payment for the monorail He said his client has re received � ceived no money for the work done to that date Mr Legg said the 375000 has not been paid into the court but a satisfactory arrangement has been worked out PICAYUNE Miss AP An air force rescue team plucked U 2 pilot Charles Stratton from a cypress tree in snake -infested swamplands near here today Stratton a 32-year-old air force captain was ta taken � ken by ambulance to Kees ler Air Force Base at 1311 oxi Miss GO miles east of here The air force clamped a tight secrecy lid over his removal from the swamp Search teams continued to hunt through the swamp area west of Picayune on the Louisiana-Mississippi border for tha wreckage of the single scaler U 2 similar to the plane which was down in Russia in 1960 and created an international inci incident � dent The plane in flames crashed about 930 pm Tuesday Witnesses reported seeing the fiery crash from as far away as New Orleans 75 miles south southwest of Picayune The U 2 a swift high altitude reconnaissance plane became involved in a dispute between the US and Russia in May 1960 after Francis Gary Pow Powers � ers a civilian was downed over Russia He was tried for espionage and is still imprisoned in Russia Butchers Beat Union Boss in Beef Boycott PARIS Reuters Butchers exchanged blows and man manhandled � handled their own union presi president � dent Tuesday as they voted to continue a two week boycott on beef to protest against govern government � ment pried controls The decision by 2000 Paris butchers was made despite a plea by the union president for an end to the ban- Government sources claimed only about one third of Paris butchers attended the meeting ATTLEE 79 AMERSHAM England Reut Reuters � ers Earl Attlee celebrated his 79th bnthday in the hospital here where he has been since Dec 5 after suffering a heart attack H t udcss mew ing in in Czechoslovakia FLAMES SEEN 75 MILES 7c a Copy fS Bing Back In Hospital This Time for Checkup SANTA MONICA Calif Ml Bing Crosby is in hospital for what his doctor terms a general physical examination and checkup The entertainer entered hospital Tuesday night His doctor said Crosby will remain most of the week Crosby was taken to hospital Dec 22 in San Francisco for treatment of a kidney ailment but was released the next day CONTRACTOR SAYS of 1961 In May 1901 J S W White director of technical and voca tional education said in a let ter to the school board here that classes weie not expected to commence prior to January 1962 m Beat Attack Fidel HAVANA AP Backed by modern Soviet - bloc weapons and Latin Americas fastest air force Tidel Castro says his armed foices await any new in invasion � vasion with a smile on our lips The Cuban prime minister showed off his new military equipment Tuesday at a parade marking the third anniversary of his victory over the Batista dictatorship He said Yankee imperialism was the sole rea reason � son for Cubas rearmament Highlights of the parade were three Communist made MlG 19 jets which swept overhead with a flight of 18 older MiG 15s or MiG 17s The MiGs are believed to have been piloted by Cubans who recently completed train crs with a smile on our lips The Cuban leader also as assailed � sailed his critics in other Latin countries especially presidents Romolo Betancourl of Vene Venezuela � zuela and Alberto Llcras Cam argo of Colombia whom he called muiderers of workers peasants and students Castro said Brothers mobilize against any eventuality The stupider they the US act the faster the hour of liberation approach approaches � es The crowd roared approval and Castro announced he is call ing a national assembly of nuncireus of thousands of Cu Cubans � bans Jan 22 the date the Am eiican foreign ministers meet in Uruguay to consider the danger posed by Cuba to the Western Hemisphere we are not a warmonger fVP I i he said We do not want to use riODIcrili J0I16S these arms but we shall fight if attacked with a fierce- Prince Georges storm sewer ness unlmagincd by our en- svstern had a good workout dur emies We will exterminate nS tie last fur days when 61 Uicm We await the invad- mencs ot ram leu on the city BlUff fAMMAII mmZ immjL JA j iwBBBaflaktfH aacim dal was epcllcd from Cuba along with 135 prices last Sep September � tember At the time Vatican sources said Castro and his of officials � ficials might have incurjed au tomatic excommunication Archbishop Staffa said the ex communication was under a pro provision � vision of Roman Catholic canon law imposing automatic excom excommunication � munication upon any person who directly or indirectly im impedes � pedes a prelate in the perform performance � ance of his duties Effects of excommunication briefly are loss of the sacra sacraments � ments of the church and in a broad sense ostracism from the church of any ptuon so pun- Castro said his forces have uccn mucn lmpruveu since incy rt t SAnrilhe inYaSin f iRSM ISUStt FeW Pardon for this typo of Works Superintendent Bill Jones said There were no problems relative to a cnnnln ot jcars ago At that tune we u ic running into jaKes 18 incites deep Up Kltrl crwnri if II I 1 excommunication can bo given 4bain were blocked Tuesday only by the Pope or lib dele gate Vatican sources said tlio ex excommunications � communications of the Cuban of officials � ficials probably occurred at the time of Bishop Masvidals ex expulsion � pulsion if not earlier It became known Tuesday that Castro had named a new am ambassador � bassador to the Vatican replac ing the envoy he recalled in De December � cember 1959 Vatican sources said appaientiy the Cuban gov government � ernment wants better relations with the Vatican but that this would uot affect the excom muuication lUOinillg but must of them unn opened in the afternoon by pc cial woiks crews They were out all day and some were still on Jast night he said Thev moved In fnl J lowing the plowing of the streets when graders covered some of the catch basins Clean up crews will continue tq woik in the Central area to today � day clearing slush covered streets and storm sewers There were few reports of flooded basements caused by water from city streets Q First building of the new vocational school on Central is scheduled for completion in late February or early March a spokesman for the contractors C J Oliver Ltd said today About a dozen men arc cur 1 rcntly working on the single storey steel structural building which will house heavy duty and auto mechanic workshops on i the main floor and two class 1 rooms on the mezzanine i The department of education in Victoria has indicated classes in auto and diescb mechanics welding heavy equipment main maintenance � tenance and operations will start in September It is the latest in a series of projected opening dales since construction of the school was announced in the speech from the throne Jan 28 1960 March 25 i960 Lands and Forests Minister Ttay Williston said in Prince George the voca vocational � tional training school would likely be in operation in 1961 May 24 I960 MrKWilllston told a chamber of commerce meeting it would be ready for use in September 19G1 Ieb 1 1961 Education Minis Minister ter Leslie Peterson said in Vic toria the school was exnoctod to be in operation in the fall KEEL TO BE LAID FOR NEXT FERRY JUNEAU Alaska AP The keel for Alaskas second big ferry will be laid at Seattle Triday almost a month ahead of schedule the division of marine transporta transportation � tion said Tuesday The keel for the first of the four boats to be operated in Alaskas new ferry system was laid at Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Com Companys � panys Seattle yard Dec 14 The first ship was named the Malaspina The name for the second vessel has not been announced as jet The keel -for the Ourd shitf is scheduled to be laid June 7 imer s On UK Still Era Bui LONDON AP Ice and snow maintained a stranglehold over most of Britain today despite the weathermans promise of a thaw For the third day in a row transport struggled at a snails pace across rail roads and wa waterways � terways The only sign of faster traffic was at London and some other big airports wheic planes were unfrozen from the ground and started flying almost on schedule Thousands of miles of high highway � way still were coated with hard packed ice on which motor ve vehicles � hicles slithered in cautious con voys The svyitcligear on raihoad tracks jammed tight again al most as soon as defrosting ciews had turned their backs In some places fog added to the hazards The weather bureau said the thaw promised for today might now be delayed some days Heavy snowfalls in inin- Austria stopped iust as iim tem perature started rising and tho warnings went out of avalanche danger Southeastern France also had heavy snow and ice Light lain fell on the snow and quickly iced over In Paris the tern perature was near freezing HF II I LE3Y M FORECAST Cariboo Prince George and Bulkley Valley rotrions rnn - pect cloudy conditions Thursday iMuiiiiin Mim occasional rain and snow in the afternoon and evening sajs the ucntiiprmin at the Prncc George airport I here will be lis ht winds and muo change in temperature Low tonight and high tomor tomorrow � row at Prince George Quesnel and Smithers 28 and 38 Last 24 Hours Prince George Terrace Smithers Quesnel Williams Lake Kamloops Whitehorse Fort Nelson Fort St John Dawson Creek Hi Lo Prec 40 4a 38 41 41 40 30 1G 43 43 33 30 32 33 32 35 15 3 45 03 40 71 02 VI 21 trace 27